A&G Replay Tuesday Hour Three

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: A&G Replay Tuesday Hour Three

Date: November 25, 2025
Podcast Host: iHeartPodcasts

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Overview

This replay episode features Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty curating and riffing on recent headlines and cultural moments. The main themes covered in this hour include the effectiveness of modern political protests, a critical look at Kamala Harris’ media appearances and political positioning, changes in credit card fee structures, and issues surrounding unqualified commercial drivers in the U.S. They approach these topics with trademark irreverence, skepticism, and quick banter, offering both dry humor and pointed critique.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Modern Political Protests: The "No Kings" Rally

[04:24 – 13:48]

• The hosts analyze and lampoon the recent "No Kings" anti-Trump protests, questioning both their effectiveness and the coherence of participants’ motivations.
• Joe Getty: “Protests are way overrated. It was a big deal...in the '60s with civil rights, but I’m not sure it’s done anything since then. Protests are just overrated.” (05:50)
• They critique the protest as an “omnicause” gathering—a mashup of every progressive or anti-Trump issue lacking a focused message.
• Audio clips highlight protesters unable to articulate why they’re participating:
  • “Any particular reason why you don’t like him?”
  • Protester: “No clue at all. I’m just going with everybody else.” (09:42)
• Jack Armstrong: Emphasizes that energy might be better spent on voter registration or real civic engagement.
• Dangerous rhetoric is also addressed, including calls for violence against government agents, with the hosts noting that such commentary would receive far more media attention were it from the right.

2. Social Aspects & Ineffectiveness of Protests

[11:26 – 13:48]

• The hosts reflect on the “warm and fuzzy” social nature of political demonstrations, suggesting many attend more for community than policy change.
• Joe Getty: “It’s not about policy, it’s not about governance, it’s not even about personalities, really. It’s just about the feeling of togetherness.” (12:11)
• Armstrong and Getty recount anecdotes about how attending protests has become a social or quasi-recreational event for families and friends.

3. Credit Card Fees & Payment System Changes

[15:04 – 20:50]

• They break down a recent legal settlement between Visa, MasterCard, and merchants that could usher in new, more complicated tiered pricing at checkout.
• Merchants may soon charge varying fees depending on the kind of card used—a reverse of cash discounts.
• The conversation is punctuated by Joe’s comic irritation over complicated checkout situations ("Can I just pay for it all? And then you get the hell out of my way." [16:05]) and jokes about getting rid of coins entirely.
• Discussion touches on how these changes may adversely affect low-income, unbanked shoppers.

4. Kamala Harris Book Tour & Media Interviews

[25:27 – 37:43]

• In a lengthy segment, the hosts dissect recent interviews with Kamala Harris, particularly her evasive answers regarding President Biden’s health and political future.
• The hosts mock Harris’ rhetorical pivots and her inability (or unwillingness) to answer even pointed questions about Biden’s “frailty.”
• Notable exchange:
  • Australian Interviewer: "Was it Joe Biden's decision—his failure to recognize his own frailties—that put you in the position that made it almost impossible to win that race?"
  • Kamala Harris: “He was not frail as President of the United States...” [28:22]
  • Joe Getty (riffing): “Utterly charisma free and unwilling to answer any question about anything ever.” (30:48)
• They reference both Jon Stewart and the Australian interviewers pressing Harris, with Armstrong and Getty doubting the credibility and effectiveness of her defenses.
• Armstrong observes that Harris’ chronic hedging—never taking clear stances even on safe issues—makes her an unusually cautious, unappealing politician.

5. Trucking Industry Safety and Unqualified Drivers

[42:45 – 46:59]

• The hosts relay a story of an Arkansas police officer stopping a big rig truck driver who cannot speak English, and is found pantless in his cab ("Put your pants on. Pants. Put some pants on." [43:50]).
• They discuss the broader issue of states allegedly awarding commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants—including those unable to speak or read English—without appropriate testing or safety checks.
• The problematic incentives for trucking companies and state agencies are highlighted, as is the potential risk to public safety.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On protest effectiveness:
  "Protests are way overrated. It was a big deal...in the ‘60s with civil rights, but I’m not sure it’s done anything since then."
  — Joe Getty [05:50]

• On protester motivations:
  "Any particular reason why you don’t like him?"
  "No clue at all. I’m just going with everybody else."
  — Protester [09:42]

• On togetherness vs. change at protests:
  "It’s not about policy…just about the feeling of togetherness. In the '70s, they called it the warm and fuzzy feeling, man."
  — Joe Getty [12:11]

• Regarding Kamala Harris' evasions:
  "Utterly charisma free and unwilling to answer any question about anything ever."
  — Joe Getty [30:48]

• On the surreal truck driver stop:
  "Put your pants on. Pants. Put some pants on."
  — Arkansas police officer [43:50]
  (Repeated and laughed about by both hosts)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Protest & “No Kings” Rally Analysis: [04:24 – 13:48]
• Credit Card Tiered Pricing Story: [15:04 – 20:50]
• Kamala Harris Interview Critiques: [25:27 – 37:43]
• Unqualified Truck Drivers Segment: [42:45 – 46:59]

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Tone & Style

• The hosts maintain a sardonic, skeptical tone, with quick, irreverent back-and-forth and a willingness to lampoon all sides.
• Regular self-aware asides (“That was a joke, friends. Just Joe being silly. These are serious times. Confusing, dark, threatening times. Just trying to have a little fun.” [20:50]) keep the mood light amid serious topics.
• Politically, the tone is anti-establishment and highly critical, especially of the purported failures and hypocrisies among politicians and bureaucracies.

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Summary

This replayed hour offers a rapid-fire blend of the Armstrong & Getty show’s signature formula: cultural and political critique, pointed ridicule, and gallows humor. The hosts challenge the purpose and efficacy of modern protests, call out politicians’ evasions, express skepticism about evolving payments infrastructure, and spotlight flaws in U.S. licensing policies for truckers—all while inviting listeners to laugh at the absurdities of the day.

Transcript

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[Jack Armstrong]

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They're not representative of this country.

And I looked at all the brand new signs. Paid for, I guess it was paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. It looks like it was. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small, very ineffective, and the people were whacked out. When you look at those people, those are not representative of the people of our country, Mr. President. Besides San Francisco, by the way, I'm not a king. I'm not a king. I work my ass off to make our country great. That's all it is. I'm not a king at all. Exactly what you'd expect a king to say.

Oh, very kingly of you, Mr. Your Highness Trump guy. The no Kings rally said to be the biggest demonstrations in the United States in the last 50 years, maybe ever. And Trump responded to it with mockery.

Yeah, you know, it didn't help. He's wearing a king. He had the velvet robe around him, surrounded by knaves. Very kingly activity.

Got the crown on flying a fighter jet with the AI video that said King Trump and dumping poop on people in the streets. It was very kingly. But here's why it's so mockable. What was it about? Just a generalized we don't like Trump. Yeah, we know. We've seen the polls. You didn't like Trump on Friday, you marched on Saturday. You still didn't like Trump on Sunday.

Okay, well, like I said earlier, and I, I will hold to this, protests are Way overrated.

It was a big deal.

It may have actually had an effect on a major issue in the 60s with civil rights, but I'm not sure it's done anything since then. Protests are just overrated.

Right, right. And. And part of the problem with the so called no kings protest because we don't want a damn king who's with me was that it was. It's the omnicause. It's just every progressive or anti Trump cause that exists coming together and shouting, yay for us. Look it up. We're all together and we're yelling together. And this feels wonderful and it's so exciting. If it was like a single issue and that number of people turned out, you'd have to pay attention to that.

Yeah.

I wouldn't be mocking it right now if it was we need rent control nationwide, for instance. I would be taking that extremely seriously.

Still don't know how much it does. As opposed to you. You put that same amount of effort into getting people registered to vote who aren't already registered or turning out to the polls when you're voting.

Illegal immigrants, for instance.

When you're voting, when you're voting on a particular issue or whatever. I just, I don't know. Nobody will remember this come midterm. I mean, nobody remembers.

I barely remembered in time for the show. Right. I had to remind myself. Here's Speaker Mike Johnson with a thought. The irony of the message is pretty clear for everyone. If President Trump was a king, the government would be open right now. If President Trump was a king, they would not have been able to engage in that free speech exercise out on the mall, by the way, which was open because President Trump hasn't closed it. So I mean it's. They needed a stunt, they needed a show. Chuck Schumer has, needs cover right now. He's closed the government down because he needs political cover.

And this was a part of it.

You know, it's not fair of us. Go ahead, Jack.

I think this, I think the smart people probably realize, good, nice, giant protest. A release valve of energy that will not be used on anything consequential.

Right.

I'd be happy about that.

And we'll have every speaker say, be sure to [e-mail] as well or dem.org or whatever. And so we'll get a great cash haul. But it's unfair of us to characterize what these people were saying. Michael, give us a 4142 back to back. We'll let them speak for themselves.

Trump's a bitch. Why Is that.

[Kamala Harris]

I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

He's just. We don't like him.

That's the word around here.

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Any.

[Joe Getty]

Any particular reason why you don't like him?

No clue at all. I'm just going with everybody else saying.

Why specifically are you out supporting no Kingstead?

[Jack Armstrong]

I think protest is important.

[Joe Getty]

And what's the main reason you're out here protesting President Trump with a lot.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of the decisions that are being made?

[Joe Getty]

Is there any decision in particular you disagree with?

[Interviewer]

Where.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, so I. I would start with.

[Joe Getty]

I don't even think it's appropriate for.

[Jack Armstrong]

Me to have this interview.

[Interviewer]

He started to take control and do illegal things.

[Joe Getty]

So dep. Illegal immigrants. Is that illegal?

[Jack Armstrong]

Deporting illegal immigrants? If they're here peacefully, yes.

[Interviewer]

Give me everybody you can possibly bring into the United States.

[Joe Getty]

Why can't anybody seem to actually kill the President? Because no one's been successful and good presidents are dead. Now, those might. For instance, those might have been five dumbest people out of the seven million that protested. I don't know.

But says the progressive Jack, that first guy was.

Is he an example of, like, the Dunning Kruger effect? Incompetent people don't know they're incompetent. Smart people think they know everything about everything. But he. I mean, his. Why are you out here? No clue. But I'm out here.

Are you willing here is we don't like Trump.

The fact that you're willing to say out loud, I have no clue why I'm out here. Shows you don't know your incompetence because that's a ridiculous thing to say. Any particular reason why you don't like him?

No clue at all. I'm just going with everybody else saying.

The fact that he's so. No con. So confidently says, no clue at all. No idea why I'm here. What a funny thing to say. Any. Any particular reason why you don't like him?

No clue at all?

No. What everybody else, Absolutely no idea.

No.

Nope.

Not even the shred of an idea?

Nope.

Not even gonna name an issue. Never. Never mind how I stand on it. Nope. Here's a Chicago protester. This little scary.45. You gotta grab a gun.

We gotta turn around the guns on this fascist system.

These ICE agents gotta get shot and wiped out. This state, the state machinery that's a.

Full display right there has to get wiped out.

Now, I'm sure you're tired of hearing that and seeing that on your news, because if that was some sort of conservative rally and somebody was saying that it would Be omnipresent. And finally, 44, here's a middle aged, white, progressive lady talking to ABC News who brings you out here today. Democracy is dying.

We have to save it.

Democracy is dying, we have to save it.

Of course, both sides think democracy is dying, but for completely different reasons.

Right, right. And Trump won the election fairly handily and now is instituting the policies he promised he would. Now, there are some of those policies I think are bad and you know, I say so on the air, but the deludedness of it is why it's such a joke. All right, you had your protests, now what? Take a look around you.

So tiring.

Yeah, I know, it really is. But it's, it's our national obsession with politics that in, you know, the feminization of America that we're going to be talking about more tomorrow. But it just feels so good to be among like minded people and telling each other, you're right, you're right, we're all right. We're all in agreement. We're all fighting the evil orange man. Then you go home having accomplished nada.

And it's our only shared TV show, as I keep talking about.

Right. It is the American pastime, politics.

I know a guy, very, very nice guy, friends, he and his family go to all these protests, Take the kids. It's a big thing they'll see out there, you know, with the other, their other friends. It's a, it's a social thing.

Right, Right. I'd love to sit down and talk to them for a minute about, you know, rent control or that sort of thing, but that's not what it's about. It's really, it's not about policy. It's not about governance. It's not even about personalities, really. It's just about the feeling of togetherness. They, in the 70s, they called it the warm and fuzzy feeling.

Man, I'll tell you what, when I drove through that protest in my cyber truck, I was the bell of the ball. Everybody was paying attention to me. It was very exciting for a while. My kids were really, I had my windows down and it was just everybody shouting at me, flipping me off, or on the other side cheering me.

Nice.

The sides reversed from what they would have been three years ago. Driving, driving an electric car.

Yeah, yeah. You got to get that thing wrapped with some sort of. How about Trump 20, 28.

Oh, my God.

With a bald eagle and an American flag.

I would like my tires to not be slashed every time I go to get in and drive somewhere. I'd have to carry like 20 spare tires in the bed of my truck. Like every time I stop at the mall or the school or anywhere. I'd have to put on new tires every trip.

I was going to tell you to move out of your communist hellhole, but virtually everywhere you go, there's that one. One to 40% of activists who get so fired up and think they're so justified they would slash your tires.

People are so angry at me. I don't know what do you want me to do?

I drive a big German car. You'd think anti fascists would be yelling at me, right?

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Ah, you know, it's not made clear in this account and, and I find this highly dissatisfying is who is claiming what re chicken egg laying?

My chicken can lay 100 eggs a day. No it can't. Bluey, bluey, bluey.

It's lucky if it lays one a day. What? I ought to shoot you in your belly. Who was on which side of the argument? What were the claims and counterclaims here?

What was the evidence presented?

So this is interesting. Using your credit card at the checkout line is about to get a lot more complicated. Visa and MasterCard settled a long running legal battle that gives merchants more flexibility on card acceptance. So your favorite latte at your local coffee shop could soon cost you $5 or $5.10 or $5.25, depending on how you pay.

So first of all, when did we completely abandon having to show an ID with a credit card? Remember, that was a thing for many.

Many years because we sign anything.

What if this wasn't your credit card? But now I, I use my watch. I tap with my watch all the time. Nobody's ever asked me for an ID. So.

So anyway, settlement between Visa, MasterCard and some US merchants US merchants announced this week usher in a new era of tiered pricing at the register, giving businesses more power to charge fees depending on the credit card you use.

I like it when I'm behind some old lady who's got a combination of a check and some EBT card and, like, some coupons and, I don't know, I've been a gift card. You're combining like five different things. Can I just pay for it all? And then you get the hell out of my way.

Trying to trade in some shiny shells, a little parter, a little wampum.

Maybe I can come clean up on Saturday. Now, would that pay for the milk?

So this antitrust battle over interchange fees has been going on for two decades. And I can't decide whether that makes me wish I had become a lawyer, because, oh, my God, you talk about, you know, two farmers claim they own the cow. One farmer pulled on the head, the other pulled on the tail, and the lawyer milked the cow. They've been milking this cow for two decades. Settlement still needs court approval. Likely to be contested by some merchant groups. Blah, blah, blah. Merchants have always had the right to refuse to do business with a payment network entirely. Like Costco only takes Visa cards.

Yep.

But current network rules say if a store accepts one Visa credit card, it has to accept all Visa credit cards. Well, the settlement could change that practice by allowing merchants to pick and choose which categories of cards to accept within network.

There's also the dollar limit that I don't know if there's any legality around it, but, like, I buy something and they say you can only use your card if you spent $8 or something. And then I got to grab something else. What else you got?

Okay.

A cigarette lighter. I don't smoke. Does this make it $8?

Wow. And the settlement could go further, allowing different, depending on the category your card falls into. Like, if you have a basic, no frills card, you might get charged 2 1/2% of the transaction amount. It's the reverse of a cash discount. Whereas if you have a Rewards card, it's 3%.

Really?

You really wouldn't know what you're paying until you're paying it.

Paying cash just seems so troublesome. You may change. And then. Where am I going to put that? Yeah, I'm not going to keep track of that.

And then this story. A man in France was having a swimming pool dug in his backyard, and they found $800,000 worth of gold bars.

Whoa.

Town council confirmed the man will be allowed to keep the Gold he found, according to French news agency, five gold bars and a large amount of gold coins wrapped in plastic bags. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous for reasons that ought to be fairly obvious, reported the fine to the local council. French archaeological officials and law enforcement got involved to determine if the gold had been. If the gold had archaeological significance, in which case it could be considered state property, or if it was stolen from somewhere and the gold bars had unique ID numbers. Law enforcement determined the gold was not stolen and the bars were only 15 to 20 years old. And so they had no historical significance. So the guy got to keep the money. My daughter, who's in law school right now, became at one point fascinated by the law of abandoned property, which is fairly complicated and convoluted because. And I don't remember the details of it, but like, if somebody sells you a house and it's left on the property, I think they have a claim to it still. But if you then sell the house and the next guy, they don't have a claim against him or a certain number of years is super convoluted and interesting. And anybody who's like a scavenger or what do you. What do you call when you do that at sea? You reclaim wrecks and stuff like that. There's all sorts of laws surrounding that.

Yeah, yeah. I was just thinking we should do away with change in general, shouldn't we? We did away with the penny, but with inflation, change is not worth much, so you're down less than a dollar, which is like, I don't know, 40 cents compared to what it was 10 years ago. And I'd be fine with stores that just don't do change. They round up or down for everything. We'll just make it even.

Yeah, they'd always round up. I think there would be an investigation shortly after.

Fine, whatever. It's 30 cents. I don't want to carry around some nickels and pennies.

How about this, Daddy Warbucks? Poor people frequently don't have credit cards and need to do transactions in cash, and therefore we must have change.

And that's not what I see at the convenience store. Usually have some sort of government card for the scratchers. Vaping and energy drink.

Yeah, I try to stay away from poor people because I'm afraid it might be catching. But that was a joke. That was a joke, friends. Just Joe being silly. These are serious times. Confusing, dark, threatening times. Just trying to have a little fun. Armstrong and Getty.

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[Joe Getty]

Kamala Harris has been doing her ill advised train wreck of a book tour 107 days.

If I'd have just had a couple more days.

In terms of ridiculousness, who do you think is winning the race to be the most ridiculous? KJP or Kamala?

I don't know. KGP is pretty hard to beat.

Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, so we're gonna play a handful of clips of a an interview Kamala did with an Australian news outlet.

Hello.

The first clip, it's the. Is not the payoff, but it sets the tone for what follows. So. Well, go ahead and get started.

Michael.

[Interviewer]

Wasn't Joe Biden then to put it on him. Wasn't his refusal to recognize his own frailties the reason that you faced a nearly impossible task?

[Kamala Harris]

I ran against Donald Trump for president and Donald Trump ran on a platform that was in large part, I believe, misrepresenting his intentions to the American people. I do believe that there are a fair number of people that voted for Donald Trump who believed him when he told them that his first priority on day one is going to be to bring down prices. And he didn't. And you combine that misrepresentation of intention with also what was at play in terms of massive amounts of mis and disinformation.

[Joe Getty]

All right, I see where this is going, seeing as how she didn't even come close to answering the question is all I. It's funny these, these callbacks because I hadn't heard her in a while, that tone she takes. What happened was, I'm about to lay a truth bomb on you that's just going to knock you out of your shoes. And then she never does.

And the other advantage the Aussie gal has is that she's. She has no awe for the second in command of the American government, just as if I was interviewing the vice premier or whatever the position would be of Australia.

I wouldn't give a damn.

It'd be like, no, I'm asking you the questions I want to ask.

I'm box kangaroos. You think I'm scared of you?

Crikey. It rolls on Now, I'm, forgive me.

[Kamala Harris]

Calendar, in terms of.

[Interviewer]

Yes, the clock. I want to interrupt you because that is a world class pivot, but it is not the question that I asked you, which is about Joe Biden's failure to recognize his own frailties and what that did to you. The question is about Joe Biden. Are you still reluctant to criticize the former president?

[Kamala Harris]

In what regard, please?

[Interviewer]

Well, just in terms of that question. So you went on.

[Kamala Harris]

Exactly. Would you like to ask, be more specific, if you don't mind.

[Interviewer]

Was it Joe Biden's decision, his failure to recognize his own frailties in that position that put you in the position that made it almost impossible to win that race?

[Kamala Harris]

He was not frail as president of.

[Interviewer]

The United States, but he had frailties. We all saw the debate.

[Kamala Harris]

I do believe that Joe Biden had the capacity to be president of the United States, and I have never doubted that he had the capacity to be president of the United States. If you want to talk about whether he had the ability to endure what a race for president of the United States would require in that political environment in 2024, as I've said in the book, I had concerns.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. See, she goes with that angle with Jon Stewart, which you're going to play that clip in a little bit. But I love the. First of all, I love the. What? What. Go. Go ahead, ask your specific question. I have asked a specific question. Specific several times now and you're not answering it. But she, and then, and then when she goes into that tone of the how dare you question his, his competence sort of tone that she always has. What are you. How does she think that's working on anybody?

Hilarious.

It didn't even work on Democrats. Prior to the debate. Most the majority of Democrats wanted him to not run. I mean, how does she think at this point? I mean, this is. When did she do this interview anyway?

Recently.

The report came out Monday. That report we talked about earlier where it talks about the secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, his chief of staff, they were all having conversations with Joe Biden saying you shouldn't run again.

Wow. And who does she think this is landing?

[Interviewer]

Well.

[Joe Getty]

Right. Yeah. All right, let's roll on.

[Interviewer]

Is that, I'm just wondering, is there a reason why you won't go to that prolonged frailty question now? We saw the debate. We saw the difficulty he had marshaling his thoughts.

[Kamala Harris]

I have answered that question. I do not believe that.

[Interviewer]

I think it's just hard watching the debate to see how there could not be a problem long term with Someone who can't marshal their thoughts. I'm not saying his acuity wasn't present in the book.

[Kamala Harris]

And I also mentioned the context in which that debate occurred. And you'll probably remember how I talked about that in terms of what his travel schedule had been that what he had been enduring in terms of the timing of that debate. I talk about it extensively in the book. I'm not shying away from that. That's why I wrote it in the book, because I do know it's a question people had.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, my God, she is something else.

[Interviewer]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Utterly charisma free and unwilling to answer any question about anything ever.

Does Joe Biden have pictures of her, like, whipping a child or something?

No, it's not that. Because she can't answer a question about anything that has nothing to do with Joe Biden. She just, she just, she. It's Mark Halpern's knock on her has been from the beginning, she is the most cautious politician I've ever met. He always says, she just does not. She's gonna hedge on every question to leave herself wiggle room because she's just a incredibly scared of getting nailed down on even an easy position.

She's not bright enough to realize which ones are worth saying and which ones aren't.

I guess because she has no confidence. She, she probably has one. No like actual ideology positions. And then she has no confidence to, like, back it up if anybody questions her any further. Remember, what were we voting on, on election day? Also in California, the whole, do we want to start putting criminals back in jail again? When like 80% of Californians agreed we shouldn't have passed overwhelmingly and she wouldn' stance on it.

I don't think it would be right. Percentage of Democrats were in favor.

Yes. It passed in a blue, blue state on a day when everybody was turning out to vote for her, she wouldn't come out and say, she said, I, I, I, I don't think it'd be proper for me to weigh on this. What are you talking about? So she's just too cautious.

Yeah, yeah. We're gonna do the John Stewart stuff.

Yeah. So I don't know what all this explains number 45, but whatever is not in there, I will fill in. That's right.

[Jacob Goldstein]

Yeah.

[Kamala Harris]

No, I'm not talking about competence at all. No, I believe he was fully competent to serve.

[Joe Getty]

Do you really?

[Kamala Harris]

Yeah, I do.

[Joe Getty]

That. That surprises me, actually.

[Kamala Harris]

No, I do. But there's a distinction to be made between running for president and being president.

[Joe Getty]

Okay. That's when she gets into the thing and that she was referencing with the Australian interviewer. She is. She says this in the book and then she says this anytime anybody brings it up, that running for president is like running a marathon while people are throwing tomatoes at you. It's very difficult. Things are coming at you very fast from many directions. It's exhausting. And Jon Stewart's reply is, and it's a good one, is, yeah, being president is like running a marathon with people throwing tomatoes at you and lots of things coming at you really fast. And you're saying you think he was able to do that?

Yes.

Yes, I do. I think he was up to the job. I mean, that's insane. It is.

[Jacob Goldstein]

You.

[Joe Getty]

You can't get away with any of this, but at least you got some tiny bit of COVID to say he was okay being president at that time.

Yeah.

Not a lot. But maybe I'll take your word for it that maybe you thought he was up to the. But claiming he could be president for another four years. You're into insaneville.

Well, right. Yeah. And that whole dodge that running for president is way harder than being president. Number one, it's hard. Maybe it's hard in a different way, but number one, being president is really, really, really hard. So I'm not sure that matters even if it's true. And secondly, the Guy won in 2020 by hiding in his basement. He hardly campaigned at all and he didn't have the power of the incumbency. So he could have run a, you know, a low key doing video address from the White House. I'm so busy. I'm sorry I can't be there in person type campaign. It's just ridiculous.

I can't believe Jon Stewart's forceful reply was Jon Stewart, who's more of a mainstream Democrat. You'd think he'd be more like Bill Maher and say, you're nuts. You're nuts. That's a ridiculous thing to say that he was capable of being president. We could all see that he wasn't. Polls showed that Democrats, a majority of Democrats, didn't think he was capable of being president before the debate. So why are you continuing to go around making this claim? Who's that for?

Who sits there awestruck with respect for Kamala Harris and says, I'm so.

I must say I'm surprised by that. What a tepid response to a blatant either lie or you're a complete moron. And I'm not exactly sure which it is. That other excuse she uses all the time of I'VE explained in the book about how his travel schedule is very difficult. He'd flown all across the world and he hadn't had much sleep and he had a cold. Okay, well, guess what? When you're president, you're going to have a very busy schedule also. And every now and then you're going to get a cold. So if China attacks Taiwan, we have to say, hold off on your attacking Taiwan. The president's have a cold. And he just got back from Las Vegas. He's very tired.

Right? Yeah. It's just ridiculous now that in John's defense, I don't know what the follow up was because that was a very short clip that was apparently an interview conducted at a rave. I don't know why it had disco music in the background, but yeah, what a joke. And then she goes to audiences and. Or does a live address and the MC asks now, are you thinking about running? And she says, I've said, I'm not done yet. The crowd, yay. What if you people not got.

I don't know. It's unfortunate she's not going to actually be able to run, even if she plans to, because I'd like her to run because I think it'd be fun. She would humiliate herself even more. There's going to be $0 because smart people with lots of money who donate to candidates, they're hearing this crap. And when they hear her say to Jon Stewart, yeah, I think he could have run. He could have been president for four more years. Okay, I'm not giving you any damn money. Well, it is what it is because he was who he is. That's why it is what it is because at some point, oh, I wanted to mention this. Josh Shapiro laid a little groundwork a couple of days ago around the whole, you know, I was never around Joe Biden, so I didn't see the things other people saw. Laying a little groundwork for going after Kamala Harris or whoever else might run that was in the administration for saying, this person who knew what Joe Biden was like allowed us to lose to Donald Trump by keeping it a secret. He's going to do that.

That next he'll start making vague references to, well, I haven't turned Pennsylvania into a crap hole full of junkies. So anyway, I'm proud of the work we've done here. Right. And Gav. He'll flinch visibly.

Oh, boy, that's gonna be fun to watch.

Yeah. Yeah, I am.

I am stunned by the fact that she's gonna continue to claim that he was okay to be president for four more years. He wasn't claiming he wasn't capable at the time, right?

Yeah.

What is going on there?

She's a half wit.

Is it? I wonder if it's because if she gives an inch on that. Yeah, this is it. Probably. If she gives even an inch. Oh, you don't think he was capable for four more years? @ what point did you realize the guy running for president couldn't be president for four more years? And why didn't you say anything? That's the next question.

And that's a difficult if he got elected, he'd have to resign and then.

I'd be the president. That's a pretty voice. Are you busy lately? Later Lately. That been good If I just said later instead of later.

That's a good punchline as written.

Yeah, that voice is charming. You practically have me in bed already.

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[Joe Getty]

So this is an Arkansas cop has pulled over the driver of a big rig. Okay, we've been talking now for a couple of weeks about this rash of states that are handing out commercial driver's licenses to immigrants, sometimes illegals who can't speak or read English, can't pass the tests and are killing people on America's highways. The one thing to note in this is it will become clear the driver in question has a bit of a wardrobe difficulty going on.

Why are you parked here?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

You understand English? Why did you park here? Yeah.

No.

[Jack Armstrong]

No.

[Joe Getty]

Good. I'm Officer Eddings, Arkansas Highway Police. I need your driver's license. Is there anybody else in the truck? Your company? Okay, you don't understand English? Put you some clothes on. Pants. Put your pants on.

Victim.

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[Joe Getty]

Put your pants on. Pants. Put some pants on.

Yeah, yeah.

You don't understand English? What company do you work for?

The company?

California. Your company's called California?

Yeah.

Yeah. You don't understand me?

[Jacob Goldstein]

Okay.

[Joe Getty]

I love that California. It's all I need to say. Oh, California, where they give out driver's licenses to commercial truck drivers piloting Gazillion ton weapons of death to anybody whether you're from this country or not, whether you speak English or not. Oh, that's fantastic. And so the sartorial new California state.

Flag has been unleashed.

Jack.

It was the bear, of course, and then it was the unicorn for Cal Unicornia. Now it's a pantless Asian illegal immigrant, commercial truck driver sitting with his drawers visible in the cab of a truck. The new California flag.

Now, was there anything untoward going on or is he just parked someplace he shouldn't park to climb in his sleeper and sleep? And you know, I take my pants off to sleep too.

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He was parked dangerously close to a.

[Joe Getty]

Lane of the highway.

Right amount of time. As an immigrant who cannot speak nor read English, which is absolutely required for a commercial truck driver's office.

The reason he was parked someplace you shouldn't park when you're pulling over your truck to sleep is he had no training or, you know, because how could you possibly have any training because he didn't take the test or pass it. I like how many of these people, including that guy who killed a bunch of people the other day, have flunked the test over and over and over again. So that there's a lot of people that should be on the hook of that. Obviously the state of Washington and California or whatever states are giving out these driver's licenses. How about these companies that are probably bribing politicians to push for. Let us hire drivers from other countries because we can pay them nothing versus having to hire somebody from, you know, inside the United States who speaks English and can actually pass the test. So there's a lot of people on the hook for this.

Yeah, yeah, no kidding. Lawlessness.

It's not like these trucking companies don't know that they're employing people that can't speak or read English at all. You'd find that out as the boss.

You remember we got that email from gal in Yuba city, California, which has become this giant trucking center. And there are a bunch of Indian families who own trucking companies that employ immigrants, some of whom have documents, some of whom don't, some of whom can speak English, some of whom cannot. And there have been all sorts of problems. It's a huge problem in the trucking industry right now. And, you know, in California at least, which, as you recall, was that fine fellows trucking company, they're handing them out like, you know, like, I don't know, freebies at the. The Costco. Put your pants on.

Put your pants on. Pants. Put some pants on yeah, yeah, I like the police going with the classic I'll say it slower and louder to see if somehow, although he had to.

Pat his pants and point at him.

Pants El trousers.

Oh, the guy's Asian. Spanish isn't gonna help.

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