1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Truth with Lisa Booth. Today, we've got 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Attorney General Ken Paxson on the show. He just announced 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: a primary run against John Cornyn for Senate, so of 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: course I'm going to ask him about that. Why do 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: you decide a run? What are his chances? We'll dig 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: into that. Also, I don't know if you saw, but 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: the New York Times is now coining a new phrase 8 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: for the left dark woke. Sounds stupid, probably because it is. 9 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: What does it mean? What do you need to know 10 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: about it? Also? Was Biden's border crisis just a deliberate 11 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: ploy to flood the country with new voters and also 12 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,480 Speaker 1: to skew the senses and electoral college votes? We'll dig 13 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,599 Speaker 1: in with Ken Paxton. And why are Democrats just doubling 14 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: down on men and women's sports? We know what's a 15 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: twenty percent issue for them, so why double down? So 16 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: from these political power grabs to these cultural controversies, We're 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: going to dig into all of it and get the 18 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: truth with Attorney General Ken Paxton. Stay tuned. 19 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 2: Well. 20 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: Attorney General Ken Paxton, it's great to have you on 21 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: the show. I appreciate you making the time. 22 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 2: Hey, glad to be back and you have a great show, 23 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 2: and I'm glad, to be honest. 24 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,040 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. So I wanted to start out. I 25 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: don't know if you saw so. Democrats are like desperately 26 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: trying to figure out their footing, as we've seen. And 27 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: there's this New York Times article we talked about it 28 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: on out Numbered today, which I just thought it was 29 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 1: really funny. I don't know if you saw this, and 30 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: it's they're calling it the dark woke, and the New 31 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: York Times quote says, what is dark woke? Democrats are 32 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: trying out a new attitude. It's provocative, edgy and perilously 33 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: towing the line of not being too offensive. But it 34 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: just sort of underscores this journey that the Democrat Party 35 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: has been on. Why do you think they're struggling so 36 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: hard to find their footing. 37 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 2: Because this wotness that they promoted doesn't work. People don't 38 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 2: benefit from it. They don't get it. They see that 39 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: the results of it are bad for America, and it's 40 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: bad for them, bad for their families, bad for their kids. 41 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 3: There's no upside to it. 42 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 2: It's just liberal policy that harms people, that doesn't provide benefits, 43 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: and people have figured it out, so they're struggling. 44 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 3: To find a new message in a new narrative. 45 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: I had this conversation with Pal Morrow, who I'm sure 46 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: you're familiar with from Fox, and we're talking about with 47 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 1: all these judges trying to block President Trump from following 48 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: through with this promise of mass deportations. And if you 49 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: really think about it's kind of genius from the left 50 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: to have allowed millions of legal aliens into the country 51 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 1: because I think they knew that it would be difficult 52 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: to try to deport them. You know, you look at 53 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,359 Speaker 1: the Immigration Court, there's a backlog over three point six 54 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:51,119 Speaker 1: million people already. Even for non asylum cases, the proceedings 55 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: can take a couple of years. Well, will we ever 56 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: be able to get rid of some of these people? 57 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 3: Look, of course, Well, I think these judges are out 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 3: of control, no doubt. 59 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: There is a place for a nationwide injunction, but usually 60 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 2: relates to things like we did when we sued Joe 61 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 2: Biden for not enforcing deportation laws. This is a president 62 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: Donald Trump was actually trying to enforce the existing sixsting laws, 63 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 2: and these judges are stepping into a role that is 64 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 2: not theirs. 65 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 3: They're not the executive, they're not the president. 66 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,440 Speaker 2: But I do think over time, we're going to win 67 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 2: these cases, and I think we're going to start seeing 68 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,839 Speaker 2: Trump the Trump administration push more and more of these 69 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 2: illegals out. You're right, the left their philosophy was get 70 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: these people in here as fast as possible, and that's 71 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 2: what they did. They got what it was like three 72 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 2: or four million people a year that they pushed in 73 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 2: this country and moved them all over the country and 74 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 2: took care of all of their needs to the detriment 75 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 2: of the American people. 76 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I think he's smart to use things like 77 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: the Alien Enemies Act, right. I think that was part 78 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: of the plan to sort of allow to make removal easier, 79 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 1: you know, particularly for you know, these gang bangers and 80 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: bad people. What do you think to yourself when you 81 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: see Democrats like Chris van Holland going to El Salvador 82 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: to advocate for a guy and a legal alien who 83 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: you know, a couple judges thought to believe that he 84 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: was an MS thirteen member, that even the Prince George's 85 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: police department thought to be an MS thirteen member. 86 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 2: I think that the Centator is a pathetic senator because 87 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 2: you're talking about people in this country that are that 88 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 2: did really bad things, have done evil things to American 89 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 2: people that are doing evil things that will be a 90 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 2: risk and a threat. 91 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 3: I mean, they're one there here. 92 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 2: Illegally, but second of all, they're being targeted because they're criminals. 93 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 2: What and we got centators you think that he had. 94 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 2: He's got a multi trillion dollar budget depths that every year. 95 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 2: He's got all kinds of problems in America and he's 96 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 2: off helping some guy in Al salad Or who's a 97 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 2: threat to our society. I don't know what's wrong with 98 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: that centator, but he's got he's got issues. 99 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: Well, it clearly shows that we're not the priority, right 100 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: Like they don't care. They've given up trying to appeal to, 101 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: you know, American voters, right like, they don't it's not 102 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: about America first, it's Americans last. And you know, and 103 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,799 Speaker 1: you see like they don't even really have to clear 104 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: a pathway for illegal aliens to be able to vote 105 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: because they're already impacting the diet of the power dynamics 106 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: in the country. With the census, right of non citizens 107 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: being included in the apportionment for both the House of 108 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 1: representatives as well as for electoral colleges. And we heard 109 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: from represent Vivette Clark during a hearing in twenty twenty one, 110 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: and she said, my district can absorb a significant number 111 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: of these migrants, adding I just need more people in 112 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: my district for redistricting purposes. 113 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 3: That's one of them. News, I mean, that's kind of 114 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 3: the goal, right, Yeah, yeah, it's one of the nefarious goals. 115 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 3: I think there's several goals. 116 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 2: That's certainly they ultimately want these people voting, but definitely 117 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 2: the first step was using those numbers to add their 118 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 2: numbers in the House so they can control the US 119 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: House and potentially even affects Senate seats so there's no 120 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 2: potentially presidential election. So there's no doubt that they had 121 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 2: to various purposes. They know they can't win on their message. 122 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 3: They don't. They see it. They see that their message doesn't. 123 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,679 Speaker 2: Help America, and so they import votes and they import 124 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: strategies that help them hold on to power at the 125 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 2: expense of the American people. 126 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: Why do you think, I know that you've been fighting 127 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: against this, even in red state of Texas, but why 128 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: are Democrats doubling down on men and women's sports. 129 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 2: You know that one's even a mystery to me. I 130 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:38,960 Speaker 2: don't understand why any parent, which most of these Democrats 131 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 2: are parents who have daughters, would want their daughters to 132 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 2: have to deal with this issue because it effectively eliminates 133 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 2: daughters from being able to compete in sports. And I 134 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 2: don't the whole purpose of federal laws protecting, you know, 135 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 2: women's sports was this so that they would have an 136 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 2: opportunity to compete. They'd have fair opportunity to compete, fair 137 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 2: opportunit to participate. And now the Democrats are saying, no, 138 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 2: we're gonna let men have an unfair advantage and come 139 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 2: competing against women. It doesn't make any sense to me. 140 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 2: I don't even I don't understand at all. It's one 141 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 2: of the most I guess, mysterious positions that they've taken. 142 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: You know, it's interesting too. I'm sure you remember, like 143 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: I was working on Capitol Hill and in politics, and 144 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: I remember the whole like Warren women, right, like Republicans 145 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: were engaging in this Warren woman. It played out in 146 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: the twenty twelve presidential race as well, with Mitt Romney 147 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: being like a binder's full of women, which was a 148 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: strange comment to make, but you know, I digress. But 149 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: now to your point, it's like it's not just engaging 150 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: a war and win, they're trying to erase women. Like 151 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: it's like it's confusing. 152 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 3: It's very confusing. I mean, these were designed to give them, 153 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 3: you know, some funding and some opportunity and sort. 154 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 2: Of generally agreed on by you know, it was a 155 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 2: bipartist and really issue, even though they claimed it it 156 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 2: was a democratic issue. The reality is now they've flipped 157 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 2: it on his head and they're opposing women. I'm shocked 158 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 2: at more democratic women aren't upset about this. Those women 159 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 2: have children as well. They have daughters who should have 160 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 2: a fair opportunity to compete and be equally funded. And 161 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 2: that's obviously getting flipped the head. If you allow men 162 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: to participate in women's sports, I don't even understand why. Honestly, 163 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 2: I don't understand why men want to participate in women's sports. 164 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 2: It seems like a I don't know, they have an 165 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 2: unfair advantage, and why they would feel good about themselves 166 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 2: winning in a women's sports I don't I don't understand 167 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 2: that either. 168 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, like the men doing that, I question 169 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: their desire to want to be in a women's locker room. 170 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: I question their desire to want to steal those opportunities 171 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: for women. 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He's been there for 199 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 2: twenty four years. He wants to be there for thirty 200 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 2: three decades of serving Mitch McConnell. Effectively, what he's done, 201 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 2: it's been Mitch McConnell's lap dog, and he hasn't represented 202 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 2: the people of Texas. Okay, maybe he's a Republican from 203 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 2: New York. We might accept his weak behavior and his 204 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:31,839 Speaker 2: lack of ability to lead on important Republican issues. But 205 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 2: you know, he's been the guy that was, you know, 206 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 2: Joe Biden's guy for passing gun restrictions. 207 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,360 Speaker 3: Well, that wasn't a very popular issue in text certainly 208 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 3: not what we sent him to do, but he did it. 209 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 2: He enabled the ATF to push forward even greater expansive 210 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 2: gun restrictions that I had to go sue them over. 211 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 2: Had John Cornyn not done that, I wouldn't be in 212 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 2: the middle of those lawsuits. But he effectively is fighting 213 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 2: against his own people. He's been an outspoken critic of 214 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 2: the border wall and Trump's orderwall. He said it over 215 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 2: and over that he didn't want a border wall. He's 216 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 2: insinuated at Amstey is a path that he likes that's 217 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 2: again very unpopular in Texas. 218 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 3: And he's also been as been he's been. 219 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 2: An opposition to for President Trump in twenty sixteen when 220 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 2: he said he was an albatross around our neck, and 221 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 2: then in twenty twenty four he insinuated that he was 222 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 2: a criminal and that he was not going to support Trumpy, 223 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 2: that we needed to move in a different direction. 224 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 3: And I heard him on the radio today. 225 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 2: Supposedly saying that he was he's just as aligned with 226 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 2: Donald Trump's I am, well, maybe today Johnny comme lately 227 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 2: because he's in a primary, but that has not been 228 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 2: his position over the last you know, twelve years or 229 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 2: ten years that Trump's been around. 230 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: And I think Texas is kind of an interesting state too, 231 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: because it's sort of like loosing the football for Democrats. 232 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 1: You know, they keeping like, this is our cycle, We're 233 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: going to you know, we're going to win statewide and 234 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,440 Speaker 1: then you know, inevitably they don't. You know, sort of 235 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: looking ahead at the midterms, you know, what are you 236 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 1: seeing in Texas? You know, what are you hearing sort 237 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: of electorally of what this might look like for us 238 00:11:58,720 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: as a party. 239 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 3: You know, we're pretty far out, I think. 240 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 2: You know, midterms typically don't go as well for the 241 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 2: party in power, But it all depends on performance. And 242 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 2: if Trump can can pick up this economy, which I 243 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 2: think he will, He's had success in the past. If 244 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 2: the economy is again shape, usually that means good things 245 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 2: for the party in power. So I'm optimistic because I 246 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 2: believe in Donald Trump. I believe in his policies, and 247 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 2: I think they're good for America. So as long as 248 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 2: we're performing well in two years, I think we'll be fine. 249 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 2: If we have trouble with the economy for whatever reason, 250 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 2: then there that's always more of a challenge. 251 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: Where are you on the tariffs? 252 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 2: I'm a free trader, but I also want fair trade. 253 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 2: And I think what the President's trying to address is 254 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 2: the fact that many of these countries, particularly China, but 255 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 2: other countries as well, have not treated as fairly, and 256 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 2: I think he's trying to even the playing field. 257 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 3: I think in the end, we're. 258 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 2: Going to see a lot of a lot more trade, 259 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 2: a lot more free trade, and it's not going to 260 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 2: be so one sided. I think what the President trying 261 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 2: to do is correct the wrongs of the past that 262 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 2: no other president willing to do. And we've been at 263 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 2: the short end of the stick, and I think he's 264 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 2: trying to fix that. And you know, I applaud him 265 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 2: for making the significant attempt to do that. 266 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: How do you think he's doing so far this term. 267 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 2: Look, I think he's working faster than I've ever seen 268 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 2: any president work. And I said that about his first term, 269 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 2: that he was the most effective president in four years 270 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 2: that I'd ever seen, getting more good things done for 271 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 2: Americans than I did anyone. And I was a huge 272 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 2: Ronald Reagan pivot. Ronald Reagan did what he did in 273 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,079 Speaker 2: eight years. Trump did what he did in four years. 274 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 2: And the reality is he's moving even faster with this 275 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 2: dough stuff and putting out the executive orders to eliminate 276 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 2: regulations and to free up the American economy. He's putting 277 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 2: in great people into cabinet positions. I mean, I give 278 00:13:46,400 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 2: the guy a for the first few months of his term. 279 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 2: I hope it continues, and I think it will. 280 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 1: Have you been surprised at all to the opposition to 281 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: DOGE and trying to cut some federal spending. 282 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 3: No, I expected. 283 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:06,480 Speaker 2: There's entrenched power forces, people making trillions. You know, we 284 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 2: got trillions of dollars in debt. They're making billions of dollars. 285 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,559 Speaker 2: Lookt Stacey Averys gets a payoff of two billion or 286 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 2: whatever she got for her tiny little nonprofit. Of course, 287 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 2: people are going to hate the stop of free money 288 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 2: that doesn't benefit any of us except the people that 289 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 2: are getting it. So I totally am not surprised by 290 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 2: the resistance to the gravy training, the free money, the 291 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 2: taxpayer payouts. It's necessary for us to get our budget 292 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 2: and our deficit under control, and of course there's going 293 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 2: to be opposition to doing the right thing. Thank you 294 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 2: President Trump and Elon Musk for getting this done. 295 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: Are you sure you want to try to go to Washington, 296 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: d C. There's that infamous quote that you know, if 297 00:14:48,360 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: you want a friend in Washington, get a dog, you. 298 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 3: Know, like, are you sure? 299 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: Are you sure you want to. 300 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 3: Go to DC. 301 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 2: I'm not going for fun. I'm not going to make friends. 302 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 2: I'm going to represent my stay in a way. It's 303 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 2: been better than John Coryn even dreamed of trying. He's 304 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 2: this is the first attempt he's made a trying now 305 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 2: that he has a primary opponent. But you know, we 306 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 2: just deserve better representation. If we're going to fix this country, 307 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 2: we can't have a John Cornyn from Texas messing that up. 308 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 2: We need two good centers. We have one, Ted Cruz, 309 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 2: and we can see the difference. It's pretty clear that 310 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,440 Speaker 2: the people of Texas has two very different centers. Ted 311 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 2: Cruz is a shining example of what you need to 312 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 2: be and John corn is a failure. And it's time 313 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 2: even his own supporters know that he should run for 314 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 2: his fifth term. He's been in office over forty years 315 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 2: and he's a thirty year incumbent in the US Senate. 316 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 2: That's too long. John, take a vacation, do something different, retire. 317 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:42,680 Speaker 2: But it's been. 318 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 3: Too long at Treney. 319 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: General, is there anything else you'd like to leave us 320 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: with before we go? 321 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 2: Look, I think that we have a great opportunity here. 322 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 2: We have a great president, we have great leaders with 323 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 2: great vice president. 324 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 3: We have the House, we have the Senate. 325 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 2: We have the opportunity now if we continue to elect 326 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 2: conservative Republicans will push the envelope, we can fix the 327 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 2: problems that we have, get us on a better path, 328 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 2: and we have a bright future. If we don't do 329 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 2: that and we just waste our four years and we 330 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 2: don't elect the right people, then we're going. 331 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 3: To suffer the consequence. So I'm optimistic and that's why I'm. 332 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: Running Attorney General. Can Paston of Texas appreciate you making 333 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: the time. 334 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 3: Sir, Hey, thank you. Have a great day. 335 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: I want to thank Attorney General Ken Paxton for coming 336 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 1: on the show. I want to thank you guys at 337 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: home for listening every Tuesday and Thursday, but you can 338 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: listen throughout the week until next time.