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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2120 - IT’S INAUGURATION DAY!

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News, News Commentary

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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0:40.3

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0:43.5

So, of course, we are here live overlooking the Capitol building.

0:47.7

As you can see, it's a beautiful view.

0:49.2

And you're not going to see anything happen behind us because obviously everything got shifted

0:52.8

indoors because it is very,

0:54.6

very cold outside. And only we were stupid enough to continue broadcasting outside,

0:58.2

despite the fact that it is absolutely frigid. It's actually not that bad. They probably

1:02.8

could have done it outside. But there's some disappointed people who are walking around,

1:06.2

but they're all part of the celebration. And it is a giant celebration. Washington, D.C.

1:14.2

is now Maga Town. This is Maga Country in a polar vortex. Last night, the parties were going on, and as you may have

1:19.9

heard me tell Michael Mose a moment ago, even I was dragged into the festivities. Here, for example,

1:25.1

is a picture of me with MMA champion Connor McGregor.

1:29.0

That is a thing that actually happened last night. You know, you meet some interesting people

1:32.8

here during inauguration weekend. Yeah, there I am with Connor. I have to say, I could take him.

1:40.7

I can't take him. And then there was me with one of my favorite classical music artists, a person named Kid Rock. This is also a thing that happened. I will say that when my parents bought me violin lessons from the age of five to the age of about 17, probably what they were thinking was that my musical career would be me with Tom McDonald as well as me hanging out with Kid Rock. And then, of course, some of my closest friends,

2:00.9

you got Glenn Beck and Marissa Stryke. Glenn, of course, the host, who's kind of the grandfather of many of us in this particular movement. And yes, that is a rip on Glenn's age, as well as Marissa Strait, who is the leader of Prager University. So a lot of other friends, Megan Kelly was there last night. Charlie Kirk, of course, was his party at TP USA last night. It's been a lot of fun.

2:20.9

You can sense these sort of feelings of optimism that are pervading the town, pervading the country. And a sort of interesting unity experience is happening here in Washington, you see, and I think across the country, the sort of insane lunacy of the left, the protest

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