1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Pretendate. Governor Dan Patrick presides over the state of Texas 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 1: State Senate. The Speaker of the House, of course presides 3 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: over the lower house of the state legislature, and that's 4 00:00:14,440 --> 00:00:19,639 Speaker 1: the House of Representatives. The Governor, of course presides or 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: sits atop the executive branch. And then you've got the 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: judicial branch. In the state of Texas, we have a 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 1: state Supreme Court which handles the civil matters, and we 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: have the Court of Criminal Appeals, which handles the criminal matters. 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,279 Speaker 1: Unlike at the United States federal level, we actually have 10 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: two separate courts that are the courts of last resort, 11 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: the highest courts in the state of Texas. So the 12 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: Texas State Supreme Court does not here as broad a 13 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: jurisdiction as the U. S Supreme Court does because it 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: only handles the civil cases non criminal, so that would 15 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: be tort and contract and property and the light. We 16 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: have a Court of Criminal Appeals which handles death penalty 17 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: and other criminal matters. But back to the legislature, we 18 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:17,919 Speaker 1: have two branches, two houses of the legislature. The lower house, 19 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: the House of Representatives, the upper the state Senate, And 20 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: just like the federal legislative branches. The lower House has 21 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: two year terms. The upper house, the Senate, serves six 22 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: year terms. And you remember, if you grew up in 23 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:38,199 Speaker 1: Texas from Texas History in seventh grade, you remember that 24 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: our state legislature meets every two years for one hundred 25 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: and fifty days. We are in the middle of that 26 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: right now. You're not hearing a lot about it. And 27 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: the reason is, even though we managed to dislodge drunk 28 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: Dad as Speaker of the House, he was placed with 29 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: the power of the Democrats. Even though they're in the 30 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: minority with only sixty two of the seventy six votes 31 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: it takes to get to a majority. The Democrats controlled 32 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: who the replacement would be, and that is Dustin Burroughs, 33 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 1: who was one of drunk Dade's top deputies. Drunk Dad 34 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: was wounded because of the many mistakes he made, none 35 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 1: so big even being drunk while presiding, None allegedly none 36 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: so big as going after Ken Paxton. What drunk Day 37 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: did at the direction of some outside, very wealthy donors 38 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: is at the very end of the session two years ago, 39 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: at the very end of the session, the last thing 40 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: they did, and they rushed it through, was articles of 41 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: impeachment against the Attorney General, Ken Paxton, Paxton, who is 42 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: insanely popular with Republican voters, and that's why some of 43 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,399 Speaker 1: the state reps lost their reelection bids this past November, 44 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: not enough of them. It's why the Speaker of the 45 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: House had to go to a runoff against a challenger 46 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: and was actually trailing going into the runoff. And the 47 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: only reason he won is because some very clever Karl 48 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: Rove Heights, including Karl Rove, got about a thousand Democrats 49 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: to vote in a Republican primary for Drunk Day. So 50 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: Drunk Day didn't win the Republican primary with Republican votes, 51 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: which is sort of interesting and consistent because he didn't 52 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 1: win the speakership with Republican votes. He won the speakership 53 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: with Democrat votes and a few Republicans, and once they 54 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: get to the majority, the other Republicans fall in line. 55 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: So the final vote is not what really happens. But 56 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: that little game they played because the big donors told 57 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: them to to knock out Ken Paxton. Remember when it 58 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: went to the Senate, Paxton was acquitted. That little game 59 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: they played cost you the taxpayer a lot of money. 60 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: But Drunk Dad didn't want to tell you how much 61 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: of your money was spent. But Lieutenant Governor dan Patrick 62 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: had been like a dog on a bone on this issue. Now, 63 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 1: the Senate spent four hundred thousand dollars conducting the trial 64 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 1: once the articles of impeachment were in place, four hundred 65 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:38,799 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. We now know four hundred and forty thousand. 66 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 1: We now know that the State House, under drunk Dad's leadership, 67 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: spent four point four million dollars on the impeachment of 68 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: Ken Paxton. Four point four million dollars. Think about what 69 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: you could do with four point four million dollars. They 70 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 1: already had full staffs. They already had all the people 71 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: working in their offices that they needed if they wanted 72 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: this coup against the attorney General. Dan Patrick says those 73 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: financial records are now in the hands of state auditors 74 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: to figure out where exactly they spent that money. Dan 75 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: Patrick also points out that drunk Dade refused to release 76 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: those records because he was up for reelection and he 77 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: was scared to death that if voters knew what he 78 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: had done, he wouldn't be re elected. Dan Patrick writes, 79 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: quote former Speaker Dade feeling he omitted the drunk Dad 80 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: failed to comply with the audit and refused to release 81 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: the House's expenses to the state auditor despite multiple calls 82 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: for him to do so on behalf of taxpayers. Taxpayers 83 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: have a right to know how their money was spent 84 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: on an impeachment and trial that should never have taken place. 85 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: Dade officially left the Speaker's office two months ago and 86 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: still had not released the records. I asked the News Speaker, 87 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: Dustin Burrows, to release the documents. Yesterday he handed me 88 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: two boxes of detailed expenditures, which I turned over to 89 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:18,599 Speaker 1: the state auditor today. He adds that quote, the Senate 90 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: spent taxpayer dollars as prudently as possible, only spending roughly 91 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: four hundred thirty five thousand dollars on the entire impeachment 92 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,279 Speaker 1: trial that included one hundred thirty five thousand dollars spent 93 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: to print every word in the journal, which was required 94 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,480 Speaker 1: of the Senate. We will await the State Auditor's final report, 95 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: but by the House's own count in the documents, Speaker 96 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 1: Flan spent over four point four million dollars. That is 97 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: ten times more than what the Senate had to spend 98 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: on the House's failed impeachment of our Attorney General. What 99 00:06:55,480 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: a total waste of taxpayer moneyne General Ken Paxton ads 100 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 1: the sham impeachment will be remembered as one of the 101 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: most corrupt political scandals in Texas history. Today we are 102 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: one step closer to learning how much unethical Speaker Dade 103 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: Feeling and his cronies cost Texas taxpayers. And the sad part, 104 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: drunk Dade's cronies are still in charge of the State 105 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 1: House in Lacy Hall and Will metcath and Mono Diala 106 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: and all of them, all of these Republicans, Sam Harless, 107 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: all these go along to get along, owned by the 108 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: big money Republicans. They just replaced drunk Dad with drunk 109 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: Daid's number two. Now the real reason that they impeached Paxton, 110 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: the real reason has to do with him challenging John Corney. 111 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: That's why the big money guys don't want Corn defeated, 112 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: and they know Paxton will oh, so that's why they 113 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: were trying to get rid of it. I was in 114 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: error when I told you that the State House serves 115 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: two year terms, the same as House of Representatives in Congress. 116 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: The US Congress. That is true. But when I told 117 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: you that the state Senate they serve six year terms, 118 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: that is not true. State Representative Steve Toath corrected me 119 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: on that, and it is actually four year terms. But 120 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: I looked it up and I don't think I ever 121 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: knew this. This is a quirk. Listen to this. A senator, 122 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: a state senator serves a four year term, but every 123 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: third term every ten years, they serve two four years 124 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: and one two year. So I'll just read to you directly. 125 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: Terms for state senators are four years in length, with 126 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 1: one two year term each decade. Senators are divided into 127 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: two groups, based in part on the intervening census. So 128 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: you've got thirty one state senators right in elections in 129 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: years ending in two the election after the census, So 130 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, twenty twelve, two thousand and two, twenty 131 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:24,600 Speaker 1: thirty two, all all thirty one seats are up for election. 132 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 1: Once the Senate meets in session. After said election, the 133 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: senators participate in a drawing to determine their election cycle. 134 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: One half of them will have a two to four 135 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: to four cycle, so they'll serve two years and then 136 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: a four year and a four year. The other half 137 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: will have a four to four to two cycle, so 138 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: they will serve four years, four years, and then two 139 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: years every two years. About half of the Texas Senate 140 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: is on the ballot. Of course, there is no exact 141 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: half of thirty one, but you get the point. I 142 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: did not know that, and I don't know why I 143 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: didn't know that. Seems like the kind of thing I 144 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: should have known. Feels like the kind of thing it's 145 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: a little bit deep in the weeds, but it still 146 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: feels like kind of one of those things that I 147 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: should have been taught at some point along the way, 148 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: or I should have read myself, or I should have 149 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: had conversations about it. An Air India flight was forced 150 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: to circle back to Chicago five hours into their journey 151 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: after eleven of the twelve toilets on board broke down, 152 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: leaving leaving one toilet for three hundred passengers. Man, I 153 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: have had to fly several times since. Actually, I've had 154 00:10:55,360 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: to find more than usual since the syndication deal. So 155 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: since well, let's just say since an overum first, I've 156 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: been on a plane way more than usual. And I 157 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: gotta tell you when you gotta go. And there is 158 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 1: somebody in the toilet and you wonder what are you 159 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: doing in there? How long do you need one toilet 160 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: for three hundred passengers. I drink a lot of water 161 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: and I peel a lot. Air India flight one twenty 162 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: six was making its way over Greenland on March fifth 163 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: when eleven out of the twelve toilets broke, so they 164 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: turned around. They're five hours into a long flight and 165 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: they turned back around. Let me tell you something. That's 166 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: a long flight to India. Woh my, that is uh 167 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: and that means for that five hours you couldn't pee 168 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: your poop. That's not nice. Like Ebonics Airway, it's way nice. 169 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 2: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome aboard. This is section 170 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 2: eight flight for Ebonics Airways. Please check your ticket at 171 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 2: this time to make sure you're avoid the right aircraft. 172 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 2: As you is taking your seat today, we would like 173 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 2: you to pay attention up here to the front for amen. 174 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 2: I am your head hostess, Shirley que lickor how you 175 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 2: ner also assist me in the camp of today is Shamika, Anita, 176 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 2: Liquida Anita, and Miss Rondo. And we don't know what 177 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 2: sexual orientation. Miss Randa is or what her gender is, 178 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 2: but you can ask her when she be seated. Today 179 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 2: flight is on a McDonald Burring MD forty voider aircraft. 180 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 2: It is a double day quiz pagent Han. If we 181 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 2: runs into any problem on the aircraft today, if a 182 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 2: captain is Reverend Cleotis Jefferson, who is also pastor of 183 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 2: Macadamia Jubilee Congregation, and he is assisted today by Deacon 184 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 2: Earl Clovis, and we want to welcome him into the 185 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 2: spirit of the Lord. Ladies and gentlemen, it have come 186 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 2: to our attention that we have a celebrity on today's flight. 187 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 2: Let's give it up and put your hands together for 188 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 2: the complex MONTHI talents of Miss LaToya Jackson, who is 189 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 2: flying first class with us today. I would like to 190 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 2: purn out that regulations do require that all firearms be 191 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 2: securely stowed for the duration of the flight. Today to 192 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:37,599 Speaker 2: New Orleans, Ladies and gentlemen, we as your cap and 193 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 2: crew is pleased to serve you do not hesitate to 194 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,319 Speaker 2: ask for assistances. However, the stewards do not appreciate if 195 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 2: people are feeling up on their legs in the event 196 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 2: of a change of altitude. Oxygen max will drop in 197 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 2: front of your face. Please ask your child to remain 198 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 2: seated at all times and apply they max after you 199 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:03,680 Speaker 2: have applied your own nags. We ask it this time 200 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,960 Speaker 2: that you do not spill things on our carpet that 201 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 2: it is not yet paid file. Listen, gentlemens. If you 202 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 2: look to the back of the aircraft, you will notice 203 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 2: it is a restroom for your convenience locating in the 204 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 2: back and one up here in the front. But the 205 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 2: one in the front is for first class only. Thank you. 206 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 2: Please note that the blue water will not dissolve a 207 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 2: hair weed. 208 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: But if you are an older. 209 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 2: Individual, and I notice we got some old people up 210 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 2: in here today, how y'all during we ask it you 211 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 2: please use discretion and do not attempt to flush a 212 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 2: dispose of but underground on the Bonics airways. If you 213 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 2: choose to smoke, that is of course your business and 214 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 2: the airline do not be responsible if the white folks 215 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 2: on the ground finds out about it. The smoke detectors 216 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 2: in the restroom has been disconnected for your convenience. But 217 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 2: we still ask please do not smoke. Clove up in here. 218 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 2: Have a flight time today is whenever we get there. 219 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: We get there at this time. Please be seated and 220 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,280 Speaker 2: excuse me to this lady down here in Rod thirteen. 221 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 2: B Okay, I'm gonna have to ask you to remove 222 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 2: your hat as it violate FBFA regulations. Okay, one final 223 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 2: reminder today, our aircraft is not a church. The combination 224 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 2: of licking altitude is not the same as getting happy. 225 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 2: And I want to announce that Altho we do not 226 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 2: allow and allowed talking up in here. We appreciate you 227 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 2: flying with us today, and we asked that you sit 228 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 2: back and fast and you see belt and you know 229 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 2: how to do that. 230 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: So I ain't gonna tell you to the keeper the store. 231 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 2: And the. 232 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: For Biden has been in court asking a federal judge 233 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: to drop a lawsuit that he had filed. The lawsuit 234 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: was against a former Trump White House aid and it 235 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: related to hacking his laptop. And the reason he dropped 236 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: the case, he says, is because he's millions of dollars 237 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: in debt. He says he can't sell his artwork anymore. 238 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,880 Speaker 1: You know, during the Biden administration, I read this weekend. 239 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: During the Biden administration, Hunter Biden made more money off 240 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: the sell of his art than any living artist by multiples. 241 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: Now you think about this, the well established art industry 242 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 1: that you think, how many thousand people make a living 243 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 1: as artists. You think of all the people who make 244 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: a living promoting those artists, selling their art, showing their art, exhibitions, galleries, 245 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: all of that, This incredibly well established art scene which 246 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: is massive money the world over. And then here comes 247 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: along a guy who's never painted anything, nothing, and all 248 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: of a sudden, he's an artist. You know how devious 249 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: this plan is. Remember Hunter was in all sorts of problems, 250 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: all sorts of legal issues. And I'll never forget because 251 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: Chad brought me the article. There was an article in 252 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: the New York Times. It was a Sunday paper, and 253 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: it was this glowing review of Hunter Biden starting all 254 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: over again. He had leased an artist's retreat in California, 255 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: twenty grand a month money And where'd that money come from? 256 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: He had leased an artists retreat in California where he 257 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: and his girlfriend. Never the mind that he had impregnated 258 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:29,439 Speaker 1: his dead brother's wife. He had dumped his own wife. 259 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: He had a baby by a stripper who was living 260 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: in Little Rock, that he denied paternity, but of course 261 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 1: it was proven. They never claimed when they claimed they 262 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: had six grandkids, the Bidens they had seven, because that 263 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,719 Speaker 1: is their grand Do they like it or not, they 264 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: can't deny legitimacy. Here, The New York Times writes this 265 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 1: article saying that Hunter is going to begin life anew, 266 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: his renaissance, his resurrection as an artist, is going to paint. 267 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 1: He's starting over. Well, little did we know that that 268 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 1: whole setup was the predicate for how he was going 269 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,959 Speaker 1: to get paid. Now it wasn't going to be Barisma, 270 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: the Ukrainian oil company. Now we were going to be 271 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 1: able to pay Joe Biden directly as a bribe, well 272 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: directly through the straw man of his son. So all 273 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: his son had to do was finger paint and to 274 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: take the paint and we sell it. We sell it 275 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 1: to people who want access to Joe Biden, but we 276 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: don't have to disclose that on a federal election Commission form. 277 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: It's a private art cell to Hunter Biden because he's 278 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: one hell of an artist, and everyone wants Hunter's art 279 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: hanging on their wall. So he starts his little finger 280 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 1: painting business and they make we don't know how many 281 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: million dollars because all the people involved in this. All 282 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: those people won't tell what they paid, and Hunter won't 283 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 1: tell how much he made. But in front of a judge, 284 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:32,119 Speaker 1: he said. New York Post says quote Hunter blamed dwindling 285 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: sales from his artwork and his twenty twenty one memoir 286 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 1: Beautiful Things it was the name of his memoir for 287 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: his so called dire financial situation. In the two to 288 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: three years prior to December of twenty twenty three, I 289 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 1: sold twenty seven pieces of art for an average of 290 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: fifty four, four hundred and eighty one dollars a piece. 291 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: But since then I've only sold one piece of art 292 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: for thirty six thousand dollars. Hmm. Isn't that weird? Isn't 293 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: it odd that he was able to make all this 294 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: money selling his art and then all of a sudden, 295 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 1: his dad's not president anymore and nobody wants his art. 296 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: It's almost as if call me crazy conspiracy theorist, It's 297 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: almost as if nobody wanted his art. This was a 298 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: way too legally well, this was a way to questionably 299 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:46,720 Speaker 1: but quietly bribe Joe Biden. Maybe what happened is they 300 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: figured out that Joe Biden wasn't running the country. Anymore, 301 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,719 Speaker 1: that you'd have to find another way to bribe other people. 302 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: And the way that comes about is somebody bought art 303 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: quote unquote, somebody bribed Joe Biden by buying Hunter's art, 304 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: and Hunter gave his portion to Joe Biden, or didn't, 305 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: and Joe Biden wasn't able to do what they needed done. 306 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: Signed something into law, put a special exemption for their 307 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: company over here, make them an ambassador, put them into 308 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: this category where they get these federal subsidies. Somebody figured 309 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: out that bribing Joe Biden doesn't work anymore because Joe 310 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 1: doesn't know about it, or knows about it and can't 311 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 1: remember it five minutes later, or or the people running 312 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 1: the country don't let Joe do anything anymore. So Hunter 313 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 1: Biden has had to drop his lawsuit because he can't 314 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: pay his lawyers. He also can't sell his memoir. Now 315 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 1: what's in interesting about that is why do you think 316 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: he was able to buy his He was able to 317 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 1: sell his memoir, he says, in the first six months 318 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: of sales, three and sixty one copies were sold. Given 319 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: the positive feedback and reviews of my artwork in minoir, 320 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: I was expecting to obtain paid speaking engagements and paid appearances, 321 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: but that has not happened. I wonder why that is. 322 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: Why wouldn't people want Hunter Biden to come give a speech. 323 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 1: This guy's had an amazing life. He's a business genius. 324 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,440 Speaker 1: You look at all the money that his private equity 325 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: fund raised. You look at his service on the Ukrainian 326 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: oil company board, for which he was paid millions. He's 327 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: an expert in a lot of different things. He has 328 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: a law degree, he doesn't practice. He was the most 329 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: successful living artist. We're told by insiders in the Biden 330 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: administration that during the last few months of the Biden 331 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: administration Hunter was announcing I'm in charge at cabinet meetings, 332 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 1: taking the power away from jail. I mean, why wouldn't 333 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: you want Hunter Biden as a speaker. But sadly he's bankrupt. 334 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: It's almost as if the reason he made all that 335 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: money was as the bagman for bribes to his father, 336 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: Joe Biden. I realized that tax policy is not good radio. 337 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:46,719 Speaker 1: I get that, but this is important. President Trump, on 338 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: the campaign trail, was calling for an increase in the 339 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: deduction of what's known as salt, which is the state 340 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: and local tax deduction. And I'm going to speak very 341 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: simply and a little overbroad, but to make it easy, 342 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 1: we don't have a state income tax in Texas. Now. 343 00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: We do have a franchise tax, and we do a 344 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: sales tax, and we have an astronomically high property tax. 345 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: And the truth is we're no longer a low tax 346 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: state we used to be. But the sad reality is 347 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: too many Republicans, which is the vast majority of them, 348 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 1: too many Republicans in our state government do not wish 349 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 1: to lower or reduce the size of the state and 350 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: of government. And then we've got say the City of Houston, 351 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: which has seen an explosion in spending most of that 352 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: on labor now and you're never going to see a reduction. 353 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 1: You've got sixty percent of the budget on cops and firefighters. 354 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: You're never going to see a reduction there. You're only 355 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: going to see that go up. And the other forty percent, 356 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 1: we can't reduce the size of that government. So they 357 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: do a hiring freeze. I mean, because nobody wants to 358 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: eliminate jobs. Nobody wants to eliminate jobs. And when you 359 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: actually study City of Houston municipal elections, and this is 360 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: true across the country. When you consider that the most 361 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 1: powerful forces in electing the mayor are people who draw 362 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 1: a paycheck from city government, you realize there is no 363 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 1: hope left. Your best hope is least worst, but it's 364 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: never going to get better. You're never going to reduce 365 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: the size of City of Houston government, not under Whipmeyer, 366 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: not under the last mayors for a very long time. 367 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 1: You're not going to do it because that the biggest 368 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: expense is labor, and labor drives the election. Going from 369 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 1: a two year to a four year could mean that 370 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: a mayor in their second term could do it, and 371 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: Whitmeyer would have that opportunity because from there he's likely 372 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,959 Speaker 1: not going to have another opportunity to serve in government. 373 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: So you could leave the city better, but it's still 374 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: not likely. So you got this salt deduction, state and 375 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 1: local tax deduction. And the problem is in the state 376 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: of Texas, since we don't have an income tax, and 377 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: in states like Colorado or California or New York that do, 378 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: it means that that state has access to a funding 379 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: source that the State of Texas doesn't have, and we 380 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: af set that by higher property taxes. But if you 381 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: let the people in California, Colorado, New York, if you 382 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: let those people write off those state and local taxes 383 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 1: off of their federal income tax burden. If we agree 384 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: that the federal government is going to have to raise 385 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: let's make any number of create the number of trillion dollars, 386 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: whatever that number is going to be this year. How 387 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: are we going to divide amongst our people how much 388 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: they pay. If we let the people in California, Colorado, 389 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,960 Speaker 1: New York, states with state income taxes, if we let 390 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 1: them deduct that off what they pay, that means that 391 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:20,919 Speaker 1: the people in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, states that don't 392 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: have a state income tax, we don't get that deduction. 393 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 1: So the answer in Congress, so the answer to that 394 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 1: should be, we're not going to allow AsSalt deduction. If 395 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 1: you're going to pay your state income taxes, and just 396 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 1: like the people that don't have one, you're gonna pay 397 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,920 Speaker 1: your federal income taxes. And if you don't want to 398 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: pay state income taxes, change the law. But by giving 399 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: them that tax break, you don't encourage them to change 400 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 1: the law. They have no incentive because they just reduce 401 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: their federal taxes, which means they have an equal tax 402 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,760 Speaker 1: burden to you, but you're paying for the federal government 403 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: that they benefit from instead of paying into your state. Right, 404 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: if you were going to reduce those state and local 405 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: tax burdens, because there are tax write offs in the 406 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: state of Texas as well, I'm not saying there's not. 407 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 1: By allowing that on the federal income taxes as a deduction, 408 00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 1: you don't make people want to reduce their state tax burden, 409 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,959 Speaker 1: and that I think is a problem. And rather than 410 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: fix that problem, what's been done instead was to increase 411 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: the standard deduction. And I think that what did I 412 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: read standard deduction went up to I can't recall what 413 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 1: that is, but the standard deduction went way up. So 414 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: all you're doing now is trying to find a way 415 00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: to win votes and appease people without actually solving the problem. 416 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 1: Since we're on the subject, this is going to be 417 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 1: a fun thing to watch when you look at varying 418 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: states tax burdens. Nineteen states presently are in a position 419 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: to tax student loan forgiveness, So those folks who had 420 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: their student loans forgiven by the Biden administration as a 421 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: means of buying votes, Hey, you don't have to pay 422 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: back the government vote for me. Those people are then 423 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 1: going to have to pay taxes on the amount that 424 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 1: they received in student loan forgiveness as a one time 425 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: expense in nineteen states unless those laws are changed, and 426 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:53,520 Speaker 1: they won't be I don't believe they will be, not 427 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 1: in all of them, probably not in any of them, 428 00:30:56,360 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: because it's a money grab for those states. So if 429 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: you owed one hundred thousand or more, which many people did, 430 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: and that loan was forgiven, that's wonderful. But now you've 431 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: got to pay taxes on it as if it's income, 432 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 1: which in effect it is. I mean, really, if you 433 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 1: think about it, it is income. It's sort of like 434 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: when you win, you know, the car in a raffle, 435 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: and you find out, oh, I got to pay taxes 436 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:33,960 Speaker 1: on it. You're really happy to have something if it's 437 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 1: truly free, but when you have to pay taxes on something, 438 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: you probably still want it. But that's also why you 439 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: find out that when people go on to game shows 440 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: and win a car, they always sell it because they 441 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: don't have the money even for the taxes of it, 442 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: which takes away a whole lot of the fun when 443 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 1: you win something and have to pay taxes on it. 444 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,480 Speaker 1: You didn't win what you thought you won. You won 445 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,480 Speaker 1: whatever your tax burden is three quarters of that or 446 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 1: sixty five percent of that, that's a whole lot less 447 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: exciting than you believed in the first place. But if 448 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: you leave these taxes in place and you force people 449 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 1: to bear the burden, just like if you don't let 450 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: illegal aliens into this country, you have to assume that 451 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: illegal aliens are people who didn't like the status of 452 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 1: the government where they lived. By letting them come to 453 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 1: the United States, you remove the revolutionary element in countries 454 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 1: that might have been able to bring about governmental change 455 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: because now they're living up here. You leave them in 456 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: that country, and eventually you're going to have revolution in 457 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 1: some cases. Eventually you're going to see the change that 458 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: people wanted, at least ideally. That's how that's supposed to work. 459 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: I didn't have time to get to it today, but 460 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: will tomorrow. There's date on border crossing numbers. As President 461 00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: Trump said, Congress told you that they needed all these 462 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,920 Speaker 1: laws to bring change and secure the border. All we 463 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:15,480 Speaker 1: really needed to change was who the president was. Border 464 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 1: patrol sources tell me that the border patrol, that the 465 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: border is safer and less active than it has been 466 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 1: in my lifetime. That's exciting.