Tulsi Gabbard on Dick Cheney’s Lust for Nuclear War, and Why She’s on Biden’s “Terrorist Watchlist”

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Okay, I want to introduce our next. guest. And I I know a lot about our next. guest because I was there when all of. this happened. So, our next guest is. Tulsi Gabbard. Tulsi Gabbard. Um, can I. just tell you a a super quick Tulsi. Gabbard story? So, Tulsi Gabbard shows. up in DC about maybe 10 years ago or so. She can fill in the numbers. And Tulsi. Gabbard is the single most famous. freshman Democratic congressman ever.

elected. Okay. So, the Democrats look at. Tulsey Gabbard. She's a military. veteran. She's very articulate. She's. smart. And everybody just likes Telsey. Gabbard. There's a vibe question about. people and everyone just likes Tulsa. Gabbard. I mean, I've been in a million. events with Tulsa Gard. People like, "Oh, I love you, Tulsa Gbert." So, the. the the talent scouts of the Democratic. party are like, "Oh, she's going to be. president." And so, they start writing. all these pieces which ran in, you know, the New York Times, Washington Post, everywhere. Tulsi Gabbard is the rising.

star in the Democratic Party. So, she. shows up and this goes on. She they make. her vice chair of the DNC before she. even got to DC. and everything's fine for about a year. and a half and one day there's a foreign. policy debate about Syria and Telsey. Gabbard who has you know spent a lot of. time in the US military and known people. have been killed in these various wars. pipes up and says is there a good reason. to have yet another pointless. war and within about 15 seconds Tulsi.

Gabbard goes from being the future of. the Democratic party to a dangerous. fascist who must be. imprisoned and it It was watching this. that I realized, oh, that's what they. actually care about. What they actually. care about is the ability to continue to. fight pointless wars because that's. where all the money is. That's where all. the money is. And if you don't believe. it, maybe you haven't checked your phone. today to see that Dick Cheney and his.

horrible daughter have endorsed Kla. Harris. Dick Cheney. Now, why is that? What does Dick Cheney have in common. with Kla Harris? And it's really. interesting actually because they're. constantly telling us that the divides. are along race and gender. And they were. always telling us Rick Dick Cheney is. this rich white guy and Kla Harris is. this oppressed woman of color. They've. got nothing in common. But actually they. have everything in common be because. they're both neocons. That's exactly. right. They have everything in common.

And it tells you what a lie this race. and gender stuff is. That's not the. divide. The divide is in your heart. And. if you think it's okay to kill people in. order to get rich, you're on their side. And if you don't, you're on our side, no. matter what you look. like. And Tulsi Gabbard proved. that. And then she began this long. journey which culminated in her. endorsement of Trump. And I'll let her. tell the rest, but we're honored to have. her tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, Tulsi. Gabbard. [Music].

[Applause]. [Music]. Thank you. Thank you for coming. Aloha. Aloha. I love that you came with a lay. That's so great. Got to represent. Um, so I have to I just feel like I brought. up Cheney. You know, there are a lot of. bad people in the world. I don't think. Cheney is the worst person in the world.

in the running but I could think about. but I don't want that event the Cheney. endorsement the family endorsement of. Kla Harris of all people to pass by. without examining its significance. This. feels like if historians were honest. this is an event that they would write. about 50 years from now when the actual. architecture of the world became clear. to everybody. This is what's really. going on. This is how it really works. But I'll stop and ask you what you think. of it. I have a very simple message for my.

Democrat friends, my independent. friends, those who may not be sure about. who they're voting for in this election. Dick Cheney has just made the choice. very. clear. A vote for Kla Harris is a vote. for Dick. Cheney, the architect of everything that. has gone wrong in the Middle East for. the last few decades.

And so it it's interesting because if. you if you listen to the New York Times. or some of the other mainstream media, they're saying, "Oh, you know, don't. expect much from Kla Harris in the way. of policies and details and plans, and. we're not going to know much about what. kind of president she's going to be. because she doesn't have much time.". They're they're conveniently ignoring. the fact that she's been there working. in the White House the last three and a. half years alongside Joe. Biden. She's been the last one in the. room according to her as these big.

decisions are being. made. But we look at who she says her. response to the Dick Cheney announcement. today was that she was honored to have. his endorsement. And we got military. veterans in the house. got a lot of. you who probably served in the Middle. East like I did. And so it it sickened. me, Tucker, to read those words today, both from Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, and.

Kla. Harris, because we have people who we care very. much about who were killed in those wars. because of Dick Cheney. Kl Harris has told us all we need to. know about what kind of. commander-in-chief she would be. And I. don't know about you, but I would not. trust her for a moment with the lives of. my brothers and sisters in.

uniform. So you I mean you. were a sitting Democratic member of. Congress and you know them all. obviously them all from Hillary Clinton. who hates you with a special kind of. ferocity. I think she's called for. putting you in prison. That's true. I. think she literally wants to put you in. prison. I think she said that. Um so I'm. I'm happy to have you join the the. exclusive club that I belong to. Um but.

like what do they think of this? It it's. the the Democratic party, at least when. I was growing up, was the party of, you. know, hold a bake sale. The Pentagon. doesn't need more bombers or whatever. And now it's just kill them all. let God. sort them out because we're getting rich. doing it. Are they comfortable with. this? Like what do they think of this. behind closed doors? Th this is this is. again showing kind of the realignment. where you have Adam Kinzinger and Dick. Cheney and Liz Cheney supporting and. endorsing Kla Harris proudly people who.

have been neocons and are neocons not. hesitating to say let's go to war in any. and all situations regardless of the. cost and consequence. And then you have. people like Bobby Kennedy and myself and. others who are standing with Donald. Trump not because we agree on every. single thing under the sun, but because. we agree on the most important things, which are our which is really about our. ability as Americans to live and thrive. in a truly free and prosperous society. And we cannot be free or prosperous.

unless we're at peace. I I remember um when the war when the. war in Ukraine broke out in February of. 2022 and I just want to say at the. outset, there are tons of people I. respect and love and I'm related to who. had very different views of that war. than mine. I don't judge anyone who. reaches different conclusions, but the. one thing that I do judge people on is. not caring about getting in a nuclear. war. I just have too many children, I.

guess. And um you were one of the first. people to say, you know, whatever you. think of this conflict or how it started. or how it might end, we should be. concerned because this is the largest. nuclear arsenal on the planet and we. could wind up in a nuclear war that. would kill everyone in the world. And I. remember that you were denounced as like. a Nazi for worrying about nuclear war. Yeah. And now we're even closer. Does. anyone in Washington understand this or. care? They they don't care. That's a.

fact. If they did care, they wouldn't. speak so easily about the fact that we. are closer to the brink of nuclear war. than ever before in our country's. history. I was warning about this back. in 2019 and 2020 when I was running for. president. uh talking about this threat, how if we are continuing to wage what. then I called a new cold war, if we're. continuing to increase tensions and. heighten tensions with other nuclear. armed countries in the world, the. inevitable outcome of that is nuclear.

war. And we should all be very cleareyed. about what that means. That if a nuclear. missile was headed our way, which by the. way, all of us in this country are. within range of a nuclear missile, what. happens? You might get an alert go off. on your phone saying, as we did in. Hawaii, as you remember back in 2017, we. had this this uh missile alert that went. off saying missile inbound to Hawaii. Seek shelter immediately. This is not a. drill. And so for everyone across Hawaii.

that morning, there was that thought. like, wow, I may only have 15 minutes to. live. And just like we're sitting here. in this hall here tonight, people may. have been sitting on the beach. she was. early on a Saturday morning or making. breakfast or whatever was going. on. What do you. do? Where do you go? There is no. shelter. And therefore then there is the. inevitable realities that if there is a. nuclear war, it results in annihilation. of all living things. And yet we So I.

was talking about this and warning about. this when I was running for president. every single day, multiple times a day, every single town hall trying to open. people's eyes up and get other. candidates for president to talk about. this, get the media to talk about this. cuz no one wanted to do it. I even had a. reporter who came up to me who was, you. know, they have these reporters who. follow the different candidates around. and she came up to me and she's like, Tulsi, you talk about this every single.

day. Don't you have anything else to. talk. about? What is there to talk. about if we. are in the midst of a nuclear. Armageddon? What else is there to talk. about? And so fast forward to now where. we are today. Unfortunately, things have. gotten far, far, much worse, not better. And you have these so-called security. experts and defense experts and pundits. on television being so dangerous and.

careless talking about nuclear war and. we have these smaller nuclear weapons. and we'll just go we'll drop one and. we'll send a strong message and talking. about a nuclear bomb as though you can. just go lob a nuclear bomb and there. will be no. consequence. and they are lying to the. American people in doing so. It is so. incredibly dangerous because it's not. that's not real. It's not rooted in. reality. Ronald Reagan and Gorbachoff. said it best in 1985 when they issued.

that joint statement together. recognizing this risk, saying that a. nuclear war cannot be won and should. never be fought. And yet we have the. neocons, Democrats and Republicans. alike, who are eager to push us into. this potential of World War II that can. only end in a nuclear war. Well, how's. this for crazy? Has there ever been a. more volatile time in American politics? Not in our lifetimes. No one alive has. ever seen anything like this. But long.

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of people making a lot of money around. uh continuing to yes it's fermenting. fear but continuing to push us closer. because okay well we have to build new. weapons and more weapons weapons and. bigger weapons and more powerful weapons. as though you know you know we have over. 5,000 nuclear weapons. Russia has I. think over. 6,000. It takes. one. It takes one. And the nuclear. weapons we have today are many many many.

times more powerful than what was used. in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That's the. bottom line. And this is this is both. what is what is so dark about this. moment that we are in as a country, but. also what should give us hope in this. election is that it doesn't have to be. this way. It doesn't have to be this. way. I know you've talked to President. Trump. I've talked to President Trump. He has raised it behind closed doors and. and over and over again in public the. seriousness of the prospect of nuclear.

war and talked about his commitment to. walking us back from the brink. So. really the choice is ours as voters. And. so as you have conversations with your. friends who may not know quite what to. do or they're like I don't know, you. know, I don't like the way Donald Trump. tweets or what he says. Fine. Let's talk about our ability to. live. live. Let's just start there. So I I guess I'm repeating the same.

point again and again because it shocks. me every single day. But the. ruthlessness and the recklessness of the. people currently in charge doesn't seem. to have any boundaries at all. And um I. just am struck by the fact that our. foreign policy which most of us ignore. I spent most of my life ignoring foreign. policy does seem to be driving domestic. policy. Right? So, one of the ways that. they tried to delegitimize you and. threatened actually to criminally charge. you was by claiming that you were.

somehow allied with a foreign. government. We just saw indictments this. week by the Biden administration meant. to cast doubt on criticism of the Bid. administration. Oh, it's Russia. Kamla. is losing. It's Russia. again. I'm worried. I mean, they put a. bunch of people I know in prison. already. A bunch. I have a friend in. prison right now for doing nothing. Steve Bannon. Um, I'm worried that if Kla Harris wins, lots of people are going to go to.

prison on the grounds that they are. somehow allied with foreign countries. Do you see this happening? It's all, as. you said, it's already happening. And. we've seen how both Kla Harris and Joe. Biden have no hesitation whatsoever to. weaponize our Department of Justice and. and law enforcement in order to put. their political uh to to punish their. political opponents. um you know that that press conference. that Merrick Garland did announcing.

those indictments uh I you know I wasn't. surprised frankly to see them waving the. Russia Russia Russia flag uh as they are. revealing their concern that Kla Harris. might not win this. election. But what what I thought about. was gosh this is what the the attorney. general and the FBI director was sitting. right next to him. This is what they're. focused. on. Why aren't they focused on innocent. everyday law-abiding Americans being put.

on secret domestic terror watch lists? [Applause]. Do you know anybody who's wound up on. one of those lists? I have a little. experience with this. Will you Will you. tell us? So, I travel a lot. I'm on planes more. days of the week than I'm probably not. on planes. Uh, and one day my husband. and I were traveling together and we got.

this SSS on our boarding pass. You know, we have pre-check. Pre-check didn't work. and went through all of this additional. screening with PreCheck and thought, "Okay, the the TSA guy said, "This is. random. Uh, you know, just be patient.". Like, okay, got it. You know, you got to. do the thing. And then the next day and. the next flight happened again. The next. day and the next flight, it happened. again. My husband and I split off. He. was going one direction, I was going. another direction. We both went through. it. We were both getting this treatment. and I I was I was honestly getting kind.

of. pissed. Um it it uh there was a whole. lot that went into it, but it wasn't. until about a week later I knew there. was something going on because once or. twice, yeah, okay, maybe. But six, seven, eight, nine, 10 times in a row, clearly something was happening. And I. talked to a TSA supervisor in one of. these airports and he's he's looking at. my military ID card. He's like, "Why is. this happening to you? You're in the. military." I was like, "You're telling. me, buddy?" And he's like, "First of.

all, this is way above my pay grade.". But what he shared with me was was uh. very revealing. And he said that he had. a lot of friends who were Trump. supporters who had no problems. traveling. Then all of a sudden, all of. them started getting this quads on their. boarding pass. you got to go 45 minutes. through TSA and all this other stuff. And uh he just he looked at me and he's. like there there's something fishy going. on here. And I was like, "Yeah, I think. I should make some calls." And he said, "You should make some calls." And he had. no idea that I had anything to do with. politics at all. As far as he knew, he.

had never heard Tulsi Gabbard before. He. was just like, "Military, what's going. on here?" Air Marshall whistleblowers. came forward about a week and a half. later uh and provided evidence. They. took pictures of the targeting package. For those of you in the military, you. know what that means. They took pictures. of the targeting package that the TSA. made for me that showed I had been added. to this secret domestic terror watch. list called Quiet Skies. And uh the.

words operational was on that targeting. package. And unbeknownst to me, had a. little bit of an idea, but unbeknownst. to me, for those last week and a half or. two weeks, I had had at least three air. federal air marshals following me and. traveling with me everywhere I went. And. uh there were K-9 teams, there were EOD. teams. I was getting swabbed for traces. of explosives, not only in the initial. going through TSA, but again before even.

boarding the plane at the gate. I told. the guys at the gate, I was like, "They. just they just checked me like 10. minutes ago. We got to do it again.". It's not them. Clearly, this was an act. of political retaliation for my. criticisms and warning the country about. what kind of dangerous President. Commander-in-Chief Kla Harris would be. And so, this is this is still going on. today. Sometimes I get the quads, sometimes I don't. But I've heard from. people who uh have confirmed that that.

my targeting package is still. operational. So I mean you're an army. officer, you're were a sitting member of. the United States Congress. You're a. presidential candidate. Um and you're on. the terror watch list. So and there's. nothing you can do about it. So how is. that different from any other secret. police force in any other country? This. is the thing. It's not. It's not. And if. we had an attorney general who cared. about our freedom, our civil liberties,

about the integrity of a of a a. democratic republic, where we can speak. our mind and express ourselves and. criticize our own government, guaranteed. by our first amendment right, perhaps. our attorney general and the FBI would. be investigating these acts of abuse of. power and political retaliation. Well, well, yeah, because if you boil it down, what it. means is if you criticize Kla Harris,

people with guns follow you around. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm not the only. one. I mean, we there was a an FBI agent. who was a whistleblower because he could. not stomach anymore what he was seeing, which was how the FBI was uh being told. to send out heavily armed SWAT teams to. go and kick down doors of of peaceful. pro-life protesters in the middle of the. night. th this this abuse of power and how even.

the the very first counterterrorism a uh. head of counterterrorism the FBI had he. is retired now but he came out and said. it sickens him because the FBI has. essentially become the police arm of the. Democratic party. So how is this any. different from Venezuela or any other. country that's being run by a dictator. or an authoritarian leader? And so it, you know, the hypocrisy is so rich. Again, going back to the Cheney, they. say that they have to vote for Kla.

Harris because Donald Trump is the. greatest threat to our. democracy. I don't know how they say. this with a straight face. I really. don't. When the current regime has a. secret police force that has people with. guns hassle its critics, that imprisons. its critics. Yes. That tries to silence. half the country for criticizing them. But Trump, because he criticizes them, is the main threat to democracy. I mean,

and he has the audacity to talk about. things like, hey, we should not be. waging regime change wars. We should not. be sending our men and women in uniform. to go and fight unnecessary. counterproductive wars of choice. That's. really why they're coming after. him. I I just got to I just back up one. moment. So, we know that the FBI has. been utterly politicized. It doesn't. mean every field agent is corrupt. I. don't think that's true. It means the.

leadership is utterly corrupt and it's. being used as the, as you said, the. police arm of the Democratic party. So, here you have the Republican party, which controls the House of. Representatives, and its speaker, Mike. Johnson of Louisiana, just refunded the. FBI and built them a new building, just. rewarded them for this behavior. So, you. have to kind of wonder if the Republican. speaker is on the same side as the. police arm of the Democratic. party, we're in trouble. We We are in.

trouble. Um, this this uh quiet skies terror. watch list that I'm on, Congress has. never seen who's on the list. How many. other secret terror watch lists? Wait, Congress can't see who's on the list. Congress has asked for the TSA director. to come in and show who's on the list. To my knowledge to date, and I've I'm in. touch with some of my former colleagues, they have yet to see the list. Senator. Ran Paul and many other members of. Congress. They sent letters of uh.

investigation demanding show your. documentation. If you put Tulsi Gabbard. on a terror watch list, you must have a. pretty damn good reason for doing it. Show the evidence to Congress. And uh. the deadline passed. They have delivered. no evidence. But but this goes to what. you're what you're talking about. If we. don't have leaders with courage who are. committed to the Constitution and the. interests of the American people first.

and last, then we end up with what we. have in the permanent Washington. establishment with people who are more. concerned about not ruffling feathers. than actually rooting out the deep rot. of corruption that has long existed in. our government across Democrat and. Republican administrations and Congress. That's what we have the opportunity to. fix in this election and to begin to. start to get things right. Some of the most important things in.

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claiming that I was funded by Russia was. taking Russian money and I laughed. I. don't you know I don't care what. Newsweek I mean to the extent it still. exists I don't even know what it is. right I was taking money from Russia. okay but my friend said no no no this is. significant because it's a pretext for a. criminal charge of course the media Josh. Hammer of Newsweek whoever that is. acting in concert with the the Camala. and Biden administration to set up.

critics for criminal charges and for. spying and for terror watch lists and. for harassment and ultimately for. prison. Am I I I don't think I'm being. paranoid. You're You're not. unfortunately because there's precedent. for it of how they're manufacturing the. evidence in order to create the crime. that they're accusing you of having. committed. Uh you know th this is out of. like the Stalin playbook. Literally out.

of the Stalin playbook. Uh and and. what's even worse is they're doing it in. broad daylight because they really. believe that they can get away with it. Well, they are getting away with it. Um. so I have to ask just to levven the mood. a little bit. What's Hillary Clinton. like? When. I when I Well, you you're probably the. only person in this room who would know. It wouldn't surprise you to know that. she's not too fond of me.

I uh she hates you like the devil hates. holy water. So when I uh resigned as vice chair of. the DNC in 2016 specifically so that I. could campaign against Hillary Clinton. in that Democratic. primary. I was at I think it was the. first debate uh the first primary debate. that they had first or second. It was. one of the early ones. Um, and I was. doing an interview with MSNBC outside.

the Hall of the Debate. I think it was. in Miami. And I don't remember who the. host was, but uh, I could see them and. hear them in my ear. And they said, "Tulsy Gabbard, you're coming out and. criticizing Hillary Clinton and her. foreign policy record. Aren't you afraid. of what she'll do to. you?" He asked me this on live. television on. MSNBC. And you're laughing. I laughed, too. I was like, "No, I am not afraid of what.

Hillary Clinton can do to. me." But but what was interesting about. Washington though, and you know this. very well cuz you've been there and. around these people for so long. I. announced this on a show called Meet the. Press. That's every Sunday morning on. live. I did not tell a single soul, including the host, what I was going. there to say. I said, "I I'm I will come. and break news on your show." I didn't. tell a single soul because you don't.

trust anybody in Washington. No. What I. was going there to say, I made my. announcement. Uh sent a letter to Debbie Wasserman. Schultz, who was chair of the DNC at the. time, 30 seconds before I walked out. onto set and was going on live TV. And. uh the next day I went back to the House. of Representatives, went back to work in. Congress and my Democrat colleagues. looked at me like I was a dead man. walking and some of them uh you know. came up to me and patted me on the back.

and they were like, "Okay, well you have. zero future in politics. Number one. Number two, Hillary Clinton will get. elected and your constituents in Hawaii. will not get a single. penny for anything that they need. You. did that by coming out against Hillary. Clinton. And the third was a guy who. came up to me and he was he's full of. sympathy and even empathy and he's like, "Tulsy, first of all, you know there's a.

list, right?" I was like, "No, what are. you talking about?" He's like, "Oh, trust me. There's a list. You are now at. the top of the list. And I know because. I used to be on it, and it took me 15. years to climb my way off Hillary. Clinton's list.". How much graveling do you have to do to. get off I don't even want to. know. Apparently, he worked real hard. He worked real hard to get off that. list. Why would you I mean, I don't want to be.

mean or whatever. um you're the. exception to the rule, but the rule is. that you come to Washington and abandon. not just your principles, but your. self-respect. Like, how could your. spouse love you after watching how. craven and disgusting you are? And yet, they all do it. Why do they do that? Why. don't more people just say, "No, I. believe this. My constituents back. wherever I'm from want this. I'm sorry. we disagree, but I'm going to represent. them." Why does nobody do that?

You know, it it's a really unfortunate. thing that I've seen happen to a lot of. people who I've considered friends over. the years. who go to Washington maybe with the best. of intentions to go and serve their. constituents and serve the country and. actually fix what's broken, but very. quickly get caught up in um this facade. of of love and adoration and power. Um. the I don't know the first the first. like reception that I went to in.

Washington. I went and there couple. hundred people there. I went and stood. in line to go get a soda or whatever. from the from the bar and and a guy who. was standing in front of me looked back. and he's like, "Oh, I I was not even. sworn in yet. I was a representative. elect." He's like, "Oh, you're a new. member of Congress." I said, "Yeah, nice. to meet you." yada yada yada. He's like, "Why are you standing in. line?" Said, "Well, there is a line. I'm. going to stand in line and wait for my. turn." He said, "No, you don't. understand. that's not how this town. works. You are a member of Congress now. and you will never stand in line again.

in this. town. Stuck me as as kind of a very. strange thing to say. Um, but it was. that kind of mentality that I saw very. quickly turn people who were cool, friendly, normal to all of a sudden. walking through those halls believing. the hype that they were actually so. important that they were above the rest. of us, the rest of the little guys. And. really how that translates is, oh,

who's, you know, what embassy party did. you get invited to? or whose table did. you sit at at the White House. correspondents dinner? It becomes about. status and. popularity amongst those who thrive in. that little corrupt Washington bubble. And they forget about why they're. actually there and who they're supposed. to be serving. And that's why you get. all of these you get these situations. where people think that they know better. for the American people than we do for.

ourselves. and they make these decisions. that end up serving their own selfish. political ambition and their own. self-interest or their own pockets. rather than actually just saying what's. the right thing for the people in this. country. Do. you again I don't want to be mean but. you're in a it's from an outsers's. perspective in a tiny tiny tiny minority. of members of Congress or in your case. former members of Congress with balanced. lives you know who have interests.

outside of just accumulating power who. have close relationships with their. family I know some of your family and. you definitely do have a closer. relationship with them you know I don't. know who love animals who you know have. a nonw weird sex life. I don't know. Just like normal stuff. I'm No, I'm. serious. Like it does seem like Congress. are all friends here. It's true though. It's the percentage of. people in the Congress who were just. like kind of freaks is really high. Am I.

Am I right? You remember the guy who who. got caught with a photo of him in a. furry costume? It could have been anybody. Not me. No, I know. for the. record. No, it's Yeah. The the core of. this really is that when you have people. in a position to make decisions that. affect all of us here and and frankly. decisions that will affect the.

world who are not grounded in a deep. sense of a higher purpose. Whether that. higher purpose is living a life trying. to be pleasing to God or that higher. purpose is let me dedicate my time and. energy every single day as a. representative of the people to actually. work for the people. If you are not. grounded in that purpose every single. day, you see how people fall for the. little false trinkets that are offered.

in Washington and how quickly they lose. their way and how quickly they end up. serving the the interests of the. lobbyists who, you know, give them a lot. of money or whatever it may be. Whoever. their influence is, whoever it is. they're trying to please, they are not. actually trying to please the people. and they they associate their entire. identity with that title that's on the. wall uh you know in the door to their.

office and they're terrified of losing. it because then if they lose that well. then they think well nobody will love me. if I don't have this title well what am. I going to do so then okay well I'm. going to do whatever it takes to stay in. this position of so-called power because. then people will love me or people will. like me or people invite it's just it's. such a twisted mindset, but you can. understand in some ways how people will. lose that sense of quote unquote. normalness that you're talking about or.

that groundedness in your family and in. your community and your relationship. with God and you end up chasing all of. the wrong things. And the problem is. you're not just harming yourself, you're. harming the people of this country and. that is what is unacceptable. Make your. own decisions with your own life. Fine, live your own life. But you don't get to. be you should not be in a position where. you are impacting the lives of the. American people when you're really only. thinking about yourself. Amen. I do think one of the things that.

sets you apart from not all but many of. your colleagues is that you had a. spiritual center. You weren't looking. for deep aformation from them or anyone. else. Do you think that there's some. kind of religious revival, low-key. religious revival going on in this. country? You travel constantly. Do you. feel that? I really do. You do? I do. I. feel it here tonight.

[Applause]. You You've met my husband, Abraham, and. uh he is as The name says it all. It It. does. He's a cinematographer. He is not. into politics at all. Uh he is he cares. very much for others and he cares very. much for our country. He's a very kind. person. Uh but I don't make I don't ask. him to go to political events with me. very often because I know he hates them. He absolutely hates them. But it was. funny because he came with me to an.

event recently and he walked out just. saying, "Oh my gosh, everyone there is. so nice. People are talking about God in. a very sincere and heartfelt way, not. afraid to express their faith or their. love for our. country. And he was sharing this because. he's like, "Man, I remember going to. some of those Democrat events with you. and it's the exact. opposite." It's the exact opposite. You.

have people who are angry, people who. are uh have have almost and I've seen. this have almost a physical reaction if. someone says God or says, "Hey, let's. open with a prayer." I've I've seen. people walk out of the room. It's a. completely different atmosphere. You. seen people walk out of the room because. of a prayer because they're not com they. are not comfortable hearing a prayer. Well, that's pretty that's pretty. revealing. That's pretty heavy.

revealing about it's revealing about. them but also when you look at you know. again we have this this realignment. that's happening with both political. parties and you look at that mindset of. people who in Kla Harris and a lot of. people in the Democrat elite who believe. they they are above the constitution you. know all this stuff about you know a boy. can be a girl if he says he's a girl. this rejection of objective truth in. science what they're really saying and. this is the most uh you and I have.

talked about this. This is the most. dangerous thing is when you look at that. mindset. What they whether they admit it. or not, whether they know it or not, they are putting themselves in a. position of trying to be. God and therefore in the most offensive. way are not only. rejecting our supreme God, but they are. trying to force that upon all of us. And you look at that spiritual erosion.

that's happening in our country and you. look at how they're trying to erase any. even mention of God uh from all facets. of our public life. We can see how those. destructive policies are causing such. damage uh to us as a society. Yes. And. untold human suffering which is always. the hallmark of evil. Why when the Biden administration. announced trans vvisisibility day on. Easter was there not a national shutdown. people to say I'm not participating? I.

mean that seemed like a line that once. you allow the government to cross it. it's not clear where it ends but nowhere. good. It speaks to this culture of. self-censorship and fear goes back to. what we were talking about in the. beginning that they've created that. people are afraid. We, you know, there. was a a story that came out about a girl. who was fired from her job because of a. tweet she put out that people are afraid. of losing their job. People are afraid. of losing friends or or having family. members who won't speak to them anymore.

if they actually stand up and speak the. truth. That's obvious to anybody who's. willing to be cleareyed and pay. attention to what's really going on. Uh, and that that is that is a travesty. And. so when you look at why would they put. me on a secret terror watch list? Yes, it's political retaliation, but it's. more than that. It is to send that. chilling message, and I'm not the only. one, but to send that chilling message. that if you challenge them and you. challenge their power, you expose the. truth about who they really are and the.

damage they are causing, then hey, we. can come after Tulsi Gabbard. We can. certainly come after you. Nobody is. safe. Well, you are dangerous actually in a. true sense because you tell the truth. So, let me let me let me end on this. I. think your presence is really hopeful is. one of the reasons I was so grateful. that you agreed to come. Thank you. And. um because for you know all of us who. sit at home thinking you know no one.

agrees with me, things are going. completely crazy. The country I knew is. gone. you know, you can really work. yourself into a frenzy of despair and. pessimism and then you realize, no, actually there are people like Tulsi. Gabbard and there are people like. everyone in this room who know what's. true sometimes in a in a very, you know, low-key way. They're not wearing a. billboard on the street, but they know. they have a they have a spiritual center. and a conscience. And that's the. majority of Americans in my opinion, and.

you're one. But but let me just stop. with this. Are you feeling hopeful. honestly? And if so, why? First of. all, hope comes from real hope comes. from knowing in our heart of hearts that. God loves us unconditionally. Amen. So God is eternal and he will. always love us. Uh so at a baseline. there is always uh he is our source of.

hope uh I am hopeful while this election. will be very close and I am very. concerned uh given what's at stake and. given that we know for sure that the the. it's more than just the Democrat machine. as we are seeing it's the wararmongering. machine it's the military-industrial. complex it's the big propaganda media. it's big tech they are going to throw. everything they possibly can at this. election to try to make sure that Kla.

Harris wins. But I am hopeful because. of what our founders envisioned for us. as a country that our government. ultimately it exists with the consent of. the governed. So the outcome of this. election is in our hands which means the. future of our country and our freedom is. in our hands. And so I want to encourage. you because I I know what you're talking. about, Tucker, and it it it is easy. sometimes and I feel it sometimes, you.

know, where it's just like, man, the. forces of darkness are so. powerful. Am I really able to make an. impact? Am I really able to break. through this? And maybe some of you feel. this way too sometimes. Don't underestimate the power of your. voice and every one of you and your. ability to influence those around you. Because every one of you has people. whether it's family or friends or. co-workers or if you're in school,

students, people who know you, who trust. you, who will listen to you, but who may. be feeling a little bit lost with. everything that's happening in the. country, the onslaught of news and all. of this stuff that's going on. Don't underestimate your voice and your. ability to share what's in your heart, what you're concerned about for our. country and why you're voting the way. that you are. Because this election, unlike any other in my lifetime, it's.

not about Democrats versus. Republicans. That's not what this is. about. This is about something much. bigger. This election, again, we're not. going to agree on every issue. Don't be. afraid of that. Don't run away from. that. We can have conversations and we. should have conversations about things. we agree and things we disagree on. We. will not be able to have those. conversations if we are not living in a. free. country. And that's what's at. stake. So I encourage you to share with.

those in your circles, in your spheres. of influence. This is not about. personalities. This is not about who you. like or who you dislike. This is a. choice between freedom and tyranny. This. is a choice between peace and war. This. is a choice between prosperity and. poverty. Don't take my word for it. Look. at the facts and look at the records.

between Donald Trump and Kla Harris and. you will know that what I am saying is. true. It's up to us to save our country. and save the world and to defend. freedom. We can make this happen. We the. people can make this happen. This is a. no, this is our no fail mission. You can. take a nap on November 6. Work your. phone. Talk to your friends. Uh we have. to do all that we can. Amen. Chelsea. Gabbard. Ladies and gentlemen, thank.

you. Thank you, Tucker. Thank you, everybody. [Music]. [Applause]. [Music]. The big tech companies censor our. content. I hate to tell you that it's. still going on in 2024. But you know. what? They can't censor live events. And. that's why we are hitting the road on a. fall tour for the entire month of. September, coast to coast. We will be in. cities across the United States. will be. in Salt Lake City with Glenn Beck,

Tulsa, Oklahoma with Dan Bonino, Kansas. City with Megan Kelly, Witchah with. Charlie Kirk, Milwaukee with Larry. Elder, Rosenberg, Texas with Jesse. Kelly, Grand Rapids with Kid Rock, Hershey, Pennsylvania with JD Vance, Reading, Pennsylvania with Alex Jones, Fort Worth, Texas with Roseanne Bar, Greenville, South Carolina with Marjorie. Taylor Green, Sunrise, Florida with John. Rich, Jacksonville, Florida with Donald. Trump Jr. You can get tickets at. tuckerclson.com. Hope to see you there.