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The Future Is Bright w/ GOP Youth Advisory Chair CJ Pearson - Hayley Caronia (Ep.118)
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In this episode of Nightly Scroll: Political Advisor & Content Creator CJ Pearson breaks down the MSM panic over tariffs, Gen Z’s workplace struggles, and whether or not the GOP can hold onto the youth vote in 2026.
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Haley Karenia
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Sam
Ashley, what did you do?
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CJ Pearson
Everybody's always blaming me for everything.
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Haley Karenia
That clip aged perfectly well. CJ Pearson is here to set the record straight on the tariff panic and so much more. He is GOP Youth Advisory Council co chair, a political Advisor and content creator, CJ welcome to Nightly Scroll. Thank you for joining me, Haley.
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CJ Pearson
Thank you so much for having me.
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Haley Karenia
This is gonna be so much fun. We have talked on social media. It is great to have you here on the show because we have to break down this mainstream media panic. You know, cnn, they interviewed this retail analyst claiming that the price increases from the tariffs, it's going to catch up with consumers. You know, retailers are going to start running through the inventory that they already imported before the tariffs, and then it's going to be just this whole mess. What do you think is happening here?
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CJ Pearson
Well, you know, Haley, I think your clip there that you showed was spot on. You know, people blame President Trump for everything under the sun. So my position is actually, let's not give them another thing to blame him for. I completely support President Trump's decisive action on tariffs, and they've proven to be an effective tool. But I also realize that we are on the doorstep of the midterm elections. Right. And so if we are looking at a situation where the Democrats can blame President Trump on applying double tariffs to things like apparel and back to school goods, they will absolutely do that. And so for me, I think timing is everything. And I think that whether or not we decide to pursue this later on in the future is one issue. But I think right now, as families are going back to school, let's delay it, you know, but, you know, of course, I think we gotta push back into the misinformation here. Tariffs have not yet proven to be inflationary, but we do know that they do add a little bit of extra cost. And I think that hardworking families right now probably need a little bit of a break, and we should give them that. But of course, it should not be something that we do to let these countries are ripping us off, off the hook.
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Haley Karenia
Yeah. I think President Trump is the art of the deal president. Right. So he's the businessman. This is why we put him in the Oval Office, because he is going to make other people pay their fair share and not rip us off. But to your point, yes, you know, back to school shopping, we do have to worry about 2026. So we don't want to piss off too many people and get them, you know, pissed off at Trump or the Republican Party in general because they need them or we need them to show up and show out come the midterms. But I was thinking about this, and, you know, the CNN article talks about parents trying to get the best deals, and now they're trying to kind of circumvent the tariffs somehow and go back to school shopping early. Isn't that every back to school season, regardless of tariffs? I remember when I was back to school shopping, my mom would say, let's go early. I mean, I swear school would be out and my mom would say, let's go back to school shopping. So, so we beat the rush and you get the pick of, you know, whatever binders you want or whatever. But this just seems like parents are always going back to school shopping early. They're always looking for deals, whether or not there's inflation, whether or not there's tariffs. Everyone's looking for a deal. Always.
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CJ Pearson
You know, everyone's definitely looking for a deal. And I think you were exactly right. The President Trump's the dealmaker in chief and he's going to deliver a great deal for hardworking Americans all across the board. And I think the reality of it is here is that while, you know, Apparel accounts for 5% of imports to America, they account for 25% of our tariff revenue. And so anything more than that, I think is kind of an unnecessary addition. But I think right now, of course, I think the biggest thing that we need to do is deliver a great deal for the American people, for everyday Americans, everyday families. And timing, of course, again, is everything. After back to school, I say, hey, maybe that requires a different look. But as far as right now, let's be smart, let's not give the Democrats an unnecessary political win and, and let's.
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Haley Karenia
Go from there and read Totally. I'm, I'm with you there. So there's some more fear mongering going on in the mainstream media, as we know. And of course, they're pointing the fingers of President Trump, as always. But I think this is an NBC News headline, if we could pull this up. But they're claiming the, there's a black hole, dismal job market for new college grads. And some are pointing to the finger at President Trump's tariffs, but also AI. So I want to read you a little bit of this article because it's interesting. They said, because, you know, us conservatives, we like to look at the, the liberal complaining, the blue hair, the green hair. We say that they're, you know, these women studies, they study these dumb majors and then they end up baristas. Right? But apparently, according to this article, even with degrees once thought to be high in demand, like computer, computer science or engineering, they are struggling to get even an hourly retail job. So this isn't just the gender studies liberal, you know, liberal arts major Coming into the real world and realizing, oh gosh, I studied some bs, so this is becoming more common. Do you think we should be telling younger kids to go to college anymore?
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CJ Pearson
You know, I think we shouldn't. As a proud college dropout, I think maybe a little bit biased here, but I got to say, it's, it's served me well. You know, here's the thing here. I think that for a long time we peddled the false narrative to America's young people that they needed to go to college to succeed. And, and it just hasn't proven to be true. While the cost of a college degree has continuously risen every single year, the value of that same degree has declined or remained stagnant. And so when you think about the, you know, the AI race and all of those things, it's not welders that are losing their jobs. It's not, you know, pipefitters are losing their jobs. It's not electricians that are losing their jobs, are these, you know, these white collar positions that we thought were the crown jewel of society just a few years ago. And so I think that what we should actually be encouraging America's young people to do is, hey, if you, if college isn't for you, that's okay. Look into a trade because honestly, it probably would do a long way in advancing conservatism because I guarantee you, you're probably not getting indoctrinated going to a trade school as opposed to a Upenn or a Columbia or a Harvard.
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Haley Karenia
Totally. And I think they're better off going to a trade school anyway because you're going to come out of college and make more money. I can tell you firsthand, I am still paying off college debt. And there's probably one or two classes that I used in college that I use in my daily life. Imagine if you could just do this like a la carte college where you pay for the two classes and then you have that and you could just go into the real world. You can kind of pick and choose what classes that you need or the, the certifications that you need. I mean, unless you're going to be a doctor, a lawyer, something like that, you do not need to go to college. Like I genuinely, I went to college. And I can tell you, does not matter.
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CJ Pearson
No, I think you're right. And what you just described, Haley, is called YouTube. Want to go and learn something, you know, specific to their interest or whatever they may you look to pursue. They can do that on YouTube, on rumble, whatever it may be. But also too, I Think you're right. You know, I went to college with the University of Alabama, three years of my life that I would never ever give away. But at the same time I realized that it didn't necessarily make me a more critical thinker or any of those things. And so I think that that's what we should be encouraging America's young people to be better thinkers, more hardworking, to possess the work ethic that our parents, our grandparents possess to get them through. And that is when we'll actually see a better America and, and a better future for this country.
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Haley Karenia
Totally. And you are part of Gen Z. I am not. Unfortunately, I identify as Gen Z, but unfortunately I'm a cringe millennial. So Gen Z, apparently. And you have to kind of debunk this or at least help me understand why other people in Gen Z are so just, they're like losers because you are not. You didn't even finish college. You've been so successful, way more successful than the majority of Gen Z. Right. And there's this new study that Gen Z is bringing their parents to work to either have lunch with them. They are bringing them, they're involving them in their interview process beyond just checking in. Parents are speaking to their children's managers about workplace conflicts with their co workers. 49% of Gen Z have had a parent of theirs and help them ask their manager to take time off, to take vacation time. What I mean, they're bringing their parents into the workforce or into their offices to speak to their managers about raises, promotions and even reducing workload. What say you? Why is this a phenomenon? I don't understand this.
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CJ Pearson
You know, I think it's insane. But I think also too, you got to blame the parents who are actually agreeing to do these things. Right. And so I think it's one thing for the codependency that Gen Z has upon their, their parents to be something that we openly ridicule. And I think that we should, it deserves ridicule. But also too, I think parents who coddle their children this way, who give in to the victimhood, who give in to, you know, just the juvenile nature of all of this, you know, eventually you've got to let, you got to push them out of your nest and let them go fly. And that may be what's happening right now here. And so, you know, this is what happens when you grow up in generation of participation trophies. You actually cultivate a generation of losers. And I will say that I don't think all of Gen Z is in this boat. We're looking at what now seems to be the most conserved generation that we've seen in a long, long time. Young men are flocking the Republican Party. Young men are flocking to church. All of those things, I think those are things that we should praise. But I think work ethic and all of those things that I think truly made America great and still continue to make America great are the things that we need to continue to cultivate. And that requires independence. So I think my message to parents would be let your adult child be an adult and less on the dialogue.
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Haley Karenia
Seriously, it's so embarrassing. I think it's this helicopter parent trend where they're just involved in everything and then it makes these kids just stunted. I mean, they're adult babies. And what's interesting, so in this Fortune article, it was suggesting that instead of relying on your parents, they're saying, Gen Z, maybe you should use AI to help you prep for interviews or ask your manager how to ask for time off.
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Sam
What do you mean?
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Haley Karenia
I mean, it's so funny because in the same breath they're claiming that the job market is so dismal because of AI, but then they're saying, well, don't be too reliant on your parents. Use AI instead. So what is the obsession with AI? I use Google. I'll go to Google if I want the answer to something. Very rarely do I go to Grok or ChatGpt. But I feel like your generation, even just like a few years younger than I am, you guys are using ChatGPT and AI more frequently. What do you think that is all about?
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CJ Pearson
Well, I think you hit the no in the heavy. I was about to say, I think it may be the generational divide. I talked to ChatGPT probably more than I talked to my mom. And I'm sorry, mom, I'll give you a call after this interview. But you know, truly and truthfully, I think that at the end of the day, AI is a tool. I think that, you know, use in moderation is something that can be helpful, can make you more efficient, optimize your performance. But of course, when you become over reliant and you don't actually know to write yourself anymore or comprehend or understand anything anymore, then that is when we actually lose. And we've seen when we've been in this battle with technology for a long, long time, right? We dealt with the stories where, you know, people were so used to texting their friends that they didn't know how to pick up the phone and talk to them anymore. Or you have guys in bars who won't approach girls because they don't know how to anymore because they're just used to liking their Instagram story. Like, all of these things are narratives and tales as old as time itself. And so I think this is going to be something we have growing pains with. You know, how do we actually, you know, use AI? And in a way that's respectable. You know, I do get a little worried when I see stories about people, you know, using AI Companions like, no. Like, go out and get a girlfriend or download Hinge. Like, let's just be normal here. Yeah. Unfortunately, we have kind of reached a point of. Of weirdness and awkwardness when it comes to this issue, but hopefully we're not too far gone. We can write this shit.
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Haley Karenia
Yeah, totally. And I think a lot of it has to do with COVID 19 and the pandemic. I think it forced a lot of people inside, thanks to Democrats, right? It was the Democrat governors with their draconian lockdown measures and all these things saying you can't go to bars, you can't go out in public, you have to stay at home. So it kind of forced people online, it forced people to text instead of hang out in real life. It forced people on dating apps instead of, you know, going to a bar and striking up a conversation like a normal person. Another side effect of the pandemic, maybe, is this other poll that shows that Americans are drinking a lot less. So according to this poll, it says that 54% of Americans are drinking less alcohol, which is the lowest number in 90 years. So is it the economy? Is it Gen Z just not going to bars anymore? They're doing Pilates and drinking Matcha instead? Is it the Maha movement and sober curiosity going viral on social media? Why do you think that Gen Z, I mean, everyone is drinking less, but why do you think that Gen Z is drinking less?
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CJ Pearson
Well, I would say under President Trump, you can drink less because you're not stressed every single day about a president who's incompetent and geriatric forcing you into World War Three. And so I think, you know, that is probably a big reason that people are sleeping a little bit more deeply every single night here in this great country. But I would also say, you know, Maha is to credit. I think people are being a lot more intentional about what they put in their bodies, what they're consuming, what they're doing, and it's made a lot of people interested in that. I live in D.C. so I can't say that I've noticed that trend here in this city. People seem to really run on that stuff like it's motor oil. But what I will say though is that again, I think that this is a welcome sign. I think that we should be more healthy, we should be more conscientious. Everything again is good in moderation.
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Haley Karenia
Moderation, totally.
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CJ Pearson
Drink it all. But.
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Haley Karenia
Well, I googled reasons because I was wondering, you know, I have these same questions, you know.
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CJ Pearson
Wait, you googled them? You didn't chat?
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Haley Karenia
I didn't chat. GPT. I know I'm showing my age, but I googled the reasons. This is what Google said. Of course Google has a leftist slant, right? But they said that one of the reasons was digital footprint and Gen Z's fear of being drunk and then being caught on camera and then going viral and having it ruin your life. I actually see the opposite. I feel like young people almost don't care about their digital footprint at all and they're more willing to post their drunken shenanigans in hopes that it goes viral.
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CJ Pearson
Yeah, I would actually say so. You know, look at what happened with the hawk to a girl, she was absolutely streets of Nashville and now she's a household name because of it. And so I think in terms of whether or not young people are scared about they're going to get, you know, caught up and constant embarrassing video, maybe some with career prospects. But beyond that, what I would also say is that people are kind of over cancel culture this generation. Everyone knows that. You know, there are times when you drink a little too much or maybe more than you should have. And I think that this is going to be a generation of grace in large part because we've grown up with our cell phones right in our pockets, able to record at any moment. And so I think that when those videos come out, people look at them a little bit more sympathetically than maybe our parents did or grandparents did. And because of that, I think that's why we kind of see that shifting narrative. So I would agree with you. I actually think it's the opposite. I don't think people are scared at all. Maybe they should be more scared because I think the hawk to a girl should be a little bit more scared to talk to a camera and say spit on that thing. I think that was quite troubling.
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Haley Karenia
And honestly, she just totally fell off. I feel like it was the 10 minutes of fame, not even 15 minutes of fame. And now you're known forever as talk to a girl that fell off. It's so embarrassing. But you brought this up earlier about Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids either voting to the right or leaning to the right. Do you think that this will stay this way in 2026?
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CJ Pearson
You know, I'm hopeful. I think that at the end of the day, what we need to continue to drive home to America's young people is that we are the party that's going to, you know, actually fight for their future. And that while the left can, you know, try to imitate us, as Gavin Newsom has done, you know, the past several days, and, you know, they can, you know, put forward these catchphrases and, you know, slogans and TikToks, we actually are delivering for them when it comes to policy. You know, this is a president who's overseen, you know, record job creation. We're seeing record growth of the stock market, all those things under this president. And I think that's what we need to continue to cultivate. However, what we should not do is rest on our laurels. President Trump is one of a kind, and we have to figure out, you know, how can we ensure that JD Vance is able to reach these young people? How can we ensure that our down ballot candidates who are running for governor, Senate, Congress can also reach America's young people? And the moment we do that, when we crack that code and we actually enshrine the inroads we made with young men and young Americans all across the board of every demographic, that is when we win, and that is how we drive it home and that's how we stay in power. And I'm hopeful for that.
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Haley Karenia
Totally. And I think that in the past, Democrats had such a stranglehold on these younger voting blocs like Gen Z, Gen Alpha. They used to have the 18 to 25 in the bag. And I think I want to talk to you about social media strategy and how it pertains to campaigning, because I think it's fascinating. But you would think that the way that the Democrats portrayed Kamala Harris as this TikTok viral trending queen, you would think, you know, if you're trying to reach younger voters, like that would work. But it didn't work. And now I feel like they're trying to do the same thing with Gavin Newsom because the left doesn't really have anyone other than Gavin Newsom. Right. So I keep seeing, now I'm scrolling on TikTok and I'm seeing these, like, thirst trap videos of Gavin Newsom, and I keep asking myself, did they realize that they're going to make the same mistake again? Because it's not that President Trump is not on TikTok and making viral videos. He is. And the Republicans are very much in that space. But what do you think the Democrats are doing wrong?
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CJ Pearson
You know, I think they're not being themselves. I think the reason that President Trump does does so well on social media and in new media spaces like Theo Vaughn or Joe Rogan or Andrew Schultz or whoever it may, because he's his true and authentic self. He goes on and he is just a guy, he's a dude and he's growing it out with these folks, right? He went on Theo Vaughn, he didn't talk about tariff policy and talk about these crazy intricate policy issues. He talked about who he was as a person. And he also talked about cocaine. Kamala Harris went on Call Her Daddy and wasted an Opportunity, spent her entire time talking about abortion when everyone watching that show already agrees with her. Right? So I think there's an authenticity problem with the left right now in the Democrat Party. Gavin Newsom is not who he pretends to be. He is a fraud in every which way. And I think that what is interesting to me is that he doesn't realize how beta it is to copy another man's entire flow bar for bar and expect for people to credit for that. And what's also interesting to me is that he's not even writing these tweets. It's a bunch of like 20 year old single women with probably three cats and also like a gay guy who like doesn't actually understand what, who Trump is and what he's tapping into. They're writing his tweets and so they will never truly be able to understand why Trump connects with the people that he does and we shouldn't want them to. So I'm glad that they're continuing to run like a little gerbil on a wheel.
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Haley Karenia
I mean, they're making fun of President Trump, which is funny because I mean, obviously they're going to do that, but it works for President Trump. People like, I mean, the way that he types out his true social posts, it's very unique. No other politician has ever used social media in the way that Donald Trump has. He, you know, when it was Twitter 1.0 and he's like, I've never seen a thin person drinking Diet Coke and like all these iconic cove all these things. Like, it is not presidential, but it is him. And to your point about authenticity and being genuine, I mean, Gavin Newsom is making fun of President Trump for doing what President Trump did best. It's just like a Losing message, making.
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CJ Pearson
Fun of him for being himself and doing incredibly well. But you want to know why he's the 45th in 47 president, United States. Because he was himself. And so it's like you're making fun to your point of a winning formula. Gavin Newsom was a governor who just a few years ago faced a recall election. Doesn't sound like a winner to me. And so when you look at Kamala Harris, you look at all of their entire bench. It's so interesting to me that, like, their entire strategy of how do we beat Trump is how do we become more like Trump? And I think everything about them and why they continue to lose. Because here's the thing. Why would you go for the fake when you have the real?
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Haley Karenia
Yeah. And it's another thing that's funny too, is that Gavin Newsom is a Nepo baby. Mo Zoran Mamdani, Nepo baby. But then, like, Democrats claim to hate Nepo babies and they hate billionaires, they hate rich people. Then they put him up and it's like, hey, Donald Trump is rich. But we don't claim to hate rich people. So it's just crazy.
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CJ Pearson
It's insane. You'll get folks like J.B. pritzker, who is the heir to the Hyatt throne there. And like all those things, it's like these people don't actually hate billionaires. They hate billionaires who don't actually succumb to the entire idea that they should feel bad for being billionaires. You know, they worked hard, they achieved the American dream. Why should we blame them for it? And also too Gavin Newsom, I think the most sinister thing about him is that while he shut down his entire state, this was a. Who was getting wine drunk at the French Laundry, his own winery. Every other place in the state but his own actual winery. It's insane. I think the more people that actually people start to dig in and learn about who Gavin Newsom is and what he actually stands for, the more they'll be repulsed by him and rightfully so. And so, honestly, I think he's getting a little bit of traction right now from the mainstream media, who's desperate to find a kind of an anti Trump. But I think when people actually dig in and find out who he actually is, the American people, we repulsed by him, and rightfully so.
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Haley Karenia
Yeah. And I don't think he really holds a candle to Vice President J.D. vance. If that's who we're going to go with in 2028. We don't know we're getting Ahead of ourselves here. But who else do the Democrats really have? Because I saw you posted this on X about Pete Buttigieg polling at 0% among black voters. What do they have? What's their beef with Mayor Pete?
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CJ Pearson
I don't want to get you banned from the Internet, so I won't say.
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Haley Karenia
You won't get banned. We're on rumble. Just say it.
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CJ Pearson
I will say is that I think people check is, as I said in that tweet, not like us. And I think that, you know, black Americans kind of realize that, and they don't really just. They just don't like the guy. I think it's very easy, you know, the more you listen to the guy, it's very easy not to like him. And so I think, you know, they're going to have to grapple with that issue. I don't know if, you know, Gavin Newsom reaches black voters, but what I will say is I'll speak to the current trend that we're seeing. You know, black men actually, you know, swung to President Trump in a way in which we've never seen for a Republican candidate this past election. They chose him over a black. Black Kamala Harris. And so I think that's important to know. And so when you look at if we're able to continue that trend and with a JD Vance or whoever it may be, as you said, the Democrats are in very, very deep trouble, which is why I think they're fighting so hard to import illegals into this country, because they realize the chokehold that they had in the black community is very much so becoming looser and looser with every given day.
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Haley Karenia
Yeah, seriously, all these voting blocs, it's like, you know, they love to claim the party switch, the party switch, but they're really losing hold of a lot of these voting blocks that they thought that they had unlock. And now there are a lot of these groups are trending to the right, oddly enough, Boomers and older voters are trending left, which we're seeing for the first time in a few years. I don't know, we see all these takedown Tesla protesters and grandmas out there with a sign. We've never seen this before. But those voters, maybe. I don't know how old they are, but if they're trending to the left, like, maybe they'll teeter off and we'll just have a. A nice Republican dynasty, if you will. I want to speak about a comeback, an interesting comeback, because Ashley Sinclair is Elon Musk's 150th baby mama and she posted on X after, you know, she like leaked her own pregnancy announcement. I think she said that the mainstream media was going to leak it, but then she leaked it herself. Whatever. Anyway, she posted on X saying, yes, you know, I'm the 14th baby mama, but, you know, respect my privacy. Like, bye. But now she has made a return to X probably what, five, six months later with a new podcast. Was she missed? I kind of forgot about her.
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CJ Pearson
You know, I would say the three most dangerous drugs available to humans are probably methamphetamine, cocaine, and clout. And I think that unfortunately is what she is settled on for her drug of choice is clout. And so what I would hope for her is that, you know, I wish her the best. I hope that, you know, she is giving that, you know, beautiful child a loving home and a great upbringing. And I. And what I would advise her to, if I were advising her, as I would say, hey, like, this is not as important as, you know, again, being a mother and giving that child the upbringing that it deserves. And so, you know, tragic situation. I think that it was very unfortunate to see and watch it unfold. But, you know, hey, I wish her the best and whatever that may look like to her.
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Haley Karenia
Yes. And hopefully I know her podcast is sponsored and I hope she gets all the sponsorships and makes the money for the baby.
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CJ Pearson
I mean, talked about tariffs earlier. I think what we actually should be talking about is a tariff on podcast mics because far too many people have podcast mics in this country and that's exactly what we should be confronting. I'm going to have to. I'm going to reach out to Howard Lutnick after this and I think that that's what we need to see.
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Haley Karenia
I agree, I agree. And I'll say that as a podcast host, not everyone, not everyone love your podcast.
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CJ Pearson
We love you.
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Haley Karenia
I do want to talk about. Do you remember in 2020, all of the lunacy that happened in Loudoun County, Virginia? You remember there were transgenders in the bathroom and one female student was assaulted by a transgender in the bathroom, the locker room. I mean, this was craziness happening. And because this was during the pandemic and a lot of parents were home with their kids while their kids were doing zoom school and stuff. They had this refreshed view, front row seat, if you will, of what these leftist woke indoctrinators were teaching their children in school. And now parents were starting to kind of wake up and they were getting loud at their school board meetings. Of course, the biden administration called them domestic terrorists and all that. So this is where the whole, like, woke stuff started. In 2020 and Loudoun county, they are still allowing transgenders in the bathroom. They allow their students to transition and identify as whatever the hell they want. The teachers affirm it, and they are allowed to use whatever restroom and locker room they see fit. So we see a lot of these stories. Usually these situations end up with conservatives rallying around women and girls because they're forced to change in front of boys or men in spaces that are supposed to be private. But the shoe is on the other foot now because there were a bunch of boys who felt uncomfortable because a. A female who identified as a boy was in their locker room. They felt uncomfortable changing in front of a girl, and why should they be demonized? So now they are being suspended by the school for making the uncomfortable. Why is it that the transgender individual always wins and the people who are uncomfortable lose, whether that's a female or a male?
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CJ Pearson
You know, it's absolutely insane, but it's one of those reasons I always tell conservatives, we got to stay vigilant. We can't rest on our laurels just because we achieve one victory and think, okay, this problem is completely solved, and it's a. Okay. You know, I think that was something we experienced after, you know, Riley Gaines, you know, got her executive order signed. And, you know, you speak to Riley and she'll tell you, you know, the fight is just beginning. The left is going to continue to fight to put, you know, biological men and women's spaces. It's not going to end. And I think in the same way, in the reverse here, we're seeing exactly that. And what I am grateful for, though, is that we have a Republican governor in Glenn Youngkin over in Virginia, and we have a great lieutenant governor who's running to continue his legacy of Republican and conservative leadership. And so what I would tell my friends in Virginia is to make sure you get out and vote for winsome Sears, because if you don't, this a lot more like, this is on the horizon.
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Haley Karenia
Yeah, she is badass. So I hope that she wins, because we do need Republicans in leadership who are going to nip this in the bud and say, we are not standing for men in women's locker rooms and even vice versa. We can't just make this a women sports issue. This has to be. We're protecting our youth. We are protecting women. Of course, we're protecting girls, but we're also protecting boys when the shoe is on the other foot. And they're forced to feel uncomfortable because this trans ideology has permeated every facet of our society. It's just very sad. But the last thing that I want to talk to you about, this clip went viral. It was like a online dating show. And this woman or this girl? Young girl. Young woman. Riley was the first to go up. She made her pitch to a bunch of guys about why she would be a good fit for a date. So let's watch this. Okay. I'm Riley.
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Riley
I'm 24, I'm from Houston, Texas, and honestly, I'm down for any good adventure. I just got scuba dive certified and I'm planning to go to Australia this summer, so I'm super excited about that. And then I just picked up skiing, like, two years ago. And I honestly love any themed party. Like, those are like my favorite things to go to, my favorite things to plan. And I'm looking for someone that wants to be my adventure buddy, and it's someone that I can trust in and is going to be there for me.
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Sam
Oh.
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Haley Karenia
So these guys are just kind of looking around. They're laughing at each other, it seems. And no one wants to go on a date with Riley. She's a cute girl, red hair, cute outfit on, and she sits down. So this video goes viral on social media. I saw a lot of people talking about it on Tick Tock and on X. And this became like a feminist rallying cry. And I hate men. Men suck. And everyone was saying, you know, Riley's way too cool for those men. Why aren't they dating her? All this stuff. So here's what actually happened. If we play the full clip, not the zoomed in clip, we see that they actually couldn't see her at all. She was behind a curtain. So if you see that, then the narrative changes because they didn't see her. This wasn't about her looks. It wasn't that she was, you know, red hair or maybe not conventionally attractive or what have you. This was because they didn't like what she was selling. So very interesting how quickly the Internet turns on men.
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CJ Pearson
Yeah, I know. Very interesting. And that's exactly what I was going to point out about that video, is that people fail to realize that there was a curtain between both of them. So they had no idea who she was, what she looked like or any of those things. They were just kind of judging it based on her voice and whatever story she decided to share. You know, what I will say is a little beta is how they both all looked to one another to Say whether or not. But beyond, like, you know, if you like her, stand on business, stand up, do it, do it because you want to do it. But beyond that, though. Yeah, you're right. I think there was this reactionary thing where it was just like, oh, we're going to, you know, shame all these men for not standing up for this girl because she's too cool for them. No, it's like, number one, that wasn't the facts of this, of this, of this instance in this situation. But, you know, again, the Internet will Internet, and that's exactly what this is a case of.
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Haley Karenia
Yeah, we hate to see it. But, cj, thank you so much for joining me. Let everyone know where they can find you, follow you, and where they can get more of you.
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CJ Pearson
Yeah, definitely. Well, Haley, thank you so much for having me. It's always great to see you. You guys can keep up with me on Twitter or X. Actually instagram @the cj pears. And I look forward to seeing you there.
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Haley Karenia
You're the best. Keep up the good work, C.J. love having you.
- [34:50]
CJ Pearson
Yeah.
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Haley Karenia
C.J. is the absolute best. I love him. I know. Or I hope all of you loved him, too. So make sure that you follow him. For all you know, he's just amazing. He's a political advisor. He's working on all these different campaigns. He is just a force of nature. And we love to see that in Gen Z. We need more of CJ Pearson. We need to clone CJ Pearson. We need a bajillion of them. So. And hopefully, with the way things are going with Gen Z, we can. We can spawn more CJ Pearsons. But I do have a very fun, very cute scrolling time today. It is all cute babies. So if you don't like cute babies, you can scroll away, but let's get into it. All right? This first video is very cute. And you know that this mama is raising her babies, right? Because big sister is trying to pray the diaper rash away for her little brother. Watch this.
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Sam
Go away in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah. Go away right now in the name of Jesus. Amen. Every single. Every single vava. Go away in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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CJ Pearson
Amen.
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Sam
Hallelujah.
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CJ Pearson
You feel better, Oliver?
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Haley Karenia
Feel better, Oliver. In the name of Jesus, I hope that that diaper rash goes away. I have no idea when this video was posted, how long it is, but I think Jesus probably took away that diaper rash for that baby by now.
- [36:31]
Unknown Guest
Oh, you know, beloved. Beloved of the children. You know, it's the. The faithful child.
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Haley Karenia
How sweet is that? That this is serving the name.
- [36:37]
Unknown Guest
And then five min, the older siblings shoving pudding in the baby's face.
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Haley Karenia
Yeah, this is short lived. Like a short lived nice moment between these two siblings. But oh, they're both so little and she's, she knows Jesus already. So that's, I think that that's pretty wonderful. But this next one, this baby is doing his best Trump impression. So take a look at this.
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Sam
Who are you? Who?
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Haley Karenia
He's got the. First of all, he's got the blonde hair. He's got a great head of blonde hair. And he's got the face down. Right.
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Unknown Guest
He's got like, he's got that eyebrow thing happening.
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Haley Karenia
Yeah. Like he's got the lip and the eyebrow kind of like a very serious face and he's got the, the lip.
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Unknown Guest
So maybe we can, we can get him working with friend of the show Sean Farish to sort of.
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Haley Karenia
This will be Sean Farish's project in 20 years. He'll be on SNL and because they'll still be talking about Trump. So I thought that he was cute. So this next guy, this little guy, his name is Russell and apparently he asked his mom for ice cream. So they drove him to ice cream. If only he could stay awake for it. Watch Russell Nunez.
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Sam
You wanted to go get ice cream? Yes. Stay awake. No, Mom. Yes, I know.
- [38:15]
Haley Karenia
And he's asleep again. And he's awake. You gotta stay awake.
- [38:26]
Sam
We drove all the way to Chick Fil a to get ice cream.
- [38:29]
Haley Karenia
Stay awake.
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Sam
No. Okay, yes.
- [38:38]
Haley Karenia
You could tell his eyes are closing. He's trying to stay awake. And then his eyes close, you could see his body just falling into the nap, falling into the deep slumber.
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Unknown Guest
What I'm getting out of this is, it's nighttime. This kid is like riding the, Riding the zone of like he is in his sweet spot to go down. Mom does a favor and if she goes through with this ice cream cone.
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Haley Karenia
He'S up, up, up.
- [39:02]
Unknown Guest
He's jacked.
- [39:03]
Haley Karenia
Yep.
- [39:03]
Unknown Guest
So like, you know, the ice cream cone was a figment of his imagination. I'm turning the car around 100%.
- [39:11]
Haley Karenia
If I would have said leave the sleeping baby, go into the Chick Fil a drive thru, get yourself some ice cream because you made the trip and then hope that your son doesn't wake up and find out that you had ice cream and he didn't. But yes, I would have said it's your imagination.
- [39:29]
Unknown Guest
It was great.
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Haley Karenia
How was it good for ice cream? Speaking of Chick Fil A, this little baby is eating Chick Fil A with the famous Polynesian sauce, but make it patriotic. Watch this.
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Sam
What sauce did you have at Chick Fil A? The purple one. How do you say it? Polynesian Paus. Allegiance to the flag.
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CJ Pearson
That's right.
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Sam
Polynesian. Say it again. Pacho. Listen to the flags.
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Haley Karenia
You know that she's. She's, she's learning the pledge Allegiance. Pledge of allegiance in school, which is great to know that they're still learning that unless they're teaching it at home. But I love how Polynesian sauce becomes pledge allegiance to the flag sauce. I like it. Make it patriotic. Can I get an eagle screech for that one? And we're gonna end the show on that note. Thank you for watching on this Friday evening. I know it's fun to start your weekend off on a nice note, so thank you for doing that. Thank you to all my homies in the chat. If you want to join them and watch the show live, you got to do it on rumble rumble.com Haley subscribe to the Bongino Report channel. Listen at 6pm Eastern Time or whenever you want on your favorite podcast platforms, and I will see you right back here on Monday. Have a great weekend.
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Sam
Sam.