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Back to episode — Episode 2982 CWSA 10/08/25

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gers. Everybody agrees with that, right? Imagine arguing with your teenager who says, "You know, it's totally legal, right? Not for teenagers. It under all conditions, it won't be legal for teenagers, but it would be easier for them to argue, hey, I'm 17. You know, I can start making my own decisions if it would be legal for me in two months after my birthday. Are you telling me that I can't make…

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we're going to let it go." And maybe they would just turn the other way in terms of the federal charges.

Anyway, so I think Sean Duffy could improve that argument a little bit.

Did you know that if Jabba the Hut had an evil twin, that twin would probably be considered a frontrunner to be the next governor of California? And the only reason I say that is because the only thing we could do that's dumber than what we're doing. And then I saw a video of somebody called Katie Porter, who's apparently a frontrunner to be the next Democrat candidate for governor. And you're going to have to see the video of Katie Porter talking to a reporter. Oh my god. Oh my god. Run away. I mean, it's just all bad. And you know that thing about overweight people being jolly? Well, guess we're gonna throw that out. Yeah, she looks like Pritzker in a wig. But so that pretty much guarantees that she'll be the next governor, I think, because she, oh my god.

Anyway, JD Vance posted what they're saying is his first TikTok video as VP. The Hill is reporting on this and here's what he said. I want to just tell you what he said and then I'll give you my review of it. He said, quote, now imagine him. He's just standing full frontal from his knees up standing in front of some official thing with some flags, desk I think. And here's what he says. This is his whole TikTok. He says, "JD Vance here. Just wanted to let you know that we are relaunching the VP's TikTok page." And then he said, I got a little lazy the last few months. I was focused on the job of being VP. Not enough on TikToks. That's about to change. So follow along. He goes, we'll update y'all on what's going on in the White House, the business of state. We'll update you on what's going on politically, maybe some sombrero memes here and there, but follow along and we'll look forward to connecting on TikTok. See you then.

All right. Now, here's what that doesn't sound like much, right? Doesn't sound like there's much meat to that TikTok, but let me call your attention to this. What were the odds that an elected member of our government, any member of Congress, just think of anybody except Trump, right? For this one purpose, imagin

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e Trump is not part of the conversation. He's the only one who's not part of the conversation. Look at all the other politicians. How many of them could have pulled this off? None. None. There's not another politician that could have done what he did. He was playful. He showed that he understood the TikTok kind of vibe that if you're completely serious, you're doing it wrong. Right? If you're comp…

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