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Tommy, the last time we talked to you, Nashville

0:50

sadly was in the news. It's in the news again.

0:52

Nashville seems to be sort of the center of a lot of news

0:54

these days. So first of all, I welcome you and good morning.

0:59

Oh, thank you for having me. And yes, you know,

1:01

listen, the national media

1:03

loves to talk about Nashville. Unfortunately, they get

1:05

it wrong a lot of the time. So I'm happy to

1:07

correct the narrative. But yes, this

1:10

other story about the flower shop.

1:12

I mean, it's one flower shop. And if

1:15

they don't want the business, I mean, go

1:17

drink a Bud Light and enjoy yourself. It's not

1:19

like true Tennesseans really care.

1:21

Here's what I really wonder. I was kind of opining

1:24

about this off the top because we have seen

1:26

an organic my point yesterday

1:28

was Tommy, this Bud Light thing was not,

1:31

I didn't see that you put out

1:33

anything on social media or on your show, don't

1:36

drink Bud Light. I didn't hear any conservatives

1:38

say, we have to stop drinking Bud Light.

1:40

The marketplace organically reacted.

1:43

That's not the way the left does it.

1:45

But the rest of the normal

1:47

country just says, okay, if you're gonna insult

1:50

us, we're not gonna consume your product. That's the way I

1:52

see the Bud Light thing happening.

1:55

Yeah, exactly. I've talked about this

1:57

at length because I know that the conservative community.

2:00

a little divided on it. We know Don Jr. said,

2:02

hey, listen, we shouldn't be boycotting

2:04

Bud Light. There are less Wokes and the rest, you

2:06

know, and I disagree. I'm not for a boycott,

2:09

but I'll tell you this. I'm not going to spend my hard

2:11

earned money on a company that

2:13

has gone Wokes that doesn't understand

2:15

its actual customer base and that

2:17

doesn't apologize that they messed up.

2:20

Yes, I do believe it was probably one

2:22

Woke person in the marketing department that thought

2:24

that the Dylan Mulvaney thing was a great idea,

2:26

but it really doesn't matter because they want to acknowledge

2:29

it because they are still beholden to

2:31

the rainbow mafia. So until they acknowledge

2:33

it, until they say this was a really

2:35

bad error on our part, I'm sorry,

2:37

they're going to keep hemorrhaging money and people are

2:39

still going to be pissed off at Bud Light. And that's just

2:41

the way it goes. Acknowledge it, maybe

2:44

we'll change our mind, but until then you try to walk

2:46

the line. Well, you've chosen which side

2:48

you want and it's the side that doesn't actually drink

2:50

domestic light beer. So good luck to

2:52

you.

2:53

I mean, tell me this flower shop and again,

2:55

I know it's one flower shop, whatever, but the

2:58

thing I'm kind of mulling around in my head

3:00

is, is this where we're going? Will

3:03

liberal businesses start

3:05

declaring we're not going to take money

3:07

from large organizations that are affiliated with

3:09

anybody or anything that has to do with politics

3:12

we don't like? Is this where

3:14

you think the country's going?

3:17

I wouldn't say the country. I would say places

3:19

that are more liberal in nature and Tennessee

3:22

is very red, but Nashville is a blue

3:24

city, right? So they probably thought they were going

3:26

to score some points. They saw all the attention

3:29

that the so-called Tennessee three

3:31

got on GMA and the rest of the media

3:33

tour that they did after six

3:35

people were slain in Nashville by a trans,

3:38

by the way. So I'm sure that this flower shop

3:40

thought, Hey, this is a great PR stunt

3:42

for us. And in Nashville, that might work,

3:44

but I'll tell you this, the rest of Tennessee

3:47

and in conservative places in this country, that stuff

3:50

is not going to work. So it depends

3:52

on your audience. But again, this was all

3:54

to get a little bit of limelight. They wanted a

3:56

little bit of attention and I guess they got

3:58

it, but I guess conservatives know. where we won't be taking

4:01

our business because quite frankly they've already

4:03

told us they don't want us. So hey listen when

4:05

someone tells you they don't want you I guess we'll listen

4:07

and we'll keep our money in our pocket.

4:09

Yeah I suspect there are probably a couple of conservative

4:11

florists in Tennessee and in Asheville specifically.

4:13

Tommy Larin, where this host of Tommy Larin is Fearless,

4:16

Monday, Wednesday, Friday is 7 p.m. Eastern at outkick.com

4:19

at Tommy Larin on Twitter. Tommy,

4:22

I don't mean to put you on the spot and you may not know this, I just

4:24

saw this on social media so I couldn't confirm it.

4:26

I thought it was a beautiful story of true.

4:29

The follow-up to the Covenant Christian

4:31

School shooting, those kids and families

4:34

as I read it, returned to that school, it

4:37

sounded like an absolutely beautiful kind

4:39

of emotional scene and I, again

4:42

I don't mean to put you on the spot because I don't know that I can verify

4:44

this, maybe you can't. I read

4:47

some post that suggested those families

4:49

funded the

4:51

funeral for the assassin

4:53

of that school. Did you hear that or read

4:55

that? Oh

4:57

boy, I know I haven't seen that but

4:59

you know I will tell you this and I can't

5:01

confirm any of those rumors but I'll tell you

5:03

about Nashville and Tennessee

5:06

and the Christians here especially in

5:08

the South.

5:08

Yes.

5:09

You know that wouldn't be out of the realm

5:11

of possibility. Christians you

5:13

know we walk in our faith, we live our faith

5:16

and we think the best example of faith

5:18

is forgiveness and mercy and well there's

5:20

a lot of anger rightfully so. It wouldn't

5:23

surprise me if the Christian community especially

5:25

here in the South would show that sign

5:28

of mercy and that sign of forgiveness because that's

5:30

what Christians do and we have to speak

5:32

truth about everything that happened and we still don't have

5:34

the manifesto by the way which we desperately

5:37

need to see but there is a

5:39

forgiving nature to Christianity and

5:41

I'm glad that so many Christians

5:43

are remembering that and choosing

5:45

to put that forth into the into the atmosphere.

5:48

And as for the Tennessee Three this

5:50

thing that erupted in your state capitol,

5:55

I mean what it was so clear these people were

5:57

shakedown artists. The whole thing was

5:59

a ruse. It was obvious theatrics.

6:01

How did that end up? I

6:04

said that if you call January 6th

6:06

an insurrection, storming into

6:08

the floor of the house chambers while they're

6:11

in session is a far more dramatic

6:13

and I would say vulnerable slash dangerous,

6:15

potentially dangerous event than anything

6:18

that happened on January 6th. Sincerely.

6:21

Maybe things weren't broken like doors

6:23

or glass,

6:24

but storming in while legislators are in

6:26

session sure seems imposing. I

6:28

didn't hear that call them insurrection Tommy.

6:31

We call it an insurrection, but I'll also tell

6:33

you this, this Tennessee three, I mean they

6:36

are really the three stooges and it's embarrassing

6:39

from the ones that were pounding on

6:41

cars in 2020 during the summer

6:43

of love George Floyd summer, right? Yes.

6:46

To this rep Gloria Johnson who in

6:48

her own defense when she was trying to save herself

6:51

in expulsion said that she didn't really participate

6:53

like the other two and then goes around

6:56

and tells everyone the reason she wasn't expelled is

6:58

because she's an old white woman. No,

7:00

so they're all disingenuous. They're all discussing.

7:03

There's also a video. I don't know if you've seen it, but it's

7:05

great of Justin Pearson

7:08

from back in 2017. And

7:10

he sounds like Carlton Banks from the Fresh

7:12

Prince of Delaware. And now all of a sudden flash

7:14

forward to 2023

7:17

and he's trying to invoke the emotions

7:19

of Martin Luther King. So it's

7:21

really embarrassing and I'm embarrassed

7:24

as a Nashvilleian and as a Tennessee and

7:27

of those three idiots.

7:28

And they've been, what's the status on them

7:30

now? Tell me they were reinstated. Is

7:32

that right? Yeah.

7:34

So the two were reinstated

7:36

because that's the way that the rules work because

7:38

you know, until a special election happens, they

7:40

can be reappointed. And of course, Nashville city

7:42

council went ahead and did that same

7:45

thing with Memphis. So yes, but I'll

7:47

tell you this about Tennessee, which is really great,

7:49

right? 99 positions, 75 of them are Republicans.

7:55

We can do whatever we want in this state, right?

7:57

We have a quorum. We have a super majority.

8:00

They can scream and they can yell and they can go on

8:02

GMA till their hearts content, but they

8:04

have absolutely no power in Tennessee

8:07

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8:09

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