Key Insights
Why is the Electoral College important for the United States?
The Electoral College ensures that smaller states' interests are represented in presidential elections, preventing the dominance of heavily populated states like New York and California. This balance was crucial for the original states to agree to join the union, preserving the concept of the United States as a federation of states with distinct interests.
How does the national debt impact the country?
The national debt is a significant issue as it creates a house of cards that cannot be quickly dismantled. It affects the stability of the economy and necessitates strategies like diversifying savings to protect against economic downturns.
Why do some people on the left criticize the Electoral College?
Critics argue that the Electoral College can lead to a perception of voter suppression, especially in states like California and New York, where the popular vote might not align with the electoral outcome, making it feel like their votes don't matter.
What is the significance of the 2020 election turnout numbers?
The 2020 election saw a record 155 million votes, which was significantly higher than previous elections. This anomaly has led some to question the integrity of the election, especially given the unprecedented use of mail-in ballots and changes in voting rules.
How does the left's reaction to Trump's win reflect their approach to elections?
The left's reaction shows a lack of self-reflection and a tendency to blame external factors like social media and electoral systems rather than acknowledging their own shortcomings. This inability to accept responsibility can lead to further polarization and radicalization within the party.
Chapters
- The Electoral College was designed to protect the interests of less populated states.
- Without the Electoral College, the United States might not exist as a unified nation.
- The founders feared that a popular vote would favor population centers, neglecting state interests.
Shownotes Transcript
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Drink it up. Drink the copium because they just can't take it that they F this thing up so bad and they are totally incapable of reading the America they claim they live in.
Check this out from an apology to all of those states that we have not mentioned. It's not our fault. It's the founding fathers. They decided on this thing called the Electoral College, which, interestingly, no other country in the world decided to copy. And because of that, in presidential terms, in effect on nights like this, it you have a right to think that it feels like no one cares about your vote.
If you're in California or if you're in New York. And when you think about how enormous a force that can be in voter suppression, there may be nothing quite like it.
Holy shit, are these people stupid? Do they not understand why any of you guys history buffs, Justin, Michael, he knows everything. Michael's got like a 5,000 IQ or something. He's like a Stephen Hawking over there. This guy knows everything. We send them like math problems. He's like, look at me, smarty. Guy knows everything. He's like an Excel spreadsheet in his head or something. The electoral college, you wouldn't have a United States without it.
Folks, it's called the United States. There's a second word in that. The original states were like, we're not joining this union if you're going to, pardon my language, fuck us over. So the states, Michael, am I crazy? During when they were drawing up the Constitution and the rules, they were like, hey, man, I don't want to do what New York wants. We have our own interests. How are you going to protect our state?
Because if all the population centers pick the president, then you're going to F us over. And it's the United States. It's not the folks. Notice what I said. It's not the United People of America. It's the United States.
They all have their own thing going on. Florida's got interest. New York doesn't have. We have a big lake in the middle called Lake O. If you're in New York going, I don't give a shit about Lake O. Exactly. Why would you? I do. If it overflows, it's going to fuck the whole state up. It's not your problem. It's mine.
That's why we're the United States. So the founders said, we can't elect a president on a popular vote because then he's Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, more in original. You get the point over time. They're now densely, not densely populated states. Their interests wouldn't be protected. It's the United States. Dumbass. You wouldn't have one without it. It's the only reason we have a United States and a constitution is
One of the biggest issues holding up the drafting of our founding documents was how to pick the president. There were some who wanted Congress to pick the president, but you had separation of powers issues. Some wanted a monarch, and they were like, screw that. We got away from that shit. Others wanted the popular vote. So states were like, we ain't doing that. New York, California picked the president.
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Gosh, you got to have this. Now watch this. This is a tweet I showed you before. This is classic. You want to talk about the biggest like self-owned set of tweets of all time. This is all over Twitter yesterday. Even this woman, Pam in Florida, she ran for office was tweeting. So here are the numbers turnouts for the last elections from 2004 presidentials right to 2024.
You have one to 1 million in 2004. Follow me here. Cause I'll read them out to you. If you're listening on audio one to nine in 2008, in 2012, we had 126 million, 2016, 128 million, 2020, 155 million. We've never had more than 129 million. So in 2020, 155 million.
Then in 2024, it's right back to 129 again. So lefties are like, hey, nothing strange about this at all. And then some other guy writes, damn, y'all, maybe we really did steal the election in 2020. This is, if there was ever a John McClain, you know where I'm going with this? Anyone know where I'm going with this in the chat? If there was ever a John McClain, Bruce Willis, diehard, welcome to the party, pal. This is it. You wonder why a lot of Republicans are like, you wonder why we're kind of like, okay, we're
So you got this pandemic thing. You do a mass mail-in ballot election for the first time. Not the first time we've seen mail-in ballots, but a mass mail-in ballot election. Because, gosh, you can't show up. Everybody's going to get sick and die from COVID, which turned out to be hysteria. Okay?
So you get a mass mail-in ballot election. You got states like Pennsylvania that randomly change the rules at the last minute. You've got the emergence of these drop boxes all over the place. All of a sudden, something like, what, you know, 20 million, close to 20 million new votes show up, 18, 20 million new votes show up. They don't appear again. And liberals are like, man, where'd all those 18 million votes go? I don't know, man. I have no idea. If there was ever a vindication day, this should be it.
And the greatest irony of all is Sean Davis said this. He was a guest on my radio show yesterday. And I I've thought about this often. If 2020 was a clean, fair election, like they said, I believe we would have won the greatest irony of all folks. They'd already be done with Donald Trump. They'd be done with them. Donald Trump would be leaving office in January, hopefully in a successful second term. And they'd be done with them. Never have to deal with them again. He would have been turned out. And because of this anomaly, uh,
And what I believe was a huge scam in 2020, now they got four more years. And if J.D. goes on and wins later, you could have 12 more years of the Trump dynasty. It's amazing how liberals, they only, I told you all the time, liberals are full of shit. Nothing they tell you is real. Everything is bullshit all the time. If you question elections, you're an election denier. They're questioning the election now. Oh, but we're not election deniers. Only you guys are.
Here, I want to show you this one, too. Here's the view yesterday. This is how pathetic and disgusting the left is. I said to you yesterday, do you think there's going to be a minute of unity or self-reflection? There will be a few. There'll be like the Harold Ford juniors and the not crazy Democrats. Have you seen Harold on the five? I've met Harold personally many times. I'm telling you right now.
They're not going to convince me otherwise. Cause I know this guy personally, unbelievably genuine, nice guy. My father is a Republican, but really likes the five. He met him at the Patriot awards and Harold could not have been nicer to my dad. He's a genuinely good guy in the green room. Harold's just a Democrat and old school Democrat with different ideas. You're not going to get me to change my mind. I would never vote for Harold. Harold would never vote for me, but that is an infinitesimally small part of the Democrat party. I,
I promise you that is going to look back and go, what the did we do wrong? And there's some do very few, but some.
most of the Democrats, I promise, are going to actually get crazier because they cannot blame themselves for their failings. They cannot possibly look in the mirror and go, we really suck. Here are the ladies in the view like, it wasn't us. It was definitely social media. We got to look into banning this stuff, man. They can't do it. They cannot acknowledge they are the bad guys. They can't do it. Watch this.
help if we could regulate social media because one of the biggest offenders is DC and Congress have not been able to do one thing in regard to the rogue corporations. It's not going to get any better with Elon Musk in the administration.
Folks, these are all over the place. I'm hoping to end the show with one of these today, too, from MSNBC. A similar clip. This is all they can talk about. Censoring people, booting Elon out of the country, pulling his government contracts, putting people in jail, weaponizing government. They cannot look in the mirror.
There are some. I'm not going to bullshit you. There are a very small number of Democrats that are starting to realize they've got a problem, not even close to it, and are afraid to speak out. They are afraid to speak out because they know the crazies like these losers will come after them.