1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on? Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,640 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,480 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,239 my daily show prep with all the links, become a patron, 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,600 go to dpeakclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,160 subscribe button, get every episode for free, write to your 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,719 smartphone or tablet, and again, thank you so much for 9 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,199 your support. We are joined by Ap Dylon. She is 10 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,439 a reporter at the North State Journal. You can read 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,840 her work there at nsjonline dot com. Also, she is 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,320 the publisher of a substack newsletter called More to the 13 00:00:40,399 --> 00:00:43,039 Story and Ap welcome. How are you hey? 14 00:00:43,359 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 2: How you doing? 15 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: I am doing all right? I think so. Since we 16 00:00:47,759 --> 00:00:52,960 last spoke, we've gotten now our two heavy hitters in 17 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,439 the Republican and Democrat primaries for the US Senate race 18 00:00:57,439 --> 00:01:02,359 here in North Carolina, completely unexpect Roy Cooper and then 19 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:07,200 completely unexpectedly Michael Wattley. But it does not look like 20 00:01:07,359 --> 00:01:10,319 unlike in Cooper's case, where the only Democrat that was 21 00:01:10,359 --> 00:01:12,120 running against him. I think we did talk about this 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,560 race last week. Wiley Nickel he dropped out. He says 23 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,200 he's not going to run now. I don't think the 24 00:01:18,239 --> 00:01:21,519 same is going to happen in the GOP primary. Yeah, 25 00:01:22,159 --> 00:01:22,920 you got no. 26 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:24,879 Speaker 2: I don't think that's going to be an issue there. 27 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,840 I think that the folks who have already filed to 28 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,200 run are probably going to stay on there and continue 29 00:01:30,239 --> 00:01:33,200 with the primary, because that's that's just how Republicans role. 30 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:36,159 Speaker 1: That is kind of how that is how Republican's role. Indeed, 31 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,000 so we've already started seeing he wrote about some of 32 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,719 the comments made by Wattley linking Cooper to the radical Democrats. 33 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,959 The ads dropped almost I think the day Cooper announced, 34 00:01:48,359 --> 00:01:51,159 and uh we saw it this weekend, and I did 35 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,079 my part. I retweeted the old video of my good 36 00:01:54,079 --> 00:01:59,319 friend Ray marching in solidarity with the mascless protesters in 37 00:01:59,359 --> 00:02:02,599 the streets around the governor's mansion. And my prediction is 38 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,719 that ad is going to or that clip is going 39 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,599 to be featured in quite a few ads, I would suspect, 40 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,960 and hopefully maybe some you know, national media outlets, if 41 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,199 they get a chance to interview Cooper, maybe they'll ask 42 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,039 him about the double standard there. 43 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,319 Speaker 2: Well, we tried in twenty twenty. 44 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: Well you tried it. 45 00:02:24,039 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 2: Journal was one of a couple outlets who were shut 46 00:02:26,599 --> 00:02:30,599 out of asking questions during the COVID briefings. So well, 47 00:02:31,039 --> 00:02:33,000 it turns out this time around. 48 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: Yeah no, that's yeah, for real, like people who aren't aware. 49 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,400 AP and I talked about this at the time. They 50 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:44,199 the Cooper administration implemented a software program that they could 51 00:02:44,319 --> 00:02:48,199 they could segregate reporters into different groups basically, and if 52 00:02:48,199 --> 00:02:51,479 you got stuck in the you know, don't ask, don't 53 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,439 call on this reporter group, then you never got through 54 00:02:54,479 --> 00:02:56,599 on the conference call to ask the questions during the 55 00:02:56,599 --> 00:02:58,719 COVID briefings, and only the software. 56 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,759 Speaker 2: That's true. That's true. It didn't matter if we were 57 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,240 the very first one logged into the call and had 58 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:06,680 registered that we wanted to ask a question or not. 59 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,360 We were basically cut out of asking any questions. And 60 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,199 the same three or four outlets got the questions every 61 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,039 single time. And I think we got maybe one question 62 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,719 in all of the COVID briefings that happened for what 63 00:03:20,879 --> 00:03:24,280 were good six months. Yeah, so that was an issue. 64 00:03:24,319 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: Well, I hope it was a good one, because you 65 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,599 only get one right for six months exactly all right, 66 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:32,199 So what else over at your sub stack? You've got 67 00:03:32,199 --> 00:03:38,280 a piece about all of the recent resolutions, and I 68 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:40,080 don't know, I'm not sure if we got around to 69 00:03:40,159 --> 00:03:44,319 discussing the anti Israel resolutions that the North Carolina Democrat 70 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:49,960 Party Executive Committee adopted and discussed, But there were a 71 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,360 bunch of other resolutions that they did, and the list 72 00:03:53,439 --> 00:03:58,719 is it's pretty crazy, some of these things that really 73 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:02,280 finger on the pulse, I would say, of the of 74 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:08,800 the current electorate vibe, like restoring DEI, ending cash bail, 75 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:16,439 ending youth curfew laws, opposing the unrestricted carrie of concealed 76 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,160 deadly weapons. Oh my favorite though, was the support of 77 00:04:19,199 --> 00:04:24,360 a democratic truth squad of all elected officials asap. What 78 00:04:24,439 --> 00:04:25,040 was that about. 79 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, they basically wanted a democratic elected officials of Washington 80 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,759 and in North Carolina to push back against the administration, 81 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,439 you know, like a rapid response kind of thing. So 82 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,079 it kind of reminded me of, you know, back in 83 00:04:41,079 --> 00:04:43,399 the Albomides when he had his you know, his little 84 00:04:43,439 --> 00:04:46,519 truth truth squad thing where he wanted neighbors to be 85 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,680 dropping a dime on each other. So that was just 86 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,079 one of them. There was another resolution that these are 87 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,879 all unpassed resolutions. By the way, another one that was 88 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,800 unpassed was in support of Kilmara Brigo Garcia, you know, 89 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:01,199 the the Maryland. 90 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:01,879 Speaker 1: Band marylynd Man. 91 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, there were also a local opposition to like Senate 92 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:12,680 Bill fifty and House Bill five. There was one in 93 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,800 particular that was unpassed, and it was opposition a resolution 94 00:05:17,879 --> 00:05:22,240 opposing the Lake and Riley Act. And I think most 95 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,439 folks know who Lake and Riley is, the nursing student 96 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,480 who's murdered very brutally by a illegal alien in Georgia. 97 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,360 Became a pivot point during the twenty four election cycle. 98 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, and Joe Biden was responded when was a Marjorie 99 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,000 Taylor green screened? Say her name Lake and Riley, and 100 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,519 then Biden was like, Lincoln Riley, Oh jesus, yep. 101 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that was kind of a mess. So, yeah, 102 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,720 they were opposing that resolution that that act that was 103 00:05:52,759 --> 00:05:58,199 actually signed in the law by President Trump. So it 104 00:05:58,319 --> 00:06:01,600 was interesting that was a I'm a gentleman, He's not 105 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:03,800 really a gentleman, but the illegal alien who had murdered 106 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,720 her was had been in the country several times illegally 107 00:06:06,759 --> 00:06:09,800 and deported a couple of times I believe had committed 108 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:13,279 crimes in other states before eventually murdering her in Athens, 109 00:06:13,319 --> 00:06:18,680 Georgia or near Athens, Georgia. They had a couple other 110 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,199 ones in there that were interesting too, I think the 111 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,439 ban and removal of Elon Musk from power in the 112 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:31,639 federal government and the reinstatement of usaiit. Oh my god, yeah, 113 00:06:31,639 --> 00:06:33,959 those are not going to happen now. Also, raising North 114 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,839 Carolina's minimum wage to eighteen dollars an hour was another one. 115 00:06:36,879 --> 00:06:38,759 Speaker 1: What could go wrong? Yeah? 116 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:39,439 Speaker 2: What could go wrong? 117 00:06:39,639 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: And then there was another here you write about ending 118 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:47,480 the natural Citizens Clause of the US Constitution, which, in 119 00:06:47,519 --> 00:06:51,680 its current form, the Constitution bars foreign born citizens from 120 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,399 being able to be elected president. So Democrats are just 121 00:06:54,439 --> 00:06:56,000 like right out there, They're like, hey, you know, what 122 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,600 would be a great idea allowing people who are not 123 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,079 born here to lead a country? What again, what could 124 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,279 go wrong? This is like this a laundry list of 125 00:07:05,319 --> 00:07:08,720 all the worst ideas. And I'm frankly shocked that the 126 00:07:08,759 --> 00:07:11,920 Democrats did not approve of all of these or any 127 00:07:11,959 --> 00:07:15,000 of these. And you did mention that on the anti 128 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,839 Israel votes. What was it? Cooper and Governor josh Stein, 129 00:07:21,439 --> 00:07:24,360 they did not support they they you say, they disavowed 130 00:07:24,399 --> 00:07:28,160 at least one of the anti Israel resolutions. So I 131 00:07:28,439 --> 00:07:29,040 was a little bit. 132 00:07:28,959 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 2: More broad he was he was not a fan of 133 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,279 It seemed like he was talking about them collectively. However, 134 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:40,439 when Cooper was asked General Daan Peter Reach's he had 135 00:07:40,439 --> 00:07:42,879 an article up that I linked to and he basically 136 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,240 was asked about the anti Israel resolutions, and Cooper really 137 00:07:46,279 --> 00:07:49,279 only said, I don't I don't agree with any with 138 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,560 the resolution that you know Israel. Israel's a partner of ours, 139 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:55,519 any important an ally of ours, So I don't agree 140 00:07:55,519 --> 00:07:58,439 with that. And it seemed like he was just talking 141 00:07:58,439 --> 00:08:02,319 about the one that was baring weapons and in support 142 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,600 and material military oh that It didn't look like he 143 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,079 sed this about all of them, but just that one. 144 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: Well, that's the first time we've seen something of like 145 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:14,600 a foreign policy related statement from him, which is going 146 00:08:14,639 --> 00:08:17,360 to be important in a Senate run. So that also 147 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:22,120 could open him up for some you know, leftist to 148 00:08:22,199 --> 00:08:24,720 run against him in a primary. That's like so you know, 149 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,399 captured by the Palestinian cause they're like, I can't let 150 00:08:28,399 --> 00:08:29,959 this guy get in. I need you know, we need 151 00:08:29,959 --> 00:08:34,200 to run somebody else. I'm just wishing there, but let 152 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:36,120 me see. And then you had another piece at your 153 00:08:36,159 --> 00:08:39,960 Substack newsletter called more to the story. This was and 154 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,600 I'd seen their press releases actually ahead of time out 155 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,440 of York County, South Carolina. Case people didn't know, which 156 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:50,080 would be very easy to not know because the protests 157 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,679 were not really well attended. There was a rage against 158 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:56,799 the regime, get it, rage against the machine, rage against 159 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,200 the machine. Anyway, they did a bunch of these protests 160 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,279 around North Carolina and not too well attended. 161 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, not really. I think Raleigh might have been the 162 00:09:10,399 --> 00:09:12,600 biggest one in the state, and they had maybe two 163 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:15,200 or three hundred people there, maybe three hundred, I would say. 164 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,240 Looking at some of the some of the photos that 165 00:09:18,279 --> 00:09:21,600 were out there, a local news outlet found it, you know, 166 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,320 interesting enough that they had to put their chopper up 167 00:09:24,399 --> 00:09:26,360 so that they could see what was happening on the ground. 168 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,759 They hadn't done that with many of the other protests, 169 00:09:28,759 --> 00:09:30,799 but they did it with this one and happened to 170 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:35,639 catch the finale of the protest, which was going out 171 00:09:35,639 --> 00:09:38,440 onto the Halleck fact Small and creating a human chain 172 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,679 by holding hands all the way around the edges of 173 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:42,799 the mall. Well, there had to be at least two 174 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,519 or three hundred people there to do that. But yeah, 175 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,759 that was one of the most well attended ones. There 176 00:09:47,919 --> 00:09:52,000 was one down down near Charlotte where it looked like 177 00:09:52,039 --> 00:09:54,399 about six people showed up to a Circle K gas 178 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,519 station and waved flags, including someone dressed up as a 179 00:09:57,519 --> 00:10:01,919 statue of liberty. Yeah, yeah, and what else was there? 180 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,879 Some of the signs that showed up at this one, 181 00:10:06,039 --> 00:10:08,799 they were obviously ignoring all the sign warnings from the 182 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:13,399 last one. You've got several of them using foul language. 183 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,080 So readers beware if they see this article on my subject. 184 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,440 If you scroll down, you'll see the image of a 185 00:10:19,519 --> 00:10:23,480 man dressed up in a catch up outfit wearing a 186 00:10:23,519 --> 00:10:28,639 sign that says Trump F's children so lovely. 187 00:10:28,799 --> 00:10:32,519 Speaker 1: Very persuasive argument. I was on the fence until I 188 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,159 saw the image, and then it completely swayed me. 189 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 2: Now, yep, exactly. Also, it appeared that it was mostly 190 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,559 you know, middle aged to elderly folks that came out 191 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,799 to these protests. I didn't see a lot of young 192 00:10:44,799 --> 00:10:48,720 people at these, and a lot of the signs at 193 00:10:48,759 --> 00:10:52,279 the Raleigh one at least were created and given out 194 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:56,679 by Common Cause. You can see their logo right on 195 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:03,519 the signage Black Voters Matter. We the people defending democracy 196 00:11:03,759 --> 00:11:09,360 this kind of thing. So they along with Planned Parenthood 197 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,360 Votes South Atlantic and fifty one fifty and the Deeter 198 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,120 Mediation Foundation and Raleigh Boots on the Ground, those are 199 00:11:17,159 --> 00:11:19,559 the folks who are sort of organizing this, along with 200 00:11:19,799 --> 00:11:23,039 a group called People for Democracy, which really didn't identify 201 00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:23,879 itself very well. 202 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,919 Speaker 1: My favorite part was your reference to the Moral Monday 203 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:32,759 official unofficial band the Raging Grannies, which they used to 204 00:11:32,799 --> 00:11:35,919 be called the Green Granny's I believe, And then they 205 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,159 did their rebrand and they call themselves the Raging Grannies Now, 206 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,200 and they they kicked it off with a song probably 207 00:11:43,279 --> 00:11:45,519 just like they rewrote the lyrics to some popular song 208 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:47,799 from the like the nineteen sixties, because that's usually what 209 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,399 they do. And the name of this song was part 210 00:11:50,399 --> 00:11:53,519 of my language. But it says, now you've pissed off Grandma, 211 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:58,200 which do they not know their name is Raging Grannies Now, 212 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:02,279 because that wouldn't you just be in a perpetual state 213 00:12:02,399 --> 00:12:05,919 of powedness like to like I don't think I don't 214 00:12:05,919 --> 00:12:09,639 think it's again a compelling or persuasive message there from 215 00:12:10,039 --> 00:12:13,320 these these women who just sang really really bad, barely 216 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:14,519 written songs. 217 00:12:15,159 --> 00:12:15,399 Speaker 3: Yeah. 218 00:12:15,519 --> 00:12:19,039 Speaker 2: I mean it was all par for the course. Some 219 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,440 of the other protests around around the state. You know, 220 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,679 there were a few of them here and there. I 221 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,639 think there was one in Heywood County which looked like 222 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:30,000 it had maybe twenty or so people at it wasn't 223 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,840 it wasn't very widely intended, and so looking at national ones, 224 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:36,519 they were a little bit bigger in some of the 225 00:12:36,519 --> 00:12:39,559 big city some of the bigger urban centers, but the 226 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,519 most of them, those are the ones that got focused 227 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:43,639 on because the rest of them, you know, there really 228 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:45,639 wasn't that much going on. Did you see the one 229 00:12:45,879 --> 00:12:47,840 the next one we could look forward to its Labor Day. 230 00:12:48,039 --> 00:12:50,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, they're going to do it again Labor Day. Yeah. 231 00:12:50,159 --> 00:12:51,759 Did you see the one up in what I think 232 00:12:51,799 --> 00:12:54,320 it was Oaklaw was in Oklahoma City, or maybe it 233 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,919 was in Michigan, I forget where They set up tens 234 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,519 and they had watermelons there and they gave people edgehammer 235 00:13:00,639 --> 00:13:03,039 so they could bash the tents and like they give 236 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,960 him bats or bash the watermelons. 237 00:13:06,399 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, that kind of reminds me of that the performance 238 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:10,360 art comedian what was his. 239 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 1: Name, Gallagher? Yes, Gallagher, yeah, right, except they didn't even 240 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,519 give anybody like the trash bags to cover themselves in, 241 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,639 so you you go whacking away at this melon and 242 00:13:19,639 --> 00:13:21,720 then you're covered in melon guts for the rest of 243 00:13:21,759 --> 00:13:22,080 the day. 244 00:13:22,159 --> 00:13:24,639 Speaker 2: Like that's oh yeah, I'm sure that. 245 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,279 Speaker 1: Didn't think it through. Yeah, I did not think it through, 246 00:13:27,279 --> 00:13:30,320 all right, Ap Dylan from the North State Journal NSJ 247 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:34,039 online dot com and subscribe to her substack newsletter. It's 248 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:37,480 called More to the Story Banks Ap. Thanks Pepe, all right, 249 00:13:37,519 --> 00:13:39,720 take care, all right, if you're listening to this show, 250 00:13:39,759 --> 00:13:41,279 you know I try to keep up with all sorts 251 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,320 of current events, and I know you do too, And 252 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,200 you've probably heard me say get your news from multiple sources. Why, well, 253 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,960 because it's how you detect media bias, which is why 254 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,200 I've been so impressed with ground News. It's an app 255 00:13:54,399 --> 00:13:57,600 and it's a website and it combines news from around 256 00:13:57,639 --> 00:14:00,159 the world in one place, so you can compare coverage 257 00:14:00,279 --> 00:14:03,000 and verify information. You can check it out at check 258 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,480 dot ground dot news slash Pete. I put the link 259 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,600 in the podcast description too. 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Your subscription 268 00:14:36,559 --> 00:14:39,240 then not only helps my podcast, but it also supports 269 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:42,519 ground News as they make the media landscape more transparent. 270 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,960 Here's a Pete tweet from Timoteo, who says, Pete, I 271 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:50,000 was invited to participate in a counter protest of the 272 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,720 rage against the regime, but decided to go get tacos instead. 273 00:14:55,919 --> 00:15:02,840 That's probably the best decision there. Ben Shapiro calls this, 274 00:15:03,519 --> 00:15:06,039 He calls us the omni cause, which is a great 275 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,919 name for it. You hear me say, the issue is 276 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,720 never the issue. The issue is always the revolution, right. 277 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,639 And what Ben is getting at with his phrase the 278 00:15:15,679 --> 00:15:18,879 omni cause is the same thing, which is that you 279 00:15:18,879 --> 00:15:21,519 have all of these these different causes that are at 280 00:15:21,519 --> 00:15:25,240 sometimes diametrically opposed to each other on a certain issue, 281 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:30,039 and they all band together though for their omni cause, 282 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,279 and the omni cause is the tearing down of institutions 283 00:15:33,759 --> 00:15:36,799 in the Western civilization. That's the point. And you know, 284 00:15:36,879 --> 00:15:39,159 they all you know, it's kind of like the car. 285 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,679 The dog that catches the car doesn't know what to 286 00:15:41,679 --> 00:15:44,240 do with it when he gets it. Because if you 287 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,919 were to actually destroy, which is easier than building, obviously 288 00:15:48,399 --> 00:15:51,440 it's easier to destroy all of this stuff. So once 289 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,360 you do that, though, what do you want to put 290 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,919 in its place? Well, then all of these factions they 291 00:15:56,919 --> 00:16:00,960 would then splinter apart, you know, because then you would 292 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,399 have to actually fight for the power, and they're all 293 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,840 about power dynamics, and that's where all of these communist 294 00:16:06,919 --> 00:16:10,360 revolutions always fall apart. And then you end up with 295 00:16:10,399 --> 00:16:14,519 the most vicious strong man that takes over the one 296 00:16:14,519 --> 00:16:17,559 who is willing to do what the others won't. They 297 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:20,960 assert that power, They then control all of the others 298 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,679 and they wipe out all of their enemies. That's the 299 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:29,879 antithesis of Western civilization, which is the protection of the 300 00:16:29,919 --> 00:16:34,039 individual right that we all are endowed with, inalienable rights 301 00:16:34,519 --> 00:16:38,480 endowed by our creator, not from the government equal protection 302 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,840 under the law, like these are the fundamental structures that 303 00:16:41,919 --> 00:16:46,120 underpin our society. So I did get the press release 304 00:16:46,519 --> 00:16:49,279 from This was out of York County, South Carolina, right 305 00:16:49,279 --> 00:16:53,559 across the border from Charlotte. And they messed upon their dates, 306 00:16:53,559 --> 00:16:56,000 which may actually explain why they didn't have such great 307 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,679 turnout because they said Thursday, August one, but August first 308 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:07,400 wasn't Thursday, so they messed up on the dates. So anyway, 309 00:17:08,039 --> 00:17:13,240 they had a gathering first in downtown rock Hill in 310 00:17:13,319 --> 00:17:15,880 coordination with what they were calling was going to be 311 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,480 a general strike Thursday. They were calling for national anti 312 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:23,640 ICE sick Out. I think they actually meant Friday, August first, 313 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,960 and what they demand they were going to go, then 314 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,119 they're going to write postcards, and then they were going 315 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:35,680 to march to Representative Ralph Norman's office, demanding abolition of 316 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:40,599 ICE and end to deportations, defund immigration enforcement and local 317 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:45,119 police cooperation with ICE, and legal status and permanent protections 318 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,240 for all undocumented people. So amnesty. That's what their first 319 00:17:48,559 --> 00:17:50,200 march was going to be. And then was the Rage 320 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:56,799 against the Regime, where they had similar demands reject MAGA authoritarianism, 321 00:17:57,839 --> 00:18:01,960 fund schools, healthcare, housing, not billionaires all of that. So 322 00:18:02,039 --> 00:18:04,160 that was the rage against the regime. But again I 323 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,799 think they may have had low turnout because they got 324 00:18:05,839 --> 00:18:08,559 the dates wrong on their press release. Here's a great idea. 325 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:11,480 How about making an escape to a really special and 326 00:18:11,519 --> 00:18:14,720 secluded getaway in western North Carolina. Just a quick drive 327 00:18:14,799 --> 00:18:17,519 up the mountain and Cabins of Asheville is your connection. 328 00:18:17,799 --> 00:18:20,960 Whether you're celebrating an anniversary, a honeymoon, maybe you want 329 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,480 to plan a memorable proposal, or get family and friends 330 00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:26,480 together for a big old reunion, Cabins of Asheville has 331 00:18:26,519 --> 00:18:29,279 the ideal spot for you where you can reconnect with 332 00:18:29,319 --> 00:18:32,519 your loved ones and the things that truly matter. 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I always feel bad 353 00:19:41,839 --> 00:19:43,480 for those people every year I see them out there 354 00:19:43,519 --> 00:19:47,119 in those costumes. I did see the video. They did 355 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:51,200 not have a sign that they were spinning. They had 356 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,240 an American flag they were waving around. They were obviously 357 00:19:54,279 --> 00:19:57,400 part of the protest. They were not there advertising liberty 358 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:01,599 tax services. Also, it's not tax season, so I'm just 359 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:05,599 using my context clues on that one. All right, let's 360 00:20:05,599 --> 00:20:08,680 go over and speak to John. Hello, John, welcome to 361 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:09,039 the show. 362 00:20:10,039 --> 00:20:11,279 Speaker 3: Hey, how are you doing? Pete? 363 00:20:11,279 --> 00:20:12,279 Speaker 1: Hey, I'm good. What's up? 364 00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:17,400 Speaker 3: Okay? I just thought I should call wdt UH to 365 00:20:17,519 --> 00:20:22,480 try and save people from being scammed by a very 366 00:20:22,559 --> 00:20:28,160 frightening and legitimate looking text. Okay this this came in 367 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,119 yesterday on my phone. 368 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: Don't the link? 369 00:20:32,519 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 3: No, no, no, okay, So okay, it's got it's got 370 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:39,400 a very well done layout. It has a blue and 371 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:44,839 white logo. North Carolina Department of Transportation with the seal. 372 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,680 North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. Final notice enforcement penelties 373 00:20:50,759 --> 00:20:55,240 began on August the fifth. Your traffic violation remains unpaid. 374 00:20:55,759 --> 00:20:59,680 If not paid by the fourth, the following consequences will 375 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,759 follow as outlined the North Carolina Code one five C 376 00:21:04,039 --> 00:21:08,359 DASH one six point zero zero three violation documented in 377 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:13,160 the DMV system. Your registration will be suspended, thirty day 378 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,839 suspension of your license. Your debt will be forwarded. The 379 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:21,839 collections plus a thirty five percent commission, possible legal action 380 00:21:22,039 --> 00:21:25,960 and negative impact on your credit. Pay immediately at this link. 381 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,359 So something told me this was a scam. 382 00:21:29,799 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: It is and so there because the NCDOT will never text. 383 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 3: You that, of course not. And so I went over. 384 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,960 I just throve over to the sheriff's office. I live 385 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,640 in Union County. I went and said, listen, I got 386 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:46,240 this from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. What's going 387 00:21:46,319 --> 00:21:49,720 to happen to me? And the lady immediately recognized it 388 00:21:49,799 --> 00:21:53,319 was a scam. So I thought, I cannot be the 389 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:58,400 only retired person in North Carolina that has received this 390 00:21:58,559 --> 00:22:04,200 threatening message. I understand that communicating threats, there's there are 391 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:05,440 laws against that. 392 00:22:06,799 --> 00:22:09,039 Speaker 1: I think those are physical Yeah, I think those are 393 00:22:09,079 --> 00:22:09,880 physical threats. 394 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:14,279 Speaker 3: Yeah, yes, so what I I just figured I give 395 00:22:14,319 --> 00:22:17,160 a call to BET because y'all get a lot of 396 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:21,759 people listening. Indeed, I personally enjoy it. I enjoy your 397 00:22:22,319 --> 00:22:25,559 your shows. I listened on a regular basis. Uh, and 398 00:22:25,599 --> 00:22:28,160 I'm happy that you're on because they can't listen to 399 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:28,960 Rush anymore. 400 00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:32,400 Speaker 1: Oh that's very kind. Yeah. But yeah, so I will 401 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,920 tell you. Yeah, the ncd MV has sent out an alert. 402 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:40,119 They sent this out June. I want to say, early 403 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:45,640 June a surge in fraudulent text message scams targeting residents, 404 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,519 So not just retirees, but everybody. I got one of 405 00:22:48,559 --> 00:22:51,480 these a couple of months ago. The scams falsely claimed 406 00:22:51,519 --> 00:22:55,279 to request payment for fees, fines, or tolls. That's one 407 00:22:55,319 --> 00:22:58,039 I got was a toll you yeah, you got to 408 00:22:58,079 --> 00:22:59,880 pay your tolls or whatever. And I was like that, 409 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,319 it's not how that works. They just auto drafted, So 410 00:23:03,599 --> 00:23:05,599 you're not going to get You're not going to get 411 00:23:05,599 --> 00:23:08,680 that kind of a message on your text exactly. And 412 00:23:08,759 --> 00:23:12,599 so you are urged to report any suspicious texts as spam, 413 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,000 delete them immediately. Do not click on any links. See 414 00:23:16,039 --> 00:23:18,200 I always tell people this, like you can write me 415 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,720 in an email or on the text line or something, 416 00:23:20,759 --> 00:23:23,119 but if you put a link in there, and I 417 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:24,799 know people do it, they're like, oh, this is a 418 00:23:24,799 --> 00:23:27,200 good story, you should look into this whatever. I'm not 419 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:30,960 going to ever click the links ever. Yeah yeah, yeah, 420 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,759 So like you can tell me, like there was a 421 00:23:32,799 --> 00:23:35,799 story the title was this, and it was at you know, NBC. 422 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,759 Go look it up and then I'll go look it 423 00:23:37,839 --> 00:23:41,799 up myself. But yeah, people just never click the links 424 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,559 ever from anybody. 425 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 3: Right, right, So I just thought you guys would probably 426 00:23:46,519 --> 00:23:49,480 have a big reach. And Okay, you've already been on this, 427 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,559 so you know it's a scam and people are probably 428 00:23:52,599 --> 00:23:53,240 falling for it. 429 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: Sure, that's why they're doing it. And now with AI 430 00:23:56,079 --> 00:23:59,920 available to help them craft the scripts and make things 431 00:24:00,039 --> 00:24:03,079 look legitimate, it's going to be it's gonna become a 432 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:07,559 lot easier. The one I've been getting recently is I 433 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:11,519 get these random emails that Okay, hey, you know your 434 00:24:11,599 --> 00:24:14,839 meeting has been booked, and then there's like a calendar 435 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:18,599 you know, there's like a calendar RSVP box there. They 436 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,440 want you to click yes or no, and it's like, 437 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,759 I don't even know this person, I don't know this 438 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:26,319 website and you look at their email and it's like 439 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:28,960 a whole bunch of numbers and letters and stuff like 440 00:24:29,079 --> 00:24:32,319 obviously scam. Uh So that was Yeah, that was one. 441 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,920 That That's one that I'm getting a lot, and so yeah, 442 00:24:35,039 --> 00:24:37,599 always report it. You can do that in the text 443 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,759 message on your phone. There should be like a way 444 00:24:40,799 --> 00:24:44,279 to report it as phishing because that's what they're doing, right. 445 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I will. I'll look at my menu see 446 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000 if I can forward it too. 447 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:52,559 Speaker 1: But I don't forward it, just report it, block it. Yeah, 448 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:54,599 if you report it, and then that should block it 449 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,480 as well and deleted out of your are you using 450 00:24:56,519 --> 00:24:58,039 an Android or an Apple. 451 00:24:58,839 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 3: It's an Android. 452 00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:02,519 Speaker 1: Yeah, so there should be you know, the three dots 453 00:25:02,519 --> 00:25:05,519 that open up the menus. There should be. Yeah, there 454 00:25:05,559 --> 00:25:07,599 should be like the three dots or something that you'll 455 00:25:07,599 --> 00:25:10,160 be able to tap on that and then you can 456 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:11,440 you can report fishing. 457 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:16,039 Speaker 3: Okay, Well, I enjoy your show. Exser I know I 458 00:25:16,079 --> 00:25:20,680 personally know some people affiliated with WBT. The Reverend David 459 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,240 Chadwick married me and my wife a number of years ago. 460 00:25:23,279 --> 00:25:24,039 We're still legal. 461 00:25:24,319 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: Oh well, good, all right, congratulations. How long has that been? 462 00:25:28,519 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 3: Oh goodness, thirty five years almost. 463 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 1: Congratulations. Good for you. 464 00:25:32,519 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 3: Well, you have a great you have a great afternoon YouTube. 465 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,200 Enjoy you and enjoy your evening. 466 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,039 Speaker 1: All right, you too. Take care. I appreciate the heads 467 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:43,599 up on that. In fact, there's a I got this 468 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,680 the other day from the US Department of Justice. The 469 00:25:46,759 --> 00:25:50,559 FBI Charlotte Field Office, and the US Attorney's Offices for 470 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:55,440 the Eastern, Middle, and Western districts of North Carolina are 471 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:59,799 warning the public about a jury duty scam involving fake 472 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:04,440 federal arrest warrants. The scammers will call or send emails 473 00:26:04,519 --> 00:26:07,400 claiming that you miss jury duty, and then there's a 474 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:12,440 federal warrant for your arrest. To add credibility to their claims, 475 00:26:12,759 --> 00:26:16,319 the fraudsters either text or email a fake arrest warrant 476 00:26:16,559 --> 00:26:22,200 with the names of actual North Carolina federal law enforcement officers, prosecutors, 477 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,440 or judges. The victims are told to pay a fine 478 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:31,359 via a virtual currency machine or kiosk to avoid jail time. 479 00:26:32,039 --> 00:26:34,920 That's a huge red flag. The government is not going 480 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,319 to tell you to go to a bitcoin machine at 481 00:26:37,319 --> 00:26:40,200 the circle k all right. I don't know if circle 482 00:26:40,279 --> 00:26:43,599 k actually has those machines, but like, you do not 483 00:26:43,839 --> 00:26:48,079 pay all fines in bitcoin. Scammers often direct victims to 484 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,200 make virtual currency payments, which are more difficult to trace 485 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,640 and easily moved to other wallets that are controlled by 486 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,640 the fraudsters. Also, they may manipulate or spoof the call 487 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,240 a ID information to make it appear that the call 488 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,119 is from a legitimate source, like a courthouse or a 489 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,480 government agency. I actually had a bank do this to me. 490 00:27:07,599 --> 00:27:09,240 It was a legit bank call, but they were like, 491 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,079 so can you confirm your name and address? And I said, no, 492 00:27:12,319 --> 00:27:16,400 you can confirm it you're my bank. You know. Stories 493 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,599 are powerful. They help us make sense of things to 494 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,160 understand experiences. 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Memorial videos 505 00:27:56,279 --> 00:28:00,680 for your loved ones, videos for rehearsal, dinners, weddings, graduations, Christmas, 506 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,920 family vacations, birthdays, or just your family stories all told 507 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,680 through images. That's what your photos and videos are. They 508 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,519 are your life told through the eyes of everyone around 509 00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:13,839 you and all who came before you, and they will 510 00:28:13,839 --> 00:28:17,200 tell others to come who you are. Visit creative video 511 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:22,960 dot Com. From the WBT text line, Melanie says, I 512 00:28:23,079 --> 00:28:27,440 got that same scam text supposed to be from NCDMV 513 00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:30,319 and I noticed it was sent from a foreign country number. 514 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:36,440 And that's a good good eagle eye there, Melanie, thank 515 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,559 you for sharing. And Mike W says scam texts can 516 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:44,200 also be forwarded to seventy seven twenty six. I did 517 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:48,319 not know that you can forward them to seventy seven 518 00:28:48,359 --> 00:28:53,680 to twenty six. U. This is a good but I 519 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,480 don't know who wrote this. It's a seven oh four 520 00:28:55,519 --> 00:29:00,720 number who says NC Motor Vehicle Code is chapter twenty, 521 00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:05,000 which that was when John was reading that scam text 522 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,400 and excited the statute. I was going to stop him, 523 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,400 but he was rolling, you know, and so I was like, 524 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,400 just forget about it. But that would have been like 525 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,279 one of the first things I do if I was 526 00:29:15,319 --> 00:29:18,039 actually worried about it, is I would go and look 527 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,240 up the General Statute because it's a defining piece of 528 00:29:21,279 --> 00:29:24,319 information and if I can, if I can look that 529 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,519 up and say, like, what exactly are they accusing me 530 00:29:26,559 --> 00:29:29,640 of being guilty of? Then I look at the General 531 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:34,039 Statute and it doesn't actually show anything. Then it's like, oh, okay, 532 00:29:34,039 --> 00:29:38,279 this is a scam. Another seven oh four number said 533 00:29:38,279 --> 00:29:42,279 they got the jury duty scam. So yeah, we'll all 534 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:46,559 we are all going to get them, and you know, 535 00:29:46,599 --> 00:29:49,559 we're all going to get taken in by probably one 536 00:29:49,599 --> 00:29:52,599 of them in our lives. So hopefully it's not a 537 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,759 terrible one and hopefully you're only out a couple of 538 00:29:54,839 --> 00:29:58,160 bucks or something. But it can be devastating, It can 539 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:03,640 be very very bit Let me see here, oh, let 540 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:05,799 me get to this story. This is from Corey Vallancourt, 541 00:30:07,119 --> 00:30:10,039 journalist up at the Smoky Mountain News in western North Carolina. 542 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,839 A blistering letter signed by four Democratic candidates for Congress 543 00:30:15,839 --> 00:30:19,440 in North Carolina is eleventh Congressional district. This is where 544 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,319 Oh my gosh, why am I drawing a blank on 545 00:30:24,359 --> 00:30:26,160 his name? It's in the story. I'm drawing a blank 546 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,640 on his name, Chuck Edwards. This was the Madison Cawthorne seat. 547 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,480 Chuck Edwards then primaried him, and so he's the Republican. 548 00:30:33,559 --> 00:30:36,000 He owns the seat. You got a bunch of Democrats. 549 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,319 They keep thinking they can flip this seat. Democrats do. 550 00:30:38,599 --> 00:30:40,240 So they got a bunch of Democrats running in the 551 00:30:40,319 --> 00:30:43,319 primary up there, and they had they had one of 552 00:30:43,359 --> 00:30:47,839 their they had a meeting in the eleventh Congressional District 553 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:52,160 and they only invited one of the candidates to speak. 554 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,559 A guy by the name of Jamie Ager, son of 555 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,079 John Ager, who's a state representative. They own, I think 556 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,359 one of the farms up there that's very well known, 557 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,880 and so he was allowed to be the keynote speaker 558 00:31:05,279 --> 00:31:09,640 at the NC eleven Democratic gala, and these other candidates said, 559 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:14,200 that's deeply unfair and fundamentally at odds with core party values. 560 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,680 They wrote this letter saying, we the undersigned Democratic candidates 561 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:22,440 for Congress, right to express our collective and unequivocal disgust. 562 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:27,839 And this is why I call it the Democrat Party, 563 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:34,720 because they don't behave democratically. You know. The letter was 564 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:40,759 signed by candidates Mo Davis. Oh my gosh, Mo Davis. 565 00:31:40,799 --> 00:31:45,079 Mo Davis, this was the guy that's got the violence fetish. 566 00:31:45,839 --> 00:31:50,920 This is the guy that was running against Madison Cawthorn 567 00:31:51,519 --> 00:31:54,000 Lo those years ago. This would have been twenty twenty, 568 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:58,039 and nobody had thought to ever researched or look at 569 00:31:58,039 --> 00:32:01,000 his tweets. Now I had seen his tweets, but I 570 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,720 went through his Twitter timeline and I found the most 571 00:32:04,759 --> 00:32:09,480 horrible things he was saying about Republican voters, one of 572 00:32:09,519 --> 00:32:12,480 them which I read to him when I was allowed 573 00:32:12,519 --> 00:32:16,480 to ask questions at at a moderated debate, and I 574 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,559 read to him his tweets and the one, the worst one, 575 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:26,480 was that we should step on their necks and grind 576 00:32:26,599 --> 00:32:30,200 them into the ground until you can hear the snap 577 00:32:30,279 --> 00:32:36,200 of their necks. Like That's how he talked about Republican voters. 578 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:40,079 And so my question was like, why would Republican constituents 579 00:32:40,119 --> 00:32:43,319 think that you would be a good representative for them? 580 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,720 And his answer was, well, you know, you're in the 581 00:32:45,799 --> 00:32:48,160 media like I was at the time, because he was 582 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,079 a talking head pundit guy for MSNBC for a bit. 583 00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:57,119 And I was like, no, I don't talk about people 584 00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:02,519 that way. That's you're talking. You're you're encouraging and describing 585 00:33:03,079 --> 00:33:06,799 violence towards your political adversaries. These are your fellow Americans. 586 00:33:07,039 --> 00:33:08,880 Just because you disagree with them doesn't mean that they 587 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:14,279 deserve to have violence enacted upon them. But yeah, and also, 588 00:33:14,319 --> 00:33:16,200 if they're so upset about the way this played out 589 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,720 in NC eleven, wait until they hear what their own 590 00:33:18,759 --> 00:33:21,079 party did in twenty sixteen and twenty twenty four in 591 00:33:21,119 --> 00:33:26,440 the presidential primaries. Oh boy, all right, that'll do it 592 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,119 for this episode. Thank you so much for listening. I 593 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,279 could not do the show without your support and the 594 00:33:31,279 --> 00:33:34,359 support of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, so 595 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,480 if you'd like, please support them too and tell them 596 00:33:36,519 --> 00:33:38,480 you heard it here. You can also become a patron 597 00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:42,799 at my Patreon page or go to thepetecallanershow dot com. 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