1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Welcome. It is a special fun edition of Verdict of 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: Senator Ted Cruz. It is midnight after the State of 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: the Union. Senator. What a speech it was and a 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: rewrite of history from the President. Everything's great in the country. 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 1: The union is strong, Inflation really doesn't matter. We've got 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: a secure border, and we don't even have to talk 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: about the balloon or China. It was an interesting speech. Well, 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: interesting is one word for it. I just came from 9 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: the House floor, went over to the Fox studio, sat 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: down with Sean Hannity, talked with him about the speech 11 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: at him. Now back in our studio recording this podcast 12 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: for tomorrow morning, and I'll tell you my reactions to 13 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: the speech. I thought it was divisive. I thought it 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: was angry. I thought it was out of touch, and 15 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: I thought it was profoundly dishonest. There were portions of 16 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: it where he was mumbling it was very difficult to 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: understand what he was saying. There were other portions where 18 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: he just yelled randomly out of nowhere. At times he 19 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: reminded me like a crotchety old man on his porch 20 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: screaming at the kids get off my lawn. It was remarkable. 21 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: Look more than two thirds of Americans believe we're on 22 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 1: the wrong track. We just had an election in November 23 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: where the American people elected a Republican majority in the House. 24 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: There have been enormous problems with the Biden policy agenda. 25 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: He could have given a speech trying to recognize that. 26 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 1: Remember Bill Clinton, So after Congress flipped where he gave 27 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: a speech and he said said the era big government 28 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,559 Speaker 1: is over, and he tried to pivot to the center. 29 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: This speech was not that. This speech was doubling down 30 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: on the same failed left wing agenda. And you know, 31 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: I talked about the speech being dishonest. There were lots 32 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: of portions of it that I thought were dishonest, but 33 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: three really stood out. Number one when Biden had a 34 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: portion of the speech talking about fentenol and he said, 35 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: pass my plan to secure the border, and literally half 36 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: the chamber broke out in laughter because it was so 37 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: profoundly dishonest. Joe Biden and the Democrats made political decisions 38 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: at the beginning of his presidency to open up the border. 39 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: It was a conscious political decision, and as a consequence 40 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: of that, we have had the highest rate of illegal 41 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: immigration in the history of our country. Over five point 42 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: four million people across the illegally. Under Joe Biden. Last year, 43 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: we had over one hundred thousand deaths from overdoses, most 44 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: of those from Chinese feentenol flooding across Biden's open border, 45 00:02:55,919 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 1: and yet he accepted no responsibility for it. He instead 46 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: claims he has a plan to secure the border, which 47 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: is not in fact a plan to secure the border, 48 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: as we've talked about on prior pods. It's a plan 49 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: to actually expedite to speed up illegal aliens and coyotes 50 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: crossing the border. And that I thought in the chamber 51 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: was side splittingly funny, But to the American people, anyone 52 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: paying attention, that was clearly not true. You got to 53 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: go back to his first day in office, and let's 54 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: just remind people of what Joe Biden did to create 55 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,839 Speaker 1: the onslaught of not just illegal immigrants coming across the border, 56 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: but the fetenol coming across the border. He halted the 57 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: border wall construction. Yep, he paused deportations. This is the 58 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: first day in office. He suspended the remain in Mexico 59 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: basically rule. He proposed amnesty for millions on that first 60 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: day in office, and he ordered Ice to limit arrest 61 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: and deportations. And then he comes out today and it's like, oh, 62 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: we're gonna fight Fetnel. He's the biggest drug deal or 63 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: in America right now because he's the one that's opened 64 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: the border which is allowed the drugs to come in. Now, 65 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: that's exactly right. And Joe Biden is also personally responsible 66 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: for flooding billions of dollars to the Mexican drug cartels. 67 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: They are making massive amounts of money. Roughly half their 68 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: revenue comes from drug trafficking, Roughly half their revenue comes 69 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: from human trafficking. And if you are a narco terrorists, 70 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: Joe Biden becoming president is the best thing that ever 71 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 1: happened to your bottom line because business is booming. And 72 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: again he didn't accept any of that. He didn't even 73 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: accept that there was a crisis. He just flat outlied. 74 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: Another example when he talked late in his speech and 75 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: it took nearly an hour for him to get to him. 76 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: But when he finally got to China and he said, 77 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: we're standing up for China, and America's stronger than ever 78 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: before and our enemies are weaker, it was utterly absurd. 79 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 1: I mean, we just finished last week the world watching 80 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: as a Chinese spy balloon for over a week hovered 81 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 1: over US Army Basis secure installation, committing espionage, and Biden 82 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: weakly and impotently wrung his hands. He did nothing, and 83 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: then finally, after it completed its mission, he shot it 84 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: down once the mission was over, once our security had 85 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: been compromised. And the result of that is she and 86 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: every other enemy of the world took the measure of 87 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,119 Speaker 1: the commander in chief and they concluded he was weak. 88 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: He was not willing to defend US airspace. I think 89 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: that was actually one of the major objectives of the incursion. 90 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 1: I think the Chinese knew the balloon would be spotted. 91 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: It was visible to the naked eye. They knew it 92 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: would be spotted. And yet they also knew Biden would 93 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 1: be so weak he wouldn't do anything about it, or 94 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: they suspected it, and he confirmed that. And so for 95 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: him to say, we've shown the world we're tough on China, 96 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: mind you, Joe Biden is also one of the largest 97 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: customers for Chinese slave labor, buying electric vehicles and parts. 98 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: In the last Congress, when I forced to vote on 99 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: the floor of the Senate to ban the federal government 100 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: from purchasing electric vehicles or batteries made with slave labor 101 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: in Chinese concentration camps. Every Democrat but Joe Mention voted no. 102 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: So that was another profoundly dishonest point. And I'll tell 103 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 1: you a third one that struck me as incredibly dishonest 104 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: is when he leaned forward and says Republicans want to 105 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 1: sunset social Security and Medicare. Yeah, that was one of 106 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: the most awkward moments of the entire State of Union. 107 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: And I want to dive into that. But before we 108 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: do that, let me remind our listeners about Patriot Mobile. 109 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 1: Patriot Mobile is an incredible company that I want you 110 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 1: to check out. 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Senator, you just mentioned one of the 134 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: weirdest moments of the night from the President, and it 135 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: was one of those moments where I think everybody's sitting 136 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: there going are you kidding me? Go into detail of 137 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 1: what it was like being on the four of the 138 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: house when he said it. Well, so, I was sitting 139 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: in the second row behind the cabinet, just to the 140 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,680 Speaker 1: left of the President from from his view, and he 141 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: leans forward and when he says that Republicans want to 142 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: sunset so Security and Medicare again, the result was spontaneous laughter. 143 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: It was half the chamber literally laughing. Now, look at 144 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 1: some level, this is not new. Every election cycle, Democrats 145 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 1: demagogue on social Security and Medicare, and they always say 146 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: Republicans want to throw Granny off the cliff and the 147 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 1: hook for this, by the way, his predicate for what 148 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: was a brazen line was one proposal that came out 149 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: from one single senator. So in the last cycle, Rick 150 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: Scott put out an eleven point plan for what he 151 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: wanted to do with a Republican majority. Now, Rick Scott 152 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: as a freshman senator, he's entitled to have his views. 153 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: He's a good friend, he's a good man. Of those 154 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: eleven points, I agreed with most of them. There were 155 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: two in particular that I think we're a mistake and 156 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: that I disagree with and I think most Republicans disagree with. 157 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: And my guess is even Rick disagrees with it. On 158 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: further contemplation. One of the eleven that he had, as 159 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: he said, every American should pay some taxes. Now that 160 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: might be right in the most abstract of senses. But 161 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: right now, more than fifty percent of Americans don't pay 162 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: income taxes, and so what that was quickly characterized as 163 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 1: is saying that Rick Scott wants to raise taxes on 164 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: fifty percent of Americans. I believe emphatically that Republicans should 165 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: never ever, ever be in the business of raising axes. 166 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,599 Speaker 1: We should cut people's taxes. So I think that was 167 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: a mistake for him to propose that. The second thing 168 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: that he included in his list of elevities, he said 169 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,679 Speaker 1: every federal program should be sunset and listen. He's approaching 170 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: this like the former governor of Florida, which he is, 171 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: where there are lots of state programs where you have 172 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: a sunset review, and the sunset review you examine the 173 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: programs and you make them better. And I understand why 174 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: from a state governor's perspective that can make sense. The 175 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: reality is that social security and medicare are different, and 176 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: they are I think they are vital bulwarks of our country. 177 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: I think we've made solemn promises to seniors that we 178 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: need to honor, and Republicans are committed, all of us, 179 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: including Rick Scott, to saving, preserving strengthening, making sure that 180 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: Social Security and Medicare are there for seniors going forward. 181 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: All of this Biden knows. So he's literally taking one 182 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: bullet point in one polo see paper put out by 183 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 1: a single senator, a freshman senator, and he's claiming that 184 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: is the position of Republicans in the entire Congress. It's absurd. 185 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 1: But by the way, Biden did this all over the country. 186 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: He campaigned using this bullet point to lie and deceive people. 187 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: And then he went on and said, listen, we need 188 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: to stand with seniors. And I'll tell you when he 189 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: said that, I think he thought he was giving a 190 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: Democrat talking point. I stood up and applauded, Yes, we 191 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: need to stand with seniors. And I got to tell you, 192 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: there is literally no group in America who has been 193 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: hurt more in the past two years than seniors. You 194 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: look at seniors facing skyrocketing inflation. You know, you're a senior, 195 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: you're retired, you're you're on a fixed income. The cost 196 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: of rant has gone up, the cost of food has 197 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: gone up, the cost of electricity has gone up, the 198 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: cost of everything has gone up. And at the same time, 199 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: you senior retirement drop twenty to thirty percent. That is 200 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: a double whammy where I do not believe it is 201 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: hyperbole to say no president has inflicted more damage on 202 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: seniors in two years than Joe Biden. So it is 203 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: remarkable hutzpah for him to falsely claim Republicans want a 204 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: sunset Social Security and Medica. Seniors don't have ten percent 205 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 1: for the big guy for one case like he does, 206 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: so it's a lot harder for them to recover when 207 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: they lose money compared to Joe Biden. Look, you know, 208 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: my mom right now is living on Social Security and 209 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: she's retired. She's eighty eight years old, and she pays 210 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: her expenses and you know, she doesn't get cable because 211 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: cable's too expensive, and it's you know, it's tough. It's 212 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: tough being a senior citizen. As their son. I help 213 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: support her as as you know, a good son. If 214 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: you're able to do that, you ought to do that. 215 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: But but it is tough being a senior, and particularly 216 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: when you have a budget. I mean, she is matial, 217 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: you listen or budget because she wants to make ends 218 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,719 Speaker 1: meet and she has limited means to do it. And 219 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 1: when the price of everything goes through the roof and 220 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:13,239 Speaker 1: your income doesn't match it. That really really hurts seniors. 221 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: And this was a speech designed not to be honest, 222 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: not to be candid, not to be direct about what's happening. 223 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: But instead it was a in your face partisan speech. 224 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: It was a screw you to everyone on the other side, 225 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,680 Speaker 1: everyone that voted on the other side. By the way, 226 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: one particularly nasty thing was in the course of the 227 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: speech when Biden recognized Paul Pelosi, and that was a 228 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: gracious thing to do. You know, Paul was violently assaulted 229 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: in his home. That was horrific. No one should face 230 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: political violence, somebody hitting you in the head with a hammer. 231 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: But then you look at the language that Biden used. 232 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,079 Speaker 1: He blamed that, he said on the Big Lie on 233 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:04,559 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. He wanted to blame that, take that act 234 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: of physical violence and blame it on every Trump voter 235 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: in America and everything connection to that. We know from 236 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: the guy they caught a look, he was a hippie 237 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: nudist in northern California. And the guy's a nut, he's 238 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: a lunatic. But Biden couldn't resist using it as a 239 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: political knife to try to attack and not just attack listen. 240 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: If he wants to attack Republicans, that's fine. But when 241 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: he was doing that, he wasn't attacking Republicans. He was 242 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: attacking the voters. He was going after the people, and 243 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: he was trying to use that to attack all of 244 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: the voters who disagree with him. And that's just a 245 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: strange strategy for a state of the Union to tell 246 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: half the country go jump in a lake. Yeah, and 247 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: it was certainly a moment for him that he wanted 248 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: to make there. He also said something else that was weird, trying, 249 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: I think, to relate to the American pe and a 250 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: lot of people have called this out as basically another 251 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:06,480 Speaker 1: big lie where he gets away with it. He said 252 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: this about his wife, implying that she teaches full time. 253 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: We made the best educated, best paid. We became the 254 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: best educated, best paid nation in the world. The rest 255 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: of worlds caught up. It's caught up, Jill, my wife 256 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: who teaches full time. As an expression, hope I get 257 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: it right, kid, Any nation out educates us is going 258 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: to outcompete us. Any nasition out educations gonna outcompete us. Now, 259 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: that may be a fair point, right that any any 260 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: nation that outeducates US is going to outpace us. But 261 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: the internet exploded, Senator, you were obviously in the floor 262 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: of the house. Then they're going, wait, when did she 263 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: become a full time teacher? How can you just make 264 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 1: up things like this when she's the first lady. You 265 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: can see her schedule. It's clear the schedule that she 266 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: keeps she's not a full time teacher. And there were 267 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: even teachers that were outraged by this idea that you 268 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: can just make stuff up as you Well, look, I'm 269 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: going to leave Jill Biden out of it, but I 270 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: will say I agree with the principle that any nation 271 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: that outeducates us will that will outcompete us. And you 272 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: want to talk about the failures of the Biden administration, 273 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: Joe Biden, the Democrats are responsible for shutting schools down 274 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: all over this country in many places for more than 275 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: a year, and the result has hurt kids more than 276 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: anything in our lifetimes, and in particular, it has hurt 277 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: low income kids, African American kids, Hispanic kids. We've seen 278 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: the greatest learning losses ever recorded. And this was done 279 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: at the behest of the teacher union bosses who had 280 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: schools shut down for tens of millions of kids for 281 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 1: more than a year, schools were shut down. And I'll 282 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: point out this is also an administration that viciously passionately 283 00:16:56,040 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: opposes school choice, opposes charter schools, does everything they can 284 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: to leave kids trapped in failing schools. So when he 285 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: stands up and talks about education, I agree, and his 286 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 1: policies are hurting education. There's another portion where he was 287 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: talking about the tax code and he said he said 288 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: the tax code is fundamentally unfair, and I began applauding heartily. 289 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:21,920 Speaker 1: I was one of the few from the Republican side 290 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: applauding at that. But I think the tax code is terrible. 291 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 1: It's why I think we should abolish the IRS and 292 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: pass a simple flat tax. And he had all of 293 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: this rhetoric demogoguing big business, big companies. Here's one of 294 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,239 Speaker 1: the interesting ironies. And all the Democrats are standing up, 295 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: hooting and hollering and cheering. You know, all those big corporations, 296 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: they are overwhelmingly supporting Democrats. You know, he was demogoguing 297 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: big Pharma. Big Pharma is so much in bed with 298 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: the Democrats that they snuggle and nibble on Joe Biden's 299 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 1: ear at night. Yeah, and he knows it, but it 300 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: was one of those moments where he probably winked a 301 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: nod to them. Hey, guys, I'm gonna I'm gonna slap 302 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: you around a little bit during the State of Union, 303 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: but don't worry. I'm the guy that's gonna keep getting 304 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: your paid through vaccine mandates and things like that. Yeah, 305 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna make it illegal not to buy your product, 306 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 1: and in fact, I'm gonna try to fire people who 307 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: don't buy your product. And all right, we gotta take 308 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 1: an aside because you and I have not done a 309 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: podcast since the ridiculous Grammys. Yes, did you see the 310 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 1: horrific Satan worshiping bizarre like idiots? To my knowledge, the 311 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 1: first time there's been a full on Satan celebrating ritual 312 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 1: on network TV. And not only that, but you actually 313 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: had CBS tweeting out, we can't wait to worship. They've 314 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: now taken that tweet down because the backlash as they 315 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,400 Speaker 1: were getting ready for a moment that clearly I knew 316 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: was coming with a Satan worshiping, and then at the 317 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: very end, it was amazing because it couldn't have been 318 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: It couldn't have better illustrated the world that we live 319 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: in right now, centator because it said brought to you 320 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: by Fiser when they went to the break. So, Ben, 321 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: you and I have been doing this too long together 322 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:11,840 Speaker 1: because you knew where I was going. That was the connection. 323 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: So they have that they have a transgender biological male 324 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: who's a transgender female gyrating half naked in a cage 325 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: with male and female strippers outside the cage. That they 326 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 1: have a man who identifies as non binary gyrating with 327 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: with red devil. Devil horns on while demons pull him 328 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,560 Speaker 1: down with fire in the air as this full on 329 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 1: Lucifer celebrating event. And by the way, you and I 330 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 1: didn't watch the Grammys. I'm assuming you didn't. I, sir, 331 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: I did not. I did not. Well disclosure, I did 332 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: not watch that at at But you know what, our 333 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: kids listen to the garbage that's being produced by these people, 334 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 1: and these are the litterati, these are the entertainers. It 335 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 1: was an illustration of how corrupt, how fundamentally evil. I 336 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: tweeted out just watching this video, this is evil. But 337 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: then to end with sponsored by Fiser. Yeah, you know, 338 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: I couldn't help, but tweeting what you know Fiser really 339 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: is taking truth and advertising a little bit far on this. Yeah, 340 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: it was so accurate of the of the culture at 341 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: war that is happening right now in America. And they 342 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 1: and I want to ask you a question, Ben so So, 343 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: I was there in the chamber. I didn't watch the 344 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: speech on TV. When Biden finished his rhetoric attacking big Pharma, 345 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 1: did they break in and say this speech brought to 346 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 1: you by Fiser it because they really should have, if 347 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: they should have had the naked Devil guide dancing in 348 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: front of Biden and then say brought to you by Fiser. 349 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:54,439 Speaker 1: And all the Democrats hooting and hollering, if they hate 350 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: big business so much, ask yourself why it is almost 351 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 1: every big business player support the Democrats, contribute to the Democrats. 352 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,400 Speaker 1: Why are almost all of their boards of directors consisting 353 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 1: of Democrats? Why are almost all their CEOs Democrats? It 354 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 1: is this speech tonight was all about smoking, mirrors and deception. 355 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: We're gonna use rhetoric that say we believe in one 356 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: thing while our policies and actions are the opposite. Yeah. 357 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: The one thing about the Grammys, I gotta go back 358 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: that for a moment, because you know they had this 359 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: cameo from Fat Satan. It was a catastrophe in the ratings. 360 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,679 Speaker 1: This is the only good news. It was a just 361 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 1: twelve point four million viewers watch the Grammys. So I 362 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,640 Speaker 1: do think that's a good a good point to point 363 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: out here that the more extreme they go, the more 364 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 1: America seems to be waking up to just how far 365 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: gone we are and how extreme the left has become. 366 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 1: And that may be the only good news that comes 367 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: out of these moments here. But by the way, I 368 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: will confess so I don't know if you have to 369 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: see it, but you know James Cordon, you know, the 370 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: late night comedy host. So he did a whole riff 371 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:11,360 Speaker 1: on the Grammys, and in particular, he had about three 372 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: minutes of pounding the hell out of me because I tweeted, 373 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: this is evil about that, and and it was so 374 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: so I like, my team in the office saw it 375 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: and I was like, Okay, of course, late night comedy 376 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: is defending the like devil worship on mainstream TV. And 377 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: then every single person on my staff was falling on 378 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: the ground holding their ribs, laughing, say, this is the 379 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: funniest damn thing I've ever heard, because it has me 380 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: sitting on my couch, going okay, I must tweet on 381 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,719 Speaker 1: this and in it. And so I ended up, of course, 382 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: embodying what they were mocking me for tweeting on it 383 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: and saying, Okay, late night comedy is finally funny. But 384 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 1: I've told all my staff all right, I'm pissed off 385 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 1: that y'all think this is so damn funny. I don't 386 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: understand why, but okay, I'll own it. That's hilarious. Hey, 387 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: you know what, sometimes, like you said, you just got 388 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 1: to own that moment. I want to go back to 389 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,959 Speaker 1: something you said earlier, and you said that tonight's speech 390 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: was an extremely partisan, kind of bitter and angry speech, 391 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,480 Speaker 1: and we were also talking about just some of the 392 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: kind of anger and the screaming. I want to play 393 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: this was an eight second moment, and I think totally 394 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:28,840 Speaker 1: encompasses this speech and basically what it was. Name me 395 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,919 Speaker 1: a world later? Who changed places with shijingping? Name me one? 396 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,520 Speaker 1: Name me one? I mean, he was angry. Now. The 397 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 1: reason why I played that is forget what he was saying. 398 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:43,160 Speaker 1: For a moment. I was watching this and about fifteen 399 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: minutes in I literally said out loud, well, it's official, 400 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: he is definitely running for reelection because it was a 401 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 1: campaign speech that I watched tonight with a campaign theme 402 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 1: that you kept noticing was coming up of let's finish 403 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: what we started, let's get the job done. They were 404 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: tests marketing the campaign theme of Joe Biden. This was this, 405 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: I think the soft launch of officially his presidential campaign 406 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: two point zero. Well, it could be. I'll say a 407 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: couple of things. Number one, that little portion of named 408 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: someone who would change places with Shi Jingping. I'll tell 409 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: you we were all looking at each other and scratching 410 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: our heads because he was yelling name one, name one, 411 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: and he was like he was a deranged man yelling. 412 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 1: He was yelling loud, and it's a weird point. It's like, well, 413 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: Kim Jong Oon of Vladimir Putin, Nicholas Maduro, like every 414 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 1: tinpot dictator in the world would love to be Shi Jungping, 415 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: Like like, it's a weird I don't understand what his 416 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: point was that that was. Actually, I don't know if 417 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: he read it wrong or if it's a bizarrely inconceived 418 00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 1: If you're an oppressive dictator, name someone who would like 419 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:01,120 Speaker 1: to be the world's most oppressive dictator with one point 420 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,760 Speaker 1: three billion people and a massive economy and a military 421 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: that is challenging in the greatest geopolitical threat to the 422 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 1: United States of America for the next hundred years. It's like, Joe, 423 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 1: there are lots of people who would like to be that, 424 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: and you are hopelessly naive if you think. And by 425 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: the way, Joe, you have said for years China is 426 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 1: our friend. No, they're not our friend. So it was 427 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:32,199 Speaker 1: a that was one of the stranger moments because we 428 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:36,840 Speaker 1: were looking at each other saying, what is this point. 429 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: We don't get this you men. You mentioned his obsession 430 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,520 Speaker 1: with China and saying that they are not somebody that 431 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: we should have worried about. And let's just go back 432 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,840 Speaker 1: to two thousand and one. Listen to Joe Biden from 433 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: two thousand and one to present obsessing over China. And 434 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: before I play that for you, I want to talk 435 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: to you about our friends in augusta Precious Medals. 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China can be a significant asset for the 471 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: region of the world. China is going to eat our lunch. 472 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: Come on, man, they're not bad folks. Folks, but guess 473 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,680 Speaker 1: what they're not. They're not our competition for us. China 474 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,359 Speaker 1: is not our problems. We hope some of the problems. 475 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: China is not a problem China. And so what are 476 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 1: we What are we worried about about China? You think 477 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: in retrospect that you were naive about China? Do you 478 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: think in retrospect you were naive about China? May have 479 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: been the best question ever asked by seeing And of 480 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:35,160 Speaker 1: course he says no, Look, he wasn't naive that those 481 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: quotes read like someone who's been paid millions of dollars 482 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: from the Chinese Communist government. And we know that Hunter 483 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:45,479 Speaker 1: Biden was paid millions of dollars. We know that the 484 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,120 Speaker 1: Penn Biden Center was paid millions of dollars. We know 485 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,239 Speaker 1: that Joe Biden has made a career of crawling in 486 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,719 Speaker 1: bed with the Chinese Communist government. And so it's not 487 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: naive that naive doesn't begin to capture it. It's more 488 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:03,560 Speaker 1: fundamentally corrupt than that it is. The Democrat Party today 489 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 1: is structurally pro China. We've talked about this before. All 490 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 1: of their major stakeholders are pro China. Big business, big tech, 491 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 1: big Hollywood, big universities, all of them are in bed 492 00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 1: with China. And so the Democrat Party is in bed 493 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,040 Speaker 1: with China too, all right, I make I want to 494 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 1: make two final points before we wrap up. Number one. 495 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: We talked about this on the last pod. Every Senator 496 00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: is entitled to bring one guest to the State of 497 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: the Union. As I mentioned in Monday's pod, I brought 498 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: Lieutenant Levi Beard as my guest. Now, Lieutenant Beard has 499 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 1: been in the Navy for ten years, great guys from 500 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: Fort Worth. Originally I had dinner with him, invited him 501 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: to the Senate dining room and he had dinner with 502 00:29:52,600 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: the other other senators and me and Levi. The Biden 503 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: administration is trying to fire him because he's declined to 504 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 1: take the COVID vaccine, and Levi brought litigation to stop that. 505 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: In a federal court issued an injunction preventing the Biden 506 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 1: administration from firing him. But they're not done. The Biden 507 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: Department of Defense is litigating against Levi, trying to collect 508 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: about two hundred thousand dollars from him. They're trying to 509 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: collect about seventy five thousand dollars of a bonus they 510 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: paid for him because he had accepted and was in 511 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 1: training to be a division head in the Navy. And 512 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:39,440 Speaker 1: then they're also trying to force him to repay the 513 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 1: cost of postgraduate school at the Naval War College. The 514 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: reason they're going after him for both of those is 515 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: the Navy will not let him be a division head. 516 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 1: Why because he hasn't gotten the COVID vaccine. So even 517 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: though Congress has repealed the mandate, the Biden Department of 518 00:30:56,840 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: Defense doesn't care. They are still enforcing it and severely 519 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 1: restricting servicemen and women that make the decision. In Levi's case, 520 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: he put in an application for a sincere religious objection. 521 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 1: They denied him. They don't care. And you've literally got 522 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,800 Speaker 1: a ten year sailor who they're trying in litigation to 523 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: get two hundred thousand dollars out of him, to extort 524 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 1: it from him. And I will say number one. At 525 00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: the dinner in the Senate dining room, I introduced him 526 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,480 Speaker 1: to a number of my fellow colleagues. Now some of 527 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:35,160 Speaker 1: them have been strong voices against the vaccine mandate in 528 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,360 Speaker 1: the military, but other of them, others of them. I 529 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: introduced him to several Democrats. I introduced him to some 530 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: of the Republicans who have not been willing to stand 531 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: against the military vaccine mandate, and it was striking the reactions. 532 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: Look I enjoyed introducing him to people who agree with us, 533 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: but I have to admit I enjoyed even more introducing 534 00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:58,960 Speaker 1: him to senators who are on the other side, because 535 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: I would introduce him, say it was in the Navy, 536 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: and they're like, oh, thank you for serving. It's great, 537 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: And I'd tell that story, and you would see it 538 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: would vary. Some of them, the blood would shoot out 539 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: of their face and they'd like run away. Others would 540 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: look at him and listen, and they'd hear his story. 541 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,360 Speaker 1: And I'm hoping that at least a couple of them 542 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,080 Speaker 1: in that room having met him, having met a real 543 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: human being. You know, Levi and I were talking about 544 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: how people think in terms of memories, We think in 545 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 1: terms of stories, the way our mind works. They can 546 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 1: now put a face to the name, a face to 547 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: the problem. I hope it makes a difference. That it 548 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:45,760 Speaker 1: was striking to me. In the entire course of the speech, 549 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: Biden did not say a word about the thousands or 550 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: even tens of thousands of soldiers and sailors and airmen 551 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 1: and marines and coast guardsmen that he fired because of 552 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 1: his abusive vaccine mandate, And so I hope others focus 553 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: on Levi's story and the story of the other servicemen 554 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 1: and women that had been screwed by this administration. It 555 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 1: was striking to me he wouldn't say a word about it. 556 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 1: It is shocking that he left that and many other 557 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 1: issues just completely disappeared from him, including school choice, COVID 558 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: learning losses, critical race SERI. The issue of Israel did 559 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 1: not come up at tonight. All anti Semitism did not 560 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 1: come up at all tonight. Asian Americans and anti Asian 561 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,520 Speaker 1: hate crimes, which which was something that he used to 562 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: talk about, didn't come up. And certainly nothing came up 563 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: tonight about his mishandling of classified documents. He did not 564 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: mention ran tonight. He did not know what also didn't happen. 565 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 1: Not either, you know what also didn't happen. Kevin McCarthy 566 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 1: didn't ostentatiously rip the speech into pieces behind him, because 567 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:57,240 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy actually demonstrated some class, unlike Nancy Pelosi, who 568 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 1: demonstrated just complete contempt not just for Donald Trump but 569 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 1: for the presidency. And I thought that was a sharp contrast. 570 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: Now I got to point out there is one really 571 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:13,720 Speaker 1: important issue that I know that our loyal listeners will remember, 572 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,640 Speaker 1: and it's a really significant issue, which is in Monday's pod, 573 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 1: you and I'm both made predictions about how long the 574 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: State of the Union address would be, and in Monday's pod, 575 00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: I predicted that it would be one minute and at 576 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: one hour and twenty one minutes and you came in 577 00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 1: I think with like, was it forty two minutes? It 578 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: was forty something? What was it, Diz? Can we go back? 579 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,919 Speaker 1: I don't remember what I said, but it was under 580 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: you like not enough that I was Price is writing you. 581 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 1: I want to be clear about that. So I was 582 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:46,520 Speaker 1: an hour and twenty one minutes and you were down 583 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:50,000 Speaker 1: in the forties. Well, the official count, according to c SPAN, 584 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 1: was one hour, twelve minutes and forty one seconds, which 585 00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 1: means that I was eight minutes off you were eight 586 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:00,480 Speaker 1: minutes over. That means you're automatically it is quite right. 587 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: No, no no, no, no no, this is not Prices right. This 588 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: is who was closest. And you know, I'm just gonna say, 589 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:10,680 Speaker 1: and and it was. It was eleven minutes longer than 590 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: last year's speech. And you know when you predicted that 591 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 1: it would be in the forty minute range. I have 592 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: to admit I laughed on Monday. And I think I 593 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 1: have sat on the house floor, I believe for ten 594 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:26,200 Speaker 1: of these now, and and so I think my reaction 595 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 1: is just not my first rodeo. But I am wondering 596 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:34,400 Speaker 1: what we wagered, what do I win? I guess we 597 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:39,880 Speaker 1: could go with it, will I don't know. I'll have 598 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 1: to think about this. I haven't decided yet, but I 599 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,600 Speaker 1: will make sure it's a good one, and I'll come 600 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 1: back to you on that, because I know if I 601 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,759 Speaker 1: let you decide, it's gonna hurt. All right, very good. 602 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:54,240 Speaker 1: I'll just take the the the vindication of having predicted 603 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: correctly you on I lost. I'll take my lashing Senator. 604 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,840 Speaker 1: Thank you for that. Thank you for reminding the audience 605 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,920 Speaker 1: that one. I have one last bonus question thirty seconds 606 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:07,520 Speaker 1: or last, because this is just something everybody I've always 607 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 1: wanted to know when I think others have, how do 608 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:10,839 Speaker 1: you guys decide where the hell you're going to sea 609 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: get seated at the say of the Union? How does 610 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,640 Speaker 1: that work? What's the protocol there? So it's a great question. 611 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 1: It's actually it's utterly random. So when you come in, 612 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:24,080 Speaker 1: we gather in the Senate chamber. Oh, like I guess 613 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,720 Speaker 1: the speech begins at nine. I think we gather about 614 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,680 Speaker 1: eight twenty, and about eight thirty we walk over. So 615 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:33,600 Speaker 1: we all all the senators walk in a line across 616 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,120 Speaker 1: the Capitol. The Senate chambers on one side of the Capitol, 617 00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,919 Speaker 1: the House chambers on the other. So we all walk 618 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,480 Speaker 1: in a line. We walk kind of in between tons 619 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,399 Speaker 1: of reporters and press that are snapping pictures. So it's 620 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:48,320 Speaker 1: formal ish. I mean, it's not like a parade, but 621 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:53,759 Speaker 1: it's it's typically we're walking two by two. Often, for 622 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,440 Speaker 1: whatever reason, often you try to talk with someone from 623 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: the opposing party. It's not always the case, but like 624 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 1: walking over to this one, I was talking to Dick 625 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 1: Blumenthal from Connecticutney and I have served on committees together, 626 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,640 Speaker 1: and we actually get along pretty well, even though we 627 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 1: disagree on a lot of issues. But we were talking 628 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 1: and walking along and then when you walk in. So 629 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,879 Speaker 1: one of the things the House does is it reserves 630 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: pretty much all of the seats in the front. So 631 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:23,120 Speaker 1: the front front rows are the Cabinet, and then also 632 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 1: on the left side is the Supreme Court and the 633 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:31,799 Speaker 1: Joint Chiefs. Behind the Cabinet, the very next seats they 634 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 1: reserve for the Senate. I have to admit I'm actually 635 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: a little amazed at the House, given the tensions between 636 00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,160 Speaker 1: the House and the Senate. I'm not sure why they're 637 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,480 Speaker 1: they're so nice to give us the best seats of 638 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: the House, but they always do, and so the front 639 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:48,360 Speaker 1: seats are reserved for senators, and they're I guess a 640 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,720 Speaker 1: hundred of them that have little signs that say reserve 641 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,240 Speaker 1: for a senator. But when you come in, it's literally 642 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 1: first first served. So you just walk in and they've 643 00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,839 Speaker 1: got a couple of assistants that are pointing you other 644 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: couple of seats there, a couple of seats there, and 645 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,080 Speaker 1: you just go in randomly. The only senators that have 646 00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 1: assigned seats are the leaders in both parties, So Mitch McConnell, 647 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer, sort of the top five leadership in both 648 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:18,880 Speaker 1: parties have the front center rows on both sides, but 649 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:23,520 Speaker 1: beyond that, you sit wherever you want in the reserve 650 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,080 Speaker 1: seats for senators. And so I was, I guess two 651 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:30,439 Speaker 1: rows behind the cabinet just because that was the seat 652 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,799 Speaker 1: was that was open, and so that's where I sat. There. 653 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker 1: You go, see, we learned something new every night, senator. 654 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,200 Speaker 1: Always a pleasure. Don't forget everybody, right, all right, hold 655 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,200 Speaker 1: hold on, I gotta tell a story. Yeah, State of 656 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:47,000 Speaker 1: the Union. I think it's twenty fourteen. So second one, 657 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,279 Speaker 1: I've been to Obama State of the Union and I'm 658 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 1: sitting next to Lindsey Graham, and Louie Gomert in the 659 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,480 Speaker 1: house comes out to me, and Louie's a dear friend, 660 00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:59,640 Speaker 1: and Louie's talking to me and he's talking to me, 661 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 1: and he and I are both sitting down, and Louie's 662 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,000 Speaker 1: standing there in the aisle. He hadn't gotten a seat, 663 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,760 Speaker 1: but he's talking. He's talking, he's talking, and they're getting 664 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:11,080 Speaker 1: ready to start, and Louie looks around and he's like, oh, crap, 665 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: I don't have a seat. Where did I go sit? 666 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,879 Speaker 1: And Lindsay says, Louie, Louie, there's a seat right up there, 667 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,640 Speaker 1: next to the podium. Go sit up there. He said, 668 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,680 Speaker 1: you will be famous. And I laughed. I said, Louie, 669 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,359 Speaker 1: you gotta do it. Go sit up there. You will 670 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:31,239 Speaker 1: be immortal. You'll be incarcerated, but you will be immortal. 671 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,439 Speaker 1: Ha ha. And then turn it there right now and then. 672 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,720 Speaker 1: So this was twenty fourteen, because it was right after 673 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:43,880 Speaker 1: Nelson Mandela's funeral in December of twenty thirteen. And I 674 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:45,600 Speaker 1: don't know if you remember this was a while ago, 675 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,400 Speaker 1: but a Mandela's funeral, there was a bizarre instance of 676 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,400 Speaker 1: this guy that stood up there and pretended to be 677 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,600 Speaker 1: a deaf interpreter. Yeah, and he was just he just 678 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,040 Speaker 1: figured his way in there, and he wasn't doing sign language. 679 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,960 Speaker 1: He was just making random gesture years and god on 680 00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:04,920 Speaker 1: global television pretending to be a deaf interpreter. So I 681 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:08,040 Speaker 1: told Louie, I said, Louie, go up there and when 682 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:12,120 Speaker 1: Obama begins his speech, just start faking sign language. It 683 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,880 Speaker 1: will be you will go down in the history books. 684 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,080 Speaker 1: And God love, God love Louis. He had the sense 685 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 1: not to take my advice, not to take Lindsay's advice, 686 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:24,040 Speaker 1: and doesn't have a and doesn't have a mugshot because 687 00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:28,200 Speaker 1: of the evening. Everybody one, that's awesome, Senator. It's always 688 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 1: a pleasure. As we said, everybody, it's late at night, 689 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:32,560 Speaker 1: right after the say the Union. We will see you 690 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:37,319 Speaker 1: guys back here on Friday morning. Don't forget subscribe to 691 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,680 Speaker 1: the podcast so you get all three of them every week. 692 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,480 Speaker 1: They are free. 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