Jeremy Boreing

I don't know that they do.

I think one has to look at the fact that J.D.

has apparently a very close relationship with Tucker, that he has not repudiated Tucker, as Tucker's rhetoric has gotten more and more and more outside of any sort of traditional American conservatism.

and ask themselves why.

Why does J.D.

remain so close to Tucker?

I think it's premature to say it's because he is a part of that new political project.

I think it's just as likely that it's a sense of loyalty.

J.D.

owes a lot of his political career to Tucker.

Tucker took a bet on J.D.

Vance when very few other people would, both in his run for Senate and in helping

by all accounts, helping point Donald Trump toward the idea of selecting J.D.

as his running mate.

It may be out, you know, and listen, I respect that.

Friendship is actually a really important concept to me, I think.

And gratitude and loyalty.

Gratitude and loyalty are very important values.

I don't think that we should, you know, there's sort of this other debate on the right and people who I normally align with very much, you know, people who I respect greatly like Dennis Prager, Ben, have made the case recently that friendship should not trump people who are in our business actually holding other people to account for the things that they say.

And I think that that is,