Relative. We really appreciate, of course a longtime supporter of Young Americas Foundation and also i wanted to mr. Rodriguez come let you know although a lot of people wear those tshirts, when i was in college my mother sent me an antisheikh of our tshirt that i readily wore to my latin american studies course. You can imagine how well that went over. Specifically after i wore it particularly when they would start, you know, boosting him. That was in the lesson plan so it was great. I want to start off to get a to start off today the first thanking America Foundation for of course having here today. When they say i was inspired to do what im doing now, thats a result of attending a conference here in 2008. Its true. Young Americas Foundation with this change the lives of students especially when theyre constantly and hostile environment on the College Campuses. What Young Americas Foundation provides in terms of tools and mentorship for people is extremely fortunate i can say the work that the they do realls an impact. Living in washington, d. C. Now and seeing all of the graduates of Young Americas Foundation programs working in policy decisions or in media really making a difference really just proved how important your support is and how important this organization has been for years. But especially now in the modern age. So i visit him here today to talk about my latest book, assault and flattery, and im going to start like is how utterly absurd it is how the left is portrayed as a champion of women. Every book comes from an idea or a moment. At death and a few of those moments leading up to the writeup of this book. The first gain in february 2012 when nancy pelosi invited 30 year old georgetown law student sandra block to testify capitol hill about why taxpayers should foot the bill for foot the bill for contraception but at the time the media was portrayed as a woman in her early 20s. But that wasnt true. She had been well into adulthood years or a decade before making her statements on capitol hill. My office is in rosslyn, virginia, which is right across the river from Georgetown University where ms. Sandor went to moscow. After listening to her testimony, i looked across the river in disbelief and just thought, how is it at my age, which was 20 at the time of her testimony, as a young professional working hard to pull a paycheck and to pay my own bills, right . Is 30 year old woman wants me as a taxpayer to pay for anything other than my own medical bills, my own needs and anything else i think i should be having in my life. I was in disbelief but i just couldnt believe that why was it a 9 a month which was a big video for a strong independent woman to come up with. You know, the answer to this was that the left obviously likes to uphold people could simply pass responsibility for their actions on to others, which is why i wasnt surprised when sandra fluke was upheld as a hero and, of course, put on the 2012 campaign trail. Then and at the moment the lead up to the writing of this book came when i was sitting at the 2012 tnc convention in charlotte, north carolina, and my job as reporter and a journalist is to sit through lots of different speeches. And for hours and days ive been listening to speech after speech about mitt romneys war on women, conservatives hate women. And not only did bill clinton speak on the same night that sandra fluke spoke, but the tnc honored a man as ann coulter describes as having the only confirmed kill on the war on women. The tv cameras didnt catch this because it was during a break but because i was there i did. In between speakers they play there seven minute long glorious tribute video to none other than ted kennedy. Remind you, theyre complaining about the war on women. So as if that wasnt bad enough, they plastered the words womens rights champions in all capital letters across the screen of the video they were playing in the arena. It was Pretty Amazing actually. And for some reason they skipped over one of the most important and iconic moments of his life, a time when he drove drunk off a bridge, wandered away and left a 28 yearold Loyal Campaign staffer who happen to be a woman to die in his car. No one dared to utter the words chappaquiddick that night. They were going to talk about in the green and they certainly are going to talk about indie media. But i sure have plans to talk about it later that night. Luckily at this point appears morgan still had a show. I was booked on a Political Panel for piers morgan show that night, and i was on with piers morgan, my friend Richard Grenell desert is one of mitt romneys ashes good advisors, ellie rosen who is the woman who famously said that ann romney has never worked a day in her life, and van jones was a selfappointed communist. So before, i was hoping appears morgan would bring up ted kennedy because it would be my moment. And thankfully that moment came. In the stated that they play during back to the gate is jen, they should mitt romney debating ted kennedy with mitt romney challenging and received back in the 90s that ann romney said in this debate, that was featured in a video that he was prochoice. Obviously, he has since changed his position. That didnt stop piers morgan from asking me, does it make you uncomfortable hearing mitt romney is passing the joys of being prochoice . And i just responded and said no, you, you know what many uncomfortable, piers . That have a confession becomes be fighting the war on women that they would play a lengthy seven minute video, attribute to a man who let a woman to drown in his car. [applause] so after that the panel exploded to it was like we cant bring up the chappaquiddick, no way. No way. We can talk about how romney pulling a kid when he was 13 but when i go to talk about what happened with ted kennedy. So hilary rosen, staunch defender despite, theres a war on women yelled all, come on. Piers morgan said on air my comment was below the belt. So im just like, all right, whatever. Ansa during the commercial break, hilary rosen turns to me and said i think what you said was discussing, to which i responded, i think what he did was disgusting. [applause] but on a serious note, ted kennedy is portrayed as this perfect example of how the left is supposed to behave, right . He really is a false hero but he isnt the only false hero that the left has portrayed in the media as if theres a difference, portrayed for liberals to look up to. Hillary clinton is also one of those people. And most people dont know really about Hillary Clintons real record because on College Campuses she is portrayed as the ultimate female figure who provides a glowing example for women everywhere. The fact is she doesnt and are underreported legacy is one of defending races and second graders and im not just talk about her husband, though clinton. Are you okay over the . Are you all right . So to give it a little bit of evidence of this, you know, last month of audio of Hillary Clinton gleefully was polish it to get a little back story on this, in 1975 during a time as an attorney, Hillary Clinton took on the case of Thomas AlfredTaylor County man who brutally raped a 12 yearold girl at the age of 41. Clinton said that she thought he was guilty. The issue isnt her defense. After all, this is america and even the worst of the worst in our society get their day in court and are entitled to an attorney. Instead, the issue is clintons behavior after getting taylor out of a lengthy sentence for his crime when she thought he was guilty. She he served less than one yeayear in prison. This is what the reporter, quote, described the events also decade after the card clinton struck a casual and complacent attitude toward her client in the trial rate for a minor. I had him take a polygraph, clinton said, which he passed and then she started laughing. You can hear several points during this either laughing and saying that, oh, the crime lab loss all of the evidence to the actual destruction of evidence is why taylor got off from the crime because he is no longer tied to the crime due to the lost evidence. But apparently the destruction, actual destruction of dna evidence wasnt enough for Hillary Clinton to go when. So instead she attacked the 12 yearold victim girl as possibly emotionally unstable and someone who may be exaggerating or romanticizing a sexual experience. A 12 year old. Further, clinton wrote in an affidavit at the time, i have been informed that the complaint is emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and to engage in and a sizing. So she went out of her way to attack the victim in the case who was a 12 year old child who just happened to be a young girl. You know, the daily beast followed up with an interview of the rape victim, obviously a couple decades now, and she heard this on the of Hillary Clinton laughing at her, for getting the men who raped her off. And she said quote, Hillary Clinton took me through the she took a case of mind in 75 and you like about me. I realize the truth of the shias supposed to be for women . Do you call that being for women, what youve done to me . I hear you on the table laughing. It seems preshocking, right to put this down and covered audio is just one piece of Hillary Clintons long legacy career and life by defending sexual predators. Clinton sister of brushing sexual assaults and abuse of young women under the rug for her own personal and political gain just as the left has done to women for decades is nothing new, and it persists today. Fast forward a few years after add clinton relieved a child rapist of any real consequence or justice, you will find for decades she willfully helped destroy the women who run husband, former president bill clinton, was accused of sexual assaulting or raping. Its funny how the left constantly screams about rape culture but yet they refuse to address the rape culture that goes on in their own party. Time and time again is that holding her husband accountable she defamed his female accusers are mentally unstable women looking for money. And clinton repeal it allowed women to be lied about, sneered and many believe so her philandering husband could hold onto power which eventually led to her own position as a senator from new york, a president ial candidate, and president obamas secretary of state. Speaking of her record at the state department, what exactly did she do during her tenure there . The pattern of behavior continued. She ignored rapid sexual abuse by high ranking state department employees. And under her watch, the u. S. Ambassador out of was accused of routinely ditching his protective security detail in order to solicit sexual favors from both prostitutes and minor children in a nearby park, according to an intel memo written by chief Inspector General investigated. The state Department Security official station in beirut was accused of engaging in multiple sexual assaults. And for the u. S. Embassy official was removed for allegedly trading visas for sexual favors. At cbs news first reported last year, lease seven of Hillary Clinton second agent routinely hired prostitutes on official trips overseas. This bad behavior was described as endemic by whistleblower. Although the agents were eventually reassigned, they werent seriously punished. When investigations were launched into misconduct, they were immediately shot down by Hillary Clintons chief of staff. The fema whistleblowers who brought all of this to their attention who spoke out against and expose what was going on inside the state department, they were retaliated against for doing so. Whistleblower kerry howard was run out of the Foreign Service and stripped of her job and was bullied for exposing his counsel general donald moore when he allegedly engaged in sexual activities with women inside his Government Office and with call girls in naples. So this is just a snapshot of clintons legacy of defending rapists and sexual predators. Shes done for decades and yet somehow has been portrayed as a womens rights champion. A record proves the opposite. Hillary clinton will go down in history as americas most famous enabler of abusive and powerful men. But debate about Hillary Clinton and other false heroes like ted kennedy, and the historical record that comes with them is all but banned on College Campuses. And its my job and the job of people on the overflow room, the students and the job of the Young Americas Foundation to break that censorship. Im often asked why young people in general but specifically what young single women vote for the left and when they tend to lead to the left but you really cant blame them for doing something when they have never been told otherwise. The educational system is about indoctrination and University System is a different. The only thing theyre hearing on College Campuses is a great Hillary Clinton is about the left is the way that women should be leaning towards. You have to be able to go in and tell them that there is another side to that story. In addition to know to effectively fight on campus, its very important to understand what exactly students are up against. The left is dependent on ignorance to accomplish the goals and to push their agenda. The left isnt playing a longterm game with women since 1960 and has been lying about the real empowerment and equality ever since. So the question is how do we understand the left . You have to infiltrate the left to go to where they are, go to where the battle actually is. So last year i applied for press credentials to cover the nationalization of Women Conference in chicago. I figured now they bill themselves as the largest opposition of feminist activist and the indices were 5000 contributing members and 550 chapters in 50 states. According to their website, since its founding in 1956 their goal has been to take action to bring about equality are all women. Yes, all women. If youre familiar with the hashtag. Unless of course youre a woman who happens to be a conservative or a capitalist, so prior to applying for press credentials from the convention i came across a n. O. W. Letter which claim that the goal for the future of the or decision was to expand and diversify membership, ongoing efforts to bring different perspectives to the organization. I was pretty happy, as pretty sure i was going to get in. I was pretty sure i would be welcomed with open arms, be providing this different perspective and diversity of thought to the conference. It didnt happen that way. Two days before i departed for chicago, i was informed that despite being a credentialed female member of the press, my press credentials for this conference were being denied. Quote thank you for your interest in attending this years n. O. W. Conference as a member of the press. A woman named sarah wrote to me a new mail. She is on twitter by the way if you want to get in contact or. However, press credentials for the conference will not be issued to you. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. No other offer, no of the expedition was given. So i wrote back and said, you know, as a credentialed female member of the press i would like to know why the credentials to the conference was denied especially considering why flights and hotel rooms have already been booked. I look forward to your response. She never responded. So guess who is going anyway . That was me that i was going to go anyway. But the only way to attend the National Organization for Women Conference i found out, maybe do something i thought and never would do. I had to become a member of the National Organizationational or. So im a cardcarrying member who pays dues but im also a member in Good Standing after the speech im not sure if ill still have the membership. So when my plane touched down in chicago, i wasnt really sure what to expect. I knew that chicago was ground zero for radical movements in the post1960s feminist movement was no exception. Chicago after all was the home of Jeremiah Wright and, of course, barack obama. So when i walked into the conference at the hilton downtown in chicago expected to see a roomful of young women fighting for the rights. But instead the room was actually pretty much anti. Now, you get the question a lot, why do you care what the national or decision for women think what are they ever the . The fact is that theyre not and theyre very important to Pay Attention to because people like barack obama and washington, d. C. , are paying attention to what they have to say and they take their advice when it comes to implement a policy changes and when it comes to messaging on certain issues. But it wasnt necessary the speeches that were being given at this conference the company interest. Instead it was the exhibit hall and what was being sold. So they were selling books about marxism and the feminist movement. Things like, oh, the economist manifesto was available for purchase at multiple exhibit tables. Picked up a copy. Things like, oh, i dont know, education for socialists. Communists continuity and the fight for womens liberation. Documents of the socialist Workers Party. These are only two books. I bought five of them. They didnt is given to me me, which i thought was weird considering they wanted money for them. Thats capitalism, right . Thats weird. Lightweight, you want me to give you money for these . Arent they free . So thats the kind of make you that there were selling at the n. O. W. Conference. And so i was q