1 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to a brand new episode of the Michelle Tafoya Podcast. 2 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: Please click that subscribe button so you never miss an episode. 3 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: It's free to subscribe, So why wouldn't you. We'd love 4 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: to have you with us every single time. Today I'm 5 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: going to be honest with you. This is a tough 6 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 1: one for me today. I've pulled some sound to play 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: for you, to share with you my thoughts on but 8 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 1: I can't get around what's going on around the world, 9 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: from Brown University, to Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle 10 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,599 Speaker 1: and that whole entire family being plunged into complete turmoil, 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: to Bondai Beach in Australia. That place is beautiful and 12 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: it's shocking. So having said all that, we'll revisit that 13 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: at the end. Right now, I want to talk a 14 00:00:54,400 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: little bit about Congress. Here we are, it's December. I 15 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: don't think a lot's going to get done in Congress 16 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: before the first of the year. But we've got this 17 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: representative McBride. She's Congresswoman Sarah McBride, and she is condemning 18 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 1: the administration for the healthcare issues that we're all facing 19 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: here in America. I don't know how well. Look she's 20 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: a politician. She can make that leap if she wants to. 21 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: But let's just play this for you and let's let's uh, 22 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,400 Speaker 1: let's chat about it right afterwards. Let's roll Representative McBride. 23 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 2: We are currently in the beginning stages of a one 24 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 2: trillion dollar ticking time bomb going off in the center 25 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 2: of the American healthcare system, and to your point, around 26 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: the ACA tax credits, that's just the first part of 27 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: that time bomb going off there. We are essentially now 28 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 2: living under trump Care. Donald Trump likes to own things 29 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 2: and slap his name on them, while he now owns 30 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: the American healthcare system. It is trump Care. And at 31 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 2: the end of this year, the Affordable Care Attax credits 32 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: without action by Congress will expire, and that means skyrocketing 33 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: healthcare premiums for the millions of Americans that rely on 34 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: the ACA marketplace for insurance, people seeing one hundred two hundred, 35 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: three hundred percent increases in their healthcare. But the consequences 36 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 2: of Trump cared on end there. A year from now, 37 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 2: the largest cut to Medicaid and American history will go 38 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 2: into effect, and in its totality, Trump Care will leave 39 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 2: fifteen million more Americans without health coverage. But as that 40 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 2: bomb goes off, those fifteen million Americans, they will not 41 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: only they will not be the only casualties of that 42 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 2: bomb going off, because the reality is, when you have 43 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 2: fifteen million people who lose coverage, it's not that they 44 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 2: never get care. It's that they get care when they're 45 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 2: sicker and it's more expensive, and someone fill us to 46 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: pay for that, and that cost gets passed on to 47 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 2: all other premium payers. And when you have one train 48 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 2: dollars removed from the American healthcare system, what happens to 49 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 2: cash strap oral hospitals, health clinics, and doctors' offices. They 50 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 2: cut services and in some cases close entirely, leaving those 51 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 2: communities having to drive longer, wait longer, and take more 52 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 2: time off work to get care. And that really is 53 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 2: what trump Care is. It's fifteen million more people uninsured 54 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 2: and everyone else having to pay more and wait longer 55 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 2: to get care. And I'm going to continue to fight 56 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 2: against it. 57 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 1: Okay, that was you know, she's called it trump Care, 58 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: so obamacare. You probably remember when that was passed. Joe 59 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: Biden was the vice president and said it was a 60 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: big effing deal. When they went up to sign that 61 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: new law that was supposed to take care of this stuff. 62 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 1: But during COVID they gave out subsidies the Democrats did. Remember, 63 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: it was a Democrat led effort to give out subsidies 64 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: for these healthcare premiums. Obamacare is such a big, complicated mess. 65 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: This is what happens when governments get involved in planning 66 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: your healthcare. So in addition to the original ACA, which 67 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: shouldn't have been called the Affordable Care Act, it made 68 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: it completely unaffordable because it lumps everyone into the same pool, 69 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: so that if you're a really healthy human being and 70 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: you take care of yourself and you eat right and 71 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: you're doing what you should and all that taking care 72 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: of yourself, you're lumped in with the same people of 73 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 1: pre existing conditions, and we're all paying for each other, 74 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: so that we're already experiencing socialized medicine in a sense. 75 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 1: And what this congress person is trying to do is 76 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:46,280 Speaker 1: blame everything on the White House now and rename it, 77 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: and it's just wrong. Now, Let's make some decisions, folks, 78 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: Let's make some corrections and do some things that put 79 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: power back into the hands of the people. This is 80 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: why I'm such a limited government fan because when you 81 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: make the government so big, each individual gets really small. 82 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: So much bloat and weight in the federal government makes 83 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: every individual that much smaller. It when government gets involved 84 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: in funding education I'm talking about higher education, the prices 85 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: go up, and gets involved in healthcare, the prices go up, 86 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: and they've been going up dramatically since the ac since 87 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: Obamacare was passed. So she can try to relabel this 88 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: as Trump Care or anything she wants to do, she's 89 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: dead wrong. She's absolutely wrong. And this is what happens 90 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: when these massive bills get passed without vetting, without without 91 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,040 Speaker 1: real concern for the American people. We end up paying 92 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:55,119 Speaker 1: for it in one way, shape or form. And really 93 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 1: what we ought to be doing is focusing on the 94 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: people who truly need a safety net, but not letting 95 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: every nets tangle people too. You get entangled in nets, 96 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,600 Speaker 1: people get stuck in nets, and unfortunately, I think that's 97 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: so much of what's going on. How we fix it. 98 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 1: It's a conversation that is far too long for this podcast, 99 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: but I just want you to be aware of what 100 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: the effort is here. The Democrats put these subsidies in place, 101 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,559 Speaker 1: they set them to expire at the end of twenty 102 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: twenty five, which is where we are near, and they're 103 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: going to blame that on anyone but themselves. Don't fall 104 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: for it all right. Next up, it is Christmas time. 105 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 1: People know the story of Jesus. Whether you believe it 106 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: or not is up to you. But in Minneapolis, our 107 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:52,239 Speaker 1: chief of police, it's hard to believe this, you know. Look, 108 00:06:52,680 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: Immigration Customs Enforcement is a law enforcement group and they 109 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: are trying to enforce the law, and they're trying to 110 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: do it in cities that have major issues. They have 111 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: determined that Minneapolis has won such city. But here is 112 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: what the police chief, another law enforcement professional, is saying 113 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: about Ice roll It. 114 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 3: It's especially personal to me, having been raised a Catholic, 115 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 3: to be in a Christian church this morning as we 116 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 3: are approaching Christmas, and I cannot help but think of 117 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 3: what is happening in our city today and how that 118 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 3: echoes with how outsiders have been treated for thousands of years, 119 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 3: How Mary and Joseph themselves were considered outsiders and forced 120 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 3: to stay in a barn. That's what we're getting ready 121 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 3: to commemorate as Christians around the world while all of 122 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 3: this fear is happening, right here in our town. 123 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:14,679 Speaker 1: Okay, I don't know, first of all, if it hits 124 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: with you personally, that's really your business. You're the police chief. 125 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: You're there to enforce the law. And let's try to 126 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: remember this. Every country on the planet has limited resources, 127 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:36,640 Speaker 1: limited food, limited money, limited living space, limited jobs. Everything 128 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: is limited. We don't have an infinite amount of anything. 129 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: And so imagine you were a person who's working really 130 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: really hard to try to make ends meet here. Either 131 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,679 Speaker 1: you were born here or you're a legal citizen. You've 132 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: become a citizen of this country, and you're working really 133 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: hard to provide for your family, to provide everything that 134 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 1: you need to live a safe and productive life. And 135 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: then there are people who have come in illegally. They 136 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: have entered the country illegally, and they're getting a bunch 137 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: of stuff, a bunch of limited resources from the government 138 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: to stay here and to they're getting it. So I 139 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: read this in an article just today. On the plane 140 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: ride home, You've got two people drowning in the ocean. 141 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: One is swimming so hard, has done everything right, swimming, swimming, swimming. 142 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: There's another one swimming next to him who's kinda eh, 143 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: I kind of swimming hard, and then the lifeguard comes in, 144 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: and who does he throw the one that one life 145 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: saver ring to? Not the person swimming really really hard. 146 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: And so the person swimming really really hard. It's not 147 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: that they don't care about the person who's next to them, 148 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: also struggling but not swimming that hard. They are just 149 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 1: pissed off that the life saver, the life saving device 150 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: is being thrown to not to them, and they are 151 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: looking at that decision made by the person who's got 152 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: one ring to throw, one life saver to throw, and 153 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 1: they're throwing it to the people who have not done 154 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: all the right things to be here. So try to 155 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: picture it from that perspective if you can. All right, 156 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,959 Speaker 1: next up, this is really this is sad joining all 157 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: the sadness in the world. And it's just been a 158 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: rough week, hasn't it. I got to keep it together. 159 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: Scott Adams, who created Dilbert and has had a successful 160 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: podcast for years and years. It's known now that he's 161 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: suffering prostate cancer and it's gotten very advanced and he 162 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: is now paralyzed in the hospital, but he posted an update. 163 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: I think his connection with his listeners and viewers is 164 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: keeping him alive. Let's roll what he recorded. 165 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 4: When do I go home? Maybe never, I don't know. 166 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 4: I can't go home until there's a way to take 167 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:32,719 Speaker 4: care of me home, and right now, right now, it 168 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 4: would requires some setting up. But what we don't know 169 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 4: is after the after the treatments are over, I just 170 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 4: wait a few weeks to see if it worked. And 171 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 4: that will be a very long few weeks, because if 172 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 4: it doesn't work and I don't give back any mobility, 173 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:02,839 Speaker 4: my life will be quite quite different and probably a 174 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 4: lot of shorter. 175 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: The man is a fighter. He continues to fight, and 176 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: he continues to share his journey and take from it 177 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: what you will think. There, but for the grace of God, 178 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: go I take care of yourselves, get check ups, do 179 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 1: the right things, and then let's just send a good 180 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: prayer or good thought to Scott Adams. He's been really 181 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: public with this journey, and I think that's noble and 182 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: I hope it's helped somebody somewhere. I'm sure it has. 183 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: Not sure this is helpful When it comes from AOC, 184 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: it rarely is, but she posted this. The normalization and 185 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: acceptance of Islamophobia in our politics is disgusting. Our Muslim 186 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: neighbors are not Republican scapegoats for anti Semitica tacks and 187 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: Trump's failed policies. We must absolutely condemn Islamophobia loudly and 188 00:13:06,960 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: hold those perpetuating it accountable. Now, she posted that as 189 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: a sort of a response to another post. You know 190 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: how it goes on X. If you're not on X, 191 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: God bless you. If you don't feel the need to 192 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: go on, don't live a blissful life of not dealing 193 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: with this. But I like to know what's going on 194 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: in the world and with people. Congressman Randy Fine, if 195 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: you don't know the name, he is Florida's sixth Congressional 196 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: District congressman, and he wrote the following, and it's not 197 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 1: altogether inappropriate given what we've been seeing the last few days. 198 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: Here's his post. A Muslim immigrant burning Holocaust survivors alive 199 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 1: in Colorado wasn't enough. A Muslim immigrant executing National guardsman 200 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: in Washington wasn't enough. Muslim immigrants attacking and killing non 201 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,680 Speaker 1: Muslims in Australia wasn't enough. Nine to eleven wasn't enough. 202 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: October seventh wasn't enough. Now the FBI has announced that 203 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: they have arrested five Muslim terrorists who are planning Muslim 204 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: terror attacks on New Year's Eve in Los Angeles and 205 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: New Orleans. This has to stop. We all know there 206 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: are good people and bad people in the world. Generally, 207 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: when you have a party or you host people at 208 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: your house, you invite people that comport with your values, 209 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: that share your values, whatever those values might be, and 210 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: you can find out rather quickly if you don't share 211 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: each other's values. And all of my friendships and relationships 212 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: really are based on common values. You know, I value liberty, 213 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: I value freedom, I value America, I value family, I 214 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 1: value friends, I value our armed services, I value law enforcement. 215 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: There are a lot of things that I value integrity, 216 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 1: I value honesty. These are the things that I value. 217 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: In Minnesota, we have had fraud way disproportionately committed by 218 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: the Somali community, not all of them. But to ignore 219 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: that this particular community has robbed Minnesota blind is to 220 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: and it's not racist to think that this is not 221 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: a race issue. This is a particular community that shares 222 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: their values and in doing so, stole not only Minnesota's money, 223 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: but American's money, because this was federal dollars. But what 224 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: people want to do is distract you by saying, oh, 225 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: you're a racist if you think that all Somalis are responsible. 226 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: No one said all Somalis. So there are different ways 227 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: to handle this, and I think we should stop shaming 228 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: people for their concern about certain communities that behave a 229 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: certain way and that are very much against American values. 230 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: Ilhan Omar represents a district in my state. She claims 231 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: to love America. I have yet to see the evidence. 232 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 1: I have yet to see the evidence. So I love America. 233 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: I want to save America. I want America to be 234 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: safe and happy and prosperous and productive. And I want 235 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: everyone to have their shot at the American dream. So 236 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: I want people who share my values. It's not about religion, 237 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: it's not about race, it's not about gender. It's about 238 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: what do you value. But that's right on brand for 239 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 1: AOC to excoriate someone for pointing out some kind of 240 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: obvious things. Okay, let's go back to healthcare one more time, 241 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: because this is Chuck Schumer talking about Obamacare, followed by 242 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: Senator John Barrosso of Wyoming talking about Obamacare. This is 243 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: healthcare and affordability. They're the topics of the day, and 244 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 1: they should be. They should be. We're facing real problems. 245 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: But just pointing at one team or the other, or 246 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:06,680 Speaker 1: just pointing at the opposing team doesn't always work. Anyway, 247 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: Let's roll this video. 248 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 3: When it comes to healthcare, the damage has been done 249 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 3: and Americans know it's all thanks to the Republicans. 250 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 5: The damage was done the day the Democrats passed Obamacare, 251 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,399 Speaker 5: which Republicans said is going to go to rise, and 252 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 5: costs for health care, fewer choices for Americans, and hassles 253 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 5: and headaches when it comes to healthcare in terms of 254 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 5: the paperwork and the denials and all the issues that 255 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:36,200 Speaker 5: come when the government tries to run healthcare. That's when 256 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,159 Speaker 5: the damage was done. And I should point out to 257 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 5: the minority leader he has no solutions to Democrats have 258 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 5: no solutions for the disaster that that have brought on 259 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 5: to the American people. 260 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: Okay, so here's what happens when the government takes control 261 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: of a lot of stuff. You lose your choice, You 262 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:02,240 Speaker 1: lose your freedom to choose, You lose your freedom to choose. 263 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,360 Speaker 1: That's why school choice is such a big deal right now. 264 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 1: People want to be able to choose where their kids 265 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: go to school. And as a Washington I'm talking west coast, 266 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: northwest corner of the country. Washington, a very liberal state. 267 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: Had someone there, a politician there, recently say the government 268 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: is not co parenting our children. And he's absolutely right, 269 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 1: absolutely right. You ought to be able to choose where 270 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: your child gets an education, and if public dollars aren't 271 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: going to be spent on your child's education, you ought 272 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: to be able to direct those and where they go. 273 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: And let's have competition. See that's the other thing about 274 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: socialized healthcare, and we see it in Canada and we 275 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: see it in England. You've got a bunch of bureaucrats 276 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: and by that I mean government workers. Their fault, someone's 277 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: got to do it. But they are making decisions about 278 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: your health care. They are overseeing how healthcare is run. 279 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: So this is you know, Look, we have plenty of 280 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:26,920 Speaker 1: examples where the government has failed in its administration of things, 281 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 1: student loan debt and forgiving student don't loan debt, inflating 282 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 1: the cost of college because they are all these you know, 283 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: national grants, and they're just inflating the cost of college 284 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: at a time when we need so many people working 285 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: in the trades, working to build energy centers. There is 286 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: so much really tangible, productive work that needs to be 287 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: done in America. Check out Microw sometimes Rowe. If you 288 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: don't know Micro, you should, you should look at It's 289 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: just a smart guy who understands that there's this massive 290 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,959 Speaker 1: gap between the kinds of work that needs to get 291 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: done and the number of workers willing to do it. 292 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 1: So again, it's when the government gets involved things don't 293 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:31,439 Speaker 1: tend to go so super smoothly. I don't know if 294 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: you've ever had to deal with the IRS. I don't 295 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 1: know if you've ever had to deal with the DMV. 296 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 1: I don't know if you've ever had to deal with 297 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:43,360 Speaker 1: you know, listen, and it's not just government medical plans. 298 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: All of these other health insurance plans have to comport, 299 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: have to comply with what the government says it has 300 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 1: to do. Your freedom of choice on these matters is 301 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: going out the window. I want everyone to have choice. 302 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: I want everyone to say, you know what, here's the 303 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: American dream. The American dream is I have the opportunity 304 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,679 Speaker 1: to work my butt off, to be self reliant, to 305 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: build my family and to build my future in a 306 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 1: way that I want. I have that opportunity doesn't mean 307 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: I'm going to get to where Elon Musk is. Doesn't 308 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: mean I'm going to get to where Bill Gates is 309 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:24,200 Speaker 1: or Lebron James or Steph Curry or you name it, 310 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: Josh Allen. It doesn't mean you're gonna get there. But 311 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,639 Speaker 1: at least you have the chance, and you get to 312 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: control how much effort you put into that nobody else. 313 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,960 Speaker 1: And yeah, unfortunately there are people who are taking advantage 314 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: of all of the benefits that the government doles out 315 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 1: and they're just living on them. And we're not talking 316 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: about people who are really need the safety net. We're 317 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: talking about people who maybe get stuck in the safety net. 318 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,199 Speaker 1: There's so much here, you guys, There's so much to 319 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: get to and I'm just scratching this. Follow me on 320 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 1: X at Michelle with one L underscore Tafoya Tafoya. And 321 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: the reason I say that is I'm going to be 322 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: sharing some articles that I've been delving into that are 323 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: fascinating and really show you what's going on. It's hard. 324 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 1: We don't have time for all this, right, we don't 325 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: have time to read. But I always say, just try 326 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: to read one thing a day. Maybe it's on your 327 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,479 Speaker 1: commute to work, or listen to a podcast, or just 328 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,360 Speaker 1: try to read one thing a day, and I try 329 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: to post what I think are really valuable reads or 330 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: articles or clips. That's what I try to do. So 331 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,959 Speaker 1: follow me on X so you can get into some 332 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 1: of that, just one a day. One. Maybe it's before 333 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: you go to bed, maybe it's the first thing you 334 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: wake up, whatever you decide. It's been a rough week. 335 00:23:53,400 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: I think about out in La Rob Reiner, and everyone's 336 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: going to say, oh, you couldn't have been more diametrically 337 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: posed politically. I don't care to think that you are 338 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 1: watching as your child murders. You a child you've tried 339 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 1: to do everything for, because if you're a parent, you 340 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: know that is your goal in life is to love 341 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: and take care of your child and make sure that 342 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: they're safe and that they're productive humans and that they 343 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,920 Speaker 1: can live on their own. It's a tragic, awful story. Yeah, 344 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: I'm getting a little emotional because it's just awful, and 345 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: it's coupled with what happened at Brown. Two young lives 346 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:44,959 Speaker 1: is taken, just snuffed out, and you know, I know 347 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 1: you're going to want to talk about the guns. Some 348 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 1: of you a person made that choice to take those 349 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: lives and shoot others. A person, a human being. Same 350 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 1: thing at Bondai Beach in Australia. I covered the two 351 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 1: thousand Olympics in Sydney, Australia. It was one of the 352 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 1: best experiences I've ever had, not only as a sportscaster 353 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 1: but as a human being. The people down there are tremendous. 354 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 1: Follow that story because there's a lot there. It's just 355 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: absolutely gut wrenching. Gut wrenching. The people celebrating Hanukkah were 356 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: just taken out. And again you can say the guns. 357 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: Australia has some of the strictest gun rules in the world. 358 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 1: They did a buyback of guns. We need to hold 359 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 1: people accountable for their choices to hurt other people. We do, 360 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: we do, and until we do that, we might as 361 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: well expect more of the same behavior. If no one 362 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 1: faces accountability, they're just going to keep doing it. We're 363 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: getting close to Christmas and New Year's I wish happiness 364 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: and joy, celebration and family and light and love to everyone. 365 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: I really do. In the meantime, be brave, Be brave 366 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,719 Speaker 1: enough to read one thing a day, do good, smile 367 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 1: at someone tip your paper boy, whatever it is, do 368 00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: good and we will see next time. You can keep 369 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,120 Speaker 1: up with the Trump administration when you subscribe to the 370 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 1: Trump Report. It's an email that brings you daily highlights 371 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: from the Oval Office right to your inbox, five days 372 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 1: a week. Subscribe today at salempodcast network dot com, slash 373 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:05,479 Speaker 1: Trump