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Speeches, etc. “I should like to thank all those who supported the Conservative cause by voting for me in the General Election. The result was a decisive Conservative victory. In this constituency Conservatives secured a clear majority over the Socialists and Liberals combined. In the country as a whole Harold Macmillanthe Prime Minister gained the mandate he so richly deserved. “To our Conservative helpers I owe a special debt of gratitude. Their ceaseless efforts, their loyalty and enthusiasm were an inspiration to me. The credit for our victory belongs to the team, and I should like to pay special tribute to the outstanding leadership of Mr. C. H. Blatch. “It is the duty of a Member of Parliament to represent all his or her constituents regardless of their political views. I shall carry out this duty to the best of my ability and look forward to several happy years in the service of Finchley and Friern Barnet” . —Margaret Thatcher Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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This bill repeals section 115 of the Clean Air Act, which addresses the remediation of international air pollution that originates from sources in the United States.

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This bill allows a small business that is awarded a construction contract by a federal agency to request an equitable adjustment if the agency's contracting officer directs a change in the contract's performance without the agreement of the small business. The agency must provide the small business with an interim partial payment to cover additional costs resulting from such a change, and the small business must pay a first tier subcontractor or supplier the portion of the partial payment that is attributable to additional costs incurred due to the change.

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Speeches, etc. [Mr. John Brewis in the Chair] 10.30 a.m. Further Amendment No. 33 proposed: In page 1, line 10, leave out “have regard to the need for securing” and insert: “secure by 1st September 1975” .—[Mr. Newens.] Amendment negatived. Amendment No. 10 proposed: In page 1, line 11, leave out “secondary education is provided only” and insert: “there is provision for secondary education” .—[Mrs. Thatcher.] Question put, That the Amendment be made:— The Committee divided: Ayes 8, Noes 9. Division No. 3.] Boyle , Sir Edward Eyre , Mr. Reginald Hill , Mr. J. E. B. Lane , Mr. David Lewis , Mr. Kenneth Montgomery , Mr. Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret van Straubenzee , Mr. Armstrong , Mr. Ernest Bacon , Miss Alice Evans , Mr. Fred Jones , Mr. J. Idwal Mahon , Mr. Simon Newens , Mr. Stan Price , Mr. William Short , Mr. Edward Woof , Mr. Robert Amendment No. 13 proposed: In page 1, line 13, at end insert: Question put, That the Amendment be made:— The Committee divided: Ayes 8, Noes 9. Division No. 4.] Boyle , Sir Edward Eyre , Mr. Reginald Hill , Mr. J. E. B. Lane , Mr. David Lewis , Mr. Kenneth Montgomery , Mr. Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret van Straubenzee , Mr. Armstrong , Mr. Ernest Bacon , Miss Alice Evans , Mr. Fred Jones , Mr. J. Idwal Mahon , Mr. Simon Newens , Mr. Stan Price , Mr. William Short , Mr. Edward Woof , Mr. Robert Mrs. Margaret Thatcher I beg to move Amendment No. 14, in page 1, line 13, at end insert: We propose this Amendment because of the difficulty which a number of local authorities have over the provision of proper school buildings and proper equipment. The importance attached to equipment stems from Section 8 of the Education Act, 1944, where, in the part that we have quoted a number of times, the duty laid upon the local authority is that and so on. The importance of buildings [column 91]and equipment was appreciated from the first. In Circular 10/65 which went out from the right Edward Shorthon. Gentleman's Dept. there was a paragraph headed Paragraph 25 said: Sub-paragraph (i) deals with a consideration mentioned in a previous paragraph. Sub-paragraph (ii) deals with That brings us straight away to the building programme. For those who have not the advantages of a Department behind them it is very difficult to know at any one time the state of the education building programme, because there is a programme of starts announced in any one year, then there are delays, changes or alterations, there are programmes of improvements and then there are alterations in the cost figures. The one paper for which many of us are very grateful is that written by Mr. Tyrrell Burgess, who has almost become one of our best advisers when it comes to education building programmes. He attempted to analyse the present state of play with regard to the education building programme and the latest circular. He points out that the improvements programme, a part of which is to go for secondary education, is only half as good as that of my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Handsworth (Sir E. Boyle), but since then there have been other changes in the programme. The right hon. Lady the Alice BaconMinister of State has announced cost increases. It is difficult to see how those affect the precise programme. Part of the extra £15 million for the improvements programme was for those authorities which required special provision for reorganisation of their secondary education programme. I know that a number of authorities hope that they will get a very small part of that £15 million. My [column 92]own is one of them. That is the state of play at the moment and local authorities are left trying to battle with inadequate buildings, as the Minister recognises. He also recognises the importance of having adequate buildings for the success of the scheme. I pray in aid one other quotation before I move on to some of the practical difficulties. It comes from “The Future of Socialism” by Mr. C. A. R. Crosland. In talking about Labour education policy, he included a paragraph which referred to buildings and their importance in the comprehensive system. He said on page 274: That brings me to some of the practical problems which have led present and past Ministers to appreciate the significance of having proper buildings and proper equipment for the success of their own schemes. All of us here had to draw quite heavily on our own experiences in our own constituencies or areas where problems are personally known to us. because we are associated in one way or another with some of the church schools. In my constituency—the Secretary of State will probably be aware of this because he will have received some representations about it—there is one very difficult scheme. Things would be very much easier if we could have £300,000 of the £15 million available to provide proper laboratories on a new site. The Secretary of State for Education and Science (Mr. Edward Short) This is a constituency speech. Mrs. Thatcher I said to my Chief Education Officer that ours is not a deprived area, but he carefully pointed out to me that it came within the fourth point of the Minister's improved programme. I use this example to illustrate one of the problems. There are two schools which are between one and two miles apart, across two main roads on a two-tier system. The lower school has not sufficient laboratory accommodation for an all-ability intake. The upper school, which is the old grammar school, has not enough practical accommodation, either by way of metal-work rooms or woodwork rooms, for an all-ability intake. The only answer is to build sufficient accommodation on a third site. I know of other schemes, not in my own area, where there is a link-up and where the upper part of the linkage has been given to the school that happens to have land available for development, but that is not the part which has the best laboratory accommodation, so pupils will have to go by buses from one part to another, usually in the luncheon break. Getting proper laboratory accommodation is one of the practical problems concerned and it may damagingly affect the education of the children if a scheme is pushed ahead before proper buildings and equipment are available. There are other problems which teachers have put to me, and, I am sure, to the right hon. Gentleman, about not having sufficient buildings in some respects. First, with a linked school there are never facilities for grouping the whole school together as a unit. The assembly halls are not large enough. The lower school can meet as a half unit and the upper school can meet as a half unit, but it is extremely difficult to provide any facilities for getting the whole school together at any one time. Obviously that must be to the disadvantage of the feeling of community in the entire school. I recognise that linked schools have one advantage in that they break up a very large organisation. One of the most worrying things about compulsory secondary reorganisation is that a number of children do not flourish in very large schools. It is a little ironic that at one end we are creating very large units and, at the other end, we are creating very small schools for [column 94]children who are emotionally maladjusted, because one recognises that they need special treatment in small boarding schools, and nothing in between. A number of children would profit from going to much smaller schools. I recognise that comprehensive schools in two buildings might relieve the situation in which a child is part of an enormous unit in that the child would be part of a smaller unit. Those are some of the practical problems involved. There are one or two others concerned with some of the church schools which I know where, however much they may wish to go comprehensive—and some of them undoubtedly wish to do so—they have not the number of pupils in an area or, if they have, they have not the funds to provide the proper buildings. The purpose of the Amendment, therefore, is to make certain that the scheme shall not go ahead unless there is provision for proper school accommodation and that the accommodation shall be such that it does not lead to great inconvenience by people having to go from one part of the school to another at a time which could be awkward. We realise there will have to be a certain amount of travelling by both masters and pupils, particularly to laboratory accommodation. There must be instances when it would be better to leave things as they are until the proper building programme is forthcoming. 10.45 a.m. Mr. David Lane I support my hon. Friend the Member for Finchley (Mrs. Thatcher). At the first sitting of the Committee I was rebuked by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Christopher Price), whom I am glad to see back with us this morning, for what I said about buildings. We acknowledge that there are education problems which are more important than buildings, particularly the quality of teachers. If hon. Gentlemen opposite play down the importance of suitable buildings in the next advance in secondary education, they are burying their heads in the sand. It is right that we should spend some time this morning seeing what it involves. My hon. Friend has already quoted from Circular 10/65 and the relevant remarks of the right hon. Member for Grimsby (Mr. Crosland) in his book in 1965. The present Secretary of State admitted in earlier debates the enormous sums of [column 95]money which would be involved and the fairly considerable time over which this changeover would have to be spread. We have already, therefore, I hope, a good deal of support from hon. Members opposite in what we are attempting to do by the Amendment. I am glad that my hon. Friend mentioned the difficulty of getting the figures clear, with all the announcements and changes in policy which we have had in the last few years. Looking back to the beginning of 1968, when raising the school leaving age was postponed, the result was a cancellation of building programmes amounting to £36 million in each of the financial years 1968–69 and 1969–70. This left many authorities in considerable difficulties in planning the next stage of their building programme. To some extent, the special allocation was made to help fill the gap which these cancellations left. However, we come to the latest series of announcements on building programmes, particularly those made by the right hon. Lady the Minister of State last November. If I have disentangled the figures correctly, leaving out the latest allocations for the eventual raising of the school leaving age, in the current three financial years ending April, 1972, the building programme for schools as a whole will be very little higher than it was in 1967–68. Given those figures, various questions arise in my mind. One is to what extent the allocations for raising the school leaving age may be transferable to the change-over to a comprehensive system. We would like an answer to this question from the right hon. Gentleman or the right hon. Lady. Is it envisaged that some of this extra money labelled “school leaving age money” can be used for reorganisation? There is confusion about this. If this is to be the case, are they still confident of the school leaving age date which now stands and that this will not be an undue strain on many authorities? I should make clear that I am in favour of sticking to the date. I am not trying to undermine it, but let us have the implications quite clear. If some of that money is to be used for reorganisation, where will the authorities stand when the school leaving age is raised? The only other source I can see for the extra money necessary for reorganisation is in that part of the building programme allocated, not for [column 96]basic needs, but for improvements. We know from the figures, if I have interpreted them correctly, that the improvements part of the allocation has been kept very tight in recent years compared with the figures of only a few years ago. The amount of only £10 million for improvements in the financial year 1970–71 rising to £15 million in 1971–72 has already been quoted in these debates. My hon. Friend mentioned the article by Mr. Tyrrell Burgess in the “red paper” . As it is necessary that we should have this clear I must quote two or three sentences from it. Mr. Burgess writes: Then he said: I remind the Committee how Mr. Burgess ends his article: I therefore repeat the question, where is the money to be found for reorganisation? I hope that whichever Minister replies will be very frank with the Committee about this. There are two sides to the problem. First, there is the question of purpose-built comprehensive schools. I am not arguing—and I hope that there will not again be any misrepresentation from hon. Members opposite—that all comprehensive schools must be purpose built, though that is the ideal if it is possible. I am sure that the whole Committee will agree that purpose built comprehensive schools, where they exist, are bound to be very expensive. It is not practical politics to try to do this on the cheap. Secondly, there is the linking up of existing buildings which is, I suppose, the majority case problem with which most authorities have to deal. My hon. Friend drew special attention—and I am glad that she did—to the problem of laboratories, for example, and the different type of provision there is in secondary modern schools and existing [column 97]modern grammar schools with one lot designed for one purpose and another for a different purpose. Yet we have in many cases to face the problem of combining a grammar school with a secondary modern school and of extending them both to make a comprehensive. That is one of the possibilities in Cambridge. We are lucky in having two excellent and up-to-date buildings, both well below the ideal size for a comprehensive. They are only 400 yards apart. With suitable extensions, I believe, though not everyone locally agrees, that they could become an entirely satisfactory comprehensive. It is no good shutting one's eyes to the extra money involved, even for extending two reasonably suitable schools. The other possibility of adapting existing buildings is where there is one school on a fairly isolated site—for example, a good grammar school. A girls' grammar school in Cambridge, of which we are exceedingly proud, is programmed to be considerably enlarged to become a comprehensive. Two or three miles away, in a quite different part of the city, there is an outstandingly good secondary modern—the sort of school about which, unfortunately, the Secretary of State is so often rude and uncomplimentary—for which, after two years' delay, we have an allocation of money for a large scale extension. We are very grateful for that. Whether we are grafting on to one good existing school or trying to combine two or even three with the necessary adaptations, we will need large sums of money—and we still have no answer to the question of where will it all come from. I have several supplementary points on which I hope either the Secretary of State or the right hon. Lady will give us their views, because they are extremely relevant to the people who will be at the receiving end of the Bill if and when it is passed, namely, the local authorities. The Secretary of State said, at the first sitting of the Committee: “that” being the putting up of different notice boards— I am sure that we all agree with that. [column 98] My supplementary first question is this: Would the Secretary of State tell us a little more about the criteria he has applied to the schemes which have been coming before him and his colleagues for approval during the last two or three years, and does he envisage applying the same sort of criteria in the crucial two or three years ahead? What criteria will apply to buildings, the subject of the Amendment? Could we be told more about the Department's thinking as to the size range for comprehensives in view of experience in comprehensives in cities and rural areas? I get conflicting views, both from those who are for and against comprehensives, about a suitable size for schools. We agree that we must adapt and not have a standard size. However, many people are talking of a range between 1,000 and 1,500. Even accepting that most comprehensives fall between that range, there is still the problem of the relatively diffident child who may be bewildered in a school with as many as 1,000 pupils. Near to where I live, though not in my constituency, is a large, famous, or to some people infamous, comprehensive called Holland Park. Mr. Christopher Price Infamous? 11.0 a.m. Mr. Lane There are different views about this [Hon. Members: “Shame” .] Some people have had experience of meeting the pupils on their way home. Mr. Christopher Price Why did the hon. Gentleman say “Infamous” ? Mr. Lane One must accept the bad as well as the good. I have a feeling that this school is getting near the upper tolerable size. Mr. Christopher Price Anybody who lives near to any school may, on seeing the children going home, have certain objections. Would not the hon. Gentleman agree that hon. Members should refrain from using adjectives like “infamous” in this context? Mr. Lane If my use of the word “infamous” has offended anybody, I willingly withdraw it. Suffice it to say that a seriously unfavourable impression has been given to many people living near this school. Perhaps they see only one side of the problem. I agree that there is a problem with any school, but the bigger the [column 99]size, the greater this problem is likely to be. Mr. Short The hon. Gentleman is talking absolute nonsense. Mr. J. Idwal Jones Snobbery. Mr. Lane This has nothing to do with snobbery. We must face up to the facts. I mentioned this school because I happen to have heard about it in the area in which I live. There are similar problems with smaller schools in my constituency. Mr. Short Would the hon. Gentleman apply the same comments to Eton or Manchester Grammar School? Mr. Lane Certainly. Mr. Christopher Price Are they infamous? Mr. Lane I do not want to be distracted from the serious point I am making by playing with words. Eton, Manchester Grammar, Holland Park and a secondary school in my constituency about which I have received some complaint all have problems. However, there is one problem which one must consider when thinking of the size level and the make-up of schools. I hope that we will be told more about the geographical separation problem, to which there was reference on Second Reading and in Committee. How far can one go in approving schools that are separated by some distance? For example, to what extent will it be considered appropriate for pupils or teachers to have to move between buildings? While I do not regard the moving of pupils or teachers from one building to another over a certain distance as an absolute bar, we should be told how, in applying the various criteria to approving schemes, this geographical factor will be taken into account. I am glad that we have had an opportunity to debate an Amendment which represents a cautionary light to the Committee. While it may not raise a matter of top importance, it flashes a cautionary light over the change-over scene, and this is an issue which should be discussed before we part with this part of the Bill. Mr. Christopher Price I am pleased that hon. Gentlemen opposite have been studying some Socialist literature. That will do them a lot of good. I assure them that they will find many more interesting quotations if they continue reading our [column 100]literature. They might care to quote a few from some of the articles that I have written on this subject. Some of my hon. Friends are not frightened to criticise the Government, and I still believe that the decision not to raise the school leaving age was disgraceful, particularly bearing in mind the cutback in school building, although—— Mr. W. R. van Straubenzee Before the hon. Gentleman proceeds, and in view of his stalwart statement about being prepared to vote against the Government, may I ask him to explain why he was not in his place earlier to vote against the Government on an Amendment which stood in his name? Mr. Christopher Price If the hon. Gentleman will be patient, I will answer his question. In any event, there will be plenty of opportunities to do what he wants me to do, should I want to take them. We all agree that there are certain elements in our present educational system which act against good education or the ideal which we would like. One element is unsatisfactory buildings. Another is selection at 11. Hon. Gentlemen opposite say that when drawing priorities between those two in deciding which is the worst blight on the education system, we should keep selection at 11 if it involves the buildings being at all unsatisfactory. I say that selection at 11 is such a serious blight on the education system that the need to get rid of it over-rides all the other unsatisfactory elements in the system. This is a genuine argument which we can have. However, it is no good just talking about unsatisfactory buildings. Some of us represent constituencies which had unsatisfactory buildings throughout the 13 years of Conservative rule, during which we did not hear the sort of passionate concern about these buildings that we hear from hon. Gentlemen opposite now. Mr. Fergus Montgomery The hon. Gentleman was not here then. Mr. Price I read Hansard occasionally. Or am I wrong, and in fact hon. Gentlemen opposite were throughout those 13 years attacking the terrible secondary modern school buildings? Sir Edward Boyle Is not the hon. Gentleman rather begging the question? [column 101]Where there are unsatisfactory buildings—and we agree that a number of schools are still badly in need of replacement—somebody must still use those schools after the age of 11, whatever pattern of secondary education we have. In that sense it seems that reorganisation will not in itself have the effect which the hon. Gentleman seems to be assuming it will have. Mr. Price I was endeavouring to make that point. I agree that, in terms of our secondary school stock of buildings, there are some in which a certain number of pupils can sit and that there is only a certain rate at which those buildings can be replaced. My argument is that if we get rid of selection, then, unsatisfactory though the result may be in terms of, for example, journeys for children and staff, that act will be more important than the inconvenience which will be caused to staff and children. I believe that whether or not a school is successful depends very little on the buildings. It depends to a greater extent on the morale of the staff and the head and the quality of the ideas of perhaps just a few teachers. I recall schools in Sheffield, where I had some responsibility for the education system, which, though they were situated in appalling buildings, were far better than some of the brand new schools that we have built. I accept what the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Handsworth (Sir E. Boyle) says. I cannot speak for my right hon. Friends, but I think that one must not lose sight of the buildings problem, if only because it is the primary responsibility of the Government to provide the source. In discussing this matter in the context of ending selection, however, the difference between the two sides is that my hon. Friends say that the ending of selection is an overriding primary responsibility of the Government, while hon. Gentlemen opposite say that it is not. The hon. Member for Cambridge (Mr. Lane) seemed to imply that the money in the capital programme for raising the school leaving age was different from the money in the capital programme for the comprehensive system or for the normal secondary school programme. Responsibility for the difficulties which we now face in going comprehensive lies solely with hon. Gentlemen opposite because of the laissez faire attitude they adopted to [column 102]secondary school building throughout the 1950s and 1960s. While they did that in a completely undoctrinaire way, I agree, the result is that we are left with a stock of new secondary modern and grammar schools which, in many cases, many people could have said, when they were built, would present the country with a serious problem at a later date. Whatever label is placed on the present building programme, it should be used to raise the school leaving age and, of course, to help the comprehensive system. Many cities are using their r.s.l.a. programmes simply to build one new comprehensive school instead of adding additional classrooms to a number of schools. This is a good idea, but whichever way it is done, it should be used to help the move towards comprehensive education. In other words, the different money and different programmes should be used for the same purpose. Mr. Lane I am sure that the hon. Gentleman would not wish to mislead the Committee. He has blamed the Conservatives for the present state of affairs. Is he aware that difficulty has arisen because the Government are trying to push this legislation through, along with the raising of the school-leaving age—I agree that the money should not be in watertight compartments—after having mishandled the economy in recent years, which led them to cut back on school building? Mr. Price My point is that to have used the money saved by postponing the higher school leaving age on buildings in this way would have been even more absurd, because the Opposition would have allowed it to be used on small units of secondary schools in an out of date concept, and would thereby have made the problem more serious. 11.15 a.m. Mr. Montgomery The hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Christopher Price) accused the Conservative Government of acting in an undoctrinaire way towards secondary education. He seemed to attack us on that score. I see nothing to attack in any party behaving in an undoctrinaire way. It is a pity that the Government do not act in that way as well. The hon. Gentleman said that he could not speak for Ministers and I [column 103]thought that I detected a sense of relief in the Secretary of State and the Minister of State. I do not altogether agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Mr. Lane). If we are to have a comprehensive system of secondary education, it should be in purpose-built comprehensive schools. I am sure that this is the eventual aim of the Government. On 12th February, the Daily Telegraph claimed that the costs of having nothing else but purpose-built comprehensive schools would be about £2,000 million. I am curious to know how much of that money will be forthcoming. In my constituency, I have a number of comprehensive schools, including a very famous one, Regis School, Tettenhall, now in the borough of Wolverhampton. The Minister of State, Department of Education and Science (Miss Alice Bacon) Destroyed. Mr. Montgomery I suggest that the right hon. Lady and the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr, who attacked the school on 10th March, should check their facts before making such statements. At our first sitting, the hon. Member for Perry Barr said: I asked for an example and the hon. Gentleman said: I suggest that before he and other hon. Members make such rash statements they should check their facts. That school is an excellent school. It has had an excellent record since it was built. Let hon. Members opposite talk to the Director of Education and the headmaster, who will tell them how excellent the school is. Miss Bacon I do not deny that it is an excellent school. I am sure that it is very good. But the hon. Gentleman is missing the point. When it was under Staffordshire County Council, it was a complete comprehensive school. Since it has gone into Wolverhampton borough, selection has been introduced so that selected children are taken to grammar schools in Wolverhampton. That was the point we [column 104]were making. We were not criticising the excellence of the school. Mr. Montgomery I suggest that right hon. and hon. Members opposite do their homework in future before making such suggestions. It is true that selection is permitted in Wolverhampton. The right hon. Lady should tell us how many children in the area have elected to go to the Regis School. The fact is that the school has built up a tremendous reputation and that parents in the area are so impressed that they want their children to go there. If we are to have a policy of comprehensive education, it should be with purpose-built comprehensive schools. The case of the Regis school underlines my point. Can the right hon. Lady tell us how many purpose-built comprehensive schools we have? There are too many schemes in which schools some distance apart have been joined together. I disagree again with my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge—and I am sorry to disagree with him so often today. I believe that to have children and staff trekking backwards and forwards between school buildings is bad and will cause upset. In the second “black paper” a comprehensive school teacher says: If buildings are separated, there will always be delays. Mr. Stan Newens I taught in a school of that type and conditions such as those the hon. Gentleman refers to are by no means necessary. If the organisation of the school is bad, there will be the sort of delay he mentions, but one might get bad organisation in other schools as well. It is quite unjustified to suggest that creating a school from different buildings on sites some distance apart inevitably leads to these delays. It is an unfair accusation. Mr. Montgomery Is the hon. Gentleman suggesting that the children are all in separate cocoons in one building all the time? Is there not intermixing between buildings? Mr. Newens Of course there is, but the children can transfer during the lunch hour or in the break. At the same time, however, depending on the school—I am not suggesting a set pattern—it may be [column 105]possible for one building to deal with certain years, so that there is no necessity for continuously moving between buildings. The hon. Gentleman knows that where there is only one building involved pupils will use only part of it for the majority of the time. It is by no means impossible to arrange matters so that movement between different buildings is kept to the absolute minimum. Mr. Montgomery The hon. Gentleman apparently taught in a school in which a great deal of thought must have gone into planning the timetable. But he will admit that there are schools where trekking takes place. When I was at primary school, many years ago, we had to go to another school for woodwork lessons. Most of my fellow pupils disliked the time spent in going to another school because they liked woodwork. It did not worry me because I loathed it and the longer we took to walk there the less we spent on woodwork, which pleased me. To the rest of the class, it was something of a punishment. The primary school was so old that it did not have a playground and we had to play in the street. Here, I agree, for once, with the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr; I do not think that buildings are everything. Teachers are far more important. That primary school was an appalling building and each teacher had to take two classes. When I began to teach I wondered how they coped. The headmaster himself took two classes plus the scholarship class. How the teachers managed I do not know. Allowing for the importance of teachers, I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will agree with me that buildings also have some importance, however. Many good schools are in old buildings. They have splendid teachers. But how much better would they be in better buildings! There are too many old primary schools. I fear that primary schools will not get high enough priority for replacement because the Government are hell bent on a policy of complete comprehensivisation. I fear that whatever resources there are for school buildings will be concentrated on the secondary sector to the neglect of the primary sector. I hope that the right hon. Lady can ease my mind on that score. Miss Bacon I find the terms of the Amendment rather peculiar but I am glad [column 106]it has been moved and debated because it gives me an opportunity to say something about the school building programme. The Amendment is unnecessary because my right hon. Friend already has powers to ensure that the premises of maintained schools reach a proper standard. Section 10 of the 1944 Act and the regulations made under it deal with requirements for maintained school premises. The regulations prescribe standards for buildings, playing fields, and so on, of schools of different kinds. Section 13 of the Act, amended slightly since, requires authorities or others proposing to establish new schools to submit specifications and plans of the school premises to the Secretary of State. The Bill is rather inappropriate as a means of adding to the building regulations. I am not quite clear about what is meant by saying that this should be the prime consideration. I will not go 100 per cent. of the way with my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Christopher Price) in saying that secondary school buildings do not matter at all, but I think it curious for the Opposition to move an Amendment which says that school buildings, location, and so on, are the prime consideration, because I agree with my hon. Friend that the prime consideration of our education system should be the children and not the buildings. I sympathise with those who do not understand how the school building programme works and are sometimes confused by the various sets of figures. When I went to the Department, I found the programme difficult to understand, but we have been simplifying the system, which had grown up over many years and was confusing. The system, which was also worked by the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Handsworth (Sir E. Boyle) when he was at the Department, was that every year a starts programme was given for the next year beginning 1st April. But the local authority did not have to start the programme within that year. There was thus a backlog of school building starts which had been sanctioned in previous years, sometimes some years before, but which local authorities had not yet started. In 1968, the value of this backlog was [column 107]£70 million and one of my headaches, when the Government decided not to raise the school leaving age then, and thereby take £30 million out of the school building programme, was in ensuring that this could be done under the system as it then was. I shall not discuss whether postponement of the higher school leaving age was right. All I am saying is that, with the system as it was then, which had grown up over the years and had been worked by successive Governments, the Government had no jurisdiction over the rate at which school building progressed, because when we said we were going to take £30 million out of the school building programme in order to postpone the raising of the school leaving age, local authorities could then just dip into the £70 million and take the £30 million out of it. This meant that the Government of the day, without taking other steps which have been mentioned this morning by the hon. Member for Cambridge (Mr. Lane), did not have control over the school building programme. Sir E. Boyle I am surprised that the hon. Lady wants to take so much credit for this. Under the Conservative Party, and indeed under the Labour Party, until the measures following devaluation had been authorised to a local authority in a building programme, that local authority had that project “in the bag” even if it did not start it in the year for which approval had been given. The right hon. Lady, by saying in Circular 6/68 that the backlog should be re-submitted, inflicted a considerable cut on the school building programme, and it is ridiculous to pretend otherwise. 11.30 a.m. Miss Bacon If the right hon. Gentleman will wait, he will see that the system allowed local authorities to leave something “in the bag” for 10 years and then conveniently take it out; and no Government had any control whatsoever over the amount of school-building which was taking place within any particular year. Now we have changed the system and every local authority and all local authority associations will tell me or anybody else that now, for the first time, they have a system under which they know where they are. We have a three-year system of preliminary lists, design lists and starts lists. But [column 108]anything which is in the starts list for one year must be started in that year. This is very sensible because the authorities will have known for at least two years that a particular school in the starts list was in the pipeline. We have now brought some order out of the chaos that existed before. I did not understand what the hon. Member for Cambridge meant by saying that that school-building programme would remain almost exactly where it was a few years ago. Let me give, first of all, figures of the building starts. This includes minor works, primary and secondary, from 1959 onwards: in 1959–60, £57 million; 1960–61, £78 million; 1961–62, £79 million; 1962–63, £89 million; 1963–64, £86 million; 1964–65, £87 million; 1965–66, £93 million; 1966–67, £114 million; 1967–68, £130 million; 1968–69, £120 million; 1969–70, £143 million; and with the 10 per cent. we have just put on to the cost limits, the 1970–71 figure will be £178 million, and the 1971–72 figure, £193 million. Mrs. Thatcher Costs have gone up. Miss Bacon I fail to see how the hon. Member for Cambridge can say that there has been a fall. Mr. Lane I cannot have made myself clear. I was arguing that, if we leave out of account the addition put into the programme for raising the school leaving age, the rest of the programme is broadly the same as the level I quoted for 1967–68. Miss Bacon It is difficult for me to do the arithmetic while I am on my feet, but the hon. Gentleman will see that is not so. But, whether it is because of the raising of the school leaving age or not, these are the resources being devoted to new school building. If we subtract this, that and everything else, at the end of the day we may be left with nothing. Mr. Reginald Eyre Would it be possible for the right hon. Lady to quote figures taking into account the fall in the value of the money, which would be helpful and realistic? Miss Bacon I explained that a fortnight ago I announced a 10 per cent. increase in future school building programmes to allow for costs that have increased. Mrs. Thatcher £17 million. Miss Bacon We have added the 10 per cent. as from next year to all school build[column 109]ing programmes. The cost limits were last reviewed three years ago, in 1966. For secondary school building we have a total over the seven years from 1965 to 1973, including the raising of the school leaving age programme for 1972–73, of £520 million. This is on secondary school building alone—major building. There has been a special allocation for comprehensive reorganisation and for the raising of the school leaving age. I am sorry that mention has been made today of the so-called “red paper” and what was said in it about improvements and basic need. We all know that the school building programme, as I shall show, is divided artificially into basic need and improvements. Basic need, to which successive Governments have devoted most of the additional building, is to provide not only for extra population but for moving population. It is not only the total increase that is important. When new housing estates and new towns are built, local authorities are faced with building new schools for this new population, which is probably a moving population. “Improvements,” in the jargon of my Department, arise when a school is almost demolished and another of the same name is built practically on the same site. But here there is a great overlap between what is called “improvement” and what is called “basic need” . Hon. Members have been referring to their own constituencies this morning. I will refer to mine, because this shows more than any other example I can give the kind of thing that happens. In my constituency there is an area which some years ago was full of back-to-back, one-up, one-down slum houses with old schools. The local authority decided to redevelop the whole area and the children there went to schools on a new housing estate. The local authority had to build schools for what was called the new population, on the outskirts of the city where there were no new schools. This was called basic need. After a year or two, the local authority decided to rebuild on the empty space near the centre of the town where the old houses had been demolished. New houses and flats of 10 to 12 storeys and new schools were built and people came in from other areas of the city where slum clearance was taking place. Again, this was called basic need. On that criterion there was no improvement according to the person who wrote [column 110]the “red paper” . [Interruption.] I know there is a sentence about it. Mrs. Thatcher Two paragraphs. Miss Bacon But it is very strange that if Tyrrell recognised this he should have talked in the language he did in the first paragraph of the relevant section. In this area hundreds of children have gone to new schools. New schools have been built and old ones have been demolished, and yet according to the jargon used in my Department there has not been a single “improvement” . New schools are new schools, and for the children who go to them they are improvements, no matter whether the building on one site is demolished and another is built there or whether it is moved to another part of the city. I have been asked what criteria we use in looking at local authority schemes. I have dealt with these schemes for the last two years, and I can honestly say that I have not imposed any unsatisfactory scheme on any local authority. There have been none of the so-called “botched-up schemes” about which we have heard a lot from hon. Members opposite. In many instances I have had to ask local authorities to look again at their schemes because I have thought they have been a little optimistic about the time in which they considered these would be due to start. I have been asked about divided premises. There are some in the reorganisation schemes, but there are also divided premises in other cases, particularly in schools under the private system of education. There are some famous public schools with divided premises. But we look carefully at each scheme in which the local authority requests that a school should be on two different sites, and we go very carefully into the circumstances. I can honestly say that there has been no approval of any scheme where the children would be put at a great disadvantage through working in separate premises. I was asked how many purpose-built comprehensive schools there are. Out of a total of 630 comprehensive schools in existence in January, 1969, 158, or one in four, were purpose built. In addition, 16 schools were taken into use in September, 1969. A further 164 purpose-built comprehensive schools are in the pipeline, either under construction or in the building programme. I believe this shows that a [column 111]considerable number of schools are purpose built. But 22 authorities have approved plans involving separate 11-to-14 and 14-to-18 schools. Sixty local authorities have approved plans including middle schools, because it will be appreciated that a local authority which adopts a middle school system can use smaller buildings much better than it would be able to do in some instances with an 11-to-18 scheme. The hon. Member for Cambridge asked about the size of comprehensive schools. We said in Circular 10/65 that we thought a school should be at least six-form entry in order to be able to run properly as a comprehensive school. [Interruption.] If the hon. Lady would listen she would hear what I was saying and I would not have to keep repeating it. I said that we stated in Circular 10/65 that a six-form entry comprehensive school was the least, in normal circumstances, that could run as a comprehensive school. But in a few areas, particularly in rural areas, we have approved in exceptional circumstances five-form and four-form entry schools. We have not laid down anything about the maximum size. Sir E. Boyle The right hon. Lady may recall that in the discussion on the Bill postponing the London government elections anxiety was expressed by several people about some comprehensive schools with lower than six-form entry—with five-form and in some cases four-form entry. Can she give the Committee an assurance that outside rural areas she is trying to keep rigorously to six-form entry as a minimum? Miss Bacon We try to keep to six-form entry. We allow five-form or four-form entry only if the local authority has put up a very good reason for it. But we have not laid down what the maximum size should be. We look at the plans which we receive from the local authorities. In my view, the advantages are all with the large school, because there is a wide range of subjects which the children are able to take; and there is a very good sixth form. Therefore, one should not accept the fact that a big school necessarily means an unwieldy one. It usually means that there is a very wide range of opportunities available for the children who go there. Mr. van Straubenzee The right hon. Lady has always been very helpful on this [column 112]point. I do not think that anyone on this side of the Committee argues against the merits of a comprehensive school with a realistic intake. My hon. Friend was pleading the case for the option for a child in rather special circumstances who might require treatment in a much smaller school for human reasons, but who did not medically require that treatment. 11.45 a.m. Miss Bacon I am not sure what kind of child the hon. Gentleman has in mind. We might come to that later. This debate should not be about the size of the school building programme—although we have a very good story to tell there. The essential aspect is how we are using the available school building programme. That is partly why we have this Bill. We know that some local authorities find it more difficult than others to produce a comprehensive scheme because in the past they have had some very small grammar schools and secondary modern schools. But it would be very foolish if we were to allow the great amount of building resources that are to be put into local authority areas in the next few years to be used in a pattern of separate secondary modern schools and grammar schools. We should then be making it all the more difficult for local authorities to go comprehensive in the future. They would be building to a past system and not to a future system. Part of the reason for this Bill is that we must ensure that the millions of £s which are going into school buildings will be put into the kind of buildings which we believe should be the pattern for the future. We cannot let local authorities continue to build separate secondary modern and grammar schools which will be out of date before they are built. That is why we want to ensure that the available money will be used in the best possible way. I was a little surprised that the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Handsworth (Sir E. Boyle) should intervene to say that some children would have to be in the old schools. That is perfectly true. Whether we have a comprehensive system or not, some children will be educated in older schools. However, we believe that we have a very realistic school building programme. We believe that what we have done in this field has been worth while in the last few years, in spite of great difficulties. We now have a school building programme which [column 113]is much higher than at any other period in our history. We have to ensure that it is used in the best possible way. We believe that that is the way for the furtherance of the reorganisation of secondary school buildings. Mr. J. E. B. Hill I accept, from the right hon. Lady that it is undesirable for new school buildings to be erected which are incompatible with comprehensive reorganisation, and it is news to me that any local education authorities were seeking to build in that way. I know only of my own county. Norfolk has given an undertaking that no new buildings will be incompatible with ultimate reorganisation. The right hon. Lady referred to a backlog and said that many local education authorities have been sitting on potential or permitted starts for up to 10 years. That has not been our experience in East Anglia. Here again I can speak only for Norfolk, but we have never failed to start everything we have been allocated in any year, and every year we have always asked for more. In fact, we have asked for some of the non-starts to be transferred so that we could get on with the job. The essential point is one of priorities between what is specifically for implementing the comprehensive programme and what might otherwise go to the far end of the education system, the improvement of some of the slum schools for which admittedly a programme is in being, but by the very terms of the circular it can be seen that the potential demand far exceeds the resources available. What we should like to know is what estimate the Department has made of that part of the total building programme given to us which, when shorn of the “roofs over head” element and the part for the raising of the school leaving age, is referable to secondary reorganisation itself. I agree that it is not possible to be exact about this. I think that, within a short time scale—perhaps the next five to seven years—that has to be set against the insufficiency of resources which are going to some at the lower end. Those of us in whose constituencies there are still very difficult primary conditions naturally would like to concentrate on the primaries in the shorter run. I read about the new improvement programme for £15 million. It clearly said that it was mainly for areas of acute social need and the implication was that there [column 114]was not likely to be very much left over for what might be acute educational needs but which were not in areas that could be described as deprived areas. Yet in the primary sector there are some glaring cases of need. I feel bound to mention one about which I corresponded with the Secretary of State. I have in my own constituency the Diss Church School, which is half rebuilt at the moment, with a magnificent new part on an open plan system. Unfortunately, the second half has been postponed. That includes not only the accommodation for the remaining pupils but the building in which meals have to be prepared. This is an old Army hut which at one time formed part of prisoner of war facilities and is a grossly unsatisfactory place in which to prepare meals for anyone—even less so for children. The Minister knows that it is rat-infested. We cannot get rid of the rats. This has been going on for two or three years. Miss Bacon How long has the building been there like that? Mr. Hill It has been there for 30 years. Mrs. Thatcher The rats only came two years ago—the Labour rats! Mr. Hill The essential fact is that this school has been in the programme for a considerable number of years. It has languished for the last two years in the new design list. We should dearly like to make a start. Mr. Short Is this a primary school? Mr. Hill It is a primary school which, when rebuilt will be converted into a middle school, because we are working on a plan of middle schools and we regard the evolution of the comprehensive system as coming best from the bottom upwards. If we get our middle schools right, then they will be completely comprehensive up to the age of 12. Mr. Short There is no plan. Mr. Hill Until we can complete this school we are stuck. It is not possible or justifiable to spend money on the canteen by itself, because for technical reasons it cannot be done separately and we should like an immediate start. The fact is—and the Minister has been very good in looking at it personally—that he cannot say “Yes” this morning. Clearly he is only able to say that it is under consideration with a great many other projects [column 115]from other local education authorities. We have to hope that in the third year of application we shall be lucky. That one example illustrates the pressure at the other end of the building scale. It is not possible to do a great deal more than provide £15 million at present to clear up some of these appallingly bad schools. The school to which I referred is half built. Perhaps we could have done something temporary about it within the last five years had the mini-minor programme not been abolished, but at the moment it is not worth throwing good money away, if only we could start building within the next 12 months. This criticism is valid of such matters as the educational priority area programme and the urban programme in so far as one has to say what in the short run is the right balance of priorities. I think that the Minister was a little unfair to Mr. Tyrrell Burgess, who said that inevitably part of the Government's priorities tended to perpetuate slum schools, for he admitted that there was a great deal of improvement in the basic programme. I should like to quote what he said: that is the basic needs programme— As to the size of schools, some children need to go to a smaller school. Never was this more forcefully impressed on me than when I went to one of London's most eminent comprehensive schools, and the member of staff taking me round said, “I am happy here. I believe in this system. I like it very much, but remember that some [column 116]children cannot adjust themselves to the large community that a comprehensive must be. Please keep some small schools for these types of children” . They are not in any way handicapped or e.s.n. children; they are just children who need a small community in which to give of their best. Mr. Newens Surely the hon. Gentleman is not suggesting that children should be selected at the age of 11 to go to a large or small school? If there is not to be such a selection, presumably children will go to large schools who, according to the conditions which the hon. Gentleman is laying down, require small schools. It is much more important that children should be in small classes than that they should be in small schools. Surely we agree that it would be preferable for children to attend a large school with small classes than a small school with large classes. 12 noon Mr. Hill I cannot necessarily agree with all that the hon. Member has said, though I agree that large classes are clearly a great disadvantage. There is a psychological element in that some children are not happy away from home in a very large juvenile community, which is what it is. This fact has to be faced. Where we differ is that I believe that a good local education authority ought to try to fit its educational provision to the individual child and not merely to groups of children. If its administration is sufficiently sensitive and sophisticated, it should be able to find out what the needs of each child are. Mr. Fred Evans I speak as a practising headmaster. Will the hon. Gentleman kindly outline the mechanism by which he would select these children if there is no medical reason why they should go to special schools? Would he explain what size catchment area would be needed in the average local authority to make even a small school of such children? Mr. Hill In a satisfactory administration, enough should be known about the child's temperament while it is growing up from a primary teacher over a period of years. One would expect a long continuing assessment in a good administration. I agree that this may be difficult in areas where the movement and turnover of population and staff are excessive. This is yet another of the differences between [column 117]the turmoil of the city and the comparative stability of the countryside. A good primary teacher talking to a parent should be able to come to a conclusion about whether a child might be better off in a smaller community. This fact is, in my view, incontrovertible. What one does is one of the problems with which we are faced in a total comprehensive system. My standard has always been that it is not necessary to put 100 per cent. either of the age group or of the ability range into a comprehensive school for a comprehensive school to be a success. On size of comprehensive schools in the rural areas, I am strengthened—— Mr. J. Idwal Jones Before the hon. Member leaves this point, I suggest that the function of a comprehensive school is to adapt itself to the type of boy or girl to which the hon. Member has referred. Every headmaster knows he has different types of children. A comprehensive school is meant to cater for all types of children who are not medically subnormal. Mr. Hill But a comprehensive school cannot be like Alice in Wonderland—that is, by drinking from a magic bottle become smaller for one kind of child and then grow up and become bigger for another. I am merely trying to make the case that one can demonstrate the educational need of some children to pursue their education in small schools. If, unfortunately, all small schools are to be abolished, one will be disregarding and failing to fulfil that educational need which I would have supposed was, in the totality of educational need, the duty of the Department of Science and the local education authorities to fulfil under the 1944 Act. I turn briefly to the size of comprehensive schools in rural areas. I should like the Minister to say that something less than a five-form entry could be accepted and that that means the total size of school might be less than 700. Miss Bacon Let me get this clear. I said that the usual number was six-form entry, only in exceptional cases, five-form entry, and in very exceptional cases, four-form entry. Mr. Hill If one has a middle school system with the middle school ending at 12, one saves a year on the secondary school age-range, and this simplifies a little the problem of size. In a rural area there [column 118]is the question of trying to be big enough and trying to avoid an excessive amount of travelling. Certain rural areas might get to that size, not in the shortest term, but in a rather longer term, allowing for population to build up. Miss Bacon I omitted to make the point in my speech that if one had a very small three- or four-form entry comprehensive school, and if the hon. Gentleman is now saying that that is very small—as we would agree—the position would be even worse under a separate system with two extremely small schools, a grammar school and a secondary modern school. Mr. Hill I do not necessarily agree with the right hon. Lady, for this reason. The comprehensive school would be trying to provide very nearly everything, whereas the small school might have a more specialist slant, to which we can come in later Amendments. As to purpose-built comprehensive schools—and this is one reason why I would like to know how much money is being devoted to this side of the programme over the years—it is true that the Minister has said that some schools will exist in old buildings and others in new ones. The situation which I would like the hon. Lady to consider—and I do not pretend to know the answer to this—seems to have arisen quite recently at Swansea. I saw on television at the weekend an interesting programme on a new comprehensive school—I think that the Minister was opening it—which looked absolutely splendid and, I think, cost £1 million. Elsewhere in the city there was a second new comprehensive school which consisted of the amalgamation of existing schools, in grouped old buildings. I have not the slightest doubt that the quality of staff and teaching in the schools was equally good, but it seemed that there was a strong parental preference, at any rate as illustrated by the B.B.C., for children to go to the new school, much as tourists would want to go to a first class hotel rather than a second class hotel. In that situation, although selection has been abolished, I was not sure that one might not be replacing discontent over the alleged failure to go to an academic course as opposed to a modern one with a new kind of discontent of parents and of children and, I suppose, conceivably of staff at working in old buildings in the same [column 119]neighbourhood where there were new buildings. If the old buildings are to remain, I would like to know what the Minister's policy is to meet that kind of discontent. If, on the other hand, the policy in the long term is to get rid of the old buildings and replace them with a further purpose-built comprehensive in Swansea and in similar situations elsewhere, what is the estimated cost of all that new capital work? It may be that it is on the lines of that calculation that the Daily Telegraph gave the estimate of £2,000 million. Mr. van Straubenzee It will be agreed, I think, that we have had a very useful discussion on this very important point, whatever view one takes of the matter. I should like to say in passing how very pleasant it has been that we have had for the first time a contribution to our debates by the hon. Members for Caerphilly (Mr. Fred Evans) and Wrexham (Mr. J. Idwal Jones). I very much hope that their next interventions will be of greater length because we should like to hear more about their views on these matters. I cannot be the only member of the Committee who found it difficult to follow with any clarity what the timetable from the buildings resources point of view is likely to be in the mind of the Secretary of State. At the first sitting of the Committee, I asked about the timetable aspect from the point of view of a mixed economy of comprehensives and selective schools, and the Secretary of State said: This was clearly designed to give the impression to the faithful that the Bill is effective and will quickly come into force. It follows from that, one assumes, that the necessary resources will be made available. It was understandable, therefore, that the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Christopher Price), who is one of the Minister's more devoted disciples, should take him at his word and accordingly put down an Amendment to bring all this machinery into force by a date in 1975. The hon. Gentleman must have been distressed—certainly he looked distressed—when he learnt in only the next column of the Official Report that there were [column 120]two very substantial reasons why that was not possible. The second one is directly relevant to the Amendment. The Secretary of State said that if he acceded to his hon. Friend's request and brought the Bill into effect by 1st September, 1975, the cost would be “astronomical” . This is the political argument. The Bill is a useful adjunct to the weapons in the armoury of the Labour Party for the next election and it will be a very short space of time before it comes into effect. But when somebody tries to pin down a date, the cost, at any rate as related to 1975, would be “astronomical” . The process of going comprehensive will take a very long time indeed. The effect of the Bill is very marginal in terms of the timing of the matter. Therefore, it is right we should probe very carefully whether additional resources are to be made available and what the Government's view on buildings is. I realise that it is possible to have two different views on the matter. It is, for example, possible to take the view of the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr. The hon. Gentleman, as in everything else, argued with great persuasion that the need to get rid of selection overrides all other considerations. I hope that that is a fair summary of his powerfully presented argument. I am sure that he will agree that persons who believe that we are moving, for educational reasons, away from the age of 12 as a fixed age of selection and who do not look with hostility on comprehensive schools, genuinely do not share his conviction. My mind goes back to a fascinating series of articles on comprehensives in The Times in 1965. I recall the following passage in the ninth article by the special correspondent who wrote this substantial study in earlier days: 12.15 p.m. I speak with some experience of this matter because I had the task of seeking to guide the discussions in making a viable comprehensive school out of three estab[column 121]lished schools in South London. Members of the staff, governors and managers of all political persuasions were united in agreeing that the task was well nigh impossible. Yet it was imposed on us by the Inner London Education Authority, in its former complex—that is, when it was controlled by Labour—and I learnt at first hand how important were the buildings and the positioning of the buildings if one was to create a meaningful school. If I am asked for my priorities, I certainly rate the flesh and blood of the teaching force as the most important element. I accept that without question, as I accept the remarkable work and the excellent results that are often produced in absolutely appalling conditions by devoted members of staff. I therefore do not want anything I say to be regarded as detracting from that. Let us consider the problems that we face when considering reorganisation schemes. The scheme I had to consider was to produce a viable comprehensive in three buildings in South London, each separated by one mile; which, in South London, is a long way. For this reason it is impossible to be dogmatic about these matters in all parts of the country. For example, in the part of the world which is so ably represented by my hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk, South (Mr. J. E. B. Hill), a mile is a tiddleywink distance. But in South London, with its traffic problems, the danger of moving children, the problem of communications—public transport, and so on—it is very great. How, in this situation, can one meaningfully set about organising a comprehensive school? We sought advice, but we received little. Should it be done by age? In other words, should one divide the schools in age terms and have different ages in different buildings and thereby try to have the staff, rather than the children, moving? On the other hand, should it be done in terms of departments? Is it better to have departments moving, though that is not possible in many cases? For example, one cannot easily move wood-work and metal work classes. A teacher of French may be more capable of moving from class to class, but that is not necessarily the case when one considers [column 122]the modern techniques of laboratory teaching. This is not just an academic or political exercise. In the case of which I have spoken, I was assured by the I.L.E.A. that I, or my successors, would have to organise the school for the next 20 years. That was the official Labour Party view in the I.L.E.A. at that time. It is small wonder that people who really believed in comprehensive education—I was associated with many of them and I shared their view to a great extent—felt that the imposition of a scheme such as the one that was imposed on us, without additional resources and buildings, made a mockery of the whole comprehensive principle. When hon. Gentlemen opposite impose this sort of thing on others, they do great harm to the comprehensive principle because they make a mockery of it. Mercifully, that policy changed in London. There was a change of control in the I.L.E.A. and, as a result, the reorganisation programme need only be up to 1975. However, it seems from the Bill that the entire I.L.E.A. programme could be withdrawn by the Secretary of State for reconsideration, but we will come to that matter later. I wish to illustrate the great practical thinking of the Conservative-controlled I.L.E.A., and to do this I quote from Paper No. 180 which was issued in 1968 on the organisation of secondary education. It illustrates the practical difficulties and the ordering of priorities. It said: Note the phrase “clearly to lead towards” rather than, in my case, 20 years. That is a potent sentence. How wise it was to take the proposals up to 1975 and [column 123]no further, resulting in a “mixed economy” . I understand that that was approved by the Secretary of State. That was wise of him because, whatever party is in power and whoever is controlling the economy, a mixed economy, at any rate in Inner London, will pertain for as long as any of us can foresee. There are, of course, matters of expenditure to be considered, such as, in comprehensive schools, the provision for sixth-forms of common rooms and similar developments along those lines. There is also increasing provision for study rather than for strict class room learning at sixth-form and sometimes at fifth-form level. It is, therefore, misleading to suggest that this can be done overnight or that, in some way, it can be achieved without additional substantial resources. That is why the Amendment is drawn in its present form. I am not wedded to its wording, and the Government always have superior advice in drafting matters. It is our duty to produce a form of words to get an argument on its feet. This argument is that in bringing about this change, the convenience and suitability of school accommodation should be our prime consideration. The comments of my hon. Friends have been particularly persuasive and although, as always, the Minister of State was helpful and made some comments in the wider context which we will wish to study, she did not show that the emphasis which we are seeking to place has been rebutted. The right hon. Lady was most helpful when she revealed her mind on the question of the size which she thinks is appropriate for a meaningful comprehensive school. The school with which I was concerned was to be a five-form entry in Inner London. I would have thought that that [column 124]was absolutely on the margin for Inner London. I was interested to hear the right hon. Lady's comments on what she would regard as appropriate for a sixth-form entry in a built-up area, and we will wish to study her remarks. We have shown conclusively that we shall live in a mixed economy for as long as we can foresee. It will be a moving programme and, during that time, both systems will be operating side by side. Cannot we, in the meantime, stop “knocking” the secondary schools and avoid using words like “failures?” It is no excuse to say, in effect, “I am merely repeating what people think” . In law one must not repeat a slander. The Secretary of State's words on Second Reading and subsequently have caused grave hurt to devoted people working in secondary schools and to a great number of pupils who are being educated in them and who do not see themselves as failures. I want to create a climate of opinion where we improve the provision we make for this group of children. In the meantime, to bracket one great section of our young people as failures, particularly when it comes from the right hon. Gentleman, with all the authority of his office, is desperately disheartening. I urge him to stop “knocking” the secondary moderns. This has been an important debate. Resources and buildings are central to the whole subject we are discussing. I regret that we have not appeared to have got that realisation into the minds of hon. Gentlemen opposite, and for this reason I must advise my hon. Friends to record our disagreement in the Division. Question put, That the Amendment be made:— The Committee divided: Ayes 8, Noes 10. Division No. 5.] Boyle , Sir Edward Eyre , Mr. Reginald Hill , Mr. J. E. B. Lane , Mr. David Lewis , Mr. Kenneth Montgomery , Mr. Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret van Straubenzee , Mr. Armstrong , Mr. Ernest Bacon , Miss. Alice Evans , Mr. Fred Jones , Mr. J. Idwal Newens , Mr. Stan Oakes , Mr. Gordon Price , Mr. Christopher Price , Mr. William Short , Mr. Edward Woof , Mr. Robert [column 125-126] Amendment No. 36 proposed: In page 1, line 20, at end insert: Question put, That the Amendment be made:— The Committee divided: Ayes 8, Noes 10. Division No. 6.] Boyle , Sir Edward Eyre , Mr. Reginald Hill , Mr. J. E. B. Lane , Mr. David Lewis , Mr. Kenneth Montgomery , Mr. Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret van Straubenzee , Mr. Armstrong , Mr. Ernest Bacon , Miss Alice Evans , Mr. Fred Jones , Mr. J. Idwal Newens , Mr. Stan Oakes , Mr. Gordon Price , Mr. Christopher Price , Mr. William Short , Mr. Edward Woof , Mr. Robert Amendment No. 37 proposed: In page 1, line 20, at end insert: Question put, That the Amendment be made:— The Committee divided: Ayes 8, Noes 10. Division No. 7.] Boyle , Sir Edward Eyre , Mr. Reginald Hill , Mr. J. E. B. Lane , Mr. David Lewis , Mr. Kenneth Montgomery , Mr. Thatcher, Mrs. Margaret van Straubenzee , Mr. Armstrong , Mr. Ernest Bacon , Miss Alice Evans , Mr. Fred Jones , Mr. J. Idwal Newens , Mr. Stan Oakes , Mr. Gordon Price , Mr. Christopher Price , Mr. William Short , Mr. Edward Woof , Mr. Robert 12.30 p.m. Mr. Newens I beg to move Amendment No. 15, in page 1, to leave out line 20. The Chairman We previously proposed to discuss at the same time only Amendment No. 25, in page 2, line 9, leave out paragraph (a), standing in the name of the hon. and learned Member for Buckinghamshire, South (Mr. Ronald Bell) and the names of his hon. Friends, but it has been suggested to me by an hon. Member that we could also discuss Amendment No. 23, in page 2, line 1, leave out subsection (3), and Amendment No. 22, in page 2, line 1, leave out subsections (3) and (4), which I had not intended to select, all three standing in the name of the hon. Member for Epping (Mr. Newens), and also Amendment No. 27, page 2, line 13, leave out from “age” to end of line 16, standing in the name of the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Mr. Maude). I trust that this will be convenient to the Committee. Mr. Newens I am grateful to you, Mr. Brewis, for permitting Amendment No. 22 to be discussed, since Amendment No. 15 deals with the question of sixth form colleges and if it were eventually carried it would be reasonable also to carry No. 22. My purpose may be different from that of the hon. and learned Member for Buckinghamshire, South (Mr. Ronald Bell)—— Mrs. Thatcher Ronald BellHe is not on the Committee. Mr. Newens —whose name is attached to several Amendments, and of the hon. Member for Cambridge (Mr. Lane). The object of Amendment No. 15 is to remove from the Bill the exemption for sixth form colleges. I support the provision for ending selection in secondary schools at the age of 11. The arguments were put on Second Reading and similar arguments [column 127]apply with equal force to the exemption of sixth form colleges in the Bill. Most advocates of comprehensive education regard the 11 to 18 range as ideal. Generally speaking, this is the view of the N.U.T. But I do not think we should be rigid on this matter. I think that probably all of us here hope to encourage experimentation and it might well be that we should find it more convenient in future for the natural break in education to occur at 16 and that the idea of sixth form colleges, perhaps associated with other colleges, will be regarded as much more sensible. If, however, we retain exemption of sixth form colleges from these provisions, a child who goes to a comprehensive school for 16 to 18 year olds will not have to pass a selection test at 16, whereas a child who goes to a school where a different arrangement prevails may well find that in order to go on to what we now describe as sixth form education, he will have to pass some sort of test. This will create an anomalous state of affairs. If a family moves from one part of the country to another, the child may well find that, whereas in the part from which he came, no selection test was applied at 16, such a test applies in the area to which he has moved. Exemption for sixth form colleges therefore creates an anomaly that we should eradicate. I understand that there are only two selective sixth form colleges. The fact that they are so few in number strengthens the argument. If there are only two, surely it is unnecessary to include a provision for exempting them. In future, the existence of such an exemption might play a considerable part in influencing local authorities in their attitude towards what is regarded as an ideal scheme for their area. The exemption could, therefore, have a damaging effect. If the exemption were allowed to remain in the Bill, it would permit the head of a sixth form college to lay down criteria for the admission of pupils. He might well lay down that a minimum number of examination passes are necessary at 16 before admission. He would, therefore, exclude a certain number of pupils and this might well work to the particular disadvantage of non-academic children. We should see that, in future, pupils who are not academic should have exactly the same oppor[column 128]tunity of taking educational courses available to them at 16, if they stay on at school, as the more academic students. If we allow sixth form colleges to develop on a selective basis, they might become in certain areas university entrance forcing houses. I do not say that that is the intention at present, but one can conceive a state of affairs in which particular sixth form colleges will seek to get as many people as possible into university and there would be considerable demand to go to such colleges. In the result, they would impose rigid terms for selection and would thus become what some primary schools became under the influence of the 11-plus—forcing houses for entry into the next stage of education. I believe that education for the 16 to 18-year-olds should be wide-ranging, general and not narrowly academic. It is, therefore, very important that we should exclude the exemption from this Bill. I fail to see any vital argument for excluding sixth form colleges from the general terms of the Bill, and I hope that my right hon. Friend will accept the Amendment. Sir E. Boyle I am not unsympathetic to the case put by the hon. Member for Epping (Mr. Newens), although I do not reach quite the same conclusion. He said that quite a number of teacher associations and educationists look at the 11 to 18 all-through comprehensive as the ideal. It is worth remembering, in accordance with the interesting statistics that the right hon. Lady gave, that that is clearly not the view of local education authorities. I think that counsel is very often darkened by the fact that so many people still think that the choice is between grammar schools and modern schools as we have known them and all-through comprehensives 11 to 18. It is important to remind the public of the large number of reorganisation schemes either involving middle schools or the Leicestershire type of plan—and I am interested to hear that 20 authorities are going for a break at 14, which is a better possibility than some people had thought—and, lastly, the sixth form college idea. I have always thought that this was one of the possibilities, and it bothers me that people tend to go to such extremes when talking about sixth form colleges. Either they are wildly for such colleges and regard them as the only viable future for a [column 129]number of grammar schools, or they tend to be intemperately against them. I believe that there are a number of areas where this pattern of reorganisation is to be introduced. There are arguments for it, and one of the best statements of the argument for sixth form colleges was in a document published by an organisation called P.E.S.T., with which my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (Mr. Lane) and I have some connection. The document was published early in 1966. Clearly, the sixth form college solves the problem of the future of the grammar school, particularly the smaller grammar school with a good sixth form. I cannot help feeling that this is a particularly attractive form of reorganisation in the smaller type of borough, perhaps consisting of one or two constituencies, where one or two grammar schools tower above the rest in the town esteem. This has the additional advantage that one of the most notable features of the grammar school since the 1950s has been the sixth form and this is a way of preserving the grammar school sixth form. I believe that we shall see a strengthening of sixth form education if we are to solve the problem of university places and stick to the three-year university course. 12.45 p.m. There are two other arguments which should not be underrated. Even if one believes broadly in comprehensive education up to C.S.E. and O level, one has to accept streaming after O level. Clearly, after O level, scholars start to go their separate ways, some for a purely academic course to university entry, others to a semi-academic course and others to something much less. There is a great deal in the arguments that Dr. Wearing King of Croydon and Lionel Elvin have put forward that at the age of 16 one gains from a different style of education. It is no good people mouthing platitudes and objurgations against the permissive society. The fact remains that older teenagers are very much transformed from what they were a generation back and there is a good deal to be said for a change in the style of schooling in the latter years of adolescence. For these reasons, we cannot rule out the sixth form college for the future. I believe a growing body of educational opinion considers that this type of education has a part to play. [column 130] Coming to the proposals in the Bill and the Amendments, there is no compulsion on any local authority to adopt a selective sixth form. No one will be compelled by the Bill to adopt selective methods of entry to the sixth form college. Indeed, I have sometimes found myself protesting against some of the remarks made about semi-academic pupils entering a grammar school at the sixth form stage. In the Borough of Southampton, which is going ahead with a scheme of secondary schools and secondary colleges, I was a little rough with the minority of thinking which was inclined to say that the wrong kind of pupils were going into the grammar school and spoiling it for the rest. I regret that approach. There is a case for enabling local authorities to have regard, in selection, to ability and aptitude when one gets to that stage of education. One reason is that I believe that increasingly we want to look at the 15 to 18 age group as a whole. In considering who is best off in a sixth form college and who is best off in a technical college, one must accept that different pupils get on better in one environment or the other. To me it has always been rather extreme to take the view that an authority should not be able to consider ability or aptitude when deciding which pupil goes to which type of institution. Unlike the hon. Member for Epping (Mr. Newens), I take the view that when people get past the age of 15 or 16 they go their different ways in education. Different types of pupil require a different course. While I have no doubt that we want to see reasonably wide entry to the sixth form college, if we are to make a rational job of planning the 15 to 18 stage in education, it is extreme to say that authorities, even at this stage, should not be allowed to refer to ability and aptitude. For that reason, I would not support the Amendment. I am very glad that the right hon. Gentleman has at least envisaged in the Bill the possibility of some bright pupils under the age of 16 getting to a sixth form college. I have no doubt that there are some pupils who could clear the O level hurdle easily in four years and who should be given the chance to do so. Therefore, I hope that, on the question of age transfer from secondary school to secondary college, the right hon. Gentleman will give local authorities reasonable latitude in their day to day administration. Mr. Evans We are all familiar with the significant role of sixth forms in grammar schools in the development of the open sixth form. All who have experience of grammar schools can recall the very rigid academic entry bars to the sixth forms of not so many years ago. In the highly selective grammar school of which I had the privilege to be headmaster, the entry bar was a minimum of five O levels. In recent years, through a flexible arrangement with secondary modern schools, it has been found possible to take straight into the sixth form boys from secondary modern schools who simply had two or three G.S.E. qualifications. By dovetailing the translation of C.S.E.s into additional O levels at the same time as doing a limited number of A levels, the stimulus of the sixth form brought them to the stage where they not only sat A levels but obtained them in very good grades. Much more significantly, they found little difficulty in adapting themselves to a sixth form. I am speaking now of a school of 630 boys which regularly had a sixth form of 150 and sent 50 boys either on degree or degree-equivalent courses. It was significant to see the type of boy who came from a secondary modern school who, under the stimulus of this kind of sixth form, would respond and get not only his A levels but high grades. The more this open sixth form is developed and the lower the academic bar, the better will be the sixth form because there is little danger that the high fliers in the sixth form will suffer. There is the obvious chance that the less academic-minded will respond to this kind of stimulus, and if we are to accept the philosophy of an open sixth form we should at least give consideration to carrying it to its logical conclusion. I recognise the great fear of the hon. Member for Epping that if we are to have sixth form college organisation we may see this kind of academic bar introduced and the growth of what he called “a forcing house” for university entrants. I know of at least one authority where the sixth form college will not be so called. I trust that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has received, or will shortly receive, plans along these lines under which a so-called junior college is envisaged. I am sure that that authority is not alone in considering that this kind of organisation is required. I am sure that there are [column 132]other authorities which have set up colleges of further education in areas where there happen to be numbers of grammar schools. This particular authority is in Wales. In our dedication to the philosophy of educating all our children and seeing that the ablest of them benefit to the absolute maximum from what we offer, we have possibly over built grammar schools in the past. Under the arrangements of which I speak, we can have the junior college which is a college without bar. The academic-minded will go there and so will all who want to continue their education. I challenge anyone who has had charge of sixth forms to say that without passing a single A level in the sixth form, and without catching up with a single O level he missed earlier, anyone goes to a good sixth form without benefiting substantially in terms of maturity, poise and being a social person. We envisage a junior college to which day release apprentices, the academic-minded, and those who want to seek professional qualifications other than to a university would go, where we would have this tremendous range of ability, and where the staffing and equipment would match the demand of this great range of abilities. I believe this can be done. This should be the kind of concept of the sixth form college or, to change its name, the junior college for young adults—which is what these people are. I come to the materialistic point which has so concerned hon. Members opposite today, the question of buildings. Where this kind of pattern exists, it is comparatively easy, without great expenditure, to turn a college of further education into a junior college. With the release of numbers of pupils in the sixth form of grammar schools who would attend the junior college, there is the possibility of not too great expenditure on existing grammar schools already provided with very good ranges of equipment, and so on. Looking at the sixth form, that would, in turn, ease the pressure on the grammar school side. If we are to have a two-tier system of comprehensive education, it would ease the second tier in relation to pressure on space. The Bill does not mention selectivity, but hon. Members opposite, in the first two sittings of the Committee, referred constantly to the element of selectivity in the Bill. They were referring to the sixth [column 133]form college. I can only assume that whatever their authorities they will be supporting the element of selectivity in sixth form colleges. That is not mentioned in the Bill and therefore I shall not support the Amendment. But I would like to hear some reasons for the concept of this kind of junior college vis-a-vis the so-called sixth form college. My hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Christopher Price) stated what this debate is all about. It is about selection and delaying tactics to preserve the system of selection. There was great play at our last sitting on direct grant schools. I could have told the Committee the impact of a highly selective school in an area because I managed one. As a very primary grammar school, all we succeeded in doing was decapitating the sixth form of all the grammar schools around us. It was very nice for us and provided fine academic results. But now that the pattern is altered, I have not noticed that people who would come to us previously have done any worse in the smaller grammar schools where they were getting just as good teaching and where academic ability will fulfil itself. [column 134] Today there has been reference to buildings. I liked the sudden concern for tilting the balance in favour of primary schools as another element to try to delay the introduction of a non-selective system. Mr. Lane We on this side have been stressing this for years and urging the Government not to put too much into the secondary sector at the expense of the primary sector. There is nothing sudden about it. Mr. Evans I did not suggest that there was anything sudden about it, but in many years of teaching I can remember times when the urge was not so great. My mind goes back to the time of Florence Horsbrugh. I well remember the hatcheting and the attacks on nursery schools. I have been headmaster of a primary school, and I did not notice during very many years of Tory rule the anxieties—— It being One o'clock, The Chairman adjourned the Committee without Question put, pursuant to Standing Order. Committee adjourned till Thursday, 19th March, 1970, at half-past Ten o'clock. [column 135-136] The following Members attended the Committee: Brewis , Mr. (Chairman) Armstrong , Mr. Bacon , Miss Boyle , Sir E. Evans , Mr. Fred Eyre , Mr. Hill , Mr. J. E. B. Jones , Mr. J. Idwal Lane , Mr. Lewis , Mr. Kenneth Mahon , Mr. Simon Montgomery , Mr. Newens , Mr. Oakes , Mr. Price , Mr. Christopher Price , Mr. William Short , Mr. Edward Thatcher, Mrs. van Straubenzee , Mr. Woof , Mr. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc mr john brewis chair amendment propose page line leave regard need securing insert secure september mr newens amendment negative amendment propose page line leave secondary education provide insert provision secondary education mrs thatcher question amendment committee divide aye no division boyle sir edward eyre mr reginald hill mr j e b lane mr david lewis mr kenneth montgomery mr thatcher mrs margaret van straubenzee mr armstrong mr ernest bacon miss alice evans mr fred jones mr j idwal mahon mr simon newens mr stan price mr william short mr edward woof mr robert amendment propose page line end insert question amendment committee divide aye no division boyle sir edward eyre mr reginald hill mr j e b lane mr david lewis mr kenneth montgomery mr thatcher mrs margaret van straubenzee mr armstrong mr ernest bacon miss alice evans mr fred jones mr j idwal mahon mr simon newens mr stan price mr william short mr edward woof mr robert mrs margaret thatcher beg amendment page line end insert propose amendment difficulty number local authority provision proper school building proper equipment importance attach equipment stem section education act quote number time duty lay local authority importance building column equipment appreciate circular go right edward shorthon gentlemans dept paragraph head paragraph say subparagraph deal consideration mention previous paragraph subparagraph ii deal bring straight away building programme advantage department difficult know time state education building programme programme start announce year delay change alteration programme improvement alteration cost figure paper grateful write mr tyrrell burgess good adviser come education building programme attempt analyse present state play regard education building programme late circular point improvement programme secondary education half good right hon friend member birmingham handsworth sir e boyle change programme right hon lady alice baconminister state announce cost increase difficult affect precise programme extra million improvement programme authority require special provision reorganisation secondary education programme know number authority hope small million column state play moment local authority leave try battle inadequate building minister recognise recognise importance have adequate building success scheme pray aid quotation practical difficulty come future socialism mr c r crosland talk labour education policy include paragraph refer building importance comprehensive system say page bring practical problem lead present past minister appreciate significance have proper building proper equipment success scheme draw heavily experience constituency area problem personally know associate way church school constituency secretary state probably aware receive representation difficult scheme thing easy million available provide proper laboratory new site secretary state education science mr edward short constituency speech mrs thatcher say chief education officer deprived area carefully point come fourth point minister improve programme use example illustrate problem school mile apart main road twoti system low school sufficient laboratory accommodation allability intake upper school old grammar school practical accommodation way metalwork room woodwork room allability intake answer build sufficient accommodation site know scheme area linkup upper linkage give school happen land available development good laboratory accommodation pupil bus usually luncheon break get proper laboratory accommodation practical problem concern damagingly affect education child scheme push ahead proper building equipment available problem teacher sure right hon gentleman have sufficient building respect link school facility group school unit assembly hall large low school meet half unit upper school meet half unit extremely difficult provide facility get school time obviously disadvantage feeling community entire school recognise link school advantage break large organisation worrying thing compulsory secondary reorganisation number child flourish large school little ironic end create large unit end create small school column emotionally maladjusted recognise need special treatment small boarding school number child profit go small school recognise comprehensive school building relieve situation child enormous unit child small unit practical problem involve concern church school know wish comprehensive undoubtedly wish number pupil area fund provide proper building purpose amendment certain scheme shall ahead provision proper school accommodation accommodation shall lead great inconvenience people have school time awkward realise certain travel master pupil particularly laboratory accommodation instance well leave thing proper building programme forthcoming mr david lane support hon friend member finchley mrs thatcher sitting committee rebuke hon member birmingham perry barr mr christopher price glad morning say building acknowledge education problem important building particularly quality teacher hon gentleman opposite play importance suitable building advance secondary education bury head sand right spend time morning see involve hon friend quote circular relevant remark right hon member grimsby mr crosland book present secretary state admit early debate enormous sum column involve fairly considerable time changeover spread hope good deal support hon member opposite attempt amendment glad hon friend mention difficulty get figure clear announcement change policy year look beginning raise school leave age postpone result cancellation build programme amount million financial year leave authority considerable difficulty plan stage building programme extent special allocation help fill gap cancellation leave come late series announcement build programme particularly right hon lady minister state november disentangle figure correctly leave late allocation eventual raising school leave age current financial year end april building programme school little high give figure question arise mind extent allocation raise school leave age transferable changeover comprehensive system like answer question right hon gentleman right hon lady envisage extra money label school leave age money reorganisation confusion case confident school leave age date stand undue strain authority clear favour stick date try undermine let implication clear money reorganisation authority stand school leave age raise source extra money necessary reorganisation building programme allocate column need improvement know figure interpret correctly improvement allocation keep tight recent year compare figure year ago million improvement financial year rise million quote debate hon friend mention article mr tyrrell burgess red paper necessary clear quote sentence mr burgess write say remind committee mr burgess end article repeat question money find reorganisation hope whichever minister reply frank committee side problem question purposebuilt comprehensive school argue hope misrepresentation hon member opposite comprehensive school purpose build ideal possible sure committee agree purpose build comprehensive school exist bind expensive practical politic try cheap secondly linking exist building suppose majority case problem authority deal hon friend draw special attention glad problem laboratory example different type provision secondary modern school exist column grammar school lot design purpose different purpose case face problem combine grammar school secondary modern school extend comprehensive possibility cambridge lucky have excellent uptodate building ideal size comprehensive yard apart suitable extension believe locally agree entirely satisfactory comprehensive good shutting one eye extra money involve extend reasonably suitable school possibility adapt exist building school fairly isolated site example good grammar school girl grammar school cambridge exceedingly proud program considerably enlarge comprehensive mile away different city outstandingly good secondary modern sort school unfortunately secretary state rude uncomplimentary year delay allocation money large scale extension grateful graft good exist school try combine necessary adaptation need large sum money answer question come supplementary point hope secretary state right hon lady view extremely relevant people receiving end bill pass local authority secretary state say sitting committee putting different notice board sure agree column supplementary question secretary state tell little criterion apply scheme come colleague approval year envisage apply sort criterion crucial year ahead criterion apply building subject amendment tell department think size range comprehensive view experience comprehensive city rural area conflicting view comprehensive suitable size school agree adapt standard size people talk range accept comprehensive fall range problem relatively diffident child bewilder school pupil near live constituency large famous people infamous comprehensive call holland park mr christopher price infamous mr lane different view hon member shame people experience meet pupil way home mr christopher price hon gentleman infamous mr lane accept bad good feeling school get near upper tolerable size mr christopher price anybody live near school see child go home certain objection hon gentleman agree hon member refrain adjective like infamous context mr lane use word infamous offend anybody willingly withdraw suffice seriously unfavourable impression give people live near school problem agree problem school big column great problem likely mr short hon gentleman talk absolute nonsense mr j idwal jones snobbery mr lane snobbery face fact mention school happen hear area live similar problem small school constituency mr short hon gentleman apply comment eton manchester grammar school mr lane certainly mr christopher price infamous mr lane want distract point make play word eton manchester grammar holland park secondary school constituency receive complaint problem problem consider think size level makeup school hope tell geographical separation problem reference second reading committee far approve school separate distance example extent consider appropriate pupil teacher building regard moving pupil teacher building certain distance absolute bar tell apply criterion approve scheme geographical factor take account glad opportunity debate amendment represent cautionary light committee raise matter importance flash cautionary light changeover scene issue discuss bill mr christopher price pleased hon gentleman opposite study socialist literature lot good assure find interesting quotation continue read column care quote article write subject hon friend frightened criticise government believe decision raise school leave age disgraceful particularly bear mind cutback school building mr w r van straubenzee hon gentleman proceed view stalwart statement prepare vote government ask explain place early vote government amendment stand mr christopher price hon gentleman patient answer question event plenty opportunity want want agree certain element present educational system act good education ideal like element unsatisfactory building selection hon gentleman opposite draw priority decide bad blight education system selection involve building unsatisfactory selection blight education system need rid override unsatisfactory element system genuine argument good talk unsatisfactory building represent constituency unsatisfactory building year conservative rule hear sort passionate concern building hear hon gentleman opposite mr fergus montgomery hon gentleman mr price read hansard occasionally wrong fact hon gentleman opposite year attack terrible secondary modern school building sir edward boyle hon gentleman beg question column unsatisfactory building agree number school badly need replacement somebody use school age pattern secondary education sense reorganisation effect hon gentleman assume mr price endeavour point agree term secondary school stock building certain number pupil sit certain rate building replace argument rid selection unsatisfactory result term example journey child staff act important inconvenience cause staff child believe school successful depend little building depend great extent morale staff head quality idea teacher recall school sheffield responsibility education system situate appalling building far well brand new school build accept right hon member birmingham handsworth sir e boyle say speak right hon friend think lose sight building problem primary responsibility government provide source discuss matter context end selection difference side hon friend ending selection overriding primary responsibility government hon gentleman opposite hon member cambridge mr lane imply money capital programme raise school leave age different money capital programme comprehensive system normal secondary school programme responsibility difficulty face go comprehensive lie solely hon gentleman opposite laissez faire attitude adopt column school building completely undoctrinaire way agree result leave stock new secondary modern grammar school case people say build present country problem later date label place present building programme raise school leave age course help comprehensive system city rsla programme simply build new comprehensive school instead add additional classroom number school good idea whichever way help comprehensive education word different money different programme purpose mr lane sure hon gentleman wish mislead committee blame conservative present state affair aware difficulty arise government try push legislation raising schoolleaving age agree money watertight compartment having mishandle economy recent year lead cut school building mr price point money save postpone high school leave age building way absurd opposition allow small unit secondary school date concept problem mr montgomery hon member birmingham perry barr mr christopher price accuse conservative government act undoctrinaire way secondary education attack score attack party behave undoctrinaire way pity government act way hon gentleman say speak minister column detect sense relief secretary state minister state altogether agree hon friend member cambridge mr lane comprehensive system secondary education purposebuilt comprehensive school sure eventual aim government february daily telegraph claim cost have purposebuilt comprehensive school million curious know money forthcoming constituency number comprehensive school include famous regis school tettenhall borough wolverhampton minister state department education science miss alice bacon destroy mr montgomery suggest right hon lady hon member birmingham perry barr attack school march check fact make statement sit hon member perry barr say ask example hon gentleman say suggest hon member rash statement check fact school excellent school excellent record build let hon member opposite talk director education headmaster tell excellent school miss bacon deny excellent school sure good hon gentleman miss point staffordshire county council complete comprehensive school go wolverhampton borough selection introduce select child take grammar school wolverhampton point column make criticise excellence school mr montgomery suggest right hon hon member opposite homework future make suggestion true selection permit wolverhampton right hon lady tell child area elect regis school fact school build tremendous reputation parent area impressed want child policy comprehensive education purposebuilt comprehensive school case regis school underline point right hon lady tell purposebuilt comprehensive school scheme school distance apart join disagree hon friend member cambridge sorry disagree today believe child staff trek backwards forwards school building bad cause upset second black paper comprehensive school teacher say building separate delay mr stan newens teach school type condition hon gentleman refer mean necessary organisation school bad sort delay mention bad organisation school unjustified suggest create school different building site distance apart inevitably lead delay unfair accusation mr montgomery hon gentleman suggest child separate cocoon build time intermix building mr newen course child transfer lunch hour break time depend school suggest set pattern column building deal certain year necessity continuously move building hon gentleman know building involve pupil use majority time mean impossible arrange matter movement different building keep absolute minimum mr montgomery hon gentleman apparently teach school great deal thought go plan timetable admit school trekking take place primary school year ago school woodwork lesson fellow pupil dislike time spend go school like woodwork worry loathe long take walk spend woodwork please rest class punishment primary school old playground play street agree hon member birmingham perry barr think building teacher far important primary school appalling building teacher class begin teach wonder cope headmaster take class plus scholarship class teacher manage know allow importance teacher sure hon gentleman agree building importance good school old building splendid teacher well well building old primary school fear primary school high priority replacement government hell bent policy complete comprehensivisation fear resource school building concentrate secondary sector neglect primary sector hope right hon lady ease mind score miss bacon find term amendment peculiar glad column move debate give opportunity school building programme amendment unnecessary right hon friend power ensure premise maintain school reach proper standard section act regulation deal requirement maintain school premise regulation prescribe standard building play field school different kind section act amend slightly require authority propose establish new school submit specification plan school premise secretary state bill inappropriate means add building regulation clear mean say prime consideration cent way hon friend member birmingham perry barr mr christopher price say secondary school building matter think curious opposition amendment say school building location prime consideration agree hon friend prime consideration education system child building sympathise understand school building programme work confuse set figure go department find programme difficult understand simplify system grow year confuse system work right hon member birmingham handsworth sir e boyle department year start programme give year begin april local authority start programme year backlog school building start sanction previous year year local authority start value backlog column million headache government decide raise school leave age million school building programme ensure system shall discuss postponement high school leave age right say system grow year work successive government government jurisdiction rate school building progress say go million school building programme order postpone raising school leave age local authority dip million million mean government day take step mention morning hon member cambridge mr lane control school building programme sir e boyle surprised hon lady want credit conservative party labour party measure follow devaluation authorise local authority building programme local authority project bag start year approval give right hon lady say circular backlog resubmitte inflict considerable cut school building programme ridiculous pretend miss bacon right hon gentleman wait system allow local authority leave bag year conveniently government control whatsoever schoolbuilding take place particular year change system local authority local authority association tell anybody time system know threeyear system preliminary list design list start list column start list year start year sensible authority know year particular school start list pipeline bring order chaos exist understand hon member cambridge mean say schoolbuilde programme remain exactly year ago let figure building start include minor work primary secondary onwards million million million million million million million million million million million cent cost limit figure million figure million mrs thatcher cost go miss bacon fail hon member cambridge fall mr lane clear argue leave account addition programme raise school leave age rest programme broadly level quote miss bacon difficult arithmetic foot hon gentleman raising school leave age resource devote new school building subtract end day leave mr reginald eyre possible right hon lady quote figure take account fall value money helpful realistic miss bacon explain fortnight ago announce cent increase future school building programme allow cost increase mrs thatcher million miss bacon add cent year school buildcolumn program cost limit review year ago secondary school building total seven year include raising school leave age programme million secondary school building major building special allocation comprehensive reorganisation raising school leave age sorry mention today socalled red paper say improvement basic need know school building programme shall divide artificially basic need improvement basic need successive government devote additional building provide extra population move population total increase important new housing estate new town build local authority face build new school new population probably move population improvement jargon department arise school demolish build practically site great overlap call improvement call basic need hon member refer constituency morning refer show example kind thing happen constituency area year ago backtoback oneup onedown slum house old school local authority decide redevelop area child go school new housing estate local authority build school call new population outskirt city new school call basic need year local authority decide rebuild space near centre town old house demolish new house flat storey new school build people come area city slum clearance take place call basic need criterion improvement accord person write column red paper interruption know sentence mrs thatcher paragraph miss bacon strange tyrrell recognise talk language paragraph relevant section area hundred child go new school new school build old one demolish accord jargon department single improvement new school new school child improvement matter building site demolish build move city ask criterion use look local authority scheme deal scheme year honestly impose unsatisfactory scheme local authority socalled botchedup scheme hear lot hon member opposite instance ask local authority look scheme think little optimistic time consider start ask divided premise reorganisation scheme divided premise case particularly school private system education famous public school divided premise look carefully scheme local authority request school different site carefully circumstance honestly approval scheme child great disadvantage work separate premise ask purposebuilt comprehensive school total comprehensive school existence january purpose build addition school take use september purposebuilt comprehensive school pipeline construction building programme believe show column number school purpose build authority approve plan involve separate school local authority approve plan include middle school appreciate local authority adopt middle school system use small building well able instance scheme hon member cambridge ask size comprehensive school say circular think school sixform entry order able run properly comprehensive school interruption hon lady listen hear say repeat say state circular sixform entry comprehensive school normal circumstance run comprehensive school area particularly rural area approve exceptional circumstance fiveform fourform entry school lay maximum size sir e boyle right hon lady recall discussion bill postpone london government election anxiety express people comprehensive school low sixform entry fiveform case fourform entry committee assurance outside rural area try rigorously sixform entry minimum miss bacon try sixform entry allow fiveform fourform entry local authority good reason lay maximum size look plan receive local authority view advantage large school wide range subject child able good sixth form accept fact big school necessarily mean unwieldy usually mean wide range opportunity available child mr van straubenzee right hon lady helpful column think committee argue merit comprehensive school realistic intake hon friend plead case option child special circumstance require treatment small school human reason medically require treatment miss bacon sure kind child hon gentleman mind come later debate size school building programme good story tell essential aspect available school building programme partly bill know local authority find difficult produce comprehensive scheme past small grammar school secondary modern school foolish allow great building resource local authority area year pattern separate secondary modern school grammar school make difficult local authority comprehensive future build past system future system reason bill ensure million s go school building kind building believe pattern future let local authority continue build separate secondary modern grammar school date build want ensure available money good possible way little surprised right hon member birmingham handsworth sir e boyle intervene child old school perfectly true comprehensive system child educate old school believe realistic school building programme believe field worth year spite great difficulty school building programme column high period history ensure good possible way believe way furtherance reorganisation secondary school building mr j e b hill accept right hon lady undesirable new school building erect incompatible comprehensive reorganisation news local education authority seek build way know county norfolk give undertaking new building incompatible ultimate reorganisation right hon lady refer backlog say local education authority sit potential permit start year experience east anglia speak norfolk fail start allocate year year ask fact ask nonstart transfer job essential point priority specifically implement comprehensive programme far end education system improvement slum school admittedly programme term circular see potential demand far exceed resource available like know estimate department total building programme give shorn roof head element raising school leave age referable secondary reorganisation agree possible exact think short time scale seven year set insufficiency resource go low end constituency difficult primary condition naturally like concentrate primary short run read new improvement programme million clearly say mainly area acute social need implication column likely leave acute educational need area describe deprive area primary sector glaring case need feel bind mention correspond secretary state constituency diss church school half rebuild moment magnificent new open plan system unfortunately second half postpone include accommodation remain pupil building meal prepare old army hut time form prisoner war facility grossly unsatisfactory place prepare meal child minister know ratinfeste rid rat go year miss bacon long building like mr hill year mrs thatcher rat come year ago labour rat mr hill essential fact school programme considerable number year languish year new design list dearly like start mr short primary school mr hill primary school rebuilt convert middle school work plan middle school regard evolution comprehensive system come good upwards middle school right completely comprehensive age mr short plan mr hill complete school stuck possible justifiable spend money canteen technical reason separately like immediate start fact minister good look personally yes morning clearly able consideration great project column local education authority hope year application shall lucky example illustrate pressure end building scale possible great deal provide million present clear appallingly bad school school refer half build temporary year miniminor programme abolish moment worth throw good money away start build month criticism valid matter educational priority area programme urban programme far short run right balance priority think minister little unfair mr tyrrell burgess say inevitably government priority tend perpetuate slum school admit great deal improvement basic programme like quote say basic need programme size school child need small school forcefully impressed go london eminent comprehensive school member staff take round say happy believe system like remember column adjust large community comprehensive small school type child way handicap esn child child need small community good mr newen surely hon gentleman suggest child select age large small school selection presumably child large school accord condition hon gentleman lay require small school important child small class small school surely agree preferable child attend large school small class small school large class noon mr hill necessarily agree hon member say agree large class clearly great disadvantage psychological element child happy away home large juvenile community fact face differ believe good local education authority ought try fit educational provision individual child merely group child administration sufficiently sensitive sophisticated able find need child mr fred evans speak practising headmaster hon gentleman kindly outline mechanism select child medical reason special school explain size catchment area need average local authority small school child mr hill satisfactory administration know child temperament grow primary teacher period year expect long continue assessment good administration agree difficult area movement turnover population staff excessive difference column turmoil city comparative stability countryside good primary teacher talk parent able come conclusion child well small community fact view incontrovertible problem face total comprehensive system standard necessary cent age group ability range comprehensive school comprehensive school success size comprehensive school rural area strengthen mr j idwal jones hon member leave point suggest function comprehensive school adapt type boy girl hon member refer headmaster know different type child comprehensive school mean cater type child medically subnormal mr hill comprehensive school like alice wonderland drink magic bottle small kind child grow big merely try case demonstrate educational need child pursue education small school unfortunately small school abolish disregard fail fulfil educational need suppose totality educational need duty department science local education authority fulfil act turn briefly size comprehensive school rural area like minister fiveform entry accept mean total size school miss bacon let clear say usual number sixform entry exceptional case fiveform entry exceptional case fourform entry mr hill middle school system middle school end save year secondary school agerange simplifie little problem size rural area column question try big try avoid excessive travel certain rural area size short term long term allow population build miss bacon omit point speech small fourform entry comprehensive school hon gentleman say small agree position bad separate system extremely small school grammar school secondary modern school mr hill necessarily agree right hon lady reason comprehensive school try provide nearly small school specialist slant come later amendment purposebuilt comprehensive school reason like know money devote programme year true minister say school exist old building new one situation like hon lady consider pretend know answer arise recently swansea see television weekend interesting programme new comprehensive school think minister open look absolutely splendid think cost million city second new comprehensive school consist amalgamation exist school group old building slight doubt quality staff teaching school equally good strong parental preference rate illustrate bbc child new school tourist want class hotel second class hotel situation selection abolish sure replace discontent allege failure academic course oppose modern new kind discontent parent child suppose conceivably staff work old building column new building old building remain like know minister policy meet kind discontent hand policy long term rid old building replace purposebuilt comprehensive swansea similar situation estimate cost new capital work line calculation daily telegraph give estimate million mr van straubenzee agree think useful discussion important point view take matter like pass pleasant time contribution debate hon member caerphilly mr fred evans wrexham mr j idwal jones hope intervention great length like hear view matter member committee find difficult follow clarity timetable building resource point view likely mind secretary state sitting committee ask timetable aspect point view mixed economy comprehensive selective school secretary state say clearly design impression faithful bill effective quickly come force follow assume necessary resource available understandable hon member birmingham perry barr mr christopher price minister devoted disciple word accordingly amendment bring machinery force date hon gentleman distress certainly look distressed learn column official report column substantial reason possible second directly relevant amendment secretary state say accede hon friend request bring bill effect september cost astronomical political argument bill useful adjunct weapon armoury labour party election short space time come effect somebody try pin date cost rate relate astronomical process go comprehensive long time effect bill marginal term timing matter right probe carefully additional resource available government view building realise possible different view matter example possible view hon member birmingham perry barr hon gentleman argue great persuasion need rid selection override consideration hope fair summary powerfully present argument sure agree person believe move educational reason away age fix age selection look hostility comprehensive school genuinely share conviction mind go fascinating series article comprehensive time recall following passage ninth article special correspondent write substantial study early day pm speak experience matter task seek guide discussion make viable comprehensive school estabcolumn school south london member staff governor manager political persuasion unite agree task nigh impossible impose inner london education authority complex control labour learn hand important building positioning building create meaningful school ask priority certainly rate flesh blood teaching force important element accept question accept remarkable work excellent result produce absolutely appalling condition devoted member staff want regard detracting let consider problem face consider reorganisation scheme scheme consider produce viable comprehensive building south london separate mile south london long way reason impossible dogmatic matter part country example world ably represent hon friend member norfolk south mr j e b hill mile tiddleywink distance south london traffic problem danger move child problem communication public transport great situation meaningfully set organise comprehensive school seek advice receive little age word divide school age term different age different building try staff child move hand term department well department move possible case example easily woodwork metal work class teacher french capable move class class necessarily case consider column modern technique laboratory teaching academic political exercise case speak assure ilea successor organise school year official labour party view ilea time small wonder people believe comprehensive education associate share view great extent feel imposition scheme impose additional resource building mockery comprehensive principle hon gentleman opposite impose sort thing great harm comprehensive principle mockery mercifully policy change london change control ilea result reorganisation programme need bill entire ilea programme withdraw secretary state reconsideration come matter later wish illustrate great practical thinking conservativecontrolle ilea quote paper issue organisation secondary education illustrate practical difficulty ordering priority say note phrase clearly lead case year potent sentence wise proposal column result mixed economy understand approve secretary state wise party power control economy mixed economy rate inner london pertain long foresee course matter expenditure consider comprehensive school provision sixthform common room similar development line increase provision study strict class room learn sixthform fifthform level mislead suggest overnight way achieve additional substantial resource amendment draw present form wed wording government superior advice draft matter duty produce form word argument foot argument bring change convenience suitability school accommodation prime consideration comment hon friend particularly persuasive minister state helpful comment wide context wish study emphasis seek place rebut right hon lady helpful reveal mind question size think appropriate meaningful comprehensive school school concern fiveform entry inner london think column absolutely margin inner london interested hear right hon ladys comment regard appropriate sixthform entry builtup area wish study remark show conclusively shall live mixed economy long foresee move programme time system operate meantime stop knock secondary school avoid word like failure excuse effect merely repeat people think law repeat slander secretary states word second reading subsequently cause grave hurt devoted people work secondary school great number pupil educate failure want create climate opinion improve provision group child meantime bracket great section young people failure particularly come right hon gentleman authority office desperately dishearten urge stop knock secondary modern important debate resource building central subject discuss regret appear get realisation mind hon gentleman opposite reason advise hon friend record disagreement division question amendment committee divide aye no division boyle sir edward eyre mr reginald hill mr j e b lane mr david lewis mr kenneth montgomery mr thatcher mrs margaret van straubenzee mr armstrong mr ernest bacon miss alice evans mr fred jones mr j idwal newen mr stan oake mr gordon price mr christopher price mr william short mr edward woof mr robert column amendment propose page line end insert question amendment committee divide aye no division boyle sir edward eyre mr reginald hill mr j e b lane mr david lewis mr kenneth montgomery mr thatcher mrs margaret van straubenzee mr armstrong mr ernest bacon miss alice evans mr fred jones mr j idwal newen mr stan oake mr gordon price mr christopher price mr william short mr edward woof mr robert amendment propose page line end insert question amendment committee divide aye no division boyle sir edward eyre mr reginald hill mr j e b lane mr david lewis mr kenneth montgomery mr thatcher mrs margaret van straubenzee mr armstrong mr ernest bacon miss alice evans mr fred jones mr j idwal newen mr stan oake mr gordon price mr christopher price mr william short mr edward woof mr robert pm mr newens beg amendment page leave line chairman previously propose discuss time amendment page line leave paragraph standing hon learn member buckinghamshire south mr ronald bell name hon friend suggest hon member discuss amendment page line leave subsection amendment page line leave subsection intend select stand hon member eppe mr newen amendment page line leave age end line stand hon member stratfordonavon mr maude trust convenient committee mr newen grateful mr brewis permit amendment discuss amendment deal question sixth form college eventually carry reasonable carry purpose different hon learn member buckinghamshire south mr ronald bell mrs thatcher ronald bellhe committee mr newen attach amendment hon member cambridge mr lane object amendment remove bill exemption sixth form college support provision end selection secondary school age argument second reading similar argument column equal force exemption sixth form college bill advocate comprehensive education regard range ideal generally speak view nut think rigid matter think probably hope encourage experimentation find convenient future natural break education occur idea sixth form college associate college regard sensible retain exemption sixth form college provision child go comprehensive school year old pass selection test child go school different arrangement prevail find order describe sixth form education pass sort test create anomalous state affair family move country child find come selection test apply test apply area move exemption sixth form college create anomaly eradicate understand selective sixth form college fact number strengthen argument surely unnecessary include provision exempt future existence exemption play considerable influence local authority attitude regard ideal scheme area exemption damaging effect exemption allow remain bill permit head sixth form college lay criterion admission pupil lay minimum number examination pass necessary admission exclude certain number pupil work particular disadvantage nonacademic child future pupil academic exactly opporcolumn take educational course available stay school academic student allow sixth form college develop selective basis certain area university entrance force house intention present conceive state affair particular sixth form college seek people possible university considerable demand college result impose rigid term selection primary school influence force house entry stage education believe education widerange general narrowly academic important exclude exemption bill fail vital argument exclude sixth form college general term bill hope right hon friend accept amendment sir e boyle unsympathetic case hon member eppe mr newen reach conclusion say number teacher association educationist look allthrough comprehensive ideal worth remember accordance interesting statistic right hon lady give clearly view local education authority think counsel darken fact people think choice grammar school modern school know allthrough comprehensive important remind public large number reorganisation scheme involve middle school leicestershire type plan interested hear authority go break well possibility people think lastly sixth form college idea think possibility bother people tend extreme talk sixth form college wildly college regard viable future column grammar school tend intemperately believe number area pattern reorganisation introduce argument good statement argument sixth form college document publish organisation call pest hon friend member cambridge mr lane connection document publish early clearly sixth form college solve problem future grammar school particularly small grammar school good sixth form help feel particularly attractive form reorganisation small type borough consist constituency grammar school tower rest town esteem additional advantage notable feature grammar school sixth form way preserve grammar school sixth form believe shall strengthening sixth form education solve problem university place stick threeyear university course pm argument underrate believe broadly comprehensive education cse o level accept streaming o level clearly o level scholar start separate way purely academic course university entry semiacademic course great deal argument dr wear king croydon lionel elvin forward age gain different style education good people mouth platitude objurgation permissive society fact remain old teenager transform generation good deal say change style schooling year adolescence reason rule sixth form college future believe grow body educational opinion consider type education play column come proposal bill amendment compulsion local authority adopt selective sixth form compel bill adopt selective method entry sixth form college find protest remark semiacademic pupil enter grammar school sixth form stage borough southampton go ahead scheme secondary school secondary college little rough minority thinking inclined wrong kind pupil go grammar school spoil rest regret approach case enable local authority regard selection ability aptitude get stage education reason believe increasingly want look age group consider good sixth form college good technical college accept different pupil well environment extreme view authority able consider ability aptitude decide pupil go type institution unlike hon member eppe mr newen view people past age different way education different type pupil require different course doubt want reasonably wide entry sixth form college rational job plan stage education extreme authority stage allow refer ability aptitude reason support amendment glad right hon gentleman envisage bill possibility bright pupil age get sixth form college doubt pupil clear o level hurdle easily year give chance hope question age transfer secondary school secondary college right hon gentleman local authority reasonable latitude day day administration mr evans familiar significant role sixth form grammar school development open sixth form experience grammar school recall rigid academic entry bar sixth form year ago highly selective grammar school privilege headmaster entry bar minimum o level recent year flexible arrangement secondary modern school find possible straight sixth form boy secondary modern school simply gse qualification dovetail translation cse additional o level time limited number level stimulus sixth form bring stage sit level obtain good grade significantly find little difficulty adapt sixth form speak school boy regularly sixth form send boy degree degreeequivalent course significant type boy come secondary modern school stimulus kind sixth form respond level high grade open sixth form develop low academic bar well sixth form little danger high flier sixth form suffer obvious chance academicminde respond kind stimulus accept philosophy open sixth form consideration carry logical conclusion recognise great fear hon member eppe sixth form college organisation kind academic bar introduce growth call forcing house university entrant know authority sixth form college call trust right hon friend secretary state receive shortly receive plan line socalled junior college envisage sure authority consider kind organisation require sure column authority set college education area happen number grammar school particular authority wale dedication philosophy educate child see able benefit absolute maximum offer possibly build grammar school past arrangement speak junior college college bar academicminde want continue education challenge charge sixth form pass single level sixth form catch single o level miss early go good sixth form benefit substantially term maturity poise social person envisage junior college day release apprentice academicminde want seek professional qualification university tremendous range ability staffing equipment match demand great range ability believe kind concept sixth form college change junior college young adult people come materialistic point concerned hon member opposite today question building kind pattern exist comparatively easy great expenditure turn college education junior college release number pupil sixth form grammar school attend junior college possibility great expenditure exist grammar school provide good range equipment look sixth form turn ease pressure grammar school twoti system comprehensive education ease second tier relation pressure space bill mention selectivity hon member opposite sitting committee refer constantly element selectivity bill refer sixth column college assume authority support element selectivity sixth form college mention bill shall support amendment like hear reason concept kind junior college visavis socalled sixth form college hon friend member birmingham perry barr mr christopher price state debate selection delay tactic preserve system selection great play sitting direct grant school tell committee impact highly selective school area manage primary grammar school succeed decapitate sixth form grammar school nice provide fine academic result pattern alter notice people come previously bad small grammar school get good teaching academic ability fulfil column today reference building like sudden concern tilt balance favour primary school element try delay introduction nonselective system mr lane stress year urge government secondary sector expense primary sector sudden mr evans 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Speeches, etc. The Prime Minister has responded to the upsurge of IRA terrorism by making a spur-of-the-moment visit to Northern Ireland. She flew to Belfast this morning with the Secretary of State, Mr Humphrey Atkins, and they'll be returning to London later this afternoon. Mrs Thatcher made up her mind to go last night, after hearing the latest news of Monday's two bomb outrages—the blowing-up of Lord Mountbatten's boat off the west coast of the Irish Republic and the ambush at Warrenpoint in County Down that killed 18 soldiers. The Prime Minister began her visit to Belfast by going to the Musgrave Park Hospital—as we hear from our reporter, Graeme McLagan: [end p1] Mrs. Thatcher first met civilians at the hospital including four women patients and also a police sergeant who'd lost both legs and his right arm in a car bomb explosion six months ago. She then went to the hospital's military wing and talked to injured soldiers. She was unable to speak to the only two soldiers there injured at Warrenpoint because they're in intensive care. The Northern Ireland Secretary, Humphrey Atkins, was with her and he told me a visit like this had been planned for some time. He thought people here welcomed a visit like this. Mrs. Thatcher then went to the City Hall and met city officials and Gerry Fitt, one of the two representatives of the minority community at Westminister. He expressed his sympathy to her for what had happened in the last two days. He told us he thought the Irish Prime Minister should have returned from his holiday in Portugal to take charge of the situation in Ireland. Afterwards, Mrs. Thatcher went on a walkabout in the city centre, a secure zone and was mobbed by people, reporters and cameramen. She made it clear she wanted to speak to the people, not reporters. One woman told her she should take strong action against the I.R.A. Another said she should bring back hanging. Mrs. Thatcher told them she'd bear these thoughts in mind. A young man who shouted, ‘What about the H-blocks?—that's where I.R.A. men are held—was told to shut-up by the crowd. As she left the city centre a middle-aged woman shouted at her that the H-block should be wiped out and that Ireland should be set free. Mrs. Thatcher ignored her and a big cheer went up as she waved to the crowd and stepped into her car. She then drove off for lunch. [end p2] Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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Speeches, etc. This is the fourth time since I became Leader of the Party that I have attended your Conference. London, Manchester, Nottingham, and now Bradford. Since that first Conference we have savaged the Government in bye Election after bye Election. Winning six seats, we have reduced their majority by twelve. That is only one less than the number of Liberal seats! [end p1] These gains have not just been in London suburbs, Woolwich and Ilford, but also in Ashfield, Stetchford, Walsall and Workington in the Midlands and the North. I no longer hear those tales about a Tory Party confined to the South Eastern suburbs. We have staked our claim, not just as a national party, but as the national party, with an appeal across the whole country to people from all walks of life: people with no time for extremists or for fringe nationalists intent on wrecking the United Kingdom. A party of ordinary, commonsense, hardworking freedom loving people. [end p2] Just as our party is the national party, so the Conservative Trade Unionists are fast becoming a national political force. We read in the Press this week that the Labour Party is getting rattled about the growth of the CTU. They have every reason to be. For one thing, more and more trade unionists are seeing that it doesn't make much sense to go on subsidising Socialism by paying the political levy. After all, why pay a Government Party to lower your standard of living? Contracting out used to be a trickle—now its becoming a flood. Central Office used to issue a few hundred contracting out forms a year. They have issued a thousand this week. [end p3] Conservatives are now making themselves felt within individual unions. Every week we hear of more CTU members being elected to union office as shop stewards and Branch officers. We now have our own groups in the unions for Teachers, Civil Servants, Local Government and Health Service workers and ASTMS members. We shall be launching groups for railwaymen, post office workers and journalists after this Conference. This is one of the best forms of worker participation for Britain. [end p4] I am very pleased that within the Party we have a large number of CTU members standing as candidates in the local elections in May, as well as some 40 or so who will be fighting as parliamentary candidates in the next General Election. Time is running out for this government. Quite soon the parties will start writing their Manifestos. But before everyone's attention is focused on the next Manifestos, I hope that no-one will forget what Labour said last time in 1974. Remember it? It was going to be “Back to work with Labour” 8.4%; inflation and so on. [end p5] But let me tell you, not what Labour actually said in 1974, but what their Manifesto should have said. They should have said something like this: “On taking office, Labour's first priority will be to increase prices. In four years of Labour Government, prices generally will rise by 86%; and food prices by no less than 94%;—twice as fast as under the Tories. [end p6] “The value of the £ will be almost halved—cut by 47p in 47 months. “In four years Labour will put up the tax burden on the average family by £490 per year—nearly £10 a week more tax. 1,400,000 people will be able to pay tax who would have been deprived of this privilege if Conservative tax rates had remained in force. “But tax increases alone will not be enough to pay for Labour's programme. Government borrowing will have to be increased by a massive amount—in fact nearly £1,700 per family over the next four years. [end p7] “As a result of this, and plans for nationalisation, control and interference, Labour will break four post-War records: One, living standards for the average family will fall—for the first time since the War. Two, unemployment will rise by nearly 880,000 by the end of 1977—over 600 jobs lost for every day of Labour government. Three, more than 20,000 companies will be made bankrupt in the next four years. Four, industrial production will fall below, and stay below, the level reached during 1973. [end p8] “By enabling local authorities to nationalise building land, by discouraging the sale of council houses to tenants, by cutting local authority home loans, Labour will make it difficult for many people to own their own homes. “Labour will plunge the construction industry into recession; as a result over 200,000 construction workers will be unemployed. This will be used to justify proposals to nationalise the building industry. [Manuscript addition by MT:] That will give the Rt. Hon. Ant. Wedgwood Benn (in Bradford last night) the chance to justify … [Typescript resumes:] [end p9] “By compelling all local authorities to turn their schools into comprehensives, and ignoring Tory demands for higher standards in education, Labour will ensure that fewer children will have a chance to do well at school. [Manuscript addition by MT] We intend, “they should have said,” to kick away the ladder which got us and so many of our children to the top. [Typescript resumes] “For the rest, Labour plans to strengthen closed shops, weaken the Health Service, underpay the police, and cut Britain's defences. This will contribute to a fundamental deterioration of the quality of life of the British people. “On the basis of this strategy for national decline Labour hopes to be elected again.” [end p10] That is what their manifesto should have said in the light of events. But of course they would never have been elected if it had. But the way to judge parties is not by their promises but by their performance. By this acid test, over the whole of the post-war period, the Conservative Party has done far better by the working people of Britain than Labour. Today, I just want to give four examples. [end p11] First, living standards. In the sixteen years since the War which have seen Labour Governments in power, the real standard of living of the average worker rose by six per cent. In the sixteen and a half years of Conservative Government, living standards went up by nearly 60%;—ten times as much. Second, jobs. Under this Labour Government we have had 1½ million people unemployed. In the worst Conservative year, the number never exceeded 1 million. [end p12] Third, taxation. Time and time again we have cut tax, then Labour came in and put it up. Now, to get back to where we were, this Labour Government would have to reduce personal tax by some £5,000 million. Fourth, home ownership. 5 million people became home owners during our 16½ years of office; 2½ million in Labour's 16 years. Those are not promises, not theories, but four hard practical facts demonstrating that the people fared better under Conservative governments. Better, but still not good enough. [end p13] We are no longer one of the wealthier nations of the industrial world. West Germans produce twice as much per person as we do. They have higher pay, better living standards, and better pensions. Nor is it Germany alone that does better than we do. We now come only 18th in order of national wealth per head of the population. France, the United State, Japan, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland are way ahead. And still we are declining relative to our competitors. There is now an aura of defeatism amongst the Labour leaders about Britain's economic recovery. That's not surprising. [end p14] Labour have tried most devices known to socialism to get things moving again. They have controlled pay and prices, squeezed differentials, subsidised jobs, pressed firms into planning agreements, attacked wealth, redistributed income, co-ordinated strategies, prevented foreign investment, restricted, restrained, blacklisted, bullied. But it just hasn't worked. Industrial output is still below the level of the three day week. Productivity is not rising. Business confidence is low. Sometimes, trade unions have been blamed. [end p15] But that can't be right because many of our competitors also have strong Trade Unions—many of them would proclaim that free Trade Unionism is one of the hallmarks of a free society. Can the answer therefore be in the attitudes adopted by some Unions? Perhaps what we need is not so much a technological revolution as a psychological revolution. We must try to dispel a number of fallacies. The first fallacy is that overmanning protects jobs. [Beginning of section checked against BBC Radio News 1800 11 March 1978:] The reality is that it doesn't. Too many people on the job cut down on efficiency and puts up prices. It's just like too many cooks spoil the broth; too many people on the job could put up prices. Higher prices mean either our competitors get the business, or that fewer people can afford to buy, or both. [end p16] The consequence is that our industries shrink and some go out of existence altogether. Those in other countries flourish and what happens? They've gained our customers and, they've got our jobs. So let's learn the reality that overmanning creates unemployment. End of section checked against BBC Radio News Report 1800 11 March 1978. The same applies to restrictive practices—they price our goods out of the market, and lose us jobs. The second fallacy is that more investment of itself will solve our problems. What is the reality? [end p17] In Britain to produce £1 of output a year we have to invest £2.70 in capital. In Germany they get £1 of output for every £1.40 they invest. And in America they get a £1 of output for every £1 invested. [end p18] Its not that we are short of investment: we are failing to make good use of the investment we've already got. The third fallacy is that the state subsidies can save jobs indefinitely. The reality is that they can't. At best, subsidies wisely used, can soften the hardship or ease the process of change, and both of those things are worth doing. But we cannot build tomorrow's prosperity on yesterday's products. When steel was nationalised there were 260,000 people in the industry. Today, there are only 200,000 even after the taxpayer has subsidised losses of £870 million in the last three years. [end p19] The £520 million needed to cover steel losses this year will not even preserve those jobs intact. Further, that subsidy will lose jobs elsewhere in this country. For some of the money needed for that £520 million will come from successful industries which could have used it to expand and create lasting jobs. It will come out of the pay packets of other workers, reducing the amount they have left to buy goods produced in other factories. We can't spend money twice over; money which goes to steel can't be used to recruit more police or to improve the national health service. There is only one way to protect jobs and this is by creating healthy, profitable firms, producing goods and services at prices people can afford to pay. [end p20] Because although we are here as Trade Unionists, the other thing we have in common is that we are all consumers. When we spend our money we judge by one measure: value for money. As producers we have to give that value or lose jobs to our competitors. All this is understood by unions in prosperous countries like West Germany and Japan. Their wages are higher than ours, but proportionate to their output labour costs are lower. That's why they can outsell us in our markets, why their workers are better off than ours, why they are more prosperous. To bring home these facts in day to day working life is the job of Tory Trade Unionists as well as others. Many firms already have a success story to tell because attitudes are changing. [end p21] In those firms, employees know that productivity comes from intelligent use of resources on the part of shop floor, office and management alike. That co-operation and consultation are more important than “them and us” . They know that although we talk about two sides to a bargain, in well run companies everyone is on the same side and they share the rewards of success. They know that in negotiating for today's pay they have also to consider the prospects for the company tomorrow. They know that without profits you can't be prosperous or secure. Beginning of section excluded from press release But many of us work in administration or in the public service. Efficiency, good administration and sound management is just as important for us. Every £ we save through economies can mean more left in the taxpayers pocket—and we are all taxpayers. [end p22] The success of a public service is not necessarily judged by the amount spent out by the way in which our many duties are carried out. Recent incidents in the health service will have brought this home to everyone. ([Note by MT] “Publications will be issued in quantities smaller than required.” ) End of section excluded from press release. What you will now ask, is the role of government? Labour is better at finding excuses than finding answers. They blame world conditions, the high price of oil, the falling price of oil, the greater enterprise of others, the failures of management, anything but themselves. Government's job is to waste less, and take less so that the people can keep a larger share of their earnings, and companies retain more of their profits. [end p23] Government must stop so much interference with industry. This isn't a government of the people for the people; it's a government over the people. The latest device is blacklisting. Remember, to blacklist a firm is to blacklist its workers. The prices of their products may be lower than their competitors but they have committed the unpardonable offence of incurring the displeasure of a Labour government. Government's job is to reduce taxation so that it is worthwhile to work, worthwhile to be skilled, worthwhile to take responsibility, worthwhile to invest, worthwhile to build up a new business. [end p24] When we advocate big rewards for those who want to develop new discoveries, offer new services, open up new vistas of economic activity, we are told that this might benefit some more than others and would be wrong. [Manuscript addition by MT] If everyone can't have it—no one should have it. [Typescript resumes] But in an expanding society there will always be some people who benefit from new achievements before those benefits reach others. To reject this is to reject new achievements, and to reject progress, without which the British economy will continue to weaken. [end p25] In the period immediately ahead international competition is going to be tougher than ever. The need to arrive first and fast with the new product or the new service will be even more urgent. To compete in these conditions we are going to need a new kind of economy; more flexible and responsive, less State controlled, far readier to bring finance, new ideas, management, brains, skilled men and women and salesmen together speedily, often in quite small production units. Our country is full of people with talent, drive, and commercial acumen. Let us keep them here, not export them to our competitors. [end p26] But to return to the Election battle that must come soon. [Manuscript addition by MT] People must by now be tired of promises. Ours therefore will be few. [Typescript resumes] We shall try to govern the country in the best interest of all its peoples, whatever their race, colour or religion. We shall tackle each problem as it arises with practical common sense. We shall seek co-operation and not confrontation. We shall maintain law and order, but we shall be on the side of the victim and not the aggressor. We shall uphold the liberty of the individual to speak and to act in whatever way he or she chooses within the law. We shall encourage incentive and reduce taxes. Our sole aim will be to govern wisely and well in the interest of all, and to restore Britain's prestige in the counsels of the world. [Manuscript addition by MT] This is a great work and it can't be carried out by timid minds. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc fourth time leader party attend conference london manchester nottingham bradford conference savage government bye election bye election win seat reduce majority number liberal seat end gain london suburbs woolwich ilford ashfield stetchford walsall workington midland north long hear tale tory party confine south eastern suburb stake claim national party national party appeal country people walk life people time extremist fringe nationalist intent wreck united kingdom party ordinary commonsense hardworke freedom love people end party national party conservative trade unionist fast national political force read press week labour party getting rattle growth ctu reason thing trade unionist see not sense subsidise socialism pay political levy pay government party lower standard living contracting trickle flood central office issue contracting form year issue thousand week end conservative make feel individual union week hear ctu member elect union office shop steward branch officer group union teacher civil servant local government health service worker astms member shall launch group railwayman post office worker journalist conference good form worker participation britain end pleased party large number ctu member stand candidate local election fight parliamentary candidate general election time run government soon party start write manifesto everyone attention focus manifesto hope forget labour say time remember go work labour inflation end let tell labour actually say manifesto say say like take office labour priority increase price year labour government price generally rise food price twice fast tory end value halve cut month year labour tax burden average family year nearly week tax people able pay tax deprive privilege conservative tax rate remain force tax increase pay labour programme government borrowing increase massive fact nearly family year end result plan nationalisation control interference labour break postwar record living standard average family fall time war unemployment rise nearly end job lose day labour government company bankrupt year industrial production fall stay level reach end enable local authority nationalise build land discourage sale council house tenant cut local authority home loan labour difficult people home labour plunge construction industry recession result construction worker unemployed justify proposal nationalise building industry manuscript addition mt rt hon ant wedgwood benn bradford night chance justify typescript resume end compel local authority turn school comprehensive ignore tory demand high standard education labour ensure few child chance school manuscript addition mt intend say kick away ladder get child typescript resume rest labour plan strengthen closed shop weaken health service underpay police cut britain defence contribute fundamental deterioration quality life british people basis strategy national decline labour hope elect end manifesto say light event course elect way judge party promise performance acid test postwar period conservative party far well work people britain labour today want example end living standard sixteen year war see labour government power real standard living average worker rise cent sixteen half year conservative government living standard go nearly time second job labour government million people unemployed bad conservative year number exceed million end taxation time time cut tax labour come labour government reduce personal tax million fourth home ownership million people home owner year office million labour year promise theory hard practical fact demonstrate people fare well conservative government well good end long wealthy nation industrial world west germans produce twice person high pay well living standard well pension germany well come order national wealth head population france united state japan switzerland denmark holland way ahead decline relative competitor aura defeatism labour leader britain economic recovery s surprising end labour try device know socialism thing move control pay price squeeze differential subsidise job press firm planning agreement attack wealth redistribute income coordinate strategy prevent foreign investment restrict restrained blacklisted bully not work industrial output level day week productivity rise business confidence low trade union blame end not right competitor strong trade union proclaim free trade unionism hallmark free society answer attitude adopt union need technological revolution psychological revolution try dispel number fallacy fallacy overmanning protect job begin section check bbc radio news march reality not people job cut efficiency put price like cook spoil broth people job price high price mean competitor business few people afford buy end consequence industry shrink existence altogether country flourish happen ve gain customer ve get job let learn reality overmanning create unemployment end section check bbc radio news report march apply restrictive practice price good market lose job second fallacy investment solve problem reality end britain produce output year invest capital germany output invest america output invest end short investment fail good use investment ve get fallacy state subsidy save job indefinitely reality not good subsidy wisely soften hardship ease process change thing worth build tomorrow prosperity yesterdays product steel nationalise people industry today taxpayer subsidise loss million year end million need cover steel loss year preserve job intact subsidy lose job country money need million come successful industry expand create lasting job come pay packet worker reduce leave buy good produce factory not spend money twice money go steel not recruit police improve national health service way protect job create healthy profitable firm produce good service price people afford pay end trade unionist thing common consumer spend money judge measure value money producer value lose job competitor understand union prosperous country like west germany japan wage high proportionate output labour cost low s outsell market worker well prosperous bring home fact day day work life job tory trade unionist firm success story tell attitude change end firm employee know productivity come intelligent use resource shop floor office management alike cooperation consultation important know talk side bargain run company share reward success know negotiate today pay consider prospect company tomorrow know profit not prosperous secure beginning section exclude press release work administration public service efficiency good administration sound management important save economy mean left taxpayer pocket taxpayer end success public service necessarily judge spend way duty carry recent incident health service bring home note mt publication issue quantity small require end section exclude press release ask role government labour well find excuse find answer blame world condition high price oil fall price oil great enterprise failure management government job waste people large share earning company retain profit end government stop interference industry not government people people government people late device blacklist remember blacklist firm blacklist worker price product low competitor commit unpardonable offence incur displeasure labour government government job reduce taxation worthwhile work worthwhile skilled worthwhile responsibility worthwhile invest worthwhile build new business end advocate big reward want develop new discovery offer new service open new vista economic activity tell benefit wrong manuscript addition mt not typescript resume expand society people benefit new achievement benefit reach reject reject new achievement reject progress british economy continue weaken end period immediately ahead international competition go tough need arrive fast new product new service urgent compete condition go need new kind economy flexible responsive state control far readier bring finance new idea management brain skilled man woman salesman speedily small production unit country people talent drive commercial acuman let export competitor end return election battle come soon manuscript addition mt people tired promise typescript resume shall try govern country good interest people race colour religion shall tackle problem arise practical common sense shall seek cooperation confrontation shall maintain law order shall victim aggressor shall uphold liberty individual speak act way choose law shall encourage incentive reduce taxis sole aim govern wisely interest restore britain prestige counsel world manuscript addition mt great work not carry timid mind copyright margaret thatcher foundation right reserve

This bill requires the Department of State to submit to Congress a strategy to (1) work with allies and partners to support the expansion of Taiwan's relations and engagement with countries around the world, (2) promote the establishment of Taiwan's presence in countries and partners where Taiwan does not have a permanent presence, and (3) strengthen economic relations and supply chain resilience among Taiwan and like-minded partners to counter threats and malign influences from authoritarian regimes. Within one year of submitting the strategy, the State Department must report to Congress on actions taken to carry out the strategy.

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Speeches, etc. Mr. A. R. Wise (Rugby) I almost had the idea of claiming the privileges of a maiden speech, because it is a very long time—a little over fourteen years—since I last addressed the House. I thought that fourteen years of virginal seclusion might qualify me again. On the other hand, it seemed to me rather like one of the Wolfenden reports of a young lady claiming maidenhood because it was only the first time she had been charged in that particular court. Therefore, I ask no privilege and no indulgence. I am in the curious position of being the first hon. Member from these benches to speak in favour of the Amendment. Uneasy though I feel about the company in which I shall find myself, I was considerably heartened by the fact that the hon. Member for Blackburn (Mrs. Castle) is taking the other side, so at least I have some justification for my present action. Although the Bill is not wholly right, even in principle, there is much to be [column 1407]said for it, and a Second Reading debate is a debate on principles only. There comes a time when a Bill, to be in the least useful, has to have so much amendment in Committee that it is not worth giving it a Second Reading. That is so with this Bill. It sets out, as my hon. Friend the Member for Finchley (Mrs. Thatcher) said, to try to find a balance between the needs of the public for information and the competence of local authorities to carry on an administration. It does not do that, does not even begin to do it and, in my view, it does not seriously try to do it. It is based upon a false analogy between the House of Commons and local government. My hon. Friend the Member for Gloucestershire, South (Mr. Corfield) drew half his example from what we do in the House of Commons. The two systems are in no way comparable. The House is a legislature. Local government is an administration. One cannot administer in a goldfish pond. It just is not practical politics. It may be claimed that the Bill is very moderate in its demands on local government. It seeks only to admit the Press to those committees having delegated powers. That sounds very good. I was a member of a local authority until I had to give it up to devote more time to a Parliamentary constituency. It could not have been described as a Socialist or authoritarian local authority, because it was the Westminster City Council. That Council is as firmly opposed—not merely the Clerk, but the members of the Council—to this proposal as the most arbitrary sub-committee that Nottingham could ever produce. The reason is that in Westminster nearly every committee—except the Finance Committee and the General Purpose Committee, and even they to a mild degree—have substantial delegated powers. These committees do not wish to undergo the unnecessary expense of increasing staff and the unnecessary tax on members' time which would be entailed through having to resolve themselves into sub-committees so that they could carry on the day-to-day administration of the City. Someone would have to move a motion to throw the Press out almost every time the committees meet. That is what would happen. [column 1408] Many discussions take place in these committees—disciplinary matters, and so on—at which it is not suitable that the Press should be present. One can not expect committees which are dependent on advice from their officers to obtain that advice properly if it is being given in public. It may be that qualified privilege would apply, although what would happen if the Press published what was a qualified privilege in committee only a lawyer could say, and I am not a lawyer. One cannot get effective functioning of a committee when that goes on— Mr. C. Pannell As I understand it, the Press, in reporting what was actually said, would be let right out by the Bill, but the person who said it would have only qualified privilege. Mr. Wise I am prepared to accept the hon. Member's definition, although I am not at all sure that the legal point raised by this is not so complicated that, ultimately, only the House of Lords could settle it. That is another reason why I am against the Bill. I do not think that these major complications should be introduced in this way. The promoters of the Bill suggested that they had tried to draw up a Schedule of the circumstances in which the Press should or should not be admitted, and had had to give it up. I am not surprised. Such a Schedule would have been about double the size of the Oxford Dictionary. One cannot legislate on those lines. This Bill, like, I regret to say, so many Private Members' Bills which deal with subjects too large for their purpose and intent, is, in fact, what in my previous incarnation here we used to describe as a lawyer's dream. It is also a councillor's nightmare, as I shall demonstrate in a moment. Let us see how joyful this Measure might make the legal profession. If a committee—as it would be perfectly entitled to do under the Bill—decided not to admit the Press, it would have to do so on the ground that it was not in the public interest for the public to be admitted. That decision is open to challenge. Who would challenge it, and for how long would the challenge continue? There is the lawyer's dream. If, at the end, it was decided that that action was not in the public interest, [column 1409]those councillors, who were doing only what they thought was their plain duty, would find themselves surcharged with the entire costs of the proceedings. That is the councillor's nightmare. These are all matters that the House should take extremely seriously. The Bill also provides that when these committees that have delegated powers are about to meet they must supply the Press with an agenda, and with all relevant documents and everything else. That would mean that even in the sub-committees that I am certain would have to be set up in vast quantities, there would still be no protection against this publicity because, if a document is to be of any use to council or committee, it must say in one form or another what the business is all about. What is the point of full privacy in sub-committee if the material is to be printed and circulated when the committee itself meets? One also has to consider the practical working of a committee. I do not know whether any of the promoters of the Bill have a great deal of experience of local government. I should think some of them have—— Mr. W. E. Wheeldon (Birmingham, Small Heath) Ten years. Mr. L. M. Lever Twenty-eight years. Mr. Wise I think that perhaps some of the Bill's protagonists have not, or it is possible that they may have forgotten quite how committee work is carried out. A committee of a council works like a board of directors. People do not get to their feet to make speeches, and they do not express themselves in elaborate and rotund phrases. It is a simple and ordinary discussion. I do not think that members of the Press would get much out of that, in any case, but if they were there—well, after all, we are all human, and we all like our publicity. Would not that committee resolve itself, in fact, into a sort of open council meeting, with everybody rising to make speeches that they hoped their fellow-citizens would read and enthuse over in the local Press? That is not how committee work should be carried out. It is purely a business proposition. It is not really part of what the hon. Member for [column 1410]Blackburn called the great functioning of democracy. It is merely a means of making the functioning of democracy possible. So long as council meetings are public, it seems wholly unnecessary for the Bill to go as far as it does. One thing that I would have supported is not in this Measure. I would not in the least mind an enactment to say that all meetings of the council, whether or not the council liked it, should be public—that seems quite fair—just as are meetings of this House. Perhaps our meetings are not invariably public, because any one of us has the right to exclude the public at any moment he wishes—— Mr. MacColl No, he has not. Mr. Wise The hon. Member for Widnes (Mr. MacColl) said that we have not that right, but all I have to do is to “spy strangers” —— Mr. MacColl The position is that if an hon. Member claims to “spy strangers” the House takes a decision on that, precisely as would a local authority. Mr. Wise I accept that, but we have the right of exclusion. I would be prepared to say that if a council resolved itself into a committee of the whole council, that committee also should be compelled to accept the Press, because in such cases there is every argument in favour of the greatest possible publicity for what is being done. But in the committees—no. We have to get the most efficient and economic local government, and that is not the way to get it. I know that there have been abuses in the past by local councils. I shall not enter into controversy as to which party on which councils has been responsible for that—it is not relevant to this debate. In any case, I do not think that major legislation of this kind should be introduced to deal with a few hard cases. That hard cases make bad law is a well known truism. If that sort of thing has to be done—and I think that it may have to be done—it is much better done by pressure from the appropriate Ministry—and that pressure can be very effective, I know—and by the general weight of public opinion. Several speakers today have rather brushed aside the weight of public opinion, but I think that they [column 1411]underrate its effect, and that we shall find that these major sinners among the councils will be very chary of repeating that sort of action. We should rest ourselves on that. I am not defending that procedure. I am merely stating it. I come now to the proposal to admit the Press by right to the regional executive councils and the regional hospital boards. These deal with questions affecting the professional capacity or assiduity of the medical profession. It is true that all disciplinary matters involving doctors are dealt with by committees to which the Press will not be admitted under the Bill, but all of them report to their parent bodies and the Press is gaining admission to those. At present, even when some negligence or incapacity has been proved and disciplinary action has been taken against a doctor, that doctor's name is withheld from publication.: To make so major a change in the existing procedure as to publish the doctor's name would be much more appropriate in a Government Measure than in a Private Member's Bill. I know that it will be said that these executive councils and hospital boards, when they are dealing with individual cases, have every power to exclude the Press. As we know, the Press has been complaining about the withholding of doctors' names. In my view, it is wholly unfair that these disciplinary bodies should have placed upon them on every occasion the onus of having to exclude the Press, and to start a whole furore which that sort of action entails, whenever they consider one of these cases. I am not entering into the merits of withholding the name of a professional man charged with a breach of discipline, but that is the state of affairs at present. So far as I know, leaving my personal opinion out of it, there is no great demand that that procedure should be changed. Unfortunately, under the National Health legislation doctors became liable to all sorts of penalties to which, they were not liable before, and I do not doubt that they regret it as much as I regret it on their behalf. But the fact is that they are liable at any moment to have their whole professional careers pretty well blasted. Whenever there is a really grave breach of professional behaviour the matter goes to the General Medical [column 1412]Council and there it is given publicity because the Council admits the Press. That seems to me to be a wholly adequate safeguard, but it seems an unnecessary burden to place on these bodies which have to decide these cases to leave it to them to decide whether the Press should be admitted or not. One must remember that these bodies have no power of subpoena Counsel do not appear. It is a very informal inquiry. From their decision an appeal can take place to the Minister, but if that decision has to be conveyed to the parent body and has been given publicity there, of what sort of use will the appeal to the Minister be to the doctor in his professional career? It seems to me that this Bill requires so much amendment that, however willing the promotors might be to consider improvements in Committee—and I do not think that they would be willing to do so—— Mrs. Thatcher On what authority does my hon. Friend make that statement? Mr. Wise I have been listening to most of the speeches in favour of the Bill. Every suggestion has been refuted by those who support the Bill. Presumably they believe sufficiently in their case to maintain it in Committee. Mrs. Thatcher The principles of the case, yes. Mr. Wise It is the details which have been refuted. I therefore presume that they attach some importance to the details. So much amendment is required to make the Bill workable that I do not think it should be given a Second Reading. I would add that two major Ministries are involved in the operation of this Bill. It would have been within the capacity of either of them, if they had thought this sort of amendment necessary, to have done something about it. They have not, and therefore I cannot believe that the urgency is all that great. I think, on the whole, that the publicity given to the principle of the Bill may have done some good, first to recalcitrant councils and possibly also in strengthening the slightly weak attitude of the Ministries involved in encouraging them to apply a little more pressure where pressure is necessary. But I hope that we shall not be faced with the task [column 1413]of giving this Measure a death by a thousand cuts upstairs. I am a merciful man, and I am all in favour of a happy dispatch. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc mr r wise rugby idea claim privilege maiden speech long time little fourteen year address house think fourteen year virginal seclusion qualify hand like wolfenden report young lady claim maidenhood time charge particular court ask privilege indulgence curious position hon member bench speak favour amendment uneasy feel company shall find considerably hearten fact hon member blackburn mrs castle take justification present action bill wholly right principle column second reading debate debate principle come time bill useful amendment committee worth give second reading bill set hon friend member finchley mrs thatcher say try find balance need public information competence local authority carry administration begin view seriously try base false analogy house commons local government hon friend member gloucestershire south mr corfield draw half example house common system way comparable house legislature local government administration administer goldfish pond practical politic claim bill moderate demand local government seek admit press committee having delegate power sound good member local authority devote time parliamentary constituency describe socialist authoritarian local authority westminster city council council firmly opposed merely clerk member council proposal arbitrary subcommittee nottingham produce reason westminster nearly committee finance committee general purpose committee mild degree substantial delegate power committee wish undergo unnecessary expense increase staff unnecessary tax member time entail have resolve subcommittee carry daytoday administration city motion throw press time committee meet happen column discussion place committee disciplinary matter suitable press present expect committee dependent advice officer obtain advice properly give public qualified privilege apply happen press publish qualified privilege committee lawyer lawyer effective functioning committee go mr c pannell understand press report actually say let right bill person say qualified privilege mr wise prepared accept hon member definition sure legal point raise complicated ultimately house lord settle reason bill think major complication introduce way promoter bill suggest try draw schedule circumstance press admit surprise schedule double size oxford dictionary legislate line bill like regret private member bill deal subject large purpose intent fact previous incarnation describe lawyer dream councillor nightmare shall demonstrate moment let joyful measure legal profession committee perfectly entitle bill decide admit press ground public interest public admit decision open challenge challenge long challenge continue lawyer dream end decide action public interest column councillor think plain duty find surcharge entire cost proceeding councillor nightmare matter house extremely seriously bill provide committee delegate power meet supply press agenda relevant document mean subcommittee certain set vast quantity protection publicity document use council committee form business point privacy subcommittee material print circulate committee meet consider practical working committee know promoter bill great deal experience local government think mr w e wheeldon birmingham small heath year mr l m lever twentyeight year mr wise think bill protagonist possible forget committee work carry committee council work like board director people foot speech express elaborate rotund phrase simple ordinary discussion think member press case human like publicity committee resolve fact sort open council meeting everybody rise speech hope fellowcitizen read enthuse local press committee work carry purely business proposition hon member column call great functioning democracy merely means make functioning democracy possible long council meeting public wholly unnecessary bill far thing support measure mind enactment meeting council council like public fair meeting house meeting invariably public right exclude public moment wish mr maccoll mr wise hon member widne mr maccoll say right spy stranger mr maccoll position hon member claim spy stranger house take decision precisely local authority mr wise accept right exclusion prepared council resolve committee council committee compel accept press case argument favour great possible publicity committee efficient economic local government way know abuse past local council shall enter controversy party council responsible relevant debate case think major legislation kind introduce deal hard case hard case bad law know truism sort thing think well pressure appropriate ministry pressure effective know general weight public opinion speaker today brush aside weight public opinion think column effect shall find major sinner council chary repeat sort action rest defend procedure merely state come proposal admit press right regional executive council regional hospital board deal question affect professional capacity assiduity medical profession true disciplinary matter involve doctor deal committee press admit bill report parent body press gain admission present negligence incapacity prove disciplinary action take doctor doctor withhold publication major change exist procedure publish doctor appropriate government measure private member bill know say executive council hospital board deal individual case power exclude press know press complain withholding doctor name view wholly unfair disciplinary body place occasion onus have exclude press start furore sort action entail consider case enter merit withhold professional man charge breach discipline state affair present far know leave personal opinion great demand procedure change unfortunately national health legislation doctor liable sort penalty liable doubt regret regret behalf fact liable moment professional career pretty blast grave breach professional behaviour matter go general medical column give publicity council admit press wholly adequate safeguard unnecessary burden place body decide case leave decide 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This bill declares that the right to life guaranteed by the Constitution is vested in each human being at all stages of life, including the moment of fertilization, cloning, or other moment at which an individual comes into being. Nothing in this bill shall be construed to require the prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child, a prohibition on in vitro fertilization, or a prohibition on use of birth control or another means of preventing fertilization.

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This bill expands the tax deduction for qualified medical expenses to include dietary supplement products. The bill defines dietary supplement products as nutritional products with labelling relating to their effects on bodily functions. The bill also allows payments from certain tax-preferred spending and reimbursement accounts for dietary supplement products.

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Speeches, etc. I can imagine no more heartening development in politics than the decision of the Federation of Conservative Students to launch this campaign in support of free enterprise—unless, indeed, it is the growing strength and influence of the Federation itself. It is clear that the Conservative Party is closing the generation gap. Look at the facts. The Federation is now the largest political student group in free Europe. Its membership stands at more than 10,000; and has risen by sixty per cent in recent years. There are more than 170 affiliated organisations, represented in all sorts, shapes, and sizes of institutions of higher education throughout the country. A recent public opinion poll suggests, moreover, that Tory strength is waxing, not waning, among the young. And, to cap all this, the FCS has decided, in courage and confidence, to fight its next battle on the high ground of politics, where the armies of freedom and the armies of Socialism clash. The significance of this decision will not escape anybody concerned for the future of our society. [end p1] The battle for freedom is not one that occurs now and then. It is not the kind of battle that can skip generations. It is happening in my time. It will happen in my children's time. And it will happen in their children's time. The immediate form it now takes is one of economic systems. We know, of course, that no freedom is possible without economic freedom. But, under the disguise of beneficence, those who propagate the idea of increasing control of the economy by the state insist that no prosperity can be assured, no social welfare guaranteed, no gentleness, or kindness or charity in our society maintained, unless the control of the economy is taken out of the hands of the individual, and given over to government. Against that view, I, my party, and the Federation of Conservative Students have set our face. Here are some more facts. —Free Enterprise, not controlled by the state, not dominated by Government, provides ninety per cent of our exports. —Free Enterprise, not controlled by the state, not dominated by Government, pays more than three thousand million pounds in taxation every year. Without it, what social services could we provide. —Free Enterprise, not controlled by the state, not dominated by Government, provides nearly three quarters of all jobs in Britain. And when a Socialist government has caused the number of unemployed to rise to 1.6 million we need every job we can get. [end p2] You would think that, with such a performance, any government which wished its people well would be encouraging rather than discouraging free enterprise. Alas, it is not so. Under the influence of Socialism the free enterprise system is being drained of its life's blood. How heartening it is, therefore, that an increasing proportion of our young people should be coming forward and refusing the dreary future a state-dominated economy and a state-dominated society offers them. I do not say that we have won the battle; but we are most certainly winning the argument. And the Federation of Conservative Students are making sure that free enterprise and freedom itself are being assured a chance of victory. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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Speeches, etc. 1. Mr. Hardy asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average cost of providing a new secondary school, and the average cost of a secondary school place. The Secretary of State for Education and Science (Mrs. Margaret Thatcher) To build a typical school for 900 pupils aged 11 to 18 costs just over £600,000, at an average cost per place of about £675. This figure, like the £20 million for the improvement of old secondary schools announced in the recent White Paper, excludes land, fees and equipment, which together add about one-third to the cost. Mr. Hardy Does not that answer show that the proposed extra allocation of money for secondary school buildings will be woefully inadequate in the face of growing demand? Would it not be better to describe this proposal as gimmickry? Mrs. Thatcher Certainly not. £20 million is not gimmickry. Indeed, if it were, it compares very well with the last two programmes left to me by the Labour Government which consisted of under £3 million each year for secondary school improvements. Mr. Spearing Going back to the sum of £600, does the right hon. Lady agree that if that were paid back over the time at which a school was likely to exist the cost of providing places would be relatively small compared with the cost of providing total education for the pupils concerned over that period? Mrs. Thatcher Capital costs spread over a longer period are usually a lesser draw on the Exchequer than recurrent costs; but greater capital costs usually give rise to increased recurring capital costs, too. 2. Mr. Deakins asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations she has received from teachers about further negotiations on the London allowance after the present period of incomes freeze; and what replies she has sent. 5. Mr. Barnes asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what further representations she has received about the London allowance for teachers; and what replies she has sent. 24. Mr. Norman Lamont asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will now allow the negotiations to be reopened on the London teachers' allowance. Mrs. Thatcher Since my hon. Friend's written answer on 30th November to the Question by the hon. Member for West Ham, North (Mr. Arthur Lewis), I have received about 250 further letters from teachers, some dealing with future negotiations. In reply, I have drawn attention to the statement on 20th November by my right hon. Friend A. Barberthe Chancellor of the Exchequer about negotiations during the standstill, and I have pointed out that any new offer from the management panels will need to take account of the second stage of counter-inflation strategy.—[Vol. 847, c. 241: Vol. 847, c. 927.] Mr. Deakins Will the Secretary of State undertake at the end of the freeze not to obstruct any negotiations between the management panel and the teachers on this vitally important subject, as this seems to be the only way of reducing the high turnover of young teachers in many of the London boroughs, including Waltham Forest. Mrs. Thatcher We do not yet know what will happen after this stage of the freeze is over. This was pointed out in the statement by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Therefore, we are in a somewhat difficult position at the moment. I should point out that everything that has happened so far has been in accordance with the legislation agreed by both parties. Mr. Barnes Does the Secretary of State agree that there is a feeling of some anger among teachers in London that the negotiations for the revised allowance were deliberately prevented from taking place before the standstill came into force? Does she not think that it is only fair that, when the revised allowance is agreed, it should be backdated to 1st November? Mrs. Thatcher No. An offer was made on 3rd November, which was accepted by some teachers and was in fact implemented. Others rejected it and were caught by the freeze. Mr. Moyle Does the right hon. Lady agree that there is a problem of retaining young teachers in London, particularly about the point when they get married, due to the high costs of housing and travelling? If she will not tell the House how she will solve the problem, may I ask her to give some indication when she will solve it? Mrs. Thatcher The problems in London are no greater than those in other big cities. The turnover is no worse and the proportion of young teachers is no higher. Therefore, these problems are peculiar not only to London, but to other large cities. Mr. Leonard As the freeze came into operation, in effect, one month earlier for London teachers than for other groups of workers, will the right hon. Lady seek to ensure that for London teachers the freeze should end one month earlier? Mrs. Thatcher The hon. Gentleman is not correct. An offer was made on 3rd November, three days before the freeze came into effect. Some teachers accepted the offer and their increases have been put into effect. 3. Mr. Meacher asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what consultations she has had with local authorities concerning her White Paper on nursery education. Mrs. Thatcher In framing the proposals in the White Paper which I presented to Parliament on 6th December I took careful account of the views that local authorities and others had expressed to me on the topics it covers, including nursery education. Mr. Meacher Will the right hon. Lady explain to local authorities how she can afford a large increase in nursery education while spending almost nothing on comprehensive schools? Has the right hon. Lady consulted local authorities about her proposal to cut the number of teachers in training by almost half? Will not this have the worst effects on oversized classes in deprived areas, thus nullifying most of the advantages of her nursery school proposals? Mrs. Thatcher The short answer to the last point is “No” . There will be more than 110,000 extra teachers over the period covered in the White Paper, a substantial proportion being teachers for nursery education. I am glad the hon. Gentleman is pleased that there is to be more expenditure on nursery schools. No Government have found money especially to enable schools to change from their existing character into comprehensive schools, but a lot of changes have been brought about by raising of the school leaving age building programme, itself a large one, and in some cases through the secondary school basic needs programme which, where it is large, enables some reorganisation changes to come about. Sir R. Cary May I ask my right hon. Friend whether, as a sequel to her splendid work in regard to primary schools, nursery education is being made a supplementary addition to that work? Mrs. Thatcher Yes, indeed. A very important part of pre-school education is [column 1547]provided by an earlier start than five. This enables young children to profit fully from their primary education when they start. Mr. Hattersley The right hon. Lady will recall that in paragraph 28 of the White Paper she expresses the hope that education authorities will concentrate their primary or initial nursery effort on areas within their authorities which have special needs. What does she propose to do about local authorities who do not respond to that wish? Mrs. Thatcher May I first welcome the hon. Gentleman in his new capacity? I think that this is his first Question Time in his new appointment. I hope that he will enjoy working with my Department as much as I do. On the hon. Gentleman's supplementary question, I believe that almost all local authorities will respond to that wish. They have not been slow to appreciate the problems of the socially deprived areas, and I shall be very suprised if we receive anything less than maximum co-operation from the local education authorities. We shall be able to see from the bids they put in, because in the draft circular we have specifically asked them to take account of the needs of these areas. Mr. Edwin Wainwright Will the right hon. Lady guarantee that people north of the Trent will get a fair share of the money that is to be spent, and that she will not allow the greater proportion of it to go to the South-East? Mrs. Thatcher I hope that every region which has problem areas will have a fair share, as will other parts of the country. The North profited very much from the raising of the school leaving age programme which this Government put through. 8. Mr. Winterton asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many children under five are attending nursery schools for primary and infant schools at the latest convenient date; and how this figure compares with those for the previous four years on the same date. The Under-Secretary of State for Education and Science (Mr. Norman St. John-Stevas) In January 1972 there were 351,000 pupils under five in [column 1548]maintained schools in England and Wales. This compares with figures of 257,000 in 1968, 275,000 in 1969, 291,000 in 1970 and 318,000 in 1971. Mr. Winterton I thank my hon. Friend for that encouraging reply, although I am not totally satisfied with it. May I ask him and my right hon. Friend to listen to the pleas of local people who are delighted by what the Government have set out in the recently issued White Paper? Is my hon. Friend able to say what increase over the next 12 months in the provision for nursery education places? Mr. St. John-Stevas I am glad to have partially satisfied my hon. Friend. With regard to the future, a circular has been sent to education authorities and we are waiting for replies in order to assess their needs. Miss Lestor I assure the hon. Gentleman that he has not satisfied me on this question. Bearing in mind the quite useful hint that is given in the White Paper about bringing nursery regulations into primary schools where there are under-fives and rising-fives, can the hon. Gentleman say to what extent money has been allocated specifically for this purpose? I ask that because the circumstances under which children are received in primary schools from pre-schools are not necessarily governed by the regulations that apply to nursery schools. If there are to be more under-fives and rising-fives in primary schools, a lot of money must be spent in order to apply to those class-rooms the same conditions and regulations that apply in nursery schools, otherwise we shall be getting nursery education on the cheap. Mr. St. John-Stevas As a first step the Government propose to authorise a special building programme of £15 million each in the years 1974–75 and 1975–76. The question of primary schools will also be fully considered. Mr. Fell I wonder whether my hon. Friend will help me. An enormous emphasis is now being put on nursery and primary schools. Can my hon. Friend say how fitted the teachers in these schools are to teach Christian ethics to the children under their control? Mr. St. John-Stevas I do not think that the matter of teaching Christian [column 1549]ethics comes within the scope of the Department's authority. 13. Mr. William Hamilton asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated cost of her proposals for education for the under fives as contained in Section 3 of Education, A Framework of Expansion, Cmnd. Paper No. 5174, taking into account changes in building costs, teachers salaries etc., between now and 1976–77. Mrs. Thatcher The effect of the programme announced in the White Paper will be to increase the total current expenditure on the under 5s in England and Wales from about £42 million last year to about £65 million in 1976–77 at constant prices. In addition the Government propose to authorise special building programmes of £15 million each in 1974–75 and 1975–76 as the first step towards the provision of additional accommodation. Mr. Hamilton However welcome the programme is, does the right hon. Lady not agree that the £15 million provision for 1974–75 could be spent quite easily in the deprived areas alone, but that it is precisely those areas which are likely to contain inarticulate parents who will not bring the pressure on to the local authorities—which was the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Sparkbrook (Mr. Hattersley) was getting at in his question from the Front Bench? But in any event, the programme will not be enough to meet the new increased demand, which has increased since the Plowden Committee made its recommendations and estimates several years ago. Therefore, will not the right hon. Lady have another look at the matter? We are very grateful for the progress that has been made, but it is still not nearly enough. Mrs. Thatcher As the hon. Gentleman will be the first to appreciate, the deprived areas have been the ones to benefit from the urban programmes under both Governments; these programmes have resulted in a large number of nursery school places in these areas. I have great faith that the local authorities will take the needs of those areas into special account when making their bids. The special building programmes announced in the White Paper are the first two of a 10-year programme, at the end of which [column 1550]we shall hope to have met the Plowden demand. The programme should be considered as a 10-year programme, which no other Government have even been able to contemplate starting. Miss Lestor The right hon. Lady is, of course, aware that I, and I think everyone on this side of the House, welcome the expansion of nursery education. In the White Paper, she stresses the question of disadvantaged children, which has already been raised, and, quite rightly, she has just mentioned the urban aid programme. But is she not aware that large numbers of children in areas that are called deprived are children in day nurseries and many children with unregistered child minders, and that their need, although it is for nursery education, is for a policy that caters for the child whose mother has to go out to work? Does the right hon. Lady not agree that we are not meeting their educational needs unless we consider pre-school education as a whole? Some special provision must be made for those children whose need cannot be met by part-time nursery education. Mrs. Thatcher The White Paper also refers to pre-school playgroups, because we appreciated that we had to consider pre-school education and social requirements as a whole as well. There are some schemes in which nursery schools have co-operated with day nurseries, so that there is educational provision—not enough, yet, I agree—and day nursery care as well. The latter, of course, comes under the Department of Health and Social Security, but we try as much as we can to co-ordinate our activities with regard to this group. 18. Mr. Barry Jones asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when she proposes to withdraw Circular 8/60. Mrs. Thatcher Early in the New Year. Mr. Jones I thank the right hon. Lady for that welcome reply. What special measures can she take to ensure that the average working-class child from the average council estate will get a fair share of the expanding nursery school provision? Does she, for example, favour the widespread provision of day nurseries and nursery schools or classes [column 1551]in those areas where the expansion may be missed by the working-class child? Mrs. Thatcher That will be dealt with in the new circular which is going out, which will ask for bids particularly from problem areas. I believe that local authorities will take into account in making those bids the points that the hon. Gentleman has made. 23. Mr. Grylls asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many part-time nursery school places have been provided between June 1970 and December 1972; and what is her estimate of the number which will be provided by 1980. Mrs. Thatcher The number of children under five years of age attending part-time in maintained schools in England and Wales rose from 46,000 in January 1970 to 72,000 in January 1972. I estimate that the number will increase to over 900,000 by 1981–82. Mr. Grylls While congratulating my right hon. Friend on her satisfactory report on progress in nursery education, and while I recognise that there is a need in the large cities, may I ask her to bear in mind that there is also a need in county areas like Surrey? Mrs. Thatcher I think there is certainly a need in some of the rural areas, but county areas like Surrey will, I am afraid, not be among the first to benefit from the nursery schools programme, for reasons which I am sure will be understood. 4. Miss Lestor asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many holders of the Nursery Nurses' Examination Board qualification are currently employed in maintained nursery schools and classes. Mrs. Thatcher In England and Wales, 4,104 in January 1972. In addition 1,645 were helping in infant classes. Miss Lestor The right hon. Lady will be aware that one of the things that inhibits young girls from going in for training for the NNEB qualification is the appalling salary that they receive at the end of their training? I recognise that that is not altogether the right hon. [column 1552]Lady's responsibility, but can she say what is being done about changing the quality of training for NNEB qualification? The right hon. Lady hints at this in paragraph 31 of the White Paper, which says that more of these people are to be used in nursery schools and classes. What efforts are being made to attract young men into training, both for work in nursery schools, and for the NNEB qualification? Mrs. Thatcher Pay is negotiated through the Whitley Council. The pay for those aged 20 and over is between £726 and £999 a year. On the question of more courses, we shall have to operate through the local education authorities which are, of course, in charge of them, and we hope that they will respond as quickly as possible through the provision of courses leading to the NNEB certificate. As regards young men coming into training, they can take a nursery option in the colleges of education that are specialising in primary school work, or in certificated training for teachers but have a nursery option. That is probably the most likely way they would come in. 6. Mr. Montgomery asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many completely new grammar schools have been built in England and Wales since the war; when the Department last authorised the building of a new grammar school; and how many times since then a local authority has been refused permission to build a grammar school. Mr. St. John-Stevas Four hundred and eleven, Sir, the last of which was programmed in 1964 to start in 1967–68. Since then no proposals to build new grammar schools have been submitted by local authorities. Mr. Montgomery If a local authority decides that it would like a new grammar school in its area, and if a proposal is put to the Department, will it be looked upon favourably? Mr. St. John-Stevas Any proposal for a new grammar school would, of course, be considered on its merits. It would be subject to the procedures laid down [column 1553]under Section 13 of the Education Act, including the giving of public notice. Mr. Stokes Is my hon. Friend aware that while the public generally are grateful for what the Government have done to maintain the great grammar schools of this country they want to ensure that these schools continue to be supported by the Government, and also that sufficient new ones are to be built? Mr. St. John-Stevas I note my hon. Friend's remarks. 9. Mr. Dalyell asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she is satisfied with the working of the system of quinquennial grants for the universities; and if she will make a statement. Mrs. Thatcher I believe that the present system has great advantages both for the Government and for the universities. The University Grants Committee and I are always ready to consider constructive suggestions for improving it. Mr. Dalyell Here is one constructive suggestion. The university quinquennial system has served this country well, but has not the time come, at any rate in some universities, to put into operation a rather more sensitive rolling programme, particularly to help finance research and post-graduate work? Mrs. Thatcher The trouble about some constructive suggestions is that they are not always universally welcomed. If there were to be a change it would have to be done in consultation with and the full agreement of the University Grants Committee. I have said that we are always ready to consider new suggestions for improving the system. Mr. Deakins Is there not a case for introducing a quinquennial system in university financing so as to bring that and the control of that financing into line with the rest of public expenditure by means of the public expenditure surveys? Mrs. Thatcher There may be a case for that. There is also a case for having a specific quinquennium when both the university grants committee and the universities know exactly where they can go. There are arguments on both sides, [column 1554]but if we changed from what we have to something different, it would have to be with the broad agreement of the relevant committees and specific universities. 20. Mr. Robert Hughes asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science to what extent, in allocating the forthcoming quinquennial estimates to the University Grants Committee, she took account of the need to stimulate research and teaching on developments arising out of North Sea oil exploration. Mrs. Thatcher When settling the grants for the 1972–77 quinquennium I took account of the University Grants Committee's advice on the whole range of university development. It is now for the committee and the institutions to allocate and spend the grants according to their view of the priorities. Mr. Hughes Is the right hon. Lady not aware of the crucial need to stimulate research and teaching of the technological developments associated with North Sea oil? Is she not further aware that the needs of the universities will not be best served if they have to rely entirely on grants from private sources or on individual Government grants for specific but sporadic projects? In view of the importance of this matter to the Scottish universities, will the right hon. Lady not look at it again? Mrs. Thatcher The University Grants Committee does the allocation between the universities. I have no control over that. The committee is well aware of the problems which the hon. Gentleman has raised and I believe that it does its best to meet them. Recurrent expenditure can also be met by grants from the Science Research Council. There are, therefore, in effect, two Government sources as well as private sources for expenditure on this kind of research. Mr. Buchan Does the right hon. Lady not agree that the point here is that a new situation has developed in which the technological problems associated with this new industry are of such a kind that if we made the right kind of investment through academic institutions in research into this activity it would have a tremendous spin-off effect on the Scottish economy? There is, for example, the under-sea problem, the stormy water [column 1555]problem, and the steel problem all of which are closely linked with the economic problems involved with Scottish industrial development. Mrs. Thatcher I agree, but it is also likely that the University Grants Committee is aware of the opportunities and that the universities themselves, which are always anxious to meet the requirements for new research and new technological challenge, have included these in their bids. With regard to stormy waters and other environmental and oceanographic problems, a good deal of research is done on these through the National Environmental Research Council, whose work has been particularly helpful to those who are employed on oil rigs in the North Sea. Mr. Leadbitter Is the right hon. Lady satisfied that there is a reasonable growth rate in the provision of financial support from the University Grants Committee? I understand that one of the major problems in the areas of research and development is that during the last few years there has been a plateauing of financial provision instead of a substantial growth in this field. Is the right hon. Lady satisfied that the support system is adequate to meet the request of my hon. Friends? Mrs. Thatcher Expenditure plateaux are unknown in education. They are always rising curves. The new quinquennial settlement for the universities follows that habit. 10. Mr. Edwin Wainwright asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will now agree to bring forward the starting date for a replacement for the Fitzwilliam Junior Mixed School, Swinton, Mexborough, in view of the distance pupils have to travel for their school meal. Mr. St. John-Stevas I cannot add to the reply given by my predecessor to the hon. Member's Question on 26th October.—[Vol. 843, c. 386.] Mr. Wainwright Does the hon. Gentleman realise how disappointing it is to hear those words again? Will he take into account the fact that this school was built in 1853 and that the children [column 1556]have to walk 400 yards along a very busy thoroughfare to the main building to have their school meal, and then walk back again, through all kinds of inclement weather? We shall probably be having sleet, snow and heavy rain in the near future, and even in the summer the children will get wet through walking for their school meal. Will the hon. Gentleman either supply some suitable clothing for the children to use when necessary during very inclement weather or make a special allocation to the West Riding County Council for a new school as soon as possible? Mr. St. John-Stevas I appreciate the hon. Gentleman's anxiety about the welfare of schoolchildren in his constituency. But it is for the West Riding Education Authority, in the first place, to suggest the priority that should be given to projects. In the past it has given other projects a higher priority, but my right hon. Friend will certainly consider its claims carefully, along with other proposals which are submitted, in the preliminary list of projects which are expected to start in 1975–76. I am afraid that we have no power to make grants for clothing. 11. Mr. Strauss asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will consult the trustees of the National Museums and Galleries about the most suitable date for imposing entrance charges after the end of the freeze. Mr. St. John-Stevas No, Sir, but the trustees will of course be given the longest possible notice of the date to enable them to make the necessary arrangements. Mr. Strauss Is the Under-Secretary aware that the Trustees of the British Museum have recently, if belatedly, declared their strong opposition to the imposition of these charges? Now the trustees of all the national museums and galleries in the British Isles have shown their opposition to this Philistine policy and, as they would plainly like to see an indefinite postponement of the implementation of this policy, does not the Under-Secretary, who is a civilised and cultured person, agree that they are right? Mr. St. John-Stevas I am grateful for that tribute of being civilised and cultured, as indeed is the right hon. Gentleman. Regarding the policy issues, I am afraid that these were settled with the passing of the Museums and Galleries Admission Charges Act, and this is the law of the land. Mr. Faulds Since the hon. Gentleman's welcome accession to office, on this universally deplored measure which I cannot believe he supports, why has he not talked some sense—he is a greater talker, after all—into the thick skulls of his two departmental bosses, that disposable Lord in the other place and that lamentable Lady here. Mr. St. John-Stevas Those remarks by the hon. Gentleman were neither cultured nor civilised. I should like him to get this matter in perspective and to consider the question of charges in the context of the record amount of money that my noble Friend Lord Eccles has obtained for the arts, including £6 million only yesterday for the expanded Covent Garden site, which will give him a claim to be considered the modern Maecenas of our age. Mr. William Hannan If the hon. Gentleman must have a date, may I suggest 30th February 1973, and the same date in any succeeding year? Mr. St. John-Stevas I take note of the hon. Gentleman's suggestion, which will be noted in the Department. 12. Mr. Grylls asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many full-time and part-time students she expects to be in the polytechnics in the year 1975–76. Mr. St. John-Stevas Estimates for individual years and for a particular group of institutions are bound to be uncertain. On the basis of information up to 1971, the figures might be of the order of 90,000–100,000 and 75,000–85,000 respectively. Mr. Grylls I thank my hon. Friend for that answer. Is he aware that, unlike the previous Government, which gave birth to the polytechnics but then starved them, the extra money being spent by [column 1558]the present Government in the polytechnics is very much welcomed in higher education generally? Will he pay special attention to getting more money for the expansion of library facilities in the new polytechnics, which are very short of money. Mr. St. John-Stevas I am grateful to my hon. Friend for those encouraging remarks. May I, in turn, remind him that building projects due for completion between 1971 and 1975, which will cost £27 million, will add substantially to the capacity. The pace of expansion has now been stepped up. It is up to the authorities of the polytechnics to decide, within their budget, to what they will give priority. Certainly there is no point in having polytechnics without any books. Mr. Moyle Will the hon. Gentleman take the opportunity of telling the House now when the Government intend to produce a White Paper saying what they intend to do for those who will not be attending any polytechnic or other institution of higher learning, whether part time or full time, who amount to about 78 per cent. of the 16–19 age group? It is not sufficient for the Government merely to identify a gap. Mr. St. John-Stevas One White Paper per month is probably enough. Mr. Winterton Will my hon. Friend say what attention he is giving to the provision of residential accommodation for students attending polytechnics, and whether he will issue further advice to local authorities and others concerned to encourage as many as possible of those attending polytechnics to attend the local polytechnic rather than a polytechnic which is many miles away from their homes? Mr. St. John-Stevas We have already authorised residential expenditure for 1973–74 for 1,650 extra places. £2 million for residential projects will go to polytechnics and another £1 million will go to non-polytechnic projects. In 1974–75 that sum will rise to £5 million. With regard to students attending colleges and universities nearer their homes, that is a question which, under our present system, must be left to the individual choices of the students involved, but certainly the whole question is being studied within the Department. 14. Mr. Norman Lamont asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will approve St. John's Primary School, Kingston in the next programme for rebuilding. Mr. St. John-Stevas My right hon. Friend is considering the Kingston local education authority's proposal to replace this school in the programme of work due to start in 1975–76. Mr. Lamont May I remind my hon. Friend that the Kingston council attaches considerable importance to replacing the school? It has no changing facilities, no dining facilities and no assembly hall, the toilets are outside and all the classrooms are extremely restrictive. From our civilised and cultured Under-Secretary, may we please have a civilised school? Mr. St. John-Stevas The basic difficulty is that the Kingston authority is such a civilised and cultured authority that it has made excellent progress in programming its primary school replacements. Accordingly, in the 1972–73 lists only one project could be allowed, and the authority itself put St. John 's second in the order of priority. 15. Mr. Michael McNair-Wilson asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science in the light of the White Paper on Education, “A Framework for Expansion” , what plans she has to raise the standard to be achieved by those wishing to enter the teaching profession. Mrs. Thatcher The proposed new three-year courses leading to a degree and a teaching qualification will require higher minimum entry standards than the present three-year courses. It will be necessary, however, for the present certificate courses to continue for a transitional period. Competition for entry is already becoming keener. Forty per cent. have two A levels and 28 per cent. have one A level. Mr. McNair-Wilson I am grateful for that reply, but would my right hon. Friend not agree that the effectiveness of teacher training depends upon the quality [column 1560]of person coming forward? Does she feel that sufficient emphasis is being placed upon career opportunities in education? Mrs. Thatcher I agree with the first part of that question, and I hope that we are putting emphasis on career opportunities in education. The Burnham settlement before last was a structural settlement and had just that objective in view. 26. Mr. Spearing asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of the teaching force in maintained schools in England and Wales changed their schools or entered or left the profession in the year 1971. Mrs. Thatcher In the year ended 31st March 1971, entrants and re-entrants amounted to 15.0 per cent. of the teaching force: 9.1 per cent. retired or left the profession. Information on change of school is not available. Mr. Spearing Does the right hon. Lady agree that part of the quality of education in any one school depends on the extent to which the staff do or do not turn over in numbers? Is is not part of her responsibility to find out what that turnover is, particularly in areas such as London, so that she can discharge her responsibility for maintaining reasonable education standards? Will she now make investigations into the matter? Mrs. Thatcher From time to time we do spot checks, which show that the turnover in some other authorities is much greater than in London. 17. Mr. Spriggs asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many totally deprived junior schools there are at present in use within the county borough of St. Helens and what is the age of each such school. Mr. St. John-Stevas There are no “totally deprived” schools. In the country as a whole some 570 schools have been designated as schools of exceptional difficulty for the purpose of a special salary addition to teachers but there is, as the hon. Gentleman will know, none in St. Helens. Mr. Spriggs I regret that the hon. Gentleman is not aware that there are totally deprived schools in St. Helens. I should like him to convey to his right hon. Friend an invitation from me and from the management committee of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School, St. Helens, to visit that school and others where infants and juniors are being taught in conditions reminiscent of workhouses of the Dickensian age. I appeal to the right hon. Lady to give some time to see for herself what teaching staff and children have to put up with in this day and age. I appeal to the hon. Gentleman not to be so complacent in his replies but to get off his behind and do something about it. Mr. St. John-Stevas At least I have now complied with the first part of the hon. Gentleman's exhortation. There are 11 old primary schools in St. Helens, but the hon. Gentleman must be fair. One of the difficulties in replacing these has been the extreme difficulty in acquiring alternative sites in the area for new buildings. Attempts have been made with regard to four schools. With regard to three of the schools, Moss Bank's future is uncertain because of redevelopment, and the school has only two classes; St. Austin's is being remodelled with money from the minor works programme; and Windleshaw has been submitted for the next preliminary list which my right hon. Friend is now considering for projects to start in 1975–76. 19. Mr. Adam Butler asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will revise the minor works allocations for 1973–74, in the light of the fact that many local education authorities, with the authorisation of her Department, have brought forward into 1972–73 much of their allocations for that year; and if she will make a statement. Mrs. Thatcher Minor works allocations for 1972–74, at £92 million, are already 20 per cent. greater in real terms than in the previous two years. I am, however, increasing the allocations of some local education authorities to meet local shortages of primary school places. Mr. Butler I welcome that announcement, because I know that it affects the county of Leicestershire among others [column 1562]and is evidence of the Government's attitude towards education expenditure. But is my right hon. Friend aware that the £50,000 which she has allocated to Leicestershire is the equivalent of only one primary school project and that, due to the population growth in that county, the greatest part of next year's allocation will go to mobile classrooms, to the detriment of primary school replacement and modernisation? Mrs. Thatcher We are very much aware that counties like Leicestershire have had great problems because they have been taking many children who have moved out from city centres. This is one reason which has led us to increase the allocation. The total increase, I am happy to inform my hon. Friend, will be £2.5 million in England and Wales. We will be informing the local education authorities shortly of their share. Mr. Hattersley Has the right hon. Lady recently had replies from local authorities about what they describe as the “flexible use” of the minor works programme? Does she contemplate returning to what seems to me the sensible process of allowing the minor works programme to be used for certain improvements in old schools? Mrs. Thatcher The minor works programmes are completely flexible. The local education authorities can use them as they wish; I have no control over how they use the minor works programmes. The flexibility to which the right hon. Gentleman is referring is between the minor works and the capital major programmes, which is a different matter. 21. Dr. Marshall asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether she will now approve the scheme submitted to her by the West Riding Education Authority for reorganisation of schools in the Goole district in September 1973. Mr. St. John-Stevas I understand that the local education authority is considering some limited revision of the proposals, related to the precise age-range of some of the schools as expressed in the public notices. Until she has received [column 1563]further information, my right hon. Friend will not, in fact, make her decision. Dr. Marshall Does the hon. Gentleman realise that until the scheme is approved for reorganisation next September there will be considerable uncertainty because no new appointments of teaching staff can be made? Also if the scheme is not approved for next September it will mean almost an emergency reimposition of totally undesirable selection procedures for the present year. Mr. St. John-Stevas I note those points which have been made by the hon. Gentleman, but I think he will agree that if slightly revised proposals are submitted a further period of two months must be allowed to elapse for the submission of any objections. That is required by law. Mr. Speaker Mr. Mitchell, Question No. 22. Mr. Dormand On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Hon. Members who have Questions Nos. 22, 23 and 24 on the Order Paper will be asking their second Questions, whereas I, with Question No. 25—— Mr. Speaker Order. May I have the point of order at the end of Question Time, please? 25. Mr. Dormand asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what consultations she intends to have with local education authorities concerning her proposals in the White Paper on Special Education. Mrs. Thatcher I already have views on present priorities derived from local education authorities' bids for current special school building programmes, their waiting lists for special school places and other indications of need. Priorities will be reviewed regularly in the light of the projects submitted for future programmes and of changes in the demand for places. Mr. Dormand Does not the scant attention given in the White Paper to special education demonstrate yet again the little interest the Government show in this neglected part of education? How does the right hon. Lady hope to convince the local education authorities that the provisions mentioned in the White Paper [column 1564]will meet the needs? Does not she agree that the building programme for special schools proposed in the White Paper is totally inadequate? Is not the lack of any reference to the training of specialist teachers a most serious omission? Mrs. Thatcher There had been a number of other reports on particular aspects of special education long before the White Paper came out. I think that in most places the substantial increase in capital programmes for special schools has been widely welcomed. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc mr hardy ask secretary state education science average cost provide new secondary school average cost secondary school place secretary state education science mrs margaret thatcher build typical school pupil age cost average cost place figure like million improvement old secondary school announce recent white paper exclude land fee equipment add onethird cost mr hardy answer propose extra allocation money secondary school building woefully inadequate face grow demand well describe proposal gimmickry mrs thatcher certainly million gimmickry compare programme leave labour government consist million year secondary school improvement mr spearing go sum right hon lady agree pay time school likely exist cost provide place relatively small compare cost provide total education pupil concern period mrs thatcher capital cost spread long period usually less draw exchequer recurrent cost great capital cost usually rise increase recur capital cost mr deakin ask secretary state education science representation receive teacher negotiation london allowance present period income freeze reply send mr barne ask secretary state education science representation receive london allowance teacher reply send mr norman lamont ask secretary state education science allow negotiation reopen london teachers allowance mrs thatcher hon friend write answer november question hon member west ham north mr arthur lewis receive letter teacher deal future negotiation reply draw attention statement november right hon friend barberthe chancellor exchequer negotiation standstill point new offer management panel need account second stage counterinflation strategy vol c vol c mr deakin secretary state undertake end freeze obstruct negotiation management panel teacher vitally important subject way reduce high turnover young teacher london borough include waltham forest mrs thatcher know happen stage freeze point statement right hon friend chancellor exchequer somewhat difficult position moment point happen far accordance legislation agree party mr barne secretary state agree feeling anger teacher london negotiation revise allowance deliberately prevent take place standstill come force think fair revise allowance agree backdate november mrs thatcher offer november accept teacher fact implement reject catch freeze mr moyle right hon lady agree problem retain young teacher london particularly point marry high cost housing travel tell house solve problem ask indication solve mrs thatcher problem london great big city turnover bad proportion young teacher high problem peculiar london large city mr leonard freeze come operation effect month early london teacher group worker right hon lady seek ensure london teachers freeze end month early mrs thatcher hon gentleman correct offer november day freeze come effect teacher accept offer increase effect mr meacher ask secretary state education science consultation local authority concern white paper nursery education mrs thatcher frame proposal white paper present parliament december take careful account view local authority express topic cover include nursery education mr meacher right hon lady explain local authority afford large increase nursery education spend comprehensive school right hon lady consult local authority proposal cut number teacher training half bad effect oversized class deprive area nullify advantage nursery school proposal mrs thatcher short answer point extra teacher period cover white paper substantial proportion teacher nursery education glad hon gentleman pleased expenditure nursery school government find money especially enable school change exist character comprehensive school lot change bring raise school leave age building programme large case secondary school basic need programme large enable reorganisation change come sir r cary ask right hon friend sequel splendid work regard primary school nursery education supplementary addition work mrs thatcher yes important preschool education column early start enable young child profit fully primary education start mr hattersley right hon lady recall paragraph white paper express hope education authority concentrate primary initial nursery effort area authority special need propose local authority respond wish mrs thatcher welcome hon gentleman new capacity think question time new appointment hope enjoy work department hon gentleman supplementary question believe local authority respond wish slow appreciate problem socially deprive area shall suprise receive maximum cooperation local education authority shall able bid draft circular specifically ask account need area mr edwin wainwright right hon lady guarantee people north trent fair share money spend allow great proportion southeast mrs thatcher hope region problem area fair share part country north profit raising school leave age programme government mr winterton ask secretary state education science child attend nursery school primary infant school late convenient date figure compare previous year date undersecretary state education science mr norman st johnstevas january pupil column school england wale compare figure mr winterton thank hon friend encourage reply totally satisfied ask right hon friend listen plea local people delighted government set recently issue white paper hon friend able increase month provision nursery education place mr st johnstevas glad partially satisfy hon friend regard future circular send education authority wait reply order assess need miss lestor assure hon gentleman satisfy question bear mind useful hint give white paper bring nursery regulation primary school underfive risingfive hon gentleman extent money allocate specifically purpose ask circumstance child receive primary school preschool necessarily govern regulation apply nursery school underfive risingfive primary school lot money spend order apply classroom condition regulation apply nursery school shall get nursery education cheap mr st johnstevas step government propose authorise special building programme million year question primary school fully consider mr fall wonder hon friend help enormous emphasis nursery primary school hon friend fit teacher school teach christian ethic child control mr st johnstevas think matter teach christian column come scope departments authority mr william hamilton ask secretary state education science estimate cost proposal education five contain section education framework expansion cmnd paper take account change build cost teacher salary etc mrs thatcher effect programme announce white paper increase total current expenditure england wale million year million constant price addition government propose authorise special building programme million step provision additional accommodation mr hamilton welcome programme right hon lady agree million provision spend easily deprive area precisely area likely contain inarticulate parent bring pressure local authority point hon friend member birmingham sparkbrook mr hattersley get question bench event programme meet new increase demand increase plowden committee recommendation estimate year ago right hon lady look matter grateful progress nearly mrs thatcher hon gentleman appreciate deprive area one benefit urban programme government programme result large number nursery school place area great faith local authority need area special account make bid special building programme announce white paper programme end column shall hope meet plowden demand programme consider programme government able contemplate start miss lestor right hon lady course aware think house welcome expansion nursery education white paper stress question disadvantaged child raise rightly mention urban aid programme aware large number child area call deprived child day nursery child unregistered child minder need nursery education policy cater child mother work right hon lady agree meet educational need consider preschool education special provision child need meet parttime nursery education mrs thatcher white paper refer preschool playgroup appreciate consider preschool education social requirement scheme nursery school cooperate day nursery educational provision agree day nursery care course come department health social security try coordinate activity regard group mr barry jones ask secretary state education science propose withdraw circular mrs thatcher early new year mr jones thank right hon lady welcome reply special measure ensure average workingclass child average council estate fair share expand nursery school provision example favour widespread provision day nursery nursery school class column area expansion miss workingclass child mrs thatcher deal new circular go ask bid particularly problem area believe local authority account make bid point hon gentleman mr gryll ask secretary state education science parttime nursery school place provide june december estimate number provide mrs thatcher number child year age attend parttime maintain school england wale rise january january estimate number increase mr gryll congratulate right hon friend satisfactory report progress nursery education recognise need large city ask bear mind need county area like surrey mrs thatcher think certainly need rural area county area like surrey afraid benefit nursery school programme reason sure understand miss lestor ask secretary state education science holder nursery nurse examination board qualification currently employ maintain nursery school class mrs thatcher england wale january addition help infant class miss lestor right hon lady aware thing inhibit young girl go training nneb qualification appalling salary receive end training recognise altogether right hon column responsibility change quality training nneb qualification right hon lady hint paragraph white paper say people nursery school class effort attract young man training work nursery school nneb qualification mrs thatcher pay negotiate whitley council pay aged year question course shall operate local education authority course charge hope respond quickly possible provision course lead nneb certificate regard young man come training nursery option college education specialise primary school work certificate training teacher nursery option probably likely way come mr montgomery ask secretary state education science completely new grammar school build england wale war department authorise building new grammar school time local authority refuse permission build grammar school mr st johnstevas sir program start proposal build new grammar school submit local authority mr montgomery local authority decide like new grammar school area proposal department look favourably mr st johnstevas proposal new grammar school course consider merit subject procedure lay column section education act include giving public notice mr stokes hon friend aware public generally grateful government maintain great grammar school country want ensure school continue support government sufficient new one build mr st johnstevas note hon friend remark mr dalyell ask secretary state education science satisfied working system quinquennial grant university statement mrs thatcher believe present system great advantage government university university grant committee ready consider constructive suggestion improve mr dalyell constructive suggestion university quinquennial system serve country time come rate university operation sensitive rolling programme particularly help finance research postgraduate work mrs thatcher trouble constructive suggestion universally welcome change consultation agreement university grant committee say ready consider new suggestion improve system mr deakins case introduce quinquennial system university financing bring control financing line rest public expenditure mean public expenditure survey mrs thatcher case case have specific quinquennium university grant committee university know exactly argument side column change different broad agreement relevant committee specific university mr robert hughes ask secretary state education science extent allocate forthcoming quinquennial estimate university grant committee take account need stimulate research teaching development arise north sea oil exploration mrs thatcher settle grant quinquennium take account university grant committee advice range university development committee institution allocate spend grant accord view priority mr hughes right hon lady aware crucial need stimulate research teaching technological development associate north sea oil aware need university well serve rely entirely grant private source individual government grant specific sporadic project view importance matter scottish university right hon lady look mrs thatcher university grant committee allocation university control committee aware problem hon gentleman raise believe good meet recurrent expenditure meet grant science research council effect government source private source expenditure kind research mr buchan right hon lady agree point new situation develop technological problem associate new industry kind right kind investment academic institution research activity tremendous spinoff effect scottish economy example undersea problem stormy water column steel problem closely link economic problem involve scottish industrial development mrs thatcher agree likely university grant committee aware opportunity university anxious meet requirement new research new technological challenge include bid regard stormy water environmental oceanographic problem good deal research national environmental research council work particularly helpful employ oil rig north sea mr leadbitter right hon lady satisfy reasonable growth rate provision financial support university grant committee understand major problem area research development year plateauing financial provision instead substantial growth field right hon lady satisfy support system adequate meet request hon friend mrs thatcher expenditure plateaux unknown education rise curve new quinquennial settlement university follow habit mr edwin wainwright ask secretary state education science agree bring forward starting date replacement fitzwilliam junior mixed school swinton mexborough view distance pupil travel school meal mr st johnstevas add reply give predecessor hon member question october vol c mr wainwright hon gentleman realise disappointing hear word account fact school build child column walk yard busy thoroughfare main building school meal walk kind inclement weather shall probably have sleet snow heavy rain near future summer child wet walk school meal hon gentleman supply suitable clothing child use necessary inclement weather special allocation west ride county council new school soon possible mr st johnstevas appreciate hon gentleman anxiety welfare schoolchildren constituency west ride education authority place suggest priority give project past give project high priority right hon friend certainly consider claim carefully proposal submit preliminary list project expect start afraid power grant clothing mr strauss ask secretary state education science consult trustee national museum gallery suitable date impose entrance charge end freeze mr st johnstevas sir trustee course give long possible notice date enable necessary arrangement mr strauss undersecretary aware trustee british museum recently belatedly declare strong opposition imposition charge trustee national museum gallery british isle show opposition philistine policy plainly like indefinite postponement implementation policy undersecretary civilised cultured person agree right mr st johnstevas grateful tribute civilised cultured right hon gentleman policy issue afraid settle passing museum gallery admission charge act law land mr fauld hon gentleman welcome accession office universally deplore measure believe support talk sense great talker thick skull departmental boss disposable lord place lamentable lady mr st johnstevas remark hon gentleman cultured civilised like matter perspective consider question charge context record money noble friend lord eccle obtain art include million yesterday expand covent garden site claim consider modern maecena age mr william hannan hon gentleman date suggest february date succeed year mr st johnstevas note hon gentleman suggestion note department mr gryll ask secretary state education science fulltime parttime student expect polytechnic year mr st johnstevas estimate individual year particular group institution bind uncertain basis information figure order respectively mr gryll thank hon friend answer aware unlike previous government give birth polytechnic starve extra money spend column present government polytechnic welcome high education generally pay special attention get money expansion library facility new polytechnic short money mr st johnstevas grateful hon friend encouraging remark turn remind building project completion cost million add substantially capacity pace expansion step authority polytechnic decide budget priority certainly point have polytechnic book mr moyle hon gentleman opportunity tell house government intend produce white paper say intend attend polytechnic institution high learning time time cent age group sufficient government merely identify gap mr st johnstevas white paper month probably mr winterton hon friend attention give provision residential accommodation student attend polytechnic issue advice local authority concern encourage possible attend polytechnic attend local polytechnic polytechnic mile away home mr st johnstevas authorise residential expenditure extra place million residential project polytechnic million nonpolytechnic project sum rise million regard student attend college university nearer home question present system leave individual choice student involve certainly question study department mr norman lamont ask secretary state education science approve st johns primary school kingston programme rebuild mr st johnstevas right hon friend consider kingston local education authoritys proposal replace school programme work start mr lamont remind hon friend kingston council attach considerable importance replace school change facility dining facility assembly hall toilet outside classroom extremely restrictive civilised cultured undersecretary civilised school mr st johnstevas basic difficulty kingston authority civilised cultured authority excellent progress program primary school replacement accordingly list project allow authority st john s second order priority mr michael mcnairwilson ask secretary state education science light white paper education framework expansion plan raise standard achieve wish enter teaching profession mrs thatcher propose new threeyear course lead degree teaching qualification require high minimum entry standard present threeyear course necessary present certificate course continue transitional period competition entry keener cent level cent level mr mcnairwilson grateful reply right hon friend agree effectiveness teacher training depend quality column person come forward feel sufficient emphasis place career opportunity education mrs thatcher agree question hope put emphasis career opportunity education burnham settlement structural settlement objective view mr spearing ask secretary state education science percentage teaching force maintain school england wale change school enter leave profession year mrs thatcher year end march entrant reentrant amount cent teaching force cent retire leave profession information change school available mr spearing right hon lady agree quality education school depend extent staff turn number responsibility find turnover particularly area london discharge responsibility maintain reasonable education standard investigation matter mrs thatcher time time spot check turnover authority great london mr spriggs ask secretary state education science totally deprive junior school present use county borough st helen age school mr st johnstevas totally deprive school country school designate school exceptional difficulty purpose special salary addition teacher hon gentleman know st helens mr spriggs regret hon gentleman aware totally deprive school st helens like convey right hon friend invitation management committee sacred heart roman catholic school st helen visit school infant junior teach condition reminiscent workhouse dickensian age appeal right hon lady time teach staff child day age appeal hon gentleman complacent reply mr st johnstevas comply hon gentleman exhortation old primary school st helen hon gentleman fair difficulty replace extreme difficulty acquire alternative site area new building attempt regard school regard school moss bank future uncertain redevelopment school class st austin remodelle money minor work programme windleshaw submit preliminary list right hon friend consider project start mr adam butler ask secretary state education science revise minor work allocation light fact local education authority authorisation department bring forward allocation year statement mrs thatcher minor work allocation million cent great real term previous year increase allocation local education authority meet local shortage primary school place mr butler welcome announcement know affect county leicestershire column evidence government attitude education expenditure right hon friend aware allocate leicestershire equivalent primary school project population growth county great year allocation mobile classroom detriment primary school replacement modernisation mrs thatcher aware county like leicestershire great problem take child move city centre reason lead increase allocation total increase happy inform hon friend million england wale inform local education authority shortly share mr hattersley right hon lady recently reply local authority describe flexible use minor work programme contemplate return sensible process allow minor work programme certain improvement old school mrs thatcher minor work programme completely flexible local education authority use wish control use minor work program flexibility right hon gentleman refer minor work capital major programme different matter dr marshall ask secretary state education science approve scheme submit west ride education authority reorganisation school goole district september mr st johnstevas understand local education authority consider limited revision proposal relate precise agerange school express public notice receive column information right hon friend fact decision dr marshall hon gentleman realise scheme approve reorganisation september considerable uncertainty new appointment teaching staff scheme approve september mean emergency reimposition totally undesirable selection procedure present year mr st johnstevas note point hon gentleman think agree slightly revise proposal submit period month allow elapse submission objection require law mr speaker mr mitchell question mr dormand point order mr speaker hon member question nos order paper ask second question question mr speaker order point order end question time mr dormand ask secretary state education science consultation intend local education authority concern proposal white paper special education mrs thatcher view present priority derive local education authority bid current special school building program waiting list special school place indication need priority review regularly light project submit future programme change demand place mr dormand scant attention give white paper special education demonstrate little interest government neglect education right hon lady hope convince local education authority provision mention white paper column meet need agree building programme special school propose white paper totally inadequate lack reference training specialist teacher omission mrs thatcher number report particular aspect special education long white paper come think place 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Speeches, etc. Mrs. Thatcher May I ask Merlyn Reesthe Home Secretary to give the business of the House for next week, please? The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Merlyn Rees) The business for next week will be as follows: Monday 1st November—Motion to appoint a Select Committee to investigate allegations against Members of Parliament. Remaining stages of the Development of Rural Wales Bill [Lords]. And, if there is time, a debate on Welsh affairs. Tuesday 2nd November—Remaining stages of the Weights and Measures &c. (No. 2) Bill [Lords]. Consideration of Lords amendments to the New Towns (Amendment) Bill, and to the Bail Bill [Lords]. Motions relating to Poultry Meat (Hygiene) Regulations. Wednesday 3rd November—Remaining stages of the Retirement of Teachers (Scotland) Bill [Lords] and of the Valuation and Rating (Exempted Classes) (Scotland) Bill [Lords]. Consideration of Lords amendments to the Licensing (Scotland) Bill. Remaining stages of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill, which is a consolidation measure. Thursday 4th November—A debate on Transport Policy. Proceedings on the Supplementary Benefits Bill [Lords] and remaining stages of the Land Drainage Bill [Lords] which are consolidation measures. Friday 5th November—Resumed debate on Welsh affairs. Monday 8th November—Consideration of Lords amendments which may be received. [column 704] The House will wish to know that Her Majesty the Queen has agreed to open the next Session of Parliament not on Wednesday 17th but on Wednesday 24th November. Mrs. Thatcher May I put two points to the right hon. Gentleman? First, in regard to Monday's business, will the Home Secretary undertake to table today the motion to appoint the Select Committee? Since the motion is in the Table Office and in the possession of the House, may hon. Members have copies of it today? Secondly, will he arrange to have a debate as soon as possible on our commitments to NATO, particularly our commitment to the Army of the Rhine? Mr. Rees In reply to the right hon. Lady's second point, if the other place is helpful—and perhaps the right hon. Lady can help in that respect—I may be able to find time for such a debate. With regard to the motion setting up the Select Committee, the right hon. Lady knows that we have discussed this matter through the usual channels. I propose to make the motion available to the House. If a copy of the motion is posted outside the Whips' Office, hon. Members may be made aware of it in that way before it is actually in print tomorrow. I shall do what I can to assist the House. Mr. Thorpe Will the right hon. Gentleman ensure that the Minister of Agriculture will make a statement early next week on his talks in Brussels on the subject of the green pound? Secondly, in regard to Monday's business, is it not a little rough on the Welsh that Welsh affairs will be discussed on Monday only if there is time left at the end of that sitting and that, if that does not happen, the debate will take place on Friday? Could not the House be given a whole day to discuss Welsh affairs? Mr. Rees In reply to the right hon. Gentleman's first point, I shall discuss the matter of the green pound with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture. There is a problem in regard to the debate on Welsh affairs. I wanted to have such a debate on Monday, but it is [column 705]important that the motion on the allegations against Members of Parliament should be discussed and, if necessary, voted upon. I had hoped that there might be time at the end of that debate on Monday to discuss Welsh affairs, but let us see what happens. I am doing my best by giving Friday to Welsh Members. Mr. Alexander W. Lyon When will the right hon. Gentleman table a change in the Standing Orders to allow proxy voting for sick Members on occasions involving a three-line Whip? Mr. Rees I understand that discussions are taking place on this matter. It is an important issue, and I know that my hon. Friend the Member for York (Mr. Lyon) suffered from that situation some months ago. We are examining the matter. Sir Frederic Bennett The right hon. Gentleman will be aware—particularly now—of the presence on the Order Paper of several motions, signed by a number of Members of Parliament from all parts of the House, drawing attention to the presence here of unwelcome visitors. In view of the strong representations made to him, may we debate the matter next week? Mr. Rees We have already gone over these matters. In politics we all have to talk with people whose views we do not necessarily share, and in international affairs that is even more the case. I shall not be able to find time for such a debate. A demonstration has been made. Mr. Michael McGuire Is the Home Secretary aware that many Labour Members, and I am sure many Opposition Members, too, would like at the earliest opportunity to debate the problems of the textile industry, and would particularly like a Government statement envisaging examination of investment grants in special development areas, with a particular view to examining whether there is any abuse in the spending of public money? I wish particularly to draw attention to the sad closure of the Courtauld factory at Skelmersdale, which will make my constituency a desert of unemployment? Mr. Rees We are all concerned about what is happening at Skelmersdale. I shall have a word with my right hon. [column 707]Friend the Secretary of State for Employment. I have a problem because of pressure of time, but certainly I agree that the problems of the textile industry are real ones, and I shall do what I can to assist my hon. Friend. Mr. John Davies On the subject of the textile industry, which is a matter of great concern to us all, the Home Secretary will be aware that the Select Committee on European Secondary Legislation recommended a series of draft directives for discussion in this House within the framework of a major debate on textiles. The House as a whole would be served by early consideration of the need for such a debate in the light of plans in Europe and the troubled state of the United Kingdom textile industry. Mr. Rees I shall certainly examine that matter. I repeat that there is a problem involving pressure of time, and perhaps the right hon. Member for Knutsford (Mr. Davies) will use his influence. Mr. Henderson Will the right hon. Gentleman say whether the new day allocated to the opening of the new parliamentary Session will prejudice the Government's legislative programme? Is he aware that yesterday, as reported in Hansard at col. 473, his right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs said that there would be legislation to enable the introduction of a 200-mile fishery limit by 1st January? What effect will that have on the devolution Bill? Mr. Rees With regard to fishing limits, I sometimes feel that my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary thinks of nothing else but fish. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that steps will be taken on that matter. As to the legislation on devolution, the Government have already given their commitment, which I repeat. Mr. Flannery In view of the intractable and terrible problems of the people of Northern Ireland, will my right hon. Friend—who, I am sure, knows more about this than practically anybody—seriously consider setting time aside for a full-scale debate on the problems of Northern Ireland? Mr. Rees I wish I could, but my hon. Friend realises the problem of time. I [column 708]wish we could make more arrangements for right hon. and hon. Members to visit Northern Ireland. It is one way in which they can learn of the particular problems of a part of the United Kingdom. I realise the nature of the problem, but I cannot promise anything. Mr. Hooson Do the Government intend to put a time limit on the debate on Monday next on the setting up of the Select Committee concerning the allegations about Members of Parliament? Further, is it the intention of the Government not only to put down a motion setting up the Select Committee but also to deal with its procedure and powers? Mr. Rees With regard to the hon. and learned Gentleman's first question, I will check on that. I do not know the answer. I had assumed that the debate would finish at about 10 o'clock, but I am open to advice on that. As to the question of procedure and powers, perhaps the hon. and learned Gentleman will wait to see what is in the motion, on which I have spent a great deal of time. Mr. Eldon Griffiths Will the right hon. Gentleman be a little more specific about providing time for a debate on the British Army of the Rhine? Is he aware that there is very grave anxiety at home, as well as overseas, about the implied threats that the Prime Minister made as to the possible withdrawal of British troops? Is the right hon. Gentleman also aware that it is urgent that the opportunity be taken to remove the uncertainties which have been created by the Prime Minister's remarks—particularly in view of his childish comment when leaving the Chamber that there will not now be a war with Russia? Mr. Rees With regard to the British Army of the Rhine, I think it right that it should be made clear from this House to Europe that we have a firm commitment there, and that the British Army of the Rhine and the Air Force perform a most important function there. But, in our different economic situation, it is as well to remind Europe that being in Europe costs us money that other countries do not have to spend. Mr. Ron Thomas Will my right hon. Friend give us a categorical assurance [column 709]that the Government intend to get through the business that the House of Lords is now attempting to mutilate? Many of us are concerned that fixing the date at 24th November seems to suggest that there is a time limit. We would much rather have an open-ended commitment that we intend to get our business through Parliament. Mr. Rees If it were to be open ended, other major problems would arise. Our commitment to our legislation is clear. Now that the perhaps legitimate complaint of the House of Lords about business piling up on it is removed, I hope that it will isolate the other problem that we see on our side, namely, that the House of Lords seems to be interested in holding up legislation only when there is a Labour Government and never exercises this function when there is a Conservative Government. Mr. Maxwell-Hyslop As last time there was an unwelcome Russian visitor the then Labour Government endeavoured to placate the Russian Government by handing over the total State gold reserves of the sovereign independent republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—which had been deposited with the Bank of England for safe keeping against the eventuality of these countries being invaded by Soviet Russia—do not the Government's threats to withdraw the British Army of the Rhine, coincident with another Russian visit to this country—[Interruption.]—suggest that the business for this coming week will once again include an attempt by a Labour Government to placate this country's enemies? Mr. Rees There is no question of placating. The hon. Gentleman will, if he reflects on it, realise that he has joined together events which are not connected. Mr. Skinner As my right hon. Friend is aware that many of us are not very happy about the decision not to have a tribunal of inquiry into the allegations against Members of Parliament, will he give a guarantee—despite his reply to the hon. and learned Member for Montgomery (Mr. Hooson)—that the Select Committee will be dealing with this matter in public? [column 710] Will my right hon. Friend also give a guarantee that the terms of reference will go wider than the points made in the Observer article and cover the whole range of allegations against Members of Parliament in relation to corruption generally? Mr. Rees I think it would be better if my hon. Friend waited to see the motion which will be on the Order Paper. It is a difficult topic, but we shall see how satisfied the House will be. There will be a chance to debate it on Monday. Mr. Blaker Did not the Leader of the House give an undertaking that there would be a debate on foreign affairs before the end of the Session? If that undertaking is to be honoured, as I hope it will, will not that give the House an opportunity to debate the visit of Mr. Ponomarev? Mr. Rees I am aware of the undertaking. We shall have to see with what speed legislation comes back from the House of Lords. I realise the need, but I have not a great deal of time. I shall do what I can. Mr. Heffer Will my right hon. Friend consider giving time for a debate—not necessarily on the Floor of the House, if that is not possible, but in the Regional Affairs Committee—on the problems of the North-West, and particularly of Merseyside, especially in view of the recent proposal by Courtaulds Limited to close down three factories in that area? Mr. Rees I will certainly give that favourable consideration. Mr. Peyton May I ask the right hon. Gentleman several questions? First, will he not accept that it would be quite intolerable if, for the second year running, the debate on Welsh affairs were to be split into two—started at a late hour on Monday and finished off at the fag end of the debate on Friday? It is a miserable way of treating a very important subject. I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman will be the first to agree, on reflection, that that is the case. Secondly, will the right hon. Gentleman give a favourable response to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, South (Mr. Blaker)? I [column 711]bear in mind that the right hon. Gentleman has not had much time to give undertakings on this subject, but the Leader of the House has most certainly given very firm undertakings about having a foreign affairs debate before the end of the Session. We are all still longing to hear in a debate as soon as possible the subjects of glut and insufficiency brought together by the Minister responsible for water. Lastly, will the right hon. Gentleman refrain from following the quite unworthy examples of stoking up fires of indignation against the House of Lords when it has only been attempting to ensure that unpopular and unacceptable legislation is at least scrutinised? Mr. Rees With regard to the last point, it strikes some of us on the Government side that in the days of the last Conservative Administration, when money supply was being built up, and when EEC legislation was being passed, there was not a word from the House of Lords. That is what exercises us on the Government side. In our view, Conservative Governments put through poor legislation as much as we do. [Interruption.] If that is thought to be funny, and the Opposition think that, in terms of legislation and putting it right, there is no need for a revising Chamber, we shall take it into account. Of course, legislation goes through this House and there is a need, under the present arrangements, to look at it again. There are ways of attending to that without a House of Lords, of course. But the point is that Conservative legislation is never touched. I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will reflect on that. With regard to Welsh affairs, I do not see us having a split debate. I have no feel for how long the debate will take place on Monday. If it seems to be going on, we shall deal with the Bill but not with Welsh affairs. I thought that I was being generous to the land of my birth by setting aside Friday with no other work on that day. With regard to a debate on foreign affairs, I will do what I can depending on how the Bills come back from the Lords. With regard to water, I hope that there will be a statement next week. Several Hon. Members rose—— Mr. Speaker Order. I propose to take two more questions from each side of the House. Mr. Mellish Will my right hon. Friend think again about whether there should be a debate on foreign affairs before the end of the Session? The time is now coming when the people of Britain will want to know where the Conservative Party stand on their relationship with Russia. The people of Britain will certainly want to know, in view of the noises which have been made not only by the Leader of the Opposition but also by the vote which took place today, whether, in voting for the Conservative Party they may well be voting for war with Russia. Mr. Tebbit May I suggest to the right hon. Gentleman that he could ease a number of problems with regard to legislation, particularly that coming from the Lords, if he could persuade some of the Labour peers—particularly some of the recently created Labour peers—to turn up and vote for the Government as opposed to voting with the Opposition? If the right hon. Gentleman would do that, it would perhaps delay, allowing proper discussion, the return of some of those Bills. We would then have next Monday week free, when we could discuss either foreign affairs, and the unfortunate threat to the presence of British troops in Germany, or economic affairs. Perhaps the right hon. Gentleman would also be able to say by how much the pound has to fall further before we get another debate on the fall in sterling. Mr. Rees With regard to the numbers in the Lords, the hon. Gentleman gives me a bright idea. Perhaps we do not have enough peers in the Lords to deal with the matter. With regard to the Bills in the Lords—particularly the Bill on shipbuilding, without which there will be a severe problem for the shipbuilding industry which exercises Clydeside and Wearside—it is important that we get them through. Mr. Corbett In view of the serious threat to the continued existence of the Observer newspaper, and some 100 jobs, could my right hon. Friend find time next week, or before we start the new Session, [column 713]for a debate on the interim report of the Royal Commission on the Press? Mr. Rees I must confess that with the amount of business we have we shall not have time for this, although it is an important issue. I cannot promise that. I do not know whether there are any other means by which this problem can be raised. Rear-Admiral Morgan-Giles Will the right hon. Gentleman try to arrange a statement by the Home Secretary on the subject of police pay, police recruitment and police conditions and also upon firearms certificates? Mr. Rees Recruitment is going up much higher than it has been. The police had a 30 per cent. pay increase a year ago. While I realise the long-term problem about police pay, I think that in the short term, given the pay policy, the police have done very well. Rear-Admiral Morgan-Giles On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I asked the right hon. Gentleman for a debate and not for a statement now. Mr. Rees Further to that point of order, Mr. Speaker. Having made those remarks, I do not think there is time for a debate now. Mr. Onslow On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. In his answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St. Edmunds (Mr. Griffiths) about a debate on the Government's commitment to NATO, and to my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition, the acting Leader of the House suggested that our ability to debate this matter was in some way dependent upon what the other place might do. Would he not agree that this is a House of Commons matter and may we not have a debate? Mr. Speaker Order. It does not matter what the right hon. Gentleman agrees on a point of order. That is my business. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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open session parliament wednesday wednesday november mrs thatcher point right hon gentleman regard monday business home secretary undertake table today motion appoint select committee motion table office possession house hon member copy today secondly arrange debate soon possible commitment nato particularly commitment army rhine mr ree reply right hon ladys second point place helpful right hon lady help respect able find time debate regard motion set select committee right hon lady know discuss matter usual channel propose motion available house copy motion post outside whips office hon member aware way actually print tomorrow shall assist house mr thorpe right hon gentleman ensure minister agriculture statement early week talk brussels subject green pound secondly regard monday business little rough welsh welsh affair discuss monday time leave end sitting happen debate place friday house give day discuss welsh affair mr ree reply right hon gentleman point shall discuss matter green pound right hon friend minister agriculture problem regard debate welsh affair want debate monday column motion allegation member parliament discuss necessary vote hope time end debate monday discuss welsh affair let happen good give friday welsh member mr alexander w lyon right hon gentleman table change stand order allow proxy voting sick member occasion involve threeline whip mr ree understand discussion take place matter important issue know hon friend member york mr lyon suffer situation month ago examine matter sir frederic bennett right hon gentleman aware particularly presence order paper motion sign number member parliament part house draw attention presence unwelcome visitor view strong representation debate matter week mr ree go matter politic talk people view necessarily share international affair case shall able find time debate demonstration mr michael mcguire home secretary aware labour member sure opposition member like early opportunity debate problem textile industry particularly like government statement envisage examination investment grant special development area particular view examine abuse spending public money wish particularly draw attention sad closure courtauld factory skelmersdale constituency desert unemployment mr ree concerned happen skelmersdale shall word right hon column secretary state employment problem pressure time certainly agree problem textile industry real one shall assist hon friend mr john davy subject textile industry matter great concern home secretary aware select committee european secondary legislation recommend series draft directive discussion house framework major debate textile house serve early consideration need debate light plan europe troubled state united kingdom textile industry mr ree shall certainly examine matter repeat problem involve pressure time right hon member knutsford mr davy use influence mr henderson right hon gentleman new day allocate opening new parliamentary session prejudice government legislative programme aware yesterday report hansard col right hon friend minister state foreign commonwealth affair say legislation enable introduction fishery limit january effect devolution bill mr ree regard fishing limit feel right hon friend foreign secretary think fish assure hon gentleman step take matter legislation devolution government give commitment repeat mr flannery view intractable terrible problem people northern ireland right hon friend sure know practically anybody seriously consider set time aside fullscale debate problem northern ireland mr rees wish hon friend realise problem time column arrangement right hon hon member visit northern ireland way learn particular problem united kingdom realise nature problem promise mr hooson government intend time limit debate monday setting select committee concern allegation member parliament intention government motion set select committee deal procedure power mr ree regard hon learn gentleman question check know answer assume debate finish oclock open advice question procedure power hon learn gentleman wait motion spend great deal time mr eldon griffith right hon gentleman little specific provide time debate british army rhine aware grave anxiety home overseas imply threat prime minister possible withdrawal british troop right hon gentleman aware urgent opportunity take remove uncertainty create prime minister remark particularly view childish comment leave chamber war russia mr ree regard british army rhine think right clear house europe firm commitment british army rhine air force perform important function different economic situation remind europe europe cost money country spend mr ron thomas right hon friend categorical assurance column government intend business house lords attempt mutilate concern fix date november suggest time limit openende commitment intend business parliament mr ree open end major problem arise commitment legislation clear legitimate complaint house lord business pile remove hope isolate problem house lords interested hold legislation labour government exercise function conservative government mr maxwellhyslop time unwelcome russian visitor labour government endeavour placate russian government hand total state gold reserve sovereign independent republic estonia latvia lithuania deposit bank england safe keeping eventuality country invade soviet russia government threat withdraw british army rhine coincident russian visit country interruption suggest business come week include attempt labour government placate countrys enemy mr ree question placate hon gentleman reflect realise join event connect mr skinner right hon friend aware happy decision tribunal inquiry allegation member parliament guarantee despite reply hon learn member montgomery mr hooson select committee deal matter public column right hon friend guarantee term reference wide point observer article cover range allegation member parliament relation corruption generally mr ree think well hon friend wait motion order paper difficult topic shall satisfied house chance debate monday mr blaker leader house undertaking debate foreign affair end session undertaking honour hope house opportunity debate visit mr ponomarev mr rees aware undertaking shall speed legislation come house lord realise need great deal time shall mr heffer right hon friend consider give time debate necessarily floor house possible regional affair committee problem northwest particularly merseyside especially view recent proposal courtauld limit close factory area mr ree certainly favourable consideration mr peyton ask right hon gentleman question accept intolerable second year run debate welsh affair split start late hour monday finish fag end debate friday miserable way treat important subject sure right hon gentleman agree reflection case secondly right hon gentleman favourable response question hon friend member blackpool south mr blaker column mind right hon gentleman time undertaking subject leader house certainly give firm undertaking have foreign affair debate end session long hear debate soon possible subject glut insufficiency bring minister responsible water lastly right hon gentleman refrain follow unworthy example stoke fire indignation house lord attempt ensure unpopular unacceptable legislation scrutinise mr ree regard point strike government day conservative administration money supply build eec legislation pass word house lord exercise government view conservative government poor legislation interruption think funny opposition think term legislation put right need revising chamber shall account course legislation go house need present arrangement look way attend house lord course point conservative legislation touch hope right hon gentleman reflect regard welsh affair have split debate feel long debate place monday go shall deal bill welsh affair think generous land birth set aside friday work day regard debate foreign affair depend bill come lord regard water hope statement week hon member rise mr speaker order propose question house mr mellish right hon friend think debate foreign affair end session time come people britain want know conservative party stand relationship russia people britain certainly want know view noise leader opposition vote take place today voting conservative party vote war russia mr tebbit suggest right hon gentleman ease number problem regard legislation particularly come lord persuade labour peer particularly recently create labour peer turn vote government oppose vote opposition right hon gentleman delay allow proper discussion return bill monday week free discuss foreign affair unfortunate threat presence british troop germany economic affair right hon gentleman able pound fall debate fall sterling mr ree regard number lord hon gentleman give bright idea peer lord deal matter regard bill lord particularly bill shipbuilding severe problem shipbuilding industry exercise clydeside wearside important mr corbett view threat 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Ep. 1880 - The Second Black President Published: 1/9/2024 (in RSS feed: 51m 34s) Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile with the price of just about everything going up during inflation, we thought we'd bring our prices down. So to help us, we brought in a reverse auctioneer, which is apparently a thing. Mitt Mobile Unlimited Premium Wireless. How they to get 30 30 bid? Get 30 bid to get 20. 2020 bid. To get 2020 bid, get 15 15, 15, 15, just 15 bucks a month sold. Give it a try at mint mobile.com/switch. 45 upfront for three months plus taxes and fees promoting for new customers for limited time. Unlimited more than 40 gigabytes per month. Slows full [email protected]. Yesterday, Michelle Obama, the Democrats Break glass and case of emergency candidate sounded off on Joe Biden and here's what she said, And you wonder where are people? Where are we in this? You know, where are our hearts? What's gonna happen in this next election? I am terrified about what could possibly happen because our leaders matter who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit. It affects us in ways that I sometimes I think people take for granted. She's speaking for a lot of Democrats right now who are deeply worried that Joe Biden is going to lose the upcoming election to Donald Trump in the latest polls show that Donald Trump is in fact leading Joe Biden in virtually every swing state. Joe Biden is deeply underwater. So yesterday Joe Biden headed to Emmanuel, a ME church in South Carolina. What was he doing there? Well, speaking about the evils of white supremacy and the magic of diversity, equity and inclusion, of course, and he was doing so at the church where the Charleston Massacre took place where white supremacist murdered a bunch of black parishioners. Why was he there? Well, because it's election time and Joe Biden knows the only way he's going to win reelection is if he has heavy black turnout at the ballot box. That's the whole thing. That's been the secret sauce for Democratic electoral victory in recent elections. In 2000, just 53.5% of black voters showed up to vote. In 2008 when Barack Obama was on the ballot, that number jumped to a record 60.8%. In 2012, it spiked to a new record, 62%. Then because Barack Obama was not on the ballot in 2016, it dropped back down to 55.9% and Hillary Clinton lost the election. When Joe Biden won in 2020, that number rebounded to almost 59% and black voters in the 2020 election went for Joe Biden at a 92 to eight clip. Voters of color overall by the Way represented four in 10 of Joe Biden's votes. The black vote for Joe Biden is gonna be especially important because unlike other voters who voted disproportionately by mail in 2020 and probably will not show up this time in the same way black voters were the subgroup most likely to show up and vote in person. That means that if mail-in ballots drop in the upcoming election and turnout in person stays kind of the same, you would expect to see heavy black turnout because many people showed up in person in the black community to vote this way. So it's back to the old playbook for Joe Biden racial polarization. This has been the playbook for Democrats my entire lifetime, but it was exacerbated greatly by Barack Obama in 2012 and Joe Biden knows how to play that game because he was the vice president in 2012. Remember that time in 2012 that he said the Mitt Romney? Yes. Mitt Romney, the most milked toast Republican perhaps of all time, was going to put black Americans in chains during the 2012 race. Remember this, Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing. Romney wants to let the, he said in the first a hundred days, he's gonna let the big banks once again write their wrong rules. Unchain Wall Street, they're gonna put y'all back in chains. Yes, Mitt Romney was going to re slavery black people in the United, in the United States, sure that Joe Biden made that contention in 2012 and it worked. So in 2024, fast forward 12 years and we're gonna do it again. Joe Biden by the Way in 2012, not remotely the same as Joe Biden in 2024. Anybody who believes that that man is not in a state of mental and physical decline, watch the tapes of Joe Biden back to back from 2012 and watch the tapes now. He was never any great shakes or editorially. He was never any sort of magically brilliant human being, but at least he could speak words from his face hole with some level of fluidity that is all over. 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That's bull and branch spelled B-O-L-L-A-N-D branch.com promo code Shapiro exclusions apply C site for details, bo and branch.com. He went to again, Emanuel, a ME church in South Carolina, not because Donald Trump had anything to do with the shooting at e Emmanuel, a ME church in South Carolina. After all that took place in 2015. Donald Trump was not yet president. It was a year before Donald Trump was President Barack Obama was president at the time, but the idea is that Donald Trump's ideology is the same as the ideology of the evil white supremacist who shot up the church. That was the idea and that's why Joe Biden showed up there. It's a really cynical play and it's a really ugly play, but it's something Joe Biden is quite familiar with again, because he has done it before. So he shows up at this church and the audience begins cheering four more years. Now, I've been informed by reliable sources that Christian nationalism is one of the great threats to America, Christian nationalism, the abuse of church for political purposes. Of course, that only means that evangelical Christians should not support Donald Trump because that would be Christian nationalism. But when you cheer four more years in a historically black church, well that means just that's what God wants you to do. Apparently. That's like the good kind of Christian nationalism. Here's some of that. Thank you. Please. Four, thank you. Four Years, four, four years. Four, four Years. Thank you. Four, Four years. Thank you. Four Years Joe Biden doesn't appear to know quite where he is. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. It's gonna go. That's A lot of politics in a church right there. Okay, well he needs something in his head, so perhaps it will go to his head. Perhaps it won't, there's not much left up there. Again, the theme of his campaign is going to be that Donald Trump is a Nazi. That's gonna be the theme of his campaign and he is laid it out in the past four days. First at Valley Forge, where he suggested that Donald Trump literally was a Nazi, that he was repeating Nazi sloganeering and that if Donald Trump won the 2024 election, there would be no further elections. And then on Monday when he went to this church where he suggested that if Donald Trump wins, white supremacy will have won. Joe Biden led off this speech by of course talking about the massacre that took place in June of 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina. Here we go. On June 17th, 2015, the beautiful souls, five survivors and five survivors invited a stranger into this church to pray with them. The word of God was pierced by bulletin, hate of rage, propelled by not just gunpowder but by a poison. Poison has for too long haunted this nation. What is that poison white supremacy Again, this idea that white supremacy is a widespread ideology in the United States is absolute sheer nonsense. It's just nonsense. That doesn't mean there aren't dangerous white supremacists out there. I know there are many of them send me death threats, but the idea that that is like a chief threat to the United States right now in ideology in which white people believe that they are supreme to other races in the United States, there is zero poll data to suggest that white supremacy is a serious underlying problem in the United States. Americans generally speaking do not think like that, but this constant harping on race, which is what Barack Obama began in 2012. Remember in 2008 he ran as a racial uniter, not a racial divider. In 2012, he ran as somewhat of a racial divider. His entire plan in the 2012 election was racial polarization so as to drive minority turnout against, again, Mitt Romney, the most generic Republican. It is possible to generic and it worked, but you can see the results of that. Now the the mitt that Democrats have to tell themselves is that by suggesting that white supremacy is a continuing vast problem in the United States, they're somehow making the United States a better place. And that's what Joe Biden suggested yesterday. He was talking about the bringing down of the confederate flag, which happened in the aftermath of that shooting at Emanuel a ME. You'll recall that the shooter in that particular case, there are pictures of him with the Confederate flag. This turned into a nationwide debate over the Confederate flag and whether it should be allowed to be flown in any state monuments or appear in any state monuments whatsoever. I thought there were frankly, pretty good arguments on both sides of the aisle on that particular, on that particular disagreement, there were a lot of people who believed the Confederate flag in the South was more of a cultural thing that no longer called to the original purposes of the Confederacy. Obviously, black Americans looked at the Confederate flag and they said, well guys, that was the Confederacy. Yeah, I thought there were good arguments on both sides, but the notion that American race relations got better as a result of that particular debate has been belied by, you know, all of American history since then. Here was Joe Biden playing this game. You brought down the Confederate flag in South Carolina, you brought it down. No, you did and you helped the nation heal. You showed what America can overcome, what we can be when we want to be something. Now, if he wants to give credit for that to somebody, the person you should credit of course, is one of the Republicans on the other side of the aisle, the governor of South Carolina at the time, Nikki Haley, right? So if you see this as a good thing, then Nikki Haley is the person who actually took the confederate flag off of monuments at the at the state capitol. With all of that said again, the idea that all of this helped bring down the temperature on race relations in the United States is obviously untrue when Joe Biden says that this helped the nation heal. And lemme lemme just read you the poll statistics again. This is one of the most shocking poll statistics in modern American history. These, these poll statistics. It says quote, would you say relations between white and black people are very good, somewhat good, somewhat bad, or very bad? And here are the stats for very or somewhat good, right? Good race relations. Okay? As of 2001, 70% of black Americans said that race relations were very or somewhat good, and 62% of white Americans said the same. In 2003, those numbers were 69% of white Americans said they were very good or somewhat good. 59% of black Americans said they were very or somewhat good. In 2008, 70% of white Americans said that race relations were very or somewhat good, and 61% of black Americans said that they were very or somewhat good. In 2013, still 72% of white Americans said that race relations were very or somewhat good. 66% of black Americans said they were very or somewhat good. And then something happened. Then something happened. In 2014, the Black Lives Matter movement launched and it made the claim that America was a deeply racist place filled with white supremacy. It was again, an overhang of the Obama Biden 2012 campaign extended forward in time through 2013 and 2014. And so when the Ferguson riots broke out and Barack Obama decided to take the side of the rioters, effectively speaking, when that happened, when the Black Lives Matter movement started to make the false claim that America was racist in all of its iterations, race relations absolutely plummeted in the United States. In 20 13, 70 2% of white Americans said race relations were good, and so did 66% of black Americans. By 20 15, 40 5% of white Americans said race relations were good. That is a 27 percentage point drop and sim simultaneously 15% percentage points, fewer Black Americans said race relations were good. Only 51% of black Americans said race relations were good. This is by 2015. Then those numbers continued to decline in 2021. Well, Joe Biden is president with a Democratic senate. 43% of white Americans say race relations are good, and only 33% of black Americans say race relations are good. One third of blacks and fewer than half of whites say race relations are good. Again, that is from 72% of whites and 66% of blacks in 2013 I mean why did that happen? And the answer is, the more you talk about the polarization between races, the more you pretend that that is the source of American conflict. The worse things get. And our political leadership class, particularly on the left, has a heavy stock in doing particularly this. And so Joe Biden, because he needs black votes, he's going to try to transmute the white supremacy shooting that happened in Charleston into a debate about January 6th. Now again, I think that's a really awkward fit. There are very few people, black or white, who believe that Donald Trump is like a vicious anti-black racist. Again, one of Donald Trump's signal accomplishments, one I disagreed with was criminal justice reform, which was pushed forward by Trump and Van Jones, who's a black advocate obviously, but this is Joe Biden's play racially polarized the country for political profit. That is the game. Folks. 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A lie which if allowed to live, will once again bring terrible damage to this country. This time. The lie is about the 2020 election. The election which you made. Your voice is heard and your power known. Okay? Again, this is amazing stuff. Trying to link up the lost cause narrative about the Civil War with Donald Trump claiming that he won the 2020 election is that's, that's such an insane stretch. That's such a but, and it's so obvious again, what he's doing. It's so obvious this culminated in Joe Biden calling Donald Trump, a loser to wild applause at this church Again, when wild applause happens at a church for political figures, who our right winging, that's Christian National is when it happens for Joe Biden. That's politics. Here we go. There's one thing they don't have. They don't have respect for the 81 million people who voted the other way, voted for my candidacy and voted to end the presidency. In their world, these Americans, including you, don't count. But that's not the real world. That's not democracy, that's not America. In America, we all count in America. We witness to serve all those who in fact participate and losers are taught to concede when they lose and he's a loser To wild. Whoops and cheers. Obviously, Biden concluded this speech by suggesting once again that January 6th, it's all about January 6th for for Biden, it's, it's just gonna be January 6th from now until the end of time for Joe Biden. He is now connecting that to opposition to diversity, equity, and inclusion. DEI is an outgrowth of postmodernist theory. To give you a very brief one minute synopsis of what DEI is in its history, postmodernism is a philosophy that says there is no such thing as truth. There is just power promoted by Michelle fuko among others. The basic idea is that anything you believe is not actually a belief in a truth or in a system. What you actually believe is a reflection of your own desire for power. And that means that all the systems in America are not about whether they work or whether they don't, whether they're fair, whether they're not. They're just about the people who succeed under that system, creating power structures to benefit themselves. That was first transmuted by Marxists into claims about rich Americans who's structuring the system for their own benefit. And then when that didn't work, it was transmuted into racial claims. Those racial claims became critical. Race theory, the basic idea being that all the structures of American society are inherently racist, perpetrated by white supremacists in order to reinforce that supremacy and that transmuted into diversity, equity, and inclusion. The basic idea of which is that again, all of the systems of America are fundamentally broken, and the way you can tell this is because there's unequal outcome by group and that can only be rectified by unequal treatment of groups. That's what diversity, equity and inclusion is. And this is Joe Biden's pitch. His pitch to black audiences is that he's going to create special carve-outs for blacks. That is what he's doing right here. That, that, that is why he's saying this sort of stuff. It's why he's trying to link up all of this into one giant ball of mishmash. So here we go. He's gonna link together in this statement, January 6th, an attempt to destroy DEI and a zero sum view of America, which is amazing by the Way because DEI is inherently a zero sum view of America. When you say DEI is the situation that we should promote, what you are saying is that basically there should be racial quotas. Racial quotas are by their very nature zero sum. If there is one slot, and it has to go to either the most meritorious candidate or the most diverse candidate, and they're not the same person in this particular scenario, if that happens, one person gets the slot. That is by definition, a zero sum game. A meritocracy is not a zero sum game because there are positive externalities to the meritocracy. In other words, people who are best at the job get the job, and that helps everybody. When it comes to diversity, equity, inclusion, there are no positive externalities. There are only people who win and people who lose. But that's the opposite of what Joe Biden is preaching because he's fitting. The lies that led to January 6th are part of a broader attack on the truth of America today that we all have seen before. The same movement that throughout the mob of the United States capitalism, just trying to rewrite history January 6th, they're trying to determine to erase history and your future banning books, denying your right to vote and have it counted, destroying diversity, equality, inclusion all across America, harboring hate and replacing hope with anger and resentment and dangerous view of America. That narrow view of America, zero sum view of America that says, if you win, I lose. If you succeed, it must be I fail. If you get ahead, I fall behind. And maybe worst of all, if I hold you down, I lift myself up. Oh my God. The levels of projection here are absolutely astonishing. That is literally the entire Democratic playbook. If I, if you win, I lose right? When it comes to economics, if somebody succeeded, it's because they must have done something wrong. And so we have to punish them for their success and tear them down because obviously the 1% are cruel and evil. As Bernie Sanders says, if you succeed, it must be that I failed, right? As opposed to if the person next door to me is rich, and I'm also a little bit richer because he's good at his job and sold me a good product or service, we all benefited. That is precisely the opposite of the zero sum economics in which Democrats constantly engage. We get to more on this in just one second. First, it is 2024. A lot of us are trying to get our finances in order. There's some great news for homeowners. 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Who's trying to hold who down? Who's trying to hold who down? When you suggest that the meritocracy is deeply flawed and is in fact a reinforcement gier for power, what you are trying to do is hold down the meritorious, this Harrison Bergrin by Kurt Vonnegut. You are taking the most meritorious and you are saddling them with burdens in order to quote unquote make things more equal. The most famous quote along these lines that that springs to mind here is Barack Obama being asked in 2008, if increasing the capital gains tax actually lowered economic growth, would he'd still do it? And he said yes, for purposes of fairness, because dragging people back down to the median is more important than everybody rising, even if that rate of increase is unequal. And this is in a nutshell, Joe Biden's campaign. This is why he's not gonna be able to let go of DEI. Joe Biden is now running directly into a problem. The problem that he has is that the way that he could win is theoretically to go C Clintonian. Third way he could, he'd go c Clintonian third way, and he could win again. If you go back to elections that Democrats have won in the past, what you'll see is that there are many elections that Democrats have won where black voters did not show up in the kinds of numbers they showed up for. For Barack Obama, for example, in 1992, the black turnout rate was 54%. Bill Clinton won in 1996, the black turnout rate was 50%. Bill Clinton won in 2000. The black turnout rate was 53.5%. George Toby Bush won, but Al Gore won the popular vote. And what they could do is they could rebuild a coalition of white working class voters. But Joe Biden doesn't wanna do that. Joe Biden is a believer in the Barack Obama Coalition, which is four in 10 Democratic voters being of color and pandering to people, right? That is the basic idea here. And so he can't let go of DEI and he also can't let go of his radical racialized left wing. He can't do it. Now, the costs of DEI are very clear to the United States. You're starting to see it at corporations by the Way who are all letting go of this ESG nonsense. That's environmental, social government nonsense that is designed to essentially subsume the profitability of corporations in favor of left-wing ideology. And corporations are letting go of that because a complete waste of money. And it undermines morale and it undermines the ability of the company to do business. But the cost of DEI are insanely high, like insanely high. For example, at the University of Michigan, according to the college fix, the University of Michigan has at least 241 paid employees now focused on DEI. Payroll costs exceed $30 million annually. $30 million that would cover in-state tuition and fees for almost 1800 graduate students. 13 DEI staff members earn more than $200,000. What exactly have they added to the University of Michigan? So far? Nothing and precisely the opposite because again, DEI ideology, which is rooted in the idea that the only reason certain groups succeed in America and certain groups fail is because of inequity and evil. That ideology has promoted radicalism. You can see that by the Way. There's a, an amazing clip that's now making the rounds from Google's DEI leader, a person named Ariele Parker, explaining why DEI is good. Because the opposite would be to teach people to be colorblind, which apparently is bad To keep telling people that over and over is so frustrating. And I was just on TikTok. And there's a trend where parents are teaching their kids not to see color, quote unquote. And I'm like, okay. So the next round of people that are gonna be joining, joining our workforce, this next generation are gonna be dealing with the same issues that we're dealing with now. Because to say you don't see color, you don't see me, you don't care to acknowledge the struggles that people like me face. Yeah, that that's a wild statement. That if you teach your kids to be colorblind, that's somehow terrible because then you're not seeing the struggles other people face. Well, it, it depends on whether that person's, actually, this is the person who is leading DEI at Google. What, what is the additional struggle this person is experiencing? Did clouding gay experience additional struggles or additional benefits thanks to her race? I mean this is insane. Instead of looking at people as individuals, they look at them as members of groups. And then they suggest that this is how we ought to judge people. This also by the Way, leads to anti-Semitism because the crossover between DEI and anti-Semitism, it's a Venn diagram circle. Why? Well, because DEI is a conspiracy theory about power. It suggests that the most powerful and the most successful people must have gotten there through exploitation and evil. And then people on the left look and they see the Jews are disproportionately successful in the United States, and they look at Israel versus the Palestinians, and they see that Israel is a disproportionately successful state, a wildly successful state in a deeply unsuccessful part of the world. And they say, well, somebody must have been victimized in order for that to happen. That's the zero sum view of the world. And Joe Biden can't let it go. He can't let go of that zero sum view of the world because that's how he feels He's going to win election, which is why yesterday at Emmanuel a ME in the middle of his speech, a bunch of protesters got up and they started chanting about Gaza. Now this might be a good opportunity for Joe Biden to have what used to be called a Sister soldier moment. So very famously, bill Clinton, when he was running for president in 1992, he made a statement in which he went off on Cysa Soldier. Why? Because in the middle of that campaign, she did an interview. Ssta Soldier was a, a hip hop mc and political activist and all this. And she made a comment in an interview at the Washington Post. She was asked a question quote, even the people themselves who were perpetrating the violence of the LA riots, did they think that was wise? Was that a wise reasoned action? And she said, yeah, it was wise I mean if black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people? White people, this government and that mayor were well aware of the fact that black people were dying every day in LA under gang violence. So if you're a gang member and you would normally be killing somebody, why not kill a white person? Do you think somebody thinks that white people are better, are above and beyond dying when they would kill their own kind? So Clinton speaking by the Way at the Rainbow Coalition, Jesse Jackson's organization in 1992 running for president responded to that quotation and to something that soldier had said in a music video where she said, quote, if there are any good white people, I haven't met them. And Clinton said, if you took the words white and black and you reversed them, you might think David Duke was, was giving that speech right now that probably won Bill Clinton, not just the nomination, but the presidency, right? That that was a, that was very widely reported at the time. That sort of sista soldier moment became a buzzword in American politics of speaking truth to people in your own party who are too radical. But Joe Biden isn't doing that. So Joe Biden has a bunch of protesters who get up and they start chanting in favor of Hamas, right? They say they wanna cease fire in Gaza, they wanna cease fire in Gaza by the Way as Hamas continues to kill Israeli soldiers and hold females hostage. Worth mentioning here by the Way that the International Red Cross apparently refuses to spend any time trying to visit the female hostages who are being held in the worst possible conditions. And again, Israeli soldiers who are trying to free those hostages and kill members of Hamas are dying every day. Does Joe Biden say to these radicals, guys, you know, you're talking about Hamas is an evil group that must be extirpated. Does he say that? Does he say your belief that Hamas is some sort of part of the broader racial matrix into which you have cast America is just false? That it's a lie? That your bizarre idea that Palestinians are brown and Israelis are white, that that's stupid and that's not how you should think about morality? Does Joe Biden say that? No, he concedes to them because he has to concede to his radical left-wing base. 'cause he thinks that radical left-wing base is gonna need to turn out in vast numbers to win in reelection by the Way. This is how you lose the middle in this country. It turns out 62% of Americans want America to give more support to Israel in its current war against Kamas. But here is Joe Biden being absolutely castrated by a bunch of radical protestors at this church. Without the truth, there's no light without light, there's no path from this darkness, And you really care about the live lost. Here, you should honor the cease fire Palestine cease. That's, that's, that's alright. That's all I See. Death. See right now, right now I understand their passion and I've been quietly working. I've been quietly working with the Israeli government to get them to reduce and significantly get out of gossip using all that I can to do. Now, these are a bunch of nuts inside the church, okay? There's a bunch of left-wing radical kooks. He could have just ignored them and said nothing. Instead he says, I understand your passion by the Way. This is how the Democratic party sees its most radical constituents. They're just too passionate. That's really the problem. Riots in Ferguson, they're too, they're too passionate. I mean, they, they, yeah, we don't want them burning things maybe, but they, they have a point. I mean, we can see why they're mad. And it's the same thing when you have people yelling at you about protecting Kamas in the Gaza Strip. Is Biden willing to say anything? Of course not. Because the entire Democratic party infrastructure's unwilling to say or do anything, which is why you're seeing protesters clogging up traffic lanes in New York City yesterday, protesters clogged up basically every major traffic artery in New York City. Some 300 were arrested and then promptly released because that's how it works in New York City. Here's some video Fault. You're destructing traffic. Idiots Can't. This is it by the Way is a black father telling people to move. But you know, you, you can't. You gotta let the wokes win you. You gotta leave him alone. He needs to leave. This is illegal. Where are the cops? The guy who's trying to push people outta the way so he can go where he wants to go is not wrong. He is correct. The way that law works in the United States is if it is not enforced, other people will take it into their own hands who try to enforce it. Look at this. They shut down entire freeways. It's absurd. They shut down the Holland Tunnel, they shut down the Brooklyn Bridge in favor of Hamas. Where are the cops? Where are the cops? Throw these people in jail and all of this stops tomorrow. They don't wanna spend any time in jail because they're weaklings. They're perfectly happy to do this because they know there are no consequences. The difference between civil rights protesters and these jackasses civil rights protesters. Number one, we're protesting for something good. And number two, we're willing to go to jail for that belief. These people are protesting for something evil and are not willing to go to jail for that belief. 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Okay, meanwhile, Jamil Mod maba, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth movements had our aim today was to clog the arteries of New York City to draw attention to the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people and the people of Gaza American bombs and American made internationally prohibited. Chemical weapons are being dropped on Arabs, again financed by American taxpayer dollars, et cetera, et cetera. The protestors were calling for a permanent ceasefire, an end of the US government's arming of Israel and end to the cease of Gaza and end to Zionist occupation. They believe by the Way that Zionist occupation means Tel Aviv and the release of all Palestinian political prisoners, which means the release of terrorists. This is what they're calling for. And the Democratic party can't just say no. And one of the reasons the Democratic party cannot say no is by polling data. The Democratic Party coalition includes a lot of people who sympathize with Hamas. It is unfortunate, it's an unfortunate reality. It's also one of the reasons why things that would absolutely be national stories if the ethnicities were different are not national stories. Let me give you an example. So apparently on Thursday night there was a girl's basketball game between a school called the Leffell School, a private Jewish school in Hartsdale and a school called Roosevelt High School, a public school in Yonkers. They played a non-League girls' basketball game in the middle of the game, which turned physically violent. A Roosevelt player told a visiting Jewish opponent, I support Hamas, you effing Jew. That's according to the New York Post. The Jewish school head coach held a discussion with the players. They decided to end the game after the third quarter following the incident, lethel senior player Robin Bosworth wrote an op-ed saying the right from the beginning of the game, there were substantially more jabs and comments thrown at the players on our team than what I've experienced in a long time. Apparently the Roosevelt players were shouting Free Palestine along with anti-Semitic slurs. She said, I've played a sport every athletic season throughout my high school career. I've never experienced this kind of hatred directed at one of my teams before. Instead of responding to hatred with more of the same, we chose to separate ourselves from the situation. So why wasn't this a national story? If this had been in a black team being insulted by white people using the N word, then that would be a national news story for like a week. Why didn't? Well, because if you look at pictures of the game, it was minorities, people of color who were insulting Jews. And that means the intersectional vi, the intersectional hierarchy has not been violated. This is the problem with DI. It's the problem with radicals inside the Democratic party base and by the Way. This is metastasizing according to resume builder.com. In November of 2022, resume builders surveyed 1,131 US hiring managers and recruiters about their views on Jews. Key findings, 26% of hiring managers say they're less likely to move forward with Jewish applicants because quote, Jews have too much power and control and, and 26% make assumptions about whether a candidate is Jewish based on appearance. 23% say they want fewer Jews in their industry. DEI amounts to this, but that's not all DEI is DEI also suggests of course, that America's systems, all of them, including our immigration system, are deeply racist. And the only way to rectify that is as a OC says, to legalize everyone who wants to cross the border. Everything is seen by the Way by Democrats in terms of this sort of racial conflict. This is why Mayor Brandon Johnson, the male, Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, he says that when Greg Abbott is sending illegal immigrants to major Democratic cities, he's doing so because he's targeting black people. Every game is played the same way in the Democratic party circles. It's really ugly. Here we go. What are your thoughts about the case? And is this an action you would consider taking as well? Well, you know, look, you're very, you're absolutely right about the intentions of Governor Abbott. He is attacking democratically ran cities and particularly cities that are being led by black leaders or leaders of color. This is unconscionable I mean. It's a very raggedy approach. And quite frankly, not only is it reckless and raggedy, but it is evil spirited. It is evil spirited. Why? It's apparently racist. It's racist to ask that a sanctuary city take in, you know the people, they say they're going to provide sanctuary. And this has to be what's motivating US policy at this point, because US policy is a bleep show. Understand there are a bunch of factors at the border. The biggest factor, of course is that the United States has changed its laws so that if you apply for asylum, which means literally you arrive on the border and you say, I feared to go back to my home country. We will process you and we'll let you into the interior of the United States. Alejandro Mayorkas told border patrol agents that quote above 85% of all illegal immigrants arriving on the border are released into the United States. Now for a long time, title 42 allowed people to be turned back from the border. They just said, we're not taking you in. Go back to your, go back to the Mexican side of the border. But that is no longer happening because Title 42 is ended by the Biden administration. And so now above 85% of people showing up on the border are just released into the United States. That's insane. Mayorca said last week on special report, well more than a million migrants were released into the United States annually and argued repeatedly it's up to Congress to provide more funding. So if it's more than a million released into the United States annually, then that 2.3 million statistic that the DHS released the other day is a lie. It's not true. It means that over the course of this administration, according to Mayorkas himself, at least 3 million people have been released into the United States border Patrol agents have told me there are at least a million known God aways, which means there are probably another seven to 800,000 unknown God aways if their percentages are correct. So you're talking about under Joe Biden, a minimum about 5 million people have entered the country illegally. You know this benefits by the Way, the drug cartels, the drug cartels are making absolute bank on this sort of stuff. According to the House Committee on Homeland Security, in 2021, cartels made $13 billion just from human trafficking and smuggling because everybody who is crossing the border is paying the coyote's 6,008,000 up to $25,000 for being smuggled across the border. And by the Way, the drug cartels are using those vast number of illegal migrants in order to distract border patrol from policing the other parts of the border. So what they do is they drop off a huge contingent of illegal immigrants at some border Patrol way station. And then because of Joe Biden, all these people have to be bused to a detention center as soon as humanly possible and then processed and let into the interior of the United States as soon as humanly possible. Up to 90% of all border patrol agents are now stabbed on busing and administrative duties. We have turned them into babysitters. And meanwhile, the entire border is left completely unmanned, which means that people are rushing across the border. The ones who don't want to get caught, the vast majority of people walking into the country actually wanna get caught. They're walking across and they're waving at the border patrol agents and saying, Hey, pick me up, come take me. But the ones who don't wanna get caught are able to evade arrest because there are no border patrol agents anywhere along large swaths of the American Mexico border. And what does that, what does that look like? It looks like the amount of fentanyl in the country extraordinarily rising according to that's aim. Homeland Security Committee, fentanyl costs as little as 10 cents to produce. That's a fake prescription pill laced with fentanyl. It can be sold for 10 to 30 bucks, which means 10 kilos of fentanyl are worth about $20 million. $20 million. Okay. Just to explain how much fentanyl is now entering the country in 2023, according to border patrol itself, fentanyl seizures, these are just what was seized is 27,000 pounds. 27,000 pounds of fentanyl that would calculate out to almost $24.4 billion worth of fentanyl that was caught at the border. And way more is getting through than is getting caught because the stuff that's getting caught at the border are morons who are largely trying to bring it through ports of entry or people who are getting caught, which is a minority of the people who are now entering the country illegally. But apparently it's racist to mention any of this. Apparently it's bigoted to mention any of this. There is no reason to leave the border open the way the border has been left open and Mexico is holding Joe Biden over the barrel. Apparently, according to Fox News, Mexico's president is now demanding $20 billion basically in cash, plus work permits for 10 million people from south of the border in exchange for immigration help. Also, Mexico says the United States has to end its blockade on Cuba and cut Venezuela sanctions because Lopez Obrador, who's the leader of the Mexican government, is in fact a pinko socialist. And so he is allied with the entire pink wave that has happened from Venezuela to Cuba to Mexico. And so he basically wants the United States to surrender to him. The only reason the most powerful country on Earth would surrender to this is because there's an internal belief inside the United States that you have to surrender on illegal immigration because it is unjust that people can't just enter via the southern border Willy-nilly. So what do they do? They just lie about it. So Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas who listen, I don't know Mayorkas personal role in this versus Joe Biden's. All I do know is that Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas, who made it easier to cross the southern border than any time in modern American history. By far it is not close. Again, the process is super simple. You literally walk up to the border and you wave your hand and you say, I don't wanna go back to my home country 'cause I fear to go back to my home country. And they just release you into the interior with a little post-it note that says, come back later, but is gonna pretend everything is normal. So here he was yesterday saying, don't worry, the migration challenge isn't unique to the United States. Spoiler alert, it is. In fact, it's even unique to the United States over the course of the last five years. 'cause this was not happening in 2020. The high number of migrants we have encountered at our southern border is a challenge that is not unique to the United States Countries throughout our hemisphere, in fact, throughout the world, are experiencing an unprecedented number of displaced people fleeing poverty, Authoritarian regimes, homes destroyed by extreme weather events, corruption and violence. Corruption and violence and extreme weather events. I mean, you mean the things that have driven migration for all of human history. Migration levels is a percentage of the population in general globally are actually kind of similar to what they've been in the past. There's a whole new book out from Harvard University Press all about this. But you know what's not new? What's happening in our southern border right now? You the, it's not new except in the extent the extent is brand new, brand new again. In reality, it is highly likely that at least 5 million illegal immigrants have crossed America's southern border and disappeared into the interior of the United States during Joe Biden's tenure. Meanwhile, Mayorkas again, he keeps lying, says, we're doing everything we can to reduce what he calls now irregular migration. No, you're not. You know how I know you're not because you're releasing everyone into the United States with a comeback later date that would not be doing everything you can, would it? The majority of all migrants in encountered at the Southwest border throughout this administration have been removed, returned, or expelled, a majority of them. We are doing everything we can within a broken system to incentivize non-citizens to use lawful pathways to impose consequences on those who do not and to reduce irregular migration. Absolutely false. Absolutely false. When he says the majority of all migrants encountered throughout the administration have been removed. That's not true. Title 42 allowed for that removal and then Title 42 ended. And then mayors himself says 85% of people showing up at the border are being released into the interior. So Mayorkas now is just changing the Termina. He's gonna play semantic games. He says, when we say they're released, we don't, they're not really released. They're quote unquote released into immigration proceedings. I'll explain what he means by this in a moment. It is very important to understand that when an individual is released, they are released into immigration enforcement proceedings where they can make a claim under the laws that Congress has passed it. Okay, let me explain what that means on a practical level, what that means. When he says released into immigration proceedings, you're imagining they're kept in a detention facility until their claim can be heard by a judge, at which point very few of them are gonna have an actual asylum claim and most of 'em get expelled wrong. You are. The way this actually works under current Biden protocols is you arrive at the border, you wave your hand, like I said, border Patrol agent picks you up, takes you to detention facility, they process you at the detention facility, and then you are given a comeback later date within 72 hours. And then you are driven to say the Tucson Airport where you are flown to wherever you wish to go. That is what he means by immigration proceedings. I mean that's, that's like when people in New York get arrested for going on a bridge and then they're released with a show up in court later date. Was that really a punishment? Particularly when you know that the vast majority of people who get that show up later date are never gonna show up again. Why would they, they like to, to get expelled or they could just, you know, disappear into the interior and never show up again and ICE is not gonna go get them because ICE has not been tasked by the Biden administration with following up with any of these people. The Biden administration is not sending ice to go round up all of the people who released when they missed their sell by date, their court date. The Biden administration has said, unless you have a criminal record, we are not going to do that. Unless you commit an act of criminality, we're not gonna do that, which is by the Way. Why the number of deportations from the interior of the United States has radically dropped under Joe Biden. There's only one reason to do this. It's ideological. It is certainly not driven by America's best interest. It's DEI related again, because DEI is just code for America's systems are white supremacist and therefore America has to fix all of its systems by bending over backward. Anytime there is somebody who's not white involved in a, in a proceeding, that would be the basic idea right here. Okay? Meanwhile, on the Trump side of the aisle, an insane story. And if you thought our public officials can't get any more corrupt and ridiculous, wrong, you are. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, district attorney Fannie Willis, you remember her? She's the one who fired, filed a RICO case against Donald Trump for election interference down in Georgia. She improperly hired an alleged romantic partner to prosecute Donald Trump. So she was banging some dude and he became the prosecutor against Donald Trump and then financially benefited from their relationship. According to a court motion filed Monday, arguing the criminal charges in the case were unconstitutional. The bombshell public filing alleged special prosecutor Nathan Wade, a private attorney, paid for lavish vacations he took with Willis using the Fulton County Funds. His law firm received county records show that Wade has played a prominent role in the election interference case has been paid nearly $654,000 in legal fees since January, 2022, and the DA authorized his compensation. So the way this works is that Fannie Willis hired the dude choose nailing to help prosecute Trump, and then paid him like $655,000 of public money and then took vacations with him. According to this motion filed on behalf of Michael Roman, a former Trump campaign official, a Willis spokesperson, said that they'll respond through appropriate court filings but did not re respond to a request for comment, which means you know that's that's true. The document offers no concrete proof of the romanticized between Willis and Wade. But says source is close to both. The special prosecutor and the DA have confirmed they had an ongoing personal relationship. Roman's lawyer said she reviewed the case file and Wade's ongoing divorce proceedings that the Superior Court clerk's office had made copies of certain documents. The case file was later improperly sealed because no court hearing was required as held by law according to the motion. So apparently this all came from a divorce case. According to Steven Gillard's, professor Emus at the New York University Law School, he said a closer look at Willis' decision making is needed before it can be determined whether the indictment should be dismissed. He said, if the allegations are true, Willis was conflicted in the investigation and the prosecution of the case and was not able to bring the sort of independent professional judgment her position required. He said that doesn't mean her decisions were improperly motivated, but it does mean the public state could not have the confidence in the independent judgment. Her position required her to exercise In. Other words, perhaps The reason she filed these charges against Donald Trump was not just for personal political, political gain, but because she wanted to go on vacations with the dude that she was paying to prosecute Trump. The filing alleges that Willis and Wade had been involved in a romantic relationship that began before Wade was appointed Special prosecutor that said they traveled to Napa Valley and Florida cruised the Caribbean using tickets. Wade purchased from Norwegian and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Although the filing did not include documentation of those purchases, the motion said the checks sent to Wade from Fulton County and a subsequent purchase of vacations. Rulers could amount to Honest Services fraud, which is a federal crime in which a vendor gives kickbacks to an employer. It could also be prosecuted under Wade Fort Federal racketeering statute. That'd be Rico. Oh, they're all the best. Everyone is great at this. 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generic republican possible generic work result mitt democrats tell suggest white supremacy continue vast problem united states make united states well place s joe biden suggest yesterday talk bringing confederate flag happen aftermath shooting emanuel ll recall shooter particular case picture confederate flag turn nationwide debate confederate flag allow fly state monument appear state monument whatsoever think frankly pretty good argument side aisle particular particular disagreement lot people believe confederate flag south cultural thing long call original purpose confederacy obviously black americans look confederate flag say guy confederacy yeah think good argument side notion american race relation get well result particular debate belie know american history joe biden play game bring confederate flag south carolina bring help nation heal show america overcome want want credit somebody person credit course republicans aisle governor south carolina time nikki haley right good thing nikki haley person actually take confederate flag monument state capitol say idea helped bring temperature race relation united states obviously untrue joe biden say help nation heal lemme lemme read poll statistic shocking poll statistic modern american history poll statistic say quote relation white black people good somewhat good somewhat bad bad stat somewhat good right good race relation okay black americans say race relation somewhat good white americans say number white americans say good somewhat good black americans say somewhat good white americans say race relation somewhat good black americans say somewhat good white americans say race relation somewhat good black americans say somewhat good happen happen black life matter movement launch claim america deeply racist place fill white supremacy overhang obama biden campaign extend forward time ferguson riot break barack obama decide rioter effectively speak happen black live matter movement start false claim america racist iteration race relation absolutely plummet united states white americans say race relation good black americans white americans say race relation good percentage point drop sim simultaneously percentage point few black americans say race relation good black americans say race relation good number continue decline joe biden president democratic senate white americans race relation good black americans race relation good black few half white race relation good white black mean happen answer talk polarization race pretend source american conflict bad thing political leadership class particularly left heavy stock particularly joe biden need black vote s go try transmute white supremacy shoot happen charleston debate january think s awkward fit people black white believe donald trump like vicious antiblack racist donald trumps signal accomplishment disagree criminal justice reform push forward trump van jones s black advocate obviously joe biden play racially polarize country 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buildercom november resume builder survey hire manager recruiter view jews key finding hire manager likely forward jewish applicant quote jews power control assumption candidate jewish base appearance want few jews industry dei amount s dei dei suggest course americas system include immigration system deeply racist way rectify oc say legalize want cross border see way democrat term sort racial conflict mayor brandon johnson male lori lightfoot chicago say greg abbott send illegal immigrant major democratic city s s target black people game play way democratic party circle ugly thought case action consider take know look absolutely right intention governor abbott attack democratically run city particularly city lead black leader leader color unconscionable mean raggedy approach frankly reckless raggedy evil spirit evil spirited apparently racist racist ask sanctuary city know people go provide sanctuary s motivate policy point policy bleep understand bunch factor border big factor course united states change law apply asylum mean literally arrive border fear home country process let interior united states alejandro mayorkas tell border patrol agent quote illegal immigrant arrive border release united states long time title allow people turn border say take mexican border long happen title end biden administration people show border release united states s insane mayorca say week special report million migrant release united states annually argue repeatedly congress provide funding million release united states annually million statistic dhs release day lie true mean course administration accord mayorkas million people release united states border patrol agent tell million know god away mean probably seven unknown god away percentage correct talk joe biden minimum million people enter country illegally know benefit way drug cartel drug cartel make absolute bank sort stuff accord house committee homeland security cartel billion human trafficking smuggling everybody cross border pay coyote smuggle border way drug cartel vast number illegal migrant order distract border patrol police part border drop huge contingent illegal immigrant border patrol way station joe biden people bus detention center soon humanly possible process let interior united states soon humanly possible border patrol agent stab bus administrative duty turn babysitter entire border leave completely unmanned mean people rush border one not want catch vast majority people walk country actually wanna catch walk wave border patrol agent say hey pick come one not wanna catch able evade arrest border patrol agent large swath american mexico border look like look like fentanyl country extraordinarily rise accord s aim homeland security committee fentanyl cost little cent produce s fake prescription pill lace fentanyl sell buck mean kilo fentanyl worth million million okay explain fentanyl enter country accord border patrol fentanyl seizure seize pound pound fentanyl calculate billion worth fentanyl catch border way get getting catch stuff s getting catch border moron largely try bring port entry people getting catch minority people enter country illegally apparently racist mention apparently bigote mention reason leave border open way border leave open mexico hold joe biden barrel apparently accord fox news mexicos president demand billion basically cash plus work permit million people south border exchange immigration help mexico say united states end blockade cuba cut venezuela sanction lopez obrador s leader mexican government fact pinko socialist ally entire pink wave happen venezuela cuba mexico basically want united states surrender reason powerful country earth surrender s internal belief inside united states surrender illegal immigration unjust people not enter southern border willynilly lie secretary homeland security alejandro mayorkas listen not know mayorkas personal role versus joe biden know joe biden alejandro mayorkas easy cross southern border time modern american history far close process super simple literally walk border wave hand not wanna home country cause fear home country release interior little postit note say come later go to pretend normal yesterday say not worry migration challenge not unique united states spoiler alert fact unique united states course year cause happen high number migrant encounter southern border challenge unique united states country hemisphere fact world experience unprecedented number displace people flee poverty authoritarian regime home destroy extreme weather event corruption violence corruption violence extreme weather event mean mean thing drive migration human history migration level percentage population general globally actually kind similar ve past s new book harvard university press know s new s happen southern border right new extent extent brand new brand new reality highly likely million illegal immigrant cross america southern border disappear interior united states joe bidens tenure mayorkas keep lie say reduce call irregular migration know know release united states comeback later date majority migrant encounter southwest border administration remove return expel majority broken system incentivize noncitizen use lawful pathway impose consequence reduce irregular migration absolutely false absolutely false say majority migrant encounter administration remove s true title allow removal title end mayor say people show border release interior mayorkas change termina s go to play semantic game say release not release quote unquote release immigration proceeding ill explain mean moment important understand individual release release immigration enforcement proceeding claim law congress pass okay let explain mean practical level mean say release immigration proceeding imagine keep detention facility claim hear judge point go to actual asylum claim em expel wrong way actually work current biden protocol arrive border wave hand like say border patrol agent pick take detention facility process detention facility give comeback later date hour drive tucson airport fly wish mean immigration proceeding mean s s like people new york arrest go bridge release court later date punishment particularly know vast majority people later date go to like expel know disappear interior ice go to ice task biden administration follow people biden administration send ice round people release miss sell date court date biden administration say criminal record go commit act criminality go to way number deportation interior united states radically drop joe biden s reason ideological certainly drive america good interest dei relate dei code americas system white supremacist america fix system bend backward anytime somebody s white involved proceeding basic idea right okay trump aisle insane story think public official not corrupt ridiculous wrong accord atlanta journal constitution district attorney fannie willis remember s fire file rico case donald trump election interference georgia improperly hire allege romantic partner prosecute donald trump bang dude prosecutor donald trump financially benefit relationship accord court motion file monday argue criminal charge case unconstitutional bombshell public filing allege special prosecutor nathan wade private attorney pay lavish vacation take willi fulton county fund law firm receive county record wade play prominent role election interference case pay nearly legal fee january da authorize compensation way work fannie willis hire dude choose nail help prosecute trump pay like public money take vacation accord motion file behalf michael roman trump campaign official willis spokesperson say ll respond appropriate court filing respond request comment mean know s s true document offer concrete proof romanticize willis wade say source close special prosecutor da confirm ongoing personal relationship romans lawyer say review case file wade ongoing divorce proceeding superior court clerk office copy certain document case file later improperly seal court hearing require hold law accord motion apparently come divorce case accord steven gillards professor emus new york university law school say close look willis decision making need determine indictment dismiss say allegation true willi conflict investigation prosecution case able bring sort independent professional judgment position require say not mean decision improperly motivated mean public state confidence independent judgment position require exercise word reason file charge donald trump personal political political gain want vacation dude pay prosecute trump filing allege willis wade involve romantic relationship begin wade appoint special prosecutor say travel napa valley florida cruise caribbean ticket wade purchase norwegian royal caribbean cruise line filing include documentation purchase motion say check send wade fulton county subsequent purchase vacation ruler honest service fraud federal crime vendor give 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Speeches, etc. Q1. Mr. Loveridge asked the Prime Minister if, when considering the nomination of future members of the EEC Social and Economic Committee, he will reduce to seven the number of members representing trade unions so as to allow for at least one representative to speak directly for small businesses. The Prime Minister (Mr. James Callaghan) Membership of the Economic and Social Committee of the EEC is due to be renewed in September. The United Kingdom, in common with other large member States of the Community, sends 24 representatives, of whom eight represent employers' interests, eight represent employee interests and eight represent a variety of other interests. There are no plans to change that overall balance; but, within that framework, the Government intend to nominate representatives covering as wide a range of interests as possible, and consultations to that end are now under way. Mr. Loveridge Although I am encouraged by that answer, is the Prime Minister aware that the smaller business sector in Europe is proportionately much stronger than our own and, therefore, deserves fuller direct representation from us? Is he aware also that the Opposition support his measures to strengthen our own small business sector in order to expand and create jobs? Will he, therefore, continue to adopt further Conservation policies for small businesses as the General Election draws nearer? The Prime Minister As the Budget made clear, there is no doubt about the Government's policy in relation to the encouragement of small businesses and enterprises, and we shall continue to do [column 1657]that. As for whether there can be separate representation on the Economic and Social Committee, there is a great deal of competition for that and a tremendous number of people have asked whether they can be represented. We shall not be able to satisfy them all. Mrs. Dunwoody Quite apart from cutting down trade union representation on the Committee, will my right hon. Friend make sure that someone is there who specifically understands the problems of youth unemployment? It will be quite impossible, if we are to have grandiose schemes from the Commission, without having those capable of putting them into commission as soon as possible. The Prime Minister Certainly I shall take note of that. Of course, the employers' group and the employees' group nominate their own representatives. I am sure that the trade unions and perhaps the employers will keep my hon. Friend's request in mind. Mr. Maurice Macmillan In view of the Government's conversion to supporting small businesses, may I press the Prime Minister to include somewhere in the list of representatives someone to represent unquoted companies and unincorporated businesses—and here I must declare an interest—since these companies represent some 40 per cent. of the gross domestic product? The Prime Minister Yes, but the Confederation of British Industry includes a number of these organisations and there is, therefore, every reason why they should look to the CBI for representation. However, I shall bear in mind the right hon. Gentleman's request. Mr. Ian Lloyd Has the Prime Minister's attention been drawn to the report prepared for the Anglo-German Foundation by Arthur D. Little on small businesses in the United Kingdom and Western Europe, and can he say whether any of the valuable recommendations in that report have been drawn to the attention of the Departments which should be taking some action on them? The Prime Minister I have not read it myself, but I am sure that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who is active in this area, will have done so. In case my right hon. [column 1658]Friend has not done so, I shall draw his attention to what the hon. Gentleman said. Mr. Welsh Will the Prime Minister follow the lead given by other EEC States in encouraging small businesses by, for example, introducing a fully-fledged Minister for the self-employed and small business affairs and by immediately abolishing the iniquitous self-employed levy? The Prime Minister The SNP seems to be a little behind the times. I thought I had made it clear—I think that everyone else in the House knew it already—that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has special responsibility for small firms and that in the Department of Industry an Under-Secretary of State handles these affairs too. Q2. Mr. Tebbit asked the Prime Minister if, since he became Prime Minister, he has requested or received personal files concerning private citizens, copies of such files or personal information from such files from the Department of Health and Social Security other than for normal investigations that are being carried out into particular cases. The Prime Minister No. Mr. Tebbit Is the Prime Minister aware that his answer does not surprise me, and that I welcome it? Does he not agree that the citizen should be assured by some form of code or convention that it is simply not possible for Ministers to have access to individuals' files which they might misuse for political purposes? Will he agree that no Minister should do that and no Prime Minister could regard it as anything other than totally abhorrent if at any stage that were done? The Prime Minister I am obliged to the hon. Member for writing to me about this matter. I entirely agree that it would be totally wrong if correspondence about private citizens were misused for political purposes. It would breed mistrust if it were thought that a Minister on either side of the House—present, future or past[column 1659]—was doing so. I can give an assurance that on my understanding this does not happen. It would be quite foreign and wrong if it were to happen. I considered drawing up a form of code or convention as the hon. Member has suggested, but there are a number of circumstances in which Ministers may want to consult papers. Therefore, we must leave it to Ministers' good faith and there must be good faith between us that these papers will not be misused. Mr. Fitt Does the answer that the Prime Minister has just given cover that part of the United Kingdom known as Northern Ireland? In Northern Ireland there is a suspicion that many secret files relating to national health and insurance are vetted every day by members of the security forces. Will he give an assurance that this is not so and that it is a practice with which he would not be in accord? The Prime Minister Of course, this is not a practice which should be followed. It is totally foreign to what I have said. I will not give the assurance that my hon. Friend has asked for in the first part of his question because this is a serious charge and I should look into it. However, no one should deduce from my answer that this practice is happening. Mr. Ralph Howell In reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Chingford (Mr. Tebbit), the Prime Minister said that it is not happening. Will he say whether it did happen? The Prime Minister I cannot account for any Administrations earlier than my own—and in saying that I am referring to all Administrations previous to my own. Q4. Mr. Silvester asked the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 13th April 1978. The Prime Minister This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall be holding further meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. Later today I shall be leaving for a visit to West Yorkshire. Mr. Silvester Will the Prime Minister spare a moment to consider with his party colleagues how much damage was done by the distribution of 100,000 leaflets by the Young Socialists to schools before he intervened? Does he believe that it is desirable to continue—as is reported—the process of recruitment in schools when he takes an opposite view about the National Front? The Prime Minister I do not answer at the Dispatch Box for party matters. This is a party matter, and I have nothing to say at the Dispatch Box. Mr. Spearing In his busy schedule, will the Prime Minister take time to reflect on proposals made last weekend in Brussels for a semi European currency linked to the European unit of account? Will he agree that the way to resolve employment and industrial difficulties is through world trade? Will he agree that this is a much better way of solving the problems of both this country and the EEC? Such proposals as those put forward in Brussels are half-way to economic and monetary union, which would be opposed by hon. Members of this House. The Prime Minister I dealt with most of these questions last Monday, when I made a report on the subject. I have not changed my mind since then. Mrs. Thatcher Has James Callaghanthe Prime Minister taken time today to consider the effects on the financial markets of the Budget and, in particular, the effect of the declared intention by both Denis Healeythe Chancellor and Joel Barnettthe Chief Secretary to introduce a fourteenth Budget in July? Will he agree that quarterly budgets add to uncertainty and induce lack of confidence in the markets at a time when we need confidence? The Prime Minister As a general matter, I have often noticed that the financial markets over-react to statements, and I do not regard them as good short-term judges of speeches or statements. I think that the Leader of the Opposition is rather misquoting what has been said. There has been no declared intention to my knowledge to introduce another Budget, and, indeed, I am not aware of any intention to do so. All that has been said is that we are now working towards a world situation—I know that the right hon. Lady disapproves of these international gatherings—in which it will be possible [column 1661]to restore some confidence. Unless and until that happens, I do not see any prospect at all for another Budget. Mrs. Thatcher May I press the Prime Minister a little further? The fall in the markets today was serious, and it came after an increase of 1 per cent. in the minimum lending rate. It also came in the face of the Chancellor's own forecasts of rising inflation next year and of economic figures forecasting a deteriorating trade balance in the first half of this year. Is the Prime Minister now saying that there is no present intention to introduce a July Budget? If so, this would add to confidence. The Prime Minister I am obliged to the Leader of the Opposition for putting it in that direct way. I thought I had already said that. I know of no intention—[Hon. Members: “Oh.” ]—to introduce a Budget in July, and I should have thought that I would be the first to be informed of such an event. I am sure that the right hon. Lady is trying to restore confidence, and I assure her that, as I know of no intention, there is no intention. Of course, from time to time there are changes in our domestic situation and in the international situation, and that is what the July Summit is all about. We want to get a higher level of world trade. But, unless and until that happens—and so far the preliminary work has not proceeded far enough—there is no prospect of a July Budget. Mr. Mellish Is my right hon. Friend aware that, if the Chancellor is in the same mood in future as he was on Tuesday, as far as we are concerned he can come here every day? The Prime Minister I am sure that my right hon. Friend the Member for Bermondsey (Mr. Mellish) and many others feel that way. This Budget brought benefits to almost every person in the country. We have said constantly that it is important that we should not overstretch ourselves, and the Budget is intended to keep within the proper limits. We shall continue to govern the country in that way. Mr. Baker Will the Prime Minister fill in that part of the Budget strategy about which the Chancellor was rather coy? We want to hear from the Prime [column 1662]Minister what level of wage settlements he would like to see when phase 3 expires later this year. What will happen in phase 4? Will there be a limit of 5 per cent. or 7 per cent.? If there is no limit for the private sector, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor must decide whether there will be one for the public sector and what the level of wage settlements will be. The Prime Minister I am grateful to the hon. Member for reminding me of all these factors. I assure him that they are kept fully in mind. Mr. Jay Is the Prime Minister aware that, if we had adopted the Tory policy of much bigger tax cuts and, therefore, bigger deficits, the effect on the markets would have been very serious? The Prime Minister Yes, that is undoubtedly true. This is the dilemma in which the Opposition find themselves. On the one hand they press irresponsibly for bigger tax cuts, and on the other they look at the level of tax that we have decided to cut and then they try to rebuke us because they think that we have gone too far. Sir P. Bryan Further to the Prime Minister's answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Withington (Mr. Silvester), may I ask him to make an appointment today with the Secretary of State for Education and Science and ask her opinion of the fact that Mr. Andy Bevan, an official of his party, took part in and organised the distribution of leaflets aimed at recruiting young children to the National Union of Schoolchildren? The Prime Minister No, sir. It is well established, Mr. Speaker—and you would correct me if I endeavoured to break the rule—that I do not answer at the Dispatch Box on party matters. I answer on the responsibilities of the Government. Mr. Adley On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. The Prime Minister has just said that he will not answer Questions on a party matter. Are you aware that the Table Office has refused to accept Questions to the Prime Minister about his message to the Labour candidate at Glasgow, Garscadden because it was said that it was a party matter? But presumably the Prime Minister used No. 10 Downing [column 1663]Street paper on which to write that message. May we have some clarification on the matter, because the Prime Minister is trying to have it both ways? Mr. Speaker I have already received—[Hon. Members: “Oh.” ] Order. I hope that hon. Members will have the courtesy to wait until I have finished. I have already received private representations from another hon. Member on that matter. 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business united kingdom western europe valuable recommendation report draw attention department take action prime minister read sure right hon friend chancellor duchy lancaster active area case right hon column shall draw attention hon gentleman say mr welsh prime minister follow lead give eec state encourage small business example introduce fullyfledged minister selfemployed small business affair immediately abolish iniquitous selfemploye levy prime minister snp little time think clear think house know right hon friend chancellor duchy lancaster special responsibility small firm department industry undersecretary state handle affair mr tebbit ask prime minister prime minister request receive personal file concern private citizen copy file personal information file department health social security normal investigation carry particular case prime minister mr tebbit prime minister aware answer surprise welcome agree citizen assure form code convention simply possible minister access 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Aug 3, 2020 President Donald Trump held a Coronavirus Task Force press conference on August 3. He discussed vaccine development, the federal election, the Trump Organization Investigation, and suing Nevada over mail-in voting. Read the transcript of his news briefing here. Transcribe Your Own Content Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. Donald Trump: (00:00)I want to start by providing information on our response to Tropical Storm Isaias. It’s a very interesting name. Last week, the storm hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and I’ve issued emergency declarations to support our response in both of those areas. So that’s Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. This week, the storm passed just east of Florida. Got a little bit lucky, didn’t hit Florida too hard. Working with the governor, working with everybody, but it did not hit directly as a lot of people thought it might. It’s currently off the coast of South Carolina heading northward to North Carolina, is expected to make landfall sometime this evening as a Category 1 hurricane, very serious, a lot of water, a lot of water coming from that storm. I’ve already issued emergency declarations for Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and FEMA’s personnel, and they are great, they’re doing a job. They’re already on the ground in all areas. Every single area that we mentioned just covered. Donald Trump: (01:06)Over the next several days, there’s expected to be heavy wind and rain in the coastal areas of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. We’re working with each of those states. And in particular, as it relates to FEMA, the military, law enforcement, all of the different groups that are involved, storm surge and inland flooding are possible and everyone needs to remain vigilant until it passes. I encourage everyone to follow the guidelines of the state and local authorities. We’re working with them. And I think the guidelines have been very accurate so far. So stay safe. Donald Trump: (01:45)Next let me provide an update on the path forward for our country as we continue our war to defeat the China virus. We’re beginning to see evidence of significant progress. Nationwide, the number of positive cases has declined by nearly 6% from the week before. And the positive test rate is also dropped from 8.7% to 8% over that same period of time, an encouraging sign, very encouraging. I have to add that the virus is receding in hotspots across the south and west. We’ve seen slow improvements from their recent weekly peaks. Arizona’s weekly case counts have dropped 37%. That’s a tremendous drop and the governor and the state have done a fantastic job, down 37%. Texas down 18.7%. I was there a couple of days ago. And Florida 21.2% drop. So that’s a tremendous job that they’re all doing. Donald Trump: (02:47)As we begin to contain the virus in these states, we must focus on new flare ups in the states where the case numbers have risen, including Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Missouri and I think you’ll find that they’re soon going to be very much under control. Meanwhile, 18 states continue to have very low case numbers and low test positivity rates under 5%: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming. It’s under five. Donald Trump: (03:26)Even in these states, however, where the virus is under control and at a very low number, Americans should continue to be vigilant, be careful in order to prevent the new hotspots from opening up or any new hotspots from opening up in those states. To that end, I urge all Americans to continue to socially distance, wash your hands, wear a mask when you cannot avoid crowded places and to protect the elderly. Very, very important, protect the elderly. It’s much different. Young children have very strong immune systems. We’ve learned how strong they are, but protect the elderly. The average age of those who succumb to the virus is 78 years old. That’s the average age. Donald Trump: (04:13)It’s important for all Americans to recognize that a permanent lockdown is not a viable path toward producing the result that you want, or certainly not a viable path forward and would ultimately inflict more harm than it would prevent. As we’re seeing in foreign countries around the world, where cases are once again surging, you have many places where we thought they were under control and doing a great job, and they are doing a great job, but this is a very tough invisible enemy. Donald Trump: (04:47)Lockdowns do not prevent infection in the future. They just don’t. It comes back, many times it comes back. The purpose of a lockdown is to buy time to build capacity, especially with respect to hospitals, learn more about the disease and develop effective treatments as we did in the United States. We’re doing very well with the vaccines and the therapeutics. Countries where there have been very significant flare ups over the last short period of time are Spain, Germany, France, Australia, Japan. And also, as you probably heard in Hong Kong, they’ve had some very serious flare ups. Japan has gone, yeah, a lot of six fold flare up. It’s a lot, but they’ll get it under control. Donald Trump: (05:37)In our current phase, we must focus on protecting those at highest risk while allowing younger and healthier Americans to resume work and school with careful precautions. Ideally, we want to open those schools. We want to open them. At the same time, we’re placing an emphasis on continuing to drive down the mortality rate with improved care, treatment and medical interventions, building a bridge to the introduction of a vaccine. The vaccines are coming along incredibly well. Today I’d like to also provide an update on the actions of my administration and the work that we’ve done. We’re really taking an increased interest and we’re seeing numbers that nobody can even believe in terms of percentage increase. It’s telehealth for American patients. The percentage increase is being worked on right now, but it’s very, very significant, numbers that you would not even think possible. This has been a priority from the beginning of my administration when we launched an initiative to allow veterans to connect remotely with their VA healthcare team. And it worked out really well. Donald Trump: (06:47)We have a 91% approval rating in the VA in terms of the job we’re doing. It’s the first, it’s the highest ever recorded. Now telehealth is a critical part of our path forward in the VA. And it’s becoming a critical path, especially with our senior citizens. You don’t have to go to the doctor’s office. You don’t have to go to hospitals. Donald Trump: (07:06)When the invisible enemy struck our shores, I took immediate action to eliminate regulatory barriers to telehealth, making it easier for patients to consult with doctors from safety and convenience, and really they have great safety and great convenience right from their homes. Today I’m taking action to ensure telehealth is here to stay. Moments ago in the Oval Office, I signed an executive order to make many of our regulatory reforms permanent. We’ve done some regulatory reforms that have had a tremendous impact on what we’re doing, on medicine and medical and what we’re doing. We can do things that you wouldn’t believe, that even a year ago, two years ago, would not have been doable. Donald Trump: (07:53)We’re enshrining the right of American patients to meet with their medical providers in a way that is best for them and very, very convenient and very talented people on the other side of the line, I have to tell you. The order builds upon a series of actions we’ve all taken to make telehealth available to all. We ensured that Medicare covers telehealth visits at no additional cost. That’s no additional cost. And copayments can be waived for telehealth services. We are working very hard also on prescription drug prices. And I will tell you that the Favorite Nations Clause that I’ve signed into existence, nobody thought anybody would ever do that, has a massive impact on prescription drug prices. In addition to the three other elements of reduction of drugs, particular prescription drugs, but the Favorite Nations Clause is massive. Donald Trump: (08:55)For instance, if Germany buys a pill for 10 cents a pill, as an example, just as an example, and the United States pays $2 for the same pill, we get the same privilege, the same right, as they do. Never had that before. We paid all of the expenses, all of the research and development. So the numbers are astronomical. And as you probably noticed, big ads are taken against me by big pharma, very big ads, very massive buy. But in the meantime, they’re calling, they want to know if they can make a deal. And I say to people, the only reason these ads are being taken is because prices are coming down for you. And they understand that. I think our people understand that. Donald Trump: (09:37)But in particular, when you look at the matching, you could call it matching, or you could call it Favorite Nations, call it whatever you like. It’s going to have a tremendous, and I’m talking about 50%, 60%, 70%. That doesn’t mean it goes to 10 cents, as an example, but theirs comes up and ours goes down. And you have many, many countries where the numbers are so low. I mean, it’s… Donald Trump: (10:03)… but the numbers are so low. I mean, so low. And by that, I mean much lower than the United States. Another thing I’m doing is if a certain country like Canada, Canada buys for very much less than United States has bought. How they allowed this to happen, representatives of our country, standing at these podiums or in the Oval Office, how they allowed this to happen is just, to me, incredible. We’ve been working on this for a long time. I’ve been talking about it with Kayleigh for a long time, right? So now a governor like Ron DeSantis of Florida is doing a great job, or our great governor of Ohio, or our great governor of any state can call up and buy the drugs directly from Canada, at sometimes 50% less. So we’ll be buying from Canada. Now what the drug companies are going to do, maybe they’ll raise them, maybe they’ll lower them, or maybe they’ll just give up and sell them to us directly, much cheaper. Donald Trump: (10:59)So a lot of things that are happening. Also, the rebate, we have people that are very wealthy, that nobody ever heard of them, nobody knows who they are. I guess in some cases they can be pharmacies. In some cases, they’re individuals. We’re doing a rebate and the rebate goes to the people that lowers the price of drugs. So we have a series of four things that we signed, and you will see over a fairly short period, drug prices are going to be tumbling down, at numbers that nobody would have ever believed possible. In 51 years, the only time prices came down was during this administration. It was last year, 51 years, it went up. But that was just a small decline, this is a massive decline. This is a decline that nobody can believe. I was called by senators. I was called by congressmen, “Please don’t do this.” But big pharma doesn’t mean anything to me, other than we want them to do a great job. We want them to get their vaccines. We want them to do what has to be done. Donald Trump: (12:02)So I think you’re going to see drug price reductions over the next four or five or six months. Probably take a little while to kick in, then they’re going to be at numbers that you wouldn’t believe. But in the meantime, they called on Friday afternoon, they want to meet, see if they can do something else. They don’t like favorite nations clauses, I understand that. We vastly expanded coverage, allowing Medicare to cover more than 135 new services through telehealth, by the way, including physical therapy, emergency department visits, home visits, mental health counseling, substance abuse treatment, which is a very big priority. We brought the substance abuse, at least prior to the China plague or whatever you want to call it, we brought it down very substantially. Pediatric critical care and much more. Thanks to our actions, an estimated $2 billion of additional funding will support Medicare patients receiving telehealth services. So a very, very big priority on tele-health. Donald Trump: (13:03)As part of the CARES Act, we secured $200 million to help healthcare providers and hospitals expand their telehealth. And they’re all doing it, they’re doing it gladly. Prior to the epidemic or the pandemic, whatever you want to say and how you want to refer to it. But prior to the pandemic, the telehealth was fine, but it wasn’t anything raging. And I guess one of the only good things that we’ve gotten out of this whole horrible situation is telehealth has been incredible. And again, the increases are many hundreds of times greater than it was before. Do you have a number? It’s like 2000% or something like that. It’s an incredible increase. You’ll get the number, but it’s… I think they have it now finally. And it’s really an incredible… Thank you, Kayleigh. Donald Trump: (13:58)We work with the leaders of major health insurance companies to ensure coverage for the telehealth visits related to coronavirus. We cut red tape to allow many services to be conducted by phone rather than video, which is much simpler, providing a much easier option for many seniors in particular. 35% of the Medicare beneficiaries who received telehealth services, or over 3.6 million seniors, did so over the phone. So you’re talking about 3.6 million seniors, that’s something. 10.1 million Medicare beneficiaries have accessed care through telehealth since the beginning of the pandemic. So you’re talking there, 10.1 million people. In April, over 43% of all Medicare primary care visits were done via telehealth and compared to less than a 0.1% in February. Those are part of the numbers that I think I’ll have you get them. So this part you don’t have to, you’ll get the the other section. Thank you. Donald Trump: (15:06)So think of that, compared to less than 0.1%. 0.1%, that’s an incredible number. So over 43% of all Medicare primary care visits were done via telehealth compared to… So you went from 0.1% to 43%. It’s an incredible number. The executive order I signed today will also expand healthcare access in rural America. We take care of rural America. It directs agencies to deploy strategic investments in our rural communications infrastructure. And we’re working very hard with all of the people in government that are involved with the communications infrastructure, so that the telehealth gets very quick and easy access. Additionally, revenue for rural providers varies significantly from month to month, making it difficult for many to stay in business. Many, many are having a very difficult time. To help fix this problem, my order will create a voluntary Medicare payment system that will give rural hospitals flexibility, really great flexibility and a more consistent income stream to better serve their patients. Donald Trump: (16:21)Furthermore, I am directing the Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Communications Commission… We were just with the heads of each one in the Oval Office, just before I came up to the podium. To form a task force that will break down barriers to expanding rural healthcare. This order continues my administration’s focus on rural healthcare. We allocated nearly $165 million through the CARES Act to support nearly 1,800 small rural hospitals, who have done an incredible job, as well as $11.5 million to expand technical assistance for rural and underserved areas. We allocated another $10 billion to 2000 rural hospitals, and more than 2,400 rural health clinics. We waived burdensome licensing certification and registration requirements, which took tremendous amounts of time. And these are people that had great reputations and great track records, for practitioners that serve on the front lines in rural areas, allowing more medical personnel to serve their wonderful patients. Donald Trump: (17:37)We’re also, in terms of PPE, ensuring that the state and local areas have the supplies they need. We’ve been supplying hospitals and cities and states, governors, helping governors at a number that nobody’s ever heard of before. 15,440 nursing homes have received a second shipment of personal protective equipment. They’re very much stocked up. They’re in great shape. They all have the ventilators, all the ventilators they need. They have actually more than they need. And their medical equipment is in very, very good shape. They’re full. My administration has worked with the private sector to deliver over 100 million N95 respirators, 85 million gloves and nearly 250 million face coverings nationwide. We continue to make the extraordinary progress that we’ve been talking about together on vaccines and treatments under Operation Warp Speed, which is very exciting, most exciting. Donald Trump: (18:39)Last week we distributed 2,979 cases of remdesivir, which is proving to be extremely powerful and good, enough to treat more than 19,000 patients, had great results. This includes 500 cases for Florida, 500 for Texas, 300 for California, 200 for Ohio, and 150 for Arizona and Georgia. And those numbers will be going up rapidly as we move along. Hospitals are reporting an adequate supply of steroids, such as dexamethasone, that are used successfully in late stage illness. They’ve been very good. We’re also very encouraged about the prospects for plasma therapies that we’re working on. And that’s a brilliant art. It’s really an art. And we launched a national plasma drive last week. I was at the Red Cross building with the American Red Cross and 13 other healthcare organizations. I urge everyone who has recovered from the virus to go to coronavirus.gov, coronavirus.gov, and donate plasma today. We would really appreciate it. This really makes people better. But what we need is, we need that beautiful ingredient, that you that got better, seem to have in your… Donald Trump: (20:03)… be it that you that got better seem to have in your veins, you have to go to coronavirus.gov and donate plasma today. It would be tremendous. We really appreciate it if you do it because we’re low. We’re low. We could help a lot more people, and it would be a terrific thing. It’ll take an hour, maybe a little bit more than an hour, but everybody will be very appreciative. It makes people better. You had something very special, you had something that knocked it out, so we want to be able to use it. So whatever you can do, coronavirus.gov. Donald Trump: (20:35)As a result of improvements we’ve made in treatment for Americans over the age of 18, the mortality rate has declined 85% from its April peak, 85% decline. Donald Trump: (20:48)On vaccines, last week we announced a $2.1 billion partnership with Sanofi and GSX to purchase and produce 100 million doses of their coronavirus vaccine, 100 million doses. This is the sixth vaccine candidate we are proactively supporting. We are supporting numerous companies that are doing very well, having wonderful results, and they’re in final stages of testing. There are now two vaccines in that final stage of clinical trials in America with a third vaccine likely to begin phase three almost immediately. We have additional clinical trials scheduled over the next few weeks for a couple of the other companies. These are great companies. These are companies that are not only well-known, they’re well-respected, most importantly. Donald Trump: (21:41)We’re balancing speed and safety, and we’re on pace to have a vaccine available this year, maybe far in advance of the end of the year. We’re mass producing the most promising candidates in advance so that we’re ready immediately upon approval. We have our military lined up. It’s logistics. It’s all about logistics. They deliver a lot of things, including soldiers, but now they’ll be doing vaccine. Our general is all ready to go, and he’s very excited. Once we have the vaccine approved, fully approved, he’ll start the process. They will start the process, and they’ll get it out very, very quickly all over the country, and maybe beyond if it works as we think it probably will. Donald Trump: (22:24)By unleashing America’s technical and scientific brilliance, we will end this pandemic, and we will hopefully end it very quickly. The therapeutics are very exciting to me, where you can go into a hospital, and whether it’s through a shot or a transfusion, you take care of somebody and they get better. That’s something to me that’s very important. We’re doing really well on therapeutics and really well on vaccines. Donald Trump: (22:49)So thank you all very much for being here. We’ll take a couple of questions. Speaker 1: (22:53)Hey, Mr. President. If I could ask your response to two items in the news and ask a couple question. First, have you been briefed on the incident off the coast of California, where the Marines and the Navy [inaudible 00:23:06] died in a training accident a couple [crosstalk 00:23:11] Donald Trump: (23:10)They’re actually briefing me in a little while. We have it scheduled for a little while from now. Speaker 1: (23:16)[crosstalk 00:23:16] speak to the families? Donald Trump: (23:17)Oh, it’s terrible. No, it’s terrible, and we’ll be in contact with the families. A thing like that is terrible. Speaker 1: (23:23)Secondly, in New York today, there’s a city prosecutor that confirmed a criminal investigation into the Trump organization. Do you have any reaction to that? Donald Trump: (23:32)Well, I just heard about it. This is just a continuation of the witch hunt. It’s Democrat stuff. They failed with Mueller. They failed with everything. They failed with Congress. They failed at every stage of the game. This has been going on for three and a half, four years. Even before I got in, this was starting with the Mueller deal. Mueller started a little bit after, but it started with some of the people that you know very well the names, Strzok and Page and all of the different people, Comey. This has been going on. This is a continuation of the worst witch hunt in American history, and there’s nothing that I know even about it. Donald Trump: (24:11)I had seen that today just a little while ago. I said, “What’s this all about?” I know nothing about it, but it’s just a continuation of the witch hunt. Didn’t work out for Congress, didn’t work out for Mueller, didn’t work out for anybody. So what they’re doing is they send them around to all over the country, I guess maybe, but it’s a terrible thing that they do. It’s really a terrible thing. The witch hunt has gone on long enough. What else? Speaker 1: (24:34)Just one on COVID, you mentioned the vaccine development program. Could you assure the American people that politics and considerations around the election will not interfere with the science? Donald Trump: (24:45)Absolutely not. Absolutely. Speaker 1: (24:46)Do you plan on playing a role in determining how the vaccine, if there is one, will be distributed across the country? Is that something that you will be doing [crosstalk 00:24:52] Donald Trump: (24:52)It’s possible that I get involved; but no, it won’t have anything to do with … We want to make people better. We want to send them to the areas that most need it, and I think we’re going to have something very soon. It’s going good. Jeff [inaudible 00:25:02] Jeff: (25:03)Mr. President, you said today, this week that Dr. Birx was taking bait from Speaker Pelosi. What did you mean by that considering that she was just describing the facts about the case of the pandemic right now across the country? Donald Trump: (25:15)I think we’re doing very well, and I think that we have done as well as any nation. If you really look, if you take a look at what’s going on, especially now with all these flareups and nations that they were talking about. Don’t forget, we’re much bigger, other than India and China. China’s having a massive flareup right down. India has a tremendous problem. Other countries have problems. I noticed that in the news, in the evening news, I never read about that in any of the news. I don’t read about the other countries. You’re starting to see that other countries are having very big flareups, countries that thought they were over it. Like we thought we might be over it in Florida; and then all of a sudden, it comes back. They do come back, but I think we’re doing very well. I told Dr. Birx, I think we’re doing very well. She was in my office a little while ago. She’s a person I have a lot of respect for. I think Nancy Pelosi’s treated her very badly, very, very badly, very nasty. I’m just referring to the fact that I thought that really they should say the job we’ve done, whether it’s on ventilators or testing, we’ve tested now over 60 million people. No other country is even close to that. We’ve tested 60 million people with great … In many cases, about 50% now, rapid fire, meaning 5 to 15 to 20-minute tests, where you get the result almost immediately. Nobody has anything like that. Nobody. I think we’re just doing very well. Speaker 3: (26:40)[inaudible 00:26:41]. Donald Trump: (26:40)Yeah, go ahead. Speaker 3: (26:42)Just to follow up just quickly. Donald Trump: (26:43)Go ahead, please. Speaker 3: (26:43)Does that mean you disagree with her characterization, Mr. President? Donald Trump: (26:46)Go ahead, please. Speaker 2: (26:47)Thanks, Mr. President. I wanted to follow up on two things that you had said earlier in the cabinet room. The first was on TikTok, and the second was on coronavirus. On TikTok, you said that you wanted money for the US Treasury from the sale. Does that mean you expect the Chinese company to pay the US Treasury directly? Or are you talking about [crosstalk 00:27:08] Donald Trump: (27:08)Either way, whether it’s Microsoft or somebody else, or it was the Chinese. What the price is, the United States should get a very large percentage of that price because we’re making it possible. Without us, I use the expression, it’s like the landlord and the tenant. Without the lease, the tenant doesn’t have the value. Well, we’re in a certain way, the lease. We make it possible to have this great success. TikTok’s a tremendous success, but a big portion of it’s in this country. Speaker 4: (27:37)So from the sale directly, it would come [crosstalk 00:27:38] Donald Trump: (27:39)It would come from the sale. Yeah, whatever the number is, it would come from the sale,- Speaker 4: (27:41)Then you mentioned- Donald Trump: (27:41)… which nobody else would be thinking about, but me. But that’s the way I think. I think it’s very fair. Speaker 4: (27:47)And you mentioned- Donald Trump: (27:47)But we want no security problems with China. It’s got to be an American company. It’s got to be American security. It’s got to be owned here. We don’t want to have any problems with security, etc. Something could come out. I will tell you, there’s a lot of excitement, not only by Microsoft, but by other companies in terms of buying it. We’ll see what happens, but we want, and we think we deserve, to have a big percentage of that price coming to America, coming to the Treasury. Speaker 4: (28:14)Then on the negotiation on Capitol Hill, you expressed some frustration and said you might take executive action to address- Donald Trump: (28:21)I might do that. Yes. Speaker 4: (28:23)So I was wondering if you could talk about both how you might prevent evictions through executive action, and then also- Donald Trump: (28:29)Yeah, I can do that if I want, and I want to do that. I don’t want people to be evicted. When they’re evicted, when they’re thrown out of whatever the place may be, in many cases, they go to big shelters. If you talk about pandemic, this is a pandemic, and they go to shelters. Number one, they’re thrown out viciously. It’s not their fault. It’s China’s fault. It’s not anybody’s fault. It’s China’s fault. But number two, and if they are thrown out, they oftentimes will go to a shelter with tremendous numbers of other people, and the virus will spread. We don’t want that. Speaker 4: (29:05)Are you considering suspending the collection of payroll taxes? Donald Trump: (29:09)Well, I can do that also through an executive order. So we’ll be talking about that. But we’re having a very good discussion with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. Donald Trump: (29:16)The problem is they want to do bailouts of their various Democrat-run states and cities. They want a lot of money. They want a trillion dollars for that. They want to do much more than COVID-related. They want to bail out cities and states that have been in trouble for years of bad management. In all cases, Democrat-run cities, and we don’t think that’s fair. You understand that. You’ve heard it before. Donald Trump: (29:42)Yeah, please. Go ahead. Speaker 5: (29:42)Thanks, Mr. President. I wanted to ask you about the Justice Department sending federal agents into cities like Chicago as part of Operation Legend. How exactly do you envision these federal forces working alongside local police departments to help stop violent crime? Donald Trump: (29:58)It’s not a mass send, but it’s sending very talented people to help them with the drugs and the shootings and the gun- Donald Trump: (30:03)… So sending very talented people to help them with the drugs and the shootings and the guns and the things that are happening. It’s not like sending in the National Guard and stopping it cold, which is an example. A lot of progress has been made in Portland, but you know, frankly, sending in the National Guard like we did in Minneapolis, it stopped it cold. From the time we sent that National Guard, they walked down the street, it was over in Minneapolis. Now it may be starting up again. These are Democrat run cities and states and it hasn’t been a pretty picture to watch. Donald Trump: (30:33)We will help Chicago. We’ll help New York if they request. They have to request the help but we want to stop the drugs. We want to stop the guns. A lot of the Chicago is guns and what it is, is drug related; gang related, largely gang related. With ICE, we send out thousands of MS-13. Thousands and thousands of MS-13. We send them back or in some cases have to put them in prison. They’re too violent. They’re truly violent. So we’re helping out. Donald Trump: (31:01)When you look at what’s happening in Chicago and some other cities with the shootings and the killings, they need help and we haven’t met with resistance, I have to be honest with you. I think it’s good that we haven’t. We’re only looking to help them. We’re only looking to help. Speaker 6: (31:16)Thank you, Mr. President. In our nations 243 year history, there has never been a stronger push for mail-in ballots to determine a national election. Are you considering at any point issuing an executive order addressing mail-in ballots and why do you think some people are pushing it so hard? Donald Trump: (31:38)Well, there’s never been a push like this for mail-in ballots and if you look at the New York congressional race, which is a disaster. Carolyn, it’s been a total disaster. They’re six weeks into it. Now they have no clue what’s going on and I mean, I think I can say right here and now I think you have to rerun that race because it’s a mess. Nobody knows what’s happening with the ballots and the lost ballots and the fraudulent ballots, I guess. Donald Trump: (32:07)I think you’ve probably have to take the Carolyn Maloney race and run it over again. How can you do this? This is a small race with literally thousands of people, small thousands, and it’s all messed up. You look at Patterson, New Jersey. It’s all messed up. Almost every one of these and these are small, easy to control. They should be able to do this easy. Donald Trump: (32:27)Now you’re talking about like Nevada, where last two nights ago, they went out and in the darkness of night without people, without having any meetings of the public, without having anything, they approved the ridiculous you don’t have to look at signatures. You don’t have to approve anything. You can have double mailings. You can have all sorts of things. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it. It’s a disgrace. I mean, honestly, it’s a disgrace. Donald Trump: (32:53)So it’s a very good question. I mean, the mail in ballots, if you look at just some of the small places, the small races, congressional race in New York, should be very easy. Normally that would have been announced at seven o’clock and it would have been down to the wire and everybody would have loved it. If it was at all complex, it would have taken an extra 45 minutes or an hour. They would have announced it a little bit later. They have no clue. This was about six weeks ago and they have no clue what’s going on. They’ve lost ballots. There’s fraudulent ballots. It’s how are you going to do you do that for an entire nation? They’re using COVID to try and get the mail-in ballots. Now, absentee ballots are great. Absentee ballots, you have to request them. They go through a process. They get them. But the universal mail-in ballots have turned out to be a disaster. Donald Trump: (33:48)What Nevada has been doing, if you look over the last few days, you have to look at what they’ve done. You can have two ballots. You can harvest; it’s harvesting. So you can take thousands of ballots, put them together and just dump them down on somebody’s desk after a certain period of time. Donald Trump: (34:06)They have something where if you vote, the vote can count up to seven days later. Well, if the vote is going to count seven days later, that means, if it depends on the one state like Nevada, that would mean simply that you can’t have, supposing it’s down to that one state, it could be. It’s a great state. But supposing is down to that one state. That means you have to wait seven days but they won’t have it there. This is something that’s so messed up. Donald Trump: (34:33)By the way, I have to say the post office for many, many years has been run in a fashion that hasn’t been great. Great workers and everything but they have old equipment, very old equipment. I don’t think the post office is prepared for a thing like this. You have to ask the people at the post office but how can the post office be expected to handle? They have regular mailing and then now on top of that, they have the internet where you have Amazon and these companies doing all the buying instead of going to a department store, they go buy through mail. Donald Trump: (35:06)So you have massive numbers of purchases now going through the post office, purchases of items and gifts and that’s a tremendous strain on the post office. The post office loses a fortune. It has been for many, many years, for decades. So now on top of it, it has this and the Amazons of the world and the others they pay very, very little money. They lose money on every… The post office loses money which is ridiculous on every package that delivers. Donald Trump: (35:33)Now, on top of that, and I’m not just referring to Amazon, I’m talking about all of the competitors, if there is such a thing to Amazon. It will be. But if there is such a thing, but now on top of that, you’ll have somebody like the governor of Nevada, come out with this massive plan out of nowhere to take millions of ballots and send them all over the place. You’ll never know who won that state. It’ll get messed up just like New York and just like Patterson, New Jersey, and just like many other places. Donald Trump: (36:05)In West Virginia, they indicted a postman for doing something very bad, you know that, but there are many cases all over the country. If you look, you’ll be able to find there’s a list of them all over the country and that has to do with universal mailing. Donald Trump: (36:21)Again, absentee is great. It works. Like in Florida, they’ll do absentee. It really works but universal mail-in ballots is going to be a great embarrassment to our country. Donald Trump: (36:35)Well, I have the right to do it. We haven’t gotten there yet, but we’ll see what happens. We will be suing in Nevada and that’s already been taken care of. We’ll probably file something tomorrow. Donald Trump: (36:46)I do want to say that we’re going to be introducing a tremendous healthcare plan sometime prior, hopefully prior to the end of the month. It’s just about completed now. In addition, next month we’ll be doing the immigration plan. So we’ll be doing that in September. We’ll be doing sometime during this month, the healthcare plan and I think that’ll be before the end of the month and I think it will be very impressive to a lot of people. Thank you very much. Transcribe Your Own Content Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. Copyright Disclaimer Under Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Get a weekly digest of the week’s most important transcripts in your inbox. It’s the news, without the news.

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particular relate fema military law enforcement different group involve storm surge inland flooding possible need remain vigilant pass encourage follow guideline state local authority work think guideline accurate far stay safe donald trump let provide update path forward country continue war defeat china virus begin evidence significant progress nationwide number positive case decline nearly week positive test rate drop period time encouraging sign encouraging add virus recede hotspot south west see slow improvement recent weekly peak arizona weekly case count drop tremendous drop governor state fantastic job texas couple day ago florida drop tremendous job donald trump begin contain virus state focus new flare up state case number rise include georgia mississippi tennessee oklahoma missouri think find soon go control state continue low case number low test positivity rate alaska connecticut delaware illinois maine maryland massachusetts michigan montana new hampshire new jersey new york north dakota oregon rhode island vermont west virginia wyoming donald trump state virus control low number americans continue vigilant careful order prevent new hotspot open new hotspot open state end urge americans continue socially distance wash hand wear mask avoid crowded place protect elderly important protect elderly different young child strong immune system learn strong protect elderly average age succumb virus year old average age donald trump important americans recognize permanent lockdown viable path produce result want certainly viable path forward ultimately inflict harm prevent see foreign country world case surge place think control great job great job tough invisible enemy donald trump prevent infection future come time come purpose lockdown buy time build capacity especially respect hospital learn disease develop effective treatment united states vaccine therapeutic country significant flare up short period time spain germany france australia japan probably hear hong kong flare up japan go yeah lot fold flare lot control donald trump current phase focus protect high risk allow young healthy americans resume work school careful precaution ideally want open school want open time place emphasis continue drive mortality rate improved care treatment medical intervention build bridge introduction vaccine vaccine come incredibly today like provide update action administration work take increase interest see number believe term percentage increase telehealth american patient percentage increase work right significant number think possible priority beginning administration launch initiative allow veteran connect remotely va healthcare team work donald trump approval rating va term job high record telehealth critical path forward va critical path especially senior citizen doctor office hospital donald trump invisible enemy strike shore take immediate action eliminate regulatory barrier telehealth make easy patient consult doctor safety convenience great safety great convenience right home today take action ensure telehealth stay moment ago oval office sign executive order regulatory reform permanent regulatory reform tremendous impact medicine medical thing believe year ago year ago doable donald trump enshrine right american patient meet medical provider way good convenient talented people line tell order build series action take telehealth available ensure medicare cover telehealth visit additional cost additional cost copayment waive telehealth service work hard prescription drug price tell favorite nation clause sign existence think anybody massive impact prescription drug price addition element reduction drug particular prescription drug favorite nation clause massive donald trump instance germany buy pill cent pill example example united states pay pill privilege right pay expense research development number astronomical probably notice big ad take big pharma big ad massive buy meantime call want know deal people reason ad take 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great job want vaccine want donald trump think go drug price reduction month probably little kick go number believe meantime call friday afternoon want meet like favorite nation clause understand vastly expand coverage allow medicare cover new service telehealth way include physical therapy emergency department visit home visit mental health counseling substance abuse treatment big priority bring substance abuse prior china plague want bring substantially pediatric critical care thank action estimate billion additional funding support medicare patient receive telehealth service big priority telehealth donald trump care act secure million help healthcare provider hospital expand telehealth gladly prior epidemic pandemic want want refer prior pandemic telehealth fine rage guess good thing get horrible situation telehealth incredible increase hundred time great number like like incredible increase number think finally incredible thank kayleigh donald trump work leader major health insurance company ensure coverage telehealth visit relate coronavirus cut red tape allow service conduct phone video simple provide easy option senior particular medicare beneficiary receive telehealth service million senior phone talk million senior million medicare beneficiary access care telehealth beginning pandemic talk million people april medicare primary care visit telehealth compare february number think section thank donald trump think compare incredible number medicare primary care visit telehealth compare go incredible number executive order sign today expand healthcare access rural america care rural america direct agency deploy strategic investment rural communication infrastructure work hard people government involve communication infrastructure telehealth get quick easy access additionally revenue rural provider vary significantly month month make difficult stay business have difficult time help fix problem order create voluntary medicare payment system rural hospital flexibility great flexibility consistent income stream well serve patient donald trump direct department agriculture department health human service federal communications commission head oval office come podium form task force break barrier expand rural healthcare order continue administration focus rural healthcare allocate nearly million care act support nearly small rural hospital incredible job million expand technical assistance rural underserved area allocate billion rural hospital rural health clinic waive burdensome licensing certification registration requirement take tremendous amount time people great reputation great track record practitioner serve line rural area allow medical personnel serve wonderful patient donald trump term ppe ensure state local area supply need supply hospital city state governor help governor number hear nursing home receive second shipment personal protective equipment stock great shape ventilator ventilator need actually need medical equipment 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donald trump ahead speaker follow quickly donald trump ahead speaker mean disagree characterization mr president donald trump ahead speaker mr president want follow thing say early cabinet room tiktok second coronavirus tiktok say want money treasury sale mean expect chinese company pay treasury directly talk crosstalk donald trump way microsoft somebody chinese price united states large percentage price make possible use expression like landlord tenant lease tenant value certain way lease possible great success tiktok tremendous success big portion country speaker sale directly come crosstalk donald trump come sale yeah number come sale speaker mention donald trump think way think think fair speaker mention donald trump want security problem china get american company get american security get own want problem security etc come tell lot excitement microsoft company term buy happen want think deserve big percentage price come america come treasury speaker negotiation capitol hill 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Doug Brunt: The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel Published: 9/25/2023 Joining us on the line is Douglas Bruns. He is a New York Times bestselling author, host of the top rated serious XM author podcast dedicated with Doug. Bronte has a brand new book out titled The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel. I've read the book, it is fantastic. It is coming out in just a couple of days. Doug, thanks for joining the show, really appreciate it. Thanks Ben. It's great to be here. So why don't we start with a pretty obvious question. Who the heck is Rudolf Diesel and why don't we know his name? We kind of, his name seems familiar because obviously we've seen the brand of like what a Diesel is, but what, who is he and why did you care About him? Yeah, So I mean it is often misspelled with a lowercase d unlike Ford, Chrysler, Bens and others. And he really, the deficit of appreciation for Rudolf Diesel is massive. And seven years ago I was like most people and knew, of course the Diesel engine, but not that there was this man, Rudolf Diesel who had invented it in 1897. I was, I was buying an old boat, a bigger boat that had these gasoline engines and I was gonna repower it. And the guy's like, well, you really ought to repower a boat like this with Diesel. And I had no idea why. And he launched into these reasons that a hundred percent of boat fires come with gasoline engines, zero with Diesel, the fuel efficiency is four times and there's no fumes. The fuel is stable. So I repowered it. And then later I was looking around for ideas for new novel came across as list of Mysterious disappearances at sea, and learned that in 1913, just before World War I, Rudolf Diesel, who at the time was as famous as Elon Musk. The history of him has really been paved over, over the last 120 years. But he disappears. And the prevailing thought was, it was suicide. He was on a passenger ship going from Belgium to Great Britain. But there were two other theories that emerged in the headlines because it was front page news from New York, Western Europe, Moscow, everyone was talking about the disappearance of Rudolf Diesel. And there were two murder suspects. One was Kaiser Wilhelm, the Emperor of Germany, and the other was John Rockefeller, the richest man in the world and founder of Standard Oil. And as I explored the motivations behind these two men, a whole story emerged. So let's talk about some of the evidence that you uncovered in your investigation. 'cause it really is pretty fascinating. So you mentioned these two theories, I why don't you explain why people thought that John Rockefeller would be interested in, say, killing Rudolf Diesel and, and why Kaiser Willem might've been interested in getting rid of the guy. In the case of Rockefeller, it was really unsettled what the fuel of the 20th century was going to be. And one thing I uncovered in here that many people may not know is that in 1905 there was a fleet of New York taxi cabs, all electric cars. There was a charging station on Broadway in Times Square and Rockefeller at that time, he had made all his money through kerosene standard oils, founded in 1870. By the turn of the century, he was the richest man in the world. But Rockefeller and Standard Oil, they were in the illumination business. Gasoline was something they would throw, throw away as a waste product. And they were selling kerosene that they distilled, distilled from rock oil petroleum. In 1900 though, Rudolf Diesel won the Paris World's Fair for his internal combustion engine, the Diesel engine running on peanut oil. And he was advocating that countries around the world didn't need petroleum. We didn't need to be beholden to places in the world that drilled oil out of the ground ground. We could grow our own fuel. We have farmers, you could run the engine on vegetable and awa, which by the way, 15 years ago, Willie Nelson's on tour in his bus with a Diesel engine running the bus around the country on recycled kitchen grease that works to this day. And that's what Diesel advocated. And he said, I can break the American fuel monopolies not through a law, not through the Sherman Antitrust Act, but through the power of my technology. So he was an existential threat to Rockefeller just at the time that he had lost the leg of the stool of his revenue base of kerosene that was going down. He needed combustion engines to run on gasoline. In the case of Wilhelm Kaiser Wilhelm, the emperor of Germany we're in the midst of intense nationalism, militarism. And the focus of it really is the Anglo German naval arms race. And Britain, since the time of Napoleon had dominated the seas, they had a ship building facility and infrastructure around their country to build dread knots. The, the, the most fearsome battleships at the time, faster and better than anyone else. Germany, while it was growing from the time of Bismarck in 1870, was this ma you know, had the most powerful land army of the time. But in order to grow, felt they needed to feed their nation with an imperial structure, which in fairness, much like the British already had, they wanted colonies for natural resources to come back to Germany and do that. They needed a powerful Navy. And at this time in 1913, the Diesel engine had emerged as the only way to power a submarine or a U-boat. So the naval powers of every major power were scrambling for Diesel expertise. It was still a young engine. And the main guy who could really develop the engine for the exacting requirements of underwater engine use was Diesel himself. And the reason he was traveling across the North Sea in 1913 to Great Britain was because he was co-founder and board director of a new Diesel engine manufacturing company in Great Britain whose mandate was to build diesels for the Royal Navy Submarine Program. So Wilhelm clearly would've been upset by that. And so both of these men viewed Diesel as an existential threat. I wanna talk to you about daily wire's most trusted Privacy partner and premier sponsor of the show, expressive VPN. Do you ever read the fine print that appears when you start browsing in incognito boat? It says, your activity might still be visible to your employer, your school, your I S P. How can they even call that incognito? To really stop people from seeing the site you visit, you need to do what I do and use Express VPN. Think about all the times you've used wifi at a coffee shop, a hotel even at your parents' house. Without Express VPN, every site you visit could be logged by the admin of that network. 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Y one of the things that, that you come up with in the story, don don't wanna ruin the book, obviously, because the, the what you uncover here really is kind of an astonishing theory and, and you have a lot of support for this sort of astonishing theory. But how did you come to the, the conclusions that you did without sort of naming the conclusions and giving it away for people who haven't read the book yet, how did you come to the conclusions that you did that are, that are basically that neither of these theories is true and maybe some, another kind of third wild theory might be true? Yeah, Yeah. Thanks. So, so the, what I typically say is it wasn't suicide. You can trust me on that, but I, it's almost like, you know, those weird little paintings where you sort of stare at these dots and then after 10 minutes of looking at it, it's a unicorn or whatever it was like that. I, I became fascinated with the story. I went into this five year rabbit hole of going through archives around Europe and America reading old newspaper archives because from the time of his disappearance, there was this two week stretch of rabid newspaper reporting about the disappearance headlines everywhere. And much of that newspaper reporting had conflicting testimony of people involved in the, in the transportation of him across North Sea on that day. And So I, I had, I started to realize none of these theories really made a lot of sense. And the more I got into it, I had a theory of what did actually check all the boxes on how this might've happened. And initially when I was gonna write the book, I thought, well, maybe I'll write historical fiction. And because there's almost nothing written about this guy in the English language. I mean, it really is such a travesty that he's been so ignored, given his contribution to industry and, and, you know, regrettably in some cases war too. But, so the more I unearthed, the more I got into archives, the more I'd find these little treasures of a scrap of paper that gave context to the story that only a few people would really recognize had significant meaning and treasure. After treasure after treasure that I found supported the conclusion to the point that, you know, I, when I was done, I sent the, the, my investigation, call it out to former British, secret Service, former c i a and they're like, a hundred percent this is what happened. It's amazing. Check out the book. It's really worth the read The Mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel Doug. Congrats on the book and, and really good luck with it. Thanks very much Ben. Great to be with you Alrighty. folks, we've reached the end of the show and Bench Bureau This is the Bench Bureau show.

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Speeches, etc. Speaking at the annual meeting of Friern Barnet North Ward Conservatives in North Finchley library on Friday. Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, M.P., referred briefly to three of the main items in Conservative policy—reform of the trade unions, taxation, and the much discussed subject of law and order. The meeting was presided over by Cr. W. H. Tangye. On the reform of the law affecting the trade unions. Mrs. Thatcher said the party are at present hard at work drafting legislation so that this could be put into effect in the first year of the new Conservative administration. It was essential, she said, that a supreme effort should be made to end the present position of near-industrial anarchy in some areas where industry is being threatened by the efforts of a comparatively small but well-organised group of people. On taxation, Mrs. Thatcher said more and more people are expressing concern about the effect of direct taxation on personal income. The Conservatives had said that one of their main objectives is to reduce direct taxation. With regard to law and order, Mrs. Thatcher said the country now faces a situation where many people are suffering from the well-organised efforts of a few minorities. Instances of this were the incidents during the recent Springbok tour and the threatened disturbances at the coming cricket tour by the South Africans. Some protest activities are made easier by the weakness of the present law of trespass. A Conservative Government would strengthen the law so that it can be effective. Speaking of the proposed Pensions Bill, Mrs. Thatcher said this is an attack by the Labour Government on business occupational pensions schemes. It would not be put into effect by the Conservatives. Introducing the report of the executive committee, Mr. Leonard Juniper, the committee chairman, thanked all the ward helpers. He said he must again single out for special mention the women's committee for all the work they had done under the direction of their chairman. Mrs. Edna Juniper. They had organised a number of enjoyable social functions and as a result had contributed £155 to ward funds. Speaking of the recent special appeal for road stewards to help in the coming elections. Mr. Juniper said the answer to the appeal was most gratifying. As a result the district would be covered effectively for the various deliveries which must be made to the 4,000 voters. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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Ep. 1719 - Did Ukraine Just Try To Assassinate Putin? Published: 5/3/2023 (in RSS feed: 1h 1m 18s) Russia reports that Ukraine tried to kill Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin with a drone. The US military can't recruit anyone except apparently drag queens and any illegal immigration time bomb is primed to explode. I'm Ben Firo. This is the Bench Firo Show. Today's show is sponsored by Express p n. Thousands of my listeners have already secured their network data. Join [email protected] slash men. Well, the most insane breaking news of the day is that Russia is now suggesting the Ukraine tried to attack the Kremlin. That, of course, is sort of the capitol building in Moscow with drones in a move designed, they say to target President Vladimir Putin, they've actually released footage of what it looked like when the drone flew directly over the Capitol dome of the Kremlin. It really is kind of amazing footage. You can see a drone that is flying over it, and then it explodes, it started taken down in the top of the, the top of the dome is on fire, and the Kremlin says that retaliation in some way, shape, or form is, is likely. Now color me somewhat skeptical. The reason I'm somewhat skeptical is because, again, everybody lies in these conflicts. Ukraine has lied about some of the things that have happened during this conflict. They lied very early on about all of their soldiers being killed off of Snake Island, for example. And Russia lies routinely when it comes to conflict. They throw people out of fourth, fifth story windows, and those people fell to their deaths, right? They poison people. They don't particularly like abroad. Russia is quite famous for dissembling about the stuff that it does on a military level, and the idea of them actually staging some sort of false flag attack, for example, and then using that as an excuse to bomb the living hell out of Kiev, or to target Vladimir Zelensky, which they've been trying to do since the beginning of the conflict. That's not outta bounds either, but as we say, it is very difficult in the fog of war to know who is lying and who is not. After all, we still don't know who bombed the Nord Stream pipeline, right? At the very beginning, it was suggested that Russia had bombed its own pipeline, which made no sense at all. And then you had Seymour Hersh, who was kind of a weird journalist who sometimes gets it right and sometimes gets its wrong, suggesting that it was Ukraine, that it bombed it, and then the United States that it bombed it. So when all this stuff happens, you first have to say to yourself, I don't know anything. So I don't know anything. I don't know whether Ukraine actually tried to fly a drone directly over the Kremlin in an attempt to kill Vladimir Putin, which by the way, seems like the least effective way of attempting to kill Vladimir Putin, because from a video, it looks like a couple of drones. They're not leading with enough explosives to actually damage the building sufficiently to kill Vladimir Putin. Like, how do they know where he is in the building? They'd have to have pretty good intel in order for that to occur. By the same token, could they have tried something just to, you know, get the Ukrainian public excited about the war some more because they've already lost something like 150,000 people in the Ukraine war? Sure. What this does mean is escalation to, to me, what this probably suggests is, if I had to guess, and again, it's, it's all guessing at this point because nobody knows anything. If I had to guess, what I would suggest here is that Putin is looking for some sort of negotiated settlement. He is looking for way out of this conflict, because it is not going well for him. It was supposed to be a cakewalk into Kiev with Vladimir Zelensky hung by his neck until dad, and none of that happened. And so now what he's attempting to do is probably ratchet up the tensions so that the United States will come in and broker something. So if he can portray Ukraine as the aggressor, then presumably the West will come in and say, listen guys, we gotta cut this out. This is, this has gone too far already. We can't have people attempting to assassinate each other's top leaders. Again, it it, it's not as the Russia's not attempted to assassinate Zelensky, I mean, it was literally one month ago that Russian lawmakers were calling openly for the assassination of Vladimir Zelensky lawmaker. Mihail Dein said the only normal response last month was the immediate elimination of Zelensky. And the Ukrainian Commander Inchi, a guy named Valer Za, and several Kremlin connected military bloggers, had called for Ukrainian leaders to be assassinated and wiped out like the quote unquote Chechen terrorists. Again, this is all well within sort of the boundaries of the sort of stuff that Vladimir Putin does, but could it be the Ukrainians actually attempting something? Sure. It could be the Ukraine. I'm, I'm not suggesting that they couldn't do it. I'm just suggesting that in a situation like this where no one knows anything, the most obvious question is who stands to gain, who stands to benefit? And the answer in a case like this, of who stands just like Nord Stream, who stood to benefit Putin, clearly was not the answer. Because if Putin wanted to just shut off the oil to Europe, it could do it. You could just turn that spigot, the oil shut off. So the who stands to benefit question about Nord Stream cut in favor of the idea that it was either Ukrainians or the Americans or Ukrainian American allies who had blown up the Nord Stream pipeline. In this case, the question is, who stands to benefit? Who stands to gain? And the answer in the failed drone attack on Vladimir Putin, the who stands to gain here is Putin, because now Putin gets to claim that he is the victim of an assassination attempt on the international stage. And this justifies all sorts of outsized to action. And it also justifies, again, the, the notion that the, the west has to come in and broker some sort of deal before this thing. Spirals outta hand in a nuclear armed state starts pointing its missiles directly at Ukraine. So we'll continue to bring you updates on the situation as it develops. Again, the footage is really quite stunning. It, it's, it, it looks like something out of a, out of a movie, honestly. 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It means new and redesigned planes with things like larger overhead bins with room for everyone's roller bag, power outlets at every seat, screens at every seat, and the ability to connect your Bluetooth headphones to those screens. Plan your trip [email protected] or on their award-winning app. This amount is an estimated average of current aircraft delivery schedules. Final delivery schedules subject to change. Okay, so meanwhile, the United States military we're facing down an increasingly dangerous world in which Russia is significantly more erratic than it has been anytime in the recent past. China is getting more and more aggressive on its own borders. China's building up its military China because of its economic and demographic shortcomings has to get aggressive very, very soon. Their window for success is basically closed at this point. They're now in a, in a demographic death spiral. They're just not producing enough young people to support the bulwark of this massive communist state. Their military, while it is very, very large, is mentally been deflected. Defunct is too strong a word. It's, it's developmentally behind the, the, they don't have these sophisticated microchips that are necessary to fight a long-lasting war with, for example, the American military. They just don't. And that's largely because, again, Taiwan's, T S M C, which is the leading producer of very sophisticated microchips on planet Earth, has all sorts of sanctions against China, because Taiwan, of course, does not wanna give China the military tech that China could then use to take over the island. And so China is gonna have to get aggressive sometime soon. All of this would require, you would think, a buildup of the US military. It turns out that whether the United States likes it or not, since we are the most powerful economy on planet Earth, since our Navy basically guarantees the freedom of shipping throughout the world, since it is America and our hegemony, that has essentially kept the world somewhat peaceful since the end of World War ii, the US retreating from the world scene is really, really bad. And that means that you actually need to be able to recruit for your military. But one way that you recruit for the military, typically speaking, is you actually pitch the idea of patriotism. I know this has become passe, which is really weird, okay? A as as patriotism dies, it's harder to recruit for the military. Typically speaking, the people who tend to join the military are young men from patriotic backgrounds with military parents and grandparents. Those are the people who tend to join the military. You know, who doesn't tend to join the military are people who are not patriotic. People who are only there for, for example, the college handout like that. There's some people who do that, but the vast majority of people who join the military are joining the military cuz they want to join the military. And the chief draw of the military is that it stands for the American flag. It stands for all the things that we're all supposed to stand for together. So as the social fabric phrase, and as we have less that we agree on, and as patriotism begins to be seen as something polarizing, it's not surprising the military is having a tough time drawing people. You combine that with the fact that all the young people in America are apparently fat and unhealthy. And this makes for a very bad recruitment pool. And this is precisely what's happening with the United States military, which has decided instead of steering directly into this, instead of, instead of counter programming social media and saying, no, patriotism is awesome. You know, come be part of the fighting force that makes the world safe. Come be part of the fighting force on behalf of American freedoms and rights. Come fight the worst people on earth. Instead of doing that, the US Army has decided to recruit along the base of why don't you find your personal fulfillment in the army? Now, this is the dumbest pitch you could make. Truly the stupidest pitch you can make. The purpose of a military is not diversity. The purpose of a military is not for you to find a subjective sense of personal fulfillment. That is not what the military is for. It has never been for that. Which is why during times of serious war, a draft happens where people are compelled to join the military. There are many countries on earth where this is still the case. And then the idea is that in order to be molded into a fighting force, everybody sort of gets broken down and then they get built back up again as part of a community in which everybody is a series of interchanging parts. It's one of the reasons why, by the way, why so many people on the left are constantly talking in terms of war when it comes to their other power when it comes to actual war. They don't like the army. But when it comes to, for example, economics, then they like war time powers, then they like the militarization aspect of the army. They, they, they like the idea they can organize from top down. Everybody's an interchangeable part. This is why they call it the war on poverty. The war on climate change, right? The war on bigotry. All, all these things are wars because wars allow you to deprive people of their rights in pursuit of a higher communal goal. Well, the army does deprive you of your individualism in pursuit of a higher communal goal. And so the pitch has to be something like brotherhood. The pitch has to be something like patriotism. That has to be what its aim dad. But instead, the army has decided that they are going to fall down the, the bizarre atomistic individual black hole rabbit hole of trying to recruit this way. It's like, come to the army and find yourself, come to the army and find yourself the hell kind of pitch is that? Well, it's the kind of pitch that gets you drag queens in the Navy. That's the kind of pitch according to the Washington examiner in an effort to increase recruitment. The Navy has now invited a drag queen who's an active duty sailor to join its pilot's digital ambassador program because nothing says join the Navy. Quite like a dude dressing in drag and gallivanting right now. I know all the jokes about the Navy guys, I know all those jokes, but you're not supposed to recruit based on the ridiculous joke. That's not, that's not like the recruitment pitch, is it? Come join the Navy where you can hang out with drag queens on a submarine like that, that that really is not the recruitment pitch. Here. According to the Washington Examiner, as America's military faces a historic recruiting crisis, the new tactic is intended to broaden the Navy's reach of potential recruits through digital and social media platforms according to a report. Now here's the thing. You'll draw like two drag queens and every young masculine patriotic American is gonna look at this and go, you won't wait. Your pitch is that I will be on a submarine with this guy. That's your pitch. Yoman second class, Joshua Kelly, whose stage name is Harpe Daniels, made an announcement about becoming one of the first Navy digital ambassadors. Here is what this pathetic nonsense look like. Oh dude, that's a dude. And he waves a flag and suddenly he's dressing in drag. This navy sailor is also a drag queen and there is a man dressed as a woman and blowing kisses to the camera in heavy makeup and a wig. 24 year old Joshua Kelly performs under the alter ego Harpy Daniels. And, and here he is doing splits wearing fake breasts, aboard a navy ship and kissing the camera while serving as his squadrant administrative supervisor, Kelly shows our part of the lip sync competitions. Wow. And here is presumably a gay member of the Navy dressing in women's. It's designed to boost morale. Guys, do you feel the morale of the US military boosting Kelly hopes to inspire people all over the world? Yes. That that is what the Navy is for. That is what that is what our ships are for. They're not for making sure that the, that the seaways are clear for shipping. They're not to make sure that the Chinese Navy does not take over the South China Sea. They're to inspire people all over the world with a dude wearing makeup and a bunch of sticky diamonds on his face and a wig and, and making kissy face at the camera opposed from Harpy Daniels Reeds. I am Joshua Kelly, currently second class petty officer in the US Navy hard emojis. I identify as non-binary. Ah, then, ah, congrats to the Navy. This has been an unbelievable experience since I've joined the Navy from joining in 2016 and being able to share my drag experience on my off time with my fellow sailors has been a blessing. This experience has brought me so much strength, courage, and ambition to continue being an advocate and representation of queer sailors. Okay, so we're, we're literally doing now the Village peoples in the Navy, but as a recruitment pitch, that's, that's literally what we are doing now come follow me on this journey, says Harpy Daniels and see where we go next. Hard emoji. Thank you to the Navy for giving me this opportunity. I don't speak for the Navy, but simply sharing my experience in the Navy <unk> And let's go slay fire emoji. Apparently he says that he wants to be an advocate for those who are oppressed for years in the service. The Navy says it does not compensate Kelly or other digital ambassadors. The Navy is now evaluating its effectiveness and future implementation of such brand ambassadors. Apparently the fiscal year recruitment for 2023, it has been missed by 8,000 recruits for the Navy. That is according to vice chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti. She said in fiscal year 23, we expect to miss our active duty recruiting goal. 8,000 sailors short of our 37,700 goals. So that is not just missing by 8,000 sailors just do them out there. That is missing by over 20%. Additionally, we expect to finish 3000 sailors short of our 10,330 recruiting goal for the Navy Reserve. So 30% short on that one. We are using all available believers in fiscal year 23 to increase recruiting. Well, maintaining our standards. Well, I mean, you didn't maintain your standards. Your standards are now dudes wear dresses and gallivant around doing splits in prosthetic breasts in front of other men. So do you wonder why the world is becoming a more violent and chaotic place? Maybe it's because people aren't all that intimidated by a navy that recruits using Harpy Daniels. Maybe that would be one of the reasons. Maybe it's that other countries look at us and they laugh because of that. And the only thing that stands between that laughter and that aggressiveness is the sophistication of our military tech. But we literally do not have the people to staff our current ships. And we need more ships. We do not have the people to staff the army. And again, our institutions like serious institutions caving to the stupidity of atomistic individualism and sexual identity as like the core component of the army and navy. You know how crazy that is? That is so crazy that I I I struggle to even come up with an equivalent. The army is the example par excellence of a communal organization that is oriented in, in the direction of a single goal in which people give up their individualism in pursuit of that goal. I mean, literally the, the Army and the Navy are about go to this place and risk your life to do this thing without thinking twice about it. Like the, the most individual part of you, namely your life. You need to take that hill and you are going to take that hill. And we don't care if you are afraid and we don't care if you get a leg blown off, you are going to take that hill. And now we're like, well, we're gonna still tell you to take the hill. You need to take the hill. But before you do, I need you to dance around a little bit and do some splits and maybe wear a thong because you need to feel your, like individualism is the core of the army. Individualism what in the what in the actu what say what? And then recruitment is down. Yes, of course recruitment is down. Cause you can't pitch people opposite of what the pitch is. You can't tell people, join the navy to find your inner drag queen and then expect that a bunch of patriotic and men are like in, let's do this thing. And by the way, there ain't enough guys who wanna be drag queens to staff the Navy. There aren't. It's an absurdity piled on top of an absurdity. And when you pile on top of that, the fact that all the, all the young people are fat, apparently, well this is what you got. Get some more on this in just one second. Speaking of being fat, okay, the reality is that your health standard is set. You know, in terms of you need to have vegetables, you need to have fruits, you know, it's hard taking in enough vegetables and fruits very difficult. This is why I rely on balance of nature, fruits and veggies. They're a great way to make sure you're getting essential nutritional ingredients every single day. 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As the pool of young Americans eligible to serve continues to shrink, we're not gonna make that goal. As an Army Secretary Christine Wark, we're doing everything we can to get as close to it as possible. We're gonna fall short. The Army fell some 15,000 active duty reports short last year of its goal of 60,000 new troops. So that means, again, they're, they're missing by 25% their goals. The Army National Guard is in a seemingly deeper hole facing an uphill battle, bringing new soldiers in while simultaneously seeing retention issues with part-time soldiers heading for the exits. As units struggle to juggle domestic and overseas missions, most other military branches are also at risk of missing their recruiting goal. The only one that's an exception is Space Force. Why? Well, it's the smallest. It also relies on transfers from the Air Force. And guess what also, cuz Space Force is not about be a gay astronaut. Space Force is not like perform drag in, in orbit. Space Force was launched by President Trump and still had that patina of you're doing something cool in the United States. Military army leaders say the issues with recruitment are amalgamation of barriers, getting applicants into the ranks taught by the high percentage of Americans in prime recruiting age, simply unqualified for service. Army planners estimate only about 23% of 17 to 24 year olds can meet the services expectations with many applicants failing in the military's s a t style entrance exam or being too, too overweight to serve. So everyone is fat and stupid and mentally ill. And so that means 77% of all 17 to 24 year olds cannot meet the services expectations. Can we be clear about this? Joining the American military does not require you to get a 1500 on your SATs. Joining the American military these days does not even require you to be able to do like 50 pushups so far as I'm aware. And you might have to do that after like basic training. I, and they still can't staff in August to combat the worsening recruiting trends, the Army started the future soldier preparatory course there. Applicants who came up just shy on the body fatter academic standards, attend a pre basic training course for whichever of those two standards. They didn't satisfy for enlistment. But that program can only help with part of the worsening recruiting picture. Now, again, as society disincentivizes performance as American society basically becomes fat positive, for example, body positive, you don't actually have to be healthy as American society says, you demonstrating mentally disordered behavior is not a mental disorder. It's a sign of your emotional health. It's a sign that you are just bucking the trends. And then as the military starts recruiting directly into those things, it turns out that it's a really shallow pool. The Navy is diving headfirst into an empty pool. The military is diving headfirst into an empty pool and it's paralyzing the American military. These are the wages of a society that cripples an entire generation of people and makes them fat, stupid and mentally ill. The what you end up with is this. Like there is no pool for the military. And then when you recruit on the basis of precisely those same ideologies, you end up with nada, you end up with nothing. So good luck to the American military and this way, honestly, like I get questions all the time in the mail bag from people who we're thinking about joining the military and they're like with the way the military is now with the wokeness and the diversity, equity inclusion with the focus on teaching us that men can be women, women can be men. Like should I even join up? And my answer is, I can't make that decision for you. I don't know. I mean, it's an amazing thing if you do. People who serve are doing more than I am. 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According to sources familiar with planning, the US military has long provided support to the Department of Homeland Security on the border. And a surge of personnel to the area is not unprecedented, says cnn. Currently, there are approximately 2,500 National Guard troops on the border. So they're increasing this by a factor of what 40% there. As they've done before, the troops would served in administrative roles and not perform law enforcement function. The assistance is intended to free up other resources at dhs so the Customs and border protection can go and do their job on Tuesday, depending on spokesman Brigadier General. Pat Ryder confirmed that Lloyd Austin's defense secretary had approved the deployment apparently will be a 90 day deployment. Well, I I wonder why they could be doing this. Well, CNN actually did some reporting on what things are like in El Paso. The answer is that there are literally hundreds of illegal immigrants who are just camping on the streets of El Paso. So slow a again, the Biden administration doing an amazing job of destroying all integrity in the United States cultural, economic border integrity gone. It's difficult to describe Jim with words. So I wanna walk so you can walk with me and just see the magnitude of the number of individuals For those who can't say at around This church here, just, just Hundreds. I mean, these people packed together in downtown El Paso. A lot of These individuals You'll see on the streets, some carrying kids males, Adult males, a lot of the women with children are actually in shelters in a network of shelters throughout El Paso. As you mentioned, the city of El Paso under a state of emergency, they declared a disaster because of the influx, because they know that once Title 42 lifts that there is going to be a greater influx of migrants. I mean, that, that's just, that that's incredible when even CNN is forced to cover the fact that before Title 42 is lifted, there's so many migrants on the streets, they're just crowding street corners at this point. And you can see the pictures. I mean, it's, it's largely young males who presumably are coming for work or because the drug cartels are ferrying them over or whatever. When even CNN is reporting on that, that shows what a crisis this is. And it really is a crisis. Meanwhile, the White House is just playing there. There's pretending that none of this is happening. They're, they're, they're trying to do the Obi one Kenobi Old Jedi mind trick right here. You're not seeing what you're seeing. These are not the illegal immigrants you're looking for. Here's Karine John Pierre World's most untalented press secretary yesterday saying, you know, Joe Biden's goal on immigration is to do things differently. Do think well, he's doing things differently. All right? He has achieved a decades long high in illegal immigration and encounters at the border in the United States. It's amazing. Great job guys. The president understands that we need a system, an immigration system that meet, that needs to meet the moment that's modernized. And one of the things that he's been very clear about, he wants to do this in a humane way and, and do it differently than it certainly that it was done in the last administration. Oh, they wanna do it differently, do they? Well, I mean, they've achieved that. Certainly they've achieved, again, a record number of border crossers in their first couple of years. Meanwhile, Karine Jean Pierre is accusing Greg Abbott of playing politics by sending illegal immigrants to Democrat run cities. Now, I noticed actually, it's kinda fascinating. They don't seem to care about illegal immigrants being in a Democrat run city like El Paso. El Paso has a democratic mayor. They don't care that those cities are flooded by illegal immigrants because they're in Texas, man. And who cares about Texas? They only care when Greg Abbott sends them to particular Democratic run cities. So just to get this perfectly clear, if we're Ron DeSantis sends illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard end of the world, horrifying people being sent, being trafficked and varied to one of the most beautiful places on planet earth. Terrible, horrifying, unthinkable. If Greg Abbott sends people to New York or Chicago, end of world, super bad, very bad, El Paso, Texas is run by a Democrat who currently has declared a state of emergency, they got nothing. They don't care. It doesn't matter. A democrat getting inundated in Texas is fine. A Democrat getting inundated in Chicago is not fine. I'll let you explain the difference. Here's Karine sh Pierre, What is the administration doing to help state and local governments prepare ahead of the expected influx of Migrants? So look, it's unfortunate that Governor Abbott continues to play politics with migrants and with the American people because what he's doing, that's what it looks like. It looks like a political stunt. Instead of, instead of trying to address the situation or maybe get the congressional members and senators that are in his state to actually ask them to work with us, unruly dealing with a problem. You are the federal government. This is your job, this is your job. And again, they don't care about El Paso having to deal with it. It's a Texas problem and goes to Chicago suddenly might become a federal problem. Now, Karina, Jean Pierre the other day just lied outright again. She's terrible at her job, just lied outright. She's asked about illegal immigration, she said it was down like 90%. And Peter Ducey was like, I'm gonna need you to explain why you lied When it comes to illegal migration. You've seen it come down by more than 90%. Where did that number come from? I was speaking. He Is telling us the number is, I Hear you. I'm about to answer 36,000 People. I'm about to answer you years so far. If you, if you, if the dramatics could come down just a little bit. I if the dramatics could come down a little bit, what's Dramatic about asking a question about, okay, I'm, I'm gonna answer. Okay. First of all, why is she allowed to say that to people? I I serious question if that were Kayleigh McEnany saying to a democratic reporter, I need you to calm down. I need you to calm down just a little. Why the dramatic stop at the, like, calm people would be like, what in the why are you tutut reporters? Like reporter's supposed to ask questions, but apparently she's allowed to do it. She's intersectional. Peter Ducey is not. So she's allowed to say why the dramatics? There's nothing dramatic about the question other than why are you lying? She was lying. She had no basis for that statistic. She just made it up. Then Peter Ducey asked Kareen, Jean Pierre, why are you sending 1500 troops if everything is totally fine at the border? If the border is secure, as the administration has said, then why would we need to send 1500 active duty US troops down there Because we need more work. We need more work needs to be done. Peter, we put forth a, a comprehensive immigration legislation and Congress of Republicans and Congress refused to act. It's ridiculous. I'm sorry. It's not about Republicans and Congress refusing to act. You guys controlled Congress until five seconds ago. You got nothing done on illegal immigration. So get ready for the time bomb. It's about to explode. Hun. Millions and millions and millions of people have already crossed the border under Joe Biden. Again, we have at least 1.3 million God just people we know got away and are already in the interior. And we've had, since Joe Biden took office, I've seen estimates raging from like five to 6 million people who've been accosted at the board and either turned away or then processed and sent into America. These are massive numbers. And that's before Title 42 entered. Title 42 was the provision of law that allowed border patrol. They just turned people away saying you might have covid now, title 42 no longer applies. Get re we're, we are anticipating at least 10,000 people a day showing up on the southern border. 10,000 every single day. 10,000 a day. Okay, just put that in perspective. If you did that for one year, if you did that for one year, 10,000 a day, you would end up with 3,650,000 people crossing the border in one year. In one year. That's insane. And this administration has no plan for it. None, none whatsoever. The only thing they could do is embrace exactly what Donald Trump was doing. But that's exactly what they say. They will not do again, the priority is pretty obvious. It, it's why people, you know, when you look at this policy and you say to yourself, why is this happening? There are only two possible explanations. I always say this when it comes to politics, I like to attribute things to stupidity rather than malice because people are typically stupid rather than malicious. However, when you have years on end of the same policy being tried over and over and over, you have to start wondering, is the policy failing? Like too many people being, or is the policy succeeding? Because they wish lots and lots and lots of illegal immigrants to enter the country. They wish to incentivize people to cross that southern border. At a certain point, you gotta stop thinking it's stupid. Like if it's stupid over and over and over, maybe it's not stupid anymore. Maybe now it's just malice. Maybe you guys would like to bring in a bunch of illegal immigrants to the country, undercut the labor base in the United States, by the way, not maintain that border out of some sort of perverse belief in a borderless world that ends with the destruction of American culture. Because if you get rid of all borders, then you get rid inherently of the culture that exists inside those borders. There's no other way to to see that. So what, what, what else am I supposed to think when the Democratic party is attacking American ideals and culture inside the United States, and then pretty much opening the border wide to millions of people crossing from south of the border and people disproportionately from areas of the world that have heavy government interventionism and they're used to heavy social benefits. I, I don't know what else to think of that. Is it, are we supposed to pretend it's not malicious? Like what? I need another explanation. 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All episodes of Exodus are now available exclusively for daily wire plus members. If you haven't seen it, start at the beginning because it is indeed well worth your time. Join now at daily wire.com/subscribe to watch Exodus. Now again, when we are looking at the Biden administration and we see that they are achieving a certain result and it's pretty clear that their policies are achieving that result and the result is not something that we want, but they keep doing it, you have to start thinking, well, maybe they are achieving the results that they want. Now, the, the, the lie of American politics over the course of the last 20 years is that we all want the same thing, right? This is when I was growing up, this was the line when I was growing up, the idea was we all wanted a prosperous America that was stronger in the world, that protected its citizenry and provided you every pathway to opportunity, right? We all all wanted that thing. We just disagreed about how to get there. Well, that doesn't seem like that's the case anymore. Certainly it's not the case on illegal immigration where the left has facilitated an all time record in terms of border crossings. It doesn't seem like it's the same thing with, with the economy either. So, you know, there is a balance to be drawn, obviously between environmental policy and economic growth in certain areas, right? There's, there's certainly cases in which there's a tragedy of the commons where he could theoretically allow, for example, a corporation to pollute a river. But that would really be bad for everybody down river and it would be bad for the environment generally. And so you don't let the corporation do it even if it's profitable. But when you have the Biden administration actively stopping basic industrial development from happening because of really attenuated environmental damage, environmental damage, they can't really even name the, the, the extent of you have to start thinking, well, maybe they actually don't want the economic development. Maybe the Biden administration sees economic development in areas of the country as a completely tertiary priority. It's just something that doesn't matter to them. Economic development matters in Silicon Valley where all their donors are, or New York where all their donors are. But economic development, you know, in the boonies where people are doing fracking or mining or people do heavy industry, we don't care about those people. Those people vote for Trump. It's very hard not to see that in the way that Joe Biden is pursuing economic development versus environmentalism. This came to a head yesterday when Josh Halle was doing a hearing with Deb Halland. Deb Halland is Secretary of the Interior. And the question of jobs in the economy came up according to Mediaite interior secretary, Deb Hallen testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday, Josh Halle grilled her. He began his questioning by saying, I wanna come back to this trade off between energy security and the radical climate change agenda you've endorsed. And then he, he pointed out, you know, you seem to suggest that we should not be mining for things like lithium ion battery materials, but it's China that's producing that stuff. And it turns out that the global environment is indeed global in nature. And so if there's pollution in China, that still affects everybody in the United States as well. Like the globe is all a sphere as we have learned. And, and so why are you doing this? Here's the Xin Halle in Holland, Yes, near the boundary waters, which is iconic place, and of course a very valuable ecological system to many plants, animals, species. But jobs for, let me just say this though. The, the jobs for blue collar workers in this nation are valuable resources. The livelihood and wellbeing of American families are valuable resources. Why should those things for millions of Americans be sacrificed in, in favor of your agenda for radical climate change? Senator, I, I know that there, there's like 1.9 jobs for every American in the country right now, so I know there's a lot of jobs. Wait A minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. You're telling me, you're telling me we've got too many jobs in the country? And so Helen tried to say, no, no, I just mean that there are a lot of open jobs and Helen's like, yes, but not the jobs for the blue collar people. Like are are you trying to pretend that we have a surplus of jobs in blue collar areas? And then he talks about the fact that we've offshored a lot of those sorts of jobs, specifically because of the environmental regulations pursued by the left. Helen then suggested that she had opened all sorts of mining applications and he said, you're moving backward. You're shutting down and denying permits for mines in this country where we can develop our own resources. You're shutting down oil and natural gas permits, you're approving taxes and royalties that deliberately suppress American energy development in favor of a climate change agenda. That of course is exactly right. That's exactly right. But again, that is the agenda. That's just something that we are all supposed to go along with because the environmental agenda, the global agenda of this administration is very clear. There's certain types of economic growth, certain types of economic prosperity that Joe Biden is fine with, namely his friends in the banking industry. There's certain types that he's not so okay with. That would be like people in the mining industry, people in the natural gas. And what, what would be the difference between those two groups of people? Could it be the political orientation of the people at the banks and that many of those people are working hand in glove with the government in a way that natural gas and mining producers are not, that maybe the people who are most in the pockets of the Democratic Party are the people who Joe Biden is most likely to help. I mean, right now there is the consolidation in the banking industry that is happening as a direct result. A direct result of the inflationary policy, followed by the interest rate increases of the Biden administration, is leading to mass bank consolidation under the auspices of major organizations that tend to work very, very well at Democrats in power. According to cnbc, yesterday, regional bank stocks fell sharply. Shares of PAC West fell, fell the early 28% on Tuesday it was on track for its fourth straight negative session. The stock was halted for volatility multiple times. The California based bank was not the only regional lender under pressure shares of Western Alliance drop 15% S P D R S and P regional banking sank 6.3%. Now remember the JP Morgan Chase purchase of First Republic that was facilitated by the federal government. It was supposed to end all these sorts of runs on the banks. It's not doing any of that sort of stuff. Cause everybody instead is saying, wait a second, I've noticed that the federal government is only filling in the big players. So if you're a smaller player, the federal government will not fill you in, they'll just facilitate your sale. The reason for Tuesday's declines were not immediately clear. According to cn B c JP Morgan Chase, c e o, Jamie Diamond said Monday, the initial phase of the regional bank crisis was over. Well, I noticed that it isn't, I noticed that it isn't. And one of the reasons it's not is because we have to keep hiking those interest rates. So again, at a certain point you have to ask, is the Biden administration incompetent or are they achieving what they seek? Namely they inflated the currency by inflating the currency. They got to pretend that the economy was going great guns, even though it was actually stagnating under their watch. But inflation masks that and then they had to raise the, those interest rates. The Fed had to raise the interest rates in order to cramp the inflation. And in the process it's bankrupting regional banks. And that's leading to precisely the sort of consolidation of the banks that Joe Biden and Company are actually quite fond of. Meanwhile, other members of the Democratic Party are saying that we actually have to stop those rate hikes. So here's Brendan Boyle, democratic, Pennsylvania. He says, you know, the Federal Reserve is raising rates again. He says, nah, we, we, we need to stop all this. We have to stop raising the rates. Well, if you stop raising the rates, then the inflation runs away. They've put themselves in a box of their own making, but it does achieve certain long-term goals for them. Namely, consolidation of industry in fewer and fewer hands than you can then use government to, to help facilitate and, and manipulate. And it leads to, again, more government control of the currency, which of course is the goal here is Brendan Boyle. Yesterday I Did. Do you agree that the Fed should back off now, given all the other countervailing pressure, or should you guys butt out of what the Fed has to do? It believes to stop inflation By their own measures. They are going to cause unemployment as a result of what they're doing, an increase in unemployment for which they have no real response. So I believe a pause here is appropriate. We still, as we've been reminded today, don't know the full extent of the banking crisis. So I think a pause would be a wise decision. We do not want to have a a mistake of going so extreme in the rate hikes that we end up bringing about a recession that is completely unnecessary. So again, it's all about the control. It's speaking of the control. You know, one thing that Biden administration could do to bring down inflation. You know, one thing that they could stop spending, they could cut a deal to lower the amount of spending that they're injecting the American economy that would help bring down inflation. Are they doing any of that? No. They wouldn't even negotiate over the debt ceiling. So yesterday Joe Biden came out and he said he'll talk about the budget with Republicans, but he's not gonna negotiate over the debt ceiling according to Reuters. Biden will not negotiate over the debt ceiling. During his meeting with four top congressional leaders on May 9th, he will discuss starting a separate budget process to start talking about spending priorities. So in other words, I'm going to demand that you increase the debt ceiling today. And then I'm going to pretend that we will talk about lowering the budget, but I'm not lowering the budget. Biden on Monday summon the four Senate and house representative leaders to the White House next week after the US Treasury warned the government could run short of cash to pay its bills as soon as June 1st. And then White House press Secretary Karine Sean Pierre, she said the only practical path forward is to suspend the debt limit unconditionally, which again means really forever is what they would like. They don't wanna have this fight over and over. They just wanna be able to spend whatever they wanna spend without ever having to go to Congress for permission to borrow more money. It is Congress's constitutional duty to prevent default. This is not an issue that we will nego negotiate on. The debt limit was increased three times under President Trump. It should be no different this time. Given the limited time Congress now has, it is clear that the, that the only practical path to avoid default is for Congress to suspend the debt limit without conditions. Well, I mean, that's amazing. So we're the middle of an inflationary spiral and you will not even negotiate on the possibility of lowering spending in exchange for a debt ceiling increase. And then they have the goal, by the way, to tell us that this is about not being deadbeats. You are deadbeats, you keep taking out further credit cards. Just because you have the ability to keep taking out further credit cards does not mean that anyone thinks that the United States is credit worthy in 30 years. And all that's gonna happen here is that we'll keep taking out credit and credit and credit and credit until we hit a cliff. It's happened with pretty much every country that runs up their, their credit card too high. Whether you're talking about Greece, whether you're talking about Spain, it's going to happen in the United States too. It's just a matter of time. But here is the White Houses Heather Bouchie, who is on their Council of Economic Advisors saying that the US we, we have to stop this. We cannot, we cannot become a deadbeat nation. No, Heather. There have been cases in the past when Biden was a senator, that spending reduction reforms were enacted by Congress that were bipartisan. They were attached to legislation that raised the debt ceiling. And Senator Biden voted for that four times himself. Well, certainly. And you know, speaker McCarthy voted three times in under the prior administration for a clean debt limit. You know where this economy is right now. And given you know where Congress is, the president continues to believe that that is the right course of action. It is what he is called for. As he has said repeatedly, the US should not become a deadbeat nation Deadbeat nation. Yeah. So we'll just keep spending. That's the best way to avoid becoming deputies, to keep spending. That's that really the issue. So speaking of the debt limit, the fact is that Congress is given the power of the purse and they're supposed to control how much debt the United States can take out. But the Biden administration, they're now considering the possibility of simply saying that the debt limit itself is unconstitutional. According to the New York Times, a standoff between House Republicans and President Biden over raising the nation's borrowing limit has administration officials debating what to do if the government runs out of cash to pay its bills, including one option that previous administrations had deemed unthinkable. That option is effectively a constitutional challenge to the debt limit. Under the theory, the government would be required by the 14th Amendment to continue issuing new debt to pay bond holders, social security recipients, government employees, and others. Even if Congress fails to lift the limit before the so-called X date, that theory rests on the 14th amendment clause stating the validity of the public debt of the United States authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection rebellion shall not be questioned. Well, what that meant is that the states could not question the validity of national debts incurred and then refused to and then refused to remit taxes to the federal government. That's what that meant. And now they're trying to say that Congress doesn't have the power to prevent the executive branch from simply taking out more debt. That's ridiculous. Top economic and legal officials at the White House Treasury Department and Justice Department have made that theory a subject of intent and unresolved debate in recent months. So if it comes right down to it, we'll do what we always do in this country and the president will just do whatever the hell that he wants. Meanwhile, Kevin McCarthy may be making some headway with some congressional Democrats. Maybe some are in purple districts and they are kind of concerned about their futures. Maybe they don't really wish to vote down. A debt ceiling bill that picks makes fairly minor cuts. I mean, we're talking about cuts back to 2022 levels. Guys, we're not talking about cuts back to 2005 levels in 2022. According to Politico, McCarthy has put forward a few proposals that could peel off a few Democrats. One of those would be a, an attempt to streamline permitting rules on energy, which obviously would be aimed at lawmakers in places like Michigan or Pennsylvania or West Virginia. Also, the House Republicans have put in their debt ceiling bill work requirements on food assistance programs. There are certain people like Joe Manchin who are warm on this when it comes to spending caps. The house debt limit bill would cap spending at 1.47 trillion for the upcoming fiscal year, rolling back the clock by two years on federal funding levels. And then for a decade, funding would be allowed to grow by 1% every year. A slew of moderate Democrats keep pretending that therefore fiscal restraint, this would actually call them on it and they would end student loan relief. Manchin, for example, is a supporter of ending the student loan relief, but there is no solution in the Senate according to Politico. Apparently congressional leaders are digging in ahead of next week's White House meeting on the debt limit. House Democrats are prepping a Hail Mary. Republicans wait on Joe Biden to meet them at the table House. Democrats are apparently going to attempt an end around Hakeem Jeffries. The house minority leader told his caucus in a Tuesday letter, he's pursuing a so-called discharge petition on a standalone debt limit hike. That petition allows any bill to come to the house floor with the signatures of a simple majority of members. That would mean that Republicans would have to defect. Good luck on that one. It's not going to happen. Meanwhile, Chuck Schumer says he's not going to negotiate. He's just gonna sit there and do nothing apparently. Now of course that's ridiculous. He should sit down, he should talk. But this is a risky business and Schumer apparently thinks that his reliance on the media to get them through it will win. Now here's the, let's assume that the debt ceiling is hit for a second. Let's assume that we got there. Are the American public going to blame the Republicans for saying we wish to lower the spending by this much, or are they gonna blame the Democrats for saying we can't lower the spending at all in the middle of an inflationary spiral? So I think this is one of those rare times where Republicans have put forward what seems to be a fairly realistic bill in the house. If Republicans hold to their guns and they say, listen, we need you to cut something like your position that you will not negotiate at all is unreasonable. I think the Democrats pay the price. It is Joe Biden who is the president. It is Joe Biden who will be held responsible for a failing economy. People are not gonna turn on your Republican Congress for Joe Biden failing to actually negotiate at all, which is why I think in the end, Joe Biden will negotiate. Nobody's gonna get what they want. This bill will not end up being what Republicans want it to be. But Democrats are very likely to end up at the negotiating table because again, if Joe Biden's position is, I'm not negotiating at all. Nada, I think the American people blame him. I think that's how this goes. You know, you know who knows that math? Is Mitch McConnell the Senate minority leader? He says, I'm backing Kevin McCarthy in this play. Are you ruling out getting involved at all? There's No, but what I'm saying is the conditions for reaching agreement change depending upon the nature of the bodies. Many people point back to 10 years ago when President Biden and I were involved in region agreement that was a different set of players than we have today. It should be clear to the administration that the Senate is not a relevant player this time. They have got to have a measure that can pass the house. How does it pass the house? It has to have the support of the speaker and I'm behind the speaker. So the reason that McConnell is saying that is because of course he knows that the blame is going to rest with the Democrats for failing to negotiate at all. Meanwhile, Joe Biden continues to wander around the, the world not knowing where he is. Yesterday, for some odd reason, he's old White House guest to hush up. Boy, I don't know why he would do this, but neither does he. So that puts us in the same boat. Here was Joe Biden yesterday. Hey Judge, how are you? I don't know why you wanted the job, man. I appoint all those federal judges, but you know, thank you for serving. I'm not kidding. You wanna come and make a speech? Hush up. Boy, as my mother would say, I like how he tries to fill that back in, as my mother would say, cuz he realizes that saying hush up boy to people of minority status is a little a little racist. Meanwhile, again, Joe Biden continues to just be a garbage bag of a candidate. There's a piece from Politico that is truly astonishing today. It's called How Joe Biden helped Joe get to Yes on running for reelection at 80. She is the not so secret weapon behind her husband. And unlike four years ago, she didn't have reservations before he chose to run. So there are two ways to read this story. One is Joe Biden loves her husband so much that she really just wants him to continue being president. The other is Joe Biden's, the actual president, and she can't be president unless Joe Biden is president. She's Edith Wilson. The Politico story, despite its attempts to make Jill Biden into the heroine of this story, reads a lot more like the latter quote. Four years ago, Jill Biden was hesitant about her husband making a White House run fearing the toll it could take on him in the family. In the months before Joe Biden formally announced he'd make a reelection bid, she had no such reservations privately the first lady encouraged her husband to run again while giving him the space he needed to process the decision in the way he traditionally does with extensive deliberations consideration of the burden it would place on his family and a classic bit of Biden hemming and hawing. She was involved in all high level discussions around the decision giving counsel when she felt it was necessary. She's usually in the room when senior campaign staff are presenting strategy to her husband. She'll ask questions, but she never weighs in on the decisions at a former senior Biden advisor. No, she definitely does. Her gentle encouragement of her husband's reelection run comes is she's relishing her role hanging out at the Super Bowl and the Women's Final Four actively posting on social media. There is nothing secret about the role she's playing. Yeah, I noticed cuz she's actually the president at this point. Joe Biden is not capable of going to the bathroom alone. Now Hunter Biden, he put in his in his parental support documents. He's trying to, he's trying to ditch his four year old daughter, the one he had with the stripper. He's trying to pretend that she doesn't exist and he's trying to cut down on his child support payments and he's claiming while he was in Ireland, he slept in a cot in a room with his dad. There are two ways to read it. Either he couldn't afford a room for himself or the Biden family is putting somebody in the room with Daddy cuz dad can't handle himself. That may be one of the issues here. Meanwhile, speaking of Hunter Biden's kid, this is pretty amazing. Remember Joe Biden, Gentile elderly fellow who really loves kids. I mean, maybe sniffs them a little bit weird and too much, but, but loves kids. There's one, remember Joe Biden said, they're all our kids. There's one kid who's not his kid and that would be his grandkid. Here's Kare LaPierre asking questions about Hunter's kid who has been basically thrown outta the family. I wanted to ask about the trial going on in Arkansas with Hunter Biden and the child support. Are the president and person lady monitoring that and how come they haven't acknowledged the seventh grandchild? I'm not gonna speak to that from here. And then she's, she's so irritated. I'm not gonna speak to that from here. I'm not, well, maybe Joe should speak to it. I mean, he, he literally is, is Unperson his own grandchild. That doesn't seem like a very compassionate and wonderful thing to do, to be honest with you. Okay, well, you know, this is a person who could be beat his policy stink in order to beat him. You have to run a candidate who's going to win. I can't emphasize it too much. Okay, time for some things I like and then we'll get to some things that I hate. So things that I like today, I do love that the Biden administration pretends that they have standards and then they immediately violate the standards. It's really fun. So remember there was a guy named TJ Dulo. He was ousted from the White House after he made threatening and abusive remarks to a then political reporter. Now he's back because there is no exile in Washington DC a Democrat that will not end at some point. According to Politico, TJ Duck is on the cusp of officially reentering Biden World in a senior communications role on his reelection campaign more than two years after he resigned under pressure, after he abused a then political reporter. Many of his former colleagues are rallying around him. They praise him as a loyal, talented operative who's paid for his mistake. Others, however, are not Michael LaRoza, former press secretary for First Lady Joe Biden said, it's hard to believe than the Post Me Too anti-bullying world we live in. The President's team would be the stone Deaf if true, represents a stunning lack of judgment by those whom he entrusted for responsibly staff his reelection campaign. But of course, it's not shocking at all coming from Joe Biden. The simple fact of the matter is that all the standards that Joe Biden purports to uphold with regard to gentility and decency, he's willing to ditch at the first available opportunity. And TJ Dulo is just the latest example of this. Hey, other things that I like. So again, I root for reality. And reality is now setting in, in San Francisco where Nordstrom is planning to close both of its downtown San Francisco stores. It's not renewing its lease obligations in Westfield Mall. It's also gonna close a second nearby downtown Nordstrom Rack. This is according to the San Francisco standard. The retailer confirmed the closures on Tuesday. Why the dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically over the past several years impacting customer foot traffic to our stores and our ability to operate successfully. What exactly happened? Well, it turns out that there's an deteriorating situation in downtown San Francisco. Quote, A growing number of retailers and businesses are leaving the area due to the unsafe conditions for customers, retailers, and employees. Coupled with the fact that the significant issues are preventing an economic recovery of the area. The MO owner went on to state, had expressed serious concerns to city leaders for years and urged the city to find solutions to the key issues and lack of enforcement against rampant criminal activity. So here is a list of Union Square area store closures since 2020 alone, May, 2023, Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack Sachs fifth off, April, 2023, anthropology and Office Depot. March, 2023, Amazon Go and Art Directs February, 2023, the real reel. January, 2023, CB two, banana Republic and Athleta. Okay, that's just since January. All those are closing in the same area. Why? Well, maybe it's because the city of San Francisco refuses to crack down on crime and homelessness and, and the result is that these stores are no longer profitable. So slow clap for the geniuses in San Francisco. So tolerant of everything up to and including crime, not so much of business. Okay, time for a quick thing that I hate. So the rule when it comes to protest these days, or riots you might call it, or trespass or insurrection. If you're a leftist engaged in insurrection, by which I mean a storming of a state capitol building in violation of the law. If you are one of those people, then you are a, you are a hero of the republic. So trans activists have now made it their business to essentially occupy pretty much every state capitol in which legislators are attempting to stop the genital and hormonal mutilation of children. Trans activists did this most likely at the Texas State Capitol. Here are some video you hear the trans activists occupying that upper, upper part of the chamber. They're about to be removed and there they are and just a, a wonderful group of of humans. The the their sign says, why are you obsessed with me? No one, no one cares about you. No one's obsessed with you. No one wants you mutilating children. That that seems to really be the the question, ed. But the way that the media treat this stuff is, this is heroism. Again, it's heroism. And Democrats do, and Republicans do. It's insurrection punishable by years in jail. Okay, other things that I hate today? One more thing I hate. So according to Yahoo News, a transgender state lawmaker in Minnesota introduced a measure that would remove language from the State's Human Rights Act that currently declares pedophiles are not included in protections based on sexual orientation. The proposed language has shocked and bewilder Republicans, the Bill's author says this doesn't weaken pedophilia laws. It's something called the Take Pride Act. It was introduced earlier this year by state representative Le Fink, a member of the Democratic Farmer Labor Party and the first transgender legislator in Minnesota House history. The bill would amend Minnesota's humans right Human Rights Act, which is described by the state as one of the strongest civil rights acts in the country. The current Human Rights Act protects against discrimination based on sexual orientation, define as having or being perceived as having an emotional, physical, or sexual attachment to another person without regard to the sex of that person. Or having or being perceived as having an orientation for such attachment or having or being perceived as having a self-image or identity, not traditionally associated with one's biological maleness or femaleness. And then there's a specific carve out saying sexual orientation does not include a physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult. Fike wants to remove that. So now presumably sexual orientation could cover physical or sexual attachment to children by an adult. Well, that's creepy and weird. Finky said that this would just update outdated language that incorrectly ties pedophilia to a person's sexual orientation. It's precisely the opposite. It specifically says that sexual orientation does not include pedophilia and you wanna remove that. So that's weird and strange and creepy. Alrighty, guys, the rest of the show is continuing right now. You're not gonna wanna miss it. I will be taking your phone calls if you're not a member, become member. Use Coach Shapiro. Check out, get two months free on all annual plans. Click the link in the description and join us.

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military start recruit directly thing turn shallow pool navy dive headfirst pool military dive headfirst pool paralyze american military wage society cripple entire generation people make fat stupid mentally ill end like pool military recruit basis precisely ideology end nada end good luck american military way honestly like question time mail bag people think join military like way military wokeness diversity equity inclusion focus teach man woman woman man like join answer not decision not know mean amazing thing people serve not mean way approach service service right way obviously fall short recruitment goal leap bound affect literally fundamental function federal government protect defend united states america not properly busy recruit dude wear fake breast amazing stuff united states military slow clap genius right alrighty second crisis americas southern border continue time bomb wait explode know good dad like study good father mean s question thing make good father allow kid 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health authority expire week accord source familiar plan military long provide support department homeland security border surge personnel area unprecedented say cnn currently approximately national guard troop border increase factor ve troop serve administrative role perform law enforcement function assistance intend free resource dhs custom border protection job tuesday depend spokesman brigadier general pat ryder confirm lloyd austin defense secretary approve deployment apparently day deployment wonder cnn actually reporting thing like el paso answer literally hundred illegal immigrant camp street el paso slow biden administration amazing job destroy integrity united states cultural economic border integrity go difficult describe jim word wanna walk walk magnitude number individual not church hundred mean people pack downtown el paso lot individual ll street carry kid male adult male lot woman child actually shelter network shelter el paso mention city el paso state emergency declare disaster influx know title lift go great influx migrant mean s s incredible cnn force cover fact title lift s migrant street crowd street corner point picture mean largely young male presumably come work drug cartel ferry cnn report show crisis crisis white house play s pretend happen try obi kenobi old jedi mind trick right see see illegal immigrant look here karine john pierre world untalente press secretary yesterday say know joe biden goal immigration thing differently think s thing differently right achieve decade long high illegal immigration encounter border united states amazing great job guy president understand need system immigration system meet need meet moment s modernize thing s clear want humane way differently certainly administration oh wanna differently mean ve achieve certainly ve achieve record number border crosser couple year karine jean pierre accuse greg abbott play politic send illegal immigrant democrat run city notice actually kinda fascinating not care illegal immigrant democrat run city like el paso el paso democratic mayor not care city flood illegal immigrant texas man care texas care greg abbott send particular democratic run city perfectly clear ron desantis send illegal immigrant marthas vineyard end world horrify people send traffic vary beautiful place planet earth terrible horrify unthinkable greg abbott send people new york chicago end world super bad bad el paso texas run democrat currently declare state emergency get not care not matter democrat getting inundate texas fine democrat getting inundate chicago fine ill let explain difference here karine sh pierre administration help state local government prepare ahead expect influx migrant look unfortunate governor abbott continue play politic migrant american people s s look like look like political stunt instead instead try address situation maybe congressional member senator state actually ask work unruly deal problem federal government job job not care el paso have deal texas problem go chicago suddenly federal problem karina jean pierre day lie outright s terrible job lie outright s ask illegal immigration say like peter ducey like m go to need explain lie come illegal migration ve see come number come speak tell number hear m answer people m answer year far dramatic come little bit dramatic come little bit s dramatic ask question okay m m go to answer okay allow people question kayleigh mcenany say democratic reporter need calm need calm little dramatic stop like calm people like tutut reporter like reporter suppose ask question apparently s allow s intersectional peter ducey s allow dramatic s dramatic question lie lie basis statistic peter ducey ask kareen jean pierre send troop totally fine border border secure administration say need send active duty troop need work need work need peter forth comprehensive immigration legislation congress republicans congress refuse act ridiculous m sorry republicans congress refuse act guy control congress second ago get illegal immigration ready time bomb explode hun million million million people cross border joe biden million god people know get away interior ve joe biden take office ve see estimate rage like million people ve accost board turn away process send america massive number s title enter title provision law allow border patrol turn people away say covid title long apply anticipate people day show southern border single day day okay perspective year year day end people cross border year year s insane administration plan whatsoever thing embrace exactly donald trump s exactly priority pretty obvious people know look policy happen possible explanation come politic like attribute thing stupidity malice people typically stupid malicious year end policy try start wonder policy fail like people policy succeed wish lot lot lot illegal immigrant enter country wish incentivize people cross southern border certain point get to stop think stupid like stupid maybe stupid anymore maybe malice maybe guy like bring bunch illegal immigrant country undercut labor base united states way maintain border sort perverse belief borderless world end destruction american culture rid border rid inherently culture exist inside border s way suppose think democratic party attack american ideal culture inside united states pretty open border wide million people cross south border people disproportionately area world heavy government interventionism heavy social benefit not know think suppose pretend malicious like need explanation alternative explanation malice okay second malice time regard economy let talk fact actually find people fill job right difficult hiring difficult post job multiple site hope right people wait apply go find job upload resume job posting site comb end list job try find right position ziprecruiter good place find right position employer right person join team ve ziprecruit daily wire year year year ziprecruiter help find qualified people role fast right try 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douglas jordan sit alongside group big thinker different background explore seminal book bible episode exodus available exclusively daily wire plus member not see start beginning worth time join daily wirecomsubscribe watch exodus look biden administration achieve certain result pretty clear policy achieve result result want start think maybe achieve result want lie american politic course year want thing right grow line grow idea want prosperous america strong world protect citizenry provide pathway opportunity right want thing disagree not like s case anymore certainly case illegal immigration left facilitate time record term border crossing not like thing economy know balance draw obviously environmental policy economic growth certain area right s s certainly case s tragedy common theoretically allow example corporation pollute river bad everybody river bad environment generally not let corporation profitable biden administration actively stop basic industrial development happen attenuate environmental damage environmental damage not extent start think maybe actually not want economic development maybe biden administration see economic development area country completely tertiary priority not matter economic development matter silicon valley donor new york donor economic development know boonie people fracke mining people heavy industry not care people people vote trump hard way joe biden pursue economic development versus environmentalism come head yesterday josh halle hearing deb halland deb halland secretary interior question job economy come accord mediaite interior secretary deb hallen testify senate energy natural resource committee tuesday josh halle grill begin questioning say wanna come trade energy security radical climate change agenda ve endorse point know suggest mine thing like lithium ion battery material china s produce stuff turn global environment global nature s pollution china affect everybody united states like globe sphere learn here xin halle holland yes near boundary water iconic place course valuable ecological system plant animal specie job let job blue collar worker nation valuable resource livelihood wellbeing american family valuable resource thing million americans sacrifice favor agenda radical climate change senator know s like job american country right know s lot job wait minute wait minute wait minute wait minute tell tell ve get job country helen try mean lot open job helen like yes job blue collar people like try pretend surplus job blue collar area talk fact ve offshore lot sort job specifically environmental regulation pursue left helen suggest open sort mining application say move backward shut deny permit mine country develop resource shut oil natural gas permit approve taxis royalty deliberately suppress american energy development favor climate change agenda course exactly right s exactly right agenda s suppose environmental agenda global agenda administration clear s certain type economic growth certain type economic prosperity joe biden fine friend banking industry s certain type s okay like people mining industry people natural gas difference group people political orientation people bank people work hand glove government way natural gas mining producer maybe people pocket democratic party people joe biden likely help mean right consolidation banking industry happen direct result direct result inflationary policy follow interest rate increase biden administration lead mass bank consolidation auspex major organization tend work democrat power accord cnbc yesterday regional bank stock fall sharply share pac west fall fall early tuesday track fourth straight negative session stock halt volatility multiple times california based bank regional lender pressure share western alliance drop s p d r s p regional banking sink remember jp morgan chase purchase republic facilitate federal government suppose end sort run bank sort stuff cause everybody instead say wait second ve notice federal government fill big player small player federal government fill ll facilitate sale reason tuesday decline immediately clear accord cn b c jp morgan chase c e o jamie diamond say monday initial phase regional bank crisis notice not notice not reason hike interest rate certain point ask biden administration incompetent achieve seek inflate currency inflate currency get pretend economy go great gun actually stagnate watch inflation mask raise interest rate fed raise interest rate order cramp inflation process bankrupt regional bank s lead precisely sort consolidation bank joe biden company actually fond member democratic party say actually stop rate hike here brendan boyle democratic pennsylvania say know federal reserve raise rate say nah need stop stop raise rate stop raise rate inflation run away ve box making achieve certain longterm goal consolidation industry few few hand use government help facilitate manipulate lead government control currency course goal brendan boyle yesterday agree fed give countervail pressure guy butt fed believe stop inflation measure go cause unemployment result increase unemployment real response believe pause appropriate ve remind today not know extent banking crisis think pause wise decision want mistake go extreme rate hike end bring recession completely unnecessary control speaking control know thing biden administration bring inflation know thing stop spend cut deal lower spending inject american economy help bring inflation not negotiate debt ceiling yesterday joe biden come say hell talk budget republicans s go to negotiate debt ceiling accord reuters biden negotiate debt ceiling meeting congressional leader discuss start separate budget process start talk spend priority word m go demand increase debt ceiling today m go pretend talk lower budget m lower budget biden monday summon senate house representative leader white house week treasury warn government run short cash pay bill soon june white house press secretary karine sean pierre say practical path forward suspend debt limit unconditionally mean forever like not wanna fight wanna able spend wanna spend have congress permission borrow money congresss constitutional duty prevent default issue nego negotiate debt limit increase time president trump different time give limited time congress clear practical path avoid default congress suspend debt limit condition mean s amazing middle inflationary spiral negotiate possibility lower spending exchange debt ceiling increase goal way tell deadbeat deadbeat take credit card ability take credit card mean think united states credit worthy year s go to happen take credit credit credit credit hit cliff happen pretty country run credit card high talk greece talk spain go happen united states matter time white house heather bouchie council economic advisor say stop deadbeat nation heather case past biden senator spend reduction reform enact congress bipartisan attach legislation raise debt ceiling senator biden vote time certainly know speaker mccarthy vote time prior administration clean debt limit know economy right give know congress president continue believe right course action call say repeatedly deadbeat nation deadbeat nation yeah spend s good way avoid deputy spend s issue speak debt limit fact congress give power purse suppose control debt united states biden administration consider possibility simply say debt limit unconstitutional accord new york times standoff house republicans president biden raise nation borrowing limit administration official debate government run cash pay bill include option previous administration deem unthinkable option effectively constitutional challenge debt limit theory government require amendment continue issue new debt pay bond holder social security recipient government employee congress fail lift limit socalled x date theory rest amendment clause state validity public debt united states authorize law include debt incur payment pension bounty service suppress insurrection rebellion shall question mean state question validity national debt incur refuse refuse remit taxis federal government s mean try congress not power prevent executive branch simply take debt s ridiculous economic legal official white house treasury department justice department theory subject intent unresolved debate recent month come right country president hell want kevin mccarthy make headway congressional democrat maybe purple district kind concerned future maybe not wish vote debt ceiling bill pick make fairly minor cut mean talk cut level guy talk cut level accord politico mccarthy forward proposal peel democrat attempt streamline permit rule energy obviously aim lawmaker place like michigan pennsylvania west virginia house republicans debt ceiling bill work requirement food assistance program certain people like joe manchin warm come spend cap house debt limit bill cap spending trillion upcoming fiscal year roll clock year federal funding level decade funding allow grow year slew moderate democrat pretend fiscal restraint actually end student loan relief manchin example supporter end student loan relief solution senate accord politico apparently congressional leader dig ahead week white house meeting debt limit house democrats preppe hail mary republicans wait joe biden meet table house democrats apparently go attempt end hakeem jeffrie house minority leader tell caucus tuesday letter s pursue socalled discharge petition standalone debt limit hike petition allow bill come house floor signature simple majority member mean republican defect good luck go happen chuck schumer say s go negotiate s go to sit apparently course s ridiculous sit talk risky business schumer apparently think reliance medium win here let assume debt ceiling hit second let assume get american public go blame republicans say wish lower spending go to blame democrats say not lower spending middle inflationary spiral think rare time republican forward fairly realistic bill house republican hold gun listen need cut like position negotiate unreasonable think democrats pay price joe biden president joe biden hold responsible fail economy people go to turn republican congress joe biden fail actually negotiate think end joe biden negotiate nobodys go to want bill end republican want democrat likely end negotiating table joe biden position m negotiate nada think american people blame think s go know know know math mitch mcconnell senate minority leader say m back kevin mccarthy play rule get involve s m say condition reach agreement change depend nature body people point year ago president biden involve region agreement different set player today clear administration senate relevant player time get measure pass house pass house support speaker m speaker reason mcconnell say course know blame go rest democrats fail negotiate joe biden continue wander world know yesterday odd reason s old white house guest hush boy not know put boat joe biden yesterday hey judge not know want job man appoint federal judge know thank serve m kid wanna come speech hush boy mother like try fill mother cuz realize saying hush boy people minority status little little racist joe biden continue garbage bag candidate s piece politico truly astonishing today call joe biden help joe yes run reelection secret weapon husband unlike year ago not reservation choose run way read story joe biden love husband want continue president joe biden actual president not president joe biden president s edith wilson politico story despite attempt jill biden heroine story read lot like quote year ago jill biden hesitant husband make white house run fear toll family month joe biden formally announce d reelection bid reservation privately lady encourage husband run give space need process decision way traditionally extensive deliberation consideration burden place family classic bit biden hemming haw involve high level discussion decision give counsel feel necessary s usually room senior campaign staff present strategy husband shell ask question weigh decision senior biden advisor definitely gentle encouragement husband reelection run come s relish role hang super bowl women final actively post social medium secret role s play yeah notice cuz s actually president point joe biden capable go bathroom hunter biden parental support document s try s try ditch year old daughter stripper s try pretend not exist s try cut child support payment s claim ireland sleep cot room dad way read not afford room biden family put somebody room daddy cuz dad not handle issue speak hunter biden kid pretty amazing remember joe biden gentile elderly fellow love kid mean maybe sniff little bit weird love kid s remember joe biden say kid s kid s kid grandkid here kare lapierre ask question hunter kid basically throw outta family want ask trial go arkansa hunter biden child support president person lady monitoring come not acknowledge seventh grandchild m go to speak s s irritated m go to speak m maybe joe speak mean literally unperson grandchild not like compassionate wonderful thing honest okay know person beat policy stink order beat run candidate s go win not emphasize okay time thing like thing hate thing like today love biden administration pretend standard immediately violate standard fun remember guy name tj dulo oust white house threatening abusive remark political reporter s exile washington dc democrat end point accord politico tj duck cusp officially reentere biden world senior communication role reelection campaign year resign pressure abuse political reporter colleague rally praise loyal talented operative s pay mistake michael laroza press secretary lady joe biden say hard believe post antibullye world live president team stone deaf true represent stunning lack judgment entrust responsibly staff reelection campaign course shocking come joe biden simple fact matter standard joe biden purport uphold regard gentility decency s willing ditch 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Speeches, etc. What have been your priorities and objectives since you became Minister? The priorities have been quite clear. First, to improve the primary schools so that we can give children a better start, and secondly, to see how we can improve teacher training. Now both of those are important, because I think in a way they are directed towards the same end. A lot of the troubles that we get later do not start in secondary schools or when children become teenagers. They have often shown themselves in the primary schools, but we haven't picked them up early enough. Sometimes this is because we haven't had enough teachers, sometimes because we haven't had enough steady monitoring of the progress of the child, sometimes because the buildings are so appalling and inadequate for the purpose of teaching children that they haven't attracted good teachers and everyone's morale has been low. So our objective has been to give all children a better start. And what success have you had so far? Well, we really have an enormous primary school programme which I think has surpassed almost everyone's expectations. Around £215m. spent in four years just on replacing old primary schools in England and Wales is quite a massive programme. That is now beginning to show. Then we set up an inquiry about teacher training, under the Vice-Chancellor of York, Lord James. They have reported, and made some very interesting suggestions, particularly on refresher courses. I hope we shall be able to make a start on that, because some teachers haven't been anywhere near a college or refresher course for a very long time, and many of them wish to take one. How long will this primary school building programme have to continue? It will continue for quite a time. When I became Minister, our information was that we had 3,000 very old primary schools built in the last century that needed replacing. But now the programme is underway the education authorities have notified us of some 6,000 schools. So it will take longer than we thought—some seven or eight years, and by that time of course there will be some of this century's schools which will need replacing. We must also tackle some of the old secondary schools too. Will your next priority be to create more nursery schools? We would like to do a lot more here, but we must first concentrate on improving opportunities in the worst areas. But I do hope that we shall be able to do more for nursery education. Is not raising the school leaving age taking up more resources? The point is not merely to give an extra year at school, but to see that everyone has a proper secondary school education. If you leave at 15 you do not take the full secondary school course. And if you go into secondary school with the attitude that you're going to leave at the first possible opportunity, this upsets not only the work that you might have done from 15 to 16, but your whole approach to the school. Now, at last we have got the school leaving age up to 16. Where other Governments have failed, we have succeeded. So we have really been acting on the two fronts—on the primary schools and on the secondary. Apart from rebuilding, what other improvements are you looking for in the secondary sector? Have we now got away from the old arguments about the 11-plus exam? I always felt the 11-plus argument was a false one. Sooner or later in education you have to assess what people can do. That really is all that selection is. Have they the sort of brain that should go on to university to take a degree or professional qualification? Or do their talents lie in craftsmanship or more on the commercial side, which also needs a good brain and talents, but a slightly different educational training? I think the thing is not to select too early, and 11 is rather early for many, many children. Of course, some show their ability very early and you can pick it out early. Others show it later. But, you know, at some stage you will have to select. And at many stages you ought to monitor the progress of the children, to give them the education most suitable to their attitudes and abilities. It really was rather futile for the whole argument to have got on to the one artificial point of 11-plus or not. Do you think we devote enough attention in our schools to commercial training? As a nation we depend on commerce and trade for our livelihood more than anything else, yet we do not put commerce and trade very high among our objectives at school or in universities. Yet this really should be one of our first objectives—to turn out young people who are good commercially, good at industry and take a pride in it, rather than being encouraged to think that this is a second rate thing to do, compared with pure academic activity. What constructive steps do you think you or the Government can take to encourage this? This means getting a good deal more co-operation and knowledge between teachers and industry and commerce. Very many of our teachers know little about industry or commerce. The CBI had a scheme some years ago which is still operating, for teachers seconded from school to spend about three weeks in factories and industry. It started off very well, but I think has fallen back now. Disappointing—because if they were more in contact they would be able to advise young people very much better about their careers. What do you think of the criticism that many of our comprehensive schools are far too large? A lot of feeling here is that the individual pupil is not getting as much attention in a very large [end p1] school as they should. People feel that in a very large school all the organisational problems become much more difficult. You have a lot of teachers—they may not even know one another, let alone all their pupils. If they don't know one another they can't discuss the various performances of the young people in different classes, in different subjects. Are you using your powers to restrain the creation of these factory-sized schools? Well, I used them when one local authority came forward with plans for a comprehensive school to take in 2,700 pupils! I said: “No, the problems of organisation would be enormous. We don't know of many head teachers who could manage a big unit of that size. Go back and think again.” There are some outstanding headmasters who have the management capacity, but even they would admit that their problems would be a lot easier in a small school. I have said I would favour comprehensives that were smaller—1,000 pupils or less. Do you look favourably on three-tier systems, with a middle school for pupils around 9 to 13? They have a number of advantages, and some of the disadvantages that we feared have not come to pass. We feared that we should not get many teachers willing to teach this rather narrow age group, because those who were interested in teaching teenagers tended to want to teach the “O” or “A” level pupils too, and those who were interested in primary school teaching wanted to teach the younger ones. We find that hasn't come to pass. There are quite a number of teachers, good teachers, who are very keen to teach this age group. The other great advantage they have is that by the time the child is 12 or 13 you have a very much better idea of his talents, his strength or weaknesses than you have at the age of eleven, and you can then go on to a number of different systems at 13 on the basis of a much fairer assessment of the pupils' abilities. How worried are you by the signs of growing violence and truancy in some schools? Very worried indeed. Violence is linked up with difficulties at home or with the things I was talking about earlier,—personality problems which show themselves in primary schools but aren't picked up and dealt with at the time. It is often linked with early reading difficulties, where a child can't properly learn to read and then feels rather different from his fellows—and so the frustrations come out in another way. I am extremely worried. It is a much more complex problem than one thinks. We must also strive to keep problem children from playing truant, and to do that we must make jolly certain that we are handling the kind of curriculum, the kind of programme which they can see will help them with their problems, and will help them to earn a living. One very interesting survey showed that children and parents are much more interested in education for earning a living than the teachers are. I think this indicates they have got a real practical streak, and that [end p2] once they have an objective they will get down to work. But they won't do that unless they feel that it is related to what they will have to do later or that there is some purpose in learning. Are you satisfied with reading standards in schools today? Some recent research has suggested there has been no advance here in the past 10 years, and may even have been a decline. Now this just won't do. There are also reports from secondary schools in some areas that one in ten, sometimes one in five children who go into secondary schools have a reading age of 7 or 8. This won't do either. If we aren't teaching children to read and to be able to express their ideas fluently in their own tongue, then we are failing them. So a committee has been set up to ask for advice on the best systems to adopt, and how best to monitor progress. But this problem is not confined to reading. You have probably seen how some young people interviewed on TV are very fluent, while others find it very difficult to string a few simple sentences together to say what they mean. It really should be the birthright of every child to be fluent in his or her own language, to read well and be able to write reasonably well. For that unlocks the door to so many other things. Are you satisfied that parents are getting the choice they were promised in the 1944 Act, as to the kind of school they would want their child to go to? I have had more letters this year about this than I have ever before. I would certainly like to improve the mechanism for parental choice, but I think that also involves pulling up the standards of some of the less good schools so that parents will be every bit as ready for their children to attend those schools. Where I have had local authorities trying to say: “In future all parents will send their children to that school and will have no choice, then I have sent very strongly worded letters saying: “The Act does not enable you to do this. And what's more, if you carry on like that then you won't get the increasing parental interest in education that we want.” What about the independent schools? Would you like to see them more closely linked to the public sector? I would like more opportunities for children to go to independent schools. Some parents could pay something, as at the direct-grant schools, where we make up the difference between what the parent can afford and the fees for that school. Local authorities have powers to send children to independent schools, but few use them. There is a great demand for more independent day schools. I see it all over. Many, many people would like a good independent day school in their town to send their children to. I feel strongly that it is only weak Ministers who fear the competition from independent schools, and so want to abolish them. I believe you don't have to justify preserving independence in anything—rather that you have to justify restricting it. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc priority objective minister priority clear improve primary school child well start secondly improve teacher training important think way direct end lot trouble later start secondary school child teenager show primary school not pick early not teacher not steady monitoring progress child building appalling inadequate purpose teach child not attract good teacher everyone morale low objective child well start success far enormous primary school programme think surpass everyone expectation m spend year replace old primary school england wale massive programme begin set inquiry teacher training vicechancellor york lord james report interesting suggestion particularly refresher course hope shall able start teacher not near college refresher course long time wish long primary school building programme continue continue time minister information old primary school build century need replace programme underway education authority notify school long think seven year time course centurys school need replace tackle old secondary school priority create nursery school like lot concentrate improve opportunity bad area hope shall able nursery education raise school leave age take resource point merely extra year school proper secondary school education leave secondary school course secondary school attitude go leave possible opportunity upset work approach school get school leave age government fail succeed act front primary school secondary apart rebuild improvement look secondary sector get away old argument exam feel argument false soon later education assess people selection sort brain university degree professional qualification talent lie craftsmanship commercial need good brain talent slightly different educational training think thing select early early child course ability early pick early later know stage select stage ought monitor progress child education suitable attitude ability futile argument get artificial point think devote attention school commercial training nation depend commerce trade livelihood commerce trade high objective school university objective turn young people good commercially good industry pride encourage think second rate thing compare pure academic activity constructive step think government encourage mean get good deal cooperation knowledge teacher industry commerce teacher know little industry commerce cbi scheme year ago operate teacher second school spend week factory industry start think fall disappointing contact able advise young people well career think criticism comprehensive school far large lot feeling individual pupil get attention large end school people feel large school organisational problem difficult lot teacher know let pupil not know not discuss performance young people different class different subject power restrain creation factorysized school local authority come forward plan comprehensive school pupil say problem organisation enormous not know head teacher manage big unit size think outstanding headmaster management capacity admit problem lot easy small school say favour comprehensive pupil look favourably threeti system middle school pupil number advantage disadvantage fear come pass fear teacher willing teach narrow age group interested teach teenager tend want teach o level pupil interested primary school teaching want teach young one find not come pass number teacher good teacher keen teach age group great advantage time child well idea talent strength weakness age number different system basis fair assessment pupil ability worried sign grow violence truancy school worried violence link difficulty home thing talk early personality problem primary school not pick deal time link early reading difficulty child not properly learn read feel different fellow frustration come way extremely worried complex problem think strive problem child play truant jolly certain handle kind curriculum kind programme help problem help earn live interesting survey show child parent interested education earn living teacher think indicate get real practical streak end objective work will not feel relate later purpose learn satisfied reading standard school today recent research suggest advance past year decline will not report secondary school area child secondary school reading age will not not teach child read able express idea fluently tongue fail committee set ask advice good system adopt good monitor progress problem confine read probably see young people interview tv fluent find difficult string simple sentence mean birthright child fluent language read able write reasonably unlock door thing satisfied parent get choice promise act kind school want child letter year certainly like improve mechanism parental choice think involve pull standard good school parent bit ready child attend school local authority try future parent send child school choice send strongly word letter say act enable s carry like will not increase parental interest education want 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Speeches, etc. Britain is a great nation. The Conservative Party is proud of our national past. We still acclaim the scientific and technological innovations to which Britain gave birth and which ushered in the industrial and scientific age. We can look back at the history of our Empire in the confidence that it was not a scourge to other peoples, but contributed to the well-being of mankind. It brought peace, law and dramatic development to a quarter of the globe. We have given to the world the English language, which is now close to being to the modern world what Latin was to the ancient. We know that our literature is a general inspiration. We rejoice that Britain is still respected in all free countries as the “Mother of Parliaments” and the custodian of the principle of the rule of law. Unlike the Socialists, our policies have never been merely a local version of an international creed; they have always been and remain British policies, for application within the framework of British institutions, which have evolved slowly since Saxon days. That slow organic growth has endowed our political life with a special virtue, offering a moral as well as a political example to mankind. We in our Party are certain that we belong to a “happy breed” , as Shakespeare put it [end p1] in the mouth of John of Gaunt. We can still echo, in our time, much else in John of Gaunt's great deathbed speech. We should, however, read it to the end. For Gaunt died regretting that this “dear, dear land—dear for her reputation through the world” was In the last few years, British patriots have, once again, had cause, as John of Gaunt did, to feel ashamed of the way that the nation was being directed. We know that Britain has been in dire straits before, and that she has recovered. She will recover again. But that recovery depends on a recognition of just how far we have fallen. When we took over the Government on 4th May, we found a nation disillusioned and dispirited. That was, I believe, the inevitable outcome of the Labour Government's socialist approach. Last Winter, there can have been few in Britain who did not feel, with mounting alarm, that our society was sick—morally, socially and economically. Children were locked out of school; patients were prevented from having hospital treatment; the old were left unattended in their wheelchairs; the dead were not buried; and flying pickets patrolled the motorways. Mr. Bill Dunn seemed to express the spirit of January 1979 when he said, of the ambulance men's pay demands, if “lives must be lost, that is the way it must be” . I do not wish to dwell unnecessarily on the human failings of individuals and of the last Government. Nevertheless, we should not allow ourselves to lose a vivid memory of what happened, and of the reversion towards barbarism that took place. [end p2] We ought to look searchingly at the causes of those events, so as to be able to achieve a more authentic, a more humane and a more successful British way of life. If we take the long view of the antecedents of the events of last Winter, we note the dominance in British intellectual and political life, over a generation and more, of collectivist theory. Theorists of Socialism, like Laski, Tawney and their followers, motivated by a genuine desire for social justice, elevated the State as an instrument of social regeneration. Simultaneously, Keynes and later various schools of neo-Keynesian economists, exalted the role of Government and humbled the role of the individual in their pursuit of economic stability and prosperity. The events that we witnessed last winter, mark, I believe, the failure of these collectivist approaches. The desire to bring about a society which promotes greater human fulfilment is not the monopoly of any one political party. I acknowledge, readily, the sincerity and generosity of some Socialists. However, I believe that the Socialist approach is based upon a moral confusion which in practice is profoundly damaging. The moral fallacy of Socialism is to suppose that conscience can be collectivised. One sees this fallacy most plainly in Marxist theory. Marxists are quite unable to say why a proletarian revolution, a hate-filled and violent act of expropriation, should be morally cleansing and lead to a better society. Their failure in theory has been heavily and tragically underlined by the reality of life in 20th century Marxist states. But the gentler proponents of Socialism who stop short of subscribing to the full Marxist view of history, are equally unconvincing in their view of human nature. Experience has shown the practical failure of two fundamental Socialist arguments: that nationalisation is justified because it makes economic power accountable to the people whose lives it affects; and that State planning can point to better ways forward than can be charted by free enterprise. [end p3] The Socialists had grossly expanded State intervention in the economy. They were going so far as to claim that the State should have monopoly rights in the provision of health and education. It is certainly the duty of Government to do all it can to ensure that effective succour is given to those in need, and this is a Conservative principle as much as a Socialist one. Where Conservatives part company from Socialists is in the degree of confidence which we can place in the exclusive capacity of a welfare state to relieve suffering and promote well-being. Charity is a personal quality—the supreme moral quality—according to St Paul, and public compassion, state philanthropy and institutionalised charity can never be enough. There is no adequate substitute for genuine caring for one another on the part of families, friends and neighbours. I think that this proposition would be widely accepted. And yet the collectivist ethos has made individuals excessively prone to rely on the State to provide for the well-being of their neighbours and indeed of themselves. There cannot be a welfare system in any satisfactory sense which tends, in this way, to break down personal responsibility and the sense of responsibility to family, neighbourhood and community. The balance has moved too far towards collectivism. In recent years, it has been quite widely held to be morally wrong for the individual to choose to make his own provision for the education of his children or the health of his family. Yet if the State usurps or denies the right of the individual to make, where he is able to do so, the important decisions in his life and to provide the essentials for himself and his family, then he is demeaned and diminished as a moral being. We need, therefore, to achieve a better balance between the spheres of public and private activity. [end p4] The imbalance that Socialism has brought about is, I believe, part of the explanation for the irresponsibility and the inhumanity displayed by too many people last winter. The wanton expansion of the State's responsibilities had been accompanied by a great drop in public spirit. Excessive public spending had (as usual) bred great private discontent. Meantime, it was widely assumed that no large enterprise could be managed successfully without the help of the State. Private philanthropy and voluntary organisations were undermined. Heavy taxation had lowered fiscal morality. The malignant tumour of the so-called black economy was growing. We seemed to be losing our moral standards as well as our competence. Then, partly as a result of high taxation, the idea of work well done had almost been forgotten. “Try to do any bit of work as well as it can be done for the work's sake” , wrote C.S. Lewis. But that injunction seemed, in the last few years, to have become little more than a memory. Foreigners visiting this country shook their heads sadly when they remembered a resolute, industrious and great-hearted Britain which once had seemed to be able to move both “earth and Heaven” . Our industrial life seemed marked by petty labour disputes which were often both self-destructive and humiliating. The time spent by works managers upon Trades Union matters of a non-productive nature might be half of their day's work. That was one reason for the failure of Britain both to gain and to fulfil export orders. Yet the Trades Union movement was also rent by rivalries. When its leaders, during the period of the last Government, seemed at their most [end p5] powerful, they were also least effective in representing the true interests of their members. What did all this mean for our country? It meant that the 1960s and the early 1970s became the great age of the countries which suffered defeat in the 1939/45 War. The peoples of Germany and Japan, and also of France, worked together to restore their countries, and then to move ahead. They did not behave as if the world owed them a living. In Britain, we spent too much time dividing up the cake and pursuing petty sectional interest. So although we had won the War, we let other countries win the peace. For a long time, too, many leaders of the Labour Party refused to recognise the reality of British decline, to which they had contributed more than their fair share. They seemed blind to the evident truth that, all over the world, capitalism was achieving improvements in living standards and the quality of life, while Socialism was causing economic decay, bureaucracy and, when it took authoritarian or totalitarian forms, cruelty and repression. Before our eyes, we see the pathetic exodus from Vietnam, where Mothers prefer their children to face the perils of wind and storm in open boats, rather than the slavery imposed by Hanoi. Our decline has not been only economic. Our defences have been allowed to fall below danger level. There has been a failure to mount, let alone to sustain, a real war against crime and against the criminal. For the first time, in generations, large numbers of people have come to be fearful for their personal safety. We won the Election on 3rd May because we pointed out these tragic shortcomings to the electorate. We believed that we could inspire the renewal of our past faculties and ingenuity. [end p6] We communicated that belief to the people. We talked of the need for renewal of our traditional craftsmanship and civic spirit; renewal at every level, and in every profession, of our old vigour and vitality. The extent of our decline compared with other countries may show up most clearly in economic statistics. But that does not mean that the remedy lies only in economics. The economics will come right if the spirit and the determination is there. The mission of this Government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and the solidarity of the nation. To ensure that these assertions lead to action, we need to inspire a new national mood, as much as to carry through legislation. At the heart of a new mood in the nation must be a recovery of our self-confidence and our self-respect. The foundation of this new confidence has to be individual responsibility. If people come to believe that the State or their employer or their union owe them a living; and that, in turn, the world owes Britain a living, we shall have no confidence and no future. It must be quite clear that the responsibility is on each of us to make the full use of our talents and to care for our families. It must be clear, too, that we have a responsibility to our country to make Britain respected and successful in the world. The economic counterpart of these personal and national responsibilities is the working of the market economy in a free society. I am sure that there is wide acceptance in Britain, going far beyond the supporters of our Party, that production and distribution in our economy is best operated through free competition. [end p7] A basic function of Government is to ensure that this market remains in being. The Government must be responsible, too, for ensuring the maintenance of social cohesion through the support of established customs and traditions. Governments can animate industry but they should not seek indefinitely to sustain it. Governments can purify the stagnant and corrupt parts of an economy and correct irregularities in the market, but they should not seek to regulate the market itself. Governments may provide certain goods or services which cannot easily be supplied competitively, but they should accept that one of their essential tasks is to define their limitations and those of the State. [end p8] Conservatives must work to make the idea of society so defined and so inspired as attractive as once it used to be and as it still is in other more successful nations. We need, for example, to create a mood where it is everywhere thought morally right for as many people as possible to acquire capital; not only because of the beneficial economic consequences, but because the possession of even a little capital encourages the virtues of self-reliance and responsibility, as well as assisting a spirit of freedom and independence. Some may suggest that Britain, though economically in decline, is leading the way to some kind of post-industrial life. Well, there were few signs last winter that Britain had any unique capacity for growing poor gracefully. “Zero growth” , too, would probably mean that those in the prime of their working lives would have to accept cuts in their living standards in order to maintain the present level of assistance to the old, the poor and the sick. Pre-occupation with “zero growth” it seems to us, is little more than a fashionable self-indulgence on the part of people who are already well off, or who are still young enough to be without responsibilities. [end p9] The actions of Government have to sustain and foster the new mood of greater freedom with greater responsibility. After two months in office, let me give you some examples of steps we have taken already to achieve this. We have begun to make it much easier for Council tenants to buy their homes and thus change their status from dependence on the Council to independent property—owning citizens. This will help to realise the wish of one of the most humane of 19th century Conservatives, Lord Shaftesbury, who believed that ideally every citizen should own his own house. We have prevented a further slide in education standards, by halting the undesired destruction of Grammar Schools. We have begun the business of refurbishing the good name of Britain abroad. We are beginning to ensure that our nation makes a more worthy contribution to the defence of the West by increasing the pay of the Armed Forces and modernising military equipment. And we are showing the European Community that we intend to fight Britain's corner as well as or better than any Government, while remaining constructive members of the Community. Then, in Geoffrey Howe 's first Budget, we took a major step towards restoring freedom of choice and a sense of responsibility. We see it as a first duty of responsible Government to re-establish sound money and to squeeze inflation out of the system. So the Budget set a framework of firm monetary discipline and control of the money supply. That meant a limit on public borrowing and strict control over public expenditure. I am afraid, it also meant high interest rates for a time, until the measures we have introduced take effect. This framework of Government financial responsibility needs to be matched by private sector responsibility. [end p10] Each helps and underpins the other. In particular, employers and Trade Unions need to understand that this Government will not print money to bail them out if they make irresponsible pay settlements. Higher pay needs to be matched by higher output. If it is not, it will lead only to higher unemployment and higher prices. One of the great curses of inflation is that the whole nation spends more of its time wrestling with the changing value of money and arguing about the distribution of incomes and wealth, than it devotes to productive effort and creative management. In industry, in commerce, in house-keeping, inflation means more and more uncertainty; uncertainty about investment, about saving, about incomes, about the timing of spending. In this climate, it is easy to have a grievance, and tempting to try to steel a march on others. There is no sound foundation for steady expansion unless the country is winning the fight against inflation. That is why the Budget had to do two things. It cut public expenditure and it cut the slice the Government was taking from everyone's pay packet. Too much tax makes people feel poorer and tempts them to make bigger pay claims, especially at a time of low growth. High public expenditure tempts Governments to print money, rather than impose high tax. Both these things—high public expenditure and high tax—can therefore lead to inflation. That is why the Budget set out to restore meaning to money, to restore financial responsibility to Government and to give more freedom of choice to the individual. The Budget cut income tax in three ways. First, we raised the thresholds so as to take 1.3 million people out of tax altogether. Second, we cut the basic rate of income tax from 33p to 30p in the Pound. Together with the improved personal allowances, this gives benefit to millions of taxpayers, and it reduces tax on every extra pound earned. It is an encouragement to effort. And the Chancellor made it clear that our long-term aim was to reduce the basic rate to 25%;. [end p11] Thirdly, by reducing the top rate of tax on earned income to 60%;, we began to restore to the industrious and to the inventive the encouragement they need to work and to create work for others. Nations depend for their health, economically, culturally and psychologically upon the achievements of a comparatively small number of talented and determined people, as well as on the support of a skilled and devoted majority. It was not possible for many of these talented people to believe that we valued them and what they could do for our nation, when we maintained penal tax rates, decade after decade, in order to please those who seemed to be motivated mainly by envy. We have given a new sign of appreciation to talent and brought our top tax rates into line with those of other major countries. Meanwhile, the switch from direct to indirect taxation in the Budget increases freedom of choice. It is also consistent with our view of the importance of the market. We leave people with more of their own incomes and levy more tax on spending. And a smaller reliance on income tax means a smaller advantage to the tax-dodging black economy, and is therefore fairer to income tax payers, who abide by the rules. I must make it clear that this Budget provides no justification whatever for higher pay claims. On the contrary, taking account of the income tax reductions as well as the indirect tax increases, a family on average earnings will be better off over the period between the Budget and the end of the financial year. They will be paying about £2.75 a week more for what they buy (3¾%; on the R.P.I.) because VAT has gone up. But they will have about £4 a week more to spend (equal to 5½%; on the R.P.I.) because of the income tax reductions. It would be quite wrong, therefore, to base pay claims on the full RPI increase without giving credit for the increased net take-home pay. [end p12] So in this Budget we have:- —cut back the amount Government takes from the pay packet; —enlarged freedom of choice and signalled encouragement to effort and talent; —given incentives to raise living standards; —more than off-set the increase in VAT by increased take-home pay. We have done this in spite of major inherited problems. These included inflation already increasing before the election; a sharply rising public deficit; several large post-dated cheques for public sector pay; output of goods actually 4%; below the level of 1973; and less than ten months of the financial year in which to correct the situation and to implement reductions in public expenditure. Since the Election we have been examining all other possible measures which we might take in order to accelerate our national revival. During the next year, we will introduce new measures designed, specifically, to encourage effort and enterprise. We will remove some of the regulations and red-tape which have accumulated to such an extent that some who might otherwise have been working to create wealth and employment gave up in despair. But though leadership can inspire, no Government, by itself, can supply the vital spark which has been removed from this nation. The ideas which will make for better lives for everyone in ten years' time are now in the minds of countless individuals. Many such ideas are locked up there for the moment. If we can create the right national mood, those ideas will flourish. I believe it is entirely in the interest of the Trade Union movement to play a major part in this national revival and to put all their great weight behind better national economic performance. Like all of us, their members stand to gain from a stronger, more efficient, more united Britain. We all stand to lose from tactics which make Britain weaker. [end p13] It is because part of the Trade Union movement seems to have lost sight of this, that the movement has become unpopular with the Electorate, and has lost much of its old moral authority. If some Unions continue to act as an engine of inflation, and a drag on improvements in industrial efficiency, they will go on alienating themselves from the people, including those whom they represent. They will go on losing authority—and looking more and more old-fashioned to unions in other more successful countries. We know that the Trade Unions as a whole do not want inflation. But sometimes the few set the pace with claims which bear no relation to increased output. Then the many feel obliged to follow the few and the whole process leads to higher unemployment and inflation. It is a patent contradiction for any who take a leading part in this exercise to urge the Government to treat pensioners more generously when it is the inflation which they have helped to create that diminishes the value of the pensioners' money. To claim a social conscience in these circumstances can fairly be described as humbug. I do not believe that this is the approach of the majority of the Trade Union leaders, still less of their rank and file members. I believe they can respond to the opportunity of free but responsible pay bargaining which we offer and intend to pursue. It is greatly in Britain's and in their interest that they should do so. In our actions to renew the vitality and strength of our nation, we are sustained by the knowledge that we ride on the crest of a philosophical tide, which we know to be flowing with us. The new generation of British patriots knows, that in emphasising anew the decisive importance of the rule of law and in re-defining the proper boundaries of the state, they are acting within a western world where those ideas are, once more, becoming imperative. [end p14] Everywhere there is a crisis of Socialism. Everywhere a confirmation that capitalism produces freedom and prosperity. Everywhere there is a demand, we sense, for firm and traditional Government. My theme here has, as it were, four heads. The first is articulated by the word “opportunity” —opportunity for individuals to develop all their talents to the full, and so benefit themselves and others. The second is expressed by the word “choice” . Individuals must be able to make up their own minds for themselves, as to the kind of lives which they wish to live. People must be free to choose, if they wish, between wisdom and folly. We are, after all, very different in our skills, temperament, capacity for decision, and capacity for courage. The third theme is summed up in the word “strength” . We need to be strong enough to protect our people from wreckers at home and enemies abroad, and also to protect our citizens against crime. Weakness leads to ruin. We must be strong enough to insist that the institutions of our nation are refurbished so that we can pass to those who come after us the treasures which we have inherited from those who have gone before. My fourth theme is expressed well by the word “renewal” . Here we know that the restoration of the confidence of a great nation is a massive task. We do not shrink from it. It will not be given to this generation of our countrymen to create a great Empire. But it is given to us to demand an end to decline and to make a stand against what Churchill described as the “long dismal drawling tides of drift and surrender, of wrong measurements and feeble impulses” . Though less powerful than once we were, we have friends in every quarter of the globe, who will rejoice at our recovery, welcome the revival of our influence, and benefit from the message and from the example of our renewal. Our recovery will give to all the free world a new hope and a new optimism. It will be not only Conservatives and not only British people who will then feel able to say with Tennyson:- [end p15] Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc britain great nation conservative party proud national past acclaim scientific technological innovation britain give birth usher industrial scientific age look history empire confidence scourge people contribute wellbeing mankind bring peace law dramatic development quarter globe give world english language close modern world latin ancient know literature general inspiration rejoice britain respect free country mother parliament custodian principle rule law unlike socialist policy merely local version international creed remain british policy application framework british institution evolve slowly saxon day slow organic growth endow political life special virtue offer moral political example mankind party certain belong happy breed shakespeare end mouth john gaunt echo time john gaunt great deathbed speech read end gaunt die regret dear dear land dear reputation world year british patriot cause john gaunt feel ashamed way nation direct know britain dire strait recover recover recovery depend recognition far fall take government find nation disillusion dispirit believe inevitable outcome labour government socialist approach winter britain feel mount alarm society sick morally socially economically child lock school patient prevent have hospital treatment old leave unattended wheelchair dead bury fly picket patrol motorway mr bill dunn express spirit january say ambulance men pay demand life lose way wish dwell unnecessarily human failing individual government allow lose vivid memory happen reversion barbarism take place end ought look searchingly cause event able achieve authentic humane successful british way life long view antecedent event winter note dominance british intellectual political life generation collectivist theory theorist socialism like laski tawney follower motivate genuine desire social justice elevate state instrument social regeneration simultaneously keyne later school neokeynesian economist exalt role government humble role individual pursuit economic stability prosperity event witness winter mark believe failure collectivist approach desire bring society promote great human fulfilment monopoly political party acknowledge readily sincerity generosity socialist believe socialist approach base moral confusion practice profoundly damage moral fallacy socialism suppose conscience collectivise see fallacy plainly marxist theory marxist unable proletarian revolution hatefilled violent act expropriation morally cleanse lead well society failure theory heavily tragically underline reality life century marxist state gentler proponent socialism stop short subscribe marxist view history equally unconvincing view human nature experience show practical failure fundamental socialist argument nationalisation justify make economic power accountable people life affect state planning point well way forward chart free enterprise end socialist grossly expand state intervention economy go far claim state monopoly right provision health education certainly duty government ensure effective succour give need conservative principle socialist conservative company socialist degree confidence place exclusive capacity welfare state relieve suffering promote wellbee charity personal quality supreme moral quality accord st paul public compassion state philanthropy institutionalise charity adequate substitute genuine caring family friend neighbour think proposition widely accept collectivist ethos individual excessively prone rely state provide wellbeing neighbour welfare system satisfactory sense tend way break personal responsibility sense responsibility family neighbourhood community balance move far collectivism recent year widely hold morally wrong individual choose provision education child health family state usurp deny right individual able important decision life provide essential family demean diminish moral need achieve well balance sphere public private activity end imbalance socialism bring believe explanation irresponsibility inhumanity display people winter wanton expansion state responsibility accompany great drop public spirit excessive public spending usual breed great private discontent meantime widely assume large enterprise manage successfully help state private philanthropy voluntary organisation undermine heavy taxation lower fiscal morality malignant tumour socalled black economy grow lose moral standard competence partly result high taxation idea work forget try bit work work sake write cs lewis injunction year little memory foreigner visit country shake head sadly remember resolute industrious greathearte britain able earth heaven industrial life mark petty labour dispute selfdestructive humiliate time spend work manager trade union matter nonproductive nature half day work reason failure britain gain fulfil export order trade union movement rent rivalry leader period government end powerful effective represent true interest member mean country mean early great age country suffer defeat war people germany japan france work restore country ahead behave world owe living britain spend time divide cake pursue petty sectional interest win war let country win peace long time leader labour party refuse recognise reality british decline contribute fair share blind evident truth world capitalism achieve improvement living standard quality life socialism cause economic decay bureaucracy take authoritarian totalitarian form cruelty repression eye pathetic exodus vietnam mother prefer child face peril wind storm open boat slavery impose hanoi decline economic defence allow fall danger level failure mount let sustain real war crime criminal time generation large number people come fearful personal safety win election point tragic shortcoming electorate believe inspire renewal past faculty ingenuity end communicate belief people talk need renewal traditional craftsmanship civic spirit renewal level profession old vigour vitality extent decline compare country clearly economic statistic mean remedy lie economic economic come right spirit determination mission government promotion economic progress renew spirit solidarity nation ensure assertion lead action need inspire new national mood carry legislation heart new mood nation recovery selfconfidence selfrespect foundation new confidence individual responsibility people come believe state employer union owe living turn world owe britain living shall confidence future clear responsibility use talent care family clear responsibility country britain respect successful world economic counterpart personal national responsibility working market economy free society sure wide acceptance britain go far supporter party production distribution economy well operate free competition end basic function government ensure market remain government responsible ensure maintenance social cohesion support establish custom tradition government animate industry seek indefinitely sustain government purify stagnant corrupt part economy correct irregularity market seek regulate market government provide certain good service easily supply competitively accept essential task define limitation state end conservative work idea society define inspire attractive successful nation need example create mood think morally right people possible acquire capital beneficial economic consequence possession little capital encourage virtue selfreliance responsibility assist spirit freedom independence suggest britain economically decline lead way kind postindustrial life sign winter britain unique capacity grow poor gracefully zero growth probably mean prime work life accept cut living standard order maintain present level assistance old poor sick preoccupation zero growth little fashionable selfindulgence people young responsibility end action government sustain foster new mood great freedom great responsibility month office let example step take achieve begin easy council tenant buy home change status dependence council independent property own citizen help realise wish humane century conservative lord shaftesbury believe ideally citizen house prevent slide education standard halt undesired destruction grammar school begin business refurbish good britain abroad begin ensure nation make worthy contribution defence west increase pay armed force modernise military equipment show european community intend fight britain corner well government remain constructive member community geoffrey howe s budget take major step restore freedom choice sense responsibility duty responsible government reestablish sound money squeeze inflation system budget set framework firm monetary discipline control money supply mean limit public borrowing strict control public expenditure afraid mean high interest rate time measure introduce effect framework government financial responsibility need match private sector responsibility end help underpin particular employer trade union need understand government print money bail irresponsible pay settlement high pay need match high output lead high unemployment high price great curse inflation nation spend time wrestle change value money argue distribution income wealth devote productive effort creative management industry commerce housekeeping inflation mean uncertainty uncertainty investment save income timing spending climate easy grievance tempt try steel march sound foundation steady expansion country win fight inflation budget thing cut public expenditure cut slice government take everyone pay packet tax make people feel poor tempt big pay claim especially time low growth high public expenditure tempt government print money impose high tax thing high public expenditure high tax lead inflation budget set restore meaning money restore financial responsibility government freedom choice individual budget cut income tax way raise threshold million people tax altogether second cut basic rate income tax pound improved personal allowance give benefit million taxpayer reduce tax extra pound earn encouragement effort chancellor clear longterm aim reduce basic rate end thirdly reduce rate tax earn income begin restore industrious inventive encouragement need work create work nation depend health economically culturally psychologically achievement comparatively small number talented determined people support skilled devoted majority possible talented people believe value nation maintain penal tax rate decade decade order motivate mainly envy give new sign appreciation talent bring tax rate line major country switch direct indirect taxation budget increase freedom choice consistent view importance market leave people income levy tax spending small reliance income tax mean small advantage taxdodge black economy fair income tax payer abide rule clear budget provide justification high pay claim contrary taking account income tax reduction indirect tax increase family average earning well period budget end financial year pay week buy rpi vat go week spend equal rpi income tax reduction wrong base pay claim rpi increase give credit increase net takehome pay end budget cut government take pay packet enlarge freedom choice signal encouragement effort talent give incentive raise living standard offset increase vat increase takehome pay spite major inherit problem include inflation increase election sharply rise public deficit large postdate cheque public sector pay output good actually level month financial year correct situation implement reduction public expenditure election examine possible measure order accelerate national revival year introduce new measure design specifically encourage effort enterprise remove regulation redtape accumulate extent work create wealth employment give despair leadership inspire government supply vital spark remove nation idea well life year time mind countless individual idea lock moment create right national mood idea flourish believe entirely interest trade union movement play major national revival great weight well national economic performance like member stand gain strong efficient united britain stand lose tactic britain weak end trade union movement lose sight movement unpopular electorate lose old moral authority union continue act engine inflation drag improvement industrial efficiency alienate people include represent lose authority look oldfashioned union successful country know trade union want inflation set pace claim bear relation increase output feel oblige follow process lead high unemployment inflation patent contradiction lead exercise urge government treat pensioner generously inflation help create diminish value pensioner money claim social conscience circumstance fairly describe humbug believe approach majority trade union leader rank file member believe respond opportunity free responsible pay bargaining offer intend pursue greatly britain interest action renew vitality strength nation sustain knowledge ride crest philosophical tide know flow new generation british patriot know emphasise anew decisive importance rule law redefine proper boundary state act western world idea imperative end crisis socialism confirmation capitalism produce freedom prosperity demand sense firm traditional government theme head articulate word opportunity opportunity individual develop talent benefit second express word choice individual able mind kind life wish live people free choose wish wisdom folly different skill temperament capacity decision capacity courage theme sum word strength need strong protect people wrecker home enemy abroad protect citizen crime weakness lead ruin strong insist institution nation refurbish pass come treasure inherit go fourth theme express word renewal know restoration confidence great nation massive task shrink give generation countryman create great empire give demand end decline stand churchill describe long dismal drawl tide drift surrender wrong measurement feeble impulse powerful friend quarter globe 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Ep. 1974 - Raging Bulls*** Published: 5/29/2024 (in RSS feed: 46m 13s) When campaigns are in meltdown, it seems like nothing they touch goes right. And there are lots of symptoms. When campaigns are in meltdown, for example, it's very difficult for those campaigns to get their own voters back into the fold. This is true, obviously, of reelect campaigns. This is true for Jimmy Carter in 1980 who had a really difficult time getting Democrats back in the fold. He had barely won election in a very close election in 1976 against Gerald Ford. And then he ran against Ronalds Reagan. He got absolutely walloped. Well, Joe Biden is now in the middle of a campaign meltdown. And you can tell it. You can tell it because every story about the Biden campaign is how he's struggling to win back voters that already should be in his back pocket. And it also means that his campaign is now attempting bizarre and sundry tactics in order to gain headlines in the middle of a cycle, a news cycle that is terrible for him. So in the past few weeks, we have articles about how Joe Biden doesn't believe the polls. That is a great symptom of a campaign that is failing. If you are out there telling the media that you don't believe the polls, typically that means you're losing. Or for example, Axios Today, quote, Biden launching a new strategy to win black voters. Let's be clear about this. The black vote in the United States has gone for the Democrats by extraordinary numbers every single election cycle for the past several decades. In fact, black voters were the key to Biden's 2020 win. The numbers for Biden among black voters in 2020 were extraordinary. He got great turnout, particularly in terms of mails, and he got an extraordinarily high percentage of the vote vote from black voters in 2020. But now Joe Biden is in real trouble, and he is having a tough time actually winning back those same black voters. He won 92% of the black vote against Donald Trump. But polling is currently showing Donald Trump not only in the double digits, but in the significant double digits among black voters and black voter motivation really low for Joe Biden. It turns out that they're not all that interested in a senile 80-year-old white man who spents his entire career making befuddled gaffes about race. According to Axios, polling has consistently shown a lack of enthusiasm among black voters for Biden. A recent New York Times Ciena survey put his support at 69 to 18 over Trump with black voters. So he is going to spend eight figures rely on black student organizations, community groups, churches, and surrogates to improve his standing with black voters in swing states. And he is gonna go campaign in these various communities. He has to win black voters with overwhelming support. If Joe Biden five months from the election is having to go campaign in black areas of say Philadelphia, or has to head on over to Detroit, Michigan in order to get out to vote, that dude is in serious, serious trouble. So that is indicator number one, is that he's having to go shore up a voting base that clearly has gone Democrat and historically in extraordinary numbers for Democrats, he has to shore up that base. That's a real problem for him. Indicator number two, he's denying the polling data. It's not real. It's all fake whistling past the graveyard. And then there's indicator number three, which is the, the Biden campaign is now pulling out the stops on bizarre tactics that are not only unveiling, they are wildly counterproductive. So yesterday, political rights, after six weeks of staying clear of the courthouse at 100 Center Street, Joe Biden's campaign on Tuesday showed up to hold their own event, a dramatic reversal of the President's strategy in the final days of Donald Trump's trial. So remember, it was considered wildly unprecedented for Donald Trump to sound off on his own trial where his currently being tried in court that is considered outta bounds. How dare he attack the justice system? How dare he intervene in the justice system? Meanwhile, Joe Biden, the actual president of the United States, whose DOJ is presiding over multiple cases against his political opponent, is deploying his campaign to stand outside the courtroom in New York in order to stump for Donald Trump's conviction. That's not only unprecedented, it's nuts. It's nuts. And not only are they doing that, it would be nuts enough if he deployed, say, lawyers from his campaign to go explain the case in front of the courtroom. That would obviously be deeply problematic considering the president of the United States as the chief law enforcement officer in the land, because of course he presides over the Attorney General who presides over the DOJ, that he's deploying his own legal team outside the courtroom to rip on his political opponent in the middle of a trial that is insane on, its on its face. It's crazy. But it got crazier because they didn't just deploy some campaign lawyer to explain the case against Donald Trump. They deployed a celebrity to go outside the trial and hold an event. That's, that is a desperation move. We get to more on this in a moment. First, my days are really, really full at the show. The company being a dad writing books a lot going on. If I don't get a good night's sleep, I can't keep up with my day. That's why I appreciate my Helix sleep Mattress Helix harnesses years of mattress expertise to offer that truly elevated sleep experience. 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It meant that they brought out the raging bull bleeper himself. Robert, De, Niro. He has nipples. Greg, could you milk him? He shows up. Okay, wearing a mask. Here's Robert. De. Niro. I don't know who's Brett. Honest to God, I don't know who came up with this idea. This is one of the stupidest political ideas I have ever seen in my entire life. Apparently the idea of the Biden campaign was we have an unpopular 81-year-old incumbent who falls down a lot and babbles nonsensically. What if we get to defend him outside the courtroom where his political opponent is being tried on political grounds. What if we get an 80-year-old, half senile doddering old man who recently fathered a small baby? What if we get that guy and he's an actor to boot and he is crazy enough that he spent the last several years going on random TV shows, shouting f Trump. What if he, this is a man who has who with the credibility of the American people behind him. This is a man who has gravitas, Robert, De, Niro, Robert. So here he is wandering around in New York City, in the broad daylight outside, three years after the end of Covid wearing a mask, slow clap for these geniuses. I mean, this is like some really solid stuff. Apparently he's now reversing his line from the King of comedy, right? Which was better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime. Better be schmuck for a night. And King for a lifetime is apparently Roberts de Niro's new styling here. So he arrives and then he proceeds to start rambling Nonsensically. What? What were they even thinking? What were they thinking? What was the idea here? I just, I, I don't, honest to God, I don't get it. This is the stupidest campaign ploy I have ever seen, ever. It was really dumb in 2016 when Hillary Clinton at the convention trotted out a bunch of young actresses to sing fight song. And it was really cloying and annoying, but at least he understood that it was an attempt to bring actual celebrities to do a thing. Celebrities do like sing, bringing Robert, De Niro, and a guy who plays a tough guy on in the movies to show up at the age of 80 and stagger over to microphones to talk about a criminal trial. Like what was even the logic? This isn't even a bank shot. It's like one of those old Larry Bird Michael Jordan commercials. This is like off the plane, off the house, off the tiger, off the backboard swish. Like what, what? Who thought of this? It's like pinball logic here. If you just bounce the ball enough, then magically this will lead to Donald Trump losing the elect. Here's Robert De Niro, an elderly man who spent his entire life reading script written by other people doing a terrible acting job. He needs Take two. And Martin Scorsese directing this thing, because I gotta tell you otherwise, it's just the rest of his IMDB credits over the last 15 years. I mean, this is really, even these people over here are kind of, it's kind of crazy. It's really crazy. And this, this thing Donald Trump has created this, he should be telling them not to do this, but he's just, it's no surprise that the murder rate and other violent crimes peaked under Trump and are falling under Biden. And now he's promising to use our own military to attack US citizens. That's the tyrant. That's the tyrant he's telling us he'll be. And believe me, he means it. Is he talking to me? Is he talking to me? What in the world, what is he even jabbering about? He's gonna use the American military on his domestic opponents. You're literally standing outside a trial where he's being tried for a crime that does not exist by a politically motivated da. And the president of the United States just deployed you to go speak outside of his trial, why he should be thrown in jail. And you're talking about Donald Trump being the tyrant. That's your idea. Totally crazy, totally crazy stuff here from Robert. Again, the notion that Robert, De Niro was going to be the tip of the spear in terms of Joe Biden's campaign. My goodness. And in 2012, Mitt Romney brought Clint Eastwood to speak at the Republican National Convention. And it was actually a pretty good idea. It's just that Clint Eastwood refused to read from the script, right? Clint Eastwood said he wanted to say what he wanted to say. And he did that famous empty chair thing, which everyone was like, what is happening right now? All he really needed was for Clint Eastwood to get up on the stage and do Dirty Harry. And he did, needed something else that was random. But at least Clint Eastwood at the time had high levels of trust with the American people because he had also just done this famous car commercial in the aftermath of the Great Recession. All this kind of stuff. No one takes Robert, De Niro seriously. No one. He's not a, he's not even considered a a, a sort of iconic figure anymore considering that the sort of Daniel Day Lewis artist from the 1970s and early eighties has now been demoted to the guy who does about my father. The movie about my father, which I didn't even know existed until I looked up his IMDB with Sebastian Manis Maniscalco. Like, what? What? That's the guy. They tried to, it's just insane. And then he proceeds to have a meltdown and, and engage with the hecklers because he can't stop himself. So he starts turning into Travis Bickel in real time, but really, really old. Is it what what this is, this campaign is if Donald Trump loses to this campaign, I mean, honest to God, I don't, I don't know how it's possible maybe, but Joe Biden is running. This is a horrible campaign being run by Joe Biden. These guys are the true heroes. They stood and put their lives on the line for these low lives for Trump. They lied under oath. They lied under oath, right? Who lied under oath? What are you, what are you telling me? You those two trailer behind you. Excuse me, those two trailers behind you, they lied under oath. That's right. What are you saying? The trade, they're they're traitors. You gotta, I don't know. I don't even know how to deal with you, my friend. I don't even know how to deal with you. Old men arguing with protestors on behalf of old men who can't even argue with protestors anymore because he's no longer functional. Wow. Wow. According to political quote, many close to Biden have expressed private frustration. The media is obsessed with Trump making it difficult at times to gar our attention for the incumbent. By the way, you know how delusional and crazy that is? That's so crazy. The biggest problem right now in the country for Joe Biden is that everyone is paying attention to Joe Biden. Joe Biden's in such a siloed echo chamber that he's like, oh my God, why is M-S-N-B-C and CNN covering Trump? Why don't they cover me? Why are they covering Trump? They're covering Trump. 'cause they're trying to help you win. And they know over at CNN and M-S-N-B-C that the more they cover you, the more likely it is you will lose. 'cause you suck at being president. Everything you touch turns to absolute crap. But the incompetence at the at the Biden campaign are like, oh my God, every time I turn on CNN and MSN bbc, they're just showing this trial. We can't get attention for our amazing campaign. Let's get Robert De Niro out there at the age of 80 to babble about tyranny. The people familiar with the decision disputed that the stunt was born out of desperation. Even as Biden has narrowly been consistently trailed Trump in the polls. Well, I mean, it is. I mean, it reeks of desperation. Reeks of desperation, obviously. In fact, this is pretty much openly admitted at the event itself. I am one of many Americans who bought a gun within the last year. Well, I get to the range as much as I can. 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Not all attention is good attention. It turns out we're all paying attention right now. 'cause you all look like clowns. This is a clown show. Can you kind of give me a framework of how you guys are looking at the next five months, the roles you play in the broader Biden campaign coming outta these trials? Well, first of all, like I'm incredibly grateful for, you know, Robert De Niro lending his celebrity and his voice to this cause. That being said, you know, I think that it's disheartening to know that that's what it takes. Three and a half years after an insurrection at the Capitol in which hundreds of police officers were brutalized and our democracy was threatened to get the media's attention. Okay, again, that is a desper. He's admitting. It's a desperation play. We've been repeating this January 6th stuff for three years at this point, and no one will pay attention to us anymore 'cause it's boring and tired and old and everyone has an opinion on it already. And so we're gonna trot out this elderly man who reads lines for a living over the course of multiple takes. And then we are going to have him stand in so we can get some attention. We got the attention, but any kind of attention you need. How flailing is the Biden campaign? How bad is the Biden campaign? Apparently, according to the Wall Street Journal, Democrats intend to formally nominate President Biden as their president's nominee with the help of a virtual roll call weeks before the Chicago Convention in August. A move that would allow the president to appear on the ballot in Ohio and minimize possible protests during the convention. They're claiming this is all about getting Biden on the ballot in Ohio, which of course wouldn't make any difference. He's gonna lose Ohio, Trump's gonna win Ohio, but that's not a swing state anymore. But what is this really about? It's about shortening the actual process on the DNC floor. Because if there is process on the D NNC floor, they're afraid mass protests will break out on the D NNC floor against the nomination of Biden crippling him in the public view as the Democratic Party splits wide open right down the middle because the chances of high level protests at the DNC are incredibly high. The date of the DNC this year in Chicago is August 19th to August 22nd. He'll be nominated formally, presumably August 22nd. That is not far off. We are currently almost at the beginning of June. So you are currently talking about a little under 12 weeks right now, talking about maybe, maybe 11 weeks until that convention. Here are the following things that we know are going to still be happening in 11 weeks. Warren Gaza, it ain't gonna be over. It ain't Israel's gonna finish off Rafa inside the next six weeks because they've already moved significant forces into Rafa. But there's gonna be cleanup and mop-up operations happening there. There may be action in the north depending on what Hezbollah does. So there will still be conflict in the Middle East Two. We know for a fact the Russia, Ukraine war will not be over in three months. It's not gonna be over because Russia is feeling its oats because Joe Biden has slow walked AIDS Ukraine this entire process while playing politics with it with no end goal, no actual finishing solution in mind in Ukraine and hampering Ukraine from even striking Russian targets that are currently firing across the border into Ukraine. So that's gonna be ongoing. There's this very high probability that there's gonna be something spicy going on with regard to Taiwan, China has launched a major naval drill around Taiwan, like they basically did a fake blockade around Taiwan in their latest naval drill. And they're upping the rhetoric there. There are all sorts of conflicts they can break out at any time. Inflation is not in fact a down for the vast majority of Americans. You can say that it's 3% year on year, but over the course of the Biden presidency, menu items have doubled in certain areas. None of this bodes well for Joe Biden. So we get to the convention, there's a reason why they're frontloading the virtual convention kind of stuff, because they cannot afford to have people screaming at Joe Biden in the crowd at the DNC. But that's precisely what's going to happen. This campaign is in a state of meltdown and it's in a state of meltdown really for one reason and one reason only. Joe Biden does not have the courage of conviction on any level. He has no courage of his convictions. He ran as moderate and it hit the actual balls to stay a moderate when he became president. He'd be in much better shape right now, but he didn't. As always, the the running theme of Joe Biden's career is that he likes to run in front of parades. A parade will be marching and he'll run out in front and pretend that he's leading the parade, but the parade is already moving. And so depending on, and it doesn't matter what the parade is, as long as it's a parade inside the Democratic Party, he tries to be all things to all people. So in the early 1990s, he has a tough on crime hawkish Democrat in the mode of Bill Clinton. And then you get to the 2000 tens and suddenly he's a pro-gay marriage, pro-abortion pro BLM, anti-police radical, and then running against Bernie Sanders. He turns back into a moderate and then he becomes president and he moves back to the left. He's just buffeted by the winds inside his own party. And because of that, no one likes him. It turns out that Joe Biden as president is like that person in your social group who wants to be friends with everybody and is friends with nobody because no one likes them because they're annoying. That's Joe Biden. It turns out that what makes people actually like you is a steady sense of purpose and leadership. And Joe Biden has none of those things. None of them. And so his campaign, again, is in a state of meltdown. When you're calling out Robert De Niro as your big backup, you got a problem. You really do. Again, there are a lot of people who I know personally who voted for Joe Biden in the last election cycle, who will not be voting for Joe Biden this time. Meanwhile, I don't know a single person who voted for Donald Trump in the last election cycle, who will not be voting for Donald Trump in this election cycle. And with significantly more enthusiasm, Donald Trump has not lost votes inside the Republican party. He has picked up some votes from independents. RFK Jr is there to pick up other votes from Joe Biden. Joe Biden's got a real problem here. And all the talk about how the Trump trial is suddenly gonna sink Trump nonsense, even if they convict him, it's not gonna mean a thing. 'cause everyone knows that this trial is a setup. At least everyone who's a moderate bent, the prosecutors can't even explain the crime here. They can explain the misdemeanor falsification of business records in New York, but in order to somehow spin this into a felony, they have to connect it into a second crime. It has to be a misdemeanor or falsification of records in pursuit of a broader crime. But they can't name what the broader crime is. They suggest that the broader crime is an attempt to shape the outcome of the election. But attempting to shape the outcome of an election isn't actually a crime. It would have to be a campaign finance crime. But the federal government investigated federal campaign finance violations by the Trump campaign in 2016, and they came up with nothing and didn't prosecute him. So there is no actual charge here. It's totally unclear what the charge is even going to be when the charging documents are brought forward here. So prosecutors are confusedly attempting to argue something. They literally don't even know what they're arguing. It's really an amazing thing. Andrew McCarthy, who's done a good job of covering this stuff over a national review, he says, listening to the prosecution summation by Joshua Stein Glass is quite amazing how explicitly the state is relying on violations of federal election law as the other crime that Donald Trump was allegedly concealing by causing his business records to be falsified. It's impossible to draw any conclusion other than the Manhattan District attorney. Alvin Bragg knew that as a state prosecutor, his enforcement of federal law would be incredibly controversial. Since he has no such authority. The federal authorities that do have such authority investigated Trump and opted not to prosecute to get this prosecution done. Bragg is simply making up his own version of federal law. Prosecutors hid in the tall grass until summation are now emphatically describing Trump as having blatantly violated federal campaign law. But again, the federal government investigated Trump for this and came up with Nada. So what exactly is the charge here? Prosecutor Joshua Stein Glass told jurors, who's a Trump forged a corrupt bargain with former fixer Michael Cohen and a tabloid publisher to silence negative stories resulting in one of the most valuable contributions ever made to the Trump campaign. He said, this scheme cooked at this time could very well be what got Mr. Trump elected Trump lawyer. Todd Blanche, by contrast argued there was no such conspiracy and that prosecutors had built their entire case around Michael Cohen who said that Blanche, who Blanche had lied on the stand, he then proceeded to dub Michael Cohen a gloat or greatest liar of all time. These closing arguments are incredibly weak. Even CNN is like, yeah, this is this. CNN analysts are like, this is not a real thing. Here's CNN legal analyst, Randy Zellen. He says they, they did not prove their case. They fell way short because let's start with reasonable doubt. There is reasonable doubt all over this case. Where is Keith Schiller? Where is Alan Weisselberg? How did Michael Cohen get away with stealing $30,000? Hold a pity party for him. Stormy Daniels, let's hold a pity party for her. Why do we need to know whether or not the former president wore a condom or not? It's simply about, did the former president know that books his records, false centuries for legal fees? Michael Cohen was his lawyer. Did he intend to cover up the election or to protect his family? It's every everywhere. Okay. That is correct. That is all correct. And so what this looks like mostly is a set up by the Biden administration. It looks like a set up by the Biden campaign and Alvin Brag is just the adjunct part of that. And then they try to get Trump in court. And then it turns out everybody watches that. And then Biden's so frustrated that they're watching the trial, that his people, meaning Democrats helped set up that then he has to deploy Robert, De, Niro. Good luck to this campaign. Seriously, good luck to this campaign. What a joke they are. It's it, I, I've never seen such an incompetent campaign in my entire life, and I've watched a lot of political campaigns over the course of my time in politics. The Kerry campaign in 2004, bad campaign. This campaign by Joe Biden Is leagues worse than that campaign? Maybe because the actual candidate is also leagues worse. 'cause he's actually the President and terrible, terrible, terrible at this. Truly awful at this. Every major issue that Americans are facing, the Biden administration continues to blow. So for example, America's southern border still ushering in hundreds of thousands of people every single month. Well, on 60 Minutes, Biden's ex border chief Raul Ortiz, he says, you know, Joe Biden never even called, he never even called to find out what was going on at the southern border. Immigration is an issue that Biden continues to completely ignore. It still ranks high on American's concerns in terms of general, again, Biden's issue list is totally different from American's Issue list. American's issue list is inflation in the economy, immigration, those are like the top two issues that Americans say they, they care about. And Joe Biden's top issues are like, how do I please pro kamas voters in Dearborn, Michigan by trying to split the baby? And can we talk about transing the kids? And also, you guys are all wrong about the economy. Inflation is fine and you're doing fine. Why don't you just shut up and and take it. Here is the ex Biden border chief. I've never had one conversation with the president or the vice president for that matter. And so I was the chief of the border patrol. I commanded 21,000 people. That's a problem. Yeah, it is. But again, Biden keeps having his people just deny his way around his incompetence. Here's Alejandro Mayorkas, the Department of Homeland Security head saying it is false to claim that Joe Biden's border policy encourages illegal immigration. That is, that is false. If we take a look at migration, not just at our southern border, but in context, the level of migration throughout the hemisphere is unprecedented and throughout the world, it's the greatest level of displacement of migration. Since World War ii, I think there are about 73 million displaced people in the world. The reasons why people leave their countries of origin are those with which we are quite familiar. Okay, good luck with this particular argument. Meanwhile, when it comes to eco economic issues, it turns out that Americans are suffering and the Biden administration simply continues to pretend that they're not. And so everything is totally fine. So for example, fast food, which a huge number of Americans eat obviously, and are reliant upon fast food, has grown extraordinarily expensive as town hall.com writes. According to a recent non-probability survey conducted by LendingTree, nearly 80% of American consumers view fast food joints as an extravagant meal In 2019, a McDonald's Big Mac hamburger cost 3 99. Four years later, a Big Mac cost 8 29, more than doubling a subway BLT foot long sandwich used to cost five 50. Today it sells for nearly nine bucks. A chicken burrito was six 50 in 2019. In 2024, that is now 10 70, 60 2% of Americans are eating out less due to the rising costs under Joe Biden. And the fact that even the supposed cheap eating is really, really expensive, that is the thing that Joe Biden cannot get around. But meanwhile, he's trotting out his people to please again, members of his base who should already be locked in. So he trotted out yesterday, his energy advisor. This is so Competen, Amos Hochstein, he tried out Amos Hochstein, his energy advisor to talk about accelerating the energy transition. Does the president still wanna keep moving forward with the speed of his force transition as quickly as has been? Well, I think that we want it. What the president, what President Biden wants to do is two things at the same time. Number one is to accelerate the energy transition. And number two is to make sure that we have enough supplies in the energy market, that we have lower prices for consumers during this transition. Okay? So in other words, yeah, we are going to completely jack the entire energy industry, but we're also going to release oil reserves so as to falsely lower the price just before the election. Americans are not gonna be fooled by this. Then the same guy, he says drilling restrictions are somehow good for the American people. I'd love to hear that one. I know that the, the common man is sitting around thinking, man, what I could really use right now is some more drilling restrictions. You know, there are restrictions in, in place going forward. So, so why not loosen some of that and why we make this transition. So Ed, it's very important to note that there's some of these restrictions that you're, that you're citing are good for the American people. Increasing the royalties for the first time in decades is a good deal for the American public so that the American people can benefit from this as well. Oh, well, yeah, that, that does seem like the American people are gonna benefit, you know, more restrictions on the thing that you put in your car. Probably, probably we're all gonna be super happy with that. And the, the absolute disconnect between the Biden administration and reality, it's, it's complete. That break with reality is complete, which is why you get delusional enough to deploy Robert, De Niro to the Trump trial to get attention or something. Okay, in just a second, we'll get to the latest in the Middle East. The media have a really, really bad habit. That habit is Hamas says something and the media just believe it, parrot it, trumpet it, echo it for literally days. And then it turns out that wait, wait for it, wait for it. It turns out the genocidal terror group is lying. I know. Shocker to me, shocker to you. We'll get to more on that in a moment. First, Jeremy's second generation raisers, they're here. They're bigger, better blacker. You see, we brought in the experts to help show how great the new raisers are. The result was our viral introduction to Black Jeremy. We learned that DEI isn't actually for minorities, it's just to make liberal white ladies feel hella virtuous. 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Well, meanwhile, again, the Biden administration, they have a tough time because their party is split between people who really, really hate the West and are perfectly willing to believe terrorist groups and or side with them and people who are a little uncomfortable with that. And so the Biden administration, because Joe Biden is incapable of taking a stand on nearly anything, he tries to have it halfway. Well, that reality reared its ugly head. Yesterday when a White House reporter named Ed O'Keefe Idiotically asked John Kirby, who's the spokesperson for the National Security Council, he asked him about an event that happened in Rafa. So there have been multiple events during the course of the Gaza War that Hamas has lied about. They lied about the Als Shefa Hospital where they suggested that Israel had killed thousands of people, hundreds of people, by bombing a hospital. It turns out it was a failed Hamas rocket that hit a parking lot and didn't kill pretty much anybody. It turns out that the death numbers were extremely low. And then there were the lies about Israel humanitarian aid. Israel has been shipping in literally hundreds of trucks worth of humanitarian aid all the time. Then there were the lies about Israel targeting a world central food kitchen convoy. When in reality what happened is that Hamas fighters apparently were riding on the convoy. That thing went under it like a covered area. And then when it emerged, Israel tried to get in touch with the drivers, tried to get in touch with the World Central Kitchen, nobody would call them back. And then because they only had infrared cameras on the thing, they assumed that it was terrorists in there. So it was an accidental hit. And that turned into a worldwide conflict, ation of rage in Israel. Meanwhile, the Americans, the rest of the world community, they started claiming that Israel wasn't allowing enough humanitarian aid. So they built an idiot, $320 million P, which is now floating off into the Mediterranean in order to bring aid into Gaza, all of which was hijacked by Kamas. So Kamas lies all. They lie about their death statistics, they lie about their terrorists. They lie about everything because it turns out people who wish to commit genocidal murder lie all the time. So they lied again over the weekend. And they suggested that Israel had deliberately targeted a protected humanitarian area in order to kill a couple of Kamas terrorists. And that they had killed some 45 people and wounded hundreds of other people with like a heavy bomb. It turns out every element, literally every element of that was a lie. Literally every element. And so here was IDF spokesperson, Daniel Hagar explained what actually happened in this particular bombing Following this strike, a large fire ignited for reasons that are still being investigated. Our munition alone could not have ignited a fire of this size. I rather repeat it. Our ammunition alone could not have ignited a fire of this size. Our investigation seeks to determine what may have caused such a large fire to ignite. We are looking into all possibilities, including the option that weapons stored in a compound next to our target, which we did not know of, may have ignited as a result of the strike. So here's what actually happened. What actually happened is the IDF targeted two senior kamas terrorists had tracked by aerial surveillance to a kamas compound in Rafa. They then confirmed that there were no women or kids in the compound. The strike took place more than a mile outside the Almasi designated humanitarian zone and more than 180 meters, which is like just doing some basic math here. That is more than 500 feet from the shelters that caught fire. The strike was carried out using 37 pound warheads, the smallest warheads in the Israeli arsenal. And they actually have a phone call that they recorded between two Hamas operatives apparently, discussing the fact that there was a Hamas cache of weapons that probably caught fire. And that's probably what happened here. We only got interested in that. They're saying, and they say that in addition, they had ammunition. All the ammunition that started exploding bags of money were flying in the Air Abu Rafi. These, the ammunition that exploded there really ares. Yes, this was an ammunition warehouse. I tell you, it exploded. I mean, the Jewish bombing wasn't strong. It was a small missile because it didn't create a large hole. And afterwards a lot of secondary explosions. Okay? So this lie traveled all around the world. Kamas declared And. everybody believed it, that Israel had deliberately bombed a refugee camp in nor to kill civilians. People, including people who I consider friends like Pi Morgan, immediately jumped out to suggest that Israel had bombed with heavy bombs, a humanitarian protected area, that Israel must immediately stop in Rafa, which of course led to cheers from Hamas because it turns out that people believe their lies all the way up to and including that White House reporter, ed O'Keefe I mentioned. So here was Ed O'Keefe questioning John Kirby about why America wasn't more angry at Israel. The answer, of course, is that America knows that Hamas was lying. That's the reason. But here's Ed O'Keefe reporter. How many more charred corpses does he have to see before the President considers a change in policy? We don't want to see a single more innocent life taken. And I kind of take a little offense at the question. No civilian casualties is the right number of civilian casualties, and this is not something that we've turned a blind eye to, nor has it been something we've ignored or neglected to raise with our Israeli counterparts, including Ed this weekend as a result of this particular strike. Now they're investigating it. So let's let 'em investigate it and see what they come up with. By the way, no civilian casualties is an impossibility because Hamas is hiding among civilians and putting weapons storage facilities next to civilian areas. But all of this, these sorts of lies from radical Islamic tarot groups, they lead to conflagrations all over the globe. So last night, pro pro kamas protestors lit up the Israeli embassy in Mexico in response to this lie. Meanwhile, at the exact same time all of this is happening, Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian terror group, released a video of an Amazon worker named to Alexander Trov, who's currently being held hostage in Gaza. So just to get this straight, the media believed that these are the believable people. The people who actually kidnap Westerners, Western employees, Israelis, Americans, kidnap those people, murder those people, slaughter their babies deliberately not as civilian casualties and targeting terrorists deliberately. Those are the people you ought to believe when you jump to a conclusion. Avs being held by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He said, in the next few days, you'll hear the truth of what happened to me as well as the other prisoners in Gaza. He also asked people to wait patiently according to the outlet. Again, the the, the fact that the West has any trouble in terms of the moral calculus here is insane to me. The fact that anyone believes anything coming outta the mouth of Kamas is totally crazy. It's totally nuts. It's insane. But again, the White House is incompetent. They're incompetent to this stuff because what John Kirby and what he would've said earlier in the war was every civilian casualty is on Kamas. They should surrender immediately, surrender the hostages, and the leadership should go to jail or be killed or go into exile. That would be the actual solution to what's happening right now in the Gaza Strip. But they won't say any of that stuff, or at least they don't say it anymore. In fact, the White House is even having a hard time condemning the international criminal court, which is totally nuts by the way, because the ICC has targeted Americans forget about what's going on in Israel. The ICC has targeted American soldiers in Afghanistan for supposed prosecution. According to Axios, the Biden administration on Tuesday said it opposes sanctions being pushed by Republicans in Congress against the ICC. Now, why, I have a question why. At a Senate hearing last week, Anthony Blinken signaled the Biden administration would support bipartisan action in Congress against the prosecutor of the ICC. But now the White House is saying, no, no, no, no, no. They said they're not gonna support any sort of action or legislation against the ICC, which is ridiculous. We should be seeking to undermine the ICC for our own sake. Forget about Israel or any other country. The ICC is a trash organization staffed by a bunch of pseudo human rights lawyers who are deliberately aiming their fire inside the tent. But the Biden administration can't just say that. They can't just say that. Why can't they just say that? Well, Claire McCaskill, former senator from Missouri, she sort of let the CAD outta the bag. The Chief Biden goal with regard to Israel and Kamas is not, in fact, to finish off, the Chief Biden goal is to finish off Netanyahu's administration. That is what Biden apparently wants. I mean, she literally says this. She literally says, the most important goal for Joe Biden is to get Benjamin Netanyahu, the elected Prime Minister of Israel, who's currently sitting in a coalition war cabinet with his political opponents, Benny Ganz and Gotti Eisen cot to resign. She's saying it. Okay, I'm not saying it, she's saying it. So just to get this straight, by the way, nothing like this has ever been said about Vladimir Zelensky in Ukraine that the chief goal of the Americans is to get rid of Vladimir Zelensky. So some sort of negotiated solution can be found there. But when it comes to an actual honest God genocidal terror group, slaughtering people and then hiding among civilians and then murdering the civilians who try to get humanitarian aid, the chief goal is to change the administration in Israel. Here's Claire McCaskill former senator. The most important goal, I believe, for this pres, this presidency right now is to get Netanyahu to resign. And Netanyahu is holding onto power by his fingernails because of the far right who sees the destruction of Gaza in all areas of any Palestinians in Israel as their goal, their goal is very extreme, and that's how he is in power. So if he backs up on them, he cannot be in power anymore. 'cause he doesn't have the coalition he needs. So I think that Biden has to continue to try to press other people in the Israeli government to move as quickly and as strongly as they can to get Netanyahu out of that position. This is so, this is so insane. You're literally undermining a democratic ally in a time of war against a terror group. Actually multiple terror groups. 'cause they're also fighting Hezbollah and they're fighting the Houthis. That's what Biden's focused on according to Clare MCC sill. That's what he should focus on, is getting rid of Netanyahu. And this notion, by the way, that Netanyahu's being run by his far right, believe you me, that is not the case. The reason I say that is because I know members of the supposed far right in the Israeli cabinet, they are deeply frustrated with Netanyahu because they think that he's surrendering to Benny gon and Gotti Eisen cot the, the, this whole ridiculous charade that this is all about. Netanyahu again, what is that? Really what this is about is that the Biden administration has a mindset that is not, not true, and it has been not true for generations. And that mindset is that if Israel makes enough concessions to terrorists that magically peace will bloom in the Middle East. It is a lie. It has always been a lie. October 7th proved conclusively that it was a lie, but they can't let go of the lie. So it must be a cycle of violence somehow. Hamas versus Israel is a cycle of violence as opposed to Israel defending itself against the genocidal terror group. So it must be the Israeli leadership. The big problem is sin war and Netanyahu. This is so ridiculous, but this is what Biden can't even say it. Biden can't, even just lack of moral clarity leads people to believe that you're a bad leader because, and Joe Biden, by the way, is a terrible, terrible leader, which is just one reason why, again, you're seeing people who are shifting from the democratic camp to the Republican camp. One of those people over the course of the last 24 hours, pretty prominent. Dennis Quaid. So Dennis Quaid famously raised money for Barack Obama in 2008. As far as I'm aware, qua has been basically a lifelong Democrat. He now says that he's gonna vote for Donald Trump. What do you think of Trump? I think I'm gonna vote for him. Really? Yeah. In the next election. Yes, I am. I Are you ready for the blowback? Well, yeah, if it inevitably comes with Trump, well, you know, I think this election, everybody's gotta, I think that you're gonna take a side or whatever, but it's, it just seems to me he just makes sense. I was ready not to vote for Trump until I, what I saw is more than politics, I, I see a weaponization of our justice system. Yeah. And a challenge to our, our constitution, us as Americans that I don't think we're gonna have. And you know, Trump is the most investigative person probably in the history of the world, and they haven't been able to really get him on anything. He's not wrong. But a lot of moderates and independents who are starting to believe this sort of stuff, because again, Joe Biden really, really bad at this. Well, meanwhile, in the most delicious story of the day, it's always funny when supporters of DEI get caught saying the truth about DEI. So there is a person whose name is David Austin Walsh and David Austin Walsh is an academic, and he put out a thread the other day talking about his problem getting hired. He says, I just published an academic book that is getting applauded. I've written numerous, numerous peer reviewed articles. I've written for the New York Times. I'm a talented teacher. My class has been very popular at every university I've taught at hell. I had a kid here at Yale tried to enroll in my class this past semester because he heard through word of mouth. My class at UVA was really good. But I'm 35 years old. I'm four plus years post PhD. And quite frankly, I'm also a white dude. Combine those factors together. And I'm, for all intents and purposes, unemployable as a 20th century American historian. I mean, I applied to something like 40 jobs this year, but all four of them were African American and or race ethnicity positions. And Despite, my work explicitly being about white supremacy, I stand no chance of being hired for those positions. Uhoh, he said the true thing, you're not supposed to say the true thing, which is that it turns out that affirmative action is a zero sum game. Which means that if you are talented and white, you are absolutely screwed if you are up against a slightly less talented black person in academia, for example, because diversity trumps merit every time at these universities. But this meant he then had to do a malice struggle sessions that mean that he has to, you know, put on the duns cap and people beat him and such. So he says, quote, I want to apologize for that thread, which was a bad idea and came from a place of pain, anger, and frustration. It was fundamentally a breach of solidarity on my part. Thank you, sir. May I have another? We all know that history and particular, and the humanities in general are dying. We all know that the university itself is a profoundly unequal and unfair institution. And we had an object reminder of that with the brutal suppression of the campus protests over the past month. We all know the academy is random, cruel, and chaotic. We all know the reasons why. Austerity corporatization, right wing assaults on higher education. Oh, you sad little man? Oh, you sad, sad person. So you said the truth about why you didn't get hired, which is that you're a white dude who's 35 plus and talented. And then when called on it, you're like, you know why I can't get a job. It's 'cause of all the right wingers who run academia. It's because of their austerity and corporatization. Okay, can we be clear about the situation at college campuses? The DEI staff at college campuses has increased exponentially over the course of the last 20 years. A huge percentage of top university hires are no longer professors. They're administrators who are dealing with all this hr, DEI nonsense. And then if a professor does get hired, you get all sorts of plots if that person happens to be a person of color. But this dude has to somehow twist himself into pretzels and stick his head up his own colon in order to come up with a conclusion that this is all a right-wing conspiracy to deny him a job. Well, I hope that he suffers and obscure unemployment. This guy, he deserves every bit of it because if you surrender to the mob and then you declare like a character from darkness at noon, that you are in fact loyal to the same mob that is attempting to destroy you, you deserve every single thing that you receive. So, again, slow clap for David Austin Walsh. What, what a what an absolute, what an absolute king among Wilkes. And again, is that gonna earn him a job? Nah. They'll just take it, put it in their back pocket, say that he's still a, a traitor of some sort to their cause and that, and then he will be put in jail for the foreseeable future. So really, really good stuff right there from the, from academia. Meanwhile, I will say that pressure on academia is having some effect. Harvard now says it will no longer take positions on matters outside the university, which would be like a normal position for a university to take if put into practice according to the New York Times, Harvard no longer issue. Official statements of empathy, which it did for Ukraine after the Russian invasion and for the victims of the October 7th attacks in Israel, for example. Well, I mean, actually what it would mean is that they wouldn't put out expressions of sympathy for Hamas terrorists in conjunction with sympathy for Israeli victims, which is basically what they did. Like we're sorry for everything bad happening in the Middle East right now. This would be correct, by the way. They should stay out of all of it. They should stay out of all of it. But you know, I, I think that what really should happen at this point, there should be a serious look into a wealth tax on the endowments of these universities. All these universities are very much in favor of wealth tax. By the way, it seems to me you should start with their endowments. They're multi-billion dollar endowments. We can claw all that back. And if you wanna release student loan debt with that, why not use their endowments to do so? Since they're the ones who have profited so heavily from their unemployable graduates and gender studies already. Folks coming up, we will jump into the situation with Taiwan, which could go hot any moment. If you're not a member, become member. Use Coach Shapiro. Check out for two months free on all annual plans. Click that link in the description and join us. Knows.

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Feb 29, 2020 Donald Trump held another coronavirus (or COVID-19) update on February 29, urging Americans to not travel to Italy or South Korea. Read the full transcript of his news conference. Donald Trump: (00:00)Thank you very much, everybody. Before we begin, I’d like to congratulate all of those incredible people that have worked for so long on our endless war in Afghanistan. 19 years going on 20 years and there hasn’t been a moment like this. We’ve had very successful negotiations, we think they’ll be successful in the end, the other side’s tired of war. Everybody’s tired of war that’s been a particularly long and gruesome one. I want to congratulate President Ghani and the people of Afghanistan. I want to remember all of the people, all of the great, great men and women that have lost their lives in the war and to their parents and wives and husbands and families, brothers and sisters. It’s a great, great people. Many lives over such a long period of time have been lost. Donald Trump: (01:25)I want to thank our wounded warriors, people that are still bearing pain and all of the problems that they’ve had to go through. They’re incredible people, incredible spirit. I’d go to Walter Reed and see them so often and the spirit they had, they wanted to go back despite their wounds. They always said, “I want to go back.” Wounded warriors, they’re incredible people. I guess most of all, I want to thank all of the people in the United States for having spent so much in terms of blood, in terms of treasure and treasury. The money that has been spent, the lives that have been lost, and we just signed an agreement that puts us in a position to get it done, bring us down to in the vicinity of 8,000 troops. The United Nations was informed of everything and NATO has been a great. Secretary Stoltenberg has been fantastic. I want to thank the United Nations for the help they gave and I also want to thank and congratulate Secretary Stoltenberg of NATO. 29 countries involved and all approving, all very happy with what’s going on. I want to also thank and congratulate Secretary of State Pompeo and Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper and I’ll be meeting personally with Taliban leaders in the not too distant future. We’ll be very much hoping that they will be doing what they say they’re going to be doing. They will be killing terrorists. They will be killing some very bad people. They will keep that fight going. Donald Trump: (03:37)We’ve had tremendous success in Afghanistan and the killing of terrorists, but it’s time after all these years, to go and to bring our people back home. We want to bring our people back home. And again, it’s been a long journey in Afghanistan in particular. It’s been a very long journey. It’s been a hard journey for everybody. We’re very largely a law enforcement group and that’s not what our soldiers are all about. They’re fighters. They’re the greatest fighters in the world. Donald Trump: (04:16)As you know, we’ve destroyed in Syria and Iraq, 100% of the ISIS caliphate, 100%. We have thousands of prisoners. We’ve killed ISIS fighters by the thousands and likewise in Afghanistan. But now it’s time for somebody else to do that work and that’ll be the Taliban and it could be surrounding countries. There are many countries that surround Afghanistan that can help. We’re 8,000 miles away, so we’ll be bringing it down to 8,000 to approximately 8,600 in that vicinity. And then we’ll make our final decision some point in the fairly near future, but this was a very spirited agreement. There was a lot of talk, there was a lot of everything. They’ve been trying to get this for many years and just it’s time. Donald Trump: (05:22)So I just want to thank everybody. I want to congratulate everybody. I really believe the Taliban wants to do something to show that we’re not all wasting time. If bad things happen, we’ll go back. I let the people know, we’ll go back and we’ll go back so fast and we’ll go back with a force like nobody’s ever seen and I don’t think that will be necessary. I hope it’s not necessary. So I just wanted to bring that up before we begin on a topic that has become very, very important to everybody. First of all, the amount of work that these professionals behind me and many other professionals in many rooms behind us who are watching right now, don’t have the room here to bring them all in, but they have been working round the clock so hard on the coronavirus. It’s a tough one, but a lot of progress has been made. I want to provide an update to our people, to our citizens, to the world, frankly on our action to address the coronavirus and those that have been hurt badly by it. Donald Trump: (06:49)At this moment, we have 22 patients in the United States currently that have coronavirus. Unfortunately, one person passed away overnight. She was a wonderful woman, a medically high-risk patient in her late 50s. Four others are very ill, thankfully 15 are either recovered fully or they’re well on their way to recovery. And in all cases they’ve been let go in their home. Additional cases in the United States are likely, but healthy individuals should be able to fully recover and we think that will be a statement that we can make with great surety. Now that we’ve gotten familiar with this problem, they should be able to recover should they contract the virus. So healthy people, if you’re healthy, you will probably through a process and you’ll be fine. Donald Trump: (07:57)Since the early stages of the foreign outbreak, my administration is taking the most aggressive action in modern history to confront the spread of this disease. We moved very early. That was one of the decisions we made that really turned out to be a lifesaver in a sense, big lifesaver. On January 31st I imposed travel restrictions on foreign nations who had and anybody that had been to China or people coming out of China. I want to say that China seems to be making tremendous progress. Their numbers are way down and if you read Tim Cook of Apple said that they’re now in full operation again in China. The numbers are way down. Experts now agree that the decision to move so quickly despite a lot of opposition on that decision was a wise one, it greatly slowed the spread of the virus to the United States. It really gave us time to do some of the critical moves that we’ve done and it allowed these great professionals to get together and figure it all out. We think they’ve done that. Donald Trump: (09:19)We’ve taken the most aggressive actions to confront the coronavirus. They are the most aggressive taken by any country and we’re the number one travel destination anywhere in the world, yet we have far fewer cases of the disease then even countries with much less travel or a much smaller population. As an important part of our efforts, on Monday I’ll be meeting with the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world actually. They’ll be coming to the White House and we’re talking about a vaccine and developing very quickly and they’ve already started working on it, developing very rapidly a vaccine for the virus, to combat the virus. And we’re having very good initial feedback, but these companies will be coming to the White House on Monday. Tremendous amounts of supplies are already on-hand. We have 43 million masks, which is far more than anyone would have assumed we could have had so quickly and a lot more coming. Donald Trump: (10:34)Today, the White House Coronavirus Task Force led by Vice President Mike Pence, they met for two and a half hours. I spent a lot of that time with them also and we came up with some ideas, recommendations, and frankly some pretty strict edicts that we’re going to be going by and Mike’s going to be discussing that. But we are really having a group of people that is so talented and they’re working around the clock and for that reason I really would wish that we could report exactly what’s happened, how well we’re doing under quite adverse circumstances, but we’re doing really well. Very, very professionally handled. Our country is prepared for any circumstance. We hope it’s not going to be a major circumstance, it’ll be a smaller circumstance, but whatever the circumstances, we’re prepared. I’d like to just ask and caution that the media, we would respectfully ask the media and politicians and everybody else involved, not do anything to incite a panic because there’s no reason to panic at all. Donald Trump: (11:56)This is something that is being handled professionally. I also want to thank, by the way, governors and representatives of our various states in some cases some more than others because they’ve really been working very hard in areas where we’ve seen indication of the virus. But I want to thank the governors and all of the representatives from all of our states. The rooms they’ve made available, the speed with which they’ve worked is really been incredible. So again, thank you to everybody. I’m going to ask Mike Pence now to discuss a little bit about travel and we have some restrictions on some travel from other countries that are having a hard time. I want to thank everybody. We’ll take some questions as soon as we’re finished. Thank you very much. Mike Pence: (12:56)Thank you, Mr. President. Let me begin as the President did by expressing our deepest condolences to the family of the woman in Washington state who has lost her life to the coronavirus. I want to assure that family that they’re on the hearts of every American and those that are continuing to struggle, in some cases in ICU units, can be assured of the prayers of millions of Americans. From the moment that this country learned of the spread of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump took decisive action, established the White House Coronavirus Task Force. And as the President just described, the President took unprecedented action to suspend all travel into the United States from China. Simply had never been done before by any previous administration. It is among the reasons why the threat to Americans of coronavirus remains low despite today’s tragic news from Washington state. The task force met this morning and brought the President a range of options and at his direction we will be doing the following. Mike Pence: (14:16)First, the President authorized action today to add additional travel restrictions on Iran. We will be using section 212(f), on banning travel from Iran. Iran is already under a travel ban, but we are expanding existing travel restrictions to include any foreign national who has visited Iran within the last 14 days. In addition to moving Iran, we are going to increase to the highest level of advisory, which is level four advising Americans do not travel to specific regions in Italy and South Korea. Let me say again, the President today has authorized the State Department to increase the travel advisory for Americans to level four. We are urging Americans to not travel to the areas in Italy and the areas in South Korea that are most affected by the coronavirus. The President has also directed the State Department to work with our allies in Italy and in South Korea to coordinate a screening, a medical screening, in their countries of any individuals that are coming in to the United States of America and we look forward to working with them in a collaborative and a cooperative way. Mike Pence: (15:44)Now, with regard to the task force, I’m just a few days into this job, but I can tell you having spent time with these extraordinary professionals that the President just alluded to. Having spoken directly to more than a dozen governors, including Governor Jay Inslee this morning in Washington state, I think every American would be proud to know what I’ve heard about the work of HHS, the work of CDC, the work of all of our agencies. Mike Pence: (16:12)At the President’s direction, this team has been working seamlessly with health officials at the state and local level, and I can assure the American public that we will continue to live out the President’s admonition a few days ago, that we’re all in this together. And as we work with members of Congress, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with Republican and Democrat leadership in the Congress, we’ll be working very closely on a supplemental funding bill to make sure that not only do all these agencies have the resources that they require, but we’ll also make sure that that state and local health officials have the resources and the reimbursement to take such actions that are necessary to protect the health of the American people. Mike Pence: (16:55)The President mentioned masks this morning. We’ve talked a great deal about additional medical supplies. Let me be very clear and I’m sure the physicians who are up here will reflect this as well. The average American does not need to go out and buy a mask. But this administration is going to always put first our patients first and second, we’re going to make sure and protect the health of our healthcare providers. As the President said, we have more than 40 million masks available today. We’ve contracted now with 3M, 35 million more mass per month will be produced and we’re also going to be working with other manufacturers. In addition to that, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response will be announcing today courses of action to increase the availability of masks, as well as prioritizing availability to high-risk health care workers, modifying guidance and developing a whole of nations communications plan. President- Mike Pence: (18:03)A whole of nations communications plan. The president wants us to be certain that our health care providers have the support they need to do their job and to do their job safely. With that, I’m going to yield the podium to the secretary of health and human services and then we’ll hear from some of our medical experts, but let me assure every American at President Trump’s direction, this is an all hands on deck effort and while the risks to Americans remain low, the president’s actions today, with regard to Iran, with regard to Italy and with South Korea and with regard to making medical supplies more available, I hope gives evidence to the fact that at his direction, we’re going to continue to lean into this effort and put the health and safety of the American people first. Mr. Secretary. Speaker 1: (18:53)Thank you, Mr. vice president. Let me begin by on behalf of all of the officials at HHS and our whole team’s expressing our sadness for the loss of this patient in the state of Washington. Any single death for us is a real tragedy and our sympathy to her family and our solidarity with all those who are and will suffer from the novel coronavirus. From day one, this is what we predicted, this is what we expected. The risk to any average American is low from the novel coronavirus. The risk remains low thanks to the unprecedented actions President Trump has taken and the actions he’s announcing today. That risk remains low, but this can change rapidly. Speaker 1: (19:41)We have always said, from the first moment that we have spoken about this, that we would see more cases. We are seeing more cases. We will see more cases, but it’s important to remember, for the vast majority of individuals who contract the novel coronavirus, they will experience mild to moderate symptoms and their treatment will be to remain at home, treating their symptoms the way they would a severe cold or the flu. For some individuals, a smaller percentage, especially those who may be medically fragile, they will require medical attention including possibly hospitalization. Alex Azar: (20:27)Our basic message, in terms of the containment of this disease and the measures that we have and are to take [inaudible 00:20:35] today announcing is we want to lower the amount of travel to and from the most impacted areas. This is a basic containment strategy. That is the philosophy behind the moves that we have taken, the moves we’re announcing today and any moves that we will consider in the future. With that said, let me turn things over to Dr. Tony Fauci, the director of the national Institute of allergy and infectious disease at NIH. Thank you very much. Alex Azar: (21:09)Thank you very much Mr. Secretary. I want to first, again as the entire team feels to extend our sympathies to the family of the individual who expired as a result of this particular virus and this particular disease, but I also want to underscore and emphasize the points that the secretary made about what is evolving here. You’ve heard of the terminology community spread. Well, community spread is when you have infection in the community in which you don’t have a direct link to a known index case. That really challenges us with something that we need to do and that we do very well. The state and local health authorities, in collaboration with the CDC, would need to identify, isolate and contact trace and that’s what’s going on right here in the country with regard to the particular area that’s involved now in Washington. The country as a whole, because we get asked that all the time, still remains at low risk, but when we say that we want to underscore that this is an evolving situation and in real time we will keep you appraised of what is going on just the same way as what we are doing it today. Dr Fauci: (22:23)How do you address this new challenge? There’s what we do from within and what we do from without. I harken back to the original decision that was made by the president of making sure that we knew the scenario that was going on in China. We prevented travel from China to the United States. If we had not done that, we would have had many, many more cases right here that we would have to be dealing with. So in that spirit, the approach is going to be, as we address this challenge, which is going to evolve by the day and by the week to do what was just mentioned, to try and keep our citizens from going to places that are active infection and to prevent places where there are active infection to necessarily easily get here. Dr Fauci: (23:15)That’s the getting it from without to within. From within, we will very aggressively do the kind of public health measures that would hopefully contain this, but as we say this, we need to prepare for further challenges and we will have them. You will hear about additional cases that will be coming on. You should not be surprised by that, but to realize that that is something that is anticipated when you get communities spread. So when you have cases throughout the world, the way we’re seeing now, South Korea, Italy, Iran, and places like that, the United States cannot be completely immune to that. The challenge is how we deal with it and I can assure you all the resources that are necessary are going to be put into dealing with what we see evolving right now and again, we’d be happy to answer any questions later, but Bob, do you want to say a few words? Bob: (24:13)I also want to add my prayers and sympathy for those that are sick and obviously our citizens that unfortunately died last night. Currently as said, there’s 22 cases in the United States and these initial cases were really leaked linked to travel to China and their context. Recently as was stated, we’ve confirmed new cases with no link to travel history or contacts and health departments under the leadership of the states and local health department supported by CDC are aggressively evaluating these cases in California, Oregon and Washington. As we said, we should anticipate to see additional cases and clusters in the days ahead and we will continue to aggressively evaluate them by the state and local and territorial tribal health departments in conjunction with CDC by embracing early case recognition, isolation, contact tracing and begin to do that to limit the further spread. I want to also add my emphasis to what was said that as we stand here today, the risk of the American public remains low. As was said, we should anticipate more cases, but again, the current risks, to the American public remains low. Speaker 2: (25:36)If I could just ask you, you said the other day in the cabinet room with African American leaders, you’ve got to get away from politics. You were down in Charleston last night using the word hoax when talking about Democrats. Somebody now is dead from this, do you regret that kind of talk? Donald Trump: (25:53)No. No. No. Hoax referring to the action that they take to try and pin this on somebody because we’ve done such a good job. The hoax is on them not… I’m not talking about what’s happening here. I’m talking what they’re doing. That’s the hoax. That’s just a continuation of the hoax, whether it’s the impeachment hoax or the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. This is what I’m talking about. Certainly not referring to this. How could anybody refer to this? This is very serious stuff, but the way they refer to it because these people have done such an incredible job and I don’t like it when they are criticizing these people and that’s the hoax. That’s what I’m talking about. Speaker 3: (26:31)Thank you Mr. President and I’m just going to ask you directly about this with regard to the flow of information. From the very beginning, you received a lot of criticism regarding that in particular about Dr. Anthony Fauci. He is world renowned in contagious diseases and there were reports out there that he was being muzzled. Can you tell us that this widely respected expert, Dr. Fauci will have every opportunity to tell us the truth- Donald Trump: (26:59)That’s a very dishonest question because he has had that ability to do virtually whatever he’s wanted to do and in fact- Speaker 3: (27:08)So he’s not being muzzled? Donald Trump: (27:08)In fact he was never muzzled. I think I can speak… You can speak… Why don’t you speak to that? Very dishonest question, but that’s okay. Speaker 3: (27:17)It’s not dishonest. I wanted to clarify Mr. President. I want to clarify. Dr Fauci: (27:21)Let me clarify it. I have never been muzzled ever and I’ve been doing this since the administration of Ronald Reagan. I’m not being muzzled by this administration. What happened, which was misinterpreted, is that we were set up to go on some shows and when the vice president took over we said let’s regroup and figure out how we’re going to be communicating. So I had to just stand down on a couple of shows and resubmit for clearance and when I resubmitted for clearance I got cleared so I have not been muzzled at all. That was a real misrepresentation of what happened. Speaker 4: (27:59)Are you considering other travel restrictions and what about closing the Southern border? Donald Trump: (28:03)We are looking also Southern border. In fact, some of the folks are here right now. [inaudible 00:28:09] is here someplace and yes, we are thinking about Southern border. We have received a lot of power on the Southern border over the last couple of years from the courts, but we are looking at that very strongly. Speaker 5: (28:26)How should Americans prepare for this virus? Should they go on with their daily lives, change their routine, what should they do? Donald Trump: (28:32)Well, I hope they don’t change their routine, but maybe Anthony, I’ll let you answer that or Bob. Do you want to answer that? Bob: (28:39)Sure, Mr. President. Thank you. I think it’s really important that, as I said, the risk at this time is low. The American public needs to go on with their normal lives. Okay? Now we’re continuing to aggressively investigate these new community links. We’re going to continue to be transparent in relating that to the American public, but at this stage, again, the risk is low. We need to go on with our normal lives. Speaker 6: (29:03)Mr. President, thank you very much. [inaudible 00:29:09] of the coronavirus in South Korea and to worry about the US troops in South Korea, how did you consider the [inaudible 00:00:29:16]. Donald Trump: (29:18)We care very much for the troops. We’re in constant touch with the troops. We’ve been speaking to the general, as you probably know, 32,000 troops in South Korea and that’s all working out fine and we’re in touch… We were in touch with the authorities in South Korea too. Speaker 7: (29:33)What responsibility do you feel as you’re communicating about this for the public to follow your directions and to take the prudent steps and then when you did use the word hopes, who did that cause some people to not take the precautionary steps because they are linking what you’re saying when you use the word hoax in the context of coronavirus. Donald Trump: (29:55)Okay. So again, the hoax was used with respect to Democrats and what they were saying. It was a hoax what they were saying and that was very clear if you’d read the words and I think you know that too. As far as what responsibility, my great responsibility… I think the biggest decision we made was going very early and that was a decision made against a lot of people that thought we shouldn’t do that. That’s why we’re at 22 instead of a much higher number, would have been a much higher number. That was a big decision. It was a hard decision because it had never been done before anyway. I mean not even early or late, it had never been made a decision like that so that was big. Donald Trump: (30:29)My next thing is really getting the best people in the world. They’re standing behind me. These people are so talented. I’ve seen them in action now for a number of weeks actually, but for in particular for the last four or five days. I want to thank Mike Pence and everybody for the job they’re doing. We have a great team. We have great people and this too will end. Go ahead, please. Go. Speaker 8: (31:00)Mr. President, you talked about people going about their routine. I did want to ask though with you and the vice president, is the white house taking any extra precautions to make sure that you don’t come in contact with the virus either through your travel or with who you meet? Donald Trump: (31:14)Well, I think so. I mean, we lead a life. I get around. I was in South Carolina last night. We had a tremendous rally. I’ve been around. I think we’re going to be in very good shape. You know, you’re talking about 22 people right now in this whole very vast country so I think we’ll be in very good shape. Speaker 9: (31:39)If I may, a couple of questions for Dr. Fauci about this [inaudible 00:31:41] virus. Dr. Fauci, what do you now understand about the morbidity. Secretary refers to the medically fragile people. Are you confident that if you’re a relatively healthy young person that this will not be fatal for you? Dr Fauci: (31:54)Okay, so the N, the number in our country currently is low, but when you look at the pattern, it seems to be following the experiences that others have had. It’s never 100%. if you look at the totality of the cases that have been reported, particularly from China, about 75 to 80% of them would do really quite well. They would just sort of like a bad flu or a cold. You get anywhere from 15 to 20, 20 somewhat percent who are going to go on to require advanced medical care, hospitalization, possibly intensive care. Dr Fauci: (32:31)For the most part, the people who get in trouble and ultimately tragically would die from this are people who are elderly and or have underlying conditions, heart disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, obesity because of the difficulty in breathing back and forth. However, every once in awhile you’re going to see a one off. You’re going to see a 25 year old person who looks otherwise well, that’s going to get seriously ill, but the vast majority of the people who get into trouble do have these underlying conditions and that’s why it confuses people because they say, well, you just said that, and then there’s a report of a 40 year old physician from China who died. That’s going to happen. That happens with influenza. Most of the time influenza kills people who are advanced age and underlying conditions, but you hear in the media every once in a while a college student would get infected and ultimately die, but the majority is in that risk group. Speaker 9: (33:29)One more technical question. Have you determined whether there are any variants of this virus so that a person who may have gotten it and then gotten over it, could get it again? Dr Fauci: (33:37)No, there’s no indication that that’s going on at all. If this virus acts like other viruses, which I have no reason to believe it won’t, once you’ve gotten infected and recovered, you’re not going to get infected with the same virus. Speaker 10: (33:57)I want to ask you about the peace deal in Doha between the Taliban and the US. Does this mean the war in Afghanistan is over? Is the Taliban in charge and secondly, Congressman John Radcliffe, why are you renominating him? Donald Trump: (34:12)He’s a terrific man. He’s been fantastic and everything he’s done. He’s highly respected. He wanted to wait till after the IG report came in as you saw originally. I don’t think he was officially or formally nominated. His name was thrown out, but he wanted to wait till after the IG report. The IG report has now come and we’ve learned a lot of very bad things from the IG report as you know very well and I think he’ll go through a process and it’ll go fairly quickly. He’s very respected man. Somebody that I’ve gotten to like, somebody who really has… He’s someone who’s really distinguished himself and I think over the last year and a half, two years in particular. We’re very happy with that. Donald Trump: (34:55)As far as the Taliban is concerned, everybody wanted this to happen. The Taliban wanted it to happen. President Ghani was very much involved in this as you know and he’s now dealing with the Taliban, but we’re talking about 19 years we’ve been there, 19 years and other presidents have tried to do this. The Taliban has given a pledge and a very strong pledge and We’ll see how that all works out. We hope it’s going to work out very well. I think they have big incentives to do it, but they have to take care of the terrorists and kill the terrorists. We’ll be working in a different kind of a fashion toward that end, but the job we’ve done has been a fantastic one in terms of terrorist and terrorism and it’s time for our people to start coming home. Speaker 11: (35:45)You mentioned the drop of spread in China, coronavirus cases. Is the US government considering evaluating similar measures in the US in cases- Donald Trump: (35:53)Some measures. We’ve been in very close contact with China, including myself with President Xi. He very much wanted this to happen. He wanted us to get out and finished and be done. He worked… Donald Trump: (36:03)Wanted this to happen. He wanted us to get out and finished and be done. He’s been working very, very hard, I can tell you that. And they’re making a lot of progress in China. You probably saw Starbucks are now opened again. You probably saw that as I mentioned, Tim just came out and he said Apple is back to normal in terms of production and their facilities in China. They’ve made a lot of progress. Speaker 12: (36:23)Thank you. Thank you. Couple of questions, one of them technical. The woman who passed away, did she travel to South Korea or is she a case of community spread? Bob: (36:37)Whoops. Yeah, the case again, this is why we’re talking about the community cases with no link to travel. So the investigation at this time shows no evidence of link to travel or a known contact. Speaker 12: (36:49)And also you said that Americans as a whole are at a low risk. Are Americans on the West coast of the United States at a low risk and are you considering restricting travel within the United States? Bob: (37:01)So I just want to emphasize again, that the Americans, independent of where they live in this nation are at low risk. All right? And we’re going to continue to evaluate aggressively these on link cases as we see them. And as we learn, we’ll obviously communicate that. Speaker 13: (37:16)Thank you so much, Mr President. Why are you considering closing the border with Mexico, seeing that there are so many more cases here than there? And another question is, are you working with the governments from Brazil and Mexico to try to coordinate a response? Did you talk to President Bolsonaro? Donald Trump: (37:37)Well we have a great relationship as you know with Mexico. We have 27,000 soldiers, their soldiers on our border doing a fantastic job. Our numbers are way down, people coming into our country illegally. We have ports of entry that we are keeping open and we’re not talking about it. We’re thinking about all borders. We have to think about that border. But right now that is not a border as it pertains to what we’re talking about here. This is not a border that seems to be much of a problem right now. We hope we won’t have to do that. Yes please, go ahead. Speaker 14: (38:10)Mr President, if I could just follow on Afghanistan. Donald Trump: (38:10)No, no, you weren’t. Please. Speaker 15: (38:11)Thank you very much President. I’m just wondering what’s the communication with China look like right now and does the experience and lessons coming from China will help the US dealing with the current situation? Donald Trump: (38:21)Well I think our relationship with China is very good. We just did a big trade deal. We’re starting on another trade deal with China, a very big one and we’ve been working very closely. They’ve been talking to our people. We’ve been talking to their people having to do with the virus. No, our relationship with China is very good. Maybe it’s closer because of what’s happened here because it was… In a certain way, this can bring the world closer. If you want to know, it can really do that. Go ahead. Speaker 16: (38:45)If I could just follow up. You pride yourself on a deal maker, but your former National Security Advisor, John Bolton has said that this is an Obama-style deal and sends the wrong message to ISIS and Al Qaeda. What did the Taliban give up here- Donald Trump: (38:59)Well first of all- Speaker 16: (38:59)And will you be hosting the Taliban in Washington, at Camp David, or will you meet them abroad? Donald Trump: (39:03)We’ll look at that. Look, nobody should be criticizing this deal after 19 years. He had his chance. He didn’t do it. He was very much in favor of going in. We should have never gone in, in the first place. When they went into Iraq… Listen, listen. When they went into Iraq, when they went into the Middle East in such a fashion, I was very much against it. Shouldn’t have gone in. He thought we should have. That’s been proven wrong. I’m surprised that anybody would be against something where we try and end a 19 year war. We’re 8,000 miles away from our home, we’ve done a great job in the sense that we’ve killed a lot of terrorists. We’ve put them out of commission. Who knows what they would’ve done if we didn’t do that, but it’s time for us to come home. Donald Trump: (39:46)Now the Taliban, working with other nations perhaps because you’re surrounded by other very strong nations. And whether it’s Pakistan or Iran or lots of other places including Russia, they can all work on this. We’ve been doing it for nations that are surrounding Afghanistan. Now it’s time for us to start coming home. And I think it’s a very good situation. President Ghani is working on it very hard. We’ll see how that works out. But the United States has done great services for people all over the world, that frankly I don’t think they’ve been given really the kind of respect that they should be given for what we’ve done. What we have done for the world is incredible and usually we don’t even get a thank you. Donald Trump: (40:33)In Afghanistan, we did something and I will tell you for the most part I noticed he was negative, but he should have tried to do something better. He was here for a year. He could have done something better. I was all ears and he wasn’t able to do that. The deal has a chance to be extremely good, but what it does do is we start bringing our people back home. Yeah. No, no. Go ahead. Speaker 17: (40:59)Thank you Mr President. The other day you spoke about the impact, the financial impact, the economic impact of the coronavirus on our country. Yesterday there was a letter that was sent out publicly by the Federal Reserve chairman talking about steps that the Fed may do to prevent economic impacts to happening here in the United States. Donald Trump: (41:19)Good it’s about time. Speaker 17: (41:20)What’s your reaction? Is that enough, that kind of a letter? Donald Trump: (41:22)No I think the Fed has a very important role and especially psychological. I mean if you look at the… The Fed has a massive impact. Lots of it is psychological and lots of it is fact. This is something I think they should have done even beyond this and before this because other countries that are not as nearly as prime, we’re the greatest in the world. It’s our currency, everything, we have everything. We should have the lowest interest rates. We don’t have the lowest interest rates. Our Fed rate is higher. You look at Germany, you look at Japan, you look at other countries, many of them have negative rates. And we are not put in that position because of our Fed and now we have this problem. You saw where Germany is lowering and also infusing a lot of money into their economy, a tremendous amount. Donald Trump: (42:10)I haven’t heard our Fed say they should do this. Our Fed should start being a leader, not a follower. Our Fed has been a follower. We need a Fed that’s going to be a leader. We should have at least the same rates and ideally lower rates than other countries. We shouldn’t be paying more, but we’re forced to pay more on interest and we are the most prime. Think of it, biggest economy in the world by far. China would have overtaken us and this year they were expected to for five years. 2019 they were going to overtake us. They’re not even close and they won’t be close. As long as somebody smart is right here, they won’t be close. Donald Trump: (42:47)But I will say this, relationship with them is good. But as far as the Fed is concerned, our Fed should be a leader. Our Fed has not been a leader at all. Frankly, we could refinance our debt at even lower rates. The rates are very low, but we should be refinancing debt at even lower rates. Our Fed is making us pay more than we should and that’s ridiculous. Speaker 18: (43:10)I have a question about the economy. Speaker 19: (43:11)Thank you Mr President. Thank you. You mentioned you’re having the meeting on Monday with the pharmaceutical executives. Donald Trump: (43:18)Right. Speaker 19: (43:18)As you know, the process of approving medicines is complex and time consuming. Donald Trump: (43:25)I think this process will go very quickly. Speaker 19: (43:26)What powers will you use- Donald Trump: (43:27)I think Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative, this process is going to go very quickly. And you know that- Speaker 20: (43:33)[inaudible 00:07:32]. Donald Trump: (43:34)Excuse me? Speaker 20: (43:34)[inaudible 00:07:35]. Donald Trump: (43:36)Yeah. We can do that. Want to do that? Mike Pence: (43:38)We’re expedited. Donald Trump: (43:39)Okay. Would you like to say something? All right. Speaker 20: (43:42)Excuse me for interrupting. Speaker 21: (43:43)And the private companies too that you’re talking about. Speaker 20: (43:47)So we are working very diligently with industry. We’re using our authorities in an expedited fashion to help with the development of therapeutics, particularly around the coronavirus. As you probably know, we issued a policy this morning that allows us to have a lot of flexibility around the development of diagnostic tests. Our colleagues at the CDC have done a great job to have an increase in those tests and we expect this policy to have a significant impact on that as well. Thanks. Speaker 21: (44:15)[crosstalk 00:44:15] with the markets? Donald Trump: (44:21)By the way, the meeting with the pharmaceutical companies was actually set up before over drug pricing because we want prices to go way down, but it turns out to be a very convenient meeting as it pertains to the vaccine. Speaker 21: (44:35)So you’ll talk about both? Donald Trump: (44:35)We’ll talk about both. Speaker 22: (44:35)Thank you Mr President. You put the Vice President in charge of coronavirus coordination across the government. When he was governor of Indiana, the Vice President allowed an HIV outbreak to spiral out of control because he did not heed the advice of his public health professional advisors who said that needle exchange was necessary at the beginning of the outbreak. What guarantee can you give Americans that political considerations and ideological issues will play no role in your government’s response to this virus? Donald Trump: (45:12)Well let me just respond quickly and then I’m going to have Mike say something about that because I’ve heard pretty good explanations actually. When it came to healthcare, Indiana has been a leader, an absolute leader, and it was really started with others, but by Mike Pence. And he’s done a phenomenal job on healthcare. One of the best, if not the best in the country. And with that, I’ll let Mike respond specifically if you want to. Mike Pence: (45:37)Sure. Thank you Mr President. When I was governor of the state of Indiana, we actually had two experiences with the spread of infectious diseases. The first was in 2014 when Indiana was where the very first MERS case in the United States arrived. Obviously an infectious disease, much more deadly than the coronavirus that we’re dealing with today. It was then when I was governor that I learned of the extraordinary capabilities of CDC. I worked with my health officials in the state of Indiana, worked with federal officials, and maybe most importantly, learned the invaluable role that local health officials play in dealing with the spread of infectious disease. Mike Pence: (46:20)I’m proud to say that the state of Indiana secured that patient, found out everyone they’d ever contacted. There were no additional infections and that patient recovered. There was only one other MERS disease. The other incident was in 2015. We had an outbreak of HIV in a very small town that emerged in early 2015. My health officials came to me, we immediately deployed health resources, but the truth was is HIV AIDS was being spread by people sharing needles and intravenous drug use. And the state of Indiana did not allow for providing a needle exchange to citizens. But the CDC came in and made a recommendation and I declared a public health emergency and made for 30 days a needle exchange available in the state of Indiana. Mike Pence: (47:13)And I’m proud to say that every one of those patients was treated. We ended the spread of the HIV AIDS virus in that community. But again, as I’ve said before, I think as President and I have discussed, I think my experience as a governor dealing with two different infectious diseases and seeing the vital role that local healthcare providers play, that federal officials play, has really informed me. It’s one of the reasons why I’ve been spending a lot of time talking to governors. I met yesterday with state health officials and the governor in Florida. And I’m proud of the work that did in the state of Indiana and I hope to continue to bring all of the best minds together to deal with this issue. Donald Trump: (47:59)Great answer and he’s doing a great job. Go ahead. He’s doing a great job. Great answer, thank you. Go ahead. Speaker 23: (48:06)Two days ago, 36 Turkey soldiers were killed in Syria. And today Turkish- Donald Trump: (48:12)When was that? When? Speaker 23: (48:13)Two days ago. Donald Trump: (48:14)Okay. Speaker 23: (48:14)And today Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey wants Patriot air defenses from United States. Are you in talk with Turkish government? Donald Trump: (48:25)We’re speaking to President Erdogan a lot and we are talking to him about exactly what you’re referring to. Speaker 24: (48:35)Are you able to do anything from a policy or a reassurance standpoint to try to deal with- Donald Trump: (48:41)The markets will all come back. The markets are very strong. The consumer is unbelievably strong. The companies are very strong. We have one problem. We have to get this problem brought into focus and it is right now I think our professionals are doing a great job. I’m not thinking in terms. Speaker 24: (48:58)[inaudible 00:12:59]. Donald Trump: (48:58)Well it’s certainly not a good situation. When you lose travel, that’s a big part of market. But for a period of time we’re going to have to do whatever’s necessary. Safety, health, number one. And the markets will take care of themselves. The companies are very powerful. Our consumer has never been in a better position than they are right now. Larry Kudlow was telling me before that the numbers… I said don’t even bring it up, what difference? But the numbers are very strong. He’s got numbers from Friday. Very strong. You see the numbers. But our focus is on exactly this. It’s not on that. That will take care of itself. Speaker 25: (49:34)Are you considering any tax breaks to help ease the pain? Donald Trump: (49:39)I think the big thing we’re looking for is the Fed to do its job. If the Fed does its job, that’s what we are really looking for. Where prior to this, as you know we announced that we’re going to be at the end of the year. We’re going to be toward the end of the year, we’re going to be announcing a middle income tax cut. In order to get that through, I don’t think the Democrats are going to be approving any tax cuts because they like to raise taxes instead of lower taxes. But we’ll be in the not too distant future announcing a very major middle income tax cut. Okay? Ladies and gentleman, thank you. Go ahead please. Speaker 26: (50:16)People started to buy hand sanitizer and food supplies and also medical supplies to prepare. And there are some of the items that are out of stock. Do you think they should get prepared on those so- Donald Trump: (50:28)I think it’s always good to be prepared. I think it’s always good. But we are super prepared. When you hear 43 million masks as an example. I will do one more. Go ahead the gentleman. Speaker 27: (50:40)It has been reported yesterday that you are willing at this point to meet with leaders of Russia, China, the UK and France. Donald Trump: (50:48)Correct. Speaker 27: (50:48)To discuss arms control issues among other things. Donald Trump: (50:52)We all want to discuss arms control and that’s a wise thing. We’re spending now over $20 billion on nuclear and on the super speed missiles and many other things. And they have come to me and they all want to now discuss arms control. And that includes China and that includes Russia and I think it’s very smart of them to want to do it and I think it’s very smart of us to want to do it. And we will be discussing that in New York. One final question. Go ahead. No, no, please. Speaker 28: (51:22)When do you anticipate troops will be returning? How soon do you see them returning in this US Taliban agreement? How soon do expect troops to be coming back? Donald Trump: (51:32)Like today. Okay. Today. They’ll start immediately. So ladies and gentlemen, we’ll be doing this quite often. We’re going to keep you abreast of all of the facts and again, I want to thank the professionals. They are great professionals. I’ve gotten to really know them and see them under very interesting and tough and trying conditions. We have the finest in the world. I will say this, other countries call us and they ask would it be possible for them to speak to Anthony and Bob and the people that you’re talking to on a daily basis now. So we’re going to be very transparent. We’ll be meeting you probably tomorrow or the next day. We’ll keep you abreast. Thank you very much. Speaker 29: (52:10)Thank you Mr President. Is traveling to Washington state okay? Speaker 30: (52:17)Yes it is. Because you mentioned that… I want to make sure we answer that question. Speaker 29: (52:23)And California. Can we travel to California? Bob: (52:25)I just want to echo again, that the risk is low. Speaker 29: (52:29)Thank you Mr. Secretary. Bob: (52:30)The risk is low. I encourage Americans to go about their life. That includes travel to California, Oregon, and state of Washington. And we will continue to have aggressive public health response with our state and local territorial health departments to get a better understanding of these community cases that we’ve now begun to see. Speaker 29: (52:52)Thank you very much. Thank you. Transcribe Your Own Content Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. Copyright Disclaimer Under Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Get a weekly digest of the week’s most important transcripts in your inbox. It’s the news, without the news.

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low despite today tragic news washington state task force meet morning bring president range option direction follow mike pence president authorize action today add additional travel restriction iran section ban travel iran iran travel ban expand exist travel restriction include foreign national visit iran day addition move iran go increase high level advisory level advise americans travel specific region italy south korea let president today authorize state department increase travel advisory americans level urge americans travel area italy area south korea affect coronavirus president direct state department work ally italy south korea coordinate screening medical screening country individual come united states america look forward work collaborative cooperative way mike pence regard task force day job tell having spend time extraordinary professional president allude having speak directly dozen governor include governor jay inslee morning washington state think american proud know 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soldier border fantastic job number way people come country illegally port entry keep open talk think border think border right border pertain talk border problem right hope will yes ahead speaker president follow afghanistan donald trump speaker president wonder communication china look like right experience lesson come china help deal current situation donald trump think relationship china good big trade deal start trade deal china big work closely talk people talk people have virus relationship china good maybe close happen certain way bring world close want know ahead speaker follow pride deal maker national security advisor john bolton say obamastyle deal send wrong message isis al qaeda taliban donald trump speaker host taliban washington camp david meet abroad donald trump look look criticize deal year chance favor go go place go iraq listen listen go iraq go middle east fashion go think prove wrong surprised anybody try end year war mile away home great job sense kill lot terrorist commission know time come home donald trump taliban work nation surround strong nation pakistan iran lot place include russia work nation surround afghanistan time start come home think good situation president ghani work hard work united states great service people world frankly think give kind respect give world incredible usually thank donald trump afghanistan tell notice negative try well year well ear able deal chance extremely good start bring people home yeah ahead speaker mr president day speak impact financial impact economic impact coronavirus country yesterday letter send publicly federal reserve chairman talk step fed prevent economic impact happen united states donald trump time speaker reaction kind letter donald trump think fed important role especially psychological mean look fed massive impact lot psychological lot fact think country nearly prime great world currency low interest rate low interest rate fed rate high look germany look japan look country 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Oct 18, 2020 Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Carson City, Nevada on October 18. Read the full transcript of his rally speech here. Transcribe Your Own Content Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. Donald Trump: (00:24)What a crowd, what a crowd. You see what’s going on in the road? All the way up here. We have people all the way up. It was never like that for the last administration, they tell me. I’ll ask the guys that happened to be with me, they were winning the last one too. They don’t say much. I said, “Was it like that?” They said, “Sir, nothing was like that. Nothing.” It was never like that. And they’ve got the Trump signs and the flags and the American flags all over the place. All those American flags. Thank you very much. Donald Trump: (02:27)Hello, Carson City, hello. It’s great to be back in Nevada with the thousands of loyal, hard working American patriots, great people. Can you believe it? 16 days? 16 days. And you know what, 16 days from now, we’re going to win the state of Nevada. We’re going to win four more years in the White House and we’re going to keep it going. Donald Trump: (03:02)Early voting is underway. So get out and vote. And they’re getting a little worried because certain areas … we know we’re going to have a big red wave. We’re going to have a tremendous … they know it. These fakers back there, they know it. They know it. All you have to do is look at this crowd. When did we set this up, like two days ago? “We’ll be in Carson City in about two days,” and the people come out like crazy. And the people in the road, thousands and thousands because they couldn’t get in. It’s pretty sad when you take an airport and it’s not big enough, right? “Sir, we have a problem. We have an airport, it’s not big enough.” Donald Trump: (03:51)But you know what’s happening. So we have the big red wave is going to happen. And that’s going to happen on November 3rd and a little before for the voting. But you can get out now, right Michael? They can get out now and they can vote? But you know, strange things are happening in North Carolina. A lot of people are out there voting, those lines are miles long. They’re miles long. And they’re wearing a lot of red caps. They’re wearing caps and they’re wearing badges and they’re wearing those beautiful shirts. A lot of them, they love our country. They work so hard. But they weren’t into voting for a long time. Then about four years ago, they went out and now they’re out. And I think even more so. There’s even more enthusiasm now than we had four years ago. Actually it’s hard to believe. And I’ll say it for the fake news, by a lot. Donald Trump: (04:57)I’ll give you an example, Michigan. In Michigan, we’re supposed to be like probably 80/20 with us on the back, but we’re going to catch them. Everyone’s expecting we’re going to do well. We should with all the auto plants being built in Michigan, hadn’t been built for 42 years. And now they’re building them all over the place. A lot of jobs. They had the best year they ever had. Michigan had the best year. They have a governor that’s got it locked down, but now we forced it to open up. They ruled unconstitutional what she’s doing. Donald Trump: (05:29)But here’s what’s happening. So in Michigan I was supposed to be … they’re going to take the big lead. Then like a racehorse, then we’re going to catch them with a big red wave because our people like to go and vote. They like to go and vote. But something strange is happening in and Michigan. It’s happening in other places too. But it’s happening in Michigan because we’re not at 20%, we’re leading in the early vote. That’s never happened. That’s never happened before for the Republicans. It doesn’t work that way. Now in all fairness, until I won Michigan four years ago, Michigan hadn’t been won in decades, many decades by a Republican. But we won it, and now we should win it by even more because everything I said that would happen, happened. All the plants, all the good economy and everything. Until the China virus came and the plague, the plague from China. And how do I look? Okay? Do I look okay? Donald Trump: (06:30)Thank you. Thank you. Donald Trump: (06:57)We can do things today that we couldn’t do. We can do things today we couldn’t do seven months ago when we got hit with this thing. The whole world got hit with it. They should have kept it in. They could have kept it in. They protected their country, but they didn’t protect the world or us, Europe. And we will never forget. We will never forget. We had just signed an incredible trade deal. The ink wasn’t dry. And then we got hit by the plague. But we will not forget. But we were doing numbers the likes of which we’ve never done before, 160 million people employed. You had the best year you ever had. But almost all states. I can say it, I don’t have to do a lot of research, almost every state was having the best year they ever had. And then we closed it up and we saved over 2 million lives by doing what we did. They don’t like to say that. We did a great job. Donald Trump: (07:53)We’re now doing the vaccines, they’re coming out very soon, very strong, great companies, Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer, Moderna, great companies. A lot more than that. But they also have a lot of other things. And they call them therapeutics. For me, it was a cure. I mean, what’s the difference. I say, “Give me a definition.” Because I wasn’t feeling … I wasn’t like, “Oh gee, I feel great.” I hate to admit, I didn’t feel … I haven’t been somebody that’s had a lot of problems with that stuff. So I hate to admit it, but you know what? I was not feeling great. Does that make sense to you? I wasn’t exactly feeling the best. Donald Trump: (08:34)But the great thing is when you’re president, you have so many doctors. I was saying to a group this morning, I said, “I had so many … I had 12 doctors around the bed. And everyone was grabbing a different part of my body.” [inaudible 00:00:08:47]. And they’re all super geniuses. But I was not feeling good. And then they me this Regeneron, which is an antibody. And great company, great, great company. Tremendous success with cures, vaccines, other things. And they actually came up with the Ebola drug, which just saved so many lives. They came up with a lot of good stuff. And the other one’s too, but this was one I liked because it just seemed to have a very good record. But it was brand new. Hadn’t been tested. Hadn’t been approved or anything. Donald Trump: (09:24)By the way, we’re approving it for everybody that needs it free of charge because it wasn’t your fault. And Eli Lilly makes a drug based on the same concept. Eli Lilly, great company from Indiana, great state. Great state because I won it by a lot. You know, every state that I win by a lot or win by a little, we’re happy with. And by the way, we’re leading in the state of Nevada. You better get out of [crosstalk 00:09:52]. Why wouldn’t we win? Donald Trump: (09:57)But anyway, I took this drug. I wasn’t feeling good. It’s a transfusion, as they say. Like one hour. And the next day I felt like Superman. I got up, I said, “What the hell is going on?” I felt like Superman. I said, “Come on, bring them on, bring them on whoever it is.” No, I felt good. And I could have left. I wanted to leave the hospital then. They said, “Sir, can we have a couple of more days, please?” But these doctors are great. I love you, too. I love you, too. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. Donald Trump: (10:37)But these doctors are great. And we can do things today seven months ago, it was unheard of really. The whole antibody thing was … What they’ve done is incredible, with the therapeutics and all of the vaccines that you’re going to see coming on board right now. So, I say you get out there and things are opening up, tell your governor to open up, tell everybody to open up. I told Michigan. Michigan, we sued and they found her … it was unconstitutional. The only person that her state was opened up for was her husband. He was allowed to go and sail his boat, do whatever the hell he wanted to, but nobody else could do anything. They were like locked into prison. And it’s very bad. That causes a lot of problems. That causes with the alcohol and drugs and depression and suicide, believe it or not. And the cure can not be worse than the problem itself. So it can’t be, right? It can’t be. Donald Trump: (11:38)So if you vote for me, and you know what’s going to happen … Let me change it, when you vote for me … So we have a lot of people here. Is there anybody that’s going to vote for sleepy Joe in this crowd please raise your hand. Not too many. Not too many. Sleepy Joe. I can’t even believe it. He should have never even gotten a nomination. It was Bernie’s for nomination until Elizabeth Warren Pocahontas split up the vote. Donald Trump: (12:19)But let’s change it. When you vote for me, prosperity will surge. Your taxes will be cut even further. And I gave you the biggest tax cut in the history of our country. The pandemic is rounding the turn. And we have the vaccines coming and they go crazy, the fake news. But I will tell you, it’s rounding the turn with or without, it’s rounding the turn. You’ll see that. Normal life, that’s all we want. We want normal life. We want normal. We want to be where we were seven months ago, right? We’ll fully resume the Nevada tourism and hospitality industry, which is fantastic. We’ll come roaring back. And it will. And next year will be the greatest economic year in the history of our country for everybody. Donald Trump: (13:13)Unless somebody like sleepy Joe Biden wants to substantially increase your taxes and your regulations. We cut your regulations. Used to take up to 21 years to get a highway approved. Can you believe it? 21 years. You ever see the big charts where it showed you have to go here, here, here, then back. Take years and years, it could be 21 years. And then they get … not only that, 21 years and then they’d disapprove it. How would you like to have that job? After 21 years, you’re going for a vote and then you lose three to two and that’s the end of that. So a big portion of your life was trying to get something approved. And we have it down to two years. I think I’ll have it down to one year. And it may be disapproved if it’s environmentally not good, if it’s unsafe. But it’s going to be one year, two years. And most likely it will be approved and it will get done. Donald Trump: (14:04)He wants to terminate our new found energy independence, and that’s what he wants to do. He wants to end fracking. Do you ever see this guy? For a year and a half, “There will be no fracking, no fracking, no fracking.” Then he goes to a great place, Pennsylvania. And they say, “By the way, we have a million jobs for fracking.” “Oh, we will have fracking. We will have it.” And the fake news doesn’t even talk to him about it. They don’t ask him like, “Well, how come for a year and a half you said there’s no fracking. And then as soon as you get the nomination, you say there’s fracking?” Donald Trump: (14:38)Remember Hillary? She said, “No coal. No clean coal. No coal. Forget it.” Then three weeks later, she had to go to … No, him up, you mean him up because you see what’s happening with Biden? He is corrupt politician. But did you see Hillary? And then she goes to West Virginia and she said, “Oh, well actually I like coal,” but it was a little bit too late. It was a little bit too late. She you’ve got record low numbers. West Virginia, great place. They don’t like it when somebody says you can’t dig coal. That was not good. Donald Trump: (15:08)But Biden wants to launch a socialist takeover of healthcare to cut our military budget. And he wants to cut it right to the bone. Well, the Democrats do not like our military. Traditionally, we have built a greatest military. Anytime that we’ve ever had, anywhere in the world. If you vote for Biden, he will surrender you jobs to China. He will surrender your future to the virus. He’s going to lockdown. This guy wants to lockdown. He’ll listen to the scientists. If I listened totally to the scientists, we would write down, have a country that would be in a massive depression. Donald Trump: (15:48)Instead of we’re like a rocket ship, take a look at the numbers. And that’s despite the fact that we have five or six of these Democrats keeping their state closed because they’re trying to hurt us on November 3rd. But the numbers are so good anyway, they’d be even better. But New York should be open. Michigan now has to open because of the court case. North Carolina should be open. They should be open. You guys, you want to open. Yeah, you want to open. Pennsylvania has to open. We have places and sometimes they’re open, but they’re partially open. They’re not open like they should be. Get the places open. Let’s go. Let’s go. Donald Trump: (16:35)But he’ll surrender your country to the radical socialist left. You see that happening. This election is a choice between a Trump super recovery, which we’re in right now or a Biden depression. You will have a depression. First of all, your taxes are going to be quadrupled. You will have a depression the likes of which we have not seen since 1929. that’s what’s going to happen. And I’m very good at those things. You will have one of the great depressions of all time. Your taxes are going to go up. Your regulations are going to go up. Everybody’s going to be leaving our country. All those jobs and companies that I brought in, they’re all going back to where they came from. All he wants to do is raise it. Even in the companies. Who wants to raise it for the companies so they go back to another location? They came because we cut taxes. Now he wants to raise their taxes. They will leave. It’s very simple. It’s one of those things. Donald Trump: (17:28)It’s a choice between strong borders or no borders, between supporting the police or defunding the police, between delivering a vaccine in record time to kill the virus or a Biden shutdown to kill the economy. On November 3rd, vote for jobs, safety, lower taxes, a secure second amendment and freedom. There’s a lot of people here. Look at that. A lot of people. I wish the cameras would show it. They never show it, right? They never show it. They show me. And you know what happens over my shoulders, about three or four people. They’re always complaining, “I don’t see masks.” There’s a lot of masks on. A lot of masks. Donald Trump: (18:48)No, they’re corrupt people. But Joe Biden is from a failed and corrupt political class that enriched itself while draining the economic life and soul from our country. Guy’s been here for 47 years. Isn’t it amazing? I do something, he says, “Oh, I would’ve done it …” He’s been here for 47 years. Now, all of a sudden he says, “Oh, we should have done this.” When I closed and put a ban on China coming and heavily infected, I saved thousands, probably hundreds of thousands of lives. He said I was xenophobic. I shouldn’t have done it. Months later, he agreed it was the right thing to do. Now he goes out, I should have done it sooner. And yet he didn’t want me to do it months later. These people, I don’t know how they get away with it. You know why? Because those people are more corrupt than anybody. They don’t even ask him. They don’t even ask him. Donald Trump: (19:43)For the last 47 years, they shipped away your jobs, shut down your factories, let drugs pour into our country and all over our great communities. And they ravaged our cities while sacrificing American blood and treasure in endless, ridiculous foreign wars in countries that you never even heard of. By the way, they’re all coming back. They’ve been coming back. People don’t like to hear it. People don’t like to report it. They’re coming back rapidly. He’s a servant of the wealthy donors, globalists, and special interests who got rich bleeding, America dry and putting America last. Donald Trump: (20:28)As your president, I could have been the greatest fundraiser of all time. You know, you see these numbers that they raise. They raise 300 million. You know why? When they raise money, that’s a deal. They’re making deals. I would be the single greatest fundraiser in history. I’ll call up the head of Goldman Sachs, I’ll call up the head of all these Wall Street guys. Most of them I know or know enough about. I know them all. I know them. I know too much. And I could call up, “Listen, do me a favor. Would you give 10 million to my campaign?” “Yes. Mr. President.” “Would you give 20 million …” “Yes …” Donald Trump: (21:01)But when you do that, you don’t have to say anything. When they call you in three months and they say, “We need help with this or that or that.” It’s very hard, like sort of almost morally. They did for you. And you do for them. It doesn’t have to be a deal or a quid pro quo like he had with the billion dollars to get his son out of problems with the prosecutor. And they never ask him about that either. But I would be the greatest fundraiser of all time, but I don’t like to do that because it puts us at a disadvantage and we never want to be at a disadvantage. So easy though, think of it. The president calls, they’ll give me whatever the hell I want. Donald Trump: (21:57)In 2016, you voted to fire this corrupt and decrepit political establishment. And you elected an outsider as president who is finally putting America first. Donald Trump: (22:21)Joe Biden is and always has been a corrupt politician. He always has been. And as far as I’m concerned, the Biden family is a criminal enterprise. It really is. Look at what’s going on. I don’t know what’s going on with the Democrats, they’re a very powerful party. But it’s not the Democrats. It’s the Democrats plus the fake news media. And then it’s also including big tech. Donald Trump: (22:54)Here it is. It’s me. I’m all you have between your second amendment and chaos and all the problems. It’s me. I’m all you have. And the Republicans, I love the Republicans and we have some great, but they have to learn to stick together better. We have some stupid people. We have some stupid people. Some of them are gone. Flake, Corker, they’re gone. But now we have this guy, Sasse, wants to make a statement. Little Ben, little Ben Sasse. Donald Trump: (23:28)The Republicans have to stick together better. You don’t see that. One thing I respect about the Democrats, they stick together. They have lousy policy. They want open borders. They want sanctuary cities. They want to quadruple your taxes. But the one thing is they stick together. The Republicans have to learn. They got to stick together. And by the way, it’s been that way for decades. I don’t know what the hell is in the blood. Could you explain that to me please, Michael? Huh? What the hell is going on? Donald Trump: (24:03)Ah, what the hell is going on? It’s been that way for many decades. I don’t know. There’s always a few. They want to make a statement. Jesus. It’s just a bunch of wimps. [inaudible 00:24:13] No, I love them. They’ve been great. Hey look, on the impeachment hoax, I couldn’t do better. The 197 to nothing in the House Republicans. And we even had the Democrat or two come and join us, right? That was an impeachment over a telephone call that was perfect, other than that. Think of that. But 197 to nothing and with the Senate, 52 and a half to a half. Who was the half? I can’t think of it. Oh, Biden couldn’t think. He couldn’t remember the name. Right? He couldn’t remember the name. Look, you know, the guy from, I think he was a governor. I’m not sure or now what, is he a Senator now? What’s his name? Mitt Romney. That’s right, oh that’s… He didn’t remember Mitt, which I thought was insulting to Mitt Romney. I wouldn’t insult Mitt Romney that way. Okay? But Biden couldn’t remember his name. You know, they’ve only known each other for about 35 years. Donald Trump: (25:06)Look, Biden is gone. Let’s not kid ourselves. We want to be nice. Biden is gonzo. Can you imagine having Kamala? Most liberal member of Congress. The most liberal member of Congress. And I think that whole thing, that’s why Nancy Pelosi is talking about the 25th amendment. That’s the real reason. They want to get him the hell out. The Bidens make crooked Hillary Clinton looked like an absolute amateur. That’s true. And she’s pretty bad. And I do want to hear from law enforcement. Why aren’t they looking at, and maybe they are, and I hope they are. You know, I try and stay out of it because I’m trying very hard to be so right down the middle. But why aren’t they looking at the fact that she got a subpoena from the United States Congress for 33,000 emails and she deleted every single one of them and then acid washed them. And then she pounded her telephones with a hammer. I’ve gotten rid of cell phones and I throw them away. You know. Now I throw them into the Secret Service, okay? I give them back. Donald Trump: (26:23)But before this, I throw them away. I get a new one, right? She pounded the crap out of them with a hammer. How many people have gotten rid of your cell phones and pounded them to death with a hammer? So I just want to know why aren’t they looking at that? Why aren’t they looking at that? Why aren’t they looking at Omar? Omar. Ilhan Omar. But the biggest of them all is Joe. He’s corrupt. And they found the laptop. You know what they call that? The laptop from hell. That is a laptop. That’s a laptop from hell. Let’s see what happens with it. Let’s see what happens with it. Donald Trump: (27:08)So a giant trove of emails show Hunter Biden making deals, setting up meetings with his father Joe, and using the office of the Vice President for a for-profit cash machine. That’s what it is. This guy is a vacuum cleaner. He follows his father around and takes millions, hundreds of millions and billions of dollars out of these countries. I mean, that is so dishonest. That’s so crooked. I call him the human vacuum cleaner, right? You know those things on television. He’s better than any one of them. Joe Biden said he knew nothing, but he lied, because I’m telling you, this laptop is a disaster. Donald Trump: (27:54)The fake news and big tech don’t want to write about it though. They don’t want anything to do with it. And they punish. And thank you to the New York Post. It’s unbelievable what they’re doing. You know, it’s the fifth or fourth largest newspaper. So you’d call it the mainstream, not the lame stream, but the mainstream media. But it’s the, I guess the fourth largest. It’s the oldest newspaper in the U.S. I think it was Alexander Hamilton founded it. Right? And they should be very proud of what they’re doing because the New York times refuses to write about it. And the fake Washington Post, which is a total fake, you know that’s a lobbyist for Bezos on the group, okay, for Amazon, but he calls it the lobbyist. He must call it that. I call it the lobbyist. Okay? Donald Trump: (28:41)You own the Washington post, you have a little power. It’s a free lobbyist. Although it’s probably not a free one. It probably costs him a fortune, but it gives him what he needs. But it’s fake. And if you look at it, NBC and MSDNC, right? And if you look at ABC. How about Stephanopoulos the other day? You know, he interviewed me two weeks ago. He gave me a tough interview, but I didn’t consider it unfair. Although it turned out the audience was stacked against me, you know. There were some Trump people and some Biden people, and some, well no, it didn’t work out that way. Did it? And actually they were very nice, right? The one woman said how handsome I was. You know, the one woman… No, it’s true. I’d rather have that. I’d rather have that than have her say, “You’re a wonderful politician.” The hell with that. I’d rather have her say. What’s better than that? Right, Michael? He’s so handsome. You have such a great smile. Donald Trump: (29:34)But see here’s what happened with her. She was so nice. But she was supposed to be like, I think a former Hillary supporter, but the way she said it to me, it was so nice. And then after the show, and she said it right, did anyone see that? It was so lovely. And then after the show, she went rogue. I wouldn’t vote for him. In other words, they said, “Wait a minute, this isn’t the deal here. What are you doing?” I’m sure that the Democrats together with their partner, ABC television network said, what the hell happened with her? That’s a terrible thing that she did. So I’m sure they hit her very hard and she got back in line. Okay? But I think hopefully her first statement was the statement she believed. He’s a handsome man. Donald Trump: (30:25)See, now the fake news will say, “President Trump went on a rant talking about how handsome he is.” They don’t understand. He went on a rant. It was a terrible thing. We don’t think he’s handsome. Actually, they think I must be the most unattractive human being they’ve ever seen. Except what they don’t realize is without me, they will have ratings that will nosedive. They’ll go out of business, every one of them. Right? Right? You know, I’m making this speech a little bit longer, then I’m looking at this crazy Nevada sun. And I’m sitting here with this white skin. But who the hell cares if I get a little sunburn, right? Donald Trump: (31:11)They don’t want to write about or report on this scandal because they want Biden to win. You know, I’ve always said, in the end, they’re going to all endorse me because if Biden wins, they’re out of business. This is the most boring human being I’ve ever seen. But they want Biden to win so they can take over our country because they will take it over, between big tech, section 230, by the way. All right, go ahead. No, no, no, no. No, it’ll be one of the great, it’ll be one of the great disasters. I’m telling you, depression, just remember the word. And you know it. And California, are you from California? You do. You do. You do. Come on, Gabe. Let’s go, Gabe. Come on, Gabe. Donald Trump: (32:17)You know, I just left. I’ll tell you what. So I just left California. And I was in a place that was sort of Republican. But I was with a wonderful reporter. I just spoke to him, from the Washington Times, which is a really good newspaper by the way. And he reported very strongly, the crowds were unbelievable. Unbelievable. And I don’t know why we wouldn’t win California. We’re playing it a little bit. In theory, you’re not supposed to be able. But they have everything against them, high crime, homeless. They don’t take care of the homeless. I tell Nancy Pelosi, come back to San Francisco and take care of your homeless, Nancy. The endless forest fires. They’re endless. I do. I like the governor, but I said, do you ever stopped with these forest fires? Can you ever stop? They got to manage the forest. You know? They talk, it’s all sorts of reasons. They’ve got to manage the forest. Manage it. It’s called forest management. But they got to stop. They got to stop. And now they have a new thing. They’re running out of water. And you know, they’ve run out of electricity. They have brownouts, blackouts. And a lot of people are leaving. They’re leaving for Texas. They’re leaving for Texas. They’re leaving for Florida. They’re leaving for places that are really well-read. Donald Trump: (33:44)But it’s very interesting, a big thing the other day. They’re going to ration their water in California. And I felt so badly. I called up, I said, “Oh, do you have a drought?” “No.” You know they do? Millions of gallons an hour come down from the north, pour down, pour down. So they have so much, right? They have so much water. But they route it into the Pacific ocean because they have a smelt. Right? Is it a smelt? How’s that for a memory, good? There’s no problem there. Smelt. It’s a little tiny fish. And it’s been having difficulty over the last long time with water, without water. It’s having difficulty. But they want to save the smelt. And in saving the smelt, they’re destroying human lives. Right? And they’re destroying the farmers, and even Los Angeles, the homes. Donald Trump: (34:44)So they have a thing where they’re bringing it down ultimately to 42 gallons a person. And it sounds like a lot. Look, if somebody said you could have 42 gallons a person, I think a day, it sounds like a lot of water, right? It’s not. It’s like a quick shower and let’s wash your hands. Then they have a mandate, wash your hands at all times. You must always constantly wash. Then they say 42 gallons. Say, wait a minute. Okay. I got a deal. I won’t take a shower for the next couple of weeks, but I’ll wash my hands. No, it’s true. Donald Trump: (35:17)So 42 gallons, it sounds like a lot, but it’s really not. Friend of mine, he has this massive house. He says, “I’m not going to be able to take a shower. I live in a house, this gorgeous house, right?” He can’t take a shower. Wash your hands every hour, every 15 minutes. You know what I did? I’ll tell you this crazy story. So, you know what bothers me. When you go into a new hotel or new house, they have these faucets, right? And you turn them on, no water comes out. Even if you live in like North Carolina, you live in areas where up in New England, you live, most of our country has so much water we don’t know what to do with it. The problem is how do you get rid of it? Donald Trump: (35:51)But they do for like they desert, like here, but they do for areas that are a little bit tougher for water. But even you have the water. So they do it. So they come up with it’s one regulation for all over the country. So you go into a hotel or you buy a house and they have what’s called the restrictor. Right? Look at them. They’re all nodding. Same thing, by the way, same thing with your dishwasher. I freed that up, too. The dishwashers, they had a little problem. They didn’t give enough water, like, so people would run them 10 times, so they end up using more water. And the thing’s no damn good. We freed it up. Now you can buy a dishwasher and comes out and beautiful. Go buy a dishwasher. Go buy it. Those companies. I said, “What’s wrong with this thing? It doesn’t clean the dishes.” Right? The women come up to me, the women who they say don’t like me, they actually do like me a lot. Donald Trump: (36:51)Suburban women, please vote for me. I’m saving your house. I’m saving your community. I’m keeping your crime way down. I keep hearing, you know, it’s all fake stuff. Remember they said last time about women. Women will never vote. He will never vote for Donald Trump. They’ll never vote. Then the end of the evening, they’re all crying. Oh my God, what happened? Remember John King. What’s going on over here. Yeah, the red, red, red. He won Florida. He won Florida. It wasn’t that I won Florida, I won it like fast. And by the way, we’re way up in Florida right now, too. Because we’ve done a great job. Okeechobee, we’ve done a great job for Florida. We’ve done things for Florida that nobody took it ever be done. Donald Trump: (37:33)But anyway, but John King, so he’s up there. He won Florida. Oh, well that was quick. But the big, when we won Ohio, because did you ever hear, for a year and a half, when we were thinking about doing this, you cannot win unless you win the great state of Ohio, right? You heard that a hundred times. They were doing that for me, shtick. And then I get these polls. I had great people in Ohio. They said, “Sir, you’re going to win Ohio. You don’t even have to come back. You’re going to win Ohio.” By the way, they said that to me again, just recently. But they said, You can’t not win.” So we ended up winning Ohio by eight points. And it wasn’t that we won Ohio, but the polls closed at seven o’clock and it’s seven o’clock and one second, because you know, unless you win big Michael, right? You know, they keep you waiting. So the polls have closed in the great state of Ohio. Donald Trump has won the state of Ohio. Donald Trump: (38:27)They kept saying I was even. We had groups. I’ll tell you how accurate their polls were four years ago, I was down in nine states the day of the election. I won all nine states. Think of it. Right? Other than that, they were quite accurate. Actually, this time than much better if you want to know the truth. This time they’re actually much better. No, but we’re doing much better. And as I said, we have much more enthusiasm now. Donald Trump: (39:03)But anyway, getting back to my very boring story about faucets and dishwashers. So I said to the head, I called up great dishwasher company from Ohio that we saved, by the way, I said, “What’s the problem with your dishwasher? Well, they don’t give us any water. I mean, you know, it’d be nice to be able to get enough water. What’s the problem. We need more water. Not that much, but give…”. Like I said, how much do you need this? Would you like more? Well, I’d love more. Will you give us more? Yeah. I’ll give you more. You have so much water. You don’t know what to do with it. Right? So we gave them what they need. And now the dishwashers are incredible. They work beautifully. And you go one time and you come back and your dishes are nice and beautiful and clean and dry. You don’t have to go 10 times. Donald Trump: (39:45)The same thing with the restrictors in the faucet. So I hate to say the three things. It’s the shower, it’s the sink, and you know the third element in the bedroom. But I don’t say it because every time I say it, they only talk about that one. Because it’s sort of gross to talk about. Right? So I won’t talk about the fact that people have to flush their toilet 15 times. Okay? I will not talk about it. I’ll only talk about showers and okay? But there is three things. I won’t talk about it. This way they can’t report it. Donald Trump: (40:17)So what happens, so what happens, I go to my people, environmental people, why are we doing this? Because when you wash your hands, it takes you five times longer. You know the waters not coming, you’ve got soap, you can’t get it off. I said, “Open it up.” They said, “What do you mean?” “Take the restrictors off.” People know. And if you’re out here, you got to be careful. And you’ve got to do all the things you’ve been doing anyway. Take the restrictors off. And you may leave it in certain areas where you might need it. But most of the country, big portion, it doesn’t need it. Then on the shower, the worst. You ever get under a show where no water comes out? And me, I want that hair to be so beautiful. Right? Right? It’s true. It’s true. I want the hair to look good. Donald Trump: (40:59)I go into some of these hotels, you know, when you travel and I go into these hotels, new hotels. They do a nice. it’s not their fault. And I get in there, I say, “Oh, I can look at it now. I know that everything.” I say, “Oh, here we go.” Turn on the water, drip drip drip. Drip, drip. But now you go into a shower and the water pours out. You go into a sink and you can wash your hands very nicely, beautiful. And the third thing don’t worry about. Okay? We won’t talk. Just one time, that’s all. Donald Trump: (41:33)So I’m not just running against Biden, but you watch, there’ll be talking about the third thing. I’ve done this before. And they never even talk about sinks and showers. So I never talked. You’ll see how dishonest they are. But I’m running against a left wing media, big tech giants, and a corrupt political class and a corrupt Democratic party. You saw what they did. They spied on my campaign and got caught. They tried to take down the President of the United States. But they went after the wrong President. Let me tell you something. I really believe this. Somebody said it just today. Any other President would not have been able to withstand what we’ve done. They’d be in a corner with their thumb in their mouth saying, “Please take me home to mommy. Please.” These people are evil. Donald Trump: (42:27)Even Schiff today. You know shifty Schiff? Did you hear the new one? I was waiting for this. So they find this horrible, horrible laptop of Hunter. Where’s Hunter? Where’s Hunter? But Joe is far more corrupt than Hunter because Joe is getting a piece of everything. They have it in the email, 10% and 50%. But Joe is far more corrupt than Hunter. But what happens is they say where’s Hunter and they see what’s going on. Everybody’s looking for him. Everybody wants to find. And all we’re hearing is that you can’t talk about this kind of thing. You can’t talk. Can you imagine if that were Don Trump Jr.’s laptop? Or Eric Trump was such a fun, these are good kids, but they have just been brutalized by these maniacs. Or what about our great Ivanka Trump? Can you imagine? Tiffany. Even Barron, right? Barron. You know, Barron. Donald Trump: (43:33)No, they’re all good kids. But could you imagine, you know, Baron had the problem. Okay? He got healed in about 15 seconds, right? You got to understand that. You know, the young kids. What is it, 99.9 something. They said Barron tested positive. Even I wasn’t worried. You know, he’s strong. He’s definitely tall. He’s tall. And he’s a good kid. He’s a good kid. He’s a smart kid. But they said, “Sir, Barron tested positive.” At first she said, “Oh.” I said, “Well, is he okay?” “Yeah.” “Are you going to give them anything?” “No.” Like two seconds later, I said, “How’s Barron?” “Oh, he’s all set. He beat it.” I hate to say it. They have a much stronger immune system than we do. I hate to say that. You know? I said, “Congratulations, Barron.” I said, “That was quick.” I said, “How did it feel?” “I don’t know.” Donald Trump: (44:25)But the Democrats in this horrible group of people, they have nothing but disdain for you and for your values. They lecture you on the need for open borders while they live behind gated communities, like Nancy Pelosi. She doesn’t want a wall, but she lives in this very beautiful house with lots of good ice cream. They support crippling lockdowns while their jobs remain totally exempt. They keep your kids out of school while their kids and their families have private tutors, right? They want to take away your guns. They want to destroy your second amendment while they employ armed guards. Donald Trump: (45:09)And it’s time that we sent them a very strong message because they’re hypocrites in Washington D.C. and in Silicon Valley, and in Silicon Valley. Section 230. On election day. Not everybody understands that, but we have some great politicians here today that understand it. But on election day, you can send a message to the fake news media right there, to the big tech companies, and to the Washington swamp. We never knew it could be this deep. When I said drain the swamp, I didn’t know it was this bad. But send them a message that they will never forget. Show them that the American people are still in charge by delivering sleepy Joe Biden and the Democrats a thundering defeat on November 3rd. And if I don’t sound like a typical Washington politician, it’s because I’m not a politician. But I’ve dealt in politics for a long time. I know them very well. I know them all very well. I’ve dealt for a long time. I know them all. If I do not, thank you very much, if I do not always play by the rules of the Washington establishment, it’s because I was elected to fight for you harder than anyone ever before. Right? Thank you. Thank you very much. Donald Trump: (47:06)By the way, did you see Biden this morning? He was very agitated, [inaudible 00:47:10] agitated. He was very agitated, and he’s screaming at them. And he had nobody in the audience. He had a couple of cars. Did you see it? They’re honking their horn. I can’t believe it. And they don’t report that. You know, we got lucky. I think the camera man slipped and the camera went a little off kilter. Just like we want them to show our crowds. They don’t want them. I love watching those circles. He’s got those big, big… They’re so well done though. The best thing about his campaign is the guy or woman that does the circles. No, there’s a lot of talent there. They’re perfect. You know, I’m a perfectionist. frankly. I am. So it was a good builder. I look at those circles, very thick and very far apart, I think you got about six of them because that’s the number of people that show up. This way he can say, “We were sold out today.” I’m fin- Donald Trump: (48:03)I’m fighting against forces who want to destroy everything that you love and cherish. People think of Joe Biden as a nice man, but he’s not a nice man. No, he’s not a nice man. He was never a nice man. And he was never a smart man. He got lucky. He got lucky that Pocahontas didn’t quit earlier. And he’s not a good man. He’s a corrupt man. And he took an ad against me knowing it was false. You probably know the ad. It’s a horrible, vicious ad having to do with the military. It’s a totally false, horrible, horrible ad. And nobody has ever done more for the military than I have. Nobody. Donald Trump: (48:48)And we advised him and his group of dishonest cronies, legally, and every other way. We advised them, and we let them know. We’re putting complaints in all over the place. But he took a vicious, vicious, horrible ed of something I never said. It was a magazine that’s an Obama-type magazine with Obama and Biden and crooked Hillary. I won’t even mention it, a third-rate magazine. Loses a fortune. And they made up a story, and they said I said certain things. There’s no human being on earth, unless they’re seriously, seriously deranged, that would say such a thing. Donald Trump: (49:26)And I said it in front of other soldiers. And I have 26, I think, witnesses saying it’s ridiculous. Number one, you wouldn’t need any witnesses. Nobody would say anything like that. But we said it never happened. They have no witnesses. They have, I think, an anonymous source. But the source doesn’t exist. It was made up. It was made up just like the Russia, Russia, Russia bullshit was made up. Donald Trump: (49:52)So they made it up. They made up this lie, and now it’s in television commercials, like I said it. And frankly, if I were a military person, and if I saw that ad, I would never vote for Trump. And I told my people this is a very serious thing. They took a statement, made up a statement, just like they do. This is what they do. They’re vicious, horrible people. They made up a statement, and now they put ads in during a football game. I see an ad. I’m watching the game. I must tell you, I’m not into football so much anymore, if you want to know the truth. No, I’m not. It’s hard to watch. I love people that honor our anthem and honor our flag. And honor our country. Thank you very much. Thank you. And you look at the basketball. Did you see the basketball rioters filing in? Down 70, 70, 7-0, 70%. who the hell? I didn’t watch one shot. No interest. No, no. You know what? People want to watch sports. They have enough of us, right? They have enough of us. There’s plenty of us, but down 70%. in one way, it’s a shame. And another way… When we had this argument with the NFL two years ago, it really hurt them badly. They were down 25, 30%, right. People weren’t going to the games. And I felt we won the battle. I thought it was over. Donald Trump: (51:43)Then I saw her Roger, nice guy, Roger Goodell in his basement wearing a blue t-shirt tight, very tight, like he’s a player. It doesn’t work. I don’t want to have a tight one. I want it as loose as possible. But he’s wearing a tight one. He thinks he’s all buffed up and everything. Didn’t look good. No tie. Just a t-shirt, like an undershirt that’s painted blue. That’s a blue color. I don’t even think it had anything on it. And he said, “We’ve decided to do this and that.” Donald Trump: (52:10)And then I said, “There goes to the NFL right down the tubes.” This was during, I think, August. Nobody was even talking about it. What the hell is he doing? And here it goes again. Nobody cares about football because of it. And I don’t know how many chances they’re going to get, but they ought to get smart because they can’t win this war. We want people that love our country. We don’t want this crap. Donald Trump: (52:39)If a player is making $25 million a year doing something he’d be doing anyway on the weekend… Okay? Because he loves playing football. And if somebody is making 10 million for blocking a 25 million for throwing, and they say what a horrible country we’re living, we can’t do that. Can’t do it. And you know what? I want them to protest. I think if they want to protest, they can. There’s reason. There’s always reason to protest. They can. But not then, and not sitting on a knee instead of standing proudly with your hand on your heart. And you know, in the contract, they have a clause. You have to stand hand on heart. They actually have, I think, hand on heart. But they don’t want to exercise it because they’re weak. They’re weak people, and weak people is what got our country in trouble. And you talk about week and Joe Biden. Joe Biden and the socialists will kill your jobs, dismantle your police departments, dissolve your borders, confiscate your guns, and impose a $4 trillion tax hike on your companies and yourselves. Four trillion. Do you know what four trillion is? That’s the largest tax hike in history. And you know what they’re going to do with it? They’re going to spend it on the Green New Deal. Conceived by the brilliant AOC plus three. A poor student with absolutely no environmental experience, right? Donald Trump: (54:12)They want to attack religious liberty, drive God from the public square, and destroy your suburbs. I say that to the women because I keep hearing. They said, “The women from the suburbs.” No, I think the women from the suburbs are looking for a couple of things. One of them is safety. One of them is good, strong security. And one of them is they don’t want to have low-income housing built next to their house. And you know, who makes up 30% of your suburbs? Minorities. African Americans. Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, minorities. Okay? Donald Trump: (54:55)People think, “Is it racist?” It’s not racist. It’s the opposite. I’ve had people come to me and say, “Thank you so much.” But they keep talking about the women from the suburbs. I say, “I think we’re going to have a big resounding, ‘What the hell happened with women to the suburbs? They really like Trump a lot.'” Only vote for me if you’re a woman from the suburbs. And I shouldn’t say this because they’ll bring it up, but one time early on… I haven’t been doing this that long. I haven’t been doing it. I have guys that had been running, “Sir, I’ve been running for 40 years.” I said, “Well, I’ve only run for two years, but I became president. You didn’t.” Donald Trump: (55:33)But it’s interesting because I really think that women from the suburbs are going to like Trump, because it is about safety. It is about safety. And when you see what happens in our cities, where they run and ransack. They’re anarchists. And you know what? They actually say the suburbs are next. And just so you know, it’s so important. These are Democrat-run states and cities. Republicans are doing great. And we’re not going to let this happen, and we’ll stop it. We want a resounding victory. We’re going to stop it. But the suburbs are next. Donald Trump: (56:13)But I did say early on, I said, “Housewives from the suburbs.” They went after me when I said that. Let me ask you, the women from the suburbs, do you mind when we say “Housewives in the suburbs?” No? They’re all saying no. But I’ll do it politically correct anyway, if you don’t. I’ll say women. But I said, “Housewives from the suburbs.” They went crazy. Donald Trump: (56:36)“Donald Trump, he wasn’t politically correct.” I said, “Michael.” Biden supports cutting police funding, abolishing cash bail. You’ve got a murder. Oh, let’s let them out. Oh, let’s let them walk the street. You see what’s happening in New York? What they’re doing to New York, our governor, what he’s doing to New York is horrible. And he called law enforcement, Sleepy Joey called law enforcement, recently, “the enemy.” No, no. Law enforcement has done an incredible job. And you’re always going to have a bad apple. You’re always going to have somebody that chokes you. They have a quarter of a second. Do you ever see where they have? Do you ever see the test where somebody slashes open the door? You’ve got a quarter of a second. And they could be on the force for 30 years, but that’s a hard thing to do. Donald Trump: (57:22)And you’re going to have people they choke, like in sports. You see that they choke. Some people choke. Then you have Jack Nicholas and you have Tiger, and you have great people that tend to choke a lot less. But some people choke, and it’s not their fault. It’s just the way it is. You have a quarter of a second to make a decision, quarter of a second. Think of it. Joe Biden and the Democrat party, they’ve waged a war on police and cops and inciting riots. And that’s what you do. When you take away the majesty of that position, you are inciting violence. When you allow people to loot stores, and you have the police standing back… Donald Trump: (58:03)And they want to go in and do a job. Oh. And they can do it so easy. You don’t even need us to bring in the National Guard like we did in Minneapolis. Like we were ready to do in Seattle, and then they gave up the night before. Because they didn’t want to play games. I was so disappointed when they gave up. I was. The one I really want to do is Portland. That’s going to be so easy. We have to be invited, and the governor doesn’t want. I call her. I say, “Governor, let us go in. Give us 30 minutes, Governor.” But you know what? I don’t want to violate. I could, I guess, if I did. But we have to be invited in. And the city, it’s the craziest thing. These are anarchists. That would be the easier one. Donald Trump: (58:43)Would love to go in and do something big with Chicago. That’s actually a bigger problem. That’s actually a bigger problem. Harder. The easy one are the anarchist in the middle of the street that hate our country. Hate our cops. You saw them. They killed this young man, right? They shot him in the street. And a day went by. They knew the guy, and they didn’t arrest him. Another day went by, they didn’t. I called down. I said, “What’s going on?” They didn’t arrest him. They knew who he was. They knew where he was. They didn’t want. They would have never. So I sent in our great US Marshals. Donald Trump: (59:18)They were so happy. The law enforcement, they love our country. They were so happy. And this guy was a killer. He had other crimes, too, by the way. Bad ones. But he shot this young man right in the middle of the street. Shot him. You heard the bullet ring out. You heard the people’s scream. They knew who it was. They said, “That was so-and-so.” So after two and a half days, I said, “Go in. We got to get him.” Fifteen minutes, it was all over. It was all over. That was it. It was all over. Donald Trump: (59:54)Here in Nevada, rioters burned the city of Reno. And during the violent demonstrations in Las Vegas, a 29-year-old police officer was deliberately shot in the head while he was doing his job. Think of it. You know who that was, right? You know who that is, was. Joe Biden. Is he here or no? You know who I talking because of who his partners were. We talked to a lot of the people that were there. I think his partner’s here. But I want to tell you, we can’t let this happen. They’ve taken away the respect. You have to let them do their job. They’ll do it well. Donald Trump: (01:00:32)Remember in Minneapolis, where the mayor ordered the police to leave the premises? Seattle. Leave the premises. And then they took over the police department. You have that, you’re not going to have a country. But this is the radical left. This is the radical left. Joe Biden will appease the rioters, looters, and anarchists. And I’m having them arrested instead, if you don’t mind. And remember, it’s all the Democrat cities and states. All in Democrats. If you’re a moderate Democrat, or a liberal, who knows that your party has gone totally off the rails, we are welcoming you with open arms to the Republican Party. Donald Trump: (01:01:18)Biden’s agenda would also be a catastrophe for Nevada seniors. Seniors. Any seniors here? For years, Biden tried to cut social security and Medicare. You know that, right? Remember, they used to say, “Oh, I’m going to cut.” And, well, what happened? I never cut it. Donald Trump: (01:01:37)Remember, they said, “I’m going to be in wars.” That’s my personality, they think. It’s not really. It is if we have to. I’ll be better than anybody else. But you say, “Whatever happened to North Korea?” Remember, we were supposed to be in a war? With Obama or Hillary or whoever it was, you would have been in a war. Obama expected to be in a war. And it would have been a bad war. Donald Trump: (01:01:58)Now, Biden is pledging mass amnesty and free healthcare for illegal aliens, decimating Medicare and destroying your social security. While I am president, no one will touch your Medicare or your social security, including me. No one. Donald Trump: (01:02:16)Under my leadership, we are delivering a safe vaccine and very rapid recovery. And we’re all set to deliver it. We have the military ready to deliver it. It’s going to be incredible. We have a general, that’s what he does. He delivers soldiers and delivers everything. This is easy for them. It will be delivered very, very rapidly. Joe Biden would terminate our recovery, delay the vaccine, and annihilate Nevada’s economy with a draconian, unscientific lockdown. Because they’re finding out these lock downs aren’t working. Look at Europe. They’re having this massive surge. They’ve been locked down. Okay? Look at these lock downs. They’ve been locked down, and now they’re having a surge. Look at Michigan. Michigan had a surge. Well, who’s been tougher than her? She ran it like a prison. She was like a warden, right? And they have a surge. And then they say, “She’s doing a wonderful job.” I don’t think. I think she’s doing a terrible job. Donald Trump: (01:03:10)By the way, I know all of the governors. We basically deal with the governors. The governors run their states. We give them the equipment. We help them out. We got them all of the ventilators. We did an incredible job with it. Jared Kushner did a great job. We had so many. We had so many. No, he did an incredible job helping. He got these guys from Silicon Valley. Nobody understood. We didn’t. Ventilators, right? No, but for that, they’re good. I have to tell you. They came in. Donald Trump: (01:03:36)Everybody said, “These things are complicated.” They walked in like, “That’s got to be the simplest piece of equipment we’ve ever seen.” And we now have become the ventilator. We’re making thousands and thousands a month, and we’re actually giving. We don’t need any. But we didn’t have ventilators. We weren’t equipped for a thing like this. Our cupboards were empty. The governor’s were. And I got to know all the governors. Some did a great job, and some did a poor job. But when we had our weekly calls with the governors, they would say, even the biggest enemies, the biggest haters, “Sir, thank you very much.” Or to our great vice president, who headed up the task force, Mike Pence. Mike Pence. Donald Trump: (01:04:13)Oh, did he do well in his debate with her? That was unfair. If that were a fight, they would’ve stopped it. They should have stopped it. I said they should have stopped that debate in the middle. That’s a great expression, right? Boxing. You learn UFC. If that were a fight, they would have stopped it. But Mike was great, and he’s done great. And he did great with this whole thing. But the governors would say on conference calls, all 50, usually almost all of them were on because they all wanted everything. Their cupboards were empty. That was their fault, I guess. But let’s say it was their fault. But we had to help them. And we did. We built hospitals for some of them. We built everything. We did a great job. Donald Trump: (01:04:54)But they would say, “Thank you very much. Great job, great job, great job.” Every one of them. And if they weren’t happy, we’d would make them happy during the call because we had the generals, the admirals. We had great people, and we took care of them. And they’d say, “Great job. Thank you very much, Mr. President. Mr. Vice President, thank you very much. Great job.” We were sending a lot of gowns to Michigan. Goggles to Michigan. Lots of things to all the different states. But she’d say, “Great job. Thank you very much.” And we have it all down. It’s all down because I think all those calls… I hope they were taped. Donald Trump: (01:05:22)Hey, could you imagine if we didn’t have my call with the President of Ukraine, if we didn’t have that transcribed? Then it would have been this crazy maniac named Adam Schiff with his phony story that he told to the United States. But we had it transcribed. Isn’t that a wonderful thing? So I think we have it transcribed or taped. But all the governors, every one of them, “Thank you very much. Great job. Great job. Great job.” Then they go outside, and they see the press. They get nervous with the press. These guys. They make them nervous. Donald Trump: (01:05:51)“We’re not very happy with the job the president’s doing.” I said, “These no good people.” But you know what? Someday I’ll tell you the story. We had some great ones, and we had some people that didn’t know what the hell they’re doing. But I’ll let you know at the right time who they were. Under the Biden lockdown, the lights of Reno and Las Vegas we’re extinguished. Carson City will become a ghost town. If he comes in, Carson City will become a ghost town. And the Christmas season will be canceled. Look, remember I said we’re going to bring back Christmas? The name. Remember? We brought it back. Remember? Donald Trump: (01:06:26)I used to go around saying, “We will bring…” Because I saw these big department stores. They thought it was politically correct. So they’d say, “Have a great season.” I say, “No, I don’t want to have a great season. I want to say Merry Christmas. Say Merry Christmas.” Now, they’re all saying Merry Christmas. Donald Trump: (01:06:48)So I just want to introduce you a couple of warriors that are here. We’re joined tonight by congressmen. Mark Amodei. Come up, Mark. What a job you’re doing, Mark. He’s a warrior. Thank you, Mark. What a great job. What a great job. How are we doing? Okay? We’re doing all right here, right? Huh? Thank you very much. You’re doing good. Thank you, Mark, very much. Donald Trump: (01:07:10)We’re also a man who is a fighter. He is. But if he loses, I will never talk to him again. And he’s the Nevada Republican Party chairman. Respected by everybody. Loved by everybody. Michael McDonald. Michael. You look good, Michael. You look good, Michael. And congressional candidate. Somebody that’s going to win. And we’re working with him very strong. Jim Marchant. Jim. Thank you. I hear you’re doing good. I heard you’re leading in the polls, Jim. Get it done. We’ll help you. Donald Trump: (01:07:49)A friend of mine, and a man is doing really well. He’s a very smart guy, and respected by everybody. He’s watching those ballots come in. I think he’s watching every one of them. Your former attorney general, respected. They love him, and I love him. Adam Laxalt. So, Adam, are you and Nick finding any bad things? Anything bad happening? Can you please watch very closely, Adam? For the people, not for me. You’re not doing this for me. You’re doing it for the people. Okay. He’s got the most important assignment there is. Because a lot of bad things. They’re finding those things in creeks. They’re finding them in riverbeds. They’re finding them in ash cans and dumpsters. And large numbers in Ohio; 50,000 we’re missing. In Virginia, 500,000 applications were made that were false. And in one place, everything was good except for one problem. They forgot to put my name on it. Other than that, it was great. Other than that, it was great. Other than that. Donald Trump: (01:08:56)They were very reasonable, but my name wasn’t on it. And then, somehow that didn’t work out too well, Michael. A lot of them, too. And then they found some military ones. Great, great military ones. And they were found in a wastepaper basket. And they all had the name Trump on it. They were all signed for Trump. They were Trump. They voted for Trump. Unfortunately, I don’t think they’re going to get there because they were in the wastepaper basket. Anyway. Donald Trump: (01:09:19)And the Republican national committeeman from Nevada, Jim DeGraffenreid. Jim. Thank you, Jim. Great job. Great job, Jim. How’s it going? Good? We’re doing all right over here, Jim? Good. You’re a handsome man, Jim. Donald Trump: (01:09:38)As president, I’ve been delivering for our incredible Hispanic American community, like never before. Donald Trump: (01:09:50)Thank you, darling. Thank you. I like you, too. Thank you. It’s interesting. The polls are showing Trump. They’re say, “What the hell is going on with Trump and the Hispanic American community?” No, we’re at the highest level that they’ve ever had recorded for a Republican. It’s got to be higher, but it’s literally we’re beating the Democrats, who have been all talk and no action. All talk. I like Hispanics. I like Hispanics. I like Hispanics Americans. I’m taking care because I’m fighting for school choice, right? Safe neighborhoods and Hispanic-owned small businesses. You have no idea how great business people. Hispanic Americans are great business people. I’ve known that for a long time. Sometimes they say they’re too good. They are tough sometimes. But they’re great business people. And we’ve helped him. Donald Trump: (01:10:47)Joe Biden would crush everything Hispanic Americans have worked for, wiping out your small businesses with lock downs and regulations, and devastating your families with massive tax hikes. Your tax hikes. By the way, all my life, if you’re running for office, you cut taxes. Who the hell ever heard of a guy running? Here’s a guy, can’t put two sentences together. And he wants to quadruple your taxes. And they say, “He’s tied in Nevada.” How the hell can we be tied? How can I be tied with him in Pennsylvania, and he doesn’t want to frack? That’s a million jobs. And it’s going to destroy our energy business because we’re energy independent. We’re tied. What’s going on? And okay. So he goes out. Gets no people at any of the rallies. I go out, we get 35, 40,000, 25,000, 15,000. We go, boom! 15,000. We get the biggest crowds in the history of politics. Look, everything I say, they’ll correct. They’ll say… Who cares? I don’t even care what they say at this point. But we get these massive crowds. He gets nobody. And then they say, what tied. What the hell kind of a business are you in, Michael? It doesn’t make sense. How do you guys do this? Donald Trump: (01:12:01)He’ll wage war on Catholic organizations. Donald Trump: (01:12:03)… do this. He’ll wage war on Catholic organizations, like the Little Sisters of the Poor, which we defend, ban charter schools, bankrupt Catholic schools… We help the Catholic church very much with our schools. We help fund their schools. … fund extreme late-term abortion and empower the socialists. That’s what they’re doing. That’s why we’re going to win a record share of the Hispanic vote this November. So please, right? I got her vote. Thank you, darling. Under my leadership, we achieved the most secure border in US history, and we are finishing the wall. The wall is going to be very close to being finished. Their new deal is this… Well, I got to tell you real fast, real fast. Donald Trump: (01:12:46)So their new deal is this, “He didn’t build much wall.” You ever see this? They said I renovate… You got a pipe that’s been laying in the sand for 30 years, a little pipe, and they call that a… And then we’re building this 30-foot wall. And I thought it would be all concrete, and I wish it was because it’s cheaper. But the Border Patrol wanted it to be slats. They have to be able to see through it, which makes sense. I said, “Oh, it’s more expensive.” So there’s two things. Now they say, “He didn’t build a concrete wall.” That’s right. I built steel, and inside the steel is concrete, and inside the concrete is very powerful rebar. And inside that, we have wires. I would’ve much rather built a concrete plank wall, but you know what? I built what they wanted. I don’t want to… Because they wouldn’t be able to see through it. So if they can’t see through it, no good. Donald Trump: (01:13:35)So here’s the new deal. They got pipe laying down. They got some wooden fence that’s like two feet. If they ever had anything there, they call it a renovation. So now they say they did this vicious story that we only built a small number of miles. We’re up to almost 400 miles, but we had to rip out… We ripped out almost nothing. But basically they had some areas where they’d keep people from walking. They had some little wooden stuff that was all rotted and no good and just… Anything that had anything on it, so they call it a renovation. This is not. We ripped everything out. We went down seven feet for tunneling, and we went up 30 feet. And they say this is a renovation. They’ll do anything, the fake news, to demean you, anything. It’s a disgrace. Anyway, we’re up to almost 400. Where is Jared? Is he here, by the way? I’d love to introduce. He did such a great job on Middle East peace. Do you see what we’re doing there? Middle East peace. Donald Trump: (01:14:36)Where is he? Ah, Jared. He doesn’t want any acclaim. He’s just a very smart guy. You don’t hire guys like this. Well, wherever the… He’s back working on Middle East peace probably. He said, “I’ve heard this guy before. I don’t have to hear him.” But it’s amazing what we’ve done in the Middle East. And we did the exact opposite the way they’ve been doing it for 50 years with blood all over the place. No blood in the sand, right? Joe Biden’s party continues to attack our incredible border agents, more than half of whom are Hispanic American, by the way. And they’re extraordinary. These extraordinary patriots deserve our admiration, our gratitude and respect. Right? They have it. Donald Trump: (01:15:25)Oh, my… Come here. Jared has the Middle East coming along, please. Coming along good. We signed the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed, one of the most respected warriors in the Middle East, and Bahrain. And we have other countries lined up. Even the New York Times said it’s incredible. I can’t believe it. I said, “No way. I’m sure that person was fired.” No, it was Tom Friedman. They’re not going to fire him. But they said it was incredible, but this guy has done a great job. And you know the nice thing? He wants no acclaim. He just wants to do what he wants to do. And also worked on Israel, the capital Jerusalem, right? With our embassy. Great job, Jared. And he has no weight problem, that I can tell you. He’s so skinny. How do you stay so skinny, Jared? Donald Trump: (01:16:37)Biden vowed to terminate our travel bans on jihadist regions and surge refugee admissions by 700%. He wants to let him come in. And I want to pay our respects to President Macron of France because you saw what happened over there yesterday. What a horrible thing. Radical Islamic terrorism. Audience: (01:17:00)Armenians for Trump. Donald Trump: (01:17:00)Thank you. And I tell you, I saw a lot of signs. We’re working on some things that you’re going to be… I saw a lot of signs, especially in California. You know that, [inaudible 01:17:06]. Armenians. Right? Donald Trump: (01:17:15)No, they’re good people. They’re great business people too for the Hispanic American, the Armenians, great business people. That’s great. No, we’re working. Where I just left, there were so many Armenians with a beautiful flag. And no, we’re working on some things. I’m keeping terrorists… You have great spirit in your country. I have to tell you, people from Armenia, they have great spirit for their country. Audience: (01:17:39)[inaudible 00:05:40]. Donald Trump: (01:17:41)Thank you very much. But I’m keeping terrorists, extremists and criminals out of our country. We invested $2.5 trillion in the United States military. We have the greatest equipment. We’re the envy of the world. We have the greatest fighters, the greatest rockets and missiles. We have the greatest of everything. We passed VA Choice and VA Accountability for our great vets. 91% approval. We killed the leader of ISIS, al-Baghdadi. They were looking for him for years. We wiped out 100% of the ISIS caliphate. We took out the caliphate. And we killed the number one terrorist and mass murderer, anywhere in the world, American troops, many troops, many people, Soleimani is dead. Donald Trump: (01:18:42)I withdrew from the last administration’s disastrous Iran nuclear deal. My first call, if and when we win… If and when we win, have to be. We’re going against the party. If and when, but hopefully we do, my first call will be from Iran. Their economy is a disaster. They’re down GDP 27… I’d never even heard of that. They’re down 27%. It’s a disaster. They will call. And I don’t want that to happen. I want them to have a great country, but they can’t have nuclear weapons. It’s very simple. They can’t have nuclear weapons. And I think the first call we get will be from them. And they’ll sit down and want to make a deal. We’ll make a good deal. Audience: (01:19:22)[inaudible 01:19:23]. Donald Trump: (01:19:23)But what Kerry did… He’s… Oh, that’s right. We’re in Carson City, I forgot. Who said that? Who was the one that said that? Stand up. Let me see. That’s pretty cool. I recognized the true capital of Israel, as we said. And that was something that was really… By the way, when we did that and opened the American embassy in Jerusalem, I got it built for a tiny fraction of the cost. I won’t go into that story, but got it built. But when I did that, every president that ran for many, many, many of the presidents that ran many years, decades, decades, and they all said they’re going to do it. And then they got into office, they couldn’t pull the trigger, right? They couldn’t pull it. They couldn’t pull it like somebody couldn’t pull the trigger in that last little putt to win the match. They couldn’t pull the trigger. And then other guys can pull the trigger, and they sink it. Donald Trump: (01:20:19)I also recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. 52 years, they’ve been trying to get it. I got it done in two hours. And I did more in 47 months than Sleepy Joe Biden did in 47 years. True. The Democrats are now pushing the most far left agenda ever put forward by a party or a presidential nominee. Biden doesn’t understand it. So I won’t bother with that. He still doesn’t know what the hell is happening. The Biden plan would destroy social security and destroy protections for pre-existing conditions. Biden’s running mate, they want to have socialized medicine, so you forget about your 180 million plans that we have in this country that people absolutely love. They want to have socialized medicine. You go to the hospital, you don’t feel good. You wait at a hospital for about three weeks. Donald Trump: (01:21:23)Biden’s running mate sponsored a bill to outlaw private health insurance. They want to wipe out the 180 million plans. Biden and Harris will also shut down American energy and obliterate your jobs with the socialist Green New Deal, as I said. A vote for Republicans is a vote for safe communities, great jobs, and a limitless future for all Americans. A vote for Republicans is a vote for the American dream. It’s vote for me. It’s a vote for the American dream. We’ll bring it back. Audience: (01:22:13)USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! Donald Trump: (01:22:13)Thank you. Thank you. And in conclusion, over the next four years, we will make America into the manufacturing superpower of the world. Carson City, get ready. But this whole state, get ready. And we will end our reliance on China once and for all. It’s already started. We will hire more police. We love our police. Thank you to our police and our law enforcement. And our great firemen and women, we love them. We really do. We have a lot of great support from the firemen and women. Increase penalties for assaults on law enforcement, and we will ban deadly sanctuary cities. The people don’t even want the sanctuary cities. Only the politicians like them. We will uphold religious Liberty, free speech and the right to keep and bear arms. Second Amendment. Donald Trump: (01:23:18)We will save… He put Beto in charge of taking your guns away. Beto. You remember when he was on the cover of that stupid Vanity Fair, which is, I think it’s dead. I think it died, but he was on the cover. And remember what he said? He was doing okay, not great, but they had him on the cover. They were trying to build him up. It didn’t work out too well for him. Remember what he said? He said, “I was born to run for president.” Once I said that, I said, “He’s gone. That’s the end of him.” Anybody says, “I was born to do this,” aye yai yai, he is a sick person. what a sick puppy that is. But he was put in charge by Biden to take your guns away. I don’t think he’s going to do too well in Carson City. Donald Trump: (01:23:56)Beto’s coming to take your gun. I don’t want to start anything. I want you to obey the law because I have to, or they’ll say, “He’s going to start a rebellion.” The fact is that Beto wants your guns taken away, Biden doesn’t even know what the hell it means. And I’m going to always protect your Second Amendment. By the way, your Second Amendment is under siege. Nothing has happened. Right? Nothing has happened. And there’s been a lot of pressure on me on your Second Amendment. Nothing. We will strike down terrorists who threaten our citizens, and we will keep out all of those… We will just stay out of all of those horrible, endless wars with places you’ve never heard of. 19 years in Afghanistan. I think that’s enough. And we’re acting as basically law enforcement, we’re acting as police. Now they got to do it themselves. We’re bringing our people back home. Donald Trump: (01:24:51)We will maintain America’s unrivaled military might, and we have a military might like nobody’s ever had before with our new everything. All made in the USA. And we will ensure peace through strength. We will end surprise medical billing, require price… You know what price transparency is, by the way? It’s the biggest… Adam knows. Michael knows. It’s the biggest thing there is. It’s bigger than healthcare in my opinion, and it’s all done. It’s signed. Price transparency. Watch. Further reduce the cost of prescription drugs. You know what I did? Favored nations. Nobody can believe I did it. You’re going to pay the lowest price in the world. And we will always protect patients with pre-existing conditions. Donald Trump: (01:25:36)America will land the first woman on the moon, and the United States will be the first nation to land an astronaut on Mars. We will stop the radical indoctrination of our students and restore patriotic education to our schools. We will teach our children to love our country, honor our history and always respect our great American flag, NFL. And we will live by the timeless words of our national motto, “In God we trust.” For years, you had a president who apologized for America. Now you have a president who is standing up for America and standing up for the great state of Nevada. So get your friends, get your family, get your neighbors, get your coworkers, get your boss. Tell your boss, “Come here, boss. Got to vote. Got to vote, boss. Come on, boss.” Just grab him and just say, “Come on boss.” Get out and vote. This is the most important we’ve ever had. Get out and vote. They call it the red wave. They’re already saying they’re not happy about what’s happening. They know what’s happening. Donald Trump: (01:27:04)From Las Vegas to Reno, from Elko to Henderson, and from Carlin to right here in the wonderful, beautiful, hardworking Carson City, we stand on the shoulders of red-blooded American patriots who poured out their heart, sweat, and soul to secure our liberty. And we just love our liberty, don’t we? And liberty and freedom with bad leadership can be extinguished very quickly. You look at what happened in Venezuela and so many other places. We’re just a much, much bigger version. And if we let them do this, you’re not going to have it for very long. It’s a very sad thing. Most important election we’ve ever had. Nevada was founded by some of the toughest men and strongest women ever to walk the face of the earth. This state was built by pioneers and prospectors, miners and cowboys, innovators and trailblazers, who tamed the frontier, raised up the mighty Hoover Dam, transformed a sprawling, but beautiful desert into a shining oasis, and lit up the brilliant lights of the Las Vegas Strip, which I know so well. Donald Trump: (01:28:28)Our American ancestors made this into the greatest nation in the history of the world. And the best is yet to come. It’s happening. The best is yet to come. Proud citizens like you helped build this country, and together we are taking back our country. We’re returning power to you, the American people. So with your help, your devotion and your drive, we are going to keep on working, we are going to keep on fighting, and we are going to keep on winning, winning, winning. We are one movement, one people, one family, and one glorious nation under God. And together with the incredible people of Nevada, we have made America powerful again, we have made America wealthy again. Our stock market, new highs, your 401(k)s are doing very well. I don’t think you want to see them drop 100%. And they will if Sleepy Joe gets in. We’ve made it wealthy again. We have made America strong again, we have made America proud again, we have made America safe again, and we will make America great again. Get out and vote. Thank you. Thank you very much. Transcribe Your Own Content Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. Copyright Disclaimer Under Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Get a weekly digest of the week’s most important transcripts in your inbox. It’s the news, without the news.

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defunde police deliver vaccine record time kill virus biden shutdown kill economy november vote job safety low taxis secure second amendment freedom lot people look lot people wish camera right know happen shoulder people complain mask lot mask lot mask donald trump corrupt people joe biden failed corrupt political class enrich drain economic life soul country guy year amazing say oh year sudden say oh close ban china come heavily infected save thousand probably hundred thousand life say xenophobic month later agree right thing go soon want month later people know away know people corrupt anybody ask ask donald trump year ship away job shut factory let drug pour country great community ravage city sacrifice american blood treasure endless ridiculous foreign war country hear way come come people like hear people like report come rapidly servant wealthy donor globalist special interest get rich bleeding america dry put america donald trump president great fundraiser time know number raise raise million know raise money deal make deal single great fundraiser history head goldman sach head wall street guy know know know know know listen favor million campaign yes mr president million yes donald trump month need help hard like sort morally deal quid pro quo like billion dollar son problem prosecutor ask great fundraiser time like put disadvantage want disadvantage easy think president call hell want donald trump vote fire corrupt decrepit political establishment elect outsider president finally put america donald trump biden corrupt politician far concern biden family criminal enterprise look go know go democrats powerful party democrats democrats plus fake news medium include big tech donald trump second amendment chaos problem republicans love republicans great learn stick well stupid people stupid people go flake corker go guy sasse want statement little ben little ben sasse donald trump republicans stick well thing respect democrats stick lousy policy want open border want sanctuary city want quadruple taxis thing stick republicans learn get stick way way decade know hell blood explain michael huh hell go donald trump hell go way decade know want statement jesus bunch wimp inaudible love great hey look impeachment hoax well house republicans democrat come join right impeachment telephone perfect think senate half half half think oh biden think remember right remember look know guy think governor sure senator mitt romney right oh remember mitt think insulting mitt romney insult mitt romney way okay biden remember know know year donald trump biden go let kid want nice biden gonzo imagine have kamala liberal member congress liberal member congress think thing nancy pelosi talk amendment real reason want hell biden crooked hillary clinton look like absolute amateur true pretty bad want hear law enforcement look maybe hope know try stay try hard right middle look fact get subpoena united states congress email delete single acid wash pound telephone hammer get rid cell phone throw away know throw secret service okay donald trump throw away new right pound crap hammer people get rid cell phone pound death hammer want know look look look omar omar ilhan omar big joe corrupt find laptop know laptop hell laptop laptop hell let happen let happen donald trump giant trove email hunter biden make deal set meeting father joe office vice president forprofit cash machine guy vacuum cleaner follow father take million hundred million billion dollar country mean dishonest crooked human vacuum cleaner right know thing television well joe biden say know lie tell laptop disaster donald trump fake news big tech want write want punish thank new york post unbelievable know fifth fourth large newspaper mainstream lame stream mainstream medium guess fourth large old newspaper think alexander hamilton found right proud new york times refuse write fake washington post total fake know lobbyist bezo group okay amazon call lobbyist lobbyist okay donald trump washington post little power free lobbyist probably free probably cost fortune give need fake look nbc msdnc right look abc stephanopoulos day know interview week ago give tough interview consider unfair turn audience stack know trump people biden people work way actually nice right woman say handsome know woman true wonderful politician hell well right michael handsome great smile donald trump happen nice suppose like think hillary supporter way say nice say right lovely go rogue vote word say wait minute deal sure democrats partner abc television network say hell happen terrible thing sure hit hard get line okay think hopefully statement statement believe handsome man donald trump fake news president trump go rant talk handsome understand go rant terrible thing think handsome actually think unattractive human see realize rating nosedive business right right know make speech little bit long look crazy nevada sun sit white skin hell care little sunburn right donald trump want write report scandal want biden win know say end go endorse biden win business boring human see want biden win country big tech section way right ahead great great disaster tell depression remember word know california california come gabe let gabe come gabe donald trump know leave tell leave california place sort republican wonderful reporter speak washington time good newspaper way report strongly crowd unbelievable unbelievable know win california play little bit theory suppose able high crime homeless care homeless tell nancy pelosi come san francisco care homeless nancy endless forest fire endless like governor say stop forest fire stop get manage forest know talk sort reason get manage forest manage call forest management get stop get stop new thing run water know run electricity brownout blackout lot people leave leave texas leave texas leave florida leave place wellread donald trump interesting big thing day go ration water california feel badly call say oh drought know million gallon hour come north pour pour right water route pacific ocean smelt right smelt memory good problem smell little tiny fish have difficulty long time water water have difficulty want save smelt save smelt destroy human life right destroy farmer los angeles home donald trump thing bring ultimately gallon person sound like lot look somebody say gallon person think day sound like lot water right like quick shower let wash hand mandate wash hand time constantly wash gallon wait minute okay get deal will shower couple week wash hand true donald trump gallon sound like lot friend massive house say go able shower live house gorgeous house right shower wash hand hour minute know tell crazy story know bother new hotel new house faucet right turn water come live like north carolina live area new england live country water know problem rid donald trump like desert like area little bit tough water water come regulation country hotel buy house call restrictor right look nod thing way thing dishwasher freed dishwasher little problem water like people run time end water thing damn good free buy dishwasher come beautiful buy dishwasher buy company say wrong thing clean dish right woman come woman like actually like lot donald trump woman vote save house save community keep crime way hear know fake stuff remember say time woman woman vote vote donald trump vote end evening cry oh god happen remember john king go yeah red red red win florida win florida win florida win like fast way way florida right great job okeechobee great job florida thing florida take donald trump john king win florida oh quick big win ohio hear year half think win win great state ohio right hear time shtick poll great people ohio say sir go win ohio come go win ohio way say recently say win end win ohio point win ohio poll close seven seven second know win big michael right know wait poll close great state ohio donald trump win state ohio donald trump keep say group tell accurate poll year ago state day election win state think right accurate actually time well want know truth time actually well well say enthusiasm donald trump get boring story faucet dishwasher say head call great dishwasher company ohio save way say problem dishwasher water mean know nice able water problem need water like say need like love yeah water know right give need dishwasher incredible work beautifully time come dish nice beautiful clean dry time donald trump thing restrictor faucet hate thing shower sink know element bedroom time talk sort gross talk right will talk fact people flush toilet time okay talk talk shower okay thing will talk way report donald trump happen happen people environmental people wash hand take time long know water come get soap say open say mean restrictor people know get careful get thing restrictor leave certain area need country big portion need shower bad water come want hair beautiful right right true true want hair look good donald trump hotel know travel hotel new hotel nice fault oh look know oh turn water drip drip drip drip drip shower water pour sink wash hand nicely beautiful thing worry okay will talk time donald trump run biden watch talk thing talk sink shower talk dishonest run left wing medium big tech giant corrupt political class corrupt democratic party see spy campaign get catch try president united states go wrong president let tell believe somebody say today president able withstand corner thumb mouth say home mommy people evil donald trump schiff today know shifty schiff hear new wait find horrible horrible laptop hunter hunter hunter joe far corrupt hunter joe get piece email joe far corrupt hunter happen hunter go everybody look everybody want find hear talk kind thing talk imagine don trump jr laptop eric trump fun good kid brutalize maniac great ivanka trump imagine tiffany barron right barron know barron donald trump good kid imagine know baron problem okay get heal second right got understand know young kid say barron test positive worried know strong definitely tall tall good kid good kid smart kid say sir barron test positive say oh say okay yeah go like second later say barron oh set beat hate strong immune system hate know say congratulation barron say quick say feel know donald trump democrats horrible group people disdain value lecture need open border live gate community like nancy pelosi want wall live beautiful house lot good ice cream support crippling lockdown job remain totally exempt kid school kid family private tutor right want away gun want destroy second amendment employ armed guard donald trump time send strong message hypocrite washington dc silicon valley silicon valley section election day everybody understand great politician today understand election day send message fake news medium right big tech company washington swamp know deep say drain swamp know bad send message forget american people charge deliver sleepy joe biden democrats thunder defeat november sound like typical washington politician politician deal politic long time know know deal long time know thank play rule washington establishment elect fight hard right thank thank donald trump way biden morning agitated inaudible agitated agitated scream audience couple car honk horn believe report know get lucky think camera man slip camera go little kilter like want crowd want love watch circle get big big good thing campaign guy woman circle lot talent perfect know perfectionist frankly good builder look circle thick far apart think get number people way sell today fin donald trump fighting force want destroy love cherish people think joe biden nice man nice man nice man nice man smart man get lucky get lucky pocahontas quit early good man corrupt man take ad know false probably know ad horrible vicious ad have military totally false horrible horrible ad military donald trump advise group dishonest crony legally way advise let know put complaint place take vicious vicious horrible ed say magazine obamatype magazine obama biden crooked hillary will mention thirdrate magazine lose fortune story say say certain thing human earth seriously seriously derange thing donald trump say soldier think witness say ridiculous number need witness like say happen witness think anonymous source source exist like russia russia russia bullshit donald trump lie television commercial like say frankly military person see ad vote trump tell people thing take statement statement like vicious horrible people statement ad football game ad watch game tell football anymore want know truth hard watch love people honor anthem honor flag honor country thank thank look basketball basketball rioter file hell watch shoot interest know people want watch sport right plenty way shame way argument nfl year ago hurt badly right people go game feel win battle think donald trump see roger nice guy roger goodell basement wear blue tshirt tight tight like player work want tight want loose possible wear tight think buff look good tie tshirt like undershirt paint blue blue color think say decide donald trump say go nfl right tube think august talk hell go care football know chance go ought smart win war want people love country want crap donald trump player make million year weekend okay love play football somebody make million block million throwing horrible country live know want protest think want protest reason reason protest sit knee instead stand proudly hand heart know contract clause stand hand heart actually think hand heart want exercise weak weak people weak people get country trouble talk week joe biden joe biden socialist kill job dismantle police department dissolve border confiscate gun impose trillion tax hike company trillion know trillion large tax hike history know go go spend green new deal conceive brilliant aoc plus poor student absolutely environmental experience right donald trump want attack religious liberty drive god public square destroy suburb woman hear say woman suburb think woman suburb look couple thing safety good strong security want lowincome housing build house know make suburb minority african americans hispanic americans asian americans minority okay donald trump think racist racist opposite people come thank talk woman suburb think go big resounding hell happen woman suburb like trump lot vote woman suburb bring time early long guy run sir run year say run year president donald trump interesting think woman suburb go like trump safety safety happen city run ransack anarchist know actually suburb know important democratrun state city republicans great go let happen stop want resounding victory go stop suburb donald trump early say housewife suburb go say let ask woman suburb mind housewife suburb say politically correct woman say housewife suburb go crazy donald trump trump politically correct say michael biden support cut police funding abolish cash bail get murder oh let let oh let let walk street happen new york new york governor new york horrible call law enforcement sleepy joey call law enforcement recently enemy law enforcement incredible job go bad apple go somebody choke quarter second test somebody slash open door get quarter second force year hard thing donald trump go people choke like sport choke people choke jack nicholas tiger great people tend choke lot people choke fault way quarter second decision quarter second think joe biden democrat party wage war police cop incite riot away majesty position incite violence allow people loot store police stand donald trump want job oh easy need bring national guard like minneapolis like ready seattle give night want play game disappointed give want portland go easy invite governor want governor let minute governor know want violate guess invite city crazy thing anarchist easy donald trump love big chicago actually big problem actually big problem hard easy anarchist middle street hate country hate cop see kill young man right shoot street day go know guy arrest day go call say go arrest know know want send great marshal donald trump happy law enforcement love country happy guy killer crime way bad one shoot young man right middle street shoot hear bullet ring hear people scream know say soandso half day say get minute donald trump nevada rioter burn city reno violent demonstration las vegas police officer deliberately shoot head job think know right know joe biden know talk partner talk lot people think partner want tell let happen take away respect let job donald trump minneapolis mayor order police leave premise seattle leave premise take police department go country radical left radical left joe biden appease rioter looter anarchist have arrest instead mind remember democrat city state democrats moderate democrat liberal know party go totally rail welcome open arm republican party donald trump agenda catastrophe nevada senior senior senior year biden try cut social security medicare know right remember oh go cut happen cut donald trump say go war personality think well anybody happen north korea remember suppose war obama hillary war obama expect war bad war donald trump biden pledge mass amnesty free healthcare illegal alien decimate medicare destroy social security president touch medicare social security include donald trump leadership deliver safe vaccine rapid recovery set deliver military ready deliver go incredible general deliver soldier deliver easy deliver rapidly joe biden terminate recovery delay vaccine annihilate nevada economy draconian unscientific lockdown find lock down work look europe have massive surge lock okay look lock down lock have surge look michigan michigan surge tough run like prison like warden right surge wonderful job think think terrible job donald trump way know governor basically deal governor governor run state equipment help get ventilator incredible job jared kushner great job incredible job help get guy silicon valley understand ventilator right good tell come donald trump say thing complicated walk like get simple piece equipment see ventilator make thousand thousand month actually give need ventilator equip thing like cupboard governor get know governor great job poor job weekly call governor big enemy big hater sir thank great vice president head task force mike pence mike pence donald trump debate unfair fight stop stop say stop debate middle great expression right box learn ufc fight stop mike great great great thing governor conference call usually want cupboard fault guess let fault help build hospital build great job donald trump thank great job great job great job happy happy general admiral great people take care great job thank mr president mr vice president thank great job send lot gown michigan goggle michigan lot thing different state great job thank think call hope tape donald trump imagine president ukraine transcribe crazy maniac name adam schiff phony story tell united states transcribe wonderful thing think transcribe tape governor thank great job great job great job outside press nervous press guy nervous donald trump happy job president say good people know someday tell story great one people know hell let know right time biden lockdown light reno las vegas extinguish carson city ghost town come carson city ghost town christmas season cancel look remember say go bring christmas remember bring remember donald trump say bring see big department store think politically correct great season want great season want merry christmas merry christmas say merry christmas donald trump want introduce couple warrior join tonight congressman mark amodei come mark job mark warrior thank mark great job great job okay right right huh thank good thank mark donald trump man fighter lose talk nevada republican party chairman respect everybody love everybody michael mcdonald michael look good michael look good michael congressional candidate somebody go win work strong jim marchant jim thank hear good hear lead poll jim help donald trump friend man smart guy respect everybody watch ballot come think watch attorney general respect love love adam laxalt adam nick find bad thing bad happen watch closely adam people people okay get important assignment lot bad thing find thing creek find riverbed find ash can dumpster large number ohio miss virginia application false place good problem forget great great donald trump reasonable work michael lot find military one great great military one find wastepaper basket trump sign trump trump vote trump unfortunately think go wastepaper basket donald trump republican national committeeman nevada jim degraffenreid jim thank jim great job great job jim go good right jim good handsome man jim donald trump president deliver incredible hispanic american community like donald trump darling thank like thank interesting poll show trump hell go trump hispanic american community high level record republican get high literally beat democrats talk action talk like hispanic like hispanic like hispanic americans take care fight school choice right safe neighborhood hispanicowne small business idea great business people hispanic americans great business people know long time good tough great business people help donald trump biden crush hispanic americans work wipe small business lock down regulation devastate family massive tax hike tax hike way life run office cut taxis hell hear guy run guy sentence want quadruple taxis tie nevada hell tie tie pennsylvania want frack million job go destroy energy business energy independent tie go okay go get people rally boom big crowd history politic look correct care care point massive crowd get tie hell kind business michael sense guy donald trump wage war catholic organization donald trump wage war catholic organization like little sister poor defend ban charter school bankrupt catholic school help catholic church school help fund school fund extreme lateterm abortion empower socialist go win record share hispanic vote november right get vote thank darle leadership achieve secure border history finish wall wall go close finish new deal get tell real fast real fast donald trump new deal build wall say renovate get pipe lay sand year little pipe build wall think concrete wish cheap border patrol want slat able make sense say oh expensive thing build concrete wall right build steel inside steel concrete inside concrete powerful rebar inside wire build concrete plank wall know build want want able good donald trump new deal get pipe lay get wooden fence like foot renovation vicious story build small number mile mile rip rip basically area people walk little wooden stuff rot good renovation rip go seven foot tunneling go foot renovation fake news demean disgrace jar way love introduce great job middle east peace middle east peace donald trump ah jar want acclaim smart guy hire guy like work middle east peace probably say hear guy hear amazing middle east exact opposite way year blood place blood sand right joe biden party continue attack incredible border agent half hispanic american way extraordinary extraordinary patriot deserve admiration gratitude respect right donald trump come jared middle east come come good sign united arab emirate mohamme respected warrior middle east bahrain country line new york times say incredible believe say way sure person fire tom friedman go fire say incredible guy great job know nice thing want acclaim want want work israel capital jerusalem right embassy great job jared weight problem tell skinny stay skinny jared donald trump vow terminate travel ban jihadist region surge refugee admission want let come want pay respect president macron france see happen yesterday horrible thing radical islamic terrorism audience trump donald trump tell see lot sign work thing go see lot sign especially california know inaudible armenians right donald trump good people great business people hispanic american armenian great business people great work leave armenian beautiful flag work thing keep terrorist great spirit country tell people armenia great spirit country audience donald trump keep terrorist extremist criminal country invest trillion united states military great equipment envy world great fighter great rocket missile great pass va choice va accountability great vet approval kill leader isis albaghdadi look year wipe isis caliphate take caliphate kill number terrorist mass murderer world american troop troop people soleimani dead donald trump withdraw administration disastrous iran nuclear deal win win go party hopefully iran economy disaster gdp hear disaster want happen want great country nuclear weapon simple nuclear weapon think sit want deal good deal audience donald trump kerry oh right carson city forget say say stand let pretty cool recognize true capital israel say way open american embassy jerusalem get build tiny fraction cost will story get build president run president run year decade decade say go get office pull trigger right pull pull like somebody pull trigger little putt win match pull trigger guy pull trigger sink donald trump recognize israeli sovereignty golan height year try get hour month sleepy joe biden year true democrats push far left agenda forward party presidential nominee biden understand will bother know hell happen biden plan destroy social security destroy protection preexist condition biden running mate want socialize medicine forget million plan country people absolutely love want socialize medicine hospital feel good wait hospital week donald trump running mate sponsor bill outlaw private health insurance want wipe million plan biden harris shut american energy obliterate job socialist green new deal say vote republicans vote safe community great job limitless future americans vote republicans vote american dream vote vote american dream bring audience usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa donald trump thank conclusion year america manufacture superpower world carson city ready state ready end reliance china start hire police love police thank police law enforcement great fireman woman love lot great support fireman woman increase penalty assault law enforcement ban deadly sanctuary city people want sanctuary city politician like uphold religious liberty free speech right bear arm second amendment donald trump save beto charge take gun away beto remember cover stupid vanity fair think dead think die cover remember say okay great cover try build work remember say say bear run president say say go end anybody say bear aye yai yai sick person sick puppy charge biden gun away think go carson city donald trump come gun want start want obey law go start rebellion fact beto want gun take away biden know hell mean go protect second amendment way second amendment siege happen right happen lot pressure second amendment strike terrorist threaten citizen stay horrible endless war place hear year afghanistan think act basically law enforcement act police get bring people home donald trump 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The Human Toll of Too Much Law | Justice Neil Gorsuch Published: 8/11/2024 (in RSS feed: 44m 27s) I am one of many Americans who bought a gun within the last year. Well, I get to the range as much as I can. I usually go with my wife, and sometimes we put it off because the guns are really loud for her, and sometimes the recoil is a lot for her. And sometimes the recoil can be uncomfortable. Fortunately, this doesn't have to be the case. There's a single accessory that will make going to the range a lot more enjoyable. Silencers make shooting significantly quieter and cut out a lot of that recoil and concussion. But obtaining a silencer can be a pain in the neck. There's a ton of paperwork and red tape involved. Fortunately, my friends over at Silencer Shop are here to help. They make getting silencers super simple silencer shop is help more American gun owners get suppressors than anyone else because they make the process so much easier than anyone else. 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It has everything we promise, all manner of good things, and even my favorite, right, the right to relaxation, which I really need in the summertime after a long term. But it isn't worth the paper it's written on. Why isn't it worth the paper it's written on? Because all power is concentrated in a single set of hands or a single group's hands. And that's what our framers knew, that men are no angels, as Madison said. And you have to assiduously divide and check and balance power at every term. And when we forget that it, it, it's, it's a danger. I worry about Justice. Neil Gorsuch has served on the United States Supreme Court since 2017, originally hailing from Colorado. Justice Gorsuch previously worked as a trial lawyer and served on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before he was appointed to the Supreme Court by Donald Trump to fill the seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia in 2019. Justice Gorsuch published a book titled A Republic, if You Can Keep It, where he offers a primer on American Civics and his personal reflections on the remarkable structure of our constitution. In his latest book, overruled Justice Gorsuch explores the effects of our government s expanding federal criminal code and the real world consequences when seemingly innocuous activities entangle citizens with federal law, justice Gorsuch's insights on good governance span from the philosophical origins of the founding fathers to the workings of our judicial system today. In this episode, we discuss Justice Gorsuch's inspiration for the book, the Structures inherent to our government that keep us free, and his view on how the judicial system may change in the wake of the reversal of Chevron deference. Justice Gorsuch also delves into the stories of Americans whose livelihoods have been negatively impacted by overregulation. This conversation is essential listening for anyone eager to better understand the functioning of our government. Stay tuned and welcome back to another episode of the Sunday Special Justice Gorsuch. Thanks so much for stopping by. Really appreciate it. Delighted to be here, Ben. So you have a brand new book out titled Overruled, which is really about the, the prevalence of law in American's daily life and how it's multiplied over time. Can you sort of first give us an overview of just how intrusive law making and, and sort of the legal system has become into the everyday lives of Americans? Well, let me start with why I wrote the book, and it, it's because I've, I've been a judge for 18 years now, and I just kept seeing cases where ordinary Americans, hardworking, decent people trying to do the right thing, just getting caught up in laws and, and legal problems that they had no way to imagine just getting whacked. And to give you a sense of the scope of it, when I started to see, when I peeled back this onion, the US code has doubled in length since 1980 something in my lifetime. And people say Congress hasn't been busy. Turns out that according to some reports, they add to the US code two to 3 million new words to our laws every single year. And of course, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Our federal agencies have been busy too. There are so many federal crimes now buried in those regulations adopted by agencies, not necessarily by Congress. Then nobody knows how many there are. Conservative estimates put them at 300,000. The Federal Register a hundred years ago when it started was 16 pages long this year, in recent years, the government adds 60 to 70,000 pages to the federal register every single year. So that, that's kind of a scope some numbers for you. But the book, the book isn't really about the numbers. It's about the people and the lives who are affected by those numbers. So when, when you look at the breakdown of, of how exactly that works as you go through in the book, and the, the right likes to put a lot of focus on the administrative state about the fact that it is regulators who are largely unelected who are making these rules, nobody has a clue what's getting put in the rules, then, then they become the law. Most people have no idea what the law actually is. You can hire a lawyer and if you're rich enough, then maybe you're able to navigate the laws. If you're not rich, then you're probably screwed depending on how, how tightly regulated any particular segment is. But whose fault is that? Is that the administrator's fault or is that the fault of, of a congress that has spent the last century basically delegating more and more power to an executive branch because it provides a lack of accountability? Well, I, I don't think any one institution is to blame. I, I think that's a mistake to think about it that way because law has proliferated at the state level as well. It, it's unlawful to sing the Star-Spangled Banner in a certain manner in Massachusetts. You can go to prison for that. It, I, I faced a case when I was a circuit judge rising from New Mexico where a, I think he was a seventh grader, got arrested for burping in class. You know, it used to be or taken to the principal's office. Your parents might get called. It was pretty funny. Apparently the kids really enjoyed it, teacher, not so much. So it's happening at the state level. As I mentioned, it's happening in Congress and it's happening in the administrative agencies. So I don't think you can blame any one institution for this. This is, this is something that's remarkable and, and the speed with which it's happened, and again, in my lifetime is, is what I wanted to think about and focus on maybe where it's coming from and why. But I think the impulses are much deeper than pointing at any single institution. And you really go into depth in that, about, about that in, in the book, when you talk specifically about the fact that law is, has become a sort of response to the lack of social capital, that, that in a, a situation in which everyone trusts one another, you just don't need as many laws. I mean, my local religious community, there are no laws that compel us to do anything. We just have social sanctions that apply. When somebody violates sort of the social precepts, the unspoken and unwritten rules of the, of the social group, then the social group tends to ostracize or they tend to cudgel in particular ways or curb that behavior in particular ways. When it comes to a family. You never have like a written constitution that dictates exactly how the family's gonna work because presumably there's a high level of social capital. But as the country has grown larger and lar larger, more and more disparate, more and more different, then the, the temptation is to fill that gap with laws to govern every particular scenario because you can't trust your neighbor as much because your neighbor might not be your neighbor. They might live 3000 miles away from you and have a completely different way of, of viewing the world, but you still have to live in a country together. Well, I think what you're touching on is really the heart of the book, and it's really Madison's question to us as well, you know, the framer of our constitution, the backbone of it, the Virginia plan. And, and he wrote that, of course, we need some laws, right? We can't live without them. Our liberties depend upon it, our aspirations for equal treatment under the law depend on it, but at the same time, can we have too much law? And he said, absolutely. And in fact, he thought that was the greater danger both to our liberties and to our aspirations for equality. Because who can manage a world with too much law or so much law, the, the money and the connected can find their way. They can even capture agencies regulatory capture today. They love barriers to entry. We can talk about all of that, but yes, and, and why I think you're, you're putting your finger on, I think probably the heart of the problem. I'm no social scientist or psychologist, but trust has a lot to do with it. I think when we trust ourselves to make good judgements, when we trust our families to make good judgements, when we trust one another in our communities and are able to work together to solve problems in our communities, we don't need law, right? And, but some of those old identities, our, our faith, our families, our, our, our simple local connections, right? I mean, poker nights have given way to online gambling and, and Bridge Night is now, you know, you do wordle online. We, we've lost a lot of human connections. The loneliness epidemic that people write about Putnam's book, bowling Alone, what's happened to our nation and our isolation from one another. When that happens, where else do you have to go? Who else are you going to trust? But, but some, some new identities associated maybe with parties and, and with the state. You, When you look at sort of the history of the development of this, this giant bureaucracy, the, the amount of rulemaking, I mean, you, you trace this, this dramatic increase to sort of the latter half of the 20th century. But its roots lie in Wilsonian administrative state theories. And really that comes from German progressivism. I mean, the original checks and balances of the Constitution were largely designed to prevent things from getting done in the absence of a large scale approval of the things the American public really had to be nearly unanimous in a lot of ways in order to get big things done. And by the time we got to the early 20th century, Woodrow Wilson famously and Teddy Roosevelt too, really believed that, that now the federal government had been, become unworkable. It, it just was not able to get the things done that needed to get done. And so the idea was governance from above by experts who could thwart the checks and balances that were creating such obstruction. You know, how much of what we see now is due to that and how much of it is due to, do you think, you know, the sort of social breakdown, the social fabric, that that really didn't really break down in the United States fully until probably the, the late 1960s and 1970s and and on and now has been exacerbated by, by the rise of the internet. In other words, how much of the societal problem and how much of this is the structures of government there were fundamentally changed in the early 20th century? Yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm probably the wrong person to ask on, on that, Ben, because you know that that is a deep historical question and I think the history on that's gonna be written a hundred years from now, but I, I think both things can be true. It's an and not an or, right? What we've seen in my lifetime, when the US code doubles in length in 40 years, when the number of criminal criminals in our federal, in our federal criminal justice system explodes, are more people serving today life sentences in federal prison than there were serving any sentence in 1970. Something happened around 1970, I think. And, and I think it, you're right, it probably has a lot to do with social trust. Are you also correct though that the intellectual foundation for it was laid much earlier in, in, in, in Wilson's writings? Absolutely. I I i, i, I don't think you can ignore that part of the story. And we discussed that in the book, right? Wilson admired Prussian bureaucracy for its efficiency and its expertise, and he thought the tripartite system of government was antiquated, and we needed experts to rule from, from above. I think what he overlooked, I would argue, and what James Madison knew instinctively is the value of the wisdom of the masses. There are at least two kinds of knowledge, right? Expertise, and it's important, and I don't think we should denigrate it, it just has a place in our social order. But the wisdom of the masses is what Madison tried to capture in our legislative branch, right? Bringing together all voices and having debate and decide everything would be aired. And in that system where you have to get through two houses and a president, oftentimes minorities play a key role. They stand at the fulcrum of power and actually protects minority rights. And Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin once attended a county fair in England, and there was a guess the weight of the OX contest. And he noticed that he looked at all the guesses of by the experts, and then he looked at all the guesses by ordinary people, and he found that the average guess of the ordinary people was the most accurate. That's, that's what we call the wisdom of the masses today. 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I, I think one of the things that, that is fascinating about this sort, the Wilsonian vision of government, especially because it was adopted from German progressivism, is that the, the whole model of German progressivism under Bismarck was that he was attempting to legitimately create a nation out of a series of nations. I mean, if you look at a German history, it's a series of principalities. PRUs has only one of those principalities. And Bismarck is attempting to create a full scale German nationalism. And, and the way to do that is, is top down because it has to be created in almost air SATs fashion. You need this, the imprimatur of authority with a consistently applied minutia based law in order to establish a social capital that doesn't preexist. And, and the story of the United States is precisely the opposite, which is that you have authority that's bleeding up from the bottom as opposed to top down. And that's the story, obviously, of federalism, where the basic idea is that the people are to be represented in the Constitution, but so are the states. And so this idea is that the, the highest level of authorities exist at the lowest possible level of government as opposed to a German progressive or Wilsonian view, or the highest levels of authority existed, the highest levels of government. You know, Tocqueville saw this when he visited the United States in the 1830s. He said, what a British Lord might be undertaking on behalf of the government in England, or the French government would do, the American people were doing in their own communities themselves, because they trusted each other in part, I'm sure. But they were coming together to solve their own problems. And, you know, that became what Brandeis called our laboratories of democracy, right? The best ideas percolate up and And, everybody has a chance to participate and shape them. And you're probably gonna get wiser policies when everybody can be heard and participate in the process and different ideas can be tried. That was the system of government the framers wanted for us. It's interesting that if you look at kind of the intellectual history, you're talking about Wilsonian ideals, that even people like James Landis and William O. Douglas, whom I admire greatly, a fellow fellow justice from the West, who were real solid Wilsonian in their youth, and avid new dealers came over time to recognize that perhaps just perhaps we'd gone too far. And, and, and Douglas talked about the dangers of delegating too much of our legislative responsibility outside of Congress. And Landis wrote a really kind of incredible report for John F. Kennedy when he became president. Along the same lines, Yeah, the, the founders created a general system of neutral applicability. And it seems as though that that has fallen by the wayside, that depending on where you are in political power, what's happening politically at the time, the, the sides will actually flip politically. Sometimes they'll have one side that will make the argument that you need a stronger federal government and weaker state governments. Then it'll immediately flip. And, and depending on who is in control, it'll be precisely the reverse. And, and the job of the judiciary theoretically, is to maintain that original structure. Because if the structures of government change based on who's in power, then that is precisely the level of unpredictability in, in law and regulation that make life unlivable for the normal citizen. I think our system of government was genius, and the separation of powers is what keeps us free. And it is what has made this country great and the rule of law so profoundly stable in this country. I mean, you go, if you look around the world, you're gonna find better bills of rights than ours. I mean, North Korea happens to have my favorite Bill of rights. It has everything we promise, all manner of good things. And even my favorite, right, the right to relaxation, which I really need in the summertime after a long term. But it isn't worth the paper it's written on. Why isn't it worth the paper it's written on? Because all power is concentrated in a single set of hands or a single group's hands. And that's what our framers knew, that men are no angels, as Madison said. And you have to assiduously divide and check and balance power at every term. And when we forget that it, it, it's, it's a danger. I worry about. So in the system, obviously you're on the Supreme Court, what is the role of the judiciary in, in the system? Because there, those would argue that, okay, fine, so let Congress fight it out with the executive, let the states fight it out with Congress and the executive. What is the role of the, the judiciary in, in either greasing the wheels here and making sure the system continues to run or in stopping the excesses? Well, my job is to decide cases and controversies. That's what Article three says. So you gotta bring me a case, Ben, and you gotta have standing. And I, and it's gotta be something I can hear as a judge. But you know why it is an interesting question. Why do we have this, any anti-democratic institution in our separation of powers? And in Madison's mind, and we talk about this in the book, lawmaking should be hard and it should involve everybody, the wisdom of masses. We've talked about that once you've got laws passed the executive, all that power is vested in one person because it should be fairly and quickly and efficiently administered no committees. But when the executive comes after you for vi violating the law, shouldn't you have a neutral judge and a jury of your peers decide those cases, people who are not beholden to the political branches and who don't put any fingers on the scale. I mean, lady justice when she's portrayed, has a blindfold on, and the scales are usually evenly tilted unless you're in an autocratic society. I was in one not long ago, and there lady justice is portrayed without a blindfold and the scales of justice are kind of thrown by the wayside. You know, when, when you look at, at some of the cases, obviously we won't talk about specific cases, but sort of the general idea of, of deference to executive branch agencies. Obviously the Supreme Court recently overruled Chevron's deference and, and suggested that actually the role of the judiciary is not in simply allowing agencies to determine for themselves what the law is, then to enforce that law, because that's actually a union of legislative, executive, and judicial power all in one branch. But how is, how is the common man to stand up against a branch of government that combines all three powers without any sort of checks and balances? Maybe you can explain to, to people exactly why it's important that for the common man he be able to appeal, say, an administrative ruling. Why shouldn't the cult of expertise win in these particular cases? Well, I, I love to kind of answer that and then maybe tell a story if I can from the book. So, you know, at a high level of generality, if, if an, if any J agency or anyone just think about it, can make the law, enforce the law, and then try your case, how's that gonna go for you? Right? And, and that was kind of the question we faced in the case this term you're alluding to. And no surprise that when an agency is both in charge of pursuing the charges against you and adjudicating it usually wins, almost always wins. The procedures are not the same as they are in court. You're not gonna get all of the same protections that you would in court. You're not gonna get a jury as you would in court. And the judge is just another employee of that agency. And who knows what happens to him or her if the rulings don't go the way they like. So that, that's what's at stake when you're in and out of court. And Americans, according to Professor Jonathan Turley, are today 10 times more likely to face one of these administrative judges than they are a judge in court. So that's kind of what's at stake. And to put a human spin on it, if I might, can I tell the story of Marty Hanh, Please? Well, I, it just, it just brings it down to a very simple level, I think so, so Marty is a magician. He does children's shows, and one day he's pulling the rabbit out of the hat and somebody comes up to him and says, do you have a license for that? Rabbit flashes a badge. I'm from the US Department of Agriculture. Marty says, I, I, no. And it turns out that the law said that you have to have a license if you're a zoo, a carnival, or an animal exhibitor. Now what does that mean? Turns out the agency had taken the ball and run with it and, and adopted regulations, which made even backyard magicians subject to federal licensing requirements. Okay? That's kind of what we're talking about. What did that mean for Marty in his life? He doesn't wanna violate the law. He didn't know he was violating the law. How is he supposed to know? It turns out, if, if, if, if the rabbit had instead been in iguana, he wouldn't have needed a license, he found out from the agent. And on further discussion, he learned that if he meant for the rabbit to be stew that evening, no license required. But because he was pulling him out of the hat, he needed to have a license. Fine. Marty's law abiding, he, he, he goes and does all the paperwork, but then a few years later, hurricane Katrina happens and they say, well, they come up with a new thing and they write a letter. Dear members of our regulated community, you need now need a disaster preparedness plan. And it has to cover all kinds of imaginable disasters. Everything from hurricanes to chemical spills. Well, Mar Marty's talking to an agent. He, he lives in Missouri. He says, we don't have hurricanes, we do have tornadoes. And, and my, my plan is to get the family in the basement and, and then the, the family dog and cat. And if there's time, I'll get the rabbit, you know, the, the, the agents, you know, we don't care about the dog and the cat. The rabbit's gotta get down there. He has to write a 28 page emergency preparedness plan and has to hi, hire disaster emergency preparedness plan expert to help him with that. Even after all that, he has to then endure home inspection visits. And during one of those, the agents wants to see the cage where the rabbits kept. So he shows 'em the cage and he, you know, takes to the shows. And so, well, how do you know how to carry the rabbit the right way up? Marty says, well, there's a handle on the top. And the agent says, that's no good. You, you, you have to have one of those stickers this way up stickers. And Marty says, well, where do I get those? And agent says, I'll send you some. Two weeks later, he gets 200 stickers in the mail, your tax dollars at work. That's, that's what the human toll of, of this kind of thing is. And that's, that's a funny story that that one has an okay ending. The agency in the end withdrew those regulations for people like Marty. Not every story in the book has such a happy ending. 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The, the harder the government tries to crack down on, on minutiae, the more people distrust the government. Because the simple fact is that the government cannot game out for every single one of, of these circumstances, nor should they be involved in so many of these areas. And then beyond that, there's the issue of regulatory capture. This massive issue of, of regulations that are being written in very, very often in cahoots with lobbyists who are working with staffers for particular agencies. So all of this undermines the, the general trust in the government. So ironically, the more the, as you say, the, the law multiplies, the, the, the less trust people tend to have in the law itself. Well, thank you for explaining the Star War reference, Ben. I appreciate that. But yeah, and you know, none of this is new. Madison knew this too. You said that the problem, and, and Tocqueville wrote about this, right? The more law you have, the danger is you're actually going to disect people from law and their institutions. Kula knew this, right? He used to post his laws written in a hand, so small and column so high deliberately did this so that nobody could ever be sure what the law was. So they live in fear, and fear and distrust for our institutions and for law itself is one of the costs of too much law. And you talk about regulatory capture. I got a story in the book that kind of tells the story on that too. It involves some monks in Louisiana, and they used to sell timber from, from, from their land to support themselves. But after Hurricane Katrina, that wouldn't work anymore. So they tried to get in the casket business. They, they make caskets for monks who pass. And they thought perhaps other people would want simple, simple caskets for their funerals that are handcrafted by, by monks. Well, good luck. The Louisiana Funeral Directors Association went after them because apparently in order to sell caskets in Louisiana, you have to have all kinds of licenses and a funeral home with a parlor. And all the, they didn't want, they didn't want, they just wanted to sell caskets. But the funeral home regulators had become so powerful. They had overtaken and take effectively captured the agency. Monks took years and years of litigation. That one has a happy ending. I I learned another one the other day about the Reagan library. You know, president Reagan really wanted to be buried with his wife at the Reagan library. Well, it turns out you just can't bury people in California. And they told him no, you, you had to have a funeral director on staff at the library. So the head of the library had to go to funeral director schools so that the president could be buried there. I did not ask whether they still have a funeral director on staff or whether the regulations might require one. 'cause I don't want them to become federal prison criminals either, or Staples. Well, ju Justice Gorsuch, what, what are the solutions? I mean, you, you could theoretically see a Congress that takes back its own power and starts to write regulations itself, as opposed to just delegating them to them, to these agencies. You could see agencies starting to police themselves, but our system of government is really not built for people policing themselves. In fact, precisely the opposite. So what, what is the way this gets solved? So I I, you know, I, I don't think there's gonna be any one solution, Ben, this, this is too big of a problem, right? At, at the most basic level, I don't think we could ignore the need for civic education. So at least people understand what we're talking about. Why we have three branches of government. I mean, only a third of Americans can't name the three branches of government, let alone know why we have them. 60% of Americans would fail the citizenship test my wife took to become an American citizen. And let me tell you that test is a heck of a lot easier than filling out the forms required, which I wasn't very good at. Okay? So we, this isn't gonna work unless the American people want it to work and to want it to work. They have to know how it was designed. And they have to also be able to talk with one another again and learn how to disagree. Because democracy at the end of the day, is about disagreement, disagreements, making our ideas stronger and our decisions better. And then we, we need to learn how to win and lose debate, decide and move on. That's what we do in this court every day. I win some, I lose some, and, and we have to learn how to do that again. Okay? That's really basic stuff. I admit your question's bigger than that. What can we do as American citizens? A lot, I think as it turns out, we talk about this in the last chapter of the book, what can you do? What can I do? The answer is a judge. Not, not much. It's up to the American people. Nine people aren't gonna save you from from these problems, you have to do it yourself. So I see a lot of things, hopeful things, and I, I point out some examples. Did you know in Idaho, not long ago, the legislature said, we're gonna eliminate the entire administrative code of the state except for those provisions. The governor deems important enough to preserve Texas as a sunset commission that eliminates agencies after set number of years, unless they're expressly reauthorized. New York and New Jersey have commissions to eliminate old laws that are no longer needed on the books. This is starting to happen at the state and local level. And those licensing problems we talked about, like with the monks, increasingly, states are really looking hard at that. I mean, there was a time when the only regulated professions were law medicine and a couple others. And now in recently in Texas, Texas of all places, 500 professions were being regulated. And they started to realize that's too much. And they started peeling that back. And there's lots of good things going on there. At the federal level, it's more of a challenge, okay? But at least I think this is something that we can recognize as a bipartisan concern. You know, president Trump had that, that if you're gonna put in a new regulation to have to go. President Obama also had some important deregulatory initiatives and spoke about it at the State of the Union where he equipped that it's, it's gotten so complex that I think the Interior Department regulates salmon when they're in fresh water. The Commerce Department, when they're in salt water. And it gets more complicated than that when they're smoked. And the fact checkers thought he had overstated the complexity. They went busy to work and found out he actually understated it. So seeing the problem at the federal level is great. And can I give you one more example of something that gives me hope, right at the federal level? Well, for most of the, my life after, well, certainly after World War ii, for a long period of time, the airline industry in our country was heavily regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board. One of those alphabet soup agencies created in the New Deal thereafter. And you could not start a new airline without permission from the government. You could not offer a new route without permission, nor could you change your fares. And, you know, in the 1970s, on a bipartisan basis, really spearheaded by my, my friend and former colleague, Steve Breyer, when he was working for Ted Kennedy on the Judiciary Committee, sat down and said, does this make any sense? Yes, flying is very comfortable, but only a few can afford it. Maybe we need to do something about this. And they held hearings. And you know what they found out? The only people who liked the civil aeronautics board were the civil aeronautics board and the regulated industry. Because they were able to create all these barriers to entry to protect themselves, and they decided to do something about it. Steve Breyer and Ted Kennedy on a bipartisan basis, actually eliminated an entire federal agency. And it led to the ability of Americans to afford to fly. Now we're all cramped in together and we have to pay 50 bucks for our hand luggage. But the opportunities that that opened for us are enormous as a, as a people. And we have a, we have a bipartisan reform to bank. So I, I think there's reason for hope, then We'll get to more on this in a moment. First, amid rising tensions in Israel on Thursday, August 1st, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Welcome to flight of 155 New ole. Those are immigrants from France to Israel. 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Israel's under dire threat, go help out right now, bend for the fellowship.org. God bless, and thank you. So you, you'd mentioned earlier civic education and people getting familiar with the system of government. You know, thi this is something that I harp on on my show, is that people spend way too much time thinking about the particular people in government and not enough time thinking about the incentive structures, which is of course, the Thomas solo point is that it, it's never about getting the right person in the right place. It's more about making the wrong person do the right thing via the incentive structures that are, that are provided by the government, but or, or by the governmental system or whatever system you're, you're talking about, let's say that you were setting up a civic education for, for kids and you're looking at primary text. What are the most important things? We have a big young audience, obviously a lot of teenagers listening to this show. What, what are the most important things for say, a 15-year-old kid to, to read and, and understand in order to really understand what, what you're talking about here? Well, I think there's, you know, I I, one organization I'm involved with by way of disclosures, the Constitution Center in Philadelphia and the resources they have online for free are incredible. You can, they have something called an interactive constitution. You can click on any clause of the constitution and get three things immediately. One, two scholars who disagree about the clause as meaning and appro appropriate interpretation, but they'll sit down first and talk about what they agree on, and then you'll have the two other videos with their additional independent thoughts. You can also read there all the books that James Madison read as he was preparing for the constitutional convention. They have those primary resources there and they have also a curriculum for high schools that for free for use to teach about the constitution and our, and our history and really in an incredibly powerful way. And it starts not with the constitution's text, but with a unit on civil dialogue and learning how to, you know, disagree without being disagreeable with one another. How, how, how to do debate without hating or hurting one another. And I, I think it's a tremendous resource. So that's just one place I'd I'd turn to if you're younger than that still iCivics is a group that was started by Sandra Day O'Connor and it really aims at middle school kids and there are interactive games to play that will teach you about the constitution and our history. There's a new one involving Colonial Williamsburg and you can pretend you're a spy, right during the beginning of the independence movement. It's a lot of fun. I'm also involved with Colonial Williamsburg and was kind of happy to see those two organizations get together and do that as we prepare for the declaration's 250th anniversary. So those are just a few things that I point to where young people can just get an immense amount of material for free. So, you know, you, you mentioned comedy and, and civil dialogue and obviously that's something that's in very short supply in the United States right now. Generally, I was wondering if you could give sort of a window into what it's like to make any decision at the Supreme Court level. You're talking about some of the most important decisions in, in American history that are happening right now or have happened over the course of the last couple of terms. And, and yet, you know, your job is to get in a room with people many of whom disagree with one another and try and hash out either a consensus or, or where you disagree. What does that process actually look like for people who aren't in the room? Yeah, well, can I, can I, I'd like to get to that, but can I back up and do a little bit of forest before I get to the tree? Okay, so there are 340 million of us, or thereabouts, you all filed 50 million lawsuits a year in this country. And I'm not counting your speeding tickets, Ben. Okay? You are a litigious bunch, alright? And yet almost all of those cases are resolved in a trial court. Somebody winning, somebody losing a settlement happening without any appeal. What does that say? Okay, I, I've represented plenty of losing parties as a lawyer. What it says is our rule of law is pretty determinant, right? That, that really, there's a right answer and there's a wrong answer in most every case. You just have to look for it. Okay? Now, a tiny fraction wind up going to appeals. Like on my old court of appeals, I sat on the 10th circuit, I sat with judges appointed by President Obama all the way back to President Lyndon Bain's Johnson. Two times zones six states, 20% of the continental United States. We sit in panels of three, yet we were able to agree unanimously on the right outcome of cases, 95% at the time. Again, our law is pretty determinant. And, and that that is a miracle that that is not true throughout most of human history. Most of human history looks more like Cula we talked about earlier than it does this. And that's still true in a lot of places in the world today. Okay, now you asked me about my court. Fair enough. We decide 70 cases a year, more or less. Now one could argue we should take a few more or a few fewer, but it's somewhere in that ballpark. Now, why so few? Because our primary job is to resolve disputes about the laws meaning between the lower courts because the constitution or a statute can't mean one thing in California and another thing in New York, right? So we only really take cases when the lower courts have disagreed that tiny, tiny fraction of cases. Now you've got nine of us, we've been appointed by five different presidents who come from all across the country. Well, a lot of New Yorkers, but most the ideas were supposed to come from across the country. And we've been over 30 different years of appointments. Now, can you get nine people to agree on where to go to lunch? That's pretty, that's pretty hard in my family. Yet in those cases, those 70 or so cases we're able to reach a unanimous judgment about 40% of the time. Okay? That, that's hard work. That's respect, that's collegiality, that's, that's understanding where one another's coming from. My old friend Steve Breyer likes to say, if you listen to someone talk long enough, you're gonna find something you agree with and maybe you start there. And that's what we do a lot of around here. Now everybody likes to focus on the six threes or the five fours and, and fair enough, and that's about a third of our docket. But that third of the docket isn't all the six threes you're thinking of. Only about half of 'em are, okay? So half of those six threes are something else altogether. And, and any rate and those numbers, that 40% and that may be 25 to 33%, we talked about unanimous versus divided kind of cases are the same today as they were in 1945 when Franklin Roosevelt had appointed eight of the nine justices to the Supreme Court. So my, my message is we're doing what we've always been doing and I think we're doing pretty well if we're doing as well as it did in 1945 when eight of them had more or less the same presidential appointment background at least. So final question for you, justice Gorsuch. So obviously the book, the book is great, people should go out and, and grab a copy today. You, you're obviously very optimistic in how you approach all of these issues. It's, it's hard for those of us who follow politics daily for a living to, to not be pessimistic about the future. What is, what is your point of greatest optimism that we should all sort of like take a chill pill and, and recognize that things are gonna be okay? Yeah, it's when I see people like Isis Brantley who lost, lost her home and her business was rated by police who fought for 20 years rectify the situation and in fact changed how Texas, Texas looks at licensing laws is people like John and Sandra Yates, the fishermen I talk about in the first chapter of the book, who pursue their case all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States, even after they've lost their home, even after John's been sent to federal prison over Christmas when he is trying to raise two young grandchildren and win and are still not satisfied because they only won five to four and they think they should have won even more. It's when I see stories like that, the American people love this country. They love their constitution and they want it to work. And I, I think if you look at the long stretch of history in our country, have there been bad times before and trying times? Absolutely. But have there been remarkable moments when the human spirit and the courage of Americans has prevailed and triumphed time and time again and I just wouldn't bet, bet against the American people And justice. Go again. Thank you so much for the time folks. Go out and get a copy of Overruled Today and really appreciate everything you're doing, sir. Thank you man. Appreciate it. The Ben Shapiro Sunday special is produced by Savannah Morris and Matt Kem. Associate producers are Jake Pollock and John Krick. Production intern is Sarah Steele. Editing is by Jeff Tomlin. Audio is mixed by Mike Corina. Camera and Lighting is by Zach gta, hair, makeup and Wardrobe by Fabiola Christina. Title graphics are by Cynthia Angulo, executive assistant Kelly Carvallo. Executive in charge of production is David Wus, executive producer Justin Siegel, executive producer Jeremy Boring. The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special is a Daily Wire production. Copyright Daily Wire 2024. 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This bill requires lawyers for plaintiffs in certain lawsuits to provide the court and other parties in the lawsuit with any agreement that entitles an outside business (i.e., a business that is not a party, class member, or counsel in the lawsuit) to receive payment contingent on the lawsuit's outcome. The lawyers for the plaintiffs shall also provide the identity of the outside business. Specifically, these requirements shall apply to any class action or multi-district litigation (i.e. related civil cases pending in different districts that are consolidated for pretrial proceedings).

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Speeches, etc. It is nearly two years since I spoke at the Congress of the C.D.U. in Hanover. This was one of the first major European commitments which I undertook after becoming Leader of the Conservative Party, and it made a deep impression on me. I came home from Germany confirmed in my belief that the main inspiration behind the European ideal was political rather than economic—and convinced that the Parties of the Centre and Right in Europe had so much in common and so much at risk that they must learn to work together more effectively. Of course it is true that the European Economic Community has an important economic role. We can see this more clearly now that the prospects for world trade and world growth look bleak. At such times the temptation is always to put up the barriers and to restrict trade. The countries of Europe, including Britain, would almost certainly have reacted to the present circumstances in a much more protectionist way had it not been for the existence of the European Community. It is no small thing to have completed and preserved a customs union covering a market of nearly 300 million people. It is also true that we need a framework within which to conduct international trade. Increasingly the European Community represents its member states when negotiating this framework, whether it be with Japan, with the U.S. in the multi-lateral trade negotiations, with overseas textile and steel producers or with our partners in the Lome Convention. Together we negotiate as the biggest trade group in the world, and this too is a step forward. But we must be careful about the use to which we put this bargaining strength. [end p1] We are entitled to gain for our European industries a breathing space during which they can prepare to face a changed world. We are not entitled to isolate Europe behind high permanent barriers. We are not entitled to deny to the European customer the choice of the goods which he or she prefers. The Treaty of Rome is a treaty for competition and free enterprise. The Community's institutions are intended to help expand trade, not restrict it. Nor is this a coincidence. One of the contributions of Europe to civilisation has been our instinct and ability to invent, to manufacture, and then to buy and sell freely across frontiers and oceans. At times of difficulty it is all the more important to keep this instinct alive. But the main reason for coming together is political. Immediately after the war Winston Churchill told us that the key to peace in Europe was the reconciliation of France and Germany. The European Community embodies that reconciliation. It achieved a wider horizon when it grew from six members to nine, and I hope that the same will happen again when Greece, Spain and Portugal are admitted. Today, our children take peace in Europe for granted, and that is in itself a remarkable event for anyone with a sense of history. During the last two centuries the peoples of Western Europe have at intervals of 30 or 40 years made war upon each other. If this historical cycle was still operating we would be due for another European war about now. Instead, next year we have the prospect of going to the polls for the first time to elect a democratic European Parliament, albeit with limited powers. So let us not be impatient with the progress which we have made. Direct Elections to the European Parliament will be worth more than a footnote in history. But we must not be content, for we have not yet done enough. There is a threat to our freedom from within and outside our own boundaries. We must make it clear to all that Euro-Communism is a contradiction in terms. It is not for us to tell people in other countries how to vote. But membership of the European Community could not be reconciled with totalitarian policies. The French people were wise to refuse to entrust their freedom to Communists, even in partnership with others. [end p2] Marxists get up early in the morning to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom. We must not allow ourselves the luxury of disunity. I would like to see greater understanding and more effective co-operation between like-minded Parties in Europe, whether their historical tradition is Conservative or Christian Democrat. Of course the tactical needs are different in each country. But we would not be forgiven if we allowed Marxism to triumph in Europe simply because we lacked the energy and imagination to come together to withstand it. I am not speaking of a negative anti-Marxist front. It is never enough to talk only about the things which we are against. We need now a positive declaration of the values which we share, and of the policies through which these values can be made real. I am convinced that the instinct of the peoples of Europe is sound. It is an instinct for democracy and for freedom under the law. It is the duty of politicians in each of our countries to give this instinct expression. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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This bill terminates the Department of Education on December 31, 2021.

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This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to submit a written report to the congressional tax committees comparing the audit rate of individual taxpayers who claim the adoption tax credit to the audit rate of those taxpayers who do not claim such credit. The initial report must be submitted not later than the end of 2023 and then annually thereafter through 2036. The IRS must also submit a written report regarding its audit practices for individuals who claim refundable and nonrefundable tax credits.

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Dec 20, 2023 Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Waterloo, Iowa, moments after the Colorado Supreme Court blocked his access to the ballot. Read the transcript here. Transcribe Your Own Content Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. Donald Trump (00:01): Waterloo, thank you very much. It’s great to be here. And a lot of people outside, a lot of people outside. We want to stay right here and I want to thank you very much. This is an honor. We cover all corners of your great state, you know that. And they said, “Waterloo. What about Waterloo?” I said, “We got to get to Waterloo.” So here we are. And I’m thrilled to be back in your incredible state with thousands of proud, hardworking American patriots. Let me begin by wishing you all a very merry Christmas. Do you remember about seven years ago, I came, I said, “They’re going to be saying Merry Christmas again” because department stores, of course, they have other problems now. They’re being robbed. The department stores right now, they have very big problems. 400-500 people run into them, grab everything, run out, nothing happens because our law enforcement’s not allowed to do their job. They’re great. They’re not allowed to do their job, so they have other problems too, but they say Merry Christmas now at least. And it’s very important. (01:08)That was a big deal and now nobody even thinks about it. We say Merry Christmas. I’m honored by that. We’re just 27 days away from Iowa’s first-in-the-nation. Thank you very much President Trump because you’re first-in-the-nation because I said you were first-in-the-nation. It’s very simple. And the caucuses are a big deal. On Monday, January 15th, we’re going to win the Iowa caucuses and then we’re going to crush crooked Joe Biden next November, and we’re going to, very simply, make America great again. Thank you. Thank you guys.I want to thank a very special person. She stepped up very early and very strong and she’s a highly respected. We have to call everyone a politician, I guess, if you run for office. I think she’s probably your most popular politician right now in Iowa. Brenna Bird, your Attorney General. Thank you, Brenna. Thank you, darling. She’s been incredible. (02:09)A man who endorsed me before I was even running. I said, “Who’s this guy from Iowa that keeps talking about Trump?” I call him the Marlboro man. He’s a handsome guy. State Senator Brad Zaun. Brad, Brad, where’s Brad? Thank you, Brad. Thank you very much. He’s been great. I mean, he was endorsing me before I ran. I said, “Who is that guy?” But he was probably the first one in the whole country. State representatives, Bobby Kaufmann, who’s fantastic by the way. His father’s fantastic too. Derek Wolfe, Craig Johnson, and of course Iowa GOP Chairman, Jeff Kaufmann. There’s a slight relationship there. Thank you very much. Thank you everybody and a great job, and it’s fantastic to be with you. We’ll be back a few more times, believe it or not. We have that big day coming up. We’ll be back. (03:08)We got to be sure that we put this thing away. The poll numbers are scary because we’re leading by so much. The key is you have to get out and vote because I tell it all the time, if you don’t get out and vote, we can put this to bed after Iowa, if you want to know the truth. We can put it to bed for them too, they can go home and forget it. But you have to go out. Don’t sit home and say, “I think we’ll take it easy, darling. It’s a wonderful day. Beautiful. Let’s just take it easy, watch television and watch the results.” No because crazy things can happen. You got to get out. This is really important. Our country’s at stake. We have a country that’s never been in trouble like it is right now. So get out and vote whether we’re leading in the polls or not leading in the polls, and in this case we’re leading by 30-40 points, I guess, but we got to win. Maybe we can win by more than that. (04:01)Because if we win in a massive number, but it’s a little bit less than that, they’ll say, “Oh, he didn’t meet expectations,” because they’re fake news. We know that. They’re fake news. They are the biggest fakers in the world. During this holiday season, families all across America are struggling under the brutal weight of crooked Joe’s failures, disasters, heartless betrayals and inflation. While the stock market is making rich people richer and I mean, it’s crazy what’s going on. Rich people are getting richer. Of course, I’m a politician now, so we just keep chugging along, but you’re going to have a crash, the likes of which you haven’t seen because of what they’re doing. It’s going to be scary. Biden’s inflation catastrophe is demolishing your savings and ravaging your dreams. His sky high energy prices, the highest we’ve ever had, are brutalizing your wallets. Our border has been erased. Criminals are running wild and our Democrat run cities and thanks to crooked Joe’s breathtaking weakness, the world is going up in flames. The whole world is up in flames. (05:12)You didn’t have any of this stuff when I was president. I’d call and I’d say, “You can’t do that,” to the head of a country, and they wouldn’t do it, and Russia would’ve never done it, and Hamas would never have done it because Iran wouldn’t have given him the money or had the money to do it. No, it’s very terrible what’s going on. Hard to believe actually. Joe Biden and the Democrat Party are incapable of solving any problems. Crooked Joe Biden is a low IQ individual. He is truly the worst, most incompetent and most corrupt president in the history of our country. Other than that, I think quite a bit of him. Can you believe what’s going on in our country? Can you believe what’s going on with the border? And the fake news doesn’t want to show it too much, certain of them, and I will tell you what’s going on in our border. They’re coming in by the millions and we have no idea who they are, coming from all over the world. (06:13)But with your vote this election together, we’re going to save America and we’re going to bring our country back from hell. Our country has been in hell. Not one thing has gotten better under crooked Joe Biden. Under the Trump administration, you were better off. Your family was better off, your neighbors were better off, and our country was better off. And you’re also much safer when you had me behind the desk of the Oval Office. You were better off five years ago. Think of it. Just ask yourself, were you better off five years ago or are you better off today with the inflation with bacon that cost you four times higher than you would’ve had to pay a little while ago? It’s going up. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it, but what a difference a president makes. A president makes a big difference. Since Joe Biden took over, we’ve had a three year inflation rate of over 20%. Under my leadership, inflation was non-existent, and we had gasoline at $1.87 a gallon. (07:15)After three years of Bidenomics, the average monthly mortgage has gone from $1,700 under my administration to $3,400 under this terrible administration. As long as Joe Biden is in the White House, the American dream is dead. It’s dead. There is no American dream. But all of that will change the minute the polls close on election night 2024. It’s going to all change. The next economic boom will begin the instant the world knows that crooked Joe Biden is gone, and Donald J. Trump and us, all of us together, have won four more years as President of the United States. It’s a very important thing because our country, it’s a disaster. It’s not even believable what’s happened to our country in a period of three years. Powered by the momentum of our historic victory, by Christmas of next year, it’s a couple of months later, by Christmas of next year, the economy will be roaring back, energy prices will be plummeting, the hoards of people charging across our border will have totally ended, the invasion will have stopped. (08:28)And I heard somebody today say, one of these genius analysts, “The stock market’s good, the rich get richer, but the stock market’s good because they think Trump is going to win the election.” And I believe that’s true, and whatever good they have right now is the fumes of what we left them. It’s coming off the fumes of what we’ve left them. But the stock market is good because a lot of people think we’re going to win the election, so that’s an interesting fact. I felt that, but I didn’t want to say it, but I think we will say it because just like three years ago, they will know that I will catch. And when you have people that are pouring across the border at levels like no country has ever seen, not us, no country has ever seen, third world nations have never seen. They’d stop them with sticks and stones, I say. (09:25)But they’ll know that I’ll catch them and will send them home and the entire world will be safer and more peaceful because everyone will know that the days of Biden surrenders are over. So many mistakes. There’s been nothing good that’s happened, nothing good. What good has happened in the last three years? Our country’s gone to hell. As soon as I get back in the Oval Office, I’ll also immediately end the war on Christians. I don’t know if you feel it. You have a war. There’s a war. Under crooked Joe Biden, Christians and Americans of faith are being persecuted and government has been weaponized against religion like never before. And also presidents like never before. Here I am. I always say Al Capone was treated better than I was treated. Scarface, Al Capone, he was a tough one. Biden and his corrupt department of injustice have sent SWAT teams to arrest pro-life activists. They’ve targeted conservative parents of school board meetings who don’t want filth taught to their children. It’s filth. What they’re teaching in schools is filth and nonsense, and we can’t let that happen, but they’re being targeted. (10:37)And now the communist Marxists and fascists are going hard after Catholics. Even plotting to send spies into Catholic churches. It’s all come out just like in the Soviet Union from days gone by. Now, think of it, if you’re Catholic, why would you vote for a Democrat? What they’re doing to Catholics, I don’t know what’s going on with the Catholics, but they’re really being persecuted. Why would you vote for Biden and why would you vote for a Democrat? A new report from the House Judiciary Committee proves that the Biden FBI actually targeted Catholics as potential domestic terrorists. You believe this? And evangelicals will not be far behind because when that starts, it starts happening on a very major scale. When I’m back in the White House, never again will your government be used to target Christians and other religious believers. Upon taking office, I will create a new federal task force on fighting anti-Christian bias to be led by a fully reformed department of justice that’s fair and equitable. Its mission will be to investigate all forms of illegal discrimination, harassment, and persecution against Christians in America. They are going after Christians in America. Who can believe all this stuff? It’s not believable, is it? But it is fact. It’s just like so many of the other things. When I stand up and I say that we will stop and I’ve said it, we will stop men from participating in women’s sports. I mean the whole thing. No, but things that you say that you can’t believe, you’re up here and saying it. We are for parental rights. You have to say that. (12:29)No, no, think of it. We are for parental rights. Who believes it? 10 years ago, 15 years ago, who would ever have to say a thing like that? We’re for parental rights. Of course we’re for parental rights, but the Democrats aren’t. They’re fascists. They’re not. They want school boards. They want people to take your children and do things with your children that are not even speakable. Americans of faith are not a threat to our country. Americans of faith are the soul of our country, and they have been from the beginning. I will defend religion and I will defend in God we trust. We will defend, in God we trust, which is… And you know that very important phrase is under siege. You do know that, right? We will defend it 100%. When Joe Biden lit the national Christmas tree earlier this month, he completely failed to even mention the birth of Jesus Christ, which is hard to do if you’re celebrating Christmas, right? He didn’t mention Jesus Christ in his remarks. Not for three years. He hasn’t mentioned that and barely mentioned God. (13:35)When I was president, we brought back the beautiful phrase, “Merry Christmas,” and I said I’d do that. I’m very proud of that actually, because as I said at the beginning, it was really under siege, and when I lit the Christmas tree each year, it was my honor to publicly celebrate the true source of Christmas joy, which is Jesus Christ. As president, I kept every promise I made to Christians and more, and I think everybody in this room understands that very well. That’s pretty well documented. In our first four years, we appointed nearly 300 federal judges and three great Supreme Court justices. I stood up for religious liberty at home and all around the world. I protected innocent life and I defended the Judeo-Christian values of our nation’s founding. I proudly recognized Israel’s eternal capital and opened the American Embassy in Jerusalem, which is a big thing. (14:34)I also recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, and they were looking to get that for 72 years. They’d fly in, they’d fly out, they’d fly in. Every year, they’d fly in, they’d discuss it, they’d fly out, and I got it done in about 12 minutes. We got it done very quickly. And with the historic Abraham Accords, I even made peace in the Middle East. Unfortunately, they haven’t taken it any further. It should have been taken. We could have had everybody signed up. It’s no wonder crooked Joe Biden and the far left lunatics are desperate to stop us by any means necessary. They’re willing to violate the US constitutions at levels never seen before in order to win this election. Joe Biden is a threat to democracy. It’s a threat. (15:22)They’re weaponizing law enforcement for high level election interference because we’re beating them so badly in the polls. The new CBS poll, remember I always used to talk about polls, but only if they were good. I don’t mention them if they were bad. I had a tendency if they were bad, I didn’t talk about them. I don’t know. That’s probably a little bit like the fake news would do, so I feel very embarrassed by it. But the new CBS poll just out has us at 58% of the state with the sanctimonious 40 points behind us, 40 points. The new Morning Consult Donald Trump (16:00): … Paul, that’s in your state. The console, Paul has us at 66% nationwide with the DeSanctis at 11% and Haley at 11%. And then they said, “Haley is surging,” because she went from 9 to 11. I went up seven points. She went up two points, and it’s harder to go up seven when you’re almost at the top. There’s not that many points left. I went up seven, she went up two and the headline was, “Haley is surging because she caught De-Sanctimonious.” The Fox poll has us trouncing the primary field at 69% with the De-Sanctus at 13% and Haley at 9. It’s interesting, he did an interview the other day and the announcer, this was a straight interview at a major network, “Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a great honor to have Governor Ron DeSanctis with us. No, no, it’s DeSantis.” So that’s good branding, do you agree? That’s good. Nah, but he is sanctimonious. (16:58)In the new Rasmussen poll of the general election, we’re dominating by 10, 11, 12, even 14 points. And the Washington Post had up 11 and then they said, “Oh, this must be an outlier.” They spend a million and a half dollars on a poll, the Washington Post, and they panic. They say, “This must be an outlier.” This is the first time anyone ever had a poll and they said, “We think our poll must be wrong.” But we have even better numbers than that. Now they’re going crazy. (17:27)But none of this matters if you don’t show up to support us on January 15th and again on November 5th. So, it’s again, the same thing, you got to show up. Even if you think we’re going to win by a lot, you got to show up, because winning by a lot lot is very meaningful. Even as countries watch from afar, because we would never have any of these problems if our were president… But when they see the kind of support that we have, we have incredible support. We have more support than we did in 2020 or 2016, and we did great. We won 2016, and then we did even better by a lot, by millions and millions of votes in 2020, it was a rigged election. The radical left Democrats rigged the presidential election of 2020 and we’re not going to allow them to rig the presidential election of 2024. We’re not going to allow them. (18:20)Every time the radical left Democrats, Marxist, communist, and fascists indict me, I consider it actually a great badge of honor. Thank you very much, I appreciate it. Thank you very much, because I’m being indicted for you. Never forget, our enemies want to take away my freedom because I will never let them take away your freedom. It’s very simple. I’m not going to let them do it. They want to silence me because I will never let them silence you, and in the end, they’re not after me, they’re after you. I just happen to be standing in their way and I always will stand in their way. (18:57)I’ve been saying this a lot lately because I see the kind of crowds, we go up to these large areas, we come out to the rural areas, no matter where we go, we have packed houses, packed houses, some of them. We filled up an arena last time, a massive arena. We had thousands of people outside, couldn’t get in. Brad was there, couldn’t get in. He got in. We almost said, “Keep him out. Let’s keep him out,” right? No, he’s always going to be invited. This is far more than a campaign. This is the greatest political movement in the history of our country. That’s what it is, this is a great political movement. (19:39)This is not just a campaign, and together we will once again fight for Iowa families and Iowa farmers, just as we did four straight years. We fought for you. We’ve done more for the state of Iowa than any president ever in history. Because when you add it all up, what we’ve done, unlike crooked Joe who wants to dramatically increase the estate tax or the death taxes, they call it, I virtually eliminated the unfair death tax, saving countless farms from families and families of farmers. They love their children, they leave their farm to the children, and the tax was so incredible that the children would often have to file bankruptcy because they had to go borrow money to pay the estate tax or the death tax. I eliminated that tax, I eliminated it. So, now you can leave, if you love your children… If you don’t love your children, then I haven’t done that much for you. But some people love their children. Does everybody in this room love their children? I do. (20:41)Does anybody in this room not love their children? Raise your hand. Oh, that guy in the blue jacket raised his… But no, it’s very important, because people were going to the heirs. You inherit a farm, you have a 40, 50% tax to pay and they fight with you over the tax and they end up going to the bankers. The banks just have been so bad. Not the local bank. Some of these big banks have been horrible, the horrible people running them. But the banks, they loan the money, and they end up taking over the farm. We’re not doing that. So, we ended the estate tax and farms and small businesses, now they don’t have to go into hock and end up losing everything, and the parents are very happy about that. They’re looking down and they’re saying, “I’m so happy. I love President Trump, because that was a big thing.” (21:33)I ended the NAFTA disaster, the worst trade deal ever made, and replaced it with the USMCA, the best trade deal ever made. That was a giant win for Iowa farmers. I took on the communist Chinese like no administration in history. Communist China was doing a number on the farmers, and you know it better than anybody, bringing hundreds of billions of dollars pouring into our treasury when no other president had gotten 10 cents from China. Nobody had ever brought in any money. I brought in hundreds of billions of dollars from China. In fact, China’s not now doing very well, and a lot of people think it was because of what I did with respect to all of the hundreds of billions I brought in. Biden is unable to cancel it, because it’s so much money, that they’re having a hard time canceling it. So I just say, “Oh gee, let’s not do that for hundreds of billions of dollars.” Then I gave the farmers $28 billion straight out of the tariffs I took in from China, a large part of which came right back to the state of Iowa, right? (22:40)That’s why my people in the back, my great geniuses, “Sir, please don’t say that too often, because you sound very conceited when you say that you guarantee that Iowa is going to vote for you. You guarantee Iowa.” I said, “I got them $28 billion, of course, who else is going to get them $28 billion?” I said, ” Go out and buy more land and larger tractors,” do you remember that? But you know what? They stuck with me, because we had a period of six or seven months, which [inaudible 00:23:10] the great negotiators, they were playing hardball, but we ended up winning and they buy now… We made a trade deal with John. I don’t even talk about it because of Covid, but we made one of the greatest trade deals ever made. They buy $50 billion worth of product from this country, and they were buying nothing before that. They were buying nothing. (23:27)So, it was an amazing thing that happened, and it’s an honor to have done it, and I do believe, I could say that, but I won’t say it, I will not say that, because my people have said. So, I will not guarantee it, but I pretty much guarantee it, okay? “Let’s vote against Trump because he gave us $28 billion.” I don’t know. Somehow they got a problem with that one, don’t they, huh, the people that are running against us and who, frankly, were not in favor of farmers. Ron De-Sanctimonious was not a friend of the farmer. He fought against the Farm Bill, he fought against ethanol, hard, very hard. Now all of a sudden, he loves ethanol. About two weeks ago it started, right? No one gets abused on trade worse than American agriculture, yet no other president lifted a finger for you. Nobody lifted a finger for you in Iowa, nobody. Under my leadership, we will have a great rebirth of loyalty to the American farmer and loyalty to the American flag. I’m going to pass something that’s so important. We were just about set to do that. We had the greatest economy in history. We’re just about set, and then we hit Covid. Covid came, a gift from China, from Wuhan. I told them it came from the Wuhan lab. I said it right from the beginning. I never changed. You ever see the heads, “Trump was right about everything.” Some of the things I don’t want to be right about, like I think our country’s in more danger now for World War III than ever before. I don’t want to be right about that, but we have a man who’s grossly incompetent and he’s talking about nuclear weapons and negotiations. He doesn’t even know what the hell he’s talking… He can’t even find the stairs to get off a stage, right? There they are. There they are. They’re all over the place. Jump off the front, but don’t walk into the back wall. You ever see that? He finishes a speech, if you call it that. (25:25)He did a news conference the other day and he goes, “Okay, let’s see.” I did news conferences and White… “You, you, you, you.” He did it [inaudible 00:25:39], “Jim Jones of NBC. Is he here? Oh.” The guy says, “Mr. President, what about this? What about that? What about that?” “I would like to tell you the following.” He’s reading the answer, meaning he knows the questions and they write down the answer. He reads the answer. If I ever did that, they would impeach me a third time, right? They would impeach me a third… We beat them twice. They impeached me and then they found out I was right. They’re all saying, “We really shouldn’t have impeached him,” but actually the Republicans, and Jim Jordan’s great and Jamie is doing a great job, but the Republicans are being much nicer, because they’re saying, “Let’s do an inquiry first.” They didn’t do an inquiry with me. I walk in, they impeached me, so these are bad people. Bad people. (26:35)I will pass the Trump Reciprocal Trade Act, so that means if China or any other country make us pay a 100% or 200% tariff, which they do, we will make them pay a reciprocal tariff, identical tariff of 100 to 200%, right back. We’ll take in billions and billions. Now, what will happen, is they’ll end the tax. They’ll end the tax, but we’re all set to get that. We would’ve had that quickly. I will revoke China’s most-favored-nation trade status that we will impose stiff penalties on China and other trade abusers, because they abuse us, but many people abuse us on trade and even the military. At the same time, I will end Joe Biden’s war on American energy and we will… Ready? Drill, baby drill. We will drill, drill. (27:27)We’ll put straws in the ground and we’ll have oil coming up. We have more oil than anybody, oil and gas, we have more than any other country in the world. We took it from fourth place to first place in just a short period of time. We were going to make so much money, we were making so much. We were energy independent. Think of that. Gas prices, oil prices down so low, record numbers in some cases, but down so low, and we were going to sell it all over the world, fill up our strategic reserve, which I was doing very cheaply by comparison to what they’re doing now. He used the money just to have a better election. He used a lot of the money. It’s strange, it’s the lowest point it’s ever been right now. That’s meant for military. That’s meant for real problems, not to keep your gasoline price down so that you can get some votes during an election, but they brought it down to the lowest level in order to try and remain relevant for an election. It’s very terrible what they’ve done. They’ve done a lot of bad things. (28:20)As part of our common sense energy policies. I will once again stand up for Iowa ethanol like I have done. I’ve been your savior. Many people did not want anybody to stand up for it. I just promised, as president, I issued a historic rule declaring that E15 would be made available all year round. You know what that means? I did it all year. It was eight months and I did it all year round. Nobody thought that was going to happen, and letting them use the existing pumps. Now, that doesn’t sound very glamorous, but it was hundreds of millions of dollars would’ve had to be spent. That would’ve been an increase in price to you, and I let them use the existing pumps. Very simple, I brought in experts. I said, “Well, what’s the difference?” They said, “Well, sir, the old ones are actually better.” I know that, because a lot of times the older equipment is a lot better than the new equipment, and… Like grass cutters, all you have in a grass cutter today is environmental computers and equipment. They forgot to put blades on it to cut the grass. Sometimes you’d rather have like a blade, give me a blade to cut the grass. (29:28)In contrast to my unwavering support for Iowa ethanol and agriculture, Ron De-Sanctimonious wants to literally bankrupt Iowa farmers. That’s what he’d do, because his policies are horrible. DeSanctis spent his entire political career, vindictively trying to kill the ethanol industry, voting again and again to devastate Iowa farmers by eliminating the billions of dollars generated each year from ethanol and wiping out 48,000 Iowa jobs, you voted against it. Unlike DeSanctis, I will be your ethanol champion for four more years. You have four more years of security, and I will also rescue the ethanol industry by canceling crooked Joe Biden’s insane ethanol-killing electric vehicle mandate on day one. Everything has to be elected. Electric cars, they don’t go far. They cost too much. They’re all going to be made in China. (30:27)The United Auto Workers, they’re going to all be voting for Trump, because they’re… This mandate’s going to kill all jobs, all jobs. They’ve lost so many now to Mexico. 32% went to Mexico, many went to Canada and the rest went to China. Whatever we have left, it’s peanuts compared to what it should have been, but this electric car thing is just crazy. If you want to drive, maybe let’s say you are here. If you say, “Let’s take a drive to beautiful, safe Chicago. It’s so safe.” Let’s drive there. How many times would you have to stop, about nine? It’s just crazy. They know it. They know it’s crazy. They don’t want to even listen to people. (31:10)Same thing with the trucking industry. They want to have electric trucks, so a truck, a big, beautiful truck like Peterbilt or one of them, with the big ones, 18 wheelers, they can go about 2000 miles, they say, 2000 on a big tank of diesel. An electric truck comparable, which it can’t be comparable because you need so much room for the battery. Most of the area that you’re going to carry your goods, going to be battery. But assuming we take away that problem, which is not easy to take away, you’d have to stop approximately seven times to go 2000 miles, right? You go about 300 miles, and they don’t want to change that. If I were sitting there and that was explained to me and verified, I would Donald Trump (32:00): … say, of course you’re not going to do that. We’ll destroy our supply chain. But the attorney general would agree with me. You don’t have to be a great expert to know you can’t do that. One goes 2,000 miles and the other one goes 300 miles and you don’t have any capacity because half of it’s got to be for battery. The batteries are massive. (32:17)Crooked Joe puts China first. He puts Asia first, Ukraine first, illegal aliens first, environmental maniacs first. He puts everyone first, but he puts America last. He puts Iowa last. He puts our workers last. He puts our farmers last, and he puts everything that’s good last. And by the way, they abandoned Iowa. You saw that, right? They left Iowa. I don’t think he’s going to do too well here. They used to be together with them, but they’ve gone now to another state, good state also, by the way. But they’ve gone. They’ve left a tradition. I said, “We’re never going to do that. We’re never going to do that to Iowa.” (32:54)It’s got a great political tradition, and I kept Iowa first. That was me. I put Iowa first and I will put America first every single time. I put our country first. So job number one when we return to the White House will be to restore peace through strength. Peace through strength. (33:19)For four straight years, I kept America safe. I kept Israel safe. I kept Ukraine safe. There was no talk of this, and I kept the entire world safe. A great gentleman, Viktor Orban, Hungary, he’s the leader. He’s the boss. He’s everything you want to call him. He’s a tough guy. He’s tough. Very well. He knows Russia very well. He knows Ukraine very well. They were saying, “What do you think is going on with the world?” He said, “What’s going on with the world is Trump isn’t there anymore. We didn’t have any of these problems.” He said, “What would you suggest?” “Bring Trump back as President of the United States and you won’t have any of these problems.” He said, “When Trump was there, these leaders, China, Russia, all of them, they were afraid of the United States. They feared the United States. They respected him.” And I thought it was a nice statement, so I repeat it as often as I can. Because I know one thing, the press is not going to repeat it. You might as well repeat it yourself. (34:17)This is a lesson. Repeat it yourself because they’re not going to be repeating it. I’m the only candidate, I think you know this, who can make a very important promise. So I think the world’s in more danger than it’s ever been because of the power of weaponry. And I will be the only one that can say this with great surety: I will prevent World War III. World War III. We’re very close. I don’t know if you feel it, I don’t know, Madam Attorney General if you feel it, but we’re very close to World War III when you see these discussions taking place. (34:49)We had an axiom, never, ever talk nuclear, never mention the word nuclear. It was not a word that was mentioned because the power is so ridiculous and we didn’t mention it. Now all the time you’re hearing nuclear from them, from them. You’re hearing it from other countries. It was unacceptable. It was a word that you couldn’t say, and all of a sudden you’re hearing that word all the time. And this wouldn’t be a war, like with army tanks running back and forth, shooting at each other. World War I, World War II, this would be obliteration. This would be the worst thing. There’s never been any… This would be obliteration. (35:29)You cannot use the word, you cannot discuss that word, but I rebuilt our military to a level that it’s never been before, and that includes our nuclear stockpile. I have no choice. I hated doing it, but it’s all tippy top. It’s all really in the best of condition now. We had stuff that we had no idea if it even worked. It was 40 years old and the wires to the phones didn’t even work. Nothing worked. And everything’s been rebuilt. We’ve done a great job, really an amazing job. (36:03)And the only reason we had to do that is because China’s building their heart out with nuclear, and Russia, as you know, has comparable to us. So it’s a very dangerous position when you see the words that are being spewed, and I’m saying, and I’m watching it. I’m watching his language and his body language. I’m saying, “He’s saying the exact opposite of what should be said.” We’re very unsafe and we have 11 months to go. That’s a long time. They could do a lot of damage in 11 months. (36:31)Under the Trump administration, we had the most secure border in US history by far. We built 561 miles of border wall and got Mexico to give us 28,000 soldiers free of charge. That was much more than, as I said, we’ll get Mexico to pay for a big portion of it. This is much more. We have 28,000. I had 28,000 soldiers free of charge. I said to them, “You’re going to have to give us 28,000 soldiers. We need that.” They said, “No, no, no, no. We will not do that.” I said, “Of course you will.” They said, “We will not do that. Why would we do a thing like that?” I said, “You’re going to have to do it. I’m sorry, but you’re going to have to do it.” And they said no. And then I said, “Here’s what’s going to happen. On Monday morning at seven o’clock, we’re going to impose a 25% tariff or tax on all of your goods, including the cars that you stole away from us in terms of manufacturing of cars.” (37:26)You know they have 32% of our car production was taken away years ago by Mexico, 32%, but every car is going to have a 25% tax on it, and we’re going to take in so much money. And then they turned around and they said, “We would like to make a phone call to Mexico, please, sir.” They came in the room five minutes later and they said, “It would be our great honor to supply you with 28,000 soldiers.” And we had 28,000 soldiers, and we had very few people. We had the best record. This is as we’re building the wall. Then I was going to add another 200 miles to the wall that we had just completed because all of a sudden you needed more because it’s like, that’s the way it works. They come, have to walk a little bit further out. We’re going to add another 200. (38:10)And then what happened is we had a rigged election and Biden came in and he said we don’t want any walls. We want to have open borders. And nobody could believe it. When I heard that during the campaign, I figured maybe it’s just words, but who could be so stupid? Who could be so horrible to our country, what they’re doing to our country? They actually meant it because they took all of the wall that I had ready to just be installed, could have been done in three weeks, and they took that wall and they sold it for 5 cents on the dollar. And it was all the exact stuff that border patrol wanted. We had wires in it for technology. We had concrete rebar and very hardened steel. That’s exactly what… And they had to have openings to see. I was going to put up concrete plank and it would’ve looked fine, but no, but think of it, it’s so sad. And they actually sold a lot of it for 5 cents on the dollar. (39:02)Now they’ll end up building it at some point because two things that work, remember the old days with the campaigns, I said there’s only two things that work because your phone that you have and your computer that you have, in about two weeks, it’s obsolete. You have to buy a new one. The two things that work are wheels and walls, right? Wheels will always be there and walls will always be there. They’re the only two things that will never get obsolete. (39:27)Now we have a border catastrophe like nobody’s ever seen really anything like it. If you look today over the last, frankly, look over the last three years, but you look now, it’s so bad. It’s like nothing in the history of the world. Yesterday, we had a single highest day record of illegal border crossings ever recorded, 12,600, one day. We have no idea who any of them are. They come from Africa, they come from Asia, they come from South America, but not just South America. They’re all over the world. They dump them on the border and they pour into our country and nobody’s there to check them. (40:08)And the border patrol is incredible, by the way. They want to do it, but they’re told not to do their job. It’s crazy what’s going on. They’re ruining our country, and it’s true. They’re destroying the blood of our country. That’s what they’re doing. They’re destroying our country. They don’t like it when I said that. And I never read Mein Kampf. They said, “Oh, Hitler said that in a much different way.” They’re coming from all over the world. People all over the world, we have no idea. They could be healthy. They could be very unhealthy. They could bring in disease that’s going to catch on in our country, but they do bring in crime, but they have them coming from all over the world and they’re destroying the blood of our country. (40:50)They’re destroying the fabric of our country, and we’re going to have to get them out. We’re going to have to get mass numbers of these, especially the criminals. They’re coming from jails, prisons, they’re coming from mental institutions. They say, “Please don’t say the words insane asylum,” but I have to say it. They’re emptying out the insane asylums from all over the world. Why wouldn’t they? I would do it if I were running Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico. They’re emptying out their prisons into our country. How stupid are we to allow this to happen? (41:27)This week, the Biden administration closed two vital railway crossing so that border agents could be redirected to help process even more migrants. They were coming in. You saw the trains with thousands and thousands of people on top of them and in them, thousands and thousands of people pouring into our country, and we actually allow them to come in. They process them. “Where do you come from? Where were you?” “I was in a jail.” “Oh, okay. You can come in. Come on in.” They let anybody in. And you have other people that study, you probably saw Melania this week where she held a great, beautiful reception for people that came into our country legally. They studied, they worked. They had to take exams. They had to talk about our flag and George Washington and everything else. It was a beautiful day, but that’s the way it’s about. Because we want people to come in, but they have to come in legally. But what’s happening now is the whole system is being underrun, and no country can sustain this, by the way. You have children going to school, they don’t speak the language. You have children going to school speaking languages that nobody even knows what the language is. There are many languages in the world. They don’t even know what the language is, and they’re sitting in classrooms and there’s no room for our students in the classrooms, and they don’t speak the language. (42:48)On my first day back in the White House, I will terminate every open border policy of the Biden administration, stop the invasion on our southern border and begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history. We have no choice. No country can sustain this. We will restore law and order to our communities, and I will direct a completely overhaul DOJ to investigate every radical, out of control prosecutor, of which we have many. (43:18)In America, I have a guy named Deranged Jack Smith. He’s a deranged person. He happens to be after me. The great one is the boxes hoax. They have boxes. Biden has been taking stuff out of the White House or taking out wherever he was. He was a senator for 50 years. He’s got tremendous amounts of stuff. He had it brought to Chinatown. What’s that all about? And then after it was brought, that was distributed to different places, Chinatown. And it leaked to CNN of course, because they leak, the prosecutors leak that he’s not going to have any problem. (43:56)But me, with a tiny amount, and I come under the Presidential Records Act, which gives me the absolute right to do it, with me, oh, I’m different. But mine was in a secure location. Everything was tippy top. But with this guy, just think about it, they don’t want to do anything. They’re not going to do anything. It just came out, they released it, they leaked it. They leak it because they’re dishonest. You’re not supposed to leak that. They talk about classified documents and they’re leaking about classified documents, but he had many classified documents. Just think about it, and they leaked that he’s going to be okay. He did nothing wrong. He did everything wrong, and he made it impossible for them. (44:34)And he took things when he was a senator, which Dick Durbin is on television, he’s a senator, Democrat. He’s saying, “Oh, if he did that, that’s a crime. That’s a terrible thing.” And he never came under the Presidential Records Act because he was vice president and he was a senator. But for him, it’s okay. For me, and I have total protection, I’m allowed to do it. The New York Times wrote an article, and I’m sure the writer got fired, but basically it said, “Please, please, please, Mr. President,” and that was the title, something like that, “Please, please, please, Mr. President,” like James Brown. Did you ever hear please, please, please? “Please, please, please, Mr. President, may we have,” they said, the only right they have is to say, please, Mr. President, may we have them because I’m entitled to them. And this was in The New York Times. Big, big article. (45:25)And yet they leak that Biden has no problem, but they continue because I have a deranged prosecutor. He’s a deranged person. And the good news is people get it. That’s why my poll numbers are so high, I believe. I would really have, I think we’d be winning by a lot, but now we’re winning by numbers that nobody can believe. I think it’s why our poll numbers, because they see this persecution that goes on in this two tiers of justice or injustice, and they don’t like it. They don’t want that. This is not what America’s all about. (46:01)So I appreciate everything and I appreciate all the support we get because that makes a big difference. When you have poll numbers where we’re literally 80 and 90 points higher in some cases, and some of these guys. We have guys running from Arkansas, he’s been at zero for seven months, Ada Hutchinson. I call him Ada. It’s Asa. The only reason I corrected it is they’ll say, “He didn’t know his name. He didn’t know his name. He must be cognitive [inaudible 00:46:29].” Don’t forget, I do most of this stuff without teleprompters. They do Biden. (46:36)No, if I say Ada Hutchinson, oh, they’ll do it anyway, I just gave them an idea. Look, they’re starting to write down. They’ll say, “He didn’t know his name.” No, it’s Asa, but I call him Ada. But this guy has been, he’s the governor of Arkansas. He’s got the personality of that floor tile. See the tile? There’s a broken tile right there. That’s about as much personality, and he’s a nasty guy. He’s got zero for, how many months has he been running, like a year? For a year he’s been running, he’s at zero. (47:10)Chris Christie, who’s got a serious case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, he’s sick. Between him and Liz Cheney, does she have Trump Derangement Syndrome or what? No. And I let Scooter Libby out. That’s a friend of their family. They didn’t do anything for him. I did. They didn’t get him out, I got him out. I gave him a pardon because he was treated very unfairly, Scooter Libby, but he was a very good friend of the Cheney family. They didn’t do anything for him. I did. But you’d think they’d be thankful for that. But they don’t talk about that. They say, “I’m a threat to democracy.” No, Joe Biden is a threat to democracy by all of the things that we talk about. (47:50)But I’m also going to indemnify all police officers and law enforcement officials throughout the United States for being destroyed by the radical left for taking strong Donald Trump (48:00): … strong action on crime. These are people, they want to destroy them because they want to put criminals away. They’re forced to do nothing. They cannot do anything when they want to. They do want to. They’re the greatest people, the police. And I just met a lot of them in the back, backstage. They’re all like incredible people, but they’re under threat of losing their pension, their house and their family and losing everything if you touch these people. I mean, you let what’s going on, where the people are going into these stores and robbing them… And even the clerks, they fire clerks if they try and stop them. I mean, if I had a clerk that was willing to stop them, I would say, “You are the greatest. You love our country, our company, our store.” And they fire them. It’s like crazy. (48:46)There’s something going on. Our brains are being fried. There’s something going on. But our police know everything and they can solve these crime problems very quickly, but they’re not allowed to do it. And they don’t want to lose their families. They don’t want to lose their house and their pension. We’re not going to let that happen anymore. So what I’m going to do is give indemnifications to any police officer that gets in trouble for pursuing a criminal because that’s what we have to do. (49:15)In addition, we will take over our horribly run Washington D.C., and clean up, renovate and rebuild our capital so that it no longer is a nightmare of murder and crime. People are being murdered there every day, murdered in our capital. Can you imagine when these people come from foreign countries, and they may not be rich, but their capitals are safe? They have no crime. They take care of it fast. But can you imagine? They come into this thing, and they read that three people were murdered last night in Washington D.C., and they have graffiti all over the place, on those beautiful marble columns. They have graffiti all over the place. Graffiti, graffiti, graffiti. The streets, they look like… I mean, I drove into Washington a few weeks ago for a court case, one of the many. I should get to know it very well. I can’t get a fair trial in Washington. The whole thing is ridiculous. (50:11)But for a court case, I’m driving over a road where it’s almost all paper, garbage. And you can see paper. I know paper. I know cans. When cans start to literally rot, when paper is rotting, it’s been there for a long time. Nobody cleans up anything. The medians, the dividers, they’re all broken and falling down. It looks like an absolute slum. And when foreign leaders come into Washington and they see that, I don’t care how good you are as a president, they go back and they say, “That country’s got a lot of problems.” We’re going to clean it up. We’re going to make it the most beautiful capital anywhere in the world. (50:50)Our parks will be cleaned. All tents and graffiti will be removed. You have to see some of these beautiful parks that you remember five years ago. You’d go there. They were so beautiful and safe. But you take a look at some of these parks, you can’t even see the grass. There are people all over the place, living there with tents. Slum areas will be demolished and rebuilt to the highest level of architectural elegance. We’re going to have to do that. I know it sounds rough, but we’re going to have to do that. Washington, D.C. will become a symbol of beauty, security, freedom, and strength again. We have to have that. We can’t let this happen. They’ve taken over the capital. (51:28)In addition to our capital, we’re going to rebuild our cities into beacons of hope and safety and beauty, better than they’ve ever been before. I mean, you’re not thinking too much about that in Iowa, but you want to see your country be great. It will be the greatest investment ever made in them, and we’re going to work closely with Democrat leaders. They’re all run by Democrats, and they’re all doing horribly. And all of these failing places, we’re going to make sure that this rebuilding will be a lasting and very compassionate one. We’re going to rebuild our cities, and we’re going to strengthen up crime at a level like nobody can believe. You’re going to be able to be safe again. (52:06)Safety will be restored so that children can go outside with their mothers and fathers and play in the park without being beat up, molested or shot. Students can walk to school in peace. They used to walk to school. Today, you need an armored vehicle to take them to school. Crime rates will plummet, and people will long be… They’re going to be really longing to move back into the city. When I was young, well, my dream was to move into Manhattan. I wanted to build buildings in Manhattan. Oh, that was my dream. And today, people are leaving. They’re leaving. They’re afraid to stay in the cities. Unlike DeSanctis, we’ll always protect Social Security and Medicare. He was against Social Security. He was willing to take social security and do numbers on it and slice and dice. But he also wanted to move the minimum age up to 70. That’s a big move for people because you don’t… Listen, we have so much liquid gold under our feet. We don’t have to do that stuff. We don’t have to do that. Why should seniors be hurt with Medicare and Social Security? (53:10)We’re also going to fight to give you much better healthcare because Obamacare, as you know, is a catastrophe for American families. And as I say, even Elizabeth Warren, who often is referred to, as you know, as Pocahontas because of her great Indian heritage, but she even agrees that it needs to be fixed. It has to be fixed. It’s too expensive for the people. And we’re going to get it done. We almost had it done, but then John McCain voted it down. After campaigning for 10 years to kill it, John McCain voted it down. Too bad. That was too bad. Remember thumbs down? That was not good. We’re going to make it much less expensive for the people with much, much better healthcare. You’re going to get that, and we deserve it. (53:55)On day one, I will sign a new executive order to cut federal funding for any school pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity, and inappropriate racial, sexual or political content on our children. And I will not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate or a mask mandate, a mask mandate. And as I said before, something that’s very popular, I can’t believe I have to say it, but I might as well, I will keep men out of women’s sports. Is that okay? (54:34)You see the weightlifting records? They’re being broken by hundreds of pounds. One stood for, I think, 18 years over a quarter of an ounce. They’re coming in, they’re wiping it out like 158 pounds. It’s just so demeaning to women, the whole thing. I mean, women, great athletes. It’s just so unfair. They’re going to have records. Look, eventually that’s got to happen. It’s going to happen with me. But you’re going to have these records where the record will be here, but you’ll have this blip for a period of three or four years, like that. They’ll look back in a hundred years. They’ll say, “What the hell happened there? Who was that? That was one strong woman, wasn’t it?” (55:15)I will fully uphold the Second Amendment. We will restore free speech, and I will secure our elections. Our goal will be one day voting with paper ballots and voter ID. Very simple. But until then, Republicans must win. We have to win. Once we get in, we’ll change that, but we have to win. If you took the 10 worst presidents in the history of the United States and added them up, they would not have done near the destruction to our country as Joe Biden and the Biden administration has done. You take the 10. Remember, I used to say five. But you don’t have to say five. You could take the 10 worst presidents and they would not have done the damage that he’s done. So if you want to save America from Crooked Joe, then get every Patriot you know. Make sure they are registered Republicans — have to be registered Republicans — and get them out to vote in their local precinct caucuses at 7:00 P.M. on Monday. (56:15)And I’m going to be here with you, by the way. January 15th, that’s Martin Luther King holiday, so it’s a Martin Luther King Day. I’m going to be here. I’m going to be probably in Des Moines or someplace. I’ll be caucusing. I’ll be caucusing. We don’t want to take any chances, right? I could sit home. I didn’t have to be… They said, “Sir, do you want to go there? You’re in great shape.” I said, “No, thanks.” I’m going because we have to make sure everybody gets out and if I don’t get out, that’s no good, right? So we’re going to make sure we get out. We’re asking you to commit to caucus for us and bring as many people as you can to caucus at our campaign. Sign up at ia.donaldjtrump. com. Okay? (57:06)And in conclusion, from Sioux City to Iowa City, from Fort Dodge to Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, to Davenport, to right here in Waterloo, we stand on the shoulders of generations of Iowa patriots who have tamed the wilderness, braved the elements, tilled the soil. You tilled that soil, I’ll tell you. You’re still tilling on the soil, right? You’re great people. Worked the fields, built the factories and poured out their blood, sweat, and tears to make this country into the greatest nation in the history of the world. But now we are a nation in decline. We are a failing nation. We are a nation that has lost its confidence, its willpower and its strength. We are a nation that has lost its way, but we are not going to allow this horror to continue. We’re not going to allow it to continue. We can’t let it continue. (58:03)The biggest election we’ve ever had is coming up, 2024. I used to say that with 2016. It’s the biggest election. I meant it. But we didn’t… We had a big border problem. In fact, I fixed it so good that in 2020 we couldn’t talk about the border. They’d say, “Sir, nobody cares about the border.” I’d say, “What do you mean? It’s the biggest thing.” “You fixed it, sir.” It was totally fixed. And then what happened is not even believable. This is the single biggest election in the history of our country. This is going to determine whether or not we even have a country left because these people are destroying our country. Speaker 1 (58:42): [inaudible 00:58:44] Donald Trump (58:44): Three years ago, we were a great nation, and we will soon be a great nation again. It was hardworking patriots like you who built this country, and it is hardworking patriots like you who are going to save our country. We will fight for America like no one has ever fought before. 2024 is our final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. We will expel the warmongers. We will drive out the globalists. We will cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists. We will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. We will rout the fake news media. We will evict Joe Biden from the White House, and we will finish the job once and for all. The great silent majority is rising like never before, and under our leadership, the forgotten men and women… The men and women of our country have been forgotten. They will be forgotten no longer. They weren’t forgotten for four years. You know that better than anybody. Nobody’s ever done better than we did during that four year period. (59:59)We will love our country. We will take care of our country. We will pray to God for our strength and for our liberty. We will pray for God and we will be with God. We are one movement, one people, one family, and one glorious nation under God. And together we will make America powerful again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again, and we will make America great again. Thank you very much, Iowa. God bless you. Get out and vote. Get out and caucus. Thank you all. Thank you, front row Joes. You follow me no matter where I go. We love you. 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people go heir inherit farm tax pay fight tax end go banker bank bad local bank big bank horrible horrible people run bank loan money end take farm end estate tax farm small business hock end lose parent happy look say happy love president trump big thing end nafta disaster bad trade deal replace usmca good trade deal giant win iowa farmer take communist chinese like administration history communist china number farmer know well anybody bring hundred billion dollar pour treasury president get cent china bring money bring hundred billion dollar china fact china lot people think respect hundred billion bring biden unable cancel money have hard time cancel oh gee let hundred billion dollar give farmer billion straight tariff take china large come right state iowa right people great genius sir sound conceited guarantee iowa go vote guarantee iowa say get billion course go billion say buy land large tractor remember know stick period seven month inaudible great negotiator play hardball end 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election terrible lot bad thing common sense energy policy stand iowa ethanol like savior people want anybody stand promise president issue historic rule declare available year round know mean year month year round think go happen let use exist pump sound glamorous hundred million dollar spend increase price let use exist pump simple bring expert say difference say sir old one actually well know lot time old equipment lot well new equipment like grass cutter grass cutter today environmental computer equipment forget blade cut grass like blade blade cut grass contrast unwavering support iowa ethanol agriculture ron desanctimonious want literally bankrupt iowa farmer policy horrible desanctis spend entire political career vindictively try kill ethanol industry vote devastate iowa farmer eliminate billion dollar generate year ethanol wipe iowa job vote unlike desanctis ethanol champion year year security rescue ethanol industry cancel crooked joe biden insane ethanolkille electric vehicle 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iowa get great political tradition keep iowa iowa america single time country job number return white house restore peace strength peace strength straight year keep america safe keep israel safe keep ukraine safe talk keep entire world safe great gentleman viktor orban hungary leader boss want tough guy tough know russia know ukraine say think go world say go world trump anymore problem say suggest bring trump president united states will problem say trump leader china russia afraid united states fear united states respect think nice statement repeat know thing press go repeat repeat lesson repeat go repeat candidate think know important promise think world danger power weaponry great surety prevent world war iii world war iii close know feel know madam attorney general feel close world war iii discussion take place axiom talk nuclear mention word nuclear word mention power ridiculous mention time hear nuclear hear country unacceptable word sudden hear word time war like army tank run forth shoot world war world war ii obliteration bad thing obliteration use word discuss word rebuild military level include nuclear stockpile choice hate tippy good condition stuff idea work year old wire phone work work rebuild great job amazing job reason china build heart nuclear russia know comparable dangerous position word spew say watch watch language body language say say exact opposite say unsafe month long time lot damage month trump administration secure border history far build mile border wall get mexico soldier free charge say mexico pay big portion soldier free charge say go soldier need say say course say thing like say go sorry go say say go happen monday morning seven go impose tariff tax good include car steal away term manufacturing car know car production take away year ago mexico car go tax go money turn say like phone mexico sir come room minute later say great honor supply soldier soldier people good record build wall go add mile wall complete sudden need like way work come walk little bit go add happen rig election biden come say want wall want open border believe hear campaign figure maybe word stupid horrible country country actually mean take wall ready instal week take wall sell cent dollar exact stuff border patrol want wire technology concrete rebar harden steel exactly opening go concrete plank look fine think sad actually sell lot cent dollar end build point thing work remember old day campaign say thing work phone computer week obsolete buy new thing work wheel wall right wheel wall thing obsolete border catastrophe like see like look today frankly look year look bad like history world yesterday single high day record illegal border crossing record day idea come africa come asia come south america south america world dump border pour country check border patrol incredible way want tell job crazy go ruin country true destroy blood country destroy country like say read mein kampf say oh hitler say different way come world people world idea healthy unhealthy bring disease go catch country bring crime come world destroy blood country destroy fabric country go go mass number especially criminal come jail prison come mental institution word insane asylum empty insane asylum world run guatemala el salvador honduras mexico empty prison country stupid allow happen week biden administration close vital railway crossing border agent redirect help process migrant come see train thousand thousand people thousand thousand people pour country actually allow come process come jail oh okay come come let anybody people study probably see melania week hold great beautiful reception people come country legally study work exam talk flag george washington beautiful day way want people come come legally happen system underrun country sustain way child go school speak language child go school speaking language know language language world know language sit classroom room student classroom speak language day white house terminate open border policy biden administration stop invasion southern border begin large domestic deportation operation american history choice country sustain restore law order community direct completely overhaul doj investigate radical control prosecutor america guy name derange jack smith derange person happen great box hoax box biden take stuff white house take senator year get tremendous amount stuff bring chinatown bring distribute different place chinatown leak cnn course leak prosecutor leak go problem tiny come presidential record act give absolute right oh different secure location tippy guy think want go come release leak leak dishonest suppose leak talk classified document leak classified document classified document think leak go okay wrong wrong impossible take thing senator dick durbin television senator democrat say oh crime terrible thing come presidential record act vice president senator okay total protection allow new york times write article sure writer get fire 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democracy joe biden threat democracy thing talk go indemnify police officer law enforcement official united states destroy radical left take strong donald trump strong action crime people want destroy want criminal away force want want great people police meet lot backstage like incredible people threat lose pension house family lose touch people mean let go people go store rob clerk fire clerk try stop mean clerk willing stop great love country company store fire like crazy go brain fry go police know solve crime problem quickly allow want lose family want lose house pension go let happen anymore go indemnification police officer get trouble pursue criminal addition horribly run washington dc clean renovate rebuild capital long nightmare murder crime people murder day murder capital imagine people come foreign country rich capital safe crime care fast imagine come thing read people murder night washington dc graffiti place beautiful marble column graffiti place graffiti graffiti 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This bill exempts programs that provide certain mental health services for physicians from restrictions under the Stark law (i.e., the Physician Self-Referral Law).

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This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Regulation D, which exempts certain offerings from SEC registration requirements but prohibits general solicitation or general advertising with respect to such offerings. Specifically, this prohibition shall not apply to events with specified kinds of sponsors—including angel investor groups unconnected to broker-dealers or investment advisers—where presentations or communications are made by or on behalf of an issuer, if

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Title: Concerning Teachers’ Salaries Date: October 29, 1919 Location: Northampton, MA Context: A Letter to the Mayor of Boston from Coolidge (Original document available here) My Dear Mr. Mayor: It will be with a good deal of satisfaction that I cooperate with you and any other cities of Massachusetts for the purpose of increasing the pay of those engaged in the teaching of the youth of our Commonwealth. It has become notorious that the pay for this most important function is much less than that which prevails in commercial life and business activities. Roger Ascham, the teacher to Queen Elizabeth, about 1565, in discussing this question, wrote: “And it is pity that commonly more care is had, yea and that among very wise men, to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children. They say nay in word, but they do so in deed. For to the one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns by the year and are loath to offer to the other two hundred shillings. God that sitteth in Heaven laugheth their choice to scorn and rewardeth their liberality as it should. For he suffereth them to have tame and well-ordered horses, but wild and unfortunate children, and therefore in the end they find more pleasure in their horse than comfort in their children.” In an address which I made at a Harvard College Commencement I undertook to direct attention to the inadequate compensation paid to our teachers, whether in the universities, public schools, or the pulpits of the land. It is perfectly clear that more money must be provided for these purposes, which surpass in their importance all our other public activities, both by government appropriation and by private charity. It is significant that the number of teachers who are in training in our normal schools has decreased in the past twelve or fifteen years from three thousand to two thousand, while the number of students in colleges and technical schools has increased. The people of the Commonwealth cannot support the Government unless the Government supports them. The condition which was described by the teacher of Queen Elizabeth, that greater compensation is paid for the unimportant things than is paid for training the intellectual abilities of our youth, might exist in the sixteenth century, but it ought not to exist in the twentieth century. Fortunately for us, the sterling character of teachers of all kinds has kept them at their task even though we have failed to show them due appreciation, and up to the present time the public has suffered little. But unless a change is made and a new policy adopted, the cause of education will break down. It will either become a trade for those little fitted for it or be abandoned altogether, instead of remaining the noblest profession, which it has been and ought to be. There are some things that are fundamental. In the sixteenth century the voice of the people was little heard. If the sovereign had wisdom, that might suffice. But in the twentieth century the people are sovereign. What they think determines every question of civilization. Unless they are well trained, well informed, and well instructed, unless a proper value is put on knowledge and wisdom, the value of all material things will be lost. There is now no pains too great, no cost too high, to prevent or diminish the duty enjoined by the Constitution of the Commonwealth that wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, be generally diffused among the body of the people. This important subject ought to be considered and a remedy provided at the special session of the General Court. Citation: Calvin Coolidge, Have Faith in Massachusetts: A Collection of Speeches and Messages, 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1919 The Coolidge Foundation gratefully acknowledges the volunteer efforts of Robert Manchester, who prepared this document for digital publication. Name (required) Email (will not be published) (required) Comment DONATE • NEWSLETTER Privacy Policy | Terms of Use Copyright © 2024 Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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title concern teacher salary date october location northampton ma context letter mayor boston coolidge original document available dear mr mayor good deal satisfaction cooperate city massachusetts purpose increase pay engage teaching youth commonwealth notorious pay important function prevail commercial life business activity roger ascham teacher queen elizabeth discuss question write pity commonly care yea wise man find cunning man horse cunning man child nay word deed gladly stipend crown year loath offer shilling god sitteth heaven laugheth choice scorn rewardeth liberality suffereth tame wellordere horse wild unfortunate child end find pleasure horse comfort child address harvard college commencement undertake direct attention inadequate compensation pay teacher university public school pulpit land perfectly clear money provide purpose surpass importance public activity government appropriation private charity significant number teacher training normal school decrease past year thousand thousand number student college technical school increase people commonwealth support government government support condition describe teacher queen elizabeth great compensation pay unimportant thing pay train intellectual ability youth exist sixteenth century ought exist twentieth century fortunately sterling character teacher kind keep task fail appreciation present time public suffer little change new policy adopt cause education break trade little fit abandon altogether instead remain noble profession ought thing fundamental sixteenth century voice people little hear sovereign wisdom suffice twentieth century people sovereign think determine question civilization train informed instruct proper value knowledge wisdom value material thing lose pain great cost high prevent diminish duty enjoin constitution commonwealth wisdom knowledge virtue generally diffuse body people important subject ought consider remedy provide special session general court citation calvin coolidge faith massachusetts collection speech message ed boston houghton mifflin company coolidge foundation gratefully acknowledge volunteer effort robert manchester prepare document digital publication require email publish require comment donate newsletter privacy policy term use copyright calvin coolidge presidential foundation inc right reserve

This bill extends certain special compensation to specified retired survivors of military sexual trauma.

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Speeches, etc. Q1. Mr. Blaker asked the Prime Minister what security vetting procedures are applied to hon. Members as a consequence of the nature of their public duties. The Prime Minister (Mr. James Callaghan) None. Mr. Blaker Will the Prime Minister confirm that on his instructions, or with his approval, the security services are maintaining regular surveillance over more than a dozen Labour hon. Members? The Prime Minister The hon. Gentleman knows better than that from his past experience. He also knows that it is not customary to comment on these security matters. But as Opposition Members are determined to make a continual smear of this I shall on this occasion make an exception and say that the report in The Sunday Express was entirely untrue. Mr. Michael Stewart Is any special watch kept on hon. Members who have persistently encouraged and given and and comfort to the rebel Government in Rhodesia? The Prime Minister No, Sir. No surveillance is kept on them or on other Members. Mr. Beith Does the right hon. Gentleman see any sense in the kind of security policy apparently advocated by Opposition Members, in which one reveals on the Floor of the House at whom security inquiries are directed? The Prime Minister There is no sense of national security about it, but I find that when the Conservative Party is in Opposition it rarely lets that trouble it. Mr. Heffer Is my right hon. Friend aware that we should be delighted with the reply he has given? But if there were ever to be any surveillance of any hon. Member on the Back Benches on either side of the House would he also look at those who might be representative of the CIA, BOSS, SAVAK and other security organisations, other than those referred to by Opposition Members? The Prime Minister The Security Commission—the Diplock Commission—looked into this matter following the events of 1973, of which I dare say I need not remind the Conservative Party. It came to the conclusion that we could not and should not alter the existing practices. If ever there were, or should be, or has been, a case under which hon. Members are subject to any kind of surveillance, I would follow the procedure affirmed to the House by my predecessor and the right hon. Member for Sidcup (Mr. Heath), namely, of taking an appropriate moment when national security is not involved to report the matter to the House. Mr. Blaker On a point of order. In view of the unsatisfactory nature of the reply, I beg to give notice that I shall seek to raise the matter on the Adjournment. Q2. Mr. Molloy asked the Prime Minister if he will list his engagements for 25th May. The Prime Minister This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall be holding further meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. I shall also be meeting the Prime Minister of Mauritius. Mr. Molloy In the context of meeting others, will my right hon. Friend be prepared to meet members of the Press to explain to them what it really means to this country to have had an increase of 1 per cent. in the gross national product over the past three months, which over a year could mean a 4 per cent. increase, and which even The Guardian acknowledges as being quite a remarkable achievement, or words to that effect? [column 1743]Together with moderation in wage negotiations, and the fight against inflation, this means that there is now a real possibility of an increase of standards of life for ordinary working people and brighter prospects for Great Britain. The Prime Minister Yes, Sir. There has, I think, been a considerable improvement in a number of these factors over the past 12 months. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for calling attention to them. But Those wise words from the Conservative document “The Right Approach” I absolutely applaud. Mrs. Thatcher James CallaghanThe Prime Minister will have had drawn to his attention the report from the National Federation of Self-Employed which demonstrates quite clearly that its members could take on many more people and give them jobs were it not for the present Government's labour legislation. As that report flatly contradicts what the Prime Minister said on Tuesday, will he now review that labour legislation to see that it is fair to employer and employee alike? The Prime Minister No, Sir. I see no reason to review the legislation. Altering the relative position of employers and employees has brought considerable protection at a time when there will be great changes in this country's economic affairs. I do not wish to return to the situation that existed in 1973 and 1974, when the Conservative Party showed that it had totally failed to understand industrial relations in this country. Mrs. Thatcher Is not the Prime Minister totally failing to understand the nature of some labour legislation? Since, quite clearly, those who run small businesses say that such legislation is preventing them from taking on more people, and as the Minister responsible for small businesses in the Cabinet clearly believes the same thing, why is the Prime Minister out of step? The Prime Minister This is a matter of judgment and not of fact. It is the judgment of the Government that it is far better to preserve employment in the [column 1744]way that we are, by helping small businesses through improvements in the capital transfer tax and in their taxation position generally, and other things that have been welcomed by small businesses, than by altering labour legislation. I warn the right hon. Lady not to tamper with it. Mr. Madden Has the Prime Minister noticed the extraordinary speeches of the Leader of the Opposition and other prominent Tories, claiming that Socialism breeds crime and violence? Will he make it abundantly clear that the Tory Party does not enjoy a monopoly of concern about crime and violence, or a monopoly of compassion about the victims of crimes, or, indeed, a monopoly of wisdom about the methods of combating crime and violence? The Prime Minister I accept that, but we should not take all the speeches of the Leader of the Opposition seriously. We should not attach more weight to them than the electorate knows they will hold. The case is that since this Government came to power 7,500 more police have been employed, we are spending, in real terms, £250 million more—and that figure will go up when the Edmund Davies report appears—and we shall continue to put forward policies that are necessary to overcome the crime increase. The Conservatives will no doubt make this a party matter, but I doubt whether the country will. Mr. Fairbairn Could the Prime Minister take time off today, on his way back to No. 10 Downing Street, to look in the window of No. 36 Parliament Street, which is an emporium of the Department of the Environment, where he will see the following advertisement: Is this an indication to the country of his electoral intentions? Assuming that the present incumbent is to be thrown in with the heritable property, under the Government's prices and consumer protection policy should we not expect a rebate for the purchaser? The Prime Minister As is well known I am the occupier of a tied cottage and can be ejected at any moment if the electorate dislikes me. I have to abide by that. Alas, I am not covered by the legislation which gave so much assistance to [column 1745]agricultural workers. I am content to live in the cottage on those conditions. Q3. Mr. Skinner asked the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for 25th May. The Prime Minister I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I have just given to my hon. Friend the Member for Faling, North (Mr. Molloy). Mr. Skinner Will the Prime Minister, before the club gets up for the hols, take a few minutes from his less busy day and consider the changing fortunes of the political parties over the course of the last 12 months? Does he recall, for instance, that at the Tory Party conference only last year buoyant members were displaying badges that said “Put a woman on top for a change” and now, only nine months later a disaffected Conservative printer is issuing to the Liberal Party Whips' Office badges and car stickers which say “Ditch the bitch” ? [Hon. Members: “Withdraw.” ] Does my right hon. Friend deplore—— Mr. Speaker Order. We all want to give the hon. Gentleman his fair chance, but the whole House does not like that sort of thing. Mr. Skinner Does the Prime Minister, like me, deplore this drift into political vulgarity on the part of the Opposition? The Prime Minister My hon. Friend is well known both for his strong views—— Mr. Fairbairn And his bad taste. The Prime Minister —and the courage of his convictions. I am bound to say that I do not like personal anim-adversions of this sort. Mr. Baker Does the Prime Minister recall that over the past six months the money supply has increased at an annual rate of 21 per cent.? Is not the inevitable consequence of this, as I am sure he and the Chancellor would agree, that in nine to 12 months inflation will be into double figures? What proposals does he have to deal with this, other than calling an early General Election, before the chickens come home to roost? The Prime Minister I understand that Questions were addressed to the Chan[column 1746]cellor of the Exchequer on this matter a few minutes ago—— Mr. Lawson Answer. The Prime Minister I shall gladly give my own views on this if the hon. Gentleman is so keen to have them. I think that there are factors that ought to be of concern to us in this situation, although, so far so good; we have done pretty well on these matters. What we can say, and what I would say, as I am sure the Chancellor has already said, is that we intend to watch this matter pretty closely. I will not have the great success that we have had with inflation dissipated by an increase in the money supply that cannot be contained. Appropriate action will be taken when it is necessary—— Mr. Baker The money supply is going up. The Prime Minister No, it is not. That is a matter of opinion, and the hon. Gentleman is not always universally right. When we are convinced that it is necessary to take action, action will be taken. This prize that the country has won—to get inflation down to this level—is too great for us to allow it to be thrown away. Although the hon. Gentleman's eyes may be fixed on some distant General Election, that will not deflect the Government from taking any action necessary to keep inflation under control. He can be sure of that. Q4. Mr. Stoddart asked the Prime Minister when he last met the Confederation of British Industry. The Prime Minister I met representatives of the CBI on 6th February. Further meetings will be arranged as necessary. Mr. Stoddart Will my right hon. Friend comment on the hostile reaction of the CBI to the White Paper on industrial democracy? Will he tell the CBI that it would be serving the country much better if it educated its members in the need for more and better worker participation in industry and, further, that it should do its best to bring this about? The Prime Minister I was surprised at the reaction of the CBI, especially in view of the conversations that I have had with it and the fact that I have gone some way to meet what I thought were its genuine worries about this matter. I felt that its reaction was unnecessary and in contrast to what I thought was 45 minutes of very good questioning about this matter in the House of Commons. I would like to say to Conservative Members that I valued the nature of the questions, which were designed to try to put this matter on a proper basis. I hope that the CBI will reconsider its position, because we intend to press ahead with preparing legislation and, in the interests of its members, it should enter into constructive discussions with us. Mr. Alexander Fletcher In view of our important business interests in Africa, may I ask the Prime Minister to respond positively to Mr. Tindeman 's proposal for European countries to operate a pan-African force to rescue British workers and others who may be the victims of Communist-inspired terrorism in Africa? Will he also seek to include Rhodesia in such a proposal? The Prime Minister I read Mr. Tindeman 's remarks with considerable interest. There is a problem, in countries where there is not a settled Government, that should be the subject of discussion between the European nations, and I am sure that we should be glad to enter into such discussions to see whether arrangements can be made to safeguard the lives of our citizens on a joint basis. Indeed, I made such a remark when I was questioned by the Leader of the Opposition on Tuesday. We must be careful about this, because the African countries concerned are clearly sensitive about these matters and it would have to be done in conjunction with them. I understand that in Zaire discussions have already begun about this. If we take the politics into account the answer is “In principle, yes.” But we have to consider what the impact would be in Africa. Mr. Flannery Has my right hon. Friend noticed that there is a tendency, especially on the Opposition Benches, to talk about the CBI as though it is a philanthropic organisation? Has he also noticed that the CBI, in the minds of [column 1748]many people, is often linked with the TUC, as though these two organisations are not diametrically and fundamentally opposed to one another? Will my right hon. Friend comment on the fact that, had the adherents of the CBI and the Opposition Benches had their way, over £700 million would have been taken out of the Budget in order to be poured into their pockets and the pockets of their friends, and that working people would have been put out of work as a result of this manoeuvre, if we had not resisted it to the best of our ability? The Prime Minister At the CBI dinner I ventured to make some comments in favour of public expenditure and the need for it. I was gratified at the response, but I could not help reflecting that the week before the CBI had circulated all Members of Parliament asking them to vote for reduction in taxation as well. Mr. Peter Walker As the Prime Minister is anxious to make progress in industrial democracy, and as the unions have a major part in that, does he believe that it is important that unions should have the most democratic system available to them? Will he encourage more of them to go over to a postal ballot system for the election of their officers? The Prime Minister The postal ballot system works well in many unions. I think it would be best if the House were to leave this to the unions to settle. I have had some experience of these matters, and I believe that it would be far better to do that. I hope that the House will detach itself as far as possible from interfering in the affairs of the unions which are quite capable of dealing with their own affairs on these matters. That is the way in which I should like to see them proceed. Mr. Neubert On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Will you explain why the Prime Minister on Tuesday refused to answer a question on Zaire which was posed by my hon. Friend the Member for Northwich (Mr. Goodlad) in relation to a visit to Tarporley, when the Prime Minister was prepared to answer a question today about Zaire in relation to the CBI? Mr. Speaker The hon. Member for Romford (Mr. Neubert) could with justice [column 1749]have asked me why I did not pull up his hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, North (Mr. Fletcher) in the way that I pulled up his hon. Friend for Northwich (Mr. Goodlad) on that question. But the Prime Minister's answers are his responsibility. The Prime Minister There are times when I despair of ever achieving a sensible solution to this problem, but the way I look at it is this: if an hon. Gentleman tables a Question about Tarporley, I expect his supplementary to refer to that; I do not expect him immediately to refer to Zaire. After that, under your direction, Mr. Speaker, we seem to wander around the globe, and I feel that I have a responsibility to answer questions put, but not on the original Question. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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matter judgment fact judgment government far well preserve employment column help small business improvement capital transfer tax taxation position generally thing welcome small business alter labour legislation warn right hon lady tamper mr madden prime minister notice extraordinary speech leader opposition prominent tory claim socialism breed crime violence abundantly clear tory party enjoy monopoly concern crime violence monopoly compassion victim crime monopoly wisdom method combat crime violence prime minister accept speech leader opposition seriously attach weight electorate know hold case government come power police employ spend real term million figure edmund davy report appear shall continue forward policy necessary overcome crime increase conservative doubt party matter doubt country mr fairbairn prime minister time today way down street look window parliament street emporium department environment follow advertisement indication country electoral intention assume present 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Speeches, etc. Considered in Committee [Progress, 15th January]. [Mr. George Thomas in the Chair] Mrs. Margaret Thatcher (Finchley) On a point of order, Mr. Thomas. It relates to Clause 16 and the selection of amendments. I do not query the selection as a matter of accuracy. However, the clause gives relief for certain businesses which may otherwise find themselves in financial difficulties. That relief is restricted to companies. Knowing that other people were in financial difficulties in running their businesses, it was our wish to extend that relief to sole traders and partnerships, whose need is just as great. I understand that the Opposition amendments which were tabled to enable us to discuss the scope of the tax are out of order and that the reason is that the Budget resolution has been very tightly drawn to restrict the relief to companies. What is more, another amendment has been ruled out of order because of the Budget resolution which prevents those with accounting periods falling between 31st March and 5th April from profiting by the clause. I do not question the accuracy of your judgment. My complaint is about the Budget resolution. I understand that the Government cannot put down Budget resolutions which are so wide that hon. Members may raise any matter throughout the whole of the income tax Acts on what is, after all, a second Finance Bill. But this resolution prevents us from discussing the real scope of the tax. Is it possible for the Government to put down an enabling resolution so as to enable hon. Members to discuss it? I should not like those who cannot claim the relief to think that we have not had their interests at heart. The Chairman I am obliged to the right hon. Member for Finchley (Mrs. Thatcher). She has interpreted the ruling much better than I was about to try to do. Resolution No.16, which this House approved on 12th November, is narrowly drawn, and Providence protects me from [column 1247]responsibility for the way that the Government draw their resolutions. I am afraid that I can only rule that the amendments are out of order because they are beyond the scope of the resolution. I have looked at this difficulty in many ways to try to help the right hon. Lady. I am afraid that she must wait until the next Budget. Mrs. Thatcher I am grateful to you, Mr. Thomas, but I am a little more impatient than that. Will it be in order to raise these matters on the Question “That the clause stand part of the Bill” ? The Chairman Yes, it will be. Mr. Douglas Crawford (Perth and East Perthshire) On a further point of order, Mr. Thomas. Like the right hon. Member for Finchley (Mrs. Thatcher), I do not query the accuracy of the selection of amendments. However, perhaps I might question its fairness. Neither the Scottish National Party nor Plaid Cymru is represented on the Standing Committee considering the Finance Bill. No amendment tabled in the name of either party has been selected for discussion. I suggest that none of those of us who represent the true voices of Scotland and Wales will be able to take part in any discussion of such important matters as agriculture, forestry and fishing. The Chairman If the hon. Member for Perth and East Perthshire (Mr. Crawford) tabled these amendments to the schedule, which is the proper place, he could have his discussion in the Standing Committee. Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarvon) Further to that point of order, Mr. Thomas. The whole point is that the schedule is being considered in the Standing Committee, in which neither the Scottish National Party nor Plaid Cymru is represented. We have no voice on the Standing Committee. Indeed, the only hon. Member representing a Welsh constituency serving on the Standing Committee represents an industrial area of Wales which has nothing to do with these important social problems. That is why it is essential to discuss these matters in Committee here, if we have a chance to do so. The Chairman The hon. Member for Caernarvon (Mr. Wigley) knows that [column 1248]there will be a Report stage. At that stage it will be possible for him to table his amendments and, if they are selected, to discuss them. Mr. Cecil Parkinson (Hertfordshire, South) I beg to move Amendment No. 13, in page 12, line 5, after ‘excess’, insert: The Chairman With this, we may discuss the following: Amendment No. 79, in page 12, line 5, after ‘excess’, insert: Amendment No. 14, in page 12, line 6, leave out ‘excess’ and insert ‘claim’. Amendment No. 80, in page 12, line 39, after ‘period’, insert: Amendment No. 75, in page 14, line 32, at end add: Mr. Parkinson I am sorry that we are starting the debate on this very important clause with a fairly narrow group of amendments, and I join my right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley (Mrs. Thatcher) in protesting about the way in which our discussions are having to take place. When I thought about how to begin my remarks, my mind went back to a headline in Accountancy Age of 26th April, which read: The Chief Secretary went on to say that the Budget would have only a very small effect on company liquidity. I quote briefly from that speech. He was reported to have said: [column 1249] In fairness, the Chief Secretary went on to say that other companies took a different point of view and regarded their tax reserves as being available for more general use. But we must assume that the right hon. Gentleman believed what he was saying, and the fact is that he said that tax reserves, by implication, were not available for general use and, therefore, that the alarm which went up about ACT and the additional corporation tax was misconceived. As he said, he “slammed” the alarmists. I do not think that the right hon. Gentleman was right, but one must assume that he thought that he was right. If so, by the same token, a deferment tax, which is really what the Government offer in Clause 16, is of very limited benefit. It is interesting to note that the general accountancy bodies have recommended that the sum released should be set aside in a special deferred tax account and regarded as a sum which, at some time in the future—it might not be this year—will be clawed back. It will not be available as the company's general funds. It will be available, according to the right hon. Gentleman's earlier arguments, only for a very limited time or as a major source of investment in the company's business. The fact that Clause 16 is in the Bill suggests that those who were alarmed last March and whom the right hon. Gentleman accused of being alarmist were justified in their actions, because the clause is evidence that the right hon. Gentleman has changed his mind and now accepts that the Budget last March, which, in his typically loyal way, he defended, did company liquidity considerable damage. Clause 16 is an admission that the right hon. Gentleman's remarks then were wrong. To paraphrase the Leader of the Liberal Party on another occasion, we are all alarmists now. Secondly, in the run-up to the February election the Labour Party attacked the Conservative Government by implication for the high level of company profits then being declared in annual accounts. It was a constant theme of the Labour Party's campaign. Labour spokesmen attacked what they described as appalling profits, saying that they were a scandal. By implication the Bill reveals once again that the Labour Party was making an entirely spurious and badly-based [column 1250]attack. The very profits then supposed to be so scandalous and unacceptable and evidence of all sorts of terrible motives in the Conservative Government are the profits which are now to be relieved by Clause 16. Far from these profits being scandalous, we are told now that they are deserving of relief, must be relieved, and that company profitability, far from being excessive at that time, was barely enough to finance the additional strains on stock and so on. Thus, once more, one of the sticks used by the Labour Party to beat the Conservative Government is revealed as having been based more on a figment of the Labour Party's imagination than on reality. Clause 16, if anything, is the Chancellor of the Exchequer's rather complicated way of admitting that the reasoning behind the increase in corporation tax and the surcharge on advance corporation tax has been totally abandoned. It is rather typical of the Chancellor that he has chosen to make this admission by way of an extremely complicated provision. However, many of us believe that the clause, while giving a welcome relief, is slightly unfair. For example, it takes no account of the company that ran down its stock through efficiency and used the money to invest in buildings. That company gets 40 per cent. relief, but it is at a disadvantage against the possibly inefficient company which built up its stocks to a level which was unnecessary at the time. It is an arbitrary relief. It would have been a much cleaner way of giving the relief, and perhaps would not have prejudiced the findings of the Sandilands Committee, if the Government had simply abandoned the ACT surcharge and possibly cut corporation tax, thus reversing some of the Chancellor's measures of 24th March. Many problems arise from the rather peculiar way in which the relief is being given—for example, the fact that it really is a deferral and not a relief. As the Chief Secretary to the Treasury will know from his great practical experience, a number of companies could well find themselves at a disadvantage as a result of Clause 16 rather than at an advantage, unless Amendment No. 13 and others associated with it are accepted. These amendments have the simple basis that [column 1251]the company should be allowed to take as much of the relief as will benefit it, that it should have a choice about the amount of relief it claims. There is no need for me to recite the various other reliefs which are open to companies which might be adversely affected if they were forced to take the whole of this relief. My hon. Friends who have put their names to the associated amendments will deal with such aspects. But I want to refer briefly to three—group relief, liability to shortfall, and relief from double taxation. A company could well be at a disadvantage if it were forced to take the whole of this relief. We do not see that, in accepting the amendments and making the tax a little more flexible, the Government would be doing anything to prejudice their objectives. We accept that the Chief Secretary is sincere in wanting to give relief to companies, that he wants to give a benefit to them or relieve their cash problems. He would give a greater relief if he allowed apportionment. I suggest that many of the old standard Treasury answers about cost and so on are not available to the right hon. Gentleman today, although I am sure that someone somewhere will have managed to put a cost on a highly improbable set of circumstances, with all the variables involved. We accept that the right hon. Gentleman has now admitted that he made a mistake last March and that he is sincere in wanting to give relief. We think that the relief could be more effectively given, at no greatly increased cost to the Treasury, if this small group of amendments were accepted. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Joel Barnett) I am obliged to the hon. Member for Hertfordshire, South (Mr. Parkinson) for the very agreeable way in which he moved the amendment and for his kind quotations from my speeches, which I found interesting to hear again. The hon. Gentleman pointed out that this is a deferral of tax. That is right. We have never hidden from the House of Commons that that is the intention of the tax, for a variety of reasons, some of which we shall come to on other amendments. [column 1252] The hon. Gentleman made the point that the joint accountancy bodies to which we both owe some allegiance would have liked us to go much further. I know that they would like us to go much further on this and other issues, but we have to disagree with them. The hon. Gentleman said that this is a short-term method of dealing with the problem. That is precisely what we have made clear. It is a short-term method of dealing with it, because we are giving what is, in effect, certainly not a complicated form of relief, as the hon. Gentleman suggested, but a rough and ready form of relief. We have admitted that, because we are awaiting the report of the Sandilands Committee, which we hope will be available for us for the spring Bill, when we would hope to bring in a form of relief which will be more suitable and which will meet many of the points the hon. Gentleman made. For example, we accept that there will be companies which will not obtain relief under this clause, not necessarily because they are not limited companies or because they have less than £25,000 worth of stock but for a variety of other reasons, but would be, we hope, helped in the following years' relief that we intend to give and we have committed ourselves to giving. I do not dispute that what we are doing in the clause is an arbitrary reform of relief. I do not propose on this narrow amendment to get involved in the argument about whether the March 1974 Budget was right or wrong. I am talking now about the substantial relief that we are giving under the clause. Because of the very nature of the representations we have received from many quarters and the fact that we recognised that many companies were having liquidity problems, we sought to help them in the short term with the tax that they would otherwise have had to pay in January of this year. Because of that, and because of the administrative problems there would otherwise have been, given the short time span until January to enable the Revenue to make the necessary repayments where appropriate or not to collect the tax, it was crucial that the relief would be rough and ready and that by the nature of things some companies will not be helped which otherwise we would have [column 1253]wanted to, as the hon. Gentleman wants to. The question of the ACT surcharge is a totally different matter. The hon. Gentleman said that he would have preferred action to have been taken there. That will be repayable to companies anyway, whereas this form of relief is a positive reduction in taxation in this year just at the time when there is a liquidity problem. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will recognise that we have tried to meet an immediate problem. We will meet the later issues in the spring Budget. It is true, as the hon. Gentleman said, that in certain instances there will be companies which will not be able to use the relief this year. The hon. Gentleman cited companies which would have been able to take group relief, some shortfall problems, and the question of double taxation relief. The hon. Gentleman is right in one sense. On the other hand, any surplus losses created by the relief given under the clause will be available to carry forward against future profits, and in that sense I do not think that it is particularly ungenerous. Indeed, I submit that what the hon. Gentleman proposes would make the situation more complicated rather than less complicated. It would add refinements that would make it more complicated for the Revenue in dealing with the very large number of claims which will be submitted despite the fact that we have limited it. Further, if the Committee were to allow this right of disclaimer in order to carry forward some of the relief to another year, it would go right against the whole purpose of the clause. The purpose of the clause is just to give some help for this year. What will be done in the second and later years the House of Commons will have an opportunity to decide when we have the spring Finance Bill. If we start using some of the relief which would otherwise have been available for certain companies this year and allow it to be carried forward, it will get very confused with the relief, which may be different—we do not yet know what it will be—which we propose to introduce in the spring Finance Bill. I therefore hope that it is clear to the Committee that this clause is by no [column 1254]means the final version of the form of inflation-accounting relief that we shall eventually have in mind and that to add this further refinement and complication would not improve the situation but worsen it. I hope that the Committee will feel able to agree with me that it would be better to accept this admittedly rough and ready relief and come to the more refined form of relief when we have the spring Finance Bill. Mr. J. Enoch Powell (Down, South) When Chancellors of the Exchequer are preparing their Budgets it is one of the functions of their permanent advisers to remind them of certain well-tried principles of public finance of which they are in a sense the custodians. I imagine that when the Chancellor of the Exchequer was contemplating the proposal embodied in Clause 16 one such principle was brought to his attention—that is, that taxation should not be used for the purpose either of lending or of borrowing, that lending and borrowing is a separate relationship between Government and the citizen from that of taxation, and that the endeavour to confuse the one with the other always leads to more trouble than it is worth. In the opposite sense of borrowing by taxation, we have all lived through the long and dreary experience of post-war credits which were the converse form of the use of taxation for a borrowing-lending purpose. Here, instead of offering a relief from taxation, instead of dealing with a problem directly fiscally, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has framed provisions which are a form of lending by the Government to corporations under the guise of taxation. I predict not only that this will, as this and the succeeding series of amendments show, cause inequities, irritations and difficulties in the short run but that the object of recouping the money and clawing it back in due course will be frustrated. That is one of those things which never happen in real life when one gets to them next year or the year after. The circumstances of each Finance Bill ought to be looked at as they stand, and they should be looked at fiscally. In framing instead a form of loan, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has created inequities between one taxpayer and another taxpayer. The present series of [column 1255]amendments draws attention to one inequity. It forces upon one group of taxpayers a loan which they may not want, a loan which may be disadvantageous to them. We shall come later on in the clause to other inequities. I therefore believe that the principle which the Chancellor of the Exchequer has attempted to follow is wrong, and my hon. Friends and I will support the Opposition in marking their disapproval of that principle and of its consequences by this and subsequent amendments. Mr. Peter Rees (Dover and Deal) I had not proposed to intervene in the debate, but I am bound to tell the Chief Secretary that after having listened to his speech I was left in such a state of perplexity that I was ready to conclude that possibly he had not understood the full scope and measure of relief which he is attempting to introduce by the clause. It is not perhaps appropriate or necessary to debate the context in which we find the clause, although I would observe that, as I understand it, the Chancellor of the Exchequer is now endeavouring to redress the wrongs which he did to the corporate sector in his March Budget. I believe that if the clause were looked at with a clear eye, it is possibly all that the Chancellor could hope to pilot through with the support of his own party. If he had gone to his party and said “I did wrong in March. I deprived companies of cash resources which they could ill spare. I wish to make amends and reduce the rate of corporation tax” , that would have been the simple and honourable way of dealing with the problem. However, he would never have got the support which he badly needs from the 60 or 70 Left-wing members in his party for such a measure, so he searched for a more dubious way of giving relief. One can see the apparent lack of interest on the Government benches. The Chancellor no doubt said to himself that 90 per cent. of his party would not understand it and only the remaining 10 per cent. might understand, sympathise and approve. The Chief Secretary appears to nod his head or dissent—I do not know [column 1256]which. I do not know whether he was party to these tactical thoughts of the Chancellor, but it is against that background that I judge the clause. The Chief Secretary told us that this is a rough and ready clause. The measure of relief that it gives is haphazard in the extreme. The more efficient company which has a close measure of stock control and has limited stocks at the end of the appropriate accounting period will get little benefit from this measure of relief. The less effective company may get a considerable and perhaps unjustified measure of relief. This is inevitable when relief is dished out on this rough-and-ready basis in order apparently to obscure the issues underlying it. I hope that the Chief Secretary will come to this point later in this evening's proceedings. Why is there to be no relief for debtors? The number of debtors at the year's end is considerably increased by the impact of inflation. Again, why exclude services? This shows that it is a crude measure of relief. Because it is a crude measure of relief I believe that the Committee should endeavour, so far as it can, to refine it. I believe that my hon. Friend the Member for Hertfordshire, South (Mr. Parkinson), with his keen accountant's mind, has hit on one simple expedient which could be accepted by the Government, and that is to allow companies to select how much of the relief they wish to take up. My hon. Friend has demonstrated situations in which it would not be advantageous for a company to take up the full measure of relief to which it is entitled under the clause. As has been pointed out, to refer to this as relief is a misnomer. I do not know whether I would call it a loan. At any rate, for the advantage gained in the present accounting period there will be comparable disadvantages in later accounting periods. It is very much a case of “timeo Danaos” . I look upon any purported gifts from the Chief Secretary in this context with suspicion. This is a doubtful gift, and if it is a doubtful gift at least one should give the taxpayer the opportunity to reject it in part. Let him say “I will take so much.” I know the bureaucratic mind—not that I accuse the Chief Secretary of having a bureaucratic mind; I refer to the gentlemen in the Official Box who will be passing him notes—— Mr. Joel Barnett indicated dissent. Mr. Rees I am delighted to know that the Chief Secretary is so confident in his grasp of the complexities of this horrifying Bill that he will be able to battle alone, unsupported not only by his hon. Friends but also by the gentlemen in the Box. This will be a unique occasion to see the Chief Secretary battling unaided, with his native wit and intelligence and with his profound grasp of the complexities of the matter. Since I know that the bureaucratic mind gropes around for precedents, I remind that Chief Secretary that there is an established respectable precedent for allowing the taxpayer to decide how much of a particular relief advantage he may claim. That is in the most recent measure dealing with capital allowances. It escapes my mind whether it is the Finance Act 1971 or the Finance Act 1972 but the Chief Secretary, without the assistance of the gentlemen in the Box, will know at once. There is a respectable precedent. This will refine that rather crude form of advantage which the Chief Secretary is offering. I urge him to consider a little more closely than he appears to have done the implications of what my hon. Friend is attempting to do and which he has rather summarily and, as I conceive it, without sufficient perception dismissed. I ask the Chief Secretary to reconsider this point, because it does not seem to me that he has done full justice to the implications of this measure and this amendment. Mr. John Cope (Gloucestershire, South) I want to address most of my remarks directly to the amendment and I do not want to prejudice what we may discuss later on the clause. The right hon. Member for Down. South (Mr. Powell) spoke about lending and borrowing problems. It is more a question of accelerating or retarding tax payments. The date on which one pays a bill, as every householder knows these days, is of the utmost importance. It amounts in a sense to a loan, but it amounts only to an acceleration or retarding of payment. The right hon. Member for Down, South was out of the House last summer while we discussed the advance corpora[column 1258]tion tax, which is the same thing but in the other direction. What we are now discussing is a reversal of what we were discussing in the summer on the question of the ACT. It is true that these accelerating or retarding provisions make for a certain amount of inequity as between different groups, but so would any relief, particularly on the sort of rough-and-ready basis of this relief. I do not complain about the roughness or the readiness of it. We welcome the readiness and we have to accept the roughness. To come to this question of part claims, the Chief Secretary said that it would be more difficult for the Inland Revenue if part claims were allowed. I do not think it would be. A claim would have to be agreed, of course, but in any case the Exchequer has to agree a total claim, so I do not see that it would be more difficult for the Exchequer to agree a part claim than it would be to agree a total claim. It would make the position easier for taxpayers. At the moment there are some—not many—who, because of the circumstances in which they find themselves, will be on the horns of a dilemma as to whether to claim or not to claim in total. It would be easier for them if they were able to claim in part, as the amendment would provide. If they are on the horns of this dilemma and they see what the Chief Secretary said, that the spring Budget and the spring Finance Bill will sort it all out in the longer term and that more permanent and presumably less rough and ready measures will be introduced, they will not be able to wait for the spring Finance Bill to receive Royal Assent because they have to claim within three months of Royal Assent to this Bill, which, whenever it may come, is very unlikely to be within three months of Royal Assent to the spring Finance Bill so far as one can see. They will, therefore, be placed on the horns of a very real dilemma. The amendment, which allows people a part claim, would get them out of this difficulty. There are other amendments to extend the period to three months and so on, but this amendment seems to provide one way out of the difficulty and it is perhaps the way we should choose until we get a better explanation from the Chief Secretary. Mr. Joel Barnett I take first the important point raised by the right hon. Member for Down, South (Mr. Powell) on the principle of whether taxation should ever be used for lending or borrowing. I hesitate to say it to the right hon. Gentleman, but I think he has missed the serious point in the whole sphere of taxation, that it is not unusual for a taxpayer to obtain tax relief in a certain way and then at a later stage to have to repay that relief. A simple example immediately springs to mind. If a company buys a piece of plant it will obtain capital allowances on it. If later it sells the plant at a profit in excess of the written down figure for tax purposes it will have to repay that tax relief. The principle is not dissimilar for the form of relief we are considering here. I was going to deal with this point on a later amendment, but since the right hon. Gentleman raised it I shall take it up now. The right hon. Gentleman made the point that the way in which we are giving this relief will cause great inequity between taxpayers. If we did it the way he and others are suggesting and gave it as a final relief in one year, that would create much greater inequity with other taxpayers. If a company obtains substantial relief under Clause 16 because its stock has substantially increased, possibly in volume as well as in value, and then it goes out of business shortly after the year end and sells the whole of the stock at the inflated value, it will then have had substantial tax relief which I would hope the right hon. Gentleman and many others will not think it equitable for it to have. In that sense the principle is the same as with capital allowances. I hope, therefore, that the right hon. Gentleman realises that this is why, when we were considering what is admittedly a rough and ready measure, we decided to implement it on a postponement basis rather than on a permanent basis or on a basis complicated by the refinements that the hon. and learned Member for Dover and Deal (Mr. Rees) suggested. Mr. Nigel Lawson (Blaby) The Chief Secretary's comments go right to the heart of the problem of accounting in an inflationary year. If there is to be a system of inflation accounting there is no way of making it both right and fair on a continuing basis and at the same time right [column 1260]for a business which will come to an end at the end of that year. Different provisions have to be introduced for each case. Mr. Barnett The hon. Member is entirely making my point. We accept that our proposition is not inflation-proofing, and it cannot be. We are awaiting the report of the Sandilands Committee and we did not have time to put in the refinements which many hon. Members would like or the type of refinements suggested by the hon. and learned Member for Dover and Deal in respect of relief for debtors, services and so on. It is precisely because we wanted to do something quickly, which I am sure all hon. Members want, that we brought in this haphazard measure. I was delighted that the hon. Member for Gloucestershire, South (Mr. Cope) said that he welcomed the readiness and accepted the roughness of the scheme. I am obliged for that. We wanted to help companies quickly. We could not therefore provide relief by set-offs against other years or other companies. No one pretends that this is the ideal way of dealing with the problem in the longer term, but it gives a substantial measure of tax relief and helps the liquidity of a large number of companies in January this year, and I should have thought that would be supported by all members of the Committee. For these reasons I hope that the Opposition will feel able to accept that the amendment does not serve the purpose that I have outlined. Mr. David Howell (Guildford) My right hon. and hon. Friends have said enough to bring home some of the bizarre consequences that will flow from the wish of the Chief Secretary and the Government to resist these amendments. The Chief Secretary's insistence is on an all-or-nothing approach, and so the picture is conjured up of the Inland Revenue seeking to force a company which would prefer to take part of the relief or loan or whatever it is to take the full amount, to drink the last dregs from this chalice. This is a very peculiar twist in the many gyrations which the Government's taxation policies have already produced, and which the Chief Secretary has had the ill luck to promote at the Dispatch Box. These very modest amendments, which were moved with extreme reason and [column 1261]calmness by my hon. Friend the Member for Hertfordshire, South (Mr. Parkinson) deal simply with whether the Chief Secretary should stick so doggedly to the all-or-nothing approach in the case of companies which because of their tax situation may actually suffer a loss this year, a year in which, the Chief Secretary was saying a few moments ago, the Government want to help companies. The Chief Secretary did not go so far as to say that the Government want to correct and overcome the damage done to companies by their earlier measures. If his aim is as stated the Chief Secretary should know that there are companies which will not be helped. They will be made to suffer because this is a rough and ready proposition, because the Chief Secretary insists on it being all or nothing, because in those haunting words that we have heard before— “We wanted to do something quickly” . That expression would make a marvellous epitaph on this administration's tombstone. The Government have acted quickly and have produced a rough and ready scheme which produces the bizarre situation in which companies which the Chief Secretary said he wanted to help will be hindered and made to suffer. I think that he also said in his opening comments that losses incurred as a result of companies taking the scheme in full and it adversely affecting their overseas tax situation could be carried forward. I do not understand what he meant by that. However, if he meant that some other relief is to be generated in future years, that may be so, but it contradicts his proposition that he is trying to relieve the situation of the past year. The Chief Secretary, his senior colleagues and the Government are leading themselves along a path to incredible complexities and difficulties with taxes of this kind. The contribution by the right hon. Member for Down, South (Mr. Powell) was the first and a timely indicator of the impossible situation into which the Government will wander before we go very much further with this Committee stage. The Chief Secretary could easily have conceded this amendment. It was proposed in a perfectly reasonable way. By resisting it he will make much more trouble for himself and will arrive in a curious situation. I can see no reason why he should not have accepted the [column 1262]amendment. We shall examine the arguments that the Chief Secretary has advanced for resisting the amendment and we shall consider whether to raise the whole matter again on Report. I will not advise my hon. Friends to press the amendment but I make clear to the Chief Secretary that he should not for one moment interpret our moderation in the matter either as typical of our feeling towards the measure or as an indication of the way in which we intend to proceed. We think he could have given way, but he has chosen not to do so. That is disappointing but it is not surprising, because this administration seem bent on binding and entangling themselves about with the worst and silliest forms of tax provision, not merely since the “window tax” , which is the description Ian Macleod gave to SET, but since taxation was first devised to molest, bind and shackle man. Amendment negatived. Mr. Norman Lamont (Kingston-upon-Thames) I beg to move Amendment No. 18, in page 12, line 33, leave out subsection (4) and insert: As has already been made clear, we partly welcome what the Chancellor of the Exchequer has done. It is a remarkable reversal on his part and one which the Chief Secretary, with an engaging lack of patriotism for his own past ideas, has just brushed aside. I shall not quote to the right hon. Gentleman the letter I wrote to the Chancellor in May about company liquidity and the answer I received, which was extremely complacent. The question that will be asked in these debates is whether the Chancellor has gone far enough. Profits caused by inflation will now be largely ignored for [column 1263]tax purposes, but it is noticeable that the same principles have not been included in the Price Code. Both realism and consistency require that the same principles should apply. There is the question of companies which are not paying enough tax to benefit from the provisions, a category which might be thought to include companies such as British Leyland. There is also the matter of the speed with which the deterioration of the cash position of British companies is going on. This can be seen from the debt that the corporate sector has had to raise. In 1973 it raised in debt from the market £0.7 billion. In 1974 that had soared to the astonishing figure of £4.1 billion. The whole matter must be seen in the context of the projected £5 million deficit for the corporate sector in 1975, which at the time of the Budget the Chancellor scoffed at and treated as highly alarmist. What has brought about this astonishing reversal in the Chancellor's attitudes? I suppose that the figures that have appeared for both investment and unemployment, when the unemployment figures were being published, have worried him. But I do not believe that the provisions of the clause, unless they are made more certain, and unless some of the threats about clawing back tax deferred are removed, will have the effects that the Chancellor hopes and intends. I believe that investment will fall even faster and that unemployment will rise even faster than would otherwise have happened unless some of the uncertainties are removed. What happens in 1974–75 is perhaps even more important than what happened in 1973–74. In 1972 stock appreciation as a percentage of trading profits was 16½ per cent.; in 1973 it was 29½ per cent.; and in the first half of 1974 it had risen to an astonishing 65¼ per cent. The problem is growing, and we must not underestimate what will be required to deal with it. The reasons for the uncertainty caused by the Chancellor's proposal relate to the special way in which he has chosen to give this relief. Under his system, the closing stock in one year becomes the opening stock in the next year. This leaves open the possibility that the relief may be clawed back at some future date. [column 1264] What the amendment proposes is that instead of being subtracted from the closing stock, which then becomes an incorrect opening stock, the relief should be added to the old opening stock, leaving the closing stock as the correct amount. Unless there is an amendment along the lines we suggest, companies may find that in a few years' time, when they have either reduced stocks in value or volume or have a nil closing stock position, there is a large claw-back. That could happen when a company was closing down, or it could happen simply because it had become more efficient and was using less. Furthermore, if the restriction in relief to amounts above the 10 per cent. of trading income continued, particularly if there were falling stocks or stable prices, the relief could be clawed back each year. By the method proposed in the amendment, the closing stock would remain at its higher, correct figure and could be used as the opening stock in the next period, when perhaps the closing stock might be diminished in volume or value perhaps in a closing-down situation. This method would lead to a correct assessment of the tax position. Under the Chancellor's proposal, the tax would be clawed back in a closing-down situation or when stocks were being used more efficiently. In a closing-down situation, even though stocks might be sold off at cost, a high profit figure would appear because of the artificially lower opening stock resulting from the method proposed by the Government. One objection to the amendment might be that the Government's figure allows the balance sheet to balance whilst ours does not. We have had consultations on this matter, and the answer is that when £X relief was added to the opening stock one would also add £X relief as a contra to the capital loss account. The object of the exercise, both on our part and the Government's part, is to avoid the payment of tax on an artificial part of profits. Our method would attribute the amount to previous years' profits, but only—this is the difference—after those profits had been assessed for tax. The Chancellor's method is to say that the profit has not yet been made[column 1265]—a device which could lead to the clawing back of the relief given. In addition, the Chancellor's method of giving relief undervalues companies, a tendency that would increase as inflation accelerated. The disadvantages of the Government's method are that it is simply a deferral of tax; that it gives no certainty for the future; that as stocks fall, perhaps through greater efficiency, the tax could be clawed back; and that, even if the present method continued and we reached a period of stabilisation of profits and tax, companies would then be in need of greater amounts of money to refinance expansion after a period of recession and slump. If a company ceased trading, the creditors would be badly affected under the Government's method because the Inland Revenue would have a substantial claim in a period in which stocks were lower, in a closing-down situation. The method that we are proposing is one which would give greater assurances to industry. It is a cleaner and simpler method which would ensure that the relief given would not be clawed back at a higher rate of tax at some future date. The rate of corporation tax, which was 40 per cent., is now 52 per cent. The rate might well increase again at a later date. I do not believe that as the relief is framed at present any accountant or banker when trying to assess a company's financial strength could view the relief granted as being anything other than a deferred liability. Therefore, the banking system will not be able to give credit and to underwrite the investment of industry in the way that the Government hope and expect. I believe that the Chancellor has not gone far enough in the methods he has proposed. I believe that there will be considerable uncertainties and fears that the tax will be clawed back in future. Unless the Chief Secretary is able to accept the amendment, or one very much like it, I believe that the results that the Government wish to see from the relief will not appear. Mr. Joel Barnett It is always agreeable to listen to the way in which the hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Thames (Mr. [column 1266]Lamont) presents his case. At least on this occasion he did not tell me what I should not say. That is his customary practice. If we both abided by that practice we would have very much quicker debates. The amendment seeks to change the method of relief so as to make it a final relief rather than as was intended—namely, a deferral or postponement. I dealt with the matter briefly in my reply to the right hon. Member for Down, South (Mr. Powell). In most cases the deferral would be indefinite. Any normal trading company would have an indefinite deferral. In any event we made it clear that the clause is only a temporary measure until we have the spring Finance Bill. We have made that clear. Mr. Parkinson I think that the Chief Secretary said something extremely important and I want to ensure that I heard him correctly. Did he say that it would be a permanent deferral for a trading company? Mr. Barnett I said that in most cases it will be a permanent deferral. If a trading company continues trading with its stocks at normal levels and it has its normal levels on the 1973 accounts at which it gets its present relief, and if inflation does not take a major turn downwards but stays at one level, there would be no question of any claw-back of the relief and the position would stay as it was. That would be the position until such time as a company closed down, sold off its stocks or took a similar course of action. Mr. Peter Rees Let us take the hypothetical figure of 8¼ per cent. when considering the rate of inflation and let us suppose that the rate dwindles from 19 per cent. to 8¼ per cent. Does it follow that the right hon. Gentleman would expect the relief to be clawed back? Is it only if inflation is at a constant 19 per cent. that the deferral is indefinite? Mr. Barnett I am sure that the hon. and learned Gentleman understands the position clearly. I have a feeling that he is having me on. If a company has a final stock of £100 and there is 20 per cent. inflation in the stock value, there will be a stock value of £120 at the end of the following year. A company would then be able to get relief under this system. [column 1267]If the following year the rate of inflation was only 2 per cent. the value would still be higher than the previous £120. I hope that that is reasonably clear. I can see that the hon. and learned Gentleman has the point. Mr. Cope In saying that the relief will be indefinite—I believe that the right hon. Gentleman used the word “indefinite” —all that the Bill does is to alter the valuation of the closing stock. I am ignoring the amendment for the moment. There will be an alteration of the value of the opening stock as it becomes the closing stock. Therefore, there is an immediate claw-back under the Bill. Mr. Barnett I was coming to that point. I have been interrupted three times before I have hardly started. The hon. Gentleman presupposes that we shall do nothing else in any future Bill. We have made it clear that if nothing else were done and the clause stood it would be a deferral that would continue indefinitely. However, we have made it clear that there will be changes in the spring Bill. We shall have a refinement of the form of inflation accounting of stock plus anything else that we might do for companies when we have the Sandilands Report. If we do not have the report in time we shall have to do something else to ensure that there is additional relief. I thought that I had made that absolutely clear. Mr. Geoffrey Dodsworth (Hertfordshire, South-West) I am not sure whether my comprehension is correct. If there is no further legislation it seems that deferment will be for one year only and that subsequently the tax will have to be paid. If that is not the case I shall be greatly obliged to the right hon. Gentleman if he will make it clear how it will be deferred. Mr. Barnett There will be deferment for one year if there is no legislation to change the clause as it stands. That is clear. However, we have made it even clearer still that we intend to change it. As I have said at least half a dozen times, this is a rough and ready measure which we are introducing for one year only. If we continued with the same kind of relief it would be for many companies a continuing permanent deferral. We are not [column 1268]saying that this form of relief will be permanent. We are saying that in the spring Bill and, we hope, with the benefit of the Sandilands Report we shall introduce a more relevant form of relief. If we did nothing else and the clause were to stand I accept that the fears which have been expressed would be understandable and that people would be right to have such fears. However, we have made it clear that we shall do something else. There is no question of automatic claw-back of the relief. I hope that I have been able to assure the Committee that the automatic claw-back of the relief is not in contemplation. If we did not intend to claw back the relief it could be argued that the amendment would be the best approach. Each year there would be a final form of relief. I have already argued that it is not the best approach to have a permanent form of stock inflation-accounting for companies and to have a permanent position year by year. I hope to show—I tried briefly to do so in reply to the right hon. Member for Down, South—that it would be inequitable to allow relief on a final basis. I have made it clear on a number of occasions that this is a provisional form of relief. It is an advance instalment that will eventually, as we have made clear, apply to all traders and not only to companies with stocks in excess of £25,000. It is a method of giving immediate relief to companies with liquidity problems. By the very nature of things it is a rough and ready measure. It would be wrong, when the relief that we are now giving gives larger companies, or at least those with a stock in excess of £25,000, an advance instalment of the eventual permanent relief that will be on the statute book, not eventually to make large companies subject to the same rules that will be applicable to everyone else. That is why this is a temporary measure and why we do not believe it is right to give this relief on a permanent rather than a deferral basis. Mr. John Loveridge (Upminster) The Committee would be grateful for an assurance that none of the relief so given will be clawed back. When the Chancellor spoke on 12th November of this postponement of tax liability he said: What we would like is an assurance that those words were a pledge. Can the right hon. Gentleman give us that assurance? Mr. Barnett I can give the hon. Gentleman and the Committee the assurance that it is not contemplated that there will be a general claw-back. There will be instances when relief will be clawed back. I hope the Committee will agree that it is right that there should be. Suppose a company was given 100 per cent. tax relief on a piece of plant and then it sold that plant at the full price. The tax relief is clawed back. That is not unusual. I am sure that hon. Members would agree that in such an instance it would be wrong to allow the company to retain the relief. The same principle applies to stock. Mrs. Thatcher indicated dissent. Mr. Barnett I am sorry; I must disagree with the right hon. Lady. It does. Suppose a company had increased its stock in this year we are talking about by, let us say, £100,000—not because of inflation but because of increased volume. The Government gave it this relief so that the increase was wholly tax-free. The day after that year ended the company completely sold the stock. It surely would not be right for that company to have the whole of the £100,000 tax-free. Mrs. Thatcher We are not at cross-purposes here. The right hon. Gentleman knows that usually there is a different provision for cessation and there is nothing to prevent him from putting up special provisions for cessation which would be quite usual. I do not accept his analogy of capital allowances and balancing charges. It is wholly different. The balancing charge comes on a specific event for a specific amount. It is misleading and clouds the position to bring in what is not a true analogy. Mr. Barnett I do not agree with the right hon. Lady. This instance would not only apply to cessation of business. A company could carry on trading. Its stock could have been excessively high at the 1973 year end. The stock might then have come down permanently to a much lower level. It cannot be right to give an enormous amount of relief to the [column 1270]company. This is not meant to be a permanent relief for companies which have not had inflationary increases in stock. It is to misrepresent and misunderstand the purpose of the clause to suggest that that is so. The purpose of the clause is to give immediate relief to companies who have had inflationary stock increases. If they had not had such increases on a permanent basis it cannot be right to continue such relief indefinitely. I cannot believe that the right hon. Lady would want to spend taxpayers' money in that way. We are giving a substantial amount of relief in this way. To go beyond that, as the amendment seeks to do, would be indefensible. The hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Thames said that it would be wrong to pay tax on artificial profits. I submit that it would be even more wrong to pay tax relief on artificial losses or where there have not been losses at all. Mr. Ian Stewart (Hitchin) For the sake of clarity, may I ask whether the Chief Secretary is willing to give an assurance to the Committee, and to the wider audience which is taking such an interest in this discussion, to the effect that the Government will introduce measures in the spring Finance Bill which will be no less favourable to companies which benefit from the present arrangements, except only if there is a reduction in the stock level of a company carrying on a continuing business or in the theoretical possibility of an increase in the value of money and deflation takes place as opposed to inflation? The Committee needs this clear assurance because the Chief Secretary's illustrations have not made entirely clear the form of assurance he is giving. Mr. Peter Rees So far I find that I am being incited, as a result of the Chief Secretary's replies, to speak when I had not intended to. The replies of the right hon. Gentleman constantly leave me with the impression that he has not really grasped the inwardness of the amendment or the inwardness of the relief which he is endeavouring not to foist on the business community. [Interruption.] I say “foist” because it is an echo of our debates on the last amendment. The Chief Secretary would not have it that [column 1271]a company could pick and choose about relief. However, I do not want to reopen that particular would which the right hon. Gentleman has inflicted on the commercial life of the country. The amendment is meant to ensure that, while there will be an advantage for a company which claims this relief in relation to the accounting period ended 1973, there will not be a corresponding disadvantage in the subsequent accounting period. The Chief Secretary appears to have missed the point. The point is that there should not be a corresponding disadvantage. The Chancellor, in his ill-judged March measures, inflicted considerable damage on the cash flow of companies. This modest measure of relief is an effort to redress that damage, to a limited degree. We are concerned to see that this, in turn, will not be offset by a corresponding disadvantage in subsequent accounting periods. That is all the amendment seeks to do. To talk about relief being perpetuated indefinitely opens up new vistas not related to the amendment. My hon. Friends and I noted with great interest that in the light of the Sandilands Committee's report, whatever it may be, there may be an endless vista of relief for companies. This is good news. This is not what the amendment seeks to claim. It will be noted far and wide what the Chief Secretary has offered. It will be noted that he has become more generous since our debates in the dog days of June and July. We are happy to note his change of heart. I ask him to move away from the generalised generosity he has offered us—which we accept with gratitude—to the specific point made in the amendment, which is that there should not be a corresponding disadvantage in the next accounting period for any company that claims the advantage or relief in 1973. As the Chief Secretary will have divined, it will be a matter of fine calculation for companies whether to claim the relief. Many people will not know whether or not to claim it. They will not be entirely reassured by the Chief Secretary's breezy statement that the Government will adopt Sandilands and perpetuate the relief indefinitely. For the moment, all we ask for the people who have to make this crucial decision [column 1272]is that the Chief Secretary should accept the amendment, which ensures that the relief will not be taken away by a corresponding detriment in subsequent accounting periods. I hope that I have made myself clear to the Chief Secretary, who has not intervened. I hope, Mr. Fitch, that he will have the opportunity of catching your eye to show that he has had a change of heart from five minutes ago. Mr. Lawson The Chief Secretary seems to have been saying that he knows that the system is a rotten one, arbitrary and unfair, but, a terrible mistake having been made in March, it is the best system that the Treasury could cobble together in a hurry before something respectable is done in the forthcoming Budget. We agree that it is a shabby way of attempting to deal with the company liquidity problem and accounting at a time of inflation. We are trying to find out more precisely from the Chief Secretary with what he proposes to replace the system. We do not wish to anticipate his right hon. Friend's Budget, but the Chief Secretary argued against the amendment chiefly by saying that there is something better in the pipeline which will put it right. Will the Chief Secretary please cease talking about reliefs? We are talking not about a relief for the corporate sector but about getting away from a system in which, because of inflation, companies are taxed on phoney profits, which are not genuine profits but the paper creation of a mixture of inflation and orthodox accounting principles of the so-called “doomsday machine” which are putting respectable, profitable and efficient companies into bankruptcy. A measure to prevent that happening because of the high degree of inflation is not relief but a measure of justice. May it be established that we are not talking about measures of relief but about measures taken to avoid imposing ever higher burdens of taxation at a time of rapid inflation? Will the Chief Secretary make clear that what he is talking about as a replacement for this one-off clause is not merely a more refined system of providing for the element of inflation in stock appreciation to be taken into account but inflation accounting in the fullest sense, taking into [column 1273]account the effect of depreciation, which is a major point in company accounts and profits, and that it will be introduced in the forthcoming Budget? Will the right hon. Gentleman say that it will not be confined to stock appreciation, important though that is, but will be introduced regardless of whether the Sandilands Committee has reported by that date? We want full inflationary accounting. It is a form of indexation. The Chief Secretary knows the importance attached by many Opposition Members to indexation at a time of rapid inflation, not merely for the corporate taxation sector but for individuals. When the matter of corporate liquidity was discussed in Committee on the Finance Bill eight months ago, the Government's attitude was summed up by the Paymaster-General. I do not wish to pick on the Paymaster-General, who is probably the most well-informed member of the Treasury team on economic matters, but he said: He came to the astonishing conclusion that we had no evidence of a serious liquidity problem. He went on to say: Later he said: That was manifestly nonsense at the time and it is now. Was it bigotry? It could hardly have been unawareness of the fact of inflation. Surely it could not have been lack of awareness of the consequence of inflation on profits. It could not have been unawareness of the existence of the rigid Price Code and price control which existed then and is continuing to cripple company liquidity. How did the Government manage to get it so wrong then, and what is their view now? Do they think that there is a serious liquidity crisis now? Do they [column 1274]think that Clause 16 is adequate, or do they think that further steps need to be taken to improve company liquidity at a time when there will be a chain reaction of bankruptcies, starting with smaller companies because they are not so likely to be bailed out, if something is not done to recognise the position of British industry? Mr. Joel Barnett I always like to try to help the hon. and learned Member for Dover and Deal (Mr. Rees). The hon. Member for Blaby (Mr. Lawson) asked whether I know what he wants. The answer is “Yes” , and I hope that one day he will get it. Mr. Lawson As the right hon. Gentleman has answered a question which I did no ask, will he please answer the questions I did ask? Mr. Barnett The hon. Member for Hitchin (Mr. Stewart) asked for an assurance about the relief given by Clause 16. I thought I had made absolutely clear that if we did nothing else but Clause 16 there would be a claw-back. The Chancellor said that there would be new measures in the spring Bill, and that is why there is no general claw-back after this year. There is no question of that, and I give that assurance. I have been accused by the hon. and learned Member for Dover and Deal of “generalised generosity” . It is true that this form of relief is arbitrary, but anything that we could have done in a short time would have been arbitrary. Mr. Peter Rees How about using corporation tax? Mr. Barnett Using corporation tax would have been much more arbitrary. It would not necessarily have gone to the areas which suffer from inflation. I was surprised at the view taken by the hon. and learned Member for Dover and Deal. Mr. Peter Rees rose—— Mr. Barnett I cannot give way to the hon. and learned Gentleman. No doubt I shall be hearing him often in these debates. He told me that he is easily incited, and I know that only too well. But when he said that I am foisting relief on companies, I think that is taking things a little too far. If he likes to think that [column 1275]we are foisting relief on companies, I should have thought that would be generally welcome. As I have said before, and I say again, in regard to the assurance we gave companies as to whether they should be happy with this relief and as to whether it would all be clawed back next time, the answer for most companies is that it will not be clawed back. Most companies will maintain stock levels and there will be no question of clawing back of relief. But the whole purpose behind the amendment is to give relief permanently. For the various reasons I gave previously, that cannot be right. It would not be right to give relief on a permanent basis, and I hope that the Committee will reject the amendment. Mrs. Thatcher I do not think we can accept Joel Barnettthe Chief Secretary's assurance, because he has given some rather contradictory assurances. He said first that the relief will not be clawed back, and he then said that it might be taken back in certain circumstances. He then got a little muddled about permanent relief. There is nothing in the amendment to [column 1276]prevent him having a totally different method of relief. I understand that Denis Healeythe Chancellor of the Exchequer wants to give the relief during a period of inflation. We want that, too. However, by his method he is not giving relief during a period of inflation; he has deferred relief during a period of inflation. Our amendment makes certain that relief will be given this year and cannot be taken back. It is not a permanent relief, but it is a certain relief for this year. Therefore, I think that we should vote on this amendment. The point about volume will be taken care of by the limitation to 10 per cent. on trading income. Even if it were not taken care of, the relief is inadequate in view of the liquidity position of many companies. It would not hurt the Chancellor to give a little extra relief on increased volume as well, to make certain that the companies get relief and that it is not taken away from them next year. Question put, That the amendment be made:— The Committee divided: Ayes 239, Noes, 273. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc consider committee progress january mr george thomas chair mrs margaret thatcher finchley point order mr thomas relate clause selection amendment query selection matter accuracy clause give relief certain business find financial difficulty relief restrict company know people financial difficulty run business wish extend relief sole trader partnership need great understand opposition amendment table enable discuss scope tax order reason budget resolution tightly draw restrict relief company amendment rule order budget resolution prevent accounting period fall march april profiting clause question accuracy judgment complaint budget resolution understand government budget resolution wide hon member raise matter income tax act second finance bill resolution prevent discuss real scope tax possible government enable resolution enable hon member discuss like claim relief think interest heart chairman oblige right hon member finchley mrs thatcher interpret ruling well try resolution house approve november narrowly draw providence protect column way government draw resolution afraid rule amendment order scope resolution look difficulty way try help right hon lady afraid wait budget mrs thatcher grateful mr thomas little impatient order raise matter question clause stand bill chairman yes mr douglas crawford perth east perthshire point order mr thomas like right hon member finchley mrs thatcher query accuracy selection amendment question fairness scottish national party plaid cymru represent standing committee consider finance bill amendment table party select discussion suggest represent true voice scotland wale able discussion important matter agriculture forestry fish chairman hon member perth east perthshire mr crawford table amendment schedule proper place discussion standing committee mr dafydd wigley caernarvon point order mr thomas point schedule consider standing committee scottish national party plaid cymru represent voice standing committee hon member represent welsh constituency serve standing committee represent industrial area wale important social problem essential discuss matter committee chance chairman hon member caernarvon mr wigley know column report stage stage possible table amendment select discuss mr cecil parkinson hertfordshire south beg amendment page line excess insert chairman discuss follow amendment page line excess insert amendment page line leave excess insert claim amendment page line period insert amendment page line end add mr parkinson sorry start debate important clause fairly narrow group amendment join right hon friend member finchley mrs thatcher protest way discussion have place think begin remark mind go headline accountancy age april read chief secretary go budget small effect company liquidity quote briefly speech report say column fairness chief secretary go company take different point view regard tax reserve available general use assume right hon gentleman believe say fact say tax reserve implication available general use alarm go act additional corporation tax misconceive say slam alarmist think right hon gentleman right assume think right token deferment tax government offer clause limited benefit interesting note general accountancy body recommend sum release set aside special defer tax account regard sum time future year claw available companys general fund available accord right hon gentleman early argument limited time major source investment company business fact clause bill suggest alarm march right hon gentleman accuse alarmist justify action clause evidence right hon gentleman change mind accept budget march typically loyal way defend company liquidity considerable damage clause admission right hon gentleman remark wrong paraphrase leader liberal party occasion alarmist secondly runup february election labour party attack conservative government implication high level company profit declare annual account constant theme labour partys campaign labour spokesman attack describe appalling profit say scandal implication bill reveal labour party make entirely spurious badlybased column profit suppose scandalous unacceptable evidence sort terrible motive conservative government profit relieve clause far profit scandalous tell deserve relief relieve company profitability far excessive time barely finance additional strain stock stick labour party beat conservative government reveal having base figment labour party imagination reality clause chancellor exchequer complicated way admit reasoning increase corporation tax surcharge advance corporation tax totally abandon typical chancellor choose admission way extremely complicated provision believe clause give welcome relief slightly unfair example take account company run stock efficiency money invest building company get cent relief disadvantage possibly inefficient company build stock level unnecessary time arbitrary relief clean way give relief prejudice finding sandilands committee government simply abandon act surcharge possibly cut corporation tax reverse chancellor measure march problem arise peculiar way relief give example fact deferral relief chief secretary treasury know great practical experience number company find disadvantage result clause advantage amendment associate accept amendment simple basis column company allow relief benefit choice relief claim need recite relief open company adversely affect force relief hon friend name associate amendment deal aspect want refer briefly group relief liability shortfall relief double taxation company disadvantage force relief accept amendment make tax little flexible government prejudice objective accept chief secretary sincere want relief company want benefit relieve cash problem great relief allow apportionment suggest old standard treasury answer cost available right hon gentleman today sure manage cost highly improbable set circumstance variable involve accept right hon gentleman admit mistake march sincere want relief think relief effectively give greatly increase cost treasury small group amendment accept chief secretary treasury mr joel barnett oblige hon member hertfordshire south mr parkinson agreeable way move amendment kind quotation speech find interesting hear hon gentleman point deferral tax right hide house common intention tax variety reason shall come amendment column hon gentleman point joint accountancy body owe allegiance like know like issue disagree hon gentleman say shortterm method deal problem precisely clear shortterm method deal give effect certainly complicated form relief hon gentleman suggest rough ready form relief admit await report sandilands committee hope available spring bill hope bring form relief suitable meet point hon gentleman example accept company obtain relief clause necessarily limited company worth stock variety reason hope help following year relief intend commit give dispute clause arbitrary reform relief propose narrow amendment involve argument march budget right wrong talk substantial relief give clause nature representation receive quarter fact recognise company have liquidity problem seek help short term tax pay january year administrative problem give short time span january enable revenue necessary repayment appropriate collect tax crucial relief rough ready nature thing company help column hon gentleman want question act surcharge totally different matter hon gentleman say preferred action take repayable company form relief positive reduction taxation year time liquidity problem hope hon gentleman recognise try meet immediate problem meet later issue spring budget true hon gentleman say certain instance company able use relief year hon gentleman cite company able group relief shortfall problem question double taxation relief hon gentleman right sense hand surplus loss create relief give clause available carry forward future profit sense think particularly ungenerous submit hon gentleman propose situation complicated complicated add refinement complicated revenue deal large number claim submit despite fact limit committee allow right disclaimer order carry forward relief year right purpose clause purpose clause help year second later year house common opportunity decide spring finance bill start relief available certain company year allow carry forward confused relief different know propose introduce spring finance bill hope clear committee clause column final version form inflationaccounte relief shall eventually mind add refinement complication improve situation worsen hope committee feel able agree well accept admittedly rough ready relief come refined form relief spring finance bill mr j enoch powell south chancellor exchequer prepare budget function permanent adviser remind certain welltried principle public finance sense custodian imagine chancellor exchequer contemplate proposal embody clause principle bring attention taxation purpose lending borrow lending borrowing separate relationship government citizen taxation endeavour confuse lead trouble worth opposite sense borrowing taxation live long dreary experience postwar credit converse form use taxation borrowinglending purpose instead offer relief taxation instead deal problem directly fiscally chancellor exchequer frame provision form lending government corporation guise taxation predict succeed series amendment cause inequity irritation difficulty short run object recoup money claw course frustrate thing happen real life get year year circumstance finance bill ought look stand look fiscally frame instead form loan chancellor exchequer create inequity taxpayer taxpayer present series column draw attention inequity force group taxpayer loan want loan disadvantageous shall come later clause inequity believe principle chancellor exchequer attempt follow wrong hon friend support opposition mark disapproval principle consequence subsequent amendment mr peter rees dover deal propose intervene debate bind tell chief secretary having listen speech leave state perplexity ready conclude possibly understand scope measure relief attempt introduce clause appropriate necessary debate context find clause observe understand chancellor exchequer endeavour redress wrong corporate sector march budget believe clause look clear eye possibly chancellor hope pilot support party go party say wrong march deprive company cash resource ill spare wish amend reduce rate corporation tax simple honourable way deal problem get support badly need leftwe member party measure search dubious way give relief apparent lack interest government bench chancellor doubt say cent party understand remain cent understand sympathise approve chief secretary appear nod head dissent know column know party tactical thought chancellor background judge clause chief secretary tell rough ready clause measure relief give haphazard extreme efficient company close measure stock control limit stock end appropriate accounting period little benefit measure relief effective company considerable unjustified measure relief inevitable relief dish roughandready basis order apparently obscure issue underlie hope chief secretary come point later evening proceeding relief debtor number debtor year end considerably increase impact inflation exclude service show crude measure relief crude measure relief believe committee endeavour far refine believe hon friend member hertfordshire south mr parkinson keen accountant mind hit simple expedient accept government allow company select relief wish hon friend demonstrate situation advantageous company measure relief entitle clause point refer relief misnomer know loan rate advantage gain present accounting period comparable disadvantage later accounting period case timeo danaos look purport gift chief secretary context suspicion doubtful gift doubtful gift taxpayer opportunity reject let know bureaucratic mind accuse chief secretary have bureaucratic mind refer gentleman official box pass note mr joel barnett indicate dissent mr ree delighted know chief secretary confident grasp complexity horrify bill able battle unsupported hon friend gentleman box unique occasion chief secretary battle unaided native wit intelligence profound grasp complexity matter know bureaucratic mind grope precedent remind chief secretary established respectable precedent allow taxpayer decide particular relief advantage claim recent measure deal capital allowance escape mind finance act finance act chief secretary assistance gentleman box know respectable precedent refine crude form advantage chief secretary offer urge consider little closely appear implication hon friend attempt summarily conceive sufficient perception dismiss ask chief secretary reconsider point justice implication measure amendment mr john cope gloucestershire south want address remark directly amendment want prejudice discuss later clause right hon member south mr powell speak lending borrowing problem question accelerate retard tax payment date pay bill householder know day utmost importance amount sense loan amount acceleration retarding payment right hon member south house summer discuss advance corporacolumn tax thing direction discuss reversal discuss summer question act true accelerate retard provision certain inequity different group relief particularly sort roughandready basis relief complain roughness readiness welcome readiness accept roughness come question claim chief secretary say difficult inland revenue claim allow think claim agree course case exchequer agree total claim difficult exchequer agree claim agree total claim position easy taxpayer moment circumstance find horn dilemma claim claim total easy able claim amendment provide horn dilemma chief secretary say spring budget spring finance bill sort long term permanent presumably rough ready measure introduce able wait spring finance bill receive royal assent claim month royal assent bill come unlikely month royal assent spring finance bill far place horn real dilemma amendment allow people claim difficulty amendment extend period month amendment provide way difficulty way choose well explanation chief secretary mr joel barnett important point raise right hon member south mr powell principle taxation lending borrowing hesitate right hon gentleman think miss point sphere taxation unusual taxpayer obtain tax relief certain way later stage repay relief simple example immediately spring mind company buy piece plant obtain capital allowance later sell plant profit excess write figure tax purpose repay tax relief principle dissimilar form relief consider go deal point later amendment right hon gentleman raise shall right hon gentleman point way give relief cause great inequity taxpayer way suggest give final relief year create great inequity taxpayer company obtain substantial relief clause stock substantially increase possibly volume value go business shortly year end sell stock inflated value substantial tax relief hope right hon gentleman think equitable sense principle capital allowance hope right hon gentleman realise consider admittedly rough ready measure decide implement postponement basis permanent basis basis complicate refinement hon learn member dover deal mr ree suggest mr nigel lawson blaby chief secretary comment right heart problem account inflationary year system inflation account way make right fair continue basis time right column business come end end year different provision introduce case mr barnett hon member entirely make point accept proposition inflationproofe await report sandilands committee time refinement hon member like type refinement suggest hon learn member dover deal respect relief debtor service precisely want quickly sure hon member want bring haphazard measure delighted hon member gloucestershire south mr cope say welcome readiness accept roughness scheme oblige want help company quickly provide relief setoff year company pretend ideal way deal problem long term give substantial measure tax relief help liquidity large number company january year think support member committee reason hope opposition feel able accept amendment serve purpose outline mr david howell guildford right hon hon friend say bring home bizarre consequence flow wish chief secretary government resist amendment chief secretary insistence allornothing approach picture conjure inland revenue seek force company prefer relief loan drink dreg chalice peculiar twist gyration government taxation policy produce chief secretary ill luck promote dispatch box modest amendment move extreme reason column hon friend member hertfordshire south mr parkinson deal simply chief secretary stick doggedly allornothing approach case company tax situation actually suffer loss year year chief secretary say moment ago government want help company chief secretary far government want correct overcome damage company early measure aim state chief secretary know company help suffer rough ready proposition chief secretary insist haunting word hear want quickly expression marvellous epitaph administration tombstone government act quickly produce rough ready scheme produce bizarre situation company chief secretary say want help hinder suffer think say opening comment loss incur result company take scheme adversely affect overseas tax situation carry forward understand mean mean relief generate future year contradict proposition try relieve situation past year chief secretary senior colleague government lead path incredible complexity difficulty taxis kind contribution right hon member south mr powell timely indicator impossible situation government wander committee stage chief secretary easily concede amendment propose perfectly reasonable way resist trouble arrive curious situation reason accept column shall examine argument chief secretary advance resist amendment shall consider raise matter report advise hon friend press amendment clear chief secretary moment interpret moderation matter typical feeling measure indication way intend proceed think give way choose disappointing surprising administration bent bind entangle bad silliest form tax provision merely window tax description ian macleod give set taxation devise molest bind shackle man amendment negative mr norman lamont kingstonuponthame beg amendment page line leave subsection insert clear partly welcome chancellor exchequer remarkable reversal chief secretary engaging lack patriotism past idea brush aside shall quote right hon gentleman letter write chancellor company liquidity answer receive extremely complacent question ask debate chancellor go far profit cause inflation largely ignore column purpose noticeable principle include price code realism consistency require principle apply question company pay tax benefit provision category think include company british leyland matter speed deterioration cash position british company go see debt corporate sector raise raise debt market billion soar astonishing figure billion matter see context project million deficit corporate sector time budget chancellor scoff treat highly alarmist bring astonishing reversal chancellor attitude suppose figure appear investment unemployment unemployment figure publish worry believe provision clause certain threat claw tax defer remove effect chancellor hope intend believe investment fall fast unemployment rise fast happen uncertainty remove happen important happen stock appreciation percentage trading profit cent cent half rise astonishing cent problem grow underestimate require deal reason uncertainty cause chancellor proposal relate special way choose relief system closing stock year opening stock year leave open possibility relief claw future date column amendment propose instead subtract closing stock incorrect opening stock relief add old opening stock leave closing stock correct amendment line suggest company find year time reduce stock value volume nil close stock position large clawback happen company close happen simply efficient furthermore restriction relief amount cent trading income continue particularly fall stock stable price relief claw year method propose amendment closing stock remain high correct figure opening stock period closing stock diminish volume value closingdown situation method lead correct assessment tax position chancellor proposal tax claw closingdown situation stock efficiently closingdown situation stock sell cost high profit figure appear artificially low opening stock result method propose government objection amendment government figure allow balance sheet balance whilst consultation matter answer x relief add opening stock add x relief contra capital loss account object exercise government avoid payment tax artificial profit method attribute previous year profit difference profit assess tax chancellor method profit madecolumn device lead clawing relief give addition chancellor method give relief undervalue company tendency increase inflation accelerate disadvantage government method simply deferral tax give certainty future stock fall great efficiency tax claw present method continue reach period stabilisation profit tax company need great amount money refinance expansion period recession slump company cease trade creditor badly affect government method inland revenue substantial claim period stock low closingdown situation method propose great assurance industry clean simple method ensure relief give claw high rate tax future date rate corporation tax cent cent rate increase later date believe relief frame present accountant banker try assess company financial strength view relief grant deferred liability banking system able credit underwrite investment industry way government hope expect believe chancellor go far method propose believe considerable uncertainty fear tax claw future chief secretary able accept amendment like believe result government wish relief appear mr joel barnett agreeable listen way hon member kingstonuponthame mr column present case occasion tell customary practice abide practice quick debate amendment seek change method relief final relief intend deferral postponement deal matter briefly reply right hon member south mr powell case deferral indefinite normal trading company indefinite deferral event clear clause temporary measure spring finance bill clear mr parkinson think chief secretary say extremely important want ensure hear correctly permanent deferral trading company mr barnett say case permanent deferral trading company continue trade stock normal level normal level account get present relief inflation major turn downwards stay level question clawback relief position stay position time company close sell stock take similar course action mr peter ree let hypothetical figure cent consider rate inflation let suppose rate dwindle cent cent follow right hon gentleman expect relief claw inflation constant cent deferral indefinite mr barnett sure hon learn gentleman understand position clearly feeling have company final stock cent inflation stock value stock value end follow year company able relief system column following year rate inflation cent value high previous hope reasonably clear hon learn gentleman point mr cope say relief indefinite believe right hon gentleman word indefinite bill alter valuation closing stock ignore amendment moment alteration value opening stock closing stock immediate clawback bill mr barnett come point interrupt time hardly start hon gentleman presuppose shall future bill clear clause stand deferral continue indefinitely clear change spring bill shall refinement form inflation accounting stock plus company sandiland report report time shall ensure additional relief think absolutely clear mr geoffrey dodsworth hertfordshire southwest sure comprehension correct legislation deferment year subsequently tax pay case shall greatly oblige right hon gentleman clear defer mr barnett deferment year legislation change clause stand clear clear intend change say half dozen time rough ready measure introduce year continue kind relief company continue permanent deferral column form relief permanent say spring bill hope benefit sandiland report shall introduce relevant form relief clause stand accept fear express understandable people right fear clear shall question automatic clawback relief hope able assure committee automatic clawback relief contemplation intend claw relief argue amendment good approach year final form relief argue good approach permanent form stock inflationaccounting company permanent position year year hope try briefly reply right hon member south inequitable allow relief final basis clear number occasion provisional form relief advance instalment eventually clear apply trader company stock excess method give immediate relief company liquidity problem nature thing rough ready measure wrong relief give give large company stock excess advance instalment eventual permanent relief statute book eventually large company subject rule applicable temporary measure believe right relief permanent deferral basis mr john loveridge upminster committee grateful assurance relief give claw chancellor speak november postponement tax liability say like assurance word pledge right hon gentleman assurance mr barnett hon gentleman committee assurance contemplate general clawback instance relief claw hope committee agree right suppose company give cent tax relief piece plant sell plant price tax relief claw unusual sure hon member agree instance wrong allow company retain relief principle apply stock mrs thatcher indicate dissent mr barnett sorry disagree right hon lady suppose company increase stock year talk let inflation increase volume government give relief increase wholly taxfree day year end company completely sell stock surely right company taxfree mrs thatcher crosspurpose right hon gentleman know usually different provision cessation prevent put special provision cessation usual accept analogy capital allowance balancing charge wholly different balancing charge come specific event specific misleading cloud position bring true analogy mr barnett agree right hon lady instance apply cessation business company carry trade stock excessively high year end stock come permanently low level right enormous relief column mean permanent relief company inflationary increase stock misrepresent misunderstand purpose clause suggest purpose clause immediate relief company inflationary stock increase increase permanent basis right continue relief indefinitely believe right hon lady want spend taxpayer money way give substantial relief way amendment seek indefensible hon member kingstonuponthame say wrong pay tax artificial profit submit wrong pay tax relief artificial loss loss mr ian stewart hitchin sake clarity ask chief secretary willing assurance committee wide audience take interest discussion effect government introduce measure spring finance bill favourable company benefit present arrangement reduction stock level company carry continue business theoretical possibility increase value money deflation take place oppose inflation committee need clear assurance chief secretary illustration entirely clear form assurance give mr peter ree far find incite result chief secretary reply speak intend reply right hon gentleman constantly leave impression grasp inwardness amendment inwardness relief endeavour foist business community interruption foist echo debate amendment chief secretary column company pick choose relief want reopen particular right hon gentleman inflict commercial life country amendment mean ensure advantage company claim relief relation accounting period end corresponding disadvantage subsequent accounting period chief secretary appear miss point point corresponding disadvantage chancellor illjudge march measure inflict considerable damage cash flow company modest measure relief effort redress damage limited degree concerned turn offset corresponding disadvantage subsequent accounting period amendment seek talk relief perpetuate indefinitely open new vista relate amendment hon friend note great interest light sandiland committee report endless vista relief company good news amendment seek claim note far wide chief secretary offer note generous debate dog day june july happy note change heart ask away generalised generosity offer accept gratitude specific point amendment corresponding disadvantage accounting period company claim advantage relief chief secretary divine matter fine calculation company claim relief people know claim entirely reassure chief secretary breezy statement government adopt sandiland perpetuate relief indefinitely moment ask people crucial decision column chief secretary accept amendment ensure relief take away corresponding detriment subsequent accounting period hope clear chief secretary intervene hope mr fitch opportunity catch eye change heart minute ago mr lawson chief secretary say know system rotten arbitrary unfair terrible mistake having march good system treasury cobble hurry respectable forthcoming budget agree shabby way attempt deal company liquidity problem account time inflation try find precisely chief secretary propose replace system wish anticipate right hon friend budget chief secretary argue amendment chiefly say well pipeline right chief secretary cease talk relief talk relief corporate sector get away system inflation company tax phoney profit genuine profit paper creation mixture inflation orthodox accounting principle socalled doomsday machine put respectable profitable efficient company bankruptcy measure prevent happen high degree inflation relief measure justice establish talk measure relief measure take avoid impose high burden taxation time rapid inflation chief secretary clear talk replacement oneoff clause merely refined system provide element inflation stock appreciation take account inflation account full sense take column effect depreciation major point company account profit introduce forthcoming budget right hon gentleman confine stock appreciation important introduce regardless sandilands committee report date want inflationary accounting form indexation chief secretary know importance attach opposition member indexation time rapid inflation merely corporate taxation sector individual matter corporate liquidity discuss committee finance bill month ago government attitude sum paymastergeneral wish pick paymastergeneral probably wellinforme member treasury team economic matter say come astonishing conclusion evidence liquidity problem go later say manifestly nonsense time bigotry hardly unawareness fact inflation surely lack awareness consequence inflation profit unawareness existence rigid price code price control exist continue cripple company liquidity government manage wrong view think liquidity crisis column clause adequate think step need take improve company liquidity time chain reaction bankruptcy start small company likely bail recognise position british industry mr joel barnett like try help hon learn member dover deal mr ree hon member blaby mr lawson ask know want answer yes hope day mr lawson right hon gentleman answer question ask answer question ask mr barnett hon member hitchin mr stewart ask assurance relief give clause think absolutely clear clause clawback chancellor say new measure spring bill general clawback year question assurance accuse hon learn member dover deal generalised generosity true form relief arbitrary short time arbitrary mr peter ree corporation tax mr barnett corporation tax arbitrary necessarily go area suffer inflation surprised view take hon learn member dover deal mr peter rees rise mr barnett way hon learn gentleman doubt shall hear debate tell easily incite know say foist relief company think take thing little far like think column foist relief company think generally welcome say regard assurance give company happy relief claw time answer 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This joint resolution nullifies the interim final rule submitted by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security and published on March 29, 2022, concerning procedures for the consideration of asylum claims and other related issues. (Among other changes, the interim final rule requires an asylum seeker subject to expedited removal to be screened by an asylum officer for a credible fear of persecution or torture, rather than a credible fear of persecution, reasonable possibility of persecution, or reasonable possibility of torture.)

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Aug 26, 2024 Donald Trump and RFK Jr. Speak at Turning Point in Arizona. Read the transcript here. Kari Lake (00:01): And I thought to myself, so is this what Frank Sinatra sang about in New York, New York? This was Trump Tower. This was New York City. If we could make it there, you can make it anywhere. Jeff and I were there. We were led into his office, and behind a large beautiful desk sat a larger-than-life Donald J. Trump. He welcomed us. He welcomed us, and immediately we launched into a recap, and he remembered a recap of a Turning Point event that we had both attended about a month earlier. And he talked about the huge, loud, incredible, warm applause that I had received when he called out my name from you, the people of Arizona. And he said to me, I’ll never forget it, he said, “Kari, that wasn’t a poll that you hire a pollster to do. That was a real poll. That was the people telling me who they support.” (00:56)And then he began asking a few questions, questions about how the campaign was going, polling, about policy. And I’ll be honest, I was able to answer all of them with no problem, except for one, a very important question that took Jeff and me completely off-guard. And my husband, I don’t know where he is. Are you out here, Jeff? Somewhere? Come here, hon. Say hi to Jeff please. Do you remember what the president asked us? Jeff Halperin (01:43): He asked us how long we’d been married. Kari Lake (01:48): That’s what stumped us. Jeff forgot. And to Jeff’s benefit, I also forgot. We turned to each other and we started counting and doing the math and we came up with the figure 23 years. So we’ll never get that wrong again, will we? I love you. I love this man. Thanks, hon. Three weeks ago, Jeff and I celebrated our 26th anniversary. It feels like the first year, doesn’t it? So let me get through this story. So what was supposed to be a 15-minute meeting had turned into an hour-long conversation with Donald Trump. At the end of it all, the president rose. He shook our hands. He told me he would support me and endorse me. It was the greatest birthday gift I’d ever received. Really great. Long story long, I spent my 52nd birthday in New York City with the greatest president. I’m spending my 55th birthday here in Glendale with all of you and the greatest president. And Arizona, I look forward to spending my 56th birthday in Washington D.C. with the greatest president representing you, the greatest people in the entire country. (03:27)Decades ago, like many of you, on my 18th birthday, I registered as a Republican, inspired by a man named President Ronald Reagan, whose very powerful words still guide us. I think one of his most famous speeches, he said, “You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We’ll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we’ll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.” That speech was called A Time For Choosing, and that’s exactly where we stand at this moment. We’re at a crossroads and we have choice right now. We either save this country and our best days are ahead of us, or we plunge into a thousand years of darkness. (04:17)Guys, we’re going to save this country. Ronald Reagan spoke those words on behalf… Did you know this? He spoke those words on behalf of Arizona’s favorite son, Senator Barry Goldwater, a man whose senate seat I would be honored to fill. I really would. Back then, the media called him extreme. The media called Reagan extreme. They called Trump extreme. They call me extreme, and they call each and every one of you extreme. Yep, because we are onto their corrupt system. Can you imagine calling a middle-aged mom like me a far right extremist? Speaker 3 (05:10): We love it. Kari Lake (05:15): She said, “We love it.” You know what? So far I have been right about everything, and the only extreme thing about us and me is that I’m extremely worried about my children’s future. I am. I’m extremely worried about what my opponent, Ruben Gallego, will do to the state that we love. I’m running against the most radical man to ever run for office in Arizona history. Have you seen Ruben’s commercials? Honestly, they should come with a laugh track because they are an absolute joke. They really are. For a decade in Congress, this man was a card-carrying member of the Progressive Caucus, a man actually to the left of Bernie Sanders and to the left of The Squad. And now he’s bombarding our airwaves with ads meant to make him look like a cross between Mr. Rogers and G.I. Joe, when in reality he’s just Nancy Pelosi with a scruffy beard. Now, guys, if you don’t mind it, I’m about to lay out some hard truths about my opponent, Ruben Gallego. And I’m not telling you this to be mean. I’m really not. I’m telling you this because the people have got to know before they vote who this guy is. His ads leave out a whole lot of despicable treatment of women. His ads don’t tell you about the time that he harassed and threatened a 20-year-old female intern, and when she complained about it, she was fired. His ads don’t tell you about the fact that his fellow Democrats down at the state legislature gave him the nickname The Troll because of how creepy and degrading he was with women. And his ads don’t tell you about the time he told the Latina woman that because she was a Republican, she wasn’t a real Latina. (07:35)Can I hear it for our incredible conservative Latina women? We got a house full, including my daughter right down there. His ads don’t tell you frankly about the most unforgivable act against a woman, when he walked out on his pregnant wife when she was nine months pregnant. Days before she delivered their firstborn child, he served her papers and he ran off to sleep with a D.C. lobbyist. That’s despicable. I can promise you, if Ruben Gallego will abandon his family to jump in bed with a lobbyist, he will abandon Arizona in favor of D.C. lobbyists every single vote. (08:38)If his treatment of women isn’t enough to keep him out of the US Senate, then his voting record ought to be. I want to talk about his votes. He supports open borders. This is actually shocking. He told donors, when it comes to the border, it’s not his expertise. He called the border wall, which is keeping us safe in some areas, dumb and stupid. And he voted against the SAVE Act. That means he wants millions of illegals to vote in this upcoming November election. Bad idea, Ruben. He voted for sanctuary cities. He supports amnesty. He’s weak on law and order. I don’t even think he likes our police officers. He actually called them the bad guys. He did. The direct quote, in case the media wants to fact-check me, he said, “The bad guys are the ones behind the police line.” How dare you, Ruben. How dare you. (09:48)He marched at defund the police rallies, and then he threatened ICE agents. He’s weak on the economy. He voted for legislation that resulted in this 40-year-high inflation. That’s why we can’t afford anything. And when it came to the very short period of time that he worked in the private sector, he was a director for a bank that built immigrant families out of their life savings. At another company he worked for, under federal investigation during Ruben’s time for Medicare fraud… Guys, I’m telling you all this because the fake news media won’t cover him. Let me tell you, if I had one of those digs against me, they would be all over it, and they won’t cover him. If Ruben Gallego is willing to defraud Medicare, he’s willing to cut Medicare. He ripped off our seniors before he will do it again. I want you to know what it comes to Medicare and Social Security, our seniors paid into it and they lived up to their end of the deal. Uncle Sam needs to live up to his end of the deal. Let me be perfectly clear. When I’m in the US Senate, any politician that tries to lay a finger on your Medicare or your Social Security will have to go through me. And worse yet, they’re going to have to go through President Trump, and that guy’s bulletproof. Arizona, we’ve got to reject the dead-end Biden-Harris agenda that Ruben Gallego voted for a hundred percent of the time. We can’t take four more years of this. But the good news is we don’t have to take four more years of it. The problems we face are massive, but the solutions are so simple. America First policies. Strong economy, safe border, safe streets, energy dominance, record low inflation, mortgage rates, unemployment. When we win, we’re going to bring back that hot job market that President Trump introduced. Frankly, the only people I want to see out of a job are the human smugglers, the drug smugglers, the child traffickers, the cartels. And I’d like to see the propagandists in the media on the unemployment line. (12:46)Arizona, we deserve clean, safe, and secure neighborhoods. We deserve to be prosperous again and our children deserve a shot at the American dream. And I’m going to be a little bit selfish right now. I’m not a career politician. I’m a mother of two beautiful children. My son is 19. Let’s hear it for our boys, our strong young men. We need you guys. I’m worried about my son and daughter’s future and I’m worried about your future as well. I’m a fed-up mama bear who recognizes that President Trump is the only person who could lead us out of this nightmare and restore the American dream. And that’s why we elected him in 2016 and in 2020. Are you ready to elect him again in 2024? Arizona, vote Trump for president and Lake for US Senate. We know President Trump stands for American greatness. I will stand for Arizona greatness. So here’s my promise to you starting on day one. I will work with President Trump to secure the border and finish the wall. Multiple speakers (14:21): Build the wall. Build the wall. Build the wall. Build the wall. Build the wall. Build the wall. Kari Lake (14:26): That’s right. That’s right. Multiple speakers (14:46): Build the wall. Build the wall. Build the wall. Build the wall. Build the wall. Kari Lake (14:46): From the Gulf Coast all the way to the Pacific Ocean, 16 million people have poured across our border during the Biden invasion. In order to save our homeland, we got to send them back to their homeland. We will begin the largest repatriation operation this world has ever seen. We will define the drug cartels as foreign terrorists and we will use every ounce of energy our law enforcement and military has to put them out of business for good. That’s how we end human smuggling. That’s how we end child sex trafficking. (15:46)That is how we end the scourge of fentanyl. The number one cause of death right now for our young people is fentanyl poisoning. Too many sons and daughters and sisters and brothers and loved ones are being wiped out by these cheap, counterfeit, poisonous pills. 290,000 young people are gone under border czar Kamala Harris and Ruben Gallego. Gone. Under their reign of incompetence, we’ve lost a generation of young Americans. This is our future. This generation is our future and we want it to be strong. So my message to young voters, and they’re all over this place, I will be your biggest advocate in Washington D.C. I will do everything I can to help you guys start a family, own a home, and live the American dream. (16:51)I have one favor to ask you though. I want you guys, when you think of that American dream, to dream big. Really, really big, okay? Because the future is going to be bright. The future coming your way is going to be very, very bright. Now, a couple more promises. Before I vote on any legislation, first of all, I plan to read it, okay? And then I’m going to ask myself a few questions. Will this make Arizona safer, stronger, more affordable? Will it make our country more secure and prosperous? And is it constitutional? And if the answer is yes, yes, yes, yes and yes, then I’m going to vote yes for it. It’s pretty simple. I will support legislation that calls for the death penalty for any criminal who kills a police officer in the line of duty. And my message to law enforcement, any of you in this crowd, let me hear from you if you’re in this crowd and your law enforcement. And their families. Any family of law enforcement here? (18:20)I’ve got your back, because you always have our back. I’ve got your back. And that’s why the law enforcement unions around this state have endorsed me. I got a message to moms and dads. This is one’s really near to my heart. I will crack down on any school pushing gender insanity on our precious children. We’re done. We’re done. We’re done. God did not put our kids in the wrong body. The people pushing this sickness are in the wrong job. I will support education that focuses on teaching the fundamentals, along with skills training so our kids are ready for the jobs right out of high school. And I will help save girls’ sports and save women’s athletic scholarships. Girl power. Democrats always say trust the science. Well, I do, and the science shows there’s only two genders. (19:52)Okay. Finally, we’re going to address the water issue in Arizona and the American Southwest. We’re going to identify new sources of water and explore desalination options, including piping fresh water into the West. And we’re going to make California do more to collect water runoff and snow melt. Arizona’s tired of being punished for California’s recklessness. We need a return to common-sense America First policies. We’re going to take our first step toward that when we vote in Arizona. Ballots hit mailboxes October 9th. Yes, we have voting season here. And election day is November 5th, and we all have a part in saving America. Vote early if you want. Sign up to be a poll worker and a poll observer. Go to tpaction.com/100 and sign up to be a ballot chaser. Can you do that, guys? And if you know somebody who lives outside of Arizona who wants to come and help our state, Turning Point Action will pay for their hotel for the month of October so they can come in and chase ballots. Invite your friends in. (21:23)We all have got to get involved. No one is too young. No one is too old. Charlie said it. By the way, is Charlie Kirk great? He’s amazing. Charlie said it. We welcome all Republicans. All Republicans. Independents and disaffected Democrats too. This movement, it’s called America First. We’re not just Republicans first. We welcome everybody. This is about bringing America together. Our founding father, Benjamin Franklin, was 81 years old when he said, “We have a republic if you can keep it.” We are in the “if you can keep it” part. And at 43 years old, John F. Kennedy famously said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” We got to step it up and save our country right now. (22:25)As one of the greatest leaders in humankind who’s about to take the stage always says, let’s make America great again. We will do it. Arizona, vote Donald J. Trump for president, vote Kari Lake for US Senate, and vote Republican up and down that ballot. And when you do, we will make Arizona great again. We will make America great again. I love you all. God bless you. God bless President Trump. And God bless state 48. Speaker 1 (24:00): Presidential mic check, one, two. Mic check, one, two. Speaker 4 (25:02): Everyday expenses have skyrocketed by double digits since Biden and Harris both took office Speaker 2 (25:07): Since then, the burden of record high inflation has continued to push the limits for people across the country. Speaker 5 (25:12): The number of Americans living paycheck to paycheck jumped to 61%. Speaker 6 (25:17): Domestic policy, economic policy, immigration policy, foreign policy, energy policy, law and order. All of it is downright dangerous. Speaker 1 (25:26): Americans are hurting, but we have to go forward now. The country needs a win in this. Speaker 2 (25:34): And there’s only one person who can make bad vision a reality. Donald J. Trump. Donald Trump (25:44): I’ll fight for you with every breath in my body. Speaker 7 (25:50): He’s the most resilient human being I’ve ever heard. Donald Trump (25:52): We’ll defend America against all threats and protect America against all dangers. Speaker 8 (25:59): He brought manufacturing back to America. Small businesses flourished. He did what he promised. He put America first. Speaker 9 (26:06): You had prosperity under Trump. People’s incomes were going up. Not only did he keep his promise, but the results are there to show. Donald Trump (26:14): We’ll never give in, we’ll never give up, and we will never stop fighting for our country, our flag, and our freedom. Speaker 10 (26:21): There is no bulldozer strong enough to remove the legacy that he has built. Donald Trump (26:27): I will never stop fighting for you. Speaker 11 (26:30): He was ready to go face the cameras and come and swing. Speaker 12 (26:31): [inaudible 00:26:37] going to blow up. Speaker 13 (26:31): Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump. MUSIC (26:56): And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free. (26:56)And I won’t forget the men who died who gave that right to me. (27:00)And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today. (27:02)Because there ain’t no doubt I love this land. God bless the U.S.A. (27:29)From the lakes of Minnesota to the hills of Tennessee. (27:36)Across the plains of Texas from sea to shining sea. (27:42)From Detroit down to Houston and New York to L.A. (27:50)Where’s pride in every American heart, and it’s time we stand and say. (27:54)That I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free. (27:54)And I won’t forget the men who died who gave that right to me. (27:54)And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today. (27:54)Because there ain’t no doubt I love this land. God bless the U.S.A. (27:54)And I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free. (27:54)And I won’t forget the men who died who gave that right to me. (27:54)And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today. (27:54)Because there ain’t no doubt I love this land. God bless the U.S.A. Donald Trump (29:39): Well, thank you very much and a very big hello, Arizona. Hello, Phoenix. I’m thrilled to be back in this incredible state with thousands of proud, hardworking American patriots. That’s what you are. You built our country. 74 days from now, can you imagine? 74 days. Then we gently move into that beautiful White House and we take over our country and we make it great again. We’re going to win Arizona. We’re going to defeat comrade Kamala Harris, and we’re going to win back our beautiful White House. We’re going to win it back. We’re going to win it back in record force. Everyone here tonight is part of the greatest political movement in the history of our country. This is the greatest political movement. It’s called Make America Great Again. And it’s right now bigger and better and stronger than it ever was before. We won in 2016, and we did much better in 2020. Donald Trump (31:00): A lot of people don’t understand that, but we understand it. Millions and millions more votes, but those two are nothing like the spirit that we have now. It’s amazing, and that’s because we’ve seen how bad government can be. That’s why. It’s combinations of a lot of things, but the job they’ve done in destroying our country is unbelievable and people have seen it and because of that, there’s never been anything like this. Right, Carrie? Right? Our movement is not about Democrat versus Republican. It’s about patriotism and common sense. You have a common sense with a Party of common sense. You say what you want, nice to say conservative, but really, with a Party of common sense. We want fair elections, free elections. We want strong borders. We want a great military. We want great education. We want a nice home at low interest rates or low taxes and no regulations. (31:58)That’s why we’re welcoming support from millions and millions of disaffected Democrats and they are joining like wildfire. Now, it’s a little different than it was. We had somebody, I was up 18 points and they said, “Joe, you can’t win. You’re getting out of the race.” “No, I want to go and give it a shot.” “No, Joe. You’re getting out of the race, Joe, and if you don’t do it the nice way, we’ll do it the tough way, Joe.” And he said, “Okay.” And now I have a new opponent. This never happened before. We spent $100 million and a lot of time on defeating him, and as soon as he was gonzo… It all started with the debate. The debate, all that time, all that effort. A friend of mine said, “You did a terrible job in the debate.” I said, “Why do you say that? Everybody said I was brilliant.” They said, “No, you got him out of the race with that debate.” (32:57)It’s all right. We have to do what we have to do. Right? We have to do what we have to do, and now we have somebody that in theory should be easier to beat, in theory because she’s a radical left Marxist and everybody knows it, but we’re welcoming the support from millions of disaffected Democrats, independents, moderates, old-fashioned liberals who still believe in little things like borders. I was there yesterday. That’s a scary place. ” Sir, it’s about time that you get out of the sun. Sir, we’re going to have to get you out of here, sir. Let’s get the hell out of here.” She was the border czar. She presided over the worst border in history, not American history, world history, democracy, liberty, and of course, always the right of free speech. We don’t really have free speech right now. The press, look at all of them. Look at all of them. Look at that. Wow. Man. That’s a lot of press. That’s a lot of fake news. That’s a hell of a lot of fake news. (34:09)Gone forever is the old Democratic Party of FDR, JFK. That’s right, even Bill Clinton. Kamala Harris’ Democrat Party is the Party of free healthcare for illegal aliens, communist-style price controls, defund the police. All her life, she wants to defund the police. A little while ago she changed, didn’t she? Huh? Banning gas-powered cars and sex changes for minor children without parental consent. How about that one? How would you like that? Without parental consent. Can you imagine, your kid comes home without parental consent? “What happened to my baby? What happened?” The true divide in American politics today is between these far-left fascists, led by Harris and her group, and you know who her group is, and citizens of all political backgrounds who love our country, share traditional American values, the values that you have right here in this great state, and look past our differences to unite around a thing called our great American flag. (35:25)And we should speak to our great Congressmen and Congresswomen. They ought to make it illegal to burn the American flag. If you burn the American flag, you go to jail for one year. One year. That’s all. One year. You burn the American flag because in Chicago at the Democrat [inaudible 00:35:52], they were burning flags all over the place. You burn the American flag, they say it’s unconstitutional to do that. I think it’s constitutional. You burn the American flag, you go to jail for one year. Nobody’s going to be burning the American flag anymore. (36:10)Our opponents worship the deep state. We want to obliterate the deep state, slight difference. Thank you. Our opponents join with warmongers and neocons to wage endless wars, these wars that never end. We don’t even know who the hell the country is that we’re fighting. We believe that America is strongest when America is at peace. We want peace through strength. That’s what we want, like we had four years ago. We didn’t have any wars, except we wiped out ISIS very quickly. It was supposed to take five years to beat ISIS. I did it in three weeks. (36:56)They support coercive COVID vaccine mandates and want to fire you. If you don’t obey, you get fired. We oppose these mandates as a fundamental violation of our God-given rights. We don’t want the mandates. We don’t want the mandates. They want to arrest their political opponents and silence those who disagree. We reject censorship in all forms and we believe in freedom, open debate and fair, equal and impartial justice under the constitutional rule of law. Our opponents slander us as a threat to democracy. “Trump is a threat to democracy.” No, they’re a threat to democracy. How many times have you heard? It’s a talking point for them. Right, Deb? It’s a talking point. “Donald Trump is a threat to democracy.” And those guys say it too because they’re the same thing. They’re like a part. They’re a subsidiary of the Democrat Party. (37:59)Meanwhile, they rig their primaries, they force out Joe Biden, they force him out of the Party. Joe Biden got 14,000,000 votes in an unconstitutional coup, and they appoint a nominee who never got a single vote. And when she ran against this guy, and I’m no fan, he was the worst president in the history of our country. He let in millions and millions of people through her, let in millions of people who destroy our country, but we’re going to get those people out. The people that came in here from jails and prisons and mental institutions, but they threw them out. They ran against each other for the primary and she never even made it to the first state. The great State of Iowa, never made it. And now she’s the one running. A little strange, isn’t it? You see, that’s really a threat to democracy if you get right down to it, right? In our movement, we know that democracy does not mean rule by the Democrat establishment. It means rule by the American people. (39:09)Tonight, I’m very pleased to welcome a man who has been an incredible champion for so many of these values that we all share, and we’ve shared them for a long time. I don’t think too many of you people have heard of him. He’s very low-key. He’s a very low-key person, but he’s highly respected. He is a great person. I’ve known him for so long, for the past 16 months. Robert F. Kennedy Jr… MUSIC (39:40): There goes my hero. Watch him as he goes. There goes my hero. He’s ordinary. There goes my hero. Watch him as he… Donald Trump (39:40): Man, whoa. And he deserves it. He deserves it. Audience (39:41): USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA… Donald Trump (39:41): For the past 16 months, Bobby has run an extraordinary campaign for President of the United States. I know because he also went after me a couple of times. I didn’t like it, and I mean this sincerely. Had he been allowed to enter the Democrat primary, he would’ve easily beaten Joe Biden, but they wouldn’t let him in. They put up rules. I’ve never seen rules like he had to have 65% of the vote in order to run. Little things like that. His candidacy has inspired millions and millions of Americans, raised critical issues that have been too long ignored in this country, and brought together people from across the political spectrum in a positive campaign, grounded in the American values of his father, Robert Kennedy, a great man, and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy. (41:50)And I know that they are looking down right now, and they are very, very proud of Bobby. I’m proud of Bobby. You want to know the truth? And I don’t think I’ve ever introduced anyone that got applause like he just got. I must tell you, it’s true. I don’t think I’ve ever introduced anybody that got applause like that. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (42:19): Amazing. Donald Trump (42:19): Amazing. Still. Audience (42:19): Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! Donald Trump (42:47): Amazing. Soon after I was, I can’t even believe I have to say this, nearly assassinated in Pennsylvania last month, Bobby called me to express his best wishes. He knows firsthand the risks incurred by leaders who stand up to the corrupt political establishment. When you stand up, you bring on some trouble for yourself, but you have to do what’s right. You have to do what’s right for the country. I will tell you, we are both in this to do what’s right for the country. That’s one thing I can tell you. He lost his father and uncle in service to our country, and Bobby himself was subject to repeated threats to his safety during the course of his campaign while being denied protection by the Harris-Biden administration. (43:41)And this is a tribute in honor of Bobby. I am announcing tonight that upon my election, I will establish a new independent Presidential Commission on Assassination Attempts, and they will be tasked with releasing all of the remaining documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. And they will also conduct a rigorous review of the attack last month. But I tell you, I have never had more people ask me, “Please sir, release the documents on the Kennedy assassination,” and we’re going to do that. (44:39)I also want to salute Bobby’s decades of work as an advocate for the health of our families and our children. Nobody’s done more. Millions and millions of Americans who want clean air, clean water and a healthy nation have concerns about toxins in our environment and pesticides in our food. That’s why today I’m repeating my pledge to establish a panel, top experts working with Bobby to investigate what is causing the decades-long increase in chronic health problems and childhood diseases, including autoimmune disorders, autism, obesity, infertility, and many more. We want every child in America to grow up and to live a long and healthy life. (45:35)So I just want to ask Bobby to speak for a little while. I’ll stand aside. I’m going to stand aside, but I can only tell you I’ve known him a long time. We’ve been a little bit on the opposite side of the equation, but I will say this, he is a brilliant… I still think of him as young. He’s not that young. I always call him young, but he’s not that young. But he is a phenomenal person, a phenomenal man who loves the people of this country as much as anybody can love the people of this country. So Bobby, please say a few words. Thank you very much. Thank you. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (46:28): Thank you. Thank you, President Trump. Audience (46:42): Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (46:42): Thank you. A few hours after the assassination attempt at Butler, I got a call from a safe food advocate named Kelly Means, who’s been fighting for many years to try to end the corruption at CDC and FDA and USDA. And these institutions, these regulatory agencies are actually run by the big food processing companies, the big ag and the chemical companies, yet they’re supposed to regulate. And he said to me that he’d been advising me for many years and on my campaign, and he told me that night that he was also advising President Trump. And he asked if I would talk to President Trump? And I said, “Of course.” And about a few minutes later, I got a call from the president and we talked. We had a very good talk. And then he invited me to come see him the next day. And I went to Minneapolis and saw him. We met again a couple of weeks later in Florida and we talked not about the things that separate us because we don’t agree on everything, but on the values and the issues that bind us together. And one of the issues that he talked about was having safe food and ending the chronic disease epidemic. Our children are now the unhealthiest, sickest children in the world. Don’t you want healthy children? And don’t you want the chemicals out of our food? And don’t you want the regulatory agencies to be free from corporate corruption? And that’s what President Trump told me that he wanted. He also told me that he wanted to end the grip of the neocons on US foreign policy. He said he didn’t want any more $200-billion wars in Ukraine that we could use that money back here in the United States. And the best way to build a safe America is to rebuild our industrial base and rebuild the middle class in this country. And don’t you want a president who’s going to get us out of the wars and who’s going to rebuild the middle class in this country? And he told me that he wanted to end the censorship because the whole basis of American democracy is the free flow of information, and we know that a government that can silence its opponents has license for any kind of atrocity. And can you think of any time that you can look back in history and say that the people who were censoring were the good guys? They’re always the bad guys because it’s always the first step down that slippery slope to totalitarianism. And don’t you want a president who’s going to protect America’s freedoms and who is going to protect us against totalitarianism? And I want to ask you again, don’t you want a safe environment for your children? Don’t you want to know that the food that you’re feeding them is not filled with chemicals that are going to give them cancer and chronic disease? And don’t you want a president that’s going to make America healthy again? Thank you all very, very much, and God bless you, and God bless America. Audience (52:09): USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA! Donald Trump (52:33): Wow, that was something, huh? That was something. Fantastic guy. He did well, and the polls are good and all, but you have to remember, we have sort of like a two party system. It was designed that way and it’s awfully tough. And as well as he did, he’d be at 10 and 15 and 16 points sometimes. That’s a lot. That’s a lot. But if he were in a regular system like as a Democrat or perhaps as a Republican, but not against me, of course, but if he were in a regular system, there are a lot of people that maybe liked him the best, but they said, “We can’t vote.” So with all of those votes he was getting, he has a lot of votes that he could have gotten, I think he’s going to have a huge influence. We’re leading now, but I think he’s going to have a huge influence on this campaign. Actually, much bigger than you’d see in the polls, and those numbers are big to start off with. But Bobby and I will fight together to defeat the corrupt political establishment and return control of this country to the people. (53:48)And to all who supported Bobby’s campaign, I very simply ask you, join us in building this coalition. It’s a beautiful coalition in defense of liberty and safety, prosperity and peace. It’s going to be an incredible coalition and the relationship has been so good for so long. I have no doubt it’s going to work and work well, but we have to win. We have to take our country away from these people that are going to destroy our country. We won’t have a country left. So thank you very much. We need your vote. (54:24)As you all know, this week, the Democrats held their Convention. You probably saw at their Party. The media says the big message from their Convention was that we need to turn the page from the failures of the last four years. Do you believe it? They forgot they’ve run it for the last four years. She was saying last night, “We will stop the abuse. We will stop the high taxes.” I said, “You could have done it three and a half years ago.” In fact, you could leave that nice auditorium that you’re in and go to the White House right now. You want to have a strong border? All you have to do is say to the incredible Border Patrol, ICE, law enforcement, “Close the border now.” You don’t need bills. I did it, and we had the best border in history. (55:25)Put up that chart. Put it up. That chart, I love that chart. I love that chart. Put it up. I love that chart. Not everybody realizes, but that chart is very meaningful, even beyond the numbers that are on the chart. It shows the least numbers of illegal immigrants pouring into our country. Again, prisons, from mental institutions, terrorists, where the bottom arrow is. But you know what? That chart is meaningful in many ways. Some people understand what I’m talking about. I love you, darling. I love you. I’m going to sleep with that chart tonight, Deb. I’m going to sleep with that chart. (56:19)But isn’t that a beautiful site? Look at that. Look at that arrow. And then look what happens when… That was my last week in office, and look what happens after I left. It’s like a rocket ship. Look at that. Isn’t that terrible? No vetting, no checking. We have no idea who they are. They just pour into our country by the millions and millions and millions. We need to turn the page of four years of calamity and failure. They have had calamity and failure, and say, Kamala, you’ve done a horrible job. You’ve been the worst vice president in the history of our country. Kamala, you’re fired. You’re fired. Get out. Get out. Get out, Kamala. She’s the only person ever to get a nomination of a Party without getting one vote. She didn’t get one vote. (57:22)Hey, maybe she’s smarter than we think. You could look at it that way. As vice president, Kamala cast the deciding votes causing the worst inflation in decades, costing the typical American household, $28,000. Think of this. Higher prices. It was inflation, $28,000. As borders are, she flooded America with savage, illegal alien criminals who have been raping, pillaging and killing our cities and our towns. Three years ago this week, she was the final vote on the catastrophic Afghanistan withdrawal. And we were withdrawing, but we were going to withdraw with dignity, with grace and with strength. We would’ve been out faster, but we were going to keep [inaudible 00:58:15]. But that was the most embarrassing event in the history of our country, leading to horrific war and humiliation all over the world. When Putin saw that, he invaded Ukraine. It brought a lot of people back because they said, “The United States is run by incompetent people. The United States is no longer respected. It’s no longer strong.” That’s what they said. (58:40)A lot of these things that you’re seeing now wouldn’t have happened except for the horrible, horrible event of Afghanistan. I was dealing with the leader of Afghanistan, Abdul, and I said, “Abdul, you can’t kill our people.” He was killing our people. And I had a strong talk with him. I’m not going to get into it exactly. We went 18 months without one soldier being sniped at or shot at, not one soldier injured or killed. And then we had a tremendous election where we did probably 10,000,000 or 12,000,000 more votes that we got the first time. Most presidents don’t get as many votes the second time because people get bored, but they don’t get bored with me. They get bored. No, they get bored. (59:37)Like Barack Hussein Obama got far fewer votes the second time, and he won, he won. Have you heard of him? Barack Hussein Obama. Remember Rush? Rush Limbaugh, “Barack Hussein Obama.” He was nasty to me. He was nasty. Michelle was nasty. They’re all nasty, nasty people. They were very nasty. I was surprised. And I was sort of nice to him. I said, “No, I like him.” Good. It didn’t matter. They were nasty to me. And of course, last night, Kamala mentioned my name, I think 21 times. She didn’t mention the border. She didn’t mention inflation. She didn’t mention anything but my name over and over and over again. She blamed me for the border. I haven’t been there in four years. You saw it. I had the safest border, the best border we’ve ever had. She blamed me for the border. They lied so much. They lied about everything. She said, I was involved with something called Project 25. I don’t even know what the hell it is. No, they really were nasty. And then they say to me, “Sir, please stick to policy. Don’t stick to personality. You should be nice to people, sir. You have to be nice.” I call them up. My geniuses, they get paid a fortune. Actually, not that much, but I call up my people and say, “They’re knocking the hell out of me and you say I shouldn’t get personal. I have to get personal, don’t I?” I have to get personal. I have to get personal. They get personal, but I’m going to do my best. So they’re allowed to get personal with me, but I’m not allowed to get personal to them. They call me names that are so bad. Our great First Lady says, “But you’re not that way, darling.” They love our great First Lady, I will tell you. They do, they do. “But Donald Trump (01:02:01): But darling, you’re not that way. I said, “I know that,” and if I say something just slightly out of order, like, “She didn’t do a very good job last night,” please never, ever mention her look or anything like that. If you ever say, “She didn’t look really great,” that’s the end of your political career. So I wouldn’t say a thing like that. (01:02:24)How about her opening where she said, “Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.” I said, “What the hell is wrong with her, Deb?” Debbie Lesko. She’s a winner. (01:02:42)Is that Sheriff Joe? Oh. That’s Sheriff Joe. Look at that. A legend. And our Sheriff Joe’s looking at these clowns where they have no idea what they’re doing, where people come in by the millions. He had nobody come in. Remember, he dressed everybody in pink? Remember that, right? Is that right, Joe? They had to dress in pink. I mean, it wasn’t the worst. It wasn’t bad. I mean, you got a lot of killers that had to dress… Pink underwear, pink undershirt, and a pink outfit because he didn’t want them coming into our own country. (01:03:51)Do you remember Arizona when Sheriff Joe was at the border? You didn’t have people coming in. I think for the one year he had one person come in, but they got him. Now we have 3 million people coming in through your border. Your border. Oh, through the whole thing. It’s ridiculous. It’s not… Joe, it’s an honor. And I’ll tell you, people didn’t treat you right. You are a legend and you did a job like nobody else. It’s true. Audience (01:04:29): Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe. Donald Trump (01:04:39): Great going, Joe. And we love your wife. He lost his wife a few years ago and she was a hell of a woman, right, Joe? But she’s looking down at you and she’s proud of you. She’s saying, “You did very well with this group of people.” But I’ve known you for a long time. It was nobody like him. He understood the border better than anybody, and he ran it fairly. Very fair. But he ran it strong and they respected him. They didn’t even try. So thank you very much, Joe. Your wife is, she’s proud of you. She’s proud of you, very proud of you. (01:05:14)We’re grateful to be joined tonight by the founder of Turning Point Action, a gentleman named Charlie Kirk. Thank you, Charlie. What a job he does. I said, “Charlie, do me a favor. We got this thing won, but do me a favor: make sure they don’t cheat.” The only way they can do anything is if they cheat like hell and we’ve been victims of that. “Make sure they don’t cheat, Charlie. We don’t need the votes. We just want to make sure that they don’t cheat.” (01:05:49)Hello, Sheriff. How are we doing? How are you guys doing? Good, thank you. We need every sheriff to get over there, every law enforcement official, because we got the votes. We got to make sure everything’s on the up and up. Charlie and his team of people. I mean, he’s got hundreds of thousands of young people. It’s actually quite discriminatory. (01:06:14)Charlie, have you ever been sued by old people for not accepting them? He’s got the youngest looking group of people and their warriors. They’re unbelievable. The job Charlie has done is incredible. Thank you, Charlie. Thank you, Charlie. The job he’s done, it’s really incredible. (01:06:36)Also with us is an incredible congresswoman who has decided to go on to a certain board. Do you know what I’m talking about? The most important board maybe in the whole country, and she’s going to make sure everything’s on the up and up. Debbie Lesko. Debbie, thank you, Congresswoman. Thank you, Debbie. You make sure, Debbie. She just won a big election by a massive… Boy, you won that election easy. She won it pretty easy. (01:07:07)Another person who’s a friend of mine, he’s a warrior for a long time. He’s great. He loves his state, he loves our country. Andy Biggs. Congressman Andy Biggs, thank you. Thank you. (01:07:25)And two other warriors, a young one and a little bit older one, but boy, they are tough. You don’t get tougher than Eli Crane and Paul Gosar. Paul Gosar. Great. Thank you, Eli. Great, great. Beautiful. Great people. (01:07:46)And the next congressman from Arizona’s, eighth District Abe Hamadeh. Wow, it’s going to be good for a long time. He’s a young gentleman. Great Abe. Great job, great job. Great heart. He went through a tough one. Arizona GOP Chairwoman. She is doing a job. Gina Swoboda. Gina. She is doing a job. (01:08:18)And a very good friend of mine, the next senator from Arizona. I really believe this. Look, she’s running against… We don’t have to do a… I was going to bring her up. I was going to say, “Come on, Kari, speak,” but she just spoke for half an hour. What the hell am I going to do here? (01:08:39)But I will tell you, she’s running against a guy who’s a rubber stamp for, it used to be Biden. Now who the hell knows? I don’t even know. Do we know who it is? A rubber stamp for somebody. (01:08:55)But Ruben Gallego is horrible. He’s an open borders maniac. He’s a defund the police maniac. He shouldn’t be allowed to even run in this election against her, because Kari Lake is incredible. She’s incredible, she’s tough, she’s smart, she’s got heart, and she should be your next senator. I hope you win this sucker because you are winning. (01:09:29)You’re running against a guy that cannot carry your shoes. I’m being nice. You know the expression, “Can’t carry her shoes?” And you’re going to have a big victory, and we’re going to work together, and we’re going to make sure we win this state. I say this presidentially: if we win this state, which we’re expected to, we’re leading and all of that, we win the presidency and we have to take Kari Lake with us. Go get ’em. Go get ’em Kari. Go get ’em, Kari. Audience (01:10:07): USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA. Donald Trump (01:10:07): Very important. And honestly, we all know Kari. She’s been a newscaster for 22 years. Everybody knows her. She’s never had a problem. She’s solid as a rock. This guy is a freaking loser. He’s a loser. So with that, we’ll go on. But good luck, Kari. We love you. Special. (01:10:57)Since Democrats didn’t talk about Kamala’s horrendous record last night, we will. For nearly four years, Comrade Kamala Harris… I use that term. I don’t know if it’s good. Is it good or not? Tell me. Let’s do a poll. Let’s do a poll. I love these free polls. Instead of spending $250,000 to a pollster that doesn’t even poll. You know what they do? They take your money. They say, “Let’s see, all right. 49 to 50.” It’s one of the greatest businesses in history. (01:11:27)I get a free poll here. Do you like the name? She’s a radical. Left lunatic, okay? She’s a defunder of the police. She wants to defund all the things that we talk about. Do I call her Comrade Kamala Harris or do I not? Ready? Ready? What do I do there? You tell me. You could tell me better than anybody. Okay, ready? I’ll say yes or no. Yes? No? (01:12:11)Comrade Kamala Harris has overseen a nation-wrecking border invasion. This is a nation-wrecking… It’s an invasion. One of the ways… I built hundreds of miles of wall, I was there yesterday. I looked up and down, I said, “Man, I built a lot of wall,” and we could have put up 200 miles more, but they didn’t want to do it. And that’s when I said, “You know, I think they really want to open borders,” but we built much more wall than I said I was going to build, and you couldn’t see the end of it yesterday. You couldn’t see the end. We had a news conference. (01:12:51)But it’s a dangerous area. It’s a dangerous area because of her. Because of him, but he put her in charge. Whether she’s borders or… And that’s what she was called. Only recently did she say she doesn’t have that. (01:13:03)But you know what? She has been the worst manager, and the border patrol never even… They never even met her. She’s in charge of it. They never even met her. And you suffered the price. She’s allowed at least 20 million illegal aliens into our country, including millions and millions of unvetted fighting-age men from 159 countries. (01:13:29)You know, it’s no longer just South America. They come from Africa, the Congo, a lot coming from jails in the Congo. Let me tell you, these people, the nice thing, they make our criminals look like the nicest people on Earth. That’s how tough they are. (01:13:46)They come from the Middle East. They come from areas that we’re fighting. They come from enemy terrain. They come from all over the world, and they do come from South America, but not only from South America. 159 different countries in the last year, and they’re totally unchecked and unvetted. Every single year she’s been in office, she has set an all-time high illegal border crossings record: triple and quadruple what the year before, where I’d have like 150,000 and she’d have two and a half million. What she has done to this country, nobody can tell you. (01:14:26)You know, she destroyed San Francisco as the district attorney. She destroyed California. You know that. This is a woman that’s going to take… She destroyed California. She had a policy: if you steal less than $950, you’re allowed to keep it. You could go. We’re not going to prosecute. So criminals are walking into stores. Mean, nasty guys, rough guys, and they take calculators and they calculate. ” Let’s say, I want to get up…” They walk out, then they walk back in. The whole thing. (01:15:05)This is who we’re going to have running our country? I don’t think so. And nobody lies like her. She’s a liar. She makes up crap. She’s the one going to raise… You know, she said, “Donald Trump is going to raise…” You know why she said I was going to raise? Because I’m going to put tariffs on other countries coming into our countries, and that has nothing to do with taxes to us. (01:15:29)That’s a tax on another country, and I did it with China and we had no inflation. I had no inflation. I took in hundreds of billions of dollars from China, and not one other president took in 10 cents. They were all, “Oh, China. We’re afraid of China. We’re afraid of China.” (01:15:49)According to a new DHS report, Kamala Harris also lost, and this is impossible to believe, listen to this: 325, 000 migrant children are gone. They’re missing. She allowed them to be trafficked into our country. Many of these children are now in sex slavery or they’re dead. Probably mostly dead. They will never see their homes or their parents again. They were swiped out of their homes. They were taken out of their homes. This is a government number, 325,000 children: sex slaves or they’re dead. Many are dead. (01:16:37)Hamas has so little respect for Kamala and Joe Biden, crooked Joe Biden, that the hostages that they’re talking about all the time, I believe they’re largely gone. I believe they’re largely gone. So sad. When you look at what happened, when you look at that attack on October 7th, I believe they’re gone. (01:16:58)And the reason they’re not negotiating, it says, “Hamas has decided not to negotiate,” because what they want back are the hostages, and I think those hostages, for the most part, aren’t around anymore. And so they said, “Oh boy, we can’t really negotiate because we don’t have the hostages.” The hostages are largely gone. How sad. How terribly sad. (01:17:22)If they feared and respected Joe Biden and Kamala, they would never have killed those hostages. They would’ve never attacked. They would never have attacked when I was president. Iran was broke. Iran was broke. I told China, “If you spend any money on buying oil from Iran, you’ll never do business in the United States again, and we’re going to put a 200% tariff on Iran.” And Iran was broke and they had no money for Hamas and they had no money for Hezbollah. (01:17:53)You can check your numbers. Look at it. My last year, they had no money. We had no terrorism. For four years. I didn’t have any terrorism. Did you notice that? None. And when they asked Viktor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary, very strong guy, “What is the reason that things are so bad now?” The Middle East is blowing up. Russia is blowing up with Ukraine. There’s war starting all over the place. Looks like bad things could happen in Taiwan with China. What’s the reason? He says, “You got to get Donald Trump back as president. You won’t have any problems.” That’s what he said. (01:18:30)It’s true. It’s true. They respected your country. They respected your leader, but they respected our country. Now they laugh at our country. Our country has become a joke. She’s provided deportation immunity to the vast majority of criminal aliens living inside the United States, and is importing MS-13 gang members, known as the most violent gang of them all, into our cities and into our high school. Think of it: they’re coming into our high schools. (01:19:04)Kamala has set loose thousands of Venezuelan gang members who, according to law enforcement bulletins, have been given a license to shoot American police officers. You know that right? Under Harris, ICE deportations are at the lowest level in history, the history of our country. She supports deadly sanctuary cities. (01:19:27)Now, of course, she’s flip-flopping on everything. You do know that, right? You know that Joe? She’s flip-flopping on everything. Debbie, right? She’s a flip-flopper. Andy, she’s a flip-flopper. She flip-flops on everything, because she was polled. She said she didn’t do too well. That’s probably why she was the first out out of 22 people. (01:19:48)I can’t get over it. She was the first failure and now she’s running. Oh, we’re going to beat her. I look forward to the debate, too. I do look forward to the debate. I look forward to it. (01:20:06)She called for abolishing ICE. These are great patriots who are tough as hell. You need tough people. She’s compared ICE agents to the KKK. She wants to repeal the federal law that makes illegal immigration a crime, making illegal immigration totally legal. It’s okay to come into our country. Audience (01:20:26): Boo. Donald Trump (01:20:27): She wants to release all of the thousands of criminal illegal aliens that are locked up in detention centers, and these are the toughest of them all. She wants to release them into our country. We have detention centers for the toughest of them all. She says, “We’re going to release them.” Now, maybe they’ll ask her tonight, “Oh, no, I would never do that.” (01:20:47)She might change. She’s changing on everything. But don’t forget: if the election ever went haywire, if they can find a way to cheat enough and she wins, in quotes, “she wins,” she’s going to do everything that you wouldn’t dream of, including no fracking. (01:21:04)She didn’t discuss fracking last night. No fracking in Pennsylvania. I can’t imagine she could do well in Pennsylvania. 500,000 jobs are involved with fracking, and a huge amount of their budget. Everything’s involved with fracking and she’s against it. (01:21:24)In her speech last night, she lied about almost everything. She lied when she said I was going to raise taxes. No, I’m lowering taxes. She’s the one. She lied and said that, oh, this is the best, I’m going to be the one, and I was already there, I didn’t touch your Social Security and a lot of Democrats wanted me to. She lied when she said that I want to cut Social Security and Medicare. No, she wants to cut it because she wants to have the illegal immigrants coming into our country to go on Social Security and Medicare, which will destroy Social Security and Medicare. Audience (01:22:04): Boo. Donald Trump (01:22:06): It’s Kamala Harris who cast a tie breaking vote to cut Medicare by $266 billion. She cut your Medicare, remember this, by $266 billion, and then promised mass amnesty last night to 20 million illegal aliens and make them American citizens, which will absolutely obliterate your Social Security and your Medicare, ultimately leaving those programs bankrupt, and our seniors desperate and poor. (01:22:45)And remember, when you talk all of those hundreds of billions of dollars, you know what she’s putting that money into? The green new scam. She took it out of your Medicare. She’s putting it into one of the greatest ever, one of the great voices of sport, stand up. Let’s see if anybody knows who the hell you are. (01:23:07)Good job. A good man. He’s done a good job, but she took it out and she wants to put it into… She put it into the green new scam. She said the border was safe under her direction. (01:23:19)You know, they’re the party of disinformation and misinformation. They’ll say something 100 times “The border was safe.” Did you see her last night? “The border’s safe.” The first time she said that, it was about two months ago, and she went like this: “The border was… Safe.” She started choking. Horrible. (01:23:46)They are. They’re misinformation, disinformation. They lie. They keep saying the same untruth over and over again. And you’re not like in my business, you’re not in this political business like these people. You’re in other things. You’re lawyers and you’re carpenters and you’re electricians and you’re drivers, and you’re doing a lot of things. (01:24:05)By the way, no tax on tips. Remember that? No tax on tips. No tax on tips. She tried that one, and yet in Congress right now, they have bills to destroy people that don’t… Do you see what’s going on? It’ll never happen. It’s guaranteed to happen with me: no tax on tips. (01:24:24)But actually. It’s the most dangerous and unsafe border anywhere in the world. There’s never been a border like it. No country, ever. If a country had a border like that, they would fight with sticks and stones if they had to to keep the people out. She believes that if you say things enough over and over again, even if they’re stone-cold lies, like Project 25, “Project 25, he believes in…” (01:24:51)I don’t even know what the hell it is. I know it’s a group of people that got together and they’re slightly on the conservative side and it’s unbelievable what they do. It’s really unbelievable. (01:25:04)She would destroy our country. If she was ever elected, our country will go down the tubes. We’ll be in a depression like 1929. We will not have a country any longer. (01:25:15)Yesterday, I was at the border with the victims of Kamala’s migrant crime wave. One of them is here with us tonight. Michael Moran is the brother of Rachel Moran, who you know about. Rachel was a cherished 37-year-old mom of five absolutely incredible children, beautiful children, beautiful woman. Last summer, Rachel was out on a run when she was brutally raped and murdered by an illegal alien who was let into America by… Kamala Harris let her in. Said, “Let her in.” (01:25:49)The animal who committed this heinous crime first killed another woman in El Salvador before walking across the open border. Just walked right in. No problem. He then attacked a nine-year- old girl and her mother in a home invasion in Los Angeles before murdering Rachel in cold blood. (01:26:07)Michael, I promise you, in Rachel’s memory, we will stop this invasion and we will keep these savage criminals the hell out of our country. Thank you, Michael. Please. Thank you. So sorry, Michael. So sorry. Say hello to your parents and everybody. Okay? Thank you. So horrible. We are so sorry, Michael. Thank you for being here. (01:26:34)According to her own administration’s statistics on crime victims, Kamala Harris has presided over a 43% increase in violent crime, these are government numbers, by the way, including 58% increase in rape, 89% increase in aggravated assault, and 56% increase in robbery. During the riots of 2020, she encouraged her followers to donate to bail criminals, looters and arsonists and killers. People died. Including Shawn Michael Tillman, a dangerous repeat offender who went on to shoot and kill a Minnesota man six times in the head. He shot him six times in the head and torso, and Kamala let him out, let him go. (01:27:22)While Kamala Harris was DA of sanctuary city San Francisco, 20 years ago, maybe the greatest city in the world, today, it’s unlivable, she ignored the victims family: “Please, please let us do… Please don’t do this to us,” and refused to seek the death penalty against an illegal alien MS-13 gang member, one of the worst murderers they’ve seen in years, who murdered an innocent man and his two sons, and didn’t even remember he did it. (01:27:57)As California Attorney General, she redefined child sex trafficking, assault with a deadly weapon, and rape of an unconscious person as a non-violent crime. Audience (01:28:12): Boo. Donald Trump (01:28:12): Comrade Kamala Harris destroyed single-handedly, with some help from the worst governor in our nation, Gavin New-scum, both San Francisco and California itself. He’s a terrible governor. What a governor for years. (01:28:33)But you know, she might’ve picked a worse one. If you look at the numbers in Minnesota, we hope we’re going to win Minnesota. It hasn’t been once since 1972, Richard Nixon, but we’re doing well there, too, but the governor is horrible. You know what he did? He approved a bill to give tampons in every young man’s bathroom. Audience (01:28:59): Boo. Donald Trump (01:28:59): Right? Think of that. This is what we have. This is our vice president, our potential president: tampons in boys bathrooms. For years, Kamala Harris has pushed legislation to strip police officers of protection, trying to bankrupt them and ruin their lives for doing their jobs. No protection, no immunity, no nothing. She even endorsed Defund the Police. (01:29:32)I will never defund the police. I will only fund the police and fund them with plenty of money and pride. I will always back our law enforcement heroes in blue. (01:29:46)We are pleased to be joined tonight by the president of the Arizona Police Association, Justin Harris. Oh, no, he’s not a relation. Justin, are your relation? Last name is Harris, spelled the same. I’m very concerned about this. I’m not really. But Justin Harris is a great gentleman who has a special announcement. Justin, would you please come up? Thank you. (01:30:22)That’s an interesting… I’m not worried about it. Thank you. [inaudible 01:30:31]. Justin Harris (01:30:34): Well, good evening everyone. I’m a little concerned about that illegal immigration chart you put up there. Was that a spike in immigration or the inflation? Donald Trump (01:30:42): Sort of both. Justin Harris (01:30:42): Kind of both, right? Wonderful job those Democrats are doing. My name’s Justin Harris. I’m a veteran police sergeant here in Arizona with 25 years of experience and service, and I also have the privilege and the honor to serve as the state president of the Arizona Police Officers Association. (01:31:06)The Arizona Police Officers Association is the largest law enforcement association in the state of Arizona, and we represent over 12,000 law enforcement professionals, the men and women that currently serve in our communities each and every day at the local, county, state, and federal law enforcement levels. We cover the entire state. And on behalf of the Arizona Police Association, we are proud to welcome President Trump to the great state of Arizona and to the wonderful city of Glendale, home of Luke Air Force Base. (01:31:57)Folks, these men and women in Luke fly those beautiful F-16 Fighting Falcons of the 309th Fighter Squadron and those beautiful, beautiful F-35 Lightnings. Nothing like hearing those jets flying overhead, which that’s the sound of freedom and American ingenuity. (01:32:26)Also, a special thank you to the Glendale Mayor, Jerry Weiers, and the entire city council for their unwavering support and advocacy for our police officers, active duty military, and our veterans. You’re not going to find stronger advocates for our military, our veterans, and our police officers anywhere in the world other than Glendale. Thank you, mayor and council. (01:32:55)Also, I wanted to give a special thank you to the men and women of the Glendale Police Department, Justin Harris (01:33:00): … the best and most professional police department in the country. That’s right. Thank you. With a special thanks to Police Chief Chris Briggs and the other eight West Valley Coalition departments that allowed us to use their law enforcement officers here today to keep us all safe, thank you, gentlemen and women. Law enforcement today is perhaps the most complex occupation on earth, it’s an honorable profession of service and commitment to others, those who step in the gap between good and evil and to protect our communities, and we do so knowing the risk. Officers are required to make split second decisions under the most uncontrolled, chaotic, and stressful situations, often at great risk to their own personal safety. Given the literally millions of contacts between officers and the communities, annually, with a few exceptions, officers make those decisions correctly as trained and in accordance with the law, but high profile does not mean high frequency. Currently, in this day and age of instant information, social media, and videos, there’s an unrealistic expectation of absolute perfection, it is not possible to be perfect every time because we hire from the human race. (01:34:28)People are not perfect. Good people can make mistakes. However, the constant orchestrated villainization of police officers has eroded the public’s trust, it has encouraged an air of obscenity, disrespect, and assault of attitudes and behavior towards police officers. What was that name we called her? What was that comrade Kamala, was that what it was? Audience (01:34:50): Comrade Kamala. Justin Harris (01:34:55): Kamala, Kamala, comrade… Well, what we do know is she supported defunding the police and the best term is they wanted to reimagine policing, I don’t know what that means. She is part of the radicalized movement to degrade public safety and make our communities less safe. In contrast, under President Trump’s first term in office, he always had our backs. Thank you for that. He never rushed to judgment, and he never, ever in a lifetime called to defund the police, ever. Donald Trump (01:35:37): [inaudible 01:35:41]. Justin Harris (01:35:43): And we owe him a debt of gratitude for that. Let’s also forget when President Donald Trump was president, he closed the borders and locked the door. Borders are Kamala Harris opened the door and let everybody in. Audience (01:36:04): Boo. Justin Harris (01:36:10): Borders are Kamala Harris is allowing millions of illegal immigrants into this country, turning each and every state into a border state, and flooding American streets with drugs and crime. The Democrats haven’t quite figured this out yet, but it’s not rocket science, but open borders equals more crime, close the border. And my gut tells me that there’s a gentleman standing up here on stage today that’s going to do exactly that. President Donald Trump has in the past and will again make America great again by tackling lawlessness head on, ceasing the endless flow of illegal immigrants across our southern border, and ensuring the police departments across your country have the funding, the training, and equipment necessary to do our jobs. And he’s not going to reimagine us doing that. President Trump will stop the multi-million dollar illicit trade that occurs each and every day at the border. Thanks to comrade Kamala with these open borders the only group that she’s enriched is the Mexican cartels, which have expanded over 160 countries across the world. They’ve done this by using human beings and human trafficking and treating them like dogs. The flow of illegal drugs in this country is unmatched in history, and they also have illegal vaping devices that are harming our communities and killing our kids, all being imported from China through the cartels. This has to stop. Kamala Harris’ borders are deliberately obliterated the US border to flood the country with illegals, they canceled the wall, they implemented catch and release, and terminated Remain in Mexico, and effectively shut down ICE, pulling those agents off of the front line, putting them in administrative duties to do paperwork and change diapers, meanwhile, the front door of our country’s wide open. President Trump will stop this. I’ve got a serious question, has the border [inaudible 01:39:01] toured the southern border? Audience (01:39:05): No. Justin Harris (01:39:05): Didn’t think so. Has President Donald Trump toured the border? Audience (01:39:09): Yes. Justin Harris (01:39:10): Yes, he has. And I heard the cartels went running. On average, there’s over 5,000 illegal immigrants are being released into the country every day. Our country. We don’t know who they are, don’t know where they came from, we can’t even account for them. For 38 straight months, the monthly border encounters have been higher than even the highest month seen under the Trump administration. You can’t tell me this isn’t being done deliberately, because it is. Audience (01:39:43): Intentional. Justin Harris (01:39:44): In 2023 alone, more than 900,000 illegal immigrants were released into the interior of the US, unaccounted for, waiting for court dates, and nobody knows where they’re at. That’s the entire city of Mesa flowing into our country, and that’s the only ones we know about. Illegal drugs are flowing into this country at an alarming rate with only five dissent being intercepted at the border. Donald Trump (01:40:10): [inaudible 01:40:10] got to go. Justin Harris (01:40:10): Okay. Audience (01:40:10): We love you Trump. Justin Harris (01:40:23): You got it. Folks, let me finish up here please. This country, our family, our communities, and everything that each of us holds dear and near to our hearts, cannot endure another four years of a clueless president that cares more about the color of her curtains than the safety and prosperity of our great country and its people. It is clear who supports law enforcement, law and order, and that’s President Trump. His unwavering show of commitment to the rule of law of men and women who place their lives on the line every day. So if you support national security and want to secure borders, vote Trump. If you support law enforcement and safe communities, vote Trump. If you support getting our country back on track and making America great again, vote Donald J. Trump for president. And this is why the Arizona Police Association and our 12,000 members family and friends are proud to extend our endorsement to Donald J. Trump for President of the United States of America. Thank you, God bless. Donald Trump (01:41:51): [inaudible 01:41:50]. (01:41:51)Thank you very much. Wow, that’s a great endorsement, means a lot. Audience (01:41:55): [inaudible 01:41:58]. Donald Trump (01:41:57): So, just in closing, I want to say that from the moment we take back the White House from Kamala Harris and crooked Joe Biden, crooked as a four dollar bill… Used to say three dollar bill, now we say four dollar bill. I believe we’re going to have the four greatest years in the history of our country. Starting on day one, I will seal the border and stop the migrant invasion of our country. We will carry out the largest deportation operation in American history, larger even than President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s, who was a big believer in borders. We will defeat inflation, and we will make America affordable again, you’re going to have an affordable country again. We will make America the dominant energy producer in the world, by far, it won’t even be close. (01:43:01)Remember, as I always say, we have more liquid gold under our feet than any other country in the world, including Saudi Arabia, including Russia, and we will use it to reduce taxes and energy costs for our people. We will reduce your energy bills in one year by more than 50%, that’s here and that’s everywhere in the country. And that includes heating, air conditioning, electricity, and gasoline for your car. I will turn the United States into a manufacturing superpower, more than it has ever been, ever, ever, ever before. We will bring back jobs to America, we will no longer allow foreign countries to take our jobs and to steal our wealth, we will make our own products and we will buy far less from foreign countries that we are buying right now. We’re going to make it here. (01:44:02)Other countries that make us pay a tax to do business with them will be charged the same tax when they send their product into the United States, it’ll be called the Trump Reciprocal Trade Act. And if China or any other country charges us a 100% tax or tariff, then we will charge them a reciprocal tariff of 100 or 200%. In the words of a great president, William McKinley, the protective tariff policy of the Republicans has made the lives of our countrymen sweeter, brighter, brighter, brighter, brighter, and it’s the best our citizenship and our civilization can ever have, better destiny for our people, we ought to take care of our own nation, and we have to take care of our industries first. We have to take care of our country first. It’s about time, and it’s going to happen starting on January 20th of next year. (01:45:15)I will not let Mexico, China, or any other country sell cars into the United States to the detriment of our autoworkers all over our country, including in Michigan and South Carolina. United Auto Workers, you’re going to vote for Trump because I’m going to bring you back more auto production than you’ve ever seen in this country before. I will end the ridiculous electric vehicle mandate, cut every job-killing regulation of the Harris-Biden administration, and make our auto manufacturing business bigger, better, and stronger than it has ever been before. And if you relied on Kamala, there would be no auto industry, within three years you’ll never make another car. When I’m back in the White House, we will pass large tax cuts for our workers, and there will be, as I said, no tax on tips. (01:46:23)And that means if you’re a restaurant worker, a bartender, hospitality worker, caddy, barber, mover, driver, or anyone else who relies on tip income, your tips will be 100% yours to keep, you will no longer be harassed by your government. And I will fight for and protect your social security and your Medicare with no cuts and no changes in age. We’re not going to move it up, they want to move it up five years, we’re not doing it. “Darling, when do we get our social security?” ” Well, they just moved it up five years, you’re not going to happen with me, it’s going to happen with them, they’re going to destroy your social security.” And we will have no tax on social security benefits for seniors. (01:47:19)They destroyed our seniors and everyone else with their horrible inflation, and then they give you small dollars with social security and they want you to pay tax, I don’t know. We don’t need it, we can do it, we have so much else, including that liquid gold… Oh, we’re going to go hunting for liquid gold. We will cut wasteful and unnecessary spending, and we will terminate the green new scam and spend that money on roads, bridges, real infrastructure, and paying down debt. No fake infrastructure that has caused massive inflation, with no benefit whatsoever to our population. I will settle the war in Ukraine, and I will end the chaos in the Middle East, and we will restore peace through strike, and it will happen quickly. I will have that war ended before I go to the White House on January 28th, I will have the war in Ukraine ended as President-elect. (01:48:26)And we will end the weaponization of government against the American people, including myself, by the way. They’ve weaponized the government against the political opponent, can you imagine? But you just saw, we won the big case down in Florida, everyone said, “Ohhh…” They weaponized it, they got their justice department to go after their political opponent, but they’re not doing well. I’m the only one that ever happened to where my numbers went up, what do you think about that, Mr. Congressman? I don’t think it’s ever happened. They go after me and my numbers go up, somebody’s got to explain it. We will rebuild our cities, including Washington D.C., making them safe, clean, and beautiful once again, and we will keep the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency because right now it is under siege. (01:49:23)And this is how we will end the era of inflation, mayhem, and misery under Kamala and crooked Joe, and unleash safety, prosperity, peace for Americans of every race, religion, color, and creed. Together we will deliver low taxes, low regulations, low energy costs, low interest costs, low inflation. And that’s for everyone, we’re talking about everyone. We want to make sure everyone can afford groceries, a car, and a home. We will stop the invasion, end migrant crime, support our great police, strengthen our military, build a missile defense shield around our country, keep critical race theory and transgender insanity out of our schools, and we will keep men out of women’s sports. (01:50:26)We will defend the Second Amendment, and we are going to restore, those people don’t allow it, the fake news doesn’t allow it, we will restore free speech in our country, and we will secure our elections, Mr. Congressman. Everyone will prosper, every family will thrive, and every day will be filled with joy and opportunity, and hope. But for that to happen, we must defeat Kamala Harris, a new name. We must stop her country-destroying liberal agenda once and for all. We have to put an end to it. So, get your friends, get your family, register, volunteer, and get out to vote. We want a landslide that is too big to rig, too big to rigged. Right? Right, Deb? (01:51:24)On November 5th, we will save our country, we will save our economy, we will rescue our middle class, we will reclaim our sovereignty and restore our borders, we will put America first, and we will take back our country. And together we will make America powerful again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America strong again. So strong. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. We will make America free again. And we will make America great again. God bless you all. God bless you. Thank you very much. Thank you Arizona. God bless you all. Music (01:52:28): Young man, there’s no need to feel down. (01:52:28)I said young man, pick yourself off the ground. (01:52:28)I said young man, ’cause you’re in a new town. (01:53:02)There’s no need to be unhappy. (01:53:02)Young man, there’s a place you can go. (01:53:10)I said young man, when you’re short on your dough. (01:53:16)You can stay there, and I’m sure you will find many ways to have a good time. (01:53:17)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. (01:53:17)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. (01:53:17)They have everything for young men to enjoy. (01:53:17)You can hang out with all the boys. (01:53:17)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. (01:53:17)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. (01:53:17)You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal, you can do whatever you feel. (01:53:17)Young man, are you listening to me? (01:53:17)I said, young man, what do you want to be? (01:53:17)I said, young man, you can make real your dreams. (01:54:06)But you’ve got to know this one thing. (01:54:07)No man does it all by himself. (01:54:07)I said young man, put your pride on the shelf. (01:54:07)And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A. (01:54:07)I’m sure they can help you today. (01:54:07)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. (01:54:07)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. (01:54:07)They have everything for young men to enjoy. (01:54:07)You can hang out with all the boys. (01:54:07)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. (01:54:07)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal, you can do whatever you feel. (01:54:41)Young man, I was once in your shoes. (01:55:03)I said, I was down and out with the blues. (01:55:03)I felt no man cared if I were alive. (01:55:03)I felt the whole world was so jive. (01:55:03)That’s when someone came up to me and said “Young man, take a walk up the street. (01:55:03)It’s a place there called the Y.M.C.A. (01:55:03)They can start you back on your way.” (01:55:03)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. (01:55:03)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. (01:55:03)They have everything for young men to enjoy. (01:55:03)You can hang out with all the boys. (01:55:03)Y.M.C.A. (01:55:03)It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. (01:55:03)Young man, young man, there’s no need to feel… (01:55:03)Y… Music (01:55:03): There goes my hero. (01:55:03)He’s ordinary. (01:55:03)There goes my hero. (01:55:03)Watch him as he goes. (01:55:03)There goes my hero. (01:55:03)He’s ordinary- Donald Trump (01:59:17): [inaudible 01:59:13]. (01:59:17)… it means rule by the American people. Tonight, I’m very pleased to welcome a man who has been an incredible champion for so many of these values that we all share, and we’ve shared them for a long time. I don’t think too many of you people have heard of him. He’s very low-key, he’s a very low-key person, but he’s highly respected. He is a great person, I’ve known him for so long, for the past 16 months, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Music (01:59:53): There goes my hero. (02:00:36)Watch him as he goes. (02:00:36)There goes my hero. (02:00:36)He’s ordinary. Donald Trump (02:00:36): [inaudible 02:00:36]. (02:00:36)… values that we all share, and we’ve shared them for a long time. I don’t think too many of you people have heard of him. He’s very low-key, he’s a very low-key person, but he’s highly respected. He is a great [inaudible 02:01:01]. (02:00:54)… and millions of people would destroy our country, but we’re going to get those people out, the people that came in here from jails and prisons and mental institutions. But they threw them out. They ran against each other for the primary and she never even made it to the first state, the great state of Iowa, never made it, and now she’s the one running. A little strange, isn’t it? You see, that’s really a threat to democracy if you get right down to it, right? In our movement, we know that democracy does not mean rule by the Democrat establishment, it means rule by the American people. Tonight, I’m very pleased to welcome a man who has been an incredible champion for so many of these values that we all share, and we’ve shared them for a long time. I don’t think too many of you people have heard of him. He’s very low-key, he’s a very low-key person, but he’s highly respected. He is a great person, I’ve known him for so long, for the past 16 months, Robert F. Kennedy. Jr. Music (02:02:27): There goes my hero. (02:02:27)Watch him as he goes. (02:02:27)There goes my hero. (02:02:27)He’s ordinary. (02:02:27)There goes my hero. (02:02:27)Watch him as he goes. Donald Trump (02:03:18): Man. Whoa. And he deserves it. He deserves it. Audience (02:03:35): USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. Donald Trump (02:03:35): For the past 16 months Bobby has run an extraordinary campaign for president of the United States, I know, because he also went after me a couple of times, I didn’t like it. And I mean this sincerely, had he been allowed to enter the Democrat primary he would’ve easily beaten Joe Biden, but they wouldn’t let him in. Donald Trump (02:04:02): They put up rules. I’ve never seen rules like he had to have 65% of the vote in order to run, little things like that. (02:04:10)His candidacy has inspired millions and millions of Americans, raised critical issues that have been too long ignored in this country, and brought together people from across the political spectrum in a positive campaign, grounded in the American values of his father, Robert Kennedy, a great man, and his uncle, President John F. Kennedy. (02:04:37)And I know that they are looking down right now and they are very, very proud of Bobby. I’m proud of Bobby. You want to know the truth? (02:04:52)And I don’t think I’ve ever introduced anyone that got applause like he just got. I must tell you, I don’t think it’s true. I don’t think I’ve ever introduced anybody that got applause like that. (02:05:18)Amazing. It’s true. (02:05:18)Amazing. Soon after I was, I can’t even believe I have to say this, nearly assassinated in Pennsylvania last month, Bobby called me to express his best wishes. He knows firsthand the risks incurred by leaders who stand up to the corrupt political establishment. When you stand up, you bring on some trouble for yourself, but you have to do what’s right. You have to do what’s right for the country. I will tell you, we are both in this to do what’s right for the country. That’s one thing I can tell you. (02:06:10)He lost his father and uncle in service to our country, and Bobby himself was subject to repeated threats to his safety during the course of his campaign, while being denied protection by the Harris-Biden administration. (02:06:25)And this is a tribute, in honor of Bobby, I am announcing tonight that upon my election, I will establish a new independent presidential commission on assassination attempts, and they will be tasked with releasing all of the remaining documents pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. And they will also conduct a rigorous review of the attack last month. But I tell you, I have never had more people ask me, “Please, sir, release the documents on the Kennedy assassination,” and we’re going to do that. (02:07:27)And I also want to salute Bobby’s decades of work as an advocate for the health of our families and our children. Nobody’s done more. (02:07:37)Millions and millions of Americans who want clean air, clean water and a healthy nation have concerns about toxins in our environment and pesticides in our food. That’s why, today, I’m repeating my pledge to establish a panel of top experts working with Bobby to investigate what is causing the decades-long increase in chronic health problems and childhood diseases, including autoimmune disorders, autism, obesity, infertility, and many more. We want every child in America to grow up and to live a long and healthy life. (02:08:22)So I just want to ask Bobby to speak for a little while. I’ll stand aside. I’m going to stand aside. But I can only tell you, I’ve known him a long time. We’ve been a little bit on the opposite side of the equation. But I will say this, he is a brilliant… I still think of him as young, he’s not that young. I always call him young, but he’s not that young. But he is a phenomenal person, a phenomenal man who loves the people of this country as much as anybody can love the people of this country. (02:09:01)So, Bobby, please, say a few words. Thank you very much. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (02:09:15): Thank you. (02:09:15)Thank you, President Trump. (02:09:29)Thank you. A few hours after his assassination attempt at Butler, I got a call from a safe food advocate named Calley Means, who’s been fighting for many years to try to end the corruption at CDC and FDA and USDA. And these institutions, these regulatory agencies are actually run by the big food processing companies, the big ag and the chemical companies they’re supposed to regulate. And he said to me, he’d been advising me for many years and on my campaign, and he told me that night that he was also advising President Trump. And he asked if I would talk to President Trump, and I said, “Of course.” And about a few minutes later, I got a call from the president and we talked, we had a very good talk. And then he invited me to come see him the next day and I went to Minneapolis and saw him. We met again a couple of weeks later in Florida. And we talked about, not about the things that separate us because we don’t agree on everything, but on the values and the issues that bind us together. And one of the issues that he talked about was having safe food and ending the chronic disease epidemic. (02:11:19)Our children are now the unhealthiest, sickest children in the world. Don’t you want healthy children? And don’t you want the chemicals out of our food? And don’t you want the regulatory agencies to be free from corporate corruption? And that’s what President Trump told me that he wanted. (02:11:48)He also told me that he wanted to end the grip of the neocons on US foreign policy. He said he didn’t want any more $200 billion wars in Ukraine, that we could use that money back here in the United States. (02:12:18)And the safest, the best way to build a safe America is to rebuild our industrial base and rebuild the middle class in this country. And don’t you want a president who’s going to get us out of the wars and who’s going to rebuild the middle class in this country? (02:12:50)And he told me that he wanted to end the censorship, because the whole basis of American democracy is the free flow of information. And we know that a government that can silence its opponents has license for any kind of atrocity. And can you think of any time that you can look back in history and say that the people who were censoring were the good guys? They’re always the bad guys, because it’s always the first step down that slippery slope to totalitarianism. And don’t you want a president who’s going to protect America’s freedoms… (02:13:41)And who is going to protect us against totalitarianism? And I want to ask you again, don’t you want a safe environment for your children? Don’t you want to know that the food that you’re feeding them is not filled with chemicals that are going to give them cancer and chronic disease? And don’t you want a president that’s going to make America healthy again? (02:14:37)Thank you all very, very much and God bless you, and God bless America. crowd (02:14:47): USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. USA. Donald Trump (02:15:20): Wow. That was something, huh? That was something. Fantastic guy. He did well. And the polls are good and all… Transcribe Your Own Content Try Rev and save time transcribing, captioning, and subtitling. Copyright Disclaimer Under Title 17 U.S.C. 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welcome man incredible champion value share share long time think people hear lowkey lowkey person highly respected great person know long past month robert f kennedy jr music go hero watch go go hero ordinary go hero watch donald trump man whoa deserve deserve audience usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa donald trump past month bobby run extraordinary campaign president united states know go couple time like mean sincerely allow enter democrat primary easily beat joe biden let rule see rule like vote order run little thing like candidacy inspire million million americans raise critical issue long ignore country bring people political spectrum positive campaign ground american value father robert kennedy great man uncle president john f kennedy know look right proud bobby proud bobby want know truth think introduce get applause like get tell true think introduce anybody get applause like robert f kennedy jr amazing donald trump amazing audience bobby bobby bobby bobby bobby donald trump amazing soon believe nearly assassinate pennsylvania month bobby call express good wish know firsthand risk incur leader stand corrupt political establishment stand bring trouble right right country tell right country thing tell lose father uncle service country bobby subject repeat threat safety course campaign deny protection harrisbiden administration tribute honor bobby announce tonight election establish new independent presidential commission assassination attempt task release remain document pertain assassination president john f kennedy conduct rigorous review attack month tell people ask sir release document kennedy assassination go want salute bobby decade work advocate health family child million million americans want clean air clean water healthy nation concern toxin environment pesticide food today repeat pledge establish panel expert work bobby investigate cause decadeslong increase chronic health problem childhood disease include autoimmune disorder autism obesity 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healthy child want chemical food want regulatory agency free corporate corruption president trump tell want tell want end grip neocon foreign policy say want war ukraine use money united states good way build safe america rebuild industrial base rebuild middle class country want president go war go rebuild middle class country tell want end censorship basis american democracy free flow information know government silence opponent license kind atrocity think time look history people censor good guy bad guy step slippery slope totalitarianism want president go protect america freedom go protect totalitarianism want ask want safe environment child want know food feed fill chemical go cancer chronic disease want president go america healthy thank god bless god bless america audience usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa donald trump wow huh fantastic guy poll good remember sort like party system design way awfully tough point lot lot regular system like democrat republican course regular system lot people maybe like good say vote vote get lot vote get think go huge influence lead think go huge influence campaign actually big poll number big start bobby fight defeat corrupt political establishment return control country people support bobby campaign simply ask join build coalition beautiful coalition defense liberty safety prosperity peace go incredible coalition relationship good long doubt go work work win country away people go destroy country will country leave thank need vote know week democrats hold convention probably see party medium say big message convention need turn page failure year believe forget run year say night stop abuse stop high taxis say half year ago fact leave nice auditorium white house right want strong border incredible border patrol ice law enforcement close border need bill good border history chart chart love chart love chart love chart everybody realize chart meaningful number chart show number illegal immigrant pour country prison mental institution terrorist arrow know chart meaningful way people understand talk love darle love go sleep chart tonight deb go sleep chart beautiful site look look arrow look happen week office look happen leave like rocket ship look terrible vetting checking idea pour country million million million need turn page year calamity failure calamity failure kamala horrible job bad vice president history country kamala fire fire kamala person nomination party get vote vote maybe smart think look way vice president kamala cast decide vote cause bad inflation decade cost typical american household think high price inflation border flood america savage illegal alien criminal rape pillaging kill city town year ago week final vote catastrophic afghanistan withdrawal withdraw go withdraw dignity grace strength fast go inaudible embarrassing event history country lead horrific war humiliation world putin see invade ukraine bring lot people say united states run incompetent people united states long respect long strong say lot thing see happen horrible horrible event afghanistan deal leader afghanistan abdul say abdul kill people kill people strong talk go exactly go month soldier snipe shoot soldier injure kill tremendous election probably vote get time president vote second time people bored bored bore bore barack hussein obama get far few vote second time win win hear barack hussein obama remember rush rush limbaugh barack hussein obama nasty nasty michelle nasty nasty nasty people nasty surprised sort nice say like good matter nasty course night kamala mention think time mention border mention inflation mention blame border year see safe border good border blame border lie lie say involve call project know hell nasty sir stick policy stick personality nice people sir nice genius pay fortune actually people knock hell personal personal personal personal personal go good allow personal allow personal name bad great lady say way darling love great lady tell donald trump darling way say know slightly order like good job night mention look like look great end political career thing like opening say thank thank thank thank thank thank thank thank thank thank thank say hell wrong deb debbie lesko winner sheriff joe oh sheriff joe look legend sheriff joe look clown idea people come million come remember dress everybody pink remember right right joe dress pink mean bad bad mean get lot killer dress pink underwear pink undershirt pink outfit want come country remember arizona sheriff joe border people come think year person come get million people come border border oh thing ridiculous joe honor tell people treat right legend job like true audience joe joe joe joe joe joe joe joe joe donald trump great go joe love wife lose wife year ago hell woman right joe look proud say group people know long time like understand border well anybody run fairly fair run strong respect try thank joe wife proud proud proud grateful join tonight founder turn point action gentleman name charlie kirk thank charlie job say charlie favor get thing win favor sure cheat way cheat like hell victim sure cheat charlie need vote want sure cheat sheriff guy good thank need sheriff law enforcement official get vote get sure charlie team people mean get hundred thousand young people actually discriminatory sue old people accept get young looking group people warrior unbelievable job charlie incredible thank charlie thank charlie job incredible incredible congresswoman decide certain board know talk important board maybe country go sure debbie lesko debbie thank congresswoman thank debbie sure debbie win big election massive boy win election easy win pretty easy person friend warrior long time great love state love country andy biggs congressman andy biggs thank thank warrior young little bit old boy tough tough eli crane paul gosar paul gosar great thank eli great great beautiful great people congressman arizona eighth district abe hamadeh wow go good long time young gentleman great abe great job great job great heart go tough arizona gop chairwoman job gina swoboda gina job good friend senator arizona believe look run go bring go come kari speak speak half hour hell go tell run guy rubber stamp biden hell know know know rubber stamp somebody ruben gallego horrible open border maniac defund police maniac allow run election kari lake incredible incredible tough smart get heart senator hope win sucker win run guy carry shoe nice know expression carry shoe go big victory go work go sure win state presidentially win state expect lead win presidency kari lake kari kari audience usa usa usa usa usa usa usa donald trump important honestly know kari newscaster year everybody know problem solid rock guy freaking loser loser good luck kari love special democrat talk kamala horrendous record night nearly year comrade kamala harris use term know good good tell let poll let poll love free poll instead spend pollster poll know money let right great business history free poll like radical left lunatic okay defunder police want defund thing talk comrade kamala harris ready ready tell tell well anybody okay ready yes yes kamala harris oversee nationwrecking border invasion nationwrecking invasion way build hundred mile wall yesterday look say man build lot wall mile want say know think want open border build wall say go build end yesterday end news conference dangerous area dangerous area charge border call recently know bad manager border patrol meet charge meet suffer price allow million illegal alien country include million million unvetted fightingage man country know long south america come africa congo lot come jail congo let tell people nice thing criminal look like nice people earth tough come middle east come area fight come enemy terrain come world come south america south america different country year totally unchecked unvette single year office set alltime high illegal border crossing record triple quadruple year like half million country tell know destroy san francisco district attorney destroy california know woman go destroy california policy steal allow go prosecute criminal walk store mean nasty guy rough guy calculator calculate let want walk walk thing go run country think lie like liar make crap go raise know say donald trump go raise know say go raise go tariff country come country taxis tax country china inflation inflation take hundred billion dollar china president take cent oh china afraid china afraid china new dhs report kamala harris lose impossible believe listen migrant child go miss allow traffic country child sex slavery dead probably dead home parent swipe home take home government number child sex slave dead dead little respect kamala joe biden crooked joe biden hostage talk time believe largely go believe largely go sad look happen look attack october believe go reason negotiate say hamas decide negotiate want hostage think hostage anymore say oh boy negotiate hostage hostage largely go sad terribly sad fear respected joe biden kamala kill hostage attack attack president iran break iran break tell china spend money buy oil iran business united states go tariff iran iran break money hamas money hezbollah check number look year money terrorism year terrorism notice ask viktor orban prime minister hungary strong guy reason thing bad middle east blow russia blow ukraine war start place look like bad thing happen taiwan china reason say get donald trump president will problem say true true respect country respect leader respect country laugh country country joke provide deportation immunity vast majority criminal alien live inside united states import gang member know violent gang city high school think come high school set loose thousand venezuelan gang member accord law enforcement bulletin give license shoot american police officer know right harris ice deportation low level history history country support deadly sanctuary city course flipfloppe know right know joe flipfloppe debbie right flipflopper andy flipflopper flipflop poll say probably people failure run oh go beat look forward debate look forward debate look forward call abolish ice great patriot tough hell need tough people compare ice agent kkk want repeal federal law make illegal immigration crime make illegal immigration totally legal okay come country audience boo donald trump want release thousand criminal illegal alien lock detention center tough want release country detention center tough say go release maybe ask tonight oh change change forget election go haywire find way cheat win quote win go dream include fracke discuss fracke night fracking pennsylvania imagine pennsylvania job involve fracke huge budget involve fracke speech night lie lie say go raise taxis lower taxis lie say oh good go touch social security lot democrats want lie say want cut social security medicare want cut want illegal immigrant come country social security medicare destroy social security medicare audience boo donald trump kamala harris cast tie break vote cut medicare billion cut medicare remember billion promise mass amnesty night million illegal alien american citizen absolutely obliterate social security medicare ultimately leave program bankrupt senior desperate poor remember talk hundred billion dollar know put money green new scam take medicare put great great voice sport stand let anybody know hell job good man good job take want green new scam say border safe direction know party disinformation misinformation time border safe night border safe time say month ago go like border safe start choke horrible misinformation disinformation lie say untruth like business political business like people thing lawyer carpenter electrician driver lot thing way tax tip remember tax tip tax tip try congress right bill destroy people go happen guarantee happen tax tip actually dangerous unsafe border world border like country country border like fight stick stone people believe thing stonecold lie like project project believe know hell know group people get slightly conservative unbelievable unbelievable destroy country elect country tube depression like country long border victim kamala migrant crime wave tonight michael moran brother rachel moran know rachel cherished mom absolutely incredible child beautiful child beautiful woman summer rachel run brutally rape murder illegal alien let america kamala harris let say let animal commit heinous crime kill woman el salvador walk open border walk right problem attack nineyear old girl mother home invasion los angeles murder rachel cold blood promise rachel memory stop invasion savage criminal hell country thank michael thank sorry michael sorry hello parent everybody okay thank horrible sorry michael thank administration statistic crime victim kamala harris preside increase violent crime government number way include increase rape increase aggravate assault increase robbery riot encourage follower donate bail criminal looter arsonist killer people die include shawn michael tillman dangerous repeat offender go shoot kill minnesota man time head shoot time head torso kamala let let kamala harris da sanctuary city san francisco year ago maybe great city world today unlivable ignore victim family let refuse seek death penalty illegal alien gang member bad murderer see year murder innocent man son remember california attorney general redefine child sex traffic assault deadly weapon rape unconscious person nonviolent crime audience boo donald trump comrade kamala harris destroy singlehandedly help bad governor nation gavin newscum san francisco california terrible governor governor year know pick bad look number minnesota hope go win minnesota richard nixon governor horrible know approve bill tampon young man bathroom audience boo donald trump right think vice president potential president tampon boy bathroom year kamala harris push legislation strip police officer protection try bankrupt ruin life job protection immunity endorse defund police defund police fund police fund plenty money pride law enforcement hero blue pleased join tonight president arizona police association justin harris oh relation justin relation harris spell concerned justin harris great gentleman special announcement justin come thank interesting worried thank inaudible justin harris good evening little concerned illegal immigration chart spike immigration inflation donald trump sort justin harris kind right wonderful job democrats justin harris veteran police sergeant arizona year experience service privilege honor serve state president arizona police officer association arizona police officer association large law enforcement association state arizona represent law enforcement professional man woman currently serve community day local county state federal law enforcement level cover entire state behalf arizona police association proud welcome president trump great state arizona wonderful city glendale home luke air force base man woman luke fly beautiful fight falcon fighter squadron beautiful beautiful lightning like hear jet fly overhead sound freedom american ingenuity special thank glendale mayor jerry weiers entire city council unwavering support advocacy police officer active duty military veteran go find strong advocate military veteran police officer world glendale thank mayor council want special thank man woman glendale police department justin harris good professional police department country right thank special thank police chief chris briggs west valley coalition department allow use law enforcement officer today safe thank gentleman woman law enforcement today complex occupation earth honorable profession service commitment step gap good evil protect community know risk officer require split second decision uncontrolled chaotic stressful situation great risk personal safety give literally million contact officer community annually exception officer decision correctly train accordance law high profile mean high frequency currently day age instant information social medium video unrealistic expectation absolute perfection possible perfect time hire human race perfect good people mistake constant orchestrated villainization police officer erode public trust encourage air obscenity disrespect assault attitude behavior police officer call comrade kamala audience comrade kamala justin harris kamala kamala comrade know support defunde police good term want reimagine police know mean radicalize movement degrade public safety community safe contrast president trump term office back thank rush judgment lifetime call defund police donald trump inaudible justin harris owe debt gratitude let forget president donald trump president close border lock door border kamala harris open door let everybody audience boo justin harris border kamala harris allow million illegal immigrant country turn state border state flood american street drug crime democrats figure rocket science open border equal crime close border gut tell gentleman stand stage today go exactly president donald trump past america great tackle lawlessness head cease endless flow illegal immigrant southern border ensure police department country funding training equipment necessary job go reimagine president trump stop multimillion dollar illicit trade occur day border thank comrade kamala open border group enrich mexican cartel expand country world human being human trafficking treat like dog flow illegal drug country unmatched history illegal vaping device harm community kill kid import china cartel stop kamala harris border deliberately obliterate border flood country illegal cancel wall implement catch release terminate remain mexico effectively shut ice pull agent line put administrative duty paperwork change diaper door country wide open president trump stop get question border inaudible tour southern border audience justin harris think president donald trump tour border audience yes justin harris yes hear cartel go run average illegal immigrant release country day country know know come account straight month monthly border encounter high high month see trump administration tell deliberately audience intentional justin harris illegal immigrant release interior unaccounted wait court date know entire city mesa flow country one know illegal drug flow country alarming rate dissent intercept border donald trump inaudible get justin harris okay audience love trump justin harris get folk let finish country family community hold dear near heart endure year clueless president care color curtain safety prosperity great country people clear support law enforcement law order president trump unwavering commitment rule law man woman place life line day support national security want secure border vote trump support law enforcement safe community vote trump support get country track make america great vote donald j trump president arizona police association member family friend proud extend endorsement donald j trump president united states america thank god bless donald trump inaudible wow great endorsement mean lot audience inaudible donald trump closing want moment white house kamala harris crooked joe biden crook dollar bill dollar bill dollar bill believe go great year history country start day seal border stop migrant invasion country carry large deportation operation american history large president dwight d eisenhower big believer border defeat inflation america affordable go affordable country america dominant energy producer world far will close liquid gold foot country world include saudi arabia include russia use reduce taxis energy cost people reduce energy bill year country include heating air conditioning electricity gasoline car turn united states manufacture superpower bring job america long allow foreign country job steal wealth product buy far foreign country buy right go country pay tax business charge tax send product united states call trump reciprocal trade act china country charge tax tariff charge reciprocal tariff word great president william mckinley protective tariff policy republicans life countryman sweet bright bright bright brighter good citizenship civilization well destiny people ought care nation care industry care country time go happen start january year let mexico china country sell car united states detriment autoworker country include michigan south carolina united auto worker go vote trump go bring auto production see country end ridiculous electric vehicle mandate cut jobkille regulation harrisbiden administration auto manufacturing business bigger well strong rely kamala auto industry year car white house pass large tax cut worker say tax tip mean restaurant worker bartender hospitality worker caddy barber mover driver rely tip income tip long harass government fight protect social security medicare cut change age go want year darling social security move year go happen go happen go destroy social security tax social security benefit senior destroy senior horrible inflation small dollar social security want pay tax know need include liquid gold oh go hunt liquid gold cut wasteful unnecessary spending terminate green new scam spend money road bridge real infrastructure pay debt fake infrastructure cause massive inflation benefit whatsoever population settle war ukraine end chaos middle east restore peace strike happen quickly war end white house january war ukraine end presidentelect end weaponization government american people include way weaponize government political opponent imagine see win big case florida say ohhh weaponize get justice department political opponent happen number go think mr congressman think happen number somebody get explain rebuild city include washington dc make safe clean beautiful dollar world reserve currency right siege end era inflation mayhem misery kamala crooked joe unleash safety prosperity peace americans race religion color creed deliver low taxis low regulation low energy cost low interest cost low inflation talk want sure afford grocery car home stop invasion end migrant crime support great police strengthen military build missile defense shield country critical race theory transgender insanity school man woman sport defend second amendment go restore people allow fake news allow restore free speech country secure election mr congressman prosper family thrive day fill joy opportunity hope happen defeat kamala harris new stop countrydestroye liberal agenda end friend family register volunteer vote want landslide big rig big rig right right deb november save country save economy rescue middle class reclaim sovereignty restore border america country america powerful america wealthy america strong strong america proud america safe america free america great god bless god bless thank thank arizona god bless music young man need feel say young man pick ground say young man new town need unhappy man place say young man short dough stay sure find way good time fun stay ymca fun stay ymca young man enjoy hang boy fun stay ymca fun stay ymca clean good meal feel man listen say young man want say young man real dream get know thing man say young man pride shelf ymca sure help today fun stay ymca fun stay ymca young man enjoy hang boy fun stay ymca fun stay ymca clean good meal feel man shoe say blue feel man care alive feel world jive come say young man walk street place call ymca start way fun stay ymca fun stay ymca young man enjoy hang boy fun stay ymca man young man need feel music go hero ordinary go hero go go hero ordinary donald trump inaudible mean rule american people tonight pleased welcome man incredible champion value share share long time think people hear lowkey lowkey person highly respected great person know long past month robert f kennedy jr music go hero go go hero ordinary donald trump inaudible value share share long time think people hear lowkey lowkey person highly respected great inaudible million people destroy country go people people come jail prison mental institution throw run primary state great state iowa run little strange threat democracy right right movement know democracy mean rule democrat establishment mean rule american people tonight pleased welcome man incredible champion value share share long time think people hear lowkey lowkey person highly respected great person know long past month robert f kennedy jr music go hero go go hero ordinary go hero go donald trump man whoa deserve deserve audience usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa donald trump past month bobby run extraordinary campaign president united states know go couple time like mean sincerely allow enter democrat primary easily beat joe biden let donald trump rule see rule like vote order run little thing like candidacy inspire million million americans raise critical issue long ignore country bring people political spectrum positive campaign ground american value father robert kennedy great man uncle president john f kennedy know look right proud bobby proud bobby want know truth think introduce get applause like get tell think true think introduce anybody get applause like true soon believe nearly assassinate pennsylvania month bobby call express good wish know firsthand risk incur leader stand corrupt political establishment stand bring trouble right right country tell right country thing tell lose father uncle service country bobby subject repeat threat safety course campaign deny protection harrisbiden administration tribute honor bobby announce tonight election establish new independent presidential commission assassination attempt task release remain document pertain assassination president john f kennedy conduct rigorous review attack month tell people ask sir release document kennedy assassination go want salute bobby decade work advocate health family child million americans want clean air clean water healthy nation concern toxin environment pesticide food today repeat pledge establish panel expert work bobby investigate cause decadeslong increase chronic health problem childhood disease include autoimmune disorder autism obesity infertility want child america grow live long healthy life want ask bobby speak little stand aside go stand aside tell know long time little bit opposite equation brilliant think young young young young phenomenal person phenomenal man love people country anybody love people country bobby word thank robert f kennedy jr thank president trump hour assassination attempt butler get safe food advocate name calley mean fight year try end corruption cdc fda usda institution regulatory agency actually run big food processing company big ag chemical company suppose regulate say advise year campaign tell night advise president trump ask talk president trump say course minute later get president talk good talk invite come day go minneapolis see meet couple week later florida talk thing separate agree value issue bind issue talk have safe food end chronic disease epidemic child unhealthiest sick child world want healthy child want chemical food want regulatory agency free corporate corruption president trump tell want tell want end grip neocon foreign policy say want billion war ukraine use money united states safe good way build safe america rebuild industrial base rebuild middle class country want president go war go rebuild middle class country tell want end censorship basis american democracy free flow information know government silence opponent license kind atrocity think time look history people censor good guy bad guy step slippery slope totalitarianism want president go protect america freedom go protect totalitarianism want ask want safe environment child want know food feed fill chemical go cancer chronic disease want president go america healthy god bless god bless america crowd usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa usa donald trump wow huh fantastic guy poll good 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This bill requires the federal government to, before resettling, transporting, or relocating any aliens not in detention, consult with the affected state and local governments. Specifically, the department taking the action, either the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), must consult with the affected state and local governments at least three days before the action. HHS and DHS must also submit to Congress monthly state-specific reports about such actions.

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This bill modifies several aspects of the asbestos bankruptcy trust system. An asbestos bankruptcy trust is established when a company subject to asbestos-related liability files for bankruptcy under chapter 11. The bill allows the U.S. Trustee Program within the Department of Justice to investigate the administration and operation of asbestos bankruptcy trusts. Additionally, it creates new criminal offenses for making a false representation to, or a false claim for payment by, an asbestos bankruptcy trust. Finally, an administrator of an asbestos bankruptcy trusts must report any Medicare benefits entitled to a claimant to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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bill modify aspect asbestos bankruptcy trust system asbestos bankruptcy trust establish company subject asbestosrelate liability file bankruptcy chapter bill allow trustee program department justice investigate administration operation asbestos bankruptcy trust additionally create new criminal offense make false representation false claim payment asbestos bankruptcy trust finally administrator asbestos bankruptcy trust report medicare benefit entitle claimant center medicare medicaid service

Speeches, etc. Exact time uncertain. Special Schools were needed to give handicapped children a chance to develop their abilities to the full, said Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, Secretary of State for Education and Science, in Lincoln yesterday. “It doesn't matter who the child is, or where he comes from, we are trying to give every child the opportunity to develop his talents,” she said. Mrs. Thatcher was opening the £166,000 St. Francis School for physically handicapped and delicate children. “What we are doing by building these special schools is giving a memorial from the advantageous to the disadvantageous. “If you have all the mental and physical faculties, you start off with many advantages which a few children don't possess.” She said concern, imagination and endeavour were needed if the children were to be given the opportunities. More than 130,000 children, including the mentally handicapped, were in special schools. They needed more individual attention, and the schools required more careful thought than others. “Last year £12-13m was spent in trying to provide accommodation in special schools. In some respects it is like a housing list. It never dwindles as more children are coming forward for places.” Projects started last year would provide 4,700 day places, and more than 400 boarding places. “This is the sort of concern which has given rise to schools such as this. Our concern as a community, as individuals, and elected authorities, leads us to try to make provisions of this kind.” Imagination followed concern, and imagination was needed to create the schools. It was also required to provide the right sort of curriculum which would give the children the greatest help. Mrs. Thatcher said that without the endeavour of the local education authorities, the rate and taxpayer, central government, and the teachers, the schools could not succeed. “The ultimate tribute for the success of these schools goes to the teachers,” she said. “If you want to see devotion in practice, look at the teachers who work in these schools.” Ald. Sir Francis Hill, chairman of Lincoln Education Committee, introduced Mrs. Thatcher, who was thanked by the Mayor, Ald. Mrs. M. R. Sookias. The school was opened last September. It will eventually have 90 pupils from all over the county between five and 16, 40 of them boarding at the school. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc exact time uncertain special school need handicapped child chance develop ability say mrs margaret thatcher secretary state education science lincoln yesterday not matter child come try child opportunity develop talent say mrs thatcher open st francis school physically handicap delicate child build special school give memorial advantageous disadvantageous mental physical faculty start advantage child not possess say concern imagination endeavour need child give opportunity child include mentally handicapped special school need individual attention school require careful thought year m spend try provide accommodation special school respect like housing list dwindle child come forward place project start year provide day place boarding place sort concern give rise school concern community individual elect authority lead try provision kind imagination follow concern imagination need create school require provide right sort curriculum child great help mrs thatcher say endeavour local education authority rate taxpayer central government teacher school succeed ultimate tribute success school go teacher say want devotion practice look teacher work school ald sir francis hill chairman lincoln education committee introduce mrs thatcher thank mayor ald mrs m r sookias school open september eventually pupil county boarding school copyright margaret thatcher foundation right reserve

This bill allows tax-exempt Move America bonds and Move America tax credits to be used for certain infrastructure projects. A Move America bond is treated as a tax-exempt private facility bond with certain exceptions. At least 95% of the net proceeds from the issuance of the bond must be used for infrastructure projects, including The bill specifies exceptions and modifications to existing rules for bonds regarding land acquisition, government ownership, rehabilitation expenditures, and the alternative minimum tax. The bonds are subject to a volume cap equal to 50% of a state's current private activity bond volume cap. States may exchange all or a portion of the volume cap for Move America tax credits to be allocated to taxpayers. The credits include (1) an equity credit for a portion of the basis of each qualified facility; and (2) an infrastructure fund credit for investments in qualified infrastructure funds, including a state infrastructure bank, a water pollution control revolving fund, or a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund.

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bill allow taxexempt america bond america tax credit certain infrastructure project america bond treat taxexempt private facility bond certain exception net proceed issuance bond infrastructure project include bill specifie exception modification exist rule bond land acquisition government ownership rehabilitation expenditure alternative minimum tax bond subject volume cap equal state current private activity bond volume cap state exchange portion volume cap america tax credit allocate taxpayer credit include equity credit portion basis qualified facility infrastructure fund credit investment qualified infrastructure fund include state infrastructure bank water pollution control revolve fund drinking water treatment revolving loan fund

This bill requires the President to prohibit remittances from the United States to Mexico until a physical wall on the U.S.-Mexico border has been constructed and is fully operational. The bill also authorizes the President to use amounts derived from imposing sanctions on individuals associated with illegal drug cartel or human trafficking organizations in Mexico for various purposes to benefit U.S. citizens.

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This bill establishes a new federal criminal offense for administering a COVID-19 vaccine to a minor without the prior consent of a custodial parent or legal guardian of the minor. A violation is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.

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Speeches, etc. Mrs. Thatcher May I ask Michael Footthe Leader of the House to state the business for next week? The Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. Michael Foot) The business for next week will be as follows: Monday 28th February—Supply [9th Allotted Day]: there will be a debate on the economy in Wales, on a motion for the Adjournment. At seven o'clock, the Chairman of Ways and Means has named opposed Private Business for consideration. Tuesday 1st March—A debate on foreing affairs, which will arise on a motion for the Adjournment of the House. Wednesday 2nd March—Second Reading of the Coal Industry Bill. Remaining stages of the Returning Officers (Scotland) Bill. Thursday 3rd March—Supply [10th Allotted Day]: the Question will be put on all outstanding Votes. There will be a debate on the burden of personal taxation. Motion on EEC Documents SI752/76 and I/427/76 on export credits. Friday 4th March—Private Members' Bills. Monday 7th March—Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill. Mrs. Thatcher As I think that we may be waiting for the Lord President's next statement, may I just put two points to him? First, as it looks as if we shall have just a little more time in the near future, will he arrange for a two-day debate on the Public Expenditure White Paper within the next week or two? Secondly, as it is widely reported that there will be a rather important meeting on direct elections tomorrow, may we expect a statement on Monday? Mr. Foot I do not know whether there will be any necessity for any statement on Monday, but I will take the right hon. Lady's representations into account. On the question of having a two-day debate on public expenditure, I cannot promise a second day yet, but we shall [column 1633]certainly consider the right hon. Lady's representations. On the first matter the right hon. Lady mentioned, it is the case that I wish to make a statement a little later. Several Hon. Members rose—— Mr. Speaker Order. Before I call the next hon. Member to put a question, may I point out that there are two major statements to follow? I hope that that fact will be borne in mind. May I give hon. Members a word of advice? Those who manage to catch my eye to ask a question on the Business Statement may not be as lucky on the other matters. Mr. Dalyell Would the Lord President find time next week for the Private Member's Bill introduced by my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, Kelvingrove (Mr. Carmichael) and entitled “Presumption of Death (Scotland) Bill” ? Perhaps, Mr. Speaker, we could go quite wide on it. Mr. Foot I am sure that my hon. Friend could go pretty wide on any Bill. Mr. Beith If the Lord President is about to announce to the House good reasons why we should not proceed with the Scotland and Wales Bill next week, would not these reasons apply equally today? Will he say something about that? Mr. Foot It is perfectly possible for the House to conclude the proceedings on the debate which was started before today. As for next week and the future position, I ask the hon. Gentleman to await my later statement. Mr. John Mendelson I remind my right hon. Friend of the number of questions he was asked on Thursday of last week requesting a debate on unemployment and the economic problems resulting therefrom and his promise that he would seriously consider those requests. Is he now in a position to make an announcement about such a debate? Mr. Foot I cannot make any statement about inflation. We shall soon be discussing the Budget and the general economic measures associated therewith. Unemployment will be bound to figure prominently in all those debates. Mr. Maurice Macmillan In view of what may be changed circumstances, will the Leader of the House try to find time for a debate on the motion which stands in my name and the names of many right hon. and hon. Members on both sides? I believe he agrees that it is important to debate this motion quickly. [That, in the opinion of this House, the ruling given by the Chairman of Ways and Means on Thursday 10th February 1977, in selecting for debate in Committee of the whole House on the Scotland and Wales Bill the Procedure Motion, new Clause 40 and Amendment 679, all in the name of the Leader of the House, ought not to be cited or drawn into precedent on any future occasion.] Mr. Foot I fully acknowledge that there must be a debate on the subject. I cannot promise such a debate next week. I should think it would be possible to hold the debate the week after next. I have the matter in mind. I am not seeking to avoid holding a debate. Sir G. de Freitas On the matter of a Bill dealing with direct elections to the European Parliament, do the Government realise that the Boundary Commission procedure is likely to take a very long time? Will they consider instead a very short Bill concentrating on the existing regions and counties, which worked very well in the referendum? Would they also consider bringing in a simple system of proportional representation? Mr. Foot My experience of the House, which has not been upset by recent experience, is that it is not very often that we have short Bills. Mrs. Bain Will the right hon. Gentleman find time for an early opportunity to debate the Early-Day Motion in the names of my right hon. Friend the Member for Western Isles (Mr. Stewart) and the hon. Member for Carmarthen (Mr. Evans), since the question of continuing confidence in the Government is essential to the people of Scotland and Wales? [That in view of their handling of the Scotland and Wales Bill, and their consequent loss of general credibility, this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government.] Mr. Foot I would certainly agree if the hon. Lady were saying that the continuance of this Government is essential for the welfare of the people of Scotland. I do not think that it is necessary to have a debate on such an obvious proposition. No doubt the Leader of her party will be discussing these matters with my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister when they meet later this evening. Mr. John Evans Does my right hon. Friend accept that some of us are very concerned about the future of the shipbuilding industry? When does he intend to bring forward the Bill to bring about the nationalisation of the shipbuilding and aircraft industries? Obviously, something must be done quickly if we are to retain a viable shipbuilding industry in this country. Mr. Foot I follow what my hon. Friend says. The Government are fully aware of the necessity to do everything we can to aid the shipbuilding industry. Of course, we greatly deplore the fact that the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Bill is not already on the statute book. Mr. Edward Gardner Has the Lord President seen the motion on the Order Paper in my name and the names of many of my right hon. and hon. Friends urging the Prime Minister to procure a speedy settlement to the present police pay dispute on the principles that were applied to settle the seamen's pay dispute? [That this House, believing that an efficient and contented police force is indispensable to the maintenance of the Queen's Peace, calls on the Prime Minister to procure a speedy solution to the police pay dispute on the principles applied in the case of the seamen's pay settlement.] Will the Lord President arrange for a statement to be made by the Home Secretary early next week so that we can hear about, and if necessary debate, this very urgent problem? Mr. Foot I have noted that motion. My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary last saw representatives of the Police Federation on 15th February, when he discussed the pay question. Another meeting will be held shortly, and I hope that [column 1636]a satisfactory conclusion will be reached. I do not accept the analogies with the seamen's position to which the hon. and learned Gentleman referred. Mr. McNamara Before my right hon. Friend or any of his colleagues makes a statement in the House following tomorrow morning's discussions, will he bear in mind that some of his hon. Friends would like to be considered in those discussions and that no irrevocable decision should be taken tomorrow without consultation with his party supporters, so that they may continue to support him in the past as they have in the future—[Laughter.]—I mean, so that they may continue to support him in the future as they have in the past? Mr. Foot I am very eager to accept this exceptional display of support. I assure my hon. Friend that I am well aware of the views of many of my hon. Friends on this important subject, and I give him the assurance that such matters will not be neglected. Mr. Michael Latham In view of recent gross scandals and the need to contain public expenditure, why on earth has the Lord President put down for First Reading today and Second Reading soon a Bill to expand direct labour departments? Mr. Foot It is not on the Order Paper in the form which the hon. Gentleman suggests, but I hope very much that the Bill will be brought forward at a fairly early date because we believe that it can be of great benefit to the community as a whole. Mr. Ward If my right hon. Friend is facing the prospect of some slots in the Government's legislative timetable, will he look again at the place of the Road Traffic (Seat Belts) Bill, which, if enacted, could save us 19 lives a week? Mr. Foot I know that my hon. Friend has strong views on that matter, as have many other hon. Members on both sides. I cannot give any undertaking that the Bill will be brought forward again, but it will be one of the Bills that we shall consider. Mr. Higgins Will the Lord President save parliamentary time by dropping the Water Charges Equalisation Bill, since the Government have now been forced to admit that it cannot come into operation [column 1637]this coming year, and it is likely to be overtaken by other legislation? Mr. Foot We have no intention of dropping that legislation. We believe that it is high time that it should be introduced in order to provide fairness for people in all parts of the country. Mr. Spriggs Since the Prime Minister stated today that it is the Government's intention to carry on with the Scotland and Wales Bill, why should we go on with the debate and hold up the referendum which has been promised? Mr. Foot If my hon. Friend awaits the statement which I shall make in a minute or two, he will have the answer to the first part of his question, and if he waits for the rest of the debate he will have the answer to the second. Mr. Adley In view of the continuing disgraceful campaign against Concorde being waged by certain people in New York, will the Lord President do his best to prevent Anglo-American relations deteriorating on this issue and accordingly invite his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade to come to the House early next week and make the statement which he said he would give? Mr. Foot I shall look up the observation to which the hon. Gentleman refers. Mr. Loyden Is my right hon. Friend aware that, since unemployment is now becoming the most important factor facing the House and the country, it is absolutely astonishing and shameful that we are not now discussing this vital question? Does my right hon. Friend realise that the future fate of the Labour Government will rest upon solving the problem of unemployment? Mr. Foot I do not dissent from my hon. Friend's view about the seriousness and importance of the unemployment situation and the necessity for the House to discuss it in all its aspects. But it is not the case that the House has not been discussing and will not discuss it. We shall be discussing it, for example, on Monday this coming week, and there will be a whole series of occasions in coming weeks and months when the matter can, quite properly and rightly, be discussed in the House. Several Hon. Members rose—— Mr. Speaker I shall call the three hon. Members now on their feet, and then take the statement. Mr. Lomas May I ask my right hon. Friend whether he would come back to the Back Benches, where we enjoyed his presence so much and where he did not try, as he is now doing, to push through the devolution Bill, which has been defeated, damned and finished? Will he make a statement to the effect that the devolution Bill is now dead, and will he concentrate his future activities on our unemployment problem? Mr. Foot We shall come to some parts of my hon. Friend's question in a moment. Despite his most generous invitation to return to the Back Benches, I must tell my hon. Friend that I have even more pressing invitations to stay on the Front Bench. Mr. Skinner Does my right hon. Friend agree that integrity is one of the most important values for a politician to hold, and, on that basis, will he resist with every breath left in his body the attempt to bring in a Bill for direct elections to Europe—a device to assist those who want to put thousands of pounds more in their pockets in order to gallivant around Europe and be missing from this place at the same time? Mr. Foot I am fully aware of my hon. Friend's view on that Bill and, indeed, on many others, although I cannot accept the imputation which he makes against some hon. Members in that connection. Mr. Lipton May I help my right hon. Friend with the statement on devolution which he is about to make? Has he noted Early-Day Motion No. 190, which suggests that a convention should be held? [That this House recalls that, at the last General Election, the Conservative, Labour, Liberal and Scottish National Parties all included within their manifestos a commitment to an elected Scottish Assembly; regrets the intransigence of the Government, in refusing to consider all-party opinion on framing appropriate enabling legislation; and now calls on Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the widespread reservations [column 1639]on the Scotland and Wales Bill, to accept the proposals of the Right honourable Member for Cambridgeshire for the immediate establishment of a Constitutional Convention, on an all-Party basis, to implement the manifesto commitments referred to in this Motion.] May I suggest that it might be worth while adopting that suggestion, provided that the convention met seven days a week and for 12 hours a day until it made up its mind what it wanted? Mr. Foot As my hon. Friend may detect in a few minutes, it was that consideration among others which induced me to prepare the statement which I am about to make. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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position announcement debate mr foot statement inflation shall soon discuss budget general economic measure associate therewith unemployment bind figure prominently debate mr maurice macmillan view change circumstance leader house try find time debate motion stand name right hon hon member side believe agree important debate motion quickly opinion house ruling give chairman way mean thursday february select debate committee house scotland wale bill procedure motion new clause amendment leader house ought cite draw precedent future occasion mr foot fully acknowledge debate subject promise debate week think possible hold debate week matter mind seek avoid hold debate sir g de freitas matter bill deal direct election european parliament government realise boundary commission procedure likely long time consider instead short bill concentrate exist region county work referendum consider bring simple system proportional representation mr foot experience house upset recent experience short 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The Destructive Social Contagion | Megyn Kelly Published: 4/13/2023 (in RSS feed: 13m 30s) Hey folks, I'm out today for Passover, but we want to give you a little bit of a taste of something amazing that we do here at DailyWire. It's a show I do called the search, in which I sit down with some of the most interesting people across the globe. And honestly, these folks are from all sides of the political spectrum. And, and we just sit at a restaurant or a coffee shop and we just chat about life If. you look at Leah Thomas' Social Media, Leah Thomas, it appears, has a serious fixation on Autogynephilia and gets off as a man in dressing as a woman. It's a sexual fetish. And there are plenty of trans people who will tell you that that is a faction of trans people. Of Course. Well, Joyce has an entire book called Trans in which he talks about. I'm gonna Exactly. He's amazing. So, so what we really have is somebody who is in the women's locker room, taking the women's trophies and the women's medals, and getting off on the fact that he is dressed like a woman immersed with women, and they want the women to get the therapy that we have crossed the Rubicon now to where formally tolerant me don't be so hateful. Dr. Ablo has become like an activist on this. Like, I get out, get out of our swimming pools, get out of our locker rooms, get off of our track meets, get out there, we're we'll find an accommodation for you. Hopefully you'll get the help you need, but we are not surrendering girlhood or womanhood to you and your mental issues. I mean, it is, it is insane. When you look at the statistics on the social Contagion, that's, that's occurred. The, the latest poll that I saw from, I believe it was Pew that came out today, was that almost 20% of all people who identify as Gen Z are now saying they're LGBTQ plus. Oh my God. Almost 20%. And the generation after that, it's gonna be 30 or 40%. And so the question becomes number one, whether this is, have we just reached a genetic bottleneck or is it possible that a massive social Contagion is taking place that is geographically located in blue areas, which is exactly what's happening? And you know, the what, what that again tends to show is that in the absence of any sort of overriding value system, pathology spreads. I mean, pe people tend to imitate each other's behaviors. And if a society declares something heroic, you'll get more of it. You subsidize particular behavior, you get more of that behavior. It is just that simple. And so what society chooses to subsidize and not subsidize does actually have some pretty serious ramifications. And so the breakdown of the intermediate institutions of society here, I'm talking about church or family, that's that's gonna devastate this entire generation. And there was a, there was a study that came out recently suggesting that young girls are now at the highest risk of, of suicide that they've ever been at so far as they're aware. Something like 37% of or 30% of girls can actively considered suicide over the course of the last two years, which is nuts. I mean, those, those questions that those numbers are crazy and, and people are asking why. And the answer is, well, maybe because you don't give them any guidance on how to become women. You, you obliterated the category of women and then you give them no guidance on how to get there. And then you say that what's going to make you happy is to be on social media all day, comparing yourself to others. And all of the institutions we're used used to socialize. I mean, this is an important part of bringing up a kid. I III this is why I think as our parent, as our society becomes parent free, as as people don't have kids, all the values go down the drain because you actually have to get serious about life once you have kids. And and I say kids, not kid. I think that there are a lot of people who sort of have a kid that's like a dog or a purse. It's, it's like a thing that you carry around and and this is, this is my kid and I will do to my kid and I'll post a TikTok video about how tolerant I am because my kid came home. I'll call 'em a baby, Right? EE exactly. But once you have multiple kids and, and you start looking at how hard it is to, to civilize a child and how terrible small children are and what it takes to make them into adults, you realize that kids, what they actually want is stability. What they want is a role. I mean, III was talking about this with Pierce Morgan the other day. You know, when, when I look at my kids, what my young, what what my boy's six wants to do when he grows up? I asked him what he wanted to do and he said, I wanna be a daddy. He said that that's, that's what I want. And if that If you ask my daughter like, what would you wanna be when you grow up? She would say, A mommy. And so I talked to them at this age about like, so who, who in your class do you wanna marry? Do they have any concept of what that means? No, but the idea is this is the social expectation and it is a good social expectation. Yeah. We, we've, we've now entered a world in which we believe that placing social expectations on our kids is somehow a negative. It's bad that kids ought to be free. There should be no social expectations of them. I totally disagree. I think social expectations for kids are a wonderful thing. I think it's the thing that makes them into adults. Kids are uncivilized, you civilized them. This is what it means to raise a child. If they didn't need raising, you wouldn't have to raise them. And so I think parents have abdicated this duty almost completely. And this is why, and people ask me if I'm optimistic ever. And I say, well, as a religious person, yes, because the religious will inherit the earth. We're the only ones who are having children at this point. But also the only people who have a durable set of values are the ones who are gonna be passing those on to their kids. Yes. Oh, I, it's funny, Ben 'cause I wasn't raised religious like you, but I did go to church, you know, my parents made us go to Catholic church and I did all the, you know, confirmation in their community, all the stuff. But one of the main, so I'm there, I believe in God and I believe in the Catholic teachings, but I'm not devout. But one of the main reasons that we go to church every Sunday is the very things you're talking about, shared values, shared community, reminding my children, there's something bigger and more important than them. They're part of a bigger social fabric. And these are the values. Part of the benefit of sitting in that pew every Sunday is reinforcement of values. You know, who matters? God who matters, your mom and dad, If, you need advice. Who do you go to? One of those three, right? Like, it's great to have somebody who they respect or they see as an authority figure up there saying all the same things that we are saying back at home. This is one of the reasons why this whole discussion, this is like the polar opposite between Jocko Willink and Kim Kardashian and why I love the former and cannot stand the latter. I don't think Kim Kardashian is an evil person in her heart. It's not about whether she, she intends evil, but just the other day, Jocko Willink, you know, for famed Navy seal, like the baddest badass ever put out a little, a short little video on Instagram. And it basically said, I wanna talk to 13, 15, 17-year-old boys. And he said, and I made my boys watch this. And he said, I don't know if anybody's telling you what, what to do, what we're supposed to do at 13. He said, work out, put on some muscle, you know, learn how to fight any kind of fight, you know, martial arts, be able to defend yourself, If, you need it. Don't drink or do drugs. Those things are bad for you. Improve your mind by reading a book that's good for you. Right? Had just like a couple of quick tiktoks down, it was like, yes. He's like, I'm not sure if anybody's telling you that. Now in my family we are telling the children that, right? But a lot of families, they're not. So that's Jocko. And then you've got Kim Kardashian who is look at my ass, look at my boobs and look at me and don't bother listening to me. Just look at me. I can't stand what she's doing to our culture. It's not just her, it's really her whole family. But just that general personality and the messaging to our daughters in particular, that all of it's real. That's 100% my actual ass. And the sex tape, which is how she got famous without actually owning it, all of it is so abhorrent to me. And it's exactly the opposite of Jocko Willink, all of the wrong inputs into our children, to the point where my daughter and her friend were over. And somebody asked me whether the makeup I had was Kim Kardashian and the other one's like, well, who's Kim Kardashian? And I said, I do not wish to be the person who introduces that person into your life. Right? But these are the battles we're fighting. There are role models both positive and negative. I mean, this is, this is also I think one of the, I I keep coming back to the, the Robert Nsbe point that you, you destroy the intermediate institutions and you destroy everything that, that the people who are looked up to, like, I'm glad there are people like Jocko or people like Jordan Peterson, you know, people who are actually speaking to young men. But when I was growing up and people said, who do you look up to? You know, who, who are your heroes? The people I always said were my parents. It was always like my, my dad, my mom, you know, maybe a couple of teachers who, who had helped me along the way. It was, it was never some person who was very, very famous. Right? And, and because we've changed the metric of success to be fame, what that means is that people are constantly seeing themselves and, and thinking about themselves. Right? And then they're, I can't remember who, who, who once said that the way to, to, you know, get over depression is, is it's not about thinking of, of thinking less of yourself. It's about thinking of yourself less. Like just, just stop thinking that everyone has their eyes on you at all time. Or that the goal of life should be, should be fame. I mean, this is, this is, I think the greatest lie that anybody has ever told, or one of them is that fame is innately a good thing. Oh, okay. Fame is innately not a good thing. For the vast majority of people who have ever been famous, it, it wrecks them. I mean, it's, fame is not an easy thing to deal with. And we talked about this a little bit earlier, but I mean, you've dealt with fame as well as anybody, but I mean, how many people have you seen fame just absolutely ruin? Well, I think the people who seek it are the ones who are most vulnerable to being ruined by it. You know, one of the nice things of, of being, well-known because I do the news, is it's just a side effect. You know, I, I never wanted to be famous. I just wanted to do the news. And I knew I could communicate orally, you know, in, in the best and most compelling way. And so that means TV news, right? For me. And so fame was sort of a side effect. If you're doing that kind of news really well, some fame will come. But the battle for me all along has been with my kids to downplay it as an absolute nothing. An absolute nothing. And so they'll ask like, are you famous? And I'm always like, no. And my daughter asks like, are you a celebrity? I'm like, absolutely not. And then she looked up the definition of celebrity and it kind of matched a little. And I was like, it's not, it's, that's somebody who's famous for all sorts of different reasons. You know, mom is a news person who some people know. And the biggest attachment though is to, to try to not get them to attach a value to fame. So like, we'll go skiing and you'll see like a famous person on the mountain, and it might be somebody who I know that they would love like a sports figure. And I always try to just project it's a nothing. Yeah, it's a nothing. I'm like, okay, it's Tom Brady, it's cool, but whatever. Because I don't want them to see me attaching like, he's famous. He's famous and he's right there, you know, like, God, no, you'll never ask anybody for their autograph or for their picture because what, yes, if it's a sports figure, maybe you'd admire their basketball or their football, what have you. But a lot of the times when you're looking at a Hollywood actor, you just admire their fame. You like the fact that people know who they are. That is nothing to be valued. And in my own life, fame has caused way more problems than it's, than it's created or than goodness that it's created for me. And honestly, it can be security problems in your life as you well know. It can just be nastiness that gets injected while you're just innocently scrolling Twitter or Instagram that you didn't ask for. It can be speculation about your marriage, right? Like, you post some nice picture of you and your husband and next thing you know, people are like, she's cheating on him. Like, wait, what? Right? And look, you gotta be taught, you gotta be able to scroll right back by that. But just, you know, there's a lot of negative injections that come from it. That's not to say there's no upside, but fame is not, definitely not something to be. Well, Well, I mean that, that's that, you know, the good news for me is that nobody has ever seen a picture of me and suggested that I'm cheating on my wife. And they know You under saw Yourself. Oh no. But it is fine. I saw myself exactly as, as as life has made it. But It's, I I made him Uncomfortable. Yeah, you win. But it, but it's, it's, it is, you know, it's, it's a difficult thing. My, my kids, I will say, I think I've done a pretty good job of this. We were, we were at an event recently where there's a, there's a orthodox Jewish singer named Morash Shapiro who is well known in like the Orthodox Jewish community, which is a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percentage, boy, right? It's a very small community. And so my kids, just outta curiosity, one day they were like, we were at this event and Mordecai was their super nice guy and he was in, and they were kind of like peeking around the corner at him. They're like, oh my god, that's Mordecai Shapiro. And so I went to my kids and I'm like, who do you think is Mor famous? Is like Mordecai or me, like Mordecai win. Right on. Yeah, exactly. Well, Same thing with money, right? 'cause it's like, I didn't grow up with any money. Now we have some money, but you don't want kids with no ambition. You know, you don't want kids who are just so used to the finer things in life and have no fire in their belly. The only reason I earned money or wanted to earn money was because we didn't have any, you know, like, and you get sick enough of that, that you like, I'll try hard, I'm gonna work hard, I'm gonna earn my own dough. So there's nothing I can do about, you know, the kids seeing how we live. You know, we we're not like in first class all the time. We're flying private. I'm like, get in the back. You're in the coach, you'll in the back aisle, aisle by the bathroom, you're fine Doug. And I'll be in the first class, but they'll ask same thing, you know, like, are we rich? And I always say the same thing, which is, dad and I are, you get nothing. Good luck. You be able to live like this as long as you're in mom's house. Otherwise, you're, I will admit that I've pulled this card on my, on my kids before though. My, my kids will be fighting with each other over, over, you know, a toy. And they'll say, no, this is my toy. And I, and I'll walk and I'll be like, Nope, it's mine. Everything in this house belongs to me. You paid for nothing in this house. Your room is mine. Your pillow is mine, right? Your toys are mine. All of it is. You are mine. You like it, right? You, you are work for it. You are, you are little laborers for me. Yes. I made you and you are until you're 18. Yeah, Exactly. I mean, I'm rooting for you. It's, I'm taking my last penny to the Grave. Although it's, it is really interesting. And so I've had this conversation with, with some of my friends who are, who are very wealthy, and the question of how you raise a kid who is good, who is wealthy is, it's a, it's a very different question because how do you raise kids who aren't spoiled? Is really the question. And what I've said to some of my friends is, number one, if you're worried about raising kids who aren't spoiled, there's a good shot that your kids aren't gonna be spoiled. Yes. Because you're already thinking along the right lines. But also, I, I think spoiled is a mindset. I don't think it's necessarily an outgrowth of wealth. Meaning I know, I know people who are middle income who seem very, very spoiled. You know, when I was growing up, we were somewhere between lower middle income to upper middle income over the course of my parents' career. 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Ep. 1994 - Trump CRUSHES Corpse Biden in DISASTER Debate Published: 6/28/2024 (in RSS feed: 1h 15m 12s) Well, last night was the first and probably only debate between Donald Trump, former President of the United States and Joe Biden, the current president of the United States. I said before this debate, it was gonna be one of the only debates in my lifetime that really, really mattered. It was gonna be a turning point in this process because there's no new information. It's been added to this process for legitimately a year, and it was gonna go one way or it was gonna go the other. But the worst possible thing that could happen for Joe Biden was for him to show up on stage and fall apart. And that is precisely what happened last night. Donald Trump was disciplined. Donald Trump gave the best debate performance of his career, but he did it on a night where Joe Biden assumed room temperature. Joe Biden effectively died on the stage last night. I don't even mean that in terms of a figurative performance. I mean, he looked as though he was physically going to die on the stage. It was pretty horrifying on a sort of emotional level to watch an 81-year-old man being trotted out there by his team, by the Democratic party, by his family, to be humiliated on national television in front of hundreds of millions of people. As an American, it was deeply depressing and disturbing because you know that the most evil people around the world are looking at this and they're licking their chops. They feel like they now have a window between now and when Donald Trump presumably takes office in January where they gotta go, the world just became a much more dangerous place. But the feeling when watching this was stunned. Disbelief, just absolute stunned disbelief because I think everybody kind of thought, okay, so they'll shoot Biden filled with that, that cocktail of his, and he'll probably just make it through. It'll probably be okay. And then the question will be whether Trump is too volatile or Trump blows right past the moderators or whatever it is. And again, we'll get to Trump's performance, which I thought was outstanding for Donald Trump. This was easily the best performance of his life. He kept himself contained. He kept himself restrained. He was appointed when he needed to be. But this debate was not about Donald Trump. It was all about Joe Biden. And that is why this race is now all about Joe Biden. The sheer panic breaking out among Democrats this morning is astonishing to watch. There is open talk, not, not like behind closed doors, open talk by nearly every major Democrat in the media, including public officials about whether they even have the ability to remove Joe Biden from the ticket. Remember, we are less than two months out from the Democratic National Convention. All the delegates have already been pledged. They would have to force Joe Biden on a personal level to either resign the office to Kamala Harris, declare that he's not going to run again, and thereby free up his delegates. Or they would have to rest it from him in some sort of coup. And by the way, it really isn't the DNC. The DNC is, is all for optics. They actually have a sort of fake DNCA virtual convention where they're going to ensure that the nominee is nominated. That is 40 days from now. There is no time for any of this if you are a Democrat. The state of insane panic that is breaking on the Democratic Party is amazing. But the conclusion last night is that Donald Trump absolutely crushed Joe Biden because Joe Biden is not alive. He's not with it. He's senile. And this brings us to another conclusion. The media are some of the most abject liars in modern history. They are such liars. Now, we all knew this already. We knew this about Covid. It was about Black Lives Matter. We knew this about election 2016, election 2020. We knew this. But the legacy media, they should be ashamed of themselves. I mean, it is humiliating and sick. What the legacy media have done, remember, they've spent three years declaring that Joe Biden is mentally fit, not just mentally fit. Doing back handsprings and reciting Virgil in Latin. They, they say that Joe Biden is so wi they've been telling you not to believe your eyes, not to believe your ears, not to believe your brain. That the things that you are seeing and you are, they're all fake. They're just cheap fakes. When you saw clips of Joe Biden wandering off into the woods or Joe Biden falling upstairs, or Joe Biden spacing out as he stares into the darkness like Simon and Garfunkel, they, they kept saying that was all fake. It was all in your mind. It was all in your brain. It was your head. 'cause you are the crazy one folks. I live down here in Florida. And that means the natural disasters are always waiting at, usually it's a hurricane or something. 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'cause I'm about to tell you the truth. And f you if you can't handle the truth, this version of Biden is the best Biden ever. Do you know loss? Let's see. She knows so long as he was denied. In fact, I think he's better than he's ever been. President Biden has a photographic memory, his understanding and mastery of a complicated geopolitical situation. Remarkable. He is sharp, intensely probing and detail oriented and focused. Jackie, are you here? Where's Jackie? I didn't think she right out. Show us Gru be here. It was sitting, you know, of two feet from him across the table and he was, you know, intense. Had trouble Walking sometimes. Yeah, so did FDR. He wanted GD War, but he's totally focused. He's very sharp. They say he's sharp in meanings and so on. Very lucid will, very well done for him. Biden is state lead. He comes with gravitas. There hasn't been, as far as I know, a single claim that Biden made a mistake. Ageism is an issue. It goes on and on like this. Okay, that's, we don't even have to play the whole thing because you could have done this on a consistent loop for, for three years. We were all watching Joe Biden fall apart in real time. And all these people were telling you that you were crazy. And then last night they got abjectly destroyed by their own lies. And now they are in a state of panic too, not just because they think Trump is gonna win. And they're right about that. Not just because it's now obvious to everybody that Joe Biden has senile. That's true. But because their own credibility just exploded into tiny bits of shrapnel last night. All of which means that the threat that the media posted the country, it, it's very real. Because what that means is someone else has in fact been running the country for the past several years. The person we saw on stage last night is not capable of running a country. He's not capable of walking to a bathroom. I'm not even joking about that. Will see tape a little bit later on of him being guided off the stage by Joe. As I say, I come back to the words, yeah, like I started off last night and it was amusing. And then the more you think about it, the sadder it becomes someone else has been running the country. It is not Joe. It might be Joe Edith Wilson's style. Maybe it's all the Obama holdovers. Whomever it is is not Joe Biden. And you know, who knows that all of America's enemies, the world became so much more dangerous regardless of the election when the president of the United States performs like a befuddled Alzheimer's patient at early bird dinner at the nursing home. That is a horrible look for the rest of the world. Do you think Iran is scared more now or, or are they scared? If, if Trump is president right now, Iran, if you are, if you are seeking nuclear weapon, Iran is going to accelerate that process dramatically before January. China, if they're thinking about blockading Taiwan, they're gonna do it before January. If you are Russia and you're thinking about a massive war move, you are gonna do that before January because the presidents of the United States is non compost Memphis. Which means that, as I said earlier, you've seen the media. The media are actively now stumping for Joe Biden to be removed from the ticket that which is, which is insane. Understand that it is currently the end of June. We have July, August, September, October, that's it. We have four months until the election, and they're talking about removing the incumbent president and major party nominee from the ticket right now, it's not us on the right, it is people on the left. Okay? So I wanna start this from the beginning. We'll go through the debate in detail and then we'll get to the response because the next several weeks in politics are gonna be unprecedented in American history. So the debate starts, and right away, you know, this is going to be very bad for Joe Biden, right from the very beginning, from the very first moment. Because after the anchors introduce themselves, both men walk on the stage, we'll play it. And I'll narrate it to you if you're just listening, this is why you subscribe over a Daily Wire, by the way. So you can actually watch the whole show and its entirety and uncensored here. Here's the beginning of the debate. Now please welcome the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden. He can barely move. How are you? He looks terrible randomly pointing to people. He, he looks stiff, he's ungainly, he can barely move. And then he stands behind the podium and he looks stoned. The 45th President United, his pupils are the size of saucers Donald Trump. And then here comes Trump. And Trump looks exactly the same as Trump has always looked. Donald Trump is, has been preserved in Amber for years. He looks exactly the same as he looked in 2015. Joe Biden looks as though he is no longer living. And that was just the very beginning. That was the very beginning. And off the bat you're like, okay, this is gonna be dicey. Listen, we in politics have been watching this stuff. We've been watching Joe Biden do this stuff. And I've been saying for a long time that watching Joe Biden do a press conference is like watching Nick Wallenda walk across volcano on a tightrope. You're not watching because you're interested in seeing Nick Wallenda walk across the volcano on this height rope you're watching just in case he falls off the rope. Last night, Nick Wallenda fell off the rope into the volcano. So the debate begins, and Joe Biden comes out and from the, again, from the very first moment he's incoherent, he starts talking. He's clearly got something quasi memorized and he starts to garble it. The signals start to cross. I dunno if you've ever had like a really long night, you haven't slept in like two days. And no matter how hard you're trying to get something out, it just won't come out correctly. That was Joe Biden last night, except all the time. And by the way, he set the rules. Joe Biden had a week to prepare for this debate. He went to Camp David, he did no press conferences, he did no work. The world's on fire. And this guy went off to camp where he was lectured by a bunch of adults going to sleep at four o'clock in the afternoon, resting up and setting every rule. The New York Times reported yesterday, every rule of this debate was demanded by Joe Biden. No audience microphones that mute. These were all rules set by Joe Biden. Okay? So there, there, it was not possible for there to be a male friendly environment for Joe Biden since he had literally preset the entire environment. And Donald Trump had done it. Turns out the brilliant thing of having just accepted, some people like me were kind of skeptical of that. We were like, maybe he should have fought back about the crowd. There's no crowd. Maybe he should have fought back about the the Mikes. But Trump recognized that the minute he did that, then Biden would likely pull out and cite Trump's negotiation as a rationale for not doing the debate. So instead he just accepted. Because the question that you have to be asking yourself after this is, they all knew behind closed doors this man has seen. Now they all knew it and then they put him out there Anyway, there's an old saying, an old aphorism, better to be thoughtful than to open your mouth and that be confirmed. That was Joe Biden last night. So here's the very beginning of the debate. Joe Biden talking on Trump's economy. We're in a situation where if you had to take a look at all that was done in his administration, he didn't do much at all by the time he left there. Things were in chaos. They literally chaos. Thank You President Trump. We had the greatest economy in the history of our country. We have never done so well every, everybody was amazed by it. Other countries were copying us. We got hit with CVID. And when we did, we spent the money necessary so we wouldn't end up in a great depression. The likes of which we had in 1929 by the time we finished. So we did a great job. We got a lot of credit for the economy, a lot of credit for the military, and no wars and so many other things. Everything was rocking good. But the thing we never got the credit for and we should have is getting us out of that covid mess. Okay? So again, Trump was very lucid last night. I haven't talked a lot about Trump yet because again, Trump isn't the story. But here's the thing. Trump could have been the story if he had turned into bad performance. Trump last night was excellent. I don't mean good. I mean excellent. He had his moments about 45 minutes in, he got distracted by some of the January 6th, 2020 stuff when he was talking about his own trials and tribulations. Obviously he has a tough time avoiding that landman. But he did it better than any time I have ever seen. He was disciplined. He knew what he was doing. He stayed within himself. He did not attempt to overrun the rules. He did not attack the moderators. He was given time, he filled the time. And there were some devastating moments for Joe Biden that were at the hands of Donald Trump. College is expensive, but being a man shouldn't be score 60% off Jeremy's razor's, one year of shaving and dominate campus life while others conform. You'll stand out clean shaven and unapologetic. The precision five delivers an exceptionally smooth and close shave designed with a precision T trimmer for keeping your edge and an ergonomic handle for superior control. Major in masculinity at jeremy's razors.com today. And it turns out that in debate, particularly presidential debate, the moments that tend to matter is where one of the candidates channels the thing the audience is feeling. This, by the way, is true just in in terms of entertainment and tv. There's always one character on every show who's kind of the voice of the audience. It happens on a lot of comedies, a lot of, a lot of dramas too. The always the most popular character is the person who says the thing the audience is thinking, but they're not willing to say. And so all in the family, that was Archie Bunker always saying the thing about meathead that everybody felt about meathead. And so in 2020, Joe Biden had that line in the first debate when Donald Trump was way outside himself and he was yelling and he was ranting and he was talking over people. And Joe Biden eventually turned him and said, shut up man. Will you shut up And everybody, even people on the center on the right were like, I mean, he won't shut up. That's kind of true, right? He was saying the thing out loud last night, Donald Trump became the voice of the audience because we were all watching in a horrified silence as you watch this train slowly chugging toward a ravine where the track to end. So very early on in the debate, Joe Biden made the signaling false claim and that no American troops had died on his watch. And Donald Trump absolutely smoked him As far as Afghanistan is concerned. I was getting out of Afghanistan, but we were getting out with dignity, with strength, with power. He got out. It was the most embarrassing day in the history of our country's life. Again, he had hits like that, but the story was Biden. So even in his sort of rote lines, his one-off lines, Joe Biden was unable to fulfill the DIC dictates of the, of the English language. He, he just couldn't, he couldn't fulfill the basic rules of grammar. So check out clip six. Here is Joe Biden talking about tax cuts. He mixes up in this clip, trillionaires and billionaires and million and trillion, he's incoherent. Folks, You got $2 trillion tax code benefited. The very wealthy I, what I'm gonna do is fix the tax system. For example, we have a thousand trillionaires in America. I mean billionaires in America and what's happening, they're in a situation where they in fact pay 8.2% in taxes. If they just paid 24% or 25% in either one of those numbers, they raised $500 million, Again, not with it. And that became perfectly clear in one of the takeaway clips of the night. So at a certain point, Joe Biden just started rambling about Medicare and Medicaid and he ended with a line that is going to go down in presidential debate history. And wh and Donald Trump just puts him through a wall. I mean, he puts him through a wall here. Everything we have to do with, look, if we finally beat Medicare, Thank you, president Biden. President Trump. Well, he is right. He did beat Medicare, he beat it to death. And he's destroying Medicare because all of these people are coming in, they're putting them on Medicare, they're putting them on social security, they're gonna destroy social security. This man is going to single handedly destroy social security. These millions and millions of people coming in, they're trying to put them on social security. He will wipe out social security, meanwhile wipe Medicare his stone. So he, the way he finished that sentence, and it's a shame. I mean, Joe Biden looks right there as though death is coming at him on the stage, like the sixth sense. He's seeing things no one else is seeing. As Matt Walsh said last night, he's seeing into the afterlife already. He's standing there for folks who can't see it. And he's gazing gap jawed and stony eye into a mid distance that does not exist into another dimension. That line there that, that Donald Trump uses. I mean, Biden opened himself wide up to it. I beat Medicaid. We finally beat Medicaid. He needs a mission accomplished banner on an aircraft carrier. We finally beat, we finally did it, Jill. We beat Medicaid. Of course, of course. Donald Trump was going to put him through a wall. Now again, one of the things about Trump that's fascinating is a point that I made last night on The Daily Wire backstage. That's on our feed. You can go check that out as well. It's worth the listen. It was right in the aftermath of the debate. So one, one of the things that's that's really fascinating about Donald Trump as a nominee is sort of the innate wisdom of making him the nominate. Now listen, I didn't support Donald Trump in the primaries, right? I supported Ron DeSantis as a voter in the primaries. He also known the ballot by the time it got to Florida W when it comes to this race. However, the magic of Donald Trump is very simple. There is no new information about Donald Trump. He will say nothing that shocks you. He will say nothing that is capable of appalling you because it turns out that you've heard it all before. And what that means is that he can take heterodox positions with the base because he has earned trust with them that no other Republican can. So last night he was asked about the abortion pill. Now listen, as a pro-lifer, I think the abortion pill is a grave evil. I think it is Aous moral quandary and problem. Donald Trump has taken the most moderate position on abortion of any Republican in my lifetime. He's able to get away with that because of the trust that he has earned with the Republican base, he's gonna get 99% turnout with the Republican base. But also it means that with the audience, there's nothing he can say that is particularly shocking, which puts all the focus back on Joe Biden. If you imagine for a second, a more conservative, and dare I say, intellectually serious Republican candidate Iran DeSantis, for example, up there, and he takes the hard pro-life position, suddenly the debate becomes his pro-life position. Donald Trump didn't do that because he can stick and he can move knowing that no bad information really can harm him, and that the base loves him. So here he was last night on the abortion bill As president, would you block abortion medication? First of all, the Supreme Court just approved the abortion bill. And I agree with their decision to have done that. And I will not block it Again. That is a position that is heterodox for Republicans to take. Trump can get away with it. One of the big issues, obviously on which Trump hammered the living daylights outta Biden was on the border, which you would expect. This has been Trump's signal issue since 2015. And under Joe Biden the border has absolutely exploded. 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There have been many young women murdered by the same people. He allows to come across our border. We have a border that's the most dangerous place anywhere in the world, considered the most dangerous place anywhere in the world. And he opened it up. And these killers are coming into our country and they are raping and killing women. And it's a terrible thing as far as the abortion's concerned. It is now back with the states. The states are voting in many cases, the, it's frankly a very liberal decision. In many cases. It's the opposite. But they're voting and it's bringing it back to the vote of the people, which is what everybody wanted, including the founders. If they knew about this issue, which frankly they didn't Look at Biden, okay, this is the thing Trump's talking. What he's saying is, is perfectly fine, perfectly good. Joe Biden is not with every split screen, we'll say referendum on Joe Biden every single split screen. So Roger Ailes on Fox News, former way of Fox News, he used to have a, a way of evaluating how people were doing on the tv. He would turn down the sound. If you turned it down the sound on this debate, Joe Biden loses immediately, immediately. Remember, this is after like 25 years of plastic surgery and they shot him with uppers and he had a weak arrest. Woo. Okay, so here was Joe Biden's response to Donald Trump talking about the border and abortion, the utter incoherence. He's not there. I can't say to any, he's not there. Look, there's so many young women who have been including a young woman who just was murdered. And he, he went to the funeral, the idea that she was murdered by a, by an by an immigrant coming into, they talk about that. But here's the deal. There's a lot of young women are being raped by their, by their in-laws, by their by, by their spouses, brothers and sisters, by just, it just ridiculous. And they can do nothing about it. And they try to arrest him on they cross state lines. Thank you. What is he jabbering about? What the, did he just say? What was that? I mean, listen, I'm glad that someone is apparently taking on the s scourge of sister on sister rape, apparently as like Joe Biden's high priority. He's like, don't worry about the illegal immigrants murdering people. Sometimes sisters rape other sisters, sometimes in-laws rape other in-laws and then border state lines. And you know, all the mockery that I did of Joe Biden leading up to the debate that there would be points where just faded off into oblivion. They came true. They happened. I'm not gonna say that I'm a prophet or anything, but frankly, I don't think it took the powers of prophecy to foresee the possibility this would happen. All it took was not having your head directly up your ass so far. It was coming out your own face again, like the rest of the legacy media who are lying to you this entire time. Hey, here was again the, the signal moments of the debate. The, the, the number one moment from in, in chronological order was the Donald Trump. You beat Medicaid to death after Joe Biden said that we beat Medicaid. Get like, how do you beat what, what here was, here was the actual signal moments of the debate. Okay? So Biden is talking about immigration and he just, he just falls apart. He starts speaking Swahili, he starts speaking in tongues. The spirit comes upon him and he just starts making sound out of his mouth hole. And Trump just, I mean like, there, there are no words, here we go. This is the moment When he was present. He was taking, separating babies from their mothers, putting 'em in cages, making sure they were, the families were separated. That's not the right way to go. What I've done since I've changed the law, what's happened, I've changed it in a way that now you're in a situation where 40% fewer people coming across the border illegally, it's better than when he left office. And I'm going to continue to move until we get the total ban on the, the, the, the total initiative relative to what we're gonna do with more border patrol and more asylum officers. President Trump. I really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don't think he knows what he said either. Look, Well, Yeah, yeah. Accurate fact check true. No notes. 10 out of 10 would ride this ride again, would stay at this Airbnb that yes, You Laugh so you don't cry because that's the leader of the free world. That's the leader of the free world. That is the occupant of George Washington's office and Trump's line there, I, Oh my God, We're all sleep deprived after watching that debate. But my goodness, I don't know what he said at the end of this, frankly. 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So clip 14 here was Donald Trump responding to Joe Biden suggesting that he had killed people and that he had, he had gotten people killed. Again, it was an incoherent point. And, and here was Trump's response, which was actually on message and on point, I just, one second. He said, we killed three people. The people we killed are al-Baghdadi and Soleimani. The two greatest terrorists, biggest terrorists anywhere in the world. And it had a huge impact on everything. Not just border on everything. He's the one that killed people with the bad water, including hundreds of thousands of people dying and also killing our citizens when they come in. We ha we are living right now in a rat's nest. They're killing our people in New York, in California, and every state in the union because we don't have borders anymore. Every state is now a border. And because of his ridiculous, Every state is now board is a great line by the Way. Insane. Very stupid policies. People are coming in and they're killing our citizens at a level that we've never seen. We call it migrant crime. I call it Biden migrant crime. They're killing our citizens at a level that we've never seen before. And you are reading it like these three incredible young girls over the last few days. One of 'em had just spoke to the mother and they just had the funeral for this girl, 12 years old. This is horrible. What's taken place? What's taken place in our country? We literally Look at Biden's face, look At his face, an uncivilized country. Now look at Biden's face. He doesn't want it to be, he just doesn't know. It's amazing. I mean, I mean truly, ma Again, Trump was very good and Biden was the worst debate performance I have ever seen in my entire life. Bar none. No contest, no question. Not a technical knockout. A full scale knockout. And it wasn't just that he was sent out, he was also crotchy. He was like the worst of Biden on all scores. So there's a point where, where Biden kept relying on these stories that had been largely debunked. So we'll get to his Charlottesville lie, which he kept keeps telling over and over and over and, and Trump thoroughly fact checked him on the stage over it. But he also relied very heavily on these, the so-called suckers and losers comment. So there was a story in the Atlantic a couple of years ago, several years ago, in which it was claimed that Donald Trump in visiting the beaches of Normandy, had called the fallen soldiers, suckers and losers. And that was trafficked in the Atlantic, anonymously and then denied by pretty much everybody. And Biden tries to trot that out for sympathy and then mentions his, his son Bo dying. It's like all the worst of Joe Biden. And then he gets crotchety and tries to call Trump a sucker and a loser. And he just looks unhinged. If the idea of this debate was make Trump look unhinged, Trump was the sane and responsible personality on the stage last night. And Joe Biden needed a cleanup crew. His adult diaper was full last night. Here was Joe Biden. I went to the World War II Cemetery, world War I cemetery. He refused to go to, he was standing with his four star general. And he told me, he said, I don't want to go in there because they're a bunch of losers and suckers. My son was not a loser. He was not a sucker. You are the sucker, you're the loser. President Trump, First of all, that was a made up quote, suckers and losers. They made it up. It was in a third rate magazine that's failing like many of these magazines. He made that up. He put it in commercials. We've notified him. We had 19 people that said, I didn't say it. And think of this, who would say, I'm at a cemetery or I'm talking about our veterans. 'cause nobody's taken better care. I'm so glad this came up and he brought it up. There's nobody that's taken better care of our soldiers than I have to think that I would in front of generals and others say suckers and losers. We have 19 people that said, it was never said by me. It was made up by him. Just like Russia. Russia, Russia was made up just like the 51 intelligence agents are made up. Just like the new thing with the 16 economists are talking, it's the same thing. 51 intelligence agent said that the laptop was Russia disinformation. It wasn't that came from his son, hunter. It wasn't Russia disinformation. He made up the suckers and losers. So he should apologize to me right now. The four star general standard side was on your staff who said you said it, period. That's number one. And number two, the idea, the idea that I have to apologize to you for anything along the line. We've done more for veterans than any president has in American history. American history, Okay? And he starts repeating himself. And so he had a bunch of verbal out last night. The idea of that was a big verbal tick last night. He kept saying it over every time his brain farted he go. The idea Of that, the idea of that, the idea of that Just ter terrible stuff. Now again, I thought the foreign policy part for Trump of this debate was easily the best part of the debate for Trump. I thought that that it was truly excellent stuff like grade A uncut, pure political cocaine, really good stuff here. So here was Donald Trump talking about the fact that the veterans and the soldiers, they actually like him. And that Joe Biden's foreign policy is an embarrassment. He is right about this. Donald Trump was pummeling him on policy and Joe Biden was walking into walls last night. Our veterans and our soldiers can't stand this guy. They can't stand him as they back. By the way, they think he's the worst commander in chief, if that's what you call him, that we've ever had. They can't stand him. So let's get that straight. And they liked me more than just about any of them. And that's based on every single bit of information as far as Russia and Ukraine. If we had a real president, the president that knew that was respected by Putin, he would've never, he would've never invaded Ukraine. A lot of people are dead right now, much more than people know. You know, they talk about numbers. You can double those numbers, maybe triple those numbers. He did nothing to stop it. In fact, I think he encouraged Russia from going in. I'll tell you what happened. He was so bad with Afghanistan. It was such a horrible embarrassment, most embarrassing moment in the history of our country that when Putin watched that and he saw the incompetence that he should, he should have fired those generals like I fired the one that you mentioned. And so he's got no love lost, but he should have fired those generals. No general got fired for the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country, Afghanistan, where we left billions of dollars of equipment behind. We lost 13 beautiful soldiers and 38 soldiers were obliterated. And by the way, we left people behind too. We left American citizens behind. When Putin saw that, he said, you know what? I think we're gonna go in and maybe take my, this was his dream. I talked to him about it. His dream, the difference is he never would've invaded Ukraine, never. Just like Israel would've never been invaded in a million years by Hamas. You know why? Because Iran was broke with me. I wouldn't let anybody do business with 'em. They ran outta money. They were broke. They had no money for Hamas. They had no money for anything. No money for terror. That's why you had no terror at all during my administration. This place, the whole world is blowing up under him. That right there was some of the best stuff in the whole debate for Trump. And Trump had a bunch of moments that was like the best stuff. Because the truth is, there is no argument that Joe Biden's foreign policies, anything but trash. And here was the thing, Trump didn't even have to make the point that Biden was, which is the big takeaway from the debate. All he had to do was pumble him on policy. And he actually did it. He actually did it, by the way. He had a follow up point on policy that was phenomenal. So he was talking, I enjoyed it on a very personal level. So Joe Biden suggested that everybody wants a ceasefire in the men. The Israelis want a ceasefire. We want a ceasefire only Kamas doesn't want a ceasefire. Now Trump comes back at him and Trump says, actually, Israel does not want ACS fire. Israel would like to win. And you are preventing them from winning. Fact check Drew. Here is Donald Trump on this one. You gotta ask him as far as Israel and and Hamas, Israel's the one that wants to go. He said the only one that wants to keep going is Hamas. Actually, Israel is the one, and you should let him go and let him finish the job. He doesn't wanna do it. He's become like a Palestinian, but they don't like him because he's a very bad Palestinian. He's a weak one. He's become like, what he's trying to say there, by the way, is that they don't even like him because he's not radical enough for them. But he's acting like a Palestinian or at least an advocate for the Palestinians. That's true. That is 100% true. Okay. Again, best of Trump, worst of Biden. And that Delta is massive. Massive. Okay, in just one second, we're gonna keep going with this. I'm gonna go through the whole debate, man. This is a historic moment in American history, this debate. First I gotta remind you, new movie coming out in theaters. This July 4th is being brought to you in part by Daily Wire Plus Jeremy Boring announced on Thursday, our partnership with Angel Studios to bring you a brand new film. It's called Sound of Hope, the story of Possum Trott. You might know Angel Studios from their incredible movie Sound of Freedom. 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We do have a Sunday special coming up with the bishop who serves as the basis for the film, who's an amazing person is in the movie's. Really important. You should go see it for a variety of reasons. Number one, it's actually important for people to see strong religious institutions portrayed well on the big screen. We need more films that hope inspire and don't instill doubt in cynicism. So go to the theater starting July 4th, sound of Hope. Tickets on sale right now. Get yours at angel.com/ben. Okay. Meanwhile, so Donald Trump, as I say, showed so much more discipline last night than he ever has in a debate before. And I think that's because he understood the change in, in sense of structures. So in 2016, Trump figured he wasn't gonna win. And so it was like, let it all hang out, man. Just say whatever you wanna say. Do all the things. And then he won. And in 2020, because he'd won in 2016, he figured he could do the same thing and he could still win. And also he could not believe he was gonna lose to this guy. This time around, Donald Trump actually listened and he actually did the thing. So as you know, if you're a regular listener to the show for weeks, I've been advising publicly that if asked about January 6th, Donald Trump should say January 6th, 2021. Whatever you think about it does not matter. November 5th, 2024 matters. Whatever you think about me. In election 2020, I left office January 20th, 2021. And this guy has been president for the last three and a half years. And he has botched this job. He has mutilated this job. He has Jeffrey Dahmer this job, right? Like that's, that's what he should say. So Trump was, was asked about January 6th and he did it. He did the thing. People were tweet last night that I must have been jumping up and down in the room, basically. Yes, he took my advice. It was great. Here we go. What do you say to voters who believe that you violated that oath through your actions and inaction on January 6th and worried that you'll do it again? Well, I don't think too many believe that. And lemme tell you about January 6th. On January 6th, we had a great border. Nobody coming through. Very few on January 6th. We were energy independent on January 6th, we had the lowest taxes ever. We had the lowest regulations ever on January 6th. We were respected all over the world. All over the world. We were respected. And then he comes in and we're now left at, we're like a bunch of stupid people that what happened to the United States' reputation under this man's leadership is horrible. Good for him. Yes. Good, excellent. Now he was asked to follow up by Tapper and then he talked about January 6th and how it was misconstrued some for some of those people. But, and he redirected toward, toward what Democrats did in 2020 by allowing the entire country to burn down. And all of that was fine. But the initial response is the message to the American people. Donald Trump can do discipline. Donald Trump. Trump can do sobriety. And he did it last night. He really did. And then he did it again. So he was asked by the moderators about seeking retribution against his political enemies. And what I had suggested is that he say that his retribution will be success. And also the only person on the stage who's exacting retribution is Joe Biden, who sicked his DOJ on him. And you know what Donald Trump did? He did the thing again, it was great. Here he was. Clip 24. Well, I said, my retribution is going to be success. We're gonna make this country successful again. 'cause right now it's a failing nation. My retribution is going to be a success. But when he talks about a convicted felon, his son is a convicted felon at a very high level, his son is convicted, gonna be convicted probably numerous other times should have been convicted before. But his justice, a depart, let the statute of limitations lapse on the most important things. But he could be a convicted felon as soon as he gets out of office. Joe could be a convicted fellow with all of the things that he's done. He's done horrible things. All of the death cause at the the border telling the Ukrainian people that we're gonna want a billion dollars or you change the prosecutor, otherwise you're not getting a billion dollars. Have I ever said that? That's quid pro quo, that we're not gonna do anything. We're not gonna give you a billion dollars unless you change your prosecutor having to do with the son. This man is a criminal. This man. You're lucky. You're lucky I did nothing wrong. We'd have a system that was rigged and disgusting. I did nothing wrong. Now, I will say, I think that Trump did miss a kill shot here. Trump could have just said, right here, listen, you should have been prosecuted over your mishandling of classified documents. The only reason that you escaped a felony charge on mishandling of classified documents is because the prosecutor said, you are effectively mentally unfit to stand trial. And in the throes of senility. I wonder why he might have said that. I wonder. And then you call him a liar. Was he a liar? Joe? Was the special prosecutor a liar when he said that you are effectively non compost menis, right? That's the kill shot that Trump missed, but not a huge deal. Okay? So then we get into the section of the debate where Joe Biden decides to go after Trump on Charlottesville and character and democracy and all this. Now this is an argument that was core to Biden's argument in 2020 and since January 6th. The problem is in, in the polls, he's actually losing this argument. Now in the swing states, a plurality of voters believe that Biden is more of a threat to democracy than Trump. So Biden was asked a question, and I actually think that this is the most underreported headline from the debate is what Biden said in response to this question. 'cause it's actually quite dangerous. He was asked a question by the moderators about whether people who are voting for Trump are themselves a threat to democracy, right? Not whether trump's a threat to democracy, because Biden says that all the time whether people who are voting for him are a threat to democracy. Now, huge mistake that's happened in debate before is presidential candidates slandering the American people or the part of the American people who are not gonna vote for them. This happened multiple times in presidential history in the modern era. Remember Mitt Romney suggesting 47% of Americans aren't gonna vote for me anyway. They don't pay taxes. And a huge number of people were very upset about that. And you remember Hillary Clinton in 2016 famously suggesting that people who didn't vote for her were deplorables. You remember Barack Obama won Despite this, but he suggested that a huge swath of Americans were bitter, clingers, clinging to gods and gun and xenophobia. So last night, Biden has asked whether everyone voting for Donald Trump is themselves a threat to democracy? And here's his answer. Do you believe that the tens of millions of Americans who are likely to vote for President Trump will be voting against American democracy? The more they know about what he is done, yes, the more they know about what he's done. And there's a lot more coming. He's got a lot of cases down the road coming around. He's got, he's got a whole range of issues he has to face. I don't know what the juries will do, but I do. I do know he has a real problem. And so the fact that could you ever think you heard any presidents say that I'm gonna seek retribution? Did you ever hear any presidents say that? I thought hit ride some good ideas. What got me involved to run the first place after my son had died, I decided in Iraq because of Iraq, I said I wasn't gonna run again until I saw what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia. People coming out of the woods carrying swastika on torches, torches and, and singing the same antisemitic bile they sang when back in Germany. And what did, and the young woman got killed, they spoke to the mother and she, they asked him, they said, what, what do you think of those people? The people who, the one that got killed, the one that tried to stop it, and the ones he said, I think they're fine people on both sides. What American president would ever say? Nazis coming out of fields carrying torches, singing the same antisemitic bile carrying swastika, repeating himself. Yeah, fine people. And this is the guy that says it's a, who's done some good things, I'd like to know what they are. Okay. And then Trump immediately comes back and calls him a liar because he is the Charlottesville lie. That, that Biden suggested that the, that that Trump suggested that the white supremacists of Charlottesville were very fine people on both. He was talking about people opposing the statues coming down or in favor of the statues coming down. And Trump shall lacks him on that. But the takeaway there is that, and, and the thing people are missing is Joe Biden literally just labeled 75 80 million Americans traitors. He's been doing that kind of ADA oche, he's been pretending it's only the ultra maga republic, the ultra MAGA Republicans. And again, and it turns out no, if you back Trump, he thinks you're a threat to democracy. That's what Joe Biden naturally thinks. Well, Joe Biden has sick his DOJ on Donald Trump. And here's the thing, the IRS will be sick on you if you're struggling with back taxes or unfiled returns. 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And we're gonna a whole lot more from black families. Thank you President Trump. And he caused the inflation. He's blaming inflation and he's right. It's been very bad. He caused the inflation and it's killing black families and Hispanic families and just about everybody. It's killing people. They can't buy groceries anymore. They can't. You look at the cost of food where it's doubled and tripled and quadrupled. They can't live. They're not living anymore. He caused this inflation, gave him, look, Darren, look at him, a country with no, essentially no inflation. It was perfect. It was so good. All he had to do was leave it alone. He destroyed it with his green new scam. And all of the other, all this money that's being thrown out the window. Absolutely right. Ly. Now, I will say one of the funniest moments of the night is when the discovery was made that America has H2O. This is a discovery that was made by President Trump, and I would be remiss if I didn't at least play the clip. 'cause it's hilarious. Here, here was President Trump last night suggesting that America was well endowed with resources when he was president. Here we go. So I want absolutely immaculate clean water, and I want absolutely clean air. And we had it, we had H2O, we had the best numbers ever, best H2O ever. We were using, love it. All forms of energy, all forms, everything. And yet, during my four years, I had the best environmental numbers ever. And my top environmental people gave me that statistics just before I walked on the stage, actually. Okay, now, one of the actual telling clips here that again, I, I think there were actual moments of quite lucid policy exposition here by Donald Trump. And so I, I played you what I thought was a great moment earlier where, where he discussed Joe Biden's foreign policy from sort of a 30,000 foot viewpoint and just crushed Biden over it. Then he, he, he hit on it. Then he said, you know, Joe, you don't fire people like your military made a complete hash out of Afghanistan. You didn't fire anybody. And he doubled down on this here. I thought this was an extremely strong point from Donald particularly. 'cause again, his entire brand is you're fired. And what he says here is, is, so this is actually quite well articulated. Here's President Trump last night. I've never seen him fire any, but I did fire a lot. I fired Comey 'cause he was no good. I fired a lot of the top people at the FBI drained the swamp. They were no good. Not easier to fire people. You'd pay a price for it. But they were no good. I inherited these people. I didn't put 'em there. I didn't put Comey there. He was no good. I fired him. This guy hasn't fired anybody. He never fires. He should have fired every military man that was involved with that Afghan, the Afghanistan Horror Show, the most embarrassing moment in the history of our country. He didn't fire. Did you fire anybody? Did you fire anybody that's on the border that's allowed us to have the worst border in the history of the world? Did anybody get fired for allowing 18 million people? Many from prisons, many from from mental institutions? Did you fire anybody that allowed our country to be destroyed? Joe, our country is being destroyed. As you and I sit up here and waste a lot of time on this debate. This shouldn't be a debate. He is the worst president. He just said it about me because I said it. But look, he's the worst president in the history of our country. He's destroyed our country. Now all of a sudden he's trying to get a little tough on the border. He come out, came out with a a nothing, a nothing deal. And it reduced it a little bit, a little bit like this much. It's insignificant. He wants open borders. Brutal. A brutal and factual hit there from, from Donald Trump. Again, Joe Biden thinks he's done a good job. That's the part that's amazing. Joe Biden and his team think that he's actually been a good president. And now Joe Biden was asked by the moderators about his age at the debate. And it was a giant fail. Not only was it a giant fail, it then turned into a dueling conversation about the respective candidates golf games, which only serve to prove that Scotty Scheffler should actually be presidents of the United States. But I I will, I will admit this, this was highly amusing stuff. So Biden tries to answer the question. He can't. He starts gar, he starts garbling his message babbling about golf, and then Trump comes right back at him. 'cause Trump likes golf. He owns golf courses and, and it goes downhill from there. Pretty great. I spent half my career being, being criticized, being the youngest person in politics. 90 morning, I was the second youngest person ever elected the United States Senate. And now I'm the oldest. This guy's three years younger and a lot less competent. Well, I took two tests, cognitive tests. I aced him. Both of them, as you know, we made it public. He took none. I'd like to see him take one, just one. A real easy one. Like go through the first five questions. He couldn't do it renting weirdly. But I took two cognitive tests. I took physical exams every year. And you know, we knock on wood wherever we may have wood that I'm in very good health. I just won two club championships, not even senior, two regular club championships. To do that, you have to be quite smart and you have to be able to hit the ball a long way. And I do it, he doesn't do it. He can't hit a ball. 50 yards. You can See he is six foot five and only 223rd pounds. Or 20, 35 pounds, sir. Well, you said 6 4, 200. I noticed. I noticed. Well, anyway, that's what you're, anyway, just take a look at what he says he is and take a look at what he is. Look, I'd be happy to have a driving contest with him. Reem, I got my handicapped, which when I was vice president down to a six. But big drum, I told you before, I'm happy to play golf. If you carry your own bag, think you can do it. That's the biggest lie that he's a six handicap of all Eight handicap. Yeah, eight. But I have, you know, I've seen you swing. I know you swing. Let's children, president Trump, we're gonna turn around. Let's not act like children. Trump, China, Biden, let's not act like children is amazing. That's amazing. He's always like, oh yeah, Six five and 2 25 miles. And I used To have an eight, by the way, ain't no way that dude has an eight handicap or a six handicap. Okay? Like, not even close. So when, when Trump, I love that. That's the thing that pisses Trump off the most. He's like, okay, you've wrecked the country. You've opened the border, you've destroyed us on foreign policy. You've wrecked the economy, but you, you so are gonna sit here and tell me that you got a six handicap with a swing. Looks like it came off my dead grandmother. You gotta be kidding me. It's so, it's so good. It's so good. And it's so bad for Biden. I mean, that's, that's really what, this is just terrible all the way around. You know, Trump makes another good point. He says, listen, I wish you were a great president. If you were a great president, I'd be enjoying my life right now rather than being under prosecution. I wish he was a great president. 'cause I wouldn't be here right now. I'd be, I'd one of my many places enjoying myself. I wouldn't be under indictment because I wouldn't have been his political appointment, you know, opponent because he indicted me, because I was his opponent. I wish he was a great president. I would rather have that. I wouldn't be here. I don't mind being here. But the only reason I'm here is he's so bad as a president that I'm gonna make America great again. We're gonna make America great again. We're a failing nation right now. We're a seriously failing nation, and we're a failing nation because of him. His policies are so bad. His military policies are insane. They're insane. These awards that will never end with him. He will drive us into World War iii and we're closer to World War III than anybody can imagine. We are very, very close to World War iii. And he's driving us there and Kim Jong-Un and President Xi of China, Kim Jong-Un of North Korea, all of these Putin, they don't respect him. They don't fear him. They have nothing going with this gentleman. Okay? He's right about that. Okay? Joe Biden has a final chance to sort of clean up the mess, right? He's got a closing statement. He couldn't even put together his closing statement. He couldn't, it was not possible for him to do so. Watch as his brain just falls directly out his ears. We've made significant progress from the debacle that was left by President Trump and, and his, in his last term. We find ourselves in a situation where, number one, we have to make sure that we have a fair attack system. I ask anyone out there in the audience or anyone out watching this debate, do you think the tax system is fair? The fact is that I said, nobody even making under $400,000 had a single penny increase in their taxes. And it will not. And if I'm reelected, that will be the case again. But this guy is, has increased your taxes because of the deficit. Number one, he's increased inflation because of the debacle he left after way he handled the pandemic. And he finds himself in a position where he now wants to tax you more by putting a 10% tariff on everything that comes into the United States of America. What I did when, for example, he wants to get away with, get rid of the ability of Medicare to the, for the ability to, for the US to be able to negotiate drug prices with the big pharma companies. Well, guess what? We got it. We got it down to 15, excuse me, $35 for insulin instead of $400. No more than $2,000 for every senior. No matter what. I can't do it. There's a minute left of the clip. I can't do it. I can't do it. It's not possible to watch it. It's not possible and like, it's just not okay. So the aftermath of the debate for Joe and Dr. Joe is maybe the most horrifying part of this because the, the, the horror sets in, the more you listen to this and the more you watch it. 'cause yes, it's funny and yes, it's ridiculous, and yes, it's humiliating, but it's also just sad. It's also just sad. Dr. Jill, the greatest doctor in all the land, she's such a great doctor and such a great person. She has stood by while Joe Biden humiliated himself in front of billions of people, billions of people. Joe Biden is right after the bait. He just is smiling, looking wildly out of it, just looking wildly out of it. And then Jill guides him off stage. Here is some tape of Jill. This is right in the aftermath of the debate. Jill takes his arm, and this is kind of by accident. CNN shows this. You can see, look, look at this. She holds his arm. He's taking tiny little steps, tiny little steps so he doesn't fall off the stage. And she's guiding this corpse down the steps. And it's just sad. It's just humiliating. It's really, really sad, right? He can barely move. And then Jill does some sort of victory rally with, with Joe, and she treats him the way I would treat my 4-year-old coming home with finger paintings. That's the way she treats him. Listen to this is, it's, it's like stomach churning to watch these clips of Jill Biden, who is just, I can't, I don't think he's a particularly good person here. Here's, here's Jill bi. Certainly not a very good wife. No, no wife should put her husband in a position like this, or allow him to put himself in a position like this. If you're non compost men, the way Biden clearly is, Biden is smiling randomly looking out into nothingness. And here's Joe Biden treating him like a child who just came home with a C on the spelling test. Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question, you Answered all the every question. And he's smiling like it is my birthday. And lemme Ask the crowd, what did Trump do? Oh my goodness. Wow. Well, she, I mean, she wants to be president because she's the effective president of the United States right now, having earned precisely zero votes and having no qualifications for literally any job, because an ed degree gives you nothing, especially an ED degree from a university named after your husband. In any case, she, she then cut another video touting his performance, which she put out on the interwebs, right? Afterward, of course, she's the one who has to put out the video because Joe is being packed back into the coffin for tomorrow morning. Here we go. You heard Joe's heart tonight on the debate stage. He wakes up every morning thinking about how he can make the lives of Americans better. He's the president, we need the president you deserve. Sign [email protected] to help finish the job. Joe Biden, what a piece of work. Seriously, what a piece of work. Okay, so the fallout sets in immediately. There are two snap polls, one from CNN one from the Daily Mail. Same result. CNN Snap Poll Trump wins this debate 67 to 33, which just informs you that 33% of the American population apparently suffered a brain aneurysm. Last night, the Daily Mail did a poll of independence in the United States, 68 to 32 in favor of Donald Trump. And again, 32% of the American public apparently is just as brain dead as our current president. The Biden campaign tried to try out Kamala Harris. Now Kamala Harris is in an awkward position because the reality is that no one in the Democratic Party wants her either. And that's gotta just great on her, right? I mean, she's sitting there and she's going, I'm a great, I'm so good. I'm a good candidate. Why don't they just mm, hand it to me. And the entire Democratic Party's like, no, he, we'll, we'll, prop L sit on the horse over here. We'd rather go with Bernie, not Bernie Sanders like weekend to Bernie's over here. We'd rather that. So she goes on the networks and Chester somehow try to spin this thing. Anderson Cooper, who is a Biden lackey extraordinaire, loves Joe Biden, loves the Biden administration, would be a member of the administration if you weren't getting paid so much money on CNN, right? And Anderson Cooper's like, can you spin this? Should you spin this? How do you spin this? What we saw tonight is the President making a very clear contrast with Donald Trump on all of of the issues that matter to the American people. Yes, there was a slow start, but it was a strong finish. And what became very clear through the course of the night is that Joe Biden is fighting on behalf of the American people, on substance, on policy, on performance. Joe Biden is extraordinarily strong that I'm, That cannot be debate. I'm in policy and performance tonight. I mean his, the president's performance tonight clearly was disappointing for his supporters. CNN is reporting democratic lawmakers watching the debate. We're worried ab worried about the president's performance. One said it was a a disaster. Another called it a train wreck. Those are Democrats especially worried that Biden did not punch back on Trump's lies. All this proceeded a Kamala Harris meltdown on Anderson Cooper at a certain point here, she's tired of hearing the truth, and so she's just going to go full scale. Jack Nicholson and a few good Men. I got the point that you're making about a one and a half hour debate tonight. I'm talking about three and a half years of performance in work that has been ex historic. Whether it Is the infrastructure Saw former the other day, Stage tonight, is that the Other guy on the every day, the person that you saw in the debate stage that has for that the last three and a half years up until today, performed in a way that has been about whether it be in the Oval Office, negotiating bipartisan deals so that we have an infrastructure, a real infrastructure plan where we're putting trillions of dollars on the streets of America to upgrade our infrastructure. Whether it be the person I see in the Oval Office who is meeting with heads of the military and the intelligence community, and in the situation room, She's still trying to play it, right? They're still trying. And by the way, we'll get to it in a second. Everybody in the Democratic Party is calling for Joe Biden to stay on down. And he's like, Nope, I ain't going nowhere suckers, I'm here and I ain't going. I'm going zero places. Says Joe Biden, CNN has reported this morning. Quote, not only does the president not plan to drop out, Biden remains committed to a second debate in September. Will he even be alive in September? I mean, he's worse than he was in February. It's a disaster area. So, okay, how bad is the fallout in the media? So again, as I said at the top of the show, the fallout here is not just for Joe Biden. The fallout is for members of the media who lied to you, who lied and lied and lied and lied to your face. They were part of an actual media led conspiracy to pretend that Joe Biden was totally fit. He was totally fine. That behind closed doors, that dude is a chess grandma master capable of defeating Bobby Fisher that behind closed doors, he, like Thomas Jefferson, is writing in different languages with each hand simultaneously that behind closed doors, that dude is performing quadratic equations and higher level calculus and decoding the secrets of quantum mechanics. And it turns out that he has no functioning neurons, none. He's gone. So they're humiliated. So let me just read you a few quotes from the New York Times today. These are all different columnists, okay? The New York Times, their op-ed page today is just a series of pieces of various Democrats crying, our Tumblr overfloweth overfloweth. There is no more room. Every Tumblr in all of a hundred mile radius of our studios here has been overflowing. All morning serious plumbing issues happening all over the Nashville area. Here is Thomas Friedman, and this is delicious because I think Thomas Friedman is a terrible person and a horrifying commentator who literally last week suggested that Hamas remain the ruling party in Gaza. That's, that's so here's what he wrote, quote, I watched the Biden Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my lifetime, precisely because of what it revealed. Joe Biden, a good man and a good president has no business running for reelection. The Biden family and political team must gather quickly and have the hardest of conversations with the president, a conversation of love and clarity and resolve to give America the greatest shot possible of deterring the Trump threat. In November, the President has to come forward and declare he will not be running for reelection and is releasing all of his delegates for the Democratic National Convention. A man, when Thomas Friedman is weeping alone in a Lisbon hotel room, I mean that, wow, what an image. Usually he's just weeping in the back of taxi cabs. Frank Bruney, same day, same newspaper quote. 10 minutes in, I had a knot in my stomach. 20 minutes in the knot was so tight, it hurt. We finally beat Medicare, he said early on, and I had no idea what he was talking about. Nicholas Christoff ally to the president of the United States. President Biden is a good man who kept a long career in public service with a successful presidential term. But I hope he reviews his debate performance Thursday evening and withdraws from the race, throwing the choice of a democratic nominee to the convention in August, Michelle Goldberg, New York Times quote, Biden looked ancient and sounded lost. There will now be a new course of cries for him to drop out and all be joining it. The playbook. Politico headline today, quote, Democrats wake up to a nightmare. Quote, the mass panic among Democrats began last night. About 12 minutes into the debate, president Biden was answering a question about the national debt. He confused trillionaires and billionaires, but corrected himself quickly. He stumbled over millions and billions, but again, fixed it. Then he started to tick off the things he could pay for with his tax plan. Then something went wrong. As he reached for a final example, he lost his train of thought, stumbled around and just paused while staring at the floor. When he popped his head up, it seemed like he had recovered his thought. Instead, he blurted it out. This nonsensical line. We finally beat Medicare. Our phones blew up just like yours. A sample I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue, said a Democratic House member. I'm on a lot of chains of people gaming out how Biden withdraws. You'd open convention he has to go. Who are the grandees who could tell him to go? Obama? Clinton Gore, Pelosi, Clyburn, a former senior Obama official, wrote, I think their shortlist being made. Whitmer Beshear, Cooper Newsom and Democratic operative said a Clinton alum sent a train wreck gif. The second half of the debate was mildly better for Biden. His campaign insisted their dial tested focus groups showed improvement. But when it came to focus groups of democratic insiders, it was too little too late to allay the deep sense of foreboding that rippled through their ranks last night. So about 15 minutes into the debate, when it was clear that Joe Biden was not with it, they started sending out a message. The Biden campaign that he had a cold two sources said he had a cold. Do you mean that his body has assumed room temperature? That was not the result of a cold. My friends, for a cold right before debate. You know, just grab some some day quo and go for it. Nope. Now is a president whose brain has turned into tapioca pudding. It is full scale disaster time. They're pulling all of the rip chords in the Democratic party right now. Dave Wasserman, who is a really good pollster and also tends toward the left, he said this debate making abundantly clear Biden's insistence on running for another term when 66% of voters in our swing state polls believe it's likely he won't be able to finish a second term, has gravely jeopardized Dems prospects to defeat Trump. All the members of the so-called Lincoln Project all the, all the never Trump Republicans who stayed, never Trump Republicans all the way till 2024. The last people in ok, the last Japanese in Okinawa, 40 years after the collapse, still fighting World War ii, Charlie Sykes and Heath Mayo, they tweeted out last night, folks, this is not good at all. Heath mayo, not good folks disaster. In fact, Casey hunt of CNN tweeted out in the middle of the debate, the voice open mouth look and visual contrast between President Biden and former President Trump all have Democrats. I'm talking to nearly beside themselves, watching this debate. That was 48 minutes into the debate. Joe Scarborough gave up the ghost this morning. So Joe Scarborough, who was the guy who just a few months ago, was talking about how Joe Biden was the kindest, smartest, most brilliant, most witty, most generous man he had ever known this morning. He was like, I think he might need to go. I think he might need to go. I'm not sure that that anyone has humiliated themselves on behalf of Biden worse than, than Scarborough has here. His presidency has been an unqualified success. If, however, you believe, as do I, and as do so many people who watch this program and who fear just how dark of a place a second Donald Trump term will take America, then I think it's critical that we ask the same questions about this man. I love respect and, and whose, whose public service and saving this country from Donald Trump over the last three and a half years. I honor and always will. I think we have to ask the same questions of him that we have asked of Donald Trump since 2016. And that is, if he were CEO and he turned into performance like that, would any corporation in America, any Fortune 500 corporation in America, keep him on as CEO? Oh boy Van Jones, who is a truly honest person. I know Van. I'm friends with Van, a truly honest person who calls it like he sees it. Even when I think he's wrong here. He happens to be dead on here. Was Van Jones last night on CNN. I love that guy as a good man. He loves his country. He's doing the best that he can, but he had a test to meet tonight to restore confidence of, of the country and of the base. And he failed to do that. And I think there's a lot of people who are going to want to see him consider taking a different course. Now we're still far from our convention and there is time for this party to figure out a different way forward if he will allow us to do that. But that was not what we needed from Joe Biden. And it's personally painful for a lot of people. It's not just panic, it's pain. David Axelrod, former lay of the Obama campaign, he too was in a state of lamentation, sat cloth ashes, the whole deal, You know, he seemed a little disoriented. He did get stronger as the debate went on, but by that time, I think the panic had set in. And I think you're gonna hear discussions that I don't know will lead to anything. But the, you know, there is gonna, there are gonna be discussions, but whether he should continue. And I think part of it is Donald Trump did not meet his mission either. He re he could not resist the attempt, the, the, the temptation to be nasty to prevaricate about a whole bunch of things. Just a disaster area, A disaster, A joy Reed, SNDC, same story here. She was saying like the quiet part out loud that is now out loud, right? We're all saying it and then we're yelled at for saying it. Here she is saying it. I too was on the phone throughout much of the debate with Obama World people, with Democrats, with people who were political operatives with campaign operatives. My phone really never stopped buzzing throughout. And the universal reaction was somewhere approaching panic. Hmm. The people who were texting with me were very concerned about President Biden seeming extremely feeble, seeming extremely weak. Okay, so in just a second we're gonna get into can they aula replace him? Because that is the question of the day. That is the thing that Democrats are wondering. But to hear that discussion, you have to be a member. Become a member right now, use Coach Shapiro, checkout for two months, free on all annual plans. Click that link in the description and join us.

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charlottesville lie keep keep tell trump thoroughly fact check stage rely heavily socalled sucker loser comment story atlantic couple year ago year ago claim donald trump visit beach normandy call fall soldier sucker loser traffic atlantic anonymously deny pretty everybody biden try trot sympathy mention son bo die like bad joe biden get crotchety try trump sucker loser look unhinged idea debate trump look unhinge trump sane responsible personality stage night joe biden need cleanup crew adult diaper night joe biden go world war ii cemetery world war cemetery refuse stand star general tell say not want bunch loser sucker son loser sucker sucker loser president trump quote sucker loser rate magazine s fail like magazine commercial ve notify people say not think m cemetery m talk veteran cause nobodys take well care m glad come bring s s take well care soldier think general sucker loser people say say like russia russia russia like intelligence agent like new thing economist talk thing intelligence agent say laptop russia disinformation not come son hunter not russia disinformation sucker loser apologize right star general standard staff say say period s number number idea idea apologize line ve veteran president american history american history okay start repeat bunch verbal night idea big verbal tick night keep say time brain fart idea idea idea ter terrible stuff think foreign policy trump debate easily good debate trump think truly excellent stuff like grade uncut pure political cocaine good stuff donald trump talk fact veteran soldier actually like joe biden foreign policy embarrassment right donald trump pummel policy joe biden walk wall night veteran soldier not stand guy not stand way think s bad commander chief s ve not stand let straight like s base single bit information far russia ukraine real president president know respect putin ve ve invade ukraine lot people dead right people know know talk number double number maybe triple number stop fact think encourage russia go ill tell happen bad afghanistan horrible embarrassment embarrassing moment history country putin watch see incompetence fire general like fire mention s get love lose fire general general get fire embarrassing moment history country afghanistan leave billion dollar equipment lose beautiful soldier soldier obliterate way leave people leave american citizen putin see say know think go to maybe dream talk dream difference ve invade ukraine like israel ve invade million year hamas know iran break not let anybody business em run outta money break money hamas money money terror s terror administration place world blow right good stuff debate trump trump bunch moment like good stuff truth argument joe biden foreign policy trash thing trump not point biden big takeaway debate pumble policy actually actually way follow point policy phenomenal talk enjoy personal level joe biden suggest everybody want ceasefire man israelis want ceasefire want ceasefire kamas not want ceasefire trump come trump say actually israel want ac fire israel like win prevent win fact check draw donald trump got to ask far israel hamas israel want say want go hamas actually israel let let finish job not wanna s like palestinian not like s bad palestinian s weak s like s try way not like s radical s act like palestinian advocate palestinians s true true okay good trump bad biden delta massive massive okay second go to go m go to debate man historic moment american history debate get to remind new movie come theater july bring daily wire plus jeremy boring announce thursday partnership angel studio bring brand new film call sound hope story possum trott know angel studio incredible movie sound freedom obviously huge hit big impact world entertainment world large shine great light child traffic crisis angel studio continue fight kid daily wire plus proud join fight sound hope true story family rural church adopt kid foster system miss town hall week trailer guy feel movie look sure people want know mama lord not wrap arm vulnerable add dog child not noise anymore family want adopt town want kid know kid s right s happen possum trot mean huge change system ve see movie powerful inspire awesome sunday special come bishop serve basis film s amazing person movie important variety reason number actually important people strong religious institution portray big screen need film hope inspire not instill doubt cynicism theater start july sound hope ticket sale right angelcomben okay donald trump show discipline night debate think s understand change sense structure trump figure not go to win like let hang man wanna thing win d win figure thing win believe go to lose guy time donald trump actually listen actually thing know regular listener week ve advise publicly ask january donald trump january think matter november matter think election leave office january guy president half year botch job mutilate job jeffrey dahmer job right like s s trump ask january thing people tweet night jump room basically yes take advice great voter believe violate oath action inaction january worry ll not think believe lemme tell january january great border come january energy independent january low taxis low regulation january respect world world respect come leave like bunch stupid people happen united states reputation man leadership horrible good yes good excellent ask follow tapper talk january misconstrue people redirect democrats allow entire country burn fine initial response message american people donald trump discipline donald trump trump sobriety night ask moderator seek retribution political enemy suggest retribution success person stage s exact retribution joe biden sic doj know donald trump thing great clip say retribution go success go to country successful cause right fail nation retribution go success talk convict felon son convict felon high level son convict go to convict probably numerous time convict justice depart let statute limitation lapse important thing convict felon soon get office joe convict fellow thing s s horrible thing death cause border tell ukrainian people go to want billion dollar change prosecutor get billion dollar say s quid pro quo go to go to billion dollar change prosecutor have son man criminal man lucky lucky wrong d system rig disgusting wrong think trump miss kill shot trump say right listen prosecute mishandling classify document reason escape felony charge mishandle classify document prosecutor say effectively mentally unfit stand trial throe senility wonder say wonder liar liar joe special prosecutor liar say effectively non compost meni right s kill shoot trump miss huge deal okay section debate joe biden decide trump charlottesville character democracy argument core biden argument january problem poll s actually lose argument swing state plurality voter believe biden threat democracy trump biden ask question actually think underreported headline debate biden say response question cause actually dangerous ask question moderator people vote trump threat democracy right trump threat democracy biden say time people vote threat democracy huge mistake s happen debate presidential candidate slander american people american people go to vote happen multiple time presidential history modern era remember mitt romney suggest americans not go to vote not pay taxis huge number people upset remember hillary clinton famously suggest people not vote deplorable remember barack obama win despite suggest huge swath americans bitter clinger cling god gun xenophobia night biden ask vote donald trump threat democracy here answer believe ten million americans likely vote president trump vote american democracy know yes know s s lot come s get lot case road come s get s get range issue face not know jury know real problem fact think hear president m go to seek retribution hear president think hit ride good idea get involved run place son die decide iraq iraq say not go to run see happen charlottesville virginia people come wood carry swastika torch torch singe antisemitic bile sing germany young woman get kill speak mother ask say think people people get kill try stop one say think fine people side american president nazi come field carry torch singe antisemitic bile carry swastika repeat yeah fine people guy say s good thing d like know okay trump immediately come call liar charlottesville lie biden suggest trump suggest white supremacist charlottesville fine people talk people oppose statue come favor statue come trump shall lack takeaway thing people miss joe biden literally label million americans traitor s kind ada oche s pretend ultra maga republic ultra maga republican turn trump think threat democracy s joe biden naturally think joe biden sick doj donald trump here thing irs sick struggle taxis unfiled return irs escalate collection add new agent send million demand letter handle huge mistake cost thousand buck challenging time good offense tax network usa year experience expert tax network usa save client million taxis regardless size tax issue expertise advantage tax network usa offer key service protection compliance settlement sign tax network usa immediately contact irs secure protection order ensure aggressive collection activity like garnishment levy property feature halt not file need amend return miss record tax network usa expert tax preparer update filing eliminate risk irs enforcement ll create settlement strategy reduce eliminate tax debt check right tax collection season begin tax network usa help state tax issue complimentary consultation today visit website tn usacomshapiro s visit tn usacomshapiro today help need tax network usa litany bad news joe biden night point joe biden actually acknowledge inflation bad course trump jump say mean fault dude sure situation black family black individual provide student loan balloon engage nursing doc have volunteerism pay bill year student debt rest forgive year s talking million benefit go to lot black family thank president trump cause inflation s blame inflation s right bad cause inflation kill black family hispanic family everybody kill people not buy grocery anymore not look cost food double triple quadruple not live live anymore cause inflation give look darren look country essentially inflation perfect good leave destroy green new scam money s throw window absolutely right ly funny moment night discovery america discovery president trump remiss not play clip cause hilarious president trump night suggest america endowed resource president want absolutely immaculate clean water want absolutely clean air good number well love form energy form year good environmental number environmental people give statistic walk stage actually okay actual telling clip think actual moment lucid policy exposition donald trump play think great moment early discuss joe biden foreign policy sort foot viewpoint crush biden hit say know joe not fire people like military complete hash afghanistan not fire anybody double think extremely strong point donald particularly cause entire brand fire say actually articulate here president trump night ve see fire fire lot fire comey cause good fire lot people fbi drain swamp good easy fire people d pay price good inherit people not em not comey good fire guy not fire anybody fire fire military man involve afghan afghanistan horror embarrassing moment history country not fire fire anybody fire anybody s border s allow bad border history world anybody fire allow million people prison mental institution fire anybody allow country destroy joe country destroy sit waste lot time debate not debate bad president say say look s bad president history country s destroy country sudden s try little tough border come come deal reduce little bit little bit like insignificant want open border brutal brutal factual hit donald trump joe biden think s good job s s amazing joe biden team think s actually good president joe biden ask moderator age debate giant fail giant fail turn dueling conversation respective candidate golf game serve prove scotty scheffler actually president united states admit highly amusing stuff biden try answer question not start gar start garble message babble golf trump come right cause trump like golf own golf course go downhill pretty great spend half career criticize young person politic morning second young person elect united states senate m old guy year young lot competent take test cognitive test ace know public take d like real easy like question not rent weirdly take cognitive test take physical exam year know knock wood wood m good health win club championship senior regular club championship smart able hit ball long way not not hit ball yard foot pound pound sir say notice notice s look say look look d happy driving contest reem get handicapped vice president big drum tell m happy play golf carry bag think s big lie s handicap handicap yeah know ve see swing know swing let child president trump go to turn let act like child trump china biden let act like child amazing s amazing s like oh yeah mile way be not way dude handicap handicap okay like close trump love s thing piss trump s like okay ve wreck country ve open border ve destroy foreign policy ve wreck economy go to sit tell get handicap swing look like come dead grandmother get to kid good good bad biden mean s s terrible way know trump make good point say listen wish great president great president d enjoy life right prosecution wish great president cause not right d d place enjoy not indictment not political appointment know opponent indict opponent wish great president not not mind reason m s bad president m go to america great go to america great fail nation right seriously fail nation fail nation policy bad military policy insane insane award end drive world war iii close world war iii anybody imagine close world war iii s drive kim jongun president xi china kim jongun north korea putin not respect not fear go gentleman okay s right okay joe biden final chance sort clean mess right s get closing statement not closing statement not possible watch brain fall directly ear ve significant progress debacle leave president trump term find situation number sure fair attack system ask audience watch debate think tax system fair fact say make single penny increase taxis m reelect case guy increase taxis deficit number s increase inflation debacle leave way handle pandemic find position want tax put tariff come united states america example want away rid ability medicare ability able negotiate drug price big pharma company guess get get excuse insulin instead senior matter not s minute leave clip not not possible watch possible like okay aftermath debate joe dr joe maybe horrifying horror set listen watch cause yes funny yes ridiculous yes humiliating sad sad dr jill great doctor land s great doctor great person stand joe biden humiliate billion people billion people joe biden right bait smile look wildly look wildly jill guide stage tape jill right aftermath debate jill take arm kind accident cnn show look look hold arm s take tiny little step tiny little step not fall stage s guide corpse step sad humiliate sad right barely jill sort victory rally joe treat way treat come home finger painting s way treat listen like stomach churn watch clip jill biden not not think s particularly good person here heres jill bi certainly good wife wife husband position like allow position like non compost man way biden clearly biden smile randomly look nothingness here joe biden treat like child come home c spelling test joe great job answer question answer question s smile like birthday lemme ask crowd trump oh goodness wow mean want president s effective president united states right having earn precisely zero vote have qualification literally job ed degree give especially ed degree university name husband case cut video tout performance interwebs right afterward course s video joe pack coffin tomorrow morning hear joe heart tonight debate stage wake morning think life americans well s president need president deserve sign upjoebidencom help finish job joe biden piece work seriously piece work okay fallout set immediately snap poll cnn daily mail result cnn snap poll trump win debate inform american population apparently suffer brain aneurysm night daily mail poll independence united states favor donald trump american public apparently brain dead current president biden campaign try try kamala harris kamala harris awkward position reality democratic party want s get to great right mean s sit s go m great m good m good candidate not mm hand entire democratic party like prop l sit horse d bernie bernie sanders like weekend bernie d go network chester try spin thing anderson cooper biden lackey extraordinaire love joe biden love biden administration member administration not getting pay money cnn right anderson cooper like spin spin spin see tonight president make clear contrast donald trump issue matter american people yes slow start strong finish clear course night joe biden fight behalf american people substance policy performance joe biden extraordinarily strong m debate m policy performance tonight mean president performance tonight clearly disappointing supporter cnn report democratic lawmaker watch debate worry ab worried president performance say disaster call train wreck democrats especially worry biden punch trumps lie proceed kamala harris meltdown anderson cooper certain point s tired hear truth s go scale jack nicholson good man get point make half hour debate tonight m talk half year performance work ex historic infrastructure see day stage tonight guy day person see debate stage half year today perform way oval office negotiate bipartisan deal infrastructure real infrastructure plan put trillion dollar street america upgrade infrastructure person oval office meet head military intelligence community situation room s try play right try way second everybody democratic party call joe biden stay s like nope be not go sucker m be not go m go zero place say joe biden cnn report morning quote president plan drop biden remain committed second debate september alive september mean s bad february disaster area okay bad fallout medium say fallout joe biden fallout member medium lie lie lie lie lie face actual media lead conspiracy pretend joe biden totally fit totally fine closed door dude chess grandma master capable defeat bobby fisher closed door like thomas jefferson write different language hand simultaneously closed door dude perform quadratic equation high level calculus decode secret quantum mechanic turn function neuron s go humiliate let read quote new york times today different columnist okay new york times oped page today series piece democrat cry tumblr overfloweth overfloweth room tumblr mile radius studio overflow morning plumbing issue happen nashville area thomas friedman delicious think thomas friedman terrible person horrify commentator literally week suggest hamas remain rule party gaza s s here write quote watch biden trump debate lisbon hotel room weep remember heartbreaking moment american presidential campaign politic lifetime precisely reveal joe biden good man good president business run reelection biden family political team gather quickly hard conversation president conversation love clarity resolve america great shot possible deter trump threat november president come forward declare run reelection release delegate democratic national convention man thomas friedman weep lisbon hotel room mean wow image usually s weep taxi cab frank bruney day newspaper quote minute knot stomach minute knot tight hurt finally beat medicare say early idea talk nicholas christoff ally president united states president biden good man keep long career public service successful presidential term hope review debate performance thursday evening withdraw race throw choice democratic nominee convention august michelle goldberg new york times quote biden look ancient sound lose new course cry drop join playbook politico headline today quote democrats wake nightmare quote mass panic democrat begin night minute debate president biden answer question national debt confuse trillionaire billionaire correct quickly stumble million billion fix start tick thing pay tax plan go wrong reach final example lose train thought stumble paused stare floor pop head like recover thought instead blurt nonsensical line finally beat medicare phone blow like sample pick wrong day stop sniff glue say democratic house member m lot chain people game biden withdraw d open convention grandee tell obama clinton gore pelosi clyburn senior obama official write think shortlist whitmer beshear cooper newsom democratic operative say clinton alum send train wreck gif second half debate mildly well biden campaign insist dial test focus group show improvement come focus group democratic insider little late allay deep sense foreboding ripple rank night minute debate clear joe biden start send message biden campaign cold source say cold mean body assume room temperature result cold friend cold right debate know grab day quo nope president brain turn tapioca pudding scale disaster time pull rip chord democratic party right dave wasserman good pollster tend left say debate make abundantly clear biden insistence run term voter swing state poll believe likely will not able finish second term gravely jeopardize dem prospect defeat trump member socalled lincoln project trump republicans stay trump republican way till people ok japanese okinawa year collapse fight world war ii charlie sykes heath mayo tweet night folk good heath mayo good folk disaster fact casey hunt cnn tweet middle debate voice open mouth look visual contrast president biden president trump democrats m talk nearly watch debate minute debate joe scarborough give ghost morning joe scarborough guy month ago talk joe biden kindest smart brilliant witty generous man know morning like think need think need m sure humiliate behalf biden worse scarborough presidency unqualified success believe people watch program fear dark place second donald trump term america think critical ask question man love respect public service save country donald trump half year honor think ask question ask donald trump ceo turn performance like corporation america fortune corporation america ceo oh boy van jones truly honest person know van m friend van truly honest person call like see think s wrong happen dead van jones night cnn love guy good man love country s good test meet tonight restore confidence country base fail think s lot people go want consider take different course far convention time party figure different way forward allow need joe biden personally painful lot people panic pain david axelrod lay obama campaign state lamentation sit cloth ash deal know little disorient strong debate go time think panic set think 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This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to develop and maintain a current and accurate multipurpose cadastre (inventory) of federal real property under their jurisdictions to support federal land management activities on federal real property, including resource development and conservation and agricultural use. Interior and the Forest Service shall report on (1) existing real property inventories or any components of any cadastre of federal real property, (2) consolidation of inventories and components, (3) the use of existing inventories and components of any cadastre, (4) cost savings that will be achieved, (5) a plan for implementation of this bill, and (6) recommendations for legislation. Interior and the Forest Service shall (1) make the multipurpose cadastre publicly available on the Internet; and (2) ensure that such cadastre includes the identification of all lands suitable for disposal and the appraised value of the land, if an appraisal has been conducted pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

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Speeches, etc. Twenty-five years is indeed a long time in politics. And the fact that, at the end of its first quarter century of life the Bow Group is not only alive but flourishing rightly calls for celebration. It cannot, alas, be said that the country has enjoyed as happy, as successful a time. [end p1] But there is a curious similarity between the situation in which the Conservative Party finds itself—and in which Britain finds herself—on your twenty-fifth anniversary and that of 1951. Now, as then, we are getting ready for a Conservative renaissance, following a Socialist decline. I hope that after the next election we will be as successful as our great predecessors; and be able to make that renaissance last for at least thirteen years. [end p2] It is amazing, looking back, to see how similar is the task we face now to the task which faced Winston Churchill 's post-war government. But it would not be unfair to say that we are much weaker now than we were then. And if we are honest with ourselves we will wonder whether the nation any longer has the strength and the confidence to throw off a Socialist inheritance as determinedly and as quickly as it did in 1951. [end p3] It is part of the Conservative job to rebuild that confidence. In 1951, as now, the Socialists were well on their way to making of a once free and prosperous Britain a grey, uniform and increasingly unsuccessful state. I would not pretend, of course, that Attlee and his colleagues were as successful in achieving that most Socialist of all aims as are Harold Wilson and his. [end p4] Who, after all, has been able to stage-manage decline as effectively as the present Prime Minister? There is little else at which he is successful. In 1951 as now the Conservative Party had set itself the aim of national rejuvenation through freedom. [end p5] Churchill and Butler and all the men and women who had worked so hard to restore our party after the defeat of 1945 looked at what was happening under the Socialists and proclaimed that they would set the people free. As that was their aim in 1951, so it is mine in 1976. The renaissance that we need can take place only after we have fully realised the essential difference between Conservatism and Socialism. [end p6] To realise that difference is to appreciate the moral and intellectual superiority of the Conservative creed, as demonstrated by our history. Since the rise of the Labour Party this century, it has become almost a habit of the Conservative Party to restore to the people of Britain the birthright which Labour has set out to steal. They are expert political thieves, these Socialists. [end p7] To adapt Emerson, the louder they talk of their promises the faster we count our rights. Every time, in every generation, the task of the Conservative Party is the same. Every time, whatever the particular policies we adopt, our fundamental object is the same. [end p8] It is to support and to sustain a society which is free; to give our people the scope and the opportunity to make that society prosperous; to provide care and comfort for the needy; and to make our country secure. We do not simply try to provide an answer to Socialism. Nor is our philosophy merely the reverse of that dismal creed. [end p9] Rather, it expresses, it gives tongue, to the values by which our nation has lived through the ages. A sense of the nature and worth of British history is not, of course, something a Socialist would understand. Harold Macmillan and Alec Home were already at work on such tasks when Ted Heath and I were merely beginning our political careers. [end p10] It is that application to serving the interests and needs of the nation which has distinguished our party throughout its long and illustrious history. And it is the success with which our party has discharged that task, not over generations only, but even over centuries, that sets it apart from all other known political parties. [end p11] The longevity and vitality of Conservatism is the wonder of anybody who studies politics. Neither our longevity nor our success can be explained by any recourse to pragmatic argument. To be sure, Conservative politicians throughout the ages have been good at the day to day business of Government. [end p12] But we could not have survived for so long unless we had been steadfast in our devotion to certain fundamental and underlying beliefs and principles. It is particularly the business of such organisations as the Bow Group to address themselves again and again to the restatement of these fundamental principles. [end p13] [Manuscript addition by MT] In Herbert Agar 's book, ‘A Time for Greatness’, he refers to a quotation of George Fox [illegible words] “What shall we fight for. Let's not fight for money … markets … for a higher standard of living. Let's fight for an idea … It alone can last.” Typescript resumes Our task today, as it was in the late nineteen-forties and early nineteen fifties is to fight for our ideas, and to win. And today the battle takes place on two levels. The first level was admirably described by Alexander Solzhenitsyn in his recent powerful BBC broadcast. [end p14] It is the level at which there is dispute about the essential purpose of government and politics. Through bitter experience Solzhenitsyn has realised the dangers posed by an over-mighty state. The more power that accrues to the state—the less freedom; freedom to make decisions, freedom to make one's own choices, freedom of ideas—remains for the individual citizen. [end p15] The second level is that of economic management. We have begun to realise that economic freedom is an essential element in a free society. We have begun to understand that, if the State appropriates the better part—or even a very large part—of the national wealth and the national income for its own purposes, however admirable, [end p16] then the light of individual freedom will begin to flicker; and will in time be snuffed out. Yet such appropriation—or such expropriation—is the very essence of the Socialist creed. [end p17] We have just celebrated the bi-centenary of Adam Smith 's “The Wealth of Nations.” In his day there was no generally understood concept of Socialism. Those who believed that the business of government was to manage people's lives, to dominate the citizenry, Smith called “men of system” . [end p18] “The man of system” , he wrote “… seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces on a chessboard. “He does not consider that the pieces upon the chessboard have no other principle of motion beside that which the hand impresses upon them; but that, in the great chessboard of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion of its own, altogether different from that which the legislature might wish to impress upon it. [end p19] “If those two principles coincide and act in the same direction, the game of human society will go on easily and harmoniously, and is very likely to be happy and successful. “If they are opposite or different, the game will go on miserably, and human society must be at all times in the highest degree of disorder.” And Smith, you will recall, was not an economist merely, but a moral philosopher. [end p20] With the kind of disorder he feared goes declining confidence, declining prosperity, loss of faith and loss of vision. With the kind of disorder he feared—disorder imposed from above by the men of system—goes the dislocation of moral order that Solzhenitsyn diagnosed. The strength of the Conservative Party—our hopes for a renaissance not only for ourselves but for the country—lies in the unity and strength with which we pursue our vision of freedom. [end p21] Socialism is alien to Britain because it has no roots here. It is only in the last half century that it has gained any ground in our politics. But in that very rootlessness lies a large part of its danger. Lacking any understanding of the great traditions of British freedom—seeming, often, to be deliberately hostile to it—the Socialists in office are natural wreckers. [end p22] What they do not understand they do not love. What they do not love they have no compunction about destroying. In every generation the perennial and continuing problems of the nation present themselves in a new light. It has been one of our chief successes that, throughout the generations and without losing sight of our fundamental principles, we have been able to overcome new challenges and new problems. [end p23] If a divided party is to your taste, look to the Socialists. There, truly, as Mrs. Judith Hart said the other day, the struggle “is between the Labour Government and the Labour Party” . Contemplate, for a moment, the dozen or so moderate Labour M.P.s under serious threat from the left in the constituencies. [end p24] They are miserable, beleagured creatures who, unlike Lord George Brown, cannot bring themselves to make a dash for freedom. How can a party so divided against itself apply itself to the problems of Britain in a tightening and often frightening world, when even some of its senior members must continually look over their shoulders in frightened suspicion of the followers marching behind them with daggers in their hands? [end p25] That is not, of course, to say that there are no differences of emphasis within the Conservative Party. Only that they are minor; and that they are far, far less important than the animating and united spirit that impels us forward in our national task. It is in the illumination of honest differences, and in the charting of new directions, that the Bow Group finds its task; and discharges it so brilliantly. [end p26] For all the similarity between the problems of 1951 and 1976 there are of course considerable differences. And I have little doubt that the approach and attitude and recommendations of the Bow Group of 1976 differ in many ways from those of 1951. But the object is the same. [end p27] After the war it was necessary to take a long and hard look at Conservative policies, to re-examine what the party was saying, to re-fit it for the great tasks ahead. Out of that intellectual ferment came the Bow Group. Again in the nineteen-sixties, under Ted Heath 's leadership, re-examination was the order of the day. [end p28] Today again, and within a continuous tradition, we have to undertake a rigorous preparation. To that preparation all the particular groups within the party must and will contribute; and I am sure that no contribution will be more distinguished than that of the Bow Group and its members. Indeed, from its recent publications and the debates which it has conducted I venture to say that the Group is going through one of its most distinguished and vital periods. [end p29] Long may the work continue. Permanent and unchanging though the fundamental interests of Britain may be, the problems which face us at any particular time assume shifting and changing shapes. In one year the balance of payments, in another inflation, in another the crushing burden of taxation and public expenditure, may assume the dominant role among the legion of demons which beset us. [end p30] The great task for any government is not merely to tackle individual problems—for there is a considerable danger in concentrating on the part at the expense of the whole—but to see the total context steadily and in proportion. But on one thing we must be clear. It will be the aim of the next Conservative government to reduce the nation's present huge burden of Government interference and activity. [end p31] Not all of this by any means is financial. But our guiding principle in both spending and taxation policies will be to restore to the people the right and the power to spend their own money. I see from the recent Bow Group publication, A Chancellor's Primer, that, while in 1976 public expenditure as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product is 60 per cent, in 1960 it was only 41.5 per cent. [end p32] Wasn't it about that time that somebody said we had never had it so good; and that Harold Macmillanhe was afraid we would lose it? We are perilously close to losing it now. What applies to the individual citizen also applies to the individual company. Unless our political renaissance can produce an industrial renaissance there will be no new creation of wealth in Britain. [end p33] And if there is no creation of wealth there will be no resources for the implementation of the social policies to which we are committed. But a political philosophy, and the political philosophy of the Conservative Party in particular, can never be just a collection whether ragbag or highly detailed, of individual measures and promises. [end p34] We will need all the help and advice we can get—and especially advice and help from groups within the party—to devise particular measures to be applied to this or that problem. But above all we must be able to express with full understanding the animating general idea which moves such people as us forward in politics. [end p35] As economic policy is not just a collection of dissociated measures, so defence and security policy is not just a matter of how many guns or aeroplanes or ships you have. Numbers are important; but the difficulties the Western alliance now finds itself facing results from an unsatisfactory balance between numbers and quality. If we look, for example at the naval rivalry between the East and the West we can see a steady improvement in the quality of the Soviet fleet, ship by ship. [end p36] And it is this qualitative improvement on their side—while our quality remains at best stable—that is giving them an increasing strategic advantage. A have, as you know, said a word or two on defence matters recently. And my words attracted a gratifying amount of attention, not only at home but abroad as well. [end p37] Indeed, as I said at the time, I was fortified in my conviction that my emphasis was correct by the virulence of the criticism I received—strikingly similar as were the expressions of it in Moscow and from the ranks of our own Socialist government. What the national interest requires, of course, is the ability to make a dispassionate assessment of an opponent's strength and intentions, combined with a strength to defend what you believe in—a strength to counter and defeat those who would destroy the things you believe in. [end p38] I remember well—I will never forget—the statement of that theme in Alec Home 's first speech as Foreign Secretary, in the House of Lords. It has been his preoccupation ever since; and it is mine. But the broad philosophical context within which I spoke was best described in the B.B.C. broadcast by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, which I have already mentioned. [end p39] Solzhenitsyn is an artist and a philosopher, not a politician. But it is part of the business of the artist and the philosopher to light up the politician's path. And it is part of the politician's business to make the world safe for artists and philosophers like Solzhenitsyn. [end p40] The excellence which his life and work express—the deep insight, the unshakeable courage, the undefeated and invulnerable intelligence—can be achieved by very few indeed. Perhaps they can be achieved no more than once in a generation; or even a century. But it is a guide and an inspiration to everybody touched by it, old and young, rich and poor, weak and strong. [end p41] Few of us will ever read Solzhenitsyn in Russian. Perhaps not all that many will read him even in translation. But he is a force in all our lives. And as his persecution in Russia was a warning to us, so indifference to him on our part now diminishes us. [end p42] But these are things the cramped Socialist mind finds it difficult—even impossible—to grasp. They promise our people a bright future—and by their actions condemn them to live in a perpetual twilight. Their days of hope become days of hopelessness. And while the rest of us try to learn from our mistakes, the Socialists revel in theirs. [end p43] Without a regard and even a reverence for excellence no society can prosper. For the greatest advances of the ordinary person are the products of the achievements of the extraordinary person. This is true in art: it is true in science and law, it is true in every sphere of human activity. The general freedom which is available to all may be used to the full only by a few. [end p44] But the many nonetheless benefit to an incalculable extent from the activities of the few. It will be the first task of the next Conservative government to cultivate excellence, to create an equality of opportunity, to make Britain stand for freedom as she so often did before. A time in opposition is, of course, a frustrating time. [end p45] More than most, members of the Bow Group will be able to point to periods of immense creativity in opposition—from 1945 to 1951; or from 1965 to 1970. But however restorative a rest from the cares of office is; however creative a period of reflection may be, there is no substitute for power. But we must not underestimate the magnitude of our task; nor the difficulties we will face in discharging it. [end p46] When we come back the Socialists will have had two periods of office in only a little more than a decade. Two periods in which to work their mischief. The relative international position of Britain will be weaker by far than when Ted Heath left office. And the domestic economic and industrial position of the country will be weaker, too. [end p47] There comes a point when national debilitation, national loss of self-confidence, and national decline are difficult to reverse. It would be disastrous—but it would be understandable—if our people now sank into despair. As government statement succeeds government statement, as more and more rules and regulations are imposed, as the tax burden climbs ever upwards, the Britain of earlier years—free, prosperous, secure—must seem ever more like a dim and fading memory. End of speech missing. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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Ep. 1682 - Shocking New January 6 Tape Explodes Media Narratives Published: 3/7/2023 (in RSS feed: 1h 4m 43s) Do you feel prepared With everything going on in the world, do you find yourself thinking about self-defense, home protection, and financial protection? More than ever, one form of financial protection is diversification. Gold has often been used to protect assets against inflation. Gold is a global reserve asset, and countries are buying massive amounts of gold. As a hedge against financial collapse, it's time to help protect yourself and invest in gold. Stop thinking things are going to get better. You need to look out for yourself and your family. Visit Learn About Gold dot com. Learn About Gold dot com is a simple free educational website. Learn About Gold dot com can help you. Learn About Gold Our website has extensive educational resources that can help guide you along the path of precious metals investing. It's time to inform yourself about why owning gold is more important today than ever. Learn About Gold dot com. That's Learn About Gold dot com. Three words, Learn About Gold dot com. Tucker Carlson breaks new videotape showing never before seen details of January sixth. and those details are shocking. New scandals breaks surrounding just what Anthony, Fauci and CNN did to cover up the Chinese lab leak theory and an Antifa attack on a police facility in Atlanta implicates an employee at the Southern Poverty Law Center. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is The Ben. Shapiro Show. Today's show is sponsored by ExpressVPN. Thousands of my listeners already secured their network data. Join them ExpressVPN dot com slash Ben. So the January 6th Capitol Riot, which has become basically the touchstone for not only all of American politics for the last several years, but all of world politics. A lot of that was rooted in the footage that we were allowed to see. Tucker Carlson was given access by Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the house, two 40,000 hours of here to, for unreleased footage from January 6th. And as Tucker made clear, they asked, majority of that footage was kind of empty rooms or there was nothing going on in the footage, but there's some aspects of the footage that are rather telling, because what we were told about January 6th is that not only was it a riot, we, we saw outside, obviously the footage exists. We all watched it in real time. There was In fact, a riot outside the Capitol building in which windows were broken and police officers were attacked and all of the rest. But what we were told is that the pictures that were shown inside the building, it was universally of rioters. It wasn't just two groups of people. So the, the, the reality is that what happened is they riot began from a rally. The rally was, was perfectly legal. And then there was outside the Capitol building a rally, a certain percentage of those people rioted. They went into the Capitol building. And many of the people who went into the Capitol building actually were not rioters. Many of the people who went into the building, there were allegations at the time, were guided into the building by police officers. The doors were open for them. They were guided around the Capitol. And we were told by the media that a lot of that stuff just didn't happen. And In fact, many of the images that we were shown of January 6th featured certain people who were the faces of the riot, people who apparently had violently broke into the capitol building, attacked police officers, and then had rampaged through the building. Now again, there were some people who did that, but many of the images that we were shown, as it turns out, were not true as Tucker showed last night. So the most obvious example of this was Q Anon shaman. So if there's one picture that sort of exemplifies the January 6th day, and again, this became the tip of the spear January 6th, for a wide variety of activities that are un-American in the extreme. And I'm not just talking about riots themselves. I mean, obviously you shouldn't riot and break into the Capitol building based on the false pretext that you're going to overturn the results of a duly certified election at the state level, right? That is In fact un-American, right? Trying to overturn a certified election is not a thing that Americans should do because that that's Illegal. But what I'm talking about here is the reaction to January 6th. The reaction to January 6th was to throw Donald Trump off of all social media. It was to paint all Republicans as rioters, as people who were involved in Criminalities. It turns out even a huge majority of the people who were at the capitol and in the capitol that day were not In fact rioters. And then it became the global pretext for the attack on democracy routine from the globalized left, basically, anytime a right winger would win an election anywhere globally, it turned into this is just like January 6th. It's an attack on democracy. And what needs to happen is that we need to stop the right wingers who are complicit. In January 6th. January 6th became the rallying cry. And what you heard from the left is that January 6th was just as an important inflection point in American history as, for example, September 11th when 3000 Americans were murdered at the Twin Towers and at the Pentagon, what we heard is that all of American politics had to be recapitulated around this signal inflection point, this signal moment in American history. Well, as it turns out from a lot of the footage, the media accounts were In fact exaggerated. Now, again, this does not mean there wasn't a riot at the Capitol building. It doesn't mean the police officers weren't attacked. We saw all of that footage. But what the footage that that Tucker showed last night showed is that some of the Narratives that we were told were just flat out wrong. There were flat out lies In fact, because if members of the January 6th committee saw the footage and then they said these things, it turns out that some of those things were not true. And that is a serious problem because again, the the same people who are out there claiming that conspiracists are becoming more common, oh my God, conspiracy theories, they're, they're flying. Well, you know, it's a great way to feed conspiracy theories. A great way to feed conspiracy theories is to lie to people and then hide footage from them for two years. And then finally, when the footage emerges, it turns out that there's some pretty significant details that should have been mentioned in the coverage of January 6th. Now, two things can be true at once. As I'm very fond of saying one January 6th, the actual riots were really bad. They made America look terrible. They were predicated on a falsehood, which is that again, the election was capable of being overturned by Mike Pence in the Senate or some such nonsense. There was no actual legal theory that held that, and that was credible in any real sort of way. That can be true. And at the same time, it can be totally true that the media decided that January 6th was the most important thing that had ever happened in American history. And they were going to use this each and every day. And that the Democrats were going to use this going forward into 2022 as the basis for their election. And in 2024, they plan to use this again as the basis of their election. Both of those things can be true. It can be true. People did bad things. It can also be true and, and criminal things. And some of the people who are in the Capitol building actually did deserve to go to jail and can also be true that some of the people who were in the Capitol building were basically let in by the cops. And that the media decided that the threat to democracy was far graver than what actually happened on January 6th. Remember, we were told that democracy was nearly overthrown on January 6th. That was nonsense. The building was clear within two hours, and the Senate was moving forward with the business of certifying the election led by a Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and a Republican Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence. So the idea that democracy was ever in serious threat because of Drs and idiots breaking into the Capitol building and a few of those people running around and, and threatening violence and shouting in the halls without, by the way, firearms, I mean, again, we were told this was an armed insurrection. Armed would actually imply that there were, you know, firearms on the premises. And as it turns out, the the only person who was shot and killed that day was an unarmed rider, Ashley Babbitt by a police officer. Okay, so what, what, what did Tucker actually show? We'll get to that in just a second because it really is shocking. It's kind like, honestly, as, as just an observer of politics. As someone who covers this stuff at a pretty granular level, I was shocked by some of the footage that Tucker showed last night. I'll get to that in just one second. First, if the idea is that you shouldn't trust a lot of people out there, big tech, government 'cause they have Narratives and they push those Narratives, why would you trust them with your data? I don't trust them with my data. It's one of the reasons why I use Express VPN. It's important to have a VPN to protect your online privacy, but choosing A VPN you trust is equally as important. Express VPN is the best VPN on the market. 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And well, Tucker showed footage last night that kind of blows that narrative up. The footage shows Q Anon shaman, right? That that was, that was what he was named the Q Anon shaman walking through. His name is Jacob Chanley, the one who was wearing the horns and the, and the weird walking around shirtless and, and carrying a staff and all of this. It shows the, the footage shows him literally being guided through the capitol building by police officers being guided through the building by police officers. Two of them walking him through the entirety of the building. They're walking him to various doors, they're unlocking doors for him. They walk past seven other police officers, they don't even look at him. These seven other police officers, they actually escort him to various chambers, various entrances of the main chamber, right? That's the chamber where he ended up like planting himself behind the podium. And eventually they actually opened the door for him. I mean, that's an amazing thing. So he did a jailhouse interview with Tucker Carlson. He said, the one serious regret I have is believing that when we were waived in by police officers, that it was acceptable. The Capitol Police said that one of the officers that Chanley was trying to deal with was trying to quote unquote deescalate the situation because he was outnumbered. But again, he walked past nine police officers at that point, he wasn't outnumbered. In fact, at no point in this tape are the police officers outnumbered. Why are two of, if, if they're outnumbered, why are there two of them and one of him, if the idea is that they were trying to deescalate, well, I mean, they could have just handcuffed him. I mean, that they were like nine of them there. I, I get police officers trying to do their job. I get that they were outnumbered that day, but they weren't outnumbered with regard to this guy. When there are nine police officers around one guy that doesn't count as outnumbering, technically speaking. So here is the footage, and again, it's kind of shocking 'cause the only imagery that you've seen of Jacob Chanley, the Q Anon shaman is him bellowing from behind the podium, right? People hanging from the rafters over in the, over in the Senate chamber, but he was escorted into the building by the cops and then escorted around the building by the cops. What in the actual hell, what the hell? Here's the footage. Our review of the internal surveillance video, it is very clear what happened once he got inside. Is he Strolling around? Virtually Every moment of his time inside the Capitol was caught on tape. The tape show. Look at this. The Capitol police never stopped. Jacob Chanley, they helped him. They acted as his tour guides. Here's video of Chanley in the Senate Chamber Capitol police officers take him to multiple entrances and even try to open locked doors for him. We counted at least nine officers who were within touching distance of unarmed Jacob Chanley. Look at this. They're not outnumbered. Not one of them Even Tried to slow down. There's one guy and they're walking him through Chanley, understood that Capitol police were his allies. Video shows him giving thanks for them in a prayer on the floor of the Senate Watch. Thank You Heavenly Father, for getting the inspiration needed to these police officers to allow us in this building. He's saying thank you, heavenly Father, for giving the inspiration needed to allow these police officers to allow us in the building. And that's the picture of him, you know, behind the, these speakers desk at the, at the in the Capitol building, thanking the cops, thanking, like, that's a shocking thing, is it not? Because that's not what you were told. That's not what I was told. No one, no one was told that the, the January 6th committee had full access to all of this tape. They never showed you that tape. They never showed you that tape, which is frankly scary. Again, it, it prevents people from believing the idea that two things can be true at once. It turns people into conspiracy theorists because there is a conspiracy when it turns out that you had the footage and you didn't release it. That's relevant. Is it not? You know, the whole point of an adversarial justice system, typically speaking, is the defense and the prosecution gets to see the material and then all of it enters the public light and then people can make judgments. That's the whole idea of, for example, a trial. In this particular case, this is a public trial, right? It was a public trial for what actually happened on January 6th. We got to watch it in real time, but only part of it in real time. The rest of it was kept off limits. We were never allowed to see it. It was, it was done behind closed doors. Like that's, that's relevant to your judgment of what happened inside the building that day. Again, that doesn't change. That the people who actually committed violent acts should be in. People who commit violent acts should go to jail. It doesn't change the fact that people who stormed the capitol building that day were doing so on the basis of a falsehood told by Donald Trump and by others that the election was capable of being overturned. If, you yelled at Mike Pence loud enough, okay, none of that change. But what does change is the idea that this guy was like a true threat to American. He was walking through the capitol, escorted by the cops, or the idea that the vast majority of people inside the building, they were all violent rioters, were looking to do violent damage to legislators. for example, like what? It makes you doubt the evidence, considering that there's also footage of people walking in queue lines through the capitol building. None of that was made public by Congress. None of that was made public by the January 6th committee, which is one of the reasons why Kevin McCarthy presumably candidates to Tucker. By the way, Jacob Chanley, just for the record, he was sentenced in 2021 to 41 months in prison. He acknowledged using a bullhorn to rile up the mob, offering thanks in a prayer wellness center for having the chance to get rid of traitors and scratching out a threatening notes to vice President Mike Pence saying, it's only a matter of time, justice is coming. He's not accused of violence. He wasn't in the trial, but prosecutors say he was the public face of the Capitol riot, who went into the attack with a weapon, ignored repeated police officers to leave the building and gloated about his actions. Okay, where are the repeated police officers telling him to leave the building in that tape? He said he wasn't an insurrectionist, and he said he was troubled with the way he was portrayed in the news story, in the aftermath of riots. I have no excuse. My behavior was indefensible. The judge said, what you did was terrible. You made yourself the center of the riot. But again, you know, presumably this stuff was, was brought up. Why was this brought up at trial? Like what happened in his trial? And let's be real about this. In a lot of states in America right now, you can rape people and get less of a sentence than Jacob Chanley got for apparently being escorted around the capitol, building by police officers before giving a speech into a microphone and s scrolling out a bizarre note to Mike Pence, and what the hell, how is that not revealed to the public? Where is our responsible media? Why weren't they calling for that to be revealed to the public? As we'll see, there are some more lies that we were told about what exactly happened on January 6th, and those lies ended up imploding as lies tend to do. And to that in just one second. First, when you're running a business, the last thing you think about is hr. 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So again, that tape of the quote, quote unquote Q Anon shaman is shocking in the, it's extraordinary police officers walking this guy around, he was the face of violence insurrection in the United States, and literally he was being walked around by the cops into the chamber. That's an amazing tape. There's another piece of amazing tape that Tucker showed, and that amazing piece of tape was tape of Officer Brian Sick Nick. Now you'll recall that officer sign Nick was made the face of the people hurt by the riot, right? The idea was that Brian, sick Nick had been killed by the rioters, In fact. The New York Times report is a headline from April from January 8th, 2021. Rather, this is the headline. January 8th, 2021, quote, Capitol police officer dies from injuries in pro-Trump Rampage. This is the headline from New York Times. That officer was Brian Sign, the subhead said The death of the officer Brian Sign. Nick appeared likely to lead to calls for profound changes to the Capitol Police, a centuries old Force. And the article said a United States capitol police officer died on Thursday night from injuries sustained while physically engaging with pro-Trump rioters who descended on the US Capitol the day before the fifth fatality linked to the chaos that engulfed the nation's capitol on Wednesday according to the authorities. Now again, when they say the fifth fatality linked to the chaos, they're talking about Ashley Babbitt, who was shot by a cop. They're talking about sign who, as you'll see in a second, did not die from being hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, which was the actual original report. And then there's some people in the crowd who had heart attacks. Later there would be some police officers who committed suicide, but that's not directly linkable to the January 6th riot. According to the New York Times, the officer sick Nick was only the fourth member of the force to be killed in the line of duty since its founding two centuries ago. And you'll recall that his death then prompted Democrats to have him lie in, in state and they, they, they did a whole ceremony and Joe Biden went to visit and, and all the rest. Now it was only, I mean, a, a few months later there was an actual police officer murdered at the, at the Capitol building by a person who drove a car over him. I believe the case was, and it turned out to be a person who is not of the political right? That person didn't, you don't know that guy's name because he wasn't Brian Sign. You all know Brian Sick Nick's name because he became the face again. There were two faces that were presented to January 6th. One was Q Anon chairman, who it turns out was being basically guided around the Capitol building. And the second person was Brian, sick Nick, who was supposedly murdered by the rioters. Well, what the footage actually shows as Tucker revealed is that after apparently he was supposedly murdered, right? I mean, after he sustained the life-threatening injuries, according to the media and according to the narrative, he was walking around pretty spry. I mean, here is some of the tape from Tucker. Here is surveillance footage of sick nick walking in the capitol after he was supposedly murdered by the mob outside by all appearances, sick Nick is healthy and vigorous. He's wearing a helmet. So it's hard to imagine he was killed by a head injury. Whatever happened to Brian sick was very obviously not the result of violence he suffered at the entrance to the Capitol. This tape overturns the single most powerful and politically useful lie that Democrats have told us about January 6th. Remember, the New York Times report said, quote, the circumstances surrounding Mr. Sick, Nick's death were not immediately clear. Capitol Police said only that he had passed away due to injury sustained while on duty. Law enforcement officials initially said Snick was struck with a fire extinguisher. But weeks later, police sources and investigators were at odds over whether he was even hit. Medical experts have said he did not die a blunt enforce trauma according to one law enforcement official. And of course, weeks later, the New York Times had to correct its report because as it turns out, it wasn't true. As it turns out, Brian Sick died of a multiplicity of other causes. And it is not cl the evidence just does not exist that he died because he was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher or that his death had w wa was directly connectable. In fact with the events of January 6th, In fact, in April of 2021, according to the US Capitol Police, a medical examiner found that Brian Snick died of natural causes. Quote, the US cp that's the Capitol police accepts the findings from the District of Columbia's office of the Chief Medical Examiner that Brian Snick died of natural causes. This does not change the fact that sick Nick died in the line of duty courageously defending Congress in the Capitol. So, a again, it it, it does a little, I mean, again, it not that that he wasn't courageous defending the Capitol, that's all fine. But the, the, the clear evidence that he died because he was hit with the, with the fire extinguisher, does not exist. I mean, according to NPR, signe died after suffering strokes. According to the office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Francisco Diaz. In an interview, Diaz told the Washington Post that sign suffered two strokes. He was sprayed with a chemical substance outside the Capitol on January 6th, but did not suffer an allergic reaction to the chemical IRR irritants dispensed by the rioters, nor was there evidence of internal or external injuries. At approximately 10:00 PM he 10:00 PM he collapsed at the Capitol, was transported to a local hospital and died about 24 hours later. Again, they, they tried to open a murder investigation into his death. That's inconclusive because it's not clear exactly how he died in the first place. And as that tape shows, you know, again, the idea that he was hit in the head and and then suffered injuries, they dragged him away and then he died at a hospital. That, that obviously is not true. I, these sorts of details matter when you are rolling out a narrative, which presumably is why we never saw these details until this very moment. Well, in just one second, we'll get to the reactions from various sides of the aisle to the new footage that's been released by the House Republicans do soccer. Carlson first simple fact dudes don't like going to the doctor. It's time consuming. Expensive in some cases, embarrassing. This is why RexMD exists. RexMD is F FDA a approved. 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If that, if that's the responsibility of the House and the Senate, then yeah, the Capitol Police were understaffed. The Capitol police were guiding around Q Anon. Shaman like around the, the, the place the police story is sad and difficult to watch. Trump and Mo Trump puts himself in quotes, Trump and most others are totally innocent. Let them go free. You now. Well, I'm Donald Trump isn't under arrest. But you know, the fact of the matter is that, again, what what's amazing is that our media and our polarized political environment are so extreme right now that people were willing to essentially leave this landmine lying around in the hopes that no one would discover it for years on end, knowing that there was a possibility that was gonna blow up in Democrat's faces. So Democrats literally did not reveal this footage, which they could have done, by the way, if they had brought this out in the January 6th committee. If they had said, you know, guys, we just wanna tell you the whole story here. The whole story is that there was a riot at the Capitol building. It was a small percentage of people who had started off at a much, much larger rally for Donald Trump. And then there were a bunch of people into the Capitol. And of those people, a percentage broke into the Capitol building and of the percentage who broke into the Capitol building, a small percentage were violent and and terrible, and those people should go to jail. And then there were people who just didn't know better and they were walked up and they saw the police escorting them in. They figured, Hey, that's a police officer. He's gonna arrest me if I'm doing something wrong. Right? If they had said that, then there would be nothing to explode. There would be no landmine here. Instead, they decided that they were going to cover this up, and again, they were gonna make the faces of the media coverage. Brian Nik and the, the officer who was supposedly murdered by the, the Capitol rioters. Again, the evidence does not support that at this point and probably never supported that. And second, that Q Anon, she was the great grand leader of this bizarre escapade. And by the way, we were supposed to also believe that the guy who's dressed in the Buffalo horns, that that guy was going to lead like a, a full on violent insurrection that was going to take down democracy in the most powerful country in the history of the world. That guy, that was the narrative. And then it blew up in their face. So obviously they're mad that it blew up in their face and they're, they're very upset that Tucker Carlson was given this footage in the first place. So CNN this morning was reacting two Tucker revealing this footage and here is what they had to say. But I mean, this is again, the, the danger of when Kevin McCarthy and this also relationship that we're talking about with Fox News. Look at the, the situation that they're in now with Dominion, but then this is the danger of not fairness, unfairness. You should give it to every news organization at the same time so that they're able to, as you say, analyze it in each in real time and not one particularly, especially someone who is not considered to be a journalist, to be able to disseminate it and give his take on it. Don Lemon. As Don Lemon complaining, he complain about duck Tucker Carlson's journalistic standards. Captain Nikki Haley has passed her prime 'cause she's 51 years old. Don Lemon. Don Lemon, I'm an objective journalist, but also Donald Trump is a racist, a terrible, terrible racist. I mean, again, the reason that it was revealed to Tucker Carlson presumably is because, let's be real about this. Kevin McCarthy and the rest of the House Republicans were quite afraid that the, the Democrats on CNN would presumably cover up the footage because Democrats in the, in the actual house covered up the footage and the Democrats in the media work hand in glove. I didn't see CNN clamoring for the full footage when Democrats were in charge of Congress. I didn't see them. Was CN did I miss the part where CNN and M-S-N-B-C were going to the January 6th committee and saying, guys, we need to see the full footage. Like we wanna check your work. Can you give us access to the full footage so that we can actually see what you are doing here? What I recall is that anybody even asking for the full footage was treated as some sort of bizarre conspiracy theorist by the media. How dare you ask for the full footage? The full footage isn't gonna show we have to trust our elected leaders. And there is the best way to undermine trust in this country right now is to make outlandishly large claims and suggest that the evidence supports those claims. And then it turns out that you've been hiding crap the whole time. And it's, again, it doesn't mean that January 6th was a wonderful bed of roses. It doesn't mean that everybody who's currently in jail for January 6th deserves to be free. It doesn't mean that Donald Trump was telling the truth between November 4th and January 6th because he wasn't. It doesn't mean any of those things. However, what it does mean is that when you draw a giant narrative that the country was on the verge of overthrow by Q Anon shaman who's being guided around the capitol building by police officers. And when you suggest that, that an officer who became the face of the murderous rampage, because of course he was the only officer who could be quote unquote directly linked to the riot who was killed. When you say that and then you don't actually show the video evidence of him walking around looking pretty good, like right after, of course that undermines your case and you knew that when you hit it. Yes, it's a story. Yes, it's a very, very big story because coverups are a big story, even if the coverup isn't of the entire event, even if it is just of how the public perceives the event and the images that you chose to make the forefront of the event in the first place. Now, speaking of coverups, it is the, the continuing, the continuing democratic media complex attempt to cover up Narratives that are unfriendly to left wing ideas is, it's astonishing. Again, the same people Don Lemon over at 10. Why won't the, why did the House Republicans only give the footage to Tucker Carlson? Maybe because you are as biased in your way as Fox News is in its way. And Tucker's pretty obvious about his biases. Tucker doesn't pretend to be an objective journalist. CNN does pretend to be objective journalist, but as it turns out, the objective journalism ERs over at CNN tried to quash any investigation into, for example, the Covid lab leak theory. According to Fox news.com, CNN has long referred to itself as the most trusted name in news, and famously launched a fast first campaign during the Trump era. Like many other outlets, that sentiment fell by the wayside when it came to the Covid lab leak theory in the early months of the pandemic. Then CNN president Jeff Zucker would not allow his network to chase down the lab leak story because he believed it was a quote Trump talking point. According to a well-placed CNN insider, people are slowly waking up from the fog. The insider told Fox News Digital, it's kind of crazy. We didn't chase it harder. Throughout Tucker's tenure as CNN chief, he pulled what was once widely seen as a straight news organization into an anti-Trump operation. Apparently on March 28th, 2020, CNN's Oliver Darcy published a story headline, here's how to debunk coronavirus information and conspiracy theories from friends and family. And that article said, while the Coronavirus Pandemic has isolated friends and family out inside their homes, it has in many cases increased online or over the phone communication with loved ones. But in some cases, relatives and friends share poor information, whether it is bad science related to how to prevent the virus debunked rumors about cities being put on lockdown or conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19. Darcy's admonition came as CNN was one of the many mainstream outlets to declare the lab leak notion utterly preposterous. CNN host free Zacharia Zakaria said that the far right has now found its own virus conspiracy theory while talking about the possibility of a lab leak. On February 18th, 2020, CNN published a facts first examination of claims made by Senator Tom Cotton, who was one of the big supporters early of the lab leak theory. And CNN insisted it's possible, but unlikely that the lab was connected to the start of the outbreak. CNN anchored John vows called Cotton's Theory misinformation. So if it's true that Jeff Zucker thought that this was a Trump narrative, and so they never chased it down, well that would answer a lot of questions about just what kind of place CNN is. And again, meanwhile, the the, the Democrat media complex is undefeated or the Democrat deep state complex. So the same exact people at CNN, same kinds of people at CNN who are shutting down investigation into the lab leak theory while informing you that they were, they were being perfectly transparent of everything covid related. I'll tell you who else is not transparent. Dr. Anthony Fauci a great sainted, Dr. Anthony Fauci, he who must be tributed with vote of candles according to Miranda Divine reporting for the New York Post. New emails uncovered by house Republicans proving the Covid to 19 pandemic reveal the deceptive nature of Dr. Anthony Fauci. They show that he prompted or commissioned and had final approval on a scientific paper written specifically in February, 2020 to disprove the theory that the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan China. Eight weeks later, Fauci stood at a White House press conference alongside President Trump and cited that paper as evidence. The lab leak theory was implausible while pretending it had nothing to do with him and he didn't know the authors. He said April 17th, 2020. There was a study recently where a group of highly qualified evolutionary virologists looked at the sequences in bats as they evolve and the mutations it took to get to a point where it is now totally consistent with the jump of species from an animal to a human. So the paper will be available, I don't have the authors right now, but we can make it available to you. That paper titled The Proximal Origin of SARS Covid two was sent to Fauci for editing and draft form and again for final approval before it was even published on February 17th, 2020 in Nature Magazine. It was written four days after Fauci. And then NIH Boss, Dr. Francis Collins held a call with the four authors to discuss reports that COVID-19 may have leaked from the Wuhan lab. Apparently the House of Oversight subcommittee published emails in which the paper's co-author Dr. Christian Anderson admits that Fauci prompted him to write the paper with the goal of disproving the lab leak theory. I mean, that's an amazing thing. So basically Anthony Fauci oversaw, he prompted and oversaw a paper dismissing the lab leak theory, and then went out and touted the paper without admitting that he prompted and oversaw the paper. But with, these are the people we should trust. You wonder why conspiracy theories are blooming. Maybe it's because the conspiracies sometimes seem to be kind of true. It sometimes seems to be that you guys are hiding things that our experts think that you are too stupid to be given the full information and so they just hide it from you. You wonder why conspiracy theories seem to be blooming about everything because there's this tendency towards secrecy because the American public can't be trusted with information. Only the good people can be trusted with the information. Only Dr. Anthony Fauci only CNN only the members of the January 6th committee. Only they can be trusted with the good information. And by the way, if there is a story that cuts not in favor of the left, well then we just downplay it or we don't uncover it very much. So, for example, I don't know how much you've seen about this amazing act of terrorism over in Atlanta CNN is, is reporting on it, although they are not being particularly clear about where it came from. Police say at least 23 people will face domestic terrorism charges after they were arrested. Sunday amid violent protests at the site of a planned law enforcement training facility in Atlanta dubbed cop city by opponents who claim it would propagate militarized policing and harm the environment. Authorities said that violent agitators attacked police officers and construction equipment with Molotov cocktails, commercial grade fireworks, bricks and large rocks. Footage from the area shows a construction tractor was set a blaze and smoke billowing into the air. At least four other fires burned in and around the fence site as people dressed in black swarm, both sides of a police barricade before additional officers arrived. Surveillance videos released by the Atlanta PD show some 35 people were detained. Only two of those arrested were from Georgia. The rest hailed from places as far as Maine and Arizona. This was obviously Antifa associated. Atlanta police chief Darren Sheba said, this is not a protest, this is criminal activity. The charges that will be brought forth will show that police in his statements said, officers exercised restraint and used non-lethal force to make the arrest. Protestors will not be deterred according to the leader. This was all about apparently going after the cops for killing a 26-year-old protestor named Manuel Esteban pays teran by protestor they mean in the case of Teron, somebody who was threatening the cops. According to CNN itself, back in January, officers spotted someone in a tent in the woods and gave verbal commands. The person did not comply and shot a Georgia State. Patrol Trooper officers returned fire, fatally wounded the person who was identified as teron. A hand gunned recovered from the individual's possession matched the projectile from the trooper's wound. But this is apparently a, a protestor according to CNN. So CNN reports that the guy tried to shoot a cop and then CNN also reported the person's a protestor like five minutes later in order to presumably grant some sort of credibility to people who are attempting to destroy police assets and harm police officers. One of the people, by the way, who was involved in the arrests, one of the people who was arrested was a quote unquote legal observer employed by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Oh, well that, that's, so, that means that the Southern Poverty Law Center used as a resource by the left on a routine basis in order to malign people on the political right. People will be labeled hate speech proponents by the SPLC. The SPLC is a radical left wing propaganda group. And the SPLC turns out one of their lawyers was literally arrested for apparently participating in an act of terrorism, which means that despite the media's attempts to paint the NRA as the font of terrorism in America, the font type of terrorism in America, while the S-B-A-L-C has now had more people arrested for actual terrorism than the NRA, and again, the media downplay that sort of stuff because this is what they do. We'll get to that in just one moment. First, are you worried about the country? I'm kind of worried about the country when you see this sort of stuff. A lot of Americans have lost faith in the government media and schools. 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It's called Stolen Youth, how Radicals Are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating A Generation. when I read this particular passage, well that just doubled me down on my commitment to throw all the phones away, quote, TikTok was the center of a 2021 Wall Street Journal investigation, which uncovered how the app targets users with content revolving around sex, drugs, eating disorders, and more. Calling it an addiction machine. Investigators created 31 accounts, registered young teens turned them loose to quote, browse tiktoks for you feed the highly personalized never-ending feed curated by the algorithm. The article explained, quote, an analysis of the videos served to these accounts, found that through its powerful algorithms, TikTok can quickly drive minors among the biggest users of the app into endless spools of content about sex and drugs. TikTok served one account, registered as a 13-year-old, at least 569 videos about drug use references to cocaine and meth and promotional videos for online sales of drug products and paraphernalia. Remember, this stuff is by design. There are radicals who want your children screwed up and corrupted. The good news is you can fight back If. you know how, check out the book Stolen Youth, how Radicals Are Racing Innocence and Indoctrinating A Generation. It comes out today, order your copy on Amazon or wherever you get books right now. Now again, when it comes to the media, the media, they look at a story like an SPLC staff attorney being arrested on domestic terrorism charges in Atlanta after like an actual act of criminal terrorism in Atlanta. And many members of the media don't see anything political about that. They, they just, they they don't see anything that that really is, is worth the comment per se about the politics of the SPLC. The FBIA, by the way, has used the SPLC as an actual source for who should be considered domestic terrorism terrorists before, which is kind of amazing stuff. And then you have the media host people like the Atlantics executive editor Adrian La France, who says, well, you know, we really don't have to worry about extremist left-wing violence is on MSN bbc of course, because really what we have to worry about is, is extremist, right-wing violence. How about this? How about we worry about extremist violence of like all sorts. But I noticed that the, the terrorist attacks in Portland, which they were, it was like a months long terror attack by Antifa on federal, federal buildings. When Donald Trump actually put federal forces there to defend the federal buildings. You guys screamed bloody murder. It was, I when there were mass riots causing $2 billion in damage during the Black Lives Matter riot summer, I noticed that you guys had no objections whatsoever. It's that disparate treatment that leads people to not trust you folks. Here is the Atlantics executive editor suggesting that extremist right-wing violence is, is significantly more problematic than left-wing violence. You also write about the, some of the violence we saw in places like Portland in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. That violence, whatever side you're on has become, I don't want to say an acceptable outlet, but to some people, I guess, yes, it has been a way to express their anger with what's happening in the country, Right? And, and this is really disturbing sort of the normalization of violence. And, and I think it's important. I wanna say that, you know, I wrote about violence erupting from the far right, from the far left, but when you look at what's happening, it really is extremist right wing violence that scholars who look at this most closely are most worried about. And so it's not sort of that it's equal on all sides. Oh, oh, it's, it's, it's not, it's not equal on all sides, you know, it is really extremist right wing violence that we have to worry about. The experts say so, yeah, in In fact, you know, what we could do to cure extremist violence, what we probably could do in order to cure extremist left-wing violence, we could be more fair and more just because the left wingers, they're, they're right according to the executive editor of the Atlantic who blamed the wealth gap for left-wing violence. Your article, you talk about the years of lead in Italy and the violence in Italy in the 1980s, and you write that finally it ended, you know, it was fueled by the, a poor economy and then people got sick of it. What do you foresee in America? Do you think that economic inequality here is contributing to the political unrest? Absolutely. I think you see this again and again throughout history. When economic conditions are poor, people often feel like they have no other option but to turn to violence or to an extreme. And so certainly, oh, a, a stronger economy and a and a a, you know, less highly visible wealth gap would be better for our country, just for people. You know, By the way, this is the, this is the actual story, right? Help Protect against This sort of the actual story here. And that's the, i important part about this particular nonsense is that violence from the left is justified very often by people from the left because after all their agenda is okay, their agenda's. Okay. So, so, and what that means that if the agenda of people who riot on January 6th is not okay, that means that we can exaggerate the stuff that happened on January 6th. 'cause after all, their agenda was not okay. So it's about the agenda, not the violence according to the great arbiters of morality in our country right now. Well, hilariously what this is leading to is a sort of crack up inside the Democratic party right now. So there was a bill that came up in Washington DC that would've essentially pushed criminal justice reform, meaning it would've loosened all the restrictions on criminal activity in Washington DC There was a a DC local government criminal code and it was going to loosen a lot of the restrictions on crime, including, for example, carjackings. It was going to relax penalties for carjacking. So their solution to everybody in DC being carjacked lately is that they're going to make it so that carjacking just isn't a crime. Boom. No more carjacking because it doesn't exist, because we don't call it carjacking anymore. There is a DC councilwoman defending the policy to basically decriminalize in some ways carjacking this janni, Janice Lewis George. And this legislation would lessen the penalties for carjacking. It wouldn't decriminalize it, but it would lessen the mandatory minimums. That's right. And this comes as crime is rising in dc. Don't the people of DC need a council focused on protecting them and not making it easier for carjackers to get back on the street? That is an inherently violent crime. That's correct. I It's true. Like cities across the country, we are experiencing a crime surge that needs to be urgently addressed. But we have decades of data showing that long sentences do not deter crime. What actually deters crime is the likelihood that someone will be caught and prosecuted, not the lengthy sentence. DC already has a higher incarceration rate, incarceration rate than any state in America. And so if long sentences prevented crime, we would already be the safest city in the nation. Okay? So they're defending it. But Joe Biden didn't actually defend this policy because Joe Biden, at least he has his political life in his hands still. And so hilariously, Joe Biden could allow the criminal code to take effect by vetoing a measure running through Congress, but he is not gonna veto it. Instead, he's going to allow Congress, 'cause Congress has plenary power over the District of Columbia. It's federal district. Congress has said, we are going to not allow this sort of criminal justice reform, quote unquote, in dc. And Joe Biden is going to go along with that because it turns out that reality actually sometimes sets in. By the way, speaking of reality setting in this is hysterical. This is really, really funny. So, according to the New York Times, Joe Biden is now considering reinstating detention of migrant families. Slow clap for Joe Biden gradually turning into Donald Trump slow clap for all the media. Who said, where's, where's the a OC in her white outfit weeping in front of an empty parking lot? Where is she? Where is she gazing into the camera, giving that, giving the face? Where is she? No one knows. I mean, o obviously, it was a human rights violation when Trump was doing it, according to the media in the left. Now Biden's doing it. So apparently it's good. Now, according to the New York Times, the Biden administration is considering reviving the practice of detaining migrant families who crossed the border illegally. The same policy the president shut down over the past two years because he wanted a more humane immigration system. Officials familiar with the discussions said on Monday, although no final decision has been made, the move would be a stark reversal for President Biden who came into office promising to adopt a more compassionate approach to the border. Well, it turns out that your compassionate approach was garbage. It was garbage. And we ended up with an unprecedented wave of Illegal immigrants crossing the border. And so now your ha kind of be it, it's man, the, the great irony is when at the end of the Scooby-Doo episode, they remove the Biden mask and it's just Donald Trump underneath. It's like, I would've gotten away with it if it weren't for those dumb kids. Like, what? It's gonna be amazing. Like basically Joe Biden's having to come back around to all of Joe Biden's coming back around to all of Donald Trump's poor policies like all of them. And the media are like, well, you know, he just had to do it. Oh, you guys are so dishonest. You were dishonest when Trump was president. And now that Joe Biden is doing the same stuff as the dishonesty runs very, very deep. The Biden administration, according to the New York Times, has largely ended the practice of family detention, instead, releasing families into the United States temporarily and using ankle bracelets, traceable cell phones, or other methods to keep track of them. They weren't keeping track of them. The administration has turned to a more restrictive measure as it struggles to handle a rise in migrants, fleeing authoritarian governments and economic ruin in their countries. Officials also theory surged the border after May 11th when Title 42 ends. So apparently this is going to allow for the read Detention of Families. The White House declined to comment, but administration officials reject any comparison to Mr. Trump and said, Biden's policies are focused on finding ways to decrease the number of Illegal crossings and expand migrant's abilities to seek legal pathways. So it's not like Trump, except that it's exactly like Trump. So yeah, gr, great job, guys. Great, great job. Okay. Meanwhile, Joe Biden continues to do battle with the real world. Staircases and teleprompters are are his, are his real problem. So this brings us to our latest episode of Joe Biden versus the Teleprompter Of Depression. Yep. So here we go. Yesterday he was talking about how one time he had brain surgery and things went wrong, And I had these terrible headaches, was diagnosed with having a a, anyway, they had to take the top of my head off a couple times, see if I had a brain, The answer. Unfortunately, the test came up negative. Well, there was no brain. And just to prove that he then got lost on stage, did Joe Biden. So teleprompter Ko, first round KO for the teleprompter here is, here is Joe Biden getting lost on stages for usual arrangement. I, I love when they bring up the Haton chief music. And then he's like, well, I'm just gonna jet on over here. Watch out for the stairs, Joe, watch out for the stairs. Every time that dude goes down a staircase, it's like watching the wand does cross a tightrope across a volcano because he just keeps falling up the stairs. He doesn't even fall downstairs anymore. He's so bad at stairs that he falls up the stairs. Remember that time when Donald Trump went down a Ramp and they made fun of him for going down a Ramp for like a month? And that became like a stapled gif on, on Twitter was him going down a Ramp. Joe Biden has fallen down on stairs, I believe three times as president of the United States. And everybody's like, well, you know, he does fall down stairs a lot. And he's probably fine. He's probably good. Joe Biden isn't the president at all. There's Joe Biden falling up the stairs again. There he goes. He's going up the stairs very slowly, but the stairs up. Oh, there he go. He's stumbling on the stairs. Oh man, they, they, you know what? Bowed but unbroken Joe Biden the stairs, took a jab to the, the stairs, took a jab at him, kinda stumbled there, but he didn't go down, didn't go down. So he might have been knocked out by the teleprompter, but he was merely staggered by the stairs. Well, the good news is, backing up Joe Biden is the greatest of all political candidates, Kamala Harris. So this brings us to our latest episode of Deep Thoughts with Kamala Harris with, And now Deep Thoughts with Kamala Harris. Can we have some thoughts from Kamala Harris about water policy? Please? Like things she loves, she loves Venn diagrams, electric buses loves, turns out there's another thing that Kamala Harris loves. I don't know that it's Doug m Hoff or not. Whatever's going on between him and Jill, that's their business. They're adults, they're grown, grown ass adults. But here is a, here is Kamala Harris talking about her love for water policy, which did not know that. So think about what this means, this infusion of such a substantial amount of resources, which also by the way, will spur private investment that will then incrementally and, and actually exponentially grow that number. And what an impact we can have to really fast forward what is long overdue on a number of issues that are, is both about what we'll do around greenhouse gas emissions, what we will do around water policy. I think we're gonna talk about that. I love water policy. Let's talk about that a lot. It can be very important. Exactly. That lady loves water policy, loves it. Gray water, green water, all water loves the water policy. Also, she, but that, that wasn't our only deep thought with Kamala Harris. She also had thoughts about conservatives during this event in which she praised water policy for its, you know, phenomenal, phenomenal fascination here. Here was Kamala Harris talking about why she didn't become a conservative when she was young and, and also having whatever disorder afflicted Joaquin Phoenix in the last Joker movie. In fact, I'm going to share with you a very simple story, which is that I went home one day and I said, well, what's, why are conservatives bad Mommy? Because I thought we were supposed to conserve things. I couldn't reconcile it. Now I can. Oh, sorry. Wow. She is, she is, man, she is a comedic. She's like Dave Chappelle out there. She she was like a child and she didn't understand that conservatives are bad 'cause they, they wanna conserve Woo. Oh boy, yeah, no, they're gonna keep Joe Biden's taxidermy bottle stapled his body stapled to that gurney. They're just gonna keep, they're gonna wheel that sucker around. His face ain't gonna move. They're gonna check inside. His head ain't gonna be a brain there. It's gonna be stumbling upstairs. And they're gonna be like, I don't care what we have to do. This dead corpse is going to remain president of the United States because they cannot have Kamala Harris as President of the United States. Alrighty, time for some things I like and then some things that I hate. So things I like today, I do love when the mask comes off for the left. And you just see the insane hypocrisy of the left. So let us take an example today, that example is the contrast between Ron DeSantis in Florida and Gavin Newsom in California. So Ron DeSantis in Florida, according to NBC News's presidential historian Michael Bilos, who by the way writes speeches for Joe Biden, like bi schloss apparently bonds with Joe Biden. There's an article about this. He bonds with Joe Biden over how much they love Joe Biden. I'm not kidding. There was an actual article that talked about how like the real bonding experience was talking about how awesome Joe Biden is. That is Joe Biden's favorite topic. Bi Schloss still appears as some sort of insightful commentator on MSN BBC on a regular basis. Those he, he historian and not a propagandist, but he says that Ron DeSantis is like Mussolini. I live in Florida. Ron DeSantis is not like Mussolini man. I mean, I don't like, how is he a historian? Read another book. I mean it, it's amazing. All they can come up with whenever they don't like somebody, it's like it, they're Hitler or their Mussolini, right? Hitler was the, the worst fascist because of Holocaust and Mussolini was the second worst fascist because he is the fascist without the Holocaust. And so those are the only two comparisons when there is a right winger, they don't like he's Hitler or he's Mussolini. There is no third place Stalin and Mal don't exist in their lexicon because Stalin and Mal were left wingers and they don't really wanna talk about that because that's real awkward. 'cause Stalin and Mal were really, really, really evil. But instead they go directly to Mussolini. Now what exactly makes Ron DeSantis the governor of a state that he just won by 20 points and who has insured that his citizens do not have to mask and do not have to v and who has maintained law and order in the state while allowing for civil liberties to continue And who has made sure that your kids aren't indoctrinated in school? And In fact is attempting to grant school vouchers to all parents. How is that like Mussolini, he doesn't explain, but that, that is the new narrative because the media are, they're terrified of DeSantis. Let's, let's be real about this. The media are begging for Trump. They think it's better ratings and because they think the Trump is more beatable than DeSantis. So they are trotting out all the Narratives early. I told you this, as soon as Trump became not president, literally that moment, the next Republican that they saw looming on the horizon was going to become worse than Trump trademark sign worse than Trump. So here we go. But the even more dangerous thing Stacey and Michael is that, you know, people who try to get a nomination parties, you know, do it by trying to appeal to what they think will work well look what Rick DeSantis has done in Florida. He was known as sort of a nondescript political leader member of Congress. Suddenly he really has tried to turn himself into sort of a local Mussolini in Florida with the book banding and the brutal tactics. And even this week, this suggestion that bloggers have to register with the state for the honor's, not Even writing About the governor, not and other, other political leaders. We have to call this what this is. He's such a, this is fascism and authoritarianism. Fascism and authoritarianism. What a historian, what an amazing historian is Michael Bi Schloss. That dude should not be on tv. He is garbage at his job. Okay, lemme just name the things that are wrong with the things that he said right there just in one clip. How long was that clip? That clip is like, I'm just gonna look up the length of that clip of moron Michael Bilos. That clip is 45 seconds in 45 seconds. He number one labeled Ron DeSantis, Rick DeSantis. So he starts, he starts off captain, captain history over here with Rick DeSantis. Then he says that he's like a local Mussolini. Ah-huh? Yeah. 'cause that's what Mussolini was famous for. He was famous for winning elections by 20 points and then expanding the freedom of the people who lived in the state. Totally famous for that. Then he suggests that he wants to ban books. Bullshit not true. Ron DeSantis has never attempted to ban books in the state of Florida. You can get any book you want in the state. I know because I can buy any book I want in the state of Florida. True. I can order anything off. There's no cop at my door who's looking at my Amazon packages. I can order whatever book I want in the state of Florida. What he says is that third graders should not be treated to gender queer in which they're watching two dudes engage in anal sex in their school library book. Like that's, that's what Ron DeSantis has said. And you are like, oh, well you know, he is banning books. Okay, so Rick DeSantis Mussolini banning books. And then he says that Ron DeSantis wants to have all bloggers in the state of Florida register with the government if they cover him. False. There's one Florida state senator who has proposed that bill. There's not one iota of evidence that Ron DeSantis supports that bill or even that any other state senator in the state of Florida supports that. Bill In fact, most republicans in the state have called for that bill to be withdrawn 'cause it's stupid. That is four lies in 45 seconds from the great presidential historian Michael Bilos, who writes speeches for the current president of the United States. I love when the mask comes off. I do, I love it when the mask comes off. 'cause they're so full of it, they're so unbelievably full of it. And my favorite thing, you know how full of it they are. So what they say is that Rhon DeSantis is super bad. Rhon DeSantis is super bad because for example, he went after Disney and he went after Disney because Disney decided to inject itself directly into the politics of the state, despite the fact that they are just a corporation who is there to protect children's innocence. And they decided instead to inject themself in the Parental Rights and Education Act. And so Rhon DeSantis is, is apparently super duper duper terrible. In fact, Rhon DeSantis is so terrible because he's calling on corporations not to get political and and he's injecting himself into corporate decision making that the entire left is now injecting itself into corporate decision making. So Gavin Newsom over in California, remember that time that Rhon DeSantis said that Disney wouldn't get special tax breaks. He wasn't like banning them from the state. He wasn't saying they can't say what they wanna say. He was just saying, you guys get no special tax breaks. Your special tax district goes away because If, you want special treatment. Well then you have to be apolitical If. you wanna be political and you don't get special treatment. And well, now over in California, Gavin Newsom is targeting Walgreens. Gavin Newsom has now said that they will not, the state of California will not do any business with Walgreens. Why? Why will the state of California not do any business with Walgreens? Because Walgreens said it's not going to distribute abortion medication in 20 states. That does not include California, by the way. They'll still distribute Mefi Pristine, the, the, an abortion drug in 20 states apparently including California. And he's like, we still won't do business with them in California. But he's a hero. He's a hero of the republic is Gavin Newsom. Not only that people in the media are calling on MLB, they, they didn't get enough of MLB getting, its getting its butt kicked around the block over the Georgia voting nonsense. You remember that MLB withdrew the all-star game from Georgia, from Atlanta, Georgia because of the lie that that Joe Biden, the overt absolute lie. Joe Biden was telling about how Jim Crow 2.0 was on the verge of happening in Georgia and then the election happened and you literally could not find a black voter in the state of Georgia who did not have the ability to vote, did not exist. It was just nonsense. You remember that MLB completely be clowned itself on that one? Well now Kevin Blackstone, who is a clown writing for the Washington Post, says baseball can no longer ignore Ron DeSantis culture wars. So he says that it's time for baseball and its 15 franchises that started spring training last month in Florida to consider making the annual exercise in all Cactus League affair as long as DeSantis commands an attack on diversity. So what that means is, presumably that everybody should move over to Arizona. They should just move to Arizona because they don't like Ron DeSantis. Yeah. Let's, let's see if that works out well for you. Seriously, let's do it. Find F round and find out. Do it. Let's find out how, how well that works for you. Let's see if the MLB decides to DECAMP from Florida and Georgia. Good luck with that. That's Kevin blackest stone shtick. That's Kevin Blackstone shtick. It's a, again, corporate involvement from the left. Totally, totally fine corporate involvement from the right. Just saying don't get political. Not saying get political. The opposite saying don't get political. That's really, really bad. Well, that would be the reason why Rhon DeSantis was over in California, mocking Gavin Newsom the other day as well. He should. I knew you guys got a lot of problems out here, but your governor's very concerned about what we're doing in Florida, so I figured I had to come by. Okay, that that is, that is correct. He, he is Gavin Newsom. It is amusing that Gavin Newsom continues to run for president, just assuming that Joe Biden is dead, that, that, that continues to amuse. Okay, time for a couple of quick things that I hate. Okay. Goody goody gumdrops. We have more heroic parenting. So much heroic parenting. Heroic parenting whereby parents deem themselves heroes by completely screwing up their kids for life. It's really exciting stuff. According to US Magazine, US magazine, proud mom, Heather, Debra announced your 12-year-old child has come out as transgender. 1212, you're a terrible parent. Sorry. You are number one. Nothing your 12-year-old child does, should be public ever under any circumstances. As a rather public figure. There are zero pictures of my kids online. There's a reason for that. My kids are kids. They deserve their privacy. Them being in the public eye is wrong. Forget, no matter what they do, good, bad, indifferent, doesn't matter, shouldn't be in the public eye. Certainly your gender confusion should not be in the public eye. Also, it turns out that when you indulge your child in the bizarre fantasy, that they can be a member of the opposite sex and start pretending that 12 year olds, 12 year olds are capable of making that decision to transition themself into boys. For example, constructing, presumably you go all the way through the process, a false penis from arm flesh that will never work properly. You will never be a man. It's never going to happen that you are somehow a better parent for this. It's Munchausen syndrome by proxy, pat yourself on the back as you screw your kid beyond all recognition for life. So Heather Dere writes quote, it's International Sunday, we love you, our youngest son Ace. Our job as parents is to give our kids a safe and supportive environment so they can grow up as healthy, happy, confident, independent humans. That is not your job as parents, I'm sorry, it is not your job as parents to give your kid a quote, safe and supportive environment so that they can grow up in a screwed up way. It is your job to provide rules and rules and actual guidance that is your job as a parent. Safe environment would be from outside influences that, for example, teach them lies. Like you can be a member of the opposite sex and you do not have a duty to support delusion. In fact, you have a duty to fight delusion in your children. I'm sorry, this is textbook crap parenting. Since Ace is a 12-year-old child with a long life ahead of him, we will let him tell his own story someday if he chooses to do so. So I have a question. Why are you telling that story? I noticed that this is, I I noticed that, that you posted this online. I noticed she captioned a photo of the name Ace, written in Sand on the Beach. All we can say is Ace, we love you so much. We are proud to be your parents. Your brother and sisters love and support you two. Ace is the youngest of Terry and Heather's four children, the couple who married in 1999 also share twins at Nick and Max and Daughter Kat 16. And this prompted support from many real Housewives alums. So we love you guys in age, said Gretchen Rossi, Alex Bellino, who also has a transcend added We love you Ace. Why? It's, it's almost as though why it's, it's shocking by, by the way, why it, it's almost as though this is a social contagion provided by zero guidance from your parents. The New York native has supported all of their kids as they've explored their gender and sexuality. It's weird how we're getting all these weird genetic bottlenecks. Guys, I gotta, I gotta say the genetic situation here, the notion this is all biologically driven and non-environmental at all. I don't think that's true. I think that is a giant ass lie. In June, 2020 Max, who is one of the 19-year-old twins, max came out as bisexual quote, I love you, my beautiful, hilarious, amazing child. She said, I'm so proud to be your mother. Heather caption a posted the teen wrapped in a gay pride flag at the time. Cat meanwhile came out as a lesbian in February, 2022. Kat's outta the bag she wrote via Instagram. Her mother reposted the image chatting. I'm so proud of you, Kat, I love you so much. So this is a weird genetic bottleneck in this family. So you're telling me that this family has four kids and the only one of the kids who is presumably a straight cisgender person is Nick. And that's just because we don't know Nick Max is gay. Cat's a lesbian and ace. We don't know the, the the fourth kid's name. Ace is a transgender boy is what you're telling me. So, Hmm. Question, question like, Darwin, do you think that this is like basic evolution? Are we watching here, like the evolution in real time of humanity as we enter a new phase of sexual orientation and sexual identity? Or perhaps are we engaged in a mass illusion whereby parents basically usher their kids into gender and sexual confusion and wreck their lives? Because I I, I'm finding that this is, I'm finding it weird to think that genetically speaking, you have four kids and three of them end up as L-G-B-T-Q just by the percentages. I don't see how that works. Are we, is it just you and your husband? Like is it, is it, is that the genetic parenting or is it maybe that when you decide that the height of parenting is you being a good mom, you being a good mom is to essentially mainline your kids into radical gender ideology and sexual orientation culture. That it's, that they enter into that culture. Maybe that's what's going on. And guess what? You think these kids are all gonna be happier? Are they all gonna be happier? This is all genetic guys. It's all genetic. 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cialis easy online prescription deliver discreetly door waiting room embarrassing trip doctor insurance copay advantage good deal right save pay low buck dosage exclusive link rexmd dot com slash ben limited time deal sure save big viagra cost like buck pill rexmd generic effective effective low buck pill ve help guy gain confidence medical care need advantage st patrick day sale head rexmd dot com slash ben exclusive deal save pay low buck dose generic viagra instead buck plus viagra starter pack generic viagra cls available listener start rex md dot com slash ben okay fallout course absolutely polarize donald trump statement truth social say congratulation tucker carlson big scoop reporter history new surveillance footage january event entirely different light actually happen unselect committee giant scam unequivocally stamp criminal fabricator important day pelosi mcconnell fail security mean s clearly true mean run capitol police s responsibility house senate yeah capitol police understaffe capitol police guide q anon shaman like place police story sad difficult watch trump mo trump put quote trump totally innocent let free m donald trump not arrest know fact matter s amazing medium polarize political environment extreme right people willing essentially leave landmine lie hope discover year end know possibility go to blow democrats face democrats literally reveal footage way bring january committee say know guy wanna tell story story riot capitol building small percentage people start large rally donald trump bunch people capitol people percentage break capitol building percentage break capitol build small percentage violent terrible people jail people not know well walk see police escort figure hey s police officer s go to arrest m wrong right say explode landmine instead decide go cover go to face medium coverage brian nik officer supposedly murder capitol rioter evidence support point probably support second q anon great grand leader bizarre escapade way suppose believe guy s dress buffalo horn guy go lead like violent insurrection go democracy powerful country history world guy narrative blow face obviously mad blow face upset tucker carlson give footage place cnn morning react tucker reveal footage mean danger kevin mccarthy relationship talk fox news look situation dominion danger fairness unfairness news organization time able analyze real time particularly especially consider journalist able disseminate don lemon don lemon complain complain duck tucker carlson journalistic standard captain nikki haley pass prime cause s year old don lemon don lemon m objective journalist donald trump racist terrible terrible racist mean reason reveal tucker carlson presumably let real kevin mccarthy rest house republicans afraid democrats cnn presumably cover footage democrat actual house cover footage democrats medium work hand glove not cnn clamor footage democrat charge congress not cn miss cnn msnbc go january committee say guy need footage like wanna check work access footage actually recall anybody ask footage treat sort bizarre conspiracy theorist medium dare ask footage footage not go to trust elect leader good way undermine trust country right outlandishly large claim suggest evidence support claim turn ve hide crap time not mean january wonderful bed rose not mean everybody s currently jail january deserve free not mean donald trump tell truth november january not not mean thing mean draw giant narrative country verge overthrow q anon shaman s guide capitol building police officer suggest officer face murderous rampage course officer quote unquote directly link riot kill not actually video evidence walk look pretty good like right course undermine case know hit yes story yes big story coverup big story coverup not entire event public perceive event image choose forefront event place speak coverup continue continue democratic medium complex attempt cover narrative unfriendly leave wing idea astonishing people don lemon will not house republicans footage tucker carlson maybe biased way fox news way tucker pretty obvious bias tucker not pretend objective journalist cnn pretend objective journalist turn objective journalism er cnn try quash investigation example covid lab leak theory accord fox newscom cnn long refer trusted news famously launch fast campaign trump era like outlet sentiment fall wayside come covid lab leak theory early month pandemic cnn president jeff zucker allow network chase lab leak story believe quote trump talking point accord wellplaced cnn insider people slowly wake fog insider tell fox news digital kind crazy not chase hard tucker tenure cnn chief pull widely see straight news organization antitrump operation apparently march cnn oliver darcy publish story headline here debunk coronavirus information conspiracy theory friend family article say coronavirus pandemic isolate friend family inside home case increase online phone communication love one case relative friend share poor information bad science relate prevent virus debunk rumor city lockdown conspiracy theory origin darcys admonition come cnn mainstream outlet declare lab leak notion utterly preposterous cnn host free zacharia zakaria say far right find virus conspiracy theory talk possibility lab leak february cnn publish fact examination claim senator tom cotton big supporter early lab leak theory cnn insist possible unlikely lab connect start outbreak cnn anchor john vow call cotton theory misinformation true jeff zucker think trump narrative chase answer lot question kind place cnn democrat medium complex undefeated democrat deep state complex exact people cnn kind people cnn shut investigation lab leak theory inform perfectly transparent covid relate ill tell transparent dr anthony fauci great sainted dr anthony fauci tribute vote candle accord miranda divine reporting new york post new email uncover house republicans prove covid pandemic reveal deceptive nature dr anthony fauci prompt commission final approval scientific paper write specifically february disprove theory virus leak lab wuhan china week later fauci stand white house press conference alongside president trump cite paper evidence lab leak theory implausible pretend not know author say april study recently group highly qualified evolutionary virologist look sequence bat evolve mutation take point totally consistent jump specie animal human paper available not author right available paper title proximal origin sar covid send fauci editing draft form final approval publish february nature magazine write day fauci nih boss dr francis collins hold author discuss report leak wuhan lab apparently house oversight subcommittee publish email paper coauthor dr christian anderson admit fauci prompt write paper goal disprove lab leak theory mean s amazing thing basically anthony fauci oversaw prompt oversaw paper dismiss lab leak theory go tout paper admit prompt oversaw paper people trust wonder conspiracy theory bloom maybe conspiracy kind true guy hide thing expert think stupid give information hide wonder conspiracy theory bloom s tendency secrecy american public not trust information good people trust information dr anthony fauci cnn member january committee trust good information way story cut favor left downplay not uncover example not know ve see amazing act terrorism atlanta cnn report particularly clear come police people face domestic terrorism charge arrest sunday amid violent protest site plan law enforcement training facility atlanta dub cop city opponent claim propagate militarized policing harm environment authority say violent agitator attack police officer construction equipment molotov cocktail commercial grade firework brick large rock footage area show construction tractor set blaze smoke billow air fire burn fence site people dress black swarm side police barricade additional officer arrive surveillance video release atlanta pd people detain arrest georgia rest hail place far maine arizona obviously antifa associate atlanta police chief darren sheba say protest criminal activity charge bring forth police statement say officer exercise restraint nonlethal force arrest protestor deter accord leader apparently go cop kill protestor name manuel esteban pay teran protestor mean case teron somebody threaten cop accord cnn january officer spot tent wood give verbal command person comply shoot georgia state patrol trooper officer return fire fatally wound person identify teron hand gun recover individual possession match projectile trooper wind apparently protestor accord cnn cnn report guy try shoot cop cnn report person protestor like minute later order presumably grant sort credibility people attempt destroy police asset harm police officer people way involve arrest people arrest quote unquote legal observer employ southern poverty law center oh s mean southern poverty law center resource left routine basis order malign people political right people label hate speech proponent splc splc radical left wing propaganda group splc turn lawyer literally arrest apparently participate act terrorism mean despite medias attempt paint nra font terrorism america font type terrorism america sbalc people arrest actual terrorism nra medium downplay sort stuff moment worried country m kind worried country sort stuff lot americans lose faith government medium school good news fact help country track prageru u educational nonprofit s fight save future country prageru yu sister company ve work closely prageru yu literally year ve appear prageru video pr u video find dailywire watch million time day prageru video spread message liberty economic freedom judeochristian value generation hope america prageru u make happen prageru ucom tax deductible donation today right go to match ll twice impact donate buck double idea cause basic math prageru ucom tax deductible donation fact double check right dennis prageru wonderful work prager u responsible literally 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account register video drug use reference cocaine meth promotional video online sale drug product paraphernalia remember stuff design radical want child screw corrupt good news fight know check book steal youth radical race innocence indoctrinate generation come today order copy amazon book right come medium medium look story like splc staff attorney arrest domestic terrorism charge atlanta like actual act criminal terrorism atlanta member medium not political not worth comment se politic splc fbia way splc actual source consider domestic terrorism terrorist kind amazing stuff medium host people like atlantics executive editor adrian la france say know not worry extremist leftwe violence msn bbc course worry extremist rightwe violence worry extremist violence like sort notice terrorist attack portland like month long terror attack antifa federal federal building donald trump actually federal force defend federal building guy scream bloody murder mass riot cause billion damage black life matter riot summer notice guy objection whatsoever disparate treatment lead people trust folk atlantics executive editor suggest extremist rightwe violence significantly problematic leftwe violence write violence see place like portland wake murder george floyd minneapolis violence not want acceptable outlet people guess yes way express anger s happen country right disturb sort normalization violence think important wanna know write violence erupt far right far left look s happen extremist right wing violence scholar look closely worried sort equal side oh oh equal side know extremist right wing violence worry expert yeah fact know cure extremist violence probably order cure extremist leftwe violence fair left winger right accord executive editor atlantic blame wealth gap leftwe violence article talk year lead italy violence italy write finally end know fuel poor economy people get sick foresee america think economic inequality contribute political unrest absolutely think history economic condition poor people feel like option turn violence extreme certainly oh strong economy know highly visible wealth gap well country people know way actual story right help protect sort actual story s important particular nonsense violence left justify people left agenda okay agenda okay mean agenda people riot january okay mean exaggerate stuff happen january cause agenda okay agenda violence accord great arbiter morality country right hilariously lead sort crack inside democratic party right bill come washington dc ve essentially push criminal justice reform mean ve loosen restriction criminal activity washington dc dc local government criminal code go loosen lot restriction crime include example carjacking go relax penalty carjack solution everybody dc carjack lately go carjack not crime boom carjack not exist not carjack anymore dc councilwoman defend policy basically decriminalize way carjack janni janice lewis george legislation lessen penalty carjack not decriminalize lessen mandatory minimum s right come crime rise dc not people dc need council focus protect make easy carjacker street inherently violent crime s correct true like city country experience crime surge need urgently address decade datum show long sentence deter crime actually deter crime likelihood catch prosecute lengthy sentence dc high incarceration rate incarceration rate state america long sentence prevent crime safe city nation okay defend joe biden not actually defend policy joe biden political life hand hilariously joe biden allow criminal code effect veto measure run congress go to veto instead s go allow congress cause congress plenary power district columbia federal district congress say go allow sort criminal justice reform quote unquote dc joe biden go turn reality actually set way speak reality set hysterical funny accord new york times joe biden consider reinstate detention migrant family slow clap joe biden gradually turn donald trump slow clap medium say s s oc white outfit weep parking lot gaze camera give give face know mean o obviously human right violation trump accord medium left biden apparently good accord new york times biden administration consider revive practice detain migrant family cross border illegally policy president shut past year want humane immigration system official familiar discussion say monday final decision stark reversal president biden come office promise adopt compassionate approach border turn compassionate approach garbage garbage end unprecedented wave illegal immigrant cross border ha kind man great irony end scoobydoo episode remove biden mask donald trump underneath like ve get away not dumb kid like go to amazing like basically joe biden have come joe biden come donald trumps poor policy like medium like know oh guy dishonest dishonest trump president joe biden stuff dishonesty run deep biden administration accord new york times largely end practice family detention instead release family united states temporarily ankle bracelet traceable cell phone method track not keep track administration turn restrictive measure struggle handle rise migrant flee authoritarian government economic ruin country official theory surge border title end apparently go allow read detention family white house decline comment administration official reject comparison mr trump say biden policy focus find way decrease number illegal crossing expand migrant ability seek legal pathway like trump exactly like trump yeah gr great job guy great great job okay joe biden continue battle real world staircase teleprompter real problem bring late episode joe biden versus teleprompter depression yep yesterday talk time brain surgery thing go wrong terrible headache diagnose have head couple time brain answer unfortunately test come negative brain prove get lose stage joe biden teleprompter ko round ko teleprompter joe biden getting lose stage usual arrangement love bring haton chief music s like m go to jet watch stair joe watch stair time dude go staircase like watch wand cross tightrope volcano keep fall stair not fall downstairs anymore s bad stair fall stair remember time donald trump go ramp fun go ramp like month like stapled gif twitter go ramp joe biden fall stair believe time president united states everybodys like know fall stair lot s probably fine s probably good joe biden not president s joe biden fall stair go s go stair slowly stair oh s stumble stair oh man know bow unbroken joe biden stairs take jab stairs take jab kinda stumble not not knock teleprompter merely stagger stairs good news back joe biden great political candidate kamala harris bring late episode deep thought kamala harris deep thought kamala harris thought kamala harris water policy like thing love love venn diagrams electric bus love turn s thing kamala harris love not know doug m hoff whatever go jill s business adult grow grow ass adult kamala harris talk love water policy know think mean infusion substantial resource way spur private investment incrementally actually exponentially grow number impact fast forward long overdue number issue greenhouse gas emission water policy think go to talk love water policy let talk lot important exactly lady love water policy love gray water green water water love water policy not deep thought kamala harris thought conservative event praise water policy know phenomenal phenomenal fascination kamala harris talk not conservative young have disorder afflict joaquin phoenix joker movie fact m go share simple story go home day say s conservative bad mommy think suppose conserve thing not reconcile oh sorry wow man comedic s like dave chappelle like child not understand conservative bad cause wanna conserve woo oh boy yeah go to joe bidens taxidermy bottle staple body staple gurney go to go to wheel sucker face be not go to go to check inside head be not go to brain go to stumble upstairs go to like not care dead corpse go remain president united states kamala harris president united states alrighty time thing like thing hate thing like today love mask come left insane hypocrisy left let example today example contrast ron desantis florida gavin newsom california ron desantis florida accord nbc newss presidential historian michael bilos way write speech joe biden like bi schloss apparently bond joe biden s article bond joe biden love joe biden m kid actual article talk like real bonding experience talk awesome joe biden joe bidens favorite topic bi schloss appear sort insightful commentator msn bbc regular basis historian propagandist say ron desantis like mussolini live florida ron desantis like mussolini man mean not like historian read book mean amazing come not like somebody like hitler mussolini right hitler bad fascist holocaust mussolini second bad fascist fascist holocaust comparison right winger not like s hitler s mussolini place stalin mal not exist lexicon stalin mal leave winger not wanna talk s real awkward cause stalin mal evil instead directly mussolini exactly make ron desantis governor state win point insure citizen mask v maintain law order state allow civil liberty continue sure kid not indoctrinate school fact attempt grant school voucher parent like mussolini not explain new narrative medium terrify desantis lets let real medium beg trump think well rating think trump beatable desantis trot narrative early tell soon trump president literally moment republican see loom horizon go bad trump trademark sign bad trump dangerous thing stacey michael know people try nomination party know try appeal think work look rick desantis florida know sort nondescript political leader member congress suddenly try turn sort local mussolini florida book banding brutal tactic week suggestion blogger register state honor write governor political leader s fascism authoritarianism fascism authoritarianism historian amazing historian michael bi schloss dude tv garbage job okay lemme thing wrong thing say right clip long clip clip like m go to look length clip moron michael bilos clip second second number label ron desantis rick desantis start start captain captain history rick desantis say s like local mussolini ahhuh yeah cause s mussolini famous famous win election point expand freedom people live state totally famous suggest want ban book bullshit true ron desantis attempt ban book state florida book want state know buy book want state florida true order s cop door s look amazon package order book want state florida say grader treat gender queer watch dude engage anal sex school library book like s s ron desantis say like oh know ban book okay rick desantis mussolini ban book say ron desantis want blogger state florida register government cover false s florida state senator propose bill s iota evidence ron desantis support bill state senator state florida support bill fact republicans state call bill withdraw cause stupid lie second great presidential historian michael bilos write speech current president united states love mask come love mask come cause unbelievably favorite thing know rhon desantis super bad rhon desantis super bad example go disney go disney disney decide inject directly politic state despite fact corporation protect children innocence decide instead inject themself parental right education act rhon desantis apparently super duper duper terrible fact rhon desantis terrible s call corporation political s inject corporate decision make entire left inject corporate decision make gavin newsom california remember time rhon desantis say disney not special tax break not like ban state not say not wanna say guy special tax break special tax district go away want special treatment apolitical wanna political not special treatment california gavin newsom target walgreen gavin newsom say state california business walgreen state california business walgreen walgreen say go distribute abortion medication state include california way ll distribute mefi pristine abortion drug state apparently include california s like will not business california s hero s hero republic gavin newsom people medium call mlb not mlb get get butt kick block georgia voting nonsense remember mlb withdraw allstar game georgia atlanta georgia lie joe biden overt absolute lie joe biden tell jim crow verge happen georgia election happen literally find black voter state georgia ability vote exist nonsense remember mlb completely clown kevin blackstone clown writing washington post say baseball long ignore ron desantis culture war say time baseball franchise start spring training month florida consider make annual exercise cactus league affair long desantis command attack diversity mean presumably everybody arizona arizona not like ron desantis yeah let let work seriously let find f round find let find work let mlb decide decamp florida georgia good luck s kevin black stone shtick s kevin blackstone shtick corporate involvement left totally totally fine corporate involvement right 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happen well parent munchausen syndrome proxy pat screw kid recognition life heather dere write quote international sunday love young son ace job parent kid safe supportive environment grow healthy happy confident independent human job parent m sorry job parent kid quote safe supportive environment grow screw way job provide rule rule actual guidance job parent safe environment outside influence example teach lie like member opposite sex duty support delusion fact duty fight delusion child m sorry textbook crap parenting ace child long life ahead let tell story someday choose question tell story notice notice post online notice caption photo ace write sand beach ace love proud parent brother sister love support ace young terry heather child couple marry share twin nick max daughter kat prompt support real housewife alum love guy age say gretchen rossi alex bellino transcend add love ace shocking way social contagion provide zero guidance parent new york native support kid ve explore 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Speeches, etc. The first year of the Small Business Bureau has been a success story. Congratulations to David Mitchell and all the members. You have developed an active, valuable organisation in nearly 300 constituencies. Judging by the record in your first year, I am sure you can branch out into every constituency before your second anniversary. The Bureau is a great help to the Shadow Cabinet, and to me personally. You tell us exactly what those who run small businesses throughout the country are thinking. You are a stimulus and an encouragement to our MPs to fight, and fight hard, for a large and vigorous small business sector. Schumacher said small was beautiful. I don't expect that always applies in the small business world, and I doubt you feel beautiful thoughts when the VATman calls! But small businesses are vital. Small means better personal service; small means better industrial relations; small means more jobs; small means a chance to grow. If only half the small firms took on one additional employee, small could mean 400,000 fewer people out of work. What a contribution that would make to tackling the suffering and waste of unemployment and what an opportunity for our young people. Life in small businesses can be tough, but it has its advantages. At least you can be masters of your own future, while you make your contribution to national prosperity. And that is not a bad expression of Conservatism. I wish a big future for small businesses. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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Speeches, etc. Last week, shortly after the Government was defeated in the House of Commons on its central economic strategy, I gave Mr. Wilson a little piece of advice. It was just a suggestion, but one I felt was in his interests and those of the country he has led to its present pass. [end p1] “Go” I said “and go now” . It's always gratifying to be listened to. Suddenly Harold Wilson has had enough. Well, looking at the state of the Labour Party, who shall blame him? [end p2] Papering over a crack is one thing, but how do you paper over a chasm? It would be ungracious not to wish him well in his retirement—or to complain too much that he is not taking his entire administration with him. But we'll attend to that. The Conservative Party will send the whole motley crew packing as promptly as possible. The heart lifts at the challenge. It can't come soon enough. [end p3] Meanwhile the brothers are busy finding a successor. Along the corridors the cry goes up “I'm James CallaghanJim, fly me” , “I'm Roy JenkinsRoy, fly me” , “I'm Michael FootMichael, fly me” and so on. Frankly, it matters little whom Labour elects to lead them out of office. [end p4] What matters is that they go. For the country's sake. For freedom's sake—that freedom for which this nation has fought down the centuries. This, I think, is a good time to remind ourselves that our freedom, which in recent years we have come to take as much for granted as the air we breathe was not gathered in one year, like the harvest, or distributed along with Family Allowance over the Post Office counter. [end p5] Men and women shed their blood for it, not only to win it for themselves but to hold it in trust for those who came after them. Today it is ours to hold in trust for those who come after us. How was it won? It was won by resisting unbridled power. [end p6] So, justice for all was won. So, freedom of worship and freedom of speech was won. So, the very corner-stone of democracy was laid down: on which is written that every man and every woman, however diverse in ability, or wealth, or learning, shall be free to order their own lives and not be the pawn of those, of whatever persuasion, who claim that they know what is best for others. [end p7] And so, when someone of the stature of Solzhenitsyn warns that the freedoms we believe in are in danger if we do not stand like granite in their defence, let us not complacently brush him aside, telling each other reassuringly “of course, he's a great writer and a great human being, but he's Russian, he doesn't understand the West” . Let us listen, while to listen freely and without restraint is still a part of the Western way of life. [end p8] There are others who warn not only of the threat from without, but of something more insidious, not readily perceived, not always deliberate, something that is happening here at home. What are they pointing to? They are pointing to the steady and remorseless expansion of the Socialist State. [end p9] Now none of us would claim that the majority of Socialists are inspired by other than humanitarian and well-meaning ideals. At the same time few would, I think, deny today that they have made a monster that they can't control. [end p10] Increasingly, inexorably, the State the Socialists have created is becoming more random in the economic and social justice it seeks to dispense, more suffocating in its effect on human aspirations and initiative, more politically selective in its defence of the rights of its citizens, more gargantuan in its appetite—and more disastrously incompetent in its performance. [end p11] Above all, it poses a growing threat, however unintentional, to the freedom of this country, for there is no freedom where the State totally controls the economy. Personal freedom and economic freedom are indivisible. You can't have one without the other. You can't lose one without losing the other. [end p12] Every step this Socialist Government takes to seize more power over our daily lives diminishes those lives and the freedom which is their essence and their strength. One of our principal and continuing priorities when we are returned to office will be to restore the freedoms which the Socialists have usurped. [end p13] Let them learn that it is not a function of the State to possess as much as possible. It is not a function of the State to grab as much as it can get away with. It is not a function of the State to act as ring-master, to crack the whip, dictate the load which all of us must carry or say how high we may climb. [end p14] It is not a function of the State to ensure that no-one climbs higher than anyone else. All that is the philosophy of Socialism. We reject it utterly for, however well-intended, it leads in one direction only: to the erosion and finally the destruction of the democratic way of life. [end p15] With Socialism there are no half-measures; it's the full draught or nothing. Let us examine our progress in fighting that philosophy over the last year. We have had, I think, some success. For example, we have brought three words—freedom, choice opportunity—into the centre of the political debate. [end p16] And we have exposed the language of Socialism, the gloss they put on words to conceal their true meaning. For instance, Socialists say “publicly owned” . What they mean is “State controlled” . Socialists say “Government aid” . What they mean is “taxpayers' aid” . [end p17] Socialists say “social justice” . What they mean is “selective justice” . Socialists say “equality.” What they mean is “levelling down” . Why do they twist the truth like this? Because they dare not spell out the Socialist reality. [end p18] One way to destroy capitalism, said Lenin, was to devalue its currency. Another way is to debase its language. Whenever we can, let us, like Luther, nail the truth to the door—and let us do it in unambiguous English. These are the opening rounds in the battle of ideas. It is a battle that we are winning. [end p19] The proof is that today some Labour politicians, who call themselves Social Democrats, are questioning the basic principles they've been blithely foisting on the rest of us for the last twenty years. Perhaps, they say, the State should not go on grabbing a larger and fatter slice of the nation's resources. Perhaps taxes are too high. Perhaps nationalisation is not an unqualified blessing. [end p20] Perhaps the pursuit of equality at any price does undermine liberty. Perhaps people do want more choice, do want to own their own homes, do want a greater say in their children's education. Well, the Road to Damascus is always open but where have these newly doubting Socialists been while all the damage which they now deplore has been done? [end p21] I will tell you where they have been. They have been sitting in the Cabinet meekly acquiescing in the onward march of Socialism. [end p22] They have been trooping through the division lobbies, day in, day out, in support of bigger borrowing, bigger taxes and bigger bureaucracy. They have been mild but mute, uncomfortable but unprotesting, while Socialist Bill after Socialist Bill has gone through the House, Bills that have chipped and nibbled and whittled away at one fundamental freedom after another. [end p23] It's not very convincing and it's not very heroic, for them to turn round now and say “Sorry: we didn't really believe what we were doing, but we didn't have the guts to stop it” . But that's the blunt truth. Even when it comes to the safeguard of a conscience clause in a closed shop, the moderates march with the militants. [end p24] They are invaluable to the Left, these spaniels of the Socialist Party. They look and seem so harmless. They sound so “safe” . Let me say this. There is no such thing as “safe” Socialism. If it's safe, it's not Socialism. And if it's Socialism, it's not safe. [end p25] The signposts of Socialism point downhill to less freedom, less prosperity, downhill to more muddle, more failure. If we follow them to their destination, they will lead this nation into bankruptcy. That was made clear beyond a doubt last month when the Government published their much-heralded White Paper on Public Expenditure. [end p26] You remember the great build-up. First, we were told that there was nothing wrong with the level of public expenditure. That to cut it would be sacrilege. That it would be impossible. That Conservatives were being heartless and irresponsible in suggesting that Government spending was out of control, that it threatened to bring the whole economy crashing in ruins. [end p27] Then the mood changed. Perhaps, Labour ministers conceded, perhaps we couldn't go on like this, borrowing £11 thousand million a year, increasing spending by over twice that figure in two years. There might, after all, they said, be some connection between Government spending and inflation, between government spending and unemployment, between Government spending and the problems of free enterprise. [end p28] The old arguments about the sacrosanct nature of Government spending, of subsidies for this and that, of propping up lame ducks and dead ducks, of paying the massive bill for still more nationalisation, all those tired clichés that have been trotted out so often they can trot themselves were apparently to be tossed overboard. [end p29] Now we were told that Labour ministers, spurred on no doubt by their lengthening queue of creditors, would take a leaf out of Shakespeare and be “bloody, bold and resolute” . They would take an axe to their spending plans. They would cut cut and cut again. They would put the British economy back on course. Utopia was, if not here, at any rate just round the corner. [end p30] I am, as you know, a charitable woman. I was prepared to swallow my doubts, encourage the Government now and then when they seemed to be losing their nerve, and judge by results. [end p31] Then they announced their plans. And what did we discover? Far from a fall in Government spending, it is actually going to increase by over £7 thousand million over the next five years, and that is before any allowance is made for inflation. So much for the Iron Chancellor—Perhaps the Russians are right; what this country needs is an Iron Lady! [end p32] When you add it all up, there are not going to be any spending cuts this year or next. But there are, they say, to be cuts in some of the programmes which the Government were planning to carry through, in three or four years' time, with money they won't have. [end p33] It's like being dangerously overweight, promising that in future you'll only eat one cream cake instead of two—neither of which you've paid for—and calling it slimming. These alleged cuts which have split the Labour Party as under are of course a mirage. [end p34] One wonders why the Labour left is so incensed. For whatever is saved will not be saved. It will be more than wiped out by the interest on what has been borrowed. So Labour's orgy, the appalling price of just two years of Socialism, comes home to roost. [end p35] Mr. Healey 's debt mountain has mortgaged our future. He has saddled us and our children with a monstrous burden for years to come. He will go down in history as the hire purchase Chancellor, whose slogan was, “this year, next year, sometime—never-never.” [end p36] Reason enough, you may think, reason ten times over, for sending this pitiful Administration packing. The Government defend what they are doing—or what they are failing to do—by attacking us on three fronts. [end p37] First, they say to us “Public spending is an absolute good in itself. It's better than private spending; it must be, because the Government spend on everyone's behalf, whereas individuals spend on their own behalf, and that, if you're a Socialist, must be selfish” . [end p38] That is precisely the sort of armchair assumption, that has brought this country to the money-lenders, to the pawn shop, almost to its knees. Why does Government know better than individuals? [end p39] Where is the evidence of its superior wisdom? In the housing market, where Socialism has made the country's problems more intractable than ever? by expanding council housing and burying the private land lord. In the takeover by Whitehall and Westminster of more and more of British industry? [end p40] Since when have Government Departments won medals as entrepreneurs? What is the Labour Party trying to prove? That Messrs. Varley and Benn are the G.K.N. of tomorrow? And how disinterested are Government decisions? [end p41] As one Professor said after the Chrysler deal, the Supply Estimates should contain a new heading— “The cost of purchasing votes” . Well, they weren't to be brought in Carshalton and they were not for sale in the Wirral. The idea that this Government have spent your money more wisely than you would have done yourself is awesome in its arrogance. No drunken sailor, no shrunken Socialist fleet of drunken sailors, could have spent more money less wisely or less well. [end p42] Secondly, Labour say to us, “If you are against more public spending, then it must follow as the night the day you are against better schools and better hospitals, and the creation of a more caring and more civilised community” . The answer to that is, to go bankrupt helps no one. But does our criticism of the Government mean, in fact, that we are against schools and hospitals, against improving our social services? Of course it doesn't. [end p43] But it's a mad, mad world when, in spite of the nation being up to its eyebrows in debt, our social and educational programmes are rapidly deteriorating. Who believes that the massive increase in State spending has been matched by a massive improvement in the standard of State services? The reverse has happened. The avalanche of public money has helped to stoke inflation and inflation in turn has savaged our social services. [end p44] The State has sucked industry dry to finance its own schemes. But only thriving and profitable industry will give us the money to make real improvements in health, education and pensions. The only chance of better services for the young, the old, the sick and the needy is for Government to get off industry's back and stay off it. The final shot in Labour's locker is that our determination to cut back the growth in Government spending, would increase unemployment. [end p45] With the number of people out of work standing at a record post-war level, we are not going to take any self-righteous lectures from the natural party of unemployment. Some of the cuts we would make, far from increasing the numbers out of work, would actually increase the number in work. [end p46] Just think of the revival of confidence and investment—and therefore of employment—if we were to scrap Labour's plans for nationalising North Sea Oil—as we will; if we were to throw out their land nationalisation proposals—as we will, if we were to bury once and for all their Bill to take over the aircraft and shipbuilding industries. We must change direction—we must provide industry with the incentive to invest and grow and develop new products—and to develop them here, not in other countries where so many of our best ideas have been developed and marketed. [end p47] It will take time, patience—and leadership. It will need a Government that promises little—but does a lot; that looks ahead instead of being endlessly preoccupied with tomorrow morning's papers. It will need a Government with the single-mindedness to keep all its economic policies moving in the same direction; with the honesty to say exactly what needs to be done—and do it. [end p48] A Government with no special allegiance to one section of the people, but a total allegiance to all the people. It will need, in short, a Conservative Government. The other road, the Socialist road, leads [end p49] to continuing high levels of unemployment, —to renewed bouts of hyper-inflation, —to a chronic weakness in our balance of payments, —to an ever-growing dependence of industry on State hand-outs, —to a lower standard of living. —to less and less freedom. [end p50] It leads all the way to the total transformation of our society into the Transport House State: bleak, arid, envious and depressed. We must not, we will not take that road. Next month Mr. Healey presents his Budget. None of us can have very much hope that it will be any better than his previous efforts. Though I think that everyone would be concerned if he did not help some of those lower paid families and elderly who have been dragged into the tax net by Socialist inflation. [end p51] But let us consider what Mr Healey might say if he came clean. His speech might go something like this: “Mr Speaker, this is my 4th Budget since I was made Chancellor of the Exchequer, and each time I have got my figures wrong. For example, in my first Budget, I estimated that we would have to borrow under £3,000 million; the real figure turned out to be about £7,500 million I don't believe in doing things by halves.” [end p52] “You remember that at the last election I, Denis Healey, told people that prices were only going up by 8.4%;. Looking back, I can see that this may not have been entirely accurate, but we did win the election, so it must have been worth it. What has actually happened is that prices have gone up by 45%; since I took office.” [end p53] “On unemployment,” Mr Healey might go on, “my record is equally remarkable. I spent the last election saying that the Tories would create unemployment, but if I had acted then on inflation—as they wanted me to—there would be fewer people out of work today. Since I became Chancellor, the number of unemployed has grown by over 600,000. It has not been higher for a generation. [end p54] “Mr Speaker, at the last election I handed out a large number of political bribes, and increased Government spending by £25 thousand million in my first two years. “What I haven't said until now” Mr Healey might truthfully add, “is who pays for all this. In fact, the average family is paying £335 more income tax this year than when I got this job, and their total extra bill for all taxes works out at almost £700 a year. [end p55] But if you think that present taxes are high” , continues the Chancellor, “just you wait. They are going higher. I had to admit that the other day, when I announced that despite all the huffing and puffing I'm not actually cutting public spending at all, I'm just not increasing it as much as I was going to, which is not the same thing. But in the economic asylum over which I preside, if you look earnest and talk sincere, anything goes. Except, of course, me. [end p56] “And so Mr Speaker, I, Denis Healey, stand on my record. No Chancellor has raised taxes so high. No Chancellor has borrowed so much. No Chancellor has presided over such a large increase in prices. And no Chancellor since the war has seen such a high level of unemployment. In other words, you know Labour Government doesn't work. “Despite all this, I would still like to be Leader of the Labour Party, and that day may come because, if the Labour Party is foolish enough to have me as Chancellor, they are fool enough for anything. Anyone who thinks they're not must be out of their tiny Anglo-Saxon minds” . So much for Mr. Healey. [end p57] Turning to Mr. Crosland it was the “Times” which said that Mr Crosland's housing policies had done more to promote homelessness than anything since the blitz. Despite his failures, he won't budge. Unaware of what people actually want, he continues to pursue his well-heeled crusade to municipalise more homes and to nationalise more land. [end p58] He doesn't seem to understand the desire to own one's own home; except in the case of Labour ministers (who are naturally entitled to at least two). Conservatives know what people want. And it's also cheaper for the taxpayer to help people become home owners than to build new council houses. So helping home-owners makes sense on both counts. [end p59] When we are returned to office, we will give council tenants the right to buy the home they live in. If Labour oppose that, let them make their views clear, good and loud, before the local elections in May. Let's see them stumping the country telling council tenants that the very idea of them being able to buy the homes they've lived in for years is outrageous. Let them have the courage of such convictions as they have—and then let's count the number of fallen Labour councillors after polling day. [end p60] In saying what we believe about housing, about economic policy, about freedom, we are saying things that strike a chord with the people of this country. In view of our history it would be surprising if it were otherwise. For what more dignifies a man than the freedom to choose for himself, to provide for his family, to thrive, to excel to help others? It is that freedom on which the advance of civilised societies is based, a freedom that for us goes back to Runnymede. [end p61] Mr. Chairman, for the Conservative Party this is a time of very special responsibility. Socialism has been tried and found wanting. Socialism has failed. [end p62] If we, too, let the lamps of freedom flicker and go out, who will light them again? We must not fail. We will not fail. Those great Conservative beliefs to trust people and to set them free remain today as deeply and as passionately our concern as they have ever been. The choice before our people is the historic choice; between state domination and personal freedom. Between suffocating, and breathing free. [end p63] I believe that they will make the right choice. I do not believe that this nation has travelled these centuries of history to fail its future now. Over 300 years ago the blind Milton, whose inner eye saw so much that those with sight were blind to wrote: “I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation, rousing herself like a strong man after sleep and shaking her invincible locks” . Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc week shortly government defeat house common central economic strategy give mr wilson little piece advice suggestion feel interest country lead present pass end say gratify listen suddenly harold wilson look state labour party shall blame end paper crack thing paper chasm ungracious wish retirement complain take entire administration attend conservative party send motley crew pack promptly possible heart lift challenge not come soon end brother busy find successor corridor cry go m james callaghanjim fly m roy jenkinsroy fly m michael footmichael fly frankly matter little labour elect lead office end matter countrys sake freedom sake freedom nation fight century think good time remind freedom recent year come grant air breathe gather year like harvest distribute family allowance post office counter end man woman shed blood win hold trust come today hold trust come win win resist unbridled power end justice win freedom worship freedom speech win cornerstone democracy lay write man woman diverse ability wealth learning shall free order life pawn persuasion claim know good end stature solzhenitsyn warn freedom believe danger stand like granite defence let complacently brush aside tell reassuringly course s great writer great human s russian not understand west let listen listen freely restraint western way life end warn threat insidious readily perceive deliberate happen home point point steady remorseless expansion socialist state end claim majority socialist inspire humanitarian wellmeane ideal time think deny today monster not control end increasingly inexorably state socialist create random economic social justice seek dispense suffocating effect human aspiration initiative politically selective defence right citizen gargantuan appetite disastrously incompetent performance end pose grow threat unintentional freedom country freedom state totally control economy personal freedom economic freedom indivisible not not lose lose end step socialist government take seize power daily life diminish life freedom essence strength principal continue priority return office restore freedom socialist usurped end let learn function state possess possible function state grab away function state act ringmaster crack whip dictate load carry high climb end function state ensure climb high philosophy socialism reject utterly wellintende lead direction erosion finally destruction democratic way life end socialism halfmeasure draught let examine progress fight philosophy year think success example bring word freedom choice opportunity centre political debate end expose language socialism gloss word conceal true meaning instance socialist publicly own mean state control socialist government aid mean taxpayer aid end socialist social justice mean selective justice socialist equality mean level twist truth like dare spell socialist reality end way destroy capitalism say lenin devalue currency way debase language let like luther nail truth door let unambiguous english opening round battle idea battle win end proof today labour politician social democrats question basic principle ve blithely foist rest year state grab large fat slice nation resource taxis high nationalisation unqualified blessing end pursuit equality price undermine liberty people want choice want home want great children education road damascus open newly doubt socialist damage deplore end tell sit cabinet meekly acquiesce onward march socialism end troop division lobby day day support big borrow big taxis big bureaucracy mild mute uncomfortable unprotesting socialist bill socialist bill go house bill chip nibble whittle away fundamental freedom end convincing heroic turn round sorry not believe not gut stop s blunt truth come safeguard conscience clause closed shop moderate march militant end invaluable left spaniel socialist party look harmless sound safe let thing safe socialism safe socialism socialism safe end signpost socialism point downhill freedom prosperity downhill muddle failure follow destination lead nation bankruptcy clear doubt month government publish muchheralde white paper public expenditure end remember great buildup tell wrong level public expenditure cut sacrilege impossible conservative heartless irresponsible suggest government spending control threaten bring economy crash ruin end mood change labour minister concede not like borrowing thousand million year increase spending twice figure year say connection government spending inflation government spending unemployment government spending problem free enterprise end old argument sacrosanct nature government spending subsidy prop lame duck dead duck pay massive bill nationalisation tired clichés trot trot apparently toss overboard end tell labour minister spur doubt lengthen queue creditor leaf shakespeare bloody bold resolute axe spending plan cut cut cut british economy course utopia rate round corner end know charitable woman prepared swallow doubt encourage government lose nerve judge result end announce plan discover far fall government spending actually go increase thousand million year allowance inflation iron chancellor russians right country need iron lady end add go spending cut year cut programme government plan carry year time money will not end like dangerously overweight promise future ll eat cream cake instead ve pay call slimme allege cut split labour party course mirage end wonder labour leave incensed save save wipe interest borrow labour orgy appalling price year socialism come home roost end mr healey s debt mountain mortgage future saddle child monstrous burden year come history hire purchase chancellor slogan year year nevernever end reason think reason time send pitiful administration pack government defend fail attack front end public spending absolute good well private spending government spend everyone behalf individual spend behalf socialist selfish end precisely sort armchair assumption bring country moneylender pawn shop knee government know well individual end evidence superior wisdom housing market socialism country problem intractable expand council housing bury private land lord takeover whitehall westminster british industry end government department win medal entrepreneur labour party try prove messrs varley benn gkn tomorrow disintereste government decision end professor say chrysler deal supply estimate contain new heading cost purchase vote not bring carshalton sale wirral idea government spend money wisely awesome arrogance drunken sailor shrunken socialist fleet drunken sailor spend money wisely end secondly labour public spending follow night day well school well hospital creation caring civilised community answer bankrupt help criticism government mean fact school hospital improve social service course not end mad mad world spite nation eyebrow debt social educational programme rapidly deteriorate believe massive increase state spending match massive improvement standard state service reverse happen avalanche public money help stoke inflation inflation turn savage social service end state suck industry dry finance scheme thriving profitable industry money real improvement health education pension chance well service young old sick needy government industry stay final shot labour locker determination cut growth government spending increase unemployment end number people work stand record postwar level go selfrighteous lecture natural party unemployment cut far increase number work actually increase number work end think revival confidence investment employment scrap labour plan nationalise north sea oil throw land nationalisation proposal bury bill aircraft shipbuilding industry change direction provide industry incentive invest grow develop new product develop country good idea develop market end time patience leadership need government promise little lot look ahead instead endlessly preoccupy tomorrow morning paper need government singlemindedness economic policy move direction honesty exactly need end government special allegiance section people total allegiance people need short conservative government road socialist road lead end continue high level unemployment renew bout hyperinflation chronic weakness balance payment evergrowing dependence industry state handout low standard living freedom end lead way total transformation society transport house state bleak arid envious depressed road month mr healey present budget hope well previous effort think concern help lower pay family elderly drag tax net socialist inflation end let consider mr healey come clean speech like mr speaker budget chancellor exchequer time get figure wrong example budget estimate borrow million real figure turn million not believe thing half end remember election denis healey tell people price go look entirely accurate win election worth actually happen price go take office end unemployment mr healey record equally remarkable spend election say tory create unemployment act inflation want few people work today chancellor number unemployed grow high generation end mr speaker election hand large number political bribe increase government spending thousand million year not say mr healey truthfully add pay fact average family pay income tax year get job total extra bill taxis work year end think present taxis high continue chancellor wait go high admit day announce despite huffing puff m actually cut public spending m increase go thing economic asylum preside look earnest talk sincere go course end mr speaker denis healey stand record chancellor raise taxis high chancellor borrow chancellor preside large increase price chancellor war see high level unemployment word know labour government not work despite like leader labour party day come labour party foolish chancellor fool think tiny anglosaxon mind mr healey end turn mr crosland time say mr crosland housing policy promote homelessness blitz despite failure will not budge unaware people actually want continue pursue wellheele crusade municipalise home nationalise land end not understand desire one home case labour minister naturally entitle conservative know people want cheap taxpayer help people home owner build new council house help homeowner make sense count end return office council tenant right buy home live labour oppose let view clear good loud local election let stump country tell council tenant idea able buy home ve live year outrageous let courage conviction lets count number fall labour councillor polling day end say believe housing economic policy freedom say thing strike chord people country view history surprising dignifie man freedom choose provide family thrive excel help freedom advance civilised society base freedom go runnymede end mr chairman conservative party time special responsibility socialism try find want socialism fail end let lamp freedom flicker light fail fail great conservative belief trust people set free remain today deeply passionately concern 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Speeches, etc. Most of you will, I am sure, have read Jerome K. Jerome 's novel “Three Men in a Boat” . Fewer of you perhaps are familiar with the three heroes' disastrous expedition to Germany, touchingly described by Jerome in “Three Men on the Bummel” . I do not in fact intend to devote my speech this evening to an account of the mishaps that can befall the Englishman abroad—tempting though the idea is. I have mentioned Harris and the others because they and their author reflect the view of Germany held by a sympathetic, if condescending, Victorian Englishman at the end of the nineteenth century. Jerome K. Jerome was an enthusiast for Germany and most German ways. The Germans are orderly, disciplined, lovers of animals and children. But they have their weaknesses. “As a trader” , the author says, “I am inclined to think the German will, unless his temperament considerably changes, remain a long way behind his Anglo-Saxon competitor, and this by reason of his virtues. To him life is something more important than a mere race for wealth” . The image of the unenthusiastic German trader would be recognised by few British businessmen today. But it reminds us how dangerous is the attempt to pass judgement on a whole nation. For countries' views of one another change, sometimes rapidly. Nowhere has it changed more rapidly than between Britain and Germany since the War. We ended the war in 1945 as enemies: by 1954 we were allies in NATO. How did this very remarkable and wholly beneficial change take place? My own view is that the turning point was the Berlin blockade of 1948/49. We call it the Berlin blockade, you call it the Berlin airbridge, which again indicates a difference of perspective. For us, it meant overcoming Soviet opposition: for you, it meant bringing food and coal and the necessities of life to 2 million fellow Germans. We and our American and French allies started the blockade as occupying powers. We ended the blockade as protecting powers. For in the process we came to recognise that the Berliners, under their great Mayor Ernst Reuter, cared passionately about the defence of their freedom and were prepared to put up with great hardship to preserve it. It was a passion we shared. So almost overnight, we found ourselves on the same side. Sentiments change and, in this context we can almost say that we have a lot to thank the Russians for. [end p1] We in Britain understand your concern for Berlin. By being present in Berlin we demonstrate that we share your concern. Our interests are your interests. They are inseparable. One of the most imaginative of all the enterprises launched shortly after the Berlin airlift was the Königswinter Conference. The Conference was born from the vision of Dame Lilo Milchsack in the ruins of post-war Düsseldorf. It was supported by Sir Robert Birley, then educational adviser to the British High Commission in Germany. Both, I am glad to see, are here this evening. Thanks to devoted and unremitting work behind the scenes, and in the continued personal inspiration of Dame Lilo herself, conference has succeeded conference in an almost unbroken sequence for thirty years. It is a marvellous story. Helmut Schmidt and I are here tonight to salute it. The theme of your conference this year is “The New Demands on Europe” . As usual, it is a timely one. For the demands are unremitting, in defence, in politics and in economics. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan has reminded us once again that what the Russians mean by “peaceful co-existence” or “detente” is not what we mean by “peaceful co-existence” or “detente” . In our easy-going, tolerant democratic societies we so easily forget. Fortunately, we can always rely on the Russians to remind us. They reminded us in 1948 at the time of the Berlin blockade. They reminded us in 1953 in East Berlin, in 1956 in Hungary and in 1968 in Czechoslovakia. Now they have reminded us again in Afghanistan. They have reminded us that for them peaceful co-existence means the opportunity to alter the balance of power in the world to their advantage without running the risk of nuclear war. Our German friends, being right in the front-line, understand these things. They know that without defence we shall have nothing left to defend. You, Helmut SchmidtMr. Chancellor, as a former Minister of Defence, have always recognised this. You have always argued for parity, for balance of military strength. You are quite right. We can never be sure about Soviet motivation, because we cannot see into their minds. But we can be sure of Soviet capability, because we can count their aircraft and tanks and submarines. [end p2] You rightly drew attention to these problems in your Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture in 1977. And you were quite right to insist coupling TNF modernisation with an arms control offer. We agree with you. We must preserve balance, but we all want to preserve it at the lowest possible level of armaments. So the NATO decisions of December 1979 were the correct ones. Events in Afghanistan two weeks later demonstrated just how correct they were. If we draw up a balance sheet after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, what does it look like? On the one hand, the Soviet Union has suppressed the freedom of the Afghan people and occupied their country. And the Red Army has advanced to within 300 miles of the Persian Gulf. On the other hand, the United States has been released from the trauma of Vietnam and Watergate. America is ready once more to play its indispensible role as the leading power of the West. And American public opinion is right behind the Jimmy CarterPresident as he shoulders his burden. And the Soviet Union has antagonised the whole of the Islamic world and indeed the whole of the Third World. The Islamic Conference in Islamabad unanimously condemned the Soviet invasion. A resolution at the United Nations condemned it by 104 votes to 18. And the Soviet Union hoped to divide the West, to divide Europe within itself and Europe from North America. They have not succeeded and they will not succeed. We Europeans may have a different perspective of events from the American perspective. We have real interests of our own to defend. Nonetheless, our overriding interests lie in the cohesion of the West. We need that cohesion for our safety and we need it for our prosperity. They are indivisible. That seems to me to be the political importance of the European concept of a neutral and non-aligned status for Afghanistan. It has many advantages. It offers the Russians a face-saving method of withdrawing from Afghanistan if they choose to take it, since it fully meets what they say are their preoccupations. But equally, if the Russians choose not to take advantage of the way out, it demonstrates that what they say are their preoccupations, are bogus; and that their true purposes are to spread still further their influence in the world and to change the power balance in their favour. But the idea also has a third value, it is something which unites Europe and unites Europe with the United States. Moreover, it is something around which the Third World can rally, as the ASEAN states did recently in Kuala Lumpur. Our task, it seems to me now, is to minimise the advantages and maximise the disadvantages which Soviet action in Afghanistan has brought to the Soviet Union. We must ensure first the cohesion of Europe; and we must secondly ensure the solidarity of a cohesive Europe with our American partner and with the Alliance as a whole. [end p3] But Europe faces other new demands too. It faces the demands of fresh enlargement: the accession of Greece, Spain and Portugal. The Europe of the Six prospered for two reasons. First, because it managed to work out a successful balance of interests between the six founder members; and secondly because it was able to work out that balance of interests in a period of economic growth and rising prosperity. The Europe of the Nine has not yet succeeded in working out a new equilibrium of interests between the Nine member states; partly because it has been obliged to seek to do so in years of relative economic difficulty and the oil crisis. The Europe of the Nine will not reach the satisfactory equilibrium which it needs, nor face the fresh tasks of enlargement to Twelve, unless we solve the current problems with which you are all familiar. The plain face is that it has not done so. We shall not get far until we do believe that. We can and must because I believe in Europe. I want to make it work. I believe that Britain has a lot to offer Europe. And I want to get into a position when Britain's contribution to Europe can be made without distraction. For we are a real asset to the Community—and I am not talking only in budgetary terms. We are 55 million people with a passionate belief in freedom. And Britain believes it can best safeguard its freedom in the company of its like-minded partners in the Community. We are a market of 55 million eager shoppers. Our German partners are taking full advantage of this market. Your exports to Britain went up last year by 25 per cent to over £5 billion. Our industrialists are also taking advantage of the German market. Our exports also went up by nearer 40 per cent, to over £4 billion. I see in the papers today that last month Britain was your largest supplier of oil. Ahead of Saudi Arabia and Libya. We have a certain view of and a certain knowledge of the world. The European Community is increasingly seen by the rest of the world to be a factor to be reckoned with in world affairs. We offer a certain practical approach to politics which can perhaps usefully complement the more logical approach of our Continental partners. So I believe that Britain needs the Community and the Community needs Britain. But we also need to feel that the Community welcomes Britain. And for that the touchstone must be that the Community is prepared to give all its members a fair deal, including us. I believe you recognise that, Mr. Chancellor. I thank you for that recognition and for your efforts on our behalf. It only remains for me to thank you, Sir Frank Roberts, and [end p4] the members of the Königswinter Conference for your hospitality to me this evening. My wish for Königswinter is that you succeed this year as in the past in interpreting the minds of Germans to Britons and the minds of Britons to Germans. This is an essential task. I hope you have a good conference. As Shakespeare said: Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc sure read jerome k jerome s novel man boat few familiar hero disastrous expedition germany touchingly describe jerome man bummel fact intend devote speech evening account mishap befall englishman abroad tempt idea mention harris author reflect view germany hold sympathetic condescend victorian englishman end nineteenth century jerome k jerome enthusiast germany german way germans orderly discipline lover animal child weakness trader author say inclined think german temperament considerably change remain long way anglosaxon competitor reason virtue life important mere race wealth image unenthusiastic german trader recognise british businessman today remind dangerous attempt pass judgement nation country view change rapidly change rapidly britain germany war end war enemy ally nato remarkable wholly beneficial change place view turning point berlin blockade berlin blockade berlin airbridge indicate difference perspective mean overcome soviet opposition mean bring food coal necessity life million fellow german american french ally start blockade occupy power end blockade protect power process come recognise berliner great mayor ernst reuter care passionately defence freedom prepared great hardship preserve passion share overnight find sentiment change context lot thank russians end britain understand concern berlin present berlin demonstrate share concern interest interest inseparable imaginative enterprise launch shortly berlin airlift königswinter conference conference bear vision dame lilo milchsack ruin postwar düsseldorf support sir robert birley educational adviser british high commission germany glad evening thank devoted unremitting work scene continue personal inspiration dame lilo conference succeed conference unbroken sequence thirty year marvellous story helmut schmidt tonight salute theme conference year new demand europe usual timely demand unremitting defence politic economic soviet invasion afghanistan remind russians mean peaceful coexistence detente mean peaceful coexistence detente easygoing tolerant democratic society easily forget fortunately rely russians remind remind time berlin blockade remind east berlin hungary czechoslovakia remind afghanistan remind peaceful coexistence mean opportunity alter balance power world advantage run risk nuclear war german friend right frontline understand thing know defence shall leave defend helmut schmidtmr chancellor minister defence recognise argue parity balance military strength right sure soviet motivation mind sure soviet capability count aircraft tank submarine end rightly draw attention problem alastair buchan memorial lecture right insist couple tnf modernisation arm control offer agree preserve balance want preserve low possible level armament nato decision december correct one event afghanistan week later demonstrate correct draw balance sheet soviet invasion afghanistan look like hand soviet union suppress freedom afghan people occupy country red army advance mile persian gulf hand united states release trauma vietnam watergate america ready play indispensible role lead power west american public opinion right jimmy carterpresident shoulder burden soviet union antagonise islamic world world islamic conference islamabad unanimously condemn soviet invasion resolution united nations condemn vote soviet union hope divide west divide europe europe north america succeed succeed europeans different perspective event american perspective real interest defend nonetheless override interest lie cohesion west need cohesion safety need prosperity indivisible political importance european concept neutral nonaligned status afghanistan advantage offer russians facesaving method withdraw afghanistan choose fully meet preoccupation equally russians choose advantage way demonstrate preoccupation bogus true purpose spread influence world change power balance favour idea value unite europe unite europe united states world rally asean state recently kuala lumpur 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Speeches, etc. Q1. Mr. Thorpe asked the Prime Minister whether he will designate a senior Minister within the Department of Employment to take special responsibility for the self-employed. The Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. [column 766]Edward Short) As the House knows, my right hon. Friend is visiting the Federal Republic of Germany today for informal talks with the Federal Chancellor, and in his absence I have been asked to reply. No, Sir. The valuable contribution of the self-employed to the community derives from the diversity of their activities and interests. Matters arising from these activities do not form a coherent whole and are better handled on the basis of the existing pattern of ministerial responsibilities. Mr. Thorpe Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that to many people that will be a disappointing answer? As there are 2 million self-employed, who employ in turn 6 million wage earners who represent one-fourth of our work force and who produce one-fifth of our wealth, and as they are going out of business at the rate of 4,000 a year, would it not be a satisfactory thing if there were a Minister to whom they could make known their problems urgently? Mr. Short No, Sir. The problem is that the self-employed are not a homogeneous group. They range, for example, from the small business man and shopkeeper to the professional person. The only common points are the way in which they are taxed and the way in which their national insurance contributions are computed, and here I think that a very fair balance is struck. The great difficulty, therefore, is in regarding them as one coherent, homogeneous group. Mr. Skinner Will my right hon. Friend tell the Prime Minister, when he gets back from one of his many visits during the course of the last few months, that quite apart from the problems of the self-employed many of us are deeply concerned about the unemployment figures that have been declared today? Will he also tell the Prime Minister that we are not prepared to tolerate the continuation of a policy which is resulting in totals of this kind with a Labour Government, and that some alternative steps should be taken along the lines indicated in the many discussions that have taken place between ourselves and the Government, especially in respect of the prevention of the importation of unemployment arising out of the lack of will on the part of the Government to impose import controls? Mr. Short On the first part of his question, I am sure that my hon. Friend and the whole House will welcome the leadership which the Prime Minister is demonstrating in Europe at present. As regards my hon. Friend's second point, the Government share, as I am sure do all hon. Members, my hon. Friend's concern about the figures announced today. The Secretary of State for Employment will be making an announcement about this matter at the end of Question Time. Mr. Jasper More Considering the enormous contribution which the self-employed make to both the stability and the prosperity of the country, do they not deserve something better than the consistently raw deal that they have been dealt by the present Government? Mr. Short No, Sir. That suggestion is utterly untrue. The present Government have done a great deal to help the self-employed. The Question was about a special Minister for the self-employed. I pointed out that the problem is that they are dealt with by a great many Departments, because they are not a coherent group. Mr. David James On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. May we ask the Leader of the House to speak up? We cannot hear him. Q2. Mr. Cryer asked the Prime Minister when he next expects to meet the TUC. Mr. Edward Short I have been asked to reply. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply—[Hon. Members: “Speak up.” ] I think that probably the microphone is not working. I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which my right hon. Friend gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Fife, Central (Mr. Hamilton) on 22nd July. Mr. Cryer When my right hon. Friend meets the TUC, will he be able to explain how the Government's measures are reducing income and thereby reducing demand, and are likely to increase the already very serious unemployment figures? What will the Government do about activating the National Enterprise [column 768]Board to increase investment and reduce unemployment? How long will the Government prop up ailing capitalism at the expense of workers' jobs? Will my right hon. Friend urge the Prime Minister to concentrate on those urgent economic matters instead of joining in the campaign of vilification and abuse which has been going on over the past few days against members of the Newham Labour Party? Will he tell him that his intervention was both deeply resented and clearly unproductive? Mr. Short The National Enterprise Board will be activated as soon as the Bill receives Royal Assent. With regard to discussions with the TUC, my hon. Friend will recall that the policy is one agreed and initiated by the TUC. Mr. Hurd Have not today's unemployment figures been greeted with particular dismay precisely because of all the foolish rhetoric of the Prime Minister and his colleagues that this could not happen under a Labour Government? Is not the only chance of acceptance of the new policy to say clearly that because of old policies there will certainly be much higher unemployment even than we have seen today, and much higher prices in the months to come? Mr. Short My right hon. Friend and many of my hon. Friends have warned about the effect of inflation on employment over the last few months. As I have said, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment will be making a statement on the figures at the end of Questions today. Mr. William Hamilton Does my right hon. Friend recognise that some of us are becoming very tired of the attempt to make cheap party political points about the current situation, whether it be unemployment or inflation? Will he confirm that the reason why the TUC has agreed to co-operate with the Government in their current policies is that it recognises the truth of the statements of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister that one man's wage increase is another man's price increase, and also his prospects for the dole queue? Mr. Short My hon. Friend is absolutely correct. I hope that the whole House will pay tribute to the courage [column 769]and statesmanship of the TUC in this matter. Mrs. Thatcher Is Edward Shortthe Lord President aware that we have some sympathy with him over the frequency with which he has had to reply for Harold Wilsonthe Prime Minister in recent weeks, and particularly today when there is such bad news about the unemployment figures? Is it true that not only is the Prime Minister absent today but that he intends to be away on Tuesday and Thursday of next week as well? Mr. Short The implications of the right hon. Lady's question are beneath contempt. Q3. Mr. Tebbit asked the Prime Minister if he has received an invitation to speak at the next TUC conference. Mr. Edward Short I have been asked to reply. No, Sir. Mr. Tebbit When the Prime Minister receives an invitation, and when he goes, will he bear in mind the words he used on 24th January 1972 in this House, when he referred to my right hon. Friend the Member for Sidcup (Mr. Heath) as the first dole-queue millionaire to cross the Channel since Neville Chamberlain? Will the Lord President remind us what are the dole queue figures today, and on which side of the Channel is his right hon. Friend? Mr. Short The difference is that today we are at the bottom of a world recession. When the unemployment figures topped the million mark under the Government of which the right hon. Lady the Leader of the Opposition was a member not long ago, there was no world recession. Mr. Faulds Will my right hon. Friend arrange to have an invitation extended from the TUC to the right hon. Lady the Leader of the Opposition to address its next conference, whereupon she might find that she had to address herself to the real problems of the country instead of making snide and bitchy remarks? Mr. Short That is a very attractive idea. For once I agree with my hon. Friend. I am sure that the TUC will [column 770]take note of the suggestion. It will make a nice change for the right hon. Lady from the usual country-house circuit. Q4. Mr. Lawson asked the Prime Minister when he next expects to take the chair at a meeting of the NEDC. Q8. Mr. Norman Lamont asked the Prime Minister when he next intends to take the chair at a meeting of the NEDC. Q10. Mr. Stanley asked the Prime Minister when he will next take the chair at a meeting of the NEDC. Mr. Edward Short I have been asked to reply. I refer the hon. Members to the reply which my right hon. Friend gave to the hon. Member for Newbury (Mr. McNair-Wilson) on 24th June. Mr. Lawson I do not know what that answer was. But while we all understand the great anxiety that the Government have not to publish the secret reserve powers Bill until after the TUC conference in September, nevertheless, can the right hon. Gentleman tell the House whether it is true that the reserve powers in draft would impose penalties on employers in the private sector but not impose penalties on employers in the public sector and nationalised industries; and if not, why the distinction? Mr. Short My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained the contents of the reserve powers Bill fully in his speech at the beginning of the week. Mr. Molloy Will my right hon. Friend inform my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister that, official figures notwithstanding, there is still grave apprehension among ordinary people about rises in prices? Will the special secret powers be able to deal with those latter-day Old Mother Hubbards who stock their cupboards full and tell everybody that they are empty until there are high prices? Mr. Short Without commenting on the Old Mother Hubbards, I can say that the contents of the Bill are not secret. My right hon. Friend spelt out in precise [column 771]terms what the Bill contains. As for publication of the Bill, as I said last week I hope that it will never have to be published. Mr. Lamont What is the real difference between a statutory incomes policy and an incomes policy imposed with a threat of statutory action if it is not accepted? Mr. Short The difference is that there is a statute to enforce it. Mr. Frank Allaun To overcome the growing and tragic unemployment situation, may I ask the Government to launch a great housing and public works programme, such as in similar circumstances President Roosevelt produced in the thirties? Since it costs £2,000 a year to keep an unemployed building worker and his family by way of tax relief and unemployment benefit, would it not be better to have that man working? Will the Government reject the advice of the Treasury and Conservative Members who call for a reduction in public spending? Will my right hon. Friend say that, on the contrary, this is the very moment to increase such spending for all purposes? Mr. Short Everyone will share my hon. Friend's concern about these tragic figures. Unemployment and inflation are our major problems this year. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment is to make a statement very shortly. Mr. Stanley Will the right hon. Gentleman tell the House how the new pay policy can possibly work fairly if those who have an entitlement to annual increments can secure substantially more than £6 while those who do not have such entitlements cannot? Mr. Short The hon. Gentleman knows that the entitlement to increments has been agreed, provided that the total wage bill does not exceed the product of the £6. Mr. English Does my right hon. Friend agree that in the last quarter of an hour we have heard a great deal of sickening hypocrisy from Conservative Members? Does he further agree that although they claim to be in favour of controlling inflation, they have been busily pointing out the level of unem[column 772]ployment and sniping at the pay policy, as no doubt they will go on doing all night? Mr. Short I am sure that this is correct. The country will have noticed the posture of the Opposition in the past few days—with one or two notable exceptions. Mr. Peyton If the right hon. Gentleman continues to claim that the contents of the secret powers Bill were fully disclosed by the Chancellor the other day, why does he continue to object to publishing those contents? Mr. Short There is no need to publish a Bill which is not required. If it is required it will be published. I have explained that carefully. Mr. David Steel Since the Government are appealing for national unity and for support of their policies, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman to suggest to the Prime Minister that when he takes the chair at the next NEDC meeting he should pursue the suggestion of the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection and invite representatives from Opposition parties to share in discussions on the Government's policies? Mr. Short I will certainly pass that suggestion on to the Prime Minister when he returns. Mr. Speaker Does the hon. Member for Maidstone (Mr. Wells) wish to raise a point of order? Mr. Wells No longer, Sir. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc mr thorpe ask prime minister designate senior minister department employment special responsibility selfemployed lord president council leader house commons mr column short house know right hon friend visit federal republic germany today informal talk federal chancellor absence ask reply sir valuable contribution selfemploye community derive diversity activity interest matter arise activity form coherent well handle basis exist pattern ministerial responsibility mr thorpe right hon gentleman aware people disappointing answer million selfemploye employ turn million wage earner represent onefourth work force produce onefifth wealth go business rate year satisfactory thing minister know problem urgently mr short sir problem selfemployed homogeneous group range example small business man shopkeeper professional person common point way tax way national insurance contribution compute think fair balance strike great difficulty coherent homogeneous group mr skinner right hon friend tell prime minister get visit course month apart problem selfemployed deeply concerned unemployment figure declare today tell prime minister prepared tolerate continuation policy result total kind labour government alternative step take line indicate discussion take place government especially respect prevention importation unemployment arise lack government impose import control mr short question sure hon friend house welcome leadership prime minister demonstrate europe present regard hon friend second point government share sure hon member hon friend concern figure announce today secretary state employment make announcement matter end question time mr jasper consider enormous contribution selfemploye stability prosperity country deserve well consistently raw deal deal present government mr short sir suggestion utterly untrue present government great deal help selfemploye question special minister selfemployed point problem deal great department coherent group mr david james point order mr speaker ask leader house speak hear mr cryer ask prime minister expect meet tuc mr edward short ask reply refer hon friend reply hon member speak think probably microphone work refer hon friend reply right hon friend give hon friend member fife central mr hamilton july mr cryer right hon friend meet tuc able explain government measure reduce income reduce demand likely increase unemployment figure government activate national enterprise column increase investment reduce unemployment long government prop ail capitalism expense worker job right hon friend urge prime minister concentrate urgent economic matter instead join campaign vilification abuse go past day member newham labour party tell intervention deeply resented clearly unproductive mr short national enterprise board activate soon bill receive royal assent regard discussion tuc hon friend recall policy agree initiate tuc mr hurd today unemployment figure greet particular dismay precisely foolish rhetoric prime minister colleague happen labour government chance acceptance new policy clearly old policy certainly high unemployment see today high price month come mr short right hon friend hon friend warn effect inflation employment month say right hon friend secretary state employment make statement figure end question today mr william hamilton right hon friend recognise tired attempt cheap party political point current situation unemployment inflation confirm reason tuc agree cooperate government current policy recognise truth statement right hon friend prime minister man wage increase man price increase prospect dole queue mr short hon friend absolutely correct hope house pay tribute courage column statesmanship tuc matter mrs thatcher edward shortthe lord president aware sympathy frequency reply harold wilsonthe prime minister recent week particularly today bad news unemployment figure true prime minister absent today intend away tuesday thursday week mr short implication right hon ladys question beneath contempt mr tebbit ask prime minister receive invitation speak tuc conference mr edward short ask reply sir mr tebbit prime minister receive invitation go bear mind word january house refer right hon friend member sidcup mr heath dolequeue millionaire cross channel neville chamberlain lord president remind dole queue figure today channel right hon friend mr short difference today world recession unemployment figure top million mark government right hon lady leader opposition member long ago world recession mr fauld right hon friend arrange invitation extend tuc right hon lady leader opposition address conference find address real problem country instead make snide bitchy remark mr short attractive idea agree hon friend sure tuc column note suggestion nice change right hon lady usual countryhouse circuit mr lawson ask prime minister expect chair meeting nedc mr norman lamont ask prime minister intend chair meeting nedc mr stanley ask prime minister chair meeting nedc mr edward short ask reply refer hon member reply right hon friend give hon member newbury mr mcnairwilson june mr lawson know answer understand great anxiety government publish secret reserve power bill tuc conference september right hon gentleman tell house true reserve power draft impose penalty employer private sector impose penalty employer public sector nationalise industry distinction mr short right hon friend chancellor exchequer explain content reserve power bill fully speech beginning week mr molloy right hon friend inform right hon friend prime minister official figure notwithstanding grave apprehension ordinary people rise price special secret power able deal latterday old mother hubbard stock cupboard tell everybody high price mr short comment old mother hubbard content bill secret right hon friend spelt precise column bill contain publication bill say week hope publish mr lamont real difference statutory income policy income policy impose threat statutory action accept mr short difference statute enforce mr frank allaun overcome grow tragic unemployment situation ask government launch great housing public work programme similar circumstance president roosevelt produce thirty cost year unemployed building worker family way tax relief unemployment benefit well man work government reject advice treasury conservative member reduction public spending right hon friend contrary moment increase spending purpose mr short share hon friend concern tragic figure unemployment inflation major problem year right hon friend secretary state employment statement shortly mr stanley right hon gentleman tell house new pay policy possibly work fairly entitlement annual increment secure substantially entitlement mr short hon gentleman know entitlement increment agree provide total wage bill exceed product mr english right hon friend agree quarter hour hear great deal sicken hypocrisy conservative member agree claim favour control inflation busily point level unemcolumn snipe pay policy doubt night mr short sure correct country notice posture opposition past day notable exception mr peyton right hon gentleman continue claim content secret power bill fully disclose chancellor day continue object publish content mr short need publish bill require require publish explain carefully mr david steel government appeal national unity support policy ask right hon gentleman suggest prime minister take chair nedc meeting pursue suggestion secretary state price consumer protection invite representative opposition party share discussion government policy mr short certainly pass suggestion prime minister return mr speaker hon member maidstone mr wells wish raise point order mr wells long sir copyright margaret thatcher foundation right reserve

Speeches, etc. “Immense benefits” now enjoyed by the country would not have come about without wise government and the free enterprise system, said Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, M.P. for Finchley, when she opened Biggin Hill Conservative women's section's summer fair at the Women's Institute Hall on Saturday. Mrs. Thatcher said that in both the Finchley and Orpington constituencies “we are seeing the decline and fall of the Liberals.” In both the Conservatives would be satisfied with a 10,000 majority at the General-Election. As Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, she said she was the second largest spender for the Government, after the Ministry of Defence. It was only right that having achieved prosperity the nation should look after elderly people. Mrs. Thatcher, who was accompanied by her 10-year-old daughter, Carol, was welcomed by the women's section chairman, Mrs. C. Bracher. She was thanked by the prospective Parliamentary candidate, Mr. Norris McWhirter, who said Biggin Hill members had a fine tradition for their contribution to party funds. He was accompanied by Mrs. McWhirter and their four-year-old daughter, Jane. Also present was Mr. D. Saunders, a member of Orpington and the new Bromley Borough Councils. Matchbox surprises, and a millinery stall with hats made by members were features of the fair. There were also well-stocked stalls, including cakes and plants. The fair raised £45, slightly less than last year. “I think the bad weather in the afternoon made a big difference,” said Mrs. Bracher on Monday. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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This bill imposes criminal penalties and/or fines on individuals for the commission or attempted commission of certain acts (e.g., charging certain fees) in connection with the representation of a veteran who is seeking Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits or filing a claim for such benefits. Additionally, the VA is authorized to prescribe limitations and restrictions on the types and timing of for-profit business transactions which may be entered into by an agent or attorney who is representing a claimant for VA benefits.

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This bill prohibits the federal government from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement on behalf of the United States that provides for a payment to any person or entity other than the United States that is not a party to a dispute. The bill provides exceptions to allow certain payments, including those that (1) remedy actual harm (including to the environment) caused by the party making the payment, and (2) constitute a payment for services rendered in connection with the case.

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Speeches, etc. 25. Mr. Rose asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will review the present anomalous position of sporting organisations with regard to their recognition as charities. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. John Diamond) I do not know what anomalies my hon. Friend has in mind. In order to be recognised as charities, sporting organisations, like any other bodies, have to show that they are established for charitable purposes only. Mr. Rose Is my right hon. Friend aware that the classification in respect of charities concerning sporting organisations is hopelessly outmoded? Will he look into this with a view to stimulating participation in the amateur sports other than riding and shooting? Mr. Diamond I cannot share my hon. Friend's view, which I would like to. As an ex-Member for Blackley, I would like to support everything that my hon. Friend says. I cannot share his view that this is outmoded. The Recreational Charities Act, 1958, which deals with these matters, is a fairly recent piece of legislation. Mr. Philip Noel-Baker Will my right hon. Friend represent to the Chancellor that many sporting organisations are gravely embarrassed by present taxation, and that this is defeating the whole policy of the Government over sport, to which we give such strong support? Mr. Diamond It is right that we should support sport and that we should do it in the way in which we are doing it, namely, by direct grants. Giving support by way of Income Tax relief on the grounds that it is a charity is an entirely different matter. Mr. Lubbock Can the right hon. Gentleman say what representations have been made to the Government by the Sports Council about the effect of S.E.T. and whether the increase in grant made in the present year is more than sufficient to offset the increase in costs imposed by this new tax? Mr. Diamond No such representations have been brought to my attention. 26. Mr. Alan Lee Williams asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the importance of national savings in the present economic difficulties, if he will set up an inquiry into the work and structure of the National Savings Movement, and include in its terms of reference the possibility of handing over the work of national savings to the new Public Corporation which is to be responsible for the work of the General Post Office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. James Callaghan) I do not think that a specific inquiry into the work of the National Savings movement is called for. My right hon. Friend the Postmaster-General made a statement on 15th November about the future of the Post Office Savings Department. Mr. Williams Would my right hon. Friend agree that the great bulk of national saving is done through trustee savings banks and the General Post Office? Is there any need to have a separate Government Department employing many people responsible for national savings? Should not my right hon. Friend be encouraging the voluntary element? Mr. Callaghan The National Savings Movement is largely a voluntary element, and I think that it commands widespread praise for the ability with which it has adapted itself to changing conditions. I do not think that my hon. Friend would cast any aspersions on the work which it is doing. Sir C. Osborne Would the right hon. Gentleman agree that the best way in which he can help the National Savings Movement would be to tie repayment to the cost of living and so offset the evil effects of inflation on savers? Mr. Callaghan No, that would be a quite wrong thing to do. Our object as a nation should be to overcome inflation and not relate increasing payments to the possibility of it. 38. Mr. William Hamilton asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is satisfied with the current rate of savings; and if he will make a statement on future policy. Mr. Callaghan The general level of savings in the first half of the year remains high. As I attach great importance to this I am always ready to consider ways of increasing the flow. Mr. Hamilton Is my right hon. Friend satisfied that all sources of small savings are being tapped and that the institution of a State public unit trust would not tap this source, which is probably quite large? Mr. Callaghan The question of a State unit trust has been frequently considered, and by the National Savings Movement, and I understand that views about its efficacy are changing. I am ready to keep it under consideration, but I would not want to reach a final conclusion on it now. There is evidence that small savings are forthcoming to a large extent through the medium of National Savings and also the Post Office savings investment accounts. Captain W. Elliot Would not the Chancellor agree that even if current savings are high they are very much lower than they were? Does he not think that urgent action should be taken to rectify this? Mr. Callaghan I am not sure about that. I do not think that they have fallen away very much. [Hon. Members: “Oh.” ] Let us wait and see. My own recollection is that national savings are keeping up quite as well as they have been over recent years. 27. Mr. Winnick asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will introduce legislation to enable Her Majesty's Government to take action against those British companies which sold sterling in large quantities earlier this year and thus created the run on the £ sterling. Mr. Callaghan No, Sir. Mr. Winnick Is it not a fact that it was British companies which in the main sold hundreds of millions of £s earlier this year and not so much Continental firms? Would not my right hon. Friend agree that at a time when British workers are refused wage increases because of the national interest they should know that there are numerous British banking firms which sold Britain short a few months ago? Mr. Callaghan No, that is not my information. United Kingdom residents cannot indulge in outright speculation. Their spot transactions are strictly limited by exchange control. They are allowed to buy or sell forward only in order to cover general trading or commercial transactions. [Interruption.] I would get on much better without your help. Mr. Speaker Order. I am not trying to help the right hon. Gentleman. Mr. Callaghan You are invaluable, Sir. I have had a careful examination made into this, and, although there have been strong reports to the contrary in the newspapers, it is not my information that this selling took place to any large extent by British residents. [Interruption.] My hon. Friend may not agree, but I have examined the facts; I am not aware that he has. We do not get anywhere by pursuing will o' the wisps which do not exist. 28. Mr. Ridsdale asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he is taking to reduce the growth of Government spending. 37. Sir J. Eden asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what directives he has given to Government Departments to undertake a specific and formal cost reduction programme. Mr. Callaghan Departments have been instructed to conduct a searching reconsideration of the need for every part of their proposals for inclusion in the Estimates for 1967–68, which I shall lay before the House in due course. Mr. Ridsdale But why are the Government continuously trying to kill the goose [column 1134]which lays the golden egg? Surely the high level of Government spending is a direct cause of the fall in industrial production. How can we have new wealth for the social needs unless we are able to increase industrial production? Will the right hon. Gentleman stop being so complacent about this? Mr. Callaghan That comes very ill from a former Minister in a Government under which defence spending was quite unrestrained. We have succeeded in curbing and reining back unnecessary expenditure to a degree never undertaken by our predecessors. It is not right to say that the general level of taxation is higher than it is in other countries. The average level of taxation in this country is well in line with that of our competitors overseas. Mr. Orme Would my right hon. Friend recognise that any attack which he makes, particularly on Government military expenditure overseas, will have the fullest support of many Members on this side of the House? Mr. Callaghan It is the Government's declared policy to reduce overseas military expenditure, which has been too high in relation to the total burdens which we carry, and we shall continue to pursue that aim. Mrs. Thatcher Would James Callaghanthe right hon. Gentleman say whether at the level of Government expenditure which he is contemplating for next year he will have to take an increasing proportion of the gross national product in total taxation? Mr. Callaghan When the Estimates are laid, I am sure that the hon. Lady will want to examine them. But I can tell her that we have been able to prune back a great deal of the luxuriant expenditure which her Government left behind. 29. Mr. Ridsdale asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the increase in numbers of public employees in both Government and local government service since 15th October, 1964. Mr. Diamond The increase in the Civil Service, both industrial and non-industrial, excluding the Post Office, between 1st October, 1964, and 1st July, 1966, was 9,000. Including the Post [column 1135]Office, the increase was 26,000. As regards local government, there was a rise of 159,047 in the two years. Mr. Ridsdale As these are such serious figures, would the right hon. Gentleman say what the increase in Government spending is to pay for these additional employees? Mr. Diamond The simplest way of calculating the figure is to allow about £1,000 per civil servant. But in order to put the figures in perspective, I should say that the proportionate increase among centrally employed civil servants in the last nearly two years is broadly in line with the increase over the first four years of this decade. Mr. Frank Allaun While appreciating that if we increase the social services we need more civil servants, is it not wrong that with 440,000 men in the Forces we have 350,000 civil servants looking after them? Mr. Diamond My hon. Friend rightly points out that if we increase services we have to increase our manpower to carry them. The House will recollect that, in addition to increased work, there has been a reduction in Civil Service hours of work. Mr. Hogg Do not the figures given by the right hon. Gentleman reveal a certain amount of luxuriant growth which might be a suitable subject of pruning? Mr. Diamond I am grateful for what the right hon. and learned Gentleman has said in relation to the figure which I gave for increases in the number of local government employees. This is a matter which one should look into very carefully. Mr. Shinwell Is there any indication that when we have a sufficient supply of computers we shall have fewer civil servants? Mr. Diamond I think that that is a rather different question. 30. Mr. Mathew asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the sight standards for applicants seeking to be appointed as officers of Customs and Excise. Mr. Diamond A review is already in train. I will write to the hon. Member as soon as a conclusion is reached. 32. Mr. Driberg asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how soon negotiations with civil servants in the various drawing office grades are to be resumed and completed, in accordance with the assurance contained in a letter dated 26th September, 1966, from the official staff side of the Whitley Council. Mr. Diamond As soon as practicable after the White Paper on the criteria to govern increases in incomes during the period of severe restraint has been published, and after discussions with the staff side of the National Whitley Council on its application to the Civil Service have been completed. Mr. Driberg Is my right hon. Friend aware that that does not quite answer my Question? I was asking him when the discussions between the official side and the staff side would be resumed and completed. May we take it that we do not have to wait for the period of severe restraint for them at least to re-start? Mr. Diamond I thought that I had given that precise answer to my hon. Friend by saying “as soon as practicable … after the White Paper has been published” . The White Paper is expected very shortly. Mr. McMaster Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that this group of civil servants has been unfairly treated compared with other grades in the Civil Service who have had a Whitley Council rise? Will he give a guarantee that the rise of at least a 4½ per cent. cost of living bonus will be retrospective? Mr. Diamond These are matters for discussion. 33. Mr. John Hall asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates have been made of the effect on Great Britain's balance of payments of the large-scale in-flow of immigrants into Great Britain. Mr. Callaghan This depends on many factors and there is no complete answer. [column 1137]However, the current study being made by the National Institute for Economic and Social Research will, I hope, go some way to answer the hon. Gentleman's question. Mr. Hall Would not the Chancellor agree that, in the absence of considerable spare capital capacity, large-scale immigration leads to excess domestic demand and thus creates a worsening in the balance of payments position? Should not this factor be taken into consideration when deciding the scale on which immigration is allowed? Mr. Callaghan This is what the study is now trying to evaluate. I would hope that our immigration policy would never be determined purely on balance of payments considerations. But there are a number of factors to be put on both sides. There is clearly a long-term gain from the work of the immigrants who arrive here. Against that must be set some of the factors which the hon. Gentleman has enumerated. I think that this study will provide some valuable information. Mr. Rose Would not my right hon. Friend agree that the supplementary question of the hon. Member for Wycombe (Mr. John Hall) was deliberately misleading and mischievous and that, in computing this, one must recognise the enormous contribution which immigrants have made to the economy of this country and in a number of respects? 36. Mr. John Hall asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the revision of the Public Office Rules will be completed. Mr. Diamond I hope soon to consult the staff interests about revised Public Office Rules. When their views have been considered, a Statutory Instrument will be made. Mr. Hall Would not the Minister agree that these rules have been under revision for more than 18 months? Does he not appreciate that in some cases pensions are dependent upon the publication of the new regulations, because no decision can be made until they are published? Mr. Diamond I recognise that these matters are complicated and need very [column 1138]careful consideration, but I think that the Answer I have given should satisfy the hon. Member. 39. Mr. Higgins asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the policy of the Government is still to give people further time to hand in gold coins under S.I., 1966, No. 438. Mr. Diamond Yes, if there is good reason for the delay in complying with the Order. Mr. Higgins Statutory powers having been taken, who decides whether a person retaining, say, half-a-dozen gold coins should be prosecuted, and what criteria are applied? Mr. Diamond The position is the normal one: the Treasury is interested in the matter, but the person who decides whether a prosecution should take place is the Director of Public Prosecutions. 40. Sir C. Osborne asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many cases dividends have been reduced since the wages and incomes policy was imposed on 20th July. Mr. Callaghan 206 publicly quoted companies have announced reduced dividends. Sir C. Osborne How many have been increased? Would not the Chancellor agree that most directors of public companies have tried to play ball with him in his policy? Mr. Callaghan Yes, Sir. About 880 dividends have been announced. About 570 have been published as being the same, 206 have been reduced, and there is a balance of 108, some of which have increased dividends within the policy or under consideration by the Treasury. 41. Mr. David Price asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what techniques of investment appraisal are used by his Department in determining the economic viability of any proposal for a new computer in any part of the public service. Mr. Diamond All Government Departments submitting proposals for the purchase of automatic data processing equipment are required to demonstrate their economic viability using the discounted cash flow technique wherever this is appropriate. Mr. Price Will the right hon. Gentleman recognise that we are very pleased that the Treasury is now using the d.c.f. approach? Will he also take into account that there is that part of viability of the computer that is not economically measurable but is of importance in decision-taking? Mr. Diamond We will, of course, take into account the matters which the hon. Member has mentioned. I would simply add that the d.c.f. technique has been well known to the Treasury for a great number of years. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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increase grant present year sufficient offset increase cost impose new tax mr diamond representation bring attention mr alan lee williams ask chancellor exchequer view importance national saving present economic difficulty set inquiry work structure national saving movement include term reference possibility hand work national saving new public corporation responsible work general post office chancellor exchequer mr james callaghan think specific inquiry work national saving movement call right hon friend postmastergeneral statement november future post office saving department mr williams right hon friend agree great bulk national saving trustee saving bank general post office need separate government department employ people responsible national saving right hon friend encourage voluntary element mr callaghan national saving movement largely voluntary element think command widespread praise ability adapt change condition think hon friend cast aspersion work sir c osborne right hon gentleman agree good way help national saving movement tie repayment cost living offset evil effect inflation saver mr callaghan wrong thing object nation overcome inflation relate increase payment possibility mr william hamilton ask chancellor exchequer satisfied current rate saving statement future policy mr callaghan general level saving half year remain high attach great importance ready consider way increase flow mr hamilton right hon friend satisfy source small saving tap institution state public unit trust tap source probably large mr callaghan question state unit trust frequently consider national saving movement understand view efficacy change ready consideration want reach final conclusion evidence small saving forthcoming large extent medium national saving post office saving investment account captain w elliot chancellor agree current saving high low think urgent action take rectify mr callaghan sure think fall away hon member oh let wait recollection national saving keep 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Ep. 1892 - Mexican Standoff in Texas Published: 1/26/2024 (in RSS feed: 1h 1m 38s) 8 million border crossings, war in the Middle East, Ukraine, China, Russia, Iran, political in fighting high inflation. We are facing unprecedented times and the status quo just doesn't work anymore. It's time to get your house in order. Planning for the future needs to be done now. If you've been thinking about diversifying your portfolio and adding some financial protection, you should consider gold. Gold has often been used to protect assets against inflation. Countries are buying massive amounts of gold as a hedge against market collapse. Learn about gold.com is a simple platform to help you better understand the need for gold in your 401k or keeping gold on hand during these unprecedented times. .Visit learn about gold.com and take our gold quiz to see if you qualify for up to $2,500 in free gold. Our website has extensive educational resources that can help guide you along the path of precious metals investing that's learn about gold.com. Learn about gold.com, learn about gold.com. Right now the United States is experiencing the biggest border crisis in American history and I'm looking at the front pages of the biggest newspapers in the United States right now, and none of them are even covering it. The top headlines over at the Washington Post are all about a UN court, which is entirely irrelevant, ordering Israel to do more, to prevent harm in the Gaza Strip, or an Alabama man being put to death with nitrogen gas. Nothing about the giant wave of illegal immigration on a board that is now spurring a constitutional showdown between the state of Texas and by the way, 24 other states and the federal government. Same thing over at the New York Times. Nothing at the top of the homepage, nothing on what is going on at the border. Why? Because when it comes to the Democratic party and their lackeys in the press, they must cover up what is going on at the southern border because if Americans understand what's going on at the southern border, Joe Biden will not be reelected. It is that simple. What is going on at the southern border is a travesty. So as I mentioned to you, I've been mentioning to you for a few weeks here near the beginning of January, we actually went down to the southern border in Arizona and it is absolutely stunning what is going on at the southern border, not merely the numbers of people who are showing up at ports of entry and then being caught and released. Catch and release is where you claim asylum. They bring you in, they process you. There are no beds for detention facilities and they're not gonna detain you anyway if you come in with a kid for very long. So instead they just release you into the interior with a comeback later date, which nobody ever does. It's not just that, it's that the drug cartels are in complete control of the southern border. We have a documentary that is now available at Daily Wire Plus that shows you everything that we saw at the southern border. We took a giant tour about 25 miles of the southern border in Arizona with Brandon Judd, who is In fact, the head of the Border Patrol Officers Union. And it is astonishing because again, not only is the southern border largely unfunded, it is made so by this administration. This administration has decided that what they're going to do is turn CBP into a busing and processing service. They're effectively the DMB on the southern border for illegal immigrants. What you're gonna see in this documentary when you go over to Daily Wire plus, one of the things that you are going to see is a sign that is at the southern border that literally says two illegal immigrants in Spanish. Push this button for border patrol help. This is over at the San Miguel gate in Arizona, which is actually on a Native American reservation right at the border. There is no border wall over there because the Native American reservation does not want a border wall over there. So you can literally just step over the border, walk into Mexico, walk back across the border into the United States. People are arriving on mass dropped off by drug cartels. Drug cartels are literally taking trucks filled with illegal immigrants and they're driving them yards from the border, dropping them off, having people walk across. Because of Joe Biden's asylum policies, which are different than Donald Trump's asylum policies. People are throwing up their hands surrendering to border patrol. Border patrol is then letting them into the country. That's what catch and release is, and we are talking about millions of people every year. Some estimates low end estimates say 6 million illegal immigrants have entered the United States since Joe Biden took office high end estimates put that number all the way up at 10 million illegal immigrants. And it's not just that because the drug cartels know exactly what Joe Biden has done. They have essentially decided to use this asylum process not only to smuggle more people across the border because it doesn't require very much. You literally just drop somebody off at the border the same way I would drop my kids off at school. They don't just do that, they flood these particular areas of the border. Border patrol then has a legal duty to help process all of these people. And as we show in the documentary, this means large swaths of the border then unprotected. We drove for 25 miles long America's southern border in Arizona, not a single border patrol agent, not one zero border patrol agents. Why? They were all over at the detention facility doing processing work where they take basic information about your life. Illegal immigrants are coming across the border with phone numbers of people in various cities they wish to visit. We literally have on tape sheets of paper with phone numbers of people in Denver, in Atlanta, in Houston. The the entire desert is covered in trash over there. Trash left by illegal immigrants who are crossing that desert to get it. And again, it's not just that the drug cartels are getting paid for the illegal immigrants that they smuggle in at the border, it's the drug cartels are trying to gather border patrol agents to the processing facilities and away from guarding the border so that the really dangerous people, not just the illegal immigrants who wanna come here and who wanna work, some of 'em wanna be on welfare. We're talking about the people who are actively dangerous, people with criminal records, people who are terrorists, people who want to smuggle drugs into the country. When the border is unprotected, that's when these people cross the border with the help of the Mexican drug cartels. How much technical superiority do the border do the drug cartels have at America's southern border? When we're down there, as we show in our documentary, it's the first episode of a new series we're putting out called the Divided states of Biden. You should go check it out right now at Daily Wire dot com. One incident that we observed, we're sitting down there at the border and it's the night we're waiting to see what happens and suddenly I hear a buzzing in the sky and I look back and there's a drone and I turn to the border patrol agent with whom we are sitting and I say, I assume that that's an American drone to monitor, you know, the border. He says, Nope, we don't have drones in this area. That is a Mexican drug cartel drone flying over American territory. By the way, there's an American territory flying over American territory and hovering near the car. We were sitting, why were they hovering near our car? Because the drug cartels know with such precision, which border patrol agents are aware that they recognized that this car did not belong. And so they were hovering to try and establish what exactly that car was. So I asked the border patrol agent, you can see this all in the documentary. I asked the border patrol agent, why don't we shoot it down? Right? I mean that that is a, that is a foreign aerial surveillance vehicle from Mexican drug cartels from a criminal cartel. And he says, you have to elevate that all the way to the Secretary of Homeland Security to get permission to shoot that down. That is what Joe Biden has done on our border. He has turned our border patrol agents into either sitting ducks or facilitation agents for illegal immigration. And that is why the state of Texas is now saying, no, no, no, we are going to enforce the border. We get to more on this in just one second. First, if you're like me, there's not a day that goes by that you're not using that phone calling texting law. My friends at PureTalk are making it easier and more affordable to connect with the most important people in your life. PureTalk gives you phenomenal coverage on America's most dependable 5G network. It's the same coverage you know and love, but for half the price of the other guys with unlimited plans starting just 20 bucks a month, the average family is gonna save almost a thousand dollars a year. That's real money. As a veteran-owned company, PureTalk raised $10 million toward veteran's debt last year alone. What's more Pure Talk's customer service team is located right here in the us. They can help you make the switch in as little as 10 minutes. So I'm challenging you to stand with a company that actually likes you and champions your values today. Go to PureTalk dot com slash Shapiro right now. You'll save an additional 50% off your very first month. That's PureTalk dot com slash SHAPIRO to save on wireless with a company you can be proud to spend your money with. Again, that's PureTalk dot com slash SHAPIRO PureTalk dot com slash SHAPIRO to get started. Now here's the problem. The state of Texas can only do so much so far, meaning that the state of Texas can put up razor Wire. The state of Texas can put physical impediments on the border to stop people from crossing over the American border. One of the big problems with the Trump border wall, which again is a great thing, the border wall is very useful except you actually have to have people to guard the border wall so that illegal immigrants and drug cartel members don't actually just solder directly through the the border patrol wall. I mean we actually saw evidence of this Again in the documentary you will see sections of the wall that have been completely cut through, cut through by the drug cartels. So, but one of the things that that is amazing, truly amazing is again that not only would Texas have to build more impediments there, Texas would somehow have to come up with a mechanism for expelling people back south of the border. And that's something that Texas has not done yet. Not only that, even if Texas were to do that because of Joe Biden's asylum policy, all that would do is then focus all the rest of the illegal immigration at ports of entry where people would still claim asylum that would be better than it currently is, where they're just crossing the southern border anywhere and throwing up their hands. And the drug cartels are literally using them as a distraction techniques. They can get fentanyl across the border and terrorists across the border. It would be better, but the federal government is to blame for all of this. The federal government has purposefully left the southern border not only undefended but in the control of criminal drug cartels. This is not merely people who are straggling across the border one by one trying to get to a better life. This is being facilitated. It is being created by the Mexican drug cartels. In fact, while we were down at the San Miguel gate, you can tell all this is happening. Why? Because the day that we were down at the San Miguel gate, which was again early January, there wasn't a lot of illegal immigration that day. Why? Because the drug cartels were busy having a firefight on the other side of the border with one another. They were too busy killing each other to actually bring people up to the border that day. The drug cartels are in complete control down there. They're in complete control. And I'm not the only one saying this. This is a, this is a Joe Biden policy. This did not exist under Donald Trump. Donald Trump had a couple of policies that made it significantly harder for illegal immigrants to cross this way. One remain in Mexico, remain in Mexico is the single most important policy that Joe Biden dumped and he dumped it day one in office and he could reinstate it. Today again, it is illegal to do what Joe Biden is doing on the border. The law specifies that illegal immigrants Must be detained, not that they can be detained, they Must be detained until they have an asylum hearing remain in Mexico, changed the law via executive order and executive agreement with the state of Mexico that remain in Mexico. Policy said that effectively speaking, if you came to the border and you claimed asylum, you had to wait south of the border before you could get your court date. Well that radically cut down on the number of people who are arriving at the border and claiming asylum because if you claim asylum and you are immediately released into the United States within 7 2 72 hours, which is what is happening right now, that is a very different story than you arrive at the border. You claim asylum, we tell you wait, in Mexico, you show up for a court date, you don't have a claim for asylum and you go back to Mexico. That's a very different outcome and say 100% different outcome. Okay? But the fact is Joe Biden decided he didn't like the outcome with less illegal immigration. He's facilitating all of this and it's really, really dangerous. There's a letter that went out about a week and a half ago for a, from a couple of former members of the FBI and the CIA guy named Chris Swecker, his assistant director of the criminal investigative division of the FBI retired and Kevin Brock, who's an assistant director of the director of Intelligence at the FBI at the National Counter-Terrorism Center also retired. And what they point out, and they're totally right, is that this is a massive national security threat. They say as former senior executives of the FBI with deep experience combating dangerous to the nation, we write to express our concern about a current specific threat that may be one of the most pernicious ever to menace the United States, the danger arises from the nature of the threat itself. Wars and espionage and bombings and riots are sadly familiar delivery systems of instability, intimidation and insecurity. The country has faced these and more throughout its history and is held together than not without struggle. The threat we call out today is new and unfamiliar in its modern history. the United States has never suffered an invasion of the homeland and yet one is unfolding right now. Military aged men from across the globe, many from regions or countries not friendly to the United States are landing in waves on our soil by the thousands. It'd be difficult to overstate the danger represented by the presidents inside our borders of what is a comparatively multi division army of single young adult males from hostile nations and regions whose background, intent, or legions is completely unknown. In 2021 they say the demographics of those crossing the poorest southern border started to shift young men from around the world traveling alone and holding questionable motivations dramatically increased in number to become the most common profile of those breaching the nation's borders. This happens to be true by the way. We are told by border patrol agents who shall remain nameless that the number of terrorists who are being captured at the border is completely unspecified. They have no idea. Even when somebody is caught on the terror watch list, that doesn't necessarily mean that the person is a terrorist because the terror watch list is really, really vague. It's the unknown unknowns that are truly dangerous. Whenever we look at the stats on the southern border, you have to recognize there's a few different things that are being aggregated together. One is border apprehensions. A border apprehension by the way, does not mean the person is kicked back to Mexico. A border apprehension or a border encounter means the person is taken by CBP and then processed, which means they end up in the country the vast majority of the time under Joe Biden. If they know the magic words, if they say open sesame, I want asylum. I fear to go back to my country, you're led into the country. It's that simple. So that is type number one. We'll get to more on this in just one second. First, it's 2024. A lot of people trying to get our finances in order. I have some good news for homeowners. Interest rates have now dropped down to the fives. It's a lot lower than where they were last year. If you've been buried in high interest credit card debt, now would be the time to break free with American Financing. American Financing can help you access the cash in your home to pay off your high interest debt. Last year, their salary based mortgage consultants helped customers save an average of 854 bucks a month. That's like giving yourself a $10,000 raise. It's a great way to start the new year. And if you start today, you might be able to delay two mortgage payments. Call American Financing today, (866) 569-4711. That's 8 6 6 5 6 9 47 11 or visit american Financing dot net NMLS 1 8 2 3 3 4 MLSs consumer access.org. APR for rates in the fives starts at 6.275%. For well qualified borrowers call 806 8 5 56 96. For details about credit costs and terms, go check them out at american Financing dot net or call 8 6 6 5 6 9 47 11. Type number two are people who are God aways, okay? Those are known God aways. So there is largely camera coverage of the entire southern border. Okay? That hemorrhage coverage is, is very comprehensive, but you need to have actual agents who are watching 24 hours a day the camera coverage to see what they can see. Now a bunch of those people don't get, get captured, they get seen on the cameras and they escape into the interior. We have no idea who they are. That number is at least 600,000 last year. At least 600,000 known God aways just last year. How about the unknown God aways? How the hell should CBP know? They have no idea and maybe able to give some estimates, but they literally have no idea. I mean that, that that is an unknown unknown. So they don't know how many of those and but what we do know is that if those people wanted to just be released in the United States and for the US government to know who they were and what they were about, if that's what they wanted, if they just wanted to come here and they wanted to work illegally and then hope for amnesty at some point they wanna come here and get married, apply for a green card, they wanna come here and be on welfare in, in, in California or whatever. If they wanted all of that, the easiest way to do that is to throw up your hands and surrender to CBP. The people who are crossing as unknown God aways are people who should not be in the country under any circumstances. Not just because they're illegal immigrants, but because they probably have criminal records or drug connections at a minimum. And many of them probably have terror connections as well because that's why you're avoiding CBP. It's one thing back in the olden days when CBP was actually trying to stop everyone from crossing the border to say that many of the people are crossing the border between ports of entry and trying to evade border patrol. Those people are, are not criminals in in the sense of anything except for the illegal immigration. And many of those people are, you know, the people who proverbially work in the fields or do the cleaning or whatever the left wants to say they're important for because the left is very racist with regard to a lot of these people. But with that said, now that it is very obvious that you can surrender to border patrol and then move to Houston or go to Atlanta or go to Colorado or whatever, the only people attempting to evade the border patrol are people who are presumably dangerous and that amounts to millions of people every single year because of what they're doing. By the way, the drug cartels know this, the drug cartels know this. Some of the most shocking footage from the documentary that we just put out at Daily Wire Plus, and again, you should go check it out because it really is shocking stuff. CBP told us that some of the stuff that the drug cartels do, for example, is they literally, if they're being chased by CBP and they're traveling with children, they will literally discard the children. We're talking about babies. We're talking about babies like toddlers or smaller discard the children hoping that CBP will go and care for the children as they are morally duty bound to do so they can evade arrest. So they'll literally take human babies and throw them to the side of the road in an attempt to distract CBP so they can escape into the interior of the country. They have no regard for human life. The drug cartels none. And this is being again facilitated by the federal government. So as these former FBI agents say all of this is particularly alarming in light of the Hamas terror attack on Israel last October 7th, those of us who have fought terrorism know that historically successful terror attacks invite mimicry. We know as well that terror leaders intentionally cultivate the wrongs of young men possessing a certain easily manipulated personality type to carry out atrocities. It is stark to say so, but having a large number of young males now within our borders who could begin attacking gatherings from unarmed citizens, an imitation of ten seven Must be considered a distinct possibility. That of course makes perfect sense. And what we are watching right now is absolutely unprecedented on our southern border. And the media have nothing to say about it. The only thing the media can do is yell at Republicans. Joe Biden has the legal power to close the border today. No further legislation is necessary. Joe Biden can do exactly what Donald Trump did. Joe Biden can reinterpret the asylum laws to require that you make a colorable showing that you will In fact receive asylum before you're released into the country. Joe Biden can detain people and should detain people when they cross the border. Joe Biden can renegotiate remain in Mexico and do that again. Apparently his aides don't wanna do that 'cause they're afraid they'll hand trump a victory. So they would literally rather keep the border open rather than handle ha hand Donald Trump a victory. All of this is leading the states at the southern border led by Texas to actually try and do something about, when I say the states at the southern border, I really only mean Texas. New Mexico is Democrat governed. They don't care about an open border. Arizona is governed by Katie Hobbes, she's deployed the National Guard back in December a little bit, but I can tell you the border is wide open 'cause I was there it is. Katie Hobbs has said nothing virtually nothing about the Biden administration's malfeasance here. Greg Abbott for his part is trying to set up physical barriers along the southern border. That's what that razor Wire is. That's why they put barriers in the middle of the Rio Grande because they haven't come up with a process yet whereby Texas will actually expel people back south of the border, which is what you would actually need to do if you were going to repel wa the legal immigration that is currently happening. Plus you'd need way more personnel down at the border. It's not just enough to have razor Wire. You'd actually have to have people who could theoretically arrest people and then come up with some mechanism for deporting them back to Mexico because if they get to the razor Wire and they get through the razor Wire, then the same laws that apply to border patrol still apply. Presumably there's no mechanism in the state of Texas for actually expelling people. Once they cross illegally, they can hand 'em over to the federal government presumably, but the federal government will then presumably release these people after processing them. In any case, here is Governor Abbott explaining that he's doing the best that he can over here. One quick point of clarification, something Bill you just said that everybody's saying and that is that the Supreme Court, you said the Supreme Court said what Texas cannot do. If you look at what the Supreme Court actually issued, they didn't write any type of opinion. All they did was to vacate a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals order and to submit back to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. There's two sentences there. There was no opinion about anything about raise a Wire or what Texas is doing or anything like that. And but that point aside, regardless of what federal statute may exist, the supremacy, the supremacy law means that the Constitution itself is the supreme law of the land. The Constitution itself provides Texas with a right of self-defense in this case because the United States has abandoned its responsibility to defend the Texas, We'll get to more on this in just one second. First, you know what's fueling Daily Wire every morning? Aside from the need to save the country Black Rifle coffee, not only do they have ready to drink cans for people with no time to brew coffee in the traditional way, their coffee subscription gives you the chance to purchase limited edition flavors. Black Rifle coffee subscription gives you nothing but the best. It's a Coffee of the Month Club where you get premium roast from the Best Farms worldwide. Every month you get a new exotic roast shipped to your door, each with a unique origin and a killer bag design with a matching sticker. Black Rifle Coffee is a veteran founded coffee company operated by principled men and women who honor those who protect, defend, and support our country. 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They're gonna have to sue or they're gonna have to acquiesce. That's the, they're true right now. They're choosing a third path, which is to try to blame Republicans politically. I do not think that is going to work. Republican governors all over the United States are backing Greg Abbott's play as well. They should. They're 27 Republican governors in the United States at this point. One of them is Governor Abbott of course. And then every other Republican governor in the country has backed Greg Abbott's play. If you look at a map, it's every red state basically. There are a few sort of exceptions that are red states with Blue governors and the Blue Governors refuse to back Greg Abbott's play. And as you'll see, Arizona and New Mexico are a couple of the states that are not doing what Greg Abbott is doing here. But many of these governors came out early. They said, we're sending National Guard troops down to help do what Texas needs to do here. Here's Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida making that case. Biden is going after Texas saying that they must remove fortifications from their border. They've put Wire, they put things to keep people out. Biden's saying you gotta take that down to let people come in illegally, which is just crazy. And I remarked that if the Constitution was originally understood to mean that a state could not protect itself against an invasion, that the federal government could force a state to allow an invasion, the Constitution would've never been ratified in the first place. Texas would've never joined the Union when it did. And if you look at Federalist 46, which Daniel Horowitz pointed out, James Madison talks about situations where federal encroachment can be mitigated by by state action. So you have Texas here that's holding its ground. They have every right to fortify the border vis-a-vis an invasion. And that's Article one, section 10 of the Constitution. So, so they're on the right. Okay, DeSantis of course is correct here. Louisiana governor Jeff Landry, he also expressed his support for Greg Abbott. We support legal, not illegal immigration. We support secure and safe borders, not open border policies that allow criminals, human trafficking and drugs to pour into this country. We stand with Governor Abbott and Texas in reminding the federal government that under our constitution states are still sovereign and we have the right to protect our citizens. Meanwhile, both Republican candidates still technically in the race, Nikki Haley is still technically in the race. And of course, Donald Trump is the leader in the Republican nomination race. Nikki Haley actually put out a statement before Trump did. Here is Nikki Haley's statement yesterday about what's going on at the border. She said, governor Abbott is right. The state of Texas has every right to defend itself and its borders. It's absolutely ridiculous that Joe Biden is trying to stop governors from doing everything they can to protect their citizens. It's also nothing new. Biden was part of the administration that sued me when I passed. One of the toughest non-legal immigration laws in the country is governor of South Carolina. And the reason I point this out is because when it comes to the 2024 GOP nomination race, let's be clear about this. There are no open borders candidates in the race and there really haven't been throughout this entire Republican nomination race. Donald Trump did come out late yesterday with a couple of statements on truth social. He said, when I was president, we had the most secure border in history. Joe Biden has surrendered our border and is aiding and abetting a massive invasion of millions of illegal migrants into the United States instead of fighting to protect our country from this onslaught, Biden is unbelievably fighting to tie the hands of Governor Abbott and the state of Texas so that the invasion continues unchecked in the face of this national security, public safety and public health catastrophe. Texas has rightly invoked the invasion clause of the constitution and Must be given full support to repel the invasion. We encourage all willing states to deploy their guards to Texas to prevent the illegal, the entry of illegals and to remove them back across the border. And again, that's an extension beyond even what Texas is doing right now. Texas is not actively removing people back across the border. Once they get in, they're presumably being turned over to border patrol. But that is what Texas will have to do or will have to be, will, will have to make that case to the Supreme Court that they can do. All Americans should support the common sense measures by Texas authorities to protect the safety, security, and sovereignty of Texas and of the American people. Says Trump, when I'm president on day one, instead of fighting Texas, I'll work hand in hand with Governor Abbott and other border states to stop the invasion, seal the border, and rapidly begin the largest domestic deportation operation in history those Biden has let in should not get comfortable because they will be going home. So first of all, great statement, obvious Trump didn't write it. I mean they added some, some weird capitalization. Try make it seem like you wrote, but it doesn't matter. Again, here's the thing about Trump. Trump term one and presumably a prospective Trump term. Two, the people who make policy in the Trump administration are going to do a pretty good job. And that is true when it comes to illegal immigration. Above all other matters. Again, having spoken to border patrol agents and you can see us talk about it again at the DW Plus documentary that we just made about this that you should go check out right now, become a subscriber and you can see all of it. The policy radically shifted from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Joe Biden came in, he got rid of all the policies and that is why you have a wide open border. We got some more on this in just one second. First, according to Forbes, January is the hottest month for hiring. Look at the calendar. It's January business owners and hiring managers, they're on the hunt for top talent. That's no easy task. If you're currently hiring, you can probably relate. It's challenging to find qualified candidates. That's why you need ZipRecruiter. ZipRecruiter's Powerful matching technology finds the right people for your roles fast. 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It really is truly an incredible thing. So here is Joe Biden back in 2007 talking about sanctuary cities. Again, the when, when people talk about bipartisan polarization in the United States, something that is worth noting here, the Republican party has not actually gotten more right wing on anything my entire life. In fact, they've gotten more left wing on a wide variety of issues ranging from say, gay marriage to things like federal spending. The only area where they seem to have even held the line is on immigration. Democrats are the ones who have had an asymmetric polarization. Democrats have moved radically to the left on every issue. Here's a person you might recall from when he was sentient, Joe Biden talking in 2007 about sanctuary cities. Would you allow these cities to ignore the federal law regarding the reporting of illegal immigrants and In fact provide sanctuary to these immigrants? The reason the cities ignore the federal law is the fact that there is no funding at the federal level to provide for the kind of enforcement at the federal level. You need pick up the New York Times a day. There's a city not far across the river from my state that imposed a similar sanctions. And what they found out is as a consequence of that, their city went in the dumps, in in, in the dumpster stores started closing, everything started to happen and they changed the policy. Part of the problem is you have to have a federal government that can enforce laws. This administration's been fundamentally derelict in not funding any of the requirements that they needed even to enforce the existing law. So Senator Biden, yes or no, would you allow the cities to ignore the federal law? No. Okay. That is Joe Biden back when again, he was a sentient person by the way, the, the amazing contrast between Joe Biden speaking in 2007, not just on policy and Joe Biden speaking in 2024. It's astonishing when you watch that back to back with Joe Biden speaking. Now this is not even remotely the same human being and it truly is an amazing thing. We'll get to Joe Biden and the fact that he's like breaking down in real time in a little bit here. But that's how far the Democratic Party has moved. They've moved just that far. It is truly amazing. So much so that a top ice official named Patrick Lech Lechner actually had his chief of staff meet with abolish borders activists and then had to defend that the other day. Here we go. So I'm wondering why the Ice Chief of staff met with an abolished Borders activist earlier this week. Could you explain like is that counter to ICE's mission? No, thanks, that's a good question. No, not at all. So the Ice Chief of Staff, Michael Lumpkin, and he's a great partner. So we came on as a great partner with me. We meet with as many parties on either side of the aisle as possible to get everyone's take on this. We're mission focused and mission oriented and we support our workforce as much as possible to get the mission done and absolutely not. It's not out of the normal to be with, with various organizations that are more aggressive on immigration or or wanna be less aggressive on immigration. It's actually what we need to do. We need to make sure we understand the dialogue so that we can, we can communicate with folks and explain kind of where we're coming from as an operational component. That's ridiculous. I'm sorry. Abolished borders. Activists do not need to be meeting with ice. They don't need to be meeting with the Department of Homeland Security. They're literally, their goal is to ignore the law and eviscerate the law. Again, one of the things we saw down at the border when we were in AR in Arizona, signs of so-called humanitarian groups, literally directing illegal immigrants away from law enforcement people leaving in the desert bottles of water, by the way, not by the ports of entry, not by the places where only the sort of civilian illegal immigrants are going, but criminal places where criminal illegal immigrants are the most likely to be actually getting those bottles of water as they run into the country. Again, nobody wants people to suffer. Nobody is suggesting anything remotely like that. But if you wanna facilitate human suffering, let the drug cartels continue to do what they're doing, they're earning tens of billions of dollars every single year via illegal immigration and drug smuggling at these borders. Okay? So Democrats have now been left with a final attempted move here before they have to cave on this thing. And that is they're going to try to pretend that they're willing to compromise on the border when they really are not. And there are some Republicans who are willing to help them out in this Mitt Romney being the most prominent among them. So here's Kamala Harris making this case. She says that there's a congressional negotiation going on, right? It's been going on for months at this point. It's a congressional negotiation over $105 billion bill that will provide $60 billion in aids Ukraine, military aids, Ukraine, some $14 billion in military aid to Israel, little bit of military aid to Taiwan and some border money. The problem is that all of the provisions on the border are really, really soft. As Andy McCarthy has pointed out, the Republicans in the Senate have negotiated a truly bad piece of legislation according to McCarthy's back in December. He says, what's reportedly being discussed is a triggering mechanism that would empower government agents to close the border to illegal immigrants. Not surprisingly, Democrats do not want border closure triggered until 5,000 aliens have crossed. That's, that's on average a day 5,000 illegal immigrants a day. That's what Democrats were looking for in this negotiation. Republicans have signaled they would agree to 3000 border crossings a day. Lemme just point out at this point, 3000 border crossings a day would be 1.1 million people crossing the border over the course of a year. That's what Republicans were seeking to do as a compromise with Democrats. Now again, Joe Biden does not need additional authority to do any of this. Joe Biden could do it today. Joe Biden could simply declare that he's going to pursue a remain in Mexico policy that everyone crosses the border will be detained until they actually have a date in court. No matter how long that takes, he can do all those things. He's not doing any of those things. Okay? These, these Republicans have not pursued the, the stuff that Democrats are unwilling to sign off on. Include, for example, a provision that requires that if somebody shows up at the border and claims asylum, they have to show by a preponderance of the evidence that they actually will get asylum, otherwise they'll be immediately deported. Now that seems perfectly reasonable to me. You're making a claim for asylum. It shouldn't be enough for you just to say, I claim asylum. Woo. Like Michael Scott walking into the middle of the office and declaring bankruptcy. You have to show some actual evidence that you require asylum. And by the way, it should be pointed out at this point there is no quote unquote right to asylum. That is not a thing. The the federal government has the power to declare who can get asylum and who cannot get asylum. There's no unspecified right that attaches to foreign citizens of other countries who simply declare things without any evidence. In any case, here is Kamala Harris pretending that because Republicans are not caving on this border deal, it's Republican's fault that the border is open. Joe Biden could close it today. The first bill that we offered was a bill to fix the immigration system. And that's when you controlled both houses lies. And Congress did not take it up. And I will tell you that this is first of all, not a new issue, but, but sadly it has become so deeply partisan and the subject of then political gamesmanship when In fact the solutions are at hand. And we offered a solution early on and invited bipartisan work, let's work on it to fix this. And In fact, we have right now a proposal for $14 billion so that we can put more resources to address this very situation. And we hope and, and, and, and are really trying to compel, in particular some of the Republicans in Congress to participate in the solution. But sadly, you know, we wanna fix it. They wanna run on it. No you, you don't wanna fix it. You want to open the spigot wide. They want more funding for the border. What do they mean by that? They want more administrative law judges to allow people into the country more easily and more resources at the border patrol stations for detention processing. That is what they want. They don't want more resources along the southern border so that we can actually guard the southern border for example. That's not what they want. But naturally you have people like Mitt Romney who are doing the bidding of Democrats on this sort of stuff. Here is Mitt Romney who has not yet actually left the Senate. He needs to go now enough saying that it's really because Donald Trump is lobbying against the bill that the bill is dying. Now if the bill were good, that would be one thing, but the bill is not good. I'd be in favor of some sort of, of grabbing as much of the law as you can right now regardless of the election because you gotta grab what you can grab when you can grab it because you just don't know how the election's gonna go. But the bill that is being proposed right now, at least the details that have been leaked out are bad. But here's Mitt Romney trying to, I guess jump on the Democratic bandwagon Captain Inflation Reduction Act over here jumping on the Democratic bandwagon as per usual arrangement. Do you think this is what he wants? If the issue Donald trump, this is why he's Doing this? Oh, I, I think, I think the border is a very important issue for Donald Trump and the fact that he would communicate to Republican senators and congresspeople that he doesn't want us to solve the border problem because he wants to blame Biden for it is, is really appalling. But the, but the reality is that, that we have a crisis at the border. The American people are suffering as a result of what's happening at the border and someone running for president ought to try and get the, you know, the problem solved as opposed to saying, Hey, save that problem, don't solve it. Okay, again, the problem is not getting solved by the legislation presented by the Senate and it will die in the house. Anyway, in just one second we'll get to this purported house negotiations and Senate negotiations in just one second. First America, as you know as we're talking about, is experiencing an unprecedented border invasion. Millions of illegal immigrants are flooding over our border, under the Biden administration's watch facilitated by the Biden administration. Texas is shouldering the fight against the surge. But Arizona's governor, Katie Hobbs, she's remained eerily silent throughout all of this. Now as I'm telling you, I personally traveled to Arizona to see one of the highest traffic points on the southern border is like the number one place where Fentanyl crosses the border. What we found is absolutely shocking and criminal. We're sharing the truth, others are unwilling to reveal the media just ignoring this whole story. Take a look at invasion on the southern border. America is currently experiencing an invasion. A Lot of people coming in from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria. Is there a fair bit of gang affiliation among all the, always These people are just crossing the border illegally, waving their hands in the air at our cameras saying, Hey, here I am. Come get me. We're no longer the border patrol. We're the welcome patrol, The number one site in America for fentanyl trafficking across the border. And if Joe Biden remains in office, it's only going to get worse. I'm Ben Shapiro and this is the Divided states of Biden invasion on the southern border. Watch now on Daily Wire plus the southern border, as we've been saying, is totally wide open. The blame is on Joe Biden and Joe Biden. Only. You could stop this tomorrow. Join me on the ground as I bring you the real world consequences of one of the most destructive presidencies in American history. Watch invasion on the southern border streaming right now over a Daily Wire applause. So meanwhile again, the media are trying to drive a sentiment that it's really Republicans who are standing in the way of the border issue. Joe Biden is the president. Joe Biden is the guy who's in charge of the border. It's Joe Biden who's going to war with the state of Texas to keep that border open. Meanwhile, the Senate negotiations continue. According to Politico, the White House is not backing away from negotiations over a border deal, even as Donald Trump moves to scuttle those talks. Now again, it isn't Donald Trump's political interest for Joe Biden to be put on the defensive. This is not unusual in politics. It isn't Donald Trump would like for Joe Biden to have to run on his border record. And he's not wrong. Joe Biden has the legal authority today. I'll say this a thousand times 'cause it's true. He has the legal authority today to close the border and he is not doing any of that. So you don't need any more negotiations, you don't need more border law, you don't need any of that stuff. Joe Biden could close it today. He's not doing it, it is on him, but they're trying to blame Trump for no more border negotiation or something like that. The White House is still, hopefully a deal could be struck on the hill. Negotiator spent a frantic day trying to salvage talks after it was reported on late Wednesday that Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, was bowing to Trump's desires to dissolve a border deal the following day. McConnell clarified he still supports pursuing border security linked to Ukraine funding. Though he and other top Republicans weren't able to entirely assuage murmurs that a deal is on its deathbed. Democrats were quick to accuse Trump of trying to perpetuate a crisis at the border for political gain. The Democratic Senate campaign Committee said Senate Republicans are quote tanking a border deal for political reasons, but the White House did not join the chorus. They felt it was imp prudent to join the fray. Well it is imp prudent to join the fray because everyone's just gonna point out what I did, which is you don't need a border deal to close the border. You got all the laws on the books you already need. The other thing here is that again, if Joe Biden just caved here, if he just caved, he would get his Ukraine funding, which supposedly he wants McConnell for his part. There was suggestion that he had basically killed the deal himself because he sees there's not enough support in the house to actually pass the deal. But apparently on Thursday he said he still supports a border security deal linked to Ukraine aid. So at a tail end of the Senate GOP's last meeting of the week, McConnell removed doubts. He said he's still forcefully pushing a deal that would pair new border and immigration restrictions with money for Ukraine. But that's not actually gonna solve the problem because it still has to pass in the house. It's not gonna happen today. We don't even know what this border of compromise even looks like at this point. So before we can make a judgment as to whether Republicans should sign onto it in the House and Senate, we have to find out what it looks like. And the bottom line is this, even if they sign onto the border of compromise, Joe Biden is still responsible for it goes on the border. 'cause again, he already has all the legal authority, all the legal authority. Okay, so onto the 2024 race itself. So the Republican side of the aisles already decided it's it's, it's over but bad. Look for the RNC. The RNC yesterday declared that they were basically going to, there was a draft RNC resolution to declare him the presump to, to declare Trump the presumptive nominee. That's so stupid. What is the point of that? I, all of this kind of hubbub and melee over Nikki Haley or mang in the race is dumb. It's really dumb. Just ignore her. If you're Trump, she's not going to win. The more attention you paid her, the more the media's gonna pay attention to her. And Nikki Haley is banging on Trump, right? Here's Nikki Haley yesterday mocking Donald Trump's gaffs suggesting he's lost a step And then Donald Trump got out there and just threw a temper tantrum. He pitched a fit. He was, he was insulting. He was doing what he does. But I know that's what he does when he is insecure. I know that's what he does when he is threatened and he should feel threatened without a doubt. You know, it's interesting because a few days ago he was going on and on about me, I mean for a while, on and on about why I didn't send in security to the capitol on January 6th. He said it over and over and over and over again. I mean, somebody's gotta tell him I wasn't there on January 6th. I've never been at the capitol working in a job like that, but I think he was a bit confused and so we'll let that pass. Okay, so again, Donald Trump should just ignore Nikki Haley. I mean the more he pays attention to Nikki Haley and the more the RNC tries to preemptively declare the race over which casts attention and Nikki Haley, the worse it is for Donald Trump, which Trump I think knows which is why he told the RNC to stick it. He is like, listen, I don't need you to pass a resolution here guys. Like I already know that I have this wrapped up. Don't need you to preemptively crown me. King Chip Roy, of course, who's right on most of these issues. Chip Republican, congressman from Texas. He says like it's so stupid that the NCS attempting to do this, just go and earn it. Like if Trump, Trump is gonna win the nomination anyway, why are we doing this? Well first lemme say that I think Nikki, with all due respect, he kinda represents that old guard of the Republican party that I just was kind of lambasting. That's big spending and all defense and you know, endless wars. I think we need to move a different direction. I think President Trump represented in 2016 a challenge to the establishment a you know, challenge to drain the swamp. But I don't think we should be coordinating somebody. I went out and campaigned in Iowa. We don't coordinate people, you know, we don't just choose somebody and you know, you get anointed, go through the process, go earn it because it makes you sharper in the general election. So, you know, if he doesn't think that he has anything to worry about, then don't worry about it. Go campaign and go win. He should be able to win in South Carolina based on, I think the electorate in South Carolina. So we should proceed with the elect electoral process. And if he's ultimately the nominee by votes, then he should be supported as the nominee for the Republican party. But you gotta go earn it. You don't just get coordinated. Okay? He's obviously right about all of that. Meanwhile, Joe Biden continues to be on the campaign trail, but when I say he's on the campaign trail, I mean they've let pretty much like wheeled out his prone body and it's just making noises now. Like it's very weird here. He was just slurring his way through a rally yesterday. T Donald Trump an a valuable lesson. Don't mess with the in America unless you wanna get the benefit. Don't mess with the, we also have some screaming Joe Biden and some more gaffing Joe Biden. But it's endless. I mean this is like an endless source of a consternation I think it should be to Americans. It's, it's pretty incredible that this guy is the president Cost 10 bucks to make it, 10 bucks to make it. The beer brewed here. Whoa. Down. He is used to make the brew beer in his to final, oh Earth Rider. Thanks for the Great Lakes. I wonder why he's going my professor, well I won't get into my professor. Well look my predecessor though. Okay, people keep pretending that he's not in decline again. I played a clip earlier of him talking about the border. Forget about the content of what he's saying. I just wanna play that again for you because the contrast between Joe Biden 2024 and Joe Biden 2007 is pretty strong for people who do not believe in decline in elderly age. For for Joe Biden, and here is Joe Biden. This is again, like 17 years ago, and this is not the same dude. The reason that cities ignore the federal law is the fact that there is no funding at the federal level to provide for the kind of enforcement at a federal level. You need pick up the New York Times a day. There's a city not far across the river from my state that imposed a similar sanctions. And what they found out is as a consequence of that, their city went in the dumps, in in, in the dumpster stores started closing, everything started to happen and they changed the policy. That is not the same dude right there. One of the reasons that he is unpopular. It feels like no one is in control. That's what it feels like, but a cor Kamala Harris is because they haven't taken adequate credit. This is one of my favorite political lines. And there there are certain political lines you hear a lot. Like when somebody retires from office for a scandal, they say they wanna spend more time with their family. It's like, nope, you don't, you're retiring because you're banging a hooker. And, and one of the other favorite political lines is, the reason we're unpopular is because people just don't understand what we're doing enough. Like if only we explained it better. Okay. Explain it to us, Kamala. So you're right. We have a lot of accomplishments and I think what the American people want most in their leaders is that we actually get things done and we have done it. We haven't taken adequate credit for it, frankly. And we gotta do a better job of getting the word out about what we have accomplished and who did it And who did. Yeah, that's, that's your real problem is people don't understand you well enough. I think people understand you. They just don't like it very much. Meanwhile, the Democrats are rolling out the big guns in preparation for 2024. They're rolling out In fact, their very biggest gun. John Stewart is back. Now, you may be saying to yourself, isn't John Stewart really old? And you would be correct. John Stewart is now 61 years old. John Stewart is six years younger than my father. John Stewart is like a decade older than Nikki Haley and two decades older than Ron DeSantis, John Stewart is In fact a senior citizen. Okay. And that guy, they're rolling him back out as though he's the voice of a generation over at The Daily Show because The Daily Show has been a crap show ever since John Stewart left. Now there's something to point out here. One, they're rolling John Stewart out as though he's a trustworthy source. He's had a show on Apple TV for the last year and it's like literally one of the worst things. It's, it's just an awful, awful show. And one of the reasons a really awful show is 'cause he doesn't have as good comedy writers. So first of all, comedy Central was a comedy. It was a Comedy Central, right? It was. It was a comedy network. And because it was a comedy network that meant that he had joke writers. But his new show is not his old show on Apple tv. He actually tries to understand issues and it doesn't go well for him because he, he just doesn't understand issues. He's not somebody who spents his life in politics. John Stewart's entire routine for literally his entire career has been what we used to call Clown Nose on clown nose off. And that was when you critique his politics, he would put on the clown nose, I'm just a comedian. You expect a comedian to know anything. I'm just a comedian. I don't know anything. Look at these idiot politicians expecting me to know I'm a comedian. And then the minute that he would question somebody, it would be clown nose off. I have a very serious question for you. Is it not, not a comedic, a very serious question for you, and it was really obnoxious and really ugly, but I wanna be clear about something. John Stewart, as a singular media figure, did more over the course of the first decade of the 21st century to destroy actual political media in this country. More than anyone else. More than anyone else. There used to be a time in this country, it was funny, earlier this week, Lex Friedman, who's a wonderful guy, released a debate that I did with a streamer called Destiny. I talked about it on the show a little bit earlier. Steven Bonnell Steven's a perfectly nice fellow, he's on the left. We had a really good, interesting discussion for like two and a half hours. And it was just going back and forth on the issues, really sticking to the issues. And it was conciliatory in in mood, but, but very different in terms of our politics obviously. And most of the comments online were things like, it's just great that people can have a discussion anymore. You wanna know who ended the discussion? It was John Stewart. It really was. I don't know who recalls this because now an entire generation has passed this kinda stuff makes me feel old because I remember when it happened live, I was 20 when it happened. And John Stewart in 2004 was during the 2004 race between George Dolby Bush and John Kerry and John Stewart went on a show that was known as Crossfire. For those who don't remember kinda media history, crossfire was a show on CNN that Stard Tucker Carlson in a much earlier iteration of Tucker Carlson. This is Bow Tie Tucker Carlson versus Paul Bala, who's a Democratic consultant originally for Bill Clinton. And they would basically get on the air and they would debate issues every day. And John Stewart, who was a comedian playing the clown nose on clown nose off routine, he goes on CNN. And he then proceeds to say that these two are ruining the country for having what was effectively a civil debate about the issues they were ruining the country. And here is John Stewart wrecking Crossfire. Again. That was a place where people just had a discussion from different sides of the out You, you can't see a show like this anymore. There used to be lots of shows like this. There's a show on Fox, it used to be called Hannity and Combs, right? Like a generation ago, Alan Combs dropped off. Now it's just Sean Hannity, right? There used to be shows on the air all the time in which you'd have a member of the right and a member of the left. They would debate, I believe it or not, when Joe Scarborough's mourning Joe started, Joe Scarborough was more of a Republican, and Mika Brozinsky was more of a Democrat and used to be more like that. That has completely disappeared in the modern media landscape. Why? It's because of what John Stewart did here. What he did is he lied. He said that a partisan disagreement is inherently bad and that it makes the country worse. Then when people air their disagreements in public with one another, and they argue back and forth that this rips apart the country. It's precisely the opposite. It's when jackasses like John Stewart mug for the camera, after showing a clip out of context that the country gets worse. Instead of actually having to know anything, the entire game becomes show a clip of somebody doing a dumb thing and then go, that was John Stewart's entire shtick for like 20 years. And that substituted for actual political conversation. It substituted for actual political debate. Nobody got smarter watching John Stewart In fact, he got significantly dumber watching John Stewart's show because his entire shtick was basically a Twitter dunk. He was Twitter dunks before Twitter Dunks were a thing. Here was John Stewart going after Tucker Carlson and Paul Bawa. And basically because of this, again, the notion of like a civil debate between competing sides of the aisle, which goes all the way back to shows like Firing Line in the late sixties, early seventies. It'd be debates with PE between like William F. Buckley and John Kenneth Galbraith, right? It used to be people showing up on the show to debate each other, and it would be people like Malcolm Ridge and Bob Woodward or Noam Chomsky would show up and he would be debating somebody like Henry Kissinger, right? That that kind of stuff happened on tv. It used to actually be an intelligent country in this country. And then John Stewart came along. And again, it's not as though we were at the peak of television politics and firing line was significantly better show than, than Crossfire because William F. Buckley was frankly much more intelligent than anyone in politics for a very long time. But John Stewart ripping down crossfire was In fact, one of the signal media moments in American history here it was, I made a special effort to come on the show today because I have privately amongst my friends and also in occasional newspapers and television shows, mentioned this show as being bad, modest. And, and I wanted to, I felt that that wasn't fair and I should come here and and tell you that I don't, it's not so much that it's bad as it's hurting America. So I wanted to come here today, but it's defense. Let me and say, wait, wait, let hear here. Here's just one what I wanted to tell you guys. Yeah, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America. Okay, now let and, and come work for us because we as the people, how do you pay the people? Not, not well better than CNN I'm sure, but you can sleep at night. See, the the, the thing is we need your, your help. You are right now, you're helping the politicians and the, the, the, the corporations and we're left out there like beating up to mow. Our ones just said we're too rough on them when they make mistakes. No, no, no. You're not too rough on them. You are part of their strategies. You are part partisan, what do you call it? Hacks. You are doing theater when you should be doing debate, which would be great. You do. No, it's not true. It's not honest. What you do is not, I'm honest. What you do is partisan hackery. Okay? So again, he's the one being dishonest, right? How do you say, I need you to help the country, right? I mean he's, this is a demagogic argument in the disguise of comedy, which is what John Stewart did better than literally anyone very talented at it. Not gonna pretend he's un talented. He was, he was super talented at it. But what he's doing in that particular clip is really dishonest. What he's saying is that you guys, you're, you're just, you're helping the politicians because instead of just having a debate, you're actually helping the politicians by being partisan hacks. Well, what you are basically saying is that one side deserves defense and the other side deserves mockery, which was actually John Stewart's model. John Stewart's. And then when he called the upon, he said, well, I'm just a comedian. I'm just a comedian. So now they're bringing him back from the dead and they're going to have him on, I guess once a week on Mondays to talk about the election and make the country worse again. But I think it is worthwhile to point out that nearly all political commentary on cable TV has now become John Stewart. John Stewart turned everybody into John Stewart. Virtually every mainstream political commentator on TV now does this model of what it looks much if you, if you pick up a show on cnn, M-S-N-B-C or even Fox News right now, if you watch those shows, you're very unlikely to see in-depth political commentary. What you're much more likely to see is somebody doing a quasi comedic monologue with a pick and pick where somebody makes a face that everyone turned to John Stewart because of John Stewart did par their politics get better or worse. It turns out that mockery is really bad for politics. Sometimes mockery is deserved and mockery is funny, and we do some of it on the show. What we also try to do is actually go through the issues in depth. John Stuart never tried to do that, but he was really successful in not doing that. Faux ignorance, it turns out, is really a successful, it's a successful strategy. Being an ignoramus for pay is a great strategy in the modern media. All you do is say, I don't even know what's going on, man. I don't even know what's going on. All I know is that that was John Stewart's entire model. And you know what? It became all of politics and that was not good for American politics. Joining us on the line is Spencer Lindquist. He's a field reporter for The Daily Wire, and he's currently down at the US Mexico border right now is Spencer, thanks so much for joining us. Thank you very much for having me. So let's talk about what you are seeing today down at the southern border. Where are you at the border? So I'm right here at Shelby Park. This is an Eagle Pass Texas. This behind me right here. This is the international bridge leading into Mexico. And this park has been the epicenter of this feud between the state of Texas and Governor Abbott and the federal government. Of course, we had this Supreme Court ruling just this week, and we've had this ongoing struggle over whether or not the state of Texas can put up razor Wire to deter migrants coming in. So the state of Texas can In fact they've not been ordered not to take the razor Wire and put it there. It's just that they can't stop the federal government from dismantling the razor Wire. If border patrol wants to go and dismantle the razor Wire, then the state of Texas, according to the Supreme Court, has to let them go and do that. This all seems to be coming to a head because of course Governor Abbott has now suggested that he's going to not only continue to erect razor Wire, but also maybe take other measures. The reality is of course, until Texas comes up with a mechanism for expelling people back to Mexico, that razor Wire can only stop people theoretically from crossing the border. Where is the razor Wire? Is it actually in American territory? Is it right on the border? What are you seeing over there? So we're seeing two different types of Wire that they're using here on the border. And this is right on the banks of the Rio Grande lining the entire length of this park. So they've got shipping containers, and on top of those shipping containers they have actual full fledged razor Wire. And then on the ground they've got something called Triple Strand Concertina Wire, which is similar but a little bit different. And all this is to serve as a deterrent. And of course what the Supreme Court has ruled, as you stated, is that Border Patrol can cut through this Wire. They are allowed to do that. But the catch is that the Texas National Guard and Texas DPS are not allowing border patrol into this park. So the park is sealed off in all the entrances. It's very tightly controlled, and really it's just Texas authorities and certain members of the media that are being let in. But beyond that, this entrance, all these entrances are very much sealed by board by Texas National Guard and Department of Public Safety. So what are you hearing from members of Border Patrol or anyone else over there about that Standoff, which really doesn't seem to be at the, at the razor Wire itself, it seems to be at the entry to the park. Has there been any, you know, arguing like, well, what exactly is happening? So there's been a little bit of confusion because we actually have seen some border patrol vehicles entering the park. And something interesting here is that there's a boat ramp, so they are allowing limited access to border patrol so they can use this boat ramp. But beyond that, I really haven't seen any interaction between members of border patrol and members of these Texas authorities. So the conflict really does seem relegated to, of course, the media and the courts and this wider political struggle. But here on the ground, there really isn't too much tension between these two groups. And we know today that there was an ultimatum, a deadline really that was set saying that border patrol Must be given access to the park. From what I've seen on the ground here, there doesn't seem to be much confidence that the federal government is actually gonna be taking much in the way of action if that deadline is not met. So have you seen a lot of illegal immigrants at the actual border itself? Is what, what's the status of the, the actual, you know, what are you seeing there? So it certainly seems that these fortifications have worked. I came here in May in 2023 and it was the wildly different scene we saw really, this was publicly accessible and you could go really almost all the way up to the border, and you did see people coming in. There's videos that have circulated of dozens, even hundreds of people coming in through this crossing. But right now we're not seeing very much the way of crossings. There was recently just a dam that let more water flow down the Rio Grande. So this increased water, this increased rising water level is suppressing some of that turnout from the migrants. But at the same time, we do know that the actions from DPS and the National Guard are cutting back on the number of crossings that they're seeing. Just last night I actually obtained a video where a Texas Department of Public Safety and National Guard worked together to apprehend some illegal migrants, and they actually arrested and imprison those who, who came here. They, they charged them with trespassing. So we do know that these, these tactics have been effect, these tactics have been effective. So Presumably the, you know, you you mentioned they've been charged with trespassing that a domestic American crime, presumably they would be if convicted, held in a domestic American prison or turned over to the federal government if immigration status was checked, which I assume it will be. They're not here legally. And so the, the question then is what the federal government does with them. Do you have any status or, or what is the plan with those particular people? So that is one of the sticking points right now, like you said, these people, they are being taken to local domestic jails, domestic prisons. So we don't know exactly where these people are gonna end up, but we do know that they're going outta their way, the Texas authorities, that is to, to not just hand these people over to border patrol because they know that if they do hand them over to border patrol, what will likely happen is they'll be processed, they may be handed off to an NGO that will allow them to fly throughout the rest of the country. So there are specific actions that are being taken by Texas authorities to make sure that these people do not be handed over to, to border patrol for that reason, for the fear that they will just be processed and allowed into the interior. And so obviously the, this, this situation continues to be very fluid on the ground. We're gonna have to come back to you for updates as you, as you gain any more information. What, what are you hearing from the, the various sides of this debate on the ground? You said that there seems to be mostly confusion on the ground. What are you hearing from Texas state authorities as well as the, the border patrol and the federal authorities? Well, it certainly seems that Texas DPS and National Guard are set on maintaining their fortifications here. Just last night I saw engineers with the National Guard putting up more razor wires. So they certainly have no intention of backing down, no intention of taking down this razor Wire. And it doesn't seem that they have any intention of letting border patrol take control of the park either. So it seems that Texas is digging in their heels and it's certainly, certainly gonna be interesting to watch how this situation progresses in the coming days. Spencer Lindquist reporting from the border. Spencer, really appreciate your time and thanks for your insight on the ground. Thank you very much. Okay, in just one second, we're gonna jump into the latest news from the International Court of Justice, which is now ruled kind of against Israel, kind of not against Israel. 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border activist early week explain like counter ice mission thank s good question ice chief staff michael lumpkin s great partner come great partner meet party aisle possible everyone mission focus mission orient support workforce possible mission absolutely normal organization aggressive immigration wanna aggressive immigration actually need need sure understand dialogue communicate folk explain kind come operational component s ridiculous m sorry abolish border activist need meet ice not need meet department homeland security literally goal ignore law eviscerate law thing see border ar arizona sign socalled humanitarian group literally direct illegal immigrant away law enforcement people leave desert bottle water way port entry place sort civilian illegal immigrant go criminal place criminal illegal immigrant likely actually get bottle water run country want people suffer suggest remotely like wanna facilitate human suffering let drug cartel continue earn ten billion dollar single year illegal immigration drug smuggling border okay democrats leave final attempt cave thing go try pretend willing compromise border republicans willing help mitt romney prominent heres kamala harris make case say s congressional negotiation go right go month point congressional negotiation billion bill provide billion aids ukraine military aids ukraine billion military aid israel little bit military aid taiwan border money problem provision border soft andy mccarthy point republicans senate negotiate truly bad piece legislation accord mccarthy december say s reportedly discuss trigger mechanism empower government agent close border illegal immigrant surprisingly democrat want border closure trigger alien cross s s average day illegal immigrant day s democrats look negotiation republican signal agree border crossing day lemme point point border crossing day million people cross border course year s republicans seek compromise democrats joe biden need additional authority joe biden today joe biden simply declare s go pursue remain mexico policy cross border detain actually date court matter long take thing s thing okay republicans pursue stuff democrats unwilling sign include example provision require somebody show border claim asylum preponderance evidence actually asylum ll immediately deport perfectly reasonable make claim asylum not claim asylum woo like michael scott walk middle office declare bankruptcy actual evidence require asylum way point point quote unquote right asylum thing federal government power declare asylum asylum s unspecified right attach foreign citizen country simply declare thing evidence case kamala harris pretend republican cave border deal republicans fault border open joe biden close today bill offer bill fix immigration system s control house lie congress tell new issue sadly deeply partisan subject political gamesmanship fact solution hand offer solution early invite bipartisan work let work fix fact right proposal billion resource address situation hope try compel particular republicans congress participate solution sadly know wanna fix wanna run not wanna fix want open spigot wide want funding border mean want administrative law judge allow people country easily resource border patrol station detention processing want not want resource southern border actually guard southern border example s want naturally people like mitt romney bidding democrat sort stuff mitt romney actually leave senate need say donald trump lobby bill bill die bill good thing bill good d favor sort grab law right regardless election get to grab grab grab not know election go to bill propose right detail leak bad here mitt romney try guess jump democratic bandwagon captain inflation reduction act jump democratic bandwagon usual arrangement think want issue donald trump s oh think think border important issue donald trump fact communicate republican senator congresspeople not want solve border problem want blame biden appalling reality crisis border american people suffer result s happen border run president ought try know problem solve oppose say hey save problem not solve okay problem getting solve legislation present senate die house second purport house negotiation senate negotiation second america know talk experience unprecedented border invasion million illegal immigrant flood border biden administration watch facilitate biden administration texas shoulder fight surge arizonas governor katie hobb s remain eerily silent m tell personally travel arizona high traffic point southern border like number place fentanyl cross border find absolutely shocking criminal share truth unwilling reveal medium ignore story look invasion southern border america currently experience invasion lot people come uzbekistan afghanistan iraq syria fair bit gang affiliation people cross border illegally wave hand air camera say hey come long border patrol welcome patrol number site america fentanyl trafficking border joe biden remain office go bad m ben shapiro divided state biden invasion southern border watch daily wire plus southern border ve say totally wide open blame joe biden joe biden stop tomorrow join ground bring real world consequence destructive presidency american history watch invasion southern border streaming right daily wire applause medium try drive sentiment republicans stand way border issue joe biden president joe biden guy s charge border joe biden s go war state texas border open senate negotiation continue accord politico white house back away negotiation border deal donald trump move scuttle talk not donald trumps political interest joe biden defensive unusual politic not donald trump like joe biden run border record s wrong joe biden legal authority today ill thousand time cause true legal authority today close border not need negotiation not need border law not need stuff joe biden close today s try blame trump border negotiation like white house hopefully deal strike hill negotiator spend frantic day try salvage talk report late wednesday senate minority leader mitch mcconnell bow trumps desire dissolve border deal follow day mcconnell clarify support pursue border security link ukraine funding republicans not able entirely assuage murmur deal deathbed democrats quick accuse trump try perpetuate crisis border political gain democratic senate campaign committee say senate republicans quote tank border deal political reason white house join chorus feel imp prudent join fray imp prudent join fray everyone go to point not need border deal close border get law book need thing joe biden cave cave ukraine funding supposedly want mcconnell suggestion basically kill deal see s support house actually pass deal apparently thursday say support border security deal link ukraine aid tail end senate gop meeting week mcconnell remove doubt say s forcefully push deal pair new border immigration restriction money ukraine s actually go to solve problem pass house go to happen today not know border compromise look like point judgment republican sign house senate find look like line sign border compromise joe biden responsible go border cause legal authority legal authority okay race republican aisle decide bad look rnc rnc yesterday declare basically go draft rnc resolution declare presump declare trump presumptive nominee s stupid point kind hubbub melee nikki haley mang race dumb dumb ignore trump s go win attention pay media go to pay attention nikki haley bang trump right here nikki haley yesterday mock donald trumps gaff suggest s lose step donald trump get throw temper tantrum pitch fit insult know s insecure know s threaten feel threaten doubt know interesting day ago go mean not send security capitol january say mean somebodys get to tell not january ve capitol work job like think bit confused let pass okay donald trump ignore nikki haley mean pay attention nikki haley rnc try preemptively declare race cast attention nikki haley bad donald trump trump think know tell rnc stick like listen not need pass resolution guy like know wrap not need preemptively crown king chip roy course s right issue chip republican congressman texas say like stupid nc attempt earn like trump trump go to win nomination lemme think nikki respect kinda represent old guard republican party kind lambaste s big spending defense know endless war think need different direction think president trump represent challenge establishment know challenge drain swamp not think coordinate somebody go campaign iowa not coordinate people know not choose somebody know anoint process earn make sharp general election know not think worry not worry campaign win able win south carolina base think electorate south carolina proceed elect electoral process s ultimately nominee vote support nominee republican party got to earn not coordinate okay s obviously right joe biden continue campaign trail s campaign trail mean ve let pretty like wheel prone body make noise like weird slur way rally yesterday t donald trump valuable lesson not mess america wanna benefit not mess scream joe biden gaffing joe biden endless mean like endless source consternation think americans pretty incredible guy president cost buck buck beer brew whoa brew beer final oh earth rider thank great lake wonder s go professor will not professor look predecessor okay people pretend s decline play clip early talk border forget content s say wanna play contrast joe biden joe biden pretty strong people believe decline elderly age joe biden joe biden like year ago dude reason city ignore federal law fact funding federal level provide kind enforcement federal level need pick new york times day s city far river state impose similar sanction find consequence city go dump dumpster store start close start happen change policy dude right reason unpopular feel like control s feel like cor kamala harris not take adequate credit favorite political line certain political line hear lot like somebody retire office scandal wanna spend time family like nope not retire bang hooker favorite political line reason unpopular people not understand like explain well okay explain kamala right lot accomplishment think american people want leader actually thing not take adequate credit frankly get to well job get word accomplish yeah s s real problem people not understand think people understand not like democrats roll big gun preparation roll fact big gun john stewart say not john stewart old correct john stewart year old john stewart year young father john stewart like decade old nikki haley decade old ron desantis john stewart fact senior citizen okay guy roll s voice generation daily daily crap john stewart leave s point roll john stewart s trustworthy source s apple tv year like literally bad thing awful awful reason awful cause not good comedy writer comedy central comedy comedy central right comedy network comedy network mean joke writer new old apple tv actually try understand issue not not understand issue s somebody spent life politic john stewart entire routine literally entire career clown nose clown nose critique politic clown nose m comedian expect comedian know m comedian not know look idiot politician expect know m comedian minute question somebody clown nose question comedic question obnoxious ugly wanna clear john stewart singular medium figure course decade century destroy actual political medium country time country funny early week lex friedman s wonderful guy release debate streamer call destiny talk little bit early steven bonnell steven perfectly nice fellow s left good interesting discussion like half hour go forth issue stick issue conciliatory mood different term politic obviously comment online thing like great people discussion anymore wanna know end discussion john stewart not know recall entire generation pass kinda stuff make feel old remember happen live happen john stewart race george dolby bush john kerry john stewart go know crossfire not remember kinda media history crossfire cnn stard tucker carlson early iteration tucker carlson bow tie tucker carlson versus paul bala s democratic consultant originally bill clinton basically air debate issue day john stewart comedian play clown nose clown nose routine go cnn proceed ruin country have effectively civil debate issue ruin country john stewart wrecking crossfire place people discussion different side not like anymore lot show like s fox call hannity comb right like generation ago alan comb drop sean hannity right show air time d member right member left debate believe joe scarborough mourning joe start joe scarborough republican mika brozinsky democrat like completely disappear modern media landscape john stewart lie say partisan disagreement inherently bad make country worse people air disagreement public argue forth rip apart country precisely opposite jackass like john stewart mug camera show clip context country get bad instead actually have know entire game clip somebody dumb thing john stewart entire shtick like year substitute actual political conversation substitute actual political debate get smart watch john stewart fact get significantly dumber watch john stewart entire shtick basically twitter dunk twitter dunk twitter dunk thing john stewart go tucker carlson paul bawa basically notion like civil debate compete side aisle go way show like fire line late sixty early seventie d debate pe like william f buckley john kenneth galbraith right people show debate people like malcolm ridge bob woodward noam chomsky debate somebody like henry kissinger right kind stuff happen tv actually intelligent country country john stewart come peak television politic firing line significantly well crossfire william f buckley frankly intelligent politic long time john stewart rip crossfire fact signal medium moment american history special effort come today privately friend occasional newspaper television show mention bad modest want feel not fair come tell not bad hurt america want come today defense let wait wait let hear here want tell guy yeah stop stop stop stop stop hurt america okay let come work people pay people well cnn m sure sleep night thing need help right help politician corporation leave like beat mow one say rough mistake rough strategy partisan hack theater debate great true honest m honest partisan hackery okay s dishonest right need help country right mean s demagogic argument disguise comedy john stewart well literally talented go to pretend s un talented super talented s particular clip dishonest s say guy help politician instead have debate actually help politician partisan hack basically say deserve defense deserve mockery actually john stewarts model john stewart call say m comedian m comedian bring dead go guess week monday talk election country bad think worthwhile point nearly political commentary cable tv john stewart john stewart turn everybody john stewart virtually mainstream political commentator tv model look pick cnn msnbc fox news right watch show unlikely indepth political commentary likely somebody quasi comedic monologue pick pick somebody make face turn john stewart john stewart par politic well bad turn mockery bad politic mockery deserve mockery funny try actually issue depth john stuart try successful faux ignorance turn successful successful strategy ignoramus pay great strategy modern medium not know s go man not know s go know john stewart entire model know politic good american politic join line spencer lindquist s field reporter daily wire s currently mexico border right spencer thank join thank have let talk see today southern border border m right shelby park eagle pass texas right international bridge lead mexico park epicenter feud state texas governor abbott federal government course supreme court ruling week ve ongoing struggle state texas razor wire deter migrant come state texas fact ve order razor wire not stop federal government dismantle razor wire border patrol want dismantle razor wire state texas accord supreme court let come head course governor abbott suggest s go continue erect razor wire maybe measure reality course texas come mechanism expel people mexico razor wire stop people theoretically cross border razor wire actually american territory right border see see different type wire border right bank rio grande line entire length park ve get shipping container shipping container actual fledge razor wire ground ve get call triple strand concertina wire similar little bit different serve deterrent course supreme court rule state border patrol cut wire allow catch texas national guard texas dps allow border patrol park park seal entrance tightly control texas authority certain member medium let entrance entrance seal board texas national guard department public safety hear member border patrol standoff not razor wire entry park know argue like exactly happen s little bit confusion actually see border patrol vehicle enter park interesting s boat ramp allow limited access border patrol use boat ramp not see interaction member border patrol member texas authority conflict relegate course medium court wide political struggle ground not tension group know today ultimatum deadline set say border patrol give access park ve see ground not confidence federal government actually go to take way action deadline meet see lot illegal immigrant actual border s status actual know see certainly fortification work come wildly different scene see publicly accessible way border people come s video circulate dozen hundred people come crossing right see way crossing recently dam let water flow rio grande increase water increase rise water level suppress turnout migrant time know action dps national guard cut number crossing see night actually obtain video texas department public safety national guard work apprehend illegal migrant actually arrest imprison come charge trespassing know tactic effect tactic effective presumably know mention ve charge trespassing domestic american crime presumably convict hold domestic american prison turn federal government immigration status check assume legally question federal government status plan particular people sticking point right like say people take local domestic jail domestic prison not know exactly people go to end know go outta way texas authority hand people border patrol know hand border patrol likely happen ll process hand ngo allow fly rest country specific action take texas authority sure people hand border patrol reason fear process allow interior obviously situation continue fluid ground go to come update gain information hear side debate ground say confusion ground hear texas state authority border patrol federal authority certainly texas dps national guard set maintain fortification night see engineer national guard put razor wire certainly intention back intention take razor wire not intention let border patrol control park texas dig heel certainly 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Speeches, etc. “Be enthusiastic, confident and smile, do not apologise or hesitate, if the person is rude do not be upset.” This is some of the advice to party workers contained in the Conservative Party's “little blue book” a guide for party workers entitled Constituency. Campaigning which was launched yesterday at the Carlton Club by party chairman Lord Thorneycroft. It was a jolly occasion with Thorneycroft at his most avuncular and Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, obviously buoyed up by the favourable reactions she has provoked in her City of London and Westminster by-election walk-about, in fine fettle and insisting on the need for the party organisation to be “outward looking” and establish closer contacts with youth, the trade unions and all sorts of community groups and generally “be seen in action.” The aim of the 84-page, simply written and cartoon-packed booklet is to prime eager constituency workers on the basic skills of electioneering and getting their message across. It is the brainchild of Basil Feldman, managing director of toy group Dunbee-Combex-Marx, and long time party sympathiser. He thought up the idea when reflecting on the lessons to be learnt from his trouncing at the hands of the then resurgent Liberals when he stood as greenhorn Tory candidate in Richmond at the 1974 GLC elections. “I certainly wouldn't send out my salesmen without training no matter how good the product, and I don't think the Party should do so either” was his reasoning. Nobody questioned the logic of that, and the booklet is the result. Mrs. Thatcher had her audience in the palm of her hand with her claim that “a cycle of 30 years of socialism is coming to an end.” There were no complaints either when she said it had led to a low wage, low productivity economy descending into a vortex. “Can we get out?” she cried. “Yes, we can. The state can't do it but individuals can, if given the incentive and encouragement.” That was the essence of “people politics” à la Thatcher, or “taking power away from the politicians and giving it back to the people,” as she underlined later. It was, I thought, slightly inopportune at the launching of a booklet designed precisely to help the Conservative Party get back into power. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc enthusiastic confident smile apologise hesitate person rude upset advice party worker contain conservative party little blue book guide party worker entitle constituency campaigning launch yesterday carlton club party chairman lord thorneycroft jolly occasion thorneycroft avuncular mrs margaret thatcher obviously buoy favourable reaction provoke city london westminster byelection walkabout fine fettle insist need party organisation outward look establish close contact youth trade union sort community group generally see action aim simply write cartoonpacke booklet prime eager constituency worker basic skill electioneer get message brainchild basil feldman managing director toy group dunbeecombexmarx long time party sympathiser think idea reflect lesson learn trouncing hand resurgent liberal stand greenhorn tory candidate richmond glc election certainly not send salesman train matter good product not think party reasoning question logic booklet result mrs thatcher audience palm hand claim cycle year socialism come end complaint say lead low wage low productivity economy descend vortex cry yes state not individual give incentive encouragement essence people politic à la thatcher take power away politician give people underline later think slightly inopportune launching booklet design precisely help conservative party power copyright margaret thatcher foundation right reserve

Speeches, etc. Q1. Mr. Beith asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 21 February. The Prime Minister (Mrs. Margaret Thatcher) This morning I presided at a meeting of the Cabinet. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall be having further meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, including one with Mr. Vance. Mr. Beith Does the Prime Minister accept the principle that it should pay people to work? If so, will she call in her Education Ministers this afternoon and ask them why they have adhered to arrangements for school meals and transport which ensure that a family man on supplementary benefit would be several pounds a week worse off if he took a job? A man on family income supplement would be similarly worse off if he worked overtime. The Prime Minister The hon. Gentleman is referring to one of the problems that we have with the poverty trap. As the hon. Gentleman knows, one of the best ways to deal with that is to reduce the heavy rates of income tax. Mr. Montgomery Does my right hon. Friend think that it would be helpful if the Leader of the Opposition stated clearly where his Party stands on the picketing that took place at Hadfield's last week and at Sheerness yesterday? [column 652]Does she agree that all that we have had from the right hon. Gentleman so far has been a deafening silence on a vital issue? The Prime Minister I trust that the Leader of the Opposition will condemn everything except that which is permitted by the law, namely, peaceful picketing. Mr. Heffer In the course of a busy day will the Prime Minister take some time out to look at the A-level course in economics, as there are many on this side of the House, and indeed in the country, who, because of the disastrous economic policies being pursued by the Government, believe that the Government have not even reached A-level standard? The Prime Minister The hon. Gentleman knows that the important issues do not depend upon A-level economics. The important issue is to persuade people to live within their means, and to get rid of excessive spending and excessive borrowing. Mr. Farr May I ask my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister if her attention has been drawn to reports today that the EEC is once again contemplating sending subsidised butter to Russia? Will she confirm that she regards that as intolerable, and that she will inform Brussels accordingly? The Prime Minister I am very happy to confirm the remarks of my hon. Friend. It is disgraceful that subsidised butter sales are to be started once again to Russia. It is very offensive not only to politicians on both sides of the House, but to every housewife who would like to have a similar opportunity in this country. We shall certainly inform Brussels accordingly. Dr. Edmund Marshall Is the Prime Minister aware that this morning a notice was published in the name of the Boundary Commission for England making revised recommendations for constituencies in Essex, even though since 31 December the number of members of the commission has been less than the statutory quorum? Will the right hon. Lady take steps to have the notice withdrawn, and for the activities in the name of the commission to be suspended until the membership is properly constituted and there has been [column 653]an opportunity for the members to meet and deliberate? The Prime Minister I understand that that report was completed last year and that the previous Boundary Commission gave instructions for it to be published. That is what has happened. The new Boundary Commission for Wales has not yet been appointed nor, indeed, has agreement been reached with the Opposition on who should be members of it. Agreement has been reached in respect of England, but the two are being held up until there is full agreement on both. Q2. Mr. Neubert asked the Prime Minister whether she will list her official engagements for 21 February. The Prime Minister I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I have just given. Mr. Neubert After a year that has seen more working days lost in strikes than any year since 1926, is my right hon. Friend prepared to pay tribute to the plain good sense of the British Leyland workers, who by their decision yesterday demonstrated their understanding that one cannot strike one's way to prosperity and that strikes lead to loss of jobs and low living standards? The Prime Minister I certainly pay tribute to that decision. I thought that it was a triumph for common sense. Mr. Greville Janner Has the Prime Minister had time to consider the report published yesterday about the tragic death by battering of baby Carly Taylor in my constituency, as well as the statement by the director of social services that about 500 babies are at risk in Leicester alone, which means about 100,000 for the country as a whole? Can she give an assurance that in these times of increasing hardship and deprivation, those who care for the needy and the inadequate will have the resources that they require and will not be starved of them by Government cuts? The Prime Minister I hardly think that that terrible case can be attributed to that particular cause. I share the hon. and learned Gentleman's concern over each and every case of cruelty to children, particularly those that are as totally tragic as the one to which he referred. My right [column 654]hon. Friend Patrick Jenkinthe Secretary of State for Social Services will, of course, be discussing it with the local authority social services. Mr. Parris Will my right hon. Friend take time today—[Hon. Members: “Write a letter.” ]—to allay widespread fears about the future of the sub-post office net work by drawing attention to the reassuring statements made by her right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services on Tuesday? The Prime Minister I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I believe that the case was fully deployed in that debate. In fact, as my hon. Friend knows, we were trying to give an extra element of choice to those who wish to take their social security benefits in a different way. It is in keeping with our policy to have an element of choice, but it is not in keeping with that of the Opposition. Mr. Cryer [Hon. Members: “Write a letter.” ] I do not write stupid letters. Does the Prime Minister agree with the right hon. Member for Sidcup (Mr. Heath) that the get-tough attitude in international relations can only worsen those relations and can be dangerous for nations? Does she agree with that point of view? The Prime Minister During his time in Government, Edward Heathmy right hon. Friend was the first to see that this country had proper defence forces to protect its security. I was a member of his Government and was proud to be so. Q3. Mr. Marlow asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 21 February. The Prime Minister I refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave earlier. Mr. Marlow Will my right hon. Friend have time today to arrange a meeting between the Leader of the Opposition and the workers from Sheerness and Longbridge so that he has the opportunity of learning about aspects of industrial and economic matters of which he has no knowledge at present? The Prime Minister The demonstrations at Sheerness showed very much that workers today are interested in the right to work and the right to go to work unhindered. They are to be congratulated as is their management. Congratulations [column 655]should also go to the police for the excellent way in which they carried out their duties which are both to protect the right to work and also the right to picket peacefully. Mr. Hardy As the right hon. Lady has suggested that she is concerned about children, as she did in her reply to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester, West (Mr. Janner), will she consider the appalling delay in the Government's response to the proposals of the Milk Marketing Board which will provide hundreds of millions of gallons of milk for our children at negligible cost to the United Kingdom Government, as the bulk of the moneys would be found by the Community? Can we not see children provided with milk, and money obtained from Europe, as the right hon. Lady is supposed to be concerned about these matters? The Prime Minister I think that the hon. Gentleman is referring to the sale of milk to children in schools. That is done through the local authorities. Mr. Dover Will my right hon. Friend today find time to send a letter to Sir Michael Edwardes congratulating him on the recent performance of Leyland Vehicles—that part of British Leyland which makes trucks, buses and tractors? Its export orders are at record levels and it is launching products on programme. Is she aware that Leyland Vehicles has now returned to a profitable situation? The Prime Minister I am aware that certain parts of British Leyland are working extremely well and profitably, and I hope that they will soon be joined by other parts. The news about production in January was excellent. For the first time, the volume car workers in British Leyland met their production targets. I hope, therefore, that they will be successful in selling more of them to the British people. Mr. Dalyell In her meeting with Mr. Vance this afternoon, will the Prime Minister report that there are some of us who have had in-depth meetings with the Indian High Commissioner and other Asians who are not apologists for the Soviet Union but who see Afghanistan in various tones of grey rather than black and white? They believe that that issue certainly does not constitute a reason for not going to the Olympics. The Prime Minister As the hon. Gentleman knows, I and many of my right hon. and hon. Friends, like many of his hon. Friends, fundamentally disagree with him. The Soviet Union marched into an independent country and is still there in very great armed force. I draw the hon. Gentleman's attention to the excellent suggestion made yesterday in the European political group on cooperation that in future Afghanistan should be a neutral country, rather like Austria, and, therefore, have her security guaranteed. Mr. Body Further to the question put by my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough (Mr. Farr), will my right hon. Friend care to guess the opinion of the Kremlin now of the Common Market's capacity to act against aggression in the future? The Prime Minister I hope that the opinion of the Kremlin about NATO, which is really the defensive mechanism, is that it is a formidable Western alliance with formidable adherents particularly Great Britain. Q4. Mr. Leighton asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 21st February. The Prime Minister I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave earlier. Mr. Leighton Will the Prime Minister today read the written answer published in Hansard on 6 February, which showed that our deficit in trade in manufactures with the EEC in 1979 was in excess of £4 billion, which is in addition to the cost of the CAP and the budget? In view of that, will she tell us the main economic advantages of British membership of the EEC? The Prime Minister With great respect, I think that the hon. Gentleman misses the point. We have the same opportunity of markets in Europe as Europe has here. I hope that in future we shall take more opportunity to export to those markets. Mr. Cyril D. Townsend Will my right hon. Friend find time to distance the British Government from the proposed commission into the alleged crimes of the former Shah, as such a commission is the wrong response to blackmail, is [column 657]unlikely to be fair and will gravely damage the future authority of the United Nations? The Prime Minister Many of us have great sympathy with what my hon. Friend has said. But we are anxious to support the United States in any moves which will manage to secure the release of the hostages. Mr. William Hamilton Did the Prime Minister read the report in The Sunday Times of last Sunday to the effect that heart patients in King's College Hospital are likely to die within days because the hospital lacks a few million pounds? The Government are spending £5 million on a refit of the Royal Yacht “Britannia” . Does the Prime Minister think that that is a civilised or humane sense of priorities. The Prime Minister As the hon. Gentleman knows, this Government have kept up expenditure on the National Health Service in real terms. We have even increased the cash limits to accommodate increased pay for nurses. The hon. Gentleman's criticism is thoroughly unwarranted. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc mr beith ask prime minister list official engagement thursday february prime minister mrs margaret thatcher morning preside meeting cabinet addition duty house shall have meeting ministerial colleague include mr vance mr beith prime minister accept principle pay people work education minister afternoon ask adhere arrangement school meal transport ensure family man supplementary benefit pound week bad take job man family income supplement similarly bad work overtime prime minister hon gentleman refer problem poverty trap hon gentleman know good way deal reduce heavy rate income tax mr montgomery right hon friend think helpful leader opposition state clearly party stand picketing take place hadfield week sheerness yesterday column agree right hon gentleman far deafen silence vital issue prime minister trust leader opposition condemn permit law peaceful picketing mr heffer course busy day prime minister time look alevel course economic house country disastrous economic policy pursue government believe government reach alevel standard prime minister hon gentleman know important issue depend alevel economic important issue persuade people live mean rid excessive spending excessive borrowing mr farr ask right hon friend prime minister attention draw report today eec contemplate send subsidised butter russia confirm regard intolerable inform brussel accordingly prime minister happy confirm remark hon friend disgraceful subsidise butter sale start russia offensive politician side house housewife like similar opportunity country shall certainly inform brussel accordingly dr edmund marshall prime minister aware morning notice publish boundary commission england make revised recommendation constituency essex december number member commission statutory quorum right hon lady step notice withdraw activity commission suspend membership properly constitute column opportunity member meet deliberate prime minister understand report complete year previous boundary commission give instruction publish happen new boundary commission wale appoint agreement reach opposition member agreement reach respect england hold agreement mr neubert ask prime minister list official engagement february prime minister refer hon friend reply give mr neubert year see working day lose strike year right hon friend prepare pay tribute plain good sense british leyland worker decision yesterday demonstrate understanding strike one way prosperity strike lead loss job low living standard prime minister certainly pay tribute decision think triumph common sense mr greville janner prime minister time consider report publish yesterday tragic death batter baby carly taylor constituency statement director social service baby risk leicester mean country assurance time increase hardship deprivation care needy inadequate resource require starve government cut prime minister hardly think terrible case attribute particular cause share hon learn gentleman concern case cruelty child particularly totally tragic refer right column friend patrick jenkinthe secretary state social service course discuss local authority social service mr parri right hon friend time today hon member write letter allay widespread fear future subpost office net work draw attention reassuring statement right hon friend secretary state social service tuesday prime minister grateful hon friend believe case fully deploy debate fact hon friend know try extra element choice wish social security benefit different way keep policy element choice keep opposition mr cryer hon member write letter write stupid letter prime minister agree right hon member sidcup mr heath gettough attitude international relation worsen relation dangerous nation agree point view prime minister time government edward heathmy right hon friend country proper defence force protect security member government proud mr marlow ask prime minister list official engagement february prime minister refer hon friend reply give early mr 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Ep. 1733 - DeSantis To Launch Tonight On Twitter! Published: 5/24/2023 Ron DeSantis prepares to launch his 2024 campaign on Twitter, breaking the internet and throwing mainstream media into a tizzy. Joe Biden has played himself on the debt ceiling and Target wades into the culture wars. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is the Ben Shapiro show. This episode is brought to you by Good Ranchers. Fire up the grill on Memorial Day with Good Ranchers dot com and use my code Ben to get 20% off Sitewide. That's Good Ranchers dot com promo code Ben today. Well finally, the 2024 Republican primaries can begin in earnest today. Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida long awaited, long expected will announce his campaign for the presidency. He has like 150 million in the bank. He's ranked second to Donald Trump in virtually all the polls in the national polling. Trump has a very solid lead over DeSantis and the state polling things are a little bit more dicey for Donald Trump. This race has not yet begun for people who are suggesting the race is preliminarily over. Let me remind everybody the back in 2008, the two nominees for the Republican and the Democratic Party respectively at this point in the race were supposed to be Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton. And of course none of that happened. These races are unpredictable. Obviously, Trump has the upper hand going and considering that he's the former president of the United States of the Hammerlock on 25 to 30% of the Republican base. But that does not mean that he is not a vulnerable incumbent candidate. He is a candidate who lost in 2020 and 2021 and 2022. He is a person who's gonna have to run at Ron DeSantis from the left, not from the right, and he really has never faced a candidate quite as determined and I, and I think methodical as DeSantis in a Republican primary. In the last Republican primary in 2016, of course, all the other Republicans bumper car each other leaving a wide open lane for Donald Trump to run straight up the middle. Rubio and Cruz, they went after each other. Chris Christie performed a political murder suicide during a New Hampshire primary debate with Marco Rubio. Yet, yet a bunch of candidates who kinda stayed in too long splitting the vote a bunch of different ways, and Trump was able to run right up the middle in that race. This race appears that it's going to break down probably into a two-man race at this point, barring some sort of cataclysmic circumstance between DeSantis and Trump. That is a very clear alternative. If you are somebody who believes in sort of conservative governance and solid ability to actually get your agenda through, then DeSantis is your guy for looking for colorful. If you're looking for provocative, then Donald Trump is probably your guy, right? Tho those are sort of how the factors break down here. There's a lot of personal loyalty, obviously for a lot of Republicans for Trump because they think that he was a good president. I think that the first three years of his presidency were quite good as well. I think the last year was kind of a disaster area with his handling of Covid and the riots. But with all of that said, this is essentially a two-person race. Now, the way that Ron DeSantis is about to Launch his campaign is quite fascinating. And you can see everybody who's upset about it. People in the media are upset about it. Trump's team obviously upset about it because he is doing something different and frankly, somewhat creative. There's an attempt to pigeonhole DeSantis as quote unquote too online, which is a weird rip on somebody who won a swing state by 20 points in the last gubernatorial election cycle. And somebody who bucked all the conventional wisdom with regard to Covid and somehow emerged stronger for all of that. The way that DeSantis is launching his campaign is now with a traditional rally in the manner of Tim Scott or Nikki Haley or something. The way that he's launching his campaign is not with a campaign video like Joe Biden from his basement. Instead, Ron DeSantis is going to announce his campaign for the presidency on Twitter. Now, there are a lot of people who are freaking out about this in the media because frankly, it is a full scale rejection of legacy media. One thing DeSantis is doing here than no other Republican really has done is he's just ignoring the legacy media. So Donald Trump actually had a lot of interactions. If you recall back in 2016 with the legacy media, who's very friendly with Joe and Mika over on Ms. Nbc, he would appear on pretty much any show he was going everywhere, and he got a ton of earned media from that DeSantis, who knows that he's being targeted by the legacy media. He just doesn't do interviews with them because he knows that they're going to ask him ridiculous questions or edit him out of context. And so instead, what he has done is interviews with media who are not gonna ask him ridiculous questions, and then he will answer questions from legacy media members during press conferences. And he tends to faceplant a lot of these reporters during the press conferences because again, it's live and they can't actually edit it. So how exactly is he launching? He's launching in a Twitter space with Elon Musk. So people are trying to play this, of course, as some sort of minor league Launch. That is a weird take considering that Elon Musk is probably America's most famous person at this point. Elon Musk has 141 million Twitter followers. Does Elon Musk and the fact that he's launching on Twitter Spaces obvi? Listen, Tucker Carlson, when he decided that he was going to put out a statement about relaunching his show on Twitter, that statement had something like 25, 30, 30 5 million views as compared to his Fox News Show, which every night had like 3 million viewers. So you're talking about orders of magnitude more penetration in terms of audience reach if you do it via Twitter spaces and you get a big crowd than you would if you did it on any sort of normal network. Plus the news is gonna cover whatever he does on Twitter anyway. It's actually quite a smart move, and again, Elon Musk has seen is free willing and interesting and creative, and this puts DeSantis squarely in that space. According to Fox News sources familiar, confirmed that the popular conservative governor will declare he's a candidate for president on Wednesday at 6:00 PM Eastern, during a conversation with Elon Musk on Twitter, along with his announcement, the chance is expected to file paperwork with the F E C, which officially launches his G O P Presidential campaign. His first national TV interview following the announcement, will be with Trey Gowdy Wednesday at 8:00 PM Eastern on Fox News tonight. Now, of course, Trump's team is immediately claiming that this is a way for him to avoid people. But that's a strange thing because how's it avoiding people? Any like if you did a rally, it's not as though when you do a rally, you're actually interacting with tons of people. You're not. You're on a stage and a lot of people are cheering for you, and then you walk off the stage and security whisks you away. I know I've done many rallies. Well, when you announce on Twitter with interaction with other people on Twitter, that actually is more interactive, not less interactive, but a Trump advisor told Fox News quote, announcing on Twitter is perfect for Ron DeSantis. This way he doesn't have to interact with people and the media can't ask him any questions. Hey, now again, DeSantis answers questions from the media. He just refuses to do Sit down interviews with people who are determined, bound and determined to lie about him at every, at every turn. I mean, they're doing this again today. I've been doing it for the last couple of weeks. Everything from Casey DeSantis is Lady Macbeth to the so-called don't say gay bill in Florida to Florida being run by Ron DeSantis, the number of lies that DeSantis has had to take on from the legacy media. Listen, I'm all, I'm all admiration for any Republican governor or any Republican senator or any Republican president who tells legacy media to screw off, they're terrible at their jobs. They lie for a habit, and there is no reason why you should give them ratings, and you should give them the credibility of pretending that they actually are not biased intermediaries in the middle of this campaign, a formal campaign kickoff event will likely take place sometime after this week's gathering of top donors and Bundlers. No details have yet been shared by the campaign. Now again, doing it on Twitter is an active slap at the media. It's something that really is good for Elon Musk's, Twitter and Musk. It. It's a big win for Musk. I mean, it's a big win for Twitter. It's a big win for Musk. Again, we here at Daily, Wire fully realize the potential that exists in the new Twitter under Elon Musk, which is why all of our shows, all of those things are gonna be available on Twitter because it's a free speech medium that is not going to shut us down the way that say YouTube shut down Matt Walsh. And so Twitter is, is going to be a new place that threatens the media, threatens a lot of the old guard, even tech media. And DeSantis is jumping right in the middle of that. I, I think it's actually quite a smart move because if he did it in sort of traditional fashion, the rip would be he's doing a traditional rally. What's to cover? Who cares doing it this way? That's a lot of earned media right off the bat. We get to more on this in just one second. First, Memorial Day is an amazing time to honor and remember our brave service people who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. 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Also today, The Daily Wire, the conservative media juggernaut that is home to Ben Shapiro as well as to political commentators, Matt Walsh, Michael Moles, who are known for arguing against trans rights announced to would bring its entire slate of podcast to Twitter starting next week. Again, smart move by DeSantis who simply end around the mainstream media, especially who are the mainstream media people like the people of the Atlantic who are a joke and speak to a very small audience of select coastal left wingers or Vanity Fair, which put out a report titled quote report Ron DeSantis will formally announce his 2024 bid with Elon Musk because apparently David Duke wasn't available. That's an actual headline from Vanity. Vanity Fair. Again, the idea is that if you're in favor of free speech and you wish to let a thousand Flowers bloom with regard to free speech, then you are akin to David Duke, famously a pro-free speech person, David Duke. So the media are fighting mad about this. Even Fox and Friends was laughing about this, and I understand why Fox and Friends would, again, Fox and Friends is a, is a a network media outlet, right? It's a cable news outlet. And so the internet is very threatening to places like Fox News, not a super shock that they would find it threatening. That Musk is not that, that DeSantis is not launching on Fox and Friends. He's launching with Musk on Twitter. So he's gonna make the big announcement with Elon Musk at six o'clock tonight on Twitter spaces, right? What the heck is Twitter Spaces? I wish I knew more about. I think he's trying to make it bigger. Sounds like a video function. Yeah, right? Yeah, we've heard there's a button somewhere streaming and some podcasts and that kind of thing. I think it's fascinating that they're using social media as a way to announce a presidency. Okay? I honestly like, like people on Fox and Friends saying we don't know what Twitter space is on, is, is of literal relevance to the fact that the number of eyeballs that Desant is going to, I mean, it's not like Fox and Friends ain't gonna cover DeSantis announcement on Twitter spaces. They will, plus he's appearing on Fox that night with Trey Gowdy. So again, the the, the entire shtick here by members of sort of the legacy media, television, media, of course, they're angry. They should be angry because DeSantis ending around them, he's making their entire play irrelevant. And that, of course is an extension of stuff that Donald Trump did back in 2016. So Trump was using network media in order to get mainstream coverage. It's why he had Maggie Haberman of the New York Times on speed dial whenever Maggie Haberman cited a source inside the Trump campaign. Dirty secret is it was either Steve Bannon or Trump himself. Those were the only two people talking to Maggie Haberman over at the Trump campaign so far as I'm aware. Okay? But Trump was also doing something else, which was very clever at the time. People pointed it out. He was using Twitter to go around the media. He was using Twitter as a laser on the wall and the, and then the mainstream media would jump like cats to try and swat the, the laser on the wall. And so Desant is doing the same thing except in a much bigger fashion by announcing with Musk on Twitter spaces. So the, again, the mainstream media response is coming in two forms. Form one is they're just angry that they are being edged outta the process. And then form two is that they are angry that Ron DeSantis is running at all, right? They, they, the Democrats would much prefer to run against Donald Trump. They think that Trump is more beatable because they, because Joe Biden won in 2020. And so they think that Trump is likely to run directly into a mountain. And so why wouldn't they wanna see that guy nominated again? This is what Joe Biden, it's not like they've hidden the ball here. Joe Biden openly said in interviews like six months ago, he was asked, are you gonna run again? And he was saying, I'm not sure. And then he was, and then the question was, if Trump wins the nomination, will you? And he said, absolutely. Democrats have the per right or wrong. Democrats have the perception that Donald Trump is easier to run against, which is why presumably they're all going after Ron, DeSantis tooth and nail. I haven't seen them going after Nikki Haley this way. They're not going after Tim Scott this way. They're only going after one candidate in the Republican primaries this way. And it is not Donald Trump, Donald Trump. They already have their rip on. But you're starting to see a strange new respect emerge for Donald Trump from some of the weirdest people in the online space. So for example, bill Crystal, who hates Donald Trump, left the Republican party, basically became a Democrat over all of this. Bill Crystal. He put out a statement today, quote, I tend perhaps foolishly to discount the alpha beta mail stuff, but DeSantis was always on Fox when Rupert was for him. Now he announces on Twitter when Elon's for him, kind of beta. No, Trump does CNN Town Hall goes into the pseudo lions, then looks kind of alpha, no. So you got Bill Crystal talking up Trump, okay, question. Why, why would he do such a thing? I think we all know the answer. Nina Turner, who is a left-wing activist at Race power Policy, and, and she is on the Young Turks as well. She, she tweeted out Ron DeSantis couldn't be Donald Duck. How the hell does he think he's gonna fare against Donald Trump? Again, the the level of left wing hatred for DeSantis is actually stronger in some ways than the hatred for Trump. Not in the same way this, the Trump, the Trump hatred is visceral like it obviously they hate both Republicans, but they, they would like to see Donald Trump. Actually, I, I think there are a lot of Democrats who would like to seem actually applauds like keel over. But in terms of who they'd like to see win the nomination, I don't think there's any question about this, which is why Hillary Clinton yesterday was targeting Ron DeSantis. So Hillary put out a ridiculous tweet yesterday as is her want saying Ron DeSantis ultra mag of Florida isn't safe for people of color, LGBTQ plus people or even multi-billion dollar corporations. So first of all, this is like the perfect Hillary Clinton tweet. Lemme just point out that her coalition is extraordinarily rich corporations and people of color and gay people. That is her. So those are, it's a weird coalition and I will grant you that, but this is Hillary Clinton going after DeSantis suggesting that Florida isn't safe for people of color. I mean, first of all, can we just point out that Florida is largely people of color. Florida is actually 52.7% white alone. Okay? So just barely a majority white, 26.8% Hispanic or Latino and 17% black Florida's a very diverse state. So this notion that Florida, I mean, go to Miami. Miami is a very, very diverse city. In fact, south Florida is basically like Latinos, blacks and Jews. And I know I live here, okay? Thi this notion that Florida's like an overwhelmingly white rural state is absurd. But Democrats had, and, and Ron DeSantis won all those places, but that's what Hillary Clinton is angry about. Meanwhile, Kareem Jean Pierre World's White House press secretary, she's doing the same thing attacking DeSantis over this bizarre and stupid NAACP travel warning. The NAACP put out some statements suggesting that it was unsafe for black people to travel to Florida, which is weird since literally every spring break Miami Beach is filled with black Americans who are traveling to Florida to party it up. What do you say to what the NAACP has done? I mean, they're following behind other groups, be it groups on race or LGBTQ plus, but they're making a bold statement. What do you say to this? So I'm not going to to comment on travel advisories specifically, but I'll say this more broadly and where we have been as an administration, as a White House, we've been outspoken about the impact of misguided policies advanced by Florida lawmakers. Republicans in, in Florida have attacked diversity, they've attacked inclusion efforts. They've limited the teaching of black history and they've launched attacks on the L G B T youth, The the L G B T youth. It's just the, these are ridiculous, ridiculous. But you can see they're hatred for DeSantis because again, they don't want DeSantis to get the nomination. They hate Trump more, but they're also less afraid of Trump. Both of those things can be true simultaneously. Again, just one second, we'll get to the Trump team's response to all of this. First, let's talk about the fact that right now the US dollar, yeah, it's, it's solid compared to a lot of other places. But there is a reason the price of gold has been going up lately. And the reason for that is because we are watching as global inflation has kicked in over the course of the last couple of years, gold is In fact, your safe haven against financial uncertainty inflation. It it when you have central banks that are basically ramping up and ramping down the value of the dollar at, at any point you need to have some form of diversification. Gold historically has been that form. You can own gold in a tax, shelter retirement account with the help of Birch Gold. That's correct. 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Remember, the rules in the media are that if you say that Doctor Joe Biden is not In fact a doctor because she can't help anyone with a heart attack. She's a doctorate of education, which is ridiculous. I'm sorry. In the same way that she is a doctor, I'm a doctor, I have a juris doctor from Harvard Law School that makes me significantly more of a doctor than Joe Biden who has a doctorate of like junior college education. But remember, you must respect the doctor in Dr. Jill's name, but Casey DeSantis is like Lady Macbeth. So she tweeted out a promo video for DeSantis campaign here. It was, They call it faith because in the face of darkness, you can see that brighter future of faith that our best days lay ahead of us. But is it worth the fight? Do I have the courage? Is it worth the sacrifice? America has been worth it every single time. Okay, that's a pretty good video then. It's the text Launch to 5 1 2, 3, 4 5, right? With the, with the logo coming up for DeSantis campaign. Okay, so Trump's response is pretty much exactly what you would think it is. He tweeted out a piece from Wayne Allen root calling on DeSantis to step down and said, please stand down. And this is what Trump tweeted out. And then he put out another couple of statements via truth social. Now again, what's kinda amazing about this is that Trump has relegated himself to truth social, even though Musk readmitted him to Twitter. So originally he was kicked off of Twitter, which was unconscionable and ridiculous. And we that at the time now Trump, he could have been back on Twitter, but he started this truth social business. And so he is putting his own business interests at truth social ahead of his political interest. The man has 87 million followers on Twitter. Why he's not back on. Twitter is absolutely beyond me in the middle of a presidential campaign. But he put out a couple of statements, quote, look, Rob Des sanctimonious Rob, Rob Des Sanctimonious came to me asking for help. He was losing badly by 31 points to popular agricultural commissioner Adam Putnam. He was getting ready to drop outta the race, ran a durable campaign. Ron told me he had one last chance my support and endorsement, which Putnam and everyone else wanted also. I gave it to Ron and the race was over in one day, he went from losing badly to winning by a lot with three large Trump rallies. He won the general in an upset disloyal. Now, I I have a question. Are you gonna vote for a Republican candidate for president based on loyalty to Trump? If so, you have only one candidate to vote for. There's only one person who's loyal to Trump to the extent that Trump wants that loyalty, and that is Donald Trump. Donald Trump is not loyal to anyone else around him. All those people are losers and haters. But Donald Trump is very loyal to Donald Trump. So if you want somebody who's super loyal to Trump, I recommend you vote for Trump. If however, you would like a candidate who is not gonna be judged based on a loyalty test to Donald Trump, you might wanna look elsewhere. Trump also put out a statement running directly at DeSantis from the left. So in in two separate truths, he calls him Rob de Sanctimonious and Ron DeSantis, which I don't even know what that means. He said he can't win the general election or even get the nomination because he voted to obliterate Social security, even wanting to raise the minimum age to 70 or more, voted to badly wound Medicare and fought hard and voted for a 23% tax on everything sales tax as opposed to, by the way, like that would be a one, one tax, like no income tax. He was and is a disciple of horrible rhino. Paul Ryan, by the way, you know who endorsed Paul Ryan for the speakership? That would would be your friend Donald Trump. Okay, so there, there was that as well. Also, he desperately needs a personality transplant. To the best of my knowledge, they're not medically available yet, a disloyal person. So again, Trump just keeps going back to the disloyalty notion. We'll get to more of the Trump team's response to DeSantis jumping into the race. Notice by the way, the contrast between Tim Scott, welcome to the race. Tim, we love you and Rhonda Sanctimonious robbed to sanctimonious. Rhonda say, are they calling Ronda? Say, which one do you think Trump is more threatened by? Pretty obvious. You get some more on this in a second . First, men do not like going to the doctor. You have to make the appointments, spend half your day sitting around in the waiting room and often endures some uncomfortable conversations about your body with another person you hardly know. RexMD is FDA approved. It is the most trusted leader in men's telehealth. It's fast, simple, and cheap. You can access your US licensed RexMD physician anytime you need afterward. 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Okay, so again, Trump's response is basically that DeSantis is disloyal and to right wing, which is not a great Republican primary campaign. Listen, the the reason that people love Trump is because they love Trump. But is that a great campaign against DeSantis? I think not if they're also trying to claim, of course, that he's launching on Twitter because he has no personality. Again, if this is about personality and what is toxic in a general election, it's hard to think of a candidate who has been more toxic in a general election than Donald Trump who drove a dead man, Joe Biden to 81 million votes. And whenever people ask me, you know, you say that, that Trump lost the 2020 election. How, how did Joe Biden win 81 million votes? He didn't. Donald Trump lost 81 million votes. That is the answer to that question. The answer is that Donald Trump gets out the vote for his side and he really, really, really gets out the vote for the other side. The other side, again, they, they don't fear him as much in this election because they, they think he'll lose as they do DeSantis, but they certainly hate him the most of any human being on Earth. As I said before, like many of them would be very happy for him to just keel over tomorrow. Okay? But it, it is interesting to watch some of the responses from Team Trump. So they trotted out Kerry Lake, who desperately, desperately wants to be Donald Trump's vice presidential candidate, should he win the nomination. So after losing a race to a wet dish rag in Katie Hobbs mean honestly, Katie Hobbs is, is not, I, I would call her ai, but she's not even ai. She's a powerboard cutout of an ai. She's a piece of paper that is cut into a paper shape of a human. That is Katie Hobbs. And somehow Carrie Lake pulled out a loss to Katie Hobbs that, and yet she still maintains that she is In fact the governor of of Arizona, despite the fact she's lost every court challenge. And again, she should have won that race walking away. Presumably she was supposed to. She lost to Katie Hobbs and here she is ripping on Ron DeSantis saying, Ron DeSantis can't win. Maybe he can't, but it's hard to make that case when you're the person who lost to Katie Hobbs. When you pick a fight with Disney, you need to play to win. And so far Governor DeSantis has been outworked and outmaneuvered by Disney. As far as I know, Reedy Creek has still exists. They're still hosting trans events at their park. This indoctrination is continuing and they're actually rubbing it in the faces of American families. You know, if you can't beat Donald Duck, how are you gonna beat Donald Trump? I think that's the question we have to ask when it comes to Governor DeSantis. I have to point you out here that Kerry Lake has issued no plan for actually stopping Disney from doing these things. And Donald Trump has taken the side of Disney in the battle with Ron DeSantis. So there is that as well. Now again, none of this suggest that DeSantis is the front runner. It is to suggest that when all the guns from all sides seem to be trained on one of the candidates, perhaps you should ask yourself why. Why is it that all the Republican candidates in the race so far have attacked DeSantis and very few of them have attacked Trump in any serious way? Why is it that Trump is not attacking any of the other Republican candidates, but he's training all of his fire on Ron DeSantis? Why is it that the legacy media who have expressed their hatred for Trump, to the extent that they say that he's a fascist threat to the United States, the only difference between Trump and Hitler is the mustache, the little mustache orange Hitler. He is, they say these same exact people spend all day culminating about Ron DeSantis online. Why could it be because they actually fear him getting the nomination? Again, that's not a guarantee. He'd win the general, but certainly the media think he has a better shot of winning the general. Donald Trump thinks that DeSantis is his greatest threat. Not Mike Pence, not Haley, not Viva, not not Tim Scott. None of them. When everybody is lining up against one guy and it's not Trump, and you have to start asking yourself why that could be. By the way, the media have an ulterior motive here as well, which is Donald Trump means ratings in the same way that the NBA was really rooting hard for a Celtics Lakers final. And they're gonna be very disappointed that it's Miami heat Denver nuggets. In the same way the media are rooting super hard for Donald Trump to win the nomination because that dude means ratings. Ron DeSantis on the other hand, is a disciplined politician who won't give them the time of day, who literally will not do interviews with them. So of course they're rooting for Donald Trump in this particular race. Okay? Meanwhile, Joe Biden continues to just be clown himself on a regular basis. So I noticed last night about two o'clock in the morning, so for, for those of you who have very small babies, I have a very small baby, he's three days old. And when you change a male baby's diaper very often they tend to pee on themselves. And, and at that point, while this was happening, I have to admit I thought of Joe Biden because that is an 80 year old man who pees himself on the regular and he has done so spectacularly in the dead ceiling fight. He has been outworked, he has been outplayed with regard to the debt ceiling fight every which way. As Andrew Dron writes over at the Wall Street Journal, Biden has no good options in debt ceiling fight. The US could be unable to pay all of its bills as soon as June 1st. If Biden and congressional Republicans can't reach a deal and every path forward carries political risks for Biden. A government default could tip the economy into recession and potentially unleash global financial chaos in the middle of a reelect. Untried methods to pay the nation's bill without Congress could also carry economic costs and could require Biden to make painful political choices about who gets paid first. Holding spending talks with Republicans over the issue courting backlash from progressive lawmakers. So you know whose fault this is? This, this would be Joe Biden's fault purely and simply because Joe Biden is a fool. And so he started off this entire process about negotiation over the debt ceiling by saying that he would not negotiate over the debt ceiling. So here was Joe Biden, this is April 19th saying that he would not negotiate over the debt ceiling, Happy to meet with McCarthy, but not on whether or not the debt limit gets extended. That's not negotiable. Not negotiable, right? He started off with the position, I'm not even gonna negotiate on the debt ceiling, which meant when McCarthy passed a bill, it said, sure, we just raised the debt ceiling. All you have to do is go back to 2022 spending levels. He looks like a moderate and Biden looks like a nutcase because guess what? That's a nutty position for you. To say you're not gonna negotiate with a co-equal branch of government over budgetary issues is totally crazy. And that is what Biden led off with because he got out over his skis. This happens a lot with presidents. They, they tend to feel the wind in their sales and then they get a little bit too confident about their agenda items and then reality slaps them in the face. That's exactly what's happening with Biden here. Remember that was the exact same time that Karine Jean Pierre world's most untalented press secretary was saying that the G O P had to raise the debt ceiling without preconditions. There'd be no negotiations, no preconditions. We should not have house Republicans manufacturing a crisis on something that has been done 78 times since 1960. This is their constitutional duty. Congress must act. That's what the president's going to make very clear with, with the leaders tomorrow. Congress must avoid default without conditions. Without conditions as they did three times before in the last administration, Democrats joined Republicans put their pop politics aside, Democrats did and made sure that that occurred. That happened. Well as it turns out they were lying because now they've been negotiating with McCarthy because it turns out that McCarthy actually did pass a bill already to raise the debt ceiling and they don't know how to deal with it. So Corrine, Jean-Pierre, again, world's most untalented, press secretary, she says, oh yeah, actually we were always clear that we were negotiating. We were. Well that's weird cuz I noticed that you weren't, I noticed that it was one month ago when you were saying you would not negotiate over the debt ceiling and now you are saying that you've been absolutely clear that you're negotiating. Oh, is that the gaslighting is so strong. I'm sorry, your old Jedi mind trick is of no effect here. Kareen, Can you say that one more time? What's changed? You were saying what's changed? We're Very strategic in saying they're not negotiations, they're conversations. Well, I've always said, I've always said that budget, it is, we are negotiating on the budget. I've always been very clear about that. Oh, I said that default is not negotiable. That's the stupidest thing I ever heard. They're linked. They're linked. That's ridiculous. The whole conversation is we will raise the debt ceiling if we lower the spending. And she's like, well, we'll talk about the spending, but we will not negotiate over the debt ceiling. But then you are negotiating over both. Yeah, that's, that's, that's silly. That's like you saying to your wife that I'm going to negotiate. We have two things that are linked right here. One is I'll take out a second credit card for you if you promise to spend less. And she says, well, you're taking out a second credit card for me and I'm not gonna promise to spend less. And then later she comes back to the table and she's like, okay, we're gonna take out a second credit card and we'll talk about me spending less, but I'm not negotiating like you, you are. I mean, that's literally the precondition that you said you would not fulfill and now you're doing it. So they lied and now they're stuck. Kareem Jean Pere also admitted that she did not know how often Biden was speaking to McCarthy. So again, this is just wild incompetence. What they should be saying if they were smart is they're speaking every single day. The negotiations are ongoing. We're not gonna hit the debt ceiling because we know that we have to make sure that the economy is stable here in the United States, we're, we may not get a deal, we like may not get a deal the other side likes, but that's how negotiations go. They're not doing that. Instead they're playing this game where they pretend like, oh, we don't even care if we're the dead ceiling man, it's fine. You know, like, we don't even know how often we're, she's so bad at this. Did the president and Speaker McCarthy have an agreement to talk on the phone or in person on a daily basis? I think Speaker McCarthy implied that that would happen. And so do they have an agreement and is it Gonna happen? I can, I can say this don't have any meetings or calls to announce, but obviously the staff is going to continue to have this conversation. They just, they just wrapped up a, a conversation moments ago and the president will speak to the speaker when it's necessary. I just don't have anything to share at this time. Okay, now the reason that they've had to flip is because it turns out that the polling shows that people hate their position on this. See, the art of politics is to make it very, very hard to vote for your opponent, very easy to vote for you, which means taking 80 20 positions, taking 80 20 positions is really, really helpful. Taking 60 40 positions really, really helpful. Democrats have fringed themselves out on a wide variety of issues, which is why you see the media attempting to spin away from their own positions on the issues. We'll get to the polling on the debt ceiling debate in just one second. First, when you're looking for a job, it can be tough to stand out from all the other candidates. On the flip side, when you're hiring can be tough to find an applicant that really stands out, which is why you need to check out ZipRecruiter. 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The position is based in Nashville, Tennessee. For. more information and to apply this is Daily Wire dot com slash Careers. That is Daily Wire dot com slash Careers today. Okay, speaking of that polling. So the CNN polling shows that 60% of Americans say Congress should only raise the debt ceiling if it cuts spending at the same time, 60%. So again, the vast majority of Americans want the debt ceiling increased. But again, the vast majority of Americans believe that it's imperative that we start cutting our spending. And so Democrats are stuck between a rock and a hard place because Joe Biden made it clear he was not going to negotiate overcut and spending. Now he will. He will. So first they're gonna lie. So Joe Biden continues to lie that he reduced the deficit by 1.7 trillion. Again, he did. Not everyone knows he did not. He's spending record amounts of money if by reducing the deficit, he means that he spent money, less money than he did last year while still running up the deficit. That's true. But that's only because 2021 and 2022 and 2020 were the biggest spending years in American history. So that means that in 2022 he spent slightly less than in 2021 and it still made it one of the biggest spending years in American history. That's not lowering the deficit here is Joe Biden lying. Well, I'm glad the speaker's here today. We we're optimistic. We may be able to make some progress because we both agreed that default's not really take, we gotta get something done here. And the consequence for only a pair of bills would be the American people would have a real kick in their economic wellbeing. As a matter of fact, the rest of the world would too. And so we also agree we need to reduce the deficit. And I might add in my first two years as President, I reduced it by $1.7 trillion. Okay? So again, he is his fibbing and he is lying. Meanwhile, Karine Shapiro is pretending we don't have a spending problem again. They, they've boxed themselves in here. Here's Karine Jean Pierre, Do you agree with Speaker McCarthy? The Democrats have a spending problem? No. No. They have no spending problem. It's all good. No to it. Look, I'll say this. The President's budget reduces the deficit as you, as you know, by nearly 3 trillion over 10 years. Oh, they, they, okay. Again, lying and lying some more. Meanwhile, the left is very unhappy with the prospect of Biden caving on the dead ceiling. He's been outplayed, Joe Biden's been outplayed by McCarthy. I know there's an unthinkable outcome for the media and for some people on the right who are suggesting that we should just let this ceiling be hit and let's let, let the whole thing melt down. Yeah, good luck with that. The reality is that Biden got out last year and he got played by himself. He played himself in the words of DJ Coli, right? That's what he did. He played himself PR Jaal of the left. She's like, there's gonna be backlash in the streets against Joe Biden if he actually cuts the spending. I think there would be a huge backlash from our entire house, Democratic, you know, caucus, certainly the progressives, but also in the streets. You know, I mean, I think that this is, it's important that we don't take steps back from the very strong agenda that the president himself shepherded and led over the last two years. So feeling blow back from left. Meanwhile, who's the, who's the here again? Take 60 40 positions, folks. This is how you win elections. Kevin McCarthy says, Hey, we can find common ground on the debt ceiling. We passed a bill. That's reasonable. When Kevin McCarthy sounds like the rational and reasonable one that Democrats are losing Challenges on certain points that we have differences in, but I believe we can, we can find the common ground there. So White House understand that you need seventies as well. I very clear from day one. Okay, so again, he sounds like the moderate, meanwhile, Democrats are going off their rockers by declaring that maybe Joe Biden will just invoke the 14th Amendment unilaterally, increase the debt ceiling. James Clyburn, who is Biden's early backer in South Carolina, who boosted him to the nomination, he says that that's what they should do. They should just use the 14th amendment, which was clearly not meant to increase the debt ceiling, to increase the debt ceiling. Do you think that it took too long for the White House to reach out to the speaker and start at least that negotiation sooner? And, and I'm just thinking, what is it gonna take for Democrats and Republicans in the house to try and get something? Well, I don't know how long it's gonna take, but I think that we all recognize the Janet Yellen has made it very clear to us that something needs to be done by June 1st. And I think it will get done. The president has made it very clear that he would like to have a bipartisan resolution of this. He says that knowing full well as I do and that the 14th Amendment is still there and as president of the United States, he has some authority to use it, but he would rather not. He would rather have a bipartisan resolution as it has always been. Mm. Okay. So the 14th Amendment is, is what's going to happen here Again, Biden's played himself, he's gonna end up making a deal and then the Democrats are gonna rip him up for it and he well deserves it. Meanwhile, speaking of 60 40 issues, it is amazing to watch as the media and Democrats rush to defend woke corporations pushing some of the most egregious garbage on children I have ever seen. So Target is the corporation of the day. Now, as we approach the Holy Month of Pride, June, as this happens, we see more and more corporations coming out of the woodwork to demonstrate their fealty to the great religion of our republic. Of course, that is not Christianity, it's not the Judeo-Christian Valley system, it's not anything traditional. The great religion of our nation is the pride progress flag. That is the thing that we must all pay O Obeyance too. In fact. We have an entire Holy Month complete with Martyrology, complete with religious ceremony, complete with the Children's Crusade. And every corporation must bow before it, the latest corporation to bow before it is over at Target. So Target, you know, there, it's, it's actually fairly easy to boycott Bud Light, right, bud Light. It's pretty easy to boycott because again, when you target one beer, you can just go buy another beer and yeah, that, that beer may be just as woke. But you're making the point that when you go hire a man dressed as a woman to sell your beer to, to lower income men, it's not going to work very well. Target because it is a store that has everything in it and many people use. It is like the place where they go for grocery shopping plus where they go for clothes plus where they go for games and toys because it's sort of everything to everybody. It's harder to boycott. But that doesn't mean it is not worth the boycott because now they've been pushing, as we mentioned on the show, trans propaganda to children. They actually pushed a swimming suit that has tuck abilities. You know, for boys who want to pretend they're girls, they can shove their penis and balls back underneath them so they appear more like girls. And these are available for people of all ages and all sex, not, not specifically children say the fact checkers, but available for all genders and for people of various sizes and ages. And of course, target had plastered their stores with a bunch of l g BT propaganda all the way down to like l lgbtq onesies for small babies because there's nothing that says tolerance and diversity quite like shoving an LGBTQ agenda down on a small baby. So now the backlash has begun. According to Fox News, some Southern Target stores were forced by the corporation to move lgbtq Q Pride merchandise away from the front of their locations after customer outrage to avoid a Bud Light situation. Many target locations across the country feature massive June pride month displays on an annual basis with items this year ranging from tuck friendly bathing suits for transgender people to mugs that say gender fluid. But the retail juggernaut has been criticized by some conservatives for the displays with children's items, particularly irking many customers. Well, it shouldn't just be children's items. I'm not aware of any other ideological campaign that takes place on a yearly basis at these major corporations other than Black History Month that gets this kind of attention, right? and they literally, it doesn't happen. It's like the all the left-wing agenda items. You'll have Women's History Month, black History Month and Pride month. Those are the big, those are the Holy Trinity of actual holiday seasons. Yeah, in, in Judaism, the big three are Shavua, right? Those are, those are the three big holidays. Those are the, the Chaga. Those are the ones where you, you make the, in the ancient times, you'd go on foot to the temple to offer your sacrifices on those holidays, okay? In, in the Pagan mythology of the United States, the three big months are Black History Month, women's History, month, pride month, those are the three big ones. And so all the corporations have started mirroring this sort of garbage. And now finally consumers are like, you know what, no, we're not interested in helping you with our money propagandize these particular efforts, a Target insider said there were emergency calls on Friday. Some managers and districts, senior directors were told to tamp down the pride sections immediately. We were given 36 hours told to take down all the pride stuff, the entire section and move it into a section that's a third of the size from the front of the store to the back of the store. You can't have anything on mannequins and no large signage. We call our customers guests. There's outrage on their part this year, it's just exponentially more than any other year. I think with the current situation with Bud Light, the company is terrified of a Bud Light situation. Good. They should be terrified of a Bud Light situation because they have made their bed and now they ought to lie in it. And again, this is not just Target that is promoting this garbage to kids. The, the Dodgers, as we pointed out the Los Angeles Dodgers, have now re-invited queer nuns, the, the ridiculous IDocs of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. And they call them lifesaving life-saving groups like the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who every year hold events at which they have queer people dress up as Jesus and Mary and mock the Christian story and mock Catholicism genius moved by the La Dodgers. By the way, if you're a Catholic, don't go to a Dodgers game. It is that simple. If you're a Christian, you shouldn't, if, if you're a person who believes in Judeo-Christian values, you should not go to a Dodgers game based on their decisions to do this sort of stuff. We went very quickly from live and let Live to You will celebrate this flag or you'll be deemed a traitor to the state religion. It's pretty amazing. And again, it, it is not just the Dodgers, it's also North Face, right? Every corporation's gonna do it. Every corporation you will be forced to participate by corporate America, combined with the government. You'll be forced to participate in the celebration of alternative sexual lifestyles that completely undermine the fundamental basis of Judeo-Christian morality and traditional society. Here is North Face promoting this kind of nonsense. Hi, it's me, Patagonia, a real life homosexual. And today I'm here with the North Face. We are here to invite you to come out in nature with us. Wow, this is nice. We like to call this little tour. This is the Summer of Pride. Yeah, did this Seems supernatural. Everything. It's like, look at the nature, so much nature happening. A dude with mustache, lesbians, and long hair in ladies clothing with the TV in the middle of Appeal Field, Celebrated pride across the nation With Hundreds of you. So much pride. Guys, This year we're back, back, back again with two new stops. Okay? So this will be every corporation for a month. Prepare yourselves. This is the way it's gonna go. Okay, fine. So if this is the fight the Left wants, this is the fight the left is going to have, and they know it's unpopular. They know that most Americans are not in favor of this stuff being shoved in the faces of children that most Americans, you know, who still do go to church on a fairly regular basis, a huge number of Americans still go to church. They're not real fond of like these sisters of perpetual indulgence, but they're gonna push this crap anyway. Okay, well, you know, play, play stupid games, win stupid prizes if you're a corporation. F around and find out, I see how it goes for you. Alright, so it turns out that most Americans are not in favor of transing the kids or pushing pride progress flags in kindergarten classrooms or any of the rest of this sort of nonsense. And despite the best efforts in the media to pretend otherwise, that is just the simple fact. Every time they tried to claim that the quote unquote don't say gay law in Florida, which by the way, people say gay all the time here in Florida, I live here, there are a lot of gay people who live in Florida. As it turns out. Now th this notion that you can't say gay or you're gonna be arrested. That's a lie. It's not true. But you know, it's really popular law saying you're not allowed to teach sexual orientation and gender identity to, to school kids. That that is not the job of teachers. That actually is a really popular proposition across the country. Parents don't want that garbage being taught to their kids. If they wanna teach their kids that stuff themselves, that is their problem. But this notion that you are obligated to turn your kid over to a state employee to be taught the state religion of LGBTQ plus minus divided by sign is absurd. Most Americans are not in that. So the left has to come up with what they think are 60 40 propositions the other way in order to run against the conservatives, right? If conservatives are now winning, when it comes to the economy, which they are, if they're winning on social issues, which they largely are, well, then Democrats have to come up with some response. So they have some 60, 40 issues. They think they're gonna win. They think abortion is a 60 40 issue. It's why they've been Featuring, for example. So much talk about these abortion bans in states like Florida that start at six weeks, and they, they think that that's a 60 40 issue. Most Americans are not into those sorts of abortion bans. And nationally speaking, that may well be correct. Nationally speaking, most Americans are somewhere between 10 and 12 weeks and where they think abortion should be banned. But that's very, that, that, that may be true nationally. It's not state specific, right? So they can exploit the gap between how people feel in Florida and how people feel nationally in order to go after people like Ron DeSantis or Brian Kemp in Georgia, for example, or Mike DeWine in Ohio. However, the, the, when it comes to the lgbtq plus minus divided by sign agenda, they run into some real issues because as it turns out, people are not real fond of an agenda that suggests that all sexual behavior is morally equivalent, or that we have built ourselves a freer and better society when 21% of all young people are now identifying as members of the lgbtq plus minus divided by signed pride, progress flag minority, the victim group, the sexual victim group. People are not super hot on this, so they have to come up with some lies. And so they've come up with some lies. Their big lie is they're coming to ban the books. They're ba this is the, just the latest version of Don't Say Gay, they're coming to ban the books. So the latest lie that's being promoted by the mainstream media, the legacy media, is this lie that in Florida, Amanda Gorman's, the Hill we climb is now restricted to, is now being banned in schools. It is not being banned in schools. First of all, Amanda Gorman is literally the most overrid poet I think ever, ever, by any metric. She's not a very good poet. Her, her words do not sing. She generally does not use meter in any sort of methodical way, but she's been treated as though she is some sort of magical William Butler Gates type. She read a poem at the Joe Biden inauguration, in which he essentially suggested that Joe Biden's victory was vindication of democracy. All of his opponents were not in favor of democracy and all the rest of it. Okay, well, her poetry, it may be bad, but the very least, it's not for like kids in third grade, right? The, the, the notions that she pushes in the, in her poetry about systemic racism and white privilege and all this kind of stuff, not appropriate for third graders, maybe appropriate for middle schoolers, right? Like if you read her poetry, it's not even reading level for third graders. I know I have a third grader, okay? But if you say that, if you say, we're not banning the book, we're just saying it's only appropriate for kids who are in like fifth, sixth, seventh grade, apparently, that is now book banning. That is how the media are treating this Amanda Gorman story. And it's not true. It is a lie. They're treating it as though Amanda Gorman has now been banned across the state of Florida. So Rolling Stone has piece, had Florida School banned Amanda Gorman's inaugural the Hill. We Climb poem. No, it didn't. They just said that it's not available. It's not to be taught in classes for elementary school students like fourth graders and third graders. LA Times says, Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem is the latest in book bands. The Guardian says, Amanda Gorman gutted after Florida School bans Biden inauguration month. So one school someplace in Florida moved the hill. We climb not even outta classes out of an elementary library at a Miami-Dade school. And this is an international news story. It's covered by BBC U S A today, NBC News Axios. She's gutted. She's gutted because third graders can't check out her, her garbage book over at the, at the school library in elementary school. That is not a book. Banning, according to one of the parents, she claimed that the the Hill we climb and a few other books contained references to critical race theory, gender ideology, indirect hate messages and indoctrination especially of socialism. And the school agreed to restrict the title to middle school students, which again, that is not a book ban. A book ban is where you say the book cannot be available anywhere in the state of Florida, not about school libraries. School libraries routinely restrict what kids can and cannot see based on age, but they're pushing that lie anyway. Or maybe they're gonna focus in on the notion that Texas is going to reinstate its evil practice of displaying the 10 Commandments publicly. Oh, no, we can't do that. We can't do that. It is one thing to the fundamental civilizational code of conduct on classroom walls and the 10 Commandments. You can't do that. What we must have, however, is Black Lives Matter flags and pride progress flags, because again, the state religion of the United States is America's systemically racist and screwing, whoever you please is a fundamental human value that is of equal moral, equal moral merit, right? The, the, that, that's what America stands for after all the 10 Commandments. No, that stuff cannot be in classrooms. That's establishment of religion, but it's not establishment of religion to put forward this Pagan religion and force it down the throats of every school kid in America. So according to the Washington Post, Texas lawmakers had been scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to require that the 10 commandments be posted in every classroom in the state, part of a newly energized national effort to insert religion into public life. Again, this is one of the great lies that the left purves, the lie is number one, that you are forcing religion. When you display any text that has the word God in it, in a classroom, but you are not promoting any religious or civilizational point of view when you promote wild left secularism that argues that boys can be girls and girls can be boys in those Pagan and fashions. Okay? So one value system is gonna have to triumphant and one value system is gonna have to lose. There is no neutrality in this particular battle, as we have seen. We tried to do neutral and you know what happened, the left just took neutral and hijacked it. And now neutral is your kid will be taught that a boy can be a girl and a girl can be a boy. That's the new neutral. And by claiming that neutrality, the left has basically suggested that your religious bigot, if you object, well again, they're trying to play this as a 60 40 game. That if you wanna put 10 commandments in the classroom, 60% of Americans don't support it. But here's the, that, that may all be true, but you know what is also true? 80% of Americans are not gonna support pride progress flags in the classroom for third graders. They're not interested or, or any school kids by the way. So what you have here is a pair of completely battling premises and maybe only one can win. And if only one can win, I certainly know which one I think should win and which one stands for a somewhat level of morality, decency and civilizational durability. Okay, time for some things I like and then some things that I hate. So things that I like. There's a series that is available on H b O max. It's called The Murders at White House Farm. It is quite good. Again, another sort of British crime series. This is about a horrific murder of five people at a farm in in Britain. Really well, acted, really well written. Here's a little bit of the preview. I love you, daddy. I love you too, sweetheart. Be good. Okay. And I'm back in few days. It is based on a real life case. It was suspected that a, that a mother had shot her kids and then her parents and then herself, and then it turns out that the person convicted for it was actually not the mom. So it's a real, it's, it's a very good series. It is definitely worth the watch. You can go check it out. Okay. Time for a very extensive thing that I hate today. So let us talk about the evils of social media. Even the Surgeon General of the United States is now warning that social media can harm children and adolescents. That of course, is exactly true. Now, I'm not sure exactly why they think that it's harming children in adolescents, considering that the chief messages being pervade on social media are left-wing messages about sexual fluidity, about promiscuity, about doing that which is taboo, about the central centrality of progressive identity. That's kinda the stuff that gets pushed on social media that's really damaging to kids and ain't kids studying the Bible on social media that's damaging to kids. In other words, what social media really does is it weaponizes the worst in human beings and it makes it go viral. And the worst in human beings tends to have very, very, he heavy overlap with social progressivism, with the transgressive nature of the social morality that the left likes to push. So it's interesting to watch the left come around in the message that social media is bad for kids. It is, but not because of the social media. It's because of the actual material contained in the social media. It, there's no question that social media has now incentivized some of the worst behavior in America. So for example, Kellyann Conway's teenage daughter, Claudia, has now launched a new career as a Playboy bunny creating racy content for the Defunct magazine's website. According to the Daily Mail, the Pretty Blonde has been operating a subscription page on playboy.com since the end of April, six months after she turned 18, and has so far uploaded 11 posts, most of which show her in a revealing selection of bikinis. For those who want to splash out Rauner pictures like cleavage closeups are available from as little as five bucks. The most expensive photo on offer costs $99. Now Claudia, obviously her home life has been kind of a mess considering the fairly open battle between her parents who are now getting divorced. But the fact is that this particular you young woman has been in the social media limelight since she was like 16 years old, featured by the media as somebody who is siding with dad against mom, who thinks that Donald Trump is really, really bad. And that leads you down some pretty perverse pathways. This does not seem like the pathway toward fulfilling life is probably not posing provocatively for playboy.com. This is not actually an aspect of women's empowerment. I always find it highly amusing and ironic when women who claim that they should be valued for more than their body, believe that it is also feminism to show as much of their body as humanly possible in order that men will pay them for it. Prostitution is the highest form of, of feminism is a very weird thing, which is why feminists tend to cross, like real feminists tend to cross dreams with a evangelical Christians and religious Jews on the idea that women are more than their body parts. But this is what social media tends to do. Social media also tends to incentivize some of the worst behavior imaginable. So there is a, a live streamer who has gone viral in Great Britain for doing some of the worst things humanly possible. And this person was basically just sort of walking around and performing crimes until people noticed and then claimed that, that he was being targeted because everybody was racist to him. This person's name is apparently Missy is what he called himself. He's a teenager named Bakari, bronze Oga 18. No, none. TikTok as Zi. And he has now been charged with failing to comply with a community protection notice. But that's after months of performing criminal activity randomly on the internet. So for example, here he was walking into a library and just ripping up books. Excuse me, what? Can I get a book here? Oh, sure. Just hi, right? Yeah. Hi. Thank you. Walking into the library and just ripping the pages outta books like a complete piece of trash. Okay? Just one minute. And the library employees don't know what to do. They call security, but apparently security did nothing because five minutes later this dude is back on the street. There he is walking into the bag of the library. Excuse me. He calls himself a prankster. Of course, home. No, he's not. Yeah. Now what does security do? Apparently nothing, because he's back on the street about five seconds later and he is walking into random people's houses. So here's a video of him walking, literally just walking into a random person's house for the social media, clicks and giggles of it. He is a black person along with a couple of his colleagues, and they walk in. I only point that out because I do believe that there is, I relevance to the fact that this person continues to be on the street. This is where a white teenager filming himself walking into random people's houses. I highly doubt that the police would've let him get away with posting this on social media four months at a time. Is this where The study group is? A father then walks up the stairs if you can't see it, he has children in the house and he's telling them to leave. They don't, they just walk and they sit right down on somebody else's couch and start taking over. Oh, the systemic racism. Ah, look at the systemic racism. This happening right here. A father's saying, I've, by the way, just a note, this is one of the reasons I like living in Florida. You know what happens if you walk into somebody's house randomly and sit on their couch in Florida? You get shot, okay? I don't care what race you are, you get shot, you bust into somebody's house while my kid, while somebody's kids are home. You are getting shot. That is the way that is going. By the way. It's not just kind of soft criminal activity like trespass or, or ripping up books at the library. It is also actively assaulting people. So here he was filming himself, assaulting a random Jewish guy. Stop. I did not wait. I Can, he's walking up behind a Hasidic Jewish kid and jumping on him and the kid runs away. You know, you always are. And then he, every Time that everywhere you can't escape. Believe my man was just looking at me, bro. He's just looking. I didn't even do nothing. He was just looking at you wrong. I don't know. Were were, were they assaulting you? Those Orthodox Jews were, were they? Now again, the reason I point this out is because this sort of stuff is replete on social media. Social media is just a viral system for making the sins of mankind more and more popular. And those sins of mankind all tend to fit a particular pattern. That is the part that I find rather puzzling about. Vivek Murphy's statements about the dangers of social media. I totally agree with him, but that's cause I think that the value system being promoted by social media is garbage. I want an explanation for why the progressive left thinks the value system being promoted by social media is garbage. I need that explanation. Cause again, it ain't TikTok teaching math in China. That is a problem for kids. It ain't TikTok teaching kids Bible. That is a problem for kids. It is a particular type of activity that is a problem for kids blaming social media for the underlying activity. Hmm. A fascinating way of misdirecting from the fact that perhaps your own moral system is wildly skewed. All right, guys, the rest of the show continues right now. You're not gonna wanna miss it. We'll be getting into the mailbag. If you're not a member, become Member Use. code Shapiro. 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stuff donald trump trump network medium order mainstream coverage maggie haberman new york times speed dial maggie haberman cite source inside trump campaign dirty secret steve bannon trump people talk maggie haberman trump campaign far m aware okay trump clever time people point twitter medium twitter laser wall mainstream medium jump like cat try swat laser wall desant thing big fashion announce musk twitter space mainstream medium response come form form angry edge outta process form angry ron desantis run right democrats prefer run donald trump think trump beatable joe biden win think trump likely run directly mountain not wanna guy nominate joe biden like ve hide ball joe biden openly say interview like month ago ask go to run say m sure question trump win nomination say absolutely democrats right wrong democrats perception donald trump easy run presumably go ron desantis tooth nail not see go nikki haley way go tim scott way go candidate republican primary way donald trump donald trump rip start strange new respect emerge donald trump weird people online space example bill crystal hate donald trump leave republican party basically democrat bill crystal statement today quote tend foolishly discount alpha beta mail stuff desantis fox rupert announce twitter elon kind beta trump cnn town hall go pseudo lion look kind alpha get bill crystal talk trump okay question thing think know answer nina turner leftwe activist race power policy young turk tweet ron desantis not donald duck hell think s go to fare donald trump level left wing hatred desantis actually strong way hatred trump way trump trump hatred visceral like obviously hate republican like donald trump actually think lot democrat like actually applaud like keel term d like win nomination not think s question hillary clinton yesterday target ron desantis hillary ridiculous tweet yesterday want say ron desantis ultra mag florida not safe people color lgbtq plus people multibillion dollar corporation like perfect hillary clinton tweet lemme point coalition extraordinarily rich corporation people color gay people weird coalition grant hillary clinton go desantis suggest florida not safe people color mean point florida largely people color florida actually white okay barely majority white hispanic latino black florida diverse state notion florida mean miami miami diverse city fact south florida basically like latinos black jews know live okay thi notion florida like overwhelmingly white rural state absurd democrats ron desantis win place s hillary clinton angry kareem jean pierre worlds white house press secretary s thing attack desantis bizarre stupid naacp travel warn naacp statement suggest unsafe black people travel florida weird literally spring break miami beach fill black americans travel florida party naacp mean follow group group race lgbtq plus make bold statement m go comment travel advisory specifically ill broadly administration white house ve outspoken impact misguided policy advance florida lawmakers republicans florida attack diversity ve attack inclusion effort ve limit teaching black history ve launch attack l g b t youth l g b t youth ridiculous ridiculous hatred desantis not want desantis nomination hate trump afraid trump thing true simultaneously second trump team response let talk fact right dollar yeah solid compare lot place reason price gold go lately reason watch global inflation kick course couple year gold fact safe haven financial uncertainty inflation central bank basically ramp ramp value dollar point need form diversification gold historically form gold tax shelter retirement account help birch gold s correct birch gold help convert exist ira maybe previous employer ira gold good not pay penny outta pocket buy gold birch gold preparation uncertain economic time trust currency fail gold safe haven time dollar not know protect saving gold way birch gold plus rating well business bureau thousand happy customer text ben free infokit gold text ben protect saving today okay team trump response course entirely dismissive little bit fragmentary point preview video casey desantis real asset desantis campaign medium go casey way go political wife remember rule medium doctor joe biden fact doctor not help heart attack s doctorate education ridiculous m sorry way doctor m doctor juris doctor harvard law school make significantly doctor joe biden doctorate like junior college education remember respect doctor dr jills casey desantis like lady macbeth tweet promo video desantis campaign faith face darkness bright future faith good day lie ahead worth fight courage worth sacrifice america worth single time okay s pretty good video text launch right logo come desantis campaign okay trump response pretty exactly think tweet piece wayne allen root call desantis step say stand trump tweet couple statement truth social s kinda amazing trump relegate truth social musk readmitte twitter originally kick twitter unconscionable ridiculous time trump twitter start truth social business put business interest truth social ahead political interest man million follower twitter s twitter absolutely middle presidential campaign couple statement quote look rob des sanctimonious rob rob des sanctimonious come ask help lose badly point popular agricultural commissioner adam putnam get ready drop outta race run durable campaign ron tell chance support endorsement putnam want give ron race day go lose badly win lot large trump rally win general upset disloyal question go to vote republican candidate president base loyalty trump candidate vote s person s loyal trump extent trump want loyalty donald trump donald trump loyal people loser hater donald trump loyal donald trump want somebody s super loyal trump recommend vote trump like candidate go to judge base loyalty test donald trump wanna look trump statement run directly desantis left separate truth call rob de sanctimonious ron desantis not know mean say not win general election nomination vote obliterate social security want raise minimum age voted badly wound medicare fight hard vote tax sale tax oppose way like tax like income tax disciple horrible rhino paul ryan way know endorse paul ryan speakership friend donald trump okay desperately need personality transplant good knowledge medically available disloyal person trump keep go disloyalty notion trump team response desantis jump race notice way contrast tim scott welcome race tim love rhonda sanctimonious rob sanctimonious rhonda call ronda think trump threaten pretty obvious second man like go doctor appointment spend half day sit waiting room endure uncomfortable conversation body person hardly know rexmd fda approve trust leader men telehealth fast simple cheap access license rexmd physician anytime need afterward rexmd make easy affordable generic brand viagra cialis online wait room embarrassing trip doctor insurance copay know viagra cost buck pill rexmd generic viagra low buck pill fill online medical questionnaire doctor review situation appropriate prescribing medication medication ship right door free twoday shipping fast simple cheap plus access license rexmd physician anytime need afterward rexmd help guy gain confidence quickly conveniently help advantage good deal rexmd dot com slash ben save pay dosage s rexmd dot com slash ben call rexmd dot com detail safety information okay trump response basically desantis disloyal right wing great republican primary campaign listen reason people love trump love trump great campaign desantis think try claim course s launch twitter personality personality toxic general election hard think candidate toxic general election donald trump drive dead man joe biden million vote people ask know trump lose election joe biden win million vote not donald trump lose million vote answer question answer donald trump get vote get vote not fear election think hell lose desantis certainly hate human earth say like happy keel tomorrow okay interesting watch response team trump trot kerry lake desperately desperately want donald trumps vice presidential candidate win nomination lose race wet dish rag katie hobb mean honestly katie hobbs ai s ai s powerboard cutout ai s piece paper cut paper shape human katie hobb carrie lake pull loss katie hobb maintain fact governor arizona despite fact s lose court challenge win race walk away presumably suppose lose katie hobb rip ron desantis say ron desantis not win maybe not hard case person lose katie hobb pick fight disney need play win far governor desantis outworke outmaneuver disney far know reedy creek exist host trans event park indoctrination continue actually rub face american family know not beat donald duck go to beat donald trump think s question ask come governor desantis point kerry lake issue plan actually stop disney thing donald trump take disney battle ron desantis suggest desantis runner suggest gun side train candidate ask republican candidate race far attack desantis attack trump way trump attack republican candidate s train fire ron desantis legacy medium express hatred trump extent s fascist threat united states difference trump hitler mustache little mustache orange hitler exact people spend day culminate ron desantis online actually fear get nomination s guarantee d win general certainly medium think well shot win general donald trump think desantis great threat mike pence haley viva tim scott everybody line guy trump start ask way medium ulterior motive donald trump mean rating way nba root hard celtic laker final go to disappointed miami heat denver nugget way medium root super hard donald trump win nomination dude mean rating ron desantis hand discipline politician will not time day literally interview course root donald trump particular race okay joe biden continue clown regular basis notice night oclock morning small baby small baby s day old change male babys diaper tend pee point happen admit think joe biden year old man pee regular spectacularly dead ceiling fight outworke outplay regard debt ceiling fight way andrew dron write wall street journal biden good option debt ceiling fight unable pay bill soon june biden congressional republicans not reach deal path forward carry political risk biden government default tip economy recession potentially unleash global financial chaos middle reelect untried method pay nation bill congress carry economic cost require biden painful political choice get pay hold spending talk republicans issue court backlash progressive lawmaker know fault joe biden fault purely simply joe biden fool start entire process negotiation debt ceiling say negotiate debt ceiling joe biden april say negotiate debt ceiling happy meet mccarthy debt limit get extend s negotiable negotiable right start position m go to negotiate debt ceiling mean mccarthy pass bill say sure raise debt ceiling spending level look like moderate biden look like nutcase guess s nutty position go to negotiate coequal branch government budgetary issue totally crazy biden lead get ski happen lot president tend feel wind sale little bit confident agenda item reality slap face s exactly s happen biden remember exact time karine jean pierre world untalente press secretary say g o p raise debt ceiling precondition d negotiation precondition house republicans manufacture crisis time constitutional duty congress act s president go clear leader tomorrow congress avoid default condition condition time administration democrat join republicans pop politic aside democrats sure occur happen turn lie ve negotiate mccarthy turn mccarthy actually pass bill raise debt ceiling not know deal corrine jeanpierre world untalented press secretary say oh yeah actually clear negotiate s weird cuz notice not notice month ago say negotiate debt ceiling say ve absolutely clear negotiate oh gaslighting strong m sorry old jedi mind trick effect kareen time s change say s change strategic say negotiation conversation ve say ve say budget negotiate budget ve clear oh say default negotiable s stupid thing hear link link s ridiculous conversation raise debt ceiling lower spending s like talk spending negotiate debt ceiling negotiate yeah s s s silly s like say wife m go negotiate thing link right ill second credit card promise spend say take second credit card m go to promise spend later come table s like okay go to second credit card talk spend m negotiate like mean s literally precondition say fulfill lie stuck kareem jean pere admit know biden speak mccarthy wild incompetence say smart speak single day negotiation ongoing go to hit debt ceiling know sure economy stable united states deal like deal like s negotiation instead play game pretend like oh not care dead ceiling man fine know like not know s bad president speaker mccarthy agreement talk phone person daily basis think speaker mccarthy imply happen agreement go to happen not meeting call announce obviously staff go continue conversation wrap conversation moment ago president speak speaker necessary not share time okay reason ve flip turn polling show people hate position art politic hard vote opponent easy vote mean take position take position helpful take position helpful democrat fringe wide variety issue medium attempt spin away position issue polling debt ceiling debate second look job tough stand candidate flip hire tough find applicant stand need check ziprecruiter remember discomfort able find job want early career work major law firm decide hate quit look job difficult hard connect right people ziprecruiter make magic happen ziprecruiter help find qualified people role fast right try ziprecruiter free ziprecruiter dot com slash daily wire ziprecruiter match technology help find qualified candidate wide variety role candidate like easily send personal invite likely apply userfriendly dashboard make easy filter review rate candidate place let ziprecruiter help find good people role outta employer post ziprecruiter quality candidate day ziprecruiter dot com slash daily wire try ziprecruiter free s ziprecruiter dot com slash daily wire ziprecruiter smart way hire check ziprecruiter dot com slash daily wire try free effective efficient way find person need fill job ziprecruiter smart way hire despite lackluster economy daily wire continue thrive hire currently look vp operation help company continue scale impact revenue primary goal create maximum value audience possible resource streamline operation produce distribute physical digital product scale ll need great people skill coordinate work lot department implement new process procedure bonus point experience work nontraditional medium position base nashville tennessee information apply daily wire dot com slash career daily wire dot com slash career today okay speaking polling cnn polling show americans congress raise debt ceiling cut spending time vast majority americans want debt ceiling increase vast majority americans believe imperative start cut spending democrats stick rock hard place joe biden clear go negotiate overcut spend go to lie joe biden continue lie reduce deficit trillion know s spend record amount money reduce deficit mean spend money money year run deficit s true s big spending year american history mean spend slightly big spending year american history s lower deficit joe biden lie m glad speaker today optimistic able progress agree default get to consequence pair bill american people real kick economic wellbeing matter fact rest world agree need reduce deficit add year president reduce trillion okay fibbing lie karine shapiro pretend not spending problem ve box heres karine jean pierre agree speaker mccarthy democrats spending problem spending problem good look ill president budget reduce deficit know nearly trillion year oh okay lie lie left unhappy prospect biden cave dead ceiling s outplay joe biden outplay mccarthy know s unthinkable outcome medium people right suggest let ceiling hit let let let thing melt yeah good luck reality biden get year get play play word dj coli right s play pr jaal left s like s go to backlash street joe biden actually cut spending think huge backlash entire house democratic know caucus certainly progressive street know mean think important not step strong agenda president shepherd lead year feel blow left s s position folk win election kevin mccarthy say hey find common ground debt ceiling pass bill s reasonable kevin mccarthy sound like rational reasonable democrats lose challenge certain point difference believe find common ground white house understand need seventy clear day okay sound like moderate democrats go rocker declare maybe joe biden invoke amendment unilaterally increase debt ceiling james clyburn biden early backer south carolina boost nomination say s use amendment clearly mean increase debt ceiling increase debt ceiling think take long white house reach speaker start negotiation soon m think go to democrat republicans house try not know long go to think recognize janet yellen clear need june think president clear like bipartisan resolution say know amendment president united states authority use bipartisan resolution mm okay amendment s go happen biden play s go to end make deal democrats go to rip deserve speak issue amazing watch medium democrats rush defend woke corporation push egregious garbage child see target corporation day approach holy month pride june happen corporation come woodwork demonstrate fealty great religion republic course christianity judeochristian valley system traditional great religion nation pride progress flag thing pay o obeyance fact entire holy month complete martyrology complete religious ceremony complete children crusade corporation bow late corporation bow target target know actually fairly easy boycott bud light right bud light pretty easy boycott target beer buy beer yeah beer wake make point hire man dress woman sell beer low income man go work target store people use like place grocery shopping plus clothe plus game toy sort everybody hard boycott not mean worth boycott ve push mention trans propaganda child actually push swimming suit tuck ability know boy want pretend girl shove penis ball underneath appear like girl available people age sex specifically child fact checker available gender people size age course target plaster store bunch l g bt propaganda way like l lgbtq onesie small baby s say tolerance diversity like shove lgbtq agenda small baby backlash begin accord fox news southern target store force corporation lgbtq q pride merchandise away location customer outrage avoid bud light situation target location country feature massive june pride month display annual basis item year range tuck friendly bathing suit transgender people mug gender fluid retail juggernaut criticize conservative display children item particularly irk customer not children item m aware ideological campaign take place yearly basis major corporation black history month get kind attention right literally not happen like leftwe agenda item ll women history month black history month pride month big holy trinity actual holiday season yeah judaism big shavua right big holiday chaga one ancient time d foot temple offer sacrifice holiday okay pagan mythology united states big month black history month women history month pride month big one corporation start mirror sort garbage finally consumer like know interested help money propagandize particular effort target insider say emergency call friday manager district senior director tell tamp pride section immediately give hour tell pride stuff entire section section s size store store not mannequin large signage customer guest s outrage year exponentially year think current situation bud light company terrify bud light situation good terrify bud light situation bed ought lie target promote garbage kid dodger point los angeles dodger reinvite queer nun ridiculous idoc sister perpetual indulgence lifesave lifesave group like sister perpetual indulgence year hold event queer people dress jesus mary mock christian story mock catholicism genius move la dodger way catholic not dodger game simple christian not person believe judeochristian value dodger game base decision sort stuff go quickly live let live celebrate flag ll deem traitor state religion pretty amazing dodger north face right corporation go to corporation force participate corporate america combine government ll force participate celebration alternative sexual lifestyle completely undermine fundamental basis judeochristian morality traditional society north face promote kind nonsense hi patagonia real life homosexual today m north face invite come nature wow nice like little tour summer pride yeah supernatural like look nature nature happen dude mustache lesbian long hair lady clothe tv middle appeal field celebrate pride nation hundred pride guy year new stop okay corporation month prepare way go to okay fine fight left want fight left go know unpopular know americans favor stuff shove face child americans know church fairly regular basis huge number americans church real fond like sister perpetual indulgence go to push crap okay know play play stupid game win stupid prize corporation f find go alright turn americans favor transe kid push pride progress flag kindergarten classroom rest sort nonsense despite good effort medium pretend simple fact time try claim quote unquote not gay law florida way people gay time florida live lot gay people live florida turn th notion not gay go to arrest s lie true know popular law say allow teach sexual orientation gender identity school kid job teacher actually popular proposition country parent not want garbage teach kid wanna teach kid stuff problem notion obligate turn kid state employee teach state religion lgbtq plus minus divide sign absurd americans left come think proposition way order run conservative right conservative win come economy win social issue largely democrats come response issue think go to win think abortion issue ve feature example talk abortion ban state like florida start week think s issue americans sort abortion ban nationally speak correct nationally speak americans week think abortion ban s true nationally state specific right exploit gap people feel florida people feel nationally order people like ron desantis brian kemp georgia example mike dewine ohio come lgbtq plus minus divide sign agenda run real issue turn people real fond agenda suggest sexual behavior morally equivalent build free well society young people identify member lgbtq plus minus divide sign pride progress flag minority victim group sexual victim group people super hot come lie ve come lie big lie come ban book ba late version not gay come ban book late lie s promote mainstream medium legacy media lie florida amanda gorman hill climb restrict ban school ban school amanda gorman literally overrid poet think metric s good poet word sing generally use meter sort methodical way s treat sort magical william butler gates type read poem joe biden inauguration essentially suggest joe biden victory vindication democracy opponent favor democracy rest okay poetry bad like kid grade right notion push poetry systemic racism white privilege kind stuff appropriate grader maybe appropriate middle schooler right like read poetry read level grader know grader okay ban book say appropriate kid like fifth sixth seventh grade apparently book ban medium treat amanda gorman story true lie treat amanda gorman ban state florida rolling stone piece florida school ban amanda gorman inaugural hill climb poem not say available teach class elementary school student like fourth grader grader la times say amanda gorman inaugural poem late book band guardian say amanda gorman gutte florida school ban biden inauguration month school someplace florida move hill climb outta class elementary library miamidade school international news story cover bbc u s today nbc news axio s gutte s gutte grader not check garbage book school library elementary school book ban accord parent claim hill climb book contain reference critical race theory gender ideology indirect hate message indoctrination especially socialism school agree restrict title middle school student book ban book ban book available state florida school librarie school library routinely restrict kid base age push lie maybe go to focus notion texas go reinstate evil practice display commandment publicly oh not not thing fundamental civilizational code conduct classroom wall commandment not black life matter flag pride progress flag state religion united states america systemically racist screw fundamental human value equal moral equal moral merit right s america stand commandment stuff classroom s establishment religion establishment religion forward pagan religion force throat school kid america accord washington post texas lawmaker schedule vote tuesday require commandment post classroom state newly energize national effort insert religion public life great lie left purve lie number force religion display text word god classroom promote religious civilizational point view promote wild left secularism argue boy girl girl boy pagan fashion okay value system go to triumphant value system go to lose neutrality particular battle see try neutral know happen left take neutral hijack neutral kid teach boy girl girl boy s new neutral claim neutrality left basically suggest religious bigot object try play game wanna commandment classroom americans not support here true know true americans go to support pride progress flag classroom grader interested school kid way pair completely battle premise maybe win win certainly know think win stand somewhat level morality decency civilizational durability okay time thing like thing hate thing like s series available h b o max call murder white house farm good sort british crime series horrific murder people farm britain act write here little bit preview love daddy love sweetheart good okay m day base real life case suspect mother shoot kid parent turn person convict actually mom real good series definitely worth watch check okay time extensive thing hate today let talk evil social medium surgeon general united states warn social medium harm child adolescent course exactly true m sure exactly think harm child adolescent consider chief message pervade social medium leftwe message sexual fluidity promiscuity taboo central centrality progressive identity s kinda stuff get push social medium s damaging kid be not kid study bible social medium s damage kid word social medium weaponize bad human being make viral bad human being tend heavy overlap social progressivism transgressive nature social morality left like push interesting watch left come message social medium bad kid social medium actual material contain social media s question social medium incentivize bad behavior america example kellyann conways teenage daughter claudia 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Ep. 1766 - The White House Cocaine Snorter Escapes! Published: 7/14/2023 The Secret service announces that its investigation into the source of Cocaine. At the White House is closed and they have no idea who did it. Hollywood actors strike and Joe Biden activates 3000 troops for European deployment. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is the Ben Shapiro show . The Ben. Shapiro Show is sponsored by ExpressVPN. I talk about them every single show. Why haven't you gotten a VPN yet? Get ExpressVPN right now at ExpressVPN dot com slash Ben. Well, the investigation into who left Cocaine at the White House has ended and shock of shocks. There is no one who has been identified as a suspect. No one. There are no suspects whatsoever. So here's the thing, this is the most protected building on planet Earth. I've been there multiple times. There are cameras pretty much everywhere. And now we are being told that a baggie of Cocaine that was left in a pretty highly trafficked area, they have no idea who left that baggie of Cocaine and they've closed the investigation after just 11 days. It is a mystery wrapped in an enigma according to the New York Post, the Secret service ended its investigation into Cocaine found in the West wing of the White House after just 11 days without identifying a suspect. Enraging Congressional Republicans who demanded answers about how an illegal drug got into one of the most secure buildings in the world, the protective agency said its probe was closed due to a lack of physical evidence. After FBI forensic testing on the bag, though Cocaine was found in, failed to turn up fingerprints or sufficient D n a, which in and of itself is a little bit weird. And why aren't there any fingerprints on the baggie? Would be a, would be an interesting question. I mean, you would imagine that might be true during the winter when people are wearing gloves walking into the White House, but it is the middle of the summer. So you'd imagine that somebody had their hands on this thing without physical evidence. The investigation will not be able to single out a person of interest from the hundreds of individuals who passed through the vestibule where the Cocaine was discovered. The service said. Now, as others have pointed out, if this was anthrax, I don't think the Secret service would be shutting down the investigation quite so quickly. Represent Tim Burchett of Tennessee Stormed out of a briefing, offered to lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee moments after it began calling the conclusion bogus and the investigation a complete failure. He said they know who goes into the White House, they have facial identification. You can't go into the social, you can't go into the White House without giving your Social security number to say it's some weekend visitor That's bogus. Nobody exactly is buying any of that. Meanwhile, Democrats are happy as clams that this investigation is done. Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, he says, we're done here. There's nothing to see. It's all over. I'm satisfied that the Secret service and the White House are on top of it. You know, I was reading a, a book about Lincoln recently, and anybody in Washington could just walk right into Lincoln's White House, go directly in and try to find the president and talk to him. And obviously we're in a very different security environment than that. But I don't know how many people would want to go to the White House if they were gonna be administering a drug test on the way in, which is what some of my colleagues have suggested. You know, some people are saying everybody should be drug tested on the way into the White House. And you know, these are the same people who are opposed to Covid 19 tests, So I. I don't see a lot of coherence in the criticism That works the other way around. Also, all of you are in favor of Covid 19 tests for everyone. And in fact, you shut down the entire country over Covid 19. But you're like, yeah, it would be too much to ask that somebody not be high on Cocaine when they visit the White House representative Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia said they were able to narrow down a list of approximately 500 people that had left a small bag of Cocaine. My question to them was, have they drug tested this list of 500 potential suspects that brought any illegal substance or drug Cocaine into the White House? Their answer was no. And they're unwilling to do so. President Biden's staff is subjected to routine drug test, but White House visitors, including those that given West winging tours by invitation only are not also, you know, who is not a member of the white, the the White House staff would be a man named Hunter Biden. That guy is not a member of the White House staff. Technically, obviously there are a lot of suspicions that a person who's been addicted to crack Cocaine and has pictures on his laptop himself doing crack Cocaine while going 172 miles an hour down the road between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, that maybe that guy might be a suspect in all of this house. Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Fox news, the probe was a farce. He said, you can't tell me in the White House with 24 7 surveillance in a cubby hole by a situation room. They don't know who delivered it there. We should get an answer to the question. It seems to me that in America, anything today involving Biden Inc gets treated differently than anything else and that shouldn't exactly be the case. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has his own theory. He says that it is not in fact Hunter who's responsible for the Cocaine. Perhaps it is just Joe, whatever is the, the plausible answer. Donald Trump, one ups, two ups, nine ups here is President Trump. What is your reaction when you see Cocaine in the White House? Can you even believe that's possible? Well, you saw, I put out a truth. I know most of your people are in truth cuz I think truth is better than anything out there, but I put out a truth. It's, it's, in my opinion, it's Hunter and probably Joe because you know, you watch Joe at the beginning of his speech and he's got a little life, not much, but he's got a little life by the end of the speech, he's a disaster. I agree. He can't even find his way off the thing. So there's something going on there. And I wouldn't be surprised if it was for both of 'em. I think it's for both of them, but that's my opinion. Yeah, I said, great minds think alike. I said that on my TV show just this morning. I said, it's either Hunter or it's Joe because he's so bad that before each speech and interview, they probably need to give them something to juice him. I think they up exactly that. Yep. No, I think they pump him up. All right, let absolutely, and I think, and we can't have a president that's on Cocaine when you're dealing with nuclear weapons and everything else. This is, this is our country folks, this is, this is what we have come to. We can't have a president on Cocaine. Meanwhile, we are now learning that the Secret service actually discovered pot twice in Joe Biden's White House, and they did nothing about it. The possession of less than two ounces of marijuana is not a crime in dc, but marijuana is in fact federally banned and prohibited on federal property. According to Breitbart, the Secret service said then both cases, the marijuana found was under two ounces of weight that could cost a buyer on the street upwards of $700. Honestly, this is an easy one for the White House. Just sit Kamala Harris on the case. Ladies jailed more people from marijuana than anybody else in America. She put Kamala Harris on the one thing she's competent in doing, tracking down the person who brought the pot into the White House. The Secret service initially revealed the information to members of Congress on Thursday. They said no one was arrested in these incidents because the weight of the marijuana confiscated did not meet the legal threshold for federal charges or DC misdemeanor criminal charges. The marijuana was collected by officers and destroyed. Destroyed. So that is e. Excellent. You know, how much institutional failure can one country take it? It goes from these small to the large. Every institution of American government seems to be failing in its most basic function, and the Secret service is apparently no different at this point. And and are you suspicious of all this? I'm at least a little bit suspicious given the fact that we know for a fact that the Secret service attempted to insert itself into the Hunter Biden gun case. You'll recall that way Back in 2018, president Biden's son, hunter and his daughter-in-law, Haley, were involved in a bizarre incident according to Politico, in which Haley took hunter's gun and threw it in a trash can behind a grocery store, only to return later to find a gown. Took his gun and threw it away because he was high on Coke at the time, apparently, and she was scared that he was going to use the gun in a, in an a terrible way. Secret service agents then went to the owner of the store where Hunter bought the gun and asked to take the paperwork involving the sale. According to two people, one of whom had firsthand knowledge of the episode, the other was breached by a Secret service agent. After the fact, the gun store owner refused to supply the paperwork to Secret service, suspecting that they wanted to hide hunter's ownership of the missing gun in case it were to be involved in a crime. The owner later turned over the papers to atf and then of course all of that resulted in a plea deal in which Hunter Biden received no actual charges on applying for a gun license and while being high as a kite. So yes, has Secret service in intervened in this way before? Absolutely. The the institutional failures in this country are stacking 'em. Then they wonder why institutional trust is gone. This would be the reason why institutional trust is absolutely gone. And just a second. We have more on the Hunter Biden corruption stuff because that continues to percolate. First. 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Shortly after the President's son became a board member of that Ukrainian Energy firm, the emails in Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop archive shall coordinated attempt to obtain a visa for Lov Chachki while he's being investigated by Ukrainian authorities for corruption. By the way, it is amazing how for just a couple of years here, really since the the Ukraine scandal regarding the Biden's burst into the open, there's been an overt attempt by the media. Pretend there is no corruption in Ukraine. Ukraine is by far one of the most corrupt countries in all of Europe, including Eastern Europe. Ukraine has serious corruption problems. Everyone who's spent any time examining the situation knows this. The New York Times has covered it. The Wall Street Journal has covered it. The Washington Post has covered it. Even people are very sympathetic to the play, to people in Ukraine recognize the government there has been plagued with corruption for decades, and so it shouldn't be a shock that Hunter Biden was playing around there because obviously that is where the guy makes his money. Biden and some of his associates were potentially engaging in registrable lobbying activity. One email indicates that the Foreign Agent's Registration Act violations could have been occurring outside of the exchanges. A fair expert who reviewed the emails told the daily caller from 2014 to 2016. Hunter worked with former Barisma board member Devin Archer, Rosemont, Montana advisor, Eric Schwar, former Boll Chiller, and Phil Flexner, L L p partner, Heather King and other business associates to assist Michael Chesky with his visa reapplication process after the State Department revoked his visa back in 2014. Chesky is the foreign national involved in a bribery scheme with Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. According to representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, she said that she's viewed a redacted version of an FBI form where an informant details has Chesky spoke to him about making a 10 million bribe to the Bidens FBI director Chris Wray redacted the foreign national's name according to green, but within the same sentence it says him slash barisma So. in other words, it looks as though the person who may have been attempting to bribe the Bidens was also lobbying Hunter Biden to try and get his visa renewed in the United States. And none of this should be shocking. The Biden family is in fact a, a funnel for cash from foreign sources. So that is not going away for Joe Biden. Now this is a serious problem. It really is because again, so much of presidential politics relies not just on the policies of who the president is and and the popularity of those policies. If that were true Donald, Trump would still be president. So much of presidential policies relies on the popularity of the figure at the top. Joe Biden has not budged in the polls in terms of popularity since the Afghanistan pullout, when it, when the mass came off of Joe Biden and this carefully constructed facade that both he and the media had been complicit in building this facade that suggested that he was a kindly old gentleman who truly cared about people like you that was ripped off his face. And what was underneath was something quite ugly. It was in fact an incredibly self-interested politician who's very selfish, a person who really only cares about the people who are very close to him and was perfectly willing to subject people including American troops to greater danger for his own personal glorification. Since that time, Joe Biden has not recovered and the Hunter Biden stuff just underscores that. Not just the Hunter Biden stuff, the fact that for example, he has disowned one of his grandchildren and disowned her because apparently Hunter Biden doesn't wanna take responsibility for this grandchild. So that grandchild doesn't exist to Joe because in Joe's world, the only people who matter are people with the last name Biden. So you deny the last name Biden to a four-year-old girl. The only asset that the Biden family has, by the way, and the only reason Hunter Biden is wealthy man today is because of that last name. The only reason Frank Biden is a wealthy man today is because that last name, they deny that to a four-year-old girl because the only people that matter to Joe Biden are the people in his immediate circle. Now again, venal corruption on a familial level is nothing new in in politics in Washington DC the Clinton family was deeply corrupt. Also, however, the gap between sort of the Guilly charming Bill Clinton and the elderly octogenarian corrupt crat, Joe Biden, that's pretty significant. And that means that Joe Biden is a very vulnerable candidate. Everybody around him knows that the problem for the Democrats is we've talked about a thousand times, they don't have anyone waiting in the wings again. Just one second, we'll get to the strike. In Hollywood, actors are now joining the strike that writers are already on. We'll get to that in a moment. First, everybody knows I love my Helix mattress. Did you know they just launched their newest, most high-end collection? That'd be the Helix Elite. Helix has harnessed years of extensive mattress expertise to bring their customers a truly elevated sleep experience. The Helix Elite Collection includes six different mattress models, each tailored for a specific sleep position and firmness preference. I've had my Helix for at least seven, eight years of this point. It is great. 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Helix is offering up to 20% off all mattress orders plus two free pillows For our listeners, it's their best offer yet. Hurry on over to Helix sleep dot com slash Ben with Helix. Better sleep starts right now. Okay, meanwhile, actors have now joined writers on the Hollywood strike. And again, people in Hollywood fighting each other. Basically the Iran Iraq war, like, all right, all right. The, the writers and the actors are very upset because the margins in the business have gone down markedly. Now, they're not wrong to be upset about the margins going down markedly. What they're wrong about is, is the simple fact that there's any alternative. There really is not. The business has destroyed itself. Streaming has destroyed the traditional Hollywood model. The traditional Hollywood model has not worked for at least 10, 15 years. Basically, everything that goes into a theater, if you're a movie actor, there are only a couple of types of movies, one of these indie movies that make no money unless you have sort of a breakout horror hit. And the other is these giant tent pole films that these studios are spending $300 million on so that presumably some no-name director can make the Oscar bait, that they can brag to their friends about at the cocktail parties that no one has ever watched. In other words, you make a Marvel movie so that somebody else can make moonlight. That's typically the way this works in Hollywood. But one of the things that's been happening is the, the Hollywood star system is dead. The system by which, you know, any sort of sorting has happened is dead because of the prevalence of material. Because there's such a hunger and demand for material, cuz the plethora of streaming services because of the ability to substitute in one actor for another actor, or one writer for another writer, because the supply of writers is higher right now than the demand for writers because the margins, again, have gone down. The same thing is true in the acting industry. And so the union, which is designed to jack up the pay of these people, they're attempting now to push Hollywood to grant higher margins for them, you know, greater, greater pay for them, believing that this will somehow be sustainable. The answer unfortunately for them is that it is not, that's not stopping anybody from going forward with this thing. According to the New York Times, the Hollywood Actors Union approved to strike on Thursday for the first time in 43 years, bringing the 134 billion American movie and television business to a halt over anger about pay and fears of a tech dominated future. The leaders of SAG aftra, the union representing 160,000 television movie actors, announced the strike after negotiations with studios over a new contract collapsed with streaming services in AI at the center of the standoff. On Friday, the actors joined screenwriters who walked off the job in May on picket lines in New York, LA and dozens of other American cities where scripted shows in movies are made. Apparently actors in screenwriters have not been on strike at the same time since 1960 when Ronald Reagan was actually head of the Actors Union Dual Strike's pit, more than 170,000 workers against studios like Disney, universal, Sony, and Paramount, as well as Netflix, apple, and Amazon. Fran Drescher, who is the president of SAG AF aftra, given a news conference in which she explained the demands. So it came with great sadness that we came to this crossroads, but we had no choice. We are the victims here. We are being victimized by a very greedy entity. I am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business with are treating us because at some point the jig is up. You cannot keep being dwindled and marginalized and disrespected and dishonored. The entire business model has been changed by streaming digital ai. Apparently their demands total 48 pages, that's triple the size of the list during their last negotiations in 2020. So what exactly are the big issues that they are striking over? According to the Washington Post? They want more money. They're upset that the length of seasons has gone down, which it has. Remember that Friends, for example, had 24 episodes of season Bridger 10 had just ate on Netflix. And the reason for that is cuz people binge these days as opposed to the entire basis for the, the sort of terrestrial platforms, the TV based platforms, being that you have to stick around week to week series like Bridger 10, the, the entire idea of it is that you're releasing 2, 3, 4, maybe even eight episodes at one time. These mini series have become the way that streamers actually get an advantage over their competitors. For writers pay issues dovetail with concerns over streaming and the use of mini rooms. Mini rooms are these writer rooms where you have kind of core writers and then you bring in supplemental writers to sort of help out as opposed to having these giant writers rooms. Again, that is one way of bringing down the cost structure. If you are one of the studios for actors, a combination of outdated contract terms and rapidly changing media landscapes mean shorter season orders and longer hiatus between seasons. Also, they're deeply worried about the use of ai. They're worried that that the studios are gonna start using AI in order to generate scripts. Now, I've seen some of the AI scripts, they're not particularly good, but they are going to get better. And guess what? That's just the way tech works. Now we're looking at all this from the producer side. If you're an actor, you're a writer. I totally understand why you're upset about all of this. However, if you're a consumer of tv, if you're a consumer of the product, the product is getting cheaper, the people you don't like very much are getting paid less. Is this really like the end of the world? It's going to depress wages on one side, but it's certainly gonna depress costs on the other. Right now, if you wanna subscribe to all various streaming services, it's gonna cost you probably more than it did to pay for your bundled cable package way back when. Well, that's probably gonna go down now because again, the cost structure is, is declining and it has to, because again, the profit margins have been declining for a very, very long time. When it comes to ai, many of the, many of the SAG after actors are worried about their likeness voice or performance being used without their consent or without compensation, because AI can mimic all of that. But the truth is, the star system is basically dead. Aside from Tom Cruise, maybe Chris Pratt name a star who can open a film, it doesn't exist anymore. And this, I'm just gonna put directly on both the studios and the actors. So it used to be that if you wanted to create a star, the way that you created a star in Hollywood is scarcity. The only time you saw a star in Hollywood in the 1940s, fifties and sixties is when they were in the film, their personal life. There would be sort of gossip tabloids that would try to get ahold of it, but the studio did good job of guarding its people from, from becoming publicity figures outside of the movies outside of Marilyn Monroe, who is of course having affairs with nearly every major person in sight. The fact is that the biggest stars of the forties, fifties, and sixties were guarded by the studios. And that no longer happens. And once you take away the veneer of celebrity and glamor from people, and it just turns out that they're kinda losers who lead dissolute life people, people actually have a hard time separating when they go over to the movie theater. So the star system is basically dead. And once the star system is dead, you can just hire anybody to be an actor. There are a thousand talented actors out there, and not all that many are members of SAG aftra. So what we have here is just a mismatch between the way the industry actually works and the way that everybody who used to work in the industry wishes that it worked. And there's something mildly delicious about this, not for the the grips and not for the, the kind of people on set who are doing the, the, the actual hard work of putting things on film, but for the talent, for the actors, for the writers, the same people who are telling all of the people in Middle America five seconds ago learned to code all those people now being slapped with ai, there's something kind of funny about all of that. We'll get some more on that in just one second. First, a good life insurance plan can give you peace of mind that if something happens to you, your family will have a safety net to cover mortgage payments, college costs, or other expenses. Life insurance through your workplace may not offer enough protection for your family's needs. It won't follow you if you leave your job. 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Your personal information remains private. Your loved ones deserve financial safety net. You deserve a smarter way to find and buy it. Head over to policygenius.com/ Shapiro or click the link in the description, Get your free life insurance quote. see how much you could save. That's policygenius.com/ Shapiro policygenius.com/ Shapiro. Okay, so we're seeing some virtue signaling from Democrats on the, on the basis of this Hollywood strike. So for example, the ex exportable Adam Schiff, who's trying to run for Senate in the state of California, he signaled his support for the actors in writer strike Today, over 160,000 sag after members went on strike for better pay and better working conditions. And I want you to know I stand with you. This is personal for me. So many of you are my constituents. So many actors and stunt performers, so many voiceover artists and broadcast journalists. You are my friends, you're my neighbors. And what's more your fight is the fight for workers all over the country. This is a fight to make the economy work for people. Again, the industry is very profitable and you should share in those profits. After all, you are the folks who make that magic happen. So I'm gonna be out there in the picket lines by your side. I'll be yelling through that Bullhorn, I'll be supporting you until you get the deal that you have earned with good pay and good working conditions. So proud of what you're doing This, this was the deal that they had earned. And I say, he's so pathetic. If this were the deal that they'd earned, they were already making the pay. Because the fact of the matter is that the, the actual business expertise that has generated enormous profits in places like Netflix, that is not the actors and the writers. The actors and writers are valuable. No question. There's some of the inputs in terms of labor. but the simple fact is that it's been strategic decision making at the top levels of these companies that have made them profitable. There. There are a lot of movie and production companies that have a lot of talent working for them that are not profitable. Well, Bob Iger, who I really do not like as, as a human being, he's the head of Disney, but he also happens to be a competent business person. So he said, listen, the simple fact is these demands are unrealistic. He's not wrong about this. We're in the midst of a writer's strike and very likely it would seem to have a actor's strike. How is that gonna impact things and what are your expectations there? Well, I think it's very disturbing to me. I, you know, we've talked about disruptive forces on this business and all the challenges that we're facing and the recovery from Covid, which is ongoing. It's not completely back. This is the worst time in the world to add to that disruption. I understand any, any labor organization's desire to work on the behalf behalf of its members to get, you know, the most compensation to be compensated fairly based on the value that they deliver. We managed as an industry to negotiate a very good deal with the Director's Guild that reflects the value that the directors contribute to this great business. We wanted to do the same thing with the writers, and we'd like to do the same thing with the actors. There's a level of expectation that they have that is just not realistic and they are adding to a set of challenges that this business is already facing that is quite frankly very disruptive. So they're not being Realistic, Very dangerous. No, they're not. So a a lot of people are angry cuz Bob Iger makes a big payday, makes 27 million a year. Okay, let's assume that he made 1 million a year. Let's assume he made zero, distribute all that cash out to the actors, you know, 160,000 people. And it turns out that's not gonna be all that much money per person, like a hundred bucks per person. I mean, it's, it's, it is not a huge amount of money that you are talking about distributing to everybody else. That's not gonna solve the problem. It isn't about the executive pay of these companies. The biggest problem is, as Iger says, the model has completely changed in Hollywood. Now, here is the biggest problem for the actors and for the writers and for the companies. No one has any sympathy for any of them. No one has any sympathy for anyone of them. And no one has sympathy for Disney because Disney has decided to become extremely political. As I mentioned before, nobody has sympathy for the actors because no one knows who any of the actors are. You might have had sympathy for actors back in the 1960s, fifties, forties, because you had great allegiance to them on screen. The star si the star system was very much in play. So if, if Kerry Grant had decided that he was going to lead a strike with Ronalds Reagan with the rest of the members of SAG aftra, then everybody would be like, whoa, where's my favorite star? Where'd they go right now? If Tom Holland disappears from your screen, are you gonna be thinking about that very much? If, if suddenly Timothy Chama isn't in every movie, are you gonna be like weeping, heartbroken? If Zendaya doesn't show up, Zendaya Zenday, if she doesn't show up on your screen, are you gonna be like, whoa, oh no, what are we gonna do? Or are you just gonna wait for them to cast the next 22 year old beautiful person who is fairly decent as an actor? So the sympathy level for all of these people is very, very low. And it's particularly low for the corporations as well. So again, I, I don't think most Americans ha feel a stake in this particular labor fight that is particularly true because the same Boll, Bob Iger, who's making a correct business argument, also happens to be a person who injects himself into politics, alienating half of the American people on a regular basis. So in that same interview where he is correctly saying that actors and writers and directors, they've outsized expectations of a market that no longer exists in that same interview, he is pretending that Disney has had no role in the attempt in sexual, sexual indoctrination of children, which is not true at all. Here's Iger Stories I know, but you Can't be happy when there's literally Nazis standing outside the front gates Of the park. That was horrifying, quite frankly. And it's concerning to me that anyone would encourage a, you know, a, a level of intolerance or even hate that frankly could, you know, e e even become, you know, da you know, dangerous action that could be turned into, you know, some dangerous act of some sort. We are a preeminent entertainer in the world and we're proud of our track record there. The notion that Disney is in any way sexualizing children, quite frankly is, is preposterous and inaccurate. Let me just point out that that is not true at all, that they're not sexualizing children. That's a preposterous, inaccurate idea. Here's Latoya Rau, who's one of their headsman animation, and you'll remember this at the Reimagine Tomorrow symposium at Disney explicitly saying that they're attempting to sexually indoctrinate children All that like momentum that I felt like, that sense of, I don't have to be afraid to like, let's have these two characters kiss let's in the background this like, I was just wherever I could just basically adding queerness to like the, if you see anything queer in the show around them. But like I, I just was like, no one would stop me at She's adding queerness wherever she could. But don't worry, Bob Iger says that Disney is just as innocent as it was when you were a kid and they're just trying to show you Aladdin, that that's how, that's how innocent Disney is. Nevermind the fact that strange world, which completely bombed at the box office, featured the first openly lfVtwK plus minus divided by signs. Teenage Disney character was an actual plot point in the film. Nevermind that Elementor Elemental, a film made for small children had the first non-binary character, nevermind the lesbian kissing scene and, and central centrality to the plot of L g b lfVtwK Q politics in Lightyear. Nevermind the Proud Family, which which has become an extraordinary emblem of radical BLM 1619 project nonsense. I mean, all of that has been promoted in public view by Disney. Nevermind the fact that Disneyland is now having dudes wearing dresses at the Bibb, Bob Boutique at Disneyland. Now don't worry, they're not doing anything to your kids. So again, this is why the American people are kinda like, whatever man, don't care. Really, really don't care. Like go at it. Have at it guys. Okay. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is upping the ante over in Ukraine. So according to Politico, president Biden wrapped up his visit to Europe on Thursday, touting the strength of NATO and the alliance's ability to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin. But diplomatic breakthroughs overseas came with lingering uncertainties about the future of the war. Biden capped off his trip in Helsinki, projecting a dramatically different presence than the last American president to visit the finished capital. Five years ago this week Trump cited with Putin over America's intelligence agency's conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. As it turns out, the Russian interference in the 2016 election was actually quite minimal. And, and Trump wasn't entirely wrong about that. All the intelligence agencies suggested that Russia had some sort of mass scale effect on the 2016 election, and that was not true. However, Biden patted himself on the back. He said, Putin's already lost the war. Putin has a real problem. How does he move from here? What does he do? And so the idea that's gonna be what vehicle is he is used, he could end the war tomorrow. He could just say, I'm out. Well, but he's not going to just say he's out, and he's particularly not just gonna say he's out, given the set of incentives that the West is currently set up, a set of incentives in which the West keeps saying that Zelenskyy is going to take back the whole thing. Putin has no interest in Zelenskyy taking back the whole thing. Plus the United States has said, Zelenskyy gets to lead the charge here. He's gonna say that he takes back the whole thing. And also we're not gonna let him into NATO until he finishes, which leads Putin to want to presumably continue the war as long as humanly possible. So the the Ukrainian counter offensive, this much vaunted Ukrainian counter offensive, which was supposed to set up the Ukrainians for a better stance in negotiation against Russia, that is turned into a pretty long slog. Biden has said that he's going to guarantee the US would remain in NATO, which of course I don't think is in serious contention. I know that that Donald Trump has talked about the possibility of pulling the United States out of NATO. But that seems, I think, exaggerated to me. Meanwhile, Putin has now ordered 3000 reserves to be ready for Europeans deployment. Although it's not clear whether defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plans to actually deploy these reservists anytime soon. The move suggests the United States' training mission in Europe, along with deployment of several lu brigades after the invasion has now stretched its active duty forces. So we we're not even involved in an actual ground war in Ukraine. We don't actually have troops in Ukraine, any large numbers. We have advisors that apparently, but we don't have massive troops in Ukraine. Joe Biden had to call up 3000 more reservists. The the level of reservists that he's calling up are like the backups to the backup. That's how, that's how thinly stretched the American military is right now. The president's order for the first time designates Operation Atlantic resolve, according to Politico, the US effort in Europe as a contingency operation, which allows the Pentagon to call up Reserve forces and implement sped up acquisition authorities to supply those troops with equipment. The designation not only allows the president to mobilize reservists, it also provides support for families. Independents of reservists who might be deployed the US had rushed to 20,000 more troops to Europe after the Russian invasion. So we have over a hundred thousand on the continent, including rotations of 10,000 troops in Poland. The big story here is not that we're sending additional troops to Europe. Again, we have a hundred thousand troops there already. The big story is that we are so stretched militarily because of our recruitment failures under the Biden and yes, the Trump administrations because of the military's woke problem, because of the military constantly failing in, its in its missions thanks to political leadership because of the, frankly out of shape American youth who are not capable of passing basic fitness tests to get into the military. Because of all that, the American military is stretched absolutely thin, and the Ukraine war has stretched us thinner, even if we're not directly involved in the Ukraine war. Meanwhile, the Biden administration continues on, its on its quest to appease the Chinese. So they're playing this kind of weird inside, outside game with the Chinese, where on the one hand you have Joe Biden saying, absolutely, we'll fight over Taiwan. One. On the other hand, you have John Kerry refusing to label Xi Jinping a dictator. So here, here is John Kerry, the climate advisor to the Biden administration yesterday, refusing to call Xi Jinping a dictator. The president called Xi Jinping called him a dictator. Do you believe he wields the power of a dictator today in China? Meaning is his ability to, similar to Putin's ability to affect what he says he will do such that if he makes a promise, he can keep it There. There's no question at all that President Xi is, is the major decider of, of the direction and of the policies of China. Is China In fact effectively a dictator? Well, I'm not, you know, I don't think it's useful to get into, I don't, I'm not going to get into, But he does wield the power of, He wields enormous power as the ch as the leader of China. Absolutely. And, and everybody understands. By the way, lemme point you out right here. That when, when, when John Kerry says things like, I'm not going to get into whether he's a dictator, this is the same administration that claims that it's a fight for democracy. Ukraine Ukraine. This is why you shouldn't use language like that. Truthfully, you should just say, here's what America's interest is, and then say what America's interest is. But nobody believes you when you say that you're in a fight for democracy, but you refuse to call Xi Jinping dictator. That was not the dumbest thing that John Kerry said yesterday. John Carey also claimed that he has never personally owned a private jet, which means that he's a man of the people. John Kerry, I should mention at this point that his wife owned a charter jet company, Teresa Hinz Kerry, and that he flew those private jets around, but he hasn't personally owned it. So that means like I too am a man of the people, despite the fact that I've ridden in private jet many times. I'm a man of the people because I don't personally own a private jet. Did you know that? Here's John Kerry, I just don't agree with your facts, which began with the presentation of one of the most outrageously persistent lies that I hear, which is this private jet. We don't own a private jet. I don't own a private jet. I personally have never owned a private jet. And obviously it's pretty stupid to talk about coming in a private jet from the State Department up here. It just, honestly, if that's where you want to go, go there. He is just, he is just the worst. He is just the worst. Okay, in just one second, we're going to get to the fake race controversy of the day first. Have you ever invested in like a nice jacket or shoes, maybe even a nice dinner? Well, you're betting you shouldn't be any different. In fact, you should spend money on your betting because you're spending like eight hours a night on it. Start investing in your best sleep. With Bull and Branch. 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My amendment has nothing to do with whether or not colored people or black people or anybody can serve. Okay? It has nothing to do with color, Your Skin, skin, Mr. Any of that stuff. What we want to, what we wanna preserve and maintain is the fact that our military does not become a social experiment. We want the best of the best. We wanna have standards that guide who, who's in what unit, what they do. And I'm gonna tell you guys, right, right now, the Russians, the Chinese, the Iranians, the North Koreans, they are not, they are not doing this because they want the strongest military possible. I'd like to be recognized to have the words colored people stricken from the record. I find it offensive, inappropriate, and very inappropriate. Okay? So now we're, now we're going to be told that this is because this, this member is racist. It wasn't just a flub, it wasn't just that he meant say people of color or meant say black people. And he said colored people instead, this means the deep down in the cockles of his heart. He's a vicious, brutal racist. You have representative Jasmine Crockett, Democrat of Texas tweeting out Representative Eli Crane referred to black service members as colored people. You can't make this up. This is who these people are and who they've always been. Or you have representative Jim McGovern, democrat of Massachusetts saying something very similar. Wow. Republicans are just openly calling my colleagues color people on the house floor. Now they're bringing amendments to the floor to stop bases named after Confederate traders from getting new names. The G O P is not even hiding the racism, Racism anymore. Or representative Troy Carter, Democrat of Louisiana doing the same routine after a day where Republicans fought to rid the government of diversity and inclusion. One of them finally let the hood slip. You remember the kkk? Cause he said colored people as opposed to people of color or black people, or African-American In the 21st century. I never thought I would hear black people called color on the colored on the floor of this House of Representatives. Surely we are better than this. Okay? So you might be wondering when exactly the language of colored people went out. Okay, well, fortunately NPR covered this back in 2014. Then I don't use that language on the air because it is passe. It is older language. It is language that was used for a very, very long time in the United States, but it was not like using the N word. In fact, you may remember that the naacp, right, which is still the most prominent black rights organization in the United States, the NAACP was originally the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Right? Is that because they were calling themselves the N-word? No, it's because that was the parlance that was used for a very long time. Now it's passe. You don't use it because it's passe. but the notion that this is inherently like way, it's so insulting. It's like it's just deep and abiding, like gimme a break. It's just not true. And we all know it's not true, and you know it's not true, and you're just trying to turn this into a major issue when it's clearly a slip of the tongue. NPR says quote language is and always will be an essential element in the struggle for understanding among peoples changes in the words and phrases we use to describe each other, reflect whatever progress we make on the path toward a world where everyone feels respected and included. A Google Engram search compared the frequency of the use colored people, minorities, and people of color delivers interesting results. The use of the phrase colored people peaked in books published in 1970 for minorities. The top ranked here was 1997. Since then, the term has steadily declined, but continues to significantly outstrip the use of people of color. So if you look at the actual origin of people of color, okay, it was, it was originally used in 1807 in an act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States. The Oxford English Dictionary's, earliest references to people of color is from the French in the late 18th century person, or people is a term for human beings. That's pretty much uncontroversial. Color is a word packed with history, prejudice, and confusion. The adjective form of colored, the Oxford English dictionary says usually considered offensive. But now because color was adopted in the United States by emancipated slaves as a term of racial pride after the end of the American Civil War, it was rapidly replaced from the late 1960s as a self designation by black and later by African-American. Although it is retained in the name of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people in Britain. It was the accepted term for black Asian, or mixed race people until the 1960s. In the 1988 New York Times column about the phrase William Sapphire, who was big into language. He talked about Martin Luther King referring to citizens of color. In his speech at the march on Washington, he said, times change and terms change. Racial designations go through phrases. At one time the word negro was accepted, like the Negro Leagues at an earlier time colored and so on. This organization has been in existence for 80 years. The initial NAACP are part of the American vocabulary firmly embedded in the national consciousness. We feel it would not be to our benefits to change our name, right? That's an NAACP spokesperson talking. So again, does that mean that we should all start using that term? No. I mean, it's pass a and we shouldn't use it because some people find a that's fine. And one term is, is better than another today. but the notion that this congressperson didn't just slip of the, this was meant as like a racist reference is absolutely ridiculous. And this is the game that we now play. The game we now play is not, is the Biden administration's policy to benefit one racial group over another in American law? Is that racist? Is it racist to make it so that Asian Americans can't get into colleges, but black people can with scores, 300 points lowered on the SATs? Is that racist? Don't talk about that. Let's talk about whether this Arizona Congress person used the phrase colored people rather than people of color, which clearly means that he's a closeted member of the kkk. This sort of stuff is so dumb. I mean, truthfully, it is so dumb. If you spend your days deeply worried over, what is it? I mean, the guy tries to correct himself in real time. He realizes he has flubbed and that is why he correct himself. And then it turns into a national scam. Like, guys, how about we concentrate on some real problems in the United States, including problems of racism that have real world effects, particularly on people of other minorities. It's, it's just ridiculous. But again, people must have their, their quotient of, of racism in everyday media coverage. And so they'll manufacture it if they can't come up with the, the, the really good stuff. Okay? It's time for something that we haven't done for a while here on this program, and that is story time. So there's some books that you've seen on the shelves when you walk into Barnes and Noble and we're going into a weekend. So we, we have to, we have to have some fun. It's time for story time with Uncle Ben. Today's story time is titled Let It Lizzo. Apparently this was found by one of our producers, I won't say who, Justin. And it was found at the local bookstore near the front of the, of the bookstore, presumably to scare away the customers. And it's titled 50 Reasons Why Lizzo is Perfection. I think we have to read this because this is obviously directed at, you know, teenage girls for whom Lizzo is a thing. And so we're just gonna, it, it's a long book, believe it or not. There are many reasons why Lizzo is perfection. Like th this book has to be 75 to a hundred pages of why Lizzo is perfection. And So I thought that it was necessary for us to examine the various reasons why, you know, like a religious figure. Lizzo is perfection. So for example, Lizzo is the undisputed Queen of coconut oil. Wow. I I had never thought about that before. I, who are the competitors to that title, by the way? Who are, who are the other competitors for the, for the Queen of coconut? Apparently none. She's the undisputed Queen she performed in front of a giant inflatable and showstopping ass at the 2019 VMAs. Wow. I mean, that is ju wow. Well, who, who else could perform in front of a giant inflatable tookus that the, the, the magic that is Lizzo our, our world is becoming so much better because because of all of this, also, she is living proof that twerking is good for the soul. It's true when you read various traditions in religion, various religious traditions from all over the world who have been searching for some sort of spiritual lucidity, some sort of connection with a higher way of life, very few of them had stumbled upon the magic that is in fact, thrusting your ass in the air repeatedly. Okay, next, apparently, according to let it Lizzo 50 reasons why Lizzo is perfection. She owns Batman underwear And confirm that. Yes, they make my butt look really good. So first of all, factories in India are being kept afloat by the manufacturer of Batman underwear for, for Lizzo Tookus. Second of all, those must be truly magical underwear to to, to apparently achieve that effect. But that is, that is deeply exciting stuff. This is why she's perfection folks. This is why she is indeed perfection. And I get to make fun of her because she has made her intense body positivity, the center of her entire thinking, right? In fact, that is the next page here in the Lizzo being perfect routine. Here we go. It says, I think it's lazy for me to just say I'm Boll body positive at this point. It's easy. I would like to be body normative. I wanted normative my body. I wanna normalize my body and not just be like, oh, look at this cool movement. Being fat is body positive. No, being fat is normal. Well, unfortunately, in America that's true. And she has helped make it even more normal. The reality being fat, very bad for you. Yeah, I mean to preach, but go to the gym, stop eating so much. The fact is obesity makes literally every disease you have worse all of them. There's not a single thing that obesity does for you that you would not better be doing if you were not obese. And yet we are now being told that. But apparently all you need is a pair of Batman underwear and it fixes all your problems. That's exciting stuff. And the reason I point this out is because these are the cultural shapers. These are the people who make the magic happen. These are the people who decide what your kids see. The values that your kids are hearing are people like Lizzo. She, em embodies self-love and we love her for it says Lizzo. That that can, can I just say this? I I don't think that that self-love is the best thing. In fact, I think self-love is a form of idolatry. Love has to typically be earned. I I, I'm not a big fan of this unearned love routine. Like a small child gets unearned love. Like my babies get unearned love because they're small children. But now you're an adult, so it's time for you to earn some love, meaning like do something useful in life. This idea that self-love is the root of all good self-esteem is the root of all healthiness. It's a lie. It's not true. It's really bad for you. It leads to a narcissistic obsession with yourself and with your feelings that actually serves no one except for you. And it doesn't even really serve you because it makes you more obnoxious and disliked by everybody around you. Here's another one. When a Hollywood medium predicted that Liz o's future would see her swept off her feet, she scoffed. You know, I'm a strong black woman. I'm not trying to get swept off my feet. So first of all, that would have to be a very large dude to sweep Lizzo off her feet. Have to be like a linebacker for the New York Giants to sweep Lizzo off those feet. Like that. That is it. That is a heavy lift, my friends, no, I'm not a snack at all. Look, baby, I'm the whole damn meal. It speaks for itself. That's, that's at least fair. At least she had True, true. Okay. This book is very, very long. So we're only taking select selections of her perfection. We've only gone through a few of the various reasons why she is in fact perfection. She has brought together the world of classical flute and classical twerking. Ah, yes. As Mozart once sought. This is, this is, this is what Schubert longed for, was uniting the, the variegated world of classical flute and classical twerking. I don't know, is there, like, what would be the, like new vem? Is there like jazz twerking? Are there multiple brands of twerking? I thought the twerking is just like the shaking of the rear in a particular fashion. I didn't realize that. Do you have to be classically trained to classically twerk? You have to go to like ballet school, like classic ballet twerking school. I don't know how this works exactly. I'll, I'll I'll plead ignorance. Just your daily reminder that black trans women need to be protected and prioritized, says Lizzo. We ain't free till we all free also bad grammar. Thank you for choosing me. I don't take my allyship lightly. Oh yes, she is a heroine because men are women and women are men and all the rest. This one I actually think is true. So her Ursula cosplay made our poor unfortunate souls leave our bodies. I don't know if it made you die. That would be, that'd be weird. Like if you gazed upon her in horror and then you were strict dead. I, I don't think that that actually happened. But would that have been amazing casting? I mean, Lizzo as Ursula would've been pretty strong casting. I have to, I have to say that would've been better casting than what they actually ended up going with. Young girls and femme people around the world can look to Lizzo femme people. This is their, their their euphemism for, for dudes who wanna act like ladies as a new ideal of femininity. It's true. The ideal of femininity used to be strong, independent woman who gets a job, gets married, has kids. Strong independent woman used to be a person who cared for her husband and children around her. Now, a strong independent woman is a very, very large person who talks about her largeness and her empowered while while twerking. Well, I think we all learned something today from this book. Let It Lizzo. I think we all learned something. And this would make a fabulous gift for all the leftists in your life. So, they too can be more like Lizzo as beautiful as Lizzo, right? Which is what they all aspire to be, obviously, which is why that is the greatest compliment you can pay to anyone is you look just like Lizzo tonight, honey. Okay. Meanwhile, there's an interview between Tucker Carlson and Andrew Tate that's getting all sorts of attention. It has 25, 30 million views over at Twitter. It's the biggest episode of Tucker Show that he's done on Twitter for probably a couple of months. And, and it's fascinating. It's really, really long. It's like two and a half hours long. So we pulled a few of the clips to analyze them. Here's a little bit of it. It's a very uncertain situation to be picked up on just before New Year's Eve and thrown in a cell without charge. And I'm asking different prison guards and different prisoners. How long am I gonna be here? One prisoner's like I've been here two years. I was like, have you been charged? She goes, yeah, but I haven't gone to court yet. Like, everyone's been been there for years. I thought it was gonna be there for years. And it certainly takes a mental toll on you. And, and I think jail's a different experience when you know you're innocent. When I, there was a guy in there for murder, he's like, yeah, I murdered someone. I'm in jail. You can kind your soul in your mind, yes, can accept the punishment for a crime, but when you've actually done nothing wrong, I think jail's a lot harder. I mean, one of the things that makes Tate sort of an interesting person and and character is this is this tough-minded approach that he projects to toward everything. Now, as far as the actual specificity of the charges, my understanding is that his characterization of the charges is not what the Romanian government is saying, what the charges are. You would expect that obviously he's defending himself, so it's not a giant shock that his accounts of the charges are somewhat different than theirs. And there are also some civil Sues against him in Britain regarding sexual assault and, and all the rest. I'm sure the details of this are going to come out over time, but he was held in jail for a couple of months and then he was released, but he's still undercharging. So yeah, again, the, the outcome is less than assured. What is the matrix? Good question. I guess some Americans call it the deep state, but I like to look at it in a more global way. When I say the Matrix, I think there are certain agendas which are being pushed. I think the media machine and the judicial systems of the world work together hand in hand. I think the goal is to control people's minds to a point where they don't discuss anything that's important. Now, again, a lot of what he's saying right here is true. Andrew ate, I mean, there is an overwhelming consensus between members of the media and members of the government and members of corporate America. And that's true globally as well. And, and they can create a narrative that just is not true. We saw this with the Trump Russian narrative. We saw this with the idea that everyone including small children had to be vax for covid or everyone was going to die and all of the rest, you know that he, he's not wrong about that. Yeah. I think that he over attributes to the matrix. In other words, every symptomatic failure is obviously attributable to the matrix. So I. It's again, I think that there is such a thing as middle level bureaucracy in the United States government who are responsible for doing bad things. Does that mean that every bad thing that happens is attributable to that middle level bureaucracy? I don't think so. But his overall take, there are forces at work that are consolidated with one another and pursuing certain narratives. Obviously that's true. And that's one of the reasons his message is popular. Why do you think support for the war in Ukraine, support for Ukraine side in the war against Russia, support for a war against Russia in the West is kind of the, the bottom line issue for the people who run the US government and for the American media. Why? I mean, you, I guess you could argue about it. Yep. But there isn't an argument about it in the United States. There's a position and anyone who doesn't hold it is attacked and punished. Why? Why is that so important? Well, the first thing I think we should all do is I think we should all give Putin credit for curing covid. Right? Because when his invasion happened, COVID went away. So I hadn't thought about that. Think about it. It's almost to the day. So we have to give him some credit, at least for doing that. And he may be the bad guy of the world, but at least he cure covid for everybody nearly instantly. Fair. Thank you. Per, thank you President Putin. Yeah. I, up until this point, never really commented too heavily on pol politics. Yes. But I understand very well. I like to believe what's happening with Ukraine and Russia. And what I will say to the people who are watching this at home is that if you are naive enough to believe that there are good guys and bad guys in wars and it's as simple as good and bad and that the bad guys are crazy and the good guys want freedom, then you need to do a little bit more investigation into what's really happening. And when you look at the vested interest of any country or any person, Can I, can I just ask you to pause and just comment? That's the truest thing what you just said. That is the, and anyone who doesn't understand that should shut the fuck up. And I mean it, having seen war, anyone who's telling you that it's Churchill versus Hitler Yep. Is an idiot. Okay. But, but okay. Even in Tucker's last statement that everyone's telling you that it's Churchill versus Hitler, but that was the case where you had an actual like evil person versus forces of good on one side. So Tate is making a global statement that there's never any conflict in which it's good versus evil or in which one side is completely right. And the other side is completely wrong, that it's all more complex than that. I think that's always true. I think there are certainly cases in which one side is right and the other side is wrong. I think that happens actually fairly frequently. Now does that mean there isn't complexity to every war or that the rationales that are presented to the public for war are the same as the rationales behind closed doors? No, but the, the kind of generalized moral relativism that that is being expressed, there is something with which I, I fully disagree. World War II was not a battle between two sides who had competitive but understandable versions of what was true. World War II was a battle between a fascist force that wished to wipe every Jew off the planet and a force that wished to preserve western democracy and civilization. I mean that, that, that is what World War II was. The same thing happens to be true with regard to, for example, the Civil War, one side in the Civil War wanted to preserve slavery. The other side in the Civil War wanted to overrun slavery. Now, was there, is there more complexity than that? Yeah, sure. There, there's more complexity than that. but the overall narrative is not false. And what I see here is that complexity, the scales of gray are being used to eliminate the colors black and white. Now, if you wanna say that there is gray to the picture, that's fair, that's fair, that's fine. I mean there's gray to World War ii also there is the, there's the phony war that occurred when the West seemed to be wanting to appease Hitler. Right there, there's a lot of stuff happening in the lead up to any war. But in the end of the day, if you're deciding which side you want to side with a moral component does exist. And eliminating that moral component is I think a mistake and a straw man. You've said depression isn't real or it's not as, the way we described depression isn't accurate. What, what do you think of Depression when I say depression isn't real? What I'm that really upset the world, especially the liberals? Cuz they all live on medication. Right? When I say depression isn't real, I'm saying that because I don't believe in things that can take away power from me. If I believed in depression, I would've been depressed in jail. But I can't be depressed if I don't believe in it. If you don't believe in ghosts, how can you be haunted? You have two people in a, in a haunted house, one believes in ghosts, one doesn't. There's a knock in the night, one wakes up, calls an exorcist is terrified, looks for a ghost. The other guy doesn't believe in ghosts, knocking the night goes back to sleep. It's the belief in the ghost that gives it the power. If I don't believe in depression, I believe in feeling depressed. Sure. We're humans, we have emotions. Sometimes we feel depressed, sometimes we feel happy. I don't believe in the idea of becoming a depressed person who has depression. I don't believe in that. I don't think that's possible for me. So if I don't believe in it, how can it happen? Okay. Again, I think that's spoken to somebody who doesn't have depression. So, I don't have depression either, but there are certainly people who are manic depressives. Right? That's an actual mental condition where people go from absolute mania to absolute depression. Now one of the things that, that he's saying that I generally agree with is that very often depression should be overcome with cognitive behavioral therapy. Right. That's actually what he's talking about there is where you say, listen, my chain of thought here is wrong. And so I'm gonna correct that chain of thought. but the idea that depression just overall doesn't exist if you ignore it. For some people it pretty clearly does and sometimes it's caused by, you know, tragic life events and sometimes it's caused by actual brain issues. But to, to kind of dismiss wholesale all depression again, I, I think this one is actually more complex and I think foreign policy is a little bit less complex than he's suggesting. So, so yeah. Are there people who require medication for depression? Yes. Is it way less than the number of, is it way fewer than the number of people who are currently taking medication for depression? I think also, yes. So he's right that for a person who does not suffer from preconditions that lead to depression or person doesn't have manic depression or something like that, that the way to overcome depressive states is to kind of work your way through it. That obviously is true, but that's not even in conflict with, you know, sort of the best of psychotherapy. So men are replacing genuine sexual relationships with just the computer screen and porn and it's becoming a very, very big problem. And that's also exasperated by the fact that I think the sexual marketplace has become globalized. This is the thing I say to young men, A lot of men come to me with problems and my only answer to them is masculine excellence. I say that in the world we live in today, being a normal man or below normal is gonna be terrible. You have to be an exceptional man cuz the sexual marketplace, especially even if you just want to find a wife, is globalized. If you, in 1955, if you met the hawk girl in the Nebraskan town, she was the hawk girl in the Nebraskan town. If you meet her today, she's being offered to go to Coval and goes skiing in France and she's being offered to fly to Dubai and there's millionaires who can just fly her anywhere and give her anything she wants and, and who are you? Right? It's, it's getting harder and harder as a man to even find the most basic human function of re reproduction. Even to just find a woman you can reproduce with. It's becoming more and more difficult. You also couple that with the fact that they've destroyed morality in women also. So when you destroy the morality in men and you destroy how a man should act and then you destroy how a woman should act, it's, they're go, you're both going in the opposite direction. Most women out there are very happy to share a man who's just rich and famous and they don't, they don't care. It's interesting. So, so, so you're the normal guy. You know, there's, there's this rich famous guy with 30 girls that's 29 dudes who are lonely and they end up watching porn. And if you have a porn addiction or you have a problem with porn, you have a problem with yourself. Because I guarantee if you're the kind of man you're supposed to be, you would've no time for that and you wouldn't need it. Okay. So I, everything he's saying here is true. Okay? Every single So I have a lot of quibbles with anate. This is not one of them. Right. What he, what he's saying here is absolutely true. That the, that the big imbalance between men and women, which has been created by the sexual revolution in which men and women were not expected to marry one another and then pair off one-on-one, has created tremendous imbalances just population-wide. And also he's correct that obviously you have to be more successful in order to achieve appeal to women in today's day and age. Cuz they have many more options with regard to men, but also because men aren't pairing up one-to-one with women. Women aren't pairing up one-to-one with men. That that's just statistically reality. What he's saying is right, and you can see this in every time you see a poll where women are saying, I just want a man who's six foot and makes 200 grand a year that that's like a very tiny percent of the population. But there are a lot of women who are attractive who feel that they can achieve that because again, there is a global marketplace. What he's saying there is right now, there is an element that again, I think is missing. And that is that if you actually wish to society-wide cure this problem, he's right on the individual level, there's no substitute for excellence and achievement and success and all the rest. I, I, I fully agree with that. On a society-wide level, that's not gonna solve the problem on a society-wide level, the only solution to this is return to the sort of values that build families. In other words, one solution here is become more successful to the attractive girl is attracted to you as opposed to the millionaire 45 year old who's, who's got a wife. The other solution is inculcate from the time people are young, a set of values in which men and women are meant to marry each other and raise children. So that devalues you're looking for in the other person are an important component of how you date and marry. Right. That's the part that I always feel like is missing in some of these conversations. If a black billionaire and a white billionaire meet somewhere, I don't think there's much conversation about race. I don't think, no, I don't think there's any racism. No. Interesting. No, they're not that interested in the topic. Actually. They don't care. Right, right. But amongst the lower echelons of the populace, they seem very interested in trying to turn us all on each other. Yes. I wonder why that is and I wonder why they deliberately make laws and push media matters, which are designed to do exactly that. I wonder why that is. We can sit and I have my own theories. Okay, so the the sort of classism argument that the reason that that this is being pushed is on behalf of the upper class elites. I, he, he's right in one sense and, and I think incorrect in another. So he, he's certainly right that when you go to upper class enclaves, the amount of racism is, is virtually non-existent. Because again, people tend to identify by class more than they do by race. If you go to very poor areas of the United States, very often you see black and white people living together pretty much. Okay? Right. Go to the rural south and you see this actually a fair bit. And, and if you go to very rich areas like San Francisco, you see very rich, black and white people living right next to each other with no actual gap. So why is it that the elite or what you would call the matrix, are pushing the racism narrative? I, I don't think that that's necessarily for the preservation of economic power. I think that that is because a lot of those people actively believe that people who are not like them are bad. Like all of them. Like people who are not living in my little San Francisco enclave, they're racist, sexist, bigot homophobes who despise each other. Just as Barack Obama talked about that the, the people he was meeting with in San Francisco when he was talking about the bitter clingers, they're all like Barack Obama, but everybody else is actually bad. So it's, it's not that they are doing this to preserve their own power. As much as they have this very self-centered view of the world in which they're the only good people, everyone else is in fact racist, which is why you need racial preferences programs. For example, So I was a little bit surprised to see Greta Thunberg with Zelenskyy this morning. It's what's interesting to me is this, firstly I would never kill myself. Secondly, imagine these people are so detached from reality. Imagine going, you know what we need to do brainwave, we need to drum up support for this garbage. Let's take our, let's take the, the most loved woman, Greta and the most loved man Zelenskyy, and let's make a meet. Think about the pr, let's bring a camera and imagine people sitting around a table going, that's great. That's, that's gonna really make people support this. Gives I'll, I don't wanna swear, I'm sorry, but some young girl turns up to a war zone who has nothing. Why is she there? What are they gonna talk about? I don't Know. But what's their conversation? I think she only yells, I don't think she does talk. I, I don't understand. Is she gonna talk about how the childhood has been stolen from all those million Ukrainian men who who've been born to blown to pieces? Like she talks about childhood being stolen cause we drive, you know, cars. I don't think she is, I don't think she's gonna mention that. Not wrong, correct. I mean, he, again, when he talks about the matrix, the matrix is, you know, the, this, this kind of generalized Annette between people like the Greta Thunberg, who, who really should not be a world famous figure. She was a child when she was exploited for her political point of view. And, and people like Vladimir Zelenskyy, who's an actual world leader in the middle of a war like that, the, the obvious imbalance there. but the attempt by the matrix to paint that as a sort of, as a sort of meeting of equals is ridiculous on his face. So every survey of female happiness in the West shows just a, a straight decline since about 1970 till now women are becoming less happy. Yeah. In the West, I think it's very obvious what accounts for that. How can you be happy when all the men around you aren't men? Right. We are the most beautiful union that God has possibly created on the planet. A ma, a feminine woman, and a masculine man. It's the most beautiful union that can possibly exist. It raises children the best it both parties are happier. Both parties gain. It's a net positive for everybody. There's no negative, there's no downside. But if you destroy one side of the ECA equation, then the other side, it's gonna be completely in utterly miserable and unhappy. How as a woman can you be happy? If you can't find a man who you believe can protect you, provide for you, sticks up for you, has morals, has principles, there's none of those men left. So then what they do is just go from man to man trying to find it. And by the time they've been through enough men to maybe find someone semi close to it, they've been through too many men to ever be happy. And then you have the absolute destruction of Western society. We talk about why men don't get married anymore. I can tell you why I wouldn't wanna get married in America. I don't see the point in being married to a woman who's had so many partners before me that she can't properly pair bond with me and then giving her the opportunity to financially destroy me. I think that would be a bad chess move. I mean, again, everything he's saying is true. So he should get married and he should be monogamous and have kids because the union that that actually provides all of this is the marital union. It is not in fact camgirls. So I'm, I'm the, the many of the things he's saying are absolutely right. A as I've said before, I think that, that Andrew's big gift is that Andrew ate is very good at diagnosing problems. I think many of his solutions don't meet the test of the problem. I think very often the solutions are, are incomplete or very often the solutions are, are correct in rhetoric but not in action. But when it comes to diagnosing problems, I mean, this is the reason he is popular. If he weren't putting his thumb on something real, he wouldn't have millions and millions and millions of followers, obviously. Okay, time for a quick thing that I hate. Okay. So Maybelline has decided that they, they want to literally hold Bud Light's beer, apparently. So Maybelline is a women's, so here's the thing, a lot of the male brands are not doing this anymore because males were like, nah, men ain't ladies, ladies ain't men. We ain't doing this. But there are a lot of companies that are still relying on women to be nice because women are typically nicer than men. Not to other women, but to like everyone else. They're very, very nice, particularly to men. And so because of that, there are a lot of brands, they're relying on these sort of niceness of women to just insult women up to wazoo. It's why the idea of of men playing in women's sports is more offensive to men than to women. Because a lot of women, even though they should be defending themselves, they're really like, well, you know, but isn't it mean? So now Maybelline is taking that to the ultimate extreme. They've signed up a Maybelline partner who is a bearded, hairy dude to, to model, which is hideous and horrifying. Obviously It's Prime day on Amazon, so why not see if Maybelline has any deals going on and look at that super stay vinyl ink is 30% off and my favorite colors are in stock and ready to shift. My Amazon order arrived the next day, and here I am filming a makeup review and baby check out this color in shine. It's so comfortable and it will not budge or smudge for up to 16 hours. What is even happening? So for those who can't see, this would be a dude named Ryan Vita. He has a full beard, he has a beaded barrette in his beard while applying bright pink shades of Maybelline's super stay liquid lipstick. And, and, and then he kisses his hand showing no gloss has transferred onto his hand. So Maybelline shared the ad with it's nearly 12 million Instagram followers, the caption nodes that Vida, who has 49,000 followers. So very few followers by the way, and uses the pronouns. She, he they, which doesn't even make any sense. Like how get she, he, they, that's all of them is a Maybelline partner. And nearly 2000 comments from many consumers aren't pleased with the casting. Well, you would think at a certain point, are women just gonna stand up to this and be like, no, how about this? How about you advertise female products to us with women? How about that? How about we would like to see what a woman might look like with the lipstick as opposed to a bearded, not particularly attractive dude, how about that? But no, Maybelline is going to lecture everybody and they're gonna steer directly into this. You know, there's gotta be a makeup brand somewhere that actually wants to cater to women. And women. At some point, you're gonna have to stand up for yourselves. I mean, seriously being the powerful strong people you are, at some point you're gonna have to say, dudes should stop pretending to be us because we are not dudes. But if you won't, then you're just gonna keep getting catered to with this kind of crap. I'm just wondering who Maybelline thinks is like the crowd that's like, oh man, now I'm buying more Maybelline because I saw a bearded ugly dude put on some liquid lipstick. That's, that makes perfect sense. Who are, who are the brand managers at these places? Alrightyy, the rest of the show is continue right now. 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vehicle end war tomorrow m s go s s particularly go to s give set incentive west currently set set incentive west keeps say zelenskyy go thing putin interest zelenskyy take thing plus united states say zelenskyy get lead charge s go to take thing go to let nato finish lead putin want presumably continue war long humanly possible ukrainian counter offensive vaunted ukrainian counter offensive suppose set ukrainian well stance negotiation russia turn pretty long slog biden say s go guarantee remain nato course not think contention know donald trump talk possibility pull united states nato think exaggerated putin order reserve ready europeans deployment clear defense secretary lloyd austin plan actually deploy reservist anytime soon suggest united states training mission europe deployment lu brigade invasion stretch active duty force involve actual ground war ukraine not actually troop ukraine large number advisor apparently not massive troop ukraine joe biden reservist level reservist s call like backup backup s s thinly stretch american military right president order time designate operation atlantic resolve accord politico effort europe contingency operation allow pentagon reserve force implement speed acquisition authority supply troop equipment designation allow president mobilize reservist provide support family independent reservist deploy rush troop europe russian invasion thousand continent include rotation troop poland big story send additional troop europe thousand troop big story stretch militarily recruitment failure biden yes trump administration military wake problem military constantly fail mission thank political leadership frankly shape american youth capable pass basic fitness test military american military stretch absolutely thin ukraine war stretch thinner directly involve ukraine war biden administration continue quest appease chinese play kind weird inside outside game chinese hand joe biden say absolutely fight taiwan hand john kerry refuse label xi jinpe dictator john kerry climate advisor biden administration yesterday refuse xi jinpe dictator president call xi jinping call dictator believe wield power dictator today china meaning ability similar putin ability affect say make promise s question president xi major decider direction policy china china fact effectively dictator m know not think useful not m go wield power wield enormous power ch leader china absolutely everybody understand way lemme point right john kerry say thing like m go s dictator administration claim fight democracy ukraine ukraine not use language like truthfully here america interest america interest believe fight democracy refuse xi jinpe dictator dumb thing john kerry say yesterday john carey claim personally own private jet mean s man people john kerry mention point wife own charter jet company teresa hinz kerry fly private jet not personally own mean like man people despite fact ve ride private jet time m man people not personally private jet 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Speeches, etc. Prime Minister Mrs. Margaret Thatcher came “home” to Barnet last week, to receive the highest honour the borough can give. She became the borough's newest honorary Freeman in a ceremony at the Town Hall, Hendon. And although this does not entitle the Prime Minister to drive her sheep through Hendon, or fish exclusively in Finchley's Dollis Brook, * the evening itself was full of ceremony. A fanfare of trumpets from the staff band of the Royal Corps of Transport, and a guard of honour from three local territorial Army Units greeted Mrs. Thatcher as she arrived. It was less than a year since she had sat in the same chamber to hear herself returned as MP for Finchley and Friern Barnet, only a few hours before she became Prime Minister. “I do indeed go round the world as you have said,” Mrs. Thatcher told her audience. “But it is not going round the world that matters. It is coming home. And I am so very pleased that my Parliamentary home is the borough of Barnet, and delighted to be its latest Freeman.” The Prime Minister, who twice received standing ovations, remembered when her predecessor, Sir John Crowder, was made Freeman of the borough of Finchley, in February, 1960. “Sir John CrowderHe had been here 25 years and at the time I thought, he was getting on a bit. I find I have been here 21 years and I hope to be here quite a bit longer.” She said that, although she collected medals and scrolls from her travels around the world, the only honour that really meant anything was one granted by people who really knew her. “That is the sweetest and most valuable one of all,” she added. Looking round the chamber, Mrs. Thatcher said she could see people to whom she owed a great deal, for they had selected her as MP in 1959. She mentioned Alderman Alfred Pike, a former Mayor of Finchley and a Freeman, Bert Blatch, a former local editor, Councillors Victor Usher and Bill Hart, Mrs. Ena Constable, Mrs. Betty Gibson, and Mr. Gordon Bryson. She spoke of the annual events she attends in her constituency, such as Finchley Rotary Club's dinner, and the Christmas meeting with pensioners. And she mentioned the former Sims factory—now CAV—and Priors department store—the present Owen Owen—which she had known when she took up office in 1959. There was laughter when Mrs. Thatcher said that MPs Mr. Sydney Chapman and Mr. Peter Thomas had taken away some of her constituency, and she regretted that she had lost the Garden Suburb. Becoming more serious, Mrs. Thatcher said that she had to deal with two files that were never closed—transport and education. “We are always doing some blessed road scheme,” she said. “I took over the widening of the road through the Garden Suburb and then it was a flyover and now it is another tunnel. “Education was a problem when I came and it is a problem still. We have done so much in the cause of progress but some of it did not turn out to be progressive. If we had not done quite so much we might have done a greater service to those we represent.” She referred to the different crises of each decade, beginning with the airlift to Berlin in the fifties, followed by Hungary, Czechoslovakia and now Afghanistan. She added: “So we were right in our assessment that there is one great expansionist power in the world today, and it just happens to be the one that marched into Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan. We have to keep up our defence and be aware of their every move.” She praised the guard of honour from the three Territorial Army units—B Company 6/7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment; No. 3 Company, 10th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment; and 240 (Hertfordshire) Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport (Volunteers). “What a wonderful institution they are!” she said “I once went out with the paratroopers, though they would not let me jump, and among them were several people from Finchley. “And it was in Finchley we first began to adopt HMS Tartar whose motto was ‘Without Fear.’ I thought that was a good one for me to take when I became Prime Minister.” She told anecdotes of some of the 51 Prime Ministers of England since Sir Robert Walpole first held the office in 1742. And she was full of praise for Sir Winston Churchill. She told the councillors: “We all share one great thing in common. We are all elected to serve the people in the borough of Barnet. There is only one way to govern free people and that is by serving them. That rule is without exception.” Mrs. Thatcher was presented with a casket containing the scroll of the Freedom—the casket designed and made in the workshops of Woodhouse School, North Finchley, under the direction of Mr. Gerald Lettice, and the scroll the handiwork of Mr. Raymond Clarke. She signed the Freemen's roll and was allowed to keep the pen as a memento of the occasion. There was praise for the Prime Minister from Barnet's Mayor, Councillor Mrs. Rita Levy, from council leader Leslie Pym, from Councillor Mrs. Edna James, chairman of the General Purposes Committee, and from Councillor Hart. The Mayor gave “top marks” to the selectors in Finchley who chose Mrs. Thatcher as their candidate from 200 applicants. “It has proved a far-sighted choice. Some of the original committee are here as my fellow councillors and from them I have learned that Mrs. Thatcher's forceful personality and undoubted sincerity which were the deciding factors. “She had lucidity and fluency. As always her preparation was thorough. Even then they recognised her leadership qualities. She did not try to impress them that her father, Alderman Roberts, had been a distinguished Mayor of Grantham. Her upbringing taught her independence. So, Finchley, thank you,” she added. The Mayor praised Mrs. Thatcher's concern for all her constituents, many of whom she knew by name. Councillor Pym spoke of her “ability, tenacity, sincerity, logic, unflappability and determination of purpose.” Councillor Mrs. James related the Freedom of the borough to the many times the Prime Minister had spoken on the subject, including just the week before in Finchley, when she said “freedom incurs responsibility.” Councillor Hart spoke of his own privilege in knowing Mrs. Thatcher since she was elected MP in 1959. He described the evening as a “family occasion” and added: “Only recently, following a heavy Parliamentary day, she found time to open a new block of flats for senior citizens, spending most of her time talking to individual tenants in their homes in a happy and relaxed atmosphere and making them all feel they were very important people.” After the ceremony the Prime Minister and her husband, Denis, joined the guests for refreshments in the committee rooms. They included the deputy Lieutenant, Colonel F. E. Wilkins, the MPs of Hendon South and Chipping Barnet, Peter Thomas and Sydney Chapman, Mr. Roland Freeman, Finchley's GLC representative, and Councillor Christopher Walford, the Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea. * In the City of London Freemen have rights such as this. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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speech etc prime minister mrs margaret thatcher come home barnet week receive high honour borough borough new honorary freeman ceremony town hall hendon entitle prime minister drive sheep hendon fish exclusively finchley dollis brook evening ceremony fanfare trumpet staff band royal corps transport guard honour local territorial army unit greet mrs thatcher arrive year sit chamber hear return mp finchley friern barnet hour prime minister round world say mrs thatcher tell audience go round world matter come home pleased parliamentary home borough barnet delight late freeman prime minister twice receive standing ovation remember predecessor sir john crowder freeman borough finchley february sir john crowderhe year time think get bit find year hope bit long say collect medal scroll travel world honour mean grant people know sweetest valuable add look round chamber mrs thatcher say people owe great deal select mp mention alderman alfred pike mayor finchley freeman bert blatch local editor councillor victor usher bill hart mrs ena constable mrs betty gibson mr gordon bryson speak annual event attend constituency finchley rotary club dinner christmas meeting pensioner mention sim factory cav prior department store present owen owen know take office laughter mrs thatcher say mp mr sydney chapman mr peter thomas take away constituency regret lose garden suburb mrs thatcher say deal file closed transport education bless road scheme say take widening road garden suburb flyover tunnel education problem come problem cause progress turn progressive great service represent refer different crisis decade begin airlift berlin fifty follow hungary czechoslovakia afghanistan add right assessment great expansionist power world today happen march hungary czechoslovakia afghanistan defence aware praise guard honour territorial army unit b company volunteer battalion queen regiment company volunteer battalion parachute regiment hertfordshire squadron royal corps transport volunteer wonderful institution say go paratrooper let jump people finchley finchley begin adopt hms tartar motto fear think good prime minister tell anecdote prime minister england sir robert walpole hold office praise sir winston churchill tell councillor share great thing common elect serve people borough barnet way govern free people serve rule exception mrs thatcher present casket contain scroll freedom casket design workshop woodhouse school north finchley direction mr gerald lettice scroll handiwork mr raymond clarke sign freemen roll allow pen memento occasion praise prime minister barnets mayor councillor mrs rita levy council leader leslie pym councillor mrs edna james chairman general purpose committee councillor hart mayor give mark selector finchley choose mrs thatcher candidate applicant prove farsighte choice original committee fellow councillor learn mrs thatcher forceful personality undoubted sincerity decide factor lucidity fluency preparation thorough recognise leadership quality try impress father alderman roberts distinguished mayor grantham upbringing teach independence finchley thank add mayor praise mrs thatcher concern constituent know councillor pym speak ability tenacity sincerity logic unflappability determination purpose councillor mrs james relate freedom borough time prime minister speak subject include week finchley say freedom incur responsibility councillor hart speak privilege know mrs thatcher elect mp describe evening family occasion add recently follow heavy parliamentary day find time open new block flat senior citizen spend time talk individual tenant home happy relaxed atmosphere make feel important people ceremony prime minister husband denis join guest refreshment committee room include deputy lieutenant colonel f e wilkin mp hendon south chip barnet peter thomas sydney chapman mr roland freeman finchley glc representative councillor christopher walford mayor kensington chelsea city london freeman right copyright margaret thatcher foundation right reserve

Speeches, etc. Who is feeling the pinch in taxation these days? The answer, according to Mrs Margaret Thatcher, the Opposition leader, is—Mr and Mrs Average. Mrs Thatcher, in her role as MP for Finchley and Friern Barnet and very much on home ground at a lunch at St. Mary's church hall, Hendon Lane, Finchley, spelt out a few facts and figures for a Conservative audience. There may not have been the razzmatazz of her North American excursion, but 100-plus Tory women, and a few assorted males, gave her as enthusiastic a reception as she has been used to in recent weeks. The talk was about her new international stature, and there were several confident references to the likelihood of her moving in to No. 10 Downing Street. I was the only Press representative at the lunch and was one of the “mere males” in a true blue Tory women's world where more than 200 eyes scrutinised every move made by the Opposition leader. I didn't manage a general canvass, but I reckon the ladies gave her high marks for appearance and content of speech. There is one interesting sidelight to her visit to the States—everyone there now knows where Finchley is, said Mrs Thatcher. Her theme was private enterprise, with a tilt at her critics who accused her of “knocking” Britain when she was in the USA and Canada. And she drew an interesting comparison between her visit to the private enterprise world over the Atlantic and her recent trip to Rumania. Mrs Thatcher was relaxed and confident, not just because she was on home ground and speaking to the converted, but possibly because of the hurdle she overcame in establishing herself in the United States. She scored a good point with the mainly middle income audience when she got on to the taxation theme. Labour, she said, had always threatened to soak the rich through taxation when they got back into power. But there were few rich people left. The burden now fell on Mr and Mrs Average, she said to approving nods from her audience. In 1963 Mr and Mrs Average paid 5 per cent of their income to the Government. Now they paid over 20 per cent. That, in turn, led the average chap—her word, not mine—to ask for more money to try to keep pace. Did Mrs Thatcher “knock” Britain when she was abroad? Before she went to the USA, she said, there were a number of stories printed about this country. One was headed Bye, bye Britain. The Americans and Canadians wanted an assurance that Britain had a future. Labour critics had accused her of “knocking” the country. But it was the Socialist Government that provided the “knocking” with a 25 per cent rate of inflation and growing unemployment. “I had to show that we had a future,” said Mrs Thatcher, expounding her now widely publicised theme that Britons were still the same sturdy, people they always had been. Britain was the home of freedom and the home of ideas. If the country perished it would not just be 55m. people going under—the blow would affect the whole world. She made the not unreasonable point that her job in America was to preach that Britain had a future and not to plead the case for Socialism. Labour, she said, had withdrawn money from the people for government. They had taken it from private businesses, industry and private enterprise. And governments, she said, were not as good at running businesses as people in touch— “that is why we are in difficulties.” FACT: 97 per cent of Britain's exports came from private enterprise, said Mrs T. “It doesn't make sense to lose it,” she added. “but build it up—not do a Benn on it.” FACT: Nationalised industry had lost money every year except 1969. FACT: America's 215m. population have collected 142 Nobel Prizes. Britain's 55m. have collected 72—more than France, Belgium and Holland combined. She spoke of British inventiveness and referred to a brain-scanning machine she had seen in Chicago—made in Britain and “selling like hot cakes.” When she visited Rumania, she said, everyone spoke of the numbers of tractors or road machines they produced. They expressed pride in what they achieved. In countries such as Britain and the USA, where there was greater prosperity, people told you about what went wrong. Mrs Thatcher's verbal flag-waving for the free society— “you don't need to put a wall round it to keep people in” —ended with a message about the diminishing freedom in this country. The real danger of an inflationary situation was that people might lose confidence and the Left Wing would claim that the Capitalist system has failed. Mrs Thatcher does not think it has. And she is equally clear that much as the Labour Party might look divided there is not much division of opinion between their Right and Left. “They want the same,” she said. “They go there at different speeds.” The Finchley and Friern Barnet Women's Advisory Committee chairman, Mrs. Margaret Tiplady, summed up the general feeling of the audience when she said, “America now knows what we have known for some time—that Margaret is something special.” The constituency chairman, CouncillorJimmy Sapsted, said the “militant Left wing” of Finchley derided Mrs Thatcher's “walk tall” message, and they would like everyone to be Socialist pigmies.” Mrs Betty Damant former secretary of the WAC, who has moved from Finchley, was presented with a book about Mrs Thatcher. And Mrs Doris Lowry, who was celebrating her birthday was presented with a cake. Copyright © Margaret Thatcher Foundation 2024. All Rights Reserved.

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