1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Tutor Dixon Podcast. I have Senator Mark 2 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Wayne Mullen back with me today. I want to talk 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: to him about all things while government, but also One 4 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: Big Beautiful Bill because it passed. Congratulations, Senator, thank you 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: for being out there every day talking about it. 6 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 2: Absolutely well, we're excited about it. It was a it 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: was a huge push. I told everybody I can't wait 8 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 2: until it's done because I'm actually going to get rest. 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 2: But I lied that has a same I don't think literally. 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 2: I was recounting just while to go with my office 11 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 2: that I've got three hours of sleep since Sunday morning, 12 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: and so it just just part of it. But the 13 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 2: One Big Beautiful Bill. Listen, super sorry, this is what 14 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 2: happens when you eat whet tans right freaking. 15 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 3: On the That's fine because that was. 16 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: My h that was my lunch. But anyways, you the 17 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 2: One Big Beautiful Bill has been such a push in 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,319 Speaker 2: September because in September we knew we were going to win, 19 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 2: right and President Trump was already talking about it. When 20 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 2: we're on the plane, we're talking about the priorities that 21 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 2: needed to be in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Even 22 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 2: though we wasn't calling it OBBB. Back then. We were 23 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 2: just talking about the Reconciliation package, what needed to be 24 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: in it. He was talking about taxes, he was talking 25 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 2: about the permacy, he was talking about border he was 26 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 2: talking about making sure we fully fund the border wall. 27 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 2: He was talking about energy. I mean, through the whole campaign, 28 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: the whole time I was on Trump Force one, we 29 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 2: were discussing it. And then when we get we win 30 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: the election, because we knew we were going to win it. 31 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 2: We win the election in November. It's been it's been 32 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,960 Speaker 2: just the hard push from Jason Smith in the as 33 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: Chairman of Ways and Means, who is a very good 34 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,759 Speaker 2: friend of mine in factor he leases a room off 35 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 2: of me at my house here in DC. Uh. He just, 36 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 2: I mean, it's all. It was all consuming to him. 37 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: With me being the liaison between the Senate and the House, 38 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: I was working on the House side when it was 39 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 2: going through to make sure that Senate a priorities in it, 40 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: and then we had our priorities in it, and uh, 41 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 2: and then working with a White House on it. The 42 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: President was fully engaged. And the thing is is when 43 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: the president is fully engaged, he doesn't sleep. And I 44 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 2: sleeps anyways, but he doesn't. He doesn't sleep, and so 45 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 2: I'm getting phone calls from him at twelve thirty in 46 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: the morning or I guess oh to thirty in the morning, 47 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 2: and I'm getting calls again from him at five forty 48 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 2: in the morning. I'm getting text messaging to the port 49 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 2: where I wouldn't go to sleep until after midnight because 50 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 2: I was afraid I would miss a call, which I 51 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 2: did do that one time, and I fell asleep and 52 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 2: then I answered the call and I don't remember the 53 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: phone call. A funny story here. Literally, I wake up 54 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 2: and I get up early. I usually wake up between 55 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 2: four and four thirty. And I woke up and I 56 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 2: was like, I had a dream I talked to President Trump? 57 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 2: Am I really talking to him that much that I 58 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: had a dream? So I looked at my phone and 59 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: said dj T and I'm like, oh my goodness, it's 60 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 2: black and I'm going no, and it's duration three minutes. 61 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 2: So I wait until almost six o'clock. I call him 62 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: and he answered the phone. The first thing he says, 63 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 2: you don't remember talking to me. I was like, no, 64 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 2: what I say? He said, You'll never know and just 65 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 2: hung up on me. 66 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 3: No, that is hilarious because no one knows. 67 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the worst thing that can actually happen. And 68 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: so I was just I was just so so now. 69 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 2: The whole time doing The One Big Beautiful Bill, I 70 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 2: was always afraid to go to sleep because that first hour, 71 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 2: I'm horrible. When I go to sleep, I only sleep 72 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 2: about four or five hours anyways, But when I go 73 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 2: to sleep that first hour, I wake up cranky or 74 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 2: I don't wake up at all. You can wake me 75 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 2: up after the first hour and I'll come straight awake. 76 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 2: I'm good. I can I can set straight up and 77 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 2: go walk into a fight. I mean, I'm good. But 78 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 2: that first hour is just it's just awful. And so anyways, 79 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 2: the One Big Beautiful Bill, I'm glad it's over with. 80 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 2: But now we're moving on to other things. And we 81 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 2: got all their priorities. It wasn't perfect, right, I mean, 82 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 2: there's some stuff in there that we didn't like, that 83 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 2: didn't negotiate a lot. We had all negotiate a lot 84 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: right at the last minute with Lisa mccowski to get 85 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 2: to get over our threshold of the votes. But we 86 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: were able to do it and deliver on I'll say 87 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 2: one of the most impactful bills and probably our generation. 88 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 2: That is a legacy bill for the Republicans plus for 89 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: the president, and I think one of the biggest wins 90 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: in there. We can talk about taxes being permanent, right. 91 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 2: We talked the plus up on the military and putting 92 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 2: us into the front to the actual future of the 93 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 2: fight with AI technology and new technology that puts us 94 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 2: in the conventional warfighter that actually helps us from deterrence perspective, 95 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 2: not so we don't have to use it, but to 96 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 2: keep people from actually saying we don't want to mess 97 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 2: with those guys. That's peace through strength. But one thing 98 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: that's been overlooked is that we fully funded the southern 99 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 2: border to finish the wall. We put in forty six 100 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 2: billion dollars. That's more than enough to build every inch 101 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 2: of that wall, either by a physical barrier or from 102 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: technology that exist in some of the more remote areas 103 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 2: that have UAE technology. As soon as something happens, it's 104 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,520 Speaker 2: able or uas, we're able to immediately put eyes on it, 105 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 2: and we're able to monitor what's happening in those areas. 106 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 2: And what's different between that and the president's first term 107 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,479 Speaker 2: is that in this one it's it's a wall, it's 108 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: not an executive order. So even God forbid we get 109 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 2: a Democrat in there after President Trump, they can't stop it. 110 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 2: The wall has to continue. 111 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: And that is key because we know that Joe Biden 112 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: just let everything go to crap and then started selling 113 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: everything off, trying to keep it friendly for the kids. 114 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: But I mean, honestly, I think people don't understand that. 115 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: That is why Congress has to work with the president, 116 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: because the executive orders can only go so far. Once 117 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 1: the president is out of office, that can all change. 118 00:05:57,160 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: So I love that you pointed that out. I want 119 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: to talk about about the tax relief because Democrats their 120 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: party line right now across the board, but especially in 121 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: Michigan where we have some vulnerable seats for the midterm, 122 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: is that this was tax relief for billionaires. And have 123 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: you just put out a tweet a few days ago 124 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: that says tax relief for working families. 125 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 3: So tell us about that. 126 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 2: Well, let's debunk what they're saying. First of all, they're 127 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 2: saying that it's tax relaf for the billionaires because we're 128 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 2: not allowing the taxes to expire. But if taxes were 129 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 2: to expire, because we really didn't do anything different except 130 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 2: to make the current tax policy not expire, because underneath 131 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 2: current tax law, all the taxes that we put in, 132 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 2: the tax cuts we put in in twenty seventeen twenty eighteen, 133 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 2: would expire on December thirty first, So the American people 134 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 2: across the board would see a roughly a four trillion 135 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 2: dollar increase in taxes because we made it permanent stops 136 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 2: at now. Nothing change is on the upper labor layer, 137 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 2: so the one percent, their taxes stay the same. The 138 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,679 Speaker 2: bottom percent we actually put in We doubled the child 139 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 2: tax credit in there. We put no tax on tips, 140 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 2: We put no tax on overtime, which is huge because 141 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 2: that's the working class, right they're working by the hour. 142 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 2: We're not taxing you on anything that you're that you're 143 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 2: that you're working over forty hours. And then it then 144 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 2: there's no tax on Social Security for eighty eight percent. 145 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 2: The reason why they say, well, that's not accurate. You know, 146 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 2: it's eighty eight percent because the twelve percent are the 147 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 2: ones that are making a higher, much much higher income, 148 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 2: that are in the top bracket. So those individuals are 149 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 2: they don't they don't actually get a cut, tax break 150 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 2: on their Social Security what what actually happens because of 151 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 2: the child tax credit, because of no tax on tips, 152 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 2: because of the no tax on overtime. If you look 153 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 2: at the average family of four inside of the United 154 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 2: States will receive roughly ten thousand dollars more and bring 155 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 2: home pay in Oklahoma's seven thousand, but across the country 156 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 2: it's it's ten thousand. That is that is a tax 157 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 2: cut for the middle class. I mean, we saw our 158 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 2: wages go backwards for the last four years. We saw 159 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 2: inflation at a high and nine point one percent average 160 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 2: during the Biden administration four point ninety five percent. Underneath Trump, 161 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 2: it's now almost two percent and continues to fall. We're 162 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 2: seeing real wages increase. So even outside of that, the 163 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 2: OBBB I always got to get that extra b in there, 164 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 2: that one big beautiful bill. It did alone, because the 165 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 2: policies will be around ten thousand for an average family 166 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 2: of four. You take inflation and you take actual bring 167 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 2: home pay. Because we see wages increasing. And the reason 168 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 2: why you're seeing wages increasing is because President Trump is 169 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 2: getting rid of all the illegal labels or illegal aliens 170 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 2: that are in that are stealing jobs by working by cash. 171 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 2: So now You're starting to see people actually have to 172 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 2: pay for the labor that they're producing. You're seeing them 173 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 2: bring home pay even increase more than that. So real 174 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 2: income we're estimating around twelve thousand dollars. When you take 175 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 2: the economic policies at President Trump put in place, you 176 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 2: think about that, an average family of four that's going 177 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 2: to have c increase and bring home pay around twelve 178 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 2: thousand dollars. That is that's. 179 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 3: Massive, massive. Yes, absolutely start. 180 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:24,719 Speaker 2: Being able to save money again. Instead of pulling out 181 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 2: their savings and living off their credit cards, are actually 182 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 2: pay down their line of credit and actually start putting 183 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 2: money into savings. 184 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: What is the Democrats argument against this? I mean, we 185 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,280 Speaker 1: know that they were talking about medicaid and they say 186 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: that you're cutting Medicaid. 187 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 3: Obviously we know. 188 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I know from the state of Michigan there 189 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: are plenty of people that are taking benefits that shouldn't 190 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:50,559 Speaker 1: be taking benefits. It's interesting because since that we've had 191 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: some people come out on social media. I don't know 192 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: if they're satire or if they are really saying, hey, 193 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: I don't work, I want this money, I don't want 194 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: my money cut. But they're clearly able bodied and able 195 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: to work. How do you fight that though, because that 196 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: narrative of these people, and they're going to have ads, 197 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: They're going to come out at the midterms and they're 198 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: going to have people that have said, you know, my 199 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: child is sick and I had my medicaid taken away, 200 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: and this was the Republicans that did it. 201 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 3: How do you fight that? 202 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 2: Well, we're going to have the ads. There's nothing to 203 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 2: do about it. I think the line's already been drolled 204 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 2: because they made it. They made the fight so quick 205 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 2: right now, and it's so polarizing between Republics and the Democrats. 206 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 2: But the real numbers are and I don't know how 207 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,439 Speaker 2: you're going to combat it. It's going to be combat 208 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 2: in one state, in one district at a time that 209 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 2: you're going to have to actually fight it with truth. 210 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 2: The problem is is that a lie outruns the truth. 211 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 2: But the real fact of the matter is right now, 212 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 2: we have thirty five million people that live underneath the 213 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 2: poverty line inside the United States. Now, that's what medicaid 214 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 2: was designed for, but we have nearly ninety million that's 215 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 2: on medicaid. Now, where in the world is that at? 216 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 2: Because if you're just going by if you just go 217 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 2: by qualifications of income, you shouldn't even able to qualify 218 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 2: if you're living below the poverty lining with kids. One 219 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 2: of the big things that the Democrats are pushing on 220 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 2: saying that this is unfair, that we can't do this. 221 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 2: It's going to because it's too burdensome. Is the work requirement? 222 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 2: Now let me just throw out the work requirement on 223 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 2: this one. And I don't know how the Democrats defend this. 224 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 2: We're requiring you to work, volunteer, or go to school 225 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 2: twenty hours a week if you have no dependencies and 226 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 2: no health issues. Okay, I'm sorry, you have no dependencies, mean, 227 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 2: you're not response for any kids and you have no 228 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 2: health issues. You just choose not to work, and you 229 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 2: want the American taxpayer to pay you to stay home 230 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 2: to be lazy. What the Republicans are doing here is like, 231 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:58,479 Speaker 2: we're giving you an opportunity to better yourself by requiring 232 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 2: you to either volunteer, work, or get educated and pull 233 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 2: yourself out of poverty. There's no excuse for being lazy 234 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,959 Speaker 2: inside the United States, and it's not up to us. 235 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 2: If you choose to be lazy, then it's not up 236 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 2: to us to have to fund you, and then we 237 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 2: require you to have a proof of means that you've 238 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:20,319 Speaker 2: got to fill out proof of means every six months 239 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 2: instead of every year, it's every six months. And they're 240 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 2: saying that the paperwork is to burdensome. Wow, yeah, give 241 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 2: me a break. I don't. So we're gonna work we 242 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 2: cut out the waste and fraud to make sure that 243 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 2: it's there for those that need it and that actually 244 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 2: deserve a helping hand because you find yourself an unfortunate situation. 245 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 2: It's not there for people that want to gain the 246 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 2: system or where the Democrats put them because they're trying 247 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 2: to get everybody free health care. 248 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next on 249 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: the Tutor Dixon Podcast. So the midterms are coming up. Obviously, 250 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: we're all looking at this very carefully. Like I said, 251 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: in the state of Michigan, we have an open seat. 252 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: We have a couple people that are shuffling out of 253 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: congressional seats, so that leaves those congressional seats open, and 254 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: there is definitely concern that we're not going to go 255 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: get through the midterm with the majority. 256 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 3: But I believe that the messaging is there. 257 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: I know that what the President is doing, the policies 258 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: are there, So I guess it comes down to making 259 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 1: sure the public is educated enough to know that the 260 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 1: Republicans are going to be the ones who are going 261 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: to protect you, that are going to get your costs down, 262 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: that are going to improve the economy. And right now, 263 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 1: you know, last night they were just talking on Hannity 264 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: about this being one of the best economies that we've 265 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: seen in years. So we are going in with all 266 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: the right stuff. There are going to be major attacks. 267 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 1: How is fundraising going? How is it going? Looking at 268 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: where the grassroots of the Republican Party are right. 269 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 2: Now fundraising, We're setting records on fundraising. So the people 270 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 2: out there, there's some people that are still upset at 271 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 2: some of the tariffs and trade deals that we're trying 272 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 2: to work out, but they're excited about where the economy 273 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 2: is going because they can't. You know, they were talking about, 274 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 2: you know, the terrorists are going to ruin the economy 275 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 2: and inflation is going to come through. We have seen 276 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 2: no inflation due to tariffs at all. You see, the economy, 277 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 2: as we talked about, is coming back with it with 278 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 2: as I would say, almost like a roaring lion. You 279 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 2: have the stock market that is volatile, it's always volatile. 280 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 2: It's not a good measure of the economy, but it's 281 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 2: still its record numbers, and so everything's moving in the 282 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 2: right direction. People are excited about it. The thing that 283 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 2: is really really difficult to do is how do you 284 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 2: play wakama with all the lives of Democrats are out 285 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 2: there saying the best thing that's happening for the Democrats 286 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 2: is they're so radical, They're so far the left. It's 287 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 2: what costs them the election, and they haven't changed. The 288 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 2: worst thing that could happen for us is that the 289 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 2: Democrats decided to be moderate again the Democrats, which they 290 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 2: can't do. Their base won't allow them to be. In fact, 291 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 2: they kicked out all their moderates. But if the Democrat 292 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 2: Party decided to shift and get away from this woke 293 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 2: dei socialist agenda and actually moved towards America First agenda, 294 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 2: you would see that we would have problems with the midterm. 295 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 2: It's going to be tough anyways, But because they've doubled down, 296 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 2: they keep having ridiculous rhetoric, and the people that are 297 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 2: leading the party at this point is AOC, Japaul, JA 298 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 2: Paul or what however you say your name, and Bernie Sanders, 299 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 2: who are open socialists. And then you see the New 300 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 2: York mayor that literally elects or hasn't elected yet but 301 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 2: as one of the primary to be the new mayor 302 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 2: of New York City, who's a socialist communist I know. 303 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 2: And he's openly saying what he wants to do. And 304 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 2: this is what a lot of people don't understand is 305 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 2: the scariest thing that he is saying that the Democrat 306 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 2: Party is backing up. Remember, a lot of people have 307 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 2: come out dorsed him and to support him now and 308 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 2: all all the leaders in the Democrat Party have already 309 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 2: come out of supporting this guy. There's three things that 310 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 2: a socialist country has to control. They have to control education, health, 311 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 2: and food and and so the most the most eye 312 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 2: opening thing he said is when he wants to uh 313 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 2: take all the govern or, all the grocery stores and 314 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 2: be and be ran by the government by New York City, 315 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 2: that is socialism. Because they already control the public school system, 316 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 2: they're controlling the healthcare system, and now they're controlling your 317 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 2: food supply. That is that is so scary, but the 318 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 2: average person out there is seeing this and is waking 319 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 2: up about what's happening. So for the midterm, this is 320 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 2: the best thing that could happen for the American people 321 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 2: because they see how radical the Democrat Party is. 322 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next on 323 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: the Tutor Dixon Podcast. 324 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 3: Do you think there's any regret? 325 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: I say you quote tweeted someone a senator last week 326 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: who was like, people are privately coming to me and 327 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 1: saying Mark, stay keep fighting, keep fighting. 328 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 3: You were like, this is not happening. 329 00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: And I think that the reason that people are out 330 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 1: there saying things like that is because their party has 331 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: become so radical. They're trying to put out messages that 332 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: are a little bit more ratcheted down and like, Okay, 333 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: we're the Party of common sense, but they're not. An 334 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: Axio's article came out just a couple of days ago 335 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 1: saying that their grassroots are now going to elected officials 336 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: and saying, we'd like you to go get shot at 337 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: ice facilities. We need you to fight harder, we need 338 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 1: this to look worse for us. So if you get shot, 339 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: then the president has a real problem on his hands 340 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: and It's interesting because if you read this article, the 341 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 1: electeds who are quoted in there are like, you know, 342 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: we're not really into that. 343 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 3: I think that's going a little bit too far. 344 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 1: I mean, they're essentially saying, martyr yourself, go out there, 345 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: do act like a crazy person, threaten Ice to the 346 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: point where you get killed, and then we can continue 347 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: to go after the president of the United States. 348 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 2: So the Axios article, this is the second time has 349 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 2: been brought up today, I mean, is referring to people 350 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 2: literally draw blood, time to draw blood, and it says 351 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 2: it gives an unnamed Republican or Democrat official. And I'm 352 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 2: going hopefully this isn't true. Hopefully that Axios is making 353 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 2: this up and it's not an actual leader in the 354 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 2: Democrat Party. That would be that stupid to say that. 355 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 2: But if it is, they should expose who that person 356 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 2: is because they're the ones that's leading to the two 357 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,920 Speaker 2: ice facilities that got attacked on July fourth and one 358 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 2: and one yesterday on July seventh. They're the ones that 359 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 2: are that are leading to this. When you when you're 360 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:56,400 Speaker 2: constantly fanning the flames and stirring the coals, uh, you're 361 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 2: going to originally eventually get hold of people that have 362 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 2: a little bit of milli illness that's going to take 363 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 2: that for real, which maybe you do mean it for real, 364 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 2: but hopefully you don't. Hopefully it's just words that get 365 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 2: you aroused and wants you to make you you know, 366 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 2: it's like a call of arms. 367 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 3: But after what we just saw in Minnesota, how can 368 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 3: you say. 369 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 2: That that's right? I mean, because it wasn't. When you 370 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,960 Speaker 2: start having these ICE attention facilities that are being attacked 371 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:28,919 Speaker 2: by a planned ambush, when you have people that are 372 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 2: showing up in black tactical gear and they have jamming 373 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 2: devices to block their signals so that you can't be 374 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 2: tracked by their cell phone. And then when you have 375 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 2: an ICE officer that shows up and two people that 376 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 2: are hiding in the woods come out and open fire. 377 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 2: That's a huge, huge, planned, coordinated event that doesn't just 378 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:52,359 Speaker 2: accidentally happen. That is not a peaceful protest. That the 379 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 2: that CNN or CNBC or any of these left leaning 380 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 2: radical outlets or starting to try to deceive the American 381 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,439 Speaker 2: people by saying this is when the Democrat Party should 382 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 2: actually start relooking and focusing on changing their direction and 383 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,959 Speaker 2: saying Hey, maybe we got it wrong, but they can't 384 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 2: move because it's their base and they can't leave off 385 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,640 Speaker 2: their base. And when they try to leave their base, 386 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 2: their base is starting to eat them alive, because why 387 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 2: you created this monster and you keep feeding them this 388 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 2: rhetoric that now they believe. And if you're not seen 389 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 2: to be fighting enough, you're going to lose your primary election. 390 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: It's such a double edged sword because I hear what 391 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 1: you're saying about as long as they continue to put 392 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: this rhetoric out, we are going to win the midterms. 393 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: But I look at New York City, which I think 394 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,959 Speaker 1: is the most powerful financial city in the world, and 395 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,200 Speaker 1: I think about what you just said about these grocery 396 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 1: stores and what this man could do to destroy that city. 397 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 1: I mean, he has overwhelmingly talked about defunding the police, 398 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: and now even when he is asked about that, he 399 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: doesn't say, oh, no, I don't want to defund the police. 400 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 1: He says he wants to reimagine things, just like elhan 401 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: Omar was saying. Reimagine and community policing, which is we're 402 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: not going to have police, We're going to have people 403 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,400 Speaker 1: talking to one another. There is a real danger of 404 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 1: New York completely going into total chaos. 405 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 3: And then you've also got him. 406 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 1: Not only is he talking about reimagining the police, but 407 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 1: as you said, he's talking about taking over the supermarkets, 408 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: he's talking about government control. 409 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 3: He's talking. I mean, he's. 410 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: Openly a socialist. This to me is traveling across the country. 411 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: And now, like you said, CNN is going he's not 412 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: a communist, he's a socialist. 413 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 3: As if that's okay, Well I don't. 414 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 2: I'd actually disagree with it. A socialist is moving towards 415 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 2: a communist. But when a communist, when a socialist actually 416 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 2: starts taking talking about taking over the food supply, there 417 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 2: are communists at that way, yes, because it's exactly what 418 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 2: they do. It's about controlling the people. And by the way, 419 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:09,159 Speaker 2: have you ever met a poor communist leader or a 420 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 2: poor socialist leader. It's interesting that most of them come 421 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 2: from quite a bit of money themselves. They may have 422 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 2: came from nothing and they made themselves something, but now 423 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 2: they want everybody to be dependent on them because now 424 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 2: they have wealth and control and their and and they 425 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 2: have power. But what you said about New York about 426 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 2: being a huge financial hub, which I agree with that 427 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 2: ten years from now. They continue on this path, they 428 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,239 Speaker 2: won't be now because all the financial sectors are going 429 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,680 Speaker 2: to leave. They're going to go to a red state. 430 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 2: They're going to end up in Florida. They're going to 431 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,959 Speaker 2: end up in Oklahoma. I don't think they probably will, 432 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 2: but I'm just saying, I'm just using these for example, 433 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 2: that they're going to leave New York because when he 434 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 2: starts talking about taxing these these large corporations, these billion 435 00:22:56,480 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 2: dollar corporations, when they start talking about taxing millionaires and 436 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 2: billionaires a huge percentage, they're not stupid. They're going to leave. 437 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 2: And today you can leave because so much technology is 438 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,360 Speaker 2: easily moved from one area to the next. You don't 439 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 2: have to have a physical presence there. One thing the 440 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 2: worst thing about COVID was COVID. The best thing that 441 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 2: came out of COVID is this right here, the way 442 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 2: we're able to interact now instead of a person and person, 443 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 2: we're able to act interact from person to person but 444 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 2: over the Internet. And it's normalized, and so you can 445 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 2: work from any place at this point. So they don't 446 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 2: have to have the physical address there in New York anymore. 447 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: Well, and that's always been the sticky wicked about going 448 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: after billionaires when you are on a local level. When 449 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 1: he is on a local level, you're the mayor of 450 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 1: a city. If you go after the billionaires. The thing 451 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 1: about billionaires is they can get up and leave, and 452 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: even if they have to move people and move buildings, 453 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,439 Speaker 1: they can afford it. So when you go after the billionaires, 454 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 1: they're the job creators. They're the ones that are pushing 455 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 1: into the economy, and that's what hurts the city. But 456 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 1: for someone who's never worked a job, and as you said, 457 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 1: has lived a wealthy lifestyle, has never lived in a 458 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: city where it's dangerous, that's where we end up in 459 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 1: a situation that becomes very dangerous. But I know you 460 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: keep fighting this. I appreciate what you do every day. 461 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: I mean, I watch your social media. You're out there 462 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 1: talking to us. There's so few people that are telling 463 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: us what's going on. But what you just said about 464 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 1: COVID is key. We learn to communicate in bigger ways 465 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 1: and you're one of those people doing that. So I 466 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,399 Speaker 1: just wanted to say thank you so much for that. 467 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 2: I appreciate it. It's an honor to be in the fight. 468 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 2: But I tell people all the time. I am not 469 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 2: growing long or as I say, short and solid in 470 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 2: this job. That's what we talk about cattle or some 471 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,640 Speaker 2: people say, you know, long in the tooth. I'm here. 472 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 2: I'm going to do my job as hard as I can, 473 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 2: but I'm not forever. So why I'm here. I'm going 474 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 2: to give it everything I got because it's an honor 475 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 2: to be in the fight and be associated people like 476 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 2: yourself and great leaders that are leading the country by 477 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 2: telling the truth. It's an exciting time. I'll tell you 478 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 2: this one quick story. We had a gentleman that came in. 479 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 2: I'll leave his name out of it, but he's a 480 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 2: leader and he works with Pete. Hegseth, and he walked 481 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 2: in my office. We sat down, we had a good conversation, 482 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 2: he says, and he's older, and he goes. The reason 483 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 2: why I'm not retiring right now is because I feel 484 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:26,120 Speaker 2: like we have once in a generational opportunity to make 485 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 2: true changes in America. We've been going the wrong direction 486 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 2: for so long that I didn't think we would ever 487 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 2: be able to turn. But now the timing is right. 488 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 2: We got the leadership in place, and the American people 489 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 2: are asking for it, and it's becoming on all of 490 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 2: us to do it. When he said that, I'm telling you, 491 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 2: here's a guy that's not quite twice my age, but 492 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 2: he's definitely got me by fifty percent of my age 493 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 2: or more and he's still in the fight. He could 494 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 2: retire today if you wanted to, not to mention President 495 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 2: Trump and you're going if they're doing this, then so 496 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 2: can I and so going without sleep right now, let's 497 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 2: go if we got once in a lifetime opportunity. We 498 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 2: only have three and a half years that we're guaranteed 499 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 2: we can make big changes if we're all in the 500 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 2: same boat. We'relling in the same direction, fighting for the 501 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 2: same thing, and President Trump' will want to draw that 502 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 2: vision for us. 503 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 1: It is a unique moment where you have leadership that 504 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: is not shackled by politics but loyal to the people. 505 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 3: And that is the opportunity you have. 506 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: Senator Mark Wade Mullin, thank you so much, Thank you, 507 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: and thank you all for joining us on the Tutor 508 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: Dixon Podcast. 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