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welcome to the special edition of "hannity". happy new year we start tonight with highlights from the first ever red state blue state debate between florida governor ron desantis and california governor gavin newsom. take a look. let's get started. everybody ready? as we speak, there is a phenomenon playing out across the entire country. americans are leaving blue states in droves in favor of red states. you can see numbers on the screen right now from the years 2021 and 2022. these particular numbers are stark in the state that you lead in the case of governor newsom. according to the u.s. census, this is where the numbers come from. in 2021, 2022 california has lost 750,000 residents to other states. governor desantis, during that same two year period you gained 454,000 residents from other

states. so governor desantis, we had a coin toss. i was not part of it. i missed it. apparently governor newsom won the coin toss. you chose to let governor desantis have the first question. you will get the last word tonight. i begin with you. for governor newsom i will ask what your response is on this as well. it's a simple question. how do you explain this phenomenon? governor, what is going on? >> when i was in the navy i got orders to go to a naval amphibious base in southern california and i was a lifelong floridian. i went there and i said this is one of the most beautiful places on earth. california has more natural advantages than any state in the country. you almost have to try to mess california up. that is what gavin newsom has done since he has been governor. he's the first governor to ever lose population. they actually at one point ran out of you halls in the state of california because so many people were leaving. he has imposed restrictions on

his own people while exempting himself from those restrictions and going to the french laundry while his people were suffering. he led the country in school closures, blocking kids out of school while he had his own kids in private school in person. he's very good at spending these tales. he's good at being slick and slippery. he will tell a blizzard of lies to be able to mask the failures. but the reality is they have failed because of his leftist ideology and the choice for america is this. what biden, harris and newsom want to do is take the california model and do that nationally. in florida we showed conservative principles work. this country must choose freedom over failure. >> governor newsom, your reaction? >> good to be with you and nice to see you in a tie as well. good to be with you, ron. >> i dressed up for the occasion. >> i am impressed and grateful. it's an important occasion and conversation. it's important to the folks

watching. they are wondering what we are actually doing here. i want to answer that very directly. i am here to tell the truth about the biden/harris record and also compare and contrast ron desantis record in the republican party record as a point of contrast that's as different as daylight and darkness. you want to bring us back to a pre-1960s world. america in reverse. you want to roll back hard earned national rights on boating rights, civil rights, lgbtq rights, women's rights. not just access to abortion, but also access to contraception. you want to weaponize grievance. you are focusing on false separateness. you in particular, ron, are on a banning binge. a cultural purge. intimidating and humiliating people you disagree with. you and president trump are really trying to light democracy on fire. sean, there are profound differences tonight and i look

forward to engage in them. there is one thing in closing that we have in common. neither of us will be the nominee for our party in 2024. >> governor, great opening statement but did not address the issue. can you explain this migration? out of california and going to red states? >> you mean the last two years more floridians going to california than californians going to florida? that's going to be fun to fact check. let's start there. california has no peers. california dominates. the size of 21 state populations combined. the fifth largest economy in the world. we dominate number one manufacturing state. we dominate into a trade and research and development. access to innovation, more scientists, engineers, nobel laureates in the state of california than any other state in the nation. the finest system of higher education. the birthplace of life science and biotech and nanotechnology.

we dominate in green tech and high tech. we dominate in artificial intelligence. with respect it's an interesting campaign strategy for ron desantis to be bashing a state of 40 million americans when california simply has no peers. >> that's a pretty slick way of not answering your question. he went on a binge of putting out of left-wing platitudes. here's what i would say. i talked to a lot of people who moved from california to florida. we never used to get people from california because why would you leave california? it's got the best weather. one of the things that i did, i'm talking to a gentleman. >> i'm going to let the debate breathe. it's his turn. let's take turns. >> i was talking to a fellow who'd made the move from california to florida and told me florida is much better governed, safer, better budget, lower taxes and all this stuff. he's really happy with the quality of life. then he paused and said by the way, i am gavin newsom to

father-in-law. we do count gavin's in-laws as some of the people that have fled california and come to the state of florida. why are we getting people to come? we have a 50 year low in the crime rate. you don't see in the last 10 years we've had a 45% decline in homelessness. california has had a 45% increase in homelessness. we back the blue. i was walking the streets of san francisco a couple months ago and had some of the cops in san francisco do a beeline to come over to me. i didn't know what they were going to say. they wanted to thank me for standing for law enforcement because we don't get that support in the state of california. people understand understand quality-of-life matters. they understand florida is doing it right. i can tell you the numbers speak for themselves. we have more people staying than leave and. gavin cannot say the opposite. more people are leaving california thinner moving in. >> let's talk about crime. >> governor, wait a minute. hold on a second. >> you that a lot of things were

factually untrue including a 50 year crime low. >> you have yet to address the issue. i asked you twice and you don't want to answer. the issue of why the migration out of red states, i'm sorry out of blue states. >> we establish more floridians coming to california in the last two years. >> it's a fact. >> it is not a fact. >> moving on, let's go. your states have vastly different income tax rates. it is what it is. these are the facts. california's highest rate for top earners is 13%. married couple for example in california earning a median income of $84000. they have a 6% income tacks in the state of california. florida's income state is 0% across all salaries. it goes beyond income tax. property taxes are lower in california but everything else is higher. let's look at the numbers. these are the facts. the average property tacks in california is .75%.

florida is .91%. sales tacks in california is seven-point to 5%. florida 6%. gas tax rate in california is 77 cents a gallon. that is a low estimate. it's up to a dollar when you include mandatory fees and in florida it's 35 cents. corporate income tax california 8.84%. florida 5.5%. governor newsome, let me ask you. obviously you support different philosophies. higher taxes. >> hold on. >> this is a tax question. >> this is a different approach and i agree with you completely. he has one of the most regressive tax rates in the united states of america. number three most regressive state in america. what that means is simply this. who does he tacks? he taxes low income workers more than we tacks millionaires and billionaires in the state of california. the question is a simple one. who are you for? it's a factual lie that the state of california high tax has

the highest tax rate. but for whom? it's a foundational and fundamental difference. look at states like texas. overwhelming majority of texans pay more taxes than the state of california. again, it is who you are for. i think those values matter. i appreciate you bringing up the issue of taxes. >> how many people leave florida to go to california because they pay less taxes? i am not seeing that. are people going to florida from new york. they come to florida because they pay lower taxes. we don't even have an income tax. california has a higher sales tax than we do. that's one thing we do. here's the thing. i will give gavin credit. he admit in his first answer he is joined at the hip with biden and harris. he thinks biden/harris have done a great job. he thinks the economy is working because of their policies for americans and they are not. what california represents is the biden/harris agenda on steroids. they would love nothing more than to get four more years and

take the california model nationally. that will be disastrous for working people. >> working people pay more in your state than the state of california charges for billionaires and millionaires. it's a fact. >> you have six or $7-gallon gas. how do they afford that? these are folks that are blue-collar people. they will tax everybody to buy an electric vehicle. how can they afford electric vehicles if you are working class? the thing about california is they have one of the highest inequality rates. they have silicon valley billionaires and a lot of wealthy people. they have a lot of people on government assistance. but they've hollowed out the middle class. [ crosstalk ] arizona and nevada. >> i do have a follow-up question. >> let's talk a bit about bidenomics. i'm happy to take that on as well. it's a good point. >> i appreciate you acknowledging that.

>> 10 times more than the last three republican presidents combined. 815,000 manufacturing jobs. [ crosstalk ] 3.9% unemployment as he continues to talk over me. i will talk to the american people. 3.9% unemployment. the lowest black unemployment in american history. the lowest unemployment for hispanics. the lowest unemployment for women. the lowest black poverty rates in history. that's this administration's agenda. by the way, as you smile and smirk over there you should know this, he celebrated bidenomics this week. celebrating $28 million that came into your state because of the chips and science ax. one of the most significant economic plans since fdr. i am proud of the work biden and harris have done. >> would you like to respond? i do have a follow-up. the 6% rate on people, families, couples in california, they pay 6% income tacks on $84000 a

year. >> low-wage workers in florida pay more than california. [ crosstalk ] >> california has lower taxes, lower than 32 states for working families in the middle class. significantly lower taxes. >> do support a 6% income tax? >> the advantage billionaires and millionaires over working families and the working poor. people in a state pay more taxes on the low end than we tacks people on the high end. >> how is $7 a gallon gas help working people? that doesn't help working people at all. how does paying an 8% sales tax help working people? that doesn't help working people at all. they have the highest taxes in the nation. people flee to be able to save money to get out of california and you have working class

people that moved to other states. their dollars go much further. here's the thing. they want to take this bidenomics and want to double down on this for the next four years. how many people are able to afford groceries compared to what you were doing three or four years ago? i talked to a woman who had a cart full of groceries going in and they are bringing it up. it got to be so expensive she had to take a lot of the stuff out. that didn't used to be the case. people used to be able to work hard and get ahead. that's not true under joe biden. and one more final thing. california's unemployment rate is 60% hire than florida's unemployment rate. our unemployment rate is 2.8%. why? because it's a command and control the economy. they have a political agenda they are pursuing. >> let me ask a question. i think its important. that affects everybody. >> the biden administration the last three years--3.9%.

>> i thought this was state versus state? >> it's the united states of america. i thought he was running for president of the united states? [ crosstalk ] >> we cannot talk over. i will move onto the next question. the unemployment rate in florida right now is just to .8% as you stated. california ranks second worst in the country at 4.8%. this question goes to governor desantis and then you will have a chance to respond. governor desantis? >> they tacks too much regulate too much and have a political agenda. it's not a good climate for business. they've lost a lot of companies. a lot of companies moved to texas. they lost a lot of companies to texas because they are not doing a good job looking out for folks and not creating a good business environment. i have people that come to florida that tell me you guys actually want us to succeed in

florida. they feel like when they are in california they don't want business to succeed. [ crosstalk ] that is an interesting point with disney. i had disney open during covid and we made them a fortune. we saved a lot of jobs. you had disney closed inexplicably for over a year. you are not following science. you were a lockdown governor. you did a lot of damage to your people. you had more kids locked out of school for a longer period of time in california than anywhere else in the country. it was the working class kids, the middle income kids. his kids were in private school in class. he locked people out because of the teachers union. he is owned by the teachers union. he will never cross the teachers union. lock stock and barrel. >> let's talk about covid. you passed an emergency declaration before the state of california did. you close down beaches, bars and restaurants. that's a fact. you had quarantines.

you had checkpoints all over the state of florida. by the way, i didn't say that. donald trump lead you out on this dead to right. you followed science and you followed facts. you followed science and followed vouching. >> we were open. >> you were promoting vaccines. you even wore a mask in september. if it's okay with you, we will do this. >> why were you closed for so long? [ crosstalk ] he did all of that until he decided to fall prey to the fringe of his party. as a consequence of that, ron, tens of thousands of people lost their lives. the equivalent, if i had your policies, the equivalent of tens of thousands of people who lost their lives. for what? >> those are more lies. the lancet did a study. florida had a lower standardized covid death rate than california

did. that's a study. one more thing. the other thing we had, the other thing california had, california had higher mortality. >> gentlemen. hang on. [ crosstalk ] >> i want to ask you both to slow down. i want everyone to be heard. i really do want this to breathe. i want this debate to breathe. i wanted to organically develop bit. to do that i need your cooperation. i don't want to be a hall monitor. it's not my style. let me go to covid. i plan to bring this up later, but you both took very different approaches as it comes to covid. governor newsom issued the first stay-at-home order on march 19th, 2020. governor desantis took a lot of heat for reopening schools. you open schools in florida in august 2020. here's the data which i think is important. this is where the facts come in. your states death rates were almost identical.

>> this is factually untrue. >> by the way, both of your states with such different approaches which is fascinating were both lower significantly lower than the national average. these numbers come straight from the central district of california. governor newsom, how do you explain that? >> per capita death rates in the state of florida were 29%. 29% per capita higher. >> not what the stats stay. >> tens of thousands of people unnecessarily died. >> don't lie about it. >> you are lying about it. you were a lockdown governor. >> one at a time. governor newsom, finish your thought. >> he is running away from his record. he's running away from the fact. tens of thousands of people died unnecessarily. 29% higher death rate in the state of florida versus the state state of california.

[ crosstalk ] >> the stats are very clear on the per capita basis. california and florida are basically the same. why is that important? gavin newsom did huge damage to people in california. he ruined livelihoods. we reopen the state very quickly. we saved thousands of jobs. we saved hundreds of thousands of jobs. thousands of businesses. we had our kids in school. he had the kids locked out of school because of the teachers union. that is having a generational impact. california is one of the lowest literacy rates in the country and the most recent exam florida cayman number three for fourth grade reading. california was far behind. you should apologize for not getting your kids into school. why didn't you get the kids in school in the summer of 2020 like we did? you bowed to the teachers. you didn't do the job you should have. >> one at a time. >> for the tens of thousands of lives that died unnecessarily because he played to the fringe

of his party. >> we've got to take a break. finish are thought. >> when it comes to the issues of schools. you had more learning lost during covid than the national average in the state of california. it's a fact. more learning loss. your economy contracted more in 2020 and it's lower than california in 2021. coming up, we were the first show to interview mike johnson after he became speaker of the house. that exclusive interview as we continue. ♪ ♪ charlotte! charl! every day can be extraordinary with rich, creamy, delicious fage total yogurt.

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lifted in japan after a series of earthquakes tripled triggered the highest level alert. the quakes including a powerful 7.6 magnitude tremor ignited fires and collapsed buildings on japan's main island. at least 13 people are confirmed dead and it's feared more victims are buried in the rubble. russia launching a record number of drones over ukraine on the first two days of 2024. russian president vladimir putin says moscow will intensify its attacks on ukraine after shelling in a russian border city over the weekend killed at least 25 people. russia blames ukraine for the attack which is one of the deadliest on russian soil since moscow invaded ukraine nearly two years ago. i am claudia cowan. back to "hannity". i sat down with the new speaker mike johnson for his first interview after becoming

speaker of the house. here are some of those highlights. you've got a very warm welcome from the dnc. they said you were an antiabortion maga extremist. mike johnson, those were their first words. welcome to your new job. then they went on to say you were the cosponsor to institute an extreme abortion ban. we will get into detail nationwide. you want to cut social security and medicare. here is some free advice from mike johnson. that is don't get comfortable. we've been here before. this is the same exact maga extremism that the american people have already rejected and will do it again. i thought that was the warmest welcome you could want from the democratic party. >> welcome to the job. a lot of these people don't know me. if they would talk to some of my colleagues here even on the other side of the aisle that have worked for me for the seven years i have been on capitol hill they would say those things are not true. give me a chance. let me have a chance to lead and

you will see what i'm about. >> let me ask you. a lot of people don't know you. before i get to some really heavy duty questions and issues of great national importance, what do you want people to know about you? there were things about you that i learned in the lead up to this interview. i didn't know that you legally adopted a young 14-year-old. you basically adopted him. it would've taken four years to finalize it. he happened to being african-american. he was your first son. now you have four other children. this son was named michael. the other 14-year-old is jack. you said some pretty deep, profound things that you think is harder for your african-american son than your biological son in life. are you saying that is institutional racism in the country? what were you referring to? >> it's a reality having raised

214-year-old boys in america and the state of louisiana. they have different experiences. i'm not so sure it was all about skin color. but it is about culture and society. michael, our first, came from a really troubled background and had a lot of challenges. jack on the other hand was raised in our household from the time he was born. it just struck me, sean, that it's a reality. there are different paths in life and people have lots of things they have to overcome. it gives you a lot of empathy. it allows you to see into the heart of people and really try to understand them better. that comes in handy in this arena. we are really expected to hate our colleagues on the other side of the aisle and beat them all the time as enemies politically speaking. but you have to recognize this is a system that was built upon disagreement. what the founders intended here in this legislative context is we will come to the table with

different philosophical ideas and core principles. we have to arm wrestle over that and reach consensus to move the ball forward for the american people. that's what the system is based upon. right now people are going to their corners and refusing to talk. we need to get over that. >> how do we reconcile these issues? we claim alarmism or energy independence. how do you reconcile that? how do you reconcile defund and dismantle versus funding law enforcement and no bail laws versus bail laws? how do reconcile secure borders or sanctuary states or cities? very controversial issues. i don't know where the middle ground is. do you see it? >> there is less and less middleground over the decades that the parties have grown very far apart. there is a wide chasm. if you rewind back 40 or 50 years there wasn't a lot of difference between the republican and democratic parties if you compared the platforms. there were nuances but they believed in the same things. they were trying to do what is right for the country.

the allegation about some of our colleagues is that is not their agenda. some of them would like to trade what we have for european-style socialist form of government. we know that's a terrible idea. we stand for our foundational principles. what you have to do is get down to core principles and argue, debate with colleagues and use the facts. show them the reality. socialism is a dead-end. communism and marxism are terrible things. it's been responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of innocent people over the 20th century alone. that's not the path we want to go down. america is different. we stand on different foundational principles. i said in my speech the other night, was it yesterday? i talked about the core principles of american conservatism. that is individual freedom, limited government, peace through strength, fiscal responsibility, free markets and human dignity. under each would be subcategories. that's what we stand for. i call them the core principles

of american conservatism. but it's really the core principles of america itself. we are different. we are exceptional. the reason we are the most powerful successful nation in the world is because that is what we stand for. those values and principles are under assault right now and we have to defend them every day with everything we have. >> it's my strong belief that republicans will either win together or in the eyes of the american people you are going to win on your agenda or lose. i don't see any way of winning if you don't all stick together. i know you have these disparate groups of egos, if you will. i hope everybody will maybe hear your admonition and work together as a team and go forward and fix our border. can we become energy dominant and maybe start paying down our debt? can we come up with sound foreign policy to help out our allies in a dire time for them? these challenges run deep.

then you have the issue of law and order, safety and security, open borders. pretty scary times. is this country in decline? >> right now we are in desperate times. the hour is late and the crisis is great. here is why i am encouraged. in previous generations from the framers and founders all the way through the revolutionary period, the civil war, the great depression, the other world wars. when the leaders got in trouble that was beyond the scope of what they could solve themselves individually are collectively they saw divine guidance. in god we trust is above the restroom. i pointed that out in my speech. >> is this the ben franklin moment? >> exactly right. the same thing. we are calling one another to humble ourselves and recognize the challenges are so great. that's where real opportunity is presented. i believe god is not done with america. i still believe in that model. it's not just a quaint saying to me. it's with the nation was founded upon. it's what distinguishes us from

all the other communists, marxists and socialist countries around the world. it's the key to our greatness. we need to appeal to that. if we do god will give us his favor and we will solve these problems. coming up, my latest interview with actor sean penn as the special edition of "hannity" continues.

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welcome back to the special edition of "hannity". sean penn has been documenting the russian invasion of ukraine from the very beginning. i sat down with the oscar-winning actor to discuss his latest documentary on the war called superpower. take a look. >> the film we set out to make was not meant to encounter an

existential threat to democracy. just a spirited story of a comedy superstar turned president. we are currently in this situation where there is a major russian buildup. >> the situation is changing and feeling more urgent. >> they had two impacts. oh, my gosh! this modern country was suddenly at war. >> this whole story, this whole movie, i was riveted to it. i will tell everybody i urge them to go see it. it doesn't matter what side of the ukraine conflict you are on. it really doesn't. how this came about is just a fascinating set of circumstances where you are going over to interview a guy that's a former entertainer that becomes president of the ukraine and that was the purpose of the interview. >> the purpose of the intended documentary was sort of lighthearted. then we had started planning to

do it long before this russian buildup of forces on the border. >> and then it devolves into the timing where you are there as this conflict breaks out, as putin invades a sovereign country, ukraine. you were right there. i guess what i came away with, and just to compliment you back. let's be honest. if you and i get into politics we will not agree on a whole lot. i can talk about a lot of your political positions in the past and hugo chavez and stowe if that drove me up the wall. that's irrelevant to this discussion. you were there and i came away with the sense that this is a real deal for you. you proved it by staying there in a war zone with the president who is the top target of, let's be honest here, a guy that had

no qualms killing innocent men, women and children, bombing out neighborhoods and bombing out apartment buildings. ruining in any way he could the country. >> kidnapping 20000 kids. reeducating them to hatred. >> you were told by a former national security ovide is a bryden to get the hell out of there. they were telling you not to stay there because they knew zelenskyy was a top target. but you stayed. that tells me a lot about you. you could have bailed out. you have kids. i'm sure you don't want to die. you'd like to live as long as you can. >> i would, actually. >> why did you stay? >> having traveled in places that certainly from the outside have a certain narrative around them of unpredictability. ipad anxious moments at times.

this was very different in the sense that they immediately, there was a tremendous sense of heartbreak. it didn't feel like it was just for the ukrainian people and ukraine. it really felt that this would happen at this point in human history. i thought about my kids immediately, that this was something that would affect them. and i think it has. but not anything like what is happening on those front lines in that country and those people. but of course, it's just the amount of collateral damage that's going to continue economically, i think. psycho socially. it's a reel tipping point in terms of how this country, a country that i love also, are we going to hold on to the great

aspirations? something i am sure we do share in terms of the origin of this country's ideal. or are we going to let it go? i think it's extremely fragile right now. >> we talked about this the last time. i'm going to give you news you probably don't want to hear, but you probably also already know its true. conservative support in this country for this conflict has dropped precipitously. we discussed some of the reasons the last time you were here. one is europe has not stepped up. it is their continent and they need to do more from day one. in comes the united states flooding the ukraine with money, basically a blank check for it. of time. culminating recently with $500 million earmarked for green energy in ukraine. that's the last thing that's important in ukraine right now,

green energy. their survival is the most important. that so off so many people in this country. we have veterans that are homeless. we have all these people that need help in our country and we are spending money on green energy in ukraine? that's asinine. you probably agree with that. here's the other part. europe is not doing their part. we are paying the bulk of the monies. it's like a proxy war between us and vladimir putin which is what it devolves into. joe biden did something from the beginning that really infuriated me. that was when he vetoed the 28 megs. i brought this up the last time. you were not sure of it. he did veto it. here we go again. we starwars we politicize and then say nevermind. no tough luck to the people that died in those wars and left their legs on the battlefield. americans have had it with that. once i saw that joe was not in

to win, he should have allowed them to have the megs. if you are going to support a conflict you have to go all in and you have to fight a war to win a war. denying him that weaponry at that moment was critical. it just infuriated me. >> again, i will say that i think there were many elements at play. i don't know to say that president biden wasn't the dominant voice in that. i do know that later he did say he didn't feel they needed them at a certain point. look, i think whether it's republican, democrat or anything in between, and i'm of course not a political analyst. but as an observer and one more citizen i would say i am very confident that whichever party might support decisive action, complete action in this, it

would be a political win, not to mention a principle of one. by action i mean give them everything they need now rather than bit by bit over time. is not the political will in this country to send u.s. troops there nor is there the desire of the ukrainians to have u.s. troops there. in fact president zelenskyy says very passionately they fought too many wars, died in too many wars. we don't want them to fight here. so what we will do, republican or democrat, over the long-term as we are going to give them everything it takes short of the u.s. troops on the ground there. we should do it now. the only difference is death and destruction. more death and destruction. more separation, longer separation of families. more psychological joe damage. and inevitably more that will come to our shores in terms of a deficit.

i would like to see, i never voted republican. i'm not likely ever to vote republican. >> i would like to help you. >> i would like to see the democratic party and the president look at this in a very realistic and bold way and get this thing over. up next, my interview with the one and only kid rock.

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recently i traveled to nashville and spoke to the one and only kid rock. we talked about the out of control woke left in america and much more. take a look. >> how are you doing? you hurt your wrist. i didn't realize it at first. first, let me get to this issue. you are on cancelable. you don't give a flying rip. >> we say it a little different than rip. but that is correct. >> i can say it. i just say it differently. i call it adam schiff. >> i am not in bed with any corporate entities that would put me in a position where people can raise a stink. i decided years ago that i have been very blessed and worked hard and to still be able to do this at a high level after 25 years. i decided i would get vocal about all things. it's not a time i have never been vocal. i came out with middle fingers on my first cd going like this. i really haven't changed. the times have. i decided when i was ready to get vocal sheerly for the love

of my country and use my voice to speak on things that mean a lot to me that there wasn't going to be any corporate deals. i'm fine with that. i've always tried to live that there is no dollar amount on gods green earth that would get me to not be able to be who i am. >> people love you more because of it. >> i hope so. i turned down a lot of money for it. >> i'm a huge fan of dana dana white. i saw you would president trump and dana and tucker and you guys all went to the mma at the garden. >> ufc. >> he was on this show. >> i saw. >> it was about bud light. >> here we go. >> he took them on as a sponsor. never in my whole life i have ever supported a boycott. i've never called for a firing or cancellation ever. even people that i can't stand. >> by the way, i didn't either. >> what i worried about in that case was the guys that have the

beer out. the guys that work in the factory. the guys that load the trucks. not the guys that made that stupid. >> they have no dog in this fight. it's actually funny. speaking of the ufc fight i was standing with our favorite president and someone comes over the ceo of anheuser-busch standing behind you. i said to the potus that's the ceo of anheuser-busch. do want to talk to him. i said i do. me and him go over. we had a great conversation. if you put this in context, why did this start? i told him that night that you signaled to a lot of people like myself, like-minded people. put the trans thing aside. you signaled to us that you support this lifestyle and more importantly men being in women's sports. and my granddaughter's locker room. most of us draw a hard line right there. what are you doing? >> you have a granddaughter? you are like 42 years old. >> it gets cold in detroit.

>> i guess. >> i said you signaled that to us. but speaking about it, if someone wants to be trans i didn't rip that kid. i said f you guys. boycott or cancel. i said what are you doing? injecting yourself into this conversation and polarizing social issues. you can be soloing much more personal stuff making us laugh and drink beer. someone wants to dress up like a girl and be transgender or whatever, a lot of people fought and died for them to do that. go for it. we can coexist. you might not be my first dinner invite, you know what i mean and i'm probably not yours. if you are gay, no one cares anymore. we have gay family members, gay friends, gay coworkers. cut it out. just be gay. >> you know what i hear you saying? you believe in freedom. but if you want to indoctrinate kids in school,-- >> let me say this to the trans and gay community right now. be yourself.

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