cocooned from one another. so it s time to start living together smartly with common sense. if the rest of you prefer to stay home and shut in, triple mask with latex gloves, that is your choice. but we are exercising our right to make a difference. and that is those angle. 20 me now jason whitlock host of fearless jason whitlock, great to see you. what was it like this we can for the country and for those people, students and alums and other fans that gathered in stadiums across the country to celebrate in the sense, being together. for me, laura i played college football and i m a huge college football fan but what we saw this weekend was disheartening and gave me hope. the american people are starting to wake up. they are tired of being trapped in this game of fear and controlled played by dr. fauci and politicians on the left.
it just seems a holy, holy unsatisfying result. the other big difference that i point out. in 1974, 71% of the public reported to gallup that they were paying attention to the watergate hearings. in 1998, we probably had about 30 million that were tuning in. today, i would be surprised if there s 10% of the american public tuning many to live television on this. one of the things, they played this cautious because they re worried about running into the primary schedule. one of the problems is the death of the public square. we re all cocooned in our social media bubbles. being able to penetrate and persuade large numbers of particularly moderate voters is more challenging than ever. to your point, the democrats will have to do something to change the dynamic. 47-47 is not a satisfactory result. and that really goes to, if
laura: a lot of my radio callers today, said is this the way it s going to be? is there going to be any changes to building access? you don t want to become cocooned but in changes to how you let people into the building? i think security will take care of that. i think the main point is that the mob was not able to intimidate the senate. we stood up to the mob, we did the right thing for a good man, fill a lifetime position on the supreme court. there s a lot to celebrate today. i couldn t of prouder of all of my members. senator collins was outstanding. you had part of her speech in the entry. laura: the democrats raised just during her speech almost $2 million on a gofundme page for an undetermined candidate and susan collins is apparently seriously susan rice, excuse me, entertaining a challenge
up a military base there. and last week, the u.s. army and nato completed saber strike 18, a massive 18,000-troop training exercise. there s more. lithuania and latvia increased military spending by 21% last year, romania increased spending by 50%, according to the stockholm international peace research institute. what do all these countries have in common? well, they re all pretty vulnerable to a giant pro vac tour next door. the change for this region came when russia annexed crimea. that was a wake-up call for its neighbors, many of which had been cocooned in a post world war calm. and only emboldened russia. sweden and finland, neither of which enjoy the protection of nato membership have both
baltic states. lithuania, latvia, and estonia. what s more, lithuania and latvia increased military spending by 20% last year, romania by 50%, according to the stockholm international peace institute. what do all these countries have in common? well, they re all pretty vulnerable to a giant provocator next door. russian provocations in and around the baltic sea are real and constant. the change for this region came when russia annexed crimea. that was a wake-up call for its neighbors, many of which had been cocooned in a post cold war calm. and its success in crimea and ukraine only emboldened russia. sweden and finland, neither of which enjoy the protection of nate membersh nato membership complained of russian incursions in their air space in recent years. nato says russian air traffic next to neighbors air space has