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Aug. 15, 2020 - The Dan Bongino Show
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Patriots Unite! (Ep 1323)

In this episode, I interview two business owners who’ve come under attack for trying to feed their families during the coronavirus crisis. I also get a tattoo and I get a workout in. You’ll have to watch and listen. Copyright Bongino Inc All Rights Reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Get ready to hear the truth about America on a show that's not immune to the facts with your host, Dan Bongino.
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You'll see us again through the magic of television down in North Carolina, then we'll wrap it up.
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Now through the magic of television, You'll see me up in New Jersey.
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Hi, welcome to the Dan Bongino Show.
I am up here in Belmar, New Jersey, and before we get started, I gotta give our traditional Friday, although you'll be seeing this on Saturday Open.
Producer Joe, the audience can see you in person, but that is it.
Well, it really is.
It's Friday!
In his worst 1960s game show voice, as I always say.
You never get to see Producer Joe in person.
What am I doing up here in Belmar?
I'm here with these two patriots, these two heroes, Ian and Frank, owners of Attila's Gym.
These guys, folks, have been with it from the beginning.
I love these guys.
They've been subjected to a ridiculous, unconstitutional order trying to shut down their business.
These guys have to feed their kids.
This is a reputable, strong, local business.
I came in here today.
They had some of the best safety measures I've seen.
Sanitizer, temperature checks at the door, only members allowed in.
So guys, Frank or Ian, whoever wants to start.
One, thank you for everything you're doing.
Fighting back.
I understand we're here in violation of a local order.
Tell us what happened to you.
Tell us what you're doing to fight back.
Well, first of all, thank you for coming.
Yeah, brother.
It's awesome to have you here.
Happy to work.
That's why I'm all sweaty.
I worked out a little, right?
Yeah, hit it quick.
We were worried about you getting hurt.
Hell no!
So, we opened up on May 18th, which was two months into the shutdown.
About six weeks in, Frank and I made the decision that we were going to open and we put together
a comprehensive 15 point safety protocol.
And we opened and we opened very publicly.
We didn't do it to try to blindside anybody.
We went to the local township.
We went to the police department.
We went on national news and we put forth a plan hoping that government would step up
and want to talk about it because there was no program in place.
And the way we were seeing it is it was turning political and we wanted to put forth a program
that not only our gym could follow, but any small business.
Because there was no need to have all of this collateral damage occurring from these oppressive shutdowns, and it was a gross violation of our constitutional rights.
So there was no solution, so Frank and I provided one.
And we've been punished every step along the way.
We were up to 24 or 26 citations between Frank and I. Two arrests.
We've had a member get arrested.
We've had nine members be cited.
We have a health department shutdown.
We have a court order shutdown.
A health department official has never stepped foot inside of our building before that shutdown.
We have a violation of a contempt of court order.
We lost our business license, you name it.
Governor Murphy has thrown pretty much everything he can at us to stop us, but he has not yet reached out once to talk about the program that we've put in place.
Has anybody asked you guys for your actual input?
Like, I noticed the local news story I put out on my show from the local Fox affiliate where they said there was a vote in the city council or the town council, five to one against you guys to revoke your business license.
Now, I'm assuming because there are politicians that work for the people, you guys had the opportunity to speak and make your case, right?
We did not speak there only because we would possibly incriminate ourselves.
Actually, with the town council actually calling that meeting, they actually went out of line of where they should have because we have so many summons in the local jurisdiction that they actually should have waited to actually file for that meeting until after we were found guilty of any summonses.
We have so many summonses in the actual town here itself that If we were found guilty, then they would legally be able to have that meeting and take away our business license.
Instead, by the pressure of Governor Murphy, he mandated, hey, you guys need to do something here.
We can't do anything up here.
You gotta do something.
So they had a meeting, and we knew ahead of time that we were losing it, that they were gonna take it.
And bottom line is, First Amendment of the Constitution says I don't need a business license.
They can't interfere with commerce.
So they're gonna get sued for that.
What can happen to you now that they've, now wait, question number one first.
Do you think that decision by the council that revoked your business license for the, for daring to open up your business safely, and I use that, I'm obviously being sarcastic, but do you think that decision was preordained before you even got in there?
Absolutely.
100%. So there were basically there was nothing anybody was going to say that was going to stop
100%.
them from trying to shut you guys down? Not in any way whatsoever. We were told 100% what the vote was
and it was exactly as what we were told. When we were at the meeting, the council put forth zero
evidence that would show that we pose any threat to the general public.
The only assertion that they took was that we broke the law, but we haven't been convicted of any crimes yet.
And like Frank said, we couldn't speak on our own behalf because those are still open charges.
So we were essentially guilty until proven innocent.
And that was their justification as to why we were a threat to the public.
Our lawyer asked for them to present some type of evidence that would show that our facility poses any more of a threat to the public safety than any other facility.
And he requested that several times, and they didn't have that evidence, nor would they stay the decision a week to present that evidence.
So they were asked to back up their claims, and they essentially just said, we're going to move to a vote, and they voted 5-1.
They didn't let the public speak.
It was 100%.
Let me ask you this.
Given all the taxpayer dollars that are being wasted, city council, town council time, police hours, they've probably wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars coming after you.
I would assume, and I'm being quite sarcastic, but you'll get the point, you guys must have had hundreds of infections out of you.
There was a reason for all that.
How many exactly do you have?
We have none.
Actually, as of last night, we have had 20,030 visits through here since June 16th without a single infection.
Wait, wait, so zero?
Zero.
As in a donut?
Zero.
Okay, wow, that's really kind of amazing.
On top of what our lawyer asked from the council and the township, we have actually specifically, I have asked out loud in the media for Governor Murphy, if he wants us to shut down, to please show us the data and science that actually shows that our gym, other gyms, that indoor dining, that Movie theaters are dangerous, and then not only that, but then show me the science that you have and the data that proves that the places that you have opened up are safer than here.
And the one in particular that I actually like to bring up to him is that he says indoor spaces are bad.
They're confined spaces with no air circulation, no ventilation, okay?
Then why is New Jersey Transit buses that ride in at 100%?
A New Jersey Transit bus is 40 foot long, 102 inches wide.
That is 340 square feet.
They are allowed to be active at 100% capacity.
That means they're allowed to have 60 passengers and one driver.
They do nothing for contact tracing in any way whatsoever.
They have to wear face masks.
They don't know if anybody's sick.
They don't do anything.
When somebody gets on the bus, they touch every seat on the way back.
Nobody is disinfected.
They get off the bus, the next person gets on.
But yet, that is considered safe.
Show me that science and I'll shut down my gym.
If you can't show me that science and data, then I am not shutting down my gym.
I'm in the fight to the end unless you can show me that science and data.
Because if not, that means that all the decisions you have made are because you want to pick and choose because you're a power-hungry dictator.
Do you guys have decent lawyers working on this for you?
Because I don't see what kind of case they have against you at this point if they can't go to court and provide any meat on the bone to their case.
If you've had no known infections, would you have good legal support on this?
We do.
And moving forward, what has happened so far is they've kept us on the defensive because they, again, on the taxpayer's dollar, he throws everything he can at us.
He threw the health department at us.
He threw the local police.
He threw the county police at us.
The sheriffs.
So he's kept us on the defensive, but now What we're doing moving forward in court is asking him to provide that evidence that we're talking about.
So we're demanding that if you're going to shut us down, show us why the health department shut us down.
Because again, they never step foot inside the building.
But it's one of these things where they try to beat you before you get to round 12.
You know, it's your classic David versus Goliath, big guy versus little guy scenario.
They want to exhaust you.
They want to financially bankrupt you.
They want to make you quit because they know that if we get to round 12, if we get in front of the high federal courts that actually respect the Constitution, that our constitutional arguments are going to destroy everything that they've done.
But their objective is to beat you before you get there.
So, it's a 12 round fight for us.
We'll lose every single battle along the way.
And we know that the system is rigged against us.
And it is.
We're prepared to lose every battle along the way and we only have to win the final battle to win the war.
It's that simple.
We haven't even been heard by a judge yet.
Yeah, well, that's kind of shocking considering everything that's happened to you, but how's the community, the locals?
Because I'll tell you, when I announced I was coming up here to knock out some deadlifts, that's why I'm all gooey right now.
You know, my email box, I probably got 500 emails, and I'm serious, no matter what I talk about, if I said like, hey school kids, you want homework, you'll always get one kid that says yes on an email.
All 500 plus were unanimous, like the country is totally behind you guys.
How's the local community?
And one more follow-up, how are they?
I'm guessing the answers are behind you.
Why are these local politicians not receptive to that?
We had a lot more support initially than we ever thought.
But the longer this goes on, the more it grows.
We had our original group of people who were with us from day one.
And then you had the people who were kind of neutral or unaware of the story.
And then you had the people against us who thought we should stay shut down.
Everybody who wasn't paying attention or didn't care about the story is now on our side.
And even people who were originally against us are coming in.
A guy came in yesterday, bought a t-shirt and said, hey, listen, at the beginning of this, I thought you and Frank were a**holes.
You know, he's like, I disagree with you.
And the only reason I followed the story was because you guys pissed me off.
And he said, now I'm here buying a shirt because I see what's going on, and it's BS.
And I want to support you guys, and I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry, and you guys are right.
You know, so the support is growing, whether it's locally, nationally.
I mean, we got people calling from out of the country at this point.
So we know that we're in the right, and we know that we just need to continue on, you know, and expose them for what they really are.
And it's power-hungry politics.
Unfortunately, we haven't had a lot a lot of support from local politicians.
Bottom line, the biggest thing to understand is we did it for the right reasons.
They asked for two weeks, initially we gave them two months.
They didn't have a plan, we had a plan, okay?
We went forth with that plan.
Forget the 14 days, now it's day 154.
So initially, you guys were down with it.
You understood.
No.
Honestly, no.
Well, we weren't happy about it.
From day one, I believe we were allowed to be open based on the wording and the verbatim.
I got it.
I'm with you.
Executive Order 1047-C said that all gyms had to remain closed to the public.
Public means all members of a country or community.
We don't let members of the public in.
We have memberships.
Once you pay for a membership, you're private.
Actually, you separate yourself from the public.
And you had your sanitation measures in place right away?
Spraying the place down?
We spent nine weeks preparing for that.
We, the CDC compliant- Spraying the place down.
Everything we had, everything was done so that we were CDC compliant and ready to go with all that.
And we put that out there.
But the reason we started working so early and a lot of people didn't,
they sat around, is it at the beginning everybody was worried about the virus.
And okay, you give them that good point, okay?
Nobody knows what's going on.
But when they ask you for two weeks, and 11 days later on March 27th,
they pass a stimulus bill where they're gonna give $2.6 trillion,
where they're gonna give people $600 a week for free for 16 weeks.
It's not a virus anymore.
We knew on March 27th, I wanted to sue the state of New Jersey.
No lawyer would take the case.
He told me I was out of my freaking mind, okay?
And bottom line is, everything that we predicted would happen has happened so far, and they're going to do everything they can do to try to shut down everything again.
We wrote it down.
We knew it was happening.
I told him we are not opening up until at least the end of July.
This is not about a virus anymore.
It's politics.
There's no reason to give people free money for 16 weeks.
They're trying to make the people that would normally be the toughest fighters, you know, I believe the way these political battles are going on, They're looking to try to go to the socialist, you know, Marxist world and you do that by actually making everybody weak.
You have the higher ups and then the people at the bottom are weak.
And they weaken the people at the bottom by giving them money.
Usually a hungry dog is going to be the one that fights the most.
I do a whole show on that this morning.
Because a hungry dog wants to eat.
Straight up, a hungry dog wants to eat.
Bottom line is, they try to weaken the middle class by you keep gyms closed, you tell people you can't go to church.
This is a middle class town!
Looks exactly like the neighborhood I grew up in, in Glendale, New York.
You close down the gyms, you don't let people go to church, you actually weaken the middle class.
Wait, I got this question for you.
I got a couple more questions.
I'm gonna bring him one of my friends here.
that people are going to go run into churches, they're going to pray, they're
going to talk to each other, they're going to build up their spirits, which
builds up their immune system, and they're going to decrease their number of
infections. You went to one place you wouldn't want to shut down, is the gym.
Wait, I got this question for you. I got a couple more questions. I'm gonna bring
him one of my friends here. He owns a gym too. Tell me about the f-bomb on CNN.
That's what I get most of all, with Chris Cuomo.
For those of you who missed it, which camera are we looking at?
So, Frank and Ian were on with Chris Cuomo, you know, muscles with the tricep curls on CNN, which is nothing compared to these two guys.
And you dropped an F-bomb.
That was great.
How'd that feel?
Natural.
Me too.
It fit there, but it's like, I knew nothing about corn mops.
I'm not a political person.
Before we went on there, we sat there and we had to watch the screen where he's bashing Trump and he's blaming Trump.
I'm not political, but he's blaming Trump for all the increased numbers and all the increased deaths.
And he's badgering, badgering, badgering, badgering.
I was told that he's going to try to make us look stupid, and if he realizes he can't make you look stupid, he's going to talk over you.
He's going to do whatever he can.
He's going to cut you short.
I got my numbers.
I got my stats.
I can challenge anybody in this country right now on what's going on since day one.
This is a job for me.
I do this for a living.
You guys are terrific on the air.
I told Ian, you guys get to the point.
You're professional.
You make the case that the safety matters.
You wouldn't let me in before I took the temperature check.
They were like, hey, you got a sign here.
You got to take your temperature.
Not a joke.
We even do it every day.
Well, we do it for ourselves.
This place is immaculate.
You've got spray bottles everywhere.
The bathroom, you can eat off the darn floors in here.
Don't do that.
Maybe we'll try it out.
Anyone got a hero or something?
No, don't do that.
One more question I get from my audience a lot.
Everybody wants an Attila shirt.
You guys got to do something.
You got to start going national.
I'm not kidding.
I got two, three hundred emails.
You got to get an Attila shirt.
Go like a partnership with a Co-Pac or whatever.
We need to because I've been packaging them up myself.
We're going out very slowly, so anybody who ordered one, I apologize.
Everybody wants an Attila's mug.
And in exit question, I'm going to bring in my friend Brian here quick.
And then we got to bounce to go get a tattoo.
Don't ask me how I get myself into this.
What are you getting a tattoo of?
Sorry.
What are you getting a tattoo of?
Fuck Murphy?
The Ixith.
The Jesus fish on the back.
I got to get something small.
My wife will divorce me if I don't.
But I already kind of know the answer.
But seriously, on a very practical note, You know, you guys could get in a lot of trouble here.
It's not a joke.
I mean, you got the full power of a state and a tyrannical governor after you.
How far are you willing to take this?
To the very end.
Bottom line, it's not about opening up a gym.
It's about constitutional rights.
And if you take them away, what do I need to live for anyway?
That's why I came up here for you guys.
I can tell, you know, I don't want to be hyperbolic.
This isn't some like Chuck Norris movie, but you know, when you watch people on the air and you know, you've been doing this 10 years, you can see BSers right away.
And I said to my wife, man, I go, we got to help these guys.
So folks do me a favor, like they're GoFundMe.
I'm going to tweet it out, put it on my parlor, and I'm going to put it out on my email list today.
It's not enough.
These guys are getting absolutely smoked with legal fees.
Seriously, however much you think is in there, I promise you it's not enough.
It's not mine.
I get nothing from it.
These guys are terrific.
We gotta help them out.
I'll put the GoFundMe up.
Please, whatever you, ten bucks, five bucks, whatever.
My name's on there.
I gave them five hundo.
I'm joining today.
Can I get a membership?
How much is the membership?
$24 a month.
Alright, sign me up.
We'll be doing that afterwards.
And I need a t-shirt too.
Absolutely.
Seriously, my fans and my audience are with you.
I love you guys.
I'm hoping to come back, but I'm a little sore.
I know you were worried me deadlifting it.
I feel good though, but don't worry about it.
So, thanks again.
Can I swap out your seat with my friend Brian here?
Folks, this is my friend Brian Chisholm.
He's a delegate, Republican delegate from Maryland, who I've known forever.
But like Ian, owns a gym in Maryland.
You're going through some of the same stuff.
You were kind enough to drive up here today.
What do you think of what these guys are doing, and how does it relate to your business, Rockwell, in Severna Park?
It's funny talking to you like this, by the way.
He's my friend.
Delegate Chisholm.
Be all professional now.
True story.
So on Sunday, I had the opportunity to be with Dan down in Florida.
And he was asking me about the gym and asking me about politics.
And before he even mentioned this, I said, Hey, before we talk about some, how about these guys in New Jersey?
Because they have kind of capital debated.
I say, I say, Dan, what can I do to help these guys?
Because I feel their pain.
I was like, we walked, you know, I walked in here and immediately you feel the energy of what this place is.
I mean, there's an American flag.
Proudly hung back there.
They have a salute to all the services.
Everybody in here seems to have a positive, high-energy kind of feel.
And these guys, they stand for what we believe in.
All they're trying to do is help other people improve their health.
So if we are going to take on a virus, I mean, really, you want strong lungs.
You want a strong heart.
And these guys are producing that type of outcome for everybody in here.
So my heart went out to them the first time I saw them.
I know.
I know it did.
Because we were eating at a restaurant.
And honestly, man, I swear.
He's in Maryland.
He's a good two hours away.
He's like, well, how can I help?
And he texted me.
He's like, you want me to drive up?
I'm like, if you want.
I'm like, absolutely, man.
I'm like, we got to rep these guys, man.
And I think that's the thing.
I think you both agree.
I'll get your take on it, though.
Ian and Brian.
Kind of an exit question.
We got to bounce.
We can't leave our friends out there alone.
That's right.
I mean, the thing this state, and you, I mean, you're a delegate, you know better than anyone, but Ian, you first.
The state has endless money, because it's not theirs.
You're just one person, and the only way we can fight back is when listeners, this greatest audience in the world, the Fox audience that's come through for you, come together, keep your story in the media number one, come through with financial support, and show up, right?
I mean...
The biggest weapon we've had by far is that people care.
People care more and more every day.
People always call in and ask how they can help.
In addition to donating, what can they do?
The biggest thing to do is just share the story.
I'm laughing because when I texted you, I'm like, listen, I don't want to cause you any trouble, but can I come up and work out?
Yeah, bro!
Come on up!
Exclamation point!
Absolutely!
And we'll have you any time.
It's been an honor and we thank you for the support because every time you mention us it gets out in front of more and more people and it just spiderwebs and we're snowballing.
So we're gonna roll all the way down to round 12.
I'm with you, brother.
And Brian, I said on my Parlor account this morning, I couldn't think of anything to say.
So working out at Attila's, I put Patriots Unite like we're the freaking Avengers or something.
But wouldn't you agree, man?
It's collective power in us too.
Yeah, yeah.
I agree 100%.
Matter of fact, and I'm sure Ian had the same experience.
We started to have everybody from this industry started to reach out to me.
How do we work together?
How do we put procedures and protocols in place?
Because we're being targeted.
We're being taken out.
Yep.
By local government.
Give your gym a shout out.
Rockwell Fitness, Saverna Park, Maryland.
So I became, I guess, the mouthpiece as Rockwell Fitness owner, but also as a local delegate to try to help.
And it was frustrating for me as a local delegate.
Obviously, I'm in a huge minority in Maryland, but I felt like we needed to band together.
We're a brotherhood.
All of us are in the same boat.
We need to fight.
You know, it's interesting, too.
Good point.
We were talking in a restaurant.
I said to him, I go, Well, you're a delegate in Maryland.
They probably don't mess with you.
They don't treat me any different, brother.
They're coming after me.
And that's the thing, man.
That's why we need this.
It's political warfare.
It's sad.
Before this all started, you always hear about if you stand up, you can make a difference.
I never realized when you stand up with conviction and you stand up for what you truly believe in, how many people will stand up with you.
And that's what it's all about.
These people run off of fear.
They want you to be afraid of their power.
They want you to be afraid of the consequences that they're going to bring upon you.
But if you just stand up, it's a house of cards.
It really is because we outnumber them greatly.
They can't come after us all.
And that's the biggest thing that people need to realize is they're standing on a house of cards.
And it looks powerful.
It looks mean.
It looks scary.
But they can't stop us all.
Especially when we're doing the right thing.
We're not criminals.
We're not bad people.
We're good, honest Americans standing up for what this country is all about.
And that's life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Brother, you're a patriot.
Brian, thank you.
Frank, thank you very much.
Folks, gonna take a quick break.
Next time I see you, do the magic of television.
Thank you, Producer Joe and Drew.
By the way, we will be in North Carolina where, yes, I'm actually getting a tattoo.
I told the guy I'd do a tattoo.
Did my deadlifts, did my chins, did my dips.
The man of his words.
I'm not messing around.
I texted him.
I told him I was coming up.
We'll see you at the next stop.
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All right, welcome back to the Dan Bongino Show by the magic of TV in North Carolina.
It was amazing just a second ago we were in New Jersey, but we had a commercial break in between, so maybe a minute or so ago.
So Jax, you were the first guy I saw.
I saw the Attilas guys, Jim, actually after you.
You're down here.
We're in Apex, North Carolina.
My father lives in the town over.
I'm watching on a weekend.
You know, we had this coronavirus, and you gotta feed your family, man.
It's your business.
And you had some simple questions, like, if everyone else is open, why can't I get open and feed my family?
You took all the proper safety, security, had a mask on.
You came in, you opened your business, and I saw you getting waltzed out of here in handcuffs.
I couldn't believe it.
What's happened since then?
Well, I mean, uh, we are stuck in phase two.
It's part of phase one and part of phase three.
We, I mean, we got so many phases here.
We don't know what to do with them, but I don't know how, but we were able to open up and we are, we're back in business.
Um, nothing's changed.
We were doing everything that we're doing now before we shut down.
Now you knew when you opened up your business, you were going to get, you were going to get locked up and you did it anyway.
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, I didn't want to put the mark on Apex by any means, you know, at all, but, you know, I'm my father's son.
Yeah.
And you, I mean, you got to, this is your business, man.
It's your livelihood.
I mean, seriously, if you were put out of business and, you know, I can be sarcastic and funny on the show sometimes, we mess around, but if you were put out of business for three, four months, You'd be finished, right?
Yeah.
I mean, it took me eight years to establish it and get it to good standing enough to build enough credit to buy a house that I just bought in January.
So if you can imagine buying a house in January and then by March, you're risking losing what I just spent, you know, working eight hours as an industrial dye technician and coming here for eight to 10 hours.
I went two, three years with four hours of sleep a night, man.
Yeah.
And if you can imagine, like, there's two ways you get a business.
Either you bust your rear end, or you go get a loan, just like a college loan, and pay it off slowly.
And you were one of the top tattoo shops around here before this whole thing.
We were the number one in the state.
No kidding?
Oh yeah.
Did you think I was messing with you when I called you and said I was coming down here to get a tattoo?
Yeah, you know what I thought about?
Drew, is this where we run the B-roll?
Drew, insert B-roll here!
Marker!
Mark!
You thought I was messing with you.
I mean, I was debating on whether to hurt you for crashing my website.
Did I?
Did I mess with you?
I know.
I told Paul, like, we better warn him.
My wife, you know, my dad's behind the camera.
He lives over there.
And I called him up and I said, Dad, you know Apex?
Like, Apex?
That's a town over.
It's like five minutes.
He lives over in Cary.
I should tell you what.
I'm going to drive up.
Then I said, screw just driving.
I'm just going to go to Attila's first, get a workout and come down here.
But business has been okay since then?
More than cool.
My audience wanted to know ever since I interviewed you.
One of the few guys I've ever interviewed during my actual show.
I have an interview show later, but have they kind of left you alone since then?
You've been allowed to operate?
Your fans, your fans have kept us alive.
They're amazing.
You got so many fans in Atlanta.
I mean, people from Germany, France, No way.
Australia.
They're awesome, aren't they?
All of them.
And I just literally put an American flag on a Russian guy because of you.
No kidding.
I'm not lying to you.
I told the Attilas guys this.
I'm going to tell you this because we got a bolt, but you need to set up a t-shirt shop.
You know how many questions we get?
Can I buy Jackson's t-shirt?
Good.
Sell something.
I'm going to put that out there.
So it's unaltered 1776.myshopify.com.
We got to put the link up for you.
We got to sell you some t-shirts, man.
It's been rough, the outsourcing, anything with the COVID.
By the way, you're a talented tattoo guy.
I got these when I was, gosh, I don't know, 20 years ago?
Yeah.
They hurt like a mofo.
Yeah.
I can't say, I was a quick family friend.
That was all right.
That wasn't bad at all.
Well, and this is family business, and my daughter's standing right off camera.
She's days away from me.
She's got the best hair I've ever seen.
Guess who did it?
Show us your hair.
Come on, Karen.
Come on.
You got to come over here by me.
Now, guess who did it?
It's the greatest hair ever.
Look at this one right here.
Look at the Jewel.
Jewel, we got it.
Come on, it's the greatest hair ever.
I'm not kidding.
I love that.
Guess who did it?
Thank you.
Who?
Me.
I'm the hair stylist in the family too.
That's the coolest color hair ever.
It's got some orange, some yellow in it.
I'm glad to hear the business is going well.
Thanks for doing the tat here.
Hey, thanks for what you do.
Folks, thank you so much for tuning into the show.
It's important.
We all have to fight the good fight, and we've got to back up people who are fighting the good fight for us.
We've got to show up.
The time for sitting on the sidelines is over.
I know you figured that out a long time ago.
We've got to get in the fight.
Can't watch the boxing match anymore.
We've all got to jump in the ring.
I appreciate you watching the show today and supporting these businesses.
There are folks out there who are really hurting.
Find a business near you.
We can do the same thing.
Maybe we'll do it again.
Thanks for tuning in.
I'll see you all on Monday.
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