LIKE, SPEND AN HOUR WITHOUT US.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT
TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
SO SINCE THE INVASION OF UKRAINE
KICKED OFF SEVERAL WEEKS AGO,
PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN THIS COUNTRY
HAS PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO
UKRAINE PEER THEY ARE SUFFERING
BECAUSE OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION,
BUT THE WAY THEY’VE BEEN TOUTING
THEIR LOVE TO UKRAINE TELLS YOU
A LOT.
THE HEAD OF THE CHILDREN THE POTTERY IS LARGEST TEACHERS
SHE STANDS FOR UKRAINE BUT
DOESN’T KNOW WHAT THE FLAG LOOKS
LIKE.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
THEY WANT TO SACRIFICE FOR
UKRAINE, VERY FAR AWAY, BUT
THAT’S THE BEAUTY OF LOVING
PEOPLE YOU’LL NEVER MEET.
ALEXANDER LINDEMAN IS PRETTY
EXPLICIT ABOUT THIS EVERY TIME
HE GOES IN TELEVISION.
>> WE COULD DO SOMETHING TO
BRING IT TO AN END BEFORE IT
ACCELERATES. THEY NEED MORE CATASTROPHIC
WE LOST THE MOMENTUM.
THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO
THIS.
BECAUSE WE ARE RISK ADVERSE.
WE STILL THINK THIS IS GOING TO
GO BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.
IN FACT, IN A COLD WAR WE ARE
HEADING TOWARDS A HOT WAR.
I LEAN IN AND TALK MORE ABOUT
WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE
PROVISIONS OF WEAPONS.
BECAUSE I DON’T THINK WE ARE
DOING NEARLY ENOUGH.
>> Tucker: THAT’S A LITTLE
WEIRD TO SEE THAT.
THEY ARE NOT OVER THERE FIGHTING
IN THEIR HOMELANDS, WHICH IS A
LITTLE BIT WEIRD.
I GUESS IT’S EASIER TO DO YOUR
FIGHTING FROM A CABLE NEWS BOX
STATESIDE.
A COLUMNIST AT THE FEDERALIST
WHO PUBLISHED HIS OWN PIECE ON
VIRTUE SIGNALING OVER THE WAR IN
UKRAINE.
HE JOINS US.
ARE WE IMAGINING THIS OR ARE A
LOT OF PEOPLE EXPANDING THEIR
MORAL PROFILE AT THE EXPENSE OF
AN ACTUAL COUNTRY CALLED UKRAINE
UKRAINE.
>> YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE LEFT HAS COMPLETELY
TRIVIALIZE THIS CONFLICT, TURNED
INTO A COMPLETE JOKE ALL FOR THE
SAKE OF GETTING CLOUT ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHEN I SAY THE
LEFT, I DO MEAN THE MEDIA,
CELEBRITIES, CORPORATIONS PRINT
LOOK AT "THE NEW YORK TIMES,"
DAVID BROOKS, LOOK AT
"THE WASHINGTON POST," KATHLEEN
PARKER, THEY ARE BESIDE
THEMSELVES EMOTIONALLY ABOUT
SEEING UKRAINIAN
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY IN A
T-SHIRT, ABOUT HOW IT’S OUR DUTY
TO PROTECT FREEDOM AND MAJOR
CORPORATIONS AS WELL. PLACES LIKE
UBER, THEY SAY TO DONATE TO
UKRAINE, ARE OFFERING FREE RIDES
FROM KYIV AT THIS POINT.
AS YOU SAID AT THE ENTRY OF THIS
SEGMENT, IT COST THEM NOTHING
FOR THE EXPECT NOTHING, AND
THAT’S THE POINT OF HER VIRTUE
SIGNALING.
YOU GET TO SAY HOW GREAT YOU
ARE, HOW NOBLE YOU ARE, IT’S
GOING TO COST YOU NOTHING.
IT’S GOING TO CALL SOMEBODY
SOMETHING BECAUSE WE ARE
TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF WORLD
WAR III.
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE THE ONES,
THE KATHLEEN PARKERS, DAVID
BROOKS, IT’S GOING TO BE YOU.
THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR NIECES AND
NEPHEWS, THEY ARE ALL GOING TO
BE THE ONES WHO NEED TO BE
SACRIFICED.
>> Tucker: THEY TOLD US TO BE
MAD ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH
AND THEY TOLD US TO BE MAD ABOUT
ANTI-VAXERS, THEN THEY TELL US
TO BE MAD ABOUT BIDEN.
IF YOU LET THE OLIGARCHS CONTROL
YOUR EMOTIONS, MAYBE YOU ARE NOT
AN INDEPENDENT PERSON.
MAYBE YOU ARE A PUPPET.
DOES ANYBODY THINK THAT?
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
ISSUE AFTER ISSUE, VIRTUE
SIGNALING IS THE WAY THE LEFT
LIKES TO OFFER IT RIGHT NOW.
SAME THING WITH THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER POST OF BLACK SQUARE ON
INSTAGRAM, YOU ARE IN GOOD
COMPANY.
WE ARE ON THE EDGE OF
WORLD WAR II WITH A NUCLEAR
POWER.