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There are too few refuges for free speech. But on Ricochet our cup overfloweth! To keep things going full speed, we asked our friend Ann Coulter on to dish out an abundant full scoop. She’s just launched her new Substack and podcast to push back on… well, just about everyone who she believes is getting in the way of freedom, America and the families who make it great. As is her wont, Ann turns over more than a few stones. Most notably, she’s got a bone to pick with the January 6th Commission. And with Trump. And with the elites that went nuts because of Trump!
If you’re an unfettered lover of people calling it like they see it, this one’s for you. Wanna give Ann a piece of your mind?!? Join Ricochet and let her have it in the comments!
The gang have some thoughts on Biden’s schizophrenic energy policy (and as Rob promised, here’s the American Petroleum Institute’s letter to the bumbly President), along with what Mayra Flores means for the hopes of the “God, Family, Country” traditionalism that conservatives are praying for; Peter and James also talk T.V. shows, Michael Connelly novels and the the unbeatable American hotdog.
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This was really good.
What does that have to do with Coulter or D’Souza?
I just cannot get so upset at the flagship podcast because the guys are generally so uniquely interesting and they can get any guest they want, any time. There’s nothing like it anywhere.
For a very brief time a few weeks ago I got tired of Rob whining about Trump. That is my only time I have ever thought like that.
“I guess now that’s she’s rabidly anti-Trump, denies the stolen election, and has a bone to pick with ex-boyfriend D’Souza she now meets the prerequisites for being on the Ricochet platform.”
She’s falling in love again with herself, IMO. Why exactly did she turn on President Trump?
I had to turn away from the podcast with the hate Trump subtext in full bloom. I wish I was smart too.
I think it was because he didn’t “build the wall” to her satisfaction.
I have never been able to articulate why I listen to her, but you just did it for me.
Thank you.
Or most likely, stolen both legally and illegally.
Except if the media being all against Trump from Day One even until today is truly examined, it may have occurred “legally” but certainly not morally.
I once watched Trump deliver a presser that outlined his plans on several topics in a coherent manner. Then when he called on a woman reporter, she snidely asked him: “How can you plan on doing Activity X? Where would the money come from?” So he patiently replied and reiterated what he had already explained in his address.
Then the woman reporter tried to tear him a new one over Activity Y, and he again politely reiterated his ideas.
Then a third time. Again he answered in a dignified manner.
The fourth time she started in on him, he said, quite cheerfully, “You’re fake news. I’ll now take questions from someone else.”
The next day the Associated Press ran with the story that Trump had not bothered to give an address, but instead picked out a woman reporter and proceeded to lambast her for being “fake news” for quite a while and then stormed off the stage!
Probably a lot of people who think they are/were “anti-Trump” are really “anti-media” because it was the media that lied about him, but they never figured it out.
@jameslileks I did not know until a few years ago when I saw a clip from a Clint Eastwood movie telling me that ketchup on hotdogs was bad.
Ketchup and mustard on dogs is as American as apple pie.
@peterrobinson : “We know all of this!” 1) This is not the same as “It’s not true.” So assuming what I personally learned is true: I did not know that Giuliani was drunk on election night. I did not know so many people told Trump at the time that the election was lost, not stolen. And I didn’t know that Trump thought that the people who wanted to kill Mike Pence “had a point”.
Why does that matter if we “know” it? Nobody’s done anything about it. If everybody “knows” this stuff then why are we relying on Donald Trump’s sense of duty, responsibility, and care for the greater good for him to “recommit himself to the sacred game of golf”?
Are York and Hemingway out there exposing the current and previous machine fraud and pushing for those long awaited forensic audits people like Youngkin promised while running? If so, great but I haven’t heard either of their names pop up among those doing so. Have either of them commented on 2000 Mules? Do either of them stand up for Trump’s claim of having the election stolen?
Mollie’s book is commendable but unfortunately it’s pretty narrow in its scope and completely ignores the most damning evidence we have, giving the impression of a legitimate election by a party that gamed (or changed) the rules to win rather than one where outright felonies were committed and ignored to facilitate its theft.
In any case, I was being specific to Coulter about prerequisites for her being invited on, not to all podcast guests in general.
Or when she said Sanders was ok with her when he was in favor of a strong border. She said she’d happily vote for socialism if it meant shutting the border.
As I explained above, there were no prerequisites. We think Ann is an interesting and entertaining guest, and she was extremely generous to us with her time and fame when we started this thing and we wanted to return the favor with regards to promoting her Substack and podcast. Her views on Trump, past and present, or her views on anything else had no bearing on her being invited on this show.
And as you well know, I have zero interest in re-litigating the election, because at this point, it’s ancient history. But more importantly — it’s deadly boring to me.
But that’s just me. If you actually have access to evidence of “current fraud” and “the most damning evidence we have, giving the impression of a legitimate election by a party that gamed (or changed) the rules to win rather than one where outright felonies were committed and ignored to facilitate its theft,” you should either write your own book, or I’ll put you in touch with Mollie and/or Byron and you can present this “damning evidence” directly to them. Because if you’ve got it, I’m sure they’d both love to see it and if it checks out, publish it.
But fair warning: Mollie is a very thorough researcher and writer and Byron is an excellent reporter. Neither of them like to have their time wasted. So you better have the goods.
You know how to reach me.
Ah.
One of Trump’s big advantages, as a potential candidate for 2024, is that he’s been slandered so much that people quite rightly disregard each new batch of slanders.
Even as we speak, Christine Blasey Ford is already recovering memories of how Ron DeSantis attempted to molest her, though she doesn’t remember where or when.
“Cash is so last century.”
“So am I brother. So am I.”
So am I brother. So am I.
I had a blast talking to her – well, listening to her – and I enjoy her cheer. She may be laughing with dark humor about all the very bad things, but it’s preferable to mopey miserabilism or contemptuous scorn 24/7.
The people who admire Trump will disregard them. The people who hate him will believe them. The people who are tired if him will be reminded that they are tired of him. DeSantis, a better politician than Trump, can smack-mouth the media back without retreating into the carapace of his ego.
I will seriously entertain the hypothesis that DeSantis is “a better politician than Trump” when he wins the Presidency, too. Until then, this is more in the nature of speculation or wishful thinking. So is the assertion that he can handle the media better than Trump.
Certainly DeSantis lacks Trump’s charisma. He is unlikely to fill stadiums with his supporters.
Even when people still believed Joe Biden was moderate and competent, Trump nearly won, in spite of an unprecedented effort against him; some of which will be illegal in 2024. Having been President, he is in the position of being able to offer campaign facts instead of campaign promises, contrasting his successful presidency with Biden’s record of disasters.
I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve had this conversation and it always ends with me giving you the names of people leading the research and findings and you refusing to acknowledge it. Here are some more, just for fun:
Rep. Mo Brooks (running for Senate)
Kandiss Taylor (had 60K volunteers but only got 41k votes?)
Liz Harrington (True the Vote)
Erin Clements (NM audit team)
And of course Dinesh D’Souza. Maybe ask your friends to write a post about why all of these people (and another dozen I’ve told you about Keshel/Colbeck/Lambert & Carrol etc…) are wrong and you’re right.
Does Ann not know Trump tried to get a wall built? He needed Congress to do that, and Congress wouldn’t help – even when the Republicans had both houses.
OTOH, anyone who argues against Ann is going to get verbally beaten to a pulp, so I’ll shut up . . .
Update: Dammit, she’s banging on the front door! Who told her what I said and where I lived?
Thanks for the insight on the Coulter invite.
Regarding the election fraud, it is important to know how the Dems cheated so we know how to fight it. Part of it is relentless publicity. 2000 Mules was great at providing a look at the ballot box stuffing strategy. We know we need to get rid of them, or keep eyes on them 24/7. I think the Youngkin victory was partly a result of the the crooked election publicity, and spurred a massive Republican turnout for election volunteer observers and such.
I still blame Trump for that. The wall was what he ran on. He should have refused to sign the tax cuts unless wall funding was included.
I can’t understand why the wall wasn’t finished and the ACA isn’t gone. Why don’t they want to help him do that? The GOP owned the whole political system for two years. Petty idiots that hate the country. Your GOP.
As best I can tell, the Republicans have never had a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, according to the rules enforced at the various times when they had a majority.
So the Republicans have never “owned the whole political system for two years”, in the sense that the Democrats have, on a number of occasions.
OK. Fair enough.
There was no reason for the thoughtlessness and lies. They could have gotten both of those done and they clearly promised it for the ACA.
I still blame the Republicans in Congress. They knew what Trump ran on, and it put them on notice. Instead, they refused to back Trump, and when their numbers tanked, they retired in droves allowing Democrats to take over.
“Oh God, how did she know?”