1 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 1: It's that time time time, time, luck and load. The 2 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,880 Speaker 1: Michael Very Show is on the air. 3 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 2: Good morning, Captain. 4 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 3: Good morning, Captain, Good morning, Captain, Good morning, Captain. 5 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning. And Captain. 6 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:39,600 Speaker 3: Then out and they wake up the sunshine and share 7 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 3: this rat today. Good morn in Captain. It's mona son. 8 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 3: We see because we're harpy seen and there go. 9 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:49,519 Speaker 1: To downtowns free. 10 00:00:49,560 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 3: Everybody's saying good morning, good morning, good by. 11 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: Sunshine. Well, it's a very very very good day in Texas, 12 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: A glorious. 13 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 3: Day of. 14 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: Pulling victory out of the jaws of defeat, a sort 15 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: of the Alamo wins. This time victory. A day to 16 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: rejoice if you are a Democrat in the state of Texas. 17 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: I've got to say, if you are a Democrat or 18 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: a lobbyist in Austin, Texas, you just defeated the mass 19 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: of Texans and their will. And as dispiriting as I 20 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: find that to be, I'm impressed. 21 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 2: I really am. 22 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: I knew deep down we lose, but to watch, to 23 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: watch people lie Republicans to the people who sent them 24 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: to Austin, and to watch the games the lobbyists play 25 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: to prepare them for how you mitigate the anger that 26 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: we're going to have out there, the Houston area folks 27 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: that sold us out. Jeff Berry of Perland, Cecil Bell 28 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: of Magnolia, he prayed over it. He was going with 29 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: David Cook. He promised Trump that he'd be with David Cook. 30 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: He promised Trump that he wouldn't vote for Burroughs, who's 31 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: going to put Democrat committee chairmanships and by the way, 32 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: who's going to thwart our agenda. He promised that he'd 33 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: be with David Cook. But he prayed, and the Lord 34 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: told him to sell out. I wonder if it'll be 35 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: the Lord that will provide the Largesse as a reward 36 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: for what he did. Cecil Bell of Magnolia. Greg Bonding 37 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: of Friendswood not surprising. He and his corrupt brother who 38 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: had to step down his speaker and his estate rep 39 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: for the scandals he was involved in. But the good 40 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: news is the bank they own with drunk Dade and 41 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: Dustin Burroughs and Cody Harris is still going strong on 42 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: thell Their deposits are probably up today. Don't shorten them. 43 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: Gary Gates of Richmond, Gary Gates, I don't know if 44 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: he's bipolar. I don't know what his thing is. The 45 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: guy's not not all there. 46 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 3: Uh. 47 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: He claimed his claim to fame was the CPS came 48 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: and took his kids, and we were receptive. We've had 49 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: him on the show, but he has done nothing more 50 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: than screw his voters over again and again. And then 51 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: he comes out and apologizes, Oh he was over rosspot 52 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: and everybody forgives me, and here we are again. Sam 53 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: Harless of spring Old, Sam, he was gonna be with us, 54 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: but somehow at the last minute. You know, you get 55 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: up there to Austin. You're not exactly at your local 56 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: rotary club, You're not at your local Republican women's group, 57 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: You're not there with the voters of your district. You 58 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: get to Austin and that's your real buddies. You can't 59 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:50,239 Speaker 1: sell them out. And then there's Lacey Hull of West Houston. 60 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: There will be time to address Lacey Hull stay in 61 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: Kitsman Brookshire, and of course Will Metcalf of Montgomery. That's 62 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: who sold you out. Everybody else forty nine Democrats and 63 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: thirty six Republicans. All the Democrats were gonna vote for Burroughs, 64 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: but that would look bad, so they just had enough 65 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: vote that it would still look okay, But the majority 66 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: of Burroughs's votes were were from Democrats, not Republicans, and 67 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:40,839 Speaker 1: Democrats are elated. A story from Fox four Dallas Fort Worth. 68 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 4: Yes, many expected a fight on the House floor. Instead, 69 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 4: a coalition of eighty five Republicans and Democrats elected Representative 70 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 4: Dustin Burroughs as Speaker of the Texas House for weeks 71 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 4: or Republicans were fractured over the options Burroughs from Lubbock 72 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 4: or David Cook from Mansfield. 73 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: Recent days have tested our bonds. Yeah, they've also proven 74 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 1: that this institution is. 75 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 3: Greater than any in any one individual or any faction. 76 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 4: Cook won the House GOP nomination in December, but Burroughs 77 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 4: pulled Democrats to his side, and that drue criticism from 78 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 4: Attorney General Ken Paxton and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick. Paxton 79 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 4: threatened to support primary challenges to those who win against Cook. 80 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 4: Is something that came up in the nomination speeches for Burroughs, and. 81 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: Let's show Texas that its leaders will not bend the 82 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: knee to intimidation. 83 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 4: The question now is well Democrats continue to hold on 84 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 4: to the committee chair positions despite being in the minority. 85 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 4: New State Representative Katrina Pearson from Walckwall supported Cook. 86 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 1: Most of us who were sent here this cycle was 87 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: to get rid of dad feeling, and we successfully did that. 88 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 4: So I think today was just business as usual. We 89 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 4: congratulate Speaker Burrough was on the wind, but we'll see 90 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 4: what happens while they are in the minority. Democrats still 91 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 4: see burrows speakership as a win. A top priority for 92 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:13,559 Speaker 4: Republicans is passing school vouchers, something Democrats think they can block. 93 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: Again, we've had to work in the minority for two 94 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: decades now, and in that work we've learned how to 95 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 1: use every tool in the toolbox to fight for our 96 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: constituents and move this state forward. And I expected get again. 97 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: I know people get upset when I criticize Republicans, but 98 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: if Greg Abbott was an effective governor, could have flipped 99 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 1: the few votes needed to ensure a speaker who would 100 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: enact his agenda. So just remember today. A friend of 101 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: mine called and said, boy, you must be furious, and 102 00:07:56,200 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: I said no, because if I'm furious, it will pass. 103 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: And this can't pass. I feel like Liam Neeson when 104 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: his daughter was kidnapped. You have to have a steely 105 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: resolve because a lot of things are gonna happen between 106 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: now now the Sam Harlst says and Gary Gates they're 107 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: gonna show up and they're well, they're gonna. I'll tell 108 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: you what I know, y'all are mad. Just give us 109 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: a chance. We're gonna and they might get the day 110 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: names for you or something you know, make up No, no, no, no, 111 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: there will be no forgivenness. One. 112 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 2: When you were in school, if you grew up in Texas, 113 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 2: you studied Texas history, most likely in seventh grade. 114 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: Actually pay that a little out. 115 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 3: Of the mind. 116 00:08:52,720 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 4: That's what they doing all the time. 117 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 2: I don't think the plays, the back styles. 118 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: You couldn't all these visitors from my friends again. 119 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,719 Speaker 4: But then to me come to my. 120 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: Mouse again and again. 121 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 3: And again and again. 122 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: To sell I don't even have to behold, but. 123 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 3: They tasting all the man again to get on the 124 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 3: right track. 125 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 2: Wisd When you studied the. 126 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 5: State of Texas history and governance, you will remember you 127 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 5: often saw the phrase since reconstruction. 128 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: So the Civil War was devastating for the United States 129 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: because the states split apart into what was the Union 130 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: and those who left the Union. And when they left 131 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: the Union, they affiliated for joint defense under a confederacy, 132 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: a non federal government, a joined together group for mutual defense. 133 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,119 Speaker 1: And of course Texas, even though there was a spirited 134 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 1: internal discussion, State of Texas officially went with the Confederacy 135 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: and withdrew from the Union. Sam Houston in particular wanted 136 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: to remain with the Union, but the people of Texas 137 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: did not. Houston gave a passionate speech and was for 138 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: all intents and purposes run out of town. Sam Houston 139 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: was at a low in his life. But after the 140 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: war there was a determination by the I'll call it 141 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: the federal government, the national government, which in school you 142 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: studied as the Union. There was a very stern desire 143 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: to continue punishing these errant children who had gotten out 144 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: of line and dared to challenge the Union. And so 145 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: these you learned the term carpetbagger. Governors and their group 146 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: were sent down to southern states, and in the state 147 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: of Texas, they would be made the governor to rule 148 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: the state and keep the state from ever getting out 149 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: of line again. It was to serve DC not Beaumont 150 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: or Brazoria. 151 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 4: Well. 152 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 1: As a result, in the State of Texas, our governor's 153 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: powers were withdrawn and the powers were largely vested in 154 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: the lieutenant governor. It's a quirk in the state of 155 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: Texas that formally, legally legalistically, by the laws governing our government, 156 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: governing the operation of Texas state government, the governor is 157 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: not as powerful as the president would be in our 158 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: federal government. Greg Abbott's power is not the powers that 159 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: Donald Trump has, and Dan Patrick's powers as the Lieutenant 160 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: governor or light gov as he's known as that position 161 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: is known in Austin is far more than the Senate 162 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: majority leader than his power in Washington, d C. Now, 163 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: there's a bit of a difference. The Senate majority leader 164 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 1: is elected by his peers in the Senate when he 165 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 1: is the majority leader. In the state of Texas, the 166 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,800 Speaker 1: lieutenant governor, just as the governor, the Supreme Court, the 167 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: railroad commissioners, he's elected statewide. So while he presides over 168 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: the Senate, he's elected statewide, different than the federal government, 169 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: and he wields a great deal of power that position itself, 170 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 1: not just Dan Patrick. That being said, dan Patrick is 171 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 1: as powerful a lieutenant governor as we've ever seen, and 172 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: more powerful than the last few. You'd have to go 173 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: back to Bob Bullock to see a lieutenant governor who 174 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: wields this kind of power. Our state House, the lower 175 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: chamber of the two chambers of government, is just like 176 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, is where your 177 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: appropriations bills come from. It is a much larger body, 178 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty of those whereas there are thirty 179 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: one senators. 180 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 5: And then it's. 181 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: Governed, of course by the lieutenant governor if you don't 182 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: have the House willing to follow the agenda of the governor. 183 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: And when you go back to the governor's powers, the 184 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: governor's powers in the state of Texas are arguably the 185 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: bully pulpit. The actual power to get anything done that 186 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: requires a law is little. The governor's powers are his 187 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: powers of persuasion, and sometimes that's a carrot, but unfortunately 188 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: sometimes that has to be a stick. We've not been 189 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: able to get things through our House of Representatives, which 190 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: means they can't go into law. You got to have 191 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: your House and your Senate, and the governor signs it. 192 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: We have not had significant legislation on issues that matter 193 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: to Republican base voters in quite some time, and that's 194 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: not because of any reason other than there are powerful 195 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: interests at play that do not want your agenda to 196 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: be carried out. So they can't beat you in a 197 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: state Rep race in Amarillo or Lufkin or Texarcanic. But 198 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: when the people you elect get to Washington, d C. 199 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: They can damn well beat you there. And they just 200 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: did to the Anglobe doing a great job Immemorial Park, 201 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: my diversity. 202 00:15:59,040 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 2: A firm's or. 203 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 1: I don't know Dustin Burrough's person never met David Cook 204 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: for that matter. The truth is David Cook wasn't the 205 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: perfect choice to be Speaker of the House, but he 206 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: was the best we were going to get. Dustin Burroughs, 207 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: on the other hand, Dustin Burroughs was the mini me 208 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: to drunk Dad. After what happened during the last legislative session, 209 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: voters from across the state got engaged to win elections 210 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: and won a lot beat incumbents. It's very hard to do. 211 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: They got all the money and all the name. I 212 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: did very hard to beat an incumbent in their own primary, 213 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: but it happened, and it happened at the grassroots and 214 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: group that's partying in Austin last night, that's got the 215 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: credit card from the state political action committee for the 216 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: utilities and the telephones, and all the organizations and their 217 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: political action committees and their lobbyist who's paying the bill 218 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: for all of it. And then they go to each 219 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: other's hotel rooms and screw and they come back today 220 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: and screw you. But you don't get dinner out of it. 221 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: That group of people in the last legislative session so 222 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 1: log jammed the agenda for the types of things you want, 223 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: property tax reform being a big one, securing our border 224 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 1: being a big one. That group worked so hard and 225 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: was so successful that the grassroots that's you, got involved 226 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: and defeated the ernest belles, defeated the state reps that 227 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: went to Austin and worked with the lobby and the 228 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: Democrats to defeat that which they promised they would go 229 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: and do. And for a long time that game has 230 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: been played because you weren't as engaged. We'll just vote 231 00:18:24,080 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: for Republicans to get our Republicans in a pendent, they'll 232 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: take care of everything. Well, I will remind you it 233 00:18:30,280 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: was Liz Cheney, a supposed Republican who chaired the January 234 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: sixth committee, who was part of the whole staged operation 235 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: along with Republican Adam Kinsinger. Neither one of them is 236 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: in office any longer. For this reason, they worked harder 237 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:53,679 Speaker 1: to get Trump out of office than probably anybody. You 238 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 1: look at the behind the scenes efforts of Mitt Romney, 239 00:18:57,640 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 1: of Dick Cheney, look at the behind the scenes efforts 240 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: of Republican establishment folks who believe that you shouldn't bother them. 241 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 1: When they're in Austin or DC. They'll do the governing. 242 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,200 Speaker 1: You don't know what you're doing. They'll trade stocks if 243 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: they want to, and they serve and they talk about 244 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: the august Institution that they serve, and they use the lange. 245 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:31,000 Speaker 1: Oh this is government. Oh it's well, the hallowed halls 246 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 1: of Austin. And then when they're done, they move on 247 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: to be the head of a company that they chair 248 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 1: the committees that they regulated, and they get all their 249 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: relatives hired by those companies. You look at the major 250 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:54,919 Speaker 1: phone companies, utilities, You look at the major companies that 251 00:19:54,960 --> 00:20:00,120 Speaker 1: are highly regulated and largely subsidized in the state of Texas, 252 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: and you look at how many of those last names 253 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,439 Speaker 1: are the last names of people that are part of 254 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: this establishment. So what happened there were one hundred and 255 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: fifty state reps. The choice of the speaker was going 256 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: to be the choice of whether the Trump Agenda the 257 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: Maga agenda was carried out. Because we got the Senate, 258 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: we've got the governor's office, we've got a friendly Supreme 259 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: Court that we've elected statewide, we've got friendly courts at 260 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,879 Speaker 1: the appellate level. We've done a hell of a good job. 261 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: You have done that, but we have to get those 262 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: bills through the House to bring real change. So you 263 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: sent eighty eight Republicans out of one hundred and fifty 264 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: opening clothes. Done well. The Democrats and the lobby, they 265 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: did what they've always done. Now they had a real 266 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,800 Speaker 1: fight on their hands. This time they had to spend 267 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: a lot more money than they liked to with forty 268 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: nine Democrats and only thirty six Republicans. So wow, eighty 269 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:17,400 Speaker 1: five votes. Now you might say eighty five to fifty 270 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:22,560 Speaker 1: five doesn't add up, and you would be right, because 271 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 1: nine Democrats voted present, not voting, and one ivon Davis. 272 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,959 Speaker 1: She never goes she's from Dallas. She she just collects 273 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:39,119 Speaker 1: her paycheck and goes home. Thirty six Republicans out of 274 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: our eighty eight that's a little more than twenty percent, 275 00:21:45,119 --> 00:21:49,040 Speaker 1: not quite twenty five percent, so less than a quarter 276 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:56,959 Speaker 1: of the House that are Republicans. Well that that wouldn't 277 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: be accurate. So about a third of the Republicans, just 278 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 1: over a third who you sent there, voted for the speaker. 279 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 3: But. 280 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: Forty nine of the Democrats did. Now, the Democrats could 281 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 1: have gotten sixty two voters and then they would only 282 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: need sixteen of yours to get to seventy six, because 283 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: you need one more than a majority. That's seventy six 284 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,920 Speaker 1: out of one hundred and fifty. But the Democrats and 285 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 1: the lobby and the establishment Republicans, they're way too smart 286 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: for that, because then you could have all the Democrats 287 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: lockstep behind the Republican who's now the Speaker of the House, 288 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: and just fourteen of the Republicans. So they made every 289 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: promise they could, and I'll guarantee you Sam Harlest got 290 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 1: something for flipping Cecil Bell got something. He posted that 291 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: after he prayed to the Lord, the Lord told him 292 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 1: to sell out. Sometimes the Lord works in mysterious ways, 293 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: and he said that he did it for his district. 294 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:10,439 Speaker 1: It was in the best interest of his district. That 295 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: interesting Cecil Bell's own granddaughter five days ago posted the following, 296 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,959 Speaker 1: As you know, there are a number of sellout Rhinos 297 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: who are working with the Democrats to elect Dustin Burroughs 298 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: as speaker, but Representative Cecil Bell is not one of them. 299 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 1: That's her grandfather. Representative Cecil Bell is standing strong with 300 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:39,360 Speaker 1: Republican nominee David Cook, who has promised to not appoint 301 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: Democrat chairs and to prioritize the Texas GOP legislative priorities. 302 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: Representative Cecil Bell, thank you for fighting for our Republican values. 303 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: Thank you for all that you represent and stand up 304 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: to in this great state of Texas, in our hometown. 305 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: And a waving American flag below it. How do you 306 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: think Cecil Bell's granddaughter feels now? Sorry, Tina, the Lord 307 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: instructed Cecil to sell out and not do what you 308 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 1: were so proud of him to do it. You think 309 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: the Lord would do that? I understand. Giving information is 310 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: not the most important vote a representative, whether in the 311 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 1: House in Austin or as a congressman in Washington, d C. 312 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: Will cast is for who will be the speaker, Just 313 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: as in Washington, d C. The Speaker of the House 314 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: in Austin wields most of the power. The Speaker appoints 315 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: the committee chairman. The committee chairmen things like calendars incredibly 316 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: important committee because calendars determines what will be voted on 317 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 1: and win. If there is an idea that's a good idea, 318 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 1: and the germ of that idea has begun at the 319 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 1: grassroots level, and you get a state Rep to write 320 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 1: that bill, carry that bill, and maybe they go get 321 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 1: some sponsors who will assist in getting that bill to fruition, 322 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:41,719 Speaker 1: it's a hard thing to do. Most bills are written 323 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: without any intention that they ever become law. That's just 324 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 1: the way this process works. Most bills are written so 325 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: that that state Rep. When they come back. A state 326 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: Rep has no power. They make seventy two hundred dollars 327 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: a year, one out of one hundred and fifty, and 328 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: they can't do much other than advocate talk they can. 329 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: They don't have a county commissioner in Harris County or 330 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:20,440 Speaker 1: most any county has far more actual power individually. If 331 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: Tom Ramsey woke up this morning and wants to convert 332 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 1: a block in Harris County and his precinct to a park, 333 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: he could do it. If he wants to dig a 334 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 1: ditch or pave a road. He's got cruise, he's got 335 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: a big budget and a bunch of employees that can 336 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: actually get something done right now, right here because of 337 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: the funding situation on. He can put a constable's he 338 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: can call the constable and have officers put on your 339 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,639 Speaker 1: street corner to stop the bad guys from A county 340 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,400 Speaker 1: commissioner has a lot of individual power. A state rep 341 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: has none. But what they do have collectively is the 342 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: ability to elect the person who will have all the power, 343 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: and that is the Speaker of the House. And that 344 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: was drunk Dave. So the choice of who that speaker 345 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: is going to be and their agenda has been made. 346 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 1: And what's going to happen is in the coming weeks 347 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: and months most people will not be paying attention, but 348 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,240 Speaker 1: things that make sense that we should pass in the 349 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 1: state of Texas will die. They'll never get a vote 350 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: because allowing them to get to the vote will be 351 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:42,880 Speaker 1: allowing what just happened. The Sam Harless's and Greg Bonds 352 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,200 Speaker 1: and Jeff Berry, who's new to this process, Cecil Bell, 353 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 1: Stan Kitsman, Will met calf Lacy Hull. They don't want 354 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,919 Speaker 1: to have to vote against what they promise you. So 355 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 1: what's done is it's never allowed on the floor. You 356 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: don't let a vote happen. Campaign for things that they 357 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: would actually vote against if it ever got up there. 358 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 1: But the job of the speaker is to make sure 359 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: they never have to vote against it. So you got 360 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 1: these state reps and they don't have any power. It's 361 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: all in the hands of the speaker. He can get 362 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 1: a bill passed, and then it goes to the Senate, 363 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: and Dan Patrick can get a bill through the Senate, 364 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 1: and then the governor can sign it. And that's the 365 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: point at which most people will see what's happened. But 366 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,399 Speaker 1: there was a lot of work done before that, a 367 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 1: lot of work to get a bill passed. Most of 368 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: these bills that are that will appear will never even 369 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 1: get much of a hearing. That state rep writes a bill. 370 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: This is a bill to declare that in pair Land, Texas, 371 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: we will not tolerate crime, and the state government will 372 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 1: support us in this effort, and bad guys will be 373 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: put away and we will not do this, and we 374 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 1: will do this, and we will not do this. And 375 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 1: I hereby enter this into the record. And of course 376 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: it never even gets a vote. But that state Rep. Oh, 377 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: Jeff Berry, he comes back and people go, you voted 378 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,760 Speaker 1: for Burroughs, you bastard. That's why the Democrats got the 379 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: committee chairmanships. That's why we couldn't get anything done. I 380 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: wrote a bill for the people of Parland, and that'll 381 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: be on all his materials. Look what he did. He 382 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: accomplished something, but he actually didn't accomplish anything because the 383 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: bill never got passed. You could write bills. You could 384 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: write a bill right now. You could write a bill 385 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:39,080 Speaker 1: that you will be six inches taller, or three inches longer, 386 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: or forty pounds later. All your hair. You write a 387 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:47,280 Speaker 1: bill in the state of Texas, all your hair will return, 388 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: Your company will make twice as much money, your kid 389 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: will make better grades. You can write all the bills 390 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,719 Speaker 1: you want and they will have just as much effect 391 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 1: as a state rep. Writing a bill that they know 392 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 1: will never get passed, and they don't need it to 393 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: be passed. And sometimes they don't want it passed because 394 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: that would create a lot of problems. They'd have to 395 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,959 Speaker 1: fight for this thing, and they'd have to elicit, they 396 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: would have to spur up, scare up some opposition. They 397 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: don't want all that. You just wrote the bill, and 398 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: then there'll be some little silly bills that will be 399 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: bills of no meaning, and a bunch of people will 400 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: sign on as a sponsor because we all agreed we're 401 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: going to pass this one. And this bill will be 402 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:33,959 Speaker 1: that poodles are real cute. Be it resolves stay of Texas. 403 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 1: Poodles are real cute. So you'll have a guy who 404 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: writes it and then to tell all his buddies and 405 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 1: I want to co sponsor that. And then when they 406 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: when it comes time for them to run for reelection, 407 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 1: he co sponsored a bill to make sure that poodles 408 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 1: are real cute, and that will have been his accomplishment. 409 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: It's a nothing bill of no meaning that he co sponsored. 410 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: He got stuff done. You don't know if he's getting 411 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 1: anything done. Truth is, if your kid was a state 412 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 1: rep at eighteen years old after graduating high school, and 413 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: you went up and sat all day and night and 414 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: watch what he was up to, you'd say, you're coming home. 415 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:20,720 Speaker 1: I didn't pay for you to go off and party 416 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 1: every night. Because that's what they do. That's what they do. 417 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: It's what they've always done. It's legendary. What they do, 418 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: and honestly, I could not care less if they would 419 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: do what they prompted. The thing is, you don't have 420 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 1: to do anything you didn't promise to do. But Sam Harless, 421 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 1: Stan Kinsman, Will Metcalf, Lacy Hull, Gary Gates, Cecil Bell, 422 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: Jeff Berry, Greg Vonning, they promised you that they would 423 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 1: go up there and defeat the Democrats and carry out 424 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: your agenda. What they did instead when the repult, when 425 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: they were outnumbered by the is they picked their own guy. 426 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: They cut a deal with the Democrats, and you ain't 427 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: getting anything passed, But they'll come home and do it again, 428 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: because they're assuming and trusting that you're stupid