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I don't think this podcast Andy, that's when it gets really bad.

Well it was close it was close but Sarah talked me out of it so.

Well you were the first to defend me which I really appreciated on X and Megan Killer was right there which I really appreciated and I thought it was so dumb you know it'd be a 24 storm, which it kind of was on social media, but then within

those 24 hours, I kind of jumped the walls, so I got canceled by this think tank in Wisconsin

and by Indiana State University but we've come out

swinging and hopefully those are the last of the cancellations over this one but we'll

see.

Yeah I like the best part of this was your response, because I have to say, we're like, if you think

about it, not only your career, but just the history of National Review were kind of in the

controversy business and to try to take you out they had to make something up you

know after all these years and all these crazy battles we've been in and

all the positions that NR takes and that you take and you know we all take depending on our various wheelhouses in the movement.

It's pretty good after a career like that if to go after you the way they went after you they got to

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