November 12, 2025 • 8 mins
Is there a security issue, depending on which political party you belong to, that determines the amount of protection you receive when speaking at college campuses? Ann believes MSNBC will be ok after it rebrands itself this weekend to "MSNOW" because the network fuels Democrats to act crazy against Republicans.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Mark Simon, Well and Culture, the best selling author of
the Great Columnists. Make sure you follow her on Twitter. Hey,
even better substack where you can see she's got interviews
and podcasts and all sorts of stuff and culture dot
substack dot com and culture. How you doing fantastic?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
How are you, Mark Simone?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I'm good, I'm good. Uh, hey, let me see this.
You know, you see Berkeley, that's a terrible college. There's
a turning point event there. Yesterday Antifa gets violent, goes crazy.
University didn't have enough protection. Uh, everybody says when it's
a liberal speaker, to make sure there's plenty of security.
But not for this one. Justice Department now taking a
(00:48):
look at going after them. Uh you speak at all
these colleges, what what is wrong with them?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Well, you remember they should have sent the nationally they
Trump should have sent the national Guard. When when Berkeley
shut down my speech, and I think I think it
was twenty seventeen. I went back the next year, but
I had the Proud Boys protecting me. That was November
twenty nineteen, and several thousand Antifa showed up. Yeah, don't
(01:17):
expect local law enforcement. I've directed not to protect or
the campus security to protect you. Trump should have done
this long ago. We should have done it when it started.
Listened to Senator Tom Cotton. These are state universities. That's
why we have civil rights laws because states, certain states
(01:42):
back then, the Democrat states of the old Confederacy, weren't
enforcing the rights of black Americans. That's why we have
the ability of the federal government. Well, even from the
beginning of our country, the very reason we have a
constitution and a strong president was to put down mob actions,
criminal behavior in our country. Surprisingly enough, the founding fathers
(02:06):
were not thinking about what can we do to help
Syria or Ukraine, was to protect our country. And yeah,
drump should have been doing this from the beginning, and
it wouldn't keep happening. Well, I'm glad he's sending in
National Guard to protect ice agents. But when this happens
on college campuses, particularly college campuses that are state institutions,
(02:29):
though according to Supreme Court rulings, even private colleges have
to have to but they well, all everybody has to
obey federal law. But federal troops could go in and
enforce things against private university because of all the money
they've taken student aid and research money.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Well, the good news is Antife has now been officially
declared a terrorist group. This Department of Justice letters are
going after UC Berkeley for allowing terrorism on the campus.
And this will allow the Department Justice to really step
in and do something.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
But well, they ought to. This is something I mean,
this is this is why a lot of people like
me support this idea of America first. We're constantly solving
the rest of the world's problems. We're constantly getting Americans
and the news media, oh, focus on what's going on
in Europe now, and what's going on in the Middle
(03:22):
East and what's going on in the Balkans. Can we
please pay attention to what's going on to Americans because
our country is in trouble and this is what we
expected Trump to do. Put our interests first.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yes, the shutdown Democrats what a victory? Huh? Could you
tell me what they achieved with the shutdown?
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yet it did not work well and the argument they're
making and Republicans are going to have to learn to
navigate this. Although sorry, let's let's pause for a moment
to celebrate what knuckleheads the Democrats look like. No one
has ever wont to shut down, so I don't know
why they would think they could win this, but they're thinking, oh,
(04:01):
because they want to keep subsidizing Americans healthcare. I've always
thought Republicans are too afraid of this issue. Their voters
are not made up of welfare recipients. There may be
some Trump voters who have had your reli on public
assistance for a time or two, but this permanent underclass,
(04:24):
just generation after generation after generation living on welfare, having
other Americans pay for them, pay for their food, pay
for their health care. I think senators like Josh Holly
are making a big mistake acting like, oh, yeah, this
is the Trump base. No, you're insulting the Trump base.
It isn't true, and I think most Americans are sick
(04:45):
of paying for other people's healthcare food. The Snap benefits issue, man,
thank god for Twitter. It has been all over Twitter
showing you know, obviously quite able bodied people, a lot
of the men threatening to go loose and rob stores
if they don't get their Snap benefits anymore. I'm thinking,
(05:06):
if they have that much, I mean you can see
them time. They have enough, plenty of energy. It look
like strong young men. Surely they could get a job.
Ditto for the women. If anything could stand to lose
a few pounds and healthcare. Nobody cared about me losing
my healthcare under Obamacare. One thing you will notice is
a difference between Republicans and Democrats. When Republicans save people,
(05:31):
solve an issue, and do solve an issue, that issue
goes away forever. They actually do solve it. For example,
Ronald Reagan ending the Cold War, defeating the Soviet Union,
puff gone, Soviet Union is no more, Rudy Giuliani solving
crime not only in New York City but basically across America. Well,
then Republicans lose that as an issue to run on.
(05:53):
We start running on it again. Now, cut taxes. Reagan
did it. They never went back up to close the
level they were before he came in. When Democrats solve
a problem like healthcare or poor people, they just make
the problem so much bigger and it just it was
always amazing to me watching the Democratic primaries, you know,
(06:15):
every four years since Obama, and their big subject is
Americans can't get health care. It's a disaster. Yeah, okay,
you guys said Obamacare would fix this and you made
it worse. So we can't get back to them. That's
the one premise we need to start with. And then
Republicans have to figure out how to do this in
a fair way and stop giving better health care to
(06:36):
illegal aliens and welfare recipients than hardworking Americans.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
They can't claim Obamacare is working anymore, because if it was,
it wouldn't be an issue right now. We wouldn't have
better shutdown over it. We wouldn't be talking about it
if it was right.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Everyone just pretends that they they don't remember Obamacare happened?
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Do we lose her? Oh? There you are, you're still there.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Right, Yeah, something happened.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
We lost you for a second. Hey we only got
a minute left. Friday's the final day of MSNBC. It
then becomes it then becomes ms now from a tiny
studio that got kicked out of them. What do you
think will they survive?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
They're kidding, I can't see a bit repetitive. I'm going
to mention that to you, Mark. It's a little tough
even for those of us who enjoy laughing at liberals.
I don't think ms I was kind of noticing recently,
like with a shutdown, MSNBC is not good for the Democrats.
We really should hope that it continues. They they represent
(07:38):
the far progressive left. They are, you know, tickled pink
over Zorhan Mom, Donnie. I think they are taking the
Democratic Party in a direction that is not good for
the Democrats, but is good for Republicans. So maybe we
should try to get MSNBC a little more, a little
more visibility.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Oh very good, Yeah, very good insight into that. Well,
everybody check out and Culture on Twitter. Make sure you
follow on Twitter. But even better at substacks. She's got
columns and videos and interviews and podcasts and all sorts
of stuff. Go to andculter dot substack dot com and
Culture dot substack dot com and Culter. Thanks for being
with us.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Good to talk to you, Mark Simone, Bye bye.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Take care. Hey, don't forget. Jimmy Falis now with us
every night nine to midnight. Very good show, funny, interesting,
every night nine to midnight, right here on seven ten.
Woar
Mark Simon, Well and Culture, the best selling author of
the Great Columnists. Make sure you follow her on Twitter. Hey,
even better substack where you can see she's got interviews
and podcasts and all sorts of stuff and culture dot
substack dot com and culture. How you doing fantastic?
Speaker 2 (00:24):
How are you, Mark Simone?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I'm good, I'm good. Uh, hey, let me see this.
You know, you see Berkeley, that's a terrible college. There's
a turning point event there. Yesterday Antifa gets violent, goes crazy.
University didn't have enough protection. Uh, everybody says when it's
a liberal speaker, to make sure there's plenty of security.
But not for this one. Justice Department now taking a
(00:48):
look at going after them. Uh you speak at all
these colleges, what what is wrong with them?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Well, you remember they should have sent the nationally they
Trump should have sent the national Guard. When when Berkeley
shut down my speech, and I think I think it
was twenty seventeen. I went back the next year, but
I had the Proud Boys protecting me. That was November
twenty nineteen, and several thousand Antifa showed up. Yeah, don't
(01:17):
expect local law enforcement. I've directed not to protect or
the campus security to protect you. Trump should have done
this long ago. We should have done it when it started.
Listened to Senator Tom Cotton. These are state universities. That's
why we have civil rights laws because states, certain states
(01:42):
back then, the Democrat states of the old Confederacy, weren't
enforcing the rights of black Americans. That's why we have
the ability of the federal government. Well, even from the
beginning of our country, the very reason we have a
constitution and a strong president was to put down mob actions,
criminal behavior in our country. Surprisingly enough, the founding fathers
(02:06):
were not thinking about what can we do to help
Syria or Ukraine, was to protect our country. And yeah,
drump should have been doing this from the beginning, and
it wouldn't keep happening. Well, I'm glad he's sending in
National Guard to protect ice agents. But when this happens
on college campuses, particularly college campuses that are state institutions,
(02:29):
though according to Supreme Court rulings, even private colleges have
to have to but they well, all everybody has to
obey federal law. But federal troops could go in and
enforce things against private university because of all the money
they've taken student aid and research money.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Well, the good news is Antife has now been officially
declared a terrorist group. This Department of Justice letters are
going after UC Berkeley for allowing terrorism on the campus.
And this will allow the Department Justice to really step
in and do something.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
But well, they ought to. This is something I mean,
this is this is why a lot of people like
me support this idea of America first. We're constantly solving
the rest of the world's problems. We're constantly getting Americans
and the news media, oh, focus on what's going on
in Europe now, and what's going on in the Middle
(03:22):
East and what's going on in the Balkans. Can we
please pay attention to what's going on to Americans because
our country is in trouble and this is what we
expected Trump to do. Put our interests first.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Yes, the shutdown Democrats what a victory? Huh? Could you
tell me what they achieved with the shutdown?
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yet it did not work well and the argument they're
making and Republicans are going to have to learn to
navigate this. Although sorry, let's let's pause for a moment
to celebrate what knuckleheads the Democrats look like. No one
has ever wont to shut down, so I don't know
why they would think they could win this, but they're thinking, oh,
(04:01):
because they want to keep subsidizing Americans healthcare. I've always
thought Republicans are too afraid of this issue. Their voters
are not made up of welfare recipients. There may be
some Trump voters who have had your reli on public
assistance for a time or two, but this permanent underclass,
(04:24):
just generation after generation after generation living on welfare, having
other Americans pay for them, pay for their food, pay
for their health care. I think senators like Josh Holly
are making a big mistake acting like, oh, yeah, this
is the Trump base. No, you're insulting the Trump base.
It isn't true, and I think most Americans are sick
(04:45):
of paying for other people's healthcare food. The Snap benefits issue, man,
thank god for Twitter. It has been all over Twitter
showing you know, obviously quite able bodied people, a lot
of the men threatening to go loose and rob stores
if they don't get their Snap benefits anymore. I'm thinking,
(05:06):
if they have that much, I mean you can see
them time. They have enough, plenty of energy. It look
like strong young men. Surely they could get a job.
Ditto for the women. If anything could stand to lose
a few pounds and healthcare. Nobody cared about me losing
my healthcare under Obamacare. One thing you will notice is
a difference between Republicans and Democrats. When Republicans save people,
(05:31):
solve an issue, and do solve an issue, that issue
goes away forever. They actually do solve it. For example,
Ronald Reagan ending the Cold War, defeating the Soviet Union,
puff gone, Soviet Union is no more, Rudy Giuliani solving
crime not only in New York City but basically across America. Well,
then Republicans lose that as an issue to run on.
(05:53):
We start running on it again. Now, cut taxes. Reagan
did it. They never went back up to close the
level they were before he came in. When Democrats solve
a problem like healthcare or poor people, they just make
the problem so much bigger and it just it was
always amazing to me watching the Democratic primaries, you know,
(06:15):
every four years since Obama, and their big subject is
Americans can't get health care. It's a disaster. Yeah, okay,
you guys said Obamacare would fix this and you made
it worse. So we can't get back to them. That's
the one premise we need to start with. And then
Republicans have to figure out how to do this in
a fair way and stop giving better health care to
(06:36):
illegal aliens and welfare recipients than hardworking Americans.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
They can't claim Obamacare is working anymore, because if it was,
it wouldn't be an issue right now. We wouldn't have
better shutdown over it. We wouldn't be talking about it
if it was right.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Everyone just pretends that they they don't remember Obamacare happened?
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Do we lose her? Oh? There you are, you're still there.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
Right, Yeah, something happened.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
We lost you for a second. Hey we only got
a minute left. Friday's the final day of MSNBC. It
then becomes it then becomes ms now from a tiny
studio that got kicked out of them. What do you
think will they survive?
Speaker 2 (07:17):
They're kidding, I can't see a bit repetitive. I'm going
to mention that to you, Mark. It's a little tough
even for those of us who enjoy laughing at liberals.
I don't think ms I was kind of noticing recently,
like with a shutdown, MSNBC is not good for the Democrats.
We really should hope that it continues. They they represent
(07:38):
the far progressive left. They are, you know, tickled pink
over Zorhan Mom, Donnie. I think they are taking the
Democratic Party in a direction that is not good for
the Democrats, but is good for Republicans. So maybe we
should try to get MSNBC a little more, a little
more visibility.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Oh very good, Yeah, very good insight into that. Well,
everybody check out and Culture on Twitter. Make sure you
follow on Twitter. But even better at substacks. She's got
columns and videos and interviews and podcasts and all sorts
of stuff. Go to andculter dot substack dot com and
Culture dot substack dot com and Culter. Thanks for being
with us.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Good to talk to you, Mark Simone, Bye bye.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Take care. Hey, don't forget. Jimmy Falis now with us
every night nine to midnight. Very good show, funny, interesting,
every night nine to midnight, right here on seven ten.
Woar
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