This is the Tom Hartman program.

So who's going to win? The bullies or the nerds? No, seriously.

So much of Trump's campaign, his candidacy, his candidacy back in 2016, the behavior of his agencies, particularly his police agencies as associated with the Department of Justice and Ice, you know, here in

Portland and other cities around America, it all comes down to behaving like a

bully. And this is one of the most difficult things I think for most human

beings throughout their lives is how do you

respond to a bully? How do you respond to a bully when you're a kid and the bully

has the power to overwhelm you? How do you respond to a bully in the workplace?

Particularly when the bully is your boss.

How do you respond to a political bully?

This is just breathtaking and the bullies are basically saying it's our way or the highway

don't listen to those damn scientists we're going to open the schools we're going to do

whatever we want we're going to you know etc. For example in Idaho

the Idaho legislature is controlled by Republicans both the House and Senate

Republican Stephen Thane of Emmett, Idaho.

This was reported on Boise State Public Radio,

by the way.

It says basically that public health official scientists are elitists.

Because you know they've got college degrees and they study science and we shouldn't listen to elitists.

Here's literally exactly what he said.

These are his words.

Quote, this is Stephen Thane, a member of the Idaho State Senate

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