Dems Becoming Progressively Worse!

Welcome back to The Dennis Prager Show.

Dennis, a pleasure. Thanks so much. I felt this clothing was a little more appropriate than I was just wearing about 2 and a half minutes ago.

Can I, can I mention what, what transpired right before you came on, folks?

Oh, yeah.

This was a priceless moment. I check in with people to make sure we have a good video and audio connection. And Joe's sitting there in a Houston Astros t-shirt. And then he asks me, So Dennis, is this video as well as audio? And I go, well, actually it is. And he goes, and you're wearing a shirt and tie and I'm wearing a Houston Astros t-shirt? So I said, Joe, you have 2 and a half minutes, do whatever you want. You look, it's really the transformation is, I have to admit, is dramatic.

Yes, slightly. Clark Kent, right?

That's right. That's a perfect analogy. He's now Superman. Exactly.

Oh, can I tell you, Dennis, like last week during the National Association for Black Journalists conference, um, I was dressed just the way you saw, except for the baseball hat on also. So the hair's all screwed up. And Martha McCallum's show contacts me and they said, can you be seated at 3 o'clock to respond to what just happened at the NA— BJ with Trump. And I look at my phone, it says 2:56 and I'm on a different floor and somehow we made it. So I guess there's gotta be a Guinness Book thing that I could get some credit for.

You might be able. In all seriousness though, it is, that's, I take that, that was you. Okay, it's, don't worry about it.

That's the cash and police. Yeah.

Yes, that's very good. No, I actually tell people, This is a separate subject and I want to obviously talk to you about your book and about American politics, but I have been begging people to dress up for church because they now do go in Houston Astros t-shirts to church. Oh, really? And I'm not a fan of that. I think that church or synagogue is worth more. So the before and after is dramatic. Anyway, so Joe, you got this new book out, progressively worse. And of course, if you write it, I recommend it, and it is up at DennisPrager.com, folks. Why Today's Democrats Ain't Your Daddy's Dunkies. Dunkies, of course, are the symbol of the Democratic Party. But you've really provoked interest in me on your attending the NABJ National Association of Black Journalists. You were there when Donald Trump was there?

Oh no, I was just at Fox waiting to go on Larry Kudlow's show, but I was like an hour and a half away from that. So I was there in t-shirt and shorts. And then the 3:00 show calls me at 2:56 and says, can you be seated at 3:00 to react to this with Jessica Tarlov and Martha MacCallum? So that's just the funny story. So I get hair, makeup, suit.

I got you. Did you get to watch it? Did you see his—

Oh yeah.

So give me— I did not see it. I've only read about it. So give me your take on what happened.

Well, Trump was waiting 35 minutes to go on stage because it was amateur hour. They couldn't get the audio right. So he was already a bit peeved. And then the first question comes from ABC's Rachel Scott, where she basically wasn't even a question. If you could go back and read the transcript, it's a lecture. It's like it goes on for like a good 2 minutes of her lecturing him about his past comments about, say, Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who had that ridiculous lawfare case against him. And she basically implied because Trump was critical of Alvin Bragg, who is a black man, therefore that makes him a racist. Where that doesn't exactly square, because what about all of Trump's rightful criticism of Jack Smith, who, at last check, is a white guy? So right out of the gate, this was not remotely hospitable, but it was hostile. And you have to expect that, I guess. In those sort of environments. And meanwhile, you have Kamala Harris gets a free pass completely for not attending. And you think about this now, Dennis, she hasn't responded to one question, hasn't received one question since she became the Democratic nominee, in essence, 15 days ago. So here we have a candidate, let's see, who ran for president in 2020 and didn't receive one vote. Then she's the Democratic nominee in 2024 by installation, didn't receive one vote. And now she hasn't taken one question. Meanwhile, Trump goes into the lion's den and actually did sit down and take questions. And I thought he did quite well in hammering home the immigration issue. But overall, everybody's talking about how, well, Trump and his temperament. When you're asked a question like that, he's allowed to defend himself. I'm sorry.

Wow, you made so many excellent points. So what they're doing with Kamala Harris is what they did with Joe Biden in 2020. Keeping, keeping him in, keeping him in the basement. Why? What do you mean? Why do you say— why do you say even worse?

Even worse because Biden at least did a couple of interviews on Zoom or whatever in his basement. Kamala Harris, again, hasn't taken one question by Zoom. Actually, no, she did do one interview with RuPaul's Drag Queens. That was 2 weeks ago. I don't think we could count that as far as journalism is concerned.

All right, hold on there.

All right.

Let me remind everybody, he's terrific. Progressively Worse is his newest book. I'm on with a terrific guy, Joe Concha, who's just written— he's with Fox News and he's just written Progressively Worse: Why Today's Democrats Ain't Your Daddy's Donkeys. Donkeys, of course, are the animal representing the Democratic Party. So, Joe, I just— I have your book in front of me, which is a delight, and I just wanted to— I did not know the following. And I read it during the break. I'm being totally serious now. There's no levity here. I want to establish that I read it correctly. Megan Rapinoe got the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

That's correct. Yeah. One of the— I think maybe one of the first female athletes, definitely the first female soccer player to ever get the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Can you imagine something so prestigious? Something that so many veterans may deserve, that got their legs blown off, their limbs blown off. And instead, we're giving it to a soccer player who openly hates the United States and has said as much. So that's why these ain't your daddy's donkeys anymore. Joe Biden's honoring somebody like that who openly has disdain for this republic and— well, is that email? Go ahead.

Sorry. No, no, no. I appreciate it. I just want to quote you. That you, you quote her, "I'll probably never put my hand over my heart. I'll probably never sing the national anthem again." And Joe Biden and his party awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I gotta tell you, I report crappy news every day. Thank God I'm a happy person. And I mean that quite sincerely, because otherwise I think I would just— I would have to take some something to calm me down. I have to say, I think that that represents the Democratic Party, that little anecdote, better than anything else I can think of.

You know, Dennis, this used to be the party, at least allegedly anyway, but you can believe some of it based on history. The party of the working man and woman, the party of Scranton Joe, right? And people across this country who just need a little help as far as from the government's concerned. And now they're just so woke. And Megan Rapinoe actually supports biological men competing against biological women. She can say that now because she's retired. She doesn't have to deal with it. But I mean, can you imagine like Lionel Messi or Ronaldo or Mbappé, like all of these great soccer players suddenly decide, you know what, I'm gonna compete against the girls now. I think Megan Rapinoe might have a problem with that. And we saw what just happened here at the Olympics last week where you had a male boxer posing as a woman pummeling an Italian female boxer, biological female, I should add, to the point where she had to quit within 46 seconds. This is what the Democrat Party is now as far as like openly having disdain for the country and getting rewarded for it by the president of the United States himself. Disgusting, quite frankly.

Yes, it is disgusting, quite frankly. That is correct. DQF. Disgusting, quite frankly. I may keep that as an acronym. What was the— what was the reasoning behind her getting the medal? What did she contribute to the country?

Let's see. Besides missing a penalty kick to help the United States lose last year in the World Cup. Not sure. I know. I guess she won some championships along the way. But so did other players on that team, like Alex Rodriguez.

Yeah, but you don't get a Presidential Medal for that. I mean, no, you don't. Wow.

Absolutely.

Well, folks, that's an example of why you should get the book. I mean, I love the fact that your chapters are very short. It's just pithy and short.

Thank you. When we have like 28 of them.

That's right. So you're right, the metamorphosis of the Democratic Party, the tragedy as I see it in America— I just spoke about this before you came on— leftists vote their values, conservatives vote their values. Liberals are the only group that don't vote their values. They vote left, which has nothing in common with liberalism. So can you name a figure that was the— and maybe there isn't— but a figure or figures that most contributed to the radicalization of the Democratic Party?

Oh boy, I think, believe it or not, not so much like the Democrats themselves, but the media certainly has. That's certainly for sure. Social media has helped push them to the left as well. I'll give you one example with media, how they've pushed the Democrats to the far, far left. The year is 2019, and you're having the Democratic primary to go up against Trump, and the Democrats have something like 24 candidates. So CNN turns around and says, we promise 1 hour to each of you to do, to do a town hall, and they all agree to it. But then there's a catch. The town hall is only about the, as they put it, climate crisis. So if you're the governor of Montana and you want to talk about energy or drilling or the economy or or the border or foreign policy. Nope, not allowed. Only climate and the climate crisis is the only thing you're allowed to talk about. So that's like one example of how the media—

What year was that?

Totally all in. 2019.

That's a very, again, an extremely revealing anecdote and I salute you for it. I remember it, but I remember it now that you've said it. That's— so you think the genesis of the radicalization of the Democratic Party lies in the media?

A lot of it, yeah. I think Democrats take their cues from all the wrong media, right? Like Joe Biden's favorite show is Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. That might be a problem. But yeah, we even saw it with MSNBC. Actually, another example was good was CNN just last year. They gave Donald Trump a town hall. and he performed quite well at it. And then the next day, Anderson Cooper actually went on CNN air. I couldn't believe I heard this. And he said, I know you were disturbed by what you saw last night in terms of Trump being on there. And then he says, I wouldn't blame you if you never watch this network again. I'm sorry, you're fired. If I were running that network, that's nuts. Or MSNBC, remember what they did? They hire Ronna McDaniel, who's the former head of the RNC, so she could actually have a pro-Trump perspective. And within 48 hours, she was gone from the network because all the on-air talent, so to speak, rebelled because we can't have a Trump supporter on here. That's not allowed. So they always talk about diversity, except they don't believe in the diversity of thought or the exchange of ideas or debate. And I'm telling you, I think the media has a big, big role in this whole push to the left.

So in 30 seconds, I hate asking people to make predictions, and I'm not going to even ask you for a prediction. But how do you see the upcoming election?

Donald Trump wins. And that's because the conditions on the ground have not changed. Inflation is still too high. We see what's happening with the economy now. Foreign policy, it's only getting worse in the Middle East. That is owned by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. And in the end, voters will vote Donald Trump as their 47th president.

Joe, you're always a joy. And folks, it should be self-recommending, as I on occasion say about terrific books. Progressively Worse: Why Today's Democrats Ain't your daddy's donkeys. Joe, keep up the good work. Thanks for coming on.

Thanks, Dennis Prager. Go Astros!