Piers Morgan Uncensored - "He's INNOCENT!" MAGA Clash Over Andrew Tate | With Michael Franzese

Episode Date: March 11, 2025

The mere mention of the Tate Brothers in today’s daily discourse is usually enough to split a room down the middle, but until recently, this split would reveal who was conservative and who was liber...al. But now, there’s a growing rift amongst the MAGA movement on whether Andrew and Tristan Tate’s brand of chauvinistic masculinity really does align with conservative values. The reason? Both the Tate brothers have been charged with crimes as heinous as sexual assault and sex trafficking in both the UK and Romania. Conservatives do generally believe that men should lead women, but surely, not be blatantly violent towards them? For a debate that pits conservative against conservative, Piers Morgan asks host of 'TMP Uncensored' Zack Bonfilio AKA The Misfit Patriot, former caporegime of the NY Colombo crime family Michael Franzese, author and lawyer Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump’s former attorney Jenna Ellis and journalist at Slightly Offensive.com Sarah Stock for their takes on the Tates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 I know these boys better than just about anybody here. Had the Me Too movement not been at its apex, I don't even believe these boys would have been in the dieting. And he thinks that Governor DeSantis and the new AG are absolutely correct to go after the alleged criminal activity, open an investigation, see where it leads. We have to maintain the presumption of innocence, even and especially in Me Too movements. How many MAGA are in support of Andrew Tate? The number would be very small. Ever since Tate started talking about Israel, I've noticed that the tone's changed a lot. Michael, do you think Andrew and Tristan will go back to Romania? President Trump's election was powered by a broad coalition of voters who were united by their desire for change.
Starting point is 00:00:43 But MAGA isn't united on everything. Andrew and Tristan Tate's visit to the U.S. has divided the right, as evidenced by the frosty reception. They got from Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis. No involvement in that. I read about it through the media. Clearly the federal government has jurisdiction, whether they want to rebuff his entry into the United States. And I have confidence that whether it's Pan Bondi or Kristino, that they will be looking at that. I do know our Attorney General James Uthmeyer is looking at what state hooks in jurisdiction we may have to be able to deal with this.
Starting point is 00:01:18 But the reality is, no, Florida is not a place where you're welcome. with that kind of conduct in the air. And I don't know how it came to this. We were not involved. We were not notified. I found out through the media that this was something that was happening. Well, Thorolder opened a criminal investigation
Starting point is 00:01:37 into the Tate shortly afterwards and the brothers moved on to Las Vegas where they decided the warmer reception. They even sat Cade side at the UFC after shaking hands with head honcho Dana White. Their critics on the right say the brothers are immoral alleged criminals who have no place in the conservative movement
Starting point is 00:01:53 Supporters say, tough luck, they're back, and they're an embodiment of the free speech embracing, woke, rejecting movement that just took back control. So who is right? Well, Zach Bonfiliou, aka the misfit, misfit patriot, and host TMP Uncensored, former Capo of the Colombo Crime family, Michael Francie, defense lawyer and legal scholar Alan Dershowitz, radio host and senior policy advisor to the American Family Association, Jenna Ellis, and Sarah Stock, journalist at Slightlyoffensive.com, have all joined me to debate this. Let me start with you, if I may, Jenna Ellis. You object to the Tates. Given that at the moment they haven't been convicted of any crimes, what is your main objection to them?
Starting point is 00:02:38 Yeah, so the problem that I have with conservatives pushing this false dichotomy is that they're making the argument that if the Tates are objecting to some things on the left, then that makes them solidly right. I think that we need to define the contours and boundaries of what a true conservative is instead of pushing this false dichotomy. So the Tate's rose to fame with some really good influence. At the height of the woke feminization of culture, Andrew Tate was right about masculinity returning. He was right about mass migration. He made some good comments on some other things.
Starting point is 00:03:15 But that doesn't mean that conservatives then need to go and treat them with kid gloves, invite them to conversations, completely ignore all of the other alleged criminal activity. I mean, the teeth are openly saying that they've had sex with 15-year-old girls, that they've used underage girls on webcams. They made their fortune on pornography. Those are not conservative values. And some of these things are allegedly criminal. So for conservatives to suggest that this is just lawfare, lawfare is a two-sided point.
Starting point is 00:03:43 Because, yes, it's lawfare if you go after your political opponents. But it's also lawfare if you don't pursue a valid criminal. investigation against your political allies. So I think that we need to be more nuanced here. And I think that Governor DeSantis, my own governor in the state of Florida and the new AG, James Uthmeyer, are absolutely correct to go after the alleged criminal activity, open an investigation, see where it leads. That's what the law is supposed to do.
Starting point is 00:04:09 Yes, innocent, proven guilty, but they're not just completely innocent because they happen to align with conservatives on some narrow issues. Okay. Alan Dersh, I want to play a clip from Andrew Tate, who appeared on the Patrick Bet David PPD podcast a few days ago. Let's take a listen. No, but let's understand. Why has the Matrix put this paradigm together? Why do they allow and continue to tell us
Starting point is 00:04:32 that women are better than us to destroy masculinity? They're equal to us, even though they need DEI. And at the same time, there are children who are susceptible to our godlike powers to control their minds and that we're responsible for all of their decisions. It's very simple. Because by putting together that paradigm,
Starting point is 00:04:49 they can pick any man at random they don't like. Me? Trump. Heggseth, I think, had this. Matt Gates had this. They can pick any man at random they don't like. They can call every girl he's ever known and they can get a criminal case. Alan Dershow, it's a complicated situation here
Starting point is 00:05:11 where the Tates were being held in Romania and weren't allowed to leave the country. I think as many as 40 women had come forward with allegations against them, but there have been no trial. In the UK, four other women had come forward to file civil claims against them. But again, there's been no trial there either. So they are technically innocent to proven guilty, as you would expect everyone to be. Their view is it's lawfare against them.
Starting point is 00:05:42 Other people are saying, well, you know, go through the process, finish it off, face the music, face justice. What do you feel about this? Well, it is a complicated problem. We have a presumption of innocence, but it doesn't apply when it comes to the Me Too movement. And the Me Too movement, if you call yourself a victim, you are deemed a victim, which means the person that you allegedly accuse is deemed to be guilty. For example, take the Jeffrey Epstein matter. They have refused to reveal a lot of material that would show that some of the accusers had a history of making up stories. So what they do is they protect the alleged victims without having decided who the victims are.
Starting point is 00:06:25 In my case, I was accused, and it was ultimately proved that I was the victim. I didn't know anybody. I didn't do anything wrong. I was simply picked out and accused, and I was the victim. And the reason that I was able to prove that I was the victim was I had access to all this information, but the vast majority of people who are falsely accused can't prove that. So we have to maintain the presumption of innocence, even and especially in Me Too movements where so many of the alleged accusers have a financial stake in making the accusation against prominent and wealthy people. So let's maintain our presumption of innocence for all cases, not just cases that are
Starting point is 00:07:06 popular and not defy it in cases that are unpopular. These guys may be guilty as hell. They may be innocent. They may be somewhere in between. Let's wait until the process unfolds. before we attach consequences, and that's what we're doing, attach consequences to the claim of victimization. Some people who claim the violation are not victim.
Starting point is 00:07:28 But from a legal point of view, can the Romanian authorities force them to go back to Romania to continue the legal process there? And in the UK, there are calls for them to be extradited back to the UK. Again, can that happen? In other words, is there any way that the Tate Brothers can be forced to return either to Romania or the UK to face what many think would be a proper due process of justice? Yes, if there are extradition treaties between Romania and the two countries, they can be extradited pursuant to the law. Again, that's consistent with the presumption of innocence.
Starting point is 00:08:07 That is, you must return to face trial. In fact, the Romanian authorities conditioned their release on a commitment by them. that they would return to face charges if the Romanian authorities insist that of bringing these charges. So part of the presumption of innocence is that you must submit yourself to a process by which your guilt can be determined. So it cuts both ways.
Starting point is 00:08:30 Okay, Zach Bonfilio, you know, I've interviewed the Tates a few times now, Andrew Tate, I think, three or four times. And I've got to say, most young people, young men, under the age of about 25, they come up to me all the time and just want to know
Starting point is 00:08:46 what do I really think about Andrew Tate? And I'm not entirely sure. If all the allegations against him are true, he's a despicable abuser of women. Some of the stuff he said from his own mouth, which is on tape that have gone viral on social media, is reprehensible. He says it's mostly performative.
Starting point is 00:09:05 He doesn't really mean it. It's all part of an act, roleplay, and so on. He ran a webcam business and made a lot of money. for him and his brother and also for many of these girls' concerns, which, again, muddies the waters of what was really going on. And we may never know if there's no proper court case here. But I would also say that they have huge influence to Tate's.
Starting point is 00:09:27 And a lot of what they say to young men about, you know, working out, keeping fit, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, all the sort of more positive stuff is fine. Where they cross the line for me, Andrew Tate in particular, is the constant misogyny, which I think is really damaging and putting aside the allegations against him of a much more serious nature,
Starting point is 00:09:51 sex traffic and so on, the constant misogyny pumped out to millions of his followers and in particular, impressionable young men, boys, I think is very damaging. What's your view of the Tates? Well, I think that there's... People are conflating two different things,
Starting point is 00:10:10 right? They think that the reason why certain people presume that the Tates are guilty is because of things that they said, right? Like you said, some of the things that he said are reprehensible. I don't care what he said. I care what he did. It's important to remember that a lot of the evidence that's put forward against Andrew Tate was uploaded by Andrew Tate. There is a video of him slapping around a girl whose age has been verified through court documents to be 15 years old. I mean, there's no presumption of innocence when I can see it.
Starting point is 00:10:44 And you're talking about, again, the Court of Public Opinion versus the Court of Law. We want him to have due process. But innocent till proven guilty doesn't mean that you are innocent. It just means that you have to go through the process, which they are doing. The court cases in Romania, if similar to the UK, could take four to six years based on the average sexual assault case in that country. So the people that are saying, oh, if he was guilty, he would already be in jail. No. I mean, this process takes a very long time. Even in the U.S., it can take years. So the fact that it's been just under three years and he hasn't been found guilty yet does not mean he's innocent. We're being told that he's innocent because he hasn't been proven guilty. Wrong. If I see somebody doing something on camera and I can verify that the thing that they are doing is illegal, I am going to say that that person committed a crime. So, We're being gaslit by the people that support Andrew Tate. Well, also, I mean, and also, Zach, I mean, I think you're a MAGA.
Starting point is 00:11:45 You identify as MAGA, is that correct? Correct. Right. So what's really interesting to me about all this is also the politics, which is you have the Republican movement in America pretty split down the middle here, where you've got a lot of Republicans who say, look, the Tate's, they're a force for good. What they've been saying is empowering to young men, etc. et cetera, et cetera, and we embrace and support them. You see that a lot at the moment. You also see a lot of people like Ben Shapiro and Megan Kelly and others,
Starting point is 00:12:17 very high-profile conservative commentators, hammering them. So you're seeing the Republican movement split pretty much down the middle here. I don't think it's the middle. And a battle for what the actual values of the Republican Party now are. What would you feel about that? Again, I don't think that it's even split closely down the middle. I think that there is a loud voice of a small group of people that support Andrew Tate that have nothing to do with conservative values, Republican values, constitutional values, nothing. These are clout chasers who are just going after Andrew Tate because he has a lot of influence.
Starting point is 00:12:52 He drives a lot of attention, and he's very good at messaging. I mean, the people that I've seen that are joining in on the fight against the Tates on my side, these are true MAGA, true conservatives. They are the majority of the party. And I bet you if you were to really look at it and dive deep, take a poll and find out how many MAGA are in support of Andrew Tate, the number would be very small. The problem is we're viewing this through the online space of social media cloud, where they get engagement and they, I would say like, you know.
Starting point is 00:13:22 Which they themselves can fuel to many millions of people, thereby massively amplifying it. Let me bring in Michael Francise. I mean, Michael, you know, famous. Obviously, the mafia did a lot of very bad things, as we know, but they also had a famous respect for women. How would the mafia, well, how do you, as a former mafia captain, how do you view somebody like the Tate's, and in particular Andrew Tate, given the brazen misogyny that pulls out of his
Starting point is 00:13:54 mouth? Well, Pierce, let me say this. I've spent a lot of time with both brothers. I visited Romania twice, spent several days with them. times I had my wife and daughter with me, my younger daughter. And I want to respectfully disagree with Zach. Innocent until proven guilty means you're innocent legally. You can take a photo, you can take a video, it's taken out of context. I know this for a fact. I was tried five times. I was charged with criminal activity five times. I went to trial five times. The case was either
Starting point is 00:14:25 dismissed or I was acquitted in each case. It couldn't come up with the conviction. You know, and I'll say this. You said it earlier, Pierce. A lot of what Andrew does or says, is an act. I've met him. I know him. I know their personal story. I know their background. I went into the case with them in Romania, which is, by the way, falling apart. There is no evidence. I've spoken to some of the women that were, you know, were forced to say things. They refused. But they were trying, the government was trying to get them to say things against Andrew and Tristan. They refused to do it. They told me exactly what happened. The case is falling apart there. I don't think it's ever going to go to trial because there is no evidence. And, you know, for them to come here and
Starting point is 00:15:04 and DeSantis to, you know, all of a sudden open up an investigation based upon what? Based upon the news media, based upon the Me Too movement. There's no evidence there to say they did anything criminal whatsoever. And, you know, I think there are a lot of investigations. I can tell you this. I can tell you this. In Florida, there's people that asking Andrew to run for Congress. He had a very warm reception there outside of DeSantis.
Starting point is 00:15:28 He's got a very warm reception in Vegas. And if he comes to California, he'll have a very warm reception. here. Well, we have got a clip of Andrew Tate. He went on the Candice Owen show, and he was talking about Florida's politics involving him. Let's take a look. I'm truly disgusted. And if I be honest, there's a lot of rumors flying around. I got a phone call from somebody very important who told me that the DeSantis crew are extremely worried that I was going to support Byron against his wife in the Floridian governor elections. I'm new to this. I don't know. anything about Floridian politics.
Starting point is 00:16:05 I didn't even know Desantis and Trump didn't get along. I didn't know any of this. I'm just a man after three years who flew home. And everyone's telling me that you're a political pawn and you can motivate and activate the masculine youth and you're gonna get them all to vote against his wife. And that's why they're trying to take you out politically because Trump supported the guy against his wife.
Starting point is 00:16:26 And I don't, this is brand new to me. Let me bring in Sarah Stock here. I mean, a lot of women, like the Tate's. A lot of women hate the Tate's. There's not much middle ground here. You know, like I say, as someone who's got a father of three sons or an all adult, but I wouldn't like to hear them talk about women the way that Andrew Tate does. And he seems to pride himself on it. Are you entirely comfortable with being completely supportive of him without really knowing perhaps the truth about what happened with all these other women
Starting point is 00:16:59 who've made the very serious claims? I don't think I've ever claimed to be completely supportive of Andrew Tate. I mean, I'm a Christian. I don't agree with a lot of the sexual degenerate lifestyle that he promotes, which, by the way, I would say a lot of people in the conservative movement promote similar sexual degenerate lifestyles themselves. We have Dave Rubin renting out women's wombs to buy surrogate children with his husband. And I find that equally as disgusting. But I think we need to be able to separate people's personal lives from what's actually going on here legally and say, okay, Andrew Tate is a U.S. citizen. He's just trying to fly home. And then we have this whole politically motivated witch hunt to go after him. This would not be happening if he wasn't a public figure and if he didn't have such controversial views. And I would also say that I think when Tate first came out on the scene, a lot of conservatives big names like Ben Shapiro,
Starting point is 00:17:59 or whatever, fully supported him because they saw that feminists were going after him for saying these misogynistic things about women and it was totally blown out of proportion. Ever since Tate started talking about Israel and going after what's happening with Israel and Palestine, I've noticed that the tones changed a lot in conservative circles. Yeah, I mean, that is interesting. And I'll bring Alan in on that. I mean, I have noticed that too. There's no doubt that certain people in the conservative movement have turned against the Tate's, having previously been pretty supportive of them, because Andrew Tate converted to Islam, or said he did, and has been very outspoken attacking
Starting point is 00:18:42 Israel and supporting the Palestinians, which again is maybe part of the reason why the conservative movement is so split over them. Well, he certainly has the right to be propel. Sorry, that's for Alan. Sorry, yeah. It doesn't change my views on the presumption of innocence. Indeed, it strengthens it. If he's unpopular because of his views on Israel, we have to make sure that we reaffirm his presumption of innocence legally on the serious charges he faces. So for me, his views on Israel are irrelevant legally. They're perfectly relevant as to whether I would support him as a person or not.
Starting point is 00:19:23 But so are his other activities. and what he has said on television's attitude toward women. All of that influences my decision not to support him in any way politically or ideologically, but I go out of the way to make sure I support the presumption of innocence even more strongly for people with whom I disagree politically. Right. I mean, Jenna. But the presumption of innocence does, yeah, the presumption of innocence does not mean that you have a free pass
Starting point is 00:19:52 just because you are a public figure or your political target. against some of these really serious accusations. And for Governor DeSantis and A.G. Uthmeyer to say they're coming to Florida and there's credible evidence that there was a nexus to Florida that allegedly he's grooming women that he ultimately used who are minors on his webcam on pornography. I mean, sex trafficking, pornography, those are not political issues when it comes to the law. And so presumption of innocence doesn't mean, again, that he gets a free password that this is lawfare. Because if we are suggesting that just because we agree with Andrew Tate on some things in lawfare does happen in
Starting point is 00:20:28 political targeting, then somehow we're going to shield him as a political ally, then that is also lawfare. And we should not as conservative support that, because either you are for the rule of law or you are not. Yeah, I mean, I'll just remind people exactly what it is they're facing. I mean, the four women in the UK who filed a civil lawsuit against Andrew Tate, it was for rape and coercive control. They issued a statement to CNN that said
Starting point is 00:20:54 We're in disbelief. We feel retramatized by the needs of the Romanian authorities have given into pressure from the Trump administration to allow Andrew Tate to travel to the United States. There's still awaiting trial in Romania over 40 serious charges of trafficking, coercion and rape. Romanian prosecutors said that only the travel restrictions against the brothers have been lifted,
Starting point is 00:21:16 while all other obligations remain in effect, including the requirement to appear before judicial authorities whenever summons. I mean, on that point, Zach, I mean, I guess it's possible they could be forced back to remain. I think it's unlikely. I mean, I think if you're the Tates, you're going to keep moving probably around America until you find a safe state where they may have found it already in Las Vegas, such as you by the reaction they got there, and you're going to stay there on you rather than risk any more legal jeopardy. You're not going to voluntarily get on any more planes out of America, right?
Starting point is 00:21:52 Well, sure. But also, it's, oh, sorry. Well, Alan, actually, Alan, on the legal bit, I'll come to exactly for a response. But Alan, legally, what's the position there? Extradition is a federal issue, not a state issue. And so if the Romanian authorities seek to extradite him, they will seek from the United States Justice Department his extradition. And if the extradition, which is a treaty matter, is carried through,
Starting point is 00:22:21 no matter where he tries to hide in whatever state might give him better, better protection, Las Vegas, Nevada instead of Florida, he's not going to be protected from federal extradition. But if it turns out, Alan, but if it turns out that the Trump administration, as has been widely rumored, did directly get involved with Romania at government level to allow them to leave the country,
Starting point is 00:22:47 that would suggest they're probably not going to entertain the idea under the Trump administration of allowing extradition to happen? That's correct. And actually, extradition takes two forms. First, you have to go and get a court decree, but then the United States government and the State Department, the Justice Department, have to validate it, and the Trump administration could preclude him
Starting point is 00:23:11 from being sent back to Romania. Again, I state that only as a legal conclusion, not as something I think should happen. Right. So, Zach, I mean, it seems to me, like I say, my gut feeling is they're not going to get on any planes leaving America that they found a safe sanctuary. If it is true,
Starting point is 00:23:29 as I think it probably is, that the Trump administration at some level has done some kind of deal, agreement with the remaining authorities to let them leave in the first place. I think it's just unlikely they're going to entertain any thought of allowing extradition. Therefore, they can stay in America,
Starting point is 00:23:47 avoid any more legal activity if they are not in a state like Florida, which is now indicated it would independently investigate them. So if they find a friendly state, like I say, that probably means it's the end of their legal jeopardy. And many people will say, well, that's completely wrong. Yeah, I think, well, there's a couple things. First of all, there is a victim in Florida.
Starting point is 00:24:13 She's one of the victims named in the Romanian lawsuit, right? and one of Andrew Tate's supporters just doxed this woman with her full name yesterday or the day before. So when Andrew Tate came to Florida stating, where are the victims? Where are the victims? Four out of the seven victims in the Romanian case have not recanted their statements. This victim in Florida just reaffirmed her statement to the Romanian authorities. Secondly, you talk about hiding in states that are friendly to him, which he probably assumed was a Florida one. I believe that it's the Protect Act of 2003, Section 104.
Starting point is 00:24:45 makes it a federal crime to have sex with any persons under the age of 18 abroad. It's basically a sex tourism law. It's applied to a lot of people who go to Thailand and come back, and then they get arrested here. As far as Trump and the Trump administration assisting him, the Romanian authorities have come out and said that that's actually not true. That's a rumor. And it's based off of the fact that Rick Grinnell said that he supports the Tate, as per his publicly available tweets.
Starting point is 00:25:12 It's a very bad optics look for Alina Haba. to be on Benny Johnson's podcast with him saying she's a big fan, Rick Grinnell saying he's a fan, and a couple of other people in the Trump orbit. But I don't think that Trump himself has intervened at all in this. If anything, it is a rogue actor like possibly Grinnell. And if that's true, Rick Rennell needs to be fired because you can't start intervening on cases in other countries,
Starting point is 00:25:38 especially when it comes to the sex trafficking of children. As far as these MAGA conservatives, we talk all the time, release the Epstein list, release the Epstein list. The Tate list has already been released by Andrew Tate. There's dozens of hours of footage of him admitting on camera through multiple interviews that he has sex with underage girls and simultaneously calls himself a Romanian citizen, or sorry, a United States citizen.
Starting point is 00:26:01 So if you are a United States citizen and you are not respecting our laws, traveling abroad and sleeping with girls who in this country are considered minors, you are now a minor attracted person. you are now considered in this country to be committing a crime under the Protect Act. So I don't think that Andrew Tate can hide anywhere. I think that with enough pressure from, like I said, true MAGA, to the Trump administration, I believe he's going to come out very soon and condemn them the same way he condemned Jeffrey Epstein after he found out about his nefarious activities.
Starting point is 00:26:34 Okay, Michael, I think last time I spoke to, we talked about the fact you'd faced a boycott of your stage show because people objected to the fact you'd interviewed Andrew Tate, which I thought was. was a preposterous attack on your free speech. And free speech, you know, it's something that Andrew Tate goes on about a lot and says that this is an attempt to silence him. It's the Matrix and so on and so on. But if it turns out that this stuff is all true,
Starting point is 00:27:01 a lot of people who are throwing their weight behind fully supportive will look pretty stupid, weren't it? Well, I guess you can say that. But, you know, listen, first of all, I want to disagree with something. You know, Rick Pernel, you don't fire something. somebody like that because they support somebody that's innocent until proven guilty. You may have a different.
Starting point is 00:27:19 If he intervened, not if he supports them, but if he intervened and he went and he did it behind Trump's back, get rid of him now for optics purposes only. We don't know that. And I don't think they're concerned about optics. I think they really know about lawfare since Trump was a victim of that. And I think we can all agree on that. They understand lawfare. I can tell you this.
Starting point is 00:27:41 If this didn't happen through the, if the Me Too, movement wasn't at its height, I don't think Andrew would be going through all of this, Tristan neither. And I believe that. And again, I know their attorney. I've looked into the case. I'm very familiar with the charges in Romania. Those charges are falling apart. I don't think they had any right in Florida to arbitrarily start an investigation. It was politically motivated. It's very easy to see. It wasn't arbitrary. There is an victim who is, no, it's, that is what the purpose of the Attorney General in Florida is doing is protecting victims when, as Zach said, I mean, Andrew Tate has said himself, and it's on video. And I mean, if this were anybody else, take
Starting point is 00:28:24 it aside that it's Andrew Tate. If this were a trend Dioragua gang member, if this were somebody that was a violent, illegal alien, then Maga would all be saying ship him back to Mexico. But the fact that they like Andrew Tate, because he has certain touch points and is very popular, now suddenly this is law fair. That is not the way that the law works. That's not the way the presumption of innocence works, and that should not be the way that conservatives champion our values. We have to get back to understanding where the parameters are because this isn't political. Sex trafficking isn't political. Putting women on webcams and pornography, that's not political when it comes to the Attorney General of Florida doing his job.
Starting point is 00:29:02 Yeah, well, I disagree, and I think what you should do, there's a video out there. There was a decision that came down by the civil court judge with respect to this woman, and Tristan explains that it, the video, and that came out a couple of months ago. I'm not going to get into that. But I think what you're saying about this victim is not true, and the court found out otherwise in the civil matter. So you should look into that before you, you know, you make a statement. And it's not exactly the- Because the point. It was. But no, you should look into it also because you're making a statement, and there was already a decision rendered by the judge in this case. Florida has not brought charges that they're opening an investigation. And what you're suggesting is that that is a politically
Starting point is 00:29:45 motivated investigation when an investigation is simply to determine the fact. Well, you believe it. That doesn't make that true. And so the Florida attorney general is not look at whether there is criminal activity. It doesn't make what you're saying is true either. This is your assumption. And I'm saying Desantis, it's a known fact. DeSantis and Trump do not get along. Do not get along. What Andrew said was exactly right. DeSantis and Trump get along, and it is Roger Stone, who is pushing out MAGA to continue this ridiculous rift. DeSantis and Trump fully get along. They put their past behind them with that they ran in the primary, just like Marco Rubio,
Starting point is 00:30:23 who ran against Trump in 2016, is not a Secretary of State. That is a false talking point that's being perpetuating, try to drive a wedge between Trump and DeSantis. That's completely false. Well, that's what you say. That's what your opinion of, but that's not true. Then why are they gulfing at Marilago together? and there was a photo that Descentes just tweeted out of Casey and Trump on the golf course together. Excuse me, a lot of people get together with Trump.
Starting point is 00:30:45 That doesn't mean they're good friends. And you should know that, and I know that, okay? You want to talk about optics? There are optics. Michael, can I ask you, if you had any contact with Andrew Tate since he got to America? Yes, I have. And I'll probably be seeing him in the next few days. My daughter's having an engagement party, and both the Tates are invited.
Starting point is 00:31:05 I know these boys better than just about anybody here. I have a personal relationship. And, Pierce, I want to tell you something. I've had my daughter. My daughter communicates with Tristan all the time. Very respectful, no issue. And that's because I've delved into their past. These two young men grew up in a very difficult situation, extremely difficult that none of you
Starting point is 00:31:24 people are aware of. I'm not saying everything that did was right. Look, I have a very independent wife and five very independent daughters. I'm anything but a misogynist. don't respect misogynism in any way, shape, of form. I was accused of misogynym by a person in the United Kingdom Parliament just because I had a picture with Andrew Tate. So that's how out of control this is gone with the Me Too movement.
Starting point is 00:31:49 Had the Me Too movement not been at its apex, I don't even believe these boys would have been indicted. And, you know, if you want to talk about, if the Me Too movement hadn't, if the Me Too movement hadn't pushed. Only Fence, why don't think they invite the guy that created OnlyFans? Because you keep on bringing up the Me Too movement. Just because the Me Too movement overcorrected with believe all women, it doesn't mean that we should start saying believe no women.
Starting point is 00:32:13 There is very credible evidence against the Tates, right? So you can't just say, oh, we don't. If your argument is that Andrew Tate comes out in claims, all right, there are no victims. And then I go, hey, here's five victims. Andrew Tate is a liar, okay? I am telling you there are victims. They have not recanted their statements. And you keep on running with this whole talking about.
Starting point is 00:32:33 There's no evidence. There's no evidence, right? There is hundreds of thousands of pages of documents in the Romanian court case. I can send you a picture if you'd like. I've run through many of the court documents. Okay, so you've run through. Out of all of that evidence, you're going to make it, you're going to make it, you're going to make a statement that says none of that's true. Okay. Now, I'm not saying that. Let me ask you questions, Zach. You're so familiar. Why does it take years? No, it's taken years because of a lack of evidence. That's why it's taking you. How long did the Trump? Hey, listen, Donald. Donald. Donald. Donald. Trump's case was on accusation only, all right? There is no video of Donald Trump slapping around a 15-year-old girl. There is no video of Donald Trump saying he sleeps with 15-year-olds. There is no video of Donald Trump. There's no evidence of Donald Trump inally raping a 15-year-old choking her. What is the result of all the cases against Donald Trump?
Starting point is 00:33:21 How long did that take? What's the result? No, no, answer that. But how long did it take? The result of all the cases against Donald Trump. Okay. I think Anna wants to jump. Alan, let Alan jump in.
Starting point is 00:33:31 I want to add something legally. Evidence, it matters where it occurred. That is, for Florida to conduct a successful investigation, the actual crime has to have occurred in Florida. It doesn't matter if she was a Florida citizen or a resident of Florida. If it happened in Romania, Florida has no jurisdiction. Now, you did correctly mention a statute, the tourism statute, but that requires that you travel to a place. for the purpose of having sex with an underage girl. If you have a relationship, you live in Romania,
Starting point is 00:34:07 you're in Romania for a long period of time, and you happen to have a relationship with somebody who was underage, under Florida law, or Las Vegas, Nevada law, that wouldn't be enough. So from a legal point of view, it's very important to know where the allegations occurred, and what the evidence is that there was a crime within the jurisdiction of the state,
Starting point is 00:34:30 or if it's a federal crime within the jurisdiction of the travel, et cetera, et cetera. So from a legal point of view, very different from a court of public relations point of view, the specifics are very, very important. And I'm not aware of a lot of the specifics here as to whether or not there is proof that any of them committed crimes within the jurisdiction of a particular state or the United States. Maybe there is, and if so, then investigation is completely proper. And the Florida Attorney General has said that there is. And until that investigation reaches its conclusion,
Starting point is 00:35:05 I think it's very premature to suggest that this is purely political when we're talking about miners. As Alan said, if there is evidence, then that will be potentially a game changer. Can I give you the evidence that that's being a year? We're bringing in Sarah, because we've run out of time, but Sarah, you've been waiting patiently here. I am genuinely fascinated by what's going on about the heart of the conservative movement in America. Because it always used to be the party of Republicans, the party of family values, marriage, all that kind of thing. We now have characters like the Tate's getting a lot of support from the right in America.
Starting point is 00:35:41 You're getting people like Elon Musk rising to the sort of seat at the side of the President of the United States, who's got 14 kids by four women and so on and so on. People are scratching their heads and going, how does this all sit with the kind of Christian right in America? What would you say? Yeah, I mean, this is an issue that I talk about all the time. It's honestly really concerning to me. Conservatives don't seem to care much anymore at all about things like pornography,
Starting point is 00:36:08 abortion, actually having a family unit. We don't oppose homosexuality anymore publicly. You'll get canceled for that as a conservative. So I definitely see that as an issue. I don't even think that Andrew Tate really considers himself or calls himself a conservative. I think he's just aligned. with some ideas on the right on things like immigration, which I would agree with him on those things as well.
Starting point is 00:36:34 I don't think we need to be accepting all of his views on everything else. I'm a Christian. I don't agree with his views on Islam at all. But yeah, this is definitely something we're seeing. I mean, why aren't we treating Elon Musk as the same level as sexual degenerate as Andrew Tate? I mean, Elon Musk is practically openly practicing polygamy right now. He's going back and forth. He has multiple women with children.
Starting point is 00:37:03 Well, I think the point is Elon Musk is not currently married, I don't think. I'm not sure actually about his, I don't think he's married. And so therefore he's entitled, I guess, to have relationships with who he likes. He's openly said he wants to increase the global population and is leading by example. So he's a hypocrite, I guess. And he's rich enough to He's rich enough to support everybody properly. So I guess, you know, we may find it weird. But I don't think he's doing anything that's remotely criminal. And I think the point here for conservatives is that family means a man and a woman in marriage having a child, not just simply populating the country.
Starting point is 00:37:43 So I disagree with Donald Trump on his executive order on IVF is that when he's saying, let's just have more babies, well, we have to define the context first. And the context needs to be the traditional nuclear family. That is the cornerstone of society and also that leads to human flourishing. Conservatives have to come back to those parameters. That's one view of conservatism. The other view of conservatism is keep the state out of decisions involving people's personal lives. And so that's very conservative. Look at where that's getting on.
Starting point is 00:38:13 You're thinking of Christian. Christian conservative and conservative are two different things. Everybody's business and telling them what to do religiously. And so, you know, I think. a lot of conservatives align themselves more with a libertarian approach than they do with kind of religious social conservative approach. Well, then why not just call yourselves libertarians? You know what?
Starting point is 00:38:35 It's also getting, I consider it. I think ironically, I think ironically, the right in America has got very politically fluid. And you're seeing a lot of people who are on the left, whether it's R.FK, Tulsi Gabbard, Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, all these guys. You know, they're all moving pretty much to the other side, which is just a really interesting phenomenon that's happened in the last few years.
Starting point is 00:39:02 When you talk about expanding the tent, everyone was like, we need a big tent party. And then you got the faction of, you know, Christian conservatives or Christian fundamentalists who are like, yeah, but we want to expand the party, but not with those people. It's like, well, you can't have it both ways. There's a difference between collaboration. There's a difference between collaboration.
Starting point is 00:39:22 on an issue like agreeing with Tate on immigration, but not saying that he is a conservative or saying that he speaks for the conservative movement. I'm happy to collaborate with feminists on the women's sports issue, but that doesn't mean that they're conservatives. And so that's why we need to define what true conservatives means. And you can't be such a thing. But I do want to ask Michael, given he's been talking to Andrew Tate.
Starting point is 00:39:44 Michael, do you think Andrew and Tristan will go back to Romania? Well, from what I heard from their lawyer, they are going to go back on the 24th of March. That was the last that I heard of it. That was the agreement that was made that they would go back. But I do want to say this to also, Pierce, an answer to Zach. I've been on trial five times. It doesn't take three years to bring a case to trial when there's hard evidence.
Starting point is 00:40:09 The problem in Romania is they keep looking for more evidence because they don't have enough to take it to trial at this point in time. Because he doesn't shut his mouth. He keeps adding to the evidence. The court has told the prosecutors, you don't have enough evidence. here. Go find something, bring something, and that's what they're trying to do, and they're trying to get women to say things that they don't want to say. I've spoken to the women that they try to get that, and they won't do it. And they're searching for evidence. And that's the bottom line.
Starting point is 00:40:37 The case is nonsense. It's garbage. The same thing is going to happen here in Florida. I believe that. I'm intimately involved with them. And let me tell you some, I have no business with them. I have nothing to gain. This is just my relationship and what I find to be true about them. Bottom line. Okay. Fascinating debate. Thank you all very much. I really appreciate it.
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