Author and podcast host Rob Smith joins 'Fox and Friends'
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will well two thousand and twenty has been a
will. Well, two thousand and twenty has been a
tough year. Maybe the toughest
year in most Americans lives
from the pandemic to politics, to
riots erupting across the nation.
But if theres one thing this
year has shed some light on
its the greed and hypocrisy
of our elites
here to discuss the top things
we learned, the host of Rob
Smith is problematic. Podcast
host, Rob Smith,
Rob thanks for being here with
us this morning.
What do you think the biggest
lessons are of twenty twenty?
Well, so I have a new
episode of the podcast is about
the biggest winners and losers
of twenty twenty, and one of the biggest
lessons we learned is that the
american people really
didnt come out on top this year,
because we have a class of
elites and politicians who are
literally living not by the
rules that they want us to
live by.
You look at Gavin Newsom in
California, having dinners with
fifteen thousand dollars wine bills when hes
shutdown, bars and restaurants.
Look at Governor Cuomo in New
Yorks awful decisions,
look at Lori, Lightfoot, shutting
things down in Chicago, but
getting hair cuts, look at Nancy
Pelosi, getting a perm when
everything was shutdown. The list
goes on and on and on, and so the
biggest lesson of this year
is that the ruling class, these
elites do not really care about
the american public and they
dont care about the american
public enough to at least go by
the rule that they want to push
on us
will. I would add, to that rob
you include censorship from tech
companies, what we are allowed to
know about read about, learn
about and what we are not, and
you realize exactly what you
said. But here is a question im
always confronted with
who are you defining rob as
the elites
so im defining elites, as
were talking, big tech
billionaires were talking
politicians?
I think that when we define
elites we talk about people that
are trying to control others and
also not living by their own
rules. So every politician that
I said to you earlier, they
count as elite.
We have big tech billionaires
that are trying to control what
we all see on the news that
were all exposed to these
people are elites, so theyre
how I define them
will yeah, I think, in the past
we might have been tempted to
define elites simply by the
Leland level of their
wealth, but what its become is
whether the have the fashion
fashionable views for that to be
necessary. That is what it is to
be an elite in twenty twenty and then you
get to, as you pointed out, make
the rules for others and look
down your nose at them.
I want to share a story with you
rob I got to get your
perspective on this really
honestly. A tragic story here is
the headlines. From the New York
Times a white high school
student withdrew from her chosen
college. The classmate who
shared it publicly says he has
no regrets. The headline is a
racial slur and a viral video,
and the story is that a 15
year old, inappropriately used
a racial slur
that video was held some three
years later and then
disseminated in order to destroy
her future.
What it successfully did is the
University of Tennessee
rescinded their admission for
her
whats. Your reaction to this
story rob
first of all. Look
the girl said the word in the
rap song at fifteen years. Old
never should have said it, but I
think that we have to have a
real conversation about the kind
of world that we want to live in
and how much we are
punishing people as adults for
things that they did as
teenagers in a social media
era.
I think the New York Times is
wrong for reporting this for
kind of like trying to
make a star out of this kid who
destroyed this girls life.
I think the University of
Tennessee is bad for bowing down
to cancel culture by rescinding
her admission.
I think that theres just a lot
of losers on all sides here, but
particularly the New York Times,
who took such glee in recording
this story, because the fact
that they use this story- and
they shed this national light on
the story- tells me that they
agree with the kid that exposed
this girl and they abused the
power of one of the most
elite. Again theres that word
elite, one of the most elite,
journalistic institutions in the
entire country to literally
bring down an 18 year old kid
for something she did when she
was fifteen years old.
Its just not moral
will right. It wasnt just
reporting to your point. But what
youre saying is its glorifying
the destruction of a childhood
mistake?
Yes, a mistake and destroying
somebody for it
rob always enjoy your
perspective. Thanks for getting.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-29.