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DAVID: WELL ELON MUSK IS TAKING
ON TWITTER AND HE SPENT MONTHS
ADVOCATING FOR FREE SPEECH THERE
MOST AMERICANS SEEM TO BE
ROOTING FOR HIM BUT IS IT
POSSIBLE THAT SILICON VALLEY
COULD BE QUIETLY CHEERING HIM
ON?
JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT
THAT IS MERCEDES SCHLAPP, FORMER
WHITE HOUSE STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR AND
VIVEK RAHM SWAMI, BIOTECH ON THE
ON.
AUTHOR OF NATION OF VICTIMS.
CAN’T WAIT TO READ THE BOOK.
VIVEK, DO YOU THINK THERE IS
SIZABLE GROUP OF PEOPLE, MAYBE
THE MAJORITY OF SILICONE VALLEY
WHO WANT ELON MUSK TO TAKE OVER
TWITTER?
>> I DON’T THINK NECESSARILY A
MAJORITY BUT I THINK THERE IS A
SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
THIS ISN’T SPECULATION.
I HAVE CONVERSATION WITH LEADING
VENTURE CAPITALISTS ACROSS THE
VALLEY ON UNRELATED MATTERS BUT
THE TOPIC OF ELON MUSK DOES COME
UP.
HERE IS THE INTERESTING THING OF
SILICON VALLEY RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS A CULTURE OF VIEW,
THERE IS ONE MONOLITHIC POINT OF
VIEW.
PEOPLE ARE ULTIMATELY HUNGRY FOR
PEOPLE TO GET IN FRONT VIEWS
THEY WISHED THEY COULD
ARTICULATE IN PUBLIC BUT THEY
CAN’T BECAUSE OF MONOLITHIC
CULTURE FROM TWITTER, FACEBOOK,
APPLE.
HE IS USING HIS VOICE AS
SHAREHOLDER TO GIVE YOU THE
OTHER THEIR OWN MEDICINE.
STATE STREET, SOME TOP ASSET
MANAGERS, SHAREHOLDERS OF
TWITTER USED THEIR POWER TO
EFFECTIVELY INDOCTRINATE,
INFILTRATE THE COMPANIES WITH
ESG VALUES OR DEI VALUES.
ELON MUSK SAYS I HAVE A POWER AS
A SHAREHOLDER TO BRING A
DIFFERENT VOICE TO THE TABLE T
HAPPENS TO BE A VOICE THAT
REPRESENTS A MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS AND EVEN A GROWING
NUMBER OF QUIET VOICES IN IN
SILICON VALLEY.
DAVID: MERCEDES, NOT JUST THE
CURRENT MANAGER OF TWITTER IS
DEATHLY AFRAID OF ELON MUSK
TAKING OVER.
I THINK MOST OF THE INSIDERS IN
WASHINGTON, INSIDE OF THE
BELTWAY THAT ARE AFRAID OF THAT
TOO.
THERE IS A BIG QUESTION,
MERCEDES, WHETHER OR NOT FEDERAL
REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS WILL BE
USED TO PREVENT ELON MUSK FROM
TAKING OVER BECAUSE THEY JUST
DON’T AGREE WITH HIS POLITICAL
VIEWS?
>> THAT WILL BE INTERESTING IF
THEY MOVE FORWARD IN THAT
DIRECTION AND LOOK, THERE IS A
REAL CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW I THINK
WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE FACT
WHEN YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS, AND
EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS THAT BELIEVE
IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO BREAK UP
THESE BIG TECH COMPANIES
ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT FOCUS ON
CENSORING AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
VOICES.
YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING
FOR THE MOST PART YOU’VE ALWAYS
SEEN REPUBLICANS SIDING WITH
BUSINESSES, BIG BUSINESSES,
CORPORATIONS BUT BECAUSE THERE
HAS BEEN THIS ASSAULT ON FREE
SPEECH THE REPUBLICANS WHO WERE
ONCE CHAMPIONS OF BIG BUSINESS,
NOW THEY’RE TURNING, THEY HAVE
BEEN TURNING AGAINST BIG TECH.
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THAT CONGRESS
IS VERY SLOW-MOVING AND THE MERE
FACT IS THAT THEY PROBABLY WON’T
BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
MAKING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN
THAT ARENA.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING
TO SEE IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WILL GET INVOLVED FROM A
REGULATORY STANDPOINT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY I WANT TO
SAY ELON MUSK HAS BECOME A HERO
FOR CONSERVATIVE VOICES AND
QUITE FRANKLY WE, MUCH-NEEDED
VOICE IN FIGHTING BACK AGAINST
CENSORSHIP AND FIGHTING BACK
AGAINST THESE SILICON VALLEY
WOKE CORPORATE TYPES.
DAVID: WELL, IT IS ONE THING IF
A PRIVATE COMPANY, A PRIVATE
CORPORATION DECIDES THAT THEY
DON’T WANT SOMEBODY ON THEIR
WEBSITES.
ANOTHER THING IF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS USED AS AN
INSTITUTION TO PREVENT SOMEBODY
FROM BEING -- BECAUSE, LET’S
FACE IT, VIVEK, ELON MUSK HAS
SAID THAT IF HE, THAT, HE HASN’T
SAID SPECIFICALLY BUT HE HAS
INDICATED THAT PERHAPS
DONALD TRUMP SHOULD BE BACK ON,
ET CETERA.
THAT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF THE
BELTWAY CROWD.
BUT IF THEY USE FEDERAL
INSTITUTIONS TO PREVENT HIM FROM
TAKING OVER BECAUSE OF THAT
FEAR.
THAT IS A DIRECT VIOLATION OF
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I HAVE LONG ARGUED THIS BOTH ON
THE PAGES OF
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" AND IN
MY LAST BOOK, WOKE INK.
THEY’RE USING PRIVATE COMPANIES
TO GO THROUGH THE BACKDOOR WHAT
THE GOVERNMENT CAN’T DO THROUGH
THE FRONT DOOR UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION.
NO GREATER PRINCIPLE OF THAT
VIOLATION THE WAY THEY’RE
ABUSING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO
CENSOR POLITICAL SPEECH.
TAKE DOWN HATE SPEECH AND
MISINFORMATION, USING PRIVATE
COMPANIES AS THE PUPPETS TO DO
IT.
IF IT IS STATE ACTION DISGUISED
CONSTITUTION STILL APPLIES.
ELON POSES A THREAT TO THE
BACKDOOR MECHANISM THAT THE
GOVERNMENT IS USING.
I’M GLAD HE IS USING IT.
DAVID: MERCEDES, I WANT TO
SWITCH OVER WHAT HAPPENED IN
NEW YORK YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
WE SAW THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR,
FRANK JAMES, BEING WALKED OUT OF
THE NINTH PRECINCT.
WE NOW SEE HIS STUFF WAS UP ON
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE LONGEST
TIME.
TALKING ABOUT KILLING PEOPLE,
RACIST FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE,
RACIST VIEWS.
THEY STAYED UP UNTIL YESTERDAY.
IMAGINE IF HE HAD SAID SOMETHING
DEFENDING THE JANUARY 6th
PROTESTERS OR IMAGINE IF HE SAID
SOMETHING DEROGATORY ABOUT TONY
FAUCI OR VACCINES OR SOMETHING?
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN OFF IN A
NEW YORK MINUTE BUT BECAUSE, I
MEAN I JUST WONDERING IF WE HAVE
SUCH A NARROW FOCUS NOW, THAT
WE’RE MISSING THE, FBI IS
MISSING A LOT OF PERPETRATORS
THAT WE COULD HAVE CAUGHT
BECAUSE WE’RE NOT LOOKING FOR
THE RIGHT THING?
WE SEE THE FOCUS ON WHITE
SUPREMACY, ON JANUARY 6th,
NOT ON PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY
COMMITTING THESE HORRIBLE
CRIMES?
>> YEAH.
I GOT TO TELL YOU, I THINK THAT
THE MERE FACT IS THAT IF THE FBI
WAS TRACKING HIM, IT SEEMS THEY
POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN
TRACKING HIM, THAT OBVIOUSLY
THEY DIDN’T TAKE THE NECESSARY
STEPS TO TRY TO STOP THIS CRIME
BUT YOU KNOW HERE’S THE PROBLEM,
WE’RE DEALING WITH A CITY RIGHT
NOW, NEW YORK CITY, THAT’S UNDER
SIEGE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS
CRIME SPREE.
THESE VIOLENT ASSAULTS WE’RE
SEEING ON THE SUBWAYS
SPECIFICALLY.
REMEMBER THE FIRST 100 DAYS THE
MAYOR OF NEW YORK, ERIC ADAMS,
HE PROPOSED A SUBWAY SAFETY
PLAN.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT WORKING.
OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE.
DAVID: CORRECT.
>> PEOPLE OF NEW YORK CITY HAVE
BEEN TERRORIZED BECAUSE YOU HAVE
THESE WEAK CRIME POLICIES IN
PLACE AND OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE WHO
HAS COMMITTED A CRIME MULTIPLE
TIMES, AND YET, HAS BEEN
MISHANDLED IN THE PROCESS.
DAVID: I DON’T WANT TO DUMP ON
THE FBI AND THE GOOD WORK THAT
THEY DO BUT THERE ARE SOME
CASES.
YOU HAVE THE PARK LAND SHOOTING,
SCHOOL SHOOTING.
FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT ATTACK.
ALL THE PERPETRATORS BECAUSE
THEY DIDN’T FIT THE WHITE
SUPREMACIST MOLD, I DON’T THINK
THEY’RE TRACKED.
HERE IS ANOTHER THING NOT
TRACKS, VIVEK VECK, BECAUSE WE
HAVE GOT TO RUN.
NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT SYSTEM GOT
$6 BILLION FROM ALL THE COVID
RELIEF PROGRAMS.
$6 BILLION.
THE CAMERAS IN THE STATION
WEREN’T WORKING.
WHERE IS ALL THAT MONEY GOING?
>> BEYOND THE WASTE OF THE MONEY
YOUR POINT ABOUT THE FBI IS A
GOOD ONE.
YOU DON’T NEED TO BE SHY ABOUT
IT.
THIS IS WITHIN A WEEK, TWO MEN
WERE ACQUITTED IN THE MICHIGAN
FOR ALLEGED PLANNED KIDNAPPING
OF GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WITMER
BECAUSE THEY WERE TRAPPED BY THE
FBI.
MISS ALLOCATION OF FOCUS,
SPENDING YOUR ENERGY ENTRAPPING
PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT
COMMIT CRIMES TO CATCH THEM,
HAVE THEM PROSECUTED ULTIMATELY
ACQUITTED BY A JURY.
ALLOWING THE KINDS OF ATROCITIES
WE SAW PLAY OUT IN NEW YORK CITY
THE LAST COUPLE DAYS THAT
IMBALANCE IS NOT SOMETHING WE
NEED TO SHY AWAY FROM TALKING
ABOUT.
THIS INSTITUTION SUFFERS FROM A
DEEP MANAGERIAL CANCER, A DEEP
LOSS OF FOCUS OF ACTUAL MISSION
OF PROTECTING AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND AMERICAN LIVES.
WHEN THAT INSTITUTION CAUSES
THAT -- OTHER WIDE WOULD HAVE
DONE GOOD PEOPLE.
DAVID: HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY HAS SAID THAT
WHITE SUPREMACY IS THE NUMBER
ONE PROBLEM FACING AMERICA.
ONE THING WE KNOW ABOUT THIS
ALLEGED PERP, HE WAS NOT A WHITE
SUPREMACIST.
THEY HAVE TO BROADEN THEIR SCOPE