RACHEL: THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A FOX NEWS ALERT,
SOURCES TELL FOX NEWS THAT THE
RECORDs SEIZED BY THE FBI
DURING THE RAID ON MAR-A-LAGO
WERE COVERED BY ATTORNEY CLIENT
PRIVILEGE THANKED JUNE-- PRIVILE
>> BILL BENNETT JOINS US NOW.
GREAT TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO
THIS ISSUE WITH YOU, BILL.
YOU’VE BEEN AROUND, YOU COVERED
AND BEEN WITHIN ADMINISTRATIONS
FOR QUITE SOME DECADES.
IF I LISTEN TO ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
TODAY, OH, CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS,
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW, RIGHT,
THE RULE OF LAW APPLIES TO
EVERYONE, I’M CURIOUS.
WHEN IT COMES TO CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS, FAMOUSLY PRESIDENT
NIXON SAID IF THE PRESIDENT DOES
IT, IT IS NOT ILLEGAL.
IS THAT NOT TRULY THE STANDARD
WHEN IT COMES TO CLASSIFIED
DOCUMENTS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS THE ABILITY TO
AT ANY TIME DECLASSIFY ANYTHING.
>> THE PRESIDENT DOES.
THERE’S A PROCEDURE THAT THE
PRESIDENT MUST FOLLOW BUT THE
PRESIDENT CAN DECLASSIFY THESE
DOCUMENTS.
WE CANNOT EXAGGERATE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS SITUATION AND
THE DEADLY SERIOUSNESS OF IT.
THIS IS A FORMER PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES.
VERY POSSIBLY THE CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE
AGAINST JOE BIDEN OR WHOEVER IT
IS IN 2024.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE VARIOUS
ACTS THAT ARE SUGGESTED BEING
VIOLATED, ONE OF THEM IS THE
ESPIONAGE ACT.
ACCUSING A FORMER PRESIDENT, A
FUTURE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
OF HE’S ESPIONAGE.
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THE
DAFT, THE AFTER -- THE
AFFIDAVIT, THE AFFIDAVIT WILL
CLARIFY WHAT JUSTIFIED THE
WARRANT.
I’M NOT SO SURE.
IT COULD BE GENERAL AND VERY
VAGUE.
SOBER AUTHORITIES LIKE ANDY
MCCARTHY HAVE SAID, LOOK, THIS
IS BEGINNING TO FEEL VERY MUCH
LIKE A FISHING EX PEE PEE DIGS.
-- EX BE PEE EXPEDITION.
THEY WENT DOWN THERE TO GET
WHATEVER THEY COULD TO USE
AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IT’S ABOUT
JANUARY 6th.
THE LARGER PICTURE, VERY
QUICKLY, IS A CRISIS OF
LEGITIMACY IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE LIBERALS, THE PROGRESSIVES
FEEL THAT DONALD TRUMP IS NOT A
LEGITIMATE PERSON, NOT A
LEGITIMATE CANDIDATE, WASN’T A
LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT AND HIS
FOLLOWERS, NOT MUCH BETTER.
CONSERVATIVES ON THE OTHER HAND
BELIEVE THAT BY THE ACTIONS OF
THIS GOVERNMENT, IT IS DELEGIT
DELEGITMIZED ITSELF.
THE FBI IS NOT WHAT THE FBI
SHOULD BE.
MAYBE WE’LL GET CLARIFICATION
FROM THE AFFIDAVIT.
I’M NOT SO SURE.
LET’S WAIT AND SEE.
>> VERY WELL PUT.
GREAT INSIGHT.
I’M GOING TO MOVE TO EDUCATION,
SOMETHING WHERE AS THE EDUCATION
SECRETARY YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT.
THE CURRENT EDUCATION SECRETARY
TWEETED ABOUT THE SHORTAGE OF
TEACHERS AND BLAMED IT ON
SOMETHING INTERESTING, THIS IS
SECRETARY MIGUEL CARDONA SAYING
TO ADDRESS THE TEACHER
SHORTAGE ISSUE WHICH EXISTS IN
AMERICA WE MUCH ADDRESS THE
TEACHER RESPECT ISSUE, WE MUST
STOP NORMALIZING WITH PROVIDING
TEACHERS WITHOUT ADEQUATE
RESOURCES TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
IS THIS A RESPECT ISSUE.
>> CERTAINLY NOT A
RESOURCES ISSUE.
IN SOME CASES IT’S A
RESPECT ISSUE.
PARENTS DURING COVID LOOKED OVER
THEIR’S SHOULDER AND SAID WHY
ARE THEY DOING THAT.
TEACHERS EARN PARENTS’ TRUST.
WE USED TO SAY, TRUST BUT
VERIFY.
THERE IS A LOT OF TEACHERS OUT
THERE THAT PARENTS TRUST BUT
THERE’S A NEW KNEELING THE LAND
AND THAT IS -- NEW FEELING IN
THE LAND.
THAT IS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
TEACHERS AND FIND OUT WHAT
THEY’RE TEACHING.
PARENTS ARE MUCH MORE VIGILANT.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THE
POLL, I DON’T KNOW IF YOU WANT
TO TALK ABOUT THIS BUT FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN MY MEMORY,
REPUBLICANS HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE
FROM THE PUBLIC IN EDUCATION
THAN DEMOCRATS DO.
MIGUEL CARDONA, THE SECRETARY OF
EDUCATION, WHAT HE’S TALKING
ABOUT IS SOMETHING HE AND HIS
UNIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
THEY HAVE REAPED AND THE
TEACHERS HAVE SOWN THE RESULTS
OF THAT CATASTROPHIC FALLING
BEHIND DURING COVID.
THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THESE
KIDS NOT TO BE IN SCHOOL.
THEY NEED TO GET BACK IN SCHOOL,
WE NEED TO REGAIN LOST GROUND,
MATH, ENGLISH, HISTORY, SCIENCE,
WE’VE GOT TO PUT IT ON AND PUT
IT ON VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND PARENTS WILL NOW EXERCISE
GREAT DEAL MORE CHOICE AS THEY
ARE DOING AROUND THE COUNTRY IN
TERMS OF WHERE THEY SEND THEIR
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
RESPECT HAS TO BE EARNED.
IT’S NO LONGER A GIVEN.
RACHEL: WOW.
EXCELLENT POINTS, BILL BENNETT.
I WANT TO MENTION THIS AS WELL.
I’M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
FACT THAT SO MANY KIDS TODAY
BECAUSE THEY’RE LEARNING ALL
THIS WOKE STUFF ARE NOT GETTING
THE BASICS, AND SO WE’RE TALKING
TODAY WITH YOU THE EARLIER
SUBJECT, WE ALL SEE THIS AS
UNPRECEDENTED AND WE KNOW THE
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AROUND IT.
THIS SEEMS NORMAL TO THE NEXT
GENERATION BECAUSE OF WHAT
THEY’RE NOT BEING TAUGHT IN
SCHOOL AND ALSO OF BECAUSE OF
WHAT’S UNFOLDING BEFORE US.
ARE WE LOSING THE NEXT
GENERATION?
WILL THEY BE NORMALIZED TO THIS
KIND OF EXTRA CONSTITUTIONAL
ACTIONS BY A RULING PARTY AND
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT’S HAPPENING
BECAUSE WE’RE NOT TEACHING THE
BASICS?
>> ARE WE LOSING THE NEXT
GENERATION?
IT DEPENDS.
IT DEPENDS ON THE EFFORTS OF
PARENTS AND TEACHERS.
BUT TEACHERS MUST GAIN THE TRUST
OF PARENTS AGAIN THAT WAS LOST
DURING COVID AND IF THEY WANT TO
REGAIN IT, THEY NEED TO EXPLAIN
TO PARENTS WHAT IT IS THEY’RE
TEACHING AND WHAT WHY THEY’RE
TEACHING IT BUT YOU’RE SEEING
PARENTS MOVE IF IN OTHER
DIRECTIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT’S
SCHOOLS AND I’LL TELL YOU, THE
BURDEN OF PROOF NOW IS ON THESE
SCHOOLS TO SUGGEST WE ARE
TEACHING THE THINGS STUDENTS
LEARN BUT THE QUESTION YOU
ASKED, RACHEL, IS A GOOD ONE
WITH.
WE HAVE LOST THIS GENERATION?
NOT YET.
IT DEPENDS ON OUR EFFORTS.
RACHEL: IT DEPENDS ON SCHOOL OF
CHOICE REALLY, RIGHT?
>> WELL, LARGELY ON SCHOOL
CHOICE.
BUT I THINK THAT’S A VERY
IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT OF THE
PARENTS NOW THAT THEY DIDN’T
HAVE BEFORE, ESPECIALLY IN
STATES LIKE ARIZONA WHERE THE
MONEY IS ESSENTIALLY IN THE
BACKPACK OF THE STUDENT AND HE
CAN TAKE THAT MONEY WHEREVER
THEY WANT, PRIVATE SCHOOL, HOME
SCHOOL, PUBLIC SCHOOL, WHATEVER.
SCHOOL CHOICE IS A POWERFUL
INSTRUMENT.
THERE’S A CULTURE IN THE
CLASSROOM WHICH PETE KNOWS ABOUT
VERY WELL FROM THE BOOK HE WROTE
WHICH IN MANY CASES NEEDS TO BE
OVERCOME.
I WROTE A BOOK SEVERAL YEARS AGO
WITH SOME OTHER GUYS ABOUT
EDUCATION, MEET WITH THE
TEACHERS, PARENTS MEET WITH THE
TEACHERS.
WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES?
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING THIS YEAR?
WHAT ARE THEY READING?
I WANT TO SEE WHAT IT IS YOU’RE
GOING TO ASK MY CHILD TO READ
AND TO TALK ABOUT.
WE NEED THAT VIGILANCE.
OTHERWISE, WE MAY LOSE AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THIS
GENERATION.
>> IT’S GREAT ADVICE.
I THINK I’LL TAKE THAT ADVICE IN
THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS AS MY KIDS
GO BACK TO SCHOOL, WHAT ARE THE
OBJECTIVES, WHAT ARE WE
LEARNING.
>> YES, WHAT ARE WE LEARNING.