WEBVTT - Democrat Operative Joel Rubin Warns the Left on Antisemitism 0:00:00.910 --> 0:00:02.270 The voice of free speech. 0:00:03.610 --> 0:00:10.780 The truth delivered. Common sense for the American people. Welcome 0:00:10.820 --> 0:00:12.200 to the Scott Jennings Show. 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:16.680 The race to control the United States Senate may run 0:00:16.739 --> 0:00:19.750 through a state that nobody is thinking all that much about, 0:00:19.850 --> 0:00:23.489 New Hampshire. Some new polling there shows Republicans moving up 0:00:23.570 --> 0:00:25.690 and scrambling Democratic plans. 0:00:25.730 --> 0:00:26.730 We've got the details. 0:00:27.300 --> 0:00:32.430 There's a major SpaceX announcement in Louisiana, a $ 100 billion 0:00:32.470 --> 0:00:36.590 investment into a spaceport there that will transform that state. 0:00:36.610 --> 0:00:40.010 We have a live report from Louisiana this hour. And U.S. 0:00:40.030 --> 0:00:43.350 Senate candidate Andy Barr of Kentucky drops by to talk 0:00:43.370 --> 0:00:47.729 about his pro-growth message in the bluegrass. It is Thursday, 0:00:47.810 --> 0:00:51.699 August the 27th. I'm Scott Jennings, broadcasting for Salem, coming 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:57.010 to you live from New York City. In 1883, in 0:00:57.030 --> 0:01:03.610 the narrow strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra, no, 0:01:03.670 --> 0:01:06.520 they weren't brewing any coffee there. In fact, they were 0:01:06.580 --> 0:01:11.500 watching a volcano awaken. Its name was Krakatoa. For months, 0:01:11.540 --> 0:01:15.459 it had rumbled, throwing smoke and steam and ash into 0:01:15.500 --> 0:01:18.060 the sky. But on the morning of August the 27th, 0:01:18.060 --> 0:01:24.440 a mountain erupted. finally exploded. Four terrifying blasts that tore 0:01:24.540 --> 0:01:27.400 through the island. And the final one at 10.02 in 0:01:27.420 --> 0:01:31.520 the morning produced what is believed to be the loudest 0:01:31.780 --> 0:01:36.920 sound in recorded history. Sailors who were 40 miles away 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:42.270 suffered ruptured eardrums. 3,000 miles away, people thought they were 0:01:42.310 --> 0:01:46.550 hearing the distant fire of heavy artillery. And the pressure 0:01:46.610 --> 0:01:51.710 wave traveled around the entire planet. Not once, but three 0:01:51.970 --> 0:01:57.190 times at least. Barometers continued recording it for days. And 0:01:57.210 --> 0:02:00.750 then came the water. Much of Krakatoa collapsed into the sea, 0:02:00.870 --> 0:02:05.520 generating tsunamis that reached more than 100 feet high. Many 0:02:05.620 --> 0:02:11.640 Javan and Sumatran coastal communities simply disappeared. More than 36,000 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:15.440 people were killed, mostly swept away by the sea. For 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:19.230 months afterward, particles spewed high into the atmosphere and produced 0:02:19.410 --> 0:02:25.049 strange and brilliant sunsets around the world. Krakatoa roared so 0:02:25.330 --> 0:02:29.549 loudly that the entire planet heard it. And it happened 0:02:29.610 --> 0:02:34.590 on this day, August the 27th, 1883. Mother Nature often 0:02:34.630 --> 0:02:37.919 reminds us, who's the boss? That's happening today along the 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:42.620 Nepal-Tibet border, where a catastrophic flash flood has killed at 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:45.060 least 270 people, with more than 1,300 still missing. 0:02:45.180 --> 0:02:46.200 Including hundreds missing. 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.779 Here is a story that leaves you wondering yet again, 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:52.970 why do the socialists always seem to have so much 0:02:53.010 --> 0:02:53.669 violence in their heart? 0:02:53.690 --> 0:02:54.830 This one's from the desk of. 0:03:12.010 --> 0:03:15.630 New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani, who issued a social 0:03:15.710 --> 0:03:20.020 media post that he was, quote, deeply saddened by the 0:03:20.060 --> 0:03:23.760 death of a man named Clarence Woodward at Rikers Island. 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:28.280 He called him simply a New Yorker in city custody. Well, 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:32.140 that description of Mr. Woodward leaves out a few pertinent details. 0:03:32.690 --> 0:03:36.170 Woodward was awaiting trial for allegedly walking into a Bronx 0:03:36.250 --> 0:03:41.700 laundromat and attacking two strangers with a meat cleaver. Jose Miranda, 0:03:41.820 --> 0:03:46.700 a 45-year-old father of two, was killed. Another man was wounded. Now, 0:03:46.740 --> 0:03:50.840 Woodward was charged with murder and manslaughter and assault. He's 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:55.370 not yet been convicted. Mom Donnie offered condolences to Woodward's 0:03:55.430 --> 0:03:59.870 family and used his death to promote closing Rikers Island, 0:03:59.910 --> 0:04:03.970 where these violent people are warehoused. Now, I may have 0:04:03.990 --> 0:04:07.690 just missed the mayor's equally emotional tribute to Jose Miranda, 0:04:07.730 --> 0:04:10.990 who is actually the victim in this case. But this 0:04:11.070 --> 0:04:14.470 is the socialist hierarchy of sympathy. The guy with the 0:04:14.510 --> 0:04:17.560 meat cleaver, well, he's a victim of the system. And 0:04:17.570 --> 0:04:21.520 the man hacked to death becomes nothing more than a footnote. 0:04:22.180 --> 0:04:26.660 The socialist heart full of sadness when a violent person 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:31.300 who has wrought chaos on the streets dies. The murder 0:04:31.339 --> 0:04:35.260 trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy is about to go 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:35.860 to the jury. 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:37.790 Closing arguments concluded this morning. 0:04:37.810 --> 0:04:42.260 The judge has been instructing jurors for the last little bit. 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:46.669 Clancy admits to strangling her three young children in 2023, 0:04:46.670 --> 0:04:50.050 but her lawyers say she was suffering from postpartum psychosis 0:04:50.630 --> 0:04:54.750 and is therefore not criminally responsible. Prosecutors, on the other hand, 0:04:54.830 --> 0:04:57.940 say the killings were planned and deliberate. Let's hear some 0:04:57.960 --> 0:04:59.640 of that back and forth of the closing. 0:04:59.660 --> 0:05:00.500 Here's the defense. 0:05:00.620 --> 0:05:01.080 Cut 11. 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.359 This young lady. 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:10.310 Did nothing wrong in her life. She was a nurse, 0:05:11.470 --> 0:05:16.650 a daughter, a wife, and. 0:05:15.089 --> 0:05:16.010 A darn good mother. 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:20.900 Did nothing wrong in her life, the defense says. 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:26.340 Three young children might beg to differ. Now for the prosecution, 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.960 cut 12. 0:05:29.020 --> 0:05:30.800 You know from all of the evidence that you have, 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:36.000 putting aside the experts, but all the evidence you have 0:05:36.020 --> 0:05:39.930 in terms of crime scene photos and videos, and the 0:05:43.570 --> 0:05:47.290 witness testimony and all the medical records, you know how 0:05:47.310 --> 0:05:49.830 she killed them, where she killed them, what time she 0:05:49.870 --> 0:05:52.390 killed them, and the order that she killed them in. 0:05:53.950 --> 0:05:59.570 Jurors may consider first-degree murder or manslaughter or a verdict 0:05:59.610 --> 0:06:02.170 of not guilty by reason of insanity. We'll be watching 0:06:02.190 --> 0:06:05.690 this closely. Now, the judge shocked the courtroom today by 0:06:05.750 --> 0:06:09.060 allowing the jury to consider manslaughter. That was considered a 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.680 win for the defense, according to our friend Jonathan Turley, 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:16.490 but one that could lead to an unintelligible verdict, he says. Politics, 0:06:16.550 --> 0:06:19.050 something is going on in New Hampshire, and this may 0:06:19.170 --> 0:06:22.810 be the sleeper Senate race of the whole map in 2026. 0:06:22.810 --> 0:06:27.630 The political media is largely ignoring it, perhaps because it 0:06:27.690 --> 0:06:31.740 runs directly against the prevailing narrative of overwhelming Democratic momentum 0:06:31.770 --> 0:06:34.000 in these midterms. But take a look at the new 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:37.190 University of New Hampshire poll results. That just popped out 0:06:37.240 --> 0:06:41.980 this week. Former Republican Senator John Sununu leads Democratic Congressman 0:06:42.020 --> 0:06:46.060 Chris Pappas 46 to 44 percent. That's technically within the 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:50.300 margin of error. But the trend line here is terrible 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:55.960 for Pappas. In April, Pappas led Sununu by seven points, 0:06:55.960 --> 0:07:00.270 49 to 42. In June, that advantage fell to just three, 0:07:00.270 --> 0:07:03.990 47 to 44. And now they have Sununu ahead by 0:07:04.050 --> 0:07:07.620 two points. That is nine points of movement in the Republicans' 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:11.560 direction in the last four months. Sununu in the survey 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:15.070 had the support of 92% of Republicans, and he leads 0:07:15.130 --> 0:07:19.930 among independent voters, an absolutely critical constituency in New Hampshire. 0:07:20.570 --> 0:07:23.530 And you have to remember, Sununu is not an unknown quantity. 0:07:23.610 --> 0:07:26.270 He represented New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate before, and 0:07:26.630 --> 0:07:29.440 the Sununu name is one of the most durable Republican 0:07:29.500 --> 0:07:32.840 brands in the state. His father was governor. His brother, 0:07:32.980 --> 0:07:36.700 Chris Sununu, was elected governor four times. And, of course, 0:07:36.740 --> 0:07:38.760 he was in the Senate for a term as well. 0:07:39.110 --> 0:07:42.130 But this race is moving, and right now it is 0:07:42.230 --> 0:07:45.130 moving towards the Republicans, at least according to the polls. 0:07:45.350 --> 0:07:48.870 There's also a gubernatorial race in New Hampshire, and Republican 0:07:48.890 --> 0:07:52.310 Governor Kelly Ayotte is well-liked and has a comfortable lead herself. 0:07:52.830 --> 0:07:55.590 The primary in New Hampshire comes on September the 8th. 0:07:55.630 --> 0:08:00.190 Sununu has to get by Scott Brown. the former Massachusetts 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:03.040 senator who's also running in that state's primary, and Pappas 0:08:03.100 --> 0:08:06.980 is tangling with a socialist challenger. But provided this turns 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:11.850 out as people expect, and it turns out Sununu versus Pappas, 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:14.830 you need to keep your eye on New Hampshire. I 0:08:14.870 --> 0:08:17.450 think maybe the sleeper race of 2026, it appears, to 0:08:17.490 --> 0:08:22.800 be waking up. Now, I was on CNN yesterday to 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:25.440 talk a little midterm politics with Casey Hunt, anchor of 0:08:25.460 --> 0:08:28.970 the arena. And what should the Republicans be talking about? Well, 0:08:28.990 --> 0:08:32.450 they aren't without evidence and messages that they're getting things 0:08:32.490 --> 0:08:34.390 done for the American people, as I pointed out. 0:08:34.470 --> 0:08:35.530 Cut 13. 0:08:35.530 --> 0:08:39.420 If I were running ads in any campaign this fall, and, 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:41.520 you know, if the president decides to unload some of 0:08:41.580 --> 0:08:43.589 his war chests, which I understand he's going to, I 0:08:43.610 --> 0:08:46.470 would focus on a few things that are absolutely going right. 0:08:46.790 --> 0:08:47.790 The border is closed. 0:08:48.270 --> 0:08:50.980 Drug prices are falling faster than they have in 60 years. 0:08:51.059 --> 0:08:51.820 Taxes are cut. 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:56.020 And crime in this country is lower and violent crime 0:08:56.059 --> 0:08:57.640 is lower than it's been in 100 years. 0:08:57.740 --> 0:08:59.719 These are all quality of life issues. 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:01.179 He's 13 points underwater on crime. 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:03.099 That's the purpose of a campaign is you have to 0:09:03.140 --> 0:09:05.770 tell people and you have to stay relentlessly focused on it. 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.099 And that's what ad campaigns are for. 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To learn more about this, 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:13.560 joining us live, the Louisiana House Majority Leader Michael Echols 0:12:13.620 --> 0:12:15.540 is here. He played a role in bringing this deal 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:17.520 to his home state. 0:12:17.580 --> 0:12:17.820 Mr. 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.570 Echols, welcome back to the Scott Jennings Show. I want 0:12:20.590 --> 0:12:23.210 you to put this in perspective for us. How big 0:12:23.250 --> 0:12:25.050 of a deal is this for Louisiana? 0:12:27.429 --> 0:12:29.930 You know, Louisiana's on fire right now as it relates 0:12:29.990 --> 0:12:35.829 to economic development from artificial intelligence, LNG, and now a spaceport, 0:12:35.870 --> 0:12:37.910 if you will. So we're out of this world at 0:12:37.950 --> 0:12:40.489 this point. We're really excited about it. It's going to 0:12:40.510 --> 0:12:43.660 create thousands of new jobs and create opportunity all throughout 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:45.459 our state. So we're excited to be a part of 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:48.520 Elon Musk's broader vision of going to Mars and I 0:12:48.540 --> 0:12:49.459 guess going there often. 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.800 And did I read this right, Michael, that this spaceport 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.579 would be the place where If we go to Mars, 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.670 they'll launch the ship right there from Louisiana. 0:13:00.929 --> 0:13:03.910 You know, they're talking about building 10 different launch pads 0:13:03.970 --> 0:13:06.620 at least over a period of years, and they'll be 0:13:06.670 --> 0:13:08.320 able to go in and out of space three or 0:13:08.340 --> 0:13:10.959 four times a day. So you're talking about deployment of 0:13:11.020 --> 0:13:14.839 not only their Starlink systems and major satellite systems, but 0:13:14.900 --> 0:13:17.260 you're talking about sending humans from this place as well. 0:13:17.340 --> 0:13:19.760 So it's an exciting thing. We think back as kids 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:20.940 going back to Cape Canaveral. 0:13:21.460 --> 0:13:24.099 We'll have that resource here in Louisiana. So it'll be 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:27.290 a big deal for jobs and tourism. Well, I wanted 0:13:27.309 --> 0:13:30.449 to ask you, we have space facilities in Florida. We've 0:13:30.490 --> 0:13:33.449 got them in Texas. You know, there's some stuff in Alabama. 0:13:33.510 --> 0:13:36.650 What was it about Louisiana that allowed you all to 0:13:36.740 --> 0:13:41.000 beat out other more established places to get this massive 0:13:41.059 --> 0:13:41.900 SpaceX facility? 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:49.489 Well, to find 130,000 contiguous acres on the oceanfront, if 0:13:49.510 --> 0:13:51.610 you will, is a very rare thing to be able 0:13:51.630 --> 0:13:55.410 to find. So I would give credit to Secretary Bourgeois 0:13:55.570 --> 0:13:58.670 over Louisiana Economic Development, our governor, who's aggressively working to 0:13:58.710 --> 0:14:02.460 grow Louisiana jobs. And so I think between our culture, 0:14:02.790 --> 0:14:05.780 the opportunity, the land and, you know, just a very 0:14:05.860 --> 0:14:08.900 unique site. It made Louisiana the forefront of this, and 0:14:08.980 --> 0:14:11.319 we've worked hard as conservative legislators to make it a 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:13.280 more business-friendly state over the last few years. 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:15.800 So I think that puts Louisiana on top of the list. 0:14:17.010 --> 0:14:17.270 All right. 0:14:17.290 --> 0:14:21.450 SpaceX says that it's 3,000 direct jobs with an average 0:14:21.510 --> 0:14:27.650 salary above $ 92, 000. 0:14:24.090 --> 0:14:25.510 These are obviously people like. 0:14:25.370 --> 0:14:29.520 Engineers and technicians and welders and construction workers. Do you 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.120 have enough folks in Louisiana to do this, or are 0:14:32.140 --> 0:14:34.820 you going to have to make investments in workforce training, 0:14:34.900 --> 0:14:36.000 or will you have to import people? 0:14:38.860 --> 0:14:41.180 So the last two years, we've been heavily focused on 0:14:41.260 --> 0:14:44.820 our economic development and our workforce development. So we know 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:46.920 that we don't have a bunch of rocket ship drivers 0:14:46.940 --> 0:14:49.680 here currently in Louisiana, but we sure as heck can 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:50.800 work on creating those. 0:14:50.820 --> 0:14:52.620 We've got a great community college system. 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:56.060 They're going to be developing fuels here. Obviously, lots of 0:14:56.260 --> 0:14:58.580 aircraft and the parts and pieces that go with that. 0:14:58.620 --> 0:15:01.520 We're really good at manufacturing in Louisiana. So I think 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:03.980 we'll grow that workforce and we'll also recruit from out 0:15:04.020 --> 0:15:05.710 of state. I mean, we want to bring our best 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.930 and brightest back to Louisiana. We've been doing that work 0:15:09.090 --> 0:15:11.330 over the last couple of years legislatively, and now we're 0:15:11.350 --> 0:15:13.930 putting proof in the pudding, if you will, by bringing 0:15:13.970 --> 0:15:15.850 back those jobs and our best and brightest. 0:15:17.230 --> 0:15:17.550 All right. 0:15:17.750 --> 0:15:20.650 SpaceX says, Michael Eccles is our guest, by the way. 0:15:20.670 --> 0:15:23.870 He's the House Majority Floor Leader in Louisiana. SpaceX says, Michael, 0:15:23.910 --> 0:15:28.390 they want to start construction in 2027, and they'd like 0:15:28.410 --> 0:15:31.030 to do the first launch in 2029. That's going to 0:15:31.050 --> 0:15:34.190 be a lot of construction work. between now and 2029. 0:15:34.170 --> 0:15:36.510 There has to be a lot of infrastructure put in 0:15:36.550 --> 0:15:39.320 down there in such a remote area, roads and all 0:15:39.340 --> 0:15:42.920 that sort of thing, water infrastructure. What is the Louisiana 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:44.500 plan to get that done? That's going to be a 0:15:44.620 --> 0:15:47.860 massive ramp up, probably the biggest in state history, I assume, 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:49.960 when you think about the scale and the speed you've 0:15:49.980 --> 0:15:50.500 got to go here. 0:15:53.570 --> 0:15:55.790 Well, it tells me Louisiana can move fast. 0:15:55.830 --> 0:15:59.170 We started working on this deal in February of 2026, 0:15:59.170 --> 0:16:01.150 able to package it up and get it out by 0:16:01.510 --> 0:16:04.190 this week's announcement. But we've been working with our Department 0:16:04.230 --> 0:16:07.430 of Transportation. We move very quickly now with infrastructure and 0:16:07.460 --> 0:16:11.200 infrastructure improvements based on projects like this. But also you've 0:16:11.220 --> 0:16:13.120 got to look at the company we're dealing with. Elon 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:16.660 Musk is a mastermind of getting things done quickly. He 0:16:16.740 --> 0:16:19.720 sets really high standards, and he normally accomplishes those. So 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.260 between his work ethic and our work ethic, I think 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:24.160 we're going to get the job done and be blasting 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:24.800 off by. 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:25.970 What their scheduled deadline is. 0:16:27.420 --> 0:16:30.220 All right, that's Michael Echols. He's the House Majority Floor 0:16:30.260 --> 0:16:33.740 Leader in Louisiana. And Michael, you're running for Congress. You're 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.600 on the ballot in November. Remind me of the district. 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:42.570 Yeah, so the 5th Congressional District, it's more like an L-shaped. 0:16:42.630 --> 0:16:45.910 It's 24 parishes, counties to the rest of America. But 0:16:45.930 --> 0:16:48.630 it's a great district, very agricultural, but a lot of 0:16:48.910 --> 0:16:51.210 industrial and just great, great people. 0:16:51.270 --> 0:16:53.290 And I look forward to serving them in Congress coming 0:16:53.330 --> 0:16:53.810 up next year. 0:16:55.090 --> 0:16:58.229 All right, that's Michael Eccles from the great state of Louisiana. 0:16:58.290 --> 0:17:01.580 Major investment, $ 100 billion spaceport. 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.939 Louisiana is going to Mars. It's quite a thing. 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But first, 0:18:44.650 --> 0:18:49.100 a quick message from our friends at Americans for Prosperity. 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:53.040 They remind us that for nearly 250 years, America's founding 0:18:53.100 --> 0:18:56.240 principles have given people the freedom to dream big and 0:18:56.300 --> 0:18:59.909 take risks and build something great. of their own, and 0:18:59.950 --> 0:19:04.879 that spirit is alive in American small businesses today. This month, 0:19:04.940 --> 0:19:08.820 Americans for Prosperity is celebrating the entrepreneurs who took a chance, 0:19:08.940 --> 0:19:14.600 overcame the odds, and created jobs, because sometimes it all 0:19:14.700 --> 0:19:17.979 starts with one small step. We've been running the One 0:19:18.060 --> 0:19:21.700 Small Step campaign this year, and I've really been proud 0:19:21.740 --> 0:19:24.310 to be part of that. I want you to participate. 0:19:24.550 --> 0:19:28.919 Nominate some entrepreneurs who are participating in and pursuing the 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:34.780 American dream that you know. You can do it at AmericaBuildsFreedom.com. 0:19:34.820 --> 0:19:42.090 That's AmericaBuildsFreedom.com. You're listening to Common Sense for the American People. 0:19:42.150 --> 0:19:46.810 It's Thursday, August the 27th. Scott Jennings broadcasting live from 0:19:46.910 --> 0:19:51.409 New York City today. I'm going to be on It's 0:19:51.450 --> 0:19:53.780 not altogether clear to me who is and isn't ready 0:19:53.800 --> 0:19:56.220 to go here, Hollywood Sean. So why don't you tell 0:19:56.240 --> 0:19:57.260 me and then I'll tell the people. 0:19:59.280 --> 0:19:59.740 Oh, do we? 0:19:59.960 --> 0:20:00.340 Oh, good. 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:01.180 All right. 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:03.840 So we're going to go to Kentucky, my home state. 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:07.560 And joining us now are a couple of folks who, speaking, 0:20:07.619 --> 0:20:10.900 by the way, of entrepreneurs and small businesses and job creation, 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:14.720 these two guys know that job creation and a booming 0:20:14.790 --> 0:20:18.129 economy are absolutely key to the American dream. 0:20:18.190 --> 0:20:19.730 Rodney Davis is here from the U.S. 0:20:19.770 --> 0:20:23.430 Chamber of Commerce, as is my old friend, Congressman Andy 0:20:23.470 --> 0:20:26.330 Barr from Lexington, Kentucky. Rodney and Andy, welcome into the 0:20:26.350 --> 0:20:27.070 Scott Jennings Show. 0:20:29.150 --> 0:20:31.750 Hey, thanks, Scott. Always glad to be in Kentucky with 0:20:31.790 --> 0:20:32.590 my good friend, Andy. 0:20:33.790 --> 0:20:36.370 Well, let's start here with you, Rodney, because you've gone 0:20:36.410 --> 0:20:39.859 to Kentucky to support Andy Barr running for the United 0:20:39.890 --> 0:20:40.619 States Senate. 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:41.320 And the U.S. 0:20:41.380 --> 0:20:45.159 Chamber is endorsing Andy Barr in this race that is 0:20:45.200 --> 0:20:48.359 to fill the seat of the retiring Mitch McConnell. So 0:20:48.440 --> 0:20:52.520 I'll just start here. Why is the chamber supporting Andy Barr? 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:55.040 What about his candidacy is exciting to you? 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:59.430 Andy Barr's got a career, a career that started with 0:20:59.510 --> 0:21:02.430 my career in Congress. Heck, Andy and I were freshman 0:21:02.490 --> 0:21:06.270 colleagues in the House together, both getting elected in 2012. 0:21:06.270 --> 0:21:08.800 So I got to see Andy Barr from day one 0:21:09.220 --> 0:21:12.460 as a representative of Kentucky. And there is not a 0:21:12.540 --> 0:21:16.500 better person. that thinks about growing our economy, thinks about 0:21:16.540 --> 0:21:20.119 the impact of decisions today, and how policies can have 0:21:20.140 --> 0:21:23.150 a positive effect on the next generation. Nobody is better 0:21:23.230 --> 0:21:25.050 at that than Andy Barr. He's going to be a 0:21:25.090 --> 0:21:28.570 great senator. He's been with the chamber. He's got 100% 0:21:28.570 --> 0:21:31.550 voting record with us right now. There's no other choice 0:21:31.950 --> 0:21:34.389 besides Andy Barr to be the next senator of the 0:21:34.430 --> 0:21:35.380 great state of Kentucky. 0:21:36.880 --> 0:21:40.000 All right, Rodney, let's talk about Let's talk about what's 0:21:40.020 --> 0:21:43.399 going on at the chamber and generally within the business 0:21:43.440 --> 0:21:44.609 community right now. 0:21:44.700 --> 0:21:47.090 Obviously, you all fight for pro-growth policies. 0:21:47.130 --> 0:21:49.310 You want to cut red tape and lower taxes and 0:21:49.950 --> 0:21:55.210 support small businesses. But all that capitalism is being challenged 0:21:55.430 --> 0:21:58.709 right now in these times. How are you, I mean, 0:21:58.930 --> 0:22:00.689 you've run races and now you're with the chamber. How 0:22:00.730 --> 0:22:04.800 are you viewing this fight this fall, Rodney, between the 0:22:04.840 --> 0:22:07.200 capitalists and the socialists out there. And I think it's, 0:22:08.140 --> 0:22:09.890 I know that's unsubtle, but I think that's what we've 0:22:09.930 --> 0:22:10.609