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Ep 1159 | Move Aside, Beto and Allred … the Era of Jasmine Crockett Has BEGUN! | Guest: Christian Toto · Predictable with Stu Burguiere

• 0:01
  Stu does America.
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  The day we've all been waiting for is finally here.
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  Let's not waste even a moment
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  and get started right away by doing
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  the Jasmine Crockett era.
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  Yes,
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  she's actually running for Senate,
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  and it's like my favorite thing in the whole wide world.
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  Uh,
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  Jasmine Crockett,
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  of course,
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  I'm a Riggis fan,
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  uh,
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  and I,
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  I just love the fact that she's out there
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  spewing the things that she spews on a day to day basis,
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  she's very entertaining.
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  Um,
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  I've been told
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  a terrible driver.
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  I don't know if that part's true or not.
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  I have to say
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  I don't,
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  I can't confirm that,
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  but I do have eyewitnesses.
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  Just throwing that out there,
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  but in addition to that,
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  she's a moron and a lovable moron,
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  and the type of person you absolutely want to be your opponent.
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  Let's get into her announcement because I think it's fascinating.
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  Jasmine Crockett,
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  uh,
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  announces campaign for Texas Democratic Senate primary.
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  There is a ton
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  to go through.
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  I mean,
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  all the stuff that Jasmine Crockett said is as appropriate,
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  you know,
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  appropriately nuts as you think it is,
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  but.
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  I wanna start in another part of the announcement because
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  you might know,
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  like,
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  you know,
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  Kamala Harris or Barack Obama come out and they've got like Beyonce singing a song
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  beforehand and they have that big announcement.
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  Well,
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  she did this as well,
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  um,
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  our friend Jasmine Crockett.
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  I like to call her Jasmine,
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  but Jasmine Crockett.
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  Jasmine Crockett,
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  uh,
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  she had a uh campaign video
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  uh that we're going to play first because this is her big announcement.
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  And it's her,
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  even her,
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  now I say she's a moron and everyone's like,
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  gosh,
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  you can't say that about her,
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  is that even true?
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  I think she confirmed it because her entire announcement video
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  seems to be Donald Trump calling her an idiot.
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  Listen.
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  How about this new one they have,
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  their new star Crockett.
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  How about her?
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  She's the new star of the Democratic Party,
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  Jasmine Krauss.
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  They're in big trouble.
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  But you have this woman Crockett.
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  She's a very low IQ person.
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  I watched her speak the other day.
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  She's definitely a low IQ person.
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  Crockett.
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  Oh man,
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  oh man.
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  She's a very low IQ person.
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  Somebody said the other day,
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  she's one of the leaders of the party.
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  I said,
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  you've got to be kidding.
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  Now they're going to rely on Crockett.
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  Crockett's going to bring them back.
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  Oh,
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  that is so cringey.
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  My favorite part.
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  Now you might say,
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  if you didn't hear,
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  if you're on podcast,
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  you didn't see any of that.
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  She is,
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  uh,
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  staring to the side with kind of a profile view through all the Donald Trump insults.
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  She then turns dramatically to the camera,
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  then does my favorite part,
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  which is the overly exaggerated uh arm folding.
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  It's like.
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  And then she does the like smile like I'm on top of this,
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  I'm ready for a battle
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  just like this,
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  oh my little tagging.
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  Uh,
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  it's insane and I love it.
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  OK,
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  by the way,
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  it was supposedly unlisted on YouTube,
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  like she didn't even mean
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  to put it out there,
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  which is exactly how you'd expect she'd launch this campaign,
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  like an idiot,
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  which is great,
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  I love it.
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  OK,
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  so let me get to the now opening entertainment because,
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  uh,
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  that's gonna be fun,
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  and by the way.
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  Wait,
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  does she have a chance to win this thing?
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  Uh,
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  she does actually,
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  as far as the primary goes.
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  She is,
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  uh,
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  the number 2 on the list,
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  which is a 48% chance.
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  Colin Allred is at 1%,
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  and that's,
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  uh,
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  we'll get into,
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  you know,
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  he left the race.
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  James Tallarico is the other opponent,
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  53% chance of winning.
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  So even with her announcement,
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  she's not in first place,
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  but she's certainly up there.
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  Now.
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  She makes this big statement in her,
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  uh,
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  initial campaign video that,
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  oh my gosh.
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  Uh,
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  I'm,
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  I'm gonna put a huge dent in this race.
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  They're terrified of me.
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  Here are the chances of Democrats winning the Senate.
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  You,
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  what you see here,
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  uh,
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  and I'll explain this chart to our friends on the podcast,
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  which is that the red line for Republicans is at 80% and has
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  been at 80% for months and months and months and months and months,
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  a 20% chance for the Democrats to win,
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  and it's been the same for months and months and months and months and months.
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  Not necessarily the impact probably she was looking
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  for because there's been basically none so far
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  now.
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  I wanna tell you about
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  Cure for Paranoia.
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  Who is Cure for Paranoia?
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  This is the the band,
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  the person,
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  the rapper,
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  the,
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  well,
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  I shouldn't say a band.
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  It is not a band.
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  He is a member of the Dallas alternative hip hop collective.
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  Which of course
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  I'm sure you're a huge fan of,
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  um,
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  uh,
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  why did he start this band?
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  Well,
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  he says,
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  quote,
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  I got placed on medication for bipolar depression,
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  that's
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  how his explanation starts.
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  Uh,
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  and by the way,
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  not just bipolar,
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  but paranoid schizophrenia.
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  But it turned out that the music was more therapeutic
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  than the medication was.
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  Uh,
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  so I created Cure for Paranoia Science in Action here from the Democrats.
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  Um,
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  it was a form of therapy,
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  and I hope he's,
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  he thinks it could be therapy for other people too.
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  Apparently,
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  um,
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  he's reaching,
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  uh,
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  uh,
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  a,
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  a
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  clear member of the paranoid schizophrenic community,
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  Jasmine Crockett,
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  because she's a big fan.
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  And,
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  uh,
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  she invited him.
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  To come out on stage
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  and do a new rap that he,
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  she,
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  he had written,
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  apparently kind of about Jasmine Crockett and about how bad Donald Trump is,
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  and the way they decided to perform it was to play the recording of him doing the rap,
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  and then him rap on top of it.
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  And he can't really remember the words of his own rap,
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  so he's reading them
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  and then he can't keep up with his own rap,
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  so he just stops halfway through.
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  It is a hell of a clip,
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  and I want to share it with you right now in its entirety.
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  OK,
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  she ain't never scared and she ain't never been.
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  Who was willing to go toe to toe against the president?
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  I can't wrap my head around someone who votes Republican.
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  She advocate for feeding kids,
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  they protect the folks touching them.
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  Trump invading his own country with our army.
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  What a joke.
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  We remember.
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  Pearl Harbor by illegally bombing boats,
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  but y'all thought we wasn't gonna do nothing,
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  buddy.
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  Think again.
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  They only trying to scare out of running
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  because they think she'll win.
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  Listen,
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  I thought I told y'all we ain't never scared.
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  Now look who name on the docket.
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  Got two words for every racist bigot,
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  Jasmine Crockett.
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  racist,
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  yeah,
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  that might be true,
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  but in all the history I know y'all hear the words the Nazi flaggy blue.
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  So which side you wanna choose?
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  Me,
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  I hope my money goes to the side that isn't trying to say affordability is a hoax.
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  She stand on business,
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  Austin toes to Texas tote don't need no more
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  bad built bleach blonde butch bodies moving forward.
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  It's available on Spotify.
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  OK,
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  um,
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  let me go to Jim Jasmine Crockett.
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  I'm gonna be blasted on the way home.
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  That and the My Little Pony song that I heard from Megyn Kelly today.
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  Those two things are gonna be my soundtrack for the day.
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  Um,
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  how about,
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  uh,
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  Jasmine Crockett talking about her big announcement.
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  Here she is,
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  get pumped up,
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  America.
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  Yes,
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  it is true.
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  I am running to become your next
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  United States Senator from the state of Texas.
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  Yes,
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  I,
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  I need to go to these events.
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  I'm your biggest fan.
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  I honestly can't put into words what it means to me.
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  You see,
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  a lot of people think that making decisions like this.
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  You take them lightly.
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  No one thinks that
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  I'm here to tell you that
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  I understand that there's a responsibility.
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  I'm not reading from my script,
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  so they're about to be confused.
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  Lots of people are very confused with what you're doing,
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  Jasmine.
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  Uh,
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  but we appreciate it anyway.
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  Uh,
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  OK,
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  let me talk to her.
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  You know,
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  she sees herself as a big transformational figure in politics,
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  of course.
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  I mean,
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  she,
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  I say this often about Gavin Newsom,
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  but it's true with Crockett as well.
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  Nobody loves Jasmine Crockett as much as Jasmine Crockett does.
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  Here she is talking about how she's
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  basically Obama.
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  You know,
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  I never thought that I would run for office,
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  but some people are able to inspire others as they walk their own path.
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  As a 27 year old public defender walking in her path,
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  there was someone who came along and inspired me.
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  There was this charismatic,
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  funny,
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  intelligent,
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  and exciting
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  young candidate with a funny name
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  who just got into the US Senate
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  and was running for president.
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  Many doubted if this country was ready,
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  while others,
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  well,
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  we got to work and kept hope alive.
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  We didn't focus on the naysayers.
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  We didn't get distracted by
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  any pollsters.
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  We
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  remained laser focused on getting the person who was best for the job into the seat.
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  We didn't let history diminish our hope
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  in what was possible.
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  We ignored that the devil on our shoulder
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  that sometimes tries to tell us your vote doesn't matter.
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  The country's not ready.
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  He can't win,
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  and responded with that timeless American creed.
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  Yes,
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  we
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  can.
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  Oh,
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  drama.
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  Yes,
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  I'm talking about President Barack Obama.
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  I love that.
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  She's a big speech like.
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  Yes,
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  there's a man with a black mask,
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  and he breathes and he's Luke's father.
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  Yes,
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  I'm talking about Darth Vader.
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  Wow,
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  what a what a journey you just took us on.
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  Uh,
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  that was incredible,
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  Jasmine.
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  Uh,
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  OK,
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  can Jasmine Crockett turn Texas blue?
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  Of course she can.
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  Uh,
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  no,
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  let's hope that she doesn't,
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  but I still want her to win the primary.
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  Here she is talking about that.
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  Turning Texas blue
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  is what I want to talk to y'all about today.
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  Now,
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  there are those that say ain't no way we didn't try it 50 kinds of ways.
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  Let me be clear,
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  y'all ain't never tried it the JC way.
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  We
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  We're used to telling us what I can't do,
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  but they have no idea what Crockett's crew will do.
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  And so I just want to be clear
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  for all the haters in the back,
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  listen up real loud.
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  We're gonna get this thing done.
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  Why did the haters come to your
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  gathering?
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  I,
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  I,
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  um,
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  I just want to quote her because I,
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  I feel like maybe you didn't get the,
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  the full perspective of that particular,
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  uh,
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  soundbite.
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  And this is the sort of eloquence I believe Barack Obama brought to the table as well.
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  Now there are those who say ain't.
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  No way we didn't try it at 50 kinds of ways.
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  Let me be clear,
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  and that was a good point for her to say,
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  because when you say a sentence like that,
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  being clearer is a good option,
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  but she goes and becomes clear by saying,
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  y'all ain't
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  never tried it
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  the JC way.
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  We,
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  we used to telling us what I can't do.
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  But they have no
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  idea what Crockett's crew
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  will do.
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  Doctor Seuss,
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  original author of that,
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  of course,
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  um,
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  by the way,
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  this isn't about,
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  I want you to know this is not about,
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  she's not because she's like looking to be a riser in politics,
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  she's not like.
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  You know,
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  ambitious or anything.
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  Here she is talking about that.
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  This isn't about me
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  or them.
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  It's about you
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  and us.
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  This is not about ambition.
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  It's about,
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  it's not about my ambition.
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  It's about yours,
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  your hopes and your dreams
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  and a government that has your back,
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  not pushes you back.
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  Not about her at all.
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  Now it's funny when you say it's not about a government that it's
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  about a government that has your back and not pushes you back.
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  You'd think it would be somebody
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  that might define a conservative philosophy where they're not
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  involved in every single aspect of your life.
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  What she of course actually wants is the
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  government in every single aspect of your life,
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  no matter what.
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  It's a strange way of stating that,
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  but of course,
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  she doesn't mean any of it.
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  Um,
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  OK,
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  now you might say,
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  uh,
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  one thing I will not do is go to this woman for math,
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  and I will say that's a very good idea.
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  He or she is talking about her deep spreadsheet analysis of the polls.
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  After evaluating the data,
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  analyzing the trends,
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  researching historic numbers,
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  and combing over the cross tabs,
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  it was clear
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  the numbers were strongest for my candidacy for United States Senate.
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  Is it?
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  Because you're not winning.
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  That's why I decided to enter this race,
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  because otherwise
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  I would have continued
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  doing what I've always done,
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  which is support
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  whichever candidate had the strongest numbers.
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  So I want to be clear,
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  I'm not running just to run.
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  This
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  is about
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  winning.
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  Does anyone on earth believe that Jasmine Crockett was
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  combing through the cross tabs of a poll?
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  I'm gonna go with no,
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  uh,
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  first of all.
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  Also,
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  what kind of admission is this?
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  What I've always done,
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  which is support whichever candidate had the strongest numbers,
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  it's like,
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  look,
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  I'm gonna do what I've always done,
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  uh,
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  support the team that won the Super Bowl last year.
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  Now of course in my case.
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  My team did win the Super Bowl last year.
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  Let's delete what you think about the Eagles game
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  last night and just remember that day back in,
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  uh,
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  February.
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  OK,
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  uh,
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  this is actually kind of a funny moment.
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  She's talking about children,
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  and,
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  you know,
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  children are important to her.
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  As you know,
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  children are our future,
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  uh,
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  but not necessarily her future.
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  Childcare has become a second rent.
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  Y'all say amen if you got children because y'all know I ain't got none.
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  I heard they're expensive.
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  I also heard they expensive.
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  OK,
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  uh,
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  here is,
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  uh,
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  her,
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  of course,
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  obviously the only reason that anyone would even consider voting for her
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  is because they like her on,
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  uh,
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  you know,
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  MSNBC when she says mean things about the president.
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  Here they are.
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  Well,
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  Trump,
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  I know you're watching,
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  so let me tell you directly,
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  he's watching.
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  You're not entitled to a damn thing in Texas.
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  To win easily.
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  You better get to work because I'm coming for you.
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  He knew
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  he would lose,
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  so Trump did what he always does
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  resort to lying,
• 14:05
  cheating,
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  and stealing.
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  He has rigged our elections once again by changing
• 14:09
  the lines in the middle of an election cycle.
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  That one's interesting because I find it fascinating that now
• 14:15
  the Democrats can accuse the Republicans of stealing elections.
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  Uh,
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  and cheating,
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  which is fascinating.
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  I,
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  I,
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  they were really upset about that when Donald Trump did it.
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  Um,
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  it's also the thing where she at the end is like,
• 14:25
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• 14:26
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• 14:28
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• 14:30
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• 14:45
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• 14:47
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• 14:55
  This is,
• 14:55
  we got no policy there,
• 14:56
  right?
• 14:56
  It was just a bunch of blathering,
• 14:58
  but we did get a policy in April 2024 that she wants to try out.
• 15:02
  Uh,
• 15:02
  she gives you the whole origin story of how she thought of it,
• 15:04
  which is fascinating,
• 15:05
  but
• 15:05
  here's a really important Jasmine Crockett policy idea.
• 15:09
  Just this past week I saw,
• 15:10
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• 15:12
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• 15:14
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• 15:16
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• 15:18
  One of the things that they proposed is black folk not have to pay taxes
• 15:21
  for a certain amount of time because then again,
• 15:23
  that puts money back in your pocket,
• 15:25
  but at the same time.
• 15:27
  It may not be as objectionable to some people
• 15:30
  about actually giving out dollars,
• 15:33
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• 15:34
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• 15:36
  and that's one of the reasons
• 15:38
  that,
• 15:38
  you know,
• 15:39
  we argue that reparations make sense because
• 15:42
  so many black folk,
• 15:43
  not only do you owe for the labor that was stolen and killed and all the other things,
• 15:48
  right?
• 15:49
  But the fact is,
• 15:50
  like,
• 15:50
  we end up being so far behind,
• 15:52
  right?
• 15:52
  And so it's like,
• 15:53
  how do you bring
• 15:55
  forth people,
• 15:56
  exactly,
• 15:56
  and so it's like if you,
• 15:58
  if you do the no tax thing
• 16:00
  for people that are already,
• 16:02
  say,
• 16:02
  struggling and aren't really paying taxes in the first place,
• 16:06
  it doesn't really exactly
• 16:09
  that's a fascinating one because.
• 16:10
  She's working through it with her brain,
• 16:12
  of course,
• 16:12
  obviously,
• 16:13
  quite obviously it's unconstitutional to say a race isn't going to pay taxes,
• 16:17
  number one.
• 16:18
  Beyond that,
• 16:19
  she regards like,
• 16:20
  hey,
• 16:20
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• 16:21
  the people that don't pay taxes wouldn't get any help.
• 16:24
  And then you realize,
• 16:25
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• 16:25
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• 16:30
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• 16:32
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• 16:32
  uh,
• 16:33
  the brain's working,
• 16:34
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• 16:35
  saying only whitey should pay taxes is a winning strategy for Texas,
• 16:40
  that I'm sure of.
• 16:42
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• 16:42
  the blatant racism against white people
• 16:45
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• 16:47
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• 16:48
  that's going to win you Texas like nobody's business.
• 16:51
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• 16:54
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• 18:37
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• 18:38
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• 18:39
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• 18:40
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• 18:40
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• 18:40
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• 18:42
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• 18:42
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• 18:43
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• 18:43
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• 18:44
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• 18:44
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• 18:45
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• 18:46
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• 18:47
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• 18:48
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• 18:48
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• 18:48
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• 18:49
  uh.
• 18:53
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• 18:54
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• 18:55
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• 18:56
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• 19:00
  I'm so excited,
• 19:01
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• 19:02
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• 19:02
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• 19:06
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• 19:09
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• 19:10
  Jasmine Crockett.
• 19:12
  Jasmine Crockett is that sister,
• 19:15
  that sister who stands 10 toes down
• 19:18
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• 19:22
  I love it because of the fact that the Republicans
• 19:25
  Use racism to draw her out of her own district.
• 19:30
  What they intended for evil,
• 19:32
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• 19:35
  and so now this same Jasmine Crockett is ready to step up
• 19:40
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• 19:42
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• 19:44
  I,
• 19:46
  I find these types of pastors to just be so fascinating,
• 19:48
  like they're just,
• 19:49
  they're so able to just,
• 19:50
  without stuttering or stopping or you know,
• 19:53
  even seeming to gather their thoughts at all,
• 19:54
  they're just that rhythmic speech,
• 19:56
  it's really legitimately impressive.
• 19:57
  I don't know how they do it.
• 19:58
  Um,
• 19:59
  anyway,
• 19:59
  uh,
• 20:00
  uh,
• 20:00
  you might not know,
• 20:01
  you might think,
• 20:02
  is,
• 20:03
  is Jasmine Crockett a bad sister?
• 20:06
  Uh,
• 20:06
  you might have an opinion on that,
• 20:08
  but did you know
• 20:09
  she's actually.
• 20:11
  The baddest sister.
• 20:13
  Everybody in the nation
• 20:15
  knows Jasmine Crockett.
• 20:17
  She's the baddest sister out there.
• 20:20
  I'm talking about Jasmine Crockett and yet as amazing as she is,
• 20:24
  as phenomenal as she is,
• 20:27
  she's remained a friend
• 20:28
  to everyday people.
• 20:30
  She's someone you can talk to and touch.
• 20:33
  She listens to you.
• 20:35
  I'm talking about Jasmine Crockett.
• 20:37
  So since Jasmine
• 20:38
  is a fighter,
• 20:39
  since she's a facilitator and a friend
• 20:42
  to everyday people,
• 20:43
  I guess I'll close by saying the future is bright.
• 20:48
  I don't,
• 20:49
  I don't even understand.
• 20:49
  By the way,
• 20:50
  is that
• 20:51
  part of the deal that we can touch Jasmine Crockett,
• 20:54
  because I,
• 20:54
  I don't really have interest in that,
• 20:55
  but
• 20:56
  I would think she'd be a little upset
• 20:58
  about that particular proposal from the pastor,
• 21:00
  but
• 21:01
  apparently,
• 21:01
  if you're gonna vote for her,
• 21:02
  you can also
• 21:03
  touch her.
• 21:06
  By the way,
• 21:06
  polls on this particular race,
• 21:08
  there's a,
• 21:08
  so you have
• 21:10
  basically 3 things going on.
• 21:11
  3 Republicans,
• 21:12
  uh,
• 21:12
  in the race against 2 different Democrats.
• 21:15
  Let me give you the breakdowns here.
• 21:16
  Uh,
• 21:17
  Jasmine Crockett versus Ken Paxton,
• 21:19
  it's a Crockett trailing by 2.
• 21:22
  Hunt versus Crockett is,
• 21:24
  uh,
• 21:24
  Crockett trailing by 5.
• 21:26
  C Cornyn versus Crockett is Crockett trailing by 6.
• 21:30
  Tallarico is the,
• 21:31
  the opponent,
• 21:32
  uh,
• 21:32
  in the primary for the Democrats,
• 21:34
  again,
• 21:34
  going against Crockett.
• 21:36
  He trails by 3
• 21:37
  against Paxson,
• 21:38
  6 against Hunt,
• 21:40
  and 3 against Cornyn.
• 21:41
  So,
• 21:42
  uh,
• 21:42
  you know,
• 21:43
  the,
• 21:43
  the idea that she's going to perform much,
• 21:44
  much worse than anyone else in the field,
• 21:47
  that doesn't really seem to be the case.
• 21:48
  We know Colin Allred already dropped out of this.
• 21:51
  You might say,
• 21:51
  well,
• 21:52
  uh,
• 21:52
  why do you care so much about Texas,
• 21:54
  uh,
• 21:54
  Senate?
• 21:55
  I mean,
• 21:55
  obviously I live here,
• 21:56
  but why do you care?
• 21:57
  Um,
• 21:58
  if you're not in Texas,
• 21:59
  it's just gonna be a lot of fun.
• 22:00
  That's why you care,
• 22:01
  because this is gonna be an awesome race to follow.
• 22:03
  Now,
• 22:03
  of course,
• 22:03
  the Senate race is massively important,
• 22:05
  and I,
• 22:05
  I want to describe it to you this way.
• 22:08
  People,
• 22:08
  people come to me and they say,
• 22:09
  you keep cheering on Jasmine Crockett,
• 22:10
  you better watch it.
• 22:12
  You better watch it.
• 22:12
  You know,
• 22:13
  what if she wins?
• 22:14
  It's a great point,
• 22:15
  and I will be very regretful if that comes to pass.
• 22:18
  Now I will say,
• 22:19
  uh,
• 22:19
  I do have fears over this at some level,
• 22:22
  because the American people at times can be really,
• 22:24
  really shockingly bizarrely dumb when the people that they vote for,
• 22:28
  we've seen this in the past,
• 22:30
  uh,
• 22:30
  over and over again.
• 22:30
  I will say.
• 22:32
  The Democrats probably had conversations like I'm
• 22:35
  having when talking about Donald Trump.
• 22:36
  Oh my gosh,
• 22:37
  we'd love to have him be the opponent.
• 22:38
  Are you crazy?
• 22:39
  And then of course
• 22:40
  they realize that's 2015 and he's about to win two presidential
• 22:44
  terms over the next decade,
• 22:45
  so.
• 22:46
  This can burn you,
• 22:48
  and if it goes wrong,
• 22:49
  I just wanna uh uh say,
• 22:50
  first of all,
• 22:51
  um,
• 22:51
  you're free to uh talk to me and say how angry you are at me.
• 22:56
  I get it,
• 22:56
  you know,
• 22:57
  it's gonna be a terrible,
• 22:57
  terrible moment,
• 22:58
  but
• 22:59
  it's gonna be the least of your worries,
• 23:00
  because if she's able,
• 23:01
  a woman like this,
• 23:03
  a crazy person in every single possible way,
• 23:07
  is able to win the state of Texas.
• 23:09
  2026 is going so badly that the last thing you're
• 23:12
  gonna care about is what's going on in Texas,
• 23:14
  because it's going to be a massive majority for
• 23:16
  the Democrats if she's able to win this.
• 23:18
  She is
• 23:19
  a terrible candidate
• 23:21
  for Texas.
• 23:22
  Uh,
• 23:22
  she's fun.
• 23:23
  I love her.
• 23:24
  This is why I want her in the race,
• 23:25
  because she's so terrible.
• 23:26
  Let me just give you a little insight on how she is behind the scenes.
• 23:29
  I've already mentioned
• 23:31
  there are reports she's a terrible driver.
• 23:35
  I'm not going to tell you where that came from,
• 23:36
  but there are reports that she's a terrible
• 23:40
  driver.
• 23:42
  Cuts people off,
• 23:43
  uh,
• 23:44
  frequently in her travels.
• 23:45
  I don't know.
• 23:46
  I mean,
• 23:46
  it's a,
• 23:46
  it's a rumor,
• 23:47
  it's a rumor going around,
• 23:48
  but
• 23:48
  this is also a little bit more than a rumor,
• 23:50
  a story called A Democrat for the Trump Era,
• 23:53
  Jasmine Crockett,
• 23:54
  is testing out the coarse style of politics.
• 23:58
  That the GOP has embraced,
• 24:00
  so
• 24:00
  even Jasmine Crockett
• 24:02
  is Trump's fault,
• 24:04
  somehow.
• 24:04
  But what's fascinating about this more than anything else
• 24:06
  is the author of this uh particular story,
• 24:09
  when she posted her own story,
• 24:10
  it's in the Atlantic,
• 24:11
  she's no right winger,
• 24:12
  um,
• 24:13
  she posted this story
• 24:15
  and she posted it with this anecdote which explains Jasmine Crockett so perfectly.
• 24:20
  Uh,
• 24:20
  Elaine Godfrey is the author.
• 24:22
  She says,
• 24:22
  4 days before my story was published,
• 24:25
  Crockett called me to express frustration
• 24:28
  that I had reached out to so many House members without telling her first.
• 24:33
  She was,
• 24:34
  she told me,
• 24:35
  quote,
• 24:36
  shutting down the profile
• 24:38
  and revoking all permissions.
• 24:42
  I don't think you understand how any of this works.
• 24:45
  The reporter doesn't need to tell you when they're calling people for comment,
• 24:49
  #1.
• 24:50
  2,
• 24:52
  you don't get to shut down a profile.
• 24:54
  That's not how that works.
• 24:56
  And number 3,
• 24:57
  there is no,
• 24:58
  there are no permissions you're revoking.
• 25:01
  They don't have to respect that,
• 25:03
  and there's nothing that you give a journalist
• 25:06
  appropriate permission to do.
• 25:08
  So anyway.
• 25:09
  She's a complete moron and nonsensical,
• 25:11
  and that's why I want her to win the Democratic prim primary so much.
• 25:14
  Uh,
• 25:15
  of course,
• 25:15
  yes,
• 25:15
  and,
• 25:16
  and all these people are getting on board now.
• 25:17
  Oh,
• 25:17
  Jasmine Crockett,
• 25:18
  2026,
• 25:19
  yeah,
• 25:19
  sure,
• 25:19
  whatever.
• 25:20
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• 25:21
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  Um,
• 27:32
  I wanna start with Jimmy Kimmel.
• 27:33
  Uh,
• 27:33
  Kimmel,
• 27:34
  of course,
• 27:35
  uh,
• 27:35
  he was brutally targeted,
• 27:37
  uh,
• 27:37
  by the administration,
• 27:38
  and I,
• 27:39
  I mean it was almost a death threat because he
• 27:42
  lost 4 crappy shows that he could have possibly done.
• 27:45
  Um,
• 27:46
  and it was interesting to see because this
• 27:48
  business,
• 27:49
  as we know with Colbert,
• 27:51
  is in massive trouble.
• 27:52
  Outside of the fact,
• 27:53
  I think even that they're liberal,
• 27:55
  I,
• 27:55
  I just the model is a complete disaster,
• 27:57
  it's so expensive.
• 27:59
  So Colbert is gone.
• 28:00
  There was some speculation that Kimmel would be gone as well.
• 28:03
  They seem to be bringing him back,
• 28:04
  but is this a real,
• 28:06
  is this a real vote of confidence?
• 28:08
  Uh,
• 28:09
  not even close.
• 28:09
  He's gonna be back for about a year plus,
• 28:11
  that's a new contract,
• 28:12
  and usually when
• 28:13
  big stars sign contract,
• 28:15
  contracts,
• 28:16
  it's not
• 28:16
  this limited,
• 28:17
  but I think there's a real reason for it.
• 28:19
  Listen,
• 28:19
  the bottom line is that this
• 28:21
  platform is dying.
• 28:23
  Uh,
• 28:23
  revenues are.
• 28:24
  way down,
• 28:25
  ratings are down as well.
• 28:27
  And,
• 28:27
  you know,
• 28:27
  what happened with ABC when they suspended Jimmy Kimmel for a week,
• 28:31
  the Hollywood community rose up and just outraged.
• 28:34
  They were just furious about it,
• 28:36
  in part because they lost the vehicle to promote their shows,
• 28:38
  in part because they love his messaging.
• 28:40
  And I think that ABC said,
• 28:42
  oh my gosh,
• 28:42
  we can't really get rid of him right now.
• 28:44
  The black guy within our community would be pretty intense.
• 28:47
  So this one year-ish
• 28:50
  contract is a way to kind of get out of that
• 28:52
  area,
• 28:53
  let things cool down,
• 28:54
  and then if the,
• 28:54
  the marketplace still hasn't changed
• 28:56
  in a year or so,
• 28:57
  they could probably part ways.
• 28:58
  Yeah,
• 28:59
  I,
• 28:59
  you know,
• 28:59
  I mentioned my,
• 29:00
  my love of a radio.
• 29:01
  Station in New York,
• 29:02
  WFAN a couple of times today on various shows for whatever reason,
• 29:05
  but
• 29:06
  I remember back in the day,
• 29:07
  uh,
• 29:08
  they WFAN had a host,
• 29:09
  uh,
• 29:09
  Steve Summers,
• 29:09
  who was,
• 29:10
  you know,
• 29:11
  a host on the show,
• 29:12
  a,
• 29:12
  a big host on the station,
• 29:14
  but he was gonna be let go.
• 29:16
  And,
• 29:16
  uh,
• 29:17
  when he was being let go,
• 29:19
  Jerry Seinfeld,
• 29:19
  a huge star at the time
• 29:21
  who was a real fan of him,
• 29:22
  said.
• 29:23
  You can't do this,
• 29:24
  like I will come on,
• 29:25
  I will do segments with you,
• 29:26
  that he came on the air.
• 29:27
  I remember it all playing out.
• 29:29
  It's sort of a version of that,
• 29:30
  right?
• 29:30
  Like they're saying like,
• 29:31
  well,
• 29:32
  we love this guy,
• 29:33
  we don't care if he doesn't get any ratings,
• 29:35
  and ABC knows they need these relationships with these stars,
• 29:38
  so they're just like,
• 29:39
  ah,
• 29:39
  I guess we just,
• 29:40
  we just sign him for another year and see what happens.
• 29:42
  Yeah,
• 29:43
  there's a couple of things that'll play out.
• 29:44
  One is,
• 29:45
  listen,
• 29:45
  Colbert's gonna go away in May
• 29:47
  of 2026.
• 29:48
  Now it's possible that some of Colbert's audience
• 29:50
  will gravitate to Kimmel to a very similar act at this point.
• 29:53
  So I think they may be holding out hope that his ratings will perk up.
• 29:57
  I think that's a possibility there as well.
• 29:59
  Well.
• 30:00
  So,
• 30:00
  uh,
• 30:00
  that's could happen.
• 30:02
  But also,
• 30:03
  you know,
• 30:03
  the thing we're not talking about as much as the reports were that
• 30:06
  the Late Show with Stephen Colbert was losing CBS $40 million a year.
• 30:11
  Now,
• 30:11
  we get no information about what Jimmy Kimmel Live is making or losing,
• 30:15
  but the shows are pretty similar.
• 30:17
  The ratings are similar,
• 30:18
  though Colbert's almost always been beating him.
• 30:21
  Is that show losing money?
• 30:23
  And if so,
• 30:23
  why is it still on the air in the first place?
• 30:26
  What's going on behind the scenes?
• 30:27
  I mean,
• 30:28
  is this a charity they're running,
• 30:29
  or is this just a way that they
• 30:31
  love the messaging that goes out with these shows,
• 30:33
  and they're willing to bite the bullet and say,
• 30:35
  hey,
• 30:35
  we'll lose some cash,
• 30:36
  we'll make it up elsewhere.
• 30:37
  We just want this on the air.
• 30:39
  It's a question.
• 30:39
  No one's asking.
• 30:40
  Yeah,
• 30:40
  I,
• 30:40
  I do think that's true.
• 30:41
  I mean,
• 30:41
  there,
• 30:41
  there's no way they're making money on that show,
• 30:43
  and it's fascinating because it used to be like
• 30:45
  this was the thing where,
• 30:46
  hey,
• 30:46
  we don't want to spend all this money on,
• 30:48
  uh,
• 30:48
  you know,
• 30:48
  written drama or written comedy.
• 30:51
  We wanna save money,
• 30:52
  we're just gonna throw a guy out there and he can do it,
• 30:53
  and now they're losing tens of millions of dollars on those shows too,
• 30:56
  which is amazing.
• 30:57
  Um,
• 30:57
  I want to move over to another business that's fascinating to me,
• 31:01
  um,
• 31:01
  this whole situation with,
• 31:03
  um,
• 31:03
  Warner Brothers,
• 31:04
  Netflix,
• 31:05
  and Paramount.
• 31:07
  Uh,
• 31:07
  if you haven't followed the story,
• 31:08
  uh,
• 31:08
  Warner Brothers reported sale to Netflix,
• 31:11
  which was not really the expected winner of that battle.
• 31:15
  Huge price.
• 31:15
  I can't even remember,
• 31:16
  maybe you know,
• 31:16
  uh,
• 31:17
  $83 billion is the number,
• 31:19
  a huge number to get their whole catalog and everything,
• 31:20
  move it over to Netflix.
• 31:22
  Um,
• 31:23
  uh,
• 31:23
  Paramount,
• 31:23
  who was the
• 31:25
  favorite it seemed like coming into this negotiation,
• 31:28
  uh,
• 31:28
  winds up saying,
• 31:29
  well,
• 31:29
  we're going to try a hostile takeover bid.
• 31:32
  What does all this mean,
• 31:33
  you know,
• 31:33
  for,
• 31:34
  for these companies and for us as people who just like watching television?
• 31:38
  Well,
• 31:38
  it's gonna get ugly,
• 31:39
  I'm sure.
• 31:39
  It's already ugly as is.
• 31:41
  Uh,
• 31:42
  this is partly about eliminating the competition.
• 31:45
  This is partly about getting
• 31:46
  more intellectual properties
• 31:48
  in your arena.
• 31:49
  So if it's HBO
• 31:51
  you've got Game of Thrones,
• 31:52
  The Sopranos,
• 31:53
  you've got DC Comics,
• 31:55
  uh,
• 31:55
  there's so many different,
• 31:56
  uh,
• 31:57
  Ways to go about this.
• 31:57
  Harry Potter,
• 31:58
  you could spin it off in a million new new directions.
• 32:01
  That's part of it as well.
• 32:02
  Also,
• 32:02
  Netflix is massive,
• 32:03
  it's the real streaming giant at this point.
• 32:06
  You take that platform,
• 32:07
  you add all of HBO content and other Warner Brothers properties,
• 32:11
  it's gonna be really tough to beat them.
• 32:12
  So that's part of what's going on.
• 32:13
  Of course,
• 32:14
  the bigger question
• 32:15
  for many is the theatrical model,
• 32:17
  which,
• 32:17
  which has been struggling in years,
• 32:18
  the ticket sales aren't what they used to be.
• 32:20
  And now you've got Netflix,
• 32:21
  a company that likes you to Netflix and chill,
• 32:24
  stay at your house,
• 32:25
  don't go to the theater.
• 32:26
  Now they're saying they're gonna honor the theatrical model and
• 32:29
  let Warner Brothers films keep being played on big screens.
• 32:33
  Will that hold?
• 32:34
  I mean,
• 32:34
  is this a pinky promise?
• 32:35
  What's going on here?
• 32:36
  So,
• 32:37
  lots of big questions,
• 32:38
  and there's so much flux in Hollywood that
• 32:40
  this is the main story,
• 32:41
  and it really,
• 32:42
  part of me thinks
• 32:44
  the changes are inevitable,
• 32:45
  maybe this will hasten them,
• 32:46
  I don't know,
• 32:46
  but it,
• 32:47
  it's a big deal,
• 32:47
  and
• 32:48
  We should all be paying attention to because the future of content may
• 32:52
  really depend on it.
• 32:52
  Yeah,
• 32:53
  my favorite conspiracy theory on this is that,
• 32:56
  uh,
• 32:56
  Netflix went in there and just kept bidding higher and
• 32:58
  higher and higher and higher until they won the bid,
• 33:01
  knowing that either,
• 33:02
  you know,
• 33:03
  they,
• 33:03
  you know,
• 33:03
  might lose in some,
• 33:04
  uh,
• 33:05
  you know,
• 33:05
  hostile takeover and cost Paramount a bunch of
• 33:07
  money or that the government will overturn it.
• 33:09
  And so they could just waste two years of
• 33:12
  Paramount's time.
• 33:13
  I,
• 33:13
  I,
• 33:13
  I,
• 33:14
  I don't know that I believe it,
• 33:14
  but I think it's a fun conspiracy.
• 33:16
  That's actually better than most,
• 33:18
  I have to say.
• 33:19
  It could be a kernel of truth there,
• 33:20
  but who knows?
• 33:21
  But it is a big deal
• 33:22
  and it does shape a lot of entertainment
• 33:24
  companies,
• 33:25
  uh,
• 33:25
  you know,
• 33:25
  and it could change the culture.
• 33:27
  I mean.
• 33:28
  People,
• 33:29
  younger generation,
• 33:30
  maybe not as enamored of going to the theaters.
• 33:32
  The prices are expensive.
• 33:33
  The popcorn is exorbitant just to buy a,
• 33:35
  you know,
• 33:35
  just to get a little snack.
• 33:36
  And,
• 33:37
  you know,
• 33:37
  maybe people just want to stay home,
• 33:39
  play video games,
• 33:39
  go on social media.
• 33:41
  There are cultural changes afoot
• 33:43
  that are.
• 33:44
  Really,
• 33:45
  uh,
• 33:45
  far different than any other threat to the theatrical model than ever before.
• 33:48
  You know,
• 33:48
  we worried about VHS and,
• 33:49
  and Blu-ray
• 33:51
  and the,
• 33:51
  the rise of pay TV and cable TV.
• 33:53
  Oh,
• 33:53
  it's gonna kill the movies.
• 33:55
  Not even close.
• 33:56
  This,
• 33:56
  this feels different.
• 33:57
  Yeah,
• 33:58
  it does.
• 33:58
  I although I will say I still freaking love going to the movie theater,
• 34:01
  especially the dine-in theaters.
• 34:02
  I could do that like literally every night and be happy with my life.
• 34:05
  Um,
• 34:05
  let me move over to a movie that's coming to be in theaters very soon.
• 34:08
  The,
• 34:08
  the 3rd
• 34:09
  sequel in the series for Avatar.
• 34:12
  They are saying,
• 34:13
  um,
• 34:14
  you know,
• 34:14
  a couple of $2 billion might come in on this.
• 34:17
  I had a bet with a friend of mine who's
• 34:19
  kind of a Hollywood insider and before the second one.
• 34:22
  Uh,
• 34:22
  came out and the bet was basically my bet was
• 34:25
  no one,
• 34:26
  this has made no impact,
• 34:27
  this movie,
• 34:28
  no one can name a character.
• 34:29
  There's no memes from this movie,
• 34:31
  there's no scene that people remember.
• 34:33
  It just is like a blob of technology
• 34:36
  and it's not even a movie.
• 34:38
  He was totally on the other side of that.
• 34:39
  At the end of the day,
• 34:40
  he was kind of proven right,
• 34:41
  though I did win the bet by like 30.
• 34:43
  100 $0 on box office revenue.
• 34:45
  I was proud of myself on that.
• 34:46
  But like,
• 34:46
  you know,
• 34:47
  at the end of the day,
• 34:47
  it did make a ton of money.
• 34:49
  What are we expecting out of this new one?
• 34:51
  Well,
• 34:51
  actually,
• 34:52
  you're both right.
• 34:53
  It has no
• 34:54
  cultural footprint.
• 34:55
  You don't see kids dress up as Jake Sully,
• 34:57
  one of the characters.
• 34:57
  I had to kind of do a double take on that one just to remember it.
• 35:00
  You don't see the lunchboxes.
• 35:02
  You don't see people arguing on social media.
• 35:05
  It just exists.
• 35:06
  But the bottom line is that James Cameron,
• 35:08
  the director,
• 35:08
  makes
• 35:09
  roller coaster rides,
• 35:10
  and his movies look spectacular,
• 35:13
  and he has this grasp of 3D that no one else has.
• 35:16
  So even if the new film is very successful,
• 35:18
  and I think it will be,
• 35:19
  There's no,
• 35:20
  there's no fallout from it in a,
• 35:22
  in a creative fashion.
• 35:23
  There's no,
• 35:24
  there's no,
• 35:25
  people just don't talk about it.
• 35:26
  So,
• 35:26
  like I said,
• 35:27
  you're both right,
• 35:27
  it's gonna make a lot of money.
• 35:28
  But
• 35:29
  what is this?
• 35:30
  I mean,
• 35:31
  you know,
• 35:31
  we still talk about the Lord of the Rings,
• 35:32
  Star Wars,
• 35:33
  we fight about the MCU.
• 35:34
  I get all that.
• 35:35
  We bicker,
• 35:36
  we,
• 35:36
  we agree,
• 35:37
  we disagree.
• 35:38
  Nobody cares about these movies and just recently,
• 35:41
  James Cameron said,
• 35:42
  oh by the way,
• 35:43
  this is gonna close the chapter on this
• 35:45
  Avatar cycle.
• 35:46
  I may make more movies,
• 35:47
  but it's gonna be a different saga.
• 35:48
  So I think even he admits,
• 35:51
  As successful as they are,
• 35:52
  and they're wildly successful,
• 35:54
  in a way,
• 35:54
  he missed the target.
• 35:55
  It's very odd.
• 35:56
  And I,
• 35:57
  I can't think of any other
• 35:58
  franchise or any other property that has this quality,
• 36:01
  this lack of anything.
• 36:02
  It really is the one of the strangest things I've ever seen in Hollywood.
• 36:07
  Like,
• 36:07
  you're right,
• 36:07
  there's just like no,
• 36:08
  there's no like big theories,
• 36:10
  there's no debates,
• 36:11
  there's no like,
• 36:11
  it just feels like it's just this dead thing
• 36:13
  that just keeps making $2 billion every 3 years.
• 36:15
  It's a very strange thing.
• 36:17
  Um,
• 36:17
  you mentioned looking spectacular,
• 36:19
  which brings me to,
• 36:19
  uh,
• 36:20
  Sydney Sweeney.
• 36:21
  Uh,
• 36:21
  she's in the news again.
• 36:22
  She's doing an interview with,
• 36:23
  uh,
• 36:24
  with people,
• 36:25
  and she's finally addressing,
• 36:27
  um,
• 36:27
  the,
• 36:28
  the American,
• 36:29
  um,
• 36:29
  uh,
• 36:30
  what was it,
• 36:30
  America,
• 36:31
  uh,
• 36:31
  American Eagle,
• 36:32
  American Eagle.
• 36:32
  Thank you so much.
• 36:33
  I couldn't remember it.
• 36:33
  Um,
• 36:34
  the American Eagle,
• 36:35
  um,
• 36:35
  commercial that she made,
• 36:36
  which is the,
• 36:37
  the,
• 36:37
  you know,
• 36:37
  I have great jeans,
• 36:38
  um,
• 36:39
  she says,
• 36:40
  uh,
• 36:41
  you know,
• 36:41
  I,
• 36:42
  I was worried.
• 36:42
  It was gonna be some big apology,
• 36:44
  which I would be very annoyed by.
• 36:46
  It's not at all,
• 36:46
  it's just her saying like,
• 36:47
  look,
• 36:48
  I'm gonna address it because everyone's talking about it and it's
• 36:50
  become more of a distraction that I'm not saying anything,
• 36:52
  but like I just like jeans,
• 36:53
  like it's,
• 36:53
  it's a jeans commercial.
• 36:54
  I don't know what people took out of it.
• 36:56
  I have no
• 36:57
  connection to those views whatsoever,
• 36:58
  it's insanity.
• 36:59
  I just really like jeans,
• 37:00
  I really like these jeans.
• 37:02
  I don't know,
• 37:02
  she just seems like the person doing it right,
• 37:04
  you know,
• 37:04
  she just seems like she's kind of always addressing these situations
• 37:07
  in the right way.
• 37:09
  I mostly agree.
• 37:10
  I thought her statements,
• 37:12
  most recent statements were
• 37:13
  a smidge of a backpedal because she did the whole,
• 37:16
  I'm against hate and divis and this kind of a spiel.
• 37:19
  Don't like that.
• 37:20
  I,
• 37:20
  I think she's been handling it perfectly up until now.
• 37:22
  But here's the bottom line.
• 37:23
  She's a young actress,
• 37:24
  she's having her moment,
• 37:26
  and she's had multiple films in recent months that have been very,
• 37:28
  very
• 37:30
  bad
• 37:30
  performed badly at the box office.
• 37:32
  Christie,
• 37:32
  which is actually a very good film,
• 37:34
  didn't get her a nomination for a Golden Globe
• 37:35
  and has made an incredibly small amount of money.
• 37:39
  So I think she looks at her path right now as being limited.
• 37:42
  She's in an industry
• 37:43
  that wants her to do the apology tour,
• 37:45
  and she doesn't want to do that.
• 37:47
  So she kind of maybe
• 37:49
  did it partially.
• 37:50
  I,
• 37:50
  I mostly agree with what we're just saying,
• 37:51
  but I
• 37:52
  And I also,
• 37:53
  I think that,
• 37:54
  and I've said this on social media and I got yelled at quite a bit.
• 37:57
  I,
• 37:57
  I think conservatives should have had her back.
• 37:59
  I think they should have supported her.
• 38:00
  They should have tried to go,
• 38:01
  to go,
• 38:01
  go to her movies
• 38:03
  and,
• 38:03
  and,
• 38:04
  you know,
• 38:04
  say,
• 38:05
  hey,
• 38:05
  listen,
• 38:05
  you're gonna speak out and or
• 38:07
  not go that path.
• 38:09
  We got your back,
• 38:10
  because the culture matters at this point.
• 38:12
  And I think that she
• 38:13
  didn't see that,
• 38:14
  didn't get that reception.
• 38:15
  And I think she's just.
• 38:17
  Hedging her bets just a little bit.
• 38:18
  Again,
• 38:18
  not a full apology,
• 38:19
  not a full backpedal,
• 38:20
  but
• 38:21
  you could sit,
• 38:21
  you can sense that her agent's like,
• 38:22
  you know,
• 38:23
  your movies aren't doing well.
• 38:24
  We need to kind of make sure that you're not alienating people in Hollywood.
• 38:27
  I think that's what we're seeing here right now.
• 38:29
  Yeah,
• 38:29
  it's interesting because I think she did get that
• 38:31
  conservative,
• 38:32
  uh,
• 38:33
  backing when it came to the commercial,
• 38:35
  right?
• 38:35
  Like.
• 38:35
  People were like,
• 38:36
  she just,
• 38:37
  this is fine,
• 38:37
  we like this,
• 38:38
  this is
• 38:39
  American stuff,
• 38:40
  like I,
• 38:40
  we're glad that she got that stupid question from that
• 38:43
  one reporter and she just kind of stared at her.
• 38:45
  I think she got that,
• 38:46
  but she,
• 38:46
  I will say like I actually was interested in just seeing the movie,
• 38:49
  uh,
• 38:50
  Christy,
• 38:50
  cos it looked like an interesting story and like
• 38:53
  seemed to get really good reviews,
• 38:55
  but that's probably the reason she doesn't get the Golden Globe,
• 38:57
  right,
• 38:57
  this jeans commercial that she did that is unrelated to this and.
• 39:00
  I hate that,
• 39:01
  you know,
• 39:01
  she should just be judged on her merits,
• 39:03
  but you know,
• 39:03
  it's Hollywood.
• 39:04
  Um,
• 39:04
  no,
• 39:04
  it didn't,
• 39:05
  didn't help her,
• 39:05
  that's for sure.
• 39:06
  Yeah,
• 39:06
  no,
• 39:07
  no question.
• 39:07
  It's true.
• 39:07
  Before we go,
• 39:08
  I want to hit your blaze,
• 39:09
  uh,
• 39:09
  story.
• 39:10
  It's up,
• 39:10
  it's actually on the align,
• 39:11
  uh,
• 39:12
  vertical.
• 39:12
  It's uh,
• 39:13
  can conservatives reclaim pop culture?
• 39:16
  You know,
• 39:17
  give me your theory here.
• 39:18
  Do you think there's a chance that conservatives could kind of like,
• 39:20
  you know,
• 39:20
  maybe make a massive impact here?
• 39:22
  Do you think it's just like,
• 39:23
  hey,
• 39:23
  can we at least get a slice of this pie?
• 39:26
  What do you,
• 39:26
  what's your approach here?
• 39:28
  Uh,
• 39:28
  I think it's a slice and hopefully be a,
• 39:30
  a fairly large slice,
• 39:31
  but what's going on now,
• 39:32
  you know,
• 39:32
  the Blaze,
• 39:33
  the LA Wire,
• 39:34
  they're,
• 39:34
  they're producing original content for sure.
• 39:36
  Some independent creators are doing the same.
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  Angel Studios are making movies that amplify light.
• 39:41
  And of course you've got all the,
• 39:42
  uh,
• 39:42
  people on YouTube who are kind of making
• 39:44
  content outside of the liberal groupthink system.
• 39:47
  But then you have Paramount,
• 39:48
  owned by David Ellison,
• 39:50
  you've got his dad,
• 39:50
  Larry,
• 39:51
  who's a Trump supporter.
• 39:52
  David doesn't seem
• 39:53
  Uh,
• 39:53
  averse to the heartland
• 39:56
  and seems to be embracing some projects
• 39:59
  that could be heartland friendly.
• 40:01
  And I,
• 40:01
  you know,
• 40:02
  just having a studio that is not walking in lockstep with the left,
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  that is maybe open to different ideas,
• 40:08
  is a big deal.
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  Of course,
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  if they could do that hostile takeover
• 40:11
  and rest
• 40:12
  Warner Brothers,
• 40:12
  it's a much bigger deal,
• 40:13
  but we need a foothold in this culture.
• 40:16
  And I think this.
• 40:17
  There's also money to be made,
• 40:18
  and that matters too.
• 40:18
  I mean,
• 40:19
  we've seen a rise of faith-based movies last 1020 years.
• 40:22
  That's because they're profitable for the most part.
• 40:24
  So I think you follow the money,
• 40:25
  you follow
• 40:26
  a,
• 40:26
  a,
• 40:26
  a studio that isn't
• 40:28
  aghast
• 40:29
  at the thought of telling stories that appeal to all of America.
• 40:32
  It's the best we have,
• 40:33
  and maybe it's the best we've had in quite a while.
• 40:35
  Yeah,
• 40:36
  I,
• 40:36
  I really think there's something to this,
• 40:37
  and not just in movies,
• 40:38
  but like this is happening in news as well.
• 40:40
  I mean,
• 40:40
  if you look at.
• 40:41
  A little bit at the Washington Post,
• 40:43
  a little bit more at CBS News,
• 40:45
  you know,
• 40:45
  even more on social media with X.
• 40:47
  Like
• 40:48
  there's a change where like
• 40:49
  some big conservatives
• 40:51
  have stepped up and said,
• 40:52
  hey,
• 40:52
  like let's just go in there and change things a little bit,
• 40:55
  get it back to halfway normal.
• 40:57
  That's a really positive uh development,
• 40:59
  especially if we can see that,
• 41:00
  not to mention,
• 41:01
  uh,
• 41:01
  in,
• 41:02
  in news,
• 41:02
  but also in,
• 41:03
  in Hollywood.
• 41:04
  Uh,
• 41:04
  Christian,
• 41:04
  and
• 41:05
  the media's gonna resist it too.
• 41:06
  We'll have to wait and see.
• 41:07
  Oh yeah,
• 41:07
  well,
• 41:07
  you know that's happening.
• 41:08
  Uh,
• 41:08
  Christian Toto,
• 41:09
  film critic,
• 41:09
  host of Hollywood in Toto,
• 41:11
  the podcast,
• 41:12
  uh,
• 41:12
  don't miss his new piece over at The Blaze.
• 41:13
  It is conservative,
• 41:15
  conservatives reclaim Pop Culture,
• 41:17
  kind of explains this and
• 41:18
  how they can approach it in all the different ways.
• 41:20
  Uh,
• 41:20
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