1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: A government shutdown is now likely after Chuck Schumer says 2 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: that Senate Democrats will block a GOP funding bill. The 3 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson making it very clear 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: that the same Democrats who've always said we can never 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: shut down the government and it hurts Americans and poor 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: people and the world is going to end now that 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is in charge, they've decided, Nah, I'm we'll 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: just throw that all out the window and go with 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: the government shutdown just to try to hurt Donald Trump. 10 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: Take a list, and to the Speaker in his own words. 11 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,919 Speaker 2: They're planning to vote down the simple bill. They are 12 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 2: going to try to shut the government down. Every House 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 2: Democrat will participate on this. It looks like that would 14 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 2: be a shame if it's true. I hope some of 15 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 2: them will have a moment of clarity themselves and do 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: the right thing. But it looks like they're going to 17 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 2: try to shut down the government. It's a striking new 18 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 2: posture for Democrats who have always said this has been 19 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 2: apoplectic about the prospect of government shutdowns. 20 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: So just think for a second about what the Speaker 21 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: just said. It's very clear that Democrats are solely doing 22 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: this for political reasons, and they want America to suffer. 23 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: They want Americans to suffer because they want you to 24 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: blame Donald Trump for any inconvenience or real pain that 25 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: comes from a government shut down. You can also look 26 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: at it this way. They're advocating for tanking the American 27 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: economy because they don't actually care about Americans. In fact, 28 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: listen to the Senate Minority Leader, Chuck Schumer in his 29 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: own words about why they're doing it. 30 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 3: Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans 31 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 3: chose a partisan path, drafting their Continuing Resolution without any input, 32 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 3: any input from Congressional Democrats. Because of that, Republicans do 33 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 3: not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture 34 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 3: on the House. We are our caucus is unified on 35 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 3: a clean April eleventh cr that will keep the government 36 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 3: open and give Congress time to negotiate bi parties in 37 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 3: legislation that can pass. We should vote on that. I hope, 38 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 3: I hope our Republican colleagues will join us to avoid 39 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 3: a shutdown. 40 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: On Friday. Translation, Chuck Schumer is saying, we the Democratic Party, 41 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: are holding Congress and the American people hostage because of that, 42 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:33,679 Speaker 1: as he said, Republicans do not have the votes in 43 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: the Senate to vote quoture on the House Continuing the Resolution, 44 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: So now it is a government shutdown that will be 45 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: created solely by the Democrats, with Republicans holding a fifty 46 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: three to forty seven advantage in the Senate. Chuck Schumer 47 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: also understands that, guess what, you don't always work together 48 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: with the other side, because when the American people voted 49 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: in Donald Trump and gave the Senate back to the 50 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: Republicans and the House control in the hands of the Republicans, 51 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: they didn't ask Donald Trump to quote compromise with Democrats. 52 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: They said to Donald Trump, go to Washington, save us money, 53 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 1: and go with a mandate to do what we're sending 54 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: you there to do. Now, the question is how long 55 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,919 Speaker 1: could this last? Only the Democrats can answer that question, 56 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: as they're holding all of us hostage now. Before Schumer's announcement, 57 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: the only Senate Democrat to openly back the House GOP 58 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: Continuing Resolution with Senator John Fetterman, Democrat from Pennsylvania, And 59 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: you also had Senator John Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, 60 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: and Agnes King, an independent from Maine, as well as 61 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: Mark Kelly, a Democrat from Arizona, and Reuben Gallio, a 62 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: Democrat from Arizona, had signaled openness to supporting the cr 63 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: in other words, actually working together. Liberal activists said no, no, no, 64 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 1: you're not going to do that. We want to shut 65 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: it all down, and the activists pointed out that the 66 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: current spending fight was the last big chance quote for 67 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: Democrats to extract concessions from Republicans until this fall when 68 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: the fiscal year twenty twenty six appropriations process begins. So yes, 69 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: there are Democrats that are demanding more pork burrel projects 70 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: in essence for them to give the vote seeded for 71 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: this to continue, in other words, for the government not 72 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: to shut down. AOC said this. Everyone needs to call 73 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: their Democratics center right now. They are starting to cave, 74 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: is what she said on x Now. Before the Senate 75 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: convened for Wednesday's business, Democrats uddled during a caucus lunch 76 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,040 Speaker 1: to plot the next steps forward, and clearly the left 77 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: that has taken hardcore control of the Democratic Party prevailed 78 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: at lunch. Quote at least for now, I don't see 79 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: the votes based on my reading of the end of 80 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: the meeting, That is what Senator Chris Van Holland, a Democrat, 81 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: told reporters walking out of that lunch meeting. I don't 82 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: see the votes there right now for passing their House 83 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: Republican r also painting the bill as exclusively a Republican bill. Quote. 84 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 1: I've gone back and forth on this thing three times 85 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: because it is two horrible choices. That's what Senator John Hickenlooper, 86 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: a Democrat from Colorado, admitted to reporters before the lunch meeting. 87 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: If you shut down the government, the president is the 88 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: person who decides what is essential. He also said this, 89 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: he decides what part of the government stays open, So 90 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: you were actually giving him even more power. The Democrat 91 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: from Colorado went on to say. On the other side 92 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: of the argument, a senior Senate Democrat aide told The 93 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: New York Post that some members quote warrior shutdown leaves 94 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 1: Elon Musk alone in the candy store, referring to the 95 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: Department of Government Efficiencies cost cutting efforts. You know it, 96 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: as Doge. It wouldn't be your grandfather shut down, the 97 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: source added, following must aggressive action to reduce the federal 98 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: workforce and trim billions of dollars in wasteful spending programs. 99 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: They're now saying they're afraid this may be too big 100 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: of a gift for Elon Musk. Many Democrats, by the way, 101 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 1: on Capitol have privately hoped that House Republicans were going 102 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: to fail to pass their resolution Tuesday night and be 103 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 1: left in a position to take the political fall. Well, 104 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:39,159 Speaker 1: guess what, Republicans united. It's amazing. I will say that 105 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: Democrats are actually realizing now that Republicans are together on 106 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's agenda in plan, and every hour that passes 107 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: only puts them on an island where it is obvious 108 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: they have no plan, and the headlines are quote, will 109 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: Democrats shut down the government? That is what one senior 110 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: Senate Republican aid said to The New York Post. Another 111 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 1: GOP advisor contended that if the CR fails to clear 112 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: the Senate by late Friday, this will be a Democrat 113 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: engineered shutdown and everybody in the country will know it. 114 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: By the way, this is exactly why I tell you 115 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: to share this podcast so people understand the backstory that's 116 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: actually happening in DC. The CR that Republicans passed through 117 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: the House largely keeps government funding levels steady with a 118 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: slight six billion dollar boost to defense and a roughly 119 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: ten billion increase to immigration and Customs enforcement known as 120 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: ICE to offset the cost. By the way, the CR 121 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: cuts back on about thirteen billion in non defense discretionary spending. 122 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: Only one House Democrat Representative, Jared Golden, a Democrat from 123 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: Maine who holds one of the most fiercely competitive seats, 124 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: voted in favor of the CR when it came up 125 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: in the lower chamber. Quote the CR is not perfect, 126 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: the democrat said, but a shutdown would be worse. Even 127 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: a brief shutdown would introduce even more chaos and uncertainty 128 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: at a time when our country can ill afford it. Well, 129 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: that democrat is not being heard by anyone else, apparently 130 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: in his party in Washington. So what should you expect. 131 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: The reality is, there's a very good chance we're going 132 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: to have a government shutdown, and it could actually last 133 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: more than just twenty four or forty eight hours. Donald 134 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: Trump ran on a issue that actually saw incredible engagement 135 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: in the presidential election cycle. It was the issue of education. 136 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: American schools are failing. In fact, we are the lowest 137 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: in many categories, with the rest of the world in 138 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: reading and writing and arithmetic. There are quite a few 139 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 1: failing schools virtually everywhere you go in the country, and 140 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: public education has been a disaster. We've continued to throw 141 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 1: more money at it, and we've seen no increase on 142 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: test scores or a return on our investment where students 143 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: are getting better at the basics like reading, writing, and arithmetic. 144 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: The President has made it clear he believes that the 145 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: federal Department of Education is a disaster, something that you 146 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: cannot fix. Now, let's be clear, the President's not said 147 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: that we can't fix education and he believes it should 148 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: be going back to the States. Well, the President was 149 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 1: in an Oval Office meeting and the conversation came up 150 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: about education. And here's what the President said. 151 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 4: They're not doing a good job. And if you take 152 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 4: a look at take a look at our education process, 153 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 4: and if you look at the charts, because they have 154 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 4: numerous charts where they do the top forty, we're at 155 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 4: number thirty seven, thirty eight, thirty nine, and forty. And 156 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 4: recently they hit during Biden's last few days, they hit less, 157 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 4: so they were number forty. And yet we're number one 158 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 4: in costs for people. So it's pretty bad, but we 159 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 4: have a we have a dream, and you know what 160 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 4: the dream is. We're going to move the Department of Education. 161 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 4: We're going to move education into the states so that 162 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 4: the states, instead of bureaucrats working in Washington, so that 163 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,439 Speaker 4: the states can run education. 164 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: Now, this goes back to a basic promise that Donald 165 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: Trump had made during the campaign. He believes that on 166 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: the local and state level, they can run education in 167 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: a much more efficient way than the federal government can 168 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: with all of the corruption in Washington, d c. Which 169 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:32,479 Speaker 1: brings me to something else. Linda McMahon, the Education Secretary, 170 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: has now come out and had a major round of layoffs, 171 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: gutting the Civil Rights Office as well. The Education department 172 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: Civil Rights branch is losing nearly half of its staff, 173 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: and the Trump administration's layoff round one effectively gutting an 174 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 1: office that already faced a backlog of thousands of complaints 175 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 1: from students and families, they say from across the nation. 176 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,959 Speaker 1: Among a total of more than oney three hundred layoffice 177 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: that were announced this week, two and forty in the 178 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: Department's Office for Civil Rights were in that group that, 179 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 1: according to a LISS obtained and verified by the Associated Press. 180 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: Seven of the Civil Rights Agency's twelve regional offices were 181 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: entirely laid off, including Busy Hobbs in New York, Chicago, 182 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: and Dallas, despite assurances that the department's work will continue unaffected. 183 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: Huge numbers of cases Democrats now say appear to quote 184 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: unquote being limbo. Insert fearmongering right here. What democrats do 185 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: well now. The Trump administration has not said how it 186 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 1: will proceed with these cases being handled by its staff 187 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,359 Speaker 1: and many of those around them that have been eliminated. 188 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: The cases will involve families trying to get school services 189 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: for students with disabilities, and that is something that Trump 190 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: administration has said is important. We also know, though, that 191 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 1: the entire Department of Education is well bloated, and it's 192 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: time to dismantle it piece by piece so that the 193 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: President of United States of America can then hand control 194 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: back to the States. It's exactly what he said about 195 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 1: Martin Luther King and his dream now, which is to 196 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: give every kid a quality education and an education they 197 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: can be proud of, and an education that has a 198 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: return on our investment, and an education that prepares kids 199 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: for college and the future. We have far too many 200 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: public schools in America, and the presidents made this clear 201 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: that are handing out basically worthless pieces of paper after 202 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: you quote graduate the twelfth grade, even though you're not 203 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: reading at that level, writing at that level, or doing 204 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: math and science at that level. So for Donald Trump, 205 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,959 Speaker 1: this is another step in that promise from his campaign 206 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,560 Speaker 1: and a step that many parents will be happy about 207 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: in states when they actually get back control of their 208 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: public school system. Now back to the fear mongering for 209 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: just a second. Some staffers who remain said there's no 210 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: way quote to pick up all of their fired colleagues 211 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 1: cases In the Civil Rights Division, many were already struggling 212 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: to keep pace with their own case loads. With fewer 213 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: than three hundred workers, families likely will be waiting on 214 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: resolutions for years to come. They said, quote, I fear 215 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 1: they won't get all their calls, answers, their complaints won't move. 216 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: That's what a senior civil rights attorney for the Office 217 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: for Civil Rights said, saying, quote I truly don't understand 218 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,719 Speaker 1: how a handful of offices could handle the entire country 219 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: Department officials and says that the cuts will quote not 220 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: affect the Civil rights investigations. The reductions were quote strategic decisions, 221 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 1: is what the spokesperson, Madison Breiderman said in a statement. 222 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: By the way, this goes back to DOGE. Yes, you 223 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 1: can have an efficient government without all of the people 224 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: that actually have all of these ridiculous jobs. The layoffs, 225 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,079 Speaker 1: by the way, are part of a dramatic downsizing directed 226 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: by President Donald Trump as he moves to reduce the footprint, 227 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: he says, of the overall federal government. Now, Trump is 228 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: pushed for a full shutdown of the Department of Education, 229 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 1: calling it well a con job and saying its power 230 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: should be turned over to the States. On Wednesday, he 231 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: told reporters many agency employees don't work at all. Responding 232 00:14:19,800 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: to the layoffs, he said his administration is keeping the 233 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: best ones and the ones that don't work well, you're fired. 234 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: After the cuts, the Office for Civil Rights will only 235 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: have workers in Washington and five regional offices, which traditionally 236 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: take the lead on investigating complaints and mediating resolutions with 237 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 1: schools and colleges. Buildings are being closed and staff is 238 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: being laid off in Dallas, Chicago, New York, Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia, 239 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: and San Francisco, and many lawyers at the New York 240 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: City Office were juggling eighty or more cases. They now 241 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: claim in One staff member said, we're all in tears. 242 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: We can't believe this is actually happening now. So many 243 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: of these people that are losing their jobs are well, 244 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: of course, they're crying foul because they believe that they're 245 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: being persecuted because of their work in public education. The 246 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: Trump administration again making it very clear it's time to 247 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: get our public education system back to the States, and 248 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: if the federal government is in the way of kids 249 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: getting a good education, then we should get the hell 250 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: out of the way. One other thing that I think 251 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: is interesting about all of these layoffs is this, even 252 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: before the layoffs, the Civil Rights Office had been losing staff, 253 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:44,119 Speaker 1: even as complaints rose to quote record levels. The workforce 254 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: had fallen below six hundred staffers even before Trump took office, 255 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: and they faced nearly twenty three thousand complaints filed last 256 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: year alone under Biden Harris. That is more than ever before. 257 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: Ask yourself, why were there so many complaints? Could it 258 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 1: be that now it's actually in the interest of anyone 259 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: who's disgruntled to just claim a civil rights complain and 260 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 1: see what you get out of it. Well, apparently that's 261 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: exactly what they were doing the final year of the 262 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: Biden and Harris administration. Now, Trump finally is also ordered 263 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: a freeze on most cases when they arrived at the 264 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: department adding quote Democrats say to the quote backlog. And 265 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: when the Education Secretary of Lena McMahon lifted the freeze 266 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: last week, there were more than twenty thousand pending cases. 267 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: So you look at what Donald Trump just did. He's saying, 268 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: you can fear mongrel you want, it doesn't really matter. 269 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: Welcome back and has the Ben Ferguson Show. It's nice 270 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: to have you with us. I want to take you 271 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 1: back to twenty sixteen. It was the very first time 272 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 1: that the media and Democrats used Russia to try to 273 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: attack Donald Trump. You may remember the Russian collusion, Russia Ussia, 274 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: Russia hoax, as Donald Trump has said countless times with 275 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: good reason. Well, now the Democratic Party is trying to 276 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,440 Speaker 1: use Russia again to undermine Donald Trump and his popularity, 277 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: all because he wants to see a ridiculous war be 278 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: ended between Russia and Ukraine. They're trying to drive a 279 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 1: wedge between the president and the American people claiming that 280 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: Donald Trump favors Vladimir Putin and that there's some sort 281 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,400 Speaker 1: of shady, corrupt business going on between the two men, 282 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: which we all know is obviously a massive lie, a 283 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: lie that's been orchestrated by the Democratic Party. Well, there's 284 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: a new story that you probably haven't heard about, and 285 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,720 Speaker 1: I hope you'll take this show and share it everywhere, 286 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: because what I'm about to tell you is something that 287 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: literally no one is covering. Donald Trump has threatened devastating 288 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: financial penalties now for Russia. I didn't say Ukraine. I 289 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: said for Russia and Vladimir Putin. President Trump on Wednesday 290 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: threatened the quote devastating financial penalties for Russia if the 291 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: president Vladimir Putin does not agree to a ceasefire with 292 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: Ukraine that Ukraine has agreed to. Quote, there are things 293 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: that wouldn't be pleasant. In a financial sense, I can 294 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: do things financially that would be very bad for Russia. 295 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: I don't want to do that because I want to 296 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 1: get peace. That is what Donald Trump told reporters in 297 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:41,720 Speaker 1: the Oval Office. Quote in a financial sense, yes, we 298 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: could do things that would be very bad for Russia. 299 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,840 Speaker 1: That would be devastating for Russia. But I don't want 300 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: to do that because I want to see peace, and 301 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:54,800 Speaker 1: we're getting close to maybe getting something done. We got 302 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:59,360 Speaker 1: Ukraine done, and as you know, Ukraine might have been 303 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 1: the more difficult party here. You were here a week 304 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: ago when some interesting things happen. Referring to the Zolensky 305 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,600 Speaker 1: meeting in the Oval Office, Trump went on to say, 306 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 1: I had somebody who didn't seem to want peace. Now 307 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: he's agreed to peace. Trump also said people are going 308 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 1: to Russia right now as we speak, and hopefully we 309 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: can get a ceasefire from Russia. If we do, I 310 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: think that would be eighty percent of the way to 311 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: getting this horrible bloodbath to end. So the question that 312 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 1: all of us should be looking at and asking now 313 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: is this, why is the media not reporting this story? 314 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: Number one and number two? A president is trying to 315 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: bring peace. Why aren't they celebrating this? Why is the 316 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: world media not celebrating this? And why is it that 317 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: this isn't the number one leading story on every news 318 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 1: channel right now that the President got Zelensky to agreeded 319 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: to peace after one week of him being in the 320 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: White House angry and yelling and arguing with Donald Trump. 321 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: And then the other question is this, why aren't democrats 322 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: if you really want to talk about Russian collusion? Why, 323 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: and this may be the most important part, why are 324 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 1: they not demanding peace from Vladimir Putin? Why are world 325 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: leaders not demanding peace from Vladimir Putin? Let's be clear, 326 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: there is now an official deal on the table. Why 327 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: is it that foreign leaders aren't walking out in front 328 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 1: of microphones and demanding the Vladimir Putin agreed to the 329 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: ceasefire deal which Zolensky and Ukraine have agreed to, And 330 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,679 Speaker 1: why aren't any of them talking about how quickly this 331 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: deal was done by Donald Trump? Now, look, I expect 332 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: the media to hate Donald Trump. I expect many world 333 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 1: leaders to well be jealous of him. But this should 334 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 1: be bigger than that. This is a saving countless lives 335 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 1: and so many families that have been destroyed in Russia 336 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: and Ukraine in a senseless war from the very beginning. 337 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: This is what leaders do. They lead. And the sad 338 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: thing is apparently in this country right now with our media. 339 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: If his name is Donald Trump and he does something 340 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: incredible like work for a piece to deal, they will 341 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: at best say something negative about him, or maybe just 342 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 1: not tell you the story at all. When the radical 343 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: left tells you who they are, believe them. When the 344 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: radical left tells you what they believe in, believe them. 345 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: When the radical left shows up and does something that 346 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: seems absolutely psychotic and crazy, understand that that is actually 347 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: what they believe. For far too long, what we have 348 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 1: been seeing is that we try to apologize on behalf 349 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: of the crazies on the left. We try to apologize, 350 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: which I say, no, they didn't really mean that. We 351 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,679 Speaker 1: let them get away with it. We're constantly trying to 352 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: say that what we're witnessing, what we're saying, is somehow 353 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: not real, because we say, there's no way that could 354 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: actually be real, Like there's no way that someone could 355 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: actually believe that. Which brings me to my bigger point, 356 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: and I've been saying this for quite some time. The 357 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: Democratic Party is dead. The Democratic Party is actually filled 358 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: with a bunch of socialists, a bunch of communists, and 359 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:36,960 Speaker 1: a bunch of Marxists. That is exactly who the Democratic 360 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: Party is. Finally, some of them are actually telling the 361 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 1: truth about who they are. And I'm glad because I 362 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: have said that the Democratic Party is it is dead. 363 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: But they've had to lie and to see voters for 364 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: several years now because they knew that a may Erica 365 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 1: really wasn't ready for the Democratic Party to die and 366 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 1: for them to just go to the next phase, which 367 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 1: was to decide that you're a socialists and Marxists are 368 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: a communists. And so the Democratic Party is actually filled 369 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: with candidates that are those things. Now, let me be clear, 370 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,679 Speaker 1: some of them believe in multiple different areas of socialism 371 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,119 Speaker 1: and Marxism communism. Some are just straight up declared socialists, 372 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 1: others are just declared communists, others are just declared Marxists. 373 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: But the majority of the candidates right now in the 374 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: Democratic Party fall into those categories. You look at the 375 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,959 Speaker 1: joint address to Congress the other night by Donald Trump, 376 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: and you look at the left and whether it's those 377 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: that were disrupting early on, whether it's those that had 378 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 1: their signs and their boards up, those aren't Democrats. The 379 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: Democratic Party has died. Those are socialists and Marxists running 380 00:23:55,680 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 1: as Democrats who got elected as Democrats because it's palatable. Well, 381 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 1: fast forward to twenty twenty five, and now we're getting closer, 382 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: I think to reality There's two things that I've learned 383 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: from this last election with Donald Trump that I think 384 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: really explain a lot. One of them is it is 385 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: very clear now that Democrats have not learned a damn 386 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: thing from their lost They just haven't. Okay, they've learned nothing, 387 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 1: absolutely nothing from the brutal beat down and the loss 388 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: that they took in this last election. That's point number one, 389 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: because if they did, they wouldn't be acting this way, 390 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 1: and if they did, they'd actually be going backwards and going, Okay, 391 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: we need to reassess. We've gotten way too crazy, we 392 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: are way too extreme, and it's time for us to 393 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: bring it back to being Democrats, not being socialist, Marxist 394 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: and communists. Now that has not happened. They have learned 395 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: nothing thing. Okay, like I'm gonna say that again, they 396 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: have learned nothing from this last election. So let's let's 397 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 1: be very very, very very clear about that second point. 398 00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: There are some that are now just saying I'm gonna 399 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 1: admit who I am. I'm just gonna be good with it. 400 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: The example I'm gonna give you right now comes out 401 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 1: of New York City, Socialist New York City mayoral candidate 402 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: once to hike corporate taxes to pay for loads of freebies. 403 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 1: Now I'm glad he's admitting, like I'm not, I'm not 404 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: really a democrat. I'm a straight up socialist. Like that's 405 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: who I am. And this socialist mayoral candate, his name 406 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 1: is Zoran Mandandi Mondani excuse me, wants to raise corporate 407 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: taxes to pay for billions of dollars of freebies for 408 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 1: New York, he told The New York Post and exclusive 409 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: sit down interview. The Queen's state assemblyman is a thirty 410 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 1: three year old set. His plans for his socialist utopia 411 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: involves subsidizing free transit and free childcare. How's he going 412 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: to pay for it? With higher tax on corporations in 413 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:16,639 Speaker 1: New York City and establishing city run food stores as well, 414 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 1: so the government will be in charge of your food 415 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: supply chain in New York City. That's not all he 416 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,399 Speaker 1: wants to do. He also wants to hurt people that 417 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: own property. How we do that very simply by freezing rent. 418 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: He wants to freeze that rent for millions of New 419 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: Yorkers and create a new safety plan, as he describes it, 420 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: for the city. The out of nowhere candidate who has 421 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 1: been surging so pay attention in recent polls, said his 422 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: campaign has a quote relentless focus on making New York 423 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: City more affordable through a sizeable expansion of government. So 424 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: big government is back, which he says lies in direct 425 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:06,000 Speaker 1: contrast to the competitor, a guy who you'll remember is 426 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 1: the former governor of New York who resigned in disgrace, 427 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 1: Andrew Cuomo. We have a north Star, referring to his 428 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 1: campaign's economic agenda that is all driven by the belief 429 00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 1: that working class New Yorkers cannot afford to worry about 430 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: anything beyond costs, because it's cost that is pushing them 431 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 1: out of the city that they love, stating that one 432 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: in four New Yorkers lives now in poverty. Now, what 433 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: is this actually about. He's doing the math, and he's 434 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: understanding that there's a chance that he could win an 435 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: election solely based on the issue of class warfare. So 436 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:45,240 Speaker 1: you get the people that are struggling in New York, 437 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: and you get them angry, and you tell them that 438 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: it's the rich people that are their problem and it's 439 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 1: all their fault. You get people that can't afford to 440 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,400 Speaker 1: live in the city, and you tell them that it's 441 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: it's the fault of the rich landlords, that they can't 442 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 1: live there anymore and they're and that their rent should 443 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: be frozen indefinitely forever, and that the rent is You 444 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: may remember the candidate who ran one time in this country. 445 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 1: I think it was the one that the rent is 446 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,800 Speaker 1: too damn high guy, And people loved it because he 447 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: was telling you, like, I'm going to help you stop 448 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: having to pay high prices. So it is a straight 449 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: up move, for lack of a better way of putting it, 450 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: it is a move to say, if you are poor, 451 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,399 Speaker 1: vote for me, and I will take from the ridge. 452 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: This is a robin hood campaign. It's one of the 453 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: oldest campaign strategies in history. You find enough poor people 454 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 1: and you play off of them, and you tell them 455 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: that their life would be better if you just voted 456 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: for me, because I'm going to go to all those 457 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: evil rich people and I'm going to take what they 458 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: have and I'm going to make your life better by 459 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: going after them. Quote. That is all driven by the 460 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 1: belief that working class New Yorkers can not afford to 461 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: worry about anything beyond cost because it's costs. It's pushing 462 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,800 Speaker 1: them out of the city that they love. So there 463 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: it is. If you are being left behind, it it's 464 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 1: not your fault, it's someone else's fault. And if you 465 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: vote for me, I'm going to steal from the rich 466 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,840 Speaker 1: this Robinhood campaign and give to the poor. He's done 467 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: the math, folks. There's a hell of a lot of 468 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,720 Speaker 1: people in New York that are in fact paycheck to paycheck. 469 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that quote. Whether it's the cost 470 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: of rent, childcare, or metro card groceries, New Yorkers are 471 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: on the brink. He says. I'm on a bashful that 472 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: I lean to the left, and I plan to advocate 473 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: and raise corporate tax rates as much as those surrounding states, 474 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: and I'm going to go after them because they deserve 475 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: to pay more. Not even fair, We're not even We're 476 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: past fair share. Okay, we're now saying everyone else's it's 477 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 1: everyone else's fault that you're not living the life that 478 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: you want to live. So vote for me. I'll steal 479 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: from the rich and I'll give it back to you. 480 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: Make sure you share this podcast wherever you can on 481 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: social media, and I will see you back here tomorrow.