1 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 1: It's that time time time time lucking load. 2 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 2: The Michael Verry Show is on the air, joking into 3 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: Mica week. 4 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: Gotta feed a beard. 5 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: I don't plan to shave, and it's good the thing, 6 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 2: but I just gotta see I'm doing all right? 7 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: Will I make me sport me? 8 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 2: Its beating verdictue. 9 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 3: And that's the true. 10 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: It's neither drink nor drug and snool. 11 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 4: I'm just turning, all right. 12 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: It's a great tad bede. I know the sun's still shining. 13 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 2: On a close eyes. 14 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: It's hot times. 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 3: In the neighborhood. 16 00:00:58,200 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: Look wiking every day. 17 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 3: Ask God, well, what. 18 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: A weekend it was? What a weekend it was? 19 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 5: With Bunker Busters, President Trump going deep into Lindsey Graham's 20 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 5: Black Book to name the effort, Operation Midnight Hammer. Three 21 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 5: sites were hit, presumably nuclear capability diminished. 22 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: If not destroyed. 23 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 5: One suggestion that it was a setback to thirty five 24 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 5: years ago. We won't know yet. We'll talk about that 25 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 5: and a whole lot more. But the big news was, 26 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 5: let's first talk procedure with the Dan Patrick THHC band, 27 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 5: which would be something that Irani government would approve of. 28 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 5: The more restrictions on the people, you can impose. Maybe 29 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 5: we'll cover women and only their eyes can be seen, 30 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 5: that morality is preserved. We won't let the people make 31 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 5: decisions for themselves. Well, I must admit I thought I 32 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 5: was a touch out of line with the average Republican voter, 33 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 5: who I assume is more socially conservative, at least with 34 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 5: regard to what laws should be made. But it turned 35 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 5: out no folks were in line with where I am, 36 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 5: which is the belief that adults should be able to 37 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 5: make decisions for themselves. 38 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: Not Dan Patrick. 39 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 5: So a law was passed by the House and the Senate, 40 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 5: and as it turned out, the former chiefs of staff 41 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 5: for the governor and the Lieutenant governor were on the 42 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 5: payroll as lobbyists for the interests it wanted. 43 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: It passed. 44 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 5: Not surprising, the laws passed, and then they went to 45 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 5: the governor to be signed, and if the governor did 46 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 5: not sign those bills by midnight last night, or that 47 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 5: bill in particular, it would become law. Well, you remember 48 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 5: when you were in school learning about the pocket veto. 49 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 5: The pocket veto was a power the president had. Typically 50 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 5: if a if a law in Congress has passed, it 51 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 5: goes to the president, and if he vetos that President, 52 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 5: I mean that law, then the bill goes back to 53 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 5: Congress and they can override the veto. It almost never 54 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 5: happens with a two thirds vote in both houses. That's 55 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 5: really not going to happen. Unless you have a Ronald 56 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 5: Reagan president with a Democrat House and Senate, it's almost 57 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 5: never going to happen. 58 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: His own party is not going to do that. 59 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 5: So you wouldn't expect to see that in modern day 60 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 5: America or in this particular constitution of Republicans in the 61 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 5: House and the Senate, except in the last ten days 62 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 5: of the session. If Congress sends a bill to the 63 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 5: President and then adjourns within that ten day period, the 64 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 5: president can effectively kill a bill by simply not signing it. 65 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 5: They didn't give him the requisite time, so all he 66 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 5: has to do is not sign it and it is vetoed. 67 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:38,559 Speaker 1: That is a pocket veto. 68 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 5: He puts the bill in his pocket, and if he 69 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 5: does not take action, then it is automatically vetoed. 70 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,159 Speaker 1: The state of Texas is exactly the opposite. If a 71 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: bill is passed by the House. 72 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 5: And the Senate, which the Hymp bill was, and goes 73 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 5: to the President, to the governor who's the chief executive 74 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 5: of the state, just as the president is of the nation. 75 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 5: And he does not sign the bill, the most passive 76 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 5: aggressive move you can make, then it becomes law. So 77 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 5: he can say he didn't sign the bill, but nor 78 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 5: did he veto it. It's the sort of Barack Obama 79 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 5: as a US Senator voting president on anything controversial, so 80 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 5: then his votes couldn't be used against him. 81 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: So as the witching hour was upon. 82 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 5: Us last night at midnight, the Hip Bill would be passed. 83 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 5: Dan Patrick did not do Greg Abbott any favors with 84 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 5: this bill. As I've told you many times, Greg Abbott 85 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 5: desperately wants to be president and he intends to run 86 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 5: for president in twenty twenty eight. His original calculation was, 87 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 5: with Trump running in sixteen, that when Trump won in sixteen, 88 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 5: he would run and win again in twenty because presidents 89 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 5: who are elected once are usual elected twice if they 90 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 5: run for reelection. There are very very few exceptions, Jimmy 91 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 5: Carter being the most recent. So well, actually that's not true, 92 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 5: George H. W. Bush being the most recent, and Jimmy. 93 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: Carter before that. But typically if a president runs and wins, 94 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: he'll run and win again. 95 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 5: And so Abbot's calculation was the White House race would 96 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 5: be wide open in twenty twenty four, and being the 97 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 5: governor of Texas, he would be a front runner. And 98 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 5: so everything he does is with an eye toward running 99 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 5: for president. Then they steal the election from Trump twenty 100 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 5: of course, and Trump runs in twenty twenty four. There 101 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 5: was actually an internal meeting by Abbott and his folks 102 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 5: to consider a run in twenty twenty four, because the 103 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 5: thought in late twenty twenty two was Trump's not actually 104 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 5: going to run again. He's got too many legal problems. 105 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 5: They're going to send him to prison. And that was 106 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 5: the meeting that desantisis people had in Florida, and it 107 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 5: was a real game of chicken, do we run or not? 108 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 5: Because we don't run and he doesn't run, and the 109 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 5: things wide open in a week, candidate wins. This is 110 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 5: what happened in nineteen ninety two and how Clinton got 111 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 5: the Democrat nomination. But long story a little bit shorter. 112 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 5: Abbot had a tough situation. We'll talk about that in 113 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 5: the next segment, and with ten minutes to spare, he 114 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 5: vetoed the bill. Now it's a partial win because there 115 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 5: will be a special session called, and it will be 116 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 5: called in very short order, and the bill will eventually 117 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 5: pass again, and there will be some restrictions, and dare 118 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 5: I say it, I think that's okay, depending on what 119 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 5: those restrictions are age related restrictions. I am very comfortable 120 00:07:55,760 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 5: with restricting products for miners, very comfortable with that is 121 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 5: below the age of eighteen. At the age of eighteen, 122 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 5: you can serve in war, you can make adult decisions, 123 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 5: you can vote. 124 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: I don't agree with making it twenty one. 125 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 5: You're old enough to serve, but not choose whether you 126 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 5: want to smoke a cigarette. 127 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: That stupid. We'll talk about it coming up. At least 128 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: chairs can rolling around. Damn it all right? 129 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 5: This is Mark Chestnut and jar Bizaar of Talk Radio 130 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 5: The Move thought the bunker Buster was a new versos 131 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 5: from Dairy Queen's Very disappointed, very disappointed, Probably not as 132 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 5: disappointed as the Ayatola was. 133 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: Once the bombs started dropping. 134 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 5: The story out of Austin, Greg Abbott vetoed Senate Bill three, 135 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 5: then Patrick's nanny state anti HEMP bill from k View 136 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 5: TV out of Austin. 137 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 3: The governor's decision to veto SB three comes as a 138 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 3: bit of a surprise, as he remained come completely silent 139 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 3: on the issue throughout the legislative session, and now he 140 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 3: is calling for a special session to revise the bill, 141 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 3: as well as a few others, asking lawmakers to strictly 142 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 3: regulate the substance now. In a statement explaining his veto, 143 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 3: Abbott argued that SB three would not have survived, addressing 144 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 3: the legal challenges it would face if it passed, He 145 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 3: says lawsuits would have postponed the enforcement of the bill 146 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 3: for years. He instead urges lawmakers to consider creating stricter 147 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 3: regulations similar to how alcohol is enforced, in order to 148 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 3: better keep it away from children. Kav spoke to local 149 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 3: THHC sellers last night who are worried about closing their doors, 150 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 3: losing employees and the people who rely on their products 151 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 3: for medical conditions. 152 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 4: So we know we sent them off with you know, 153 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 4: handshakes and all that stuff, but our employees are our 154 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 4: family to us. So that's why we're turning this into 155 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 4: a bar. We don't want to be e bar. We 156 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 4: want to be a wellness company. 157 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 3: Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, who's let the charge on banning 158 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,599 Speaker 3: THHC products, citing it as a public safety issue. Condemned 159 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 3: Abbot's decision shortly after the bill was vetoed. In a 160 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 3: statement he posted to social media, he said, quote, I 161 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 3: feel especially bad for those who testified and poured their 162 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 3: heart out on their tragic losses. I will have much 163 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 3: more to say at a press conference tomorrow in Austin, unquote. 164 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 1: And that is expected this afternoon. 165 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 5: So Dan Patrick lost a lot of support at a 166 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 5: desperate press conference in May. He had been pitching this 167 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 5: bill as a keep THCHC away from children. If he 168 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 5: had remained there, he would have had the high ground. 169 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 5: We all agree. Children shouldn't be allowed to get tattoos, 170 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 5: but adults can decide for themselves. Children shouldn't be allowed 171 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 5: to drink alcohol, but adult skin decide for themselves. Children 172 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 5: shouldn't be allowed to drive, but adults can decide for themselves. 173 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 5: Children should not be able to have sex with adults, right. 174 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 5: That's why we call them statutory or that's why we 175 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,480 Speaker 5: call it statutory rape. A child cannot consent to sex 176 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 5: with an adult someone more than two years their elder, 177 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 5: because they're not ready emotionally to make such big decisions. 178 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:30,680 Speaker 5: If dan Patrick had stuck with that provision, the bill would. 179 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: Have passed, but he didn't. 180 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 5: And do you know why, because this has never been 181 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 5: about children. This is about the market for drugs that 182 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 5: adults take to ease their pain, slow their mind, go 183 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 5: to sleep, whatever the reasoning is. And this product began 184 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 5: competing with liquor with alcohol based products beer, wine, whiskey. 185 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 5: When that happened, the people aligned with the liquor industry 186 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 5: wanted this shutdown. So how do you do it? You 187 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 5: do it the way democrats always do it. You say 188 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 5: it's for the children. But when he was asked by 189 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 5: a reporter, hey, shouldn't adults be allowed to make decisions 190 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 5: for themselves? We understand for the children, but this affects adults. 191 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 5: And Dan Patrick held it up as if it was 192 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 5: a nuclear weapon. Don't let this thing drop or we'll 193 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 5: all be dead. And he said, are you crazy, man? 194 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 5: Would you take this? You'd be dead in the morning. 195 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 5: What what are you talking about? What a ridiculous thing, 196 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 5: What an insulting thing to say, Because this has never 197 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 5: been about the children. This is a barrier to entry 198 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 5: for an alcohol competitor product, That's. 199 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: What it is. 200 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 5: And out of the woodworks came veterans for whom alcohol 201 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 5: has not provided relief the way HIM based product have. 202 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: That's fact. 203 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 5: They're out there, and there's a lot of them HIM 204 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 5: based product stores. They've exploded because there is a big 205 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 5: market for this. Are some children, by which I mean 206 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 5: miners going in and buying this product. 207 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: Probably is that a good idea? 208 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 5: No, Simply restrict that and enforce the restriction. We've learned 209 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,679 Speaker 5: with the legal immigration it's not what the law says, 210 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 5: it's what you actually choose to enforce. The law has 211 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 5: said you can't come into this country illegally. You have 212 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 5: to follow the rules. But we know that we've had 213 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 5: an explosion of illegal aliens, including Irani cells that could 214 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:43,079 Speaker 5: be coming here and now are prepared to commit terrorist activity, 215 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 5: and they came in illegally. We didn't need a law change, 216 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 5: We needed the enforcement of the law. But then he 217 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 5: said adults that was a problem. There are Actually there's 218 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 5: actually a split of opinion here because liquor stores, who 219 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 5: are retailers rather than makers of the product. Liquor stores 220 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 5: have actually said it's good for sales because the Delta 221 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 5: eight derivative products are actually bringing people into the liquor store. 222 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 5: A lot of people, and I know a fair number 223 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 5: of them, have started drinking these products and find them 224 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 5: far preferable to alcohol. No liver damage, as I understand, 225 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 5: no hangover, as I understand, and I'm not being coy. 226 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 5: Marijuana doesn't do anything for me. If it did, I 227 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 5: would use it. But it doesn't. Here was Dan Patrick's 228 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 5: press conference, and I think he did himself a lot 229 00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 5: of harm here. 230 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: That's clip number two. Ramon, this is a serious business. 231 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 6: This is not Dan's folly, This is not Dan's priority. 232 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 6: This is to save an entire generation of being hooked 233 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 6: on drugs. And I need for y'all to take the 234 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 6: story seriously, because does anyone want to try any of this? 235 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 6: Would you buy anything off the shelf that you didn't 236 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 6: know what was in it that could change your whole 237 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 6: mental state for the rest of your life. 238 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: Would you want that? 239 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 6: Anybody want this bag? Okay, do you want it? I 240 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 6: don't think you want it. You wouldn't dare buy it. 241 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 6: You wouldn't let your children, your grandchildren buy it. 242 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: I understand wanted to protect children. Grown adults were using 243 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: these pods. 244 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 6: So is there a way to do this where grown 245 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 6: adults could still have a no, Look, we don't want 246 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 6: adults having this either. What are you crazy? 247 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 5: Hold on right there, We don't want adults having this either. 248 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 5: There was the mistake. This isn't about children. I've been 249 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 5: saying for children. We don't want adults having any uh Oh, 250 00:15:55,920 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 5: that was the boo boo. He went off script. 251 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: That's why I had probably out of tune. You might 252 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:08,040 Speaker 1: have to edit that. 253 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 5: This is Mark Chestnut and Joy Bizaar of Talk Radio. 254 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 5: Some folks think that we consimply split the political world 255 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 5: in America between left and right, Republican and Democrat. Would 256 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 5: that it were that easy, But in a world where 257 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 5: Democrats didn't exist, they walked off into the zombie apocalypse. 258 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 5: We would not have agreement on every issue. People have 259 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 5: splits of opinion there at a different point on the continuum. 260 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 5: This is how you've noticed that Republicans are split on 261 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 5: the bombing of Iran. You've got the Rand Paul's and 262 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 5: the Thomas Massey's, and the Tucker Carlson's and Marjorie Taylor 263 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 5: Green and a number of other folks who've been very 264 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 5: vocal that this bombing should not occur. And then you've 265 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 5: got the mart levinz and Ted Cruz's and Tammy Bruce's 266 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 5: and folks like that who said, oh yes it apps, 267 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 5: and Lindsey Graham, who's having a wargasm over all of this. 268 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 5: I mean, even in his honor they named the thing 269 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 5: Operation Midnight Hammer. This is the best weekend of his life, 270 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 5: this guy. I mean, this is Epstein Island and practically legal. 271 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 1: But when you look. 272 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:40,919 Speaker 5: At Texas politics, you have to be careful that you 273 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 5: govern in such a way that people are proud they've 274 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 5: supported you, and that you don't mistake support for. 275 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: Your candidacy. 276 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 5: And common sense policies with everybody being on. 277 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 1: Thee when you. 278 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 5: Start doing that, because Republicans haven't lost a state wide 279 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 5: election since nineteen ninety four, you make sure that we do. 280 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: Which is interesting. 281 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 5: Because what we saw for the first time was that 282 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 5: the Republican base is, as Ronald Reagan asserted nineteen eighty 283 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 5: that the heart and soul of conservatism is libertarians, not 284 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 5: self described conservatives. There are certain people who believe you 285 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 5: ought to have a curfew every night. There are certain 286 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 5: people who believe that commerce should not be conducted on 287 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 5: Sunday and that government should restrict that because that's the 288 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,359 Speaker 5: lord's day, it's our day of rest. Shouldn't be allowed 289 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 5: to do any business on Sunday. That's where you get 290 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 5: the blue laws. The practice of religion is a personal 291 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 5: act of faith, expression of faith. It is not the 292 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 5: domain of government to restrict such things. The protection of 293 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 5: our children. Yes, we all agree on that. And that's 294 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 5: why I want to go back to clip number two, 295 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 5: because this was the moment dan Patrick lost the battle. 296 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: This was the moment. 297 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 5: I'll tell you when ramon, this was the moment when 298 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,159 Speaker 5: Dan Patrick said everything I've told you about protecting the 299 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 5: children that was just a front. I'm actually going to 300 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 5: protect the adults from themselves as well. And that was 301 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 5: the goof because he was under a lot of stress. 302 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 5: The base was cracking, he was getting a lot of pushback. 303 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 5: His former staffers were being enriched. I'm sure Alan Blakemore 304 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,080 Speaker 5: is in on this somewhere. I haven't seen for sure. 305 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 5: I know the Texas Bary Alliance is supporting him. But 306 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 5: when you're top a advisors are also lobbyists, that's going 307 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 5: to be a problem. And when your top advisor is 308 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,399 Speaker 5: also a lobbyist and his name is Alan Blakemore, I 309 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,159 Speaker 5: will say today what I told dan Patrick when he 310 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 5: went into the runoff for Lieutenant governor against David Dewhurst. 311 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 5: Low so many years ago. You will regret any association 312 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:26,880 Speaker 5: you have with Alan Blakemore, you will regret it. That 313 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 5: goes back to the to the spring of twenty fourteen. 314 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 5: It was Dan Patrick, Jerry Patterson, David Dewhurst. You'll remember 315 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 5: that in twenty twelve, Ted Cruz defeated then Lieutenant Governor 316 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 5: David Dewhurst in the primary election to be Republican Senator. Right, 317 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 5: Dewhurst was still the Lieutenant governor, but the wind was 318 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 5: out of his sale. He had been shown to be vulnerable. 319 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 5: Dan Patrick had done a great job as Senator. He 320 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 5: was well respected amongst the base. Remember this was pre Trump. 321 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:22,639 Speaker 5: Trump was beginning to make a name nationally beyond the 322 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 5: core of people who had a sense of him as 323 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 5: a celebrity. I'll bet you Dan Patrick was more popular 324 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 5: than Donald. 325 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 1: Trump at that moment. I bet you he was. He 326 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: was extremely popular. 327 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:42,719 Speaker 5: And Jerry Patterson was trying to help David Dewhurst against 328 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 5: Dan Patrick, and Jerry Patterson, who had been in that 329 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,479 Speaker 5: race and hadn't made the runoff, decided he was going 330 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 5: to fall on his sword to keep dan Patrick from 331 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 5: being Lieutenant governor, and Jerry Patterson released the details of 332 00:21:54,880 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 5: dan Patrick having been hospitalized for psychiatric problems, and dan 333 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 5: Patrick was furious. Now, good candidates take things like that 334 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 5: and turn them to their advantage, and he did. He 335 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 5: pivoted on a dime. How dare you say this? And 336 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 5: it worked his advantage. But that wasn't clear at first. Well, 337 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 5: Alan Blakemore is he is prone to do pitch to 338 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 5: fit because he needed dan Patrick to win so that 339 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,679 Speaker 5: he could get all the lobbying business. Because he is 340 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 5: on Monday a political consultant that helps you win win elections, 341 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,959 Speaker 5: and on Wednesday he is the lobbyist who's scooping up 342 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 5: all the money from you being in office, and now 343 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 5: he sells his access to you. 344 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: He is extraordinarily corrupt. 345 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 5: He's evil. Anybody who knows Alan Blakemore, he is the 346 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,920 Speaker 5: worst of Texas policy. He's as bad as any Democrat. 347 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 5: I'm sorry, that's not fair to me. 348 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: He is worse than. 349 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 5: Any Democrat because all the while he stands up tall 350 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 5: with the perfectly polished shoes, his hair perfectly combed, and 351 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 5: he claimed to be here representing God and country He 352 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 5: is an absolute crook crook, and a lot of people, 353 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 5: not only myself, have told Dan Patrick, you're playing with 354 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 5: fire with Alan Blakemore. But the problem is Blakemore, who's 355 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 5: just like Carl Rove, is perceived to be a very 356 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,479 Speaker 5: nasty person. You'd rather have him with you than against 357 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 5: you because he plays dirty. So Dan Patrick continued to 358 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 5: associate with him, and here we are ten years later 359 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 5: and he's paying the cost. So that's why Alan Blakemore 360 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 5: is signed up with the Texas Beer Alliance. 361 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: He's getting paid to lobby for. 362 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 5: Them, which is really weird, really weird that he's supposed 363 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 5: to be a political advisor and consultant but he's also 364 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 5: getting paid as a lobbyist. 365 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:51,880 Speaker 1: And he's not the only one. 366 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 5: This is Tracy Bairr and welcome to the lifestyles of 367 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 5: the not so rich and famous are as. 368 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 1: I call it the Michael Berry Shows. I see you 369 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: know they're prettier, richer voices. 370 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 5: But Doug Stone sings as pretty a song with the 371 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 5: tools he was given as anybody in country music. 372 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 1: Like who. 373 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 7: I'm not even going to tell that story because most 374 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 7: people don't remember it. And you know what he was 375 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 7: in a bad way. He cleaned up after that. So 376 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 7: I want to go back to what dan Patrick said. 377 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 7: And this was the moment. 378 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 5: That really exposed that this bill, this THHC nuclear bomb, 379 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 5: was not about the children anymore. This was the moment 380 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 5: that that the kimono was opened and there was no 381 00:24:57,359 --> 00:25:00,040 Speaker 5: defending it anymore. And this this was the moment. The 382 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 5: the problem was dan Patrick was hoping they could pass 383 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 5: this bill, move past it, maybe put on a flag lapel, 384 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 5: wave of flags, say we're not gonna let anybody burn 385 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 5: the flag in Texas, and we love God and America 386 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 5: and the troops, and we would just forget that he 387 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 5: had done this. And there was a lot of pressure. 388 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 5: And I'll tell you where the pressure was coming from. 389 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 5: There are a lot of veterans, combat veterans who have 390 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 5: struggled with mental and physical pain, and hemp based products 391 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,240 Speaker 5: have helped them. And it's the only thing that has 392 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 5: helped them. Well, we have something called the CUP, the 393 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 5: Compassionate Use Program. Let me tell you what's really going 394 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 5: on here. This isn't a moral issue, this isn't a 395 00:25:54,880 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 5: drug addiction issue. There's the money issue, but nobody wants 396 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:05,160 Speaker 5: to admit that. Nobody wants to admit that what they 397 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 5: really want is they want to make more money, and 398 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 5: if I can make more money by shutting down my competition, 399 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 5: which is exactly how a lot of people get elected 400 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 5: in politics. If you can't get people to elect you 401 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 5: on the basis that they. 402 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: Like you, then you get them to elect you on the. 403 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 5: Basis that the other guy is a bad guy. 404 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 1: And that's exactly what they're doing here. 405 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 5: They're shutting down the other side. And by the way, 406 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:43,000 Speaker 5: this was a tough call for Greg Abbott as well, 407 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 5: because Lewis Signs, who was his immediate. 408 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 1: Past chief of staff. 409 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 5: Here are his clients, Action Behavior Centers, Atria Client Services 410 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 5: and Affiliates, Philip Morris, John Middleton and American Property Casualty Insurance, Ascension, 411 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 5: Texas Association of Dental Support Organizations, Jacob Bender, Superior Health Plan, 412 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:14,920 Speaker 5: Chime Financial, Charter Communications, Christa's Health, City of McCallan, Enterprise 413 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:22,199 Speaker 5: Products Partners, Firefly Aerospace, Forward Global, GDP Holdings, Caseware, Leo Technologies, 414 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 5: Mackenzie News Corp, Nueces County Hospital, Okeepie Environmental Services, Open 415 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:32,639 Speaker 5: AI Protecting American consumers. But he's got some folks in 416 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 5: there that are the Chicksaw Nation. So it's a great, 417 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 5: great example, Chickasaw Nation. 418 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: If you have. 419 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 5: A casino, you're going to have the governor's chief of 420 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 5: staff prevent any good casinos from coming in, because, let's 421 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 5: be honest, the Indians aren't as good at running a 422 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:04,159 Speaker 5: casino as when or for Tita are. But hey, the 423 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 5: Lord doesn't want us to gamble in the state of 424 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 5: Texas because gambling is sinful, we're told by the lobbyists 425 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:19,760 Speaker 5: for the people who run the second tier reservation casino. See, 426 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,959 Speaker 5: God doesn't mind you have in gambling in Texas as 427 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 5: long as it's run by the Indians who then pay 428 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 5: the Republicans, or as long as it's run by the 429 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 5: state through the lottery. But you can feel good about 430 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 5: the fact that the lottery has changed their name. They 431 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:39,479 Speaker 5: have rebranded. See they were originally g Tech, remember that 432 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 5: scandal Ben. 433 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: Barnes and all that. 434 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 5: Well, they kept the contract to to run the lottery. 435 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,800 Speaker 5: They just changed the name, rebranded because that made it 436 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 5: all of a sudden ethical. So let's go back to 437 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 5: the clip from Dan Patrick, and I want you to 438 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 5: listen to the very important part where he says, we 439 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 5: don't want adults to be able to do this. 440 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:04,520 Speaker 1: Go ahead. 441 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 6: This is a serious business. 442 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 5: This is not. 443 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 6: Dan's folly, This is not Dan's priority. This is to 444 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 6: save an entire generation of being hooked on drugs. And 445 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 6: I need for y'all to take the story seriously, because 446 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 6: does anyone want to try any of this? 447 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: No? 448 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 6: Would you buy anything off the shelf? 449 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: No that you didn't know what was in it? No, 450 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: I'd be scared to death. 451 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 6: That could change your whole mental state for the rest 452 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 6: of your life. 453 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 1: God want for madness? 454 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,400 Speaker 6: What's it bag? No? Do you want to know? 455 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: Don't even you should? 456 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 5: Don't want you to hold it. 457 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 6: You wouldn't look children, your grandchildren by it. 458 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: I always wanted to protect children, your own. Adults are 459 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 1: using these products to Is there a way to do this? 460 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: Listen to this. 461 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 6: No, Look, we don't want adults having this either. 462 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: What are you crazy? There? You go? You want to 463 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 1: you want to go home and need a bag of 464 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: this tonight? No, if you're here tomorrow, no you won't. 465 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 6: This is it. We focus on kids because that's where 466 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 6: they built shops, but adults are buying this stuff too. 467 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: Make no mistake. 468 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 6: We want to protect the twenty and the thirty and 469 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:06,680 Speaker 6: the forty and the fifty year old. SOO, we don't 470 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 6: want anybody buying anything off the shelf. They could kill 471 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 6: them or ruin their mental state for the rest of 472 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 6: their lives. The young man, it was twenty two. 473 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 5: Here's that's good. Here's what you need to know. There 474 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,880 Speaker 5: is something called the compassionate use program. So this marijuana, 475 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 5: it'll kill you. Let's be very clear. If you're even 476 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 5: in the room with it, it's like anthrax. The dust 477 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 5: of the marijuana will kill you. He's holding that thing 478 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 5: only because he's brave. The rest of us would die 479 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 5: from it. Marijuana will absolutely kill you. It's the deadliest 480 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 5: thing ever. We cannot allow it to happen. However, we 481 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 5: have something called the compassionate Use program, and that means 482 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 5: if you follow the protocols for all of the pharmaceuticals, 483 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 5: they'll give you a little marijuana in there too. 484 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: Now, how come them to give you marijuana? Marijuana's deadly, folks. 485 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 5: Why do we have a compassionate use of this deadly program, 486 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 5: this deadly drug? 487 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: Because it works. 488 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 5: But if you go through the compassionate use program, you've 489 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 5: got some Republican staffers, chief of staffs for Dan Patrick. 490 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: And Greg Abbott, who are a lobbyists for that. 491 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 5: But if we just allow it on the shelves at 492 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 5: the store, you won't go through all the hassle of 493 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 5: the medical program that people are getting paid big money for. 494 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 5: You see, we don't want you to have aspirin. We 495 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 5: want you to have to go to the doctor to 496 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,640 Speaker 5: get a prescription for asper. If we just put it 497 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,719 Speaker 5: on the shelf, you will get an aspirin, which at 498 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 5: one point was what you had to do. Throwing roadblocks 499 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 5: in your way gives us the ability to charge you 500 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 5: what we want for it. 501 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: There's a lot of things in life going on that way. 502 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: This was an embarrassment. 503 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 5: Now the bill will end up passing and some of 504 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 5: the restrictions will be good, and I will give credit 505 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 5: where it's due. 506 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: Greg Abbott did the right thing. Bravo Greg Abbott