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Carol Markowitz
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Carol Markowitz
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
And I'm Mary Kathryn Hamm. We've been around the block in media and we're doing things differently.
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Carol Markowitz
Normally is about real conversations, thoughtful, try to be funny, grounded, and no panic.
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
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Carol Markowitz
Join us every Tuesday and Thursday Normally.
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
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Michelle Backus
Up on Special Report, Matt Gaetz withdraws his nomination as attorney general. RAV's Brian Glenn joins us live from D.C. to break it down.
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Emily Finn
And three illegal aliens are arrested in Massachusetts for raping children as the Democrat governor there vows to resist Trump's mass deportation plans. We will discuss with RAV's Tara Dahlia.
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Bo Davidson
And Pete Hegseth is coming under fire after a police report from an incident seven years ago in California comes to light. We'll discuss why Trump's pick for defense secretary says he is completely cleared of wrongdoing. All of that and more right now on SPECIAL report.
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Michelle Backus
And welcome in to SPECIAL REPORT on this eventful Thursday, November 21st. I'm Michelle Backus here with Bo Davidson and Emily Finn. Breaking just a few hours ago, Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his nomination as attorney general in a surprising about face. And Donald Trump's first blow as he assembles his cabinet.
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Emily Finn
That's right, Michelle. And this comes just after J.D. vance was accompanying Gates on Capitol Hill yesterday to speak with Republican lawmakers, ostensibly about a House Ethics Committee report that could be made public. Republicans have been in a precarious position about whether to vote for or against the report's release, but that became moot today with Gates withdrawal. And joining us is our D.C. wiz and wunderkind Brian Glynn. Brian, great to have you with us to break this all down.
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Brian Glynn
Thanks, guys. Good afternoon. Thanks for having me on.
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Emily Finn
Yeah, well, you know, Gates made this announcement via X today stating he was becoming a, a distraction and he didn't want to stand in the way of the Trump administration's efforts. So what do you think prompted this sudden withdrawal, Brian?
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Brian Glynn
Well, you know, this morning on American Sunrise, I sat in this very spot and I said, this nomination, this confirmation is going to go through. There's absolutely no chance that gets derailed. How wrong was I? I think at the end of the day, there was so much pressure on this, there was so much attention on this confirmation that, you know, it becomes a major distraction in this transitional point in the Trump administration. And I think that, you know, Gates did the very honorable thing by saying, let me just proactively withdraw myself from this and let's focus on this transition and saving this country and get this Cabinet confirmed in the Senate. So I can admire what Matt Gaetz did. I'm sure that he had the support of the president on this decision. And, but I will say this, and we talked a little bit about this before the show. Matt is loved by the base that. Absolutely loved. He's one of the firebrands that we had in Congress. I'm going to miss him in Congress, although that is a very red seat. So we will. You know, I don't think we're going to lose that seat, but we are going to lose a fighter. But I don't think this is the last time we're going to see Matt Gaetz. As far as an elected official. I don't know what level, but Matt Gaetz loves this country and I don't think it's his last time we're going to see him.
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Michelle Backus
Yeah, he was a fighter and he was loyal to Trump, which Trump has said adamantly he's picking people that are loyal and going to fight for the agenda. But, you know, Brian, it kind of seemed like the Republicans were going to vote to not release this report, which would prevent the Senate from seeing it. Did you anticipate that if he were to continue this process that the Senate would have rejected his nomination?
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Brian Glynn
I don't know if they would have rejected it, but I think it would have been as dirty or if dirtier than the Kavanaugh hearings. This would have been some, some damning information, in my opinion, that would have came out. And of course, the left, the media loves, they would do probably a primetime special on this. And I don't think at the end of the day, Matt was willing to go through that and drag the country through that. I, I do think at the end of the day he would have gotten confirmed, but it would have been a very messy process. And I think in the best interest of the country and for this transitioning team, I think he made the right decision.
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Emily Finn
Well, Brian, my question today has been who in the transition team made the call today? Was it Trump? Was it someone who's read the report? Did Trump just find out what's in it and feared it would be leaked? What is your theory and who made this call? Because it sounded like you made it sound like it really was Matt's decision. But do you really think that maybe someone made the call to him and saying Matt we love you, we appreciate your support, but it's just become too much and we got to make the call on this. What do you think happened?
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Brian Glynn
Yeah, if I was just to speculate, and I don't know this by fact, but if I was to speculate, I would imagine it is President Trump, he is in charge of everything, and I would only imagine that he might have suggested to Matt, would you consider stepping aside? And of course, Matt is as respectful as he is to President Trump, he's willing to do that. So if I was to speculate, and I don't have this for factual, but I would imagine it was President Trump and at the end of the day that suggested Matt step aside, that's just my opinion. Don't know if it's fact, but knowing the situation, kind of knowing how it works, that I would put my, my, my money on that.
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Michelle Backus
Well, it's no secret that MAGA loves Matt, as we know. So how do you think that MAGA world is reacting to all of this? Do you believe that they're going to understand it and move on to the next nomination for ag or do you think that they're going to hold on to this?
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Brian Glynn
No, I think they're willing to grieve a little bit. As we left, I think we've lost a fighter in Congress and now as far as Attorney General, but I do think we have some great people that will be nominated. I do expect Pam Bondi to get that, that nomination from Trump, and I think she'll have no problem going through the Senate. That's just my opinion. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, good friend of mine, a fighter there in Texas. He has been through so much there in that state. About a year and a half ago, they tried to basically get him expelled, was unsuccessful on that. So those are my two front runners on this. But I do think Pam Bondi has the edge. I think at this point, guys, we need loyalist in that position. We need people that are willing to go ahead and get things done. I'm, I met a J. Sixer yesterday that just got out of the court, that peacefully walked in the Capitol and peacefully walked out, didn't hit an officer, didn't steal anything. Now they're facing jail time. Those are the things we need to work on in the Department of Justice and those getting the corruption out right now. And Pam Bondi, if she was to be that AG pick, I think would focus on that. But whoever it is, must go in with the mindset of getting stuff done. So being a loyalist, I think is Number one in this position.
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Emily Finn
Yeah, Pam Bundy is a great suggestion, Brian. I know with this report, at least those who had read it said that it was pretty salacious, that it was pretty damning and there were some receipts possibly on it. So it sounds like it was pretty damning. But let's talk about Matt Gaetz's future because as you mentioned, it might not be ending right now. So what does this mean for his future? Do you think Trump might nominate him to a non confirmable position from the Senate or does he go back to Florida politics and see if maybe Ron DeSantis gives him Marco Rubio's Senate seat? Where do you think he can still make a difference?
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Brian Glynn
Yeah, I think he can definitely make a difference. He's young, he's highly intelligent, he's a fighter. We know his passion is there. I see him going back to Florida and taking a little bit of a reset and letting some grass grow under his feet. Take a deep breath, set back, let this administration get going and then perhaps there's something that will fall into, into place for him in Florida where I know that he is hugely successful. I mean, his race, his district is one of the first ones that's called every single year. I mean, if the polls close at 7 o', clock, but by 702, Matt Gates is your winner. So let's see how it plays out. But it is a, I think it's a major disappointment that this is, this is how this, this story ended with Matt Gates as far as being Attorney General. But I think at the end of the day, we need to get someone in there that can get the job done. And if it's, if we can get someone else confirmed and get them through the Senate and not, and get away from the circus, the media circus, because they were going to play this out. There were stories in the New York Times, every single political news outlet had their story ready to go after Gates. Matter of fact, I can confirm right now there's people still on his trail trying to get, you know, comments from him. They're not going to let this go. They're going to try to drag this into the Republican Party. Even though he's no longer a candidate for ag, they're still going to use that narrative against us like they will do every other person through this confirmation process.
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Michelle Backus
Well, to your point, Brian, if he does end up going back to Florida and doing something with Florida politics, I mean, I've run numerous amounts of political campaigns before. You build a very heavy oppo file on your competitors, do you think this is going to continue to follow him?
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Brian Glynn
That's a good question. At the end of the day, how much is the public willing to forgive and forget and just move on with someone? You know, there's a level that some of this stuff and some of this, you know, it's unconfirmed. But some of these allegations can, can only go so far. But when you go to the top of the political spectrum, Attorney General or even higher, that's when some of this stuff can bring you down. So it depends on what he chooses to do in Florida that I, I, at the end of the day, think that Floridians will forgive and forget and move on, and they're willing to support Matt for whatever he does. That's just my personal opinion. And I think most Americans, Michelle, probably would agree with me no matter where they live.
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Emily Finn
Well, and a lot of people look past, A lot of people look past Bill Clinton.
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Michelle Backus
Time heals a lot.
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Emily Finn
Short giving, shortcomings as well. I mean, let's be honest. He became president. Well, Brian, let's switch gears a minute and talk about the fact that James Comer has created a Doge subcommittee chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene to work with Elon Musk. Tell us all the details that we need to know about this.
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Brian Glynn
Okay. This is going to be a fantastic subcommittee under the Oversight Committee that sits head up by James Comer. This is going to work hand in hand with Elon and Vivek in really digging deep and getting some of the corruption out of our government. You know, that's when I go to rallies and people say, well, when I ask them what's the number one thing you want to do? It's always like, you know, close the border, you know, reverse the economy, but it's also drain the swamp. And this is going to do a deep dive on that. So what this committee is going to do is provide a congressional backup to what they're doing. They don't have subpoena power. So Vivek and Elon do not have subpoena power. She does in that subcommittee. So when they find, when they find, when they, through their discovery, find someone, they find something that needs to be looked at. She has subpoena power in that subcommittee to do that. And I think this is really where you start making the cuts, being that it's a congressional body there. This is Congress, you know, controls the budgets. They control, they control the power of the purse. And this is where it starts. This is huge. From what I understand, there is a laundry list of people that want to serve on the subcommittee. They are lining up. I have never seen so many people willingly volunteer to serve on a committee than we do right here with the.
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Emily Finn
Yeah, and, and you guys were in the studio with us just a couple weeks ago. You don't need to give Marjorie much impetus to. She's rip roaring ready to go, isn't she, Brian?
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Brian Glynn
She is. And you know, she's a very successful businesswoman, obviously. She's very savvy in politics. She knows how to cut through all the. Excuse my language.
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Carol Markowitz
That's all we need, business people.
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Emily Finn
Well, thank you, Brian, so much. We appreciate you.
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Michelle Backus
Thanks, Brian.
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Emily Finn
We'll be back in just a moment. Stay with us.
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Hamm.
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Carol Markowitz
And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time.
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
Long enough to know that it's gotten, well, a little insane.
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Carol Markowitz
That's why we started Normally a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity.
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor.
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Carol Markowitz
We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously.
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
So if you're into common sense, sanity, and some occasional sass, you're our kind of people. Catch new episodes of Normally every Tuesday.
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Carol Markowitz
And Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you list.
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Emily Finn
Welcome back to Special report. The anti Semitic Israel hating International Criminal Court. The ICC issued arrest warrants today for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense chief Yoav Gallant and the Hamas military chief stating Netanyahu and Gallant were criminally responsible for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
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Bo Davidson
Yeah, that's right, Bo. This comes only two days after newly selected Senate Majority Leader John Thune threatened to slap sanctions on the ICC and if it didn't drop the arrest warrant charges. For discussion, let's bring in our co host and host of threat assessment, Tara Dahl. Tara, what does all of this mean? Can you break it down for us?
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Carol Markowitz
Well, this goes to show how anti Semitic, like you said, not only has the ICC gone after Israel, but they've also gone after American troops in Afghanistan. And we know that under the Trump administration, they went after American troops. For Afghanistan, they also went after Israel. And what did Trump do? Trump put sanctions on the icc and then what did Biden do when he came in in 2021? He lifted those sanctions. And so what? Now John Thune is saying that he should he'll threaten sanctions. We know that Senator Graham had come out too and said that they should slap sanctions on the ICC as well. So I mean, the ICC was established to be able to go after countries that do not have a democratic court system. Well, Israel has the most democratic court system in the Middle East. They're a western country. They have a democratic court system. So there is no reason for the ICC to be able to have sanction and arrest after or off of in Israel. And I'll have to say too, like, why are they not sanctioning Iran? Why are they not sanctioning the ayatollahs? Why are they not sanctioning Assad in Syria for the war in 2013? 11. So this is just something that the ICC, they need to be sanctioned. They're irrelevant. And it's just a disgrace that this happened.
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Emily Finn
It seems completely backwards, Tara. Well, what are other countries saying they will do in enforcing the ICC decision and how will this impact things? Explain that to me.
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Carol Markowitz
Yeah, well, that is what is so disturbing, I think, is to see these countries that have come out, the foreign or the foreign chief for the EU came out and said that they will enforce these ICC arrest warrants. They also said France came out and said that they will enforce it. Ireland came out and said they will, the Netherlands, Jordan. So you're seeing these European countries come out and saying Canada has said that they will enforce it. So that means that if Netanyahu or Gallant goes into these countries that they can arrest Netanyahu. Can you imagine that? Look at Canada, France. So that is what is so disturbing over all of this, guys. But ultimately, I hope in the Trump administration that you will defund the U.N. you know, America is the number one funder of the U.N. and they need to defund the U.N. but we should not be spending. Not that the ICC is getting funds from the U.S. but the U.N. in general, we just need to defund it, I think, period.
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Bo Davidson
Yeah. Well, Tara, I want to bring this back to the home front here. There's a large caravan of about 1500 illegals heading from inside Mexico to the US southern border trying to enter our country before President elect Trump gets into office. Do you think that there's going to be a mad rush at the border before Trump does indeed get inaugurated?
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Carol Markowitz
Well, we've known that since December. You have had the Mexican government Biden offic, Biden officials blinking Mallorcas went down to Mexico. Right. They made that deal with the Mexican government to be able to keep those illegals inside Mexico for political reasons. That means that you have had over 100,000, 150,000 illegals in Mexico that have been either waiting for the CBP1 app applications to go through or have been waiting to cross the southern border, and they've been held back by the Mexican military and Mexico. And now you're starting to see them say, you know what, we've been waiting long enough, and we want to come into the United States before Trump takes office. Because they know that after Trump takes office, he's going to shut down the border. And so now these caravans are coming up to the southern border, and I don't think Mexico can even hold them back. That large amount of people when they've been down there for over a year now, almost a year, waiting to come across the border. So we'll see how this all plays out and how many are coming. But we know the message is you can come in, but you're going to be sent right back as soon as Trump takes office, and you're going to be part of those deportation plans. So it's kind of just a useless thing to come across the border.
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Bo Davidson
Yeah. That was one of his biggest campaign promises, was those mass deportations.
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Carol Markowitz
Yeah.
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Emily Finn
Tara, I want to turn your attention to Boston for a moment and some very disturbing news. ICE in Boston announced that they arrested two illegal immigrants for raping children in Massachusetts, as well as a third individual who was convicted of raping a child in Brazil and was hiding in the US what's going on here?
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Carol Markowitz
Yeah, I mean, this is something that. This is the exact reason why President Trump has a mandate that he has right now from the American people. Over 60% of the American people want to see these mass deportations take place. And this is the reason why, you know, and then you have these sanctuary cities where they are allowing these criminals to take cover in their own cities, and they're raping. We just had the Lake and Riley trial. The illegal from Venezuela that was just found guilty of murdering Lake and Riley, part of the tda, part of Trend Gang. So this is what's happening, and this is all the consequences of Biden and Harris. But you cannot over. I cannot overestimate the public safety threat that the Biden and Harris administration have put the American citizens in right now.
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Bo Davidson
That's very well said, Tara. Great way to put that. Now, this all comes after Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy said her state will not cooperate with President Elect Trump's plans for mass deportation. So how can she harbor criminals that are literally raping children in her state? How is this possible?
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Carol Markowitz
Well, the governor of Massachusetts, the mayor of Boston, they came out and said, you Know what? We're going to be not blocking the illegals that are killing and raping our people in our state and in our communities, but they're going to block the deportation efforts of Trump to be able to take those criminals off the street. So just think of that. It's almost like you can think of the governor of the mayor at a house. They open up their house and they allow murderers, criminals, illegals into the house and then they shut the door and they don't let law enforcement come in to remove those criminals. When you have children in your house, that's kind of what's happening there. They're bringing in these illegals into their states and into their communities, and then they're blocking ice, blocking law enforcement from removing them from their communities. So. But Tom Holman is not having any of it.
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Brian Glynn
Oh, no.
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Emily Finn
Yeah, let's talk about that, Terry, real quickly. We've got about 45 seconds left. Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, his pick, has sent a very strong message to these Democratic mayors and governors who are vowing to block ICE efforts by saying a simple get out of the way. Do you think that they will have to step aside and allow the deportations to take place?
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Carol Markowitz
I think absolutely they will. I think like we said, as a new sheriff in town, you're not going to have the same holdup that you did with the courts. I don't believe in 2016 under the Trump administration. I think you're going to see very different rulings in the courts on this because of the danger and the public safety threat that we're seeing. And you're just, you know, they're raping children, murdering. So I think it's going to be very different. And Tom Holman, he's not taking any of their anything from them, any pushback at all. So he's not having any of it.
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Emily Finn
Absolutely. Well, Tom's a great pick. I met him about two years ago and my mom wanted her picture with him because she said, tom, you are a bad ass. And it's true, he is.
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Carol Markowitz
Yeah.
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Emily Finn
Thank you so much, Tara doll. We appreciate you.
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Carol Markowitz
Thanks, guys.
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Emily Finn
Well, coming up, it definitely wasn't your grandparents election. You can say that again. We break down the crucial role alternative media had in Trump's victory with a fan favorite conservative and his who's live in the studio right here at RAV in West Palm Beach. We'll be right back.
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Ham.
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Carol Markowitz
And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long Time long enough to know that.
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
It'S gotten, well, a little insane.
- [21:25]
Carol Markowitz
That's why we started normalely a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity.
- [21:31]
Mary Kathryn Hamm
We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling, and with a healthy dose of humor.
- [21:37]
Carol Markowitz
We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously.
- [21:41]
Mary Kathryn Hamm
So if you're into common sense, sanity and some occasional sass, you're our kind of people. Catch new episodes of normally every Tuesday.
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Carol Markowitz
And Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
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Michelle Backus
And welcome back to Special Report. One thing is for sure, this isn't your grandparents election. We saw that. And a crucial component of Trump's victory was podcasters, YouTubers and social media influencers.
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Emily Finn
Yep. And in fact, that's exactly how he was able to gain popularity with the younger generation. One that is primarily consuming content via these platforms. And one very influential voice was the part is Conservative Ant, who joins us live now in studio for more Conservative Ant, AKA Anthony. How important was non traditional media in this election cycle?
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Super important. It was super important because we're targeting a totally different generation of people. Right. You know, we don't have the newspaper people anymore. It's all scrollers. So influencers and people podcasts like Joe Rogan and Theo Vaughn and many more are really humanizing the conservative party in a fun way, like a cool way, you know, so it's super important for the country.
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Michelle Backus
Yeah, it's almost like we've made conservatives cool again. I think it's cool to be a conservative. And I also think not only was Trump on social media, he joined TikTok, which is huge. We finally beat Democrats at their own game. But it seems like this time around, conservatives finally caught up and learned how to be cool. So after Trump was elected, there's this viral video of Barron as a kid going around and I'm shocked at the amount of people that are now quoting it.
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Bo Davidson
Take a look. I like my suitcase.
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Emily Finn
I have to go to school now. Yeah, you will have lunch and then you go to school.
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Carol Markowitz
Now I'm gonna go, yeah, first you.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Will have lunch and then you go to school.
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Brian Glynn
Now you can do reading, writing and arithmetic.
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Michelle Backus
So everyone is talking about this video on TikTok. They're saying I like my suitcase. That's what they're saying.
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Bo Davidson
And they're doing it in funny voices.
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Michelle Backus
Or, you know, trying to be like a little kid like Barron. But everyone seems to be loving this form of media and it seems like it's putting a humanistic approach on Trump and his family as well.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
100%. I mean, down to NFL players playing, doing the whole. Yeah, this Trump thing, right? It's like it's become a trend. Listen, Trump's cool. He's been cool for decades. Everyone knows that Melania Trump is actually absolutely stunning. And I'm even seeing some liberal content creators talk about her fashion. So that was really refreshing to see.
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Michelle Backus
So you can't deny it. She has style.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
She's stunning.
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Michelle Backus
She was a supermodel.
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Emily Finn
Do you think they'll be kinder to her this time around?
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
I hope so. I mean, this woman speaks what, seven languages? I mean, she teaches her kids. She's a mother, a leader. She wrote a book. I mean, what can't she do? This is literally the epitome of strong woman. Right. Educated, strong. I thought we were all trash. Right? We're all trash. All women are stupid. The stupid women are the ones who voted. That's not true. It's complete opposite.
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Emily Finn
Anthony, I gotta know, how do you come up with your content? Because is it spur of the moment?
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Carefree Largo
Do you plan it?
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Emily Finn
You're obviously very successful in doing this. And there's probably a lot of content creators out there right now who are thinking, how do I be like you? How do I create something so memorable? So how do you do it?
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Michelle Backus
But it's also impactful. It has a message.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Yeah, I would say be like you, though. Like, so, you know, it's. I don't really think too far behind it. I want the emotion behind it that everybody else is feeling when they're watching the news. And I've done that from the jump. So it started off as an accident, really, and now it's just a thing where, of course, you perfect your craft a little bit. You read what people like and what they don't like. But it is me. I mean, it takes probably one take maximum, but usually I. And I'm not an editor. I don't edit or add stuff to it. It's just. And when people come over, they're like, oh, he really did just leave the room and do a video because. Something that he researched.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
And.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Yeah, I really just do it off the cusp.
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Michelle Backus
Well, there are talks now that these social media influencers, citizen journalists, will have an opportunity to go to the White House and be part of this press pool. What's your take on all of that?
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
I think it's absolutely amazing that finally there is an administration that realizes how important we, the people are.
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Michelle Backus
Yeah.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
And so it's not just me, it's you guys. It's all of the influencers and independent journalists that made it possible for Americans to finally be like, okay, I relate with this. I don't relate with legacy media. Like, I don't relate with what they're dishing out. And they've really just kind of chosen or decided to watch different things that they relate to. So we've been able to do that. We've believed in the administration, we believe in Donald Trump, and so it's great to know that we'll be in there hopefully one day.
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Michelle Backus
Let me follow up. When do you think that shift happened, personally, based off your experience that people started shifting away from the mainstream media? Because I remember strictly a little bit after Covid, when people started questioning things and then the censorship happened, and all of a sudden you're like, something doesn't add up.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Yeah, I would probably say around that time as well. It gave us a lot of time in our houses to do our own research, which is where a lot of the influencers were born. And I know. I hate that word influencers. It's like, well, what are you influencing me to do? Right.
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Brian Glynn
Yeah.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
I really think it's just independent journalism and commentary that created this new world of podcasting and journalism. And it's super important that we recognize that. We recognize that that's what changed the trajectory of our elections.
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Emily Finn
Anthony, last time you were on the show, you talked about how it was harder for you to come out as a conservative than as a gay man. And I'm curious, you know, you think about Rick Grenell being such a big part of the last administration. It was always thought that the LGBT community had a stranglehold by the Democrats. Are you seeing more gay people become conservative and be more comfortable speaking out about it?
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Oh, yeah, 100%. So Rick Grinnell is great. Log Cabin Republicans. I've done a lot of stuff with. And you know, the reason why it's harder to come out as conservative was. I think it was harder than it is now, because now we're cool, right?
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Michelle Backus
Yeah, we're cool now.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
So it was harder because, yeah, the Democrats kind of put that stamp on us where they're like, you're gay, you're a liberal, you're black, you're a liberal. And so now we're seeing where we're like, hey, we're not with this woke stuff and this pronoun stuff and this gender affirming care and all this crap. We're not with that. And we were just scared. They were Just scared before. And now we have a voice, and we're starting to come forward. I get tons of messages from the LGBT community saying, thank you so much, because I don't want to be canceled. And I said, that's okay. I got you. I'll do it for you.
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Michelle Backus
You see so much rhetoric, especially with mainstream media saying that Trump is a homophobe and Trump is a racist, X, Y, and Z, speaking specifically to anyone in the gay community. What would you tell them?
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Trump is complete opposite of that. I mean, he holds the LGBT or the Log Cabin Republicans there all the time. We've been to many dinners there. We had. There was a gay wedding at Mar a Lago. I mean, this is a man that has been in Hollywood for a long time. Like, a lot of people don't know. Eric Trump officiated a wedding, a gay wedding before. So these are things that are just a false statement by the media that are trying to scare people. I mean, anytime Trump is around the gay guys, he's like, you're good looking. You guys all look great.
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Emily Finn
Is that a good impression? Anthony, what was your most viral thing that you've ever created? I want to know that, and I want to know also, what's the one that you would say is the most meaningful to you, you that you ever put out?
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
One of the most viral videos was one of the original during COVID when I was absolutely disgusted with the way people were locked down. And we were living in Illinois at the time, so not only locked down, but we're, like, locked down every month.
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Michelle Backus
You guys were like animals in cages.
- [30:12]
Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Yeah, we really were. And so I just felt for the country as riots were going on and they were not held to the same standard as everybody else was. We were locked down. We couldn't go to field and da, da, da, and all the things, right? So I just put my camera up and I slammed my hands on the table, and I was like, all right, I'm done. And so that was kind of like the kickoff, too, for my social media.
- [30:32]
Emily Finn
And most meaningful to you?
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Most meaningful video to me, huh? I guess it would be probably when Trump won. It's just. It feels good to be. It's like you're validated. Like, everything you did was that, like, it meant something.
- [30:47]
Michelle Backus
So what was your initial thought when he won? What was your reaction?
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
I can't believe. I can't believe this. I mean, I had to stare at the tv, and I was like, we did it. We won. Yes, we. Yes, we won. So it was a great feeling. My heart dropped. In a good way.
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Brian Glynn
Yeah.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Yeah.
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Michelle Backus
Well, and then to further that, I believe when he won the popular vote was when I was shocked because we.
- [31:11]
Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Felt like we weren't the only one. Like, I was like. I knew it.
- [31:14]
Emily Finn
Yeah.
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Michelle Backus
It brought me back to 2016.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Yes.
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Michelle Backus
Yeah. 2016. 2016, Trump vote.
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Emily Finn
Yep. Absolutely. I mean, look, 2016, 2024 popular vote. It's a mandate at this point. You're right. More people felt like we had a brotherhood, that everyone was on the same team, you know?
- [31:29]
Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Yeah, I agree.
- [31:30]
Michelle Backus
Well, I'll tell you what. I wore my MAGA hat all around the Atlanta airport, and I was getting high fives after that. So I think the times are changing, guys.
- [31:37]
Emily Finn
Sure.
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
For sure.
- [31:38]
Emily Finn
Well, coming up, first of all, thank you, Anthony. We appreciate you for being here.
- [31:41]
Michelle Backus
Conservative aunt, yes.
- [31:43]
Emily Finn
Conservative aunt, yes. Follow him, Follow him. Coming up later on in the show, we sit down with our very own Rav Ambassador, Carefree Largo. You don't want to miss it. Stay tuned.
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
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Carol Markowitz
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Carol Markowitz
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Bo Davidson
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Bo Davidson
Well, welcome back to Special Reports. The news of Matt Gaetz withdrawing from Attorney general consideration puts a renewed spotlight on who Trump is picking to serve in his next administration.
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Emily Finn
And we want to welcome one of our favorite Real America's Voice viewers and carefree Largo to to the show to discuss what changes we will see in D.C. moving forward. Carefree, welcome to be on the couch here at SPECIAL REPORT and not on Zoom.
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Carefree Largo
Thank you very much. And it's a pleasure to actually meet you and to see you again.
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Bo Davidson
Yeah, it's great to have you. Carefree.
- [34:09]
Carefree Largo
Thank you.
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Bo Davidson
So things didn't exactly work out for Matt Gaetz like he hoped it was going to. And we're seeing some reports that some of the other picks that, you know, Trump wants for his administration, they may have a tough time getting confirmed in the Senate. I'm talking about Pete Hegsett. He's taken facing some backlash right now after a police report from an incident seven years ago in California has come to light. There was a woman who accused him of sexual assault, but the charges reportedly went nowhere. Hegseth says that he's completely cleared of wrongdoing. So my question is, do you think that he's going to follow suit with Matt Gaetz and maybe bow out just to avoid distractions for President Trump?
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Carefree Largo
I don't think so. I think in Hegseth's situation that he more closely identified and actually just talked about the situation that happened many, many years ago. So this is actually nothing new to him or to anyone that's in the know with that situation. It might be something new to the American public, but a lot of us had already read that in the magazines anyway.
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Emily Finn
So were you surprised by any of the Cabinet picks so far? And tell me who of those you've seen thus far you're really excited about?
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Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Oh, boy.
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Carefree Largo
As far as Pete Hegseth is somebody I think actually to be very excited about because he might bring in a different type of leadership in to surround him in that role. I was disappointed to hear about Matt Gaetz because I thought that he would really jump out there and be an exciting guy to follow. But I think that there are other as exciting people that could come in, Pam Bondi or several other people like that. They could fill that position with equal vigor. Outside of that, I have to admit that I am a huge fan of RFK Jr when it comes to making America Healthy again. I think that if we had somebody like him driving that narrative here in America, it makes an impact almost day one. And as long as he's not messing around with President Trump's oil and gas, I think he'll have the handcuffs off to do what he needs to do. And that could be exciting for my grandkids. And that excites me.
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Bo Davidson
Yeah, absolutely. We saw President Trump talk about that quite a bit during his rallies leading up to the election. Doesn't want him to touch the oil and gas, but definitely wants him to make America healthy again. Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail, including mass deportations of illegal immigrants, ending the war in Ukraine. So do you think he's going to be able to make good on these promises?
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Carefree Largo
Sure, absolutely. Promises made, promises kept. That was the first administration. It's going to be even stronger in the second administration. People are going to use the argument that it's not economically feasible to deport all these people. My argument would be, how feasible is it economically to keep them here with just the amount of money that we've already spent, putting them in hotels, giving them food, sending them to the doctors and all that, we could have deported them and all their friends twice. So the idea of a deportation is not a problem. It's the mass. When you put the mass in front of it, then people get really upset because they get visions of the tearful walk of the Indians that President Andrew did and things like that. This is not the case. We have people in this country that, even if they don't intend on being terrorists, are bringing in diseases that we've conquered in this country years and years ago. It just doesn't work when you have a flood across the border. An invasion is an invasion. No matter what term you give it. It's never a good thing. And having it reversed and having the money flow the right way again would be a good thing for everybody involved, for sure.
- [37:32]
Bo Davidson
And it's not just economic. I mean, can you really put a price tag on our safety? We saw everything with Lake and Riley, and that's just one example. I think young women across the country.
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Emily Finn
Absolutely. And something Trump did that a lot of Republicans have not been able to do carefree was win the popular vote. Yes. And, you know, you heard Democrats say for many years, well, we won the popular vote. Let's get rid of the Electoral College. You can't say that this time around. What do you think was the main reason that Trump won the popular vote?
- [37:57]
Carefree Largo
I think the main reason that he actually won the popular vote is because he went out and asked for it where nobody else really did. He went out and he asked the Hispanic community. He went to them. He didn't ask them to come to him. He went to the black community. He went to the poor, poor community. He went to the rich community, and he asked them to all come join him. And it's just the first great step toward a more unified America, which makes us safer, it makes us richer, and it makes us a happier country.
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Bo Davidson
Absolutely. Well said. Now, carefree. I do want to get your take on this. It was absolutely crazy. I saw this latest poll from the Democrats, and I just couldn't believe it. So this is according to this survey released by Puck News and Echelon Insights. It says that Kamala Harris is still the preferred candidate for the Democrats to run in 2028. In fact, 41% say they want her to run again. She's polling way higher than liberals like California Governor Gavin Newsom or Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who both have less than 10% in comparison. So have the left completely lost their minds?
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Carefree Largo
I think so. I mean, all I can really say to a story like that is, I'd be glad to donate. I'll give you 100 bucks, 200 bucks if you'll run again in.
- [39:11]
Emily Finn
No problem.
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Carefree Largo
Not a problem at all. People forget that even though she ran against Trump for the presidency, she was never nominated for that.
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Bo Davidson
Great points. They just crowned her.
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Carefree Largo
They weren't Biden for that. They just threw her in there and said, you know, we'll do what we want to do. And I said it before and I'll say it again. The Democratic Party picked the two people that Donald Trump could trounce. That would do the least damage to the Democratic Party moving forward. And if they are talking about running her again in 28, it's because they're worried about Vance.
- [39:40]
Bo Davidson
Wow, that's a great point.
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Emily Finn
That's true. Well, before we let you go, got about 30 seconds left. As one of our esteemed RAV viewers, what do you like so much about Real America's Voice? As a viewer, Real America's Voice does.
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Carefree Largo
Things very, very differently. You have me on the show. I mean, a guy like me who just got into the chat and was honest and open, and somebody said, hey, I like that thought. Why don't you come in and tell us about it? Nobody else would do that. In fact, when I do catch other shows on TV and I hear somebody say something, I think, ooh, I gotta chat something about that.
- [40:11]
Conservative Ant (Anthony)
Right?
- [40:11]
Carefree Largo
Because our RAV chat family. They just make my day. There's, there's not a single day that goes by I can get in chat at 3 o' clock in the morning and there's people there.
- [40:20]
Bo Davidson
That's amazing. Well, carefree, you made my day being on the show. Thank you so much for being here.
- [40:24]
Carefree Largo
Thank you.
- [40:25]
Bo Davidson
All right. Well, coming up, Marjorie Taylor Greene joins us to talk about the Doge subcommittee. You don't want to miss this. We'll be right back after the break.
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Mary Kathryn Hamm
Hey there. I'm Mary Kathryn Hamm.
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Carol Markowitz
And I'm Carol Markowitz. We've been in political media for a long time, long enough to know that.
- [40:42]
Mary Kathryn Hamm
It'S gotten, well, a little insane.
- [40:45]
Carol Markowitz
That's why we started normalely a podcast for people who are over the hysteria and just want clarity.
- [40:51]
Mary Kathryn Hamm
We talk about the issues that actually matter to the country without panic, without yelling and with a healthy dose of humor.
- [40:57]
Carol Markowitz
We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take the truth seriously.
- [41:02]
Mary Kathryn Hamm
So if you're into common sense, sanity and some occasional sass, you're our kind of people. Catch new episodes of normally every Tuesday.
- [41:09]
Carol Markowitz
And Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
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Bo Davidson
All right. Welcome back to SPECIAL report. It has been a crazy busy news cycle ever since the November 5th election. Donald Trump won in a massive victory, even winning the popular vote. And now everyone's thinking about what's going to come next, what's going to look or what is DC Going to look like coming up? Well, joining us now is Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to give us some insight about what the next administration may look like. So, Marjorie, some breaking news today with Matt Gaetz. What's your reaction to him kind of bowing out here?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Well, I like everyone else, I'm very disappointed. You know, here's what frustrates me. Washington, D.C. is full of secrets. And if they're going to roll out reports on Matt Gaetz, basically threatening him and forcing him out, then they need to release all the other secrets on everybody else. And that's what I'm having a hard time with today. I believe in truth and transparency and I believe the American people deserve more. You know, there's these sexual harassment lawsuits that claims that were were settled using taxpayer funded dollars in these cases against lawmakers. And this has been known about for years. And that list has never been publicized. I think lists like that should come out if we're going to be single, you know, picking out single reports on certain people. But I know Matt Gaetz very well and I've watched him fight for years and fought alongside him in Congress. And I know that whatever Matt Gaetz goes on to do, he's going to do a great job at it.
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Michelle Backus
Congresswoman, have you checked in with Matt Gaetz since the announcement, or do you have any idea how he's doing or if he said anything since?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
I haven't spoken with him today, not yet. But I've seen, you know, his posts, I've seen Ginger posting. So I personally don't know. But, you know, he's a tough guy and I think he'll do well, and I look forward to seeing, you know, what's, what's his next chapter.
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Emily Finn
Well, Congresswoman, let's go to other big news of the day, which is James Comer naming you to be chair of the Department of Government Efficiency, working in tandem with Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk. Tell us, Congresswoman, what are going to be the goals of this subcommittee that you will lead?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Well, we're very excited about the Doge Commission that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are co chairing together. I think this is one of the most exciting things about President Trump's next administration, and this is one of the things that the American people have wanted for so long. What our plan is on the Oversight Subcommittee on Doge is to ride alongside the Doge Commission and help do the job of oversight, which is to undercover waste, fraud and abuse. That's our role on the Oversight Committee. And so on this subcommittee that I'm very honored to chair, we will be working to uncover everything that they need exposed, whether it's unelected bureaucrats that are wasting American taxpayer dollars on all types of spending and programs that the American people don't support, or if it's some sort of audit that we need to do on a government agency or department and just exposing all the types of spending that needs to be cut. This will be, this will be something that I'll be chairing and I'll have great members of Congress working with me on the subcommittee. And we can't wait to get started. January cannot come quick enough.
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Michelle Backus
It cannot come quick enough.
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Bo Davidson
Absolutely. And I just love the name Doge. I mean, if anyone knows the meme, it just makes me laugh every time I see it. It's the perfect name for this, for this group. So, Marjorie, really quick, you're talking about cutting government waste, wasteful spending. What do you hope to see Elon and Vivek do on day one? What is the most important thing that they need to address to cut out some of this waste.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Well, day one, it's hard to pick. There's so many things. You know, they just rolled out an op ed in the Wall Street Journal and I encourage everyone to read that and they're talking about how they're going to go about it. We are so lucky that great men like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have taken this upon themselves to use their skill set in the business world and their world experience to bring it in and to cleaning up the government. One thing we know they're going to do is they're going to analyze every single department of the federal government and look at the workforce and look at the, you know, the federal government is the largest employer in the United States States. And so they're going to be using AI and different technology to zero in on the efficiency of each government department and how many employees there are there. That's one of the things I'm excited to see them do. Another thing they're going to be doing is looking at how the money is used and the massive amount of waste. We have many government programs that have had sunset clauses that are no longer authorized by government by Congress, but yet these government programs are still going. Those are government programs and expenditures that we have to end. And that's something that I'll be able to help do on this subcommittee.
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Michelle Backus
You know, I just saw a report that the Pentagon can't account for over, I believe $800 billion, which is just astronomical to me. And then you think of Biden who just said that you don't worry about it, Ukraine, you don't have to pay back, we'll forgive that loan. I mean, these are just some of the many examples of us just lighting taxpayer money on fire.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
That's right. And it's infuriating. And never forget, it's the Pentagon right now that, you know, they're authorizing use of long range missiles by Ukraine into Russia, which is an escalation by the outgoing Biden administration of the Ukraine war putting us all in danger, putting us on the verge of World War iii. We only have two months to go before President Trump assumes office. And this is the type of, this is the type of, I mean, basically look at it this way, it's practically treason that these unelected bureaucrats are escalating a war putting us all in danger. Not only are they wasting American hard earned tax dollars to the point they can't even account for it, but it's, it's the way they're making decisions that are putting our lives in danger.
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Michelle Backus
Well, Congresswoman, just to follow up on that, because we saw that Biden gave the green light for this to happen, obviously escalating this situation. We know it's not fully Biden. We know that, as you had said, unelected bureaucrats. My question, who exactly is making these decisions or pulling the strings behind the scenes? Because it's something that we still can't seem to figure out.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
You know, it's been such a frustration to me and several other members of Congress. We've talked about Joe Biden should be impeached for this. But I don't believe it's Joe Biden on his own. I think we can look at the dod, we can look at the State Department. We can look deep inside these, these gigantic government agencies and departments. I think those are the people that are making the decisions, and those are the people that need to be held accountable. Not just Joe Biden, but this is the exact type of hearings that I plan to hold on the Oversight Subcommittee on Doge. Nothing is off the table. We have to be able to go deep into these issues because they have affected all of us for decades. We're now $36 trillion in debt, and it's. It's a runaway debt with interest that is compounding every single day. Congress has a very big job to do, and our job should be to walk hand in hand to side by side with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on the Doge Commission and help President Trump accomplish this great goal in his next administration.
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Michelle Backus
What a cool sentence to hear, guys.
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Emily Finn
Congresswoman, you mentioned waste, fraud and abuse. And a name that comes to mind when I think of those three things is Anthony Fauci. Is there any chance that in this subcommittee you could call him back? You do have the subpoena power. And look at what was happening there, particularly with gain of function. Is that at all a possibility?
- [49:35]
Marjorie Taylor Greene
That's right. I will have subpoena power, and we can definitely bring accountability as far as Covid is concerned, not just with Anthony Fauci. You know, I'm hoping that that will be something that the next Attorney General will take on, because I believe. I believe Dr. Anthony Fauci is guilty of crimes against humanity and maybe some other things. I think that's something that the next Attorney General definitely should pursue, and many Americans would support that. But there's also been outrageous waste in the COVID spending of throughout the entire government, all types of agencies and grant programs. These are the type of things that I'll be able to do on the subcommittee.
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Bo Davidson
Now, Marjorie, I want to quickly switch gears here. We know that the first openly transgender member of Congress is going to be on their way to Capitol Hill and there is a push among Republicans to make sure that men use men's bathrooms, women use women's bathrooms. So talk to us a little bit about this.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Yeah, that was a big hot topic this week on the Hill. There's a guy by the name of Sarah, he calls himself Sarah McBride. His name is Tim McBride. He's going to be a member of Congress sent to us by the great state of Delaware, the same state that gave us Joe Biden. Wow. These voters, I don't know what they're thinking, but yeah, this, this dude, you know, he loves women's bathrooms. As he dresses up and pretends to be a woman, I'm sure that makes him feel quite special. I honestly think he was a lot cuter when he was Tim. But anyways, little Timmy coming to Congress. Yeah, he's, he's cute. He really was cute. I don't know what he's done to himself. I gotta find a picture and. Yeah, but let me tell you, here's the deal. Men are men. They don't have periods, they can't have babies, they can't breastfeed. And they can't be women, no matter what level they go to in their dress up, play, trying to be women. And they do not belong in our women's bathrooms, in our sports, in our locker rooms, in dorm rooms, with our daughters in college. They don't belong in any of our women's spaces. And we drew a hard line on that this week. Shocked a lot of people. Here's the reality. Trans, they are mentally ill. They are mentally ill people and they need help. They don't need to be promoted. They don't, they don't need to be lied to. And you know, the left has taken it upon themselves and the media have done it too. And they have played the sympathy card for them and basically taken the lies that trans tell to people and to themselves. And they've tried to make that a reality. But God has only created two genders, two sexes, male and female. He made us in his image and there is no one on this planet, no one ever will be able to change that. And we're going to draw a hard line in the sand and make sure that that's, that God's truth remains and that his creation is known and will not be attacked.
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Michelle Backus
Congresswoman with about 20 seconds left here. Do you think that the left has gone too far with everything in the transgender movement? Because I know a lot of Democrats that said, listen, we've, we've gone too far. It's too extreme. Do you think that's why we're seeing so many people come to the middle and obviously Trump winning the popular vote?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Yeah, absolutely. I'll let you in on something. There are most effective ads going into November 5th. Fifth, I'm sorry, were the, the ads on trans and what they've done to women's sports and what the aggressive approach or attack these predators have taken against our children in schools. Drag queen story time. And that is, that's what drove people to the the polls on November 5th. So I hope the Democrats keep embracing it.
- [53:12]
Michelle Backus
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, as always, a pleasure. Thanks so much for joining SPECIAL report.
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