1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: So we all know that the House was able to 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: cut about fifteen hundred pages of a ridiculous bill continuing 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: resolution that was filled with waste and abuse and just 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: pure corruption of Washington, DC. We know now that the 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: Senate has passed it, so there's not going to be 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: a government shut down now. In general, I want to 7 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: be clear, this is great news. The media is going 8 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: to spend this in a different way. What the media 9 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: is going to do is they are going to spin 10 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:37,200 Speaker 1: it to tell you to make you believe, okay, that 11 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: this is somehow it was a big waste of time 12 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: and that nothing actually big, good or successful came out 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: of this. I'll give you an example of what I 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: mean by this. Center Haggerty, Republican Tennessee, was on a 15 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: State of the Union on CNN on Sunday, and I 16 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: want you to hear what he had to say as 17 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: try to turn averting a shutdown, which is a victory, 18 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: into a somehow disaster and also trying to claim that 19 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: you guys really didn't accomplish anything at all by cutting 20 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: fifteen hundred pages of spending, waste, abuse and fraud and 21 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,400 Speaker 1: just pure corruption out of the first bill which turned 22 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: into the second bill that was one hundred and something pages. 23 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 2: All Right, I want. 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: You to hear CNN putting this together, trying to tell 25 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: America that this was somehow a failure for Trump, a 26 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 1: failure for people that want to have responsibility and spending, 27 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 1: a failure for Elon Musk, a failure for ramasawm Me, 28 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: a failure for DOJE, even though it clearly was a victory. 29 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: And then they're like, oh, and by the way, you 30 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: guys didn't increase the debt ceiling, so you're gonna have 31 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: to do that in Trump and Trump demand it. So 32 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: you guys failed in there. So this is a disaster. Look, 33 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: you still got to get the votes, and you have 34 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: a Democratic Senate, and the Democratic Senate had to agree 35 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: to something, and I think they weren't going to agree 36 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,919 Speaker 1: to increase the debt ceiling because they want to force 37 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: Donald Trump to do that when he's in office. 38 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 2: So there's what you want and there's reality. 39 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: And the reality was Republicans had to give something to 40 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: the Senate that the Senate would actually pass. And so 41 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: Democrats made it very clear they did not want to 42 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: increase the debt ceiling, even though this is clearly Joe 43 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: Biden's fault, and they want to hand that negative to 44 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 1: Donald Trump when he comes into office in January. So again, 45 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: you want to know how corrupt CNN is. You want 46 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: to know how bad, how terrible Dana Basti is at 47 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 1: her job, and you want to hear just how evil 48 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: they are about telling you what's actually going on in America. 49 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 1: Listen to this back and forth with her and with 50 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: Senator Bill Haggerty. He's on the Appropriations Committee. That's why 51 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: they had him on. 52 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: Listen. 53 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 3: Understandable given what you just described and what we all witnessed, 54 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 3: but also given the fact that you know him well 55 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 3: and you understand what he was going for. The final 56 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 3: spending bill that you all approved did not have any 57 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 3: new spending cuts. It didn't include the debt limit increase 58 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 3: that Donald Trump was demanding. So what did he accomplish 59 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 3: with all of this? 60 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 4: Well, the main thing, and I can share with you 61 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,160 Speaker 4: my perspective on a Dana, is this. We have had 62 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 4: our appropriations bills on the floor of the United States 63 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 4: Senate since this past summer. Chuck Schumer has refused to 64 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 4: bring them forward. This is a typical Washington process where 65 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 4: we wind up with a work product that the American 66 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 4: public can't possibly understand. They dumped over fifteen hundred pages 67 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 4: on us, and Elon Musk, using the tool of Twitter, 68 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 4: brought transparency to the entirety of it. The American public 69 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 4: were shocked. We always shocked, and we see these types 70 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 4: of monstrosities at the last minute that haven't been properly vetted. 71 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 4: And President of Trump was able to bring his weight 72 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 4: to the table and say, look, this has got to stop. 73 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 4: This has got to be skinning down, this has got 74 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 4: to change. My overarching goal coming into this was to 75 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 4: make certain that the government didn't shut down because President 76 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 4: Trump over the next thirty days needs to be able 77 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 4: to process his nominees. We need to be able to 78 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 4: put him place to get to work on January the twentieth, 79 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 4: because three quarters of the American public feel that the 80 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 4: United States is on the wrong track right now. So 81 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 4: I appreciate the fact that Elon Musk made this transparent 82 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 4: and that we were able to actually improve this. We 83 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 4: didn't get everything we wanted, certainly I didn't, but we're 84 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 4: in a better place now because we're going to be 85 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 4: in a position to make certain that President Trump is 86 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 4: ready to go on day one. 87 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: I got to give kudos to Haggerty for dealing with 88 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 1: it the way that he just did and saying it 89 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: the way that he just did. They dumped over fifteen 90 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: hundred pages on us, and I appreciate the fact that 91 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: Elon Musk made this transparent. This is the reason why 92 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: I will never trust the media again because the lack 93 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: of transparency from the media. They don't want there to 94 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: be transparency. They do not want for you and I 95 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: to know what's happening. Neither does the Swamp. They want 96 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 1: us guessing all the time. They don't want us to 97 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: understand what is in the bills. This goes back to 98 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi. We won't know what's in the bill until 99 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: we pass the bill. That is the mantra of the left. 100 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:07,799 Speaker 2: All right. 101 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: Now, there's a second part of this that I want 102 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: you to know about that it's becoming an issue as well, 103 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,480 Speaker 1: and that is Speaker Johnson. There are many that are 104 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: hoping that Donald Trump will come in and that there 105 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: will be a big fight and they will get rid 106 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: of Speaker Johnson, and that there will be chaos within 107 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: the Republican Party. I'm going to say what I said earlier. 108 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to warn you about this right now. Speaker 109 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: Johnson at this point is clearly the most conservative. 110 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 2: Speaker that we could get. 111 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 1: And if we get rid of Speaker Johnson, I'm telling 112 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: you right now, we're going to get a much more 113 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: liberal speaker. That is why Democrats are pushing for this. Okay, 114 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: I'll give you an example of how they're starting to 115 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: bring this into an issue on ABC this week. What 116 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: did they say about Speaker Johnson. What they said was, well, 117 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: he's in real trouble and they're wanting this to be 118 00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 1: the story going into January. 119 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 5: Carefully, join now by ABC News contributing political correspondent and 120 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 5: Political Capital Bureau chief Rachel Bade. So, Rachel, why did 121 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 5: so many Republicans defy Trump? 122 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 6: Well, you know, John, in a lot of ways, I 123 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 6: feel like President Trump was sort of asking for the 124 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 6: impossible in this situation. I mean, there's been a lot 125 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 6: of hot takes out there that he in some way 126 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 6: has lost his juice with Republicans or his sway with 127 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 6: the party. I don't buy that, and I'll tell you why. 128 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,799 Speaker 6: I Mean, if you look at debt sealing votes, historically, 129 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 6: this is a toxic vote for Republicans, especially when you're 130 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 6: trying to raise the debt ceialing without corresponding spending cuts 131 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 6: or really any spending cuts whatsoever. And I went back 132 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 6: and looked at a lot of the votes on the 133 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 6: debt ceiling in past years, even when President Trump was 134 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 6: president before, and way more Republicans opposed it. I'm talking 135 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 6: about in the hundreds up to two hundred at one point, 136 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 6: and so I'm surprised that only thirty eight Republicans actually 137 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 6: opposed this. The bigger issue, in my view, is this 138 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,479 Speaker 6: sheer breakdown in communication between President Trump and Speaker Johnson here, 139 00:06:58,520 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 6: I mean President Trump. 140 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: By the way, you notice how all this is doom 141 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: and gloom, Like, are you hearing this? We cut fifteen 142 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:09,200 Speaker 1: hundred pages of government waste and they're saying it's doom 143 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: and gloom. We cut a bill with transparency because of 144 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: the influence of Donald Trump and Elon Musk and X 145 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: and putting it out there, having transparency for the people, 146 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 1: and they're telling you it's doom and gloom. I want 147 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: you to understand that what happened to Donald Trump in 148 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen is exactly the way the media is wanting 149 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four to go he's lost his juice. He's 150 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: already he's already in trouble. Things are. This is a 151 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: disaster for Republicans. They're already fighting. I can't believe that 152 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: in cut government spending. I can't believe that they were 153 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: in this situation. Donald Trump had an unrealistic expectation for Republicans, 154 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: all of. 155 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 2: This doom and gloom. 156 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 1: Even in a successful vote to cut a bill by 157 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: fifteen hundred pages, eighty something percent of the pages disappeared 158 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:09,239 Speaker 1: because of transparency. And somehow they start every single Sunday 159 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,559 Speaker 1: morning talk show saying the same damn thing. Wow, Donald 160 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: Trump may have lost his juice. Donald Trump got screwed 161 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: by Republicans. The Speaker of the House is gonna lose everything. Oh, 162 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: look how bad things are. Woe is me. Look how 163 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: terrible things are. Look how awful things are? One after 164 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 1: another after another, after another after another. Doom and gloom, 165 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: doom and gloom, doom and gloom, doom and gloom, doom 166 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: and gloom. 167 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 2: It's constant with these people. It is constant. 168 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: And so what I would say is, when you hear this, 169 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: look at the reality of the situation. 170 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 2: Was this a success this week? Yes? 171 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: What I've loved for the debt cealing't have been raised. Yes, 172 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: but I'm also realist and I know that the Democrats 173 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: have controlled the Senate and they weren't going to vote 174 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: for that, and then there would have been a government shutdown, 175 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: and it wasn't gonna hurt Joe Biden because he's already 176 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: out of office, and then Donald Trump could have inherited 177 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: a government that was shut down. If you go back 178 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: to ABC This Week and the second part of the interview. 179 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: So the first part is everything's bad, donald Trump's losses Mojoe, 180 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: Democrats are brilliant, and Donald Trump is going to lose 181 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 1: a speaker, Right, that's the second part of this, right, 182 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: because they're going to tell you how bad things are, 183 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: and then they're going to they're starting they're trying to 184 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: start civil war between Speaker Johnson and Maga Republicans so 185 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: that you believe that he is a terrible person. And 186 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: it's all about you believing that. Listen to part two 187 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: of ABC This Week where they say, and then this 188 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: war between Speaker Johnson, don't Trump, Oh, it's really bad, folks. 189 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 6: Telling Johnson he wanted him to do this right after 190 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 6: the election, that They've been talking about this for a 191 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,599 Speaker 6: long time. Johnson's folks have been sort of under the 192 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 6: impression that this wasn't a big priority for President Trump 193 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 6: until two days before the deadline when he came up 194 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 6: and sort of blew up the deal. Also, President Trump 195 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 6: was under the impression that when he did add the 196 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 6: debt ceiling to the CR the Continuing Resolution, that it 197 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 6: was actually going to pass. And that's why he sort 198 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 6: of leaned in and tried to sort of say, look, Republicans, 199 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 6: you need to do this. If he had known he 200 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 6: was going to lose thirty eight Republicans, he would have 201 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 6: done this. And so the relationship right now, I mean, 202 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 6: they've got some work to do if they want to 203 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 6: be effective next year. 204 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: They've got some work to do, Folks. I don't believe, 205 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:11,199 Speaker 1: by the way, any of the craps you just said. 206 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: I think Donald Trump leaned in to cut fifteen hundred 207 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: pages of a sixteen hundred plus page bill. And that's 208 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 1: what he leaned in on. Did he get everything he 209 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: wanted to know? Our Democrats in control of the Senate, Yes, 210 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: Is there a slim majority in the House, yes? 211 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 2: Was this going to be tough to do? Right? 212 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: Before people are leaving, and many people are leaving Congress 213 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: forever that lost reelection because they're going to stick it 214 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: to Donald Trump, including some Republicans at loss. Yes, do 215 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: I believe in this doom and gloom the way that 216 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 1: they're talking about it. 217 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 2: I do not. 218 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: I do not at all. And then listen to this 219 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: part where they're like, oh, well, now we got it. 220 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: We got a problem with Speaker Johnson. 221 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 7: Good speaker of Jenuiny there it's the million dollar question 222 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 7: right now John I will say people have underestimated Johnson 223 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 7: quite a bit in the past year, and oftentimes he 224 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 7: sort of, you know. 225 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 6: Outless his naysayers here. But the situation is different. I mean, 226 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 6: I've talked to a lot of Trump folks over the 227 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 6: past couple of days, and Trump has really soured on him. 228 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 6: It feels like something in this relationship has really broken. 229 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 5: The days it needs Trump to get reelected. 230 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 6: Absolutely, he needs Trump, and not only does he need 231 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 6: Trump's endorsement, He's going to need President Trump to lean 232 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,199 Speaker 6: in to actually get that gavel. And right now I'm 233 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 6: hearing from people that there's a real question about whether 234 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 6: Trump's going to lift a finger for him to do this. 235 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 6: I think the question Trump has to ask himself is 236 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 6: ousting Johnson worth potentially upending his agenda at the beginning 237 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 6: of the year and creating this sort of stall in momentum. 238 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 6: I mean, look, we remember the speakership chaos when. 239 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 2: McCarthy is out. 240 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 6: A whole month went by when we had no idea 241 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 6: who was leading the conference. Right now, this speakership vote 242 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 6: is set for January third. President Trump, his victory is 243 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 6: set to be certified on January sixth. 244 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 7: I was talking to. 245 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 6: Someone last night, pretty high up and Republican on the Hill, 246 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 6: who was saying that without a speaker, you can't certify 247 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 6: his election. So does he really want to do this? 248 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 6: He want to stall his agenda, but perhaps he feels 249 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 6: like it's worth it. I guess time will tell, all right, 250 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 6: Rachel Vage. 251 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 1: By the way, I want to tell you multiple reasons 252 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: why I disagree with the analysis that I just played 253 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,559 Speaker 1: for you. I don't believe that their rift is anything 254 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: close to what they're trying to do on TV, which 255 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: is to trying to start a civil war. I believe 256 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: that Speaker Johnson and Donald Trump have a good working relationship. 257 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: They have done multiple events together recently, he's been done 258 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 1: at mar Lago recently. Multiple times, they had multiple events 259 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: together on the campaign trail. They helped raise money to 260 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: get others elected, Republicans elected, and they worked really well 261 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: getting Donald Trump into tight races to make sure that 262 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: they were able to win a Senate majority, as thin 263 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: as it may be a House majority. 264 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 2: I should say, as soon as it may be. 265 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: I don't believe this idea that Speaker Johnson is in 266 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: serious trouble. In fact, I would argue that Donald Trump 267 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: is smart enough for right now to say, hey, I 268 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: need to move forward with an agenda with a conservative 269 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 1: and Speaker Johnson is the best conservative that could get 270 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:12,840 Speaker 1: elected right now. What they're hoping is that this is 271 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: a party in chaos. Headline today Johnson Carl Congress chaos right. 272 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: This is this is how they spread it to the country. 273 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: This is how they try to start a civil war. 274 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 5: Listen, if you were watching Congress this week, you might 275 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 5: have thought for a moment that Donald Trump is already president. 276 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 5: Along with his most high profile and wealthiest advisor, Trump 277 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 5: upended a bipartisan spending deal that had been months in 278 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 5: the making. But the power of a president elects, just 279 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 5: like the power of a president only goes so far. 280 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 5: And while Trump's hold on the Republican Party is not 281 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 5: in doubt, we saw that his power to get Congress 282 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 5: to do what he wants has its limits. As Congress 283 00:13:56,920 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 5: veered towards a shutdown, Trump made only one non negotiable demand. 284 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 5: He said that the bill to keep the government open 285 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 5: must also increase or abolish the so called debt cealing 286 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 5: that's the amount the federal government can. 287 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 2: Borrow to pay its bills. 288 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 5: Without this, Trump said on social media, we should never 289 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 5: make a deal. And this wasn't just advice. It came 290 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 5: with a warning that he might campaign against Republicans who 291 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 5: dared to defy him. Trump declaring any Republican that would 292 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 5: be so stupid as to do this should and will 293 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 5: be primaried. And even with that, thirty eight Republicans defied 294 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 5: their president's elect. They were either unworried about his warning 295 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 5: or simply didn't take it seriously, and. 296 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: In the end, or it was Republicans that were leaving office. 297 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: Notice how they don't tell you that part of the story. 298 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: There are members of Congress that are not coming back 299 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: that voted on this. It would be nice if they 300 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: ran out actually honest enough to tell you that they 301 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 1: haven't told you that. The reason why it is very 302 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: clear they don't want you to know that. But remember 303 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: this is all about doom and gloom, and I'm warning 304 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: you the propaganda is full speed ahead right now. Keep 305 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: listening to part two of this propaganda. 306 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 5: One hundred and seventy Republicans, along with almost all of 307 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 5: the Democrats, approved a bill to temporarily fund the government 308 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 5: without raising the dead ceiling, again defying Trump's demand. Trump 309 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 5: had very good reason to insist on raising or eliminating 310 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 5: the dead ceiling. The government is on pace to hit 311 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 5: the limit on how much it can borrow next spring, 312 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 5: and if it is not raised, the government faces default 313 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 5: with dire consequences for the economy and for the Trump agenda. 314 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 2: This week proved he won't. 315 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 5: Be able to count on Republicans alone to avert that disaster. 316 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 5: One casualty of this shutdown mess maybe the Speaker of 317 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 5: the House, Mike Johnson. He tried to do Trump's bidding, 318 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 5: and he failed, hurting his standing with the President's elect 319 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 5: and with at least some of his Republican colleagues. Will 320 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 5: he be re elected as Speaker when Congress reconvenes on 321 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 5: January third, with a minuscule Republican majority that could take 322 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 5: a minor miracle. On the show this morning, we'll hear 323 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 5: from a. 324 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 2: Republican now again, that is the lead in. 325 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: You just noticed in that lead in there was not 326 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: a single thing about a massive cut in the number 327 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: of pages. That is the beginning of ABC's this week 328 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: when they're running their biggest show of the week and 329 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: they start with Congress chaos. Chaos, by the way, you 330 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: could argue to be a government shutdown which we didn't have. 331 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: Chaos would be passing a bill that no one had 332 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: read which didn't happen. Chaos would be a bill filled 333 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: with pork so big that it was seventeen sixteen hundred 334 00:16:55,600 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: pages that didn't happen. We cut fifteen hundred pages from 335 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 1: a bill. Does that sound like chaos? Doesn't sound like 336 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: chaos to me. We have a speaker who had a 337 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 1: very tight majority and got a deal done to avert 338 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: a government shutdown, which they would have definitely blamed on 339 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. That didn't happen either. We have a debt 340 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 1: ceiling vote that's gonna come up, no doubt about it. 341 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: But the reality is they've got now time to think 342 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 1: about how they're gonna do it, and how they're gonna 343 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: do it in the best way possible. I will go 344 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: back to what I said at the beginning. I don't 345 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: believe that Speaker Johnson has a massive sourd relationship with 346 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 1: Donald Trump right now. I think that's a media telling 347 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: a lie. I wanted to start a civil war. I 348 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: believe that this was a great scenario, a great scenario 349 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: that what just took place, and I'm glad that it 350 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 1: took place the way that it did. I'm glad we 351 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: got rid of fifteen hundred pages. This was what I 352 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: would refer to as a very clear victory for Donald Trump. 353 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 1: And yet the media doesn't mention the number of pages cut, 354 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: and they'll tell you it's a terrible day in America. 355 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: You need to remember they lie to you on purpose 356 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: for a reason. They lie to you on purpose because 357 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: they want you to hate Trump and they want you 358 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: to hate Speaker Johnson, and they want you to think 359 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: they can't govern, and they want you to be angry. 360 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 2: Don't take the bait. 361 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: Enjoy knowing that we just had a victory of cutting 362 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: government waste and spending the question is how was the 363 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: deal done and how did it turn out to be 364 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 1: so different than what was originally going to happen. It 365 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,800 Speaker 1: is the art of the deal, that's the best way 366 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,840 Speaker 1: I can describe it. And it was a deal that 367 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 1: certainly was going to put us in a better place 368 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: than we were before because many Conservatives were willing to 369 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: stand up and fight hard. The Maga revolt, that's how 370 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: it's being described in the press right now. Slash the 371 00:18:55,720 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 1: original one thousand, five hundred and forty seven page spending 372 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: bill all the way down to just one hundred and 373 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: eighteen pages this Friday, and the House bill to a 374 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 1: vertic government shutdown was trimmed by one thousand, three hundred 375 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: and fifty nine pages after conservatives said, no, we are 376 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: not going to have this massive expansion of government in 377 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:26,040 Speaker 1: a continuing resolution and we're not going to have the 378 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: pork barrel spending in the cr as Well. House Speaker 379 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:33,680 Speaker 1: Mike Johnson's original measure was filled with pork, there's no 380 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: doubt about it. 381 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 2: Now. 382 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,919 Speaker 1: He also had to work a deal because he had 383 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: to deal with Republicans and Democrats, and that's a very 384 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: tough spot to be in. I want to be clear 385 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: about that. I'm going to explain more about why I 386 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 1: say that in a moment, but the reduction in size 387 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: underscores what I would say is the failure by the 388 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:54,959 Speaker 1: pork barrel spenders in DC who wanted to pass a 389 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 1: massive spending bill with Democrats support that few had even 390 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 1: read before some members were asked to vote on it, 391 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 1: and that is a problem. There is an appetite for 392 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:08,119 Speaker 1: government reform right now. There's an appetite for reducing the 393 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: size of government. It's very clear that there was a 394 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 1: mandate for that in this last election. There is a 395 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 1: huge appetite in people supporting and advocating for DOGE. That 396 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: is going to be streamlining and changing how we do 397 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: and run and spend our money in the US. That's 398 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: being done by Elon Musk and by vi vic Ramaswamie 399 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: at the leadership of Donald Trump. Now you put all 400 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: that together and Democrats are angry. They're angry at Elon Musk, 401 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: and they're angry at MAGA. They're angry at Conservatives for 402 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 1: standing up to the government waste and abuse. How angry 403 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: are they? Let me play for you. Rosa Delaro, who 404 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: lost her mind on the floor of the House is 405 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: She's angry as she describes it, that there is some 406 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,239 Speaker 1: man who is electtion did by no one, who is 407 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: now giving marching orders to the House and the Republicans 408 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: to shut down the government. Issue described it. Take a 409 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: listen to the purpled haired Democrat from Connecticut. 410 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 8: We are on the cusp of an agreement to move 411 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:23,400 Speaker 8: this country forward. But two days ago, a multi billionaire 412 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 8: with apparently no working knowledge of our government or of appropriations, 413 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 8: someone who is a self appointed president of the United States, 414 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 8: Elon Musk, issued a marching order for House Republicans to 415 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 8: go against their own elected leadership. Shut down the government, 416 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 8: shut down the government. House Republicans are responsible for any 417 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 8: harm and uncertainty brought upon the American people, and should 418 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:00,840 Speaker 8: some get their wish for a month long governmen shut down, 419 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 8: they will be responsible for cleaning up their mess come 420 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 8: inauguration day. Indeed, we are in completely unprecedented times when 421 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 8: someone who has no knowledge of government, who has no 422 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 8: knowledge of an appropriations process, who is external to the 423 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:27,239 Speaker 8: House of Representatives, can make his weight felt here in 424 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 8: turning what was a bill that was on its way, 425 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 8: a bipartisan bill, a bi camer bill, was on its 426 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 8: way to achieving its goal of keeping the US government open, 427 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 8: and the goal actually is providing services to American citizens, 428 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 8: to working families, middle class families, vulnerable families are where 429 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 8: our responsibility lies. World's richest man reaping billions in government 430 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 8: contracts is calling the shots in the Republican Party at 431 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:16,359 Speaker 8: the behest of the world's richest man, who no one 432 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 8: voted for. The United States Congress has been thrown into 433 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 8: pandemonian It leads you to the question of who is 434 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 8: in charge. I thought that there was a Republican majority 435 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 8: in this body, not a President Musk majority. 436 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: Now let's talk about what she said. Quote the self 437 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: appointed President of the United States, Elon Mussys, he'd a 438 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: marching order for House Republicans to shut the government down. 439 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: What he made, what he actually did was he said, no, 440 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: I'm calling out the abuse of power. I'm calling out 441 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: the fact that you've got a bill that no one's read, 442 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,200 Speaker 1: the five and forty seven pages long, filled with port 443 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: bell spending, and I want to reduce it. And we 444 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: did and condensed it into one hundred and eighteen pages 445 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: and excluded the extreme amount of pork that Johnson allowed 446 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 1: by the way in the original bill, Elon Musk is 447 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: not the President of the United States of America. But 448 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: what Elon Musk did was give a voice to the 449 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: voiceless in this country and those that don't have the 450 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: type of power to get the word out that he 451 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,680 Speaker 1: clearly does. And the American people clearly agreed with him, 452 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: and the American people acted, and the American people called 453 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:38,160 Speaker 1: their congressman, and the American people got rid literally, this 454 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: is not exaggeration, got rid of one thousand, three hundred 455 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: and fifty nine pages of government waste, abuse and fraud. 456 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 2: That is incredible. So was it worth it? Yes? Was 457 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 2: it anarchy? No? 458 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: Was it Elon Musk giving power to the people to 459 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: make sure that the people were able to do what 460 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: they need to do and saying no to mass suspending. 461 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 2: Yes. 462 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: Now here's what you need to know about what they 463 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: have passed on the House side. And I'm going to 464 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: get to the Senate in a moment, because the Senate 465 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 1: is controlled, as you know, by the Democrats. Right now, 466 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:23,719 Speaker 1: the bill will fund the government until March fourteenth. It 467 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:28,359 Speaker 1: also includes disaster relief and farm aid, which is very important. 468 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: The bill does not include an extension of the debt limit, 469 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: which President elect Donald Trump demanded, that will place Johnson's 470 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: reelection on January third for Speaker in a very precarious position. 471 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: I want to be clear, I support Speaker Johnson, and 472 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 1: I think we would get a much more liberal speaker 473 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: if Speaker Johnson is pushed out. And I don't like 474 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: what we're doing right now. Every time somebody because there's 475 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: such a thin margin for Republicans that there's a lot 476 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: of power now given to certain members in Congress. And 477 00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:01,239 Speaker 1: I don't like where we're headed with this, because if 478 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,360 Speaker 1: you don't like your one way or the way things 479 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 1: are going, the fact that you can get rid of 480 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 1: another speaker, I think is a very bad decision. I 481 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 1: also think the Speaker Johnson has done a very good job, 482 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: and I think you will serve Donald Trump very well, 483 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,679 Speaker 1: much better than Kevin McCarthy would have ever done. And 484 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,360 Speaker 1: if he's not careful, what's going to happen is you're 485 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,359 Speaker 1: going to end up getting a more liberal member of 486 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 1: the body who would end up becoming the Speaker of 487 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: the House because they'll get some votes from Democrats to 488 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: do it more than likely, and then you'll lose an 489 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 1: actual conservative in Speaker Johnson. That's where we are now 490 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,680 Speaker 1: with this. Now, let me also put it this way. 491 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: Punch Bowl News reported on the politics the latest proposed measure, 492 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: saying this Johnson is now pushing a short term funding 493 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 1: bill that keeps federal agencies open until mid March. The 494 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 1: bill would include a hundred billion in disaster aid for 495 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: the hurricane batter in southeast and other states. There's also 496 00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,239 Speaker 1: thirty billion in aid for farmers and a one year 497 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: extension of the current agriculture policy. The measure will be 498 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 1: taken up under suspicion according to senior GOP lawmakers and 499 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: AIDS meeting, meaning it needs a two third majority to pass. 500 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: There'll be one vote instead of individual votes on the 501 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: component parts as Johnson's first envisioned. Now what we know 502 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 1: is what happened. What we know now, it's very clear 503 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 1: this has past the House, and it's passed the House, 504 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: and it now is the sentence. And I'm going to 505 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: talk about that vote obviously in a moment. But what 506 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: I want you to understand is this Speaker Johnson was 507 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:41,880 Speaker 1: able to get this bill to drop significantly in size 508 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 1: and save you the taxpayers, hundreds of billions of dollars. 509 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 1: The problem now is you're now going to have a 510 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: debt sealing vote come early next year, and that's going 511 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 1: to be under the Republican leadership and under Donald Trump. 512 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,880 Speaker 1: There are many people that didn't want that, don't like it, 513 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 1: didn't want to have to deal with, and that's a 514 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: political issue that we're going to obviously have to deal with. 515 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,159 Speaker 2: Please share this podcast with your family and friends. 516 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 1: Please make sure you write us a five star review 517 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: wherever you're listening to this podcast so that it will 518 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: help us reach more people. 519 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 2: And we will see you back here tomorrow.