WEBVTT - RED WAVE 2022: MID-TERM PREVIEW 0:00:11.657 --> 0:00:14.937 You're listening to the Buck Sexton Joe podcast, make sure 0:00:14.937 --> 0:00:17.977 you subscribe to the podcast on the iHeartRadio app or 0:00:17.977 --> 0:00:30.657 wherever you get your podcasts. The twenty twenty two midterm 0:00:30.697 --> 0:00:33.777 elections are just a few months away, and with Democrats 0:00:33.817 --> 0:00:37.617 unable to find answers on the struggling economy, are open borders, 0:00:37.737 --> 0:00:41.337 rising crime rates, a lot of stuff, Republicans are poised 0:00:41.337 --> 0:00:44.137 to make significant gains. I think that's putting it mildly. 0:00:44.497 --> 0:00:46.817 In this special edition of Hold the Line, we'll take 0:00:46.857 --> 0:00:49.497 a deep dive into the races you should be keeping 0:00:49.497 --> 0:00:59.777 an eye on as November rolls around. Welcome to this 0:00:59.857 --> 0:01:02.857 special edition of Hold the Line. I'm Buck Sexton. Let's 0:01:02.857 --> 0:01:07.657 start with this. Biden is in free fall, the Democrats 0:01:07.857 --> 0:01:10.737 going along with them. It is a mess for the 0:01:10.857 --> 0:01:15.257 left or the Libs. Joe Biden's approval rating as we 0:01:15.417 --> 0:01:19.937 go to air here approve thirty seven percent. Okay, disapprove 0:01:20.737 --> 0:01:25.977 fifty eight percent. Those are abysmal numbers. Those aren't like. 0:01:26.137 --> 0:01:27.937 Those are rookie numbers. Get them up a little bit. 0:01:27.937 --> 0:01:32.897 Those are time to throw your hat in the ring 0:01:33.137 --> 0:01:36.297 of or rather put your hat up and retire. How 0:01:36.297 --> 0:01:39.497 about that one time to be done. Joe Biden can't 0:01:39.537 --> 0:01:41.817 get it done. That's why the numbers are going in 0:01:41.857 --> 0:01:44.617 this direction. We can all see it now. What's pushing 0:01:44.657 --> 0:01:47.497 this sentiment right American voters in the condition of the 0:01:47.537 --> 0:01:50.737 economy we got is a Fox News poll. Five percent 0:01:50.817 --> 0:01:52.897 say it's excellent, and I wonder how many of them 0:01:52.937 --> 0:01:58.177 get stock tips from Nancy Pelosi. Thirteen percent say good, 0:01:58.737 --> 0:02:03.617 they're twenty five percent poor, fifty seven percent those there 0:02:03.617 --> 0:02:06.297 are also people who are known as readers or those 0:02:06.297 --> 0:02:10.697 who pay attention. So yeah, it's bad add out there 0:02:10.697 --> 0:02:13.777 for Democrats, there is no question about it. The only 0:02:13.857 --> 0:02:16.177 questions that remain outstanding, it seems, right now as we 0:02:16.297 --> 0:02:20.737 go into this midterm election are will Republicans have a 0:02:20.977 --> 0:02:24.617 historic win in the House and will they be able 0:02:24.657 --> 0:02:27.377 to take control of the Senate. Senate race is probably 0:02:27.377 --> 0:02:29.537 going to be close, because this isn't a great cycle 0:02:30.097 --> 0:02:35.017 for Republicans irrespective of the political conditions right now, but 0:02:35.617 --> 0:02:38.657 voters that rather voters that issues care about and that 0:02:38.737 --> 0:02:41.497 the GOP handles better take a look at this inflation, 0:02:41.577 --> 0:02:44.297 which is so high in the list, Republicans are up 0:02:44.417 --> 0:02:49.977 nineteen points on that one. Border security also up nineteen points, crime, 0:02:50.017 --> 0:02:53.857 Republicans up thirteen points, even foreign policy up eight. Well, 0:02:53.897 --> 0:02:55.777 let's talk about how we got to this point before 0:02:55.777 --> 0:02:59.697 we break down some of the places where there will 0:02:59.737 --> 0:03:05.657 be key contests and hopefully some big Republican pickups. But 0:03:05.737 --> 0:03:08.337 let's see how we got here. On inflation, the Biden 0:03:08.377 --> 0:03:11.497 administration decided thing they did when they came into office 0:03:11.497 --> 0:03:14.737 really was trying to push and did push a party 0:03:14.817 --> 0:03:18.137 line one point nine trillion dollars spending packet. Now that 0:03:18.257 --> 0:03:22.297 alone is a point of some madness, obviously, because they 0:03:22.337 --> 0:03:26.297 had already gone through a period under COVID of lockdowns 0:03:26.377 --> 0:03:30.857 of trillions of dollars of additional spending. This was a 0:03:31.137 --> 0:03:35.497 really bad idea. Okay, this was a really bad idea. 0:03:35.577 --> 0:03:37.657 And what did Joe Biden want to do beyond that? 0:03:38.297 --> 0:03:42.337 He decided that he should spend five trillion additional dollars 0:03:42.337 --> 0:03:46.337 with Bill back better. So, if you think inflation comes 0:03:46.417 --> 0:03:51.937 from poor monetary policy and too much government expenditure, then 0:03:52.017 --> 0:03:54.497 you realize that the Democrats are to blame here. On 0:03:54.537 --> 0:03:59.377 the border, it's rather straightforward. The Democrats do not believe 0:03:59.537 --> 0:04:03.537 that illegal immigration is a problem. They think that it's 0:04:03.577 --> 0:04:06.977 just something to be managed. But in terms of the 0:04:07.017 --> 0:04:10.817 incentives that it should really be in purred because they 0:04:10.937 --> 0:04:13.937 view this as helpful to them over the long term 0:04:13.977 --> 0:04:17.377 for their electoral prospect. They think that the more people 0:04:17.417 --> 0:04:21.297 who come here illegally from developing countries around the world, 0:04:21.617 --> 0:04:24.257 the likelier it is that Democrats will have a permanent 0:04:24.537 --> 0:04:27.457 voting majority. They speak about this openly. This is part 0:04:27.497 --> 0:04:30.097 of their strategy. One interesting part of this, though, is 0:04:30.097 --> 0:04:34.977 that the numbers actually for Hispanic Americans are increasingly trending 0:04:35.017 --> 0:04:38.057 toward Republicans. In fact, in a lot of recent polling, 0:04:38.097 --> 0:04:41.937 you've seen that Hispanic voters in this country may well 0:04:42.057 --> 0:04:47.137 go as a majority for the Republican candidates. So that's 0:04:47.137 --> 0:04:52.017 a big deal. On crime, it couldn't be any more obvious. 0:04:52.057 --> 0:04:57.577 Democrats are the party of defund the police, of progressive prosecutors, 0:04:57.617 --> 0:05:02.337 of ending mass incarceration, and these are the things that 0:05:02.377 --> 0:05:06.377 have led to the rapid deterioration of safety and security 0:05:06.417 --> 0:05:09.577 in our cities, in our towns, even in rural areas 0:05:10.097 --> 0:05:13.097 of the country. It turns out that when you undermine 0:05:13.137 --> 0:05:16.977 the very foundation of your criminal justice system because of 0:05:17.017 --> 0:05:22.817 a panic over systemic racism and a desire to go 0:05:23.057 --> 0:05:27.297 easier on criminals. I mean, these Democrat notions could only 0:05:27.377 --> 0:05:30.617 lead in one direction in terms of defunding police and 0:05:30.697 --> 0:05:33.817 the things that the policy decisions they've made, and here 0:05:33.857 --> 0:05:36.057 we are seeing what's going on with it. And then, 0:05:36.057 --> 0:05:39.217 of course, on foreign policy, Joe Biden was supposed to 0:05:39.257 --> 0:05:42.057 be a foreign policy expert. He realized that they brought 0:05:42.177 --> 0:05:44.417 him on to the Obama ticket to be vice president 0:05:44.457 --> 0:05:47.057 because he was a steady hand on foreign policy. But 0:05:47.177 --> 0:05:50.217 what do we really know about Joe. He is on 0:05:50.377 --> 0:05:54.817 foreign policy issues the most consistently wrong person in the game. 0:05:54.857 --> 0:05:57.657 Over the last forty or so years. We saw this 0:05:57.697 --> 0:06:00.337 with the debacle of the US pull out in Afghanistan, 0:06:00.457 --> 0:06:04.697 how it was done, the actual pullout, and the decision 0:06:04.737 --> 0:06:08.457 making day to day there, and then also with just 0:06:08.497 --> 0:06:10.457 the fact that we have the biggest war in Europe 0:06:10.457 --> 0:06:13.217 since World War Two underway, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 0:06:13.697 --> 0:06:16.297 which has not been managed well by the Biden administration. 0:06:16.497 --> 0:06:19.497 This war never should have even been able to start 0:06:19.697 --> 0:06:22.777 if there was deft diplomacy in the White House. Though, 0:06:22.817 --> 0:06:24.537 these are some of the things we're going to be 0:06:24.537 --> 0:06:28.217 looking at here as issues that are going to be center, 0:06:28.977 --> 0:06:32.017 front in center in some of these major campaigns, with 0:06:32.177 --> 0:06:34.777 just one pickup needed for Republicans to swing the balance 0:06:34.817 --> 0:06:36.897 of power in their favor. Millions of dollars are pouring 0:06:36.897 --> 0:06:39.657 into a number of key US Senate races. We'll take 0:06:39.657 --> 0:06:42.177 a look at those races to watch with commentary editor 0:06:42.217 --> 0:06:52.257 for The Washington Examiner con Carrol. Coming up. 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In total, thirty 0:08:13.017 --> 0:08:15.417 five US Senate seats will be contested in this year's 0:08:15.457 --> 0:08:18.977 midterm elections. The GOP needs just one pickup to change 0:08:18.977 --> 0:08:21.777 the balance of power. There are four competitive races in 0:08:21.817 --> 0:08:26.537 particular that Republicans should be keeping an eye on Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, 0:08:26.577 --> 0:08:29.977 and Arizona. I mean, now makes sense of all this 0:08:30.057 --> 0:08:33.937 commentary editor at the Washington Examiner, mister Cohn, Carol Cohn, 0:08:34.017 --> 0:08:37.097 great to see it, Go to see you buck. So, 0:08:37.657 --> 0:08:41.737 just at the at the overview level, how's it looking 0:08:41.817 --> 0:08:45.657 for Republicans in terms of just Senate control going into 0:08:45.657 --> 0:08:51.337 this mid term? I mean, I'm seeing House percentage likelihood 0:08:51.857 --> 0:08:55.817 going to the GOP ninety percent, ninety two percent of 0:08:55.857 --> 0:08:58.737 people seem very very confident. Sen It feels like a 0:08:58.737 --> 0:09:02.697 different deal. What are you seeing, Yeah, I've seen the 0:09:02.777 --> 0:09:06.017 Republicans just not getting good candidates in the races they need. 0:09:06.257 --> 0:09:09.617 In the House. It's a lot more about the environment 0:09:09.657 --> 0:09:13.857 as more about the president's approval rating. When the Senate, 0:09:13.857 --> 0:09:16.617 it's going to come down to candidates and Republican sister 0:09:16.737 --> 0:09:20.897 not getting the candidates they need to guarantee a Senate victory. 0:09:21.137 --> 0:09:22.737 I still think they're going to pull it out, but 0:09:22.857 --> 0:09:25.257 it's going to be close. So let's take a look 0:09:25.297 --> 0:09:29.857 at some of these individual races you have In Pennsylvania 0:09:30.057 --> 0:09:33.457 seat that was or is vacated now we'll be vacated 0:09:33.497 --> 0:09:38.977 by retiring Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey, Republican Senator Pat Toomey. So, 0:09:39.137 --> 0:09:43.057 right now the race is between doctor Oz, doctor methmt OZ, 0:09:43.177 --> 0:09:45.177 known to a lot of people, and this guy John Fetterman. 0:09:45.257 --> 0:09:49.297 Feederman's ahead at fifty percent, the Ozz is forty four percent. Now, 0:09:49.337 --> 0:09:51.617 Oz got a lot of money personally, and I've got 0:09:51.617 --> 0:09:55.537 a lot of recognition because of his media profile. Why 0:09:55.657 --> 0:09:57.697 is Fetterman ahead of Ozz at this point? Do you 0:09:57.697 --> 0:10:01.457 think he can close the gap? I do think OZ 0:10:01.457 --> 0:10:03.457 could close the gap. He's going to have to have 0:10:03.537 --> 0:10:06.257 a couple of things break his way. Feederman's just a 0:10:06.297 --> 0:10:10.337 real authentic person. He's a great candidate. Oz is an 0:10:10.337 --> 0:10:13.337 okay Candidate's he's a newbie. This is his first race. 0:10:14.297 --> 0:10:18.017 But as your viewers may know, Fetterman did have a 0:10:18.017 --> 0:10:20.937 stroke on actually election night, and he hasn't had a 0:10:20.937 --> 0:10:24.457 lot of public appearances since then. In fact, he's going 0:10:24.497 --> 0:10:27.617 to have a fundraiser in Philadelphia to night, and it's 0:10:27.617 --> 0:10:29.417 gonna be really going to the first time he could 0:10:29.417 --> 0:10:33.177 see him in action, and what I'm hearing is he's 0:10:33.217 --> 0:10:35.977 not all there yet. And he even admitted himself he 0:10:36.017 --> 0:10:38.177 went to go visit some campaign workers and said I'm 0:10:38.217 --> 0:10:40.697 not back yet. So it's really going to come down 0:10:40.777 --> 0:10:44.177 to the debate and how with it Fetterman scenes at 0:10:44.217 --> 0:10:47.537 that time. If it appears that he's lost a step, 0:10:47.817 --> 0:10:51.737 Oz could definitely pull out this race, no problem. So 0:10:52.257 --> 0:10:55.537 that one is going to be obviously very closely watched. 0:10:55.577 --> 0:11:00.017 Another one, I think the one that the media focus 0:11:00.137 --> 0:11:03.377 maybe the most intense on of all these upcoming Senate 0:11:03.457 --> 0:11:07.857 races could be the Georgia Senate race. This seat that's 0:11:07.897 --> 0:11:09.657 up for grabs, well, not up for grabs. I mean, 0:11:09.697 --> 0:11:15.017 it's obviously right now in Raphael Warnock's possession, but it's 0:11:15.017 --> 0:11:19.337 gonna be Warnock versus Herschel Walker forty seven for Walker 0:11:19.457 --> 0:11:22.297 the latest polling, we could pull fifty percent for Warnock. 0:11:22.377 --> 0:11:24.817 We know it's gonna be a close one. How is 0:11:24.857 --> 0:11:27.697 Herschel doing as a candidate, and what do you think 0:11:27.737 --> 0:11:29.497 the chances are he could pull this off? What has 0:11:29.537 --> 0:11:33.977 to happen in Georgia. This is another newbie candidate, someone 0:11:34.017 --> 0:11:37.257 who's never run a race before. But even even worse 0:11:37.297 --> 0:11:40.297 than oz, Oz had a very competitive primary. He went 0:11:40.297 --> 0:11:42.897 out and debated, he went out and met with people, 0:11:43.297 --> 0:11:46.617 He interacted with the press multiple occasions, gave tons of interviews, 0:11:46.737 --> 0:11:51.977 was on talk radio, very comfortable on television. Walker's not 0:11:52.017 --> 0:11:56.017 doing any of that. He's basically bunkered down, sitting in 0:11:56.057 --> 0:11:59.137 his campaign room, not doing anything. He's not going anywhere, 0:11:59.177 --> 0:12:01.617 he's not talking to people, he's not giving interviews, and 0:12:01.657 --> 0:12:03.377 it has a lot of people nervous because he just 0:12:03.417 --> 0:12:06.217 hasn't been tested. Meanwhile, you've got war Knock out there. 0:12:06.297 --> 0:12:09.177 He's gonna raise probably more money than any other Senate candidate, 0:12:09.697 --> 0:12:12.977 and people in Georgia. Republicans and Georgia have a right 0:12:13.017 --> 0:12:15.137 to be worried. He just doesn't look like herschel Walker 0:12:15.617 --> 0:12:19.297 is so far a fighter. He's someone who wants to 0:12:19.297 --> 0:12:22.377 stay home and let the party do the work for him. 0:12:23.057 --> 0:12:27.377 Is Warnock getting a ton of donation money from out 0:12:27.377 --> 0:12:29.577 of state? We've seen that in some other some other 0:12:29.657 --> 0:12:33.257 races up to this point. Yeah, him and Abrams are 0:12:33.337 --> 0:12:36.297 getting tons of money, particularly from California. This is a 0:12:36.337 --> 0:12:38.857 seat that National Democrats really want to hold on to. 0:12:39.257 --> 0:12:40.977 It's sort of what they see as a red steat, 0:12:41.017 --> 0:12:43.177 maybe a purple steat, but it's one of the redder 0:12:43.217 --> 0:12:44.977 ones out there, and they really feel like they can 0:12:45.017 --> 0:12:48.057 win this. And then Warnock has a shot. Now we 0:12:48.177 --> 0:12:53.777 move to Nevada and the Senate race there between Adam Laxalt, 0:12:53.937 --> 0:12:56.657 who I've I've interviewed him many times. He was state 0:12:56.737 --> 0:13:00.737 attorney general there, the very sharp guy, smart guy, and 0:13:01.057 --> 0:13:06.337 I believe it was actually the roommate of Rhonda Santis 0:13:06.417 --> 0:13:08.817 do I have that. I think they bunked together in 0:13:08.857 --> 0:13:11.217 the military at one point, or maybe it was in 0:13:11.297 --> 0:13:13.657 law school. I can't remember now. And then there's Catherine 0:13:13.737 --> 0:13:17.377 Cortez Mastow, the Democrat there, she's a little ahead. Tell 0:13:17.457 --> 0:13:20.577 me in this Devata sedate race, what's going on? Well, here, 0:13:20.617 --> 0:13:22.697 you have a more blue state, you have an incumbent. 0:13:22.897 --> 0:13:25.657 This is one Republicans should not be winning. But unlike 0:13:25.657 --> 0:13:28.137 the last two races, here the Republicans have a good candidate. 0:13:28.257 --> 0:13:30.537 Lax also good like like like you said, he's smart, 0:13:30.857 --> 0:13:33.697 he's with it, he does media appearances, he's on the trail, 0:13:33.817 --> 0:13:38.097 he's out mixing it up with a ranking profile voters. 0:13:38.097 --> 0:13:41.697 He's the real deal. So in a wave year when 0:13:41.857 --> 0:13:44.497 Republicans are doing well and the economy is not doing well, 0:13:44.937 --> 0:13:47.217 Laxil's the type of candidate who can put in the 0:13:47.217 --> 0:13:52.137 work and can definitely beat the Democratic incumbent out there. Absolutely. Now, 0:13:52.537 --> 0:13:55.577 we got an interesting situation here in Arizona where the 0:13:55.617 --> 0:13:59.737 GOP primary is just going to be decided coming up 0:13:59.777 --> 0:14:02.657 here in a matter of weeks. We've got three candidates 0:14:02.697 --> 0:14:06.297 who are all pretty much in striking distance of each other. Right, 0:14:06.337 --> 0:14:08.977 We've got Blake Masters out front twenty five percent, but 0:14:09.457 --> 0:14:12.297 Mark Burne of Itch the AG is at fourteen percent. There, 0:14:12.377 --> 0:14:16.337 Jim Lamon is at eighteen percent. Now, Masters has a 0:14:16.417 --> 0:14:18.817 solid lead, but there's still some time left here, and 0:14:18.857 --> 0:14:20.897 obviously if you would only had two candidates, it might 0:14:20.897 --> 0:14:23.337 be a very different situation. What do you think of 0:14:23.817 --> 0:14:25.657 you know, what do you think of this race so far? 0:14:25.897 --> 0:14:27.857 Why has Masters been able to get out front? Do 0:14:27.857 --> 0:14:30.937 you think? Do you think he keeps that lead? I do? 0:14:31.177 --> 0:14:32.937 I do. I think Masters is a new breed of 0:14:32.977 --> 0:14:36.857 Republican along the lines of Jade Vance. All. Both of 0:14:36.857 --> 0:14:39.857 those guys are backed by Peter Teel. I think they're 0:14:39.897 --> 0:14:44.817 a strong kind of new national conservative type Republican that's 0:14:45.097 --> 0:14:49.497 a very big America first on American families and protecting 0:14:49.497 --> 0:14:52.537 American families. They're both a lot of rhetoric and policy 0:14:52.537 --> 0:14:55.137 along those lines. I think that's going to sell. I 0:14:55.177 --> 0:14:57.377 think Masters is going to pull this out, and then 0:14:57.417 --> 0:14:58.817 I think he's going to be Mark Kelly in the 0:14:58.817 --> 0:15:02.097 general election. Yeah, tell me about that. How's Kelly doing 0:15:02.657 --> 0:15:05.617 right now in terms of support Mark Kelly? I saw 0:15:05.657 --> 0:15:07.697 something that Blake Masters said that, you know, not everything 0:15:07.737 --> 0:15:09.617 can be about how I used to be an astronaut. 0:15:09.697 --> 0:15:12.377 So how's Kelly actually doing in his home state in 0:15:12.457 --> 0:15:17.817 terms of polling? Not well, He's underwater approval wise. He 0:15:17.857 --> 0:15:20.937 hasn't really staked out an idea beyond being voting with 0:15:20.977 --> 0:15:24.097 Schumer all the time. You know, unlike Cinema, who's really 0:15:24.137 --> 0:15:28.097 definitely established a brand of independence and has bucked her party, 0:15:28.577 --> 0:15:30.577 Mark Kelly has gone in the opposite direction and has 0:15:30.617 --> 0:15:33.057 basically done whatever Truck Schumer tells him to do, and 0:15:33.097 --> 0:15:34.737 that's going to hurt him in a state where you know, 0:15:34.777 --> 0:15:36.897 you have mavericks like John McKay and et cetera. And 0:15:37.217 --> 0:15:40.617 you know, sometimes think that's a little silly, but it's 0:15:40.617 --> 0:15:42.857 a brand that Cinema has embraced and is doing well, 0:15:43.217 --> 0:15:46.417 and it's something where Mark Kelly hasn't, and he's has 0:15:46.977 --> 0:15:49.457 Blake Masters or real Republican Canada is is gonna have 0:15:49.457 --> 0:15:52.737 a great opportunity to define Kelly as a national Democrat 0:15:52.737 --> 0:15:55.057 who needs to be kicked out of office. Don I 0:15:55.057 --> 0:15:57.377 always appreciate the insight, sir, Thanks for being with us. 0:15:57.937 --> 0:16:02.777 Absolutely blackay time. While national races make the headlines, it's 0:16:02.817 --> 0:16:04.777 local elections that may have the biggest impact on the 0:16:04.777 --> 0:16:06.977 lives of Americans when we come back. 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Hold along. 0:17:32.657 --> 0:17:36.057 While congressional, Senate and governor's races make the headlines, local 0:17:36.097 --> 0:17:39.337 elections arguably have just as much of an impact on 0:17:39.377 --> 0:17:42.257 the everyday lives of americ kids. Perhaps the most important 0:17:42.337 --> 0:17:44.377 races are those for local school boards in many ways, 0:17:44.377 --> 0:17:47.177 which said and implement the policies that kids are being 0:17:47.217 --> 0:17:50.417 taught in public schools. For more on how twenty twenty 0:17:50.417 --> 0:17:53.337 two is shaping up for America's school board races, let 0:17:53.377 --> 0:17:55.897 me turn to Ryan Grdusky, the founder of a seventeen 0:17:55.937 --> 0:17:58.897 seventy six project pack End, which is an organization that 0:17:58.937 --> 0:18:02.257 supports candidates around the country who oppose critical race theory 0:18:02.297 --> 0:18:06.697 instruction in schools. Ryan, good to see him. Hey, thanks 0:18:06.697 --> 0:18:09.377 for having me. So can you give us just an 0:18:09.417 --> 0:18:12.737 overview of why school board races which is something that 0:18:13.017 --> 0:18:14.777 I think even a few years ago people would have 0:18:14.777 --> 0:18:18.257 thought are as important as local dogcatcher There's been an 0:18:18.297 --> 0:18:22.417 awakening about this. Where does that come from? Yeah, school boards. 0:18:22.457 --> 0:18:24.337 I mean they decided a lot of things during COVID 0:18:24.377 --> 0:18:28.737 that were really impactful, like school shutdowns, like mask mandates, 0:18:28.737 --> 0:18:32.817 which people are continuing to push. San Diego County schools 0:18:32.857 --> 0:18:35.137 just announced that they're into a mask mandate comes September 0:18:35.257 --> 0:18:39.297 for students, and they also promoted a lot of superintendents 0:18:39.297 --> 0:18:43.337 that pushed from promoted critical theory throughout schools. This is 0:18:44.257 --> 0:18:46.537 what children learned, This is how they learned. This is 0:18:46.537 --> 0:18:50.057 how teachers are forced to teach him any respects. And 0:18:50.057 --> 0:18:53.057 this is also how disciplinary action is held within schools. 0:18:53.417 --> 0:18:55.897 A couple of years ago, they about a decade ago, 0:18:56.937 --> 0:18:59.697 Barack Obama sat there and said, hey, we're anything called 0:18:59.937 --> 0:19:03.537 ending the school to prison pipeline. And that allowed a 0:19:03.577 --> 0:19:06.977 lot of children who should have been notified by police 0:19:06.977 --> 0:19:09.977 officers that they had criminal conduct in school to evade 0:19:10.417 --> 0:19:12.537 being detected by police. And I'm a young man named 0:19:12.577 --> 0:19:16.617 Nicholas Cruz was never ever brought to police's attention and 0:19:17.137 --> 0:19:19.817 in any serious way anyway, and he was able to 0:19:19.857 --> 0:19:22.497 buy a gun and commit a mass shooting. This all 0:19:22.617 --> 0:19:25.817 happens through the school board process, through the superintendent process, 0:19:25.817 --> 0:19:28.177 and people have rarely ever paid attention to it. And 0:19:28.177 --> 0:19:30.937 that's why I'm very passionate about this issue to get 0:19:30.977 --> 0:19:33.497 conservatives involved and actually know who to vote for, because 0:19:33.497 --> 0:19:36.217 most superintendent elections are nonpartisan. They don't have our Republican 0:19:36.297 --> 0:19:39.697 Energy Democrat behind their name, and a lot of people 0:19:39.777 --> 0:19:41.777 drop off the ballot. They vote for president or governor 0:19:41.857 --> 0:19:43.977 or senator or maybe Congress, and then they stopped voting. 0:19:43.977 --> 0:19:46.217 They don't vote to the city councilman, or the mayor 0:19:45.897 --> 0:19:51.657 or the school board attendant. Remember, So that is why 0:19:51.657 --> 0:19:53.737 it's critical to why you should care about this issue. 0:19:54.537 --> 0:19:59.537 Have the anti critical race theory candidates for school board? 0:19:59.537 --> 0:20:02.457 Have they been making some serious gains over the last 0:20:02.537 --> 0:20:06.497 year and what are your expectations going into the next cycle. Yeah. 0:20:06.537 --> 0:20:08.977 Last year we did my pack support of fifty eight 0:20:09.057 --> 0:20:12.857 candidates and forty two one in Texas. We did fifteen races, 0:20:12.897 --> 0:20:15.297 all fifteen one. We lost some in Georgia and we 0:20:15.337 --> 0:20:17.857 won some in New York. We're looking at Florida right now. 0:20:17.857 --> 0:20:19.977 Florida is a big state. Governor to Santas is the 0:20:19.977 --> 0:20:23.817 first governor in recent times any way to endorse dozens 0:20:23.817 --> 0:20:26.257 of school board candidates, to try to get school board 0:20:26.257 --> 0:20:29.217 candidates who actually believe in his opinions and his views. 0:20:29.497 --> 0:20:33.137 And there's races across this entire country in November, a 0:20:33.177 --> 0:20:36.617 lot of big ones in California, Michigan, Rhode Island, Maryland, 0:20:37.297 --> 0:20:41.057 really really important. Georgia again, they're really important races, you know. 0:20:41.137 --> 0:20:43.857 And it's it's it's convenient because people think I'm you know, 0:20:43.897 --> 0:20:46.177 I live in a red state or red county, I'm not. 0:20:46.377 --> 0:20:48.337 I don't have to worry. You know, my kids are 0:20:48.377 --> 0:20:51.297 completely fine in my area is completely fine. But but 0:20:51.417 --> 0:20:54.777 what Governor Santas understands, it's in red county America, It's 0:20:54.777 --> 0:20:58.417 in red state America. It's not something that is that's hidden, 0:20:58.657 --> 0:21:02.257 you know, beyond the pale. And a lot of governors, unfortunately, 0:21:02.297 --> 0:21:04.937 who could do more. I have not done enough. And 0:21:05.097 --> 0:21:08.097 a lot of school board members and superintendents have not 0:21:08.217 --> 0:21:11.057 been pushed out who are really support of this idea. 0:21:11.137 --> 0:21:12.897 One of the give you a perfect example. One of 0:21:12.937 --> 0:21:15.217 the races that we're looking at right now is Indian 0:21:15.297 --> 0:21:20.897 Falls County, Florida, perfectly Republican county. Voted for Donald Trump twice, 0:21:20.977 --> 0:21:24.937 voted for Romney, John McCain, George W. Bush twice, Republican 0:21:25.017 --> 0:21:29.857 county right now, in their school, in their school platform, 0:21:29.937 --> 0:21:33.257 it says that they're going to eliminate disparities in classrooms, 0:21:33.257 --> 0:21:36.857 removal based on race and ethnic subgroups. What does that mean? 0:21:36.977 --> 0:21:39.257 That means that they're trying to make all kids who 0:21:39.257 --> 0:21:43.297 are suspended from schools, black, Hispanic, white, exactly the same. 0:21:43.777 --> 0:21:45.897 Nothing in life is exactly the same. And with a 0:21:45.937 --> 0:21:48.417 lot of kids going you know, who are black and 0:21:48.497 --> 0:21:52.457 Hispanic being who shouldn't been suspended, they're creating alternatives from suspension, 0:21:52.537 --> 0:21:54.657 so that way black and Hispanic kids who should be 0:21:54.697 --> 0:21:56.617 suspended should be me being notified for the police that 0:21:56.657 --> 0:21:59.977 they have criminal behavior, are looking at alternatives to suspension. 0:22:00.297 --> 0:22:03.257 White children, they are who should be suspended, are being 0:22:03.257 --> 0:22:05.697 suspended because the white number needs to be high enough 0:22:05.697 --> 0:22:08.257 to match blackness back numbers. We're seeing this right now 0:22:08.257 --> 0:22:10.857 in San Francisco, which we saw the removal three school 0:22:10.897 --> 0:22:14.777 board members in America's most liberal city. Sixty five percent 0:22:15.137 --> 0:22:18.897 of Black students in San Francisco are chronically absent, twenty 0:22:18.897 --> 0:22:22.777 seven percent are proficient in reading, forty percent are proficient 0:22:22.817 --> 0:22:25.977 in math, and yet graduation rates are at eighty seven 0:22:26.017 --> 0:22:29.177 percent for black students in San Francisco public schools. That 0:22:29.377 --> 0:22:32.097 is not because they are able to read, write, due math, 0:22:32.457 --> 0:22:35.337 or they are you know, an investment in an educated 0:22:35.377 --> 0:22:39.057 workforce into the future. This is really a complete loss 0:22:39.097 --> 0:22:42.377 of their ability. Is that there be extremely functioning adults 0:22:42.377 --> 0:22:45.097 in the best possible way and fully capable of getting 0:22:45.097 --> 0:22:49.017 a great job. Hispanic numbers are not as high, but very, 0:22:49.097 --> 0:22:51.057 very high at the same exact amount, and yet fifty 0:22:51.057 --> 0:22:53.457 percents they'll go to college. This is a dumbing down 0:22:53.457 --> 0:22:56.017 on our standards, it's a dumbing down of our workforce, 0:22:56.057 --> 0:22:58.537 and it's a future that's very, very hard for a 0:22:58.577 --> 0:23:01.097 lot of people to grass where it's easy people to 0:23:01.217 --> 0:23:04.137 victims because they are being victims from the early age 0:23:04.177 --> 0:23:06.937 of going to a grammar school and or a public 0:23:06.977 --> 0:23:11.057 elementary school and being pushed through simply because you have 0:23:11.177 --> 0:23:14.977