Jay Weber Show transcript 1-15-25
My friends- I don’t care if even a single democrat comes to Donald trump’s inauguration. Do you?
Yes, it’d be nice if everyone got along, and we could get back to the earlier days in which- nearly everyone on both sides-and as an American- thought it was important to celebrate the peaceful transition of power.... even if your candidate didn’t win.
Yeah. It’d be nice to get back to that.
But If Michelle Obama won’t attend Trump’s second swearing in ceremony. Who cares?
If AOC and Rashida Talib and the other ‘America hating socialists’ aren’t there. Who cares?
I’m sure a bunch of republicans either ‘refused to attend’ Joe Biden’s swearing in ceremony in January of 2021 over the controversial nature of his win-
And i know neither Donald Trump more Melania was there- and they! - were the outgoing president and first lady.
They really should have attended. And Dr jill should really guide Roomba Joe over there on Monday....
But ultimately, if some democrat is either too ‘small’ or too ‘angry’ or simply ‘too disinterested’ to attend- who cares?
Well, they really should show some class and be there.
But they’re not. So, who really cares?
I think the far bigger ‘classless move’ is Kamala Harris refusing to invite JD Vance and his family to get an early look at the naval observatory and their ‘new digs’ for the next four years.
I don’t know if you saw this-
But it has become an American tradition that the outgoing president invites the winner of the election to visit the white house early and get a tour and have lunch and talk about what’s coming for the next guy.... etc.
To his credit- joe Biden did that- and was cordial and pleasant when trump took him up on the offer.
But it’s also tradition for the outgoing Veep to invite his or her successor over to the naval observatory and check out the vice president’s house...and have lunch...and chat.
And this time around: bitter Kamala had zero interest in doing that. It sounds like she refused all suggestions and/or attempts to be cordial to Vance’s and their children.
It sounds like- sometime in late November, JD Vance’s wife even reached out to ask: can we at least get a peak to see if this place is family friendly and has space for our kids?
And she was told no by the Harris team.
Just recently, Vance’s wife apparently-did-have a 40 minute conversation with ‘second husband’ Doug Emhoff, but again. Kamala had no interest in coming to the phone.
She is clearly still in ‘bitter witch’ mode following the loss. (You saw her scowling face at the carter funeral. This women in no mood to be cordial.)
Or even do exit interviews, apparently.
I have no idea why dc reporters would feel the need to hear from kamala ‘yet again’ before she leaves the job. She’s an airhead who hasn’t been able to tell them anything for four years.
But apparently- requests have been made for last minute kamala interviews-and she’s refused them.
Okay. Whatever. Let her stew in her own juices like Hillary did. It only makes them look bitter and small.
Now we hear: Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration. Okay. Who cares?
But she also skipped Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
Again. Who cares?
She’s always been a bitter woman who only ever ‘pretended’ to care about Washington dc or the people who seem to love it.
So, Michelle’s not pretending that she has any interest in any of this, anymore. Fine.
That’s her call.
If Melania didn’t show up on Monday, I’d have the same take: okay. You’d think she’d want to attend her husband’s second inaugural. But if she’d rather be in New York reading a book- whatever.
Who cares?
I love how much stock the media and the DC gadfly’s put into this:
Okay. She didn’t want to leave Oprah’s yacht to fly all the way to dc to say goodbye to a dead white guy. Okay. So what?
But it was really about her hating Trump. She didn’t’ want to sit next to trump.
Okay. So what?
Honest to God, people: so what?
Do Donald Trump or his second term need the blessing of Michelle Obama?
Because that’s’ how these emotional children in the dc media act.
Who cares?
But trump didn’t go to Biden’s either.
Okay. Who cares?
And so, it means they don’t like each other.
Yep. That’s probably what it means. Yeah.
Who. Cares!
A politico story today says: a bunch of democrat congressmen aren’t going to attend trump’s swearing in on Monday, either, but they aren’t making a big deal about it or calling it a boycott this time.
That’s probably smart, given how small and bitter they already look...and the significant ‘positive vibes’ that the bulk of the American people seem to have for Donald Trump this time.
Would you show up at Taylor Swift’s birthday party just to poop in her hat?
No. Lash out at the most beloved woman in America right now?
No. You’d just stay away and keep your level of personal ‘Taylor anger’ to yourself. It’s the better play.
So that’s what most dems are doing this year, if they really don’t want to attend:
Okay, then don’t go, and shut up about it.
Politico says AOC blamed a scheduling conflict.
Okay.
What does she have going at noon on Monday? Pilates?
But we don’t really want to see her anyway, so who cares?
Does trump’s second term need AOCs blessing?
No.
Someone needs to tell Jasmine Crocket that -she-is in the party that’s tearing down MLK’s legacy.
It’s the democrat party that refuses to move us toward an equal and colorblind society.
It’s the democrat party members who refuse to judge people based on the content of their character and not on the color of their skin.
And so-if dems want to refuse to show up as the party that better exemplifies Martin Luther King’s message in this era- let em.
Also noted by Politico: none of them went so far as to call Trump an illegitimate president this time. That’s hard to do when he just smoked em in about 35 states...and in both the electoral college and popular vote.
But -the better political play here is: sit quietly and stew in your bitterness if you feel you need to...rather than attending and making a scene...or being caught on camera rolling your eyes or scowling.
Sometimes ‘staying away’ and/or shutting up is the smarter thing to do.
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audio version of the segment here > Does the majority of America really care if Michelle attends or not?