WEBVTT - Episode 5: So Long, Liz 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:04.120 Up next, Luna Talks with Anna Paulina. Luna part of 0:00:04.160 --> 0:00:07.920 the gang, which don't let the media fool you. There's 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:11.119 no GP civil war. In fact, the Republican Party is 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:14.440 more united than ever, putting Americans first and embracing the 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:17.520 conservative values that so many of us hold. Dear critics 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:19.800 want you to think the ousting was Cheney Spells trouble, 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:21.520 but I'm here to tell you that it's marking the 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:26.320 turning of a tide. This is Luna Talks with Anna Paulina. 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:30.160 This week's episode is covering down on something that I 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.239 have been waiting to talk about since the November election. 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:36.479 So just to give you guys some background information. Prior 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:41.160 to the November election, so many people, so many established 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:43.400 may people were telling me, why are you aligning yourself 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.720 with President Trump? Well, I believe in what President Trump 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:49.559 was fighting for. I believe in the America First movement. 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:52.400 And I can tell you that in general, there were 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:55.360 so many people that reporters, you name it, people reaching 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:58.440 out that we're saying, you know, what do you think 0:00:58.520 --> 0:01:00.840 is the future of the GOP I'm talking about after 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.640 the November sixth election, And I said, well, I think 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:06.319 that what you're going to see is the GOP changing 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:09.520 this whole concept of the new GOP And with last 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:13.600 week's events of the replacing of Liz Cheney on May twelve, 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:16.640 what did this mean for the future of the GOP 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:19.920 and what is it telling us about the election cycle? 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:22.600 This is an Appallina with Luna Talks. Thank you for 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.520 tuning in, and I'm very excited to brush up on 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:32.760 this episode. After the election cycle, many people were completely upset, scared, frustrated. 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.640 I saw so many people that I think just lost 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:39.240 faith in politics altogether because of what we saw happen 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:43.120 around the country and specifically what you know, some members 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.920 of the Republican Party we're doing in order to not 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:51.480 protect the American people, like you cannot have elected officials 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:55.880 there that are turning their back on their voters, their constituents. 0:01:55.920 --> 0:02:00.800 But also too, I think the Republican Party and especially 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:03.640 with political targeting that's taking place in this country, not 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:05.960 just online but also in person. You know, there's no 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:10.760 question in my mind that the Biden administration is actively 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:14.399 engaging in this, whether it's with big Tech, whether it's 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.799 with some of these corporations, whether it's even with the 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:18.520 d O J. I think that there's a lot of 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:22.600 political targeting taking place, but what do the American people want, 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.960 specifically Republicans? And what I found is when I was 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.760 campaigning in the election cycle, there were so many people 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:33.520 that just had no concept, no idea. They just lost 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.920 touch with I think your average voter, and I myself 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:40.680 consider myself an average person. I don't have this elitist perspective. 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:42.919 I'm not condescending. I don't want to just hang out 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.280 and you know the yacht clubs and the garden parties 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.359 out in d C. You know, you should go there 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:51.080 to want to make change. And I think that many 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.960 people that are cut out for office are actually the 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:57.200 ones that wanted the least, if that makes sense. You know, 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:00.200 people don't realize that when you are elected. I mean 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.160 the American people realize, but I think a lot of 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:05.799 politicians forget that when you were elected to office, it's 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:09.600 a public service. It's not a mini monarchy. It's not 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:11.720 you being at the top of the totem pool and 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.240 looking down. You're supposed to literally be a voice for 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:16.880 the people that you're promising to represent up there. And 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.680 what we realize is that we had a ton of 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:25.160 GOP freshman like Madison Cawthorne, Byron Donald's Burgess Owens that 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:29.120 were more vocal about this absurd transition from the Biden 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:34.040 administration during the transition of power, then some members of 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:36.160 Congress who had been there for decades. And I'm not 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.480 just talking about Democrats, I'm talking about Republicans. You know, 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:43.440 America First. That idea is not just a campaign tactic. 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.840 It's real. It's a movement, and it's not hard to grasp, right, 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:50.400 It's pretty straightforward. It means no special interests, no selling 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:53.440 out the American people. It means putting America first in 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.880 all legislation, first and foremost what is the best for 0:03:56.920 --> 0:04:00.680 the country, people and future generations. And I remember after 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.360 my election in November, I received an email from one 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:06.440 of my former donors saying that that they did not 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:08.320 think that I was going to win because I was 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:12.480 supportive of this movement and that if I ever aligned 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:16.280 myself with this movement in Washington, d C. Or if 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:20.360 I ever supported anyone who supported President Trump, that I 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:24.200 would never make it. And I read this email and 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:26.039 I knew in my gut. I was like, you know what, 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.839 I'm just not going to respond because I felt and 0:04:28.880 --> 0:04:31.440 I do feel, and we saw last week something that 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:33.719 I had been predicting for a while that I have 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:37.560 a really good judge in my gut of what's happening nationally, 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.640 not just at the political level, but at the grassroots level, 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:43.840 and specifically in Florida, which is, I would argue, one 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:47.560 of the most important political strategy states in the entire 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.400 United States. We have the I four corridor, and it's 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:54.560 commonly known that every single president needs I FOURD quarter 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:56.760 needs to campaign off of that if they want those 0:04:57.040 --> 0:04:59.120 electoral votes and if they want to make it to 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:00.760 the White House, so it's called the pathway to the 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:04.440 White House. The reason I even had to gauge on this, 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:08.719 and you know, specifically as a grassroots activist, is because 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.479 I had spent so much time not just online, but 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:14.320 going to events around the country, going to college campuses, 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:17.680 literally doing what I think a lot of people should 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:21.080 have to do prior to even holding office. And the 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:23.440 difference between I think myself and a lot of other 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:27.280 candidates that I was coming across is instead of talking, 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.400 I would listen. And when you listen, people will tell 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:31.960 you a lot. They will tell you what they're concerned 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.960 about and that's really what politics I think should be 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:39.200 about altogether. It all starts locally, but why specifically was 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:42.039 May twelfth important? Right? We know that Liz Cheney was 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:45.640 removed from the House GUP Conference chair position, but it's 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:49.280 signified a turning of the tides within the GOP too 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:54.000 back and to support these strong America First movement. And 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:57.040 you know, it's been kind of interesting because I had 0:05:57.080 --> 0:05:59.080 been asked about my opinion on the future of the 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:03.520 GOP after the election cycle from countless reporters, even to 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:07.080 include many from Europe that are following American politics very 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:11.400 very closely, and also in South America. And I remember thinking, 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:14.320 it's not going to be the fracturing of the GOP 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:16.440 that's going to help anyone, Right, we need to be 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:20.640 a united front. But also to when you have people 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:24.320 that come out after such a brutal election cycle to 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:27.080 say that you know, they are going to do everything 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:30.120 that they can to work against the former President Trump, 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:34.039 that to me shows that not only are they completely 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:37.680 out of touch with fifty other million Americans that had 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:41.560 voted for President Trump and had voted for elected officials 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:45.720 that were not a part of that quote, unquote establishment mentality. 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:49.240 But it shows also that these people aren't seeing I 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:53.400 think the national implication of what a fractured GOP would be, 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:57.080 which is essentially, you know, if we're divided, then how 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:58.680 are we going to be able to legislate? How are 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.360 we going to be able to run people for office 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:04.080 that we believe will protect the Constitution and protect the 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:07.200 American people. And I'd argue that this is actually the 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:11.520 GOP after the twelfth of this past month embracing and 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:15.640 accepting these strong conservative values brought forth by many America 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:19.000 First representatives in both the House and the Senate, which 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:22.480 means that the party is uniting. So more Americans especially 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.360 now are understanding this. I know that there was some 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:28.600 talk for some time about people wanting to leave the TWOP. No, 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:31.200 that's that's not what needs to happen. People need to 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:34.440 run for office and bring change from within, which is 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:36.960 exactly what we are saying. Again, going back to some 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.680 of these GOP freshmen that have been elected. These are 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:43.880 the up and coming voices of the Millennial and gen 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.600 Z generation. Right, we have this transition of power from 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:49.600 the old guard to the new guard, and that's exactly 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:53.440 what we're saying, but especially now, I mean it's uncomfortable. 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:56.360 I remember I saw a photo actually on the Internet 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.880 that I happened to post on my Instagram of gas 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:04.040 prices currently in California, and it was upwards of five 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:06.880 dollars and thirty eight cents a gallon. So Americans that 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.920 typically wouldn't be paying attention to politics, I think are 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:12.880 especially now paying attention to it. And when you have 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:17.080 this inflation happening, especially with something as simple as lumber 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:21.080 prices and gas, that's scary. Because your gas prices go up, 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:23.360 it's going to affect everything else. It's going to cost 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:25.440 more for truck drivers to deliver food, it's going to 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:28.320 cost more for some of your basic point a to 0:08:28.400 --> 0:08:32.600 point be transportation, whether it's airplane or vehicle, and that's 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.800 going to directly impact how much food people can buy everything. 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.240 And that's what we're currently seeing right now. The d 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:41.680 n C spent serious money trying to figure out why 0:08:41.720 --> 0:08:44.200 the border was such a hot topic and why Border 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.920 Town Hispanic Americans had voted down ballot Republican and supported 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:51.720 President Trump regardless of the d n c's blitzkrieg of 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:55.080 propaganda on the border issues and That's something that I 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:59.160 had addressed in a previous episode on immigration the propaganda 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:02.760 of the border crisis, but I just wanted to remind 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.560 everyone that there it's been now several months since the 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:09.480 Biden Harris administration has taken over, and that Kamala Harris 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:13.200 was appointed to be the vice president and handle this 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.960 border crisis, and she's yet to go down to the 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.880 US Mexico border. And to me, that's you know, that's 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:22.199 pretty horrifying. You have someone that's supposed to represent minority 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:26.120 women and prides herself on being the first vice president 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.880 that's you know, a black woman or a half black woman, 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:33.640 and yet she's actively ignoring the human trafficking and slave trade, 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.959 whether it's through labor trafficking, sex trafficking of Hispanic women 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.160 and children at the US Mexico border. To me, that 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:41.760 makes her a hypocrite. You know, they spent this money 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:43.640 and by the I'm at the d n C spent 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:46.640 a ton of money actually now investing over two hundred 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:51.040 million dollars at targeting disinformation online, specifically in Spanish and 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:55.160 to the Hispanic demographic via memes. Because the new gop 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:58.720 a K people that are online really have emerged under 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.040 Trump in the last four year is we know how 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:04.560 to use social media. We understand the importance of using memes. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:07.160 And that might sound dumb, but you know, memes are 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:10.520 worth a thousand words. There images that people can laugh at, 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.640 that they understand the general concept. It's honestly a pretty 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.240 creative tasking to be able to do it. But they 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:19.120 also go viral because that virality, that sharing of those 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:22.560 ideas is a huge threat, especially to people like you know, 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:25.840 those leftists that have hijacked the Democrat Party that don't 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:28.920 want to have free speech. These people are actively working 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:32.880 with big tech to suppress people's ideas, to suppress the 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:37.520 America First movement, to suppress anyone, whether you are black, white, Hispanic, 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:40.600 Native American Asian, whether you're a man or woman, whether 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.199 you're a Christian or an atheist, They don't care if 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.920 you don't agree with them. They will try to steamrole you. 0:10:46.600 --> 0:10:49.240 So what is the new GOP? Stay tuned, We will 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:55.680 be right back after this quick break. Well, I was 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:58.360 able to witness the start of this transition to the 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:01.560 new party coming forward, not just as a candidate in 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:04.880 but also as someone who happened to make friends with 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:07.760 some of the candidates that are now sitting and elected 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:10.480 members of Congress. And I think that that's actually really 0:11:10.559 --> 0:11:12.800 unique position to be in because it's like, we went 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:18.240 through this incredible election, historical election at that and there 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.319 are some things that you know only your friends can understand, 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:23.560 especially when you are on the campaign trail, whether it 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:26.160 was dealing with the attacks, whether it's the stress, whether 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.920 it's family. You know, you form this bond with someone, 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:32.240 and I think that that actually enables you to really 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:34.560 become not just friends for life, but especially in a 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.240 political climate in Washington, d C. That we currently have 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:40.439 allies with one another. But I think that this new 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:44.000 GOP is shattering stereotypes and that's been a big one, right. 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.720 We know that for a really long time, the GOP 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:52.840 specifically has been wrongfully targeted as quote unquote just being 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.840 the party of old white males, which, to be clear, one, 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:59.640 there's nothing wrong with being an old white male, but 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:03.280 it's an absolute lie. There are so many minorities, there 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.319 are so many women, there are so many people that 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:11.640 break these stereotypes that the progressive left wants to suppress. 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.120 I mean, in fact, if you notice a lot of 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:18.920 these suppressed candidates in the election cycle, and suppressed voices 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:22.560 online are those of minority conservatives. There's a reason why 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:25.160 they do that, right, If they can keep the information 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:29.280 isolated and controlled to the masses, then they essentially are 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.640 controlling the election cycles. And that's I think strategy one 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.880 oh one. But is it right? No, it's absolutely wrong. 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:40.360 And that idea, that whole concept of being minorities, both 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:44.160 black and Hispanic in in you know, the election classes 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:46.440 well for different candidates. There were a ton of women. 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:51.320 In fact, I think election cycle was known as the 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:55.800 year for Republican women candidates because we actually shattered some 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.160 of the records of the amount of women that were 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.600 elected to the GOP, which was a maze using to see, 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:04.160 especially for I think younger women wanting to get into politics, 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:08.440 realizing that that's something that you know, is attainable, absolutely doable, 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:10.720 and then you see that whole concept of girl power. 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:12.800 As weird as it might sound for the guys listening, 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:17.000 you know, that is actually really refreshing to see. But 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:19.800 it's dangerous to the d n C because much of 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:23.160 their national propaganda and their divisive strategy for the election 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:26.520 is based on identity politics. So I always say that 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:29.199 you fight fire with fire, and think about the pandering 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:32.560 that took place at the d n C presidential candidate debates, right, 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:36.559 You literally had so many candidates to include Corey Booker, 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.400 who completely butchered I didn't I don't want to even 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:41.400 say that he was speaking Spanish. It was just this 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:45.599 completely butchered rendition. But you know, at the end of 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:48.320 the day, guys, we speak English, you know where you're 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:50.960 in the United States, and I don't think that there's 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:54.040 any reason, especially at a presidential debate, for people to 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:56.800 be speaking in Spanish. You know, we have Spanish media outlets. 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:00.800 I myself actually work with a very prom Spanish news 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:04.520 outlet called All American, which translates tweet interviews in English 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:06.560 and then we translate it into Spanish for some of 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.720 the Spanish voting block, a Spanish speaking voting block. But 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:12.480 there's no reason why at the candidate debates for the 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:14.720 d n C here in the United States of America, 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.000 where we speak English, that they should be pandering like 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:20.920 that in Spanish to a voting block that honestly doesn't 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:24.480 even really align with, you know, their ideas, because again, 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:30.160 Hispanic Americans are inherently conservative based on cultural values. So 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:33.520 aside from that, aside from the whole shattering the identity politics, 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:37.360 the new GP is huge on funding from people, not 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:40.240 from special interest groups. And that's something that I really 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:44.120 believe that in the election cycle that President Trump proved 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.360 that you don't need those special interest groups to have 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:47.920 your back and do you see, in fact, you can 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:50.240 do it on your own. That's why I think social 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:53.720 media is such an important thing for younger candidates. You know, 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.200 this is a huge deal because the DC insider money 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:58.560 is not always in the best interests of the American 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.400 people or even the people of the districts that the 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:04.560 representatives are supposed to be, you know, voicing their opinions 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:08.040 for they are completely out for themselves. I am a 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:12.560 huge advocate on not really taking corporate interest money because 0:15:12.600 --> 0:15:14.880 once you go to d C, what is the point 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:17.720 of saying that you are quote unquote representative if you're 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:21.280 not even able to represent the interests and needs of 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:23.240 your people because you're bought out and paid for by 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.440 these special interest scripts before you even get to Washington, 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:27.400 d C. And to give you guys kind of a 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:29.400 heads up on a story that took place with me 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:33.320 when I first had declared as a candidate. I was 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:36.560 up in d C and there was a lobbyists that 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:41.240 I sat down with from an American auto manufacturer, and 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:44.119 he was saying that, you know, he loved my platform, 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:45.560 that I would be a great voice in d C, 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:49.480 but that apparently he was having issues and they were 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:53.200 having issues on tariffs, and that the Trump administration they 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.160 didn't appreciate what they were doing on taxing them and 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:59.160 their goods because they were manufacturing overseas well. First of all, 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.960 Trump is right in believing that you shouldn't be manufacturing overseas, 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:05.760 especially if it's an American automobile, you should be manufacturing 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:08.880 here back in the States. But also too, he saw 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:10.720 that I wasn't agreeing with him, so I just continued 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.840 to let him talk, and then prior to the conversation ending, 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.280 he goes, you know, you'd be again just an incredible voice. 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:18.240 We would love to work with you, but you know, 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:20.400 we would really need your help on this tariff thing. 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.040 If you ever would like to check out one of 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:25.640 these vehicles, we can get your really good price on it, 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:29.200 and it's totally legal. And I looked at this guy 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:33.160 and I remember thinking, just he must really think that 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:35.480 I'm an idiot, right, like, you don't ever go into 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.960 that situation. First of all, it doesn't even sound right. 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.720 But also to you know, some people, the best, people 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:45.680 like myself, you can't buy them. You can't buy their opinions, 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.840 you can't buy their loyalty to this country. And I 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.680 politely declined, but that's something that happens. If that happened 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.000 to me, imagine how much that's happening on a regular 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:57.440 basis to other elected representatives in Washington, d C. And 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.280 it's wrong, it shouldn't be happening, But that's us and 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:03.320 a slight example of what's taking place with that special 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:07.880 interest money. And then also to relying on that national 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.720 small dollar donor program is something that many, I think 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:15.159 Democrat representatives started doing early on. But with a new GOP, 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:18.320 especially with candidates and representatives who are savvy on social media, 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:22.640 it's become easier to almost start their own small dollar program, 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:24.760 and I think that that's the most important. I remember 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:29.040 getting a donation from a woman who was actually working 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:32.280 at a taco bell in Michigan, Okay, And so she 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:34.880 made a twenty dollar donation and I called to say 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:38.440 thank you, because you're thinking about someone who's working every 0:17:38.440 --> 0:17:42.320 single day probably making minimum wage, and twenty dollars is 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.600 honestly a lot, I don't you know. I know in California, 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.680 and I know in Florida, the you know, the minimum 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.040 wage used to be what about like seven dollars an hour. 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:51.640 So let's say that that's the case for Michigan. That's 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:53.960 three hours of work. And this person is donating what 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:58.000 they can so that hopefully I get elected and that 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.760 they will feel that their voices heard, even all the 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:03.639 way in Michigan. So that reliance on the small dollar 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:06.400 donor programs is so important, and we're actually seeing that. 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:09.000 We are seeing that with so many new members of 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:11.399 the new GOP that have come to Congress that are 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:15.399 really able to maximize on that small dollar donor program. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.200 And that is something that again, I mean, you look 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:21.639 at the progressive Left and how they've engineered these massive machines, 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:24.560 working with big tech to kind of boost these platforms 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:27.480 and ensure that these people are actually able to fundraise 0:18:27.560 --> 0:18:29.600 these small dollars on their own, is what they say, 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:31.880 even though we know that they're getting help, but we're 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:33.439 able to do it, and we're able to do it 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:35.440 on our own. And I continue to say that that's 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:38.520 probably one of the most important things that Members of 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:41.320 Congress can do is get that small dollar program. It's 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:43.480 so important that again you go to Washington, d C. 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:46.520 And you're representing the interests and the needs of the 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:49.760 American people and not or in your constituents and not 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:53.240 those special interest groups. And then also I think one 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:55.919 of the most important that we are saying is the 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:58.719 new GOP wants to put an end to these endless sports. 0:18:59.200 --> 0:19:01.840 I will get to or that after our quick break. 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:10.560 The whole military industrial complex is something that the United 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.840 States up until recently, I think a lot of members 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:17.280 of Congress did not feel comfortable coming out and addressing. 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:20.760 But you know, this year especially marks the twenty year 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:24.919 anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. And you guys already 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:27.800 know my story with my husband, and you know the 0:19:27.800 --> 0:19:30.600 fact that I am a military member. This is so 0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:34.080 incredibly important because even now we're seeing some of the 0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:37.159 long term effects of this war, whether it's with the 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:40.520 suicide rates, whether you know, and I'm still thinking that 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:43.000 we're probably going to see an increase in lung cancer 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:45.760 cases honestly from these burn pits from what our service 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:49.560 members were exposed to during the war in Afghanistan. But 0:19:49.760 --> 0:19:52.280 it's it's sad. It's sad because a lot of what 0:19:52.320 --> 0:19:56.080 we're seeing is these war mongers that have existed for 0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:59.040 so long in DC, that don't have any family members 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:02.199 in the military, that haven't even served themselves. They have 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:05.840 no idea what they're putting. Are some of our brightest 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:08.400 and best, they have no idea what they're putting them through. 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:11.119 And actually next week I'll be doing an episode on 0:20:11.160 --> 0:20:14.439 the military, my experience and an inside look into what 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:17.520 these families go through. And I actually also to wrote 0:20:17.520 --> 0:20:19.719 a book on this called Bringing Them Home, which is 0:20:19.800 --> 0:20:23.679 actually now up for purchase. You can buy it online 0:20:24.040 --> 0:20:26.200 on Barnes and Noble and then also to an Amazon 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:30.960 just google it Bringing Them Home. And for me that 0:20:31.119 --> 0:20:34.240 is such a personal thing because what we saw is 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:38.040 that these wars, there's no reason for us to still 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:40.560 be there. You know, I support the military, of course, 0:20:40.720 --> 0:20:43.840 my husband is still in I have many friends that 0:20:43.880 --> 0:20:46.919 are still serving as well. But this new wave of 0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:50.560 Republicans are not war mongers. And I was found it 0:20:50.600 --> 0:20:53.920 interesting how many again representatives say they support the troops, 0:20:53.960 --> 0:20:56.399 will take photos with us, they put it out on 0:20:56.440 --> 0:20:59.520 their flyers, they say that they support a strong military, 0:20:59.560 --> 0:21:02.800 but yet they are so incredibly quiet on this. And 0:21:02.800 --> 0:21:05.639 then you look at how they're taking money from, and 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:09.800 they're taking money from these lobbyists, from these pro military 0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:13.440 industrial complex groups, these basically a column pro war groups. 0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:16.000 Right war is good for business for these people, and 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:18.439 offer them money for their campaigns and then they fold. 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:21.840 And so it's like military members are not just something 0:21:21.880 --> 0:21:23.840 that you get to put on a flyer and send 0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:25.560 out so that you can get someone to vote for. 0:21:25.600 --> 0:21:27.879