 So as I am recording this, we know that Pete Buttigieg is currently leading in Iowa with state-delegate equivalence while Bernie Sanders has the edge in the popular vote. This is with 62% reporting. However, when we were hoping to see some results come in when nobody saw any numbers whatsoever, that didn't stop Mayor Pete from declaring victory anyway. So he tweeted out, the skeptic said, not now, not this time. All this talk of belonging, of bridging divides is too naive, too risky. So tonight I say, with a heart filled with gratitude, Iowa, you've proved those skeptics wrong. He also tweeted, tonight Iowa chose a new path. So I mean in other words, he's basically implying very heavily so that he won. Again, this was before any of us saw the results. We now see 62% of the vote totals, but this was when we had less than 2% reporting. He also tweeted out this video where he once again suggests he won. Right off the stage here in Iowa, incredible night, incredible result and such phenomenal energy here. We are headed to New Hampshire, victorious and now we got a build for the next phase. So if you're able to help, I hope you'll take a moment to chip in. We are on our way toward big news in New Hampshire too and we'll be pushing every day. He is basically trying to guido the Iowa caucus. That's what he's trying to do because he is, you know, an astute politician is out of touch as he is. He knows that Iowa is mostly about momentum and the media narrative. So what he's probably thinking is that if he can get ahead of the narrative before we even see results, then maybe even if he doesn't win, he can get a little bit of bump in momentum if there's this buzz even temporarily about him winning. So I mean, people obviously were frustrated. They wanted to see the results. So what was the response to this? Well, rat emoji, rat emoji, rat emoji, rat emoji, rat emoji, rat emoji, rat emoji, rat emoji, guido plus rat equals peat memes. I mean, I got this rat. But on top of that, hashtag mayor cheat was trending because of his connection to the app shadow, which led to this debacle in the first place. So I mean, he doesn't know how to read a room. And his smugness at this point in time is actually hurting him. He probably thought that it would help him to be a little bit of a confident, but it's hurting him because people see right through it. And all of the candidates, supporters of other candidates are equally as frustrated as Bernie supporters are, right? So you have Andrew Yang supporters. Elizabeth Warren supporters, even Amy Klobuchar supporters, probably not really wanting to hear this nonsense about how victorious you were when we don't know what the response is. Now, the morning after the Iowa caucus, he was asked by some reporters about Iowa and, you know, if it was maybe too early for him to declare victory. And he had the most smug, non-response I've ever seen from a politician in my life. He is so incredibly insufferable. And ratty. And look, he is the typical, you know, rehearsed politician who is focus group driven and thumb points. And I am all but certain he would lose to Donald Trump. Possibly in a landslide, voters aren't going to turn out to vote for someone who is offering them crumbs. And the media is now, or at least some Democratic Party pundits and loyalists, pro-Democratic Party pundits, I should say, are trying to get us to shut up and accept the crumbs that Mayor Pete will offer us in the event he does become the Democratic Party's nominee. We'll get to that in a minute. But in terms of the media narrative, I'm actually a little bit surprised that the media isn't actually going with Pete's narrative yet. Essentially the headlines are saying that it's between Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg that they both lead because you can't necessarily declare anyone a winner when we don't have the results. I mean, Bernie Sanders reported results from the morning after Iowa with 60 percent of precincts, where it showed him with the five-point lead over Pete Buttigieg, which tells us that there are other precincts not being counted that possibly have Bernie Sanders up. So you can't really say anything. But Politico did give him credit for quote, crushing the spin game, or as I'd like to call it outright lying through your teeth trying to convince people that you win. So the media also parrots what you're saying. But really, I think what makes this situation 10 times worse and what makes Pete that much more unlikeable is the brow beating from the media. They can't help themselves. They can't not rich-splain to voters when we're all fresh-fitted. Like you have to understand if you're going to do politics, there's going to be times where you have these energy spikes and energy dips. Currently there's an energy spike and a lot of people are feeling a lot of emotions currently. So read the room, understand that we don't have patience for any of this respectability and civility nonsense, fall in line, vote blue no matter who, support Mayor Pete. People don't want to hear that right now because we are frustrated. And yet people like Van Jones on CNN were talking about how frustrating this was not because voters haven't seen the results yet, but because Mayor Pete is the one who got robbed. Why? Because he's gay. He got robbed tonight. This is history tonight. It's history tonight. It was a very big deal for Pete. Because of things that went so terribly wrong. I think it's history because you have a gay man who did the impossible. If he's number one, if he's number two, that's a big deal. He talked to his husband, his husband came out with him. You've not seen that before in American history on a primary night, a caucus night. And that was a huge deal. And he deserved for the numbers to be running below him while he was given that speech. He got robbed of that. And I think it's terrible. With all due respect to Van Jones, these things do not help gay people. If anything, this turns people off to LGBTQ rights. And it's the same effect that we saw with the Democratic Party establishment trying to convince us that any and all criticisms of Hillary Clinton were sexist. You end up turning people off to legitimate claims of sexism because you use it so much. Now I'm not saying that Van Jones is doing the same thing. But I mean, when I saw this, I thought, shut the fuck up. This is not what equality means to me. My ideal first gay president is elected and nobody gives a shit that he or she is gay. That's what I care about. We want equality. We don't want to be a spectacle. We don't want you to think, ooh, a gay person. Stop. This doesn't help anyone. And on top of that, you have Democratic Party loyalists like Hillary Clinton alum Zatpat Connors tweet, hey guys, an openly gay man may be on the cusp of winning the Iowa caucuses. If that doesn't move you, get some gay friends. This is historic. On top of that, you have liberal celebrity Billy Eichner, who's known for screaming, tweet out, Pete's rise is remarkable. I know some of you don't care or don't make it count, but history will see it as a rather monumental step forward for the perception of how far an openly gay man can connect on a national level. You don't have to vote for him to acknowledge that. But here's the thing, Billy, this isn't organic. Pete Buttigieg is the creation of the media. The media likes him. They like his, you know, Ivy League education. They like his elitist credentials. He's not connecting with normal people. He's not even connecting with LGBTQ people. I don't know a single gay person who likes him. I'm gay. I don't like him. My husband doesn't like him. And in fact, when you look at polls, this one from the morning consult showed that LGBTQ people, generally speaking, don't fuck with Pete Buttigieg. They support Bernie Sanders overwhelmingly. And the reason why LGBTQ people aren't supporting him just because he's gay is because, believe it or not, people in marginalized communities don't just vote based on identity. It leads to that because they have privilege. But gay people actually have to worry about things like healthcare. We have to worry about things like paying the bills. So just the mere fact that he's gay doesn't improve our lives, right? So LGBTQ people, for example, they acknowledge that Medicare for All is an LGBTQ issue because there are healthcare disparities within the trans community, within the LGBTQ broader community. Pete Buttigieg is offering us crumbs, a public option that will inevitably collapse. So do you understand why this is so patronizing and irritating? Because we're all waiting for the results and this idiot is trying to guayido the Iowa caucus and you're basically telling us to shut the fuck up, accept him as the nominee, vote blue no matter who, and just be happy with whatever crumbs he chooses to throw to you because he's gay and history. Well, how about this? Go fuck yourself. Voters are not going to be susceptible to this type of message. I mean, who do you think you're winning over with Zach Petkonis, Hillary alum, saying, you know, get some gay friends. How about this dipshit? Why don't you get some working class gay friends and not just talk to gay people that you see at cocktail parties? I mean, these people are beyond insufferable. They don't get it. Like they tried this with Hillary Clinton. Yaa squeen. And they think that, you know, just basically screaming because Pete Buttigieg is gay is going to inspire people. No, it's the policy stupid. Don't think that we're too dumb to not see through Mayor Pete just because he's gay. Nobody gives a flying fuck about that you goddamn dipshits. We vote based on policy and no matter how much you browbeat us, it's not going to get us to change our minds. Okay. If this isn't helpful to gay people, it comes off as disingenuous because you're just trying to use the gay card because it's convenient for you politically. No, fuck off. Your support is fake. I reject it. I mean, what else do you say? The Democratic Party establishment, this is why they're so hated. This is why they lose elections because they offer candidates who are not inspiring, who offer us nothing. And then they wonder why young people stay home and don't come out to vote. What could it be? Could it be the lack of policy? I mean, they just, they just don't get it. They are insufferable. They are beyond out of touch. They're just, they're so insufferable. And I've got horrible news for them. If Pete Buttigieg is the nominee, gay, straight, no matter what the case is, he's going to lose. Why? It's not because he's gay or straight. It's because you have to energize people to get out and vote. Young people don't vote for Pete. Voters of color do not like Mayor Pete because his record in South Bend is horrible and borderline racist if we want to be charitable. So if you truly want to beat Donald Trump, which I'm not convinced that the Democratic Party establishment does, then offer us something. Stop telling us to shut the fuck up when we vocalize concerns about these pro-corporate neoliberal candidates. And I've said enough. I mean, this is incredibly irritating. Just fucking stop. If you genuinely care about gay people, Zach Petkonas, Van Jones, Billy Eichner, and anyone else, stop doing things like this.