1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,640 Speaker 1: The government is starting to reopen. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 2: The big question that so many of you have been 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 2: asking me on social media is all right, well, when 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 2: are we going to get back to normal? 5 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,399 Speaker 1: When am I going to get paid? 6 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 2: Many government workers asking that question, and how much longer 7 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 2: will there be chaos at America's airports and the cancelations. 8 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 2: A lot of those questions are needing to be answered. 9 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 2: Senator Cruz, join me to talk about this and exactly 10 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: how this is going to be rolled out in Washington, 11 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 2: d C. I want you to hear what Center Cruise 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: had to say about the timeline about when this will 13 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 2: get to the President's desk, and Speaker Johnson making it 14 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 2: also very clear that he is in a situation where 15 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: Democrats have been holding us hostage, but not only holding 16 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: us hostage. There's a very good chance we could have 17 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 2: another government shutdown within the next three months. 18 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: We'll explain that part as well. 19 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 2: Take a listen to What'senter Cruise had to say about 20 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,200 Speaker 2: the government shutdown moving forward. 21 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: Center, we are in. 22 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 2: A government shutdown that is ending, and the official vote 23 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 2: on that's going to take place today. For most Americans, 24 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,839 Speaker 2: that means things will get back to normal pretty soon. 25 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: But it's still chaos in the skies as well. Well. 26 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 3: That's right. The shutdown very likely ends today. The House 27 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 3: of Representatives is going to vote later this afternoon on 28 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,119 Speaker 3: the appropriations package and the continuing resolution that the Senate 29 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 3: passed on Monday. Our podcasts that we put out, we 30 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 3: predicted that the government would open on Wednesday, and I 31 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 3: think it's very likely too. When the House passes it, 32 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,839 Speaker 3: I expect the President to sign it pretty much immediately. 33 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 3: And once it's signed, the funding has returned now and 34 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 3: now it will take a little bit of time. I 35 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 3: don't know how quickly paychecks will process. So for the 36 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 3: federal employees who haven't gotten paychecks now for forty four days, 37 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 3: they would really like their paychecks. And I'll tell you 38 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 3: there are a lot of places like I'll give you 39 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 3: an example, Capitol Hill. There are a lot of people 40 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 3: on Capitol Hill. Staffers who have not gotten paid, Capitol 41 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 3: police that have not gotten paid, all of the employees, 42 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 3: the employees who drive the subways have not gotten paid. 43 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 3: Everyone who's an employee of the federal government, the custodians, 44 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 3: the electricians, they have not gotten paid. And look not 45 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 3: to mention the TSA agents and the air traffic control 46 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 3: agents and the border patrol agents, and throughout the federal government. 47 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 3: Thousands and thousands of people have not gotten paid, particularly 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,399 Speaker 3: for some of the younger ones. Like on Capitol Hill, 49 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 3: you've got you know, young men and women that are 50 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 3: twenty two, twenty three years old. This is their first 51 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 3: job out of college. 52 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: There. 53 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 3: You know, some of them may have some savings, but 54 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:41,679 Speaker 3: many of them don't have any savings at all. And 55 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 3: I'll tell you they're stressed. I mean, they're very stressed. 56 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,680 Speaker 3: So my hope is the paychecks will come very quickly. 57 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 3: I don't know if they will come as quickly as Thursday, 58 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 3: or how long it will take actually the pipes to 59 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 3: do the direct deposit, but my hope is it will 60 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 3: be quite quick after the government opens, sometime when day evening, 61 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 3: when I anticipate the President will sign the legislation. Some 62 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 3: of the other delays will take a little bit more time. Presumably, 63 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 3: when the government opens Wednesday, each of the cabinet agencies 64 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 3: will send out emails and notify the non essential personnel, 65 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 3: the personnel who'd been furloughed come back to work. And 66 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 3: so I'm anticipating they'll come back to work. Thursday morning, 67 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 3: because everyone's knowing this is coming. So I think you'll 68 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 3: see full staff now. It may take a little bit 69 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 3: of time to start government services flowing at the same 70 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 3: speed that they normally flow at, and something like air 71 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 3: travel in particular, my suspicion is there'll be more of 72 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 3: a lag in air travel. I anticipate that we'll continue 73 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 3: to see delays and cancelations for several days beyond today, 74 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 3: because what's driving the delays and cancelations is that a 75 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 3: lot of the air traffic controllers and TSA agents have 76 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: been calling in sick. Maybe that immediately turns around on Thursday, 77 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 3: but that depends up the decision of fifty thousand TSA 78 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 3: agents and fourteen thousand air traffic controllers, and the FAA 79 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 3: is not going to return to full capacity flights until 80 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 3: we have sufficient numbers of controllers in the air traffic 81 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 3: control room to ensure that people are flying safely. 82 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 2: That's going to be a really important part of the 83 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 2: equation as you described it there, and it's a smart 84 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 2: way that I think what we've really seen is true 85 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 2: leadership from the Transportation Secretary on that issue and the 86 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 2: Trump administration to make sure hey, yeah, there's some delays, 87 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 2: but we're going to make sure you're safe from the skies. 88 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 2: And that is one of the caveats to all of 89 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 2: this is at least you know that someone's kind of 90 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 2: looking out for your well being. And look, there's one 91 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 2: party just playing pure politics trying to hurt people. There's 92 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 2: another that's playing defense and trying to protect you. That 93 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 2: is I think the takeaway from this shutdown. 94 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: I think that's right. 95 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 3: We also saw that the President called for ten thousand 96 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 3: dollars bonuses for the air traffic controllers who work during 97 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 3: the shutdown. That's a great policy. I think that that 98 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 3: makes an awful lot of sense. I would like to 99 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 3: see the law change so that air traffic controllers get 100 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 3: paid whether there's a shutdown or not. And as you know, 101 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 3: I voted multiple times for Ron Johnson's legislation that would 102 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 3: pay all essential employees so that you don't have federal 103 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 3: workers forced to come in and work but not to 104 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 3: get a paycheck, because that's what drives things like the 105 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 3: sickouts and people not showing up. And so I think 106 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 3: it would make perfect sense to to have written as 107 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 3: a matter of law that regardless of whether there's there's 108 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 3: a shutdown. Soldiers and sailors and airmen and marines and 109 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 3: FBI agents and border patrol agents and ice agents and 110 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 3: air traffic controllers and TSA agents, and everyone who is essential, 111 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 3: who is required to work, they get paid. The problem 112 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 3: has been that Democrats have voted against that over and 113 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 3: over and over again. I don't really see that changing 114 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 3: because look, one of the consequences of this, we have 115 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 3: funded three appropriations bills. We've funded the Agricultural Appropriations Bill 116 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 3: that includes the programs for farmers and ranchers, that includes snaps, 117 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,919 Speaker 3: so food stamps is funded. All of that's funded for 118 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 3: a year, so there won't be a shutdown on that 119 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 3: going forward. We have also funded military construction in the VA, 120 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 3: so that's really important both for construction projects at military 121 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 3: bases across the country and that's a job driver, and 122 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 3: it's important for our military defense. That's funded for a year, 123 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:34,679 Speaker 3: and the VA obviously caring for our veterans is critically important. 124 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 3: That's funded for a year. So that's good news. It 125 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 3: means the next shutdown will have a smaller impact because 126 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:45,359 Speaker 3: those three appropriations will continue. But the continuing resolution we 127 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 3: passed expires January thirtieth, and I got to say I 128 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 3: will be very surprised if the Democrats don't force another 129 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 3: shut down on January thirtieth, and so these battles have 130 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 3: not gone away, but they're at least delayed till January thirtieth. 131 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 3: Then we may be right back with the same problem 132 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 3: with flight delays if the Democrats do it again. 133 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 2: Senator, I want to ask you a question that you 134 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:12,559 Speaker 2: just mentioned earlier, and that is, how do we take 135 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 2: some of this insanity off the table? You talked about 136 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 2: there being real, you know, conversations about making some of 137 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 2: these workers where they would be essential, they would get 138 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: paid in future shutdown, so they wouldn't be we wouldn't 139 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 2: have the problems of the airport we have now, but 140 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: also safety and people that are forced to show up 141 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 2: to work. They're going to get paid on time. If 142 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 2: this is brought up after the shutdown. What is the 143 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 2: main reason why Democrats are against it? Is it just 144 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 2: pure leverage at this point? 145 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 3: Yes, No, that they want to inflict maximum pain. They 146 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 3: want to shut down to be painful for the American people, 147 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 3: and it's so they don't want that. They were furious 148 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 3: when Trump paid the military and he had enough funds 149 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 3: from the one big beautiful Bill that he could shift 150 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,280 Speaker 3: around and pay the military. They wanted the military not 151 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 3: to be paid. They're looking for maximum pain because and 152 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,200 Speaker 3: they've said this, They've been very candid. They say that's 153 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 3: where they get leverage. You know, tonight it's it's it's 154 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 3: Tuesday night, it's Veterans Day. So so I want to 155 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,040 Speaker 3: say to everyone who defended this nation, every veteran, we 156 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 3: have thank you. We are we are grateful for your 157 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 3: your service, your sacrifice. Our liberties are here because of you. 158 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 3: I am rutting right now. 159 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: Today. 160 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 3: I'm in I'm in Miami. So this evening I spoke 161 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 3: at the Miami Dade County Lincoln Day Dinner. Uh it's 162 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 3: a huge event, over one thousand people. You know, Miami 163 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 3: Dade County has been a Democrat stronghold for for decades. 164 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,599 Speaker 3: This last cycle, we flipped Dade County red. It is 165 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 3: a Republican county. Republicans won multiple elections up and down 166 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,719 Speaker 3: the up and down the slate. There was a lot 167 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 3: of energy there tonight. But but I got to say 168 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 3: ben I started by telling everyone and I said, last 169 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 3: night I was on the floor of the Senate Bernie 170 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 3: Sanders was screaming, Elizabeth Warren led out an angry war hoop, 171 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 3: Corey Booker curled up in a ball Adam Schiff was pounding, 172 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 3: and Chuck Schumer was crying. And that's not exactly right. 173 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 3: But I said, you know what all of that says. 174 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 3: It was a great day for America. The Democrats were 175 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 3: consuming each other because there were eight Democrats that finally, 176 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,600 Speaker 3: after forty two days, showed the courage to say, enough 177 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,880 Speaker 3: is enough, Let's reopen the government. And the Democrats turned 178 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 3: on each other with a viciousness that is truly extraordinary. 179 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 3: So here was a major story in the Washington Post headline, 180 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 3: Democrats pushed for a ruthlessly pragmatic approach to counter Trump. 181 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 3: And here's what the Post reported. The fury at eight 182 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 3: Democratic alligned senators who voted with Republicans to end the 183 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 3: longest y government shutdown highlights the dramatic shift in the 184 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 3: Democratic Party less than a year into President Trump's second term, 185 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 3: as voters and lawmakers argue that the party needs to 186 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 3: adopt a more ruthless tactics to counter the president and 187 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 3: claw its way back to power. So listen, the Democrats 188 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 3: are saying the longest shutdown in history wasn't ruthless enough. 189 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 3: It needs to be worse. Post continues. The reaction to 190 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 3: the two votes on Sunday and Monday, which provide a 191 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 3: pathway for the government to reopen after more than forty days, 192 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 3: was fierce. Representative Roe Kanna, Democrat from California, called for 193 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 3: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to be replaced, suggesting he 194 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 3: was an ineffective leader. Even though Schumer opposed the government 195 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 3: funding measures. So Schumer voted no, but it doesn't matter. 196 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 3: They want to throw him out anyway. House Minority Leader 197 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 3: at Keem Jeffreys, Democrat New York, blasted the eight senators 198 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 3: and said the House Democrats would not support a government 199 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 3: funding bill that did not include the healthcare measures the 200 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 3: party has demanded. So today the Democrats, presumably all or 201 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 3: virtually all, are going to vote to keep the shutdown going. 202 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 4: Now. 203 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 3: I fully expect House Republicans will provide the votes needed 204 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 3: to send this to the president. But here's what the 205 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 3: post continues. Democratic advocacy groups, politically vulnerable lawmakers, potential twenty 206 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 3: twenty eight presidential candidates, and voters all followed suit, lambasting 207 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 3: those in the party they saw as caving. The desire 208 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 3: for Democrats to hold firm despite the pain inflicted by 209 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 3: the shutdown, even though the party's prior posture was that 210 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 3: shutdowns are self destructive, was the latest sign that the 211 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 3: party has decided it must adopt an altogether different playbook 212 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 3: given Trump's willingness to resort to unprecedented measures to consolidate 213 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 3: and maintain powers, rather than try to uphold norms as 214 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 3: the president shatters them, they have decided to fight Trump 215 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 3: with tactics they previously disdained, and they have excoriated those 216 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 3: who stood in the way, whether on redistricting or candidates 217 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 3: with problematic pasts. And here's one of my colleagues, Chris 218 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 3: van Holland, one of the more liberal Democrats, quote, early on, 219 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 3: there were not enough members of Congress who recognized the 220 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:18,559 Speaker 3: magnitude of the threat Donald Trump poses to our democracy 221 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 3: and constitution. That has changed. Van Holland said that there 222 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 3: were a few senators in what he has dubbed the 223 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 3: quote no business as usual caucus at the beginning of 224 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 3: Trump's term, but it has since grown dramatically in response 225 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 3: to energy from the party's base. Quote the lesson is 226 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,679 Speaker 3: there is power and unity and in members of Congress 227 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 3: working in partnership with the grassroots community. This is why 228 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 3: so many people are feeling let down at this moment, 229 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 3: because that unity was important. This is the reaction on 230 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 3: the Democrat side. They are Schumer is besieged from all sides. 231 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 2: There are Democrats now that are basically like off with 232 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 2: his head and leadership. They want him gone. They're publicly 233 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 2: saying no, oh, yeah, this is the end of him. 234 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 2: He has done. MSNBC said it multiple times. CNN commentators 235 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 2: said the same thing, like he's done. They got to 236 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 2: get rid of him. His career's over. This goes back 237 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 2: to the being held hostage by the Marxists, the socialism 238 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:15,719 Speaker 2: and communists of the Democratic Party. Now they didn't police him. 239 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 2: Now they're running the party and they're anarchists. And Chuck 240 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 2: Schumer shut down the government for the longest period in 241 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 2: history of this country, and that wasn't good enough for them. 242 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 3: And he still voted no on reopening it. So he 243 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 3: shut it down for the longest in history. He voted 244 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 3: no consistently, and yet they're still off with his head. 245 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 3: It really is the crazies are driving the Democrat party. 246 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 3: And look, if you don't believe me, maybe you will 247 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 3: believe John Fetterman. I want you to listen to this exchange. 248 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 3: Senator John Fetterman, Democrat from Pennsylvania, was on the view 249 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 3: and Sonny, you know, one of the left wing hosts 250 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 3: there comes after him and comes after him hard. Listen 251 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 3: to her unhinged question and then listen to Fetterman's response. 252 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 5: Well. 253 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 6: Senator Bernie Sanders said the vote was a horrific mistake. 254 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 6: Governor Gavin Newsom called it pathetic and a surrender. Poll 255 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 6: after poll found more Americans on both sides of the 256 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 6: aisle blaming Republicans. Even Marjorie Taylor Green blamed the GOP. 257 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 6: As you mentioned, Democrats have big wins last week, so 258 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 6: you had momentum. Why give in now? Why bring a 259 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 6: butter knife to a gunfight. Are you willing to gamble 260 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 6: that the GOP will negotiate on healthcare in good faith 261 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 6: once the government reopens? Because if that gamble is wrong, 262 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 6: half a million Pennsylvanians that you represent, their healthcare cost 263 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 6: will skyrocket if you are wrong, and I believe you 264 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 6: are wrong. 265 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 7: Well, for first of all, MTG is quite literally the 266 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 7: last person in America that I'm going to take advice 267 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 7: or to get their kinds of my. 268 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 4: Leadership and values from. 269 00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 7: And now if Democrats are celebrating crazy pants, that then 270 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 7: that's on them. And now I don't need and I 271 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 7: don't need a lecture. I don't need a lecture from 272 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 7: from whether it's Bernie or the governor in California, because 273 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 7: they are representing very deep blue blue kinds of populations 274 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 7: and a lot of those things, a lot of those 275 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 7: things were part of the extreme. And I'll remember what 276 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 7: really needs to win, to win the big win is 277 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 7: involving my state and other states and those things. And 278 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,480 Speaker 7: why have we arrived here after the election a year ago. 279 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 7: We want to forget, we got to forget some of 280 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 7: the things that cost us that election are now for me, 281 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 7: it's like, that's why I'm trying to remind people that 282 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 7: kinds of the extreme extreme newsm we can't return to 283 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 7: those kind of things and realize we need to find 284 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 7: a way forward. And I would like to rather than 285 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 7: cite MTG, I'm going to cite one of the new 286 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 7: governor elects saying that my election is not a green 287 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 7: light to continue this shutdown, because I promise you, this 288 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 7: isn't a political game. It is viewed by that by 289 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 7: many of us. But the reality is forty two million 290 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 7: Americans now not sure where their next meal is going. 291 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 4: To come from. 292 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 7: And because we vote like that, vote like that or 293 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 7: people that haven't been paid for five weeks now and 294 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 7: that kinds of chaos. Those workers are more than half 295 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 7: a billion dollars, you know, from their credit union just 296 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:21,680 Speaker 7: to pay their bills. 297 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 2: Now you with him talking about paying their bills, and 298 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 2: I love that from Fetterman. There, they also were very 299 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 2: quiet because I didn't think I don't think they realized 300 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 2: he was going to come back with facts that way 301 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 2: and describe it. I jokingly said to you before the 302 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 2: show started, When's John Fetterman going to join the Republican 303 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 2: Party because he's been speaking an awful lot. 304 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: Of truth about the reality this shutdown. 305 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 3: Well, look, I like John Fetterman, and I will tell 306 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 3: you Republicans actually treated much more nicely than the Democrats do. 307 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 3: The Democrats are mean to him, they're vicious to him. 308 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 3: They that they really have a deep antipathy to him. 309 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 3: And the amazing thing he votes the overwhelming majority of 310 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:06,919 Speaker 3: the time with the Democrats. You know, he's on the 311 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 3: Commerce Committee with me. On virtually every vote he votes 312 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 3: party line with the Democrats. On most votes on the floor, 313 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 3: he votes party line with the Democrats. He has a 314 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 3: few defections. So he did vote to open the government, 315 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 3: and that's viewed as this great heresy because he didn't 316 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 3: want to have a force a government shut down and 317 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 3: hurt millions of Americans and continue the longest government shut 318 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 3: down in history. And the main area that he's been 319 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 3: willing to dissent from. Virtually every other Congressional Democrat is 320 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 3: in support of Israel. And we've talked about before that 321 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 3: there is a real and cognizable pro Hamas caucus in 322 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 3: the Democrat Party. It rose up about ten years ago. 323 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,879 Speaker 3: The Democrats did nothing, They look the other way, and 324 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 3: it's now taken over their party. And Fetterman is a 325 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:59,399 Speaker 3: massive outlier because he is genuinely pro Israel. He is 326 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 3: vocally pro Israel, and the radicals in the Democrat Party 327 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,159 Speaker 3: hate him for that. And again, if you don't believe me, 328 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 3: listen to what John Fetterman said on exactly this topic. 329 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 5: You are not Jewish, at least as far as I know. 330 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 5: Feel free to come, feel free to come out here 331 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 5: to me right now. But you have been one of 332 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 5: the most outspoken. It's beyond Washington, it's beyond politicians. You 333 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 5: have been one of the most outspoken people in American 334 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 5: life on the issue of anti Semitism. 335 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: Why is this issue so important to you? 336 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:38,399 Speaker 4: Ironically I did that twenty three and me I'm ninety 337 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 4: seven percent German and three percent Neanderthal, and it's like, 338 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 4: maybe it's ironic that a big German guy from Pennsylvania 339 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 4: has been very absolutely devoted to Israel and to experience 340 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 4: the kind of anti Semitism and in my life, I mean, 341 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 4: you know what you know, the Tree of Life, I mean, 342 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 4: that's that's where you're from, too. Absolutely appalling, and my 343 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 4: heart breaks for what the Jewish communities suffered, especially after 344 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 4: ten to seven. I've had the honor of meeting, you know, 345 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 4: members of the hostages, former people that were kept underground 346 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 4: for five hundred days. Five hundred days. I mean, those 347 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 4: are heroes. I've met with widows their husbands were lost 348 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 4: in the gods of war and they have eight children, 349 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 4: raising eight children by their own. That's a hero for 350 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 4: all of it. So so for me, it's heartbreaking, and 351 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 4: that's been. What's so difficult for me is like being 352 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 4: devotion to Israel becoming increasingly incompatible with being a proud 353 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 4: Democrat now too, and that's put me at odds. And 354 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 4: the things that put me at odds have all converged 355 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,080 Speaker 4: at the same time, you know, the gods of war, 356 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 4: the peace deal, and then we moved right into a shutdown, 357 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 4: you know, like now Democrats might not be allowed to 358 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 4: hold these views, and I'm not changing my party. And 359 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 4: you know, run the numbers, run numbers, you know, you 360 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 4: would find that I'm a I'm a Democrat. 361 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:06,320 Speaker 1: You know, he is a Democrat. 362 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 2: But you've walked past his Senate office countless times. I've 363 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 2: walked past it probably dozens of times when I'm up 364 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 2: in DC, and he had all the hostage pictures up 365 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 2: in his front office, which I thought was incredible. 366 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 3: Look, he has been genuinely courageous and sincerely courageous on Israel, 367 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:35,160 Speaker 3: and it's earned the absolute ire, hatred, animosity, venom of 368 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,399 Speaker 3: the radical left in the Democrat Party. I mean, you 369 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 3: heard what he just said there, that that that being 370 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 3: pro Israel is becoming incompatible with being a proud Democrat. 371 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 3: I mean, that's a that's a tragic statement. I wish 372 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 3: that statement were not true, but it is the biggest 373 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:58,919 Speaker 3: reason why their radicals hate him and much of You know, 374 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 3: when he was first elected and he came into office, 375 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 3: he had a stroke during the campaign, and the stroke 376 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:10,240 Speaker 3: was very debilitating. When John showed up, the stroke really 377 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 3: limited Like when I first met him. What the stroke 378 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 3: did is it limited his ability to process auditory input. 379 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 3: So you would talk to him and his brain was 380 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:26,479 Speaker 3: not able to process the words he was hearing, and 381 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 3: so he would carry with him an iPad that had 382 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 3: a translator because it just this is one of the 383 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 3: consequences that can be from a stroke, is your ability 384 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 3: to process words that you hear. Your brain just can't 385 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 3: put them together. So you would talk and he would 386 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 3: read it. But when he first got there, you would 387 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 3: talk to him and he would literally he was not 388 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,479 Speaker 3: able to understand what you were saying. And I mean 389 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 3: it hurt your heart. I mean, this is a is 390 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,040 Speaker 3: a very bright man. The man's a Harvard graduate, but 391 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 3: he had a medical issue that he had real consequences. 392 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 3: Early on, the Democrats all circle around him and said, 393 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,719 Speaker 3: you know, he's perfectly capable. There are no issues whatsoever, 394 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 3: because they assumed he would be a left wing Democrat, 395 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 3: that's what they expected of him. That was not a 396 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:15,159 Speaker 3: crazy expectation going in. And then when he started standing up, 397 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 3: particularly on Israel, standing up and defying the Prohamas Caucus, 398 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 3: you started seeing the Democrats leaking and planning stories and 399 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 3: really attacking his mental capability. And the irony is, look 400 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 3: you heard in those exchanges. He's now able to have 401 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:36,480 Speaker 3: a conversation. He still is a little halting in his communication. 402 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,639 Speaker 3: I think that's some of the aftermath of the stroke. 403 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 3: But the difference is night and day. You can now 404 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 3: have a conversation and he can hear you in a 405 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 3: way that when he showed up in the Senate he 406 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 3: was not able to. And yet Democrats are running to 407 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 3: reporters to plant negative stories attacking him. Many of his 408 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 3: colleagues want to drive him out of the party, and 409 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 3: at least on the Republicans side, I like John and 410 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 3: I think consistently all the Republicans are just trying to 411 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 3: be nice to him. By the way, they did the 412 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 3: same thing to Joe Manchin, they did the same thing 413 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,360 Speaker 3: to Kirsten Cinemon. 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Final question 463 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 2: on this as we move forward, what does your gut 464 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 2: say about another gouvernment shut down early next year? 465 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 3: I think it is very likely when the CR expires 466 00:25:57,359 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 3: on January thirtieth. I don't see a fundamental dynamic that changes. 467 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:02,880 Speaker 1: Now. 468 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 3: Maybe maybe maybe maybe the eight Democrats who cut the deal, now, 469 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 3: maybe on January thirtieth, they cut the deal at the 470 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 3: front end. That's possible, I can tell you. As we 471 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 3: were sitting there on Monday and they had cast the 472 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 3: initial vote on Sunday and they were getting savaged on 473 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 3: the Republican side, we felt a real urgency a vote 474 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 3: now now now, because look, we were very afraid one 475 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 3: of them would flip. I mean, I mean it. There 476 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,639 Speaker 3: is typically a limit to how much abuse an elected 477 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 3: official can take, and the left wing base was savaging 478 00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 3: those eight. 479 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: Now. 480 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 3: We actually had a delay because John Kennedy, who's a 481 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 3: good friend of mine, was put in fact, he's been 482 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 3: on the podcast just a week ago. Yeah, John was 483 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,919 Speaker 3: pressing for a resolution that says, if there's a shutdown, 484 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 3: senators will not be paid so long as federal workers 485 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 3: are not being paid, and as you know, I voluntarily 486 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 3: did that, so I have not taken a paycheck for 487 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 3: the entire length of this shutdown. I sent a written 488 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 3: letter to the Secretary of the Senate saying, hold my paycheck. 489 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 3: I'm not going to be paid as long as their 490 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 3: federal workers who are not being paid. So whenever the 491 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 3: at some point, I'll get my paychecks from the last 492 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 3: forty days in the next presumably few days, whenever the 493 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,920 Speaker 3: other federal workers do. I don't know when that will come, 494 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 3: but many, and I think most of the Democrats did 495 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,880 Speaker 3: not do that. They continued taking their paychecks throughout, which 496 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 3: was an incredible hypocrisy. And so Kennedy was pushing really 497 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 3: hard for saying, look, no senators should get paid while 498 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 3: there's a shutdown. He wanted a vote when we were 499 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 3: taking this up and voting on it. He wanted a 500 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 3: separate amendment vote on that. And it was a challenge 501 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 3: because the Democrats were refusing to give that amendment vote 502 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,639 Speaker 3: and saying, if you get that amendment vote, then we 503 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 3: want a bunch of amendment votes, and so everything was 504 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 3: paralyzed and it could have delayed. Instead of the Senate 505 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 3: voting Monday night, it could have delayed till Tuesday or 506 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 3: Wednesday or Thursday. And I and many others were really 507 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 3: concerned if it delayed till Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday 508 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 3: for the Senate to vote, one or more of the 509 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 3: eight Democrats would get cold feet and flip. And so 510 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 3: actually the way it got resolved as I went to 511 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 3: John Kennedy's office, and he and I are good friends, 512 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 3: and I said, look, can we work something out? Because 513 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 3: he was really mad, he was frustrated that he couldn't 514 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 3: get his vote. I said, can we work something out 515 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 3: that lets us vote to reopen the government and get 516 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 3: you what you want? And so we cut an agreement 517 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 3: that next week the Rules Committee on which I serve, 518 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 3: is going to vote on John Kennedy's resolution, and I 519 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 3: think we're going to vote it out of the Rules 520 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 3: Committee and put it on the Senate floor and we'll 521 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 3: vote on the Senate floor right after Thanksgiving on Careannity's provision. 522 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 3: And I asked him, look, would you be willing to 523 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 3: accept a vote on this that it's separate that doesn't 524 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 3: delay the overall funding bill, Because if we delay it, 525 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,760 Speaker 3: if one of these Democrats get cold feet. We could 526 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 3: have another week, two, three, four weeks of shutdown and 527 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 3: none of us want that. And Kennedy he was angry, 528 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 3: but he said yes, he would agree to that. I'm 529 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 3: really glad John did that. That was the right thing. 530 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,360 Speaker 3: But he's fighting for something he really believes in. So 531 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 3: I was able to go to leadership and say, look, 532 00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 3: you guys need to commit to have the vote in 533 00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 3: the rules committee and the vote on the floor. And 534 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 3: leadership did make that commitment, and that was the pivotal 535 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 3: piece that got us to a vote Monday night to 536 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 3: reopen the government. 537 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 2: Thirty days from now. What do you think the fallout's 538 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 2: going to actually be. I think people are so fast 539 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 2: to get back to normal. The holidays are coming. I 540 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,719 Speaker 2: think that's going to be sending reputer just like, all right, 541 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,520 Speaker 2: everything's fine my normal chaos as long as we don't 542 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 2: have chaos and the skuy's outside of the normal chaos 543 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 2: with it when it comes to Thanksgiving or Christmas travel, 544 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 2: I'm good. We're pretty selfish as a people. Now, let's 545 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 2: just be honest about it. So it's a lot of 546 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 2: it is Hey, if it doesn't affect me, is it 547 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,760 Speaker 2: really happening? This happens now, and is there going to 548 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 2: be fallout or accountability on either side. 549 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, people will remember what impacted themselves and their families. 550 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 3: So if your food stamps got delayed, you'll remember that. 551 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,959 Speaker 3: That will abate a real difference. If your paycheck got delayed, 552 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 3: that will impact you know. I was having a conversation 553 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 3: with the Capitol Police officer yesterday, and this was a 554 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 3: Capitol Police officer who was a veteran, had been around 555 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 3: a while, and he was talking about how they were 556 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 3: giving grief to like some of the rookies who were 557 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 3: brand new. He said, there was a class straight out 558 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 3: of the academy who started like two days before the shutdown, 559 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 3: and you know, these are all really you know, young 560 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 3: men and women twenty two to twenty three years old, 561 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 3: and this is like their first job and suddenly they're 562 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 3: not getting paid. And he did say that the veteran 563 00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 3: Capitol Police officers were basically giving grief to the young 564 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 3: rookies and being like, oh, you're new to this game, 565 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 3: and you know, shutdowns are part of working for the 566 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 3: federal government, and but you know a lot of these 567 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:10,920 Speaker 3: young guys don't have much savings, so they were a 568 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 3: little bit shell shocked from it. Those folks will remember, 569 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 3: but most Americans, if it didn't impact you. The biggest 570 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 3: way that a lot of Americans were impacted was flight 571 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 3: delays and flight delays and cancelations. The people who had 572 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:32,160 Speaker 3: their trip to visit their mom canceled, the trip to 573 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 3: go to a funeral in the family, the trip to 574 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 3: go on family vacation, the trip to go on a 575 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:39,400 Speaker 3: work trip. People will be annoyed at that. Now, look, 576 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:43,520 Speaker 3: it's November, we'll move into Thanksgiving. I think by Thanksgiving, 577 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 3: the air traffic we'll be back to normal, so it 578 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 3: won't be an additional burden. And then we'll get into 579 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:53,880 Speaker 3: Christmas and the holidays. And do I think by December 580 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 3: one the shutdown is going to be front and center 581 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 3: in anyone's mind. Not really, But then we're going to 582 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 3: get January thirtieth, And I mentioned in the last podcast 583 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 3: it was really important that we had the continuing Resolution. 584 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 3: There was a big push to get it to expire 585 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 3: on like December twenty first. Yeah, that was a terrible 586 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 3: idea because often if government funding expires right before Christmas. Look, obviously, 587 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,240 Speaker 3: every member of Congress wants to get home to be 588 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 3: with their family for Christmas. That's that's natural. You know, 589 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,080 Speaker 3: most of us have kids. You want to be with 590 00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 3: your kids for Christmas. That leads frequently to really bad deals. 591 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 3: There's an old phrase that jet fumes get in the air, 592 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 3: that people are really anxious to get out of town, 593 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 3: so they'll agree to horrible deals. So the Conservatives, I 594 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 3: was pressing hard, do not end it right before Christmas. 595 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 3: We need to go into January so we don't have 596 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 3: that pressure pushing people to make a bad deal. And thankfully, 597 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 3: and I'll give John Thune credit, John Thune leaned in 598 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,520 Speaker 3: and said, we're going till January thirtieth. That's what's in there. 599 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 3: We will have this same fight at the end of January. 600 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 3: But that at least gives us some more time and 601 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 3: some more time to deal with it. 602 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 2: You know, it's interesting if you look at the takeaway here. 603 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 2: It took forty days, longest shut down in government history, 604 00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 2: and it seems that Democrats are just saying, we'll kick 605 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 2: the can down the road a couple months. We may 606 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 2: have another government shut down. We're going to keep holding 607 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 2: the American people hostage. We're not learning from any of this, 608 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,480 Speaker 2: and this is a scary way that the government's being 609 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 2: run right now. But this is what happens when you 610 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 2: have the extreme left who is hell bent on hurting 611 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 2: Americans to get their way when they don't win an election, 612 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 2: and that's what this is really all about for them. 613 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:38,959 Speaker 2: We'll keep you updated on all of it. 614 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 3: Rage is not Rage is not an agenda. Anger is 615 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 3: not an agenda. Hate is not an agenda. And unfortunately 616 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 3: on the far left in the Democrat Party, that is 617 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 3: what they are for is rage, hate, and anger. And 618 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 3: we're going to see more chaos, We're going to see 619 00:33:54,720 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 3: more holding the American people hostage because it's a direct 620 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 3: outgrowth of that rage and hate anger. 621 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,040 Speaker 2: Don't forget to share this podcast, by the way, with 622 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 2: your family and your friends on social media wherever you 623 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 2: can hit that subscribe or auto download button and I'll 624 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:11,880 Speaker 2: talk to you again tomorrow.