So welcome to the Bill Bennett show. It's the podcast that translates Donald Trump taking

on a look at the current administration. Talk about the existential threats to America,

COVID, other things. Joining me today is Dr. Marty McCarrie. He's a surgeon and professor

at the John Hopkins School of Public Health. He's also the New York Times best-selling

author of The Price We Pay. You'll also hear from George to Williger. He's a partner

at McGuire Woods, LLP, and he's a former deputy attorney general in the Bush 41 administration.

Let me get a few things off my chest, vlog. I want to just talk a little bit about Trump's

return to the White House. Let me put it this way. You are somewhat less enthusiastic about

the president than I am. Somewhat. It's a style thing for me. It's a style. It's not the

policy so much. But what did you think of his comments? We talked about this a little

bit. We're going to talk about this a little bit with Marty McCarrie. He said, don't

be afraid to come. Don't let it dominate your life. That's the wrong way.

Here's the thing. I feel as if you said that, Dr. Bill Bennett, or if I said that, or if

anyone else, it would be fun. I just think that the fact that it seemed as if when you

have the Woodward tapes and the book that those comments play tough for individuals who

are looking for a reason to say, well, now here he goes again, say down, downplaying it.

When you've already said that, I'm downplaying it because I don't want people to panic.

But I think he's right in the fact that do we overblow? Absolutely. There are more things

we know more things now in October than we knew in March. We know things as far as social

distancing. We know things as far as wearing a mask. We know things as far as limiting

the amount of people in a closed room. These are things that we know now that you can

do to fight against it. But I just think you've got to be careful because again, there

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