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Podcast Notes: IHIP News - Episode: RFK Jr. Strips Down in Bizarre Video with Shirtless Kid Rock
Episode Overview
- Hosts: Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan
- Guest: Joy Reid
- Main Topic: Discussion of a bizarre video featuring RFK Jr. and Kid Rock, along with a broader conversation about public health, vaccination, and political issues.
Key Topics Discussed
Bizarre Video of RFK Jr. and Kid Rock
- The video features RFK Jr. and Kid Rock in a sauna setting, engaging in questionable activities:
- Both men are shirtless, with RFK Jr. exercising in jeans and flip flops.
- They toast whole milk in what appears to be a hot tub.
- Hosts and guest express disgust and disbelief at the absurdity of the video.
- The incident raises questions about RFK Jr.'s credibility in public health given his controversial views on vaccines.
Concerns About Public Health and Vaccination
- The hosts discuss current measles outbreaks and their connection to RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine stance.
- They share personal experiences regarding vaccination fears:
- One host recalls a warning about a measles outbreak at a medical facility.
- Concerns are raised about unvaccinated individuals potentially spreading diseases.
- Discussion on the broader implications of vaccine hesitancy fueled by public figures like RFK Jr.
Political Commentary on Voting and Voter Suppression
- Introduction of the SAVE Act, framed as a voter suppression effort under the guise of protecting election integrity.
- The act is expected to disproportionately affect black, brown, and women voters.
- Critique of the right's conspiracy theories regarding undocumented immigrants voting.
- Discussion on the practical challenges of proving citizenship for voting and how it disproportionately affects marginalized groups:
- Requiring birth certificates or passports to vote.
- Potential disenfranchisement of married women and trans individuals due to name changes.
The Illogical Nature of Political Arguments
- The hosts highlight the contradictions in the arguments of those opposing vaccination while advocating for personal freedom in other contexts.
- They draw parallels between public health measures (like vaccines) and personal bodily autonomy, especially regarding women's rights.
- Criticism of how the Republican party is using voter suppression tactics to maintain control despite poor popularity among voters.
Critique of Democratic Leadership
- Frustration expressed over perceived inaction by Democrats in response to Republican tactics and voter suppression efforts.
- The hosts emphasize the need for a stronger, more decisive response from Democratic leaders to combat these measures.
Lighthearted Moment
Melania Trump Movie
- The podcast concludes with a humorous discussion about the new Melania Trump movie, critiquing its production and marketing.
- The hosts and guest joke about the absurdity of Melania's public persona and past.
Key Takeaways
- Absurdity of Political Figures: The bizarre behavior of figures like RFK Jr. raises critical questions about their influence on public health.
- Public Health and Vaccination: Vaccine hesitancy is a dangerous issue, exacerbated by misinformation and the actions of prominent individuals.
- Voter Suppression Tactics: Legislative efforts like the SAVE Act highlight the ongoing struggle for voting rights and the importance of protecting marginalized communities.
- Need for Democratic Action: There is a pressing demand for a more vigorous and effective response from the Democratic party to counteract Republican voter suppression strategies.
- Humor in Politics: The podcast uses humor to engage with serious topics, making the conversation accessible and entertaining.
Conclusion The episode blends comedy with serious political commentary, reflecting the hosts' perspectives as progressive voices in a conservative landscape. Through their discussion, they highlight the importance of public health, voting rights, and the absurdity of certain political figures while maintaining an engaging tone.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VORFK Jr. and Kid Rock's Bizarre Video
0:46 to 4:25
Discussion of a controversial video featuring RFK Jr. and Kid Rock's unusual workout routine.
“If you're listening, these two men are the biggest bozos.”
Concerns About Vaccination and Public Health
4:26 to 7:49
Analysis of public health concerns related to vaccinations and RFK Jr.'s influence.
“You now have in Florida where, thank God we left where we used to live, kids are just like going to school unvaccinated.”
The SAVE Act and Voter Suppression
7:50 to 12:32
Examining the SAVE Act's implications on voting rights and voter suppression.
“So that brings us to a transition about the SAVE Act, which is this new voting act that they're saying is going to protect, you know, election integrity, but it's straight up voter suppression.”
The Impact of Voter ID Laws
12:33 to 14:00
Discussion on the challenges posed by voter ID laws and their impact on voters.
“let's go ahead and close these DMVs at four.”
Political Landscape and Election Integrity
14:00 to 16:46
Explore concerns about election integrity and the political tactics being employed.
“All of his policies, the American people hate.”
Disappointment in Democratic Leadership
16:46 to 17:46
Discussion on the perceived weaknesses of the Democratic Party's leadership and strategies.
“We need to get a psychiatrist in here or a psychologist to come and explain these people.”
Critique of the Melania Movie
17:46 to 19:43
A light-hearted critique of the Melania Trump movie and its production.
“And just saying the words affordability over and over again, that's not change.”
Wrap-Up and Social Media Promotion
19:43 to 21:21
Final thoughts and sharing of contact information for Joy Reid.
“And I read Joy that they told her, like he went to her and said, I've got some baggage on this and I've been accused of this stuff.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:04All right. We are so happy today to be joined by Joy Reid, who is fabulous and smart. And so I wanted to talk to her about some really serious voting issues. but we have to start joy and thank you for being here thank you so much for having me so much fun to see you okay we have to start with this ridiculous video of rfk and kid rock and you said you haven't seen it no so i want your reactions to this because it is unbelievable that this is someone in charge of health of the united states of america here we go let's see it Secretary and Kennedy and Kid Rock's rock out workout. If you're listening, these two men are the biggest bozos.
0:51RFK is working out as his Kid Rock. Both take their shirts off. He's in his jeans, changing exercise in a sauna room. Are those flip flops? Yeah. Flip flops. RFK just jumps in a cold plunge with his jeans on. And now they're toasting whole milk in what looks to be some type of hot tub. What a bunch of bozos. I feel like I can't unsee that and I'm going to see it in my nightmares when I try to go to sleep tonight. Ew, gross, yuck. I mean, first of all, it's like that the alternative to getting vaccinated? That's what I was going to say. Like there's a measles outbreak and you're getting in a cold plunge in jeans.
1:41Thank you. Jeans and flip flops and ew. And I don't want to ever see those two men with their shirts off ever, ever, ever, ever. I mean, doesn't RFK do you admit to like snorting coke off of a dirty toilet seat yes to prove he wasn't a germaphobe which i'm just like shut up you are giving health advice pregnant women are panicked about tylenol like it's unbelievable to me the people that trump has put in positions of power but this one has such dire consequences i mean they all do but like you see i went in and got mammogram the other day joy there was a big sign beware there's a measles outbreak and i thought are you kidding me i mean and the thing about it is and i'm glad you mentioned the mammogram angie because we have to get them right we have to get our mammogram but i in this era have gone back to where i was at covid because of rfk junior and how they've essentially eliminated vaccine anybody who doesn't want to get a vaccination doesn't have to i'm now worried are these surfaces is coated with measles am i gonna get sick because people you know there were nurses at the time during the covid pandemic who were with like the rfk junior crowd who were like i don't need i too do not believe you know in vaccines and so i'm now nervous like where am i gonna contract me people are power sneezing on planes and i'm on the plane and you're normally trapped here you have what are you giving me right now well we got an email from the university where my son goes that there was an outbreak on campus corner where all the young kids go of measles.
3:18And so I had to call the doctor and be like, he's fully vaccinated. Is he covered? Of course, you know, thank goodness he was. But I just thought, how stupid do you have to be to say, I don't believe in science. I believe in Facebook doctors. And then you get a mouthpiece like RFK, which I tell people all the time. I'm a lawyer. Do you want me to do your open heart surgery? You want me to prescribe your blood pressure medicine? RFK has no business in the health sphere, in my opinion. At all. He has no expertise. He's just like a rich Kennedy and like not even one of the good Kennedys, not even one of the interesting.
3:58He's a weirdo. His own family doesn't trust him. He sorts Coke off of toilet seats. He was like a heroin addict. Why am I taking out the body? He jumped into a dirty river in dc that nobody goes in i think they're cars at the bottom of the river and he jumped in like think with his grandkids this dude is a health menace he's a menace to society and then we're supposed to like put our bare breasts into a mammogram machine hoping that an rfk junior acolyte wasn't there before us and their bare breast was in that machine before ours please clean that thing with like hyper alcohol because i ain't putting my boobie in there after rfk junior fan but i want my mammogram i mean it's you just don't know who the crazies are no and and the thing is is what worries me is a lot of the people who are down with this you know they were like more like liberal moms they start and then they got red pilled because of covet and this idea of the vaccinations red pilled so many people who were otherwise fairly normal.
5:01You now have in Florida where, thank God we left where we used to live, kids are just like going to school unvaccinated. I mean, measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, is that like optional now? Like I'm so glad my kids are grown. Absolutely. Yes. In Florida, it's optional and they are putting up legislation in different states to no longer require vaccinations in public school, which is bananas. Because if you go into a funeral, I'm sorry, a cemetery, and you see the little bitty headstones of all the babies that died before the vaccine, it's like, would you rather your kid die than get a vaccine? Like, is that where we are?
5:45I think it is. You know, there are people who they are so mistrustful of the state even though now the state is in the hands of their favorite president right that they believe that any vaccine at all and asking or mandating it is tyranny and it's like you're the same people who don't think armed masked militias in the streets of minneapolis in the suburbs snatching brown people and throwing them into a van is tyranny that's not tyranny but asking that maybe your kid get a measles vaccine so they don't kill other kids in class is to it the the illogic i don't know if it was brain worms from covet i don't know what it is but we're in a madhouse well here's the thing this makes me crazy and this is kind of off topic but i have to say it when the vaccine came out and i'm sorry when coveted before the vaccine and people were wearing masks and you had so many my body my choice i'm not going to wear a vaccine or a mask i live in oklahoma it's a complete abortion ban state It is you cannot ask your doctor for advice about a pregnancy or he will go to jail.
6:53And the same people that are my body, my choice about their fucking mask want to sit in my uterus and tell me what I should do with my body. And they don't see like they don't see that that's the exact same thing, but yet they're putting it on other people. It is. None of it makes any sense. right there for masks if it's on an if it's on an armed militia trump you know secret police that's master fine there but no masks for to stop you from getting a disease and and but they do expect their surgeon to wear a mask if he's going to perform arm burn heart surgery on them if he walked in there unmasked they'd probably be fairly alarmed and and then at the same time to your point they don't believe that women that you or i should have any say whatsoever over a pregnancy just no say at all only the man should decide that they should decide that the church should decide that someone else so when it comes to like the most egregious thing you can meet a nine months of carrying a child they think you they should order you to do that they should order and then they don't even want to help you pay for the child's upbringing no no no help for preschool no free preschool they don't even want the kid to get free school lunch they're like the kid can starve you just have to get them born none of it makes any sense and they call that christianity and it's offensive and crazy.
8:08It's offensive and crazy. Okay. So that brings us to a transition about the SAVE Act, which is this new voting act that they're saying is going to protect, you know, election integrity, but it's straight up voter suppression. Disproportionately, it will affect as no shock, black and brown voters and women. And so what is your position on this and how alarmed should we be about the possibility of this being passed? Well, I think it has like 51 votes and counting in the Senate. I think we should be very alarmed. It's already passed the House. And remember that the purpose, the reason the SAVE Act exists is that the right has this ongoing conspiracy theory that they've had for decades, that the only reason Republicans ever lose elections is that there are millions and millions and millions of undocumented immigrants who they call quote unquote illegals voting.
9:04And they are sure these people are voting. And the illogical part about that is if you're in the country undocumented, in order to vote, you have to get documented. You'd have to go into a DMV, present yourself, give your address, and then give them all the information they need to find you and deport you. Millions of people are doing that. I mean, I guess there'd be one crazy person might do it, But you're saying millions of people are now outing themselves as undocumented immigrants in order to vote for somebody they probably never heard of. Because if they're undocumented immigrants, are they really watching the news and paying attention to who the candidates are such that they can go and vote?
9:44So they're saying that's one thing that's happening. Or they're saying that people are paying these undocumented people to vote. And then they're using fake names. They have all these. But their own organizations. Heritage Foundation, who wrote the Project 2025, Cato Institute, right-wing organizations have studied this. There is none of this. It doesn't happen. It is so illogical and stupid. It doesn't happen. But they think they can fix it by saying everybody in the country now has to present a proof of citizenship to vote. But the only proof of citizenship you could possibly get that would be clear would be either a birth certificate or a passport.
10:22Well, who issues the passports? The Trump administration. So you have to go to the Trump administration to get the only document they'll let you bring in to vote. So what if they say you can't have it or they cancel your passport? Then you can't vote. Or you don't have$130. Or you don't have$130. Or if you've changed your name. So how does James Donald Hamill, what is J.D. Vance's real name, John Donald Hamill? Who knows? It's been changed so many times. Like, is he going to vote? Every trans person would be immediately unable to vote. And every married woman, because she changed her name, would automatically have to give additional proof in order to vote.
10:59They're going to disenfranchise their own voters because the majority of married women vote Republican. Here's something that just incensed me. A couple nights ago on Fox, they had all the women that sit there and, you know, browbeat other women and their achievements, but that's not what we're talking about, saying how they would be. They're offended that people are saying that they don't have the ability to get the proper documentation because they're married. I mean, it's offensive to women is on this name change thing. And I thought I got divorced like 10 years ago, whatever. It took me two years to get all my paperwork changed back.
11:44You have to get your decree. You have to mail it in. You have to go to the DMV. Then you have to take your decree into the bank. Then you have to, I mean, like it was a forever process. It was not easy. Not everybody has a personal assistant that can cut through the red tape, but I was like, okay, so now they're trying to sell women. You should be offended if they think you're not smart enough to change your name. Let me tell you something. It is a person heavy, time-heavy commitment to do this name change. It enraged me, Joy. No, and they act as if they don't control some of the actual mechanisms for you to do it.
12:26So if you're in a red state and they've decided that, you know what, Oklahoma City, though there's too many blue voters there, let's go ahead and close these DMVs at four. You get off at five. How are you going to go in there and get your name change document? I remember I had to get my original birth certificate, and the name does not match my current name or my voter registration because my name at birth was completely different than what my name is now, like John Donald Namel, whatever his name is, J.D. Vance, right? I'm in a similar position. My name wasn't the same. But to go and get my birth certificate, I had to stay, I had to go to New York.
13:00I was there a whole day. I had to stand in a long line. You do make an appointment when your appointment time comes. This was hours of time that it took for me to go in and do the whole process. What if you work all day at Mickey D's or you're working all day at Walmart and you don't have two hours? You don't have a, you have a 45 minute, one hour lunch. When are you doing this? And if you can't do it, they're saying you can't vote. They want more in the say back. They want one day of voting. They want to end, if they could, all early voting and make everyone vote on election day. And they'd love to end absentee balloting.
13:33They want to end all the ways that it's become easier to vote and force everyone to stand in line, maybe with armed ICE agents prowling the line, pulling people out of line and throwing them in vans and then maybe not letting them out till after the polls close. All the ways that they could steal this election, they're trying it because they know in a free and fair election, they would lose. Well, and that's another thing we hear about Trump saying, oh, he's, you know, the most best ever first year in office. You know, everybody knows it. He is so historically unpopular. He's so underwater on every issue.
14:07All of his policies, the American people hate. So they try to rig the system with gerrymandering, now voter suppression. And then when they put, Trump just put in charge of election integrity, a 2020 election denier in these positions. I have zero faith in the federal government. I believe like they're going Tulsi Gabbards in Georgia. What are they cooking up for the midterms? Like I'm terrified. I am too. And I think if we're not terrified, anyone who's not terrified is just not paying attention. It's very clear. They do not want to allow the government to change hands, even though let's just be clear.
14:52The Democrats aren't exactly the strongest cats out there. It's not like they're promising retribution like what we would want. You know, they can barely, they won't say abolish ICE. They can't run from, they can't, you know, they can't even take two steps away from AIPAC without, you know, falling on the floor. Apparently they're terrified to even like look at AIPAC funny. You know, they have to be, they can't say anything about Israel. They can't do it. Like all the stuff that could help them, they don't even want to do it. They just think they can just dream affordability and just say affordability and just say, we're going to say powerful words about affordability in their fine.
15:24So the Democrats ain't exactly nothing to be scared of. But the Republicans are certainly scared to give them control of Congress because they know that if the Democratic base forced the Democrats to behave in the way we want, they would be defunding DHS. They would be defunding ICE. They would be exposing all of the criminality that's going on inside of the Trump regime. And they would be holding to account Pamela Jo Bondi and all of the people that are criming in this administration and that are violating the laws in our constitution. So they are scared. So they're doing anything they can. They've already sort of sampled the way it looks when you seize ballots.
16:00That's what they did in Georgia. Yeah. I guess that's part of the plan is that they don't like the results of the election. They'll just seize the ballots. They've already said, Steve Bannon said, they're going to use ICE to intimidate voters on the rolls. They're going to claim that half the people in line that are black or brown are probably undocumented, and shouldn't be voting, drag them out of line. They're going to use physical intimidation, all kinds of intimidation. I mean, it is not good. It's like we're voting in Russia. That is what is so amazing about all this. Why is the Democratic response not stronger?
16:34I mean, really, they have to know how dire this situation is. And if I have to hear another strongly worded letter or a mean tweet from Democratic leadership, I might lose my mind. You know what? We need to get a psychiatrist in here or a psychologist to come and explain these people. I don't get it. It's like, I don't know what other way they have to tell you that they are fascists. I'm not sure. Do they have to put on little small mustaches? Do they need to actually wear the mustaches for you to see what they are? They have told you, hey, we're fascists, guys. They're not even hiding it. They're like, we got secret police.
17:08We got secret police. We're stealing y 'all ballots. We sent the lady who's supposed to be in charge of national security to watch them steal your ballots in Georgia. what is it that they need to do? I mean, ICE is the secret police. We've got concentration camps. They're not hiding them. They're right there in multiple states. They're selling merch. They're selling merch for the concentration camps. I don't know what you need to hear, but the Democratic Party, for whatever reason, just wants to say that this is normal politics and we're going to win and it's going to be fine. Well, what's going to change?
17:40I mean, that's what I want to know from the Democratic leadership. What will change if you guys are in charge. We need to know materially. We know what changed when Mom Donnie got in charge in New York. Right. And just saying the words affordability over and over again, that's not change. No, it's not. And the actions and the words that are coming out of Democratic leadership, I mean, like I have been very disappointed when you go back to the oversight committee, the difference in Jerry O 'Connell being appointed because it was seniority and that was his turn. and then you know unfortunately he died but then they get robert garcia as the ranking member and it has been gangbusters in your face that's what i want my leaders to look like amen that's that's the fight that i want okay we don't have much time left so i just have to ask you you're a very serious journalist so i have to ask you before i let you go how'd you like the melania movie
18:38listen no let me tell you this is real talk so my friend chris witherspoon if you guys are not downloaded pop viewers you should download pop viewers he's my my good buddy formerly of the griot so we have decided what we're going to do we're going to try to find a theater where that movie is showing but we need it to be one where you can drink because we're about to get and watch that hot smoky mess i think it's made like 12 15 million dollars that bitch costs 40 million dollars to make and they made 15 and they're and you know on cnn they're like well you know it's a smashing success is it though because i think the taylor swift movie made like 73 million jeff bezos came out because they're like you know it's nowhere near gonna gross the 40 million to make it 35 million to promote it he's like oh well it'll make up foreign streaming i'm like jeff bezos doesn't give a because it was the bribe it's a bribe administration milani was like i need money now give money now put money in bag put money in bag or i divorce that's it money here's the deal i would go see a movie where she talked about being introduced to donald trump by jeffrey epstein i'm all in i would pay good money for it i don't want this that she is so great i don't even know what her positions are other than be best in the first term when her husband was the biggest online bully in the history of the world and why did they have to get a Epstein soaked sex pest to direct it.
20:06Exactly. And I read Joy that they told her, like he went to her and said, I've got some baggage on this and I've been accused of this stuff. And she was like, yeah, it's good. It's fine. Give money, put money in bag. If you put money in bag, all I care, money in bag. Be best. And the thing I love about Be Best the best is that she's so, she's supposed to have a genius visa, right? This is a genius visa lady. Right. She got it because she was stealing Michelle Obama's Be Better. And she's like, what better than better? Best. Be best. It's not even English. I thought you said seven languages. Isn't one of them English?
20:44Could one of them be English today? Melania. I'm calling bullshit on the seven languages. She don't speak. She don't speak English. That's true. Maybe Slovenia. She's been here 30 years. She's been at 30 years. At least, I mean, probably more. All right, Joy, thank you. You are Joy. That's why I'm glad your name is Joy, because you bring Joy. Tell everybody where they can find you. Thank you, Pumps. You can find me at thejoyreadshow.com or at joyannread.com. Either way, it's okay. Just come along and hang out. Thank you, Joy. Talk soon. Thank you. Bye.
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