IT WAS AN OLD HOME WEEK WITH THE
OLD SCANDALS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND.
I’M LAURA INGRAHAM.
THIS IS "THE INGRAHAM ANGLE"
FROM WASHINGTON.
WE HAVE A PLOT TO GET TO.
LET’S DIVE RIGHT IN.
SPEAKING OF FREEDOM MATTERS, THE
FREEDOM PROBLEM, THAT’S THE
FOCUS OF TONIGHT’S ANGLE.
NOW, BACK IN MAY OF 2020, JUST A
FEW MONTHS INTO THE PANDEMIC,
THE U.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER OF
HUMAN RIGHTS DELIVERED WHAT WAS
ACTUALLY A SURPRISING WARNING.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN
RIGHTS, BECAUSE OF A NEED LIKE A
NATURAL CAUSE OR A PANDEMIC LIKE
THIS ONE, IT HAS TO BE, FIRST OF
ALL, A CLEAR NEED.
IT HAS TO BE PROPORTIONATE TO
THE NEED AND IT HAS TO HAVE A
TIME.
IT CANNOT BE FOREVER.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT SOME GOVERNMENTS ARE USING THIS TO
GOVERNMENTS ARE USING THIS TO
MAKE EVEN MORE SHRINK OF THEIR
CIVIC SPACE.
>> Laura: THREE YEARS LATER,
WITH FREEDOM CONVOYS INSPIRING
MILLIONS, OFFICIALS WHO THOUGHT
THEY WOULD NEVER BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE ARE GROWING MORE
DESPERATE.
>> THE EMERGENCIES ACT WILL BE
USED TO STRENGTH THEN AND
SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
AT ALL LEVELS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
THIS IS ABOUT KEEPING CANADIANS
SAFE.
THESE TOOLS INCLUDE
STRENGTHENING THEIR ABILITY TO
IMPOSE FINES OR IMPRISONMENT,
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WILL BE
AUTHORIZED OR DIRECTED TO RENDER
ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO HELP
ADDRESS THE SITUATION BY
REGULATING AND PROHIBITING THE
USE OF PROPERTY TO FUND OR
SUPPORT ILLEGAL BLOCKADES.
>> Laura: WHAT WOULD A SOFT,
PRETTY MAN EVER KNOW ABOUT
KEEPING ANYONE SAFE?
NOT MUCH.
WEAK AND INEFFECTIVE LEADERS
DON’T CHANGE COURSE WHEN THEY
DON’T SUCCEED.
THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT THE VIRUS.
IT WAS ABOUT CREATING A
COMPLIANT PUBLIC.
A COMPLIANT PUBLIC THAT WAS KIND
OF PRIMED TO OBEY THE NEXT
LOCKDOWN ORDER, NO QUESTIONS
ASKED.
THE ASSAULT ON OUR BASIC
LIBERTIES HAVE BEEN WIDE
DISH-RANGING, SCHOOL CLOSURES
DENIED CHILDREN QUALITY
EDUCATION.
THAT WAS THE FREEDOM TO LEARN.
VAX AND MASK MANDATES DEPRIVED
US OF OUR FREEDOM TO DECIDE WHAT
WE PUT INTO OUR OWN BODY.
STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS DESTROYED
SMALL BUSINESSES WHILE LARGE
CORPORATION
CORPORATIONS THRIVED.
THAT WAS OUR FREEDOM TO WORK.
BIG TECH CENSORSHIP, YOUTUBE,
TWITTER, FACEBOOK, ACTED AS
PROXY FOR THE GOVERNMENT, OUR
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
ANYONE THAT DIDN’T TO YOU THE
FAUCI LINE, EVEN TREATED
PHYSICIANS AND RENOWN
RESEARCHERS WERE THREATENED,
MALIGNED AND SOME LOST JOBS
CALLING SOMETHING COVID
MISINFORMATION, GAVE THE
GOVERNMENT CARTE BLANCHE TO
TRAMPLE ON FREE IMPRESSION.
WHO WILL EVER FORGET HOW
DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS LET YOU SHOP
TOGETHER BUT NOT PRAY TOGETHER?
CHURCHES SHUTTERED, OUR FREEDOM
TO WORSHIP HALTED.
THE EXPERTS NEVER THOUGHT THAT
FAITH WAS ESSENTIAL BUT SOMEHOW
THEY DEEMED THAT LIQUOR STORES
WERE.
SO THIS ANTI-FREEDOM COALITION
ON THE LEFT EVEN DEPLOYED
INTIMIDATION SQUADS AND
CORPORATE AND SCHOOL SETTINGS
WITH THE GOAL OF SILENCING
EMPLOYEES AND PARENTS WHO SPOKE
OUT.
NOW, TAKE THIS FASCINATING CASE
OF JENNIFER SAY.
SHE WAS AN ELIZABETH WARREN
SUPPORTER FROM THE BAY AREA WHO
WAS FORCED OUT OF HER
HIGH-PROFILE JOB MERELY FOR
SPEAKING OUT AGAINST SCHOOL
CLOSURES AND LOCKDOWNS.
SHE THEN, PRESIDENT OF LEVI
STRAUS, FELT PASSIONATELY ABOUT
THE NEED FOR IN-PERSON
SCHOOLING.
SHE WROTE, I KEPT CALLING OUT
HYPOCRITICAL AND UNPROVEN
POLICIES, MET WITH THE MAYOR’S
OFFICE AND UPROOTED MY ENTIRE
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA SO THAT MY
KINDERGARTNER COULD FINALLY
EXPERIENCE REAL SCHOOL.
JENNIFER IN MARCH OF 2021,
APPEARED ON THE ANGLE.
>> I HAVE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF MY
KID.
I WANT TO HELP ALL KIDS.
I REALIZE I’M VERY LUCKY THAT I
CAN PICK UP AND COME HERE.
I KNOW NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT
OPPORTUNITY.
I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW,
FAMILIES I KNOW ARE SCRAPING
TOGETHER EVERYTHING THEY HAVE TO
EITHER GO TO PRIVATE OR MOVE TO
A DISTRICT OR A STATE THAT’S
OPEN.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR KIDS
NEED TO BE IN SCHOOL.
>> Laura: SHE IS A LIBERAL.
I’M A CONSERVEATIVECONSERVATIVE.
HER COMMENTS WERE ENTIRELY
REASONABLE.
THEN SHE WRITES, THAT APPEARANCE
ON THIS SHOW WAS THE LAST STRAW.
THE HEAD OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY,
INCLUSION AT COMPANY ASKED THAT
I DO AN APOLOGY TOUR.
I WAS TOLD THAT THE MAIN
COMPLAINT AGAINST ME WAS THAT I
WAS NOT A FRIEND OF THE BLACK
COMMUNITY AT LEVIS.
I WAS TOLD TO SAY THAT I AM AN
IMPERFECT ALLY.
WELL, THEN, SHE SAID SHE REFUSED
TO DO ANY OF THAT.
THIS WOMAN WAS ON TRACK TO BE
THE CEO OF A MAJOR COMPANY, A
LIBERAL WITH BIRACIAL CHILDREN
CANCELED BY THE CORPORATE MOB.
THINK ABOUT THAT?
THE LEFT IS SO FREAKED OUT NOW
BECAUSE THEIR COVID FORTRESS OF
RULES AND EDICTS IS COLLAPSING
BEFORE THEY HAD THE CHANCE TO
MAKE THEIR NEW NORMAL PERMANENT.
THEY ARE SO FRANTIC THEY ARE
TRYING TO STIGMATIZE THE WORD
FREEDOM.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR FREEDOM
KILLS PEOPLE EVEN WHEN THEY ARE
VACCINATED.
>> I LOVE HOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
PERSONAL FREEDOM.
IF YOU ARE EXERCISING PERSONAL
FREEDOM -- FREEDOM, PUT SOMEONE
ELSE IN JEOPARDY, THEIR HEALTH
IN JEOPARDY, I DON’T CONSIDER
THAT DEALING WITH FREEDOM.
>> Laura: THE MOCKING OF FREEDOM
HAS BEEN A THING OF BIDEN’S FOR
A WHILE NOW.
>> TWO THINGS THAT CONCERN ME,
ONE ARE THOSE THAT JUST TRY TO
MAKE THIS A POLITICAL ISSUE.
FREEDOM, I HAVE THE FREEDOM TO
KILL YOU WITH MY COVID.
COME ON.
FREEDOM.
>> Laura: NEVER HEARD A
PRESIDENT, NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD
HEAR A PRESIDENT SAY SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
THE MEDIA PICKS IT UP AND THEN
REPEATS IT WITH THEIR OWN LAME
FLOORISH.
NOW, THE MESSAGE IS TO BE AFRAID
OF THOSE WHO WANT FREEDOM.
>> YOU HAVE SEEN IN CANDIDATES
OTHERS ARE FEARFUL OF THESE
PROTESTERS ARGUING FOR FREEDOM.
>> IT IS ANTI-GOVERNMENT WRAPPED
IN THIS NOTION OF FREEDOM,
WHATEVER IT MEANS FOR THESE
INDIVIDUALS.
>> Laura: FREEDOM FOR THE REST
OF YOU TO DO AND SPEAK YOUR
MINDS, NO, THEY DON’T WANT THAT.
HERE IS THE WAY THE PRAGUES AT
THE CDC DESCRIBE THE WORD.
IT IS MALLEABLE AND A TERM THAT
THRIVES AMONG FAR RIGHT GROUPS.
NO MATTER THE RUBBISH THEY SAY
OR PUBLISH ABOUT IN FREEDOM
QUEST SPREADING ACROSS THE GLOBE
NOW, THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT THE
POWERFUL DID THESE PAST TWO
YEARS IS COMING TO THE FORE.
IT CAN’T BE THAT WE LIVE IN A
COUNTRY WHERE FREEDOM ONLY
EXISTS FOR THE CONNECTED AND
WEALTHY WHO CAN GO MASKLESS AT
THE SUPER BOWL AS THIRD GRADERS
SWEAT IT OUT IN N-95 MASKS AND
CLASS IN L.A.
THEY WILL ALWAYS FEEL JUSTIFIED
WHEN THEY TAKE AWAY YOUR FREEDOM
OR WHEN THEY SKIRT THE WORDS.
IT IS GOING TO BE THE ROADS ARE
DANGEROUS, THE CLIMATES ARE
WARMING, THE VARIANTS ARE
COMING.
ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO, IT WAS
THAT TRUMP WAS RUNNING.
THEY HAD TO STOP HIM.
RULES BE DAMMED.
THE LEFT DIDN’T THINK TWICE WHEN
THEY LOCKED THE CHILDREN OUT OF
SCHOOLS.
THE CLINTON CAMPAIGN DIDN’T
THINK TWICE WHEN THEY DEPLOYED
INTERNET SPIES IN AN EFFORT TO
DESTROY TRUMP AND NULLIFY YOUR
VOTE.
EVEN THOUGH THE ENDS FOR THEM
ALWAYS JUSTIFY THE MEANS, WE
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
THE PRESS, THEY CAN TOO.
THEY DIDN’T COVER THE STORIES
THAT MATTERED.
THEY COVERED THEM UP.
HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS.