1 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: You are entering the freedom hunt. Well, it's almost the 2 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: eleventh hour for funding the government, and it looks like 3 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: the shutdown may happen. President Trump has rallied Republicans are 4 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: now going on offense. Are we going to get the wall? 5 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: Are we willing to fight for that? And more? Coming 6 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: up on The buck Sexton Show. This is the Buck 7 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: Sexton Show, where the mission or mission is to decode 8 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:43,559 Speaker 1: what really matters with actionable intelligence. Make no mistake American, 9 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 1: You're a great American Again The buck Sexton Show begins. 10 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: SETIA analysts. Remember then on June sixteenth, when I announced 11 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: that I was running for president, and I came down 12 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: the escalator and I brought up for the first time 13 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: illegal immigration, and I said, we got to build a wall. 14 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 1: And everybody said, Oh, that's crazy, that's crazy. We will 15 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: build a wall, We will build a wall. Oh, we're 16 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: gonna build a wall. All right. The wall is peanuts. 17 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: It's peanuts compared to what we're talking about. Who's gonna 18 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: pay for the wall? Mexico they'll pay it. We won't 19 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: pay for the wall. And I want you to tell 20 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,679 Speaker 1: that to mister Trump. I said, yes, tell him that 21 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: the wall just got ten feet taller. Okay, tell him, 22 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: tell him. It's a vital tool. It's an important tool. 23 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: It's maybe the most important tool that they can think of. 24 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: We're gonna build the wall. We have no choice. Build 25 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: that wall, build that wall, build that wall, build that wall, 26 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: build that wall, build that wall, build that wall, build 27 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: that wall. Welcome to the Buck Sexton Show. I just 28 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: wanted us all to soak that all in for a 29 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: moment here. Was there any ambiguity, was there any hesitation, 30 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: any mealy mouth talking out of both sides of the mouth? 31 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: Stuff from President Trump about the wall. No, build the 32 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: wall at the rallies, build the wall. The promise that 33 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: he made, the promise that elevated him ahead of a 34 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: lot of other possible Republican contenders. It was immigration, not 35 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: really trade, not really anything else, immigration that first catapulted 36 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: Trump to the very top of the list of Republican candidates. 37 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: It was immigration, willingness to discuss it honestly and openly 38 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: without fear of political correctness and the backlash from It 39 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: was immigration that brought so many people to come out 40 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: and vote for Trump, despite the fact that he had 41 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: no political background. That he has not by any means 42 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: a policy wonk that he can be a bit. Course 43 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,079 Speaker 1: he is rough on the rough around the edges, and 44 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 1: so on and so forth. The President made a promise, 45 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: a promise that could not have been more clear, that 46 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: he repeated more than probably any other line at his rallies, 47 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: and darn it, this president today realize, whether he knew 48 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: all long or not, I don't know, realize that he 49 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: better keep that promise. And as of right now as 50 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: I go on air, it looks like he will. Looks 51 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: like he's going to try to do so. President spoke 52 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: today about this and went on the record once again 53 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: that they're better be funding for a border wall or else. 54 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: This is not This continuing resolution to fund the government 55 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: is not going to happen, and yes there will be 56 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: a shutdown a play eighteen. I've made my position very clear. 57 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: Any measure that funds the government must include border security. 58 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: Has to not for political purposes, but for a country, 59 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: for the safety of our community. This is not merely 60 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: my campaign promise. This is the promise every lawmaker man. 61 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: It is the solemn promise to protect and defend the 62 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 1: United States of America, and it is our sacred obligation. 63 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: We have no choice. We have no choice, the President says. 64 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: You see, I take the President at his word. I 65 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: believe that this is a man who understands that it's 66 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: what you say and whether you follow through on that 67 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: or not on the issues that matter, that determines who 68 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: you are as a politician, who you are as a man. Yeah, 69 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 1: he inflates things sometime. Sure, he's got quite an ego. 70 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: All that stuff is true, You're not You're not unaware 71 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,119 Speaker 1: of that. Neither am I would I say the things 72 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: that Trump says? Would I go about my personal life 73 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: for the way Trump has? No? But this is about 74 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: execution for the commander in chief, executing on the vision, 75 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: executing on the agenda, the promises that he made, and 76 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: a wall has to be a part of that. There's 77 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: no way around it. And that's why I think does 78 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: the willingness to fight here is going to speak volumes 79 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: and make no mistake, twenty twenty hangs in the balance 80 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: right now. What happens over the next few days will 81 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 1: be something that we talk about for many months and 82 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: even years to come. This is the moment. It's not 83 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 1: going to get better when Nancy Pelosi Speaker the House. 84 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,600 Speaker 1: It's not going to get better. As Republicans have to 85 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: face another election cycle. Now is the time have the debate, 86 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: have the argument for the American people. And you know 87 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: what A big part of that debate is walls work. 88 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: I heard, you know earlier today. I keep hearing this 89 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: along the walls don't work. And I want to say, 90 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: how do they come to that conclusion? President Trump says, 91 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: the walls workplace seventeen. I am asking Congress to defend 92 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:31,599 Speaker 1: the border of our nation for tiny fraction, tiny fraction 93 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: of the cost. Essential to border security is a powerful 94 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: physical barrier. Walls work, whether we like it or not. 95 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: They work better than anything in Israel. Ninety nine point 96 00:06:46,200 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: nine percent successful illegal immigration drives down wages for the 97 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: neediest Americans. No one who calls themselves a progressive should 98 00:06:54,880 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: support illegal immigration. Open voters hurts poor Americans more than 99 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: anyone else in our society. In life, there are certain 100 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: principles worth fighting for, Principles that are more important than politics, party, 101 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: or personal convenience to safety and security and sovereignty of 102 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: the United States is the most important principle of all. Safety, security, 103 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: sovereignty of the people the United States. This is a 104 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: core issue for this republic. This is central and essential. 105 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: When I hear politicians, Democrats, leftists, and yes, some weak Republicans, 106 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: when I hear them saying that we don't have five 107 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: billion dollars to the wall, I want to ask, well, 108 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: what do we have five billion dollars for? At this point? 109 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: Let's look at the other things we're spending money on 110 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: as a country. I mean, what has been the expansion 111 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: in welfare programs since the Obama years to today? Where 112 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: are we giving people money? You lose eighty billion dollars 113 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: a year in Medicare fraud. Medicare and Medicaid fraud, they 114 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: estimate eighty billion. We don't have five billion dollars to 115 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: get a wall built. And this idea that the wall 116 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: is going to be perfect is nonsense. If you have 117 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 1: a lock on your door, you're not saying that somebody 118 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: with a sledgehammer can't get through your front door. You're 119 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: not saying it's going to keep out a squat team, 120 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: and you're not even saying that the burglar can't find 121 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: a way to maybe get through your window. Right. All 122 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 1: you're saying is I'm gonna make it harder. I'm not 123 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: going to allow somebody to just get into my home 124 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: without effort, and therefore maybe give me some critical seconds 125 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,199 Speaker 1: if they try to break in my front door to 126 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: get to a firearm, to call the police to take shelter. 127 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: You know, that's why you have a lock. Now, a 128 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: lock is not perfect. But if you didn't have a 129 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: lock on your front door, I know some of you 130 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: probably live in parts the country were like Buck, I 131 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: don't need a lock. But for most of the rest 132 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: of us, you probably have a lock on the door. 133 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:06,280 Speaker 1: And it's because it's a sound security measure. A wall 134 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: in certain places is a sound security measure. It is 135 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 1: helpful to the process of preventing people from entering the 136 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: United States, including cartels and drug runners and you know 137 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: cicarios hit men for the various cartels, including them, preventing 138 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: them from coming into the country, as well as illegal 139 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: immigrants who are violating our sovereignty and our laws. Because 140 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: as Trump understands, and Democrats have abandoned this by the way, 141 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: they used to pretend that they were serious about this. 142 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: But you know, therefore, any border security measure, as long 143 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: as it doesn't give us a secure border place sixteen. 144 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: Every nation has not only the right but the absolute 145 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: duty to protect its borders and its citizens. A nation 146 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: without borders is a nation not at all. Without borders, 147 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: we have the reign of chaos, crime, cartels, and believe 148 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: it or not, coyotes. I will not surrender this nation 149 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: to the whims of criminal organizations who pray on the vulnerable, 150 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: who hurt women and children, and has spread human misery 151 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: and suffering. There are very real costs to the continued 152 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: lawlessness at our border, and the lawlessness and law breaking 153 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: that is abetted by the Democrats in this country. In 154 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: the interior of the US, the sanctuary city policies, the 155 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: all these different legal activist groups running around suing everyone 156 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: and anyone who tries to enforce immigration law, making sure 157 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: that those who come to the country illegally have even 158 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:53,319 Speaker 1: more resources at their disposal to evade law enforcement. Enough 159 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: is enough. No other country would be expected to accept this. 160 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 1: Why should we? No other country says, yes, just show up, 161 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 1: do what you want, don't worry about it. We owe 162 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: it to you. We owe it to you. Why exactly 163 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:15,679 Speaker 1: we owe illegals what? The Democrats have embraced this as 164 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: an all out struggle for power, so they don't care 165 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: what the real consequences are to the country. They don't 166 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: care about the long term implications other than this is votes, 167 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: This is an ever enlarging government bureaucracy, and this is 168 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: power power for the left, which is the one thing 169 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: they are certain that they want always and at all times. 170 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: So I'm pleased that the president right now, and this 171 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: could change. You know, I'll be on air with you tomorrow. 172 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 1: We'll have to see that. Tomorrow night is the deadline. 173 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: This could change. I you know, yesterday you heard me 174 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: on this show. I support the president. I was very 175 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: unhappy with the stance that he was going to sign 176 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: this continuing resolution. And the word got out. The word 177 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: got out. You know, now people know Trump knows he heard, 178 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: and I've been in communication with people that have said that. 179 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 1: You know, the president is paying very close attention to 180 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: certain voices on this one, and it did not go 181 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: unnoticed that some of his strongest supporters, with the largest platforms, 182 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: we're saying that this was an unacceptable sell out of 183 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,680 Speaker 1: the bass. I said it yesterday and Rising I said 184 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: it yesterday on this show too. Selling out the base 185 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 1: can't do it. Can't do it because I'm not here 186 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: to support a person as some cult of personality. I'm 187 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: here to talk about ideas and to talk about action 188 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: that will make this a better country and will make 189 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: people here safer, happier, and more prosperous. We're about results, 190 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 1: trying to push for results, convincing people of how to 191 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: get to them. And the result we were was a wall. 192 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 1: We weren't promised a little bit of extra extra paint 193 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 1: and you know, speckle and whatever else they gotta put 194 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: on the old wall. A new wall, a new barrier, 195 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: a new fence, secure the border. Look at the ramifications 196 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: that will have for the rest of immigration policy. Look 197 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 1: at how that will change many of the dynamics about 198 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: interior enforcement and just restoring the rule of law in 199 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: this country. I have some other breaking news that I 200 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: have to share with you here, and that is it 201 00:13:38,160 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: wasn't to know we're going to talk about this until 202 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: we went on air. Secretary Defense Maddis has resigned. Not 203 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: effective immediately. He's going to wait until a successful transition 204 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: with a new Secretary Defense and the Joint Chiefs of 205 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: Staff Chairman can come in. But Secretary of Defense Maddis 206 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: is out. And it's not because he was tired of 207 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: the long hours. I'll get into the details of that 208 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 1: and more coming up. The President said, what the what 209 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: the Senate sent over is just kicking the ball, just 210 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: kicking a can down the road. We want to solve 211 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: this problem. We want to make sure we keep the 212 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: government open, and we're gonna work to have that done 213 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: and get something happening. Everyone knows the old line fool 214 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. 215 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: But we're gonna have to change that line. We're gonna 216 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: need a new one. The new line should be fool 217 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: the American people four times. Shame on Congress. Remember what 218 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: we did March right the March big omnibus spending bill. 219 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: We said, oh no, we're not gonna put the border 220 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: wall funding on this bill because we're gonna do it 221 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: in September. Then we get the September Wait, wait a minute, 222 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: we're not gonna put it on this bill because we're 223 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: gonna do it on December seventh, and then December sevenths. 224 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: Come a wait a minute, we're not gonna put the 225 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: We're not gon to keep our promise. We're not going 226 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: to put the border funding wall money on that built. 227 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: And what do we learn today. Now they're talking about 228 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: kicking it to February eighth. You've got to be kidding me. Yep, 229 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: he's right, he's right. How many times do they get 230 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: to pull the same manuver? This is why I'm usually 231 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: so cynical about the whole Oh, we'll fight the next time. 232 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: Talk you know, it's always we'll fight the next time. 233 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: What about this time? What about getting the wall? Now? 234 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: We have the Secure Offence Act passing two thousand and six, 235 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: bipartisan bill. We used to agree that stopping illegal immigration 236 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: was good, but Democrats see the writing on the wall. 237 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: They realize over the long term, illegal immigration benefits them, 238 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: benefits their base, their party, their power. They don't want 239 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: this to stop, so we have there's no common ground 240 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: to be reached with the left on the issue of 241 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: border security. They are not in favor of it. In fact, 242 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: if anything, the only the only reason they want anyone 243 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: to stop and check in is so they can eventually 244 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: register for their state benefits i e. Welfare programs. Democrats 245 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: are all in favor of it, right, taking from you, 246 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: taking from the taxpayers, giving to people that just God 247 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: here we are supposed to be. It seems according to 248 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: the left the world's soup kitchen, and unfortunately, over time 249 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: that has real costs and real consequences to our political 250 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: cohesion and to the sense that a lot of people 251 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: have at the government is just constantly being dishonest with them. 252 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: You know, it isn't an amazing we have on the 253 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 1: one hand, all these people who are just so rule 254 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: of law when it comes to the Logan Act, when 255 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: it comes to the Emolument's clause, when it comes to 256 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: Federal Election Commission regulation and disclosure requirements, ooh, you know, 257 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: they're really really up on all of that, you know, 258 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,239 Speaker 1: the Hatch Act, the Logan Act. You know, they talk 259 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: about all these things that they they're strict when when 260 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: that benefits something they want. But on immigration, which also 261 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: includes I would note a lot of document fraud, a 262 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: lot of tax fraud, a lot of you know, just 263 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: go down the list. No, when with illegal immigration, the 264 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: law doesn't matter anymore, The law doesn't really count. There's 265 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,400 Speaker 1: really two sets of laws for citizens and non citizens. 266 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: And it's an unacceptable state of affairs, and it's not 267 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: going to get any better. In fact, it's only going 268 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 1: to get worse. The time to deal with this problem 269 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: is now I'm glad that Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows 270 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: and a few others understand it. And thankfully the president. Look, 271 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: I get it. He wants he wants to go on 272 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: Christmas break. He wants me to his family. The guy's 273 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: got a lot, got a lot on his shoulders. But 274 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: now is the time. Vescholi is also getting in on 275 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: the action. You're playing nineteen. We're gonna move today to 276 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: add language to the bill that the Senate sent over 277 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: on government funding to add five billion dollars to the wall, 278 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 1: as well as the disaster relief funding that's been agreed 279 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,880 Speaker 1: upon by both the House and Senate for the hurricanes 280 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: and the wildfires. So we'll move that later on today. 281 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 1: This is about secure in America's border. Let's see if 282 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: we can do it. We're about to enter a fight here, 283 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 1: and we voted for Trump because he's a fighter. I 284 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: expect him to roll up the sleeves and throw down 285 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: on this one. He promised a wall. I want that wall, 286 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 1: and I'm not going to forget it one way or 287 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: the other. Let's talk about General Maddis resigning. When we 288 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:49,640 Speaker 1: come back from the spring, General Maddis has resigned. This 289 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: is a surprise. Obviously, this was not anticipated, and this 290 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: comes at a time when there's already a lot of 291 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: a lot of concern over the president's decision to remove 292 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: troops from Syria, which i'll talk to you about in 293 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,520 Speaker 1: some detail in the next hour, as well as the 294 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 1: possibility of removing troops from other theaters of war. General 295 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: Maddis has decided that he's not going to be part 296 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 1: of this. He's actually written a resignation letter, and I'll 297 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: give you some of the most important parts of that 298 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: in a moment. But this administration has, let's be honest, 299 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: had a number of very prominent individuals who, well they 300 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,919 Speaker 1: are very people in very prominent roles who were not 301 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: up to the task. There are some people who lasted 302 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: a matter of days in very senior executive branch positions. 303 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,120 Speaker 1: There has been turnover is always high in the White House, 304 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 1: but this White House is exceptionally high when it comes 305 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: to turnover. Again. President Trump has always said that he 306 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: is non traditional, that he is going to have to 307 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 1: break some things in the establishment. It's going to be difficult, 308 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: that's going to be messy. So I think we should 309 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: give him some leeway for that. And I'm certainly willing 310 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 1: to do that. But there have only been a few 311 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: people in the administration who I think could be said 312 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: to receive universal respect. Doesn't mean everyone likes them or 313 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 1: agrees with them, but you know, near universal respect perhaps, 314 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: but broadly generally speaking individuals who are impeccable in their 315 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: credentials and are men or women of real skill, integrity, honor, 316 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: and who are true public servants. And I think Mattis 317 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: very much falls in that category. I knew of Mattis 318 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: from when he was commanding in the Iraq Theater of Operations, 319 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: and you know, the stories about him were things that 320 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: people would tell each other, and they were always said 321 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 1: with a certain pride. You know that the stories about 322 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: about General Maddis, and some of you probably know the 323 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 1: one where he's he sat down with some you know, 324 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: tribal elders. I think it was in Iraq and he said, 325 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: you know, I didn't bring And whether this is an 326 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 1: apocryphal quote or not, I don't know. I mean this 327 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,360 Speaker 1: as people say. You know, Maddis said, you know, I'm 328 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: basically I did not bring my artillery. I did not 329 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: come here for war, you know, And I'm begging you 330 00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,160 Speaker 1: with tears in my eyes. Do not mess with me, 331 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: because I will take any of you out if you do. 332 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 1: You know, I mean, he was that was more or 333 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: less the story. You know. The General Maddis was like, 334 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,199 Speaker 1: I'm I'm a man who wants peace and stability, but 335 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: if you mess with me, things will get really ugly, 336 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,400 Speaker 1: really fast. People call them mad dog Maddis. Obviously he's 337 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: got all these different nicknames, and he's going to be 338 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 1: leaving the administration. Let me read to you from some 339 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: of his resignation letter here. Dear mister President, I have 340 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: been privileged to serve as our country's twenty six Secretary 341 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: of Defense, which has allowed me to serve alongside our 342 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: men and women of the Department in defense of our 343 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: citizens and our ideals. I am proud of the progress 344 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: that has been made over the last two years on 345 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: some of the key goals articulated in our National Defense Strategy, 346 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: putting the Department on a more sound budgetary footing, improving 347 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: readiness and lethality in our forces, and reforming the Department's 348 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 1: business practices for greater performance. Our troops continue to provide 349 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: the capabilities needed to prevail in conflict and sustain strong 350 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: US global influence. I believe we must be resolute and 351 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,160 Speaker 1: unambiguous in our approach to countries whose strategic interests are 352 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:54,400 Speaker 1: increasingly intentioned with ours. It is clear that China and Russia, 353 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: for example, want to shape a world consistent with their 354 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: authoritarian model, gaining veto over other nations economic, diplomatic, and 355 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: security decisions to promote their own interests at the expense 356 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: of their neighbors, America and our allies. That is why 357 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 1: I mean we must use all the tools of American 358 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 1: power to provide for the common defense. My views on 359 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: treating allies with respect and also being clear eyed about 360 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and 361 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues. 362 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,800 Speaker 1: We must do everything possible to advance an international order 363 00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:36,639 Speaker 1: that is most conducive to our security, prosperity, and values. 364 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 1: And we are strengthened in this effort by the solidarity 365 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: of our alliances. Because you have the right to a 366 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: Secretary of Defense whose views are better aligned with yours 367 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 1: on these and other subjects, I believe it is right 368 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: for me to step down from my position. The end 369 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,880 Speaker 1: date for my tenure is February twenty eight, twenty nineteen, 370 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 1: a date that should allow us, if time, for a 371 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: successor to be nominated and confirmed, as well as to 372 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 1: make sure the Department's interests are properly articulated and protected 373 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 1: at upcoming events, to include Congressional posture hearings and the 374 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: NATO Defense Ministerial Meeting in February. Further, that a full 375 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: transition to a new Secretary of Defense occurs well in 376 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: advance of the transition of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 377 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: of Staff in September, to ensure stability within the Department. 378 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: I pledge my full effort to a smooth transition that 379 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: ensures the needs and interests of two point one five 380 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: million service members and seven hundred thirty two and seventy 381 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 1: nine Department of Defense civilians, so that they receive undistracted 382 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 1: attention to the Department at all times, so that they 383 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 1: can fulfill their critical round the clock mission to protect 384 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: the American people. I very much appreciate this opportunity to 385 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: serve the nation and our men and women in uniform, 386 00:24:54,960 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: Signed General John Mattis. James Mattis, sorry, said John my 387 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 1: bed Uh. This is a This is not a departure 388 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: that I think anybody's going to think is a good idea. Well, 389 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: maybe some people will. Mattis was one of those figures 390 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: in the administration that people look to and said, there's 391 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: a steady hand there and somebody who really knows the job. Now, 392 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: there are two point one five million service members. There 393 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,360 Speaker 1: are a lot of people out there with military skills 394 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: and experience in this country and strategic wisdom knowledge that 395 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:47,239 Speaker 1: would be fantastic secretaries of Defense, no question about it. 396 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: And I have a lot of faith at President Trump 397 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 1: for this role in particular, will be sure to find 398 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: someone who is an excellent pick. But this does come 399 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,520 Speaker 1: at a time when the opponents of this administration are 400 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 1: going to pounce on this and say, see, even Maddis 401 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: wasn't willing to stick it out. Even Maddis had had enough, 402 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 1: and that will cause some damage to the administration. It's 403 00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,639 Speaker 1: going to be something that I don't think stretches on 404 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,320 Speaker 1: for that long. But given the political sensitivity of the 405 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: moment right now, with a shut down the wall and 406 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: the Muller investigation grinding on, this is not a particularly 407 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:36,479 Speaker 1: helpful story for the administration. That said, I do have 408 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: to just note as an aside that to do this, 409 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: to decide that you can no longer in good you know, 410 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,920 Speaker 1: in good faith, align yourself at the policy of the president, 411 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: and to say I'm just going to step down, mister President, 412 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: thank you so much for the honor opportunity, and I'm 413 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: going to make sure this is a smooth transition. To 414 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 1: resign in this way is the honorable thing to do. 415 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: And I can't remember the last time a cabinet level 416 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: official did this. I can't remember, maybe with a with 417 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 1: a scandal, but just to offer a resignation in this 418 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,639 Speaker 1: way because they disagree with the policy administration. So you know, 419 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: Maddis is a man of honor and this was the 420 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: honorable thing he felt for him to do in the circumstances. 421 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: Where does this go next, We'll have to see. But 422 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: now the Syria decision has even more pressure on it. 423 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 1: I'll go into detail about the pluses and minuses of 424 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,439 Speaker 1: pulling troops out of Syria in the next hour. Be 425 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: right back as Republican from the suburbs. It would definitely 426 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 1: hurt the Republican Party politically. We would be blamed for this, 427 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,280 Speaker 1: maybe not in the States that the freedom Carkers represents. 428 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: But I can tell you in the states where the 429 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: suburban areas, this is a bad issue out of the 430 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty elections. They should keep that in mind. You 431 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,639 Speaker 1: got Congressman King there saying, oh, no Republicans get blamed 432 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: for the show down? Well is that true? And also 433 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 1: how much should we care? What are the politics at 434 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: play here? We got an expert joining us, Harlan Hill. 435 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:11,880 Speaker 1: He's a political consultant. You also see him frequently on 436 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 1: Fox News and he will be guest hosting this show 437 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,760 Speaker 1: next week, the one and only Harlan Hill. Good to 438 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: have you on, sir, Great to be with you. Buck. 439 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: What do you make of this? Man? I mean, here 440 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: we are, you know, looks like we're actually we were 441 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: heading into a shotdown, then we weren't. Now we are again. 442 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 1: Is this the right move? Where's the GOP on this? 443 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: I mean, just break it down? Yeah. So look, it's 444 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: so simple. I mean, for two years, we've had the House, 445 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: we had the Senate, and then we've had a president 446 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: that was ready and willing to sign any funding for 447 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: the wall, for any border security that Republicans would send 448 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,840 Speaker 1: his way. And for two years, modern Republicans have advocated 449 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: their responsibility and their electoral mandate to send the president 450 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: a build a sign on this issue. We've gotten some 451 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,320 Speaker 1: measly funding here and there, but by and large haven't 452 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 1: been fulfilling what voters sent them to Washington to do 453 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: on this issue. And the President said earlier this year 454 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: that if you know, next time we have one of 455 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: these shutdown fights, I'm gonna put my foot down and 456 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: if I have to take responsibility for the shutdown to 457 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: get border security funding, I'm willing to do it. And 458 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: what we saw this morning is the President's following through 459 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: with his promise of the American people that he's going 460 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: to take his electoral mandate very seriously. And it's simple. 461 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: He can't back down on the wall. It is one 462 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: of the core tenets of the twenty sixteen Trump Revolution, 463 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 1: and voters expect him to deliver on this. And so 464 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 1: now's the time, because frankly, it's not going to get 465 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 1: any easier with Nancy Pelosi as Speaker next year to 466 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: get any sort of border security funding. And so now 467 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: is our opportunity, and Republicans across the board you need 468 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: to step up, and if that means we'll we have 469 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 1: to incurse some short term pain through a shutdown, so 470 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 1: be it. That's that's that's the reality we're living in. 471 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: I mean, we're game is out for me a little 472 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: bit here. If so, let's say we do go into 473 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: a shutdown midnight on Friday, Uh, what then should the 474 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: administration be doing? And what does what does success look like? 475 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: I mean, can you foresee a future in which there are, 476 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: in fact a few billion dollars earmark for wall construction? 477 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 1: Or I just feel like Democrats know that to give 478 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 1: Trump the ability to to follow through on that promise 479 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: would be an enormous uh, an enormous wind at his 480 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: back going into twenty twenty. So I feel like they'll 481 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 1: do anything to stop him. But you know, how do 482 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: you see this playing out? Well, you know, let's play 483 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 1: the calendar to our advantage. If this means that House 484 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: and Senate Democrats need to stay in Washington, UM to 485 00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 1: you know, head off a Republican vote on this, then 486 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: make them stay through the Christmas break. I mean, that's 487 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: that's you know, that's the option that we have. UM 488 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 1: And did you see did you see some of the 489 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:04,239 Speaker 1: politicians today? I think one of them was what's her 490 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: name from up in Maine, who was like, oh my gosh, 491 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: we might actually have to work on the twenty on 492 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,320 Speaker 1: the twenty second, like, yeah, a lot of I'm working 493 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: on the twenty six. I mean, I got all kinds 494 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: of stuff I gotta do. Yeah, I mean, look, you 495 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: guys have kicked out the can down the road for 496 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: two years on this issue. Now it's the time to 497 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: step up. And if you've got to work, the American 498 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,240 Speaker 1: people have got no sympathy for you, whether you're a 499 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 1: Democrat or Republican, okay, because they're out there busting there 500 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: behinds every day to make ends, meeting to deliver for 501 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,440 Speaker 1: their bosses. Now it's the time for Congress to deliver 502 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 1: to their bosses, the American people. And so let's keep them. 503 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:41,880 Speaker 1: If they've got to see in Washington to vote on this. 504 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: If Democrats in the Senate needs to stay in Washington 505 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: to filibuster this because that's what we're up against, because 506 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: we need sixty votes in the Senate, then then so 507 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: be it and make them do it. Let's run the 508 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: clock out however long this takes. But we need to 509 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: We need leadership in the House and the Senate to 510 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: step up and do what's needed. And if that means 511 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: that they've got to, you know, forego some political expedients, 512 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 1: you know what, that's fine. Let's show the American people 513 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 1: how serious of an issue this is and that we're 514 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,640 Speaker 1: gonna do whatever it takes to fix this problem. It's 515 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,240 Speaker 1: an issue of national security. You know, Harlan, We're going 516 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: into a divided government scenario in twenty nineteen, first time 517 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: that President Trump is going to be facing this. Well, 518 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 1: you know, you're you're in close contact with the White House. 519 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 1: I know you're you're talking to folks over there on 520 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: a regular basis. What is the strategy? I mean, how 521 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 1: where does the president think that he might be able 522 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: to make some gains? Uh, obviously they're gonna they're gonna 523 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: have to play a lot of defense with all the 524 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: investigations and just the the conspiracy theories and the nuttiness 525 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: that's going to come out of the Democrat led House 526 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: of Representatives. And we know this, they've already told this. 527 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,719 Speaker 1: That's that's essentially what's going to happen. But what can 528 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 1: you tell us about you know, what Trump, what Team 529 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: Trump is going to try to do in twenty nineteen, 530 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: and and what does a successful twenty nineteen look like, 531 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 1: well the president, I think it's always functioned the best 532 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:07,239 Speaker 1: when he doesn't maybe inflate the guidance of some of 533 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: his advisors and he relies on his instincts. And we 534 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: saw that play out this week with the troop withdrawal 535 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 1: in Syria, and from the rumors that are being reported 536 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: by both the Wall Street Journal and CNN this afternoon, 537 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: it looks like he's going to be withdrawing troops from 538 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: Afghanistan as well. Potentially, that's the rumor that's gone around, 539 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 1: and you know, that flies in the face of what 540 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: a lot of his his advisors have suggested, but it 541 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: fulfills another core promise of the Trump presidency. I think 542 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 1: that we're going to continue to see this version of 543 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 1: President Trump in going into twenty nineteen. You know, he's 544 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: the gloves are off. You know, we're not going to 545 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:51,920 Speaker 1: worry too much about, you know, the short term political consequences. 546 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: We're going to just focus on fulfilling the promises of 547 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. And because you know, that's ultimately why he's 548 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: in the White House. He had he had a list 549 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 1: of promises that gave him an electoral mandate when he 550 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 1: won and I think the voter is going into twenty twenty, 551 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 1: all the sixty plus million voters that the cast of 552 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: ballot for President Trump are going to want to see 553 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,399 Speaker 1: him deliver across all those fronts. And there's there's some 554 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: real opportunity for us to cut through and find some 555 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 1: commonality with Democrats in the House of the Senate, whether 556 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 1: it's on infrastructure or healthcare or some other issues. You know, 557 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,239 Speaker 1: the wall is a more complicated issue that I don't 558 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: think that we're going to get Republican times sorry Democrats 559 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: to come to the table on. But I think that 560 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: the President will threate the needle and find, um, you know, 561 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,239 Speaker 1: some things to work with Democrats on if they're willing participants, 562 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: if they're going to be willing partners at the table. 563 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: And that's really the question. If the President gets the wall, 564 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: I think he's in very good shape for twenty twenty. 565 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 1: Do you have concerns though about twenty twenty if the 566 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: President doesn't get the wall? Harlan, The President's got to 567 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,279 Speaker 1: deliver on it, and he knows and that's why he's 568 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:03,520 Speaker 1: That's why he he's willing to take responsibility for the shutdown. 569 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,120 Speaker 1: I mean, this poses an existential threat to his election 570 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: prospects going into twenty twenty. He knows, he knows that 571 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 1: he's got to deliver on the wall materially, not you know, 572 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,239 Speaker 1: one hundred miles you're there. He's got to deliver on 573 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:20,439 Speaker 1: it in some real way to appease his voters because 574 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:24,120 Speaker 1: the base is frustrated and he understands that. I understand that. 575 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: So we've reached the point of no return. Now is 576 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: the time to deliver on it one way or another 577 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:35,399 Speaker 1: at all costs, and that's what he's doing. Harlan Hill, 578 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,280 Speaker 1: everybody political consultant. You can follow him on Twitter. Also 579 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 1: very excited to have him in next week for a 580 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 1: full show here on the bucks X and Show. Harlan, 581 00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: have a very merry Christmas, my friend, and we'll be 582 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,279 Speaker 1: talking to you next week. 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The investigation is being conducted in 607 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: accordance with the Department of Regulation, and nothing anybody says 608 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,080 Speaker 1: is going to affect that so I believe that investigation 609 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: is being handled appropriately under the existing department regulations. So 610 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 1: there's all this consternation now from the left. That was 611 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:32,800 Speaker 1: Rosenstein there talking about this at the DOJ, about Bill Barr, 612 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 1: about Matt Whittaker. Let's break this down, because they show 613 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 1: who they really are in this process. We get a 614 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,279 Speaker 1: real understanding of the liberal mentality throughout all of this 615 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:50,400 Speaker 1: because they're not being I mean, they're not honest players 616 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:54,360 Speaker 1: in this, and they don't have any consistency. There's no 617 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:59,480 Speaker 1: principle on display. Let me explain. Let's start with Matt Whittaker. Okay, 618 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: Whittaker is the acting Attorney General, and the big problem 619 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,839 Speaker 1: they have with him is that, as we all know, 620 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:13,279 Speaker 1: the Mueller probe just grinds on continues to be a 621 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 1: dark cloud hanging over the Trump administration, bankrupting people, prosecuting 622 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 1: people for trivial crimes, pretending that crimes that have never 623 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,320 Speaker 1: been prosecuted or are rarely prosecuted, or all of a sudden, 624 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,359 Speaker 1: huge deals because of Trump, you know, I mean, the 625 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:32,319 Speaker 1: selective prosecution that's been on display in the last two 626 00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:39,400 Speaker 1: years has been insidious. This is the most clear period 627 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:43,840 Speaker 1: in my memory that we've seen that the left operates 628 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,480 Speaker 1: with a double standard of justice, that anytime a Republican 629 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,439 Speaker 1: can have the law used against him by those within 630 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 1: the government bureaucracy, it somehow happens. And on the other side, 631 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,799 Speaker 1: with Democrats, they always get the benefit of the doubt, 632 00:38:57,920 --> 00:38:59,880 Speaker 1: or they just get a get out of jail free car. 633 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,160 Speaker 1: I mean the case of Hillary, it's a get out 634 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,960 Speaker 1: of Joe free card. But with Whittaker, they're very upset 635 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:10,799 Speaker 1: because he had said in private life he had been 636 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 1: critical of the Muller probe and it said that, you know, 637 00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:18,640 Speaker 1: it would be possible to defund it. They were saying, oh, 638 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:22,879 Speaker 1: this is terrible. Now Trump, unlike all the presidents before him, 639 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:28,520 Speaker 1: Trump would not be allowed to have an acting cabinet 640 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,799 Speaker 1: level official while he while he got a new one 641 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,520 Speaker 1: in place, because they were just essentially changing the rules 642 00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:36,279 Speaker 1: all of a sudden. You know, you could only have 643 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,640 Speaker 1: somebody who already had the advice and consent of the 644 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,920 Speaker 1: Senate in that role. It just it just didn't make 645 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,320 Speaker 1: any sense. You notice how it kind of fell away, 646 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:48,600 Speaker 1: And now it looks like Whittaker is in fact going 647 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:51,520 Speaker 1: to be the act is the acting Attorny general and 648 00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,120 Speaker 1: they've got this guy. Did I say Bill Barr? I 649 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:58,280 Speaker 1: might have said Bob Bar Bill Barr, who is slated 650 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,560 Speaker 1: to be the next attorney general. Now, Bill Barr is 651 00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:05,680 Speaker 1: a guy that when Trump nominated him, and this is 652 00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:10,080 Speaker 1: why you have all this uh that this anger coming 653 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:13,080 Speaker 1: out of lives late in the game here. When Trump 654 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,319 Speaker 1: nominated him, it was like, okay, well, you know, he 655 00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:19,000 Speaker 1: had been the attorney general under the Bush a under 656 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:24,920 Speaker 1: a previous Bush administration, and he is a very well 657 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:30,080 Speaker 1: respected guy in terms of his ethics, his jurisprudence, and 658 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:34,160 Speaker 1: you know, he's just a guy who the establishment could 659 00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:38,960 Speaker 1: not tear apart. Okay, He's a guy that the establishment 660 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,120 Speaker 1: was not in a role and the Democrats could not 661 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,799 Speaker 1: credibly point to and say that he's he's some sort 662 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:54,200 Speaker 1: of Trump outlier because he had served successfully in the 663 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: in the Bush administration. So you know, this is a 664 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:02,520 Speaker 1: guy who there's nothing they can say about him that 665 00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 1: does not show what their true feelings are, which is 666 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,440 Speaker 1: that they know this, I mean deep down where they 667 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,400 Speaker 1: say it out loud or not, they know that Muller 668 00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:17,040 Speaker 1: is a weapon against Trump. That Muller's top people, Weissman 669 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,920 Speaker 1: and others. They are weapons against Trump, and this is 670 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:24,120 Speaker 1: the most effective opposition they could muster against Trump. It's 671 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,800 Speaker 1: not at the it's not at the ballot box. You know, 672 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: they couldn't take the Senate in the midterms. It's it's 673 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:31,920 Speaker 1: it's not going to be I think, at the ballot 674 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: box even in twenty twenty. They're trying to use the 675 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,759 Speaker 1: law to get for them. And really it's not even 676 00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:40,879 Speaker 1: the law. It's the prosecutor's office that's different. The law 677 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:45,760 Speaker 1: would require the usage of principle, the application of legal principle, 678 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,640 Speaker 1: which I would be in favor of. But no, they're 679 00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:53,760 Speaker 1: looking for the application of prosecutorial discretion in their favor, 680 00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: which is a different thing. Right. They're hoping that essentially 681 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:03,560 Speaker 1: the prosecutor offices can be harnessed in an anti Trump crusade. 682 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:06,399 Speaker 1: And that's why the special prosecutors so so useful for them. 683 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,800 Speaker 1: I mean, do we do we not see a pattern? 684 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,680 Speaker 1: Ear folks, just stepping back from all this for a second. 685 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:15,640 Speaker 1: You know, Trump beats Hillary and oh, it's because of 686 00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:20,399 Speaker 1: Russia and because Trump cheated Bush beat score. Oh it's 687 00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,560 Speaker 1: because of the Supreme Court in Florida, and they cheated 688 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,920 Speaker 1: We don't pull the they cheated card in presidential elections. 689 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:32,280 Speaker 1: We just say, all right, you know, Romney lost, McCain lost. 690 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,000 Speaker 1: We are willing to be big boys and girls about this. 691 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,880 Speaker 1: With the left, there's always an excuse. There's always always 692 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:43,200 Speaker 1: because of voter suppression. Where was the voter suppression happening somewhere? 693 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,719 Speaker 1: Why are you so racist and xenophobic? Why do you 694 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,799 Speaker 1: hate everything? It's well, that's not really an argument you're making, right, 695 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:53,839 Speaker 1: They're just they're just throwing emotions out there and slandering 696 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,360 Speaker 1: half of the country because half the country does not 697 00:42:56,440 --> 00:43:00,319 Speaker 1: agree with them about what the government should be doing 698 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:04,560 Speaker 1: and about the relationship between citizenship, citizen rather and the government. 699 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:10,239 Speaker 1: But now now Barr is coming up for there's coming 700 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:14,120 Speaker 1: up for criticism because he wrote a memo, a memo 701 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:15,759 Speaker 1: that said it was a nineteenth page meal that he 702 00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:20,080 Speaker 1: submitted unsolicited to Department of Justice in which he said, Okay, 703 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:27,200 Speaker 1: look the obstruction construction that Mueller is working under. Here 704 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:31,280 Speaker 1: this idea that it would be possible for Trump to 705 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:35,600 Speaker 1: obstruct the Department of Justice by firing someone than he 706 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:40,040 Speaker 1: can fire for any reason or no reason. This is 707 00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:44,560 Speaker 1: very important. He has a constitutional right to fire he 708 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,480 Speaker 1: had one and has one to fire James Comy from 709 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:51,160 Speaker 1: being the FBI director because he does not like Comy's tie, 710 00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:54,720 Speaker 1: which there are much better reasons not to like Comy, 711 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,520 Speaker 1: but he could do that. So how are you going 712 00:43:57,600 --> 00:44:00,720 Speaker 1: to say that someone is obstructing justice by firing someone 713 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:04,799 Speaker 1: that they can fire for any reason. You know, he's 714 00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:09,280 Speaker 1: he's correct, he is correct, and he also has a problem. 715 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:12,759 Speaker 1: You know, this is all this this unsolicited memo that 716 00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:15,880 Speaker 1: he sent to the Justice Department. You know, he has 717 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:20,400 Speaker 1: a problem with this notion that they can create a 718 00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:24,920 Speaker 1: legal protection for somebody within the Department of Justice that 719 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,239 Speaker 1: would make them unfirable, that Congress could do that. No, 720 00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:33,719 Speaker 1: you cannot do that. That that is violating the separation 721 00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:38,480 Speaker 1: of powers. But because he has these good faith legal 722 00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,919 Speaker 1: objections to what's going on that he voiced, now they're 723 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,240 Speaker 1: saying that that he's They're gonna say he's an unfit 724 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:48,000 Speaker 1: attorney general. Meanwhile, we all know that if he had 725 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,440 Speaker 1: said the special Counsel is doing great work, it's it's fantastic, 726 00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,319 Speaker 1: and Muller is above reproach, they would say that that's 727 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,239 Speaker 1: all fine, But isn't that unfair to the administration in 728 00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:01,200 Speaker 1: some way. Right, Well, why is it that any criticism 729 00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:05,480 Speaker 1: of what the Democrats like must be recused or is 730 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:09,440 Speaker 1: recusal worthy? But support of things that they like, support 731 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,359 Speaker 1: of their position is just what is what is right? 732 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:15,680 Speaker 1: You know that that's what needs to be. That's the 733 00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:20,640 Speaker 1: way things should be. And we all with Whittaker. Speaking 734 00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:23,560 Speaker 1: of recusal, there's a story out today in the Washington 735 00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:26,320 Speaker 1: Post that says, remember, he's just the acting Attorney General. 736 00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:29,160 Speaker 1: Barr is supposed to replace him when he can get 737 00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:32,160 Speaker 1: sent a confirmation in the new year, and there's gonna 738 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,960 Speaker 1: be oh, get ready for you know, I am Spartak 739 00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:36,799 Speaker 1: is Part two with Corey Booker. I mean, there's gonna 740 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:39,040 Speaker 1: be a lot of grandstanding from the Democrats there. They're 741 00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:45,160 Speaker 1: gonna really strutting their stuff. But Whittaker isn't recusing himself 742 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,319 Speaker 1: from the Russia collusion probe, and Democrats are all upset 743 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:51,200 Speaker 1: about that. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here saying they have nothing 744 00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:53,920 Speaker 1: to be upset about in any in any normal universe, 745 00:45:54,320 --> 00:46:00,279 Speaker 1: because there is absolutely nothing, absolutely nothing that Whittaker is 746 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,879 Speaker 1: going to do that would shut down this or or 747 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,239 Speaker 1: will stop this. At this point, it's too late in 748 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:08,560 Speaker 1: the game. But special counsels can drag on for years 749 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:12,160 Speaker 1: and years and years, you know, just looking and looking 750 00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:14,640 Speaker 1: and looking. I mean, this is what prosecutors do. This 751 00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:21,120 Speaker 1: is the prosecutorial mindset. So when a DOJ official has 752 00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:25,920 Speaker 1: opinions that don't line up with what Democrats want, there's 753 00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:28,160 Speaker 1: a problem. It's unethical. They're not allowed to hold that 754 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,120 Speaker 1: different opinion, but apply the law. This is the same 755 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:33,560 Speaker 1: thing you see with Supreme Court nominees. There's no litmus 756 00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:37,319 Speaker 1: test that Democrats have for Supreme Court nominees except you 757 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:40,520 Speaker 1: have to be pro abortion. You have to uphold the 758 00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,319 Speaker 1: moral and legal monstrosity that has Roe v. Wade. But 759 00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:47,640 Speaker 1: but there's no litmus tests. There's no ideological test for 760 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:50,920 Speaker 1: Supreme Court nominees. We're seeing an ideological test for the 761 00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:54,120 Speaker 1: Attorney General. And the ideological test is you have to 762 00:46:54,200 --> 00:47:00,440 Speaker 1: be supportive of the insane Russia collusion conspiracy theory. You 763 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:05,359 Speaker 1: have to be supportive of Muller's bare knuckle, take no prisoners, 764 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:09,719 Speaker 1: highly politicized tactics. You have to be totally fine with 765 00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:14,800 Speaker 1: Sally Yates and McCabe and Comy coming up with completely 766 00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:20,560 Speaker 1: bizarre interpretations of law and circumstances to go after people 767 00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:25,000 Speaker 1: like General Flynn with the Logan Act or by saying 768 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,200 Speaker 1: that he had been compromised, so now the Russians might 769 00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:30,440 Speaker 1: be able to blackmail Aman. And this was idiocy, idiocy 770 00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:35,160 Speaker 1: from these people. But you know, that's the way it is. 771 00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:38,680 Speaker 1: When democrats like it the person in power, you know, 772 00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:41,200 Speaker 1: when they like what the person in power thinks, they're 773 00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:44,120 Speaker 1: they're fit for the job. When they don't like something 774 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:46,040 Speaker 1: that the person that's going to be in power or 775 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:50,080 Speaker 1: have prosecutorial discretion says, then they're unfit for the job. 776 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:54,279 Speaker 1: You see, that's what they say. Then they're unfit. And 777 00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:56,480 Speaker 1: then just reminds me of a of a dispute that 778 00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:59,759 Speaker 1: I've been having for the last day or so on Twitter, 779 00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:04,319 Speaker 1: the whole bunch of different journos and lawyers and so 780 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:08,680 Speaker 1: called NATZEC experts national security experts. I just keep saying, 781 00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:11,719 Speaker 1: and this is not this is not a complicated or 782 00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:16,360 Speaker 1: controversial point of view, but I know this to be 783 00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:20,880 Speaker 1: true and feel very strongly about it, that they that 784 00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:27,200 Speaker 1: nobody should subject themselves to FBI questioning without counsel, essentially 785 00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:29,160 Speaker 1: without having a lawyer present, or at least getting a 786 00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:32,880 Speaker 1: lawyer's advice about what's going on. No one should do that. 787 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,920 Speaker 1: It is unwise. And you get all these people coming 788 00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:37,680 Speaker 1: out and we'll work, Oh, why are you making excuses 789 00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:39,840 Speaker 1: for Flynn? And it's so stupid. Why are you doing that? 790 00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:42,640 Speaker 1: Or just don't look, just don't lie, just don't lie. 791 00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,160 Speaker 1: I say to them, Well, if the answers just don't lie, 792 00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:49,720 Speaker 1: why does anybody have a lawyer when they go for 793 00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:54,520 Speaker 1: an interrogation with the FBI? Just don't lie. Maybe there's 794 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:56,960 Speaker 1: something else that they should be aware of, which is 795 00:48:56,960 --> 00:49:01,000 Speaker 1: that the FBI, because of the nature of what they're 796 00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:04,480 Speaker 1: doing and the power they have, is a threat to 797 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:09,520 Speaker 1: people who intend to tell the truth but can get 798 00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:13,240 Speaker 1: caught up in the heat of the moment in an interrogation, 799 00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:17,000 Speaker 1: can have a memory lapse, And the amount of faith 800 00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:20,239 Speaker 1: and trust that liberals all of a sudden give to 801 00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:23,520 Speaker 1: these institutions of law enforcement the federal level that have 802 00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:29,680 Speaker 1: so much power is jaw dropping. Keep in mind, the 803 00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:31,799 Speaker 1: only record of the Flynn conversation we have is what 804 00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,080 Speaker 1: the FBI says it is. And now they're saying it, 805 00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:38,680 Speaker 1: you know how, many months after the fact, but it's 806 00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:43,200 Speaker 1: it's now controversial. They hate Flynn and Trump so much 807 00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:46,320 Speaker 1: that me saying get a lawyer, don't talk to the FBI, 808 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:49,239 Speaker 1: which any defense attorney in the country who is not 809 00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:54,680 Speaker 1: a complete moron will tell you is sound advice. They 810 00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:56,839 Speaker 1: come after me, they pile on and they say, oh, 811 00:49:56,920 --> 00:50:00,920 Speaker 1: you're you're one of those lackeys for Flynn. No telling everybody. 812 00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:04,320 Speaker 1: Don't speak to the FBI without a lawyer, don't try 813 00:50:04,320 --> 00:50:06,520 Speaker 1: to get cute. Don't think that you're going to be 814 00:50:06,520 --> 00:50:09,680 Speaker 1: doing some great public service if they are interrogating you 815 00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:14,840 Speaker 1: have a lawyer. President, This is sound advice. Do not 816 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:17,759 Speaker 1: listen to the idiots out there that think that this 817 00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:21,399 Speaker 1: is about General Flynn. Flynt just raises the issue. It's 818 00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:24,880 Speaker 1: a bigger issue, and it's one that you will be 819 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:30,560 Speaker 1: very well served if you listen to me on Well, 820 00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:33,160 Speaker 1: this is a very bold move for President Trump. It's 821 00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:36,120 Speaker 1: exactly what he promised the American people. In fact, it's 822 00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:38,120 Speaker 1: one of the reasons he won the election, that said 823 00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,719 Speaker 1: he's different than so many Republicans that want to be 824 00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:43,440 Speaker 1: everywhere all the time around the world, that they want 825 00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:46,080 Speaker 1: us to be the world's policeman, that every war on 826 00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:48,560 Speaker 1: the planet, we've got to have our soldiers involved with 827 00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:51,320 Speaker 1: President Trump said he was going to treat America first, 828 00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:53,600 Speaker 1: and so I think bringing some of that money home, 829 00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:57,040 Speaker 1: whether it goes towards border security, whether it goes towards 830 00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,440 Speaker 1: building bridges and roads in our country. See, I think 831 00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:01,440 Speaker 1: there are a lot of independent voters, a lot of 832 00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:06,439 Speaker 1: people in the middle and these states that President Trump won, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, 833 00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:09,560 Speaker 1: these are states had no other Republican one because they 834 00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:11,640 Speaker 1: want to be at war everywhere all the time. President 835 00:51:11,680 --> 00:51:13,719 Speaker 1: Trump said, We're going to fight when we have to, 836 00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:15,960 Speaker 1: but when we win, we're gonna come home. It's an 837 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,719 Speaker 1: incredibly bold maneuver. All of the naysayers in Washington will 838 00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:21,560 Speaker 1: be against him. But guess what if you ask the 839 00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:24,360 Speaker 1: American people, this is why President Trump won the election. 840 00:51:24,640 --> 00:51:28,200 Speaker 1: I couldn't agree more with the president's decision. Look, by definition, 841 00:51:28,239 --> 00:51:30,879 Speaker 1: this is the opposite of an Obama decision. Obama got 842 00:51:30,920 --> 00:51:33,840 Speaker 1: us involved. Trump's taken us out. Congress has never declared 843 00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:36,800 Speaker 1: war or authorize the use of military force in Syria. 844 00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:42,600 Speaker 1: We shouldn't be there anyway. The pullout from Syria getting 845 00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:44,600 Speaker 1: a lot of attention, and I have to say I 846 00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:49,439 Speaker 1: was a little bit concerned initially that this was, if 847 00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:55,480 Speaker 1: not intentionally, at least in reality, distracting from the discussion 848 00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:59,000 Speaker 1: that we need to be having about the shutdown and 849 00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:01,000 Speaker 1: the border wall. Right, that all of a sudden there 850 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:03,960 Speaker 1: was all this focus on what's going on in and 851 00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:08,040 Speaker 1: around Rocca instead of what's going on you know, in 852 00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:13,600 Speaker 1: and around uh, you know, Laredo and the different sectors 853 00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:17,239 Speaker 1: of of the of the border. Um. Well, I was 854 00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:19,000 Speaker 1: just trying to think of some place I couldn't think 855 00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:21,040 Speaker 1: of anywhere with an R along the border of the 856 00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:24,360 Speaker 1: off the fly, and I know Laredo is you know, 857 00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:26,000 Speaker 1: you're like, why why do you go to that one? Buck? 858 00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:27,880 Speaker 1: I don't know. It just came to mind because I 859 00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:31,279 Speaker 1: probably should have said, what's what, John, what's the the 860 00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:34,719 Speaker 1: city that's across from Warez. That's the one I was 861 00:52:34,719 --> 00:52:36,759 Speaker 1: trying to think of, you know, what's across from you know, 862 00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:39,840 Speaker 1: the one that's right there? Isn't that? Uh? El Paso? 863 00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:42,920 Speaker 1: I don't know El Paso? Thank you, John, you know 864 00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:46,080 Speaker 1: good Man, good man. Um. But there's been all this 865 00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:48,880 Speaker 1: focus on Syria. So I want to in the in 866 00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:53,280 Speaker 1: the spirit of giving you as as much worthwhile information 867 00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:54,719 Speaker 1: as I can. I mean, I want to tell you 868 00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:58,200 Speaker 1: what the the upside is of pulling out of Syria 869 00:52:58,200 --> 00:52:59,920 Speaker 1: and the downside as a pulling out of Syria. But 870 00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:03,080 Speaker 1: I'll start with the with the upside of it. And 871 00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:05,759 Speaker 1: I think that there he had two Senators Mike Lee 872 00:53:05,800 --> 00:53:08,839 Speaker 1: and Rampaul, who were saying that just on a on 873 00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:15,560 Speaker 1: a principle level, we shouldn't be involved in endless conflicts 874 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:18,799 Speaker 1: all over the world, in places where there has been 875 00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:23,640 Speaker 1: no congressional authorization and in places where or you know, 876 00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:28,120 Speaker 1: us interests are are limited at best. And right now, 877 00:53:28,160 --> 00:53:31,719 Speaker 1: I understand it's easy to it's easy enough to look 878 00:53:31,719 --> 00:53:33,880 Speaker 1: at what's going on in Syria and to say, you 879 00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:38,759 Speaker 1: know what, the truth is that in Syria, you know, 880 00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:41,640 Speaker 1: we're we're not taking a lot of casualties, we're not 881 00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:46,279 Speaker 1: doing a ton of frontline combat. I mean, I know 882 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:49,520 Speaker 1: there's stuff going on with special operations, but we're you know, 883 00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:53,120 Speaker 1: it's not like we're moving division level units around in theater. 884 00:53:53,239 --> 00:53:55,560 Speaker 1: And so it's easy to start to think, well, this, 885 00:53:55,560 --> 00:53:58,879 Speaker 1: this is relatively low cost, at least in terms of 886 00:53:59,360 --> 00:54:01,799 Speaker 1: our soul or getting wounded or killed, which is the 887 00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:05,600 Speaker 1: single most important consideration about these kinds of deployments that 888 00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:09,600 Speaker 1: we should have. And I just remind everyone that all 889 00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:14,440 Speaker 1: it takes is one big truck bomb to get parked 890 00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:17,160 Speaker 1: or you know, driven into a facility with US troops, 891 00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:19,320 Speaker 1: and you could lose one hundred, two hundred five hundred 892 00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:22,520 Speaker 1: troops in one day. I mean, that has happened before. 893 00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:27,160 Speaker 1: Think back to Reagan's intervention in Lebanon, right next door 894 00:54:27,239 --> 00:54:31,200 Speaker 1: to Syria in the Levant, and Reagan ended up pulling out. 895 00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:32,960 Speaker 1: We're like, you know what this is. This is a 896 00:54:33,080 --> 00:54:35,479 Speaker 1: nasty civil war. This is not our thing where we're out. 897 00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:38,600 Speaker 1: And I think that under the circumstances, he made the 898 00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:43,320 Speaker 1: right move. We could always make a case to stay forever. 899 00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:45,440 Speaker 1: You know, we could always make the case that American 900 00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:49,319 Speaker 1: troops will make a country safer than it would otherwise be. 901 00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:51,000 Speaker 1: We can make a case that it would make it 902 00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:55,239 Speaker 1: less likely for a vacuum to be filled by nefarious 903 00:54:55,239 --> 00:54:58,360 Speaker 1: outside actors. And I want to I'm going to continue 904 00:54:58,400 --> 00:54:59,880 Speaker 1: on with this in in just a moment to he 905 00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:05,480 Speaker 1: so stay with me. This is a huge strategic mistake 906 00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:09,239 Speaker 1: that I hope the President is willing to reconsider, and 907 00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:12,840 Speaker 1: if he does not, I believe with some degree of 908 00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:16,600 Speaker 1: confidence that he'll come to regret this decision. I mean, clearly, 909 00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:20,759 Speaker 1: we're repeating the Obama mistake of premature withdrawal, which got 910 00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:26,800 Speaker 1: us ISIS. It is a misstatement to say that ISIS 911 00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:32,040 Speaker 1: is defeated in Syria. What is accurate is we have 912 00:55:32,160 --> 00:55:35,879 Speaker 1: destroyed their safe haven in Rocca, and we have now 913 00:55:35,920 --> 00:55:39,719 Speaker 1: taken down a town of Hajiene, which we ISIS put 914 00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:42,960 Speaker 1: up a fight for over two months, which demonstrates their 915 00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:47,520 Speaker 1: determination and resilience, and they have there's remnants of ISIS 916 00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:51,399 Speaker 1: still in the area. In my judgment, we need to 917 00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:55,400 Speaker 1: stick to it and finish the job, all right. So 918 00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:58,800 Speaker 1: let's get to the other side of this, this Syria 919 00:55:58,920 --> 00:56:04,839 Speaker 1: withdrawal decision, and that is the possibility that this will 920 00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:07,120 Speaker 1: lead to a rebound with the Islamic State and then 921 00:56:07,160 --> 00:56:09,880 Speaker 1: we'll be dealing with the nightmare once again of a 922 00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:12,640 Speaker 1: caliphate that, remember, wasn't just a threat to the region, 923 00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:16,919 Speaker 1: but very quickly turned into a launch pad for international 924 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:20,600 Speaker 1: terrorist attacks, including some of the mass casualty attacks that 925 00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:25,760 Speaker 1: happened in Europe and the inspiration for mass casualty attacks 926 00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:27,960 Speaker 1: like the one in San Bernardino, California, the one at 927 00:56:27,960 --> 00:56:32,480 Speaker 1: the Pulse nightclub in Florida, here on US soil. That 928 00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:38,280 Speaker 1: beacon of jihad in Syria that the Islamic State formed 929 00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:42,920 Speaker 1: had a very bloody cost, well outside of the Syrian 930 00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:47,760 Speaker 1: theater of operations. So I understand that threat in that concern. 931 00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:52,400 Speaker 1: That's the primary reason that I think people are worried 932 00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:56,000 Speaker 1: about US pulling out from Syria too quickly. Now, I 933 00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:58,240 Speaker 1: do believe that it would be possible to phase out, 934 00:56:58,680 --> 00:57:01,080 Speaker 1: and that's what the President may say. Right he said 935 00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:03,919 Speaker 1: all right, we're pulling out. I think he's going to 936 00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:06,879 Speaker 1: revisit this and say, we are pulling out, but we'll 937 00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:09,759 Speaker 1: give this, you know, two months to get down by 938 00:57:09,800 --> 00:57:12,239 Speaker 1: a thousand, another, you know, month to get down by 939 00:57:12,239 --> 00:57:15,680 Speaker 1: five hundred. I think he's going to do a phased withdrawal. 940 00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:18,840 Speaker 1: I don't believe. And this is just my it's just 941 00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:21,000 Speaker 1: my gut. I don't believe that he's going to say 942 00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:22,800 Speaker 1: all right, everybody, you're out of there, You're you're done, 943 00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:28,600 Speaker 1: because there could be some some bad ramifications to that, 944 00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:30,320 Speaker 1: which is what we're talking about now. Right on the 945 00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:34,040 Speaker 1: plus side, we shouldn't be fight uh, you know, we 946 00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:36,480 Speaker 1: we've done a lot to defeat the Islamic state, this 947 00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:38,400 Speaker 1: and this is there's a lot of debate about this 948 00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:41,080 Speaker 1: because the President said, you know, we've defeated ISIS, and 949 00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:43,160 Speaker 1: now you've got all these people who are coming out 950 00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:46,439 Speaker 1: of the woodwork and saying, no, we haven't defeated IIS. Yes. 951 00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:49,600 Speaker 1: The estimate of the standing strength of the Islamic States 952 00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:53,200 Speaker 1: fighters about twenty to thirty thousand, which is pretty close 953 00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:56,760 Speaker 1: to what it was at the start of the blitz. 954 00:57:56,840 --> 00:58:00,280 Speaker 1: Creek into a rock from Syria nextdoor buy the Islamics State, 955 00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:05,200 Speaker 1: but the territory is much smaller, which means their ability 956 00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:09,240 Speaker 1: to draw upon resources and to terrorize civilian populations as 957 00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:11,600 Speaker 1: much less than it was. They are a much more 958 00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:17,200 Speaker 1: contained threat than they were. And if if defeat is eradication, 959 00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:20,280 Speaker 1: I'm here to tell you that we're never going to 960 00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:23,720 Speaker 1: get there. I mean not in any reasonable timeframe. If 961 00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:27,040 Speaker 1: the defeat of the Islamic State is something that we 962 00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:30,480 Speaker 1: could only we could only claim when there is nobody 963 00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:34,320 Speaker 1: who is an adherent of ISIS and its ideology left, 964 00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:37,120 Speaker 1: when everyone has either been captured, killed, taken off the 965 00:58:37,120 --> 00:58:39,840 Speaker 1: battlefield one way or another. Then we're going to be 966 00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:44,800 Speaker 1: fighting in Syria for the next twenty years. So that's 967 00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:49,280 Speaker 1: that's say, you know that that's an unrealistic definition of 968 00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:54,920 Speaker 1: what success in Syria would be. That's an unrealistic version. 969 00:58:55,320 --> 00:58:59,200 Speaker 1: And we have taken Roca other capital, and this has 970 00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:04,000 Speaker 1: been done large because of the Kurds. Now there's another 971 00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:06,120 Speaker 1: component of this. I mean, you've got the vacuum issue. 972 00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:08,480 Speaker 1: What would happen if we pull out too quickly and 973 00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:11,160 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden there's space for ices to 974 00:59:11,280 --> 00:59:15,280 Speaker 1: rearm and re equip and start terrorizing villages in the area, 975 00:59:15,400 --> 00:59:18,480 Speaker 1: taking back territory. But keep in mind they have ASSAD 976 00:59:19,120 --> 00:59:24,720 Speaker 1: and Russia and Iran backing ASSAD also pressuring the Islamic State, 977 00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:27,400 Speaker 1: so it's not like they would just be able to 978 00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:33,080 Speaker 1: overrun the whole country. The Syrian Defense Force Syrian Defense Forces, 979 00:59:33,120 --> 00:59:37,000 Speaker 1: the SDP is about seventy thousand people right now. I mean, 980 00:59:37,040 --> 00:59:39,439 Speaker 1: they've got a considerable fighting force that's had a lot 981 00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:46,720 Speaker 1: of US assistance and military tutelage, so that is hopefully 982 00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:51,560 Speaker 1: able to keep things from boiling over in Syria. But 983 00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:54,680 Speaker 1: then there's there's an additional layer. Right talking about Syria, 984 00:59:54,680 --> 00:59:56,440 Speaker 1: talking to the civil War, there's a lot of complexity here. 985 00:59:56,480 --> 00:59:59,240 Speaker 1: There's an additional layer, and that is. How does Turkey 986 01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:02,600 Speaker 1: are so called NATO ally right? I mean they're an 987 01:00:02,640 --> 01:00:06,080 Speaker 1: ally kind of Turkey. Uh. People who've been listening for 988 01:00:06,080 --> 01:00:08,880 Speaker 1: a long time. No, I've had I've had problems with 989 01:00:08,920 --> 01:00:11,720 Speaker 1: the Turkish government, Turkish regime for a very long time. 990 01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:16,440 Speaker 1: The Turks have been They're not quite at the Pakistan 991 01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:19,880 Speaker 1: level of friend of me, but they're trending in that direction. 992 01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:21,560 Speaker 1: I mean, they do some things that are helpful, they 993 01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:23,920 Speaker 1: do a lot of things that are not helpful, and 994 01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:28,080 Speaker 1: they are far too cozy with Islamists and extremists in 995 01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:31,240 Speaker 1: the whole region. So and they have and they have 996 01:00:31,800 --> 01:00:35,920 Speaker 1: grandiose ambitions for Turkish regional hegemony. Don't don't think they don't. 997 01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:40,120 Speaker 1: The Turks have a very high opinion of their importance 998 01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:43,160 Speaker 1: to the to the Mid East, and to the Mediterranean basin. 999 01:00:44,040 --> 01:00:47,080 Speaker 1: But Lindsey Graham and Bob Corker raised another concern here, 1000 01:00:47,160 --> 01:00:51,200 Speaker 1: and it's about Turkey. Play play clip five. Iran's gonna 1001 01:00:51,240 --> 01:00:53,840 Speaker 1: be really happy and the Isis folks have got a 1002 01:00:53,880 --> 01:00:57,600 Speaker 1: shot in the arm and Turkey is licking their chops. 1003 01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:00,280 Speaker 1: If you're an American who believes that we need keep 1004 01:01:00,320 --> 01:01:03,120 Speaker 1: the war over there, not here, bad day for you. 1005 01:01:03,360 --> 01:01:05,720 Speaker 1: I think we're all just in shock that we would 1006 01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:11,040 Speaker 1: leave the FDF hanging, the Kurds and others who've been 1007 01:01:11,080 --> 01:01:15,080 Speaker 1: doing what they're doing, to leave them to basically Assad 1008 01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:21,000 Speaker 1: and to Turkey. Now. I have a degree of a 1009 01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:24,280 Speaker 1: particular degree of respect and even some nostalgia for my 1010 01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:29,000 Speaker 1: time with the Kurds, and I know that the Kurdish 1011 01:01:29,000 --> 01:01:33,120 Speaker 1: people have been allies to the US in Iraq and 1012 01:01:33,200 --> 01:01:37,760 Speaker 1: now in Syria when we really needed allies on the 1013 01:01:37,800 --> 01:01:41,840 Speaker 1: ground in the region, and the Kurds will fight bravely. 1014 01:01:42,760 --> 01:01:48,080 Speaker 1: The Kurds have been operating a civilized sector of Iraq 1015 01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:50,960 Speaker 1: even through the worst parts of the insurgency. I mean, 1016 01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:54,120 Speaker 1: you could go to Kurdistan, which is not officially a place, 1017 01:01:54,120 --> 01:01:56,560 Speaker 1: but it might as well be. You spend time in 1018 01:01:56,600 --> 01:02:01,560 Speaker 1: places like Urbil or Sulimania, and you might as well. 1019 01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:03,080 Speaker 1: I mean, the Church would like this. We might as 1020 01:02:03,080 --> 01:02:05,840 Speaker 1: well be in Turkey in terms of safety and you know, 1021 01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:10,320 Speaker 1: the overall feeling of the place. And that's a testament 1022 01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:14,640 Speaker 1: to the Kurdish people. They've been very strong counter terrorism 1023 01:02:14,680 --> 01:02:17,480 Speaker 1: allies with us. They've been doing a lot for us 1024 01:02:17,520 --> 01:02:20,440 Speaker 1: for a very long time. And I think we have 1025 01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:23,600 Speaker 1: a debt of honor to the Kurdish people, and the 1026 01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:29,200 Speaker 1: Turks hate the Kurds. This stretches back for many decades. 1027 01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:34,280 Speaker 1: It's a longstanding ethnic and cultural conflict. And there's been 1028 01:02:34,280 --> 01:02:37,480 Speaker 1: a Turkish separatist I mean a Kurdish separatist movement in 1029 01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:41,240 Speaker 1: southern Turkey that's claimed many thousands of lives over the 1030 01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:45,000 Speaker 1: over decades fighting against them. The you know, the PKK, 1031 01:02:45,120 --> 01:02:50,200 Speaker 1: they're kind of a Marxist separatist group, and the Turks 1032 01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:53,160 Speaker 1: are just get apoplectic about them. They say they're terrorists, 1033 01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:56,800 Speaker 1: just like any other terrorist group. Meanwhile, the militia that 1034 01:02:56,840 --> 01:03:00,360 Speaker 1: we're fighting with on the ground in Syria, the Turks 1035 01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:05,560 Speaker 1: say it is essentially this this Turkish, this Turkish i'm sorry, 1036 01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:09,200 Speaker 1: Kurdish terrorist group. We say, no, that's not fair, and 1037 01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:12,280 Speaker 1: and these guys are doing great fighting against the Islamic State. 1038 01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:16,320 Speaker 1: So there is this concern that the Turks, if we 1039 01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:19,120 Speaker 1: don't have US troops there, the Turks are just going 1040 01:03:19,200 --> 01:03:22,360 Speaker 1: to come in and have a real incursion and kill 1041 01:03:22,400 --> 01:03:24,960 Speaker 1: a lot of our Kurdish friends on the ground. And 1042 01:03:25,040 --> 01:03:27,600 Speaker 1: I find that unacceptable. But if we don't have US 1043 01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:32,280 Speaker 1: troops there, because here's the thing the Turks launch an 1044 01:03:32,280 --> 01:03:36,160 Speaker 1: air strike at a at a US Kurdish base in 1045 01:03:36,240 --> 01:03:39,040 Speaker 1: Syria and they kill some of our people, they have 1046 01:03:39,160 --> 01:03:42,480 Speaker 1: a massive problem on their hands and they know that. 1047 01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:45,080 Speaker 1: And you know, the next time a Turkish plane flies 1048 01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:48,400 Speaker 1: over Syrian sky, it's it's probably not gonna let's just say, 1049 01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:52,360 Speaker 1: it's not gonna land as planned. The Turks know that. 1050 01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:58,920 Speaker 1: So that's you know, that's the the bulwark, that's the 1051 01:04:00,040 --> 01:04:03,240 Speaker 1: safety measure that's in place there for a Kurdish allies. 1052 01:04:03,600 --> 01:04:06,960 Speaker 1: If we pull out US troops. Now, now the Turks 1053 01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:09,040 Speaker 1: all of a sudden might say, you know what, yeah, 1054 01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:10,880 Speaker 1: America is going to complain about it. But as long 1055 01:04:10,920 --> 01:04:13,520 Speaker 1: as we don't kill any of their people on the ground, 1056 01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:16,080 Speaker 1: if we're just killing Kurds, that's our problem. We care 1057 01:04:16,120 --> 01:04:17,600 Speaker 1: about it more. And you know, Er Towan is a 1058 01:04:17,680 --> 01:04:22,800 Speaker 1: very unsteady allies. So so I understand that concern, and 1059 01:04:22,840 --> 01:04:25,560 Speaker 1: I'm very sympathetic to that concern because I think that 1060 01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:29,840 Speaker 1: we show you know, we show allies one because of honor, 1061 01:04:29,880 --> 01:04:33,200 Speaker 1: but also because of the optics of it to the 1062 01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:35,160 Speaker 1: rest of our allies in the region around the world. 1063 01:04:35,240 --> 01:04:39,240 Speaker 1: How we treat them matters, you know, what we do 1064 01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:42,160 Speaker 1: to our allies, real allies that are doing fighting, they're 1065 01:04:42,160 --> 01:04:46,600 Speaker 1: taking losses, fighting side by side with our people. It 1066 01:04:46,920 --> 01:04:49,800 Speaker 1: matters how we treat them. So that that that's a 1067 01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:53,960 Speaker 1: that's a that's a sticky issue, that's a complicating factor 1068 01:04:54,440 --> 01:04:58,240 Speaker 1: in this whole Syria withdrawal issue. And you know, then 1069 01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:05,280 Speaker 1: you've got Rubio and Graham who are just completely utterly 1070 01:05:05,280 --> 01:05:08,960 Speaker 1: opposed to this and say it's a horrible idea. Play eight. 1071 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:13,120 Speaker 1: I believe it is a catastrophic mistake that will have 1072 01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:15,840 Speaker 1: grave consequences for the United States, for our interests, and 1073 01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:18,400 Speaker 1: for our allies in the months and years to come. 1074 01:05:18,520 --> 01:05:23,720 Speaker 1: To those who say we have defeated ISIS in Syria, 1075 01:05:24,280 --> 01:05:29,040 Speaker 1: that is a inaccurate statement. They have been hurt, they 1076 01:05:29,080 --> 01:05:32,080 Speaker 1: have been degraded. And I give the President all the 1077 01:05:32,160 --> 01:05:35,320 Speaker 1: credit in the world for changing our policies regarding the 1078 01:05:35,360 --> 01:05:38,760 Speaker 1: fight against ISIS, but I will not buy into the 1079 01:05:38,880 --> 01:05:47,000 Speaker 1: narrative that they have been defeated in Syria Iraq. Defeat 1080 01:05:47,080 --> 01:05:48,920 Speaker 1: is not something you're really going to see with an 1081 01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:54,280 Speaker 1: insurgency like this. Suppression and stabilization is what you should 1082 01:05:54,320 --> 01:05:59,280 Speaker 1: be shooting for. I think that Trump is right on 1083 01:05:59,360 --> 01:06:01,720 Speaker 1: the strategy. I think he might be wrong on the timing, 1084 01:06:02,560 --> 01:06:05,760 Speaker 1: meaning we should begin to think about withdrawing US troops 1085 01:06:05,760 --> 01:06:08,760 Speaker 1: from Syria and put in place how that's going to happen. 1086 01:06:09,640 --> 01:06:12,680 Speaker 1: That's it, and people should know that that's going to happen. 1087 01:06:14,360 --> 01:06:16,440 Speaker 1: You know, the people that are involved there should understand 1088 01:06:16,480 --> 01:06:18,520 Speaker 1: that they're going to be coming home, and we will 1089 01:06:18,560 --> 01:06:20,680 Speaker 1: have troops next door in Iraq. If things really spile 1090 01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:22,760 Speaker 1: out of control, we get five thousand troops in Iraq, 1091 01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:25,400 Speaker 1: can launch air strikes, can go all kinds of things. 1092 01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:28,560 Speaker 1: And I'm sure that even if we officially withdraw, we'll 1093 01:06:28,600 --> 01:06:33,560 Speaker 1: probably have some some folks left behind to work with 1094 01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:38,600 Speaker 1: our allies that just aren't particularly publicized in Syria. But 1095 01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:44,680 Speaker 1: Trump is right to stop this mentality of we're going 1096 01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:47,520 Speaker 1: to be in these countries forever. We got other things 1097 01:06:47,520 --> 01:06:50,760 Speaker 1: to do, other places to have our people. We should 1098 01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:55,400 Speaker 1: not fall into this trap of endless war in countless places. 1099 01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:59,680 Speaker 1: So maybe give it a couple more months. I think 1100 01:06:59,680 --> 01:07:02,800 Speaker 1: Trump may do that, but by and large, we do 1101 01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:08,360 Speaker 1: need to come out of Syria. And he's getting bad advice. 1102 01:07:08,800 --> 01:07:11,400 Speaker 1: They know that he's promised not once, not twice, but 1103 01:07:11,520 --> 01:07:14,240 Speaker 1: three different times that he would get border wall funding. 1104 01:07:14,480 --> 01:07:16,760 Speaker 1: And here we are about to punt, and I would 1105 01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:20,280 Speaker 1: argue it's not a punt. A punt actually helps improve 1106 01:07:20,360 --> 01:07:23,320 Speaker 1: the field advantage. This is a fumble, and we need 1107 01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:26,160 Speaker 1: to make sure that the President stays firm. And a 1108 01:07:26,240 --> 01:07:29,520 Speaker 1: lot of people are very nervous this morning about whether 1109 01:07:29,560 --> 01:07:32,400 Speaker 1: the President will cave or not. We failed, we fumbled, 1110 01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:34,680 Speaker 1: and I can tell you that the President was exactly 1111 01:07:34,800 --> 01:07:36,640 Speaker 1: right on this. I talked to the President a week 1112 01:07:36,640 --> 01:07:38,760 Speaker 1: ago and he says, Mark, what we need to do 1113 01:07:38,880 --> 01:07:40,720 Speaker 1: is go ahead and pass something out of the House. 1114 01:07:40,800 --> 01:07:42,680 Speaker 1: I got on the phone that morning, I talked to 1115 01:07:42,760 --> 01:07:45,720 Speaker 1: Leader McCarthy, I talked to Speaker Ryan. I said, let's 1116 01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:48,640 Speaker 1: go ahead and fund the wall. Whether it's five billion 1117 01:07:48,960 --> 01:07:51,720 Speaker 1: or twenty five billion, let's go ahead and pass something 1118 01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:53,640 Speaker 1: out of the House. And you know what we heard 1119 01:07:53,680 --> 01:07:56,960 Speaker 1: from that nothing. We have more than twenty nine more 1120 01:07:56,960 --> 01:08:00,200 Speaker 1: Republicans than Democrats. Last week, we could have passed and 1121 01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:03,880 Speaker 1: we didn't. Could have passed it and didn't missed opportunities. 1122 01:08:04,840 --> 01:08:09,680 Speaker 1: You know. The the truth is that you never want 1123 01:08:09,720 --> 01:08:12,360 Speaker 1: to do what your enemy wants you to do. And 1124 01:08:12,440 --> 01:08:15,000 Speaker 1: I know people say, oh, Puck, don't call the Democrats enemies, 1125 01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:17,320 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. You don't do what your 1126 01:08:17,320 --> 01:08:19,960 Speaker 1: opponent wants you to do if you plan on winning. 1127 01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:25,240 Speaker 1: And the Democrats, sure as heck, do not want Trump 1128 01:08:25,240 --> 01:08:29,760 Speaker 1: to get that wall because they know that if he 1129 01:08:29,840 --> 01:08:35,679 Speaker 1: gets the wall, twenty twenty becomes a replay of twenty sixteen. 1130 01:08:36,640 --> 01:08:41,360 Speaker 1: And if that happens, and you add the actual construction, 1131 01:08:41,479 --> 01:08:47,080 Speaker 1: the ongoing construction of a wall into that situation, absence 1132 01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:52,599 Speaker 1: some you know, horrific economic situation or you know who knows, 1133 01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:58,479 Speaker 1: But in a in all likelihood, Trump will coast to victory. 1134 01:08:59,040 --> 01:09:00,800 Speaker 1: Trump will probably even you know, I don't know what 1135 01:09:00,800 --> 01:09:02,880 Speaker 1: other states he'd pick up, but he might even win 1136 01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:04,960 Speaker 1: everything he won in twenty sixteen, and add a couple 1137 01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:10,000 Speaker 1: more into the mix. Certainly, certainly feasible, could certainly happen 1138 01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:13,439 Speaker 1: that way. So that's why, you know, this is not 1139 01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:16,280 Speaker 1: the time to get weak, kneed. This is not the 1140 01:09:16,360 --> 01:09:23,040 Speaker 1: time for spines to go like jellyfish. And I think 1141 01:09:23,080 --> 01:09:27,599 Speaker 1: Mark Mark Meadows understands that, and he knows that this 1142 01:09:27,680 --> 01:09:30,360 Speaker 1: is this is the time to have this fight, and 1143 01:09:30,600 --> 01:09:33,160 Speaker 1: that border security really matters. You know, We're just I 1144 01:09:33,240 --> 01:09:37,120 Speaker 1: was just talking about about Syria, and I I can't 1145 01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:41,120 Speaker 1: help but notice how many people whose whose role in 1146 01:09:41,200 --> 01:09:45,720 Speaker 1: public life is to try and inform people and analyze 1147 01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:50,080 Speaker 1: what's going on with our government, and they they are 1148 01:09:50,160 --> 01:09:55,720 Speaker 1: so much more concerned with Syria and the you know, 1149 01:09:55,760 --> 01:09:58,960 Speaker 1: the threat to you know, our our allies in the region, 1150 01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:03,080 Speaker 1: the threat to Israel, net Store, the Iranian expansion that 1151 01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:05,599 Speaker 1: would occur if we so much more concerned about that 1152 01:10:06,040 --> 01:10:08,880 Speaker 1: than what is going on at our border. And I 1153 01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:11,720 Speaker 1: keep hitting on these points about look at what the 1154 01:10:11,760 --> 01:10:15,519 Speaker 1: cartel activity is doing, Look at all the deaths. You know, 1155 01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:18,320 Speaker 1: for every person that dies of a drug overdose, there 1156 01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:23,400 Speaker 1: are a number of people whose lives are shattered, family members, spouses, children, 1157 01:10:23,720 --> 01:10:28,599 Speaker 1: lives are shattered, you know, mothers and fathers that are 1158 01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:33,160 Speaker 1: now walking around bearing those emotional, those psychological scars. Their 1159 01:10:33,160 --> 01:10:35,240 Speaker 1: lives are never the same. I mean, the cost of 1160 01:10:35,280 --> 01:10:37,920 Speaker 1: the situation the border to the American people is so 1161 01:10:38,040 --> 01:10:43,400 Speaker 1: much greater than the stakes for what's happening in Syria. 1162 01:10:43,479 --> 01:10:47,200 Speaker 1: And yet we're told that funding for Syria is a 1163 01:10:47,520 --> 01:10:50,160 Speaker 1: funding for the wall. Rather, funding for the border is 1164 01:10:50,200 --> 01:10:54,479 Speaker 1: a distraction, staying the course in Syria, staying the course 1165 01:10:54,520 --> 01:10:59,320 Speaker 1: in Afghanistan too. That's more important than what's going on 1166 01:10:59,320 --> 01:11:02,519 Speaker 1: on our own self border that's affecting lives across the 1167 01:11:02,560 --> 01:11:10,439 Speaker 1: country every day, economically, politically, national security. I also have 1168 01:11:10,479 --> 01:11:14,720 Speaker 1: seen this, this rumor that's getting some play today that 1169 01:11:14,800 --> 01:11:17,760 Speaker 1: Trump also wants to pull troops out of Afghanistan. I 1170 01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:20,760 Speaker 1: gotta tell you something, we are not going to win 1171 01:11:20,800 --> 01:11:22,439 Speaker 1: the war in Afghanistan. If we think we're going to 1172 01:11:22,600 --> 01:11:27,599 Speaker 1: eradicate the Taliban, It's never happening. It's not happening. So 1173 01:11:28,240 --> 01:11:36,000 Speaker 1: the choices are status quo occupation for all time, essentially 1174 01:11:36,120 --> 01:11:39,320 Speaker 1: established major military base or bases there and just keep 1175 01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:43,519 Speaker 1: keep US troops there on an ongoing basis, or come home. 1176 01:11:43,720 --> 01:11:45,880 Speaker 1: Those are the choice. 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Now instead the law 1203 01:13:17,160 --> 01:13:21,080 Speaker 1: forced him to release Garcia, leading to this two dead 1204 01:13:21,240 --> 01:13:28,960 Speaker 1: a car chase, and a shootout with police. Please stick 1205 01:13:29,080 --> 01:13:32,799 Speaker 1: up these high on drugs on Friday. Seeing his prior 1206 01:13:32,880 --> 01:13:36,760 Speaker 1: deportations I issued a detainer, but ten hours later the 1207 01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:40,320 Speaker 1: sheriff released him because the sanctuary law banned him from 1208 01:13:40,360 --> 01:13:44,120 Speaker 1: honoring that entertainer released where we stole three hundred rounds 1209 01:13:44,120 --> 01:13:48,240 Speaker 1: of ammunition, shot six, killed two, then injured three more 1210 01:13:48,320 --> 01:13:51,720 Speaker 1: before dying in a car chase, none of which would 1211 01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:54,960 Speaker 1: have happened, says the sheriff without this law that prohibited 1212 01:13:55,080 --> 01:13:58,680 Speaker 1: him from communicating with Ice. When a criminal alien is 1213 01:13:58,720 --> 01:14:03,080 Speaker 1: released has been removed from our hands. And because of that, 1214 01:14:03,240 --> 01:14:08,559 Speaker 1: our county was shot up by a violent criminal. They 1215 01:14:08,600 --> 01:14:11,600 Speaker 1: could have easily been prevented had we had the opportunity 1216 01:14:11,640 --> 01:14:15,240 Speaker 1: to reach out to our fellow counterparts. You mean that 1217 01:14:15,439 --> 01:14:19,719 Speaker 1: sanctuary city policies come with a cost. Illegal immigration isn't 1218 01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:23,639 Speaker 1: just about an endless flow of hard working, god fearing 1219 01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:26,840 Speaker 1: valedictorians that if you don't want here, you are a 1220 01:14:27,200 --> 01:14:32,120 Speaker 1: heartless evil heathen. What a surprise? Well what does this 1221 01:14:32,200 --> 01:14:34,479 Speaker 1: tell us? What should we be disgusted when it comes 1222 01:14:34,479 --> 01:14:36,799 Speaker 1: to immigration in the border. I want to bring somebody 1223 01:14:36,800 --> 01:14:40,000 Speaker 1: on who's down in Texas so he can give us 1224 01:14:40,040 --> 01:14:42,759 Speaker 1: his perspective on things. The one and only Jesse Kelly. 1225 01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:45,760 Speaker 1: He is a former Marine also former Congressional candidate, and 1226 01:14:45,840 --> 01:14:49,719 Speaker 1: he hosts a wonderful radio show himself on nine fifty 1227 01:14:49,800 --> 01:14:53,640 Speaker 1: KPRC in Houston, the Jesse Kelly Show. Jesse, good to 1228 01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:56,600 Speaker 1: have you back. It's great to be here man. And 1229 01:14:56,720 --> 01:15:01,680 Speaker 1: it is extra bad, extra horrible when somebody who's not 1230 01:15:01,680 --> 01:15:05,080 Speaker 1: supposed to be here does something terrible to a citizen 1231 01:15:05,080 --> 01:15:08,760 Speaker 1: in this country, multiple citizens. And it's extra extra bad 1232 01:15:08,840 --> 01:15:11,599 Speaker 1: when you realize that we actually had him, we had 1233 01:15:11,680 --> 01:15:15,160 Speaker 1: him in our hands, and insane liberal laws kicked him 1234 01:15:15,240 --> 01:15:17,040 Speaker 1: right back out on the street to kill again. And 1235 01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:19,080 Speaker 1: none of these people are ever held accountable for what 1236 01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:21,000 Speaker 1: they do. Well, that's that's exactly where we're want to 1237 01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:24,040 Speaker 1: go of this is that I keep trying to to 1238 01:15:24,640 --> 01:15:31,080 Speaker 1: hammer this point that liberals start with a fundamentally false 1239 01:15:31,160 --> 01:15:34,640 Speaker 1: premise on illegal immigration, and that is that there is 1240 01:15:34,680 --> 01:15:38,200 Speaker 1: no downside to this, and it's it's a it's astonishing, 1241 01:15:38,280 --> 01:15:41,160 Speaker 1: Jesse because when you when you push them on specific issues, 1242 01:15:41,720 --> 01:15:43,720 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, you'll get them to admit You'll get 1243 01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:46,840 Speaker 1: them to admit that, Okay, sure, there are some MS 1244 01:15:46,880 --> 01:15:49,400 Speaker 1: thirteen members that come into the country, there's some drug 1245 01:15:49,400 --> 01:15:51,800 Speaker 1: cartel activity, but they always start from this premise of 1246 01:15:51,880 --> 01:15:53,479 Speaker 1: no, no no, no, this is this is a good thing. 1247 01:15:53,920 --> 01:15:56,160 Speaker 1: And then when you look at sanctuary city policy, you 1248 01:15:56,160 --> 01:15:58,439 Speaker 1: look at what's going on at the border day in 1249 01:15:58,439 --> 01:16:00,040 Speaker 1: and day out with people who are coming in in 1250 01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:03,439 Speaker 1: abusing the system, claiming asylum who shouldn't get it. There 1251 01:16:03,479 --> 01:16:05,960 Speaker 1: are a lot of costs here, and yet the other 1252 01:16:05,960 --> 01:16:08,920 Speaker 1: side never even discusses the costs. I mean, you'll notice this. 1253 01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:11,680 Speaker 1: You never hear Democrats say, you know what, you're right, 1254 01:16:11,680 --> 01:16:14,200 Speaker 1: it's putting a strain on some communities to have so 1255 01:16:14,240 --> 01:16:18,519 Speaker 1: many illegal immigrants coming in. It's hurting Americans who are 1256 01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:22,360 Speaker 1: dying by the tens of thousands now from opioid overdoses, 1257 01:16:22,360 --> 01:16:25,599 Speaker 1: which are overwhelmingly drugs from the cartels. They don't even 1258 01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:29,080 Speaker 1: start from a place of honesty in this conversation. They 1259 01:16:29,120 --> 01:16:32,080 Speaker 1: don't because honest, if they were honest about it, you'd 1260 01:16:32,160 --> 01:16:34,400 Speaker 1: know you have to secure a border. That's not even 1261 01:16:34,560 --> 01:16:37,400 Speaker 1: a Republican or Democrats, or at least it used to nap. 1262 01:16:37,600 --> 01:16:40,120 Speaker 1: I mean, people seem to forget like in the sixties 1263 01:16:40,120 --> 01:16:43,240 Speaker 1: and the sifties and sixties and before that, both parties 1264 01:16:43,240 --> 01:16:47,160 Speaker 1: were strong border security parties. This is not the normal 1265 01:16:47,240 --> 01:16:50,240 Speaker 1: Democrat party. This party is just simply gone in saying 1266 01:16:50,439 --> 01:16:53,680 Speaker 1: every country in the history of the world has acknowledged 1267 01:16:53,680 --> 01:16:56,200 Speaker 1: they have to secure a border, a border as part 1268 01:16:56,200 --> 01:16:59,879 Speaker 1: of what makes you a sovereign nation. Only this modern 1269 01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:04,240 Speaker 1: day insane Democrat party has gone this routed. It's sad. 1270 01:17:04,280 --> 01:17:07,000 Speaker 1: It's sad to see because it's really an impossible win. 1271 01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:10,000 Speaker 1: It makes it impossible to ever get any real border 1272 01:17:10,080 --> 01:17:13,240 Speaker 1: security when you're constantly fighting half the country who wants 1273 01:17:13,240 --> 01:17:16,040 Speaker 1: the border wide open. And I was just watching earlier 1274 01:17:16,040 --> 01:17:18,680 Speaker 1: today to see it's just so I could keep tabs 1275 01:17:18,720 --> 01:17:21,200 Speaker 1: on what's going on with Congress and this possible shutdown, 1276 01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:26,920 Speaker 1: and Shepherd Smith was on his show and he just 1277 01:17:26,920 --> 01:17:30,360 Speaker 1: just dropped casually in his conversation with one of his guests, 1278 01:17:30,400 --> 01:17:34,519 Speaker 1: he goes, well, experts say waltz don't work. And I 1279 01:17:34,640 --> 01:17:36,680 Speaker 1: keep hearing this from people as though this is a 1280 01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:40,360 Speaker 1: different Like the science is settled. Walls don't work. I 1281 01:17:40,439 --> 01:17:44,160 Speaker 1: have personally been told by the head of Border Patrol, 1282 01:17:44,520 --> 01:17:47,920 Speaker 1: by the head of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, that a 1283 01:17:48,040 --> 01:17:51,720 Speaker 1: wall would be very helpful. So do you who are 1284 01:17:51,720 --> 01:17:54,320 Speaker 1: these experts? I mean, are we just talking about you know, 1285 01:17:54,479 --> 01:17:57,599 Speaker 1: open borders activists and people that are are funded by 1286 01:17:57,760 --> 01:18:00,360 Speaker 1: you know, the Open Society Foundation, Like, who are these 1287 01:18:00,360 --> 01:18:04,320 Speaker 1: border experts that say walls don't work? I see a 1288 01:18:04,400 --> 01:18:06,439 Speaker 1: plaud him because he found the same experts. This is 1289 01:18:06,479 --> 01:18:09,040 Speaker 1: the Obama model. Obama used to do this all the 1290 01:18:09,080 --> 01:18:12,599 Speaker 1: time of Well, all the experts say that I'm eleven 1291 01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:16,000 Speaker 1: feet tall and bulletproof, and nobody ever would ask him. Okay, 1292 01:18:16,080 --> 01:18:19,879 Speaker 1: which expert? That's not nearly all the experts Saying walls 1293 01:18:19,920 --> 01:18:22,880 Speaker 1: don't work is the dumbest thing in the history of mankind, 1294 01:18:23,160 --> 01:18:26,880 Speaker 1: because every single society in the history of the world 1295 01:18:27,200 --> 01:18:30,920 Speaker 1: has had some sort of wall and barrier, specifically because 1296 01:18:30,960 --> 01:18:33,879 Speaker 1: they worked. If they stopped working, I'm pretty sure humanity 1297 01:18:33,880 --> 01:18:37,240 Speaker 1: would have stopped using them about five thousand years ago. Yeah, 1298 01:18:37,320 --> 01:18:41,439 Speaker 1: walled cities were really the basis of modern civilization for 1299 01:18:41,479 --> 01:18:44,599 Speaker 1: a long time. So yes, it is true. People could 1300 01:18:44,600 --> 01:18:47,200 Speaker 1: storm the walls, they could use battering rams, they could 1301 01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:49,280 Speaker 1: tunnel under them. But they were like, you know what, 1302 01:18:49,360 --> 01:18:52,479 Speaker 1: We're gonna give up this whole wall idea. This isn't working. 1303 01:18:53,520 --> 01:18:56,040 Speaker 1: It is crazy, and that's the next route they go, 1304 01:18:56,280 --> 01:18:59,400 Speaker 1: and it makes their original arguments sound even worse when 1305 01:18:59,400 --> 01:19:03,280 Speaker 1: they say, well they'll ladder over them. Well, no, one said, 1306 01:19:03,320 --> 01:19:05,840 Speaker 1: it's full proof. I mean, of course, you create new 1307 01:19:05,880 --> 01:19:08,920 Speaker 1: obstacles for them, and people do have to understand the 1308 01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:13,240 Speaker 1: walls are critical in the urban areas. Yeah, they're fine 1309 01:19:13,280 --> 01:19:16,320 Speaker 1: in the rural areas, but normally the border patrol has 1310 01:19:16,400 --> 01:19:20,400 Speaker 1: time to respond to the rural area. In the urban areas, 1311 01:19:20,560 --> 01:19:24,520 Speaker 1: you have to have a physical barrier. Otherwise one state crossed, 1312 01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:27,760 Speaker 1: they melt into the population and they are gone. If 1313 01:19:27,800 --> 01:19:31,719 Speaker 1: you do not have some sort of serious physical wall, fence, 1314 01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:33,680 Speaker 1: triple fence, whatever you want to call it, in an 1315 01:19:33,760 --> 01:19:36,920 Speaker 1: urban area, you cannot secure the border ever, can't be done. 1316 01:19:37,520 --> 01:19:39,360 Speaker 1: I mean, Jesse, how long how long a driver are 1317 01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:40,800 Speaker 1: you from the border right now? I mean you're down 1318 01:19:40,840 --> 01:19:44,280 Speaker 1: you're actually in a border state, really the primary border state. 1319 01:19:45,160 --> 01:19:46,880 Speaker 1: You know how long are taking to get down there? 1320 01:19:47,760 --> 01:19:50,200 Speaker 1: I've four hours from the border, and I ran for 1321 01:19:50,280 --> 01:19:52,560 Speaker 1: Congress back in Tucson, where I was an hour and 1322 01:19:52,600 --> 01:19:55,360 Speaker 1: a half two hours from the border, and I've because 1323 01:19:55,400 --> 01:19:57,760 Speaker 1: of that run for office, I've spent plenty of time 1324 01:19:57,920 --> 01:20:00,720 Speaker 1: on the border and meeting with border patrol and so on. 1325 01:20:01,880 --> 01:20:04,880 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's I've done enough border time to know 1326 01:20:05,080 --> 01:20:07,559 Speaker 1: you'd you'd be really really sad if you saw the 1327 01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:10,320 Speaker 1: way we protect this country we had. Yeah, that's I 1328 01:20:10,360 --> 01:20:12,040 Speaker 1: was gonna say. I'm sure you've been to the areas 1329 01:20:12,040 --> 01:20:14,519 Speaker 1: where it's like, hey, here's the border, and you could 1330 01:20:14,560 --> 01:20:19,200 Speaker 1: take a photo and it's just there's nothing there. There 1331 01:20:19,400 --> 01:20:23,000 Speaker 1: is that you've seen. Everybody's seen, I'm assuming savent Private 1332 01:20:23,080 --> 01:20:26,679 Speaker 1: Saving Private Ryan, and you've seen those basically steel beam 1333 01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:30,120 Speaker 1: X looking things on the beaches when they land at Normandy. 1334 01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:33,880 Speaker 1: I am not exaggerating. That is what consists of a 1335 01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:37,080 Speaker 1: border fence in several areas of at least the Tucson 1336 01:20:37,200 --> 01:20:38,880 Speaker 1: sector of the border, because we would have to go 1337 01:20:39,040 --> 01:20:41,680 Speaker 1: down there and tour it, and there'll just be miles 1338 01:20:41,720 --> 01:20:43,559 Speaker 1: for a mile as far as you could see that 1339 01:20:43,760 --> 01:20:46,559 Speaker 1: you or I or a two year old child could 1340 01:20:46,600 --> 01:20:49,120 Speaker 1: get through in a half a second. It's not even 1341 01:20:49,160 --> 01:20:50,880 Speaker 1: a barrier. I don't know why you don't just hold 1342 01:20:50,920 --> 01:20:54,479 Speaker 1: up a welcome sign, Jesse, very important question for your 1343 01:20:54,479 --> 01:20:58,000 Speaker 1: switching gears for a second here, what is the best 1344 01:20:58,120 --> 01:21:02,960 Speaker 1: season of Narco so farking of the Border. It's got 1345 01:21:02,960 --> 01:21:05,760 Speaker 1: to be the original. Now, I love the new Narcos 1346 01:21:05,840 --> 01:21:10,040 Speaker 1: Mexico because the Mexican cartel thing really, really fascinates, maybe 1347 01:21:10,040 --> 01:21:13,559 Speaker 1: because people who don't understand how new the idea of 1348 01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:16,800 Speaker 1: a Mexican cartel is. There have always been drugs there, 1349 01:21:16,800 --> 01:21:19,360 Speaker 1: and they have always been crime and corruption, but really 1350 01:21:19,400 --> 01:21:22,519 Speaker 1: an organized cartel did not start until the eighties there 1351 01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:24,960 Speaker 1: when they decided that that was a great place they 1352 01:21:24,960 --> 01:21:28,200 Speaker 1: could they could be powerful by running all the Colombian 1353 01:21:28,240 --> 01:21:31,559 Speaker 1: cokes through Mexico. So I love the new Narcos Mexico, 1354 01:21:31,600 --> 01:21:34,280 Speaker 1: but the original one with Pablo Escobar. I eat up 1355 01:21:34,400 --> 01:21:38,240 Speaker 1: editing cartel, and Pablo Escobar is just a fascinating human being. Well, 1356 01:21:38,240 --> 01:21:40,880 Speaker 1: you know the reason the Mexican cartel was so the 1357 01:21:40,920 --> 01:21:44,519 Speaker 1: cartel's plural were so successful. And I keep trying to 1358 01:21:44,520 --> 01:21:48,599 Speaker 1: remind people that last year was the most violent year 1359 01:21:48,920 --> 01:21:53,360 Speaker 1: in Mexico's modern history for murders. So the cartel activity 1360 01:21:53,479 --> 01:21:56,519 Speaker 1: is sky high. It's because there's so much money being 1361 01:21:56,560 --> 01:22:00,479 Speaker 1: made off of well, a bunch of different drugs, mostly 1362 01:22:00,560 --> 01:22:05,519 Speaker 1: heroin and synthetic the synthetic variants the opioids that they make. 1363 01:22:06,000 --> 01:22:09,400 Speaker 1: And the reason they can get into the countries because 1364 01:22:09,400 --> 01:22:11,559 Speaker 1: we got an unsecured border. It's a lot easier to 1365 01:22:11,560 --> 01:22:14,400 Speaker 1: bring it across the border than it is to fly 1366 01:22:14,560 --> 01:22:18,559 Speaker 1: it in from Cartajeno or from Metaean or wherever. And 1367 01:22:18,640 --> 01:22:20,640 Speaker 1: so you know, it just goes to show you that, 1368 01:22:20,880 --> 01:22:24,320 Speaker 1: in a sense, the drug war, the market has spoken, 1369 01:22:24,439 --> 01:22:28,040 Speaker 1: our southern border is our week underbelly. Because that's why 1370 01:22:28,120 --> 01:22:32,679 Speaker 1: the Mexican cartels are so powerful. Ride And it's funny 1371 01:22:32,680 --> 01:22:35,640 Speaker 1: you brought that up, because the reason they are so powerful, 1372 01:22:35,720 --> 01:22:38,640 Speaker 1: the reason they became the trafficking area, was because we 1373 01:22:38,720 --> 01:22:41,599 Speaker 1: shut down Cuba. Cuba was the place where we were 1374 01:22:41,640 --> 01:22:44,879 Speaker 1: hauling in almost all the cocaine the United States was consuming, 1375 01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:48,280 Speaker 1: especially in the nineteen seventies. Everybody's seen, you know, Miami 1376 01:22:48,360 --> 01:22:50,200 Speaker 1: bias with the drug boats and stuff. I mean that 1377 01:22:50,280 --> 01:22:53,439 Speaker 1: was real. Miami is built on cocaine money. That is, 1378 01:22:53,640 --> 01:22:56,559 Speaker 1: it's for real. And we found a way to lock 1379 01:22:56,640 --> 01:22:59,000 Speaker 1: it down. And they looked around and say, well, wait 1380 01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:01,400 Speaker 1: a minute, why would we mess around with floating in 1381 01:23:01,479 --> 01:23:03,560 Speaker 1: the Caribbean and the boats and the coast guard, but 1382 01:23:03,720 --> 01:23:06,080 Speaker 1: we should just walking right across the southern border. These 1383 01:23:06,120 --> 01:23:11,599 Speaker 1: idiots don't even guard the border. Yep. So Jessee, before 1384 01:23:11,600 --> 01:23:14,520 Speaker 1: we let you go, because it's obviously about to be Christmas. 1385 01:23:14,840 --> 01:23:17,920 Speaker 1: What is Christmas celebration like in the Kelly Household. What 1386 01:23:18,120 --> 01:23:20,240 Speaker 1: do you guys do do you do? You have your kids? 1387 01:23:20,600 --> 01:23:23,400 Speaker 1: You know, do lots of push ups? You guys watch football? 1388 01:23:23,439 --> 01:23:27,240 Speaker 1: What do you guys do you know? It's as unexciting 1389 01:23:27,320 --> 01:23:29,400 Speaker 1: now and laid back has ever seen. I always did 1390 01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:30,800 Speaker 1: the thing when I was a kid of it was 1391 01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:34,760 Speaker 1: just me, my sister, my folks, laid back. But since 1392 01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:36,599 Speaker 1: I've been married, I've had to do the marriage you're 1393 01:23:36,640 --> 01:23:38,760 Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna experience this pal, I've had to do 1394 01:23:38,840 --> 01:23:40,920 Speaker 1: them married and married with kids thing where one year 1395 01:23:40,960 --> 01:23:42,800 Speaker 1: you have to fly back to where her parents are. 1396 01:23:42,840 --> 01:23:45,680 Speaker 1: The next year of your pigeon. It's in Christmas just 1397 01:23:45,760 --> 01:23:49,120 Speaker 1: sucks where you're traveling all the time. Last year, I've 1398 01:23:49,160 --> 01:23:52,439 Speaker 1: put my foot down no more. We wake up kiddo's 1399 01:23:52,479 --> 01:23:55,280 Speaker 1: open presence. Dada drinks a cup of coffee with some 1400 01:23:55,400 --> 01:23:57,800 Speaker 1: musky inside of it. We eat sent him and rolls 1401 01:23:57,880 --> 01:24:00,240 Speaker 1: and then we do a movie because, no doubt, because 1402 01:24:00,240 --> 01:24:01,800 Speaker 1: of the movies on Christmas Day and all the good 1403 01:24:01,840 --> 01:24:03,640 Speaker 1: movies are out. We picked a movie and we go 1404 01:24:03,720 --> 01:24:06,519 Speaker 1: around noon or one what do you do you know 1405 01:24:06,560 --> 01:24:09,440 Speaker 1: what the movie is gonna be already this year an aquaman. 1406 01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:11,720 Speaker 1: We already I have Look, I have kids, so I'm 1407 01:24:11,800 --> 01:24:15,479 Speaker 1: limited to anything basically PG or roughly PG thirteen. So 1408 01:24:15,720 --> 01:24:19,080 Speaker 1: Aquaman Aquaman, all right? You know it made like two 1409 01:24:19,200 --> 01:24:22,320 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty million dollars in China. By the way, Well, 1410 01:24:22,360 --> 01:24:25,479 Speaker 1: any superhero movie makes big money now because it's to 1411 01:24:25,600 --> 01:24:27,639 Speaker 1: be honest, it's one of the only movies that one 1412 01:24:27,760 --> 01:24:30,080 Speaker 1: parents can take their kids do. And two you don't 1413 01:24:30,120 --> 01:24:33,120 Speaker 1: get browbeaten with any politics of any kind, not left, 1414 01:24:33,200 --> 01:24:35,559 Speaker 1: not right. You just go and just enjoy some dumb 1415 01:24:35,640 --> 01:24:39,479 Speaker 1: explosions and whatnot and walk out. It's just enjoyable what 1416 01:24:39,560 --> 01:24:42,600 Speaker 1: a movie is supposed to be. And what is the 1417 01:24:42,680 --> 01:24:47,880 Speaker 1: proper food to eat on Christmas Day? Well, Buck, you 1418 01:24:47,960 --> 01:24:50,400 Speaker 1: know I'm pretty classy, so I'll probably pick up a 1419 01:24:50,439 --> 01:24:53,439 Speaker 1: little Caesar's pizza. Maybe it was some crazy bread as well. 1420 01:24:54,360 --> 01:24:56,400 Speaker 1: I have no doubt we're going to be eating steak 1421 01:24:56,520 --> 01:24:58,560 Speaker 1: at some point in time. Don't waste your time with 1422 01:24:58,720 --> 01:25:01,679 Speaker 1: ham or turkey. Evil, that's a lie. You say you'd 1423 01:25:01,760 --> 01:25:04,120 Speaker 1: rather have ham or a turkey over steak, you're a 1424 01:25:04,160 --> 01:25:06,920 Speaker 1: ball faced. Later, Wow, he's calling out. He's calling out 1425 01:25:06,960 --> 01:25:10,200 Speaker 1: the roast ham, folks, or the baked ham. Sorry, I 1426 01:25:10,240 --> 01:25:14,920 Speaker 1: keep saying roast ham, baked ham, baked all right, United 1427 01:25:15,000 --> 01:25:17,280 Speaker 1: States of America would look at a baked ham and 1428 01:25:17,400 --> 01:25:20,360 Speaker 1: a sizzling prime rib and picked the bake cam. No, 1429 01:25:20,479 --> 01:25:26,320 Speaker 1: but Jesse Kelly controversial but truthtelling as always Jesse Kelly. 1430 01:25:26,320 --> 01:25:29,800 Speaker 1: Everybody listened to him nine fifty KPRC in Houston. You 1431 01:25:29,840 --> 01:25:31,800 Speaker 1: can also follow him on Twitter. Look for his stuff 1432 01:25:31,840 --> 01:25:34,760 Speaker 1: on the Federalist Jesse, Merry Christmas to you and yours. 1433 01:25:34,840 --> 01:25:36,240 Speaker 1: My friend will talk to you in the new year. 1434 01:25:37,120 --> 01:25:42,080 Speaker 1: Merry Christmas for brother. You know, after I just talked 1435 01:25:42,120 --> 01:25:45,680 Speaker 1: to Jesse Kelly there, I remembered I had an exchange 1436 01:25:45,760 --> 01:25:51,640 Speaker 1: with one of these border bizarros or earlier today. You 1437 01:25:51,800 --> 01:25:54,280 Speaker 1: may be familiar with someone by the name of Max 1438 01:25:54,439 --> 01:25:59,360 Speaker 1: Boot these days only because he is a quote former 1439 01:25:59,479 --> 01:26:04,800 Speaker 1: conservative who is now an unhinged Trump hater. In fact, 1440 01:26:04,880 --> 01:26:07,120 Speaker 1: he is such a Trump hater that on my show 1441 01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:09,800 Speaker 1: where I am a conservative and sitting next to me 1442 01:26:10,080 --> 01:26:15,080 Speaker 1: is a wonderful lady named Crystal who is very liberal. 1443 01:26:15,560 --> 01:26:18,160 Speaker 1: He thought that both of us because we asked him 1444 01:26:18,200 --> 01:26:23,360 Speaker 1: real questions must be in his words, trump VOTs, using 1445 01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:27,760 Speaker 1: Trump talking points to undercut his arguments. Meanwhile, I mean 1446 01:26:27,880 --> 01:26:31,720 Speaker 1: this guy's having essentially a public breakdown in front of 1447 01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:35,240 Speaker 1: the nation because he's no longer that important, what, however 1448 01:26:35,320 --> 01:26:37,679 Speaker 1: important he thought he was before when he was writing 1449 01:26:37,760 --> 01:26:43,200 Speaker 1: articles for various neo conservative causes and publications. Now, as 1450 01:26:43,240 --> 01:26:46,240 Speaker 1: a Trump hater who has defected to the left, he's 1451 01:26:46,280 --> 01:26:49,360 Speaker 1: going to find that he's only useful to them for 1452 01:26:49,400 --> 01:26:51,599 Speaker 1: a short period of time and only as a weapon 1453 01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:54,719 Speaker 1: against Trump. But he appeared on my show this morning 1454 01:26:55,000 --> 01:26:58,680 Speaker 1: for his book, The Corrosion of Conservatism, and we got 1455 01:26:58,720 --> 01:27:00,400 Speaker 1: to talking about the border. Now. I want you to 1456 01:27:00,439 --> 01:27:05,040 Speaker 1: pay very close attention to this exchange, and just notice 1457 01:27:05,360 --> 01:27:08,240 Speaker 1: does he answer the questions, does he even try to 1458 01:27:08,360 --> 01:27:12,240 Speaker 1: deal with the substance, or does he become smug and 1459 01:27:12,360 --> 01:27:15,800 Speaker 1: condescending despite the fact that his knowledge of immigration in 1460 01:27:15,880 --> 01:27:19,960 Speaker 1: the border is apparently very lacking, play it well. In 1461 01:27:20,000 --> 01:27:22,040 Speaker 1: the first place, there is not a crisis at our 1462 01:27:22,080 --> 01:27:25,920 Speaker 1: southern border. Illegal immigration is down eighty percent from the 1463 01:27:26,040 --> 01:27:28,880 Speaker 1: year two thousand. It is much lower than it was then. 1464 01:27:29,120 --> 01:27:34,000 Speaker 1: Ousters not have hes okay, there's no crisis, because he 1465 01:27:34,080 --> 01:27:37,759 Speaker 1: says immigration was at was a lot higher. Illegal immigration 1466 01:27:37,800 --> 01:27:41,880 Speaker 1: was a lot higher twenty years ago. It's like, okay, Dufus. 1467 01:27:42,360 --> 01:27:45,280 Speaker 1: Let's let's take this piece by piece. First of all, 1468 01:27:45,560 --> 01:27:51,160 Speaker 1: illegal immigration via overstays of visas is at half a 1469 01:27:51,200 --> 01:27:53,679 Speaker 1: million a year, so you've got to count that into 1470 01:27:53,760 --> 01:27:56,160 Speaker 1: whatever figure you think you're giving me. And last month 1471 01:27:56,200 --> 01:27:58,920 Speaker 1: there were sixteen thousand family units, about fifty or sixty 1472 01:27:58,960 --> 01:28:02,040 Speaker 1: thousand people that showed up at the border who were 1473 01:28:02,080 --> 01:28:05,240 Speaker 1: claiming asylum. They are not counted as illegals yet because 1474 01:28:05,280 --> 01:28:07,720 Speaker 1: they are legally going through the process unless they are 1475 01:28:07,800 --> 01:28:10,559 Speaker 1: in fact caught entering the country illegal, if they turned 1476 01:28:10,560 --> 01:28:12,960 Speaker 1: themselves into a poor ati entry, they're not counted. But 1477 01:28:13,160 --> 01:28:15,160 Speaker 1: more to the point, we already have he says, twelve 1478 01:28:15,240 --> 01:28:16,920 Speaker 1: or thirteen million, at least he got that one a 1479 01:28:16,920 --> 01:28:19,479 Speaker 1: little closer. It's more like twenty million. So we were 1480 01:28:19,479 --> 01:28:22,800 Speaker 1: already even flooded with illegal immigrants for almost the last 1481 01:28:22,880 --> 01:28:24,560 Speaker 1: well you call it the last thirty years, since the 1482 01:28:24,640 --> 01:28:29,240 Speaker 1: last amnesty, the last twenty years plus. And so now 1483 01:28:29,320 --> 01:28:31,479 Speaker 1: the argument is, well there used to be more. That 1484 01:28:31,520 --> 01:28:33,280 Speaker 1: doesn't seem like a very good argument at all to me. 1485 01:28:33,360 --> 01:28:36,439 Speaker 1: But keep playing it, John, And we do not have 1486 01:28:36,880 --> 01:28:39,920 Speaker 1: a crisis. We should certainly have borders security. Nobody argues 1487 01:28:39,960 --> 01:28:42,920 Speaker 1: for open borders that's a myth that Donald Trump puts 1488 01:28:43,000 --> 01:28:49,280 Speaker 1: out there. Pause, hold on. People argue for open borders 1489 01:28:49,280 --> 01:28:52,000 Speaker 1: all the time. I know libertarians who argue for open borders. 1490 01:28:52,080 --> 01:28:55,280 Speaker 1: I spoke to activists on the street protesting Stephen Miller 1491 01:28:55,520 --> 01:28:58,960 Speaker 1: who were straight up saying they want open borders. Keep playing. 1492 01:28:59,160 --> 01:29:01,880 Speaker 1: We need to have as a path to legalization for 1493 01:29:02,000 --> 01:29:05,120 Speaker 1: the twelve to thirteen million illegal immigrants already in this 1494 01:29:05,240 --> 01:29:08,559 Speaker 1: country because nobody's going to remove them, including Donald Trump, 1495 01:29:09,320 --> 01:29:12,439 Speaker 1: and I think we need to have continue with border security, 1496 01:29:12,439 --> 01:29:14,760 Speaker 1: maybe strengthen it a bit. Although the wall is a 1497 01:29:14,880 --> 01:29:18,120 Speaker 1: farcical idea that would waste tens of billions of dollars 1498 01:29:18,240 --> 01:29:21,560 Speaker 1: that we don't have. So should we tear down the 1499 01:29:21,560 --> 01:29:24,639 Speaker 1: wall in San Diego where the caravan was recently essentially 1500 01:29:24,720 --> 01:29:28,120 Speaker 1: parked and stopped? Should we get rid of that wall too? Well, again, 1501 01:29:28,200 --> 01:29:30,599 Speaker 1: you're you're making things up. There's not really a wall 1502 01:29:30,720 --> 01:29:34,080 Speaker 1: in in San Diego. There is a small sector there's 1503 01:29:34,080 --> 01:29:37,320 Speaker 1: a border barrier that keeps people, very small border barrier 1504 01:29:37,479 --> 01:29:41,000 Speaker 1: in in San Diego, which is not related to Donald 1505 01:29:41,040 --> 01:29:45,360 Speaker 1: Trump's to two things. Pause here, Notice how I mean 1506 01:29:45,400 --> 01:29:47,479 Speaker 1: I'm referred to a wall. Yeah, it's a triple layer fence. 1507 01:29:47,760 --> 01:29:50,439 Speaker 1: It's a barrier. I mean, that's just that's just sophistry, right, 1508 01:29:50,479 --> 01:29:52,760 Speaker 1: He's just being a pain. This guy is a total jerk. 1509 01:29:52,840 --> 01:29:55,479 Speaker 1: By the way, here's the reason that so many people 1510 01:29:55,600 --> 01:30:00,880 Speaker 1: hate Conservatism, guys like him, who aren't particularly eloquent or 1511 01:30:01,040 --> 01:30:06,160 Speaker 1: interesting and don't have nearly as wide a knowledge base 1512 01:30:06,200 --> 01:30:09,080 Speaker 1: as they seem to think they do. But yeah, so 1513 01:30:09,160 --> 01:30:11,479 Speaker 1: he wants to play semantics games with wall versus fence. 1514 01:30:11,560 --> 01:30:13,439 Speaker 1: That's really useful. And then he says it has nothing 1515 01:30:13,479 --> 01:30:15,240 Speaker 1: to do with Trump. That's obviously not the point. The 1516 01:30:15,320 --> 01:30:17,800 Speaker 1: point is he says a wall is farcicle. Meanwhile, the 1517 01:30:17,880 --> 01:30:20,759 Speaker 1: wall in the San Diego sector has dropped illegal crossing 1518 01:30:21,240 --> 01:30:26,439 Speaker 1: ninety keep playing it. Phony promises to build a wall 1519 01:30:27,120 --> 01:30:28,960 Speaker 1: along the entire length of I just want to know 1520 01:30:29,000 --> 01:30:32,080 Speaker 1: why that's worth a billion dollars. Well, a wall here, 1521 01:30:32,160 --> 01:30:34,439 Speaker 1: let me explain it to you in simple terms. You 1522 01:30:34,560 --> 01:30:38,719 Speaker 1: can have appropriate barriers in certain and in certain places, 1523 01:30:39,000 --> 01:30:41,880 Speaker 1: maybe the appropriate barrier is a wall. But what Donald 1524 01:30:41,920 --> 01:30:45,160 Speaker 1: Trump was peddling was nonsense to suggest that. Here. Okay, 1525 01:30:45,280 --> 01:30:47,560 Speaker 1: now we're back to Trump. This guy's unhinged. I'm just 1526 01:30:47,640 --> 01:30:49,599 Speaker 1: saying there's a wall that works in one place, Why 1527 01:30:49,640 --> 01:30:52,080 Speaker 1: are you saying a wall's a farcical idea? In other places? 1528 01:30:52,439 --> 01:30:54,519 Speaker 1: No one's saying it's all going to be built at once. Anyway, 1529 01:30:54,640 --> 01:30:56,599 Speaker 1: this guy's a perfect example of it. Thinks he's smart, 1530 01:30:56,760 --> 01:30:59,719 Speaker 1: is actually a clown, is snide, and is a laughing 1531 01:31:00,320 --> 01:31:04,840 Speaker 1: now on both sides. So Max boot you got booted, son. 1532 01:31:07,880 --> 01:31:10,680 Speaker 1: I've gotten pretty used to the President tweeting out some 1533 01:31:11,160 --> 01:31:15,479 Speaker 1: things that you you wouldn't necessarily expect the President of 1534 01:31:15,520 --> 01:31:17,599 Speaker 1: the United States to tweet. You know, I've definitely seen 1535 01:31:17,720 --> 01:31:20,920 Speaker 1: my fair share of things now from this president that 1536 01:31:21,040 --> 01:31:23,920 Speaker 1: I go, oh wow, that is a thing that he 1537 01:31:24,080 --> 01:31:27,120 Speaker 1: just shared on the Twitter. Who knew? Who knew that 1538 01:31:27,240 --> 01:31:29,560 Speaker 1: such a thing could happen with the leader of the 1539 01:31:29,600 --> 01:31:33,720 Speaker 1: free world. But this one today was what are those fun? 1540 01:31:33,840 --> 01:31:36,840 Speaker 1: Reminders of the fact that this president had quite a 1541 01:31:37,520 --> 01:31:42,760 Speaker 1: quite a life as a celebrity before he became the 1542 01:31:42,880 --> 01:31:46,080 Speaker 1: president of the United States. This was from President Trump's 1543 01:31:46,120 --> 01:31:51,000 Speaker 1: own Twitter account, a throwback Thursday video clip he shared 1544 01:31:51,640 --> 01:31:56,200 Speaker 1: of him singing at the Emmys with Molly Malay play 1545 01:31:56,240 --> 01:32:05,120 Speaker 1: it the far living is the life for me? Let's 1546 01:32:05,320 --> 01:32:09,479 Speaker 1: spread out so far? And why keep being hot? Just 1547 01:32:09,600 --> 01:32:30,840 Speaker 1: give me that countryside. That was President Trump singing, It's amazing, 1548 01:32:31,600 --> 01:32:33,759 Speaker 1: you know. I was just talking to some colleagues today 1549 01:32:33,760 --> 01:32:36,800 Speaker 1: about this at the Hill and how no matter what 1550 01:32:37,080 --> 01:32:39,160 Speaker 1: you think of the president at how much you like 1551 01:32:39,439 --> 01:32:44,680 Speaker 1: the President's policies, ideas, demeanor or dislike it, he is 1552 01:32:44,760 --> 01:32:50,240 Speaker 1: in the whole situation is amazing and we do live 1553 01:32:50,360 --> 01:32:53,400 Speaker 1: in And I guess this is also what are those 1554 01:32:53,520 --> 01:32:56,360 Speaker 1: rare times we're all stop and say, for all the 1555 01:32:56,479 --> 01:32:58,160 Speaker 1: problems that we have, for all the things that we 1556 01:32:58,240 --> 01:33:03,759 Speaker 1: talk about on this show that are very real concerns, issues, 1557 01:33:03,920 --> 01:33:08,080 Speaker 1: things to tackle and fix, we are living in a 1558 01:33:08,320 --> 01:33:13,760 Speaker 1: period of amazing prosperity and relative peace. I was thinking 1559 01:33:13,880 --> 01:33:17,439 Speaker 1: today as I was all my way to the office 1560 01:33:17,560 --> 01:33:19,720 Speaker 1: very early in the morning, and I will lie I 1561 01:33:19,840 --> 01:33:22,240 Speaker 1: was having a little pity party in my head for 1562 01:33:22,840 --> 01:33:25,360 Speaker 1: woe is me. It's five am. I didn't get to 1563 01:33:25,400 --> 01:33:29,160 Speaker 1: sleep until past midnight. I'm tired, it's cold, it's still 1564 01:33:29,280 --> 01:33:32,840 Speaker 1: dark outside. And I thought, well, I'm going into a 1565 01:33:33,520 --> 01:33:37,080 Speaker 1: TV studio a few blocks from the White House in Washington, DC. 1566 01:33:38,080 --> 01:33:41,160 Speaker 1: And if this had been a different time period, I 1567 01:33:41,280 --> 01:33:45,160 Speaker 1: could have say been a few days into the Battle 1568 01:33:45,240 --> 01:33:49,800 Speaker 1: of the Bulch, which sure many of you recall, was 1569 01:33:49,960 --> 01:33:55,559 Speaker 1: a World War two battle that was during the freezing 1570 01:33:55,640 --> 01:34:00,719 Speaker 1: cold winter December sixteenth, nineteen forty four, and the Nazis 1571 01:34:01,400 --> 01:34:06,040 Speaker 1: last ditch major offensive to try and turn the tide 1572 01:34:06,080 --> 01:34:09,680 Speaker 1: of World War Two in the Western Front. And I 1573 01:34:09,920 --> 01:34:12,519 Speaker 1: remember interviewing a couple of survivors of the Battle of 1574 01:34:12,560 --> 01:34:16,439 Speaker 1: the Bolt and just how they couldn't get warm. They 1575 01:34:16,520 --> 01:34:20,120 Speaker 1: were cold all the time, and there was always a 1576 01:34:20,240 --> 01:34:23,600 Speaker 1: thread of German artillery, German shelling, and that's what they 1577 01:34:23,680 --> 01:34:26,799 Speaker 1: were living with there today. So while I'm not generally 1578 01:34:26,840 --> 01:34:29,240 Speaker 1: somebody who says, you know, things could be worse, you 1579 01:34:29,280 --> 01:34:32,920 Speaker 1: could get eaten by a shark, which is technically true, 1580 01:34:33,800 --> 01:34:36,920 Speaker 1: we are living in an amazing time, a very interesting time, 1581 01:34:37,000 --> 01:34:41,280 Speaker 1: but also one in which we've had incredible prosperity. And 1582 01:34:41,560 --> 01:34:46,400 Speaker 1: this country, for all of the all of the issues 1583 01:34:46,640 --> 01:34:49,200 Speaker 1: that need to be fixed, in all of the areas 1584 01:34:49,280 --> 01:34:55,160 Speaker 1: of fear and injustice and problems that we have, this 1585 01:34:55,400 --> 01:34:58,160 Speaker 1: is an amazing time to be an American and we 1586 01:34:58,360 --> 01:35:05,200 Speaker 1: haven't been saddled with a major global conflict. So I 1587 01:35:05,360 --> 01:35:07,960 Speaker 1: just would note that we should all be a little 1588 01:35:08,040 --> 01:35:10,400 Speaker 1: thankful as we go into Christmas even though I know 1589 01:35:10,479 --> 01:35:26,400 Speaker 1: it's not Thanksgiving. You know what I mean, Team, it's 1590 01:35:26,479 --> 01:35:29,919 Speaker 1: time for roll call. I can just feel that Christmas 1591 01:35:30,000 --> 01:35:32,960 Speaker 1: spirit in the air. Team, it is, it is here, 1592 01:35:33,080 --> 01:35:35,759 Speaker 1: it is upon us. We are in the home stretch. 1593 01:35:35,960 --> 01:35:40,320 Speaker 1: Soon we will be celebrating in whatever way we choose 1594 01:35:40,360 --> 01:35:44,680 Speaker 1: to celebrate. Man, Christmas, Tom, it is here. I'm so excited. 1595 01:35:44,760 --> 01:35:47,240 Speaker 1: I'm going to sleep, I'm going to eat, I'm going 1596 01:35:47,320 --> 01:35:51,519 Speaker 1: to be with friends and family. And it's been it's 1597 01:35:51,560 --> 01:35:53,519 Speaker 1: been quite a year, quite a year. And then on 1598 01:35:53,640 --> 01:35:55,640 Speaker 1: New Year's Eve, I had this amazing plan that I 1599 01:35:55,720 --> 01:35:58,639 Speaker 1: want to share with you. New Year's Eve, I'm going 1600 01:35:58,760 --> 01:36:02,360 Speaker 1: to just eat a really nice dinner and watch some 1601 01:36:02,560 --> 01:36:06,320 Speaker 1: stuff on TV, and go to sleep around eleven o'clock. 1602 01:36:07,040 --> 01:36:10,280 Speaker 1: That's my idea. Miss Molly's on board for it too. 1603 01:36:10,400 --> 01:36:13,120 Speaker 1: That's my idea of a perfect New Year's Eve. I 1604 01:36:13,240 --> 01:36:14,960 Speaker 1: do not get all wrapped up. If you're going to 1605 01:36:15,040 --> 01:36:16,800 Speaker 1: a party, I hope you have a great time. I've 1606 01:36:16,880 --> 01:36:19,040 Speaker 1: just been to so many New Year's Eve parties, and 1607 01:36:19,479 --> 01:36:23,320 Speaker 1: I think that, second only to prom in high school, 1608 01:36:23,520 --> 01:36:26,440 Speaker 1: New Year's Eve is the most overhyped and most disappointing 1609 01:36:26,560 --> 01:36:31,560 Speaker 1: night that exists in American culture. But let's get to 1610 01:36:31,680 --> 01:36:36,240 Speaker 1: your roll call thoughts. Mesa. First up, Hey Buck, I've 1611 01:36:36,240 --> 01:36:38,000 Speaker 1: been listening to your show and bits and pieces for 1612 01:36:38,040 --> 01:36:40,280 Speaker 1: about a year. I catch it on my way home 1613 01:36:40,360 --> 01:36:43,360 Speaker 1: from work around eight pm on talk radio. I'm just 1614 01:36:43,479 --> 01:36:45,960 Speaker 1: now figuring out that your show is a podcast and 1615 01:36:46,000 --> 01:36:47,840 Speaker 1: now I listen to the whole show during the day 1616 01:36:47,880 --> 01:36:51,240 Speaker 1: while I drive my ups truck. I'm just curious if 1617 01:36:51,280 --> 01:36:53,360 Speaker 1: you record it live. If so, what time, If not, 1618 01:36:53,520 --> 01:36:55,680 Speaker 1: what time and where do you release it? Right now, 1619 01:36:55,720 --> 01:36:58,519 Speaker 1: I'm listening on iHeartRadio and usually checking throughout the day 1620 01:36:58,520 --> 01:37:00,280 Speaker 1: to see if it's up yet. Sorry for the questions. 1621 01:37:00,320 --> 01:37:03,080 Speaker 1: Love your show, Mesa, Well, you know, Mesa, what it 1622 01:37:03,240 --> 01:37:06,559 Speaker 1: is is. The show is a live show, but there's 1623 01:37:06,560 --> 01:37:10,560 Speaker 1: a podcast of the show that's up after and sometimes 1624 01:37:10,640 --> 01:37:12,840 Speaker 1: I'm able to do a little bit of the show, 1625 01:37:12,960 --> 01:37:16,840 Speaker 1: maybe some interviews here or there in advance, but the 1626 01:37:17,000 --> 01:37:20,240 Speaker 1: whole show is on a podcast that you can listen 1627 01:37:20,280 --> 01:37:23,160 Speaker 1: to every day, and the podcast should go up a 1628 01:37:23,280 --> 01:37:26,439 Speaker 1: little bit earlier than the show finishes. In your market, 1629 01:37:26,520 --> 01:37:29,560 Speaker 1: it depends on where you are, but we should have 1630 01:37:29,680 --> 01:37:34,799 Speaker 1: the show up most nights by about oh eight pm 1631 01:37:34,960 --> 01:37:37,519 Speaker 1: Eastern on the whole show, and we're trying to get 1632 01:37:37,560 --> 01:37:41,920 Speaker 1: it out earlier and earlier. Marie, thank you for listening, 1633 01:37:41,960 --> 01:37:45,240 Speaker 1: by the way, I hope you enjoy the podcast. Marie writes, 1634 01:37:45,240 --> 01:37:49,200 Speaker 1: already awake and listening to last night's podcast. Agree also 1635 01:37:49,360 --> 01:37:53,000 Speaker 1: sad about the wall and Trump dropping the ball. Tonight, 1636 01:37:53,240 --> 01:37:55,160 Speaker 1: while we listen and wrap gifts, we're gonna have a 1637 01:37:55,200 --> 01:37:57,719 Speaker 1: little drinking game and take a shot of Spike eggnog 1638 01:37:58,240 --> 01:38:02,639 Speaker 1: every time you say, never forget at Scooter Libby. Aha, Oh, 1639 01:38:02,720 --> 01:38:08,320 Speaker 1: you're right, Marie. I am particularly irascible about the way 1640 01:38:08,360 --> 01:38:12,879 Speaker 1: that Scooter Libby was treated by the last special counsel. Seriously, 1641 01:38:12,960 --> 01:38:15,040 Speaker 1: he's important to you. Was the injustice against him something 1642 01:38:15,040 --> 01:38:18,120 Speaker 1: that gave you a heart for exposing wrongdoing? Inquiring minds 1643 01:38:18,160 --> 01:38:20,519 Speaker 1: want to know, you know, Marie, I had to deal 1644 01:38:20,800 --> 01:38:25,639 Speaker 1: with the internal investigative bureaucracy in a few different ways 1645 01:38:25,760 --> 01:38:28,520 Speaker 1: during my time at the CIA and then at the NYPD. 1646 01:38:29,240 --> 01:38:31,880 Speaker 1: And there is this mentality for those who are lifelong 1647 01:38:31,960 --> 01:38:37,120 Speaker 1: bureaucrats that they do some great service by harassing and 1648 01:38:37,280 --> 01:38:41,559 Speaker 1: even sometimes terrorizing and destroying the careers of good public servants. Now, 1649 01:38:41,880 --> 01:38:46,240 Speaker 1: I was never on the wrong side of regulations or 1650 01:38:46,400 --> 01:38:49,360 Speaker 1: certainly the law at either institution. But I know what 1651 01:38:49,479 --> 01:38:52,840 Speaker 1: it's like when for political reasons, you get dragged in 1652 01:38:52,880 --> 01:38:55,080 Speaker 1: the middle of something and people are trying to make 1653 01:38:55,120 --> 01:38:58,160 Speaker 1: a name for themselves and they forget that there's a 1654 01:38:58,320 --> 01:39:01,839 Speaker 1: process in place, but the end goal of that process 1655 01:39:02,000 --> 01:39:06,000 Speaker 1: is supposed to be justice, and just the process itself 1656 01:39:06,360 --> 01:39:10,240 Speaker 1: is not the end in and of itself. So that's 1657 01:39:10,560 --> 01:39:14,360 Speaker 1: I think, one way of And then also the lies 1658 01:39:14,479 --> 01:39:16,320 Speaker 1: around the whole Scooter Libby thing and people that were 1659 01:39:16,320 --> 01:39:18,120 Speaker 1: saying that he was a trader and that he'd sold 1660 01:39:18,160 --> 01:39:22,000 Speaker 1: out his country and there was no evidence for that whatsoever. 1661 01:39:22,160 --> 01:39:25,160 Speaker 1: And people still to this day, including journalists some of 1662 01:39:25,240 --> 01:39:27,439 Speaker 1: whom I've come across who claimed to have covered this 1663 01:39:28,280 --> 01:39:31,320 Speaker 1: case specifically, they think that Scooter would betrayed his country 1664 01:39:31,360 --> 01:39:34,360 Speaker 1: and lied. It's really hard to betray your country by 1665 01:39:34,560 --> 01:39:37,560 Speaker 1: outing someone who was outed by somebody else in a 1666 01:39:37,680 --> 01:39:39,880 Speaker 1: newspaper that has nothing to do with you, right, that 1667 01:39:39,920 --> 01:39:42,360 Speaker 1: would be It's a difficult thing to do, you know. 1668 01:39:42,680 --> 01:39:44,519 Speaker 1: It's a difficult thing to be the one who spills 1669 01:39:44,600 --> 01:39:48,679 Speaker 1: the beans when the beans were already spilled by somebody else, 1670 01:39:49,240 --> 01:39:55,280 Speaker 1: not by you. So I think that's a pretty straightforward 1671 01:39:55,840 --> 01:39:57,880 Speaker 1: rundown of of why it is that I feel that way, 1672 01:39:58,360 --> 01:40:01,599 Speaker 1: and also just a fits Gerrold went after Conrad Black, 1673 01:40:01,680 --> 01:40:03,920 Speaker 1: he went after Scooter Libby. I mean, these there's a 1674 01:40:04,000 --> 01:40:09,880 Speaker 1: lot of these sanctimonious democrats in prosecutors trappings who go 1675 01:40:10,120 --> 01:40:15,200 Speaker 1: on these very high end, very high level political hunting expeditions, 1676 01:40:15,400 --> 01:40:18,360 Speaker 1: and it's a disgrace and it makes me not trust 1677 01:40:18,960 --> 01:40:22,920 Speaker 1: the Justice Department, which is supposed to be the institution 1678 01:40:23,000 --> 01:40:25,800 Speaker 1: that I think we all, after the military, perhaps all 1679 01:40:25,920 --> 01:40:29,479 Speaker 1: have the most faith in its fairness, and I have 1680 01:40:29,640 --> 01:40:32,680 Speaker 1: almost no faith in the DJ when it comes to 1681 01:40:32,840 --> 01:40:37,080 Speaker 1: dealing with highly sensitive political cases. I'm not talking about 1682 01:40:37,160 --> 01:40:39,280 Speaker 1: drugs and murders and things like that. They can handle 1683 01:40:39,320 --> 01:40:42,840 Speaker 1: that stuff just fine. Fortunately, there's not much of a 1684 01:40:42,960 --> 01:40:46,040 Speaker 1: pro murder constituency out there, so it's not a political issue. 1685 01:40:46,600 --> 01:40:50,559 Speaker 1: But there is certainly a food fight that is underway 1686 01:40:50,640 --> 01:40:54,880 Speaker 1: right now over using corruption charges as a means of 1687 01:40:55,560 --> 01:40:59,120 Speaker 1: settling electoral scores, and I just I find that really 1688 01:40:59,520 --> 01:41:04,280 Speaker 1: disturbed being and it bothers me to no end. But 1689 01:41:04,600 --> 01:41:09,120 Speaker 1: you know, I've told you before about the case that 1690 01:41:09,280 --> 01:41:11,800 Speaker 1: I was involved in, and I can't get into the specifics, 1691 01:41:12,200 --> 01:41:16,400 Speaker 1: but where someone who wasn't guilty of any terrorists wrongdoing 1692 01:41:16,560 --> 01:41:19,800 Speaker 1: and was a few people removed from an actual, an 1693 01:41:19,840 --> 01:41:22,640 Speaker 1: actual bad guy, they were thinking about going after him. 1694 01:41:22,680 --> 01:41:25,479 Speaker 1: This is on the law enforcement side for a mortgage fraud. 1695 01:41:25,560 --> 01:41:31,160 Speaker 1: And the guy was functionally illiterate and had actually paid 1696 01:41:31,560 --> 01:41:34,760 Speaker 1: all of the you know, all of the mortgage debt 1697 01:41:34,800 --> 01:41:36,880 Speaker 1: on the product, or was paying it off on time, 1698 01:41:36,960 --> 01:41:41,040 Speaker 1: and essentially was a straw purchaser or straw mortgage purchaser 1699 01:41:41,080 --> 01:41:42,920 Speaker 1: for somebody else. And they were thinking about, you know, 1700 01:41:43,080 --> 01:41:46,439 Speaker 1: sending him away for ten years, or at least charging 1701 01:41:46,520 --> 01:41:48,240 Speaker 1: him where he could. He wouldn't have gotten ten years, 1702 01:41:48,240 --> 01:41:49,960 Speaker 1: but they would have charged him with a ten year offense. 1703 01:41:50,320 --> 01:41:52,600 Speaker 1: And I just realized that people get so close to 1704 01:41:52,720 --> 01:41:56,320 Speaker 1: the bureaucracy, and they become so enmeshed in their day 1705 01:41:56,360 --> 01:42:00,560 Speaker 1: to day and in their mission that they sometimes forget that, 1706 01:42:00,840 --> 01:42:04,120 Speaker 1: you know, there are human beings involved here. And it's 1707 01:42:04,120 --> 01:42:07,519 Speaker 1: not just because it's the Christmas season, but every season 1708 01:42:07,600 --> 01:42:11,160 Speaker 1: we should remember compassion and kindness and mercy. These are 1709 01:42:11,280 --> 01:42:16,559 Speaker 1: things that should never be discarded. These are not traits, 1710 01:42:16,600 --> 01:42:20,560 Speaker 1: these are not ways of being that, Oh I'm just 1711 01:42:20,840 --> 01:42:24,439 Speaker 1: I'm just a man doing a job should eliminate your 1712 01:42:24,520 --> 01:42:27,679 Speaker 1: sense of decency to your fellow human beings, and mercy 1713 01:42:27,760 --> 01:42:30,479 Speaker 1: and compassion certainly go along with that. I mean, this 1714 01:42:30,560 --> 01:42:33,639 Speaker 1: is one of the reasons why I in a very 1715 01:42:33,760 --> 01:42:36,240 Speaker 1: different way. This is a much less serious thing. But 1716 01:42:36,400 --> 01:42:39,400 Speaker 1: I try not to go after people so much on Twitter, 1717 01:42:39,560 --> 01:42:41,640 Speaker 1: even though people come after me all the time. I 1718 01:42:41,760 --> 01:42:44,000 Speaker 1: try to make it about issues and things and thoughts, 1719 01:42:44,720 --> 01:42:48,120 Speaker 1: because I take no joy out of out of being 1720 01:42:48,320 --> 01:42:50,600 Speaker 1: nasty to people. Some people, you know, you need you 1721 01:42:50,680 --> 01:42:52,120 Speaker 1: need to tune up a little bit, need to give 1722 01:42:52,120 --> 01:42:55,320 Speaker 1: them a little verbal slap around. But for the most part, 1723 01:42:55,360 --> 01:42:58,479 Speaker 1: I try to avoid. I don't like dragging people who 1724 01:42:58,520 --> 01:43:02,200 Speaker 1: have said something stupid on Twitter. I don't like dragging 1725 01:43:02,240 --> 01:43:04,680 Speaker 1: them as a person what they say, sure, but them 1726 01:43:04,720 --> 01:43:06,280 Speaker 1: as a person. You know. I don't make fun of 1727 01:43:06,320 --> 01:43:09,400 Speaker 1: people's appearance. I mean, I put these these are guidelines 1728 01:43:09,439 --> 01:43:11,040 Speaker 1: in place, and I'm not saying I'm perfect, and I 1729 01:43:11,120 --> 01:43:14,559 Speaker 1: certainly fall short of it sometimes, but we've it's important 1730 01:43:14,600 --> 01:43:16,920 Speaker 1: to maintain or at least have those guidelines. You know, 1731 01:43:17,000 --> 01:43:20,080 Speaker 1: don't make fun of your political opponents appearance, don't go 1732 01:43:20,200 --> 01:43:24,280 Speaker 1: after you know their family, or make light of personal tragedy. 1733 01:43:24,479 --> 01:43:26,640 Speaker 1: Or you know, these are important things for all of us, 1734 01:43:26,800 --> 01:43:30,559 Speaker 1: at least I believe. Richie writes, Buck, you're a good guy. 1735 01:43:31,400 --> 01:43:34,679 Speaker 1: Stay away from the scooters and out of communist West Hollywood. Also, 1736 01:43:35,160 --> 01:43:39,280 Speaker 1: make sure you watch the original Battlestar galact Galactica Middle 1737 01:43:39,400 --> 01:43:43,439 Speaker 1: mini series. It's not completely necessary for enjoyment, but I 1738 01:43:43,479 --> 01:43:47,200 Speaker 1: think it's important for the totality of the Battlestar Galactica experience. Honestly, 1739 01:43:47,200 --> 01:43:49,200 Speaker 1: I don't see you as a sci fi type, and 1740 01:43:49,320 --> 01:43:52,519 Speaker 1: I bet you probably know nothing of the original ABC series, 1741 01:43:52,560 --> 01:43:54,600 Speaker 1: but one can hope. You know, Richie, I'm actually I 1742 01:43:54,640 --> 01:43:59,400 Speaker 1: just finished the Battlestar Galactica mini series. I finally figured 1743 01:43:59,439 --> 01:44:01,040 Speaker 1: out what I had missed and I was able to 1744 01:44:01,280 --> 01:44:05,720 Speaker 1: watch it, and I so far really enjoy it. You know, 1745 01:44:05,840 --> 01:44:08,200 Speaker 1: I think some of the some of the CGI and 1746 01:44:08,280 --> 01:44:10,280 Speaker 1: the graphics are a little hokey, you know, they're a 1747 01:44:10,360 --> 01:44:14,200 Speaker 1: little bit, a little bit b team. But the writing 1748 01:44:14,240 --> 01:44:17,240 Speaker 1: and the acting is all pretty pretty solid. The writing 1749 01:44:17,360 --> 01:44:18,840 Speaker 1: is very solid. Some of the acting I think can 1750 01:44:18,840 --> 01:44:22,160 Speaker 1: be a little wooden, but overall, I gotta say it's good. 1751 01:44:22,560 --> 01:44:25,439 Speaker 1: It's an interesting it's an interesting concept, and I'm enjoying 1752 01:44:25,479 --> 01:44:27,040 Speaker 1: it and I'm hoping to make it all the way through. 1753 01:44:28,560 --> 01:44:31,840 Speaker 1: Gerald and Leslie, Hey Buck, I'm a big fan. I 1754 01:44:31,880 --> 01:44:33,800 Speaker 1: always listening to your podcast and heard you wanted to 1755 01:44:33,880 --> 01:44:35,760 Speaker 1: hear from Facebook peeps. I just wanted to say I 1756 01:44:35,840 --> 01:44:38,160 Speaker 1: love the show. You're definitely going to be the next 1757 01:44:38,240 --> 01:44:41,040 Speaker 1: Rush Limball. I've been listening to him since I was eighteen. 1758 01:44:41,080 --> 01:44:44,280 Speaker 1: I'm forty four now. I appreciate your perspective, your eighties 1759 01:44:44,360 --> 01:44:46,120 Speaker 1: movie likes, and the fact that you like to cook 1760 01:44:46,640 --> 01:44:52,160 Speaker 1: me too. Thanks for being you well. Thank you Gerald 1761 01:44:52,479 --> 01:44:56,400 Speaker 1: and Leslie. I'm assuming that's from I don't know, actually 1762 01:44:56,400 --> 01:44:58,040 Speaker 1: it could be from Gerald or Leslie, but it's very 1763 01:44:58,120 --> 01:45:01,160 Speaker 1: very kind of you. Thanks for your words about you know, 1764 01:45:01,320 --> 01:45:03,439 Speaker 1: saying that I'll be that I could ever be, even 1765 01:45:03,520 --> 01:45:06,160 Speaker 1: in the same conversation as Rush Limball, as like telling 1766 01:45:06,240 --> 01:45:08,840 Speaker 1: a you know, a young NBA player that he could 1767 01:45:08,880 --> 01:45:11,000 Speaker 1: one day be like Michael Jordan or Rush Limball, I mean, 1768 01:45:11,240 --> 01:45:15,400 Speaker 1: or or Rush Limball or Lebron James. But that's very 1769 01:45:15,479 --> 01:45:17,280 Speaker 1: very kind of you. I appreciate it, and thank you 1770 01:45:17,360 --> 01:45:19,800 Speaker 1: so much for listening to the show. And we've got 1771 01:45:19,960 --> 01:45:21,760 Speaker 1: we've got a lot of a lot of years a 1772 01:45:21,840 --> 01:45:24,040 Speaker 1: great show ahead, so if you've enjoyed it this far, 1773 01:45:24,640 --> 01:45:28,880 Speaker 1: strap in because the ride's gonna be awesome. Ted rights Buck, 1774 01:45:29,000 --> 01:45:32,000 Speaker 1: first time messaging anybody on the radio, but I have 1775 01:45:32,160 --> 01:45:35,960 Speaker 1: to get this off my chest. I originally began listening 1776 01:45:36,040 --> 01:45:38,720 Speaker 1: to you after hearing you on Rush. Plus, I'm tired 1777 01:45:38,720 --> 01:45:41,760 Speaker 1: of listening conservatives hosts who feel compelled to scream over 1778 01:45:41,840 --> 01:45:45,200 Speaker 1: the airways with their outrage. I turned them off. Overall, 1779 01:45:45,280 --> 01:45:49,920 Speaker 1: your program and format are informative and thought provoking. Increasingly, however, 1780 01:45:50,320 --> 01:45:53,080 Speaker 1: I'm turning you off as you talk a particular issue 1781 01:45:53,120 --> 01:45:56,920 Speaker 1: to death, overtalk your analysis, and drone on enough already 1782 01:45:56,960 --> 01:45:59,160 Speaker 1: it is exasperating. Maybe picking up the pace would help. 1783 01:45:59,200 --> 01:46:01,760 Speaker 1: I'd also listen. I also refuse to listen to the 1784 01:46:01,880 --> 01:46:06,040 Speaker 1: Godfather when he subs for you. In my opinion, hardly 1785 01:46:06,080 --> 01:46:08,400 Speaker 1: anyone more boring to listen to. I will continue to 1786 01:46:08,439 --> 01:46:11,720 Speaker 1: listen for now, Ted. Well, Ted, I'll try to mix 1787 01:46:11,760 --> 01:46:13,120 Speaker 1: it up a little bit more for you, buddy. How 1788 01:46:13,160 --> 01:46:15,759 Speaker 1: about that? You know, some days it's a slow new cycle. 1789 01:46:15,880 --> 01:46:18,559 Speaker 1: Some days I try to get deep into the bowels 1790 01:46:18,600 --> 01:46:20,519 Speaker 1: of an issue, which I think people can either find 1791 01:46:21,680 --> 01:46:24,400 Speaker 1: interesting or they can find it to be you know, 1792 01:46:25,280 --> 01:46:28,599 Speaker 1: too too much. You know, TMI, as the kids say, 1793 01:46:29,360 --> 01:46:31,559 Speaker 1: But I do try to mix up the topics a lot. 1794 01:46:31,640 --> 01:46:33,160 Speaker 1: I mean, I think we cover a lot of ground 1795 01:46:33,240 --> 01:46:36,400 Speaker 1: over the three hours of the show. You know, these days, 1796 01:46:36,880 --> 01:46:39,599 Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you, man, I'm I get tired 1797 01:46:39,640 --> 01:46:41,599 Speaker 1: of having to talk about the Muller probe. I think 1798 01:46:41,680 --> 01:46:44,439 Speaker 1: that in a sense, I'm kind of hostage to the 1799 01:46:44,560 --> 01:46:47,720 Speaker 1: new cycle in that regard, because it is what is 1800 01:46:47,800 --> 01:46:50,200 Speaker 1: out there and being talked about. It is affecting and 1801 01:46:50,360 --> 01:46:54,280 Speaker 1: directing the political conversation, but there's generally not that much 1802 01:46:54,520 --> 01:46:56,519 Speaker 1: new stuff going on with it, and so you end 1803 01:46:56,600 --> 01:47:00,360 Speaker 1: up slicing the onion pretty thin. But look, you're listener, 1804 01:47:00,600 --> 01:47:02,519 Speaker 1: you are sending me a critique in good faith. I 1805 01:47:02,600 --> 01:47:05,320 Speaker 1: appreciate it. All of you who listen, every one of you. 1806 01:47:05,400 --> 01:47:07,640 Speaker 1: You're the reason that I have this dream job of 1807 01:47:07,760 --> 01:47:11,520 Speaker 1: having a radio show, and so your thoughts are always appreciated, 1808 01:47:12,120 --> 01:47:15,040 Speaker 1: and that includes I have made. I can't even tell 1809 01:47:15,040 --> 01:47:17,680 Speaker 1: you how many adjustments I've made countless adjustments to this 1810 01:47:17,800 --> 01:47:20,479 Speaker 1: show over the years, because somebody will write me and 1811 01:47:20,520 --> 01:47:21,720 Speaker 1: they'll say, you know, I'd like you to do this 1812 01:47:21,800 --> 01:47:23,240 Speaker 1: a little more, or that a little more, a little 1813 01:47:23,320 --> 01:47:26,639 Speaker 1: less of this and I read it and I realize, yeah, 1814 01:47:26,680 --> 01:47:30,519 Speaker 1: that's right, that criticism is right. So single individuals have 1815 01:47:30,680 --> 01:47:34,160 Speaker 1: written me either email or Facebook and gotten me to 1816 01:47:34,280 --> 01:47:36,160 Speaker 1: make adjustments to the show. So I don't want you 1817 01:47:36,240 --> 01:47:38,719 Speaker 1: to think that I'm not paying attention. I am paying attention. 1818 01:47:39,840 --> 01:47:42,680 Speaker 1: You know. 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