1 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: It's that time. 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:09,479 Speaker 2: Time, time, luck and load. 3 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: The Michael Very Show is on the air. You'll get 4 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: into Mico. We gotta feed a beard. 5 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 3: I don't plan to shave, and it's good thing, but 6 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 3: I just gotta. 7 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: See I'm doing it all right? Will got make me 8 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: supts beating? 9 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 4: Ready? 10 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: That's the true. It's neither drinking a drug and stood. 11 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 3: Just I dare say, the most eventful weekend we've had 12 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 3: in quite some time. 13 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: Shine, Do we ever have a lot to talk about. 14 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: Among the things we have to talk about are. 15 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 3: The strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran, 16 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:13,680 Speaker 3: which occurred overnight Friday night into Saturday morning, and the 17 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 3: Irani response, how that has been handled and what this means. 18 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 3: I'd like to spend some time talking about the domestic 19 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 3: reaction to these strikes, and the various coalitions that have 20 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 3: whether they are friendly with each other or not, the 21 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 3: split of opinions in this country based on some very 22 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 3: odd bedfellows on the left and on the right. The 23 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 3: issue of Israel has that effect on a lot of 24 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 3: people nowadays, young and old voters. But we turn also 25 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 3: from Iran to what happened most likely as a result 26 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 3: of that and that was a mass shooting in Austin, 27 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 3: And in that case, a Senegaluese individual who came to 28 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 3: this country overstayed his visa but managed to get it 29 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 3: is believed in GOO assistance to stay here, who had 30 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 3: been radicalized whatever that means, and walked along Sixth Street 31 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 3: and shocked the place up, killing, among others, a Texas 32 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 3: tech student who was there visiting with some friends when 33 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 3: he died. Probably some families in our listening audience, well 34 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:36,679 Speaker 3: I know there are because I've been contacted by some, 35 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 3: but probably more families who were directly affected an impact 36 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 3: direct to you or a family member being a son, grandson, nephew, 37 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 3: niece who was on Sixth Street when all of this happened. 38 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: Pretty traumatic stuff. 39 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 2: Then you have. 40 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: The reaction, Well, I'll get to that in the moment. 41 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 3: And then you have the primaries that are occurring tomorrow 42 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 3: in the state of Texas as well as North Carolina 43 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 3: and Arkansas. It will be the first round of primaries 44 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 3: for twenty twenty six. And just like the state Senate 45 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 3: seat a few weeks ago where Republicans lost a Republican 46 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 3: seat to a Democrat, I think this could potentially be 47 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 3: a wake up call for what's going to need to 48 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 3: be done in November. Is it a wake up call 49 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 3: or does it represent a shift in public opinion along 50 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 3: the along the middle and a lack of motivation among 51 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 3: the base, which I think is also the case. 52 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: Let's talk about that first. 53 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 3: And we'll come to Iran in just a moment, and 54 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 3: I'll focus on the state of Texas elections. In the primary, 55 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 3: we have seen greater turnout vote thus far among the 56 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 3: Democrats than among Republicans. By last I checked in on 57 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 3: my number in front of me, a couple one hundred 58 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 3: thousand votes. It was significant. But what is very significant 59 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 3: is that Democrats are bringing new voters to the polls 60 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 3: and Republicans are not. I think it was a four 61 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 3: to one number. I've managed to leave my print out, 62 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 3: probably at home. I'll go buy memory. I have a 63 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 3: pretty good idea. But we have some interesting themes at 64 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 3: play in the election that we will see tomorrow. Let 65 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 3: me first say that by recent historical numbers, I would 66 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 3: estimate that between about forty and forty five percent of 67 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 3: the votes that will be cast in this primary will 68 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 3: be cast tomorrow, which absolutely blows my mind. When there 69 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 3: were ten days to vote, early, and then people will 70 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 3: vote at the last possible minute. Although I did hear 71 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 3: from people that this was the first time they were 72 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 3: voting on quote unquote election day. I wish we'd stop 73 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 3: using that term. But what it's going to mean, well, 74 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,320 Speaker 3: let's talk about what. And on Friday. At the end 75 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 3: of early voting on Friday, over five hundred thousand people 76 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 3: voted on Friday alone. Out of the ten days, that 77 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 3: was over twenty percent of the votes all on one day. 78 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 3: For those of you who voted, you went from hearing 79 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 3: early in the runoff, in the early voting period that 80 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 3: it was breezy and just walk right in, cast your 81 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 3: vote and leave. If you voted on Friday, you sat 82 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 3: in the in line at the poll for over an hour. 83 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 3: I hope that if you are planning to vote tomorrow, 84 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 3: that you will plan to vote earlier in the day. 85 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: Rather than waiting until the end of the day. 86 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 3: I am not a person who spends a lot of 87 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 3: energy begging people to vote in the primary. And I'll 88 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 3: tell you why that is because the people who don't 89 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 3: understand the importance of primary voting, people who don't go 90 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 3: out to vote in a primary are buying large John 91 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 3: Cornyn Republicans. They're Bush Romney McCain Republicans, their Republican brand, 92 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 3: their country Club Republicans. They're voters who just they're not 93 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 3: very passionate. They think the Democrats are not very good ortho. 94 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 3: They wouldn't dare say that in public, and Democrats shouldn't 95 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 3: be in charge. 96 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: So we'll vote for the Republicans. 97 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 3: That's not the kind of people you want voting in 98 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 3: a primary when you're trying to kick out the incumbents 99 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 3: who you have to dig deep to understand why they're problematic. 100 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 3: That would be John Cornyn, that would be Cringy Crenshaw, 101 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 3: that would be Greg Abbott, and so in order to 102 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 3: do that, I'm just as happy if those people don't vote. 103 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 3: It's not going to affect whether we beat the Republicans, 104 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 3: whether we beat the Democrats in November with the best Republican. 105 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 3: We want the best Republican. We're not going to lose 106 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 3: to Democrats tomorrow. You may lose to the establishment if 107 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 3: you don't show up and vote. So that's why I 108 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 3: don't spend a lot of time pushing people to vote. 109 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 3: Passionate voters who are issue driven voters will show up 110 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 3: and vote in a primary, and if that's all that votes, 111 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 3: I'm perfectly fine with that. I want to win these 112 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 3: elections with candidates for November. And I've been around campaigns 113 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 3: long enough because you hear this area to understand that 114 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 3: you can drive people to vote come November that you 115 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 3: couldn't get to vote in a primary. You can drive 116 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 3: people to vote because things happen between now and November. 117 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 3: What happened in Iran and then what happened in Austin 118 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 3: is going to affect the primaries tomorrow. We just don't 119 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 3: know how. But that's that those two things that you 120 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 3: never could have predicted will affect turn out and vote tomorrow, 121 00:07:55,600 --> 00:08:00,040 Speaker 3: among other things. Before we get to the monument the 122 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 3: new cycle of the weekend, we must note that today, 123 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 3: March second, marks the anniversary of the eighteen thirty six 124 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 3: adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence. On this day, 125 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 3: fifty nine delegates formally declared Texas free from Mexican rule, 126 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 3: creating the Republic of Texas. This marks the one hundred 127 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 3: and ninety year anniversary since the declaration at Washington on 128 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,959 Speaker 3: the Brass, which of course was a pivotal moment in 129 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 3: the Texas Revolution. It is a state holiday, it is 130 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 3: not a federal holiday. A lot of government offices and 131 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 3: schools may remain open. Some will celebrate, Sadly, many will not. 132 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 3: Those who do not remember their history are a broken 133 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 3: and sad culture. I hope you find a way, if 134 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 3: nothing else, to talk about the Texas Revolution with fewer children. 135 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 3: It's the sort of thing that defines who and what 136 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 3: we are as a culture. Before we get to Iran 137 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 3: and Austin, the retaliatory shooting by the terrorists in Austin. 138 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 3: A couple of developments in the Texas primary that I 139 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 3: want to bring up. First, President Trump arrived in Corpus 140 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 3: Christi on Friday. That was apparently a last minute trip. 141 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 3: How last minute is debatable, but pretty last minute. Why 142 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 3: he did that is open for some discussion. But he 143 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 3: did a couple of things that are noteworthy, and this 144 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 3: is part of what is worth watching when we do 145 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 3: the post mortem on the Tuesday election. He made some 146 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 3: endorsements in statewide races that conflict with Greg Abbott. He 147 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 3: has been deferential to Abbot in the state of Texas, 148 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 3: Abbot being the governor, but Trump, he has his own 149 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 3: relationships and I'm certain that Trump understands that Abbot's politics 150 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 3: are not his politics in many cases, For example, the 151 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 3: President coming out to endorse the sitting Agriculture Commissioner Sid 152 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 3: Miller greg Abbott had endorsed Nate Sheets. What's interesting there 153 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 3: is that Miller has been very imbattled. He has had 154 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 3: some pretty serious legal questions. If anybody is willing to 155 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:37,599 Speaker 3: overlook legal challenges to a sitting incumbent Republican, it is 156 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 3: Donald Trump. And I think he's more today than ever 157 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 3: before willing to look past that for an individual if 158 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,800 Speaker 3: he likes them and thinks they're doing good things. Him 159 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 3: coming out and supporting Sid Miller at the last minutes, 160 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 3: at the last minute against Nate Sheets, who Greg Abbott 161 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 3: had endorsed, was a very very interesting and it has 162 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,439 Speaker 3: set up a lot of chatter in Austin as to 163 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 3: what's going on between the White House and Greg Abbot, 164 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 3: and that race will be interesting to watch. Sid Miller 165 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 3: has been popular but embattled since his time in public office. 166 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 3: I don't have a good sense on what's going to 167 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 3: happen there. Sid Miller has a had a sort of 168 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,719 Speaker 3: cult like following among the base. He seemed to have 169 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 3: drifted away and lost his focus. But he's sort of 170 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 3: come back to a very strong personality, good campaigner, takes 171 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 3: on the right kinds of issues. But now he's made 172 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 3: a number of enemies of folks who were his friends. 173 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 3: I just don't know what happens there. President Trump also 174 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 3: endorsing Don Huffines for Comptroller. Greg Abbott put Kelly Hancock 175 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 3: in that position. 176 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: Again. I know this is probably not a very sexy 177 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: race for you to hear me talk about. 178 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 3: I can tell you that these are races that are 179 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 3: worth watching for a number of different reasons. Kelly Hancock 180 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 3: was the state senator. Abbott put him into the Comptroller's 181 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 3: office so that he could run as the incumbent. He 182 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 3: could do a couple of things just before the election 183 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 3: and look like the incumbent. Remember Glenn Hager left the 184 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 3: Comptroller's office and went to lead Texas A and M University. 185 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:25,439 Speaker 3: That occasioned an empty spot. Kelly Hancock, state senator, wanted 186 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 3: to be the comptroller. Abbot put him in that seat, 187 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 3: but he could not make him comptroller because he could 188 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 3: not get Senate approval, which is required. So that's why 189 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 3: Kelly Hancock is the acting comptroller. Abbott's machine opened up 190 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 3: the swamp, poured a bunch of money into Kelly Hancock. 191 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,319 Speaker 3: Kelly Hancock was hand chosen for that's the way these 192 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 3: deals work, and he's supposed to win. He's never built 193 00:12:54,080 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 3: any momentum. Don Huffines had run against Greg Abbott, and 194 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 3: Abbot is very, very sore over that. Huffines had a 195 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 3: self funded campaign against Abbot in twenty twenty two and 196 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 3: he got a little traction and Abbott is butt hurt 197 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 3: over it. So you've got Huffines who pulled out to 198 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 3: an early lead. He's got personal wealth, he's willing to 199 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 3: spend it. He is good with the base. We've endorsed him, 200 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 3: or we're supporting him. I don't endorse people, but we 201 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 3: are supporting Don Huffines. He managed to get most everybody 202 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 3: I know who was endorsing endorsed Huffines. 203 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: And most of them pretty early on Ted Cruz among them. 204 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 3: But when he got the Trump endorsement there at the end, 205 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 3: it opened a lot of eyes as to huh, there 206 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 3: does seem to be a Trump Abbot split, And there 207 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 3: are some personalities involved. Huffins has his own relationships with 208 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 3: a lot of people. So the Huffines Handcot race is 209 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 3: going to be interesting to watch, and I suspect Greg 210 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,839 Speaker 3: Abbott is going to get his little bump squadded on 211 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,679 Speaker 3: that one, because I don't think Hancocks stands a chance, 212 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 3: and Abbot has been campaigning very. 213 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 1: Very aggressively for him. 214 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 3: That's going to set up the unique and I think 215 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 3: necessary situation where you have Don Huffines as Comptroller in 216 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 3: a position to cause problems for Greg Abbot by bringing 217 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 3: up how money is spent and where money is spent 218 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 3: and how taxes are raised, and Abbot does not want that. 219 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 3: Abbot only survives in the state of Texas Republican majority 220 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 3: when there is nobody to the right of him asking questions. 221 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 3: People can believe Abbot he wants to close the border, 222 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 3: he wants to help Trump. Well, why did he take 223 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 3: over a million dollars from Colony Ridge right here in 224 00:14:54,800 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 3: Houston in multiple payments? How many people are forgotten Colony 225 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 3: Ridge owns Greg Abban. How about his Muslim problem? If 226 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 3: you look at the number of Muslims in the highest 227 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 3: positions Texas medical born, some of whom are still on 228 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 3: contract with Pakistani, this entity show Abbot's got a Muslim proms. 229 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 3: A question of whether people will know this or not. 230 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 3: Final voting tomorrow on what is known drives me crazy. 231 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 3: As election day, after ten days of early voting in 232 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 3: the US Senate race, we will talk to two of 233 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 3: the three, Wesley. 234 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: Hunt now and Ken Paxton, in just a moment. Wesley 235 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: Hunt the day. 236 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 3: Before or the day before election day, and you have 237 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 3: worked your tailoff. 238 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: Where do you feel like you stand? How do you feel? 239 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: I feel great about it. 240 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 2: I was actually in Harlington down south, got in at 241 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 2: about one o'clock in the morning last night. I'm going 242 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:50,960 Speaker 2: to be in Cyprus tonight. And again, I've been running 243 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 2: a campaign. I'm the only one that's he He've been 244 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 2: running a campaign. I've been traveling all over Texas to 245 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 2: actually get in the front of voters, look at them 246 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 2: in their eyes, and tell them exactly what I wanted 247 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 2: to do to keep Texas Texas. 248 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: And my whole goal, and this whole thing was to 249 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: get into a runoff. 250 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 2: And the way I see it is that we still 251 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 2: have a puncher shot at this thing. I do believe 252 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 2: that General Paxson will finish in the first place, and 253 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 2: my goal was to get in second place to challenge 254 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 2: General Paxston so that the people of Texas could have 255 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 2: an actual choice of a true conservative. 256 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: For the future. 257 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 3: It's interesting Paxton has led throughout as most people expected 258 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 3: he would. Your entry into the race was feared by 259 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 3: some folks that I know who are paston supporters, and 260 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 3: I said, it's not clear which candidate he helps or 261 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 3: hurts the most, but have you steadily drew support early on? 262 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: And then the DC. 263 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 3: Swamp came after you, from Tim Scott to the Thoon 264 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 3: crowd to the establishment, all of Cornyn's cronies, and it 265 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 3: takes its toll. I got to tell you, the one 266 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 3: that really got me was them calling you Washington Wesley. 267 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 3: When you've been in DC for a cup of coffee 268 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 3: and John Corny's been there for twenty four years. I 269 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 3: have to think they had around that night in the 270 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 3: crowd in Washington with Washington money that live in Washington 271 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 3: and control Washington calling you Washington Wesley. 272 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: How do you feel when you'll see that? 273 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I saw that one Washington Wesley and then John 274 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 2: corn of all people calling me a rhino. I thought 275 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 2: that was absolutely hilarious. And all in they would have 276 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 2: spent in upwards of almost fifteen seventeen million dollars over 277 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 2: the course of two weeks. At one point they were 278 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 2: spending a million dollars a day hitting me, which said 279 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: that I was clearly and am clearly a threat to 280 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 2: the system. And that's the reason why I stayed this race, 281 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 2: was to be a threat. 282 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: To the system. 283 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,600 Speaker 2: I want to take a sledge effort to this thing, 284 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 2: because no, I am not Washington Wesley. No I am 285 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 2: not a rhino. I was the first person in the 286 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 2: country to endorse President Trump. As I have said on 287 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 2: your show multiple times, I was under President Trump's topets. 288 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 2: You're correct. How can I be Washington Wesley when I've 289 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 2: been around for three years and what I am running 290 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 2: on is I am running on term limits. I am 291 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 2: running on a two terms. That's it, twelve years no more. 292 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 2: That is all because that's exactly what our founding fathers wanted. 293 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 2: And also, I think we are done with career politicians. 294 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 2: I think that's the problem with John Corny is that 295 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,439 Speaker 2: he's been around for so long that he forgot about 296 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 2: what Texas really stood for. And that's why he did 297 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 2: this position as a twenty four year coubby with a 298 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 2: war chest of a numbers of one hundred million dollars. 299 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 3: You know better than most people why you ran. If 300 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 3: John Cornyn was doing a good job, you wouldn't have run. 301 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 3: People couldn't believe you were willing to scale that heel. 302 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 3: You've never been afraid of anything before. But what about Cornyn? 303 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: Do people need to know? Because if Cornyn was doing 304 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: a good job, we wouldn't be having this conversation. 305 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 2: If Cornyn was doing a good job, and if Cornyn 306 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 2: wasn't a Bush era Lincoln Project Republican. 307 00:18:57,760 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: And we all know it. We have now known it 308 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: for years. 309 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 2: We knew it six years ago when he ran, We 310 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 2: knew it a couple of years ago at the Texas 311 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,639 Speaker 2: Convention when he got booed off the stage. Everyone knows this. 312 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 2: And how you spend that kind of money and you 313 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 2: are still pulling in the high twenties and thirties, it's 314 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 2: absolutely beyond me. 315 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:16,360 Speaker 1: He should have retired. 316 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 2: We all know that his homies are Tillis and McConnell 317 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 2: and Cassidy and Collins, that these are the people that 318 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 2: won't look the filibuster. These are the people that won't 319 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 2: push the America First agenda forward like the mandate that 320 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 2: was given the President Trump and let me tell you something. 321 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 2: He would be in lockstep with all of them today 322 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,400 Speaker 2: if this worked an election year, and if he wasn't 323 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 2: being challenged by General Paxson and myself. We all know 324 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 2: what he is and a leper cannot change those spots. 325 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 2: And so the fact that he's in this kind of 326 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 2: trouble at the begger out for this long that should 327 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 2: never happen to an incumbent if they're doing their job. 328 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 3: It's noteworthy, you know, as far as endorsements go, that 329 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 3: President Trump notably did not endorse Grenshaw and did not 330 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 3: endorse Cornyn. And I think it's embarrassing to Cornyn and 331 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 3: he knows it, and that was the rabbit he thought 332 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 3: he'd pull out of a hat. But nobody ever believed 333 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 3: that he would support corn President Trump has had to 334 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 3: delicately walk this balance without endorsing him throughout and fearing 335 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 3: that he might need Cornyan for a vote at any 336 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 3: given moment. It's been fascinating to watch how the President 337 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 3: has handled this. But that should tell every big Trump 338 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 3: supporter a lot. Why doesn't Trump endorse the incumbent? That 339 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:29,919 Speaker 3: should tell you you need change. Weren't anything else if 340 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 3: you're a big Trump supporter. 341 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 2: He is one of two Republican and tumments that he 342 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 2: has not endorsed. That Fay of Texas John Cornan is 343 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 2: one of two Republican and combents at the senatorial level, 344 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,120 Speaker 2: and the retire touch of that he has not endorsed, 345 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,639 Speaker 2: and is he and Collins. That should tell you all 346 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 2: you need to know. And like I said, I'm the 347 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 2: guy that never I never put words in a president's mouth. 348 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 2: I don't speak for President Trump, not one bit, but 349 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 2: it does speak volumes that he is one of two 350 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 2: and combents that he has not endorsed. 351 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 3: Wesley Hunt, candidate for US current United States Congressman. I 352 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 3: went digging this weekend and I came across something called 353 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 3: the Luger Center in DC, a longtime Republican squish, Senator 354 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,479 Speaker 3: Richard Luger, who was a big believer in bipartisanship, by 355 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 3: which he meant the swamp, the establishment doing what DC wants, 356 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 3: not what the state of Texas wants. And the Luger 357 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 3: Center gives a score on the most bipartisan senators. Susan 358 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 3: Collins is number one. Susan Collins acts as a Democrat 359 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,400 Speaker 3: even though she gets elected as a Republican or independent. 360 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 3: Lisa Murkowski is number seven, and we all know that 361 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 3: Lisa Murkowski is no friend to any of our causes 362 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 3: of the Republican Party. 363 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 1: John Cornyn ranked number five on that list. 364 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 3: If I had the time to explain to people what 365 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 3: that means that you would have such a high ranking, 366 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 3: that is as disturbing as anything you could ever know 367 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,120 Speaker 3: about this man who's been in office since nineteen eighty five. 368 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 3: He is a swamp creature. 369 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 2: Yes, that's unbelievable. And that's also why you want to 370 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 2: talk about liberty scores as well. You know his liberty 371 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 2: score and this tenty five was exactly what you just said. 372 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 2: And that's just not where Texas is today. You know, 373 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 2: there was a time when that was acceptable and those 374 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 2: times are over. And if you are a Republican, a 375 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 2: Bush Arab Republican from the two thousands, back when I 376 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 2: first graduated from West Point, actually the first time that 377 00:22:15,720 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 2: John Corner was elected, when he became a judge, I 378 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 2: was eleven months old. By the time you get to 379 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 2: this point in your career, it's time to push it 380 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 2: aside and it's time to do something else. And at 381 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 2: the end of the day, I realized something a long 382 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 2: time ago. No matter what come January, John Corny is 383 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:32,360 Speaker 2: not going to be a senator anymore. And it cost 384 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 2: a party an arm and a leg to show the 385 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 2: exact same thing in the end. 386 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 3: Well, when Tim Scott felt the need to come out 387 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 3: and attack you, that's when I knew they were in trouble. 388 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 3: When they started round the clock attacks on you, that's 389 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 3: when I knew they knew how bad a trouble they're in. 390 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:53,679 Speaker 1: Burning the cash. 391 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 3: As as their donors have said, Leslie Hunt, you'd never 392 00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 3: quit on the football field, and never quit as a 393 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 3: warrior in the United States Army, and you won't quit here. 394 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: Good luck to you, my friend, God blessed think you 395 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: for having me on as always, brother, Thank you. 396 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 3: And here we are the day before election day s 397 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 3: Congressman Wesley Hunt and Attorney General Ken Paxton vying to 398 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 3: unseat twenty four year forty one years in elected office 399 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 3: John Cornyan as swampy, a swamp preacher, as you will find. 400 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:33,959 Speaker 1: We'll talk to Ken Paxton coming up. Its cleans key, 401 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 1: it claims key. It's done for a girl and the boy. 402 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: I like like a berry show. We just heard from 403 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 1: Congressman Wesley Hunt. 404 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 3: Now we speak to Attorney General Ken Paxton, challenging twenty 405 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 3: four year old twenty four year incumbent John Cornyan. John 406 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:58,399 Speaker 3: Cornyan is scared he's losing in the polls, and he 407 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 3: was booed at the state Republican convention. He's counting on 408 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 3: Democrats coming over and voting in the primary to help 409 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 3: him win because he cannot win Republicans. 410 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 1: It got so bad that he made this statement. 411 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 5: I know Republicans voters, and as I said earlier, really 412 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 5: it's a question of who bothers to show up. If 413 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 5: only the most radical people show up in the primary, 414 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 5: then I think that's going to be a challenge. 415 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,040 Speaker 3: He's not talking about suicide bombers he's talking about not 416 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 3: talking about Irani Mulas. He's talking about Republican voters that 417 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 3: don't vote for him. Listening to this one more time. 418 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 5: I know Republicans voters, and as I said earlier, really 419 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 5: it's a question of who bothers to show up. If 420 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:50,400 Speaker 5: only the most radical people show up in the primary, 421 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,719 Speaker 5: then I think that's going to be a challenge. 422 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: General Paxton, are these Republicans showing up to vote that 423 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:00,239 Speaker 1: we need in November? That are voting for you? Are 424 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: these radicals? 425 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 4: First of all, have the Independence Day texts in Dependence 426 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 4: Day vs. Yeah. I think it's intellig you the mindset 427 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 4: of John Cornyn what he considers Republican voters radicals. That's 428 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 4: why when he was booed by what ten twelve thousand 429 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 4: Republican delegates we're talking about the base of the party 430 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,360 Speaker 4: three years ago because he sided with Joe Biden restricting 431 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 4: second amenemic rights. That's why he dismissed it as these 432 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 4: people don't matter. So he views a very large segment 433 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 4: of the Republican Party is not mattering because guess what, 434 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 4: they don't matter. 435 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:32,239 Speaker 1: To him at all. 436 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 3: And that says it all for him to suggest he 437 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 3: knows he's going to lose in the first round, there's 438 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 3: a chance you win without a runoff. But if he 439 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 3: does go to the runoff, that is the theme that 440 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 3: DC has given him to run on, is that the 441 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 3: only people who don't like him are radicals. And I 442 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 3: think it's important for every Republican in state of Texas, 443 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 3: for every Texan to understand what he is saying, that 444 00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:00,640 Speaker 3: people who care deeply about our core issues that these 445 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 3: candidates have been running on are being called radicals. 446 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 1: When we use a term radical with regard to Islam, 447 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 1: it has meaning. 448 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 3: When we use a term radical to talk about our neighbors, 449 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 3: that's disturbing to me. 450 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:15,119 Speaker 4: Jimmy texton, It's disturbing to me too, because it's a 451 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 4: disdain for the Republicans and the vote. Most Republicans would 452 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 4: be considered in his view, radical because they adhere to 453 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 4: the Constitution, they adhere to conservative fiscal and social values, 454 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 4: and so if you do that, in his mind, you're 455 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 4: a radical, which tells you everything you need to know 456 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 4: and why he should not be representing this anymore. 457 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 3: I was researching over the weekend and I ended up 458 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 3: on the site of something called a lub Center, named 459 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 3: for a long time Senate squish, Richard Lueger from Indiana. 460 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 3: And they give a bipartisanship score, which is kind of 461 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 3: they're out of DC, which is kind of a squish score. 462 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 3: And it turned out that John Cornyn ranked number five, 463 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 3: Susan Collins number one, Lisa Murkowski at seven. You're more 464 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 3: quote unquote bipartisan than Lisa Murkowski. 465 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: The Luger Center. 466 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:05,719 Speaker 3: Luger was a gun control guy, a global warming guy, 467 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 3: dreamat guy, amnesty guy and a huge Trump critic, all 468 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 3: while supposedly a Republican. 469 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,159 Speaker 1: We don't need his type. It says everything that the 470 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: Luger Center. 471 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,360 Speaker 3: Thinks the world of John Cornan's voting record, and every 472 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 3: Republican primary who I guess is a radical is where 473 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 3: he's having problems today. 474 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 4: And interesting enough, Richard Lueger, I think was the last 475 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,719 Speaker 4: Republican to lose in a primary as a US senator, 476 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 4: so he is. He definitely set the trend for John Cornyn, 477 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 4: and John Cornans was. 478 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,439 Speaker 3: Walking right down that path well, knowing that they're losing, 479 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 3: and knowing that about seventy five percent of Republican voters 480 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 3: who've been pulled consistently throughout this process do not want 481 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 3: the seventy four year old four term senator to go 482 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 3: back for number five and attack Trump and work with 483 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 3: Fune and refuse to pass the Save Act. But their 484 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 3: argument now has turned not to whether he would get 485 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 3: anything done and is a good guy or anything related 486 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 3: to his record. He has none to run on that's 487 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 3: positive among the base because he's upset I guess the radicals. 488 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 3: But now they say, well, Ken Paxton can't win in November. 489 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 3: Vote for me now, even though you don't want to, 490 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 3: don't vote for the guy you want, because nobody will 491 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 3: vote for him in November. 492 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 1: What do you say to that. 493 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 4: It's a pretty pathetic argument. First of all, it's unsubstantiated, 494 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 4: just made up, just like every position he now holds, 495 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 4: you know, saying he's sports Trump when he hated Trump 496 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 4: for the whole time, just like saying he's for the 497 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 4: border wall, but he never was. So this idea that 498 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 4: I can't want to I can't want to get a Democrat. 499 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 4: I had three state wider recordllections that I did very well, 500 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 4: and I want I'm three for three. And also if 501 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 4: you look at the polling, I actually do as well 502 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 4: or better than him when you look at the polling 503 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 4: against whatever Democrat ends up being there. So it's just unsubstantiated, 504 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 4: made up. But that's what he's doing the whole the 505 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 4: whole campaign made up about him being a different guy 506 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 4: than he really is, and it made up about me. 507 00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,360 Speaker 1: What is the campaign strategy? It's a distance down the road. 508 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 3: We don't know who comes out of Democrat primary, Crocketer 509 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,479 Speaker 3: or Tallerrico Tellerrico's claiming that they have the lead now, 510 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 3: but what is the message statewide to Texans once you 511 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 3: if you win the primary, what is the message that 512 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 3: unites us in November to win. 513 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 4: I think there's a lot of issues in the United 514 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 4: I mean, every American should care about the budget, every budget. 515 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 4: Every American should care about fair and free elections. Every 516 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 4: American should care about with the threat of China. Every 517 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 4: American should care about their taxes, and every American should 518 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 4: care about the bet healthcare we're getting from Obamacare. So 519 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 4: there's lots of issues I believe that affects every single 520 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 4: Texan and that I think would make sense that the 521 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 4: Independence and some Democrats. 522 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 2: I hope. 523 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: It's an interesting phenomenon. 524 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 3: We're at an interesting time where you're sitting US senator 525 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 3: is saying to the base of his own party that 526 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 3: if they don't vote for him, they're radical, and every 527 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 3: one of those positions that he would claim makes them 528 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 3: quote unquote radical, or positions that he's campaigning on but 529 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 3: has no credibility. 530 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: I think that says everything. 531 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 4: It says everything. So the very things that those people 532 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 4: care about he's running on right now for the first 533 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,480 Speaker 4: time in his life because he feels like he has to, 534 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 4: but he doesn't believe them, and he will call you 535 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 4: a name, calls me a name for actually believing in 536 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 4: some of the things that he thinks are radical. 537 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 3: It's very disturbing. If you would take a minute and 538 00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 3: a half and remind voters before they vote tomorrow morning, 539 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 3: about forty percent still will be out to vote. 540 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 1: Who is Ken Paxson? 541 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 4: Who are you? 542 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: Why should folks vote for you in the Senate primary? Yeah? 543 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 4: I think for me, the difference between me and him 544 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 4: is he talks a lot of rhetoric. It's just not true. 545 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,560 Speaker 4: I have a record of conservative values and fighting for Texas, 546 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 4: whether I you know, whether it was my fights against Obama, 547 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 4: the twenty seven lawsuits against him in two years, the 548 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 4: fight against FIDEN one hundred and seven lawsuits, or whether 549 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,680 Speaker 4: it was fighting against big tech or big food, big pharma, 550 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 4: all of it. Well say, I've tiken on everybody, and 551 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 4: it's been at a cost to me. 552 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: But that's why I'm here. I'm here to fight for 553 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: Texas and. 554 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,479 Speaker 3: Happy in Texas Independence Day to you as well, Ken Paxton, 555 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 3: Good luck to you Bath. You know, folks, I've been 556 00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 3: around politics as a pure observer. 557 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: Going back into the eighties. I've always been interested in it. 558 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 3: I got myself engrossed in it when I came to 559 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 3: Houston in eighty nine. 560 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:24,200 Speaker 1: I have followed the. 561 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 3: Players, I've followed the process. I followed the elections and 562 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 3: the governance that comes after it. This is a good time, folks, 563 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,360 Speaker 3: This is a good time that we have a real 564 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 3: choice for us Senate. We have a real choice whoever 565 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 3: you vote for. We have a real choice to say 566 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 3: to Washington, DC that Texas will pick our senator. And 567 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 3: if we don't pick who you want, and you call 568 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 3: Republicans radicals, there's the pitched battle between you. Wonder why 569 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 3: DC fails. You can't blame it all on the Democrats. 570 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 3: It's because of nonsense like that.