1 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:11,079 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. So 2 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Michael Very Show is on the air. They got a 3 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: name for people like you, Hi. That name is called recidivism, 4 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: repeat on fender. Not a pretty name, is it high? No, sir, 5 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: that's one bonehead name. But that ain't me anymore. You're 6 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: not just telling us what we want to hear, No, sir, 7 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: no way, because we just want to hear the truth. 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 2: Well, then I guess I am telling you what you 9 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: want to hear. 10 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: Boy, didn't we just tell you not to do that? Yes, sir? 11 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 3: Okay, then we cannot keep our promises on medicare. We 12 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 3: simply must make the cut some waste, broad and abuse 13 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 3: in medicare so that the benefits and the premiums are untouched. 14 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 3: We owe it to our seniors, We owe it to 15 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 3: our country. 16 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: Money world. 17 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 4: Is I you have to. 18 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: Make Then you have to say that's you love me. 19 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 5: Causes. 20 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 4: There is no question that there is an enormous amount 21 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 4: of waste and fraud and abuse in this government. There 22 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 4: is no question to my mind that Congress has not 23 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 4: been vigilant enough in rooting out that waste and fraud 24 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 4: to the tune of billions and billions of dollars. I 25 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 4: would simply say that while it is absolutely appropriate to 26 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 4: condemn the Congress, it is also important to note that 27 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 4: we have an administration in this city, in Washington d Sree, DC, 28 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 4: and the function of an administration is to administer and 29 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 4: that means that when there is waste and fraud, you 30 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 4: have an administration who should also be on top of 31 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:17,399 Speaker 4: that situation. 32 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 6: If we're going to eliminate the waste brought and abuse 33 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 6: in Medicare, it does mean we're going to cut some. 34 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: Of that out. And when I hear my friend. 35 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 6: Dave Camp say you cannot cut money out of Medicare, well, 36 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 6: we don't want to cut the good stuff that you 37 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 6: point out, one third of Medicare doesn't go to patient care. 38 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: You can't just. 39 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 6: Get up there and say we don't want to cut 40 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 6: anything out of Medicare. We want to cut the bad 41 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 6: stuff and keep the good stuff. 42 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: Is you Well, We've got a lot to talk about 43 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: today if you if you can't stay with us, go 44 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: back to the podcast. There is a lot to cover 45 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: on the subject of the United States Senate seat currently 46 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: held by John Cornyn, where Ken Paxton is in a 47 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: runoff with Cornyn. A lot has happened, and there is 48 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: a lot going on behind the scenes that is not 49 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: obvious to the onlooker. If you can't listen to us 50 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: live and you can't go back and listen to the 51 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: podcast later, let me just say this, for the love 52 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: of everything decent, do not believe anything that you read 53 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: about the Senate seat and about what is about to happen. 54 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: You have got to understand there is manipulation going on 55 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: on levels that you would not believe. This is a 56 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: prized position. They spent over one hundred million dollars trying 57 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: to get corn And elected. They're going to pull out 58 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 1: every stop to beat Paxton, and you're gonna get sucked 59 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: into a lot of it. I know because I read 60 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: your emails. Let me let me try to unpack this. 61 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: This is one of those occasions where it'll be easier 62 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: if this was a podcast, because I have to do 63 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: our show in about nine minute packets. But I'm going 64 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: to try to get right to it and not not 65 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: wander too much so that those of you who are 66 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: hanging around can hear this in two to three segments 67 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 1: and we can get most of it covered. I think 68 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: it's important where to start Okay, So President Trump yesterday 69 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: made a truth social post and it went like this. 70 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: The Republican primary race for the United States Senate in 71 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: the great state of Texas, a state I love and 72 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: won three on record, in record numbers, the highest vote 73 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 1: ever recorded by far. Cannot, for the good of the 74 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: party and our country itself, be allowed to go on 75 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,919 Speaker 1: any longer. Okay, So this race is bad for the state, 76 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 1: the runoff, it must stop now, all caps exclamation. We 77 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: have an easy to beat radical left opponent that's tall Rico, 78 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,160 Speaker 1: and that's not true. Taalarico is going to be very 79 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: difficult to beat. I don't care what anybody tells you. 80 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: This is going to be a tough race. This is 81 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: going to be tougher than Beto. But we'll get to 82 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: that plenty of time to get to that. We have 83 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: an easy to beat radical left opponent. By the way, 84 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: if the President thought he was easy to beat, he 85 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: wouldn't be demanding that one of them get out. You 86 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,239 Speaker 1: have to remember there is always salesmanship, hype and promotion 87 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: going on in everything anyone in politics tells you in public. 88 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: We have an easy to beat radical left opponent, and 89 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: we have to totally focus on putting him away quickly 90 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: and decisively. Both John and Ken John Cornyn Ken Paxton 91 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: ran great races, but not good enough, as in, not 92 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: good enough to win fifty percent. Now this one must 93 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: be perfect. That is November. My endorsements within the Republican 94 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: Party have been virtually insurmountable. That's not true, but it 95 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: has made a big difference in most of the races 96 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: that he's been involved in. And everybody would rather have 97 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: Trump than Not, no question about that. It is such 98 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: an honor to realize and say that almost everyone I 99 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: endorse wins and wins by a lot, especially in Texas. 100 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: That is mostly true. Yes, I will be making my 101 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: endorsement soon and I will be asking the candidate that 102 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: I do not endorse to immediately drop out of the race. 103 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: Is that fair? We must win in November. Thank you 104 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: for your attention to this matter, which is how he 105 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: closes all his posts. Now, there are multiple layers to 106 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: this that I am going to try to unpack. So 107 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to ask you to if you're a if 108 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: you're a one and done listener, I'm going to ask 109 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: you to hang around for a little bit longer so 110 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: that we can go through the personalities involved. Why he 111 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: did this, After he did this, why you started reading 112 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: articles that said Trump is about to endorse Corning. There 113 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: is a reason that happened, and it very likely is 114 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: not because Trump was about to endorse Corny. He may, 115 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: but there's just just as good a shot that he 116 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: may not. I'm going to warn you that the swamp 117 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: is going to say and do anything, anything to beat Paxton, 118 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: and that part of the strategy is to take that 119 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: statement by Trump and then flip that statement to kill 120 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: the momentum that Paxton had on the day after he 121 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: leads going into the runoff. I'm also going to introduce 122 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: and we're going to talk about this that John Thune 123 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: is holding up the Save Act, which Trump wants more 124 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: than anything else, in exchange for an endorsement of Corny 125 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: and for people saying, well, that'd be worth it with 126 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: his finger, You're going to give Corny six more. You're 127 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 1: going to let them win. This gets very comprehicated, so 128 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 1: stay tuned. So President Trump posts, hey, look, we got 129 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: to keep this Senate seat in Texas. Remember it's going 130 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: to be ten and a half weeks start, ten weeks 131 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: two and a half months before the runoff election. That's 132 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: a long time and a lot of money. It would 133 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 1: be easier for a lot of people if we don't 134 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: have this runoff, if we just pick somehow or cut 135 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: a deal and choose our next senator, or have our 136 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 1: next senator chosen for us. So let me start by saying, 137 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,199 Speaker 1: as I said, this is very complicated. There are a 138 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: lot of layers to this. And remember, I'm not just 139 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: telling you what I think is happening, some of which 140 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: maybe maybe not. I'm telling you what I observe. There 141 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: are also possibilities of things out there. People just want 142 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: to be told this is what's happened. Right now, that's done. 143 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: There are too many moving parts. President Trump himself is 144 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: not the sole person moving all of this. There is 145 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: a lot behind it. As I will get to the 146 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: personalities of Chris Lesovita and Jeff Row and their campaigns 147 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: and their own little spat that they have and how 148 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: this is playing out with the candidates that they are managing. 149 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: So let me start by saying this, I don't want 150 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: President Trump picking our senator. It's fine if you do, 151 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: but I don't. The people of Texas get to pick 152 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 1: our The Republican voters of Texas pick our senator. Pick 153 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 1: our US senator period, end of story. Not Donald Trump, 154 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: not any other person. No person is bigger than the people. 155 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: I don't care how much you worship somebody that is inappropriate. Well, 156 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: but if the if the people get to choose Michael, 157 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: then then we might we want we might not win 158 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: in November. So you tell every voter we normally believe 159 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: in democracy, the democratic Republic, but not this time because 160 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: it's a little messy. So we'll just let you know 161 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: who your nominee will be. Remember when the Democrats said 162 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: that with Joe Biden and we criticized them. Now you 163 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: want to do that in ours. But let's leave that 164 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: aside for a moment. Because Trump is the ultimate deal maker, 165 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,079 Speaker 1: and there is something to be said for a guy 166 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: who makes steals. We've never had a president who could. 167 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: He makes diplomatic deals. He gets things done. He gets 168 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: things done that normally nothing would ever be done. They'd 169 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: be logjammed. Because he's a deal maker. He figures out 170 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: what would make people happy. So let's say he can 171 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,839 Speaker 1: endorse someone and the other one would drop out. If 172 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: he endorsed Cornan, it would be in exchange for the 173 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,599 Speaker 1: Save Act being passed. That I'd to tell you a 174 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: lot about Republicans that they've held up the Save Act 175 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: to get Trump to endorse Cornan. In fact, from what 176 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: I was hearing, that's why there was the thought that 177 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: Cornyn might endorse, that Trump might endorse Cornan going into 178 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 1: the runoff, but Trump held off. That's the reason the 179 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: Save Act is being held up. And if you are 180 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 1: so real politique pragmatist, realist, insider super fan that you 181 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:07,840 Speaker 1: find that to be okay, you're the problem. This is 182 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: why nothing gets done in this country. This is why 183 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: evil is afoot is because everything is transactional for these people. 184 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: Everything is a deal to be cut. There is no 185 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:23,199 Speaker 1: good and evil. There is what's in it for them. 186 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: We should have had this thing passed already, but here 187 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 1: we go. So let's say President Trump endorses John Cornyn. 188 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 1: That would be a deal he could cut with Thune 189 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: and all the guys in the Senate that want their 190 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: boy to come back till he's one hundred years old, 191 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: even though he's an evil swamp creature. Would Trump be 192 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 1: willing to do that under the right circumstances. Probably, yeah, absolutely, yes, 193 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 1: under the right circumstances, he would, especially if the deal 194 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: was sweet enough. But then what do you do with Paxton? Well, 195 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: I suppose you've got positions where you can put Packston. 196 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: There's some discussion about making Paxston the attorney general. That's 197 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: that's not out of the question. That's certainly not out 198 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: of the question. I don't think Kim Paxton wants to 199 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 1: be US Attorney general. I think he wants to be 200 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: a US senator. But is that a deal that could happen. Yeah, probably, 201 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,079 Speaker 1: and and maybe that would make a lot of people happy. 202 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: I'm I'm not keen on it, but that is that 203 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:25,679 Speaker 1: Is that in the realm of possibility? Yes, I think 204 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: it probably is, or there are other things that could 205 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: be done for Kim Paxton. Kim Paxton is saying absolutely not. 206 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: I owe it to the people of Texas. And I 207 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: believe him when he says that. And I think that's 208 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: why people like him, because, unlike Cornyn, they see him 209 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: as authentic. He actually believes what he says. All right, 210 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: flip side, Trump endorses Ken Paxton and not Cornyn. If 211 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: Trump did what he wanted to do in terms of 212 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: who he would most want in that seat, he would 213 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: endorse Paxton in the story, he loves Paxton, he personally 214 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 1: likes Paxton, He admires Paxton, and he appreciates Paxton's record. 215 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 1: Paxton has been a very pro MAGA pro Trump attorney 216 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,600 Speaker 1: general for the Trump agenda, the best in the country 217 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: and Trump knows that and has told everybody that who 218 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: will listen, So that would be the natural endorsement. So 219 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: why make this announcement before you make the endorsement what 220 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: the president is Let's go back to just what the 221 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: president's doing, because the complicating factor here is not what 222 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: the president's doing. The complicating factor is what Chris Lslovita 223 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: and Jeff Rowe are doing behind the scenes with the 224 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: two candidates whose campaigns they manage or raise the pack 225 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: money for, and the media's involvement in trying to push 226 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: Paxton out and kill his momentum. But in the short term, 227 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: what the reason for the announcement before the announcement is 228 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,520 Speaker 1: to try to create a ground swell and to try 229 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 1: to put each of them into a position. Trump is 230 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: very good at this. He's trying to push them into 231 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: a corner where the public and the money people who 232 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: don't want to have to keep writing checks and the 233 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: Republican establishment. Everybody says, Okay, let's agree, guys, guys, let's agree. Well, 234 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: you agree that Trump gets to pick the winner and 235 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: win or lose, will you will agree to that? So 236 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: that puts them in a position where they feel like 237 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: they need to do it right. And then when they 238 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: do that, then whoever he picks, the race is over. 239 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: But by not just picking first, if he just picks 240 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: a candidate, sure that would give them a boost, but 241 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: it's not enough to win the election. If he just 242 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: picks a candidate, he's trying to make He's leveraging his 243 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: endorsement ahead of time by basically teasing it out there 244 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: as not just his endorsement, but he's solving the problem 245 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: for the party and for the very anxious voter Republican 246 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: primary voters. Oh my god, I'm afraid we're going to lose. 247 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: What do we do? What do we do? What do 248 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: we do? Enter Trump the White Knight. He says, I'll 249 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: pick it, and does everybody agree? Well, Paxton has come 250 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: out and said he doesn't agree. So okay, more coming 251 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: up through Waldeny at all Greek Cities. In between the 252 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: Michael Barry Show is nationwide. All right, So the President, 253 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: I'll take him at his word. Let's say he's just 254 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: trying to ensure that Republicans keep this seat. He's looking 255 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: at it from his perspective of he needs to keep 256 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 1: a Republican in that seat, and a bad Republican John 257 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: Corny is still better than a off the wall Democrat, 258 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: which is James Talerico. All right, So let's take the 259 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: president at face value, at his word, and he says, 260 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: I'll endorse, and when I endorse, I expect the other 261 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: guy to get out. Everybody believe that's a good idea. Guys, 262 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 1: what do y'all think? All right? So setting aside whether 263 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 1: the people should choose or he should choose, because well, Michael, 264 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: you know, we got to make sure we win and 265 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 1: the same Okay, you got to take the shot so 266 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: we don't all die. I see the pattern and your thinking. 267 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:24,959 Speaker 1: But okay, all right, So let's say both parties agree. 268 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 1: They don't because Packson's already come out and said he 269 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: doesn't agree. But let's say they both agree or not. 270 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: I guess for the sake of this discussion, it doesn't matter. 271 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:40,120 Speaker 1: Let me go off on a side note. Let's introduce 272 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: once the president does that. Let's say the president has 273 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: done that, and he's going to make up his mind, 274 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: and nobody knows what his position's going to be, even 275 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: though it has to be informed by a lot of 276 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: different people. One of the things this president does, which 277 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: I think is a very good sign of leadership, is 278 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: he seeks lots of input before he makes decisions. He 279 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: is always asking questions of people. I have noticed of 280 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: highly successful people, they are curious, they are inquisitive, they 281 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: are solicitous of opinions. Tilman Furtita will ask you a 282 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 1: question if you ate at a restaurant, about what you 283 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:21,959 Speaker 1: liked and didn't like, and you would think, why does 284 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,159 Speaker 1: he cared about it? He's got five hundred wret what 285 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: does he care? If you stay at a casino, he 286 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: will ask you questions about it. If you like to 287 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: go to his casino, he will ask you questions about 288 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 1: what you like and don't like, and not in a 289 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: pandering way. He is curious to know. He is constantly 290 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: seeking data to put into his algorithm. He is a 291 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: one man AI. If you spend any time with Mattress 292 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: Mac beyond the salutations, and you spend time and no 293 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: one is around, and he will start quizzing you, how's 294 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 1: radio business right now? How are revenues? Are rates going 295 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: up or down? Who's advertising who's not? Who's his listenership 296 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:06,719 Speaker 1: up or down? How's the industry? I read the other 297 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: day that CBS is having some financial trouble. Why are 298 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,719 Speaker 1: they having that financial trouble? What do people want? More of? 299 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 1: What people? What do you like most? That's what Trump does. 300 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: That's what smart people do. They ask questions. They're not 301 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: afraid of being called an idiot for asking a question. 302 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 1: They're always like a like a creature under the water, 303 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: you know, bringing things into their mouth that might be 304 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 1: some proteins might be useful. Worst analogy ever came up with. 305 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: It was on the fly. So so Trump makes this announcement. 306 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: Now here's where it gets very complicated. I don't know 307 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: who knows who he's going to endorse or not. I 308 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: do know that that move was designed to increase the 309 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 1: importance of his endorsement, perhaps potentially all the way to 310 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,400 Speaker 1: the point that his endorsement would choose the candidate. That's 311 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 1: what the president is trying to do. Okay, but there 312 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 1: are a lot of other people involved in this game. 313 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 1: So that's his move, and it did get people talking, 314 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: and it did put pressure on the candidates. There's no 315 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: doubt there are people. There are big money people who 316 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 1: called and said, hey, Ken, drop out if the president, 317 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: what do you think, hey, Cornyn drop out of There 318 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,959 Speaker 1: were people who would have done that. Now enter the consultants, 319 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: because this is where it gets very interesting. Ken Paxton's consultant, 320 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: this is going to be a little odd, So follow me. 321 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 1: Ken Paxton's consultant is a guy named Jeff Row. I'm 322 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: not a fan. He's a big, fat, blow eating fool 323 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: in my opinion, but he's very good at what he does. 324 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 1: He's very smart, not as smart as he thinks he is, 325 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 1: but he's very very smart. I met Jeff Row in 326 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: twenty twelve. That's when he brought Ted Cruz into mainstream, 327 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: and he was just coming up himself, and Jeff Row 328 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: was kind of Ted Cruz thinks that Jeff Row is 329 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 1: the biggest genius in the history of mankind. He is 330 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: Hawking and Einstein combined. He loves to impress people with 331 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: how smart he is. He loves to quote data numbers, 332 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 1: and Jeff Row is convinced he is the smartest person 333 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: in American politics history. He is certain of it, he'll 334 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: tell you and a lot of people. He's the type 335 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: of person who uses words that impress money people, because 336 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:35,919 Speaker 1: a lot of millionaires who write checks to campaigns are 337 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: not real smart outside their immediate area. They just happen 338 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: to have done well financially. They're not dumb, but they're 339 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: very impressed by hucksters and hoax guys. And Jeff Row 340 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,439 Speaker 1: is the kind of guy that you'd expect running a 341 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,879 Speaker 1: Ponzi scheme or Alan Stanford's company or whatever else, and 342 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 1: instead he's doing this and people are very impressed by 343 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: Jeff Row. Row's downfall was that he started running the 344 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:09,399 Speaker 1: Ron DeSantis campaign, and DeSantis was thought to have a 345 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:17,119 Speaker 1: real solid shot at winning that election. And obviously we 346 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,439 Speaker 1: know that didn't end well. Some careers were destroyed over that, 347 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: and Trump has never forgotten. So the fact that Paxton 348 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: has Roe, who Trump despises does not help Paxton with 349 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: President Trump. So here's Jeff Row, Cruise's old guy who 350 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 1: ran DeSantis's campaign. The DeSantis campaign is one of the 351 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 1: things Trump most hates, and anybody associated anybody who supported 352 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: all of those things. So you've got you've got Jeff 353 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: row with Paxton. Not good for Paxton. You've got Chris 354 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:59,880 Speaker 1: los Savita running the pack that's funding Cornyn, which makes 355 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: him de facto the campaign manager. Because this is all 356 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 1: the money. Cornin's not really running a campaign per se. 357 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 1: They're not out knocking on doors and asking you to vote. 358 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 1: They're running what's called an air campaign, which is where 359 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 1: you run ads. It's basically a bunch of money poured 360 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: into television, radio, print and text messages. You know that 361 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: because you received a lot of them. They worked a 362 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: number on Wesley Hunt. In that sense, it worked got 363 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 1: him to the runoff because he's unpopular and passion is 364 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: more popular, and everybody in the process knows that. So 365 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: Chris La Sevida ran Trump's campaign. He was considered a 366 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: boy genius in Trump's campaign. He's a very smart guy. 367 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: He is also very devious, So a lot of Sevida 368 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: immediately started saying he is in this sense. And I 369 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: think they've probably got some assistance from Karl Rove. I 370 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: have heard they have some assistants from Karl Rove. Rove 371 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: would Rove wants Cornyn, Rove hates Paxton. Rove's the one 372 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,399 Speaker 1: who got his winner cut off on the George P. 373 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 1: Bush race because Rove ever so often when he when 374 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: you see him on the on TV and you can 375 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 1: see that he's wiping off his face, that's because it's 376 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: so far up the Bush family ass. Sometimes he forgets 377 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: to clean up before he does TV. So Karl Rove 378 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: put George P. Bush in the race against Ken Paxton 379 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: and got his ass spanked. I hate Karl Rove. Karl 380 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,919 Speaker 1: Rove is the evil afoot in Washington, d C. That 381 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 1: is everything that you hate that you don't see. So 382 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 1: when you see that big blob with two slits for 383 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: eyes on Fox News offering commentary, well, I think what 384 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: we're seeing here is that Paxton is a very troubled candidate. 385 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,640 Speaker 1: He's wounded, he's he's not a candidate I think who's 386 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 1: going to engender a great deal of support from the base. 387 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 1: And most people understand that at any moment, we could 388 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: probably right now if by the time we go to 389 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: commercial break, there will probably be a ma maive scandal 390 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: related to Ken Paston. He's either in bed with low 391 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: Kim or Putin or maybe they're having a minasach while 392 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 1: we don't know. Oh, that's just my perspective from what 393 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 1: I'm hearing on it's all lies. It's all lies. It's 394 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: what he does. So La Sevita is involved in trying 395 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: to get corning. So you've got Trump's guy running Cornon's campaign, 396 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: You've got Cruise's guy running Paxton's campaign and in addition 397 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 1: to trying to get Trump to do what they want. 398 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: So maybe Trump's on the verge of endorsing yesterday, or 399 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: maybe he's not. 400 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 2: Why would you say he is if he's not. Well, 401 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 2: you might have noticed that the rumor was everyone loves 402 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 2: to have the rumor. Oh, that's what I love. Everyone's 403 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 2: got the rumor. Hey, Michael, rumor is. 404 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: Oh really? You seem very excited to have that rumor, 405 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,880 Speaker 1: like the child that has news when only the parents 406 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: have it. But now it's dropping down to the horizontal 407 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 1: layer of the kids. Hey, this is what I hear 408 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: the parents akin today. 409 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 5: They're gett to do a ice cream party after the 410 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,680 Speaker 5: last game of the season. We're going to have ice cream. 411 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 5: But don't tell nobody because my mom told me. But 412 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 5: it's gonna be a surprise for the kids. But my 413 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 5: mom told me. But the parents don't want us to know. 414 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 5: But I got the news, So I'm gonna tell you, 415 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 5: so you know I got the news, okay, but don't 416 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 5: tell nobody, okay, because only the parents are supposed to know. 417 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: Okay. So there is in the political circle and everywhere 418 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: else there is always the thrill. I've got the rumor, 419 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: I know things, But the person with the rumor never 420 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 1: got the rumor first hand. So the game of telephone begins. 421 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 5: So people will say, rumor, is President's in dorsem corning 422 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:00,080 Speaker 5: pright today? 423 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: Is that right? And maybe he will? Maybe he will. 424 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 1: Sometimes the rumor turns out to be true, but just 425 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:12,119 Speaker 1: out of curiosity, that's the rumor. Yeah, that's rum Michael's rumor? 426 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: Who told you that? That's just what I heard? I 427 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: understand that, But somebody had to tell you that that's 428 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: what I heard. No, what you're doing right now is 429 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: feeling uncomfortable because you heard something and you were so 430 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 1: excited to have something to get to pass along that 431 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:39,640 Speaker 1: you're passing along without ever exercising an ounce of judgment. Well, 432 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: I mean I didn't say it was true. It stands 433 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: a rumor, all right? From whom did you get the rumor? Well, 434 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,360 Speaker 1: the receptionist at our office. I was coming back from 435 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: lunch and she said, did you hear? And then she 436 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: told me where did she get it? S I don't know. 437 00:27:55,640 --> 00:28:02,200 Speaker 1: She watches Fox News all day. Oh okay, So maybe 438 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 1: the rumor is true. Some things that are true were 439 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:11,880 Speaker 1: first reported along the line as rumor, but a lot 440 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,919 Speaker 1: of things that are not true are claimed as a rumor. 441 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: This is the part that's important and devious. Why would 442 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: that rumor get out yesterday? Now? Look, Trump may very 443 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: well indoorse corn It. I'm not saying he's not going 444 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 1: to endorse corner. He may, and he may do it 445 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: this morning. Fine, But I'm telling you that you have 446 00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: to operate in the world of probabilities, and you have 447 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,960 Speaker 1: to understand the possibility that things have happened for reasons 448 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: other than that they are truthful. That's where I try 449 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: to look at things, not what is and isn't being reported, 450 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 1: and then what turns out to be has se by 451 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,120 Speaker 1: you as wrong. See he did indorse to corner. Maybe 452 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 1: he doesn't indorse corner. Let me tell what I think 453 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: is happening. What's possible that's happened. Watching Chris Laslovita the 454 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: way I do. The guy who has worked for Trump 455 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: and does have access to Trump who runs Cornyn's campaign. 456 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 1: Kind of scary, isn't it that the guy who has 457 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: Trump's ear is beholden to the swamp. This thing is 458 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: not as pure as you'd like it to be. So 459 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: las Selvida releases the rumor that Trump is about to 460 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: endorse Cornin. If that's true, so be it. I don't 461 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: know why the rumor would need to matter, Right, You 462 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: don't have to report on a rumor that's about to 463 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 1: be true, because it'll be true soon enough. Right, But 464 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: what if it's not true? Why would you leak that rumor? 465 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 1: This is important, Paxton had all the momentum. Cornan was 466 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: saying the day before the election that the way he 467 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 1: would lose is if the rat show up. You don't 468 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: appear before the voters again after you've called them radicals. 469 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: That's not going to end well for him. If you 470 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: go back to twenty twelve, when I started with Ted Cruz, 471 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: helping him because i'd known him before, I believed he 472 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: would be a good senator. When I started helping Ted Cruz, 473 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: he was at two percent name id, not two percent 474 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: support two percent name ID. Marco Rubio had been at 475 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: four percent state support, so he had twice the number 476 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: of the ID of support. Ted Cruz was an unknown. 477 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: He was a solicitor general. Nine nine point nine percent 478 00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: of people don't know what the solicitor general is or 479 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: care that meant. He represents the state before the Supreme 480 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:49,479 Speaker 1: Court arguing cases. Nobody knows that person. Nobody knew Ted Cruz. 481 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: Dewhurst had all the money, so it wasn't going to 482 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: be easy to raise money. And Dewhurst had the name 483 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: ID and Dewhurst had been and checks to Republican women's 484 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 1: groups for a long time. Dewhurst was already elected statewide. 485 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: Dewhurst had an entire staff in the lieutenant governors, the 486 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: position that Dan Patrick holes now Dohurst held them. Dohurst 487 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: had everything going for him, and he looked good on 488 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: TV and he had been buying vanity ads. He's got 489 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: cutting horses at a ranch near Fredericksburg, and he looks 490 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: good on a horse. The guy knows what he's doing, 491 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: and he's perfectly tanned, his hair, perfectly comb he's got 492 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 1: his whole chaps on. I Little Gabe, the whole video thing. 493 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: But it looked it looked like kind of Marlboro man 494 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 1: meets Pierce Brosen. Okay, he had been doing those ads 495 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: for a while. His favorability was very high. His name 496 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: I d was like ninety percent. There's no way you 497 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: beat the guy, right, So when the runoff came, when 498 00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: the general election was held and Crews made the runoff 499 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: against David Dewhurst, Dohurst actually led going into the runoff. 500 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 1: People forget this, but everyone knew the race is over. 501 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:13,720 Speaker 1: Cruse wins. Why does Cruse win because Dohurst had all 502 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 1: the advantages and Crews still made to runoff. Number one. 503 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: Number two, there's two types of people who vote Republican. Well, 504 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: really three, there's a general election Republican voter, take him out. 505 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: Let's just talk about the people who vote in a 506 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 1: Republican primary. That may be you. That's a bigger group, 507 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 1: not as big as the general election, but that's a 508 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 1: bigger group. Then what's about to vote? Then you have 509 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: the people who vote in Republican primary runoffs. This is 510 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 1: a very small number of people. You might, for the 511 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 1: sake of this argument, like to refer to those people 512 00:32:53,360 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: as radicals. The establishment knows those people are what John 513 00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: Cornyn calls radicals. Radicals don't vote for John Cornyan, radicals 514 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:13,280 Speaker 1: vote for Ken Paxton. This swamp under Karl Rove's direction 515 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: when he made when he talked drunk Dade into impeaching 516 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,600 Speaker 1: Ken Paxton to prevent this very moment they saw happening. 517 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: What's happening. They underestimated the memory of the radicals and 518 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: the likelihood that the radicals would show up. So by 519 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,480 Speaker 1: making that announcement, that rumor yesterday, on the very day 520 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: that Paxton has all the momentum, you kill that momentum 521 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: by saying to everybody who's just about to write a 522 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:48,520 Speaker 1: check to Ken Paxton, Hey, Ken, here's oh wait, I'm 523 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: hearing that he's about to endorse Cornin. So on the 524 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 1: very day that Paxton should be dragging the bag and 525 00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 1: cleaning up on cash, you throw this smoke bomb into 526 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,960 Speaker 1: the room. Maybe President Trump does endorse Corning or maybe 527 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 1: very likely that was a very successful attempt to manipulate 528 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,719 Speaker 1: you and the donors. On Ken Paxton's best day of 529 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:15,280 Speaker 1: the campaign,