1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: The Team forty seven podcast is sponsored by Good Ranchers. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 2: Making the American Farm Strong Again. 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Team forty seven with Clay and Buck starts now three 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: year anniversary of the raid on mar A Lago. And 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: it is not coincidental that as I sit down to 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: talk to all of you Fox News First on Fox, 7 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: I'm reading from their Twitter account. This is fifteen minutes ago, 8 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: Attorney General Pam Bondi has authorized a special prosecutor, Ed 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: Martin and pause here. This is the Ed Martin that 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: many of you will remember we had on this program 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: because Democrats refuse to elevate him to be the US 12 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: Attorney for Washington, DC, and so as a result, President 13 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: Trump put in place Judge Janine Piro, who is teeming 14 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: off left and right over the crime rate in DC. 15 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: And we'll talk about that more during the course of 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: the program. But Ed Martin is now in as a 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: special prosecutor to investigate allegations of mortgage fraud involving Adam Schiff, 18 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: Senator from California and Leticia James, the Attorney General of 19 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: New York who prosecuted Trump. That is, according to Peter 20 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: dou See. Ed Martin was on with US May eighth. 21 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: That is an incredible decision and I think will work 22 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: out phenomenally well. We also have news that a grand 23 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: jury investigation has also been opened in New York into 24 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: Leticia James and her behavior surrounding the decision to come 25 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: after Trump for civil forfeiture relating to bank loans and 26 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: all of that. I believe she got a verdict of 27 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: four hundred and fifty million dollars something in that universe, 28 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: So that in and of itself is also turning into 29 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: a big story. But I wanted to take us back 30 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: in time a little bit because I believe this is 31 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: when Trump won the Republican nomination for president, and I 32 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: think historically this is going to be seen as one 33 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: of the biggest own goals, one of the most self 34 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 1: inflicted wounds. I think as soon as Biden and his 35 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: Department of Justice decided to try to put Trump in prison, 36 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: they actually put Trump back into the White House. I 37 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: think it would have been if they had not prosecuted. 38 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: I think they would have been in a better position 39 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty four election. But three days after 40 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: the mar A Lago raid, so this is a flashback. 41 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: A couple of days after the raid, Merrick Garland finally 42 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: had a press conference and said, this is rating the 43 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: former president of the United States is a faithful adherence 44 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: to the rule of law, and there is no politics 45 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: involved in this at all. Remember, Merrick Garland himself signed 46 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 1: off on an unprecedented raid of the former president's home 47 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: at Mara a Lago. Here's cut one. 48 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 3: Faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock 49 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 3: principle of the Justice Department and of our democracy. Upholding 50 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 3: the rule of law means applying the law evenly, without 51 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 3: fear or favor under my watch. That is precisely what 52 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 3: the Justice Department is doing. There are, however, certain points 53 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 3: I want you to know. First, I personally approve the 54 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 3: decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. Second, 55 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 3: the Department does not take such a decision lightly. Where possible, 56 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 3: it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as 57 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 3: an alternative to a search, and to narrowly scope any 58 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 3: search that is undertaken. 59 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: All right, this very interesting in and of itself, because 60 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: I believe without a doubt this is what put Trump 61 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: into the White House. And I also want to play 62 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: a couple of additional cuts that surround this. This was 63 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: everyone out there trying to tell you, hey, there's actually 64 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: nothing at all unacceptable about this raid. This is completely 65 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: and totally normal. This was again three years ago to 66 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: the date when I believe Trump officially became the nominee. 67 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: Here we go with let's see cut three, former federal 68 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: prosecutor Daniel Goodman saying we need to recognize and praise 69 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: Merrick Garland for following the rule of law. Here's cut three. 70 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 4: Barrett Garland, who has said very consistently, much to the 71 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 4: frustration of some on the left, that he is following 72 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,479 Speaker 4: the facts, and he's following the law wherever it goes. 73 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 4: And so he took this action because he had probable 74 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 4: cause to do so. And I'm sure he took this 75 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 4: action because it was a significant and necessary move as 76 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 4: part of this investigation. And if he doesn't take this 77 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 4: action because of the backlash, then it is a political decision. 78 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 4: So we need to recognize and praise Merrick Garland for 79 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 4: following the rule of law. 80 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, I mean now that we know also 81 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: just how much of a sham it was we thought 82 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: at the time. Remember they took the photos of the 83 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: classified documents on the ground they even went through Milanya's 84 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: underwear drawer. I mean, this was absolutely bonkers. And now 85 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: that we have had that case tossed by thankfully the 86 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: federal District Court judge in South Florida, a lot of 87 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: people forget that case was even tossed in July of 88 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four before Trump even won the election, because 89 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,839 Speaker 1: it was found to be illegitimate. I do think it's 90 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: worthwhile going back and listening to what all of the 91 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: talking heads the left wing loon said, including the now 92 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: canceled Stephen Colbert, This feels even a little bit more 93 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: delicious cut for we learned. 94 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 5: The news of the FBI raid straight from the horse's 95 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 5: ass because the former president posted the news on social media. 96 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 5: These are dark times for our nation, as my beautiful 97 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 5: home mar al Lago and Palm Beach, Florida, is currently 98 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 5: under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of 99 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 5: FBI Asians. Nothing like this has ever happened to a 100 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 5: president of the United States before. 101 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: Well, of course it hasn't. 102 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 5: No president has ever been as criminal as you are. 103 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 1: Isn't it even more delicious that Stephen Colbert is gone? 104 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: When you listen to a clip like that, he was 105 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: trying to tap dance on what he thought was the 106 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: political grave of Donald Trump, he told his unfortunate audience, 107 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: and maybe we can grab I don't think this is 108 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: in the cuts, guys, but can we grab the audio? 109 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: I saw buckerytweet this. Can we grab the audio of 110 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: John Oliver being upset at Jay Leno for saying the 111 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 1: job of comedy is to try to talk to everyone 112 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: and make fun of a variety of different groups, and 113 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: John Oliver just being like, no, it isn't. My job 114 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: is to be a left wing propagandist. It really is 115 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: amazing how Trump has broken the brains of so many 116 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: people in the comedic universe that I think, without Trump 117 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 1: may well have had much longer careers and certainly would 118 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: have had much more successful ones. And by the way, 119 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: one of those guys is Howard Stern. I saw the 120 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: guy was one of the most revolutionary, whatever you think 121 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: about him, one of the most revolutionary, aggressive, relentless in 122 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: his risk taking. And now he's turned into a complete 123 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: and total pussy willow. He's just a shill for Big 124 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: That interview he did with Joe Biden actually made me 125 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: uncomfortably ill trying to watch it because it was such 126 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: ridiculous propaganda. You're listening to Team forty seven with Clay 127 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: and Buck. 128 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 2: Our friend Miranda Devine joined. She is the New York 129 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 2: Post columnist, extraordinary author Laptop from Hell, among others, and 130 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 2: pod Force one hosts. And Miranda has always great to 131 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 2: have you on the program. 132 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 6: Great to be with you. I hope this sounds okay. 133 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 2: Oh, it's great. It's fantastic. So tell us this comber. 134 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 2: Let's start with this one comer's subpoenas for every attorney 135 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 2: general that I think anybody can name going back twenty years, 136 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 2: and also Hillary and Bill Clinton, all this stuff. Do 137 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 2: you think this goes somewhere? Clay and I, I don't 138 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 2: know if you heard any part of this, but we're 139 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 2: both skeptical. But what do you think? What does this mean? 140 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 2: What happens? 141 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 6: Look, I mean, there's a lot of people trying to 142 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 6: do a lot of things. So just setting Congress aside, 143 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 6: because I think we've seen, you know, through the Biden administration, 144 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 6: even when other Republicans did take the House for all 145 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 6: their best efforts, pretty much a toothless tiger unless it's 146 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 6: in the hands of someone very machiavellian like Nancy Pelosi, 147 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 6: who manages to put people like Steve Bannon and Petere 148 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 6: Navarro in jail for contempt of Congress. I don't know 149 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 6: that the Republicans in Congress are quite that ruthless yet, 150 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 6: but certainly Donald Trump and his Justice Department people, whether 151 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 6: it be Pam Bondi or Cash Pattel and then CIA 152 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 6: director John Ratcliffe, backed up by Chuck Grasley, the Senator 153 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 6: who's been sort of the champion of transparency and whistleblowers forever, 154 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 6: they are determined, they mean business. And I think that's 155 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 6: backed by the fact that Donald Trump has a different 156 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 6: attitude this term to his first term. He told me 157 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 6: in an interview that he yes, he did feel angry 158 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 6: a bit about these new revelations that Chelsey Gabbett has 159 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 6: been tabling about the origins of the Russia hoax, about 160 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 6: how Obama directed his National security intelligence people to concoct 161 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 6: this intelligence that said that Putin favored Trump and that's 162 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 6: why he won the twenty sixteen election. That wasn't true, 163 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 6: and it was just a sort of a decoy from 164 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 6: Hillary Clinton's problems and trying to solve Obama's ego because 165 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 6: Donald Trump's victory was a repudiation of his eight years. 166 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 6: So all of that has made Donald Trump more determined. 167 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 6: And he said in his first term he wanted to 168 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 6: show mercy. He thought the country should heal. Even though 169 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 6: his rallies his supporters were saying lock her up about 170 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 6: Hillary Clinton, he figured, well, look, she's the wife of 171 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 6: a former president, she's a former Secretary of State. I 172 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 6: just don't want to go after her and cause the 173 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 6: country to be in turmoil and chaos. I just want 174 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 6: to concentrate on fixing the economy, etc. Well, then in 175 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 6: the ensuing eight years, look what happened to him. They 176 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 6: targeted him with you know, impeachments, the Russia hoax law, 177 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 6: fair assassination attempts, you name it. And he's still standing. 178 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 6: The American people saw through it all. He won a 179 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,719 Speaker 6: comprehensive victory that they can't try and delegitimize like they 180 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 6: did in twenty sixteen. And now he wants accountability. And 181 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 6: he said so, and he's told all his people, and 182 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 6: I think I think his people want accountability. I mean 183 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 6: Telsey gabbartt and Cash Betel both have been targeted by 184 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 6: the deep state by well in Telsey Gabbart's place, allies 185 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 6: of Hillary Clinton who wanted to get their revenge on 186 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 6: her and put her on the Quiet Sky's program. You 187 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 6: have so many people within the Trump orbit who were 188 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 6: targeted like he was and are victims of that deep 189 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 6: state and are tougher and stronger as a result. So 190 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 6: they are all on the same page. They want accountability 191 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 6: and not about you know, retribution and vendettas. It is 192 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 6: about a deterrence. You can't trust these people not to 193 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 6: do it again to the next Republican or Maga president 194 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 6: because the last time that Trump showed mercy, they just 195 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 6: doubled down. So never again, I think is the motto 196 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:32,199 Speaker 6: of the Trump administration. 197 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: We're talking to Miranda Devine, who was right on basically 198 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 1: everything over the years. Let me ask you a big 199 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: question here, Miranda. Let's pretend that Jeff Bezos called you. 200 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 1: Let's pretend that whoever is the Sulzburgers or whoever heck 201 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: runs the New York Times. Now, those two entities gave themselves, 202 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: through their friends in the media, Politzer Prizes, and I 203 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,440 Speaker 1: think as a result of awarding what has been proven 204 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 1: to be legitimately untrue scoops, that were given the highest 205 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: order of award that can happen. They just refused to 206 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: acknowledge that everything they wrote about Russia collusion was wrong. 207 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: I think if you look Buck and I talked about 208 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: this a little bit, is that Jason Blair back in 209 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: the day, The New York Times did a huge front 210 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: page story when they realized that he was a fabulous 211 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 1: that he had made everything up, and they said, you know, 212 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: we expect when we get things wrong, that we acknowledged 213 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: that we got things wrong. What should the New York 214 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: Times in the Washington Post do today? We all know 215 00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: they screwed up for a decade. If you were asked 216 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: your best advice for those institutions based on the false 217 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 1: reporting that they did surrounding Russia. 218 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 6: And more, that's a really good example to use. The 219 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 6: Jason Blair example. Back in the day when these newspaper 220 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 6: institutions were regarded as being the sort of pinnacle of 221 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 6: journalism and everybody wanted to work there. Well, I mean, 222 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 6: I think that too far gone. But you know, if 223 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 6: they wanted to try and clean house and make amends, 224 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 6: they ought to start by giving back those dirty Pulitzer prizes. 225 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 6: I mean the Pulitzer Foundation ought to be rescinding them, 226 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 6: but unfortunately, I think, like the Nobel Prize, it's lost 227 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 6: any cachet since they produced it by giving it to 228 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 6: undeserving people. The Nobel Peace Price, you remember, went to 229 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 6: Barack Obama and he barely had his feet under the desk. 230 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 6: And you know Donald Trump, who did the Abraham Accords, 231 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 6: it just was ignored. And the Pulitzers are the same. 232 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 6: So you start by giving back the Pulitzers, and then 233 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 6: you do a comprehensive investigation of what went wrong, and 234 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 6: you do front page mere culpers. Chelsey Gavitt pointed out 235 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 6: that these organizations, you know, whether it be The Times, 236 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 6: The Post, the Washington Post, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, 237 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 6: they devoted something like two thousand minutes to the Russia hoax, 238 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 6: and so far they've devoted two minutes to collectively to 239 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 6: the revelations of the last two weeks that show that 240 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 6: this was, you know, a total hoax, a plan, a 241 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 6: coup to bring down Donald Trump, to sabotage his presidency, 242 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 6: to delegitimize his election victory, and to so discord with Russia. 243 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 6: And this was all Obama and Hillary Clinton, and they 244 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 6: sticked their you know, CIA director Brennan, FBI director Coney 245 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 6: and James clapperty NSA guys. So all of that should 246 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 6: be gone into with you know, seven pie line extravaganzas 247 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 6: that they devoted to the original hoax and it ought 248 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 6: to be they should be in sackcloth and ash, and 249 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 6: they should fire people. They should humiliate former editors who've 250 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 6: left for their lead so called leadership of that newsroom. 251 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 6: I think, I mean, it's the only way that they 252 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 6: could restore their reputations. But unfortunately, the way they've curated 253 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 6: their audiences, I think they would lose subscriptions. I think 254 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 6: their readers would go ballistic because they don't want to 255 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 6: know the truth. They just stick their fingers in their 256 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 6: ears and continue on blively. You know, the Rachel matter 257 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 6: is their patron saint of journalism. 258 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 2: We're speaking of Moreenda Devine Podforce one is her podcast, 259 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 2: and Marenda I had the distinct honor and pleasure of 260 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 2: getting to a segment with you on Will Kaine Show 261 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 2: a couple of days ago, and you were fabulous, by 262 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 2: the way, Just throw that out. There's always appreciated geting 263 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 2: to hang out with you and with Will it's like 264 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 2: a great it was always a great time. But we 265 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 2: were talking about this, this grand jury composed of the 266 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 2: Russia collusion. I guess now transparency effort that the administration 267 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:12,439 Speaker 2: is going through. I know that it's early and we 268 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 2: don't really know, but what is your sense. Do you 269 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 2: think that the administration is preparing for the possibility, at 270 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 2: least politically of indictments to come down against people like 271 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 2: Brennan and Clapper or is that just way too far 272 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 2: afield in your mind? 273 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 6: No, I absolutely think that's the case. I mean, they're 274 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:35,199 Speaker 6: very smart prosecutors in the Department of Justice who are 275 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 6: looking at this being creative. Look how creative the Biden 276 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 6: Department of Justice was when they were coming after Donald 277 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 6: Trump and various other of his allies. So there are 278 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 6: multiple cause on the books, probably too many, and they 279 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 6: can be employed and deployed in various ways to certainly 280 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 6: bring charges against these coupler And you know, at first, 281 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 6: John Ratcliffe, CIA director kicks the ball rolling, I think 282 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 6: at the beginning of July with that review of the 283 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 6: you know, the bogus intelligence assessment, and he was talking 284 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,600 Speaker 6: then about perjury charges and then you know, there's talked 285 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 6: that the statute of limitations will have run out twenty 286 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 6: five years. But then that that you know, certainly Brennan 287 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 6: and some of the others may have also allegedly purjured 288 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 6: themselves when they gave testimony to some of the Biden 289 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 6: impeachment inquiries, and so which is more recent. So that 290 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 6: was then, and now I think there the whole conversation 291 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:50,199 Speaker 6: has moved on to looking at conspiracy charges. And as 292 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 6: John Ratcliffe said just on Sunday to Maria Bardaroma, that 293 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:59,199 Speaker 6: that conspiracy continued through to this day, through the Biden 294 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 6: administration and to this day. So I think, you know, 295 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 6: they have a lot of leeway there to look at 296 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 6: tying up a lot of people. And I'm hearing that 297 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 6: there's more than one grand jury that they're contemplating, and 298 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 6: paneling in Florida would be one, maybe in DC. Just 299 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 6: ease of access for documents, and I think it's going 300 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 6: to be a big issue, and why wouldn't it be. 301 00:19:30,359 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 6: You know, you have the immense power of the federal 302 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 6: government Department of Justice. You now have Tulsey Gabbart who's 303 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:44,880 Speaker 6: really relentless in pushing through any deep state obstruction she's 304 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 6: getting from these agencies to get documents and she's just 305 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 6: referring them straight to the DOJ. So I think it's 306 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 6: going to be fruitful for them. And as we've heard, 307 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 6: I mean James Clapperson himself, he's lawing up. Jonathan Turley 308 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 6: says that all of DC is lawyering up, and the 309 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,719 Speaker 6: lawyers are more than busy, and some of them are 310 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 6: having to lawyer up themselves. I think it's good. 311 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: And you know you're in a tough spot, Miranda, when 312 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 1: your lawyer wants to get his own lawyer. That's a 313 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 1: I always say, well, that's a tough spot. Let me 314 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: ask you this quickly on the way out. I would 315 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 1: say the number one concern of our audience is we've 316 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: heard all this. It's a lot of you know, flapping 317 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: of the gums, so to speak, a lot of talk. 318 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 1: It has never actually led to anybody being charged with crimes, 319 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,119 Speaker 1: not even talking about convictions. What do you think the 320 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: chances are that there are people indicted for crimes and 321 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 1: that there is in some way at least that or 322 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: an arrest for crimes. If you were setting odds more 323 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: or less likely than fifty percent, I'd say more. 324 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 6: And in part that's because exactly as you say, we're 325 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 6: all cynical, we're all fed up. The boy has cried 326 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 6: wolf familiar in times and nothing's ever happened. And so 327 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 6: I think that that actually is an issue for Donald 328 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 6: Trump with the loyalty of his base, because they're sick 329 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 6: of promises, they're sick of being led down the garden path, 330 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 6: and nobody ever is brought to account. And therefore the 331 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 6: deep state, the bad guys, the wrongdoers, whatever you call them, 332 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 6: the coup lotters, they just get more and more emboldened. 333 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 6: And it's very dangerous for the Republic. It goes beyond 334 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 6: Donald Trump. It goes to the very survival of this 335 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 6: country that you cannot have this two tier system of 336 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:44,879 Speaker 6: justice where one side gets just killed for the most 337 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 6: minor issue and the other side gets away with murder literally. 338 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 2: Rand, appreciate you being with us. Thank you as always, 339 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 2: Thank you. 340 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 6: Great to talk to you both. 341 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: You're listening to Team forty seven with and Buck. We're 342 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: joined now by the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott. He 343 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 1: has been in the midst of a big battle, and Governor, 344 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: I appreciate you joining us. Let's start with this the 345 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 1: redistricting that would potentially add five Republican seats, has led 346 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,360 Speaker 1: to Democrats fleeing your state. Most of them, it appears, 347 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: have gone to Illinois, which is among the most jerrymander 348 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: of all states. They have fourteen Democrat seats three Republican seats, 349 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: despite the fact that President Trump got around forty five 350 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: percent of the vote there in twenty twenty four. Of 351 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: all the places they could have run, that seems like 352 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 1: a really interesting choice to have made. What's the latest 353 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 1: you can tell us about them potentially having to come 354 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: back and do their jobs as elected legislator members. 355 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 7: Well, for one, you know, you just pointed out the 356 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 7: hypocrisy of these Democrats. It's not just a hypocrisy of 357 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 7: the Democrats in Texas, at the apocrisy of the Democrats 358 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 7: in Illinois as well as across the entire country who 359 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,879 Speaker 7: are saying that Texas should not be doing this redistricting. 360 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 7: When you look at Illinois, when you look at California, 361 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 7: when you look at New York, when you look at Massachusetts, 362 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,239 Speaker 7: when you look at all the blue states, that is 363 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 7: the epitome of jerry mandering. What the Democrats have done 364 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 7: and what Texas is doing, We're just trying to draw 365 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 7: lines to allow voters to vote for the candidate of 366 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 7: the choice. Easy example, and this in each of these 367 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 7: five seats that we're going to add, Trump won those 368 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 7: five seats. The candidate of choices, Donald Trump and a 369 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 7: Republican Democrats have are a problem in Texas because they 370 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 7: think they had a quote ownership right to Hispanic and 371 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 7: Black voters. And now it turned out that Hispanic voters 372 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 7: and black voters are voting Republicans, not Democrats. So they 373 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 7: have all kinds of problems. But where we stand procedurally 374 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 7: in all of this, and that is that I took 375 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 7: actually yesterday in a proceeding to vacate or remove from 376 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 7: office the leader of this runaway renegade group of Democrats, 377 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,919 Speaker 7: and followed proceeding in the Texas Supreme Court. Texas Supreme 378 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 7: Court immediately ordered the leader of the runaway Democrats, his 379 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 7: name is jing Wu, to file papers in the Supreme 380 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 7: Court by Friday to respond to my allegations because we 381 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 7: are seeking to remove him from office and to hold 382 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 7: these people accountable, because we cannot conduct a business in 383 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 7: the stead of Texas because they've broken a quorum. And 384 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,359 Speaker 7: so for one we're going to hold them accountable for 385 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 7: another arrest. Warrants are out for all of them, and 386 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 7: we're searching across the Stead of Texas to find out 387 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,360 Speaker 7: if there are any Democrats in the Stead of Texas, 388 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 7: and if there are, we're going to be arresting them 389 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 7: and we will have Department of Public Safety officers working 390 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 7: across the country to try to identify them and know 391 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 7: this because I think the Democrats who are in Illinois, 392 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 7: New York at Center don't know this, and that is 393 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 7: the is out looking for them also, So we're going 394 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 7: to track them down and get them back. But the 395 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 7: last one is this. This is total futility by the Democrats. 396 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,479 Speaker 7: They've tried this before multiple times since I've been governor. 397 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 7: And what happens is a special session in Texas last 398 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,399 Speaker 7: thirty days and they eventually have to come back, and 399 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 7: when they come back, they'll be arrested since it's the capital, 400 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 7: and we're going to get past what was on the agenda, 401 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 7: just like we have every other time. 402 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 1: Why do you think they're doing this, Like, let's pretend 403 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: that you were not the governor of Texas trying to 404 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: enact the law as you were elected to do, and 405 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: instead you were trying to just sit out there and 406 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 1: you're looking at this and you're saying, what is their 407 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: game plan here? You just laid out why it's not 408 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: going to work. What do you think they are thinking 409 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:53,120 Speaker 1: they are gaining from this? 410 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,120 Speaker 7: I don't think that they are thinking to be. 411 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: Hop that's a good answer, by the way. 412 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 7: The reality is they're losing bad from this. And we've 413 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 7: seen it half of before. I'll tell you what's happening 414 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 7: in the past and why it's going to be repeated again, 415 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 7: and that is everyone listening to the show, every average 416 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 7: Texan instead of Texas. They have to show up for work. 417 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 7: And if they don't show up for us down, I'm 418 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 7: going to boycott today. I'm going to break quarm I'm 419 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 7: not going to go do my job. I'm going to 420 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 7: leave and go to Illinois. They be fired. And so 421 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 7: what these Democrats are doing, they're angering the average Texas voter, 422 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,440 Speaker 7: of the swing voter, if you would, who thinks, well, 423 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 7: they got to go to work, but these rogue Democrats 424 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 7: don't have to go to work. And then to make 425 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:48,719 Speaker 7: this even more impactful against these Democrats, I called a 426 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:52,639 Speaker 7: special session which lasts thirty days, and I put eighteen 427 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 7: items on that session, the first of which were four 428 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 7: items to deal with the tragic floods took place in 429 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 7: central Texas where we lost more than one hundred Texans. 430 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 7: They lost their life because of that flood, and we 431 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:15,120 Speaker 7: need remedies such as warning systems, other strategies for our 432 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 7: rivers and flooding. We need laws passed that will protect 433 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 7: the lives of Texans in the future. And the reason 434 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 7: why those laws are not being passed, the reason why 435 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 7: the resources are not being provided to the fellow Texans 436 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 7: who need those resources, is because Democrats are hold up 437 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 7: in Chicago and New York and leftist states across the country. 438 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,280 Speaker 1: We're talking to the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott. One 439 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: of the things that I think is a huge part 440 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: of this story that isn't being talked about enough, and 441 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 1: i'd like to get your reaction to this is one 442 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: reason you can redraw congressional maps and redraw lines is 443 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: because of the surge and Hispanic support for Republicans across 444 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 1: the state of Texas. Some people out there on the left, 445 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:04,120 Speaker 1: they're saying, oh, this is racist. What it actually represents 446 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: is the majority of Hispanics in Texas voted for Donald Trump. 447 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 1: They're now voting for you. They are voting Republican. And 448 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 1: it has fundamentally altered the map, including in particular down 449 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: along the border in South Texas. For people who may 450 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,919 Speaker 1: not know what has happened, what has the data shown 451 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: about Hispanic voters men in particular, but also a lot 452 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 1: of women flooding in to support Republicans. 453 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 7: Well, all you had to do was take a look 454 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 7: at the map of Texas on the night of the 455 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,199 Speaker 7: presidential election and saw all of the counties on the 456 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 7: border that Donald Trump won that have been blue for 457 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 7: more than one hundred years, and they were read under 458 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 7: Donald Trump. But Clay, get this very important fact, because 459 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 7: this just obliterates any claim of racism. Let me tell 460 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 7: you what these maps do. Four of the new districts 461 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 7: we are creating are dominant Hispanic districts, and it just 462 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 7: turns out they're Hispanic Republicans. But this is these are 463 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 7: going to be Hispanic districts, and we preserve the Barbara 464 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 7: Jordan District and Houston. Barbara Jordan was a well known 465 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 7: black member of Congress for a long time, and her 466 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 7: district have been broken apart. Uh and we're putting it 467 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 7: back together. We're restoring that district, and so any allegations 468 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:32,000 Speaker 7: about race playing a role adverse to Democrats here is 469 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 7: nothing but just an outright line. 470 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,640 Speaker 1: Are you concerned at all you can make the right 471 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: decision for Texas. I'm sure you've heard Gavin Newsom say, well, 472 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: if this happens, we're going to do that in California, 473 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: and Kathy Hochel in New York, the governor's there. I'm 474 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: sure you know those guys and gals well and JB. 475 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,040 Speaker 1: Pritzker even said maybe we'll take away some Are you 476 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 1: concerned about other states responding to Texas? And how would 477 00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: you respond to governors there making the threats? 478 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 7: Well, let's walk through that. For one, those states are 479 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 7: so jerrymandered it's hard to pick up any more seats. 480 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 7: I think I saw in the map of Illinois of 481 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 7: all the members of Congress, there are only three Republican 482 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 7: seats left, and so jerrymannered. I don't think they could 483 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 7: rig it any more than they have right now in California. 484 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 7: Understand the facts correctly. Gabt Neussim is trying to place 485 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 7: I think a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would 486 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 7: allow them to take action, the point being that unlike 487 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 7: in Texas he as governor, he doesn't have the unilateral 488 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 7: authority to call for redistricting. In Texas, we do. We 489 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 7: don't have a commission here like they do in California. 490 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 7: And so bottom line is this, the Democrats have hurdles 491 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 7: that may not be able to be cleared in order 492 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 7: for them to be able to do any of their 493 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 7: own redistricting. 494 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: What should we know? You mentioned that one of the 495 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,880 Speaker 1: reasons you're having this special legislative session was what happened 496 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:02,800 Speaker 1: with the flooding. What should this audience, both in Texas 497 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 1: and certainly outside of Texas know about the latest there 498 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: and how things are going to be handled when it 499 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: comes to that response. 500 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 7: So with regards to what happened in the Curve Will 501 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 7: area as well as many other areas to stay they 502 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 7: got ravaged by flooding and where we lost so many lives. 503 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 7: First in the Curbill area, we're still missing two people. 504 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 7: I want everyone to know that we continue and will 505 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 7: continue the search for the two people who remain missing, 506 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 7: and we will be deploying new strategies to make sure 507 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 7: that we're using every tool possible to find everybody who 508 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 7: is missing. Second, after a disaster like this, there are 509 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 7: several steps that have to be taken, and they're all 510 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 7: being taken. One is to clean up the debris, the 511 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 7: others to begin the rebuilding process. Because of the generosity 512 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 7: of so many of our fellow Texans and the Americans, 513 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 7: there was a lot of money available. Well, we're going 514 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 7: to start working to immediately rebuild homes and get people 515 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 7: back with a roof over their head. It could be 516 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 7: rebuilding it from scratch, it could be making repairs to it, 517 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 7: it could be. In that area, there were a lot 518 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 7: of RV homes and those are being provided by Samaritans 519 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 7: perse and so we have so many organizations like that 520 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 7: in addition to the resources the state has. But then 521 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 7: in addition to that, we want to make sure that 522 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 7: the state is passing laws and providing resources to make 523 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 7: sure events like this don't happen again. 524 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: Governor Bill Free come on anytime. We're different times of 525 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 1: the year. Number one in Austin, number one in Houston, 526 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: highly rated all over your state. So we appreciate everybody 527 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 1: out there listening. In the lone Star state. Good luck 528 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: to the Longhorns. And only about four weeks till football 529 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: season gets rolling. 530 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 7: Care always waits and visit with you. Thanks so much, Clay,