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Why "Missing White Woman Syndrome" Backlash is Growing, Gabby Petito, Joy Reid, Brian Laundrie, - YouTube
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(sighs)
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- So I know that there's been murmurings
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and rumors about this.
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And so I kinda just wanted to address this
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before it got any bigger.
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Yes, it is true.
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Despite me staying the
contrary for two years now,
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the Philip DeFranco show was actually shot
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on a green screen.
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And this is the.
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(drum roll)
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This is the real background.
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(shocked gasps)
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(applauding)
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Just feels good to get that off my chest.
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I just hope you guys can forgive me.
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But with that said,
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oh, you beautiful bastards.
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Welcome back to the Philip DeFranco Show.
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Hey, maybe hit that like button,
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help support the show,
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get some more common
sense news coverage out
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to the people of the YouTubes.
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And while you emotionally
recover from this grand reveal,
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let's just jump into it.
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You know, the first thing
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that we're going to talk about today,
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was one of the most requested stories,
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involves the Gabby Petito situation.
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Her disappearance, presumed murder.
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Of course, the search now of
her fiance, Brian Laundrie.
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That's because in recent days
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we've seen more and more people
sharing their frustration
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with how much attention
this story is getting,
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compared to similar ones
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involving people of color.
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This again, is being a
growing point of conversation
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on social media,
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but also as far as the mainstream,
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we're seeing the likes of
MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reids say.
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- [Joy-Ann] Now it goes without saying
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that no family should ever have to endure
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that kind of pain
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and the Petito family
certainly deserve answers
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and justice.
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But the way the story
has captivated the nation
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has many wondering.
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Why not the same media attention
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when people of color go missing?
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Well,
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the answer actually has a name.
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Missing White Woman Syndrome.
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The term coined by the late
and great Gwen Eiffel to
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describe the media and public
fascination with missing white
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women like Lacey Peterson
or Natalie Holloway,
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while ignoring cases involving
missing people of color.
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- In addition to that,
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we also have stories popping
up like Insider writing,
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710 indigenous people,
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mostly girls were reported
missing over the past decade in
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Wyoming.
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The same state where Gabby
Petito reportedly disappeared.
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And adding, despite
the extent of the issue
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missing and murdered indigenous people
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get less media coverage.
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That article also noting that
a report that looked at media
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coverage found that only 30%
of indigenous homicide victims
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made the news compared
to 51% of white victims.
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With Wyoming survey and
analysis research scientist,
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Emily Grant, who worked
on this report also
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adding when the murders of
indigenous people were covered,
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the news reports were overly
graphic compared to white
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people. So, you know,
regarding this criticism
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that we've been hearing more and
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more, a lot of the
pushback that we're seeing
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I'd love to know your thoughts.
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Or in this instance, some claiming that
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Joy Reid's MSNBC is actually kind of
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being hypocritical here.
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Right. Pointing the finger back as a
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Fox News wrote MSNBC has
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extensively covered the case
and its website Monday morning,
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prominently featured an opinion
piece on the missing woman.
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Fox News also characterizing
Reid's actions
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here as dismissing the focus on Gabby.
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But also the kind of data that
we've seen is that Joy Reid
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and a news org as a whole
can be inherently different.
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As well as people saying
that Reid was not dismissing,
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but rather asking a question
or saying the Reid is simply
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asking, why is this happening?
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What can be done about this?
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While at the same time,
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still acknowledging that what
happened with Gabby Petito is
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horrifying and heartbreak. And so yeah,
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the question I pass off to you,
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and I'm not saying that there's
something inherently right
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or wrong. I just,
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I really want to know like what
you're feeling when you hear
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this being said.
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Also jumping back to
the core of this story,
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which right now is the
search for Brian Laundrie.
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We're seeing a number of reports saying
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that he might've been spotted.
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And this is after a guy by
the name of Sam Bass posted to
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Facebook.
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I'm not saying this is the guy,
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but whoever was on my trail
camera this morning in Baker,
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Florida strongly fits the
description of Brian Laundrie.
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Authorities have been contacted
but people in North West
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Florida area, be on the lookout, right?
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Claiming that he saw him around 6:17 AM.
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And so with that, you
have the Okaloosa County
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Sheriff's office saying that
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they're looking at the reports
that he was spotted in the
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area.
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So it was an unconfirmed lead
that the authorities were
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looking into.
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But as I was finishing up today's
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show that the county sheriff
released a statement saying
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that they searched the area
where the image was taken
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extensively.
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Saying they didn't find anyone
or anything of interest.
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This after using a drone and
checking nearby farmlands.
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And saying in a statement,
there are no known
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possible past or current connections
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between Laundrie and anyone
in this area at this time to
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follow up on.
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So unfortunately this leads
seemingly not getting us any
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closer to Brian Laundrie,
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but just before today's show went up,
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we had FBI Denver Tweet out.
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Teton County Coroner, Dr.
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Brent Blue confirmed the
remains are those of Gabrielle
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Petito. Adding the coroner
Blue's initial determination for
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the manner of death is homicide.
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Noting the cause of death
remains pending final autopsy
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results. Though, notably
is still at this point,
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FBI Denver only naming
Brian Laundrie as a person
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of interest and asking
anyone with information
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concerning Mr. Laundrie's
role in this matter,
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or his current whereabouts
should contact the FBI.
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I know that's a lot to take in
a number of different things,
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but that is where we are right now.
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And obviously we'll keep our eyes on this.
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Then remember Dr. Allen Braid,
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we talked about him yesterday.
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He wrote that Washington post
op-ed he's a Texas physician
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who said that he performed an
abortion of violation of the
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state's new six week ban.
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With one of the big questions being okay,
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is someone going to sue
him who is going to do it?
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Because under this new law,
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it allows civilians to file
lawsuits against anyone.
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Absolutely.
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Anyone who helps a person
obtain an abortion after six
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weeks. And that would
absolutely be massive
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because it would be the
first test case of the
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nation's most restrictive abortion law.
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And the big update today is
there have now been at least two
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lawsuits filed against Braid,
but interestingly enough,
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not by anti-abortion groups
or even anyone in Texas.
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One lawsuit was filed by Oscar Stilley,
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which is incredibly notable
because he's a former lawyer
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from Arkansas who was disbarred
and convicted of tax evasion
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and is currently in home
confinement serving a 15 year
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sentence. While Stilley here is suing
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Braid for a hundred thousand dollars.
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He told reporters that he
didn't have strongly held views
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about abortion and that
he filed a suit in part,
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because as mandated by the law,
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he could receive at
least $10,000 if he won.
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Saying here that he is not pro-life,
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but the decision should be
between a woman and her doctor,
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even going on to add that it
was necessary to challenge a
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law on its merits. Adding
if the law is no good,
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why should we have to go with
a very long drawn out process
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to find out if it's garbage?
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Then the second lawsuit that
was filed against Braid was
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brought by another attorney
in Illinois by the name of
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Philippe Gomez.
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And there appears to be a
trend because as it turns out,
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Gomez was also disbarred in the state.
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Though, he was disbarred
after other lawyers
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accused him of sending harassing
and threatening emails.
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And in his complaint,
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Gomez who explicitly lists
himself as pro-choice plaintiff
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states that he believes Braid
did not violate Roe V Wade.
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And that the act is illegal
as written and as applied here
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until Roe V. Wade is reversed or modified.
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And adding that he seeks the court,
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declare the act to be illegal
as written and or as applied.
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With Gomez also telling
reporters that he thinks
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the law is a form of
government overreach and
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views the lawsuit as a way to hold
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Republicans in Texas accountable.
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Adding, if Republicans are going to say,
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nobody can tell you to get a shot.
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They shouldn't tell women
what to do with their bodies
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either. I think they should be consistent.
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And so, boom, there we go.
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The first challenges to this
law are playing out in a very,
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very unusual and bizarre way.
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Also of note with this story,
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I was very interested to know
where you guys land on this
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topic. And this morning
on the community page,
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I asked you beautiful bastards,
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as well as to a smaller
extent, greater YouTube.
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What are your thoughts
on this new Texas law?
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And as of recording this
96% of you are against
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the new Texas law.
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With some of the top comments including.
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There is no excuse for an
anti-abortion law of this nature.
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It's unfathomable to me that
people can actually support
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something like this with no
exceptions for rape or incest.
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Some saying it's just insane
that the people that are suing
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are outside of Texas.
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And really hitting the nail on the head.
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You had Hannah Wilson saying
this law is just the appetizer
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for the real challenge against
Roe V Wade and the Supreme
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Court and I'm terrified.
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If you didn't get to take part in the
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poll, if you want to make sure you never
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miss that or a show text me right here.
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8 1 3 2 1 3 4 4 2 3 and or too,
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being famous. Pretty fantastic.
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But also, it feels like lately
there's just headline after
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headline saying you
don't want to be famous.
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There are massive downsides
that only get attention
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now and then. Like y'all,
I went to TMZ this morning.
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Cause you know, sometimes I like trash
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and the top headline when
I opened it, I'll read it.
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Ariana Grande's alleged stalker
brandish knife threatened to
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kill her. Absolutely horrifying.
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You look into it further,
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she had to file to get
a restraining order.
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Apparently this guy has been
terrorizing her for seven
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months. Reportedly, he shows
up security says leave.
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He has a giant hunting knife
says I'll fucking kill you
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and her. Absolutely
horrifying stuff seemingly
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happening so much.
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It might as well be a searchable category.
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They even have related
topics right underneath.
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There are stories about
how that guy snuck onto
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Rhianna's property.
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How Kim Kardashian had to get
a restraining order against
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a man who sent her a plan B in a ring.
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Also, hell, remember Kim Kardashian,
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it's only been a few years now.
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She got robbed at gunpoint
and tied up in her bathroom.
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Which one, I know a lot of people aren't
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empathetic towards incredibly
successful and rich people,
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but no one should have
to deal with that too.
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And two, it makes me so happy that I have
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just a minute of fame.
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'Cause when your audience
gets as big as theirs.
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It's simply a numbers game.
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Like just statistically,
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you're going to have
some deranged assholes.
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But just to reiterate,
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it should never get to a
point where we're like, well,
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that comes with the job. No,
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regardless of your opinions
about their work or their fame,
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they're still people.
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Then in fantastic news for Activision
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Blizzard, things are finally calming down.
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I'm lying. In the wake of
their sexual harassment and
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company culture, reckoning,
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things just appear to be
getting worse by the day.
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Last week you had Blizzard employees suing
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the company for worker
intimidation and union busting.
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On top of that, Blizzard
Entertainment's chief legal officer
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announced yesterday that she
left the company on Friday
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though. She didn't say why.
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And now we're seeing in the
news that the SEC is also
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investigating Blizzard. With
them throwing subpoenas,
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not only at Blizzard,
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but also several of its senior
executives, including CEO,
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Bobby Kotick. And now with all of this,
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asking them to provide
documents from board meetings,
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dating back to 2019,
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as well as the personnel files
of six former employees and
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separation agreements the
company reached earlier
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this year with staffers.
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And it appears that the SEC wants
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to get to the bottom of these
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executives communications and
how much they actually knew
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regarding sexual harassment
and discrimination complaints
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With outlets like Kotaku, summing up the
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investigation as the SEC
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not necessarily trying to find
justice for the victims of
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the horrible abuse or that not
being under the scope of the
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agency's mission,
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but rather looking out for
company investors who may have
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had a right to know
about these allegations.
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Meanwhile, we've also just
learned that the equal employment
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opportunity commission has been
looking into allegations of
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gender based harassment at
the company since May of last
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year. Reportedly there Blizzard
is in talks to settle and
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could pay millions to resolve the issue.
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But also right now,
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we don't know if the agency
will ever publicly release its
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findings.
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So for now we have to kind of
just wait and see what will
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happen with what will likely
be the continuing fallout in
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the months ahead.
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Then in absolutely massive international
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business and money news.
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We should talk about the
stock market and Evergrande.
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And so for those that never heard of it,
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or maybe you've seen
Evergrande in a headline you're
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unfamiliar, it's a major
Chinese real estate company,
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but it also owns an electric car maker,
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a mineral extraction group, a soccer team,
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and the theme park. And in fact,
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at a time it was a fortune 500
company, but for years now,
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Evergrande has been accruing
a massive pile of debt so much
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so that it eventually
climbed to a whopping
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$305 billion or equivalent
to 2% of China's GDP.
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And as far as how the hell it got there,
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that largely comes down to
the company's business model.
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Essentially they were incredibly
aggressive borrowing money
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and buying land to develop homes.
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And while that wasn't such a
huge deal to Chinese regulators
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at first, last year,
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regulators imposed the three
red lines system on developers
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and their borrowing habits.
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Making it so that the more you
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owed the less you'd be
allowed to borrow and notably
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Evergrande crossed all
three of those red lines.
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So regulators barred it from
borrowing any more money.
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So Evergrande is like,
oh shit, what do we do?
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We need a way to generate income
if we want to stay afloat.
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And so what they did is
that they pre-sold more
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than 1.4 million apartments
that they hadn't yet finished.
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So in other words,
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Evergrande and stop borrowing
money from the government.
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Yes. But they essentially
started borrowing from everyday
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homeowners.
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Asking them to go ahead
and pay these major
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deposits before their homes
were actually completed.
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And so surprisingly that ended
up being a massive disaster.
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Some people have been waiting
now for years for their homes
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to be ready. And in fact,
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at one point Evergrande
became so strapped for cash.
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They forced their own employees
into a corner telling them,
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Hey, you,
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the employee need to provide
the company with a short term
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loan or you're going to lose your bonus.
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So all of a sudden you had
these everyday people going out
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and taking out loans for Evergrande.
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And so with all that uncertainty
and just general insanity,
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Evergrande stock value has been steadily
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falling for over the past year.
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Down from around $4 last
September to now just 30 cents
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today. And to make matters
worse, which is quite a feat,
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considering everything
we just talked about.
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The news we're seeing now
is that Evergrande likely
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will not be able to meet
more than $80 million
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in interest payments due later this week.
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Alongside that earlier this month,
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they also stopped paying back
the loans from its employees.
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And hey, well obviously
this is horrible news
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for the homeowners, as well
as the company's employees,
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everyone could be impacted.
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Like this could be incredibly far
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reaching for one, if Evergrande defaults.
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The banks and other firms
that they owe money to will
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potentially be forced to
then lend less money out,
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given that the company
owes money to around 300
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institutions.
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And if that happens, it could
lead to a credit crunch.
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AKA companies would struggle
to be able to borrow money at
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affordable rates, meaning
that some might be forced
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to close up shop for good.
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Two, the value of existing
homes will likely to become
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depressed. And since homes
are such a valuable asset
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that will likely lead to a
decrease in consumer spending.
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Three, all of that could
have major global effects.
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Hell, the Dow yesterday plunged nearly
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a thousand points just
as this news broke with
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other major us industries also
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seeing sharp, immediate pullbacks.
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And so you have a ton of
people asking is China about to
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face a Lehman brothers situation
or that in reference to the
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events that caused the 2008 recession,
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but all that said for now
there's no major market crisis
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just kind of jitters.
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And while a full-scale
crisis is not off the table.
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Many believe that the Chinese
government will step in to
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bail out Evergrande.
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Many calling the company too big to fail
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with one analyst saying rather than risk
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disrupting supply chains
and enraging homeowners.
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We think the government will
probably find a way to ensure
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Evergrande's core business survives.
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Though, nonetheless,
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nothing is certain it's possible
that China could refuse to
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bail out Evergrande to avoid
what's being seen as setting a
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bad precedent as it tries
to reign in corporate debt.
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But for now it's still
pretty much all in the air.
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We're going to have to
look yes, a few days out,
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but also specifically tomorrow.
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And that's because Chinese
markets were closed today,
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but they'll be open tomorrow.
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And that could give us an
indication of what's going to
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happen. Both regarding how
investors are feeling as well as
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what is the government going to do.
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Ultimately that is where this
story and today's show ends.
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Let me know when you're
thinking of those comments down
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below, whether it be this story,
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really anything else that
stood out to you today?
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And of course, as always
say it with me, weirdos,
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my name's Philip DeFranco,
you've just been filled in.
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I love yo faces and I'll see you tomorrow.
[842]
You're not a weirdo. Just
gotta keep you on your toes.
[844]
I love your face. So see you tomorrow.
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