It's a wake-up call in more ways than one.
Time for some sh** you need to know.
Well, we mentioned King Charles.
He was here with Queen Camilla and he addressed a joint meeting of Congress yesterday marking the second time a British monarch has done so.
He was welcomed with an extended standing ovation and much of his speech focused on the kinship and history between the U.S.
and the U.K.
At the end of his remarks, lawmakers gave him another long standing ovation.
Charles began his address to Congress by referencing Sunday shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Saturday shooting, rather, saying such violent acts, quote, will never succeed.
He expressed solidarity with the U.S.
We stand united in our commitment to uphold democracy, to protect all of all our people from harm, and to salute the courage of those who daily risk their lives in service of our countries.
In his opening remarks, he did remember his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who was the last monarch to address
the U.S.
Congress.
He used a portion of his speech to praise NATO and the role the defense alliance has played in protecting their citizens and interests.
The mention of Ukraine and the support it needed to defend itself from Russia unprovoked Russia's unprovoked aggression or another part of the king's message to President Trump who has stopped most military aid to Kiev since returning to the White House in January.
The king took a moment to quote Trump in his speech reminding the Congress that it was the US leader himself who praised the friendship between the two nations just months before vilifying the UK and its government for not providing significant
military assistance for the war.
He concluded by reminding lawmakers that the United States influence carries weight and meaning.
I had
was the same day that she and the first President Bush planted a tree out on the White House grounds.
I loved, I saw footage of her addressing Congress yesterday at the Queen Elizabeth.
She made a joke because at the press conference for the tree, the microphones were so high, she was very small of frame.
She's probably the same height as you, Jamie.
so they couldn't see her.
So when she got to Congress, the microphones had been lowered and she said, I hope you can see me now, unlike yesterday.
Yeah, no.
You know, I think what you want about Queen Elizabeth, but she always had the right thing to say at the right time and she always did it with a little bit of grace.
And yesterday when we talked about King Charles and Queen Camilla being in the US, I said, I didn't really understand the entire process because it was obviously some sort of
of Diplomacy Act.
And I think essentially after listening to him address Congress yesterday, King Charles, that is, I think that's exactly what this was.
It was simply a diplomacy mission from the king, mostly knowing how much this president reveres the royal family, right?
He has a lot of admiration.
And I think
King Charles- Does he know because he treats them with such disrespect when you saw him yesterday?
But right as Queen Camilla was shaking hands with the cabinet, he literally pushed her aside to shake his own cabinet's hand.
But at the same time, he wants to be acknowledged by kings and queens, and he wants that sort of acknowledgement.
And I think in this particular case, especially with the tensions right now between the US and the UK, I think that King Charles was probably the right diplomat.
to handle that because I can't
see
yesterday saying the things yeah you're right no Charles said it in a way he made his points and I thought they were very good I thought he represented people who do not agree with this administration he represented us pretty well yep
said the things that needed to be said in a very diplomatic and regal way, still placating Trump just enough that maybe he'd listen or he wouldn't at least blow up.
Right.
So I thought it worked out very well.
It did.
And so if we're going with the olive branch of diplomacy, then I think King Charles and Camilla were probably the right
people to do that in this particular moment in time.
In other headlines, we're going to bring it right back here to Wisconsin because the Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday said that it is aware of social media posts made by a Wisconsin activist who launched a promotion to offer free beer for his craft brewery on the day that Donald Trump dies.
Carolyn Clancy, who is a spokeswoman for the FBI Milwaukee office, said in a statement about
recent post made by Kirk Bangstad, he's the owner of the Manaqua Brewing Company.
She said, hateful rhetoric and speech are despicable.
She also went on to say that threats of violence or terrorism will be investigated by the FBI and the public is encouraged to report any threats of violence.
Now, the State Democratic Party on Sunday actually denounced Bangstad's post, promoting the idea of assassinating the president in the wake of the shooting at that DC event that he was in.
We're talking about the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Bangstead, who, as we mentioned, owns the Minakwa Brewing Company.
He's also the founder of a political action committee that supports progressive politics.
He said Saturday in a post from his Brewing Company's Facebook account, we're not going to give the post any more exposure.
The post was made after a gunman opened fire at the dinner.
U.S.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the gunman
appeared to have targeted Trump and officials in the administration who were attending that event.
Now, Bankstead did not directly respond to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's request for comment about the
Democratic Party's criticism, but did make a separate Facebook post on Sunday where he hit back at the Democrats who criticized the post and actually stood by his previous comments by linking to merchandise for sale that promotes Trump's death.
What I'm gonna say is this has not died down.
He has double
tripled
Dinner.
he really needs to look in the mirror and do a little self-evaluation.
This isn't
can't normalize
now,
I said this yesterday.
I'll say it again.
I have no good feelings toward this administration.
That does not mean that in any way, shape, or form, I want somebody to be murdered.
He could be removed from office by election.
He could be removed from office from impeachment.
That would be fine with me if he stands trial for any of the alleged crimes that he's alleged again to have committed.
That would be fine with me.
But to say to promote this violence is irresponsible because in this day and age that we saw how crazy people can be.
The president talked against the Pope and the Pope's brother was getting death threats.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, who I have no good feelings for either.
Trump called her a traitor.
She received death threats.
Stop.
