Left Losing Meme War, Chelsea Clinton's Pod, and How AI Helps Scammers, with RealClearPolitics Hosts and Eric O'Neill | Ep. 1162
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What is the immediate political impact of the new government shutdown and who’s shaping the narrative?
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Hey, everyone. I'm Megyn Kelly. Welcome to The Megyn Kelly Show, and happy Thursday. It's day two of the government shutdown. Is it already backfiring on the Democrats? The White House is warning that mass layoffs in the federal government are imminent, but the Dems seem more concerned about calling Trump's AI videos racist. They really want you to think that he's a racist and his videos are racist. That's the takeaway. That's what they want you to go home with. How's that working? Here now for a reaction to all of today's news, our buddies from the Real Clear Politics podcast, which you can also hear on Sirius XM. Tom Bevin, co-founder and president of Real Clear Politics. Carl Cannon, Washington bureau chief for Real Clear.
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Yesterday, we ran a soundbite and my team, when we finished the show, said, oh, we have a longer, better version of that soundbite where this particular person goes on more about the subject. And I said, this is perfect because I really want to save that for Andrew. So just, I'm not even gonna tell you who it is. Just know that's coming your way today. Great to have you back. Okay, so let's start with Shut Down-O-Rama. I love the sombrero thing. It's highly amusing. The Democrats don't know what to do in response. And so they decided, I guess, to do some sort of a marathon on their YouTube channel. OK, so in the early hours of the shutdown, Hakeem Jeffries put on his YouTube channel a rotating cast of Democrat House members and influencers to try to keep like a marathon going of it's the Republicans fault, not the Democrats fault.
And this is how that went. Politico, which is not exactly averse to Democrats, writes at times just a few dozen viewers were watching Hakeem. On YouTube, Democrats peaked at around 1,000 viewers. It had the feel of a throwback telethon with none of the charisma or surprise. Jeffries at one point said, y'all, I ain't scared. I'm from Brooklyn. Okay. The live stream featured four frontline Democrats of the 26 who are in competitive districts missing Democrats. Stars on the Dem side, like AOC and Jasmine Crockett, a possible tell, writes Politico, that they see some risk in participating in something like this. Democrats were not able to field live programming for three hours in the middle of the night, despite an internal email desperately seeking participants.
The White House, meantime, began live streaming a roughly three-minute clip of various congressional Democrats participating. in other times, speaking out against previous shutdowns. And the viewership on that absolutely dwarfed Jeffrey's views. So it doesn't seem to be going very well. Carl, I'll start with you. Thoughts on where it is now, 24 hours in.
Well, the Democrat strategy is a little mystifying.
They said that they were closing the government because they wanted to guarantee health care for people, the most vulnerable people on Earth. I wouldn't say American citizens, but I don't want to get into that just yet.
But the most vulnerable people living in the United States. That's what they said. And then when it happened, their messaging was the Republicans shut down the government.
And so, you know, when people are arguing with your thesis, they don't get to your point. Because I think swing voters will say, wait a minute, weren't you bragging about you wanted to shut it down?
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the immediate political impact of the new government shutdown and who’s shaping the narrative?
0:00–10:41
2
Why are ‘sombrero’ memes dominating the shutdown debate and how are Democrats responding?
10:41–1:05:08
3
Why are hosts criticizing Chelsea Clinton’s new public‑health podcast and her use of “Dr.”?
1:05:08–1:07:42
4
What personal anecdotes and reactions reveal about Michelle Obama’s podcast comments on marriage and parenting?
1:07:42–1:12:54
5
How did Eric O’Neill describe modern cyber‑scams and AI voice/deepfake threats?
1:12:54–1:18:08
6
What practical defenses does O’Neill recommend against social engineering, deepfakes and the dark web?
1:18:08–2:12:42
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