MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
WELL, THE EXTREME PROGRESSIVE
LEFT HAS BEEN MELTING DOWN OVER
BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK’S $44
BILLION TAKE OVER OF SOCIAL
MEDIA COMPANY TWITTER WHICH THE
TWITTER BOARD HAS ACCEPTED,
SPARKING THE CENSORSHIP QUEEN OF
TWITTER, THE HEAD OF LEGAL AT
THE COMPANY, TO BREAK DOWN IN
TEARS.
THE SAME WOMAN, OF COURSE, WHO
GREEN LIGHTED BANNING TRUMP FROM
THE PLATFORM AND THE NEW YORK
POST’S COVERAGE OF THE HUNTER
BIDEN LAPTOP STORY.
WHILE ELIZABETH WARREN HAS
CALLED MUSK’S OWN ORSHIP
DANGEROUS TO DEMOCRACY.
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPANY SO FAR SEEMS TO BE
BENEFITING, TOPPING THE FREE APP
STORE ALL WEEK AS IT
TRANSITIONED ONTO THE RUMBLE
CLOUD AND BOASTED THAT THEY WILL
NOT RELY ON BIG TECH TO SURVIVE
AND ARE, QUOTE, NOT CANCELABLE.
THAT IS WHAT MY NEXT GUEST TOLD
ME LAST WEEK AND HE JOINS ME
AGAIN, CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN
AND NOW THE CEO OF TRUTH SOCIAL,
DEVIN NUÑES.
HE JOINS ME RIGHT NOW TO TALK
MORE ABOUT THIS.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE,
DEVIN.
WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON WHAT WENT
ON THIS WEEKSOME CONGRATWITHS ON
BEING TOP OF THE APP STORE --
CONGRATS, EVEN AS ELON MUSK
TAKES OVER TWITTER AND IS
EXPECTED TO MAKE BIG CHANGES
THERE.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, MARIA.
IT’S BEEN A GREAT WEEK AS YOU
SAID IN THE OPENING.
STARTED BEING ON THE RUMBLE
CLOUD.
THIS IS MANAGER THAT THE BIG
TECH TYRANTS, AND NOW WE
ACTUALLY KNOW THE GOVERNMENT
WITH THEIR NEW DISINFORMATION
SERVICE NEVER WANTED TO HAPPEN.
OUR GOAL AND PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
GOAL WAS TO GIVE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THEIR VOICE BACK, AND
THAT’S WHAT WE’VE DONE.
AND THERE’S NO BIG TECH TYRANT
THAT CAN TAKE US DOWN.
THAT’S WHY I THINK IT’S SO
ORWELLIAN, SO DYSTOPIAN,
SOMETHING YOU ONLY SEE IN
DICTATORSHIPS THAT NOW THEY’RE
GOING TO SET UP SOME TYPE OF
DISINFORMATION BOARD?
I THINK THAT’S A DIRECT ATTACK
THE ON WHAT WE ARE DOING AT
TRUTH SOCIAL BECAUSE WE CAN NO
LONGER BE CANCELED.
SO NOW WHAT DO THEY HAVE LEFT TO
DO?
WE’RE GOING TO PROTECT OUR USER
FROM THIS NEW PONY GOVERNMENT
DISINFORMATION -- PHONY
GOVERNMENT DISINFORMATION
SERVICE, AND THE FACT THAT THEY
WOULD USE SOME B-RATED TIKTOK
STAR THAT IS THE QUEEN OF
DISINFORMATION HERSELF ON THE
RUSSIA HOAX, THE LAPTOP FROM
HELL, TO HEAD UP IS REALLY THE
HEIGHT OF HYPOCRISY THAT’S SO
UNBELIEVABLE.
I, WHO -- I’VE SPENT SO MUCH
TIME IN WASHINGTON --
[LAUGHTER]
I DON’T THINK I’VE EVER SEEN
SOMETHING SO RIDICULOUS.
BUT THE GOOD THING IS, IS WE ARE
GOING TO PROTECT OUR USERS ON
OUR PLATFORM.
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE CANCELED
X THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE
CENSORED FOR POLITICAL SPEECH.
SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THEY MAY
WANT TO DO IT AND HEIR GOING TO
USE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY TO DO IT, BUT WE’RE NOT
GOING TO TOLERATE IT.
MARIA: THEY CAN MAKE LIFE
DIFFICULT FOR YOU, RIGHT?
THEY’VE MADE LIFE DIFFICULT FOR
ELON MUSK ALREADY.
THEY WANT TO HAUL HIM IN TO
CONGRESS SO THAT THEY CAN
QUESTION HIM ABOUT THIS TWITTER
ACT BY CIG.
THEY COULD GET IN YOUR --
ACQUISITION.
THEY COULD GET IN YOUR WAY AS
WELL.
DO YOU FEEL -- YOU’RE A PRIVATE
COMPANY NOW, BUT DO YOU HAVE
EVERYTHING OR IN PLACE IN TERMS
OF WHAT YOU NEED NEED TODAY TO
HAVE IN TERMS OF REGULATORY
APPROVAL IN.
>> YEAH, WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO
SEE THEM BRING ME BACK INTO
CONGRESS.
I WOULD LOVE TO GO APPEAR BEFORE
THE SENATE AND TALK ABOUT.
MY GUESS IS THAT THEY’RE
PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BRING ME
THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY
DON’T WANT TO HEAR WHAT’S --
HEAR THE TRUTH.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO LELE OUT
FOR THE CONGRESS HOW THEY, LEFT,
HAVE COLLUDED WITH THE MEDIA,
HAVE COLLUDED WITH THESE TECH
TYRANTS, AND NOW THEY’RE
THROWING A FIT BECAUSE THEY KNOW
THAT WE HAVE A BEACHHEAD, WE’RE
HAVING GUYS LIKE ELON MUSK STEP
UP AND SAY, LOOK, WE’RE GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND LOOK TO TAKE
TWITTER OFF THE TABLE HERE AND
TRY TO TURN THEM BACK INTO A
FREE SPEECH PLATFORM.
WHAT WE’RE DOING NOW IS WE’RE
MOVING AHEAD.
WE’RE GOING TO IGNORE THE
GOVERNMENT.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE REGULATED.
BUT WHAT WE’RE GOING TO FOCUS ON
IS WHERE ARE THE EYEBALLS.
AND I THINK WHAT SHOULD BE A
CONCERN TO MOST AMERICANS IS
THAT A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO TICK TIKTOK -- TIKTOK.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK.
WE’RE GOING TO BE THAT SAFE HOME
FOR PEOPLE.
WE’RE FOCUSING RIGHT NOW ON WHAT
CAN WE DO NEXT.
CLEARLY, OUR MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS WE’RE ON THE APP STORE,
WE WERE NUMBER ONE MOST OF THE
WEEK, WE CONTINUE TO BE ON THE
TOP CHARTS.
AND WHAT WE’RE FOCUSING ON NOW
IS BY THE END OF MAY WE WANT TO
TRY TO BE ON ALL THE PLATFORMS
AND YOU CAN GET IT FROM
ANYWHERE.
AND AFTER THAT WE HOPEFULLY WILL
BE ON THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE FOR
ANDROID.
SO WE’RE FOCUSING ON THE THINGS
WE CAN FOCUS ON, AND THAT IS TO
IMPROVE OUR USER EXPERIENCE AND
BE A SAFE PLACE FOR EVERYBODY TO
COME WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE, WHERE
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE CANCELED
BY TECH TYRANTS, NUMBER ONE.
AND NUMBER TWO, WE’RE NOT GOING
TO GIVE IN TO ANY DISINFORMATION
CZAR THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TRIES TO PUT IN
PLACE.
MARIA: YEAH.
BIG NEWS THIS WEEK WHEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP ACTUALLY STARTED
POSTING ON TRUTH SOCIAL.
HE IS NOW ON TRUTH SOCIAL.
LET ME GET YOUR TAKE ON THE
TWITTER ACQUISITION BY ELON
MUSK.
HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT IN TERMS
OF COMPETITION TO TRUTH SOCIAL?
BECAUSE YOU SEE ELON MUSK SAYING
A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS YOU’VE
MADE THE POINT THAT TRUTH SOCIAL
IS NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE
TWITTER.
YOU WANT TO BE BIGGER AND
PERHAPS IF TAKE MARKET SHARE
FROM THINGS LIKE INSTAGRAM AS
WELL.
>> YEAH.
I THINK THAT’S KIND OF -- WHAT
TWITTER REALLY IS, IS A GLOBAL
PR WIRE.
WHAT WE’RE DOING AT TRUTH IS
WE’RE BUILDING A COMMUNITY WHERE
PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE
CENSORED OR FOR POLITICAL
SPEECH, WHERE PEOPLE CAN WRING
THEIR VIDEOS, THEY CAN BRING
THEIR PICTURES.
WE’VE PART PARTNERED WITH RUMBLE
ON THE RUMBLE CROWD.
SO WE’RE TRYING TO GIVE THE
FEATURES AND THE MARKETPLACE
THAT ARE ON INSTAGRAM AND ON
FACEBOOK AND ON TIKTOK.
BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE THE USERS
ARE.
THAT’S WHERE THE EYEBALLS ARE,
THAT THAT’S WHERE THE MARKET IS.
MARIA: YEAH.
>> AND THE ADVANTAGE WE HAVE IS
WE’RE NOT GOING TO CANCEL
ANYONE.
MARIA: REAL QUICK, DEVIN, BEFORE
YOU GO, YOU WERE THE ONE WHO
BLEW WIDE OPEN THE LIES OF THE
RUSSIAN COLLUSION HOAX.
I KNOW OVER THE YEARS YOU KEPT
COMING UP WITH NEW INFORMATION,
AND THEN YOU HAD YOUR NUÑES
REPORT OUT DOCUMENTING WHAT HAD
TAKEN PLACE, THAT IT WAS MADE UP
BY THE HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN.
WE KNOW THAT MICHAEL SUSSMANN
HAS RILE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS --
TRIAL IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING FROM JOHN
DURHAM, AND WHAT ARE YOUR
THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT WE’VE
LEARNED SO FAR FROM JOHN
DURHAM’S INVESTIGATION INTO THE
RUSSIAN COLLUSION LIE?
>> WHAT WE SAW THIS WEEK AS
SUSSMANN, THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN,
THE DNC ALL TRY TO FIGHT HAVING
TO DISCLOSE EVIDENCE AND HAVING
TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION, THEY’RE
GOING TO COURT AND FILE
FIGHTING.
WELL, THIS HAS GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR DURHAM BECAUSE
HE’S HAD TO FIGHT THESE
OBJECTIONS TO ACTUALLY PLACE
DIRECT EVIDENCE ON THE RECORD.
NOW, AS PEOPLE WELL KNOW, WE
BUILT A CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE
USING CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
WE KNEW, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE
DNC, THE MEDIA, FUSION GPS, THEY
WERE ALL COORDINATING, BUILDING
A NARRATIVE AND LAYING IT OUT
FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
BUT WE NEVER ACTUALLY HAD THE
E-MAILS.
AND NOW THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF
E-MAILS THAT HOE WHAT WE KNEW
FIVE YEARS AGO WAS THAT THE FAKE
NEWS MEDIA WAS IN CAHOOTS WITH
THE LEFT IN COUNTRY AND THE
CLINTON CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO
DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP BY FRAMING
HIM, MALIGNING HIM.
AND NOT JUST HIM, BUT MANY, MANY
OTHERS THAT GOT TIED UP INTO
THIS, GUYS LIKE CARTER PAGE.
SO IT’S GOOD TO SEE THAT THE
FRUITS OF ALL OUR WORK THAT WE
DID OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS
THAT RESULTED IN CRIMINAL
REFERRALS ARE NOW BEING, WE’RE
STARTING TO SEE EVIDENCE BEING
PUT DOWN AS THESE INDICTMENTS
ROLL OUT.
MARIA: YEAH.
>> SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE
INDICTMENTS, BUT IT IS, I MEAN,
LOOK, IT SHOULD BE ALARMING TO
PEOPLE THAT THE MEDIA’S WILLING
TO JUST TAKE THE STUFF FROM
THESE PAID ASSASSINS.
BUT IT’S THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE
IN, AND MAYBE THE MORE THAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS,
THE BETTER OFF WE ALL WILL BE
MOVING INTO THE FUTURE TO TRY TO
MAKE REFORMS AT THESE GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES.
MARIA: ALL RIGHT.
DEVIN, WE’LL BE WATCHING TRUTH
SOCIAL, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR