This week’s segment: They Really Said That… and yes—they really did.
Ryan breaks down a flood of jaw-dropping, brain-melting soundbites from the celebrity and political elite:
Michelle Obama: Still playing the struggle card… from her $80 million estate
Hillary Clinton: Lecturing us on ethics while forgetting the Clinton Foundation exists
Selena Gomez: Crying for illegal immigrants while ignoring American vets
Stephen King: “Trans women are women”—until your daughter loses her scholarship
Joy Reid & Whoopi: Everything is racism. Even weather.
AOC: Apparently, opposing men in women’s sports means you support genital inspections. Yes, that’s real.
This episode exposes the media grift, the celebrity victim complex, and the hollow outrage of people who push policies they’ll never have to live under.
🎯 You won’t hear this on cable. But you’ll hear it here.
Elite hypocrisy & virtue signaling
The cult of victimhood in modern media
Abortion, trans sports, immigration, and race—weaponized for likes
Ryan’s unfiltered monologue: “This mic isn’t going anywhere.”
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Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction to Stay in the Gray Podcast01:29 - Calling Out Public Figures03:33 - Michelle Obama's Contradictions08:11 - Hillary Clinton's Hypocrisy10:51 - Selena Gomez and Immigration14:26 - Stephen King and Trans Women in Sports17:12 - Media Race Baiting and Hypocrisy22:46 - Conclusion and Call to Action
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Let's start with Michelle Obama, the queen of the long side
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Polish Ted talk about struggle. A constant reminder that life is
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just so hard when you're married to a two term president and
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sitting on $80 million. Stephen King doesn't care about
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women's sports, he cares about looking like a good guy on
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Twitter. X Hillary Clinton.
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She is the priestess of political hypocrisy.
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Period. Says no one gives someone a $400
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million jet for free without expecting anything in return.
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Be serious. Welcome to stay in the Gray
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podcast. I'm your host, Ryan, and I'm
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here to bring you raw conversations about life and
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those undeniable human truths. We dive into the chaos one issue
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at a time, blending comedy, controversy, and the
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unexplainable. Get ready for transparent ideas
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straight from the Gray areas where most answers are hiding.
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So stay curious, stay inquisitive, please stay
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laughing, stay in the Gray. Come check it out.
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We'll see that. Good day everyone.
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Today, May the 19th, 2025. And I tried something a few
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shows back, calling out some of the behaviour of people with a
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platform. I don't mean social media
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platforms, I mean people who are on TV, people who are
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celebrities, people who play sports professionally, These
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types of people who think they can say and do anything they
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want without repercussion. So it got me thinking and I'm
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going to begin a segment that I'm going to just simply title.
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They really said that because some of the things coming out of
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these people's mouths, I just can't wrap my head around it.
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I can't. I laugh, I get angry.
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I, you know, kind of half chuckle at the absurdity and I
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wonder why they continue to go down this path when it hasn't
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worked thus far and where their minds are really at.
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So let's, let's begin and you'll catch on very quickly.
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I've got a slew of great 1 today.
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I've got Michelle Obama's ego, Hillary Clinton now lecturing us
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again on ethics. Selena Gomez, of course, will
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revisit this sobbing for the people who break the law.
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And Stephen King thinks high school girls should just deal
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with it When it comes to sports, cable news hosts are still
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playing victim. You know who I'm talking about?
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Make they sit there in their make up chairs at MSNBC or on AB
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CS The View and think they've got it all figured out.
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If you've ever watched the news and thought, wait, are they
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serious? Yeah, they are.
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I don't know why, but they are. And they have microphones.
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They have a platform, and that's what's scary.
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So let's do what we do best. We'll say what they won't.
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We'll laugh when we're not supposed to, and we'll drag
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every absurd moment into the daylight.
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Let's roll. Let's start with Michelle Obama,
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the queen of the long sigh, the Polish Ted talk about struggle,
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the constant reminder that life is just so hard when you're
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married to a two term president and sitting on $80 million.
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Recently, she went on another one of her look how difficult my
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life has been. I'm so amazing for have figured
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it all out for a figuring it all out.
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This clip says it all. People line up for my advice and
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you and you're walking away like I'm stupid.
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It's like I yeah, I've written books, I've given speeches.
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Is that simple? I think it's, I don't know who
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that one cackling with her just kissing her ass was.
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It would kind of look like Amy Poehler, but I'm not sure it
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was. You've given speeches.
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Really. You've written books.
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OK, well, so is Snooki from Jersey Shore?
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Should we line up and take advice from her because she
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wrote a book? Maybe we can learn how to get
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blackout drunk and Ugg boots. It would be more interesting
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than what you have to say. Michelle.
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Let's be real, writing a book in 2024 doesn't mean anything
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anymore. Coming from a an author who has
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a master's degree in creative writing, it's not the same.
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If you have a pulse and a publicist, you've got a
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publishing deal. Ghostwritten memoirs and vanity
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Ted talks do not make you profound, they just make you
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marketable. And how about those speeches
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that you claim to give? Cool.
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So do mid tier life coaches and Hyatt conference rooms in
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Hawaii. You've given speeches doesn't
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mean that you've actually said anything of substance.
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Michelle says people line up for her advice really because
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they're not lining up to listen to her.
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Let me share with you that her latest venture, a podcast called
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IMO, launched with all the hype in the world.
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It had Spotify promos and media buzz, glowing headlines, and it
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still barely cracked 335 views for her first episode,
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under 200 for her second episode.
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And it ranked 34 #34 on Spotify and #21 on Apple Podcasts,
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according to the New York Post. I say this knowing full well
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that those numbers are higher than mine.
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I also wasn't the first lady of the United States for eight
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years who's written books and given speeches, so I'll
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translate for someone so beloved people couldn't hit play fast
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enough on something else. Critics call their show
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embarrassing. It's it's because of the same
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Michelle Obama stuff she events about how hard it's been for her
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in in a country that's basically given her global fame,
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generational wealth and a seat at the White House table.
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The country voted away from your beliefs, Michelle, that was not
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racism. It wasn't that you've had the
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hard life. It was rejection.
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Take the hint. You are not in the majority when
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it comes to your mindset. And just when you think she's
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maxed out on her identity politics, she gives us a gem
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like this. I'm sorry, here comes.
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I wanted to talk, Marlon a bit about, you know, just so proud
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of how you are being a role model for dealing with a child
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that's transgender. Absolutely.
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And that's, you know, that warms my heart, particularly as a
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black man. You know I would you would you
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care to? Oops, I mean, you can't.
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You can't make this up. That's all I'll say about that.
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The bottom line is that Michelle Obama is a walking
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contradiction. She privileged, powerful, and
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perpetually aggrieved. And if people are really lining
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up for her advice, they'd be listening to her podcast.
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And they're just not. Let's move on from Michelle
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Obama. I beat her down enough and I'm
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sure she doesn't care because I'm a nobody in her eyes, but
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she needs it. Let's stay with another
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high-powered woman in office, Hillary Clinton.
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She is the priestess of political hypocrisy.
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Period. So let's get into this.
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This week she slithered her way back on to X after the US was
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gifted a jet from Qatar. I think it's pronounced Cotter,
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but I will say Qatar 'cause that's what I hear the most. the
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US was gifted a jet from Qatar and she posted this masterpiece
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of self unaware projection. Says no one gives someone a $400
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million jet for free without expecting anything in return.
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Be serious. Yes, Hillary Clinton, Let's be
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serious. You are a woman whose entire
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political career is built on quid pro quo energy.
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You really going to lecture the rest of the world on suspicious
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favors? You ran a foundation that cashed
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checks from Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Qatar, all while you
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were the Secretary of State. Foreign governments lined up to
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donate to the Clinton Foundation, and magically they
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got favorable treatment on arms deals.
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But sure, let's pretend a jet gift is where we draw the
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ethical line. This isn't about concern for
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corruption. This is about hating Trump so
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much that you'll smear A diplomatic move as criminal just
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because it didn't come from your side of the aisle.
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Hillary Clinton talking about foreign favors is like Harvey
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Weinstein lecturing us on workplace boundaries.
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And let's address the part no one says aloud about Hillary.
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You lost the 2016 election twice, yet you continue to
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insert yourself into every political discourse as if you
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matter. You don't.
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It's time to step back, Go do something else.
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Nobody cares what you have to say.
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You're not the moral compass. You're not the voice of reason.
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You're the past clinging to a narrative that voters have
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rejected already. The bottom line?
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Every time Hillary tweets, it reminds people exactly why they
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didn't vote for her. But yet she still rolls.
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She still continues to do it. All of these people don't
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understand that their narrative is being rejected as a whole.
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But you know what? Keep digging.
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It's fun. Let's not forget about the
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daughter. Chelsea is being also tied to
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embezzlement claims. I guess corruption really is
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hereditary. Apple falling trees nearby,
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something like that. Let's move on from Hillary.
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I want to talk about how out of touch the elite class is,
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whether it's an actor, an actress, a professional athlete,
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writers, politicians these days who are getting more TV time
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than I remember when I was a child.
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These people will cry for criminals, as we see they want
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to rewrite biology, and they cheer for politics that destroy
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the lives of everyday Americans, all from their walled gardens
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and guarded by people with guns. So let's talk about illegal
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immigration and some of the idiocy there.
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I couldn't pass it up. I didn't want to go back this
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far because it was a couple of months ago, but I couldn't
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resist. In case you haven't seen it,
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everybody needs to. We're going to talk about Selena
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Gomez crying on the camera over deportations.
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She called these illegal immigrants her people.
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We'll get there. If you're here illegally, I
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shouldn't have to tell you this. You shouldn't be here.
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It's not cruelty, it's the law. This is the talking point that
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people let her like minded to me have thrown out there a million
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times. You've thrown yours out as well.
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But let's break it down. Selena Gomez, multi millionaire
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actress, singer, makeup mogul. She wants you to know that she's
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devastated and why? Because people have broken
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immigration laws, are being deported and that includes the
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children of these illegal immigrants.
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She literally cried on camera and said they were her people.
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Just in case you don't remember, here it is.
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We need to all watch it again together.
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Here it is just. Wouldn't say that I'm so sorry.
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Only people are getting attacked.
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The children, they don't understand, they're so sorry.
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I wish I could do something that I can't.
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I don't know what to do. I'll try everything I've missed.
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Oh my goodness, what on earth has her reacting like this?
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First off, Selena was born in Grand Prairie, TX, which is
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right here near Dallas. She's American, full stop.
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You know who her people are? Americans.
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And Americans are hurting. We've got veterans who are
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sleeping in the streets, single moms working 2 jobs just to fill
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the fridge, entire towns are being poisoned by fentanyl.
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But somehow the tears only flow for the people who hop the
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border and ignore the process? Where's the crying energy when a
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homeless vet gets kicked off of a bus stop bench?
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Where's the outrage when legal immigrants who followed every
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rule get passed over because someone else jumped in line?
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But no, Selena's worried about the feelings of the people being
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held accountable for their actions, the ones who knowingly
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broke immigration law, the same law every country in the world
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enforces, including Mexico. Selena, you want compassion?
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Start with the people who built this country, pay taxes and
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still can't afford a doctor visit.
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Then we can talk. Until then, save the tears for
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your next breakup album. We'll move on from Selena.
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She's taking enough abuse over that video.
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I just needed to get my words in.
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Another topic that's out there these days is trans women in
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women's sports. Let's talk about Stephen King.
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I cannot take away from his success as a writer.
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Does that, does that mean I think he's a good writer?
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No, he's not my cup of tea. Apparently he is a lot of other
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people's over the years. This guy, you know him as a guy
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who writes horror fiction, right?
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These days, the scariest thing he writes or his tweets or
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posts, if you will, on X like this, Jim.
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And it may not seem like a big deal on the surface.
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It says, yes, trans women are women.
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It's beautiful and brave, empty. But what he's responding to is
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another author, JK Rowling, who might have a little bit less in
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the arsenal as far as the amount of books in her collection, but
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she surpassed him financially as the first billionaire author.
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The debate between the two was about trans and women's sports,
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not about whether a trans woman is a real woman.
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Like Steven is saying here, it had nothing to do with it.
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That's the point. They're turning a topic like
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this into some sort of social issue where discrimination is
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taking place because against trans people, basically, he
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feels this is trans transphobic and it's just not.
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This is the same Stephen King who praised Maine Governor Janet
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Mills for standing up to Trump's executive order banning
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biological males in sports. He said he was proud to be from
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Maine because of it. You're proud, Stevie, proud to
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watch teenage girls get beat out of scholarships, proud watching
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years of hard work and training get demolished by someone with a
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biological advantage. You don't have a daughter
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wrestling for a title, apparently, do you?
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This isn't about equality. It's about a political class,
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and they're celebrity cheerleaders refusing to say
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what every sane person knows. Biology matters.
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You're all about the science when it comes to climate change
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and other things. But as soon as we talk about
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biology, Fox science, it's out the window.
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Stephen King doesn't care about women's sports.
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He cares about looking like a good guy on Twitter.
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X. That's what this is.
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It's performative with Mr. King, it's a branding and it's
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cowardly. JK Rowling once said she was
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glad to find voices like minded to hers when she stood up for
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women. Stephen King unfollowed her the
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second it got uncomfortable. So here's a question.
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Are we building a policy around this, the .6% of the country or
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the 50% that built women's sports from the ground up?
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That's my only question. What happened to common sense?
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Lastly, we're going to talk a little bit about the race
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baiting in the media, media grift.
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I can't stay away from this one. These are race hustlers.
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They're media mouthpieces and they treat division.
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That's like a subscription model renewed daily.
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Back to Whoopi, I talked about Whoopi Goldberg a couple of
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shows ago. She actually compared white
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Americans to domestic terrorists.
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That's right. Little grandma in Ohio with the
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American flag on her front porch.
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Threat to democracy. Then came the backlash, and
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suddenly it was all, well, I misspoke.
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No, you didn't. You spoke.
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You just didn't expect anyone to call you out on it.
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How about Joy Reid? She's one of my favorites.
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She's basically the human form of a Twitter thread.
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Gas prices, racism, hurricanes. That's racist.
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The line at Starbucks was long. Because, you know, racism.
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She's definitely Jim Crow 2 point O.
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She doesn't report the news. She narrates grievances with a
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teleprompter. Here's the tweet.
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It's a lovely example. There's so much wrong with just
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one simple post. I'll read it.
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There's something horribly off about my generation, Generation
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X. That's all mine as well.
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Too many of us are steeped in post civil rights.
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Care about nobody really. Anti political correctness?
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Fair enough. And money over everything.
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Dogma that made Gen. X Trump's strongest voter bloc.
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Sadly Gen. X rappers shucking him for
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tracks. I'm pausing for effect because
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this is such a load of shit. These are all subjective
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thoughts if you will, with no substance to validate anything
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that she's saying. Some people do not like
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political correctness is that was that.
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I mean, she might not like that, but it's true.
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I wouldn't say that Gen. X that's their every Gen.
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X person believes these things. I just like how she's calling
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out black rappers for having a different opinion than she does.
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Hypocrisy be thy name Joy the best for last my favorite.
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I get a smile every time and and you know, maybe because she's
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kind of cute, but the lovely AOC we're going to talk more about
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her. She recently went on a very
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strange rant in Congress the other day about the the topic of
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not allowing men and women's sports.
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The bill was going to be passed and she was not happy.
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And she had a very interesting take.
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Oh, man, you're going to want to hear this one if I can ever get
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it up here. Here we go.
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You ready for this? Now want to pretend today that
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they care about women and why to open up gender and yes, genital
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examinations into little girls in this country in the so-called
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name of attacking trans girls. And to that today what we have
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to say are two words. Not today.
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The majority right now says there's no place in this bill
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that says it opens up for genitor genital examinations.
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Well, here's the thing. There's no enforcement mechanism
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in this bill. And when there is no enforcement
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mechanism, you open the door to every enforcement mechanism.
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Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are
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so concerned, thank you for your concern about women for the
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first time that I've seen. Really.
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OK, you know. Sometimes I got to cut her off.
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The amount of dumb there is is is incredible.
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I don't even know where to start.
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Maybe the last part first. This notion that conservative
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Republican votes are that don't care about women because
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pro-life people don't want them to have abortions.
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This narrative played out. You will not win with this
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narrative lefties. You just won't because
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everything else that we believe, people who voted for Donald
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Trump and and the administration now currently working for us are
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doing so many things to help women, to help men, to help
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Americans as a whole. It is, it is ridiculous that
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this narrative continues to be played.
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So yes, we're protecting. We want women protected in
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sports, simple as that. So I don't know what that little
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parting shot was that she threw in there, but this may be the
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biggest example of my new segment called.
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She really said that that just happened.
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What she which I can't what she say over 70% of the country not
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wanting men and women's sports believes that way so that they
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can do general inspections. And later in the ranch, she said
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only bigots support this bill. I just I just can't with AOC.
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I don't know if she thinks if she says it a certain way that
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it becomes believable and everyone's going to go, yeah, we
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we stop the female genital inspections.
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She went on. You know, I like when she's
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like, it's not in there anywhere but, but that's what it's going
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to lead to. Based on what?
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It sounds like she might have some sort of weird sick mind.
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When a 17 year old girl trains for 10 years and loses her spot
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to biological male, is that bigotry?
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No, it's chromosomes. It's fairness.
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It's not bigotry. So here are my thoughts on all
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of this that I've offered you today.
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There's no courage in blaming an entire race, especially when
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there's no validity to it. There's no integrity and
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twisting every debate into social justice.
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Buzzword bingo card. Do you like that one?
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And there's no actual thinking behind these takes, just vibes
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and hashtags. These people don't want
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solutions, they want airtime. They outrage is the product and
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victimhood is the pitch. And if we're all miserable and
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divided, they get to keep playing Savior.
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Did you ever think about that? The only thing Whoopi, Joy and
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AOC have ever destroyed is the last brain cell of anyone trying
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to listen without wincing. Every crying celebrity, every
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angry tweet, every podium speech about lived experience is just
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another round of virtue signalling from people who think
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a platform equals authority. It does not.
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They live in gated communities. They fly private jets.
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They'll never deal with the fallout of the policies that
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they're trying to push, but they'll tell you how to feel.
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They'll tell you who to blame. They'll tell you you're a bad
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person if you dare question their version of reality.
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Because they have the followers, right?
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They have the press, they have given a Ted talk once and you,
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you're just the working class tax donkey funding the chaos.
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So no, I'm not taking lectures from people who don't live in
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the real world, not from Michelle Oppression from the
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Vineyard Obama, not from Steven Ghostwrite by Morals King, not
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from AOC, Joy Reid Whoopee, or whatever blue Czech expert cries
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the loudest this week. They can keep talking.
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I'll keep answering, because the louder they get, the Dumber it
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all sounds. And this mic isn't going
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anywhere. So stay pissed.
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Have fun with this. Join me, give me some more, give
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me, give me you hear somebody that says something that might
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be right up my alley to respond to.
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Please let me know. There's a lot out there.
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I probably have 50 shows lined up which just people to respond
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to. Don't worry, I'll mix in a
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little a little bit more, but stay laughing as usual.
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Like and subscribe. Help me out.
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Anything that you can do every like and subscribe and follow
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and comment helps. I love interacting with all you
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guys. So stay loud about things and
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don't give in. Don't forget to stay in the
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Gray. Love you guys.