Democrats are mocking their voters and Americans (08-26-2024--Hour1)

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[00:00:28] Uh-oh. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mundus.

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[00:01:00] So on Friday, I, uh, started to join in progress, the RFK news conference where he announced that he was suspending his campaign.

[00:01:15] And, um, and then I got in the car cause the, it started way later. It was supposed to start at two and it started like, like half an hour late.

[00:01:25] So I ended up pulling up the, uh, YouTube feed of it and watching the, uh, entire video and listening to him.

[00:01:34] And I have said before that his voice, like it's, it's bad. And I like, and I know how that sounds. It's not his fault. I totally understand that, but it, it's difficult for me to listen to.

[00:01:48] However, because of the, uh, the magnitude of what his announcement was about, I felt like I had to watch and listen to the whole thing.

[00:01:58] And I noticed that about, I don't know, 15 minutes, 20 minutes in when you're just listening uninterrupted, um, you sort of, you're, it's like your, your brain adapts and it, it wasn't so bad to listen to.

[00:02:13] I noticed about halfway through that, like, it wasn't that bad, you know?

[00:02:18] So I, I don't understand the psychology of that or the neurology of it, but, uh, anyway, I just thought that, uh, maybe I've been given the guy, uh, too hard of a time.

[00:02:28] But I haven't, I'm not giving him a hard time. I'm not trying to give him a hard time. I just, you know, in the, in the realm of politics, you have to do talking.

[00:02:38] And if people can't listen to you talk, then like, that's a problem.

[00:02:44] I mean, look at Hillary Clinton. I mean, that's sorry. Okay.

[00:02:49] It's too soon. It's too soon. All right.

[00:02:52] Jonathan Turley writing at the New York post over the weekend, he said that the withdrawal of RFK

[00:02:58] junior, uh, from the presidential race and his endorsement of former president Donald Trump was

[00:03:04] yet another extraordinary moment in an election that has been anything but predictable.

[00:03:09] Only a year ago, it would have been unthinkable, inconceivable, if you will,

[00:03:15] that a sitting president would be effectively forced off a ticket and replaced by a candidate who did not even secure a single vote for president.

[00:03:27] Over two election cycles, I might add.

[00:03:31] Right?

[00:03:32] 2020, she didn't get any either.

[00:03:34] Now, the nephew of John F. Kennedy and son of, uh, of RF Kennedy has not just withdrawn from the Democratic Party,

[00:03:42] but endorsed the Republican nominee.

[00:03:45] Amidst all of the claimed joy of the Democratic National Convention, there is a sobering reality that is being ignored by the ecstatic press and pundits.

[00:03:57] This is how Democrats make Republicans.

[00:04:03] RFK junior is an example of this.

[00:04:07] And he laid it all out, which I suspect is why CNN broke away rather than carry the entire, um, appearance on Friday.

[00:04:19] No reason for CNN, which is a wall-to-wall, 24-hour news network covering politics and the presidential race.

[00:04:27] You have a candidate dropping out and they bailed.

[00:04:31] They bailed, I suspect, because they didn't like what he was saying.

[00:04:37] And they felt like maybe this is going to cause some unpleasantness and some awkwardness for the Democrat Party and their, their nominee.

[00:04:47] There's an old expression, Turley writes.

[00:04:53] A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged.

[00:04:57] Irving Kristol explained the neoconservative movement was built by, actually, Democrats, who were, quote, mugged by reality.

[00:05:08] Kennedy has not become a Republican, but rather joined the roughly half of Americans now identifying as independents.

[00:05:15] While this country is solidly under the hold of a duopoly of power in the two main parties, only 25% of the country identify as Democrats.

[00:05:24] And 25% identify as Republicans.

[00:05:26] And that leaves about half of Americans identifying as independents.

[00:05:33] Kennedy's departure from the Democrats has been mocked in the press.

[00:05:37] And the attacks on him, I would point out here over the weekend, have just been ridiculous.

[00:05:43] I saw that idiot actor from the West Wing.

[00:05:49] If I named him, you're not even going to know his name or who he was.

[00:05:53] It's like Bradford Whitford or Whitley or Whitfield or something or other.

[00:05:57] And he starts attacking Cheryl Hines.

[00:06:02] Cheryl Hines is another actor.

[00:06:05] She played the wife of Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

[00:06:10] And she's married to RFK Jr.

[00:06:12] And he starts attacking her on Twitter as if she is able to control her husband's endorsement.

[00:06:21] Like, what are you saying that she should, what, take a knee to the husband of the House, to the man of the House?

[00:06:27] He gets to set all of the politics for the household.

[00:06:29] And it's just absurd.

[00:06:33] When he spoke on his withdrawal, many of us who have been lifelong members of the party, the Democrat Party.

[00:06:39] This is Jonathan Turley.

[00:06:41] He says many of us identified with his remarks.

[00:06:43] And then he goes on to list all of his work that he has done in his allegiance to the Democrat Party over his entire life.

[00:06:50] But he says the party changed.

[00:06:53] Where once they defended free speech, Democrats have rallied behind censorship and blacklisting of those with opposing views.

[00:07:01] They have sought to block dozens of Republicans from ballots, including former President Trump.

[00:07:07] Remember that?

[00:07:08] I'm old enough to remember that.

[00:07:09] They were trying to keep Donald Trump off the ballot in several states because of the criminal charges that Democrats had filed against him.

[00:07:17] To preserve democracy.

[00:07:19] Of course.

[00:07:21] To make matters worse, they've done so in the supposed name of democracy.

[00:07:25] After harassing candidates like RFK and Minnesota Representative Dean Phillips.

[00:07:31] Remember him?

[00:07:32] No, of course not.

[00:07:33] Nobody does.

[00:07:33] Anyway, the Democratic leadership then simply installed their choice at the convention in an unprecedented bait and switch.

[00:07:42] Not my words.

[00:07:44] Jonathan Turley's.

[00:07:45] But also kind of sort of Gavin Newsom's.

[00:07:50] Gavin Newsom.

[00:07:52] Made an appearance on the Pod Bros.

[00:07:56] That's what everybody calls them.

[00:07:57] The Pod Save America.

[00:07:59] These are former Obama advisors and staffers.

[00:08:03] And they started their, was it John Lovett or Lovett or I think it's, or leave it.

[00:08:08] I don't know.

[00:08:10] And who was the other fellow?

[00:08:12] I forget.

[00:08:12] But like two of these.

[00:08:13] I don't think it's David Plouffe or Plouffe.

[00:08:17] I don't think it's him.

[00:08:18] But there's another one.

[00:08:20] I'm drawing a blank on his name.

[00:08:21] But they both host this podcast.

[00:08:24] And of course, you can imagine it's wildly popular among the NPR set.

[00:08:30] Favreau.

[00:08:30] That's the guy's name.

[00:08:31] John Favreau.

[00:08:31] Not the actor.

[00:08:34] But the Obama guy.

[00:08:37] They've got Gavin Newsom at the table.

[00:08:41] And this was, I think, it was either the last day of the DNC or it was published the day after.

[00:08:48] Either way, they're at the DNC.

[00:08:50] They got all the signs behind him and everything.

[00:08:52] And listen to this exchange between the pod bros and Governor Gavin Newsom.

[00:08:59] How are you feeling about the switch?

[00:09:00] I mean, the switch.

[00:09:02] Now we went through a very open process.

[00:09:04] A very inclusive process.

[00:09:06] It was bottom up.

[00:09:07] I don't know if you know that.

[00:09:09] Yes, that's what I've been told to say.

[00:09:10] Yes, it was.

[00:09:12] A very inclusive process.

[00:09:14] They're laughing at you.

[00:09:17] They're mocking their own voters.

[00:09:23] Ha, ha, ha.

[00:09:24] Isn't it funny?

[00:09:25] The switch.

[00:09:25] Oh, is that what we're calling it?

[00:09:26] And then he says, it was very inclusive from the bottom up.

[00:09:29] That's what I've been told to say.

[00:09:31] How are you feeling about the switch?

[00:09:33] I mean, the switch.

[00:09:35] Now we went through a very open process.

[00:09:37] A very inclusive process.

[00:09:39] It was bottom up.

[00:09:40] I don't know if you know that.

[00:09:42] Yes, that's what I've been told to say.

[00:09:43] Yes, it was a blitz primary, I believe.

[00:09:46] That's what they called it.

[00:09:47] It was a very, very fast blitz.

[00:09:48] It was a blink primary.

[00:09:50] So we saw that.

[00:09:51] 30 minutes.

[00:09:52] It was a convention.

[00:09:53] Yeah.

[00:09:53] You know, between a tweet and another tweet.

[00:09:56] It's amazing how it happened.

[00:09:56] Yeah, it's been amazing.

[00:09:57] But what is amazing is how unified everybody is.

[00:10:00] Yes.

[00:10:02] Yes, very unified.

[00:10:03] We are all unified.

[00:10:06] It's unreal.

[00:10:08] They're just blatantly mocking you.

[00:10:13] Unlike me, when I toss it to Pam the Jam Warner,

[00:10:17] never should I mock Pam.

[00:10:19] Never do I.

[00:10:19] There's a comedian, Tim Young.

[00:10:23] I follow him on Twitter.

[00:10:25] I think his Twitter handle is something like,

[00:10:27] Tim runs his mouth or something.

[00:10:29] And he posted up earlier today,

[00:10:33] when a lifelong Democrat from an iconic Democrat family who tried to run as a Democrat and whose running mate was a Democrat,

[00:10:40] warns you about the dangers of voting for the Democrat in the election.

[00:10:44] You should probably listen.

[00:10:48] Yeah.

[00:10:50] Yeah.

[00:10:50] RFK Jr.'s family came out with a letter saying,

[00:10:54] Bobby's not right.

[00:10:56] His lifelong best friend was like,

[00:10:58] he went crazy in 2012,

[00:10:59] but I'm just telling you about it now.

[00:11:01] Like, all of a sudden the knives were out for this guy.

[00:11:04] Why?

[00:11:05] Because he's telling lies?

[00:11:08] Or maybe because he's telling the truth?

[00:11:12] Back to Jonathan Turley's piece.

[00:11:15] He said Democrats prevented such choices from being made in the primary.

[00:11:21] Right?

[00:11:21] RFK, remember,

[00:11:22] the reason to shield Biden and not have primaries was to protect him from RFK Jr.

[00:11:32] They were very worried that somebody was going to run against Biden,

[00:11:36] and that somebody turned out to be RFK Jr.

[00:11:38] And, okay, yes, Dean Phillips, but okay.

[00:11:41] But nobody really paid that guy any mind.

[00:11:44] But that was why they closed down the primaries.

[00:11:47] That's why Democrat parties throughout the country,

[00:11:50] including in North Carolina, if I recall correctly,

[00:11:53] said no other candidate shall be on the ballot except for Joe Biden.

[00:11:58] So they rigged their primary election against their own voters.

[00:12:03] So they would not have a choice.

[00:12:05] So as to protect Biden from being seen,

[00:12:08] from being visible in a debate of any kind, right?

[00:12:13] So they prevented the choice from being made

[00:12:16] and then selected a leader with all of the transparency

[00:12:19] and deliberation of a party Congress in China.

[00:12:24] Sorry, I just, I can't say China without invoking like the Trump pronunciation of it for some reason.

[00:12:29] It's a tick of mine.

[00:12:31] I don't know why.

[00:12:32] Anyway, Kennedy said that the Democrat Party

[00:12:34] has virtually shoved him and other voters

[00:12:37] into the arms of Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

[00:12:42] And by the way, he's not wrong.

[00:12:45] He's not wrong.

[00:12:49] It is not clear whether the red pill, blue pill pitch will be enough

[00:12:53] or whether Kennedy's endorsement will turn the critical votes into swing state or in swing states.

[00:12:59] However, the DNC showed how Democrats make Republicans, right?

[00:13:03] The party not only worked to block the ability of his opponents to challenge Biden,

[00:13:08] but worked to conceal the cognitive decline of the sitting president.

[00:13:14] Indeed.

[00:13:16] It's the biggest political scandal, well, I was going to say of the modern era

[00:13:20] because I've said that before, but then I remembered over the weekend,

[00:13:24] the Steele dossier and that one was pretty big too.

[00:13:28] So, okay.

[00:13:29] So one of the two top worst political scandals.

[00:13:33] Oh, wait, hang on a second.

[00:13:34] Then there's the Hunter Biden laptop deal.

[00:13:36] So, okay.

[00:13:36] So one of the three worst political scandals of the modern era.

[00:13:42] Even the Washington Post, I covered this last week.

[00:13:45] Even the Washington Post had to admit, quote,

[00:13:48] the 81-year-old had shown signs of slipping for a long time,

[00:13:53] but his inner circle worked to conceal his decline.

[00:13:57] However, Turley goes on to note,

[00:13:59] quote, the Washington Post failed to mention that Vice President Kamala Harris was part of that inner circle.

[00:14:06] Indeed, she has been touting her close work with Biden in her campaign.

[00:14:12] There is little recognition that if that's true,

[00:14:14] then it means that Harris, the White House, and leading Democrats

[00:14:20] lied to the public about Biden's mental decline for their own political interests.

[00:14:28] Now, I know it may look like that to guys like Jonathan Turley,

[00:14:34] but I think there's a rational explanation for why it looks like that.

[00:14:39] It's because that's exactly what did happen.

[00:14:41] That is exactly what happened.

[00:14:43] That's why it looks like that.

[00:14:44] There isn't any other explanation that makes any bit of sense.

[00:14:49] I've been watching and listening.

[00:14:52] I have not discovered one.

[00:14:53] The only one that makes sense is the obvious one,

[00:14:57] which Occam's razor would have us already default to it,

[00:15:00] which is, yes, they all knew, and yes, they kept it hidden,

[00:15:04] and they did so in order to protect their own political interests,

[00:15:07] whatever those might be.

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[00:15:56] John, in an email, says,

[00:15:58] Pete, when the Washington Post says that the Biden administration

[00:16:02] covered up his mental deterioration,

[00:16:04] well, that's weak.

[00:16:05] CYA excuse.

[00:16:07] You had to willingly turn a blind eye to what everybody could clearly see.

[00:16:11] The Washington Post was not fooled by the inner circle of Biden.

[00:16:15] They were a willing participant.

[00:16:18] Correct.

[00:16:19] Correct.

[00:16:20] This is why I have such disgust and disdain for the media in a way that,

[00:16:28] I mean, I was OK.

[00:16:30] I did have some level of disdain prior to,

[00:16:32] but now it's it's like 11 out of 10.

[00:16:35] Jay says,

[00:16:36] Pete, it is not lost on me that the Democrats of the 60s hated the government,

[00:16:40] especially the involvement in Vietnam.

[00:16:42] But today they worship at the altar of big government.

[00:16:46] I get was that part of the whole party switching thing?

[00:16:49] Did they they became defend?

[00:16:52] No, they just don't like it when they don't have the power.

[00:16:54] That's the issue.

[00:16:56] Because the issue is never the issue.

[00:16:58] The issue is always the revolution.

[00:17:02] Once you understand that, everything makes sense.

[00:17:06] So there is a clip here, and this is actually not from RFK's press conference that he did the other day on Friday.

[00:17:17] This is actually from an appearance he made.

[00:17:20] I believe it was on the Joe Rogan podcast.

[00:17:22] But I wanted to play this first because it explains so much of what you will hear in RFK's press conference.

[00:17:33] He talks about a book that his dad gave him shortly before his father was assassinated.

[00:17:40] And he has read the book multiple times to try to figure out what his dad was trying to tell him through this book.

[00:17:48] As you know, I left that book.

[00:17:50] Oh, no, that's not it.

[00:17:52] That is not it.

[00:17:56] I don't know where it went.

[00:17:58] It was RFK on Rogan.

[00:18:00] Oh, and I didn't bring it.

[00:18:01] All right, I'm going to have to find it afterwards.

[00:18:03] I will tell you this.

[00:18:05] He had written a book, or this guy named Camus.

[00:18:08] This is a long, long time ago book.

[00:18:10] Ancient book, I want to say.

[00:18:11] It's called The Plague.

[00:18:12] And his father gave it to him.

[00:18:15] And he said, I want you to read this.

[00:18:17] And he said, I ended up reading that book about three times trying to figure out what kind of message there was and what he was trying to give me.

[00:18:26] What was the message my dad was trying to relay to me?

[00:18:29] And so the breakdown of the book, as told by Colin Rugg, who is the co-owner of Trending Politics, he said,

[00:18:36] The plague is set in a North African city hit by an unprecedented plague.

[00:18:41] The city is quarantined, and the story begins with a focus on the doctor's internal conflict.

[00:18:47] He considers initially not helping.

[00:18:49] And we, by the way, we saw that during COVID.

[00:18:52] Doctor's offices shut down.

[00:18:53] Couldn't even get in to see the doctors.

[00:18:56] I remember, I'm drawing a blank on his last name.

[00:19:00] His first name was Peter, I think McCulloch maybe.

[00:19:02] And he was a, you know, like the most cited epidemiologist or something doctor.

[00:19:09] And he would go around saying like, talking about the failures of the medical profession in that they did not help the sick.

[00:19:19] They, they turn people away.

[00:19:21] Oh, if you have symptoms, don't come in here.

[00:19:23] Just stay at home.

[00:19:24] And then if you get so sick that you're about to die, then go to a hospital.

[00:19:28] So the doctor initially is, is dealing with this internal conflict.

[00:19:33] He considers not helping because there's no treatment for this unknown disease.

[00:19:38] Despite the risks, the doctor decides to comfort and serve the people.

[00:19:42] The author of this book, Camus, an existentialist, draws from a philosophy called stoicism, focusing on duty and service.

[00:19:55] The doctor's actions bring order to the chaos, which reflects the stoic philosophy.

[00:20:03] RFK then goes on in this interview to discuss Sisyphus.

[00:20:09] This is a figure in stoicism.

[00:20:12] Who is happy despite his eternal, futile task.

[00:20:19] Sisyphus and the stone, right?

[00:20:21] The guy keeps, you know, protecting the village from this stone that's rolling down the hill.

[00:20:28] And he keeps pushing it back up.

[00:20:30] And then it rolls back down.

[00:20:34] And he has to push it back up again.

[00:20:36] And he does that for all of eternity.

[00:20:39] And he is happy in that.

[00:20:41] He is, he is, he finds happiness in that.

[00:20:45] Why?

[00:20:46] Because he is fulfilling his duty.

[00:20:50] Here's the key.

[00:20:51] Regardless of the outcome.

[00:20:53] That's stoicism.

[00:20:55] That's a philosophy.

[00:20:56] And I understand if people don't grasp it.

[00:20:59] I understand if people don't understand it or they think I would ever want to live that way.

[00:21:02] Understood.

[00:21:04] But that is what has apparently animated RFK Jr.

[00:21:10] So do you really think that anything you can say against this guy is going to stop him from doing what he's doing?

[00:21:19] He sees the lack of success as part of the journey.

[00:21:26] As part of the duty.

[00:21:28] He would very much like to succeed.

[00:21:30] But if he doesn't, the fulfillment is in doing the work, you might say.

[00:21:38] For all of eternity, he pushes a rock up a hill.

[00:21:40] He can never get it to the top.

[00:21:42] It always rolls back down and on top of him.

[00:21:44] And then he goes up and does it again.

[00:21:46] Sisyphus is a happy man because he put his shoulder to the stone.

[00:21:51] He was given a duty.

[00:21:53] And he does his duty.

[00:21:55] And that self-sacrifice that he makes brings order to a chaotic universe.

[00:22:01] So for me to have kind of a concrete task that I know is right and I'm open to criticism.

[00:22:07] He said, I have a critical mind.

[00:22:08] If somebody shows me where I got it wrong, I'll change.

[00:22:11] I'm not dug in.

[00:22:12] I'm not hard-headed in that sense.

[00:22:15] But until somebody shows me that, until somebody shows me that, I'm going to try to help these children.

[00:22:21] And I feel like it's a gift.

[00:22:25] The more people that abuse me, the bigger the gift is.

[00:22:31] So again, you can attack this guy for what he has decided to do.

[00:22:37] But you're not going to change his mind unless you can show him some rational, logical reason.

[00:22:43] And right now, he has all the evidence in the world that says he's making the right decision.

[00:22:50] Because what's motivating him is to try to literally save kids' lives.

[00:22:55] From what?

[00:22:58] Chronic health disease.

[00:23:00] You may not agree with the culprits and the villains in his tale, in his philosophy and what animates him.

[00:23:09] But he does.

[00:23:11] And his followers do.

[00:23:12] His believers do.

[00:23:13] His supporters do.

[00:23:15] Mocking him for it?

[00:23:18] Not going to convince him that you're right.

[00:23:21] All right.

[00:23:21] We'll get to some audio in a minute.

[00:23:24] I did get some calls here.

[00:23:26] People telling me it's Camu.

[00:23:28] That's the whale from SeaWorld, people.

[00:23:30] I don't know what you're talking about.

[00:23:33] I'm not going to quote a whale from SeaWorld.

[00:23:35] It's a philosophy joke, people.

[00:23:37] Okay.

[00:23:38] Let's head over to the line here and get Dan Bishop.

[00:23:41] Congressman Dan Bishop running for Attorney General of the state of North Carolina.

[00:23:44] How are you, sir?

[00:23:46] I'm great, Pete.

[00:23:47] I was wondering about that Camu thing.

[00:23:49] I'm glad you got that worked out.

[00:23:52] Right.

[00:23:52] Well, I mean, where else can...

[00:23:53] I was impressed by the stoicism discussion.

[00:23:55] Yes.

[00:23:55] Where else can you find that kind of philosophy discussed?

[00:23:59] Right.

[00:24:00] So, I guess we were talking about RFK juniors dropping out.

[00:24:05] And also, Jonathan Turley had a piece about how this is how Democrats make Republicans.

[00:24:10] How the party turns Democrats into Republicans.

[00:24:14] So, I guess, do you have any thoughts on what we saw on Friday with RFK Jr. dropping out?

[00:24:19] And then, of course, sort of the WWE kind of pyrotechnic show that greeted him when he joined Trump on stage?

[00:24:26] I'm more interested in the stoicism concept rather than fireworks.

[00:24:32] But I thought your point's very interesting, Pete.

[00:24:36] And, you know, I've been a conservative all my life.

[00:24:41] I will say, as I get to this point in time and I watch what's happening around me, I think I sort of feel like conservative liberals are a little less relevant or a little less identifying than sort of common sense.

[00:24:54] And I think what you've – so, I'm very interested in the phenomenon of RFK Jr.

[00:25:02] I think – look, the points on which he – the points that he calls out on which he agrees with Trump, I really agree with him.

[00:25:11] So, I think free speech is under threat.

[00:25:13] So, Elon Musk's alliance, you know, leading in that area, I wouldn't know that he'd be an ally either.

[00:25:19] So, there's that.

[00:25:21] There's, you know, health freedom and the kind of COVID regime and the antipathy to that that Kennedy represents.

[00:25:30] I'm down with that struggle too.

[00:25:33] And then the last part, you know, that he talks about all the way in which our kids are being poisoned.

[00:25:39] I think there is a lot of evidence for that.

[00:25:42] I don't know that I know enough about it, but I'm very intrigued by what he has to say.

[00:25:46] I do think, Pete, it signifies that we're in the midst of a longer-term political realignment.

[00:25:52] And we're going to have to sort out some things.

[00:25:54] I'm not sure I can agree with a lot of Kennedy's other views.

[00:25:59] He's acknowledged as much.

[00:26:01] But it's time for those serious issues to take center stage.

[00:26:08] Right.

[00:26:09] I'm with you.

[00:26:09] I don't agree with a lot of the stuff I've heard come out of his mouth about various other issues.

[00:26:15] And to the, you know, what are the root causes or the, yeah, the causes of like the various poisonings and such.

[00:26:23] But I don't know how you look at the health data that he was citing and come away with any other conclusion.

[00:26:28] Then there is something going on that needs to be addressed.

[00:26:30] And whatever it is that the federal government is doing is it is either not working or it's it's actually part of the problem.

[00:26:39] And so I'm curious to see how this kind of shakes out if, in fact, Donald Trump does give him the reins to try to do something about it.

[00:26:49] What that looks like, I don't know.

[00:26:51] And to the stoicism argument, I mean, if you're all you're offering is ridicule and derision against this guy, it's not going to stop him.

[00:26:59] He's too strong in his opinions and why he's fighting the fight.

[00:27:03] I agree. And I find a similarity there to Pete.

[00:27:06] Right now you hear the Kamala commercials on your air talking about freedom to get ahead and freedom to control your own body.

[00:27:13] Well, it's like they want to avoid every merit issue.

[00:27:16] How about freedom to kill another person's body and also freedom to get ahead?

[00:27:20] How is that working out? You're in charge now.

[00:27:23] So and to the point about Kennedy, he's striving to get something out there that has been obviously ignored.

[00:27:30] And I think there's a similarity or commonality in what I'm trying to do in my race for attorney general.

[00:27:36] I'm talking about restoration of impartial use of law as opposed to a tool of political opposition, political persecution.

[00:27:45] I'm not sure it's a popular point of view in some ways these days, because that's what Democrats are doing in executive positions across the political gamut.

[00:27:53] But it still must be pursued like Sisyphus pushing the stone up the hill.

[00:27:57] Well, and he he mentioned that very that very concept, the the use of the legal system to block him and his campaign in all of the different states,

[00:28:07] the weaponization of the federal agencies against the American public.

[00:28:12] And these are issues that states can can fight back against the federal government.

[00:28:17] And it's precisely the role of an attorney general to do that, which, you know, Josh Stein doesn't seem to doesn't seem too interested in in pushing back on.

[00:28:28] He's quite selective.

[00:28:29] So 26 states are out fighting the radical, crazy Title nine rule that the Biden administration has pushed out in total defiance of the mission of Title nine, the statute.

[00:28:41] And yet he's he's been with Roy Cooper fighting the implementation of voter I.D. for a decade, even though the population overwhelmingly supports it.

[00:28:51] And it has been made law in a couple of different fundamental ways.

[00:28:55] And so, yeah, same same sort of deal.

[00:29:00] And it is very much that's why I say when there's a political realignment.

[00:29:03] It is fascinating to me to hear.

[00:29:05] And I will tell you, I think Robert Kennedy Jr. is is is taking the high ground that once belonged to the left, the American left on things like the First Amendment.

[00:29:16] Right. Brandenburg, that was a liberal court that established those principles most firmly.

[00:29:22] And I'm still supporting, for example, Jeff Jackson votes to ban TikTok on which he's made his his his his presence felt.

[00:29:33] I don't vote to ban it because 170 million Americans want to access it and they're entitled to under the First Amendment.

[00:29:40] So, again, I think it's a it is a question about first principles.

[00:29:44] And there is a stoic element or you can refer to Romans where Paul talks about suffering, producing endurance, endurance, producing character and character, producing hope.

[00:29:58] And hope does not disappoint.

[00:30:00] So, yeah, it's a very interesting time, Pete.

[00:30:03] Yeah.

[00:30:04] And guess what they say?

[00:30:06] Well, that may be a curse.

[00:30:07] Right.

[00:30:07] Right.

[00:30:09] Yeah.

[00:30:09] Careful what you wish for on that.

[00:30:11] Congressman Dan Bishop, attorney general candidate.

[00:30:13] Appreciate it.

[00:30:14] Appreciate your time, sir.

[00:30:16] Thank you.

[00:30:16] All right.

[00:30:17] Take care.

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