Do you think it's time to recognize a Palestinian state? I think that that's a that's a profound question that arouses a lot of the biggest problems that have happened with Israel's survival, Israel's right to survival. [00:00:16] In the diplomatic scene. Oh, what a jerk. What an unbearable piece of crap. Wow. That is a that is a profound question that arouses sentiments about the destruction of Israel. No it doesn't. No it doesn't. [00:00:32] It asks you whether the Palestinians can exist. He's just so pathetic. When you pretend that Israel might not exist, when there are nuclear power, when they have Iron Dome, when they're the most protected nation on Earth, and you're pretending the Palestinians are the villains, the aggressors, [00:00:50] and that Israel might not exist when they ask your goddamn question about whether the Palestinians can exist. And your answer, let me translate it for you, is I get a lot of money from AIPAC and the Israeli lobby. So I will no, I will never allow the Palestinians to exist if you elect me, [00:01:08] because I serve like a AIPAC, like a dog. That was the answer that Pete Buttigieg just gave. I mean, that's that's exactly right. And what's actually pretty incredible about the reaction to his appearance on Pod Save America is that the same kind of talking points and BS like focus [00:01:27] group tested statements don't fly anymore? Like, you can see through it right away. And so an empty suit like Pete Buttigieg, right. The kind of politician that's like, created in a lab is going to keep flailing. [00:01:43] And I'm happy to see it because he doesn't represent anything. There's no moral core there, right? Someone who wants to be a public servant. I mean, in an ideal world, would sign up for that kind of role in society because they want to serve the people. [00:01:58] They have guiding principles, they have values, they have morals. You look at Pete Buttigieg, what are his values? What are his morals? What does he represent other than I have to play ball and, you know, do these empty, hollow statements at a time when innocent people [00:02:15] are literally being slaughtered with U.S. Taxpayer money? - So let me give you. - Works for Israel. If you vote for him, you ought to have your head examined. He's not going to represent America at all. His answer is crystal clear. No, I don't think the Palestinians should exist because I get bribed to the tune of millions of dollars by the Israeli lobby. [00:02:32] And he looks weak. Honestly, he looks pathetic. He looks super pathetic. Okay, like, what is that? Like, do you think the facial hair makes you seem like tougher? Man, I told you they were going to. Oh, they're gonna faux populist. He's like, oh, yeah, I'm wearing a, you know. - The flannel. - Shirt. I'm not wearing the suit anymore. [00:02:47] I'm wearing the flannel shirt and I got a beard. Israel's awesome. Send me more money. Israel's the same guy, dude. Okay, so here are some more, clips, because over the weekend, Pod Save America did interview Pete Buttigieg on a variety of topics, one of which, of course, was Israel and Gaza. [00:03:03] And there's so many more non-answers in the Israel Gaza portion of the conversation. So let's start with the rest of his answer on the possibility of a two state solution. Many of the people who have taken that step. Historically have done so for different reasons than what we see [00:03:20] happening with European countries. I think we need to step back, and we need to do whatever it takes to ensure that there is a real two state solution and that no one, not even the likes of Netanyahu, can veto the international community's commitment to a two state solution where [00:03:37] you have Palestinians and Israelis living with safety, with security, with rights. I believe that can happen, but we have to actually show some commitment to it. What are you talking about? Any time the Security Council votes on anything that leads [00:03:53] in the pro-Palestinian direction, the United States vetoes it every single time. Literally every single time. Any ownership of that, any statement on that? Of course not. And, you know, over the weekend, Australia became the latest country to state that [00:04:09] they would recognize a Palestinian state if certain conditions were met. Joining Britain, Canada and France, which of course, have made similar commitments in the United States, Representative Ro Khanna, is attempting to make that happen. I hope he has a significant security detail, considering the fact [00:04:26] that Israel loves to assassinate people, including American citizens. - Go ahead. - Yeah. So they asked him a clear question. An easy question. Very straightforward. Should Palestine exist? Blah blah blah. Harvard word salad, as Anna put it this morning. Okay. Oh, it's a that's a profound question that arouses a lot of. [00:04:43] La la la la la la la la. La. And then later he goes to a two state solution. Wait. If you're for a two state solution, why didn't you just say, of course, Palestine should exist? Yeah, because you're not for a two state solution. That's just empty talk that they do. The politicians do. Oh, I checked it off. The consultant said to say that I'm in favor of a two state solution check. [00:05:00] Okay. They also said treat Palestinians like dirt and don't recognize their right to exist. Check. Okay. Oh, speaking of checks, AIPAC send me money. Okay. So, guys, there's a silver lining here, but we. I don't know if it's real. Right? I think it's real, but I'm not sure yet, which is what Anna said earlier. [00:05:18] Now everybody's getting caught, right? So before Buttigieg would give that answer and everybody on cable news and New York Times and Washington Post would declare him genius of all geniuses, what a brilliant, beautiful, moving answer by the greatly educated Pete Buttigieg. [00:05:34] All bowed down to Buttigieg, right? And cable news in their maniacal out-of-touchness is still doing that crap. Okay. Mainstream media is still doing it. But for the rest of us out here in the woods now, the woods are much, much larger. We used to be smaller. They used to be bigger. Right now, they're getting lost in the woods. [00:05:52] And the woods are going. Nah. We see you all, man. We see you. That was him saying, I'll serve Israel and the Palestinians will never get a state. If Buttigieg is elected. If you still further fall for their crap. Okay. Anyway, so I want to ask this question because it's an important question. [00:06:09] It's in our live chat. We do the show live at 6:00 eastern every day. Would you support a dem in 2028 who would send weapons to Israel? So that look, I don't like litmus tests, but I have one that's, You can't take corporate PAC money, otherwise we can't trust you. [00:06:26] And now I'm going to add another, I agree with you guys. 83% saying, no, I wouldn't I wouldn't trust anyone who's sending weapons to any genocidal government. I actually think it's really important to also make taking any money [00:06:42] from the Israel lobby notice. I'm not just saying AIPAC. Any money from the Israel lobby at all. - Toxic? - Yes. Any any candidate, any politician, anyone running for reelection who has taken a dollar from the Israel lobby, they should be made pariahs [00:07:00] and no one will vote for them. Yeah, So that's the second litmus test I'm going to add in for a logical reason. It's not to single them out. It's corporate PACs run our government. But now you see so do foreign government PACs. So all the Israeli lobby is for Israel. [00:07:16] Even if they collected from American citizens, they are proudly declaring this is for to help another government. This is to. So the American taxpayers could have their money taken, their troops taken their morals taken all of that stripped away from you and given to a foreign government. [00:07:32] So yes, if you take Israeli lobby money, obviously no one should vote for you and you should vote them out in your own primaries, whether you're Republican or Democrat, because anyone who takes AIPAC type of money is saying, I serve Israel. That's you can't say, oh, I took $1 million from AIPAC, but trust me, [00:07:51] I prioritize America over Israel. No, I don't trust you when I say the same thing. If you take money from oil companies or defense contractors, I don't trust you at all. And honestly, you'd have to be a moron or a mainstream media reporter to trust a politician telling me, oh, I'm taking $1 million from a PAC, [00:08:08] but trust me, I don't work for them. No, you work for them. And if you work for a foreign government, you should not be an American representative. 100%. And the occupation? All right, so Buttigieg was also asked about the fact that a majority of Senate Democrats voted to block a weapons sale to Israel and how he would vote [00:08:29] on that type of measure. Let's take a look. I think we need to insist that if American taxpayer funding is going to weaponry that is going to Israel, that that is not going to things that shock the conscience. And look, we see images every day that shock the conscience. [00:08:47] So much of this is complicated. But what's not complicated is that if a child is starving because of a choice made by a government, that is unconscionable. And we I think, especially including voices who care about Israel, [00:09:06] who believe in Israel's right to exist, who have stood with Israel in response to the unbelievable cruelty and terrorism of October 7th. I think there's a reason why so many of those voices are speaking up now, too, because this is not just something that that is on its face [00:09:23] and in itself a moral catastrophe. It is also a catastrophe for Israel for the long run. The measure that Senate Democrats voted in favor of obviously didn't pass because they don't have the supermajority necessary to pass legislation in the Senate, [00:09:38] but nonetheless, only had to do with offensive weaponry. And the answer, I don't think, needed to be as complicated as Buttigieg made it, because it's not that complicated. The answer was no. I mean, yes, I would vote in favor of that measure. I would not send offensive weaponry to Israel. [00:09:56] But the word salad tells you everything you need to know. I mean, let me just give you some of the comments, in response to this interview real quick, real quick, because it has to do with what he said right there. Let's go to graphic two. The response of the Palestinian statehood question was a textbook non-answer. [00:10:11] If you are hesitant to give straightforward answers, explain your hesitation. Do not tell us how important the question is. So that was in regard to the statehood hearing. Pete on Gaza was unsurprising and very disappointing. I really wish Jon, meaning Jon Favreau, the host of the show, had pushed [00:10:27] back their need to be real consequences for Israel committing genocide on the dime of the US taxpayer. Like another commenter said, he's a great communicator, so great that you might miss him. Refusing to say that he wouldn't have voted against continuing to send weapons to fund this massive ethnic cleansing campaign. [00:10:47] Hear, hear. Yeah. So, look, I guarantee you that if Pete Buttigieg is president, he will send Israel every single dollar that they ask for. He will never dissent from Israel. He is a creation of the donor class and the donor class. [00:11:03] A huge portion of it. Definitely not all of it. Guys, he will serve any donor. You're a drug company who's robbing us blind. Pete Buttigieg is your guy. He's the corporate robot whose job is to represent the donor class. So will he, do what the donor class wants? To send our money to Israel? [00:11:21] It's an absolute guarantee. You'd be the. You'd be the biggest sucker in the world if you thought that's not the case. I'm going to translate one quick thing that he said. He said we're going to insist on it. Not going to things that would shock the conscience. Okay. What he means by that is I'll do something cosmetic, like, oh, you, we won't fund [00:11:40] your 2,000 pound bombs anymore because those are, you know, they just wipe out a whole neighborhood. I mean, they don't even need those anymore. They've already wiped out. All of Gaza's already wiped out. Right? So he'll do something like that. Oh, oh. Oh, my God. It shocked my conscience. And I didn't send him to do that. [00:11:57] But I sent him 4 billion every year and I sent them to 20 billion they wanted in the middle of a genocide. I sent him this. He's a. So his lies are now pretty obvious. Like before, people believe Buttigieg's lies. Oh, I learned Norwegian to read this book I really like. And then a Norwegian reporter talks to him in Norwegian. [00:12:13] He's like, he's such a liar. I know the only people who believe him are idiots on cable news. Okay. So just real quick, I want to put the graphic of how much money he's taken from a PAC that we know about. So that's graphic number four. Just going to the point that you were making. [00:12:30] You know, he has taken in nearly $200,000 from AIPAC. And if he runs for president, that'll be 2 million. If he becomes president, that will be 20 million. So that's how this game is played. I'm going to read one last quote from Ro Khanna. He said, I respect Pete, but we need more moral clarity, not status quo. [00:12:48] Yes, John Forbes, Dems should have voted for the Sanders amendment. Yes, Dems should join my letter recognizing a Palestinian state. Yes, Trump and Biden disastrously failed on Gaza and we need a new human rights centered vision. [00:13:03] So, look, guys, there's only a couple of honest congresspeople left, and Ro Khanna is definitively one of them. And they're going, by the way, he's also going to do a press conference on September 3rd with Thomas Massie with the Epstein victims. All mainstream media can't find the victims. [00:13:20] So they're like, okay, we found them. Here they are. We're going to do a press conference, etc.. He's working. He's working. A couple of other guys are the rest of them are all crooks. So I'm so glad that that that's an ally of ours. Someone I can't believe there's an honest person in Congress. [00:13:36] We found him, but it definitely ain't Pete Buttigieg. And do not get tricked by the establishment and do not get tricked by hucksters telling you, oh, you know what the real alliance we need to make is not with independents, not with honest, decent people not taking PAC money. We need to make an alliance with corrupt corporate Democrats. [00:13:55] No, that's a disastrous alliance. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets his wings. Totally not true. But it does keep you updated on our live shows.