1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: It's that time time, time, time, luck and load. 2 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: So Michael Very Show is on the air. So Sheila 3 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 2: Jasmine Lee Crockett as announced she would run for the 4 00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 2: United States Senate on the Democrat side, the sea occupied 5 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 2: by John Cornyan on behalf of the swamp, but he 6 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 2: will not win the upcoming primary, despite the fact that 7 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 2: they will burn through one hundred million dollars. It could 8 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 2: have been used to win other races against actual Democrats. 9 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 2: Why is it so important that they pick their Republican, 10 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: a Republican who's running third in the polls. Why is 11 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 2: it so important that DC pick a Republican that is 12 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: not popular in the state he is supposed to be 13 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 2: representing after twenty years in office. Well you know the reason. 14 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 2: But on the Democrat side, Jasmine Crockett has jumped into 15 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 2: the race. Dana Bash did a big, glowing profile. We'll 16 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 2: get into this this evening. But the media loves this 17 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 2: for the same reason we love it. It's an absolute 18 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: train wreck. We love it because this shows what happens 19 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: in the Democrat This is the logical conclusion. You start 20 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 2: with your your bill, Clinton's full of emotion, empathy, sweetness, 21 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: policy solutions, roll up our sleeves and work hard and 22 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 2: solve the problem. You start there, you end up in 23 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 2: gulags under the control of Jasmine Crockett. You end up 24 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 2: in the worst possible situation. You end up in a 25 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 2: place where your grandma or grandpa cannot have a funeral 26 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 2: when they died alone in the hospital because you weren't 27 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 2: allowed to visit at the very time they had three 28 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 2: for Saint George Floyd. This is the logical conclusion. I 29 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:54,119 Speaker 2: couldn't be happier because this force is a Republican's next 30 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 2: November to get out and vote, because this shows the 31 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: actual consequences. A Democrat who can hide what they're really 32 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 2: intending to do and what they're willing to do when 33 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 2: pressed by their party is dangerous. A Beato O'Rourke or 34 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,519 Speaker 2: Gavin Newsom who can smile and oh, we're all just 35 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 2: here together. James Talerico yesterday. You know, here's this guy, 36 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,239 Speaker 2: white liberal who was the toast of the liberal establishment. 37 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 2: And then a loud mouth Cardi b black woman comes 38 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 2: sasheing in just mouthing off, spouting off. The crazier the better, 39 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 2: and she knows this. It's not who she was before, 40 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 2: but she's figured out at work just like AOC did, 41 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: and they go, oh, well this thing fires. Hey, let 42 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 2: me try this again. Well, now they've all abandoned him 43 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 2: for her. Welcome to the party, James Talerico. This is 44 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 2: what happens. White liberals are only useful for so long 45 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: because if we're going to scream racism, vote for the 46 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: Democrat because everybody else is racist. We'd rather have a 47 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 2: black woman doing it than you. Right. So now Taller 48 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 2: Eco's out there wondering why the entirety of the national 49 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 2: media is covering her as if she's the only candidate running. 50 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 2: Look at me, I'm over here. Everybody has a vested 51 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 2: interest in Jasmine Crockett. The media loves it because they 52 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:36,919 Speaker 2: love a train wreck, because it's great for ratings. The 53 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 2: Democrats love it because this is how you get black 54 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 2: voters engaged. This is why they propped up Stacy Adams, 55 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 2: which was no small matter as a big girl. That's 56 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:55,119 Speaker 2: why they do these sorts of things, because they're looking 57 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 2: at their slate and they're saying, for us to win 58 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 2: the midterm, we've got to have some polarizing black candidates 59 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 2: who can just screech racism, racism, racism, black girl power, 60 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 2: and if we don't have that, then we may not 61 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 2: be able to turn out the black voters. And that's 62 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:21,119 Speaker 2: what happened in twenty twenty four. People thought Kamala Harris 63 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 2: could turn out black voters. She couldn't. Blacks didn't like her. 64 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 2: She has a likability problem. Jasmine Crockett when she started 65 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 2: on the scene, will be playing audio of this in 66 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 2: the coming months. She was attempting to speak in an 67 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 2: educated manner because I have a law degree, you see, 68 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 2: and I am a black woman who is a strong, 69 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: smart Black woman who can represent in DC. She got 70 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 2: there and she figured out sassy black CARDI b that's 71 00:05:55,839 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 2: loud mouth, filthy mouth. That's what people want more of. 72 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 2: And so that's what she morphed into being once that 73 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:13,600 Speaker 2: persona took hold. This is a woman who proposed more 74 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: bills in her first term as congressman than any other congressman. 75 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 2: Now not one of them was passed, but she did 76 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 2: propose more bills. She La Jackson Lee used to do that. 77 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 2: There's a Houston Press story about it. She would just 78 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 2: keep throwing bills out there and then she would send 79 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 2: out press releases. She's filed more bills than anyone else. 80 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 2: Anybody can file a bill, doesn't mean it's just walking 81 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 2: outside and screaming, doesn't mean anybody's actually doing anything about it. 82 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 2: But this will become and I would argue it'll be 83 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 2: good for the Republicans. This will become the media moment 84 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 2: over the next several months until the March primary, and 85 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,600 Speaker 2: you know that the CNNs and ms nows and they're 86 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 2: going to get behind this as a historic moment. It's 87 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 2: going to be a movie blockbuster. Does Shila Jackson Lee 88 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 2: wanna be Cardi b Jasmine Crocket. 89 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: This selection season, Texas has a problem. Her name Jazzy 90 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: Jasmine Crocket. 91 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 3: They call me the hoodrat Kindnessman from Texas. 92 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: But Bibby, I'm about to be a hoodrat center from 93 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: the hood to the hulls of power. The Queen of 94 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: Crass will add her unique flare to the lone Stars State. 95 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 2: I'll put some hood in your neighborhood, Sugar. 96 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: You see her on the evening news and you mistake 97 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: her for an eyewitness to a waffle house brawl. In reality, 98 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: she's pulling at one hundred percent among dead people. 99 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 3: Democracy's riding with me today. 100 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,960 Speaker 1: From the creators of the leaning Tower of weav at 101 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: Revenge of the isle Hog comes Jasmine Crockett Hood to 102 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: the Hill in Theaterre's this election season rated? Oh no, 103 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: she did? 104 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 2: I want to go back to Why of these women 105 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 2: are chiefs them? Michael Berry? I think that there might be, 106 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 2: because I've got nothing going on down there. Probably Shortly 107 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: before Jasmine the Crockett appeared on stage, a so called 108 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 2: rapper and named Cameron McLeod performed his horrible rap song 109 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 2: about her, which included the line they only trying to 110 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: scare her out or running because they think she'd win. 111 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:01,079 Speaker 2: That's it. The Crockett campaign with so proud of this 112 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 2: rap song they posted a recorded version of it with 113 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:13,719 Speaker 2: Jasmine Crockett sitting next to him. H Okay, I mean 114 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 2: I I guess that appeals to a certain demographic. Would 115 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 2: you like to hear it? Would you like to hear 116 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 2: the rapper at her announcement that they were so proud 117 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 2: of that, they then re recorded it at or recorded 118 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 2: it and posted it. Well, here you go, and we're 119 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 2: gonna see how this go. All right, it's all ready, 120 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:36,199 Speaker 2: let's get its a. 121 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 3: Okay, she ain't never scared, she ain't never been who 122 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,199 Speaker 3: was willing to go toe to toe against the president. 123 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 3: I can't wrap my head around someone who both Republicans 124 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 3: she advocate for for getting kids, they protected both touching 125 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 3: them trumb and baden his own country with our army. 126 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 3: What did show we remember Pearl Harper by iligility Barman boats. 127 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: Which I thought we wasn't gonna do. 128 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 3: Nothing, buddy again, they only trying to scare out her 129 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:03,199 Speaker 3: running because. 130 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 2: They think you'll win. 131 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 3: Listen, thought I told y'all, we ain't never scared. 132 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 2: Now. 133 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 3: The who name on the docket got two words for 134 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 3: every race is biggot Jasmine Crockett. 135 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, that might be trued and all that history. The 136 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 2: words I see can I be blue? So which sage 137 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 2: you want to choose? To me? 138 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,080 Speaker 3: I hope my money goes decided that isn't trying to 139 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 3: say for them, and of these, I hope she's stand 140 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 3: on business. Austen tost text the soap don't need no 141 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 3: more bad built, bleached blond bush bodies moving forward. So 142 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 3: some of the words messed up when I post it 143 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 3: on Instagram tonight, y'all just gonna. 144 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 2: Listen to y'all hear the words, y'all y'all go hear it. 145 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 2: Y'all gonna hear it. Y'all gonna hear this song makes 146 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 2: a nice for Jasmine Crockett one time. Y'all gonna know 147 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:49,440 Speaker 2: what time it is Jazmine Crockett with this about y'all 148 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,360 Speaker 2: gonna hear it when I post it. But y'all gonna know, 149 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 2: y'all gonna know this, wrap this rap hot. Y'all gonna 150 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 2: feel this one. They gonna feel this all the way 151 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 2: to d C. I'm done. They don't feel it. They 152 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 2: don't feel Jasmine Crockett before I'm done. So Colin Already, 153 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 2: who was the front runner for the Senate seat, got 154 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 2: out of the race because because Jasmin Crockett wields more 155 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 2: power than he does. And so Colin Already, who liked 156 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 2: to be mister tough guy before all this, has had 157 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 2: to admit that, well, if Jasmine Crockett tells me to 158 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 2: get out, I have to. I have to. I have 159 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 2: to get out here. He is on CNN talking about 160 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 2: why it is he left the race because Jasmine Crockett 161 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 2: called and told him to. 162 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 4: Can you tell me about the conversation that you had 163 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 4: with your friend Jasmin Crockett how that went down and 164 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 4: how you made the decision to let her take the way. 165 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 4: I assume that's the way that you view this. 166 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,960 Speaker 5: Well, I wouldn't say you that way. What it was 167 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 5: a professional, friendly conversation, and you know what I took 168 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 5: from that was that, you know, I needed to try 169 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 5: and decide what I thought would be best for the state, 170 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 5: for the party in a time and in a year 171 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 5: where there is so much at stake, and you know, 172 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 5: this is not a normal time, Dan, and your last 173 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 5: segment covering you know, three or four things that in 174 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 5: any previous presidency would have been the biggest scandals of 175 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 5: the entire presidency. This is not a normal time. And 176 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 5: there are so many people who have met who are 177 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 5: so afraid, and in Texas we are bearing the brunt 178 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 5: of so many of these of this president's policies, from 179 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 5: the tariffs to the immigration, you know, impacts in so 180 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,439 Speaker 5: many different communities, and there are so many people who 181 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 5: place their faith in their trust in me. 182 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 2: There's literally nobody who places they're trusting you, Colin. There 183 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 2: are so many people out there and they're just they're 184 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 2: just counting on me. Who are you again, Colin all Red? 185 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 2: And I'm all they've got. You know, I'm and they're like, 186 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 2: please protect us from Trump. There's something these people do. 187 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 2: They're not very smart. Colin al Red's not very smart. Actually, 188 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 2: Jasmine Crockett is five x the intelligence of Colin oil Red. 189 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 2: That's a fact. Colin hal Red's not a very smart guy. 190 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,320 Speaker 2: He's kind of like John Kerrey for the Democrats. He 191 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 2: looks good on play paper. He's a ballplayer, but no 192 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 2: one knew him as a paul player ballplayer, not like 193 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 2: he was a star. This isn't Tony Dorsett or Roger Staubach, 194 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 2: Earl Campbell. And he's very, very willing and eager to 195 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 2: say and do whatever he needs to do. In that sense, 196 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 2: he's he's a real good boy. You know when you 197 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 2: tell your dog, he's a real good boy. That's what 198 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 2: he does what he's told. He sits when he's told 199 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,959 Speaker 2: to sit, stays what he's told to stay. And that's 200 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 2: what Colin all Red was. He was a useful idiot 201 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 2: for the Democrat Party. And it turns out he was 202 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 2: more idiot than useful, and that's why he was cast aside. 203 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 2: Colin Allread. I remember I must have been in school 204 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 2: back then because I remember him coming. Tony Sanchez was 205 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 2: running for governor. This must have been ninety four, and 206 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 2: he was a rich oil man from mu was it Laredo? 207 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 2: Where was Sanchez from? Anyway, he was a ritual oil 208 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 2: man and he wanted to be governor about five four, 209 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 2: A little bity fellow, and he put together what was 210 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 2: supposed to be the dream team. They got Ron Kirk, 211 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 2: who was a black law firm partner, former state secretary 212 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 2: of State. They had a woman, they had a Hispanic, 213 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 2: they had a white guy. They had a gay guy, 214 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 2: probably I don't know. But so you had the dream 215 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:02,000 Speaker 2: team here. You had the United Colors of Benton because 216 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 2: every group was represented, so that would excite that demographic 217 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 2: of voters, except it didn't. Well that's Colin all Red. 218 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 2: He was supposed to be have He's supposed to be 219 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 2: able to draw blacks. He didn't. He didn't farewell with blacks. 220 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 2: He didn't didn't excite anybody black to vote. And sports 221 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: fans nobody really knew who he was or care whatn like. 222 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 2: This guy had a fan following. And the problem is 223 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 2: when you got past the two things that were supposed 224 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 2: to be his assets as a candidate, he wasn't very smart. 225 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 2: That's not a good. It's not a good. He's not 226 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 2: exactly a three to two player there. So now he 227 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 2: was going to run again because why not. Nobody else 228 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 2: is going to run because a Republican can't win. And 229 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 2: then Jasmine tells him to get out and he has 230 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 2: to say I wanted to avoid a bruising primary with 231 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 2: the ghetto girl. Seriously, we have all your formal where 232 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 2: needs from morning suits to coordinating excessor. 233 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 6: If I'm did in nineteen eighty nine in Miami with 234 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 6: a distinctive text mechs and country blend. 235 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 2: Maybe some kunjunto thrown in that their collaboration with Flaco Jomenez. 236 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 2: The Mavericks had a smaller but similar following to The 237 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 2: Grateful Dead in that their fans would travel all over 238 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 2: the country to see them. Used to get a lot 239 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 2: of requests for the Mavericks. I couldn't make it make sense. 240 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 2: They were twenty five thousand dollars and I would I 241 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 2: would float it out there. Who knew who the Mavericks 242 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 2: were and just weren't enough people that I felt we 243 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 2: could we could cover pre tend. Yeah, their music is 244 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 2: fantastic and they're following their consistency for thirty six years. 245 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 2: They have delivered fantastic live shows and they've been on 246 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 2: the True for fifteen times. No Small Feet. Raul Malow, 247 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 2: their lead singer, has passed. He had been battling cancer 248 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:14,000 Speaker 2: for quite some time. So no idea what that means 249 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 2: for the band, but it's not good. Some drama here 250 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 2: in Harris County on the Republican side within the party itself, 251 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 2: there have been rumblings for years that the Harris County 252 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 2: Republican Party is under inept leadership. Now, I'll go back 253 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 2: to the early two thousands when I first started paying 254 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 2: close attention to Harris County Republican Party politics as a party, 255 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 2: Gary Pollard was the party chairman. Gary was interestingly a 256 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 2: Jewish chrome defense attorney who managed, to his credit, men 257 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 2: who understood that where the sleeping giant was was conservative 258 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 2: Christian Evangelical Christian conservatives. And to his credit, he managed 259 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 2: to push voters to the polls very hard and he 260 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 2: got turnout. Now, not in city races, but in county races. 261 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:40,640 Speaker 2: City races are during off years. It's why it's very 262 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 2: hard for Republicans to get elected citywide and on the 263 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 2: City of Houston. In the City of Houston, Republicans tend 264 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 2: to vote every quadrenial every four years for president. Hard 265 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 2: to get Republicans to show up and vote for midterms 266 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 2: was what we have coming up this coming November. It's 267 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 2: even harder to get them to vote in an off 268 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 2: year election in the city. A lot of City of 269 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 2: Houston Republicans don't think of themselves as living in the 270 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 2: City of Houston. I know this, I ran for office. 271 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 2: I'm telling you. You can get folks in clear Laighton 272 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 2: Kingwood to vote. You can get folks on the west 273 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,439 Speaker 2: side of Memorial to vote, but even there, nothing like 274 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 2: you can get them to vote during a presidential election. 275 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 2: So the party under Pollard was actually pretty well organized 276 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 2: and winning a lot of elections. There were some there 277 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 2: were some big wins, and there was a lot of 278 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 2: excitement around the party. And then Pollard lost his way. 279 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 2: He started getting court appointments from the judges that were 280 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 2: on the bench at the time. I was very involved 281 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 2: in party politics at the time. I had a great 282 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 2: relationship with Rick Perry. We spoke often, and I had 283 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 2: a group of peers that were coming up and I 284 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 2: would make calls to the governor or he would call 285 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 2: me and ask me about him, and we would talk 286 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,199 Speaker 2: about folks that would end up getting put on the 287 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 2: bench that, by the way, turned out to be great judges. 288 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 2: In fact, one of those judges who was a great 289 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:20,399 Speaker 2: judge at the time was Jeff Brown, who was a friend, 290 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 2: who was a conservative, who was well respected. He's smart. 291 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 2: So Jeff Brown wandering off the reservation on this redistricting 292 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 2: case recently was not only disappointing because it threatened the redistricting, 293 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 2: it was disappointing because I've known the man for so long. 294 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 2: This was very out of character for him to side 295 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 2: with the Democrat, and Jerry Smith's scathing sent in that 296 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 2: case laid it all bare. He was not going to 297 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 2: allow this to happen without it seeing the light of day. 298 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 2: I don't know what happened to Jeff Smith, to Jeff Brown. 299 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 2: I'm disappointing. I'm angry because it look politics affects other people, 300 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 2: but this was an issue that affected the entire country, 301 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 2: and for him to do this as some sort of 302 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 2: shot at Donald Trump, the man who by the way, 303 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 2: nominated him, was very disappointing. We were putting good judges 304 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 2: on the bench, guy named Grant Dorfmann, one of the 305 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:34,160 Speaker 2: smartest guys I've ever known to take the bench. Brilliant guy. 306 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 2: Was not a retail politician type, not a hell fellow, 307 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 2: well met, not a guy that was great at showing 308 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:48,800 Speaker 2: up at events, just a really smart, truly conservative jurist. 309 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 2: A lot of folks go into a lot of folks 310 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 2: end up serving on the bench. Affects, especially an elected 311 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 2: bench like this, who are not necessarily the sharpest pencil 312 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 2: in the pack, but they glad hand well and remember 313 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 2: names and raise a little money and hopefully the party 314 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 2: wins and they get elected. You had Ken Wise again, 315 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 2: another true conservative Texas proud constitutionalist judge during this time, 316 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 2: also very smart guy. You had a series of the 317 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,719 Speaker 2: Jennifer Walker l Rod who ended up ended up on 318 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 2: the Fifth Circuit, went to the became a federal judge, 319 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 2: and then Fifth sertit. So all of us sort of 320 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 2: ran together, and I was very happy at that time 321 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,119 Speaker 2: to have a little clout with the governor and be 322 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 2: able to push their nominations along with a lot of 323 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,360 Speaker 2: other people. I'm not trying to take complete credit for that. 324 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 2: And they were smart people who deserved to be on 325 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 2: the bench and it was a good time. The Harris 326 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 2: County Bench had some really good judges on it, Brock 327 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 2: Thomas on the on the Criminal Court, judge Stephen Saint James. 328 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 2: I mean there were there were good people in office. 329 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 2: We controlled the District Attorney's office, we had four of 330 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 2: the five on the County Commissioner's Court. And then Pollard. 331 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 2: In my opinion, Pollard lost his way over trying to 332 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 2: make some money and he started just focusing on getting 333 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 2: appointments from the judges that he had helped get on 334 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 2: the bench. It was a real conflict and a lot 335 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 2: of people were complaining about it. Next in line was 336 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 2: Jared woodfull Well, the Texans for Lawsuit Reformed. People were 337 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 2: uncomfortable with this because this guy is a planiff's attorney, 338 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 2: so you went from a defense attorney, which to a 339 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 2: planiffs attorney. But again I think Jared did a pretty 340 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 2: good job and the party was in much better shape, 341 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 2: which brings us to where we are now and the 342 00:23:53,760 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 2: party is absolutely in shambles. To the Michael Berrie, did 343 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 2: I Hollard? There were people correcting me as Pollen. 344 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 6: I know. 345 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 2: If I said Pollard Ramone says, I did say Pollard. 346 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,600 Speaker 2: I know it's Gary polland I knew Gary polland very well. 347 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 2: He still does this little pay for play deal where 348 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 2: you apparently pay him money and he writes a nice 349 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,639 Speaker 2: article about you and they mail it out to the 350 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:29,439 Speaker 2: UH to the base. They tell you, these are the 351 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 2: conservative candidates that loved Jesus and Texas in America. Sort 352 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 2: of odd, but okay. Alan Blakemore used to be associated 353 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 2: with polland boy, they thought they had the whole world. 354 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 2: But as bad as things were, we were. We were 355 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 2: winning the races and holding the bench and Commissioner's court. 356 00:24:54,359 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 2: And then it changed under Jared Woodfull who despite being 357 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 2: a planning's attorney, which made the tort reformed people very upset, 358 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 2: and she did a pretty good job. And then Paul 359 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 2: Simpson came in and I don't know what happened. I 360 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 2: sort of tuned out from the local party. Paul had 361 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 2: been like the treasurer. Paul always struck me as the 362 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 2: nicest guy in the world. I later heard from a 363 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 2: lot of people who were very critical of his leadership 364 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 2: of the organization. It's a volunteer position, but it's a 365 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,399 Speaker 2: very important position. The party chairman is the one that, 366 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 2: among other things, goes out and recruits candidates to fill 367 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 2: these seats so that we have candidates for every position, 368 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 2: and the one who kind of mediates arguments over who 369 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 2: should run for this seat and helps candidates find the 370 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 2: right seat for them so that we get the most 371 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 2: folks elected in the right folks in the right positions 372 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 2: can be an important position. But then Cindy Siegel ran. 373 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 2: I didn't know Cindy Siegel. She had run for Congress 374 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 2: and lost. She's in bel Air. I'd heard she was 375 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,880 Speaker 2: a nice lady and a very ethical lady. That's all 376 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 2: i'd heard. I think my friend Tim Belton was the 377 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 2: first person who bring her my attention. I met her, 378 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:31,479 Speaker 2: she appeared to be a very nice lady. I couldn't 379 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,120 Speaker 2: say much more than that because I didn't have any 380 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 2: deep conversations with her. But I started noticing the cracks. 381 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 2: I started noticing, for instance, we weren't filling the judicial seats. 382 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 2: If we have benches for which we don't put a 383 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:51,680 Speaker 2: Republican candidate up, we can't win that seat. Rodney goes 384 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 2: and gets candidates. Rodney is the de facto Democrat party chair, 385 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 2: and so much more. But he goes and gets candidates. 386 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 2: They might be a real estate agent who's never practiced law, 387 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 2: but he makes sure they win. Then I started hearing 388 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 2: things from people who said that they had wanted to 389 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 2: run for a judicial seat and they were told they 390 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,879 Speaker 2: weren't qualified, and then they were angry when they found 391 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 2: out that no one filed for that seat. Well, you know, 392 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 2: you're more qualified than the Democrat who was a real 393 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 2: estate agent who's never practiced law to be a judge. 394 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 2: Are you kidding me? So I started noticing disgruntled people 395 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 2: within the party started sending me, Hey, notice how many 396 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:43,479 Speaker 2: of these seats didn't have any filings. And then I 397 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 2: was told, well, Cindy Siegal's defense was that she talked 398 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 2: to you on your show, and I think at that 399 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,199 Speaker 2: point we had spoken one time. Nobody told me that 400 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 2: it was my job to go recruit all these candidates. 401 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 2: Every election season, I'd remind people, this is how you file. 402 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 2: Somebody needs to serve. Why wouldn't it be you? But 403 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,480 Speaker 2: that's not my all day, everyday job. You've got a budget, 404 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 2: you've got staff, you've got headquarters, you've got brand. Get 405 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 2: candidates to recruit other candidates. Now being worse than an 406 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 2: absolute blood bath in the Republican primaries of candidates against 407 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 2: each other. It's not having candidates at all, and that's 408 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 2: what we've ended up doing. All the while we've ended 409 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 2: up losing Commissioner's Court. Where's the party been? I was 410 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 2: talking to Alex Meeler daily during that race. Wasn't much 411 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 2: coming from the party. I've talked to people about what's 412 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 2: going on with the Commissioner's Court. Where's the party been? 413 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 2: The Harris County Judiciary, the civil courts and criminal courts? 414 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 2: Where are the candidates? Where's the party? I did speak 415 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 2: in an event at Federal American Grill that I don't 416 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 2: know if that was coordinated by the party or by 417 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 2: the judges. Jessica Cologne reached out. I don't do those 418 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 2: things very often. I did agree to do it, and 419 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 2: I thought it was a very good event. I think 420 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 2: we raised quite a bit of money. It was a 421 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 2: tough election season. We did pick off a couple of seats. 422 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 2: I'm not angry over that. In fact, I don't take 423 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 2: any of it very personally. However, if we're not getting 424 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 2: the job done, it's time to make a change. This 425 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 2: isn't a social position in a small town. It's a 426 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:54,200 Speaker 2: very important tactical and execution position. It's a head coaching job. 427 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 2: And it does not appear that Candy Siegel is the candidate. 428 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 2: Is a person who can handle that job. The numbers 429 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 2: speak for themselves. It's nothing personal. The numbers speak for themselves. 430 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 2: Candidates aren't being recruited. I think there are four candidates 431 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 2: who are running. I know Rachel Palmer Hooper very well. 432 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 2: She's the general counsel of the State Republican Party and 433 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 2: she's one of those people who nobody ever knows their name, 434 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 2: but they get all the work done. To his credit, 435 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 2: Michael quinn Sullivan at Texas Scorecard does a wonderful job. 436 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 2: He gives an award every year. It's pretty cool award. 437 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 2: He give him like a story. Senate give him a sword. 438 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 2: Mary Tally Boden won it a couple of years ago. 439 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 2: And it's for people who advance advocacy in the name 440 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,239 Speaker 2: of Texas values or in the name of liberty, and 441 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 2: it's people like Mary Tally Boden. Well. I had heard 442 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 2: that Mary Tally Boden was going to file for a 443 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 2: precint chair position. I don't know if she did. I 444 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 2: hope she did. That'd be a whop. But anyway, Rachel 445 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 2: Hooper's husband, Don has filed and that's going to be interesting. 446 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 2: Somebody told me there were four candidates who ran in there. 447 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 2: I saw a picture of Don that I guess Rachel 448 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 2: had put out. That was him pointing at his name, 449 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 2: but it was a grainy picture. I couldn't tell it. 450 00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 2: You couldn't read the board. I don't know if that 451 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 2: means there were four candidates or what. But I would 452 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 2: tell you that the number of people who vote in 453 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 2: the primary goes way down, which makes your vote much 454 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 2: more valuable. So I would ask you to begin slowly. 455 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 2: You don't have to pick a candidate in every race overnight, 456 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 2: first one that you get mail from, or the first 457 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,680 Speaker 2: website you show up on. But we've got to have 458 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 2: a great turnout in this primary, and we've got to 459 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 2: get this right because we've got to win next November. 460 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 2: We have got to win next November.