Speaker 1: Today we're going to have one of my favorite senators
Speaker 1: on this show, Senator Marshall Blackburn from Tennessee. Of course,
Speaker 1: you know we're as a powerhouse in the Senate, but
Speaker 1: she serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and we're going
Speaker 1: to talk about hearing they just held on the growing
Speaker 1: injunctions that have been issued against President Trump. We've sort
Speaker 1: of seen this judicial chaos clashing with the executive office.
Speaker 1: So what can Congress do about it? Can they restore balance?
Speaker 1: You know, what's the plan of action? Also, she has
Speaker 1: asked the Trump administration to resurrect drug interdiction at airports.
Speaker 1: So why did Joe Biden ditch it and what's at
Speaker 1: stake with that. We'll also discuss President Trump's Liberation Day
Speaker 1: where it has threatened these reciprocal tariffs on other countries,
Speaker 1: this global trade showdown that we're about to see. What
Speaker 1: does it mean for you at home? What should we
Speaker 1: know about it? And lastly, with midterms on the horizon,
Speaker 1: we'll talk about the Republican Party's fate without President Trump
Speaker 1: on the ballot, particularly coming off of the special elections
Speaker 1: in Florida as well as the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
Speaker 1: What can Republicans do to get voters motivated to turn
Speaker 1: out even with President Trump in office, but he's not
Speaker 1: going to be on the ballot. We'll talk about all
Speaker 1: of that with Senator Marshall Blackburn. Stay tuned well, Senator
Speaker 1: Marshall Blackburn, It's always an honor to have you on
Speaker 1: the show. Love having you on. You're awesome, So we
Speaker 1: always appreciate you making the time. So thank you.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, I'm delighted to join you. Thank you.
Speaker 1: So I want to dig in to you're on the
Speaker 1: Senate Judiciary Committee. There's a hearing titled Rule by District
Speaker 1: Judges to Exploring legislative solutions to the bipartisan problem of
Speaker 1: universal Injunctions. Walk us through the hearing, the goal of it,
Speaker 1: the importance of it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Lisa, our problem is that you have
Speaker 2: district federal judges that are trying to overrule the president
Speaker 2: and the executive branch, and of course we have a
Speaker 2: separation of powers. So our hearing that we've just concluded
Speaker 2: focused on this overreach and focused on what is happening
Speaker 2: to policies that the Trump administration is putting forward that
Speaker 2: the left does not like, and they're trying to squash
Speaker 2: those policies. Now, here's an example for you. During the
Speaker 2: month of February, President Trump had fifteen nationwide injunctions issued
Speaker 2: against his policies. Fifteen. Now, during the entire four years
Speaker 2: of Joe Biden, there were fourteen nationwide injunctions issued against
Speaker 2: Joe Biden and his policies. So this shows you the
Speaker 2: aggressiveness of the left. What we do know is they're
Speaker 2: going to the judicial branch because they lost.
Speaker 1: At the ballot box.
Speaker 2: The American people rejected what they were offering and said, no,
Speaker 2: we're tired of two tears of justice. We're tired of
Speaker 2: being broke, tired of inflation, tired of an open border,
Speaker 2: tired of illegal immigration, we are tired of a diminishing
Speaker 2: standing in the world. So they elected Donald Trump. He
Speaker 2: had the electoral and the popular vote. So now he
Speaker 2: is implementing this agenda that the American people voted for.
Speaker 2: The left does not like that they lost. They can't
Speaker 2: get passed through Congress. What they want, which is more
Speaker 2: power and control over you, more of your hard earned
Speaker 2: tax dollars so they can waste it on projects that
Speaker 2: have probably outlived their usefulness. And the NGOs that are
Speaker 2: not delivering a service that benefits the country. Now the
Speaker 2: left has turned to the courts and they're saying, do
Speaker 2: the dirty work for us. Stop this, and that is
Speaker 2: why you have district courts stepping in and issuing these injunctions.
Speaker 2: You've got a judge out in San Francisco that filed
Speaker 2: an injunction and it is forcing people to be rehired
Speaker 2: after they had been terminated. You have other judges that
Speaker 2: are going after some of the Doze efforts where we're
Speaker 2: trying to save the taxpayer money and be able to
Speaker 2: get this thirty six trillion dollar debt under control, and
Speaker 2: lo and behold, they're trying to stop it and force
Speaker 2: the federal government to have money we don't have to
Speaker 2: spend money we don't have in the bank.
Speaker 1: I mean, I totally know. It's totally ridiculous in you
Speaker 1: and of the hearing the Senate Judiciary term in Chok
Speaker 1: Grassley had said that since the court's in the executive
Speaker 1: branch are on an unsustainable collision course, Congress must step
Speaker 1: in and provide clarity. He said that you guys are
Speaker 1: looking to explore legislative solutions to bring the balance of
Speaker 1: power back and check I guess what can Congress do
Speaker 1: about it? Is probably the question, you know, the audio
Speaker 1: audience is wondering, what can you guys do about it? Legislatively?
Speaker 2: Yes, and we do have legislation that would provide that
Speaker 2: clarification that the district court has no ability to issue
Speaker 2: a nationwide injunction. The jurisdiction of a district judge is
Speaker 2: limited to the case in front of him and the
Speaker 2: application to the district which he serves. We do appreciate
Speaker 2: that holding hearings, filing bills, trying to move things through
Speaker 2: the House and Senate elevates the issue. And we do
Speaker 2: appreciate that you're going to see Justice Roberts have to
Speaker 2: step in on this issue.
Speaker 1: So today's Liberation Day. Obviously we're recording this podcast before
Speaker 1: President Trump, you know, gives this big announcement about what
Speaker 1: exactly we should expect from these reciprocal tariffs that will happen.
Speaker 1: What are you expecting and what do you think the
Speaker 1: impact will be from it?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I think, Lisa, that we're going to see President
Speaker 2: Trump lay out the plan for reciprocity. If somebody is
Speaker 2: tariffing us at ten percent, will do likewise. And we
Speaker 2: have heard him say repeatedly he wants reciprocal tariffs. I
Speaker 2: fully believe that bringing some clarity around that so that
Speaker 2: you don't have a lot of these prognosticators assuming what
Speaker 2: they are what it will or will not be, and
Speaker 2: that brings uncertainty to the marketplace. I think that President Trump,
Speaker 2: speaking defend relatively on the issue, is going to bring
Speaker 2: some clarity and some calm to the market. We know
Speaker 2: that President Trump's goal is to return manufacturing to the
Speaker 2: United States to empower US workers, and that is a
Speaker 2: goal that we all share, and we're pleased that we
Speaker 2: have a president who is putting the United States and
Speaker 2: our workers and our economy first. And that should this
Speaker 2: business of what we have seen with China stealing our
Speaker 2: intellectual property, taking our jobs, and then turning around and
Speaker 2: sending us a virus that had such an impact. President
Speaker 2: Trump is correct to say we're going to look at tariffs,
Speaker 2: We're going to be fair, We're going to be reciprocal,
Speaker 2: and we're going to end this US paying a state
Speaker 2: tariff and them paying no tariff.
Speaker 1: You know, I guess so I agree with the long term,
Speaker 1: like I do, believe we need this course correction. You
Speaker 1: can look at NATA. You can look at China's entry
Speaker 1: in the World Trade Organization and you can see how that,
Speaker 1: you know, one push manufacturers overseas, particularly to Mexico with NAFTA,
Speaker 1: and then you know, with China's entry in the World
Speaker 1: Trade Organization, there's just this influx of cheap goods. So
Speaker 1: I agree with sort of the long term outlook on
Speaker 1: it and the course correction. It's just will there be
Speaker 1: short term pain? And what does that short term pain
Speaker 1: mean for us in the midterms. You know, obviously we
Speaker 1: saw these races last night. Fortunately, Republicans held on to
Speaker 1: the two House seats in the special elections, but you know,
Speaker 1: we lost the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by ten and
Speaker 1: those margins and the House races were much less than
Speaker 1: you know, we saw in prior elections. So I mean,
Speaker 1: what does that all mean? I guess for you know,
Speaker 1: and then we're not going to have President Trump's in office,
Speaker 1: but we're not going to have them on the ballot
Speaker 1: driving turnout. So I guess what does this all sort
Speaker 1: of collectively mean for the Republican Party moving forward, particularly
Speaker 1: looking ahead at the midterms.
Speaker 2: And as we talk about getting inflation down and dealing
Speaker 2: with the unfair tariff issue. As we talk about the
Speaker 2: savings we're yielding for the American people through our efforts
Speaker 2: with DOGE. I fully believe that you're going to see
Speaker 2: us with a very successful midterm in the midst of
Speaker 2: all of this.
Speaker 1: And when you look at.
Speaker 2: The mainstream media, you know, Lisa, it's a lot of
Speaker 2: naysayers and it's a lot of negative They continue to
Speaker 2: try to make people believe that Republicans are trying to
Speaker 2: cut Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security, all of which
Speaker 2: is not true. And they're trying to make people believe
Speaker 2: that they're going to be these very steep tariffs, which
Speaker 2: we know they're going to settle in at reciprocal tariffs.
Speaker 2: So I think the message, getting our message out there
Speaker 2: is going to be important. Our goal is to pass
Speaker 2: President Trump's agenda. Our goal is to make certain that
Speaker 2: we get inflation down and that we energize the US economy,
Speaker 2: that we reduce the size of the federal government, that
Speaker 2: we cut spending, and that we focus on our nation's
Speaker 2: solvency and our sovereignty. That's an imperative for future generations,
Speaker 2: and we cannot sustain this kind of debt thirty six
Speaker 2: trillion dollars in debt. What does that do to our
Speaker 2: children and grandchildren? See, every citizen's share of this debt
Speaker 2: now is a little over one hundred thousand dollars. And
Speaker 2: when you think of it in that vein and you
Speaker 2: have kids and grandkids that are trying to work and
Speaker 2: trying to buy a house and trying to start a
Speaker 2: family and build a career, and that type burden is
Speaker 2: something that passing that on to our children and grandchildren
Speaker 2: I think is an immoral action. We should get this
Speaker 2: under control, and it's going to be a heavy lift,
Speaker 2: but we can do it, and we should.
Speaker 1: Do it, you know, an you're right. Look the experts say,
Speaker 1: you know, I said this on TV the other day,
Speaker 1: like the two things we should have all learned from
Speaker 1: the past few years is one, never underestimate President Trump.
Speaker 1: And then two, you know, the experts tend to not
Speaker 1: be experts these days. So it's like that's true, you know,
Speaker 1: like and all this criticism of terrorism really really haven't
Speaker 1: had a president pushing it since, you know, President Trump,
Speaker 1: So I think it's sort of just the unknown for
Speaker 1: a lot of people. But you know, never underestimate. What
Speaker 1: should we expect for getting this big, beautiful bill done
Speaker 1: in the Senate and also expanding these tax cut, the
Speaker 1: Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts into perpetuity.
Speaker 2: Yes, and as we work on that, the sentence approach
Speaker 2: is to use current policy and make the tax cuts
Speaker 2: from twenty seventeen permanent. We also are wanting to reinstitute
Speaker 2: the credits for R and D, bonus depreciation, and interest.
Speaker 2: We want to get to President Trump's desire for no
Speaker 2: tax on tips or over time, and no tax on
Speaker 2: Social Security, which by the way, is a piece of
Speaker 2: legislation I've drafted. We also want to make certain that
Speaker 2: the money is there to rebuild our military. When you
Speaker 2: look at what has happened with China and the way
Speaker 2: they are growing their Blue Water Navy, the way that
Speaker 2: they are exercising the Belton Road Initiative and are setting
Speaker 2: up ports whether you're talking about Sri Lanka or a Djibouti,
Speaker 2: and the attention we need to give.
Speaker 1: To these issues.
Speaker 2: It is imperative that we move forward with the reconciliation bill. Now.
Speaker 2: The DOGE cuts we can do in a recision bill
Speaker 2: that can travel alongside, can't go into a reconciliation, but
Speaker 2: it can travel alongside a reconciliation, and that is where
Speaker 2: we can put those doge cuts and codify those so
Speaker 2: we're actually cutting into the baseline and cutting that spending out.
Speaker 2: That helps us to lower that baseline for the coming
Speaker 2: years and helps us to save that money for our
Speaker 2: kids and grandkids.
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Speaker 1: the Trump administration to restart drug restart drug interdiction efforts
Speaker 1: at the nation's airports and transportation facilities. Why did the
Speaker 1: Biden administration shutter that effort and what should people know
Speaker 1: about it?
Speaker 2: Yes, and this is an issue we're trying to get
Speaker 2: those restarted. This is an issue that came to us
Speaker 2: by people that work in this area. And I have
Speaker 2: no idea why the Biden administration stopped doing these searches
Speaker 2: at the transit facilities. And we know that you have
Speaker 2: some of these offshore illist drug producers that are shipping
Speaker 2: this in flying it in coming in through the mail,
Speaker 2: and to reinstitute these checks, whether it is at our
Speaker 2: nation's airport or these air facilities cargo facilities, we need
Speaker 2: to make certain that is done immediately.
Speaker 1: Well, the I think when you said I don't know
Speaker 1: why the Biden administration, you could probably fill in that blank.
Speaker 1: After anything, I just don't know why they did anything
Speaker 1: that they did.
Speaker 2: That's true, That's exactly right. You know. The thing that
Speaker 2: the thing that gets me about the administration is when
Speaker 2: you look back at it, and we talked about this
Speaker 2: sum during the administration, they put so much time, effort,
Speaker 2: and energy and trying to make illegal actions legal, whether
Speaker 2: it was illegal entry at the southern border, whether it
Speaker 2: was stopping doing DNA tests for kids that were being
Speaker 2: that were entering the country without an adult that was
Speaker 2: related to them. We know that traffickers were bringing kids
Speaker 2: and women in and then they were being trafficked into
Speaker 2: labor gangs and sex trafficking rings and drug trafficking and gangs.
Speaker 2: So these are things we know. Look how much effort
Speaker 2: they put into making illegal legal in that regard, and
Speaker 2: then you look at these sweeps that they could have
Speaker 2: been doing. But chose not to do. You look at
Speaker 2: how they handled a lot of what was going on
Speaker 2: with the Chinese Communist Party, I mean, Lisa, the list
Speaker 2: goes on and on, and it's one of the reasons
Speaker 2: the American people voted resoundingly on November fifth to stop this.
Speaker 2: They were tired of trying to make illegal legal. They
Speaker 2: were tired of two tears of justice. They were tired
Speaker 2: of an open border, tired of fentanyl flooding their communities,
Speaker 2: tired of crime in their streets.
Speaker 1: Ope, and we've just got a fight to keep the majority.
Speaker 1: Senator Marshall Blackburn, it's always an honor to have you
Speaker 1: on the show. We truly appreciate what you do in
Speaker 1: the Senate and also just taking the time to join us.
Speaker 2: Oh, delighted to join you. Thank you.
Speaker 1: That was Senator Marshall Blackburn of the Great State of Tennessee.
Speaker 1: We appreciate her taking the time to join the show.
Speaker 1: Appreciate you guys at home for listening every Tuesday and Thursday,
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