1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: I was wrong, not a denial, not a dodge. He 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: looked right at the camera and said right to me, 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: I was wrong. Senator John Corne is fighting for his 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: political life in the Texas runoff. He's been called a rhino. 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: He's been accused of selling out gun owners, and he 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: used to say the Republican Party should move past Donald Trump. 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: I put every single one of those accusations directly to 8 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 1: his face. You want answers here, they are as somebody 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 1: with fifteen stations in Texas alone, We've got one hundred 10 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: and seventy around the country. If I post your name, 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: there will be a tax online. If I post Ken 12 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: Paxton's name, there will be a tax online. There are 13 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,599 Speaker 1: people who are digging in on either side, and they 14 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: love attacking both of you guys. Why is it? Why 15 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: is it gott nasty between you and Ken? Do you 16 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:44,599 Speaker 1: guys have a relationship before this or did you not 17 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: have one? I don't know what the history is. 18 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 2: I knew Ken. I've known Ken a long time. 19 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 3: You know, when he was a state representative and the 20 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 3: state senator and then he became attorney general. Something happened 21 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 3: to him along the way. People who have no own 22 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 3: him their whole career. Don't really recognize the Ken Paxson 23 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 3: that they see today, given the record that he is 24 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 3: as a mass, the baggage that he's acquired through impeachments, 25 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 3: through indictments, and now you know, obviously sadly through the 26 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 3: destruction of his own marriage, and unfortunately, I think he's 27 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 3: just become more and more emboland and to the point 28 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 3: of recklessness. And so I had said, I think back 29 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 3: during the impeachment that it was embarrassing to me, as 30 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 3: a former attorney general, the number one's cheap top cop 31 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 3: for the state to have a top cop under indictment, 32 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 3: and he needed to get it resolved, and he. 33 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 2: Didn't like that. 34 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: It is Senator John Corny running for reelection. The actual 35 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 1: runoff is going to happen in May, so make sure 36 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: you go and check it out if you're here in Texas. 37 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: So you're going to want to pick who the next 38 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: senator is going to be. You've had the seed for 39 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: a long time. Let me just ask you about that quickly, 40 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: because professionally, I think Ken Paxton's done a great job. 41 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: I think you've done a very good job as well. Professionally, 42 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: I don't know your marital status. I'm guessing you're married. 43 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know Ken's wife or ex wife, 44 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,839 Speaker 1: whatever it is. Does the personal stuff matter, John, because 45 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: you just brought it up? 46 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 3: Well, I think character still matters. I've been married forty 47 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 3: six years, Joe, and my dear wife has stood with 48 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 3: me through every election and all of the craziness, some good, 49 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 3: some bad, and she'stermined. She supports my effort and I 50 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,679 Speaker 3: couldn't do it without her, so I'm grateful to her. 51 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 3: But yeah, I think character does matter because eventually, you know, 52 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 3: it comes down to trust. And of course politicians say 53 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 3: a lot of things that I know most of us 54 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 3: take it with a grain of salt. But you learn 55 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 3: through experience who you can trust and whether they are 56 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 3: interested in self promotion or they're interested in producing results 57 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 3: for their constituents. In other words, are you serving the 58 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 3: public or do you want the pub like to serve you. 59 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 3: I think my record is one of serving the public's interest. 60 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 3: I've done the best I could. Am I perfect? No, 61 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 3: But I do think character does matter, and I think 62 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 3: Kin's kind of giving up on that and he's become. 63 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: Sort of treats it with impunity. 64 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: It is Senator John Cornen Grace stated Texas in a 65 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: runoff against Attorney General Ken Paxton in May, and we'll 66 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: see who ends up getting the the nomination. We're gonna 67 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: have to talk about James Tallerico in a second as well, John, 68 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: because the guy is formidable. He's a horrible guy. I 69 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,239 Speaker 1: think he's an incredible liar, but he's formidable because a 70 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: lot of people are listening to what he says. So 71 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,800 Speaker 1: we'll get into that in a second. Let's talk about 72 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: what's happening right now before I get into the criticisms 73 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: from the right as far as your record, and you 74 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: can clear up that record certainly right here. But let's 75 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: get into what's going on right now. The Save America 76 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: Act has to be passed or else. I don't trust 77 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: that we'll have free and fair elections in this country. 78 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: I truly believe it's that existential for our future in 79 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: this republic. Is that going to get done? Why aren't 80 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: we doing the talking filibuster? Why don't we say we've 81 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: got the majority, let's get this done now. 82 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 3: Well, Mike Lee, who is the chief proponent along with 83 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 3: Chip Roy in the House, I'm an original co sponsor 84 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 3: of the bill. 85 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: In a normal world, you wouldn't have. 86 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 3: To pass legislation to make sure that only American citizens 87 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 3: could vote and that you had to show a photo 88 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 3: ID when you cast your ballot. It makes me wonder 89 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 3: what the opponents are up to, because I guess what 90 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 3: it means is they don't care whether only American citizens vote, 91 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 3: and they don't care whether fraudsters can dilute your ballot 92 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 3: by vote casting an improper ballot. So we're currently debating 93 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 3: that bill. We've been on it all week. We're here 94 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 3: this weekend in Washington, d C. And we're still in session. 95 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 3: We're going to stay on the bill through the next week. 96 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:54,280 Speaker 3: And my hope is this talking filibuster idea works. 97 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 2: It has not been It hasn't been. 98 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 3: Tried before because it really depends on it essentially exhausting 99 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 3: the opposition. And so what I've said to President Trump 100 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 3: and others is I support the talking philibuster if that's 101 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 3: going to get us to where we need to go, 102 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 3: and if it doesn't, then I'm open. 103 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 2: To other reforms. 104 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 3: The philibuster is at sixty votes, as you know, but 105 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 3: it's not sacricyanct. In other words, in the early days 106 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 3: of the Senate you couldn't close off debate, and then 107 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 3: eventually became sixty seven votes. And then back in the 108 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 3: civil rights era, when a bunch of Southern Democrats prevented 109 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 3: civil rights legislation from passing, it was reduced to sixty 110 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 3: and it's helped us stop a lot of bad stuff, 111 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 3: like packing the Supreme Court, like making Puerto Rico and 112 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 3: the District of Columbia states each with two Democratic senators. 113 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 2: But I get it. 114 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 3: President Trump doesn't want to just sit there for two 115 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 3: and a half years the remaining time of his term, 116 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: and let Democrats decide whether he can he can pass 117 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 3: legislation that is part of his agenda for which he 118 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 3: was elected, for which he received a mandate. So I'm 119 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 3: doing everything I can to be helpful to him. As 120 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 3: you know, I've supported his ninety nine point three percent 121 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 3: of the time. If you happen to have seen any 122 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 3: of my advertising. 123 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I have, because I get it into my mailbox 124 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: all the time. John, I have seen that. It is 125 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 1: Senator John Cornyn. He's in a runoff against Ken Paxson 126 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: for to continue as the US Senator. But let me 127 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: throw a couple of things out there, because you know 128 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: that I talk to the public every day for three 129 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: hours a day. This is where they're confused. John Thune says, 130 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: we have the votes to pass the Save America Act, 131 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: but we don't have enough support to do the talking filibuster. 132 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: That doesn't make sense to me. You don't have to 133 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: vote on the talking filibuster. You just have to do it. 134 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: But the majority leader can just do it whether he 135 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: has the support or not, and force the other side 136 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:47,040 Speaker 1: to really make their case until they fall asleep or 137 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 1: are too hungry to continue, and then you get to cloture, 138 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: then you get it to the president. So how can 139 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,280 Speaker 1: both things be true. We have the support to pass it, 140 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,160 Speaker 1: we don't have the support to do the mechanism that 141 00:06:56,200 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: would pass it. 142 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we were all on board now for 143 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 3: the talking filibuster. That's why we've been on this for 144 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:05,799 Speaker 3: a week, and we're going to do it at least 145 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 3: another week. You know, it comes at a little bit 146 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 3: of a cost because there are other things we'd like 147 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 3: to do, like pay the TSA agents and the Department 148 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 3: of Homeland Security employees, and confirm Mark Wayne Mullen as 149 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. But 150 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 3: I think Dune's giving everybody a fair opportunity to make 151 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 3: their case on the Senate floor. And that's essentially what 152 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 3: the talking filibuster is supposed to allow. You don't put 153 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 3: any artificial time limits on it. You let basically the 154 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 3: parties wear themselves out. I think what he's saying is 155 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 3: that he doesn't count. He can't count the votes to 156 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 3: change the filibuster itself, the traditional philibuster, the sixty vote requirement. 157 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 3: He's toll President Trump numerous times. I don't have the 158 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 3: votes in the Republican conference to do that. So that's 159 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 3: I think my understanding of where we are. 160 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: But isn't that a rule, John Because in twenty thirteen, 161 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: Harry Reid didn't have to make a legislation. He just said, 162 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna nuke it. And then I believe that at 163 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 1: some point, you know, are Republican nuked it in twelve 164 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: or something like that, but not in twelve some years later, 165 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: like in twenty or nineteen. So why not just do it? 166 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: You know as well as I do that. James a 167 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: Polk when he put the filibuster in, when he forced 168 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: that rule was to get the cloture. It wasn't to 169 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: let people never do anything in legislation, and then somehow 170 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:26,560 Speaker 1: we made it where somebody could just say I'm gonna 171 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: filibuster then go to lunch. The American people are tired 172 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: of that. That's not doing the job. 173 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 3: You know, well, this is this is a rule. You're right, 174 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 3: And the two ways that basically rules get written here 175 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 3: in the Senator is one through a formal process and 176 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 3: the others through precedent. The nuclear option that you referred 177 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 3: to earlier, that we used at Harry Reid used first 178 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 3: to get Democratic nominated judges confirmed, and then we used 179 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 3: on Neil Gorsich to get him confirmed. So it's been 180 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 3: gradually eroding, particularly in the area of nominations. It hasn't 181 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 3: in the area of legislation, because both parties have found 182 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 3: it useful when they're in the minority to be able 183 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 3: to make sure that they have to be consulted and 184 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 3: you have to go through the process of building consensus. 185 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 2: But I've never. 186 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 3: Seen anything quite like where we are today, where the Democrats, 187 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 3: because of Trumpet derangement syndrome, are reflexibly opposed to everything, 188 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 3: whether it's taking out the number one state sponsor of 189 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 3: international terrorism, that's developing nuclear weapons, or whether when the 190 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 3: President asked people to stand up in support of law 191 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 3: enforcement who are enforcing our immigration laws and all the 192 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 3: Democrats sit on their hands during the State of the Union. 193 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 3: This is the most polarized situation I've seen. So if 194 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 3: we're going to get anything done, I think it calls 195 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 3: for serious consideration of whether the rules are currently serving 196 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 3: our needs as a country. 197 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 1: It is Senator John Cornyn, a senator, what is the 198 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 1: website for being able to go and support the Candida. 199 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 2: Safety Johncornyn dot com. 200 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: That's easy to remin umber, John corn dot com. Go 201 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: and do that. Let me finish on the filibuster this way. 202 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 1: Should the Democrats get controlled back, and I pray to 203 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: God they don't. I mean, just yesterday JB. Pritzker of 204 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: Illinois sat down in an interview and said, if we 205 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: get the presidency back in twenty twenty nine, we're prosecuting everybody, 206 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: because this is an administration that is breaking the law 207 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,200 Speaker 1: every single day. We're prosecuting everybody. You and I both 208 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 1: know that the Democrats and Republicans will look at polling. 209 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: The polling on this one on the Save America Act 210 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: is eighty twenty. The Democrats are on the wrong side 211 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 1: of that. It's actually over eighty twenty for Republicans, it's 212 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,359 Speaker 1: seventy four to twenty or twenty six for it for Democrats. 213 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: This is overwhelmingly wanted and desired by the American people. 214 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: I don't think the American public wants a packed Supreme Court. 215 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: I don't think they want DC and Puerto Rico to 216 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: become states, So I think it'd be harder to get 217 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: those done. Why are we so worried about what they 218 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: might do? Because they for four years they prosecuted Trump 219 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:53,599 Speaker 1: and anybody anywhere near him. You know they're going to 220 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: do it anyway. Why don't the Republicans dig in and 221 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: say we're going to do what we want to get done, 222 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: and if you want to undo it, you can try to, 223 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: you can try the majority back. 224 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 3: Well, we have done that, but we have done that 225 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,960 Speaker 3: with the existing rules on the Working Family Tax CUNTS Act, 226 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 3: the one big beautiful bill. But admittedly that the budget 227 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 3: reconciliation process is limited because you can only use it 228 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 3: for budgetary matters, not for policy generally. So, but you're right, 229 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 3: the Democrats already did that to a President Trump during 230 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 3: Biden's term of office, yes and now, And I'm I 231 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 3: have no idea, given this hatred that the left has 232 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 3: for Trump, that they will try to do it again. 233 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 3: He said, if we lose the mid terms, uh, and 234 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 3: we lose the House majority, that they will try to 235 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 3: impeach him again. And I have no doubt that they 236 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:48,959 Speaker 3: that they will. So what I'm what I'm saying is 237 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 3: that we don't currently have the votes to change the 238 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 3: existing rule. I think the longer this goes on and 239 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 3: the more obstruction there is, that we may well see 240 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 3: those numbers change. And some times it takes weeks or 241 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 3: even months to get things done up here. And I'm, 242 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 3: for one, I'm not going to give up because I 243 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 3: think this is fundamental to our entire system, our democratic republic. 244 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:14,959 Speaker 1: Well, it is because we're finding out more and more 245 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 1: information about some real irregularities and places like Georgia and 246 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: Michigan and Wisconsin and Arizona, and we need our elections 247 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: to be fair and free and my franchise should be 248 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: protected at Senator John Cornyn go to John Cornyn dot com. 249 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: Let's talk about something you brought up a little while ago, 250 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: the DHS non funding by the Democrats. They're stopping that 251 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 1: in the Senate. It's already passed in the House of Representatives. 252 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: That doesn't make any sense because their claim is to 253 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 1: stop ICE from doing what Ice is doing. You and 254 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:42,679 Speaker 1: I both know because of that Reconciliation Bill, the One 255 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: Be Beautiful Bill, Ice and CBP are paid through through 256 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: Trump's term, So they're not doing anything to affect ICE. 257 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: What they're doing is they're messing with American with the 258 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: Americans out here who want to go and fly around 259 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: and for spring break, we want to go. We want 260 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: to go to an airport in Austin and not wait 261 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: for four and a half hours and a line going 262 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: around the block. So what exactly are they trying to accomplish? 263 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: And can you do something to push the funding crew 264 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: They want to piece meal it. Like the great Kazar 265 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: guy came up to you the other day at the airport. 266 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 1: It was so stupid. You're trying to feed people and 267 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: he's complaining about that. You won't sign a bill that 268 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: doesn't need to be signed because TSA is within the DHS. 269 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:19,199 Speaker 1: So what do you think the Democrats are trying to accomplish? 270 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: Because the hardship is on us. The American people. 271 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think two reasons President Trump got elected in 272 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four, in my opinion, one was inflation forty 273 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 3: year high inflation under bite. And the second was our 274 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:36,679 Speaker 3: open borders. Yes, President Trump shut down the borders. Didn't 275 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 3: need to pass new laws, just needed a new president 276 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 3: who was willing to enforce the law. And fundamentally, the 277 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 3: Democrats don't believe in enforcing our immigration laws. This are 278 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 3: the same people who said defund the police, abolish ice. 279 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 3: This is just another backdoor way of accomplishing that same 280 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 3: thing by not trying to cut off the funding. But 281 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 3: the White House is currently negotiating. Tom Homan is meeting 282 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 3: with the Democratic members here and hopefully we'll get this 283 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 3: result in short order. But it's just to me shameful 284 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 3: because these TSA agents and the Homeland Security Investigations and 285 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 3: FEMA and the Coastguard, they it's not their fault and 286 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 3: they're being used as pawns in a political stunt, and 287 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 3: it's just it's unacceptable. And you know Congressman Sazar who 288 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 3: wanted to try to sell the narrative that this was 289 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 3: somehow Republicans blocking this, that's just that's just not true. 290 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 3: And the facts are clearly to the contrary. 291 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: It's as untrue as the Republicans for some reason wanted 292 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: to take healthcare away from people. That wasn't true the 293 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: last time they shut down the government. This government shutdown 294 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: is squarely on the Democrats. So you think that because 295 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: Homan is meeting, and Homan is a very common voice, 296 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: he's meeting with some Democrats, you might be able to 297 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: get it done. 298 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 2: I do. 299 00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 3: I do, And we're as I said, we're in session 300 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 3: right now through the weekend, and I know those meetings 301 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 3: and discussions are ongoing. 302 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 2: But one of the you know, what. 303 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 3: Leads me to the conclusion they don't want us to 304 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 3: enforce immigration law is not just what I said, but 305 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 3: it's also they want in order to do deportations, they 306 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 3: want Ice to have to get a separate court order. 307 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 3: As you know, Joe, most of these individuals have already 308 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 3: exhausted their their legal process in an immigration judge and 309 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 3: so they've gotten the final order of deportation. In other words, 310 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 3: they didn't make their case to the judge. What the 311 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 3: Democrats want Ice to have to do is go to 312 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 3: a criminal court and make a criminal case, and in 313 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 3: order to get deportation. In other words, who want to 314 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 3: put another obstacle in the way and make it hard, 315 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 3: if not impossible, to actually deport individuals who should never 316 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 3: have been able to come here in the first place. 317 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 3: So this is they're not operating in good faith. This 318 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 3: is just very consistent with where they've been from the 319 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 3: from the very beginning. 320 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: Well, well, John, they know as well as you do. 321 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: I hope they know. May they're dumb, but that Article 322 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: two covers immigration and naturalization. Article two is the executive. 323 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: The executive can only do administrative they can't do criminal things. 324 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: It's the judicial branch. Article three has nothing to do 325 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: with immigration enforcement because it's literally in the Constitution that 326 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,120 Speaker 1: the executive does that. So why do they keep on 327 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: saying it because they think people will believe them. 328 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you know, they're hoping for low information 329 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 3: voters who don't like President Trump will you know, buy 330 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 3: what they're selling. But it's just not as objectively false 331 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 3: as you point out. It's just not true, and so 332 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 3: we have to continue to try to make the case. Unfortunately, 333 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 3: the mainstream media is not our friend and is willing 334 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 3: to to tell their side of the story or support 335 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 3: their narrative. That's why it's so important that people like 336 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 3: you are able to communicate and let people know what 337 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 3: the truth is. 338 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: Well, you know, we're doing our best that we possibly can. 339 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: Here it's John John Corny, US senator. He's running for 340 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: real in a runoff with Attorney General Ken Paxton. I 341 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: want to get into some of the criticisms, and I 342 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: want to give you a chance to clear the air. 343 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: First of all, do you care when people say that 344 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 1: you're a rhino? Does that bother you? 345 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 2: Well, I don't know what it means anymore. 346 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 3: If I vote with President Trump ninety nine point three 347 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 3: percent of the time, does that mean if I'm a rhino, 348 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 3: does that mean they're saying President Trump is a rhino? 349 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: I don't think so. I mean, I don't think they're 350 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: doing that. 351 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 2: A lot of this stuff. 352 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 3: Just doesn't make any sense at all, and it's just 353 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 3: a pejorative or name calling that people do because that's 354 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:37,360 Speaker 3: the lazy way to criticize. So, you know, I've been 355 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 3: at this for a while and I developed a little 356 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 3: bit of a thick skin. I say, I don't I 357 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 3: confess I don't read all those comments, but yeah, I'm 358 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 3: familiar with that accusation. 359 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: Senator, are you for red flag laws? 360 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 2: No, I. 361 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 3: Negotiated a bill that consciously decided not to impose a 362 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:02,640 Speaker 3: federal red flag. And that's a bit of information that's 363 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,200 Speaker 3: been out there on the internet and elsewhere that's repeated 364 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 3: over and over again. I believe that the Second Amendment 365 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 3: confers a constitutional right on an individual and it cannot 366 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 3: be taken away without due process of law, and that 367 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 3: means a hearing in front of a judge, where opportunity 368 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:26,160 Speaker 3: to present evidence. But I do think that, for example, 369 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 3: background checks can prove very useful. To me, it seems 370 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 3: like there is should be a consensus that we think 371 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 3: everybody ought to be able to get access to the 372 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 3: Second Amendment rights, but we should keep guns out of 373 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 3: the hands of people who are mentally ill or criminals. 374 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 3: And that's all that the background checks that I've supported do, 375 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 3: and I've been an adamant supporter of Second Amendment rights 376 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 3: and a gun over myself. 377 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: You're in the interview, so it's not you saying this. 378 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 1: I guess your team has something else lined up, but 379 00:18:57,960 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: I do want to continue on this if you've got 380 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: a few minutes, John, because the criticism is the Safer 381 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: Communities Act gives grants to communities. It's not a national 382 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 1: red flag law, You're absolutely right. It's not even a 383 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: statewide red flag law. It's nothing like that. But there 384 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 1: is a provision in that law that states can use 385 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: that grant money to implement red flag laws. Did you 386 00:19:16,840 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 1: know that going in? Because I know, I don't know 387 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: you to be a guy who's four red flag laws 388 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: and I've got five guns not ten feet away from 389 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 1: me that aren't going to shoot anybody right now in 390 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 1: my gun safe John, I don't think you want to 391 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 1: come and take my guns. If my wife said, I 392 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: feel like he might be, you know, somebody could harm himself. 393 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: So why was that provision in there? Because that literally 394 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: is in the law. 395 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 3: Well, we knew as during the negotiations of the bill 396 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 3: that there were some states like Florida, you know Ruby 397 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 3: read Florida where Rick Scott and now the current governor, 398 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 3: both the great conservative Republicans, they have a red flag law, 399 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 3: but Texas is never going to have one. So what 400 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 3: we wanted to make sure is that the money that 401 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 3: would be distributed to help those states would be available 402 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 3: to help the states like Texas with crisis intervention things 403 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 3: like our veterans courts or mental health courts and other 404 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 3: things like that to help people who are mentally disturbed 405 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 3: to get better. But we also heightened the standard for 406 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 3: due process, and we said, nobody gets any of this 407 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 3: money unless they meet these standards for a due process 408 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 3: of law. In other words, what I said earlier, hearing 409 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 3: in front of a judge with an opportunity to present 410 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,639 Speaker 3: evidence and cross examined witnesses, and a judicial determination that 411 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 3: somebody is either mentally ill or is a criminal and 412 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 3: disqualified by current law. 413 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 1: So authorities could not come to my house because my 414 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: neighbors had them a danger and take my guns. Now, Okay. 415 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: I wanted to clear that up because people are saying 416 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 1: that that's what this was about, and I've read the 417 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: Safer Community Acts, and I know that it's not about that. 418 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: It's Senator John Cornyn. In twenty three you said that 419 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 1: the Republican Party needs to move past Donald Trum. I 420 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: know that you change your opinion since then. How do 421 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 1: you want to enter to that accusation that we're seeing 422 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: every day online. I was wrong, Okay, that's pretty simple. 423 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,479 Speaker 3: You know, it's interesting. One of my favorite times that 424 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 3: I was with JD. Vance, who I've served with in 425 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 3: the Senate for he was a senator before he was 426 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 3: vice president. He said back in twenty sixteen, he said 427 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 3: that his President Trump's cognitive abilities are extraordinary. 428 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 2: This is at a time. 429 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 3: Actually, when when Biden's cognitive decline was obvious to all. 430 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 3: Jad said, because President Trump remembers every bad thing I 431 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 3: said about him in twenty sixteen. But he said, I 432 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 3: thought this is very good. He said, well, now let 433 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 3: me tell you why I've changed my mind. But you know, 434 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 3: whether it's Ted Cruz or Lindsey Graham or Marco Rubio 435 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 3: or JD. Vance or even in my case where I 436 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 3: that wasn't that was pretty tame by comparison. I just 437 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,760 Speaker 3: made a mistake. We underestimated the guy who's an enormously 438 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 3: successful and who I support on equivocally. 439 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,120 Speaker 1: You know, JD. Vance says something about he was America's 440 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: hitler and still became the vice president. So you're right, 441 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: what you said was tame in comparison. Let's let let's 442 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: get very quickly because I know you got to go, 443 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: but I want to get I want to get into 444 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,400 Speaker 1: James Tallerico. Taller Ico is a problem John. And here's 445 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: the reason he's a problem. He's young, he's got a 446 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: deep voice, a very slow to speech pattern like Obama did. 447 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: He is very, very convicted in what he's saying, but 448 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 1: he's literally using Christianity the wrong way to try to 449 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: sell himself as a candidate. It's this as a Christian. 450 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 1: He makes me sick and turns my stomach. But he 451 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: he beat Jasmine Crockett handily. Are you worried about about 452 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: Tallerico come November. 453 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. 454 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 3: I've said he's dangerous, and mainly he's dangerous because he 455 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 3: is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He's reading a different 456 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 3: Bible than I'm reading. Yeah, when he says that God 457 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 3: is not binary, there's six genders, and that abortion is 458 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 3: approved of in. 459 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 2: The Bible, right, I mean that's that's. 460 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 3: Not what it says. So I think he's trying to 461 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 3: sell a guloble mainstream media and public into thinking that 462 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 3: now he's a new kind of Democrat who can appeal 463 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 3: to a much broader constituency. But I think he's dangerous 464 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 3: because he is that wolf in chief's clothing. But it's 465 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 3: going to take somebody like me with the resources that 466 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 3: we can bring to bear and the experience that I've 467 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 3: had in order to beat him in November. Fortunately, I've 468 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 3: won the last election by ten percentage points. I can 469 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 3: help down ballot, including the new congressional seats that President 470 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 3: Trump needs to maintain the majority in the House, and 471 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 3: I would look forward to that opportunity, but got to 472 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 3: win this primary runoff on May the twenty sixth. Early 473 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 3: vuilding starts May eighteenth through twenty second. 474 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: You go to John Corny dot com. One last thing. 475 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: Everybody brings up Ukraine when it comes to you. You 476 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: are in support of the Ukrainian people. I'm against Russia. 477 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: I would like Ukraine to have it sovereignty and not 478 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: be under attack all the time. But John, there has 479 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: been very little accounting for the two to three hundred 480 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 1: billion dollars that we sent over there. Where are you 481 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: about our support for Ukraine? And will we ever find 482 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: out where that money went? Because you guys Zelenski himself 483 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 1: saying I don't know where hundred billion of that is. 484 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 1: I have no idea where it is. 485 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, Ukraine has a has a history of corruption, but 486 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 3: in this case they were an innocent victim of the 487 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 3: attack by Putin, who has these delusions of grandeur. He 488 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 3: wants to restore the Russian Empire by force. And I 489 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 3: think President Trump got it right. He said America is 490 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 3: not going to continue to bank roll this war when 491 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 3: the Europeans are sitting on their hands, and so they're 492 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 3: going to have to pay up when it comes to 493 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 3: support for NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and when 494 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 3: it comes to providing weapons for Ukraine, they're going to 495 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 3: have to buy them from the United States if they 496 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 3: want them to be provided to Ukraine. I think that's 497 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 3: a pretty good solution to that problem. But I don't 498 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 3: like any of these bullies and aggressors around the world, 499 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 3: whether it's Kim Jongong or President Chi and the Indo 500 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 3: Pacific or the you know, the the Supreme leader in Iran. 501 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,119 Speaker 3: I think they're a threat to world peace, and I 502 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 3: think they're a threat to the United States and our interests. 503 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 2: So that's why I'm adamantly opposed to him. 504 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: John Corny dot com it's Senator John corn I appreciate 505 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: the time of the Access Senior Center for the Grace 506 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 1: out of Texas. He's in a runoff in May against 507 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 1: Ken Paxon, the Attorney General I appreciate all the time. 508 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: Anything else you want the listeners here, especially in Texas, 509 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:38,800 Speaker 1: the voters to know before I let you. 510 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 3: Go, Joe, as usually, you did a comprehensive job of 511 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 3: covering everything, so I don't have any trust. 512 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 2: I appreciate the opportunity. 513 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: Well, anytime you're in San Antonio, let's sit down in studio. 514 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: I gave that opportunity to Ken Paxton. We'd love to 515 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: see you face to face. 516 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 2: Okay, well, come see you. 517 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: So why are all eyes on Texas? What is it 518 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 1: about this race that has the entire country and even 519 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: beyond and very interested. Well, you've got John Cornyn, the 520 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 1: long term incumbent who's been doing it for a long time. 521 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: And we again talked about all those accusations that were 522 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: out there on him being a rhino or against gun 523 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 1: owners or whatever. We attacked all of that, but that's 524 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 1: been out there for a long time, and a lot 525 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 1: of people who find themselves to be staunch conservatives like me, 526 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: are going, what's the story with him? And then you 527 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: get a challenge from the sitting Attorney general. Ken Paxton 528 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: is a guy who's done the job very very well, 529 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: but often under fire. They try to impeach him and 530 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: remove him. There are some issues baggage if you will, 531 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,400 Speaker 1: in his private life, if you listen to some voices. 532 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: But as far as doing the job, Ken Paxson has 533 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 1: been very very good at being the attorney general, suing 534 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 1: successfully Biden and Obama and down the line. So he 535 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: goes after it and he becomes the second place runner 536 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,640 Speaker 1: up in that original primary. Then Wesley Hunt, a representative 537 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: from right here in Texas, great guy, great future military man, 538 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,959 Speaker 1: had him in Stute. He's a guy that got thirteen 539 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,640 Speaker 1: or fourteen percent of the vote. That probably took away 540 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 1: the ability for corn or Paxton to win the primary outright. 541 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: So now you've got a runoff. But why somebody running 542 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: in that race on the Republican siding is the guy 543 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 1: who's had the job for a very very long time 544 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 1: again because of a lot of the chinks in the 545 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: armor that many in the conservative side say John Cornyn has. 546 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: And then we look at the other side of the aisle, 547 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: the complete other side. Remember Colin Allredd ran against Ted Cruz, 548 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 1: another sitting senator in the great state of Texas, already 549 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: did very well, got millions and millions of votes. So 550 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,520 Speaker 1: the assumption was that this sitting representative, Colin allred would 551 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: be running against either Cornyn or Paxton. But instead he 552 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: was told, I believe my opinion to drop out. So 553 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 1: he did. He dropped out of his race, okay, and 554 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: then made way for Jasmine Crockett, the fire brand US 555 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: representative from the south side of Dallas. She was going 556 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: to be out of a job because of the redistricting 557 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: that happened in Texas. It was assumed that Jasmine Crockett 558 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 1: would then be coordinated as the queen and she would 559 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: go on to be the winner of the primary. And 560 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,679 Speaker 1: then in jumps James Tallerco, a state representative here in 561 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: Texas who jumps in and out of nowhere, beats Jasmine Crockett, 562 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,880 Speaker 1: not only beats her, but wins enough votes to outright 563 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: win the primary. So on the Republican side, you've got 564 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: a run off. On the Democrats side, you've got James Tallerico. Again, 565 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: everybody and their mother thought that Jasmine Crockett would be 566 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: the one representing the Democrats in the Senate race, so 567 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: much so that I believe it's my opinion. Colin Alredy 568 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 1: was told, you've got to jump out of the race. 569 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 1: This is for Jasmin Crockett to win. Well, she's out now, 570 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: and now you've got a guy James Tallerico claims that 571 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 1: he's Christian and says the most Unchristian things you can find, 572 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: like God is un binary, and he loves the trans 573 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: children or something, and his whole campaign doesn't eat meat. 574 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: Then there's a picture of him eating a turkey leg 575 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: This guy will say or do anything. He alleges that 576 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: the birth of Jesus or the impregnation of Mary somehow 577 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: proved that Christians are for abortion. I kid you not. 578 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: This guy is completely out of it. But he's a 579 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:19,840 Speaker 1: slow talker, talks sort of like Obama and says things 580 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: in a very convicted way that people are starting to 581 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 1: buy what he's laying down. So this race is going 582 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: to be watched by everybody, not just in Texas, not 583 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 1: just the surrounding southwest states. This is going to be 584 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: watched by the entire country and possibly the rest of 585 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: the world, because if you get a Democrat to take 586 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 1: this seat, it'll be the first time in a very 587 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: long time, and if that happens, you might see the 588 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: Senate actually go back to the blue. So that's the 589 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: latest done exactly what's going on with this. I hope 590 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: that we answered every question you had. For Senator John Cornyn, 591 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: we went down the list. Nothing was off limits. He 592 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 1: didn't tell me what I could or couldn't say. I 593 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: asked him anything I wanted to, and again I think 594 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: we got some answers. Now you have to decide between 595 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 1: Paxton and Cornyn. If you're a Republican or if you 596 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: vote Republican in Texas, I wonder who it is that 597 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: you're going to pick. 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