1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: We have got a lot to cover, including what's happening 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,360 Speaker 1: in the Trumpet trial and shock happening there live on 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: TV as a man set himself on fire in front 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: of the courthouse where Donald Trump's jury trial is underway. 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: He doused himself in heavy gasoline, then set himself on fire. 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: This all caught live on CNN as the man stood 7 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: was on fire, then started to follow the ground, then 8 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: fell the ground. Then finally there was people there to 9 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: come over to try to put out the flames. Now, 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: all of this is happening, and this is actually the 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: second time we've seen this. Recently, we saw a man 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: that identified himself as an American service member who set 13 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: himself on fire. He died setting himself on fire in 14 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:52,239 Speaker 1: front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, d C. Clearly, 15 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: this is one of those things where one person does 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: it and then others follow suit. This is I'm assuming, 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: part of trump deranged syndrome, of those that are psychotic 18 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: that are now thinking their best way to protest Donald 19 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: Trump is to set themselves on fire and take their 20 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: own life. Now, we're gonna have more on the trial 21 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: coming up in a moment, but actually, no, let me 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: say this first. One of the reporters today and this 23 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: made me laugh. They were reporting on the jury selection 24 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: and the reporter actually said, like the truth here, We 25 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: know that about ninety percent of the people in Manhattan 26 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: voted for Joe Biden over Donald Trump. And the reporter 27 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 1: came out and said this, potential Trump jurors are more 28 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: left of center than not. 29 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, no crap, thanks for telling us that. 30 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 1: New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman saying potential Trump jurors 31 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: more often than not lean politically. 32 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 2: Laugh. 33 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: Well, when you win ninety percent of the vote in 34 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: a certain area and that's where you're pulling the pool 35 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: of jurors from, of course they're going to be leaning left, 36 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: which is exactly why they brought the charges in New 37 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:02,919 Speaker 1: York City. Haberman's statement confirms a widely held fact among 38 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: Republicans that former President Donald Trump will, in fact, not 39 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: receive a fair criminal trial in Manhattan. President Joe Biden, 40 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: and I want to make sure that the fact checkers 41 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: understand these numbers, so I'm going to give the exact 42 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: data here. President Joe Biden won over eighty six percent 43 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: of the Manhattan vote in twenty twenty, so basically around 44 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: ninety percent if you're rounding up. One thing that's been 45 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: striking during this round of jury selection is there's a 46 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: lot of people who, based on their answers, are more 47 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 1: left of center than not politically, wrote Haberman, who doubles 48 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: as a political analyst for CNN when she's not running 49 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: propaganda for the Communists New York Times. But some seem 50 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: to be trying to show they consider alternate viewpoints, and 51 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: others seem to want to show they believe in the 52 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: concept of jury service as independent from personal opinions, she added, 53 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: which whether that's actually true or not, we may never know. 54 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: The reason why I say that is they could just 55 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: be lying because they hate Trump and they want to 56 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: get on the jury now. Jonathan Turley, who's on Fox 57 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: News Channel, he also had what he described as his 58 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: biggest concern, and that is Trojan horse jurors, those that 59 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: desperately want to get on this trial to then convict 60 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. Take a listen to this that he had 61 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: to say on Fox News Channel. 62 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 3: Thank you Jonathan Turley joining us now a constitutional law 63 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 3: attorney and a Fox News contributor. 64 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 4: So we started the day with seven jurors. 65 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 3: We are now down to five, Jonathan, what do we 66 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 3: need to know right now? 67 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 5: Well, this is really a part of this entire play 68 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 5: in that you've got a jury pool that is really 69 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 5: heavily weighted, obviously with people who have strong opinions against Trump. 70 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 5: Only about twelve percent of the people in this area 71 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 5: voted for Trump. The jurors you have to worry about 72 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 5: are the ones who are sort of trojan horse chers. 73 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 5: Are the ones who are hiding bias that doesn't appear 74 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 5: on social media, are involved in any formal charges like 75 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 5: the one that was just removed today. Those are the 76 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 5: ones you have to worry about that they're so motivated 77 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 5: by their dislike for Trump that they're willing to lie 78 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 5: on the stand. Now, we have seen jurors who have 79 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 5: later been found who have misrepresented their histories in a 80 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 5: couple of prior cases involving Trump associates. In both those cases, 81 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 5: the judges in Washington, d c. Refused to reconsider the verdict. 82 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 5: And so this is a very important stage to try 83 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 5: to filter out these types of jurors. 84 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 3: That being said, on the case itself and where this 85 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 3: all goes, Jonathan, this is Andrew Drewcawski on anar this 86 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 3: morning on Newsroom on the high burden of proof of 87 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 3: the prosecutors in this case. 88 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 4: Jonathan, let's listen together. 89 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 6: There are two layers of specific intent that the prosecutors 90 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 6: have to establish in order to convict Donald Trump, and 91 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 6: that's a very difficult thing to do. It's even more 92 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 6: difficult when they don't have direct evidence of it. Donald 93 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 6: Trump expected to testify. He said he's going to do that. Certainly, 94 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 6: he'll deny his own mental intent here. 95 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 4: Do you agree with all that, Jonathan. 96 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 5: It's certainly true that the problem with the intent here 97 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 5: is that there's lots of reasons why you would want 98 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 5: to pay hush money. He was married, he had a 99 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 5: leading television program, and yes he had ambitions for the presidency. 100 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 5: But this entire Diamonds based on his intent to try 101 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 5: to conceal a crime. It's very ambiguous what that crime 102 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 5: is because the federal government didn't consider this a crime 103 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 5: an a legal campaign contribution. So the entire thing is 104 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 5: rather murky, and the jury's going to have to deal 105 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 5: with that. The irony here is that the legal system 106 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 5: itself has really failed in this regard. The district attorney, 107 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 5: who once refused to move forward on this case yielded 108 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 5: the pressure. The courts have allowed this go forward, even 109 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 5: though many of us have said that it's absurd, and 110 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 5: so the New York legal system is now relying on 111 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 5: average people, frankly, to have a redemptive moment to say, 112 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 5: my god, I mean this. We have to say enough, 113 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 5: where's the crime here? And that will come down to 114 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 5: his intent. And keep in mind, you're going to have 115 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,239 Speaker 5: his former lawyer telling this jury send my former client 116 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 5: to jail for following my legal advice. How many cases 117 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 5: do you know of where that's happened? 118 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 4: Really interesting. 119 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 3: I'm looking down at my computer because we're getting some 120 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 3: pool notes out of the courtroom going back to the 121 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 3: jury selection and just how difficult it is going to 122 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 3: be to remind our audience they need twelve durers and 123 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 3: six alternates in total. 124 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 4: We know we started the day with seven. We're down 125 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 4: to five. 126 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,599 Speaker 3: We got word just a short time ago out of 127 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 3: the courtroom that a male who raised some concerns about 128 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 3: a strong opinion about the former president Donald Trump has 129 00:06:58,960 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 3: been excused. 130 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 4: Was a prospective juror. 131 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 3: Adding to that from the pool notes, just now, the 132 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 3: male juror that was just excused was excused after explaining 133 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 3: he was born and raised in Italy, saying the Italian 134 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 3: media have had a very strong association with mister Trump 135 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 3: and Silvio Berlusconi, adding it would be a little hard 136 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 3: for me to retain my impartiality and fairness. 137 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 4: He has now been excused. Jonathan, your a reaction before 138 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 4: we let you. 139 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: But by the way, let me just jump in here 140 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: because I wanted you to hear his well thought out 141 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: point here. 142 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 2: Number one, the federal government. 143 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: Refused to prosecute this case because they said there basically 144 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: was no case there. And then, as he just described, there, 145 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 1: this whole case hinges around his former attorney, whose advice 146 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: he took. Who's then saying convict my former boss, right, 147 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: my former not boss client who I gave legal advice 148 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: to and I paid a payment. And now I want. 149 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 2: You to send him to Joe. I'm me to jail. 150 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: No, no, no, I want you to send him to jail. 151 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: Do you know what I said. That's what they're now saying. 152 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: They're saying, we want to move him to jail, which 153 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: is totally put him in jail, not me, him and Joe, 154 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: which is totally insane. And yet here we are having 155 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: that exact conversation. We're having a conversation about not being 156 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: able to find jurors that will be honest, that are 157 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: not biased, and that is and even the New York 158 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: Times was saying, yeah, this is really hard, Like everybody 159 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: seems to be leaning to the left here right, Like 160 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: I mean, let me give you another example. There's a 161 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: new report that has just come out that the judge 162 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: allows a juror to be on this jury after there 163 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: was protests from Trump's lawyers who celebrated Trump's loss in 164 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty election to stay in the pool. Does 165 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: that sound like a judge it's trying to be unbiased. 166 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: This New York Supreme Court justice reportedly allowed a juror 167 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: who's celebrated when Trump lost to be in the jury selection. 168 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: That that was not something that would you know, say, hey, 169 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: that's just too bias, right, So if that's the pool 170 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: that you're coming from, it is shocking. 171 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 2: Trace Gallaher said quote, they want to have. 172 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: A challenge, a preemptive challenge to excuse a juror because 173 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: they thought that she said she could be impartial, but 174 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,199 Speaker 1: at social media posts that apparently had her celebrating Trump, 175 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: losing in twenty twenty, and so they challenged her, and 176 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: the judge said, nope, she can be impartial. She stays 177 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 1: quote unquote, So there you go. If you don't think 178 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: the deck is stacked against the president United States of 179 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: America right now, you're wrong. The Democrat Manhattan District Attorney 180 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,119 Speaker 1: Alvin Bragg that charged Trump with the thirty four felonies 181 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: and accused him of falsifying documents to conceal a scandal. 182 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: This trial is the first criminal trial of a president 183 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: of the United States of America, and they're doing it 184 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: in a place where basically ninety percent of the voters 185 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: in that place voted against Donald Trump. Only about one third, 186 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: by the way of US adults in the latest poll, 187 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: believed that Trump did something illegal regarding this specific case, 188 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 1: not in general, like this specific case, And the federal 189 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 1: government refused to take on this case because they said, 190 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: there's no crime that's being committed here. 191 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 2: So what is this. 192 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: This is another attempt, the same way that would happen 193 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: in Russia or China or any other communist or Marxist 194 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: country to take out your political opponent by locking them up. 195 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,679 Speaker 1: And if you look at what Donald Trump has had 196 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: to go through. His property was almost seized. Recently, they 197 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: set a bail that was like one hundred times higher 198 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: than Bernie Madoff, who actually ran a multi billion dollar 199 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 1: Ponzi scheme, the biggest Ponzis game in American history to 200 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: put inspect and Donald Trump had to come up with 201 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: more money to get out of jail. Right, are more 202 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 1: money to put up to appeal? I should say then 203 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: that guy Bernie Madoff had to put up, which is 204 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: totally insane. Now I want to move to something else 205 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: that's happening on the House side. It's important and it 206 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 1: deals with foreign aid. There are a lot of people 207 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 1: that are really upset right now, calling it a UNI 208 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: Party speaker Mike Johnson. 209 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 2: This is how it's being described by some. 210 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: And I say some because I want you to understand 211 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 1: my viewpoint, and I'm going to give it to you 212 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: in a second. But I want you understand what many 213 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: are saying right now. They're saying that Mike Johnson is 214 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: a turncoat. He is a man who has surrendered. He 215 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: is a man that is bowed down to the left. 216 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: Democrats seize control of the House floor. Another conservative website 217 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,200 Speaker 1: put it that way. Democrats are in the minority no 218 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: longer and a stunning historical development. On Friday, Democrats seize 219 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 1: upon a Republican surrender to take control the agenda of 220 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 1: the House floor, and astonishing one hundred and sixty five 221 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: Democrats voted for a rule from Speaker Mike Johnson to 222 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 1: allow a one hundred billion dollar foreign aide supplemental package 223 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: to the floor on Saturday that will be a shock 224 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: to many. The House will hold four votes on final 225 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 1: passes for each of those packages, including a Ukraine funding 226 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: bill with tens of billions of American taxpayers dollars going 227 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: to Ukraine. Minority party members rarely vote for a procedural 228 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: rule to allow the majority parties agenda to proceed through 229 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: the House. Doing so in such numbers is widely unprecedented. 230 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: History was first made on Thursday, just before midnight, when, 231 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,720 Speaker 1: for the first time in recorded history since the House 232 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: began keeping records, the House Rules Committee relied on Minority 233 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:53,200 Speaker 1: party votes to overcome objections from the majority and advance 234 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: a rule bill to the House floor. The powerful House 235 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: Rules Committee, known for generations as the Speakers Committee, for 236 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: the control the Speaker of the House possesses over the 237 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:06,719 Speaker 1: committee and its reputation as a rubber stamp for the 238 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: speaker's agenda sets the floor agenda for the House through 239 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: what is known as the rules. So what happened? Johnson 240 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:19,679 Speaker 1: disregarded history. He abandoned his own party. Despite its majority, 241 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: it is slim yes, with more Democrats voting to advance 242 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: the House agenda than Republicans. The minority party has effectively 243 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: taken control over bills that will come before the House. 244 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: Not not every bill, but these four. In the end, 245 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty one support of the rule with 246 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: only thirty nine Republicans in opposition. The final tally was 247 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: three sixteen to ninety four. Minority Leader Hakeem jeffrieson In 248 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 1: is a messenger in the minority no longer he's taken over. 249 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: That is how it is described by Breitbart. Now you 250 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: can jump on that bandwagon and you can ride that train, 251 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: and there are there some that are doing it. In fact, 252 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 1: more Republicans now are saying yes, they are now open 253 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: to supporting Margley Taylor Green's motion to vacate the speakership 254 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: if she forces the vote. Eli Crane now saying he's 255 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: with her. Now Representative Eli Crane is a Republican from Arizona. 256 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: He said that he would be open and supporting Marjorie 257 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: Taylor Green's motion to vacate the Cherrigan Speaker Johnson if 258 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: she were to make it to make it privileged. Crane's 259 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: comments came in a press gaggle with reporters shortly after 260 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: Johnson enlisted the help of Democrats to pass his role 261 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: unlocking foreign aid votes on multiple bills, a role that 262 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: hardline conservatives like Crane opposed vigorously. If Congresswoman Green were 263 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: to trigger a vote on the resolution, you would consider 264 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 1: supporting it, a reporter asked Crane. He responded with quote, 265 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: I'm open to it. My position is that I'm open. 266 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: I'm not going to tell you guys what I'm going 267 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: to do, and we'll see if that materializes. We'll see 268 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 1: if that is if the trigger is pulled on this, 269 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: that won't be up to me. But I'm definitely frustrated, 270 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: like a lot of the conference and a lot of 271 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: the American people. Now, Green's motion of vacate, which is 272 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: now co sponsored by Representative Thomas Massey, a Republican from Kentucky, 273 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: is not privileged mean the House does not immediately have 274 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: to take it up. 275 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 2: Okay. 276 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: So this is when the House rules and how they 277 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: work are extremely important to understand. Asked if he had 278 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: spoken with Green about her motion of vacate, which she came, 279 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: which could make privilege at any time and force the 280 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: House to consider it within two days, Crane said he 281 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: had not. He has, however, had communication with Johnson over 282 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: his quote frustration, saying this, he knows how frustrated I am, 283 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: and I do it as respectfully as I can, but 284 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: I'm not going to pull punches because at the end 285 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: of the day, this is so much bigger than me 286 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: or a motion of vacate or Speaker Mike Johnson. To me, 287 00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: this comes down to are you going to try and 288 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: save this Kun or are we just going to continue 289 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: on with the Washington Unit party that continually sells out 290 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: the American people. Crane further know that there is a 291 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 1: quote sense that there's a souring to House Republican leadership 292 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: that goes beyond the Free House Freedom Caucus, based on 293 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 1: the conversations he is hearing from the conference and around 294 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: the conference saying this, I think that the Speaker should 295 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: take that seriously. I think he's been told every way 296 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: that we know how and we'll see how he does 297 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: with that. Crane's comments come as his Arizona colleague, represented 298 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: Paul Gossar, a Republican from Arizona, announced he would back 299 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: Green's motion after Johnson surrendered operational control of the House 300 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: to the Democrats. Now, this is one of those moments 301 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: that is actually way more complicated than people. 302 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 2: Want to admit. And let me explain what I mean 303 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 2: by that. 304 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: We have a insanely slim majority in the House and 305 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: what that does is it gives every member a lot 306 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 1: more I think the fair way to put it is 307 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: probably power than they've ever had before. There is no 308 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: unity within the Republican Party because there's so many Republicans 309 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:22,160 Speaker 1: in Washington, DC. There are grand centers. Democrats understand how 310 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: to stay together. Okay, Democrats understand how important it is 311 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: to unify on certain issues. And what's happened now is 312 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: Republicans that want to get famous. The easiest way to 313 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: get famous is to come out like Marjorie Taylor Green 314 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 1: and say, Hey, I'm going to get rid of every 315 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: Republican speaker that doesn't do what I tell them to do. 316 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: That's what it really boils down too. It's actually that simple. 317 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: And so you have a few Republicans now that have 318 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: been able to really beat their chests and really stay right, 319 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: really really really stick it to the leadership when they 320 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: don't get what they want and they get to threaten 321 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,719 Speaker 1: exactly what you just heard, right, well, we're gonna get 322 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: rid of you. It's exactly what happened to the last 323 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 1: Speaker of the House. And then we had others that 324 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 1: try to become the speaker, and then they weren't able 325 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: to even get the votes to be the speaker. So 326 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: then there was this compromise on Johnson. And now the 327 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: same people that said Johnson's way better than Jim Jordan 328 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: or anybody else, we find out they hate him. Now 329 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: you are set up to fail because of the media 330 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: and social media. Now with this little of a majority, 331 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:41,879 Speaker 1: with a Republican party that doesn't understand how to actually lead, 332 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: or let me rephrase that, there's enough people that don't 333 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 1: understand how to actually lead on the issue. That's the 334 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: real problem here. Okay, Like number one, that's it. Democrats understand, 335 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,439 Speaker 1: when you have a small majority, you don't act like it. 336 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 1: You unify on everything and you act like you are 337 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: lockstep on every issue. And you figure it out behind 338 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: closed doors, and then you walk out completely and utterly 339 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 1: united and you do not flinch. Well, that is not 340 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: what has been happening here at all. That's number one, 341 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 1: number two on this And the other point that has 342 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 1: to be made is if Mike Johnson doesn't make it, 343 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: and then the last guy, Kevin McCarthy, doesn't make it. 344 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,479 Speaker 2: And I was in favor of getting rid of McCarthy. 345 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 1: I just think he was I think he was an 346 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: egotistical jerk, and he didn't work well with others, and 347 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: he wanted to dictate and that didn't work. But I 348 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: warned you, I said, if they do it again to 349 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: Mike Johnson, then we've lost total control of the House. 350 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: And Democrats are laughing all the way into November. In fact, 351 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if the Democrats of the Majority 352 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: Party come November, because there's some Republicans that we've already 353 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 1: witnessed it, have already just quit. They say I'm done 354 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: with this, I'm wasting my time, We're getting nothing done 355 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,199 Speaker 1: done here. I'm basically a useful idiot right now. For 356 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 1: this country beca because of a few psychos in the 357 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 1: Republican Party. Now, I also don't believe they're patriots. I 358 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: believe they are basically the equivalent of a political suicide bomber. 359 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: If I don't get what I want, I will blow 360 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 1: up the entire system. And now they've blown up it 361 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: the system, it looks like not just once, but they're 362 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 1: about to do it all over again. So why would 363 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: anybody want to be the Speaker of the House the 364 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,400 Speaker 1: Republican after this guy? 365 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 2: Because as soon. 366 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 1: As you do something that one of these these narcissistic 367 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: crazies don't like, they're just going to get rid of you. 368 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: One part of my job that I actually have enjoyed 369 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: is going back to Washington, DC affair amount for the 370 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: work that I do with Senator Cruz. On the podcast 371 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: Vertict with Ted Cruz, I co host with him, and 372 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,400 Speaker 1: when I'm there, I do my best to spend quality 373 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: time with elected officials to see what's going on, hear 374 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: what's going on dealing with issues border security, etc. And 375 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: that's been extremely helpful. And there's several conservatives that I 376 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 1: have an incredible amount of respect for that have said 377 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: to me that many of these members have been there 378 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,560 Speaker 1: a while they're like this, we're getting nothing done. 379 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 2: It's completely stagnant. 380 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: The work that we're doing is pretty much getting hijacked 381 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: every time because it's not conservative enough for the people. 382 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,520 Speaker 1: And so when they say that something isn't conservative enough 383 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: for them, right then immediately what they do is they say, 384 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:20,959 Speaker 1: all right, well we're gonna get rid of you as 385 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 1: a speaker, and they put a gun to their head. 386 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:27,200 Speaker 1: And so what's happening is we're watching conservatives just quit. 387 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: They're not finishing out their terms. Now you can describe 388 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: some of them as like, hey, that shows just how 389 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:34,919 Speaker 1: self serving you are in general. 390 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 2: And there's some that have done that. 391 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: They've quit knowing they're going to put the Republican Party 392 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: in a worst spot with a slimmer majority. There's others 393 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: that say, but if you were happy to deal what 394 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: we're dealing with behind the scenes each and every day, 395 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: you would understand why they're saying they're throwing their hands 396 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:52,640 Speaker 1: up going I can't deal with someone like Margley Taylor Green. 397 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: I can't deal with a Warren Bobert, for example. I'm done, 398 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: we're not doing anything. I'm flying up here every week 399 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: and I'm wasting my time. There is some truth to that. 400 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: If they get rid of Johnson this quickly. I don't 401 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: know who is going to want to try to take 402 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 1: that job next. It's a serious individual. And look, some 403 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: of this is just revenge. There are people like Matt 404 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 1: Gaates that don't like some of the Republicans and because 405 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 1: of partially the investigations into him, ethics, investigations in him, 406 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: and this is his way of settling the score. This 407 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 1: is his way of basically blowing up the buildings saying, okay, 408 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 1: watch this, you guys. You know let them investigate me 409 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: and didn't stop it. I'm gonna I'm taking. 410 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 2: All of you on. Now. 411 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: He's fighting more with a Republican party than he's ever 412 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: fought with a Democratic party. 413 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 2: And I don't think that's what his job should be. Now. 414 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: Some say, do it right, go to town and fight 415 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: all these people and fight every war you can get 416 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: your hands on, and just do it and go all in. 417 00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: I don't believe that that's the wise thing to do here. 418 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,440 Speaker 1: I think that's a very nice thing to do. I 419 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: think it's incredibly selfish. And that's the reason why I said, 420 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: in government, you don't always get what you want. You 421 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 1: have to sometimes compromise. Now, I wish Republicans could stick together. 422 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:14,680 Speaker 1: They do have the majority, they could do a lot 423 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,880 Speaker 1: of things. But everybody right now, with such a slim 424 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: majority has way too much power to walk away and 425 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: destroy everything. And they're leveraging that power for their own 426 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 1: selfish way reasons, and they're not playing as a team. 427 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: That is of the moderates and that is of the 428 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: extreme conservatives. 429 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 2: I want to make that clear. 430 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: Both ends of the spectrum are doing this right now. 431 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: They are holding the entire system hostage. This is going 432 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 1: to end up being a disaster. And I predict that 433 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:49,160 Speaker 1: if Johnson goes that, there is a very good chance 434 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,320 Speaker 1: that there will be others that just resign from Congress. 435 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 1: Do not wait till November to resign, And as they resign, 436 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, you could have the Democrats 437 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,920 Speaker 1: be in charge of the how Senate and the White 438 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: House because the Republicans handed it to them. That should 439 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: make every one of us furious. It should make every 440 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: one of us extremely angry. We gave them the majority 441 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: and they have screwed it up. And if they hand 442 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 1: over all of this to the Democratic Party, make no mistake, 443 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: they are going to ram through their radical socialist communist 444 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: agenda for the last six seven months eight months of 445 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: the year whenever this may happen, because there will be 446 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: nothing that we can do to stop them. 447 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 2: They will do. 448 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: Everything they can to implement socialism and communism and open 449 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: border policies and amnesty and whatever they can get their 450 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: hands on, because why wouldn't you if you're in this scenario, 451 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,679 Speaker 1: in this situation, And the only people we have to 452 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:02,199 Speaker 1: blame is the Republican that quit, the moderates and the 453 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 1: and the extreme wing of the Republican Party that refused 454 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 1: to understand that sometimes in government you actually don't always 455 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: get what you want. You you have to fight for 456 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:19,360 Speaker 1: the best deal that you can get because Congress has 457 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 1: hundreds and hundreds of people that have to vote, and 458 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: when the hundreds and hundreds of people vote, there is 459 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 1: not always going to be the outcome that you want 460 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: or the perfect bill. I would argue there's no perfect 461 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: bill in Congress because if Congress is working the right way, 462 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,200 Speaker 1: not everybody got exactly what they wanted, right. Remember remember 463 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 1: when Obamacare happened, there were Democrats that were mad because 464 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: they thought it didn't get due to socialized medicine fast 465 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 1: enough and one and one, you know, one size fits 466 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: all healthcare for every American. There were Democrats that were furious. 467 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,280 Speaker 1: They're like, look, we've got a super majority. In essence, 468 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:58,919 Speaker 1: we should just be socializing the entire system and not 469 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 1: allowing for health care and the private sector to exist 470 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: at all. Now, do they blow up the system because 471 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 1: they didn't get exactly what they wanted that day. No, 472 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 1: they realized it was a massive step towards socialized medicine, 473 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:15,879 Speaker 1: so they took it. Republicans need to go back and 474 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: look at that scenario and realize you're not going to 475 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: get everything you want. You might get some pretty good 476 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: stuff that you want, but if you keep governing this way, 477 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 1: we are going to squander our majority in the House. 478 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: We're going to squander our opportunity, and we're going to 479 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: squander the ability for us to defend and protect this 480 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: country from the socialists and communists that are running it 481 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: in the House, in it in the deep state. Now, 482 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,200 Speaker 1: let me move on to something else that's important right 483 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 1: now as well, and I want to bring this up because. 484 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:51,639 Speaker 2: It's so important. 485 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: Center Ernst urged Biden to step up against Iranian aggression 486 00:26:56,080 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: after the Israel's Israel's counter attack, and it was an 487 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: interesting point that he made, and I want you to 488 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: hear it, because the White House is not standing really 489 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:07,400 Speaker 1: with Israel right now. 490 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 2: Listen. 491 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 7: Israel has in fact punched back at Iran by launching 492 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 7: a limited missile attack overnight. And so today we are 493 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 7: spending so much time trying to figure out what is next, 494 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 7: and we will watch things closely. It is nightfall in 495 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 7: that part of the world. Already President Biden reportedly had 496 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 7: told Israel to take the win. We were reporting that 497 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 7: for days after Iran last Saturday targeted the Jewish state with. 498 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 4: Missiles and drones. 499 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 7: So is this back and forth now between those nations 500 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 7: leading the Middle East into a wider war? 501 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:44,960 Speaker 4: And how would it affect us? 502 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,159 Speaker 7: Senate Republicans are accusing the White House being too soft 503 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 7: on crime by Iran. You might say President Biden has 504 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 7: consistently failed to push back on the Iranian regime, the. 505 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,639 Speaker 4: Kind of parade of horrible as you just meant, Trea. 506 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 3: I want to stress it is happening because Joe Biden 507 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 3: has projected weakness all around the world. 508 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 4: Make absolutely no mistake. Iran is not deterred. It is 509 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 4: actually evolvant. 510 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 7: A new York Post opinion piece with this headline. Instead 511 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 7: of pushing regime change in Israel, Biden should support it 512 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 7: in Iran. It argues every approach to curtailing Iran from 513 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 7: its threats and behavior toward Israel and other countries has failed. 514 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 7: A future US administration can make it clear to Israel 515 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 7: that America supports undermining and overthrowing the Tehran dictatorship. A Republican 516 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 7: Iowa Senator and Army combat veteran, Joni Ernzt, Senator, thank 517 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 7: you for being on the program today. First of all, 518 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 7: are we inching our way closer to a wider war 519 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 7: in the Middle East? 520 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 8: Well, that is not a foregone conclusion, Harris. And what 521 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 8: we do know is that Israel, when they were attacked 522 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 8: over the weekend by Iran, saw the response from a 523 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 8: number of other Arab countries that actually stepped up to 524 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 8: defend their own airspace and Israel's interests. 525 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 4: So I am with Israel. 526 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,480 Speaker 8: I am thankful that they did go ahead and strike Iran. 527 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 8: They retaliated just as they should. But what Iran needs 528 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 8: to keep in mind is that there is a very 529 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 8: strong group of Arab nations that do support Israel. They 530 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 8: don't agree with the attacks by Hamas on October seventh. 531 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,479 Speaker 8: They are in the Abraham Accords. We know that Saudi 532 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 8: Arabia is trying to move forward with their own plans 533 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 8: with Israel to strengthen ties. So I think Iran needs 534 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 8: to be very careful about this. 535 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 4: They need to think carefully. 536 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 8: But President Joe Biden's got a step up. He can't 537 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 8: continue to appease Iran. 538 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 7: Well, look so far, I only those four words don't 539 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 7: and take the win, and none of those words are 540 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 7: helping the situation. 541 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 4: But what does it mean. 542 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,320 Speaker 7: When you tell an ally to just take it when 543 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 7: an enemy hits that ally. 544 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 8: Well, it's absolutely unacceptable. In my opinion, Harris, President Joe 545 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 8: Biden shouldn't be bowing down to the Iranian regime. He 546 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 8: shouldn't be telling the Israelis how they should be fighting 547 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:22,720 Speaker 8: their war. 548 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 4: What he should be doing. 549 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 8: Is saying, Israel, we will stand shoulder to shoulder with you. 550 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 8: Whatever you need, We're. 551 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:31,960 Speaker 2: On call you. 552 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: Notice she says we should be standing, and what we're 553 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: seeing clearly is they're not standing with Israel. The Biden 554 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: administration has said you just like sorry, like uh huh huh, 555 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 1: like you guys like we're not standing with you. Okay, 556 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: that's not happening. We're not going to stand with you. 557 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: This is something that will not happen. And that is 558 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: the problem here. We have a country that came back 559 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 1: with a limited response. If anything, you'd think the White 560 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: House would come out and praised them for it. They 561 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: did not. They did not praise them at all for this. 562 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: There was nothing that they did that praised them, which 563 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: is the other part of the problem. Make sure you 564 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: share this podcast with your family and your friends. Please 565 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: write us a five star review. 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