Russian president, Vladimir Putin continues his invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainians have put up an incredible fight, fought much harder. I think than a lot of people were expected. do not least of all Vladimir Putin, who is met, fierce resistance, and yet he continues on his March to Kiev and threat, or ukrainian cities, leaving a lot of us in the west. Asking one simple question: can anything be done to stop? It this is, it will take root Soda verdict would send. Crews is brought you by Jan you sell now before you skip the ads. Just take a listen to this. When, yes, I know some of you skip the ads bags, under the eyes are a problem for millions of american men and women until now. Introducing the new and you sell fear with plant stem cell technology for nor I bags and puffy, as these are my what products, the immediate effects to would you put on it

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I'm about what's going on in Ukraine right now, I am or I to any of us are so now living a lot of people are feeling frustration here. That this has been going on for days and weeks are over a week now, there's been a build up to this for weeks and even months and yet Putin seems to be winning is anything that we in the West can do to stop the russian takeover of Ukraine. Well then, there may be, yeah. I can tell you I just came from a eighty two. Our all senators classified briefing in and what's happening is ugly now and it's probably going to get uglier before it gets better we are seeing the most significant, the most large scale, military conflict in Europe since nineteen forty five. The economic effects of this are already significant on rush. I think they're expected to get much much worse and then, and so Putin

Price is higher than he anticipated. But that being said, I think the the most likely projection for the coming days and coming weeks is a whole lot of bloodshed in Ukraine. Both of Ukrainians and an Putin is, is targeting civilians, but also of Russians as well, so you're you're, seeing as you mentioned, senator some pushed back on Putin at home, using protests in Moscow and elsewhere you're seeing certain russian oligarchs, actually calling for an end to the war, because this is not great their bottom line, be they have to motives, do, but certainly they have financial ones and then on you, rainy inside you ve got ukrainian President Zalewski now making Merchants. The application for Ukraine to join the European Union and the Eu has said that she is in favour of you. rain. Joining at some point maybe not right. Now there is a process, you think well, if they don't join right now, there might not be a Ukraine to join

got a the now asking the United States to impose it fly zone. Are you had caught nominally republican congressmen? Adam Kensington republican government tends to side with the more liberal members of the house. I he also was calling for an. fly zone a no fly zone, meaning that we would shoot russian planes out of the air if they violated it so is, is any of that going to happen as the United States going to get involved in a full, fledged war here for Ukraine or or not? Well, I certainly hope not. I think that would be dumb as hell for us to do that. Little, let me say, first of all, as Olenska IE is a bad ass, an you wanna talk about rising to the occasion you know when the by dead Ministration offered to help a vacuum. Him is a great way to project strength right at the outset, there is less keys response was, was nothing short of spectacular, which is I need ammunition and only to ride my I mean that is look

that has rallied the men and women of Ukraine powerfully to do to see their leaders ready to fight they get so underscores that the by the administration has been woefully Slow, providing Ukraine with ammunition with weapons they have been weak RO. The reason this occurred The reason the invasion happened is because of the weakness of Joe Biden and the weakness in Afghanistan, the disastrous with withdraw last year from Afghanistan, but also specifically the repeated weakness abiden. With respect to Ukraine and Russia. We talked about Nord stream to at length, but but also

on Weaponry Biden twice last year in April in December of last year, halted the transmission of weapons to the Ukrainians. They need stinger missiles, they need javelins right now. They need the equipment to take out russian tanks, russian planes and russian helicopters and an end their running low and all of them were saying Europe stepping up look. I gotta tell you just even a month ago, the by the administration, slow walking, providing lethal aid to Ukraine and they were barest into it. Because what happened is a group of direct democratic sent, there's when it went over to Ukraine on CO, Dalla, rational delegation and they got there. And there unloading weaponry from the bridge Knighted kingdom was sending offensive weaponry and, like you, the Americans, the binding, is until still too scared of its own shadow. To do that. it was only when the bridge shamed

send to it that the binding ministration final, began, providing some in terms of weaponry But I think I think we have to listen to. and ski when he says he needs ammunition. We oughta be providing ammunition in large quality quantities, but a no fly zone are you frigate nuts and we should not be using the american military to shoot down russian aeroplanes to shoot down russian tanks to kill russian soldiers, as that is an invitation to escalation, which would be spectacularly dangerous and Anna, and I think it's on four you ve got american politicians calling for that. Not very many most have better judgment than that, but look the Ukraine so sure they want to defend their nation he oughta be helping, ensure that they have the weapons to do so and and they can fight to defend. Euro now senator you just said that, because Joe Biden

has not lead on this issue and is actually you might go further and say is created some incentives actually for Russia to evade, but because of that Europe now is stepping up in Britain but you're. So you're talking like a republican senator, because when I hear my Democrat friends talk, what they're saying is Joe Biden through magnificent leadership? Has United Europe like never before about that it? You know, I think it's spectacularly funny, Ironically, there is a level of truth to it in a very perverse sense, because what Biden done has been so spectacularly bad, it is provoked. The greatest millet conflict in Europe since World WAR, two and now all of Europe is like a crap, Russia's invading so, yes, everyone is unified now, after rush invaded. Why.

Why did Russia invade because of Joe Biden weakness? You know it reminds me up during the Obama administration, where, where I've joked that that Obama may have retro Did we deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? Are they gave me their little peace prize like twelve minutes after he was sworn in as president for the great accomplishment of not being George W Bush that that that that was enough to give him the prize, but in hindsight Obama may have deserved it, because he did some one thought was possibly unified, the Israelis and the Arabs they that they came back. Turn. All Obama had to do was put in place. A deal that that that was putting us after giving IRAN's nuclear weapons and suddenly the Israelis and Arabs and argue frigate knots? This is so lunatic. This is very much the same as what Biden has done in Europe. His weakness has been so provocative that russian tanks have rolled into Ukraine and

in all of Europe is like oh crap now, where United. Well, yes, but it's only because it's gotten so spectacularly bad that that Europe is united against Putin, but look: listen MIKE As you know, I have been. for a year, young predicting exactly where we are right now and then it makes me said this is not a prediction. I wanted to come true waste. This danger back in twenty nineteen, we sought twenty fourteen when Putin first invaded Ukraine, we sought and twenty fifty when Putin started the northeast. two pipeline to go around Ukraine so that he could invade Ukraine and still get his gas to Europe. We sought and twenty nineteen, when I authored the sanctions, legislation that passed with by partisan super majorities that trumped sign and that stops Nord stream to its work

I Putin didn't invade Ukraine in twenty seventeen One thousand eight twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, because he needed to get us ass to market and he had to go through ukrainian pipelines to do so and because we had a strong President Donald Trump and in Putin didn't want to mess with him just weeks before the invasion. Forty four Democrats voted in ever of waiving sanctions on Russia. Remember that when they start beating their chests tough. They are in Russia. They cause this should by waving those sanctions. But we found the last podcast last week at the time, I mention in the last podcast the possibility of a deal. Here's what had happened, and this was something that had happened, but I didn't reveal the that complete. I didn't reveal the complete details of it on the pod, but the day before, actually called Christian

call them on a cell, and he was in Europe. He was actually in in in Warsaw, Poland and, and I called Cresson said look. Putin is just invaded Ukraine. How about now the Biden, the White House finally do what it should have done a year ago and impose sanctions on Nord stream till innocent Chris. If the White House does I'll lift all my holds on the State department nominees and increases reaction. He thought thought it was a very good daily said, look off call the administration right now and relay that offer, and so I had when film the last podcast I just made that call and made that offered. It was pending the day after filmed at the White House took the deal they finally impose sanctions, stream to now year late, but they impose them, and I did all the holes, and so is it. Is it.

show some of the leverage you can impose in the Senate to try to force actions, but when it came to the sanctions on stream to from the Biden White House, it was too little too late. So I remember, as we were filming that episode, we were sort of waiting to find out. If, still always going to go through what you know you can give to me. Because you don't want to think the deal, it does end up working the probably hours after the pod guest ended up dropping, so the deal work. The sanctions are in place. Now the question is: will that deter Putin did Biden need to put more behind the sanctions did by Need Institute the sanctions earlier. Do. Did other countries need to get it get on board What are the sanctions? Actually gonna? Do you get

So no! Yes, yes, here about your questions, so will that deter potan at this point now, Putin is fully invested on the invasion he wants to conquer Ukraine, Anne and he is giving up significant russian casualties every day to do so. At this point, his pride as it at stake, that being said, does Biden need to do more? Yes, so the problem with the Nord stream to sanctions, one spot Biden put in place- is he's projected so much weakness that the sanctions are credible. The Putin Putin is sitting there. I think Putin is in fact laughing at the Nord stream to sanctions because I think Putin believes we'll find they'll sanction it now, while I'm actually driving tanks on Kiev right. But once Putin succeeds in conquering Ukraine, which I think

leaves he will, and once he succeeds in putting a puppet government place, which I think is what Putin plans to do in Ukraine, then I think he believes for good reason. That Biden oh say all well. What a shame now will lift arson. genes on Nord stream to and you can turn the pipeline on an end. So the in the White House is sanctions on Nord stream to or not credible. As sticking in that's why I'm introducing legislation this week to make the sanctions on Nord stream to permanent and take away binds ability to waive them? And yet you know: there's an old there's, an old military phrase that people people learn about which, as you know, people have heard the phrase you shouldn't burn your bridges now, but but that actually comes from military strategy where, where an invading army would come in, they would cross a bridge and they burn the bridge behind them

so they had to win the war because retreat was no longer an option and- and- and I think in order for the Nord stream to sanctions to be credible, we ve got burn Biden, bridges because Putin now knows Biden, so weak, he'll, wave the sanctions again, once the urgency is gone, right. We'll have a lot more to turn a fact if it is clear and written in. U S, law that Nord stream to the sanctions are permanent and it will never ever be allowed to be turned on, because that gives you in the ability of the pipeline still go through Ukraine. It puts Putin and a much more vulnerable position. Right is so even if the current conveyor of the sanctions, Joe Biden, even if he has no credibility, the sanctions themselves and if, if the Democrats really believe what they are saying about, Ukraine about Russia, they'll vote for your legislation will see if that actually pans

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is. He really means business. The man could launch world worth ray. We might be in it already here, be willing to use nuclear weapons. What's your take on the madness of Putin, look, I think Putin is exceptionally dangerous. I think he is an autocrat. I think he is a tyrant. I think he is a dictator. Ah, I think he is surrounded by yes, men think nobody is willing to tell him. No, nobody is willing to stand up to any one that tries dies like kills any dissenters. That than that that has a way of quashing the. and and- and I think he has you know- he's megalomaniacal- I mean That'S- that's a term I've used for many times. He he is and was a KGB thud, and we talked about the last podcast about how he has these grand visions of russian greatness. He yearned

for the old russian Empire yearns for the Soviet Union, a Europe for the russian Empire of nineteen twenty two he wants to be as are indeed as it want to be. A presidency wants to be as are and- and I think he views it- is- destiny to restore russian greatness and dominance, that's very very dangerous. I think he is also a strong man in the sense that, when it, when he sees resistances instinct, is crush, killed, destroy I think, in the coming days and weeks in Ukraine, we're going to see some horrific atrocities. The Russians have some weapons which, if they use them, could kill vast numbers of civilians. They have bombs that that effectively suck the oxygen out of a place and kill everything,

in that vicinity. I think there is a real risk of of Russia using weapons that inflict horrific outcomes. You know potent made a big show about directing is nuclear forces to be on alert? Do I think that means that were likely to see global, thermonuclear war. Hopefully no, I dont think where we're on the verge of that, but I don't put it passed Putin at all to use what are sometimes called Tactical NEWS, which are smaller nuclear weapons that can inflict devastating consequences less than a global nuclear fallout. I pray to God. He doesn't do that, but but I dont put that beyond him at all I think that is more likely a threat than a real possibility.

But he is someone who, when pressed when pressed, is very, very dangerous and it's why Biden's weakness is so it jeopardizes american securities. It look. You look had last year by the way sanctions on Nordstrom to you. Look at last year Biden twice: host delivery of weapons to Ukraine. In an effort to appease Putin, you look at Biden the by the administration to go shity with Putin. What will? Ok, if you promise not to invade, were willing to consider pulling troops out of Europe were willing to consider pulling our missiles out of Europe were willing to consider pulling our antimissile batteries out of Europe. Look all of that weakness tells Putin push harder push harder push harder that encourages the bully even now, so the by the administration

after the invasion, they're kind of stock, they been saying I'll. Look all of this weakness in and negotiation is gonna. Stop at invasion will know it's not. in any one, that understood Putin knew that it was not which I've been screaming from the mountain tops four months that this was the outcome of what Biden was an do, but at this point the sanctions they put in place they put in place as we sit here tonight. Three ranches of sanctions? They sanctions some of the russian banks, but not all of them. They put in place what they haven't and put in place as secondary sanctions on the russian Central Bank. What that means is the russian Central Bank can still do engage and financial transactions, for example, China with, for example, India. If we want a really impose finance, harmed harm. You impose secondary sanctions on the russian Central Bank. They claim they made Russia

so. The now no one in the civilised world will deal with Russia. But, interestingly enough, the State Department put exceptions and said well accept unclear. We're going to continue to have John Kerry Play Footsie with Russia on climate, and they said when, except on IRAN's nuclear deal, when it comes to giving the Ayatollah nuclear weapons will continue to play footsie with it. With Russia on that. So they put all these exceptions, but here's the funniest exception, Michael. So they have sanctions on russian banks, but they make an exception. For energy transaction oil and gas now mind you. Oil gas is Russia's principal source of revenue, so these supposed tough sanctions exempt the thing that is funding Putin, carrying out this invasion, and it is once again that that this almost inherent weakness in by then Harrison Schumer and policy and an Putin,

smell that weakness and unfortunately, it only encourages? So what why don't? We the sanctions on the energy industry. Is it? Is it one because Biden doesn't really care if, if Russia conquers ukraine- and he knows that what he is doing right now doesn't have any teeth so never mind, or is it because, because we need the oil and Europe needs the oil at look, it's it's some of on one level. I think the by the administration has all, but given up hope that the russian invasion will stop as they believe. This is a done deal. It may be a few weeks, maybe even a few months. If the the ukrainian surprise, but they believe eventually, Russia will conquer Ukraine and then but they're, counting on isn't insurgency that plays out over years that that then, that if Russia conquers Ukraine that the Ukrainians, engaging guerrilla warfare and that may play out look rush in vain

Afghanistan and for years faced guerrilla war fair in Afghanistan. That's a possibility! I think that's about all the binding ministration is wholly on hope for the they really don't see any vision for pro venting Russia from conquering Ukraine any more than they saw a vision for stopping the Asian in the first place that they believe they don't understand strength. I told you about the previous year. where one democratic senator asked why didn't Putin invade in twenty seventeen, two thousand and eighteen, two thousand and nineteen, two thousand and twenty

Certainly we just started laughing out loud. I mean it. It's a question that answers itself, but I will say also on the european dependence on russian oil. Listen Biden has gone a long way to creating that dependence. When Biden in his first week shuts down the Keystone pipeline in America Way shuts down new leases on federal lines when he shuts down New Austria. Leases all of that reduces America's ability to export energy, which makes our allies more dependent on our enemies. Today's episode, a verdict with TED crews, is brought to you by IP. Danish, did you know that browsing online using incognito mode doesn't actually protect your privacy without added security. You might as well give up your private data way to hackers advertisers you're in

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there has been a little bit of arab schizophrenia maybe on the American right when it comes to the person of Vladimir Putin thereof. There have been some right wingers who seem to be, if not admiring, of, your Putin, they are so critical of of our own leaders in the west that they look at things that Putin does an aid they think I well. Maybe we should. We should do that as well. There was there was the head of Emma six, the british spy agency. He tweeted out something to the effect. Of me, you know what distinguishes us from Vladimir Putin is Algae BT rights, and that's why we need to celebrate algae BT rights and- and I think a lot of people looked then said well, if, if transgender resume in the classroom is all that separates us from from Putin than pass the vodka comrade I mean there was a real, but. Will you look at prudent guys? Obviously, a killer he's a thug. He leads that their country

We were at war with for half of the twentieth century. What. What is our understanding of Putin and why? Why do some people find him? If not, if not attractive, watch is there a kind of interest on the right and boot yet look, I think that am six tweet was really unfortunate and then I love the Brits, I'm a die hard anglophile, but that that that made one want to yeah I had at how the empire has fallen. Look. There is, I think, a small fringe group on the right. That find themselves enamoured with strong man and an Putin in particular. I think it's a very small group, any conservative, as far as I am. So any conservative any republic in any American any patriot the view on p

my view on Putin is he's. A dictator is a thug he's a murderer He's an evil man, he is our enemy, he hates us any wants to kill us, and indeed so so, just just so. I have no ambiguity. I will say I think the press desperately wants to amplify this small little fringe group on the right. Because a they love any dissension on the right, so they did the day. Yet you know weird Alice in Wonderland, where wherefore sixty years. Conservative stood up to the Soviet Union and liberals offended celebrated heralded the Soviet Union for more than sixty years We're almost a century- probably he it was forever never look, Bernie Sanders, vague honeymoon in the day

Soviet Union right, bright, yellow going back to Europe to send an east is made that there's not a communist revolution on earth. The Democrats haven't defended when Trump became president. There was this fixed shuttle narrative, the Democrats and the corrupt corporate media invented of Russia, Russia, Russia, and it was very weird for four years Democrats suddenly discovered. Russia was bad and it's the most bizarre like it what's weird so some of the old Democrats, the ones have been around the Senate along time. They actually know that these are short of fake. Talking points that that that they were using for convenience to attack from, but they don't really believe it. Some of the newer Democrats didn't quite get the joke and they suddenly oh Oh, this is what we believe: Russia, bad and then suddenly, when badness,

rendering the Russia there like dinner or what to say they just kind of stammer boisterously cause they haven't. They haven't figured out that for four years, when Democrats were saying Russia, bad they were passed during they were lying, look rush bad. I will say it unequivocally, but you know what I said it during Jimmy Carter. I said it during Ronald Reagan. I set it during Bush and Clinton and and and Bush Obama and Prompt and Biden. So since I was I've. I've been saying Russia, bad. That's what happens when you raised to the Cuban how we tend to have fairly start views of communism continue forever, but I will say the euro there is this fringe view on the right that that celebrates Putin, and it does so. I guess because they think he has the right enemies that that

that there are some left us who who he is dismissive of sort of like all right. If he is dismissive of leftist- and I dont like left is therefore he's my guide, it's like no, he wants to kill you to surmount be confused about this, No, I think, that's a really important point. Senator because you- do you know a lot of american conservatives. They look at the deep state, Vienna they look. at the elected government. Now in America they look at the global leaders or the least the western leaders, and they say wolden all those guys hate my guy and the president's says that I'm a nazi and half the countries full of nazis- and we really ought to just got up and go away and have no role in our government role, terrorist insurrectionists and so I dont like them and a potent like them either, but it, but you ve, made an important observation which is prudent, hates us to have, but button does not

particularly favour one american side over the other. He doesn't like America, he doesn't like the west he's aggressing on the west. It is true that Vladimir Putin funds the construction of cathedrals. Well, America. a drag queen story, our libraries, but by any measure by any measure you could, It is a more christian country, and at least equally conservative as Russia, so even if even of american consumers are trying to export or superimpose domestic political values on the Russia, Ukraine com I dont think it holds operating, as I think, a really important insight you're making here just because a man, is the enemy of my my enemy, or my opponent does not make him my friend yeah and edit, sir. As I said, I think the corporate media vastly elevates these few handful of

and focus on the right because they love telling the narrative right it s lucky you even look at. For example, the press went crazy about trumps comments about Putin. That is, strategy of of framing himself has as a piece Her was savvy, listen nobody's ever said. Putin was stupid right, but let us be clear that his failing, is not lack of intelligence.

Failing is that he's an evil murderer trying to conquer the world? It would be better if he were stupid. I wish potent were stupid her. No, he might be less of a threat than then, but but the press obsessively holds onto so. If you look at the Sunday shows the Sunday shows all they want to question any republic as well. Isn't it terrible that Trump used the word savvy to describe what what Putin is doing? You don't see any the press, questioning Democrats will widen Biden surrendered Putin over and over again. Why did forty four Democrats vote just weeks ago not to sanction Russia, but because the press are poor

again, as one of the big issues here is, we need foreign energy. We need foreign oil when he foreign gas. We were on a pathway back to energy independence in recent years and then, unfortunately, this president doesn't seem all that interested in it. So what does the future look like for american energy the White House says we need american energy, we have to be some less reliant on foreign oil, but where can a drill here, we're not gonna we're not gonna, build our pipelines, we're not going to build nuclear facilities so what what is the in saying that gonna do looks at that. They don't have any reasonable plan. They are, they are driven by zealotry and extremism.

comes to the green new deal, the green new deal at last week I had a lunch with a number of of sea owes of of energy companies in Houston and and one of the things I was trying to explain to them. As I said, look you guys are trying to argue based on reason, based on logic based on facts. You can't reason with these people they're not interested in reason or logic or fax. The radical left, the green new deal proponents, the people driving the bite, administrations, energy policy, they hate oil and gas. They want to destroy all: U S, production, they want a bankrupt every. U S, oil and gas cup

and they don't care about the consequences they don't have. When you ask them, how are you going to drive to work right with what? How are you going to power jet airplanes? I don't have an answer so, like you going to put a windmill on the front of an airplane that they have no answer, it is visceral. It's emotional and part of the problem is for too many on the left. Faith is no longer part of their life that they are our virulent acs an end. So this this this angry environmentalism has replaced faith in their lives. It is their new faith, look mankind. All of us yearn for doing something bigger than ourselves, serving a purpose that, as higher than just the momentary existence of waking up and eating and and and going through the day and going back to sleep, we want a transcendent,

purpose and an for too many on the left. This visceral emotional environmentalism has replaced religion, and in that context, oil and gas producers are evil doers, they are Satan, they must be vanquished and one mustn't concern one selves with the pesky details of how it works and who suffers an who pays the price that this is the most convincing tank. I've actually heard on this, because I've been trying to

my head around. What the end goal is here for Democrats is it that they well? I know they want alternative energies, but surely they know that windmills- and you know you unicorn two years- you're, not gonna power, the United States. So what are they trying to do where they trying to work on some other international energy scheme? But what you are saying here is actually ties in with a conversation. We're having about Putin, which is on this issue there, just not behaving like rational actors. There is an even if the elected politicians are on the democrat side, there behold into a base that has become fanatical in its environmentalism, and so Why won't they pursue nuclear Welsh because that's bad? Why won't they produce oil at home or encourage the production of oil? It well because that's bad though bite overseas. So what yeah, ok least, we don't need to think about is just not up. There's not a through line of reason. My what was the end goal, a burning which is at stake here those pesky witches. I thought

is therein go. That is how they view you a couple years ago. I was doing this thing called called trip fast, witches it it's done and in Austin at the Universe, Texas, Austin and I was being interviewed by Chris Haze. You know that the left is toasted Emma basic, and it was before the last election I asked my said: hey. I cannot turn the tables back and was asking him a question which you didn't like us. Chris Self Biden wins should the by the administration ban franking, it was interesting. Haze search starts backtracking, like because he didn't want to commit to that before the election, because he knew that was unpopularity like well. Well, maybe more time in a phased out come over five years may be, and I said, look projections are few ban racking. It would do Roy one point four million jobs in this country and suddenly the students at U T begin applauding ha.

while his big auditorium they begin applauding- and I say, look it's very easy for all of you guys sitting there sipping your star, lattes by the way at a university pay for by oil and gas. Are you, Professor Tripp? for by oil and gas, or all of the buildings were built by oil and gas as state was built by allegation. Foot for UNICEF their applauding destroying the jobs right now, there's an us a guy drive in the work in the oil fields, south taxes in his pickup truck and he's providing for his kids In your applauding, yes, yes, take away dirty man's job right. You want to know why the american people are fed up with a contemptuous laughed. It's you sitting there in plush comfort, saying much better that he has no job right, but that's the elite is contempt. The left

as rightly that's, though, the baino accusation of all sorts of hell. Yes, we're gonna, take your job hell, yes, we're gonna, take your energy in your gas in your oil, in your heating, of course, does it doesn't play for well in Peoria I've got to ask you. Switching here is a little bit before we go. I will require, in us on Monday, The union is tomorrow on Tuesday, probably Joe Biden is not going to talk very much about energy. It's not doesn't seem to be a big winner for him. Do you have any predictions for the state of the union, I'm going to predict what it's not going to be? It's not going to be honest,. Eve, Joe Biden were honest. He would stand up and say. the state of the union. Thanks to the Biden, administrations policies is weaker in every respect that it was a year.

If Joe Biden were honest, he would say we spent trillions of dollars, we wrapped up trillions in debt and that is produced galloping inflation. That is hurting me. and across the country. If Joe Biden were honesty would say we refuse to enforce the law and end the result was the worst illegal immigration in sixty one years is two million people entered the country as a result of our policies. We saw more crime, we saw more children being physically and sexually assault, We saw more disease and we saw more poverty if he was being honesty would say. As a result of our legal and unconstitutional vaccine mandate, we ve seen doctors fired, we ve, seen nurses fire, we ve seen police officers and fire There's fire. I've been the one firing soldiers and sailors and arrogant and Marines. We seem truck drivers fire as a result, if he were being honest of my giving

into the radical socialist left. We ve seen police officers and police forces across the country, undermine we see, crime rate, skyrocket, murder, rate, sky, Iraq, rocket, carjack, erect rate skyrocket, and all of that is just domestic. If you look abroad, every region of the world as a result of the binding ministrations weakness. Religions, gotten worse. We abandoned Afghanistan, the Taliban we abandoned Ukraine to Russia. We are in the process of had any Taiwan to China we're trying to give the eye Told I ran a nuclear weapon if We're being honesty would say, it was a mistake. When I gave in to the radical left when I was running for president, Twenty twenty I campaign is a moderate as a centrist and then I gave country the agenda to Bernie Sanders to air Sea to Elizabeth Warrant, and that was a mistake. I apologize and I'm good

to go back to doing what I told the american people. do in the election, the chances that he does, that I think or zero point zero percent. But that would be an honest in the end Yes, Joe Biden more honest, senator, if my aunt had Kahane is she would be my uncle, so I dont think we're gonna look forward to that speed. And in today's world, Michael, if you can be both zoo, might be. She might be on that Senator, we must bring in our friend lose Wheeler Liz. What are you gonna be talking about on the verdict? plus community series, the cloakroom. Actually before list starts, can it can I ask you something less let lives can I ask Just for the record, you are neither Michael's aunt. Uncle is not right. That is ragtime, nor can I change my engender Michael, the question that you asked me what we're gonna talk about the programme, it's a little hard to know what to say, following following a comment and interaction like that, it's it's

following your asking. We essentially follow devolving headliner near senator. We have a great comes nation for that cloakroom over on verdict, plus, as you know, anybody who wants to join us can you as on verdict with ten crews, dot com, slash plus, you can use a promo code cloak Rome to get one want free and an annual sums. today we are we talking about two interesting controversies. The first being pro golfer Phil Mickelson was flirting with the idea of backing and alternative turned have Pga torn alternate to the Pga tour with Saudi is, and this has caused quite the kerfuffle? So we can talk about that rules about about former attorney General Bill BAR he's. Writing a book called One damn thing after the other and is this another John Bolton book where the attorney general in trash trump. It appears that it might be cells we're going to discuss both both of those things.

Join us on verdict with ten crews, dot com, slash plus promo code cloakroom for one month for you in your annual subscription, it's gonna be a good conversation. I can't wait to hear the conversation. I can't wait to read the former attorney generals book, because if it does turn out to be a bad book, we would We totally. We never had him on this show. It was never a very popular episode of verdict. Do not pay no attention to that. I look forward to it lies in the meantime, I'm Michael Knolls. This verdict with headquarters this episode of verdict with TED crews being brought to you by jobs, freedom and security pack, a political action many dedicated to supporting conservative causes organizations and candidates across the country. In twenty twenty two jobs, freedom and security pack plans to donate to conservative candidates running for Congress and help the Republican Party across the nation.