1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Welcome in as verdict with Center, Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: with you and Center. We've got to break some news here. 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:12,520 Speaker 1: Apparently I was spied on because I texted you during 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,159 Speaker 1: a period when you were spied on, which means I 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: was spied on. I feel like my name should be 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 1: in this A little bit here. We thought it would happen, 7 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: it came out. It's real. Congratulations. They really wanted to 8 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: see what you were texting, and I think they're going 9 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: to be highly disappointed. 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie. 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 3: Look, I think my texts are pretty damn amusing, and 12 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 3: I'm sorry you have no sense of humor. I need 13 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,279 Speaker 3: to text you more about when Ole Miss doesn't win 14 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 3: a football game. But you're right. The news broke. The 15 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 3: news break broke in the last couple of days that 16 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 3: the Biden Department of Justice Jack Smith, issued a subpoena 17 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 3: spying on me, trying to get information about my cell phone, 18 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 3: about communications I was having, about voicemails, about text all 19 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 3: the information they could from my subpoena. That now makes 20 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 3: nine Republican senators that the Biden DOJ issued subpoenas and 21 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 3: tried to get their cell phone records. We're gonna break 22 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 3: that down. 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You're gonna 69 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: love it all right, Senator, So let's start with the 70 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: big news. 71 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: Where were you when you found. 72 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: Out that you were spied on as part of Jacksmith's 73 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: investigation into Donald Trump. This clearly is a fishing expedition. 74 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: And what were you told? Have you been briefed on 75 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: this or you just getting to say mentel, we are 76 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: from reading it in the news. 77 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 3: So I found out about this last week. Last Thursday, 78 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 3: I got the information. And let's back up a couple 79 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 3: of weeks ago. A couple of weeks ago, the news 80 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 3: broke that Jack Smith, the prosecutor and the Biden doj 81 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 3: that was going after January sixth, that was going after 82 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 3: President Trump had subpoenaed eight senators and one Republican house 83 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: member and had gotten their cell phone records. And the 84 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 3: eight senators who had been subpoenaed were Marsha Blackburn, Ron Johnson, 85 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 3: Bill Haggerty, Josh Holly, Cynthia Lumis, Lindsey Graham, Dan Sullivan, 86 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 3: and Tommy Tubberville, and then Mike Kelly, a Republican House 87 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 3: member from Pennsylvania, was also subpoenaed. All nine of them 88 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 3: had their cell phone records handed over to the Biden 89 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 3: Department of Justice. Now, I got to admit, just over 90 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 3: a week ago, Sean Hannity was in town and I 91 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 3: had dinner with Sean and and with with with several 92 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 3: of the the senators on that list as well, and 93 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 3: I was laughing with Sean. I was saying, I'm actually 94 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 3: kind of offended, like how did I get lift out 95 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 3: of this list? Like what did I have to do? 96 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 3: You know? I was literally standing on the Senate floor 97 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,919 Speaker 3: on January sixth, objecting and leading the fight. And I 98 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 3: had brought together eleven senators to stand together and fighting 99 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 3: for an election commission to assess the evidence of voter fraud, 100 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 3: and including many of the senators who were subpoena were 101 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 3: in the group that I'd brought together. So I was 102 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 3: I was joking with Sean, but I wasn't entirely joking. Well, 103 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 3: it turns out the reason I was not on the 104 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 3: list is apparently all eight of those senators. Their cell 105 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 3: phones are with Verizon, and the evidence had come out 106 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 3: that Verizon had handed over their their their cell phone information. Well, 107 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 3: my cell phone is with AT and T and I 108 00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 3: didn't know it at the time, but I found out 109 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 3: lately last week that Jack Smith sent a subpoena at AT 110 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 3: and T demanding my cell phone records, and AT and 111 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 3: T told him to go jump in Lake h AT 112 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 3: and T did not give my cell phone records. I 113 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 3: really look. AT and T is based in Texas. I'm 114 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 3: proud of them. They did the right thing. I appreciate that, 115 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 3: and they assessed it. They had a subpoena from Jack Smith. 116 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 3: By the way, the subpoena called for quote, detailed records 117 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 3: for inbound and outbound calls, text messages, direct connect and 118 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 3: voicemail messages, among other things. So they were seeking that. 119 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 3: There was an also an order from Judge Boseburg, who 120 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 3: was you know this, this left wing judge has been 121 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 3: presiding against over much of the litigation against against Trump, 122 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 3: had an order from Judge Boseburg ordering AT and T 123 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 3: you cannot disclose to Cruise that we're seeking his cell 124 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 3: phone information for a year. 125 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 2: Isn't that amazing? 126 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: By the way, and you're sitting unin State Center, don't 127 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: tell him, we don't want him to know. 128 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 3: Yes, And and so AT and T examined it, and 129 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 3: they actually they came to the conclusion. Now, the way 130 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 3: it works, so the subpoena just comes and and they 131 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 3: get a cell phone number. So so so the Biden 132 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 3: DOJ didn't identify who they were seeking. And and by 133 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 3: the way, look, the telecom companies typically if they get 134 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 3: a subpoena for for phone records on a number, they 135 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 3: typically hand it over because it's usually a drug dealer 136 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 3: or a criminal. You have a subpoena that's issued from 137 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 3: a grand jury, so so it it. They will routinely 138 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 3: in a criminal proceeding hand over. Uh, well, it's so 139 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 3: happened that that At and T. Even though they just 140 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 3: asked for the number, they looked and realized whose number 141 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 3: it was, and and and they talked with their legal 142 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 3: team and and and they said, listen, what what Cruz 143 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 3: is saying is it and any member of Congress, what 144 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 3: they're saying is protected by the Speech and Bait Clause 145 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 3: of the Constitution. The Constitution protects the ability of Senators 146 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: and House members to engage in debate to do our jobs. 147 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 3: Article one of the Constitution vests all legislative power in 148 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 3: the Congress. And in fact, you know, on January sixth, 149 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 3: it was very literally speech and debate. As I said, 150 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 3: I was standing on the Senate floor, Yeah, giving a 151 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 3: speech and raising an objection. So it's literally the heart 152 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 3: of what one does as an elected member of Congress. 153 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 3: And so at and T concluded, listen there, we're not 154 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 3: going to comply. As I said, I'm grateful for At 155 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 3: and T doing that, but that now makes it nine 156 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 3: senators that we know of and one House. 157 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,319 Speaker 1: So I'm guessing there might be other senators that were 158 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: also at At and T and they probably said no, 159 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: we're not going to do that either, right, it would 160 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,680 Speaker 1: be Verizon just caved instantly and said, sure, here's everybody 161 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: you're asking for. There could be easily, I would say, 162 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: another four, five, six others. Who knows how many outside 163 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 1: the Senate right that they could have asked for that 164 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: they could have said no to as well. 165 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:04,560 Speaker 2: And I would assume there was a lot of people 166 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 2: on At and T. 167 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 3: Well, And look the Biden doj also after the Republican 168 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 3: Attorney General's Association. It went after Turning Point USA. This 169 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:22,240 Speaker 3: was a massive fishing expedition and this was a political persecution. Understand. 170 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 3: Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel to investigate and prosecute 171 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 3: January sixth, three days after Donald Trump announced his campaign 172 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 3: for reelection in twenty twenty four, literally three days later, 173 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 3: so it was twenty twenty two, So it was two 174 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 3: years after January sixth. They had not appointed anyone, and 175 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 3: yet suddenly when Trump announces his campaign, they rushed to 176 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 3: appoint Jack Smith to say, go after Donald Trump because 177 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,439 Speaker 3: we want to stop the voters from voting for him. Sure, 178 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 3: but nine senators, that is twenty percent of the Republicans 179 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 3: in the United States Senate. And I got to say 180 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 3: for the executive branch to engage in wholesale spying on 181 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 3: their political opponents and spying with let's be clear, none 182 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 3: of us engaged in criminal conduct. None of us can 183 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 3: engage in anything remotely criminal, arguably criminal. This was political persecution. 184 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 3: This was snooping. This is hoping. Someone said something. 185 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 2: I was gonna ask you, what were they hoping to find? Right? 186 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 2: Like you go fishing and what what is this smoking gun? 187 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: In that scenario they were they were just, hey, we'll 188 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: just go after all these conservatives and maybe we get lucky. 189 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 3: Look. I don't know what they were hoping to find, 190 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 3: but but but they were asking for the cell phone 191 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 3: records from from January fourth to January seventh, so all 192 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,839 Speaker 3: surrounding January sixth. I assumed they were looking for some 193 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 3: some monica of coordination, uh with with with those who 194 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 3: engage in active violence on that day. Part of their 195 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 3: theory was was the all alternate electors that were being 196 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 3: sent from various states. So I assumed they were looking 197 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 3: for some modicum of coordination there. But but this was 198 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 3: a political prosecution because they did not have evidence, and 199 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 3: so they said, well, let's let's go through their cell 200 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 3: phone records and see if we can find something. And 201 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 3: by the way, who knows if if if somebody had 202 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 3: sent something stupid a text, had a voicemail, had you know, 203 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 3: I mean people, when you go through someone's emails, when 204 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 3: you go through someone's cell phones, when prosecutors go looking 205 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 3: for a crime, the nature of a phishing expedition is 206 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 3: let's go look around. You know, there's a book that 207 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 3: was written decades ago, uh that that that that's called 208 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 3: three felonies a day. And it talks about how the 209 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 3: average American commits three felonies a day, that that in 210 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,720 Speaker 3: our regulatory state, things are so complicated, things are so 211 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 3: mired in complexity that that that you can violate you know, 212 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 3: you step on a wetland than your backyard. And and 213 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 3: and you know there's an old line that a prosecutor 214 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 3: can indict a ham sandwich. Yeah, that that a prosecutor 215 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 3: goes in front of a grand jury. When a prosecutor 216 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:13,400 Speaker 3: goes in front of a grand jury, you know, there's 217 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 3: no defense attorney there. It's just the prosecutor and members 218 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 3: of the grand jury. And so I don't know what 219 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 3: they were looking for. I think they were looking for 220 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:25,199 Speaker 3: anything that could stick because this was a political prosecution. 221 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 3: Let me ask you this if and so Ben, I 222 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 3: just want to say, I'm really grateful they did not 223 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 3: find the pictures you send to me of you and 224 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 3: a pink too too, because I just think that it's 225 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 3: not criminal. 226 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: All the league jokes that I send you about the 227 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: Ivy League snobs. I mean, Jack Smith probably ended up 228 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 1: going to one of those places that could have been 229 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: very bad for me. 230 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 3: I it you know it, it would have been And 231 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 3: I got to say, just the typos and misspellings that 232 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 3: that that you have in your text, that that alone 233 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 3: would have been a little bit bare too. So I'm 234 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 3: glad none of that. 235 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: Good news is they're very hard to decipher when you're 236 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 1: if there, if it's in front of you know, Congress, 237 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: Like it's what was been really trying to say. 238 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 2: And I'm like, you're welcome. 239 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 3: I will tell you about as I talked to AT 240 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 3: and T today and I said, look, you guys got 241 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 3: to start a marketing campaign and shift to AT and T. 242 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 3: We'll we'll protect your stuff. Like yeah, we're like, who 243 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 3: knows to them? Look, I I don't have a good 244 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 3: answer to that. But but but but I did. Uh. 245 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,439 Speaker 3: And I didn't know about this until just a few 246 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 3: days ago. So this was when the first news broke. 247 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 3: I like, I was joking that I felt excluded, but 248 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 3: it wasn't entirely a joke. And and then I was like, oh, okay, 249 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 3: that makes sense, and uh. 250 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 2: And here we are. 251 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: Being able to protect my family is so important to me. 252 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: And it's one of the things that I want you 253 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 1: to know about how you can help protect your family 254 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: as well from those that may be trying to do 255 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: you harm. Now, for weeks I've been joined by Josh 256 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: from Burnham to share stories of how people just like 257 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: you and me have used Berna Launcher protect themselves and 258 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: their families. Now BURNA is a handheld pistol that fires 259 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: both connect grounds and chemical irritants to separate you from 260 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: an attacker. Josh just back today to share a true 261 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: story of how a man was able to stop two 262 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: pit bulls from harming him and his daughter using the 263 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: Berna SD. 264 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 2: Josh tell us the story. 265 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 4: You know, this story is great because I guarantee many 266 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 4: people have been in a very similar situation. So Kyle, 267 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 4: an Illinois resident, was walking his young daughter home from 268 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 4: a playdate just down the street from their house when 269 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 4: he noticed two unleashed pit bulls running down an alley 270 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 4: aggressively charging right at them. He quickly lifted his daughter 271 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 4: over a fence of a yard to put her in 272 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 4: a safe place, and drew the Burner SD that he 273 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 4: was actually carrying on him, and using a combination of 274 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 4: kinetic and R Maxford styles, Kyle fired five rounds of 275 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 4: the two pitbules, striking both the ground in front of them, 276 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 4: but also the dogs themselves. The dogs stopped in their tracks, 277 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 4: the rounds had an immediate effect, and both dogs QUI 278 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 4: ran the other way. The entire incident was also captured 279 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 4: on home surveillance video, allowing everyone to watch exactly how 280 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 4: Berna kept Kyle and his daughter out of harm's way. 281 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: Now, look, obviously the burner worked great in this case, 282 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: But why wouldn't someone choose to use a gun in 283 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: this case instead of a BURNA So many people ask 284 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: me that type of question. 285 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 4: You know, it's same. I get to ask that all 286 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 4: the time. And here we have a couple different reasons. One, 287 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 4: he may not be in an area where he could 288 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 4: carry a gun. Depending on the laws of your state, 289 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 4: it may limit where you can and can't carry a gun. 290 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 4: And two, look, nobody wants to kill these dogs, right, 291 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 4: Nobody wants to kill anybody but dogs either. If we 292 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 4: can use a lower level of force to affect a 293 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 4: safe getaway for us and everyone else, man, that's the 294 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 4: way to do it. And that's exactly what happened here. 295 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: If you want to be able to protect your family 296 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: and you want to have something like this a left 297 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 1: lethal option, you need to check out burna You can 298 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: go right now to burna B. Why r Ina dot Com? Again, 299 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: that's burna B. Why RNA dot com. You'll understand after 300 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,080 Speaker 1: you see the videos exactly why I carry this in 301 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: every car We have burn up by RNA dot com. 302 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 1: All right, final question on this, what is gonna be 303 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: the response from Congress? Will there be any to this 304 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: or is this just old administration abusive power? 305 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: It is what it is. 306 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: We're gonna move on, or is there going to be 307 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: a way to make sure like we have standards of 308 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,920 Speaker 1: this is not allowed to happen and that people are 309 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: held accountable for this. 310 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 3: Look, I think we're going to see hearings. I think 311 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 3: we've we've we've got hearings coming in the House. I 312 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 3: think we'll see hearings in the Senate. I will tell 313 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 3: you the nine of us who were targeted, we're we're 314 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 3: talking to each other because we want to prevent this. 315 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 3: We want to prevent a subsequent DOJ from doing this, 316 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 3: from spying on their political opponents, particularly in Congress. The 317 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 3: executive doesn't have the ability to go engage in spying 318 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 3: on members of the opposing party in Congress. That is 319 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 3: an abuse of power. It is it is politicization and 320 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 3: that this higher effort. So so this prosecution was called 321 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 3: Arctic Frost. And I think this is going to be 322 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 3: the Watergate of the Biden do o J. I think 323 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 3: it is a demonstration that Jack Smith was a partisan 324 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,560 Speaker 3: prosecutor who was drunk on power and and and and 325 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 3: I don't believe Jack Smith made this decision on his own. 326 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 3: I think the decision making goes all the way up. 327 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 3: I think it goes up to the Attorney General. I 328 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 3: think it goes up to the White House. And and 329 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 3: so I expect number one, some some real investigation and 330 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 3: hopefully transparency in terms of who approved let's go spy 331 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 3: on members of Congress and and and and and that 332 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 3: that I think we're going to work to have some 333 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 3: real transparency on and that. I think we're gonna look 334 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 3: at real and concrete steps we can take to make 335 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 3: sure this never happens again, because this kind of there 336 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 3: is there. 337 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: A part of you that just thinks like maybe this 338 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:54,440 Speaker 1: has just been going on and never really stopped. After 339 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:58,120 Speaker 1: after you know, the the the the famous FBI director 340 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: that had you know, files on everybody, and people said, well, 341 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: we won't have that again. After Jagger. And now it's 342 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:08,639 Speaker 1: like they're just like they wild West. You can do 343 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: what the hell you want to if you're a Democrat 344 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:12,119 Speaker 1: and you're in charge. Like we can spa in the present, 345 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: we can spy the campaigns. We can go after people 346 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: in this situation room and the trap them. We can 347 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 1: try to go after their busines, associates, and their kids 348 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: and get them to turn against them, like Eric Trump 349 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 1: was talking about that on our show the other day. 350 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: If you missed that show, people should go back and 351 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: listen to He's like they were literally trying to turn 352 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's own children against him, threatening that your life's 353 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: gonna be over and you're gonna be in jail, so 354 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 1: you better get a get out of jail free card. 355 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: And now it's like yeah, and we were also spying 356 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:39,239 Speaker 1: on senators. I'm assuming some congressmen will come out like 357 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: who knows who's there? I mean, Charlie Kirk said recently 358 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,119 Speaker 1: before assassination. It came out that he said during the campaign, 359 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: we either win the campaign or I may go to jail. 360 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:55,120 Speaker 1: I actually believe now witnessing what we've seen, that that's 361 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: not far off from reality at all. 362 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 3: Look, the left was willing to weaponize the Department of 363 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 3: Justice in the FBI. As you know, I wrote an 364 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 3: entire book entitled Justice Corrupted, How the Left is weaponized 365 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 3: our legal system, and it talked about it actually started 366 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 3: with Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon tried to do that. And 367 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 3: and you look at some of the some of the 368 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 3: hair brain schemes that the Nixon Justice Department came up with, 369 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 3: including creating underground stings to to to get people, uh, 370 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,119 Speaker 3: to to get people on film taking drugs and with 371 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 3: prostitutes to use to essentially blackmail them and to go 372 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 3: after their political opponents. I mean, it was grotesque abuse 373 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 3: of power. And and and when when that came to light, 374 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 3: we actually saw an improvement. And there were a couple 375 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 3: of decades where I think this this receded and occurred 376 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 3: far less. And and then what Richard Nixon tried to 377 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 3: do to the justice system, Barack Obama succeeded in doing. 378 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 3: He came in as this this almost messiah figure, and 379 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 3: and and and do o j. Eric Holders Attorney General. 380 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,359 Speaker 3: You had lowist learner at the IRS. They began targeting 381 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 3: their political opponents, targeting targeting anyone that they disagreed with 382 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 3: and also protecting their friends. During the Trump administration the 383 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 3: first term, they went underground, but they waged war on 384 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 3: the president. These are the people that created fraudulent documents 385 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,400 Speaker 3: submitted to the FISA Court in order to in order 386 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 3: to try to go after President Trump. They wanted to 387 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,959 Speaker 3: reverse the results of the twenty sixteen election because they 388 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 3: were furious that the American people elected Trump. And then 389 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 3: during Biden they were open, they were flagrant. They were 390 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 3: out in the open, and they were abusing their power, 391 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 3: and I think they felt that the ends justified the 392 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 3: means and anything was acceptable. And so I think we 393 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 3: need to take real steps. Do I think this has 394 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 3: been going on forever and ever? I don't. I certainly 395 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,959 Speaker 3: hope not. I'm not aware that it has. There is, 396 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 3: there's ancient history, but it took really, I think, under Biden, 397 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 3: to to make it just as as viciously partisan as it. 398 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,199 Speaker 1: Wills came Yes, yeah, it will's came off, and no 399 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 1: one cared about the rules anymore. Clearly, it's it's incredible, 400 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: all right. So let's go to something else that is 401 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: obviously big. You were at the White House meeting with 402 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: the president. You guys are asked to come over and 403 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: check out the construction site that the left is losing 404 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: their minds over right now, By the way, can we 405 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: just talk about that for a second before we get 406 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: every shut down this is hysterical. There have been multiple 407 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: presidents that, by the way, have done different things to 408 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: the White House. The majority of the time it's actually 409 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 1: paid for by tax payers. This time, this is being 410 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 1: paid for by Trump and donors, so it's not costing 411 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: taxpayers of dime. It's a huge improvement to the White 412 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 1: House that every future president will be able to use. 413 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 2: I love that. 414 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 1: And yet the lies that are out there is that 415 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is like destroying the White House and he's 416 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: gone rogue and he's destroying America's house and it's gonna 417 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: cost you money while the government's shut down. There's there's 418 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 1: tons of Democrats out there putting it out there, going, oh, 419 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 1: so the government shutdown, but Donald Trump sting money on this, 420 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: implying that like this government shutdown doesn't involve his plans. Yeah, 421 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: because it's private money, you liars. So you were there, 422 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:14,360 Speaker 1: you saw it, and I'm sure it came up. 423 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 3: Yeah. So so we President Trump invited all the Republican 424 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 3: senators Uh to come over. Uh. And and we came 425 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 3: and joined him. We had lunch with him. 426 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 4: Uh. 427 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 3: He served cheeseburgers and French fries. I gotta say the 428 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 3: cheeseburgers were really good. That there was actually a rumor 429 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 3: he was going to serve McDonald's. 430 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, was it McDonald's because he did 431 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: that before when there was a shutdown. 432 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. Look, there was a rumor that is going to 433 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 3: serve McDonald's. And I think it is adder near the 434 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,480 Speaker 3: anniversary of when he went to work at McDonald's restaurant, 435 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 3: which was one of the classic moments of the campaign 436 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,879 Speaker 3: last year. Yeah, and so he did not serve McDonald's. 437 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 3: They were I think the White House chef made the 438 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 3: They were good cheeseburgers. They were actually they were quite good. 439 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,360 Speaker 3: And he was in as good a mood as I've 440 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 3: ever seen him. He was just happy. So we met 441 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 3: in the Rose Garden. And the Rose Garden it's right 442 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 3: off the Oval office and it is surrounded by rose bushes. 443 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 3: And it used to be like the ground was just 444 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 3: just a lawn and it was just grass. Yeah, and 445 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 3: it's interesting. The President talked about this quite a bit, 446 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 3: and you can actually watch it on TV. He was 447 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 3: on TV and the cameras were there as he was talking. 448 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 3: But he's a builder. He's excited about this that there 449 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,160 Speaker 3: was a joy as he was talking about this project. 450 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:28,000 Speaker 3: And he said, look, the rose garden. The problem was 451 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 3: it was grass. When it rained, it would get muddy. 452 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 3: You'd do events here and you're trudging through the mud 453 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 3: and the grass. He said, you know women would be 454 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 3: there for this. Yeah, women would be there in expensive 455 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 3: high heels. The high heels would be sinking into the mud, 456 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 3: they'd ruin their shoes, they would get upset. And so 457 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 3: what he did is is he built a patio instead. 458 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,920 Speaker 3: So he did not you know, I was told not 459 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 3: a single rose was killed. The rose bushes are all there, 460 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 3: but instead of the grass in the middle, he built 461 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 3: a white marble patio that is matching the stone on 462 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 3: the White House. So it's very much it's the same color, 463 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,080 Speaker 3: it's the same theme. 464 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 2: It clearly ties in aesthetically. 465 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 3: And it's actually beautifully done. Like I was impressed. And like, 466 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 3: for example, around the patio there are a series of 467 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,479 Speaker 3: drains and the way they built it, the drains are 468 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 3: an American flag where they have oh, I don't know, 469 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 3: probably at eight by eight ten x ten marble square 470 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 3: that is the stars, and then they have the same 471 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 3: size marble squares that is a series of horizontal slits 472 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 3: that are the drains, but they have them alternating so 473 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 3: it's clearly American flags surrounding it. All. That's cool and 474 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 3: it's really elegant. It's very well done, and it gives 475 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 3: a place to go and sit, and it was today 476 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 3: was a beautiful fall day, so it was a great 477 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 3: day to gather. And then the President is also building 478 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 3: a ballroom. You know, it's amazing. The White House does 479 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 3: not have a ballroom. 480 00:24:58,119 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 4: Correct. 481 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 3: The biggest room in the White House is the East Room. 482 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 3: But the East Room is not that big, Like if 483 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 3: you're doing a seated dinner there, you can tight maybe 484 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 3: eighty people there. 485 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 2: I've been in there for dinner. 486 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: It is I mean it's like it's tight, like there's 487 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: not a lot of room to mingle, much less dance. 488 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 1: And I don't think if you've never been to the 489 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: White House, I do think this is something that people 490 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 1: I think they think it's a lot bigger than it 491 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: really is. It's really not that big. When you go 492 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: in the West Wing, for example, it's extremely tight. The 493 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 1: offices are tiny for the senior staff, even the chief 494 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,919 Speaker 1: of staff, the White House Press office. Every office is 495 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: extremely It's like a closet with a door. 496 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,359 Speaker 2: That's the best way I can describe it. 497 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: The East Wing, by the way, and one of my 498 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: dear friends worked for Laura Bush and in her office, 499 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:45,720 Speaker 1: so I was over there a lot and actually go 500 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 1: see the dogs, and so that they always had the 501 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: dogs in the East wings, so like if you want 502 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: to break just to get away, we would go over 503 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: there and you'd give a treat, play the dog, throw 504 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 1: the ball outside on the White House lawn. But it 505 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: was also very tiny because it just it was not 506 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: built for what our government and is today. Even the 507 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: size of the staff, like the White House, the First 508 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: Lady's staff was nothing. In the First Lady's role was 509 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 1: nothing compared to what it is in twenty twenty five. 510 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 1: So when they're like we're gonna expand this out on 511 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: the east side, it's like that makes sense, Like this 512 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: should have probably been done thirty years ago. 513 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 3: And there's a whole history of presidents going back more 514 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 3: than a century of making additions to the White House. 515 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 3: Adding the West Wing adding the oval office, adding the 516 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 3: second floor, adding an indoor swimming pool, and then Richard 517 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 3: Dixon filled the indoor swimming pool. It was actually very 518 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:31,680 Speaker 3: Yeah look look. 519 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 1: By the way, hold on, go back to the swimming 520 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: pool story. That's a good one. 521 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. So so Trump was telling the swimming swimming pool 522 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 3: story and he said, you know, when JFK was was president, 523 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 3: Jackie would come by and she'd say, wait, am I 524 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 3: here because this was an indoor swimming pool. Yeah, And 525 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 3: Jackie's like, am I hearing women? And Trump was saying 526 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 3: the Secret Service said no, no, no, ma'am, no, no, no, 527 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 3: there are no women in there. You have to move on. 528 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 3: And you know, it was it was a very funny, 529 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 3: like like like riff. And then when Nixon came in 530 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 3: and he filled up the swimming pool and turned it 531 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 3: into the to the press briefing room. Yeah, and so 532 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 3: that's that's where the you know, the White House press 533 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 3: briefings are today is they're literally standing on top of 534 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 3: what used to be the indoor swimming pool. Those previous 535 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 3: many of those previous revisions use tax paramonney. Trump is 536 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 3: not using tax paramoney. The building the patio, uh was 537 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 3: not done to. 538 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 2: The American flag. 539 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: He just put up the two big American flags he's 540 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: put up as a great example of that. 541 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 3: And the ballroom that they're the project is expected to 542 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 3: be over two hundred million dollars. It's going to be 543 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 3: a beautiful ballroom. They're they're building it. They're they're talking 544 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 3: about it being able to see six seven hundred people. 545 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 3: And and by the way, every subsequent president will use 546 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 3: that if you're doing a state dinner, if you're doing gathering, 547 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:48,119 Speaker 3: the ability to host a larger gathering is is a 548 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 3: very useful thing for a president to be able to do, 549 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 3: regardless of your party. I mean, it will be a 550 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 3: real and material improvement to the White House. And I 551 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 3: got to say, just listening to the President talk about it, 552 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 3: he's so out. He likes building things. 553 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 2: I mean, I mean that's roots like this is this 554 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 2: is him at a core well. 555 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 3: And then so we had a lunch and he was 556 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 3: talking about the shutdown. He was talking about everything that's 557 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 3: going on. And then afterwards he said, okay, and I 558 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,159 Speaker 3: want to ask all you guys come on into the 559 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 3: Oval office with me and join me in the Oval. 560 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 3: So we had you know, there are fifty plus of 561 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 3: us there. So we all came into the Oval, which 562 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 3: is not that big, and we crowded around and and 563 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 3: Trump took us back to what he calls the Monica 564 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 3: Lewinsky Room. Yes, it's not complicated to figure out why 565 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 3: he calls that the Monica Lewinsky Room. 566 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,719 Speaker 1: It's now the Great Gift Shop, and that you cannot 567 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:38,920 Speaker 1: buy anything in You're only gifted it directly from the President. 568 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 3: So so it's the room where where Bill Clinton was 569 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 3: alone and shall we say, stained the blue dress with Monica. 570 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 3: I have to admit I. 571 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 2: Love about you, say, shall we say? I like that? 572 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 2: That was nice? 573 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 3: I have to admit I was. I was tempted to 574 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 3: suggest to President Trump that he actually put up a 575 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 3: sign naming it the Monica Lewinsky Room. But but but 576 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 3: I haven't yet. I might suggest that to him, because 577 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 3: I actually think he there's a good chance he did, 578 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 3: by the way he created the Hall of Presidents along 579 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 3: the Rose Garden, where he has a photograph or of 580 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 3: every president. He starts with Washington, he's either a photograph 581 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 3: or painting of every president going up to forty five 582 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:21,840 Speaker 3: and forty seven, obviously both him, uh and in between 583 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:23,880 Speaker 3: forty six. Instead of a picture of Joe Biden is 584 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 3: a picture of the Autopen, which is just hysterical, like 585 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 3: it's just it's that's the presidential picture along the Rose 586 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,720 Speaker 3: Garden is the Autopen because that's uh, that's who who 587 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 3: was president for four years. So he invites us all 588 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 3: into the Oval and and he's and then he takes 589 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 3: everyone into the mind and the Monica leitskey room is 590 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 3: not very big. It's ten feet by ten feet. I mean, 591 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 3: I mean it's it's a little office right off the oval. 592 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 3: So it's down in like a really short hallway and 593 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,600 Speaker 3: it's to the left and as he's basically put a 594 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 3: gift shop there, and he has all sorts of bling. 595 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: All right, So if you're watching the video, here's one 596 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: of the blings. That's something that that he gave me 597 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: when I was there, and and like it's he's got 598 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 1: it's all this kind of stuff, and it's like and 599 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: then he and then I always like this one because 600 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: he always like he's like Ben, he goes give it, 601 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: make sure you get your kids taken care of. So 602 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: the presidential m and ms, he'll have those in they're 603 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: the best part is the eminem on the back that's 604 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: what my kids love the most. This just random tokens 605 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: on my desk here. By the way, the kids, if 606 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: you you know that, they don't care that much because 607 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: the eminem's are gone. 608 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 2: They're like, we're going to eat those. Yet I'm like, 609 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 2: all right, you might want to save the box. 610 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 3: So so, and he's got tons of hats. He's got 611 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 3: maga hats. He's got Trump twenty twenty eight, which he 612 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 3: was laughing. 613 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 2: He says. 614 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 3: He says, this drives the press crazy. They just lose 615 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 3: their mind when when I have Trump twenty twenty eight. 616 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 3: He had cuff links and and he had and he 617 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 3: told every center take whatever you want, like just rab 618 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 3: whatever you want. It's all it's all free. He's paying 619 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,520 Speaker 3: for it all. And so like I got there's a 620 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 3: very cool golf towel that they had that I just 621 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 3: got me one. 622 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 1: Thank you way to look out for your co host here. 623 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 1: I have preciate you getting me a golf towel. Because 624 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: you don't play golf. That means a lot. That means 625 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: a whole lot to me. 626 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 3: It's a beautiful golf tow nice seal you are. It 627 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 3: has Donald Trump's signature, it's it's gorgeous. 628 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,480 Speaker 1: By the way, I just want the audience to be clear, 629 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: he did not commit that that golf towel is for me. 630 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 2: Keep going, okay, let's be clear. 631 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 3: You know the answer to that. But what is funny? 632 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 3: And so Trump said, hey, grab whatever you want. He said, 633 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,720 Speaker 3: I'll sign whatever you want. And he sat there for 634 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 3: thirty minutes at the resolute desk just signing stuff. Yeah, 635 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 3: and and what was funny. He was laughing. He made 636 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 3: this joke, but he's true. He said, it's amazing you 637 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 3: have like some stuff in the gift shop and suddenly 638 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 3: senators turn into five year old kids. I mean we 639 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 3: were literally lined up and being like, oh, that looks cool. 640 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,480 Speaker 3: I'm gonna greet like people were grabbing. 641 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,040 Speaker 1: He's got his prov one golf balls he's very proud 642 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: of with the presidential still on there. He signed with 643 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 1: those for one of my boys. And his cuplings, by 644 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: the way, are truly incredible. You've got a pair, right, 645 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 1: I do. Yeah, I mean they're nice. 646 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 3: And he's got like challenge coins he's made that are 647 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 3: about this big. I mean they're probably three inches in diameter. 648 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 3: They're really cool. And I have two on of my desk, 649 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 3: but I will confess, so he keeps the challenge coins 650 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 3: on the resolute desk right there. I will confess I 651 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 3: snagged two of those because I'm gonna give one to 652 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 3: each of my daughters. I figured that would be kind 653 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,720 Speaker 3: of a cool, you know, cool cool thing to bring 654 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 3: back home. 655 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 2: One hundred percent. 656 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: I want to take a moment and just talk to 657 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: you real quick about an incredible opportunity for you to 658 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: continue to expand your mind and learn, no matter what 659 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: your age is. Senator Cruz and I were at the 660 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: memorial service for Charlie Kirk, and one of the people 661 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 1: that spoke was the president of Hillsdale College, and he 662 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: talked about meeting with Charlie early on and how he said, 663 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 1: you're going to have to work hard, you're gonna have 664 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: to suffer, and you're going to have to continue to 665 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 1: learn when he was so young, and he talked about 666 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: all of the classes that Charlie ended up taking at Hillsdale. 667 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: I immediately said, I want the listeners of this show 668 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: to be able to have the same opportunity to do that. 669 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: There are amazing classes history, economics, the great works of literature, 670 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: the meaning of the US Constitution, and if you didn't 671 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 1: say these things in school, or maybe you did, but 672 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: you were, like, you know, just trying to check the 673 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: box and make the grade when you're twenty. Now is 674 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: a great time for you to go back and learn 675 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 1: so much more. Hillsdale College is offering more than forty 676 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: free I want to say that again, forty free online courses. 677 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: That's right, more than forty free online courses. You can 678 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,280 Speaker 1: learn about the works of C. S. Lewis, the stories 679 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: in the Book of Genesis, the meaning of the US Constitution. 680 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 1: I'm doing that when it's incredible, the rise and fall 681 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 1: of the Roman Republic, or the history of the ancient 682 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 1: Christian Church. With Hidale College's free online courses. Now I'm 683 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: also looking at the Constitution one on one. It's amazing. 684 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: I refresh your course and you can see and explore 685 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: the design, the purpose of the Constitution, the challenges it 686 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,520 Speaker 1: face in the Civil War, and how it's been undermined 687 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 1: for more than a century by progressives and liberals. This 688 00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 1: twelve lecture course is self paced, so you start whenever 689 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:15,359 Speaker 1: you want to, and it is truly amazing. So how 690 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: do you do this? You can go right now to 691 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:24,640 Speaker 1: Hillsdale Dot edu slash verdict to enroll. There is no 692 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 1: cost and it's easy to get started. That's Hillsdale dot 693 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: ed u slash verdict v E R D c T 694 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 1: to enroll for free and take any one of these classes. 695 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 2: Take advantage of it. It's free Hillsdale. 696 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 1: Dot edu slash V E R d I c T 697 00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:47,400 Speaker 1: verdict and go check out the amazing classes they have there. Senator, 698 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:51,720 Speaker 1: one more question on the center's meeting today. Serious question, 699 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 1: and that is give us a real update on where 700 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,760 Speaker 1: we are with a shutdown. We have the no King's Rally. 701 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,680 Speaker 1: I think your prediction of mine are going to be 702 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:03,319 Speaker 1: spot on. We're going to see some movement probably in 703 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 1: the next five, six, seven days. 704 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,600 Speaker 2: That's my gut. You know more. You were there today, 705 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,919 Speaker 2: What is it temperature? And where are we. 706 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 3: So look, it's hard to say. We keep voting. I 707 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 3: think we've voted eleven or twelve times to reopen the government. 708 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,240 Speaker 3: The Republicans are voting to reopen the government. I've voted 709 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 3: over and over and over again to reopen the government. 710 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,400 Speaker 3: And the Democrats are voting party line to keep the 711 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 3: government shut down. We've had to date only three Democrats 712 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 3: have voted to reopen the government. Everyone else has voted. Now. Now, 713 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 3: the reason that matters is is in order to pass 714 00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 3: legislation funding the government, you need sixty votes in the 715 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 3: Senate under the Senate rules. If you can't get sixty votes, 716 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,399 Speaker 3: you can't pass it. We only have fifty three Republicans. 717 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 3: That means we need at least seven Democrats. If we're 718 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 3: getting three Democrats, we don't have the votes. Now at 719 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 3: some point that is going to change. What's interesting is 720 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 3: it's not just the radical left. It's not just the 721 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,879 Speaker 3: Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warrens who are voting to shut 722 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,800 Speaker 3: the government down. It's not just Chuck Schumer who's terrified 723 00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 3: of being primary by AOC. It's everybody else. It's people 724 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,879 Speaker 3: who are claiming that they're moderates. They're voting to shut 725 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:11,000 Speaker 3: the government down. John Ossoff, who is the most vulnerable 726 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 3: Democrat in the Senate. He's running in Georgia next year. 727 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,280 Speaker 3: John Osoff has voted eleven times to keep the government 728 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,799 Speaker 3: shut down. It's very clear, even though Georgia is a 729 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 3: purple state, even though there are a lot of people 730 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 3: who are not happy that, by no stretch of the 731 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:33,439 Speaker 3: imagination is Georgia a radical left state, and yet it's 732 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,440 Speaker 3: clear Osoff is more afraid of the radicals at the 733 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,800 Speaker 3: No King's rallies than he is of just ordinary people 734 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:43,719 Speaker 3: living in Georgia. You know Mark Kelly, who says he 735 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,160 Speaker 3: calls himself a moderate, he keeps voting to keep the 736 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 3: government shut down in order for this to change. What 737 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,440 Speaker 3: you're ultimately going to see is seven eight to nine Democrats, 738 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,000 Speaker 3: I think, mostly retiring Democrats who are no longer going 739 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,840 Speaker 3: to face the voters, who are not worried about being primaried. 740 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:05,439 Speaker 3: At some point they're gonna say enough is enough, let's 741 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:08,400 Speaker 3: reopen the government. But I don't know if it's a 742 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,680 Speaker 3: day or two. I don't know if it's weak or two. 743 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,640 Speaker 3: I don't know. Look, we're having discussions that the things 744 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 3: could be shut down, you know, through Thanksgiving. One of 745 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:23,279 Speaker 3: the challenges is we're so tribalized and divided right now 746 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 3: that I think the Democrats are listening to an echo 747 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,759 Speaker 3: chamber of the radical base. Yeah, and their radical base 748 00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:29,880 Speaker 3: is happy with a shutdown. 749 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,200 Speaker 2: So yeah, so they want to burn it down. 750 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,239 Speaker 1: They want this country to fall, they want there to 751 00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 1: be a demise of our government, especially when they're not 752 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:37,840 Speaker 1: in charge of it. 753 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 2: If they're not in charge of it, they want to 754 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,840 Speaker 2: burn it down and listen. 755 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 3: On Friday, I went to Hobby Airport in Houston and 756 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,399 Speaker 3: I did a press conference there, and I pointed out 757 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,319 Speaker 3: that right now, they're fifty thousand TSA agents are going 758 00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:54,160 Speaker 3: into work who are not getting paid. Right now, they're 759 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,759 Speaker 3: fourteen thousand air traffic controllers who are going into work, 760 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 3: but they're not getting paid. And what we're seeing is 761 00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:05,120 Speaker 3: more and more delays. We're seeing flight cancelations. Hobby just 762 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,840 Speaker 3: today had a ground stop because they said a shortage 763 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:13,080 Speaker 3: of personnel air traffic controllers. And the Democrats, they don't care. 764 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:18,200 Speaker 3: They're perfectly happy. One Democrat told Politico said, we'll keep 765 00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:21,880 Speaker 3: it shut down quote until planes start falling out of 766 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:27,879 Speaker 3: the sky. Like that's how radicalized they are. And they 767 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,920 Speaker 3: don't care about the government workers. They're mad at Trump 768 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:36,839 Speaker 3: for paying the troops. And so look, I think at 769 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 3: some point sanity will prevail and they'll allow the lights 770 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,839 Speaker 3: to be turned on. I'll tell you what I've advised 771 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 3: the president. You know, the President referred to Russ Russ Vote, 772 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,640 Speaker 3: who's the head of OMB, the Office of Management and budget, 773 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 3: and he laughingly called Russ Darth Vader. He said, the 774 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:56,040 Speaker 3: Democrats are terrified because Russ is using the shutdown to 775 00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:01,440 Speaker 3: permanently lay off left wing bureaucrats who were advancing programs 776 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,200 Speaker 3: and priorities that the Democrats care about that are inconsistent 777 00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,960 Speaker 3: with the president's agenda. I think that's one of the 778 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,799 Speaker 3: keys to ending this shutdown, is continuing to do that 779 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:13,960 Speaker 3: and so making it painful to the radical left because 780 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,320 Speaker 3: they're losing. 781 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:17,080 Speaker 2: Their influence. 782 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,800 Speaker 3: Yes, and so this will end at some point. But 783 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,360 Speaker 3: honest answer, Ben damned if I know. 784 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,319 Speaker 1: When interesting, don't forget. We'll cover it all here. We 785 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,560 Speaker 1: do the show three days a week, Monday, Wednesday Friday. 786 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:30,760 Speaker 1: A lot of them we do on video. So also 787 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:34,359 Speaker 1: subscribe on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey 788 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 1: that subscriber auto download buttons. You don't miss an episode. 789 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,280 Speaker 1: We'll keep you update on what's happening with a government shutdown. 790 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,560 Speaker 1: You'll know about it, probably before a lot of others 791 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,759 Speaker 1: will because you get insider information. That's why I love 792 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,680 Speaker 1: doing this show and the Center. I will see you 793 00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,240 Speaker 1: back here on Friday morning.