1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: I don't want it to shut down because we have 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,360 Speaker 1: the greatest period of time ever. I tell you, we 3 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: have seventeen trillion dollars being invested. So the last person 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: that wants to shut down is us. Now, with that 5 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: being said, we can do things during the shutdown that 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: are irreversible, that are bad for them and irreversible by them, 7 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 1: like cutting vast numbers of people out, cutting things that 8 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: they like, cutting programs that they like. 9 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson. 10 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 3: Good Wednesday morning. 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You'll get a free month of service today 56 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 3: Patriotmobile dot com slash ferguson or nine to seven to 57 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 3: two Patriot. 58 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 4: It's forty seven morning update and it starts right now. 59 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: Story number one. 60 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 3: It is official, twelve oh one am. The United States 61 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 3: government is shut down. The Democrats they did it on purpose. 62 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 3: Apparently it was their plan and the question is for 63 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 3: how long have they been planning on doing this? Center 64 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 3: This is going to be a very interesting show. This 65 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 3: all revolves around the Senate. That is something that maybe 66 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 3: some people don't realize. Everything's come out of the House. 67 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 3: We're now to the Senate side of things, and I 68 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 3: want you to explain what it was like in the 69 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 3: hours leading up to the shutdown. Was there ever a 70 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 3: chance in hell that the government wasn't going to shut down? 71 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 5: No, that there was never a chance. 72 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 6: It is just after midnight, so the government is shut 73 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 6: down just for a few minutes. But I think the 74 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 6: government shutdown is going to last at a minimum of days. 75 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 6: It may be weeks, and it may even be longer. Really, yes, 76 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 6: this could extend for a significant period of time. And 77 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 6: understand this is the Democrats roar that they hate Donald Trump. 78 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 6: So I got to say. We had the vote tonight. 79 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 6: There was no surprise. Everyone knew the outcome. Out of 80 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 6: one hundred senators, all of us knew the outcome. The 81 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 6: vote was fifty five to forty five, So three Democrat 82 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,679 Speaker 6: senators voted to keep the government open. 83 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 3: You have, it was a pretty big deal, right, I mean, 84 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 3: did you think those three were going to go? 85 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 4: Where? Did you think it was going to be a 86 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 4: unanimous vote? 87 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 3: I mean, Fetterman and two others like, that's that is significant. 88 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, Look Fetterman, I was not surprised. 89 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 6: So Fetterman voted to keep the government open, Cortes Master 90 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 6: voter to keep the government open, and Angus King voted 91 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 6: to keep the government open. That's not shocking to me. 92 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 6: It's fifty five to forty five. Now, why did the 93 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 6: government shut down? Look, the basic operation of government is 94 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 6: the federal government cannot continue to operate unless Congress appropriates funds. 95 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 6: Under the constitution, Congress has the power of the purse, 96 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 6: so Congress appropriates. 97 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 5: The spending of money. 98 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 6: A typical fiscal year is October first to September thirtieth. 99 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 4: YEP. 100 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 6: This particular funding ended at midnight on September thirtieth. You 101 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 6: and I are recording this just after minutes after midnight 102 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 6: on September thirtieth. The appropriation, the authorization for Congress to 103 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 6: spend money, expired minutes ago. Now, there are a couple 104 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 6: of ways you can extend the government funding. One is 105 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 6: an appropriation, and so they're typically in a good year. 106 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 6: They are thirteen appropriation bills that fund each different kind 107 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 6: of major segment of government. For a number of years, 108 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 6: the appropriation bills have not passed. The other major way 109 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 6: that government authorization occurs is through what are called crs. 110 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 6: CR is short for continual resolution. A continued resolution is 111 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 6: essentially Congress saying, what we are spending now, we can 112 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:07,679 Speaker 6: continue continue the status quo identically for X period of time. Now, 113 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 6: the House of Representatives pasted a CR, a clean CR, 114 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 6: to fund the federal government through the middle of November. 115 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 6: So if the Senate had passed it. 116 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 3: All right, Let's be clear, when you say a clean CR, 117 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 3: that means no political. 118 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 4: Shananigans in it. 119 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 3: It's literally saying we're taking the twenty five budget year 120 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 3: and we're going to say the exact same amount we 121 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 3: spent in August, we're gonna spend September, October, November until 122 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 3: we get the new budget. There is no port barrel extras, 123 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 3: there's no political sag against from either side. 124 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 6: Yes, yes, yes, okay. A clean CR says what we 125 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 6: spent yesterday is what we'll spend tomorrow. That everything just 126 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 6: continues the same, and that's what the House has passed. 127 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 5: Now. 128 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 6: The challenge is for anything to pass the Senate that 129 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 6: is in the nature of an appropriations or a CRY, 130 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 6: it takes sixty votes because under the filibuster rule, you've 131 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 6: got to have sixty votes to move forward on legislation. So, 132 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 6: as I mentioned, we got fifty five. We got three Democrats, 133 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 6: but we need sixty, which means we need at least 134 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 6: seven Democrats. And actually here we need eight Democrats because 135 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 6: Ran Paul voted no. So we had fifty two Republicans 136 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 6: vote yes, and we needed eight Democrats to vote yes 137 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 6: to fund the government. Well, we only got three, and. 138 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 4: That was on purpose. 139 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 3: And I want to pause just for a second to 140 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 3: go back to cr historically. Let's just go back to 141 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 3: Biden's time in office when you guys were in the minority. 142 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 3: If I'm not mistaken, you guys did this more than 143 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 3: a dozen times where you came to go. 144 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 4: And say, hey, we maintained a thirteen time. 145 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 3: All right, So thirteen different times y'all came together and said, 146 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 3: we're gonna spend exactly what we spent yesterday to keep 147 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 3: the government open so we avoid a government shut down. 148 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:04,000 Speaker 3: And you put the American people ahead of politics, and 149 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 3: that is a bipartisan moment, right. 150 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 4: They had to have some of your votes. 151 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 6: So look, every time we came to the end of 152 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 6: government funding, you would have enough Republicans joined with Democrats 153 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 6: to keep the government funded. Now what has changed, Well, 154 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 6: several months ago, we had another expiration of government funding. 155 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 6: And what happened is Chuck Schumer and the Democrats decided, Okay, 156 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 6: let's keep the government going, a very reasonable and very 157 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 6: common sense, a very normal decision. The Democratic left wing 158 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 6: base lost their mind yea, and Chuck Schumer nearly lost 159 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 6: his job because Schumer allowed the government to be funded 160 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 6: several months ago, the left wing rose up against him. 161 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:49,239 Speaker 6: And you want to understand why we have a shutdown, 162 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 6: It's one thing. Schumer is looking over his left shoulder 163 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 6: and he sees aoc running up behind him, and he 164 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 6: is terrified he's going to lose job. So listen, Schumer 165 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 6: knows this is not going to work. He knows this 166 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 6: is failures. 167 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 3: Just pure cover your als politics one oh one by Schumer. 168 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 6: So the radical left wing, they hate Trump and they 169 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 6: want today to be a giant f you to Trump. 170 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,079 Speaker 6: They want it to be we hate President Trump, and 171 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 6: we hate President Trump so much we're gonna shut the 172 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 6: entire government down because raar, that's what we're watching now. 173 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 3: By the way, So then hold on, when did this 174 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 3: become the plan was this weeks ago, months ago? Was 175 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 3: this when they had the last year? As I got 176 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 3: the next time it comes up, I have no choice. 177 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 3: I got to shut down the government to flex my muscles. 178 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 3: And also there is a real concern by him that 179 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 3: AOC is going to run against him, primary him in 180 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 3: the Senate. By the way, that is after the next 181 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 3: president's election cycle. 182 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 7: Was that? 183 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 3: And that isn't he up two years after? If I'm 184 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 3: not mistaken, So you got five plus years from now. 185 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,199 Speaker 6: So and to be clear, predicted on this podcast, the 186 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 6: inaugural member the chairman of the AOC for President campaign 187 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 6: is Chuck Schumer, because he is desperate for AOC not 188 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 6: to primary him. Ye, he's gonna say, Alexandra, you are 189 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 6: such a big deal, you were so important. Really, the 190 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 6: Senate's too small for you. Why do you want to 191 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 6: bother being in the Senate. You should be in the 192 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 6: White House. Schumer is going to be all in on that, 193 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 6: but he is living with absolute PTSD. He is traumatized. 194 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 6: He sees left wing antifa crazies coming around on every side, 195 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:43,440 Speaker 6: and so from his end, this shutdown is necessary politically. Now, 196 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 6: what did the Democrats demand? They demanded a lot of things. 197 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 6: You know what the number one demand was. 198 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:48,959 Speaker 4: What's that? 199 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 6: Free healthcare for illegals all over the country. 200 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 3: By the way, I mean when you think about that 201 00:10:56,040 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 3: and the polling data and what it says, I don't 202 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 3: understand why that would make your number one thing. Because 203 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 3: it's clear that the people are behind President Trump. Securing 204 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:08,199 Speaker 3: our borders, stopping government waste for aut of abuse dogs 205 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 3: was a big part of it. And also making sure 206 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 3: that we're not giving out benefits to illegal immigrants, like no, no, no, 207 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 3: we want to spend one point five trillion if you 208 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 3: want our votes, and it has to be for health 209 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 3: care for illegal immigrants and food stamps for people that 210 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 3: are able bodied, for example, that refuse to work. 211 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 4: That's another thing, and they're like no, no, no, we buy gal. 212 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 3: You better get mind to people that are just straight 213 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 3: up lazy, that aren't that that have the ability to work, 214 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 3: but you got to pay them to stay home. 215 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 5: Yeah. 216 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,599 Speaker 6: A huge pump chunk of this is getting rid of 217 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 6: the work requirement for government benefits. Democrats don't want anyone 218 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 6: to have to work. They wanted them to be able 219 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 6: to sit at home and get government checks. But did 220 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 6: you see the AI video of the White House put out. 221 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 3: Which one they put out a couple different things. Which 222 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 3: one are you talking about? 223 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 6: I want you? I want I want to play this 224 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:59,199 Speaker 6: for everyone. This is fake so so all the nattering 225 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 6: nabobs this fake news. But it is absolutely hysterical the 226 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 6: White House put out. This is Chuck Schumer and a 227 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 6: Keem Jeffries explaining what this shutdown is all about. 228 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 4: Take a listen to this. 229 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 8: Look, guys, there's no way to sugarcoat it. 230 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 9: Nobody likes Democrats anymore. 231 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 8: We have no voters left because of all of our 232 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 8: woke trans bullshit. 233 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 9: Not even black people want to vote for us anymore. 234 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,079 Speaker 8: Even Latinos hate us. 235 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 4: So we need new voters. 236 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 9: And if we give all these illegal aliens free healthcare, 237 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 9: we might be able to get them on our side 238 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 9: so they can vote for us. They can't even speak English, 239 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 9: so they won't realize we're just a bunch of woke 240 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 9: pieces of shit, you know, at least for a while 241 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 9: until they learn English and they realize they hate us too. 242 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 3: See, this is when I love AI. This is when 243 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 3: I absolutely love the spear from the President. And if 244 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 3: you can't see this, you need to go look at it. 245 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 4: We put up on. 246 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 3: Social media the videos and Jeffries has got a really 247 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 3: nice Hannibar mustache and a sombrero on. 248 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 6: Look, pause for a second and realize that was released 249 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,839 Speaker 6: by the White House. That was released by the President 250 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 6: of the United States. 251 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 5: I feel a. 252 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 6: Little guilty because we've got some cursewords in there. We 253 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 6: try to avoid cursewords on this podcast. But what do 254 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 6: you do when the president has. 255 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 5: Put that out? You pay it. 256 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 6: And I gotta say, the video sits today at lunch. 257 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 6: So every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, all the Republican senators 258 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 6: have lunch together. Today at lunch, John Thune met with 259 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 6: the President, met with Schumer, met with the King Jeffries 260 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 6: at the White House, and so Thune was giving us 261 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 6: a download on that. And you know, Thune was talking about, Okay, 262 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 6: the Democrats, they don't want to cut a deal. They're 263 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 6: not willing to give it on anything. And I will confess. 264 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 6: I raised my hand. I question, I said, John was 265 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 6: a king Jeffries wearing the sombrero, and what did he say? 266 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 6: He just like but look and everyone cracked up. But 267 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 6: that image. Listen, the Democrats have literally shut down the 268 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 6: federal government because they want free health care for every illegal. 269 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 5: Alien in America. 270 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, you want to talk about, like on every issue 271 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 6: that's eighty twenty or even ninety ten, they're on the 272 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 6: twenty or the ten side. The American people do not support. 273 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 6: If you want to have a referendum in this country, 274 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 6: should we give illegals free health care? 275 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 5: Wow? That will be overwhelming. But here's the secret. 276 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 6: This shutdown is not actually about free health care for illegals. 277 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 6: That's what the Democrats have hung their hat on because 278 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 6: they got to say they want. 279 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 4: Some they gotta say something, right. 280 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 6: This is all about just we hate Donald Trump, and 281 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 6: it is Chuck Schumer job preservation. And that also means 282 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 6: the end of this. Okay, there's no universe in which 283 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 6: Chuck Schumer will get President Trump to agree to let's 284 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 6: give free health care to illegals. 285 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, not gonna happen. They know that. 286 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, they're entering. 287 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 6: There's no universe in which Republicans in Congress are going 288 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 6: to say, hey, that's a great idea, let's give free 289 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 6: health care to every illegal Like that's you might as 290 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 6: well ask for Area fifty one, like to release the 291 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 6: Martians and let them take over the country. That is 292 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 6: as likely to happen as free health care for illegals 293 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 6: from Republicans. The Democrats know that this is not about 294 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 6: getting what they're demanding. This is about how long do 295 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 6: they want to demonstrate Orange Man bad Yeah and. 296 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 3: So and the radical base is what has put them 297 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 3: in this scenario. Right, I guess do you actually believe 298 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 3: And let's go back to the history of the Senate here. 299 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 3: I don't believe that Chuck Schumer actually wanted to shut 300 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 3: down the government. 301 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 4: No, No, I think he was forced to do it. 302 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 6: Yeah, he would lose his job. He would lose his 303 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 6: if the government was. 304 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 4: It was self preservation. Yes, he In other words, this 305 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 4: is weird. 306 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 3: Chuck Schumer is being held hostage by the Marxist communists 307 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 3: and socialists in his party, which they did not police 308 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 3: and they allowed to take over their party. Then he's 309 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 3: now holding the American people hostage with a government shutdown, 310 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 3: which brings me the big question. Even when we've had 311 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 3: shutdowns in the past, there has been some agreement center like, hey, 312 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 3: certain people should deserve to get paid, those that are 313 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 3: in the military, those badges, like the list is is 314 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 3: not that long, but the essential important people that deserve 315 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 3: to get a paycheck. We don't screw with them when 316 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 3: they're protecting to fing this country. Can you guys, at 317 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 3: least was there an agreement to pay them? 318 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 4: Really? 319 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 3: Okay, so walk us through that, because I'm assuming that 320 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 3: came up at lunch. 321 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 6: So one of the things I did today is I 322 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 6: sent a letter because under the Constitution, members of Congress, 323 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 6: our pay cannot be stopped. It's actually unconstitutional to reduce 324 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 6: the compensation for members of Congress during the term we're 325 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 6: elected to. So I sent a letter, and I've done 326 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,920 Speaker 6: this during every shutdown saying while the government is shut down, 327 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 6: don't pay me. It's not fair. It's not right for 328 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 6: an elected member of Congress to receive a paycheck when 329 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 6: federal workers are not. Now, to be clear, I don't 330 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 6: lose my pay when the shutdown is over, I'll get it, 331 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 6: but it's deferred. 332 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 4: But a lot of people don't understand that. 333 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 3: The long which if I think just asinine and I 334 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 3: have family members work in the federal government, and they're like. 335 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 4: The dumb part about this that I think a lot. 336 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 3: Of Americans don't understand, yep, is that you don't miss 337 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 3: a paycheck in your calendar year you just miss a 338 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 3: month and then you get it back data. You get 339 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 3: it back the next time whenever the government does open 340 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 3: back up. And so I know people that are in 341 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 3: the fa for example, they're like, dude, we just plan 342 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 3: our vacations like great trips around shutdowns, as we know, 343 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 3: we're still getting paid. 344 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:01,880 Speaker 4: We save. 345 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 3: Not everybody can do that, but like they've almost pre 346 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 3: planned for this bonus vacation and they're gonna get paid back. 347 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 6: Yeah, but let me make several points of clarification. Sure, 348 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 6: number one, government shut down as a misnomer. More than 349 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 6: eighty percent of the government will continue to operate. So 350 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 6: the basic principle is everything that is essential keeps going. 351 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 6: So the military, our activity and military like defending the 352 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 6: nation against bad guys, that keeps going. The FBI catching 353 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 6: criminals that keeps going, the border patrol and ice that 354 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 6: keeps going. The FAA air traffic controllers. Tomorrow, if you 355 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 6: get it on an airplane, the air traffic controllers. 356 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:45,680 Speaker 5: All go to work. 357 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 6: By the way, the air traffic controllers are not getting 358 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 6: a paycheck, so they're going to work. But every two 359 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 6: weeks federal government employees get paid. Air traffic controllers coast guardsmen, military, 360 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 6: the federal government. Nobody gets a paycheck. And so what 361 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:09,719 Speaker 6: shuts down. Every cabinet secretary was assigned designate among your 362 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 6: employees who is essential and who is not essential. I 363 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 6: remember when Bill Clinton was president, we had to shut 364 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 6: down then remember Newt Gingrich and the Republican Congress were 365 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 6: fighting with Bill Clinton. We had to shut down for 366 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 6: a number of weeks. And I remember there was a 367 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:27,719 Speaker 6: headline that said the Department of Commerce designated thirty percent 368 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:32,119 Speaker 6: of their employees is essential and seventy percent is not essential. 369 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 6: I remember thinking, that's great, we just set a new 370 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 6: benchline all those non essential that's seventy percent. 371 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 5: They ought to be done. 372 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 6: But what that means, so what will be shut down? 373 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 6: Starting October one, national parks will be shut down. So 374 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 6: I got to say, if you were planning to take 375 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 6: your family to Yosemite this weekend, yeah, I'm I'm sorry 376 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 6: to say, you're out of luck. 377 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 5: Yosemite will be closed. If you were coming to d C. 378 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 6: To two are our nation's capital, you wanted to go 379 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 6: to the Smithsonian, go to the Air and Space Museum, 380 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,160 Speaker 6: it's the Smithsonian will be shut down. If you look 381 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 6: at things like the National Institute of Health, like research 382 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:16,360 Speaker 6: on cancer, much of that will be shut down all across. 383 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 4: That's non essential. 384 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 3: When people are going to say that seems insane, why 385 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 3: wouldn't we fix that to make sure when we have 386 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 3: these Shenanigans happen that that's not affected. 387 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 6: And I think this shutdown will extend. I think it'll 388 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 6: be weeks. I think it will be Schumer is trying 389 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 6: to protect his own rear end and everything else is 390 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 6: secondary to protecting his own political life. So I think 391 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 6: we will see an extended shutdown. 392 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 4: So is this polling then? 393 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 3: I mean, how do you decide when you won or 394 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 3: you lost if you're Schumer? Because this is not about 395 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 3: the country hating Schumer. This is only about New York. 396 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 3: I'm protecting a seat from AOC, So in essence, you 397 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 3: don't care how many people hate you in the country. 398 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,640 Speaker 4: It's only a New York thing, is that? I mean? 399 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:03,719 Speaker 4: Will they do polling? I mean this is weird? 400 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 5: Yeah. 401 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 6: Look, so this is being called the Schumer shutdown. Yeah, 402 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,719 Speaker 6: and I gotta say the Democrats are losing the messaging battle. 403 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 6: It is clear this is a Democrat shutdown. There was 404 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 6: actually exchange right before we had the vote on the 405 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 6: CR to keep the government open. And this is a 406 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 6: clean CR. No rioters, no nothing, this is just keep 407 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 6: every keep the lights on, status quo. Schumer stood up 408 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 6: and was speaking, and all the Senators or most of 409 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,719 Speaker 6: us were standing on the Senate floor, and Schumer said, look, 410 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 6: there's been reference to polling, but the polling has been biased. 411 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 6: It's been right wing polling, for example, the New York Times. 412 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 6: And I gotta tell you, I and every other Republican 413 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 6: we just started cracking up, laughing, and you could see 414 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 6: Schumer he actually turned red. He looked sheepish because he 415 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 6: just said on the Senate floor that the New York 416 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 6: Times was a biased right wing poll. 417 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, seriously. 418 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 6: And it was a moment where where like Schumer, you 419 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 6: saw Democrats looking at. 420 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 5: Him going, dude, you look like that's weak. 421 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 6: And that's because the New York Times did a poll 422 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 6: if the Democrats don't get everything they want, should they 423 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 6: shut the government down? And sixty five percent of Americans 424 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 6: said no, don't shut the government down. It was a 425 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 6: small percentage. It was just over twenty percent of Americans 426 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 6: that said yes, shut the government down. So that's who 427 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 6: the Democrats are responding to. But they've got Schumer's message 428 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 6: is the New York. 429 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 5: Times is a right wing mouthpiece. 430 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 6: And how dare you tell the American people that we, 431 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,399 Speaker 6: the Democrats, are shutting the government down. This is headed 432 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 6: to failure. Everyone knows that. Every Republican knows that, every 433 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 6: Democrat knows that. Is there an outcome where Republicans say, okay, great, 434 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,679 Speaker 6: let's fund healthcare free illegals. No, the Democrats will give in. 435 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 6: Democrats voted to fund the government. What will happen is 436 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 6: the government is shut down. People are gonna get ticked off, 437 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 6: people are gonna want to like use by the way, 438 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 6: things like passport services will be greatly reduced. All sorts 439 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 6: of government now listen. The military keeps going, law enforcement 440 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,640 Speaker 6: keep going, Social Security keeps going, Medicare keeps going, Medicaid 441 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 6: keeps going, an awful lot of government keeps going. But 442 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 6: the lack of government being open will be a serious function. 443 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 6: And at some point we will see seven or eight 444 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,800 Speaker 6: Democrats say enough is enough, reopen the government. 445 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 5: That will happen. 446 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 6: But let me tell you a huge piece that is 447 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 6: an X factor in this, which is russ vote. Who 448 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 6: is the head of OMB, the Office of Management and 449 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 6: budget works for the White House. He put out a 450 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,399 Speaker 6: memo a week ago that said, if there is a 451 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 6: government shutdown, we are going to lay off federal workers. 452 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 6: We're not going to give them a furlough. 453 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:01,679 Speaker 4: This is hol on. 454 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 3: This is the brilliant game of chess that was early 455 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 3: on preemptive. Ye warning you do this, and here's what 456 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 3: we were going to do. And this might be one 457 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 3: of the best moves I've seen politically in a long 458 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 3: time in DC, which is go ahead, do it and 459 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,880 Speaker 3: watch what happens, because a lot of people are gonna 460 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,199 Speaker 3: get loser jobs. And that's going to be on you 461 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 3: guys for allowing it to happen. Right, So explain all that. 462 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 6: Yes, So Russ is a good friend, he's a strong conservative, 463 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 6: he's a strong fiscal conservative. And what he said is, listen, 464 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 6: if Congress decides not to fund the federal government, we're 465 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 6: going to react to that. By the White House is 466 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:46,000 Speaker 6: instructed every cabinet agency to prepare a plan for a riff, 467 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,200 Speaker 6: a reduction in force to give permanent layoffs pink slips 468 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 6: to government bureaucrats who are left wing bureaucrats who are 469 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 6: advancing the priorities of the Democrat Party. So what you 470 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 6: are going to see in the next few days. You're 471 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 6: going to see bureaucrats at the EPA fired. You're gonna 472 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 6: see bureaucrats at the Department of Labor fired. You're gonna 473 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 6: see bureaucrats at the RS fired. And within a couple 474 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 6: of days we're gonna see Democrat senators. They're going to 475 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,119 Speaker 6: be in their lunches screaming at each other because this is, 476 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,919 Speaker 6: frankly an excuse for the Trump administration to do what 477 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 6: they wanted to do anyway, which is get rid of 478 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 6: left wing bureaucrats. But they now have an incredible justification, 479 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 6: which is, hey, Congress chose not to fund them, so 480 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 6: instead of giving them a paid vacation, stay home several 481 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 6: weeks and then we'll pay you back pay and come 482 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 6: back to your job. They're gonna even pick slip and 483 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,159 Speaker 6: say you're done. You no longer have a job. And 484 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 6: I think that is going to ratchet up the pressure 485 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 6: on Democrats massively. 486 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 3: So how quickly can these firings take place, how massive 487 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 3: could they be today? And how much research has been 488 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,360 Speaker 3: done behind the scenes to get rid of a lot 489 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 3: of these woke bureaucrats that that we've been wanting to 490 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 3: get rid of, that the presidents wanted to get rid of, 491 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,239 Speaker 3: the cabinet secretaries of wanting to get rid of like 492 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,479 Speaker 3: I mean, I'm assuming they're burning the midnight oil kind 493 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 3: of like Doag did. Let's find the people we want 494 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 3: to get rid of, and this is our chance to 495 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 3: do it. And and by the way, once it's done, 496 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 3: like it's not like he got one from their jobs back, 497 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:25,960 Speaker 3: like it's done. 498 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 6: So I think that starts happening today. I think October one, 499 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 6: you start. 500 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 5: Seeing pink slips. 501 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 6: I think we will see left wing bureaucrats fired today. 502 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 6: I think we'll see them fired tomorrow. 503 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:41,239 Speaker 5: You know. 504 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 6: This evening, I had dinner with the Deputy Secretary of 505 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 6: HHS who's a longtime friend of mine. He was actually 506 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 6: a grooms in my wedding. Great guy, I asked him. 507 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 6: I said, Okay, the White House asked every cabinet agency 508 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 6: preparing list of people for the riff, and he said, yeah, 509 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 6: we're doing that. He said, every agency, when the White 510 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,960 Speaker 6: House directs us to do that, we do that. We're 511 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 6: going to see I think hundreds, if not thousands, of 512 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 6: left wing bureaucrats fired in the next several days. I 513 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 6: think that's going to put the Democrat Party in crisis. 514 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,479 Speaker 6: And by the way, we're not going to fire people 515 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 6: that are critical for the priorities you, you and I 516 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 6: care about. So we're not going to see Border patrol 517 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,720 Speaker 6: agents who are securing the border fired. We're not going 518 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 6: to see ICE agents who are deporting gang bangers fired. 519 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 6: We're not going to see FBI agents who are catching pedophiles, 520 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,400 Speaker 6: We're not going to see them fired. We're not going 521 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 6: to see soldiers and sailors and airmen and marines who 522 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 6: are keeping this nation safe, We're not going to see 523 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,880 Speaker 6: them fired. We're going to see bureaucrats who are shutting 524 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 6: down factories, who are destroying jobs, who are pursuing radical 525 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,640 Speaker 6: left wing agendas. They're going to be the ones fired, 526 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 6: and ultimately the Democrats are going to cave. The only 527 00:27:57,359 --> 00:28:01,880 Speaker 6: question is how long Schumer wants to go through the 528 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 6: charade before he gives in. 529 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 3: Which brings me my final question, that is the media 530 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 3: does seem to be covering this a little bit more 531 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 3: with honesty than I've ever seen them before. Today there 532 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 3: was a viral clip that is the tables have been 533 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:20,159 Speaker 3: turned Democrats are now literally under fire for a clip 534 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 3: that shows them slamming government shut down tactics, the same 535 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 3: ones they're accused of using right now. And here's what 536 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 3: it sounded like back in twenty eighteen. In December of 537 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,479 Speaker 3: twenty eighteen, Donald Trump was President Chuck schimern An's posi 538 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 3: in the Oval office. 539 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,639 Speaker 8: Listen, we do not want to shut down the government 540 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 8: because you can't you shut it down. Yeah, can me 541 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 8: say something, mister President of North Dakota and the. 542 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 7: Most unfortunate And we came in here in good faith 543 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 7: and we're entering into this kind of a discussion in 544 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 7: the public. 545 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 4: Transparency. 546 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 7: I know, it's high transparency when we're not certipulating to 547 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 7: a set of facts. 548 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 4: I mean, you listen to that one. They're like, we're 549 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 4: in favor of it. 550 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,719 Speaker 3: And then the speaker also put out a very interesting 551 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 3: video montage reminding people the same thing, like, Hey, you 552 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 3: guys think that it's the Democrats Mike Johnson putting this 553 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 3: out And here he is and what he said to 554 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 3: remind the people about Democrats in their own words, it 555 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 3: is not. 556 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 9: Normal to shut down the government when we don't get 557 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 9: what we want. 558 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 8: If the government shuts down it will be average Americans 559 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 8: who suffer most. A government shutdown means seniors who rely 560 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 8: on Social Security could be thrown into chaos. 561 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 4: Families will be hurt, Farmers will be hurt. 562 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: It's the service members who will work without a paycheck. 563 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 4: It's the firefighters who will be furlough. 564 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 7: This shut down. 565 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:48,840 Speaker 4: You know who's gonna feel the pain. 566 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 8: You know who it hurts you? 567 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 2: Everyday people and the most vulnerable seniors, veterans, working families, 568 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 2: hungary kids. Y'all. 569 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 4: Democrats are signally they're ready for a fight this time. 570 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 4: Schuma tells the Associated Press, Well. 571 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 9: Things have changed. It is not normal to shut down 572 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 9: the government when we don't get what we want. 573 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 3: I mean, I love them using AOC's words. I feel 574 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 3: like the media has changed a little bit. Here your 575 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 3: thoughts on. 576 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 6: That, well, I'm impressed that you recognize AOC's voice. 577 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 5: I didn't know. 578 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 6: I knew that was a shrill Democrat. I didn't know 579 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 6: who that was, So I appreciate that clarity. Listen, every 580 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 6: single Democrat, I think, without exception, has gone on record 581 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 6: being against shutdowns. The fact that they shut it all 582 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 6: down today demonstrates what utter hypocrites they are and I 583 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 6: got to say as I was walking off the Senate floor. 584 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 6: So I voted to fund the government this afternoon. The 585 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 6: Democrats voted against it and caused a shut down. All 586 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,479 Speaker 6: the reporters were circling and they're talking. Point that they 587 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 6: really wanted to press is they said, Okay, Cruise in 588 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 6: twenty thirteen, in the fight over Obamacare, you Ted Cruz 589 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 6: forced to shut down. Isn't that what the Democrats are 590 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 6: doing now? And I just started laughing at them, and 591 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 6: I said, look, number one, in twenty thirteen, when I 592 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 6: did a twenty one hour filibuster on the floor, I 593 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 6: was fighting for Americans. I was fighting for American citizens 594 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 6: whose healthcare premiums had skyrocketed, and they had skyrocketed because 595 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 6: Obamacare was a train wreck. It was a disaster. It 596 00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 6: caused a massive increase in health insurance premiums. It made 597 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 6: the health insurance companies rich, and it made millions of 598 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 6: ordinary Americans unable to afford health insurance. And by the way, 599 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,160 Speaker 6: I was also fighting for it at a time when 600 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 6: the House of Representatives that was Republican had voted to 601 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 6: fund the federal government, fund the entirety of the federal government, 602 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,040 Speaker 6: but not fund Obamacare, so not fund the law that 603 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 6: was causing damage to American citizens. And I said, here, 604 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 6: what's happening is Chuck Schumer is shutting down the federal 605 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 6: government not to help American citizens who are getting hurt, 606 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,760 Speaker 6: but he's shutting down the federal government in order to 607 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 6: help millions of illegal aliens and give them free healthcare. 608 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 6: And he's willing to shut down your federal government to 609 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 6: give free health care to illegals, and that fundamentally there's 610 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 6: a hypocrisy to it. And I also said, you know, 611 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 6: the reporters were like, isn't it the same, And I said, listen, 612 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 6: let me be clear. In twenty thirteen it was Chuck 613 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 6: Schumer who shut the government down. Then I was trying 614 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 6: to fund the entirety of the federal government except for Obamacare, 615 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 6: and Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid decided, no, we'll shut 616 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 6: it all down because we care so much about socialized medicine. 617 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 6: And I told the reporters. We had like fifty reporters 618 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 6: standing outside the Senate floor and I said, look, none 619 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 6: of you guys reported that. You all blamed the shutdown 620 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 6: on me because you're left wing hacks. Yeah, today all 621 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 6: of you are still left wing hacks. You agree with 622 00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 6: the Democrats, but the facts are so overwhelming. It is 623 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 6: Chuck Schumer and the Democrats who are shutting the government 624 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 6: down that even you dishonest liars are reporting. This is 625 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 6: the Schumer shutdown because the House has funded the government 626 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 6: exactly the status quo. The funding yesterday has continued to tomorrow. 627 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,320 Speaker 6: It is the Democrats who said let's shut it down, 628 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 6: and I think at the end of the day they're 629 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 6: going to lose that battle. But this is what you 630 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 6: got to ask yourself is how long do the Democrats 631 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 6: have to perform for their crazy left wing activists before 632 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 6: they allow the government to reopen. 633 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 634 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 635 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 2: you're listening to this podcast right now and for more 636 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 2: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast 637 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 2: and we will see you back here tomorrow.