1. Epstein Files and Trump Controversy
- We open with a heated discussion about the renewed focus on the Jeffrey Epstein files, with calls for transparency.
- Senator Cruz outlines four principles for handling the Epstein case:
- Transparency – Release all information.
- Protect the victims – Especially minors in explicit materials.
- Release it all – No selective disclosure.
- Prosecute predators – Hold all abusers accountable.
- The media is accused of using the Epstein case to sow division within the MAGA movement, particularly targeting Trump allies like Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino.
- A Wall Street Journal article is criticized for allegedly publishing a fake letter from Trump to Epstein. Trump denies its authenticity and threatens legal action.
2. Congress Defunds NPR & PBS
- A major legislative update: Congress passed a bill to defund NPR and PBS, a long-standing conservative goal.
- Cruz and Ferguson argue that these outlets have become left-wing propaganda machines, citing examples of perceived bias and misuse of taxpayer funds.
- Senator Cruz praises the unity among Republicans in the Senate and House to push the measure through, despite internal resistance.
3. Stephen Colbert and the Fall of Late-Night Comedy
- Cruz celebrates the cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, framing it as a cultural victory for conservatives.
- Colbert is described as a partisan, elitist figure who alienated half the country with anti-Trump rhetoric and COVID-19 vaccine advocacy.
- Cruz reminisces about a time when late-night comedy was bipartisan and fun, contrasting it with what he sees as Colbert’s divisive tone.
- The hosts play clips mocking Colbert’s vaccine-themed musical segments and criticize the influence of pharmaceutical sponsorships.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome. It's so nice to have you with us. And
I got to tell you there has been so much
about Jeffrey Epstein that I decided Senator Cruz and I
we're going to have a conversation about this issue, and
I want to have it for you as we did
a dual pod, because there's just so much that's breaking,
including the new threat coming from the President saying he's
gonna sue the hell out of the Wall Street Journal
(00:22):
for a pretty crazy report that has come out and
the President says it is a lie. So I want
you to hear what Senator Ted Cruz and I had
to say about all of this. Plus NPR has been defunded,
How we got there, how it happened, actually happened. And
then one other thing, Stephen Colbert, the whole show, he's
(00:43):
ruined to the point where they just canceled it and
said the show's gone, not just you, the entire show.
Take a listen.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Well, there's an absolute battle playing out in Washington, DC,
and you've got a battle about the Epstein files, President Trump,
the Wall Street Journal, Pam Bondish, Pateel, Dan Bongino. It
is chaos. We're going to do our very best to
break down what's going on, what to expect, what's going
to happen next. We're also going to talk about really
important legislation that just passed Congress past the Senate defunding PBS,
(01:15):
defunding NPR. This is a major conservative victory. We've been
trying to do this for decades and we finally got
it done. And finally we're going to talk about something
that I'm going to confess is just beautiful. Stephen Colbert
has been fired, he's been canceled. We're going to break
that down, talk about what's going on. A lot is
(01:36):
happening right now.
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Epstein hoopla. The media is just going after Donald Trump.
The left is now caring about Epstein they never did before.
(03:48):
They're trying to attack Trump, saying he's trying to hide something.
And I think it's pretty clear you've been an advocate
for this. I have since the beginning. I want transparency.
I want to make sure that the people that were
involved are held accountable. There seems like there's been no
accountability except for one person going to jail. And I
(04:08):
want to make sure that our government wasn't covering something
up because a lot of people lost like confidence in
our institutions, and we know they've lied to us a lot.
I don't think there's anything wrong with hardcore conservatives wanting
that level of transparency.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Well, I think millions who could serve it as millions
of Americans have been frustrated in the last week because
the media has been just beside themselves trying to flame
a civil war. They wanted a civil war between Magan
and Trump, and they're hoping that all of the elements
of the conservative movement, all of the elements of President
(04:45):
Trump and his supporters, will consume each other. I don't
think that's gonna happen. So so part of my advice
to everyone is just breathe. Count to ten. We're gonna
make it through this. Now, let me give you some
ways to think through this. I'm gonna give you four principles.
Number One, transparency is good. We should support transparency. We
should demand transparency. We should fight for transparency. That's important.
(05:10):
Number two, protect the victims. A couple months ago, I
had dinner with Pambondi Pam as a good friend. We
were talking about the Epstein files and what had been released.
What she told me then is she said that there
were hundreds, even thousands of hours of tapes. The tapes
were explicit. She said they were explicit of children being abused,
(05:32):
and she said it was taking time to edit those
videos to make sure you protect victims. Look, nobody wants
to see children being sexually assaulted having their privacy violated,
So I think it's important to protect the victims. It's
not their fault. Number three, and this is a principle
I have said four years on this issue. Release it all.
(05:56):
That should be the basic standard. Put it out there,
release it all, make it public. That's what I've encouraged
the President to do, the White House to do, the
Department of Justice to do, the FBI to do. I
think that is a simple and straightforward standard. And then
number four, predators should be prosecuted. Anyone who sexually assaulted
(06:18):
a child should be prosecuted and they should go to jail.
This is a simple and straightforward standard. This is what
we should be demanding. Now we're going to break this
down in this show. We're going to talk about what's
going on. But understand the media you were on CNN
earlier to night. CNN is so excited. They're so excited
(06:40):
because they're seeing strong supporters of the president who are
criticizing the president. Cina doesn't care about the truth. If
they cared about the truth. By the way, Joe Biden
had these files. He had these files for years did
CNN ever mention the words Jeffrey Epstein. They didn't want
Joe Biden to release the files, they didn't want Merrick
Garland to release the files. They're not concerned about the substance.
(07:00):
They're just excited about the civil war among President Trump
and his supporters. That should tell you something. We're gonna
break that down even further. But understand, at the end
of the day, the people cheering on for this to
get ugly, many of them, the Democrats and the corporate media,
(07:21):
have been proven to be utter and complete hypocrites. Because
if they didn't say a word when Joe Biden was president,
then they need to be quiet right now and stop
pretending they care about this.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Let's talk about what transparency looks like. And this was
one of the big debates, as you mentioned, seeing it
obsessed over this, and I said, look, this has to
be done a responsible way. I also think the American
people need to understand Donald Trump cannot just sign and
everything go out to the public. There are judges that
will have to decide what is made public. And a
(07:55):
lot of the information we have on Jeffrey Epstein, and
they're trying to act like Donald Trump's that's not allowing
anything to happen. That's not the case.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Well, that's right, and listen, the media and the Democrats
have been eager to fan a dispute between Pambondi, Cash Battel,
and Dan Bongino. Not now. I want to caution everyone,
do not take as true everything reported in the media.
I've read the same things you are. That Dan Bongino's
screaming at Pambondi, that there's a civil war, that he's
(08:25):
threatening to resign, that cash Ptel threatening to resign. I
don't know. I have not been in these meetings. I'll
tell you all three of them are friends of mine.
I like Pambondi, I like cash Battel, I like Dan Bongino.
I've known all of them for a decade. I believe
they are good people. I believe they are principled people.
I believe they're trying to do the right thing. And
(08:46):
my hope is the Trump administration will follow the four
principles I laid out and handle this the right way.
But do not get carried away with the media excitement
of the people who hate President Trump, hate his administration,
and want his administration to be in a civil war.
(09:08):
I very much hope. I do not know, but I
hope that Bondi, Patel and Bongino come together and they
do the right thing together. And do not believe the
exaggerations of a civil war.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Right now, Senator, I want to get in also to
another big story that came out. It dealt with Epstein
and the Wall Street Journal report. The President punching back
extremely hard on this reporting.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Well, the Wall Street Journal reported this week that there
was a book prepared for Jeffrey Epstein's fiftieth birthday and
it had letters from a number of prominent people, and
that one of the letters was from Donald Trump. And
this was a breathless article. And you're right, President Trump
is punching back hard. He says it is fake, he
(09:54):
says it is false. He says he's going to sue
the Wall Street Journal. Now, Ben, you' know the truth
on this. I don't know the truth on this. I'll
tell you what the Wall Street Journal reported just on
the text of it. I go to admit, this thing
sounds weird, and if any of us have a BS meter,
it ought to be flashing. So here's what the Wall
(10:17):
Street Journal reported reported. The letter said quote voiceover, there
must be more to life than having everything, And then
it's this weird dialogue. Donald, Yes there is, but I
won't tell you what it is, Jeffrey, nor will I
since I also know what it is. Donald. We have
(10:41):
certain things in common, Jeffrey. Jeffrey, yes, we do, come
to think of it, Donald, enigma's never age. Have you
noticed that, Jeffrey. As a matter of fact, it was
clear to me the last time I saw you, Donald,
(11:01):
A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy birthday, and may
every day be another wonderful secret. And then underneath that
is a hand drawn, pretty shoddy drawing of a naked
woman and the now very famous signature of Donald Trump
drawn on top of the hand drawn naked woman. Now look,
(11:25):
I don't know if this is real or not, but
I gotta say that doesn't sound like Donald Trump to me.
I've known President Trump a long time. That exchange just
sounds strange. I've seen online. I've never heard President Trump
use the word enigma as an enigma's never age. That's
not the language President Trump speaks. And this sort of weird, existential,
(11:49):
self reflective dialogue out of Camu that ain't the Donald J.
Trump I know, and I got to say President Trump
response on this. It was not ambiguous, it was not slight,
it was not conflicted. Here's what President Trump said in
(12:09):
response to this. He said on truth quote. The Wall
Street Journal and Rupert Murdock personally were warned directly by
President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they were
printed by President Trump to Epstein was a fake all
caps and if they print it, they will be sued.
(12:29):
Mister Murdoch stated that he would take care of it,
but obviously did not have the power to do so.
The editor of The Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, was
told directly by Caroline Levitt and by President Trump that
the letter was a fake all caps, but Emina Tucker
didn't want to hear that. Instead, they're going with a false, malicious,
and defamatory story. Anyway, President Trump will be suing the
(12:52):
Wall Street Journal, newscorps, and mister Murdoch shortly. The press
has to learn to be truthful and not to rely
on sources that probably don't even exist. President Trump has
already beaten George Stephanopolis, Slash ABC sixty Minutes, Slash CBS,
and others, and looks forward to suing and holding accountable
the once great Wall Street Journal. It is truly turned
(13:16):
out to be a quote disgusting and filthy rag and
writing defamatory lies like this shows their desperation to remain relevant.
If there were any truths at all on the Epstein hoax,
as it pertains to President Trump, the information would have
been revealed by Comy Brennan, Crooked Hillary and the other
radical left lunatics years ago. It certainly would not have
(13:39):
sat in the file waiting for Trump to have won
three elections. This is yet another example of fake news. Now,
I got to say President Trump is not being shy
or subtle or restrained on that. He's saying it's an
absolute lie. And look, I think we'll see this play
out in the in the days ahead. But on the
(14:03):
face of it, like the strange drawing of a naked
woman that seems like it's drawn by about a twelve
year old, that doesn't seem like anything I've ever seen
President Trump do, and and and so, and it's kind
of very conveniently signed with the same signature we've seen
(14:23):
on pictures on laws, on executive orders, on pardons. It
has a lot of appearances of being fake we'll see
what happens.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Well, and the queer point the President is making was
he's saying it's not real and I'm gonna sue suing
by the way the coming downs Fox News, that's a
pretty bold statement. I also think that you know, goes
to the heart here where he's saying this is not
a real story. This is. And let's also be clear
when the president digs in. Traditionally we have seen when
(14:55):
he says this is not a real story. Russia collusion
is a great example of that. He's been right and
when he sued, he's been right.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Well.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
And let me make three points that are critical in
analyzing this battle between Trump and the Wall Street Journal.
Number One, the most compelling argument he made this in
his truth is if there were evidence of Donald Trump
in the Epstein files, Biden would have released it. Biden
had this, Merrick Garland had this. They were in the
middle of a nasty fight. If they had anything to
(15:26):
implicate Donald Trump, we would have seen this on the
front pages of the paper in October of twenty twenty four,
right before the election. The fact that they didn't, I
think is the single most compelling piece of evidence to
suggest that this is not real. Number two, and I
want to underscore this, don't forget Bill Clinton. Jeffrey Epstein
(15:48):
was a Democrat. He was a friend to Bill. You
know what was hanging in Jeffrey Epstein's living room in
his Manhattan.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Brownstone, Ah, the famous Bill Clinton dress painting.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
No, that's exactly right. It was a painting of Bill
Clinton in a blue dress wearing red pumps. It was weird.
And that's what Jeffrey Epstein had hanging on his wall.
He was a huge Democrat. Donery supported Chuck Schumer and Democrats,
and so don't forget Bill Clinton. And there's a lot
of effort to paint this Democrats scumbags as a Trump guy.
(16:25):
And a final point, here's what President Trump truthed this week. Quote,
based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein,
I have asked Attorney General Pambondi to produce any and
all pertinent grand jury testimony, subject to court approval. This
scam perpetuated by the Democrats should end right now. Bravo,
(16:47):
release it all. That was right in the principles we
said right up front.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Aim into that, and let's talk about some winning. That's
been taking place Center. It's been amazing what the President
has been able to do with Benjamin retires winning. I'm
not tired. I'm not tired of winning, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
I'm not tired at all.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Yeah, you look at just the last six months the
Trump administration. We've secured the border, they've launched ice raids,
They've ended child gender surgeries, they designated the cartels as
terrorist organizations. They've kicked out DII out of government, and
then the big one, which should make so many taxpayers happy,
they have defunded MPR with your help and leadership. That
(17:28):
is amazing.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Well, I got to say this, this week was a
very important week. So at two twenty in the morning,
late Wednesday night, early Thursday morning, the Senate voted, and
we voted to defund NPR and defund PBS. Now, as
a conservative, I have been fighting to defund NPR and
PBS as long as I can remember. NPR PBS have
(17:50):
been left wing propaganda outlets forever, and as bad as
they were. Look when we were kids, when it was
Sesame Street and Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. Okay,
that was fine, But in recent years they had been radicalized.
They always lean left, but in recent years they've been
(18:11):
open outlets for left wing propaganda. And I got to say,
the left was certain we could never defund them, and
I will tell you on the Senate floor, as we
were taking up the recisions package, so President Trump sent
a package of some nine billion dollars of recisions federal
spendings to call back. We were battling on the floor
(18:33):
and we had it was beyond two in the morning.
It was very unclear if we were going to prevail,
because I got to say, there were several Republicans who
were wobbly. There were several Republicans who were threatening to
vote with the Democrats, and as late as about two
in the morning, I didn't know if we were going
to win. We did prevail, and I got to say,
(18:53):
what a testament to the president, And what a testament.
Let me give you just a shout out to Senate
Republicans and House Republicans for coming together, for pushing past
their differences. Defunding NPR and PBS is the right thing
to do, and the Senate finally, finally finally voted to
do that this week.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
Yeah, this is such a big message I think to
taxpayers that were no longer in the business of just
completely abusing your tax dours and actually using your tax
dollars to go for political purposes. Which is the scariest
part of all of this is how political these dollars
had become advocating for radical, extreme things against family values.
(19:36):
And by the way, I don't want our tax dolls
going for conservative things for sarcasting either. I want to
make that very clear, like that's not what we're advocating.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
For at all. The government should not be in the
propaganda business. This is the argument I made on the
Senate floor. So listen to what I stood up and
urged my colleagues late Wednesday night, early Thursday morning. Give
a listen.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
Public broadcasting has long been overtaken by partisan activists, plain
and simple.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
This isn't just an abstract critique.
Speaker 4 (20:05):
NPR and PBS have revealed their left wing bias time
and time again. When blowing the whistle on NPR, Uri Berliner,
a former senior editor himself a left wing Democrat, wrote
that quote, NPR has always had a liberal bent. An
open minded spirit no longer exists within NPR. We don't
(20:27):
have an audience that reflects America. Exhibit a after The New
York Post broke the Hunter Biden laptop story, NPR ran
political cover for the Democrats, refusing to cover the story, quote,
we don't want to waste listeners and readers time on
stories that are just pure distractions. Mind you, the story
(20:48):
was true, That's why they didn't want to cover it.
As for PBS, its coverage of last year's DNC was
only twelve percent negative, the RNC a stat baggering seventy
two percent negative. If you want to watch left wing propaganda,
turn on MSNBC, but the taxpayers should not be forced
(21:10):
to subsidize it.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
I urge a no vote on this amendment.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
That obviously was very powerful, and the facts that you
laid out there are also incredibly accurate.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Look, the principle is simple, and I'll say it again.
If you want to watch left wing propaganda, turn on
MSNBC or for that matter, CNN, or for that matter,
read the New York Times or any of a host
of corporate media outlets. But you know what we shouldn't
be doing is using your taxpayer money to subsidize it.
And I got to say, I'm going to give a
(21:40):
shout out to my colleague John Kennedy. John is a
good friend, but he also is a fabulous sense of humor.
I want you to listen to John Kennedy talking about
NPR some of the most radical stories they've run.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
I want to give you a few examples of stories
that NPR has published using taxpayer money. Read the headlines.
First headline in PR News Service, Michael Abanatti quote a
profile of the media savvy attorney they love Michael l Abanatti.
(22:16):
You know where Michael Abanatti is today. He's in jail.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
You know why.
Speaker 5 (22:22):
He's a crook. But for a while he was a
media darling on NPR. Here's another headline from NPR, how
racism became a marketing tool for country music. I kid
you not. The American taxpayers are spending half a billion
(22:44):
dollars a year to pay a local station to buy
content that says country music is racist. Here's another headline
from NPR, Donald Trump's long embrace of Vlatimer Pewtin. Remember
(23:06):
the Russia Gate, the Steel dossier. NPR was right in
there promoting it. A couple more headlines that NPR is
putting out there using your tax dollars. This headline, monuments
(23:27):
and teams have changed names. Let me say the game
monuments and teams, presumably sports teams had changed names as America.
Reckons with racism. Birds are next. I don't know any
birds that are racist. Here's another headline, eating less beef
(23:51):
is a climate solution. Eating less beef is a climate solution.
I don't have anything against vegetarians. I'm a semi vegetarian myself.
I eat beef and beef and tows eat eat grass,
So that makes me a semi vegetarian. But that's my choice,
(24:16):
not on NPR. Eating less beef is a climate solution.
Here's why that's hard for some American men. Here's the
final headline. I could go on the rest of the evening.
How the Taliband adds to Afghanistan's woes when it comes
to climate fueled disaster. Boy, I can tell you that's
on the mind of every person in Afghanistan today is
(24:39):
climate change and the Taliband. I can guarantee you I
don't have a problem with these headlines. This is America.
If you want to publish articles like this, which no
person with a brain above a single cell organism would
call fare and balanced. If you're a news outlet and
(25:02):
you want to publish this kind of stuff. That is
your right as an American. We have freedom of the press,
we have the First Amendment. You're not free in our
country if you can't say what you think. You're not
free in our country if you can't express yourself. I'm
all for this, if that's what these outlets want to do,
(25:22):
but I'm not for taking five hundred million dollars every
single year and giving it to these stations to the
exclusion of everybody else, so they can do it.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Aim into that, Senator, I couldn't agree with your colleague
and good friend, Senator Kennedy. More.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
I love John Kennedy. I will say he said something
in that. As you know, I'm married to California vegetarian.
Her entire family are all vegetarians. And an argument I
make with my in laws often as I say, listen,
all the animals I eat, they're all vegetarian. And I
will say, you've owned a barbecue restaurant. I am a
proud carnivore. John Kennedy is fantastic. But NPR and PBS
(26:06):
are a joke. And we have reason to celebrate because
despite a massive battle, we.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Won.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
The Senate voted to cut off to zero out textpayer funding.
We're no longer paying for left wing propaganda.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Senator, there is just some news that shocked the left.
I don't know how this could be true, but The
Late Show has been destroyed by Stephen Colbert at the
point where they're like, we're not even just firing you,
We're just canceling the entire brand that has been a
staple in American culture, an iconic show for decades. And
(26:45):
now they're just like, yeah, we're done. I mean, it's amazing, right,
you alienate half the country, you hate half the country,
you mock half the country. No one could have seen
this coming.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Well, look, I got to say you and I talked
about just a few minutes ago. I'm not tired of
winning yet. Stephen Colbert is a vicious, dishonest, partisan leftist.
He is utterly consumed with Trump derangement syndrome, and he hates,
he despises more than half of America. He thinks we're idiots,
(27:20):
he thinks we're racist, he thinks were morons. He is
a condescending, arrogant jackass. Now look I say this with
direct experience. I've been on Colbert Show. There used to
be a time listen. I'm someone I love comedy. I
love late night comedy. I grew up watching in SNL.
I grew up watching Johnny Carson and Jay Leno and
(27:43):
like really fun late night comedy. And by the way,
if you've got a sense of humor, you can laugh
at both sides. I'm okay with late night comics making
fun of Republicans making fun of Democrats. Look, both sides
are funny. There's lots of jokes to tell. There used
to be a time. I've been the Senate thirteen years.
When I got there, it was part of the job.
I've done just about every late night show. I've done
(28:06):
Jay Leno, I've done Colbert, I've done Jimmy Kimmel, I've
done Jimmy Fallon. It was a fun part of the job.
It's disappeared. None of the late night shows have Republicans
on anymore. They don't invite anyone. And in fact, it
was really fitting Stephen Colbert's show where he announced I've
(28:26):
been canceled, I'm pulled off the air. You know who
His guest was, Adam Shiff, because of course it was
Adam Schiff because and Colbert's the worst of them he's
a vicious, nasty So I remember when I first did
a show, you know, you know, the hosts come by
and they talk to you in the green room and
they chat with you, and you know, I said, look
(28:48):
like all of these late night comics, they think they're
going to be you know that they're going to be
this like meet the press, like we're going to ask
you really tough questions. By the way, Democrat they have
love fests. They laugh, they joke, they kid around, But
with the Republicans, they're going to nail you to the ground.
And I'm like, look, you want to ask tough questions,
(29:10):
that's fine, but you go on a late night comedy
showed to to to humanize, to say a little bit
of who you are, to laugh, and Colbert just got angry.
He's just like, I want to prove you are evil.
You are the devil. And by the way, they don't
even do that anymore. They just don't have Republicans on
and and Colbert, of all of them, was the worst.
(29:30):
By the way, Jimmy Fallon of the Late Night Guys
is the best. Yeah, Fallin, you know, it's interesting. Fallon
inherited Jay Leno's audience Jay Leno inherited Johnny Carson's audience.
Their audience is a lot of Midwestern conservatives. And so
Jimmy Fallon like like, I had a great time. I
did Jimmy Fallon back back when I was running for president.
(29:51):
He had a very funny skit where he dressed up
as as Donald Trump and and called me and went
back and forth. But he was he was the one
late night host who was not a jerk. Actually Leno
wasn't either, but that was that was early on. Colbert
is directly responsible, along with his compatriots, with destroying late
(30:12):
night comedy.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
And I want to play, by the way, it's because
it wasn't humor.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
It's not funny.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
It's just you.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
I hate you. It is not funny.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Yeah. It's also, by the way, the reason why I
think Shank Gillis was at the SP's because historics like humor.
Humor is actually back. And Colbert turned his show into
this like sanctimonious woke lecture every night, attacking half of America.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
Well, and let me prove it. I want to play
just just a a selection of you know, he became
this this like scold for you must get the COVID vaccine.
And here are a couple of examples of this bizarre
song he did. You're gonna listen to it. I wish
you could see the videos because the videos have him
dancing like a fruitcake nut uh dressed as a human syringe.
(31:02):
But just listen to it because you can get a
sense of just how sanctimonious he was. Give a listen.
Speaker 6 (31:07):
Find out the way the vaccine is changing the scene
in our new recurring segment, the vac scene.
Speaker 5 (31:27):
Job longer stole.
Speaker 6 (31:37):
Why the can can you ask? I asked that myself.
The answer public domain.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
It's the answer of most things, really, the vaccine.
Speaker 6 (32:02):
The vaccine we have sne.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
Get your shot right now in your arm, your mom,
get your shot, Mom, get your shot.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
But by the way, I just wonder, like how many
of those segments had vaccine commercials from pharmaceutical companies in there,
and it's like, hey, I got you. I'll do a
big thing they.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
Play in Stephens there sponsored by Pfizer.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
Right exactly, they put this thing out. It's ten minutes
and forty nine seconds long. By the way, I say
they literally the video we just played from you was
the quote vaccine. The box set The Late Show with
Stephen Colbert. They put this out themselves and were that
proud of it.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
No, they were proud of it. And it's it's vicious,
it's nasty, and it's not funny. I'm fine with a
comedy host that makes fun of everyone. That's you know,
one of my favorite movies. And we didn't include this
one we did on July fourth our movie section. But
one of my favorite movies was Team America World Police.
(33:17):
Did you ever see that?
Speaker 1 (33:17):
Ben?
Speaker 5 (33:18):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (33:18):
Yeah, great movie.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Hysterical movie, and it's done. It is. It's puppets and
it makes fun of both sides. It make fun of Republicans,
but it makes fun of democrats. And now I will
warn you it is profane. I had the incredibly poor
judgment to play this video for my in laws on
a family vacation, and I will tell you about nine
(33:40):
minutes into it, when they had dropped the thirty second
F bomb, I was like, okay, wow, this was a
really bad idea, and my mother in law is frowning
at me, and I'm like, wow, okay, never mind. But
unbelievably funny because it's actually comedy. It's making fun just
watching Stephen Colbert say I hate Donald Trump. Yes, Stephen,
(34:02):
we got you. But you know what, Stephen Colbert is
now unemployed.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Don't forget Share this podcast wherever you can with your
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Welcome. It's so nice to have you with us. And
I got to tell you there has been so much
about Jeffrey Epstein that I decided Senator Cruz and I
we're going to have a conversation about this issue, and
I want to have it for you as we did
a dual pod, because there's just so much that's breaking,
including the new threat coming from the President saying he's
gonna sue the hell out of the Wall Street Journal
(00:22):
for a pretty crazy report that has come out and
the President says it is a lie. So I want
you to hear what Senator Ted Cruz and I had
to say about all of this. Plus NPR has been defunded,
How we got there, how it happened, actually happened. And
then one other thing, Stephen Colbert, the whole show, he's
(00:43):
ruined to the point where they just canceled it and
said the show's gone, not just you, the entire show.
Take a listen.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Well, there's an absolute battle playing out in Washington, DC,
and you've got a battle about the Epstein files, President Trump,
the Wall Street Journal, Pam Bondish, Pateel, Dan Bongino. It
is chaos. We're going to do our very best to
break down what's going on, what to expect, what's going
to happen next. We're also going to talk about really
important legislation that just passed Congress past the Senate defunding PBS,
(01:15):
defunding NPR. This is a major conservative victory. We've been
trying to do this for decades and we finally got
it done. And finally we're going to talk about something
that I'm going to confess is just beautiful. Stephen Colbert
has been fired, he's been canceled. We're going to break
that down, talk about what's going on. A lot is
(01:36):
happening right now.
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let's break down some of the just frustrations with the
Epstein hoopla. The media is just going after Donald Trump.
The left is now caring about Epstein they never did before.
(03:48):
They're trying to attack Trump, saying he's trying to hide something.
And I think it's pretty clear you've been an advocate
for this. I have since the beginning. I want transparency.
I want to make sure that the people that were
involved are held accountable. There seems like there's been no
accountability except for one person going to jail. And I
(04:08):
want to make sure that our government wasn't covering something
up because a lot of people lost like confidence in
our institutions, and we know they've lied to us a lot.
I don't think there's anything wrong with hardcore conservatives wanting
that level of transparency.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Well, I think millions who could serve it as millions
of Americans have been frustrated in the last week because
the media has been just beside themselves trying to flame
a civil war. They wanted a civil war between Magan
and Trump, and they're hoping that all of the elements
of the conservative movement, all of the elements of President
(04:45):
Trump and his supporters, will consume each other. I don't
think that's gonna happen. So so part of my advice
to everyone is just breathe. Count to ten. We're gonna
make it through this. Now, let me give you some
ways to think through this. I'm gonna give you four principles.
Number One, transparency is good. We should support transparency. We
should demand transparency. We should fight for transparency. That's important.
(05:10):
Number two, protect the victims. A couple months ago, I
had dinner with Pambondi Pam as a good friend. We
were talking about the Epstein files and what had been released.
What she told me then is she said that there
were hundreds, even thousands of hours of tapes. The tapes
were explicit. She said they were explicit of children being abused,
(05:32):
and she said it was taking time to edit those
videos to make sure you protect victims. Look, nobody wants
to see children being sexually assaulted having their privacy violated,
So I think it's important to protect the victims. It's
not their fault. Number three, and this is a principle
I have said four years on this issue. Release it all.
(05:56):
That should be the basic standard. Put it out there,
release it all, make it public. That's what I've encouraged
the President to do, the White House to do, the
Department of Justice to do, the FBI to do. I
think that is a simple and straightforward standard. And then
number four, predators should be prosecuted. Anyone who sexually assaulted
(06:18):
a child should be prosecuted and they should go to jail.
This is a simple and straightforward standard. This is what
we should be demanding. Now we're going to break this
down in this show. We're going to talk about what's
going on. But understand the media you were on CNN
earlier to night. CNN is so excited. They're so excited
(06:40):
because they're seeing strong supporters of the president who are
criticizing the president. Cina doesn't care about the truth. If
they cared about the truth. By the way, Joe Biden
had these files. He had these files for years did
CNN ever mention the words Jeffrey Epstein. They didn't want
Joe Biden to release the files, they didn't want Merrick
Garland to release the files. They're not concerned about the substance.
(07:00):
They're just excited about the civil war among President Trump
and his supporters. That should tell you something. We're gonna
break that down even further. But understand, at the end
of the day, the people cheering on for this to
get ugly, many of them, the Democrats and the corporate media,
(07:21):
have been proven to be utter and complete hypocrites. Because
if they didn't say a word when Joe Biden was president,
then they need to be quiet right now and stop
pretending they care about this.
Speaker 1 (07:33):
Let's talk about what transparency looks like. And this was
one of the big debates, as you mentioned, seeing it
obsessed over this, and I said, look, this has to
be done a responsible way. I also think the American
people need to understand Donald Trump cannot just sign and
everything go out to the public. There are judges that
will have to decide what is made public. And a
(07:55):
lot of the information we have on Jeffrey Epstein, and
they're trying to act like Donald Trump's that's not allowing
anything to happen. That's not the case.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Well, that's right, and listen, the media and the Democrats
have been eager to fan a dispute between Pambondi, Cash Battel,
and Dan Bongino. Not now. I want to caution everyone,
do not take as true everything reported in the media.
I've read the same things you are. That Dan Bongino's
screaming at Pambondi, that there's a civil war, that he's
(08:25):
threatening to resign, that cash Ptel threatening to resign. I
don't know. I have not been in these meetings. I'll
tell you all three of them are friends of mine.
I like Pambondi, I like cash Battel, I like Dan Bongino.
I've known all of them for a decade. I believe
they are good people. I believe they are principled people.
I believe they're trying to do the right thing. And
(08:46):
my hope is the Trump administration will follow the four
principles I laid out and handle this the right way.
But do not get carried away with the media excitement
of the people who hate President Trump, hate his administration,
and want his administration to be in a civil war.
(09:08):
I very much hope. I do not know, but I
hope that Bondi, Patel and Bongino come together and they
do the right thing together. And do not believe the
exaggerations of a civil war.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
Right now, Senator, I want to get in also to
another big story that came out. It dealt with Epstein
and the Wall Street Journal report. The President punching back
extremely hard on this reporting.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
Well, the Wall Street Journal reported this week that there
was a book prepared for Jeffrey Epstein's fiftieth birthday and
it had letters from a number of prominent people, and
that one of the letters was from Donald Trump. And
this was a breathless article. And you're right, President Trump
is punching back hard. He says it is fake, he
(09:54):
says it is false. He says he's going to sue
the Wall Street Journal. Now, Ben, you' know the truth
on this. I don't know the truth on this. I'll
tell you what the Wall Street Journal reported just on
the text of it. I go to admit, this thing
sounds weird, and if any of us have a BS meter,
it ought to be flashing. So here's what the Wall
(10:17):
Street Journal reported reported. The letter said quote voiceover, there
must be more to life than having everything, And then
it's this weird dialogue. Donald, Yes there is, but I
won't tell you what it is, Jeffrey, nor will I
since I also know what it is. Donald. We have
(10:41):
certain things in common, Jeffrey. Jeffrey, yes, we do, come
to think of it, Donald, enigma's never age. Have you
noticed that, Jeffrey. As a matter of fact, it was
clear to me the last time I saw you, Donald,
(11:01):
A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy birthday, and may
every day be another wonderful secret. And then underneath that
is a hand drawn, pretty shoddy drawing of a naked
woman and the now very famous signature of Donald Trump
drawn on top of the hand drawn naked woman. Now look,
(11:25):
I don't know if this is real or not, but
I gotta say that doesn't sound like Donald Trump to me.
I've known President Trump a long time. That exchange just
sounds strange. I've seen online. I've never heard President Trump
use the word enigma as an enigma's never age. That's
not the language President Trump speaks. And this sort of weird, existential,
(11:49):
self reflective dialogue out of Camu that ain't the Donald J.
Trump I know, and I got to say President Trump
response on this. It was not ambiguous, it was not slight,
it was not conflicted. Here's what President Trump said in
(12:09):
response to this. He said on truth quote. The Wall
Street Journal and Rupert Murdock personally were warned directly by
President Donald J. Trump that the supposed letter they were
printed by President Trump to Epstein was a fake all
caps and if they print it, they will be sued.
(12:29):
Mister Murdoch stated that he would take care of it,
but obviously did not have the power to do so.
The editor of The Wall Street Journal, Emma Tucker, was
told directly by Caroline Levitt and by President Trump that
the letter was a fake all caps, but Emina Tucker
didn't want to hear that. Instead, they're going with a false, malicious,
and defamatory story. Anyway, President Trump will be suing the
(12:52):
Wall Street Journal, newscorps, and mister Murdoch shortly. The press
has to learn to be truthful and not to rely
on sources that probably don't even exist. President Trump has
already beaten George Stephanopolis, Slash ABC sixty Minutes, Slash CBS,
and others, and looks forward to suing and holding accountable
the once great Wall Street Journal. It is truly turned
(13:16):
out to be a quote disgusting and filthy rag and
writing defamatory lies like this shows their desperation to remain relevant.
If there were any truths at all on the Epstein hoax,
as it pertains to President Trump, the information would have
been revealed by Comy Brennan, Crooked Hillary and the other
radical left lunatics years ago. It certainly would not have
(13:39):
sat in the file waiting for Trump to have won
three elections. This is yet another example of fake news. Now,
I got to say President Trump is not being shy
or subtle or restrained on that. He's saying it's an
absolute lie. And look, I think we'll see this play
out in the in the days ahead. But on the
(14:03):
face of it, like the strange drawing of a naked
woman that seems like it's drawn by about a twelve
year old, that doesn't seem like anything I've ever seen
President Trump do, and and and so, and it's kind
of very conveniently signed with the same signature we've seen
(14:23):
on pictures on laws, on executive orders, on pardons. It
has a lot of appearances of being fake we'll see
what happens.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Well, and the queer point the President is making was
he's saying it's not real and I'm gonna sue suing
by the way the coming downs Fox News, that's a
pretty bold statement. I also think that you know, goes
to the heart here where he's saying this is not
a real story. This is. And let's also be clear
when the president digs in. Traditionally we have seen when
(14:55):
he says this is not a real story. Russia collusion
is a great example of that. He's been right and
when he sued, he's been right.
Speaker 3 (15:05):
Well.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
And let me make three points that are critical in
analyzing this battle between Trump and the Wall Street Journal.
Number One, the most compelling argument he made this in
his truth is if there were evidence of Donald Trump
in the Epstein files, Biden would have released it. Biden
had this, Merrick Garland had this. They were in the
middle of a nasty fight. If they had anything to
(15:26):
implicate Donald Trump, we would have seen this on the
front pages of the paper in October of twenty twenty four,
right before the election. The fact that they didn't, I
think is the single most compelling piece of evidence to
suggest that this is not real. Number two, and I
want to underscore this, don't forget Bill Clinton. Jeffrey Epstein
(15:48):
was a Democrat. He was a friend to Bill. You
know what was hanging in Jeffrey Epstein's living room in
his Manhattan.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
Brownstone, Ah, the famous Bill Clinton dress painting.
Speaker 2 (16:01):
No, that's exactly right. It was a painting of Bill
Clinton in a blue dress wearing red pumps. It was weird.
And that's what Jeffrey Epstein had hanging on his wall.
He was a huge Democrat. Donery supported Chuck Schumer and Democrats,
and so don't forget Bill Clinton. And there's a lot
of effort to paint this Democrats scumbags as a Trump guy.
(16:25):
And a final point, here's what President Trump truthed this week. Quote,
based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein,
I have asked Attorney General Pambondi to produce any and
all pertinent grand jury testimony, subject to court approval. This
scam perpetuated by the Democrats should end right now. Bravo,
(16:47):
release it all. That was right in the principles we
said right up front.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
Aim into that, and let's talk about some winning. That's
been taking place Center. It's been amazing what the President
has been able to do with Benjamin retires winning. I'm
not tired. I'm not tired of winning, that's for sure.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
I'm not tired at all.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
Yeah, you look at just the last six months the
Trump administration. We've secured the border, they've launched ice raids,
They've ended child gender surgeries, they designated the cartels as
terrorist organizations. They've kicked out DII out of government, and
then the big one, which should make so many taxpayers happy,
they have defunded MPR with your help and leadership. That
(17:28):
is amazing.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
Well, I got to say this, this week was a
very important week. So at two twenty in the morning,
late Wednesday night, early Thursday morning, the Senate voted, and
we voted to defund NPR and defund PBS. Now, as
a conservative, I have been fighting to defund NPR and
PBS as long as I can remember. NPR PBS have
(17:50):
been left wing propaganda outlets forever, and as bad as
they were. Look when we were kids, when it was
Sesame Street and Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. Okay,
that was fine, But in recent years they had been radicalized.
They always lean left, but in recent years they've been
(18:11):
open outlets for left wing propaganda. And I got to say,
the left was certain we could never defund them, and
I will tell you on the Senate floor, as we
were taking up the recisions package, so President Trump sent
a package of some nine billion dollars of recisions federal
spendings to call back. We were battling on the floor
(18:33):
and we had it was beyond two in the morning.
It was very unclear if we were going to prevail,
because I got to say, there were several Republicans who
were wobbly. There were several Republicans who were threatening to
vote with the Democrats, and as late as about two
in the morning, I didn't know if we were going
to win. We did prevail, and I got to say,
(18:53):
what a testament to the president, And what a testament.
Let me give you just a shout out to Senate
Republicans and House Republicans for coming together, for pushing past
their differences. Defunding NPR and PBS is the right thing
to do, and the Senate finally, finally finally voted to
do that this week.
Speaker 1 (19:11):
Yeah, this is such a big message I think to
taxpayers that were no longer in the business of just
completely abusing your tax dours and actually using your tax
dollars to go for political purposes. Which is the scariest
part of all of this is how political these dollars
had become advocating for radical, extreme things against family values.
(19:36):
And by the way, I don't want our tax dolls
going for conservative things for sarcasting either. I want to
make that very clear, like that's not what we're advocating.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
For at all. The government should not be in the
propaganda business. This is the argument I made on the
Senate floor. So listen to what I stood up and
urged my colleagues late Wednesday night, early Thursday morning. Give
a listen.
Speaker 4 (19:57):
Public broadcasting has long been overtaken by partisan activists, plain
and simple.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
This isn't just an abstract critique.
Speaker 4 (20:05):
NPR and PBS have revealed their left wing bias time
and time again. When blowing the whistle on NPR, Uri Berliner,
a former senior editor himself a left wing Democrat, wrote
that quote, NPR has always had a liberal bent. An
open minded spirit no longer exists within NPR. We don't
(20:27):
have an audience that reflects America. Exhibit a after The New
York Post broke the Hunter Biden laptop story, NPR ran
political cover for the Democrats, refusing to cover the story, quote,
we don't want to waste listeners and readers time on
stories that are just pure distractions. Mind you, the story
(20:48):
was true, That's why they didn't want to cover it.
As for PBS, its coverage of last year's DNC was
only twelve percent negative, the RNC a stat baggering seventy
two percent negative. If you want to watch left wing propaganda,
turn on MSNBC, but the taxpayers should not be forced
(21:10):
to subsidize it.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
I urge a no vote on this amendment.
Speaker 1 (21:14):
That obviously was very powerful, and the facts that you
laid out there are also incredibly accurate.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
Look, the principle is simple, and I'll say it again.
If you want to watch left wing propaganda, turn on
MSNBC or for that matter, CNN, or for that matter,
read the New York Times or any of a host
of corporate media outlets. But you know what we shouldn't
be doing is using your taxpayer money to subsidize it.
And I got to say, I'm going to give a
(21:40):
shout out to my colleague John Kennedy. John is a
good friend, but he also is a fabulous sense of humor.
I want you to listen to John Kennedy talking about
NPR some of the most radical stories they've run.
Speaker 5 (21:52):
I want to give you a few examples of stories
that NPR has published using taxpayer money. Read the headlines.
First headline in PR News Service, Michael Abanatti quote a
profile of the media savvy attorney they love Michael l Abanatti.
(22:16):
You know where Michael Abanatti is today. He's in jail.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
You know why.
Speaker 5 (22:22):
He's a crook. But for a while he was a
media darling on NPR. Here's another headline from NPR, how
racism became a marketing tool for country music. I kid
you not. The American taxpayers are spending half a billion
(22:44):
dollars a year to pay a local station to buy
content that says country music is racist. Here's another headline
from NPR, Donald Trump's long embrace of Vlatimer Pewtin. Remember
(23:06):
the Russia Gate, the Steel dossier. NPR was right in
there promoting it. A couple more headlines that NPR is
putting out there using your tax dollars. This headline, monuments
(23:27):
and teams have changed names. Let me say the game
monuments and teams, presumably sports teams had changed names as America.
Reckons with racism. Birds are next. I don't know any
birds that are racist. Here's another headline, eating less beef
(23:51):
is a climate solution. Eating less beef is a climate solution.
I don't have anything against vegetarians. I'm a semi vegetarian myself.
I eat beef and beef and tows eat eat grass,
So that makes me a semi vegetarian. But that's my choice,
(24:16):
not on NPR. Eating less beef is a climate solution.
Here's why that's hard for some American men. Here's the
final headline. I could go on the rest of the evening.
How the Taliband adds to Afghanistan's woes when it comes
to climate fueled disaster. Boy, I can tell you that's
on the mind of every person in Afghanistan today is
(24:39):
climate change and the Taliband. I can guarantee you I
don't have a problem with these headlines. This is America.
If you want to publish articles like this, which no
person with a brain above a single cell organism would
call fare and balanced. If you're a news outlet and
(25:02):
you want to publish this kind of stuff. That is
your right as an American. We have freedom of the press,
we have the First Amendment. You're not free in our
country if you can't say what you think. You're not
free in our country if you can't express yourself. I'm
all for this, if that's what these outlets want to do,
(25:22):
but I'm not for taking five hundred million dollars every
single year and giving it to these stations to the
exclusion of everybody else, so they can do it.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
Aim into that, Senator, I couldn't agree with your colleague
and good friend, Senator Kennedy. More.
Speaker 2 (25:42):
I love John Kennedy. I will say he said something
in that. As you know, I'm married to California vegetarian.
Her entire family are all vegetarians. And an argument I
make with my in laws often as I say, listen,
all the animals I eat, they're all vegetarian. And I
will say, you've owned a barbecue restaurant. I am a
proud carnivore. John Kennedy is fantastic. But NPR and PBS
(26:06):
are a joke. And we have reason to celebrate because
despite a massive battle, we.
Speaker 1 (26:13):
Won.
Speaker 2 (26:14):
The Senate voted to cut off to zero out textpayer funding.
We're no longer paying for left wing propaganda.
Speaker 1 (26:22):
Senator, there is just some news that shocked the left.
I don't know how this could be true, but The
Late Show has been destroyed by Stephen Colbert at the
point where they're like, we're not even just firing you,
We're just canceling the entire brand that has been a
staple in American culture, an iconic show for decades. And
(26:45):
now they're just like, yeah, we're done. I mean, it's amazing, right,
you alienate half the country, you hate half the country,
you mock half the country. No one could have seen
this coming.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Well, look, I got to say you and I talked
about just a few minutes ago. I'm not tired of
winning yet. Stephen Colbert is a vicious, dishonest, partisan leftist.
He is utterly consumed with Trump derangement syndrome, and he hates,
he despises more than half of America. He thinks we're idiots,
(27:20):
he thinks we're racist, he thinks were morons. He is
a condescending, arrogant jackass. Now look I say this with
direct experience. I've been on Colbert Show. There used to
be a time listen. I'm someone I love comedy. I
love late night comedy. I grew up watching in SNL.
I grew up watching Johnny Carson and Jay Leno and
(27:43):
like really fun late night comedy. And by the way,
if you've got a sense of humor, you can laugh
at both sides. I'm okay with late night comics making
fun of Republicans making fun of Democrats. Look, both sides
are funny. There's lots of jokes to tell. There used
to be a time. I've been the Senate thirteen years.
When I got there, it was part of the job.
I've done just about every late night show. I've done
(28:06):
Jay Leno, I've done Colbert, I've done Jimmy Kimmel, I've
done Jimmy Fallon. It was a fun part of the job.
It's disappeared. None of the late night shows have Republicans
on anymore. They don't invite anyone. And in fact, it
was really fitting Stephen Colbert's show where he announced I've
(28:26):
been canceled, I'm pulled off the air. You know who
His guest was, Adam Shiff, because of course it was
Adam Schiff because and Colbert's the worst of them he's
a vicious, nasty So I remember when I first did
a show, you know, you know, the hosts come by
and they talk to you in the green room and
they chat with you, and you know, I said, look
(28:48):
like all of these late night comics, they think they're
going to be you know that they're going to be
this like meet the press, like we're going to ask
you really tough questions. By the way, Democrat they have
love fests. They laugh, they joke, they kid around, But
with the Republicans, they're going to nail you to the ground.
And I'm like, look, you want to ask tough questions,
(29:10):
that's fine, but you go on a late night comedy
showed to to to humanize, to say a little bit
of who you are, to laugh, and Colbert just got angry.
He's just like, I want to prove you are evil.
You are the devil. And by the way, they don't
even do that anymore. They just don't have Republicans on
and and Colbert, of all of them, was the worst.
(29:30):
By the way, Jimmy Fallon of the Late Night Guys
is the best. Yeah, Fallin, you know, it's interesting. Fallon
inherited Jay Leno's audience Jay Leno inherited Johnny Carson's audience.
Their audience is a lot of Midwestern conservatives. And so
Jimmy Fallon like like, I had a great time. I
did Jimmy Fallon back back when I was running for president.
(29:51):
He had a very funny skit where he dressed up
as as Donald Trump and and called me and went
back and forth. But he was he was the one
late night host who was not a jerk. Actually Leno
wasn't either, but that was that was early on. Colbert
is directly responsible, along with his compatriots, with destroying late
(30:12):
night comedy.
Speaker 1 (30:12):
And I want to play, by the way, it's because
it wasn't humor.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
It's not funny.
Speaker 1 (30:18):
It's just you.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
I hate you. It is not funny.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
Yeah. It's also, by the way, the reason why I
think Shank Gillis was at the SP's because historics like humor.
Humor is actually back. And Colbert turned his show into
this like sanctimonious woke lecture every night, attacking half of America.
Speaker 2 (30:37):
Well, and let me prove it. I want to play
just just a a selection of you know, he became
this this like scold for you must get the COVID vaccine.
And here are a couple of examples of this bizarre
song he did. You're gonna listen to it. I wish
you could see the videos because the videos have him
dancing like a fruitcake nut uh dressed as a human syringe.
(31:02):
But just listen to it because you can get a
sense of just how sanctimonious he was. Give a listen.
Speaker 6 (31:07):
Find out the way the vaccine is changing the scene
in our new recurring segment, the vac scene.
Speaker 5 (31:27):
Job longer stole.
Speaker 6 (31:37):
Why the can can you ask? I asked that myself.
The answer public domain.
Speaker 3 (31:45):
It's the answer of most things, really, the vaccine.
Speaker 6 (32:02):
The vaccine we have sne.
Speaker 2 (32:09):
Get your shot right now in your arm, your mom,
get your shot, Mom, get your shot.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
But by the way, I just wonder, like how many
of those segments had vaccine commercials from pharmaceutical companies in there,
and it's like, hey, I got you. I'll do a
big thing they.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
Play in Stephens there sponsored by Pfizer.
Speaker 1 (32:39):
Right exactly, they put this thing out. It's ten minutes
and forty nine seconds long. By the way, I say
they literally the video we just played from you was
the quote vaccine. The box set The Late Show with
Stephen Colbert. They put this out themselves and were that
proud of it.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
No, they were proud of it. And it's it's vicious,
it's nasty, and it's not funny. I'm fine with a
comedy host that makes fun of everyone. That's you know,
one of my favorite movies. And we didn't include this
one we did on July fourth our movie section. But
one of my favorite movies was Team America World Police.
(33:17):
Did you ever see that?
Speaker 1 (33:17):
Ben?
Speaker 5 (33:18):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (33:18):
Yeah, great movie.
Speaker 2 (33:20):
Hysterical movie, and it's done. It is. It's puppets and
it makes fun of both sides. It make fun of Republicans,
but it makes fun of democrats. And now I will
warn you it is profane. I had the incredibly poor
judgment to play this video for my in laws on
a family vacation, and I will tell you about nine
(33:40):
minutes into it, when they had dropped the thirty second
F bomb, I was like, okay, wow, this was a
really bad idea, and my mother in law is frowning
at me, and I'm like, wow, okay, never mind. But
unbelievably funny because it's actually comedy. It's making fun just
watching Stephen Colbert say I hate Donald Trump. Yes, Stephen,
(34:02):
we got you. But you know what, Stephen Colbert is
now unemployed.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
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