1 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: On this episode of the New World. Wesley Hunt is 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: a US Army veteran Apache helicopter pilot and graduate of 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: West Point. He was just appointed by President Trump to 4 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: the Board of Visitors for the United States Military Academy 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: at West Point. His life is shaped by faith, family, 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: and a strong commitment to service, built on a legacy 7 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: of over sixty years of military dedication in his family. 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: His eight years of service, including combat deployments to Iraq 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: and Saudi Arabia, have deeply influenced his values of leadership, duty, 10 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: and honor. Here to share his unique perspective on the 11 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: Academy's vital role in shaping future leaders. I'm really pleased 12 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: to welcome my guests, Congressman Wesley Hunt, representing Texas's thirty 13 00:00:49,159 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: eighth Congressional district. Wesley, welcome, and thank you for joining 14 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: me in newch World. 15 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 2: Thank you, missus Bigger. 16 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 3: It's an honor to be here and against the absolute pleasure, 17 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 3: and thank you so much for your strong leadership to 18 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 3: this country. And again, thank you for considering me to 19 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 3: be on your show right now. I really appreciate it. 20 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: I didn't realize this about you, and I've been a 21 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: big fan of yours since you first started running for Congress. 22 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: But you actually come from a long line of military service, 23 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: and your great great grandfather, Silas Crawford fought for the 24 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: Union in the Civil War. 25 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 3: That's correct, great great grandfather he was born on Rosedown 26 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 3: Plantation about thirty miles north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, born 27 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 3: on a plantation, fought in the Civil War, and that 28 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 3: was kind of the beginning of the service aspect. 29 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: Of my family. 30 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 3: So my father is a retired lieutenant colonel. He served 31 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 3: for twenty two years in the Army. My sister is 32 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 3: at west Point graduate class in ninety three, so she 33 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 3: served for twenty three years active duty in the Army, 34 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 3: retired as a lieutenant colonel. I'm at west Point graduate 35 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 3: class of two thousand and four, served eight years active 36 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 3: duty as an Apache helicopter pilot to Iraq and Saudi 37 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 3: as you said. And my brother is also a west 38 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 3: Point graduate. He is west Point class of two thousand 39 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 3: and five. So my parents had three kids. All three 40 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 3: of us went to west Point, All three of us 41 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 3: served this nation, and at one point in two thousand 42 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 3: and six, all three of us were deployed in Iraq, 43 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 3: at the same time. 44 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: For three months I noticed it on Facebook. You said, 45 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 1: your mother is the strongest of all of us. 46 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 2: She is. She is My mother is the one that 47 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 2: served those who served. 48 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 3: And so you could imagine the prayers and a strong 49 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 3: mother that lended her children to this country with an 50 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 3: unwavering faith and belief in America and a belief in 51 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 3: this country, and knowing that even if her children maybe 52 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 3: not returning home, it was her duty to make sure. 53 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 2: That we preserved this nation for the future, and she 54 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 2: lended us to do it. 55 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 3: And I'm forever grateful for having a strong mother that 56 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 3: was willing to do that. 57 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: All three of you, your brother, your sister, and yourself 58 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: all attended West Point. I mean, that is quite an accomplishment. 59 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: He had three people into Words Point. 60 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 2: It really is. 61 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 3: And the funniest thing about it is this is saying 62 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 3: at West Point, it says the history we teach was 63 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 3: made by those we talked. So our instructors at West 64 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 3: Point were usually captains and majors that graduated from West 65 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 3: Point or rotc went off to get their graduate degree 66 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 3: paid for by the military, and then they would come 67 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 3: back as instructors during their active duty time and So 68 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 3: my sister went and got her master's degree in applied 69 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 3: mathematics and then was a West Point instructor as a 70 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,519 Speaker 3: captain and major, while my brother and I were both cadets. 71 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: So what was that like to be a cadet with 72 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:33,799 Speaker 1: your sister as a professor. 73 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 3: Mister Spiker was terrible because I have to salute my 74 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 3: sister every single day, and unfortunately I still do. But 75 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 3: it was great. It was a family affair. My sister 76 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 3: is my hero. She's the reason why that, you know, 77 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 3: my brother and I followed her into service and followed 78 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 3: her to West Point, and she was a great example 79 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 3: of sacrifice of service that was set before us. 80 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: Now, when you graduated in two thousand and four and 81 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: got commissioned with the army, you actually graduated a Batchel 82 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: of Science degree and leadership and management with the field 83 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: of study and mechanical engineering. How do you think West 84 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: Point is unique in its ability to shape leaders. 85 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 3: Well, because if you think about just the history of 86 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 3: West Point and what it means to this nation and 87 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 3: the idea of this country lending our sons and daughters 88 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 3: to defend this country against all enemies both foreign and domestic, 89 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 3: and having West Point founded in eighteen oh two as 90 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 3: a premier leadership institution of the entire world. This is 91 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 3: where Eisenhower went to school. This is where MacArthur went 92 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 3: to school. This is where Grant went to school. Keep 93 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 3: in mind that all the statues and all the buildings 94 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: that are at West Point are named after prominent people 95 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 3: that serve this country with distinction. My all time favorite 96 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 3: general of all time is General George S. Patten, and 97 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 3: his statue actually stands prominently in front of the library. 98 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 2: But the funny thing. 99 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 3: About it is, mister Speaker, is that his back is 100 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 3: facing the library because he graduated last in his class, 101 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 3: and apparently he'd never spent a day in the library. 102 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 3: But he was a military or a savant. So that's 103 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 3: the kind of history that's rich at West Point. And 104 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 3: they imbue that kind of history within us to continue 105 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 3: to serve in that manner for the future. 106 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: That's great. So when you graduated, you became an Apache pilot. 107 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: What led you to pick that branch? 108 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 3: Well, nine to eleven happened while I was at West Point. 109 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 3: I was a sophomore when nine eleven happened. And one 110 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 3: fun fact about West Point is the first two years 111 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 3: at West Point are monetarily free, meaning that if you 112 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 3: go to West Point for the first two years and 113 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 3: then you choose to leave the day before your junior 114 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 3: year starts, then you owe no time back to the military. 115 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 3: Nine eleven happened my sophomore year, and so my class 116 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 3: had the opportunity to quit knowing that we were all 117 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 3: going to go to war, and almost every single one 118 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 3: of my class made stayed knowing that we were going 119 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 3: to go fight. And I had it in my head, Sir, 120 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 3: that if I was going to go fight, I wanted 121 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 3: to fly in the Apache. The Apache is the attack 122 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 3: platform for the military. It's a two seater aircraft with missiles, 123 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 3: guns and rockets. It is our job to find the 124 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 3: enemy and to destroy them. And that is what I 125 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 3: wanted to do. I wanted to actually get in and 126 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 3: fight for this great nation, and the Apache was my vessel. 127 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: You did deploy to Iraq. What did you learn from that? 128 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 3: I learned how amazing our country is, Sir. I gained 129 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 3: an appreciation for America that you can never believe. I 130 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 3: gain an appreciation of knowing that you are never going 131 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 3: to have soldiers from a foreign land walking our streets 132 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 3: and flying at our skies because we are the strongest 133 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 3: nation in the entire world, and we are a beacon 134 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 3: of light, and we are the house on the hill 135 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 3: for the entire world, and every generation we have got 136 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 3: to defend this or we can become like these other 137 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 3: countries that are being invaded and have other soldiers from 138 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 3: other countries and other helicopters and planes from other countries 139 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 3: flying in our airspace. You see, because of West Point 140 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 3: and because of people that I wanted to die for 141 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 3: this country in less than one percent of this country 142 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,440 Speaker 3: raises their hands and say, I'm going to defend this 143 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 3: country because of those brave volunteers. 144 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 2: That is why we are in the place that we're at. 145 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 3: And I got to tell you, when you spend two 146 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,039 Speaker 3: years in Saudi Arabia, like I have, you spend a 147 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 3: year in Iraq, you have a real appreciation for how 148 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 3: great we are and on our worst day, we are 149 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 3: still better. 150 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 2: Than any other nation in this world. And I think 151 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 2: you know that very well. 152 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 1: What was your impression of Saudi We. 153 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 3: Live in a country where you have freedom of speech, 154 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 3: you have freedom of religion, you have the freedoms that 155 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 3: not everywhere has. And when I was in Saudi Arabia. 156 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 3: Let's keep in mind this was in twenty twelve and 157 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 3: women did not even have the right to drive. There 158 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 3: was basically one religion. Everybody prayed six times a day. See, 159 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 3: they didn't have the kind of choices that we have 160 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 3: in America. They didn't have the kind of freedoms that 161 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 3: we have in America. And when you live in an 162 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 3: environment like that and then you come back home and 163 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 3: you see a lot of people complaining about some of 164 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 3: the issues that we have here, it really puts things 165 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 3: in perspective. I always like punching back and telling people 166 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 3: that a lot of people fought and died for us 167 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 3: to be in this position, and there's no place in. 168 00:07:58,840 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 2: The world like it. 169 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 3: But a lot of people go visit places and they 170 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 3: come back home. They go vacation on the beach or 171 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 3: on a resort in some of these countries, but they 172 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 3: don't live there for two years. When you are embedded 173 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 3: in all these different cultures, you would not believe how 174 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 3: fast I wanted to get back home. And that's actually 175 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 3: what made me a strong conservative. That's what made me 176 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 3: in America first patriot is having that perspective. 177 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 1: What do you think of the kind of leadership principles 178 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: you learn both a west Point and then an active 179 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 1: duty that you find applies to what you're doing today. 180 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 2: Excellent question, mister speaker. 181 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 3: You know, the model at west Point is duty, honor, 182 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 3: and country, and you have got to understand that that's 183 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 3: the priorities of your life. And when you're in combat 184 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 3: and you're fighting in wars, which you also realize is 185 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 3: that it's not about what the war is or what 186 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 3: the war is about. You are fighting for your fellow 187 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 3: man and your fellow woman besides you, because if you 188 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 3: don't do your job, then they don't go home and 189 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 3: see their family and kiss their mother and kiss their parents, 190 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 3: and kiss their father and. 191 00:08:58,480 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 2: Kiss their children. 192 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 3: Again, your oath is to this country and to your 193 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 3: fellow soldier. It's the same thing in the halls of 194 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 3: Congress for me, and I actually view this as a deployment, 195 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 3: except for I work for the American people and they 196 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 3: are relying on me to take the sense of duty, honor, 197 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 3: and country in DC and again bringing more of that 198 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 3: to DC. 199 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 2: Instead of the other way around. 200 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 3: And so once that gets ingrained in you, four years 201 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 3: of West Point, eight years of active duty, you find 202 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 3: out very quickly just how important it is to prioritize 203 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 3: the needs and wants of this country. 204 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,199 Speaker 2: President Trump talks about America first. 205 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 3: And that to me equals duty, honor country, and maintaining 206 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 3: those pillars for this country and putting America first. 207 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: I had the sense, just as an observer that under 208 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 1: both Obama and Biden, that there was a drift to 209 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: be getting to build into the service academies that was 210 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: making them a little more woke and a little less 211 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 1: focused on duty, honor country. That's why I was intrigued 212 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: when President Trump appointed you to be one of the 213 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: board of visitors. What's your sense about focusing West Point 214 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,000 Speaker 1: on its real mission and getting beyond whatever it was 215 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: that the woke left was trying to accomplish. 216 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 2: Yes, sir, great questions speaker. 217 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 3: So West Point is Alstone as the United States USMA, 218 00:10:18,640 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 3: the United States Military Academy, and there needs to be 219 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 3: a heavy emphasis on the word military. 220 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 2: That is the point. 221 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:27,079 Speaker 3: You hear a lot of people on the left of 222 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 3: Democrats say, you know, our diversity is our strength. 223 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 2: I disagree. Our lethality is our strength. 224 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 3: And the idea that we are the greatest military force 225 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 3: in the entire world because we can destroy any enemy 226 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 3: with extreme prejudice. That is our strength. It has nothing 227 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 3: to do with your race, religion, color, or creed. Has 228 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 3: everything to do with your acumen and your ability to 229 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 3: serve this country and meet the standard that's set before 230 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,959 Speaker 3: us by the academies. My brother, sister and I came 231 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 3: through West Point in the nineties and in the early 232 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 3: two thousands, there was no DEI. We worked hard, we 233 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 3: had good test scores, we were good leaders. We got 234 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 3: into West Point because of our acumen and our ability, 235 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 3: not because of the color of our skin. And what 236 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 3: I've realized when I served is that nobody cared what 237 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 3: anyone looked like at that point. Were You're good at 238 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 3: your job and I want to serve next to the 239 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 3: best Americans. End of discussion, full stop. How about we 240 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 3: get back to that. How about we find these brave 241 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 3: Americans that just want to serve this country and not 242 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 3: try to divide us based on the way we look. 243 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:29,959 Speaker 2: And as a. 244 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 3: Black man, sir, I'm here to tell you I do 245 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 3: not want anything to be given to me because of 246 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 3: the color of my skin. I want somebody to know 247 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 3: that I'm an American, I am a patriot, i am 248 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 3: a father, I am a husband, I'm a and I 249 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:48,679 Speaker 3: States Congressman. I have three master's degrees from Cornell University. 250 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 2: And oh, by the way, I'm a black man, and 251 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 2: I'm proud of that. 252 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 3: But I want to be known for all of the 253 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 3: things that I have done in this country well before 254 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 3: someone sees me as simply a person of color. 255 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: What took you to Cornell? 256 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 2: You know? 257 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 3: I finished up my time in Saudi Arabia and I realized, 258 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 3: mister Speaker, that I wanted one more combat deployment, so 259 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,559 Speaker 3: I called Cornell Combat because it was very cold and. 260 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 2: It was very liberal. 261 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 3: Obviously, through the GI Bills, some opportunities Cornell are reached 262 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 3: out and I applied and got in and I was 263 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 3: able to do a master's in Business administration, a master's 264 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 3: in public administration, and a master of Industrial and Labor Relations. 265 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 3: I was able to complete three master's degrees in four years. 266 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 3: And it was during that time that I realized that look, 267 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 3: liberals a lot of times can be very well intentioned, 268 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 3: but their practical application is lost. 269 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 2: And it helped me tremendously when I became the. 270 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 3: United States Congressman, because I could see how the other 271 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 3: side thinks they are just a little off and their 272 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 3: practical application and how real life meets theory. And so 273 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 3: I think what I've been able to do is take 274 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 3: that education, take my time at West Point, take my 275 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 3: eight years of active duty, take my time in the 276 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 3: business sector, meild it all together and be able to 277 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,079 Speaker 3: convey a message to the American people that is concise, 278 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 3: that is academic, but at the same time very relatable. 279 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 3: I am so glad from my opportunity at Cornell because 280 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 3: it really taught me how. 281 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 2: To speak fluent liberal and know exactly how to combat it. 282 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: That's wild. Now, when did you decide to run for Congress? 283 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 3: Today is my sixth year anniversary when I actually got 284 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 3: into politics. I don't know if you recall, sir, but 285 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 3: I ran the first time in twenty twenty. I lost 286 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 3: in a very close race. Redistrict thing happened in Texas, 287 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 3: and that hard work was actually not for nought. I 288 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 3: was able to get a very conservative district. There's thirty 289 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 3: eight congressional districts in Texas. I am the congressman for 290 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 3: Congressional District thirty eight. And God has a plan. It 291 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 3: just so happens to be a district that I grew 292 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 3: up in. I grew up in the northern part of Houston, Texas. 293 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 3: I went to your private school on the southern border 294 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 3: of the district, and that happens to be the lines 295 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 3: that were drawn. 296 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:09,680 Speaker 2: For the district that I get to represent. 297 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 3: And I got the Congress, sir, because my dad always 298 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 3: said that no matter what we do, you always find 299 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 3: a way to serve this country. 300 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 2: In this home, we serve the Lord and we serve 301 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 2: our country. No matter what. 302 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 3: You have got to preserve this country and preserve the 303 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 3: progress that we've had. When we're sitting here talking about 304 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 3: my great great grandfather being a slave and growing up 305 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 3: on a plantation and fighting in a civil war, you 306 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 3: have three of his great great grandchildren that went to 307 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 3: West Point and served this country. And I am a 308 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 3: congressman in a white majority district that President Trump would 309 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 3: have won by twenty points. 310 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 2: I just won by twenty six points. And I am 311 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 2: living doctor Martin Luther King's dream. 312 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 3: I'm being judged not by the color of my skin, 313 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 3: but by the content of my character. That's the America 314 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 3: that I love, and that's the America that I want 315 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 3: the world to see. 316 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: I remember, on your very first race, the one you 317 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: lost that you just stood out the kind of leader 318 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 1: who is really going to make a difference. You were 319 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: going to bring a kind of leadership and a kind 320 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: of candor that the Republican Party and the country both need, 321 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: and so far watching you in Congress, you're certainly meeting 322 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: that kind of standard. 323 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 2: Thank you, sir. The amazing world to me. Thank you 324 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 2: coming from you. 325 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: Explain the Sneaker Caucus. 326 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 2: You know, it's a speaker. 327 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 3: You know, every now and again, sir, it's good to 328 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 3: add some levity to the party and kind of cut 329 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 3: through all the divisiveness. And I'm the coachair of the 330 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 3: Snecret Caucus, and I got to tell you it's been 331 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 3: a joy to work with Congressman Moskowitz from Florida to put. 332 00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 2: This whole thing together. 333 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 3: And look, you know, I grew up in a Jordan era, 334 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 3: big fan of Michael Jordan, you know, George, Sneakers were 335 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 3: just everything and from me growing up in the eighties 336 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 3: and nineties, and kind of to bring a little bit 337 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,479 Speaker 3: of that levity to Congress, I think is great. It's bipartisan, 338 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 3: it's fun. We're going to have a Sneaker Day on 339 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 3: May the twenty first, and so everybody in the Hall 340 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 3: of Congress put on your best pair of sneakers, and 341 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 3: let's take a photo to show some solidarity and have 342 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 3: a little fun. 343 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: Do you have a particular kind of sneaker you like? 344 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 3: Oh, sir, I have quite a few pairs of Jordan's, 345 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 3: and my favorite pair of Jordans is known as the 346 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 3: Jordan eleven. 347 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 2: And these are the ones that I will be wearing 348 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 2: on May eleventh. 349 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,080 Speaker 1: Did you too invent this? And when we say around 350 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: and said why don't we do something to bring us together? 351 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: How did the I have to say? As a former 352 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: Speaker of the House twenty years in the House, I 353 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: never quite thought of a sneaker caucus, but I like 354 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: it a lot. We need a certain amount of levity 355 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: in getting beyond the anger and the hostility and the fighting. 356 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: I wish I'd thought of it myself. But how did 357 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: you two come together and decide to do this. 358 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 3: It's existed for the previous few years, but really there 359 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 3: hasn't been two congressmen or two congressmen and women that 360 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 3: I've taken this and run with it. So I remember 361 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 3: that it was like a sneaker day, and everyone wore sneakers, 362 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 3: so that we decided to get together and actually call 363 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 3: it a caucus, make it a day. You know, we're 364 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 3: going to put everything aside, kind of have a bit 365 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 3: of a political stand down. 366 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 2: And again have fun with this whole thing, you know. 367 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 3: And I like to say that I'm the bridge between 368 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 3: the older generation and the younger generation that's coming up. 369 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 2: I'm forty two years old, and so I like to 370 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 2: be able to say, hey, look. 371 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,399 Speaker 3: You know, to the older generation, this is kind of 372 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 3: what we're interested in, and then also bringing younger voters 373 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 3: into the tent and seeing that you know what, like 374 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 3: Michael Jordan said, you know, he loves sneakers. Michael Jordan said, hey, Republicans. 375 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:20,679 Speaker 3: Republicans buy sneakers too, and so Republicans that Democrats can 376 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 3: get together on something that we can all agree just 377 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 3: have a little bit of fun. 378 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: Okay. So I have to confess I currently wear Hokus 379 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: is my. 380 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 2: Projector extremely comfortable by the way. 381 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,400 Speaker 1: So I'm curious though, because you're sort of partnered up 382 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: with it. Ru Bide frankly to Noboy called souls for Souls. 383 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: Walk us through just for a second. What is soles 384 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: for Souls? 385 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 3: Souls for Souls is a nonprofit organization and they're working 386 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 3: with us. 387 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 2: We're going to do it some shoes to Soles for Souls. 388 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 3: We're going to make it any event and then they're 389 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 3: going to publicly give these shoes away. And again, it's 390 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 3: a nonprofit that provides shoes, and it's gonna be some 391 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 3: really nice sneakers from us, but shoes for people that 392 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 3: just flat out can't afford it. So it just gives 393 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 3: us an opportunity to be public service as well. 394 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: A sign of your commitment that you're going to donate 395 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,400 Speaker 1: a pair of your favorite Air Jordan's. 396 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 3: So let's be clear by something, sir, I'm not sure 397 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 3: it's will be my favorite pair of Air Jordans. 398 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: Okay, it's a pair of your favorite I'm going to 399 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:20,199 Speaker 1: get my language right here. If people hear about the 400 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: Souls for Souls project, can they contribute? 401 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 3: Oh? Yes, you can go to Souls number four soulsfoursouls. 402 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 2: Dot com and you can go there. 403 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 3: You're able to donate directly to the website even if 404 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 3: you're unable to participate in the event in DC. 405 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: To take a brief detour from the fun things, what 406 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: would you say are your two or three biggest goals 407 00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: of this Congress trying to get something done. 408 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 3: Our two or three biggest goals are very very simple. 409 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 3: The American public gave President Trump a mandate. It is 410 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 3: our job to get his agenda through before the midterms. 411 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 3: And so again, it's extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, 412 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 3: it's making sure that we get the reconciliation, it's getting 413 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 3: inflation rained in, and it's ensuring that we codify some 414 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 3: of these spending cuts that's being done by DOGE and 415 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 3: working together to get that done. That's our only mandate. 416 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 3: That is our only goal, and I think so far 417 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 3: we've seen a lot of victories early on with President Trump, 418 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 3: but it's up to us in the halls of Congress 419 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 3: to codify that. That's my number one mission, Number one goal. 420 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 3: Number two, mister Speaker, is that the entire Energy Corridor. 421 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 3: And for those that don't know this, the energy Corridor 422 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 3: is tenn them out to Silicon Valley in California. It's 423 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 3: tennabout to Wall Street in New York. It is the 424 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 3: energy capital of the world. The entire energy Corridor is 425 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 3: in my district. We have got to unleash American energy. 426 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,959 Speaker 3: We have got to continue to make sure that we 427 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 3: are net exporters of oil and natural gas. And again, 428 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 3: we can literally control the price of a barrel of 429 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 3: oil because of the God given resources we have in 430 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 3: this country. Supporting President Trump, getting the oil and gas 431 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 3: industry back on track, and unleashing American energy. 432 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 2: Those are my two priorities. 433 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: Your biography says quote Wesley is an avid outdoorsman, thrill seeker, 434 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: and family man. What's the most thrill seeking thing you've 435 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: ever done? 436 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 3: You trapp into an Apache fifty five times the fifty 437 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 3: five combat missions in Baghdad. 438 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 2: That's quite the thrill, I gotta tell you, and I haven't. 439 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 3: I haven't experienced anything like that since and so if 440 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 3: I've dough from that, I've jumped out of airplanes, repelled 441 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 3: from helicopters. 442 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 2: I'm an avid motorcycle rider. 443 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 3: My wife won't let me ride as much as I 444 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 3: would like, although I was able to ride in Iowa 445 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 3: for the Roast and Ride this past year. I got 446 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 3: to hop on a Harley and ride to the back 447 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 3: roads of Iowall. It was beautiful, but it's the idea 448 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 3: of living your life to the fullest, having a good time. 449 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 3: I gotta admit I have a six year old daughter, 450 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 3: of four year old daughter, and a two year old 451 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 3: little boy. 452 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 2: I love them more than life itself. 453 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:05,719 Speaker 3: So my wife kind of has told me I got 454 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 3: to cut back on some of the adventure stuff, but 455 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 3: it's just in my blood. 456 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:09,880 Speaker 2: I can't help it all the time. 457 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: Let me ask you, when you look forward now, particularly, 458 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: I really identify I have two daughters, and I got 459 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: two grandchildren. I know a lot of what I do 460 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: and a lot of the reasons I say so busy 461 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: as a citizen, is I really worry about the country 462 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 1: that they're going to inherit As you look forward, what 463 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: are the things that most worry. 464 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 2: You, mister speaker. 465 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 3: We live in a meritocracy, and I never want to 466 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 3: see that go away again. I always talk about my 467 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 3: family history being a direct descendant of slavery. My father 468 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 3: is seventy five years old. He grew up and they 469 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 3: segregated south in New Orleans. My father never attended school 470 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 3: with a white person from kindergarten through college. And you 471 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 3: fast forward you look at his children that all attended 472 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,639 Speaker 3: West Point, we all earned ivy league degrees, We are 473 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 3: all excelling as very true, heartwarming Americans in this country. 474 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 2: Let's continue that progress. 475 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 3: And I see the left attacking that forgetting the progress 476 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 3: and focusing on all the negatives. I think that's one 477 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:05,640 Speaker 3: of the greatest threats that we see to our young 478 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 3: people is the ideology that America is inherently bad, and 479 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 3: that's not true. 480 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 2: America is inherently exceptional. There's that. 481 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 3: And also, I do not want to burden our children 482 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 3: with this national debt. We are thirty six trillion dollars 483 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,880 Speaker 3: in debt. We are running a two trillion dollar annual deficit. 484 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 3: That is unacceptable. The greatest existential threat to our children 485 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 3: and your grandchildren, Sir, is passing on this debt to them. 486 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 3: We have got to clean this up. This is what 487 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 3: DOGE is all about. This is what President Trump is 488 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 3: trying to do. To grow the economy, to make sure 489 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 3: we get inflation down, we unleash American energy, and we 490 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 3: start paying off our debt because we cannot saddle our 491 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 3: children with that kind of deficit. 492 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,679 Speaker 1: Your concern is exactly right, and that's the big reason 493 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: why the Reconciliation Bill is so important. 494 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 3: Yesterday, and we got to get started on the right track. 495 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 3: We have to codify some of these cuts, and mister speaker, 496 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 3: is going to be difficult. It's going to be hard 497 00:22:58,480 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 3: to make an omelet. You got to crack a few 498 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 3: and we've got to tighten our belts and know that 499 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 3: for the next few months, for the next few quarters, 500 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 3: it's not going to be easy. But that doesn't mean 501 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 3: that we shouldn't do this. Sometimes doing the right thing 502 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 3: require some sacrifice, and we have got to do this, 503 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,600 Speaker 3: as you put it, for our children and for our grandchildren. 504 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: I think that President Trump represents the fifth grade change 505 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: in the American system after Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln and FDR, 506 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 1: and so at the end of a ninety year cycle 507 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: that FDR created, there's going to be mistakes, They're going 508 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: to be confusion, and the people who dominated for ninety 509 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: years are going to be very bitter and are going 510 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: to fight this. We just have to accept this is 511 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,199 Speaker 1: a historic moment that you and I are privileged to 512 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,360 Speaker 1: be part of. That's truly amazing. 513 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 3: Yes, sir, it is really amazing, And I'm glad we 514 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 3: have President Trump to actually come back and have the 515 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 3: guts to do it. And he's operating so quickly because 516 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 3: he knows that given the spending and the quantitative easing 517 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,840 Speaker 3: in the last four years, and COVID that a pending, 518 00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 3: horrible recession is pending, and we have to get in 519 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 3: front of this, we have to outrun this. 520 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 2: That's why he's working so swiftly. 521 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 3: He's working to save the economy of the American public, 522 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 3: not this year, but for the next decade. 523 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:10,439 Speaker 2: And that's why I admire his courage and what he's doing. 524 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: I've always said that if you're going to change these 525 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: large bureaucracies, you have to do it very fast, because 526 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: otherwise they'll maneuver around you and they'll grow around you, 527 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: and suddenly nothing will have changed. 528 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 3: Yes, and again we saw what he's done in the 529 00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 3: first six weeks. I mean President Trump did more the 530 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 3: first six weeks than Biden did in the last I 531 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 3: was going to say four years, but probably fifty years. 532 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: I think the only parallel in modern times is what 533 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,280 Speaker 1: FDR did in the first two years when he took 534 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,479 Speaker 1: over during the Great Depression. And some of it's going 535 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:43,119 Speaker 1: to be a mistake, some of it's going to be 536 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: a little sloppy, but you have to move at this 537 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: speed if you're going to break through. 538 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 3: Yes, and I think President Trump learned from his first administration, 539 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 3: he had time to really learn and figure out what 540 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 3: was going on, lost a second race, then spent four 541 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 3: years to regear and rearm himself and recoup, and then 542 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:01,159 Speaker 3: now he's hitting the ground running. 543 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 2: He knows exactly what must be done swiftly. 544 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 3: And again, thank God that we have a man like that, 545 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 3: with that kind of energy and that kind of resolve, 546 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 3: because he literally is going to save our future. 547 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: Given your West Point background and your Army background, having 548 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: folks learn to pool together to be a team is 549 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 1: so vital when you're in this kind of a circumstance. 550 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: And I'm just really proud of people like you who 551 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: are willing to put your shoulder the wheel and try 552 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,679 Speaker 1: to make the team successful as opposed to whatever that 553 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: week's personal ideological belief is. 554 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 2: Thank you, mister speaker. 555 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 3: It means a lot, and I don't want to beat 556 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 3: my chest, but I've never voted for continuing Resolution since 557 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 3: I've been in Congress, with the exception of last month, 558 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 3: and that's because the President asked us to do it. 559 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 3: And sometimes being a team player means you don't always 560 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 3: get to do what you want to do. You have 561 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 3: to do what in the greater interest of the team, 562 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 3: especially when we have the momentum. So the fact that 563 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 3: we're able to get a cr passed at these very 564 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 3: tumultuous times with a very slim majority, we're actually able 565 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 3: to jam the Democrats, which put us in a very 566 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 3: good place and put Chuck Schumer on his heels. That's 567 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 3: team play. And even though I didn't love it, I 568 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 3: didn't like it, it was the right thing to do at 569 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 3: that time. So I really appreciate that. 570 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: And I said at the time that this was an 571 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: extraordinarily important vote the change history because the Senate Republicans 572 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: didn't think you could do it, the Democrats didn't think 573 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 1: you could do it, and with President Trump's help, Mike 574 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: Johnson had it done. 575 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:25,640 Speaker 2: Yes, I will say, sir. 576 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 3: Part of what I learned at West Point is when 577 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 3: you're in charge, be in charge, and you met at, 578 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 3: always agree with your leader. You mad at, always agree with 579 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 3: your commander. But when you walk in the room and 580 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 3: you know someone's in charge, you respect it. 581 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:38,880 Speaker 2: We have that in our party now. 582 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 3: We know that when you walk into this room, President 583 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 3: Trump is in charge. The Democrats have no leader. Is 584 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 3: it AOC? Is it Bernie Sanders is it Jasmine Crockett, 585 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 3: who knows it could be all of the above. 586 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 2: But I tell you what, when. 587 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,199 Speaker 3: You look at our party, you know President Trump is 588 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 3: in charge, and I think that's why we're going to 589 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 3: have a very successful run. 590 00:26:58,320 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: Listen was they I want to thank you for joining me. 591 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: I want to let our listeners know they can find 592 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,360 Speaker 1: more about the work you're doing for Texas's thirty eighth 593 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:09,480 Speaker 1: congressional district if they visit your website at Hunt dot 594 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: House dot gov. And I really appreciate your taking this 595 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 1: kind of time to educate us. 596 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 3: Mister speaker. God bless you. Thank you for your wonderful 597 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,439 Speaker 3: service to our nation. It's an honored to be on 598 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 3: with you. 599 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: Thank you to my guests, Congress and Wesley Hunt. You 600 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: can learn more about his work on the House on 601 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 1: our show page at newtsworld dot com. Newsworld is produced 602 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 1: by Gingishtree sixty n iHeartMedia. Our executive producer is Guarnsei Sloan. 603 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,159 Speaker 1: Our researcher is Rachel Peterson. The artwork for the show 604 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 1: was created by Steve Penley. 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