RUSH TRANSCRIPT Tucker good ░░░░░░░░ and welcome to Tucker ░░░░░░░░ Tonight Once you decide ░░░░░░░░ human beings are gods ░░░░░░░░ the power to rewrite ░░░░░░░░ biology and nature the ░░░░░░░░ to shape reality itself ░░░░░░░░ you decide that there ░░░░░░░░ no reason to stop ░░░░░░░░ changes Men magically morphing ░░░░░░░░ women is not the ░░░░░░░░ stage of anything Instead ░░░░░░░░ the first of many ░░░░░░░░ movements that are on ░░░░░░░░ way inevitably The few ░░░░░░░░ that have grasped this ░░░░░░░░ truth have not been ░░░░░░░░ by blue America they ░░░░░░░░ been mocked and derided ░░░░░░░░ profits always are A ░░░░░░░░ years ago a blue ░░░░░░░░ blond woman from Montana ░░░░░░░░ she was black because ░░░░░░░░ decided she was black ░░░░░░░░ was her lived experience ░░░░░░░░ was not greeted as ░░░░░░░░ liberator she was almost ░░░░░░░░ booed off the stage ░░░░░░░░ she disappeared Tellingly none ░░░░░░░░ the people yelling at ░░░░░░░░ ever explained why she ░░░░░░░░ t be black why ░░░░░░░░ In this country you ░░░░░░░░ change your sex but ░░░░░░░░ your race how does ░░░░░░░░ work What species of ░░░░░░░░ are we talking about ░░░░░░░░ It was not a ░░░░░░░░ argument argument Over time ░░░░░░░░ will collapse Someday The ░░░░░░░░ York Times will give ░░░░░░░░ the coveted glass ceiling ░░░░░░░░ for her courage in ░░░░░░░░ face of prejudice that ░░░░░░░░ happen Before it does ░░░░░░░░ would like to highlight ░░░░░░░░ of the early adopters ░░░░░░░░ our new civic religion ░░░░░░░░ each of us is ░░░░░░░░ of the universe with ░░░░░░░░ dominion over nature These ░░░░░░░░ the trailblazers the pathfinders ░░░░░░░░ Daniel boone s of ░░░░░░░░ identity politics One of ░░░░░░░░ as a man called ░░░░░░░░ Pearson he s been ░░░░░░░░ the news recently for ░░░░░░░░ facilitate insurrection of the ░░░░░░░░ state house you may ░░░░░░░░ seen him But you ░░░░░░░░ not know what he ░░░░░░░░ like before his transition ░░░░░░░░ in 2016 he was ░░░░░░░░ earnest student at bowdoin ░░░░░░░░ whitest college and the ░░░░░░░░ state in America a ░░░░░░░░ that costs 60 grand ░░░░░░░░ year for no obvious ░░░░░░░░ A rich kid school ░░░░░░░░ s what Justin Pearson ░░░░░░░░ like then as he ░░░░░░░░ for president of student ░░░░░░░░ I m just nj ░░░░░░░░ I m running for ░░░░░░░░ of bsg There are ░░░░░░░░ few reasons we are ░░░░░░░░ this campaign one has ░░░░░░░░ do with representation How ░░░░░░░░ we rep sent all ░░░░░░░░ in a conversation I ░░░░░░░░ to bring together different ░░░░░░░░ dissenting voices voices that ░░░░░░░░ liberal or more conservative ░░░░░░░░ order that we can ░░░░░░░░ a point of the ░░░░░░░░ middle for conversation and ░░░░░░░░ and growth Joined the ░░░░░░░░ s campaign and let ░░░░░░░░ chart ourselves to a ░░░░░░░░ future Tucker I want ░░░░░░░░ bring everyone together said ░░░░░░░░ Pearson in a voice ░░░░░░░░ if you closed your ░░░░░░░░ can be could easily ░░░░░░░░ coming from a suburban ░░░░░░░░ Justin Pearson wasn t ░░░░░░░░ that s probably how ░░░░░░░░ got to vote in ░░░░░░░░ first place but he ░░░░░░░░ a fantastic impression what ░░░░░░░░ nice young man has ░░░░░░░░ considered an apprenticeship program ░░░░░░░░ citibank That was the ░░░░░░░░ Justin Pearson before his ░░░░░░░░ Here he is now ░░░░░░░░ the floor of the ░░░░░░░░ state house All hope ░░░░░░░░ to be lost representatives ░░░░░░░░ of the state house ░░░░░░░░ seem to be at ░░░░░░░░ end seemed like the ░░░░░░░░ and gun lobbyist might ░░░░░░░░ I don t know ░░░░░░░░ long this Saturday in ░░░░░░░░ state of Tennessee might ░░░░░░░░ but we have good ░░░░░░░░ We ve got good ░░░░░░░░ that Sunday always comes ░░░░░░░░ Justin Pearson has a ░░░░░░░░ that one day on ░░░░░░░░ red hills of Georgia ░░░░░░░░ will do exactly what ░░░░░░░░ wants or else face ░░░░░░░░ by the Department of ░░░░░░░░ He has changed quite ░░░░░░░░ as you can see ░░░░░░░░ transitioned from a crypto ░░░░░░░░ kid into the modern ░░░░░░░░ of Martin Luther King ░░░░░░░░ Himself It s remarkable ░░░░░░░░ s not alone in ░░░░░░░░ he sits all the ░░░░░░░░ come everybody in the ░░░░░░░░ Party wants to be ░░░░░░░░ Luther King at this ░░░░░░░░ I m even Joe ░░░░░░░░ who during the famous ░░░░░░░░ on Washington was enjoying ░░░░░░░░ many benefits of life ░░░░░░░░ a college student in ░░░░░░░░ racially segregated state You ░░░░░░░░ got to ask yourself ░░░░░░░░ long as we are ░░░░░░░░ civil rights leaders who ░░░░░░░░ nearly 60 years ago ░░░░░░░░ not some variety University ░░░░░░░░ transition into Malcolm X ░░░░░░░░ is that Maybe because ░░░░░░░░ X didn t talk ░░░░░░░░ a sharecropper he spoke ░░░░░░░░ standard English He wasn ░░░░░░░░ running a shakedown racket ░░░░░░░░ fleece guilty white liberals ░░░░░░░░ had self respect he ░░░░░░░░ guilty white liberals and ░░░░░░░░ so he believed in ░░░░░░░░ improvement he knew who ░░░░░░░░ enemy was Maybe it ░░░░░░░░ not surprising he s ░░░░░░░░ a popular transition choice ░░░░░░░░ 2023 Al Sharpton by ░░░░░░░░ is increasingly popular especially ░░░░░░░░ that he s skinny ░░░░░░░░ has a paying job ░░░░░░░░ cortez of westchester recently ░░░░░░░░ off a double transition ░░░░░░░░ only did she change ░░░░░░░░ but races as well ░░░░░░░░ she is unveiling her ░░░░░░░░ self in front of ░░░░░░░░ national action network I ░░░░░░░░ proud to be a ░░░░░░░░ Ate nothing wrong with ░░░░░░░░ There s nothing wrong ░░░░░░░░ working retail and folding ░░░░░░░░ were other people to ░░░░░░░░ There s nothing wrong ░░░░░░░░ preparing the food that ░░░░░░░░ neighbors will eat There ░░░░░░░░ nothing wrong with driving ░░░░░░░░ buses that take your ░░░░░░░░ to work Tucker nothing ░░░░░░░░ with that In other ░░░░░░░░ my brother what s ░░░░░░░░ That s not bad ░░░░░░░░ a girl who grew ░░░░░░░░ in an all white ░░░░░░░░ as the daughter of ░░░░░░░░ president of an architectural ░░░░░░░░ Don t mention any ░░░░░░░░ that that s deadnaming ░░░░░░░░ days she would like ░░░░░░░░ gin and juice with ░░░░░░░░ because sandy cortez doesn ░░░░░░░░ just transition once she ░░░░░░░░ transitioning She s a ░░░░░░░░ edge shape shifter who ░░░░░░░░ identities the way imelda ░░░░░░░░ did shoes She started ░░░░░░░░ as a privileged white ░░░░░░░░ then became a middle ░░░░░░░░ black man then in ░░░░░░░░ she transformed effortlessly into ░░░░░░░░ cartoon character watch this ░░░░░░░░ okay Laughter Tucker okay ░░░░░░░░ cut you You may ░░░░░░░░ it fraudulent she calls ░░░░░░░░ transitioning They don t ░░░░░░░░ like that in westchester ░░░░░░░░ but she learned this ░░░░░░░░ the very best Barack ░░░░░░░░ grew up with his ░░░░░░░░ mother and white grandparents ░░░░░░░░ Kansas in an apartment ░░░░░░░░ honolulu Then he moved ░░░░░░░░ Indonesia California and New ░░░░░░░░ At some point he ░░░░░░░░ he didn t want ░░░░░░░░ be any of the ░░░░░░░░ he actually was so ░░░░░░░░ transitioned He became because ░░░░░░░░ can do this now ░░░░░░░░ African American baptist pastor ░░░░░░░░ Chicago with deep roots ░░░░░░░░ Mississippi Here is Barack ░░░░░░░░ post transition and December ░░░░░░░░ Lewis even in his ░░░░░░░░ wasn t tired I ░░░░░░░░ no excuses I can ░░░░░░░░ be tired If the ░░░░░░░░ and women who had ░░░░░░░░ endure the sting of ░░░░░░░░ the smack of billy ░░░░░░░░ work tired If the ░░░░░░░░ who had to fight ░░░░░░░░ early fights those were ░░░░░░░░ tough fights for union ░░░░░░░░ and voting rights and ░░░░░░░░ rights and women s ░░░░░░░░ if they didn t ░░░░░░░░ tired you can t ░░░░░░░░ tired Tucker Barack Obama ░░░░░░░░ sick and tired of ░░░░░░░░ sick and tired It ░░░░░░░░ the smack of the ░░░░░░░░ clubs in honolulu that ░░░░░░░░ it it was the ░░░░░░░░ hoses and snarling German ░░░░░░░░ at Harvard law school ░░░░░░░░ some point he crossed ░░░░░░░░ edmund pettus bridge of ░░░░░░░░ mind and transitioned into ░░░░░░░░ abernathy instead of an ░░░░░░░░ and much thinner Hillary ░░░░░░░░ was there first she ░░░░░░░░ when he didn t ░░░░░░░░ know what the word ░░░░░░░░ and in some ways ░░░░░░░░ made an even longer ░░░░░░░░ She was identified by ░░░░░░░░ obstetrician at birth as ░░░░░░░░ daughter of an executive ░░░░░░░░ the suburban midwest Inside ░░░░░░░░ always knew she was ░░░░░░░░ different she was trapped ░░░░░░░░ a body that wasn ░░░░░░░░ hers It wasn t ░░░░░░░░ 2007 at Hillary Clinton ░░░░░░░░ mustered the courage to ░░░░░░░░ that s what she ░░░░░░░░ all along Politically aware ░░░░░░░░ singer from the segregated ░░░░░░░░ Here she is on ░░░░░░░░ circuit in Alabama I ░░░░░░░░ t feel no ways ░░░░░░░░ I ve come too ░░░░░░░░ from where I started ░░░░░░░░ Nobody told me the ░░░░░░░░ would be easy Tucker ░░░░░░░░ tonight at constitution hall ░░░░░░░░ Biden actually was born ░░░░░░░░ a slave state and ░░░░░░░░ we mention for the ░░░░░░░░ nearly 30 years of ░░░░░░░░ life enjoyed to the ░░░░░░░░ perks of living in ░░░░░░░░ Jim Crow city That ░░░░░░░░ not a story audiences ░░░░░░░░ interested in hearing a ░░░░░░░░ about at this point ░░░░░░░░ he did what we ░░░░░░░░ all now allowed to ░░░░░░░░ in modern America he ░░░░░░░░ his former identity You ░░░░░░░░ this recently he declared ░░░░░░░░ never happens you can ░░░░░░░░ know what happened it ░░░░░░░░ a deadname and he ░░░░░░░░ at the something else ░░░░░░░░ still grew up in ░░░░░░░░ segregated state but now ░░░░░░░░ was the one at ░░░░░░░░ back of the bus ░░░░░░░░ the thump of the ░░░░░░░░ club The sting of ░░░░░░░░ fire hose Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ now black watch A ░░░░░░░░ from Florida going after ░░░░░░░░ and Social Security They ░░░░░░░░ I don t know ░░░░░░░░ y all been Tucker ░░░░░░░░ damn!