1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: Live from the Heart Blind and the Crossroads of America. 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 2: It's Tony Katz Today. Welcome back, everybody. 3 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 1: I am Andrew Langer in for Tony Katz Today on 4 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: Tony Katz Today. 5 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 2: I've got a little little. 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: Something to my stomach and land and I've been sitting 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: here talking about Public's subs and it made me a 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: little made me a little peckish. So anyway, hi, everybody, 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: I haven't had a sub from them and forever in 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: a day. 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: You can join the conversation. 12 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: Just message me on on Facebook, Facebook dot com slash 13 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 1: Andrew Langer Show. You can also follow me there and 14 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: if you're not following me on Twitter, why not? It 15 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 1: should be at Andrew Underscore Langer. 16 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: L A N G E R. Gotta be joined in 17 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 2: just a. 18 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: Couple of minutes by Scotti nel Hugh's pundit extraordinary and 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: one of the one of the best minds for reading 20 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: the political landscape. Going to get her take on what's 21 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: going on with the shutdown in the meantime, because I 22 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 1: do like talking about these things, and I do like 23 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: starting off the hour with something fun and funny. Obviously, 24 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: you know it's one of those it's funny when I 25 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: was when I was just a kid. When I was 26 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: just a kid starting out in my my political and 27 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: policy career, I learned that there was this thing called 28 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: the White House Actuality. 29 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: Hotline, and yeah, you know you could you could. 30 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: Call the White House, which I believe actually I'm not 31 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: going to give you the number. There's a number that 32 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: I used to know. But you could, you know, call 33 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: the White House switchboard. But but you could also call 34 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: the Press office and they would have clips that you 35 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: would record off of your phone, uh for you know, 36 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: off of their phone. Like like this is before cell phones. 37 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: You know, you have the one of these things where 38 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: you would literally have a microphone on a suction cup. 39 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 2: Landon has no idea what I'm talking about. Let me 40 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 2: let me explain this to you, Landed. 41 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: So, so if you wanted to record a phone call, 42 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 1: and again you have to obviously you know your state's 43 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: laws permitting, but you would you would literally take this 44 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: device that was a suction cup that you would attach 45 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: to the the earpiece of the handset and then plug 46 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: that section cup thing, you know, into your recording device, 47 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: and you could record phone calls that way. It was listen, 48 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: it was it was insane. What we would do. This 49 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: is this is one step beyond uh when if you 50 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: wanted to record a song off the radio, you would 51 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: put your tape deck next to your radio and just 52 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: wait for the sun to come on, which is something 53 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: we all did, all of us who are a specific age. 54 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: So I believe the White House Actuality Hotline is still 55 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: there and and if you call it, here is the 56 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: message that you get from Caroline Levitt, the the White 57 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: House Press Secretary. Let's play cut number eight, Nathan cont. 58 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: Hold on, hold on for a second. By the way, 59 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: that's not me adding in the sound effects. Literally, this 60 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: is a reporter who is calling from their office phone 61 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: into this. 62 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: So there's are dialing it and go ahead, Land and. 63 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 3: King cont. 64 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 4: Thank you for calling the White House comment Line. Hello America, 65 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 4: this is White House Press Secretary Caroline love It. Democrats 66 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 4: and Congress have shut down the federal government because they 67 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 4: care more about funding health care for illegal immigrants than 68 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 4: they care about serving you, the American people. Until Democrats 69 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 4: vote for the Clean Republican Backs Continuing Resolution to reopen 70 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 4: the government, the White House is unable to answer your 71 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 4: call or respond to your questions. We look forward to 72 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 4: hearing from you again very soon, and in the meantime, 73 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 4: please know President Trump will never stop fighting for you. You, 74 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 4: thank you, and God bless you. 75 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: So I guess that's not even the actuality line, that's 76 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: the actual White House comment line that you called into it. 77 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: I mean, they are really good at getting these messages 78 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: out there and all of asten I'm someone who thought 79 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: that were really good in the in the first term 80 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: about their messaging. They have learned so much from all 81 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: of this. And as I said in my speech last 82 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: night to the Queen An's County Maryland Republicans, you know, 83 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: they understand empirically that time is short. 84 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,479 Speaker 2: We all hope, we all hope that jd. 85 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: Vance or Mark or Rubio or whomever is going to 86 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: succeed Donald Trump as president, you know, come twenty twenty eight, 87 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: twenty twenty nine. But nothing is guaranteed. What we do 88 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: know is that there is for this administration a limited 89 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: amount of time, just over three years left, and they've 90 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,679 Speaker 1: got a lot to accomplish, and they're peeling these things back. 91 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: Now on this issue, we're gonna we're going to jump 92 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: down here landon because they've got their messaging. Well, here 93 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: is Scott Bessant, the Treasury secretary, talking about the shutdown. 94 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: Let's play at number fourteen. 95 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 5: But getting back to Joe's kind of premise on this, 96 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 5: are these furloughs or job layoffs in the federal government? 97 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 5: Are those going to come anyway? Because that's what the 98 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 5: Democrats have suggested that, you know, the Trump administration is 99 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 5: going to push forward with layoffs and with furloughs anyway, 100 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 5: whether they do this or not, is that true? 101 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 6: Again, it's a talking point Senator Schumer, Representative Jetfrees. You know, 102 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 6: they're weak, they're discombobulated, they don't represent the American people, 103 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 6: and you know they're making up excuses. So you know, 104 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 6: we'll see. I think that this is an opportunity and 105 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 6: they're using this opportunity. President Trump, in the first nine 106 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 6: months now has been unstoppable. They've tried to stop him 107 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,159 Speaker 6: in the courts, they've tried to stop him in the press, 108 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 6: and now they're trying to stop him with this shutdown. 109 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 1: And let's be really clear about this. Let's assume for 110 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: a moment that this is at its core right. Jerry Rogers, 111 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: the ed of Real Clear Policy, had said that, you know, 112 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: made the suggestion, well, this is you know, some of 113 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,280 Speaker 1: this is about daring the Republicans to get rid of 114 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: the filibuster. That may be it as well, but let's 115 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: assume for a moment that it is this idea. Well, 116 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: the Republicans are going to do this anyway. So what 117 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: do we have to lose by shutting down the government? 118 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: I mean, if you are if you are the American 119 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: Federation of Government Employees, right, you are a government employee, 120 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: I would think that you would want if you're looking 121 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: up down the road at the reduction in force, you 122 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: would want the choice. You want your job, obviously, you 123 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: want to you want to maintain your job. You want 124 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: to be able to not have to come into DC. 125 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: You want to be able to work as little as possible. 126 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: You want all of these fat benefits that. 127 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 2: Are out there. 128 00:06:55,760 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: And again I'm not castigating every government work are out there, 129 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: to be really clear about this. 130 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 2: The but the bottom line here is we all know people. 131 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: I have a I have a family member who has 132 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: gotten their first job with a government agency and has 133 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: seen firsthand the number of folks who absolutely should not 134 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: be there. So if you're if you're a government worker 135 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: and you're looking at this, you want to make sure 136 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: that whatever reductions in force are done are done systematically 137 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: and not massively accelerated or done wholesale because some fat 138 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: cat elitist democrat. 139 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 2: Uh you know, doesn't want to have to do. 140 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: Their job at actually negotiating a budget and negotiating appropriations bills, 141 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: et cetera, et cetera, having to make the tough choices. 142 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: They think that that they can use this to their 143 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: advantage down the road. Right that that that they think 144 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: that the American people are gonna are gonna accept that 145 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: they're gonna defend They're gonna shut down the government and 146 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: throw a lot of federal employees off the workforce willie nilly, 147 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: uh so that illegal immigrants can have their their healthcare. 148 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 3: You know. 149 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: So we haven't even played it yet, but I want 150 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: to make sure we got plenty of time for Scott 151 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: to hughes. But you know, but but Hakeem Jeffries was 152 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: confronted on this. 153 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 2: Specifically about this, and you got ro Kana admitting this. 154 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 2: You know, well, well, well we will play that. 155 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: You know, we got we got gene Jaheen being fact checked. 156 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 2: Oh I've never. 157 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: I've never heard, you know, So we do my favor 158 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: Land it real quick play this is play cut number 159 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: ten again before we before we go, let's let's hear 160 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: this is this is gene jaheen uh not recognizing that 161 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: the internet is forever. 162 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 2: Go ahead and play cut number ten. 163 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 5: I haven't heard anybody in my party saying that illegal 164 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 5: immigrants should get access to the health insurance market. 165 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 3: SCE. 166 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 2: And I'm so glad you said, Actually, I have some 167 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 2: type of your Democratic Party members said this on the 168 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 2: debate day. So they've all said, and let's blame the cliff. 169 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: We can end it there, because then what he does 170 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: is he plays a clip from the twenty nineteen one 171 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: of the twenty nineteen Democratic primary presidential primary debates in 172 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: which every single candidate on the stage raised their hand 173 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 1: when they said they wanted to extend government health benefits 174 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: to illegal aliens. They said it, and none of them, 175 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: none of them have disavowed it. You know, the even 176 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom right, who is facing nine billion dollars in 177 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:50,719 Speaker 1: extra spending because his state has become a sanctuary for this, 178 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: he hasn't turned around and said, I don't want to 179 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: do this anymore. They're shutting down access. But he hasn't 180 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: categorically denied it. In any case, we're gonna be talking 181 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: about this with Scotty Nell Hughes. I'm Andrew Langer. This 182 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: is Tony Kats today. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. I 183 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,439 Speaker 1: am Andrew Langer in for Tony Katz today. Tony will 184 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: be back tomorrow. Obviously he's off observing young Kippor, and 185 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: we appreciate him doing that. Joining us right now is 186 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 1: an old friend of mine. Her name is Scotty Nell Hughes. 187 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: She's a senior fellow at Frontiers of Freedom. You can 188 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: find her on Twitter at Scotty n No Scotty nell h. 189 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: I always get that, I always get that messed up 190 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: Scotty Scotty Nell h on X. But I had to 191 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: get your opinion of this. Normally Scotty shutdowns augur boomerang 192 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: against Republicans, not so much here. 193 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 2: Where do you? What do you think is going on? 194 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 7: Well, first of all, I just have to ask one 195 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 7: question of you. And we've been friends long enough, I 196 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 7: have to ask, So Tony is taking off for y'all your. 197 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 3: Because he's Jewish? 198 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 2: Yes, and. 199 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 7: You're Jewish too, So does that make Tony a better 200 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 7: Jew than you? 201 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 2: Oh? 202 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: Listen I think it goes without saying I think most 203 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: Jews are better Jews Jews than I am. You know 204 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: I'm doing I'm trying to make up for it by 205 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: doing Tony a bit of a mitzvah today. But you know, listen, 206 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: you note, listen, Scotty. You know the way it is 207 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: the most dangerous place to be is between Andrew Langer 208 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: and a microphone. 209 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 2: So this is, this is, this is this is, this 210 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 2: is why I'm in here. 211 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 3: Well, I just wanted the public. 212 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,079 Speaker 7: I wanted it on the record the appreciate that Tony 213 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 7: Katz is better. 214 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it is a better Duw than you. 215 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 7: Okay, now back to your question talking about the shutdown. 216 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 3: Here's the thing. 217 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 7: We had a shutdown in twenty eleven, actually it was 218 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 7: October first, twenty eleven, underneath brock Houssein Obama and his team, 219 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 7: and it was really the Democrats shared it. They thought 220 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 7: it was great, they thought it was wonderful. Then we 221 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 7: had one in twenty eighteen, which which was under Donald Trump, 222 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,079 Speaker 7: and all of a sudden it was horrible. The Democrats 223 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 7: absolutely hated that. Now we're under Trump again and we 224 00:11:58,800 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 7: have a shutdown. 225 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 3: I have to tell you. 226 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 7: This is the first time that I'm going to give 227 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 7: in a long time the just an absolute standing ovation 228 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 7: to Republicans because they knew this was coming. 229 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,319 Speaker 3: They started ahead of time talking about how this. 230 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 7: Was Schumer's shut down messaging from day one, and that 231 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 7: it was Democrats specifically wanting to guarantee aid for illegals 232 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 7: or for illegals as the main reason. I mean, they 233 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,839 Speaker 7: were unified the messaging bravo across the board. And that's 234 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 7: why I think as long as this is happening, the. 235 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 3: American people want the government should shut. 236 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 7: Down please by all means, this works for Republicans and 237 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 7: it is definitely hurting Democrats. 238 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. 239 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: I mean it's interesting because you know, you are someone 240 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 1: who I always look to and have asked you lots 241 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: of advice about about messaging and media savviness. Are Republicans 242 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: finally learning their lesson about this about how to do this? 243 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: I mean, is that part of the Trump effect as 244 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: sort of being better at at the showmanship side of things, 245 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: not that we want we want there to be substance, 246 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,319 Speaker 1: but are we getting better at the storytelling part of it? 247 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 7: Well, one would hope, or maybe they've just actually hired 248 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 7: somebody over the age of twenty eight, maybe to. 249 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 3: Run the NRCC. I don't know, whatever it is. 250 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 7: I'm going to give them their due right now because 251 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 7: this is what our problem has always been. Now, let 252 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 7: me point out we do need to clarify. I was 253 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 7: sitting in a meeting yesterday morning and I had a 254 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 7: member of the House Committee stand up and he said, 255 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 7: you know what, Republicans, we need to be unified. But 256 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 7: whenever they bring up healthcare, don't talk about it. 257 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 3: Don't give it any sunlights. 258 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 7: I absolutely and I agree with the public disagreement in 259 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 7: publicly absolutely take this to them. Talk about how the 260 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 7: Democrats are taking fifty billion. 261 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 3: Dollars away from rural. 262 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 7: Hospitals because they put that on us. But why are 263 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 7: they doing that Because they want these massive conglomerates to 264 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 7: come in and buy out these hospitals. That's the reason 265 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 7: they want healthcare to fail in the rural areas where 266 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 7: they know that Republicans are more dominant in their urban 267 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 7: inner cities. 268 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 3: They want to put as much harm and inflict much. 269 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 7: Pain in those rural areas because they feel like those 270 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 7: are the reasons why Republicans even have any power. So 271 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 7: let's going out to specifics. 272 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 2: No, no, go ahead. 273 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: I know so, and that you know, it's interesting you 274 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 1: say that because this is Jerry Rogers, you know, you know. 275 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 2: Jerry's my good buddy. 276 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: Jerry was on just a little bit ago talking about 277 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: a different aspect of the hospital issue, which is the 278 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 1: fact that so much of these subsidies go into the 279 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: pockets of these big hospital conglomerates, you know, sitting behind 280 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: the scenes and doing this. And I appreciate you sort 281 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: of telling that other part of the story. And you're right, 282 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: we need to be better about getting out there and 283 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: talking about this, talking about the fact that the Affordable 284 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: Care Act actually has driven up premiums, that this is 285 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: a Democrat created situation, that the Democrats made a false promise, 286 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: you know, their doctors getting out of the business of 287 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: practicing medicine. So how long do you think it goes? 288 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I've asked this question and some of it's 289 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: been tongue in cheek. The Democrats are supposed to go 290 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: up to Napa, California or so Nowva the Wine Country 291 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: and do this very plush retreat over Columbus. 292 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 2: Day week end. They can't you go out to Napa. 293 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: But they're not going to cancel this thing, or do 294 00:15:06,040 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: they simply not care about the optics of going and 295 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 1: having a massive retreat in the Wine country while the 296 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: government is shut down. 297 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 3: I hope they do. I hope they go. 298 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 7: Anybody that has any sort of crisis management idea would say, 299 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 7: please do not do this. 300 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 3: It's right to be absolute hell. But will will they 301 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 3: disregard it? 302 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 7: Possibly They've disregarded and done stupid things in the past. 303 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 7: Here's the thing, it's Democrats, you know, want this done 304 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 7: by Friday, by tomorrow. It's not going to end tomorrow. 305 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 7: This is going to go on and on and on. 306 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 7: I think I said Trump has no problem he Republicans 307 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 7: or when Here's the other thing from a political standpoint, 308 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 7: up until now, even with everything going on surrounding Charlie 309 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 7: Kirk's death, and you did the huge rally and then 310 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 7: the memorial, you had thought the Republicans that were engaged. 311 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 3: They're not the base. 312 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 7: That little base there is engaged, but the average Republican 313 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 7: is not. 314 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 3: They're still living their everyday life. Right. 315 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 7: What the shut down as doing, it's re engaging those folks. 316 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 3: Those folks are going to add. 317 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 7: Finally, someone's taking some action in the government because the 318 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:10,119 Speaker 7: government was broken. This was the dramatic move that Republicans 319 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 7: have been asking for the Trump administration to do to 320 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 7: get things done. President Trump likes drama. Drama works well 321 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 7: for him in this case. 322 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 3: This is going to continue to work as. 323 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 7: Long as Trump sees it working for him. The second 324 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 7: he starts to feel like it's not, which could be 325 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 7: a week, it could be two weeks, could be the 326 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 7: whole month, then then you'll see the reverse course. 327 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: But you know, it's interesting because it brings up because 328 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: you know, I spoke out in Queen's County, Maryland last night, 329 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: and folks, obviously it was a Republican group, so they're 330 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: very engaged, but obviously applauding all of this. The other 331 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: miscalculation on the part of the Democrats, I think is 332 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 1: this idea we heard the clip earlier about well that 333 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: didn't you know the vote RUSS vote is going to 334 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: fire people. Donald Trump is going to fire people anyway, 335 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 1: Let's just let him fire it. That can't be sitting 336 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: well with the average you know, the average government worker 337 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: out there. They don't like politics being played with them. 338 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 1: Obviously they're going to vote for Democrats moving forward. But 339 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: we're now in this era of f around and find 340 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: out did the Democrats still not understand this and the Trump's. 341 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 3: Going to fulfill it? 342 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 7: They should And here's to think about these government workers 343 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 7: and God bless them. I feel I don't want anybody 344 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 7: ever to lose their job. 345 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 3: It's horrible. 346 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 7: At the same time, that's what the rest of us 347 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 7: in the real world have to deal with every day. 348 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 7: We have to have that risk of our And just 349 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 7: because people used to think that if they got a 350 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 7: government job, it's almost impossible to lose a government job, 351 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 7: it's impossible. 352 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 3: Guess what, the rest of us it's not impossible to lose. 353 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 3: It's actually very easy to. 354 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 7: Lose your job, whether you deserve it or not. So 355 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,880 Speaker 7: it doesn't necessarily hurt Trump right now with government officials 356 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:49,400 Speaker 7: and if anything, no one has ever said our government 357 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 7: is too small. Right, we get to the point when 358 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 7: people say that our government is too efficient and it's 359 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 7: too small, then we can be living in, you know, 360 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 7: a world of sunshine and roses. Every nobody's shaying the no, 361 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 7: everybody still feels like the US government, the federal government 362 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 7: is way too big. 363 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 3: So once again it just fulfills. 364 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,440 Speaker 7: Another campaign promise and why people feel like they feel 365 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 7: good about their vote for Donald Trump. 366 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 2: All right, Scotty, you got about a minute and a 367 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 2: half here. You. 368 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: Scotty is always always on me about making sure that 369 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: I am pop culture savvy? 370 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 2: What am I missing? 371 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:23,880 Speaker 1: What's what's what's What's the number one thing I ought 372 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: to be looking at if I want to be caught 373 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: pop culture savvy these days? 374 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 3: Of course, as then we're talking talk radio right now. 375 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 3: Dancing with a Star, Oh my goodness, you have to go. 376 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 7: And look at every night, even if you don't like 377 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 7: dancing and men, if you want to actually get in 378 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 7: a little, if you want a little brownie points with 379 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 7: your wife, which all of you need, probably go and say, hey, 380 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 7: you want to watch Dancing with the Stars with me, 381 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 7: get in with your teenagers, say let's make a family 382 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 7: event with everything we're showing on Netflix right now and 383 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 7: all the other crap. At least there some questionable points, 384 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 7: but that right there is a way to stay hip, 385 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 7: been cool. 386 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: Would would rather have my family watching Dancing with the 387 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:03,400 Speaker 1: Stars than your average you know, true crime podcast that's 388 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: out there, So I I. 389 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 2: Get that, Scotty, How to folks find out more? 390 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 1: You're doing such great work You're you're getting involved in 391 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: the policy world, and I'm so grateful that you are 392 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: doing that. How to folks find out more about what 393 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: you're up to at Scotty. 394 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 7: And Hughes, Like you said, my Twitter account, go follow 395 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 7: me and find out all of the great adventures that 396 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 7: I'm on and trust me if there's a plethora of them. 397 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: Yes, well, we tweeted out about with Scotty's link earlier, 398 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: Scotty Nel Hughes, keep keep apprized of what's going on. 399 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 1: I said, We're gonna We're gonna talk about what jd 400 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: Vance I had to say about this, peel back the specifics. 401 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: I you want to join the conversation Facebook dot com, 402 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: slash Andrew Langer show at me at Andrew Underscore Langer. 403 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: This is Tony Katz today. 404 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 2: Welcome back everybody. 405 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: I am Andrew Langer in for Tony Katz today. 406 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 2: Man, I'm so glad I had that that that little 407 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 2: snack at that, you know, with the. 408 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,920 Speaker 1: You know, the top of the hour before we came 409 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: back on that that that was very very helpful. 410 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 2: Anyway, guys, Hi, if you want to follow me. 411 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: At Andrew Underscore Langer on Twitter, please do that. You 412 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 1: can find that everything that I'm up to, the speeches 413 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: that I'm given, radio interviews that I'm doing. I do 414 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: a hit every Monday morning with John Justice out of 415 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: the Twin Cities. The podcast that I do Andrew and 416 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: Jerry Save the World. Jerry and I need to do 417 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: a new episode, and soon we're gonna, we're gonna we're gonna. 418 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 2: Work on that. 419 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: In the meantime, guys, So we're talking about the shutdown 420 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,440 Speaker 1: and the narrative, and I agree with Scotty wholeheartedly. They've 421 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: gotten better at the messaging. And I think part of 422 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: it is, you know, they somebody made the decision, and 423 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: I don't know who it was. I should know who 424 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: it was if I'm going to go find out who 425 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: it was who finally made the decision that we were 426 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: going to be the White House was going to be 427 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: ahead of the curve here, that they were not going 428 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: to let the Democrats, not gonna let the establishment, not 429 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: going to let the deep state of call the tune. 430 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: That they were going to be the ones who called 431 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: the tune. And so they're setting the narrative that's out 432 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: there and they're not letting anything deter them from that narrative, 433 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: and they've tried, right, but I think they they recognize. 434 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 2: You know, I have this thing, by the way, called 435 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 2: the ninety six hour rule. 436 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: You can call it Langer's ninety six hour rule, and 437 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: that is that if a scandal erupts and the person 438 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: at the center of the scandal survives it for ninety 439 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: six hours, chances are they're going to survive it. You know, 440 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: we were having this conversation the other day about Pete 441 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: hagg Seth and Pete hagg Seth being under fire, and 442 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,159 Speaker 1: folks were like, oh, Pete he Sseth is going to be. 443 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 2: Forced to resign Blobel. I'm like, nap ninety six hour rule, 444 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 2: sure enough. 445 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: You know, the former governor of Virginia, that's that's who 446 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: I sort of developed this for, was the former Democratic 447 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 1: governor of Virginia. You know, a governor blackface whose name 448 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 1: is now name is now escaping me. The doctor multiple 449 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: scandals survived them ninety six hours. He survived it. But 450 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:11,760 Speaker 1: in any case, right, so, we've got this situation where 451 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 1: the Republicans are putting out a talking point and the 452 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,879 Speaker 1: Democrats are trying to push back on this talking point, 453 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:23,160 Speaker 1: but they are being unsuccessful. In that regard centrally, right, 454 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: the central issue here is and obviously there are subsequent 455 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 1: issues right about hospitals and hospitals and rural hospitals, and 456 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: there's a law enforcement and about all of those things. 457 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 1: But fundamentally is this idea that the Democrats have shut 458 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: down the government because they want to make sure that 459 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: immigrants legal and illegal, want to you want to get 460 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 1: access to that they should have access to taxpayer funded healthcare. 461 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 1: And let's start with this. Here is Democratic Representative ro 462 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: Kana who admits this. So let's play cut number twelve 463 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 1: in terms of healthcare. The reality is they're just not 464 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: being honest. 465 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 8: The amount of money that actually is going towards that 466 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 8: people who are undocumented. 467 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 2: Is such a small portion. 468 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 8: Of the Medicaid cuts or the Affordable Care Act, if 469 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 8: at all. 470 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 2: And so we can argue that point. 471 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 8: But the reality that even the Vice President would acknowledge, 472 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 8: that anyone who looks at the numbers will acknowledge, is 473 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 8: ninety to ninety five percent of the funding we're talking 474 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 8: about is talking about funding for American citizens. 475 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: Okay, okay, so let's take that ninety to ninety five percent. 476 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: They oh, yeah, you know, it's only, it's only it's 477 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: only ten percent. Ten percent of a trillion dollars is 478 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: one hundred billion dollars. Five percent of a trillion dollars 479 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: is fifty billion dollars. This is not jump change here. 480 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: If any of it, it is a small amount, if 481 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 1: any of it. You know, this is typical Washington double speak. 482 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: You know, a billionaire and a billion there. Pretty soon 483 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:09,200 Speaker 1: you're talking about real money, you know, And it would 484 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: be one thing if it was if it was just 485 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: they were saying these things and they were not getting checked. 486 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: And to an extent right they're not. But you get 487 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: these moments. So here's Hawkiem Jeffries, the the Democratic leader 488 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:27,400 Speaker 1: in the House. He is on safe ground with Jake Tapper, 489 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 1: and Jake Tapper's not having any of it. 490 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 3: You know. 491 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: I think it's one of these things where you get 492 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: these moments where the normal Democratic sick offense, like, you 493 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: know something, I'm done, I'm done here, I just can't anymore. 494 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 2: Here is Jake Tapper, let's put cut number eleven. Donald 495 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 2: Trump blest it as well. 496 00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: Jakim Jffer hold off for that was Akiem Jeffries sort 497 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,360 Speaker 1: of he teased it up. So it's like Kim Jeffries 498 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: and they're sitting outside. It was a gorgeous night in 499 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: DC last night. Anyway, go ahead, I'm sorry, play cut 500 00:24:58,800 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: number eleven. 501 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 2: Donald Trump blest it as well. 502 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 9: So let me ask you about a provision that the 503 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 9: Republicans are talking about quite a bit. I know you 504 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 9: want to talk about and Democrats want to talk about 505 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 9: extending the Obamacare subsidies which expire at. 506 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,400 Speaker 2: The end of twenty twenty five. 507 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 9: But they talk about the provisions and it's right here, 508 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 9: Subtitle E. And this has to do with the repeal 509 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:21,239 Speaker 9: of healthcare subtitle changes and specifically what it is, how 510 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 9: they character characterize it as you want to give health 511 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 9: insurance to undocumented immigrants. I understand that's not really an 512 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 9: accurate depiction. But what it does do is it's a lie. 513 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 9: It's a lie. But what you support does bring back 514 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 9: funding for emergency medicaid to hospitals, some of which does 515 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 9: pay for undocumented immigrants and people who don't have health insurance. 516 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 2: And also there is. 517 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 9: This provision and it's not about undocumented immigrants. It's about 518 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 9: people with asylum seekers and people with temporary protected status, et. 519 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 2: Cetera, et cetera. 520 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 9: But about their ability to get medicaid. So they're non citizens, 521 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:00,440 Speaker 9: they're not undocumented, they're not illegal. Why even include that 522 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,239 Speaker 9: in a bill knowing that they're going to seize right 523 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 9: upon that and use that's a message? 524 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: I understand why because at the end of the day, 525 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 1: they think you're stupid, as Jerry Rogers said, and they 526 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: think the media is not going to call them out 527 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: on it, which they are now. Obviously Jake Tapper is 528 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: carrying a lot of water for Hakeem jefferys there, you know, 529 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: And it was one of those things we all know 530 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: that when you use a phrase then you say, but 531 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: anything before the butt is garbage. It's it's it's it's 532 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: not true. You don't believe in it. Oh you know, 533 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: you know something, you're you're you're you've gotten really skinny. 534 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: But well, okay, then you're not really skinny. Oh you 535 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: know something, you look super young, but well then you 536 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 1: know you don't. And so so Jake Tapper is saying, oh, yeah, 537 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's not true, and Hakiem Jeffery says, well, 538 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: it's a lie, except it's not a lie. 539 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 2: And this is this is. 540 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: Where you want to plant your flag. This is where 541 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: you this is the the the top of the hill 542 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,880 Speaker 1: you want to defend. You're gonna shut down the government 543 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: and force federal workers, possibly out of their jobs permanently, 544 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: so that immigrants, legal and illegal, can get taxpayer funded healthcare. 545 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: I mean that that somehow is the moral position for you. 546 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 1: I don't like framing these things in sort of moral 547 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 1: or ethical terms. I mean, I think get us so 548 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:36,360 Speaker 1: much of this can be up for debate and discussion ethically, 549 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's it's much. It's much easier to 550 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: sort of make cases on these things. But at the 551 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,680 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, this is what you're 552 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 1: gonna do. You're gonna say, oh, yeah, this is the 553 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 1: choice we're making, and it's the choice of a new generation. 554 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:54,280 Speaker 2: Notes, this is the choice that we're making here. 555 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it is, it is. It is astounding, 556 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: and you know, I mean, let me before we move 557 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: on from here, about the numbers. Here is the Speaker 558 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,880 Speaker 1: of the House, Mike Johnson, talking about it. Let's play 559 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: cut number nine landed if you could. 560 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 10: Chuck Schimmer was in the Oval office with me, what 561 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 10: forty eight hours ago. 562 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 11: We were there. 563 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 10: The president as a strong leader, he brought all of 564 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,959 Speaker 10: us in, all four leaders, Dune and Schumer and myself 565 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 10: and Hakim Jeffers, and the President said make your case. 566 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 10: What is it you want? 567 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 11: And Chuck Schumer repeated. 568 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 10: In that meeting what he put on paper. The counter 569 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 10: proposal that he filed. Everyone can go read it for themselves, 570 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,640 Speaker 10: would add one point five trillion dollars in new spending 571 00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:39,959 Speaker 10: on a seven week stopgut measure. We're not doing that. 572 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 10: He wants to give healthcare to illegal aliens. Again, we're 573 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,920 Speaker 10: not doing that. He wanted to claw back fifty billion 574 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 10: dollars that are Republican big beautiful bill put in to 575 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 10: prop up rural hospitals. Now, people say, why would he 576 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 10: do that? I thought he was for healthcare. Well, a 577 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 10: lot of those rural hospitals, most of them are in 578 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 10: red states. 579 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 2: So I don't know. 580 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 11: I don't know what his motivation. 581 00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 2: We get to it. 582 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's just it. Listen, they they think. The 583 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,720 Speaker 1: bottom line is they think the American people are stupid. Now, 584 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 1: when we come back, I want to because I want to. 585 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: I love listening to jd Vance. We're gonna hear what 586 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: Jady Vance has had to say about these things. And 587 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 1: why JD. Vance is a leading candidate going into it. 588 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, obviously some combination of Vance and. 589 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 2: Rubio is going to be I think going to be. 590 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: The GOP ticket. But let's uh, you were gonna hear 591 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: from him. I want to hear from you. 592 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 2: For one. 593 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: I almost gave another number. Uh at Andrew underscore Langer 594 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 1: on Twitter? 595 00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 2: Is how you get ahold of me? I'm Andrew Langer. 596 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 2: This is Tony Kats today. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. 597 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 2: I am Andrew Lang. 598 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk a little bit in a couple of 599 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: minutes about how you can find out more about the 600 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: work that I'm doing. If you want to follow me, 601 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: if you like what you hear, yes I am. I 602 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: am not as good at you as as Tony Kats, 603 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: but but a better but a better jew than than 604 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 1: uh uh Hakeem Jeffreys. So that's so, let's it's it's 605 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: all a matter of where things stand. Anyway, Hi, everybody. 606 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: So we are in the midst of. 607 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 2: This shutdown, the Schuemer Siesta, as Sean. 608 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: Ferish said in fact of my favorite Landon, I'm sorry, 609 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 1: we going to dump down here play cut number one again. 610 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 2: This is this Trump impersonator Sean ferish. 611 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 12: All ah me fellow americanos cee being thentosalcierre de Schumer. 612 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 12: That means welcome to the Schumer shutdown. We call it 613 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,040 Speaker 12: the Schumer Siesta. 614 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 2: I love it. I love it. 615 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 1: I love it, the the Schumer Siesta. Yeah, we all do. 616 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: We all do our impressions of Donald Trump. But you know, 617 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: it's one of these things. It's what I what I 618 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: appreciate about jd. Vance is a JD Vance doesn't suffer 619 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: foolishness gladly, and he's able to articulate. I know this 620 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: is my problem. I appreciate a political leader who can 621 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: articulate a vision. It's one of the reasons why I 622 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 1: was an early fan of Ted Cruz. First time I 623 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: ever heard Ted Cruz give a speech, I'm like, I 624 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,840 Speaker 1: like this guy. I liked what he had to say, 625 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,719 Speaker 1: and I liked how he had to say it. 626 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 2: You know, with JD. 627 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: Vance, it's it's thoughtful, but it's aggressive. Here he is 628 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 1: talking about why this is a stupid shutdown. Let's go 629 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: ahead and play cut number four. 630 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 11: You already see. 631 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 13: I think the Democrats cracking a little bit because they 632 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 13: realize it's such a preposterous position to say, we're gonna 633 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 13: shut down TSA, We're going to not pay our troops 634 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 13: because you guys won't give us benefits for illegal aliens. 635 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 13: It's crazy, and I don't think it's a tenable political 636 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 13: situation for them to be in. 637 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: No, it's not, especially because it becomes so apparent when 638 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 1: you've got Jake Tamper sort of pointing out chapter and verse, 639 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: even as he's desperately trying not to. It makes it 640 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,719 Speaker 1: very difficult for them to hold on to their narrative. 641 00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 1: Of course, Jade Vance has a firm grasp of the fact, 642 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: so he gets into specifics. 643 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 2: Go and play cut number five. 644 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 13: This is a Democrat talking point. They say, we're not 645 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,719 Speaker 13: actually trying to give health care benefits to illegal aliens. 646 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 11: And here's why it's not true. 647 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:12,480 Speaker 13: There are two Biden era programs that explicitly gave the 648 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 13: taxpayer healthcare money to illegal aliens that we turned off 649 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 13: when President Trump took over in January. Program number one 650 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 13: is there's a lot of emergency healthcare at hospitals that 651 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 13: are provided to illegal aliens that was funded by the 652 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 13: federal government. We turned off that funding because, of course, 653 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,600 Speaker 13: we want American citizens to benefit from those hospital. 654 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 11: Services not to be taxed, and then. 655 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 13: To have those hospital services go to illegal aliens. The 656 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 13: second of which is that the Biden administration gave mass 657 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 13: parole to millions upon millions of illegal aliens, and then 658 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 13: they simultaneously made those paroleees eligible for healthcare benefits funded 659 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 13: by taxpayers. 660 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 11: In the One Big Beautiful Bill, President. 661 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 13: Trump and Congressional Republicans turned off that money to healthcare 662 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 13: funding for illegal aliens. Democrats want to turn it back on, 663 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 13: and in their initial proposal, the first thing that they 664 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 13: put out to reopen the government, they actually turned that 665 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 13: money for healthcare benefits for illegal aliens back on. 666 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 2: Now about for a second. 667 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 1: By the way, the one thing we haven't discussed today 668 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: is the fact that the other idiotic thing that the 669 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 1: Democrats want to do is they want to restore a 670 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 1: half a billion dollars in funding for public radio and 671 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 1: public television. I mean again, read the room, people, this idea, 672 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 1: and I get it right. 673 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 2: We want it. 674 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 1: We want our NPR, we want our PBS. No one's 675 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 1: stopping you from supporting those things. No one supporting I'm sorry. 676 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 1: No one is stopping any charitable foundation, No one is 677 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 1: stopping George Soros from spending millions, if not billions of 678 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: dollars on on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting NPR and PBS. Right, 679 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,560 Speaker 1: And I would dare say, by the way, I don't 680 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: think that there is a single NPR station or PBS 681 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 1: station that is that is not operating today, right, you know, 682 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 1: in the wake of all of this, right in the 683 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: wake of the new fiscal year, so clearly, right, they 684 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 1: found the money somehow. And then there, by the way, 685 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 1: there's this meme going around about with sombreros. And because 686 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:27,400 Speaker 1: of course the Democrats have no sense of humor, because 687 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: you know, literally what they think is funny is not funny, 688 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,359 Speaker 1: and what is funny they don't think is funny at all. Right, 689 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,319 Speaker 1: that actually is the way you describe a Democrats sense 690 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 1: of humor. 691 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 3: JD. 692 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,279 Speaker 2: Vans has to explain the sombrero meme to them. Let's 693 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 2: here cut number six. 694 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 3: Rare thing. 695 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,960 Speaker 13: I mean, keen Jeffrey said it was a racist and 696 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,279 Speaker 13: I know that he said that, and I honestly don't 697 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:49,920 Speaker 13: even know what that means, Like, is he a Mexican 698 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,719 Speaker 13: American that is offended by having a sombrero meme? 699 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:55,320 Speaker 11: And I saw one of. 700 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,520 Speaker 13: The major TV stations put the meme up and then 701 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 13: say this is AI generated and he had like the 702 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,400 Speaker 13: curly animated mustache too. It's like, do the American people 703 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 13: do you really not realize the American people recognize that 704 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,760 Speaker 13: he did not actually come to the White House wearing 705 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,839 Speaker 13: a sombrero and a black curly animation mustache. Like, give 706 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 13: the country a little bit of credit. We're all trying 707 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 13: to do a very important job for the American people. 708 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,600 Speaker 13: The President of the United States likes to have a 709 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,360 Speaker 13: little bit of fun when he's doing it, and I 710 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 13: think that's okay. 711 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 11: I'll take one right. 712 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:27,319 Speaker 1: It's like having to explain the ballpoint pen the auto 713 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 1: pen joke. Well, you know something, here's a disclaimer, Joe 714 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 1: Biden was not really a pen. 715 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:34,759 Speaker 3: You know. 716 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 2: Guff there, chet, We all understand this, So listen. 717 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: It's been a thin slice of heaven, as it always 718 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 1: is when I fill in for Tony. If you like 719 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 1: what you hear, go and follow me on Twitter at 720 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 1: Andrew Underscore Langer l a n g Er. 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