Speaker 1: This next clip is truly a pleasure to watch and it is exactly what I have been
recommending be done when dealing with right wing media.
Engage in conversation, but get them on the record.
Did Trump win or lose in twenty twenty?
Let's start there just so we know who and what we're dealing with here.
The Daily Beast reports that yesterday during an appearance on Fox News I'm sorry, the day
before yesterday, Texas State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat young guy, challenged
Pete Hegseth to tell his viewers that Donald Trump lost the twenty 20 presidential election
to Joe Biden.
Seth refused to just confirm, yes, Trump lost, which really proves the guests point in trying
to get him on the record about this.
And Talarico quickly started going after Fox News.
He eventually demanded, Hey, Pete, say that Trump lost.
Say it.
Let's take a look at it.
This is just fantastic.
Someone in your Speaker 2: district that can't get ID, you
have made a lot of money personally and you've enriched a lot of corporations with advertising
by getting on here and spewing lies and conspiracy theories to folks who about my what I'm asking
you to do is tell your voters right now that Donald Trump is the line that is, can you
resolve the lie that is the Democratic voter ID?
It's not true.
But at least at least he was on the idea that.
Twenty, twenty.
Real quick, can you answer the question to Donald Trump?
I think election running questions.
I'm not going to answer anything.
Speaker 1: So I think he I think they're meant to say I'm asking questions, not answering
them.
But he seems so tripped up Speaker 2: question for you know, it's just
my question is, why are you in Washington, D.C. and not in
Speaker 1: someone?
He's in Washington, D.C., because Texas Republicans threatened Texas Democrats with arrest, with
arrest if they didn't show up in order to prevent a quorum, in order to prevent a disgusting
Texas voter suppression bill from passing.
But as far as the clip goes, I just absolutely love that every Democratic guest should be
doing that every time they appear on these networks.
But but.
Oh, but David, sir, they're not being brought on to talk about whether Trump won.
So it's sandbagging.
It's wrong for them to do.
I don't care.
Make them kick you off.
Make them never invite you back.
If every single Democratic guest starts asking this, it's going to very quickly put them
in a really awkward position.
But like I've been saying.
Do this in every interview with Republican officials as well, when whoever on whatever
channel interviews a Republican official, ask them just for context.
Did Donald Trump win or lose the 20 20 election?
And many of them have figured out how to play coy.
Many of them, you say, did Trump win the election or did Trump lose the election?
And they will say, listen, Joe Biden is the president of the United States.
That's what matters.
Because what they're what they're avoiding answering is whether Joe Biden should be based
on the election results.
That's how they play coy with it.
And so even asking the question, the host still is going to have to be prepared.
But I think that this is an important thing to do, because at the end of the day, what's
the point of interviewing people when they can't even be on the same page about basic
facts?
Would we trust them about any of their views on politics if they can't even acknowledge
who won the 20 20 election?
Think about it.
Analogously, if we did a series on space travel and I suspect that a guest believe the earth
was flat and I start the interview by saying, is the earth flat or spherical?
And they won't answer.
Why would I keep talking about space travel with that person and the interview they can't
have we can't even get to a simple foundational infrastructure about just the fundamentals
of how the world works.
Why would I continue talking about space travel?
And similarly, in political interviews, do you accept that Donald Trump genuinely not
because of fraud or fraud, just he just lost?
If you don't accept that, why are we going to talk to you about your views on politics?
It's a simple screening question.
Really nicely done by James Talarico.
I hope I hope that this becomes a trend where Democratic guests will say this to right wing
hosts and hosts will act.
Ask Republican guests, did Trump win or did Trump lose?
Answer that question before we move on.
I would love to see it.
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