Scott Jennings: Elon Musk Is Telling Voters that All Elections Have Consequences

PHILLIP: “And that seems a little hyperbolic to me.”
JENNINGS: “Well, I don’t agree, but I do think he was addressing — “
PHILLIP: “You don’t agree with Musk or — “
JENNINGS: “No, I don’t agree that it’s hyperbolic. I think the future of Western civilization is very much in the balance right now, and I think it’s one of the reasons the American people — “
PHILLIP: “Because of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court race?”
JENNINGS: “I think all elections right now are vital. And he was appealing to, and he knows the issues with the Republicans right now, we’ve gathered all these people into the party who are low-propensity voters. They vote in presidential, they vote when Trump’s on the ballot. Sometimes they vote when Trump’s on the ballot and leave everything else blank. And he’s trying to rally them to understand that all elections have consequences, whether you’re in Florida or Wisconsin or you’re voting for president of the United States. I think that message is a vital message and it’s one of the reasons I think Trump won.”
PHILLIP: “I want to understand it though. I want to understand it though. What is the end of Western civilization? Explain that.”
JENNINGS: “I mean, it is — the future of western civilization all over this world is in the balance right now. When you look at what’s going on in Europe, they’re throwing political opposition in jail. Free speech is under assault everywhere you turn. I mean, everything that we have built in this country, the tenets of Western civilization, the fundamental values that the country has been built on, Republicans and conservatives believe are under assault. The November election was the beginning of the pushback on that assault, but it’s not over.”
PHILLIP: “But you mentioned free speech, which we already know that people are being deported on the basis of not being able to have certain types of speech that this administration doesn’t like. I mean, those are things that are happening right now in this country. You’re talking about Europe, but that’s happening here.”
JENNINGS: “Yeah. Well, I would remind you that over the course of the last several years, the left in this country has undertaken a massive effort to suppress the speech of conservatives. And to this day, this day, the message from the left is,’If you don’t say what we like, we will engage in violent acts against you till you shut up.’”
PHILLIP: “Okay. I’ll let you in, Dan, in a second, but, look, let’s just concede, I’ll concede, maybe the left went overboard on speech, but you also have an administration literally searching code words and canceling grants based on words that are being used, that are trying to stop news organizations from covering the president because they don’t want to use certain words that this administration prefers. So, you have to be kind of fair about when speech is being punished on both sides, not just when it offends your political affiliation.”