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Senator Tom Cotton continues to be awesome. I guess the CEO of Kroger was talking to Congress recently last week and trying to give support to do a merger. And I guess the Democrats are concerned about them having too much power. Kroger wants to merge with Albertsons, I think. And Tom Cotton said to the CEO of Kroger, quote, "I've cautioned them for years that if they silence conservatives and center-right voters, if they discriminate against them in their company, they probably shouldn't come and ask Republican senators to carry water for them whenever our Democratic friends want to regulate them or block their mergers." He continued, and then he finished with this: "I'll say this. I'm sorry that's happening to you. Best of luck."

Oh, that was so based. Best of luck. Yeah, you've been your people every day — you know, our people would be Republicans in his way of saying things. You've been your people every day and then you're coming and asking us for a favor. Good luck with that. Hey, good luck. I wish you well.

Now, I think the specific thing was that some Kroger employees were fired because they were unwilling to wear an apron. There was some pro-LGBTQ message. So I think that's what he was basing his comments on.

I would like to once again praise CNN. Can you handle it? CNN did something there that just requires a compliment. I know, I know you hate it. I hate it. But I feel like I can't be an honest broker unless I call the balls and strikes the way I see them. Here's something that CNN did. They ran a story about a quote, "a Florida lawmaker who was accused of misusing COVID relief funds." And that's how they presented it. A Florida lawmaker who is accused of misusing COVID relief funds. Do you see it? Do you see why I want to compliment them? It was a Republican. It was a Republican. Yeah, you thought I was gonna... you thought that they were hiding the party affiliation because it