WEBVTT - Why this Government Shutdown Could Be Deadly | Angela Rye SoloPod 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.720 Native Landpod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:10.480 Reason Choice Media. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Hey, everybody, 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:14.400 Welcome home. This is Angela Raie with Native Landpod. I 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:18.400 am hosting today another solo pod, and I wish that 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:22.439 it were under different circumstances, but unfortunately, the American people 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:24.920 at this point are used to going from crisis to crisis. 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:29.560 We are facing another one as Republicans continue to delay 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:34.800 the vote on the government shut down and risk everything 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:38.400 that are they're supposed to protect the American people in 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:41.760 this era, at this hour, as we move from crisis 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.760 to crisis in this administration, we are facing yet another 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:47.320 government shut down. Many of you all know that we 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:52.519 just experienced something very similar over the summer as the 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:56.240 Congress considered HR one or Senate Bill one, and that 0:00:56.480 --> 0:00:59.680 was designed to gut all of the services that we 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:05.920 pay our hard working tax payer dollars into things like healthcare, Medicaid, Medicare, 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:08.759 snap benefits. We saw all of that at risk over 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:13.760 the summer. The consequences of that bill still taking place, 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:18.160 and yet now we're facing another crisis, and so we 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:22.319 are going to hear today from some congressional members who 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.800 are working hard to ensure that the American people's values 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:29.360 are protected, their lives are protected, and policies that make 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:33.039 a difference to ensure they are better off and closer 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:36.760 to pursuing the American dream are also protected. Joining us 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:41.800 first is my forever boss. Her name is Congresswoman Maxine Waters. 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.800 I call her Queen Maxine. She represents the forty third 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:48.600 district in California. She is also the ranking member on 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:51.920 the House Financial Services Committee, where she works hard to 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:55.480 protect what the American people want to see every single day, 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:59.880 from housing to banking to opportunities for contractors who look 0:01:59.920 --> 0:02:02.440 like you and I. So I'm bringing to the stage 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:04.400 now Congresswoman Maxine Waters. 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.240 Hi, Congresswoman, Well, hello, thank you so much. I'm so 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:08.840 pleased to be on with you today. 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.600 I'm so glad you I'm so sorry to cut you off. 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:13.760 I'm sorry. Go ahead, that's o co. 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:15.840 I'm just wanting to say thank you, I'm glad to 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:16.680 be along with you. 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:19.800 I'm happy to see you and you look beautiful this 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:23.160 weekend during the Annual Legislative Conference that you're a vent 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.440 and of course, walking across the stage. Seeing the members 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:29.400 walk across the stage is always my favorite thing. So 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:32.639 congress Woman, you've been doing this for many years. You've 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:35.640 been working hard to be the voice of the people 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.680 in Congress. When I think of the conscience of the Congress, 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:40.960 which is the moniker for the Congressional Black hau because 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:44.080 you certainly represent that. But I just want to talk 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.839 to you for a moment. Can you explain what this 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.040 particular shutdown means to the American people right now and 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:52.560 what is all at stake? Well? 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:58.280 Absolutely, First of all, I am very concerned and really 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:03.360 upset about the crisis that we find ourselves in. This 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:08.640 crisis is initiated by the President and Republicans, and literally 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:13.519 the President is using his power once again to show 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:19.680 that he's going to tell this entire nation who's in charge. 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:23.519 And it's all about a big power play and some 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:27.360 of the right wing philosophies that go along with that. 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:32.720 The President of the United States has under his control 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:38.040 basically all of a cabinet that he has selected, many 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:42.040 of them are not qualified. But he's got trouble inside 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:45.320 his own Republican caucus, and he does not have the 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:49.960 votes in his caucus to do exactly what he wants 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:54.160 to do. Some of them want cuts even deeper, and 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:59.240 usually they expect the Democrats to bail them out when 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:01.840 they don't have the votes, so that they can get 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:05.400 basically most of what they want and throw some crumbs 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:08.720 to the Democrats. We're not having it. We are not 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:11.240 going to have it. We're not going to have it 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:15.520 because this president has led the way for cuts in 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.880 medical care in a way that we never dream would happen. 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:23.560 Whether we're talking about Medicaid and Medicare, we're talking about 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.560 the support of this government for the people of this 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:32.440 country who need assistance with meniccare, and they will die, 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:36.839 many of them will die without Medicaid and Medicare. We're 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:41.119 talking about the survival of the ACA and the work 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:44.280 that we did to get to the Obamacare where people 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:48.280 who had been excluded from coverage altogether because of pre 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:53.400 existing conditions, we're talking about saving that. We're talking about 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:57.320 the subsidies that go along with it, and the tax cuts, 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:01.960 and so we've made this a top prior. Trump cannot 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:05.840 be trusted. They had the one first meeting with him yesterday. 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:09.920 Of course, it didn't turn out very well. Nothing happened 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.279 no agreements were made. There was an attempt by the 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:18.000 Vice President to say, trust us, you know, vote for 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:22.719 what we have in the continuing Resolution, and let's identify 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:25.559 some concerns you have and let's deal with them later. 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:29.240 And of course, Haikem and Schumer said, no way, we're 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:33.239 not going for that. Whatever we agree on, and we're 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:37.200 pushing for having healthcare at the top of the agenda 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.960 along with some other very important things, but you got 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:43.240 to sign on the dotted line. We don't trust that. 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:47.800 Give us now what we're asking for and we'll take care. 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:48.240 Of you later. 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.200 That's not going to happen, but people will be hurt 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:55.720 very badly. It's not only in healthcare, but just think 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:59.240 about her and Section eight and all of the people 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:03.440 who are only able to have decent living and safe 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:07.599 living for their families because they're being subsidized with Section eight, 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:10.360 and still we've never been able to cover them all. 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:14.479 They're still standing in line sometimes for years. We will 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:17.960 increase homelessness if we do not do that. Let's look 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.480 at what they're trying to do with food stamps and 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:24.360 on and on and on. If we go along with 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:27.440 what the President and the Republicans would have we would 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:31.400 absolutely pull the rug out from under Americas in very 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.240 detrimental ways where so many people would be hurt. 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.279 You know, I'm so glad you mentioned HUD, which for 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:41.680 our listeners and our viewing audience is the Housing and 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:46.480 Urban Development Agency the use Department of Housing and Urban Development. Rather, 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.440 I want to just come to this for a moment, 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:54.200 because we're seeing this administration do some really unprecedented things 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:56.880 with federal websites. We know that they were taking down 0:06:56.920 --> 0:07:01.120 our history earlier in this term, and now they have 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:07.160 a website. Uh, they're using HUD to push political messaging, 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:11.360 and so if our viewing audience would go to HUD 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:13.920 dot gov, you'll see this and I'm gonna read it 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:17.800 to you all. It says the radical left are going 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.560 This is a home page, and there's also a pop 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:22.560 up screen that comes up that says the same thing. 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:26.520 It says, the radical left are going to shut down 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:30.640 the government and inflict massive pain on the American people 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.840 unless they get their one point five trillion dollar wish 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:38.600 list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:43.120 government open for the American people, so he's essentially telling 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:47.960 this story. Congresswoman painting this image that they're the Party 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.560 of the people when we see how they continue to 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.480 inflict harm on the American people. Grocery prices have not 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:58.560 gone down. They're making Medicare, Medicaid, and other healthcare access 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:01.760 far more difficult to attend. We talked about snap. We 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.760 know what happened with summer jobs. We're seeing what's happening 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.120 with funding for our schools. They're trying to make it 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:10.239 harder for people to maintain their jobs. They're showing people 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:14.840 out of federal government work and employment opportunities. How do 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.840 do you feel, as the ranking member on Financial Services 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.960 seeing something like this on the HUD website. What's your 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:21.720 response to that? 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.000 Well, we've got to do the best job that we 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:28.239 can do to educate the people. One of the things 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.200 we've been doing, we've been town hall meetings. Many of 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.320 our members not only are doing town hall meetings in 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:37.680 their own districts, but they're going to adjacent districts where 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:41.240 they are Republicans and letting them know who's doing what 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:44.840 and telling them the truth about what Trump and the 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.559 Republicans are doing. We have to continue to do that. 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:51.360 I've been involved in about eleven protests to actions. We 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:54.680 are organizing. We're on the streets in some of these 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:59.000 communities all over the country and people are learning and 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:02.440 so got to do a better job than they're doing. 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:06.400 They are lying, they are misleading the people. They are 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.719 thinking that the people are stupid and don't know that 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:13.600 the President of the United States, through executive orders, is 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:18.080 exercising the kind of power that we have never witnessed before, 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:21.480 and he's doing it to the detriment of millions of 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:25.120 people in this country. We've got a fight on our hands, 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:28.160 and we've got to stand up. We've got to be strong. 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:32.120 We cannot give in. We cannot be hustled by them, 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:36.080 we cannot be frightened or intimidated by them. We've got 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:39.360 to fight, fight, fight, And they're the ones who are 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:43.400 willing to shut down the government. They're in charge. They 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:47.439 have the majority in the Senate, the majority in the House, 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.079 and they own the White House, and if they wanted 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.760 to do right by the people, they could do that. 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:56.199 But no, they're trying to put us in a position 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.240 where we will be blamed. And I think the people 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.559 are catching on to this that we're the ones not 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:06.600 to blame. That we're fighting they're even threatening. They said 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:09.880 social security is on the line, and so I want 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.880 people to listen carefully to what he's saying and what 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.440 they're doing, and pay attention to what you just showed 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:22.160 them that they're advertising through the hub HUD website, and 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:26.680 know and understand that Democrats want to keep the government open, 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.760 but we're not going to throw away the rights of 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.400 the people and the rights of the people to have 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:36.080 their government assist them in a decent quality of life. 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:39.680 Kiersonman, I know that you have to leave, but I 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:41.720 do want to ask you this last question because I 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:46.600 think there's a huge misnomer when the Republican Party considers 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:51.240 who is in most need of snap benefits, and for 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:54.600 those at home that don't realize snap benefits are food 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:58.840 stamps when you consider that sometimes in their minds, it's 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:01.600 clear that they see blacks, back and brown faces, black 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.959 and brown families. But there's data that suggests that the 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:10.360 population that requires the most amount of food stamps is 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:14.560 actually represented by a Republican It is the zip code 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:19.079 five one seven five zero, and that zip code, I'm sorry, 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:21.920 five to seven fives now I'm getting a wrong. Five 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.000 seven five seven zero is what I'm trying to say 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:28.120 five seven five seven zero. That's in South Dakota. Congresswomen, 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:33.000 South Dakota, seventy one percent of the people in that 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:36.040 zip code live in poverty. What do you say to 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:39.200 them where they will be massively impacted by this. 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:42.120 Well, what we have to keep saying to them is, 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:46.120 don't be misled by the President and the Republicans who 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.800 are making you believe it's those people of color, it's 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:54.200 those immigrants. It's those people that's causing you problem, and 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:57.080 we're trying to save you. When you look at that area, 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.400 and you look at Appalachia, and you look at the 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:02.560 rural commune, you look at the hospitals that's going to 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:06.920 be closed in rural communities if they cut medicaid, the 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:10.200 one trillion dollars out of Medicaid that they're talking about. 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:14.040 And so they've led their people to believe that it 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.520 is people of color and people in inner cities who 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:21.679 are getting all of the support from government and they're 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.600 the ones. And these people, really, many of them don't 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:28.160 know because they've been fed a racist message and they've 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:32.120 bought into it oftentimes, and they're standing up for the 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:34.920 people of this country who should be running it and 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:38.480 not those people who are getting too much. They don't 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:43.160 deserve it. That's why he goes after diversity, equity and inclusion. 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.200 That's why he goes after education. That's why they go 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:50.840 after food stamp. Because really, what they're told and what 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:54.360 they're trying to do, is they're trying to limit the 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:58.400 success of people of color and put their feet on 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:02.680 our next to say you've gotten too much, you're making 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:06.040 too much money, you're buying houses, you're doing too much. 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.960 Those people who too are gonna get hurt. Believe that, 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:13.560 and they don't know until the access gonna fall on them. 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:17.480 We're trying to tell them every day what's gonna happen. 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.720 We have pregnant women who won't be able to deliver 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:25.040 babies in rural communities. The hospitals won't be there, the 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:29.240 obgyn services won't be there. We hope they are listening 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:33.120 because this president is a liar who cannot be trusted. 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:37.760 And here is mean, Honri, low down, dirty and no good. 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.840 Well that's that on that And if you all do 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:45.720 not know, this is the legendary Congressman Maxine Waters. She 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.480 is the best fighter I know I learn from the best. 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:50.880 Let's square up. Let's square up. We gotta fight to 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.720 get engage in and it needs to be a bipartisan fight. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:57.000 It should be multi racial, multi ethnic. It is a 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.600 coalition where all of us should be apart because we 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:03.880 want protection for all of us. Thank you so much, Congress. 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:07.080 Thank you so much for not only your podcasts, and 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.720 as I reminded people the other day, you had a 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.080 podcast before most people didn't even know what it was. 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.520 And you've been with this and you've been communicated. You're 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:21.160 an organizer. You're someone who really does understand the legislative process. 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:23.440 You have headed the Black conquers. You've worked in this 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:27.160 atmosphere for so long that you know it, you know 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.120 without even thinking about it. So thank you for the 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:32.520 work that you do, and thank you for helping us 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:35.200 out as we try to move past what could be 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:36.680 a shutdown of government. 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:39.640 Thank you so much, Congressoman if you all can't tell, 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.520 this is the very first political job I've ever had 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:45.400 working for this queen. So she's just slightly biased, but 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.920 I'll take it. I love you, I'll talk to you later. 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:49.040 Thank you. 0:14:49.600 --> 0:15:02.720 Right, Okay, everybody, we've had a little bit of a 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:06.600 love fest with somebody who I love dearly, Congressman Maxine Waters. 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.040 I want you all to know that if she continues 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:11.960 to engage in this fight for the people, she's got 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.080 to raise money. And one thing that I love about 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:18.080 the congresswoman is the resources that she raises even through 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.400 her campaign work to help to solve some of the 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:25.240 many crisis across the country. She doesn't just do casework 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:28.320 and help to solve issues for people in Los Angeles 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.760 forty three, California forty three. Rather she is across the 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:34.240 country working on issues. People reach out to her first. 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:38.080 They know her and trust her very well, as do I, 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:41.880 and she's still someone that I will go to for support. 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.560 So I just want to deepen into this for a 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:49.080 minute as we wait for our next guests to join us. 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:53.560 There's a lot on the line with this government shut down, 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:56.040 and I think what's frustrating for me, and I'll just 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:59.600 tell y'all is last time, when we were dealing with 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:03.000 a Senate bill, one that the House was considering in 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.600 the summer, we decided to do a sixty nine and 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.840 a half hour marathon. We didn't know how long it 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:10.440 was gonna be, but we know we wanted it to 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:15.320 lead right up into this vote, and Hakeem Jeffries ended 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.600 up doing I think a twenty four hour plus maybe 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:23.000 it was twenty five hours on the House floor also protesting, 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.800 and so we spent a lot of effort in combating 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:29.000 what we knew was likely to occur. What was shocking 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:31.240 to me, though, is when we reached out to members 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.560 of Congress. Our default normally is to tell you all, 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:35.400 because I know some of you are in the comments 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:37.200 right now, like what are we gonna do about this? 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.640 But we normally tell you is to call your representatives. Well, 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:44.560 when we called representatives over the summer, especially those who 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:46.960 are on the Republican side who would most likely to 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:50.840 flip votes because they lived in mixed party districts or 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:53.800 districts that were less conservative, some of them hung up 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.760 on us, some of them send us straight to voicemail, 0:16:57.000 --> 0:17:00.840 some of their staff got honorey and rude. But what 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:03.240 we saw was that they were pretty much convinced. So 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:05.840 we don't know what this president has on some of 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:09.440 these folks, but what we do know is that they've 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:13.080 been compromised, that their consciences have been seared with a 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.280 hot iron from a biblity to use a biblical term. 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:20.680 But there is someone who I think regularly represents not 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.320 just the conscience of the Congress, but also the conscience 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:25.800 of the people. She says the quiet part out loud. 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.359 She says what needs to be said in hearing rooms, 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:30.320 she says what needs to be said on the House floor, 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:33.760 she says what needs to be said in interviews. And 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:37.080 she's normally representing not just the interests of black folks, 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:39.960 but I think all well meaning people. She is my 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:45.200 dear sister and friend, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett from Texas's thirtieth 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:48.520 congressional district. She's joining us now to talk about the 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:52.639 government shut down and all that is at stake. And 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:57.200 we don't have a video for Congresswoman Crockett just yet, 0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:00.119 but when we do, we will bring her back on one. 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:07.159 So I just want to flag that this particular shutdown 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:11.280 is even more harmful. And the reason for that is because, 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:14.320 and you guys know, we've been going from crisis to crisis, 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:17.360 So there's one shut down to the next. Right, it's 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:20.639 not like there's smooth government operations. We're going to continue 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.400 to fund the government at the levels that has been 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:26.480 funded were We've been going from shutdown to shut down 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:28.600 for many, many years. This is what happens when you 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:34.480 jerrymander districts, especially racially, and it results in the kinds 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:37.720 of problems that we've been having. But as we continue 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:39.679 to go from shut down to shut down, what happens 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:44.440 is it puts some essential workers in the government. It 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:50.960 is highly subjective to determine who is an essential worker, 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:53.720 but it puts essential workers at risk. We already have 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:55.880 a number of those people who are at risk because 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.800 many of them were forced to resign, forced to retire, 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:02.040 given the opt shouldn't option to retire. There's a big 0:19:02.040 --> 0:19:05.560 piece about this in the Washington Post just over the weekend. 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.000 So a number of these workers are right in harms 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:12.160 way already. So my concern is that if the government 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.920 shuts down, they have get another out to get rid 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:18.159 of people like scientists, like people who are working to 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:21.959 preserve history, like the folks who are working to you know, 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:24.480 preserve civil rights, who might be flying under the radar 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:29.840 right now. And so that is the issue. That is 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:33.760 the issue. So we are still waiting for Congressman Crockett 0:19:33.760 --> 0:19:36.240 to join us, but I know that'll just be a moment. 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:37.960 I think. The other thing that I want to bring 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:42.119 to you all's attention is Donald Trump just today said 0:19:42.520 --> 0:19:46.159 that he was expecting that there will probably be a shutdown. 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:52.800 This president is highly cavalier, very cavalier about he doesn't 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:55.480 care because he's busy. They're getting ready to sell Trump 0:19:55.520 --> 0:20:00.320 OURX with Pfizer prices. They're getting ready to do whatever 0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:06.320 other business deal under violating clearly the Monument's clause, which 0:20:06.640 --> 0:20:10.240 it appears that he is regularly doing, so he doesn't 0:20:10.240 --> 0:20:12.480 have time to think about how a government shut down 0:20:12.800 --> 0:20:15.880 might impact the least of these. When I was at 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:19.560 the UH where my mother gets cancer treatment yesterday. She 0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:23.760 gets chemo on Mondays, two Mondays on one Monday off, 0:20:23.800 --> 0:20:26.600 and we were in there, it was it was so many, 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:29.399 there were so many people, and my dad said to me, 0:20:29.480 --> 0:20:33.000 he said, you know, it's good that people can come 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:35.920 to be treated, but it's probably gonna get so much 0:20:35.960 --> 0:20:42.040 worse once more government services are are are cut. And 0:20:42.080 --> 0:20:44.679 so that's what we're up against. But today when the 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:49.240 President talked about the government was probably going to shut down, 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:52.600 what he continues to repay repeat is something that has 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:55.159 been debunked over and over again. But this is what 0:20:55.240 --> 0:20:59.040 happens when you have someone who is a pathological liar, 0:20:59.119 --> 0:21:05.280 so it seems, who continues to spreads falsehoods. He used 0:21:05.320 --> 0:21:08.240 a video that he posted on Trump Trump's Social Trump 0:21:08.359 --> 0:21:11.960 socials really what it is but true Social yesterday of 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:16.880 Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. Chuck Schumer is saying words 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:19.240 or it sounds like there's a voiceover on Chuck Schumer 0:21:19.280 --> 0:21:21.919 words that he's never said. And then you have Hakeem 0:21:22.000 --> 0:21:25.160 Jeffries standing there with a sombrero and a fake mustache. 0:21:25.320 --> 0:21:27.359 What is the purpose of this, Well, let me tell you, so, 0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:31.800 he says today they want to give Cadillac Medicare to 0:21:32.040 --> 0:21:36.720 illegal aliens at the cost to everyone else. This has 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:43.840 been debunked. Undocumented people are not eligible to enroll in 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:47.800 subsidized programs like Medicaid, Medicare or the Affordable Care Act, 0:21:47.800 --> 0:21:51.240 and this is sourced per The Guardian, But he continues 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:54.960 to repeat this claim. He continues to try to draw 0:21:55.040 --> 0:22:00.280 a wedge between the migrant community and people who are 0:22:00.480 --> 0:22:03.480 here and suffering, who feel like there is someone who 0:22:03.520 --> 0:22:07.520 is responsible for what they have not received. There's someone 0:22:08.040 --> 0:22:12.840 that needs to someone who is to blame for this right, 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:15.879 and I think that, uh, you know, we just we 0:22:16.040 --> 0:22:19.199 just have these issues that we have to continue to 0:22:19.280 --> 0:22:23.280 fight back against what I think is unfortunate. Here is 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:29.040 it appears that while Congress is deadlocked, the Democratic Party, 0:22:29.240 --> 0:22:34.680 unlike with the Charlie Kirk resolution, is mostly together. Right. Uh, 0:22:34.720 --> 0:22:37.280 they seem like they're in lockstep and they're planning to 0:22:37.480 --> 0:22:40.800 vote no on this bill that would cause so much 0:22:40.800 --> 0:22:45.520 harm to the American people. But it appears also that 0:22:45.880 --> 0:22:51.639 the Republican Party is not in lockstep the government. The 0:22:51.680 --> 0:22:56.040 government funding unless there is some type of agreement, will 0:22:56.080 --> 0:23:00.280 be cut off by midnight, that is today. An number 0:23:00.320 --> 0:23:03.439 of government services will be in harm's way as of 0:23:03.600 --> 0:23:09.000 tonight midnight Eastern time. That can bring so many of 0:23:09.040 --> 0:23:12.840 our government services to a complete halt, to a screeching halt. 0:23:13.280 --> 0:23:17.600 We know that a government shutdown doesn't just impact government workers, 0:23:17.960 --> 0:23:20.919 doesn't just impact the people who are before the government today. 0:23:21.160 --> 0:23:25.000 That causes issues with refund checks from the IRS, it 0:23:25.040 --> 0:23:29.600 causes issues with Social Security payments. It is normal at 0:23:29.600 --> 0:23:35.000 this point for government shutdowns to be the way of governing. 0:23:35.240 --> 0:23:37.639 I don't know when that became a responsible way of 0:23:37.680 --> 0:23:41.919 doing so, but that is exactly what's happening. This also 0:23:42.040 --> 0:23:45.520 is in part you know, the Republican Party work to 0:23:45.720 --> 0:23:50.600 try to overturn the Affordable Care Act, what they call Obamacare, 0:23:50.720 --> 0:23:55.280 which is a President Obama's crowning and most signature achievement. 0:23:55.680 --> 0:23:58.399 They continue to go after that. They're trying to gut 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:05.280 those healthcare protections and services in this bill as well. 0:24:07.400 --> 0:24:09.960 And I will let me see this is the other 0:24:10.040 --> 0:24:13.199 thing again. We're just working out technical delays with the 0:24:13.200 --> 0:24:15.960 Congressman Jasmine Crockett, so y'all stay tuned. I also have 0:24:16.000 --> 0:24:19.560 a very special surprise at the end of the program. 0:24:20.040 --> 0:24:26.199