Hello everyone and welcome to the official live book signing and Q&A for the authoritarian moment.

I am your host, Elisha Krause, and we are here with the one and only Ben Shapiro.

Who's super-duper excited to be here?

Always.

Always.

So tonight is a big night because Ben will be answering all of your questions live for the entire hour.

But that's only if you bought a book, not just any book, an autographed book.

So head on over to dailywire.com slash Ben to purchase your autographed copy of the authoritarian

moment right now. There will be a text box for you to ask Ben a question at checkout.

And you'll also get an email with the same text

box so you can submit a question at your very own convenience. So go submit your questions now

and Ben, it's good to see you.

Alicia Krauss is I live and breathe. Here I am. What are you doing in this state, the free state

of Florida? Only you could bring me back to my birthplace.

Sure, this place isplace. That's true.

This place is great.

That and the amazing Cuban food.

It's, and also the freedom. Yeah, I mean, the freedom's nice. Did you breathe the air of the freedom? Did you come in? Yeah, also too much humidity. It's not good with the skin. If I get really bad oily, makeup's gonna have to roll in here, it's gonna be a thing. You'd be amazed. The amount of money that you save in taxes just to fix those problems.

But not all of us can be as rich as you, sir.

Well, I mean... It's going to be a thing. You'd be amazed. The amount of money that you save in taxes just to fix those

problems. But not all of us can be as rich as you, sir. Well, I mean, that is an unfortunate reality of life. And you can make Ben Richard by buying it. I mean, I don't understand, though, how I've only been here for three days and I'm more tan than you and you've lived here for what, like six months now? I mean, we've known this for a long time. I'm like a vampire. I sparkle

in the sun. That is my appeal. Yes yes like they open the casket and i just

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