1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Native lamdpod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: Reason Choice Media. Welcome Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: Welcome home. Everyone. This is Angela Raie. I am your 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: host of Native lamppod, and this is my solo pod. Today. 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 1: We begin with something that is so very serious and 6 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: is impacting so many people. And no, it's not a 7 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: beef between podcasts hosts. It's something much bigger than that, 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: something that I want to draw your attention to because 9 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: it may not be knocking at your front door right now, 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: but it might be just around the corner. First, I 11 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: want to start with what your president had to say 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: about government shutdowns not long ago. 13 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 2: So tell me if you were president. 14 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 3: What would you do. 15 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 4: Well, very simply, you have to get everybody in a room. 16 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 5: You have to be a leader. 17 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 4: The president has to lead here. 18 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 6: The Democrats are going to be blamed. 19 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 7: And the Republicans are going to be blamed. 20 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 8: I actually think the president would be blamed if there 21 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 8: is a shutdown. I think it would be a tremendously 22 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 8: negative mark on the President of the United States. 23 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 9: He's the one that has to get people together. They're 24 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 9: not going to be talking who the head of the 25 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 9: House was, the head of the Senate, who's running things 26 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 9: in Washington. 27 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 4: So I really think the pressure is on the president. 28 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: So we recently appeared on the Breakfast Club, Native Lampard 29 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: was asked by Leonard whose fault the shutdown was, And 30 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: I think if we've listened to the words of the president, 31 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: it's very clear who the buck stops with. I know 32 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: that the buck didn't stop with the president just in 33 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, or in twenty fourteen, or even in twenty sixteen, 34 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 1: even to this day in twenty twenty five. When your 35 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: president seeks to become king, seeks to become an authoritarian leader, 36 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: certainly he can hold the bag for this as well. 37 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: So while people struggle to figure out how they will 38 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: make ends meet during a government shutdown that has now 39 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: lasted more than twenty days, it's very clear that Donald 40 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: Trump believed the buck stops with the President. I want 41 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: to go next to another just harrowing, terrible, awful, heart 42 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: wrenching experience that families in Tennessee are having. 43 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 10: Let's roll it. 44 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 6: Students with disabilities were just forced off campus, and state 45 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 6: officials say it has everything to do with the government shutdown. 46 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 6: I'll be honest. When I first got the call, couldn't 47 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 6: believe what I was hearing. And then I saw the 48 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 6: video and you have all of these students with their 49 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 6: parents loading up as if it was moving day. This 50 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,360 Speaker 6: is the Tennessee Rehabilitation Center in Smyrna, and from my understanding, 51 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 6: this is the only state run facility of its kind 52 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 6: here in Tennessee. It's hard to tell from the video, 53 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 6: but people who were there that day called and told 54 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 6: me that some of these students were in tears. So 55 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 6: think about that for a second. These are students with 56 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 6: special needs. Some of them have a disability, some of 57 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 6: them are visually impaired. This facility was intended to help 58 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 6: students learn learn the vocational skills they need to get jobs. 59 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 6: The skills they're learning is not just about how to 60 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 6: work a register. It's like they're learning soft skills as well, 61 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 6: you know, whether that's just how to talk to people, 62 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 6: how to pick up on social cues, that sort of thing. 63 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 6: And now they're being told, take your laptop with you, 64 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 6: go home, and we'll do some of this learning virtually. 65 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 6: And you know, I've never had much experience with, you know, 66 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,399 Speaker 6: students with special needs, but it feels like that kind 67 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 6: of defeats the purpose. That's where you get some of 68 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 6: these parents who reached out and said that they were frustrated. 69 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 6: They were shocked that something like this would happen over 70 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 6: what's being debated hundreds of miles away the Tennessee Department 71 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 6: of Human Services that operates this facility, so that this 72 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 6: is something that they had to do because of the 73 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 6: government shutdown. Now, I don't know the exact numbers of 74 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 6: how many students this is impacted, but I do know 75 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 6: that as you're watching this right now, some of them 76 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 6: are still moving out and their parents are trying to 77 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 6: find answers. The students are trying to find answers. We're 78 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 6: trying to find answers. I sent an email to DHS 79 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 6: to ask them, like, how does a state run facility 80 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 6: rely so much on federal funding that they have to 81 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 6: force students off campus when the government shutdown. Hits still 82 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 6: waiting on an answer for that. There's just a lot 83 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 6: of uncertainty because this could last days, this could last weeks, 84 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 6: this could last months. This is the third longest government 85 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 6: shutdown of its kind in American history, and Republicans and 86 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 6: Democrats are deadlocked on trying to pass a budget. Well, 87 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 6: while all that's happening, there are unintended consequences that we 88 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 6: are watching right now and it's impacting some of the 89 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 6: most vulnerable students in Tennessee. 90 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: So we are now at day twenty one, and just 91 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: so we're very clear, the last government shutdown that lasted 92 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: this long also under Donald Trump, and they are living 93 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: and voting like and moving like they don't care who 94 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: this impacts. We're talking about kids with special needs who 95 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: are being moved out of their housing facility learning particularized 96 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: skills in Smyrna in Tennessee, and as the reporter said, 97 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: the only state run facility of its kind in Tennessee. 98 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: I want to go next to people who folks on 99 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: the other side normally say they represent, they respect, they honor, 100 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: they uphold. Let us take just a quick look at 101 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: how the military, soldiers in our military and their families 102 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: are being impacted by the shutdown. 103 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 11: As I take a step aside here, there is quite 104 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 11: a bit of military members and their families in line 105 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 11: because of this government shutdown. We're in day nine of it. 106 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 11: In they're here for a food pantry. There's all sorts 107 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 11: of food that is available. And I spoke with some 108 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 11: military members, spouses, and I spoke with some department heads 109 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 11: here at the as Y m c A on why 110 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 11: this is so important. What's the difference in the amount 111 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 11: of people that you've seen from today to previously. 112 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 12: So when we first started coming there definitely wasn't this 113 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 12: amount of people. 114 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 11: It was a lot, but it wasn't this amount to 115 00:05:58,560 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 11: where it wrapped around the building. 116 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 5: But lately it has been a lot. 117 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 12: Like we were here last week and we were in 118 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 12: line for like two hours, And. 119 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 13: In a normal week, we usually run out of food 120 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 13: abut one o'clock in the afternoon. 121 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: Last week we ran out of food about ten thirty. So, 122 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,039 Speaker 1: when we take a look at even how our own 123 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 1: military is being treated, people who are on the front 124 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: lines to protect American freedoms or at least what used 125 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: to be even their families are being put in harm's way. 126 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: And I want to be clear, this is a food 127 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 1: bank that you heard is being run out of the YMCA, 128 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,280 Speaker 1: So this isn't even a government response to how they 129 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 1: can meet the needs of military professionals soldiers who again 130 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,479 Speaker 1: are making sure that our freedoms are protected their needs 131 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: are not being met by the government. 132 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 2: I don't know. 133 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: This is a food bank being run by the YMCA, 134 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: and I think what is particularly alarming in this particular 135 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 1: clip is they say that normally they run out of 136 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 1: food around the one PM mark. They said just last 137 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: week the line was so long they round out of 138 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: food by ten thirty. There's an influx of folks who 139 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: need this type of support, and gratefully, citizens all over 140 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: the country are filling the gap, But should they be 141 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: filling the gap for the military too? Should that be 142 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: what's required of us in this moment? Or should Congress 143 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: do what it's supposed to do, and should the president 144 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: require that the military families are taken care of. That's 145 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: certainly what you would see in an ordinary democracy. It's 146 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:30,679 Speaker 1: certainly what you would see with elected officials who lead 147 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: with respect, with dignity, with care, concern and compassion for 148 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: its citizens, particularly those on the front lines. But that's 149 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: not what you're seeing here. Again, it's day twenty one 150 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: of this government shut down, and there's still a lot 151 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: more to go. Let's take a quick turn to health care. 152 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: We've seen the impacts around food and security. We've seen 153 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: the impacts around education, particularly as it relates to folks 154 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: who have special needs in the education space. But what 155 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: about healthcare? 156 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 7: So, folks, this is what the current fight is all about. 157 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 7: Nobody wants to shut down, at least I don't. I 158 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 7: don't want to shut down. But what I also don't 159 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 7: want is for people in Georgia that I represent to 160 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 7: lose their health care because it's simply unaffordable. Let me 161 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 7: show you what I mean. In twenty twenty five, this 162 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 7: family of four in Chatham County, where I grew up, 163 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 7: paid five hundred and fifty nine dollars and sixty nine 164 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 7: cents per month for the lowest cost option. That's the 165 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 7: lowest cost family for five hundred and fifty nine dollars 166 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 7: sixty nine cents a month. Now look at this. Because 167 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 7: of Republicans' cuts to healthcare last summer, the same family 168 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 7: will have to pay two thousand, one hundred and thirty 169 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 7: one dollars sixty five cents for the lowest cost option. 170 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 7: You tell me how an ordinary working family in Georgia 171 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 7: is supposed to afford that. Republicans did this. Now they 172 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 7: won't reopen the government because they're fighting for this. Well, 173 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 7: I'm not fighting for Georgians to have their healthcare premiums quadrupled. 174 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 7: I'm fighting to extend their healthcare and to reopen the government. 175 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 7: My Republican colleagues ought to join me. 176 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: You know, we have been in this healthcare battle since 177 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 1: President Obama's first term, and I'm bringing that up because 178 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: I think it's important to contextualize where we are in 179 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: the government shutdown fight and what this is really about. 180 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: They will tell you that the shutdown is about, you know, 181 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: making sure that folks get the tax cuts they deserve. 182 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: They'll tell you that the shutdown is about Democrats who 183 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: don't see the bigger picture and want to harm government 184 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: workers and put people in harms way who rely on 185 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: government benefits. But really, what this is about is a 186 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: piece of legislation that was passed in July that Donald 187 00:09:56,800 --> 00:10:00,199 Speaker 1: Trump arrantly called the big Beautiful Bill, Sign Up get 188 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: into law. After the House and Sidate passed it much 189 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: objection in the House, but it was passed no less. 190 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 1: And part of what happens in that bill is you're 191 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: robbing Peter to pay Paul. You give the rich tax 192 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: breaks and tax cuts, and you instead shift something to 193 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: break a system that you never liked because it was 194 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: the first black president who passed the Affordable Care Act. 195 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: They tried to repeal the bill time after time after time. 196 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: They took the bill to the Supreme Court. They have 197 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,719 Speaker 1: tried to dismantle the ACA, or Obamacare as they call it, 198 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: and so this was their next tricky way to try 199 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: to dismantle Obamacare. But what they failed to realize is 200 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: those state exchanges where I'm from in Seattle, in Washington State, 201 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:57,559 Speaker 1: it's called apple Care right in these different state exchanges, 202 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: places that have made Medicaid more accessible to people who 203 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: don't make as much money as they ought. You may 204 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: not call it Obamacare, you may not call it the 205 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: Affordable Care Act, but these are the state exchanges that 206 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 1: we've relied upon that we're codified in the Affordable Care Act. Now, 207 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: because they've worked so hard to try to dismantle a 208 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:26,239 Speaker 1: key piece of President Obama's legacy, a key piece of legislation, 209 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: and a key law that has made healthcare access more 210 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: attainable to American families and to the American people, they 211 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: work so hard to dismantle that that they will put 212 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: you in a position where you are directly in harm's way. Now, 213 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: for a lot of folks sitting at home watching this 214 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: podcast and may say, you know what, I don't really 215 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,440 Speaker 1: need health care like that. I'm healthy, I'm fine, I 216 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: go to the emergency room. If I need something, I 217 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: can pay it out of pocket. I have a doctor, 218 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: I have concierge medicine. Maybe that's where you sit, But 219 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: there are many more who are sitting at home who 220 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: need those state exchanges. All of those black women who 221 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: were just laid off their jobs, they need these state exchanges. 222 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: They need to be able to rely on systems like Cobra. 223 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: That is what is in harm's way. So when Senator 224 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:20,079 Speaker 1: Warnock talks about a premium for a family in Georgia 225 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: going up from five hundred and fifty nine dollars, that's 226 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 1: the lowest option available on that state exchange. It went 227 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: up to twenty one thirty one twenty one hundred dollars 228 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: twenty one thirty one and sixty five cents. It's because 229 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: of the measure that was passed in July, and it 230 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:47,079 Speaker 1: needs to be funded through this particular continuing resolution. And 231 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: that is why the government is shut down. Because if 232 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: the republic, if the Republicans can't seem to get their 233 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: moral compass right. The Democrats have an obligation to hold 234 00:12:58,480 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 1: the line for healthcare. No health care, no vote, and 235 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: that is what Senate Democrats continue to do. It is 236 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: being metaled messaging. You got Cabinet secretaries like Christy Noam 237 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: putting up videos in airports that will allow it throughout 238 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: the country, saying if your journey through TSA is slower 239 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:25,079 Speaker 1: in this airport, it is because of the Democrats' unwillingness 240 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 1: to pass a measure that is actually causing you more 241 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,959 Speaker 1: harm than good. If you can't afford a twenty one 242 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 1: hundred dollars payment for your health care, what makes you 243 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: think that they should pass that bill? If this is 244 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: the only thing standing in the way, And mind you, 245 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 1: some of these prices are already up. They can change 246 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: all of this with a simple conscionable vote. They're not 247 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: willing to do that anyway. Let's go to another healthcare video. 248 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: This one was really heart rending. It struck me. It 249 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 1: was a conversation that Congressman hat Johnson, also out of Georgia, 250 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: held with a constituent recently and why she realies on 251 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: the healthcare system as is, but. 252 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 2: Right now through you know I've used the Georgia Access 253 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 2: website and I see, you know, I get the federal subsidy. 254 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 2: I paid fifty dollars a month for the help of Terrence. 255 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 2: But without that subsidy, my premium with skyrocket to twelve 256 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 2: hundred and sixty dollars per month. WHOA, that's just an 257 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 2: amount I simply cannot afford. 258 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 6: From fifty dollars to twelve hundred and sixty twelve hundred 259 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 6: and sixty dollars. Yes, no way that you could afford. 260 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 2: That, No, no way. So my husband is going through 261 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 2: cancer treatments right now, so you know we have that expense. 262 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 2: He's on Medicare. I'm not yet on Medicare, so I'm 263 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 2: in that gap. You know where you made health insurance, 264 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 2: not quite to Medicare yet, And you know this affordable 265 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 2: health insurance has saved my life for these past few years. 266 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: I just cannot imagine what this woman is going through. Earlier, 267 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: in the conversation with Congressman Johnson, she mentions that she's 268 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: been unemployed since twenty twenty one. Because of her age, 269 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: She's struggling to find employment that is consistent. She's worked 270 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: part time job after gig after part time job after gig, 271 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: and she has some pre existing conditions that require a 272 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: certain type of medicine, a certain type of prescription drug 273 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: that is also going to skyrocket if Republicans do not 274 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: come to the table with their president to do the 275 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: right thing by these people who cannot afford healthcare. To 276 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: go from a fifty dollars subsidized premium to twelve hundred 277 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: and sixty dollars is just irresponsible. It is morally reprehensible 278 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: this woman is talking about And I'll tell y'all this 279 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: is where it struck my heart. It struck a chord 280 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: with me hearing about her husband who was able to 281 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: be on Medicare because of his age. But it's also 282 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: battling cancer. Many of you know my mother is also 283 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: battling cancer. My mom was deeply concerned in the summer 284 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: and even did a video from chemotherapy treatment about her 285 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: concerns given that she's on Medicare. She also has additional 286 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: supplemental coverage based on the job where she worked for 287 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: forty years. But my mom was deeply concerned about what 288 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: would happen to her healthcare, getting letters in the mail 289 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: every day about what might happen to her cancer treatment 290 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: and how unaffordable it may become. These are the conversations 291 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 1: we have to have. You may not be sick, but 292 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: there may be someone in your family, your mother, your father, 293 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 1: your uncle, a sibling, right, a neighbor, or you help 294 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,160 Speaker 1: to support. We do not want to put other human 295 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: beings in harm's way because we're selfish, or because we 296 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: refuse to give the other side a win. It is 297 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 1: a win for all people, regardless of their political affiliation, 298 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: their race, their background, their ethnicity, their religion. Right, it 299 00:17:24,080 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: is supposed to be accessible for all, and that's the 300 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:32,800 Speaker 1: conversation we should be having. But it isn't just hitting 301 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 1: kids in special needs programs. It isn't just hitting military families. 302 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: This isn't just hitting healthcare exchanges right state based exchanges 303 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: that were stood up under Obamacare, undergirden under Obamacare. It 304 00:17:50,760 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 1: is also hitting the TSA, the Transportation Security Administration, the 305 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: folks in the blue uniforms you have to walk past 306 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: in security, through security at the airport to get to 307 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:19,679 Speaker 1: your destination, whether your destination is for vacation, for a funeral, 308 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 1: for you know, education. 309 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 2: For your job. 310 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: These are the people we have to walk by every day. 311 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: The fact that this shut down is also impacting them 312 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: and they also are not being paid, is something that 313 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: we cannot look away from. We have not seen how 314 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: detrimental it will become, but it is starting to hit. 315 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: Let's roll this clip. 316 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 10: It's another busy day at the state's largest economic generator, 317 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,600 Speaker 10: Minneapolis Saint Paul International Airport. 318 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 12: When when the Phillia and then came back. 319 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 10: Here, prompting security screenings by those like Neil Gosman at 320 00:18:58,880 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 10: both ends. 321 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 4: I'm speaking to you as a union officer representing TSA employees, a. 322 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 10: Group dedicated to protecting the nation's transportation systems, established right 323 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 10: after the nine to eleven attacks. Are you being paid 324 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 10: right now? 325 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 9: No? 326 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 4: Not getting paid now. We got our last paycheck. I 327 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 4: guess it was Friday, a week ago, and it was 328 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,360 Speaker 4: a partial paycheck for everybody because it only paid up 329 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:23,719 Speaker 4: through the end of September. 330 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 10: Gosman's done the job at MSP since it existed nearly 331 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 10: twenty one years, and says he's seen shutdowns before, but 332 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 10: for some of the airport's nearly six hundred blue shirt agents, 333 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 10: who come from all walks of life, it's their first. 334 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 4: The morale there is quite varied some of the older 335 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 4: folks we're going to tough this out. We're prepared, We're 336 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 4: going to do it. And some of the younger folks say, 337 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 4: I got student loans to pay. 338 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 10: During twenty nineteen's shutdown, he says, some officers got by 339 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 10: with gig jobs. 340 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 4: It was pretty sad. A food bank was set up 341 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 4: at the airport for TSA employees that we're running out 342 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 4: of food money and gazz cards were handed out. 343 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 10: Weges have since increased, but he hears the food bank 344 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 10: is coming back. MSP says that Sunday was the second 345 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 10: busiest day of the NEA travel weekend. So we asked 346 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 10: some folks who just arrived from another US airport how 347 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 10: their travel experience was. 348 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 7: Let's say, he asked us to come early, and we 349 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 7: really didn't need. 350 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,680 Speaker 9: To, and I was expecting that there'd be some delays 351 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,719 Speaker 9: and so on and so forth, and yeah, I mean, 352 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 9: we breezed right through an experience. 353 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 10: Gosman says they'll continue to strive to provide. 354 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,719 Speaker 4: I think it's important that passengers realize TSA folks are 355 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:43,640 Speaker 4: doing the best we can under very very unfortunate circumstances. 356 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: And here's the thing. For some airports, it hasn't hit 357 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 1: just yet, but in many others it is. And let's 358 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,199 Speaker 1: say that your line isn't longer. Let's say there's no 359 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 1: delay at the airport at all. But can you imagine 360 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: working a job relying on a paycheck and you don't 361 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: get it. We're now at October twenty first, the last 362 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: time TSA's officers are what we call tsos. I have 363 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: a homeland security background, having worked on the Committee on 364 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 1: Homeland Security on Capitol Hill. Tsos were last paid at 365 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: the end of September. For the end of September. And 366 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: so what you have to think about, or what I 367 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 1: would urge you to think about, is not just how 368 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:32,959 Speaker 1: this impacts your travel experience, not just the line that 369 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: may be long or maybe much shorter. Maybe some of 370 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: you will decide not to travel at all, but think 371 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: about the person that can't make that decision about whether 372 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: or not to go. They have to still go to work. 373 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 1: They've made a decision to protect us, because not showing 374 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 1: up to work for a TSO means a potential national 375 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 1: security threat. And I'll give you an example. You know MSP, 376 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: the Minneapolis Saint Paul International Airport, is actually one of 377 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 1: the busiest airports in the nation. Them deciding not to 378 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: show up could result in a really big security issue. 379 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: Just in Atlanta, at Atlanta Hartsfield yesterday Hartsfield Jackson Airport, 380 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: there was a major mass shooting averted a man who 381 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: was having a mental health crisis. Let's say TSA decides 382 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: to not have to go to work, and the air 383 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: fifteen twenty plus rounds that he brought with them at 384 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: his truck that he pulled right up to the curve, 385 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: He's able to breeze through security because nobody's there to 386 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 1: stop him. That's a national security risk. Homegrown terror, nonetheless, 387 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 1: but it's a national security risk. These are the kinds 388 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,679 Speaker 1: of things that are at stake when the government shuts 389 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: down and nobody wants to take responsibility for what is happening. See, 390 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 1: violence is not partisan. Whether or not a TSO gets 391 00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: their paycheck is not partisan either. It shouldn't be, but 392 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: it's becoming a partisan decision because Republicans are choosing to 393 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 1: prefer their tax cuts for their donors over your safety 394 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: and security at the airport, Over whether or not you 395 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: get healthcare, over whether or not you can afford groceries, 396 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: or you can even go to the grocery store, whether 397 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: or not you can use that check to pay your rent, 398 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 1: or pay your mortgage, or pay your child's tuition, or 399 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 1: pay for daycare, or pay for whatever you whatever bill, 400 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: you have, your light bill, pay for gas. There are 401 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:32,199 Speaker 1: people right now who are struggling to pay for gas, 402 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: and I want to go to one more experience. Maxwell Frost. 403 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: Congressman Maxwell Frost went to Jacksonville's airport and heard from 404 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: some AFTI workers. The American Federation of Government Employees also 405 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:52,280 Speaker 1: is the labor that protects TSA workers and other airport workers. 406 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: Let's hear from them. 407 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 7: Hi. 408 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 3: My name is Chris Finley. I'm the local president for 409 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 3: AFG five six. 410 00:23:58,760 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 9: Hi. 411 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 13: I'm Maxana Kelly. I'm women's coordinator for Local five five six, 412 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 13: which represents federal workers here in Orlando area. 413 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 12: Hi. 414 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 5: I'm Joseph Gruber. I'm the first vice president of AFGE 415 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 5: Local five five six. 416 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:11,880 Speaker 1: Hi. 417 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 8: My name is Fathiana Finley. I am the Fair Practice 418 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 8: Coordinator for AFTE Local five five six. 419 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 3: We represent federal employees at the Orlando Airport, Tampa, Jacksonville, 420 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 3: pretty much central North Florida. My message to Congress is 421 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,880 Speaker 3: that the federal employees are tired of being a political 422 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 3: pond for arguments. You guys can't settle on. It's time 423 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 3: for you guys to come negotiate and do your job. 424 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 13: We are all being affected by the shutdown. My husband 425 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 13: and I are both federal employees and we expected to 426 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,359 Speaker 13: come to work daily at one point. If the shutdown continues, 427 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 13: we'll have no money for guests, but we still expect 428 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 13: it to come to work, so we'll try to do 429 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 13: our best, but the shutdown will have to end. 430 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 5: So and I would like to ask Congress if they 431 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 5: could get their act together and stop using us as 432 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 5: their bark. If we are expected to come to work 433 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 5: and do our jobs, then you should also have to 434 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 5: come to work and do your job. 435 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:10,239 Speaker 8: My message to Congress is it's time for you to 436 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,680 Speaker 8: come to work and do what people elected. 437 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 2: You to do. 438 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 8: You need to stop playing with our livelihood because they'd 439 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 8: affect us all. 440 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 9: Donald Trump and congressional Republicans shut down the government because 441 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 9: they rather let the government shut down than make sure. 442 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 3: You have health care. 443 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 9: Why all to get billionaires a tax break. And during 444 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 9: all of this, our federal workers are suffering, not receiving pay. 445 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 9: Many of them expected to go to work or also 446 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 9: get fired, but they won't be receiving that paycheck. So 447 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 9: let's get together. Let's save healthcare, Let's reopen the government. 448 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,959 Speaker 9: Tell Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to get their assets 449 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 9: to work. 450 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 1: Go to work, and do your job. There are so 451 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: many people I'm often, you know, not partisan, maddic Democrats 452 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 1: for not holding the line. They're doing what they're supposed 453 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,360 Speaker 1: to do in this moment. The compromise here is untenable. 454 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: The compromise here would break the economy and break the 455 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 1: American people on this issue, especially this issue. The Democrats 456 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: in the House and the Senate are right. They should 457 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: The Republican Party should join them in the House chamber, 458 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 1: should join them in the Senate chamber and do the 459 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 1: right thing. Make sure that premiums don't go up. People 460 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: cannot afford this, especially people in your districts for the House, 461 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 1: especially people in your states in the Senate, the Republicans 462 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: who represent the South, Like, are y'all for real? This 463 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 1: isn't even this isn't even a question. It's not a 464 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: debatable point. 465 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 13: I do want to. 466 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: Clear up one thing. I mentioned that the AFT folks 467 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 1: represented workers federal workers at the Jacksonville Airport. They also 468 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 1: represent Orlando in Tampa as well in that video. And 469 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:05,320 Speaker 1: I want to close with this. There are all of 470 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: these people being impacted, but one place where we have 471 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: historically been able to all come together and agree is 472 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: when it's in the best interest of children. And there 473 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,280 Speaker 1: is a program that is run by the federal government 474 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: in partnership with the States called WICK Right Women Infinite 475 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: in Children's Program. This program helps to make food for 476 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: babies more affordable, more accessible. WICK is also on the line. 477 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: Let's roll this clip. 478 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 12: So this is for y'all that don't know how much 479 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 12: baby milk actually costs and why we need the WI program, 480 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 12: which is set to be the funding is. 481 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 10: Set to be cut off next. 482 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 12: Month, just one of these linking days. 483 00:27:59,080 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: Crisis, y'all. 484 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:04,439 Speaker 12: Forty four dollars. This is how much. And do you 485 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,639 Speaker 12: guys know how long it takes to go through a 486 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 12: can of this? Look at this little can. And certain 487 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 12: ladies need specific types of milk. This is sixty one 488 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 12: dollars for one container. Fifty two dollars, you guys, sixty dollars. 489 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 12: This is why we need the with programs. You guys 490 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 12: there is no way possible that these women are going 491 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 12: to be able to afford this milk. 492 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 1: And here's what we know. In addition to the Women, Infants, 493 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 1: and Children's program which will be cut off, SNAP benefits right, 494 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: SNAP benefits, what people commonly referred to as food stamps, 495 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: are slated to be cut at the beginning of November, 496 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: So people who rely on these benefits to feed their 497 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: families will be cut off the beginning of the same 498 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: month as Thanksgiving. So I want you to tap into 499 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,959 Speaker 1: your compassion for those of you who are impacted already. 500 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: I want you to tap into your courage to tell 501 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: your story. We want to hear from you. We want 502 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 1: to make sure we're lifting these stories up and holding 503 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: them in front of the faces of the members of 504 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: Congress who are refusing to act. And we also need 505 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,640 Speaker 1: to make sure they get to the President of the 506 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: United States because while SNAP benefits are about to be 507 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: cut next month, just next week, really just in ten days, 508 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: as wick prices are soaring and is getting ready to 509 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 1: be right on the crosshairs as well. In the crosshairs 510 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,479 Speaker 1: as well as TSA workers continue to go to work 511 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 1: not being paid as healthcare premiums rise, Donald Trump is 512 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,479 Speaker 1: tearing down the entire East wing of the White House 513 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: and paying for a new ballroom. While all of these 514 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: things that help people make ends me. The poorest among us, 515 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: those who are in the cross here is the most 516 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 1: those who perform basic services in our community to make 517 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: sure that we're good. Those are the people who he's 518 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: putting in the crosshairs as Christy Noem gets two new planes, 519 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 1: right Like, Let's be very clear. You think Donald Trump 520 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: is going to going to work not getting paid. Let's 521 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: be very clear about what this is. So please tell 522 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: your stories. Please let us know how this shutdown is 523 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,719 Speaker 1: impacting you. Please let us know your fears, your concerns, 524 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: questions you want us to address. We have so much 525 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 1: to talk about on this show. But most of all, y'all, 526 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,360 Speaker 1: we don't ever leave a show without a call to action. 527 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: I urge you to call. I urge you to record 528 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 1: that video. I urge you to keep the heat on 529 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 1: these folks so they understand what is on the line. 530 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,720 Speaker 1: We are all we've got. And for those of you 531 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 1: who are in communities who are particularly impacted by this shutdown, 532 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 1: I ask you to please not turn a blind eye 533 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: to your neighbor. Let's lean into support because truly, we 534 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 1: are always got and that is what the American way 535 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: should be. It isn't always what it's been, but that 536 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,080 Speaker 1: is what it should be. Let's show each other the 537 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: best of each other, Let's hold each other down during 538 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: the shutdown, and let's figure out a way to get 539 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: to the other side of it. Welcome home, y'all, I'll 540 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: see you on Thursday. Native Lampod is a production of 541 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio in partnership with Reason Choice Media. For more podcasts 542 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever 543 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 1: you listen to your favorite shows.