1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,639 Speaker 1: All right, News round up, Information overload, hour eight hundred 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: nine for one Shawn our number. If you want to 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: be a part of the program, remember Maxine Waters. And 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: by the way, I could play a list of Democrats 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: some montage for the next ten minutes. Of the violent 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: rhetoric of some people on the left is but one example. Listen, 7 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 1: don't see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: a department, at a gasol station. You get out and 9 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: you will cut and with this kind of inspiration, I 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: will go and take Trump out tonight. I will go 11 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: and I will take Trump out to night. But the 12 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: double standard continues that hard hitting news show the view 13 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:55,319 Speaker 1: Sonny what's her name Houston? Anyway, she said Republicans were 14 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: thugs at work during the speaker vote. Listen, Republicans yet 15 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: to use identity politics, and they like to talk about 16 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 1: thugs a lot, and they like to talk about other people. 17 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: I saw a lot of fuggishness going on. I saw 18 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: thugs at work. I saw this uncivilized nature, and it's 19 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: like they were raised by wolves, many of them. And 20 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: so I wonder, if you're doing that in the chamber 21 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: on the House floor, how do you expect to govern 22 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 1: and lead by example. That's something I wouldn't want to 23 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: see my kids do. And they were, oh, okay, gee, 24 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: let's take some advice from the hard hitting news people 25 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: at the View. Anyway, joining us now emerged as a 26 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: real leader and star that we knew him to be 27 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: to be very honest Byron Donalds is with us. Here's 28 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: a new committee assignment and that is on the steering Committee, 29 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: very very important position. And we welcome back to the program. Congressman. 30 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: How are you, hey, how you doing? Sean? I'm gonna 31 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: be with you. It's good to be with you. Well, 32 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: I mean, it had to be a little bit of 33 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: an honor that people were thinking about nominating you for 34 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: a speaker. We've known your star for a long time, 35 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: you know that, And how did that feel on your 36 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: on your side, I mean, look, honestly, it was. It 37 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: was really cool. You know. It's one of those things 38 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: that you've never they will ever happen in your life, 39 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: and then when it's going on, you're like, oh crap, 40 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: this is like, you know, surreal, you know. So it 41 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: was awesome in the moment, you know, just as a 42 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: personal point, but at the end of the day, I think, 43 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: you know, I knew and realize that what we needed 44 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: to do was find a way to just get everybody 45 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: at the table so we can negotiate this thing out look, 46 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: and one of my complaints about it was that I 47 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: thought Republicans should have done this before January. Third. Look, 48 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: I know many in the base they really liked it, 49 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 1: and it didn't bother me tremendously, and at no point 50 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: was I concerned or worried. I didn't want to go 51 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: on in perpetuity because I think the patience of the 52 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: American people would have worn thin pretty fast. But in 53 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: the end, it was only four days. But I had 54 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: kind of known a little bit more than the average bird, 55 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: because behind closed doors, working my sources, I knew a 56 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: lot of this had already been agreed to. You know, 57 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: that's true, Yeah, a lot of it has. And I 58 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: think that the key things that were being discussed were 59 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: what are the tools to a lot of respects verify 60 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: that enforcement of what was agreed to was going to happen. 61 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: I mean, look, one of the things I think in 62 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: Congress is that you can things can be said that 63 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: they're going to do, they're going to be done. But 64 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: Congress waves rules all the time, and so I think 65 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: a lot of the negotiation points, the final one, final ones, 66 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: were ways to ensure that the stuff is done. I mean, 67 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 1: because if you take a step back, it's really to 68 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: the betterment of all the Republican members in our conference 69 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: and frankly for the voters who all sent us here 70 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: to Washington. I think that voters and people in the base. 71 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: You know, I'm a Tea Party conservative. I was a 72 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: tea Party activist a decade ago. That's how I got 73 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: into politics. And if you know, if my member of 74 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: Congress could come back and be like, hey, we did this, this, this, this, 75 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: and this, then I'm like, man, thank you, and keep going. 76 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: And I think that helps all of our Republicans be 77 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: successful and what's going to be a difficult Congress, no 78 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: doubt about it. Well, the other thing that I knew 79 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: and I understood and I had faith in, is that 80 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: I knew, especially days before January third, Kevin McCarthy had 81 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: already agreed to the motion to vacate, which no speaker 82 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: really wants to ever do, but he did it. And 83 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: at that point it was a five vote threshold came 84 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: down to a one vote threshold. But I also knew 85 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,239 Speaker 1: what the commitments to America that that's locked in cement. 86 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: I also knew in terms of the investigations, be it 87 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: Judiciary and Jim Jordan into whether the FBI's politicized, the 88 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: DOJ weaponized, or Jim Comer and the Biden family syndicate, 89 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: or a check the origins of investigating the origins of 90 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen, investigating Anthony Fauci, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, fixing 91 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,039 Speaker 1: the border. I mean, one of the first things you did, 92 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: as McCarthy had promised, is you started with a vote 93 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: to clip seventy two billion dollars from the irs. That 94 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: to me is a promise made and a promise kept 95 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: and one that we needed. Right, No, I agree, and 96 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,799 Speaker 1: all those things are true. And so the gray areas 97 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: in this let's go back to the motion of a 98 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: k That was a big one for a lot of members. 99 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: They had made clear for a long time that the 100 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: one vote threshold was critically important to them, and so 101 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: you know, for people back home and understand, like, why 102 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: did they keep talking about this motion of a Kate, Well, 103 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: this was a rule that had been in Congress for 104 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 1: a hundred years. More than a hundred years. It was 105 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: removed by Nancy Pelosi, and so you had members who 106 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: wanted that rule back, and so it was a constant 107 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: point of debate for you know, about two two and 108 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: a half months between certain members and now Speaker McCarthy. 109 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: And so I think through that through the process the 110 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: last couple of days that was able to finally be 111 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: fleshed out. The second piece is not so much of 112 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: the things you're discussing, but the Church Committee. It had 113 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: been brought up as something we would do, but members 114 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: had concerns about what are the actual fine points of 115 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: the Church Committee. Is it going to be watered down, 116 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 1: whatever gonna be its limits. So part of that was 117 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: actually structuring that to make sure that it was going 118 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: to have that the definite teeth it needed to be 119 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: successful to get into the issues of what the weaponization 120 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: that has gone on in the federal government. That doesn't 121 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,280 Speaker 1: that's not to speak ill of my good friend Jim 122 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 1: Jordan or Jamie Cohmer. They're going to do tremendous jobs 123 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: with their committees. But this Church Committee, which is going 124 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: to have to dig into some sensitive issues with our government. 125 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: It's something that members wanted to make sure it was 126 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: ready to go and a hit on all cylinders. The 127 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 1: last pieces is spending. And I know the investigations are critical. 128 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: We're excited to get down to the bottom of all that. 129 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 1: But we still have a spending problem, Sean. You know 130 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: that just as well as I do, and so many 131 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: of your listeners, all your listeners, frankly, and so the 132 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: biggest thing was trying to find ways where we could 133 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: get agreement around the table of what House Republicans were 134 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: going to do about a massive spending problem we still 135 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: have in Washington, and that thirty two trillion dollars debt 136 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: that's only gonna balloon, like you know, So like I 137 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: told you when I got when I started paying attention 138 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: to politics, we were complaining about a twelve trillion dollar 139 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: national kid national debt when I was thirty two trillion. 140 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 1: You know, the House has to act, and so I 141 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: think for a lot of members who have won elections 142 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: have come here, they wanted to make sure there was 143 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:44,760 Speaker 1: no stone left unturned to address these issues. And that's 144 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: really what a lot of I got it and what 145 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 1: frustrated me though you know, and I know, and you 146 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: and not one of the people I was talking to 147 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: at the time, but I was talking to a lot 148 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: of people in early December because I saw, you know, 149 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: two trains on the same track headed towards each other. 150 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: And it's not everybody I know that's a conservative, they 151 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: kind of like watching this unfold. But yet everybody I 152 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: knew that was an independent. They're like, what's wrong with 153 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: you people? And I knew that that aspect would kick in, 154 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: and that my frustration was not on the issue aspects 155 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: of this because a lot of it, as I said, 156 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: and you know as well, had been agreed to, and 157 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: I understood that other people wanted more assurances, but a 158 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: lot of that could have been done ahead of time, 159 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: and that was Look, it's no harm, no foul, We're 160 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: moving forward. You know, there was a report out that 161 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: the i RRS now audits and targets working and middle 162 00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: class Americans over the rich. That's why I think it 163 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: was so important that this first bill be passed as 164 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: you passed. You also have the Rules Committee vote. But 165 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: we're now apparently about to hit a dooming debt ceiling crisis, 166 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,360 Speaker 1: and now this raises a lot of questions and this 167 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: will be the power of the purse that Republicans in 168 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 1: the House have and that means that you're going to 169 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: quote be blamed for shutting down the government. I need 170 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 1: to remind people before this ever happens, the government never 171 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: fully shuts down. Essential workers will continue to work, so 172 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: so security checks will continue to go out, Medicare will 173 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: not close down our military. They will be armed and 174 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: ready for any challenge worldwide if God forbid necessary. There 175 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: might be some people that get laid off for a 176 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: period of time, but they usually get a free vacation 177 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: and back pay the first day they get back to work. 178 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 1: Am I wrong on any of that? No, You're right 179 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 1: on all of that stuff. And I look, even today 180 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: we had our conference meeting, members were having discussions about 181 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: the debt ceiling that is coming. We're starting to talk 182 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: about that now, and I think, you know, this is 183 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: a credit to Speaker McCarthy, and it's also a credit 184 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: to I think the process that occurred last week. The 185 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: members are really engaged about which direction are we going. 186 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: That's a good thing. When I came here, came here 187 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: in the last Congress, and I would watch the rank 188 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 1: and file Democrats and I mean, look, they voted for 189 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: the craziest policies. I don't know why they voted for 190 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: this stuff, but I would watch them basically sit around 191 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: and wait for Nancy Pelosi to decide everything. That's not 192 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 1: how the legislative body is supposed to work. The members 193 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: are supposed to be engaged in this why. That's why 194 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaker 1: we're all elected by our districts. You know, we don't 195 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: all just you know, we all we don't just get 196 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: chosen by the speaker or by the leader of your party. 197 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: The voters send us here. So already we have members 198 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: who are bringing their ideas to the table about what 199 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: are the different ways we can deal with having to challenge, 200 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: deal with the dead feeling. What are gonna be the 201 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: spending provisions we're when I have as a part of that. 202 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: Are we gonna want border security to be a part 203 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: of that. All those discussions are having. Now, that's a 204 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: great thing for our conference because it's it is going 205 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: to come and I think that that level of dialogue 206 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: between the members is really going to help us solidify, 207 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: stay together, and accomplish some things for the people who 208 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: sent us from all over the country. I quick break, 209 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: We'll come back more with Congressman Byron Donalds of Florida 210 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: Friend of the program. Then your calls coming up eight 211 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: hundred and nine for one, Shawn our number if you 212 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 1: want to join us as we continue unmasking the left 213 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: and holding the right accountable for their promises. America needs 214 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: Hannity now more than ever ever. This is a Seawan 215 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: Hannity Show. We continue with Congressman Byron Donalds of Florida. 216 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: All of the agenda items I think all correctly if 217 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: I'm wrong. For the most part, we're gonna have two 218 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty two Republican congressmen and women that are 219 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 1: going to agree with everything on the commitments to America. 220 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: They're going to agree on every single investigation. Now, the 221 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: question is, you know and I know what's going to 222 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: happen if we have a debt ceiling fight as soon 223 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: as Republicans get accused of shutting down the government and 224 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: the hysteria between the Median Democrats, etc. Etc. You're gonna 225 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: have to go out and make the case in a 226 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: powerful way that essential services remain. But however, we've got 227 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 1: to stop robbing from our children and our grandchildren. And 228 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,719 Speaker 1: that's why this matters. And we're not going to go 229 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,719 Speaker 1: along with your ear marks and your bloated budgets. This 230 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:27,599 Speaker 1: idiotic you know, omnibus bill that was passed over the holidays. 231 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: I couldn't believe what seventeen eighteen Republicans went along with 232 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: that monstrosity. All of them should be ashamed of themselves 233 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 1: from my perspective. And this is where the House is 234 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: going to have a say. Now, you will be able 235 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: to cure a lot of the wrongs and that bill, 236 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 1: am I wrong. We're going to try to cure a 237 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,520 Speaker 1: lot of them. There's gonna be some which may stick, 238 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:50,959 Speaker 1: but we're gonna go back and peel back a lot 239 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: of that spending because it was ridiculous. Never needed to happen. 240 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: Like we were begging Senate Republicans not to go along 241 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: with that bill, because the other thing that happened that 242 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: of US bill is that it hurts our ability to 243 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:05,680 Speaker 1: use the power of the purse to secure the border. Now, 244 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: Joe Biden went down there for about two and a 245 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: half hours. You're like another an hour longer than Kamala 246 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: Harris did. But he went down there for two and 247 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: a half hours, and he has his haphazard, nonsensical new 248 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: approach to the border, which still is not going to work. 249 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: It's a joke. You can come on. It was a joe. 250 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: We've had five million illegal immigrants, more than ever in history, 251 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 1: and it was a photo op. And then cleaning up 252 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: the town of al Paso so he doesn't see the 253 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: mess that he caused was unbelievable. Let me ask you 254 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: this last question, and I talked about it on radio 255 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: and TV because we've become friendly. I think the world 256 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: do you. I think you're a real star in the party, 257 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: and then you have I think it was Corey Bush 258 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: making this vicious, vile, nasty attack against you in the 259 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: middle of all this last week, and I was livid 260 00:13:54,400 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: for you. What was your reaction. My first reaction was, uh, 261 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: just I just laughed because it was the stupidest thing 262 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 1: I ever heard. But then the second part was like, 263 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: this is this what we do in politics, where if 264 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: you're black on the Democrats side of the aisle, all 265 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: you're ever gonna do is just try to pull down 266 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: black Republicans. I man, I'm over that and I'm sick 267 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: of it. Is it also true that that you were 268 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: not invited to be part of the Congressional Black Caucus? Uh? Now, 269 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: I didn't see that email. But you know what, I'm 270 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: I'm pretty busy now. You know, being in the majority 271 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: makes a bit more. You're not holding your breath, I 272 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: can tell I didn't see that email. It sounds like 273 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: you're out holding your breath either. Well, don't you think 274 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: there's something wrong with that? I do, definitely do. I 275 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: think that. You know, we have now four black Republicans 276 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: in the House, obviously Tim Scott in the Senate. UM, 277 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: we should be in that room to discuss the policies 278 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: that we want to pass out of Washington and how 279 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: they impact the black community because for far too long, 280 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: Democrat policies fail black people. That's just the truth. And 281 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: so I think that we should be in that room. Now. 282 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:04,119 Speaker 1: Will those conversations be hard, yeah, will they be poignant, yeah, 283 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: But at least have the debate. That's where I stand. 284 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: But I talked to some members of the CBC. We 285 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: have pretty good relationships. But if that's how they want 286 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: to run the CBC, that's fine. I'm gonna go and 287 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: do my job, which is pushing policies that work for 288 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: all Americans, Black Americans, might Americans, Hispanic Americans. That's what 289 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: I'm about. Because if your family is prosperous, and America 290 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:29,440 Speaker 1: is prosperous. We all succeed well, said Congressman Byron Donald's 291 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 1: Southwest Florida. We wish you the best. We're very happy 292 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: about all your success. We need leaders like you in 293 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: Washington and look forward to having you on often. 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All right, So we have this 324 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: little issue for Port Joey and classified documents that they 325 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: have now found, and all the indignation and all the 326 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 1: outrage that existed over Donald Trump having them totally completely 327 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 1: ignoring Hillary Clinton's massive trove of top secret documents. Anyway, Now, 328 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: this is how the media treated Donald Trump over the 329 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: Marilago documents. And then we'll play how the media downplayed 330 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:47,679 Speaker 1: Tiden having classified top secret documents at his own think tank. Listen, 331 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 1: if the Trump people represented that they provided all the 332 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 1: classified or national security information and didn't, that's a serious problem. 333 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: No one is above the law, and the rule of 334 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: law in a democracy, you know, has to be our standard. 335 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,400 Speaker 1: No person is above the law, not even the president 336 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: of the United States, not even a former president of 337 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 1: the United States. The intelligence community needs to do its 338 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 1: risk and damage assessment about how Donald Trump's very reckless 339 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: handling of these documents might have harmed our national security. 340 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: This was not a mistake that these documents landed at Marlag. 341 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 1: This is what he intended. And it also, by the way, 342 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 1: shows that they really want to get these documents back, 343 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: and every second that they're at this beach house in 344 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: the possession of Donald Trump is a risk to our 345 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 1: national security. But what we know is that tonight the 346 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: Justice Department has launched this preliminary investigation into classified documents 347 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,719 Speaker 1: that were recovered from an office Joe Biden occupied and 348 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,680 Speaker 1: used at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank here 349 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,959 Speaker 1: in Washington, d C. We are told that there are 350 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 1: only a handful of these classified documents this according to 351 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: sources who are talking to ABC News about this investigation. 352 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 1: Former federal prosecutor Scott Frederickson says there are important differences 353 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,399 Speaker 1: between this Biden inquiry and that involving former President Trump. 354 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 1: How significant is it that these documents were self reported 355 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: voluntarily turned over. I think the self reporting here is 356 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: probably the single most important part of this situation. It 357 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 1: indicates a lack of intentional conduct. Is completely different from 358 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: the Marlago case, which tends based on reporting to indicate 359 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: there was intentionally activity to take those documents. I think 360 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: you mentioned politics. None of these facts that were particularly 361 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: just laid out by Paula and Sun men are going 362 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: to matter for House Republicans. They are going at this. 363 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,160 Speaker 1: You're already hearing them equate it to what happened with 364 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: former President Trump, even though it is very in apples 365 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: to Oranges situa, even at a casual glance. At this point, 366 00:20:05,359 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: as I said tonight, a brief flory of excitement on 367 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: the right about this prospect when this news broke about 368 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,479 Speaker 1: the Penn Biden Center. The reason it was only a 369 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: brief flory of excitement is because in President Biden's case, 370 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: he and his lawyers appear to have actually done the 371 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: right thing when it comes to these classified documents. I'm confused. 372 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: I mean, this doesn't sound anything like William wants no 373 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: Court of the two case. No, it doesn't sound anything 374 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: like it. But yet I'm reading on the Twitter machine 375 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: that it's just al But there doesn't sound to be 376 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: any similarities. This has to be the Libs trying to 377 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: pull something over on us, just complete utter hypocrisy. But 378 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: that's on every issue now, isn't it. It's not that 379 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 1: hard to figure out. All right, let's go to our 380 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,919 Speaker 1: busy telephones. James is in Illinois, James High, how are 381 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: you glad you called Sir Hi from Illinois. See, I 382 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: was wondering, what is Adam Schiff going to be removed 383 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: from all all committees and prosecuted for laying to Congress. 384 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: I don't know about the prosecution part, but I do 385 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: know he's being removed from his committee, Swollwalls being removed 386 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: from his committee, and who else is being removed? Omar 387 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: is being removed from her committee. So all of that 388 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 1: is happening, by the way, rightly. So oh, that's good 389 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 1: to know. See I made your day. The congenital liar 390 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: My favorite thing about Adam Schiff complaining about Rush or 391 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: Rush or Rush or Russia, but all the evident Trump 392 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: Rushia collusion. And then when the tape comes out of 393 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:42,479 Speaker 1: these comedians acting as though they're Russians, uh calling ship. Uh, 394 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: we are compromising, Matt Pieil Donald Trump. What's the nature 395 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 1: is that? I'm sure? What's the nature of the compromising materials? 396 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 1: The pictures of the naked Trump? You know, like my 397 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 1: version of it. I like audience to hear how stupid 398 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 1: he is? Picture name you have pictures that dam see 399 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: the pictures really weirdly excited. But of course the show 400 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: Vladimir about Pisa, take your accents pretty good? All right, Well, 401 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: let's find out. Let's play it. And she met with 402 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: Trump and she brought him while our Russian girl celebrity 403 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 1: old Gaboozaba, who are also known as a person with 404 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: a strange reputation Olga and how do you spell her name, Olaz? 405 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: What's the nature of the compromise? Well, there were pictures 406 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: of naked Trump, and so Putin was made aware of 407 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: the availability of the compromising material. Yes, of course, thank 408 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 1: you very much. We will be back in touch with 409 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,680 Speaker 1: you through our staff to make arrangements to obtain these 410 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 1: materials for our committee and for the FBI. And I 411 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: appreciate your reaching out to us boa the compromising my THEAIO, 412 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: the Donald Trump. What's the name nature? Well today for 413 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: the compromise pictures of the naked Trump? Did Vladimir see them? 414 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: But of course Vladimir see the picture of the naked Trump. 415 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 1: The complemented matal And this guy sitting in a position 416 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: of power. Meanwhile when he's saluting with somebody thinks it's 417 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: a freaking Russian for the purpose of winning an election. 418 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,520 Speaker 1: Look at John Paul mac Isaac. He's like, here's the laptop, 419 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: here's the pictures. No, we don't want to see that. No, 420 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:31,439 Speaker 1: thank youkay, no, thanks alright, eight hundred and nine four one, 421 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: Sean our number. You want to be a part of 422 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:38,360 Speaker 1: the program. Um, let's say hi to John. John is 423 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: in the great state of Texas. We are I am 424 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 1: an honorary Texan thanks to Governor Rick Perry. What's going on, 425 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: my friend? How are you well? Sean? I am a 426 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: greenhorn that grew up on Washington Street where the World 427 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 1: Trade Center was eventually built, came through that horrible place 428 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 1: Allie silent and really suffered these as a great nation. 429 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: And I love your show, I love your radio, and 430 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: I love your program. But I want to comment on 431 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 1: Gates and the twenty. You know they've been catching a 432 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 1: lot of heat. Why did they go through this? Well, 433 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: I don't see Kevin as a Mitch, but he is 434 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: a great understudy. I understand that in September the twenty 435 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: definitely not a Mitch. Their fear was he'd be a 436 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: banner and by the way, Bayner was the worst agreed. Now, 437 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:38,919 Speaker 1: I understand that the twenty went to Kevin and said, hey, 438 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: we've got things we should get lined out before the 439 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 1: election is over so we can make a very quick transition. 440 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:51,080 Speaker 1: And Kevin counting that, oh boy, I have all these 441 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: votes that are going to come on these new elected 442 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: I don't need these guys, and he gambled. So on 443 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: the day after a elections he approaches them and says, well, 444 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: how can we get this resolve? What do we need? Well? 445 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: I am so happy that they kept the feet to 446 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 1: the fire, and not only did they get what they 447 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:16,679 Speaker 1: wanted then, but they got more, like, for example, not 448 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 1: five but one. So I think all the only thing 449 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,200 Speaker 1: I could tell you can. I give you a little 450 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: color to this though, is because John I was talking 451 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,639 Speaker 1: to these people all throughout December and I knew this 452 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 1: we were headed in this direction, and I urged both 453 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: sides to resolve it. A lot of these things that 454 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: finally got agreed on I was talking about in December 455 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: and talking to the people about it. There was not 456 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: good faith negotiations going on with anybody. There was no list. 457 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: Then when the list showed up, then it was agreed 458 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: to that another list came in. So I kind of 459 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: see both sides of it. And the only thing I 460 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 1: was concerned about the process doesn't matter to me. It's 461 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,199 Speaker 1: like a fighting hockey. I'm one of those people that 462 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:07,120 Speaker 1: actually likes it. I like mma fighting, I like boxing, 463 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: I like you know, rough and tumble football. It's um. 464 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 1: But I didn't like the idea that they were going 465 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,959 Speaker 1: to start out with that impression for other people besides 466 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: us that don't care. And that was my argument to them. 467 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: I said, you guys, you know you got the country 468 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 1: watching you, and you're gonna look stupid. And between the media, mob, democrats, 469 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 1: and my bigger fear independence, they didn't like a lot 470 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 1: of what they saw that was my concern. Does that 471 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,040 Speaker 1: make sense to you, and that's why I wanted it 472 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: done prior to January third? I do. But what I 473 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,600 Speaker 1: understand is Kevin did not want to talk at all 474 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,719 Speaker 1: about this because he felt he had it in the bag. 475 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: And then when you did. But now you're talking about 476 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: those but you're talking about before the election. I am saying, well, 477 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 1: after the election, it was very It was known to 478 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy as a fact that this was gonna be 479 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:07,560 Speaker 1: a really rough month in terms of getting over the top, 480 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: getting the majority, etc. I know because I got daily 481 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: updates from the same person he was getting updates from 482 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: in terms of who was up, who was down, how 483 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 1: many rate, how many votes were outstanding, etcetera, etcetera. I 484 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 1: got an update every single day, multiple times a day usually. Well, 485 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,679 Speaker 1: you know what, stay right there. Let me let me 486 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: put on Bert from Maine. Bert disagrees with you, I think, Bert, 487 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: how are you say, how did John from Texas? How's 488 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 1: it going? Texas? Beautiful state they treat their veterans. Well, Yeah, No, 489 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 1: I disagree with him because it's you know, if Bobert 490 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: was so serious in particular, her was so serious about 491 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: making everything better for the people, and she was doing 492 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,399 Speaker 1: this for these concessions. Why did she not in the 493 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:54,199 Speaker 1: end vote from Carthy? Why did she you know, just 494 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: vote present. I mean, if she got everything that she wanted, 495 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 1: there should have been no reason for you know her 496 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:05,960 Speaker 1: not to. I know the reason. Remember I had them 497 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 1: on Friday night together, and the reason was that both 498 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 1: Matt Gates and Lauren Bobert wanted to see this last 499 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: last item in writing. But I'll let you address John 500 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: and Texas. What did you think about John was saying, no, 501 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 1: I mean, speakers, the Congress is supposed to be the 502 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: people's voice, and I think Kevin has done a really 503 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: good job at that. I think that he's trying to 504 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: make the changes possible for you know, us to prosper 505 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 1: more as a people. And I think that if we 506 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: let him do what he promised the people that he's 507 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 1: going to do, I think we can make some real changes. 508 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 1: I just I hope that we can undo the damage 509 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: that we did from you know, those four days, because 510 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: we worked hard. Those those four days will be long 511 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: forgotten if they keep their word. And that's what the 512 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: reason I never got wigged out at all last week 513 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: is because I know that the agenda isn't cement, so 514 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: I think John and Texas that should make you happy 515 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: as well. I knew the agenda everybody agreed on. That 516 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 1: was never an issue for me. No, I agree with you. 517 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: But my problem is that when they wanted to play 518 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:28,239 Speaker 1: nice and let's talk about the issues, Kevin pointed his 519 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: nose at them and said, basically, I don't need you. 520 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 1: And then when he found out he needed them in December, 521 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: he said, okay, let's play nice, and then I don't 522 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: care who you are, you should have started talking. And well, 523 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:46,400 Speaker 1: he knew very early after the election that this was 524 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: going to be a tight majority, because he knew because 525 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: I knew, because I knew where he was getting his 526 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: numbers from every day in terms of how many votes 527 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: were still outstanding in whatever district we were looking at. 528 00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:04,239 Speaker 1: And we actually predicted with pinpoint accuracy, based on the 529 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: data that I was receiving from a friend of mine, 530 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 1: exactly how many votes we'd end up with. And I 531 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: knew that the week after election for sure, I had 532 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:18,479 Speaker 1: it lockdown completely. And every one of those the races 533 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,640 Speaker 1: that I called would go our way. Well, I was right. 534 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 1: The ones I thought would not go our way. I 535 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: ended up being right as well, and it was bizarre, 536 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 1: and I think a lot of it's rooted in the 537 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 1: fact that you know, the way elections are handled in 538 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: this country are different. Look, here's the bottom line. We're 539 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 1: all on the same page now. Now, these guys have 540 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: a mandate to go and keep the promises they made 541 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: on investigations, use the power of the purse, the power 542 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: of subpoena, and vote on their commitments to America. If 543 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: they do their job, this will be long forgotten. Anyway, 544 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: I appreciate it, John, thank you, Bert, thank you for Maine. 545 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: Eight hundred nine four one, Shawn our number if you 546 00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: want to be a part of the program. All right, 547 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,240 Speaker 1: we are in our nation's capital, and we're here for 548 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: a reason. Tonight we're doing a town hall with the 549 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: newly elected Congress. We've got a really important show in 550 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: my view tonight. Will they keep their promises? Kevin McCarthy's 551 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: first interview long form interview. Also Steve Scalise lista Fonic 552 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: will join us, Jim Jordan, James Comer, John James, Byron 553 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: Donald's Chip Roy. I mean we got a great lineup tonight. 554 00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: All you need to do is set your DVR so 555 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: you never miss an episode of Hannity. We'll see it 556 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: tonight live at nine and back in the well swamp 557 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: of New York tomorrow. Anyway, have a great night, we'll 558 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,680 Speaker 1: see you tonight back here tomorrow. Thank you for being 559 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: with us and making this show possible.