President Biden gives his inaugural address.

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Join them at ExpressVPN.com slash Ben. Well, inauguration day. What an auspicious day for the country because it's the dawn of a new era. It's a magical new time. The celebration has begun. And as I've noted repeatedly, I am not a big fan of pomp and circumstance in American government. I really think that the government is supposed to be sort of like your plumber. You call them when you need them. Otherwise, they should stay out of your

house. This idea that we're supposed to have these sort of worshipful giant ceremonies, not a fan. Okay, have not been a fan for a long time. I used to say this about the state of the union address, whether it was Obama or whether it was Trump. Inagoration Day is another one of those and people treat it as though it's like this massive, wonderful thing.

Okay, fine.

You want to do that?

That's fine.

I'm not so into it.

Too easy. Day is another one of those and people treated as though it's like this massive, wonderful

thing. Okay, fine. That's fine. I'm not so into it. To each his own. Well, the inauguration

yesterday was supposed to be a very special inauguration, a magical inauguration because the specter

of Orange Man Bad was finally gone and a new day was dawning. The sun was rising, spackling the sky with colors of gold and pink.

It was an incredible, incredible, magical moment. We're going to get to Joe Biden's inaugural address

in just one second. Let it just be noted that all of the talk that we've had about unity

over the past several months from Joe Biden.

It is very unclear whether by unity Joe Biden means that you should be respected in your opinion and we should have open and honest discussions and we should leave each other alone or

whether by unity Joe Biden means I want you to obey me. And if you don't obey me, I will

use the federal government to make you obey me. So unity can be had in one of two ways. And he's been rather vague about what he means by unity. So on today's show, we're going to explore what Joe Biden means by unity, what the left means by unity. Because the real battle that Joe Biden is going to have to fight if he wishes to be a great president for all Americans, as he says he does, is not a battle against the right.

It's going to be a battle against the left. It's going to be a battle against his own flank, which is demanding vengeance on people who disagree, censorship of people who disagree, control of all of the institutions of power in the United States in order to make people who disagree agree.

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