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Amen. Florida man. Several different amazing Florida man stories out there. My name is Craig Collins, filling in for Dana on the Dana Show. A 12 foot alligator was removed from somebody’s backyard in Cape Coral Florida after the hurricane. Wreaked all kinds of havoc in the area. And honestly sent a lot of Gators, a lot of places they’re not usually gonna go. There was video footage. Caught it. wasn sent into a local television news station in Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Florida area, A wink news in which They showed the way they removed the gator from the backyard. They tied a rope around It wasn neck tied the other end of the rope around a pickup truck. And just slowly drove It out of the the backyard. I love the comments on this post on social media, on Twitter from the Wink News people.

4 (1m 29s):
’cause a lot of the comments are Like man, I feel So bad for this alligator. You can tell that he doesn’t wanna leave as one of the comments other people saying, this is the way that you gotta do this. Some people are thanking Ron DeSantis, who didn’t seem to be involved in this, but that’s hilarious to do too. But, but So, many different reactions. And, And, ways to I guess represent what is somewhat typical life in Florida. By the way, this isn’t a part of the segment, but It can be. I’m moving to Florida. I I actually live in the Midwest. Right Now And. I’ll be moving to Florida in the next week. And a half, or So And. So I. Hope to not find any gator in my backyard anytime soon. I got family there. I. Don’t think I’ve ever heard a story about us finding stuff. So I, I. think that I’ll be in a a Gator list area, but you never know.

4 (2m 11s):
Another story that I love. Also somewhat tied to the hurricanes in Florida. A guy got arrested because he tried to steal a generator off of a stoplight. it wasn, obviously without power. And It was been provided by set generator. Cops came to his house because workers in the area noticed what he was doing. Told him you’re not allowed to take that. He didn’t seem to really care about their advice, but eventually he left. They got his license plate. A cop showed up at his house. And, they just had questions for this Florida man. First And. He had terrible Florida Man answers. Here we go. Hey,

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How you doing, don? Good. How’s good? Good. we Yeah, can you step out for us?

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Not I’m fixing dinner. Right. Now.

4 (2m 49s):
Okay. My first thing that I’m a fan of is that the cops ask him to step outside. He obviously knows based on the level of stress he sounds Like. He has in his voice that he’s in trouble. And. He goes, I’d rather not step outside. I’m making dinner. I’m very busy. James,

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Buddy back. Listen, what’s going on? What?

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You’re just been detained real quick, buddy. Okay, don, some people might have witnessed you doing some things that we shouldn’t have done. Okay,

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There’s a generator on 6 74 Yeah that I saw. I was my head. No lock on It. And. It was had no name on It. So. I was. Someone said, It out

4 (3m 19s):
Yeah I. Love that. As far as an answer goes from this guy. That is not something that makes things more legal. You saw a generator on the street tied to a, a stoplight that wouldn’t work when you unplugged. It. And, you notice no name on It. He’s treating the generator outside of his community or within his community. Like, most people treat food inside their, you know, office refrigerator. It’s Like. I didn’t see a name. I thought this was anybody’s generator. So I wanted to slowly unplug It And, then find a way to move It to my house, and I thought it wasn fine. And. Then when the workers came up, And told me It wasn’t, and I tried to ignore them. They told me again, It wasn’t And. Then eventually I went home. I never thought I’d be arrested for this. Sir, it’s easy mistake.

4 (3m 60s):
Obviously everybody makes one. That’s So great. There’s no name on. It is something that I hope more people say Right, when they’re getting arrested and I, imagine they actually do. one last one. I Like this too. A guy was arrested in Port St. Lucie in Florida. Apparently he pointed a flame thrower at police. He didn’t use It. Thank God he intimidated them for sure. Brandishing a flame thrower. That’s a crime that’s gonna get you in trouble. More So when it’s toward police. But the Florida thing about It is why did he have a flame thrower? It didn’t seem relevant to anything he was doing. He seemed to back up in whatever video is out there with this story out there. And, pick up a flame thrower. And then say he was gonna do some stuff with It.

4 (4m 40s):
And then realized, that’d be terrible. And, he backed down. And, he got arrested. But that, that’s an intense interaction. I’ve actually often said, this is a quote you can quote me on It, that something that would make me much more disturbed if I ever re to have been a cop. I was when someone chooses randomly to get naked, we in the middle of getting arrested. I, I don’t Like. The people who want to get naked I don’t know what’s going on. and there brains I don’t wanna be around that situation. When you’re in trouble outdoors, And, you think that’s gonna enhance the situation? And not make It much worse. I think flamethrower is the only thing. I might be more intimidated than, than full on nudity halfway through the rest. But both are bad. Neither are good. Don’t be those people.

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Bill Clinton confesses that Biden And Harris did not properly vet people coming to the border illegally. Israel takes out Hamas leader And, October 7th Mastermind. Yaya Swar And. Five women’s volleyball teams have Now said they won’t compete against a conference rival with a man on the team. I’m Greg Rumbas. Join Jim Garrity of National Review. And me each weekday for The Three Martini Lunch podcast. We’ll give you the good, bad And crazy news of the day. And, hopefully a lot of laughs too. Follow The Three. Martini Lunch on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast.

4 (7m 52s):
This is the Dana Show. My name is Craig Collins, filling in. Thrilled to be with you. Bunch of stuff to talk about. Find Dana everywhere. Dana radio.com at dl, at Dana Lash Radio on X on Twitter are great ways to stay connected to everything going on with her radio. Craig C, if you wanna find me for some reason, let’s do this And. That’s on all the social media platforms too. My following is nothing compared to hers, just a warning going in. But let’s do this. The Brett Baer Kamala Harris conversation is gonna be covered a lot by certain types of media And. Then it’s gonna be ignored a lot by a lot of other media And outside of them saying that they think It was mean or they think It was hostile or way to go Kamala for going into an environment. it wasn gonna be tough on her And. Dealing with It Now first.

4 (8m 33s):
The lowering of the bar to that level for someone who wants to be president of the United States is horrible for us. The fact that the left wants her to win for two reasons. The first one they wanted to win is because Trump is a horrible, terrible individual. According to them. They essentially want to trip the other person in the race, And, then win a race alone, And, act Like. That’s some kind of victory. They’re the hollow version of a win if they even get there. The second reason is they say it’s a whole bunch of historical stuff. You gotta have a woman be present at some point. You gotta have somebody that’s whatever ethnicity she says she is on a given day. Those things off to happen. And. I’ll be honest about that part. I, don’t hate And.

4 (9m 13s):
You don’t hate I. Doubt. Anyone hates the idea that someone comes along. Who’s the Right person for the, the job that winds up been female or black? we, you know, Obama’s already broken part of that barrier. Any of this stuff, I don’t care at all what your race, your sex, any of It is. I just want you to be best suited for the job. And, the big thing that Brett Bears interview demonstrated the other night is she is terribly suited for this Like, horribly So as far as the ability to lead or deal with anything. That would be the typical pressures of been the president. Let, let’s prove this to you a few different ways. This was probably the most painful night of the entire 26, 28 minutes, whatever they sat down for, in which a very significant And simple fact was presented to Harris And.

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She about brain exploded. Trying to respond to It

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Rhetoric that people are frankly exhausted of. Brett, more

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Than 70 Percented. People tell the county is on the wrong track. They say the county is on the wrong track. If it’s on the wrong track, that track follows three And a half. hers of you been vice president And, president Biden been president. That is what they’re saying. 79% of them. Why are they saying that? If you’re turning the page, you’ve ve been in office for three And a half. hers,

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And. Donald Trump has been running for office

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Since, but you’ve ve been the person holding

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The office. Come on,

4 (10m 36s):
How dare you sir. How dare you blame me for been in charge of stuff when I was in charge of stuff, because that other guy who was not in charge of stuff, he wanted to be in charge of stuff. And So. He was trying to get the job that I have And. It’s his fault for trying to get this job that he did better than us when he was, and there I mean, this is in insane kind of stuff that I I don’t understand how anyone can walk away from this thinking that she did a good job, And. Yet some people are saying that as far as changes she’d make or think she’d do different than Biden, a lot of mainstream media is telling you that she distanced herself. She drew her her biggest And, you know, clearest version of how she’s gonna govern And be totally separate of the person she’s currently the vice president for.

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It’s interesting you said, turn the page, Madam Vice president. You re asked on two different shows last week, what, if anything, you would do differently than President Biden. Here’s what you said.

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Would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four? hers, there is not a thing that comes to mind in terms of And, I’ve ve been a part of, of, of most of the decisions that have had impact

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Under a Harris administration. What would the major changes be? And. What would stay the same?

14 (11m 49s):
Sure we I mean. I’m obviously not Joe Biden, you know, And So. That would be one changes in terms of yes, but also It I think it’s important to say with, you know, 28 days to go, I’m not Donald Trump So.

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You’re not Joe Biden. You’re not Donald Trump, but what do you do? But nothing comes to mind that you would do differently.

14 (12m 8s):
Let me be very clear. My presidency will not be a continuation of Joe Biden’s presidency.

4 (12m 14s):
By the way, when she paused for that second And said, let me be very clear, I thought she was about to get Like. A different version of unhinged mad that, that she got a few times in this And It reminded me of a clip from a movie So. Real quick, what I was actually expecting Kamala Harris to say was, you

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Shut your mouth when you’re talking to me.

4 (12m 32s):
That’s what I thought she was gonna say, And, that’s from the wedding Crashers. That is not what she said. Let’s get back to the actual answer itself as she continues to describe what she’ll do different

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Like, every new president that comes in to office, I will bring my life experiences, my professional experiences, And, And, new ideas. I represent a new generation of leadership. I, for example, am someone who has not spent the majority of my care in Washington DC I invite

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You are radically to the left, according to a tremendous amount of people have been radically to the left for the long time. you know, one of my favorite actual versions of that, part of the discussion, And And, I’ll give her credit for doing this. When Kamala Harris has been saying certain things about how even a, a John McCain would support her or, you know, think that she’s be a better choice than Donald Trump. It was Meghan McCain that came out. And said, look, leave my dad out of this. Who’s been passed away. He’s been dead since 2018. Weird that Democrats wanna keep bringing him up as the, you know, paragon of what Republicans should be And what they’re not any longer.

4 (13m 42s):
But more importantly, what Meghan McCain said is, if you really keep testing us here, I’ll tell you what he actually said about Kamala Harris And. You’re not gonna Like It. Essentially I think she threatened to spill the t as the kids would say And. What I think is a fascinating about that is yes, Harris is So far left. That So many individuals criticized her resoundingly. Even ones that Now Like, Liz Cheney stand next to her, called her Nazi versions of been a, a left-leaning fascist. That’s how far to a certain side of the aisle she is So. When Harris says out loud, Like, I’m not a care politician. It might actually be better for some of us if she had spent more time in Washington. ’cause she might be a tad less radical.

4 (14m 22s):
Not that that would actually help us. It would still be terrible. Just the degree of terrible might changes a bit. And. one last thing. t know I’ve, ve been playing a lot from this conversation between Harris and there Barr. It’s just They. They covered a lot of ground, did It very, a short amount of time and there pushed back harder than some expected him to. Others did not expect It to be, you know, anything other than what It was. And a lot of Like, really good exchanges that are probably gonna get buried by many, many forms of media today. But this was a pushback on, okay, you’re not radical. You re radical. You’re saying all of your opinions have changes. Even though you also tell us that nothing of your opinions has changes, your priorities, your belief system, it’s all still the same.

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But you kind of made a decision that questions every single part of that, a pretty big decision. Do you remember what It was?

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Immigration. You supported allowing immigrants in the county illegally to apply for driver’s license to qualify for free tuition at universities to be enrolled in free healthcare. Do you s still support those things?

14 (15m 23s):
Listen it. wasn five hers ago, And, I’m very clear that I will follow the law. I have made that statement over And over again And as vice President of the United States. That’s exactly what I’ve done. Not to mention before

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You, if that’s the case, you chose a running mate, Tim Walls, who, governor of Minnesota, who signed those very things into state law. So, do you support that?

4 (15m 43s):
Amazing.

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We are very clear and I Amm very clear as is Tim Walls that we must support And enforce federal law. And. That is exactly what we

4 (15m 56s):
Will do. I, you didn’t answer the question twice. Madam President, Madam Vice president. You didn’t do It the first time. I asked you. You said that you’re obviously against all of It And. Then I pointed out that you appointed someone who’s probably gonna whisper in your ear occasionally. Hey, we should do all that stuff that you wanna do, And, that I already did, at least at a state level. And your response again is, but we’re not gonna do It be because it’s currently the law that we can’t. Even though I thought the whole point of trying to get in positions of power in Washington, And other places was to changes what the rules are And, that you’d very much wanna changes them to be something else. It. It’s insane that we ever accept that from any politician as an answer to a question. What do you think of this? We, it’s the law I wish It wasn’t, but It is So.

4 (16m 37s):
That’s what we’re gonna have to deal with. And, by the way, anyone that might yell at their radio, And, not that I. think many people are gonna do that. In response to what I said, my brain thought of It that when Trump says that he’s okay with abortion been a statewide issue, you might think that’s the same thing as Harris saying that I’m not gonna do anything to try to do these radical ideas. I have. But Trump actually says he agrees with It. He thinks that the states should have control of that issue. So. It’s something that individually they will manage. And, not something that he would ever put a federal ban on or Of course. Go back to the opposite way. And try to reinstate Roe versus Wade, which is something the Democrats say. That’s a different position to say, you know what, it’s not part of my job anymore.

4 (17m 18s):
To, to have an opinion on that or to really, you know, barrel toward that as opposed to we It It, couldn be my job. But I promise It won’t be because we’re not gonna try to make It something that we have happened during my administration. It’s just, it’s ridiculous for the second option to be one that anyone ever believes

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The Hollywood in Toto Podcast (19m 50s):
Babylon b’s. Kyle Mann reacts to a new anti AI law. Gavin Newsom signed that law. it wasn saying, you know, you can’t release AI powered satire videos in the morning. We’re Like. Hey, we should just make one. A couple hours later, It was out. And And. you know, all of a sudden Elon Musk is sharing It, And, And. All these people are sharing It, And. It’s got you 20 million views on Twitter. You can hear more on the Hollywood in Toto podcast. The Right take in entertainment on iTunes or your favorite podcast provider, And Now. All of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s quick five.

4 (20m 26s):
That’s Right. Let’s do a real quick, quick five if we can. Five topics that I’m only gonna get to very briefly. A couple things or pieces of audio that went viral that I thought re hilarious. The first one was a woman. A woman, excuse me, who’s very upset because her Turkey leg, according to her, is made outta ham. It’s not actually made outta ham, but she went viral for complaining about It. Here’s part of that audio. Turkey

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Legs is ham. Turkey legs is ham. No world is a lie. Everything we ever knew was a lie guy, a lie. I was watching a TikTok. This girl said they was at the fair. They got Turkey legs. The Turkey legs tasted Like, ham, uhoh. They went back to the dude. And was Like. Hey, why does this Turkey leg taste Like ham? He was Like. It is ham. We just call ’em Turkey legs. What do you want us to say? Pig leg. Mind blown.

4 (21m 10s):
Her mind is blown. And, Yeah, I. Call It a pig leg if it’s made outta ham. But by the way, the way that Turkey legs are made makes them taste sort of Like ham. But according to a lot of people who know about Turkey legs, they’re not ham. That’s It. I. Guess I can’t do the rest of the, the five here. Or you know what? Actually I, we couldn. Do one more. I got another one. Let’s do this one. 70 one year old woman who’s a pole dancer as a fitness thing. Her name is Mary. She’s not actually someone who does that other thing professionally. She said this recently, A

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Friend of mine said, we, I’m taking pole dancing. I thought we, that sounds fun. The bug had bit me, And my head to do this. I just had to do It and I always say, if you’re gonna try It, don’t just do one time because you’ll come away the first time. And say Oh, man, I’m sore. I didn’t know my head Muscles there. Yeah. You can’t be a wet noodle. And be on the pole. I think you have. Okay,

4 (21m 58s):
I, gotta stop. It. That is the quote of the day. 70 one year old woman saying he can’t be a wet noodle. And be on the pole. That has gotta be true. And, certainly the darkest phrase that any father would never want his daughter to utter in any sit situation whatsoever. I love this And. Actually, I even love how I was interacting earlier this week with a buddy of mine about how good this 70 one year old woman looks. Mary is her name. She’s not bad looking, which probably is a thing that winds up happened. If you find out a grandma went viral for pole dancing And, then you’re impressed that It apparently is a pretty good fitness workout. If It re my family member, grandmother or something, I would beg them daily not to do this. To, to go jog in the park. Like the typical person of that age does, you know, jazzer size do It a little bit faster than normal because then all my friends won’t constantly make fun of me for having a grandma on a stripper pole.

4 (22m 47s):
But again, she’s just doing It for fitness. That’s, that’s all that is. But I love that piece of audio too. I’m in trouble with somebody. I I. Just know I am I. Got a couple other pieces of audio, but I’m gonna save those. I do Like. This. As far as other quick five things, the smallest hill you’re willing to die on. What is It? What’s the topic one person said, been called a girl when she’s over the age of 18 So. She’s a woman. Darn It. How dare anybody use the term girl to describe her Number two on the list from Buzzfeed. And Reddit. Nickelback been a great band. Some people wanna die on that hill. A whole lot of other people don’t. Yes, They have hits. Yes, the hits are catchy. Are They a very talented musical group? we you gotta define talent I.

4 (23m 27s):
Don’t think they’re the kind of musical group that I would’ve put up on the Mount Rushmore of, you know, songwriting. But yes, they have the hits. That’s fine too. one last one. Grease two is better than Grease. Some people would be mad about that. Alright, tuck Carlson did a great interview, a sit down interview where he was And, honestly, that’s all he does I. Don’t think he does a lot of on the road stuff. But a conversation about just how bad things couldn be for liberal mentality. I guess is probably the Right way to say It. If Donald Donald Trump doesn’t indeed win reelection. Something that a whole lot of polls, And, other things are saying is actually likely, you know, for a while they re claiming It wasn’t. But a lot of those numbers seemed to have leaned back toward Trump recently.

4 (24m 9s):
You should still vote whoever you want to win. You should not. Go ahead, And decide. And neglect to throw that part of the process there. As Trump says actually to his supporters, make It impossible for them to cheat as I Like. That as a narrative in And of itself. But I wanna play a part of this ’cause I just thought It was really interesting with a political analyst, And Tucker Carlson. The guy’s name is Mark Halperin, discussing what they believe will happen or couldn happen once Trump gets reelected. As far as the slow breakdown of lack of acceptance maybe, or belief or something for those who take in the rhetoric that Trump is a danger to democracy or whatever else they say. Here we go. I, say

23 (24m 49s):
This. Not flippantly, I. think It will be the cause of the greatest mental health crisis in the history of the county. I, don’t I think tens of millions of people will question their connection to the the nation. Their connection to other human beings. Wow. Their connection to their vision of what their future for them And their children. couldn. Be Like and I. think that It will be, require an enormous amount of access to mental health professionals. I. think it’ll lead to trauma in the workplace. I think there’ll be some degree of, are you been protest? A hundred percent serious? A hundred percent serious I. think there’ll be

4 (25m 28s):
A hundred percent serious. I, love the Tucker’s first real reaction. 45 seconds into this answer to what’s gonna happen if Trump gets reelected. Is mental health crisis a need for access to mental health professionals, fights in workplaces, all kinds of things. It’s Like. Are is this, are you honestly saying this out loud? And? The answer is Yeah. you know, people Like this, you know, people Like this. Not people Like the guest, but people that he’s describing that would seem to mentally be incapable of accepting the idea that Trump couldn be reelected to the office of president because they believe all the things they’re told in media. All the things that at one point Trump’s running mate even believed about him when he would call him a Nazi, as is often brought up in liberal media, trying to take shots at Trump today, but has come around to believe that Oh Yeah, that’s not the case at all.

4 (26m 15s):
And, the whole first time Trump was in office, none of the fearmongering things they said then Like, that we would end up in a nuclear war actually occurred. So I. Guess there’s a chance that those things don’t happen a second time around. But I thought this was really fascinating. They’re not done. They’re just getting into It. Alcoholism.

23 (26m 29s):
They’ll be broken marriages. They’ll be what? Yeah. They, They They. think he’s the worst person possible to be President. And having one by the hand of Jim Comey. And fluke in 2016. And then performed an office for four. hers And denied who won the election last time, And January 6th. The fact that under a fair election, America chose by the rules, pre-agreed to Donald Trump. Again, I think It will cause the biggest mental health crisis in the history of America and I. Don’t think it’ll be kind of a passing thing that Biden long pause inauguration will be fine. think. think it’ll be sustained. And, And, unprecedented And, hideous. Long pause and I. Don’t think the country’s ready for It.

23 (27m 11s):
So mental health crises often manifest in violence. Yeah. think. think there’ll be some violence I. think there’ll be,

4 (27m 19s):
Look, I’ll stop It there. You might think that all this is radical. And And, crazy And. Even Tucker is someone who often gets all those labels added to him. Reacting to some of this with disbelief that he has a guest granite, a guest who’s on Newsmax saying the things that he’s saying. But you can’t help but think that there are people, Like I. I’ll just, I’ll make It a personal experience. An anecdote if you will, or whatever you wanna call this in my own life. There have been several times where based on what I do for a living, I’m broadcaster not just here but other places. There have been people that wind up having friction with me. That makes no sense to me. don don’t know them. don don’t talk to them. And, And. When I do have a reason to eventually communicate with people, maybe it’s people I work with or something else.

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I usually am already at a tremendous disadvantage because of what I say politically. How I discuss certain topics. And It makes It almost impossible to work with some of these individuals. one of the most famous versions of this in my own life are not famous to anybody but me. And, some friends, And, maybe people who listen to some of my regular broadcast stuff that I do was when I was working at a radio station, And the news, Director of the place I was working at came in because I was filling in on a show I didn’t usually work on. She said to me, Right before we started going on air, because she knew what my political stances on certain things re And. This is Right at the beginning of the pandemic. By the way, So, what she said she thought was way worse than what It actually probably would feel Like today.

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Someone said It, but her sentiment was, Hey, by the way, before we start going here, just So, you know, if you say anything positive about Trump, if I ever re to get COV I, D I would find the nearest Trump rally So. we couldn kill as many Trump supporters as possible. She might not have said It quite that clearly, but it wasn exactly the thing she said that she would take It to a rally to hurt people. And. Then she looked at me And. She said, alright, Right, So, let’s get going. And Like, the weirdest, passive aggressive smile took over this person’s face. That’s just one instance. I’ve had tremendous other ones, Like, that where a salesperson or someone else struggles to be able to work with you. And, you’re sitting there thinking, why Like? We barely talk. We barely exchange anything at all. And. Then you do get frustrated or upset or mad at some point because it’s unfair.

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The way that things have been happened are unfair. And Trump feels that way for sure with the way he’s been treated and I. think a lot of Trump supporters And a lot of office spaces or maybe a lot of groups of friends feel that way, or just conservatives who wouldn’t even call themselves, you know, MAGA Republican or whatever the disparaging word is, but would just call themselves people who would rather vote for Trump than vote for Harris And then wind up getting as attacked as anyone else there. There would be a moment where if Trump wins, again, all of those versions of potential conflict, couldn overwhelm a lot of individuals in ways that I think couldn be harmful. As Mark is saying on Tucker’s show, I don’t know if it’ll get to the extreme that It couldn get to, but there are a lot of people who just feel as though your fellow man’s the enemy when your fellow man is not the enemy.

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I’ll say one other thing about the times I’ve had conflicts with people in my own personal life based on politics. I don’t actually hold any ill will to this day on any of those individuals. ’cause don don’t think any of It was about me. And them. I, I, don’t I don’t care. They seem Like nice enough people I. Usually these are people who are, you know, parents or friends or you know something else with a lot of people, you know, And, respect, I don’t have any issue. It’s at times caused challenges to certain, you know, aspects of my own personal life. But nonetheless, Like, when you get removed from those things, you don’t hold any ill will ’cause what’s the point in doing that? It wasn’t even really about you, it’s about something else. and I think that’s the scariest part of political rhetoric in today’s society is the amount of people who identify It.

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So, strongly Now that you don’t want to hate the politician that you disagree with. it wasn more normal. That’s Like at a sporting event. When you’re booing the team, you don’t Like but Now, you actually want to physically boo And at attack. All the people in the stands that cheer for the other team. I’m a Yankee fan. The Yankees are gonna be playing baseball again tonight. and I very hope they win again. And, get one game closer. They’re two games away from the World Series and you know that sometimes people punch each other. And beat each other up because of sports teams. But It, wasn, few And far between. It’s something what happened very rarely in our society And yet the passion that some people might have for politics And the belief they have. What, what happened in the world of politics has a stronger impact on your life than sports does because we darn It, they’re Right about that.

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It does causes these issues to be crazier. It just insane. And, And. Again, my my favorite version of an example of this And. This is So, you know, minute in compared to legal cases, challenging Donald Trump, And trying to throw him in jail. And, anything anyone else would experience in this world. But the biggest thing I can say in response to all of this Like, the, the thing that matters most to me about this discussion is how I hope at the end of all of It, when they’re hers removed from any version of Oh. I didn’t Like that guy. ’cause he said political stuff that I didn’t Like that they look back and go, you know, I probably overreacted there. I probably overreacted here. I probably went too far there. don don’t t know that we will, but I think that would be very cathartic.

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That would bring us a lot of of healing or whatever awoke words I wanna use to talk about It. How to get us back to a place where you don’t see your fellow man as the enemy because they’re not, they’re not the enemy. Especially someone you barely know, you barely communicate with. You barely even understand anything of for you to say or do things that actively harm them. Seems to make no sense. and I don’t know what It is. You’re actually fighting with It. wasn is actually, you know, there’s one other example of this that I I love that I can play that has nothing to do with anything in my life for anyone else’s life. But It is a crazy woman. So, I. Guess I’ll end It on this. This moment, this younger I think 20 something. I was walking through Jersey.

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I’ve played this audio already in the show today. She sees a flag above a restaurant, believes the flag to be Israel’s flag. And So, she rips It down, puts the social media video camera on herself, So. She tapes herself damaging something of a, that she doesn’t own from some business. And, yelling at them about how It stands for genocide Now outside of the fact that that’s anti-Semitic And. Wrong And. A lot of people would disagree with It in general. It also wasn’t the Israeli flag, which makes It even worse when she asked to inevitably apologize. But what I, what I’m trying to say, And, how I’m trying to tie these topics together is that to me, this anger, this rage, this insanity coming out of a complete stranger that’s never been to your restaurant, has No idea, Like anything about your restaurant, but wants to rip the flag down.

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’cause they think that It stands for something that they think they don’t Like. Even though I don’t know how we, she even understands the issue that she’s claiming to understand as we, as she does It. It just shows us how you reposition this anger on stuff that you think you’re entitled to be angry about because society has told you, Hey, you’re allowed to be angry about this when the reality is I. Bet you she’s angry about something else in her life. I don, you know, if she had a breakup with a boyfriend, don, don’t t know if a parent treated her poorly, she’s having difficulties with family or friends, but It feels Like, that’s more likely to be the situation or some sort of challenge she’s dealing with in her own life. Maybe she just lost a job that has nothing to do with her anger been placed on this. Something that It seems Like It doesn’t tie to her at all. But here, I’ll play the audio, just an example.

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But I think we see So much of that in the world and I think that’s So. we represented in what Tucker’s guest is saying, couldn happen when Trump gets back in for the side that sees him as the evil enemy that they’re told he is. Thanks

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