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Well, folks, it's going to be a very big week. President Trump's nominees for his cabinet are going to get hearings this week, maybe votes this week. All the fallout from the fires in California for one time presidential contender Gavin Newsom. Plus, we're going to get into all of the controversy surrounding Andrew Tate. on the right. First, your reminder, get ready.
In exactly one week, we will be live on the ground in Washington, D.C. for the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Watch live. Join the fight at dailywire.com slash subscribe. I want to start today with a controversy that erupted online, but is sort of indicative of a broader problem that the right currently has with, say, the influencer class.
This controversy erupted because Benny Johnson had on Andrew Tate. Andrew Tate, for those who don't know, is an online provocateur. He is mostly famous for one time being a kickboxer, and now he sort of runs around with his shirt off with fancy cars and good-looking women and smokes cigars and says some things that are sort of useful critiques of the left, but mostly says crazy stuff online.
And he has generated an enormous following, an enormous following. So Benny Johnson had on Andrew Tate. And he also had on at the same time, Alina Habbo, who is a counsel for the Trump team. And Alina Habbo was really praising Tate and so was Benny Johnson. And this erupted into a controversy. Here's what that sounded like.
Nice to meet you. I'm a big fan. Well, nice to meet you.
I'm a fan. You're the one saving Trump. You're doing more important work than me.
America. America, not just Trump. And I agree with everything you just said. And I think that your anger is the same that President Trump has for our country. the time is now for us to stop being wimps. I think that's exactly the right sentiment.
And I also have to say that I sympathize with you because I think you go through a lot of the same, show me the person, I'll find the crime that President Trump has gone through.
Okay, what Alina Haba is saying there is not actually true about Andrew Tate. He is not of the same ilk as President Trump. Find me the person and I'll find you the crime. That is true of President Trump. That is not particularly true of Andrew Tate. And Russell Brand, of course, rushed to the defense of all of this.
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