1 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: It's still going on, folks. Ballot after ballot has been cast, 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: vote after vote has been tallied. Kevin McCarthy still not 3 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,919 Speaker 1: the Speaker of the House. The House has adjourned after 4 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: the eleventh failed vote for Kevin McCarthy. He says it 5 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,560 Speaker 1: may take Dayscarthy and House Conservatives have been inching towards 6 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: a deal. We've also been told in the late night 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: hours a deal that would elect a potential Speaker McCarthy. 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: McCarthy offered conservatives even more concessions, which include one member 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: motion to vacate instead of five more House Freedom Caucus 10 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 1: members on the House Rules Committee, promises to whole votes 11 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: on controversial term limits as well as border security bills. 12 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: And the conservative activist group Club for Growth and the 13 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: Congressional Leadership Fund that's super Pac, aligned with Kevin McCarthy, 14 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: struck a deal to prevent the Conservative Leadership Fund from 15 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: weighing in on any open seat primaries and safe Republican 16 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: districts trying to tip the scales to one of their guys. 17 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: Those are the concessions that have been made. The question 18 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: is is that enough to get this done? Based on 19 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: what we've seen so far. No Matt Gates made it 20 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: clear that if Democrats join up to elect a moderate Republican. 21 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: Has he described it, He said, look, I'll resign because 22 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: that's been one of the I guess you could say 23 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: scenarios that has been presented. What if that happens? Take 24 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: a listen, hey, Congressman, will you be okay? Then if 25 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: there's ultimately a deal struck with moderate Democrats that give 26 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: Democrats kind of co control of the committees, you're fine 27 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: with that? No, absolutely not that that will not happen. 28 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: They're two No, listen, I'm on the floor, Laura. These 29 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: two hundred twelve Democrats are going to vote for Hakim 30 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: Jeffries every single time. He is a historic candidate for them. 31 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: They are not going to cleave off under any circumstance. 32 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: I assure you that if Democrats join up to elect 33 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: a moderate Republican, I will resign from the House of Representatives. 34 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: That is how certain I am. I can assure your 35 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: viewers that won't happen. Now, you listen to what Gates 36 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: just said there, and I agree with him. I don't 37 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:34,079 Speaker 1: think there's a possibility of this happening yet. Anything's possible. 38 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: We're talking about Washington, DC, but there is a lot 39 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: of now fear mongering going on. There's a lot of 40 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: people in the media that are wanting you to believe, 41 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: and a lot of commentators in the Republican movement right 42 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: that are wanting you to believe that things are really, really, 43 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: really really bad, and then it's going to be the 44 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: worst it's ever been, and then we're going to lose 45 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: a speakership to some moderate Republican or even to some Democrat. 46 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: I don't believe that's going to happen. Matt Gates said 47 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: if that happened, I'd resign Congress. I don't think you'd 48 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: actually resign because he's Matt Gates. Let's just be honest 49 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: about that. But I do believe that he's right when 50 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 1: he says, look, I'm not doing that now. These Alah 51 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: branches have been given to conservatives. I believe it should 52 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: have been enough to get this done. There are some 53 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 1: that are just going to dig in no matter what. 54 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: There are some that are just going to say no, 55 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: no matter what. To Kevin McCarthy. There are weaknesses and 56 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: a weekend speaker, I think now no matter who gets it. 57 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: Yesterday Brett Baar talking about this, saying, hey, is this 58 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: gonna make him a weaker speaker? That's actually what I 59 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: think some Republicans wanted. Take a listen, you know Washington 60 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: as well as anybody that I know, and if you 61 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: look at the investigations, that they're all pretty much a lock. 62 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: If I'm wrong, tell me, I look at the commitments 63 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: to America. I've asked Kevin repeatedly, put it in writing, 64 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: put his signature on it. That seems to be the agenda. 65 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 1: So isn't this all cement? Well? I think that there 66 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: is just this fear that there's going to be some 67 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: deal that they sign on to that doesn't come to fruition, 68 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: that they don't deliver on everything. That's why they're trying 69 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: to get it all locked down. I also think that 70 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: the criticism inside from Republicans who have problems one way 71 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 1: or another with McCarthy is that he's really good at 72 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: raising money, he's really good at recruiting candidates, but Nate 73 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: may not be good at legislating and getting votes together. 74 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: You know, the fact, as you pointed out, that this 75 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: hasn't been all locked up before January third. You know, 76 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: we knew the results in November. It took a little 77 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: bit longer to get all of the volts, but we 78 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: knew it was heading that way to majority. And the 79 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 1: fact that it took this long to get this negotiation 80 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: started or locked in bring some criticism. And I think 81 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: the real question is, say McCarthy gets this, and he 82 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: may very well get it. He will be weakened by 83 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: this process and it will be tough Sean to deal 84 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: with big issues like the deadlimit and other big controversial 85 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: issues because of what he's giving up. Concession was. I 86 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: go back to the question that so many been asking 87 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: me yesterday today, you know, what are we doing here? 88 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 1: We look like idiots? Is this is terrible? And I 89 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: keep saying the same thing. Do not buy into these 90 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: media lines. Do not buy into their hysteria. Do not 91 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: buy into this Oh wow, things are melting down there. 92 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 1: You want to know where all the congressmen would be 93 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: and this is as a Thursday, just so you know, 94 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: and it's Friday. Now, do you know where all the 95 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: congressmen would have been if they would have voted on 96 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 1: a Speaker of the House. They would have been back 97 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: home in DC right now. So this idea that works 98 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: not getting done right now is also again laughable. Okay, 99 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: it's laughable. There are people out there saying, wow, this 100 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,680 Speaker 1: could become a national security issue. There are still senators 101 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,920 Speaker 1: in the Senate. Spoke with Senator Ted Cruz and the 102 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: podcast that We Do Verdict. You should listen to what 103 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: he had to say about this. He's like, look, they're 104 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: still senators being briefed. If there was any issues with 105 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 1: national security, we would know about it, and things are 106 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: going to be okay, okay, we would know about this. 107 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: It's a line the media is trying to get us 108 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: end up. They're trying to act like this is the 109 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: fiasco of the decade, a fiasco that we're never going 110 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: to be able to come back from, that this is 111 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: gonna put people in harmed way. It's not true. Do 112 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: I think this is gonna keep going for a little 113 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: bit of time. I do. If they figured out quickly, great, 114 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: they figure out at noon on Friday, in the first 115 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: vote after coming back, great. I don't think that's probably 116 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: going to happen. But there's also some antics in here, 117 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:33,200 Speaker 1: and I do think we need to be clear about this. 118 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: One of those antics is and this is what the 119 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: things I do think make us look unserious. You have 120 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: had people in the Party who have actually nominated Jim 121 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: Jordan early on, who then was the same guy that 122 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: nominated Kevin McCarthy. You have a president of the United 123 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: States of America from President Trump, who has come out 124 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: and said very clearly on his social media platform Truth 125 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: Social that Kevin McCarthy is the guy. It's time to 126 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: have some fun with it. Okay, Kevin McCarthy is a 127 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: nice guy. That he's the guy that we want and 128 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: we support him. That's what Donald Trump has said. He 129 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: said it's time to move on. And then you have 130 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: Matt Gates and I think this is not serious. Okay. 131 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 1: I want to make that clear. Who went out there 132 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: and nominate Donald Trump after Donald Trump has said he 133 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: is wanting Kevin McCarthy to be the Speaker of the House. 134 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: These are the unserious moments. Take a listen. This government 135 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: for far too long has been deeply corrupt. This town 136 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: has been deeply corrupt. The way people get leadership positions 137 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: and chairmanships and opportunities to be able to morally preen 138 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: has been by accepting lobbyists and special interest money and 139 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: redistributing that money as currency for favors. And that is 140 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: not a criticism of either political party. It is a 141 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: criticism of what we have allowed to happen in this place. 142 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,719 Speaker 1: And if we just go next man up on our 143 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: side of the aisle, we will reaffy that corrupt system, 144 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: and we will abandon the people who are expecting us 145 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: to fight for them. I have heard from my colleagues 146 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: about all the important work we have to do, and 147 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: it is my sincere fear that if we were to 148 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: allow mister McCarthy to assume the speakership, that would not 149 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: get done, that it would be business as usual, and 150 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 1: the very same things that have paralyzed progress for both 151 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: parties would continue to shackle us to never ending failure. 152 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: We can be better than that. We can raise our gays. Indeed, 153 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: we also have to restore to the Speaker's office an 154 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: actual person that ought to be in the Speaker's office, 155 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: not the squatter who is currently there. And if the 156 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: architect of the Capitol is listening, I sent a letter 157 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,719 Speaker 1: and I would like to know what the basis is 158 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: to allow somebody to occupy the Speaker's office who comes 159 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 1: in second place and straight times? Is there like some 160 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: basis in law or rule or precedent for that? And 161 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: so I nominated President Trump because we must make our 162 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 1: country great again, and he can start by making the 163 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: House of Representatives great again again. He didn't want it, 164 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: He told everybody vote for Kevin McCarthy. These are the 165 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: un serious moments when you call your colleagues squatters. These 166 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,199 Speaker 1: are the un serious moments. Now, could this have damage? Sure? 167 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: If this is the only thing that the American be 168 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 1: able here from the media, and this is exactly the moment, 169 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: and these are the exact times when that's exactly what 170 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 1: they'll do. They'll take these moments, play them and act 171 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: like this is the whole ball game, which clearly it's not. 172 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 1: You gotta understand something about the media. Any time they 173 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,719 Speaker 1: can use any story to make things bad for Republicans, 174 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: they'll do it. And if they and if they don't 175 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: have the story, they'll just make it up out of 176 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: thin air. They'll make up Russian collusion, They'll make up 177 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: a dossier, they'll make up a fake bank account with 178 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: Alpha Bank, They'll they'll they'll work with a deep state 179 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: to silence and censor conservatives on Twitter. That all happened, 180 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: so right now they're not having to make it up, 181 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: and they're loving it. But they'll go back to making 182 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: it up because that's what the media does. Tucker Carlson 183 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: last night after this eleventh you know, speaker vote loss 184 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: for Kevin McCarthy, he put it this way when he said, 185 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: it's not a disaster. This is literally how the system 186 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: is supposed to work. And that's I go back to 187 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: what I said earlier. Go listen to what Center Ted 188 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: Crews had to say on this on his podcast. This 189 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: is not disaster. Again. I remind you, these congressmen would 190 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,079 Speaker 1: be home right now if we had a speaker. So 191 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 1: let's not act like there's some massive amount of work 192 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: right now that's not being done because we don't have 193 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: a speaker. They would have allowed on Thursday, many of 194 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: them would have left on Wednesday. It would be hard 195 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 1: to become Speaker of the House in this country, very hard. 196 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: It's a big job. It's one of those powerful jobs 197 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 1: in the world. It's not one of those positions you 198 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: give to elderly men who have campaigned from their basement. 199 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: If you want to be the guy who's second in 200 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: line from the presidency in America, you got to work 201 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,040 Speaker 1: for it, and Kevin McCarthy certainly has worked for it. 202 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: This week, whatever you think of him. To get the feeling, 203 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 1: McCarthy would crawl naked through a sewer to get this gig. 204 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: And that's not necessarily an insult, by the way. It's 205 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: what it takes. Obviously, maybe it's what it should take. 206 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: So if you take a deep breath and you think 207 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: about it for a second. Nothing we have seen in 208 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: Washington recently, the supposedly apocalyptic world ending drama of politicians 209 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: arguing with each other, none of it qualifies as especially 210 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: unusual or even bad. This is what democracy looks like 211 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: when you get up close. I want one thing, you 212 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: want another thing. We schedule a vote to see who 213 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: gets it, or in this case, eleven votes. But whatever, 214 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: how is that a disaster? Well, it's not a disaster. 215 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: That's how the system is supposed to work. But don't 216 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: tell the moron community that they're too overwrought to hear. 217 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: You watch an epic fail and stunning humiliation for Kevin McCarthy, 218 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: who took the knee for Donald Trump then gave away 219 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: the store to the cuckoo fridge of his party. You 220 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: couldn't construct a narrative that combines the elements of extremism 221 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: election denialism and incompetence more perfectly than the last twelve 222 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: hours on the Republican side in the House. It's embarrassing, 223 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: I do, and there's now there's a lot of hard 224 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: feelings on both sides. Again, you have ninety percent of 225 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: the caucus, ninety percent of the caucus standing firmly behind 226 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy. They looked ketty. I mean, they're putting out 227 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: a show. I'll call it political paw. He decided instead 228 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: to pull the pin on the grenade and toss it 229 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: among themselves. What an extraordinary moment of political failure by 230 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: a political It's either personal against Kevin or remember that 231 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: this is the same brain trust that brought to almost 232 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: two years ago January sixth. The way that they've gone 233 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: about trying to achieve these demands has resulted in essentially 234 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: this terrorist standoff between them and the overwhelming majority of 235 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: people in their conference. They're so excitable. Are you following this? 236 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: The failure to make it super easy and simple for 237 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy is extremism, declares Nicole Walls. It's just embarrassing, 238 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: says Ryan Zinki. It's pornography, says another pearl, Charlie Sykescott 239 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: so upset watching the proceedings that he compared a vote 240 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: in Congress to an exploding hand grenade. There were smoke 241 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: and fire and shrapnel in the shrieking of the dying, 242 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: calling out for their mothers because some people would not 243 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 1: vote for Kevin McCarthy. That's what it was like in 244 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: their ladies and gentlemen. Some of us will never recover. 245 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 1: Then another one of the buffoons in the clip you 246 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: just saw went further and called the whole thing terrorism, 247 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 1: which is the remorseless use of violence against the civilian 248 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: population to affect a political goal. So Chip Roy is 249 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: Osama bin Laden. Now I'm timped down in his cave. 250 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: Dan Crenshaw of Texas, filling the role recently vacated by 251 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: his friend Adam Kinsinger, said virtually the same thing yesterday. 252 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: Anyone who doesn't support Kevin McCarthy for Speaker is a terrorist, 253 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: and Crenshaw's voice seemed to crack with emotions. He said, 254 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: he meant it. We talked about that yesterday. There are 255 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: moments that are happening right now that should be turned 256 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: into a master class what to do and what not 257 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: to do if you ever get into politics. And you 258 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 1: need votes on something, don't send out one of your 259 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: surrogates like this idiot Dan Crenshaw and call your own party. 260 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: The people that are voting not the way you want 261 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: them to vote, terrorists, like, don't do that. Okay, that's 262 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: a bad idea. That's something that you shouldn't do. It's 263 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: really stupid. And then you have other people that you 264 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: might be surprised. Majorie Taylor Green ripping some of her 265 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: colleagues Bobert's opposition to McCarthy as not serious, accused her 266 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: of instructing progress. Yeah. Again, welcome to politics. This is 267 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: not abnormal. This is normal. There has been tension growing 268 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: on the right. I just had a chance to speak 269 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: to one of McCarthy's allies. It's staunch conservative Marjorie Taylor Green. 270 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: He was allied with many of these on the far 271 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: right who are blocking McCarthy's ascension. She said that does 272 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: not make the Republican Party look good, and she's brushing 273 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: her colleagues to allow McCarthy to get into the galv Listen. 274 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: I think the American people, no matter how you vote, 275 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: are sick and tired of drama, and this is nothing 276 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: but drama. We're on multiple days now with multiple candidates 277 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: from this group. So I'm not sure how Lauren Bobert, 278 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: on one hand, can demands so much out of Kevin 279 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: McCarthy but then demand nothing out of someone else and 280 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 1: be willing to vote for them to be speaker. That's 281 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: not serious. I don't think that's leadership, and I really 282 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: see it as more obstruction than progress. So the last 283 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 1: part referring to a similar conservative congresswoman from Colorado, but 284 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: someone who's been on the other side on this issue, 285 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: Lauren Bobert, who has been one of the people who've 286 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 1: seen is almost certainly there's no chance of Kevin McCarthy 287 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 1: winning her support. Bobert has nominated another person, Kevin Hearne, 288 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: as her candidate. He's the chairman of a separate Republican 289 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 1: caucus within the larger Republican conference. But Marjorie Taylor Green, 290 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: they're taking aim at Boubert, suggesting that she should she's 291 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 1: not being serious and pushing a candidate who has no 292 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: chance and getting the two hundred and eighteen votes. But Jake, 293 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: that is where we are right now. Kevin McCarthy has 294 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 1: the most votes of any Republican, but he does not 295 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: have a path yet to two hundred and eighteen votes. 296 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: He is not dropping out of this at the moment. 297 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: People like Marjorie Taylor Green are sticking with Kevin McCarthy, 298 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 1: and those hardliners are not backing off. They're pushed for 299 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: an alternative candidate. So this is expected to drag on, 300 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:15,640 Speaker 1: potentially through the day to day, potentially beyond Jake, with 301 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: no end in sight. As McCarthy believes, eventually they'll get there. 302 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: It's just not clear how and when. That's right. In 303 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: eighteen fifty six it went to one hundred and thirty 304 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: three balance. It lasted two months, lasted two months then 305 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: and guess what Americas survived, right, I mean Americas survived that. 306 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 1: We were fine. This is just watching this sausage be 307 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 1: made and that's okay. Is national security at risk because 308 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 1: of this? No? Would the Congress people be home right 309 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:50,120 Speaker 1: now if they were sworn in? Yep, this is absurd. 310 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 1: Now there's another scandal that's brewing. It has nothing to 311 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: do with this, by the way, and that is the 312 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: fact that the president nine States of America is going 313 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: to go to the border. There's a civil war that's 314 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: broken out between the cartels and the government in Mexico 315 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 1: right now. And you've also got Mayor Pete on criticism 316 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: about not being present during multiple transportation crisis is he 317 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: wants you to know that's nonsense. He's also been busted 318 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: for flying on private jets on taxpayer dollars. Take a 319 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: listen to that. That's twenty fourth right. Here's the other criticism. 320 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: You've been a big advocate for the environment, the administration's 321 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: climate change policy. What do you say to people who 322 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 1: ask is it environmentally responsible to fly on private government 323 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: jets when commercial options are availped Well, when we're making 324 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: a decision about what kind of aircraft he use, we 325 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: weigh a lot of things. That's one of the things 326 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 1: we consider, so was saving taxpayers money. Now, I fly 327 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: the majority of the time in economy class on an airliner, 328 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: just like everybody else. I think I should say that again, 329 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: because you know, I'm not sure everybody has read past 330 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: the headlines, but as you know, even this network's reporting 331 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: has made clear that the majority of the time I 332 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: travel on an airliner in economy class, just like everybody else. 333 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 1: But there are cases where we use an FAA jet, 334 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: a jet that's assigned in my department. UM giving an 335 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: example what to Wisconsin recently. We this is last year. 336 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: I think a lot of good paying jobs that are 337 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: coming in. We're working with the operating engineers there to 338 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: make clear to high school students that whether they want 339 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: a college degree or not, they can get good paying 340 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 1: construction jobs because of the work that that we're making possible. 341 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: Understand and we say taxpayers two thousand dollars by using 342 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: the fah to Nevada, Florida, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Ohio, New Hampshire 343 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:39,119 Speaker 1: using a private flight to travel to Montreal understaircraft. Well understood, 344 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:40,639 Speaker 1: But the taxpayers are still paying for it, right, and 345 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,479 Speaker 1: the taxpayers are usually saving money when we do that. 346 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,360 Speaker 1: You know. That is one of the controversies that led 347 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,400 Speaker 1: to other secretaries leaving. For example, Secretary Price of HHS 348 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 1: sat at this very desk and defended a government trips 349 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: and he ended Secretary of Price saved taxpayers money by 350 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: doing it. I don't think he originally said he did. 351 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: You also brought your husband Chasten on a military aircraft 352 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:09,119 Speaker 1: to attend a sporting event in Netherlands, have no, but 353 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: was that reimbursed because that was one of the controversies 354 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: first cris I led a presidential delegation to support America. 355 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: I love this. You can hear him squirming right there. 356 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: This is straight up abuse of power. Everybody knows it's 357 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: abuse of power. And it goes back to what Mayor 358 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,680 Speaker 1: Pete has said. I mean, this is a guy that's 359 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: just not present when there are major transportation crisis, is 360 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: pursuing the things that weren't possible before. Okay, I want 361 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: to deal with a couple of controversies that are getting 362 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: attention from your critics. Basically, they're saying that you kept 363 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: a low profile during the Southwest tobacco. I never did 364 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: a press conference from the Transportation Department. You were in 365 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: Portugal during the rail strike crisis, your opportunity leave during 366 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,479 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one supply chain crisis. This is what 367 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: they say, and that how do you drive that criticism. Sure, 368 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: it's obviously the paternity stuff is you're allowed to do. 369 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 1: But they say several weeks and it was during the 370 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: supply chain crisis. It's nonsense. Let's start with the supply 371 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: chain crisis. I worked that issue before, during, and after 372 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: the time that I was focusing on my children, before, during, 373 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 1: and after their hospitalization. And what happened with the supply 374 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: chain crisis. Well before the holidays last year, there were 375 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: all kinds of news organizations, not just this one, running 376 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 1: stories saying Christmas was going to be canceled. And what 377 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: actually happened an all time record high in terms of 378 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: the amount of goods moving through our ports and in 379 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: terms of retail sales that year. Let's talk about what 380 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 1: happened during these travel disruptions. How about rails. We'll go 381 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: backwards rail strike crisis. This is a guy that you 382 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 1: should never take serious. He's never around now while this 383 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: is happening, there's another story, and that is Joe Biden 384 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: is going to visit the US Mexico border city of 385 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 1: al Paso on Sunday as the White House is going 386 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 1: to roll out some new immigration rules that they want 387 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:07,959 Speaker 1: you to be proud of. They were also saying at 388 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: the exact same time they're saying that that there are 389 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 1: no issues at an open border. There isn't an open border. 390 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: They actually had the knees to say that, You had 391 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: the DHS secretary, and this is just obviously there's another 392 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: way to put it. It's a flat out lie who 393 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: has come out and said that the border is secure. 394 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: There's not a it's not a crisis either. In fact, 395 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: he refuses to call it a crisis when millions of 396 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: people across the border, more now than any other time 397 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: in American history. Would you, Secretary, qualify what is happening 398 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 1: on the border right now as a crisis. You know, 399 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: we have seen the situation of the border managed in 400 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 1: an orderly way. We have seen it in extraordinarily channel 401 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: challenging circumstances as well. You can rest assured, Poppy that 402 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:09,640 Speaker 1: we're doing everything that we possibly can to build a 403 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: system that provides humanitarian relief in a safe and orderly 404 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: way while trying to persuade Congress to fix what is 405 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:24,439 Speaker 1: a broken system. I understand that. But just what you're seeing, 406 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 1: what you've seen the twenty times you've been there. The 407 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: record number of migrants at the southern border last year, 408 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:35,439 Speaker 1: it was nearly two point four million. If that's not 409 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: a crisis, Secretary, what is you know? You know, Poppy, 410 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: we have seen two point four million encounters at our 411 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: southern border, and it is reflective of the greatest level 412 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: of displacement of people in the world since World War Two. 413 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 1: It is reflective of a migration challenge that is gripping 414 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:00,439 Speaker 1: the entire hemisphere. When I was in Colombia again, this 415 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,360 Speaker 1: guy won't even call it a crisis. And the question 416 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: you heard there was from CNN, like they're not even 417 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 1: buying it. He also went on to say in an 418 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: earlier interview that he said that the border is not open. 419 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: Let me be clear, Title forty two or not. The 420 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: border is not open. We will continue to fully enforce 421 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: our immigration laws in a safe, orderly, and humane manner. 422 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: That's a lie. The border is not secure. The border 423 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,240 Speaker 1: is wide open. You can come across the border any moment, 424 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: at any time, whenever the hell you want to. And 425 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 1: you look at this cartel civil war that's broken out. 426 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 1: Those are the people that are shipping their drugs across 427 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: the border. Look at what's happening. Please go look at 428 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: what is happening in Mexico right now. It is a 429 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 1: civil war with the cartels, Lachapo's son being captured by police. 430 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 1: They're now burning down buildings and cars and attacking airplanes 431 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: with innocent people on board. They're letting people out of 432 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: the jails. These are all things that are happening. These 433 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: are the people running the drugs into America, the fetanel 434 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:21,439 Speaker 1: into America. So when you say, oh, there's nothing to 435 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: do to this issue, yes there is. When you say oh, 436 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 1: this is not a big deal, yes it is. It's 437 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 1: a huge deal. These are the issues, by the way, 438 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: that you need to also be focusing on while this 439 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: speaker battle, which is completely normal and not crazy, is happening.