1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Boston's Bulldozer operates seven days a week. The Kooner Report 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: weekend edition w RKO, the Voice of Boston. 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: Christine is out and Senator Mark Wayne Mullen is in. 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 2: Good Morning Cooner Country. Okay, my friends, obviously dramatic news yesterday. 5 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 2: President Trump now has shaken up his cabinet for the 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 2: first time in his second term. And it is Christinome, 7 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: not Pam Bondi, Christinome who has essentially been fired as 8 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 2: Secretary of Homeland Security. To be you know, completely fair 9 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:52,879 Speaker 2: and accurate, she is out as a Secretary of Homeland Security. 10 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 2: As the head of DHS. However, Trump to say face 11 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: especially for her because for Oliver flaws or perceived or 12 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 2: alleged flaws, she has been very loyal. She was very 13 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 2: loyal to Trump, very loyal to MAGA, very loyal to 14 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 2: the administration, and so he basically gave her another position 15 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 2: as the special Envoy to deal with the cartels, the 16 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 2: drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere. She'll be working with 17 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 2: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Secretary of State Marco Rubio 18 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: to go after and continue to crack down and hammer 19 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 2: the cartels. But let's be honest. Yes, you can call 20 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 2: it a reassignment, but it's a demotion. And for all 21 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: intents and purposes, she was fired. And many of you 22 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 2: may ask Jeff Jehelf jehef how do you feel about 23 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 2: the firing of Christinome. Well, first let me say this, 24 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 2: Mark Kwayne Mullen I think is a superb replacement. I'm 25 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 2: not worried at all that somehow with her successor, you know, 26 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 2: should he be confirmed, because this still has to go 27 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 2: through the Senate, He probably likely will, although the Democrats 28 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 2: say they will fight him tooth and nail. It is 29 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 2: going to be all out war to get Mullen confirmed. 30 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: But we'll get to that a little bit later. Mullin 31 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 2: is maga. He is very loyal to Trump. Trump was 32 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:38,640 Speaker 2: asking for a viable, good, strong replacement. Many Senators, members 33 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: of Congress, people on his staff said, go with Mullen. 34 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: He's smart, he's competent, he's a worker, he's got excellent 35 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 2: executive experience. He owns a construction company and has been 36 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 2: you know, running that company for a long time before 37 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 2: he became a member of Congress. You can't go wrong 38 00:02:57,040 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: with Mullen. And of course he's loyal to the president, 39 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: not just on practically every issue, but especially on securing 40 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 2: the border, on deporting illegal aliens, and on his crackdown 41 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: on crime. So Mullin, I believe will do a fantastic job. 42 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 2: Unlike many in MAGA, not all, but many in MAGA 43 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 2: and in the conservative movement who are now all piling 44 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 2: on and dumping on Christinome. I'm not going to do that. 45 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 2: I'm not going to do that. I'll give you the 46 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: reasons why she was let go, and I think ultimately 47 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: Trump had no choice. I think clearly she made mistakes, 48 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 2: and she compounded those mistakes, and I think in the end, 49 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 2: Trump almost had no choice. But I'm gonna say this 50 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: about Christinom because she was loyal to Trump, she was 51 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 2: loyal to MAGA, and she was loyal to the mission 52 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 2: that Trump and trusted her with regarding immigration, the border, 53 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 2: and illegal aliens. Christy Nome did a very good job. 54 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 2: In fact, she did a great job as Secretary of 55 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:19,359 Speaker 2: Homeland Security. I'm sorry I have to call it the 56 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 2: way I see it. Look at her record just over 57 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 2: one year in office objectively, just stand back, she secured 58 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 2: the entire southern border. In fact, we now have the 59 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: most secure southern border in the history of the United States. 60 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 2: This was all under Nolames leadership, and not just the 61 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 2: most secure border, but over the last eleven months, this 62 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 2: is something unheard of. Not a single illegal alien crossed 63 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 2: the border, not one, not one. On top of that, 64 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 2: she helped to deport over three million illegal aliens. She 65 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 2: was part of an aggressive DHS campaign to go after terrorists. 66 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:27,280 Speaker 2: They arrested over one thousand, five hundred known terrorists. In fact, 67 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 2: she's cracked down so hard on illegal immigration that for 68 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 2: the first time, listen to this, since nineteen fifty. This 69 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:45,839 Speaker 2: is an amazing stat we have net negative migration, meaning 70 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 2: for the first time since nineteen fifty. Okay, this is 71 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 2: what is that seventy six years ago. Okay, basically almost 72 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 2: over seventy five years, three quarters of a century, we 73 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 2: have more people leaving the United States in total then 74 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 2: coming into the United States in total. So I'm sorry. 75 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 2: She did an excellent job as Secretary of Homeland Security. 76 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 2: And all of these fake conservatives and all of these 77 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 2: Monday morning quarterbacks who are taking potshot after potshot after potshot, 78 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 2: and they're pooh poohing her accomplishments at DHS are not 79 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 2: being genuine or truthful. I'm sorry they're not. She did 80 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 2: a fantastic job. Now, what got her undone? What was 81 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 2: her ultimate you know, what sealed her fate was what 82 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 2: finally got her? What was her undoing? Her problem was 83 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 2: she was a very good governor of South Dakota. Trump 84 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: obviously appointed her, and she was confirmed to be DHS secretary. 85 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 2: But somewhere along the way, the aim got to her 86 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: head and she went Hollywood, as they say, it became 87 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 2: more and more about her. Now the first problem Trump had, 88 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 2: and this was something that's been brewing now for months. 89 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 2: She apparently brought a lot of drama with her, a 90 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 2: lot of infighting. Apparently she and Tom Holman were at 91 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 2: loggerheads constantly over how to implement these mass deportations. She 92 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 2: kept squabbling with the heads of ICE and the heads 93 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 2: of FEMA and other agencies within DHS. And after a while, 94 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 2: as Trump aides have now confessed, as they've now told people, 95 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:47,520 Speaker 2: Trump just got tired of the constant drama, that she 96 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 2: was a bit of a drama queen, and he doesn't 97 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 2: like that. Run your department, run it smooth, run it 98 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 2: without issues, run it without constant infighting. In other words, 99 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: be a manager and manage. She was not a very 100 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 2: good manager, let's put it, to put it mildly when 101 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 2: she was running DHS. So that was a problem, but 102 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 2: that's not what ultimately got her undone. What got her 103 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 2: undone and sealed her fate were two things. She authorized 104 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 2: a two hundred and twenty million dollar campaign ad whereby 105 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 2: she herself basically starred in the ad. Now, remember two 106 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 2: hundred million is basically a Hollywood blockbuster movie in terms 107 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 2: of the funding. And this was for an ad that 108 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 2: ran on TV state TV channels all across the country 109 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 2: telling illegal aliens to get out of the United States 110 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 2: and self deport and if they don't self deport, then 111 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 2: they're going to be deported. And if they're going to 112 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 2: be deported, they're never going to be allowed to come 113 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 2: back in again. The problem was she. First of all, 114 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 2: it was exorbitantly, ridiculously expensive. You see her constantly with 115 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: the makeup, and I mean Hollywood style makeup. She had 116 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 2: to have a cowboy hat, she was riding a horse. 117 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 2: It was filmed in front of Mount Rushmore. In other words, 118 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 2: it was all about her promoting her Obviously, she wanted 119 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 2: to come across as glamorous as possible, and she was 120 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 2: now using funds to promote herself, to promote her her 121 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 2: profile within the administration, because she was hoping in the 122 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: future she wants to be attorney general. She may want 123 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:55,559 Speaker 2: even a higher position some maybe even you know, maybe 124 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,559 Speaker 2: even as I said, attorney general or maybe Secretary of State. 125 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 2: Korubio decided to step down or Secretary of War. So 126 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 2: she was there to cultivate her image and augment her profile. 127 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 2: Trump was livid, but what really got him to the 128 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 2: boiling point was when under oath she did two hearings 129 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 2: this week. One was in front of the Senate and 130 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 2: the other one was in front of the House. In 131 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 2: front of the Senate hearings, it was Republicans, not just Democrats, 132 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 2: who went after Christine Olm for this two hundred and 133 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 2: twenty million dollar campaign at and when pressed over and 134 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 2: over again, who gave the final approval because this was 135 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 2: a waste of money, and as Senator John Kennedy from 136 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 2: Louisiana told her, this was all about promoting you. This 137 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:57,439 Speaker 2: really didn't do much to advance the mission of DHS 138 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 2: and it was a colossal waste of cash of taxpayer funds. 139 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 2: She said President Trump gave the authorization. She lied. President 140 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 2: Trump never authorized and never approved it. When he found out, 141 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 2: he blew his top and her fate was sealed. 142 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 1: You're locked into Boston's Bulldozer. The Kuoner Report Weekend Edition. 143 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: The Voice of Boston w RKO