Russ Vought
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And yet people – and there's a tendency on our side, and this is very troubling. It's not just the left, which is kind of state regime propaganda. there's a tendency on our side to believe that if there's smoke, there must be fire. Why do we do that?
And yet people – and there's a tendency on our side, and this is very troubling. It's not just the left, which is kind of state regime propaganda. there's a tendency on our side to believe that if there's smoke, there must be fire. Why do we do that?
And yet people – and there's a tendency on our side, and this is very troubling. It's not just the left, which is kind of state regime propaganda. there's a tendency on our side to believe that if there's smoke, there must be fire. Why do we do that?
Why do we, why does our side, why does Republican congressmen, Republican senators believe that where there must be smoke, there must be fire only because this person has been a confrontational, courageous, convictional leader, uh, And in a true generational talent, I might add.
Why do we, why does our side, why does Republican congressmen, Republican senators believe that where there must be smoke, there must be fire only because this person has been a confrontational, courageous, convictional leader, uh, And in a true generational talent, I might add.
Why do we, why does our side, why does Republican congressmen, Republican senators believe that where there must be smoke, there must be fire only because this person has been a confrontational, courageous, convictional leader, uh, And in a true generational talent, I might add.
I think that is fundamentally, it's twofold. I think the left is made up of revolutionaries. For sure. Right. And they're Marxist. If you've read Witness, everyone knows that, right? Like that's not a new phenomena. It's become militarized over and over.
I think that is fundamentally, it's twofold. I think the left is made up of revolutionaries. For sure. Right. And they're Marxist. If you've read Witness, everyone knows that, right? Like that's not a new phenomena. It's become militarized over and over.
I think that is fundamentally, it's twofold. I think the left is made up of revolutionaries. For sure. Right. And they're Marxist. If you've read Witness, everyone knows that, right? Like that's not a new phenomena. It's become militarized over and over.
So now what that looks like is not someone who's a behind-the-scenes spy. Now that looks like, you know, some of their members of Congress, right? Like an AOC. Their Marxist revolutionaries are voting in Congress. So that's their side. And our side doesn't really grapple with that. We don't make every decision realizing like that's what they think and that's what they're doing.
So now what that looks like is not someone who's a behind-the-scenes spy. Now that looks like, you know, some of their members of Congress, right? Like an AOC. Their Marxist revolutionaries are voting in Congress. So that's their side. And our side doesn't really grapple with that. We don't make every decision realizing like that's what they think and that's what they're doing.
So now what that looks like is not someone who's a behind-the-scenes spy. Now that looks like, you know, some of their members of Congress, right? Like an AOC. Their Marxist revolutionaries are voting in Congress. So that's their side. And our side doesn't really grapple with that. We don't make every decision realizing like that's what they think and that's what they're doing.
So I'm not going to listen to what they just kind of chit chat conversation. I'm going to to govern and make decisions based on what I know they are pursuing. Know your enemy. Secondly, we do have trust in kind of. The media and the institutions like Tony Fauci can't be lying, right? He can't really – he must not have been doing gain-of-function research if he said he wasn't.
So I'm not going to listen to what they just kind of chit chat conversation. I'm going to to govern and make decisions based on what I know they are pursuing. Know your enemy. Secondly, we do have trust in kind of. The media and the institutions like Tony Fauci can't be lying, right? He can't really – he must not have been doing gain-of-function research if he said he wasn't.
So I'm not going to listen to what they just kind of chit chat conversation. I'm going to to govern and make decisions based on what I know they are pursuing. Know your enemy. Secondly, we do have trust in kind of. The media and the institutions like Tony Fauci can't be lying, right? He can't really – he must not have been doing gain-of-function research if he said he wasn't.
He's Tony Fauci, right? Like that's what we were up against. It's totally true. And that is the wrong – you've got to have a skepticism to all of these people and their institutions and their bureaucracies.
He's Tony Fauci, right? Like that's what we were up against. It's totally true. And that is the wrong – you've got to have a skepticism to all of these people and their institutions and their bureaucracies.
He's Tony Fauci, right? Like that's what we were up against. It's totally true. And that is the wrong – you've got to have a skepticism to all of these people and their institutions and their bureaucracies.
I believe that there's a lot of policy issues downstream, the border, inflation, wars across the world. All of them are downstream of one reality, and that is we don't, the American people currently are not in control of their government, and the president hasn't been either.
I believe that there's a lot of policy issues downstream, the border, inflation, wars across the world. All of them are downstream of one reality, and that is we don't, the American people currently are not in control of their government, and the president hasn't been either.