Doctor Mike

Everything is Russiagate.

Russiagate just means things I don't like.

This podcast is Russiagate because I'm Russian.

So I got Russiagate, whatever, whatever that word means at this point.

But then I also got like crap from the left for going on.

And that I found annoying because, you know, like.

You got it.

What?

Again, people need to hear the message and.

The fact that somebody hosts an unpalatable guest at a different time, that doesn't mean that I have magically absorbed the opinions of the unpalatable guest.

I find that sort of purity testing very frustrating, actually.

I wish that we didn't do it.

I think that all it does is prevent us from reaching people with messages that are important.

And so I really do make a concerted effort to engage.

And I actually do, you know, I've done Megyn Kelly, you know, also, and I try when I'm invited, if I feel like I'll have a good faith conversation, I don't do the gotcha ones.

Like I'm not interested per your point in

um something where it's just going to be like a um a miserable experience of like fighting bs facts but i've done debates where i feel like if i can guarantee that the moderator is informed and will do the fact check then i actually find them generally quite enjoyable actually and per the point um the clips go viral people want to see that stuff they like to see the

You know, they like to see the fight.

Yeah.

I think I have done some where...