1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Let me start with number one, just so you guys 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:09,559 Speaker 1: are prepared. We will be live at the convention all 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: next week. We have some very big interviews that are 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: lined up. You are not going to want to miss them. 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: So number one, make sure you download the Ben Ferguson 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: podcast every day of the convention. As I said, some 7 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: very big interviews with some very very very big guests 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: will be joining me at the convention. So that is 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,520 Speaker 1: number one. I just want to make sure you guys 10 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: have that programming note. Okay, now onto the big news, 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: and I'm going to give you kind of a recap 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: because I think it's important to talk about what's happened 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: over the last several days. 14 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 2: Before the quote big boy. 15 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: Press conference, the President of the United States of America 16 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: did that interview with George Stepanopolis. That didn't work. It 17 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: didn't make everything better. That is when publicly you started 18 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 1: to see the Democratic Party really unravel publicly. They'd already 19 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: done it privately after the first debate, but the White 20 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: House was like, hey, it was just. 21 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 2: A bad night, give us a second chance. 22 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: The second chance was the Stepanopolis interview that didn't stop 23 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 1: the bleeding. Democrats then started coming out and publicly saying 24 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: we want another candidate. Now, the reason why they did 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: that is because they don't want to lose power. That's 26 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,279 Speaker 1: the whole ballgame here, and I think that's been pretty clear. 27 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: After Stepanopolis happened. Not only did you have Democrats publicly 28 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: saying we need a new candidate, but then you had 29 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: the staff around the President of the United States of 30 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: America start to jump ship on him as well, and 31 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: that's when the dam really started to break. 32 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 2: That is where we are right now. 33 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: All right, You've got a situation now where the President 34 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: of the United States of America is losing his staff. 35 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: The leagues that are coming from inside the White House 36 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: are significant, and you're starting to lose cabinet members that 37 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: are now leaking about how they never see the president, 38 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: they never meet with the president, they haven't had a 39 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: cabinet meeting in over eight months. When they do meet 40 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: with the president, they have to submit their questions beforehand, 41 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: and then they're being told how he's going to answer 42 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: and when he's going to answer, and to be ready 43 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: to answer these questions. So everything is scripted, nothing is real. 44 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: I have been very lucky in my career to be 45 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: around presidents. I can tell you it doesn't work this way, 46 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: whether it was when I was working as a sagon 47 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: on the Bush campaign in two thousand and four, working 48 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: with the white House after that after we won that election, 49 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: whether it is around candidates that are running for the 50 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: presidency and having the meetings at the top level, you 51 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: don't have submitting of questions at that level. My mentor 52 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: was former Secretary or say Attorney General John Ashcroft. I 53 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: can tell you don't not have meetings with the president 54 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: number one, and you don't have meetings that are scripted 55 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: the way that they've been described. 56 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 2: This is not normal. 57 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: This has been done solely because of the cognitive decline 58 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: of Joe Biden. I've been around Donald Trump, in fact, 59 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: I was in the Oval days before his final State 60 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: of the Union, and this is not how that White 61 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: House worked either. I can tell you from people that 62 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: I know that worked with Bill Clinton, that worked with 63 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: Barack Obama, this is not how it worked in any 64 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: white House. It is absurd to imply that this is 65 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: how it works. To the cabinet. Now we know that 66 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: this isn't, by the way normal. As much as the 67 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: White House tries to claim that this is somehow very normal. 68 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: And the reason why I say that is because it's 69 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: the actual cabinet members of Joe Biden's cabinet that are leaking. Now, 70 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: why would they be leaking. People have asked this quest 71 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: of me, and I'm going to answer it quickly. They're 72 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: leaking because they don't want to lose their job as 73 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: a cabinet member. So they if they believe they're going 74 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: to lose, right, then they want another candidate so maybe 75 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 1: they can keep their job. The candidate that they seem 76 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: to all be coalescing around is the one that they 77 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: believe is the easiest one to replace the president, and 78 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: that is Kamala Harris. It's not because she's necessarily the 79 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 1: best one. It's because she's the easiest one. Okay, That's 80 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: the real reason here, and people need to understand that 81 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: this is the real reason why. 82 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 2: It is she's the easiest. 83 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: She can keep the same campaign apparatus, which also, by 84 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: the way, means that everybody in the Biden campaign keeps 85 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: their job. It means that everybody at the White House 86 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: has a very good chance of keeping their jobs. It 87 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: means that everybody in the cabinet has a very good 88 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: chance of keeping their job or the best chance of 89 00:04:55,320 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: keeping their job. It is friendlies right among them, so 90 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: they're trying to do this. Now here's the other thing. 91 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: I think there's a real chance now that the Democrats 92 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: in the cabinet are floating these stories out there that 93 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: they have not seen the president, that the President doesn't 94 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: talk to them, that they have to submit their questions right. 95 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 2: The list goes on and on. And the reason why 96 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 2: they're doing this is. 97 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: Because I think they're actually looking at the real possibility 98 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: of the twenty fifth Amendment. And if they decided to 99 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: pull the twenty fifth Amendment on the President of the 100 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 1: United States of America, their boss who they're supposed to 101 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: serve at the privilege of they're going to get rid 102 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: of him that way, so then they can keep their 103 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: jobs in a cabinet with Kamala Harris, and that would 104 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,679 Speaker 1: probably be the deal that they're making with Kamala right now. 105 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: You also look at the top advisors of the president 106 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: that are leaking right now, and they keep saying things like, 107 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: we're really angry, we're really frustrated, We're trying to figure 108 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: out how to get him to come to a census. 109 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 2: We're trying to get him to figure out how to 110 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 2: come together. 111 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: We're trying to get him to understand this is what 112 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: he needs to do for the presidency, for the good 113 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: of the party. 114 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 2: All that's crap. 115 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: This is also they keep their power because remember, every 116 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: one of them is out of a job if Joe 117 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 1: Biden loses to Donald Trump. This is about self preservation. 118 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 1: It's not about what's best for the country. It is 119 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:22,919 Speaker 1: about self preservation. And that is the entire conversation that 120 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: they're having behind the scenes. Now I put all that 121 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: together to then play the next part of them trying 122 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 1: to get rid of the president. We are now hearing 123 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: that donors are stopping the funds. They're saying, we're done 124 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: the funds, We're done with We're not going to release 125 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: any more of the money that we've pledged to the 126 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: President of the United States of America and Joe Biden's 127 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: campaign because we want you gone. 128 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 2: I want you to take a listen to when this 129 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: news broke. 130 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 3: Breaking this hour or New York Times reporting, donors have 131 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 3: told the largest pro Biden superpack that roughly ninety million 132 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 3: dollars in pledges are now frozen if Biden remains at 133 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 3: the top of the ticket, but this may only be 134 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 3: the beginning. Reports claim a coordinated Democratic rebellion is set 135 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 3: to unfold during a brutal forty eight hour stretch for Biden. 136 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 3: An eighteenth Democrat lawmaker just called for Biden's exit ninety 137 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 3: minutes ago. Now we're learning that President Biden privately met 138 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 3: with White House Minority Leader Jeffreys after his solo press 139 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 3: conference last night, where he made several embarrassing mistakes on 140 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 3: the world stage. 141 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: This is again all orchestrated, and they're now laying out 142 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: the plan, and you can watch the plan taking shape. 143 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: You have the money dry out, you have elected officials 144 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 1: come in and say we're done. 145 00:07:58,280 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 2: You have. 146 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: Other elected officials start leaking, you have cabinet members start leaking, 147 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: you have everybody leak everything, and you just keep hammering 148 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: at him until he doesn't. 149 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 2: See a pathway forward. 150 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: This also is a strategy that is going to be 151 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: interesting because I don't think Joe Biden cares. I think 152 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: he's holding the Democratic Party hostage at this point, saying 153 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: if it ain't me, it ain't gonna be you either. Hey, Kamala, 154 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: you think you're gonna get this without me? 155 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 2: You're wrong. 156 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, all these elitists and donors like, I think 157 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: this guy is irrational and digging in. I think any 158 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: irrational person would look at what's happening right now and say, okay, hey, 159 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: I am too old, right. 160 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 2: But he's not rational. 161 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: He has Parkinson's or dementia or Alzheimer's or who knows 162 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: what the hell he's got. But it's clear that logic 163 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: is not going to work with him at all. President Trump, 164 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: by the way, capitalize on these massive mistakes. He was 165 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: asked on Clay and Buck Good Friend of Mine show 166 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: today about Biden's undoubtedly bad press conference and getting names wrong, 167 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,120 Speaker 1: for example, like he did when he was introducing Zolensky 168 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: and called him Putin. I want you to hear what 169 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: Donald Trump said on Klaimbucks show as he was talking 170 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: about the massive Zolensky slash Putin intro mistake. If you 171 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: missed it, it was cringeworthy. You had Joe Biden talking 172 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: about Zelensky calling him Vladimir Putin. 173 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 2: Here's what Trump had to say about it. What's your takeaway? 174 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 4: Because the New York Times and a lot of others 175 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 4: seem like they thought it could be the end, but 176 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 4: doesn't really seem like the end. 177 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,360 Speaker 5: Well, it's not the end for him, because when you 178 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 5: control the delegates, it's never the end. I mean, there's 179 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 5: nothing anybody can do. So as long as he wants 180 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 5: to continue doing this, he's going to be able to 181 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 5: do that to do anything else. But I thought the 182 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 5: worst part of the press conference was the moment during 183 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 5: the day when he introduced Zelenski and he introduced them 184 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 5: as Vladimir Putin. That was not good. That was unpardonable. 185 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 2: You can't do that. 186 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 5: You know, there are things you can do, things you 187 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 5: can't do. Was a bad one. So he introduced them 188 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 5: as Putin, and then I guess somebody started screaming at him, 189 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 5: and he corrected as much as you can. You know, 190 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 5: that doesn't get corrected very easily. So he went in 191 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 5: there with the yips. I think he went into the 192 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 5: press conference with the yips because, frankly, if he were 193 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 5: Winston Churchill, who was not bad at press conferences, by 194 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 5: the way, if he were Winston Churchill, his press conference 195 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 5: wasn't going to work out too well because of what 196 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 5: happened previous. 197 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: By the way, I think Donald Trump's absolutely right there. 198 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: You noticed how Donald Trump's not really trying to pound 199 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:01,959 Speaker 1: him that hard. Like you notice that like he understands. 200 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 1: Donald Trump gets it. He understands that he wants Joe 201 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 1: Biden to stay the nominee. And every day that goes by, 202 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: it is less likely that Donald Trump will have to 203 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: run against Kamala Harris or whoever the hell else the 204 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: Democrats decided to put up, including people like Michelle Obama. 205 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 2: Now, Donald Trump. 206 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: Also is in an interesting situation now as well. And 207 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: when I say an interesting situation, it's very interesting situation. 208 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: Donald Trump has got to pick a vice president. And 209 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: you're trying to pick a vice president, which is an 210 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: important pick. You pick your vice president obviously, it's someone 211 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: that you believe can take over the job if something 212 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: happens to you, Right, that's number one that the people 213 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: would trust, that the people would get behind in your party, 214 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 1: and the people that are voting for you would like. 215 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: But you also pick a vice president based on what 216 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: they bring to the table. And you pick a vice 217 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,560 Speaker 1: president many time I'm depending on looking at your opponent, 218 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: like what do I need and a vice president? Right? 219 00:12:04,880 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: What does the other guy have that maybe I want 220 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: to be able to counter? Who am I running against 221 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: and what attributes would be a good counter to that 222 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: person and that team. Well, not knowing who you're running against, right, 223 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: you're running against Biden, but you may not be, it 224 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: makes it a lot harder to pick your vice president. 225 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: And I'm sure Donald Trump has been holding out as 226 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: long as he has because like, all right, well, I 227 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: need to know who I'm running against and I need 228 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: to know what this looks like If it's Kamala, do 229 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: I change my vice president to pick? I think there's 230 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: a lot of arguments that you would based on who 231 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,319 Speaker 1: the Democrats picked to go against you. Trump was asked 232 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: about that in his conversation with my buddies Clay and 233 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: Buck Listen. 234 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 6: Vice President, you've done a good job. I think of 235 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 6: creating a lot of different drama associated with who the 236 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 6: vice president is going to be. Can you tell us 237 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 6: have you made up your mind on your pick yet? 238 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 6: And second part of that, have you decided on how 239 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 6: the vice president is going to be announced? 240 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 5: I'd love to do it during the convention. You know, 241 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 5: the Republican Convention is a big deal. In the old days, 242 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 5: they used to do it that way. Now technology makes 243 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 5: it more difficult. I say no, it's supposed to make 244 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 5: it easier. It makes it actually more difficult, if you 245 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 5: can believe it. But I'd love to do it during 246 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 5: the convention, which would be, you know, or just slightly 247 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 5: before the convention, like Monday. Love to do it on 248 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 5: Tuesday or Wednesday actually, But for a lot of complex 249 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 5: reasons that you people understand, you pretty much don't do that. 250 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 5: And I have some really really good candidates, and you know, 251 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 5: maybe leaning one way and that changes sometimes, you know, 252 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:49,680 Speaker 5: all of a sudden you see something that you like 253 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,960 Speaker 5: or you don't like, and you lean a little bit differently. 254 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:55,000 Speaker 5: But we have some very good We have a very 255 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 5: good bench. We have a very good bench. 256 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 2: How would you announce it? Do you call up everybody? 257 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 3: Like? 258 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 6: How many finalists would you say you have right now? 259 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 6: And is it like a job offer? Do you call 260 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 6: them up? Do you bring them in in person? Have 261 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 6: you thought about how you would convey that offer? 262 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 5: It's like a highly sophisticated version of the Apprentice? Yeah, okay, 263 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,920 Speaker 5: if you think about it. And they're great people, and 264 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 5: they're really good. I got to know them very well. 265 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 5: I'd say four people think you know four or five people, 266 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 5: but I got to know them very well. Some dropped 267 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 5: out over the course of they didn't drive, you know 268 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 5: I had there were reasons why they wouldn't have done 269 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 5: as well. 270 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 4: So it's still open though, Sir, you're telling us that 271 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 4: it's not necessarily a done deal in your mind. 272 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 2: Is that right? You're still thinking it over. 273 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 5: I have no I'm going into great detail, but more ultimately, 274 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 5: it's more of an instinct. You know, you develop an instinct, 275 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 5: but I like to know all the facts before the 276 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 5: instinct kicks in. The people are fantastic, Like I watched 277 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 5: Jim Scott on television yesterday. He was fierce and great. 278 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 5: He was great. I watched Marco over the weekend on television. 279 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 5: He was incredible. JD has been great. You have a 280 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 5: man named Bergham who's a fantastic governor in North Dakota. 281 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 5: And you know, it's a state that's very very pressed, 282 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 5: was very successful, and he's done. 283 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 2: A good job there. 284 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 5: You have you have some terrific people. 285 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: Now, if there's any takeaway from what you just heard 286 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: from Trumpet's this he wants the vice presidential announcement to 287 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: be big. He wants it to be a surprise. You 288 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: notice how he floated all those different names there, Right, 289 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: I like Bergham, I like JD, I like Marco. Right, 290 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: I mean the list, you know, I love you know, 291 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: Tim Scott, And he went through that list. Now there 292 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: is a chance he's throwing us off on that list. 293 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 1: And there's another name in there that is on a 294 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: list but hasn't been talked about a lot to shock everybody. 295 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 2: Could he do that, Absolutely he could. 296 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: But the President wants this to be a made for 297 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: RNC convention excitement. He wants to excite the delegates. He 298 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: wants to control the media cycle. He wants this to 299 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: not come out in a leak. And I don't think 300 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: he's made up his mind that he said, probably to anybody. 301 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 2: Maybe in his head he's made up his mind. 302 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: But I guarantee you right now, outside of him, like 303 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: no one else knows what the hell's going on. And 304 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: he's doing that on purpose, which is by the way, 305 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: very very very smart. Now, I want to move over 306 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: to two other things that are important that Donald Trump 307 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: talked about. He talked about like how bad it is 308 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: to be Biden right now and how everybody's turning on 309 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: Joe Biden. And notice his demeanor when he's talking about this. 310 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: He was asked, for example, about George Clooney. Listen, do 311 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: you think. 312 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 6: Barack Obama is behind trying to push out Joe Biden 313 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 6: at all? Do you follow kind of this palace intrigue. 314 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,760 Speaker 6: It's really kind of wild. In the two weeks since 315 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,080 Speaker 6: you knocked him out in the debate, I mean, they 316 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 6: have just spun completely out of control. And I've been 317 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 6: reading the Barack Obama George Clooney comes out and says, hey, 318 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 6: you got to drop out. Can you believe how much 319 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 6: of a dumpster fire they are right now? 320 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 5: Well, I thought George Clooney was very disloyal, because whether 321 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 5: you like Biden or not, you know, he's been nice 322 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 5: to Cloney. I thought it was very disloyal, backstabber, third 323 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 5: rate movie actor. He was a television actor and never 324 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 5: made really a good movie, and so he's sort of 325 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 5: third rate. He goes as a movie actor at pluck Gable, 326 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 5: he's not. And you know, but I thought it was. 327 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 5: I thought it was a great actor of disloyalty. 328 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 2: And you hear him there. He does what Trump does 329 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 2: so well. 330 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,159 Speaker 1: Right, he starts kind of ripping on Clooney, making the 331 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 1: little jabs there, talking about how I'm loyal. And then 332 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: you go to the Obama's, all right, what about them? 333 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: Are they undermining him? 334 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 2: Right now? Joe Biden. 335 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 5: Obama hates Biden, and Biden hates Obama. We know that 336 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 5: because that's been for a long time. 337 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 2: You remember, you guys, remember your. 338 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 5: Perfect age for us. But Hillary Obama wanted Hillary, not Biden, 339 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 5: and Biden never forgot that they hate each other. You 340 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 5: remember when I said that Bush and Marco had a 341 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 5: lot of problems together and they said, no, no, no, 342 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 5: we get along, we get along. I said, no, you 343 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 5: don't get along. You don't get along. And two debates in, 344 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 5: and by the way, Marco is doing very well, I 345 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 5: will tell you, But two debates in they started really 346 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 5: going at it. I said, I told you. And if 347 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 5: you remember the famous debates, we had those great debates, 348 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 5: the Republican debates actually among the greatest ever. But I said, 349 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 5: I told you when they started going at it, well, 350 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 5: these two hate each other. There's no question about that. 351 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 5: And why wouldn't Why wouldn't Biden hate because you know, 352 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 5: he really passed in a more prime time period. 353 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 1: I mean, what a gift like this is such a gift, 354 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: It really is it is a gift that you should 355 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 1: just smile and you should laugh if you're Donald Trump, 356 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: because it is a dumpster fire, like a true authentic 357 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: dumpster fire. Within the Democratic Party, they're all trying to 358 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 1: eat each other. It's survival of the fittest right. 359 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 2: They're all trying to figure. 360 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: Out how to get rid of a guy that can 361 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,479 Speaker 1: ruin their careers, who, by the way, gave them in 362 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:30,399 Speaker 1: many ways their careers. 363 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 2: And I'm like, all right, we're done with you, old man, 364 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 2: see you later. 365 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,440 Speaker 1: So if you are looking at this from a conservative standpoint, 366 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: there's great things to be excited over. And then there's 367 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: the concern over things are so bad for Joe Biden 368 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 1: that we may not even get to run against him. 369 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 1: I want Joe Biden to stay the nominee. I want 370 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 1: Joe Biden to be the guy that I'm voting against 371 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 1: on election day. Democrats realize how out of control this 372 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 1: has gotten, and now they are just doing everything that 373 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: they can to undermine the president. 374 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 2: Let me give you another example. 375 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer went on how it was one 376 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: of the late night shows. 377 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 2: I don't watch them anymore. They suck. 378 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: But she was on one this week, and she started 379 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 1: to kind of like, you know, pander and realize like, hey, 380 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: the writing's on the wall. 381 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 2: It was a problem. 382 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: And Michigan Governor Whitmore, we now have been told, will 383 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: not attend Biden's Michigan appearance. And Senator Gary Peters, a 384 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: steadfast Biden supporter, and another representative who's by the way, 385 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: vying for Michigan's open Senate seats. 386 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 2: So they're like all in right now. 387 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 1: They will also now be absent from Joe Biden's appearance 388 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: in Michigan, which is a state that you got to 389 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 1: win to win the presidency if you're a Democrat. 390 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 2: I think if you look at. 391 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: The math, this is an event, by the way, that 392 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: was supposed to be like hey, we're all united, right, Well, 393 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 1: so they're gone. That's the governor gone, number one. You've 394 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: got Senator Gary Peters, a step past Biden supporter gone. 395 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 1: You've got another congressperson who's gone, who's actually vying for 396 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: Michigan's open Senate seat. They don't want to be on 397 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 1: stage with him, they don't want to be with him, 398 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: they don't want to be around him. 399 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 2: Joe Biden is now toxic all right. 400 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: We also know, and this is a very interesting point, 401 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 1: that the United Auto Workers president is traveling for quote 402 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:37,199 Speaker 1: a conference and won't attend either. He doesn't want to 403 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: be on stage with the President of the United States 404 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: of America. So what they're telling you is that Joe 405 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: Biden is kryptonite and we don't want to be around 406 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: sleepy Joe Biden, and the Democrats internal polling must be 407 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: dismal to appear with him on stage. So they're all 408 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 1: now lying and making up reasons why they're not there. Now. Look, 409 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: the other thing that the president's having to do now 410 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,320 Speaker 1: is have a quote, vigorous schedule. 411 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 2: Right, I'm out there, I'm campaigning. 412 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: He had an event in Michigan Friday afternoon and creepy 413 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: Joe Biden got distracted as he was rambling in Michigan, 414 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: and I want you to hear what he said. 415 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 2: And this is the reason why Democrats are running. 416 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 7: And I think when Debbie and I well, just last 417 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 7: three years, I think we've made a lot of progress. 418 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 8: We made a lot of progress. 419 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 7: Remember everybody, Hi, how are you? 420 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 5: How old are you? 421 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 7: Remember? 422 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 3: No? 423 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 7: Serious, guys, you're thirty. 424 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 8: Okay. 425 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 7: So it's my daughter and grandad hadn't worked yet, but 426 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 7: I'm working on it. 427 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: But anyway, I mean, he just stopped what he says 428 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 1: when he's seeing this like thirteen year old little girl, 429 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: and he's like, Hi, how old are you? 430 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 2: It's so creepy. It's not normal. 431 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 1: And then he goes back to his you know, so anyway, right, 432 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: we'll go to this other thing. Biden also got very 433 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,439 Speaker 1: dazed and confused and started rambling at the same event. 434 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 2: It was on TV. Here's what it sounded like. 435 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 7: And so I decided I wasn't gonna get engates and public. 436 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 7: I was always going to run again. I had been 437 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,720 Speaker 7: vice president. I was a professor full professor at the 438 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 7: University of Pennsylvania at the time. And what happened was 439 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 7: that I was going to stay out of it. But 440 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 7: then what happened was remember down in Charlottesville, Virginia, when 441 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 7: those folks came out of the woods carrying torches and 442 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 7: Nazi banners and literally singing the same Nazi anyway, same 443 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 7: song sung in Germany in the thirties, and a young 444 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 7: woman was killed who was a bystander, and that young 445 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 7: woman I met. I talked to the mother, and the 446 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 7: press contacted Trump and asked him, They said, what do 447 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 7: you think. He said, there were very good people on 448 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 7: both sides, very good people. And I asked the God, 449 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 7: That's why I decided to run. That's why I decided 450 00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 7: to run. 451 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 2: This is the most coherent story. 452 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: This is a guy that's rambling incoherently about being a 453 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,680 Speaker 1: quote full professor at the University of Pennsylvania. 454 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 2: That's total lie, and then. 455 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: Regurgitates the very good people hoax that has been fact 456 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: checked and is also a lie, and he knows it's 457 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: a lie. So he's just lying on both issues, one 458 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: about his own resume when you're the president of the 459 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: United States of America, and so it's a disaster. This 460 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: is why the Democrats are clearly running now. Donald Trump 461 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,200 Speaker 1: has also said something else very interesting. 462 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 2: Now. He is saying that Joe. 463 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: Should immediately take a cognitive test, and I will go 464 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: with him and take one also for the first time. 465 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 2: We'll be a team and do it for the good 466 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 2: of the country. 467 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: And from now on, all presidents of kendidate should be 468 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,199 Speaker 1: mandated to take a cognitive test and aptitude tests, regardless 469 00:24:55,400 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: of their age. That is what the president form. President 470 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: Trump is now saying. Let's immediately take the cognitive tests. 471 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: All presidential cancl do it, should do it. This is 472 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 1: something that no one should. 473 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 2: Be able to avoid. 474 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 1: When he did this, it was a smart move because 475 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: he's again stepping up further by stating, look, he's not okay, 476 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: I'm okay. 477 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 2: Everyone should do this, regardless of age. 478 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: It's not just Republicans, by the way, talking about Biden's 479 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: apparent decline in both mental acuity and physical stamina. Democrats 480 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: are saying it as well. So Trump is saying, all right, 481 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: I'll go along with you, right, Democrats across the border 482 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,400 Speaker 1: actively requesting him to drop out of the presidential race, 483 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: begging him to pass the torch to somebody else. And 484 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: we've all seen it. We've all witnessed it. I just 485 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: played it for you there. But Biden has remained, you know, defiant, right, 486 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: explaining that he would quote reduce the mounting fears by 487 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: letting them see me out there. That's their response, We're 488 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 1: not taking a cognitive test. You're gonna see me out there. 489 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: Trump calling on Biden to step up to the plate 490 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: and taking cognitive test, offering to take one as well, 491 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 1: is a very smart political decision. It's a smart decision 492 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: because you know, Joe Biden's not gonna do it. 493 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 2: He's just not We know he's not gonna do it. 494 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: He said, quote, I've taken three significant intense neurological exams 495 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 1: by neurologists. He then says that doctor say he's in 496 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 1: good shape. Do you believe President Biden? No, I don't 497 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: believe President Biden. I think he's lying to us, and 498 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: that's where these leaks continue to come in from the 499 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 1: people around him. So let's take another step back, okay 500 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: and look at this again from where we are now. 501 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 1: Jim Cliburn, who's a very close friend to the president, 502 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: has even floated this idea now that the president's got time, 503 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,160 Speaker 1: that Democrats have time until the ninth teenth of August 504 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,639 Speaker 1: to open our convention and we have till then decide 505 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 1: if we're going to. 506 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 2: Keep him or not. 507 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: James Cliburn said on the Today Show that he will 508 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,480 Speaker 1: support Joe Biden's candidacy the Democratic Party right, and don't worry. 509 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: We've got until October the night or excuse me, August 510 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: nineteen to open it. So we're going to be fine. 511 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 1: But I want you to listen to even how this 512 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: is the guy that's supposed to be like one hundred 513 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:29,239 Speaker 1: percent behind Joe Biden. He's even backing away from it. 514 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: Here's him from the Today Show. 515 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 9: Let's start with this news conference last night. Again, the 516 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 9: news conference was supposed to allay concerns that a lot 517 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 9: of folks have, many of them within your own party, 518 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,439 Speaker 9: about the president's ability to do the job. He starts 519 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 9: by confusing his vice president was former President Trump. That 520 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 9: was just a few hours after he confused President Putin 521 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 9: with President Zelensky. 522 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:51,880 Speaker 2: Did he allay. 523 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 9: Those concerns last night? 524 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 8: Well, those of us who are real close watches of 525 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 8: Joe Biden, we do know that he sometimes mangle words 526 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 8: and phrases. But all of that is almost natural for 527 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 8: people who grew up stuttering, and they do focus a 528 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,919 Speaker 8: little more. And when you folks a little more, you 529 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 8: tend to use to lose the flow. 530 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,439 Speaker 9: But you're not saying that what we've seen from this 531 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 9: president of the last few weeks is just the folks 532 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 9: of him stuttering. 533 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 8: I mean that he doesn't study now. He is still 534 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 8: working to overcome the stutering of his childhood. I've been 535 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 8: around that condition for a long time, and I know 536 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 8: exactly how it operates, but he has one of the 537 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 8: best minds that I've ever been around, and the people 538 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 8: who've been around him will tell you that. And so 539 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 8: I would hope that we will focus on the substance 540 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 8: of this man rather than these sometimes the misspoken words 541 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 8: and phrases and how he has run this country. 542 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 9: But Congressman, you've got seventeen Democrats, seventeen Democrats, one of 543 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 9: them is sitting usador who have called on their president 544 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 9: to step aside. Former Speaker Nancy Policy two days ago saying, quote, 545 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 9: it's up to the president. 546 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 2: To decide if he's going to run. 547 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 9: We're all encouraging him to make that decision because time 548 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 9: is running short. That is not a full throated endorsement 549 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 9: from your friend and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Should the 550 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 9: conversation about the president getting out of this race? Should 551 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 9: that conversation continue, No, it shouldn't. The conversation should be over. 552 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 8: No, the conversation should focus on the record of this administration, 553 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:45,600 Speaker 8: on the alternative to his election, and let Joe Biden 554 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 8: continue to make his own decisions about his truct He's 555 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 8: earned that right, and I am going to give him 556 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 8: that much respect. If he decides the changes behind later on, 557 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,479 Speaker 8: then we would respond to that we haven't the nineteenth 558 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 8: of August to open out a convention, and so I 559 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 8: would hope that we would spend our time now focusing 560 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 8: on the record that we would lay out for the 561 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 8: American people, remind the American people of what is in 562 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 8: store for them if probably twenty twenty five were to 563 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 8: become a law in any form. That is where our 564 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 8: focus are. 565 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 9: Will be a congressman again, how how is this a candidate? 566 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 2: How is this a candidate's candidacy? 567 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: Oh? 568 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 9: Candidate that can remain viable if you literally have a 569 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 9: Democrat every day calling on him to drop out of 570 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,760 Speaker 9: the race. Downvalid Democrats. So we are going to be 571 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 9: answering questions day in and day out about the president's 572 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 9: of mental acuity. How is that a How is that 573 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 9: a campaign that can be successful? 574 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 8: Well, Joe Biden is focus on the future of this country, 575 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 8: and I always say the best predictor of future performance 576 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 8: is past behavior. 577 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: Jim Cliburn is like, well, don't judge the man by by. 578 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,719 Speaker 2: What he's doing. Look at his policies. Okay, we'll do that. 579 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: They're failures, but notice he's lowered the bar so low 580 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: to try to convince you that it's okay to support him. 581 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: That he's like, well, we know he's bad, we know 582 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: he mixed up mains, we know he's senile, but kind 583 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 1: of trust that the team around him has got everything covered. 584 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 2: So it'll actually be okay. 585 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: That's the sales pitch you're giving on the Today Show. Now, granted, 586 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 1: he couldn't have imagined that the Today's Show would come 587 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: after him this hard, but yet this is exactly what 588 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:40,080 Speaker 1: is happening. It's shocking, It is totally shocking. I'm going 589 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: to be at the convention. We're going to get a 590 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,320 Speaker 1: lot of answers on a lot of this from the 591 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,720 Speaker 1: Republican side. Make sure that you listen to the podcast 592 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: every single day at the convention. Hit that subscriber download 593 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: auto download button. I'll see you back here tomorrow.