1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is Verdical Center, Ted Cruz, it is nice 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: to have you with us. It is official. Twelve oh 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: one am. The United States government is shut down. The 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: Democrats they did it on purpose. Apparently it was their plan. 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: And the question is for how long have they been 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: planning on doing this. This is going to be a 7 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: very interesting show. This all revolves around the Senate. That 8 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: is something that maybe some people don't realize. Everything's come 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: out of the House. We're now to the Senate side 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: of things, and I want you to explain what it 11 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: was like in the hours leading up to this shutdown. 12 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: Was there ever a chance in hell that the government 13 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: wasn't going to shut down? 14 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 2: No, there was never a chance. It is just after midnight, 15 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 2: so the government is shut down just for a few minutes. 16 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 2: But I think the government shutdown is going to last 17 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: at the minimum of days, it may be weeks, and 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:00,959 Speaker 2: it may even be longer. Really, yes, this could extend 19 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 2: for a significant period of time. And understand this is 20 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 2: the Democrats roar that they hate Donald Trump. So I 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 2: got to say we had the vote tonight. There was 22 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 2: no surprise. Everyone knew the outcome out of one hundred 23 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 2: senators all of us knew the outcome. The vote was 24 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: fifty five to forty five. So three Democrat senators voted 25 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 2: to keep the government open. 26 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: You have a pretty big deal, right, I mean, did 27 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: you think those three were going to go? 28 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:33,119 Speaker 3: Where? 29 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: Did you think it was going to be a unanimous vote? 30 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: I mean Fetterman and two others like that's that is significant? 31 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, Look Fetterman, I was not surprised. So Fetterman voted 32 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 2: to keep the government open, Cortes Master voter to keep 33 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 2: the government open, and Angus King voted to keep the 34 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 2: government open. That's not shocking to me. It's fifty five 35 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 2: to forty five. Now why did the government shut down? Look, 36 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: the basic operation of government is the federal government cannot 37 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: continue to operate unless Congress appropriates funds. Under the Constitution, 38 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: Congress has the power of the purse, so Congress appropriates 39 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: the spending of money. A typical fiscal year is October 40 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: first to September thirtieth. 41 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 3: YEP. 42 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: This particular funding ended at midnight on September thirtieth. You 43 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: and I are recording this just after minutes after midnight 44 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 2: on September thirtieth. The appropriation, the authorization for Congress to 45 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 2: spend money expired minutes ago. Now, there are a couple 46 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 2: of ways you can extend the government funding. One is 47 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 2: an appropriation and so they're typically in a good year. 48 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 2: They are thirteen appropriation bills that fund each different kind 49 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: of major segment of government. For a number of years, 50 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 2: the appropriation bills have not passed. The other major way 51 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 2: that government authorization occurs is through what are called crs. 52 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 2: CR is short for continue resolution. A continue resolution is 53 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 2: essentially Congress saying what we are spending now, we can 54 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,919 Speaker 2: continue continue the status quo identically for x period of time. Now, 55 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 2: the House of Representatives pasted a CR, a clean CR, 56 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 2: to fund the federal government through the middle of November. 57 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 2: So if the Senate had passed it. 58 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: Oh right. Let's be clear. When you say a clean CR, 59 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: that means no political shananigans in it. It's literally saying, 60 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: we're taking the twenty five budget year and we're going 61 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: to say the exact same amount we spent in August, 62 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: we're going to spend September, October, November until we get 63 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: the new budget. There is no port barrel extras, there's 64 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: no political sheanigan against from either side. 65 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, Okay, a clean CR says what we 66 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 2: spent yesterday is what we'll spend tomorrow, that everything just 67 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 2: continues the same, and that's what the House has passed. Now. 68 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 2: The challenge is for anything to pass the Senate that 69 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: is in the nature of an appropriations or a CR, 70 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 2: it takes sixty votes because under the filibuster rule, you've 71 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 2: got to have sixty votes to move forward on legislation. So, 72 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,279 Speaker 2: as I mentioned, we got fifty five. We got three Democrats, 73 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 2: but we need sixty, which means we need at least 74 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 2: seven Democrats. And actually here we need eight Democrats because 75 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 2: Ran Paul voted no. So we had fifty two Republicans 76 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 2: vote yes, and we needed eight Democrats to vote yes 77 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 2: to fund the government. Well, we only got three, and. 78 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: That was on purpose. And I want to pause just 79 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: for a second to go back to CR historically. Let's 80 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: just go back to Biden's time in office, when you 81 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: guys were in the minority. If I'm not mistaken, you 82 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: guys did this more than a dozen times, where you 83 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:54,799 Speaker 1: can't and say, hey, thirteen times, all right, So thirteen 84 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: different times y'all came together and said we're gonna spend 85 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: exactly what we spent yesterday to keep the government open, 86 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: so we avoid a government shut down. And you put 87 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: the American people ahead of politics. And that is a 88 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: bipartisan moment, right, They had to have some of your votes. 89 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: So look, every time we came to the end of 90 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 2: government funding, you would have enough Republicans joined with Democrats 91 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: to keep the government funded. Now what has changed, Well, 92 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 2: several months ago we had another expiration of government funding. 93 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 2: And what happened is Chuck Schumer and the Democrats decided, Okay, 94 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 2: let's keep the government going, a very reasonable and very 95 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 2: common sense, a very normal decision. The Democratic left wing 96 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 2: base lost their mind and Chuck Schumer nearly lost his 97 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 2: job because Schumer allowed the government to be funded several 98 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 2: months ago, the left wing rose up against him. And 99 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 2: you want to understand why we have a shutdown. It's 100 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 2: one thing. Schumer is looking over his left shoulder and 101 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 2: he sees aoc running up behind him, and he is 102 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 2: terrified he's gonna lose his job. So listen, Schumer knows 103 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 2: this is not gonna work. He knows this is failures. 104 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: Just pure cover your als politics one oh one by Schumer. 105 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 2: So the radical left wing, they hate Trump, and they 106 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 2: want today to be a giant f you to Trump. 107 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 2: They want it to be we hate President Trump, and 108 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 2: we hate President Trump so much we're gonna shut the 109 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 2: entire government down because rar that's what we're watching now. 110 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: By the way, So then hold on, when did this 111 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,479 Speaker 1: become the plan? Was this weeks ago? Months ago? Was 112 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: this when they had the last years? I got the 113 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: next time it comes up, I have no choice. I 114 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: got to shut down the government to flex my muscles. 115 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: And also there is a real concern by him that 116 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: AOC is going to run against him, primary him in 117 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: the Senate. By the way, that is after the next 118 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: president's election cycle? Was that and that isn't he up 119 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: two years after? Are not mistaken? 120 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 2: So be. 121 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 3: So. 122 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 2: And to be clear, I predicted on this podcast the 123 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 2: inaugural member the chairman of the AOC for President campaign 124 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 2: is Chuck Schumer. Because he is desperate for AOC not 125 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: to primary him. He's gonna say, Alexandra, you are such 126 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 2: a big deal, you were so important. Really, the Senate's 127 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,559 Speaker 2: too small for you. Why do you want to bother 128 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 2: being in the Senate. You should be in the White House. 129 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 2: Schumer is going to be all in on that, but 130 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 2: he is living with absolute PTSD. He is traumatized. He 131 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 2: sees left wing antifa crazies coming around on every side, 132 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 2: and so from his end, this shutdown is necessary politically. Now, 133 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 2: what did the Democrats demand? They demanded a lot of things. 134 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 2: You know what the number one demand was, what's that? 135 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 2: Free healthcare for illegals all over the country. 136 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: By the way, I mean when you think about at 137 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: and the polling data and what it says, I don't 138 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: understand why that would make your number one thing. Because 139 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: it's clear that the people are behind President Trump. Securing 140 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 1: our borders, stopping government waste for aunt of abuse dogs 141 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: was a big part of it. And also making sure 142 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: that we're not giving out benefits to illegal immigrants. Like no, no, no, 143 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: we want to spend one point five trillion if you 144 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: want our votes, and it has to be for health 145 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: care for illegal immigrants and food stamps for people that 146 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: are able bodied, for example, that refuse to work. That's 147 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: another thing, And they're like, no, no, no, we buy gal. 148 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: You better get minded people that are just straight up lazy, 149 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,719 Speaker 1: that aren't that that have the ability to work, but 150 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: you got to pay them to stay home. 151 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, a huge pump chunk of this is getting rid 152 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 2: of the work requirement for government benefits. Democrats don't want 153 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 2: anyone to have to work. They wanted them to be 154 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 2: able to sit at home and get government checks. But 155 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 2: did you see the AI video of the White House 156 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 2: put out? 157 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 1: Which one they put out a couple different things. Which 158 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: one are you talking about? 159 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 2: I want you, I want I want to play this 160 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 2: for everyone. Okay, this is fake So all the nattering nabobs, 161 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 2: this is fake news. But it is absolutely hysterical that 162 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 2: the White House put out. This is Chuck Schumer and 163 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 2: a King Jeffreys explaining what this shutdown is all about. 164 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 1: Now, before we get to that, I want to talk 165 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: to you about my friends over at Berna. If you've 166 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: ever listened to the show before, you know I'm a 167 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: big advocate for the Second Amendment and I've shared on 168 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: numerous occasions how carrying a firearm literally saved my life 169 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,839 Speaker 1: from a gang related attack. But many of you out 170 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: there may not feel comfortable carrying a firearm. Maybe you 171 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,719 Speaker 1: have a loved one that's just not comfortable. They need 172 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: a way to protect themselves, and that's why I want 173 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: you to know about bernot launchers. I have them, and 174 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: I've given them to many family members. Berne is a 175 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: handheld pistol that fires both kinetic rounds and chemical irritants 176 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: to separate you from an attacker. Josh Cherard from Berna 177 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: has been with us telling stories of how Berna has 178 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 1: helped save lives or could have been the best option 179 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: for protection. Josh, this next one is incredibly sad, and 180 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 1: I want you to talk about a father that involved 181 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: with a shooting. 182 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 3: Absolutely so. In this particular case, sixteen year old girl 183 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 3: was coming home late one night, about three am in 184 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,840 Speaker 3: the morning, entering through the garage. Unfortunately, the father, here's 185 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 3: a noise in the garage, grabs his gun, goes out there. 186 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 3: He's a dark figure walking through the garage, points that 187 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 3: gun fires only that point, realizing that he had just 188 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 3: killed his sixteen year old daughter. This is an illustration 189 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 3: of where guns in homes, if not used properly, can 190 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 3: have dire dire consequences. In this case, one bullet killed 191 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 3: two lives and the lives of many others in that family. 192 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 3: It was incredibly tragic and unfortunately we see this situation 193 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 3: dozens and dozens of times every year throughout the US. 194 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, That's one of the questions that I think some 195 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: people ask us, like, is this just a one off 196 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: occurrence that would never happen to me? Unfortunately, as you mentioned, 197 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,199 Speaker 1: this happens a lot more often than people realize. 198 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 3: Absolutely. Unfortunately, people think that the best tool and the 199 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 3: only tool for home defense is a gun, and they 200 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 3: get a gun, they never train with it, they never 201 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 3: train the tactics that requires, they don't do the other 202 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 3: things like flashlights and all the other things that are 203 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 3: necessary to make sure that they can use that gun properly. 204 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 3: And then that's when you have something like this happens 205 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 3: with a burna. If the same thing had happened you 206 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 3: put a burner in his hands, his daughter would be 207 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 3: really mad. After she was done coughing for about forty 208 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 3: five minutes, but still alive. Yeah. 209 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: If you want to get more information on how BERNA 210 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: can help you or a family member protect themselves, go 211 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 1: to burnaby RNA dot com. That's burna by RNA dot 212 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: com again, burna by RNA dot com. All right, so center, 213 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: here is that audio. Yes, as you mentioned earlier, this 214 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: is a spoof. It is like Saturday Night Live, except 215 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: it's coming from President Donald Trump's account, which is the 216 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: best part about it. Take a listen to this. Look, guys, 217 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: there's no way to sugarcoat it. Nobody likes Democrats anymore. 218 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 4: We have no voters left because of all of our 219 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 4: woke trans bullsh Not even black people want to vote 220 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 4: for us anymore. Even Latinos hate us. So we need 221 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 4: new voters. And if we give all these illegal aliens 222 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 4: free healthcare here, we might be able to get them 223 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 4: on our side so they can vote for us. They 224 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 4: can't even speak English, so they won't realize we're just 225 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 4: a bunch of woke pieces of ship, you know, at 226 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 4: least for a while until they learn English and they 227 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 4: realize they hate us too. 228 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: See, this is when I love AI. This is when 229 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 1: I absolutely love the spoof from the President. And if 230 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: you can't see this, you need to go look at 231 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: it we put up on social media, the videos and 232 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,719 Speaker 1: Importphreeze has got a really nice Hannibar mustache and a 233 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: sombrero on. 234 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 2: So look, pause for a second and realize that was 235 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 2: released by the White House. That was released by the 236 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,559 Speaker 2: President of the United States. I feel a little guilty 237 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 2: because we've got some cursewords in there. We try to 238 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 2: avoid cursewords on this podcast. But what do you do 239 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,320 Speaker 2: when the president has put that out? 240 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 3: You put it? 241 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 2: And I gotta say, the video sits today at lunch. 242 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 2: So every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, all the publican senators 243 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 2: have lunch together. Today at lunch, John Thune met with 244 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 2: the President, met with Schumer, met with the King Jeffries 245 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 2: at the White House. And so Thune was giving us 246 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 2: a download on that. And you know, Thune was talking about, Okay, 247 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 2: the Democrats, they don't want to cut a deal. They're 248 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 2: not willing to give it on anything. And I will confess. 249 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 2: I raised my hand. I question. I said, John was 250 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:26,200 Speaker 2: a King Jeffries wearing the sombrero. 251 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: And what did he say? 252 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:34,120 Speaker 2: He just laughed. But look and everyone cracked up. But 253 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:39,559 Speaker 2: that image. Listen, the Democrats have literally shut down the 254 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 2: federal government because they want free health care for every 255 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 2: illegal alien in America. 256 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, you want to. 257 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 2: Talk about, like on every issue that's eighty twenty or 258 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 2: even ninety ten, they're on the twenty or the ten side. 259 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 2: The American people do not support. If you want to 260 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 2: have a referendum in this country, should we give illegals 261 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 2: free health care? Wow, that will be overwhelming. But here's 262 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 2: the secret. This shutdown is not actually about free health 263 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 2: care for illegals. That's what the Democrats have hung their 264 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 2: hat on because they got to say they want. 265 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: So they gotta say something, right, This is. 266 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 2: All about just we hate Donald Trump and it is 267 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 2: Chuck Schumer job preservation. And that also means the end 268 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 2: of this. Okay, there's no universe in which Chuck Schumer 269 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 2: will get President Trump to agree to let's give free 270 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 2: health care to illegals. 271 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, not gonna happen. They know that. 272 00:14:38,480 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're entering. There's no universe in which Republicans in 273 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 2: Congress are going to say, hey, that's a great idea, 274 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 2: let's give free health care to every illegal. Like that's 275 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 2: you might as well ask for Area fifty one, like 276 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 2: to release the Martians and let them take over the country. Yeah, 277 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 2: that is as likely to happen as free health care 278 00:14:56,480 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 2: for illegals from Republicans. The Democrats know that this is 279 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 2: not about getting what they're demanding. This is about how 280 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 2: long do they want to demonstrate Orange Man bad? 281 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: Yeah and so and the radical base is what has 282 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: put them in this scenario. Right, I guess do you 283 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: actually believe. And let's go back to the history of 284 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: the Senate here. I don't believe that Chuck Schumer actually 285 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: wanted to shut down the government. No, No, I think 286 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: he was forced to do it. 287 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, he would lose his job. He would lose his 288 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 2: job if the government was it. 289 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: Was self preservation. 290 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 2: Yes. 291 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: In other words, this is weird. Chuck Schumer is being 292 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: held hostage by the Marxist communists and socialists in his party, 293 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: which they did not police and they allowed to take 294 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: over their party. Then he's now holding the American people 295 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: hostage with a government shut down, which brings me the 296 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: big question. Even when we've had shutdowns in the past, 297 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: there has been some agreement center like, hey, certain people 298 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: should deserve to get paid, those that are in the military, 299 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: those badges, like the list is not that long, but 300 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: the essential important people that deserve to get a paycheck. 301 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 1: We don't screw with them when they're protecting to fing 302 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: this country, can you guys, at least was there an 303 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: agreement to pay them? Really? Okay, so walk us through that, 304 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: because I'm assuming that came up at lunch. 305 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 2: So one of the things I did today is I 306 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: sent a letter because under the Constitution, Members of Congress, 307 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 2: our pay cannot be stopped. It's actually unconstitutional to reduce 308 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 2: the compensation for members of Congress during the term we're 309 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 2: elected to. So I sent a letter and I've done 310 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 2: this during every shutdown, saying while the government is shut down, 311 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 2: don't pay me. It's not fair. It's not right for 312 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 2: an elected member of Congress to receive a paycheck when 313 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 2: federal workers are not. Now, to be clear, I don't 314 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 2: lose my pay when the shutdown is over. I'll get 315 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 2: but it's deferred. 316 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: But a lot of I don't understand that the long 317 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: which if I think just asinine, and I have family 318 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: members work in the federal government, and they're like, the 319 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: dumb part about this that I think a lot of 320 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: Americans don't understand, yep, is that you don't miss a 321 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: paycheck in your calendar year. You just miss a month 322 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: and then you get it back data, you get it 323 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 1: back the next time whenever the government does open back up. 324 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: And so I know people that are in the FA 325 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: for example, and they're like, dude, we just plan our 326 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: vacations like great trips around shutdowns because we know we're 327 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,680 Speaker 1: still getting paid. We save not everybody can do that. 328 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 1: But like they've almost pre planned for this bonus vacation 329 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: and they're gonna get paid back. 330 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, but let me make several points of clarification. Sure 331 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 2: number one, government shutdown as a misnomer. More than eighty 332 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 2: percent of the government will continue to operate. So the 333 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 2: basic principle is everything that is essential keeps going. So 334 00:17:56,440 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 2: the military, our activity and military defending the nation against 335 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 2: bad guys, that keeps going. The FBI catching criminals, that 336 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,280 Speaker 2: keeps going. The border patrol and ice that keeps going. 337 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 2: The FAA air traffic controllers. Tomorrow, if you get on 338 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 2: an airplane, the air traffic controllers all go to work. 339 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 2: By the way, the air traffic controllers are not getting 340 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 2: a paycheck, so they're going to work. But every two 341 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 2: weeks federal government employees get paid. Air traffic controllers, coast guardsmen, military, 342 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 2: the federal government. Nobody gets a paycheck. And so what 343 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 2: shuts down. Every cabinet secretary was assigned designate among your 344 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 2: employees who is essential and who is not essential. I 345 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 2: remember when Bill Clinton was president, we had to shut down. 346 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:46,959 Speaker 3: Then. 347 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 2: Remember Knute Gingrich and the Republican Congress were fighting with 348 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 2: Bill Clinton. We had to shut down for a number 349 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 2: of weeks, and I remember there was a headline that 350 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:59,120 Speaker 2: said the Department of Commerce designated thirty percent of their 351 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:03,199 Speaker 2: employees is a essentral and seventy percent is non essential. 352 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,359 Speaker 2: I remember thinking, that's great, we just set a new 353 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 2: benchline all those non essential that's seventy percent they ought 354 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 2: to be done. But what that means, so what will 355 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 2: be shut down? Starting October one? National parks will be 356 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 2: shut down. So I gotta say, if you were planning 357 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,120 Speaker 2: to take your family to Yosemite this weekend, yeah, I'm 358 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 2: I'm sorry to say you're out of luck. Yosemite will 359 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 2: be closed. If you were coming to d C to 360 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 2: tour our nation's capitally, you wanted to go to the Smithsonian, 361 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 2: go to the Air and Space Museum, it's the Smithsonian 362 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 2: will be shut down. If you look at things like 363 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 2: the National Institute of Health, like research on cancer, much 364 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 2: of that will be shut down. 365 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: All across that non essential. When people are going to 366 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: say that seems insane, Why wouldn't we fix that to 367 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: make sure when we have these shenanigans happen that that's 368 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 1: not affected. 369 00:19:56,680 --> 00:20:00,920 Speaker 2: And I think this shutdown will extend I think it'll 370 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 2: be weeks. I think it will be Schumer is trying 371 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 2: to protect his own rear end and everything else is 372 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 2: secondary to protecting his own political life. So I think 373 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 2: we will see an extended shutdown. 374 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: So is this polling the I mean, how do you 375 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: decide when you won or you lost if you're Schumer, 376 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: Because this is not about the country hating Schumer. This 377 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 1: is only about New York. I'm protecting a seat from AOC. 378 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: So in essence, you don't care how many people hate 379 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: you in the country. It's only a New York thing, 380 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: is that. I mean, well, they do polling. I mean 381 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: this is weird. 382 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, so this is being called the Schumer shutdown. Yeah, 383 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 2: and I got to say, the Democrats are losing the 384 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 2: messaging battle. It is clear this is a Democrat shutdown. 385 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 2: There was actually exchange right before we had the vote 386 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 2: on the CR to keep the government open, and this 387 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 2: is a clean CR. No rioters, no nothing, this is 388 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 2: just keep the lights. 389 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: On status quo. 390 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 2: Schumer stood up and was speaking, and all the Senators 391 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 2: or most of us, were standing on the Senate floor, 392 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 2: and Schumer said, look, there's been reference to polling, but 393 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 2: the polling has been biased. It's been right wing polling, 394 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 2: for example, the New York Times. And I got to 395 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:20,439 Speaker 2: tell you, I and every other Republican we just started 396 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 2: cracking up, laughing, and you could see Schumer he actually 397 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 2: turned red, he looked sheepish because he just said on 398 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 2: the Senate floor that the New York Times was a 399 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 2: biased right wing poll. 400 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, seriously. 401 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 2: And it was a moment where where like Schumer, you 402 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 2: saw Democrats looking at him going, dude, you look like 403 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,959 Speaker 2: that's weak. And that's because the New York Times did 404 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 2: a poll if the Democrats don't get everything they want, 405 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 2: should they shut the government down? And sixty five percent 406 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 2: of Americans said no, don't shut the government down. It 407 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 2: was a small percentage. It was just over twenty percent 408 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 2: of Americans that said, yeah, shut the government down. So 409 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 2: that's who the Democrats are responding to. But they've got 410 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 2: Schumer's message is the New York Times is a right 411 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 2: wing mouthpiece, and how dare you tell the American people 412 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 2: that we the Democrats, are shutting the government down. This 413 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 2: is headed to failure. Everyone knows that, every Republican knows 414 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 2: that every Democrat knows that is there an outcome where 415 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 2: Republicans say, okay, great, let's fund healthcare free illegals. No, 416 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 2: the Democrats will give in. Three Democrats voted to fund 417 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 2: the government. What will happen is the government is shut down. 418 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 2: People are going to get ticked off, people are gonna 419 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 2: want to like use by the way, things like passport 420 00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 2: services will be greatly reduced. All sorts of government. Now listen. 421 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,679 Speaker 2: The military keeps going, law enforcement keep going, Social Security 422 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,479 Speaker 2: keeps going, Medicare keeps going, Medicaid keeps going, an awful 423 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 2: lot of government keeps going. But the lack of government 424 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 2: being open will be a serious function. At some point 425 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:05,760 Speaker 2: we will see seven or eight Democrats say enough is enough, 426 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 2: reopen the government. That will happen. But let me tell 427 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 2: you a huge piece that is an X factor in this, 428 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 2: which is Russ Vote, who is the head of OMB, 429 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 2: the Office of Management and Budget works for the White House. 430 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 2: He put out a memo a week ago that said, 431 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 2: if there is a government shutdown, we are going to 432 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 2: lay off federal workers. We're not going to give them 433 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 2: a furlough. 434 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 3: Is hold on. 435 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: This is the brilliant game of chess that was early 436 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: on preemptive ye warning you do this and here's what 437 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 1: we were going to do. And this might be one 438 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: of the best movies I've seen politically in a long 439 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: time in DC, which is go ahead, do it and 440 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,719 Speaker 1: watch what happens, because there a lot of people are 441 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 1: gonna get lose their jobs and that's going to be 442 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,399 Speaker 1: on you guys for allowing it to happen. Right, So 443 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 1: explain all that. 444 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 2: Yes, So Russ is a good friend's strong conservative. He's 445 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 2: a strong fiscal conservative. And what he said is, listen, 446 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 2: if Congress decides not to fund the federal government, we 447 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 2: are going to react to that by the White Houses 448 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 2: instructed every cabinet agency to prepare a plan for a 449 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 2: riff a reduction in force to give permanent layoffs pink 450 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 2: slips to government bureaucrats who are left wing bureaucrats who 451 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 2: are advancing the priorities of the Democrat Party. So what 452 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 2: you are going to see in the next few days, 453 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 2: you are going to see bureaucrats at the EPA fired. 454 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 2: You're going to see bureaucrats at the Department of Labor fired. 455 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 2: You're going to see bureaucrats at the RS fired. And 456 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 2: within a couple of days we're going to see Democrat senators. 457 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,920 Speaker 2: They're going to be in their lunches screaming at each 458 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,720 Speaker 2: other because this is frankly an excuse for the Trump 459 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 2: administration to do what they wanted to do anyway, which 460 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 2: is get rid of left wing bureaucrats. But they now 461 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 2: have an incredible justification, which is, hey, Congress chose not 462 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 2: to fund them, so instead of giving them a paid vacation, 463 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 2: stay home several weeks and then we'll pay you back 464 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 2: pay and come back to your job. They're gonna even 465 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 2: pick slip and say you're done. You no longer have 466 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 2: a job. And I think that is going to ratchet 467 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 2: up the pressure on Democrats massively. 468 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: So how quickly can these firings take place? How massive 469 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 1: could they be? And how much research has been done 470 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: behind the scenes to get rid of a lot of 471 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: these woke bureaucrats that we that we've been wanting to 472 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: get rid of, that the presidents want to get rid of, 473 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: the cabinet secretaries of wanting to get rid of like 474 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: how I mean, I'm assuming they're burning the midnight oil 475 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: kind of like doage did. Let's find the people we 476 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: want to get rid of, and this is our chance 477 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: to do it, and and and by the way, once 478 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 1: it's done, like it's not like he got one from 479 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: their jobs back, like it's done. 480 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 2: So I think that starts happening today. I think October one, 481 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 2: you start seeing pink slips. I think we will see 482 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 2: left wing bureaucrats fired today. I think we'll see them 483 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 2: fired tomorrow. 484 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 3: You know. 485 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 2: This evening, I had dinner with the Deputy Secretary of 486 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 2: HHS who's a longtime friend of mine. He was actually 487 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:21,399 Speaker 2: a groomsm in my wedding. Great guy, I asked him. 488 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 2: I said, okay, the White House asked every cabinet agency 489 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 2: preparing list of people for the riff, and he said, yeah, 490 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 2: we're doing that. He said, every agency, when the White 491 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 2: House directs us to do that, we do that. We're 492 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 2: going to see I think hundreds, if not thousands of 493 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 2: left wing bureaucrats fired in the next several days. I 494 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 2: think that's going to put the Democrat Party in crisis. 495 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 2: And by the way, we're not going to fire people 496 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 2: that are critical for the priorities you and I care about. 497 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 2: So we're not going to see border patrol agents who 498 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 2: are securing the border fired. We're not going to see 499 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 2: ice agents who are deporting gang bangers fired. We're not 500 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 2: going to see FBI agents who are catching pedophiles, We're 501 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 2: not going to see them fired. We're not going to 502 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 2: see soldiers and sailors at airmen and marines who are 503 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 2: keeping this nation safe. We're not going to see them fired. 504 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 2: We're going to see bureaucrats who are shutting down factories, 505 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:22,440 Speaker 2: who are destroying jobs, who are pursuing radical left wing agendas. 506 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 2: They're going to be the ones fired, and ultimately the 507 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 2: Democrats are going to cave. The only question is how 508 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 2: long Schumer wants to go through this charade before he gives. 509 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: In, which brings me my final question, that is the 510 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,239 Speaker 1: media does seem to be covering this a little bit 511 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 1: more with honesty than I've ever seen them before. Today 512 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: there was a viral clip that is the tables have 513 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 1: been turned. Democrats are now literally under fire for a 514 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 1: clip that shows them slamming government shut down tactics, the 515 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: same ones they're accused of using right now. And here's 516 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: what it sounded like back in twenty eighteen. In December 517 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:02,160 Speaker 1: of twenty eight team Donald Trump's President Chuck schimern An's 518 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 1: posy in the Oval Office listen. 519 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 5: We do not want to shut down the government because 520 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 5: you can me say something, mister President of North Dakota. 521 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 6: And the most unfortunate, and we came in here in 522 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 6: good faith and we're entering into this kind of a 523 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 6: discussion in. 524 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 3: The public. 525 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 2: Transparency. 526 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,439 Speaker 5: I know, it's high transparency when we're not certipulating to. 527 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 2: A set of facts. 528 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you listen to that one, they're like, we're 529 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 1: not in favor of it. And then the speaker also 530 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: put out a very interesting yes video montage reminding people 531 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: the same thing, like, Hey, you guys think that it's 532 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 1: the Democrats Mike Johnson putting this out and here he 533 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: is and what he said to remind the people about 534 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: Democrats in their own words, it is not. 535 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 6: Normal to shut down the government when we don't get 536 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 6: what we want. 537 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 5: If the government shuts down, it will be average Americas 538 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 5: who suffer most. A government shutdown means seniors who rely 539 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 5: on Social Security could be thrown into chaos. 540 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 2: Families will be hurt, farmers will be hurt. It's the 541 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 2: service members who will work without a paycheck. 542 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 6: I mean, it's the firefighters who will be furlough this 543 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 6: shut down. 544 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: You know who's going to feel the pain. You know 545 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: who it hurts you everyday, people and the most vulnerable seniors, veterans, 546 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: working families, hungering kids. 547 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 6: Y'all Democratic signaling that they're ready for fight this time. 548 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 6: Sumer told the Associated Press, Well, things have changed. 549 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 2: It is not normal to shut down the government when 550 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 2: we don't get. 551 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: What we want. I mean, I love them using AOC's words, 552 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: I feel like the media has changed a little bit. 553 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 1: Here your thoughts on. 554 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 2: That, Well, I'm impressed that you recognize AOC's voice. 555 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 3: I didn't know. 556 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 2: I knew that was a shrill Democrat. I didn't know 557 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 2: who that was. So I appreciate that clarity. Listen, every 558 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 2: single Democrat, I think, without exception, has gone on record 559 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 2: being against shutdowns. The fact that they shut it all 560 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 2: down today demonstrates what utter hypocrites they are. And I 561 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 2: got to say as I was walking off the Senate floor, 562 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 2: so I voted to fund the government this afternoon. The 563 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 2: Democrats voted against it and caused a shut down. All 564 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 2: the reporters were circling, and their talking point that they 565 00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 2: really wanted to press is they said, Okay, cruise. In 566 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 2: twenty thirteen, in the fight over Obamacare, you, Ted Cruz 567 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 2: forced to shut down. Isn't that what the Democrats are 568 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 2: doing now? And I just started laughing at them, and 569 00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 2: I said, look, number one, in twenty thirteen, when I 570 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 2: did a twenty one hour filibuster on the floor, I 571 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 2: was fighting for Americans. I was fighting for American citizens 572 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 2: whose healthcare premiums had skyrocketed. And they had skyrocketed because 573 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 2: Obamacare was a train wreck. It was a disaster. It 574 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 2: caused a massive increase in health insurance premiums. It made 575 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 2: the health insurance companies rich, and it made millions of 576 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 2: ordinary Americans unable to afford health insurance. And by the way, 577 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 2: I was also fighting for it at a time when 578 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 2: the House of Representatives that was Republican had voted to 579 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 2: fund the federal government, fund the entirety of the federal government, 580 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 2: but not fund Obamacare, so not fund the law that 581 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 2: was causing damage to American citizens. And I said, here, 582 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 2: what's happening is Chuck Schumer is shutting down the federal 583 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 2: government not to help American citizens who are getting hurt, 584 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,800 Speaker 2: but he's shutting down the federal government in order to 585 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 2: help millions of illegal aliens and give them free health care. 586 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 2: And he's willing to shut down your federal government to 587 00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 2: give free health care to illegals, and that fundamentally there's 588 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,200 Speaker 2: a hypocrisy to it. And I also said, said, you know, 589 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 2: the reporters were like, isn't it the same? And I said, listen, 590 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:09,040 Speaker 2: let me be clear. In twenty thirteen, it was Chuck 591 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 2: Schumer who shut the government down. Then I was trying 592 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,960 Speaker 2: to fund the entirety of the federal government except for Obamacare, 593 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 2: and Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid decided, no, we'll shut 594 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 2: it all down because we care so much about socialized medicine. 595 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 2: And I told the reporters we had like fifty reporters 596 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 2: standing outside the Senate Florida. I said, look, none of 597 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 2: you guys reported that. You all blamed the shutdown on 598 00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 2: me because you're all left wing hacks. Yeah, today, all 599 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 2: of you are still left wing hacks. You agree with 600 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 2: the Democrats. But the facts are so overwhelming. It is 601 00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 2: Chuck Schumer and the Democrats who are shutting the government 602 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 2: down that even you dishonest liars are reporting. This is 603 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 2: the Schumer shutdown because the House has funded the government 604 00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 2: exactly the status quo. The funding yesterday has continued to tomorrow. 605 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 2: It is the Democrats who said let's shut it down, 606 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 2: and I think at the end of the day they're 607 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 2: going to lose that battle. But this is what you 608 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,719 Speaker 2: got to ask yourself, is how long do the Democrats 609 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 2: have to perform for their crazy left wing activists before 610 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 2: they allow the government. 611 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: To reopen until the poll tells them otherwise. Is my guess. 612 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: It's gonna be interesting. I have a feeling you're right, 613 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: we're gonna be talking about this for but but you know. 614 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 2: What that they're not gonna trust. They're not going to 615 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 2: trust the polls from that right wing mouthpiece and in 616 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,640 Speaker 2: the New York Times. But but but but maybe I 617 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 2: don't know. When Mother Jones and and you know, Communist 618 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,680 Speaker 2: Party of America as a poll that shows they're losing, 619 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 2: maybe then they'll give up. 620 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe then we're gonna cover it all. Don't forget. 621 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: We do this show Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Make sure you 622 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 1: hit that subscriber auto download button. Also share this podcast 623 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: on social media wherever you are, and the Center I 624 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: will see you back here. Uh under probably a government 625 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: shut down on Friday morning as well.