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Brett Cooper
So what happens in a society when neither side of the cultural or political aisle is well equipped to represent good, wholesome values? When one side openly supports and represents depravity and a destruction of things like family, and then the other side's public figures walk around posing like they represent good values until you look deeper behind the scenes, when both sides seem more concerned with posturing than actually living out the values that they promote. And we often see this on both the left and. And the right. Now, a prime example of this that a lot of people are talking about online right now is Gavin Newsom and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who is currently going viral for all the wrong reasons. But I'm not gonna get into that today. Maybe that'll be tomorrow's episode, so stay tuned for that. But Jennifer and Gavin have been happily married for 20 years. They have four beautiful children. They have a Labrador. Like, they are the quintessential Americana family. Their kids are not gender confused or androgynous. They go to private school. Their son was a big Charlie Kirk fan. Like, they seem about as American as apple pie. All the while, these two parents have pushed for the most radical progressive ideologies for the last decade. The first partner, first partner, Jennifer of California is on record saying that she wants to hold big tech platforms accountable for teaching her children what it means to be a boy versus being a girl. Oh, my God, the goal. The goal. I mean, it's just so ridiculous. But meanwhile, on the opposite end of the political spectrum, you have some trad conservatives or trad larping conservatives who immediately hop on Grindr once they get to a political event. Maybe they prey on their female staffers multiple times. Tony Gonzalez, who we will be talking about in about five minutes, so stay tuned for that. But these people across the entire political spectrum use their values as talking points rather than something to actually live by. And then we wonder, or they wonder why Americans are so fed, fed up and confused. And today's story is no different. Now, before we dive in, my question for you today to think about is who are the people in government on either the left or the right, who you actually believe live in accordance to their values and represent good, wholesome things? Maybe it's somebody I disagree with, I don't really care, but somebody who actually walks the walks and could be perceived as a good role model. I wanna figure out who those people are. Now, the last thing I will also say is I have some live events coming up. The Tickets are@brettcooper.com if you wanna come and see me? You can find the tickets there. All right, so diving into the story today, I first just wanna set up or I guess set the tone for what I have been seeing on social media this week. So for one, over the last week we have seen people on the left absolutely lock in on bashing family and on marriage. Like for example, you probably saw comedian Whitney Cummings and the ladies on the View saying that it was reckless to encourage women to settle down and get married and have children. You have the New York Times just 24 hours ago glamorizing 40 year old single women throwing weddings with no husbands. And then there is comedian Leslie Jones singing, saying this on Z Way's show.
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Leslie Jones
I think marriages legalize slavery.
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Interviewer
You do?
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Leslie Jones
Yes, I do.
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Interviewer
Say more because if I'm thinking about slavery and I'm thinking about marriage, there are two different images that come in.
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Leslie Jones
Absolutely not. I don't think. I don't know how you don't man is. Especially if he's expecting you to be a trad wife. It's might as well pull out a whip and a chain.
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Brett Cooper
Wow.
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Interviewer
So there are young people watching who might be wanting to get married. What would you say to them?
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Tony Gonzalez
Don't.
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Interviewer
Don't get married.
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Leslie Jones
No.
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Brett Cooper
Okay. Like, you know, you have gone too far when somebody like Z Wei is like, oh, oh really? Like her show is so outlandish, is so out there. She's constantly baiting people into saying the most insane things that she often agrees with. And Leslie Jones is like, oh no, pull up the whip husbands. And she's like, okay, you don't really mean that. And Leslie's like, no, no, I actually do. And I'm watching this video and Leslie Jones, she used to be on snl. Like I loved her. Like I used to be the biggest fan of snl. I always wanted to be on snl. I thought she was so cool and so fun. Like, to be honest, this is like the most cringe thing I've ever said. But I did enjoy the female Ghostbusters movie in large part because Leslie Jones was in it. I just think she's very funny. But I watched this clip and it just makes me sad because this is not a happy individual. It's like through gritted teeth she's like, it's slavery, don't do it. You cannot be happy. It's like, I'm sorry, is marriage actually a bad thing or are you just projecting because you are very unhappy and you might never have that. That is where my mind goes. And also based on your Logic. Since marriage is slavery and I am a married woman, do I get reparations? Can I be like lumped in with your little crowd? Can I raise up the. I'm just asking if I can be included. Anyway, moving on from there. It of course, did not stop with Leslie Jones post either, because only days later, honestly, mere hours later, Chelsea Handler, oh my gosh, she got behind a microphone as well. And she thought once again that we needed to hear her esteemed take on marriage and love and family. Just listen to this one.
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Chelsea Handler
I just think marriage is so outdated. Really, it's just a really silly idea. Otherwise, it's a bunch of casual encounters. You know what I mean? Yeah, I like that. I like traveling a lot. Like hooking up with guys. I don't like to get too serious. I don't want someone in my space all the time.
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Brett Cooper
Like that is just such an empty, depressing life. Also, how embarrassing is it to be. How old is she? 55 years old. Talking about hooking up with guys, that's not cute anymore. Chelsea number one. It was never cute. It's never healthy, it's never something that we should be promoting. But it's one thing if you're some 21 year old party girl. And I like being like, I like hooking up with guys. You are 55 years old. Have you not realized yet that that is just a sad, empty way to live your life? Just floating through life with no love, no commitment, just focusing on your own selfishness 24 7. Because you don't want somebody in your space. Cause you think marriage is silly. I mean, it's just all absurd anyway. I could do an entire episode on each of those videos. But we have things to talk about. Because to top it all off, this week of mayhem, you even have Alex Cooper getting on her show and mocking women for not sleeping with or. Or even kissing a man on the first date.
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Alex Cooper
This makes me the most annoyed.
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Brett Cooper
The.
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Alex Cooper
The most annoyed. And maybe I was just a little, you know, but I do believe I had it right on this one. When people on TikTok are saying, no kissing, no kissing on a first date. No, I completely disagree with you. I complete.
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Brett Cooper
How about this also?
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Alex Cooper
No. No kissing on a first date. Well, sometimes I fucked them on the first date. How about that one?
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Brett Cooper
TikTok like, that is not a woman that is happy with her decisions. She's not saying, I disagree with it because it's wrong. She is self conscious. She's annoyed, she's uncomfortable. Because people saying, you know, I'm setting a Boundary. I don't want to cross that boundary on a first date, especially if I don't see this relationship going anywhere. I'm not interested in doing any hookup things. She's like, uh, no, that's. Well, I. I slept with them. And it's fine. Like, you're not actually encouraging something that's positive or that you think is beneficial. You just want people to do what you did to make you feel better about your poor choices. That's what's happening here. Like, at least she was honest about what she called herself. At least. Anyway, I am showing you all of these videos because they all came out in the span of about five days. I mean, it is literally like a memo went out over the airwaves to all of the women. This is what you need to talk about. And honestly, maybe a memo did. Like, maybe they saw those viral stats people were talking about on Fox News. Like, more women are wanting to be wives and mothers over a girl boss. Also, I don't know if you guys saw this, but Sheryl Sandberg, the woman behind Lean in, the Lean in movement shattering the glass ceiling. She recently announced that her feminist organization, also called Lean in, was reorienting to work on combating trad wives. So maybe this is how she's doing it. She's funneling all of her money into getting these people to say the most insane things possible. I have no idea. It could be a conspiracy, but that's just what I'm seeing. But regardless, people, especially women all around the country, are being bombarded with this messaging. And then the political right is over here on X in their echo chamber, being like, no, don't do this. Traditional values are the way to go. Come join us. Come see how wholesome and normal our lives are, how wholesome our values are. But let's just be honest. Like, how is that actually working out for us? Like, are we actually representing that? Well, either, because when my generation looks to the right and, you know, they don't have a lot of celebrities on the right to look up to. So maybe they're looking to the people in right wing political office who should be representing their interests and values. But what do they find? They might see Kristi Noem and her alleged affair and her big booby husband who's left at home while she's sleeping around on private jets. They might find Representative Corey Mills, whose ex girlfriend has a restraining order against him. They might find Pete Hegseth, who's admitted to having multiple affairs throughout multiple of his marriages, having a child with his third wife while still being married to his second wife. Maybe people will even look towards Texas State Representative Tony Gonzalez, a married Christian father of Sarah, 6, who just can't stop coming on to his staffers. Which really brings me to the main story of today's episode. Now, if you have not been following the absolute insanity that is surrounding Tony Gonzalez, well, in September of last year, this man, Tony Gonzalez, representative in Texas, one of his staffers named Regina, tragically died by suicide after setting herself on fire. Now, around that time, rumors were swirling, alleging allegedly that she and Tony were having an affair. Now, in response at the time, in November, just a couple of months after Regina committed suicide, Tony said, people throwing rocks at me, saying I'm doing nasty things. I totally get that. But the rumors are completely untruthful. Now, this was probably not the greatest strategy for Tony because then months later, text messages from last spring between Regina and another staffer on his team were leaked, apparently confirming the fact that she and Tony had an affair. Regina allegedly texted this co worker of hers, presumably comforting her, and says, I had an affair with our boss and I'm fine. You will be fine. Now, around that same time that this was confirmed, then Regina's widowed husband released even more text messages that he had found on her phone painted a darker picture because it wasn't just that Regina and Tony were having an affair. Now it seems like Tony was actually pushing her into something that she was not initially comfortable with. Something that we in the normal world would call workplace harassment from an employer who was in a position of power. Now, ABC News was given these texts and wrote in a series of texts from May of 2024. Gonzalez, a married father of six, good, conservative man, repeatedly requests sexy photos from Regina. The aide seems initially hesitant, writing, you don't really want a hot picture of me. Gonzalez continues, saying, I am such a visual person. Sorry. He also appears to ask Regina about her sexual preferences. She replies to the request by saying, this is going too far, boss, but appears to engage in flirtation, saying, how long have you thought that I was this hot? Now, when the husband, Regina's widower, was asked why he released these messages, he said that it irked him that Gonzalez, who has six children, pushes, you know, family values and Christian morals, denying the fact that he has ruined somebody's life. So allegedly, as the timeline and story goes, Regina's husband eventually found out about this affair. Flirtationship, harassment, whatever you wanna call it, he filed for divorce. And. And about a year and a half or so after the affair, Regina Tragically committed suicide. Now, people, including Regina's husband, immediately started pointing the finger at Tony Gonzalez, blaming him for harassing her in the workplace and helping cause her tragic death. The husband even got a lawyer and asked for hundreds of thousands of dollars in order for him to stay quiet. So that is the full context with this story. And based on this timeline. Just being totally transparent and fair here. I don't know at all if Tony pushed her to commit suicide at all, if it was because of the affair or the harassment. I don't know if it was the divorce once her husband found out. I don't want to. To speculate about any of that. But objectively, I will say it does seem a bit odd and opportunistic for the husband to suddenly come out of the woodwork months later and request $300,000, especially after he had filed for divorce. I don't know. It was just a bit odd. However, all of that being said, it does not change the fact, the main point of the story and why I'm bringing it up and why it is so viral right now, that Tony Gonzalez, again, a good Christian father of six, a Texas representative representing good conservative values, has now admitted to having that affair. Because at first, remember, he said it was ridiculous. These were ridiculous rumors. But then just a couple of weeks ago, after all this came out, he had to turn around and admit it. Just watch.
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Tony Gonzalez
You know, very, very direct Pags. I made a mistake, and I had a lapse in judgment, and there was a lack of faith. And I take full responsibility for those actions. Since then, I've reconciled with my wife, Angel. I've asked God to forgive me, which he has. And my faith is as strong as ever.
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Brett Cooper
Okay, your faith is as strong as ever. Maybe we should check in on your marriage in a couple of months. But.
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Tony Gonzalez
Okay, okay, Tony, you know, it's never easy. It humbles you. But it's important to. To kind of work through it all. You know, they. I look forward to. I look forward to the Ethics Committee starting an investigation. I appreciate the opportunity to be able to provide all the facts and all the details that lead to exactly what occurred in the entire situation.
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Brett Cooper
So it was a baseless rumor. It was ridiculous. They were just throwing stones at him because he was such a great Republican running for office yet again. But actually, it was a very humbling mistake at this point. This was on March 4th, I believe. I think that Tony assumed that the worst of the storm was over. You know, he was going to go through the Ethics Committee. Nothing was going to happen. He was going to win his primary, he would be back in office and he would face no consequences. But then just like 48 hours later, I think he got wind of something else that was ruined. Because then Tony did decide to gracefully bow out of his reelection. Which means, by the way, that Brandon Herrera, the huge two way YouTuber and podcaster, he won the primary in Texas for Tony Gonzalez's spot, which we love that for him, we really do. And Brandon, based on my knowledge, is one of the good guys. Actually, he was the first ever political politically adjacent youtuber that my brother ever introduced me to. My brother's a huge fan of his. So anyway, if you are in his district, go vote for him because he is now fighting to replace Tony Gonzalez once and for all. Anyway, the point being Tony decides to back out of his election and I'm not really sure if he knew that something else was brewing. Well, actually, I think that he did know because he did it. He was part of this entire thing. And what we learned this week is that his affair with Regina, his staffer, was not the first to time that he had come on to one of his staffers. And now his 2020 campaign manager is speaking out about the things that he said and texted to her while she worked for him. Just yesterday, the Houston Chronicle published this. They wrote late on a June night in 2020, amid a nail biter of a GOP primary runoff. Then congressional candidate Tony Gonzalez quickly turned a conversation with his campaign's political director from casual to intimate. Gonzalez texted her that she was a smart girl in response to frustration she had expressed about dating. He used a diamond emoji to convey that she was special and shouldn't settle. Then he asked when she normally went to sleep. Next he asked what she normally wears to bed. Soon it was what kind of panties do you wear? Within hours, the married Navy veteran from San Antonio was asking for nude photos and describing how he wanted to have sex with her and have her quote, unquote, squeeze my balls. Probably should have given you a viewer discretion at this point, but wow, what rate American as pie values, huh? Like when I think of wholesome values, I don't think asking for nudes is included, but actually saving babies is. Which is why I love my friends over at Preborn. 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She just writes back, nope, and he says, good. Then she replies and says, watching the end of a movie, he texts back and says, want me to come over again? If I come over, though, your panties are coming off, winky face. Now, in addition to this, Tony apparently asked for nudes over 12 times over the course of three days. 12 times. This is a thirsty, thirsty individual. Like, sir, you have seen six children. Are you not getting enough? It seems like you're already active at home. You need more. It's just. Sorry, that's just insane. Now, this staffer, who has stayed anonymous, has said that she never let the relationship progress. She said we didn't so much as touched. She asked not to be named, citing concerns about her family and her family's privacy. The Express News verified that the texts were sent from Gonzalez's cell phone number. And campaign finance filings show that the staffer worked on his campaign. Like, I mean, this just makes my skin crawl. It is so gross. This man objectively is a creep, and he is drunk and on power. But sure, sure, let's just keep on saying the conservatives are great at upholding strong family values. Now, I do also want to be fair here. I'm not just railing on Republicans and conservatives because it's not just Republican representatives. In fact, right now, there are reports circulating that a large number of women, over a dozen women, are gearing up to tell their stories about. Drumroll, please. Eric Swalwell. About being harassed and touched inappropriately, allegedly by Eric Swalwell. So I guess it was not just Fang Fang that he got tangled up with. Now, it is important to note that with Swalwell, these are just accusations. As of now, they are breaking the news, so we will see what actually happens. But at this rate, honestly, like, nothing surprises me. Just like it did not surprise me in the slightest that the one thing that was able to get a bipartisan Congress to unify was them voting on and rejecting a resolution that would require all records of congressional sexual misconduct to be released to the public. Hear that again. They rejected a resolution that would require all records of congressional sexual misconduct and harassment to be released to the public. Now, this was a resolution that was introduced by Nancy Mace back in February. And you all should know, especially if you have looked at my Twitter account, I am far from Nancy Mase's biggest fan. I think she is absolutely obnoxious and annoying. She cares way more about promoting Nancy than actually working for her constituents in South Carolina. But I do appreciate some of the things that she does. I appreciate this resolution that she tried to push through because right now, and I didn't even know this until she introduced this, but all of those congressional records are private and hidden from the public. And what makes it worse is that allegedly more than $17 million of taxpayer funds have been used to settle these misconduct cases against members of Congress. $17 million, our hard earned money to settle their cases when they go out and harass people sexually and then we don't get to know about any of it. We don't actually get to know how our money is spent and who it is spent on. Now when good old Nancy forced this vote a couple of weeks ago, 182 Democrats and 100 Republicans voted against it. I think only 65 people in Congress voted in favor of it. And why, you might ask? Well, because even though Nancy's resolution did include redacting any victims names and pertinent information like that, the members of Congress were just were very worried about the victim, saying it could chill victim cooperation and re traumatize them. I'm sorry ladies and gentlemen, I think you should have been concerned about retraumatizing the victims before you victimized them in the first place. And I also sorry if I don't really believe you because I think that is more about covering your own asses. And ironically, this same Congress didn't seem to have these types of concerns when all of them, except for one representative, voted in favor of releasing the Epstein files this past fall. Oh, color me shocked. I'm so surprised. Don't tell me that releasing the Epstein files was more about Grand City than actually believing in transparency and accountability. I can't. I'm just like, I'm so over it. I'm so over all of it. Like anyway, this is just like a hodgepodge of just insane things that we needed to talk about. But the point being, and the through line here, why I wanted to put this episode together is because it is a good thing that the right pushes back against ideologies that are vapid and self serving, that destroy the bedrock of society, which is family and marriage. But who can blame the people out there who scoff at us when so few of our leaders, whether they are state representatives or our Secretary of war, actually live out the positive alternative when some of them are harassing weirdo freaks that should be shunned and removed from their positions on a whole, across the board Americans just deserve better. And so I get it. And I think people are right to tune a lot of this out and just to focus on their own homes and their own families.