But as we learned in 2024, a large portion of the American population, in fact nearly a majority, doesn't particularly care about the democracy argument or fear of authoritarianism, their fear of crime. Even if the statist statistics don't support their fear of crime, their fear of crime is greater than the fear of authoritarianism. Let me tell you, there's some real power in what. Mr. I think it's Castellanos, right? I've actually met him before. He's a nice guy. He's kind of a lib. (25:56–26:04)
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