1 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: Morning browning and dragon. Yeah. 2 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: The preceding was just my wife's chickens saying good morning 3 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 2: on a Monday, have a great day. 4 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: That's pretty good. We got chickens in the morning, chickens 5 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: in the morning, chickens in the morning. Something at night. 6 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: I don't know what day is. We got chickens in 7 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: the morning. On Saturday's program, I spent a probably an 8 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: hour talking about. 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 3: Real quick heng on what Saturday's program? You have a 10 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 3: Saturday program here? 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: Yes, I have a Saturday program that you but you 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,279 Speaker 1: can hear on seven sixty A ninety three seven FM 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 1: uh commonly not as Freedom ninety three seven and Radio 14 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: Land here in Colorado, naturally syndicated on three hundred some 15 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: plus four hundred stations around the country, or as we've 16 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: heard on some of the Rules of Engagement, a billion 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: to n and bazillion new billion, million whatever numero stations 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: to which I go cheat on my weekday listeners on 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: the weekend program. 20 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 3: And when does that air? 21 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: That's from noon to three Eastern And for those of 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: you listen. 23 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 3: Listen in the Mountain time math Mathew is ten. 24 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: To one, ten to one, ten to one. Yes, very good, 25 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: mister producer. You know, in fact, you should add to 26 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: the title your signature line you know, guaranteed human executive 27 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: producer and marketing consulting. 28 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,479 Speaker 3: Yes, do I get a pay raise? 29 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: Of course, not because it's I art a wee you 30 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: are You're you're still hungover from whatever to how many 31 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: doritos you made over the weekend. So I'm talking about 32 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: the Talking Filibuster and going through as somebody which I 33 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: took as a great compliment. On the text line, somebody 34 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: said something to the effect that that was an in 35 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: depth civics lesson about how things work. Well, go back 36 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: and listen the podcast, which you can find on whatever 37 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: podcast app you happen to use. Just go search for 38 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: the Situation with Michael Brown. 39 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 3: Is it published in the correct order? 40 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,239 Speaker 1: It is published in the correct order, no matter which 41 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: way you like it published is published in the correct order. 42 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: So whether you like it or not, it's in the 43 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: correct order. If you like it, it's in the correct order. 44 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: If you don't like, it's in the correct order. If 45 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: you you know, it's just it is what it is. 46 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: In which I talked about the Talking Filibuster as a 47 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: way for the Senate Republicans who control the United States 48 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: Senate to pass a bill which has already meant passed 49 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,919 Speaker 1: by the House of Representatives, which is called the Same Act, 50 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: and that is the Act which would, among other things, 51 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: require that you prove that you are a citizen in 52 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: order to vote for in an election, something which I'm 53 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,839 Speaker 1: one hundred percent for because I don't believe that minorities 54 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: are too stupid or incapable or ignorant of being able 55 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: to find an ID for that matter, If and based 56 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: on last night, I'm not quite sure what the majority 57 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: in this country is, but if Caucasians are still the majority, 58 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: that Caucasians too, even if you're a white trash Caucasian, 59 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: you could probably figure out a way to get an 60 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: ID to prove that you are a citizen of the 61 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: United States of America. So I'm going through all of 62 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: this and explaining the talking philibuster and how if Senator 63 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: John Thune, the Senate majority leader, would simply bring the 64 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: bill to the floor of the Senate, the Democrats would 65 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: go apoplectic and they would start filibustering, and all thuone 66 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: would have to do is require that you actually filibuster. 67 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: According to the original rules of the United States Senate, 68 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: which requires that you speak continuously and that your speech 69 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 1: be germane to the topic, so you can't just read 70 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: from the phone book that you do that. And every 71 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: senator is entitled during a legislative day to speak twice, 72 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: so you would you could speak, you could you know, 73 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 1: fill in, you know, once Corey Booker decides he's got 74 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: to go take a whiz, then somebody else you come 75 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: in and speak after him, and then that person and 76 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: Dan Cory Booker come back and speak again sometime. But 77 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: once you speak twice, it's done, and so it might 78 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: take a long time. Now Senator Thune has been quoted 79 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: and we in fact, we played the sound bite about 80 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: how he's really concerned because they got so many other 81 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: things they need to be doing. They got a farm bill, 82 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: they got this bill, they got that bill, and there's 83 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: just a limited amount of time for them to work. 84 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 4: That. 85 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: I was my heart was broken, because we pay them 86 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: a measly one hundred and seventy four thousand dollars a 87 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: year and then they work, yeah, maybe a couple of 88 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: days a week, depending on where they fly in when 89 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: they fly out, and the legislative day, by the way, 90 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: the legislative day is whatever, it's whatever the Speaker of 91 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: the House and or the majority of you know, depending 92 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: on which house you're in. Uh, the legislative day is 93 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: not a twenty four hour day, a legislative day, just 94 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: whatever they determine it to be. You could open the 95 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: legislative day at eight am on Tuesday and keep it 96 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: open until nine pm on Thursday. That's one legislative day. 97 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: Or you could you know, call the legislative day. You know, 98 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: so everybody had, you know, everybody was, you know, at 99 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: that at that Latin fiesta yesterday, and so maybe a 100 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: lot of people are not quite yet back to to 101 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 1: d C yet, or maybe they're hungover, you know, or 102 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: maybe they haven't left their girlfriend's house or whatever they 103 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: you know, whatever they're doing, and so you don't want 104 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,000 Speaker 1: to you don't want to call the legislative day until 105 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: you know, maybe two o'clock this afternoon, because when you're 106 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: paying you know, when you when you're being paid one 107 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 1: hundred seventy four thousand dollars a year, you know, you 108 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: just kind of show up when you wanted to show up. 109 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: So let's say they decide to open the legislative day 110 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: at two o'clock today and they get a quorum, say 111 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,359 Speaker 1: around they kind of stumble in, they kind of fall in, 112 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: or are some of them because it is also a 113 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: nursing home as they get wheeled in in their wheelchair 114 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: or maybe even on a stretcher. Then they get a 115 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 1: quorum and then they can say, oh, and now we'll adjourn. 116 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,799 Speaker 1: And that's a legislative date. So around you know, three o'clock, 117 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: so about an hour. All FO one hundred and seventy 118 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: four thousand dollars peramnum. It's a great deal if you 119 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 1: can get it. In fact, if you get it, you 120 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: can stay there forever. And you and if you're like 121 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: you know John Hickenloop or our dumbass US senator, he 122 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: will tell you that, you know, go enjoy yourself tomorrow 123 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: and you know, drink a bunch of beer and stuff 124 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: good grief. So while I'm giving CIVICX lesson, I use 125 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: Senator John Cornyan because he's a Republican. Because I can't 126 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 1: I can't reference any Republican US senator in Colorado, because 127 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: we're a bunch of dumbasses in Colorado, sosent. I reference 128 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: Senator John Cornyan, the senior Senator from Texas as being 129 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: opposed to the Save Act. I still believe he is 130 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: opposed to the Save Act, despite the fact that interestingly, 131 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: his deputy Press secretary listens to my program and she 132 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: was quite upset with me yesterday. So at two sixteen pm, 133 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: not an hour and fifteen minutes after things to sixteen 134 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: my time, not an hour in the quarter after I 135 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: get off there, I receive an email, good afternoon, This 136 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: is Haley reaching out from Senator Cornan's team. I caught 137 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: a portion of the show last night during which you 138 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: suggested the Senator is against the Oh those actually this 139 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: came in yesterday, So yes to sixteen yesterday, A good afternoon. 140 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: This is Haley reaching out from Senator Cornyon's team. I 141 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: cut a portion of the show last night during which 142 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: you suggested the Senator is against the Save Act. I 143 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: wanted to flag Senator Corny's tweet from last week, as 144 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: well as our Save America press release is a hyperlink 145 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: too below. The Senator was a co sponsor of the 146 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: Save Act in twenty twenty four as well Best Haley, 147 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: Texas Deputy Press Secretary. And then there's this you know this, 148 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: you know, lengthy bull crap statement about everything that apparently 149 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: proves that John Cornyn is in favor of the Save Act. 150 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: We're gonna have a we're gonna have a civics lesson here, kids, 151 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: We're gonna have a lesson in political processes. And what 152 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: you need to do is to learn not to listen 153 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: just to what they say, but what they don't say 154 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: and what they do. So I wrote Haley, Hello Haley, 155 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 1: thanks for listening and reaching out based on what I 156 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: hear going but I hear going on within the Republican caucus. 157 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: Senator Pornyn's silence has been interesting well. As you note, 158 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: he indeed co sponsored the Save Act and vocally supports it. 159 00:08:55,040 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: He's been conspicuously silent on whether Senate Republicans should a 160 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 1: talking filibuster to pass it, even as his colleague Senator 161 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: Cruz and Utah Senator Mike Lee loudly demand exactly that tactic. 162 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: Senate Majority Leader Thune has expressed serious reservations about the 163 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: talking filibuster approach, warning it could paralyze the Senate floor 164 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: four weeks and derail other GOP priorities. Senator Cornyan's silence 165 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: speaks volumes, especially given his history of institutional caution and 166 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: his current brutal primary fight where Ken Paxson and Wesley 167 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 1: Hunt are attacking him from the right. Does he support that? 168 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: Was the metal paragraph. Now here's the final paragraph to Hailey. Hailey, 169 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 1: does he Senator Cornyan support bringing it the same act 170 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: to the floor and allowing a traditional talking filibuster to occur, 171 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: requiring a cloachure vote, meaning in the or is he 172 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: hiding behind Senator Thune's reticent to bring it to a 173 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: floor vote. Now I sent that at five twenty five 174 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: pm yesterday evening. At what time was this? At seven 175 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: forty two? I get a response from Haley. Hi, Michael, 176 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: thanks for getting back to me. I'd flag that in 177 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: November of last year during the shutdown, So we're going 178 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: to go back a year. The senator stated that he'd 179 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: be open to changes to the filibuster. I'll be in 180 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: touch if I have anything else to share. I love that. 181 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: You know what she's telling me. They're dragon. She's telling me, 182 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 1: don't call me, We'll call you. And then she puts 183 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: in a quote quote. We cannot tolerate this endless, perpetual 184 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: threat of shutdowns and refusals to go to appropriations bills. 185 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: Cornon told reporters. Quote, so we're having a good conversation. 186 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 1: Close quote, and she cites the Dallas News to I 187 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: assumed the Dallas Morning News. I didn't read the story because, 188 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: quite frankly, I don't care, because, well, Hayley, you does 189 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: I think protest too much. Sometimes the most revealing moment 190 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: in politics isn't what someone says, it's what they won't see, 191 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 1: won't say. So I had this over the weekend encounter, 192 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 1: and I did. I said on air that Senator Cordon 193 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 1: was opposed to Save Act, and as I say, within hours, 194 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: I got an email from the Deputy Press secretary with 195 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 1: three seats, press releases, tweets, or speeches, all trying to 196 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: prove that Corning is indeed a co sponsor who quote 197 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 1: proudly supports the legislation requiring proof of citizenship and a 198 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: photo ID to vote. Fair Enough, let's say for a 199 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: moment I misspoke, Cornon supports the Save Act itself. In fact, 200 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 1: I might even take the position that, yeah, maybe i'm 201 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: my me a little wrong. He does support the Save Act. 202 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: Here's where it gets interesting and where my original instincts 203 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: aren't wrong. He probably does loudly and volciferously support the 204 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: Save Act. He just doesn't want to pass it. He 205 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: just doesn't want to vote on him, as I said, 206 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: I wrote back to Hayley with the real question, does 207 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: the Senator support using a talking filibuster to actually pass 208 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: the Save Act? But he joined Ted Cruz and Mike 209 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: Lee into many that Democrats physically old the Senate floor, 210 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: speaking continuously until they collapse or relimped or is he hiding, 211 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: as I said in the email, behind majority of leaders 212 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: John Thune's institutional concerns about tying up the Senate floor 213 00:12:46,679 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: for weeks. Her response that twenty twenty five article from 214 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: November opened to changes to the filibuster during the government shutdown, 215 00:12:56,120 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: and note that specifically regarded spending bill, not the Save Act. 216 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 1: Notice what's missing any statement about the Save Act, any 217 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: position on the talking filibuster for this bill, any daylight 218 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: between John Cornyn and the leadership's foot dragon. Let me 219 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: put let me put a trial lawyer head on for 220 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: a moment and walk you through what we're actually see. 221 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,839 Speaker 1: Let's first look at let's call it an exhibit A 222 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:30,839 Speaker 1: the public record. Senator Cruz and Senator Lee are all 223 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,760 Speaker 1: over social media and cable news demanding that the zombie 224 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 1: filibuster be killed. That's the one where you can just 225 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: go down to the to the presiding officer in the 226 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: Senate or to the clerk and just say I want 227 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: to filibuster with a bill. You don't have to stand up, 228 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: you don't have to hold your pee, you don't have 229 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: to hold a number two. You can just you know, 230 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: just say hey, I'm filibustering, and then you go back 231 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: and have some coffee or have a little bourbon or 232 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 1: whatever you're gonna do. Smoke a cigar back in a 233 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: smoke filled room, but whatever. You but you don't have 234 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: to really stand up and do anything. It's like it's 235 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 1: like everything else now everything's house. Republicans like Anna Luna 236 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 1: called or claim that Trump personally assured them that this 237 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: would happen, and Mike Lee says it's the president's top 238 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: legislative priority. So where's cornying? Oh I should have put 239 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: in a cricket sound crickets, crickets, crickets. So let's exhibit a. 240 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: There are people who are actually vociferously, out loud speaking 241 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: and calling for a talking filibuster. Let's bring it to 242 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: the floor. Let's have a vote, Democrats will filibuster for 243 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: a while, will require them to follow the original rules 244 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: of the filibuster, and then when they all Peter rout 245 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: Boom will have a vote. So here's exhibit B, the 246 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: email dance when pressed by Just a Little Tuk show 247 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: host about his position on the talking filibuster for the 248 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: Save Act, when you think about what Hayley wrote, she 249 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: doesn't really provide a statement. They don't quote the senator. 250 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: They link to a four month old article about a 251 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: completely different context, spending the bills during a shutdown. That's 252 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:07,600 Speaker 1: not an answer. That's deflection. So we got silence. We 253 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: have the deflection in the email, and then we have 254 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: exhibits C the political calculation. Cornan is facing the fight 255 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: of his political life. In March. He faces a primary 256 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: against Ken Paxton and Wesley Hunt, both of whom indeed 257 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: are running to his right flank, both attacking him as 258 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: insufficiently loyal to Trump and the MAGA agenda. Now, the 259 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: Save Act has Trump's full throat of support. He's called 260 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: our elections rigged, stolen, our laughing stock, blah blah blah blah. Now, 261 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: if John Cordon genuinely supported forcing Democrats into a talking 262 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: filibuster or the Save Act. On the Save Act, this 263 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: would be the perfect moment to say so loudly and repeatedly. 264 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: It would inoculate him against the primary attacks that he's 265 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 1: now facing down in Texas. It would demonstrate in alignment 266 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: with Trump. It would show he's to fight instead silence, 267 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: utter silence. So did I miss speak and claim that 268 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: John Cornyan doesn't support the same act when he does? 269 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: Or are my instincts instincts correct? Now? I only spent 270 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: like six years in DC. Now I spent my entire 271 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,720 Speaker 1: life in politics, only six years in DC. In fact, 272 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: John Cornyn had to deal with John Cornyn. I think 273 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: we all to consider what the silence tells us. That's next. 274 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 3: You guys have sure screwed things up. 275 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 4: My darn rooster doesn't get up and start crowing until 276 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 4: nine o'clock. 277 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 3: That's why I know your show is starting. 278 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: How much are you paying him? We just do whatever 279 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: it takes. We just we we get paid so much 280 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: money between the two between me and Dragon, we're just 281 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: rolling in doze. So we just paid the chickens to 282 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 1: grow whenever we want to. 283 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I got a nickel stuck in my back. 284 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: Oh are you a nickelback? Nice? 285 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 3: Nice one. That's pretty good. 286 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: Oh, thank you, what compliment sir for this early in 287 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,119 Speaker 1: the week. Actually getting a compliment this early in the 288 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: week is like it's ald downhill from now. 289 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 3: Hey, I slept well, I watched the Super Bowl game yesterday. 290 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: Okay, there you go. So we're talking about John Cornyn, 291 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 1: whose deputy Press secretary is really upset with me. And 292 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 1: as one of you goober's pointed out, I gotta be careful. 293 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: She's apparently one of the twelve goobers that listened, so 294 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: I might be down to eleven. 295 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 3: Well, she listened to the weekend show. That doesn't mean 296 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 3: that she listens to this show. 297 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: Well, that's true. 298 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 3: She may not even know this show exists exactly. 299 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 1: Well, she does. Well to me how much she was listening, 300 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: because I always remind people that if you like what 301 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: we do on Saturday, you can listen to Monday through Friday. 302 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: I give all the detail that it's interesting because it 303 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: really hit a nerve and I think the best part 304 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:09,919 Speaker 1: of all of the email exchanges. Let me pull the 305 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 1: emails back up was the line I'll be in touch 306 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: if I have anything else to share. In other words, 307 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: don't email me anymore, don't keep asking me questions. I 308 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 1: don't like to be questioned. That's all you need to 309 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 1: know about how these people think. Now. Granted I am 310 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: not a constituent of John Cornyan. However, I don't have 311 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 1: many radio stations. I'd have to go check the map, 312 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 1: check the list. I don't have how many affiliates that 313 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: I have in Texas, but probably quite more than two, 314 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: more than three. I bet I know I've got Houston, Dallas, 315 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: I think I've got San Antonio. So yeah, in fact, 316 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure I got San Antonio. So I know 317 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: I've got at least three. But i'd have to check 318 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: the map and just find out. So, yeah, we got 319 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: somebody listening down in Texas, and she's upset with me, 320 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:09,679 Speaker 1: and she's trying to justify her reasoning that John Cornan 321 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: supports the Save Act because he co sponsored it, and 322 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: he has called for the change in the filibuster for 323 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: appropriations bills. This is not an appropriation bill. So it's 324 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: the silence, his utter silence that convinces me, because, as 325 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,960 Speaker 1: I said Saturday, a lot of Senators claim to be 326 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 1: for the Save Act, but they don't really want to 327 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 1: which is why they in the in their caucus meetings, 328 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: in their conference meetings, they've probably said the senators soon, 329 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 1: the majority leader, hey, go out and give some bullcrap 330 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: answer about how we were so overworked, we got so 331 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: many bills to consider that we'd love to, you know, 332 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: let the Democrats filibuster, but we just don't have the 333 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: time for it. What a load of what aload of 334 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: bull Here's what I think is actually happening, and I'll 335 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 1: just you know, I'll report you. You can judge for 336 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 1: yourselves whether this makes sense. So John Cornyan is a 337 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 1: twenty three year veteran of the Senate. Wow, twenty three years. 338 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: He understands the institution. He knows what John Thune knows, 339 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: and that is that forcing a talking filibuster could paralyze 340 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,959 Speaker 1: the Senate for a few weeks or maybe even months, 341 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: and it might prevent some work under the Farm Bill, 342 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 1: housing reform, and other so called Republican priorities. And he 343 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: knows that Democrats have the stamina Senator Corey Booker set 344 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 1: a record with a twenty five hour floor speech last year. 345 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: He knows the tactic might not even work because Democrats 346 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 1: could potentially table the bill with a simple majority vote, 347 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: which means you'd have to get some Republicans to table 348 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 1: the bill too. But more importantly, he knows that several 349 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: modern Republican Senators, including Rules Chairman Mitch McConnell, who was 350 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: wheeled in in a wheelchair last week, Susan Collins of 351 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 1: Maine Lisa Murkowski up in Alaska, aren't even co sponsors 352 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: of the Senate version. Now, the current bill has forty 353 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: nine Republican co sponsors, which means that it might not 354 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: pass even without a Democrat filipbuster. So what Cornn is 355 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 1: doing is threading the needle. He co sponsors the bill 356 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: so he can't be attacked for opposing voter ID and 357 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 1: citizenship verification, which, by the way, polls it eighty four 358 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:37,600 Speaker 1: and eighty three percent respectively, eighty four percent for voter ID, 359 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: eighty three percent for citizenship verification, and Democrats I might 360 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: remind you that black support this at seventy one percent. 361 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: But John Cornan is not going to advocate for the 362 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: talking filipbuster because he knows it's a political stunt that 363 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 1: could blow up spectacularly and damage the institution he's been 364 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: living in for two decades and wants to live in 365 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: for three decades. This is how they buy silence, avoid 366 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: taking a position on things. When a politician facing a 367 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 1: really brutal primary challenges from his right won't loudly support 368 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: the most aggressive tactic to pass the president's top legislative priority, 369 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,719 Speaker 1: a tactic that his Texas colleague is screaming about from 370 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: the rooftop, Senator Cruiz, is that tells you everything you 371 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 1: need to know. Oh yeah, Corner supports the same act 372 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: on paper, and he'll probably vote for it if it 373 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: comes up. He'll even give a floor speech about election integrity. 374 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: He'll co sponsor and has co sponsor the bill. But 375 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: fight for it, actually stand for it and push for it, 376 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: risk the sentence, legislative calendar for it. Stand with Donald Trump, 377 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz, and Mike Lee in demanding that Democrats be 378 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: forced to talk until they drop that silence is deafening. 379 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: And if I were in a criminal case, this would 380 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 1: be circumstantial evidence, and you can get a jury to 381 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 1: convict theim circumstantial evidence. And in a Republican primary in 382 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, silence is not neutrality. It's a very 383 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: well thought out political choice. It's the choice of an 384 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: institutionalist who believes in the sentence traditions more than he 385 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: believes in the urgency of the moment. It's the choice 386 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: of a politician who's calculating that this too shall pass, 387 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: that the primary will be survived, and that the institution 388 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 1: matters more than any single piece of legislation. Now, you 389 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: can respect that choice, you can understand it, you might 390 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 1: even agree with it, But you cannot do this. You 391 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: cannot pretend that that isn't what is happening, because that, 392 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: indeed is what is happening. When I said that Cornyn 393 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: opposed the Save Act, maybe I was imprecise. What I 394 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: should have said is this corner supports the Save Act 395 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 1: just enough to avoid an attack from his political right flank, 396 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: but not enough to actually fight for its passage when 397 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: that fight might cost him something. What's that something? Oh, 398 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: maybe his top donors. Maybe the fear that he'll make 399 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: he might be pushed too far to the right, that 400 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: he might be seen as too conservative, that he might 401 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: be seen as aligned with Donald Trump, that he cares 402 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: more about what he's doing to help his colleagues run 403 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: for cover. And sometimes that's the distinction without a difference. 404 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: But that's the silence. That's the lesson for today. So, Hailey, 405 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 1: whether you're listening or not. Quite Frankly, they don't give rebsass, 406 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 1: but the arrogance to tell me that I don't understand 407 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: what's going on, and then to throw at me the 408 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: garbage that says, oh look, I've got a quote from 409 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 1: the Dallas Morning News. Oh look, he co sponsored the bill. 410 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: Oh look, here is a quote for you to use. 411 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: All of which, and by the way, don't call me 412 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: again about anything else, because this is out. This is 413 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 1: where we stand, and we're not going to go anywhere else. 414 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: And you might be a nationally syndicated talk show host, 415 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 1: but I'm not going to engage with you. So you 416 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: got to reply. You ask a question, I gave you 417 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: a rebuttal. Now we're done. Okay, that's pretty damn ergon, 418 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 1: isn't it. Yeah, it's just simply amazing. Now. And maybe 419 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: I ought to throw back out to Haley. I think 420 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,680 Speaker 1: Senator Cornyn voted for me. Might have to go back 421 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: and check. I forget whether it's you know, whether he 422 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 1: was there for the original confirmation or not. But this 423 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 1: is the silence, and this is the arrogance. And of 424 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: course what are they desperately trying to do? 425 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 3: Well? 426 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 4: He is. 427 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 1: Now, look that I'm not that steeped in Texas politics, 428 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: but I'm fairly well familiar with Texas politics because of 429 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: family and because of connections and work and clients and 430 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,719 Speaker 1: things that I have in Texas. So I understand Texas 431 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: politics fairly well. And John Cornyn is if you wanted to, 432 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 1: if you wanted to a definition of a Rhino Republican, 433 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: a name only John Cornyn would be there, right there 434 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 1: in the dictionary. But this whole exchange is a great 435 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 1: example of how they use the silence and then they 436 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: use Oh but look he said this, and he said 437 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: that I know everything you said. What are you doing? 438 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 4: What you know? 439 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: Your silence is what is causing the problem. The silence 440 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 1: is deafening, and that's what's driving me nuts here. And 441 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: it's just I don't know, it just drives me nuts. Hey. 442 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 1: Just ours chance to win a thousand bucks is coming 443 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 1: up in the next five minutes, all thanks to Mercedes 444 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 1: of Littleton. That's a Mercedes of Littleton dot com. 445 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 2: Michael, With all due respect to your Texas listeners, I 446 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 2: wish there Texas senators would quit messing with the rest 447 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 2: of the country. John Cornyn is a rhino and all 448 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 2: he does is throw out commercials, go on support Trump, 449 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 2: I'm trumpety Trump, I got a cowboy hat. And then 450 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 2: he gets into office and just looks after his own 451 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 2: money interest. 452 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,719 Speaker 3: People need to vote different. 453 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,359 Speaker 1: You know what's great about that? Thought? Back as he 454 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,360 Speaker 1: was describing Cornon, all I could think about was when 455 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: he goes back to Texas, he puts on the cowboy hat, 456 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: but he doesn't put the cowboy hat on ways in 457 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:55,680 Speaker 1: Dzan occasionally. I don't know. I doult team all the time, obviously, 458 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:57,920 Speaker 1: but oh it comes back, puts on the boots, puts 459 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: on the cowboy hat, and buy I'm a Texan. I'm 460 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: a Texan. I'm a real Texan. I ran across a 461 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: You know, the whole Epstein thing is driving me nuts 462 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 1: because I am like, Okay, I see such extremes about 463 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: people who are absolutely adam Thomas Massey, the congressman from Kentucky, 464 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:25,359 Speaker 1: absolutely adamant that were oh, we're hiding pedophiles somewhere. Okay, well, 465 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: where who are they? Or the theme that somehow Trump 466 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: was engaged in something illegal. And I find that one 467 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 1: particularly fascinating because you don't think the Democrats in the 468 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: Southern District of New York would have jumped on that, 469 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: and because this is where most of the documents came 470 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: from and absolutely prosecuted them to the hill, because that 471 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: would have killed Trump off, probably literally imfiguratively before we 472 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: ever ran back in twenty fifteen, before I ever came 473 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: down the Golden escalator. But they just continue on. 474 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 4: Well. 475 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 1: I came across a really interesting clip conversation between Steve 476 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: and A Smith and Bill Maher. Now in the clip, 477 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: Smith asks Bill Maher what he thinks about the Massy 478 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 1: fallout happening in wait of the release of the files 479 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: on Epstein and the massive fallout I think is maybe 480 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: a hyperbole because yeah, everyone is screaming about it, but 481 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,920 Speaker 1: when you blow away all the smoke, it's like, what's 482 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: really there. When you listen to this, you can actually 483 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: see that Stephen Smith is somewhat taken aback when Bill 484 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: mar goes into what amounts to a defense, although temping 485 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 1: in begrudgingly, but still a defense of QAnon. Yes, that 486 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: mysterious social account. They got so much attention during the 487 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: early Trump years, everything about pizza Gate and all these 488 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: controversial events and conspiracy theories. It was really amazing that 489 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 1: now Bill Maher of all people, is like, Yeah, what. 490 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,719 Speaker 5: Were your thoughts about the Epstein files and three million 491 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 5: pages being relieved? You know, now we are hearing that 492 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 5: Bill and Hillary Clinton have both agreed to testify in 493 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 5: the House. I had, you know, ahead of the contempt 494 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 5: of Congress vote. What are your thoughts about that? 495 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 4: Well, I mean, this is certainly something we were talking 496 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,560 Speaker 4: in my meeting today about what I'm going to talk 497 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 4: about on the show Friday, because it's just too interesting 498 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 4: and and also, you know, I can't believe I'm saying this, 499 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 4: but where does QAnon go for the apology? 500 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: You know, I mean. 501 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 4: QAnon, which believed in lots of really ridiculous things, like 502 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 4: you know, Democrats, the babies. But they were kind of 503 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 4: harping a lot on the idea that the elites are 504 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 4: running this pedophile ring, and me I made jokes about them. 505 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 4: I also made jokes after the Epstein thing happened originally 506 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,479 Speaker 4: that we're on the idea of well, you know, they're 507 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 4: obviously there was some smoke there. Well, now with all 508 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 4: that's out in the last couple of weeks, there's a 509 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 4: little more than smoke. It does look like anybody who 510 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 4: was at all able to get in touch with Jeffrey Epstein, 511 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 4: he was the doing it. They just, I mean, and 512 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 4: then they all lied about it. Everybody has. And the 513 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 4: arrogance also of thinking they could just use their real 514 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 4: name in an email, which they did and didn't try 515 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 4: to like couch it in. You know, when I used 516 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 4: to get pot before it was legal, it was like 517 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:37,240 Speaker 4: I'd like two shirts please, you know, and no seeds 518 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 4: in the shirts. This time, you know, we have to 519 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:44,640 Speaker 4: sort of codeify it. Now they're just openly talking in 520 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 4: emails about this sort of you know, sexual perversion and 521 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 4: that they were all doing. And and lots of people 522 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 4: who you didn't think, you know, or I never imagined 523 00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:00,080 Speaker 4: we're doing it. I see these names come up, so 524 00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 4: you know, I mean queuan On. Yes, a lot of 525 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 4: crazy there. But you know what, you weren't told me 526 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 4: wrong about the guys. 527 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of crazy everywhere