Saturday Bonus Podcast - Vice President JD Vance On Unity With The Left

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And he hosted the first Charlie Kirk show after Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah. And other people were calling for unity. But JD Vance said, hold up. There are people who we don't want to unite with. We played part of this earlier in the week, but I really like this. This is his monologue on the Charlie Kirk show. Because a lot of people are still under this false impression that if we can just be nice enough to the left who want to kill us, then everything will be okay. If we can just have unity, well, I've got news for you. If you think you're going to have unity with a cannibal who's hungry, you're about to be dinner. If you think you're about to have unity with a serial killer who's just locked the door behind him as he walks in with a knife in his hand, you're about to see your final moments. There are certain people you cannot have unity with because they choose not to seek unity. There comes a point in time where you draw your boundaries and you create the perfect world as you envision it, and that does not involve them being a part of your team, never will. But JD Vance, I think, said it well. And this makes me proud he's our vice president. So enjoy the bonus podcast. Send me an email through the website, Michaelberry's show.com. Shortly after Usha and I left Charlie's family and Charlie's remains in Arizona. I read a story in the nation magazine about my dear friend Charlie Kirk. Now, the nation isn't a fringe blog. It's a well-funded, well-respected magazine whose publishing history goes back to the American Civil War. George Soros' Open Society Foundation funds this magazine, as does the Ford Foundation and many other wealthy titans of the American Progressive Movement. The writer accuses Charlie of saying, and I quote, black women do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously. But if you go and watch the clip, the very clip she links to, you realize he never said anything like that. He never uttered those words. He made an argument against affirmative action as a policy. He criticized a specific Supreme Court justice as an individual. He never said anything about black women as a group. He made an argument for judging people of all races and backgrounds by their own individual merits. The very evidence she provides. This hack of a writer shows that she lied about a dead man. And yet, she wrote it. An esteemed magazine published it. It made it through the editors. And of course, liberal billionaires rewarded that attack. Now, of course, even if Charlie had uttered those words, it wouldn't mean that he deserved his fate, but consider the level of propaganda at work. Charlie was gunned down in broad daylight and well-funded institutions of the left lied about what he said so as to justify his murder. This is soulless and evil.

But I was struck not just by the dishonesty of this smear, but by the glee over a young husband's and young father's death. Quote, she says, he was an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist. The nation wrote, who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct. He had children. As do many vile people. That's what they said he had children. As do many vile people. Now, hours before this smear was published, my wife and I had the honor of escorting Charlie's body back to his home in Arizona. We took his wife, Erica, we love you, his parents, his sister, and a few of his best friends with us. And as they all floated Charlie's casket from Air Force 2, I worried that Erica would collapse with grief. Now, I'm a very lucky husband to a very wonderful wife, but I have never been prouder of my wife at that moment as she held Erica in Erica's very darkest hour. And I thought of Erica as I read that disgusting attack on Charlie. He had children, as do many vile people. That's what they said about him. I said the Lord's Prayer. Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. And I asked Usha what Erica had said to her earlier in the day in a private moment, and I asked Erica's permission to share this. My wife told me, she asked me for advice. Erica asked me for advice on how she should tell her children. that their father had been murdered. She asked my wife how to tell her beautiful kids that their father and my very dear friend is no longer with us. And as she was doing it, there were people dancing on that father's grave. Now, I have heard many calls in the last few days for unity and for healing in the wake of Charlie's assassination. You have no idea How desperately I want that, how gratified I was when Democratic friends and even former Senate colleagues reached out to offer their condolences to me. I'm so thankful. And I know there are so many like them all across our great country. I am desperate to wrap my arms around them as we all unite to condemn political violence and the ideas that cause it. Psalm 133 tells us, behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. It is like the precious ointment upon the head. Oh, how badly have I craved that precious ointment in recent days, and I believe we can have it. But first, first, we must tell the truth. It's the only way to honor Charlie. For what was he, if not a man who told the truth in every place, in every environment? Now, the most important truth Charlie told is this, that long ago a man, begotten, not made, came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit, was incarnate of the Virgin Mary and became man.

For our sake, he was crucified under Pontius Pilate and suffered death and was buried and rose again on the third day. Charlie believed, as I do, that all the truth he told flowed from that fundamental principle. I really do believe that we can come together in this country. I believe we must. But unity, real unity, can be found only after climbing the mountain of truth. And there are difficult truths we must confront in our country. One truth is that 24% of self-described, quote, very liberals believe it is acceptable to be happy about the death of a political opponent, while only 3% of self-described very conservatives agree. 3% is too many, of course. Another truth is that 26% of young liberals believe political violence is sometimes justified. And only 7% of young conservatives say the same. Again, too high a number. In a country of 330 million people, you can, of course, find one person of a given political persuasion justifying this or that or almost anything. But the data is clear. People on the left are much likelier to defend and celebrate political violence. This is not a both sides problem. If both sides have a problem, one side has a much bigger and malignant problem, and that is the truth we must be told. That problem has terrible consequences. The leader of our party, Donald J. Trump, escaped an assassin's bullet by less than an inch. Our house majority leavers, Steve Scalise, came within seconds of death by an assassin himself. And now the most influential conservative activist in generations, our friend Charlie has been murdered. This violence, it doesn't come from nowhere. Now any political movement, violent or not violent, is a collection of forces. It's like a pyramid that stacks on top, one support on top of the other. That pyramid's got a foundation of donors, of activists, of journalists, now of social media influencers, and of course, of politicians. Not every member of that pyramid would commit a murder. In fact, over 99% I'm sure would not. But by celebrating that murder, apologizing for it, and emphasizing not Charlie's innocence, but the fact that he said things some didn't like. Even to the point of lying about what he actually said, many of these people are creating an environment where things like this are inevitably going to happen. A couple of months ago, I had land a fundraiser in Southern California, and since we'd be out there anyways, my wife and I decided to take our kids to Disneyland one weekend. We had fun, and to be clear, most of the guests said very nice things, or they just left us alone. But there was a loud and very cool minority that would shout at my children who were eight, five, and three whenever they got the opportunity. You should disown your dad, you little shit. One middle-aged woman yelled at my five-year-old. Tell the secret service to protect the Constitution. Not your father screamed another. Are these women violent? Probably not. Are they deranged, certainly.

But you have a role too. Civil society, Charlie understood this well, is not just something that flows from the government. It flows from each and every one of us. It flows from all of us. So when you see someone celebrating Charlie's murder, call them out in hell. Call their employer. We don't believe in political violence, but we do believe in civility. And there is no civility in the celebration of political assassination. Get involved. Get involved. Get involved. It's the best way to honor Charlie's legacy. Start a chapter of TPUSA or get involved in the one that already exists. If you're older, volunteer for your local party, write an op-ed in your local paper, run for office. I can't promise you this is going to be easy. I can't promise you that all of us will avoid Charlie's fate. I can't promise you that I will avoid Charlie's fate. But the way to honor him is to shine the light of truth like a torch in the very darkest places. Go do it. We owe it to our friend to ensure that his killer is not just prosecuted but punished. And the worst punishment is not the death penalty, but the knowledge that Charlie's mission continues after he's gone. St. Paul tells us in the book of Ephesians to put on the full armor of God. Let all of us put on that armor. and commit ourselves to that cause for which Charlie gave his life, to rebuild a United States of America, and to do it by telling the truth. If you like the Michael Bari Weiss Show and podcast, please tell one friend. And if you're so inclined, write a nice review of our podcast. Comments, suggestions, questions, and interest in being a corporate sponsor and partner can be communicated directly to the show at our email address, Michael at Michaelberryshow.com, or simply by clicking on our website, Michaelberryshow.com. The Michael Bari Weiss Show and podcast is produced by Ramon Robles, the King of Ding. Executive producer is Chad Nakanishi. Jim Mud is the creative director. Voices, jingles, tomfoolery, and shenanigans are provided by Chance McLean. Director of Research is Sandy Peterson. Emily Bull is our assistant. Listener and superfan contributions are appreciated and often incorporated into our production. Where possible, we give credit. Where not, we take all the credit for ourselves. God bless the memory of Rush Limbaugh. Long live Elvis. Be a simple man, like Leonard Skinner told you, and God bless America. Finally,

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