1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: And all back down. Hey, everybody, thanks so much for 2 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: joining us. Right here on the right view tonight, we're 3 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: joined by State Senator from the great State of Georgia, 4 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: Greg Dolazol. Greg, welcome to the show. Thank you so 5 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: much for joining us. You just introduced to the state. 6 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: You just introduced the State Assurance of Voter Eligibility also 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: known as SAVE Amendment in Georgia. Explain this resolution and 8 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: how does that actually bring the core principles of the 9 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: Federal Save Act directly into Georgia's constitution. 10 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, so this would be a simple resolution to amend 11 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 2: the Georgia Constitution to do two things. One crazy idea 12 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 2: here ensure that only United States citizens are voting in 13 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 2: our elections and secondly, require people to prove that with 14 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: a photo identification. And so we're frankly tired of wait 15 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 2: now Washington, d C. To pass this common sense reform. 16 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 2: We're going to do it here in Georgia at the 17 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: state level. Hopefully. Would love to see actually fifty states 18 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 2: take that up as well. And if the Senate can 19 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 2: never get around to passing it, great, But they've got 20 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 2: that zombie filibuster up there, and it doesn't seem like 21 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 2: it's going to go anywhere, So we're taking action here 22 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 2: at the state level in Georgia. 23 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: Well, I got to tell you, as the former R 24 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: and C Coachair, I love to hear about this happening. 25 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: It was very challenging in twenty twenty four to I 26 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: think reassure voters Greg that you know, our electoral system 27 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: was safe, that there wasn't going to be rampant fraud 28 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: and cheating. 29 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 3: And one of the ways that obviously. 30 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: We know you can do that is by ensuring, as 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: you said, that only American citizens who are legally able 32 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: to vote are voting in our elections. And I hear 33 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: you say you were kind of done waiting for it 34 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: to happen. On the federal level. The President has been 35 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: very strong on this. This is something that absolute should happen. Look, 36 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: you go around the country and talk to voters around 37 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: the country, most voters agree that we should have this. 38 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: It's like eighty four percent of people in the United 39 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: States believe you should have an ID to vote and 40 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: have to prove that you're a citizen and you are 41 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: who you say you are. But why did you decide 42 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: to take action at the state level. 43 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 3: Was it just that it was. 44 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: Taking too long for Congress to get to the federal 45 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: version of this. 46 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: I've actually tried to pass a version very similar to 47 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: this a couple of years ago here in Georgia, was 48 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 2: not able to get it across the finish line. So 49 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 2: it's not just the federal it's just one of these 50 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 2: things that we know is common sense. As you know, 51 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 2: Georgia was ground zero for election fraud and illegal voting 52 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 2: in Georgia in twenty twenty, and we passed a simple 53 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 2: voter I D measure after that, and you know it 54 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 2: was crazy. The Major League Baseball's All Star Game moved 55 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,519 Speaker 2: their All Star Game from Georgia to Colorado that year, 56 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,399 Speaker 2: Stacy Abrams, Joe Biden, the entire crew calling it Jim 57 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 2: Crow two point zero. But now that the President has 58 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: done an amazing job of bringing this common sense issue 59 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: to the forefront again, now that we know, like you 60 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: just said, this isn't even an eighty twenty issue. This 61 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 2: is like an eighty four or eighty five to fifteen issue. 62 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 2: And so what we want to find out is whether 63 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: it's only Democrat politicians they're going to stop this, or 64 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 2: if the Democrat politicians will join us in passing this 65 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: common sense reform here in Georgia. 66 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: Well, I'm wondering, from your vantage point, what message do 67 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: you think it sends to voters out there whenever you 68 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: can't get something like this past at the federal level. 69 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: My gosh, even the you know we talk about You're right, 70 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: it's like an eighty five to fifteen issue. But even 71 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: when you just single out Democrat voters greg it's like 72 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: seventy one percent of them alone say yeah, you should 73 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: absolutely have to have voter ID, you should absolutely have 74 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: to have. 75 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 3: Proof of citizenship. 76 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: What message do you think it's sending out there to 77 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: our citizens when you have solely based on politics, people 78 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: voting against common sense measures like this. 79 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: I think it's exactly why you see the America First 80 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: movement getting so much just momentum, because you see average 81 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 2: everyday people around America look up and say, who are 82 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 2: these people leading the country. How in the world can 83 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 2: someone come out against voto ID to go cast a 84 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 2: vote to choose the elected leaders of the free world. 85 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 2: And so I think that it exposes the swamp for 86 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 2: what it is, and that it's this thing that kind 87 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 2: of encircles itself, that is very insulated and disconnected from 88 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 2: your average everyday American. And so when we've got a 89 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 2: president coming out and frankly the members of the House 90 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 2: that have come out to move this measure forward, and 91 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 2: that just goes to the Senate to die by virtue 92 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 2: of this thing called a filibuster that is nowhere in 93 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: the Constitution, the average American has no idea what that means. 94 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 2: They don't even know the difference between a talking filibuster 95 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 2: and a zombie filibuster. They just know it's a bunch 96 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 2: of politicians stopping something from happening through a weird procedural movement. 97 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 2: I just think it shows the divide between what main 98 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: street wants in America and versus what's happening in a 99 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 2: lot of elements in DC. 100 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: I got to tell you, the only reason I can 101 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 1: imagine that anyone out there would be against something like this, 102 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: which is so common sense, so basic, and so supported 103 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: by the American people, I can only figure it's for 104 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: one reason, Greg, and that reason is because you don't 105 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: want fair elections. You don't want elections that you know, 106 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: make every American who goes out to vote feel comfortable. 107 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 3: And I think there are a couple of reasons for that. 108 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: Number one, I think you are, you know, basically given 109 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: a free pass to anybody who wants to cheat, or 110 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 1: maybe you are encouraging cheating, and you're also disenfranchising those 111 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: voters out there who are like, you know what, I'm 112 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: not even going to show up on election day. I'm 113 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: not going to even go bother to stand in a 114 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: line to vote early or whatever it is, because I 115 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: don't even think my vote is going to count. So 116 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: it's almost a double whammy of sorts. You're allowing fraud 117 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 1: to take place, and maybe in some ways you're encouraging 118 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 1: that fraud to take place, and you are simultaneously, you know, 119 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: telling a lot of Americans who are just like, I 120 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 1: don't know, I don't trust it. I don't feel like 121 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: it's worth my time. You're just saying it's not worth 122 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: your time, don't come vote. We can't live in a 123 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: country like that. That is not who the United States 124 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: of America is. That's not who we've ever been. And 125 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: sadly this is kind of I feel like we're at 126 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: this point where we really do have to make a decision. 127 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: Are we going to continue on down the path of 128 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 1: being the freeze country? In the world being that, you know, 129 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: shiny beacon on a hill to those around the world 130 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 1: facing communism, tyranny, oppression, all those things, Or are we 131 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: going to go this other way and just allow rampant 132 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: fraud and our elections. 133 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 3: Are going to be meaningless. 134 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,840 Speaker 1: It really feels like a pivotal point and it all 135 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 1: hinges on this as far as I'm concerned. 136 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, this is a foundational issue. And there's a couple things. 137 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 2: I think you're right. They are happening simultaneously here. We 138 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 2: know that Democrat leaders have come out and said they 139 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 2: do believe that illegal aliens should be able to vote 140 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 2: in America. Now they will say, oh, we just want 141 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,679 Speaker 2: it for local elections because they're paying local property taxes 142 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 2: or they're paying taxes. But that's the Cambell knows under 143 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 2: the tent and you do not import twenty million people 144 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 2: into this country illegally knowing that it's happening, unless you 145 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 2: have a plan to use that for your own political advantage, 146 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 2: because all of the polling says that's not what the 147 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 2: American people want. So you have to ask yourself why 148 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: the politicians want it. Laura, I want to tell you 149 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 2: what we've seen here in Fulton County, Georgia. That makes 150 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 2: me doubly suspicious. We've traveled around looked at the voter 151 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 2: roles in Fulton County, and when you register to vote 152 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 2: in Georgia, you have to register to vote from your 153 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 2: primary residential address, and if you are homeless, then you 154 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 2: can use the address of your local county registrar to 155 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 2: register to vote. But despite that being clearly codified in 156 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 2: Georgia law, I've personally visited ups stores, pack mails, storage units, 157 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 2: parking lots, underneath and overpass abandoned buildings, all where thousands 158 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 2: of people are registered to vote right here in Fulton 159 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 2: County illegally. My favorite one, though, was when I went 160 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 2: to Senator Raphael Warnock's church and sure enough, there's an 161 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 2: individual there who appears to be living out of state 162 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 2: who is registered to vote illegally using Warnock's church address, 163 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 2: and Fulton County refuses to purge these people off of 164 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 2: the voting roles that we know are registered illegally to vote. 165 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 2: So it's a multi pronged attack I believe on election integrity, 166 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: and it is happening with the support of the Democrat 167 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 2: Party around the country, but it's especially happening in these 168 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 2: swing states like Georgia. And in places like Georgia, it's 169 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 2: usually only a few counties that are the bad actors, 170 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 2: but it's spoiling the pot for the entire state. We 171 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 2: know that in twenty twenty, for example, Fulton County alone, 172 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: in the recount process of the twenty twenty election results 173 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,839 Speaker 2: double scanned three nine and thirty ballots. Now they will 174 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,719 Speaker 2: lie to us and tell us that twenty twenty was 175 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 2: the most secure election in American history. They never tell 176 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:39,719 Speaker 2: you the metrics, They never tell you how they come 177 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 2: to that conclusion. They just put this talking point out 178 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,719 Speaker 2: there and they believe that if they repeated enough that 179 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 2: people will accept it as truth. But it's not truth, 180 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 2: and we have to reform our voting system. It starts 181 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 2: with this common sense measure. 182 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it starts here. And look, I would 183 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: also like to see things like let's go back to 184 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 1: one day of voting. Maybe we make it a federal holiday. 185 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: Everybody has the day off of work. They're allowed to 186 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: go vote whenever it works for them. Greg, I've taken 187 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: my kids with. 188 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 3: Me to go vote. 189 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 1: You know, the people are like, oh what about childcare? No, no, 190 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: you can take your kids, make them part of the process, 191 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: to show them what their responsibility will be when they 192 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 1: reach a certain age, and they can actually participate and 193 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: do their duty as a US citizen. I would love 194 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: to see one day, and I would love to see 195 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: as the President talks about as well, going back to 196 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 1: things like paper ballots. You look around the world, we 197 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 1: are the only country who. 198 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 3: Does our elections this way. I mean developed nation. 199 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,960 Speaker 1: You look at places even like France and so many 200 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: other developed nations, they don't conduct elections like we do now, 201 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: and it seems like we've allowed ourselves to just string 202 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: the process out twenty twenty. You know, obviously there was 203 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: the male voting that became such an issue. It is 204 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 1: ripe for fraud unless you have a reason that you 205 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: know has to do with health, or you're an active 206 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,079 Speaker 1: duty overseas military person. 207 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 3: Or something to that effect. 208 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: I don't understand why you need such a long process, 209 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: the early voting, etc. And a lot of people after 210 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, greg still have questions about the machines. Obviously, 211 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: this is where we start. What else do you think 212 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: you would like to see in terms of making elections 213 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: more secure? They're in Georgia. I know you've been working 214 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: on this stuff for years. What else would you like 215 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: to see happen? Those are a couple of things that 216 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 1: I'm very hot on. 217 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you one hundred percent. Yes, yesterday 218 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 2: I passed a bill out of the State Senate Ethics 219 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,839 Speaker 2: Committee to move to paper ballots here in Georgia and 220 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 2: get rid of the Domini machines. 221 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 3: Amazing. 222 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 2: We actually passed a bill to do that a couple 223 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 2: of years ago, and our Secretary of State has no 224 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 2: plans of how to implement it, and so now we're 225 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,320 Speaker 2: trying to prescribe for him how he has to implement it. 226 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 2: And it's not just the paper ballots, like you mentioned, 227 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 2: is we have to get rid of the drop boxes. 228 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 2: We need election day, not election month. We need in 229 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 2: person voting, except if you're elderly, military, or informed in 230 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,559 Speaker 2: some reason not able to get to a voting place, 231 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 2: because this is how the rest of the developed world votes. 232 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 2: But we have adopted these policies in America that really 233 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 2: do open the door for fraud, and we know that 234 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 2: fraud happens. I told the story yesterday and committee about 235 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 2: how someone illegally voted in the Georgia twenty twenty election 236 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 2: using the home address of this guy named Gabe Sterling. Well, 237 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 2: Gabe Sterling was the ce I'm sorry, the COO for 238 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 2: Brad Raffensberger in the Secretary of State's office, and a 239 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 2: woman who had bought his home from him years prior, 240 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 2: moved out of state and then used his home address 241 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 2: to cast an illegal vote in the twenty twenty election. 242 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 2: And I explained yesterday that vote was cast, it was counted, 243 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 2: it was recounted, and it was recounted because all that 244 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 2: we hear from the media here is well, there were 245 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 2: two recounts. Well, that illegal vote was recounted, just like 246 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 2: all of the other illegal votes that were in the 247 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 2: box when we started accounting votes. So we need election 248 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 2: reform from top to bottom. I outlined a few of 249 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 2: the things that we're moving on here, and hopefully that 250 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 2: bill will be on the floor by the end of 251 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 2: the week along with the Save Amendment, and I want 252 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 2: to get him both passed on the Senate floor. 253 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,280 Speaker 1: You know, I continue to believe that if we have 254 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 1: elections that every American feels are going to be fair 255 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: and you know, transparent and all of those things, I 256 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: find that it would be very challenging for conservatives to lose. 257 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: I mean, you look at the general sentiment out there 258 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: in the country. I just I don't know what is 259 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 1: your hope in terms of what you're doing there in Georgia. Obviously, 260 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: I think it'd be great to see this spread out 261 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: across the United States. But I really do think that 262 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 1: this is going to help. Things like this help secure 263 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: victories for you know, the president now and the midterms 264 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: coming in twenty twenty six, and then we all know 265 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: the next thing will be the next presidential election and beyond. 266 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: We we can't just stop after twenty four and say like, hey, 267 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: that all went well, We're happy with it. This is 268 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: going to be a fight. We have to continue to pursue. 269 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 2: That's exactly right. I think that this is step number one. 270 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 2: And look, if we if we have free and fair 271 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 2: elections and we lose election, then so be it. That 272 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 2: means the American people that chose someone else. But what 273 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 2: we have happening right now is we know our votes 274 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 2: are being diluted. That's indisputable at this point. And to 275 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 2: your point, and you mentioned this earlier, that causes people 276 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: from being discouraged to go stand in the line and vote, 277 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 2: and they're like, why am I going to bother doing that? 278 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 2: My vote is going to be deluded anyway. So what 279 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 2: I'm trying to do is to restore confidence in the system. 280 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 2: Give us a paper trail of something that can be 281 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 2: audited if we have to do an audit, and ensure 282 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 2: that a we have zero illegal aliens voting here in Georgia, 283 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 2: b that we have zero people ineligible to vote voting 284 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 2: in our elections. And then the last part is us 285 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 2: encouraging every freedom loving American to get out and vote 286 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 2: with the confidence that their votes going to count. And 287 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 2: I think that we will actually see the same thing 288 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 2: that we saw in Georgia after we passed our first 289 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 2: photo ID law, when Stacy Abrams and Joe Biden we're 290 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 2: crying voter suppression. What happened Georgia vote broke every single 291 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 2: voting record because people wanted to go vote because like, 292 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 2: oh man, this thing's going to count. 293 00:13:58,640 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 4: Let's do it. Let's go vote. 294 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 2: And so that's what we're trying to encourage. 295 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: My favorite is the tactics that the left has used 296 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: in order to kind of avoid any of this happening. First, 297 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 1: they you're right, they said, oh, this will disenfranchised voters. 298 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: This is a racist measure, which is absolutely outrageous and 299 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: ridiculous in every single possible way. And then they kind 300 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: of like pivoted from that, and then they were like, well, 301 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: but it's only a like there are not that many 302 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 1: people voting illegally. They're not that many illegal votes being counted. 303 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 3: Okay, one is one too many. I want zero. I 304 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 3: like exactly what you said. 305 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: We want to know that there are no illegal aliens 306 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: voting in our elections, there are no people being double counting. 307 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: I mean, how many people received multiple ballots in their 308 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: mailbox in twenty twenty for people who had lived at 309 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: that their homes, you know, years prior, and they just 310 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: continued sending these. 311 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 3: Ballots to them. We know that happen. 312 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: We know a dead cat named Cody Timms actually voted 313 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty election. 314 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 3: One is it's one too many. 315 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: Greg, And I can't get over the way that the 316 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: left tries to. 317 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 3: Kind of like pivot around. They're like, oh, but what 318 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 3: about this, what about this? 319 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: Just admit your voters want it. Every American wants it. 320 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: This is the right thing to do. I just I 321 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 1: can't wait to see. I can't imagine what they're going 322 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: to try and cook up next to try and validate 323 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: their you know, stance, which is that we should just 324 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: have rampant fraud and not know who anyone is when 325 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: they go and vote. And by the way, look at 326 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: the votes that Kamala Harris will. Look at the states 327 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 1: Kamala Harris won in twenty twenty four, what do they 328 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: all have in common? 329 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 3: There was no measure to check IDs. 330 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 1: There was nothing in place that would ensure that the 331 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: people going to vote or who they said they were, 332 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: or that they were legal voters. 333 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:42,920 Speaker 3: Isn't that interesting? 334 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, And you've got these states with same day voter 335 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 2: registration where you can just walk in the door and 336 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 2: say I'm Jim Smith. I live at one two three 337 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 2: Main Street and you can cast a vote. It's just 338 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 2: it's absurd. Let me tell you, Laura, something that's happening 339 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 2: here in Fulton County that's going to blow your mind. 340 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 2: See if your local county state election board and your 341 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 2: local county election board, and Fulton County has got one. 342 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 2: They're supposed to be five members on the local Fulton 343 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 2: County Election Board. And the way that it's designed is 344 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 2: there's going to be two Democrats nominated by the Democrat Party, 345 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 2: two Republicans nominated by the Republican Party, and one person 346 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 2: nominated by the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, which 347 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 2: is going to be a Democrat. So it's already going 348 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 2: to be a skewed three to two board right Well, 349 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 2: Fulton County is refusing to seat one of the nominated Republicans. 350 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 2: So for over eight months they have refused to seat 351 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 2: this individual on the state Election Board, which moves the 352 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 2: vote from a three to two vote to now it's 353 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 2: a three to one vote. They've been ordered by a 354 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 2: judge to seat this individual in three separate judicial orders. 355 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 4: They ignore it. 356 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: They've been fined ten thousand dollars a day and they 357 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 2: ignore it. They just had another deadline last week that 358 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 2: lapsed and they ignored it. So you've got essentially what 359 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 2: I was kind of called quasi law fair, which is 360 00:16:54,120 --> 00:17:00,680 Speaker 2: the use of ignoring judicial orders to kind of tilt 361 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 2: the scales of these elections in these big cities and 362 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 2: big counties. In Fulton County, in my opinion, is the 363 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 2: worst of the worst that I've seen. I've actually called 364 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 2: on the state Election Board to step in and take 365 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 2: over the Fulton County elections, which is a provision that's 366 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 2: allowed for in Georgia law, because they are running an 367 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 2: election that is clearly partisan. They clearly refuse to clean 368 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:23,919 Speaker 2: their voter roles, and we are marching towards what I 369 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 2: believe could be a disaster in November, because once again 370 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 2: people are not going to have confidence in their elections, 371 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,479 Speaker 2: and you're going to have these partisan hacks in Fulton 372 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 2: County running that election. 373 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 3: It's terrifying stuff. 374 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, in twenty twenty four, you know, you go to 375 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: places like Detroit, we had such a hard time ensuring 376 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: that there was the same number of Republican poll watchers 377 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: and poll workers as Democrat because they use slippery tactics 378 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: like that all the time, and they for so long 379 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: weren't really called on it. 380 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 5: Right. 381 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: People are just like, well, that's the way it is. 382 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,120 Speaker 1: I guess we're just going to have to figure it out. 383 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 1: We stopped doing that after the twenty twenty election. I 384 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 1: think it woke a lot of people up, and I'll 385 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: continue to say that. I feel like sometimes things don't 386 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: happen in our time, they happen in God's time. I 387 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: feel like there was a reason that that election happened 388 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 1: the way it did. A lot of people were shaken 389 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: awake and they said, wait a minute, this isn't right. 390 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 3: What's going on in this country? 391 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: And hopefully the lesson learned there is that we can't 392 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 1: take these things for granted. We can't just let them 393 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: slip by. We can't just say, oh, well, there are 394 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: just a couple of illegal votes that have been cast 395 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 1: and counted. No, no, we're not doing that anymore. And 396 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: I'm so grateful that you were watching this. In the 397 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: state of Georgia. It is such an important state. We 398 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: saw how important it was in twenty twenty, twenty twenty four, 399 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 1: and I think it will be beyond. So Greg Dola 400 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 1: is all state senator from the great State of Georgia. 401 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us. Before we let 402 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: you go, Where can people go if they want to 403 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: keep up with what you have going on and maybe 404 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: get involved. 405 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, Dola's all for ga on X and we're exposing 406 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 2: all of this votor fraud, all of the illegal registrations. 407 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 2: Like I told you just last week standing outside Centator 408 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 2: Warnock's church and tried to shine some light on that one. 409 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 2: But we'll be keeping people posted not only on what 410 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 2: we're doing for elections, but our overall goal to move 411 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 2: the America First agenda. Here in Georgia, I've got a 412 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 2: bill on the floor of the Senate in two hours 413 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,359 Speaker 2: to ban hedge funds and private equity groups from buying 414 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,120 Speaker 2: single family homes in the state of Georgia. Something else 415 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 2: the President's led on that. We're happy to come alongside 416 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 2: here in Georgia. 417 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 3: Amazing. 418 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: Well, good luck with everything. Thank you so much for 419 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: the fight that you're putting up there in Georgia. 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We're joined by spokesperson for Medicare Advantage Majority, 475 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: Darren Grubb. 476 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 3: Darren, Welcome to the show. 477 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: So what is Medicare Advantage Majority and why does it exist? 478 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 3: What's going on with you guys, Yeah. 479 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 4: Lurd great to be with you, Thank you for having me. 480 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 5: You know, we are a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to 481 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 5: protecting and strengthening the Medicare Advantage program for the more 482 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 5: than thirty five million seniors and people with disabilities around 483 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 5: the country who depend on it for quality, affordable care. 484 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 5: And our coalition is powered by thousands of local advocates nationwide, 485 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 5: including Medicare Advantage beneficiaries, caregivers, healthcare providers, community leaders, really 486 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,719 Speaker 5: the entire caregiving ecosystem. That's our approach and who we 487 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 5: broadly represent. And you know, our priority is to educate, 488 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 5: empower seniors to understand how any public policy changes to 489 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 5: Medicare Advantage might impact their well being, impact their health care, 490 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 5: and impact their bottom line. And so particularly important for 491 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 5: those living on a fixed income. And you know, for 492 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 5: those of your viewers who I know a lot of 493 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,360 Speaker 5: people are familiar with Medicare advantage. 494 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 4: But the appeal of Medicare advantage. 495 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,640 Speaker 5: Is that it provides comprehensive, affordable, quality care that goes 496 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 5: beyond traditional Medicare. And so Medicare advantage often includes you know, 497 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 5: dental coverage, vision hearing coverage, in home care, prescription drug 498 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 5: coverage is included. That's Medicare part dy that we talked 499 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 5: so much. And importantly, Medicare advantage includes a cap on 500 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 5: annual out of pocket costs, and so that's you know, 501 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 5: again particularly important for seniors on a fixed income. 502 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, we've heard a lot about Medicare Medicaid. We've 503 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: got you know, people in office right now in positions 504 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: like doctor Oz at the centers for Medicare and Medicaid 505 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: who obviously are trying to make sure that there's no 506 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: more fraud et cetera. So there's a lot happening and 507 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: there's a lot being talked about when it comes to 508 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 1: this space. CMS just dropped their advance notice for Medicare 509 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: advantage payment rates in twenty twenty seven. So for people 510 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: out there who maybe don't follow all the fine print 511 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: in Washington, what does that actually mean? What does it 512 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 1: translate into in kind of a real life terms for seniors. 513 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,159 Speaker 1: Are we talking about lower benefits, higher costs out of 514 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: pocket something else? 515 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 3: What does all that mean? 516 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 4: Yeah? Yeah, thanks, yeah, yeah, So you're right. CMS. 517 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 5: Every year they publish an advanced rate Notice that proposes 518 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 5: how much the federal government will invest in Medicare advantage 519 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 5: for or the following year. And so, you know, this 520 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 5: is a proposed percentage representing how much payments will change 521 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 5: compared to the previous years. And so CMS considers input 522 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 5: from the public and from stakeholders into the early spring, 523 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 5: then they make a final determination and usually around April 524 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 5: for the final rate notice. This year, CMS proposed a 525 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 5: nearly flat advanced rate Notice of point zero nine percent 526 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,199 Speaker 5: for twenty twenty seven Medicare advantage payment rates. Lord that's 527 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 5: an increase of less than one tenth of one percent. 528 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 5: And meanwhile, as we all know, healthcare spinning has increased 529 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 5: significantly in the last two years. It increased by seven 530 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 5: point two percent and twenty twenty four, and it looks 531 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,479 Speaker 5: like it's going to be around seven point one percent 532 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 5: increase in twenty twenty five. And so, you know, with 533 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 5: healthcare costs climbing, a point zero nine percent increase in 534 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 5: payments would not keep up with rising health costs. And 535 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 5: so to your question, you know, the impact on seniors 536 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 5: is that they are facing they would face higher costs, 537 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 5: fewer benefits, potentially less access to the doctors and the 538 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:01,719 Speaker 5: services that they rely on. So, yeah, it's it's an 539 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 5: important issue and we're an inflection point for the Medicare 540 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 5: advantage program. 541 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, your own polling there revealed that seventy six 542 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: percent of seniors would be less likely to vote for 543 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: a member of Congress who supports cuts to Medicare advantage, 544 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: and eighty one percent of seniors oppose congressional proposals to 545 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: cut Medicare advantage funding. So if you were out there 546 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: given advice to politicians, not that that's your business, but 547 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 1: what would you say, how do they navigate that? 548 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 5: You know, this is you mentioned a couple of polls 549 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 5: in your right. There's been another poll by Kristen Sultis 550 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,439 Speaker 5: Anderson or republicanpposter, and she found that ninety one percent 551 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 5: believe that Medicare advantage is not only a healthcare issue, 552 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 5: it's a cost of living issue. And so, you know, 553 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 5: I know, we were talking a little bit about the 554 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 5: politics of this, but in a midterm election year where 555 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 5: affordability is going to be on the ballot, whether we. 556 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 4: Want it to be or not. 557 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 5: You know, our polling, in the polling we've seen across 558 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 5: the spectrum shows some real concern that seniors. 559 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 4: Have about the cost of healthcare. 560 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,159 Speaker 5: And so you're right, any potential cuts to this program 561 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 5: is going to result in in seniors having higher premiums, 562 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 5: higher deductibles, hire out of pocket costs, and again less 563 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,159 Speaker 5: access to the doctors and services that they need. And 564 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 5: so you know, this is an issue that seniors are 565 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 5: paying attention to, and again in an important election year, 566 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,679 Speaker 5: it's something that we are mindful of and they are tracking. 567 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm how big a factor do you foresee this 568 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:27,400 Speaker 1: being healthcare in general? Maybe as we're heading towards these 569 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 1: midterms obviously that is really where everybody is focused right now. 570 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: It's a crucial midterm year and Republicans are saying we 571 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: have to you know, buck the tradition and retain our majorities, 572 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: and Democrats are chomping at the bit. 573 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 3: Do you see this issue? 574 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: Do you see healthcare in general swaying votes, especially maybe 575 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 1: for incumbents who are not stepping up on this. 576 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, well yes, and I'll say a couple 577 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 5: of things. You know, this is an issue that the 578 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 5: President Druve and his administration, a lot of the Republicans 579 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 5: in Congress campaigned on in twenty twenty four, standing up 580 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,199 Speaker 5: for seniors, you know, protecting Medicare. The President did a 581 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,520 Speaker 5: great job of reiterating that pledge in the State of 582 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 5: the Union last week, and so you know, the politics 583 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:09,919 Speaker 5: said this. You know, in twenty twenty four, over forty 584 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 5: million seniors voted. That was the highest turnout of any 585 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 5: age group. They're one of the most reliable and largest 586 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 5: voting blocks in the nation, and we believe that they 587 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 5: will be supporting candidates that support Medicare advantage and the 588 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 5: support keeping health care costs low. And so you know, 589 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 5: the President knows this, so does his team. Tony Fabrizio 590 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 5: conducted a poll recently for the Better, Better Medicare Alliance 591 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 5: which showed that, you know, supporting cuts to Medicare advantage 592 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:40,239 Speaker 5: drives a fourteen point loss for GOP candidates and to 593 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 5: your point, for incoments who are looking to come back 594 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 5: next year. You know, this is a program that could 595 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 5: be you know, a critical factor in how seniors cast 596 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 5: their vote. Our own poll in shows at seventy something 597 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 5: percent of seniors are less likely to vote for a 598 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,320 Speaker 5: member of Congress who supports cuts that you mentioned. So 599 00:28:58,120 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 5: you know this is a critical issue. 600 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 4: You know. 601 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 5: Tony for Brazil again has called this group the deciders 602 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 5: and their ability to swing elections if they get motivated 603 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 5: behind a certain issue, and so, yeah, it's a critical 604 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 5: voting block. 605 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 4: This will be a big issue. 606 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 3: Yeah. 607 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: Well, and you're right to say that it's it's really 608 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 1: just it's sort of part of an affordability issue of life, right. 609 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 1: I mean, this is baked in whenever you're talking about 610 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 1: especially our seniors in America. This is part of what 611 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 1: they have to plan for every single month, every single year. 612 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 1: This is part of you know, where their finance is going, 613 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: and they have to know that they have this money. 614 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: So I see why it is such a factor in 615 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: this group voting. And you know, they could be single 616 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 1: issue voters out there who are saying, you know what, 617 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: whoever is going to make sure that I can maintain 618 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: my quality of life and what I'm doing right now, 619 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: that's who I'm going to vote for. So I hope 620 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,080 Speaker 1: politicians are paying attention. 621 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 3: Before we let you go. 622 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: How can people learn more about what Medicare Advantage majority 623 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,719 Speaker 1: does and how can they can chinuing to make their 624 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 1: voices heard in Washington. Obviously they can come out and vote. 625 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: What else do you recommend people? 626 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:05,760 Speaker 4: Do you know? 627 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 3: Critically? 628 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 5: Right now, we're focused on on the CMS advanced rate Notice, 629 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 5: and so again, the CMS will accept public input until 630 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 5: you know, mid March early April, and they will come 631 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 5: up with a final rate notice in April, which will 632 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 5: determine what the federal government's investment will be in the 633 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 5: program in the years ahead. And so we're encouraging seniors 634 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 5: to reach out to the members of Congress, to reach 635 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 5: out to the administration and encourage CMS to reconsider the 636 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 5: realities of their daily lives, which to your point is, 637 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 5: you know they are facing higher costs. Healthcare costs continue 638 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 5: to rise, the Lorie, you know, the majority of seniors 639 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 5: on the Medicare Advantage program have incomes of less than 640 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 5: twenty five thousand dollars a year, and so you know 641 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 5: this is a program that you know, would you know 642 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 5: cuts to the program would disproportionately impact our most vulnerable seniors, 643 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 5: those who are who are living on fixed incomes, those 644 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 5: who are veterans, those in rule and remote communities where 645 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 5: access to healthcare is not as convenient, that's living in 646 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 5: the city center. And so you know, you know, this 647 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 5: is a vital program to thirty five million seniors around 648 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 5: the country to their caregivers. There's a trickle down effect 649 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 5: as well, and so you know, we would encourage singiors 650 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 5: to reach out and make their voices heard, and we 651 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 5: can make it easy for you. You can go to our website, 652 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 5: which is www dot Medicare Advantage majority dot org to 653 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 5: sign a petition and let your member of Congress know 654 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 5: how you feel in this issue. 655 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 3: Or you could do both right. 656 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: And I think we as Americans sometimes forget that that 657 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: the people we vote for and we send to Washington, 658 00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: d c. Our members of Congress are our representatives. There 659 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 1: they are supposed to answer to us. We are their constituents, right, 660 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: They're there to do what we want them to do. 661 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 1: So if you're a person out there who wants to, 662 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: you know, make your voice heard, you have that ability. 663 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: That's your right as an American citizen, that's your right 664 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: as one of their constituents to make sure they know 665 00:31:57,960 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: this is what I want you to do and this 666 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: is what I I want you to understand about my 667 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: situation about so many like me, so great idea Medicare advantage. 668 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: Majority dot org is the website and uh listen. Thank 669 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: you so much for bringing all of the information to us, Darren. 670 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 1: We appreciate your time today and for everybody out there, 671 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: this could be a big issue, a hot issue as 672 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: we head towards the midterm, so we are all paying 673 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:23,959 Speaker 1: very close attention. 674 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 3: Darren. Thanks for joining us. 675 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 4: We're great to see you. Thank you for having me 676 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 4: on all right. 677 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: To everybody at home, as always, make sure you like subscribe, 678 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 1: Sharon follow. We'll see you back here next time for 679 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: more of the right view. 680 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 3: And oh mom, back down. 681 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 4: Baby, May 682 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 3: There no way up.