1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:10,079 Speaker 1: It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. So 2 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: Michael Very Show is on the air. 3 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: So much of elections is one long before the day 4 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: of voting. Now you need people to show up and vote. 5 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: It's hard to get Democrats to vote for Republicans or 6 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 2: Republicans to vote for a Democrat. 7 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 3: People tend to have patterns. 8 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 2: The new map has Congressional District eighteen, Shila Jackson Lee's 9 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 2: district at a plus fifty four Harris over Trump. Kamala 10 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: Harris got seventy six percent of the vote Donald trum 11 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 2: on twenty two percent. That's the new map. Mind you, 12 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: The seat that Sylvia Garcia holds has a thirty one 13 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 2: percent positive Harris over Trump at sixty five thirty four. 14 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 2: It is rumored that Lena had all Go wants to 15 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 2: run in that seat. Sylvia Garcia has made very clear 16 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: she does not appreciate people saying that she's old and frail. 17 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 2: Then you've got Lizzie Fletcher's district, which is less Democrat 18 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: but still solidly Democrat at sixty percent Harris thirty six 19 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 2: percent Trump for a twenty four I mean yeah, for 20 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 2: a plus twenty four Kamala Harris. 21 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 3: This is the new maps. 22 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: Now that's the three Democrat seats they're expected to remain. 23 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: What you do is you push some of those Democrats 24 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 2: from al Green's district into those Democrat seats, so you 25 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 2: make the Democrat seats more Democrat. That's okay. You then 26 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 2: carve a little bit of the Republican base out of 27 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: each of the outlying Republican seats to cobble together a seat, 28 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 2: and that is Congressional District nine where al Green was. 29 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: The seat as currently configured in the new map is 30 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 2: fifty seven percent Trump forty one forty two percent Harris, 31 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 2: which makes that a plus fifteen. So that's going to 32 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: be a new seat. You don't have to run against 33 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 2: an incumbent state representative of Briscoe Caine has announced that 34 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 2: he's running, and alex Miheler, who ran for county judge 35 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 2: in a spirited race that she barely lost. I think 36 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: it was stolen to Lena Hidalgo. Alex Miheler is our guest. 37 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 3: Welcome. 38 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 4: Thank you, Michael very fired us to be on here, 39 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 4: and I want to thank you and your listeners for 40 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 4: the fact that it was a race that they had 41 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 4: to cheat to beat us. A day that goes by 42 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 4: that I don't think about how we use that momentum 43 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,679 Speaker 4: and take back Harris County. And one of the things 44 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 4: that's so interesting about that seat is, you know, it 45 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 4: is very much Trump Republicans. You know, this was a 46 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 4: district that no other Republican had won so Convincingly's ship 47 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 4: Channel Port and it's really strengthened by Liberty County and 48 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 4: so the ability to turn out the vote in Harris County. 49 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 4: If you think about the current map, Wesley Hunt essentially 50 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 4: has the west of Harris County. This new seat lies 51 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 4: largely in where Sylvia Garcia's district previously was, and this 52 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 4: is the east. And so for me, it's an opportunity 53 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 4: you can't miss because one, I can go, you know, 54 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 4: raise my hand, support Trump and his America First efforts. 55 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 4: And then two we've got a lot of unfinished business. 56 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 4: I want to run. You want me to run in 57 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 4: November because I'm going to turn out that vote. This 58 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 4: district is underperformed turnout by about fifteen percent compared to 59 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 4: every other can Get district. And my goal is work 60 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 4: with every single person that's running in this county to 61 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 4: make sure Adrian Garcia's sweating that we take back that 62 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 4: county judge seat because turnout, thanks to what you did 63 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 4: to energize the basement, we put forty five thousand signs 64 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 4: out in a few months, and that was your listener base. 65 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,359 Speaker 4: So I'm really excited to have the opportunity to serve. 66 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 4: I'm going to run through a brick wall to get 67 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 4: this chance. It's too much at stake, and to be honest, 68 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,800 Speaker 4: this first time, I really even had peace because it's 69 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 4: never sat right with me for what we built. To 70 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 4: not get the chance to fix it in this chance of. 71 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: A lifetime twenty twenty two was devastating. I remember feeling 72 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 2: punched in the gut in a way I hadn't in 73 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 2: a very long time politically, because I had invested heavily 74 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 2: in that race. You had, your family, had, a lot 75 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 2: of people had, and I can handle losing. I'm perfectly 76 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 2: fine in sports in life. But I knew there was 77 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 2: cheating and it infuriated me and I just could not 78 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 2: stand for that. And I couldn't stand to know that 79 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: people would work so hard and had been cheated. When 80 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 2: you look at this race and what you learned from 81 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 2: that race, and I don't mean the cheating part. But 82 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 2: second time candidates are historically much better candidates. I've always said, 83 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 2: you bet on a guy the second time if they 84 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 2: lose the first time, they're a much stronger candidate the 85 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 2: second time. And it almost always bears out, how are 86 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 2: you a better candidate today? 87 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 4: Well we'll hit on that, But just number one, I 88 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 4: was running in an area six times the size of 89 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 4: the congressional district. So you put my same hustle work 90 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 4: where I'm only focusing on something one sixth the size. 91 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 4: That's a difference maker. 92 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 3: Number two, I'm not. 93 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 4: Starting with zero name. I d thanks to a lot 94 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 4: of the business community and grassroots rallying around me. One 95 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 4: of the more fun things when you know, you get 96 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 4: tired as a candidate, get beat up a lot. I 97 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 4: would get calls from my team Michael must be talking 98 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 4: about you, you know, because the emails. You know, we'd 99 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 4: four thousand individual donors. You know that's statewide level enthusiasm. 100 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 4: So before you know, there was months and months of 101 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 4: beating that, you know, trying to earn that reputation. We 102 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 4: know what the team is. You know, the magic sauce 103 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 4: was Mattress Mac you know, Michael Berry and law enforcement 104 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 4: plus grass roots, and so I'm trying to just turn 105 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 4: that engine on. And you know, when I think about it, 106 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 4: it's like, if you want to underestimate, go ahead. But 107 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 4: it's like I've learned marketing from mattress Mac. I don't 108 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,679 Speaker 4: know anyone better than that, And I've learned to campaign 109 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 4: from us as our So not starting from scratch again. 110 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 4: And I've had four years to think about what they did. 111 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 4: I have watched Rodney run this town unopposed, and what's 112 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 4: so great about that district? Now, instead of running in 113 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 4: something that was at least a ten point savor for Democrats, 114 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 4: I'm running in something that's at least in a you know, 115 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 4: ten point favor for Republicans. So I like those odds. 116 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 4: I don't think any Democrat wants to fight me in 117 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 4: a neutral setting. And then what I'm gonna do is 118 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 4: that seat that if you have a week candidate or 119 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 4: somebody perceived now Democrats are going to throw millions of 120 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 4: dollars you get me in the seat. Democrats aren't touching it. 121 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 4: That is going to help our fight. You've got Governor 122 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,239 Speaker 4: Abbott putting twenty million. So what I learned that hurts 123 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 4: so bad before is Democrats fight as a team Federal 124 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 4: State County. I was that down ballot candidate that had 125 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 4: support from those, you know, key individuals, but it wasn't 126 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 4: politicians that came and helped us. Well, now I've got 127 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 4: a chance to kind of fix that right and use 128 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 4: you know, the full weight whatever resources I have because 129 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 4: a lot of people we know in that area, they 130 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 4: kind of took to the November off their seat was safe, 131 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 4: didn't matter. I strongly have unfinished business. I'm not going 132 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 4: to rest until we figure out how to make Rodney retire. 133 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 2: And we will discuss that and more coming up. Looking 134 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: at the map, there's a good bit of Liberty County 135 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 2: in this district as well. It goes almost all the 136 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 2: way down just Nora of I ten, goes almost all 137 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 2: the way to Jefferson County, and then it drops below 138 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: I Tent on the western part of the district, and 139 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 2: then you've got sort of the southeastern corner. 140 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 3: Of us after the Beltway. You pick up that piece 141 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 3: there is probably where you get your density. 142 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 2: All right, we'll talk to Alex mieler Kenne Congressional District. 143 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 3: Nine coming up, continues. 144 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 2: President Trump hope that a redistricting effort would lead to 145 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 2: five Republican pickups in the House. It looks more realistic 146 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 2: that it would be three. Hey, I would love five. 147 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 2: One of those seats comes out of Houston where Al 148 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 2: Green Congressional District nine. His district's numbers have changed dramatically, 149 00:08:56,600 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 2: and now that is clearly a Republican seat. Alex Mieler 150 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 2: announcing right here, right now that she will be a 151 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 2: candidate in that race. And I'll leave the map aside 152 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 2: because I finally looked at it and I'm fascinated. But Alex, 153 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 2: I'm going to put you on the timer, give you 154 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 2: exactly three minutes to reintroduce yourself. Because there are always 155 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 2: new people coming in moving out learning about politics. I'm 156 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 2: going to give you three minutes on the clock to 157 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 2: tell folks who Alex Mieler is. 158 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 4: All right, thank you very much. So I am the 159 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 4: American first Fighter and what does that mean? So background, 160 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 4: I'm a West Pointer combat veteran. I served overseas in 161 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 4: the Army bomb Squad in Afghanistan diffusing bombs. And you know, 162 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 4: last campaign, I really I think made a mistake of 163 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 4: just assuming what people you know, what does that mean? Well, 164 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 4: bomb squad means you only get called when something's tough. 165 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 4: Everyone else is running away. When you're in a crisis situation. 166 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 4: Bomb squad, we're the ones that go run to the 167 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 4: danger to diffuse the ied and know how to settle 168 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 4: down when chaos is all around. And that's that kind 169 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 4: of skill set. You know, everyone can use political analogies. 170 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 4: I'm battle tested. That says like, no, I'm actually a 171 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 4: combat veteran. I know how to operate in hard times. 172 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 4: And so after that, I'm Harvard j DNBA. Moved to Houston, 173 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 4: no connections my husband and I with oil and gas 174 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 4: shell revolution. I thought this is a place where you know, 175 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 4: everyone says it's not who you know, but what you 176 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 4: could do, and that's what we really loved about. It 177 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 4: worked really hard. Kind of similar stories, Michael, you tell 178 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 4: kind of getting your first kind of white collar job 179 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 4: there and so worked on a variety of oil and 180 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 4: gas transactions where they're M and A capital markets. But 181 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 4: you know, pretty big transition, uh, from kind of rolling 182 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 4: up my sleeves, getting dirty, you know, digging up I 183 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 4: eds in awaddie, uh to now working on complex corporate transactions. 184 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 4: But was just grateful not knowing anyone in the city 185 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,959 Speaker 4: to get an opportunity like that, and you know what happened. 186 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 4: My husband and I. You know, Houston was very good 187 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 4: to us. And when you have a family, it's time's changed. 188 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 4: So I have a four year old and a six 189 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 4: year old, very precocious if you know me, but it's 190 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 4: stubborn and outspoken, and well I get reminded of what 191 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 4: that's like every morning. But what changes is you know, 192 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 4: I was going along here, we are live in this 193 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,200 Speaker 4: great American city. This is the dream, and you know, 194 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 4: things started to change. I realized that change was coming 195 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 4: from Lena Hidalgo. Now we all know since from Rodney Ellis. 196 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 4: But what I saw is, all of a sudden, this 197 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 4: great American city became you know, high taxes, high crime, 198 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 4: weak infrastructure, and it was the most progressive policies being 199 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 4: you know, we became this test bed. And so now 200 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,839 Speaker 4: when you watch what happens in DC, everyone in Houston's like, 201 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 4: we know this, We've already been doing this in Harris County. 202 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 4: I know this very well where they're going next. And 203 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 4: the difference was for me, you know, complete political outsider. 204 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 4: I mean, if I think I knew more about politics, 205 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 4: vot to realize how crazy it was what it was doing. 206 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 4: But I just solve a problem and knew I could 207 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 4: fix it, and so quit my job. Got into the 208 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 4: race in November, self funded for a few months, everyone 209 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 4: thought it was a joke, like what are you doing? 210 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 4: And then you know I was outspent, crowded nine way 211 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 4: primary two opponents at over a million dollars, good relationships. 212 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,079 Speaker 4: Eventually you know, raised three hundred thousand. But it started 213 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 4: grassroots first, law enforcement, huge win, having a hometown legend, 214 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 4: put his you know, reputation behind me, Mattress Mac and 215 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 4: you know, people just wonder what that's about. Honestly, I 216 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 4: think Max just knows that I work hard and where 217 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 4: my values are. 218 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 2: The last three minutes and let me stop you there, 219 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 2: because that will feed into the next question is what 220 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 2: does this campaign look like for you? Who's behind you? 221 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,440 Speaker 2: How do you run it? What do you need to 222 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 2: do to win? It's the primary you got to win, 223 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 2: so what do you have to do to win that? 224 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 4: Sure? So the population statistics eighty five percent Harris County voters, 225 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 4: fifteen percent liberty. So you know, step one, turn on 226 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 4: old campaign infrastructure. As we just discussed obviously Michael, you 227 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 4: are a huge piece of that. And I need to 228 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 4: go do the same ground game that I did before 229 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 4: I met voters. Right, So first, you know, prior to 230 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 4: for me is getting the Liberty County and start doing 231 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 4: that same work that it did before, and a lot 232 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 4: more to learn about it. But I know that there's 233 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 4: a development the size of Washington, DC that you know, 234 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,839 Speaker 4: call it willful blindness, but a lot of politicians turn 235 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 4: a blind eye to something you know, as large as 236 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 4: a big city to be a cartel haven. And that's 237 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 4: something that's not new known about that very well since 238 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 4: twenty two my county judge race. There's no excuse for 239 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:25,559 Speaker 4: anyone not to understand exactly what Colony Ridge is to 240 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 4: come hard at that, but excited to meet everyone there 241 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 4: and so far what's been happening is we are just 242 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 4: turning on the old machine. So very strong support from 243 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 4: my own gas community and then Mattress Mac and so 244 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 4: I've also really proud that Fred Flickinger, District E, whose 245 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 4: city council represents a lot of that, he's actually one 246 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 4: of the people approached me and said, if you're not 247 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 4: thinking about this, you should, And I've you know, put 248 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 4: my weight behind you, and so he's very well respected. 249 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 4: He's been a mentor. And you know, we've only had 250 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 4: a couple of days, you know, for me to start 251 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 4: getting up and running. But so far it just looks 252 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 4: like we're turning on the old engine. And I'm better, smarter, 253 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 4: faster now and couldn't be more excited to have an 254 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 4: opportunity to try to show everybody that listen, you want 255 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 4: an American first fighter, look at what I've done on 256 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:10,720 Speaker 4: your pick. 257 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 2: Speaking of Fred Flickinscher, his mother, Marie was a legend 258 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 2: on the South Belt and I was running my first 259 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 2: race in two thousand and one. She's one of the 260 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 2: first people I went to see. She endorsed me on 261 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:25,479 Speaker 2: the spot, supported me like crazy. She had a newspaper 262 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 2: at the time, she had a Chamber of Commerce at 263 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 2: the time, and as I always. 264 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 3: Did, I would say, give me five to. 265 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 2: Ten people I can go with your blessing and your endorsement, 266 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 2: to go and talk to and get support. And so 267 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 2: he comes from a hecklo bloodline, that family just first 268 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 2: rate folks. 269 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 3: Do you expect President Trump to endorse. 270 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 4: I surely hope, and it makes the case I think 271 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 4: I'm clearly the right answer, just in terms of we 272 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 4: don't need another Thomas Massey, you know, trying to be 273 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 4: a spotlight ranger. And one thing about me is I 274 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 4: was just into getting clicks or attention to certainly plenty 275 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 4: of that way. You know, it doesn't take hard to 276 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 4: ask around that I'm always working behind the scenes, rolling 277 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 4: up the sleeves, not trying to be you know, take credit, 278 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 4: just trying to get stuff done. And I think that's 279 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 4: a differentiator that I don't have a problem, you know, 280 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 4: when it's time to follow. You know, President Trump is 281 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:17,760 Speaker 4: one of the few politicans. You know, I don't want 282 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 4: to call politicians leaders who sacrifice more than anyone could, 283 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 4: but a lot of these guys have never really had 284 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 4: to lose anything, really had a you know, every victory 285 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 4: ATH had has been hard earned. And it took a 286 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 4: lot to beat me. I mean I had Nancy Pelosi, 287 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 4: Hillary Clinton, Jane Fonda, all of the Hollywood elite get 288 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 4: involved in a county judge race in a Democrat county 289 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 4: because I was that hard to beat to the first time. Canon, 290 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 4: what do you think I do with a priority congressional 291 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:48,240 Speaker 4: seat in a Republican district. They're not messing with me. 292 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 4: I had to bring out the full weight to beat us. 293 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 2: Alex Wheeler candidate for Congressional District nine, which was Al Green. 294 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 2: He probably won't even run for reelection there. Thank you 295 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 2: for being with us. We'll talk again before the primary. 296 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 2: This is going to be a very very very much 297 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 2: got it. This is going to be a very very 298 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 2: interesting political season. Buckle obyers, smart devices from Michael's brain 299 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 2: to your ears. 300 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: This is the Michael Very Show. 301 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 2: That was interesting. Consider how big Harris County is. Harris 302 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 2: County is just over five million people. You're running to 303 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 2: be the Harris County judge, which is the mayor of 304 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 2: Harris County. You are running in a region bigger than several, 305 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 2: I think three states. There were one point one million 306 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 2: people who voted in the twenty twenty two election that 307 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 2: Lena had all go stole. I mean, technically we know 308 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 2: who stole. It wasn't Lena. She isn't smart enough to 309 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 2: do that. Remember Clifford Tatum, the election commissioner. Yeah, he's 310 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 2: not there anymore either, but he. 311 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 3: Was brought in and he did it job. 312 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 2: He did his job exactly the way he was told to. 313 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 2: There were one point one million votes casts in that 314 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:14,359 Speaker 2: race that Mieler lost to Lena Hidalgo. A county of 315 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 2: over five million, one point one million votes. A congressional 316 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 2: district is about seven hundred thousand population seven hundred thousand 317 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,359 Speaker 2: in On average, between two hundred and two hundred and 318 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 2: fifty thousand people vote, so about a quarter of the 319 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 2: number of voters that you get in the Harrison County race. Now, 320 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:42,480 Speaker 2: sometimes that's good, sometimes that's bad. Because you take Richard 321 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 2: Nixon running for president in nineteen sixty, barely loses in 322 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 2: the closest presidential election in history to that point, barely 323 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 2: loses to Kennedy, comes home to California, his home state. 324 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 2: So surely if he can do that well across the 325 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 2: country and he manages to lose ouse. 326 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 3: To moonbeing Brown's father, so it's not always the case. 327 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,159 Speaker 2: That's when he gave the famous you won't have Dick 328 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 2: Nixon to kick around anymore. But of course he would 329 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 2: come back and win the presidency in sixty eight and 330 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 2: seventy two. It's an interesting race, an interesting district now 331 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 2: that I've looked at it a little more, and Alex 332 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 2: Mieler referenced Colony Ridge. I don't think she said it 333 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:32,479 Speaker 2: by name, but she made reference to what we all know, 334 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 2: I think most Republican primary voters. It's very important to remember, 335 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 2: and people get lost in this. A primary is very 336 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 2: different than a general and a candidate in a prime. 337 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 2: A candidate can be stronger in a primary and weaker 338 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 2: in a general or vice versa. But remember that the 339 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 2: only people voting in a primary are the Republican base. 340 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 2: There are many people who will vote next November who 341 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 2: will vote Republican, but for whatever reason, they don't show 342 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 2: up and vote in a primary. When you're building a campaign, 343 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 2: you look at something called a three R that means 344 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 2: that voter has voted in the last three Republican primaries. Now, 345 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:28,120 Speaker 2: a lot of Republicans will vote in a presidential primary, 346 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 2: but not in the mid year primaries. 347 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 3: If those three. 348 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 2: Rs are two midterms and a presidential as opposed to 349 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 2: a presidential midterm and a presidential. 350 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 3: If you have. 351 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 2: Somebody that's voted in three straight elections that includes two midterms, 352 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 2: that person, if they're still alive and haven't moved away, 353 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 2: they are going to vote in a Republican primary. So 354 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 2: targeting becomes extremely important. You're no longer talking to the 355 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 2: general public, because the general republic does not vote in 356 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 2: the Republican primary. So if you walk into a grocery 357 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 2: store that has an average number of people there, you 358 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 2: can basically take out the people doing two or three 359 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 2: of the early checkout lines, and maybe the people over 360 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 2: in frozen goods and two people in the restroom, and 361 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 2: that's the only people in the whole store that are voting. 362 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 2: So the challenge becomes, how do you find just the 363 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 2: people who are going to vote and not speak to everybody? 364 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 2: So what do we know that people who are going 365 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,719 Speaker 2: to vote? Do people who are going to vote Republican 366 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:48,199 Speaker 2: watch Fox News, They watch Newsmax, those are their television 367 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 2: doing habits. They listen to talk radio. They're going to 368 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 2: be our listener. A Republican primary voter is going to 369 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 2: be our listener. There are some other things that Republican 370 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 2: primary votvoters, other patterns that they're going to have. You 371 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 2: can mail to them because you know where they live, 372 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 2: and they tend to be more likely to be a homeowner, 373 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 2: which means a consistency of residents than an apartment dweller, 374 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 2: which you're going to have a higher number of apartment 375 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 2: dwellers that are Democrats than Republicans, and so you know 376 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 2: where they live, so you can mail to them, you 377 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 2: can talk to them through our show. Now I want 378 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 2: to I'm going to say this one hundred times. Candidates 379 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 2: are going to pour money into KTRH from now until 380 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 2: the election. That does not mean I endorse them. What 381 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 2: it does mean is that they know that you are 382 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 2: more likely to be a voter than people listening to 383 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 2: music radio, and the numbers bear that out. You're more 384 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 2: likely to be a voter because you're someone who's tuned 385 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 2: into a lot of political talk and news consumers are 386 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 2: more likely to be voters. So whether they're listening to 387 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 2: our morning show or our show or anytime during the day, 388 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 2: that's where you're going to get a much higher propensity 389 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 2: of voters. Your cable news buy on television is going 390 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 2: to let you geo target where voters vote. So you 391 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 2: may see on Fox an ad for the candidate we 392 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 2: just spoke to, Alex Meeter. You may see a can 393 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 2: You may see an ad for her in Liberty County 394 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 2: or in the portion of Harris County where that makes 395 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 2: up the new Congressional District nine, and you may see 396 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 2: a lot of those. That's because she's targeting those spots. 397 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 2: You're also going to see that on You're also going 398 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 2: to see website advertising that'll be pretty heavy. And then 399 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 2: you should start getting mailers. I don't know when those 400 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 2: campaigns are going to start. They're mailers at this point. 401 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:58,320 Speaker 2: They're putting those campaigns together. This whole redistricting effort was 402 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:03,479 Speaker 2: talked about for quite some time. It happened really fast. 403 00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 2: There are a couple of people I need to make 404 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 2: sure that I can release their names, but there are 405 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 2: a couple of people who moved mountains to make this happen, 406 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 2: to get this redic redistricting done. I didn't think it 407 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 2: would happen, and I didn't think it could happen because 408 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 2: I didn't think Abbott had the gravitas to get the 409 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 2: House to pass it. But I'll tell you how it 410 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,199 Speaker 2: did happen. And you're not going to like this, but 411 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 2: it's the truth. Dustin Burrows sold us out. Dustin Burroughs 412 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 2: is drunk daylight, and Dustin Burroughs and his folks are 413 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 2: not our friends. 414 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 3: They are not Maga, they are not Trump. 415 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 2: You remember, these are the folks who impeached sent articles 416 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 2: of impeachment on Ken Paxton, and Trump warned them not 417 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 2: to do it, and they. 418 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 3: Did it anyway. 419 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 2: Those folks are up for real in the spring, and 420 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 2: their unpopularity has been building. That's why drunk Dade was 421 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 2: no longer. They couldn't have him be the speaker. That's 422 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 2: why he's stepping down. Their deals with the Democrats were problematic. 423 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 2: You've got the spotlight being shown that they weren't getting 424 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 2: anything done. So in one fell swoop, really two, they 425 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 2: passed what they called school choice, which is not school choice, 426 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 2: but they can call it school choice. And in one 427 00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 2: fell swoop they get redistricting done and Trump endorses Burroughs 428 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 2: the next day, and that that's the deal. You may say, 429 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 2: I'm comfortable with that compromise. I'm comfortable with that transaction. 430 00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:52,119 Speaker 2: Whatever Trump needed to increase the Republican majority in the 431 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 2: House of Representatives to avoid being impeached his last two years, 432 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 2: that's the deal that was cut. 433 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 3: And that's where we are. So there you go. Prepare 434 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:03,040 Speaker 3: for a complete meltdown. 435 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 2: With you, Lord of the Michael Berry Show. I got 436 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 2: an email from a lady who said I was going 437 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 2: to mail you this letter, but I figured just take 438 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 2: a screenshot of it in email it, and she did, 439 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 2: and it says, Hello, Zara. I started listening to your 440 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 2: show about two years ago. I just gotten divorced from 441 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 2: a ten year marriage and I quit a ten year 442 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:37,440 Speaker 2: career as a public elementary math teacher. I was delivering 443 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,719 Speaker 2: packages while deciding my future career. 444 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 3: I was lost, alone and terrified. 445 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 2: Your show brought me great comfort then and still does. 446 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 2: I'm now a real estate agent in Houston, building a 447 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,919 Speaker 2: business for myself and my three children. Listening to you 448 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 2: help me feel like I was part of something bigger 449 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 2: and gave and gives me hope to keep going. Thank 450 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 2: you from the bottom of my heart. And then the 451 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 2: nice lady's name, which I'm not authorized to release, you know, 452 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 2: I will just say this. 453 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 3: My study of people reveals again and again and again 454 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 3: and again. 455 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 2: When you are in a bad spot, and we're all 456 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 2: in a bad spot at some point, when your spouse passes, 457 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:32,680 Speaker 2: or your spouse leaves you, or you have to leave 458 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 2: your spouse for whatever that reason may be, when the 459 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 2: career you have dedicated yourself to falls apart, you're laid off, fired, 460 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:45,120 Speaker 2: the business goes bankrupt, when the business you've built goes 461 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 2: under when you have a terrible accident, whatever that is. 462 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 2: If you can just have the foresight to say, I 463 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 2: don't know how it's going to get better. I can't 464 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 2: imagine it getting better, but it is going to get better, 465 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 2: and there's going to be a day, and I just 466 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:04,680 Speaker 2: got to keep working until I get to that day. 467 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 2: That level of foresight can get you out of any trough, 468 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 2: any mess, any bind, any sadness. I see these stories 469 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,159 Speaker 2: of you know, the one that always hits me. 470 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 4: Ramon. 471 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 2: We played every Thanksgiving the woman called in. It was 472 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 2: our Thanksgiving edition, and she told the story about eating 473 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 2: sardines at the Thanksgiving table with it that she ate 474 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 2: sardines at Chris at Thanksgiving. And I said, what kind 475 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 2: of crazy, wacky lady are you in a minute, and 476 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,520 Speaker 2: she said, well, when my husband left us, my son 477 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 2: and I were in a little apartment and we were 478 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,399 Speaker 2: struggling and we had nothing, I mean nothing, and it 479 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 2: was Thanksgiving, so and I said, we're going to have 480 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 2: We're going to do something to mark Thanksgiving. So I 481 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 2: opened a cannas sardines and we ate them together. And 482 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 2: at the time, I think her son was eight or whatever, 483 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 2: she said, you know, now, my son is twenty. 484 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 3: Five and he's got a great life. 485 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 2: And I got married seven years later, and you know, 486 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 2: my life is wonderful. I'm very happily married, and I 487 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 2: want for nothing. And she went through this whole thing, 488 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 2: and she said, but my son and I still at Thanksgiving, 489 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 2: we still go through that ritual to remind ourselves. 490 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 3: I mean, I get choked up. 491 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 2: Think about it today, and I just think, man, getting 492 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 2: to the top of the mountain is so much more 493 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 2: meaningful when you've been through a hell or a very 494 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 2: very difficult time like that. It makes you appreciate that 495 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 2: it's just having the foresight and the strength and the 496 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 2: conviction of saying I can get there. I don't know how, 497 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 2: I don't know what it looks like. I don't know 498 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 2: how long it'll take, but I can do it. Today 499 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 2: marks eight years since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas 500 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 2: near Porta, Riansas, causing unprecedented flooding across much of southeast Texas, 501 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 2: with some areas seeing over fifty five zero inches of 502 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 2: rain over the course of a few days. Harvey dumped 503 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 2: so much water over the area that the impact could 504 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 2: be seen from space. KPRCTV with the. 505 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 5: Story Dey marks eight years since Hurricane Harvey. Remember that, boy, 506 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 5: oh boy, Midland falls a Cat four with sustained winds 507 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 5: of one hundred and thirty miles an hour. That was 508 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 5: down south in Rockport. Then it came up here and 509 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 5: dumped rain for how long days? Geez Meyerland in southwest Houston, 510 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,400 Speaker 5: the mainland area, experience a massive flooding early on. Homes 511 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 5: and cars submerged, and that was the third time in 512 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 5: four years for a lot of families happened there and 513 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 5: really all over the city. Parts of Houston that had 514 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 5: never flooded found themselves underwater. Officials say the Attics Barker 515 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 5: Reservoir was the main culprit because it was opened for 516 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 5: fear it would fail. We caught up with two residents 517 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 5: whose home filled with water. Back then, did you know 518 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 5: that tomorrow was the anniversary? 519 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yeah, we I mean, I'd keep it on 520 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 4: my calendar. 521 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 3: Do you think about the day much? Not too much anymore. 522 00:29:58,440 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, it's been eight years. 523 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: How challenging was it for you to get back into 524 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: your home post Harvey? 525 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 4: We moved back. 526 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 3: In like middle of January. 527 00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 2: I mean the Bayou was completely redone right, I mean 528 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 2: they widened the bridges and took out the pinch points. 529 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 5: It done quite a bit of work towards flood mitigation 530 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 5: and the various parts of the city. And of course 531 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 5: we haven't been tested like that since. Thankfully, Harvey was 532 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 5: like no other store, well almost like no other storm. 533 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 5: I mean they're all kind of different, but in terms 534 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,960 Speaker 5: of money and damage, it was the second costliest behind Katrina. 535 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,360 Speaker 5: That anniversary twenty years is coming up soon. 536 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 3: I got an email this morning. 537 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 2: From the nice fellow who rescued my wife and kids 538 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 2: and dog from the Omni hotel where I had sent 539 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 2: them because I was giving a speech in Baton Rooch 540 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 2: and then couldn't get back in time. 541 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:49,680 Speaker 3: They had sealed off the county and. 542 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,520 Speaker 2: I couldn't get in, and so on this memorial He's 543 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 2: hit me a video of saving them in the little 544 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 2: boat that hero around the neighborhood at Let's see that 545 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 2: would have been at about Woodway and six 'ten and 546 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,400 Speaker 2: got them to high ground. 547 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 3: Boy, that. 548 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 2: Just goes to show we are all one flood, one 549 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 2: wrong turn, one you name it from your whole life 550 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 2: changing several emails asking that I explained how this redistricting 551 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 2: came about, Well, I'll tell you it was a multi 552 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,920 Speaker 2: year effort by people who toil in silence. First is 553 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 2: the case of Petaway versus Galveston County, which you may 554 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 2: have heard about. Now, Galveston County fought back against the 555 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 2: Democrats because so what happened was the Fifth Mark. Henry, 556 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 2: the County judge of Galveston, was on ktr H this 557 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 2: morning and he told the story. But i'll give you 558 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:03,959 Speaker 2: the abbreviated version, had determined this redistrict what you couldn't 559 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 2: couldn't do for drawing plans, and so Galveston County said, well, 560 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 2: this isn't right. You've got Democrats representing more folks than 561 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,840 Speaker 2: they should because of how the lines have been drawn. 562 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 2: So they jerrymandered these district and these districts, and so 563 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,000 Speaker 2: the case was brought at the district court. They said, well, 564 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 2: the Fifth Circuit said that's how that's supposed to be done, 565 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 2: and so they had to lose in the Fifth Circuit 566 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 2: to get to the Fifth Circuit, so that they had 567 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:35,680 Speaker 2: to lose in the district court to get to the 568 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,080 Speaker 2: Fifth Circuit, so the Fifth Circuit could overrule its past 569 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,120 Speaker 2: ruling and they did. That's ped Away v. Galveston County. 570 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 2: And then there is a guy who is the hero 571 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,640 Speaker 2: in all of this. I've never met him. I couldn't 572 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 2: pick him out of a crowd. But his name is 573 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 2: doctor Robin Armstrong. He is a Galveston County commissioner. He's 574 00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 2: also an RNC committeeman. However, he's reported har Meat Dylan, 575 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 2: who was on the r n C. He supported r 576 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 2: Harmeat Dylan to be a RNC chairman and so the 577 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 2: other members of the r n C didn't like him 578 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 2: for that. So when he came up with the redistricting plan, 579 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 2: they said, no, we're not going to do that. And 580 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 2: he said, okay, I'm one of those relentless guys that 581 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 2: gets things done. 582 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 4: You know. 583 00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,719 Speaker 2: I used to say, it's usually women like this. I 584 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,720 Speaker 2: used to say, Ted Cruz had a woman who was 585 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 2: kind of his. She would just irritate you. She wanted 586 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,560 Speaker 2: you to come to an event. She wouldn't stop calling you, 587 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:34,320 Speaker 2: she wouldn't stop badgering you. 588 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,000 Speaker 3: And he knew it. But I'm gonna tell you something. 589 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 3: You got to have a few folks like that. So 590 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:39,480 Speaker 3: what did he do? 591 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 2: Doctor Armstrong went to Team Trump, they took up redistricting. 592 00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 2: They told Abbott, Patrick and Burrows to get it done, 593 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 2: and it happened.