From the Kitchen Table: The Duffys - Florida Pulls Investments From "Woke" BlackRock & New Royal Family Controversy

Episode Date: December 2, 2022

On this episode, Sean and Rachel sit down to discuss Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pulling state investments from BlackRock due to their "woke" values and touch upon DeSantis' handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and why they believe it led to his overwhelming victory in the Midterm Elections.   Later, they discuss the recent Royal Family drama and the release of the trailer for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new Netflix docuseries.   Follow Sean and Rachel on Twitter: @SeanDuffyWI & @RCamposDuffy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey, Sean. It's so great to be at our kitchen table. But actually, let's just be honest. We're not at our kitchen table today. You had to go be honest. We're not at our kitchen table today. You had to go to DC. I'm here at the house. And as you know, Valentina is not feeling very well, our youngest, and she's laying down next to me. And I thought I'd let you hear her snoring so that if during the podcast, people hear this sound, they'll know it's not me falling asleep. Can you hear that? Can you hear that? I can't hear a bit. It's like baby snoring. It's baby snoring. Anyway, we have a great podcast today because we have some great topics that are fresh off the press. So today we're going to be discussing one of my favorite topics, Harry and Meghan, who are just being super evil to Prince William, his brother and his sister-in-law, who are on a tour here of the United States. And in the middle of the tour, right at the start of the tour, they decide to release the trailer for their new Netflix docuseries.

who released the trailer for their new Netflix docuseries. It's full of all this new footage, and it's really stealing the thunder from the prince and the princess who are here in the United States. But there's another story, Sean, and this is the one that you're most excited about, and that is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has decided to pull the state investment, so the 401k investment money from the state of Florida from BlackRock, because he's angry that they're investing, you know, all these hard earned people's money into ESG, environmental, social government governance, which, you know, as you know, it's just a lot of climate stuff and a lot of social justice stuff that doesn't actually make

money for the people who are investing into the fund. So, Sean, maybe you want to start with that and give a little more background because you've been waiting a long time for someone to do this. And it doesn't maximize returns. Right. So when we invest our money for retirements, we want to make sure that we get the best return possible so we have as much money as possible in our retirements. And there's been this new movement afoot by elite globalists who want to invest in and push ESG, as you mentioned, environmental, government, and social. And it's now putting a priority on return on investment. And we're going to get into what Ron DeSantis did. But what's troubling here is a company like BlackRock who takes, they have $8 trillion of people's money that they invest. Ron DeSantis only pulled $2 billion of that out.

So this is like peanuts for BlackRock. But BlackRock uses that $8 trillion to then push companies to buy into this ESG movement. And if they don't buy in the ESG movement, BlackRock threatens to not use your money to invest in them, even though it may be a good investment. And so the power through investing your money that BlackRock has is immense. Larry Fink is the CEO and an incredible wokester at BlackRock. And so what you're now seeing is people pushing back. So Sean, are you saying, so what BlackRock does is bully companies into having all these woke policies and climate change policies that aren't good for their company's bottom line.

But if they don't do it, then he won't use people's 401k money that they are holding onto and invest that into your company. So essentially you're bullied into doing things that you don't either A, believe in, or B, think will help your bottom line. Right. And so if you don't have a lot of people investing in your company, that might affect the stock price performance of your company, which means that affects your ability to do research and development that might be the next generation of your product. So this really matters. And what's troubling, Rachel, is the fact that you might not agree with ESG. You might think this is a horrible set of policies, again, saying whether it's the

environmental investments, but also we need diversity, equity, and inclusion in your company, which means, listen, by the way, I think diversity is important. Including people is important, but I want the smartest people in a company to rise to the top. I want the smartest people being hired and promoted. And they want to make sure that you have a certain quota of different kinds of people, which aren't based always on skill. It's based on the quota. This is a recipe for a disaster in regard to performance of companies. But won't that, yeah, I was just saying, won't that be bad for the company? If the company is, you know, hiring people to meet this, this racial quota that BlackRock wants them to meet, they're just not going to be as good of a company. Or if they're implementing green policies that don't really do anything for the environment, but cause them to

spend money on these things. That's not great for the company. It's just not good. Well, I'll tell you this. China doesn't have ESG, right? They're not pushing their companies to have an ESG model. And so what's important is, so here's, you might go, well, you work for Fox, Rachel, and you have a retirement with Fox, right? Or anyone listening, you have a 401k. Well, you don't have the ability to invest your money in whatever kind of money manager fits your politics, your company, or if you're in the state of Florida, your state decides

who's going to manage the money for the retirees. Fox decides who manages the money for the retirees. Fox decides who manages the money for you, Rachel. And you can pick a number of different funds within that company, but they're still going to a company that Fox picks. And so Florida had their money managed. And again, a behemoth, the biggest in the industry of money managers is BlackRock. And so what Ron DeSantis finally said, this is what we're going to do. We're going to pull our retirement money out of BlackRock because we don't think BlackRock is focused on return for our citizens' return on investment. They're focused on these other social priorities, which by the way, don't actually match the values of the majority of Florida voters.

Yeah, so they're using our cash basically to fund social engineering projects and other things instead of maximize returns. So he took $2 billion, Sean, out of BlackRock. You said that's not a lot, but it could be the beginning of a movement. Do you think that BlackRock is worried that this may be the way other Republican states go and that they're worried about this? Or are they laughing about the measly $2 billion that Ron took out? No, no. I think they look at states across the United States and you start to see Republican states pull their money from BlackRock, that, you know, again, that might be small potatoes for BlackRock. But those states elect members of Congress and senators who reside on Capitol Hill. And that creates a whole set of problems for Larry Fink and BlackRock, as the Congress, especially one controlled by Republicans like

the House, start to do oversight on this issue and its effectiveness. And you have a duty to get return for investment of your investors. And the problem here is we think they've lost that focus. Larry Fink will say, no, no, we're still getting great return on your dollar, but we're doing it with this greater ESG cost. But just to step back, you look and see how corporate America, the top levels of virtually all of these corporations have become very woke. And again, it might come from Harvard and Yale, Stanford, the top universities that graduate smart kids and they elevate to these top-level positions in companies. That's one part of it, yes. But the other part is on the investment side, the Larry Fink side. to go even further on these woke policies that, again, to your point, don't benefit always the

bottom line of the company, which then doesn't benefit the investor who put their money with BlackRock. And that's what this is all about. And so I think- So there's BlackRock, but are there other companies? Will this actually, will another company, I've always been surprised, Sean, that ESG, because I've said to you, I don't want my Fox retirement money going to an investment firm that's focused on ESG. A, because I don't believe in ESG and all the social engineering and climate crap that they're pushing. But B, I want my 401k to do the best that it can. And you said, well, they're all like that so would this that this happening to black rock and the potential that it could you know create a trend here could there be and i doubt black rock's going to change his point of

view because as you said fink is like a very committed wokester um and is trying to virtue signal and and do the bidding because i i actually think a lot of this ESG stuff is actually, it's like a contribution to the Democrat Party and their policies. I mean, because these aren't in line with conservative values, Republican values. So could there be another investment fund that says, OK, let them do that? We'll be the people who are just focused on profits and maybe it will attract more business that way. So the other big ones that do this and all the big ones are Vanguard and State Street, also our money managers that have gone woke. But Florida was not the first state to pull their money from BlackRock. And I know this seems like it's in the weed stuff, Rachel,

talking about ESG and BlackRock and some companies that you don't really hear a lot about. But this is at the center of the fight that we're in. Using your money, that you disagree with these policies to advocate for this one world order, these ideas that are going to take us in a really bad direction. But again, I said Florida wasn't the first. Louisiana pulled their money out. Now, they don't have as much as Florida, but about, you know, almost $800 million. South Carolina withdrew $200 million from BlackRock. So you asked Rachel also, well, what can be done?

Well, you have people who are taking the initiative themselves. Look at, if you watch Fox News, Vivek Ramaswamy. You see him on Fox all the time. He's done our podcast and he was a tech guy, a finance guy. And he said, I'm going to start my own fund. And by the way, I can't remember the name of his fund right now, but I'm going to start my own fund. I remember this. We are going to invest and maximize return for investors. It's going to be people like this, V-Bake or even Elon Musk who says, you know what? I want free speech in America. I'm going to buy Twitter. Apple, you want to take my phone off the platform? I might just start my own phone company. There's still Americans who believe in free

speech or in investing for return and they haven't bought into the whole woke ideology. But the reason this conversation, again, is important, I mentioned your money, but also this has been happening for a very long time and we haven't noticed it. They've done it quietly and pushed it. And all of a sudden, kind of like the school systems, the school systems have been going woke for some time. Democrats for decades have been working on taking over your school. And it's only now we see the fruits of their labor where it's almost too hard to roll it back. That's the same thing in this space. And I think when we wake up, when we get woke ourselves as conservatives, to use their term woke, and start to realize we have real power.

How we spend our money, where we invest our money matters to this economy. And when we just say, well, it's too – I've got to think too much. I want to make it easy. By the way, we're guilty of that. I think Amazon is woke as all get out. And we use Amazon a lot. There's not a good alternative. And so, but I do try to make choices that support businesses that match our values. Yeah. So it's Strive, I believe is the name of the fund. Yeah. Strive Capital. Yes. Strive Capital. Yep yep. Tribe Capital. And I think that, honestly, you and I have had this conversation before Louisiana and Florida did this. And we were upset about the fact that our 401k money was going in there.

But there were no alternatives. And I asked you, I remember after we had Vivek on a while ago and we had been talking about his fund. And I was like, I wish Fox would give me an option to use that. But could other companies do that? Could companies like Home Depot companies that maybe have sort of, you know, more Republican leadership, more conservative leadership, say like the NHL, they're investing the funds of their hockey players. Could they go, could an investment fund like Strive be an option for them or does Strive have to get way bigger before that would happen? Well, they have to make those choices for themselves, but I think what's

important is that they look at, well, what fund is going to maximize the return for my community, my employees, and what company fits my values? And you got to go out and search and find it. And by the way, if you work for someone and again, you're putting your money into a 401k and you're with black rock or state street or, or Vanguard, you gotta say, listen, I push, push your management to go. Maybe we should go somewhere else. Cause I don't want to put my money into these, into these ideas.

You also just a quick note on this. We can, we can, um, I don't want everyone's eyes to gloss over, but it's important, but, um, you also have state attorney general attorneys, generals who are looking at ESG, um, and some of the policies around ESG and how that might be violating their state laws. And so that is because the law is that you're supposed to be maximizing the money of all these people who are in the fund and in the 401k. And if you're not, then you're not. Now, they'll say they'll give you all these answers as to why, actually, if you're working on the climate change, you're actually, you know, investing in the future, and they'll give you some, you know, wokey BS answers. But I hope these attorney generals and actually, is there a role

for really quick before we so I want to quick talk about the politics just a little bit. But is there a role for you used to sit on the Financial Services Committee in in the house? Is there a role for Congress, enforcing these investment companies to be focused on return and not this social engineering and climate change. Well, so just I mean, so the tip of the spear doing oversight on this is going to be the Financial Service Committee where I used to be. But we also have this philosophy that we have freedom, right? If you don't like the way they invest your money and how they use your money for their political movements, go somewhere else. But I can't stop, Sean. I mean, I work for Fox, for example, or somebody else works for another company, a big company, and they're putting your

money where it goes. Now, I can, as an individual person, pressure that. But ultimately, shouldn't these funds not exist except to turn a profit? Well, that's my view. But by the way, I'm using Fox as an example. Fox does not use Black Rock, just to be clear on that. And this is the last point I'll make. If you're in Oklahoma, if you're in Texas, if you're in Louisiana, they produce a lot of energy there. They have a lot of tax revenue that comes from oil and gas. They have a lot of tax revenue that comes from oil and gas. They have a lot of jobs that come from oil and gas. And if you have the retirement money from Texas going to BlackRock and BlackRock is attacking the oil and gas industry through their

ESG policies, they're undermining your very way of life. And so that it's imperative for those states to look at, hey, what do we do here? And they're trying to actually destroy our economy. Why would we give them our money? And that's what's happening now. And that's happening in states right now. They're starting to think through this far more effectively. And so- We're always 10 steps behind the liberals. It's just, it's so infuriating. I'm glad we're waking up to it. And now let's talk really quick, Sean, about, I mean, DeSantis is just off of, you know, a pretty impressive win in the midterms, really solidifying Florida as a Republican state under his leadership, his leadership. There's just no way around denying that his leadership, his handling during COVID of the state is,

is why you had counties and, you know, South, you know, in Miami, for example, Miami Dade County, you know, turning around in these incredible numbers for him. And so now you have him coming out and doing this. I mean, he's making some really big moves no he hasn't i mean he was one that was standing up for i believe it's title nine with girls competing in actual girl sports not letting men say they're girls and competing girl sports so he's he's been on the pushback against disney on transgender i mean has, he seems to have like a, a really astute political nose for what everyday common people are interested in. You know, and he's done really well. And I'm

not sure if he's going to run for president or not. He and Donald Trump used to be friends. I'm not saying they're not friends now, but I think that, but that's a real consideration that DeSantis has to take. Do I want to go against Trump? And Trump plays a different political game than Ron DeSantis. Being good on policies is wonderful for voters. But sometimes as you dig into a political campaign and two people are on a stage together and how they handle questions and how they rough each other up, that actually matters.

And Ron DeSantis has not necessarily been tested. That way he might be great. He may not do very well. And so it is hard to see until they're on the stage. It's true. And you always say, Sean, good primaries, rough primaries make for better candidates anyway. Metal sharpens metal.

No doubt about that. So that's yet to be seen. But again, Ron DeSantis, I think, I don't know, Rachel, I might disagree with you that he's turned Florida red. I just think there was a lot of even moderate voters,

even Democrat-leaning voters who go, like, what he's done worked. And I love what's happening in my state. And I love my kids. And I love that you pushed back on Disney and said we're not going to talk about sex to first second and third graders not radical um but but the Democrats and Disney walked right into that trap to go you don't know we want to talk about not just sex but transgenderism to your little kids I mean who doesn't disagree with that

and my only politics of RhSantis has been remarkable. Yeah. My only beef with his Disney policy was that it was only like K through third grade or something. I'm like, I don't want anyone talking to my kids about sex. I don't care what age. I don't even want it in school. I mean, there's no need for it. They're getting enough information through their parents, hopefully, but also the Internet. I just,

I don't trust anyone talking about sex with my kids other than me. So, so there's that, but, but I'll say this. He also, to be fair, benefited from a lot of people leaving places like New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut and moving to Florida because they were so frustrated with the lockdowns. Even people leaving places like Michigan and going, I'm done with Michigan. I'm moving to Florida. There are a lot of, I guess your point is there was a lot of factors that played into it, but there's no doubt that Ron DeSantis took the opportunity of barely winning in, you know, in Florida when he won his first, you know, election there as governor. And he almost lost that. And definitely Donald Trump is a reason why he won it.

But he took that opportunity and he has been fighting for the people of the state in a way. And I also think the thing I like about him, Sean, is that he when he closed down the state, he came back and he said, I'm sorry, I'll never do that again. And I love that humility, which is something people say he doesn't have. It was one of the criticisms of Ron DeSantis. But I will say I did like that he came back. He's one of the few that said, you know what, I made a mistake. And I won't do that again. So anyway.

Let me give you one last example for the Ron DeSantis success. So he's been successful by all stretches, but I'm going to give you an example that I, you've heard me say before, when I gave speeches and I gave a lot of speeches in politics, you always want to go after someone who's not very good, right? You don't want to go after a rock star speaker, right? It's never good to go after Donald Trump if you're going to give a speech, right? Because you're just, no matter what you do, you're going to be a letdown. You want to go after someone who's maybe not a very good speaker because then you appear to be that much better. This is a little secret of politics,

everybody. You want to go after someone who's not good because you come across better when you give your speech. Ron DeSantis benefited from everybody, almost everybody across the country doing such a horrible job. They were so bad with their mandates and their lockdowns and their schools. There were very few governors that stood up and did it right. But Kristi Noem did it, Sean. She did. And she's on the national stage because she did do it. And we went to her state during the pandemic

and it was fantastic. We went to dinner with her husband, Brian, and we sat down without masks. We're like, isn't this, oh my God, this is- Yeah, we were in the middle of all that. We heard it, but it was awesome. Yeah. And that's the last point I wanted to make on Rhonda's head.

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So it's interesting. So you had, as I mentioned, that Prince William and Princess Kate were coming to the United States. This was a big deal. They haven't traveled like this. I don't know if this is the first time or what, that they've traveled here together. But certainly in a long time, we haven't seen them come. And this was a much anticipated. I think since he's been Prince.

First time since he's the new Prince they've come, I believe. That must be. Maybe that's right. Maybe that's right. But in any case, they're coming and several things have gone wrong. So the first thing that happened is just before, you know, just as they're landing back home in England, across the pond, the new soon to be Queen Camilla has a big event and it's a charity event. And this is sort of her big coming out party, if you will, for her charity. And, you know, there's been a lot of questions of whether she'll be accepted

as the queen because she has this, you know, sordid background with the beloved, you know, being the mistress for the future king. And, you know, everyone loves Princess Diana and Camilla just never could measure up, look wise or otherwise. And so here she is, she's going to be the queen and she has her big coming out fundraiser charity event. And while she's there, um, one of the, they call them lady consorts, I guess. I think that means that they were a lot that this older woman, she's in her nineties. Um, she's invited to the event representing the Royals. And, um, I guess I think it means she was maybe like, you know, one of the bridesmaids for, you know, uh, queen, Queen Elizabeth when she, you know, when she first got married.

I don't know exactly all of that, but she's, you know, a minor royal figure, but she's there. And she talks to one of the recipients of the charity event. the charity event. And this woman who is one of the runs this charity for women, I think it's like for domestic abuse, happens to be a British descent, but happens to be black. And this older woman, again, she's in her 90s, asked this woman if you know if she's from Africa and kind of continues to ask, you know, basically imply that, you know, where are you really from? As the woman responded and said, I'm from, you know, such and such place in England. She goes, yeah, yeah. But where are you really from in Africa? So this becomes this huge deal, a big racial racial row, if you will, in in England.

I think it's a generational thing. I kind of excuse that kind of stuff because I think it's probably generational. In any case, she's no longer a royal. She's stripped of her title. And so Kate and William are landing in America as this racial row is exploding in England. And of course, this is an interesting thing. It's not just a one-off because back in the United States, you have Meghan Markle and Harry, who have implied through their Oprah Winfrey interview a couple of summers ago that the royals are racist

and that there was somebody in the family, everyone assumes is Camilla, by the way, a lot of assumption that it's possibly Camilla that said, you know, what color, you know, what shade of color do you think, you know, the new grandson's going to be? And this also, I think, is a generational thing that has been skewed into a racism thing. But in any case, that's always this undercurrent that the Royals are racist. And of course, the Royals, Sean, as you know, have this colonial past and there's imperialism and cultural imperialism. So there's all this stuff going on. And William and Kate are supposed to be like the way to turn the page and and frankly harry and megan markel were supposed

to help turn the page on that but it didn't work out that way so they land in the united states and as they're landing and they're dealing with this scandal in the middle of it just to make sure that everything you know distilled their thunder harry and megan marle just happened to drop the much anticipated trailer to their big Netflix documentary because remember Sean they said they moved to the states because they didn't want to be with the paparazzi but then they signed a multi-million dollar Netflix deal where they're actually doing a reality tv documentary stealing the thunder from from William and Kate back in, many people are saying that this should be the final straw,

that soon-to-be King Charles, King Charles, should absolutely strip Harry and Meghan of all the royal titles, that they're clearly antagonistic towards the royal family, the monarchy, and they should do that. Now, I've given a lot of background for Sean because Sean does not follow up. So given what I've told you, now what do you think?

So my first question is, America is a big country with a lot of interest in the royals. Is there really not enough room for both Harry and his brother to have the stage at the same time. Do you really, does this Netflix, you know, story really mean he's trying to steal the thunder from his brother? Well, I mean, look, the Daily Mail is only, has only so many, there's only one place for the top story, right? And the Daily Mail, which is where we all go to get our royal news. The headline is William and Kate, but it's sort of tinged by this racial stuff.

And then underneath is like this beautiful, you know, picture from the trailer of the documentary of Prince Harry and Meghan sort of hugging in a way that like the stiff Will and Kate could never hug that way because they've got that British stiffness. And their only show of affection is they sort of barely hold hands as they walk stiffly. And then here's Harry, you know, all in love and lovey dovey. And so, yeah, I mean, I get what you're saying, Sean, but it's happy news for Harry and Meghan. I get what you're saying, Sean, but it's happy news for Harry and Meghan. And it's, you know, more trouble for for Kate and and and William. And it looks and again, when they went, I don't know if you remember this, Sean, a few months ago, I think it was a few months ago when they went to the Caribbean. There were also protesters, you know, calling them colonial imperialism imperialists and whatnot and they were you know um again threatening the commonwealth and and everything that queen elizabeth had

had built and building goodwill with the commonwealth so i i don't know all right so let me ask you another question so um obviously uh megan and harry have been on the outs with with the royal family they they leave england and want to come and make their way in the United States. Get away from the paparazzi, as you said. They get as much press as they can here. So if, and by the way, their projects thus far have not been wildly successful, if I'm accurate. This big Netflix deal.

They just got a big award from the Kennedy Center for their charity, which I still don't understand their charity. It's just them calling people, telling them good work. I don't know. But they're about being really rich and really famous. Yes, that's right. So if you're Netflix and you're Harry and Meghan and you're like, my brother's coming over.

There is no better marketing time than to drop your trailer when he lands in the country. So I get everyone to go to Netflix and they all are going to watch this documentary. Everyone's going to know about it. And that means, one, I've earned the money that they've given me. that they've given me, but I'm going to re-sign another deal and make even more cash so I can live in an environmentally unsafe home, massive spewing energy. I can fly in my private jets. I can live like I'm a king without the responsibility of being a king and dropping it right now. Marketing-wise, brilliant. Maybe not brotherly, but financially, I'm smart. Yeah, you know, you bring up the point.

Maybe, you know, listen, there was, you know, Netflix wanted to drop this sooner, and then they had to, they pushed the drop date for the premiere of this series. By the way, it's an $88 million series. Can you imagine getting $88 million? So it was pushed back out of respect for the Queen's death, right? They pushed it back. But you're right. Maybe Netflix is like, maybe Harry knew this was a bad deal to drop it at this time. Maybe he wasn't

trying to hurt them. But Netflix also is like, hey, we got $88 million invested in these people. We're going to drop it now. And you got to bet that Meghan Markle is like, oh, great. I'll get to steal all the thunder. She may have been down with it, but maybe Harry didn't like it. But Netflix at some point has to look out for their product, right? And you're right. It is a brilliant time to drop it and it creates more controversy. I mean, we're talking about it today because, you know, now, you know, there's all this controversy as William and Kate are coming here with what's happened back, back with the 90 year old Royal. And by the way, the, the woman, the, the,

the Royal woman who made the racial comment or it's been skewed as a racist comment is William's godmother as well. So he's now tied to the racist person. And then this drops. I mean, you're right. I mean, if you look at the Daily Mail, you look at the tabloids, this is all everybody's talking about. And so it's a brilliant move, I think, marketing-wise. But I think this might drive a permanent wedge with the brothers. And it's got to really tick off Prince Charles, who has shown that he has very little patience with Harry. Very little patience with Harry. Can I give you another take that's, again, as you know, I'm not into the royal family like Rachel is. And let me make a case for why I think we should absolutely ignore them. So we just got done

talking about ESG and not giving our money to companies that are going to use our money against us to invest in companies and get them to change to be wokesters as opposed to getting return on investment. So you have the royal family. King Charles is a radical environmentalist who is pushing ESG environmentalism around the world. We'll use that platform for that purpose. Again, bad for the West. Great for China, bad for the West. But also you have the two sons that are incredibly woke. They're pushing every bad policy, every bad idea that every radical liberal has. They've embraced and they push it. And I go, why would we ever give them any publicity? Why do we even, if the story comes on about them, why watch it?

Because everything they believe in is garbage and anti-West, and it's going to be the destruction of Western civilization, what they're promoting. And I go, you know what, don't give them an ounce of anything. You know what, you're filthy rich, you're spoiled, and you're a victim. I'll go palm sand. Get out of here. We have enough problems in America. We don't need your little family feud.

And trying to sell us on your really bad teeth and bad ideas from bread. Yeah. I'm a little surly right now. So that is kind of the man's take of the house. Okay. So first I want to clear up some things because I know there's going to be people listening that are going to go, Rachel, you got this wrong. So she is a lady in waiting. It's Lady Susan Hussey is her name.

And she is the one who made the so-called racist comments. She's like 90 years old. Her last name is Hussey. Her last name is her last name is her last name is so i'm gonna make sure i have that right she's the one accused of the racist comments uh but back to what you said like to be clear i i don't talk about them because i love them i talk about them because i hate them both of them them. And for exactly the same reasons, I find them to be kind of self-loathing. Yeah, they're insufferable, they're self-loathing. And at the same time, they're super self-righteous. And instead of carrying on, like you and I've talked

about before, that the role of the king, and William is supposed to be the future king right after Charles, is to be sort of the head of the Church of England. And they're clearly not practicing Anglicans. They're from the Church of England. They're clearly not. They're, they're, they're basically going, what they do in terms of what you see happening in, in church and, and the ceremony, I believe the queen believed it, um, as a Christian, um, and, and, and all the traditions that they had that were steeped in the church that I believe she abided by. And I believe she was a true woman of faith. These two, I think are globalists just like King Charles is a globalist and that is their religion. And, and so, yeah, I don't love them, but I can't turn away from them. And I can't turn away from this train wreck of Meghan Markle, who I have to give her credit. She is the master marketer.

And if Netflix didn't come up with the idea of dropping the trailer in the middle of this all-important tour that Prince William and Kate are making to the United States, I believe it was probably Meghan Markle who came up with this idea. She just knows how to do it.

She's amazing. Can I just tell you, somebody said, Omid Scobie, he's like one of these royal watchers. He said, if tomorrow is Prince William's Super Bowl, then the halftime show is Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. So let me ask you this. Are you going to watch it? Be honest.

I mean, am I going to watch the Netflix series? Of course I'm going to watch it. Exactly. So you're feeding the beast. I can't help it. You're doing exactly what we say we shouldn't do as conservatives. And so, listen, to your kids, you got to practice what you preach. Um, so I think, I know that this thing is going to be so overly produced and managed,

um, by Megan Markle. It's going to be so deliciously phony that I'm just going to enjoy watching it. I mean, she's, you're participating in the demise of America. That's all I'm going to enjoy watching it. I mean, she's just. You're participating in the demise of America. That's all I'm going to say. I love America. Is it the demise of America or the demise of the royal family and the monarchy? Their ideas with BlackRock's ideas and Democrat ideas are the Joe Biden's ideas are the demise of this country.

They really are. And so we got to pull the ripcord here. Let's pull it. Don't make me watch it, and you shouldn't either. That's my takeaway. Okay. I mean, there is no way that we can remain married and share a Netflix account and not watch this.

It's going to be, it will be our new Yellowstone. We have to watch it. We have to watch it. We have to watch it. By the way, we should come back to Yellowstone because it's not been pretty good. Everyone is so mean and unlikable. Yellowstone is woke. I am so sick of people saying that Yellowstone, I think Meghan McCain and others are like, oh, it's the non-woke series.

Yellowstone is way too woke for me. I like watching it, but it is woke. Agreed, Sean? Yeah, it's been a little bit more painful this season, season five to watch. We can get into that a little bit later, but I should quickly cancel Netflix, everybody. I did for a while, but I should quickly cancel it so we cannot participate in funding these insufferable human beings that came to our country and want to participate in its demise. I say no. But anyway, that's all I've got on the Royal Family. It's a salty take. I agree with, before we go, I just want to say, I agree with before we go i just want to say i agree with your point

and as much as i have tried to remove myself from some of these you know try not to fund the woke culture out there you do get a pass every now and then and i'm gonna call a pass on the megan and harry docu-series because that reality show is going to be such a train wreck. I just won't be able to turn away from it. Okay, here's the deal. No, no, wait, wait. One last second. There's only one email at Fox that I know,

and I'm going to give it to you. So if you disagree with Rachel, you can voice your opinion. It's friends at Fox.com, right? Friends at Fox.com. That's the Fox and Friends email. It's friends at fox.com or friends at foxnews.com. Email

in and let Rachel know that she is absolutely wrong about supporting the demise of America with her whole family. You think that all those emails are going to spare you from watching the docuseries, but it's going to be a podcast and so you're going to spare you from watching the docu-series, but it's going to be a podcast, and so you're going to have to watch it as research.

I know. Darn it. Okay. I'm going to sign out because she's thinking of something. Listen, everybody, thank you for joining us on this edition of From the Kitchen Table. We appreciate you joining us. If you like our podcast, you can rate, review. Please subscribe to From the Kitchen Table wherever you get your podcasts.

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