1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: Twenty four is brought to you by Puretalk cell phone service. 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Never sounded so good. 3 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 2: Dial pound two five zero and say the keywords Clay 4 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 2: and Buck. 5 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 3: This is twenty four, a weekly highlight reel from the Clay, 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 3: Travis and Buck Sexton Show featuring all things election coverage. 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 4: Let's get started. Here are Clay and. 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 2: Buck Taulci Gabbard making that announcement last night on the 9 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: stage with President Trump. You'll remember Tulsey was a Democrat 10 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: as recently as twenty twenty running for the nomination there 11 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 2: former Democrat congressman from Hawaii, and she is now with us. Tulsi, 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 2: welcome to the party. Like I said, some of us 13 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 2: have been Republicans for a relatively short period of time. 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: That would be like you and me others. Buck knew 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 2: he was a Republican when he was like six years 16 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 2: old in New York City. But true, what was the 17 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: what was the final straw? So to speak for you 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: in making the move and feeling comfortable announcing yourself as 19 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 2: a Republican last night. 20 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 5: You know, I really have to give credit to President 21 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 5: Trump because the way that he has transformed the Republican 22 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 5: Party gives me hope for the future of our country. 23 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 5: He's brought back the Republican Party to its founding and 24 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 5: core principles. A lot of people forget that the Republican 25 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 5: Party was quite literally founded to end slavery to racism. 26 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 5: It was the party of the working people, the factory 27 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 5: workers and the farmers. 28 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:38,639 Speaker 6: It was the. 29 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 5: Party that stood up for the American people, and the 30 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 5: party that was and remains committed to our constitution. I 31 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 5: made the decision to make this announcement yesterday for a 32 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 5: few reasons, to give President Trump the credit that he 33 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 5: deserves and the leadership that he's brought to a party 34 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 5: that and thankfully now look at Dick Cheney and George W. 35 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 5: Bush and neocons in the rearview mirror, and really to 36 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 5: recognize that we have hope for our future with the 37 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 5: leadership of a president who has the courage and strength 38 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 5: to fight for Keith. What I said last night was 39 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 5: was how really, in the last three presidential elections, when 40 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 5: you look at it, even the status quo of the 41 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 5: Republican establishment, through everything they possibly could at Donald Trump 42 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 5: back in twenty sixteen to try to stop him. There 43 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 5: were a lot of neocons who were on that stage 44 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 5: and Republican voters nominated President Trump. They nominated him again 45 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 5: in twenty twenty and again in twenty twenty four, really 46 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 5: delivering the mandate of the Republican voters and electorate that 47 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 5: says that the Party of George W. Bush and Dick 48 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 5: Cheney is in the past, and it's time for the 49 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 5: Republican Party of old to come back and once again 50 00:02:56,440 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 5: be that shining city on a hill that Ronald Reagan 51 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:06,239 Speaker 5: once led. There is such a clear choice and contrast 52 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 5: in this election, and so I chose to make this 53 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 5: announcement yesterday. We're two weeks out from election day. There 54 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 5: are a lot of Democrats I know, maybe they're still 55 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 5: they still call themselves Democrats, maybe they don't, but who 56 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 5: don't have anything in common with the Kamala Harris, Dick 57 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 5: Cheney Democrat Party of today. And I wanted to send 58 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 5: a message loud and clear about why I made this 59 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 5: decision and why we as the American people, should have 60 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 5: hope for our future if we do our part as 61 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 5: citizens and choose freedom and peace and prosperity in this 62 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 5: election by voting for Donald Trump and. 63 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: TULSI thank you, by the way, thank you for joining 64 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: the party thank you for your service to the country. 65 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: We're honored to have you here on the show, honored 66 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: to have you as a fellow Republican. And I'm wondering, 67 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: as you see the closing argument of you mentioned the 68 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,520 Speaker 1: Kamala campaign, it is that Trump is a fascist. I mean, 69 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: you said that Trump is part of your awakening and 70 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: your movement to the Republican Party away from because the 71 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: Democrat Party transformed. 72 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 4: That's true. 73 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: Clays talked about it in his own transformation on the 74 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 1: show many times. A Democrat Party of you know, nineteen 75 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 1: ninety six is not the Democrat Party of today, not 76 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: even close. But when they're calling the former president and 77 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: likely future president a fascist as the primary argument and 78 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: comparing him to Addolf Hitler, what is that? 79 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 5: I mean, it's nothing but a continuation of the demonization 80 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 5: of Donald Trump that began when he came down that 81 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 5: escalator in twenty fifteen when he ran for president the 82 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,719 Speaker 5: first time. I don't know if we've had this conversation 83 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 5: on your show, but I had the first kind of 84 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 5: experience I had being confronted with this was two weeks 85 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 5: after he got elected in twenty sixteen. He and his 86 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 5: team invited me to come and meet with him to 87 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 5: talk about foreign policy and ending regime change wars. This 88 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 5: was just before Thanksgiving in twenty sixteen. I happily accepted 89 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 5: the invitation. We had a great and substantive conversation for 90 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 5: about an hour in his office, sitting across from him 91 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 5: at his desk, and within minutes of walking out of 92 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 5: Trump Tower in Manhattan, my phone started blowing up with 93 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 5: criticism from people who I was close to, my then 94 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 5: Democrat colleagues and others who criticized me for humanizing Donald Trump. 95 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 5: And this really gets to kind of the demented mindset 96 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 5: that unfortunately has set in in Kamala Harris's Democrat Party 97 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 5: is they cannot and refuse to have a debate based 98 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 5: on policy and substance and a comparison of Donald Trump's 99 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 5: record as president and Vice President Harris's record in the 100 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 5: White House, which is essentially in her and Joe Biden's 101 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 5: words as co President Joe Biden, and so because they 102 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 5: can't stand on their record of failure on every front, 103 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 5: they're resorting to these dangerous and we've seen the consequences 104 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 5: of their dangerous rhetoric of painting Donald Trump as today's 105 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 5: modern day Hitler as a fascist, as a dictator, fomenting 106 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 5: this kind of fear that is completely baseless. It's completely 107 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 5: baseless and leading to and no one should be surprised 108 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 5: that there are people like Ryan Rust and others who 109 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 5: feel they have a moral obligation to try to kill him. 110 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 5: That's the reality of the consequences of the rhetoric coming 111 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 5: from Kamala Harris and their friends in the propaganda media. 112 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 5: For those who are paying attention, Unfortunately, there are some 113 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 5: who are believing it. I have no doubt about that. 114 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 5: But this is why it's so important for us to 115 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 5: continue to get out there to speak the truth. Last night, 116 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 5: in President's rally, President Trump's rally, he talked about how 117 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 5: his campaign is a movement of love. I don't know 118 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 5: if he said that before. It's the first time I 119 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 5: heard him say that. But really, when you look at 120 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 5: the policies he's putting forward, and you look at the 121 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 5: impact that he had on the country and in the 122 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 5: world during his first term in office, you can see 123 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 5: how that is. That is the motivation. That it's about 124 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 5: love of country, love for each other, love for our 125 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 5: fundamental God given rights and freedoms, and a love and 126 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 5: appreciation for peace. 127 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 2: We're talking to Tulsea Gabbert, who has joined the Republican 128 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: Party who has endorsed Donald Trump. You ran against Kamala 129 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 2: Harris in twenty twenty as a Democrat. In that primary, 130 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 2: I believe you outlasted her pretty substantially because she dropped 131 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: out with around one percent of the vote before anybody 132 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: actually started casting their ballots. Why do you think Democrats 133 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 2: themselves rejected her? And do you think there's any way 134 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 2: she would have been the nominee if Democrats had actually 135 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 2: had an open primary process as opposed to just elevating 136 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 2: her when Biden dropped out. 137 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 5: An's your second question. First, I mean, you know, no, 138 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 5: I don't think she would be the nominee, But as 139 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 5: you said, we don't. It's a It's not just an 140 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 5: ideological hypothesis or theory. We know because she ran for 141 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 5: president in twenty twenty in a Democratic primary, and people 142 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 5: who she thought would be her base of support, they 143 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 5: saw her for who she was and recognized as I did, 144 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 5: that she is not qualified to serve as president and 145 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 5: commander in chief. That's why she got out of the 146 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 5: race before even allowing anyone to cast their vote. I 147 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 5: think that I think that people then in a Democratic 148 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 5: primary saw what we continue to see now is she 149 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 5: is not capable nor should she be anywhere near being 150 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 5: the person who has the nuclear codes, being the person 151 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 5: who makes life and death decisions for our men and 152 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 5: women in uniform, being the person who represents the United 153 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 5: States in the world. I hope that voters are seeing 154 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 5: that now, and I think that people on Kamala's own 155 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 5: campaign team probably see it, which is why they keep 156 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 5: trying to hide her from having. You know, for example, 157 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 5: Donald Trump is going on Joe Rogan's podcast. I hope 158 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 5: they talk for two or three hours, and I think 159 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 5: Kamala Harris should do the same. They should let voters 160 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 5: see who she really is outside of the soundbites and 161 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 5: the scripted talking points, so that they can make the 162 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 5: best informed decisions about who they want to be as president. 163 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: TELSI want one more for you. We're speaking to Tulci. 164 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 1: Gabbard came out as a Republican and a Donald Trump 165 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: endorser and supporter, and we're very pleased and honored. I 166 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: know Trump particularly is psyched about this. He's probably known 167 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: it's coming for a little bit, but he's psyched nonetheless 168 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: that the announcement has been made. But Tulsi, I don't 169 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: know if you saw. I was on Bill Maher a 170 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: couple weeks ago when the topic of masculinity came up 171 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 1: from page the New York Times. Today, the gender divide 172 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: might be the story of the election. 173 00:09:58,360 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 7: You were a. 174 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,079 Speaker 1: Democrat, never hateful toward men in your rhetoric or in 175 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: your policies. If you sat down with Democrats now, I 176 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: had to do this, it didn't go so well. But 177 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: if you sat down with Democrats now and tried to 178 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: explain to them why they have a men problem in 179 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:18,439 Speaker 1: this election, what would you say to them? 180 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 5: Oh gosh, where do I start? Well, you know, it's 181 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 5: first of all, the stereotypes and their lack of understanding 182 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 5: and connectedness with our people is quite astounding. And I'll 183 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 5: give one example of an article that I saw pop 184 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 5: up this morning saying Donald Trump cancels everything to go 185 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 5: and meet with the most hated men in America, referring 186 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 5: to Joe Rogan. You hear people on MSNBC talking about how, 187 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 5: you know, our young men are under threat of becoming 188 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 5: fascist because they sit around all day on the couch 189 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 5: listening to Joe Rogan and Getting Angry. Here's the truth, guys. 190 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 5: Joe Rogan's podcast is the number two podcast for women 191 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 5: in the world, second only to the True Crime Podcast. 192 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 5: So their understanding of men, young men, and masculinity is 193 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 5: something that is just as twisted as the Democrat Party 194 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 5: has become, where they believe that a man and a 195 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 5: woman are constructs of imagination and that gender is something 196 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 5: that's fluid and all of this like, they don't know 197 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 5: what they're talking about. They're disconnected with the reality of 198 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 5: the country and with biological and objective truth. So I 199 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 5: don't expect them to be able to connect with or 200 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 5: communicate very clearly with men at any level in our 201 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 5: country today. 202 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 2: It's Alsie last question for you. There are a lot 203 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 2: of people out there that preach to the choir, that is, 204 00:11:58,080 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 2: they go to the base, they try to motivate them. 205 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 2: That's a very important part of any political campaign, as 206 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 2: you well know. I would say that you and me 207 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 2: and people like us who are newer converts kind of 208 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 2: see ourselves as evangelist for what the Trump campaign is 209 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 2: and what the Republican Party under him has become. If 210 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 2: you were asked, and I'm giving you the chance right 211 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,199 Speaker 2: now to talk to people out there who maybe haven't 212 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 2: voted Republican in the past. What would you tell them 213 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 2: that they should consider in your mind as they get 214 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 2: ready to make their voting. 215 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 5: Decisions on two fronts. First of all, broadly the Republican 216 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 5: Party that I've experienced over these last few years, but 217 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 5: even as a member of Congress and a Democrat in 218 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 5: Congress who was critical of the leadership of both parties 219 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 5: when they deserved it, the Republican Party has become the big, 220 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 5: open tent party that the Democrat Party used to be. 221 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,559 Speaker 5: They have been nothing but kind and respectful and welcoming 222 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 5: to me. Even if these leaders don't agree with me 223 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:09,080 Speaker 5: on every issue, they have been encouraging of vigorous debate 224 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 5: around the most important issues that we care about and 225 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 5: are fundamentally rooted in our Constitution, our First Amendment rights, 226 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 5: our Second Amendment rights, our right to privacy, and civil liberties. Yes, 227 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 5: there are still some leaders in the Republican Party I 228 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 5: disagree with and do so publicly who are not as 229 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 5: concerned about protecting the Constitution. I think we as citizens 230 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 5: have a responsibility to do that. But by and large, 231 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 5: the Republican Party of today, under President Trump's leadership, has 232 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 5: become that big, tent inclusive, freedom loving party that the 233 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 5: American that is in the best interests of the American people. 234 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 5: To President Trump himself, I've had the opportunity to get 235 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 5: to know him much better over these last several months, 236 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 5: and what I see as a man who has personally 237 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 5: lost so much and paid a great personal price to 238 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 5: do what he's doing to offer to serve our country 239 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 5: as president. 240 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 8: He would not talk gabberts. 241 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,319 Speaker 5: If not out of a recognition of a need for leadership. 242 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: Telsey Gabbart, everybody, Tulsi, thank you so much for being 243 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: with us. Welcome to the party officially. And I don't know, 244 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: Secretary of State Tulsi Gabbart sounds pretty cool to me. 245 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: I'm just putting it out there on the radio. We'll see, 246 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: we'll see, Tulsi, thanks for being. 247 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 8: With us, Thanks for having me. 248 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 5: Guys, take care, have a great day. 249 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 3: If you're listening to twenty four The Year of Impact 250 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 3: with Clay and Buck. 251 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 2: Senner Scott, since you're up for reelection here in fifteen 252 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 2: days officially election day, I want you to make the 253 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 2: direct case because we have a lot of people out 254 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 2: there listening who say, you know, typically I have been 255 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 2: an election day voter, and Buck and I both have 256 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 2: typically been election day voters. I went on Friday, He's 257 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 2: going to try to go today. I've been persuaded by 258 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 2: the data and analytics crew out there that if we 259 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 2: vote early it actually helps the Republican ticket in a 260 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 2: massive way, be able to focus on non traditional voters, 261 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 2: people who haven't gone to the poll yet. But I 262 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 2: want to hear from you because I know you're really 263 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 2: plugged in on the analytics side. Senator Scott, what is 264 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 2: the advantage in Florida but also all over the country 265 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 2: now with early voting underway? If you're a diehard Trump voter, 266 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 2: diehard Republican, what is the party gain? What is Trump 267 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 2: gained by you going to the polls early. 268 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 9: Well, in Florida you can vote by mail, and so 269 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 9: if you've gotten your mail in ballot, we once you 270 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 9: get it in today, in most counties we start with 271 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 9: early voting. I voted this morning with my wife and 272 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 9: Speaker Gingrich and his wife came with us. We voted 273 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 9: over Naples and it was good. There was good lines there. 274 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 9: But again, you can vote on election day, but here's 275 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 9: the problem, especially this year. Look at these storms we've had, 276 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 9: and what if we have another storm November fourth, what's 277 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 9: going to happen. You don't want to take a chance. Then, 278 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 9: on top of that, if you think of what we do, 279 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 9: what our county parties do, what we do, what the 280 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 9: national Party does, all of us, the Trump team, our 281 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 9: team is we go make sure our voters show up. 282 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 9: Just put that in perspective. In twenty eighteen, I'm the 283 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 9: only Republican that won in the swing state in the 284 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 9: Senate in the country. I had to get more votes 285 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 9: than Ted Cruz had to get to win in Texas 286 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 9: that year. 287 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 4: So we won because. 288 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 9: We went out and we focused on getting our votes in. 289 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 9: And so the earlier you can do it, there's fewer 290 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 9: votes we have to worry about. So if you can 291 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 9: get your mail in ballot in now, if you can 292 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 9: get you can go to day and go early vote. 293 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 9: The earliest you can do this, then we'll focus on 294 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 9: the people that haven't voted yet, because we've got to 295 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 9: get these votes in. And if you want Prisident Trump 296 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 9: to win, you win in every state. If you want 297 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 9: me to win in Florida, then you win in every 298 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 9: local race, every county commission race, every mayor's race, every 299 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 9: school board race. You want to win all those, so 300 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 9: maximize all the votes. 301 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: Senator Scott, thanks for being here. Home States. I've got 302 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: both my home state senators here in the room, which 303 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: is exciting. But as as a Florida transplant, somebody came 304 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: from New York City, felt like I was part of 305 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: the red Wave, the DeSantis Revolution, whatever you want to 306 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 1: call it. And now we've got much better GOP registration 307 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,400 Speaker 1: in the state than we did before. I don't even 308 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: know what the latest number is and what was it. It 309 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: was two hundred and fifty thousand plus for Democrats, and 310 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: then it starting in twenty eighteen, right, and by now 311 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 1: it's what is it, a million more Republicans twenty ten. 312 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 9: When twenty ten, when Marco went won his Senate race, 313 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 9: when I won my governor's race, there are five hundred 314 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 9: and sixty thousand more Democrats and Republicans. So we've been 315 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 9: able to pick up every every year since then, and 316 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 9: now we have over a million Republicans. 317 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: But that's that's the positive part. 318 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 9: Then we got to get our votes out and as 319 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 9: I think Marko was saying, earlier. You know, we had 320 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 9: horrible storms on the West coast. 321 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 4: A lot of you know, are. 322 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 9: These people going to be able to vote. They've lost 323 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 9: their homes, they might have had to move out of 324 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,400 Speaker 9: the state to you know, find find a place to live. 325 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 9: So we've got to work on getting everybody that's here. 326 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 9: We've got to get you to vote if you want to. 327 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 9: If you want to vote by a mail you can 328 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,439 Speaker 9: still ask for a mail in ballot by the twenty fourth, 329 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,160 Speaker 9: So you've got a couple of days to do that 330 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 9: if you're happy to be out of the state. But 331 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 9: we've got to get the votes in as early as 332 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 9: we can. 333 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 1: So getting those early votes in is absolutely critical. Take 334 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: us through this though. One thing, as we've talked to 335 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: various battleground state senators that's been really interesting. We talked 336 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: people from Wisconsin, We talked to Hubdan Wisconsin, We'll talk 337 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: to Shihi in Montana and others. They tell us that 338 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 1: the Democrat game is essentially raise a lot of money 339 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 1: out of state, rely on the unfortunately state media to 340 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 1: trash the Republican candidate and give them a lot of 341 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: free you know, basically free in kind campaign contributions with that, 342 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,959 Speaker 1: and then the candidate plays this game of well, I'm 343 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,880 Speaker 1: a Democrat, but I'm my own Democrat. I'm not going 344 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: to do what Chuck Schumer says. I'm almost an independent? 345 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: Is that what's playing out here in Florida? Because I 346 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: just can't imagine, given all the trends of the last 347 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: few years, that anybody would be like, you know what, 348 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: let's mess up the Florida Revolution right now and put 349 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: a Democrat in office who's going to turn back all 350 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: the great things that have undeniably been happening. 351 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 9: Well, first off, if any Democrats elected does vote for 352 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 9: whatever Schumer tells him vote, that's how they vote. There's 353 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 9: no way independent vote there with Chuck Schumer, that's how 354 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,359 Speaker 9: you vote. That's number one. Number two is he's raised 355 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,679 Speaker 9: a lot of money. He's spending money in Florida. He's 356 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 9: spending money in a lot of a lot of states 357 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 9: where one we're defending, like Ted Cruz, not today. They're 358 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 9: spending money in Ted Cruz's race, he's spending money in 359 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 9: my race. He's spending money, of course, a lot of 360 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 9: money on Shehi and Moreno, all these places where we 361 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 9: can pick up. So they've got a lot of money 362 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 9: and they're spending it so and then the media doesn't 363 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 9: help us. I mean, they're not our friends as a 364 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 9: general rule, They're not all like you guys, so they're out. 365 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 9: It's like a free ad for them all the time. 366 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 2: Center Scott. When you look at the impact of Milton, 367 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 2: and I know a lot of people are still recovering there, 368 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 2: We're going to talk. We have been talking a lot. 369 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 2: Trump is in Asheville today dealing with the fallout of 370 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 2: Hurricane Helene. Are you comfortable that things are moving in 371 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,639 Speaker 2: a good way in terms of recovery in Florida, specifically 372 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 2: with Hurricane Milton and also Hurricane Helene when it came through, 373 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 2: And are you confident that people are going to be 374 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 2: able to get to the polls in Florida and that 375 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 2: the hurricanes are not going to impact turn out in 376 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 2: a substantial way. We get asked this question a lot 377 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 2: from people outside of the region about how the impact 378 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 2: on voting is likely to be. 379 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 4: What are you seeing there? 380 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:33,399 Speaker 9: Well, in twenty eighteen, three weeks before my election in 381 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 9: the Senate, we had Hurricane to Panhandle and the estimateth 382 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 9: is I lost about net twenty five thousand votes and 383 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 9: that was a close elections that really mattered. 384 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 4: It's going to be hard. 385 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 9: We've got really good supervisor elections, and really what matters 386 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 9: in Florida is the supervisor election per county. So they're 387 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 9: having to change voting places. The governor has allowed them 388 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 9: to make some changes to make it easier for people 389 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 9: to the polls. But if your house is destroyed and 390 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 9: you're in some other state, it's not the first thing 391 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:08,479 Speaker 9: you're not thinking about is boy, I got to get 392 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 9: that vote in. So it's gonna be We've got to 393 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 9: maximize our Republican. 394 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 1: Vote because we have. 395 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 9: We have a lot of good people that have just 396 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 9: been devastated. Everybody's working hard. I mean the counties, the cities, 397 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 9: the state, the federal government. They're working to, you know, 398 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 9: to solve some of these problems. But but it's it's 399 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 9: your life. It's how how's your house doing this morning? 400 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 9: I got I got called by a friend this morning. 401 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 9: I can't find a contractor. He's from out of state. 402 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 9: So it's it's a tough time for people in the 403 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 9: West Coast. 404 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 2: Buck is in South Florida. There's going to be a 405 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,239 Speaker 2: massive influx of voters there. I have a place on 406 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 2: the Panhandle of Florida. I absolutely love it on thirty 407 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 2: A for people out there between Destined and uh in Panama. 408 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 4: City Beach, it is a beautiful area. 409 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 2: You mentioned that the hurricane that hit there impacted your 410 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,479 Speaker 2: election in a big way in twenty eighteen. I'm actually 411 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 2: curious because I'm seeing a lot of people moving into 412 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 2: that area area of Florida, the Panhandle, and that has 413 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 2: traditionally been the deepest red part of the state of Florida. 414 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 4: Is that still true? 415 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 2: Are you guys optimistic that that those numbers are going 416 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 2: to continue to grow in a big way in the 417 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 2: Panhandle Uh? Six years later, I would imagine there's been 418 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 2: tens of thousands of votes added for Republicans just in 419 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,200 Speaker 2: that region of the country of your state alone. 420 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 9: If for Marco and me, if the electure is only 421 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 9: in the Panhandle, it it'd be pretty easy. So we're 422 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 9: gonna we're gonna have big numbers. I was campaigning in 423 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 9: Panama City, in Santa Rosa and in uh Pittsacola on Saturday. 424 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 9: They but but you know, we've got we got to 425 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 9: you know, go go, go all across the state, and 426 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 9: we've got a great It's a great melting pot. 427 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:43,960 Speaker 1: So we've got it. 428 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,959 Speaker 9: We've got a big you know, great population is going 429 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 9: to vote for us up in the Panhandle. But you 430 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 9: know we're gonna win the Cuban vote, the Puerto Rican vote, 431 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 9: the Haitian vote. We're gonna win all these votes because 432 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 9: what they're seeing with both uh Marco Rubio and me 433 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 9: is that we represent them, we take care of their issues. 434 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 9: So you look, if we get our vote in, we're 435 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,359 Speaker 9: gonna have a nice win. But we got to get 436 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 9: this vote in. 437 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: Speaking to Senator Rick Scott of Florida here, he's with 438 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: me in studio in South Florida, along with Senators Cotton 439 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: and Rubio. So it's a Senate party in here. It's 440 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: good times. We're enjoying ourselves. Can you speak to Senator 441 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 1: Scott the just the weekend with Trump? I mean being 442 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: at McDonald's doing his thing, all the photos, all the fun. 443 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 1: I mean, how is that going for him? 444 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 8: You think? 445 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: And also what are the ramifications of Trump's campaign and 446 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: the second order effects of Trump's campaign for you down 447 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: here in this great Sunshine state. 448 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,000 Speaker 9: You know, my one of my first hourly jobs, I 449 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 9: was paid eighty five cents an hours for fry cook 450 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 9: not at McDonald's. 451 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 2: Not that nice, are you? 452 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: Were you good man in the fry station. 453 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, nobody. 454 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 9: Nobody sent their burgers back that I remember. You might 455 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 9: have that, I remember, And nobody set their fries back. 456 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 4: People love. 457 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 1: You just got to give them extra fries. But I 458 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,040 Speaker 1: feel like that's the secret. Trump actually did that of 459 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 1: the week and he's like, I'm gonna give them a 460 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: little extra when the fries are falling out. You know 461 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 1: they do this at five guys. That's when people go, oh, 462 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,360 Speaker 1: those are amazing. I'm sure they're really healthy. Thing your handcut. 463 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: Maybe you know, they're maybe a little better than McDonald's fries. 464 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: In my opinion, Trump's Trumps run a great race. Yeah, 465 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: I mean, if you I mean, look at it. 466 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 4: He just showed. 467 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 9: I mean, Harris has no background in solving any of 468 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,439 Speaker 9: these problems. It doesn't have the back all. She's been 469 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 9: as a government worker all of her life. So no 470 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 9: Trumps run in the great campaign. He's got a lot 471 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,439 Speaker 9: of energy. There's a lot of energy in Florida. So 472 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 9: I've been in every county multiple times. There is so 473 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 9: much energy for Donald Trump in this state. And I 474 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,199 Speaker 9: assume that's true all across the country because they know 475 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 9: he'll make a big change. 476 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 3: You're listening to twenty four The Most Important Tier in 477 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 3: Politics with Clay Travis, sand Box Sexton. 478 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: Captain Hunk Cow served in the US Special Operations. He's 479 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: a veteran, he's a badass, he's a great candidate. And 480 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,879 Speaker 1: I hear Captain Cow that you are also corralling a 481 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 1: couple of sick kids at home. So you're a man, 482 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 1: a renaissance man who handles a lot. Thanks for joining 483 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: us here on the show. 484 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 10: No, thank you so much. Yeah, we had to take 485 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 10: a quick pause in the campaign trail this morning so 486 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 10: I can take care of the kids because we were 487 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,239 Speaker 10: up all night with kids, storing up and stuff like that. 488 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:16,120 Speaker 10: So it's a lot of fun. 489 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: Oh man, I'm sorry. That's uh. Clay's got three so 490 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: he knows all about that. 491 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 4: I've been through those days a lot. I hope you 492 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 4: don't get sick. Captain. 493 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 2: What can you tell us about about the campaign right now? 494 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 2: What should we know about Virginia. We've got a lot 495 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 2: of people listening to us in the state of Virginia. 496 00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 2: What should they know about you Virginia. 497 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 10: Well, first of all, Virginia is in play. I mean, 498 00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 10: I don't know where they get all these polls from, 499 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 10: but let's look at the facts. The facts are the 500 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 10: early voting numbers, and we are doing twenty eight percent 501 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 10: better than we were twenty and twenty. So that means 502 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 10: that's two hundred thousand less Democrats have voted and eighty 503 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 10: thousand more Republicans voted. And when you add those numbers up, 504 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 10: we've basically shifted it about five six percent. And that's 505 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,120 Speaker 10: within the Basically it gets me right there side by 506 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 10: side with Tim Kane, neck and neck. So this is 507 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:14,120 Speaker 10: why they're getting worried. And look, I mean Tim Kaine, 508 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 10: like you said, nobody remembers what he's done for anybody 509 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 10: except for he got stuck on ninety five with a 510 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 10: bottle of doctor pepper during snowstorm and he was Hillary 511 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 10: Clinton's running. 512 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: Met it didn't work out so well for him. Then 513 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: I'm hoping this isn't going to work out so well 514 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 1: for him in this Senate race. Tell us this, I mean, 515 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 1: how Virginia. We've seen some encouraging data about Virginia. I 516 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: don't know how much we could say about whether it's 517 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 1: truly in play for Trump. I know you're in a 518 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: tight race with Tim Kain there, but how would you 519 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: describe the politics of the state right now and what 520 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: do you think is in the realm of the possible 521 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 1: as we are now less than two weeks from election day. 522 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,880 Speaker 10: Well, I look at Virginia in four quid northern Virginia, 523 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:06,479 Speaker 10: which is Fairfax County and Loudon County, and you know 524 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 10: these cities like Arlington and Alexandria very blue. I did 525 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 10: very well there in twenty twenty two. I ran for 526 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 10: Congress there and I didn't win, but I moved the 527 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 10: needle thirteen percent from an area where Joe Biden won 528 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,320 Speaker 10: by nineteen percent, and we took it down the six 529 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 10: Then you look at Hampton Roads, so that's a very 530 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 10: big military area and I spent three tours of duties 531 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 10: down there and three of my kids were born there. 532 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,159 Speaker 10: And then there's Richmond, and then there's southwest Virginia, so 533 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 10: that includes Roanoak and all the way down to Abingdon 534 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 10: and Bristol, and that is very, very deep red. And 535 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 10: so right now we're we're crushing in that area and 536 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 10: Hampton Roads I'm actually winning and Richmond, believe or not, 537 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 10: I am. I'm up by one percent, which is huge 538 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 10: because that's where Tim Kane is. So all we need 539 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 10: to do is move North Virginia enough and we've already 540 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:57,120 Speaker 10: won this race. 541 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:01,360 Speaker 2: What would it mean for people out there that are 542 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 2: in Virginia. 543 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 4: We know to speak. 544 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 2: It's not as if you have to sell people on 545 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 2: the idea that Republicans can win in Virginia because in 546 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 2: twenty twenty one, Glenn Youngkin, Jason Miarez, and one in 547 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 2: ag one aed governor also lieutenant governor wins some seers 548 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,960 Speaker 2: one swept the board there in terms of big statewide offices. 549 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 2: What would it mean on a federal level if you win, 550 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 2: if Trump wins, because I think it would be massive. 551 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 2: What would Virginia have the ability to control if that happened. 552 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 10: Well, we control the Senate, and having the Senate is 553 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 10: important because President Trump only half of his appointed positions 554 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 10: were confirmed by the Senate. They were playing all these games. 555 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 10: I mean, remember they try to impeach him before he 556 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,680 Speaker 10: even took the oath of office. They were playing all 557 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 10: these games early on, and you know the Russian and 558 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 10: Oaks thing. I mean, it's just insane. So we need 559 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 10: somebody that is going to go in there and help 560 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,479 Speaker 10: get his appointed positions in there so he can actually 561 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 10: do the job of rescuing this country. I mean, we 562 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 10: knew how it was before. 563 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 11: Four years ago. 564 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 10: We could afford gas, it was less than two dollars gallon, 565 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 10: We could afford to put food on table, We could 566 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 10: afford to buy houses. Today we were hurting. And there's 567 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 10: tens of millions of illegal aliens that are here that 568 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 10: should be here, including thirteen thousand convicted murders and sixteen 569 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 10: thousand convicted rapists that were rooming free in the United States. 570 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 1: Captain Hank cow was now running for Senate in Virginia, 571 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: and I'm wondering if you're getting We asked pretty much 572 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: all the tight Senate race Republican candidates this, but your 573 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: opponent at this phase, because this tells us how he's 574 00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: trying to position himself visa vu but also how the 575 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,959 Speaker 1: Democrat Party more broadly is trying to play games with 576 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: the perceptions of the electorate. Is Tim Kaine happening to 577 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: run any like, oh yeah, I work with Trump sometimes, 578 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: or is he doing the I am a moderated you know, 579 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: I run my own things. I don't just listen to 580 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer, like, how is he trying to convince people 581 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: in the middle that he's not just a hard line 582 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: Democrat who will do whatever the party machinery of Schumer 583 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: and Pelosi and the rest want him to. 584 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 10: Oh, he's doing exactly just like you said. He's trying 585 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 10: to act like he's a moderate. He acts like he's 586 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 10: the nice guy that everybody likes. But the fact is 587 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 10: everybody remembers what he's done for Virginia, which is absolutely nothing. 588 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 10: I mean, he's voted in line with Joe Biden, but 589 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 10: also he sat back. He sat back as things were 590 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 10: happening in Virginia. For example, there's a drone that flew 591 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,320 Speaker 10: off of a Chinese ship that's within our twelve nautical 592 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 10: miles onto Langley Air Force Base and shut down f 593 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 10: twenty two flights for eight days. There was a Chinese 594 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,920 Speaker 10: national who's trying to take drone pictures of every ship 595 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 10: in Norfolk Harbor, and he did nothing. We could have 596 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 10: stopped all this stuff. And not only that, while Hurricane 597 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 10: Helene hit Virginia and killed two Virginians and put a 598 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 10: lot of people out of their homes, he was at 599 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 10: a pig ro I mean, this guy is just he's 600 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 10: definitely the cabal and he's part of just the establishment, 601 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 10: and you know we're done with him. He's now asking 602 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 10: him to be in until the year twenty thirty. The 603 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 10: guy's been around for thirty years in various jobs. He's 604 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 10: never had a real job, and now he's asking to 605 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 10: stay in until the year twenty thirty. And I think 606 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 10: Virginia's will say no. So the more people that vote 607 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 10: in Virginia, the rhetoric it becomes. So I just need 608 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 10: encourage everybody. We are winning the early vote. And this 609 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 10: is this is significant because we can win this race. 610 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 10: Is if everybody just goes out there and vote. 611 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:36,520 Speaker 2: We're talking to Captain hunk cow Kamala Harris would say 612 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 2: he's home right now with some sick kids, which I 613 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 2: bet a lot of you have had to experience. 614 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 4: By the way, also a. 615 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 2: Decent argument for why people should get out and vote early, 616 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 2: right because if you got young kids, you never know 617 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 2: when they're going to get sick. You never know when 618 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:51,760 Speaker 2: you're going to get that call and have to go 619 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 2: pick him up at school. So if you have the flexibility, 620 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 2: get out and vote early so you can eliminate any 621 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 2: of those uncertainties by waiting to elect Kamala Harris. Captain 622 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 2: cow would say America is a fundamentally racist country. How 623 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 2: has your life experience in Virginia been. Do you believe 624 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 2: that that accusation is true? 625 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 10: Absolutely? No. I came here as refugee from Vietnam. I 626 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 10: grew up in West Africa. I spent seven years over there. 627 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 7: I came here. 628 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 10: I grabbed onto the American dream. I went to the 629 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 10: top schools in the country, including the United States Naval Academy. 630 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 10: I had fellowships at Harvard MIT. And you know what, 631 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 10: I was able to serve in the United States Navy 632 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,880 Speaker 10: as a special operations officer. I was a deep sea 633 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 10: diver that recovered John F. Kenney Junior, his wife and 634 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,960 Speaker 10: a sister in law. I recovered other aircrafts that crashed 635 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 10: in the ocean, and a diffuse bombs for our steel 636 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 10: teams and special forces teams in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia to 637 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 10: pay back everything that owe this country. So, you know, 638 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 10: and I rose to the rank of captain. Only one 639 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 10: percent of officers make that rank, and so how can 640 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:56,440 Speaker 10: you say that's racist? I mean, I've gotten everything I 641 00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 10: ever dreamt of getting through hard work. You just have 642 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 10: to roll up your sleeves and do it, you know. 643 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 10: And I say this to all the illegal immigrants. Don't 644 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 10: ask for the American dream if you're not willing to 645 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 10: debate the American laws and embrace the American culture, because 646 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 10: I did. 647 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 1: Captain Cow also want to get your take on your 648 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: front page New York Times today. Gender divide is a 649 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: huge part of the election story so far. And what 650 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: would you describe as the democrats masculinity problem? 651 00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 10: Oh, I'm just look at Tim Mall. I mean, look 652 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 10: at that. I mean it's the beta male. I mean 653 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 10: and Tim Kineton, like all these guys, they're just beta males. 654 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 10: And you know, they get on me because I say that. 655 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:44,960 Speaker 10: You know, we don't need drag queens, you know, recruiting 656 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 10: for the United States Navy, because we're looking for the 657 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,479 Speaker 10: alpha males and alpha females who are going to rip 658 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 10: out their own guts, eat them and ask for seconds. 659 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 10: These are people that are going to win wars. And 660 00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,880 Speaker 10: of course they said that I was going off some 661 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:59,360 Speaker 10: some weird cannabalistic rants, but that's what the military is 662 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 10: made of, and that's what really most of Americans are, 663 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 10: like we're hard work Americans, and we want to work hard. 664 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,799 Speaker 10: And you know what, don't ever put down America, because we'll. 665 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:09,759 Speaker 6: Fight you for it. 666 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 2: What made you decide to run for office? You ran 667 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 2: through that entire history of really successful life experience that 668 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 2: you've had, serving the military, going to all these great 669 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 2: academic institutions, becoming highly educated. What was the tipping point 670 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 2: for you when you said I have to do this. 671 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:29,839 Speaker 10: It was when Afghan stand fall. This has never been 672 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:31,799 Speaker 10: my dream. I've never wanted to run for office, to 673 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,400 Speaker 10: be very honest with you, I wanted to stay in 674 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 10: the Navy forever. But watching Afghan stand fall, where mothers 675 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 10: who are handing baby submarines, just like what happened in Vietnam, 676 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:45,560 Speaker 10: and I just couldn't sit back and watch it anymore. 677 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 10: Because they're turning this country into why it ran away 678 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 10: from you know, a they repeated the sins of Vietnam 679 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 10: from for a, betting our allies and friends and our 680 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,240 Speaker 10: troops behind, and then not only that, you know, turning 681 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 10: this country into a socialist communist regime. And so yeah, 682 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 10: I'm gonna fight for because I love this country so much. 683 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 10: I'm not gonna let this turn into where I ran 684 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 10: away from cap and Cow. 685 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 1: We want to mobilize all of our listeners in Virginia 686 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,919 Speaker 1: on your behalf here. Obviously, early voting is open right 687 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,920 Speaker 1: so they can get out there. But also what's your 688 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,919 Speaker 1: site and what would be your final message for all them? 689 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: Because we believe you can close this out and you 690 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 1: can bring home the w we can't. 691 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 10: So go to hung for va dot com and you 692 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 10: can see where to help us out on our campaign 693 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 10: and get out there and vote, because you know what 694 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,000 Speaker 10: this is depending on everybody. How badly do you want 695 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 10: to win this race? And that means go out there 696 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,279 Speaker 10: and vote early and get everybody you know, all your 697 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,839 Speaker 10: friends or your neighbors or your family, get out there 698 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 10: and vote because our country depends on it. And you 699 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,960 Speaker 10: know the last message is Look, you ask yourself this 700 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 10: one question. Are you better off the day than you 701 00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 10: were four years ago? If you say yes, then you're 702 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 10: probably in illegally. 703 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 2: H u n G four VA dot com hung four 704 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 2: Va dot com for everybody out there, I think is 705 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:13,279 Speaker 2: the website. Good luck with those sick kids, Captain Cow 706 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:16,880 Speaker 2: and we want everybody listening to us right now in 707 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:18,920 Speaker 2: Virginia to get out and push that button for you 708 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:20,240 Speaker 2: and for Donald Trump. 709 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:22,239 Speaker 6: Thank you so much. 710 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 3: If you're listening to twenty four The Year of Impact 711 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,279 Speaker 3: with Clay and Buck. 712 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:36,560 Speaker 1: Bernie Marino in the mix. He is running against Sharon 713 00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:42,120 Speaker 1: Brown in Ohio for a critical Senate seat. Bernie, we 714 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,840 Speaker 1: are in the final lapse here of this grand Prix, 715 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:50,880 Speaker 1: this very important race. Tell us where things stand right now, 716 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:55,239 Speaker 1: what the critical final game plan is, and just take 717 00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:56,120 Speaker 1: it away, my friend. 718 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,359 Speaker 6: Well, we went from being down eleven at the end 719 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,920 Speaker 6: of a very tensis primary to now we're up by 720 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:06,359 Speaker 6: about three. We've had, obviously the deluge of advertising. This 721 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,719 Speaker 6: will now be the most expensive non presidential race in 722 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:14,440 Speaker 6: American history. So Ohio always have that little nugget of 723 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 6: a record. But what's going on now is with eleven 724 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:21,960 Speaker 6: days left to go, Sharon Brown, who gets money from California, Massachusetts, 725 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 6: New York, is swampy the airwaves. So guys, I need 726 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,920 Speaker 6: all the help I can get to fight back. We 727 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,680 Speaker 6: need every one of your listeners to jump in Berniemarino 728 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,800 Speaker 6: dot com if they could throw in five, ten, twenty 729 00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,279 Speaker 6: five bucks. We need all the money we can get 730 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,239 Speaker 6: to make certain that we don't get out spent and 731 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 6: lose our edge in the last eleven days. 732 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,920 Speaker 2: Okay, you have the ability and all of the Ohio 733 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,960 Speaker 2: voters do to not only put Trump in the White House, 734 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,840 Speaker 2: and we expect Trump to win Ohio comfortably. 735 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,760 Speaker 4: But the only way that you don't win. 736 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,880 Speaker 2: Is if there are a lot of split ticket voters. 737 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 2: Is that fair to you? 738 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 7: Say? 739 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:04,400 Speaker 2: Part one? Part two? What would you say to anyone 740 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:08,920 Speaker 2: out there that is voting Trump but not voting for you? 741 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 2: Aren't they basically just handcuffing the guy they want to 742 00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:13,360 Speaker 2: be president. 743 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,439 Speaker 6: What's even worse because if you vote for President Trump 744 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,360 Speaker 6: because you like him, he like his agenda. You know 745 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,759 Speaker 6: he's going to get this country back on track. And 746 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,480 Speaker 6: if you either don't vote for me or heaven forbid, 747 00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,360 Speaker 6: vote for Sharon Brown, you're handing him Chuck Schumer. And 748 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 6: Chuck Schumer will stab him at the back and every turn, 749 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:31,520 Speaker 6: just like he did for four years. He'll probably impeach 750 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 6: him within the first sixty days. So you have to 751 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,040 Speaker 6: vote for President Trump, you have to vote for me, 752 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,880 Speaker 6: Bernie Marino for the United States Senate, go all the 753 00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:40,800 Speaker 6: way down to ticket. Look, this has got to be 754 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:44,360 Speaker 6: a full throttled Republican ticket. Don't just stop at Trump, 755 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,920 Speaker 6: don't just stop at me. This is a critical lesson, 756 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,960 Speaker 6: and we got to win by a mile. You know, 757 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,879 Speaker 6: China has got diplomats all over the world telling people 758 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,920 Speaker 6: that America's gone, America's gone declined. They point to the 759 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 6: fact that we can't even define what a woman is 760 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,600 Speaker 6: as proof that America's country in decay. We have to 761 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,800 Speaker 6: show a resounding victory in November fifth that makes certain 762 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 6: that we know that the world knows that America is 763 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,000 Speaker 6: back and that we're not going to go into communism 764 00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,879 Speaker 6: or socialism. We're going to restore American principles. 765 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:21,160 Speaker 1: Bernie, how is the Brown campaign trying to position itself? Well, 766 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,680 Speaker 1: first off, I mean, is your opponent making sure that 767 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:28,040 Speaker 1: there's distance between himself and the eyes of the Ohio 768 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:34,440 Speaker 1: electorate and Kamala's campaign? And also, what if anything is 769 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,359 Speaker 1: he offering as the economic agenda that he signs onto. 770 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,640 Speaker 1: I mean, because as far as I understand that Kamala 771 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 1: are price control still in the mix, and no one 772 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,440 Speaker 1: even knows what Kamala's economic agenda is. So what does 773 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,759 Speaker 1: Sharon Brown say he wants to sign on for? 774 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,880 Speaker 6: Well, he is running basically the same campaign as Kamala Harris. 775 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:56,919 Speaker 6: Totally fraudulent. They pretend they're moderates, they preturn they're bipartisan, 776 00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,160 Speaker 6: they talk about joy. Of course, they have nothing to 777 00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:03,920 Speaker 6: run on because their policies are absolutely abominable. I mean, 778 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:06,280 Speaker 6: they've led the higher prices, they've led to an open 779 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 6: border instability all of the world, ev mandates and assault 780 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,399 Speaker 6: on American energy. So all they can do is lie. 781 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 6: He lies about me, disparaging ads one after the other, 782 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,759 Speaker 6: completely false. He's got the Ohio media supporting them. So look, 783 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,200 Speaker 6: what we're running on is very simple. Look at the 784 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:24,399 Speaker 6: four years that President Trump was in office, and it's 785 00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,640 Speaker 6: going to be even better. We're going to restore many 786 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,440 Speaker 6: manufacturing here in Ohio. We're going to unleash American energy. 787 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,680 Speaker 6: We're going to be a dominant player and energy. We're 788 00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:34,799 Speaker 6: gonna have peace around the world. We're gonna have a 789 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:38,960 Speaker 6: secure border. We're going to absolutely expel anybody in this 790 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,720 Speaker 6: country who isn't supposed to be here because that's common sense. 791 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:44,920 Speaker 6: These are the things that we're gonna do. This is 792 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,200 Speaker 6: what they're afraid of. So look, everybody that you can 793 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,920 Speaker 6: go on. Berniemarino dot com and help us out. But 794 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,200 Speaker 6: this last eleven days is critical. 795 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,640 Speaker 2: Bernie, what are you seeing on early vote? I know 796 00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,440 Speaker 2: Ohio is relatively recent, but we hear from a lot 797 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,560 Speaker 2: of people all over Ohio with early voting that Republican 798 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:05,000 Speaker 2: turnout is strong there. What is the data telling you? 799 00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,560 Speaker 2: And what would you tell people listening right now? Do 800 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,280 Speaker 2: you want them out at the polls as early as possible? 801 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:12,160 Speaker 2: What can they do to best help you. 802 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,239 Speaker 6: Whatever you're doing right now, if you can go vote, 803 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,720 Speaker 6: go to your county Board of Elections and cast your vote. 804 00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:22,279 Speaker 6: Republicans are voting at higher numbers early than Democrats are. 805 00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,280 Speaker 6: We've had about two and a half weeks of early voting. 806 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:26,600 Speaker 6: We have about a week and a half left. Go 807 00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:29,480 Speaker 6: bank your vote. It saves us a fortune. We don't 808 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,080 Speaker 6: have to knock on your door, we don't have to 809 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,920 Speaker 6: send you text we don't have to send you emails. 810 00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,879 Speaker 6: It's extremely important that we banked that vote. The weather 811 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,319 Speaker 6: here in Ohio is beautiful, spectacular. We don't know what 812 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:43,080 Speaker 6: November fifth is going to look like. Go bank your vote, 813 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,920 Speaker 6: and you know what, guys, go vote eleven times, vote 814 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:49,600 Speaker 6: yourself and bring ten people with you. Bring ten friends, Hey, 815 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,239 Speaker 6: let's jump in the car. Let's go vote early. Let's 816 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:55,280 Speaker 6: get it done. If this sticks, If this early voting 817 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,680 Speaker 6: numbers that we're seeing stick, this is going to be 818 00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,840 Speaker 6: a big election. And again it needs to be so 819 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 6: go vote early. 820 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,319 Speaker 1: What's top of the agenda for you, Bernie, if you're 821 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:09,560 Speaker 1: in a new Senate with a President Trump sitting atop 822 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:13,080 Speaker 1: the executive branch and a Republican majority in the House. 823 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:14,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I know you've got to work with your 824 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,759 Speaker 1: Senate colleagues and the Trump administration two point zero to 825 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,239 Speaker 1: get things done. But what would you like to see 826 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:24,759 Speaker 1: at the absolute forefront, because that's going to come up 827 00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:26,279 Speaker 1: in just a few months if you win, which we 828 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:26,799 Speaker 1: know you will. 829 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,200 Speaker 6: Look, we have to make certain that we respect with 830 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:30,720 Speaker 6: the jobs. 831 00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:31,160 Speaker 7: All about. 832 00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:33,239 Speaker 6: This is a job where I'm asking to be hired 833 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,239 Speaker 6: by the people of Ohio to represent them in Washington, DC. 834 00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:39,400 Speaker 6: So all about if we use taxpayer dollars to benefit America, 835 00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,279 Speaker 6: to benefit our fellow citizens, not put the interest of 836 00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:45,719 Speaker 6: foreign nationals in foreign countries ahead of Americans. It means 837 00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:49,000 Speaker 6: securing our border, It means lowering prices, It means that 838 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,480 Speaker 6: we have pieces stability around the world, that we let 839 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,799 Speaker 6: people buy whatever the heck they want to buy with 840 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,319 Speaker 6: their own money, that the government doesn't tell us what 841 00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 6: to do or how to live our lives. That we 842 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,640 Speaker 6: defend the Second Amendment. These are the things that are 843 00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:04,200 Speaker 6: on the ticket. This is what it's all about. I look, 844 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,000 Speaker 6: I was at a charter school called Matter Academy here 845 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,279 Speaker 6: in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this week. I went into a 846 00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,920 Speaker 6: classroom of first graders. These are five six year olds. 847 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,480 Speaker 6: They recognized me. They said, Hey, you're Bernie Marino. You're 848 00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:18,279 Speaker 6: running against Sharon Brown. And the one kid raises his 849 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:21,200 Speaker 6: hand and goes and Sharon Brown is just too liberal 850 00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:21,800 Speaker 6: for Ohio. 851 00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:23,480 Speaker 4: Six year old gets it. 852 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,520 Speaker 6: I think the voters are Ohio get it. 853 00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:29,279 Speaker 2: You mentioned being people raising money and helping you as 854 00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:32,280 Speaker 2: best they can. Berniemarno dot com I think is the website. 855 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:36,040 Speaker 2: Buck and I were just talking about off air Republicans 856 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:40,160 Speaker 2: are being outspent, including President Trump, on the airwaves by 857 00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:43,440 Speaker 2: a substantial margin. What does it tell us about the 858 00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:47,400 Speaker 2: better side of the argument that even with Democrats pouring 859 00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:51,560 Speaker 2: more money into the races, that Republicans are surging. 860 00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:53,919 Speaker 6: Well, we have the better ideas, We have the better 861 00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:56,280 Speaker 6: track record. We're on the side of the American people. 862 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,799 Speaker 6: They have an abysmal track record. They're on the side of, 863 00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:01,920 Speaker 6: you know, foreign countries that hate us. They're on the 864 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,520 Speaker 6: side of illegal immigrants. They are on the side of 865 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:08,360 Speaker 6: just burning our taxpayer dollars, not respecting the US citizens, 866 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,120 Speaker 6: not respecting law and order. I'm proud to have the 867 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:14,640 Speaker 6: Border Patrol Agents Union endorse me. Look, this is about 868 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:18,120 Speaker 6: the machine versus we the people, and we have to win. 869 00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,520 Speaker 6: The machine's got a lot more money the machine does. 870 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,880 Speaker 6: We have to recognize that. But everybody's got to step up. 871 00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,120 Speaker 6: We got to vote and treat the selection like our 872 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:27,799 Speaker 6: country depends on it, because it does. 873 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:32,279 Speaker 1: Bernie, what's that website again? And all Ohioans get out 874 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:33,960 Speaker 1: there vote early. What can they do if they're going 875 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:35,080 Speaker 1: to go online and pitch in? 876 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,360 Speaker 6: So it's Bernie Marino, m R EO dot com. We 877 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:42,360 Speaker 6: need all the help we can get. Look, all hands 878 00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:46,080 Speaker 6: on deck. We're going to remember the selection for a generation. 879 00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:49,440 Speaker 6: This is the election where America decided it stands for 880 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:54,880 Speaker 6: its founding principles, peace, prosperity, individual liberty, hard work and 881 00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:58,520 Speaker 6: merit versus a darkness of socialism. 882 00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:04,239 Speaker 3: You're listening to twenty four The Most Important Tier in 883 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:07,320 Speaker 3: Politics with Clay Travis end Bock Sexton. 884 00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,400 Speaker 2: We head out now to the state of Nevada, where 885 00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:17,440 Speaker 2: Republicans are showing up in massive numbers. Right now early voting, 886 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:23,040 Speaker 2: twenty four thousand more Republicans have voted than Democrats. And 887 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:25,520 Speaker 2: I bet this guy knows a little bit about how 888 00:45:25,560 --> 00:45:29,400 Speaker 2: all that's going. From a more data detail oriented position, 889 00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,719 Speaker 2: he is Captain Sam Brown. We want all of you 890 00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,520 Speaker 2: to go vote for him as he is running for 891 00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:38,040 Speaker 2: the Senate in Nevada. And Captain Brown, appreciate the time. 892 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:41,239 Speaker 2: I know you're sprinting through the finish line here, but 893 00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:44,520 Speaker 2: what are you seeing right now as early voting is 894 00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,440 Speaker 2: underway in Nevada? What is the data telling you? 895 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:51,880 Speaker 7: Thanks? Thanks for having me on. And yes, this is 896 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:54,640 Speaker 7: a sprint, but the data is showing that this is 897 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:58,080 Speaker 7: a historic turnout. When I say historic, I mean in 898 00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:04,200 Speaker 7: the last twenty years, Republicans have never led during early vote. 899 00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:07,600 Speaker 7: Let me just underscore that Republicans have never led and 900 00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:11,680 Speaker 7: every day of early vote, Republicans are gaining more and 901 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:15,600 Speaker 7: more ground and building our lead. We have won in 902 00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:19,520 Speaker 7: the past on election day, but to go. You know, 903 00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,080 Speaker 7: we keep this trend up, we'll go into election day 904 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,399 Speaker 7: with a margin that I just don't think there's any 905 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:27,839 Speaker 7: way the Democrats we'll be able to catch back up. 906 00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:31,520 Speaker 7: And in one way President Trump put it was when 907 00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:35,120 Speaker 7: he wins Nevada, he wins the White House. The same 908 00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:39,480 Speaker 7: is true in my race against very liberal Harry Reid 909 00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:44,040 Speaker 7: protege Jackie Rosen. When I beat Jackie Rosen, Republicans are 910 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:47,680 Speaker 7: guaranteed to take back the Senate majority and ensure that 911 00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:50,840 Speaker 7: we can get in America first Agenda passed through Congress. 912 00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,520 Speaker 1: Hey, Sam, thank you so much for being with us, 913 00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,040 Speaker 1: and of course thank you for your service, sir, for 914 00:46:56,160 --> 00:47:00,400 Speaker 1: the country. The difference in Nevada this time around them, 915 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,000 Speaker 1: if you were just to kind of encapsulate the mindset 916 00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:07,480 Speaker 1: of the voters in your state this time versus let's 917 00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:11,799 Speaker 1: say twenty twenty and twenty sixteen, it's looking good for Republicans. 918 00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:15,560 Speaker 1: As you noted, how much of that is just Kamala 919 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:18,480 Speaker 1: Harris is a pretty uniquely awful candidate. And how much 920 00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:21,959 Speaker 1: is they're sick of the Democrat machinery. They want Donald 921 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,040 Speaker 1: Trump back. I mean, just I just wonder if you 922 00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:25,560 Speaker 1: can give us a snapshot. I'll be hond I haven't 923 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:27,080 Speaker 1: been in Avata this year, so I'm going to be 924 00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:28,120 Speaker 1: there next year pretty early. 925 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:31,799 Speaker 7: What are people saying, Yeah, yeah, I mean, I'll tell 926 00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,839 Speaker 7: you this. I think there's a couple of factors going on. 927 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:37,120 Speaker 7: And one is, you know, it wasn't that long ago 928 00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:39,480 Speaker 7: that we had President Trump in the White House and 929 00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:44,880 Speaker 7: people were doing much better economically, We had a secure border, 930 00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:49,080 Speaker 7: we didn't have you know, no new wars were started. 931 00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:52,160 Speaker 7: We weren't you know, in these kind of endless war situations. 932 00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:57,320 Speaker 7: We were seeing peace in the Middle East achieved. So 933 00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:01,439 Speaker 7: we don't have a two distant memory of a much 934 00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:04,400 Speaker 7: better life than we've had these last four years. And 935 00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:06,920 Speaker 7: so the way that you know, if I'm going to 936 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,120 Speaker 7: kind of put on my professorial hat for a moment, 937 00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:12,840 Speaker 7: because you've got such an intelligent audience here, I know 938 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:19,600 Speaker 7: they can keep track. Republicans are extremely motivated to turn 939 00:48:19,640 --> 00:48:24,880 Speaker 7: out independence are you know, and they're kind of our classic, 940 00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:29,400 Speaker 7: you know, swing voters. They remember what things were like 941 00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:32,320 Speaker 7: under President Company. They've been negatively impact I'll puting you 942 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:36,120 Speaker 7: this way. The average household here is paying twelve hundred 943 00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:39,399 Speaker 7: dollars a month more now than we were four years ago. 944 00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:41,759 Speaker 7: We've got a lot of folks who can't afford to 945 00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:45,200 Speaker 7: buy a home now that they could have bought four 946 00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:49,160 Speaker 7: or five years ago. And so the swing voters know 947 00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:52,440 Speaker 7: that and they're voting, and we're seeing breaking in the polls. 948 00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:56,759 Speaker 7: Independent are are pulling ahead for Trump and for me 949 00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:59,520 Speaker 7: in the Senate race, and the Democrats. I do think 950 00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:02,759 Speaker 7: there's just a lack of motivation. Tama Harris is a 951 00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:05,640 Speaker 7: uniquely terrible candidate. 952 00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:07,640 Speaker 6: She can't even make an. 953 00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:09,880 Speaker 7: Argument for herself. She can't tell you one thing that 954 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:14,759 Speaker 7: she would do differently Joe Biden. She can't answer softball 955 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:19,000 Speaker 7: questions from CNN in any sort of intelligent way. So 956 00:49:19,160 --> 00:49:21,440 Speaker 7: I think that, you know, the right sort of Democrat 957 00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:25,239 Speaker 7: candidate could still motivate someone to come out. I don't 958 00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:28,560 Speaker 7: know anyone who's excited to vote for her as a Democrat. 959 00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,880 Speaker 2: Sam, if I remember correctly, the last time you were on, 960 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,560 Speaker 2: you said your mom has great taste in media and 961 00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:36,520 Speaker 2: listens to the show. So I want you to get 962 00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:39,360 Speaker 2: a chance to say hi to her. But I'm curious, 963 00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:43,160 Speaker 2: just from a human human perspective, my mom blows my 964 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:46,200 Speaker 2: text messages up all the time about what we do. 965 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:49,279 Speaker 2: What's it like to run for the Senate? Like does 966 00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:51,600 Speaker 2: your mom is she always like, hey, you were great 967 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,000 Speaker 2: in this, or you need to do more of this. 968 00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:55,839 Speaker 2: What's it like to have a mom who is plugged in? 969 00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,359 Speaker 2: Like it sounds like your mom is. And I'll give 970 00:49:58,400 --> 00:49:59,880 Speaker 2: you a chance to say hi to her, and we 971 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:01,239 Speaker 2: thank her for listening as well. 972 00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:06,960 Speaker 7: Yeah, no, uh mom, moms are incredible. And and mother, 973 00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,800 Speaker 7: I know you texted me this morning that you're looking 974 00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:13,279 Speaker 7: forward to me being on the show, and uh, you know, 975 00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,839 Speaker 7: just just love you. But look here, here's the way 976 00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:19,840 Speaker 7: that my mother and I relationship works. And you know 977 00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:23,440 Speaker 7: we're we're really really close and we don't even have 978 00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:26,560 Speaker 7: to talk all the time to be close. Son. You know, 979 00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:29,320 Speaker 7: she she spent those first six months with me after 980 00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:31,840 Speaker 7: I got blown up. This is before you know, I 981 00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:34,640 Speaker 7: met Amy, my my wife now the last fifteen years, 982 00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:36,880 Speaker 7: and she hear and my mother kind of did this 983 00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,359 Speaker 7: hand off after I met Amy and and my mother 984 00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:43,040 Speaker 7: after six months returned back home and Amy kind of, 985 00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:45,840 Speaker 7: you know, we got married and she took over my 986 00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:51,120 Speaker 7: recovery period. But she's always been close and has kind 987 00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:53,760 Speaker 7: of followed me. Uh see she does text me often. 988 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:56,560 Speaker 7: But the most important thing is she praised. She praised 989 00:50:56,600 --> 00:51:00,799 Speaker 7: a lot and and we have that common bonded of 990 00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:04,520 Speaker 7: faith and uh and so I'm just really grateful for her. 991 00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:07,279 Speaker 7: And I'll I'll go another step further. You know, this 992 00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:11,880 Speaker 7: is just about my mother or my wife. I believe 993 00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:15,759 Speaker 7: that this election, the women of this country will be 994 00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:18,440 Speaker 7: the deciding factor, and not because of the reasons that 995 00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:26,120 Speaker 7: the Democrats think, because we have so many strong moms, wives, grandma's, 996 00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:30,080 Speaker 7: you know, sisters out there that they see what's happening. 997 00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:34,640 Speaker 7: They see the attack on this country. Uh there, you know, 998 00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:37,279 Speaker 7: many of them are are are the ones who are 999 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:40,719 Speaker 7: you know, you know, checking the tech books, seeing how 1000 00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:42,640 Speaker 7: much is left in the bank account, going to the 1001 00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:45,839 Speaker 7: grocery stores. Some are sadly having to put groceries back 1002 00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:50,880 Speaker 7: on the shelves. They see the attack of our boarder, 1003 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:55,239 Speaker 7: they see the attack you know, women women's sports. I mean, 1004 00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:58,040 Speaker 7: we've got a situation here at the University of Nevada 1005 00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:00,520 Speaker 7: at Reno where the girls of volleyball team had to 1006 00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:02,520 Speaker 7: stand up for themselves and say we're not going to 1007 00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:04,160 Speaker 7: play against biological mails. 1008 00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:07,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'm glad you brought that up for people 1009 00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:09,760 Speaker 2: out there who were not paying attention to this. Because OutKick, 1010 00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:12,040 Speaker 2: the site that I sold to Fox a couple of 1011 00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:14,520 Speaker 2: years ago, we've been driving this Riley games. Who a 1012 00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:18,200 Speaker 2: lot of people know what's happening in Nevada that the 1013 00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:21,080 Speaker 2: Democrats are trying to do to these girls who were saying, no, 1014 00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:23,799 Speaker 2: we're not going to play against a boy who is 1015 00:52:23,880 --> 00:52:26,319 Speaker 2: identifying as a girl. I believe on the San Jose 1016 00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:29,799 Speaker 2: State University volleyball team, you are really plugged in with 1017 00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:31,680 Speaker 2: that story. I saw you just tweeting about it. 1018 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:35,000 Speaker 7: Yeah. No, I mean, look, first, I me just say 1019 00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:39,880 Speaker 7: how proud I am of these young women, these these athletes, 1020 00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:42,680 Speaker 7: for standing up for themselves. There is so much pressure 1021 00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:44,840 Speaker 7: you wouldn't believe the amount of pressure they are under 1022 00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:49,920 Speaker 7: to just conform and accept that biological males should be 1023 00:52:49,960 --> 00:52:52,920 Speaker 7: allowed to compete in their sport. But they've taken a 1024 00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:57,839 Speaker 7: stand when we have you know, politicians or you know, 1025 00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:03,360 Speaker 7: even leadership of the university hiding behind you know, laws 1026 00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:06,440 Speaker 7: that they are saying, you know, protect this. The reality 1027 00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:09,000 Speaker 7: is one of the laws here in the state of 1028 00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:15,520 Speaker 7: Nevada that was passed the Democrat Senate majority leader and 1029 00:53:15,600 --> 00:53:17,560 Speaker 7: test the money about the law before it was passed 1030 00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:21,840 Speaker 7: that no, no, no, this this wouldn't actually cover this situation, 1031 00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:25,359 Speaker 7: but they want to hide behind that now. And these 1032 00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:28,360 Speaker 7: women are standing up for themselves. They are forfeiting a 1033 00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:31,560 Speaker 7: game that could impact their standing or will impact their 1034 00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:34,239 Speaker 7: standing in the conference, but they're willing to do that 1035 00:53:34,800 --> 00:53:39,560 Speaker 7: for future women athletes. And I think this is clearly 1036 00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:41,200 Speaker 7: the right thing to do. And an amazing thing is 1037 00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:45,919 Speaker 7: we had one Senate debate. The moderators brought this up 1038 00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:49,839 Speaker 7: to my opponent, Senator Jackie Rosen, and the amazing thing 1039 00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:51,600 Speaker 7: is she said, you know what, I think this is 1040 00:53:51,640 --> 00:53:54,400 Speaker 7: an issue that should be handled at a local level 1041 00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:59,040 Speaker 7: by the universities or conferences. This is something this isn't 1042 00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:01,840 Speaker 7: something that D see the politicians ought to get into. 1043 00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:05,560 Speaker 7: And I looked at her. I was shocked, and I said, 1044 00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:08,719 Speaker 7: oh my goodness, we finally found the one thing that 1045 00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:11,680 Speaker 7: Senator Rosen doesn't think the federal government should be involved in. 1046 00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:14,799 Speaker 7: But she doesn't even have the decency to admit what 1047 00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:18,080 Speaker 7: we all know is common sense that when men play 1048 00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:22,960 Speaker 7: in women's sports, it's not safe, it's not fair, and 1049 00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,360 Speaker 7: there's also an element of a lack of privacy. This 1050 00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:28,200 Speaker 7: should be expected. This is the common sense thing to do, 1051 00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:31,400 Speaker 7: is say that men should not be playing in women's sports. 1052 00:54:31,640 --> 00:54:36,000 Speaker 7: And she couldn't do it. But look, it's an important 1053 00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:39,440 Speaker 7: issue here, it's an important issue nationally, it's an important 1054 00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:43,520 Speaker 7: issue for women. And if folks in this audience want 1055 00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:46,520 Speaker 7: to help us, you know, as we are surging in 1056 00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:49,360 Speaker 7: the polls right now, they go to send in Sam 1057 00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:53,319 Speaker 7: dot com. Everything helps, and Chuck Schumer believes that he's 1058 00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:55,680 Speaker 7: about to lose this race because he just put another 1059 00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:57,560 Speaker 7: four and a half million dollars into a race that 1060 00:54:57,600 --> 00:55:01,720 Speaker 7: they were already up spending us three to one. Sam. 1061 00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:05,280 Speaker 1: We certainly hope that Nevada's are going to come forward 1062 00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:09,200 Speaker 1: and do the right, the smart, and the wise thing 1063 00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:12,200 Speaker 1: here and put you forward into Congress. I just wonder, 1064 00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:13,719 Speaker 1: you know, we've been talking a lot on the show 1065 00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:18,799 Speaker 1: about the masculinity deficit that the Democrats are facing, and 1066 00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:22,000 Speaker 1: they recognize this right that and the fact even that 1067 00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:26,160 Speaker 1: today Kamala's in Texas doing a podcast and not doing 1068 00:55:26,200 --> 00:55:28,920 Speaker 1: Joe Rogan's podcast is I think just one example of this. 1069 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:31,800 Speaker 1: To do a much smaller podcast that's kind of women 1070 00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:36,440 Speaker 1: and feelings focused. You are a Purple Heart recipient, a 1071 00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:39,759 Speaker 1: combat veteran. And when we start to think about I 1072 00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:41,680 Speaker 1: know that this is not an ironclad rule. I'm sure 1073 00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:45,640 Speaker 1: there are Democrats who served honorably in combat as well 1074 00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:47,680 Speaker 1: who are going to be running or have run in 1075 00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:50,319 Speaker 1: the past. But we look down the list and you've 1076 00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:52,520 Speaker 1: got guys like you got all these former spec cops, 1077 00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:55,520 Speaker 1: guys everybody who seems to have had bullets flying over 1078 00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:57,759 Speaker 1: their heads in the war zones runs as a Republican. 1079 00:55:57,840 --> 00:55:58,759 Speaker 1: Why do you think that is? 1080 00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:06,200 Speaker 7: You know, I think that I'll speak for myself. I 1081 00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:10,240 Speaker 7: know what sacrifice to this country looks like. I've lost 1082 00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:15,600 Speaker 7: lost soldiers, friends. You know, my my own family his 1083 00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:20,000 Speaker 7: has seen deployments from my father, two of my brothers. 1084 00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:22,959 Speaker 7: My wife went to Iraq, obviously, I went to Afghanistan. 1085 00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:25,960 Speaker 7: And we realized that there's a cost to freedom. There's 1086 00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:29,200 Speaker 7: a cost to the United States of America being a 1087 00:56:29,239 --> 00:56:31,799 Speaker 7: place that we that we think of as you know, 1088 00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:34,879 Speaker 7: offering an American dream that that people from all over 1089 00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:39,200 Speaker 7: the world want to immigrate to. But but the the 1090 00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:42,359 Speaker 7: left wants to dismantle the thing that makes the United 1091 00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:45,600 Speaker 7: States unique, makes it great, and we have to fight 1092 00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:50,680 Speaker 7: to preserve it. That's that's it's the the the ideology 1093 00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:52,480 Speaker 7: of the left and the right are just totally different. 1094 00:56:52,719 --> 00:56:56,759 Speaker 7: And I think that's why we see this because we 1095 00:56:56,760 --> 00:57:01,160 Speaker 7: we combat folks, understand the cost and the sacrifice of it. 1096 00:57:01,160 --> 00:57:03,359 Speaker 7: And look, let me just say this. I've got friends 1097 00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:06,840 Speaker 7: who are Democrats. They were also combat vets in good people, 1098 00:57:07,239 --> 00:57:08,879 Speaker 7: and I'll say this, I think one of the things 1099 00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:12,840 Speaker 7: that we'll save this country is not just conservatives getting 1100 00:57:12,840 --> 00:57:15,600 Speaker 7: in office. I think we're at the edge of a 1101 00:57:15,719 --> 00:57:19,560 Speaker 7: wave of global war on terror, kind of post nine 1102 00:57:19,560 --> 00:57:23,280 Speaker 7: to eleven veterans getting in office, even Democrats. And I'm 1103 00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:26,120 Speaker 7: looking forward to that because, look, there's some places Republicans 1104 00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:29,160 Speaker 7: won't win, but if we can get the right sort 1105 00:57:29,160 --> 00:57:34,120 Speaker 7: of service minded democrats in office, and I love veterans, 1106 00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:36,720 Speaker 7: I think that we've got the mentality to be able 1107 00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:40,480 Speaker 7: to work together, to look at a bigger mission than ourselves, 1108 00:57:41,160 --> 00:57:43,920 Speaker 7: even in the party, and do the right thing. And 1109 00:57:44,680 --> 00:57:47,959 Speaker 7: obviously I'm for Republicans, but in those places where only 1110 00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:50,840 Speaker 7: Democrats are going to win, man, I sure hope that 1111 00:57:50,840 --> 00:57:52,800 Speaker 7: we can get some more post nine to eleven veterans 1112 00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:54,120 Speaker 7: in office. 1113 00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:58,160 Speaker 2: Get out vote for him. Captain Sam Brown, Nevada. You 1114 00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,120 Speaker 2: guys are pouring to the polls to twenty four thousand 1115 00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:04,840 Speaker 2: more Republicans so far have voted than Democrats. Put him 1116 00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:07,760 Speaker 2: in the Senate and go ahead and retire, Jackie Rosen. 1117 00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:10,840 Speaker 2: Tell your mom we said, Hi, Sam, we appreciate our 1118 00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:12,959 Speaker 2: listening and we look forward to talking to you after 1119 00:58:13,000 --> 00:58:13,480 Speaker 2: your election. 1120 00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:16,560 Speaker 7: Thank you so much. Go to send in Sam dot 1121 00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:22,360 Speaker 7: com to support Today. 1122 00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:24,280 Speaker 3: You're listening to twenty four The Most Important Tier in 1123 00:58:24,360 --> 00:58:27,720 Speaker 3: Politics with Clay Travis ad Box Sexton. 1124 00:58:29,120 --> 00:58:32,480 Speaker 2: To Michigan, my wife's home state. I was just there 1125 00:58:32,480 --> 00:58:34,720 Speaker 2: a couple of weeks ago, and I saw many of 1126 00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:38,480 Speaker 2: this man's ads running during football games I was watching. 1127 00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:41,400 Speaker 2: He is Mike Rodgers and he is running for Senate 1128 00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:44,720 Speaker 2: in Michigan. Mike, we appreciate you taking the time. Where 1129 00:58:44,760 --> 00:58:47,400 Speaker 2: are you in the state right now? And what are 1130 00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:50,720 Speaker 2: you seeing? Two weeks from election day? 1131 00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:53,160 Speaker 8: So we're seeing tons of momentum. I'm in the town 1132 00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:57,600 Speaker 8: called Okamus, Michigan. We're having a bit of an event 1133 00:58:57,880 --> 00:59:01,320 Speaker 8: today with a large industry here in all their employees 1134 00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:05,040 Speaker 8: and listen, we're just seeing auton of momentum. People are 1135 00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:07,800 Speaker 8: starting to come home and so That's why you see 1136 00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:11,280 Speaker 8: all the polls tightening, and they're starting to realize that 1137 00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:14,200 Speaker 8: the Democrats are just in the kind of implosion mode. 1138 00:59:14,240 --> 00:59:17,560 Speaker 8: My opponent is now thought that Trump was the end 1139 00:59:17,560 --> 00:59:20,680 Speaker 8: of democracy. Now talking about Trump and her campaign ads, 1140 00:59:21,520 --> 00:59:24,240 Speaker 8: it just tells you the direction that they're going and 1141 00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:26,920 Speaker 8: how far they'll go to say just about anything to 1142 00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:29,120 Speaker 8: get elected. And I think that is actually helping us 1143 00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:33,480 Speaker 8: Amongst independents. We're doing well amongst black men in the state, 1144 00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:39,040 Speaker 8: we're doing well with Muslims, and we are just killing 1145 00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:41,880 Speaker 8: it amongst auto workers because they know that Democrats have 1146 00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:43,920 Speaker 8: just nearly killed the auto industry. 1147 00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:46,800 Speaker 1: Here, Mike, appreciate you being with us. I saw some 1148 00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:52,240 Speaker 1: polling data out yesterday that actually showed Arab Americans. I 1149 00:59:52,240 --> 00:59:56,680 Speaker 1: think it was in Michigan specifically breaking for Trump by 1150 00:59:56,720 --> 01:00:00,200 Speaker 1: a pretty solid majority. Is that lining up with what 1151 01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:02,439 Speaker 1: you are seeing within the stay, because one would thinks 1152 01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:05,160 Speaker 1: that would have a lot of down ballid implications given 1153 01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:06,720 Speaker 1: how many Muslims live in Michigan. 1154 01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:12,160 Speaker 8: Yeah, it's a very significant voting block. And what's significant 1155 01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:14,880 Speaker 8: about it in this case is that this is a 1156 01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:19,560 Speaker 8: voting block that was traditionally the Democrats just counted on. 1157 01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:22,680 Speaker 8: They didn't work very hard at it, and they automatically 1158 01:00:22,720 --> 01:00:25,720 Speaker 8: assumed that they would get the Arab Muslim vote here, 1159 01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:29,040 Speaker 8: and for a large part of it they did. And 1160 01:00:29,080 --> 01:00:31,240 Speaker 8: so you know those three coalitions. I just talked about 1161 01:00:31,320 --> 01:00:35,240 Speaker 8: Arab Muslims, their coalition falling apart the Democrats. Same with 1162 01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:38,240 Speaker 8: auto workers. I know that the union leadership went one way. 1163 01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:41,440 Speaker 8: The members who actually build things in America come in 1164 01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:44,000 Speaker 8: our way. And same with black males. They are just 1165 01:00:44,080 --> 01:00:45,880 Speaker 8: kind of throwing up their hands. Sand I've been doing 1166 01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:48,360 Speaker 8: this over and over and over again. They keep telling 1167 01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:51,960 Speaker 8: us there for us, and we nothing happens. And so 1168 01:00:52,360 --> 01:00:54,640 Speaker 8: we're going to do our traditional coalitions and they are 1169 01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:57,360 Speaker 8: very strong, and the coalitions that normally vote for the 1170 01:00:57,360 --> 01:00:58,800 Speaker 8: Democrats are all fractured. 1171 01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:00,080 Speaker 7: And now you know why. 1172 01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:01,080 Speaker 6: We're going to win in November. 1173 01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:03,640 Speaker 2: Mike, you hit on something that I think is really 1174 01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:06,280 Speaker 2: important because it's happening not only in Michigan but also 1175 01:01:06,360 --> 01:01:10,480 Speaker 2: Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. That is, Democrats Senate candidates there are 1176 01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:14,160 Speaker 2: putting Donald Trump in their ads and saying they're going 1177 01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:17,960 Speaker 2: to work with Trump. I'm betting you are not putting 1178 01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:20,960 Speaker 2: Kamala in your ads and saying you are going to 1179 01:01:21,040 --> 01:01:23,800 Speaker 2: work with Kamala. Isn't that a pretty good sign that 1180 01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:27,280 Speaker 2: she's not doing that well? That the Democrats want Trump 1181 01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:29,120 Speaker 2: and theirs. And I bet the only thing you'll have 1182 01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:32,480 Speaker 2: in Kabala in your ads is what a disaster shall be. 1183 01:01:33,800 --> 01:01:34,040 Speaker 6: Yeah. 1184 01:01:34,080 --> 01:01:36,640 Speaker 8: Completely. I mean if you look at the fact that 1185 01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:39,240 Speaker 8: people are having a hard time, you know, paying for groceries, 1186 01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:42,160 Speaker 8: and some families are just telling me these heart wrenching 1187 01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:44,439 Speaker 8: stories about having to go to the food pantry last 1188 01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:45,920 Speaker 8: two and three days of the month to feed their 1189 01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:49,280 Speaker 8: kids because the prices have gone up so much. People 1190 01:01:49,280 --> 01:01:53,280 Speaker 8: aren't forgiving the Biden, Harris and Slatka, and they've been 1191 01:01:53,320 --> 01:01:55,680 Speaker 8: there for the four years. They've helped pause the problems. 1192 01:01:55,720 --> 01:01:58,240 Speaker 8: She voted one hundred percent with this. People are starting 1193 01:01:58,240 --> 01:01:59,520 Speaker 8: to wake up and think, you know what, I just 1194 01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:03,240 Speaker 8: can't take this anymore. And so you know, listen, I 1195 01:02:03,320 --> 01:02:06,280 Speaker 8: would work with anybody, but the problem is you can't 1196 01:02:07,120 --> 01:02:10,960 Speaker 8: use their agenda and justify another four years. You just cannot. 1197 01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:13,320 Speaker 8: And so they're not talking about issues. They've spent the 1198 01:02:13,400 --> 01:02:16,360 Speaker 8: last six months with false negative ads, and what we've 1199 01:02:16,360 --> 01:02:18,960 Speaker 8: found that false six months doesn't make up for six 1200 01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:21,960 Speaker 8: years of bad policy by my opponent, in certainly four 1201 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:24,080 Speaker 8: years of the Biden Harris administration. 1202 01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:27,400 Speaker 1: I know, when you're in your time in Congress, you 1203 01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:30,360 Speaker 1: we're chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. I'm just wondering 1204 01:02:31,000 --> 01:02:35,560 Speaker 1: if national security has been playing a large role, you know. 1205 01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:38,800 Speaker 1: I know, economy immigration are probably one and two right, economy, 1206 01:02:38,840 --> 01:02:41,920 Speaker 1: immigration and all the polling. But is national security and 1207 01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:46,640 Speaker 1: the Biden administration's handling of whether it's Ukraine, Afghanistan pull out, 1208 01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:51,200 Speaker 1: you know, Israel and Hamas, is that something that outside 1209 01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:55,280 Speaker 1: We were just talking about the Muslim American contingent within Michigan, 1210 01:02:55,280 --> 01:02:58,800 Speaker 1: but outside of that group statewide? Is national security something 1211 01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:01,720 Speaker 1: that is a for the Democrats right now? Or is 1212 01:03:01,760 --> 01:03:04,000 Speaker 1: there not much of a focus on it beyond the 1213 01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:06,360 Speaker 1: implications of the border in national security? 1214 01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:10,160 Speaker 8: Yeah, not a big topic. I mean, obviously I spent 1215 01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:12,800 Speaker 8: a long time dealing with all of those issues, including 1216 01:03:12,840 --> 01:03:16,560 Speaker 8: how we recontain Iran, it just doesn't come up all 1217 01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:18,480 Speaker 8: that often. I mean, when you can't put food on 1218 01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:22,920 Speaker 8: your table, when these eed mandates are just absolutely killing 1219 01:03:22,960 --> 01:03:25,680 Speaker 8: our automobile industry, people are thinking about, hey, where's my 1220 01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:28,080 Speaker 8: I'm going to lose my job here I don't even 1221 01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:30,640 Speaker 8: know if there is another job that you had. Those 1222 01:03:30,720 --> 01:03:33,000 Speaker 8: are the kinds of issues that people are just really 1223 01:03:33,040 --> 01:03:35,960 Speaker 8: focused on now. The border at least allows us to 1224 01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:40,080 Speaker 8: talk about the broader implications of national security threats, just 1225 01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:43,680 Speaker 8: because of the fact that a porous, wide open southern 1226 01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:47,360 Speaker 8: border is dangerous for ISIS terrorist groups who have been 1227 01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:50,560 Speaker 8: filtrated and are in the in the country, other groups 1228 01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:53,320 Speaker 8: of Russians, the Chinese males, others that we know are 1229 01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:55,800 Speaker 8: up to no good in the country. We have got 1230 01:03:56,080 --> 01:03:58,920 Speaker 8: some huge problems, and we talk about it through that lens. 1231 01:04:00,160 --> 01:04:00,760 Speaker 7: See the world. 1232 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:04,480 Speaker 8: They know it's messed up. I think pretty much most 1233 01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:07,000 Speaker 8: people starting to realize that, hey, we didn't have that 1234 01:04:07,120 --> 01:04:10,680 Speaker 8: problem when Donald Trump was president, and you look at 1235 01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:14,000 Speaker 8: the things that this administration has done. I mean, right 1236 01:04:14,040 --> 01:04:16,640 Speaker 8: away they went in and told the Saudis you can't 1237 01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:19,040 Speaker 8: go after the Houthis. They took the Houthis off the 1238 01:04:19,160 --> 01:04:23,200 Speaker 8: terrorist list. This is the Biden Harris administration. They gave 1239 01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:26,840 Speaker 8: Iran the ability to sell oil on the market, and 1240 01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:29,800 Speaker 8: you can just draw a bright red line right to 1241 01:04:29,960 --> 01:04:34,400 Speaker 8: October seventh from all of those decisions. Funding of Halmas 1242 01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:38,840 Speaker 8: through Tehran, the funding of Hesbala through Tehran. The funding 1243 01:04:38,840 --> 01:04:42,000 Speaker 8: of the houthies through Tehran, all of that cash, all 1244 01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:44,560 Speaker 8: of that training has resulted in the chaos you see 1245 01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:46,320 Speaker 8: in the Middle East. I think most people look up 1246 01:04:46,360 --> 01:04:48,800 Speaker 8: and go, yeah, that's the Biden Harris team for sure. 1247 01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:53,320 Speaker 2: Mike, I got married in Birmingham, Michigan, in Oakland County. 1248 01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:55,680 Speaker 2: I know it is oftentimes that's where my wife went 1249 01:04:55,720 --> 01:04:56,440 Speaker 2: to high school. 1250 01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:58,400 Speaker 4: A big swing county. 1251 01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:03,600 Speaker 2: A couple of part question here, how is early voting looking? 1252 01:05:03,680 --> 01:05:07,480 Speaker 2: What should people know in Michigan about that too? If 1253 01:05:07,520 --> 01:05:10,320 Speaker 2: you could pick any county in Michigan to know the 1254 01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:14,280 Speaker 2: final results for would Oakland County be the best bell 1255 01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:16,960 Speaker 2: weather in your mind? Or where should people be looking 1256 01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:19,240 Speaker 2: in Michigan to try to glean what might happen? 1257 01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:23,680 Speaker 8: I think it's a combination of counties. Saganaw, Macomb and 1258 01:05:23,720 --> 01:05:27,440 Speaker 8: Oakland are good bets, and then Kent County right on 1259 01:05:27,480 --> 01:05:29,400 Speaker 8: the heels of it. So Kent County shifted a little 1260 01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:31,880 Speaker 8: bit blue on us the last election. We think we've 1261 01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:35,560 Speaker 8: worked to get that back. Oakland County has slid blue 1262 01:05:35,680 --> 01:05:39,440 Speaker 8: over the last decade. But Macomb County, which use where's 1263 01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:44,080 Speaker 8: the Macombe or the Reagan Democrats got its name is 1264 01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:46,680 Speaker 8: now a pretty bright red county. So we look at 1265 01:05:46,760 --> 01:05:50,800 Speaker 8: higher numbers in Macomb, decent numbers in Oakland, try to 1266 01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:54,200 Speaker 8: win Saginaw by a slim margin and keep control of Kent. 1267 01:05:54,280 --> 01:05:56,080 Speaker 8: And if we do those things, we're going to be 1268 01:05:56,400 --> 01:05:58,480 Speaker 8: a member of the United States Senate come August or 1269 01:05:58,520 --> 01:06:04,160 Speaker 8: excuse me, November seventh or sixth. Where are we again? 1270 01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:04,800 Speaker 7: Now? 1271 01:06:04,960 --> 01:06:09,080 Speaker 2: No, So what about early voting? We were talking battleground 1272 01:06:09,120 --> 01:06:11,720 Speaker 2: people listening to us in Michigan right now? What are 1273 01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:14,720 Speaker 2: the rules on early voting there? Would you encourage people 1274 01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:16,720 Speaker 2: to be out and about what are you seeing there? 1275 01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:20,640 Speaker 8: Yeah, we encourage early voting. Now what I think a 1276 01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:22,520 Speaker 8: lot of the pundit's nationwide are going to get wrong 1277 01:06:22,560 --> 01:06:25,880 Speaker 8: as they see early voting tends to favor Democrats. So 1278 01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:29,200 Speaker 8: we see an early push of Democrat early voting. That 1279 01:06:29,240 --> 01:06:32,160 Speaker 8: doesn't wouldn't surprise us a bit. We see that in 1280 01:06:32,200 --> 01:06:34,560 Speaker 8: a place like Wayne County, which is a Detroit and 1281 01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:38,480 Speaker 8: Detroit suburbs, and so that does not surprise us. And 1282 01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:41,200 Speaker 8: we're looking at those numbers and saying that's tracking even 1283 01:06:41,240 --> 01:06:44,720 Speaker 8: though the number is down from twenty twenty two, meaning 1284 01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:48,520 Speaker 8: less Democrats are coming out and voting early voting, and 1285 01:06:48,560 --> 01:06:51,160 Speaker 8: then out state we look at those early voting the 1286 01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:54,200 Speaker 8: ballots that have come back, and it's trending our way. 1287 01:06:54,240 --> 01:06:57,040 Speaker 8: There's a little more Republicans now. If that holds for 1288 01:06:57,080 --> 01:06:59,800 Speaker 8: this next two weeks, that's a really good sign for 1289 01:06:59,920 --> 01:07:03,760 Speaker 8: us US because Republicans tend to vote wait, and so 1290 01:07:03,960 --> 01:07:05,480 Speaker 8: we're encouraging them to vote early. 1291 01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:06,600 Speaker 6: We want them to vote. 1292 01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:09,080 Speaker 8: Early so that we can focus our resources on finding 1293 01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:13,400 Speaker 8: those Republicans who haven't voted. The last nine days of 1294 01:07:13,480 --> 01:07:16,640 Speaker 8: in person voting, that's the time when will ramp up 1295 01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:19,160 Speaker 8: picking up the phone calling people saying hey, you really 1296 01:07:19,160 --> 01:07:22,160 Speaker 8: got to go vote, We need you, or knock on 1297 01:07:22,200 --> 01:07:26,400 Speaker 8: their door and so, or text them to death and 1298 01:07:26,440 --> 01:07:28,400 Speaker 8: so all of those things can go away if you 1299 01:07:28,480 --> 01:07:30,280 Speaker 8: vote early. That's kind of our promise to them. 1300 01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:32,640 Speaker 1: Hey, hey, Mike, I'm just wondering if there was any 1301 01:07:33,640 --> 01:07:37,280 Speaker 1: blowback that you've picked up on the campaign trail talking 1302 01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:41,720 Speaker 1: to folks or in the polls from Gretchen Witmer, unfortunately, 1303 01:07:41,800 --> 01:07:44,680 Speaker 1: the governor of the Great State of Michigan with the 1304 01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:50,120 Speaker 1: very weird handing the like grito to the podcast or 1305 01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:53,640 Speaker 1: in what a lot of Catholics viewed as an affront 1306 01:07:53,680 --> 01:07:57,960 Speaker 1: to communion. Are you seeing people that are recognizing that 1307 01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:02,800 Speaker 1: the democrats within your state are little cuckoo? How did 1308 01:08:02,800 --> 01:08:04,080 Speaker 1: that go? How did that go over? 1309 01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:05,280 Speaker 5: Not? 1310 01:08:05,440 --> 01:08:05,720 Speaker 6: Well? 1311 01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:08,520 Speaker 8: So, about twenty to twenty five percent of our state 1312 01:08:08,600 --> 01:08:12,640 Speaker 8: identifies as Catholic. And so when you have Catholic bishops 1313 01:08:12,680 --> 01:08:15,120 Speaker 8: showing up kind of on their own on a Sunday 1314 01:08:15,160 --> 01:08:21,200 Speaker 8: to pray and protest on about that, what I thought 1315 01:08:21,280 --> 01:08:25,800 Speaker 8: was a mockery of Christian and certainly the Holy you know, 1316 01:08:25,840 --> 01:08:30,599 Speaker 8: the community, the communion, the Holy Sacrament. It has left 1317 01:08:30,600 --> 01:08:33,280 Speaker 8: the mark. And so you take the ethnic communities that 1318 01:08:33,280 --> 01:08:38,720 Speaker 8: are here, Kelbeans who are Iraqi Catholics who fled persecution 1319 01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:44,080 Speaker 8: in Iraq, when you look at Albanian Catholics and Armenian 1320 01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:48,120 Speaker 8: Catholics here, this is a really big part and staple 1321 01:08:48,280 --> 01:08:51,360 Speaker 8: of their family life, their community life. This was a 1322 01:08:51,479 --> 01:08:54,040 Speaker 8: complete slap in their face, and I think they're going 1323 01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:56,080 Speaker 8: to pay a price for this. And the mockery was 1324 01:08:56,200 --> 01:08:58,600 Speaker 8: when she apologized. She basically said, well, I'm sorry you 1325 01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:02,200 Speaker 8: don't understand my humor. That was a apology that you 1326 01:09:02,240 --> 01:09:04,639 Speaker 8: all are just too stupid to understand that it's okay 1327 01:09:04,680 --> 01:09:07,519 Speaker 8: for me, you know, to make fun of the Holy Sacrament. 1328 01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:12,000 Speaker 8: It is really quite a tragedy just about how anti 1329 01:09:12,120 --> 01:09:17,080 Speaker 8: Christian the Democrat Party of today is. And I think again, people. 1330 01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:18,760 Speaker 7: Know what they see it. You know. 1331 01:09:18,800 --> 01:09:21,160 Speaker 8: I was in a part of the state yesterday not 1332 01:09:21,320 --> 01:09:25,040 Speaker 8: overwhelmingly known to be a Republican, but people were coming 1333 01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:27,680 Speaker 8: up to me and just one after the other, like, Hey, 1334 01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:31,000 Speaker 8: I'm not really a Republican, but I'm voting Democrat this year. 1335 01:09:31,040 --> 01:09:33,960 Speaker 8: I think there's going to be a punishment vote from 1336 01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:35,120 Speaker 8: what you saw the governor do. 1337 01:09:35,840 --> 01:09:38,320 Speaker 2: We're talking to Mike Rogers. Last question for you, and 1338 01:09:38,400 --> 01:09:40,680 Speaker 2: certainly we encourage everybody to get out and vote for 1339 01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:43,400 Speaker 2: Mike Rogers in the state of Michigan helped to take 1340 01:09:43,479 --> 01:09:46,400 Speaker 2: back what had been a Democrat Senate seat. How much 1341 01:09:47,280 --> 01:09:50,759 Speaker 2: variation do you think there will be between the Trump 1342 01:09:50,880 --> 01:09:54,160 Speaker 2: vote and your vote? In other words, how many split 1343 01:09:54,200 --> 01:09:57,320 Speaker 2: ticket voters are out there? Certainly your opponent is trying 1344 01:09:57,360 --> 01:10:00,559 Speaker 2: to appeal to a Trump voter who might be willing 1345 01:10:00,600 --> 01:10:04,240 Speaker 2: to split ticket there. What does your polling suggest in 1346 01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:08,840 Speaker 2: terms of your connection to Donald Trump on the Republican ticket. 1347 01:10:09,840 --> 01:10:12,200 Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean we track this pretty carefully. There are 1348 01:10:12,439 --> 01:10:15,720 Speaker 8: Trump not sure about Rogers voters, and then there are 1349 01:10:16,040 --> 01:10:20,920 Speaker 8: Harris definitely won't vote for Slatkin voters. And so that 1350 01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:24,000 Speaker 8: second group tends to be more of an independent group, 1351 01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:26,479 Speaker 8: and we've been talking to them for months. We think 1352 01:10:26,520 --> 01:10:28,639 Speaker 8: we are going to do very very well with that crowd, 1353 01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:32,160 Speaker 8: our Trump voters. That gap has closed. In the most 1354 01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:36,000 Speaker 8: recent poll, we have closed that gap, and actually we're 1355 01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:39,000 Speaker 8: a half a point ahead, meaning we've kind of closed 1356 01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:42,200 Speaker 8: the Trump gap. People know that President Trump needs a 1357 01:10:42,280 --> 01:10:46,040 Speaker 8: Senate that actually will be willing to get his nominees 1358 01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:49,639 Speaker 8: through and work on his agenda, and so that part 1359 01:10:49,680 --> 01:10:51,680 Speaker 8: seems to have closed for us. I think this is 1360 01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:54,200 Speaker 8: going to be the biggest put your jersey on and 1361 01:10:54,240 --> 01:10:56,680 Speaker 8: go vote election than we've seen in the state of 1362 01:10:56,680 --> 01:11:00,800 Speaker 8: Michigan probably in thirty years. People have, you know, made 1363 01:11:00,880 --> 01:11:02,960 Speaker 8: up their mind they're not going to go down and 1364 01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:06,120 Speaker 8: do three Republicans two Democrats. And by the way, that 1365 01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:08,320 Speaker 8: happened before. As a matter of fact, that's how I 1366 01:11:08,320 --> 01:11:11,320 Speaker 8: got elected the first time, by people crossing over. They 1367 01:11:11,400 --> 01:11:14,360 Speaker 8: voted for Al Gore for President Mike Rodgers by the 1368 01:11:14,360 --> 01:11:16,600 Speaker 8: time they got down to the congressional seat, and so 1369 01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:19,120 Speaker 8: that you know, big ticket splitting. I just don't think 1370 01:11:19,120 --> 01:11:21,599 Speaker 8: we're going to see that much ticket splitting this go round. 1371 01:11:22,080 --> 01:11:24,080 Speaker 8: They're going to vote their economy, they're going to vote 1372 01:11:24,120 --> 01:11:26,479 Speaker 8: the border, they're going to vote ev mandates, and then 1373 01:11:26,520 --> 01:11:28,120 Speaker 8: they're going to go home and hope for the best. 1374 01:11:28,720 --> 01:11:31,560 Speaker 2: If people want to vote for you, what's the website? 1375 01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:33,960 Speaker 2: How can they donate? What should they know? Coming down 1376 01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:36,040 Speaker 2: the home stretch for people out there in Michigan. 1377 01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:40,160 Speaker 8: Yeah, I think the stakes of this election are high, 1378 01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:42,679 Speaker 8: and I don't think that choices could be any clear. 1379 01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:45,479 Speaker 8: You're either going to have more job creation here in 1380 01:11:45,520 --> 01:11:47,920 Speaker 8: Michigan or a lot less under the Democrats. They're going 1381 01:11:47,960 --> 01:11:52,600 Speaker 8: to have lower gas prices and grocery prices under the Republicans, 1382 01:11:52,920 --> 01:11:55,240 Speaker 8: or higher prices under the Democrats. You're either going to 1383 01:11:55,280 --> 01:11:58,720 Speaker 8: get an end to this crazy ev mandate where the 1384 01:11:58,720 --> 01:12:01,920 Speaker 8: government tells you what kind of car drive, or you're 1385 01:12:02,040 --> 01:12:04,120 Speaker 8: gonna get the car that you can go out and 1386 01:12:04,160 --> 01:12:08,240 Speaker 8: buy and afford and all of that and a border, 1387 01:12:08,280 --> 01:12:11,920 Speaker 8: by the way, that is secure and not that wide 1388 01:12:11,920 --> 01:12:14,920 Speaker 8: open border. That's the choices in this election. We need 1389 01:12:14,960 --> 01:12:16,840 Speaker 8: your help. It's gonna come down to twenty or thirty 1390 01:12:16,840 --> 01:12:19,560 Speaker 8: thousand votes in Michigan, you can go to Rogers ro 1391 01:12:19,800 --> 01:12:23,240 Speaker 8: g e rsforsenate dot com. Love to have you there. 1392 01:12:23,600 --> 01:12:26,200 Speaker 8: Any little bit helps. We've been out spent five to one. 1393 01:12:26,360 --> 01:12:29,439 Speaker 8: We're tied going in the last two weeks, so every 1394 01:12:29,760 --> 01:12:32,439 Speaker 8: dollar makes a difference. This would be the time to 1395 01:12:32,439 --> 01:12:35,800 Speaker 8: get engaged. And if you're listening for Michigan, get engaged now. 1396 01:12:35,840 --> 01:12:39,920 Speaker 8: We hit forty thousand doors last weekend. Unbelievable. We've never 1397 01:12:39,960 --> 01:12:42,040 Speaker 8: done that before and we're just warming up. 1398 01:12:44,040 --> 01:12:48,160 Speaker 3: If you're listening to twenty four The Year of Impact 1399 01:12:48,400 --> 01:12:49,960 Speaker 3: with Clay and Box. 1400 01:12:51,360 --> 01:12:55,839 Speaker 1: Eric Anderson. He's a candidate for Virginia's seventh congressional district. 1401 01:12:55,960 --> 01:12:59,720 Speaker 1: Former Army Special Forces, he's a Green Beret. He's a 1402 01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:03,120 Speaker 1: trade with the id F in the past as well. Look, Derek, 1403 01:13:03,160 --> 01:13:05,080 Speaker 1: great to have you on the show. I think first time. 1404 01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:05,920 Speaker 1: Thanks for being here. 1405 01:13:06,840 --> 01:13:09,360 Speaker 11: Hey, thanks Clay and Buck. Appreciate you guys. Thanks for 1406 01:13:09,400 --> 01:13:10,000 Speaker 11: having me on. 1407 01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:12,559 Speaker 1: Tell us about your race. I know this was the 1408 01:13:12,600 --> 01:13:15,519 Speaker 1: span Burger seat that she vacated to go run. Who's 1409 01:13:15,560 --> 01:13:20,000 Speaker 1: a Democrat vacated to go run right for US Senate seat? 1410 01:13:20,080 --> 01:13:20,240 Speaker 7: Right? 1411 01:13:20,360 --> 01:13:23,040 Speaker 1: Or is the governor? I can't remember now governor. Yeah, 1412 01:13:23,080 --> 01:13:27,320 Speaker 1: she's she ran for governor. And who are you up against? 1413 01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:28,920 Speaker 1: How's it looking? And how can you win? 1414 01:13:30,360 --> 01:13:33,840 Speaker 11: Yeah, Clay. So I'm running up against a guide by 1415 01:13:33,880 --> 01:13:36,320 Speaker 11: the name of Vinman, who I'm sure you. 1416 01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:38,639 Speaker 1: Guys are all, oh wow, oh yeah, who. 1417 01:13:38,560 --> 01:13:42,240 Speaker 11: I'm running against? So you know I'm the district I'm 1418 01:13:42,280 --> 01:13:44,800 Speaker 11: running in. I grew up in the heart of this 1419 01:13:44,840 --> 01:13:48,120 Speaker 11: district in Spotsphena County, Fredericksburg area for those folks about 1420 01:13:48,200 --> 01:13:52,360 Speaker 11: hours south of DC. Went to Virginia Tech, went to 1421 01:13:52,400 --> 01:13:55,880 Speaker 11: the Army, you know, deployed Iraq during the surge for 1422 01:13:55,920 --> 01:13:58,400 Speaker 11: fifteen months as an infantry guy. I went to ranger 1423 01:13:58,439 --> 01:14:00,519 Speaker 11: school as well, then went to the on Guard, and 1424 01:14:00,560 --> 01:14:02,800 Speaker 11: then went to the Green Berets, where I did five 1425 01:14:02,840 --> 01:14:08,799 Speaker 11: deployments as a Green Bereat team leader, including Afghanistan, bare Lebanon, Israel, 1426 01:14:08,840 --> 01:14:11,200 Speaker 11: and Jordan. Went to law school and clerks for two 1427 01:14:11,240 --> 01:14:14,840 Speaker 11: federal judges. What's interesting and fascinating about my race is, 1428 01:14:14,920 --> 01:14:18,800 Speaker 11: you know, I am going up against Vinman, and mister 1429 01:14:18,880 --> 01:14:21,679 Speaker 11: Vinman is focused on his past. You know, he's focused 1430 01:14:21,680 --> 01:14:24,680 Speaker 11: on his revenge tour with President Trump and doubling down 1431 01:14:24,720 --> 01:14:28,559 Speaker 11: on Kamwa Harris's failed policies, while I'm focused on the 1432 01:14:28,560 --> 01:14:30,800 Speaker 11: future of the people in the district. This is my hometown. 1433 01:14:31,120 --> 01:14:33,080 Speaker 11: This is where I grew up. This is where my mom, my, 1434 01:14:33,160 --> 01:14:38,080 Speaker 11: cousins and family members all throughout the district are from 1435 01:14:38,120 --> 01:14:40,680 Speaker 11: and lived. And so I've invested interest in this and 1436 01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:43,280 Speaker 11: what's interesting, and I'm sure you guys are all well 1437 01:14:43,320 --> 01:14:45,519 Speaker 11: aware that this is the time of year where we 1438 01:14:45,560 --> 01:14:48,800 Speaker 11: see a lot of lives being spread. My opponents lied 1439 01:14:48,840 --> 01:14:52,439 Speaker 11: about me. In fact, he's lied about himself. You know, 1440 01:14:52,479 --> 01:14:56,280 Speaker 11: he's lied about his military record. He lied about his rank, 1441 01:14:57,240 --> 01:15:00,519 Speaker 11: he's lied about his time overseas. He said he used 1442 01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:04,200 Speaker 11: weapons of war on the battlefield when he in fact 1443 01:15:04,240 --> 01:15:06,920 Speaker 11: did not. He's been questioned on this a few times. 1444 01:15:07,320 --> 01:15:10,200 Speaker 11: But you know, the interesting part about that is that 1445 01:15:10,240 --> 01:15:12,680 Speaker 11: if he's willing to lie about that, what else is 1446 01:15:12,680 --> 01:15:14,920 Speaker 11: he willing to lie about? And you know you're not 1447 01:15:14,920 --> 01:15:17,479 Speaker 11: gonna out arm me, right, I'm a former Green Beret 1448 01:15:17,560 --> 01:15:20,559 Speaker 11: with deployments Iraq and Afghanistan. I know what it feels 1449 01:15:20,560 --> 01:15:23,080 Speaker 11: like to have those bullets whiz by my head. I 1450 01:15:23,120 --> 01:15:26,400 Speaker 11: had five of my guys killed in Afghanistan, So you 1451 01:15:26,400 --> 01:15:29,320 Speaker 11: know that's that's the kind of person I'm going up against. 1452 01:15:29,439 --> 01:15:32,839 Speaker 11: The House majority is going to run through Virginia seventh district. 1453 01:15:32,920 --> 01:15:35,600 Speaker 11: We have a really great opportunity here, but you know, 1454 01:15:35,640 --> 01:15:38,280 Speaker 11: we need everyone's help to win. You know, we've had 1455 01:15:38,560 --> 01:15:41,160 Speaker 11: people coming in today door knocking, but we need If 1456 01:15:41,160 --> 01:15:45,880 Speaker 11: anyone interested in helping, signing up, contributing always helps as well. 1457 01:15:45,920 --> 01:15:48,599 Speaker 11: They can go to Derek Anderson dot com It's d E. 1458 01:15:48,720 --> 01:15:49,120 Speaker 7: R I C. 1459 01:15:49,280 --> 01:15:52,559 Speaker 11: K Anderson dot com to get more information on us 1460 01:15:52,600 --> 01:15:54,400 Speaker 11: and our campaign and all the great work we're doing 1461 01:15:54,400 --> 01:15:55,040 Speaker 11: on the ground here. 1462 01:15:56,160 --> 01:15:59,519 Speaker 2: Derek, I'm a thanks for coming on Civil War History NERD. 1463 01:15:59,680 --> 01:16:02,960 Speaker 2: So I know Fredericksburg well because of the Civil War battlefield, 1464 01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:06,559 Speaker 2: and I know you're not far from Chancellorsville too. Yesterday 1465 01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:09,559 Speaker 2: we talked with Hun cow who's running for the Senate 1466 01:16:09,600 --> 01:16:13,480 Speaker 2: in Virginia, and you're talking about your particular district. 1467 01:16:13,880 --> 01:16:14,880 Speaker 4: What are you seeing. 1468 01:16:14,920 --> 01:16:16,800 Speaker 2: We kind of have the sense for people out there 1469 01:16:16,800 --> 01:16:20,479 Speaker 2: who don't know Virginia. Well, Northern Virginia is the base 1470 01:16:20,560 --> 01:16:23,720 Speaker 2: of the Democrat Party in the state. The further you 1471 01:16:23,800 --> 01:16:26,559 Speaker 2: get into the south and west, the more it is 1472 01:16:26,640 --> 01:16:30,880 Speaker 2: the base of the Republican Party. But the races are 1473 01:16:30,920 --> 01:16:33,240 Speaker 2: actually decided and you can correct me if I'm wrong. 1474 01:16:33,320 --> 01:16:35,920 Speaker 2: In the middle part of the state. What does early 1475 01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:39,040 Speaker 2: turnout looking like? And how do you feel about the 1476 01:16:39,080 --> 01:16:44,160 Speaker 2: momentum of the Republican Party in the state of Virginia overall? 1477 01:16:44,439 --> 01:16:48,400 Speaker 11: Well, it's amazing. And we have a very diverse district, right. 1478 01:16:48,479 --> 01:16:53,160 Speaker 11: So my district is centered around Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and goes 1479 01:16:53,200 --> 01:16:55,160 Speaker 11: east to King George and Carolines all the way out 1480 01:16:55,160 --> 01:16:57,760 Speaker 11: to the Potomac up north on a long ninety five 1481 01:16:57,840 --> 01:17:00,800 Speaker 11: the Stafford and the eastern side of and then we 1482 01:17:00,880 --> 01:17:02,760 Speaker 11: go west all the way out to the mountains. We've 1483 01:17:02,800 --> 01:17:05,680 Speaker 11: got Orange, Culpepper, Madison in Green County. So I mean, yeah, 1484 01:17:05,680 --> 01:17:08,240 Speaker 11: we're talking about a wide ranging district just in the 1485 01:17:08,280 --> 01:17:12,240 Speaker 11: heart and center of Virginia. And you know the issues 1486 01:17:12,280 --> 01:17:15,200 Speaker 11: that I hear every single Well, that's your previous question. 1487 01:17:15,320 --> 01:17:17,599 Speaker 11: Early voting is amazing. I was at two early voting 1488 01:17:17,640 --> 01:17:22,320 Speaker 11: locations yesterday in Stafford and Prince William County. People are 1489 01:17:22,360 --> 01:17:25,120 Speaker 11: coming in, you know, as we're as we're sitting there, 1490 01:17:25,320 --> 01:17:27,360 Speaker 11: you know, there's some people that are like, Hey, I 1491 01:17:27,400 --> 01:17:30,120 Speaker 11: see you on TV. You're that guy, which is awesome, right, 1492 01:17:30,200 --> 01:17:31,640 Speaker 11: And they're like, can I take a picture with you. 1493 01:17:32,040 --> 01:17:34,160 Speaker 11: There's some people that you know, they walk by and 1494 01:17:34,160 --> 01:17:36,200 Speaker 11: they come out of the voting booths or the voting 1495 01:17:37,400 --> 01:17:39,680 Speaker 11: area and they give you the thumbs up like I 1496 01:17:39,720 --> 01:17:43,120 Speaker 11: got you. So, I mean, the momentum in the enthusiasm 1497 01:17:43,240 --> 01:17:46,880 Speaker 11: is amazing. We're seeing the numbers, you know, at a 1498 01:17:46,880 --> 01:17:49,800 Speaker 11: at a high rate right now considering compared to you know, 1499 01:17:49,920 --> 01:17:52,680 Speaker 11: past year. So we're excited about that. And I'll be 1500 01:17:52,760 --> 01:17:55,000 Speaker 11: quite frank, you know, there's people that I'm meeting at 1501 01:17:55,040 --> 01:17:58,720 Speaker 11: the early voting locations, and you know, the number one 1502 01:17:58,800 --> 01:18:01,920 Speaker 11: thing I hear about in our district is the economy 1503 01:18:02,120 --> 01:18:05,880 Speaker 11: right here in Virginia. About a third of Virginians or 1504 01:18:05,920 --> 01:18:09,000 Speaker 11: living paycheck to paycheck. It's cost the average family about 1505 01:18:09,000 --> 01:18:12,679 Speaker 11: eleven hundred dollars more a month under the current bidenomics 1506 01:18:12,720 --> 01:18:15,600 Speaker 11: that him and Kamala Harris put together. It's it's a 1507 01:18:15,680 --> 01:18:18,559 Speaker 11: quarter of Virginians are delinquent on their credit cards. So, 1508 01:18:18,560 --> 01:18:21,240 Speaker 11: I mean, when we're talking about voters going out to vote, 1509 01:18:21,280 --> 01:18:25,200 Speaker 11: people are voting with their pocketbooks, with their wallets. I 1510 01:18:25,320 --> 01:18:28,519 Speaker 11: get it quite often because my mom lives about fifteen 1511 01:18:28,520 --> 01:18:31,120 Speaker 11: minutes away from me, and so my mom feels the 1512 01:18:31,200 --> 01:18:33,200 Speaker 11: need to call me every single time she goes to 1513 01:18:33,240 --> 01:18:35,960 Speaker 11: the grocery store and she say times me and says, 1514 01:18:35,960 --> 01:18:38,479 Speaker 11: the require is this expensive of my mom. I'm not 1515 01:18:38,479 --> 01:18:40,840 Speaker 11: in office yet, I can't. I'm trying my best to 1516 01:18:40,880 --> 01:18:43,920 Speaker 11: help you out. You know, so that in the border 1517 01:18:44,360 --> 01:18:49,320 Speaker 11: crisis is truly impacted our district. To give you just 1518 01:18:49,360 --> 01:18:52,679 Speaker 11: a quick one, you know, we had two legal immigrants 1519 01:18:52,720 --> 01:18:55,639 Speaker 11: I saw. We have a few military installations in our 1520 01:18:55,720 --> 01:19:00,280 Speaker 11: in our district, including Marine Corps based Quantico. Right a 1521 01:19:00,320 --> 01:19:03,200 Speaker 11: few months ago, we had two illegal immigrants of Jordanian 1522 01:19:03,280 --> 01:19:06,080 Speaker 11: descent attempt to breach the front gate of Marine Corps 1523 01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:10,840 Speaker 11: based Quantico posing as Amazon drivers. Those two individuals you 1524 01:19:10,840 --> 01:19:12,680 Speaker 11: know as a Green Beret, as someone who you know, 1525 01:19:13,840 --> 01:19:16,360 Speaker 11: intel minded kind of person. Who are these people, who 1526 01:19:16,400 --> 01:19:19,400 Speaker 11: are they associated with? What were they doing? We didn't 1527 01:19:19,400 --> 01:19:22,120 Speaker 11: get any answers from anyone about it, and in fact, 1528 01:19:22,120 --> 01:19:24,559 Speaker 11: the two individuals were released on bail for seeing five 1529 01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:28,120 Speaker 11: people at day overdose on Sentinel in Virginia. So when 1530 01:19:28,120 --> 01:19:31,200 Speaker 11: we talk about the border crisis, every single state in 1531 01:19:31,280 --> 01:19:34,479 Speaker 11: a border state, and we're feeling the impact here in Virginia. 1532 01:19:34,560 --> 01:19:37,559 Speaker 11: Seventh Congressional district. My opponent, you know, he cares so 1533 01:19:37,640 --> 01:19:40,200 Speaker 11: much about the border of Vinman that he took his 1534 01:19:40,280 --> 01:19:43,280 Speaker 11: immigration policies off of his website. So I mean, these 1535 01:19:43,280 --> 01:19:46,400 Speaker 11: are the kind of people we're dealing with. This race 1536 01:19:46,479 --> 01:19:49,320 Speaker 11: is going to be really important to not only maintain 1537 01:19:49,360 --> 01:19:51,719 Speaker 11: our majority in the House, but also build our majority 1538 01:19:51,720 --> 01:19:53,240 Speaker 11: in the House so we can actually do our country 1539 01:19:53,280 --> 01:19:55,439 Speaker 11: back on track. So again, I encourage folks to go 1540 01:19:55,479 --> 01:19:58,160 Speaker 11: to our website, Derek Kanderson dot com if they want 1541 01:19:58,160 --> 01:19:59,679 Speaker 11: more information to want to help us out. 1542 01:20:01,200 --> 01:20:03,760 Speaker 1: Derek, honored to have you on the program, Sir. We 1543 01:20:03,800 --> 01:20:06,080 Speaker 1: hope you pull this one out. We'll do whatever we 1544 01:20:06,160 --> 01:20:07,759 Speaker 1: can and this audience can to help. 1545 01:20:07,840 --> 01:20:11,280 Speaker 11: So thank you, Thank you, sir, appreciate you.