1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Can't f I am six forty you're listening to the 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: John Cobelt podcast on the iHeartRadio apps. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 2: Lou Penrose. 4 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,960 Speaker 3: If John Cobelt on the John Cobalt Show, good to 5 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 3: have you along with us. As the new year approaches, 6 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 3: Senate Democrats are raising concerns about the IRS's ability to 7 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 3: handle the upcoming tax filing season all the changes. 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 2: That are across the board there. 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 3: I mean, the tax code is complex enough, but the 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 3: first year of the Trump administration now introduces in the 11 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 3: one Big Beautiful Bill things like no tax on tips, 12 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 3: no tax on overtime, and being able to expense the 13 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 3: interest on your auto loan. In a letter to the 14 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 3: Treasury Secretary, who is the acting IRS Commissioner, I'd love 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 3: it that so many people are doing double duty. It 16 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 3: just shows you how too big the federal government is 17 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 3: that the Treasury Secretary can also be the acting Commissioner 18 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 3: of the IRS at the same time and everything's fine. 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 3: In fact, we're taking a record number of tax revenue, 20 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 3: including tariff revenue. 21 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 2: In the billions. 22 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 3: So a good Excel sheet apparently is all you need 23 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 3: at the IRS. But Scott Bessett said that seventeen Senators 24 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 3: Elizabeth Warrener Massachusetts. Angus King, who is an independent of Maine, 25 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 3: said they have serious concerns that the IRS is not 26 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 3: prepared for the next tax season and taxpayers may face 27 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 3: the lays and difficulties in filing tax returns and receiving 28 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 3: refunds because of all these new things. Now, this is 29 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 3: rich in eliminating taxes on the American people. That's going 30 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 3: to cause the IRS a lot of work, and that 31 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 3: is going to slow things down. 32 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 2: So that's a pretty easy solution. 33 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 3: No, I mean, we don't have to hire lifers at 34 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 3: any of the federal agencies. We can also subcontract out 35 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 3: to H and R block. I means a lot of 36 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 3: things that you could do in the short term. 37 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: I get it. 38 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 3: These are revolutionary changes. No, tax on tips is a 39 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,639 Speaker 3: big one, but that's the big story. Back there in 40 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 3: d C. 41 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 2: Ben Siegel is ABC news Deputy political director. Ben, Thanks 42 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 2: for spending time with us. 43 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 3: How how behind is the IRS suggesting that they are, 44 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 3: or how like how bad of an issue or a 45 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 3: problem is this are these Senate Democrats suggesting? 46 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 4: Well, I think it remains to be seen. You know, 47 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 4: we know that the Republicans and Democrats feel very differently 48 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 4: about the IRS, how big it should be, the role 49 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 4: it should play in collecting taxes. So it's really no 50 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 4: surprise that Democrats are raising concerns and criticisms of how 51 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 4: the Trump administration is running the IRS. But I think 52 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 4: there are real questions about how some of these hiring changes, 53 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 4: some of the layoffs and the buyouts at the I 54 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 4: R s and although some have been reversed, others have 55 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 4: been you know, gone through and people have left the workforce, 56 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 4: how that will affect tax collections, particularly when it comes 57 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:09,239 Speaker 4: to the departments at the IRS that help taxpayers with questions. 58 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 4: There are offices and departments that work to protect protect 59 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 4: to protect taxpayer money and prevent fraud and fraudulent claims 60 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 4: from being made, fraudulent returns from being meted out to 61 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 4: staffing changes. Does the shrinking workforce impact any of that, 62 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 4: I think it's too early to say, But Democrats, for 63 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 4: their part, are trying to get some answers and explanations 64 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 4: about how the IRS plans to conduct this tax season. 65 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 3: So I don't be grudge of the Democrats to do 66 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 3: what they're doing, and that is critique, you know, any 67 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 3: changes that the president is making. But It's interesting politics 68 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 3: because they're on the other side of the earner. The 69 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 3: wagejourner benefits from the reduction in taxes these different these 70 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 3: various no tax on tips and tax in overtime. But 71 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 3: if it can't get processed, then we don't get out 72 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 3: refunds or so there is a I'm interested to see 73 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 3: just as a political narrative where the Senate Democrats want 74 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 3: to take this. Are they suggesting that we should delay 75 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 3: the no tax on tips, no tax on overtime proposal? 76 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a good question. I mean, yeah, there are 77 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 4: a lot of provisions in the Republican tax law that 78 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 4: are popular that have to be implemented. So it's it's 79 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 4: it's really a question of how this fits into the 80 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 4: bigger narrative that they're trying to sell the American voter 81 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 4: going into next year. You know, what they've what they've 82 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 4: talked about on other issues is that this is an 83 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 4: administration that is not focused on bringing down costs for Americans, 84 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 4: is not focused on the challenges Americans faith at least 85 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 4: that's what that's the message that they're bringing into the midterms. 86 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 4: So how does this, you know form as part of 87 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 4: that is this have to do with the fact that 88 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 4: you know, they want to bring attention to this issue 89 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 4: if people begin experiencing issues with their taxes. Are they 90 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,799 Speaker 4: trying to put pressure on the administration to extend tax 91 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 4: filing season, to maybe make sure that there are temporary 92 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 4: employees brought in to make sure that the process goes 93 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 4: smoothly for taxpayers with questions, because you know, it's worth 94 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 4: pointing out that, you know, the IG looked at the 95 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 4: last tax season. The Independent Watchdog looked at how the 96 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 4: tax season went and the filing season went last year 97 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 4: with the the the IRS, and it was found to 98 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 4: be pretty successful. But one of the reasons that they 99 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 4: said it was successful was that, you know, the cuts 100 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 4: to the workforce from the Doge Group did not impact 101 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 4: the IRS. The IRS is exempted from some of those cuts. 102 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,799 Speaker 4: There were concerns that it would disrupt tax filing season. 103 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 4: So now that those cuts and people's voluntarily leaving the 104 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 4: workforce as in effect, you know, will that have any impact? 105 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 4: Is that something that is being discussed in the administration. 106 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 4: They certainly want to make sure that. 107 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 3: All right, Ben, before I let you go, I'd be 108 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 3: remiss if I didn't ask from this latest data dump 109 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 3: of Epstein's stuff. All I'm seeing is former President Clinton 110 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 3: in a hot tub. I'm not saying anything new or 111 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 3: nothing breaking. 112 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 2: Is there anything in this latest round of new photographs? 113 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 2: I guess that is newsworthy. 114 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 4: We really haven't seen anything new, anything that could be 115 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 4: described as a smoking gun. A lot of photos, a 116 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 4: lot of redactions of court documents, and that's prompted some 117 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 4: calls from Epstein survivors, from Democrats but also Republicans like 118 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 4: Ran Paul for the Department of Justice to really release 119 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 4: all the documents and to provide fewer redactions. There are 120 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 4: still hundreds of thousands of pages that have yet to 121 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 4: be released. 122 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 3: What's the argument, Well, why not just dump it all out, 123 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 3: let's be on, let's be over this and move on 124 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 3: to something else. I mean, why what are they Is 125 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 3: it just privacy? Are there ongoing investigations? Why hold on 126 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 3: to it? 127 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: Why not agree with Paul? 128 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 4: I think there's certainly privacy concerns, And you know, this 129 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 4: is really an extraordinary law that was passed by Congress 130 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 4: to get these documents released. It's the government is not 131 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,720 Speaker 4: typically working in a way to publicly release hundreds of 132 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 4: thousands of pages of core filings of investigatory filings of 133 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 4: legal documents. You have to imagine it takes a lot 134 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 4: of time, a lot of manpower to tee up that 135 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 4: kind of relief. And also you want to make sure 136 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 4: that you're respecting privacy concerns. So that is kind of 137 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 4: the crux of it. That's what the Justice Department is 138 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 4: saying that this will continue to happen on a rolling basis, 139 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 4: despite these calls that it should have been done sooner. 140 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 4: They're just going to, I guess, be at odds over 141 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 4: this going forward to the timeline. 142 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 3: Ben Siegel, ABC News Deputy Political Director, thanks so much. 143 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 2: Always good to catch up with you from Cold DC. 144 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 2: We appreciate it. 145 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 4: Thank you. 146 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,239 Speaker 2: Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas. 147 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 3: There it goes all right, So when we come back, 148 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 3: we talk a little bit more about how the IRS 149 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 3: is going to handle this and if Democrats are truly 150 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 3: going to stand in the way of these no tax 151 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 3: on tips, no tax on overtime, potentially no tax on 152 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 3: social Security. I mean, there's all kinds of pledges and 153 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 3: for Democrats to say no, this can't be processed is 154 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 3: an interesting political space for them to literally stand in 155 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 3: between way journers and a lower tax burden. 156 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: We'll talk about it when we come back. 157 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose invo John Coblt on the John Coblt Show 158 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 3: on KFI AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 159 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Coblt on demand from KFI AM 160 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:19,119 Speaker 5: six forty. 161 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 2: It's the John Coblt Show. Lou Penrose sitting in for 162 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 2: John today and tomorrow. And I appreciate being. 163 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 6: With you, hey, Lou, really enjoying the program today. 164 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 2: Lots of great information. Thank you for your take on 165 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 2: all of this. I appreciate the call. 166 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 3: So the National Weather Service Los Angeles, as you just heard, 167 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 3: their strong storm forecasted showers and wind really starting tomorrow 168 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 3: and the heaviest, the heaviest is going to hit on 169 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 3: Christmas Eve. 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All right, well, stay connected with the 175 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 3: news on the radio here on KFI and all the 176 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,080 Speaker 3: weather forecasts as we head into what is going to 177 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 3: be a. 178 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 2: Very wet Christmas. 179 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 3: I heard a newscaster this morning, I'm not sure which 180 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 3: morning news television show I was watching, and they said, 181 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,439 Speaker 3: when we come back, we'll tell you why Santa's reindeer 182 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 3: will need rain gear, And. 183 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 2: I thought, who wrote that? 184 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 3: That's pretty good, little corny, But it was seven to 185 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,839 Speaker 3: ten in the morning, so I can't give credit where 186 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 3: credit is due. So I mentioned before the break that 187 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 3: we are going into the midterm election three hundred and 188 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 3: sixteen days until the November midterm election, and we'll know 189 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 3: a lot more after the holidays. We'll know a lot 190 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 3: more about where all the departures, all the retirements, just 191 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 3: basically how many seats are up for grabs. There are 192 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 3: some Republican on Republican races already shaping up in southern California, 193 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 3: in Orange County, and it's going to be a real 194 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 3: fight to control the House of Representatives because the margin 195 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:20,319 Speaker 3: is thin as it is. 196 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't even Republicans have. 197 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 3: What is it now, at two or three seat and 198 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 3: Marjorie Taylor Green is retiring and leaving in January, so 199 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 3: it's a vacant seat. I guess, well, that does is 200 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 3: reduce the number you need to get a majority, But 201 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 3: I don't expect that seat to go Democrat. We'll see 202 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 3: how this all plays out. It really is uncertain how 203 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 3: Prop fifty affects the opportunity for Democrats to take control 204 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 3: of the House of Representatives. I'm a political scientist, so 205 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 3: I look at these things and I watch these numbers, 206 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 3: and I've been through my gosh, thirty congressional races in 207 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 3: my fifteen years working for three members of Congress, and 208 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 3: there's a lot of variables. Like all that happened at 209 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 3: Prop fifty is they redesigned the congressional districts in California 210 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 3: to allow for more representation by registered Democrats, hoping that 211 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 3: the registered Democrats, who now outnumber Republicans and independents in 212 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 3: some of these congressional districts will vote for. 213 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 2: The Democrat candidate and that will. 214 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 3: Allow for a Democrat to represent the district that otherwise 215 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 3: would have been a Republican. 216 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 2: Right, that's all. 217 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 3: They just create a conditions in which the likelihood of 218 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 3: a Democrat winning is higher. It doesn't mean that that happens. 219 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 3: There are still competitive races, and now you have brand 220 00:11:55,600 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 3: new Democrats that are otherwise unknown, So you're always going 221 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 3: to have loyal Democrats, loyal Republicans that are just going 222 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 3: to vote for the letter are regardless who the candidate is. 223 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 3: But the single largest voting block or the single largest 224 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 3: growing voting block in California is declined to state or 225 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 3: no party preference or what we call independence, but they're 226 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 3: really not and they could go either way. So it 227 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 3: will still take a contest Democrats, Republicans, independents, whatever. We'll 228 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 3: still have to compete for these congressional districts, and there's 229 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 3: no guarantee. It's likely that a Democrat leaning district will 230 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,360 Speaker 3: elect a Democrat over Republican, but that's not always the case. 231 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 3: So we'll see what happens, and then we'll see how 232 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,560 Speaker 3: that increase in Democrats representing the state of California from 233 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 3: the fifty two congressional districts that are here. How will 234 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 3: that be offset by what happened in Texas and what's 235 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 3: going to happen or what may happen in texts, We 236 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 3: don't even know if that's ever going to happen, so 237 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 3: it's really wide open. But the likelihood that Democrats take 238 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 3: over the House of Representatives, I think is high. Just historically, 239 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 3: the first midterm election after a president wins usually goes 240 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 3: to the other side, I mean, not usually, almost always, 241 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 3: with two exceptions in the last two centuries. So it's 242 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 3: likely that Trump will be looking at a Democrat controlled 243 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 3: House of Representatives, and it may very well be a 244 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 3: ten House member margin, a twenty house member margin, of 245 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 3: fifty House member margin. I mean, it's been that way. 246 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 3: Nixon was elected in seventy two and seventy four. He 247 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 3: lost forty eight House seats to Democrats. Carter was elected 248 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 3: in seventy six and seventy eighty. He lost fifteen House 249 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 3: seats to Republicans. Reagan was elected in eighty In eighty two, 250 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 3: his first midterm, lost twenty six to Democrats. 251 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 2: Clinton was elected in ninety two. 252 00:13:56,679 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 3: In ninety four, he lost fifty four seats to Republicans 253 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 3: wiped out. Obama was elected in two thousand and eight 254 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 3: and twenty ten. He lost sixty three House seats to Republicans. 255 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 3: In Trump in twenty sixteen, and then in eighteen he 256 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 3: lost forty one. So Trump did not do as good 257 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 3: as Reagan, but did better than Clinton and Obama. In 258 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 3: maintaining as many same party House seats. But you see 259 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 3: the trend there, right, So it is likely that Trump 260 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 3: will lose the House of Representatives. 261 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 2: So what does that mean. 262 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 3: That means that for all intents and purposes, budgetary things 263 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 3: stop because Democrats will control the budget and the budget 264 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 3: making process and all the committees, and they will probably 265 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 3: put forth legislation that Trump disagrees with or cannot pass 266 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,680 Speaker 3: through the House of Representatives. So we'll get back to 267 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 3: divided government, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but 268 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 3: things will slow down significantly. So these issues that Trump 269 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 3: campaigned on, like no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, 270 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 3: and these kinds of ideas need to take hold very 271 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 3: quickly over the next twelve months, less than twelve months now, 272 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 3: because if they are postponed or stalled in any way 273 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 3: and people don't see the benefits of these campaign promises, 274 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 3: and then Democrats take over the House of Representatives and 275 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 3: effectively eliminate them or completely modify them to the point 276 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 3: where it's not even worth doing, then really you're going 277 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 3: to see a lot of drag on the Trump presidency 278 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 3: going forward. 279 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 2: And that's by design. 280 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 3: That's what Trump, That's what Democrats are trying to do 281 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 3: create some drag on the Trump presidency. What he's been 282 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 3: successful in doing is doing as much as he can 283 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 3: by executive order and allowing himself to get sued and 284 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 3: then challenging the lawsuits and then just ratcheting up the 285 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 3: challenge through the Court of Appeals all the way to 286 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 3: the Supreme Court, and then we'll see what the Supreme 287 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 3: Court says. It is like that has been a very 288 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 3: successful strategy of running the executive branch of government. Some 289 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 3: people call it the imperial presidency. It's the only way 290 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 3: if you're going to achieve real change. There's nothing dictatorial 291 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 3: about it. The executive order authority presides at the executive 292 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 3: position and it's been used since Washington, so there's nothing 293 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 3: wrong with it, and there's nothing wrong with doing something 294 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 3: that is unique and questionably constitutional. 295 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 2: And then you see what. 296 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 3: The courts interpret the executive order at the Supreme Court says, 297 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 3: Now you can't do that, mister President. 298 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 2: All right, we'll try something else. If they say you can, 299 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 2: you do it. 300 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 3: And that's going to be the strategy for the second 301 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 3: half of this presidency, because he'll have no more tools 302 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 3: in the toolbox. That's of course, if Democrats are successful 303 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 3: of taking control of the House of Representatives, and just 304 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 3: I mean, it's not a long time at all, three 305 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 3: hundred and sixteen days, and so the midterm election TikTok, TikTok. 306 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 3: So the strategies of making America great again have about 307 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 3: three hundred more days to really take hold, or else 308 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 3: we all go. 309 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 2: Right back to square one and divided government. 310 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose, if John coblt on the John Cobelt Show 311 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 3: on KFI AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 312 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 313 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 5: six forty. 314 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 3: Lou Penrose Info John coblt on the John coblt Show. 315 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 2: And at least Stephanic is jumping ship. She's not going 316 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 2: to run for governor of New York. So what's going 317 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:33,159 Speaker 2: on with this? 318 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,199 Speaker 3: Yeah, nobody wants to be governor of New York and 319 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 3: nobody wants to be governor of California. 320 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 2: Not anybody good. 321 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 3: That to me has been the most intriguing part of 322 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 3: this entire snapshot in time that we're in in politics 323 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 3: right now, is that the two biggest states and California 324 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 3: and New York historically have been like launch pads to 325 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 3: tremendous political careers. What do you think of the governors 326 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 3: of New York that have become senators and presidents and 327 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:11,199 Speaker 3: the governors of California that have become senators and presidents. 328 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 3: And here we are and nobody wants to be governor 329 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 3: of California. And now, as you've said, there, like the 330 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 3: highest profile Republican jumped out of the race for governor 331 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 3: of New York. 332 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 2: It's going to be interesting. 333 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,679 Speaker 3: I think the governor's race in California is going to 334 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 3: be about the most interesting one that I've seen ever 335 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:39,960 Speaker 3: in California politics, only because Democrats are really good at 336 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 3: building a bench politically, much better than Republicans. 337 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 2: I have seen this my entire political career. 338 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 3: I am a Republican, I've worked for Republicans, and I'm 339 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 3: here to tell you Democrats are way better at having 340 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 3: a plan when that guy turns out, to make sure 341 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 3: that you're not faced with nobody and the potential of 342 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 3: losing the you know, losing to. 343 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:04,240 Speaker 2: The other party. 344 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 3: Democrats have always had a plan. Every Democrat city council 345 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 3: member has a staffer that's on a planning commission at 346 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 3: their little city hall somewhere where they live, or they're 347 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 3: on the school board. Right, they're building their political machine inside. 348 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 3: And then when that city council member runs for a 349 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,959 Speaker 3: position on the Board of Supervisors or runs for an 350 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 3: available assembly seat, then that person on their team that 351 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 3: was on the school board, then they run for the 352 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 3: city councilors and right, and it goes up the chain 353 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:41,359 Speaker 3: when a state senator is turned out and they run 354 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 3: for some stupid position like you know, Attorney General of 355 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,159 Speaker 3: the State of California is like you know, so that 356 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 3: then that state assembly person moves up and they always 357 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 3: have a plan. 358 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 2: Republicans have no such plan. But here in California there. 359 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 3: Is no oh, nobody that is a front runner, both 360 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 3: Republican or Democrat, frankly, to be governor. 361 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 2: And the same is going on in the state of Urok. 362 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 2: But who'd want to be the governor of New York? Right? 363 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 3: I mean, if you have political ambition, who'd want to 364 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 3: be the governor of California? 365 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 2: Right now? If you are a Republican, you're probably not 366 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 2: going to get it. 367 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 3: And if you're a Democrat, why would you want to 368 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 3: be associated with the mess that your own party has created? 369 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 3: Maybe Nicki Minaj. Did you see over the weekend, Nicki Minaj, 370 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 3: She went on stage there in Phoenix at Turning Point USA, 371 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 3: and she's on the Trump trade. 372 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 2: Rapper. 373 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 6: Nicki Minaj made a surprise appearance at Turning Point USA's 374 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 6: America Fest this weekend at the Phoenix Convention Center. Speaking 375 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:47,639 Speaker 6: on stage with Turning Point CEO Erica Kirk, Minaj praised 376 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 6: President Trump and Vice President Jade Vance. 377 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 2: How about that, Nicki, she lives in Los Angeles. That's right, 378 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 2: Maybe she wants to throw her hat in the ring. 379 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 3: That's what it's going to take if you're going to 380 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 3: have anything but an institutional Democrat running the state of California, 381 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 3: which means it'll just continue to go in the direction 382 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:08,480 Speaker 3: it's going, which is higher taxes, more regulation. 383 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 2: Now we're seeing the signs of. 384 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 3: What total party control will do, and that is corruption 385 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 3: at the highest level, chiefs of stabs, siphoning off fake 386 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 3: campaign accounts for their own personal game. Like, you'll see 387 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 3: more of that because it naturally follows. 388 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 2: So if you. 389 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,880 Speaker 3: If we want anybody other than an institutional Democrat, then 390 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 3: it's going to have to be somebody from the world 391 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 3: of showbiz. 392 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, she does. I don't know if she registered to 393 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 2: vote in Beverly Hills. I wonder if she is. But 394 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 2: there you have. By the way, speaking of. 395 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 3: Turning point USA over the weekend, there's a lot of 396 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 3: talk now about Vice President JD. 397 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 2: Vance and his remarks about the United States and. 398 00:21:55,359 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 3: Christianity, and really we need to spend a little more time. 399 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 2: I'm talking about this because this is a this is a. 400 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:08,199 Speaker 3: Narrative that's running away from many core members of the 401 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 3: Republican Party here. 402 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 7: It is the only thing that is truly served as 403 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 7: an anchor of the United States of America is that 404 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 7: we have been, and by the grace of God, we 405 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 7: always will be, a Christian nation. 406 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, and crowds, crowds go wild, look at it. Standing ovation. 407 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 3: All right, well, I get it. That's the right audience 408 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 3: to give that a standing Oh. With all due respect 409 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 3: to the Vice President, who I like and I liked 410 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 3: as a senator, and I love the fact that his 411 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 3: first name is J. D. And he has a beard, 412 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 3: and he's a hillbilly. I like so much about him. 413 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,440 Speaker 3: We are not a Christian nation, nor do we want 414 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,639 Speaker 3: to be a Christian nation. Nor is it appropriate for 415 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 3: a sitting Vice President to make such a statement. And 416 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 3: I have this argument with Republicans all the time in 417 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 3: my own party, like it's it's okay if you want 418 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 3: to be faithful, go be faithful. 419 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,919 Speaker 2: That's what Sunday Morning is for. That's what those white. 420 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 3: Buildings with the stained glass windows Arefore Go be a 421 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 3: faith filled person and then leave church and come back 422 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:23,119 Speaker 3: to society strengthened by the core beliefs of your faith. 423 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 3: But don't try and impose your faith on society. That's 424 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 3: the exact opposite of what we're trying to do. 425 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 2: There is a. 426 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 3: Separation of church and state, and we, as conservatives, are 427 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 3: supposed to be the ones that uphold that. And I 428 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,719 Speaker 3: just think there are too many Republicans that are getting 429 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 3: very faithful and forgetting the place for where that faith matters. 430 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 2: Look, I'm Catholic. I like being Catholic. Being Catholic. 431 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 3: My whole life looked at some other religions, not shopping. 432 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 2: Religions, but I you know, was around. 433 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 3: People that were of other faiths, and I watch what 434 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 3: they do and how they celebrated holidays and the whole shebang. 435 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 2: I like mine the best. 436 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 3: I think we have the prettiest churches and I mean, 437 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 3: my priest is funny, and so I'm sticking. But you 438 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 3: can do whatever you want, you can believe whatever you want. 439 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 3: But when it comes to government, we're all on the 440 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 3: same team. It's Team America. So when you go out 441 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 3: there as a vice president and say we need to 442 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 3: always be and we always are and we should be a. 443 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 2: Christian nation, huh huh, that's a big red flag. 444 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 3: Don't be saying that, because now what you're doing is 445 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,880 Speaker 3: putting one religion ahead of another, which is the thing 446 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 3: we fight when we constantly have to go to other 447 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 3: nations and topple their funnelmentalist regimes. I mean, why are 448 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 3: we adding countries to the terror watch list. 449 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 2: And at the same time talking about how this is 450 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 2: a Christian. 451 00:24:55,920 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 3: Nation, Like that's what those maniacs and other country trees thick. 452 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 3: They think that their religious fundamentalism is beyond just Sunday 453 00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 3: morning or whatever day they worship, right, and it should 454 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 3: be overseeing all members of the country. 455 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 2: So we don't want that. 456 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 3: Even though I think you're just being kind, it's dangerous 457 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 3: stuff and you shouldn't be engaging in it. And for 458 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,679 Speaker 3: the rest of you Republicans, you can be pious if 459 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 3: you want, but save it for Sunday pal Loupenrose in 460 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 3: for John coblt on The John Cobalt Show on KFI 461 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 3: AM six forty Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 462 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 5: You're listening to John cobelts on demand from KFI AM. 463 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 3: Sixty Loupenrose in for John coblt on The John Cobalt Show. 464 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 3: Coming up following the news at three, so video has 465 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 3: been released showing a US Coast Guard seizing a second 466 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 3: Venezuelan oil tanker. 467 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 2: It's a tactical operation. 468 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,440 Speaker 3: And now, as I said, this is the second Venezuelan 469 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:01,360 Speaker 3: vessel seized by the United States in recent days. 470 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 2: Joe Khalil will fill us in on the details. 471 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 3: And I have a lot of questions about this because 472 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 3: I'm not exactly sure what the endgame is here, and 473 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 3: I don't like spending a lot of time in world affairs. 474 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 3: This has been my single largest criticism of the Trump administration, 475 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 3: of which I'm very happy. I'm happy for all the 476 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 3: domestic stuff. I like everything that's going on. I couldn't 477 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:32,400 Speaker 3: be happier. I voted for everything, except all the time 478 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 3: that's spent dealing with other nations. I want my president 479 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 3: focused on this nation. I don't care about Venezuela. You 480 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 3: want to blow the drug boats out of the water, 481 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 3: I'm fine with that. 482 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 2: I have no problem with that. 483 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 3: That seems like a lot of fun and we can 484 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 3: do it with minimal fuss and we'll see what the 485 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,240 Speaker 3: impact is on the drug trade. 486 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 2: But that's something you do. 487 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 3: From far away, like landing on a ship or boarding 488 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 3: a ship and taking over an oil time. 489 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 2: What are we gonna do with it? 490 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 3: And then what we're gonna add the oil into the 491 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:05,840 Speaker 3: world market. 492 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 2: I don't know. It doesn't seem like it's got a 493 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 2: good endgame. But that's why we bring on. 494 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 3: The experts and Joe Khalil will be here to fill 495 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 3: us in on all the things that are latest with 496 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:20,199 Speaker 3: respect of Venezuela and the Trump administration and seizing tanks 497 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 3: at sea. 498 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 2: Hey Luke, great to hear you on the radio. I 499 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 2: like to see Carl Demiel through his hand in the 500 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 2: ring for governor. 501 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:31,120 Speaker 3: You're not the first, second, or third person who has 502 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 3: told me that. 503 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 5: Come on now, if don't forget about Steve Hilton, he's 504 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 5: the best candidate for governor, don't forget about him. 505 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 4: And he'll make a great governor and he's running for it. 506 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I know Steve's candidacy, and it's fun. 507 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 3: He's got a lot of energy. I like happy warriors. 508 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 3: He's having a good time running. But if they like, 509 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 3: something has to happen, there's gotta be a breakthrough, and 510 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 3: there hasn't been a breakthrough yet. 511 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 2: And I mean this with all respect to Hilton and 512 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 2: Bianco also a great guy and an exciting candidate to 513 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 2: watch and looks like he'd be a good governag just 514 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 2: physically looks like a tough guy like that, but he 515 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 2: hasn't broken through. And on the other side, look, Katie 516 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 2: Porter's going nowhere. That's not happening. She's been exposed as 517 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 2: a bach. 518 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 3: And I would argue even if that audio and video 519 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 3: didn't come out of her being a Bach, she was 520 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 3: going nowhere. Just not She's not offering anything, not very 521 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 3: likable like Eric Swawall, not going anywhere. 522 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 2: Via a GOSA. It's not happening. So something will happen 523 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 2: to fill the void. 524 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 3: I will remind you that at this point in time, 525 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 3: like three hundred and sixteen days before the election, Arnold 526 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,479 Speaker 3: Schwarzenegger had not yet announced. 527 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 2: So while there, while time is ticking. 528 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 3: Away, if you're going to enter the race as a 529 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 3: high profile person, and whether it's celebrity, whether that celebrity 530 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 3: is from the world of business, or from. 531 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 2: The world of sports, or from the world. 532 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 3: Of entertainment, music, whatever it is, your advantages you're already 533 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 3: well known. 534 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 2: Right then you've got to put together a platform. 535 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 3: But that's really what's missing, really from the The Republican 536 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 3: platform is easy, let's stop doing everything we're doing. It's 537 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 3: almost like the George Costanza strategy of fixing California is 538 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 3: do the opposite of everything that's being done right now 539 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 3: in California, the exact opposite, instead of tune to salad sandwich, 540 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 3: chicken salad sandwich, instead of on rye, on wheat toast, 541 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 3: like literally, that's the strategy for Republicans. 542 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 2: So that's an easy strategy, right, easy to communicate to 543 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 2: the voters. 544 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 3: We're gonna do the opposite of everything that's been going 545 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 3: on here in California. But for Democrats, what's the strategy. 546 00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 3: Nobody wants to continue to go in the direction we're going. 547 00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 3: Nobody believes Governor Newsom when he said as that people 548 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 3: are actually packing their bags and moving to California from Texas, 549 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 3: Tennessee and Florida. Nobody He goes out there and says that, 550 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 3: but nobody believes him. And you know it, things are 551 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 3: not better. Things are more expensive, right. Life isn't easier, 552 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 3: it's harder. Everybody I know that transplanted from another state 553 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 3: can tell you the story about when they got here 554 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 3: in California it was great. 555 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 2: Now nobody is. 556 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 3: Coming to California because it's great. They may come to 557 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 3: California for the job. They may come to California because 558 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 3: they're willing to pay any price for our beautiful weather, 559 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 3: or they just get trent, you know, they get to. 560 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 2: Are reassigned here. 561 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 3: But there is a difference between California nineteen eighty five 562 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 3: in California twenty twenty five, and it's not a good difference. 563 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 3: So Democrats have a real hard time putting together a 564 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 3: narrative that we're gonna make California better. 565 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 2: It's like, well, you're all right, a Democrat. 566 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 3: I know what Democrats stand for, and that is higher taxes, 567 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 3: bigger government, more restrictions, less freedom, and that is not 568 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 3: working in California. So that's why the candidacy is of 569 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 3: a porter in Swawell and all of them. 570 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 2: That's why they're not breaking through. 571 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 3: That's why they're not going anywhere, because they're not offering 572 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 3: anything new and different. But there is time for a 573 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 3: high profile person, whether it's republic I've got Tom Steyert 574 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 3: that he's not going anywhere either. All he has is money. 575 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 3: He's like the Michael Bloomberg of this campaign season. Just 576 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 3: spend a ton of money and not move the needle 577 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 3: one bit. So I do believe, and an experience shows 578 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 3: that where there is a power vacuum in politics, and 579 00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 3: California is a huge political model, there will. 580 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 2: Be somebody to fill that void. And it won't come from. 581 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,959 Speaker 3: The the folks that are campaigning right now. It's not 582 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 3: It's going to come from the outside. And I do 583 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 3: think that it's going to come from the world of showbiz. 584 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 3: And there's a number of names that are being talked about. 585 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 3: There are also some sports figures that are being talked 586 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 3: about on the Democrat side and on the Republican side. 587 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 3: So it would be really interesting to see. But California, 588 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 3: as I said, not small potatoes. It is the launching 589 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 3: pad for lots of huge political careers in the National Arena, 590 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 3: So Wiley, what's happened that nobody wants to be governor 591 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 3: of California? What's happened that nobody wants to be governor 592 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:36,040 Speaker 3: of New York. It's too large of a problem to 593 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 3: solve politically if you're part of a political machine. 594 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 2: So there's going to. 595 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 3: Be somebody outside that political machine, like a Governor Schwarzenegger, 596 00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 3: like a Governor Reagan. 597 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 2: And I think we'll hear that name probably before March. 598 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 2: I think that's pretty much locked in, all right, so 599 00:32:58,800 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 2: when we come back. 600 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 3: The second Venezuelan oil tanker was seized by the United 601 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 3: States Coast Guard. Video now has been released by the 602 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 3: Department of War. I don't like that name. I like 603 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 3: the Department of Defense better, not getting used to it, 604 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 3: but accurately, the Department of War has released the video 605 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 3: now of the Venezuelan tanker in a tactical operation. It's 606 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 3: a second Venezuelan vehicle of the vessel seized by the 607 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 3: United States in recent days. We'll find out what's going 608 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 3: on there and what the plan is, what do we 609 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 3: do with these vessels once we have them, and how 610 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 3: many more are we going to seize? And is it 611 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 3: making any difference in our relationship with the government of 612 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 3: Venezuela or the people of Venezuela. 613 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 2: It's all coming up next, Lou Penrose. 614 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 3: If John Coblt on The John coblt Show on KFI 615 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,760 Speaker 3: AM six forty live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. 616 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,760 Speaker 1: Hey, you've been listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast. 617 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: You can always hear the show live on KFI AM 618 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 619 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: and of course anytime on demand on the iHeart Radio app.