WEBVTT - Border Wall's Last Stand

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<v Speaker 1>You are entering the freedom hunt the shutdown approaches, looks

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<v Speaker 1>like there might actually be a last stand to get

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<v Speaker 1>that border wall. After all. We'll go into the latest

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<v Speaker 1>from the White House, and also an update to the

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<v Speaker 1>story of the seven year old girl who died at

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<v Speaker 1>our southern border last week. The facts aren't what the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats seem to think they were. And finally, Sean Parnell

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<v Speaker 1>will join to talk about a Green Beret who faces

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<v Speaker 1>a possible death penalty for killing the enemy. That more

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<v Speaker 1>coming up on The buck Sexton Show. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>Buck Sexton Show, where the mission or mission is to

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<v Speaker 1>decode what really matters with actionable intelligence. Make no mistake,

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<v Speaker 1>You're a great American Again. The buck Sexton Show begins

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<v Speaker 1>the Sea Analyst Remember the NMPD. Whenever a president say

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<v Speaker 1>to the American people at Christmas time, I am going

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<v Speaker 1>to shut down your government, it pains me because I

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<v Speaker 1>know that that's going to make a bad pristiman for

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people. And I would say to the

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<v Speaker 1>President that a lot of people who have worked hard

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<v Speaker 1>and all they want to do is live their lives.

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<v Speaker 1>What is the president's plan and will he shut it

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<v Speaker 1>down to get this five billion in border wall funding.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to do whatever is necessary to build the

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<v Speaker 1>border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a This is a very if it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to it, absolutely, this is a very fundamental issue. At

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<v Speaker 1>stake is the question of whether or not the United

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<v Speaker 1>States remains a sovereign country, whether or not we can

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<v Speaker 1>establish and the force rules for entrance into our country.

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<v Speaker 1>The Democrat Party is a simple choice. They can either

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<v Speaker 1>choose to fight for America's working class or to promote

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<v Speaker 1>illegal immigration. You can't do both. Welcome the Buck Sexton Show.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Buck Saxon Show. It looks like there

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<v Speaker 1>might be a shutdown after all, folks. I'm a little surprised,

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be honest with you. I did not think that

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<v Speaker 1>we would be here. But it looks like the Republicans

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<v Speaker 1>may have found some backbone after all. Though I might

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<v Speaker 1>be speaking too soon. But notice how this turns into

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<v Speaker 1>a battle of narratives. This turns into who can make

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<v Speaker 1>the best appeal to the public. And you really had

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty good overview there, courtesy of a logic. Cummings

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<v Speaker 1>and Stephen Miller, the President's White House aide and policies

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<v Speaker 1>are of sorts on immigrations. Specifically, the left, the Pelosiites,

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<v Speaker 1>the shue Marians, I like that, the ancient shue Marians,

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<v Speaker 1>the Babylonians. They view this as just an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>say that Trump is reckless, that shutting this down before

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas is heartless. The Trump is the grin that if

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<v Speaker 1>in fact, there is a shutdown, and by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>I hope there is, I am. I am rooting for

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<v Speaker 1>a shutdown because this is a fight we need to have.

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<v Speaker 1>We need to see what the American people really think

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<v Speaker 1>when presented with this choice. But on the left, the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats offer up well, pretty much what you would expect

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<v Speaker 1>them to. They give you, Oh, it's so cruel and

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<v Speaker 1>heartless for the government employees that aren't going to have

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<v Speaker 1>their paycheck. Oh, it's terrible for people that are expecting to,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, spend time at the Grand Canyon facilities that

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<v Speaker 1>are run by the National Park Service, at so on

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<v Speaker 1>and so forth. And yeah, there there will be costs,

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<v Speaker 1>at least in the short term to a shutdown. There'll

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<v Speaker 1>be some inconveniences, but that's to be expected. There is

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<v Speaker 1>a trade off going on here. So on the one hand,

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<v Speaker 1>you have the fear of eighty percent or so of

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<v Speaker 1>the government still operating exactly as it is twenty percent

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<v Speaker 1>of our federal government. You know, keep in mind there

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<v Speaker 1>were whole departments of the federal government that did not

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<v Speaker 1>exist in living memory. I mean, entire agencies that weren't

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<v Speaker 1>even there. But we're supposed to believe that if eighty

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<v Speaker 1>percent of the government continues on, that's what's left out

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<v Speaker 1>of that equation is going to make it into dogs

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<v Speaker 1>and cats living together mass hysteria for the rest of us.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, I just I don't buy it, and I

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<v Speaker 1>know you don't buy it either. There have been I

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<v Speaker 1>think about a dozen or so shutdowns in the past.

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<v Speaker 1>We're all fine, We're still here. We don't live in

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<v Speaker 1>some mad Max dystopia, right, We're not all just running

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<v Speaker 1>to our nearest neighbor that has plenty of storable food, ammunition,

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<v Speaker 1>and tactical training. Although it's always good that I speak

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<v Speaker 1>to you team, because I feel like this radio audience

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<v Speaker 1>if things ever did get really bad, you know, if

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<v Speaker 1>the zombie apocalypse apocalypse came, I just put out the

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<v Speaker 1>Buck signal of the team Buck. I know I'd be fine.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys would have me covered. But nothing terrible is

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<v Speaker 1>going to happen. If the government shutsdown, it will all

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<v Speaker 1>be okay, but it will force a discussion. It will

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<v Speaker 1>force a debate in front of the American people, just

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<v Speaker 1>like the one that Trump tried to have with Pelosi

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<v Speaker 1>and Schumer last week. Will we get to hear what

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<v Speaker 1>do the two sides think about this? What do they want?

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<v Speaker 1>And I already told you the Democrats have they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to focus on. Oh the shutdown, it's heart Listen. Government

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<v Speaker 1>employees will get back pay. Congress has always made sure

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<v Speaker 1>that even if you're one of those furloughed federal employees,

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<v Speaker 1>that you get the pay that you were going to

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<v Speaker 1>get for the time period. And that wouldn't change here,

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<v Speaker 1>and nobody would want that to change here. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>they're showing up in good faith to do their jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>They shouldn't not have a job to do because of

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<v Speaker 1>Congress being unable to do its job. But that said,

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<v Speaker 1>look at the other side of the equation for a moment,

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<v Speaker 1>do we really think the status quo is sustainable? Because

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<v Speaker 1>the status quo is, the border keeps getting worse, Loopholes

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<v Speaker 1>are exploited, illegal immigration continues. Illegal immigration surges, drugs are

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<v Speaker 1>pouring into this country. They're killing over seventy thousand of

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<v Speaker 1>our fellow Americans. We have crime spiking, we have public

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<v Speaker 1>services strained. We have all these things tied to either

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<v Speaker 1>illegal immigration or the cartels, or a combination thereof. You'll

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<v Speaker 1>notice how the media really goes to great length to

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<v Speaker 1>speak about illegal immigration as though it is not at

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<v Speaker 1>our southern border directly tied to the cartels. Meanwhile, the

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<v Speaker 1>truth is that the cartels have broken up our border

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<v Speaker 1>into plazzas regions, and those plazzas aren't just for drugs smuggling,

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<v Speaker 1>they're for human smuggling too. And when we talk about coyotes,

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<v Speaker 1>we might want to start thinking about coyotes in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of employees of drug cartels, as in cartel members, people

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<v Speaker 1>that are associated with the cartels. And I'm sure they

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<v Speaker 1>don't just smuggle human beings either, smuggling all kinds of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what's on the other side of this. And then

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<v Speaker 1>you look at the long term reality here and what

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<v Speaker 1>happens to a country that has overwhelmed by the fecklessness

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<v Speaker 1>of its leadership, the processes of assimilation that are in place,

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<v Speaker 1>What happens to a country that has rapid change of

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<v Speaker 1>its demographics, with people coming into the country who the first,

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<v Speaker 1>their first act on US soil is illegal. Their very

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<v Speaker 1>presence here, their very first moment in America, is a

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<v Speaker 1>statement of their willingness to break US law and then

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<v Speaker 1>come here and are told by the left and Democrat

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<v Speaker 1>activists and our own media that they are owed this.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember that activist that I interviewed on the street last week.

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<v Speaker 1>They're owed because of US foreign policy. They're owed this

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<v Speaker 1>because of colonialism, because of white privilege, whatever the left

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<v Speaker 1>wing explanation is. And we also have a Democrat party

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<v Speaker 1>that's increasingly trying to enlarge the welfare state as it is,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet they won't privilege the interests of America's poor. First.

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<v Speaker 1>For the Democrats, a mouth defeat is a mouth defeat.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't care if it's an American mouth or a

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<v Speaker 1>foreigner who's come into this country and is getting access

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<v Speaker 1>to what is turning into the largest soup kitchen in

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<v Speaker 1>the world. The us of a these are very and

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<v Speaker 1>then we can talk about the labor market and the

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<v Speaker 1>labor pool and what this does to those who are

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<v Speaker 1>trying to work their way up or trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>into the middle class, who want some sense of economic

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<v Speaker 1>and professional security and want to be rewarded for a

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<v Speaker 1>hard day's labor. Turns out, if you dump countless, endless

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<v Speaker 1>amounts of low wage, non English speaking workers on the economy,

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<v Speaker 1>it has a negative impact on those who were not

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<v Speaker 1>fortunate enough to come from a background where they're likely

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<v Speaker 1>to go to college, where they're likely even necessarily to

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<v Speaker 1>finish high school. And this used to be gospel on

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<v Speaker 1>the left. They try to say this is all to right,

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<v Speaker 1>this is racism. To talk about a secure border is

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<v Speaker 1>somehow evil. Even though Obama used to talk about a

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<v Speaker 1>secure border. Obama says don't come here and bring your

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<v Speaker 1>children now. He was saying it because that's where the

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<v Speaker 1>American people were, and he wasn't going to win that argument.

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<v Speaker 1>The left, his left wing base, did not agree with

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<v Speaker 1>him on that. But they don't have an honest discussion

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<v Speaker 1>on this issue. They don't have the willingness to debate

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<v Speaker 1>these principles, these points as they are. It's always emotional manipulation,

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<v Speaker 1>it's always demagoguery, an emotional and psychological blackmail by screaming

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<v Speaker 1>that everyone else is racist, by pretending that the only

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<v Speaker 1>moral and decent point of view is to operate in

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<v Speaker 1>a state of de fact open borders, to pretend there's

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<v Speaker 1>no downside, only upside, no cost, only benefits, and we've

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<v Speaker 1>all had enough. The wall will be helpful. But the

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<v Speaker 1>wall is not everything. It's also it is not the

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<v Speaker 1>only thing. It's also symbolic of a willingness to do

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<v Speaker 1>something about this issue, to take action, substantive, meaningful action.

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<v Speaker 1>It might move the entire conversation at immigration. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>just we'll have a barrier that will assist border patrol

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<v Speaker 1>sector by sector, mile by mile. That's how this has

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<v Speaker 1>to be done. Maybe there's some areas where you need

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<v Speaker 1>very little, if any physical construction because it's inhospitable terrain,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no access roads and border patrol's got to cover.

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<v Speaker 1>But there are other places we're clearly like San Diego,

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<v Speaker 1>where there is a border fence. It helps, it works.

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<v Speaker 1>But not only would that prove that we have been

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<v Speaker 1>lied to by the elites, by the media, by the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrat Party on this whole concept of a wall, it

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<v Speaker 1>would show that we don't have to just continue to

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<v Speaker 1>suffer under this lawlessness covered up with dishonesty all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>that we don't have to accept this as the status

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<v Speaker 1>quo of the border. That's what the wall would do,

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<v Speaker 1>and it would be a progression. It would take time,

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<v Speaker 1>it would get stronger and better. The wall would get better,

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<v Speaker 1>but our conversation around immigration would too. And once we

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<v Speaker 1>have a firm grasp on our southern border, once we

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<v Speaker 1>don't have seventy thousand one month, one hundred thousand another month,

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<v Speaker 1>fifty thousand another month pouring into the country with the

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<v Speaker 1>full expectation they're going to be allowed into the country

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<v Speaker 1>because of this loophole about asylum. Once we have that

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<v Speaker 1>our control, then we can say, okay, what do we

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<v Speaker 1>really do now? What do we do now about the

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<v Speaker 1>illegals that are already in the country. But you can't

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<v Speaker 1>even have that discussion until you have a secure border.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't even look at what comes next. And by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, there would have to be deportations, not necessarily

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<v Speaker 1>of everybody who's in the country illegally, but there would

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<v Speaker 1>certainly have to be a review process in detail, in

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<v Speaker 1>depth of who are these individuals, how long have they

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<v Speaker 1>been here, can they prove it, how they've been productive?

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<v Speaker 1>Do we make them leave the country, reapply, and then

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<v Speaker 1>come back. I mean, what, that's all a serious conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't even have that conversation until the southern border secure.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't do it. It's nonsense. Democrats know this, which is

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<v Speaker 1>why they are desperate. I mean, they are hell bent

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<v Speaker 1>on preventing the border from being secured. I mean it

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<v Speaker 1>is their preference that this continue on. They can't say that,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's what and that's why the shutdown fight is

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<v Speaker 1>so important. People need to see the Democrats for who

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<v Speaker 1>they really are on this issue. They can't allow the

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<v Speaker 1>media or runcover for them. They can't just look at

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<v Speaker 1>the caravan, all the lies that were told with the caravan.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh there's no criminals. Oh they'll never get to the border. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's all fearmongering. Lie lie, lie, lies everywhere from the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest networks in the country, with one exception. Lies. Did

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<v Speaker 1>they change any of their behavior? Was there any introspection?

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<v Speaker 1>Was there any reflection from the mainstream media afterward? No,

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<v Speaker 1>of course not, because they have an agenda and they

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<v Speaker 1>are executing on that agenda. When they silence people by

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<v Speaker 1>calling them racist, when they claim that a secure border

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<v Speaker 1>is somehow the the wish only of the alts right

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<v Speaker 1>or of nationalists in this country. Meanwhile, it was a

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<v Speaker 1>bipartisan expressed through legislation, bipartisan desire just a few years back.

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<v Speaker 1>What has changed, Well, let's change. The Democrats have become

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<v Speaker 1>a party on social issues of people who are anti

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<v Speaker 1>science and just delusional. On the economy. They can't do math.

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<v Speaker 1>They think that socialism is going to solve things and

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<v Speaker 1>make things cheaper and better. They don't know history either.

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<v Speaker 1>And on the border, what they realize is that this

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<v Speaker 1>is the way that they can overcome all of their

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<v Speaker 1>other structural political deficiencies. Keep this issue going, use it

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<v Speaker 1>to mobilize the Latino base in America, use this to

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<v Speaker 1>create a whole new generations of Democrat voters, and in

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<v Speaker 1>the process, we're paying the bills in every conceivable way.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, team, we get a lot more. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>a show today that's going to cover a lot of ground,

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<v Speaker 1>including this this green beret who's facing a death penalty

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<v Speaker 1>charge for killing a Taliban bomb maker. We'll get into that.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll have my friend and Champarnel, former Army ranger, joining

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<v Speaker 1>talk about it. I've also got some of the sanctacomy

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<v Speaker 1>testimony today on Capitol Hill Man. That guy's ah, he's

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<v Speaker 1>a clown. And then we have more on this issue

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<v Speaker 1>at the border coming up. So a. Oh, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course Flynn and the firing of I'm sorry, the charges

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<v Speaker 1>rather against some of Flynn's former business partners, General Flynn.

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<v Speaker 1>So Stack show, we've got more. Come and stay with me.

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<v Speaker 1>the FBI has had legal counsel there to try to

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<v Speaker 1>discourage the answering of certain questions that might be good

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<v Speaker 1>for the American people to know, and yet oftentimes they

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<v Speaker 1>will suggest that it's part of an ongoing investigation and

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<v Speaker 1>discourage the witnesses from testifying. He has a huge advantage.

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<v Speaker 1>He has the clock. The administration, if you will, always

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<v Speaker 1>has the clock, and in this case, the clock is

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<v Speaker 1>running out. So what would normally be two hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>forty five, I don't remember two hundred and forty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Demands Department of Justice to provide at least some of

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<v Speaker 1>the information. He says he doesn't remember. There's no time

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<v Speaker 1>for that, And this Department of Justice, under no real management,

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<v Speaker 1>continues to withhold information and even cause him to withhold

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<v Speaker 1>information on those occasions of which he knew something. Komey

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<v Speaker 1>was given round two today of Komy Paluza twenty eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>which is like going to a rock concert where there's

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<v Speaker 1>no music and they only serve fruit juice, but not

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<v Speaker 1>even vaping aloud at komy Paluza. But Komey was there

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<v Speaker 1>today and it was exactly what I expected. Just the same, old,

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<v Speaker 1>the same old sancta Coomy doing what he does, being evasive,

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<v Speaker 1>being smarmy, not giving any real answers to any questions,

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<v Speaker 1>just generally being a pain and the one. And we

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<v Speaker 1>might get in a little more of this tomorrow because

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<v Speaker 1>I'll have more time to focus on this issue, and

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<v Speaker 1>I want to go back to our immigration battle in

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<v Speaker 1>a moment here. But I did want to just note

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<v Speaker 1>that Comey was testifying today. He was asked about what

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<v Speaker 1>he's done to the FBI's reputation. Play nineteen director Comy,

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<v Speaker 1>the FBI's reputation has taken a big hit over the

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<v Speaker 1>last year. Do you share any of the responsibility for that? No,

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<v Speaker 1>the FBI's reputation has taken a big hit because the

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<v Speaker 1>President of the United States, with his acolytes, has lied

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<v Speaker 1>about it constantly and in face of those lies. A

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<v Speaker 1>whole lot of good people who watch your network believe

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<v Speaker 1>that nonsense. That's a tragedy that will be undone eventually.

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<v Speaker 1>But that damage has nothing to do with me. So

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<v Speaker 1>what about McCabe, Well, the deputy director of the FBI,

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<v Speaker 1>they got fired. Did he do anything call me to

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<v Speaker 1>hurt the reputation the FBI? What about Jeter Struck working

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<v Speaker 1>on a case as a senior counterintelligence agent, talking about

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<v Speaker 1>how Trump is a blanking this and a blanking that

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<v Speaker 1>while he's investigating him. What about lista page He's a paramore.

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<v Speaker 1>That's just fine. Huh. She was the same thing. Oh,

0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:19.600
<v Speaker 1>what can we do to help Hillary? He's got on

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<v Speaker 1>the list? And what about Comee himself leaking information to

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<v Speaker 1>the New York Times via a cutout so he can

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<v Speaker 1>settle some political score. That's how important Komei thinks. He

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<v Speaker 1>is always always, remember this. Komy ultimately pretends to care

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<v Speaker 1>so much about the American people, but he cares so

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<v Speaker 1>much more about himself than the American people, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>evident in everything he does and says. Now, one of

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<v Speaker 1>the great tragedies that is going on in our country

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<v Speaker 1>today is the loopholes and our immigration laws, and the

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<v Speaker 1>deficiencies and immigration laws, and left wing activist judicial rulings

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<v Speaker 1>that incentivize the most vulnerable populations to come to our country.

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<v Speaker 1>Last year, administ last year, one hundred thousand unaccompanied alien

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<v Speaker 1>children or children traveling with adults showed up at our

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<v Speaker 1>southern border. President Trump took dramatic action, issued an executive

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<v Speaker 1>order directing illegal traffic to the ports of entry, but

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<v Speaker 1>a left wing activist judge issued a reckless nationwide injunction

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<v Speaker 1>of the President's order, putting thousands of lives at risk

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<v Speaker 1>and further enriching these grotesque as Stephen Miller is hated

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<v Speaker 1>by the left, largely because he's effective in talking about

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<v Speaker 1>immigration policy. I mean they hate him. They they protested him.

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<v Speaker 1>I walked past the protest last week, waiting outside of

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<v Speaker 1>his apartment, harassing him, not letting him, you know, get

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<v Speaker 1>a good night's sleep, bothering him. Why Well, because when

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<v Speaker 1>he speaks of immigration, he knows what the heck he's

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<v Speaker 1>talking about, and he does not mince words. What's going

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<v Speaker 1>on now is a scam. People are scamming our immigration

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<v Speaker 1>system thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and there

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<v Speaker 1>are millions who are here illegally. I'm I'm talking about that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about people that are using this loophole, this

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<v Speaker 1>idea that if you come to the border with a child,

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<v Speaker 1>now you deserve special and different treatment. So now people

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<v Speaker 1>are using in a sense, children as legal human shields

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<v Speaker 1>in order to get entry into the United States. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what they are doing. There's also while you have people

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<v Speaker 1>that show up with children that are not actually family members.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been that doesn't get reported a lot, but

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<v Speaker 1>this is happening. People who are showing up who are

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<v Speaker 1>human smugglers, human traffickers. The cartels are making millions, tens

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<v Speaker 1>of millions, maybe hundreds of millions, smuggling people and drugs

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<v Speaker 1>into the United States, maybe meaning that they're using some

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<v Speaker 1>of the people they're smuggling as part of their drug

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<v Speaker 1>running operation, and they're making billions selling drugs. And Stephen

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<v Speaker 1>Miller is just saying, look, they're not allowing the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>administration to even do what they're supposed to an immigration

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<v Speaker 1>Once again, what did we see on the Muslim ban. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the most it's the worst thing ever. Oh, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's so unconstitutional. It turns out it is constitutional. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it turns out that some activist judges on that when

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<v Speaker 1>we're wrong, it's that surprised. You know, of course not,

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<v Speaker 1>but we know what's really going on here. Stephen Miller

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<v Speaker 1>is saying, look, this one judge in this case, forget

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<v Speaker 1>about the Muslim ban for a second, which the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court said Trump was right and with it his authority.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember he's the commander chief. You know. Part of the

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<v Speaker 1>problem here is that the left does not think of

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<v Speaker 1>immigration as a security related matter. Is this is a

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<v Speaker 1>really political and culturally salient distinction between left and right. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't see any threat, any national security implication of

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<v Speaker 1>immigrant They just don't. They completely dismiss this idea that

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<v Speaker 1>any terrorists could ever come into the country via the

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<v Speaker 1>asylum program. Oh but that's happened. But they still say

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<v Speaker 1>that never happens. They dismissed the idea of the terrorists

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<v Speaker 1>or MS thirteen gang members. You know, you are more

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<v Speaker 1>likely in this country to die because a gang banger,

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<v Speaker 1>not to freak everybody out, but because a gang banger

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<v Speaker 1>you know, pops off a bunch of a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>rounds during a drive by, or or you know, or

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<v Speaker 1>stabs you in a in a robbery than you are

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<v Speaker 1>from a terrorist attack. So there's the security and law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement component of this as well. And you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>president has a duty to the citizens of this country

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<v Speaker 1>to prevent foreign criminal activity from coming into this country.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that is in the purview of the federal government,

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<v Speaker 1>in the executive branch, the presidents. That's a top that.

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<v Speaker 1>But the left rejects the idea that there's any national

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<v Speaker 1>security importance to the border. They reject the idea that

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<v Speaker 1>we need to care from a security perspective about what's

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<v Speaker 1>going on. And when you look at the seventy thousand

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<v Speaker 1>plus debts from opioids every year and how much of

0:24:13.240 --> 0:24:19.920
<v Speaker 1>that overdose rate comes from illegal drugs and the percentage

0:24:19.920 --> 0:24:22.399
<v Speaker 1>of those illegal drugs that are coming from the cartels,

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<v Speaker 1>they are a true they are a clear and present

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<v Speaker 1>danger to United States citizens. The cartels, and the cartels

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<v Speaker 1>are running a vast majority of the drugs across our

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<v Speaker 1>southern border. They're not flying them in on planes, they're

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<v Speaker 1>not floating them in on gun boats or on go

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<v Speaker 1>fast or any of that stuff. Yeah, occasionally you see

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<v Speaker 1>one of these drug runners with a submarine or something,

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<v Speaker 1>it's mostly running it across the border, sometimes via tunnels,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes in the pickup truck. But however it is, they're

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<v Speaker 1>taking it across our southern border, and we have our

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<v Speaker 1>government has an obligation to stop that. People are dying.

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<v Speaker 1>They are dying because of this, and a federal judge says, no,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't. You can't in any way influence immigration policy,

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump, when it comes to the asylum law that's

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<v Speaker 1>being abused. Notice how they're all about the law at

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<v Speaker 1>the front end and don't care at the back end.

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<v Speaker 1>The front end of asylum law is if you show

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<v Speaker 1>up and claim us and claim asylum and you pass

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<v Speaker 1>the initial screening, and the initial screening is basically, do

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<v Speaker 1>you have a credible fear? If you say yes, you

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<v Speaker 1>get led into the country. Notice how if you listen

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<v Speaker 1>to Democrats, that part of the law is sacred. But

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<v Speaker 1>the okay, if you then don't show up for your

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<v Speaker 1>immigration hearing, your asylum hearing, or you're denied asylum at

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<v Speaker 1>the hearing, you must be expelled from the country. That

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<v Speaker 1>part they fight tooth and nail. This is what democrats do.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't they don't reject all laws. They just reject

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<v Speaker 1>the laws. They don't like, but they are literal, they

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<v Speaker 1>are black and white on laws they do like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there can be no discretion, there could be no good

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<v Speaker 1>faith operation from their political opponents who are trying to

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<v Speaker 1>secure the border, trying to secure the country. And so

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<v Speaker 1>Miller pointing out that this one judge, this one federal judge,

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<v Speaker 1>is able to override the president on an area in

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<v Speaker 1>his purview. You know, it does force the question what

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<v Speaker 1>would happen if President Trump responded to an actual invasion

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<v Speaker 1>of some kind. Let let's say you know that the

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't know, let's say the Russians grabbed one

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<v Speaker 1>of the you know, one of the islands off Alaska

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<v Speaker 1>and Trump was going to respond to it with military force.

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<v Speaker 1>Could one federal judge be like, sorry, Congress has not

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<v Speaker 1>given you authority to do this, and would out override

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<v Speaker 1>the president. It's the little thought experiment you could run.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, this is ultimately, this really is about securing

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<v Speaker 1>the border. You know, Kelly and Conway. I get killing

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<v Speaker 1>Conway a lot of credit. Man, She's out there, she's

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<v Speaker 1>in the fight, and she takes so much incoming from

0:27:07.160 --> 0:27:10.320
<v Speaker 1>the left, and she is she is a fighter. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not easy to do I even feel sometimes like, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how much more of this defamation, you know,

0:27:18.760 --> 0:27:21.040
<v Speaker 1>I can take from from the lefties. They're just just

0:27:21.119 --> 0:27:24.239
<v Speaker 1>such a bunch of wackos. I'm just kidding, though, Shields high, right,

0:27:24.280 --> 0:27:25.720
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I can't can't be the slogan of the

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<v Speaker 1>show if I'm not going to hold my shield high.

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<v Speaker 1>But Kelly an said this about border security play three.

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<v Speaker 1>This is way beyond immigration or even the wall. This

0:27:33.680 --> 0:27:37.080
<v Speaker 1>is border security, and border security is national security. This

0:27:37.200 --> 0:27:40.840
<v Speaker 1>president has made clear that his primary duty to all

0:27:40.880 --> 0:27:42.840
<v Speaker 1>of us in this country tis to keep us safe.

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<v Speaker 1>And we see what happens when you have a poorous border.

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<v Speaker 1>You have poison like fencannel and heroin cocaine pouring over.

0:27:49.480 --> 0:27:52.600
<v Speaker 1>You have people trying to come here illegally. You have

0:27:52.640 --> 0:27:55.560
<v Speaker 1>people being promised by coyotes and others that they've paid

0:27:55.640 --> 0:27:58.320
<v Speaker 1>thousands of dollars to maybe more. This is a president

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<v Speaker 1>who knows that we as an have been spending billions

0:28:01.800 --> 0:28:05.120
<v Speaker 1>of dollars ever decades helping other nations protect their own

0:28:05.119 --> 0:28:07.320
<v Speaker 1>sovereign boarders. It's high time we do it here. There

0:28:07.320 --> 0:28:09.840
<v Speaker 1>were twenty six Democrats in the Senate who voted for

0:28:09.880 --> 0:28:13.280
<v Speaker 1>the Secure Offences Act in two thousand and six, and

0:28:13.320 --> 0:28:15.200
<v Speaker 1>they were none other. Let me just highlight a few

0:28:15.240 --> 0:28:19.360
<v Speaker 1>for you. Senator Joe Biden, Senator Barack Obama, Senator Chuck Schumer,

0:28:19.480 --> 0:28:23.960
<v Speaker 1>and Senator Ding Ding Ding Hillary Clinton. So what's happened

0:28:24.000 --> 0:28:26.040
<v Speaker 1>on the border since the two thousand and six Secure

0:28:26.040 --> 0:28:29.679
<v Speaker 1>Offences Act was pat was voted on. It got worse.

0:28:30.080 --> 0:28:35.160
<v Speaker 1>It's more poorous, that's all true. It did get worse.

0:28:35.200 --> 0:28:39.040
<v Speaker 1>It is more porous. You cannot take Democrats seriously on

0:28:39.080 --> 0:28:41.240
<v Speaker 1>this issue. They are lying. Oh, we have more on

0:28:41.280 --> 0:28:45.840
<v Speaker 1>this though, more updates on the border coming up. This

0:28:46.000 --> 0:28:51.520
<v Speaker 1>is mad what USLBA, This is what Trump. Sure, he

0:28:51.560 --> 0:28:57.280
<v Speaker 1>doesn't have any law or care of combussion to anybody.

0:28:57.800 --> 0:29:02.360
<v Speaker 1>So I don't know why nation as a president like him.

0:29:02.560 --> 0:29:04.720
<v Speaker 1>So I hope you get rid of Trump soon. Where

0:29:04.720 --> 0:29:08.000
<v Speaker 1>does the brain line? First? First, the people that was

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<v Speaker 1>involved directly, but they must or they act under orders

0:29:14.200 --> 0:29:17.080
<v Speaker 1>from somebody else, And so you have to go all

0:29:17.160 --> 0:29:22.120
<v Speaker 1>the way to the top. And the language, it's more

0:29:22.160 --> 0:29:27.200
<v Speaker 1>aggressive than physical violence. Speaking the way Trump speaks is

0:29:27.240 --> 0:29:32.960
<v Speaker 1>not good for this nation. Change and change soon. Hurgan

0:29:33.080 --> 0:29:35.680
<v Speaker 1>man going to be there for long. So that's the

0:29:36.000 --> 0:29:39.960
<v Speaker 1>former president of Mexico. It Sente Fox doing exactly what

0:29:40.000 --> 0:29:43.840
<v Speaker 1>a lot of the media did, which was find a

0:29:43.920 --> 0:29:46.720
<v Speaker 1>way to use the death of a seven year old

0:29:46.800 --> 0:29:52.600
<v Speaker 1>girl at the border to not just blame Trump's immigration policy,

0:29:52.640 --> 0:29:56.880
<v Speaker 1>but you really go after the president of the United States.

0:29:56.920 --> 0:29:59.560
<v Speaker 1>I mean, make this as though, as though Trump himself

0:30:00.120 --> 0:30:06.160
<v Speaker 1>refuse to give this this girl who was malnourished and dehydried,

0:30:06.160 --> 0:30:08.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, to give her water to drink. Trump is

0:30:08.640 --> 0:30:14.520
<v Speaker 1>just no, he is so mean. These people are are crazy.

0:30:15.280 --> 0:30:19.040
<v Speaker 1>These people are not operating with a with a rational mindset.

0:30:19.600 --> 0:30:21.840
<v Speaker 1>And the President of the United States is in no

0:30:21.960 --> 0:30:26.240
<v Speaker 1>way not ass he's not responsible for this. To claim

0:30:26.360 --> 0:30:30.320
<v Speaker 1>that that the president would feel anything other than other

0:30:30.360 --> 0:30:33.200
<v Speaker 1>than sheer horror at this, I mean, look, say, there's

0:30:33.240 --> 0:30:34.480
<v Speaker 1>a lot of things you can say with this president,

0:30:34.480 --> 0:30:37.400
<v Speaker 1>a lot of criticisms of him, but you know, I

0:30:37.480 --> 0:30:40.360
<v Speaker 1>think that he's actually a very sympathetic guy. I think

0:30:40.360 --> 0:30:43.600
<v Speaker 1>that he gives people too many chances. I think that

0:30:43.680 --> 0:30:46.760
<v Speaker 1>he gives people the benefit of the doubt. I think

0:30:46.800 --> 0:30:51.400
<v Speaker 1>that he views, you know, loyalty as something that's so

0:30:51.440 --> 0:30:54.200
<v Speaker 1>important that sometimes he does place it above confidence. But

0:30:54.240 --> 0:30:56.000
<v Speaker 1>more than anything else, I think he's a he's a

0:30:56.040 --> 0:30:58.680
<v Speaker 1>guy who likes to give people second chances. He's a

0:30:58.680 --> 0:31:01.840
<v Speaker 1>guy who likes to see what's what's better in folks

0:31:01.880 --> 0:31:05.080
<v Speaker 1>than what they may even see in themselves. And I

0:31:05.160 --> 0:31:07.880
<v Speaker 1>think that he is very I think he's very sympathetic.

0:31:07.920 --> 0:31:11.760
<v Speaker 1>I think that he you know, he likes people. You know,

0:31:11.760 --> 0:31:14.200
<v Speaker 1>I don't think Nancy Pelosi's very sympathetic. I'm just gonna

0:31:14.200 --> 0:31:15.840
<v Speaker 1>call it out. I mean, I think Trump is somebody

0:31:15.840 --> 0:31:21.080
<v Speaker 1>who really Trump cares about construction workers, he cares about

0:31:21.120 --> 0:31:25.120
<v Speaker 1>truck drivers, he cares about normal everyday folks. He's not

0:31:25.160 --> 0:31:28.000
<v Speaker 1>one of them, not saying to him, and he doesn't

0:31:28.000 --> 0:31:29.160
<v Speaker 1>pretend to me one of them. But I think he

0:31:29.160 --> 0:31:33.040
<v Speaker 1>does care about them. And the notion that he wouldn't

0:31:33.040 --> 0:31:34.440
<v Speaker 1>care about a seven year old girl to the boarder,

0:31:34.440 --> 0:31:38.880
<v Speaker 1>this is terrible. I mean, Trump fired off missiles because

0:31:38.920 --> 0:31:41.800
<v Speaker 1>of a chemical weapons attack in Syria and because of

0:31:41.800 --> 0:31:44.760
<v Speaker 1>the photos of children that were gasping for error that

0:31:44.760 --> 0:31:49.560
<v Speaker 1>that we're dying in the Syrian civil war. So just

0:31:49.840 --> 0:31:52.040
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's just a slander. It is just a

0:31:52.120 --> 0:31:54.760
<v Speaker 1>slander to say that the president doesn't care about this.

0:31:54.800 --> 0:31:59.720
<v Speaker 1>And then when you go to the policies involved here. Well,

0:32:00.000 --> 0:32:01.720
<v Speaker 1>actually I don't even good policies. Let's just go to

0:32:01.760 --> 0:32:04.680
<v Speaker 1>the facts. You know, last week it was oh, look

0:32:04.680 --> 0:32:07.480
<v Speaker 1>at Trump. He's response with this, it's so terrible. Well,

0:32:07.480 --> 0:32:09.600
<v Speaker 1>when you talk to the father of this seven year

0:32:09.600 --> 0:32:14.920
<v Speaker 1>old girl, here's what he said, Play thirteen. According to

0:32:15.000 --> 0:32:18.000
<v Speaker 1>DHS officials and the father, the young girl first started

0:32:18.040 --> 0:32:21.400
<v Speaker 1>showing signs of distress and vomiting during a ninety minute

0:32:21.400 --> 0:32:24.760
<v Speaker 1>bus ride to a Border patrol station in Lordsburg, New Mexico.

0:32:25.200 --> 0:32:28.000
<v Speaker 1>The girl died about twenty seven hours after being taken

0:32:28.000 --> 0:32:31.720
<v Speaker 1>into custody. The cause hasn't been determined. The father has

0:32:31.760 --> 0:32:34.840
<v Speaker 1>told officials he has no complaints about how border patrol

0:32:34.880 --> 0:32:37.960
<v Speaker 1>agents treated him and his daughter, and that he believes

0:32:38.000 --> 0:32:41.880
<v Speaker 1>everyone around them did everything possible to save the girl's life.

0:32:42.360 --> 0:32:45.600
<v Speaker 1>The father, all right, I feel terrible for this guy

0:32:46.240 --> 0:32:48.280
<v Speaker 1>because I have a lot of sympathy for people that

0:32:48.320 --> 0:32:50.800
<v Speaker 1>are trying to come into this country. Doesn't mean I

0:32:50.840 --> 0:32:53.560
<v Speaker 1>agree with or mka with those who are doing it illegally,

0:32:53.600 --> 0:32:56.560
<v Speaker 1>but I get it. It's a great country we live in.

0:32:57.000 --> 0:32:58.560
<v Speaker 1>We want to keep it great, though, If we want

0:32:58.560 --> 0:33:01.800
<v Speaker 1>to make this the beacon of freedom and prosperity and

0:33:02.040 --> 0:33:03.840
<v Speaker 1>dignity that it is for the rest of the world.

0:33:04.200 --> 0:33:06.280
<v Speaker 1>You know, we have to preserve it, and that means

0:33:06.320 --> 0:33:09.000
<v Speaker 1>the rule of law and sovereignty matter. But that doesn't

0:33:09.000 --> 0:33:12.680
<v Speaker 1>mean that I don't I don't feel sympathy for the

0:33:12.720 --> 0:33:15.640
<v Speaker 1>people that want to be here, that I don't understand

0:33:15.680 --> 0:33:18.120
<v Speaker 1>that urge and that I don't You know, I get

0:33:18.160 --> 0:33:20.960
<v Speaker 1>it right, you get it too, Yeah, I mean, do

0:33:21.000 --> 0:33:22.240
<v Speaker 1>I think that you should be able to come here

0:33:22.280 --> 0:33:25.280
<v Speaker 1>just because you know, Honduras isn't really bad shape? No?

0:33:25.480 --> 0:33:27.960
<v Speaker 1>But do I feel badly that Honduras is in such

0:33:28.000 --> 0:33:30.040
<v Speaker 1>bad shape? I mean, you know, on an individual basis,

0:33:30.080 --> 0:33:32.640
<v Speaker 1>do I feel for people that are trapped in poverty

0:33:32.680 --> 0:33:36.160
<v Speaker 1>and misery and have no way of bettering their lives? Yeah,

0:33:36.200 --> 0:33:40.680
<v Speaker 1>I absolutely do. I think that's a basic human feeling

0:33:40.760 --> 0:33:44.160
<v Speaker 1>that we all have, at least we as Americans have.

0:33:44.240 --> 0:33:45.920
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I can't speak to the way that other

0:33:45.960 --> 0:33:49.840
<v Speaker 1>places in the world view other countries, but certainly that's

0:33:49.840 --> 0:33:53.840
<v Speaker 1>the way that we are, we the American people. But

0:33:54.160 --> 0:33:56.600
<v Speaker 1>the father is saying even that that he has no

0:33:56.640 --> 0:34:01.000
<v Speaker 1>complaints about what the HS did because he knows he airlifted.

0:34:01.080 --> 0:34:03.400
<v Speaker 1>He's seven year old to a hospital. I mean, he

0:34:03.680 --> 0:34:06.680
<v Speaker 1>put her in a helicopter. They had people meet her, right,

0:34:07.040 --> 0:34:09.240
<v Speaker 1>she was fine. They checked her, she was fine. Nobody

0:34:09.280 --> 0:34:11.680
<v Speaker 1>thought she wasn't fine. The father didn't note that she

0:34:11.800 --> 0:34:15.400
<v Speaker 1>wasn't fine, and you know, she wasn't showing any signs

0:34:15.400 --> 0:34:18.239
<v Speaker 1>of anything. They're they're overwhelmed as it is with all

0:34:18.239 --> 0:34:20.239
<v Speaker 1>these people who were coming into the country right now,

0:34:20.320 --> 0:34:23.239
<v Speaker 1>trying to you know, find any way, any loophole to

0:34:23.280 --> 0:34:26.799
<v Speaker 1>stay here. But there's no outward signs. There's nothing to

0:34:26.840 --> 0:34:30.520
<v Speaker 1>point to to suggest that anything is amiss. And the

0:34:30.640 --> 0:34:33.760
<v Speaker 1>moment that there was, they had they had emergency workers

0:34:33.800 --> 0:34:35.920
<v Speaker 1>meet at the bus because the girl was having a

0:34:35.920 --> 0:34:39.399
<v Speaker 1>seizure on the bus, and they emergency workers met her.

0:34:39.440 --> 0:34:41.640
<v Speaker 1>She had been offered I believe, food and water, according

0:34:41.680 --> 0:34:43.799
<v Speaker 1>to the reports that I read, and they took her

0:34:43.880 --> 0:34:45.440
<v Speaker 1>right to the airport. I mean they're doing I mean

0:34:45.600 --> 0:34:48.040
<v Speaker 1>right to the hospital rather airlifted her with a helicopter.

0:34:48.680 --> 0:34:50.360
<v Speaker 1>And I'm not saying that, of course they should do that.

0:34:50.480 --> 0:34:54.160
<v Speaker 1>Anybody who's in mortal peril should be treated in this

0:34:54.200 --> 0:34:57.040
<v Speaker 1>way in this country. That's who we are. But let's

0:34:57.040 --> 0:34:59.759
<v Speaker 1>not pretend they that airlift ride and everything else. I mean,

0:34:59.760 --> 0:35:01.000
<v Speaker 1>if it's are to add this up, I mean that

0:35:01.120 --> 0:35:05.400
<v Speaker 1>the cost of that's probably ten or fifteen grand. I mean,

0:35:05.400 --> 0:35:08.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, let's not act like they didn't do anything.

0:35:08.320 --> 0:35:11.120
<v Speaker 1>That's all I'm saying. Let's not act like the government said, yeah,

0:35:11.160 --> 0:35:13.960
<v Speaker 1>you know, too bad, you're not one of us. Furthest

0:35:14.000 --> 0:35:18.400
<v Speaker 1>thing from it. And it's so unfair what the Democrats

0:35:18.440 --> 0:35:22.600
<v Speaker 1>did last week, what the Schumer Pelosi left wing loons

0:35:23.280 --> 0:35:25.839
<v Speaker 1>were running with, wasn't just an attack on Trump, although

0:35:25.880 --> 0:35:28.239
<v Speaker 1>that was obviously very high on the agenda. It's also

0:35:28.280 --> 0:35:30.040
<v Speaker 1>attack on the men and women of border patrol and

0:35:30.080 --> 0:35:33.160
<v Speaker 1>Immigration and Customs Service who are doing a hard job

0:35:33.200 --> 0:35:37.399
<v Speaker 1>that we need them to do every day, and they

0:35:37.480 --> 0:35:42.160
<v Speaker 1>were being thrown under the bus by Democrats pandering to

0:35:42.200 --> 0:35:46.200
<v Speaker 1>the open borders maniacs in this country. And it's unacceptable.

0:35:47.080 --> 0:35:48.880
<v Speaker 1>All right, those be the men and women of our

0:35:48.920 --> 0:35:51.239
<v Speaker 1>border patrol are men and women just like you and me.

0:35:51.360 --> 0:35:54.840
<v Speaker 1>They are Americans, they're doing a hard job. They have

0:35:54.960 --> 0:35:58.839
<v Speaker 1>their own husbands and wives, their own children. And for

0:35:58.880 --> 0:36:03.279
<v Speaker 1>anyone to suggest, as was so widely suggested, that it

0:36:03.360 --> 0:36:07.200
<v Speaker 1>was a indifference and policy failure last week that led

0:36:07.239 --> 0:36:09.640
<v Speaker 1>to that seven year old girl dying. That's a scandal.

0:36:10.560 --> 0:36:12.400
<v Speaker 1>But this is what we're you know, the scandal is

0:36:12.400 --> 0:36:15.680
<v Speaker 1>the lie. But this is what we're going to continue

0:36:15.719 --> 0:36:19.480
<v Speaker 1>to deal with because the left in it with its lust,

0:36:20.040 --> 0:36:24.319
<v Speaker 1>its thirst for power. The left is so thirsty for

0:36:24.480 --> 0:36:31.040
<v Speaker 1>power and authority. With that drive, they are willing to

0:36:31.080 --> 0:36:36.719
<v Speaker 1>do almost anything that will push them to lie and

0:36:36.800 --> 0:36:39.640
<v Speaker 1>to defame the men and women of Border Patrol. And

0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:43.879
<v Speaker 1>we need to be on guard because this was not

0:36:44.080 --> 0:36:46.239
<v Speaker 1>the fault of the United States people or the United

0:36:46.280 --> 0:36:50.719
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0:36:50.840 --> 0:36:52.840
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0:36:52.920 --> 0:36:57.160
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0:36:57.520 --> 0:36:59.640
<v Speaker 1>You know, you got to have vetted people working with you.

0:36:59.640 --> 0:37:01.440
<v Speaker 1>You need to know they're people you can trust, that

0:37:01.480 --> 0:37:05.359
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0:37:05.400 --> 0:37:09.320
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0:37:09.520 --> 0:37:12.880
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<v Speaker 1>dot com again, MYGVN dot com. It's an awful, awful ruling.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to fight this tooth and nail, and the

0:37:56.120 --> 0:37:58.040
<v Speaker 1>first thing we're going to do when we get back

0:37:58.080 --> 0:38:01.960
<v Speaker 1>there in the Senate is urge put a vote on

0:38:02.000 --> 0:38:06.400
<v Speaker 1>the floor urging an intervention in the case the judge.

0:38:06.640 --> 0:38:09.200
<v Speaker 1>A lot of this depends on congressional intent, and if

0:38:09.239 --> 0:38:11.560
<v Speaker 1>a majority of the House and a majority of the

0:38:11.600 --> 0:38:15.279
<v Speaker 1>Senate say that this case should be overturned, it'll have

0:38:15.320 --> 0:38:17.960
<v Speaker 1>a tremendous effect on the appeal. So great run in

0:38:18.040 --> 0:38:20.600
<v Speaker 1>for a country. We'll be able to get great healthcare.

0:38:20.600 --> 0:38:23.080
<v Speaker 1>We'll sit down with the Democrats with the Supreme Court

0:38:23.120 --> 0:38:26.160
<v Speaker 1>of Votes. We'll be sitting down with the Democrats said,

0:38:26.200 --> 0:38:29.319
<v Speaker 1>we will get great healthcare for our people. Let's say

0:38:29.400 --> 0:38:32.640
<v Speaker 1>repeal the new place hands a little bit differently. But

0:38:32.680 --> 0:38:35.560
<v Speaker 1>it was a big, big victory. All right. So the

0:38:35.600 --> 0:38:40.320
<v Speaker 1>big news that just broke, what was it over the

0:38:40.680 --> 0:38:44.440
<v Speaker 1>weekend It came out of the own Friday, is that

0:38:44.520 --> 0:38:50.480
<v Speaker 1>this judge US Distrecord, Judge Ried O'Connor of Texas, has

0:38:50.719 --> 0:38:56.879
<v Speaker 1>declared Obamacare unconstitutional. Yeah, it was Friday evening, this game

0:38:56.920 --> 0:39:00.560
<v Speaker 1>down unconstitutional, which people now say it puts the healthcare,

0:39:00.680 --> 0:39:05.000
<v Speaker 1>the healthcare law in jeopardy. I have I'm gonna I'm

0:39:05.000 --> 0:39:07.080
<v Speaker 1>gonna be honest with you as I always am. I

0:39:07.080 --> 0:39:10.160
<v Speaker 1>gotta get rid of that figure of speech. I've I'm

0:39:10.200 --> 0:39:13.120
<v Speaker 1>mixed about this. I have mixed feelings about this. And no,

0:39:13.239 --> 0:39:15.080
<v Speaker 1>it's not that I think Obamacare is go to think

0:39:15.080 --> 0:39:22.040
<v Speaker 1>Obamacare is unconstitutional. I think Obamacare is a badly constructed,

0:39:22.200 --> 0:39:28.080
<v Speaker 1>badly implemented, and long term, very destructive bill, both to

0:39:28.520 --> 0:39:32.120
<v Speaker 1>our legal order in this country as well as to

0:39:32.280 --> 0:39:35.520
<v Speaker 1>the healthcare that we receive. I think that it puts

0:39:35.640 --> 0:39:40.200
<v Speaker 1>us on oh oh oh and oh buckets all. I'm

0:39:40.200 --> 0:39:42.520
<v Speaker 1>like the kid is excited in the class to answer

0:39:42.560 --> 0:39:46.399
<v Speaker 1>his own questions. Apparently, oh call on me. But then

0:39:46.440 --> 0:39:49.400
<v Speaker 1>also the third point about it is that as somebody

0:39:49.440 --> 0:39:54.000
<v Speaker 1>who got I got into media during the Obamacare fight,

0:39:54.080 --> 0:39:56.680
<v Speaker 1>I mean the era of the Tea Party in Obamacare.

0:39:56.760 --> 0:39:59.120
<v Speaker 1>That's when I thought that, you know this, this was

0:39:59.120 --> 0:40:00.360
<v Speaker 1>the place out. I didn't want I work for the

0:40:00.400 --> 0:40:02.200
<v Speaker 1>executive branch. I didn't want to work for the Obama

0:40:02.200 --> 0:40:06.799
<v Speaker 1>anymore in sorry for the Obama administration in the CIA.

0:40:06.920 --> 0:40:09.560
<v Speaker 1>So I left and I wanted to do other things,

0:40:09.560 --> 0:40:11.960
<v Speaker 1>and I got this opportunity. Long story short about a

0:40:12.040 --> 0:40:17.160
<v Speaker 1>being here. I am years later, but I think Obamacare

0:40:17.239 --> 0:40:21.040
<v Speaker 1>is terrible. That all said, oh wait, no, no. The

0:40:21.400 --> 0:40:24.319
<v Speaker 1>thing that I didn't add into this is that it

0:40:24.400 --> 0:40:27.399
<v Speaker 1>was a step on the way to single payer. It

0:40:27.440 --> 0:40:29.400
<v Speaker 1>was a step on the way to single payer. That

0:40:30.000 --> 0:40:32.080
<v Speaker 1>I've been saying this many I mean, I'm not saying

0:40:32.080 --> 0:40:35.040
<v Speaker 1>that I'm like some prognosticator. Everybody's been paying attention, but

0:40:35.120 --> 0:40:40.640
<v Speaker 1>saying this takes us down the pathway toward single payer.

0:40:40.760 --> 0:40:44.400
<v Speaker 1>This takes us to a place where the government all

0:40:44.400 --> 0:40:46.040
<v Speaker 1>of a sudden starts writing the check. And once the

0:40:46.040 --> 0:40:49.920
<v Speaker 1>government starts writing the checks for some people's healthcare, then

0:40:50.880 --> 0:40:54.440
<v Speaker 1>that's how they try to get rid of employer provided healthcare,

0:40:55.400 --> 0:40:59.040
<v Speaker 1>because employers are going to be like, you know, forget this,

0:40:59.320 --> 0:41:00.960
<v Speaker 1>let's just have they write the checks for all of

0:41:00.960 --> 0:41:02.560
<v Speaker 1>our employees. Why do we want to do those? Why

0:41:02.560 --> 0:41:06.239
<v Speaker 1>don't we want to shoulder the increasing premiums and decreasing

0:41:06.320 --> 0:41:08.319
<v Speaker 1>level of care and all this other stuff. Forget that,

0:41:09.200 --> 0:41:12.719
<v Speaker 1>you know, let people get their their public option, people

0:41:12.760 --> 0:41:17.160
<v Speaker 1>get their own healthcare via the government. So those are

0:41:17.200 --> 0:41:22.600
<v Speaker 1>my One Obamacare is constitutional. Two it's crap, lousy and

0:41:22.840 --> 0:41:24.839
<v Speaker 1>bad for healthcare and bad for the rule of law.

0:41:25.320 --> 0:41:29.400
<v Speaker 1>And three it's it's just a way point on the

0:41:29.480 --> 0:41:34.080
<v Speaker 1>path to single pair, which has been Medicare for all

0:41:34.120 --> 0:41:36.879
<v Speaker 1>slash single pairer. Depending on what the Democrats actually go for.

0:41:37.160 --> 0:41:39.080
<v Speaker 1>I don't think they're going to go for true single payer.

0:41:39.120 --> 0:41:41.440
<v Speaker 1>They'll probably go for some expansion of the Medicare program

0:41:41.440 --> 0:41:43.960
<v Speaker 1>because people like Medicare. Okay, So then why am I

0:41:44.000 --> 0:41:49.400
<v Speaker 1>saying I'm mixed about it? Well, because the Republicans in

0:41:49.719 --> 0:41:51.960
<v Speaker 1>in what I think, I have to say, Republican Congress,

0:41:51.960 --> 0:41:58.720
<v Speaker 1>in a combination of gutlessness and lack of legislative skill

0:41:58.800 --> 0:42:03.600
<v Speaker 1>and foresight, Republicans do not have did not have a

0:42:03.800 --> 0:42:06.759
<v Speaker 1>replacement bill ready to go for this thing. You know,

0:42:07.000 --> 0:42:10.239
<v Speaker 1>how is that possible. How could we be in this

0:42:10.280 --> 0:42:13.680
<v Speaker 1>place whereafter I can't even remember how many it was.

0:42:13.719 --> 0:42:15.600
<v Speaker 1>I want to say it was dozens. It felt like

0:42:15.600 --> 0:42:18.760
<v Speaker 1>it was seventy. It might as well have been a million.

0:42:19.080 --> 0:42:21.400
<v Speaker 1>All these votes that they took on the floor of

0:42:21.440 --> 0:42:23.439
<v Speaker 1>the House either lived like a repeal or to play

0:42:23.520 --> 0:42:27.680
<v Speaker 1>all out of care. Okay, great, repealing plays Obamacare. Then

0:42:27.680 --> 0:42:31.000
<v Speaker 1>when it came time, we couldn't even get fifty one

0:42:31.040 --> 0:42:33.400
<v Speaker 1>senators to vote for it. And we all know who

0:42:33.440 --> 0:42:38.319
<v Speaker 1>is responsible for the shortfall there. But at the end

0:42:38.320 --> 0:42:40.799
<v Speaker 1>of the day, Republicans did not get it done, and

0:42:40.840 --> 0:42:42.520
<v Speaker 1>we were told they would get it done. So I

0:42:42.520 --> 0:42:46.160
<v Speaker 1>think we're allowed to be very disappointed. And Republicans also

0:42:46.280 --> 0:42:52.080
<v Speaker 1>keep getting schooled in the demagoguery department here by Democrats

0:42:52.120 --> 0:42:55.000
<v Speaker 1>because it just this just turns into a fight over

0:42:55.120 --> 0:42:58.359
<v Speaker 1>pre existing conditions. That's all. That's all we ever hear

0:42:58.360 --> 0:43:02.160
<v Speaker 1>about prexist. The bill is, you know, thousands of pages long,

0:43:03.120 --> 0:43:05.000
<v Speaker 1>but it's just you know, oh, Republicans want to take

0:43:05.040 --> 0:43:07.200
<v Speaker 1>away your previusing conditions, and now it's Republicans want to

0:43:07.200 --> 0:43:09.520
<v Speaker 1>take away your healthcare. Those of us who also work,

0:43:09.600 --> 0:43:12.000
<v Speaker 1>saying that all they have to do is pass Obamacare

0:43:12.000 --> 0:43:13.600
<v Speaker 1>and you'll never really be able to get rid of it.

0:43:13.640 --> 0:43:18.920
<v Speaker 1>We're right, well, right, So you know that's an additional

0:43:18.960 --> 0:43:22.959
<v Speaker 1>layer here. I think Republicans don't look good on this.

0:43:22.960 --> 0:43:25.640
<v Speaker 1>This isn't a political winner for them because when they

0:43:25.640 --> 0:43:27.680
<v Speaker 1>had a majority in the House, in the Senate and

0:43:27.840 --> 0:43:31.560
<v Speaker 1>a Republican in the White House, it's you can't say, oh, buck,

0:43:31.560 --> 0:43:34.800
<v Speaker 1>they needed sixty votes because they couldn't get to fifty

0:43:35.400 --> 0:43:38.720
<v Speaker 1>plus one with the tie coming from Pence. They couldn't

0:43:38.760 --> 0:43:41.799
<v Speaker 1>get there. So it's irrelevant that they couldn't get to

0:43:41.840 --> 0:43:44.200
<v Speaker 1>the sixty because they couldn't even get to the fifty

0:43:44.280 --> 0:43:48.160
<v Speaker 1>that they would have needed here, So you know that

0:43:48.640 --> 0:43:53.440
<v Speaker 1>you got to remember that. So Republicans look look lousy

0:43:53.520 --> 0:43:57.520
<v Speaker 1>on this. And then also you know, I don't like

0:43:58.800 --> 0:44:04.239
<v Speaker 1>responding to a bad a bad decision of the judiciary

0:44:04.280 --> 0:44:08.080
<v Speaker 1>with with what I think is another weak decision from

0:44:08.080 --> 0:44:14.120
<v Speaker 1>the judiciary. You know, Obamacare is unconstitutional because of the

0:44:14.880 --> 0:44:20.360
<v Speaker 1>individual mandate compelling it's it's compelled commerce. Essentially, the government's

0:44:20.400 --> 0:44:22.600
<v Speaker 1>forcing it how to buy a product. And as much

0:44:22.640 --> 0:44:24.040
<v Speaker 1>as you and I can laugh, but how we think

0:44:24.040 --> 0:44:26.279
<v Speaker 1>the government should probably make people buy a Bible and

0:44:26.320 --> 0:44:29.160
<v Speaker 1>make people buy a firearm of some kind to keep

0:44:29.200 --> 0:44:30.680
<v Speaker 1>in their homes, and that would probably make for a

0:44:30.680 --> 0:44:34.480
<v Speaker 1>better country. Nonetheless, I would not advocate for that, Okay,

0:44:34.520 --> 0:44:36.560
<v Speaker 1>I do not advocate for the government forcing people to

0:44:36.680 --> 0:44:39.879
<v Speaker 1>buy a product just to be in this country. People

0:44:39.880 --> 0:44:42.320
<v Speaker 1>will bring up, oh, health, I'm sure, I mean auto

0:44:42.440 --> 0:44:47.080
<v Speaker 1>insurance and other things. That's that's a privilege that people

0:44:47.200 --> 0:44:49.000
<v Speaker 1>engage in. But look, that was at the part of

0:44:49.040 --> 0:44:50.600
<v Speaker 1>that was at the heart of the whole, at the

0:44:50.600 --> 0:44:53.480
<v Speaker 1>part at the heart of the debate before. But you know,

0:44:53.480 --> 0:44:56.799
<v Speaker 1>you don't you don't have to drive and be in America.

0:44:57.360 --> 0:45:00.239
<v Speaker 1>You know that that's a regulation on you do. You

0:45:00.360 --> 0:45:03.960
<v Speaker 1>have to have insurance under the Obamacare mandate, And that's

0:45:04.000 --> 0:45:07.359
<v Speaker 1>why they have this this penalty associated with it, which

0:45:07.520 --> 0:45:09.440
<v Speaker 1>they said was a tax, and it's a penalty. And

0:45:09.800 --> 0:45:12.400
<v Speaker 1>I think they did real harm to or notion to

0:45:12.480 --> 0:45:15.480
<v Speaker 1>rule a law by change what could be more of

0:45:15.480 --> 0:45:17.480
<v Speaker 1>a changing of planed words than saying something is a

0:45:17.480 --> 0:45:19.239
<v Speaker 1>penalty when it's attacked and it's at taxed when it's

0:45:19.239 --> 0:45:23.440
<v Speaker 1>a penalty, Wait, which is it? That's so, you know,

0:45:23.920 --> 0:45:26.640
<v Speaker 1>I don't think that this is a strong decision though

0:45:27.840 --> 0:45:31.640
<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's a strong decision because ultimately the

0:45:31.800 --> 0:45:35.919
<v Speaker 1>severability clause and the idea that because you don't have

0:45:36.000 --> 0:45:39.640
<v Speaker 1>the individual mandate, the individual mandate is necessary. The individual

0:45:39.640 --> 0:45:42.239
<v Speaker 1>mandate has not been struck from this thing by a

0:45:42.360 --> 0:45:46.680
<v Speaker 1>legislative act. It just is not being enforced. And the

0:45:46.760 --> 0:45:50.200
<v Speaker 1>decision to not enforce it via executive order is different

0:45:50.200 --> 0:45:54.120
<v Speaker 1>than an act of Congress to remove it. So I

0:45:54.560 --> 0:45:56.520
<v Speaker 1>don't think it's a strong discilce. I'm just gonna tell

0:45:56.520 --> 0:45:59.279
<v Speaker 1>you I don't think it's a strong decision, and I

0:45:59.320 --> 0:46:01.760
<v Speaker 1>don't mean to point people who are all excited, oh,

0:46:01.760 --> 0:46:05.160
<v Speaker 1>because I'm because it's not gonna last the Fifth Circuit.

0:46:05.200 --> 0:46:09.799
<v Speaker 1>This isn't the Ninth Circuit. The Fifth Circuit is a

0:46:09.960 --> 0:46:14.600
<v Speaker 1>pretty conservative at least as federal circuits go, as a

0:46:14.600 --> 0:46:17.719
<v Speaker 1>pretty as appeal circuits go, as a pretty conservative one.

0:46:18.200 --> 0:46:20.759
<v Speaker 1>I don't think this is gonna make it past there,

0:46:20.760 --> 0:46:22.960
<v Speaker 1>and maybe then it will be appealed to the Supreme Court,

0:46:23.440 --> 0:46:25.160
<v Speaker 1>but I'm not even sure the Supreme Court would take

0:46:25.160 --> 0:46:29.399
<v Speaker 1>it up. I think that you'll see this one will

0:46:29.440 --> 0:46:32.239
<v Speaker 1>likely get get over. This is a decision that will

0:46:32.239 --> 0:46:35.160
<v Speaker 1>likely get overturned, and then you'll have all the gloating

0:46:35.239 --> 0:46:37.320
<v Speaker 1>from the Libs. You say, see, we get our way

0:46:38.200 --> 0:46:40.200
<v Speaker 1>with the law even when we shouldn't, and then we

0:46:40.239 --> 0:46:42.279
<v Speaker 1>get our way with the law when we should. You know,

0:46:42.360 --> 0:46:45.120
<v Speaker 1>let's say that we get it on both sides. So

0:46:45.200 --> 0:46:47.480
<v Speaker 1>this is not the This is not the sweeping victory

0:46:47.480 --> 0:46:50.400
<v Speaker 1>that I think a lot of people were hoping it

0:46:50.440 --> 0:46:53.440
<v Speaker 1>would be when when you see the initial headline. I

0:46:53.520 --> 0:46:56.160
<v Speaker 1>know I felt the same way when you see the

0:46:56.200 --> 0:47:00.359
<v Speaker 1>headline about oh my gosh, look at this. You know,

0:47:00.760 --> 0:47:05.200
<v Speaker 1>we we should we should be so happy Obamacare is

0:47:05.200 --> 0:47:07.680
<v Speaker 1>finally you know, it's like ding dong the witch is dead, right,

0:47:07.680 --> 0:47:10.960
<v Speaker 1>Obamacare is gone. It's not it's not good for it's

0:47:10.960 --> 0:47:14.439
<v Speaker 1>definitely the law of the land for the next year,

0:47:14.680 --> 0:47:16.560
<v Speaker 1>so they're not changing it for that, and it's just

0:47:16.600 --> 0:47:20.839
<v Speaker 1>getting a stay here. You know. Ultimately, this is we're

0:47:20.920 --> 0:47:23.640
<v Speaker 1>run around all these legal circles with us now with Obamacare.

0:47:24.239 --> 0:47:27.319
<v Speaker 1>Here's here's where the real as I see, where the

0:47:27.320 --> 0:47:30.160
<v Speaker 1>real debate is, or where it really should be. All right,

0:47:30.880 --> 0:47:36.759
<v Speaker 1>you have, on the one hand, um, a Democrat left

0:47:36.800 --> 0:47:40.320
<v Speaker 1>that believes that healthcare. This is a really fundamental healthcare

0:47:40.840 --> 0:47:43.439
<v Speaker 1>debate in this country right now. Democrats and the left

0:47:43.480 --> 0:47:47.200
<v Speaker 1>think that healthcare is a human right and that the

0:47:47.400 --> 0:47:50.640
<v Speaker 1>state should be in charge of determining who gets healthcare

0:47:50.719 --> 0:47:55.640
<v Speaker 1>and at what level. And they can do this better

0:47:55.680 --> 0:47:58.080
<v Speaker 1>and more efficiently than the than the private sector can.

0:47:58.960 --> 0:48:01.960
<v Speaker 1>And they've managed to can vince enough people through a

0:48:01.960 --> 0:48:06.759
<v Speaker 1>lot of tricks of accounting, people think that Medicare is

0:48:06.760 --> 0:48:11.239
<v Speaker 1>paid for. Medicare is not paid for. Medicare beneficiaries take

0:48:11.680 --> 0:48:13.879
<v Speaker 1>twice as much out of the program as they pay

0:48:13.880 --> 0:48:17.759
<v Speaker 1>into it over their entire life of Medicare taxes. All right,

0:48:17.840 --> 0:48:19.480
<v Speaker 1>so this, you know, this is a thing. I know

0:48:19.480 --> 0:48:21.080
<v Speaker 1>people don't like to hear that. People like say, oh

0:48:21.120 --> 0:48:23.919
<v Speaker 1>I paid into Medicare, okay, but most people pay into

0:48:23.920 --> 0:48:25.920
<v Speaker 1>Medicare take out a lot more, which just means that

0:48:25.920 --> 0:48:30.080
<v Speaker 1>they're they're running up the deficit, that care is running

0:48:30.120 --> 0:48:31.680
<v Speaker 1>up the depths. And people like it. Of course they

0:48:31.760 --> 0:48:35.640
<v Speaker 1>like it. It's free stuff. It's it's subsidized by tax

0:48:35.680 --> 0:48:37.319
<v Speaker 1>dollars of people that pay into it over there, but

0:48:37.360 --> 0:48:40.520
<v Speaker 1>it's it's still getting free stuff. But this is how

0:48:40.520 --> 0:48:42.760
<v Speaker 1>they've managed to convince people that you want the government

0:48:42.800 --> 0:48:46.640
<v Speaker 1>to be in charge of more of your healthcare by

0:48:46.760 --> 0:48:49.360
<v Speaker 1>essentially telling them that the free stuff model is just

0:48:49.400 --> 0:48:52.680
<v Speaker 1>going to get expanded and expanded. But you know that

0:48:52.680 --> 0:48:55.040
<v Speaker 1>that quote by Thatcher. The problems socialism is you run

0:48:55.040 --> 0:48:57.280
<v Speaker 1>out of other people's money. The problem with subsidized healthcare

0:48:57.320 --> 0:48:59.040
<v Speaker 1>is you're gonna run out of people to subsidize it,

0:48:59.080 --> 0:49:01.520
<v Speaker 1>and you're going to be the subsit or your children

0:49:01.560 --> 0:49:03.279
<v Speaker 1>or your grandchildren are going to be the subsidy. That

0:49:03.280 --> 0:49:05.760
<v Speaker 1>that's where we're heading. So you have the one side,

0:49:05.760 --> 0:49:10.000
<v Speaker 1>people who just have convinced a large portion of the

0:49:10.000 --> 0:49:13.759
<v Speaker 1>American electorate that you want the government more involved than

0:49:13.760 --> 0:49:17.600
<v Speaker 1>paying more of your money, taxpayer dollars for healthcare. On

0:49:17.640 --> 0:49:19.800
<v Speaker 1>the other side, you have the hey, let's get the

0:49:19.840 --> 0:49:23.400
<v Speaker 1>free market involved here. But they're fighting a losing battle

0:49:23.520 --> 0:49:27.400
<v Speaker 1>right now because the healthcare market is already a large

0:49:27.440 --> 0:49:29.960
<v Speaker 1>portion of it is already taken up by government spending,

0:49:30.560 --> 0:49:34.879
<v Speaker 1>and that portion's getting larger all the time, and we're

0:49:34.920 --> 0:49:37.760
<v Speaker 1>just not winning the argument about how you can get better,

0:49:37.960 --> 0:49:42.160
<v Speaker 1>more efficient, more quality care. If you have a free

0:49:42.160 --> 0:49:44.560
<v Speaker 1>market and healthcare, you know what you really want is

0:49:44.680 --> 0:49:48.359
<v Speaker 1>essentially everyone to have catastrophic coverage, meaning if you get

0:49:48.360 --> 0:49:51.160
<v Speaker 1>really sick, you're just covered. Okay, if you get really

0:49:51.200 --> 0:49:54.680
<v Speaker 1>sick you get and then you know, you have to

0:49:54.719 --> 0:49:57.800
<v Speaker 1>have some incentive for people. And this is what nobody

0:49:57.840 --> 0:50:00.279
<v Speaker 1>wants to talk about. And now you're getting into well,

0:50:00.400 --> 0:50:03.560
<v Speaker 1>you know, no one wants to talk about diseases that

0:50:03.640 --> 0:50:07.760
<v Speaker 1>are largely lifestyle driven, which is the biggest single driver

0:50:07.960 --> 0:50:10.239
<v Speaker 1>of healthcare spending in this country. People say that, oh,

0:50:10.239 --> 0:50:12.640
<v Speaker 1>look at Europe, They've got better healthcare outcomes than we do.

0:50:13.160 --> 0:50:16.360
<v Speaker 1>That's because in Europe people are generally a little healthier

0:50:16.440 --> 0:50:18.920
<v Speaker 1>than they are here, and a lot of that is

0:50:19.000 --> 0:50:24.880
<v Speaker 1>diet and lifestyle. The number one drivers of our healthcare

0:50:24.920 --> 0:50:31.760
<v Speaker 1>spending in terms of disease are type two diabetes, cancer,

0:50:32.000 --> 0:50:35.479
<v Speaker 1>and heart disease. Those are the ones that are drying

0:50:35.600 --> 0:50:37.759
<v Speaker 1>and the ones that are getting larger and larger as

0:50:37.760 --> 0:50:40.719
<v Speaker 1>a percentage all the time are type two diabetes and

0:50:41.800 --> 0:50:47.040
<v Speaker 1>cardiac diseases, different different disease of the cardiac system. And

0:50:47.960 --> 0:50:51.560
<v Speaker 1>that's a lot of that's driven by lifestyle. And that's

0:50:51.560 --> 0:50:53.120
<v Speaker 1>where you say, okay, well we don't want people have

0:50:53.200 --> 0:50:54.880
<v Speaker 1>to pay you know, people who have to pay more.

0:50:54.960 --> 0:50:58.600
<v Speaker 1>But you know, do you have an insurance system or

0:50:58.600 --> 0:51:01.600
<v Speaker 1>do you have subsidized care? If it's insurance, you know,

0:51:01.640 --> 0:51:04.000
<v Speaker 1>if you're a drive. If you're somebody who's driving a

0:51:04.040 --> 0:51:05.960
<v Speaker 1>car one hundred and twenty miles an hour all the

0:51:06.000 --> 0:51:08.480
<v Speaker 1>time and you're getting caught every now and again, insurance

0:51:08.480 --> 0:51:10.719
<v Speaker 1>company's gonna charge you more. If you're a smoker, they're

0:51:10.719 --> 0:51:13.799
<v Speaker 1>gonna charge you more. Well, there are other things too

0:51:13.800 --> 0:51:16.360
<v Speaker 1>where they're gonna they if they were doing a true

0:51:16.480 --> 0:51:19.399
<v Speaker 1>insurance system based on a risk pool, they would charge

0:51:19.440 --> 0:51:22.160
<v Speaker 1>some people more. We don't want to hear this. This

0:51:22.239 --> 0:51:24.440
<v Speaker 1>is the and and people who are getting right now,

0:51:24.440 --> 0:51:26.600
<v Speaker 1>they're probably getting a little frustrated. And even I'm talking

0:51:26.600 --> 0:51:30.000
<v Speaker 1>about it. It's just the truth. It's just the truth.

0:51:31.080 --> 0:51:35.480
<v Speaker 1>So forget about pretty existing conditions. Lifestyle choice as it

0:51:35.520 --> 0:51:37.920
<v Speaker 1>affects the healthcare market is something that nobody wants to

0:51:37.960 --> 0:51:40.960
<v Speaker 1>talk about. Nobody wants to look at it and deal

0:51:41.000 --> 0:51:43.520
<v Speaker 1>with that component of the spending. And so that's why

0:51:43.560 --> 0:51:45.520
<v Speaker 1>we're just gonna keep getting deeper and deeper down this

0:51:46.040 --> 0:51:49.359
<v Speaker 1>down this rabbit hole. And I think we're gonna get

0:51:49.400 --> 0:51:51.520
<v Speaker 1>to a Medicare for all point in this country where

0:51:51.560 --> 0:51:53.120
<v Speaker 1>where the you know, the Democrats are going to view

0:51:53.160 --> 0:51:56.400
<v Speaker 1>that as a winning issue and we're gonna have to

0:51:56.440 --> 0:51:59.600
<v Speaker 1>deal with with the reality of a country that you know,

0:51:59.640 --> 0:52:01.279
<v Speaker 1>has a Medicare for all options. It's not going to

0:52:01.360 --> 0:52:04.120
<v Speaker 1>be good, but it's very popular, and it's very poplic

0:52:04.120 --> 0:52:06.200
<v Speaker 1>because people don't really understand what it entails. Let me,

0:52:06.320 --> 0:52:08.640
<v Speaker 1>what does what would that entail? What are the problems

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<v Speaker 1>Remember we also have my friend Sean Parnell joining to

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<v Speaker 1>who's now facing capital murder chargers for killing a Taliban bombmaker.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get to that coming up with Seawan Parnell as

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<v Speaker 1>Roberts said was the absolutely essential element, the individual mandate,

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<v Speaker 1>which we did in the tax cut bill a year ago,

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<v Speaker 1>and the whole thing has to fall. They're the ones

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<v Speaker 1>that said it. It does have to fall. The whole

0:53:53.760 --> 0:53:57.520
<v Speaker 1>thing hung on the individual mandate, and now that taxes zero,

0:53:57.640 --> 0:54:01.480
<v Speaker 1>it's gone away, so the act must fall. Their words

0:54:01.520 --> 0:54:03.680
<v Speaker 1>will come back to haunt them. It should get to

0:54:03.719 --> 0:54:06.200
<v Speaker 1>the Supreme Court, and Robert says, either going to have

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<v Speaker 1>to say, you know what, I was just lying. I

0:54:08.920 --> 0:54:12.840
<v Speaker 1>was trying to come up with some reason to uphold Obamacare.

0:54:13.320 --> 0:54:17.360
<v Speaker 1>But or he can say, you know what, I said

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<v Speaker 1>it and I'm in it, and therefore the whole thing

0:54:20.200 --> 0:54:22.839
<v Speaker 1>must fall. You guys know, I like Congressman Gohmert out

0:54:22.880 --> 0:54:24.680
<v Speaker 1>of Texas a lot. I think, I think Louise a

0:54:24.719 --> 0:54:28.680
<v Speaker 1>great guy. I think he's wrong here, you know, and

0:54:29.760 --> 0:54:31.560
<v Speaker 1>we know we'll see, we'll see. I mean, I you know,

0:54:31.600 --> 0:54:34.640
<v Speaker 1>I I I learned a lot more from what I'm wrong,

0:54:34.680 --> 0:54:36.600
<v Speaker 1>I think than me just run around saying I'm right

0:54:36.640 --> 0:54:39.600
<v Speaker 1>all the time. So it's maybe maybe the Congressman see

0:54:39.640 --> 0:54:41.200
<v Speaker 1>something I do own here. But I think he's wrong

0:54:41.200 --> 0:54:44.440
<v Speaker 1>on this one. Because the individual mandate has not been

0:54:44.440 --> 0:54:47.200
<v Speaker 1>removed by Congress, has been removed by executive order. That's different.

0:54:47.560 --> 0:54:51.040
<v Speaker 1>It's still the law. They're just not enforcing it. And

0:54:51.160 --> 0:54:55.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, we get very upset when, rightfully show when

0:54:55.239 --> 0:54:59.680
<v Speaker 1>President Obama, for example, decides that the law isn't really

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<v Speaker 1>the law and he's not really going to enforce some

0:55:03.040 --> 0:55:05.280
<v Speaker 1>aspects of it just because he doesn't like some aspects

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<v Speaker 1>of it. You know, that's that's also um not, that's

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<v Speaker 1>not good. So I I, you know, I gotta tell him.

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<v Speaker 1>We gotta keep it real here, folks, I do not

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<v Speaker 1>see this one. There are the other the original Obamacare

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<v Speaker 1>challenge about the individual mandate. Roberts completely screwed that up.

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<v Speaker 1>But this one, I think, I think conservatives this is

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<v Speaker 1>not going to stand in. It just puts Republicans in

0:55:27.960 --> 0:55:30.919
<v Speaker 1>a bad place going forward for healthcare. That's really that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's my sense of it. And you you know you

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<v Speaker 1>you heard me. I'm I'll go back and I'll update

0:55:36.760 --> 0:55:38.040
<v Speaker 1>this one. We'll see if I end up being right.

0:55:38.040 --> 0:55:39.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm a feeling I will be, but I could be wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>So we have this this case of Major Matthew Goldstein,

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<v Speaker 1>and and I want to We're gonna bring on Sean Parnell,

0:55:46.920 --> 0:55:50.279
<v Speaker 1>who's my friend and a real great guy combat ve.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gonna talk about this. But here's Major Matthew Goldstein

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<v Speaker 1>talking to Brett Barre on November fourth, and also his

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<v Speaker 1>father talking about this issue. Play clip fourteen. Did you

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<v Speaker 1>kill the Taliban bomb maker? Yes? You willingly offered up

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<v Speaker 1>these details at the CIA, right, that's Christ and that's

0:56:09.920 --> 0:56:14.680
<v Speaker 1>where it all started. Pretty much. It was an enemy combatant,

0:56:15.760 --> 0:56:19.200
<v Speaker 1>he was a known bomb maker. He was identified, and

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<v Speaker 1>the actions taken were to protect the lives of the

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<v Speaker 1>villagers and those in his unit and the people around him?

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<v Speaker 1>What is moral? What is ethical when you are in

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<v Speaker 1>warfare faced with a disgraceful enemy that will kill women

0:56:40.880 --> 0:56:43.759
<v Speaker 1>and children, that plays by no rules. What's ethical when

0:56:43.760 --> 0:56:48.040
<v Speaker 1>you know lives are in the balance? Do you leave

0:56:48.080 --> 0:56:49.880
<v Speaker 1>it to the system or do you decide that you

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<v Speaker 1>must act. That's a question we're going to tackle here

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<v Speaker 1>at a moment. We're going to pose it to my

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<v Speaker 1>friend Sean Parnell, stay with me, a case of agreean

0:57:00.280 --> 0:57:04.640
<v Speaker 1>beret who could face the death penalty. President Trump has

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<v Speaker 1>already waited on this one. He has said he's going

0:57:07.320 --> 0:57:09.680
<v Speaker 1>to take a look at it. But what exactly is

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<v Speaker 1>the story behind this h this controversy, what happened with

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<v Speaker 1>Major Matthew Goldstein? And and what should we make of

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<v Speaker 1>all this? We've got our friend Sean Parnell with us now.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a combat veteran. He led forces on the

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<v Speaker 1>front lines in Afghanistan, wrote a book about it, a

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<v Speaker 1>fantastic book called Outlaw Platoon, and he's a former Army ranger.

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<v Speaker 1>Mister Parnell, great to have you back it. It It is

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<v Speaker 1>great to be here, Buck, Thanks for having me, all right, man,

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<v Speaker 1>So so let's just for the folks listening, let's walk

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<v Speaker 1>through a little bit of this. So, so, uh, Major Goldstein,

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<v Speaker 1>he's a he's a Green Beret, So he's an army guy.

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<v Speaker 1>He is in the Battle of Helmand in Afghanistan, back

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<v Speaker 1>in what is it twenty ten or twenty ten, and

0:57:56.600 --> 0:57:59.120
<v Speaker 1>things get really nasty and then what what what is

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<v Speaker 1>the issue at at? And here's Sean what happened? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>apparently he killed he killed a guy that a bomb maker,

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<v Speaker 1>that was responsible for killing a couple of Marines. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know there, here's the deal, you know where

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<v Speaker 1>you know? And I said this on Twitter and I

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<v Speaker 1>took a lot of criticism for it. But you know,

0:58:18.080 --> 0:58:20.040
<v Speaker 1>when you're in a war, the object is to win,

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<v Speaker 1>and you win by killing people, and oftentimes that is

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<v Speaker 1>an inconvenient truth. Now that's not the sole mission, but

0:58:26.760 --> 0:58:29.800
<v Speaker 1>you know, the mission of Green Berets is foreign internal defense,

0:58:29.920 --> 0:58:33.080
<v Speaker 1>which means training up indigenous populations so that so that

0:58:33.280 --> 0:58:36.600
<v Speaker 1>host nations can fight wars on their own. But ultimately

0:58:36.600 --> 0:58:39.200
<v Speaker 1>their first mission is just like any anybody else's close with,

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<v Speaker 1>and destroy the enemy. Now they knew that this guy

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<v Speaker 1>was a bomb maker, he had American blood on his hands,

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<v Speaker 1>and this Green Beret killed him, and so my issue,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, can we just just to give a little

0:58:51.760 --> 0:58:54.920
<v Speaker 1>additional context. So my understanding you're from the from the

0:58:54.960 --> 0:58:57.480
<v Speaker 1>reports that are out is that as you said, he

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<v Speaker 1>this this guy's a Taliban bomb maker. They just lost

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<v Speaker 1>two Marines to a bomb. They believe that that he

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<v Speaker 1>They found bomb making materials in his house after a

0:59:06.720 --> 0:59:09.640
<v Speaker 1>sweep near an area. So they so they lost two Marines,

0:59:09.680 --> 0:59:12.919
<v Speaker 1>they did a sweep, they find the bomb, bomb making

0:59:12.920 --> 0:59:16.560
<v Speaker 1>materials rather, and then they bring that guy, this this

0:59:16.880 --> 0:59:21.280
<v Speaker 1>Taliban member back to base, and that Taliban member sees

0:59:21.360 --> 0:59:25.360
<v Speaker 1>an Afghan tribal elder. The tribal elder is then terrified

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<v Speaker 1>that the taliband member is going to tell all this

0:59:27.920 --> 0:59:30.600
<v Speaker 1>Taliban buddies, hey I saw this at you know, so

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<v Speaker 1>if essentially the elders like, I'm dead and my whole

0:59:32.800 --> 0:59:36.320
<v Speaker 1>family's dead. This guy saw me. And so then Goldstein,

0:59:36.400 --> 0:59:38.200
<v Speaker 1>again this is what's all alleged that what's in the

0:59:38.240 --> 0:59:41.440
<v Speaker 1>reports hasn't been adjudicated yet in a court. But Goldstein

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<v Speaker 1>then allegedly just says, all right, this guy, we got

0:59:44.160 --> 0:59:46.600
<v Speaker 1>to take him out, and so he shoots him and

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<v Speaker 1>then they bury him in a shallow grave and later

0:59:48.680 --> 0:59:50.320
<v Speaker 1>take him to a burn pit. This was all in

0:59:50.320 --> 0:59:52.280
<v Speaker 1>the New York Times review of this. So those are

0:59:52.280 --> 0:59:55.080
<v Speaker 1>the the you know that, that's the totality the facts

0:59:55.120 --> 0:59:56.760
<v Speaker 1>as we know them right now. But then, so so

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<v Speaker 1>what do you make of this? Well, first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, yeah, it's if that, if if those are

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<v Speaker 1>the facts and that's really what happened, you know there.

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<v Speaker 1>To me, you know, there's we have we have to

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<v Speaker 1>we have I mean, to me, we have to look in.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to look into what happened. I mean, because

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<v Speaker 1>really we don't know. That's that's from the New York Times.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to read the official report. Um, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just to give you, to give you a sense of

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<v Speaker 1>of how this sort of thing works. You know, we

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<v Speaker 1>had an interpreter infiltrate Mi Paeltoon and he killed one

1:00:28.520 --> 1:00:33.560
<v Speaker 1>of my soldiers and wounded four others seriously, and we

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<v Speaker 1>took him into captivity. We did everything right right, and

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<v Speaker 1>we sent him up to Bogram and he was released

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<v Speaker 1>on his own recognisance because you know, we had to

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<v Speaker 1>because of some paperwork mishap or SNAPf foo and now

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<v Speaker 1>that soldier, that insurgent, that foreign fighter, if now back

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<v Speaker 1>on the battlefield killing more Americans. And so, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously there has to be a line to see. My

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<v Speaker 1>issue here, Buck, is that the rules of engagement are

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<v Speaker 1>slanted towards Americans and are slanted towards war fighters. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we have to put American lives first. And so if

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<v Speaker 1>you follow this logic, of course it's horrific and wrong

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<v Speaker 1>to execute prisoners while they're in captivity. In fact, it's

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<v Speaker 1>contrary to our values that Americans as Americans. It's what

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<v Speaker 1>separates Americans on the battlefield from our enemy. The compassion

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<v Speaker 1>that we show them is not a value that they share.

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<v Speaker 1>But obviously there has to be a fine. There has

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<v Speaker 1>to be a middle road here, you know, between executing

1:01:29.640 --> 1:01:31.960
<v Speaker 1>soldiers you know, in prison, which is terrible and wrong

1:01:32.000 --> 1:01:35.800
<v Speaker 1>it should never happen, to capturing them and doing the

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<v Speaker 1>right thing and hire just releasing them back on the battlefield,

1:01:39.560 --> 1:01:43.760
<v Speaker 1>which happens time and time and time again. And you know,

1:01:43.920 --> 1:01:46.360
<v Speaker 1>American soldiers sees just get sick of it. They get

1:01:46.400 --> 1:01:49.280
<v Speaker 1>sick and tired of seeing their their their brothers in

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<v Speaker 1>arms come home and flag draped coffins because they caught

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<v Speaker 1>a terrorist, did everything right to capture them and do

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<v Speaker 1>the do the right thing and make sure that he's

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<v Speaker 1>that he that he's turned in, and only to have

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<v Speaker 1>him released. It is the most maddening and frustrating thing

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<v Speaker 1>in the world. And you know, I have to live

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<v Speaker 1>with the pain of losing the soldier every day. My soldier,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, his name is Scott Cole. His little kit

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<v Speaker 1>will never hug his father because of this, you know. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>So it's a tough sean. Can I ask you know,

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<v Speaker 1>from from the perspective of from a from a civilian

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<v Speaker 1>perspective of looking at this, it sounds like what Goldstein

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<v Speaker 1>if he had done things. And also we're assuming that

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<v Speaker 1>the facts here that have been presented are are the

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<v Speaker 1>storyline right? There might be additional And also for those

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<v Speaker 1>wondering how did this all come about? The Army had

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<v Speaker 1>an initial investigation. He was reprimanded, but they did not

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<v Speaker 1>press criminal charges. And then he gave an interview with

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<v Speaker 1>U and that came out of a CIA interview where

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<v Speaker 1>he was interviewing for a job. This is all according

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<v Speaker 1>to The New York Times, interviewing for a job at

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<v Speaker 1>the CIA in twenty eleven. He said he had killed

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<v Speaker 1>this guy and then there was an investigation by the army.

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<v Speaker 1>There was no charge for the Later he sat down

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<v Speaker 1>with Bret Bare, who, by the way, for whatever it's worth,

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<v Speaker 1>I think is one of the fairest and one of

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<v Speaker 1>the best in the business. But Bret Bare just asked him,

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<v Speaker 1>look what happened here, and the guy said, yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>killed this guy. And then they've reopened this investigation. But

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<v Speaker 1>but to me, Sean, it sounds like if Goldstein had

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<v Speaker 1>done everything that he was supposed to do, what would

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<v Speaker 1>have happened here is a teleband bombmaker would have gone

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<v Speaker 1>free killing two Marines suit your point, are never going

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<v Speaker 1>to see their families again, and would have almost certainly

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<v Speaker 1>killed this tribal elder probably his family along with him.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, maybe maybe we get him again later

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<v Speaker 1>on the battlefield. Maybe we don't. Yes, that's my problem

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<v Speaker 1>with it. And if you if you follow this logic

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<v Speaker 1>and what I was, what I was saying, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know you you articulated it perfectly, Buck, But if you

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<v Speaker 1>follow this logic like they are, the rules of engagement

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<v Speaker 1>right now, places the lives of the enemy over the

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<v Speaker 1>lives of Americans, And that to me, it's the core

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<v Speaker 1>issue that to me is the problem. Um, you're exactly right.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe we catch this. Maybe hey, we do everything right

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<v Speaker 1>and the system fails us. So what this amounts to is,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously it's the rules of engagement problem. But we're putting

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<v Speaker 1>American servicemen and women in situations that are impossible to navigate.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no right situation. So you capture him, you do

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<v Speaker 1>the right thing. A bomb maker is released on a paperwork, snapfoo,

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<v Speaker 1>or you kill him to masure he never goes back

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<v Speaker 1>on the battlefield to kill American soldiers again. Now, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>like god, if this Green Beret executed this guy and

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<v Speaker 1>dumped him in a shallow grave, yeah, that I got

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<v Speaker 1>a real problem with that. Um. But that's why I

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<v Speaker 1>just want to see what the facts are in this case,

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<v Speaker 1>and I want to hear this guy's side of the

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<v Speaker 1>story before I make a final judgment. Yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that people also are very understandably reacting with

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<v Speaker 1>horror at the notion that that one of our own

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<v Speaker 1>who was called in a situation like this and this

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<v Speaker 1>is not this is not walking in and you know

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<v Speaker 1>this is in you know, my lie, this isn't walking

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<v Speaker 1>in and shooting women and children and someone this is

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<v Speaker 1>a guy who's trying to defend his guys. He's in

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<v Speaker 1>a difficult situation and and you know, and he does

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<v Speaker 1>what he thinks he needs to do. Not just remember,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just justice for those two Marines, it's also

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<v Speaker 1>saving an Afghan ally and and probably his family too,

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<v Speaker 1>from god knows what the Taliban was going to do

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<v Speaker 1>to them. And I think Sean the notion that and

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<v Speaker 1>they keep this keeps getting repeated in the news reports

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<v Speaker 1>that the death penalty is even on the table for

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<v Speaker 1>this guy as a possible charge. People are like, uh, no, way,

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<v Speaker 1>not not in this America. But no, exactly, it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's absurd, and it's ridiculous, you know. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>something else that people don't even think about. Right, how

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<v Speaker 1>many drone strikes have been called from the Oval Office

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<v Speaker 1>where they where they make calculated, tactical decisions, whether it

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<v Speaker 1>was George W. Bush, Barack Obama or Donald Trump, right

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<v Speaker 1>where they know that there's a high value target in

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<v Speaker 1>a certain area in Pakistan, and they call it a

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<v Speaker 1>drone strike, and they kill him and every single number

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<v Speaker 1>of his family kills included. Now, all of those people

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<v Speaker 1>that call those drone strikes in from their comfy desks

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<v Speaker 1>and offices are part of the same chain of command

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<v Speaker 1>that this green beret is in, except for this green

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<v Speaker 1>beret is front towards the enemy, getting shot at every

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<v Speaker 1>single day, making decisions, you know, split second decisions that

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<v Speaker 1>could mean life or death. And so we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>throw this guy to the fire, charge him with a

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<v Speaker 1>crime to where the death penalty is on the table.

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<v Speaker 1>But every single civilian or politician has ever called in

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<v Speaker 1>a drone strike where women and children have been killed,

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<v Speaker 1>and by the way, it's happened hundreds of times, all

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<v Speaker 1>those people are okay. So why why Why does the

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<v Speaker 1>chain of command, why do the rules engagement? Why do

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<v Speaker 1>they differ for soldiers that are boots on the ground

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<v Speaker 1>in combat in tougher situations than they do for our

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<v Speaker 1>own politicians here at home. That's a very good question.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm wondering, wondering what the answer would be from the

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<v Speaker 1>people that are making decisions. Speaking of that showan the

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<v Speaker 1>President's already gotten on Twitter about this thing. It looks

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<v Speaker 1>like he says he's gonna look into it. Um if this,

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<v Speaker 1>if this goes through, and I know that you would say,

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<v Speaker 1>we'd have to go through the process to find out

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<v Speaker 1>what the full facts are, right, he'd have to go

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<v Speaker 1>and you know much more but this than I would

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<v Speaker 1>be through UCMJ and through a court martial. And if

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<v Speaker 1>that all happens, though, and it sounds like the story

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<v Speaker 1>is that we think it is at this point, presidential commutation,

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<v Speaker 1>presidential pardon. Would that be top of mind for you

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<v Speaker 1>too early to know? How how do you assess it? Yeah? Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>And I would say I would, I would absolutely. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want I don't want the screen Beret charge, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, like, look, if there have been instances, I

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<v Speaker 1>think there's one specific instance in Afghanistan up an American

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<v Speaker 1>soldier going into a home and killing women and kids

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<v Speaker 1>that to me cannot be tolerated. But but like it's

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<v Speaker 1>important for people to remember that we are still in

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<v Speaker 1>a war. The man that the Green Beret killed had

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<v Speaker 1>American blood on his hands. If he captures him, he

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<v Speaker 1>sends him into the system and the system fails him,

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<v Speaker 1>or we release him and that insurgeon goes back onto

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<v Speaker 1>the battlefield and kills Americans. It is a lose lose situation.

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<v Speaker 1>And to me, we're putting Americans in impossible situations. So

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<v Speaker 1>to me, the government in the chain of command have

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<v Speaker 1>a greater responsibility than this green beret do on the

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<v Speaker 1>battlefield to reform the way that our wars are fought

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<v Speaker 1>and to basically make the rules of engagement a heck

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<v Speaker 1>of a lot simpler. And to me, the duty in

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<v Speaker 1>the onus is on the chain of command rather than

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<v Speaker 1>this green beret. There's a there's a reason why the

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<v Speaker 1>army sort of just slapped him on the wrist and said,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, move out and draw fire, so to speak. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this investigation was reopened after the fact, but I do think,

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<v Speaker 1>I do think that the president needs to get involved

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<v Speaker 1>and he needs to have a real hard look at

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<v Speaker 1>what our rules of engagement are in whether or not

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<v Speaker 1>they benefit American soldiers or the enemy. Sean part Now, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>the author of Outlaw Plaitude and Sean, we got to

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<v Speaker 1>leave it there for now. Thank you for your service,

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<v Speaker 1>my friend, always going to talk to you, and thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for your perspective on this one. Everybody, America, we all

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<v Speaker 1>love Casey's show No No Prague. Ever, never he posted

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<v Speaker 1>it on the internet. When the lawyers from McDermot, Will

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<v Speaker 1>and Emory answered that question and he's actually instructed me

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<v Speaker 1>when I was serving as this lawyer. Just don't answer

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<v Speaker 1>it anymore because it's one of these silly things that

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<v Speaker 1>constantly gets repeated. So the answers, No, he's never been

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<v Speaker 1>to Prague, or even are we player asking what about

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<v Speaker 1>the suburbs of Prague nowhere nearby? Okay, that's lady Davis

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<v Speaker 1>who was the lawyer for Michael Cohen talking about Prague.

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<v Speaker 1>Now why do we care about Prague? What about Prague

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<v Speaker 1>is of interest to this one? Oh? That's right. Prague,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll remember, was the place where Michael Cohen was, according

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<v Speaker 1>to the dossier, supposed to have visited as part of

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<v Speaker 1>the whole Russia collusion scandal. Now that Prague would appear

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<v Speaker 1>in this way in the dossier, in the phony bologny

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<v Speaker 1>nonsense DNC funded Hillary Clinton stamp of approval slime document

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<v Speaker 1>anti Trump screed that was the dossier, that that Prague

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<v Speaker 1>appears there. That and now we know, beyond any reasonable

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<v Speaker 1>doubt it should never have appeared there. This is meaningful.

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<v Speaker 1>This tells us something. This is not This is not

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<v Speaker 1>something that we should just look at and say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, who cares, no big deal, Because this is

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<v Speaker 1>one of those verifiable or falsifiable facts. You know, if

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<v Speaker 1>you recall when we were talking here on this show

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<v Speaker 1>about the blasi Ford situation, right Christine Blasiford, she came

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<v Speaker 1>out and I said that from the get go there

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<v Speaker 1>remember she's wrong, she's either lying or delusional on the

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<v Speaker 1>other women are just straight up lying who accused Kavanaugh.

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<v Speaker 1>But from the get go it was highly convenient and

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<v Speaker 1>therefore very suspect that every aspect of her story was

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<v Speaker 1>impossible based on her gaps in member impossible to falsify.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, did not know the date, did not know

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<v Speaker 1>the house, did not know who took her home, did

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<v Speaker 1>not you know, all the things that you would have

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<v Speaker 1>to have in place in or any of the things

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<v Speaker 1>that you could have in place to say that is

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<v Speaker 1>factually inaccurate. This this thing that you've this this story

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<v Speaker 1>that you're telling, this fact that you've put into it,

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<v Speaker 1>we can prove is false. Because once you have a

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<v Speaker 1>false fact, then you have people raising doubts about the

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<v Speaker 1>whole rest of it. Now apply that, which is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the reasons why I knew that the Plasi fourth

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<v Speaker 1>thing was a scam, because you know, they just happened

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<v Speaker 1>to look far back, and it was plausible enough but

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<v Speaker 1>vague enough that you could believe it, but you could

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<v Speaker 1>not disbelieve it. Um. So that's that's important. On the uh,

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<v Speaker 1>on the you know Prague traveling, that we don't that

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<v Speaker 1>we don't know that we don't know more of the

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<v Speaker 1>dossier's falsifications at this point is not or rather that

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<v Speaker 1>we can't prove it more of as false does not

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<v Speaker 1>mean that we should not have huge red flags going

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<v Speaker 1>off in our minds about you know, they got this wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>what else did they get wrong? Right? I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we'd know Prague didn't happen, but what else in there?

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<v Speaker 1>People would say, oh, buck, the Russian hookers and the

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<v Speaker 1>Golden Shower. I'm pardon me, that's what it's said in

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<v Speaker 1>the dossier. I know, I know, I'm not trying to

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<v Speaker 1>be gross, but the you know, those aspects of it,

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<v Speaker 1>people would say, well, we can't disprove it yet. But

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<v Speaker 1>since we can disprove Prague, does not mean that we

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<v Speaker 1>should have more doubts about the whole dossier's veracity. And

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<v Speaker 1>then add into this, the dossier was used by the

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<v Speaker 1>federal government for a counterintelligence investigation using FISA warrants, which

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<v Speaker 1>means the most sophisticated intelligence apparatus on the planet was

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<v Speaker 1>affect actively turned against individuals like Papadopoulos and Carter Page.

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<v Speaker 1>Where the charges I remind you where the charge against

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<v Speaker 1>against carter Page. Remember when carter Page was like patient

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<v Speaker 1>zero of Russia collusion. I mean, carter Page was supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be the guy who was gonna make all there's lunacy,

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<v Speaker 1>no charges. They can't even get this guy online about anything.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he's the most earnest I'll talk to you

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<v Speaker 1>about whatever you want, as long as you want. Guy. Ever,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know if he has counsel representing Hi

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<v Speaker 1>when he meets with the Special Council. No charges against

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<v Speaker 1>carter Page. But the dossier was used in order to

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<v Speaker 1>get that fires app up. I mean, this stuff is

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<v Speaker 1>a sham. It's an embarrassment because Russia collusion's a farce.

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<v Speaker 1>But the sad truth is that it served its purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that we know the produc didn't happen, we know

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<v Speaker 1>the dossier's garbage, We know that all the Russia collusion

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<v Speaker 1>stuff is nonsense. You know what they've done. They've moved

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<v Speaker 1>on to other other so called crimes. Which was always

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<v Speaker 1>the plan. The obvious point that everybody should understand is

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<v Speaker 1>that the FBI didn't ask him these questions to learn

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<v Speaker 1>the truth because they knew the truth. They knew the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>They weren't trying to obtain more information. They were simply

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<v Speaker 1>giving him an opportunity to lie. I don't think in

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<v Speaker 1>America we want to empower the FBI of grand juries,

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<v Speaker 1>of prosecutors to impose morality tests, criminal morality tests on citizens,

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<v Speaker 1>get them opportunities to lie, opportunities to tell the truth,

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<v Speaker 1>test them. And as Judge Sullivan implied, and as Judge

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<v Speaker 1>Ellis said very clearly, the goal here was not to

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<v Speaker 1>get Flynn. Obviously, He's just a means to the end.

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<v Speaker 1>Their goal was to find some low hanging fruits, figure

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<v Speaker 1>out a way of getting him to lie to the

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<v Speaker 1>FBI so that they could squeeze him. Then either the

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<v Speaker 1>sing or to compose the obvious target here was Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>The obvious target of the whole Flynn saga, Donald Trump.

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<v Speaker 1>That much as for sure, let me take a moment

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<v Speaker 1>to step back here and just say that it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>troubling to me to see how even the most basic

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<v Speaker 1>notions of fairness. You know, one of the things that

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<v Speaker 1>really does separate this country from other countries is the

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<v Speaker 1>respect that that every American historically has had for the

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<v Speaker 1>rule of law. It's something that we really do take

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<v Speaker 1>from English common law and from our from our colonial

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<v Speaker 1>our colonial founding. And you know, we we have this

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<v Speaker 1>notion that people all, we all kind of know the

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<v Speaker 1>laws important. We all know. And I'm not saying people

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<v Speaker 1>don't obviously either have ignorance of the law or discard

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<v Speaker 1>it when they see fit, but in general, we take

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<v Speaker 1>the law very seriously, in fact orwell in his in

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<v Speaker 1>some of his writings made it very clear that what

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<v Speaker 1>he felt made Englishmen different in the nineteen forties from

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<v Speaker 1>other countries was just this idea that the law applies

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<v Speaker 1>to everyone, and everyone has to obey the law, and

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<v Speaker 1>the law is meaningful. That's not true in a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of countries. A lot of countries the law is always

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<v Speaker 1>kind of up to debate discussion, based purely upon power dynamics. Right, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the law isn't really the law if you're you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a shake, you know, if you're from the Middle East,

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<v Speaker 1>the law doesn't really count. The law isn't really the

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<v Speaker 1>law if you're tied to the royal family in some

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<v Speaker 1>other country, you know the law and so on and

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<v Speaker 1>so forth. And we don't accept that, and we don't

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<v Speaker 1>we don't believe it that that should be something that

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<v Speaker 1>we change, that we adopt from other countries. But what

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<v Speaker 1>we're seeing increasing is that people view the laws of

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<v Speaker 1>political instrument not mean not that the law obviously isn't

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<v Speaker 1>always going to have political implications, but that they can

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<v Speaker 1>try to abuse the law specifically to find a way

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<v Speaker 1>of attacking their political opponents. And and this is very

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<v Speaker 1>self evident when you just do a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>a mental checklist here of Okay, what are some of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that we've been told are really important laws

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<v Speaker 1>that are used to go after either Trump or his associates,

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<v Speaker 1>or try to come up with some narrative meant to

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<v Speaker 1>take down Trump as his associates. The Logan Act. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Logan Act has never been used in two hundred years.

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<v Speaker 1>The Logan Act is effectively not really a law, but

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<v Speaker 1>Sally Aids pretend that it was a law so that

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<v Speaker 1>she could go after a Trump associate. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Logan Actor. That that's one example of one What

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<v Speaker 1>about the emolument's clause. How many people have really thought

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<v Speaker 1>long and hard about the emolument's clause? Oh, Trump can't

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<v Speaker 1>be president because of owning hotels, and and if a

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<v Speaker 1>foreigner pays money in a hotel to stay there, and

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<v Speaker 1>Trump owns some interest in that hotel, it could influence

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this is this is nonsense, right. What it

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<v Speaker 1>really would mean is that nobody could nobody could be

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<v Speaker 1>a businessman and go into government without giving up all

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<v Speaker 1>of their ownership in any company or any business. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what it would mean based on this liberal interpretation of

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<v Speaker 1>And then you get into a campaign finance law, which

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<v Speaker 1>is among the most arbitrary of all the laws that exist.

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<v Speaker 1>Why is the current maximum personal contribution? I don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know what it is. I think it's twenty seven hundred

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<v Speaker 1>dollars something. Why is that the number? Because they say so?

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<v Speaker 1>Why isn't it five thousand? Why is it in fifty thousand?

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<v Speaker 1>Because they say so? I mean, there's really no rhyme

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<v Speaker 1>or reason to it. This is not really much of

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<v Speaker 1>a They just kind of threw a dart at a

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<v Speaker 1>board and said, yeah, we'll say that's what the And

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<v Speaker 1>if you spend more than that or you give more

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<v Speaker 1>money than that. If you use a straw donor or

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<v Speaker 1>anything like that, you're a criminal. Now they want they

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<v Speaker 1>want you to believe you're a criminal. Meanwhile, the media

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<v Speaker 1>really operates as an unlicensed I mean, the mainstream corporate

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<v Speaker 1>media operates as an unlicensed Democrat pack and has a

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<v Speaker 1>tremendous amount of influence over the elections and don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to think about whether they're giving by they make airtime decisions.

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<v Speaker 1>My friend, that is money, Make make no mistake about it.

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<v Speaker 1>That is money they're giving by the way they cover people.

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<v Speaker 1>That is money. It is effectively dollars. What do most

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<v Speaker 1>political campaigns spend a majority of their funds on ad buys?

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, ad buys for advertising. Well, you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>can see now from the way that Trump was so successful,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're just effective enough at media, you don't even

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<v Speaker 1>need to spend that money. You spend more money the

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<v Speaker 1>other guy on that. So anyway, you see how there's

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<v Speaker 1>all these different ways though that the Democrat Party has

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<v Speaker 1>just tried to find a means to use the law,

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<v Speaker 1>find a way to come up with a construct of

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<v Speaker 1>the law that Trump or his people have violated it.

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<v Speaker 1>And online to the FBI. There should be way more

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<v Speaker 1>introspection about what's really going on here. I mean that

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<v Speaker 1>we accept, or we're supposed to accept, that the government

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<v Speaker 1>can lie to you lots and lots. I mean, the

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<v Speaker 1>government can tell you that your wife has flipped on you,

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<v Speaker 1>that you're they can tell you that you know they've

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<v Speaker 1>got you on a wire tap that don't even have

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<v Speaker 1>you on. They can put somebody next to you who

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<v Speaker 1>pretends to be your best friend and care about you

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<v Speaker 1>more than anybody, and then that person you know, was

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<v Speaker 1>wearing a wire I mean, you know, all the different

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<v Speaker 1>ways of subterfuge of deception the government can engage in.

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<v Speaker 1>And and you know people say, oh, Buck, that's necessary

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<v Speaker 1>to catch drug dealers. Yeah, but but there's a discretion

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<v Speaker 1>involved here, right the same way that you know, technically

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<v Speaker 1>the government can send in a squat team I guess

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<v Speaker 1>whenever it decides that it feels like it. But we

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<v Speaker 1>get a little bit annoyed at. You know, what would

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<v Speaker 1>be a clear abuse of authority if, for example, you've

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<v Speaker 1>got a white collar criminal says he's going to turn

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<v Speaker 1>himself in on on Monday, and the government just to

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<v Speaker 1>make a make a stink and they've done this kind

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<v Speaker 1>of thing before. They'll send in you know, of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>guys who are armed to arrest somebody in their office.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, that's the pre Berara move, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>to try to get maximum press and I try to

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<v Speaker 1>make an arrest as much of a show trial as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, pret CNN Barrera. You know this is there's

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<v Speaker 1>so many ways that the law can be abused, and

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<v Speaker 1>we need to be aware of it. And that's not

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing as abusing the foundation of the system.

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<v Speaker 1>That's trying to make sure the system is function the

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<v Speaker 1>way it's supposed to. You know, there's a difference between

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<v Speaker 1>trying to blow the whole thing up and trying to

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<v Speaker 1>criticize it to make sure that it's what we've been

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<v Speaker 1>promised and what we're supposed to have. And this will

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<v Speaker 1>aligned to the FBI thing with Flynn. I mean, that's

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<v Speaker 1>where I see them really just abandoned any ideas of

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<v Speaker 1>basic fairness. Now, I also have to note that these

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<v Speaker 1>guilty police today from these Flynn, these Flynn associated individuals

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<v Speaker 1>for this Turkish lobbying, right that that you could have

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<v Speaker 1>somebody that's working as the incoming national security advisor. I'm sorry, indicted,

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<v Speaker 1>not not guilty. Please indicted, Pardon me. That's what I

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<v Speaker 1>meant to say. That you have these former Flint associates

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<v Speaker 1>who are indicted. Let me just say this is bad.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not here to defend everything that General Flynn did,

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<v Speaker 1>despite his decades of military service. I'm not here to

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<v Speaker 1>say that everything flinted. I've told you from the beginning

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<v Speaker 1>I did not like the General Flynn took money from

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<v Speaker 1>RT from Russia today, which is a Kremlin propaganda channel.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I'm not saying it's criminal. I'm just saying I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like it because when Buck was living with, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>three roommates in the West Village in New York and

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<v Speaker 1>had no money and was being offered has on RT,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'm not going to be a part of that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, And they were trying to sweet talk me

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<v Speaker 1>and I could have been a contributor there and all

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<v Speaker 1>this other stuff in no way never even appeared on

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<v Speaker 1>their air. And I made that conscious decision. Now, other

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<v Speaker 1>people could feel differently about it, I can get but

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't. I'm not okay with that. The Flynn

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<v Speaker 1>associate here, bijon Kian, who's been charged as part of

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<v Speaker 1>conspiracy to violet federal lobbying rules. He faces up to

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen years in prison. And he got these these two guys,

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<v Speaker 1>Bijon Kian and Akim Alpteken, who were using Flynn on

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<v Speaker 1>their masthead in a sense to add to their credibility

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<v Speaker 1>that they were trying to get this. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of complexity here with this case. But Gulan, who is

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<v Speaker 1>this exiled cleric because living in Pennsylvania of all places,

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<v Speaker 1>get him extradited to Turkey. And they're doing this in

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<v Speaker 1>a shady fashion. This is not okay. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>this may be why General Flynn hasn't fought the line

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<v Speaker 1>charge more vociferously, because this is good. This is a

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<v Speaker 1>tougher thing for people to to brush off, excuse, or

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<v Speaker 1>defend based on the fact pattern I'm seeing here. You

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<v Speaker 1>cannot have the incoming National Security advisor associated with a

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<v Speaker 1>stealth a stealth lobbying campaign for the Air Douan government

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<v Speaker 1>in Turkey with regard to US policy that affects Turkey.

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<v Speaker 1>This is bad. This is very problematic. So I would

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<v Speaker 1>just note that Flynn. I've been a very strong defender

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<v Speaker 1>of Flynn because I know because he was set up.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, they entrapped him. The whole thing is garbage.

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<v Speaker 1>But this Turkish lobbying, this, this looks like really poor judgment.

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<v Speaker 1>Was Flynn's rolling a criminal? I don't know. We'd have

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<v Speaker 1>to see what the what the facts of the case are,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know, I think if Flynn was in look,

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<v Speaker 1>he shouldn't have been involved with this at all. He

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<v Speaker 1>really shouldn't have. So I'm gonna want to watch watch

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<v Speaker 1>this case play out a bit and see. But this,

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<v Speaker 1>this is, uh, this is troubling. I mean, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>don't think that Flynn was paying enough attention here at

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<v Speaker 1>criticism in your view, should that have been happened to

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<v Speaker 1>the criticism that this is Internet didn't happening. I think

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<v Speaker 1>of what's happened to the Republican Party. They're up here

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<v Speaker 1>attacking the FBI's investigation of a guy who's pled guilty

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<v Speaker 1>to lying to the FBI. He should have been warned,

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<v Speaker 1>you shouldn't lie. You should have been told you can

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<v Speaker 1>have a lawyer. Think of the state of affairs we've

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<v Speaker 1>ended up in. That's nonsense. I'm very proud of the

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<v Speaker 1>way the FBI conducted itself, agile, flexible, thoughtful, pursue the

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<v Speaker 1>leads where you'd want us to. I just wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>return to this for a moment here, because the criticism

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<v Speaker 1>of what the FBI did to Flynn is in my opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>rock solid and Comey is a disgrace, and I'm I

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<v Speaker 1>feel almost like as an American, I've been violated. Knowing

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<v Speaker 1>that James Comy has had as much authority in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States Government, in the executive branch as he has

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<v Speaker 1>for as long as he has that James Comy was

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<v Speaker 1>making investigative and in the case of Hillary, prosecutorial apparently

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<v Speaker 1>decisions and prosecutorial decisions before that when he was a

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<v Speaker 1>US attorney. That gives me. That gives me the creeps.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not a This is not a person that

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<v Speaker 1>should be given power. There's a person who's really drunk

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<v Speaker 1>on his own self righteousness and is not fair minded.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not He's not a fair actor in this at all.

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<v Speaker 1>And let me just say, you know, when he starts

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<v Speaker 1>getting all huffy about how the FBI someone lied, the FBI, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, they prosecuted Scooter Libby for lying about

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<v Speaker 1>a conversation. And that was Comy's good buddy, Patrick Fitzgerald,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, who was in his own he was

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<v Speaker 1>the special counsel before. Not notice a pattern, your folks,

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<v Speaker 1>Republican administration and special counsel goes right to the heart

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<v Speaker 1>of trying to take out one of the top officials

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States government, if not the president, the

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<v Speaker 1>vice president. This doesn't you know, we don't play the

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<v Speaker 1>game as dirty as they do. No special counselor to

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<v Speaker 1>the Obama years, no special counsel on Benghazi, no special

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<v Speaker 1>counsel on Fast and Furious, no special counsel on the

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<v Speaker 1>irs targeting of conservatives. And these are all real things

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<v Speaker 1>that happened. These are not crazy conspiracy theories like Russia collusion.

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<v Speaker 1>But Comey's gonna pull this crap, say, oh, the FBI

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<v Speaker 1>he pleaded guilty. Yeah, people plead guilty. All the time

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<v Speaker 1>because they don't want to spend the rest of their

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<v Speaker 1>life in prison. The fact pattern looks terrible for the FBI,

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<v Speaker 1>looks terrible for the DJ About what happened here with Flynn,

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<v Speaker 1>there was no reason to sit down and talk to

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<v Speaker 1>him none. It was based on a pretext the logan

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<v Speaker 1>at gimme in, give me a break. It's this is

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<v Speaker 1>like saying, we need to sit down and talk to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to Flynn because of this email we got about

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<v Speaker 1>aliens landing tomorrow. We wanted to ask if he knows

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<v Speaker 1>about the aliens that are landing in the in the spaceship.

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<v Speaker 1>This is crap, but it was crap when they went

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<v Speaker 1>after Scooter Livy and that was also political targeting. And

1:29:19.520 --> 1:29:22.240
<v Speaker 1>you know, James Comey's buddy Fitzgerald was the one who

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<v Speaker 1>pushed that thing through and they tried to ruin a

1:29:24.080 --> 1:29:27.240
<v Speaker 1>man's life over that. They were gonna send him to prison.

1:29:27.880 --> 1:29:30.200
<v Speaker 1>He was gonna he was gonna serve I think eighteen

1:29:30.240 --> 1:29:32.960
<v Speaker 1>months in federal prison, you know, do some real time

1:29:33.600 --> 1:29:38.240
<v Speaker 1>for lying about a non crime, lying about some desk

1:29:38.320 --> 1:29:42.680
<v Speaker 1>jockey who is running around pretending like she's an international superspy.

1:29:43.160 --> 1:29:46.000
<v Speaker 1>So much a superspy that she was doing a cover

1:29:46.080 --> 1:29:48.559
<v Speaker 1>shoot for Vanity Fair while this whole thing was going on.

1:29:48.720 --> 1:29:50.920
<v Speaker 1>She's so worried about all the people that might have

1:29:50.960 --> 1:29:54.080
<v Speaker 1>been exposed overseas because her name was exposed. Give me

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<v Speaker 1>a break. Her husband's writing op eds where he's supposed

1:29:58.120 --> 1:30:00.680
<v Speaker 1>to be on some secret trip for the government in

1:30:00.720 --> 1:30:02.479
<v Speaker 1>the New York Times, your racist op ed on it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's just these people have no ethics. I mean,

1:30:05.720 --> 1:30:06.960
<v Speaker 1>this is part of the problem. This is why when

1:30:06.960 --> 1:30:08.680
<v Speaker 1>they want to criticize the ethics on our side, I

1:30:08.760 --> 1:30:11.080
<v Speaker 1>just say, you guys are a joke. They're a joke.

1:30:11.680 --> 1:30:14.639
<v Speaker 1>We'rena listening to them. We're gonna listen to Sanctacomey drone

1:30:14.640 --> 1:30:17.280
<v Speaker 1>on about this stuff. I mean, you know, I think

1:30:17.320 --> 1:30:20.000
<v Speaker 1>Flynn showed some bad judgment on some things that all said.

1:30:20.560 --> 1:30:23.360
<v Speaker 1>I'd say General Flynn over James Comey one hundred times

1:30:23.360 --> 1:30:27.800
<v Speaker 1>and twice on Sunday. They have done so much here

1:30:28.680 --> 1:30:33.880
<v Speaker 1>to break faith with the American people's conception of what

1:30:34.000 --> 1:30:35.680
<v Speaker 1>our justice system is supposed to be. I mean, the

1:30:36.080 --> 1:30:39.320
<v Speaker 1>damage that has been done to the DOJ, the damage

1:30:39.360 --> 1:30:43.320
<v Speaker 1>that has been done to our perception that both sides

1:30:43.360 --> 1:30:46.000
<v Speaker 1>of the political spectrum, and people say, oh, bucklets so weird.

1:30:46.040 --> 1:30:50.559
<v Speaker 1>Why do you say that. No, the establishment and the

1:30:50.600 --> 1:30:54.559
<v Speaker 1>bureaucracy are one and the same, and the bureaucracy is

1:30:54.600 --> 1:30:59.360
<v Speaker 1>now skewed toward the party of the state, because the

1:30:59.439 --> 1:31:02.439
<v Speaker 1>state big s is always going to be the party

1:31:02.439 --> 1:31:05.559
<v Speaker 1>of the bureaucracy. Right, if you are a federal government

1:31:05.600 --> 1:31:07.720
<v Speaker 1>studge who's been doing this for thirty years and your

1:31:07.800 --> 1:31:12.679
<v Speaker 1>senior government official, it is very likely, it is very

1:31:12.760 --> 1:31:15.720
<v Speaker 1>likely you're going to be a Democrat and maybe even

1:31:15.760 --> 1:31:18.640
<v Speaker 1>a progressive one. It's not true of everybody I know.

1:31:18.680 --> 1:31:22.000
<v Speaker 1>I know they're conservative patriots listen to the show. Who've

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<v Speaker 1>been working for you, working for the Department of Agriculture

1:31:24.920 --> 1:31:26.840
<v Speaker 1>or department whatever. But you know this, you don't even

1:31:26.840 --> 1:31:28.080
<v Speaker 1>mean to tell you because I remember when I was

1:31:28.160 --> 1:31:31.200
<v Speaker 1>the CIA. You got to keep that conservative Republican stuff

1:31:31.200 --> 1:31:35.280
<v Speaker 1>to yourself when you're in the government, because the system

1:31:36.080 --> 1:31:42.320
<v Speaker 1>is all about self perpetuation. And this real separation between

1:31:42.640 --> 1:31:48.120
<v Speaker 1>those who believe that the citizenry live and exist by

1:31:48.160 --> 1:31:51.040
<v Speaker 1>their leave and those who think that they're supposed to

1:31:51.080 --> 1:31:54.120
<v Speaker 1>be serving the citizens of this country is a very

1:31:54.240 --> 1:31:57.280
<v Speaker 1>very different perception here. I mean a lot of people

1:31:57.320 --> 1:31:59.760
<v Speaker 1>like James Comey going to government service because they think

1:31:59.800 --> 1:32:03.160
<v Speaker 1>that we need them to guide us. You see, James

1:32:03.200 --> 1:32:06.400
<v Speaker 1>Comby thinks himself as almost like a guardian angel of

1:32:06.439 --> 1:32:09.880
<v Speaker 1>American ethics and morality and law. And that's how that's

1:32:09.880 --> 1:32:13.760
<v Speaker 1>how he you know, that's how he is able to

1:32:14.320 --> 1:32:18.280
<v Speaker 1>sleep soundly at night. In reality, James Comey has made

1:32:18.320 --> 1:32:22.200
<v Speaker 1>people like me trust the DOJ less than ever. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I'll tell you this if I ever got

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<v Speaker 1>into an issue at the federal government. Now, do I

1:32:26.680 --> 1:32:30.080
<v Speaker 1>feel like as a conservative who's vocal, who's known, who

1:32:30.240 --> 1:32:33.000
<v Speaker 1>is on record, and who has has an audience, has

1:32:33.000 --> 1:32:35.680
<v Speaker 1>a platform, has real sway in the conversation, Do I

1:32:35.720 --> 1:32:38.800
<v Speaker 1>think I'd be fairly treated by the DOJ? Nope? I

1:32:38.880 --> 1:32:41.599
<v Speaker 1>do not. Did denish to SUSA think he was fairly

1:32:41.600 --> 1:32:45.360
<v Speaker 1>treated by the DOJ? Certainly not Scooter Liberty? Nope. I

1:32:45.360 --> 1:32:46.880
<v Speaker 1>mean you got on the list of all these people,

1:32:46.960 --> 1:32:50.280
<v Speaker 1>all these conservatives, where's the equivalent of their side? Where

1:32:50.280 --> 1:32:54.439
<v Speaker 1>are the Democrats who have gotten rough stuff from the DOJ?

1:32:55.040 --> 1:32:57.840
<v Speaker 1>You know, the ones who do deserve it and then

1:32:57.920 --> 1:33:00.640
<v Speaker 1>some But when it comes to judge calls, when it

1:33:00.640 --> 1:33:05.120
<v Speaker 1>comes to the gray area our side. Conservatives always get

1:33:05.160 --> 1:33:07.759
<v Speaker 1>the short end of the stick. And it's not an accident.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Christmas Eve in LA. He's California. Well, we'll see

1:33:18.479 --> 1:33:21.800
<v Speaker 1>what Santa and Mommy can do. Bay a New York cup.

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<v Speaker 1>John McLean has come to see his wife. Instead, he's

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<v Speaker 1>going to have to save her. Down within this skyscraper

1:33:35.360 --> 1:33:38.760
<v Speaker 1>high above the city, twelve terrorists have declared war and

1:33:39.000 --> 1:33:41.920
<v Speaker 1>they're about to between the Left ander real use of

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<v Speaker 1>parent there. It is brilliant. Okay, we get the idea.

1:33:47.720 --> 1:33:51.000
<v Speaker 1>That's right, the original Diehard. Everybody now's the the the

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<v Speaker 1>official trailer for it. The greatest Christmas movie of all time.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we all make jokes about this. Conservatives love

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about how Diehard is the greatest movie. It's

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<v Speaker 1>my number one all time action movie. But it is

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<v Speaker 1>also just a fantastic movie in general. And yes, it

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<v Speaker 1>does entirely take place on Christmas Eve. What other movie

1:34:11.200 --> 1:34:16.160
<v Speaker 1>can you say that? For? Now? There is this based

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<v Speaker 1>on streaming data and I sent this to John too.

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<v Speaker 1>There is this state by state comparison of based on

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<v Speaker 1>stream so based on what people really want to watch,

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<v Speaker 1>what is their favorite Christmas movie by state? And Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>are there are some surprises on here. All right, let's

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<v Speaker 1>just John, I want to pass this to you of

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<v Speaker 1>the map of US states, of all the movies that

1:34:40.720 --> 1:34:43.960
<v Speaker 1>are favorites for that state for Christmas movies, which one

1:34:44.000 --> 1:34:47.320
<v Speaker 1>did you find the most surprising. I'm looking at New

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<v Speaker 1>York State because I was interested to see what that is.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what the apartment is, John, I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>agree anymore. I don't even know what the heck the

1:34:54.240 --> 1:34:56.639
<v Speaker 1>apartment is. This is a Christmas movie that I've never

1:34:56.680 --> 1:34:59.640
<v Speaker 1>heard of, with the most boring name and the apartment.

1:35:00.000 --> 1:35:01.920
<v Speaker 1>I have to look this thing up. I don't even know.

1:35:02.400 --> 1:35:04.479
<v Speaker 1>I was also, so you get the prize because I

1:35:04.520 --> 1:35:06.040
<v Speaker 1>agree with you. Man, I know you're in New York,

1:35:06.479 --> 1:35:09.360
<v Speaker 1>and I would have never guessed. I love. I know

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<v Speaker 1>producer Mike is is cutting up some audio for the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the show right now, but trading places for

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<v Speaker 1>Pennsylvania because it all takes place in Philly. I like that.

1:35:17.880 --> 1:35:21.880
<v Speaker 1>I like it that Pennsylvania gives trading places with Eddie

1:35:21.960 --> 1:35:26.280
<v Speaker 1>Murphy all do love because it does take place in Philadelphia.

1:35:26.400 --> 1:35:29.920
<v Speaker 1>So you have that. The ones that the ones that

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<v Speaker 1>really surprised me though, in terms of the amount of coverage.

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<v Speaker 1>First of all, die Hard is the favorite movie for

1:35:35.760 --> 1:35:39.840
<v Speaker 1>Christmas of Washington State. What Up Washington? Whoo, We're up?

1:35:40.120 --> 1:35:42.799
<v Speaker 1>We're up on a Washington a couple of Washington State stations.

1:35:43.280 --> 1:35:49.560
<v Speaker 1>And also die Hard is the favorite of Wisconsin. Hey,

1:35:49.760 --> 1:35:54.679
<v Speaker 1>what's up Wisconsin? As well as Missouri. So Missouri, Washington

1:35:54.720 --> 1:35:58.680
<v Speaker 1>State at Wisconsin love die Hard. And the one that

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<v Speaker 1>surprised me though, was that Batman Returns the Tim Burton

1:36:03.840 --> 1:36:06.880
<v Speaker 1>version of Batman, the second Tim Burton Batman movie. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the number one in California and Florida. John, what do

1:36:09.120 --> 1:36:10.559
<v Speaker 1>you think about that? I didn't see that one coming.

1:36:11.080 --> 1:36:14.720
<v Speaker 1>Is it a warm weather thing that they like that movie? No,

1:36:15.640 --> 1:36:18.120
<v Speaker 1>it's that's a fair question. But I mean two of

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<v Speaker 1>our biggest our number one state by population, I think

1:36:20.800 --> 1:36:24.280
<v Speaker 1>number four. I think Florida's number four, though I think

1:36:24.320 --> 1:36:28.400
<v Speaker 1>Louisiana also is Batman Returns. Yeah, Louisiana is also in

1:36:28.439 --> 1:36:30.599
<v Speaker 1>a Batman because, which I find I don't even think

1:36:30.600 --> 1:36:32.519
<v Speaker 1>of that as a Christmas movie, although it technically does

1:36:33.280 --> 1:36:36.719
<v Speaker 1>have a whole Christmas snowing vibe. It's a very dark film,

1:36:36.760 --> 1:36:39.759
<v Speaker 1>by the way. I remember seeing it. Remember the Penguin

1:36:39.840 --> 1:36:42.360
<v Speaker 1>wants to like march all the children of Gotham into

1:36:42.360 --> 1:36:45.720
<v Speaker 1>the into the icy sewer system. It was pretty it's

1:36:45.760 --> 1:36:50.640
<v Speaker 1>pretty rough. The Nightmare Before Christmas is a movie that

1:36:50.720 --> 1:36:54.240
<v Speaker 1>people like in the Southwest. Edward Scissorhands, a lot of

1:36:54.280 --> 1:36:58.240
<v Speaker 1>Tim Burton movies, Yeah, a lot of Tim Burton movies.

1:36:59.080 --> 1:37:01.879
<v Speaker 1>Who knew that Tim Burton had such a profound effect

1:37:01.920 --> 1:37:05.360
<v Speaker 1>on Christmas movie fair. Everyone listening to the show right now,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, is like, what the heck? What about a

1:37:07.520 --> 1:37:10.840
<v Speaker 1>Christmas story? What about Miracle on forty second Street? What

1:37:10.920 --> 1:37:15.640
<v Speaker 1>about you know, go down all those classics, right, I

1:37:15.680 --> 1:37:19.280
<v Speaker 1>mean even you know, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, the

1:37:19.320 --> 1:37:21.800
<v Speaker 1>live action. I mean, none of that really seems to

1:37:21.800 --> 1:37:27.400
<v Speaker 1>get much. Gremlin's another one. The entire Southeastern like sec

1:37:27.640 --> 1:37:32.080
<v Speaker 1>conference part of the country. You got, what is this?

1:37:32.160 --> 1:37:38.360
<v Speaker 1>North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama? All that is Gremlin's country,

1:37:38.560 --> 1:37:41.600
<v Speaker 1>which is a shock Scrooge to also make some appearances

1:37:41.640 --> 1:37:44.920
<v Speaker 1>on here. The only the only state that I say

1:37:44.920 --> 1:37:48.400
<v Speaker 1>country before I'm in state, The only state that has

1:37:49.240 --> 1:37:54.000
<v Speaker 1>elf as it's number one is Kentucky, which I didn't

1:37:54.040 --> 1:37:58.120
<v Speaker 1>realize that there was so much love for for for

1:37:58.160 --> 1:38:01.680
<v Speaker 1>the movie Elf but to people like Elfred Kentucky. So

1:38:01.760 --> 1:38:05.439
<v Speaker 1>there you go, and there's some Oh my gosh, Massachusetts,

1:38:06.160 --> 1:38:10.120
<v Speaker 1>love actually Massachusetts? What are you? What are you doing

1:38:10.160 --> 1:38:13.000
<v Speaker 1>to me? You know, there's so much to love about Massachusetts.

1:38:13.000 --> 1:38:17.040
<v Speaker 1>Boston's a great town, great sports teams, great food, amazing history.

1:38:17.600 --> 1:38:19.360
<v Speaker 1>What are you doing to me with love actually is?

1:38:19.479 --> 1:38:21.920
<v Speaker 1>And see the people who live in Boston who listen

1:38:21.960 --> 1:38:25.000
<v Speaker 1>to this show, We're all like, buck, love actually is gobbage?

1:38:25.360 --> 1:38:28.320
<v Speaker 1>And you know what, they're right, because love actually is gobbage.

1:38:28.760 --> 1:38:30.840
<v Speaker 1>And I'm just glad that we can establish that. If

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<v Speaker 1>producer Mike was here, I'd have them do a Philly

1:38:32.680 --> 1:38:36.759
<v Speaker 1>accent for Trading Places, because we know the Trading Places

1:38:36.880 --> 1:38:39.120
<v Speaker 1>is a Trading Places. A good movie I would offer

1:38:39.160 --> 1:38:41.960
<v Speaker 1>to you. I just walked in. Hey, hey, you see

1:38:41.960 --> 1:38:44.280
<v Speaker 1>the Trading Places? You got this map? John can show

1:38:44.320 --> 1:38:48.599
<v Speaker 1>you Trading Places the number one film for Christmas for

1:38:49.040 --> 1:38:52.080
<v Speaker 1>State of Pennsylvania. Yeah, man, I know that. That's actually

1:38:52.080 --> 1:38:53.599
<v Speaker 1>part of it was filmed in the Billy my dadd

1:38:53.640 --> 1:38:55.760
<v Speaker 1>used to work. I love that growing up. We so

1:38:55.880 --> 1:38:58.360
<v Speaker 1>you always go down there and into that building and

1:38:59.040 --> 1:39:01.760
<v Speaker 1>in the lobby where he goes rolling in on his car,

1:39:01.880 --> 1:39:04.639
<v Speaker 1>Eddie Murphy. It's great. Want to do one of the great,

1:39:04.720 --> 1:39:07.519
<v Speaker 1>one of the great Philly based its movies. It is

1:39:07.560 --> 1:39:09.840
<v Speaker 1>an amazing movie. I mean, I think Rocky is still

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<v Speaker 1>number one, but trading places it's got to be like

1:39:11.600 --> 1:39:15.000
<v Speaker 1>top five, absolutely not including historical dramas with you know,

1:39:15.040 --> 1:39:18.360
<v Speaker 1>the Founding five. Yeah, Rocky's definitely won, but trade places

1:39:18.400 --> 1:39:22.120
<v Speaker 1>as a strong Till there we go, it's spoken from Philadelphia.

1:39:22.200 --> 1:39:25.880
<v Speaker 1>Mike himself comes in. Yo, Yo, lunch team. We got

1:39:25.960 --> 1:39:32.920
<v Speaker 1>roll call up next. The show ain't over yet, folks.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time for roll call, Roll call time. Everybody hits Monday.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a very fun weekend. I have to say,

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<v Speaker 1>I miss Molly and I went to the Kennedy Center,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have to admit to you all, despite it

1:39:52.920 --> 1:39:55.720
<v Speaker 1>may make me sound like something of a savage, I

1:39:55.840 --> 1:39:59.880
<v Speaker 1>lived in DC for years before and never once may

1:40:00.200 --> 1:40:03.839
<v Speaker 1>to the Kennedy Center. This was my first ever Kennedy

1:40:03.880 --> 1:40:07.439
<v Speaker 1>Center visit. Now, I've been more times than I can

1:40:07.479 --> 1:40:11.559
<v Speaker 1>remember to the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, to

1:40:12.320 --> 1:40:16.360
<v Speaker 1>Avery Fisher Hall, to those kinds of venues, but never

1:40:16.360 --> 1:40:18.360
<v Speaker 1>made it to the Kennedy Center. We had a lovely time.

1:40:18.760 --> 1:40:22.160
<v Speaker 1>It was definitely a kind of a family fair event.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd say it was. It was Christmas music meant for

1:40:27.000 --> 1:40:29.679
<v Speaker 1>families with kids and everything. But it was really nice

1:40:29.720 --> 1:40:31.439
<v Speaker 1>and the woman I can remember her name who was

1:40:31.479 --> 1:40:34.600
<v Speaker 1>the soloist, was incredible. They did a whole medley of

1:40:34.640 --> 1:40:38.439
<v Speaker 1>the Christmas songs that you love to hate. But overall

1:40:38.439 --> 1:40:39.920
<v Speaker 1>I think it was it was quite good. I have

1:40:39.960 --> 1:40:41.320
<v Speaker 1>to be honest with you, and I enjoyed it in

1:40:41.360 --> 1:40:44.599
<v Speaker 1>the Kennedy Center. Obviously a lot of fun stuff going

1:40:44.640 --> 1:40:46.519
<v Speaker 1>on there. I'm gonna have to take Miss Molly back.

1:40:46.520 --> 1:40:50.439
<v Speaker 1>We'll have to make another run to the Kennedy Center

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<v Speaker 1>sometime soon. I enjoyed it, all right, Your thoughts not mine.

1:40:53.400 --> 1:40:56.439
<v Speaker 1>Roll call time. The team is like, stop trespassing on

1:40:56.479 --> 1:41:00.880
<v Speaker 1>our time. Buck, you get to talk for hours on end. Silence,

1:41:01.200 --> 1:41:06.599
<v Speaker 1>you old windbag, you sexton re rights love your show.

1:41:06.720 --> 1:41:10.599
<v Speaker 1>Podcast listener in Europe, Elibanser, I don't know why I'd

1:41:10.600 --> 1:41:12.639
<v Speaker 1>assume you're French. There's a lot of languages in Europe.

1:41:13.320 --> 1:41:15.360
<v Speaker 1>When you have the dirsh on, could you ask him

1:41:15.360 --> 1:41:19.679
<v Speaker 1>why he defended Jeffrey Epstein in the International sex Trafficking

1:41:19.680 --> 1:41:22.799
<v Speaker 1>case and why Alex Acosta gave Epstein a light sentence.

1:41:22.840 --> 1:41:26.519
<v Speaker 1>Please thank you, Acosta. I don't really care what his

1:41:27.800 --> 1:41:30.840
<v Speaker 1>excuse might be. What he did, what he allowed to

1:41:30.920 --> 1:41:36.680
<v Speaker 1>happen in the Epstein case is just simply unconscionable. I

1:41:36.720 --> 1:41:39.679
<v Speaker 1>don't remember if Dersh was I guess he was involved

1:41:39.720 --> 1:41:43.200
<v Speaker 1>somehow as a lawyer for Epstein, And I'm sure Dersh

1:41:43.200 --> 1:41:45.200
<v Speaker 1>would just say that everyone is entitled to the best

1:41:45.200 --> 1:41:48.679
<v Speaker 1>counsel they can get, and in reality that often turns

1:41:48.680 --> 1:41:52.080
<v Speaker 1>into the best counsel they can afford. And if you

1:41:52.160 --> 1:41:54.920
<v Speaker 1>are a billionaire, you can afford the dirsh. So that

1:41:54.960 --> 1:41:57.160
<v Speaker 1>would be how I would assume he would answer that.

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<v Speaker 1>But nonetheless, Tyler writes, just curious buck, what is your

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<v Speaker 1>discount code for Black Rifle Coffee? Well, Tyler, the discount

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<v Speaker 1>code is not really the thing. It's Black Riflecoffee dot

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<v Speaker 1>com slash Buck. Just go to that page, guys. There's

1:42:15.120 --> 1:42:17.519
<v Speaker 1>really great t shirts. There, a lot of stuff there,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Black Rifle folks have been among the biggest

1:42:21.240 --> 1:42:25.479
<v Speaker 1>supporters of the Freedom Hunt for a sponsor of Stalwart guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Awesome guys, So if you're looking to get it, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what you know what. It's really perfect for an

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<v Speaker 1>office Christmas gift. If you want to hook somebody your

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<v Speaker 1>office up with a great Christmas present and you don't

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<v Speaker 1>know that much about them and you don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>spend a ton of money, you know, send them black

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<v Speaker 1>Rifle coffee for you know, a few months. Send them

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<v Speaker 1>three months of black Rifle coffee. Send them six months

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<v Speaker 1>of black Rifle coffee. I mean, there's they drink coffee.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm assuming if you know that about them, you're in

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<v Speaker 1>the office with them, then you're you're good to go.

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<v Speaker 1>So just go to black Riflecoffee dot com slash buck.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's push up some of those buys here going into

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the holiday, or rather the holiday season.

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<v Speaker 1>Richard writes, I do not care what kind of mood

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<v Speaker 1>I've in when I hear your podcast, I smile, ear

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<v Speaker 1>to ear kudos to you, brother. Have an awesome week.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Richard, you just made my day. I really

1:43:12.720 --> 1:43:15.960
<v Speaker 1>mean that, Thank you. It's I put a lot into

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<v Speaker 1>this show. Every day. I show up sick, tired, angry, sad,

1:43:21.320 --> 1:43:22.920
<v Speaker 1>you know you name it, and I show up and

1:43:22.960 --> 1:43:24.759
<v Speaker 1>try to do the best show I can every day.

1:43:25.040 --> 1:43:28.439
<v Speaker 1>And I spend most of my day preparing for this show.

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<v Speaker 1>So if it is something that you look forward to

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<v Speaker 1>every day, man, then mission accomplished from my end, and

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<v Speaker 1>it makes it all worthwhile. So thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know you just made you just made my day,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe my week two. Josh Wright Shield tie buck, it's

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<v Speaker 1>my birthday, big five three. Thank you for combating the

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<v Speaker 1>leftist evil. Keep the faith goodwins in the end, well, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>Happy belated my friend. I know this message came in

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<v Speaker 1>over the weekend, but happy belated birthday to you fifty three.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't look a day over forty, my friend, So

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for writing in, and I hope you had

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<v Speaker 1>a great birthday, probably full of some delicious red meat

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe some birthday cake, even of the glutinous variety.

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<v Speaker 1>Don writes, Could it be that the Flynn false statement

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<v Speaker 1>is omission of facts during a conversation? False statement is

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<v Speaker 1>ambiguous on items stated and items not stated. If I

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<v Speaker 1>was a natural security advisor, I would hold back details

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<v Speaker 1>about my phone calls with random FBI people. If asked

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<v Speaker 1>about the content of the call, I would say this

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<v Speaker 1>and that when in doubt compartment compartmentalized information. Right is

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<v Speaker 1>he even allowed to disclose details. I think it far

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<v Speaker 1>more likely that Flynn omitted details rather than stated false details.

1:44:44.400 --> 1:44:47.559
<v Speaker 1>Don It's really tough to know, you know. Andie McCarthy

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<v Speaker 1>did a very excellent rundown over the weekend on National

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<v Speaker 1>Review of how he says it look Flynn probably lied,

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<v Speaker 1>but they definitely set him up to get him in

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<v Speaker 1>a lie that didn't really matter. But he that Flynn

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<v Speaker 1>probably did lie. And you know the reason for that

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<v Speaker 1>is maybe he was a little embarrassed that he had

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<v Speaker 1>already lied publicly and figured he could lie to some FBI.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I'm just telling you what Andy said. And

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<v Speaker 1>you hear Andy on this show regularly. You see him

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<v Speaker 1>on Fox News regularly. You know, he's not some anti

1:45:16.360 --> 1:45:19.000
<v Speaker 1>Trump zellot at all. In fact, he agrees with me

1:45:19.040 --> 1:45:22.200
<v Speaker 1>a lot more now than he used to about what

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<v Speaker 1>a scam the Special Counsel has turned into with regard

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<v Speaker 1>to the politics, right. I mean, it's a very political instrument.

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<v Speaker 1>Andy was willing to with whole judgment on it, but

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<v Speaker 1>he says, now, I'm sorry. You know, Flint is out

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<v Speaker 1>Flynn is out there, you know, getting the rough stuff

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<v Speaker 1>from Team Muller and the Office Special counsel is essentially

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<v Speaker 1>a scalphunting expedition. That's really what it has turned into.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not supposed to be that. It's a shame, but

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<v Speaker 1>that's where it is. So, I know, I think you're

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<v Speaker 1>don your theory about alive omission is possible. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it more likely that Flynn probably just said something that

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<v Speaker 1>he may be justified to himself as Oh, that's just

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<v Speaker 1>my interpretation, you know. That's that's how I think about

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<v Speaker 1>what I said to Ambassador Kisliak. But with the transcript there,

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<v Speaker 1>they're able to snag him on inaccuracy. Lauren, right, it's

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<v Speaker 1>I can't believe the FBI would allow agents to write

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<v Speaker 1>three zero two's months after the fact. In nursing, we

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<v Speaker 1>have a saying if it isn't charted, it didn't happen.

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<v Speaker 1>So if we failed to chart, which means enter info

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<v Speaker 1>into the medical record during our shift, every intervention that

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<v Speaker 1>we performed during our shift, we were legally liable for

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<v Speaker 1>any lack of patient care or any patient harm, even

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<v Speaker 1>if in fact we had cared for the patient properly.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like the FBI, with as much power as

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<v Speaker 1>they will, should at least be as accountable as nurses Laurd.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's an excellent point. Totally agree with you,

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<v Speaker 1>and yes you are right, and this is a very

1:46:55.680 --> 1:46:59.000
<v Speaker 1>thoughtful post you've written to me. Also, she wrote, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>Lieutenant General Mike Lynch, you're just saying the meeting wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>documented so it didn't happen. Boom Lord is dropping the knowledge. Sorry,

1:47:06.680 --> 1:47:08.240
<v Speaker 1>I don't mean he yelling your ears, guys, I just

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<v Speaker 1>realized that that probably went a little loud over the mic.

1:47:10.880 --> 1:47:13.200
<v Speaker 1>I gotta watch that. I move around quite a bit

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<v Speaker 1>during radio, so if you ever hear things sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>a bumping, don't worry. It's okay. If the Freedom hut's

1:47:19.280 --> 1:47:21.439
<v Speaker 1>a rocking, you can come a knock in, because it

1:47:21.479 --> 1:47:24.840
<v Speaker 1>just means that I'm moving around as I'm getting animated

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<v Speaker 1>and talking on the radio. Nothing else going on in here,

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<v Speaker 1>so you can you could always knock. I guess though

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<v Speaker 1>none of you technically really visit me at the Freedom

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<v Speaker 1>of which is probably for the best because it's it

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<v Speaker 1>is a hut. It is small Paul right buck, if

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<v Speaker 1>you've talked about this before, I missed it is Inspector

1:47:41.600 --> 1:47:44.960
<v Speaker 1>General Horrow. It's a straight shooter. What is his rep

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<v Speaker 1>around the alphabet soup agencies. Also, what the heck was

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<v Speaker 1>wrong with your mic on Thursday? All that tapping sounded

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<v Speaker 1>like you had Woody Woodpecker on for an interview. Paul,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry. I think what happened was I was moving

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<v Speaker 1>around to the chair. It's funny. I didn't even know

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<v Speaker 1>that that was going to be the next that was

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be the next message we got to. But some

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<v Speaker 1>of you pointed out that there was some tap tap

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<v Speaker 1>tap tappy going on with the microphone tap tapperou And

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<v Speaker 1>that was just me moving around a lot and bumping

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<v Speaker 1>into the desk and bump into the mic. And this

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<v Speaker 1>is one of my radio skills that I or radio

1:48:19.400 --> 1:48:22.320
<v Speaker 1>technique things that I have to work on, is I'm

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<v Speaker 1>used to TV wherehab a lapel mic and you can

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<v Speaker 1>just sort of just move around and do whatever you want.

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<v Speaker 1>And I like to slouch, I like to lean over

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<v Speaker 1>or I'm very I try to be h well, I

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<v Speaker 1>probably should just sit up, ramrod back straight, but I

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<v Speaker 1>have some some TV habits that blend over and that's

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<v Speaker 1>probably not for the best. But that's what that tap

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<v Speaker 1>tap a U was all about. Chris writes buck Love

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<v Speaker 1>the show well Chris the Show loves You, please spend

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<v Speaker 1>some time we talk about perjury traps defining lying. Most

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<v Speaker 1>people assume a willful misrepresentation of the truth and intent

1:48:58.880 --> 1:49:02.000
<v Speaker 1>in these cases, they include just being imprecise or even

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<v Speaker 1>an honest mistake. We talked with this in your show.

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<v Speaker 1>Used the word lie can confuse people, even model a message.

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<v Speaker 1>Even Andy McCarthy uses the word lie when he means

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<v Speaker 1>innocent mistakes being construed as lies. Hopes this makes sense

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<v Speaker 1>from Chris, you know, I think you raised an interesting

1:49:16.160 --> 1:49:18.920
<v Speaker 1>point there. I mean is when is a lie a lie?

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<v Speaker 1>And people who chuckle at that notion, people who think

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<v Speaker 1>that's such a funny question, don't have a particularly sophisticated

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<v Speaker 1>understanding of our legal system, of these statutes in play here,

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<v Speaker 1>and of truth in general. When is it a memory lapse?

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<v Speaker 1>When is it a difference of interpretation? When is it material?

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<v Speaker 1>A lie is supposed to be material for it to

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<v Speaker 1>be a chargeable offense. So that there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>different ways that you can look at this problem, a

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<v Speaker 1>lot different ways to slice it, and I think that

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<v Speaker 1>we shouldntinue to ask those questions our team that's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be it from the Freedom hunt for today and with

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<v Speaker 1>you every day this week, we're going to close out

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<v Speaker 1>the holiday season strong. So used to join me here

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<v Speaker 1>in the Hut and make sure you tell somebody at

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<v Speaker 1>your at your Christmas gathering this year, like hey, what,

1:50:07.160 --> 1:50:09.520
<v Speaker 1>hey man, what what shows you listen to? What podcasts

1:50:09.520 --> 1:50:12.519
<v Speaker 1>are downloading? Tell everybody you know the Buck Sexton Show.

1:50:12.600 --> 1:50:15.280
<v Speaker 1>That's the podcast they want to be in on until tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>My friends, Shield's High