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throughout the rest of the year. Guys, it's a new day, it's a new week, changes in the air.

I would like to come out and say that I fully favor masking our children, and that vaccine should be mandated for all.

And my hope is that the entire right wing will change their narrative on this as quickly as the mainstream media seems to have been in the West 72.

If you did, you would only be following the data and the science.

If you shifted, they would only be following the data and the science.

Can I just say, I'm not sure what frustrates me more, the fact that they are claiming credit while changing, or the fact that some of them are not even changing, right? Honestly, I have a tough time with this. Some of them are like, well, you know, like the CDC, well, we'll just stick to our guns here. We still have to mask the children. It's very important. And to a certain extent, I have to say, okay, well, at least

they're committed to the lie. Like, they're just going to stick with this thing all the way through. And then you have the people who have told a new lie. And I think I find the new lie even more despicable. Because the new lie is that, yes, yes, we're releasing our grip upon the throats of the American people. And yes, we're finally allowing some children to unmask.

But it's only because we always wanted to, guys. We always wanted to. And now the data have changed, and we've been following the science. And honestly, it's because of you guys that it's lasted this long. Because if you had followed the science like us, we wouldn't have had to do it this long. But you know, nothing changes like science. That's what I've always said. The real reason why they need to get rid of all the masks now is you can't smoke crack with a mask on. So if you want to put the pipe in, you've got to take the mask. What I would say is, we now have to thank the truck Fudo movement in Canada. We now have to be nice to Canadians because that's obviously one of the things. They're looking at their poll numbers. but they're also thinking, those trucks come here, it's not going to be a pretty sight. We're going to have supply side problems out the, out the zoo. Truckers are officially the only Canadians that I support. Exactly. But they seem to be everybody. By the way, I'm just going to point out here that under no circumstances do I believe that Justin Trudeau is Fidel Castro's son. 100% do not believe. No, of course not. They don't look alike. Young Fidel Castro and Justin Trudeau, his mom was definitely not in Cuba when she was in Cuba, about eight and a half months before. With a certain reputation. Certainly didn't have that. None of that happened. He's definitely not related to Fidel Castro.

And all rumors, to the contrary, are scurrilous and baseless.

And maybe, maybe true.

Is he just channeling Castro?

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