1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: All right, Thanks Scott Shannon, and thanks to all of 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: you for being with us. Told it's great to be back. 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: By the way, I took my long vacation of the year. 4 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: I am refreshed, i am centered. I have gotten myself 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: back in a position I'm just as focused as I 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: can be. I hope you all had a great holiday, 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: great Christmas. I wish all of you all God's blessings 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: in the new year. Well, a lot happened since I 9 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: was away. The Idaho murder case. They now have their suspect. 10 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: I'm glad to hear that the jihadi want to be 11 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: attack in Times Square. That happened. We'll get to the issue. 12 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: I'm going to explain it all the detail. What's going 13 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 1: on on the House floor right now. Would Speaker McCarthy 14 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: or if he becomes speaker, the battle overs the speakership. 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: McCarthy now has lost his second vote to be speaker. 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: And there's a reason why I'm not alarmed about this 17 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: the way others are. It is frustrating. They should have 18 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 1: settled this a long time ago. And I told the 19 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: people involved that they need to get in a room. 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: They need to leave their cell phones and their egos 21 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: at the door and they need to sit down and 22 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: come to an agreement. And I've told them way before 23 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: Christmas that this needs to happen, and here we are, 24 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: and I said, otherwise it's going to look like a 25 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: clown show. And we're not quite at that point yet, 26 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 1: but it's getting there. Because they now have had two votes, 27 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: and while McCarthy is getting the most votes for the 28 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: Republicans that they you have a group of people that 29 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 1: I'm not sure exactly what they want. And some people say, well, 30 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: well what about an alternative Jim Jordan. Jim Jordan just 31 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: nominated McCarthy and he did it passionately. We'll play some 32 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 1: of that tape a little layer later. I know most 33 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: of you by now have seen this hit that took 34 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: place on Tomorrow Hamlin last night as he was playing 35 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's player, and it looked it looked like an average, 36 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: normal hit. There was nothing out of line. For example, 37 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: you've seen hits where you have helmet to helmet, you know, 38 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: real hard crashes that could obviously impact great concussions scenarios, 39 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: or spine injuries or neck injuries. That was not the 40 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: case here. It was a clean hit. There was nothing 41 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:25,360 Speaker 1: bad about it to Mar Hamlin. You know, went down, 42 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: got up, and then he went down again. And then 43 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: for the next nine minutes they're performing CPR and this guy, 44 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: because he went into full cardiac arrest, he's now in 45 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: a hospital. He's now in debated. We're told that he's 46 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: resting comfortably, but he's in very critical condition. And I 47 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: think we also saw something on a sports field that 48 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: I wish we saw more often than all of life, 49 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: and that was a group of people on both teams, 50 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 1: you know, circling around to mar and you could see 51 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: them visibly shaken by what had happened there. They had 52 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 1: to bring out the paddles to revive this guy's heart. 53 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: And you gotta hope and pray doesn't have any remaining 54 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: residual physical deficiencies after all is said and done. Here, 55 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: for example, the call, if you listen to Joe Buck 56 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: and Troy Aikman, it was you know, it was just 57 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: a normal hit. They didn't say, wow, that I've never 58 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: seen a hit like that before. Listen. Here es sexually 59 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: a week side linebacker in the run game as well. 60 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: Here's Hardon's wide okay to Mike Creold and lowers the 61 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: shoulder for thirteen because where Joe Burrow is so good 62 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: and now another Bill's player is down to tell exactly 63 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: who that is, maybe Hamlin Jordan player was able to 64 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: go tonight. He was Iffy, their only pro bowler on 65 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: this very good defense. Hamlin's taken the place for the 66 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: injured Micah Hyde. And that is Damar Hamlin a big 67 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: piece of this defense for Sean McDermott. All right, So 68 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: then Joe Buck discussed the timeline. This happened at eight 69 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: fifty five h three during the game or during the period. 70 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: And here's Joe Buck discussing that timeline. DeMar Hamlin fell 71 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: at eight fifty five o three, was on his back, 72 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: and it went from wondering what was going on to 73 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: wondering about head injury to then them frantically administering CPR 74 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: to this twenty four year old safety. And this is 75 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,800 Speaker 1: a Bills team. You During the break, we watched Sean 76 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: McDermott called his team over and say we're gonna say 77 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 1: a prayer. We're gonna say a prayer for DeMar. What 78 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: was amazing about this is you've heard me so often 79 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: say that that sports is the most unifying moment, that 80 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: brings people of all different backgrounds together, people of all races, 81 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: all backgrounds, all religions, all coming together with a shared passion. 82 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: Socioeconomic differences, all of that put aside because of a 83 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: shared passion of a sport, shared passion of a home team. 84 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: That's why I didn't like politics being you know, brought 85 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: into the NFL, albeit through Colin Koppernick, et cetera, et cetera. 86 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: Last night, you saw the best in everybody. You saw 87 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: the best in both teams. You know, you saw these 88 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: these big you know, gladiators out, you know, crying their 89 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: eyes out because they knew the severity of what was 90 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 1: going on down there. Nine minutes they were they were 91 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 1: literally performing CPR on this guy. It took you know, 92 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: electric paddles to get them apparently to revive his heart 93 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: after suffering cardiac arrest. And and it's not often you 94 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: actually see an ambulance, you know, brought onto the field 95 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: to bring this guy out and um, and then the 96 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: game was called. I think that was the right decision. 97 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: I've yet to hear anybody agree with that. Maybe some have, 98 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, but anywhe our prayers are with him, 99 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: and you know, we have our gladiator sports. We admire 100 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,479 Speaker 1: every guy that steps onto a football field knows that 101 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 1: they're putting their life in jeopardy, knows that they they're 102 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: putting it all on the line. Average career of a 103 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: football player, professional football player is less than four years. 104 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: And yet they go on the field willingly, and they 105 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: put their heart and their soul into this. And you know, 106 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: I know everybody's praying hard for for Damar Hamlin and 107 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: his family is as I know all of you are, 108 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: and this this audience as well. Let me go to 109 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: what's going on. McCarthy has lost the second vote now 110 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 1: today for speaker. He is by far the leader in 111 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 1: all of this. A little behind the scenes, I had 112 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: talked to a lot of people. A lot of this 113 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: has been building for some period of time, and my 114 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: ad ice to people was, look, I'm not getting too 115 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: involved in this is this is your job. I'm not 116 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: a congressman or a congresswoman. But what they should have 117 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: been doing since election day is they should have been 118 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: hammering out the differences. Once they knew they had the majority, 119 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 1: they should have been hammering out the differences. Now the 120 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: agenda is pretty well set. We know that Kevin McCarthy 121 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: has agreed to have the investigation run by Jim Jordan, 122 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: who nominated him earlier today, into whether or not the 123 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: FBI has been politicized and whether the Department of Justice 124 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: has been weaponized. We know that James Comer will be 125 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: doing an investigation his words, not mine, into President Joe Biden, 126 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: who we now know, beyond any any doubt lie to 127 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: the American people repeatedly when he said he never had 128 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: a conversation with Hunter about his foreign business dealings. We 129 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: know we knew that back in the Ukrainian impeachment days, 130 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 1: because he was out there demanding your tax dollars to 131 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: get a prosecutor in Ukraine fired. Why would a vice 132 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 1: president ever do that. You're not getting the billion dollars. 133 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: You got six hours and some of them be they 134 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: did it. They fired the prosecutor, who turns out was 135 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: investigating Hunter. So that's going to happen. An investigation into 136 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: the origins of COVID, that's going to happen. Then, of course, 137 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: an investigation into the disaster that was the pullout in 138 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: Afghanistan and how you prevent something like that from ever 139 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: happening again. So they should have gotten in a room, 140 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: and my message was clear that some of the people 141 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: that I talked to, and I'm not I'm being very 142 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 1: transparent that I talked to these people because I saw 143 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: this train wreck coming. I don't think it's at a 144 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: train wreck level yet. I don't think it's at a 145 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: clown show level yet. But if they don't resolve these 146 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: differences soon, it will be that, and they'll be showing 147 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: the country that they're not prepared to lead and looking 148 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: pretty stupid in the process. Let me tell you what's happening. 149 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 1: So we have one hundred and eighteenth Congress is now 150 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: convened as of noon today. They call it opening Day, 151 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: This pageantry, all the predictable stuff in the beginning, and 152 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: law makers they go on the Capitol floor. They bring 153 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: their families from all over the country, and you have 154 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: kids running up and down the aisles, and freshmen bring 155 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: everyone to Capitol Hill. They pack their offices with constituent 156 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: supporters and families and donors, and you know they have 157 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: you know, little delicacies and food and finger sandwiches whatever. Anyway, 158 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: maybe like the first day of school. As Chad Paragram 159 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: said in his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Vote for the 160 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 1: speaker of the House. Anyway, that is what happens in 161 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: the beginning, and then the vote for speaker, which is 162 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: the first order of business, is supposed to happen around 163 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:52,959 Speaker 1: two o'clock. This, by the way, none of this what 164 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: we're watching today has happened in the last century. For 165 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,959 Speaker 1: the first time at the century, things have not gone 166 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: down as it usually does happen. And once you pick 167 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: a speaker, then the speaker swears in the entire body, 168 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: and then we're off to the races. I don't know 169 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 1: how many days before people's patients are going to run 170 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:18,680 Speaker 1: very thin, that Republicans can't start their investigations, can't start 171 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: their commitment to America promises and how this is ultimately 172 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:24,679 Speaker 1: all going to play out. But it's going to have 173 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: to play out because for the first time in a century. 174 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: All right, So now we've had two votes, and in 175 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: both cases, Kevin McCarthy had over what two hundred votes 176 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: and he needs two eighteen, so he's shied by x number. 177 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: But the first order of business today would be electing 178 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: a speaker. It can't do anything. They can't swear in 179 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: new members until the House chooses the speaker. The last 180 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: time that the speaker vote went to a second ballot 181 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,200 Speaker 1: even was nineteen twenty three. Then it took nine ballots 182 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: and three days before the House reelected Speaker Frederick Gillette 183 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: from Massachusetts, and then the House, you know, frittered away 184 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: two weeks before electing Speaker Howell Cobb in eighteen forty nine. 185 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: That's that's how infrequently this has happened. But what happens 186 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: is the Clerk of the House, Cheryl Johnson, calls the 187 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: House to order. That happened earlier today at noon, and 188 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: then she is the holdover from the democratically controlled House. 189 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: She presides from the dais. She's in charge of the 190 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: House until members select a speaker. So the longer it 191 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: takes Republicans to figure out a speaker, the longer that 192 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: the House is run by an appointee of Nancy Pelosi. 193 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: And the first thing the House then has to do 194 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: is take attendance. All members elected in November are asked 195 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: to come to the chamber and record their presence. House 196 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: starts at four thirty four members, two hundred and twenty 197 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: two Republicans, two hundred and twelve Democrats, one vacancy. That 198 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 1: representative from Virginia that died just after the election. Then 199 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: it's on to the selection of speaker, and it was 200 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: a conference chairwoman Stephanic nominating McCarthy, and then later on 201 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: it was Jim Jordan nominating McCarthy. You know, here's here's 202 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: what I'm having a hard time understanding. Like, I really 203 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: hated what Mitch McConnell did at the end of the 204 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: last session, an omnimous bill when Republicans would be able 205 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: to weigh in and cut back on ridiculous spending of 206 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: Joe Biden and his agenda, and Mitch McConnell and Republicans 207 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: went along with the Democrats and instead of doing a 208 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: continuing resolution, they did a full on year year's budget 209 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 1: omnibus bill with reckless spending, pork projects, etc. Etc. It 210 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 1: should never have happened. McCarthy's committed to all these investigations. 211 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: McCarthy's committed to all these assignments for Freedom Caucus members. 212 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,839 Speaker 1: Here's the interesting part which says, I'm not sure why 213 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: this is even necessary. McCarthy is agreed to allow and 214 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: he was fighting it, but he agreed as of two 215 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: days or three days ago to emotion to vacate, meaning 216 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 1: any five Republicans at any point if they feel he's 217 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: not living up to his promises, they can then hold 218 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: another vote for speaker and they can bring that up. 219 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: That's something that Nancy Pelosi never allowed. So in other words, 220 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: there is an escape valve for them if they want it. Anyway, 221 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: we'll get to that, and I'm sure we'll be talking 222 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: about it all throughout the day. You want to be 223 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: a part of the program. I know a lot of 224 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: you are frustrated by all of this, and in many 225 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 1: ways you're right to feel that way. They had a 226 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: lot of time knowing that they won the leadership in 227 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 1: the House to do all of this business. And in 228 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 1: my view, you know, it's sort of like a family. 229 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: There's some family business that you handled behind closed doors, 230 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: and it's only among family members. At the end of 231 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: the day, what I said to many of them was, 232 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: let me make sure you're clear and that you understand 233 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: that you will succeed together or you will fail together. 234 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: There's not going to be any middle ground here. Either 235 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: you're going to go forward with the promises you made 236 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: to your voters, your constituents and serve them, or or 237 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: you're not going to be able to do it now. 238 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: This is day one. We can miss a day, we 239 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: can miss two days. Do I think that McCarthy he 240 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: was dead set against the omnibus that the Senate went 241 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: along with. But there's very specific things that he's now 242 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: putting down that he has now put down on paper 243 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: in writing. Forget about the personalities of volt here. He's 244 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: going forward with the investigations into whether the FBI's politicized, 245 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 1: the DJ's weaponized. He's investigating Joe Biden and his relationship 246 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: with Hunter and his foreign business partners. He's investigating the 247 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 1: origins of COVID nineteen. He's investigating the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. 248 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: They're going forward with their America First, make America Great Again, 249 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: commitments to America agenda. So, and you have the motion 250 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: to vacate, which means if he doesn't keep his promises, 251 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 1: you can throw him out at any time. I had 252 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: twenty five now to the top of the hour, watching 253 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: the two votes Kevin McCarthy failing to get the total 254 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: of two eighteen the threshold. He now has had two 255 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: votes today, all at the same MOSA two oh three, 256 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: so nineteen against at this particular point in time. Now 257 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 1: the successful speaker candidate doesn't need two eighteen. To be 258 00:15:57,440 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: very clear here, I know this gets complicated for a 259 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: lot of people. The problem is that if several members 260 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: cast ballots for someone else by name, such as a 261 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: scenario blocking McCarthy from obtaining the majority, even though he 262 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: may have the votes. But that's not the rule. The 263 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: successful speaker candidate doesn't need to eighteen. Pelosi and former 264 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: speaker's new gingrich John Byner each prevailed in at least 265 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 1: one speaker election with fewer than two hundred and eighteen votes. 266 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: But complicating that factor is that the magic number for 267 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 1: speaker is unknown until the first tally is complete, and 268 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: we now know that the total ballots cast for someone 269 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: by name, so that if there's no winner, the House 270 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: votes again and again and again until there's a speaker selected. 271 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: I'm not at the point of worrying yet. There are 272 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: some things developing that do concern me, and I'll explain 273 00:16:55,720 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: in a minute. But but that's the way the process works. 274 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: Now things can get even more chaotic. You know McCarthy 275 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: didn't Now has failed on the first two ballots, the 276 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: House will find itself in a posture not seen in 277 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: a hundred years. That's a lot of precedent as to 278 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 1: how things should unfold in the House. And we know this. 279 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: You know, Cheryl Johnson, the Democratic Clerk of the House, 280 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: will remain in charge in the interim. And there are 281 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 1: no members of the House because they've not been sworn 282 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,080 Speaker 1: in yet. There are no members in the House of Representatives. 283 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: The House is not fully constituted because there's no speaker 284 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:37,159 Speaker 1: to swear them in. The members elect only become members 285 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,679 Speaker 1: when they're sworn in by the speaker. You know, remember 286 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: all the family members, you know, everybody that flew in 287 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: to Washington, and friends and donors and college buddies and kids, 288 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: and they're running all over the place when they opened 289 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 1: the House floor today. But anyway, this, you know, somebody 290 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: here is going to blink at some point and it's 291 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 1: going to play out. The hope is of the people 292 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,119 Speaker 1: that have been working the hardest to get rid of 293 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 1: McCarthy that they're going to somehow find as someone else 294 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: to emerge. Now, Andy Biggs in conference from Arizona, was 295 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: the alternative, and he got very few votes. And you 296 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 1: have people like him, a Congressman Bob Good, Ralph Norman, 297 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: Matt Gates, Matt Rosendelle of Montana, and then you've got 298 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: you know, another nine or so people, no more than that, 299 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: fourteen or so people that have not been sold on this. 300 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 1: The thing that the problem that I have with most 301 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: of it is that in these agreements, the talks leading 302 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: into today, what's called the motion to vacate had been 303 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: discussed and discussed in great specificity, in detail, and I 304 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: don't want to get too deep into the weeds. Put 305 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,440 Speaker 1: a motion of vacate, and I believe the number is 306 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: either five or ten that McCarthy agreed to. That means 307 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: at any given time, if again, and the express concern 308 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: of some of these names that I've mentioned to you 309 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: are that he's not going to follow through on his 310 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: promises and the agenda and the investigations and the use 311 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: of the power of the purse and the commitments to America. 312 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: There's nothing that I can see that is going to 313 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: stop Kevin from doing that at this point. And if 314 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: you have the ability down the road, if to hold 315 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: them accountable, which they've not had it a long time, 316 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi did not have a motion to vacate, meaning 317 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 1: that if Kevin McCarthy becomes Speaker doesn't keep his promises, 318 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,800 Speaker 1: they would have an escape hatch to get rid of them, 319 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: which a lot of people, which every speaker doesn't want 320 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: at all, but that he agreed to. But anyway, if 321 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 1: this drags on through, say January thirteenth, the lawmakers themselves 322 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: and certain aids start not getting paid. However, it is 323 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: possible the House could eventually elect a speaker without an 324 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:13,479 Speaker 1: outright majority. In both the elections of Howell Cobb in 325 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: eighteen forty nine and Nathaniel Banks in eighteen fifty six, 326 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: the repeated voting war members down, and for both Cobbs 327 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,360 Speaker 1: and Banks, the House adopted a resolution which then allowed 328 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 1: it to pick a speaker with a symbol majority. In 329 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: other words, the House resolution said that the winner simply 330 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: secured the most votes. It is possible that the House 331 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 1: could do the same under these circumstances. If it goes 332 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: on long enough, then we've got another scenario, and that 333 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: is the issue involving George Santos happens to be in 334 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: my district. Well, lucky me. But anyway, we noted earlier 335 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: that once the House concludes their initial quorum call, the 336 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: next order of business is first to pick the speaker 337 00:20:55,280 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: then to swear everybody in and anyway, So why you 338 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: know why we're in this position, I don't know. My 339 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: suggestion to all of these people is they need to 340 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,360 Speaker 1: get in a room, they need to close the door, 341 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,640 Speaker 1: they need to shut off their cell phones, and they 342 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 1: need to hammer out an agreement. And I thought the 343 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 1: agreement was the commitments to America. I thought the agreement 344 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: was the judiciary investigation of Jim Jordan and the investigation 345 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: into President Biden by Congressman Jim's comer, and an investigation 346 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: into the origins of COVID and the investigation in an Afghanistan. 347 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 1: I thought that was the agenda. On the positive side, 348 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 1: it was control of the borders, defund the irs, you know, 349 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: the the America First, make America great Again agenda, bring 350 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: America back to energy independence, etc. So I'll have to 351 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: see the Article one, section two of the Constitution says, 352 00:21:56,080 --> 00:22:00,080 Speaker 1: no persons shall be a representative who shall not have 353 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,879 Speaker 1: obtained the age of twenty five years and been seven 354 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: years a citizen in the US, who shall not, when elected, 355 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: be an inhabitant of that state in which they shall 356 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: be chosen, you know, Santos in that case, because people 357 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: want to make a big issue about him. Has met 358 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: that bar, and it will be up to the voters 359 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,880 Speaker 1: in Long Island in the next election if they want 360 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 1: to keep them. Article one, section five of the Constitution 361 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: also says that the House and the Senate have the 362 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,719 Speaker 1: final say as to who is seated, which brings us 363 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 1: to a phenomenon in Congress known as exclusion. The House 364 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,919 Speaker 1: has challenged the seeding of dozens of members over the years, 365 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,199 Speaker 1: and lawmakers of brave questions about the ethics, finances whatever, 366 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: of individuals, etc. Etc. But you know, now we're again 367 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: getting a little too deep into the weeds. You know, 368 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: if you if you the one thing, the one caveat 369 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: that I have in this that would make me concerned 370 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: is there was one report on the political wire that 371 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: said McCarthy's opponents in the House are now reportedly warning 372 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 1: that they'd rather see Democrat Hakim Jeffries become Speaker then 373 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: drop their opposition to McCarthy. Now, if it gets to 374 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: that point, they are the dumbest people that are ill 375 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,119 Speaker 1: equipped at leading anything. And I'll predict right now that 376 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: if anything remotely close to this happens, the Republican voters 377 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 1: can kiss all of us goodbye will be done. In 378 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: a private meeting yesterday, Matt Gates, Lauren Bobert, Scott Perry 379 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: told Kevin McCarthy they don't mind. According to Political Wire, 380 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: if the speaker vote goes to plurality and Democrat Hakeem 381 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,760 Speaker 1: Jeffries is elected, because they will fight him. Well, but 382 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: then you don't get the committee assignments. Then you lose 383 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: the power of investigation. Then you give up the power 384 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: of the purse, the very things that everybody around the 385 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: country was fighting for in the past election. Anyway, So 386 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: if their objective isn't to win the speakership for one 387 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: of their own, or maybe just weak in Kevin McCarthy, 388 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:14,199 Speaker 1: you know, maybe that's all they want. We're really what 389 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: they should be doing is agreeing on an agenda. It's 390 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: it's really not that. Is this really that complicated for people? 391 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: I don't know why. It's just not that complicated for me. 392 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,440 Speaker 1: And you know, I go back to what Ronald Reagan said, 393 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: the person that agrees with the eighty percent of the 394 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: time is a friend and an ally and not a 395 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: twenty percent trader. You know, Republicans have a hard time 396 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: with that aspect, especially when you consider on the issue 397 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: of taxes and regulation and energy and borders and immigration. 398 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: I mean, all of these things are ninety ten issues. 399 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: Those are going to be the issues that they deal with. 400 00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: You know, the investigations are the investigations. McCarthy's already committed 401 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: to it. We know who will be running them. And 402 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: now in the meantime, we're just wasting time. As you know, 403 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: they have their little you know, fight that should have 404 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 1: been dealt with long before they ever got on the floor. 405 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: So how do you get out of this? I don't know. 406 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: I think reason do I expect reason to rule the day. 407 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 1: Doesn't look like it's going to rule the day today. 408 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: That's what I can say. But we'll see how long 409 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: this goes. Scalise reveals the first legislation. You know, they're 410 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: going to lay out their bold agenda. Scalise said that 411 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: their agenda they're gonna bring up on the House floor 412 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: when they assume power, and it's very very clear. He 413 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: listed eight bills three resolutions that he will be scheduling 414 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 1: for Republicans to take up in the first two weeks 415 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: of work once they can get everybody's sworn in. We 416 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: have a lot of work ahead of us the next 417 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: year as we begin to get the country back on 418 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 1: the right track. American voters have made their desire for 419 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: change clear in the mid term election, and you know, 420 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: they want to deal with soaring inflation, the rise of 421 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: violent crime, the crisis of illegal immigration. He pointed out, 422 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,639 Speaker 1: the last two years have been hard on working families. 423 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,560 Speaker 1: They've been very hard on working families. By the way, 424 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: Democrats tried to move to seal January sixth evidence for 425 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: fifty years. Can you believe this? Lawmakers said they wanted 426 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: to make their work public to underscore the seriousness of 427 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: the January sixth breach and Trump's alleged efforts to overturn 428 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 1: the election. However, some of the committee's work, such as 429 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: videotape of hundreds of witness interviews, will not be made public. Meanwhile, 430 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: they've been leaking only small portions and tidbits just to 431 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,280 Speaker 1: that are the most damaging as possible to Republicans into Trump. 432 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 1: This so full of crap. I mean, it's just such 433 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: a lie. It's just so typical so Washington. You know, 434 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: y twenty two was the worst year for the stock 435 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 1: market since two thousand and eight. Case you're interested in, 436 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: case you don't think this vote for speaker matters. The 437 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: CBO is now found the inflation of Joe Biden, unleashed 438 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: with his spending bonanza, has now punished the middle class 439 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: in this country the hardest of all. What had been saying, 440 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 1: the poor, the middle class, people on fixed incomes, they're 441 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: getting clobbered. The typical American household has paid approximately ten 442 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 1: thousand dollars in inflation taxes since Biden has taken office. 443 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 1: And by the way, there's a lot more to come. 444 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I'll give you a list of the Biden taxes, 445 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 1: all of which kills the middle class, the poor, and 446 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,160 Speaker 1: people on fixed income. Six point five billion dollars natural 447 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: gas tax. By the way, that tax hike violates Biden's 448 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 1: pledge not to raise taxes on Americans making under four 449 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,800 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars a year. So if you use natural 450 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: ask six point five billion dollars Biden tax. If you 451 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 1: use a gasoline or net oil in any way, there's 452 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: a twelve billion crude oil tax, which will also be 453 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 1: passed on to the middle class in this country. There's 454 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: a one point two billion dollar coal tax that will 455 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: increase household energy bills that will further increase the amount 456 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: of money you need to heat your home. A seventy 457 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 1: four billion dollars stock tax that's going to hit everybody's 458 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: four oh one K and everyone's IRA and everyone's pension plan. 459 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: But as I just mentioned, twenty twenty two was the 460 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: worst year for the stock market since two thousand and eight. 461 00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: And on top of that, the average family in American 462 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 1: household has paid ten thousand dollars in Biden inflation. To 463 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: this point, I mean, all of this is on the 464 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: American taxpayer. You know, retirement ACCOUNTSILD the largest share of 465 00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: corporate stocks, and now Joe is going to tax it 466 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: even further. Then he's added to that two and twenty 467 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: five billion dollars a corporate income tax hike, which, by 468 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 1: the way, I will remind you nobody else seems to 469 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: remember corporations don't pay taxes. Now, if you live in 470 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: New York, I want you to know that there's a 471 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: new lock that is now in effect. You can now 472 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 1: use dead human bodies for human composting, apparently, joining six 473 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: o five other liberal states. Apparently, the sixty day chemical 474 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: free compost mortem process involves putting a person's dead body 475 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: in a vessel with organic material like straw, alfalfa, sawdust, 476 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:41,280 Speaker 1: then seal the box attached to an HVAC system and 477 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 1: the remains are allowed to decompose. At the thirty day mark, 478 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: the contents are screened for inorganic material and remaining bonus 479 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:54,720 Speaker 1: them broken up and put back in your compost pile. Oh, 480 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: I can't wait to grow my vegetables on that sounds amazing. 481 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: Did you know that, Linda, I think you're going to 482 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: be an excellent gardner and human composter into this. It's 483 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: your next to your next career. M minimum wage now 484 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: up dramatically in New York, paid sick leave. You know 485 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: all these agenda all these liberal states, they were running 486 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: people away. Illinois Police Reform Act, which means more defunding, dismantling, 487 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:26,040 Speaker 1: more nobel laws. California they have their pink tax law 488 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:31,280 Speaker 1: on shampoo and other personal items marketed to women at 489 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 1: bands stores from charging a different price on gender. I mean, 490 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: they want every aspect of your life control. We're going 491 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 1: to run through this tonight in detail on Hannity nine 492 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: Eastern on the Fox News Channel. By the way, new 493 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: email show that Nancy Pelosi was way more responsible for 494 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: security failures on January sixth. We need that investigated too, 495 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: all right, eight hundred nine four one sewn. As we 496 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: kick off the new year, John Solomon has an investigative 497 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: report into the BYE. Will get to that, we'll get 498 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 1: his thoughts on today's votes.