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y. They haven't really gotten involved in the action. But they could, right? So it's sort of perfect for Trump. Anyway, the longer it goes, the better for Trump. I saw Chris Cuomo say the news is sort of the best case scenario for Trump, but I've also seen dueling polls. I think it was Jessica Tarlov on The Five on Fox News was saying that some of the support for Trump's immigration policies have…
← Previous segment →investigate the people behind the protests. So the people behind it would be the money people. So FBI will look at the money trail. I don't know that that means that any of them are breaking the law necessarily depending on what they're doing or funding, but Representative Andy Biggs from Arizona, he wants to see those activist organizations who are committing crimes have them investigated and criminally prosecuted. But again I don't know exactly what the crime would be because is it illegal to organize a protest and fund it? Because they would not be the people who were throwing the rocks. But if you funded people that you know 1% of them might throw rocks, have you broken the law? I don't know. But if they have broken the law, of course something needs to be done.
All right, let's talk about the flag burning. Whenever this comes up, I like to add my opinion to it. Thomas Massie posted on X. He said, "Burning your own American flag is narded." So he's intentionally misspelling. But it's not illegal, nor should it be. He says, "No one should want a federal government so powerful that it can lock you up for a year for burning your own stuff." Now remember that Trump is in favor of jail for burning a flag, but Thomas Massie is not. He goes, "Thankfully, your constitution prohibits Congress from making such stupid laws."
All right. So I posted my opinion on this. You've heard it before, but I'll put it in different words this time. So one reason I respect the American flag, and it's just one reason that I respect the American flag is that it gets stronger when protesters burn it. And that's a feature, not a bug. It gets stronger when you burn it. Now that's the kind of flag I want. I don't want any weak, wimpy flag that if you burn it somehow has destroyed the country or weakened the country. No. No.
And then I want you to know that like most of you, I'm also offended when I see an American flag being burned. Like you I can feel it, you know, like a person who loves
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their country. I just feel it like, "Oh god, are you burning my flag right in front of me?" So I feel it, but that feeling is also when I most vividly feel the power of the flag. And I like having a flag that can make me feel something and can make me feel the power of the country that it represents. So for my money, if you've got a wimpy, stupid flag you can burn and it causes so much trouble th…
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