3-29-25 The Weekend Hour 3: I Want Greenland!

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Trust me. I mean, I just a fact you do.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
You've ever thought about the history of land acquisition to
create what is the United States of America. We have
bought land, We have annexed land, and we have conquered land.
We have expanded this country from the original thirteen colonies
to an entire continental power were here's a detailed look

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at what we've done. So just chronologically, eighteen oh three,
we the Louisiana Purchase. We purchased this vast territory from France.
At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, it doubled the
size of the country in one single move. Sixteen years later, Florida.

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You know, a little peninsula down there, That little place
always gets hurt, hit by hurricanes. Ron DeSantis is you know,
down there running things. We got that from Spain through
the Adams Owners Treaty. Aren't you glad we got Florida?

Speaker 1 (02:40):
Yep?

Speaker 2 (02:41):
And then eighteen forty five the Republic of Texas got annexed.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Yeah, all you Texans, huh.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
You declared your independence from Mexico, which you know, congratulations,
We're glad you did that, and then we annexed you
into this country. So Texas became a state eighteen forty five,
eighteen forty six Oregon. All you now, Portland we might
de annex but in eighteen forty six the Oregon Treaty

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with Great Britain established the boundary between this country and
British North America. That's how we got Oregon. Unfortunately we
got Portland too, But you know, not everybody in Portland
can be as same as you are. Eighteen forty eight
Mexican Session, after the Mexican American War, we gained these

(03:36):
vast territories. You know, I collect antique maps and Some
of my favorite maps involved the Mexican Session. It shows
the Republic of Texas as this vast land that kind
of followed the southwest boundary of Louisiana Purchase. Well, we
gain California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico

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in eighteen forty eight, huge land grab at that time,
eighteen fifty three, the Gadsden Purchase. There's this little strip
of land in parts of Arizona, New Mexico. If you
look at how the boundary kind of follows Mexico, then
there's kind of this little dip, this little kind of
rectangular property that's called the Gadsden Strip. And we bought

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that eighteen fifty three, the Gadsden Purchase bought it from Mexico.
Eighteen sixty seven, Russia sold us in what was termed
at the time Seward's Folly. We purchased Alaska. Yes, aren't
you we have Alaska?

Speaker 1 (04:41):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (04:42):
Think about if Russia still had Alaska, but you know it,
Canada would be kind of like Ukraine, right, Yeah, except no,
we got Alaska out there eighteen ninety eight through military
victory Spanish American War. We got Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam.

(05:05):
I've been to all of them. I like all three
of them. Eighteen ninety nine we annexed American Samoa in
a settlement with Britain and Germany. Nineteen seventeen, the US
Virgin Islands, Saint Thomas beautiful place. Guess who we bought

(05:29):
it from, the same people that are trying to keep
us from taking over Greenland. Denmark. Yeah, we purchased the
US Virgin Islands from Denmark, and in nineteen forty seven
we got the Mariana Islands, we got the Caroline Islands
and the Marshall Islands. Those became US territories after World
War Two. So it's not like we haven't done this before.

(05:52):
We have done it before, and it's time to do
it again. I want Greenland. The Vice President has been
in Greenland, and I would I would play this first.
It's only five seconds, but I can't play it because
he uses the S word, but immediately getting off the
plane and walking out onto the into the gate area,

(06:17):
he immediately says it's cold as feces here, except to
use the S word instead.

Speaker 1 (06:25):
But then during the trip.

Speaker 5 (06:30):
He says, yes, our message is very simple. Yes, the
people of Greenland are going to have self determination. We
hope that they choose to partner with the United States
because we're the only nation on Earth that will respect
their sovereignty and respect their security, because their security is
very much our security, as these brave Americans show.

Speaker 2 (06:52):
So we've kind of weaseled a little bit. Trump wants
to buy Greenland, he wants to annex Greenland, he wants
to make Greenland the fifty first state, and now we're
just going to allow them to do a self determination.
It's so typical Trump, if you're going to negotiate throughout

(07:16):
the most absurd thing that you can, well, we're just
going to take over Greenland and then you can start
working your way back and eventually get what you want.
And I think that's what he's doing here. But if
you ever thought, why why Greenland? Why is it that
we need to either partner with Greenland? I'd love to

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have this state. Quite frankly, that would be my preference.
Let's just get Denmark to cede it to us. The
Vice President is right. Let the small small population of
Greenland vote and if they want to become the fifty
first state, then let's have Congress vote on it. And
let's bring him in as the fifty first state. Yeah,

(08:06):
why would you want to do that? Trump is not
the first to try to do this. In fact, Trump
is the third president to do this. Andrew Johnson tried
to purchase Greenland in eighteen sixty seven. Guess who his
secretary of state was, Yeah, William Sir Seward, the same

(08:29):
guy that bought Seward's folly that bought Alaska turned out
to be a pretty good thing, right well, Seward was
trying to explore buying Greenland alongside Alaska. Only the Alaska
deal went through. So it's not the first time that
we've tried to do this. Our aspirations to own Greenland
go all the way back nearly one hundred and sixty

(08:50):
years eighteen sixty seven. President Truman tried to buy Greenland
in nineteen forty six. Who Truman proposed buying Greenland for
one hundred million dollars in gold. Why Well, because Truman,
because of his Cold War fears about Soviet influence, wanted

(09:14):
to get that into the US fold. Denmark rejected the offer.
I wouldn't say Denmark was stupid, but Denmark now because
they're like a typical European state, trying to go down
this path of a European welfare state and allowing all
this what they call mass migration, all these foreigners into

(09:37):
their country is turning Denmark into another hellhole, another craphole
country in Europe. And don't get me wrong, I love Europe,
but it's turning into a crap hole. And then guess
who else tried to take over Greenland? It's the Weekend
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Brown USA. A few Greenland facts. Next, Hey, welcome back

(10:08):
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to noon onn East Coast. So I want Greenland, I
really do. I think that for economic reasons, for geopolitical reasons,

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for national security reasons, for our economy, I think Greenland
would be a fan and tasty addition to this country.
You know, how about this, Let's switch out California for Greenland.
You want to do that, we can give green We
can give California away. Yeah, everybody hates in California, I

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love it. Or New York or New Yorker Illinois. We
give New Yorker Illinois away. How about that? Yeah? So
the light you knew the last president was to really
try to talk about getting Greenland Donald Trump, No, not
Harry Truman. Yeah. Truman tried in nineteen forty six, and

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he was worried about Soviet influence. Trump talked about it
during his first term too. He floated the idea about
buying Greenland, and that made headlines all over the country.
Go back on your way back machine or Google machine
to August of twenty nineteen. He called it a large
real estate deal for national security reasons. And he was

(12:01):
right then and he's even more so right today. Because
of the influence of the Chinese Communist Party. Now, of course,
Denmark obviously dismissed the notion, and the leaders of Greenland
itself asserted their autonomy. So this is not there's Ecclesiastes,
there's nothing new under the sun. We set foot on

(12:26):
Greenland during World War II and still do have a
presence there.

Speaker 1 (12:32):
Now.

Speaker 2 (12:32):
We did in World War II to try to keep
the Nazis from gaining a foothold. Well, the same thing
applies today, except that it's not. Well, we should always
be worried about Nazis, but we're more worried about the
Chinese Communist Party.

Speaker 1 (12:47):
Now.

Speaker 2 (12:49):
Denmark air quote here owns Greenland as a constituent country
within the Kingdom of Denmark. In eighteen four team after
the Napoleonic Wars, Norway was forced to relinquish a bunch
of territories when its alliance with Napoleonic France began to crumble.

(13:12):
The Norwegi the Norwegia. The Norwegian Historical Association has some
pretty good words about this if you want to go
look it up and read about it. But Denmark, who
was aligned with the victorious Powers, got Greenland into the
other territories. Norway was transferred from Danish to Swedish control,
and it wasn't a voluntary handover, but a consequence of

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wartime negotiations and a territorial realignment was dictated by the
treaty's terms. So it's poor old Greenland. You just need
you need a permanent family, you need a forever home.
So we've gone to the we've gone to the country
shelters and we looked at all the countries in the

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in the shelters, and we've picked you and we want
to give you a forever home. In two thousand and nine,
Denmark gave Greenland self rule. There were demands within the
population living on the island. They wanted autonomy and self determination,
so Denmark granted that, but they retained control over foreign

(14:20):
affairs and defense. As that's all according to the Danish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I would ask Greenlanders this, you
look at NATO or break down the components of NATO.
Think about the UK, France, Germany, think about Belgium, the Netherlands.

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None of those countries have a coordinated defense. None of
those countries really have a defense infrastructure of their own.
They're predominantly relying on reliant upon the United States and
have been since World War Two, since the inception of NATO.
NATO can't get its act. NATO talks about when he
put troops on the ground in the in the Russia

(15:12):
Ukraine War. What troops and who's going to be in charge?
Do you think the Germans are going to acquiesce to
the French being in charge of the troops boots on
the ground. Do you think the Britain's going to agree
for Germany to have control over the boots on the ground.

Speaker 4 (15:27):
No.

Speaker 2 (15:28):
The only the only country that can really bring any
sort of cohesion to NATO is the United States of America.
The the industrial base of the of the component countries
of NATO are in complete disarray. Their defense industries can't
talk to each other there, their armaments are not interoperable.

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They all have their own different systems. That it's it's
a disparate group of countries that tried by creating the
European Union, trying to create the United States of Europe
as in Esson's what they were trying to do to
compete with US, and that's falling apart, and it's dysfunctional
and quite frankly it's one of the most progressive socialist

(16:12):
Marxist organizations in the entire world. Nobody wants to call
a spade a spade when it comes to NATO or
the EU, but Trump is, and I certainly am too.
I'm not opposed to NATO. I think we need that alliance,
but I think they need to carry their fair share,
and I think they need to get their act together
and quit relying upon us. But I don't hold that

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much hope for that. So if you're Greenland, you're like
the little bastard child, You're like the little orphan. Denmark
gave you autonomy, but they still control all of your
national security. And think about that. Of all the NATO countries,
who do you want really in charge of your national security? Denmark,

(16:54):
I mean Hell's males. At least, the Germans and the
France and the Bretzea Guts sort of got their act together.
But Trump and this country understands that there is a
geopolitical realignment taking place, and I think it's time for
Greenland to recognize that. A couple more things about Greenland

(17:18):
when we get back from the break that I think,
if you're not persuaded yet, might help you get persuaded
that Trump's on the right path. Here now the tactics, Yeah,
that's out for the debate. But I really do want Greenland.
So we came with Michael Brown. Text line is three
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think about Greenland. I'll be right back.

Speaker 1 (17:53):
Tonight.

Speaker 2 (17:53):
Michael Brown joins me here.

Speaker 4 (17:54):
The former FEMA director of talk show.

Speaker 3 (17:56):
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that right now? So Denmark technically owned Greenland, but we've
been responsible for their military security, Greenland's Military Security cent

(18:25):
around nineteen fifty one. That defense agreement was signed during
the Cold War because we wanted to secure the North
Atlantic against any sort of Soviet expansion, and we will
obviously want we wanted to leverage Greenland strategic Arctic position,
and that's what we've been able to do. And that
Defense Pact allows us to maintain bases in Greenland like

(18:47):
Thuel Air Force Base, which is a key military installation
and what that that operates as a forward operating base.
So it gives us a presence to monit and deter
any potential threats from the Soviet Union quite frankly, I
think from the Chinese Communist Party too. It has all

(19:07):
sorts of advanced radar systems. We can track ballistic missiles
and aircraft civilian and military for that matter, and we're
able to track all of the Russian activity in the Arctic,
which they are slowly trying to take control of. So
it gives us a front row seat to monitor Russia,

(19:30):
and as China starts to make moves, it does exactly
the same thing. And the shipping lanes, that's also important.
So both the United States and Greenland are part of
something called the Arctic Council. That's a forum that addresses
regional issues like you know, climate change, but it also

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does really serious stuff about policy in the Arctic region,
research in the Arctic region, treaties about you know, who's
going to control will be able to do things in
the Arctic, So it's all part of it. And Greenland
has all of these huge deposits of rare earth minerals,

(20:11):
all the vital tech minerals that we need for computers
and laptops and missile systems and everything else, which obviously
we got an economic insecurity reason for, and they're unable.
Denmark's unable, and if Denmark is unable, Greenland's certainly unable
to really exploit those for the good of the people

(20:32):
that live on the island. Do you know the ice
sheet that covers Greenland, which wasn't always there, by the way,
covers about eighty percent of the land and holds enough
water that theoretically you could raise global sea levels by
twenty four feet if it melt, if it entirely melted. Yeah,

(20:56):
that's according to NASAs, So take it with a grain
of salt. But for comparison, that's twice the height of
the Statue of Liberty. Just to give you some idea
of how much ice there is there.

Speaker 1 (21:10):
Now.

Speaker 2 (21:10):
Despite the kind of cold reputation we were listening to sound,
the five seconds sound by advance getting off the plane.

Speaker 1 (21:19):
Is golden than Munle what here.

Speaker 2 (21:23):
So despite the icy reputation and the cold reputation that
it has, Viking Eric the Red named Greenland why trying
to attract settlers though it's mostly covered in ice. Now,
the US got its name from an explorer to Americo, Vespucci.

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We got weather stations there. We operated a secret nuclear
powered weather station called Camp Century in Greenland's ice. We
abandoned it in nineteen sixty seven. It's now a relic
of a American ingenuity. It's buried underneath the snow. But
it's the world's largest island, covers about eight hundred thirty
six thousand square miles. It's home to overwhelming whopping fifty

(22:13):
six thousand people. Now, we span about three point eight
million square miles compared to their eight hundred thirty six
thousand square miles. And we've got a population this close
and getting close, close and closer all the time to
three hundred fifty million people. So I think it's a
vital interest to us, and I'd like to see us

(22:35):
get it. However, even if it's a territory, I'd gladly
take Greenland in as a territory. Maybe bring them in.
Don't make those well, might become a tax even if
we do that, But I was gonna say, don't make
them pay us income taxes, in which case I might
start broadcasting from England if we didn't have to pay

(22:56):
income taxes. How about that? I don't know what the
time differences. I just look at that one up. I
didn't look that one up. But wouldn't it be great geopolitically,
national security reasons, economic reasons. It all makes sense. And
it's not like we haven't acquired territory before so all
of a sudden everybody's all, oh, we can't do this.

(23:19):
We've been trying to do it for more than one
hundred and sixty years, so maybe Trump can pull it off.
And I think all those facts that I gave you
about Greenland are all good reasons about why we actually
should try to get it. The the other things going
on I wanted to touch on before we finish today

(23:40):
is the whole thing about Tesla. Tesla is did you
see if you haven't seen it on my ex timeline,
did you see the interview that Brett Bair special report.
It's the show that comes on I think mountain time
is about four o'clock, so maybe six'clock Eastern time. Brett

(24:02):
Bear hosts a program on Fox News called Special Report,
and on Thursday and Friday he interviewed Elon Musk and
about seven eight members of the Doge team. It was
I don't necessarily always like what Brett Bear does, but
that was an exceptional interview, and I'd encourage you to
go watch it. You really should watch all of it.

(24:22):
And if you have people, if you have friends and acquaintances,
family members that are opposed to Doze and what it's doing,
and then by all means had begged them to go
watch this interview and to answer a lot of questions.
And if you have time, watch the additional interview that
he did with Elon Musk alone. The guy's more impressive
than that. I mean, forget his aspergers. He really was impressing.

(24:44):
But he talked about all of the attacks on Tesla.
Well they haven't stopped. Fox News reports.

Speaker 6 (24:54):
We begin with Madison Scarpino at a Tesla service shop
in Atlanta, where protests are expected. Later to Madison, highly Siah,
that's right. There are set to be hundreds of protests
nationwide today at different Tesla locations, including this one here
in Atlanta. And the goal is to stop Elon Musk
in the Department of Government Efficiency.

Speaker 3 (25:16):
Now the.

Speaker 2 (25:17):
That's stupid. So I conclude that if you want to
stop the Department of Government efficiency, then you are for
necessarily waste, fraud, and abuse. Or you just don't like
Elon Musk, which that's fine. A lot of people don't
like me. Call somebody that cares. But wait till you

(25:40):
hear what some Democrats say. And by the way, for
all of you that are burning tesla's or you know,
like Mark Kelly, the Senator from Arizona that sold his Tesla,
sold both of his Teslas and bought an internal combustion
gas guzzling I forget what it was.

Speaker 1 (25:56):
A Ford. It was like a big giant for Ford
suburban or something.

Speaker 2 (26:01):
But whatever it was. Oh, so you're only like a
part time member of the Churchill de climate activists. You
only care about the environment when it fits your political.

Speaker 1 (26:19):
Principles. Is that it?

Speaker 2 (26:21):
So your principles are always shifting. These people are nuts.

Speaker 6 (26:24):
These protesters are a part of the so called Tesla takedown,
and the group is calling today a global day of
action against the carmaker. According to the Tesla Takedown website,
The group wants people to quote, sell your Tesla's, jump
your stock, and join the picket lines. They're protesting Musk's
roll in Doge. He spearheaded severing government agencies. But Musk

(26:46):
says this is an effort to expose waste, fraud and
abuse in the federal government. There have been plenty Tesla
protests leading up to today. Here protesters from Monday in California.

Speaker 3 (26:57):
Listen Tesla rivers.

Speaker 4 (27:02):
I see that I want to do a peaceful illustration
and it's not just about.

Speaker 3 (27:13):
The Tesla takedown.

Speaker 6 (27:14):
Group wants these protests to be peaceful and say it
opposes any violence or destruction of property. But there are
reports of violence from counter protesters earlier this month.

Speaker 3 (27:23):
And this all comes.

Speaker 6 (27:25):
After a string of attacks on Tesla dealerships, car owners,
and charging stations nationwide, and the FBI launching a task
force this week to crack down on the Tesla attacks.
On Wednesday, one man accused of using molotov cocktails to
torch several Tesla's at a dealership in Vegas this month
was arrested. He's currently in federal custody, and the FBI

(27:47):
is treating these attacks as domestic terrorism and some Democrats
are calling the task force a political weaponization Alicia.

Speaker 2 (27:56):
Political weaponization because the very definition of terrorism is using
violence to influence public policy. So if you're burning Tesla's
trying to destroy a publicly traded company owned by a
guy that's trying to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, and
you're opposed to that, you're trying to influence public policy,
So you fit the very definition of terrorism. CNN even

(28:21):
reports about it.

Speaker 3 (28:22):
All right, this just in. We're seeing new dramatic video
of seven Tesla cars burning outside a showroom in northern Germany.
So far, police have not confirmed the cause of the
fires or connection to the international protest against Elon Musk.
This comes as Tesla facilities are on alert as the
hashtag Tesla takedown movement sparks global protests targeting the automaker.

(28:47):
These are live pictures right now. Protests in New York
and DC. Organizers say they're trying to send a message
against Elon Musk's role in gutting entire US government agencies
and the mass fire rings of federal workers. Demonstrators in
Germany today holding signs and actually laying on the floor

(29:07):
of a Tesla showroom in Berlin in opposition of the
Trump administration policies. The Tesla takedown movement denies any involvement
in vandalism against Tesla in recent weeks.

Speaker 2 (29:20):
Of course they do. Do you believe him? I don't
believe them for a New York unit, not at all. Now,
when we get back, you'll hear from Senator Chris Murphy,
Democrat from Connecticut, who's really upset that well hanging tight.
I think you'll get a kick out of it. It's
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Guber number six zero eight five makes a really great point.
I goober six o eight six zero eight five writes this, Michael,

(30:25):
I don't understand quote takedown Tesla. Do you want you
to sell your tesla to whom? Doesn't that mean somebody
else will just own the tesla? Makes no sense? Well,
Goober number sixt zero eight five, that's because you're not
a terrorist. Yeah, they just they want you to sell
your tesla. But what they really want you to do
is go burn it. And if you if you're not
willing to burn your own tesla, they'll do it for you. Somehow,

(30:48):
that's justified because Elon Musk, who happens to be the
richest man in the world, well that makes him evil.
And trying to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse, well that
makes them even more evil or and so we get
stuck with real, real stupidity. It was kind of interesting

(31:10):
because the Senator Chris Murphy it seems to think that
this whole idea about Tesla and takedown Tesla and all
these things going on is somehow related to well you
figure out yourself.

Speaker 4 (31:28):
Now, this resolution claims to say something.

Speaker 2 (31:30):
All right, I should clarify Republicans were trying to pass
a resolution condemning vandalism of Tesla dealerships or Tesla cars.
Why would you be opposed to a resolution that condemns vandalism?

Speaker 4 (31:47):
Now, this resolution claims to say something about domestic terrorism,
but the only terrorism, the only violence it mentions, is
violence carried out against you guessed it, Elon Musk. On
an annual basis, there are eleven thousand reported incidents of
domestic terrorism. Eleven thousand. Only a handful then impact Tesla dealerships,

(32:15):
but they're the only acts of violence mentioned in this resolution.
Fifty two of the reported attacks were based on racial
or ethnic targeting by radicalized attackers, but they aren't mentioned
in this resolution. Only Elon Musk is mentioned in this
resolution because a different set of rules apply to him.

Speaker 2 (32:35):
Really, what are those rules? But seriously, and by the way,
this is a resolution condemning acts of vandalism against Elon
Musk's company, Tesla. Now, if you want to introduce one
against vandalism against McDonald's, well, then Senator, once you introduce
that resolution, or if you want to introduce a resolution

(32:58):
about vandalism of any other sort, you could do that too.
But this one just happens to be about Tesla and
it's just a resolution. So what you're saying is you're
refusing to condemn vandalism that really crosses over into domestic.

Speaker 4 (33:13):
Terrorism because he is in charge and he deserves protection
that no one else gets. He deserves a White House
TV commercial for his cars.

Speaker 1 (33:22):
He deserves to get payment.

Speaker 2 (33:24):
Didn't Joe Biden have some electric vehicles on the South
Lawn exactly where those Teslas were parked and talked about
how this was the these were the cars of the future.
I think they were Fords. So that's okay, But Donald
Trump's bad.

Speaker 4 (33:39):
It's himself contracts and steal from his competitors. He deserves
to have his own resolution. And people are asking why
why does the richest man in the country get this
special treatment.

Speaker 1 (33:52):
Oh, because he's the richest man in the world. Oh
is that what you're saying?

Speaker 4 (33:56):
To most people, it feels pretty fishy. It definitely feels wrong. Now,
I hate violence of any kind, whether it's perpetrated against right,
left or center.

Speaker 1 (34:07):
But this violence is okay. So I'm going to argue
against this one.

Speaker 4 (34:11):
I've spent my life on this floor fighting violence.

Speaker 2 (34:15):
But well, if you spent your life on the floor
you've been there too long, so once you go home.

Speaker 4 (34:19):
I also hate inconsistency, So I'm going to make my
colleague a pretty reasonable offer here. At the same time,
the President Trump is saying that he's going to vigorously
pursue people that attack Tesla dealerships, he's giving pardons to
the people who beat the hell out of Capitol police officers.
So I don't think that we should consent to a

(34:40):
resolution that says we care about violence but only when
it's committed against the business interests of the richest man
in the world. And I have a way to solve
that problem. Senator Murray has a really simple resolution, a
resolution that expresses our disapproval of the pardons that were

(35:01):
issued for the very specific set of individuals who on
January sixth brutally attacked Capitol police officers. I understand that
many of my Republican colleagues think that the people who
trespassed here shouldn't have been prosecuted. Let's set aside that disagreement.

Speaker 2 (35:18):
Oh, let's just ignore that that there were many people
that were maliciously prosecuted who committed no crimes. But let's
just brush that aside for a moment. Okay, then why
don't you go see the treatment of even those who
may have committed an act of vandalism. You know, maybe

(35:41):
they broke the window, maybe they pushed open the door,
Maybe they stole Nancy Pelosi's lecture, maybe they did something
did that deserve a felony conviction and years in jail.
I don't think so, but that's what you're arguing.

Speaker 4 (35:58):
This resolution just says that the specific set of people
who viciously attacked police officers, the ones that hit the
police officers over the head with metal polls, that those
people shouldn't have been given a get out of jail
free card. And so why don't we just be consistent,
Why don't we say that violence matters when it's committed

(36:21):
against Elon Musk's dealerships, and it matters when it's committed
against the people that protect us.

Speaker 1 (36:28):
Bottom line is Senator Murphy just doesn't want to condemn
domestic terrorism because well, because he's also in favor of waste.

Speaker 2 (36:35):
Fraud and abuse. That's what's really going on. Thanks for
joining the Weekend with Michael Brown. Everybody have a great weekend.
I'll see you next Saturday.