Someone Took a Shot at Trump - Now What?

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  • @SteveShives
    @SteveShives  4 місяці тому +1312

    UPDATE: In this video I blister Trump for lying about being hit by a bullet when, according to reports, his wound was actually caused by a shard of glass. Since I wrote and shot this video, those reports have been debunked and it appears likely that Trump's ear wound was caused by a bullet after all. So, please disregard that, and remember that regardless of what hit him in the ear, Trump is still a liar who must be defeated in November's election. Apologies for getting the glass bit wrong.

    • @votekyle3000
      @votekyle3000 4 місяці тому +137

      Thank you for this update, you’re a good man Steve

    • @scoott360
      @scoott360 4 місяці тому +42

      @@SteveShives thanks dude!

    • @monsterglo
      @monsterglo 4 місяці тому +27

      Steve I just discovered your channel, thanks for the update, you're definitely my kind of person! Our country is going to sh!t cuz people are little crybabies! We have to vote every F'n time as you said!

    • @maniacrichx
      @maniacrichx 4 місяці тому +16

      as the kids say nowadays, appreciate you!

    • @GENERIC_CHANNEL_HANDLE
      @GENERIC_CHANNEL_HANDLE 4 місяці тому +30

      You owning that is far more than I see from mainstream media and I appreciate that.

  • @theemmjay5130
    @theemmjay5130 4 місяці тому +324

    "Donald Trump is not Teddy Roosevelt." Truer words have never been spoken.

    • @remrad4315
      @remrad4315 4 місяці тому +17

      One was a mountain of a man oozing with character and manliness. One is someone who literally echos Hitler.

    • @adamdymke8004
      @adamdymke8004 4 місяці тому +1

      Teddy Roosevelt also lost that election

    • @bikerhighmiler8998
      @bikerhighmiler8998 4 місяці тому

      ​@@remrad4315 tRump oozes out of his Depends.

    • @Ninang363
      @Ninang363 4 місяці тому +4

      Trump could never make a joke, much less one involving himself

    • @spriken
      @spriken 4 місяці тому

      He's not even a Reagan. I can't stand Reagan and the damage he caused still echoes 40 years later but I do think he had a few more brains than Trump and wasn't as easily manipulated.

  • @Enkrod
    @Enkrod 4 місяці тому +358

    I'm really bad at ranting, which is exactly why I am thankful for this rant. **I** needed to get this off my chest and now I can simply share the video. Thank you.

    • @loorthedarkelf8353
      @loorthedarkelf8353 4 місяці тому +39

      Sometimes it takes someone more capable of rage to give us not only the right words, but the right tone as well. I think of myself as a masterful ranter, and Steve still said it WAY better than I could hope to.

    • @jay-el-bee
      @jay-el-bee 4 місяці тому +8

      Agreed!

    • @Cheriec11
      @Cheriec11 4 місяці тому +9

      Funny I was thinking the exact same thing.

    • @l.d.hunter9004
      @l.d.hunter9004 4 місяці тому

      Same here!!!

  • @SNESpool
    @SNESpool 4 місяці тому +72

    Your righteous fury is an accurate reflection of what many of us are feeling, Steve. Thank you.
    Keep doing what you do.

  • @hendrsb33
    @hendrsb33 4 місяці тому +595

    An important thing to remember: Trump is an actor (like Reagan), very well aware of how imagery influences the public. When he said "Wait, wait, wait..." to his Secret Service detail, he knew he needed to strike a pose that would live on on magazine covers and social media for the ages. I am completely disgusted with how Right Wing Big Media has been handling this travesty with irresponsible lies and half-truths and I can scarcely believe the gullible viewers eating this up are actual adults, lead by their feelings and not their heads. Thanks, Steve!

    • @jameslyoncpdt-ka1431
      @jameslyoncpdt-ka1431 4 місяці тому +20

      👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

    • @turner3d1
      @turner3d1 4 місяці тому +43

      I have to admit that I was sort of amazed that he had the wherewithal under the circumstances to recognize and take advantage of the photo op. Psychotic.

    • @joangravitz3280
      @joangravitz3280 4 місяці тому +9

      Not just right wing media. Corporate media

    • @georgedennison3338
      @georgedennison3338 4 місяці тому +20

      He was concerned about his shoes being left behind. Listen to the vid; he's asking for his shoes.
      Likely he's afraid if someone gets them they'll find the lifts in them. Sociopathic liars focus on maintaining their manufactured reality above all else.

    • @arroncunningham9866
      @arroncunningham9866 4 місяці тому +15

      @@mistybethune9116 except, he didn't wave "okay", he made a fist and shouted "fight". He's using this to reinforce his "tough man" image, he didn't care about anything else.

  • @essiegilliam1857
    @essiegilliam1857 4 місяці тому +9

    Thank you for your HONESTY AND TRUTH, Sir! I soooo agree with you.

  • @gqwincy90
    @gqwincy90 4 місяці тому +69

    First time watcher. Good points! Not a fan of Biden, but I’m voting Biden because the other guy showed us who he was on January 6, 2021. Everyone saying Trump is going to win motivates me more to vote Dem. I will be subscribing.

  • @DaneFalco
    @DaneFalco 4 місяці тому +229

    Fear is understandable.... Fear is also a motivation. Acts of survival are often fueled by fear.

  • @mkang8782
    @mkang8782 4 місяці тому +134

    When you and Beau (of the Fifth Column) don't hide their anger, you know shit's very, very real.

  • @obviousalias9506
    @obviousalias9506 4 місяці тому +17

    Thanks Steve. Your talk about folks on the left side who become their own worst enemies reminded me of a quotation I've been seeing more of lately: “No class or group or party in Germany could escape its share of responsibility for the abandonment of the democratic Republic and the advent of Adolf Hitler. The cardinal error of the Germans who opposed Nazism was their failure to unite against it.” - William L. Shirer Here's to better days for us all.

  • @bdchiaccio
    @bdchiaccio 4 місяці тому +126

    Thank you for saying everything that's been on my mind these last 2 days!!

  • @MariaKlein-tt5us
    @MariaKlein-tt5us 4 місяці тому +10

    I love this guy. Voting works. Please show up and vote 💙

  • @Jabrwock
    @Jabrwock 4 місяці тому +517

    TR also mocked the shooter during his speech. "it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose". He had been shot in the chest. Dude had balls the size of Trump's collection of classified documents.

    • @NerdimusPrimeX
      @NerdimusPrimeX 4 місяці тому +54

      TR also fought against Tammany Hall. Being anti-corruption is hardcore.

    • @Nessy-of-the-Lynn
      @Nessy-of-the-Lynn 4 місяці тому +58

      TR also fought and led men in the Spanish-American War. He also established our national parks instead of seeking to sell them off like Trump did.

    • @davidm5707
      @davidm5707 4 місяці тому +18

      That collection isn't his, it belongs to us!

    • @AliceErishech
      @AliceErishech 4 місяці тому +6

      I think you mean that he had balls the size of Trump's ego, lol.

    • @wrath-2187
      @wrath-2187 4 місяці тому +15

      yea im no american but seeing people compare donny to Teddy is fucking awful, he was a good man with the decorum of a proffessional and a gentleman, but had real bravery and sought to do real good within the confines of government, he earns our respect but trump demands it

  • @Elisabeth-tq3jr
    @Elisabeth-tq3jr 4 місяці тому +101

    There were at least 42 assassination attempts on Hitler. Didn’t make him any less of a villain.

    • @sawbuzz
      @sawbuzz 4 місяці тому +3

      💯

    • @Byrdstar6423-un3me
      @Byrdstar6423-un3me 3 місяці тому

      And most pathetic of all that loser Offed himself lol

    • @shadowbonbon3
      @shadowbonbon3 3 місяці тому

      Does make him slightly cooler tho (I’m getting banned from UA-cam for saying this)

    • @GenXLibTeacher
      @GenXLibTeacher 3 місяці тому +5

      @@shadowbonbon3 How does being so vile that at least 42 people take the enormous step of trying to assassinate him make him cool?

    • @MissBeloved__
      @MissBeloved__ 3 місяці тому

      ​@@shadowbonbon3bruh....

  • @toddsaskatchewan
    @toddsaskatchewan 4 місяці тому +77

    Damn, Steve. Thank you for this. I feel it too.

  • @lynnhettrick7588
    @lynnhettrick7588 4 місяці тому +51

    I'm not convinced about the "Bernie bros" reasoning for 2016. Two conservative family members of mine were going to vote for Bernie if he was on the ballot. But since he wasn't and they're misogynistic, they voted for Trump. Sexism played a big role. But have to remind ourselves that Clinton won the popular vote.

    • @NikolaHoward
      @NikolaHoward 4 місяці тому +1

      Aye.. given I'm "10 days in the future" now, I'm very very concerned from over here in the UK that VP Kamala Harris won't win simply because of the USA really not being ready for a Woman President, because misogeny/patriarchy...

    • @kathypiazza7228
      @kathypiazza7228 4 місяці тому +2

      @@NikolaHowardCanadian who’s been bombarded with US politics and ideologies my whole life and I still don’t understand why so many fear a woman President. History is filled with brilliant female leaders all around the world. Canada only has had one & sadly she got handed the blame for all the make generated problems (a scapegoat) which, along with our blind obedience and docile following of the USA in nearly every aspect of life, has weakened the chances of another female Prime Minister, to the detriment of my beloved country.

  • @LackofFaithify
    @LackofFaithify 4 місяці тому +418

    He has now been through what thousands of US school children go through every year. It changes nothing other than the new grift he can use.

    • @DerpyM_2.0
      @DerpyM_2.0 4 місяці тому +29

      So sad and so very true.

    • @presentfuture7563
      @presentfuture7563 4 місяці тому +7

      The t shirts are already on sale

    • @phylis3917
      @phylis3917 4 місяці тому +6

      🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

    • @KristovMars
      @KristovMars 4 місяці тому

      He's gone through a /little/ of what your children have to endure.
      One big difference is that police are likely to act to protect him instead of hiding outside waiting for the screams to die out.
      Also I've a suspicious that King Donald's man-child tendencies leave him with a greater sense of his own immortality than a teenage boy on a cocktail of PCP and coke. (the good one that rots your nose, not the bad one that rots your teeth).

    • @TheSundayShooter
      @TheSundayShooter 4 місяці тому

      Might have to rethink compulsory attendance

  • @Chrissy717
    @Chrissy717 4 місяці тому +961

    All of this would be so fascinating... if only the stability of geopolitics as we know it wasn't on the line.
    I'm being serious, Trump can't win and I'm commenting this from Germany, so I probably shouldn't even care half as much as I do.
    This is the first time I am scared when it comes to the future, my future.
    Please don't elect Trump again. Don't do it, please :(

    • @HAFBeast91
      @HAFBeast91 4 місяці тому +89

      Trump couldn't have won his first term, but he did. Did he get help from Russia, maybe? But we had to live through that shit. He sure didn't win his second election, but his time in office had a huge effect on the supreme court for decades.

    • @s.k.1082
      @s.k.1082 4 місяці тому +57

      Also german. Well said. 😞

    • @Saliferous
      @Saliferous 4 місяці тому +40

      I'm scared too. Been scared for 4 years.

    • @RosieRoserules
      @RosieRoserules 4 місяці тому +23

      I've been saying all along that press keeps acting like Trump can win he can't. He's lost at least 20% of GOP

    • @davegreene8588
      @davegreene8588 4 місяці тому +13

      ​@@HAFBeast91
      UNLESS that supreme court will be EXPANDED, which is long overdue.

  • @ricke215
    @ricke215 4 місяці тому +5

    This is an incredible piece of work Steve! You nailed it, especially the Democratic apathy at the polls. I will keep this speech in my head forever. This is the kind of motivating speech we need to hear from our Democratic leaders, fire and brimstone exuberance. I thank for producing this message. It must be spread throughout our nation.

  • @vanceamania
    @vanceamania 4 місяці тому +118

    Steve, you are absolutely right. I needed this. Thank you

  • @drcosmos137
    @drcosmos137 4 місяці тому +401

    The media's been waiting breathlessly for the fabled Trump Pivot since the RNC convention in 2016

    • @KoRntech
      @KoRntech 4 місяці тому

      The CEOs are almost all Republicans, fckn Bezos for all his flaws let the Washington Post turn into a slightly smarter Fox News.

    • @KoRntech
      @KoRntech 4 місяці тому +39

      I was at the Warren post in 2016 and saw a picture of the staff lt, commander and the post commander with Trump doing a thumbs up, I was disgusted then and lost all respect I had for them.

    • @troikas3353
      @troikas3353 4 місяці тому

      Not really. They've just used that as the excuse while happily raking in all the views reporting on Trump's destruction of our democracy has gotten them. even back in 2016 before the election a news anchor covering the primary said something to the effect of "His candidacy may be bad for America, but it's been great for ratings".

  • @GregoryHampton-dj3fw
    @GregoryHampton-dj3fw 4 місяці тому +155

    I am an African Americans from Detroit. I live in Columbus Georgia now everyone up in Detroit says they are voting for Biden all the young AK‘s and others young black students here in Columbus. Georgia said they are voting . For Biden nothings going to stop them .Do not let media fool you young blacks are coming out to vote for Biden.

    • @mishawnuodo1
      @mishawnuodo1 4 місяці тому +12

      Stay strong!!! We stand with you!!

    • @cynthiawray
      @cynthiawray 4 місяці тому +14

      Trump would not need to manufacture or stage photo ops at a black church or trick a black barbershop owner to taking a call from him if he was generating huge support from black Americans. He's all about manipulating the messaging to impact public perception, rather than simply presenting an agenda that appeals to the people.
      Thank you for the reassurance.

    • @robertacolarette1594
      @robertacolarette1594 4 місяці тому +1

      @GregoryHampton-dj3fw
      Thanks for that message. I hope you’re right. I’m very afraid for our country.

    • @that__girl_from
      @that__girl_from 4 місяці тому

      💯

    • @sawbuzz
      @sawbuzz 4 місяці тому

      💯​@@cynthiawray

  • @joangravitz3280
    @joangravitz3280 4 місяці тому +18

    Glad i found this. I have been unsubscribing from sources i trusted for the past few weeks. I was getting lonely

    • @leafcatcher1715
      @leafcatcher1715 4 місяці тому +4

      youtube channel, Beau Of The Fifth Column.
      Don’t be turned off by his look.
      Most of his stuff is topical, but some of them … so good they almost make me go number 3.
      Edited to add, keep Steve, try adding Beau.

  • @nsbd90now
    @nsbd90now 4 місяці тому +19

    "He will not change..." Reminds me of Steve Scalise who almost died from an assassination attempt, and absolutely no change, no insight, no growth, no existential realization, no character development. It's stunning to me.

  • @stevenhandzel5929
    @stevenhandzel5929 4 місяці тому +77

    Wow, your anger really sounds genuine here, even more so than before! But ya said what needs to be said. Shared!

  • @celdiadivis1013
    @celdiadivis1013 4 місяці тому +26

    Steve; First time viewer. You're a male version of me; but I mainly rant to my cats and only occasionally to my adult kids. This rant was a masterpiece. Guess I'll keep doin' what I'm doin', only more so. So grateful for you, Steve. Thanks so much!

    • @pickledragonrebel
      @pickledragonrebel 4 місяці тому

      Check out his "if repubs were honest" vids.6l they are pure art and truth.

    • @TheRatsintheWalls
      @TheRatsintheWalls 3 місяці тому +1

      If you were to record your rants to your cats, there's a fair chance I'd watch them (with my cats).

  • @mrb.5610
    @mrb.5610 4 місяці тому +1285

    I'm a Brit.
    We had a General Election 2 weeks ago
    And in my constituency, the incumbent right wing MP lost his seat by just *39* votes - one of them mine.
    So yeah, voting *counts* .

    • @ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty
      @ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty 4 місяці тому

      Tories had their worst defeat in history. Really nasty blowout election.

    • @paulhammond6978
      @paulhammond6978 4 місяці тому +25

      Hey - I think you must live down the road from me. That's the guy who is 22 who won the seat that my friend who campaigns for Labour was sure was a safe Tory seat.

    • @Thezuule1
      @Thezuule1 4 місяці тому +17

      Counts less here. I live in New York. No matter who I vote for, or if I simply choose to stay home, New York's electors are going to cast their votes for Biden. Aside from local election stuff there's no point for me to get off the couch. I have zero say in the Presidential election. None.

    • @gimme0dis0junk0mail
      @gimme0dis0junk0mail 4 місяці тому

      thank you for your service to humanity

    • @darthwingnut464
      @darthwingnut464 4 місяці тому +27

      Voting in the States is a different animal. Steve is blissfully ignoring that the only thing that actually matters in Presidential elections is what happens in the swing states, where Trump is currently in the lead in all of them.

  • @sakkarabeirre
    @sakkarabeirre 4 місяці тому +3

    Man, I found your channel over the weekend and have already subbed and watched / listened to about 6 vids.
    This? Made me turn on notifications. Thank you, sir! 🎉

  • @BryanMinnix
    @BryanMinnix 4 місяці тому +88

    Extremely well said Steve. Thanks.

  • @jakevendrotti1496
    @jakevendrotti1496 Місяць тому +2

    Powerful analysis Steve; I shared this widely. Thank you for saying what we're all feeling and thinking, including correcting even some of my own misconceptions. Appreciate you 👍🇺🇸

  • @OneRealSilverRaven
    @OneRealSilverRaven 4 місяці тому +54

    Preach brother

    • @cobyhoff
      @cobyhoff 4 місяці тому +1

      I was looking for this comment. After watching the only thought I had was PREACH! (am non-religious, btw)

  • @MrJerks93
    @MrJerks93 4 місяці тому +55

    Steve ain't pulling any punches!

  • @ferusgratia
    @ferusgratia 4 місяці тому +15

    I’ve got to say I was feeling really demoralized about our chances, but thank you for speaking out with such passion. I needed that.

  • @LynStLouis
    @LynStLouis 4 місяці тому +3

    Thanks, Steve. Your message is exactly what I needed today to help me climb out of my funk of the last few days. I HAVE voted in nearly every election for 50 years. I needed to be reminded of just how powerful that is. 😃❤

  • @SEMJW
    @SEMJW 4 місяці тому +90

    Steve. This is the best controlled, truthful and direct rant I have ever witnessed. Thank You.

  • @Lowkey-NoPressure
    @Lowkey-NoPressure 4 місяці тому +148

    Imagine if Biden got in front of a crowd and gave this exact speech

  • @jgrayson1940
    @jgrayson1940 4 місяці тому +178

    Well said, Steve.
    I hope they're listening.

    • @JeanAmann-w1u
      @JeanAmann-w1u 4 місяці тому +6

      I've never listened to Steve before, but it's refreshing to hear the unvarnished truth from someone. I'll definitely be back. Thank you!

  • @benjiskyler7836
    @benjiskyler7836 4 місяці тому +167

    To quote Jean-Luc Picard in a fictional 2024 from a season of Star Trek Steve didn't particularly care for, but still applies here:
    "I refuse to accept an outcome that has not yet occurred."

  • @Moonbeam143
    @Moonbeam143 4 місяці тому +129

    Thanks for your videos, Steve. They're helping me care more about America lately. I just want America to be a place where it feels like cares about me, and other LGBTQ people.

  • @charlietuba
    @charlietuba 4 місяці тому +13

    I have voted in every election since I registered to vote at my high school. I originally registered as a Republican, but the only Republicans that I voted for were Ford in 1976 and John Amderson (as an independent) in 1980. Since then, I voted for Democrats and changed my registration to the Democratic Party so I could vote for John Edwards in the primary. I regret that I didn't vote for Carter, because he was a good man, He may not have been a great President, but he was sure better than Reagan!

  • @janto58
    @janto58 4 місяці тому +91

    1000% correct

  • @gaden002
    @gaden002 4 місяці тому +8

    God damn, man, can we get this on TV somewhere where the masses can see it?

  • @roblox_explorerfromspace
    @roblox_explorerfromspace 4 місяці тому +5

    WOW!!! This is powerful and very impactful!💥💥💥👏👏👏

  • @dorothyjohnson6743
    @dorothyjohnson6743 4 місяці тому +1

    Man, I really like this, your show, just found it, subscribed. Thank you.

  • @meljones3044
    @meljones3044 4 місяці тому +3

    Yours has become my new favorite UA-cam channel.,

  • @JDPwatching
    @JDPwatching 4 місяці тому +2

    Love you, Steve! Keep the rant going! God knows I am. 🤬

  • @Jane_8319
    @Jane_8319 4 місяці тому +288

    When steve gets angry you know it’s a fucking problem

    • @jenniferbyork690
      @jenniferbyork690 4 місяці тому +7

      It is!

    • @TheEnmineer
      @TheEnmineer 4 місяці тому +2

      Steve is normally angry, that said, shit has been fucked for a solid minute so maybe I just haven't seen him when he's not pissed.

  • @AdventureOtaku
    @AdventureOtaku 4 місяці тому +203

    Teddy Roosevelt when on with his speech..... for 90 minutes. that. is grit.

    • @Seamonkey555
      @Seamonkey555 4 місяці тому +25

      And he still lost. MAGAs don't seem to remember that part. T. Roosevelt would hate their platform. If we can call it that.

    • @chokobo0047
      @chokobo0047 4 місяці тому

      In 1912 only current presidents were under the protection of the Secret Service. Which at the time was not Roosevelt. If he had been they would have forced him to leave also. So it's not fair to directly compare the two assassination attempts and use it as ammo against President Trump. Would he have stayed and continued with his speech? Yeah probably actually. This isn't the first time someone pulled a gun while he was campaigning. Trump refused to leave and continued addressing the crowd also just like TR. You don't have to like Trump. I don't. But he is a very formidable man. If I said otherwise I would only be lying to myself. And Biden.....most certainly is not.

    • @aamoraks8553
      @aamoraks8553 4 місяці тому +1

      SS only provided protection to the current president at the time and Roosevelt was not him. If they had then they would have rushed Roosevelt away like they are supposed to do. So its not accurate to directly compare the two assassination attempts without acknowledging that distinction. Would Trump have stayed though if he could have? Probably yeah actually. This was not the first time someone pulled out a gun while he was campaigning. And Trump stayed and continued addressing the crowd after the situation was contained. You don't have to like Trump but to say he isn't formidable is not even close to being true. Biden on the other hand....

    • @Anxious_McStabby
      @Anxious_McStabby 4 місяці тому +6

      @@Seamonkey555 Part of why he lost was he was running for a third term and people didn't like that idea. There weren't any laws against it at the time though, but it was outside the widely agreed upon standard of two and looked down upon.

    • @DeWellstein
      @DeWellstein 4 місяці тому +2

      I guess Roosevelt actually had something of substance to say in his speech, Trump on the other hand, no so much...

  • @BethLeslie-w8j
    @BethLeslie-w8j 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you. I’ve waited since that event for someone to say exactly what you say in this video. I’m new to subscribe, having just found you. You’re a straight-out truth teller. Thank you again.

  • @beachgremlin
    @beachgremlin 4 місяці тому +26

    Thank you, Steve, for being the only one telling the unvarnished truth.

  • @Justapariah
    @Justapariah 4 місяці тому +2

    PREACH BROTHER!!!!!!!!!

  • @margarethofstetter7137
    @margarethofstetter7137 4 місяці тому +9

    Thanks, Steve, you're always the voice of reason, and I needed to hear a positive voice of reason. Been feeling a lot lately like the bad guys are winning.

  • @richardlanglois172
    @richardlanglois172 4 місяці тому +47

    Love how righteous you get. Not being sarcastic or facetious, I really mean it. I talk about how important it is to vote all the time.

  • @jan-rs6im
    @jan-rs6im 4 місяці тому +56

    you speak pure truth - thank you - and you are the first person i've heard mention TR - thank you again for being aware of history - and 2 former presidents could not be more different - we live in desperate times and i fear for the future

  • @yeahokay1051
    @yeahokay1051 4 місяці тому +5

    That was empowering Af... This my version of a football coach in the locker room scene in a movie

  • @mrhitech6742
    @mrhitech6742 4 місяці тому +29

    I agree with all the points you've made here except one:
    I will not use my pen to fill out a ballot. My polling place gives out these really nice stylus-pens that you use to vote, and then they let you keep it, and it's really poggers. And they're really nice pens.

    • @cathylindeboo.9598
      @cathylindeboo.9598 4 місяці тому

      Poggers??

    • @ladypoetess
      @ladypoetess 4 місяці тому

      @@cathylindeboo.9598 Poggers is based on "POG" which is from online gaming communities and Twitch, meaning Play Of the Game, used to indicate something is really cool and something to be envied/aspired to. Can also be used sarcastically, but I don't think that's the case here.

  • @drezenmedia
    @drezenmedia 4 місяці тому +1

    Steve, I've been following you since I first came across your "Best Superman Ever" videos. I freaking love you, man. I am grateful to you for making this video and for putting into words what I struggle to. You are a very wise person and incredibly compassionate. Thank you for being you.

  • @cardboard87
    @cardboard87 4 місяці тому +14

    I really needed to hear this, I lean progressive. I wasn't quite waving the white flag, but the rhetoric of the past few days had me discouraged.

  • @menmykrazycat8129
    @menmykrazycat8129 4 місяці тому +7

    Thank you!!! You nailed everything Steve - I’m sharing the hell out of this video. Hands down the best and most honest speech ever! This is the kind of stuff I mumble to myself all the time when the mass stupidity in this country gets to me. The back & forth between parties is insane & completely counterproductive. My Dad used to say, ehh.. Americans are fickle. And he was 100% right. Do people not understand how vastly different the policies are for these 2 parties?? How tf?! It’s polar opposite! 🤬

  • @ribone
    @ribone 4 місяці тому +10

    Thank you for being a rational voice to listen to in the din of chaos. You've made me feel less alone today.

  • @johnbarclay5657
    @johnbarclay5657 4 місяці тому +74

    President Biden needs to declare election day a federal holiday! There would be millions more voting!

    • @racheltaylor185
      @racheltaylor185 4 місяці тому +1

      Send him White House email… were he may see it!!

    • @carolmckee8456
      @carolmckee8456 4 місяці тому

      EXCELLENT IDEA! He also needs to use the next 5-1/2 months to finish those progressive policies he started, which got him tossed out of the nomination by rich f*cks.

  • @Mlckey
    @Mlckey 4 місяці тому +11

    Thank you, Steve! I know this message isn't for me but thank you for using your platform to shout it! I hope they listen.

  • @davidhousley9319
    @davidhousley9319 4 місяці тому +11

    Damn right, Steve. I've been pulling my damn hair out on this shit for hours. Glad you could say it so succinctly. Just wish I had a wider audience to share it with.

  • @plasticintheatticstore
    @plasticintheatticstore 4 місяці тому +95

    Bravo, Steve. Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @spacelemur7955
    @spacelemur7955 4 місяці тому +2

    Bravo, Shives! Well said! 🍻

  • @DeadDancers
    @DeadDancers 4 місяці тому +24

    Love the whole ‘you can have a reason to speculate but speculation is not evidence’ thing.

  • @scottt6499
    @scottt6499 2 місяці тому

    Brilliance again and again!! Thank you 🤙

  • @DerpyM_2.0
    @DerpyM_2.0 4 місяці тому +19

    Fuck yeah Steve!!! Shit that was so cathartic to watch. Thank you for the stern kick-in-the-pants reminder of why my vote matters each and every election.

  • @T-Even_phage_destroyer
    @T-Even_phage_destroyer 4 місяці тому +128

    Amen Steve. That’s what bothers me about the leftists, liberals, and progressives around me. They always have this “voting doesn’t work” attitude.

    • @aetherkid
      @aetherkid 4 місяці тому

      Because it didnt work to keep Hitler out.

    • @saraklaren
      @saraklaren 4 місяці тому +29

      That's rich, after the last election, where we had more people voting than at any time in history, and they voted Biden in, and Trump out. So yeah, voting does work.

    • @randibgood
      @randibgood 4 місяці тому +18

      With that kind of attitude, it doesn't. Change is incremental. That's why it is so important to KEEP VOTING.

    • @allenrubinstein3696
      @allenrubinstein3696 4 місяці тому +1

      Not this progressive.

    • @AnonymousAnarchist2
      @AnonymousAnarchist2 4 місяці тому +8

      Voting doesnt cause forward change. Community action does.
      Voting however, can slow or halt backward and authoritarian change. Voting is the lowest form of political engagement, and not voting is still voting.
      Not voting, is still voting. Thats something a lot of leftists forget.
      Also. Just a reminder, no matter who wins in Nov, the SCOTUS has made a powergrab so large that the Justices now hold more power then the office of president domestically.

  • @alexwilli
    @alexwilli 4 місяці тому +9

    This may be your best and most important non-skit video, ever. Sharing broadly.

  • @alainamoon
    @alainamoon 4 місяці тому +8

    Thank you for this it is exactly what everyone in the media needs to be saying.

  • @Russale2298
    @Russale2298 4 місяці тому +26

    The title of your episode...and the opening 4 seconds of sighing was enough for a like. I'm with you, brother.

  • @sandygillespie7017
    @sandygillespie7017 4 місяці тому +3

    You've stated the truth masterfully!! Thanks 🙏

  • @Zatnicatel
    @Zatnicatel 4 місяці тому +60

    The voice of sanity

  • @pjsopinion8028
    @pjsopinion8028 4 місяці тому +4

    Wow!!! Right on brother! Well said. I hope thousands of people see this video!! Keep up your good work. Thank you for taking the time to do this video. 🙏🏻 Vote Blue! 💙💙💙💙💙💙

  • @YeshuaE.
    @YeshuaE. 4 місяці тому +50

    I feel like I just got put in my place. Ouch.

    • @loorthedarkelf8353
      @loorthedarkelf8353 4 місяці тому +17

      Which means you can grow with better footing now. ❤

    • @trackeduser2577
      @trackeduser2577 4 місяці тому +5

      most likely there is time to register if you need to and vote. even if you are in Alabama.

    • @davejones5745
      @davejones5745 4 місяці тому +2

      Does this mean you will be changing your vote to a more sane party!??!

  • @andrewbesso4257
    @andrewbesso4257 4 місяці тому +51

    I would buy a teddy bear, but I would never buy a donnie bear.

    • @Richard-od7yd
      @Richard-od7yd 4 місяці тому +1

      " and your Donny Bear comes with these exciting realistic features..
      Tiny hands , tiny Mushroom, tiny brain and super inflatable ego "

  • @JohnWoolsey
    @JohnWoolsey 4 місяці тому +6

    Came for the Star Trek stuff, stayed for the call to political action.

  • @AussieAquatic
    @AussieAquatic 4 місяці тому +3

    WOW!!!
    Thankyou Steve for such a great speech at such a critical moment in History!!

  • @samhutchison9582
    @samhutchison9582 4 місяці тому +44

    I am terrified about what this will embolden the GOP and their supporters to do.

  • @alanfike
    @alanfike 4 місяці тому +53

    We need a Congressional majority if we're gonna get anywhere with this Supreme Court impeachment.

  • @julieharris8188
    @julieharris8188 4 місяці тому +3

    New listener here. Thank you for speaking the truth so clearly, so passionately & with total common sense. What a concept! Beyond refreshing. Looking forward to listening more

  • @rmdodsonbills
    @rmdodsonbills 4 місяці тому +52

    "When we show up, we win." This is a lesson the Republicans learned a long time ago. And they learned it well. If only Democrats would notice.

  • @petestoutenburgh1412
    @petestoutenburgh1412 4 місяці тому +8

    Thanks, Steve! This video pulled me back from the whirlpool of opinions currently swirling. Keep up the great work and stay motivated!!

  • @irishhi8333
    @irishhi8333 4 місяці тому +13

    Thank you for putting such open honest statements out there.
    Your vote won't matter if you don't cast a ballot.
    We have vote like our lives depend on it in each and every election because our lives depend on the turnout of each and every election.
    We've Got to Work the System.

  • @ladypoetess
    @ladypoetess 4 місяці тому +1

    I feel much more sane, listening to this rant. Thank you. o/

  • @mhe8545
    @mhe8545 4 місяці тому +3

    Thankyou. You said what we are all thinking.

  • @armorart
    @armorart 4 місяці тому +28

    I wish the media outlets spoke the facts like this. Thanks Steve!

  • @knowbody5292
    @knowbody5292 4 місяці тому +8

    If everyone who is eligible to vote spent a couple of hours a year to look into candidate and party policies and then voted for the candidate they felt most closely supported their needs and desires, we wouldn't be in this situation. Thank you for your rant on those who say it doesn't matter or don't vote for other reasons.

  • @vlmellody51
    @vlmellody51 4 місяці тому +50

    If you don't vote, then you have no right to complain.

  • @erf3176
    @erf3176 4 місяці тому +53

    It took Trump hours from learning that an innocent person died to start bragging about what a great photo he took during the shooting. His concern from the victim lasted about as long as it took for adding a few characters about it on a social media post. But we should all be concerned about him, people.

  • @malachiXX
    @malachiXX 4 місяці тому +2

    Despite the fact that for some reason, I can't comment on this video the way I want to, I must say I support everything you say.

  • @doloresfernandez3584
    @doloresfernandez3584 4 місяці тому +43

    Awesome!!! Thank you for this inspiring message…voting BLUE all the way!!!

  • @Kenny-The_Wine_Guy
    @Kenny-The_Wine_Guy 4 місяці тому

    Thank you Steve!! 👏🏼 Well said! All you said NEEDED to be said.

  • @leahtaylor4503
    @leahtaylor4503 4 місяці тому +4

    Bravo 👏👌💪❤️💯❤️💪👌👏 Absolutely Well Said!!!!❤❤❤❤

  • @DavidGutierrez-ib7rg
    @DavidGutierrez-ib7rg 4 місяці тому

    Beautiful oration, thank you!!!

  • @remdvm3021
    @remdvm3021 4 місяці тому +4

    This restored my faith. Thanks Steve.

  • @jacquietrades777
    @jacquietrades777 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you Steve!
    You have no idea how much I needed to hear this. I've been having a rough time with the state of our nation (especially recently) and hearing someone so passionate about voting gives me hope that it's not all lost and maybe others will be pushed to do the right thing too.
    Keep doing what you do!

  • @andrewjacksondavis7807
    @andrewjacksondavis7807 4 місяці тому +4

    Thank you so much Steve. You speak very eloquently and thoughtfully.

  • @JorraneRei
    @JorraneRei 3 місяці тому +1

    Absolutely spot on. The Right-Wing and their victim complex is annoying at the best of times but was downright insufferable after this happened. I wish I had found your channel years ago. Great stuff!