1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Bill Maher clashed with a liberal actor over Donald Trump 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: and immigration policy. This at the same time as ICE 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: agents have arrested one three hundred and sixty one criminal 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: aliens in Houston, Texas alone in June. Now, among the 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: aliens arrested, we're thirty two child predators, nine murderers, sixteen 6 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 1: gang or cartel members, and one alien convicted for hijacking 7 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: an airplane. That's just the highlight reel of what was 8 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:41,239 Speaker 1: taking on the streets just in Houston, Texas. Because we 9 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: have law and order that this president is advocating for. Now, 10 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: Bill Maher talking with this liberal actor clashing over immigration, 11 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: and I want you to hear what was said. 12 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: Part of this is a backlash to how badly Biden 13 00:00:55,920 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: handled the immigration situation. It can't just be like, come one, all, which. 14 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 3: Is plenty of There's plenty of room here and we 15 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 3: need room, Lettie, There's plenty of room in America. 16 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: Come on, there's not a lack of room. It's never 17 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: about room. 18 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: It's about resources and about like having a countries have 19 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 2: to have a border. You can it just can't be. 20 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 2: I mean, they've done surveys and something like two hundred 21 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 2: million people around the world when asked, would you come 22 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 2: to America if you couldn't? Yes, I would. Why wouldn't they? 23 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 2: Lots of countries excuse me, are polls right? And they 24 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 2: would love to be here? You can't right, right, the 25 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 2: places aren't, but well they are. 26 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: Well they are, Mars said on his podcast, and immigration 27 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: had gotten so out of control under the Biden administration 28 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: that he understands now why Donald Trump is doing what 29 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: he's doing, and also just being honest. Are you a 30 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: country if you don't have a border, No, you are 31 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: not a country. And this idea from this liberal actor 32 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: is like, well, there's plenty of room here. There's plenty 33 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: of room in America. Come on, there's no lack of 34 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: room in America's is the logic, right? Can you imagine 35 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: two hundred million people just randomly showing up in the 36 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: United States of America because he said, they did this 37 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:13,119 Speaker 1: survey something like two hundred million people around the world 38 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,079 Speaker 1: would ask would you come to America? If you could 39 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: say yes? And he said, again, why wouldn't they? Lots 40 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: of countries excuse me, are blank holes and they would 41 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: love to be there. Now that's the same thing that 42 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: Trump said. Remember several years ago, they're like, oh my gosh, 43 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: you're racist. I'm sure they won't say bo Mar's racist 44 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: because he's on the left, but I mean Donald Trump 45 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 1: was fiercely criticized by the left when his first term 46 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: when he said the same thing about Haiti and El Salvador. 47 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: He said the places and then this acts are like, well, 48 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: they're not blank holes, and Bill Maher doubled down, well, 49 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,959 Speaker 1: they are. That's why they want to come here. Why 50 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:49,800 Speaker 1: do you think two hundred million people around the world 51 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: say if they could come to America they would. But 52 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: this is part of what the left is their whole goal. 53 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 1: Go back to the census for a second. If you 54 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: count illegal immigrants, which we do in our census, it 55 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: changes in a hard core way, in a massive way. 56 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 1: How many people are how many congressmen come from those areas. 57 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: Think about sanctuary cities and large cities like let's go 58 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: to Minneapoli, Saint Paul. They have more congress people there 59 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 1: because they have a large population and a lot of 60 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: his legal immigrants. Look at the whole state of California 61 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: is another example. Look at la They are overly represented 62 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: compared to other parts in the country because they count 63 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: illegal immigrants. Look at I mean, you can go anywhere 64 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: in the country with a sanctuary city. New York City 65 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: is another example, Chicago is another example. The list goes 66 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: on and on. Why do you think Democrats have no 67 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: problem with flooding this country legal immigrants because they know 68 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: that when they go to the sanctuary cities, that means 69 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: they get more people in Congress, which means they have 70 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: a better chance of having the majority instead of the minority. 71 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: And so we shouldn't by the way, in my opinion, 72 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: I don't think this should be controversial, by the way 73 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: at all. We should not be counting illegal immigrants in 74 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: the census. Illegal immigrants also shouldn't be getting government benefits 75 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: when they're here illegally. We should have actual borders. We 76 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: shouldn't have open borders. And you're not a country if 77 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: you don't have defined borders. All of these things are 78 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: a reality of the conversation that desperately needs to be had. 79 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,720 Speaker 1: And look, the American people stood with the President of 80 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: the United States of America on this issue. That's why 81 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 1: it got elected, because the majority of Americans said, we 82 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,799 Speaker 1: are sick and tired of what we're witnessing right now. 83 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 1: And we are sick and tired of having these open borders, 84 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: and we want a country. We want to be a 85 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: country of laws that are in force. We don't want 86 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:57,679 Speaker 1: people coming into this country, taking from us and maybe 87 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: having no allegiance to this country, or not even knowing 88 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 1: who they are, which brings me back to the second 89 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: narrative that we're dealing with here. ICE has arrested one 90 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: three hundred and sixty one criminal aliens in the Houston 91 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: area in June alone. US Immigration custom Enforcement arresting these 92 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: aliens during their month that they say is truly shocking. 93 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: These are people that have been convicted of criminal offenses 94 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: after legally entering the United States of America. At the 95 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 1: website for ICE, they actually put this out quote. Despite 96 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: attempts by some to underminor mission by spreading false and 97 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: malicious rumors, the brave men and women of ICE continue 98 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,719 Speaker 1: to work tirelessly around the clock targeting dangerous criminal aliens 99 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: to restore integrity to our nation's immigration system and bolster 100 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: public safety in our communities. That's what ICE Enforcement and 101 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: Removal Operations Houston Acting Field Office Director said in a statement. 102 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: Went on to say this the number of dangerous criminal 103 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: aliens that were removed from local communities across south East 104 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: Texas last month is just another example of their selfless 105 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: and unyielding effort to return our local communities to places 106 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 1: where we can all raise our families without having to 107 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: worry about child predators, gang members, cartel members, other violent 108 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: criminal aliens praying on our loved ones. Now you go 109 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: back to the list, and again the Democrats and the 110 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 1: media want you to believe that everybody that's getting arrested 111 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: right now is just some kind loving person that just 112 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: happens to be in this country illegally and they really 113 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: didn't do anything wrong. We don't even think they broke 114 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: the law, all right, Look at the list. Among the 115 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: criminal aliens arrested in June by ice Houston Field Office, 116 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: you had a fifty six year old criminal alien from 117 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: Cuba arrested by ICE who was convicted in three of 118 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: hijacking an airplane traveling from Cube to Key West, Florida. 119 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: You have a forty seven year old criminal alien from 120 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: Mexico and a former gang member arrested by ICE who 121 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 1: was illegally entering who had illegally entered the country six 122 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: times and had been convicted twice for trafficking cocaine and 123 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: once for attempted murder. Another arrest for evading arrest, illegal entry, 124 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: in drug possession. You had another twenty nine year old 125 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: six time deported criminal alien from Mexico arrested by ICE 126 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: who had been convicted of homicide, had been convicted of 127 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: aggravated robbery, convicted of burglary of a vehicle, and drug possession. 128 00:07:29,960 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: You had another forty year old criminal from Mexico arrested 129 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: by Ice June the twenty fourth, who has illegally entered 130 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: the US four times and been convicted of sexual assault 131 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: of a miner and also been convicted of theft. You 132 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: had a fifty one year old criminal alien from Mexico 133 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: arrested by ICE who had been convicted of sexual indecency 134 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: with a minor, criminal trespassed with a deadly weapon, driving 135 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: while intoxicated, and unauthorized use of a firearm. Now the 136 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: arrest are parts of just the Houston Fields Office routine 137 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: immigration enforcement activities being conducted alongside federal, state and local 138 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 1: law enforcement agencies. They say daily throughout the Southeast Texas 139 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: to enhance public safety, national security, and border security. So 140 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: they put this out we see all these pictures, we realize, 141 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: oh wait, these are actually really bad Own Brais. They're 142 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: not just grabbing some random person off the street, which 143 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: is what the left wants you to believe that there's 144 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: some grandmother who's been there for thirty five years and 145 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: that's who Ice is going after. It's pretty darn clear, okay, 146 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: that there are really bad own Braids. There are really 147 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: evil and sick people out there that are doing heinous 148 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: crimes to our community and killing our communities. Right. They're 149 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: killing our communities with fetnel. You look at the number 150 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: one killer of young people forty five hundred. What is 151 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: it? It's fetanl You think the Democratic Party gives the rats 152 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: we're in about the people that die today from fetanol 153 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: accidal overdoses. They do not care, and they'll never care, 154 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,199 Speaker 1: because this is about power. This is about votes, This 155 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: is about the census, This is about eventually giving them 156 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: and turning them into the best way I can describe 157 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,319 Speaker 1: it is American citizens. They want them here, and they 158 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: want as many of them here as they can get 159 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: their hands on. That's why they opened our borders. And 160 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: they knew that all the people that we're arresting, right, 161 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: now they knew that all of them that were coming 162 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:45,599 Speaker 1: into this country were doing terrible things. They knew that 163 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: they that they were lying to the American people, and 164 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: they didn't care because they wanted to change the country. 165 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: They wanted to change the country fundamentally. I want to 166 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 1: pivot real quick to the Epstein Files, because I promise 167 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: you I was going to talk about this and it's important. 168 00:10:03,960 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: This is a colossal pr failure by the Republicans. I 169 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: want to be very clear about this. The fact that 170 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: the White House and Pambondi brought a bunch of conservative 171 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,079 Speaker 1: influencers to the White House, gave them what was the 172 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: Epstein Files, you know, part one binders, which was all 173 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 1: information we already knew before, sent them out in front 174 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: of the media, and had them walking out of the 175 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: White House holding these binders up like it was some 176 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: amazing thing. That was just a dumb move. The reason 177 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: why I say it's a dumb move is because of 178 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: what we are now witnessing, which is they're now saying like, 179 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 1: all right, well, there may not be anything there. I 180 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: don't buy that for a second. I also want to 181 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: be clear about that, like I don't believe that there's 182 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 1: nothing there yet. I think much of the Epstein files 183 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 1: that have been redacted have need to be unredacted, and 184 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: we need to see what's there. I also think this 185 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: goes back to one of the basic issues, and the 186 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: FBI deputy senior National Intelligence officer was caught on tape 187 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: confessing that the FBI turned blind eye in the Epstein case. 188 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: So that's the other reason why I want more answers. 189 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: I'm not willing to let it go. Listen, I'm with 190 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: this shows. 191 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 4: I do a lot of kind of like countering white supremacy. 192 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 4: You think the last the last two and a half years, 193 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 4: Love was at the White House. 194 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, and they kind of got moved. 195 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 4: Back after the whole with the new administration coming in. 196 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 5: But yeah, small lay. 197 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: It's kind of been watching the ex document. You know, 198 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: they're trying to. 199 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 4: Try to release some of the files like the White 200 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 4: House losses. 201 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, oh yeah. 202 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 4: It's just a messy. Like but because they even invited 203 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 4: some of like the block like go like the influencers 204 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 4: and like right wings loggers and so release the files. 205 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: I see, he's a little weird. 206 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 4: Just release it on one's see where law enforcement kind 207 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 4: of either turn a blind eye or like miss miss things, 208 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:03,199 Speaker 4: and there's opportunities just from hearing and listening. 209 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,080 Speaker 1: I mean, you listen to that. This is an FBI 210 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,720 Speaker 1: deputy senior intelligent National intelligence officer confessing the FBI turned 211 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: a blind eye and the Epstein case caught on OMG. 212 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: James O'Keeffe undercover video and you look at this and 213 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: you're like, really, now, I'm not surprised. And the problem 214 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: now is many conservatives are angry over this because we 215 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: were promised the Epstein file, and I do believe the 216 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 1: White House should release whatever they do have, and they 217 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 1: oversold it. Pambondi oversold it. I think that's pretty clear now. 218 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: And if there is not a big thing there, then 219 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: I want to know about the cover up of it, 220 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: because I don't believe Jeffrey Epstein got to where he 221 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,360 Speaker 1: was without being able to blackmail people to make all 222 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: of his money and abusing young girls, and that there 223 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: was a client list Jeffrey Epstein. Is this whole issue 224 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:56,599 Speaker 1: now that the president made an issue when he was 225 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: running for president. People are like, I want the payoff. 226 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: I want to see this now. I want to know 227 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: what's going on now. Well, let me also let you 228 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 1: understand what Democrats are doing, and this is very smart politically. Okay, 229 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: I want to be clear about that. This is extremely 230 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: smart politically, hikme. Jeffries came out today and just ripped Republicans, 231 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: and now Democrats like, we demand the Epstein file, something 232 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: they didn't give a crap about when Joe Biden was president, 233 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: but now they want it. And the reason why is 234 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: because they want to make the president look like he's 235 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: covering for conservatives, or he was a liar, or that 236 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: Pambandi's a liar. And they understand that there's blood in 237 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: the water on this one with conservative voters, and they're 238 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: they're now like, let's exploit it. Listen carefully to his words. 239 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,720 Speaker 6: The American people deserve to know the truth, the whole truth, 240 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 6: and nothing but the truth as it relates to this 241 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 6: whole sordid Jeffrey Epstein matter. Democrats didn't put the Jeffrey 242 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 6: Epstein thing into the public domain. This was a conspiracy 243 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 6: that Donald Trump, Pambondy and these MAGA extremists have been 244 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 6: fanning the flames of for the last several years, and 245 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 6: now the chickens are coming home to roost. The American 246 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 6: people deserve to know the truth. What, if anything, is 247 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 6: the Trump administration and the Department of Justice hiding. What 248 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 6: are you hiding. If you're not hiding anything, prove that 249 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 6: to the American people. And if you are trying to 250 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 6: hide something, as many of Donald Trump's MAGA supporters apparently believe, 251 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 6: then the Congress should actually work hard to try to 252 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 6: uncover the truth for the American people. There are only 253 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 6: two things that are possible here. Option one, Donald Trump, 254 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 6: Pambondy and the MAGA extremists intentionally lied to the American 255 00:14:55,440 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 6: people for years about the Jeffrey Epstein situation. That's option one. 256 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 6: Option two is that in fact, there's reason for the 257 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 6: American people to be concerned as it relates to what 258 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 6: information has not been released that could be damaging to 259 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 6: the Trump administration and the friends and family of the 260 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 6: Trump administration. And they're billionaire, corrupt supporters, and so they're 261 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 6: actively engaging in a cover up. Option one, they live 262 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 6: for years. Option two, they're engaging in a cover up. 263 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: Now let me go back to the politics. This This 264 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 1: is like one of the smartest political moves I've seen 265 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: by Democrats and Hakeem Jeffreys. I'll give credit where credits 266 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: due on this one, like this is a smart political move. 267 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: The Republicans overplayed their hand and under delivered, and now 268 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: people that are supporters of Donald Trump are angry and 269 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: it looks like there is some sort of cover up here. 270 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: Whether there is or not, it doesn't matter. It looks 271 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: like it. And so what they're doing is they're seizing 272 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: this opportunity to do this. I'll give you this. Mark 273 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: Mark Theessen, by the way, on Fox News Sunday, said 274 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: this about the fallout over the doj Epstein memo. Some 275 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: damage from this. That's that to me is the reality here. 276 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 5: Ninety one indictments, the Mueller probe, two impeachments, civil suits 277 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 5: to bankrupt him. But the Biden people had had the 278 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 5: Epstein files with Trump's name in it and they didn't 279 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 5: use it. 280 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: You break. 281 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 4: I want to make sure. 282 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: I love that, by the way. I love the fact 283 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: he's like Biden's people had the Epstein files of Trump's 284 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: name in it and they didn't use it. Give me 285 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: a break. He's right, And the point is like, don't 286 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: get yourself in a bad situation for no reason. And 287 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: I think Republicans need to fight back on this one. 288 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: And they need to. They need to put it out there, 289 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: whatever it is, and and and get the reactions out 290 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: of the files. Whatever we do have to show the 291 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: American people. I think it's time for the American people 292 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:11,719 Speaker 1: to see it. But if again Democrats smell blood in 293 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 1: the water. On ABC this week, they were like, Wow, 294 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: the White House needs to come clean about the Epstein files, 295 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: implying that there's a bunch of Republicans or Donald Trump's 296 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 1: name in the Epstein file. Again using this politically, it's scumbagery, 297 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: but it's brilliant. 298 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 7: I mean, the Attorney General Pambondi went to the public 299 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 7: and said all kinds of things about this. She said 300 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,479 Speaker 7: there was a list, there was files, they had people, 301 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 7: you know that was in front of the White House, 302 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 7: in front of the West Wing, that they had the 303 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 7: influencers out there. So, I mean, there's a very legitimate 304 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,639 Speaker 7: question here. Number one, was she lying then or is 305 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 7: she lying now? She's the Attorney general. I do think 306 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 7: she should go in front of Congress and sort of 307 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 7: just explain the facts here, because ultimately it is a 308 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 7: big question. Was she just prancing around making things up? 309 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 7: You're not really supposed to do that. As the jorneys, 310 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 7: and then second of all, they say, you know that 311 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 7: everyone's acting like they don't know what the conspiracy theory is. 312 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 7: The conspiracy theory is that the client list has Donald 313 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 7: Trump on it and that's why his government is holding 314 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 7: it back. And I think you should just we need 315 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 7: to have people honestly answer questions in front of Congress 316 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 7: or the press, to just have this out once in 317 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 7: front of the overall problem. 318 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,679 Speaker 1: Like they're they're playing into this beautifully because it was 319 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: over sold and you can't oversell it and then all 320 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: of a sudden just run away from it like it 321 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: never happened. Democrats are going to seize this moment until 322 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: you get it all out there and you show all 323 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: of it. And they're going to keep quoting Pambondi, and 324 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: they're going to keep quoting Dan Bongino, and they're going 325 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: to keep quoting everybody that's made any quote about Epstein. 326 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: And you know, yeah, I'm glad there's some out there 327 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 1: that are actually attacking also the hypocrisy on the left. 328 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: Chris Cromo, for example, blasted AOC this week for suddenly 329 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: caring about the Epstein files because she didn't care about 330 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: him before, only because she's going to score political points 331 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: on Republicans. Now. 332 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 3: AOC has had nothing to say about the attacks on 333 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 3: the ICE agents. 334 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: Can you believe that? 335 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 3: But the Epstein fiasco gets her attention. You see what 336 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 3: she posted today? Wow, who'd have thought that electing a 337 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 3: rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein files. 338 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 1: Hope it goes viral because that's all you're about. 339 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 3: What have you ever done to fight for the release 340 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 3: of the Epstein files? 341 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: Huh? 342 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 3: You sent out a few tweets over the years just 343 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 3: to try to what ride the wave? Where are your resolutions? 344 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 3: Where are your speeches on the floor, where are your demands? 345 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: Nothing? 346 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 3: Just like the rest of your propaganda and your false promises. 347 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 3: It's great for you for being developing a following, but 348 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,880 Speaker 3: it's not much in terms of being a leader when 349 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 3: you get nothing done and play the game of advantage. 350 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 3: You want know better than the people you think you 351 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 3: oppose on the right. 352 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:08,479 Speaker 1: I couldn't agree with Chris Croma more for blasting AOC 353 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 1: for suddenly caring about the Epstein files, and she never 354 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: cared about before all because she wants to score a 355 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: political point, not protect kids, not protect people that were 356 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: abused by Jeffrey Epstein and his friends. No, no, no, no, no, 357 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: none of that matters. There has been a question that 358 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: many Republicans have been asking, how many illegal immigrants are 359 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 1: actually receiving access to Medicaid benefits. Now, if you ask 360 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,880 Speaker 1: the Democratic Party, they will tell you that there isn't 361 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: a single illegal immigrant that is receiving Medicaid benefits. Insert 362 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: a brilliant move by Texas Representative Wesley Hunt. He's now 363 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: demanding data from the New York governor over how many 364 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: of the states estimated six hundred and seventy thousand illegal 365 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: immigrants are actually receiving access to those Medicaid benefits that 366 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: Democrats say, well, it's not happening at all. Hunt, a Republican, 367 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: decided to just straight up ask the question directly to 368 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: the governor on Monday, raising questions about how the Empire 369 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: State has leveraged waivers to actually allow its Medicaid program 370 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: to operate differently from federal standards and mandates. Governor Hochel 371 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,880 Speaker 1: is required to report this information to the federal government. 372 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:35,040 Speaker 1: So the question is simple, will she comply or continue 373 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,880 Speaker 1: to harbor lawbreakers while putting the health care of law 374 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: abiding citizens at risk. Hunt said in a statement to 375 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: the New York Posts, this is what democratic leadership looks like. 376 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 1: Open borders, benefits for illegal aliens, and betrayal of the 377 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: people they're supposed to be representing, the American people. 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I'll have 417 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:43,200 Speaker 1: more on that in a moment, But one study from 418 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: the liberal leaning Fiscal Policy Institute, cited by Congressman Hunt, 419 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: found that there are some six hundred and seventy thousand 420 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 1: illegal immigrants in the Empire State. In fact, it is 421 00:24:55,440 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: now about five percent of the population. New York has 422 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: benefited from Section one one one five waivers, which allows 423 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: it to experiment and deviate from federal standards in its 424 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:16,639 Speaker 1: implementation of Medicaid, a program that provides health insurance to 425 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: seventy million low income Americans, and now the question is 426 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: how many illegals. A spokesperson for the governor quickly fired 427 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: back at Congressman Hunt and argued that he should have 428 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 1: focused on opposing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act over 429 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 1: its Medicaid reforms instead of targeting New York, saying this, 430 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: if Representative Hunt were truly concerned about the health and 431 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: well being of his constituents, he should have directed his 432 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: focus to voting against the Big Ugly Bill which will 433 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 1: invoke irreparable damage to Medicaid programs nationwide, including in his 434 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 1: home state of Texas. Yet again, you may notice that 435 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: the spokesperson for the governor did not answer the question 436 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: how many illegal immigrants are receiving benefits? This is just 437 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,480 Speaker 1: another pitiful attempt. The governor's office went on to say 438 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:17,879 Speaker 1: to divert attention from Republican actions to eliminate healthcare for 439 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: one point five million New Yorkers and deny food security 440 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: access to millions of seniors and children. You'll notice in 441 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: that statement, yet again the governor New York refusing to 442 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: answer the question how many illegal immigrants are taking government benefits. Now, 443 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: state officials have told the New York Posts that, quote, 444 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: most undocumented individuals are not eligible for full medicaid coverage. 445 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:51,360 Speaker 1: Now notice the words they used, most undocumented individuals are 446 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: not eligible for quote full medicaid coverage. By the way, 447 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 1: that statement would also be true for most American citizens 448 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: are not eligible for full Medicaid coverage, and that the 449 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: small group that is enrolled in the state's program has 450 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: not benefited they claim from federal dollars. Now, New York 451 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 1: also claimed that spending was unrelated to the one to 452 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,959 Speaker 1: one one five waivers. Well, then why would the Governor 453 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 1: New York not answer this simple question that was put 454 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: to her by Wesley Hunt. Now, Hunt noted that the 455 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: Biden administration had rejected the use of those waivers for 456 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 1: states like South Carolina, Arizona, and other states. The Texas 457 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: Republican stress that the waivers were not intended to allow 458 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 1: illegal immigrants to benefit American tax dollars going for their 459 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: healthcare coverage. Now, the Biden administration allowed and even encouraged 460 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 1: the use of these one one one five waivers to 461 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: extend Medicaid to undocumented immigrants, something that Democrats are now 462 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: claiming never happened, and despite federal law actually prohibiting them 463 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: from receiving these benefits, Hunt wrote in a letter to 464 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 1: Hochel on Monday. 465 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 5: Now. 466 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 1: Back in February, President Trump also signed an executive order 467 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 1: the Director's Administration to ensure and a maximum extent possible, 468 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 1: that quote no taxpayer fund of benefits go to unqualified aliens. 469 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:29,360 Speaker 1: That order pointed to existing law, such as the Personal 470 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of nineteen ninety six, 471 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: which generally blocks illegal immigrants from getting federal benefits from taxpayers. 472 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 1: The Texas Republican also cited concerns about New York's green 473 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: light law, which permits all state residents, regardless of immigration status, 474 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: to get driver's licenses. Now the Justice Department filed a 475 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: lawsuit against that law, arguing that a hamstring's federal enforcement 476 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: of immigration law. Hunt argued it can help illegal immigrants 477 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: get access to tax payer funded benefits using the driver's 478 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: license to gain that access, and to address these concerns, 479 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: Hunt now demanded that HOCHE will conduct a review of 480 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: its medicaid enrollment base on social Security numbers and release 481 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: those findings to the public, saying this New Yorkers deserve transparency, accountability, 482 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 1: and adherence to law in the administration of public health programs. 483 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 1: Policies to divert limited resources away from lawful recipients American 484 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: citizens not only violates federal standards, they also destroy public 485 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: trust and threaten the sustainability of programs designed to serve 486 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: our most vulnerable American citizens. Now. Hunt has also drawn 487 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: speculation over recent weeks that he may vie for Senator 488 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: John Cornyn's seat in the Senate in Texas in the 489 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six midterms, and this could very well be 490 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: one of those points that he would campaign on. Now, 491 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 1: let me say one other thing about this. We deserve answers. 492 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 1: The American people, as taxpayers, deserve to know where their 493 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: money is going and if it is being diverted to 494 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: six hundred and seventy thousand illegal immigrants in the Empire state, Yes, 495 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 1: about four and a half percent of its population. One 496 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 1: other thing that I think is also a point that 497 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 1: needs to be made. You notice that Democrats did not 498 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 1: deny in any of the statements coming from the governor's 499 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: office that illegal immigrants are receiving benefits, and they word 500 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: it carefully to say, well, some may, but most aren't, 501 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: and most aren't receiving full benefits. Well, that also goes 502 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: for the same with the Americans in base that are 503 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:49,000 Speaker 1: eligible for Medicaid benefits as well. It is supposed to 504 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: help the weakest, the least, the poorest, and those that 505 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 1: are the most in need. Yet many Americans do not 506 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: qualify for full benefits. So why are we giving those 507 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:03,880 Speaker 1: benefits to illegal immigrants? That's the question every American should 508 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 1: be asking. Don't forget Share this podcast wherever you can 509 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: with your family and your friends, and I'll see you 510 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: back here tomorrow.