SUGGESTS A TWIP HE TOOK WITH
THEM.
>> Todd: LAUREN, THANK YOU.
BRING IN BRANDY CRUZ, THANKS FOR
BEING HERE.
YOU HEARD LAUREN BLANCHARD
REPORT THAT JOE BIDEN SAID HE
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS SON’S
BUSINESS DEALINGS.
EITHER JOE BIDEN IS AN ABJECT
LIAR OR SO OUT OF IT AS VP THAT
HE DID NOT KNOW HUNTER’S BIDEN
ASSOCIATES WERE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE TO VISIT HIM.
WHAT SAY YOU?
WHICH IS IT?
>> I DON’T KNOW WHICH IT IS, YOU
MIGHT HIT ON THE HEAD THOSE ARE
THE ONLY TWO OPTIONS.
THE CONCEPT JOE BIDEN HAD NOT
TALKED TO HIS SON ABOUT BUSINESS
DEALINGS DEFIES FACTS AND ONLY
PARTISANS WOULD DISAGREE WITH IT
OR AVOID COVERING IT BECAUSE
BIDEN IS A DEMOCRAT.
VISITOR LOGS DON’T LIE AND IT
WAS INTERESTING TO READ THROUGH
WHAT YOU GUYS UNCOVERED AND THE
INS STANCES.
YOU HAVE HIGH-UP EXEC FROM
ROSEMONT TALKING TO STAFFERS IN
THE WEST WING AND SITTING IN ON
BRIEFINGS AND GOING TO HOLIDAY
PARTIES AT ONE OBSERVATORY.
THE MERE CONCEPT THAT THEN AND
THERE VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN
WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
HIS SON OR DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT
THAT IS ABSURD.
YOU ALSO HAD A STAFFER FOR
HUNTER BIDEN WHO WENT ON TO WORK
FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHOSE
BROTHER ALSO WORKED FOR BIDEN
FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE THAT.
ONE REALLY GROSS MIX OF
NEPOTISM, BUT KIND OF
PREDICTABLE.
>> Ashley: FIRST WORD THAT CAME
TO MIND WAS ENTANGLEMENT.
I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HUNTER
TRAVELING TO IRELAND WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
WHAT IS THERE POSSIBLE HE COULD
BE NEEDED FOR?
EVEN IF HARMLESS, DON’T YOU
THINK IT LOOKS BAD RIGHT NOW?
>> IN POLITICS, YOU SHOULD CARE
ABOUT OPTICS, I REMEMBER A TIME
WHEN POLITICIANS DID CARE ABOUT
OPTICS, IT JUST MATTERS.
HUNTER BIDEN IS UNDER
INVESTIGATION AND THE PRESIDENT
BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT HIS
KNOWLEDGE OF HIS SON’S BUSINESS
DEALINGS AND YOU ARE GOING
AROUND THE WORLD.
I KNOW IT IS HIS SON, HE LOVES
HIM VERY MUCH, BUT PERHAPS
INVOLVING HUNTER BIDEN IN A
HIGH-PROFILE TRIP OR TRAVEL IS
NOT A GOOD IDEA.
I DO THINK THERE IS A COMFORT
LEVEL FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION
AND OTHER DEMOCRATIC
ADMINISTRATIONS THAT THEY KNOW
THERE IS A HUGE SEGMENT OF THE
MEDIA THAT WILL IGNORE THAT
NARRATIVE ENTIRELY, THERE IS
COMFORT LEVEL BEING ABLE TO GET
AWAY WITH IT.
>> Todd: YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS
STUFF UP, THIS NEXT TOPIC, DNC
ANNOUNCING THE NATIONAL
CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN
CRIME-RIDDEN CHICAGO.
"I LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING
EVERYONE TO THE MIDWEST AND
SHOWING DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND
WORLD-RENOWNED VENUES.
THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE TO TELL
THE STORY OF JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS.
I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE WITH
THAT STATEMENT, THE STORY OF JOE
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS IS
CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN RUN INTO
THE GROUND BY JOE BIDEN AND
KAMALA HARRIS’S SOFT ON CRIME
AND EVERY OTHER POLICY.
YOUR TAKE?
>> YOU WILL MAKE ME CRY THIS
MORNING, THAT IS HILARIOUS AND
SPOT ON.
ISN’T THAT TRUE?
CAN YOU THINK OF A BETTER CITY
TO HOST THE DNC?
I CAN’T THINK OF A BETTER ONE TO
LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
HERE IS WHAT I KNOW WILL HAPPEN
AND TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, I
HOST MY PODCAST IN SEATTLE AND
HAVE FOR 12 YEARS AND
INTERVIEWED MAYORS, SCHEDULED IN
THE WORST AREAS OF THE CITY AND
WE GET DOWN THERE FOR THE
INTERVIEW AND IT IS SPOTLESS AND
I THINK THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS
LOOKED LIKE YESTERDAY.
THEY WILL GO IN AND TRY TO SWEEP
OUT THE SORE SPOTS SO PEOPLE
DON’T SEE IT AND PUT ON FACADE
OF A PRISTINE CITY.
SEATTLE IS HOSTING THE MLB
ALL-STAR GAME THIS SUMMER AND IN
2026, THEY ARE HOSTING THE FIFA
WORLD CUP.
THEY WILL SWEEP OUT THE HOMELESS
AND PUT POLICE DOWNTOWN FOR THE
FIRST TIME EVER AND ACT LIKE
THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS.
WHEN THE DNC IS DONE, THE CITY
WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL.
>> Ashley: WALMART IS CLOSING
FOUR STORES IN CHICAGO, THE
CHICAGO STORES HAVE NOT BEEN
PROFITABLE SINCE WE OPENED THE
FIRST ONE 17 YEARS AGO.
THE STORES LOSE TENS OF MILLIONS
EVERY YEAR AND ANNUAL LOSS
DOUBLED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THE PART THAT GOT ME ABOUT THE
GOVERNOR’S COMMENTS WAS THE
IMPECCABLE HOSPITALITY.
WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT PLACES LIKE
WALMART CLOSING, WE SAW CRIME
STATS ON THE SCREEN A MINUTE
AGO, THEY ARE RIGHT, IF YOU WANT
TO TELL THE STORY OF JOE BIDEN
AND KAMALA HARRIS, THIS IS WHAT
YOU GET WHEN YOU KEEP VOTING
THESE PEOPLE INTO OFFICE.
IMPECCABLE HOSPITALITY FOR
CRIMINALS AND EVERYONE, EXCEPT
HARD-WORKING PEOPLE TRYING TO
FOLLOW THE LAW AND BUSINESSES
TRYING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
ECONOMY.
HOSPITALITY FOR EVERYONE, BUT
THEM AND I TELL YOU IN SEATTLE,
WE ARE DEALING WITH THE
REITALIAN THEFT ISSUE, IT HAS
EXPLODED.
YOU HAVE COMPANIES PICKING UP
SHOP AND LEAVING DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT TAKE
THE LOSS ANYMORE.
THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY CAME
OUT AND SAID ON AVERAGE, THEIR
MEMBERS ARE HERE TO SUPPORT
TOURISTS AND HAVE A NICE VISIT
TO THE CITY, ARE SHELLING OUT
THOUSANDS EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO
DEAL WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE, THEFT
THAT ARE CANS.
IT IS BUSINESSES WE SHOULD BE
SUPPORTING, PEOPLE CONTRIBUTING