WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.560 Senior advisor to President Trump, Peter Navarro, joins US tonight 2 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:06.719 to dig into where the Trump economy is headed. Alabama 3 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:09.439 Congressman Barry Moore is launching a MAGA bid for the 4 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:10.160 US Senate. 5 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:13.439 He is here this hour. We have an exclusive. 6 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:15.679 Report from the front lines of the Russia Ukraine War 7 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:19.559 with Oams Pearson Sharp. He is in Russia now and 8 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.760 cloud seating is actually real. Congress discussed the matter and 9 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:25.679 we've got the highlights. It's all next to the mac 10 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:26.199 Gates Show. 11 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:30.480 Let's do this shaking up Washington, d C. We're breaking 12 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:30.920 the fever. 13 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:34.320 Do you haven't watch this guy on television. It's like 14 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:35.240 a machine. 15 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:36.399 He's great. 16 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:37.679 Matt Gates. 17 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:43.640 Our top story tonight is the Trump economy. When Donald 18 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:47.679 Trump rescued the presidency in January that the economy was 19 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:50.679 facing major headwinds. It turns out America as a nation 20 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:54.880 far too dynamic to be successfully governed by an auto 21 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:58.280 pen for long. Over the last several months, multiple economic 22 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:02.799 indicators have shifted, pointing toward improvement, improvement that Americans are 23 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:05.640 feeling after a contraction in the first quarter of twenty 24 00:01:05.680 --> 00:01:09.040 twenty five. The second quarter saw a really strong rebound, 25 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:12.359 with gross domestic product rising to an annualized rate of 26 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:16.439 three point three percent. Remember Obama told us we would 27 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:19.560 never get growth over two percent. We've also had the 28 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:23.920 Atlanta Fed's GDP now model estimating third quarter growth at 29 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:28.120 around three point three percent, up from earlier estimates. Labor 30 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:32.040 force participation among the working age has also increased under 31 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:36.200 President trumpet remains above pre pandemic levels, and those were 32 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:39.480 peaks before we entered into the Biden economy and all 33 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:43.280 the shutdowns. Put simply, the Trump economy has more people 34 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:46.719 getting value out of work. Over the first five months 35 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:49.400 of the Trump administration, about six hundred and seventy one 36 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:52.959 thousand payroll jobs were created. That's changing the lives of 37 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:56.879 Americans for the better. Retail sales continue to rise. In August, 38 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:01.239 retail sales rose five percent year over year, exceeding expectations. 39 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:04.519 Private sector employment has been growing. In the second quarter, 40 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:08.800 monthly average private sector job gain was actually stronger than 41 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:11.280 it was in the first quarter. That's the right path 42 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:14.800 to beyond. Business inventories have also increased, with a rising 43 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:19.240 ratio of sales to inventories. That is suggesting strong demand 44 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:23.560 remaining true. People are feeling more confident to spend money. 45 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:26.879 In the Trump economy, tariffs have also been working. They 46 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:29.120 used to account for about two percent of federal revenue 47 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:32.800 under Trump, that has tripled. Collections have passed one hundred 48 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.719 billion dollars for the first time ever. One of the 49 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:39.199 architects of the Trump administration's tariff policy is senior White 50 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:42.879 House advisor Peter Navarro. Now, in addition to him being 51 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.360 an economic whiz, Doctor Navarro proved to be deeply loyal 52 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:47.039 to the president. 53 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:49.199 During the January sixth witch. 54 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:55.199 Hunt, the illegitimate Illegal January sixth Committee pursued, prosecuted, and 55 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:58.719 imprisoned Peter Navarro in concert with the Biden Justice Department. 56 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:02.639 He emerged from prison to a triumphant return at the 57 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:04.000 Republican National Convention. 58 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:07.240 I went to prison so you won't have. 59 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:17.240 To joining us now is President Trump's senior counselor for 60 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:20.560 Trade and Manufacturing and the author of I went to 61 00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:23.639 prison So you won't have to A love and law 62 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:26.199 fair story in trump Land, doctor Peter Navarro. 63 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:27.879 Doctor Navarro, I want. 64 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:30.759 To get to the book, but first, what now are 65 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:34.039 the key indicators that you're tracking in the Trump economy? 66 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.400 Man, I think you hit them all. I mean, I'm 67 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:43.479 a macroeconomist. In my earlier life, i wrote books on 68 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:47.840 the economic indicators to look at that we have no 69 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:52.560 evidence of any kind of inflation, and I'm looking carefully 70 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:56.199 at the bond market reflecting that the ten years going down, 71 00:03:56.960 --> 00:04:00.400 which is one of the best indicators, which means it's 72 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:06.120 deflationary rather than inflationary. You look at consumer confidence, retail sales. 73 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:09.879 The one that worries me the most is the ISM 74 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:15.879 manufacturing index. That one is stayed stubbornly below fifty, which 75 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:18.480 signals continue contraction there. 76 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.759 But the important thing to understand is. 77 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:27.800 That our whole policy economically with tariffs is designed to 78 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:31.000 bring investment and factories back. 79 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:31.920 To the United States. 80 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:35.439 So there's going to be a lag between the tradions 81 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:39.879 of dollars investment that are investing here to build factories 82 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:44.240 and the time people are actually manufacturing. So we'll see 83 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:50.839 a surge in construction employment because of this influx of 84 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:54.800 trade related investment, and then we will get a rise 85 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:58.600 in manufacturing. The bottom line is the Fed today should 86 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:02.839 have cut rates by fifty basis points, and in my judgment, 87 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:06.560 one hundred that's how far we're behind but that FED 88 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:09.759 has been politicized like so many other institutions in this 89 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:15.439 country that are anti Trump, And there you have it. 90 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:21.040 But the look, Matt, Matt, the tariffs have succeeded beyond 91 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:25.639 any wildest expectations, including it up to the point where 92 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:28.600 now we're projected that we're going to get seven trillion 93 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:31.439 dollars over the course of a ten year period. 94 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:33.279 That's going to turn what looked to. 95 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:35.759 Be a fiscal cliff we were going to crash over 96 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:39.680 into a situation where we actually get debt reduction, and 97 00:05:39.759 --> 00:05:45.319 of course with debt reduction comes inflation reduction, bond yield reduction, 98 00:05:45.560 --> 00:05:50.439 mortgage rate reduction, consumer credit interest deduction, and so I 99 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:53.079 think we're in a in a very good place. But 100 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:55.720 having said all that, Matt, Matt, Matt, I got to 101 00:05:56.360 --> 00:06:01.240 thank you and Ginger from my heart heart and Bonnie's heart, 102 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:06.240 my fiance for all the support you gave me when 103 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:09.399 I was in prison, and I had a card which 104 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:13.959 I kept that you and Ginger sent me, and in 105 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:17.480 defiance of the guards, because you weren't supposed to put 106 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:18.639 anything on the front of your. 107 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:22.199 Locker, I put that up on my locker. 108 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:24.439 And then they didn't dare to take it down, but 109 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.360 I still regret the fact that they didn't allow you 110 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:30.800 to come visit me in prison. You'll be happy to 111 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:33.959 know that we got Bernadette Peters, a woman who called 112 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:38.240 me what I forget what it was, a disruptor or 113 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:39.600 something like the notorious. 114 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:40.199 That was it. 115 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:42.600 She wouldn't let you in because I was too notorious. 116 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:47.800 She got fired within days of Donald Trump taking office. So, brother, I, 117 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:51.240 from the bottom of my heart, it's all about you. 118 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:55.279 You are thanked in the dedication to this book. I 119 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:58.560 went to prison so you won't have to, and you 120 00:06:58.600 --> 00:06:59.519 were my anchor there. 121 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:00.720 You and gen I appreciate it. 122 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:03.279 We think so highly of you and Bonnie, and what 123 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:05.839 happened was so deeply unfair. I do want to get 124 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:09.199 into the book because you wrote Trump Time that brought 125 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:12.759 the reader inside how President Trump makes decisions, how he 126 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:17.639 engages in teamwork and leading the country. But this is 127 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:19.600 a very different kind of book. It seems to be 128 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:22.519 far more personal. What will readers learn when they pick 129 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:22.800 it up. 130 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:27.360 Well, it's three books in one in some sense, so 131 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:30.920 it's a bargain there when you buy it first. It's 132 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.879 obviously the story of how I as a senior White 133 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:39.319 House advisor got put into prison. Every person involved in 134 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:44.839 my imprisonment was a Democrat. They overturned fifty years of 135 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:49.680 Department of Justice policy across party lines to just run 136 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:53.240 rough shot over the constitutional separation of powers. I was 137 00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:57.560 simply defending the constitutional separation of powers from an out 138 00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:01.439 of control J six committee and is as my oath 139 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:04.160 of office required, they put me in prison. 140 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:07.680 So it's about that. Secondly, I mean, look, you want. 141 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.720 To know what it's like to go to prison for 142 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:15.560 a misdemeanor at seventy four years old, for something you 143 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:21.439 actually didn't do, and wind up with two hundred felons. 144 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:23.199 Read the book. 145 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:26.279 It's it's well, I want to know did they know 146 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:28.160 everything in between? 147 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:28.839 You know, did the. 148 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:31.560 People who were there in your bunk room know that 149 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:34.960 you were a political prisoner there because of this high 150 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:38.320 profile matter? Did you have friends, there were people nice 151 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:38.559 to you. 152 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:42.600 Well, see, that's that's part of the humor, the dark 153 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:45.639 kind of Kafka meets Joseph Heller humor. 154 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:46.000 The whole thing. 155 00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:50.120 Everybody in that prison knew I was coming to that 156 00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:54.799 prison before I did, because a couple of weeks before 157 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:57.720 I was ordered to report there. They were put on 158 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:03.399 Potempkin village detail with like mops and brooms and paint brushes, 159 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:06.279 screwing in light bulbs. They went up on the roof 160 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:09.639 and redid the roof so the helicopters coming by would 161 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:12.240 look like it wasn't like falling apart and stuff like that. 162 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:15.279 They redid the whole menu. 163 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:17.480 And stuff like that, so rather than being like a 164 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:20.919 starvation diet, it was like a half starvation diet. So 165 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:25.240 when I got there number one, they knew I was coming. 166 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.240 Number two, there's this thing where they every inmate that 167 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:32.240 comes into a prison mat is like the other inmates 168 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:34.000 look them up on this thing called pacer. 169 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:34.840 You know what that is. 170 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:37.759 It's illegal database, and what they want to find out 171 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:40.440 is why they went to prison, whether they were a 172 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:43.720 snitch and got a lighter sentence. So one of the 173 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:46.279 most comic things that happened in the first couple of 174 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:49.159 days I'm there is like these guys come around, they 175 00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:51.720 surround me. It's like what's going on here? And they go, 176 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:54.759 you're a good guy, and I go, you know why okay, 177 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:58.799 as they say, because you didn't snitch, And I'm thinking there, 178 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:02.320 I'm just laughing to myself the moral equivalence between not, 179 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:06.960 you know, refusing a congressional subpoena because of executive privilege 180 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.399 and not like ratting out your your your fellow gang 181 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:13.600 member on a crime. It was, you know, darkly amusing 182 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:15.799 kind of stuff. But I saved a couple of lives 183 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:19.639 in prison. There's really good stories about that. And and 184 00:10:19.960 --> 00:10:24.840 interestingly enough, Matt, I went in there as an inmate 185 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.559 and spent all my time there as an investigative reporter, 186 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:31.759 uncovered a five billion dollar taxpayer scandal, which you and 187 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:34.799 I corresponded quite a bit about respect of the first 188 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:37.080 step back, and Matt, you'll be happy to know on 189 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:40.279 the outside, I've been able to get a good guy 190 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:43.320 at the Department of Prisons as the director, and I've 191 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:47.200 actually solved that problem. They've changed the policy in precisely 192 00:10:47.240 --> 00:10:49.519 the ways I recommended from. 193 00:10:49.360 --> 00:10:51.879 Prison, and that's not bad. 194 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:55.120 A five billion dollars scandal I was able to solve, 195 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:57.960 So you know, it wasn't worth going there for that 196 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:02.039 at one level, but at least, say the taxpayers five 197 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:02.799 billion dollars. 198 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:05.120 Yeah, I mean, maybe we should just drop you off 199 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:07.960 at every federal department for a few months and see 200 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.519 what you write about and what we learn about that 201 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:13.200 was one of the interesting consequences of your time in prison. 202 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:15.919 You came out an expert on that system, and now 203 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:18.679 it's really heartwarming to see that you're dedicating some of 204 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:21.559 your time to improving it for others. But when we 205 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.720 look back, when history looks back on this moment, the 206 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:30.200 January sixth Committee illegitimately construed the Department of Justice tormenting 207 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:34.039 you over this non misdemeanor, Like, what do you want 208 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:37.120 to see happen to the people who were involved in 209 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:40.639 these violations of procedure and in some cases law. 210 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:43.240 Well, there's two things I want to happen. First of all, 211 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:45.919 I know this, but my case is ongoing. It's on 212 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:49.240 appeal in that building behind me. That's the Supreme Court 213 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:54.240 us versus Peter Navarro should eventually wind up there to 214 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:58.440 settle the central question is can the House of Representatives, 215 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:02.600 the legislative brand subpoena a senior White House advisor in 216 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.960 the executive branch And from the days of George Washington 217 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:08.919 and the Jay Treaty, in the beginnings of executive privilege, 218 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:12.720 in fifty years of formal DOJ policy, Department of Justice 219 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:13.679 policy the. 220 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:14.759 Answer was always nun. 221 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:21.039 But now that the Biden regime flipped that, everybody going 222 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:23.840 forward is going to be at risk serving in the 223 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:26.639 White House are going to prison if they if they 224 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:29.360 honor their oath of office. So I want good laws 225 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:30.399 settled on the. 226 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:32.759 Question. 227 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:36.519 I want all of these bastards in jail, okay, and 228 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:39.480 not just the ones who put me in prison, but 229 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:43.440 the ones who tried to put Donald Trump in prison. 230 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:47.360 And here's the thing what's interesting, Matt again, Chuck Grassley, 231 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:50.200 Senator is doing a great job working with whistleblowers in 232 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:53.919 the FBI, and he's out of this guy named Walter Giadina, 233 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:57.240 the FBI agent who Cash Pettel has now fired. Why 234 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:59.879 do I mention him? He was the son of who 235 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:05.480 put me in handcuffs and leg irons. Purp walked my 236 00:13:05.559 --> 00:13:07.919 lovely fiance And I'm pointing to her because she's right 237 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:12.639 behind the camera here and says hi, Purp walked her out. 238 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:16.320 There were five armed FBI agents who come grab me. 239 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:20.440 And it turns out he not only helped orchestrate my 240 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:24.559 circus arrest, which was totally unnecessary, turns out he's a 241 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:31.039 key figure as Grassley's whistleblower show in virtually every attempt 242 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:35.519 to unsee Donald Trump or to interfere in the election 243 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:39.320 starting in twenty sixteen. Matt, you know these details so well. 244 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:43.120 The Steele dossier, what was that? That was the phony 245 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:48.759 dossier compiled by Hillary Clinton to basically create the Russia Hope. 246 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:51.559 Oh you're giving me, yeah, you know, you're giving me 247 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:53.080 all the Russia Hope hoax vibes. 248 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:55.159 But I do have to live. I'll give you a 249 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:57.080 few more seconds, Peter for that. 250 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:01.480 Giordina was the guy who green Lita's legitimate set the 251 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:02.159 whole ball round. 252 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:03.000 Wow. 253 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:06.960 Incredible, Yeah, Peter Navarro, amazing book. He went to prison, 254 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.679 so the rest of us didn't have to. We can 255 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:10.600 at least get the book. You're gonna learn a lot 256 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:11.679 if you read it. 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So I to talk 301 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:03.039 about something for a minute, and it is heavy, So 302 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:06.160 please bear with me. I want you to know that 303 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:09.200 it's okay if you feel sadness. It's okay if you 304 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:13.200 feel if you're grieving. Two days ago, I lost a mentor, 305 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.640 my first boss, the first person who made me believe 306 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.920 in myself, that encouraged me to chase this dream that 307 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:25.039 you're watching right now, Charlie Kirk. There's a lot going 308 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:27.519 on in our world right now, in our country. But 309 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:30.799 I want to say one thing. Lean on your neighbors, 310 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:33.400 speak up for what you believe in. I don't care 311 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:37.160 what it is I want to share with you. One 312 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:39.440 of my favorite saying is that Charlie would always tell 313 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:42.559 us at the office, he would yell it from the mountaintop. 314 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:48.759 So please listen. When conversations stop happening, when individuals become wordless, 315 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:53.480 that's when violence begins. So if you do one thing today, 316 00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:58.319 make it be with passion, with conviction. Stand up for 317 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:02.119 your friends. Stand up for your beliefs, and speak loudly, 318 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:06.759 even if your voice shakes. Your words have meaning, your 319 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:08.000 values have purpose. 320 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.480 Never forget that. 321 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:13.319 Thank you c k changed my life. 322 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:18.799 That was touching, an earnest and appropriate. So why isn't 323 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:23.440 the journalist Benny Ray Harmony still on air. WICSABC twenty 324 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:26.839 in Springfield has confirmed the resignation of miss Harmony. They 325 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:29.599 say nobody has been fired or suspended in the last 326 00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:32.640 ninety days. Miss Harmony is contending that she resigned after 327 00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:35.640 being told you to remove a social media post of 328 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:38.680 this tribute to Charlie Kirk. She said she was pressured 329 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:42.359 and threatened. When asked specifically whether they threatened suspension or 330 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:46.039 other disciplinary action over the tribute. The station refused to comment. 331 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:49.359 Benny ray Harmony once interned in my congressional office. She's 332 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:52.920 worked for Jack PASOBC and Media and at Turning Point USA, 333 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.200 She joins us. Now, Benny, it's good to see you. 334 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:58.880 Your tribute was beautiful and appropriate and appreciated. 335 00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:01.279 What happened when you posted it on social media. 336 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:05.640 Well, Matt, it was not the response that I thought 337 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:08.480 I would get. For sure, as you can see, I'm 338 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:11.559 sure you've watched the video. It was not political whatsoever. 339 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:14.400 It was honoring a mentor that we both knew, you 340 00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:18.599 and I and you actually were the person that encouraged 341 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:20.799 me to go work for Turning Point in twenty twenty 342 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:23.799 one again after I left your office. And it's just 343 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:28.640 tragic that something as horrible that happened we all watched 344 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:33.559 a tribute can't even be done without being punished for it. 345 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:35.000 It was a human reaction. 346 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:39.079 Were you told that it violated any type of policy 347 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:39.920 of the network? 348 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:43.039 No, Matt, they did not tell me why. All they 349 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:44.920 told me was if I did not take it down, 350 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.279 I would be punished, and I wasn't going to stick 351 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.160 around and wait for that. 352 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.920 Did they indicate what that punishment would be. 353 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:52.880 No. 354 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:56.839 Wow, we are currently the WICS station that I was 355 00:19:56.960 --> 00:20:01.000 at just got bought by a new company, Broadcasting Group, 356 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:04.960 and it's safe to say it's pretty disorganized and nobody 357 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:07.720 really knows what's going on in their own house. And 358 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:09.640 I think that that's where a lot of the issues 359 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:11.079 in the leadership stem from. 360 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:14.000 How did others in your newsroom and in your news 361 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:16.759 organization react to your resignation. 362 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:22.559 Well, Matt, I was not expecting to be the first 363 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:26.599 one to do it, but from hearing from my friends 364 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:29.640 and the other people around me, they share a lot 365 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:32.359 of the same opinions, but I was just the one 366 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:36.920 to speak up. There's a lot more opinions and conservative voices, 367 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:40.160 especially right here in Lincoln's Home and SPRINKLELT, Illinois. 368 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:44.799 Yeah, and again to your point that you've made rather convincingly, 369 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:47.359 this wasn't even about politics. You would have said this 370 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:49.839 about anyone that you'd worked with, even in a job 371 00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:52.880 that didn't have anything to do with politics. And I 372 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:56.640 guess I'm trying to understand what about modern newsrooms are 373 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:59.599 so like reticent to just allow people to have a 374 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.400 human reaction. 375 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:03.680 You think, Yeah, I don't know, Matt, I think I 376 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:09.359 think this is not a battle of Democrat or Republican. 377 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:12.599 I really think it's good versus evil and it goes back. 378 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:14.480 This is not the first time I have seen my 379 00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:17.599 newsroom react the way they have and not air something 380 00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:21.240 or or you know, most recent there was another situation 381 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:23.759 they would not air a Republican candidate that was running 382 00:21:23.799 --> 00:21:24.319 for office. 383 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.920 And it's just sad. 384 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:28.519 It's really sad to see this. And it's also sad 385 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:31.640 to see managers going around the newsroom and feeding their 386 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:36.880 leftist propaganda to us, calling Trump Nazis, pedophile, calling him Hitler, 387 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:39.160 and all these awful things. And Matt, this is what 388 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:42.480 our young reporters and our young anchors are witnessing every 389 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:45.400 single day. They are fed this in their ears in 390 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:47.160 newsrooms across the country. 391 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.839 Wow. 392 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:51.039 And you know, you are proof that Turning Point was 393 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:54.720 this great incubator, this ecosystem where if you were excited 394 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:58.000 about storytelling, if you're excited about sharing the truth with people, 395 00:21:58.319 --> 00:22:01.240 you would gain more skills, you would have opportunities. What 396 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:04.079 would be your message to someone who was going to 397 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:06.680 volunteer at Turning Point or maybe even work for Turning 398 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:09.519 Point about how that might help them in their future endeavors. 399 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:14.200 Well, it's not just about us at this point anymore. 400 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:18.240 I would encourage anyone to get involved. Go to TPUSA 401 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:22.200