1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: It is official. We have a new leader in the Senate. 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: It is Senter Thun. And before we get into that, 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: we also have President Trump and President Biden meeting in 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: the Oval Office in a very interesting moment. And I 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: want to explain the grin on the face of Joe Biden. 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: This is a meeting that did not take place in 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, but it has taken place now. Why I 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: actually believe it's because now Joe Biden understands what a 9 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: coup attempt against you feels like. After the Five Families 10 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: and the Democratic Party went against him and I believe 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: threatened him with a twenty fifth amendment, He's now the 12 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: happiest man in Washington because one of those that was 13 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: involved in that coup was none other than Kamala Harris, 14 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and the 15 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: Obamas were all involved. Well, now he gets to laugh 16 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: because it was a disaster. After they threw him out 17 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: of the White House and room at midnight at the 18 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: Democratic Convention early on in that week to say see 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: you later, We're done with you. They also did not 20 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: want him on the campaign. They did not want him 21 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: helping Kama Harris whether that backfired or not, we may 22 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 1: never know, but it was very clear they didn't want 23 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 1: him anywhere close. We also are seeing Democrats who said, 24 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: you know, you must concede if you lose an election. Yeah, 25 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: I guess what. They're full of crap. Bob Casey now 26 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: refusing to concede the Pennsylvania seat with Dave McCormick, as 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: Democrats tried to block him from even coming to Congress 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: to get his orientation. Now we're going to get back 29 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: to all of that in a moment, but I want 30 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: you to hear Joe Biden welcoming Donald Trump to the 31 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: White House, and this is the friendliest we've ever seen them. 32 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: Ms President elected in former President found congratulations, thank you 33 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: and looking forward to having, like you said, through transition 34 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 2: to every week and Rich sure you're a comminating. 35 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 1: What you need. 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 2: It's very good chance to talk about some about today. 37 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: It's good. 38 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 3: Well, thank you very much. 39 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 4: And politics is tough, and it's many cases not a 40 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 4: very nice world, but it is a. 41 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: Nice world today. 42 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 2: And I appreciate very much a transition that's so smooth. 43 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: It'll be as smooth as you can get. I very 44 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: much appreciated on you you will there. It is their moment, 45 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: and it was a genuine grin from Joe Biden to 46 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. I also think these two men may have 47 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: been softened a little bit. I think the assassination attempt 48 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: on Donald Trump's life has changed him, and I think 49 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, in the way that he's been treated by 50 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: the Democratic Party has also changed him. And so what 51 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: we are now witnessing is something that is truly shocking. 52 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: What we are witnessing now is something that Democrats absolutely hate. 53 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: They can not stand watching a Democrat and a Republican 54 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: get along in this way. Now, let's get to the 55 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: other news that everybody's obsessed with, and that is Senator 56 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: Thom Chuck Schumer coming out on the floor of the 57 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: Senate saying this, I. 58 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 5: Go, mister President, I have just been told that Senator 59 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 5: John Thune will be the next Republican leader in the Senate. 60 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 5: I congratulate Senator Thun on being chosen by his colleagues 61 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 5: as the next Republican leader. I look forward to working 62 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 5: with him. We've done many bipartisan things here in the 63 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 5: Senate together, and I hope that continues. As you know, 64 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 5: I strongly believe that bipartisanship is the best and often 65 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 5: the only way to get things done in the Senate. 66 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm going to call bs on that line. We 67 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: all know that that's crap, And I love how he's like, 68 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: We've done many bipartisan things in the Senate, except we're 69 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: in charge, and then we say to the republic Wilkins, 70 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: here's our two middle fingers. But now that we're in 71 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 1: the minority. Oh, we want to work together. We want 72 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: to get along, we want to be best friends. Yes, 73 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: all of these things we want. We want to get along, kumbaiaism. 74 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 1: We're so excited that everybody can just work together. 75 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 6: Now. 76 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: There are many Conservatives that are angry right now. They 77 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: are frustrated that Thune is the guy that got it 78 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: Mini Maga. Conservatives saying this is not who he wanted, 79 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: and they're angry, and a lot of senators who voted 80 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: for him. Let's be clear, there are a lot of 81 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: Conservatives that voted for the senator from Florida, Rick Scott 82 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: on the first round. Now we're going to find out 83 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: more about that. But Manu Raju on CNN as he 84 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: was reporting on this news, here is what he said about. 85 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 3: It, and I apologize. 86 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 7: We're going to get back to you. We want to 87 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 7: go back down to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue 88 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 7: once again because we have breaking news on the Senate 89 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 7: Republican leader race. It is John Thoon of South Dakota Monor. 90 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 3: Take it away. 91 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, the new Senate Majority Leader, Senator John Thun, elected. 92 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,920 Speaker 3: First in two thousand and four, has worked. 93 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 4: His way up the rungs of Republican leadership. Has been 94 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 4: a committee chairman, was now the current Republican Whip has 95 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 4: now is sended from the number two spot to the 96 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 4: number one. He will be the Republican leader the majority 97 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 4: of the person who is in charge of setting the 98 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 4: agenda on the floor of the Senate, one of the 99 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 4: most consequential jobs, and Washington will have to work with 100 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,440 Speaker 4: the incoming Republican White House and incoming Republican President to 101 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 4: get this agenda through. 102 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 3: Now, this a vote just wrapped behind closed. 103 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 4: Doors, according to multiple sources that John Thune edged out 104 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 4: John Cornyn on a vote of twenty nine to twenty four. 105 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 4: Cornyn was a former Republican whip, a two time member 106 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,320 Speaker 4: of the Senate GOP campaign chairman. This campaign had taken 107 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 4: shape behind the scenes for about nine months and the aftmat. 108 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 3: Of Mitch McConnell making that decision not to run again 109 00:05:59,160 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 3: for Republican leader. 110 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 4: Mc coney has dominated the Senate GOP for eighteen years, 111 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 4: the longest. 112 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 3: Serving Senate party leader in. 113 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 4: History, but decided it was time for him to step aside. 114 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 4: And now we're seeing a new generation of sort of 115 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 4: John fud is sixty. 116 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 3: Three years old. 117 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 4: He has served in the Senate, says two thousand and five. 118 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 4: His politics are much more in the mainstream of GOP orthodox. 119 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 4: You don't have to figure out a way to work 120 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 4: with Donald Trump. Sometimes they have not always been in line. 121 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 4: In fact, and the aftermath of that Access Hollywood tape 122 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 4: in twenty sixteen, he called on Trump to step drop 123 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 4: out of the presidential race, and the aftermath of the 124 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 4: twenty twenty election, he thought the election should not be overturned. 125 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 4: He criticized Donald Trump as well and supported Tim Scott 126 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 4: for in the Republican presidential primary. 127 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 3: But Fune over the last. 128 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 4: Several months has endorsed Donald Trump has gone on the 129 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 4: Trump train. 130 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: Of sources, they've been in frequent. 131 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 4: Communication up told the last he and his team over 132 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 4: the last several months to try to bolster that relationship, 133 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 4: and Trump himself decided to stay neutral in this race, 134 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 4: perhaps recognizing. 135 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 3: That even though fun may not be in line with. 136 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 4: Some of the others who were running, particularly Senator Rick 137 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 4: Scott who lost in the first on a balloting, that 138 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 4: decided to stay up because this race could have gone 139 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 4: any which way. And oftentimes, Dan, as you know, these 140 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 4: races come down to relationships, they come down to commitments 141 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 4: they have made to these members, committee assignments that they 142 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 4: may promise, fundraising. 143 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 7: In the like. 144 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 4: So there are lots of different reasons for people to 145 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 4: vote a certain way. But this momentous decision by the 146 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 4: Senate GOP picking John Thune as the next Republican leader, 147 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 4: the majority leader, someone will decide the party's strategy for 148 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 4: the years ahead. 149 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is again and you heard, and this is 150 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: the part that I think many of you need to understand. 151 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: There was a first round ballot and there were a 152 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: lot of people that voted for Scott, the Florida Senator. 153 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 1: He was the one that many Conservatives wanted. He didn't 154 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: have the vote, so that was the problem number one 155 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:47,960 Speaker 1: with that. Then you move on to the second round. 156 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: The question is would you rather have Thune or corn It. 157 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: Many conservatives believe that Thune is better than Cornyan. I 158 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: wish that we could have gone in there and picked 159 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: exactly who he wanted. The reality is, the Senate's a 160 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: old school club with a bunch of really old people 161 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: that were going to do what they wanted to do, 162 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: and there was nothing that was going to happen without 163 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: them saying, all right, we're fine with it. They were 164 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 1: not going to be bullied. That was very obvious. If 165 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: they could have been bullied, then we would be talking 166 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: right now about the next Senate majority leader being the 167 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: senator from Florida. We are not, because on that first 168 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: ballot he did not get the votes that he needed. Now, 169 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,719 Speaker 1: this is again one of those moments where I do 170 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: believe that there is a lot of good that can 171 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 1: still come out of this, because I do believe that 172 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: Thune understands his role right now and doesn't want to 173 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: go against Trump. Okay, I just I don't I think 174 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: he understands that. Now do we watch him like a hawk? Yes? 175 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 1: Is this the guy that I think everybody really really 176 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: really wanted. No, but this is who we got. And 177 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: some other breaking news by the way, Cia officer has 178 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: been charged with leaking class info on Israel's plan to 179 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: strike Iran. This coming at the same time, as one 180 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: headline put it, the swamp bites back. I want to 181 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: tell you real quick about my friends over at Delta Defense. 182 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 1: Everyone thinks they're keeping their family safe, but are you really. 183 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: With the elections coming up, anything might happen if you 184 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 1: dare defend yourself. 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And as I'm recording this as the 205 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: latest information that we have, so if something changes after this, 206 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,559 Speaker 1: it's because like while I'm recording this, something could change. 207 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: But this is what I'm getting from sources in DC. 208 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: I'm being told now that Thune received twenty three votes 209 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: on the first ballt and I remember these are supposed 210 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: to be secret ballots. That's why I'm saying. I'm getting 211 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: this intel and I believe it to be pretty good. 212 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: Fun received twenty three votes on the first ballot for 213 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: short of locking up a victory, Senator John Cornyn received fifteen, 214 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,440 Speaker 1: that is Cornyn from Texas and Senator Rick Scott came 215 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: in last place with thirteen votes. So on the second ballot, 216 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: Thune secured a victory over Cornyn twenty nine to twenty four. 217 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,959 Speaker 1: So it was a very tight race obviously divided. There 218 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,719 Speaker 1: Republicans convened Tuesday night for a leadership forum that was 219 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: organized by Senator Mike Lee, the Republican from Utahs. They 220 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 1: grappled with who was best to lead them through the 221 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: Trump administration and beyond. Those discussions centered on how to 222 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 1: return more autonomy to individual centers as well as effectively 223 00:11:55,559 --> 00:12:01,199 Speaker 1: advanced to a conservative agenda after McConnell often partnered with 224 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: Democrats to advanced legislation, most notably the ridiculous spinning bills. 225 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 1: And that was a problem that obviously many conservatives in 226 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: Congress had a real problem with. And I understand why 227 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: now Scott, the conservative favorite, seemed to gain traction after 228 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 1: the forum. His candidacy likely initiated concessions also from Thune 229 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: and Cornyn to have certain people that they would make 230 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: promises too. McConnell, as you know, sir, for eighteen years, 231 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: screwed many hardcore conservatives every chance he got. It's unlikely 232 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 1: Thune will match that record. By the way, fun generally 233 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: considered the favorite despite his past and a mosity towards Trump, 234 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 1: now is going to have to navigate the challenges of 235 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: a much different Senate composed of much more Trump friendly Republicans, 236 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: and so there I am sure, okay, I am sure 237 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: that that is something that is going to be part 238 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 1: of the back room deal that happened here to get 239 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: him the job. Now we're also hearing more about Trump's 240 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: orbit and the people around him. President elect Trump, it's 241 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 1: just been announced as bringing four advisors from his presidential 242 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: campaign into his White House, his deputy chiefs of staff, 243 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: including two longtime aids, and the political directory put a 244 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: key role in his victory. This coming now from the 245 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: Associated Press. President Elect Trump bringing in these four advisors 246 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: from the presidential campaign into the White House's deputy chief 247 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: of staff, including these two aids as well. Trump announced 248 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: the longtime aid Dan Scavino, will serve as deputy, without 249 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: giving a specific portfolio. Now, Dan's been around him since 250 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: early in the campaign twenty sixteen. He was the White 251 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: House and then went down to Florida with him as well. 252 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 1: This is not a surprise and a great person to 253 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 1: serve the president. 254 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 3: Now. 255 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: Campaign political director James Blair has been named as Deputy 256 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,599 Speaker 1: for Legislation, our Legislative, Political and Public offas that's the 257 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: official title, and Taylor Butterwich will also have a major 258 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,239 Speaker 1: job as Deputy chief of Staff for Communications and Personnel. 259 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,599 Speaker 1: All of these will have the rank of Assistant to 260 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: the President in their title. 261 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 8: Now. 262 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: Trump also formally announced Stephen Miller and Immigration Hardliner will 263 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: be Deputy chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security 264 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: advisor that had previously been confirmed by Vice President le 265 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: Like Jeddi Vance on Monday as well. Now Blair was 266 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: the political director for Trump's campaign and, once Trump became 267 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:36,479 Speaker 1: the presentative GOP nominee, the political director for the Republican 268 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: National Committee. He previously worked on Trump's twenty twenty campaign 269 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: in Florida and was a top aide to Florida Governor 270 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,520 Speaker 1: Ron DeSantis as well. Now Dan was a senior advisor 271 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: on Trump's campaign. In his first term in the White House, 272 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: he worked as a social media director and did an 273 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: amazing job. He began working for Trump as a caddie 274 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: at one of Trump's golf courses and was part of 275 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: a small group of staffers who travel with the president 276 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: across the country for the entirety of the campaign. He 277 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: frequently posted memes and videos of Trump's campaign travel online, 278 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: cataloging the campaign from the inside on social media, and 279 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: it worked. Before joining the campaign, Butterwich worked for the 280 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: pro Trump super pac MAGA, Inc. And Trump's political action 281 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: committee known as Save America. Dan, Steven James, and Taylor 282 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: were best in class advisors on my winning campaign, Trump 283 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: said in the announcement, and I know they will honorably 284 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: serve the American people in the White House. They will 285 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: continue to work hard to make America great again in 286 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 1: their respective new roles. Miller is one of Trump's longest 287 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: serving aids, dating back to his first campaign for the 288 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: White House. He was a senior advisor and Trump's first 289 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: term and has been a central figure in many of 290 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: his policy decisions, particularly on immigration, including Trump's move to 291 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: separate thousands of immigrant families as a deterrent program back 292 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. So that is obviously very big news there. 293 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: Now there's also another war that is shaping up. And 294 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: I mentioned this in a in a prior show, but 295 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: it's very clear now Democrats they're going to try to 296 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: derail the nomination of Pete headseth Uh, the the Fox 297 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: News weekend host at Fox and Trump is going to 298 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: nominate as he's as he's already said him to be 299 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: the Secretary of Defense. Nobody fights harder for the troops 300 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: is what troops are saying about him. That the pick 301 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 1: is being loved by those in the military community, it 302 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: is not being loved by many of the establishment warhawks 303 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: in Washington, d c. Because this is where they make 304 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: their money. And if you are pro defense, and when 305 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: I when I say pro defense, I mean pro buying 306 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: a bunch of goods and services and technology, and you're 307 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: one of those, you do not like this pick at all, 308 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 1: because this is a guy that's not necessarily going to 309 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: spend just insane amounts of money and make a lot 310 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: of people really really rich, defence contractors and lobbyists. The 311 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 1: list goes on and on, and so they are fighting back. Well, 312 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: the media also is seized on this, and the Democrats look, 313 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: they want a conservative Trump pick ahead on a stick, 314 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 1: and it looks like this is the one that they're 315 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: wanting to go after. I say that to again go 316 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: back to what you need to be telling people and 317 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: saying it to them over and over and over again. 318 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: Lloyd Austin, for example, is a guy that went a wall. 319 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: That is the current Secretary of Defense. He was in 320 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 1: the hospital incapacitated. Didn't tell anybody you want me to 321 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: believe that Pete is a somehow threat to America while 322 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 1: that guy was doing that. Let me also just put 323 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: it in perspective for you that Pete and let's compare 324 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: him to the vice presidential candidate Tim Waltz under Kamala Harris. 325 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:54,879 Speaker 1: They both served in the Minnesota National Guard. Waltz, however, 326 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: decided to abandon his unit right before they were deployed 327 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: to Afghanistan. He also lied about his rank. Many have 328 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: said it's stolen valor. You can decide for yourself, But 329 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: Pete actually went to Afghanistan and getm and Iraq. You 330 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 1: want to know the difference between these two men, Well, 331 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 1: Pete received the Bronze Star and two Army Commendation medals 332 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: as well. And what do we have from well Tim? 333 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:27,120 Speaker 1: He lied about his service, He lied about combat. Never 334 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: forget this dude lied about being in combat. He said 335 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: it clearly. We played that clip on the show before 336 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: where he says he's hell weapons of war, been in 337 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 1: war with weapons of war, and only you know when 338 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 1: he was talking about gun control and I know weapons 339 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: of war, right Like That's that's what he said, over 340 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: and over and over and over and over and over 341 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: again and then he got busted and he's like, oh, 342 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 1: I'm kind of a you know, an income put sometimes. 343 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,199 Speaker 1: Remember when he said that on his debate. He's like, oh, 344 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 1: sometimes I just say things, and you know, he just 345 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: said it's not always true. I'm gonna say it again 346 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 1: because it's important. It's really important. Okay, it's extremely important. 347 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: When they start attacking Pete, remind them of who we 348 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: have running the DoD now and remind them of the 349 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: stolen valor want to tell you about the International Fellowship 350 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 1: of Christians and Jews. 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Here is what he had to say 375 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:54,400 Speaker 1: a moment ago after becoming the Senate majority leader. Take 376 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: a listen. 377 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 9: It's a new day in the United States Senate, and 378 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 9: it's a new day in America. The American people have 379 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 9: loudly rejected the failed policies of the Biden Harris Schumer agenda, 380 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,479 Speaker 9: and this Republican team is united. 381 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 3: We are on one team. 382 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 9: We are excited to reclaim the majority and to get 383 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 9: to work with our colleagues in the House to enact 384 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 9: President Trump's agenda. We have a mandate from the American people, 385 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 9: a mandate not only to clean up the mess left 386 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 9: by the high Biden Harris Schumer agenda, but also to 387 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 9: deliver on President Trump's priorities. We will make sure that 388 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 9: the President his team have the tools and support that 389 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 9: they need to enforce border security laws and to remove 390 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 9: the violent criminals who are wreaking havoc in every one 391 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,959 Speaker 9: of our states. We will work to make America prosperous 392 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 9: again by streamlining the bureaucratic machine and overturning costly Biden 393 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 9: Harris regulations. And we will work to restore American energy dominance, 394 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 9: not just our energy security, but energy dominance, which will 395 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 9: lower costs and bolster our national security. I'm excited to 396 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 9: get to work with this team right away, and I 397 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 9: want to thank my colleagues who place their faith in 398 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 9: me to serve as leader, and to those who were 399 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 9: supporting another candidate, I promise to be a leader who 400 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 9: serves the entire Republican conference. We'll have an ambitious agenda 401 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,360 Speaker 9: and we'll take each and every Republican working together. 402 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: To be successful, I think. And again he was asked 403 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 1: a question. Here is what he asked about how he's 404 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: going to run things. Listen carefully. Concerns about President Hump's 405 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: cabinet picks so. 406 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 9: Far, and what advice would you give him when it 407 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 9: comes to choosing nominies who will pass to confirmation. Well, 408 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 9: as you know, the Senate has an advice and consent 409 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 9: role in the Constitution, so we will do everything we 410 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:58,359 Speaker 9: can to process his noms quickly, get them installed in 411 00:22:58,400 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 9: their positions so they can begin to implement. 412 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:05,680 Speaker 1: Pretty clear, Thune was speaking directly to conservatives, to MAGA voters, 413 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: and to Donald Trump directly. There Now, the biggest fight 414 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: that Donald Trump is going to face is so far 415 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: and all of the people that he's announced is going 416 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: to be the Attorney general nomination of Matt Gates. This 417 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: happening late in the day yesterday, and it was an 418 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: immediate bombshell because nobody saw Gates's name on the shortlist 419 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:43,959 Speaker 1: at all. The media losing it immediately. Former Democratic Congressman 420 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: saying on CNN, Gates's appointment is horrifying. My niece or 421 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:52,400 Speaker 1: nephew are more qualified than he is. For example, they 422 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: wanted to derail this nomination. And what's also very interesting 423 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: is Gates is the only one that we've seen that 424 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 1: is actual. They resigned from their position in office to 425 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: then move forward with their nomination process. That's not normally 426 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: how this happens. Normally, you actually wait till you're confirmed 427 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: and then you resign for your position. Listen to this 428 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: on CNN as they are ready to go to war 429 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,720 Speaker 1: over the Gates nominee is So we'll get to more. 430 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 10: On Pete Hexseth that's coming up. I want to start 431 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 10: with the shock waves developing from Matt Gates's nomination. If 432 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 10: you will to be the next Attorney General of the 433 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 10: United States, Mondarra Jones, you're a former US Congressman. 434 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: What do you think? What is your take on this pick? 435 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 1: To pick your former colleague. 436 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 11: Yeah, look, I started with Matt Gates on the House 437 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:47,479 Speaker 11: Judiciary Committee. He is not only unqualified for the role 438 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 11: of Attorney General of the United States, but my niece 439 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 11: and nephew are each more qualified than he is because 440 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 11: they know right from wrong. 441 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 3: At least, this is horrifying. 442 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 11: I mean, we have now someone who could become the 443 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 11: nation top cup, the top law enforcement officer who has 444 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 11: been credibly accused of child of sex trafficking and who 445 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 11: was actively under House ethics investigation, a committee I used 446 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 11: to serve on when I was in the House, being 447 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 11: close to having tremendous authority. It's one of the most 448 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 11: important positions, and I don't think the American people understood 449 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 11: that that's what they were voting for when they elected 450 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 11: Donald Trump president. 451 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: Let me get Aaron Parini's thoughts on this as well. 452 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 1: Go ahead, Aeron, I don't think we Let me just 453 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: stop there and go back through this for a second. 454 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,680 Speaker 1: This is the interesting part about this because what the 455 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: media seasoning on here is the fact that he has 456 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:41,280 Speaker 1: resigned from Congress and then there's this ethics investigation going 457 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: on around him. Ned Ryan on Fox News saying something 458 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:49,359 Speaker 1: very different than this about the Gates nomination, and this 459 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 1: is what he said, talking about how he believes that 460 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: Matt Gates was attacked and by a Department of Justice 461 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 1: that was weaponized to go after Trump allies, and that 462 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: he was one of them. It was a great time. 463 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 12: Today now, Ned the Gates nomination. I mean, we're going 464 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 12: to get to the hegseeth fury. There's some of that building. 465 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:18,119 Speaker 12: But the Gates nomination takes official Washington fury to a 466 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,879 Speaker 12: new level, and some conservatives are also criticizing it. I 467 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 12: have someone crawling on my floor by the way, right now, 468 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 12: this is live TV. 469 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 1: So what do you take away from this right now? 470 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 12: Where we are on the attorney general pick. It's a 471 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 12: critically important position, and of course President Trump was undermined, 472 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 12: he believes, by previous picks in that position, so he 473 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:40,199 Speaker 12: wanted a loyalist there. 474 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 3: Oh. 475 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 8: I think it's a very clear signal from Donald Trump 476 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 8: that you will never weaponize the DOJ against the duly 477 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 8: elected sitting president of the United States. We're going to 478 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,680 Speaker 8: have somebody in there who's a loyalist, who will fight 479 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 8: for Trump inside of the DOJ to make sure that 480 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 8: never happens. And I think another part to it, Laura, 481 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 8: is the idea of Matt Gates being Attorney General. 482 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 3: I'm not sure how many. 483 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,720 Speaker 8: Of those career DOJ lawyers will be left by January 484 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 8: twentieth if Gates can get confirmed. But it was a 485 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 8: very clear signal from Donald Trump with Gates's nomination, you 486 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 8: will never weaponize the dj against me Again. 487 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 3: Congressman, I totally agree. 488 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 13: Look, I sent out a message earlier today, congratulations to 489 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 13: the Florida man, Matt Gates. But if you want to 490 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 13: clean out the Department of Justice, this is who you want. 491 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 13: Somebody who's not afraid to open up all of the 492 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:34,120 Speaker 13: all the files were. 493 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 12: Going to lead. Where is what's going to lead if 494 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 12: he gets confirmed? Where where could we find the real 495 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 12: bureaucratic bodies buried here? 496 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 13: Fortunately, I think you're going to find a lot of 497 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 13: it in the political brass. I think the rank and file, 498 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 13: they just want to do their job for them. You know, 499 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 13: for the most part, we respect that. But the political 500 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 13: brass has been allowed to stay and linger for a 501 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 13: long time. I think that's where you're going to find 502 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,080 Speaker 13: most of your rot. He's going to get to the 503 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 13: bottom of that. Have full trust in it. 504 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 12: Need Can he get confirmed? 505 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a test of 506 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,119 Speaker 1: the new centement, he said. I think it's going to 507 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 1: be a test. That is the big question. There are 508 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: a lot of Republicans that are very quiet tonight over 509 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:16,920 Speaker 1: this pick. As I am looking at their words, there's 510 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 1: a lot of people that have not come out and 511 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: endorsed Matt gets Or said he's going to be confirmed. 512 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: This is something that is And by the way, I 513 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: said this earlier and I'm going to I'm going to 514 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 1: say it again. I thought the Democrats are going to 515 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,719 Speaker 1: dig in and really try to derail Pete Headseth at 516 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:39,000 Speaker 1: the at the Department or at the Pentagon and the 517 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: Defense nominee. I don't think that's going to be the 518 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: case now. I think they're going to go all in 519 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: on Gates to do everything they can to stop him. 520 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: All right. I think this is one all in to stop, 521 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: no matter why, Matt Gates from being in this position 522 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: of power. I also believe that this is going to 523 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: be yes a test for Trump with a new Senate 524 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 1: majority leadership and the Senate majority leader electing Thune, are 525 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:21,479 Speaker 1: they going to do what the President says or are 526 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: they going to say, hey, this is a stretch too 527 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: far for us because of some of the allegations against Gates. Now, again, 528 00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 1: I'm giving you the lay of the land here. I'm 529 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: not going to come on here and tell you how 530 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: I think he's going to get confirmed, because I don't know, 531 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: all right, I don't know. But what I do know 532 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,479 Speaker 1: is there's going to be a fight over this, all right. 533 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 1: It's going to be a fight. 534 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 5: Now. 535 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,000 Speaker 1: There was also something else interesting that happened, and that 536 00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: was Representative Thomas Massey on whether Gates will be confirmed 537 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: as the Attorney General by the Senate. He said, really simply, yeah, 538 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: it's called a recess appointment. Gop Massey saying, recess appointment. 539 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: When ass of Gates can get confirmed by the Senate, 540 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: he's the attorney general. Suck it up. Those were his words. 541 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: He was asked by a reporter today, listen carefully, he 542 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: turned general, suck it up. Recess appointment. When ass Gates 543 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 1: can get confirmed by the Senate, he's the attorney general. 544 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 1: Suck it up. Massy's words came after President like Trump 545 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: announced Gates had been selected to serve as the attorney 546 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 1: General under his incoming administration. Trump praising Gates as being 547 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 1: a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney who had been trained 548 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: at the William and Mary College of Law. He then 549 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: went on to talk about how they came after him 550 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: and attacked him, and so now this is the war 551 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: that Democrats were looking for to unite them after the election. 552 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: Number one. And then this is going to be a 553 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: test for Republicans to see if they say, hey, we're 554 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: going to defend the nominee or we're not going to 555 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: defend the NOMENI. Now the Democrats, they clearly shifted quickly 556 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: from Pete. 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That's how many Senate Republicans feel by Donald Trump's 603 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 14: choice of Matt Gates to be Attorney General, Sources telling 604 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 14: CNN they were audible gasps on the Hill as the 605 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 14: announcement was popping up on people's phones they were hearing 606 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 14: from reporters. Here's how Republican Senator Susan Collins described how 607 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 14: she felt when she heard the news. 608 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 15: I was shocked that he has been nominated. 609 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: If the nomination proceeds, I'm sure that there will be 610 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: an extensive. 611 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 12: Background check by the FBI and public hearings and a 612 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 12: lot of questions. 613 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:16,400 Speaker 14: As Kevin Kramer also raising the issues very explicitly of 614 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 14: the background check from the FBI making it clear many 615 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 14: perhaps feel that that will block it before they have 616 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,879 Speaker 14: to deal with it. Manu Raju is out front live 617 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 14: on Capitol Hill, and Manu, I mean you have been 618 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 14: trying to talk to Republicans tonight there you were there 619 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 14: witnessing those audible gasps. What are they telling you? 620 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,239 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's very clear, Aaron, that this is going to 621 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,800 Speaker 4: be a rocky road to confirmation because a lot of 622 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 4: Republicans are concerned about a number of things that mad 623 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 4: Case has said or done. 624 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 3: Over the years' efforts to try to oust. 625 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 4: Kevin McCarthy's speaker, successful efforts and leading that charge, the 626 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 4: fact that he's facing a House Ethics investigation into sexual misconduct, 627 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 4: something that he denies, as well as his defense of 628 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,360 Speaker 4: Donald Trump in the aftermath of January sixth. 629 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 3: And it really goes down the line. It does not 630 00:34:59,280 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 3: inlign with the. 631 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 4: Of the views of the Republican senators who have the votes. 632 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:03,879 Speaker 3: To confirm him. 633 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 4: Now, that doesn't mean that everyone wants to talk about it. 634 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,759 Speaker 4: In fact, I try to talk to a lot of 635 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 4: Republican senators tonight about Matt Gates being nominated to the post, 636 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 4: and they made clear they were not ready to engage. 637 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 3: I'm very I'm about Matt Gates. 638 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:26,280 Speaker 11: Process. 639 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 1: I don't know yet I think about them. 640 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 4: You have any concerns about it, we'll see what do 641 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 4: you think Matt Gates is confirmable? You find out war 642 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 4: Senator Kennedy, what are you think of Matt Gates the 643 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:38,520 Speaker 4: attorney general? 644 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:45,680 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving? You can hear it. There a lot of Republicans 645 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 1: not necessarily want to say anything about Matt Gates now, 646 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: even on Fox News. Uh, and this is where this is. 647 00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:56,919 Speaker 1: I'm telling you this is going to be a big fight. 648 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: I want you to hear what Byron your set about 649 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,680 Speaker 1: this nomination. This was on Fox. 650 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:08,240 Speaker 16: There are, to her point, very few people in Washington, Byron, 651 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 16: who are going to take on the task of real 652 00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:17,320 Speaker 16: DOJ reform in the specific way that the President elect 653 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:17,800 Speaker 16: wants it. 654 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:18,319 Speaker 17: Yeah. 655 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,359 Speaker 15: Well, what the Senator said can be true, and Matt 656 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 15: Gates can still be a terrible pick. And I do 657 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 15: think it was a terrible pick. And we don't know 658 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:32,640 Speaker 15: the status of the House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged misconduct. 659 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,720 Speaker 15: We do know the Justice Department investigated and didn't charge 660 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 15: him with anything, But the thing we really know for 661 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,400 Speaker 15: a fact is that Matt Gates played a hugely aggressive 662 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:46,800 Speaker 15: role in nearly destroying the House, the Republican Party in 663 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:50,759 Speaker 15: the House of Representatives, and with based mostly on a 664 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:54,480 Speaker 15: personal vendetta against Kevin McCarthy, who was then the Speaker 665 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,239 Speaker 15: of the House. And I mean, he's very lucky that 666 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 15: the House has no role in confirmations because this guy said, 667 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,959 Speaker 15: he's got enemies all over the place, and the reason 668 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:08,399 Speaker 15: he has those enemies was that the things he did 669 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,200 Speaker 15: were so damaging for no good reason. 670 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:15,920 Speaker 1: That was on Fox. Now you listen to that, and 671 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,200 Speaker 1: I'm going to leave you with one final thought about this, 672 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 1: and this is going to be a fight. It's going 673 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,840 Speaker 1: to be a war. This is going to be intense. 674 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:28,759 Speaker 1: Coming out after that. On Hannity, Lindsey Graham, who will 675 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 1: get a vote on this, said this about Gates. 676 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:37,520 Speaker 6: After all that Donald Trump has been through and the 677 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:43,279 Speaker 6: weaponization of our DOJ and it's so sad to me 678 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:48,000 Speaker 6: that great agencies like the FBI and the CIA have 679 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:50,160 Speaker 6: been so politicized. 680 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:50,080 Speaker 1: The way they've been. 681 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:55,120 Speaker 6: Anybody that is not in favor of restoring those agencies 682 00:37:55,480 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 6: and those to their former greatness and those apartments to 683 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:05,160 Speaker 6: their former greatness to me, would be disqualified. Let's get 684 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,960 Speaker 6: to the issue, and that is the hissteria on the 685 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:12,040 Speaker 6: left about back Gates and Matt has been in the 686 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 6: forefront with Jim Jordan of fighting against weaponization. 687 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 1: Does he not deserve a chance to be heard? 688 00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,560 Speaker 17: Well, not only does he deserve a chance to be heard. 689 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,960 Speaker 17: Every president deserves a chance to pick their cabinet. 690 00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: Elections do matter. 691 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,239 Speaker 17: When I say elections have consequences and I vote for 692 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 17: Democratic nominees that I would not have chosen, I am 693 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 17: some kind of great statesman. When I apply that same 694 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:44,080 Speaker 17: standard to a Republican president, I'm somehow a lackey. 695 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:46,759 Speaker 1: I am telling you exactly what I'm going to do. 696 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,240 Speaker 17: I did it for Bush, I did it for Obama, 697 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,640 Speaker 17: I did it for Biden, and I'm going to do 698 00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:55,640 Speaker 17: it for President Trump. He won the election. He deserves 699 00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:59,640 Speaker 17: a chance to pick his cabinet. I am predisposed to 700 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,920 Speaker 17: allow him to do that. I think Matt Matt Gates 701 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:07,160 Speaker 17: is very bright. I think he's qualified. He'll have a 702 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,080 Speaker 17: hearing and he'll have some tough questions to answer. But 703 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:15,440 Speaker 17: to every Republican, please follow a process to give President 704 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 17: Trump the ability to pick the people he thinks can 705 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,239 Speaker 17: do the job and give Matt a chance. 706 00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 1: And you have a history of that. You do it 707 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,600 Speaker 1: for everybody. I do it for everybody. 708 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:30,000 Speaker 6: And in fairness to you, you are being consistent. And 709 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,479 Speaker 6: I wish Democrats would be as consistent as you are. 710 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:33,279 Speaker 3: But they're not going to be. 711 00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:38,120 Speaker 1: It's clear Lindsey is taking a different approach. This is 712 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:40,879 Speaker 1: going to be the nomination they wanted to derail because 713 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:44,400 Speaker 1: it's such an important post. They want this to be 714 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:49,759 Speaker 1: a fight where he has a big loss. This is 715 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,880 Speaker 1: all about wanting to make sure that they get a 716 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:59,200 Speaker 1: head on a stick politically of somebody that Donald Trump nominated. 717 00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:04,040 Speaker 1: Be ready for this, because if they get momentum and 718 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:07,800 Speaker 1: they can get Gates gone, they're gonna move immediately to 719 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,040 Speaker 1: Pete and they're gonna move down the line. And Democrats 720 00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,239 Speaker 1: are gonna use this as a rallying cry. And I'm 721 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,839 Speaker 1: letting you know right now this is gonna end up 722 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:20,160 Speaker 1: being a serious fight. Don't forget. Shared this podcast with 723 00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:22,920 Speaker 1: your family and friends, shared on social media wherever you are, 724 00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:24,880 Speaker 1: and I'll see you back here tomorrow.