friends, and i know for them now that they re likely never be the same again. they will think about this everything today for the rest of their and i can say, even david s staff, so many people today will have an out there trying to do the right thing, try to do a really importantjob, in public life, and then this happens? it is unbelievable that it can happen. i still can t believe this has happened. it feels very raw for me, and a note for the message i ve been receiving from politicians across the political spectrum, for them, it is incredibly raw. but the main people that are on my mind are david s family and friends, and i know the roller coaster that they will now be on, and there is so little that you can say, because it has happened. kim little that you can say, because it has happened- little that you can say, because it has happened. little that you can say, because it has ha ened. ., , ~ has happened. kim leadbetter, the mp for batley and has happened. kim leadbetter, the
chilling effect, won t it, particularly for those people who have been so concerned about what fate awaits women who have any role in public life under this new regime. in public life under this new reiime. . .,, in public life under this new reime. ., .,, ., in public life under this new reiime. . ., ., , regime. that has got to be the fee and we only regime. that has got to be the fee and we only have regime. that has got to be the fee and we only have people regime. that has got to be the fee and we only have people on - regime. that has got to be the fee and we only have people on the i and we only have people on the streets of campbell protesting for their rights and being beaten by taliban fighters and this is an illustration of the problem that whatever the taliban at its higher levels promises in terms of its government and protection of peoples rights what happens on the ground is not necessarily same thing and that evenif not necessarily same thing and that even if othe
people, hey. even if you ve been vaccinated, you can be infected. and you can infect others. and you need to mask up. and people who haven t been vaccinated hear this message, and say, well, i haven t you know, why should i get vaccinated if it s i m still going to get the disease, anyway? well, the answer is that you won t be hospitalized, most likely. you won t die, most likely. but they re struggling with that paradox. the second piece is, like almost everything else, unfortunately, in public life, today, this has been politicized, to a degree that it never should have been. and you have people who are resistant to biden, as a messenger. who have fit this into a political paradigm of government, versus freedom. and so, when they hear messages saying, you know, we we
part of the company, which progressive activists seem completely uninterested in talking to. progressive activists. this is not my opinion. that s not the bulk of the democratic party. don, that s who s calling the tune in the democratic party. no, it is. let me tell you. if we have an election today for the u.s. house stand by, producers, please. hold on. you re talking. i got it, but i want to hear what john has to say. this is a great conversation. go on. sorry. what i m saying to you, don, is the middle of this country today look, this whole woke culture, what s happening, the democrats are involved in some respects revolution rather than evolution. you see, in public life, if you move too fast and too far and people don t understand what you re doing, you lose. yeah. that s what s happening. that s what the democrats are risking. now, let me also say that evolution s not an execution for doing nothing on police reform, on the border, on any of these issues. i m
was on display, some of the bush family and frankly, i don t want to leave the obamas and the carters and the clintons all of it. they all sat together and represented the same thing. a patriotism that meant in their own and different ways strengthening american institutions. right, it s not like they all agree with one another, but they agree on the importance of the institution. and, you know, we ve never, ever, ever in our history elected someone with so little experience in political life, in public life, or understanding of the presidency as we just did. i don t think that s an accident. and in a sense, there was a sense that this you re going to school on the institution of the presidency and the values that have to inform it. doesn t matter, doesn t mean agreeing with each other on the policies or the way those values should be interpreted in what you do, but it does mean that you honor the office and one thing all of those men in that row v hhave had in common, even the a