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>> Announcer: START THE CLOCK.
โช
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bill:
THANK YOU, PEOPLE, HOW ARE YOU?
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WOOF WOOF, ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET TO ALL THE BIG NEWS.
BIG NEWS FROM OUTER SPACE.
DID YOU SEE THIS?
YOU KNOW ELON MUSK HAS HIS
COMPANY SPACE X.
AMAZING COMPANY.
[LAUGHTER]
AND WENT PUBLIC A FEW MONTHS AGO
AND DID VERY WELL.
BUT THEIR ROCKET CRASHED INTO
THE MOON.
THAT SCIENCE.
IT GOES WRONG BEFORE IT GOES
RIGHT BUT WE HIT THE MOON WITH A
ROCKET.
TRUMP ANNOUNCED TODAY THE MOON
HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DEFEATED.
AND THEY ARE BEGGING FOR A DEAL.
BEGGING FOR A DEAL.
OH I KID.
I KID THE IRAN WAR.
IS IT A WAR?
IT'S A WAR, NOT A WAR.
IT'S COMPLICATED.
ITS STATUS IS VERY COMPLICATED.
NOW THEY'RE SAYING THE STRAIT OF
HORMUZ IS OPEN EXCEPT THEY ARE
GOING TO BAN SHIPS JUST FROM THE
UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL.
THIS REALLY PISSED OFF TRUMP.
HE SAID YOU ARE SO LUCKY YOU WE
ARE OUT OF MISSILES.
THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME
FROM.
NO, TURNS OUT NOT.
NOT WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
WE SPENT $1 TRILLION ON
MISSILES.
WHEN YOU SPEND MONEY AT
McDONALD'S YOU NOTICE THERE'S
ONE FOR YOU AT THE
FRY AT THE BOTTOM.NEXT WEEK HE D
ATTORNEY GENERAL THROUGH.
HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE THROUGH BUT HE LOST
JEANINE
EVEN EVEN SHE WOULDN'T GO ALONG
WITH HIS STORY, AND TRUMP SAID
SHE FOLDED LIKE AN UMBRELLA.
DON'T WE WANT UMBRELLAS TO FOLD?
FUIT'S
LIKE SAYING ABOUT SOME GUY YOU
DON'T LIKE THAT GUY REALLY SHAT
SHOT THE TOILET.
JEANINE PIRRO LITERALLY BROUGHT
A SUITCASE OF EVIDENCE TO THE
WHITE HOUSE TO SAYING IT WAS BAD
CONSTRUCTION AND TRUMP NOT
BUYING IT.
HE WAS REALLY SAD.
IT WAS A DISGRACE, HE WAS VERY
RUDE.
SOMETIMES I E WONDER IF WHY I E
MAKE THE SHIT UP.
WHILE WE'RE OBSESSING ABOUT
REFLECTING POOLS IN THE
BALLROOM, THAT WAS IN THE NEWS
TODAY.
THE BALLROOM AND THE POOL.
I SAY THIS EVERY WEEK, THE AI IS
GOING TO KILL US ALL.
LAST WEEK IT'S LIKE THEY WENT
INTO THEIR OWN EVOLUTION.
NOW WE FOUND THIS WEEK FOR THE
FIRST TIME THEY'VE CREATED
FUNCTIONING VIRUSES NOT SEEN IN
NATURE.
NO DATE ON WHEN WILL ALL BE
DEAD.
YOU CAN ACCESS THE NEW PLATFORM
THROUGH CHAT RIP.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
I SAID THIS BEFORE.
I HOPE THE ALIENS ARE HERE.
I DO.
I HOPE THEY ARE HERE AND
WATCHING THIS AND THEY ARE GOING
TO SAVE IT.
BY THE WAY THE ADMINISTRATION
THIS WEEK JUST A FEW DAYS AGO
MAYBE YESTERDAY UNLEASHED A NEW
TROVE OF UFO FILES.
INTERESTING THINGS IN THERE.
TRIANGULAR CRAFT, WEIRD LIGHTS
OVER A ARMY BASE, A STICK LIKE
FIGURE WITH LARGE EYES.
THAT'S JUST A NEW ARIANA GRANDE
VIDEO.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
WE KID.
MAYBE THAT JOKE WILL MAKE HER
REACH SOMETHING.
MAYBE THAT'LL HELP.
SPEAKING OF EATING SOMETHING
I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING,
DEMOCRATS FOUND A CANDIDATE WHO
HATES THANKSGIVING AND WANTS TO
GET RID OF IT.
YES RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF
WISCONSIN FRANCESCA HONG.
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS?
FINALLY A POLITICIAN WILLING TO
STAND UP TO BIG STUFFING.
WOW.
GOT TO LOVE THE DEMOCRATS.
SURPRISINGLY, DEBBIE DOWNER'S
POLICY ABOUT THANKSGIVING IS NOT
POPULAR WITH ANYBODY REALLY.
I MEAN WHITE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE
IT, PEOPLE OF COLOR DON'T LIKE
IT, WOMEN DON'T LIKE IT, IT DOES
HAVE 98% APPROVAL WITH TURKEY.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
BUT OF COURSE SHE SAID ON HER
TWEET A COUPLE YEARS AGO GET RID
OF THANKSGIVING.
OF COURSE YESTERDAY SHE WENT ON
CNN.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU PEOPLE WHO
RENOUNCE THINGS.
WE KNOW WHAT YOU SAID, YOU MEAN
IT, LIVE BY IT.
SQUIRRELY.
YOU KNOW WHY I. KNOW SHE MEANT
IT.
SHE HATES ALL HOLIDAYS.
SHE TALKS ABOUT NOT LIKING
FIREWORKS OR FOURTH OF JULY.
HALLOWEEN.
ALL THE FAR LEFT HATE HALLOWEEN.
COSTUMES ARE INAPPROPRIATE.
PLEASE.
THIS WOMAN DOESN'T LIKE
VALENTINE'S DAY.
ANOTHER WAY OF CAPITALISM TAKING
OVER OUR LOVE LIFE.
SHE SAID VALENTINE'S DAY, THE
HOLIDAY THAT BRINGS OUT THE
WORST OF HUMANITY.
THAT'S THE HOLIDAY?
THAT'S THE HOLIDAY THAT BRINGS
OUT THE WORST OF HUMANITY?
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A
BLACK FRIDAY SALE?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
PEOPLE.
HIP CHECK IN OLD LADY TO GET AN
AIR FRYER.
OKAY, HERE'S HER POLICY.
NO CHRISTMAS, NO THANKSGIVING,
NO JULY 4TH, NO HALLOWEEN, NO
VALENTINE'S DAY.
THE ONE PLACE YOU DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT RUNNING INTO
FRANCESCA HONG?
PARTY CITY.
ALSO I COULDN'T MAKE A CHARACTER
LIKE THIS UP AND SHE'S RUNNING
FOR GOVERNOR.
OF A BIG STATE.
WISCONSIN.
SHE SAID SHE ONCE LEFT A
RESTAURANT BECAUSE SHE HAD AN
ANXIETY ATTACK.
FROM BEING AROUND "TOO MANY OLD
WHITE PEOPLE."
WELL THERE'S AN EASY SOLUTION TO
THAT.
DON'T GO TO CRACKER BARREL.
I'LL WRITE, WE'VE GOT A GREAT
SHOW.
TARA PALMERI AND MATT WELCH ARE
HERE, BUT FIRST HE'S FOUNDER AND
CEO OF THE MIKE-ROWE-WORKS
FOUNDATION AND HOST OF
"THE WAY I HEARD IT" PODCAST:
MIKE ROWE.
YOU HAVEN'T AGED A DAY SINCE I
SAW YOU.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE YOU'VE
BEEN WITH US, I'M GLAD YOU WORE
YOUR BLUE JEANS.
YOUR WORK BOOTS.
YOU ARE THE--
[LAUGHTER]
>> THIS IS SO WEIRD.
>> Bill: WHY?
>> IT WAS LITERALLY 13 YEARS
AGO, WE WEREN'T IN THE STUDIO.
IT'S A BLINK.
I WAS JUST TALKING IN MAKEUP.
I'M WEARING MAKEUP.
IT WAS THE STRANGEST WEEK FOR ME
BECAUSE I DID YOUR SHOW, THE
FOUNDATION HAD JUST ANNOUNCED A
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
SO I'M OUT THERE HAWKING IT AND
MAKING THE ROUNDS.
WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION THAT
MOVED THE NEEDLE.
THREE DAYS LATER I WOUND UP
HAVING THE EXACT SAME
CONVERSATION WITH GLENN BECK ON
HIS SHOW.
MOVED THE NEEDLE.
IT WAS GREAT.
WENT HOME, FELT PRETTY GOOD,
WENT ON THE SOCIALS.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I SAW
ALL MY BUDDIES ON THE RIGHT
COMPLETELY LOST THEIR MINDS WHEN
THEY SAW ME TALKING TO YOU.
AND ALL MY BUDDIES ON THE LEFT
COMPLETELY LOST THEIR MIND WHEN
THEY SAW ME TALKING TO BECK.
>> Bill: BOTH OF THEM?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
>> IT WAS TRULY THE FIRST TIME I
REALIZED PEOPLE AREN'T LISTENING
TO ANYTHING I'M SAYING.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHO I'M
SITTING NEXT TO.
>> Bill: I MAKE THIS-- I JUST
SAY TO PEOPLE WHENEVER THEY
CRITICIZE ME.
ARE YOU ENGAGING WITH THE IDEA?
IF YOU ARE, WE ARE GOOD.
IF YOU'RE JUST SAYING NO, YOU'RE
OLD, YOU'RE WHITE, YOU'RE THIS,
YOU'RE THAT, YOU'RE BLACK.
THAT'S NOT THE IDEA.
ENGAGE WITH THE IDEA.
>> WHAT A CONCEPT.
>> Bill: YOU'RE THE ORIGINAL
BLUE COLLAR GUY.
YOUR OBITUARY IS GOING TO SAY
BLUE COLLAR HERO.
YOU PUT THE ISSUE ON THE MAP.
YOU REALLY ARE.
AND IT'S EVER MORE RELATIVE.
IT IS.
YOU KNOW?
>> IT'S ONE HECK OF A THING WHEN
THE HEADLINES CATCH UP TO YOUR
OWN SIXMAC.
HONESTLY.
NO, LOOK, I WAS TRYING IT ON 13
YEARS AGO.
THE FOUNDATION HAD BEEN AROUND
FOR FIVE YEARS.
WE WERE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB
OF SHINING A LIGHT ON A BUNCH OF
DECENT JOBS FOR A LOT OF
REASONS.
PEOPLE WERE EXCITED ABOUT HALF.
>> Bill: JOBS LIKE?
>> SHIPBUILDERS, LINEMEN,
PLUMBERS, ELECTRICIANS.
YOU KNOW, THAT PART OF THE
WORKFORCE THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A
FOUR-YEAR DEGREE BUT KIND OF
KEEPS THE WHOLE COUNTRY STITCHED
TOGETHER.
DIRTY JOBS WAS A LOVE LETTER TO
THOSE VOCATIONS BUT IT WAS AN
ENTERTAINMENT SHOW.
THE SERIOUS PART OF ME WANTED TO
DO SOMETHING A BIT MORE ON THE
NOSE WITH THE FOUNDATIONS.
SO WE STARTED THE WORK ETHIC
SCHOLARSHIPS, WE'VE GIVEN AWAY
ABOUT $20 MILLION IN THESE
THINGS.
[APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU.
I WASN'T LOOKING FOR APPLAUSE
BUT THANK YOU.
>> Bill: YOU DESERVE IT.
>> I DON'T DESERVE IT BUT I WILL
TELL YOU WHO DOES.
THE PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND I'M NOT
JUST SUCKING UP.
>> Bill: GO AHEAD.
>> ALL RIGHT, OKAY.
>> Bill: NO NO.
>> I WILL.
THIS IS MARKETING AND PR 101.
AND IT GOES BOTH WAYS.
PEOPLE ALWAYS KIND OF POO
MARKETING LIKE WHATEVER IT'S THE
FIRST THING IN THE BUDGET TO GO.
THE IDEAS, THE THE STEREOTYPES,
THE MISCONCEPTIONS SURROUNDING
7 MILLION OPEN JOBS RIGHT NOW,
MANY OF WHICH ARE IN TRADES AND
MANUFACTURING.
THOSE THINGS ARE REAL.
AND IT'S A MIND-SET, RIGHT?
TO GET PARENTS AND GUIDANCE
COUNSELORS AND PEOPLE TO THINK
DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE NATURE OF
THE WORK.
IT'S TURNING A TANKER AROUND.
SO PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION
MORE THAN THEY EVER HAVE.
>> Bill: YOU HAVE HAD AN
EFFECT ON AN AREA WE'VE BOTH
AGREED ON FOR A LONG TIME.
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAKE
EVERYBODY GET A COLLEGE DEGREE,
I'VE CERTAINLY DONE A NUMBER OF
EDITORIALS ON THIS.
MAKE IT SO THAT A COLLEGE DEGREE
IS NOT NECESSARILY AS MUCH FOR
JOBS WHERE IT ISN'T.
16 STATES HAVE PUT THAT INTO
LAW.
I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE YOU PUT
THE IDEA IN THE WATER.
YOU DON'T NEED A COLLEGE DEGREE
FOR EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING.
THIS IS GREAT PROGRESS I THINK
BECAUSE AS YOU SAY THERE ARE SO
MANY JOBS THAT NEED TO BE DONE
AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE
TO DO THEM.
BECAUSE OF SO MANY THINGS-- YOU
KNOW, THE ENVIRONMENT IS GOING
OFF THE EDGE AND AI AND GOD
KNOWS WHAT ELSE.
FIRES WE SAW THE NEED FOR
REBUILDING HERE.
REBUILDING TO ME IS GOING TO BE
A VERY BIG GROWTH INDUSTRY.
AND THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH
PEOPLE TO DO IT.
>> WE AT ONE POINT HAD
$1 TRILLION IN OUTSTANDING
STUDENT LOANS WHEN YOU AND I
TALKED LAST.
NOW IT'S $1.8 TRILLION.
MOST OF THAT IS HELD BY KIDS WHO
EITHER STARTED A FOUR-YEAR
DEGREE AND DROPPED OUT OR WHO
GOT ONE AND STATISTICALLY AREN'T
WORKING OR ARE NOT WORKING IN
THEIR CHOSEN FIELD.
THAT'S A BAD NUMBER.
MEANWHILE WE'VE GOT 400000 JOBS
IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, TWICE
THAT MANY IN THE DEFENSE
INDUSTRIAL BASE.
IT'S BANANAS.
PEOPLE I'M NOT SURE BELIEVE ME
COMPLETELY BUT NOT A WEEK GOES
BY WHEN I DON'T GET A CALL FROM
SOME CEO OF SOME CONSEQUENTIAL
COMPANY.
SOME OF WHOM YOU MENTIONED IN
THE MONOLOGUE.
ELECTED OFFICIALS, GOVERNORS
MOSTLY.
THEY'RE FREAKING OUT LIKE
THEY'VE DONE THE MATH.
FOR EVERY FIVE TRADESPEOPLE WHO
RETIRE, TWO COME IN.
IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR ABOUT 12
YEARS NOW.
NEVER MIND THE STIGMAS AND THE
STEREOTYPES, THE ARITHMETIC IS
HORRIFYING.
IT'S ALL JUST CONSPIRED INTO
THIS BASE OF BAD DATA.
AND I'M TELLING YOU THEY ARE IN
A PANIC.
I MEAN THEY.
I MEAN ANYBODY CERTAINLY ANY
COMPANY THAT HAS A BLUE COLLAR
WORKFORCE IS GOING FULL ON.
JIM FARLEY TOLD ME HE'S GOT 5000
EMPTY BAYS AT FORD.
THESE ARE AI PROOF SIX FIGURE
JOBS.
$120,000 A YEAR.
YOU CAN'T FILL THEM.
>> Bill: BUT THEY'RE OUT
THERE.
>> THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.
>> Bill: THEY'RE 7 MILLION
MEN, ABLE BODIED MEN, MOSTLY
YOUNG WHO ARE WHAT THEY CALL
NILF A NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE.
THIS IS NOT LOOKING.
NOT LOOKING.
>> THE GUY WHO SHOULD BE SITTING
HERE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION
WITH YOU IS MICK EBERSTADT AND
HE WROTE A BOOK CALLED MEN
WITHOUT WORK AND HE PUBLISHED IT
IN 2005 ORIGINALLY.
AND AGAIN DURING THE PANDEMIC
BECAUSE EVERYTHING HE PREDICTED
HAPPENED.
THAT EXACT NUMBER RIGHT NOW IS
6,990,000 ABLE BODIED MEN.
NOT ONLY NOT WORKING, NOT
LOOKING.
THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED IN OUR
COUNTRY.
NOT IN PEACETIME.
>> Bill: WHY AREN'T THEY
LOOKING?
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THE PORN IS
TOO GOOD.
>> THE PORN IS EXCELLENT.
>> Bill: IT TAKES AWAY THE
MOTIVATION.
YOU HAVE TO BE MOTIVATED.
I'VE GOT TO GET A JOB TO GET A
GIRL.
THEY DON'T WANT A GIRL BECAUSE
THEY SIT AT HOME.
[LAUGHTER]
>> TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN
HANDS.
>> Bill: THEY DO.
>> COME ON.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
MICK WOULD SAY THE QUESTION
DOESN'T START WITH WHAT ARE THEY
DOING?
IT STARTS WITH WHAT AREN'T THEY
DOING?
THEY ARE NOT VOLUNTEERING AT
THEIR LOCAL CHURCH.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE CLUB, THEY'RE
NOT CHECKING OUT THE ROTATOR TO
THE LIONS CLUB, THEY'RE NOT IN
THE BOY SCOUTS AND NOT
CONTRIBUTING ANYTHING TO THEIR
COMMUNITY.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
ON AVERAGE THEY'RE SPENDING
BETWEEN 2,002,100 HOURS A YEAR
ON THEIR SCREEN.
IT IS WE JUST N HAVE NOT SEEN TH
LIKE OF IT BEFORE.
I CAN'T PAINT WITH TWO BROAD
BRUSH.
MAYBE SOME OF THEM ARE J TRUST
FUND KIDS.
>> Bill: THEY ALWAYS HATE OUR
GENERATION UNTIL WE GIVE THEM
MONEY.
THEY ALWAYS HATE DAD DADDY UNTIL
DADDY
GIVES THEM MONEY.
>> I SHARED YOUR MONOLOGUE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY COOL.
YOU DIDN'T ACCUSE ANYBODY OF
ANYTHING REALLY.
YOU QUOTED.
I PUT THIS UP ON MY LITTLE PAGE
AND I. WROTE WHAT I WROTE.
AND WE HAVE OVER 200,000
COMMENTS ON THIS THING.
YOU HIT SOMETHING THAT IS SO
PRIMAL RIGHT NOW.
>> Bill: YEAH.
>> FOR ME.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE A DOG IN THE
BIG SOCIALISM HUNT BUT I'VE GOT
ONE IN WORKFORCE.
WHEN I LOOK AT 400,000, 500,000
JOBS AND I LOOK AT THE 7 MILLION
ABLE BODIED MEN NOT EVEN LOOKING
AT THE JOBS AT ALL.
AND THEN I LOOK AT THIS WHOLE
CONVERSATION UNSPOOLING.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THIS,
BUT THE STAT THAT GOT ME WITHIN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RIGHT NOW.
59% OF DEMOCRATS WHO SUPPORT
SOCIALISM HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES.
40% WHO SUPPORT SOCIALISM DON'T.
SO THIS THING THAT'S BEING
CALLED A WORKER UPRISING.
IT'S REALLY NOT.
IT'S NOT.
THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE A LOT
OF PEOPLE WITH A REALLY
EXPENSIVE CREDENTIAL ARE IN THE
HOLE IN A BIG WAY.
AND THEY ARE PISSED.
AND I DON'T BLAME THEM HONESTLY.
YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT
IT, BUT THEY TOOK OUR ADVICE,
MAN.
THEY TOOK OUR ADVICE.
WE SAID BORROW WHATEVER IT
TAKES.
GO FOLLOW YOUR DREAM.
AND THEN GO GET YOUR DREAM JOB.
AND THAT WAS A BUNCH OF
NONSENSE.
>> Bill: THEY DON'T WANT TO
BORROW MONEY TO GET A DEGREE FOR
A JOB THAT DOESN'T EXIST.
>> I DON'T WANT TO LEND THEM
MONEY THAT THEY'LL NEVER BE ABLE
TO PAY BACK TO GET THEIR
CREDENTIAL FOR THE JOBS.
>> Bill: I MEAN, YOU HAD IT
RIGHT ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.
SHOP CLASS.
BY THE WAY, THEY'VE TAKEN OUT
FROM A LOT OF SCHOOLS.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS
PICTURE.
YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE YEARS AGO
THERE WAS A BIG STORY OUT OF
CANADA.
NOT AMERICA BUT IT COULD HAVE
BEEN HERE.
A SHOP TEACHER.
YEAH.
THERE YOU GO.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> WELL.
>> Bill: THAT'S A SHOP
TEACHER.
>> TWO THOUGHTS COME TO MIND.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
COME ON COME ON I'M DOING WHAT I
CAN.
THE FIRST THING THAT HAS TO GO.
HER HAIR.
HER HAIR IS A REAL HAZARD.
IT GETS AROUND THE LATHE WITH
THAT HAIR.
SHOP CLASS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY SAID THE ONE ON ONE WOULD
BE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THE
CHANGING FACE OF MODERN DAY
PROLETARIAN.
>> Bill: I THOUGHT IT WAS
APROPOS FOR YOU.
IT SHOWS A LOT THAT WHAT THE
TYPICAL SHOP TEACHER.
>> AT LEAST THE SHOP CLASS IS
THERE.
WHEN WE TOOK SHOP CLASS OUT OF
HIGH SCHOOL, WE SENT A MESSAGE
TO A WHOLE GENERATION OF KIDS,
NOT JUST THAT THESE KIDS ARE NOT
WORTH PURSUING BUT THEY'RE NOT
LOOKING AT.
WE REMOVED ALL THE OPTICAL PROOF
FROM?
- 12 THAT THAT KIND OF WORK EVEN
EXISTED.
SO EVEN A GUY WALKING FROM MATH
TO ENGLISH CANNOT POKE HIS HEAD
INTO THE METAL SHOP AND GO OH,
LOOK, A LATHE OR ENORMOUS BOOBS.
WHATEVER THEY SEE, THAT'S GONE.
I CAN'T PROVE IT BUT I CAN DRAW
A PRETTY STRAIGHT LINE TO EVERY
CALAMITY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
RIGHT NOW WHETHER IT IS STUDENT
DEBT, 7 MILLION MEN NOT WORKING,
OR ALL THESE OPEN JOBS.
IT STARTS WITH THE REMOVAL OF
SHOP CLASS.
AND EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED
AFTER THAT TURNED THIS INTO
FROGS IN THE BOILING WATER.
AND A LITTLE MORE AND A LITTLE
MORE AND A LITTLE MORE.
AND NOW MY FOUNDATION HAS
ELECTRICIANS THAT WE TRAINED SIX
YEARS AGO THAT ARE MAKING
$230,000 A YEAR.
$230,000 A YEAR RIGHT NOW.
NO COLLEGE DEBT.
THEY ARE SETTING THEIR OWN
SCHEDULES.
MORE OVERTIME THAN THEY CAN
FILL.
AND THOSE STORIES COME A MAN.
THAT'S THE COMPLIMENT I MEANT TO
PAY YOU.
>> Bill: LET'S NOT MAKE IT
ANOTHER 13 YEARS.
THANK YOU, MIKE, THAT WAS
FANTASTIC.
MIKE ROWE.
ALL RIGHT COME ON LET'S MEET OUR
PANEL.
THANK YOU.
LAST PLACE YOU'D EVER FIND ME IS
SHOP CLASS.
HE'S EDITOR-AT-LARGE OF REASON
MAGAZINE AND CO-HOST OF
"THE FIFTH COLUMN" PODCAST:
MATT WELCH.
SHE WRITES "THE RED LETTER" ON
SUBSTACK AND HOSTS "THE TARA
PALMERI SHOW" PODCAST: TARA
PALMERI.
>> JERSEY GIRL.
LIKE YOU.
>> Bill: TARA PALMERI.
ALL RIGHT, SO.
LET ME PICK UP WHAT HE WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
LAST WEEK I DID THIS WHOLE THING
ABOUT HOW THE DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALISTS ONLY IN RECENT YEARS
ARE REALLY COMMUNISTS.
AND I JUST QUOTED THEM.
I JUST USED THEIR OWN QUOTE.
YOU CAN ARGUE WITH ME.
SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE GASPED,
SEVERAL PEOPLE DID AT ONE POINT.
THAT TOLD ME THIS IS NEW TO
PEOPLE.
BUT EITHER YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
COMMUNISM IS OR YOU DON'T SPEAK
ENGLISH.
HERE'S THE INTERESTING PART.
THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS VERY
RECENTLY WERE TRULY SOCIALISTS.
THEY WERE FOUNDED BY THIS GUY I
THINK HIS NAME WAS MICHAEL
HARRINGTON.
HIS NAME'S NOW A SLUR.
THAT SHOULD TELL YOU WHERE
THEY'VE GONE.
YOU STILL BELIEVE IN SOCIALISM?
SO INTERESTING THE WRINKLE IN
THIS STORY BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE
COMMUNIST THERE'S A OPENING FOR
SOCIALISM AND YOU KNOW WHO'S
FILLING IT?
DONALD TRUMP.
HOW ELSE DO YOU EXPLAIN A 9.9
STAKE IN INTEL BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
IS THAT NOT SOCIALISM?
THE VIDEO WE TOOK 15% CUT WHEN
WE LET THEM SELL CHIPS TO CHINA.
NIPPON STEEL.
WE HAVE A GOLDEN SHARE.
WE BASICALLY RUN THE BOARDROOM
NOW.
YOU KNOW THIS IS SOCIALISM I
THINK BECAUSE BERNIE SANDERS
AGREES WITH IT ALL.
HE WANTS TO DO IT WITH THE AI
COMPANIES.
>> THE FREE MARKET IS DEAD.
THEY DECIDED THE GOVERNMENT
WANTS TO CONTROL 30 DIFFERENT
COMPANIES AND INTEL ALONE WHICH
WAS A LOSER BECAUSE OF NVIDIA.
THEY BASICALLY OWN 9.9% OF THE
COMPANY.
THAT'S A LOT.
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER THEY
INVESTED IN THIS COMPANY, HE
EVEN WENT ON TO BUY STOCK IN
NVIDIA WHICH SHOT UP TO 100%.
OKAY?
SO HE ACTUALLY MADE A TON OF
MONEY ON THIS.
HIS GOVERNMENT CREATED A FLOOR
ON A STOCK.
THAT HE OWNS.
IT'S CRONY CAPITALISM.
>> IT'S SEIZING LITERALLY THE
MEANS OF PRODUCTION.
REMEMBER HOW THESE THINGS
HAPPEN.
HOW DID INTEL HAPPEN?
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY DONALD TRUMP
WAS OUT THERE SAYING WE NEED TO
MAYBE FIRE THE CEO OF INTEL
BECAUSE I THINK HE'S A. CHINESE
SPY.
THE PRESIDENT'S JUST SINGLING
OUT A HUGE CEO OF AN IMPORTANT
COUNTRY-- COMPANY?
THEY HAD TO SCRAMBLE THE JETS
AND HAVE A MEETING AT THE WHITE
HOUSE AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE
END OF THE MEETING.
OKAY, YOU STAY, WE GET 10% OF
YOUR COMPANY.
THAT'S THUGGISH BEHAVIOR.
WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THAT IN MODERN TIMES.
>> THE SHAKEDOWN.
SINCE HE CAME TO OFFICE IN 2025,
HE'S RAISED $800 MILLION MOSTLY
FROM CORPORATIONS FOR HIS
BALLROOM, FOR THE LIBRARY, FOR
THE FREEDOM 250 WHICH IS WHERE
THEY WERE DOING BAPTISMS ON THE
NATIONAL MALL AND IT'S ALL GOING
THROUGH FOUNDATIONS AND LLCs.
WHO'S GETTING RICH?
>> Bill: WHO GIVES A SHIT
ABOUT THE BALLROOM.
WE HAVE TO STOP TALKING ABOUT
THE BALLROOM.
IT'S JUST THE STUPIDEST--
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT.
IT'S ABOUT THE MONEY THAT
THEY'RE MAKING FROM THE
BALLROOM.
WHO'S GETTING THE CONTRACTS?
>> Bill: $4 TRILLION,
$5 TRILLION ECONOMY, IT'S NO
MORE STUPIDER THAN BURNING MAN.
>> IT'S A DEVICE FOR THEM TO
MAKE MONEY.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO SLEEP
ON THE PROBLEM OF SEIZING
COMPANIES WHICH IS SOMETHING
REPUBLICANS KNEW A LOT ABOUT
WHEN THEY OBJECTED STRENUOUSLY
TO BARACK OBAMA.
HAVING GOVERNMENT MOTORS.
>> Bill: YOU SAYING HE'S
PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS.
AT LEAST THE COMPANY HE PICKED
WHERE WINNERS LIKE TESLA.
>> THE GOVERNMENT NOW IS YOUR
REGULATOR.
IT'S YOUR SHAREHOLDER.
SOMETIMES IT'S YOUR FINANCIER.
IT'S GIVING YOU MONEY.
AND SOMETIMES IT'S YOUR CUSTOMER
TOO.
THE CONFLICT OF INTERESTS ARE
CRAZY AND THEN FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF THE COMPANY NOW.
THE COMPANY DOES NOT HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT ITS CUSTOMERS WHICH
A COMPANY SHOULD BE DOING.
IT'S THINKING ABOUT WHAT PERSON
IN THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S DOING WORSE THAN WE ARE
DOING WORSE.
>> Bill: NO ONE SAYING WE'RE
AGAINST SOCIALISM.
EVERY DEMOCRACY IS A QUASI
SOCIALISM AS IT SHOULD BE.
>> I WOULDN'T SAY NONE OF US ARE
AGAINST SOCIALISM.
>> Bill: YOU'RE NOT FOR
MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, THE
MARINE CORPS?
>> I'M NOT AGAINST SOCIAL
PROGRAMS NECESSARILY.
MANY OF THEM I AM, BUT SOCIALISM
AS AN IDEA IS A BAD IDEA.
IT'S WORTH CALLING SOCIALISM OUT
AS WELL AS COMMUNISM.
COMMUNISM IS THE BAD APPLIED
VERSION.
>> Bill: BUT SOME PART OF A
DEMOCRACY HAS TO BE SOCIALISTIC.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO CERTAIN
THINGS THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR
CANNOT.
OR SHOULD NOT, AM I WRONG ABOUT
THAT?
>> THE GOVERNMENT IS THERE TO DO
THINGS THAT WE DECIDED WE CANNOT
DO OURSELVES.
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN EVERY
SINGLE COUNTRY.
I WOULD NOT CALL THAT
SOCIALISTIC.
>> Bill: IT'S LITERALLY CALLED
SOCIAL SECURITY.
BY THE WAY, I FOUND SOMEONE
WHO'S NOT A SOCIALIST IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND IT'S A
SURPRISING ONE BUT I WAS READING
A LOT ABOUT IT.
DR. AL-SAYED, THE BIG STORY IN
POLITICS.
THERE WAS A PRIMARY IN MICHIGAN.
IT WAS MORE CONVENTIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.
LOST A SQUEAKER TO DR. EL-SAYED.
NOW HE'S OBVIOUSLY ON THE
SUBJECT OF ISRAEL.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING.
HE'S NOT DSA.
>> HE SAYS HE'S NOT.
>> Bill: HE SAYS HE'S A
CAPITALIST.
>> HE BELIEVES IN REGULATING
MONOPOLIES WHICH I THINK MOST
PEOPLE AGREE WITH.
I THINK RIGHT NOW HE REALIZES HE
JUST WON THE PRIMARY ELECTION
WITH THE HELP OF HASAN PIKER AND
HE'S GOT TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT TO
THE RIGHT.
HE DID NOT WIN DETROIT.
HE DID NOT WIN BLACK VOTERS OR
RURAL VOTERS.
HE WON THE WHITE, URBAN, COLLEGE
EDUCATED VOTER.
HE'S GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
BUT I THINK THE INTERESTING
THING ABOUT HIM IS HE REALLY
SPEAKS THE MOMENT AND IT'S A
HUGE REBUKE ON DONALD TRUMP.
WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IN THE DSA
OR WHAT THEY STAND FOR OR
SOCIALISM.
HE'S A CHANGE CANDIDATE.
HE WENT OUT THERE AND BASICALLY
SAID TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BROKE AND
PISSED.
I HEAR YOU AND I'M RUNNING
AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN
POWER RIGHT NOW AND IT'S NOT
JUST DONALD TRUMP.
THE REST OF THE DEMOCRATS ARE
ONLY RUNNING AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP.
HE'S RUNNING AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP AND CHUCK SCHUMER
WHO SPENT $30 MILLION AGAINST
HIM IN AIPAC.
HE'S THE ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT
CANDIDATE TRYING HE'S LIKE THIS
IS NOT A GAY.
I DON'T GET PAST YOU PEOPLE.
THAT'S $60 MILLION WORTH OF
BILLBOARDS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS JUST WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN IN THESE MOMENTS BECAUSE
AMERICANS LOVE CHANGE.
HE'S THE CHANGE CANDIDATE.
>> WE LEARNED ABOUT MAJOR
POLITICAL PARTIES BY WHAT
HAPPENS IN THEIR CONTESTED
PRIMARIES.
WHAT WE SEE NOW BEGINNING IN
NEW YORK BUT ALSO THE GRAND
PLATTER RACE IN MICHIGAN AND
COLORADO AND ELSEWHERE.
ALL THE TENSION AND ALL THE
FIGHTS ARE THERE ON THIS.
VOTERS IN MICHIGAN DECIDED
ENOUGH OF THEM AND WHAT DSA AND
HASAN PIKER, BIG FAN OF CHINESE
COMMUNISM AND CUBAN COMMUNISM
TOO.
HE MIGHT NOT HAVE DSA ON HIS
FOREARM.
HE'S HANGING OUT WITH HASAN
PIKER WHO IS A LOON.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING RIGHT NOW
IS THAT WE DON'T CARE IF WE LOSE
OR WE ARE WILLING TO ROLL THE
DICE ON LOSING.
THAT'S WHAT THE TEA PARTY WAS
DOING TEN YEARS AGO.
WE'LL BACK THIS PERSON BECAUSE
WE WANT THAT CHANGE AGENT SO
MUCH.
WE WANT TO CHANGE THE NATURE AND
THE CHARACTERISTIC OF OUR
POLITICAL PARTY SO IT'S NO MORE
CHUCK SCHUMER BECAUSE MY GOD HOW
LONG IS CHUCK SCHUMER GOING TO
BE WITH US?
FOREVER.
THEY BACK A PERSON.
IT'S A CONTESTED STATE.
DEMOCRATS ABSOLUTELY WANT AND
NEED--
>> Bill: THE CONVENTIONAL
WISDOM IS DEMOCRATS WALKED INTO
A TRAP.
IT OFTEN HAPPENS IN THE PRIMARY.
THE FRINGE CANDIDATE ON THE FAR
LEFT AND IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
IN THE FAR RIGHT WINS THE
PRIMARY.
THAT'S WHO WINS IN PRIMARIES.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE.
I THINK HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO
WIN BACK MICHIGAN AND I WILL
TELL YOU WHY BECAUSE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHEN YOU'RE A
PERSON OF COLOR, IT ALLOWS YOU
TO BE MORE CENTRIST.
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE.
THEY SIMPLY DO NOT TRUST WHITE
PEOPLE.
I'M TALKING MOSTLY ABOUT THE
WHITE PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T LIKE WHITE PEOPLE.
>> ARE YOU SAYING HE'S CENTRIST
NOW?
>> Bill: I'M SAYING IT ALLOWS
YOU TO BE MORE CENTRIST LIKE
OBAMA WAS.
THEY JUST TRUST YOU MORE.
LOOK AT THIS FRANCESCA HONG.
I MENTIONED IN THE MONOLOGUE.
SHE SAID ABOUT WHITENESS AND
TOXICITY.
SHE DESCRIBED HER SON.
SHE HAS AN EX-HUSBAND WHO IS
WHITE.
OKAY.
SHE'S ASIAN.
SHE DESCRIBED WRESTLING WITH HER
OWN SON BEING IN PROXIMITY TO
WHITENESS.
OF ALL THE THINGS I THINK THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE TO LOSE.
NUMBER ONE, WHITENESS.
IT'S NOT A DISEASE.
YOU LOOK LIKE NICE PEOPLE.
YOU'RE NICE PEOPLE?
>> SHE MIGHT BE ITALIAN.
>> Bill: I'M SORRY, BUT THAT
DOES NOT COUNT AS A PERSON OF
COLOR.
THAT'S A PERSON WITH A GOOD TAN.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT THIS HAS GOT TO GO.
I THINK.
I THINK THIS IS THEIR BIG FLAW.
>> I THINK THEY'RE NOT RUNNING
ON THAT.
SHE DIDN'T RUN ON CAMPAIGN--
>> Bill: BUT PEOPLE HEAR IT.
>> SURE COMMENTS IN EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF THEIR TWEETS.
THESE GROWN ASS ADULTS FIVE
YEARS AGO WERE SAYING AND DOING
ABSOLUTE NONSENSE AND NOW
THEY'RE RUNNING IN EVERY
DEMOCRATIC RACE AND DISTANCING
THEMSELVES FROM THEIR TWEETS
THAT THEY MADE AS 35 YEAR OLDS.
>> Bill: YES, ONLY IN AMERICA
CAN YOU BE 35-YEAR-OLD AND BE
LIKE I'M SORRY, IT WAS A
YOUTHFUL INDISCRETION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SAYING.
I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THEM.
ALL THE DSA PEOPLE ARE SAYING
THE QUOTE LAST WEEK.
YEAH, YOU SAID IT, YOU MEANT IT,
STOP IT.
>> FLIP FLOPPING THOUGH.
>> Bill: THAT'S NOT FLIP
FLOPPING, THAT'S LYING.
THAT'S JUST PRETENDING.
I KNOW WHO YOU REALLY ARE AND
THAT'S OKAY.
COMMUNISM IS A ECONOMIC SYSTEM
THAT ALWAYS LEADS TO A HORRIBLY
CORRUPT VIOLENT POLITICAL SYSTEM
BUT IT'S A THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED
TO VOTE FOR IT.
I'M NOT SAYING MAKE IT ILLEGAL
OR ANYTHING BUT OWN UP TO WHAT
IT IS.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
SEIZING THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION,
YOU'RE A COMMUNIST.
JUST OWN IT.
>> I THINK THE INTERESTING TWIST
RIGHT NOW IS THAT THEY ARE
TRYING TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES
FROM THEIR TWEETS OF FIVE YEARS
AGO BECAUSE THEY REALIZE HOW
COMPLETELY UNPOPULAR IT IS.
ALSO IT REMINDS US WHAT DID WE
DO 12 YEARS AGO?
SUDDENLY WE DECIDED THAT
BIOLOGICAL SEX SEX WAS
INCREDIBLY FLUID, BUT RACE WAS
CEMENT.
THIS IS BIZARRE.
RACE IS A MUCH MORE KIND OF
VARIABLE, SOMETIMES EVEN
FICTITIOUS CONCEPT, AND YET
WE'RE GOING TO DIE ON THIS HILL
AND THEN BE OBSESSED OVER HERE
WITH EVERYBODY'S LITTLE SINGLE
DROP OF WHATEVER BACKGROUND THAT
THEY HAVE.
IT'S MADNESS.
WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THE
MADNESS AND THE REMINDER THE
PEOPLE SAYING THIS FIVE YEARS
AGO ARE TELLING ON THEMSELVES.
THE PERSON WHO THOUGHT THAT FIVE
YEARS AGO RIGHT NOW IS NOT GOING
TO BE SERIOUS TODAY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: WHO'S THE DEMOCRAT
WHO'S GOING TO STAND UP AND SAY
I'M A WHITE GUY.
I'M NOT A RACIST BECAUSE I DON'T
THINK WHITE PEOPLE ARE WORSE.
WE ARE ALL THE SAME.
HUMANS ARE NOT GOOD PEOPLE.
>> NO.
>> Bill: WE JUST AREN'T.
WE'VE ALL DONE HORRIBLE THINGS
OF EVERY RACE.
SLAVERY.
IT WAS NOT INVENTED IN 1619.
EVERYBODY DID IT THROUGHOUT
HISTORY.
THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WAS WRONG.
THE BIBLE, LOTS OF RULES ABOUT
IT.
NONE OF THEM ARE DON'T DO IT.
>> THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN
AT THIS PLACE WHEN YOU'RE
THINKING CONSTANTLY IN TERMS OF
RACE.
WHO GETS OFF EASY IN THIS?
WHITE PEOPLE DO ACTUALLY BECAUSE
WE ARE NOT OBSESSED WITH BEING
WHITE.
WE DON'T THINK ABOUT IT.
IT'S WEIRD.
ANYBODY WHO DOES THINK ABOUT IT
IS WEIRD AND WE DON'T WANT TO
HANG OUT WITH THEM.
IT IS STRANGE.
BUT THE BURDEN OF IT IS THAT
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A BLACK
WAY TO THINK OR A ASIAN WAY TO
THINK.
IT'S MADNESS.
WE SHOULD THINK LIKE INDIVIDUALS
AND NOT HAVE TO BE ALWAYS SELF
CONSCIOUS OF HOW WE ARE
DIFFERENT THAN SOME MAJORITY.
THAT'S A STUPID WAY AND
ANTI-AMERICAN WAY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bill: YEAH.
IT'S WEIRD.
THE FAR LEFT LIBERALS.
THEY SEEM TO HAVE THIS
SELF-LOATHING LIKE THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO THEIR IDENTITY.
THAT WE KNOW WE ARE BAD.
THAT'S HOW WE KNOW WE ARE GOOD.
ANYWAY.
WE LIKE TO COVER ALL THE ISSUES
ON THIS SHOW AND I NOTICE THAT
IT WAS STATE FAIR.
WHY AM I EVEN TRYING TO SELL
THIS?
WE ARE DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S
FUNNY.
BUT IT IS, IT'S TIME FOR STATE
FAIRS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.
OHIO, WISCONSIN, IOWA, NEW YORK,
MINNESOTA, ALASKA, AND KENTUCKY.
WE ARE CATERING TO ALL THOSE.
SO WE EVEN PICKED UP A COPY
BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THIS SO
MUCH.
STATE FAIR LIVING.
THIS IS THE MAGAZINE ABOUT STATE
FAIRS.
IT'S JUST FASCINATING.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR SOME OF
THE ARTICLES?
I FEEL LIKE YOU WOULD.
OKAY.
โช
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
TEN WAYS TO EAT A CORNDOG
WITHOUT LOOKING GAY.
OKAY
IS OPERATING A TILT-A-WHIRL
WHILE DRUNK ILLEGAL?
THE ANSWER MAY SURPRISE YOU.
TOP LGBTQ-FRIENDLY STATE FAIRS:
NONE.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
ORIGINAL BEACH BOY OR OLD MAN
MUTTERING "BARBARA ANN"?
FIVE WAYS TO KNOW!
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
DEAR "STATE FAIR LIVING", WHAT
ARE THE BEARDED LADY'S PRONOUNS?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
GUESS-YOUR-WEIGHT WORKER TELLS
ALL: OZEMPIC IS RUINING MY JOB!
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
"I'M SORRY, HE'S IN A BETTER
PLACE" AND OTHER THINGS TO TELL
YOUR KID AFTER THE GOLDFISH DIES
ON THE DRIVE HOME.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
GOLD COTTON CANDY: TASTE THE
PRESIDENT'S HAIR.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
ALL RIGHT.
SO THERE'S MANY IMPORTANT
STORIES.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
CANCEL CULTURE FOR A MINUTE
BECAUSE I SAW THIS STORY THIS
WEEK.
AN ACTOR NAMED GENO SEGERS.
THERE HE IS.
HE WAS SET TO STAR IN A MOVIE -
-- A. PLAY, MAYBE A MUSICAL
CALLED "HADESTOWN."
HE WAS GOING TO PLAY THE DEVIL.
THEN THEY FOUND OUT HE IS THE
DEVIL.
SO HE WILL NOT BE PLAYING THE
DEVIL.
WHY?
THEY GOT AHOLD OF THE OLD
TWEETS.
I GUESS THEY'RE NOT THAT OLD BUT
-- THE LESSON HERE TO ME IS THAT
CANCEL CULTURE IS NOT DEAD
BECAUSE HE IS SHIT CANNED FROM
THE SHOW AND IN CERTAIN
PRECINCTS OF THIS COUNTRY YOU'RE
NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY OPINION
THAT DOESN'T CONFORM EXACTLY.
AND I MEAN EXACTLY TO THE ONE
TRUE OPINION.
HE SAID, TALKING ABOUT
TRANS PEOPLE.
I'M NOT AGAINST ANYONE LIVING
OUT THEIR LIVES THE WAY THEY
WANT.
I'M AGAINST THEIR RIGHTS
SUPERSEDING THE RIGHTS OF OTHER
PEOPLE.
IF YOU MADE THIS ARGUMENT IN
SOME SORT OF REASONABLE DEBATE,
IT'S OKAY.
>> ABOUT ANYBODY.
>> Bill: ABOUT ANYBODY.
>> SUPERSEDING YOUR RIGHTS.
>> Bill: WE DO NOT HAVE THE
RIGHT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT
OPINION.
THIS CANNOT GO ON.
I DON'T THINK IT CAN GO ON.
I GUESS IT CAN GO ON.
>> I THINK IT'S A CALCULATED
MARKETING DECISION BECAUSE
BROADWAY OBVIOUSLY HAS A VERY
BIG POPULATION THAT RUNS IT, A
GAY POPULATION, PEOPLE THAT BUY,
THEY'RE CONSUMERS THAT BUY
TICKETS ARE GAY.
I THINK THEY DECIDED THAT THIS
ONLINE MOB THAT MOVED VERY
QUICKLY AGAINST THEM, THEY MADE
SOME CALLS IN MARKETING
DIVISION.
I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A
MARKETING DECISION.
HE WOULD BE WELCOME IN THE
PENTAGON UNDER HEGSETH IN A
SECOND.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
>> EVERY TIME I READ ONE OF
THESE STORIES, I ALWAYS LIKE--
THAT USUALLY PORTRAY THIS
HATEFUL STATEMENTS THAT HE SAID.
LIKE 12 OR 19 THAT WE'LL GET TO
WHAT THE STATEMENT IS AND IS IT
GOING TO BE REMOTELY HATEFUL?
I DIDN'T FIND IT.
>> Bill: I MEAN THERE ARE SOME
OTHER ONES.
HE SAID NOW OF COURSE PEOPLE
COME TO ME AND SAY OH, GINO,
THEY MEANING TRANS FOLKS, THEY
ARE TIRED OF BEING HUNTED AND
OPPRESSED AND PERSECUTED.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T SEE THAT.
I DON'T SEE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
BECOMING OPPRESSED OR BEING
PERSECUTED.
OF COURSE NOT, YOU WORK ON
BROADWAY.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE'S SAYING THAT
THERE'S NO SUM PER GRANDE GOING
ON OUT THERE.
>> LET'S SAY HE'S WRONG ABOUT
THAT.
HE'S MATERIALLY WRONG IN THAT
ANALYSIS.
OKAY, YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING
THAT'S WRONG.
>> Bill: NO, YOU CAN'T.
THAT'S THE THING YOU CAN'T.
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS
WEEK.
THE INDIANA FEVER STAR SOPHIE
CUNNINGHAM.
I DON'T FOLLOW THE WNBA AS
CLOSELY AS I WOULD LIKE TO.
NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE WOMEN.
I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME FOR
SPORTS.
I DON'T WATCH COLLEGE EITHER.
OKAY?
>> IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
>> Bill: I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
APOLOGIZE FOR IT.
SHE SAID I GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK
AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT ME
HATING TRANS.
SHE DIDN'T SAY SHE HATED TRANS.
SHE SAID I'M HERE TO EXTEND LOVE
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT LOVE IS
TRUTH AND BEING HONEST.
I WANT TO PROTECT YOUNG GIRLS IN
THE LOCKER ROOM OR YOUNG GIRLS
IN SPORT WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
GO AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MEN.
AGAIN.
THIS IS ABOUT 80% OF THE COUNTRY
IS.
>> AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.
PROMINENT ATHLETE AND LESBIAN.
>> Bill: WHAT?
>> THE LESBIAN PART'S JUST THE
FUNNY PART.
>> Bill: THAT'S RELEVANT TO
THE DISCUSSION.
>> SOMEBODY HAD A TRANS TRAINER.
>> NOT ALL GAY PEOPLE ARE
NECESSARILY THE SAME IN TERMS OF
THEIR BELIEFS ON THIS.
>> MARTINA IS NOT A
INSIGNIFICANT PERSON IN THIS
DEBATE AND CANNOT BE CALLED A
MAGA BARBIE WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE
ARE CALLING SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM
BECAUSE SHE'S BLOND AND SHE
POINTED AT PEOPLE AND SHE KNOWS
THAT SHE HAS A FAN BASE OF
PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE 80 SIDE
OF THE ISSUE INSTEAD OF THE 20
SIDE OF THE ISSUE.
THERE'S AN ATTEMPT TO DEMONIZE
HER.
I THINK IT'S FAILING.
SHE HAS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT
EVERY PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE
WNBA.
SHE JUST MATTER OF FACTLY GIVES
IT BACK.
SHE'S NOT REALLY SUFFERING ALL
THAT MUCH.
I THINK THE CULTURE HAS CHANGED
A LOT IN HEALTHY WAYS.
BUT JUST AS IN BROADWAY, JUST AS
IN THE SPORTS PRESS CORPS
STRANGELY ENOUGH.
THERE'S PLACES WHERE THEY TRIED
TO ENFORCE THE 20 AGAINST THE 80
AND IT LOOKS RIDICULOUS.
>> Bill: YOU THINK IT'S ALSO
MARKETING WHEN THEY MADE PATTI
LUPONE A BROADWAY BEND THE KNEE?
SHE HAD A CONTROVERSY ABOUT A
YEAR AGO.
BIG BROADWAY STAR.
SHE WAS WORKING IN A THEATER
THAT SHARED A WALL WITH ANOTHER
SHOW.
HAPPENED TO BE A BLACK SHOW AND
THE NOISE WAS BLEEDING THROUGH
THE WALL.
PATTI LUPONE SAID CAN WE WORK
THIS OUT?
HISTORY'S GREATEST MONSTER FOR
SUGGESTING BLACK PEOPLE ARE
ALLOWED.
THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
SHE WAS SAYING PEOPLE IN MY SHOW
CAN'T HEAR BECAUSE OF YOUR SHOW.
MAYBE WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT
AND SHE WAS MADE TO APOLOGIZE.
OLIVE BROADWAY HAD TO PUT OUT A
OPEN LETTER AND THEY HATED HER.
THIS IS MADNESS.
>> I THINK THAT THE ARTS ARE
CONTROLLED BY LIBERALS.
SO THEREFORE THEY GET TO SET THE
RULES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
>> Bill: I DON'T THINK THAT'S
LIBERAL.
TO ME THAT IS REGRESSIVE.
THAT'S NOT LIBERAL.
LIBERALS DON'T KNOW WHAT
LIBERALISM ANYMORE.
BY THE WAY, PATTI LUPONE WAS ON
THIS CRUISE SHIP.
DID YOU READ ABOUT THIS?
IT WAS A GAY CRUISE SHIP.
SHE'S A GAY ICON.
SHE WAS ON THIS CRUISE SHIP.
WOULD NOT LET IT DOCK IN TURKEY
AND EGYPT.
WOULD NOT LET THE CRUISE SHIP
DOCK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING,
WELL, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHTIST
BACKLASH AGAINST--
, IT ISN'T.
BECAUSE THEY'RE MUSLIM
COUNTRIES.
THEY DON'T THINK GAY PEOPLE HAVE
EQUAL RIGHTS OR IN SOME WAYS
SOME INSTANCES DON'T THINK THEY
SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXIST.
THIS IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE LIBERALISM
IS.
THAT IS A LIBERAL.
>> YES.
WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE
THERE ARE LARGE MINORITY STRINGS
OF BOTH MAJOR PARTIES ON THE
BLOCK THAT COMPRISE THEM THAT
ARE ANTI LIBERAL PARK OF THE
POST-LIBERAL RIGHT HAS BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG
TIME.
THEY LOOK AT THE ENLIGHTENMENT
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND SAY I
DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S NOT COMMON GOOD.
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT COMMON
GOOD AND ON THE LEFT WE'VE SEEN
FOR A LONG TIME NOW A VERY ANTI
LIBERAL SET OF SUB SPEECH IDEAS
AND THE AMOUNT OF SOCIAL
PRESSURE THAT WAS ENACTED ON
PEOPLE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND EVERYONE WENT THROUGH IT.
THERE WAS A BACKLASH.
IF YOU'RE FACING YOUR HR PERSON
TRYING TO TELL YOU A BUNCH OF
NONSENSE AND YOU KNOW IF YOU
SPEAK UP AND SAY THAT SOUNDS A
LITTLE CRAZY, YOU'RE GOING TO
GET INTO A WORLD OF HURT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WENT THROUGH
THAT AND TOLD THEMSELVES LIKE
THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS TO VOTE
FOR DONALD TRUMP.
>> THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
CONSEQUENCE TO HAVING AN
UNPOPULAR OPINION.
SOME PEOPLE COULD HEAR ONE OF MY
OPINIONS WHILE I'M SITTING HERE
AND THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO OPEN
THE DOOR TO ME.
I THINK A LOT OF IT'S DRIVEN BY
THE MARKET.
SOME OF IT IS DRIVEN BY FEAR AND
THEY MAKE THE DECISION IN 48
HOURS SUPER RUSHED ESPECIALLY
THE WAY THAT THINGS MOVE RIGHT
NOW.
THE ONLINE MOB.
IT CAN GET TOGETHER IN A MATTER
OF MINUTES.
I DO THINK THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW
IF WHAT YOU SAY IS GOING TO
CLOSE DOORS.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW YOUR
OFFENDING OF PEOPLE AT ANY TIME.
AND IF THEY HAVE POWER AND MONEY
THAT'S HOW THEY MAKE THE
DECISIONS.
>> Bill: I WILL GIVE YOU A
GOOD IDEA OF THAT APROPOS TO THE
IDEA THAT LIBERALS ARE
FETISHIZING THE WRONG PEOPLE.
SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT LGBT RIGHTS
WHICH SHE HAS SUPPORTED
INCLUDING AS SHE HAS SUPPORTED
HEALTH CARE, HOUSING PROTECTION.
WHY IS THAT NOT ON YOUR WEBSITE?
HER ANSWER IS BECAUSE A LOT OF
MUSLIMS DO NOT FEEL THAT WAY
UNFORTUNATELY.
OH.
SINCE THEY DON'T FEEL THAT WAY
WE JUST THROW THE GAY PEOPLE
UNDER THE BUS?
THIS IS WHAT LIBERALISM NOW?
>> THE MICHIGAN PRIMARY.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME OUT TOO
STRONG ABOUT THE AYATOLLAH BEING
KILLED BECAUSE A LOT OF THE
CONSTITUENTS OUT THERE ARE UPSET
ABOUT THAT.
YOU CAN PROBABLY TAKE A POSITION
WITH THE AYATOLLAH BEING KILLED
OR HAMAS BEING BAD OR ISRAEL
HAVING A RIGHT TO EXIST WHICH AL
SAYED SEVERAL TIMES HAS SAID--
HE FOUND IT HARD TO GET TO A
YES.
>> Bill: RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK AL SAYED IS A
TERRORIST.
I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HIM TO
KNOW WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT
SOMETHING, SOME OF THE ISSUES.
HE WANTS TO BE IN AMERICA AND HE
WANTS TO HAVE AMERICAN VALUES.
I CERTAINLY WOULD HOPE THAT TO
BE THE CASE.
BUT COME OUT FORTHRIGHTLY AND
SAY WE DO NOT WANT TO BE THE
COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT ALLOW GAY
SHIPS TO DOCK.
IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO DO.
[APPLAUSE]
OKAY.
SO TRUMP GOT TWO GUYS THIS IN.
TWO OF THE PEOPLE, TODD BLANCHE
HIS PERSONAL LAWYER.
OKAY.
JACK KENNEDY AND HIS BROTHER AS
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
JON OSSOFF, I THINK THAT'S THE
GUY THE DEMOCRAT SHOULD BE
LOOKING TO.
I THINK HE MADE SOME INTERESTING
THINGS.
OF COURSE HE'S A JEW SO FORGET
IT.
HE SAID TODD BLANCHE-- MAYBE IT
WAS JAY CLAYTON.
WHO COULD NOT GET HIMSELF TO SAY
TRUMP LOST THE 2020 ELECTION.
ARE TOO EMBARRASSED?
THIS IS THE RIGHT QUESTION TO BE
ASKING A REPUBLICAN.
AREN'T YOU EMBARRASSED?
THAT YOU HAVE TO SIT HERE
KNOWING THAT DONALD TRUMP
WATCHING YOU AND YOU CAN'T SAY
WHAT EVERYBODY HERE SITTING IN
THIS ROOM KNOWS.
HOW CAN YOU DO YOUR JOB UNDER
THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES?
THAT'S THE QUESTION THE
DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE ASKING.
>> IT GOES TO YOUR JEANINE PIRRO
THING IN THE MONOLOGUE.
THE WAY YOU GOT THE JOB WAS
NODDING ENOUGH WHEN THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS ABSOLUTE
B.S.
YOU GOT THE JOB FOR THAT REASON.
AND THEN YOU COME UP.
THIS HAPPENED WITH DAN BONGINO
AND EVERYBODY ELSE.
SUDDENLY YOU COME INTO THE
OFFICE AND YOU CAN'T KEEP DOING
THE LIE IN OFFICE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
SO THEN YOU HAVE TO GO AND HAVE
A ROUGH MEETING WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
THINK ABOUT THE WORLD THAT WE
ARE IN RIGHT NOW.
YOU EITHER HAVE TO SAY THE 2020
ELECTION WAS RIGGED OR IN THE
CASE OF RFK JUNIOR, THE 2004
ELECTION WAS RIGGED AGAINST
DEMOCRATS.
THAT'S A REALLY BAD PLACE.
WE ARE IN A EPISTEMIC DEAD END
RIGHT NOW.
>> Bill: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
VERY FUN.
TIME FOR "NEW RULES."
โช
NEW RULE: NOW THAT JEANINE PIRO
STOOD UP TO TRUMP AND SAID SHE
WON'T PROSECUTE THE GUY TRUMP
ACCUSED OF VANDALIZING THE
REFLECTING POOL-- SHE HAS TO
TELL US: WHY DON'T YOU WANT
AMERICA TO BE GREAT?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND DON'T THINK TRUMP ISN'T
GOING TO GET BACK AT YOU.
THAT 200% TARIFF ON FRENCH WINE?
NOW IT'S 300%.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: SCOLDS AND PRUDES HAVE
TO STOP SAYING THERE'S SOMETHING
WEIRD ABOUT MAINE SENATE
CANDIDATE TROY JACKSON BEING
MARRIED TO HIS SECOND COUSIN.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO MAINE?
THERE ARE THREE THINGS TO DO:
MARRY YOUR COUSIN, GET LYME
DISEASE, AND KILL CAMP
COUNSELORS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY
MARRIED, THEY JUST HAVE A COUPLE
OF KIDS.
MARRYING YOUR COUSIN?
THAT WOULD BE GROSS.
NEW RULE: SINCE I COULDN'T MAKE
THIS YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL
ALPHORN FESTIVAL IN NAHN-DAH,
SWITZERLAND, PLEASE SIGN ME UP
FOR NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE I'M DYING
TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU PUT THE
WEED IN AND HOW YOU LIGHT IT.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND I HEAR THE MUSIC SUCKS, BUT
THE SNACKS AFTERWARD ARE
AMAZING.
NEW RULE: NOW THAT SCIENTISTS
HAVE CREATED THE FIRST EVER 3D
MAP OF THE NERVES RUNNING TO AND
FROM THE FEMALE CLITORIS, THEY
HAVE TO TELL ME: WHY DOES IT
LOOK SO MUCH LIKE THE COVER OF
THE EAGLES "ONE OF THESE NIGHTS"
ALBUM?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
NEW RULE: DESIGNERS AT A.I.
MOGA MUST TELL US WHY THEIR NEW
HUMANOID ROBOT COMES WITH BLONDE
HAIR AND A PHAT ASS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD.
HAVE YOU MET A HUMAN MALE?
WE'LL STICK OUR DICK IN THE
VACUUM CLEANER.
HERE'S A SIGN YOU'RE LIVING IN A
FUTURE NOBODY WANTS.
WHEN YOU MEET A GIRL AT THE
CLUB, AND TELL HER "BACK THAT
THING UP," SHE SAYS "YOU MEAN TO
THE CLOUD?"
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND FINALLY, NEW RULE STOP
THREATENING TO PUT EVERYONE IN
JAIL WHO YOU JUST DON'T LIKE.
THE WAY SENATOR RAND PAUL IS
TRYING TO DO NOW WITH
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI.
WHO IS BACK IN THE NEWS BECAUSE
SENATOR PAUL-- FORMERLY OF THE
"PRIVACY IS EVERYTHING" WING OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY-- GOT HOLD
OF DR. FAUCI'S PERSONAL DIARY,
AND PUBLISHED ALL OF IT.
RAND, BABE, YOUR ENTIRE BRAND IS
SENATOR "RIGHT TO PRIVACY."
YOU'RE THE LIBERTARIAN GUY, THE
FOURTH AMENDMENT GUY.
IT'S YOUR FAMILY LEGACY.
YOUR ENTIRE POLITICAL CAREER HAS
BEEN ABOUT WARNING US ABOUT
GOVERNMENT OVERREACH.
YOU PRINTING SOMEONE'S DIARY IS
LIKE AOC WEARING A GOWN THAT
SAYS, "TAX THE POOR."
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND SO WE ENTER YET ANOTHER NEWS
STORY THAT ILLUSTRATES THE
RORSCHACH TEST THAT IS AMERICA:
DR. FAUCI, DEPENDING ON YOUR
POLITICS, IS AN ESTEEMED,
DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT OR A
VAIN, FLAWED BUREAUCRAT.
WELL, IT'S BOTH.
LIFE'S COMPLICATED THAT WAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S REALLY
COMPLICATED?
SCIENCE.
AND DR. FAUCI DEFINITELY GOT
SOME OF THAT WRONG.
HE SAID IF YOU GOT THE VACCINE,
IT WAS HIGHLY UNLIKELY YOU'D GET
COVID OR TRANSMIT IT.
WRONG.
OKAY, BUT THAT'S NOT BECAUSE IT
WAS PART OF SOME SELF-DEALING
PLOT-- THINGS WERE CHANGING
RAPIDLY-- THEY JUST GOT IT
WRONG.
THAT'S SCIENCE.
REPORTS OF FAUCI DELIBERATELY
LYING ARE BASED ON LAZY
RESEARCH, INCLUDING FROM
CENTRISTS, THAT GOT TIMELINES
WRONG OR TRANSPOSED.
BUT FAUCI COULD BE UNFORGIVING
TOO.
IN HIS DIARY, HE DESCRIBES A
DISPUTE WITH ANOTHER MEDICAL
ADVISOR, SCOTT ATLAS, WHO WANTED
TO KEEP THE SCHOOLS OPEN, WHICH
FAUCI TOLD HIS DEAR DIARY,
"BORDERS ON CRIMINAL."
NO, HE'S NOT A CRIMINAL, AND
YOU'RE NOT CRIMINAL, WHICH
SHOULD BE OBVIOUS SINCE ONLY TWO
MONTHS LATER WHEN ATLAS RESIGNED
FAUCI WROTE "THE ONE AREA HE WAS
CORRECT WAS IN SAYING THAT
SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE NOT THE
DRIVERS OF THE OUTBREAK."
OKAY, SO CAN WE NOT CALL PEOPLE
CRIMINALS JUST FOR THE PART THEY
GOT WRONG?
[APPLAUSE]
LOOK, FROM THE BEGINNING THERE
WERE TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT ON
HOW TO HANDLE COVID: ONE WAS THE
MODEL THEY FOLLOWED IN SWEDEN
AND FLORIDA, TWO PLACES THAT
HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON EXCEPT A
LOVE OF OLD PEOPLE IN SWEATERS.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT BOTH PLACES THOUGHT IT WAS
SMARTER-- AND BOTH DID QUITE
WELL-- BY LASER-FOCUSING ON
PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE AND
LETTING LIFE GO ON FOR EVERYONE
ELSE.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA
TO GET OUT AND GO IN THE SUN FOR
VITAMIN D AND FRESH AIR.
YOU KNOW, CRAZY STUFF.
THE OTHER SIDE?
, OKAY?
THE OTHER SIDE?
WELL, LET'S JUST SAY THEY ERRED
ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.
REALLY, REALLY INTO ERRING ON
THAT SIDE.
I SHOWED THIS PICTURE LAST WEEK:
THAT'S A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST
MEETING IN COLORADO.
LAST MONTH!
THAT'S EXTREME, BUT IT'S THE
DIRECTION THAT THAT HALF OF THE
COUNTRY TENDS TOWARD.
DAVID LEONHARDT STUDIED THIS
ISSUE AND WROTE OF DEMOCRATS
DURING THE PANDEMIC "ORGANIZING
THEIR LIVES AROUND COVID IS CORE
TO THEIR IDENTITY AS
PROGRESSIVES."
AND THAT IS THE PLACE WHERE I
HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE HERO
WORSHIP OF ANTHONY FAUCI.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS FAME IS A DRUG
WITH A 100% ADDICTION RATE.
HAVE YOU READ SOME OF THE SHIT
IN FAUCI'S DIARY?
LAST WEEK I PLAYED A GAME HERE
CALLED "WHO SAID IT: FAUCI OR
TRUMP?"
LET'S PLAY: "IT IS NOT HYPERBOLE
TO SAY I AM THE MOST FAMOUS AND
TALKED ABOUT PERSON IN THE
COUNTRY."
"THE NURSES WENT ABSOLUTELY WILD
TO SEE ME."
"I AM SUCH A VALUED SPOKESPERSON
AND A GOOD COMMUNICATOR."
"ONE PERSON SAID THAT TYRA
BANKS WAS SEXY, BUT I WAS EVEN
MORE SEXY THAN SHE WAS."
NONE OF THAT IS TRUMP.
THAT'S ALL FAUCI.
WRITING TO HIMSELF.
AT 80.
WHY?
SO HE CAN READ IT BACK WHEN HE'S
100 AND REMEMBER WHAT A HOT
PIECE OF ASS HE WAS AT 80?
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
TALK ABOUT MAIN CHARACTER
SYNDROME!
FAUCI DROPS CELEBRITY NAMES LIKE
60 MINUTES DROPS CORRESPONDENTS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
IT'S LIKE FINDING OUT THAT IN
THE 1950'S JONAS SALK KEPT A
DIARY AS HE WAS DEVELOPING THE
POLIO VACCINE, BUT IT WAS MOSTLY
ABOUT HOW HE GOT TO MEET HOWDY
DOODY.
AM I SAYING ALL OF FAUCI'S
DECISIONS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE HE
WAS LAPPING UP THE ADULATION?
NO, BUT YOU HAVE TO TRY AWFULLY
HARD NOT TO NOTICE HOW MUCH
FAUCI IS ENERGIZED BY BEING
EMBRACED BY ONE PARTICULAR
CULTURAL TRIBE.
IT WAS JULIA ROBERTS WHO WERE
TELLING FAUCI HE WAS JESUS WITH
A PETRI DISH.
NOT RANDY QUAID.
AND THAT SIDE LIKES TO THINK OF
THEMSELVES AS THE PURELY
"SCIENCE" PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH
KEEPING KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL THAT
LONG AND TRAUMATIZING
TWO-YEAR-OLDS WITH MASKS WASN'T
GOOD SCIENCE.
FAUCI SUPPORTED SOME STRANGE
POLICIES FOR SUCH AN ESTEEMED
EPIDEMIOLOGIST.
NATURAL IMMUNITY DOESN'T COUNT
NOW?
MEANING, EVEN IF YOU'VE HAD THE
DISEASE, YOU STILL HAD TO GET
THE SHOT?
THAT SOUNDS MORE LIKE WHAT
PFIZER AND FAUCI'S CELEBRITY
FRIENDS WANTED TO HEAR.
HE LET THIS SHIT GO TO HIS HEAD.
TURNS OUT THE REALLY DANGEROUS
"INTIMATE CONTACT" WASN'T
SHAKING HANDS, IT WAS KISSING
ASS.
[LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE]
AND YET, HE IS SO VERY, VERY FAR
AWAY FROM BEING A CRIMINAL.
PLEASE, HE'S NOT DR. MENGELE
BECAUSE YOUR KID HAD TO TAKE
ALGEBRA ON ZOOM; HE PUT IN A LOT
OF SERVICE FOR THE COUNTRY.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY HE WAS
SOMEWHAT SEDUCED.
I MEAN, ASK YOURSELF, WHAT
HAPPENS EVERY TIME IN HIGH
SCHOOL THE NERDY KID GETS
INVITED TO THE COOL KID'S
TABLE?
OKAY, THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED--
BUT IF IT DID LOOK, WHEN SOMEONE
STROKES YOUR EGO IT AFFECTS YOUR
OPINIONS, AND IT'S ALL TOO EASY
TO GO FROM "EVERYONE SAYS I'M
AMAZING" TO "ONLY IDIOTS
DISAGREE WITH ME."
HOLLYWOOD CO-OPTED FAUCI, AND
FAUCI TOLD THE COUNTRY WHAT
HOLLYWOOD WANTED IT TO HEAR: "IF
YOU GO OUTSIDE YOU'LL DIE.
SO SEND YOUR ASSISTANT."
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S OUR SHOW.
I WANNA THANK MY GUESTS MATT
WELCH, TARA PALMERI AND MIKE
ROWE.
CLUB RANDOM DROPS EVERY MONDAY
ON YOUTUBE, OR LISTEN WHEREVER
YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.
NOW GO WATCH "OVERTIME" ON
YOUTUBE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
OH, THANK YOU.
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