1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: Helly, everybody, My name is Nigel. That is Jason Hammer 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: right over there with a very special guest on the hotline. 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 2: A senator from the great state of Indiana, Senator Jim 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 2: Banks joins us. Senator, did you watch President Trump's address 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 2: to the nation last night, and if so, what were 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 2: your thoughts? 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 3: Well, I caught parts of it. I certainly saw a 8 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 3: lot of the clips of it. Today. My favorite part 9 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 3: of it, and I'm not surprised by this because President 10 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 3: Trump is so good to our troops, to our service members, 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 3: but his announcement of the Warrior Dividends seventeen hundred and 12 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 3: seventy six dollars for active duty service members, I love 13 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 3: that part of it. Guys. I went and visited with 14 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 3: our Indiana National Guards troops who are in Washington, d C. 15 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 3: On a three month deployment as part of the effort 16 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 3: to clean up our nation's capital, and I got to 17 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 3: thank all of them in person today and they wanted 18 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 3: to talk about this. They were they were thrilled about 19 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 3: the President's speech last night and this this extra Christmas 20 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 3: bonus that Secretary Hegset and President Trump are providing to 21 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 3: our service members. So for me, that was the highlight. 22 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: Senator, let's get I'll get back to the speech in 23 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: just a second. But as far as the National Guard 24 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 1: in Washington, d C. And other places, is it working? 25 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: I mean, do you see a power. 26 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 3: Totally working difference totally working. I see it firsthand. But 27 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 3: I'll tell you all of the statistics prove it. Carjackings 28 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 3: are way way down in the city. Violent crime is 29 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 3: way down city. All of the statistics bear it out. 30 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 3: And and and just the one thing to prove it 31 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 3: is the city of Washington, d C. The left wing 32 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 3: mayor of Washington, d C. They're all favorable to what 33 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 3: the National Guard troops are doing. I stood outside with them, 34 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 3: and it was a beautiful morning in Washington. It's been 35 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 3: cold over the last week, and and uh I got 36 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 3: to I got to walk around uh uh DuPont Circle 37 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 3: and Farragut Square where the any any National Guards troops 38 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 3: that's their territory watch around them today and probably nine 39 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 3: out of ten people walked by and thanked them for 40 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 3: the in air for their service. They got a lot 41 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 3: of a lot of good feedback from Washingtonians, people who 42 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 3: have lived in Washington all their life that see the 43 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 3: noticeable difference they did. They did get one uh one 44 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 3: one jack hole walked by and and gave them the 45 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 3: bird or something like that. But that's so that's so 46 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 3: minimal compared to the type of positive feedback there getting. 47 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 3: I think I told you guys before, I had a 48 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 3: I had a key uh member of my staff a 49 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 3: few years ago who was mugged at gunpoint in the 50 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 3: middle of the day and on right off a capitol hill. 51 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 3: And that's how bad things got here. You had cities 52 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 3: and all the parks with the homeless people, lots of 53 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,839 Speaker 3: you know, the broken windows theory, I mean, take care 54 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 3: of you clean up the small things, and then the 55 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 3: big things, the big crimes go down to. And that's 56 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 3: what you're seeing the Indiana National Guards on the front 57 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 3: lines of cleaning up our nation's capital, which we should 58 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 3: all take so much more pride in and be proud 59 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:20,239 Speaker 3: of our capital city, our nation's capital, and our National 60 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 3: Guard from our state. A lot of your listeners, those 61 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 3: three hundred troops from the State of Indiana National Guard 62 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 3: are in Washington, d C. Serving our country in a 63 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 3: big way, and I'm very proud of them. 64 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 2: Senator, I'm glad you bring that up because you know, 65 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 2: We've seen videos from Instagram and TikTok and other social 66 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 2: media outlets of people who I'm just going to assume 67 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: are not die hard Trump supporters, Right, I'm just going 68 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 2: to assume some of these folks don't own a Maga hat. 69 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 2: But they're walking around Washington, d C. They're walking around 70 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 2: Memphis and they're like, you know what, this is pretty cool. 71 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 2: I feel like this is an underreported story as we 72 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 2: get close to the midterms next year. 73 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's totally indeed. You know, I met with the 74 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: commander the I think lieutenant colonel that is overseeing the 75 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 3: National Guards troops from Indiana, and he was taking and 76 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 3: he's a and he's a former police officer himself. It's 77 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 3: not there. They're not playing a law enforcement role. They're 78 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 3: just providing a deterrent to crime, and they're you know, 79 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 3: their their friendly faces on the streets and unfortunately, you know, 80 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 3: and I went with our Indiana National Guard troops today 81 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 3: to Farragut Square and they're patrolling the area where the 82 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 3: shooting happened a few weeks ago, and the memorial there 83 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 3: is a reminder to them every day of what happened 84 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 3: to two of their fellow service members. So, but but 85 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: we're seeing those types of activities decline. And I mean, 86 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 3: obviously that was that was a terrorist attack, was terrible, 87 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 3: and and uh what what one with one one service 88 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 3: member killed another one who's who's got a long road 89 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 3: to recovery. But but when we're talking about the carjackings 90 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,480 Speaker 3: and the drugs and and the uh, a lot of 91 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 3: the things that you've seen in our nation's capital, especially 92 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 3: when when Democrats were in control of the White House 93 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 3: the last four years and it got to become a 94 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 3: very dangerous and gross city. It shouldn't be that way. 95 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 3: President Trump every time he gives I don't know if 96 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 3: you guys have ever picked up on this, but he's 97 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 3: spoken about this uh dynamic uh several times. I think 98 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 3: it's uh, it's it's always interesting to hear it because 99 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 3: he he says in his speeches. He's done the speeches 100 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 3: about about why he's called the National Guard to Washington, 101 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 3: d C. It's about how people from he names Indiana. 102 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 3: He said people people shouldn't come from Indiana to visit 103 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 3: the Capitol and the monuments and see our nation's history 104 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 3: and visit our capital and and and not feel safe. 105 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 3: They shouldn't that shouldn't happen. He mentions Indiana as as 106 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 3: an example, Peter Hoosiers shouldn't come have to come to Washington, 107 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 3: d C. Either name capital and feel unsafe. So it's 108 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 3: completely turned around. I see it firsthand, but the statistics 109 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 3: prove it. 110 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: Senator Jim Banks here on the hammer of Nigel Show 111 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: back to the presidential address to the Nation last night. Yeah, 112 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: one thing I did not hear the President mentioned was Venezuela. 113 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: I think there was some sort of online narrative that 114 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: Donald Trump was going to declare war or talk about 115 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: Venezuela or you know it has something to do with that. 116 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: I know he's been blowing up those narco terrorist drug boats. 117 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: What did you think about that whole narrative leading up 118 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: to the speech last night of Donald Trump involving Venezuela 119 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: and then it just being a non issue. 120 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 3: Well, it's the hot issue on Capitol Hill. And I 121 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 3: sat through a couple of briefings this week. I serve 122 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 3: on the Armed Services Committee, so we got to see 123 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 3: the video of the boat strike September second, additional strike 124 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 3: on September second, and it's interesting to me because and 125 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 3: I can you know, it was it's a it's a 126 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 3: classified video. I saw it in a in a in 127 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 3: a skiff, the classified setting. So I can't talk about 128 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 3: the contents of it. But what I can talk about 129 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 3: is the outrage of the Democrats. And they argue with 130 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 3: they argued with the hag set in the room. They 131 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 3: they're mad at President, but you don't have the authority to. 132 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 2: Do this, called the struggling survivors, Senator the drug dealers Venezuela. 133 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 3: I saw the video and I'm telling you the President 134 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 3: Secretary heg sept. They did the right thing. They followed 135 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 3: all the protocols. They took out a drug boat that 136 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 3: was pushing uh, deadly drugs into the United States of 137 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 3: America to and and the President at the same time 138 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 3: is declared these drugs to be uh a threat to 139 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 3: our country and uh there's an act of war. So 140 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 3: what do you do when when uh, when someone is 141 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 3: is trying to kill Americans? You you take them out. 142 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 3: You take them out first. And we got the best 143 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 3: military on the planet, and we've sent aircraft carriers to 144 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 3: the Caribbean. We're protecting our own hemisphere. I love what 145 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 3: President Trump is doing, but do so do seventy five 146 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 3: percent of Americans. I mean, I've seen the polling. Three 147 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 3: fourths of our country support what President Trump is doing 148 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,160 Speaker 3: taking out Narco terrorists. These Democrats sound stupid, they sound 149 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 3: silly fighting back and arguing with these guys about it. 150 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 3: And President Trump noticed that. I thought maybe he would 151 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 3: talk about Venezuela because it is a seventy five percent 152 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,239 Speaker 3: issue and double down on it and get the Democrat 153 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 3: the Trump derangement syndrome, I mean is real, to get 154 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 3: the Democrats stirred up and arguing with them because we're 155 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 3: on the right side of this issue. The President and 156 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 3: Secretary Hexset are on the right side of the issue. 157 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 3: I've seen the video. They did everything right. They did 158 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 3: everything that they should have done. They took out back guys. 159 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 3: They sank another drug boat, and they've sank several more 160 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 3: sins and I'm glad they're doing it. 161 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 2: Last thing here, Senator, before we let you go against 162 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 2: Senator Jim Banks with us all right, As a guy 163 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 2: from northern India, the Fort Wayne area, the Chicago Bears 164 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 2: are kind of dipping their toe in the water here 165 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: about maybe finding a home in northwestern Indiana if they 166 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 2: can't get a deal with Chicago. Any thoughts to this, 167 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 2: would you be willing to kind of play ball and 168 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 2: help make this happen? 169 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 3: Well, let me tell you I'm I'm a Colts fan, 170 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 3: but there we haven't had much to be a fan 171 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 3: of recently. I mean, I had some high hopes at 172 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 3: the beginning of the season with Daniel Jones Indiana Jones, 173 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 3: Chris Ballard is so woke. They should have fired this 174 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 3: guy years ago. And I hope the Ers family fires 175 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 3: them after the debacle of this season. In fact, I 176 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 3: think they promised us they would if things didn't work 177 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 3: out this season. But I'll tell you, guys, what if 178 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 3: the Chicago Bears moved to the region, I might totally 179 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,599 Speaker 3: ditch the Colts and become a fan because if what 180 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 3: to the gut for Chicago and those liberals in Illinois 181 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 3: to lose the Chicago Bears Indiana. I mean, that's gotta 182 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:01,719 Speaker 3: be humiliating for them. 183 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: Oh, Chrisk, could you imagine I will die if that happens. 184 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 3: That would be amazing. I will become a Chicago Bears fan. 185 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 3: I'll buy all the I'll buy all the gear, I'll 186 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 3: go to all the games. That'd be so much fun. 187 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 3: Just to poke our finger in the eye of Chicago 188 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:16,719 Speaker 3: and all those Democrats in Illinois. 189 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 2: Senator, we thank you so much for joining us this 190 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 2: year on the Hammer In Nigel Show. 191 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: And if you don't. 192 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 2: Get a chance to speak with you before Christmas and 193 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 2: the New Year, you and your family have a merry Christmas, 194 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 2: happy New Year, and we hope we can continue these 195 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 2: conversations in twenty twenty six. 196 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,199 Speaker 3: Thanks to you. Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah. Take 197 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 3: care