Reaction & Commentary
DEMOCRATS HELD A PRIMARY DEBATE IN NEW YORK CITY LAST NIGHT. THEY HAD NO CHOICE. BOTH THE CANDIDATES IN THIS RACE ARE INCUMBENTS. THANKS TO A COURT DECISION THAT REDREW CONGRESSIONAL BOUNDS, THEY’RE RUNNING AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THE SAME SEAT. THAT’S A LOT OF FUN. FOR 30 YEARS, CAROL MALONEY HAS
REPRESENTED THE UPPER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, JERRY MADLER HAS REPRESENTED THE WEST SIDE. RATHER THAN DO THE OBVIOUS THING AND RETIRE, THE TWO ARE COMPETING FOR THE NEWLY-DRAWN 12th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, COMBINING THE UPPER EAST SIDE AND UPPER WEST SIDE OF MANHATTAN. IT TURNS OUT TO BE THE RICHEST
DISTRICT IN AMERICAN POLITICS. THERE’S A LOT AT STAKE. WE FORCED OURSELVES TO WATCH THE DEBATE. WE WERE RICHLY REWARDED FOR DOING THAT. WE’LL START WITH THE HEADLINES IN THE DEBATE, WHICH YOU’VE ALREADY LIKELY SEEN. NEITHER ONE OF THESE PEOPLE IS CHEERLEADING FOR JOE BIDEN. HERE’S MALONEY. >> WHO PRESIDENT BIDEN RUN AGAIN
IN 2024? >> YES. >> MR. NADLER? >> TOO EARLY TO SAY. DOESN’T SERVE THE PURPOSE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO DEAL WITH THAT UNTIL AFTER THE MIDTERMS. >> MS. MALONEY? >> I DON’T BELIEVE HE’S RUNNING FOR REACTION. >> Tucker: “I DON’T BELIEVE HE’S RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.” THAT’S NOT A PROFOUND OBSERVATION.
OF COURSE JOE BIDEN ISN’T RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. HE CAN BARELY FIND THE MEN’S ROOM. THAT WAS NOT VERY INTERESTING. IT WAS PREDICTABLE. WHAT WAS VERY INTERESTING, WHAT TELLS YOU A LOT ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IS HOW THESE TWO CANDIDATES TALKED ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEIR GOALS FOR THE COUNTRY.
WE SHOULD TELL YOU, HAVING WATCHED IT, THAT FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO SAY WAS NOT EASY. THESE ARE NOT SPRY ARTICULATE PEOPLE. THEY’RE NOT MAGICIANS WITH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. ONE HAD TO SIT FOR THE ENTIRE DEBATE, BECAUSE HE WAS TOO WEAK TO STAND. AT ONE POINT, HE BOASTED ABOUT
HIS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE CONGRESS. THAT WOULD BE IMPEACHING GEORGE W. BUSH TWICE. >> AN INSURRECTION IS FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY, TRYING TO STOP THE PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER. THEREFORE I AM LEADING THE FIGHT TO STOP THIS. TO STOP THIS. I HAVE PASSED THE TWO IMPEACHMENTS.
IMPEACH PUSH TWICE. >> Tucker: TWICE. THE SECRET TO JERRY NADLER, IT’S NOT HIS APPEARANCE, IT’S HIS INTELLECT, WHICH IS SMALL. OBVIOUSLY HE MEANT TO SAY DONALD TRUMP, NOT WHAT HE CAN REMEMBER WHAT DECADE IT IS. WHAT DECADE IT IS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT JERRY NADLER MALONEY, NEITHER HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
JERRY NADLER IS ASKED, WHAT ARE YOU PROUD OF, AND HE’S TALKING OF MULTIPLE IMPEACHMENTS. DID THE IMPEACHMENT IMPROVE A SINGLE LIFE IN THIS COUNTRY? NO. SHE WAS ASKED THE SAME QUESTION, WHAT ARE YOU PROUD OF? WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? SO SHE RESPONDED. HERE ARE CAROLYN MALONEY’S PRIORITIES FOR THE UNITED STATES.
>> OUR WORK IS NOT OVER YET. WE NEED TO PROTECT WOMEN. WE NEED TO PASS GUN SAFETY LAWS. WE NEED TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE. >> Tucker: SO THOSE ARE HER TOP PRIORITIES. THESE ARE POWERFUL SITTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. FIRST PRIORITY, PROTECTING WOMEN. IN OTHER WORDS, MORE ABORTIONS, PROTECTING WOMEN FROM HAVING
CHILDREN, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK AT SOME DEPRESSING MIDTOWN BANK. DON’T RAISE YOUR FAMILY. GO TO WORK. WELL, MALONEY DIDN’T MEAN BY PROTECTING WOMEN IS PUNISHING CRIMINALS, FREE TO BEAT WOMEN OPEN THE SUBWAY IN NEW YORK, AS THEY ROUTINELY DO. THAT’S NUMBER ONE, PROTECTING WOMEN, MORE ABORTION. OKAY.
NUMBER TWO, GUN SAFETY LAWS. NONE OF THESE GUN SAFETY LAWS, GUN CONFISCATION LAWS, WILL BE ENFORCED IN PLACES WHERE THE DEMOCRATS GET A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTE. THEN NUMBER THREE, COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE, BECAUSE YOU DON’T NEED AIR CONDITIONING IN THE SUMMERTIME. YOU DON’T NEED A CAR. LOOK AT SIRI LAMPINGA, THEY’VE
LOOK AT SIRI LAMPINGA, THEY’VE DONE A GREAT JOB. SHE DIDN’T MENTION INFLATION. EVERY POLL TAKEN SHOWS THAT INFLATION IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE THAT ACTUAL AMERICANS CARE ABOUT. SO WHY WOULDN’T MALONEY, WHO’S A POLITICIAN AFTER ALL, CAN PROBABLY READ A POLL, WHY WOULD SHE NEED INCLUDE INFLATION? IT’S POSSIBLE SHE’S NOT AWARE.
IT’S POSSIBLE SHE’S NOT AWARE. WE KNOW THIS, BECAUSE MARY DALY EXPLAINED HER VIEWS ON INFLATION INADVERTENTLY. APPARENTLY SHE DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS BEING RECORDED. SHE SAID INFLATION DOESN’T MATTER TO HER BECAUSE SHE’S RICH AND WE’RE QUOTING. “I DON’T FIND MYSELF IN A SPACE WHERE I HAVE TO MAKE TRADEOFFS BECAUSE I HAVE ENOUGH.
AND MANY AMERICANS HAVE ENOUGH.” OOH, YOU’VE GOT ENOUGH. YOU’VE GOT ENOUGH. STOP YOUR WHINING. TIME TO FIX THE CLIMATE. WE’RE IN CHARGE OF THE WEATHER NOW. SO THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT THE LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE PARTY’S DONORS, MANY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK, CARE ABOUT.
THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT INFLATION, BECAUSE THEY’RE RICH AND IT DOESN’T AFFECT THEM. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT YOU AT ALL. BY THE WAY, THIS ISN’T JUST TRUE OF LONGSTANDING ESTABLISHMENT FIGURES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IT’S EVERYWHERE. IT’S ENDEMIC, IN THE FABRIC OF THE PARTY ITSELF.
EVEN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO JOIN THE CLUB REPEAT THE SAME LINE. AT A DEBATE LAST NIGHT, MALONEY AND NADLER, AT 76 AND 75, WERE JOINED BY A 35-YEAR-OLD LAWYER, WHO RUNS A MOTEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, THE FACE OF A NEW GENERATION.
WHAT DID HE TALK ABOUT? HE REFERRED BACK 15 YEARS TO DESCRIBE THE IDEAS. TURNS OUT HE’S AN OBAMA DEMOCRAT. >> I’M A LAWYER, A PROFESSOR, AND AN OBAMA DEMOCRAT FROM WHOM I LEARNED THAT DEMOCRATS LEAD BEST WHEN WE LEAD WITH NEW IDEAS, ENERGY, AND A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP.
>> Tucker: YEAH, THAT GUY HAS NEW IDEAS AND ENERGY, JUST LIKE BARACK OBAMA. THAT’S WHY HE’S SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION AGAIN. IT’S PATHETIC. IT’S NOT JUST HIM. IT’S NOT JUST MALONEY, NOT JUST POOR JERRY NADLER MANY. IT’S THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS RUN OUT
OF GAS, EXISTING ONLY TO PERPETUATE ITSELF. ALL OF THEM. KAMALA HARRIS IS A CHILD BY THE STANDARDS OF THE PARTY, BUT STILL TALKS LIKE A DEMENTIA PATIENT, SLOWLY AND INCOMPREHENSIBLY. HERE’S KAMALA STRUGGLING TO EXPLAIN WHAT MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE. YOU’D THINK SHE’D KNOW WHAT MAIL-IN BALLOTS, GIVEN THAT MAIL-IN BALLOTS ARE WHY SHE HAS
A JOB. >> IT’S WHAT YOU WANT. SO WHEN PEOPLE SIT IN A LINE FOR HOURS, WHEN THEY SAT AT THEIR KITCHEN TABLE FOR HOURS, FIGURING OUT HOW TO FILL OUT THEIR BALLOT TO VOTE-BY-MAIL, WHEN THEY DRIVE BY THE DROPBOXS WITH THE KIDS IN THE BACK SEAT, PATIENTLY WAITING TO DROP OFF
THAT BALLOT, THEY WERE PUTTING IN AN ORDER. >> Tucker: KAMALA HARRIS IS OBVIOUSLY OUR FAVORITE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION NEXT CYCLE, BUT HE’S A PERFECT DISDISTILLATION OF EVERYBODY IN POWER IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. EVERY WORD THAT EMERGES FROM HER MOUTH IS A RECYCLED TALKING MOUTH IS A RECYCLED TALKING
POINT THAT’S BEEN REMOVED FROM A BANALITY MACHINE. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER. THEY BELIEVE IT’S 2005. YOU SEE THIS IN FOREIGN POLICY PARTICULARLY, LIVING IN THEIR HEADS IN WHICH THE U.S. HAS THE STRONGEST MILITARY, CAN TELL OTHER PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT. LET CHINA KNOW WE BACK TAIWAN, AND THE ENTIRE 75-YEAR-OLD
DISPUTE WOULD BE SETTLED FOREVER. THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT. THEY HAVE NO IDEA OF THIS COUNTRY’S RELATIVE MACE IN PLACE WORLD ORDER BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT REALITY AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW. SO HERE’S NANCY PELOSI WHO IMAGINES SHE’S SO POWERFUL THAT SHE CAN SOMEHOW BRING ABOUT AN INDEFINITE PEACE. WATCH.
>> TODAY OUR DELEGATION, OF WHICH I’M VERY PROUD, CAME TO TAIWAN TO MAKE UNEQUIVOCALLY CLEAR WE WILL NOT ABANDON OUR COMMITMENT TO TAIWAN AND WE ARE PROUD OF OUR ENDURING FRIENDSHIP. >> Tucker: IT DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING. IT’S THE BARKING OF DOGS THAT’S LESS RELEVANT THAN DOGS BARKING. TRUST US, THE CHINESE KNOW THAT.
FOR NANCY PELOSI’S PERSPECTIVE, I SAID IT, THEREFORE IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. PROBLEM SOLVED. THAT’S THE WORLD THEY KNOW WE STILL LIVE IN. THEY IMAGINED, THE UNITED STATES, IS STILL SO RICH AND POWERFUL, THAT WE CAN AFFORD ANY SORT OF POINTLESS FRIVOLITY, TAMPER WITH THE FORMULA AND SUFFER NO EFFECTS.
WE CAN FORCE DELTA AIR LINES AND UNITED TO APPLY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TO AIRLINE PILOTS AND OUR PLANES WON’T EVER CRASH, BECAUSE NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENS IN THE WORLD. THESE PEOPLE HAVE COMPLETELY LOST TOUCH WITH REALITY. HOW OUT OF TOUCH ARE THEY? THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MAIN RADICAL IS SANDY CORTEZ OUT OF WESTCHESTER.
HOW RADICAL? SHE DEFENDS THE INTEL AGENCY AND SHE DEFENDS THE INTEL AGENCY AND NIKONEOCON. MAYBE THEY’RE DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE DOING. THEY’RE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER PLAN. THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT PEOPLE WHO RUN THE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAV GIVEN UP, ON THE PARTY, PEOPLE
WHO LIVE HERE. THEY HAVE NO SOLUTIONS FOR YOU. THEY’RE NOT EVEN PRETENDING THAT THEY DO. CLIMATE. THEY DON’T IMAGINE A FUTURE. TAKE MORE PILLS. MIGHT AS WELL CUT OFF YOUR JUNK AND PRETEND TO BE A GIRL. THAT’S NOT A CARICATURE. THEY’RE SAYING THAT OUT LOUD. THEY’RE DONE. NOW, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, BY
CONTRAST, IS SUDDENLY SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE, THINKING AND RESPONDING TO REALITY. THERE ARE FAINT SIGNS, TRUST ME, THE PEOPLE WHO RUN IT HAVE NO INTEREST IN I THINK WHICHING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. LIZ CHENEY AND MITCH McCONNELL ARE ENRAGED BY THE CHANGES. THEY’RE INTENT WITH 2003. THEY’D LIKE TO INVADE IRAQ ACTUALLY.
MITCH McCONNELL HAS GOTTEN RICH FROM CHINA. THEY’RE NOT CONTROLLING THE PARTY. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS CHANGING. WE KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN, BECAUSE THE RESULTS FROM A COUPLE OF PRIMARIES SHOW NOT JUST NEW MASTERS, BUT NEW IDEAS. BLAKE MARS WON THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. PETER MYER OF MICHIGAN, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE GUY WHO VOTED TO ALLOW MEN TO PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS BECAUSE HE’S SENSITIVE LOST. THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR ARIZONA’S GUBERNATORIAL RACE HAS JUST TAKEN THE LEAD. SHE’S NOT LIKE YOUR PARENTS’ REPUBLICAN PARTY. IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, NIXON
