1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: Cuba's puppet president, Miguel Diez Canal vows quote unbreakable resistance 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: in an anti Trump tirade. Now, why did this happen? 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: Is the question that everyone should be asking. I'm going 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: to explain it to you. The country just suffered a 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: massive nationwide blackout, lasting nearly twenty nine hours. It's literally 6 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: one of the worst in years in Cuba. And it's 7 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: all because Cuba is on the brink of a total 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: economic and energy collapse, and it's literally getting worse. 9 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 2: By the day. 10 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: Power outages are now routine, some of them are facing 11 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: twenty plus hour daily blackouts due to fuel shortages and 12 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: a crumbling grid. The root cause it's simple, no oil. 13 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 1: Cuba has gone months with little to no fuel imports, 14 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: crippling their electricity production. The region is dealing with severe 15 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:05,759 Speaker 1: shortages of food, fuel, and basic services, all triggered by 16 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: the rising unrest as well. There's been a mass exodus. 17 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: Over a million people have already fled the country of Cuba, 18 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: and protests are growing, including violent demonstrations and now attacks 19 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: on government buildings that are fueled by the depression and 20 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: the desperation of the people in Cuba over the regime. Now, 21 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: even Cuban leadership is now scrambling talking about opening the 22 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 1: economy to foreign investment, something they've resisted for literally decades, 23 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: as they are desperate. Now Trump's strategy maximum pressure, is 24 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: clearly working. The Trump administration has gone all in with 25 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: an oil blockade, cutting off fuel supplies the biggest pressure 26 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: point on the regime, pushing for regime change in democratic 27 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 1: reforms as conditions for relief. Trump said Cuba is very 28 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: weakened and signaled the US could make a deal or 29 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: just take action. The bottom line is clear. The strategy 30 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: is to force the regime to negotiate at the table, 31 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: hard and quickly for real reforms, or flat out collapse 32 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: under their own pressure. Now Cuba's communist leadership is digging 33 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: in hard. The president there is promising that unbreakable resistance 34 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: against the US, blaming the crisis entirely on US sanctions 35 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: and economic warfare, cracking down on protests, and warning dissent 36 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: will be punished. At the same time, he's quietly entering 37 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: talks with US out of desperation. Now the president is 38 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: a communist figurehead, he's the president of Cuba, and he 39 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: threatened any external aggressor to the Cuba regime will be 40 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: met with unbreakable resistance. After Donald Trump said We'll be 41 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 1: doing something with Cuba very soon now. For over six decades, 42 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: the disastrous communist policies of the cast Or regime have 43 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:13,359 Speaker 1: forced Cubans to live through inhumane conditions of well abject misery. 44 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: The situation in Cuba has worsen in recent weeks after 45 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: the rogue communists abruptly lost access to virtually the free 46 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: oil that have been receiving for decades from Venezuela and 47 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: socialist regime following the United States arrests of their dictator 48 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: Maduro in January. Now, I've got more to say on this, 49 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: but first I want to tell you about Compassion International 50 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: and how you can get involved. 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That's Compassion dot com. 67 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 3: Now. 68 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: The developing situation has been exacerbated by an increase in 69 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: the power blackouts and as I said, the widespread shortage 70 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 1: of food and other supplies that led to a surgeon 71 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: daily anti communist protests that are spreading across several Cuban 72 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 1: provinces in recent days now, in one of the more 73 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: dramatic displays, you had a group of protesters set fire 74 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: to the local headquarters of the Cuban Communist Party. That 75 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: was certainly a big move for the protesters. And then 76 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: on Monday, Cuba's barely functional power grid collapsed yet again, 77 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: leading to that nationwide blackout that at press time when 78 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 1: the reports came out of Cuba, has not been fully 79 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: resolved and may not be anytime soon now. In a 80 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: brief statement published by the Cuban regime outlet on Tuesday, 81 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 1: the president claimed that the United States allegedly threatens Cuba 82 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: almost daily with overthrowing the constitutional order by force. 83 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 2: Those are his exact words, and. 84 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: Then he said he intends to take over the country 85 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: under the pretext of what he describes as Cuba's weakened economy, 86 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: they the United States claim and announces plans to take 87 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 1: over the country, its resources, its property, and even the 88 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: very economy they seek to strangle in order to force 89 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: us to surrender. 90 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 2: The statement read in part now. 91 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: The president did not attribute any responsibility for Cuba's actual 92 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: actions in decades old situation to the disastrous communist policies 93 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: of the cast Or regime that got them to where 94 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: they are right now. Instead, he claimed that the United 95 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: States has attacked and sought to isolate Cuba, referring to 96 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,239 Speaker 1: the US embargo on the rogue communist regime. 97 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 2: Quote, this is the only way. 98 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: To explain the fierce economic war being waged as collective 99 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: punishment against the entire people. Face with the worst case scenario, 100 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: Cuba is guided by one certainty. Any external aggressor will 101 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: face unbreakable resistance. 102 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 2: Now. 103 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: The figurehead President also published a copy of his statement 104 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: on social media. Dz Canal published the message after Trump 105 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 1: told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that Cuba 106 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: is in very bad shape, which is obviously true. Trump, 107 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: after pointing out that Cuba is talking to the US 108 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: Secretary of Saint Marco Rubio, added, We'll be doing something 109 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: with Cuba real soon. On Monday, Trump also told reporters 110 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: that he believe that he will be having the honor 111 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: of taking Cuba. Quote, whether I free it, take it, 112 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 1: I think I could do anything I want with it. 113 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: You want to know the truth. They're a weekend nation 114 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 1: right now, Trump continued. 115 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 2: Now. 116 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: Last week, diz Canal admitted that the Cuban regime officials 117 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 1: have engaged in talks with the US government officials, ending 118 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: weeks of speculation after Trump first revealed the reporters in 119 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: late February that Cuba had been talking to the United States. 120 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 1: Days after ds Canal's announcement, the Castre regime announced it 121 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: would lift restrictions and posts on exiled Cubans living abroad, 122 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: allowing them to quote invest in Cuba's communist ruined economy. 123 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: In an apparent desperate effort to bring in cash. The 124 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: cash starved regime has seen its main revenue streams such 125 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: as tourism, remittances, and the Cuban slave doctor's program, significantly 126 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: diminished by the regional efforts and the Trump administration's leadership. 127 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 2: Now. 128 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 1: Speaking to reporters alongside President Trump and Vice President J. D. 129 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: Vance on Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the 130 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: Cuba regime has to change dramatically since it has an 131 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: economy that does not work and a political and governmental 132 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: system that cannot fix it. Rubio said that the recently 133 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: announced measures are not enough to fix Cuba's ruined economy, 134 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: so they've got some big decisions to make over time. 135 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: That revolution is not even a revolution. He said that 136 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: thing they have has survived on subsidies from the Soviet 137 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: Union and now from Venezuela. They don't get subseaes anymore, 138 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: so they're in a lot of trouble. Rubio said to 139 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: reporters and the people in charge, they don't know how 140 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: to fix it, so they have to get new people 141 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: in charge. Protesters attacked and even vandalized the Communist Party 142 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: office in one of the major cities there during demonstrations 143 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: over the blackouts this weekend. Demonstrators were chanting down with 144 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: communism while demanding food, water, and electricity. Authorities arrested several 145 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: people after the protests then turned violent. Across the island, 146 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: people have also been staging nighttime pot banging protests, yes, 147 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: actually banging pots outside of their doors and windows during 148 00:09:55,840 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 1: the long power outages. There is a massive energy crisis 149 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,839 Speaker 1: and that's what's causing these blackouts. The biggest driver of 150 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,959 Speaker 1: the unrest is these severe fuel and electric shortage. Cuba 151 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 1: has now gone months without major petroleum shipments, causing an 152 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: energy emergency. Power plants are shutting down and millions of 153 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: Cubans have lost electricity during the major outages, Hospitals, now schools, transportation, 154 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: and food production are being disrupted all across Cuba. In 155 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: some areas, blackouts have now lasted between fifteen to thirty hours, 156 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: leaving entire cities in total darkness, which is also affecting 157 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: the food and medicine shortages that have worsened. The energy 158 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: crisis is hitting the food system hard. The shortages are 159 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: preventing crops from being harvested. Some bakeries have switched to 160 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: wood or coal ovens because they lack fuel they need 161 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: to make basic bread, garbage collection, transportation and supply chains 162 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: are breaking down. The result is inflation and shortages of 163 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: basic necessities, which brings us to US policy. We knew 164 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:20,199 Speaker 1: taking out Maduro in Venezuela and making sure that Cuba 165 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: didn't get that oil was going to have a big 166 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,680 Speaker 1: impact on Cuba and allow, hopefully for the people there 167 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: to actually have a free and fair election. The crisis 168 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: is also intensified due to the pressure on the regime 169 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: from the Trump administration. The US has now blocked oil 170 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: shipments and tightened economic pressure as well. Now, the goal 171 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: from Donald Trump and from Washington is widely seen as 172 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: forcing political and economic reforms in Cuba. At the bare minimum, 173 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 1: regime change for the people in Cuba could be even bigger. 174 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: President Trump now said that negotiations with Cuba are actually 175 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: under but he warned the US could take stronger action 176 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 1: if the talks fail. Now, in a major development, Cuba's 177 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: president confirmed talks with the US government. He actually did 178 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: that on state National TV. There The discussions are focused, 179 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: he said, on the energy crisis as well as US sanctions. 180 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: Cuba has also released dozens of prisoners, possibly is a 181 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: goodwill gesture. These are the first publicly confirmed talks between 182 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: the US and Cuba literally in years now. If you 183 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: look at the overall issue here, Cuba is facing three 184 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: simultaneous crisises. This is something that the Trump administration knew 185 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: would happen if they went after the oil supply to Cuba. One, 186 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: you've got the energy collapse, severe fuel shortages and nationwide blackouts. 187 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: That is then bringing us to number two. Economic, the 188 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:03,200 Speaker 1: problem with the breakdown, the food shortages, inflation, and then 189 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 1: the supply chain failures, and then that brings part three, 190 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: and that may be the most important part. The political pressure, 191 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: the protests against the communists regime, and the negotiations with 192 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: the US. We now have maximum leverage. You look at 193 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: all of this, and there's one great thing that has 194 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 1: come out of it. The President the United States of 195 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:28,040 Speaker 1: America has said it's time for Cuba to move forward 196 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: and not be under such as repressive regime. It also 197 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: shows just how we China and other countries are. For 198 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: far too long, we were afraid of what other countries 199 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: would do if we did this to Cuba. Now we 200 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 1: don't have to worry about that. The President of the 201 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: United States of America even saying this about Cuba over 202 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: the weekend to Cuba. 203 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 2: You said that Cuba wants to make a deal. 204 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,959 Speaker 1: What would the United States get in return for that, 205 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: and why should Americans trust Marco Rubio to negotiate it. 206 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 3: Well, Rubio is doing a great job. I think he's 207 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 3: going to go down as the greatest Secretary of State 208 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,839 Speaker 3: in history. Look at what we've done as a presidency, 209 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 3: look at what we've done as an administration. They trust Marco, 210 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 3: and so do the American people. Trust he's been successful 211 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 3: no matter where he's been. He also speaks to language, 212 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 3: which is always nice and always helpful. But he's dealing 213 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 3: and it may be a friendly takeover, it may not 214 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 3: be a friendly taker. It wouldn't matter because they're really in. 215 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 3: They're down to as they say, fumes. They have no energy, 216 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 3: they have no money. They're in deep trouble on a 217 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 3: humanitarian basis, and we don't want to see that. But 218 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 3: they were very, very bad to a lot of people, 219 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 3: as you know, and a lot of people living. The 220 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 3: Cuban American vote, which I got at record levels. 221 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: You listen down Trump there, it's very quick. He has 222 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: a plan and he understands exactly how he's going to 223 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: implement it and that's probably why it's working. 224 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 2: So this is where we are now. 225 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: The Cuba regime is clearly imploding, and every day that 226 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: goes by, the people in Cuba are either fleeing the 227 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: country or it seems like they're willing to stand up 228 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: and fight for their future. The question now is will 229 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: the regime fall. We'll keep covering it that I can 230 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: promise you. With so much happening in Iran and also 231 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: so much happening with fraud and abuse in America, there 232 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: have been some stories that have been overlooked that need 233 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: your attention. One of them was a big victory for 234 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 1: the Second Amendment in California. Now, this was a case 235 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: that no one was covering and it should be covered 236 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 1: because on Tuesday, California agreed to a settlement with a 237 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: Second Amendment Foundation and the Firearms Policy Coalition as well 238 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: as many other plaintiffs, and they are now going to 239 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: pay the state of California over one point three million 240 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: to cover the plaintiff's attorney fees alone. Now, this all 241 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: is from a settlement that came from a lawsuit that 242 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: was filed against California's marketing firearms to miners law which 243 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 1: crossed in the First Amendment territory by banning firearm advertisements. 244 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 2: Now, this is something. 245 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: That we were expected to see happen all over the 246 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: country in liberal states if California would have gotten away 247 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: with us. What they're trying to do is bankrupt and 248 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: shut down as many gun stores as possible, and it's 249 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: a way to ban firearms. And so they said that 250 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: you can't market your firearms store or your brand in 251 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: California because they said it was marketing to miners by default. Now, 252 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: the Ninth Circuit judge there by the last name Lee, 253 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: September twenty twenty three majority opinion against the law. He wrote, quote, 254 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: the marketing firearms to minor law does not directly and 255 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: materially advanced California's substantial interest in reducing gun violence and 256 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: the unlawful use of firearms by miners. There was, in fact, 257 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: no evidence in the record that a miner in California 258 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: has ever unlawfully bought a gun let alone because of 259 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: an ad Now translation, what they were saying is they 260 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: were trying to shut down the Second Amendment and this 261 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 1: and doing it through advertising. Is they were saying, well, 262 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: you're marketing to kids and A great example of this 263 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: would be like what we saw with alcohol and tobacco, 264 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: when it was clear they were marketing to kids. You 265 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: remember Joe Cammel with Camel's cigarettes and like, and then 266 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 1: you could like get points out of the packs and 267 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: then buy, you know, merchandise that was like Joe Cammell, 268 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: Like I remember having a Joe Cammeil hat and I 269 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: was not old enough to smoke. I remember it being 270 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: like cool to have that kind of stuff. And they 271 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: were clearly marketing with cartoon characters, like Joe Cammell was 272 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: a cartoon character. They were obviously marketing to kids. So 273 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: they got rid of that, but they didn't say you 274 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: couldn't advertise in general. Well, California was like, no, no, 275 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: you just can't advertise. If we say that your advertisements 276 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: could have could make kids want to buy it, right, like, 277 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: that's insane. And it was a way for them to 278 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: shut down the Second Amendment and basically get rid of 279 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: it in gun sales in essence in California. When the 280 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,360 Speaker 1: judge looked at this, he said, look, this is absurd. 281 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: There is no evidence that a miner in California has 282 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 1: ever gone out and unlawfully bought a gun in a 283 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: gun store, and especially because of an ad they saw 284 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: for a gun manufacturer or a gun store. We also 285 00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: added this, California cannot straight jacket the First Amendment by 286 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: on the one hand allowing miners to possess and use 287 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: firearms and then on the other hand, banning truthful advertisements 288 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: about the lawful use of a firearm. The First Amendment 289 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 1: Policy Coalition went in and they fought this hard. They 290 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: fought it, and everybody was talking about this, like, wow, 291 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 1: there it's California. 292 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 2: The probably gonna lose. Guess what. 293 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 1: They announced the settlement on X writing this after losing 294 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,080 Speaker 1: twice at the Ninth Circuit, you know they're very liberal. 295 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,879 Speaker 2: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is very very liberal. 296 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: California has agreed that it's minor firearm advertising ban violates 297 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: the First Amendment and they will pay the plaintiffs the 298 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 1: one million, three hundred and eighty one thousand, seven and 299 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 1: forty nine dollars and seventy two cents for the attorney's fees. 300 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 1: The Second Amendment Foundation also posted this about the Governor 301 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom, saying, quote, Gavin Newsom passed a law to 302 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: attack the First Amendment because he was mad about a 303 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: twenty two long rifle that was meant for junior shooters. 304 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: That little stunt has cost California taxpayers over a million dollars, 305 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:01,560 Speaker 1: not including whatever California Department of Justice spent on their 306 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: own lawyers, three hundred and fifty thousand to saf five 307 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty thousand to CRPA coalition of playmiffs in 308 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 1: the same lawsuit, and another four hundred and eighty thousand 309 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: to the Safari Club International. 310 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 2: Case on the same issues. 311 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 1: So this all stem from Gavenwsom being angry that their 312 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: parents out there that could buy a twenty two rifle 313 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,160 Speaker 1: that is meant for junior shooters. 314 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 2: By the way, I have one for all three of 315 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:29,880 Speaker 2: my kids. 316 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: If I'm not mistaken, and I got a twenty two 317 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: rifle when I was a kid, it's made smaller for 318 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 1: you as a kid. Now, does that mean I own 319 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 1: the gun? Yes, I own it for my kids. My 320 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: kids don't own that gun. Is it their present of courses? 321 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: Is it in my possession? 322 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,440 Speaker 2: Yes? Is in my my Is it locked up in 323 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:46,720 Speaker 2: my safe? Yes? 324 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,720 Speaker 1: Like, if you're a saying human being, you understand kids guns. 325 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: By the way, a four to ten shotgun that my 326 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:56,160 Speaker 1: kid has that is mine. It's for him to use 327 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,359 Speaker 1: when we go hunting. It is not they're not advertising 328 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,640 Speaker 1: or marketing to him to go by by himself. And 329 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 1: everyone knows this like this is normal, it's not sane. 330 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: And what Gavin Newsom did is he decided to lose 331 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: his ever loving mind and said, oh, you're marketing to 332 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 1: these kids. You're and you're advertising these kids, and so 333 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,679 Speaker 1: we're going to ban it so that you can't advertise 334 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: at all in the state of California. Well that is 335 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,880 Speaker 1: now backfired massively. It took deep pockets, by the way 336 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: by these groups to be able to fight this. 337 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 2: Thank goodness they did. 338 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,719 Speaker 1: And it's also I think sending a very clear message 339 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: to any other state in the country that's thinking about 340 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: doing the same thing the California did. 341 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 2: In California was a. 342 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: Test case that you will lose and this will be 343 00:21:38,920 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: a failure. 344 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 2: So this is one of those stories. 345 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: I say, God bless America and God bless those that 346 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: have not been getting any media attention that actually did this, 347 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 1: Like this is incredible, all right, and I love that 348 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:54,680 Speaker 1: there are people that are brave enough to fight these 349 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: wars the way that they just did. Gavin Newsom getting 350 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,520 Speaker 1: slapped on the hand hard. This is a victory for 351 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: the Second Amendment. It's also a victory for First Amendment 352 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: right of free speech as well, and I wanted you 353 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: to know about it. The Trump administration said on Thursday 354 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: that it has launched an investigation into thirteen states that 355 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 1: requires state regulated health insurance plans to cover abortion. This 356 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 1: is a major development and it goes right to the 357 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: core of one of the biggest cultural and cons social 358 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: battles in America right now. We're talking about states like California, 359 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,679 Speaker 1: New York, New Jersey, Illinois, states where the government has 360 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 1: said if you want insurance, abortion coverage is mandatory with 361 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: no exceptions, and the Trump administration is now saying that 362 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:49,680 Speaker 1: may be illegal. 363 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 2: Now. 364 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 1: At the center of this fight is something called the 365 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: Weldon Amendment. It's a federal law that has been on 366 00:22:55,800 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: the books for years. It explicitly says the government cannot 367 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: discriminate against health care entities, doctors, insurers, employers who refuse 368 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:11,679 Speaker 1: to provide or pay for, or refer for abortions. In 369 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 1: other words, you cannot force Americans to violate their conscience. 370 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 2: But here's where it gets serious. 371 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: The Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services says 372 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:28,520 Speaker 1: these states mandates may be doing exactly that, forcing employers 373 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: and individuals into plans that cover abortion even if it 374 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 1: violates their religious beliefs. And according to officials, that could 375 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: put billions of dollars in federal health care funding at 376 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: risk if states are found in violation. 377 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,720 Speaker 2: Now, let's talk about the scale of this. 378 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 1: There are thirteen states currently under the investigation. These laws 379 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: affect millions of Americans enrolled in state regulated insurance plans. 380 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 2: Federal protection aren't just one law. 381 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:06,400 Speaker 1: There are actually more than two dozen federal statutes protecting 382 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: religious and moral objections in healthcare. And here's the key 383 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: stat that matters politically. For decades, under the High Amendment, 384 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: federal taxpayer dollars have been barred from funding abortion. That 385 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: policy has had Bi Parson support for decades. President Trump 386 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 1: didn't just maintain it, he strengthened it, signing executive action 387 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 1: to enforce it across the federal government. And most importantly, 388 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: I'm sure taxpayer money is not used for elective abortions. 389 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 1: And this is where the Trump agenda comes into focus. 390 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 1: From day one, the administration has made it crystal clear, 391 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 1: we protect life, we defend religious liberty, and stop government coercion. 392 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: The White House has said President Trump is committed to 393 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: protecting the unborn and restoring conscience rights across federal policy. 394 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: This investigation, they say, is a direct extension of that promise. Now, 395 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,680 Speaker 1: the other part of this debate is how officials are 396 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,360 Speaker 1: actually fighting over it. Framing the arguments, Paulice sten Art, 397 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: who heads the HHS Office for Civil Rights, put it bluntly, 398 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: health care entities are protected from paying for abortion contrary 399 00:25:25,359 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: to conscience. Period. That's not ambiguous. That's a line in 400 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: the sand. And conservatives are rallying behind this move as well. 401 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: Pro life and religious liberty advocates have argued for years 402 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: that these mandates are government overreach, forcing faith based organizations, 403 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: small businesses, and individuals into impossible choices. Many conservative leaders 404 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,439 Speaker 1: have said in response to policies like this quote, no 405 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,919 Speaker 1: Americans should be forced to choose between their faith and 406 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 1: the law, or the government should not compel participation in abortion. 407 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,440 Speaker 1: And the White House said this conscience rights are civil rights, 408 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: and that last point is key because what the Trump 409 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:15,199 Speaker 1: administration is doing here is reframing this entire debate, and 410 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: that is brilliant, not just as an abortion policy, but 411 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: as a civil rights issue. Now, politically, this is a 412 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: very strategic move. It draws a crystal clear contrast. The 413 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: Republicans and the Trump administration are defending religious liberty and 414 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:38,680 Speaker 1: individual choice, and Democrats are expanding mandates and government control 415 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:43,159 Speaker 1: in healthcare, forcing you to actually pay for coverage for 416 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: abortions even if you don't agree with it religiously. And 417 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: it puts Democrats finally on defense because they now have 418 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: to explain why someone should be forced to pay for 419 00:26:56,040 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 1: something they morally and religiously oppose. Even critics of the 420 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: administration are admitting what's happening here. Some Democratic officials are 421 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: already calling the investigation politically motivated. But that also shows 422 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 1: how high stakes this debate really is, because if the 423 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: Trump administration wins, you could see three different things happen. 424 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 1: Number one, states would be forced to roll back abortion mandates. 425 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: Number two, federal funding battles tied to compliance would then 426 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:33,919 Speaker 1: be up for real debate. And thirdly, and potentially that 427 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: you could have a Supreme Court showdown on the limits 428 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: of states' powers to mandate abortion be a part of 429 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:44,919 Speaker 1: healthcare The bottom line is this, This isn't just another 430 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: policy fight. This is about whether the government can force you, 431 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: can force your business, can force your church, can force 432 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: your family to fund something that violates your moral beliefs, 433 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: and trumps making it very clear with this investigation that 434 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: the line will not be crossed without a major fight. 435 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 1: Make sure you share this podcast please wherever you can 436 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,399 Speaker 1: on social media so others will hear it. Hit that 437 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 1: subscriber auto download button, and I'll see you back here tomorrow.