Laughing at political murder and calling for more | Hour 1

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I have to admit, I've seen this guy's name, but I wasn't sure I thought he was like the commie guy in the U.K., Isn't that guy's name Scott Galloway too? Anyway, so apparently there's another Scott Galloway in America. Also apparently kind of a commie. He's a marketing professor at NYU's Stern School of Business. He is a serial entrepreneur, an author, and of course a podcast host because he Everybody is constitutionally required to host their own podcast at some point in their life. He has founded companies including Profit, Red Envelope, and L2. Never heard of any of them. Nick Freitas, former Virginia State Assemblyman, now host of his own podcast called Making the Argument, and I've brought to you stuff that he has written and commented on in the past. But he points out that Scott Galloway was billed and he's promoted as sort of the moderate, reasonable liberal. And that this is the guy that was supposed to reinvigorate liberal masculinity. Sorry. If you, well, if you see the guy, you'll know why it's like, wait, what? This guy? Anyway, so he is apparently out doing the rounds. He's doing a tour and he's doing interviews as one does. And they're really feeling emboldened after the election to the point where he's now calling for the execution of Elon Musk. This is the moderate, reasonable liberal. I'm not kidding. And he's not like this is not like a one off. This is not one thing that he said in an interview that maybe somebody was, you know, misconstruing or something. No, no. This is a. Line, this is an argument that he obviously has crafted because he is saying it the same way in multiple venues. So here's what he said. I believe this was first at an event hosted by his own podcast. They're on tour. I think it's called the Pivot Tour. Pivot is the name of the podcast, I guess. And he goes, is the co-host with Kara Swisher, who is like, she's a left-wing activist too. Okay. And I've got some more stuff on her too. But again, like all of this is like, they believe that they now have the power. They are now saying these things out loud because they are emboldened because of the election win. And I have been saying this and warning against this for a long time that it The Democrat leadership, they need, and the party and the donors and all this stuff, they need to excise this cancer. But I don't believe that they can. I do not believe the Democratic Party has the natural immunity to fight this stuff off. We're going to find out, and woe unto all of us, if the Democrats are not successful. Because we will all have to live under this stuff. So here's what Galloway said at this. Live event, and listen to the audience reaction, too. We have begun believing— Oh, hang on a second. This is the clip. We took the Rosenbergs and put them— No, that's not true. That's not it either. Hang on a second. This is the other clip. All right, I'm going to start it again. Here we go. We have begun believing— through this ridiculous, unhealthy, and dangerous idolatry of innovators, that they get to live by an entirely different standard. Elon Musk is a traitor to the West. We lined up the Rosenbergs against a wall. This is a traitor to the West, and he should be held to the same standards as every other traitor in the. West. Okay, so you hear the crowd. Supportive. Yes. Execute him. Like, that's what they're saying. That's what they're cheering. For what exactly? Oh, and just quick fact check. The Rosenbergs were not put up against a wall. Against a firing squad, right? That's what that means. They were given the electric chair. And they were, like, I have the story here. I went and pulled it for people who went to K-12 government schools that probably have no idea who Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were. They were accused of overseeing a spy network in the 50s, and they stole American atomic secrets and handed them over to the Soviet Union. They were commies. Yes, communists that gave the bomb to the commies. Julius Rosenberg was an enthusiastic communist, according to History.com. His job at the Army Signal Corps Engineering Laboratories made him an enticing recruit for Soviet spies who approached him on Labor Day 1942. Oh, Labor Day. I'm surprised it wasn't May Day. I don't know, were we celebrating May Day back then? In 1942? Probably not. But Labor Day? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Commie Day. Okay, so that does make sense. A couple years later, you're in 1944. Julius Rosenberg becomes a recruiter for the Soviets and oversaw several spies himself, including one who would cause his own downfall. It was his brother-in-law, David Greenglass. Greenglass worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The Manhattan Project, by the way, that was to build the atom bomb. After the spy ring was uncovered, Greenglass was arrested June 1950. He named his wife as a co-conspirator along with Julius Rosenberg. Greenglass originally denied that his sister, Ethel, was involved, but later changed his story saying that she was. Greenglass later told a reporter at the New York Times named Sam Roberts that he had entered into a deal with the government implicating his sister in exchange for his wife's immunity. So this then caused questions as to whether or not Ethel Rosenberg was in fact a spy or not. Was she put to death erroneously in all of this? I would point out, though, that historians generally all agree that she was in fact a spy. And mainly it's because in 1995, the U S government released previously classified decryptions of KGB documents, which indicated Julius Rosenberg had been an active participant in a Soviet espionage network. And the documents also portrayed Ethel as a participant in her husband's activities. So that's the Rosenbergs. Okay. And apparently, according to Scott Galloway, Elon Musk is as guilty of doing what the Rosenbergs did now. So he needs to be executed, apparently, according to Scott Galloway. And again, just to prove the point here, that this is not just some off-the-cuff remark, he says it in another interview almost verbatim. Almost verbatim. It's the same thing. This is a campaign. That's what this tells me. arguments and statements that he's running around trying to get people to buy into and to accept. The holidays will be here before you know it, and so now is the time to create precious and priceless family heirlooms that will last for generations. Take your old photos, slides, films, and tapes to create a video in Mint Hill. There, they'll turn those memories into the story of your lives, memories from past family events captured forever to pass down to future generations. Create-A-Video's skilled team will professionally transfer your family's stories onto easy-to-use USB drives or DVDs that won't deteriorate over time like the old photos and tapes are doing right now. 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Musk runs several tech companies like SpaceX, Twitter, formerly known as X, Neuralink, which is doing the dastardly work of having implants put into people's heads so, like, paraplegics can walk again. Like a real monster of a man, this Elon Musk is. Oh, and also Tesla. And Galloway called him a traitor to the West, probably because he gave, like, $ 450 million to support Republicans in the midterm elections because, see, that kind of largesse is only permitted if you are a left-wing billionaire. You're not allowed to give that kind of money to Republicans. If you're super rich, you can only donate to Democrats. That's the rule, okay? So Elon broke the rule, and apparently that's treason. I did not know this rule. I've just become aware. So here's Galloway saying this very thing, this is on an appearance basis, with Fareed Zakaria. That's a CNN host. That's a CNN guy. And he just sits there and nods along with Galloway as he says this. And it's almost verbatim what he said from the stage at that live event. We took the Rosenbergs and put them up against a wall and executed them for being traitors. And I realize this is an incendiary statement, but I'll make it and I believe it. I think Elon Musk is a traitor to the West. And I think what is even more dangerous is this zeitgeist within America that the idolatry of innovators and money has created a cloud cover such that traitors to the West are not seen as traitors to the West. That if this had happened in any other age where we were not obsessed with innovators and money, a much different reaction would be playing out to Elon Musk. So note the language, right? He says the same thing. First off, what exactly is a traitor to the West when it comes to treason? What law? Is there a Western civilization law? canon of law? Like, what's going on here? Like, who would be trying Elon Musk for treason to the West? Because if there is such a body, I have a whole bunch of applicants I would like to submit. I'd like to nominate a bunch of people for being traitors to the West, in my opinion. Now, I know that's going to sound incendiary, but I believe it, and so I'm going to say it. For example, people who open up the doors and allow millions of people to flood into their country over the objections of their citizens, thereby changing the very fabric of the society that they were entrusted to protect. I feel like those people might catch a few charges. What do you think? I mean, if there is some sort of governing judicial body that would try somebody for being a traitor to the West. See, this is the rhetorical sleight of hand that Galloway is playing here because he's not accusing Musk of being treasonous to America, a traitor to America, because then he would have to present some evidence of specific laws that he has broken and treasonous, traitorous activities that Musk has done against America, but he doesn't do that. He keeps it up in this theoretical cathedral, if you will, because Musk builds things. I'm going to get into this because this is, I think, I'm becoming more convinced that this is actually the real fight, the theoretical versus the tangible. And Musk is destroying these theoretical cathedrals. But notice also what he says. This dangerous idolatry of innovators as if Americans have never celebrated innovators? Au contraire. That's kind of our jam. These are the people that we have long held up as like, look at these people and all the, you know, the things that they did, the innovations they created and made our lives easier. That's why we are like the most successful experiment on the face of the planet ever. So he goes on later in this, uh, podcast, he starts talking about Charles Lindbergh and, uh, Lindbergh, you know, the American mogul but Nazi sympathizer, didn't want us to enter World War II. And he said. His view was we should partner with Germany and Hitler. What if this could have very easily happened? He was a hero. What if he had raised the capital to buy Boeing? He probably could have done it. And then when we lent B-17s to run bombing runs over Germany to the Royal Air Force, What if he had figured out a guidance or a flight system and then mid-1940, before we were involved in the war, decided to throttle back those guidance systems and the blitzkrieg in London got worse and more homes and more civilians were destroyed and killed respectively? What would we have done to Charles Lindbergh? So I guess this has to do with Ukraine? Is that what he's talking about? That the Starlink thing with the Ukrainians? Is that what this is about? See, he's keep. And then he uses that to pivot into we need to execute Elon Musk. Without saying that. He just says, you know, we executed the Rosenbergs, which has nothing to do with Lindbergh, by the way, right? That has to do with the USSR, not Nazi Germany. And by the way, there were a lot of people back in the 40s that were enamored with the Nazis. Now, to be fair. These are people that the left idolizes now and may be engaging in a bit of this idolatry with them. People like Margaret Sanger, like eugenicists and such. So I know that's a little awkward to talk about. But yeah, there were a lot of people that were very interested. In fact, Hitler looked at some of the stuff that the eugenicists were doing in America. I mean, he wanted to use it for something else. Margaret Sanger wanted to eliminate disabled people, slow people, poor people, and minorities. He was just really concentrating on the Jews. But he was very intrigued by the work. And I know that's kind of awkward. But Galloway somehow pivots from Lindbergh to the Rosenbergs and then calls for the execution of Musk without actually saying he wants to execute Musk. But we all know that's what that means. All right, real quick. Every government number gets revised, right? Every projection gets walked back. Gold does not file corrections like GovCo. Revelation Gold Group helps families hold physical gold and silver, including in a tax-advantaged gold IRA. It's real. It's in your name. And 10 minutes tells you if your retirement account qualifies. If you want to learn more, go to Calendarmetals.com. That's Calendarmetals.com. There is a link in the podcast description. Or if you want to talk to somebody, you can call 888-465-3049. Let's jump over to the text line. Alan says, I have been battling this no specific accusation or vague platitudes calling for the death of traitors and not one of hundreds of people have ever been rattled that they could provide no clarification and certainly no proof or evidence also trader to the west who is this west he speaks of are they a new country that we have never heard of or just more ambiguous conditioning uh yes if a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his butt um Beth's favorite Russ, the up against the wall language invokes a very specific commie style imagery, doesn't it? Yes, it does. It's always it's always the same method for these commies, you know. I'd say Reid says, I'd say every American that votes Democrats a traitor to the West. Right. Yeah. Like, what does this mean? be specific. What are you actually even talking about? And what do you want to see done? Make the assertion. Um, okay. So this is Seth. Look at all of the businesses in the United States that are named after the inventors, Ford, Edison, bell, Chuckie cheese. Yeah. Yeah. That's good. I mean, that's true. Um, Yankee Steve says, here's one, Pete. George Soros and his son spent billions to overthrow governments and all their activities in the United States. Just spitballing here. Yeah. I mean, as long as we're taking nominations from the floor on who's a traitor to the West, I'd like to. Make some nominees, you know? Yeah. Does he ever say why Elon Musk is considered a traitor? No, he's not. That's the thing. He doesn't get specific. And then he starts blaming all of society for this idolatry of innovators. Like, again, these are workshopped statements. He has obviously, like, written this out, and this has become something he has memorized, and he is floating these sentences in front of various liberal audiences and he's getting applause, you know, he's getting support. Hank says, yeah, everybody claps and cheers when someone talks about removing people with extreme prejudice until it's them being removed with extreme prejudice. Yeah. Just saying, uh, true. That is true. Um, Henry, I guess this is Ford, uh, Typical silver spoon progressive and family had means to tour Europe in 1936 when he was 16 years old. He watched Jesse Owens win gold with Hitler in the stadium. This guy Galloway is speaking to the Jim Jones micro subset of our population. The true believers don't know what he thinks his rhetoric will accomplish, but he might be getting a visit from Uncle Fed. And Jennifer says, what exactly are they saying? are the supposed crimes against the West anyway. I think it has to do with the Starlink in Ukraine getting switched off or something. I think that's what this is about. But yeah, I don't know. The guy is deranged. And here's the proof of this. This is from the same live chat that he and Kara Swisher did part of their pivot tour, okay, where he talks about how he used to own a Tesla. That's a true story. I had a Tesla, great car. He started posting me on Twitter, so I sold it, not before taking a giant dump in the passenger seat. True story. Not good for resale value. Okay. On that note. This man's not well. Right? If you're defecating inside a vehicle, your own vehicle, in order to get back at Elon Musk or something, like, well, you sure showed Elon, didn't you? Think about the depravity required to do what he just admitted to doing. And he said twice, true story, Really did happen. And then I. Guess he has to clean it up and then sell it. Is that a disclosable thing to, do you have to disclose that? It's like a flood vehicle. Do you have to put that on the title? You gotta, you have to, I don't even know like what you would write there. I mean, so you literally crap in your car and, And then you have to clean it up yourself? Because I'm sure, well, I don't know. Maybe this lunatic, maybe he sold it before cleaning it. I don't know. Because he says it's not great for resale. I don't know if that's just a joke, but I guess the only reason it would be bad for resale is if you can't get the stain or the smell out. Or you don't clean it before you sell it. You really showed Elon Musk there, didn't you, Mr. Galloway? Oh, Elon is smarting from the pooping in your own car, which then devalued it or something. Like, this is the kind of stuff that would get you locked up in an institution in years prior, right? In the past, If people behaved like this, this is antisocial behavior, let alone like talking about it, bragging about it, right? This is antisocial behavior. And this is rewarded. This is celebrated. This is laughed at and applauded. Like, who would, like, would you shake his hand after the event at the. Meet and greet? I would not. I have no, like, if you're willing to do that to your own car, what are you willing to do To your own hands before shaking everyone's hands. I don't even know. It's just bizarre. The woman laughing is his co-host, Kara Swisher, an American journalist and left-wing activist. She's covered the business of the internet since 1994. She's a contributing editor at New York Magazine and the co-host of the Pivot podcast, as we just covered. She was speaking, and I believe this is with Jennifer Welch. We're going to get to her. But this was just days before the election. And this is what Kara Swisher and Jennifer Welch were talking about. Under Kamala Harris, he might be in jail right now, right? He is correct. And that's not because she's some... avenging fury. It's because there's a lot of questions around different companies of his. If Donald Trump loses the House and the Senate, I would worry. I'd be worried if I were him, you know, no matter how rich he is. There were all these agencies, some of which he put a knife in and killed in the Doge, many of whom were investigating him. He stopped like half a dozen investigations of his various companies. So they're going to start investigating again. You think he's not on the list? He's at the top of that list. Donald Trump obviously is at the top and his family. But Elon Musk is right up there for that. And you have to, he knows what's coming. Like he's not stupid. Like of all the many things you can say about him is he has a very big sense of fate. And I think it's coming for him and real hard. I don't think she's very bright. One thing you know about Elon Musk is that he has a very good sense of fate. Look, full disclosure, I don't know Elon Musk. He's never even liked one of my tweets, okay? I don't know the man. However, I don't know one way or the other about his sense of fate. But if I had to guess, and I've seen some interviews with Elon Musk, He does not strike me as a man who believes in fate. He strikes me as a man who makes his own future. That's just my read on the guy. Like that he believes that if he puts his mind to something, he can actually do these things and it's not fate. It's ingenuity. Back to ye olde text line. Wayne texts in and says, Pete, so this moron who pooped in his car and people laughed at him, is this strictly entertainment? Because after he says that, I cannot take him seriously on anything he said. Yeah, no, this is a thought leader. Scott Galloway is sort of the moderate, liberal... tech bro thought leader on the left he's a serious person at the same conference he was talking about an 80 tax on all income for high earners you don't need that money that's what he said also any 80 of your income should be seized by the government this is a thought leader on the left. When he's not calling for the execution of Elon Musk for being a traitor to the West, whatever that means, when he's not talking about seizing 80% of wealth from high earners, he's describing how he became so unhinged apparently. I mean, just think about, I don't want to get too graphic. I know, I know people complaining it's lunch, it's lunch hour. I know I apologize, but I didn't say it. I didn't say this. Have you ever been so mad that like you just like, you know, you punch a wall or something. That's a different, like how, like I'm trying, I'm trying to understand the head space, you know, and how you would go about carrying out this act in your own vehicle, what do you do after? Like immediately after, like you're in the car. Okay. I don't want to, I don't want to go, but like, like I have a lot of questions here. Like, was there ever a moment at any point in this event that Mr. Galloway stopped to think, you know what? This isn't really a great idea. Who am I really hurting here? Does it really matter to Elon Musk? Like, it's just amazing. And this guy is held up as a thought leader. I'm not kidding. Corey says, the Galloway and Welch comments make sense only when you are in that bubble they live in. That's the only explanation. It only concerns me when I realize how many people are stuck in that same bubble. Yes. Rick thanks you. Producer Nick for playing the widespread panic. Rodney says, get a Carfax. Wayne says, oh, I already read Wayne's comment. Galloway needs to take his meds and lock himself in his room. And Jeff with a G says, recommend to anybody buying a used Tesla, show me the Carfax. John says, maybe we can save the poop stories for after the lunch hour. Look, I go where the news takes me, man. Another John says, who is this Galloway clown? What exactly was he proving by pooping in his own car? I mean, he had to clean it up himself before he sold it, right? I don't know if he did. I don't know if he did. He says it hurt his resale value. I don't know if that was a joke, but if he didn't clean it up, then I imagine it would. Steve says, if he bought a Tesla in the first place, he obviously has a love for new tech, but only changed his mind when the radicals started turning on Musk. That is exactly right. Elon Musk used to be beloved by the lefties. Unlike, say, Charlie Kirk. They've always hated him. And the hosts of the I've Had It podcast, Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan, they've released... I don't even want to call this an apology, a statement, because they were reading on Thursday's episode of their podcast, they were reading posts by their users, by their listeners, about the midterm elections, and they read one that said, quote, we're digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again. And then they both laughed for a long period of time. Zoomed in on the text message so Fox News could capture it, they said. They have since edited that out. And they said, on Thursday's show, we laughed at a joke about Charlie Kirk. It was an insensitive joke and we should not have laughed. We regret it and we apologize. Whatever our political differences, there's nothing funny about gun violence. We've long supported common sense gun safety reform. To that end, we've made a donation to Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in America. So look at that. They were able to find a leftist cause to donate to to show how sorry they were that they laughed hysterically for an extended period of time about not gun violence. That's not what you were laughing at. You were laughing at the murder of somebody that held different political opinions than you do. That's what you were laughing at. And, oh, by the way, the apology comes because they've lost somewhere in the neighborhood of, like, a dozen to 19 of their advertisers. They've been dropping the podcast like crazy over the last week. 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