J.D. Vance (quoted)
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We are doing everything that we can to get to the bottom of it. And if we identify people who've committed crimes, man, we're going to prosecute them. The other thing I always wonder with this stuff is this is not cheap, right? Terrorism is not cheap. We saw that in the Middle East 20, 25 years ago. You had some very wealthy financiers of Al Qaeda.
We are doing everything that we can to get to the bottom of it. And if we identify people who've committed crimes, man, we're going to prosecute them. The other thing I always wonder with this stuff is this is not cheap, right? Terrorism is not cheap. We saw that in the Middle East 20, 25 years ago. You had some very wealthy financiers of Al Qaeda.
My guess is that if we do get to the bottom of this, we're going to find out that there are some very crazy, very deranged, but very wealthy left-wing people who are funding this stuff. And I think that is the most important thing that we have to focus on. It's not the foot soldiers. It's the guy at the top writing the checks.
My guess is that if we do get to the bottom of this, we're going to find out that there are some very crazy, very deranged, but very wealthy left-wing people who are funding this stuff. And I think that is the most important thing that we have to focus on. It's not the foot soldiers. It's the guy at the top writing the checks.
My guess is that if we do get to the bottom of this, we're going to find out that there are some very crazy, very deranged, but very wealthy left-wing people who are funding this stuff. And I think that is the most important thing that we have to focus on. It's not the foot soldiers. It's the guy at the top writing the checks.
Yeah, it would be. And I don't know that it's them. I wouldn't be shocked if it was. But we know that there are a lot of crazy people who have a lot of money who I think are willing to let the country burn quite literally so long as it helps them accomplish their political goals. So it's really sick, twisted stuff, man. But we're not going to stand for it.
Yeah, it would be. And I don't know that it's them. I wouldn't be shocked if it was. But we know that there are a lot of crazy people who have a lot of money who I think are willing to let the country burn quite literally so long as it helps them accomplish their political goals. So it's really sick, twisted stuff, man. But we're not going to stand for it.
Yeah, it would be. And I don't know that it's them. I wouldn't be shocked if it was. But we know that there are a lot of crazy people who have a lot of money who I think are willing to let the country burn quite literally so long as it helps them accomplish their political goals. So it's really sick, twisted stuff, man. But we're not going to stand for it.
I think that's what's different about President Trump's administration is. For really the first time in my life, I think you have a conservative president who's actually pushing back against this stuff in a very real and substantive way. He's actually empowered his FBI and law enforcement agencies to go after some of these psychos. That's what we have to do. It's what we're going to keep on doing.
I think that's what's different about President Trump's administration is. For really the first time in my life, I think you have a conservative president who's actually pushing back against this stuff in a very real and substantive way. He's actually empowered his FBI and law enforcement agencies to go after some of these psychos. That's what we have to do. It's what we're going to keep on doing.
I think that's what's different about President Trump's administration is. For really the first time in my life, I think you have a conservative president who's actually pushing back against this stuff in a very real and substantive way. He's actually empowered his FBI and law enforcement agencies to go after some of these psychos. That's what we have to do. It's what we're going to keep on doing.
And we'll see where it leads. But I'm optimistic that if we actually force these bad guys to suffer some consequences, they'll stop doing crazy stuff.
And we'll see where it leads. But I'm optimistic that if we actually force these bad guys to suffer some consequences, they'll stop doing crazy stuff.
And we'll see where it leads. But I'm optimistic that if we actually force these bad guys to suffer some consequences, they'll stop doing crazy stuff.
Yeah, though I will say in defense of the American people, Jimmy Kimmel's show is so unfunny and boring and left-wing that it's probably not a representative sample. If you go to a Jimmy Kimmel live viewing, you have to really be a humorless scold. And so my hope is that that's isolated to a very small number of
Yeah, though I will say in defense of the American people, Jimmy Kimmel's show is so unfunny and boring and left-wing that it's probably not a representative sample. If you go to a Jimmy Kimmel live viewing, you have to really be a humorless scold. And so my hope is that that's isolated to a very small number of
Yeah, though I will say in defense of the American people, Jimmy Kimmel's show is so unfunny and boring and left-wing that it's probably not a representative sample. If you go to a Jimmy Kimmel live viewing, you have to really be a humorless scold. And so my hope is that that's isolated to a very small number of
But you are right that we've seen this embrace of mob violence from some corners of the far left. I think the only way to deal with it is to force people who endorse that stuff, who actually commit violence, to actually go to prison and to suffer some consequences. And, man, left to right, we can argue all day about tax policy or regulatory policy or what our foreign policy should be.
But you are right that we've seen this embrace of mob violence from some corners of the far left. I think the only way to deal with it is to force people who endorse that stuff, who actually commit violence, to actually go to prison and to suffer some consequences. And, man, left to right, we can argue all day about tax policy or regulatory policy or what our foreign policy should be.
But you are right that we've seen this embrace of mob violence from some corners of the far left. I think the only way to deal with it is to force people who endorse that stuff, who actually commit violence, to actually go to prison and to suffer some consequences. And, man, left to right, we can argue all day about tax policy or regulatory policy or what our foreign policy should be.