1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 1: You're listening to Team forty seven with Clay and Buck. 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 2: I'm sitting in studio right now with Senator Marsha Blackburn 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 2: from Tennessee, and I'm up here because my son is 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 2: going to be doing an internship and this is an 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 2: intern season for so many different offices out there. Do 6 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 2: you remember the first time you came to d C. 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:22,319 Speaker 2: I know, up here for a while. What do you 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 2: remember about that? 9 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 3: Hell? You know, I was in high school and it 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 3: was a four h club leadership summit and it was 11 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:36,599 Speaker 3: absolutely so exciting to me and to come up and 12 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 3: to have lunch with my senator and get that photo 13 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 3: and you know what fun. 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 2: What do you think young Marsha Blackburn on that four 15 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: h trip would have thought if you had told her, Hey, 16 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: one day you're going to be a congresswoman and a 17 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: senator yourself. Do you think you would have believed it? 18 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 2: Were you interested in politics at that age? 19 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 3: I was very involved. 20 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 4: Yes. 21 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 3: I thought that good citizenship was important and we even 22 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 3: as I was cleaning out some things, one day I 23 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 3: found a flyer I had done and distributed to all 24 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 3: my neighbors as part of a citizenship project, reminding them 25 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 3: to go vote and the importance of going to vote. 26 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,559 Speaker 3: But never would I have thought I would have been 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 3: an elective office. But you know, that's just one of 28 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 3: those things I tell young people all the time. Be 29 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 3: ready to walk through open doors and realize you don't 30 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 3: chart your path, God charts your path, and to be 31 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 3: mindful and to accept those open doors. 32 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 2: What did you think last night when you saw the 33 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 2: footage from Los Angeles out. 34 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 3: Of control, These men and women that are there trying 35 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 3: to get these criminal illegal aliens. Why in the world 36 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 3: would you have a mayor and a governor that are 37 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 3: signed and trying to protect criminal illegal aliens and to obstruct, 38 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 3: to ice and keep them from doing their job. And 39 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 3: you know, I Clay, you talk to so many people 40 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 3: when you're on the air every day. I'm not hearing 41 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 3: from people that want to keep criminal illegal aliens. Look 42 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 3: at what is happening in Nashville. And this is not 43 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 3: a partisan issue. This is a ninety percent issue. And 44 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 3: people will say, if they are criminals, they need to 45 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 3: be removed. Let's remove these individuals. And people realize that 46 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 3: coming across that border illegally is a crime. And of 47 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 3: course we ice this out there doing their job. We 48 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 3: are a nation that is built on the rule of law, 49 00:02:55,200 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 3: and it is imperative that these officials implement and by 50 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 3: the law. If they don't like the law, they can 51 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 3: try to change the law, but it is there are 52 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 3: set procedures for entering the country legally. There are statutes 53 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 3: that determine what is and is not a crime, and 54 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 3: whether it's a felony or a misdemeanor. And to have 55 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 3: people that want to pick and choose and say we're 56 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 3: going to enforce this, but we're not going to enforce that, 57 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,119 Speaker 3: and a sanctuary for this but not for that. 58 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: This is. 59 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 3: What really spurs a lot of the chaos that you're 60 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 3: seeing take place in places like LA. 61 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 2: It's not just La either, because I hear from some 62 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 2: people and I know we've got a lot of people 63 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 2: listening in California, but they say, oh, that's just a 64 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 2: blue city there. 65 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 5: What do I care. We live in a red state. 66 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 2: You and me, one of my senators, I'm glad that 67 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 2: you are, and maybe more here in a little bit. 68 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 5: But when you see what's happened. 69 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: In Nashville, because I think a lot of people out 70 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: there say, okay, state Tennessee, very read there's a Mayor 71 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: Freddie O'Connell in a city of Nashville, who has basically said, hey, 72 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 2: we're going to try to stop ICE from doing their work. 73 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: This has become a big talking point many cities all 74 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 2: over the place. First, you have got a bill called 75 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 2: the Remove Act that would take from ninety days down 76 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 2: to fifteen days to help expedite the removal of people 77 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,239 Speaker 2: who shouldn't be in this country. So that is something 78 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 2: you're doing directly to try to help the president. But 79 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 2: when you see a city like Nashville, when you see 80 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 2: someone making the choices that the mayor there is making, 81 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 2: that Karen bass is making in Los Angeles, to directly 82 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 2: defy the president's authority, can you believe it? 83 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:44,839 Speaker 4: It is difficult to believe. 84 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 3: And this is why removing these criminal, illegal aliens is 85 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 3: a ninety percent issue and people want them to be 86 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 3: taken out of the country. And the other thing is 87 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 3: the dosing. This is something that happened in Nashville, and 88 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 3: you had the mayor and his office that actually exposed 89 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 3: the names of HSI investigators and also of our ICE 90 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 3: agents and their operations. Now you cannot do that and 91 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 3: exposing that we found out that it is not illegal 92 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 3: to reveal the name of a law enforcement officer. It 93 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 3: is illegal when they're undercover and you reveal their information. 94 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 3: So my preventing law enforcement docsing that legislation. We've also 95 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:51,920 Speaker 3: filed to include law enforcements who are implementing the law 96 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 3: in that so that we can protect our law enforcement 97 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 3: officers at the local, state, and federal level. It should 98 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 3: be ill legal to dox them, whether they're undercover or 99 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 3: out doing their regular job. And what we see happening 100 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 3: with this obstruction is people are saying, why are the 101 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 3: Democrats choosing to die on this hill? 102 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 5: Yeah? 103 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:23,119 Speaker 3: Why are they absolutely making this their issue number one 104 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 3: when this is something that people overwhelmingly support. Get them 105 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 3: removed from the country. Protect law enforcement, don't dox them, 106 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 3: don't go put their pictures up, don't go put their 107 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 3: home address, don't endanger their families. People want to show 108 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 3: respect for law enforcement. 109 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 2: Department of Justice is investigating what Nashville has happened, right, 110 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 2: you've asked for that, Yes, Pam Bondi's the attorney general. 111 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 2: What do you expect that investigation to be? Like, how 112 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 2: should it be? 113 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 3: You know, I'm sure they will have something to say 114 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 3: about this. I have sent the letter over. I have 115 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 3: requested that they formalize an investigation, and I would expect 116 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 3: that at some point we will hear from that. You 117 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 3: do have the Homeland Security Committee in the House, which 118 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 3: is chaired by Representative Green out of Tennessee. Yes, and 119 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 3: also the Judiciary Committee in the House. They have started 120 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 3: an investigation and looking at what happened with obstructing these raids. 121 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 2: Were you a stud I mean, you've lived in the 122 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 2: state of Tennessee and in the Nashville area, as have 123 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 2: I for a very long time. And look, sometimes mayors 124 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 2: are good, sometimes mayors are bad, particularly as it pertains 125 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 2: to any big. 126 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 5: City that you might have in a state. 127 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 2: I was stunned when I saw the mayor of Nashville, 128 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 2: Freddie O'Connell, engaging in this behavior and having a press 129 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 2: conference to brag about it. 130 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 5: Were you as stunned as I was? 131 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 3: I was stunned. I couldn't believe that there would be 132 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 3: a defiance of removing criminals. You know, one of the 133 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 3: top issues when you talk to people in Middle Tennessee 134 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 3: and West Tennessee crime They talk about the escalated occurrence 135 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 3: of criminal acts carjackings, particularly home robbery. 136 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 5: Had one of the highest violent crime rates in the whole. 137 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 3: Nation, right, and so it has stunned people that Nashville 138 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 3: had a mayor that would come out and would choose 139 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: to protect criminal, illegal aliens over law abiding citizens. When 140 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 3: people have been saying we've got to get the crime down, 141 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 3: They've been really unsettled by the number of home robberies 142 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 3: that have taken place and the number of gangs that 143 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,319 Speaker 3: have moved into the Nashville area. I have not talked 144 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,319 Speaker 3: to a single person who wants to have more Trenda 145 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 3: or Agua or MS thirteen in their community. I mean 146 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 3: not one. They want them gone. 147 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 5: They should be gone. 148 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 2: We're talking to Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Okay, in particular. 149 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 2: Now big beautiful bill is underway. Yes, you are in 150 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 2: the Senate majority fifty three Republicans. I'm sure you like 151 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 2: everybody else. Saw Elon and Trump going back and forth. 152 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 2: Elon says, there's not enough cutting of spending that's going on. 153 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 5: This is past the House. 154 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 2: President Trump says, hey, we're going to create incredible growth rate. 155 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 2: We're going to put in place all these tax cuts 156 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 2: for years and years ago, because otherwise they expire what 157 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 2: should we know about the big beautiful bill? What should 158 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 2: the timeframe be? There's a ton of deal with the 159 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 2: border as well, which would help to ideally keep some 160 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 2: other president like Biden from wide opening the border again 161 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 2: to allow people to pour in. 162 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 5: What's the latest, what should we know? What's the time 163 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 5: for it? 164 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 3: Yes, and we are hopeful to have it to the 165 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 3: President by July fourth, so that we've got that true 166 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 3: independence today. And we know that this is a tax 167 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 3: cut bill. It is kind of tax cut and jobs 168 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 3: at two point zero, and we will make those tax 169 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 3: cuts permanent. We're also trying to make permanent R and 170 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:22,599 Speaker 3: D business bonus appreciation, interest expensing because we've got a 171 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 3: lot of small businesses in Tennessee ninety three percent of 172 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 3: our jobs or small business jobs in the state, and 173 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 3: that's important to them. Also provisions for no tax on 174 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 3: tips over time, and social Security and that is my 175 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:44,560 Speaker 3: legislation to remove the tax from social Security for our seniors. 176 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 3: So we're in the process of negotiating those. We're finalizing 177 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 3: some of those provisions. We want to get permanents on 178 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 3: these provisions. That's how you get that extended growth that 179 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 3: will run out past ten years. So we'd like not 180 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 3: to be back at the negotiating table. And businesses and 181 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 3: individuals Tennesseeans tell me all the time. Just tell me 182 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 3: what the rules are and I'll play by the rules. 183 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 3: But we don't like this changing everything, and especially when 184 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 3: we have so many small businesses, mom and pops, small business, 185 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 3: manufacturing businesses on our main streets. We need some permanence. 186 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 2: We've had Senator Ron Johnson on the show. He says 187 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 2: more spending needs to be cut. We've had Ran Paul 188 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,600 Speaker 2: on saying the same thing. Are you optimistic that the 189 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 2: Senate is going to be able to come to us, Yes, sir, 190 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 2: I am. 191 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 3: The House did one and a half trillion and spending reductions. 192 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 3: The Senate won't say two trillion dollar reduction, and we've 193 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 3: got a pathway to do that. Now. The Doge cuts 194 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:57,320 Speaker 3: are they have to come to us through omb from 195 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 3: the White House, and then that is going into what 196 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 3: is called a recision bill, So we can't put those 197 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 3: into the reconciliation the tax bill. They've got to travel separately. 198 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 3: Kind of. It's the same time we got the first 199 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 3: package of those. It's nine billion dollars, which over a 200 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 3: ten billion, a ten year period, you're talking about significant savings. 201 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 2: Last question for you. I think the key to all 202 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,439 Speaker 2: this is growth. There's a guy who lives in the 203 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 2: Nashville area. You're kind of smart, Raffer, Come on, he 204 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 2: makes this case, but I think it's one that is 205 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 2: being missed a little bit. And I want to give 206 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 2: you an opportunity. But if we get the growth of 207 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 2: the economy to three percent or more, which I think 208 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 2: we will, then we are going to actually start. 209 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 5: To cut the deficit. 210 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 2: That's correct, and it's really important because the CBO, and 211 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 2: there's all these numbers that are running around out there, 212 00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 2: all of it's predicated the projections on what the growth 213 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 2: rate of the country is. If we get to three percent, 214 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 2: then the national debt starts getting paid down, and the 215 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 2: President's focused on growth more than cuts. Ideally you get both, 216 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 2: but growth to a large extent, according to people like 217 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 2: Art Laugher, is the most important thing that is accurate. 218 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 3: And bear in mind CBO is always wrong on their projections. 219 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 3: They have been wrong every single time. They were wrong 220 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 3: on the twenty seventeen cuts. And so you do want 221 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 3: to reduce spending and you want to get that growth. 222 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 3: And President Trump had the Senate Finance Republicans at the 223 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 3: White House last week to work on some of this 224 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 3: with him, the Vice President, Secretary Besson, and Kevin Hassett. 225 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 3: And one of the things we know is that if 226 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 3: you are growing, if you put these cuts in place, 227 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 3: and it's the largest tax cut, and you get permanence 228 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 3: on R and D and expensing and depreciation, then you 229 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 3: are going to see that because you will have your 230 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 3: small businesses choose to grow, yes, and to hire and 231 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 3: to expand. That is how you get that growth. And 232 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 3: the multiplier effect on that is so significant. 233 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 2: And not only that COVID hit right as Trump's economy 234 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 2: was exploding right January of twenty twenty February of twenty 235 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 2: twenty probably the greatest economic season we've ever had, correct 236 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 2: and then COVID happened, and suddenly everything goes off the rails. 237 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 2: We get that rolling again by twenty twenty four, twenty 238 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 2: twenty eight, in the next election cycle, we should be firing. 239 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 3: On all silly That is accurate, and we are looking 240 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 3: forward to having this permanence. And then bear in mind too, 241 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 3: in twenty seventeen, when we did the Tax Cut and 242 00:14:55,720 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 3: Jobs Act, the biggest benefact of those changes were your 243 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 3: small businesses. You saw such an explosion of small business manufacturing, 244 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 3: and this was so good for Tennessee. We had a 245 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 3: lot of businesses that had been there for years that 246 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 3: this was their chance to grow. So they jumped to 247 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 3: that level. And now they are waiting to hire, they 248 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 3: are waiting to invest, they're waiting to punch send on 249 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 3: those equipment orders. Yeah, because they want to be able 250 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 3: to depreciate that in that first year or two and 251 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 3: then move into upgrades. 252 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 2: Senator Marshall Blackburn with us, by the way, just walking 253 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 2: in behind you, one of your senate colleagues, Senator Tommy Tubberville. 254 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 2: You guys see to the governor colleagues before long. 255 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 4: Two. 256 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 3: Tommy Tubberville is a great guy. We call him Coach. 257 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's going to be on with us here at 258 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 2: just a second. Senator Marshall Blackburn, thank you. Keep up 259 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 2: the good work, and we look forward to celebrating when 260 00:15:58,120 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 2: the big beautiful bill is done. 261 00:15:59,520 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 3: You got it. 262 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: Team forty seven. 263 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 2: We are joined now by Tricia McLoughlin, who is doing 264 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 2: fabulous work inside of the Trump administration, and in fact 265 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 2: she is the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. 266 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,520 Speaker 5: Obviously a lot going on there, Tricia. 267 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 2: When you watch the footage, and I'm sure you're watching 268 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 2: it on Fox News or CNN of the protests inside of. 269 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 5: LA, what's your thought? What are you thinking as you're 270 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 5: watching that? 271 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 6: I mean, I'm thinking multiple things. First of all, I'm 272 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 6: so disgusted by these writers in which Karen Bass and 273 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 6: Gavin Newsom continue to call peaceful protests. But I'm also 274 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 6: so proud of our law enforcement in the face of 275 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 6: such hatred, in the face of taunting, in the face 276 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 6: of violence they're being pummeled by rocks. They are so 277 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 6: patriotic and professional and staying with such dignity, and I 278 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 6: think all Americans can be so proud of them. 279 00:16:59,200 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 4: Tricia. 280 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 7: I appreciate you being with us. When are we going 281 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 7: to be able to get some data? Is it really 282 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 7: just collected on a monthly basis on the actual numbers 283 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 7: of people that have been taken into custody and then 284 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 7: deported under these operations like the one that got these 285 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 7: rioters so riled up in Los Angeles, Because I think 286 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 7: that that data speaks to the speed with which the 287 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 7: administration is moving and the seriousness with which they are 288 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:27,479 Speaker 7: approaching this effort. 289 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 8: Yeah. 290 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 6: Absolutely. So we're north of three hundred in the last 291 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 6: seventy two hours for arrest of criminal legal aliens. So 292 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 6: that includes child molesters, rapists, convicted murder, parsness, multiple gang members. 293 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 6: These are the heinous individuals that Gavin Newsom in Karenbath 294 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 6: and the ACLU and these rioters are trying to protect 295 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 6: as our ice enforcement officers are putting themselves in a 296 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 6: harm's way to get these criminal legal aliens off of 297 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 6: our streets. And our message to protesters is we're only 298 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 6: going to ramp up. We're going to keep going. We're 299 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 6: not going to be to turn by their violence, and 300 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 6: you'll only see arrest them or spikes. 301 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,479 Speaker 2: It seems that the overwhelming majority I've been looking at 302 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 2: the polling supports the idea of what President Trump and 303 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 2: your department are doing, which is arresting people who shouldn't 304 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 2: be here, particularly violent predators, and getting them outside of 305 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:24,199 Speaker 2: the country. What is Gavin Newsom just already running for 306 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 2: president in your mind? I mean, he's already a failed 307 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 2: governor of California. We know Karen Bass is a felled mayor. 308 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 2: Presidents had to travel out there to talk about the 309 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 2: need to allow people to rebuild all over the LA 310 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 2: area for the wildfires that took down their homes. It 311 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 2: seems crazy to me that this would be the decision 312 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 2: of the Democrat Party. 313 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 5: But I'm looking right now. 314 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 2: I don't know if you've you've seen this yet, but 315 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 2: there is a new poll out showing the Democrat Party 316 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:54,959 Speaker 2: approval rating. This is from Quinnipiac. The Democrat Party has 317 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 2: a twenty one percent approval rating a seventy percent. 318 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 5: This just came out. 319 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 2: They seem to just be intent on opposing whatever Trump does, 320 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,360 Speaker 2: even if what President Trump is doing is wildly popular. 321 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think you're exactly right. They are desperate for 322 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 6: a message. They don't have one. They're just trying to 323 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 6: work the same tricks and the same message that they 324 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 6: did in twenty twenty and twenty twenty four. Their message 325 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 6: has been Trump's bad and January sixth bad. It's been 326 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 6: five years, guys, and the American people love Donald Trump. 327 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 6: They don't have a message, and they're really doubling down 328 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 6: on protecting these criminal illegal aliens. We know we have 329 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 6: the will of the American people. Donald Trump ran on 330 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 6: mass deportations and getting these criminal legal aliens off of 331 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 6: our streets, and that's exactly what he's delivering. So I 332 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 6: think there's some derangement syndrome going on for sure, and 333 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,800 Speaker 6: Davin Newsom is doubling down on incompetent governance, and I 334 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 6: think that the polls are are going to not look 335 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 6: so great for him if he does. DeFi to run 336 00:19:58,480 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 6: in a Democrat primary. 337 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 7: Christian McLoughlin, thank you so much for being with us 338 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,719 Speaker 7: from DHS. Let you rest up that voice. 339 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 6: I appreciate it. We're working hard. 340 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 4: Thank you, Thanks for what you're doing. 341 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: This is Team forty seven. 342 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 2: We actually happened to be in the West Wing yesterday 343 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:18,120 Speaker 2: for a substantial amount of time. We met with President Trump, 344 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 2: saw jd Vance, Stephen Miller, Caroline Levitt, a lot of 345 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 2: the people that we have known for years that are 346 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 2: doing phenomenal work. And I would describe I think you 347 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 2: probably would sign off on it President Trump as extremely relaxed. 348 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 2: He wanted us to see the changes that he's made 349 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 2: to the Oval Office, the changes that he has made 350 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 2: in terms of portraiture in the cabinet rooms and everything 351 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 2: immediately ancillary to the Oval Office. Also, you can see 352 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 2: and I think this is going to end up being 353 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 2: pretty cool. He is in the process of building a 354 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:54,439 Speaker 2: patio where you can dine outside, so it will be 355 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 2: like he has basically at Mara a Lago, but this 356 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 2: would extending for himself. He says this would extend for 357 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 2: future presidents as well. But he likes the idea of 358 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 2: having sort of his own slawn where you can walk 359 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 2: outside and have meals on a patio just outside the 360 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 2: Oval office in the West wing. But I would describe 361 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 2: him as super relaxed. He wanted all of you to 362 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 2: know that he appreciates you and really is greatly thankful. 363 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 5: For all of your support. 364 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,640 Speaker 2: But the thing that he seemed most excited about talking 365 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 2: about is something that hasn't gotten a great deal of attention. 366 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 2: Buck and I wanted to play this audio because it's 367 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 2: kind of gotten lost in the shuffle of everything that 368 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 2: has happened since Israel attack Deron. But with us, he 369 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 2: wanted to say, because he signed this bill, he wanted 370 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 2: to talk about the impact of ending the electric vehicle 371 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 2: mandate and what he believed was going to be a 372 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 2: substantial change for the better for many different American drivers 373 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 2: out there. 374 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 5: And this is cut eighteen with Bucket Eye and you 375 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 5: can go see the pictures. 376 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 2: By the way, some of you want to see the pictures, 377 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 2: they're up at all the Clay and buck social media accounts. 378 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 2: We were happy to have the time that we did 379 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 2: with the President and all the staff. But here is 380 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 2: cut eighteen, Trump announcing yesterday that he was terminating the 381 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 2: California ev mandate, which matters to a lot of you 382 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 2: out there. 383 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 5: Listen, this is good news. 384 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 8: Indeed, people said it couldn't be done. You got it done. 385 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 8: I just have to sign right. That's very good. This 386 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 8: is really something and it has to do with the 387 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 8: California Auto Regulation CRA. It's been a disaster for this country. 388 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 8: And I want to thank everybody for being here. We 389 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 8: officially rescue the US auto industry from destruction by terminating 390 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 8: to California Electric Vehicle mandate once and for all. 391 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 2: Okay, there is the announcement park from President Trump. I 392 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 2: knew we want to talk about a lot of different things, 393 00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 2: but this is the thing he was most excited to talk. 394 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 5: About with us. 395 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know he was. 396 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 7: We sat down and we were obviously we're already thinking 397 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 7: about Iran, but also we're talking border, we're talking riots, 398 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 7: in La and how he's and he was like, gentlemen, 399 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,280 Speaker 7: did you see did you see the thing I did. 400 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 4: On the vehicles. 401 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 7: We're like, yeah, yes, sir, mister President, we saw, and 402 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 7: he really because he had. 403 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 4: Just signed it. I was very proud of it. 404 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 7: He just done a press conference on it, just to 405 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 7: bring everybody up to speed on this clay, because. 406 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 4: This has got This is one of these. 407 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 7: It's actually a big deal, but it has gotten in 408 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 7: the media cycle, the new cycle we live in. It 409 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 7: has definitely gotten buried quite a bit. 410 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 4: The Republican led. 411 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 7: Congress past these resolutions in May to reverse Biden administration 412 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 7: approval of the California Electric Vehicle mandate. When the president 413 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 7: signs a joint resolution revoking federal laws, it carries the 414 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 7: force of law and are not subject to judicial review. 415 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 7: So this is actually something that matters a whole lot, 416 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 7: and for anyone who's forgotten what this says. 417 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 4: California in twenty twenty four. 418 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 7: Bend gasoline powered car sales by twenty thirty five and 419 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 7: revoked the federal waiver that would allow that allows it 420 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 7: to set its own tailpipe emission standards under the Clean 421 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 7: Air Act. Seventeen states thirty percent of the US vehicle 422 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 7: market had adopted this plan, which we know again this 423 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:28,880 Speaker 7: is a California EV mandate. 424 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 4: This is nuts. 425 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, this is completely insane. 426 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 4: These states were gonna say you can't sell a normal 427 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 4: car anymore in our state by twenty twenty thirty five, 428 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:38,760 Speaker 4: ten years. 429 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 7: This is going to go pretty fast. So Trump has 430 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 7: freed the auto market from this insanity. And it's it's 431 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 7: a big win. It's a big win for those of 432 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,479 Speaker 7: us who don't necessarily want to drive an EV but 433 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:56,119 Speaker 7: also don't want the climate change lunatics completely infringing on 434 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 7: markets and driving up the cost of everything for no reason. 435 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 2: And look, and this is what Trump told us, and 436 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,479 Speaker 2: we're not speaking out of turn on this story when 437 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:05,640 Speaker 2: we were sitting talking with him. 438 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 5: If you want to own an EV, go, more power 439 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 5: to you. Right. 440 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 2: The market should dictate the choices that you make. The 441 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 2: state should not dictate the choices that you are forced 442 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 2: to make. 443 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 4: Imagine California. 444 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 7: And there was a time, Clay when I think this 445 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 7: was something they would have wanted to do. Imagine California said, 446 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 7: and it's going to make Clay very sad because I've 447 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 7: seen the cars that Clay has no SUV's allowed. Yeah, 448 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 7: we're going with an suv ban in this state. California 449 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 7: says you're not allowed to sell an suv in the 450 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 7: state of California. Remember for a while it was oh, 451 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 7: they're gas guzzling. Now SUVs have actually come very efficient 452 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 7: and they're hugely popular. It's like a giant part of 453 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 7: the US car sales mar car market. But you would 454 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 7: just say, well, that's a completely ridiculous intrusion on the 455 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 7: car market in a huge state. So Trump has again, 456 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 7: all he has done is restored choice to the consumer 457 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 7: and restore the ability of the auto market to be 458 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:06,200 Speaker 7: a market instead of some kind of state enforced mandate 459 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,919 Speaker 7: based on Green New Deal insanity. So it is a 460 00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 7: really big win. 461 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 2: It is totally And by the way, we should update 462 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 2: there are air raid sirens being going off in Israel 463 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 2: right now as there's an expectation that Iran has fired 464 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 2: some missiles in their direction. Updating you on what is 465 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 2: taking place there. It is now night in Israel, so 466 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 2: it's probably not a huge surprise that the attack would 467 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 2: come at night. We'll see if it's even as substantial 468 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 2: or Iran as capable buck of doing even as much 469 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,239 Speaker 2: as they tried to do the last time when they 470 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 2: put what one hundred missiles in the air and Israel 471 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,360 Speaker 2: and its allies effectively shot down all of those missiles 472 00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 2: and there were no casualties. 473 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 7: I think Israel first of all, I hope and prayer 474 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 7: that they're able to shoot down these missiles which are 475 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,920 Speaker 7: just intended to Remember, the strikes at Israel did were 476 00:26:54,000 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 7: precise strikes at legitimate military targets. And what Iran is 477 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,359 Speaker 7: going to do in response is I just want to 478 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,439 Speaker 7: They're they're just trying to send a big missile that 479 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 7: goes boom into a crowded apartment building and kill as 480 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 7: many Jews as possible. That's what the Iranian response. 481 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 4: Is supposed to be. 482 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 7: Well, they always fight these wars, so I think that 483 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 7: the Israelis are going to have a ratcheted or a 484 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 7: tiered response, whereby every time Iran does something, these Raelies 485 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,719 Speaker 7: are just going to raise the cost for Iran, and 486 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 7: then it's a question of how much more of this 487 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 7: do they want? You know Ben Shapiro's on this last hour, 488 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 7: He said, leaving the Molas alive gives them something to 489 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 7: think about. The Molas may not survive this thing. We'll 490 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 7: see what happens they they if they order a lot 491 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 7: of mass casualty, attempted mass casualty attacks on Israel. These 492 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 7: Raelis have mapped out that whole country and they have 493 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 7: total dominance in the skies. 494 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 4: Uh. We'll see what ends up happening with. 495 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 2: This, no doubt, And and and on that front. As 496 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 2: we wait to see what's going to happen, I will 497 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,199 Speaker 2: say this about our visit to the White House. A 498 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 2: lot of you wanted to know if I was going 499 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 2: to be able to get in. The answer was yes. 500 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 2: I brought my passport yesterday or two days ago. I 501 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 2: don't have the real ID, and you have to have 502 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 2: a real ID or a passport, so I was able 503 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 2: to get in with my passport. I was struck buck 504 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 2: leave aside the politics of the current moment and many 505 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 2: of the topics that we discussed, the sheer, happy, warrior 506 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 2: dumb vibe that existed in the West Wing yesterday when 507 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 2: we visited with whether It's President Trump, jd Vance, Caroline Levitt, Margo, 508 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 2: Trump's top personal assistant Natalie, who follows him around everywhere. 509 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 2: It is a intensely positive environment there, and I think 510 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 2: it's because they know that they are doing the work 511 00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 2: that the American people sent them there to do, and 512 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 2: they know how to do it, and. 513 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 5: They are delivering. 514 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 2: And Trump has a level of confidence in what is 515 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 2: required to do the job. 516 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 5: That is next to a level. And let me just 517 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 5: echo this again. 518 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 2: The Israelis consulted with the Trump team, and Trump went 519 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 2: out yesterday and threw an all time headfake saying that 520 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 2: the negotiations were still ongoing. Same thing happened with Pete 521 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 2: Hegseth went to a Washington Nationals game with his kids. 522 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 2: Obviously it's Father's Day weekend. You had Marco Rubio. This 523 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 2: was a masterclass, I think in subterfuge and the ability 524 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 2: to catch Iran unaware. And for Israel to have the 525 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 2: ability buck to actually have the Iranian schedule in person 526 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 2: meetings so they could directly attack because they are so 527 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 2: enmeshed in the Iranian security services, is really an incredible 528 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 2: strength of their attack. 529 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 5: And let me just mention this too. 530 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 2: Lot of people told you, some on the right, many 531 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 2: on the left, that if Israel attacked Iran, we're still 532 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 2: in the early stages, that this would basically be a 533 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 2: preset to World War III. I think you're now learning 534 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 2: Iran is not very strong. They lack the ability to 535 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:23,720 Speaker 2: even defend their own country and China and Russia they're 536 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 2: not coming to the aid the other Middle Eastern countries. 537 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 2: Many of them welcome this, even if they say publicly 538 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 2: there's a difference between public and private conversations. They may 539 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 2: say publicly they don't like it. Privately they are very 540 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 2: welcoming even of this, And I think you're seeing that 541 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 2: a lot of the cataclysmic analysis, as often as the case, 542 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 2: was not reflected in reality. 543 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 7: Yes, and this is on track to be one of 544 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 7: the most successful military operations in modern military history. So 545 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 7: we hope that that continues because it is to the 546 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 7: benefit of of everyone that we root for here that 547 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,719 Speaker 7: that is the case, not just our friends an all 548 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 7: in Israel, and not just other Middle Eastern countries and 549 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,719 Speaker 7: countries in the region that are very pleased to see 550 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 7: the Iranian threat cut down to size, but also for 551 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 7: the Iranian people. It weakens a regime that has been 552 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 7: nothing but a nightmare for them for fifty years now, 553 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 7: and it is long past time for there to be changed. 554 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 7: And there's no reason why Iran can't be something a 555 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,720 Speaker 7: lot more along the lines of say Turkey, you know, 556 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 7: another country with a tremendously proud history and a really 557 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,280 Speaker 7: rich past that functions as a I'm not saying Turkey's perfect. 558 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,960 Speaker 7: We have our occasional gripes with them in NATO, but 559 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 7: it's a functioning, modern state and not one that keeps 560 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 7: anybody up at night in Israel, the United States, or 561 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 7: really around the region for that matter. So that I 562 00:31:55,560 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 7: think is what is possible here, and it's looking like 563 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 7: so far it's a very good As you said, there's 564 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 7: missiles in the air, and we don't know what the 565 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 7: Iranians are going to pull off with any reprisals, but 566 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 7: their military to military capability is deminimus. It's really the terror, 567 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 7: the terror strikes that we would have to be worried about, 568 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:20,320 Speaker 7: or you know, terror cells that go operational, and we're 569 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:21,719 Speaker 7: going to have to keep a close eye on that, 570 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 7: and it's very hard to fight against those. 571 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 4: It's very hard to catch all of those, I should say, 572 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 4: But that. 573 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 7: Can't change the reality of what just happened to Israel, 574 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 7: which is its military and nuclear program have been effectively decapitated. 575 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 2: And I think this is so important for ordinary Iranians. 576 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,560 Speaker 2: I thought it was interesting that Ben Shapiro told us 577 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 2: that they basically have tried to turn off the Internet 578 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 2: in Iran because they don't want people to understand what's 579 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 2: actually going on. But at some point, these conversations are 580 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 2: going to start, as they start anywhere in the world 581 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 2: when humans gather. Wait a minute, You've been in power 582 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 2: the Iatolas for two generations. You told us Israel was 583 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 2: the great evil. You told us that we were going 584 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 2: to eradicate Israel from the planet. And actually we don't 585 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 2: even have the ability to fight Israel. Leave aside the religion, 586 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 2: leave aside all these things, just pure efficacy of government. 587 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 2: Israel has created one of the great technological civilizations in 588 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 2: the history of the Middle East, and Iran has been 589 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 2: left behind. The Ayatolas are being embarrassed. 590 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 7: There are early reports now direct of some direct hits 591 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 7: on Tel Aviv. So we don't know what the scale 592 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 7: of those hits are or what if there are any casualties. 593 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 4: We don't know. 594 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 7: We just know, Clay, right now as we're talking to you, 595 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 7: there are real time reports of impacts in Tel Aviv. 596 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 7: We're going to continue to watch this very closely. 597 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to Team forty seven with Clay and 598 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: Buck