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<v Speaker 1>Joined now by the majority leader of the United States Senate,

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<v Speaker 1>Senator John Tune of South Dakota. Senator, good to have

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<v Speaker 1>you back on h Thank you for joining me to

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<v Speaker 1>I've got a lot of stuff to cover with you,

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<v Speaker 1>and I always start with my personal favorite, which is

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<v Speaker 1>judicial confirmation. I think you're setting some records, but you

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<v Speaker 1>want to confirm that for me.

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<v Speaker 2>We are, Hugh, and I know you care deeply and

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<v Speaker 2>does do a lot of Americans, and they should because

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<v Speaker 2>nothing shapes the future of the country more than these

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<v Speaker 2>lifetime appointments to the court. So yeah, we are actually

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<v Speaker 2>about ten ahead of where we were in the first

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<v Speaker 2>Trump administration in terms of getting people on the bench.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're going to continue to focus on that and

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<v Speaker 2>on the executive branch as well. We're going to move

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<v Speaker 2>a package next week of seventy four of those, which

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<v Speaker 2>will keep us well ahead of where the first Trump

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<v Speaker 2>administration was in terms of getting people confirmed to the

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<v Speaker 2>departments and agencies that run the government as well. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's a focus the personnel Department, as we've talked about before,

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<v Speaker 2>human resources for better or worse. It's something that's a

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<v Speaker 2>constitutional imperative for us and in the Senate, and we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to stay focused on it, especially when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>to the court.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, if in fact the Democrats take the White House

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<v Speaker 1>down the road, they'll have the same ability to confirm.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think that's the way the Constitution intended it

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<v Speaker 1>up or down votes by the.

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<v Speaker 2>Senate, correct, And that's you know, and again when we've

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<v Speaker 2>got the House, the White House and the Senate, which

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<v Speaker 2>is rare historically, I think in the last one hundred years,

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<v Speaker 2>it's only happened about four times. So we are working

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<v Speaker 2>into clear, you know, virtually clear the executive calendar, which

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<v Speaker 2>is both judicial and executive branch noms and we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to stay focused on that. But yeah, it's part of

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<v Speaker 2>the part of the Article one responsibility that we have,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that getting these on the floor for

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<v Speaker 2>a vote and ensuring that we're fulfilling that responsibility and

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<v Speaker 2>setting the country up for success by ensuring that we

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<v Speaker 2>have constitutionalist judges on the court, to me is a

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<v Speaker 2>really high priority.

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<v Speaker 1>That's number one for me. Now, Senator, every time you're

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<v Speaker 1>on I get emails afterwards. Why didn't you ask them

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<v Speaker 1>about to say act people apparently do not hear that

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<v Speaker 1>you support it. I support it, but I support the

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<v Speaker 1>filibuster and you reflect the caucus. Is it correct to

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<v Speaker 1>say that there is not a majority of the Republican

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<v Speaker 1>caucus that supports changing the filibuster?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's correct, I mean, and there are a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of Republicans and frankly, you know, the president's argument is

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<v Speaker 2>the Democrats are going to do it anyway, and that

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I can't. I don't know the answer to that.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a hypothetical. Maybe it happens, maybe it doesn't. But

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of our Republican senators believe, and is one

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<v Speaker 2>one of them described it at some point the Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>may try to steal the car, but we're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to hand them the keys. In other words, if all

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<v Speaker 2>the things they want to do, DC and Puerto Rico statehood,

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<v Speaker 2>packing the Supreme Court, abortion on demand, federalizing elections. If

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<v Speaker 2>we open the door to allow them to do that,

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<v Speaker 2>then we're going to own it. And I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>the view of a lot of Senate Republicans. But on

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<v Speaker 2>the Save Act, I mean, you're right, I strongly support it.

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<v Speaker 2>I sponsored the original version last Congress, and I'll do

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<v Speaker 2>whatever I can to pass it if there's a clear

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<v Speaker 2>path of doing it. But we did put it on

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<v Speaker 2>the floor for debate, and we had it on the

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<v Speaker 2>floor for over a couple of weeks. We forced Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>to take a position on all of those common sense policies.

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<v Speaker 2>We've had five votes now on the entire Save America

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<v Speaker 2>Act for pieces of it, including photo ID, including citizenship

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<v Speaker 2>to register. I'm during the debate, no one's worked more

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<v Speaker 2>consistently in support of the bill than I did. So

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<v Speaker 2>they're common sense policies, widely supported by Republican and Democrat voters.

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<v Speaker 2>They ought to get an automatic yes from literally every

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<v Speaker 2>member of this body, but as the Democrats who consistently

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<v Speaker 2>block it, there hasn't been a single Democrat and the

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<v Speaker 2>five votes that we've had that has voted for it,

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<v Speaker 2>And so that's what we ought to be doing is

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<v Speaker 2>turning our fire on the Democrats, and you know, given

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<v Speaker 2>their staunch on wavering opposition to the bill, I think

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<v Speaker 2>it would be a message we should carry the voters

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<v Speaker 2>across the country and further highlight the contrast between Democrats

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<v Speaker 2>and Republicans on the issue and get away if we can,

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<v Speaker 2>from attacking each other.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've told the President on this program, Leader that

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<v Speaker 1>I support the filibuster and I don't believe actually that

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats will break it unless they get an overwhelming majority,

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<v Speaker 1>because I don't think I think they're like your caucus.

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<v Speaker 1>There are a lot of people who don't talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it much, but they respect the institution enough that they're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to break it. Am I right about that?

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<v Speaker 3>I think you are.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know it was probably highlighted this last week

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<v Speaker 2>when you saw John Fettermann, who was out there actively

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<v Speaker 2>supporting getting rid of the filibuster, write an op ed

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<v Speaker 2>and the whe Washington Poast Washington Post defending the filibuster

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<v Speaker 2>and saying that he completely changed his position on that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've been approached by Democrats on the floor with

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<v Speaker 2>the same basically view. But I think that you're right,

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't get talked a lot about, and there's pressure on

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<v Speaker 2>their side, just like there is on ours to get

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<v Speaker 2>rid of it from some base voters. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>anytime you have a president, every president wants to get

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<v Speaker 2>rid of the Senate filibuster because they viewed as an

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<v Speaker 2>impediment to getting things done. But it has served as

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<v Speaker 2>an important check and balance through the years, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you're a conservative in this country, it has been allowed

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<v Speaker 2>us to stop more really crazy, horrific ideas to expand

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<v Speaker 2>and grow government and create a lot of really left

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<v Speaker 2>leaning liberal Democrat policy through the years. And that's the

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<v Speaker 2>way a lot of Republicans view it.

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<v Speaker 1>As has been good legislation gets through. Example the Russia

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<v Speaker 1>sanctions bill this week that got through with a bipartisan,

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<v Speaker 1>big bulge of support it did.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's evidence again that it does work, it

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<v Speaker 2>can work. We've seen a number of examples of that

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<v Speaker 2>bipartisan legislation. There's a number of things I think that

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<v Speaker 2>are still ahead of us on the agenda that we

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<v Speaker 2>could get done with bipartisan votes. To you, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Russia sanctions, of course, and there's a huge, as you

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<v Speaker 2>would expect around here, desire to do this for Lindsay

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<v Speaker 2>is a tribute to him, but also because it's the

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<v Speaker 2>right thing to do for the country. I mean, we've

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<v Speaker 2>really got a chance to do something that helped shift

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<v Speaker 2>the playing field in Iraq, and these sanctions tart Or

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<v Speaker 2>I should say, not rac Ukraine, but these sanctions target

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<v Speaker 2>Russian officials, oligarchs, family members, foreign persons, Russian banks and

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<v Speaker 2>financial institutions, as well as this Russian shadow fleet which

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<v Speaker 2>continues to allow Russian oil and gas to fund Putin's war.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's important we get this done. And there was

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<v Speaker 2>a big bipartisan vote for it yesterday, and we've got

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<v Speaker 2>to finish it now. You've got to get it across

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<v Speaker 2>the finish line. But I think we should hopefully continue

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<v Speaker 2>to see strong bipartisan support for it, which is an

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<v Speaker 2>example of how this place can and should work.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, everything I want to turn to the midterms, because

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<v Speaker 1>we got hold onto the Senate and I'm doing everything

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<v Speaker 1>you can for Senator Collins is the most powerful women

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States Congress, probably in Washington, Senator Sullivan

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<v Speaker 1>and Alaska where they're trying trickery up there. Senator Houston

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<v Speaker 1>in Ohio. Senator Ricketts Nebraska, Mortrty tricks with Ricketts, and

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<v Speaker 1>then we got challenges Rogers in Georgia, Mike Collins, accuse me,

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Collins in Georgia, Johnson or Scott Brown in New Hampshire.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you make of the mid term outlook right now?

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<v Speaker 2>I you know, I think you know, given the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that if you look at into polling and the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the so called generic ballot, we're facing some political headwinds.

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<v Speaker 2>We're probably facing, arguably too, depending on what happens in

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<v Speaker 2>the Middle East, some economic headwinds. But the truth is

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<v Speaker 2>we were as well positioned as we possibly can't possibly

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<v Speaker 2>can be. You mentioned some of our candidates. We have

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<v Speaker 2>high quality candidates and all the right places, all the

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<v Speaker 2>competitive races around the country, and you know, we've got

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<v Speaker 2>a firewall that we've got to keep. I think the

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<v Speaker 2>Senate is the firewall for the country. If the House flips,

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<v Speaker 2>hopefully we can keep them both, but we've got to

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<v Speaker 2>protect the Senate, and that firewall runs through places like

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<v Speaker 2>you said, it's Maine, it's Ohio, it's Iowa, it's Alaska.

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<v Speaker 2>We got an open seat in North Carolina. We're taken

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<v Speaker 2>on incumbents in Georgia and New Hampshire and Michigan, and

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<v Speaker 2>we've got great candidates in all those places. You've got

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<v Speaker 2>to make sure they're well resourced and that we're out

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<v Speaker 2>communicating our message and drawing a contrast with the Democrats.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, this is where I think, you know, instead

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<v Speaker 2>of turning our fire on each other, we really ought

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<v Speaker 2>to be because we have there's a Democrat party in

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<v Speaker 2>this country that's so far out of the political mainstream.

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<v Speaker 2>They are so extreme and so radical in a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of their ideas, and so we just got to take

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<v Speaker 2>take that case to the American people and draw the

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<v Speaker 2>contrast between their vision of the future and ours.

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<v Speaker 1>Later, we got two minutes left. I know, you've got

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<v Speaker 1>a work period before the August work period back in

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<v Speaker 1>the state. Will that include the NDAA because the National

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<v Speaker 1>Defense Authorization has been held up for Democrats. It's the

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<v Speaker 1>first time I've been on there for twenty seven years

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<v Speaker 1>that this has happened, that Democrats have been so obstructions.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that they held up the NDAA. Is that going

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<v Speaker 1>to break? Are they going to change their minds?

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<v Speaker 2>It's crazy, you, I mean, they're making it all about Iran.

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<v Speaker 2>But the fact of the matter is this. Defunding the

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<v Speaker 2>military is job number one. I mean, if you don't

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<v Speaker 2>get that right, the rest is conversation. So we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to do everything we can to get that voted on

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<v Speaker 2>again if they won't give us the vote. We did

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<v Speaker 2>get a bill reported out of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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<v Speaker 2>The House passed an Armed Defense Authorization bill. We could

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<v Speaker 2>go to conference with the committee passed version of that,

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<v Speaker 2>and then you know, try and get something out of

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<v Speaker 2>the conference the Democrats will vote for when it comes

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<v Speaker 2>back to the floor. But is incredibly irresponsible on their part.

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<v Speaker 2>It is, frankly, I mean inexcusable if you think about

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<v Speaker 2>what the state for a country for them to hold

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<v Speaker 2>up the thing that authorizes taking care of our troops

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<v Speaker 2>they're paid, taking care of the military families, ensuring that

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<v Speaker 2>we've got the right weaponry and technology to keep our

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<v Speaker 2>country safe and to deter and defeat any threat that's

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<v Speaker 2>out there to America's national security interest. So it's critically important.

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<v Speaker 2>The other thing they're blocking right now, which I know

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate as well, is FAISA, which is the Foreign Intelligence

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<v Speaker 2>Surveillance Act.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that we've got to got a security thing, so

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<v Speaker 1>we got to get it. Lada Johnthun always good to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you. Thank you for the updates on all

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<v Speaker 1>of that, and I appreciate it very much. Touch you

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<v Speaker 1>again soon, Thank you, Thank you, Lada Johnson. I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>right back. America states that welcome back in America. Congressman

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<v Speaker 1>Dan Muser is from the great state of Pennsylvania. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I normally keep Steelers and Eagles fans off

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<v Speaker 1>the show because they're hostile to the Browns. But Selena

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<v Speaker 1>Zeta likes Dan News and Vince Steve Bendade likes Dan Muser.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm glad to have you on. Congressman. How are

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<v Speaker 1>you and how are things up in Wilkesbarre.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, how are you?

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<v Speaker 2>You?

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<v Speaker 4>Great to be with you and Boyle boy, I'm in

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<v Speaker 4>good company with Selena and all.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you. Well.

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<v Speaker 5>Right now, I'm in Lebanon County.

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<v Speaker 4>Met there Lebanon County Fair, which is just tremendous, very

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<v Speaker 4>well attended, some great people. I got our GOP friend

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<v Speaker 4>Mike Feirestein and the county directors. The fair directors show

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<v Speaker 4>me around, very well attended, lots of lots of great

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<v Speaker 4>milkshakes and food, and so if anybody's around, come on

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<v Speaker 4>down to the Lebanon County Fair.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually we got it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's fair time of year, so I mean, I was

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<v Speaker 4>at the schoogl yesterday. I've been to Lambing down in

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<v Speaker 4>Burks County, so making the rounds.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm in the district.

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<v Speaker 1>I love county fairs. I'm from Trumbull County congressman, right

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<v Speaker 1>over the Pennsylvania border near Sharon. Never missed it any summer.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a great way to spend some time. But you've

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<v Speaker 1>been busy in Congress as well. Reck Andillytion three point zero.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very happy to see that pretty narrow win. But

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<v Speaker 1>a win's a win.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we have our fights on our hands.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got our challenges.

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<v Speaker 4>You saw probably how a few Republicans, of course weren't

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<v Speaker 4>there initially, and we have a three vote majority, so

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<v Speaker 4>we need everybody basically with We're able to give up

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<v Speaker 4>two this past week. So but look the reconciliation. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>we passed the budget resolution. It's important primarily because Republicans

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<v Speaker 4>are the only ones voting for measures that will strengthen

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<v Speaker 4>our country. And frankly, our friends to the left, colleague,

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<v Speaker 4>some of them friends, not all are four disrupting things

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<v Speaker 4>as well as possible, because their whole goal is I'm

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<v Speaker 4>winning the mid terms, and if things are not going

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<v Speaker 4>well and they can point that out, then you know

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<v Speaker 4>they feel that helps them politically, and frankly, I think

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<v Speaker 4>that's pretty damn sad.

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<v Speaker 5>I would prefer that they help us, that we.

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<v Speaker 4>All work to make our country as strong as it

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<v Speaker 4>should be and then fight over who gets the credit.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what I think politics should be about. But unfortunately, man,

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<v Speaker 4>it's it's not. But but within this, we've got the

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<v Speaker 4>Save America Act.

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<v Speaker 5>We've got some big.

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<v Speaker 4>Farm money, agriculture money, and we have some added defense funding,

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<v Speaker 4>which which is essential and we'll see. We also looking

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<v Speaker 4>to pass a continued resolution since the budget is stuck

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<v Speaker 4>for for a little bit, hopefully not too long into December.

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<v Speaker 4>UH And but we had a lot of other things

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<v Speaker 4>going on right We passed the Stock Trading Act stop

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<v Speaker 4>stop inside of Trading Act.

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<v Speaker 5>So we're trying.

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<v Speaker 4>To do the things that America expects us to do,

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<v Speaker 4>and all the while, UH cover the macros, National cover the.

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<v Speaker 1>Macro, but also got a district to take care of.

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<v Speaker 1>Every congressman in America has got to take care of

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<v Speaker 1>their district. I think there's nine and a half million

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<v Speaker 1>dollars heading into Pennsylvania. Ninth Am. I right about that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we just recently received nine and a half million

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<v Speaker 4>dollars for rural Hospital fund, very very important. I outlined

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<v Speaker 4>carefully which hospitals needed what, and we were able to

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<v Speaker 4>come through. I mean, that's also a bill, by the way,

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<v Speaker 4>that came out of the one big beautiful bill, the

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<v Speaker 4>Working Families Tax cut portion of it, whereby we found

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<v Speaker 4>fifty billion dollars for rural hospitals.

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<v Speaker 5>That'll be allocated over a five year period.

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<v Speaker 4>Pennsylvania's receiving one hundred and ninety three million of that,

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<v Speaker 4>and in the first trunch my district received nine million dollars.

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<v Speaker 4>There were a number of Pennsylvanians that were strongly behind that.

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<v Speaker 4>In particular, I'm going to mention Rob Resihan, who's a

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<v Speaker 4>freshman who led a lot of It's there. I was

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<v Speaker 4>with him when he was telling the speaker, I've got

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<v Speaker 4>to have this. Here are the losses that I'm getting

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<v Speaker 4>from my rural hospitals. And by the way, they had

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<v Speaker 4>nothing to do with the work requirements that haven't even

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<v Speaker 4>gone to effect yet that the Democrats or excuse me.

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<v Speaker 4>The Social Democrats, as they insist on being called, run

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<v Speaker 4>ad stating how we're we've cut medicaid and people are

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<v Speaker 4>losing their medicaid.

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<v Speaker 5>No Medicaid, nothing's been cut.

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<v Speaker 4>The only thing that's going to be changed is work

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<v Speaker 4>our work requirements and they won't go into effect until

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<v Speaker 4>January one, twenty twenty seven. So the ads that they're

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<v Speaker 4>running now and for this campaign on healthcare are completely false, completely.

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<v Speaker 5>Fabricated, and frankly alives.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Congressman Dan Music, I've been watching the Democrats run

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<v Speaker 1>against good, solid, serious legislators like you for twenty seven years.

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<v Speaker 1>They always run the same ad, you know, the same ad,

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<v Speaker 1>always trying to destroy healthcare. You're not. You just saved

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<v Speaker 1>the Royal Hospital in your district. I'm curious. Did they

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<v Speaker 1>nominate what I'll call a normy liberal, you know, just

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<v Speaker 1>a just a normy Democrat from the city council or

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<v Speaker 1>a supervisor, or did they go full ds A on

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<v Speaker 1>you and send up a leftist.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, I'm not sure yet.

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<v Speaker 4>I do see our colleagues such as Ryan McKenzie, Scott

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<v Speaker 4>Perry uh and Rob Residinhan have those that are just

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<v Speaker 4>falling in line.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, Hugh, Hugh, I see.

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<v Speaker 4>You on on Fox. I'll tell you what you do

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<v Speaker 4>an amazing job messaging. I find myself taking notes.

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<v Speaker 5>Very often when when when you're uh speaking.

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<v Speaker 4>But but the left is many aren't extremists. Many are

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<v Speaker 4>not necessarily traditional Democrats, but they are not as extreme

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<v Speaker 4>as the you know, the social Democrats or the communists

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<v Speaker 4>or whom that are that are being elected out there.

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<v Speaker 4>And they're not just being elected in New York like

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<v Speaker 4>we're looking at Mandani, uh, but they're being elected.

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<v Speaker 5>In Philadelphia, They're being elected in Michigan.

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<v Speaker 1>They're being elected in a lot of places.

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<v Speaker 4>And I think what many see that the tail is

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<v Speaker 4>going to be wagging the dog, the socialist tale is

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<v Speaker 4>going to be wagging the Democrat dog, and they're absolutely

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<v Speaker 4>fearful of pushing back on them. And the sad part

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<v Speaker 4>is those that get even if they portray themselves as

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<v Speaker 4>a moderate, and they happen to win in Pennsylvania because

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<v Speaker 4>those are the opponents that.

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<v Speaker 5>I know best.

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<v Speaker 4>They will vote with the extreme ents, with the Progressive Caucus,

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<v Speaker 4>with the squad, with AOC and with omar my estimate

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<v Speaker 4>and my guarantee ninety eight, if ninety eight percent of

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<v Speaker 4>the time, if not one hundred percent of the time.

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<v Speaker 4>But but to answer your question, I don't know yet.

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<v Speaker 4>My opponent is not really engaged at so much at

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<v Speaker 4>this point. I'm sure that'll change, except for social media

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<v Speaker 4>and that sort of thing.

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<v Speaker 5>So we'll see, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know, I hope to have a policy debate, but i'll

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<v Speaker 4>see how extreme that that that my opponent gets.

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<v Speaker 1>Last question Congress a muser. First time we've met, Vince

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<v Speaker 1>told me wonderful things about you, so I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you. You're a Norman, you were a businessman

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<v Speaker 1>before you went to Congress. That really matters to me,

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<v Speaker 1>because you don't vote for stupid stuff. Is it? Is

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<v Speaker 1>it better or worse than you thought when you first

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<v Speaker 1>got there. I mean, you got good speaker and Mike Johnson.

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<v Speaker 1>You had a good speaker and Kevin McCarthy. But the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats are losing their mind. Got a minute, Yeah, Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>all lose.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, it's not some days, it's worse.

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<v Speaker 2>See.

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<v Speaker 5>I put it this way.

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<v Speaker 4>The best part of Congress probably is actually the quality

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<v Speaker 4>of the people. And I tell that to my district

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<v Speaker 4>and the crowds and they look at me like I'm crazy.

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<v Speaker 5>But no, we've got.

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<v Speaker 4>Generals, we've got successful business people, we got doctors, we've

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<v Speaker 4>got Navy seals, we've got you know you, Nick, I

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<v Speaker 4>mean we there for the right reason.

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<v Speaker 5>And you know what.

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<v Speaker 4>On the Democrats side you get talking, many of them too,

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<v Speaker 4>are truly there for the right reasons.

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<v Speaker 5>They might believe things a lot differently than us, but

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<v Speaker 5>they're not crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't deliberately lie.

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<v Speaker 5>But the hipocrisy do. The hipocrisy that takes.

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<v Speaker 4>Place, and ninety five percent of it on the Democrat side,

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<v Speaker 4>that's hard to take.

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<v Speaker 1>It is, especially on things like insiders stock trading, which

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<v Speaker 1>you've got through or helped get through their newser good

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<v Speaker 1>first time. I hope you come back, enjoy the fair

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<v Speaker 1>in Lebanon County, Corn and glory and evening grace America.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Hugh Hewett, hour number two on this Thursday edition

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<v Speaker 1>of the program. I'm kicking it off with our next

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<v Speaker 1>senator from North Carolina, Michael Wattley, former chairman of the

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<v Speaker 1>Republican National Committee. Of course, he's all over the tar

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<v Speaker 1>Heel State as we are. Michael tell us how goes

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<v Speaker 1>the campaign. The website is Michael Wattley dot com. Wh

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<v Speaker 1>A T l e Y Michael Wattley dot com. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure you would like donations and volunteers. Tell us how

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<v Speaker 1>it's going.

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<v Speaker 6>It's going great. You know, we have finished our hundred

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<v Speaker 6>county tour and we're back on the road making sure

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<v Speaker 6>that we're getting to every one of US county is

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<v Speaker 6>having conversations with folks. You know, we are meeting with farmers,

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<v Speaker 6>we're meeting with manufacturers, small business owners, and of course

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<v Speaker 6>voters from across the state and talking about what they want.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, one of the things that I saw when

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<v Speaker 6>I was the RNC chair, when I was the North

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<v Speaker 6>Carolina Republican Party chair, is that people want to know

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<v Speaker 6>who you're going to fight for, and they want to

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<v Speaker 6>know you're going to fight for them, You're going to

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<v Speaker 6>fight for their families and their communities. And that's exactly

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<v Speaker 6>what we're going to do. We're going to make sure

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<v Speaker 6>that we're having you know, policies in position at the

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<v Speaker 6>federal level. They're going to help people make more and

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<v Speaker 6>keep more. That we're going to keep our kids in

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<v Speaker 6>our communities safe, and of course we're going to have

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<v Speaker 6>a strong presence around the world, a strong military. And

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<v Speaker 6>my opponent Roy Cooper's made it very clear throughout the

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<v Speaker 6>course of his campaign, and he's been out to you know,

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<v Speaker 6>maybe eight, ten, fifteen counties, something like that. He's running

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<v Speaker 6>from the basement. He's going to fight for criminals. He's

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<v Speaker 6>going to fight for illegal aliens. He's going to fight

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<v Speaker 6>for men who want to play in girls' sports and

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<v Speaker 6>go in women's locker rooms. He's going to fight for

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<v Speaker 6>higher taxes, going to fight for higher energy prices. That's

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<v Speaker 6>not what the North Carolina people want to see.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, Michael lot Lay, Roy Cooper is beige. I've been

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<v Speaker 1>asked to describe various candidates. I can talk to you

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<v Speaker 1>about Monounty all day long. I know what else Sayid

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna do. I know who Susan Collins is running again,

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<v Speaker 1>sort of a lightweight grand platner. But it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>Roy Cooper, he's beige. And I just fall back on

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<v Speaker 1>the fact. Take a look at the Charlotte transportation system.

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<v Speaker 1>He was governor for a year. How can that be

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<v Speaker 1>so dangerous? What's his connection to that?

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<v Speaker 6>Michael, Well, look, I mean Roy Cooper as the governor

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<v Speaker 6>was the worst governor in the history of North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 6>And you look at the transportation system North Carolina. Roy

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<v Speaker 6>Cooper let forty two hundred criminals out of prison, forty

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<v Speaker 6>two hundred hardened criminals. I mean, we're talking the worst

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<v Speaker 6>of the worst, pedophiles, rapists, and murderers, right. And of course,

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<v Speaker 6>when you let forty two hundred criminals out of prison,

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<v Speaker 6>what do you think they're going to do? They went

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<v Speaker 6>right back to the life of crime. And over half

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<v Speaker 6>of them, twenty two hundred of them, have since been rearrested.

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<v Speaker 6>And we've seen hundreds of them who've been rearrested for

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<v Speaker 6>violent felonies, aggravated assault, assault with a deadly weapon, ninety

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<v Speaker 6>nine of them have been re arrested and convicted for

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<v Speaker 6>sexual assault, for rape, for child pornography charges, and twenty

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<v Speaker 6>five of them have been rearrested for murder have been

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<v Speaker 6>convicted of murder, including de Carlos Brown Junior, probably the

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<v Speaker 6>most famous guy on the list. You know who got

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<v Speaker 6>rearrested and re released thirteen more times under Roy Cooper's

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<v Speaker 6>policies before he got on a light railcar in Charlotte

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<v Speaker 6>last year and brutally murdered Arena's Rootska, who's a beautiful

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<v Speaker 6>young Ukrainian refugee in cold blood, and that murder has

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<v Speaker 6>gotten a lot of national attention because it was on video,

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<v Speaker 6>and you know, if you haven't seen a video, don't

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<v Speaker 6>go look at it's horrifying, but it got a lot

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<v Speaker 6>of national attention. Well, that monster should have never been

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<v Speaker 6>on that car. He should not have been on the

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<v Speaker 6>streets in North Carolina. Arenas or Ropeska should be alive today.

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<v Speaker 6>And her blood is on Roy Cooper's as you know.

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<v Speaker 6>And I wish that's where the story ended, but it doesn't,

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<v Speaker 6>you know, because there were twenty four other people, you know,

0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:10.440
<v Speaker 6>who got murdered by convicts that Roy Cooper let out.

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<v Speaker 6>And so you think about this year at Thanksgiving or

0:23:13.600 --> 0:23:16.280
<v Speaker 6>this year at Christmas, you're gonna have twenty five empty

0:23:16.359 --> 0:23:19.639
<v Speaker 6>seats around those tables in North Carolina because Roy Cooper

0:23:19.680 --> 0:23:21.320
<v Speaker 6>put these criminals back on the streets.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I think that's issue number one. Has to be

0:23:23.560 --> 0:23:26.399
<v Speaker 1>issue number two. Democrats in the Senate, and he'll just

0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:29.720
<v Speaker 1>be a loyal, go along to get along freshman. He'll serve.

0:23:29.880 --> 0:23:32.120
<v Speaker 1>He's not going to serve long enough to have any

0:23:32.760 --> 0:23:36.720
<v Speaker 1>swing in the Senate. They're stopping the National Defense Authorization

0:23:36.800 --> 0:23:39.880
<v Speaker 1>Act right now. They're stopping the appropriation for the pentagont

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<v Speaker 1>Does everyone in the military community, in the retired military

0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:46.480
<v Speaker 1>community in North Carolina know that, Michael Whitley.

0:23:46.400 --> 0:23:49.360
<v Speaker 6>It's tremendously important here in North Carolina. Who you raise

0:23:49.400 --> 0:23:52.440
<v Speaker 6>an absolutely great point. You know, we have about ten

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<v Speaker 6>percent of all of the men and women in uniform

0:23:55.280 --> 0:23:57.639
<v Speaker 6>between the Army and Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast

0:23:57.640 --> 0:24:01.520
<v Speaker 6>Guard are actually based in North Carolina. The military families

0:24:01.520 --> 0:24:05.240
<v Speaker 6>that support them are tremendously important part of our fabric

0:24:05.280 --> 0:24:07.320
<v Speaker 6>here in North Carolina. We have seven hundred and twenty

0:24:07.320 --> 0:24:10.120
<v Speaker 6>thousand veterans who live in North Carolina, more than any

0:24:10.119 --> 0:24:12.560
<v Speaker 6>other state in the country. So yeah, you know, these

0:24:12.760 --> 0:24:16.840
<v Speaker 6>issues really affect folks. And what Roy Cooper has done

0:24:17.520 --> 0:24:20.760
<v Speaker 6>in terms of going after our troops, denigrating their service,

0:24:21.320 --> 0:24:24.240
<v Speaker 6>trying to belittle it what's happening in the Middle East

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<v Speaker 6>right now is.

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<v Speaker 3>A real disgrace.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, I was last night down at Camp La June.

0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:32.680
<v Speaker 6>I was down at an event in Onslow County, North Carolina,

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<v Speaker 6>and when we talked about Roy Cooper and his failure

0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:38.880
<v Speaker 6>to support our troops and support the mission that they

0:24:38.920 --> 0:24:42.200
<v Speaker 6>have right now over in Iran. You know, round boots,

0:24:42.320 --> 0:24:45.440
<v Speaker 6>like the people really really opposed to him, and the

0:24:45.480 --> 0:24:47.359
<v Speaker 6>fact that he's not going to stand up for our troops.

0:24:47.480 --> 0:24:49.000
<v Speaker 6>I'm gonna fight for him every single.

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<v Speaker 1>Day, and I'm just afraid people don't understand what the

0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:56.800
<v Speaker 1>Democrats are doing is unprecedented. The NDAA National Defense Authorization

0:24:56.880 --> 0:25:00.199
<v Speaker 1>nine has never failed to advance, and the Democrat you're

0:25:00.240 --> 0:25:03.359
<v Speaker 1>blocking it. Roy Cooper, I'm sure right in line with that.

0:25:03.840 --> 0:25:05.760
<v Speaker 1>Let me ask you about his money. I was on

0:25:05.840 --> 0:25:08.439
<v Speaker 1>Fox today talking about the dark money operation over on

0:25:08.480 --> 0:25:11.240
<v Speaker 1>the left, Sheldon white House, Democrat from Rhode Island, always

0:25:11.240 --> 0:25:14.520
<v Speaker 1>talking about dark money. In fact, it's coming from Arabella Advisors,

0:25:14.880 --> 0:25:18.639
<v Speaker 1>Sorrows Junior, sorrow Senior. It's hundreds of millions of dollars.

0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:20.919
<v Speaker 1>Is that where Roy Cooper is getting his bank from.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely?

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<v Speaker 6>You know, Chuck Schumer's made it very clear he is

0:25:25.720 --> 0:25:27.600
<v Speaker 6>desperate to win this seat that he's going to put

0:25:27.640 --> 0:25:30.800
<v Speaker 6>hundreds of millions of dollars into North Carolina to elect

0:25:31.000 --> 0:25:33.239
<v Speaker 6>Roy Cooper is his puppet because he knows he's going

0:25:33.280 --> 0:25:35.800
<v Speaker 6>to be a reliable vote there. He'll vote with James

0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:39.199
<v Speaker 6>tall Rico, He'll vote with Abdul Lsaeid, He'll vote on

0:25:39.280 --> 0:25:42.520
<v Speaker 6>the Democratic platform, champion by Zorn Mom Donnie in AOC,

0:25:43.080 --> 0:25:45.040
<v Speaker 6>He's going to be a card carrying member of the

0:25:45.080 --> 0:25:47.680
<v Speaker 6>woke mob. So we do know that you're going to

0:25:47.680 --> 0:25:51.000
<v Speaker 6>see hundreds of millions of dollars coming through those Democratic

0:25:51.040 --> 0:25:53.760
<v Speaker 6>pipelines into North Carolina. We will have enough money to

0:25:53.800 --> 0:25:54.760
<v Speaker 6>put our message out there.

0:25:54.760 --> 0:25:55.560
<v Speaker 3>It's very important.

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<v Speaker 6>And I know that your viewers go to Michael Wattley

0:25:58.400 --> 0:26:00.880
<v Speaker 6>dot com and sign up and so sport the campaign.

0:26:01.080 --> 0:26:03.000
<v Speaker 6>But we're getting out there. We're going to all one

0:26:03.080 --> 0:26:06.080
<v Speaker 6>hundred counties. We're having those conversations. And the one thing

0:26:06.320 --> 0:26:09.639
<v Speaker 6>that we consistently hear across that state they want a

0:26:09.720 --> 0:26:10.840
<v Speaker 6>strong North Carolina.

0:26:10.840 --> 0:26:12.000
<v Speaker 3>They want a strong America.

0:26:12.200 --> 0:26:14.959
<v Speaker 6>They want a strong economy, they want strong borders, they

0:26:15.000 --> 0:26:17.600
<v Speaker 6>want a strong national security, they want safe communities.

0:26:17.840 --> 0:26:19.080
<v Speaker 3>That's what we're fighting for.

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<v Speaker 6>You know, Kamala Harris outspent us in the twenty twenty

0:26:22.359 --> 0:26:26.480
<v Speaker 6>four election cycle, outspent President Trump by over a billion dollars,

0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:29.440
<v Speaker 6>and she lost because she was not a good candidate.

0:26:29.520 --> 0:26:33.080
<v Speaker 6>Candidates and campaigns really matter. And the fact is good

0:26:33.160 --> 0:26:36.040
<v Speaker 6>policy is good politics. And that's what we're running on

0:26:36.119 --> 0:26:37.800
<v Speaker 6>in North Carolina and.

0:26:37.640 --> 0:26:41.240
<v Speaker 1>The people of Western North Carolina. Remember how Joe Biden

0:26:41.240 --> 0:26:44.200
<v Speaker 1>and Roy Cooper did not show up when they were hurting.

0:26:45.680 --> 0:26:46.639
<v Speaker 3>They absolutely do.

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<v Speaker 6>I hear it every single time I go up to

0:26:48.840 --> 0:26:51.120
<v Speaker 6>the mountains, you know, And every single time I talked

0:26:51.119 --> 0:26:54.840
<v Speaker 6>to President Trump, he asked how's Western North Carolina recovering?

0:26:55.040 --> 0:26:58.080
<v Speaker 6>And the fact that I brought President Trump up to

0:26:58.280 --> 0:27:02.119
<v Speaker 6>Ashville and Swannanoah during the campaign, and we brought him

0:27:02.200 --> 0:27:04.480
<v Speaker 6>up right after he was sworn in. His first trip

0:27:04.520 --> 0:27:08.119
<v Speaker 6>as president, in fact, was to western North Carolina. And

0:27:08.160 --> 0:27:11.360
<v Speaker 6>the fact that people will never forget. On that day

0:27:11.520 --> 0:27:15.400
<v Speaker 6>September twenty seventh, twenty twenty four, when the hurricane slammed

0:27:15.440 --> 0:27:18.280
<v Speaker 6>into Western North Carolina, Roy Cooper was up at a

0:27:18.359 --> 0:27:21.719
<v Speaker 6>celebration a climate change gala in New York City. He

0:27:21.840 --> 0:27:24.240
<v Speaker 6>wasn't even in North Carolina. He didn't show up for

0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:27.520
<v Speaker 6>the next three months as governor. He was completely derelict

0:27:27.520 --> 0:27:31.040
<v Speaker 6>and his duty failed Western North Carolina. Since the President

0:27:31.080 --> 0:27:33.720
<v Speaker 6>came in, I have actually been asked to help make

0:27:33.760 --> 0:27:36.320
<v Speaker 6>sure that we get relief. In ten point seventy five

0:27:36.440 --> 0:27:39.280
<v Speaker 6>billion dollars that we've brought to Western North Carolina. It's

0:27:39.320 --> 0:27:42.840
<v Speaker 6>the largest storm recovery program in the history of the state.

0:27:43.280 --> 0:27:46.560
<v Speaker 6>Roads are being rebuilt, Bridges have been rebuilt, water systems

0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:48.640
<v Speaker 6>are up and running. The Blue Ridge Parkway is open,

0:27:48.920 --> 0:27:51.679
<v Speaker 6>you know, and we've seen cultural icons like Lake Lure

0:27:51.840 --> 0:27:54.120
<v Speaker 6>and Chimney Rock that are back open. You know, we're

0:27:54.119 --> 0:27:56.200
<v Speaker 6>not ready to hang out a mission accomplished sign. There's

0:27:56.200 --> 0:27:58.240
<v Speaker 6>still a lot of work to do. The people of

0:27:58.240 --> 0:28:02.200
<v Speaker 6>Western North Carolina are really wrong. Those communities are resilient,

0:28:02.359 --> 0:28:05.119
<v Speaker 6>but they know Roy Cooper let them down. Roy Cooper

0:28:05.160 --> 0:28:06.880
<v Speaker 6>failed Western North Carolina.

0:28:06.960 --> 0:28:11.680
<v Speaker 1>So just some raw politics here, Michael Wattley. We've got Charlotte,

0:28:11.720 --> 0:28:14.159
<v Speaker 1>it's a deep blue dot. Does the rest of the

0:28:14.200 --> 0:28:15.960
<v Speaker 1>state have to come through for you? Is it the

0:28:16.000 --> 0:28:19.000
<v Speaker 1>rest of the state versus Charlotte in an RD Senate race?

0:28:20.480 --> 0:28:20.880
<v Speaker 3>They do?

0:28:20.960 --> 0:28:25.720
<v Speaker 6>You know, And if you think about you know, Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Asheville. Yeah,

0:28:25.720 --> 0:28:28.199
<v Speaker 6>these are blue cities, but we've got red counties all

0:28:28.240 --> 0:28:28.960
<v Speaker 6>across the state.

0:28:29.240 --> 0:28:31.000
<v Speaker 3>We are very evenly divided.

0:28:31.040 --> 0:28:34.800
<v Speaker 6>We're thirty percent Republican, We're thirty percent Democrat, We're forty

0:28:34.840 --> 0:28:38.600
<v Speaker 6>percent unaffiliated, which is our version of independence, you know,

0:28:38.720 --> 0:28:41.320
<v Speaker 6>plus plus you know, one point five percent other In there,

0:28:41.760 --> 0:28:44.960
<v Speaker 6>but we're a purple state. We need to go out

0:28:45.000 --> 0:28:47.400
<v Speaker 6>and talk to every voter, you know, and we're seeing

0:28:47.400 --> 0:28:49.640
<v Speaker 6>six hundred and fifty people a week who are moving

0:28:49.680 --> 0:28:53.000
<v Speaker 6>into Charlotte, hundreds are moving into Raleigh and the other cities.

0:28:53.160 --> 0:28:54.360
<v Speaker 3>So that's why we're going out.

0:28:54.440 --> 0:28:57.479
<v Speaker 6>We're having those conversations not just in the big cities,

0:28:57.480 --> 0:29:00.200
<v Speaker 6>but in the rural areas, the suburban areas. We've been

0:29:00.240 --> 0:29:02.120
<v Speaker 6>to the mountains, we've been to the coast. I want

0:29:02.120 --> 0:29:05.080
<v Speaker 6>to have this conversation with every voter in North Carolina.

0:29:05.160 --> 0:29:07.440
<v Speaker 6>How can I help you? What can I do to

0:29:07.480 --> 0:29:09.840
<v Speaker 6>make sure that you make more and you keep more?

0:29:09.880 --> 0:29:12.400
<v Speaker 6>How are we gonna keep our community safe? You know

0:29:12.440 --> 0:29:16.280
<v Speaker 6>I've been endorsed by the Police Benevolent Association, the highwaytroopers

0:29:16.280 --> 0:29:18.080
<v Speaker 6>and sheriffs from one end of the state to the

0:29:18.120 --> 0:29:20.240
<v Speaker 6>other because they know I'm going to back the blue

0:29:20.240 --> 0:29:21.960
<v Speaker 6>and I'm gonna keep our community safe.

0:29:22.600 --> 0:29:25.640
<v Speaker 1>Superb candidate in North Carolina. He'll be a great senator

0:29:25.680 --> 0:29:28.080
<v Speaker 1>for the tar Hill state. Michael Wattley, go and get

0:29:28.160 --> 0:29:30.720
<v Speaker 1>involved in the campaign Michael Wattley dot com. If you've

0:29:30.720 --> 0:29:32.600
<v Speaker 1>got a state where you've got a safe in coming

0:29:32.760 --> 0:29:35.240
<v Speaker 1>or no race at all. That's a place to invest

0:29:35.320 --> 0:29:38.480
<v Speaker 1>some money. Michael Wattley dot com. If you're a North Carolinian,

0:29:38.800 --> 0:29:40.880
<v Speaker 1>you want to walk a precinct, make some phone calls,

0:29:40.880 --> 0:29:45.000
<v Speaker 1>get involved in the process. Michaelwattley dot com Chairman Wattley,

0:29:45.040 --> 0:29:46.600
<v Speaker 1>good to talk to you again, See you again. I'll

0:29:46.680 --> 0:29:50.640
<v Speaker 1>check in again next month. Michael Wattley dot com. Stay tuned, America.

0:29:50.800 --> 0:30:03.800
<v Speaker 1>Jayfeely is next from Arizona. I'm Hugh Heurett. Welcome back America,

0:30:03.960 --> 0:30:06.880
<v Speaker 1>Hugh Hewitt. I want my friends in Phoenix listening. I'm

0:30:06.920 --> 0:30:09.360
<v Speaker 1>am nine sixty. The answer to lean in a little

0:30:09.360 --> 0:30:12.440
<v Speaker 1>bit closer because your next congressman is here. Jay Feely

0:30:12.520 --> 0:30:15.600
<v Speaker 1>is running for the first congressional district outside of Phoenix.

0:30:15.880 --> 0:30:18.800
<v Speaker 1>You'll know the name because very successful NFL kicker for

0:30:18.840 --> 0:30:22.120
<v Speaker 1>a long time. Jay Feely. Welcome. Somehow you manage not

0:30:22.200 --> 0:30:25.400
<v Speaker 1>to kick for the Browns. Maybe because Bill Dawson was

0:30:25.440 --> 0:30:28.000
<v Speaker 1>there for a long time. But my club's gone through

0:30:28.000 --> 0:30:30.200
<v Speaker 1>like one hundred kickers. Did you just refuse to go

0:30:30.320 --> 0:30:31.040
<v Speaker 1>try out for them?

0:30:31.040 --> 0:30:31.240
<v Speaker 2>Ever?

0:30:32.720 --> 0:30:35.160
<v Speaker 7>No, Phil was amazing. He's one of the best kickers

0:30:35.160 --> 0:30:38.080
<v Speaker 7>of my generation for sure. And you know, big fans

0:30:38.120 --> 0:30:40.200
<v Speaker 7>of the Haslam family, hoping that they can turn that

0:30:40.280 --> 0:30:43.360
<v Speaker 7>franchise around and get it back to some glory. Cleveland

0:30:43.440 --> 0:30:45.280
<v Speaker 7>fans need it, sort of the Arizona fans. We need

0:30:45.320 --> 0:30:46.520
<v Speaker 7>to start winning again as well.

0:30:47.360 --> 0:30:49.600
<v Speaker 1>Amen, both of the Cardinals and end of the Browns

0:30:49.600 --> 0:30:51.240
<v Speaker 1>a good year and maybe they can meet in the

0:30:51.240 --> 0:30:53.120
<v Speaker 1>super Bowl and throw everybody overboard.

0:30:53.720 --> 0:30:54.800
<v Speaker 5>Jay, why do this?

0:30:55.200 --> 0:30:57.800
<v Speaker 1>You don't have to run for Congress. Why are you

0:30:57.840 --> 0:30:58.239
<v Speaker 1>doing it?

0:31:00.280 --> 0:31:03.320
<v Speaker 7>We need more people in office who have already been successful,

0:31:03.720 --> 0:31:05.320
<v Speaker 7>who want to go there for the right reasons and

0:31:05.360 --> 0:31:07.000
<v Speaker 7>aren't going there to enrich themselves.

0:31:07.080 --> 0:31:08.760
<v Speaker 3>We have so many politicians that.

0:31:08.840 --> 0:31:11.400
<v Speaker 7>Go there, make a career out of it, grow their

0:31:11.440 --> 0:31:11.960
<v Speaker 7>net worth.

0:31:12.440 --> 0:31:13.160
<v Speaker 3>I'm the opposite.

0:31:13.240 --> 0:31:15.400
<v Speaker 7>I'm the guy who my wife and I've always tried

0:31:15.400 --> 0:31:17.840
<v Speaker 7>to utilize the blessings God gave us to impact others,

0:31:17.840 --> 0:31:20.840
<v Speaker 7>and we wanted to do this on a political level,

0:31:20.920 --> 0:31:23.480
<v Speaker 7>and felt like that was the next progression and step

0:31:23.520 --> 0:31:25.760
<v Speaker 7>for us was Okay, I'm willing to give up a

0:31:25.840 --> 0:31:28.440
<v Speaker 7>job in broadcasting that I only have to work five

0:31:28.440 --> 0:31:29.720
<v Speaker 7>months of the year, you.

0:31:29.680 --> 0:31:31.560
<v Speaker 3>Get seven months off. It pays really well.

0:31:31.640 --> 0:31:33.880
<v Speaker 7>But I felt like there's things that were more important

0:31:33.880 --> 0:31:36.960
<v Speaker 7>and I could effectuate change in politics, and I just

0:31:36.960 --> 0:31:38.600
<v Speaker 7>felt like it was my time. It was my time

0:31:38.640 --> 0:31:41.720
<v Speaker 7>to serve, and that was why we decided to do this.

0:31:41.800 --> 0:31:43.040
<v Speaker 3>I think it's we've.

0:31:42.800 --> 0:31:45.240
<v Speaker 7>Never been out a time I don't think in my

0:31:45.400 --> 0:31:48.840
<v Speaker 7>lifetime where the two parties have been further apart ideologically

0:31:48.920 --> 0:31:52.280
<v Speaker 7>and their vision for this country has never been further apart.

0:31:52.360 --> 0:31:54.080
<v Speaker 7>And it's one of the reasons why I wanted to

0:31:54.080 --> 0:31:56.360
<v Speaker 7>get into office and keep this seat a Republican seat.

0:31:56.600 --> 0:31:58.560
<v Speaker 7>It's one of the most important seats in the country

0:31:58.840 --> 0:32:00.360
<v Speaker 7>and we need to make sure we keep this a

0:32:00.400 --> 0:32:02.080
<v Speaker 7>Republican seat so we keep the majority.

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<v Speaker 1>Jay, it's a pivot heere for Arizona. Somehow Katie hop

0:32:05.600 --> 0:32:07.640
<v Speaker 1>snuck in there four years ago. And I think Andy

0:32:07.680 --> 0:32:11.000
<v Speaker 1>Biggs is going to retire. But you've got a ballot

0:32:11.040 --> 0:32:13.240
<v Speaker 1>measure to try and repeal school choice. You got a

0:32:13.240 --> 0:32:16.200
<v Speaker 1>bunch of new faces like you, Jay Feely. How is

0:32:16.240 --> 0:32:20.000
<v Speaker 1>it all coalescing? Is everyone working together? Which is what? Yeah.

0:32:20.000 --> 0:32:22.720
<v Speaker 1>I've been going over there for years with Steve Twist

0:32:22.760 --> 0:32:25.720
<v Speaker 1>and John Shattick and our friends Danny Sidon and all

0:32:25.760 --> 0:32:29.160
<v Speaker 1>sorts of friends, and I just can't believe that Arizona

0:32:29.240 --> 0:32:31.040
<v Speaker 1>isn't a red state. It's always been a red state.

0:32:32.520 --> 0:32:34.840
<v Speaker 7>Well, you just brought up a bunch of guys supporting

0:32:34.880 --> 0:32:37.960
<v Speaker 7>our campaign and grateful for what they've done for this state.

0:32:38.080 --> 0:32:40.600
<v Speaker 7>My wife, who is a former teacher, you know, we've

0:32:40.640 --> 0:32:42.560
<v Speaker 7>always been I was on the school board, so we've

0:32:42.560 --> 0:32:45.720
<v Speaker 7>always been big advocates of school choice and the ESA

0:32:45.800 --> 0:32:49.560
<v Speaker 7>program and giving low income people the opportunity to choose

0:32:49.600 --> 0:32:52.000
<v Speaker 7>where their kids go and to put them in private

0:32:52.000 --> 0:32:53.920
<v Speaker 7>schools that they want to, to give them the choice

0:32:53.960 --> 0:32:56.120
<v Speaker 7>to be able to help their kids. And you know,

0:32:56.280 --> 0:32:58.520
<v Speaker 7>I love that about this state and we need to

0:32:58.560 --> 0:33:00.640
<v Speaker 7>make sure that we protect it. And I do think

0:33:00.680 --> 0:33:03.680
<v Speaker 7>everybody is coalescing because we do know when you look

0:33:03.720 --> 0:33:06.080
<v Speaker 7>around the country and you look at New York, in

0:33:06.080 --> 0:33:09.600
<v Speaker 7>those three house seats in Colorado and Pennsylvania and the

0:33:09.720 --> 0:33:12.960
<v Speaker 7>DC mayor, so many people Michigan and it's happening now.

0:33:13.000 --> 0:33:16.480
<v Speaker 7>So many people getting elected that believe in Democrats, socialism,

0:33:16.480 --> 0:33:20.000
<v Speaker 7>that believe in the changing the foundations of what our

0:33:20.000 --> 0:33:23.280
<v Speaker 7>country has stood on. Abolishing prisons, abolishing borders, getting rid

0:33:23.320 --> 0:33:26.040
<v Speaker 7>of the Senate, getting rid of the electoral college, stacking

0:33:26.080 --> 0:33:29.120
<v Speaker 7>the Supreme Court. They are honest about what they want

0:33:29.160 --> 0:33:31.520
<v Speaker 7>to do to this country. It is fundamentally changing it.

0:33:31.880 --> 0:33:33.520
<v Speaker 7>And I think that's going to be a big issue

0:33:33.680 --> 0:33:37.080
<v Speaker 7>in this election, in particular because my district, it cares

0:33:37.120 --> 0:33:40.320
<v Speaker 7>about the economy, it cares about affordability. It wants the

0:33:40.400 --> 0:33:42.560
<v Speaker 7>right future for our children and our grandchildren.

0:33:42.600 --> 0:33:43.560
<v Speaker 3>That's what I'm going to fight for.

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<v Speaker 1>So, Jay Feely, let's tell people where the district is.

0:33:46.920 --> 0:33:49.800
<v Speaker 1>Arizona First has got an interesting aspect. What are some

0:33:49.880 --> 0:33:52.080
<v Speaker 1>of the suburb cities around Phoenix that are in it?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, if you think of the greater Scottsdale area, Paradise, Valley,

0:33:56.400 --> 0:34:00.240
<v Speaker 7>Cave Creek, all the way out to los sends down

0:34:00.280 --> 0:34:04.640
<v Speaker 7>into Phoenix as well, it is really the Scottsdale area.

0:34:04.880 --> 0:34:07.800
<v Speaker 7>It's a very educated district. Over fifty percent of people

0:34:07.840 --> 0:34:10.760
<v Speaker 7>have college degrees. It's a wealthy district. It's a district

0:34:10.760 --> 0:34:13.080
<v Speaker 7>that cares about the economy. You know, they don't love

0:34:13.120 --> 0:34:15.840
<v Speaker 7>all the partisan stuff. They want somebody who's going to

0:34:15.920 --> 0:34:18.440
<v Speaker 7>go there, who's honest, who's transparent about what they believe,

0:34:18.480 --> 0:34:20.480
<v Speaker 7>is going to fight to create the right type of

0:34:20.520 --> 0:34:23.759
<v Speaker 7>economic environment so your businesses can succeed, and so that

0:34:23.880 --> 0:34:28.000
<v Speaker 7>you can see succeed individually. Individually, raising your family and

0:34:28.080 --> 0:34:30.319
<v Speaker 7>that your kids can have that opportunity to go and

0:34:30.320 --> 0:34:30.960
<v Speaker 7>do the same thing.

0:34:31.320 --> 0:34:33.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. One of my closest friends for many years is

0:34:33.880 --> 0:34:38.279
<v Speaker 1>named John Campbell. He's a California congressman. He's retired to Scottsdale.

0:34:38.480 --> 0:34:40.200
<v Speaker 1>He's out there in your neck of the woods. Now

0:34:40.280 --> 0:34:42.160
<v Speaker 1>say tap in and find out what it's like to

0:34:42.160 --> 0:34:44.799
<v Speaker 1>be a congressman. But I mean, who recruited you into this?

0:34:44.840 --> 0:34:47.800
<v Speaker 1>Did Tom Emmer come out there or Speaker Jonathan who

0:34:47.920 --> 0:34:49.240
<v Speaker 1>put the arm on Jay Feely?

0:34:50.880 --> 0:34:51.880
<v Speaker 3>You know all of the above.

0:34:52.239 --> 0:34:54.560
<v Speaker 7>Tom Emmer and Jim Jordan and I have done things

0:34:54.560 --> 0:34:56.319
<v Speaker 7>for a number of years when they've come out here

0:34:56.600 --> 0:34:59.680
<v Speaker 7>to help politicians. And I didn't need anything for many

0:34:59.680 --> 0:35:01.919
<v Speaker 7>pol Tian so I could just go there and help

0:35:01.960 --> 0:35:05.200
<v Speaker 7>support people that I wanted to see in office. And

0:35:05.480 --> 0:35:07.239
<v Speaker 7>you know, President Trump has been talking to me about

0:35:07.320 --> 0:35:09.640
<v Speaker 7>running for a few years, and I kept saying no

0:35:09.760 --> 0:35:11.760
<v Speaker 7>because I had two kids at home. My two youngest

0:35:11.840 --> 0:35:13.919
<v Speaker 7>daughters were at home, and we wanted to wait until

0:35:13.920 --> 0:35:15.319
<v Speaker 7>they got out of the house. And we were empty

0:35:15.400 --> 0:35:17.919
<v Speaker 7>nesslers this year and felt like it was the right time,

0:35:18.000 --> 0:35:20.200
<v Speaker 7>felt like it was the time for people to be

0:35:20.280 --> 0:35:22.800
<v Speaker 7>willing to sacrifice to be willing to stand up for their.

0:35:22.640 --> 0:35:24.640
<v Speaker 3>Beliefs and have the fortitude.

0:35:24.680 --> 0:35:27.319
<v Speaker 7>You know, fourteen years in the NFL and then ten

0:35:27.400 --> 0:35:30.000
<v Speaker 7>years broadcasting certainly has given me thick skin to be

0:35:30.040 --> 0:35:32.879
<v Speaker 7>able to get into the political fire and not care

0:35:32.960 --> 0:35:36.080
<v Speaker 7>when people lie about you and say things about you.

0:35:36.160 --> 0:35:37.680
<v Speaker 3>My wife certainly has been through with me.

0:35:37.760 --> 0:35:40.000
<v Speaker 7>She sat in the stands when I missed game winners

0:35:40.000 --> 0:35:43.040
<v Speaker 7>and had people disparage me. And so we've been down

0:35:43.080 --> 0:35:45.600
<v Speaker 7>that road and we're ready to get into this political

0:35:45.600 --> 0:35:47.080
<v Speaker 7>fight and try to make this country better.

0:35:47.160 --> 0:35:49.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Jay Pheeley, I've never thought about the spouse of

0:35:49.440 --> 0:35:52.120
<v Speaker 1>an NFL kicker. I thought about NFL kickers because I'm

0:35:52.120 --> 0:35:53.759
<v Speaker 1>sure you had a best kick and a worst kick.

0:35:53.800 --> 0:35:56.840
<v Speaker 1>Everyone does, but your poor spouse. They're on the spent

0:35:56.960 --> 0:35:59.799
<v Speaker 1>every time, right you're thinking of your teammates will patch

0:35:59.840 --> 0:36:01.880
<v Speaker 1>you on the back, but no matter what happens, but

0:36:01.960 --> 0:36:04.239
<v Speaker 1>your poor spouse is up there. Why did you guys

0:36:04.239 --> 0:36:06.080
<v Speaker 1>settle in Phoenix in Scottsdale.

0:36:07.640 --> 0:36:08.960
<v Speaker 3>We love the area here.

0:36:09.160 --> 0:36:11.560
<v Speaker 7>We had been on six different teams, and you know,

0:36:11.560 --> 0:36:13.600
<v Speaker 7>we could have moved back to Michigan, where my wife's from,

0:36:13.680 --> 0:36:16.040
<v Speaker 7>or Florida, where I'm from and decided to raise our

0:36:16.080 --> 0:36:18.440
<v Speaker 7>family here in Arizona because we loved it, and we

0:36:18.480 --> 0:36:21.080
<v Speaker 7>loved the school that our kids were going to, you know,

0:36:21.160 --> 0:36:23.080
<v Speaker 7>and just felt like this was the right area to

0:36:23.160 --> 0:36:24.760
<v Speaker 7>raise our kids and now our grandkids.

0:36:24.800 --> 0:36:27.080
<v Speaker 3>We got four grandkids here. Hugh love it.

0:36:27.160 --> 0:36:29.839
<v Speaker 7>My wife, when we had our first grandchild, she said, Okay,

0:36:29.880 --> 0:36:32.239
<v Speaker 7>I'm not teaching anymore. I want to be home hanging

0:36:32.280 --> 0:36:35.360
<v Speaker 7>out with those grandkids. And our grandsaid facetimeser every morning.

0:36:36.080 --> 0:36:37.239
<v Speaker 7>So she just loves it.

0:36:37.320 --> 0:36:39.160
<v Speaker 3>And you know, when you have an.

0:36:39.000 --> 0:36:42.120
<v Speaker 7>Area where you love raising your kids and your family,

0:36:42.160 --> 0:36:43.600
<v Speaker 7>you want to stay there and you want to invest

0:36:43.600 --> 0:36:45.480
<v Speaker 7>in the community. That's what we've always done here, and

0:36:45.960 --> 0:36:48.239
<v Speaker 7>you know, having a heart for people and trying to

0:36:48.280 --> 0:36:49.400
<v Speaker 7>effectuate change.

0:36:49.520 --> 0:36:49.680
<v Speaker 1>You know.

0:36:49.680 --> 0:36:51.160
<v Speaker 3>I went to a Jesuit high school.

0:36:51.239 --> 0:36:53.759
<v Speaker 7>Their model was men for others, and I tried to

0:36:53.760 --> 0:36:56.319
<v Speaker 7>take that into my career in the NFL, and then

0:36:56.360 --> 0:36:59.040
<v Speaker 7>I tried to take it into raising our kids. It's

0:36:59.080 --> 0:37:00.920
<v Speaker 7>one of the reasons why we took our kids around

0:37:00.920 --> 0:37:03.040
<v Speaker 7>the world to do projects we didn't you know, we

0:37:03.120 --> 0:37:05.440
<v Speaker 7>built homes in Mexico. We went down to Haiti with

0:37:05.520 --> 0:37:08.440
<v Speaker 7>them after the earthquake many times, took them over to Africa,

0:37:08.600 --> 0:37:11.680
<v Speaker 7>to Malawi. I wanted them to have an appreciation for

0:37:11.760 --> 0:37:12.839
<v Speaker 7>this country and.

0:37:12.800 --> 0:37:13.920
<v Speaker 3>To have a heart for service.

0:37:14.000 --> 0:37:16.480
<v Speaker 7>And that was the best way that I could figure

0:37:16.480 --> 0:37:18.440
<v Speaker 7>out how to do it, not only engaging here in

0:37:18.480 --> 0:37:21.520
<v Speaker 7>Arizona in our community, but showing them what some of

0:37:21.520 --> 0:37:23.400
<v Speaker 7>the other countries in the world look like. So if

0:37:23.400 --> 0:37:25.400
<v Speaker 7>they could look back and say, I'm living in the

0:37:25.400 --> 0:37:27.600
<v Speaker 7>greatest country in the world, and I want to appreciate

0:37:27.640 --> 0:37:28.240
<v Speaker 7>that country.

0:37:28.480 --> 0:37:31.040
<v Speaker 1>And boy, do you have broadcaster chops. I can tell

0:37:31.080 --> 0:37:34.640
<v Speaker 1>you know some candidates are a little bit slow. Not Jaypheely.

0:37:34.920 --> 0:37:37.080
<v Speaker 1>What's the website? Jay, Let's make sure people in the

0:37:37.080 --> 0:37:39.160
<v Speaker 1>Phoenix area can volunteer and contribute.

0:37:40.280 --> 0:37:40.600
<v Speaker 3>Bangs you.

0:37:40.840 --> 0:37:43.719
<v Speaker 7>Japhey Forcongress dot Com. We are going to be all

0:37:43.760 --> 0:37:45.719
<v Speaker 7>over the valley. If you want to come be a

0:37:45.719 --> 0:37:47.640
<v Speaker 7>part of it, be a part of our huge, great

0:37:47.640 --> 0:37:49.920
<v Speaker 7>team that's going out communicating with arizonas.

0:37:49.960 --> 0:37:50.960
<v Speaker 3>Please reach out to us.

0:37:51.360 --> 0:37:55.520
<v Speaker 1>Japheey for Congress dot Com. Japheeley for Congress dot Com.

0:37:55.640 --> 0:37:57.799
<v Speaker 1>Keep coming back, Jake, great to talk to you. Don't

0:37:57.840 --> 0:38:00.359
<v Speaker 1>go anywhere, America. I got lots more ahead in this hour,

0:38:00.600 --> 0:38:05.080
<v Speaker 1>including Elizabeth Patton. Our Kansas contact for Americans for Prosperity,

0:38:05.120 --> 0:38:07.600
<v Speaker 1>Josh Crosscher will be along and we got update you

0:38:07.640 --> 0:38:10.200
<v Speaker 1>on Iran sent Com has put out a notice that

0:38:10.320 --> 0:38:12.920
<v Speaker 1>everything Iron is saying, everything they're saying is a lie.

0:38:13.040 --> 0:38:14.920
<v Speaker 1>I really wouldn't even deal with these people until they

0:38:14.920 --> 0:38:18.719
<v Speaker 1>stopped lying about blowing up American ships and shooting down

0:38:18.800 --> 0:38:21.600
<v Speaker 1>F thirty five. They're gonna lie on the propaganda outlets,

0:38:21.640 --> 0:38:24.359
<v Speaker 1>They're gonna lie in the negotiations. Don't deal with them,

0:38:24.400 --> 0:38:27.040
<v Speaker 1>mister President. I'll be right back on the Duke Hewitt Show.

0:38:35.440 --> 0:38:38.279
<v Speaker 1>Welcome back in America. I'm Duke Cuitt. We have a

0:38:38.320 --> 0:38:40.799
<v Speaker 1>great sponsor in Americans for Prosperity, and one of the

0:38:40.840 --> 0:38:42.560
<v Speaker 1>things I like to do is to talk to their

0:38:42.600 --> 0:38:46.200
<v Speaker 1>regional directors, in this case, Elizabeth Patton in Kansas. She

0:38:46.360 --> 0:38:49.520
<v Speaker 1>joins us from Kansas. I think you're in Kansas, aren't you, Elizabeth?

0:38:50.760 --> 0:38:51.080
<v Speaker 7>I am.

0:38:51.120 --> 0:38:53.200
<v Speaker 8>I'm in Topeka, Kansas, all right.

0:38:53.600 --> 0:38:56.439
<v Speaker 1>I was at the American Legislative Exchange Council last week,

0:38:56.840 --> 0:38:59.160
<v Speaker 1>talked to the next governor of Kansas, talked to the

0:38:59.800 --> 0:39:03.120
<v Speaker 1>House Speaker. What's going on in Kansas that people need

0:39:03.160 --> 0:39:03.600
<v Speaker 1>to know about?

0:39:05.360 --> 0:39:09.399
<v Speaker 9>Our primary election is on Tuesday, August fourth, And you're right,

0:39:09.400 --> 0:39:11.440
<v Speaker 9>you did get to talk to our next governor, hopefully,

0:39:12.040 --> 0:39:14.440
<v Speaker 9>which we will find out how that primary goes for

0:39:14.560 --> 0:39:15.360
<v Speaker 9>him on Tuesday.

0:39:15.640 --> 0:39:16.880
<v Speaker 8>But we also have.

0:39:16.920 --> 0:39:21.160
<v Speaker 9>A Supreme Court constitutional amendment on our ballots, and we

0:39:21.200 --> 0:39:24.320
<v Speaker 9>are looking to change Kansas from the nominating commission we

0:39:24.360 --> 0:39:29.359
<v Speaker 9>have currently to direct elections for our Supreme Court, change

0:39:29.360 --> 0:39:30.160
<v Speaker 9>the makeup of our court.

0:39:30.320 --> 0:39:30.919
<v Speaker 8>It's a big deal.

0:39:31.000 --> 0:39:36.000
<v Speaker 1>Oh, excellent idea, because those nominating commissions always are stand

0:39:36.120 --> 0:39:40.200
<v Speaker 1>patters run by the Bar Association always and everywhere across

0:39:40.280 --> 0:39:43.240
<v Speaker 1>the United States. I hate him. So how's that polling?

0:39:43.280 --> 0:39:43.879
<v Speaker 1>What do you think?

0:39:45.680 --> 0:39:48.440
<v Speaker 9>It's rather finn So it's really important that all of

0:39:48.480 --> 0:39:50.480
<v Speaker 9>our people in Kansas get out and vote. This is

0:39:50.480 --> 0:39:53.479
<v Speaker 9>a once in a generation opportunity. And you're exactly right.

0:39:53.640 --> 0:39:58.120
<v Speaker 9>In Kansas, the Bar Association controls controls, the Court, controls

0:39:58.120 --> 0:40:00.840
<v Speaker 9>the nominating commission eight out of ten, and our Democrat

0:40:00.960 --> 0:40:03.600
<v Speaker 9>donors they are liberals picking liberals. And this is our

0:40:03.719 --> 0:40:06.399
<v Speaker 9>chance to get the Court to better reflect Kansas and.

0:40:06.400 --> 0:40:06.879
<v Speaker 5>What we are.

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<v Speaker 1>If the initiative passes, how will the transition in the

0:40:11.200 --> 0:40:14.239
<v Speaker 1>court take place? Two judges a year, three justices a year.

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<v Speaker 9>Yes, so starting in twenty twenty eight, about two judges

0:40:19.239 --> 0:40:21.840
<v Speaker 9>a year staggered over time is how it looks like

0:40:21.960 --> 0:40:25.480
<v Speaker 9>right now. But the biggest thing is we are taking

0:40:26.000 --> 0:40:28.920
<v Speaker 9>several over eight hundred words in the Kansas Constitution and

0:40:29.000 --> 0:40:32.000
<v Speaker 9>replacing it with four simple sentences. And that will also

0:40:32.040 --> 0:40:36.719
<v Speaker 9>allow the legislature to make all of the specifics and

0:40:36.760 --> 0:40:39.200
<v Speaker 9>the rules and ethics around that, and so we're not

0:40:39.280 --> 0:40:42.080
<v Speaker 9>over constitutionalizing things, and we can make sure to get

0:40:42.080 --> 0:40:43.719
<v Speaker 9>that right with the legislature next year.

0:40:44.200 --> 0:40:47.520
<v Speaker 1>How many members on the Kansas Supreme Court, Elizabeth.

0:40:48.400 --> 0:40:53.719
<v Speaker 9>So there's seven right now and only only one I

0:40:53.760 --> 0:40:59.040
<v Speaker 9>think is even potentially aligned at all the real that's.

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<v Speaker 1>So amazing to me that a very red state, and

0:41:02.840 --> 0:41:05.640
<v Speaker 1>Kansas is very read. Occasional throw out a blue goather, right,

0:41:05.880 --> 0:41:08.200
<v Speaker 1>but mostly it's a red state. The delegation has read,

0:41:08.560 --> 0:41:11.000
<v Speaker 1>the Senators are read. How do they end up with

0:41:11.080 --> 0:41:13.280
<v Speaker 1>a left wing Supreme Court? How's that happen?

0:41:14.880 --> 0:41:17.960
<v Speaker 9>They're getting picked by left wing lawyers. And lawyers are

0:41:18.040 --> 0:41:20.600
<v Speaker 9>less than one percent of the Kansas population, but they're

0:41:20.600 --> 0:41:22.799
<v Speaker 9>the ones who vote on the nominating Commission, and the

0:41:22.800 --> 0:41:25.920
<v Speaker 9>nominating Commission votes on the Supreme Court and they have

0:41:25.960 --> 0:41:29.680
<v Speaker 9>a controlling majority of the Nominating Commission and they only

0:41:29.760 --> 0:41:32.760
<v Speaker 9>need five votes to pass names on to the governor

0:41:32.760 --> 0:41:35.600
<v Speaker 9>for the Supreme Court. So the appointed members are in

0:41:35.640 --> 0:41:38.439
<v Speaker 9>the minority and their votes don't matter, so we get

0:41:38.640 --> 0:41:39.800
<v Speaker 9>liberals picking liberals.

0:41:40.440 --> 0:41:43.840
<v Speaker 1>What's the number or the letter of the initiative in Kansas,

0:41:45.719 --> 0:41:47.400
<v Speaker 1>it's just the right to vote amendment.

0:41:47.480 --> 0:41:50.000
<v Speaker 9>It's the only one on the ballot, So Amendment one

0:41:50.200 --> 0:41:52.800
<v Speaker 9>or the one that you'll have, and it's vote yes.

0:41:53.239 --> 0:41:55.359
<v Speaker 9>There might be a few local ones depending on where

0:41:55.400 --> 0:41:58.120
<v Speaker 9>you live, but it's the big ballot for the judges.

0:41:58.360 --> 0:41:58.920
<v Speaker 8>Vote yes.

0:41:59.320 --> 0:42:01.600
<v Speaker 1>Are you going to get a good turnout? Because common

0:42:01.640 --> 0:42:05.200
<v Speaker 1>sense initiatives like Measure one benefit when a lot of

0:42:05.239 --> 0:42:06.000
<v Speaker 1>people vote.

0:42:07.800 --> 0:42:09.880
<v Speaker 9>It does and that's what we're really working on right

0:42:09.920 --> 0:42:12.799
<v Speaker 9>now is making sure that you know, folks get out

0:42:12.800 --> 0:42:14.560
<v Speaker 9>and vote. It really matters. Like I said, it's a

0:42:14.640 --> 0:42:17.480
<v Speaker 9>once in a generation opportunity. We also have the governor's

0:42:18.400 --> 0:42:20.600
<v Speaker 9>race on the ballot, and it's so important for the

0:42:20.640 --> 0:42:23.160
<v Speaker 9>future of our state that people get out and don't

0:42:23.160 --> 0:42:25.799
<v Speaker 9>take it for granted and make that vote and vote yes.

0:42:25.880 --> 0:42:27.279
<v Speaker 9>We're not going to get another shot at this.

0:42:27.840 --> 0:42:30.840
<v Speaker 1>How do we get involved with AFP and Kansas Elizabeth.

0:42:30.840 --> 0:42:32.840
<v Speaker 1>Where's the website for the Kansas chapter.

0:42:34.520 --> 0:42:36.239
<v Speaker 9>So the best way to do that is to go

0:42:36.280 --> 0:42:41.120
<v Speaker 9>to Sunflowerstatesolutions dot com. That is the Kansas specific website

0:42:41.160 --> 0:42:43.200
<v Speaker 9>where you can find out what we're up to and

0:42:43.280 --> 0:42:46.400
<v Speaker 9>reach out that way. Also on social media, follow us

0:42:46.440 --> 0:42:49.520
<v Speaker 9>on x reach out on Instagram or Facebook to our

0:42:49.640 --> 0:42:51.960
<v Speaker 9>chapter pages. That is also a great way to get involved.

0:42:52.600 --> 0:42:55.359
<v Speaker 9>So any of those options, we'd love to hear from you.

0:42:55.400 --> 0:42:56.600
<v Speaker 9>We'd love to get people plugged in.

0:42:57.239 --> 0:43:00.560
<v Speaker 1>They can also follow liz An at Lizanne and Patent

0:43:00.640 --> 0:43:03.000
<v Speaker 1>with two t's l I Z A N N P

0:43:03.080 --> 0:43:04.759
<v Speaker 1>A T T O and how long you have been with

0:43:04.800 --> 0:43:05.600
<v Speaker 1>AFP lit in.

0:43:07.080 --> 0:43:10.840
<v Speaker 9>I've been with AFP on nine years this month. Actually,

0:43:10.880 --> 0:43:11.480
<v Speaker 9>he's gone.

0:43:11.600 --> 0:43:14.360
<v Speaker 1>Look old enough. Yeah you're starting high school?

0:43:14.520 --> 0:43:14.840
<v Speaker 5>Thank you?

0:43:15.520 --> 0:43:18.640
<v Speaker 1>Well, No, that's always in Kansas.

0:43:20.160 --> 0:43:22.839
<v Speaker 9>Always in Kansas. But before that, I worked for US

0:43:22.840 --> 0:43:26.080
<v Speaker 9>Senator Jerry Moran, and before that's some other political nonprofits

0:43:26.120 --> 0:43:30.200
<v Speaker 9>in the ESPN world, But always in Kansas since since

0:43:30.280 --> 0:43:34.279
<v Speaker 9>college moved here. My husband's actually a lawyer, although he's

0:43:34.320 --> 0:43:36.440
<v Speaker 9>one of the good ones. Even though he's a trial lawyer.

0:43:36.480 --> 0:43:40.440
<v Speaker 9>He's voting yes on this Amendment, and so we've been

0:43:40.440 --> 0:43:41.720
<v Speaker 9>here for the last twenty years.

0:43:42.000 --> 0:43:44.000
<v Speaker 1>I think you'd be surprised. A lot of lawyers just

0:43:44.040 --> 0:43:46.040
<v Speaker 1>want a fair shot when they go up to the

0:43:46.120 --> 0:43:48.640
<v Speaker 1>state Supreme Court, and you don't get a fair shot

0:43:48.800 --> 0:43:50.960
<v Speaker 1>when it's a bar assistiate. I just can't tell you

0:43:51.000 --> 0:43:54.560
<v Speaker 1>how glad I'm not doing that. Remember, Americans for Prosperity

0:43:54.560 --> 0:43:58.319
<v Speaker 1>in Kansas, vote yes on Measure one, follow Lizon on

0:43:58.719 --> 0:44:02.000
<v Speaker 1>x at l I Z and and patent. Thank you Liz,

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<v Speaker 1>and thanks to Americans for Prosperity as well. I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>right back with Josh Croshauer. Stay tuned, lorgom back America.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Krashauer is executive editor Aaron Chief of Josh Insider.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh sent Com. Has put out a press release pushing

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<v Speaker 1>back against the Iranian state media in the IRGC claims

0:44:27.880 --> 0:44:29.439
<v Speaker 1>that they blew up a bunch you have thirty five.

0:44:29.600 --> 0:44:33.400
<v Speaker 1>They hit American ships and we are continuing to intercept

0:44:33.840 --> 0:44:37.120
<v Speaker 1>Iranian drones and missiles aimed at things. What I think

0:44:37.160 --> 0:44:39.680
<v Speaker 1>President Trump does tonight hit them pretty hard last night.

0:44:39.800 --> 0:44:41.480
<v Speaker 1>Was that a one night in don night or is

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<v Speaker 1>it the beginning?

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<v Speaker 10>Well, he hit them pretty hard last night. It was

0:44:46.400 --> 0:44:51.680
<v Speaker 10>in response for the Iranian surprise attack against US military

0:44:51.719 --> 0:44:55.759
<v Speaker 10>facilities in Jordan, and increasingly there's an expectation that, you know,

0:44:55.800 --> 0:44:59.000
<v Speaker 10>we are in this kind of holding pattern where I think,

0:44:59.239 --> 0:45:01.919
<v Speaker 10>you know, the President isn't calling it war, but boy,

0:45:01.920 --> 0:45:04.240
<v Speaker 10>there's a lot of knetic kinetic action in the region,

0:45:04.239 --> 0:45:06.680
<v Speaker 10>and the President has said he's going to respond to

0:45:07.239 --> 0:45:11.640
<v Speaker 10>any Iranian provocation with a very strong response. Now the

0:45:11.719 --> 0:45:13.080
<v Speaker 10>question is are we going to is this going to

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<v Speaker 10>be a tit for cat that's you know, going on indefinitely,

0:45:16.560 --> 0:45:19.440
<v Speaker 10>or we back at a more escalatory phase, And right

0:45:19.480 --> 0:45:21.719
<v Speaker 10>now it looks more of the former, but I think

0:45:21.760 --> 0:45:23.080
<v Speaker 10>everyone is prepared for the latter.

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<v Speaker 1>Last night, the Wall Street Journal broke a story which

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<v Speaker 1>is still up over at their website, that Admiral Brad

0:45:29.320 --> 0:45:32.600
<v Speaker 1>Cooper had a sent com has prepared a two week

0:45:32.680 --> 0:45:36.960
<v Speaker 1>plan to devastate Iran's remaining targets. That's what I want. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>did Prime Minister and you know who have a position yesterday?

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<v Speaker 1>As far as you can tell from the reporting out

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<v Speaker 1>of that meeting.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, everything I've heard about the presidential meeting with the

0:45:46.400 --> 0:45:48.920
<v Speaker 10>Prime minister is that the Prime Minister did not say

0:45:49.600 --> 0:45:52.319
<v Speaker 10>this is what we kind of want that he just

0:45:52.400 --> 0:45:56.160
<v Speaker 10>kind of offered the intelligence that the Israelis had the

0:45:56.760 --> 0:45:58.960
<v Speaker 10>kind of sense that these are these would be the

0:45:59.520 --> 0:46:03.880
<v Speaker 10>options that you could tackle Iranian e RAN's economy and

0:46:03.920 --> 0:46:05.960
<v Speaker 10>deal with it that way. He could tackle the military

0:46:06.000 --> 0:46:08.560
<v Speaker 10>options with these with these options, but did not offer

0:46:08.640 --> 0:46:11.480
<v Speaker 10>any preferred course of action, just had more of a

0:46:11.480 --> 0:46:16.080
<v Speaker 10>conversation and a sharing of intelligence. Look, Brad Cooper, I

0:46:16.080 --> 0:46:20.680
<v Speaker 10>think he has been the most wary of Iran and

0:46:20.719 --> 0:46:22.960
<v Speaker 10>has been, you know, I think among the most hawkish

0:46:23.000 --> 0:46:26.520
<v Speaker 10>advisors in the President's inner circle. There's also a lot

0:46:26.520 --> 0:46:30.640
<v Speaker 10>of concern that you know, the the interceptors that some

0:46:30.680 --> 0:46:36.239
<v Speaker 10>of the defensive you know, equipment is not is running low,

0:46:36.280 --> 0:46:38.720
<v Speaker 10>and that's been leaked into the press in recent weeks.

0:46:39.080 --> 0:46:42.840
<v Speaker 10>And the question is, I think, to the Pentagon and

0:46:42.840 --> 0:46:47.279
<v Speaker 10>to the President, whether a two week escalatory period could

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<v Speaker 10>actually do serious damage to Iran's missile capacity and really

0:46:51.040 --> 0:46:52.680
<v Speaker 10>set them back a significant way.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, now, let me do it one ady on

0:46:55.000 --> 0:47:00.279
<v Speaker 1>you and switch to Michigan. Against all my expectations, outside

0:47:00.320 --> 0:47:04.080
<v Speaker 1>is hanging in there. According to polymarket and various polls

0:47:04.080 --> 0:47:07.719
<v Speaker 1>that have shown out with late breaking voters going to

0:47:07.800 --> 0:47:12.200
<v Speaker 1>him as opposed to sort of Democrat, normy lefty Hailey Stevens,

0:47:12.280 --> 0:47:13.600
<v Speaker 1>what's your sense of that race.

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<v Speaker 10>Well, we're in a strange new world in politics, in

0:47:18.480 --> 0:47:22.960
<v Speaker 10>primary politics, where the Democratic Party, we've learned since the

0:47:23.040 --> 0:47:26.520
<v Speaker 10>rise of Mamdani in New York, has been drawn to

0:47:27.000 --> 0:47:30.280
<v Speaker 10>the Socialists, has been drawn to the extreme anti Israel

0:47:30.360 --> 0:47:32.680
<v Speaker 10>wing of the party. Has the things that having a

0:47:32.760 --> 0:47:36.120
<v Speaker 10>Nazi tattoo did not make it. It actually probably enhanced someone

0:47:36.120 --> 0:47:38.480
<v Speaker 10>like grand plattin it took it took the most serious

0:47:38.480 --> 0:47:41.960
<v Speaker 10>of charges about rape to get Platinum out of that

0:47:42.000 --> 0:47:44.720
<v Speaker 10>main Senate race. So the kind of things that normally

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<v Speaker 10>were advantages in primaries, getting the governor's endorsement, having you know, leadership,

0:47:50.719 --> 0:47:53.399
<v Speaker 10>the mainstream leadership with the party being behind you, having

0:47:53.440 --> 0:47:56.120
<v Speaker 10>the financial advantage in terms of outside groups spending more

0:47:56.120 --> 0:47:58.200
<v Speaker 10>money on your behalf. Usually those are the things that

0:47:58.239 --> 0:48:02.160
<v Speaker 10>win nominations, win elections. Frankly, it's actually having the opposite

0:48:02.200 --> 0:48:04.440
<v Speaker 10>effect where this anti you know, you can call it

0:48:04.480 --> 0:48:07.719
<v Speaker 10>anti establishment, but it's a pretty radical faction of the

0:48:07.719 --> 0:48:10.520
<v Speaker 10>Democratic Party is gaining steam. And it's not just in

0:48:10.560 --> 0:48:13.440
<v Speaker 10>deep blue districts, it's in a whole state, like Michigan

0:48:13.520 --> 0:48:16.800
<v Speaker 10>and also in Missouri. You know the districts in upcoming

0:48:16.800 --> 0:48:22.080
<v Speaker 10>primaries in Missouri as well. So this is a national Wisconsin.

0:48:22.120 --> 0:48:24.160
<v Speaker 10>But the Democrats are both the nominate an out and

0:48:24.200 --> 0:48:28.040
<v Speaker 10>out socialist who wants to basically defund the police in

0:48:28.080 --> 0:48:31.000
<v Speaker 10>the state of Wisconsin, a perennial swing state. So this

0:48:31.080 --> 0:48:34.120
<v Speaker 10>is you know, I think you're the polling suggests that

0:48:34.200 --> 0:48:36.239
<v Speaker 10>el Sayed has the late advantage. It was a pull

0:48:36.280 --> 0:48:38.640
<v Speaker 10>about out by Emerson showing him with a double digit

0:48:38.760 --> 0:48:42.920
<v Speaker 10>lead over Stevens even after Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Stevens. So

0:48:43.000 --> 0:48:45.520
<v Speaker 10>the energy is with the far left, and I expect

0:48:45.600 --> 0:48:49.120
<v Speaker 10>that pattern to continue until they actually get you know,

0:48:49.200 --> 0:48:52.040
<v Speaker 10>until they lose general elections, until this ideology shows it

0:48:52.080 --> 0:48:55.759
<v Speaker 10>can't win to get actually elected against the Republican in November.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, flying again will be their Senate nominee, right, and

0:48:58.600 --> 0:49:01.919
<v Speaker 1>she'll be up against Tom Wyler or Michelle Tafoya, either

0:49:01.920 --> 0:49:04.000
<v Speaker 1>of them going to make a great general election candidate.

0:49:04.440 --> 0:49:07.640
<v Speaker 1>But it's Flannagan is the crazy what lieutenant governor?

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, well, so Flannagan is going up against Anngie Craig.

0:49:11.480 --> 0:49:15.480
<v Speaker 10>She's the swing district congresswoman from the suburbs of Minnesota.

0:49:15.480 --> 0:49:19.600
<v Speaker 10>Of Minneapolis, again, Anngie Craig would have been this battle

0:49:19.640 --> 0:49:21.879
<v Speaker 10>tested Democrat who would have been favored in any other

0:49:21.920 --> 0:49:25.800
<v Speaker 10>election cycle. But the very left wing Lieutenant Governor Peggy

0:49:25.800 --> 0:49:28.720
<v Speaker 10>Flanagan probably is the is the favorite. The poll suggests

0:49:28.760 --> 0:49:32.240
<v Speaker 10>she's got the edge in that primary. You know, Michelle

0:49:32.239 --> 0:49:35.600
<v Speaker 10>Tavoy Dafoya would be I think a pretty formidable Republican nominee.

0:49:35.600 --> 0:49:38.680
<v Speaker 10>The Republicans need to figure out who their candidate is

0:49:39.640 --> 0:49:41.560
<v Speaker 10>in Minnesota is a blue or state that Michigan and

0:49:41.600 --> 0:49:45.160
<v Speaker 10>Wisconsin and a few of these other battlegrounds. But you know,

0:49:45.360 --> 0:49:48.040
<v Speaker 10>that's the same dynamic in the Democratic Party in Minnesota

0:49:48.080 --> 0:49:51.440
<v Speaker 10>that you're seeing everywhere else where. The furthest left candidate

0:49:51.760 --> 0:49:54.080
<v Speaker 10>is the one that has the momentum. You know, Hugh

0:49:54.160 --> 0:49:56.000
<v Speaker 10>I talked to a Democratic strategist involved in a lot

0:49:56.040 --> 0:49:57.920
<v Speaker 10>of these races. They said that like, if you get

0:49:57.920 --> 0:49:59.960
<v Speaker 10>the Bernie endorsement, if you've got the Bernie endorsement like

0:50:00.040 --> 0:50:02.080
<v Speaker 10>four years ago, that might be five percent of the

0:50:02.120 --> 0:50:04.560
<v Speaker 10>vote in a Democratic primary, maybe ten percent in a

0:50:04.600 --> 0:50:07.759
<v Speaker 10>deeper blue district. If you get the far left, the

0:50:07.760 --> 0:50:10.640
<v Speaker 10>Bernie Bros. On the same side, it's about a third

0:50:10.719 --> 0:50:14.240
<v Speaker 10>now of the Democratic electorate in any primary almost across

0:50:14.280 --> 0:50:17.080
<v Speaker 10>the country, and that's just a huge number. That just

0:50:17.080 --> 0:50:19.799
<v Speaker 10>shows how the growing influence of the far left in

0:50:19.840 --> 0:50:21.160
<v Speaker 10>Democratic Party politics.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, quick ex good question, josh I Blankman is the

0:50:24.600 --> 0:50:27.040
<v Speaker 1>Republican nominee for governor of New York. Do you think

0:50:27.080 --> 0:50:29.520
<v Speaker 1>some New York dams who are normy will vote for

0:50:29.600 --> 0:50:32.640
<v Speaker 1>him as a check on Mom Donnie, who's basically waging

0:50:32.719 --> 0:50:35.400
<v Speaker 1>war on private property now, as well as the Jews.

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<v Speaker 10>So it's interesting because in twenty twenty two, which was

0:50:40.040 --> 0:50:44.239
<v Speaker 10>a surprisingly good year for Democrats in the midterms, New

0:50:44.320 --> 0:50:47.000
<v Speaker 10>York was the exception to that rule because of fears

0:50:47.040 --> 0:50:50.000
<v Speaker 10>of crime, law and order issues with the Democratic Party

0:50:50.120 --> 0:50:53.319
<v Speaker 10>and immigration, and Nassau County went red and a lot

0:50:53.320 --> 0:50:55.920
<v Speaker 10>of the Long Island suburbs, some of the other suburbs

0:50:55.920 --> 0:50:59.880
<v Speaker 10>across the state actually swung very much to the right. Now, look,

0:51:00.080 --> 0:51:01.960
<v Speaker 10>I don't think it's going to be an easy election

0:51:02.120 --> 0:51:05.319
<v Speaker 10>for New York Republicans just given where the national environment is.

0:51:05.800 --> 0:51:08.200
<v Speaker 10>But if there's an issue, sorry, if there's a state

0:51:08.680 --> 0:51:11.879
<v Speaker 10>where Republicans kind of out kick the coverage it would

0:51:11.880 --> 0:51:14.000
<v Speaker 10>be in New York where you can run against Mambani

0:51:14.040 --> 0:51:15.680
<v Speaker 10>outside the city. And I think there are a lot

0:51:15.719 --> 0:51:18.920
<v Speaker 10>of voters that are moderate, that are suburbanites, Jewish voters certainly,

0:51:19.160 --> 0:51:21.840
<v Speaker 10>that have real worries and fears about the direction of

0:51:21.840 --> 0:51:22.720
<v Speaker 10>the Democratic Party.

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<v Speaker 1>Boy, if you've got a piece of property in the

0:51:25.880 --> 0:51:28.800
<v Speaker 1>city of New York, you really don't want mom. Donnie

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<v Speaker 1>on checked and Kathy Hochel is a blank mark. Josh

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<v Speaker 1>Crossower always good to talk to you. Follow Josh on exit,

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<v Speaker 8>Ended one more day? A younger one comes back tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 8>and my older one is working at a DC area

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<v Speaker 8>college doing kind of a summer camp sort of thing

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<v Speaker 8>teaching kids. So it's been a buch quieter than usual one.

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<v Speaker 8>By the way, Hugh, before we jump in, I just

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<v Speaker 8>want to point out I'm not always on your program

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<v Speaker 8>nine times out of ten. It's just because I've completely forgotten,

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<v Speaker 8>and poor Dwayne is calling me in a panic today.

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<v Speaker 8>I am coming to you via my cell phone because

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<v Speaker 8>Virginia Governor Abigail Spenberger has found a brilliant way to

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<v Speaker 8>keep down Virginian's electric bills. If you don't get any electricity,

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<v Speaker 8>they can't charge you. And so I'm dealing with the

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<v Speaker 8>power outage coming through my cell phone. I hope your

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<v Speaker 8>viewers and listeners can tolerate all this.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm a little bit alarmed because you're pretty

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<v Speaker 1>close to the Pentagon, not that far from the Central

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<v Speaker 1>Intelligence Agency. It's a Marine Corps Parcks headquarters is there.

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<v Speaker 1>They are kind of a lot of things we need

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<v Speaker 1>to work in northern Virginia.

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<v Speaker 8>I'd like to think they have their own generators that

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<v Speaker 8>they're doing fine, but you know, I can't. It's not

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<v Speaker 8>like I can check on the internet to see if

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<v Speaker 8>they do.

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<v Speaker 1>I've just I just it's California has become I joked

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<v Speaker 1>about Virginia becoming California, and I ran away from California.

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<v Speaker 1>But Virginia really is becoming California. Rolling blackouts a way

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<v Speaker 1>of life. It's a feature, not a bug. Uh. I

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<v Speaker 1>just had leader thud on Jim Garritty, and I want

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<v Speaker 1>to review some numbers for you. Number of judges confirmed

0:55:21.760 --> 0:55:24.560
<v Speaker 1>in the second Trump administration at this point fifty two

0:55:25.000 --> 0:55:27.640
<v Speaker 1>in the first Trump administration at this point forty two

0:55:28.200 --> 0:55:32.480
<v Speaker 1>number of nomination total civilian nominees total in the second

0:55:32.520 --> 0:55:35.320
<v Speaker 1>Trump term five hundred and ninety in the first Trump

0:55:35.400 --> 0:55:38.359
<v Speaker 1>term five hundred and thirty. I think Fune has done

0:55:38.400 --> 0:55:41.000
<v Speaker 1>a great job as leader because he changed the rule

0:55:41.040 --> 0:55:43.719
<v Speaker 1>on nomination. But I also talked with him, I don't

0:55:43.719 --> 0:55:46.360
<v Speaker 1>want to change the filibuster rule, and I've told the

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<v Speaker 1>President that on this show, and he mad at me

0:55:48.520 --> 0:55:51.960
<v Speaker 1>about that. But that's okay, It's what conservatives should support.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think about the filibuster.

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<v Speaker 8>You, you and I have been doing this for a while,

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<v Speaker 8>and we can remember when Republicans were frustrated with true

0:56:00.239 --> 0:56:04.480
<v Speaker 8>lot with fairly justifiable reasons at various points. Then Bill Frist,

0:56:05.320 --> 0:56:08.040
<v Speaker 8>then Mitch McConnell. It's almost a fact of life that

0:56:08.160 --> 0:56:11.000
<v Speaker 8>if you are leader of Republicans of the Senate, there's

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<v Speaker 8>going to be some chunk of your caucus and certainly

0:56:13.320 --> 0:56:15.480
<v Speaker 8>a chunk of the you know what we used to

0:56:15.480 --> 0:56:17.799
<v Speaker 8>call the conservative blog of sphere, now you might call it,

0:56:17.880 --> 0:56:21.000
<v Speaker 8>you know, the social media sphere, that it's frustrated that

0:56:21.000 --> 0:56:23.840
<v Speaker 8>they can't get everything they want and blame the majority

0:56:23.920 --> 0:56:26.239
<v Speaker 8>leader now the majority leader. If the votes aren't there,

0:56:26.280 --> 0:56:28.200
<v Speaker 8>the votes aren't there, they can try whipping them, they

0:56:28.200 --> 0:56:31.160
<v Speaker 8>can try cajolling them, they can try bargaining and all

0:56:31.200 --> 0:56:33.440
<v Speaker 8>that stuff. But in the end, you know, if you

0:56:33.520 --> 0:56:36.920
<v Speaker 8>want to get more stuff passed through Republican Senate, you

0:56:37.040 --> 0:56:40.400
<v Speaker 8>need more Republican senators. And I think I think it's

0:56:40.400 --> 0:56:42.840
<v Speaker 8>assessment of the midterms pretty correct. There a couple of

0:56:42.880 --> 0:56:46.920
<v Speaker 8>deal I think Collins is looking stronger against it. But

0:56:47.080 --> 0:56:48.759
<v Speaker 8>it's gonna be the biggest fall of Troy since the

0:56:49.400 --> 0:56:52.680
<v Speaker 8>Odyssey when we see that how Troy Jackson comes against

0:56:52.719 --> 0:56:55.840
<v Speaker 8>Susan Collins. But yeah, all in all, this midterm elections

0:56:55.880 --> 0:57:00.080
<v Speaker 8>traditionally go badly for the president's party. You know, there

0:57:00.080 --> 0:57:01.840
<v Speaker 8>are a bunch of states that are just not great,

0:57:01.960 --> 0:57:04.399
<v Speaker 8>not easy, and we'll see how things shake out from here.

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<v Speaker 8>But you know, he's doing the best. He's doing the

0:57:07.320 --> 0:57:09.040
<v Speaker 8>best with the cards that he's been dealt, which were

0:57:09.040 --> 0:57:10.000
<v Speaker 8>not great in the first place.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I was on Fox earlier to talk about the

0:57:12.800 --> 0:57:16.800
<v Speaker 1>DSA and out radical they are, and the leader Thoon

0:57:17.040 --> 0:57:19.560
<v Speaker 1>made the point that the Democrats have kind of collectively

0:57:19.600 --> 0:57:22.520
<v Speaker 1>lost their minds at the national level because of the DSA.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think the average American understand they're Marxists. They

0:57:26.280 --> 0:57:29.680
<v Speaker 1>don't believe in private property. They want the house you're in,

0:57:29.800 --> 0:57:32.520
<v Speaker 1>they want the house I in. They want every apartment

0:57:32.520 --> 0:57:36.560
<v Speaker 1>to be owned collectively. They won't call themselves communists, but

0:57:36.720 --> 0:57:38.560
<v Speaker 1>they are. Do you think people get that?

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<v Speaker 8>I think your audience gets it, my readers get it,

0:57:43.520 --> 0:57:46.200
<v Speaker 8>the right of center world gets it. I think the

0:57:46.200 --> 0:57:50.280
<v Speaker 8>average independent probably doesn't. And so the topic today's Morning

0:57:50.320 --> 0:57:53.560
<v Speaker 8>joelt today, Hugh, was this interesting. I actually saw it

0:57:53.600 --> 0:57:56.800
<v Speaker 8>in vox Don't Don't Faint. There's actually an interesting argument

0:57:56.880 --> 0:57:59.880
<v Speaker 8>in Vox arguing that it wasn't really that the social

0:58:00.240 --> 0:58:04.520
<v Speaker 8>have risen, it's that the establishment or centrist Democrats have collapsed.

0:58:05.000 --> 0:58:07.720
<v Speaker 8>And it's not just the DSA candidates. They're winning mostly

0:58:07.840 --> 0:58:11.040
<v Speaker 8>deep blue house districts. We'll see how things go in Wisconsin,

0:58:11.120 --> 0:58:13.240
<v Speaker 8>We'll see how things go in Michigan. But also this

0:58:13.280 --> 0:58:16.000
<v Speaker 8>is interest like Michael Bennett, the Colorado Senator who's like

0:58:16.000 --> 0:58:18.680
<v Speaker 8>been in third terms, and as I described him, he

0:58:18.720 --> 0:58:20.480
<v Speaker 8>looks like the kind of guy who you'd cast to

0:58:20.520 --> 0:58:23.840
<v Speaker 8>play a Colorado senator lost the governor's race to the

0:58:23.840 --> 0:58:26.440
<v Speaker 8>state attorney general. So I think part of it is that, like,

0:58:26.680 --> 0:58:30.040
<v Speaker 8>if you're a Democratic member of the grassroots, over the

0:58:30.080 --> 0:58:33.439
<v Speaker 8>last ten years, you've been told Hillary wants Donald Trump

0:58:33.480 --> 0:58:35.680
<v Speaker 8>ca still be the easiest to beat back in twenty sixteen,

0:58:36.440 --> 0:58:38.920
<v Speaker 8>don't worry, Joe Biden is fine, and that Joe Biden's

0:58:38.960 --> 0:58:41.440
<v Speaker 8>gonna definitely be good for another four years. And obviously

0:58:41.480 --> 0:58:44.120
<v Speaker 8>the debate did that, we don't have time for a primary.

0:58:44.240 --> 0:58:46.840
<v Speaker 8>We're gonna we're gonna go with Kamala Harris and don't worry,

0:58:46.880 --> 0:58:49.560
<v Speaker 8>she's gonna be fine. When Tim Walls was picked as

0:58:49.560 --> 0:58:51.760
<v Speaker 8>the running mate, we end up with, Oh, don't worry.

0:58:51.800 --> 0:58:54.920
<v Speaker 8>Tim Walls is an inspired choice. He'll do terrific. And

0:58:54.960 --> 0:58:57.880
<v Speaker 8>then you know Tim Walls. At every step the Democratic

0:58:58.000 --> 0:59:01.320
<v Speaker 8>establishment has said to the base, don't worry, We've got

0:59:01.320 --> 0:59:05.600
<v Speaker 8>this handled, trust us, and it hasn't worked out. And

0:59:05.640 --> 0:59:08.840
<v Speaker 8>so I think if you're a typical Democratic voter, you're

0:59:08.920 --> 0:59:11.400
<v Speaker 8>fed up with the Democratic leadership you have right now.

0:59:11.440 --> 0:59:13.720
<v Speaker 8>You're fed up with the establishment because these guys were

0:59:13.760 --> 0:59:15.240
<v Speaker 8>supposed to be the ones who knew what they were

0:59:15.280 --> 0:59:17.960
<v Speaker 8>talking about compared to these crazy idealists who are in

0:59:18.000 --> 0:59:20.439
<v Speaker 8>the DSA. And now it's like well, if we're gonna

0:59:20.640 --> 0:59:22.160
<v Speaker 8>if neither one of them knows what they're doing, we

0:59:22.240 --> 0:59:24.120
<v Speaker 8>might as well go with the ones who are inspiring

0:59:24.200 --> 0:59:26.520
<v Speaker 8>and revolutionary and all that nonsense.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, after the break, I'm going to ask you about Iran,

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<v Speaker 1>but I want to read to you the dsay's Housing

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<v Speaker 1>Justice Committee statement capitalism requires the private ownership of land

0:59:36.960 --> 0:59:40.840
<v Speaker 1>upon which the very possibility of surplus value extraction is based.

0:59:41.200 --> 0:59:44.400
<v Speaker 1>A definition of social housing must challenge this fundamental relation

0:59:44.520 --> 0:59:47.840
<v Speaker 1>of the capitalist mode of production. Social housing does not

0:59:48.000 --> 0:59:50.920
<v Speaker 1>offer an equal seat at the table to developers, investors

0:59:51.000 --> 0:59:55.040
<v Speaker 1>or city councilors. Social housing prioritize it and makes real the

0:59:55.080 --> 0:59:58.600
<v Speaker 1>collective will of the tenants. All right, Jim, what's that

0:59:58.720 --> 0:59:59.280
<v Speaker 1>mean to you?

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<v Speaker 8>We don't want to pay rent? Remember that guy in

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<v Speaker 8>the government's race. Yes, if the rent is too darn

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<v Speaker 8>high on cleaning up a little bit. Uh, That's that's

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<v Speaker 8>basically I don't we don't want to pay rent, you know,

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<v Speaker 8>Daniel landlords for you know, building the buildings and all that.

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<v Speaker 8>But my suspicion is is that democrats have be built

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<v Speaker 8>in advantage in that when you accurately describe what the

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<v Speaker 8>left flank of their party genuinely believes. The average voter

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<v Speaker 8>just says, oh, come on, nobody, they don't believe, They

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<v Speaker 8>don't really believe that, they don't really want to abolish

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<v Speaker 8>the police, And then they write off ed saying, yes,

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<v Speaker 8>we literally want to abolish the police, but nobody seems

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<v Speaker 8>to believe them. That's not an advantage of being so

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<v Speaker 8>far in the extreme that nobody believes you actually believe

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<v Speaker 8>what you claim to believe.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you're an investor, would you build or buy

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<v Speaker 1>an apartment building in New York right now? New York City?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh?

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<v Speaker 8>If I were in New York City, the only thing

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<v Speaker 8>I would be building is a Nick's merchandise kiosk. I

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<v Speaker 8>would not be building, Like I don't know what mom,

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<v Speaker 8>Donnie is going to be like for the next you know,

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<v Speaker 8>two and a half years that he has in his term,

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<v Speaker 8>or I guess its closer to three years, but it's

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<v Speaker 8>not gonna be good. There's a whole bunch of cities.

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<v Speaker 8>Or you could build apartments where you're not gonna have

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<v Speaker 8>to deal with a you know, with the threat of

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<v Speaker 8>an eminent communist revolution and nationalizing all of your resources.

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<v Speaker 8>So yeah, like, why would you baba doing that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Yeah, I'll be right back with Jim Garretty. Don't

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<v Speaker 1>go Anywhere, America. But I think a lot of New

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<v Speaker 1>York City Democrats are going to vote for mister Blakeman

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<v Speaker 1>against Kathy Okl, the Democrat incumbent, in order to have

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<v Speaker 1>a check on Mom Donnie, because he's proven to be

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<v Speaker 1>every bit as crazy as we warned you he was.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't go Anywhere America, Jim Garritty indispensable. Follow him on exit,

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<v Speaker 1>Jim Garretty, Liken subscribe to the three Martini Lunch. Jim

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<v Speaker 1>has not been to one of those yet today because

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<v Speaker 1>he can't get the power going in his wonderful house,

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<v Speaker 1>and I hope his cell phone hangs on until I

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<v Speaker 1>come back and ask him about Iran and where he

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<v Speaker 1>sees it going next. Don't go anywhere. I'm huge to it.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back, America. I'm you here at Jim Garritty is

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<v Speaker 1>still with me from National Review. Jim, yesterday, your colleague

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<v Speaker 1>from National Review, Noah C. Rothman, was on with me

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<v Speaker 1>and we agreed on what we helped the president dead,

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<v Speaker 1>which is bombing the living daylight thought of Iran last night,

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<v Speaker 1>which he did, and then we want him to go

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<v Speaker 1>on as Admiral Cooper's plan said for two weeks of

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<v Speaker 1>massive infrastructure destruction belonging to the IRGC. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna do that. What do you think the situation is?

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<v Speaker 8>No, And you know how I right now at my house,

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<v Speaker 8>if I try to flick the light switch, nothing happens.

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<v Speaker 8>The president has two settings. The first setting is we're

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<v Speaker 8>mad as hell. You have repeatedly broken your promises. You

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<v Speaker 8>keep firing an infrastructure in the Middle East, to keep

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<v Speaker 8>firing and chips. We're gonna bomb the hell out of you,

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<v Speaker 8>and we got that last night. The second one is, oh,

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<v Speaker 8>I think we got a real opportunity for talks here.

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<v Speaker 8>Things are looking really good. Head over there, Kushner, Head

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<v Speaker 8>over there, Witkov and I'm sure we'll have a deal

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<v Speaker 8>tenty second now, and the strait will be reopened. That

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<v Speaker 8>part never works out, that part never quite comes there.

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<v Speaker 8>So there's there's one. There's really only two options you

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<v Speaker 8>could do. One is like, all right, we're all in.

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<v Speaker 8>We're pushing for regime change. We're not gonna let up.

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<v Speaker 8>We're not gonna be fooled by another up. There's no

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<v Speaker 8>more memorandums of understanding. Or anything like that. We know

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<v Speaker 8>who this regime is, we know they can't be trusted.

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<v Speaker 8>The other alternative, if that strikes you as too bloody,

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<v Speaker 8>if that strikes you as too much of a commitment,

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<v Speaker 8>then you basically withdrawal and say all right, we were

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<v Speaker 8>declaring victory and we're going home. But then you leave

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<v Speaker 8>the regime in Iran with nothing but its own problems.

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<v Speaker 8>And we all know the Uranian currency has become worthless.

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<v Speaker 8>The infrastructure, even without additional attack on their energy infrastructure

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<v Speaker 8>has been serially slee damaged bridges, the international airport, all

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<v Speaker 8>that kind of stuff. Iran is in really rough shapes.

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<v Speaker 8>And I said this at the beginning of the word,

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<v Speaker 8>They're gonna end, the moments, will end, the war bankrupt.

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<v Speaker 8>The only question is what comes out of that? And

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<v Speaker 8>you know, is there a circumstance where I suspect you

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<v Speaker 8>end up within a couple of months right back where

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<v Speaker 8>we started, the people in the streets starving, saying they

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<v Speaker 8>can't feed their families, saying they can't afford anything, angry again.

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<v Speaker 8>And maybe the second time around, now we've killed a

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<v Speaker 8>whole bunch of Iranian soldiers, maybe they had a second

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<v Speaker 8>stroud up. The other question is are there ways to

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<v Speaker 8>get weapons to the Iranian people? The Long Coastline, a

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<v Speaker 8>lot of borders with the Turkey and places like that.

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<v Speaker 8>Are there ways where the next time the Iranian people

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<v Speaker 8>rise up against the regime, we can even the odds

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<v Speaker 8>and give them some guns to shoot back with. Otherwise,

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<v Speaker 8>I want to do you.

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<v Speaker 1>Agree with me on this. We're not taking that blockade

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<v Speaker 1>off until Rolling correspondent Jim Garrity has a camera and

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<v Speaker 1>a flashlight and gets to go to the basement in

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<v Speaker 1>Pickaxe Mountain. That's step number one. Nothing else. Until we

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<v Speaker 1>get into Pickaxe Mountain and we see what's in there,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not gonna lift the blockade. And it may not

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<v Speaker 1>have to be Garrity, it could be the IAEA, but

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta know because that's the last nuclear production facility

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<v Speaker 1>that's left. And the President says, we got eyes on

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<v Speaker 1>it from space, but we didn't have those eyes on

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<v Speaker 1>it the way we think we had those eyes on

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<v Speaker 1>it early on. What do you think?

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<v Speaker 8>Well, first of all, I've been to some crazy places

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<v Speaker 8>like Syria, and I've been to neighboring Turkey and Ukraine

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<v Speaker 8>a bunch of times. Ironically, when the when the bombing started,

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<v Speaker 8>my friend said, is there a way too? It's like,

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<v Speaker 8>what are you interested in going to Iran this year?

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<v Speaker 8>And I was like, let's see how this goes. I've

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<v Speaker 8>been to some crazy places. I only want to go

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<v Speaker 8>to Iran when I know the good people are running

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<v Speaker 8>because things don't work out well for Washington Post journalists

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<v Speaker 8>to go to Iran. But yeah, I think your excormation

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<v Speaker 8>about Pickax Mountain is more than uh, it is more

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<v Speaker 8>than than worth a worthwhile one. But I think just generally,

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<v Speaker 8>we've seen through the use of drones against the straight

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<v Speaker 8>ships and the Strait of Woormus and straights and the

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<v Speaker 8>ships in the Persian Gulf, the oil and jenny energy

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<v Speaker 8>infrastructure in places like Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States.

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<v Speaker 8>Iran can threaten a lot and they can shut off

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<v Speaker 8>the world's energy markets and just cause you a lot

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<v Speaker 8>of problems for everybody else. And it's it's been frustrating

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<v Speaker 8>to see a lack of co operation from allies. The

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<v Speaker 8>president could have been a better case of reeking out

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<v Speaker 8>to them than building support for everybody feeling like they

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<v Speaker 8>have an interest in this. But Iran is a worldwide problem.

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<v Speaker 8>Iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism. They've

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<v Speaker 8>bombed places as far away as Argentina. Well, yo, say

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<v Speaker 8>why you can't say with the rest of the world, like, look,

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<v Speaker 8>we're all for national sovereignty, but these guys' problems do

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<v Speaker 8>not stay within their own border. They do everything possible

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<v Speaker 8>to create problems for every one of their SONI Shia.

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<v Speaker 8>It doesn't really matter they are, they are sorts of

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<v Speaker 8>They are effectively a cancer on the Middle East. We

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<v Speaker 8>can do something about this. Join us, Let's get rid

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<v Speaker 8>of this regime. Let's allow the Iranian people to use

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<v Speaker 8>their own leaders and to pick a different course, and

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<v Speaker 8>we're all going to have been much better in the end.

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<v Speaker 8>I think it was a strong case to be made

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<v Speaker 8>for that. I'd like to see the administration try to

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<v Speaker 8>make it to you know, both golf allies and your allies,

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<v Speaker 8>and do you.

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<v Speaker 1>Believe from them that that Pakistan is the people we

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<v Speaker 1>ought to be using as an intermediar area we had

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<v Speaker 1>thirty seconds. I just would never trust Pakistan I had

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<v Speaker 1>done anything.

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<v Speaker 8>It's been Laden's home address, right, Like, no, no, of

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<v Speaker 8>course not there was you know, Yeah, I'm baffled by this,

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<v Speaker 8>and I just kind of this feeling, you know. So

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<v Speaker 8>last year had a chance to take to India and

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<v Speaker 8>the Indians are just absolutely baffled by the fact that

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<v Speaker 8>the Trump administration is so friendly to Pakistan. Obviously, India

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<v Speaker 8>has its own axes to grind against Pakistan for a

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<v Speaker 8>bunch of good reasons. But in the end, look me

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<v Speaker 8>the way the US relationship with the India we've had

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<v Speaker 8>some complications, and the US relationship with Pakistan, I know

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<v Speaker 8>which thought I'm instinctively more more close.

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<v Speaker 1>To Jim Garretty. Always good to catch up with you,

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<v Speaker 1>especially when the power is on in Virginia. We can

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<v Speaker 1>work it this way, but I prefer the power was on.

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<v Speaker 1>Follow Jim on exit, Jim Garretty, and Jim, if you

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<v Speaker 1>get a DM from me, don't answer it. I've been hacked.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay tuned, America. I'll be right back.