WEBVTT - Christmas Shutdown Showdown 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:16.280 You are entering the freedom hunt the government shutdown approaches. 0:00:16.440 --> 0:00:20.440 Trump has drawn a line in the sand. The Democrats 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:23.279 are freaking out about the departure of Maddis, and a 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:26.720 lot of Republicans are too. Plus a Supreme Court decision 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:30.080 that will make securing the border harder in the short term, 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:33.480 but a US agreement with Mexico may actually help things out. 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:35.440 That and Moore coming up on The buck Sexton Show. 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:39.400 This is the buck Sexton Show, where the mission or 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:43.560 mission is to decode what really matters with actionable intelligence. 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:49.320 Mag no mistake, America, You're a great American Again. The 0:00:49.479 --> 0:01:02.040 buck Sexton Show begins Analysts, So we are going to 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:05.480 be working very hard to get something passed in the Senate. 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:08.600 There's a very good chance it won't get past it's 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:12.840 up to the Democrats. So it's really the Democrats shutdown 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.760 because we've done our thing. When Nancy Pelosi said you'll 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:18.399 never get the votes in the House, we got them, 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.880 and we got them buy a big marchin to seventeen 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:24.760 to one eighty five. So now it's up to the 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:27.559 Democrats as to whether or not we have a shutdown tonight. 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:30.760 I hope we don't, but We're totally prepared for a 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:35.160 very long shutdown, and there is our only chance that 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:40.120 we'll ever have. It looks like we're heading for a shutdown. 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:43.920 Everybody looks like that's where this is all going. And 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:45.600 the President says it's going to be a long one. 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:49.720 And I've got to tell you that seems like a 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:53.720 pretty safe prediction right now, because this is it. I mean, 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:59.559 this is a lot of the Trump movement on the line, 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.720 a lot of what the President promised in the campaign, 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.360 a lot of what he has been repeatedly saying he 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:09.240 will achieve well after the campaign was over. It all 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:15.320 comes down to what happens now. Know how what last 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:18.440 week Nancy Pelosi was saying, you don't have the votes, 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.400 you don't have the votes. Oh, but it turns out 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.440 we do have the votes. Nancy. I don't think this 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:27.760 is a surprise to anybody, but Nancy Pelosi was just 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:32.720 making stuff up. Now that we look back at that meeting, 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:36.079 who seems like they were more in command of reality Schumer, 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:40.839 Pelosi or Trump. And now we're going to get into 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:45.600 this fight over who is responsible for the shutdown when 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.840 this is really a construct that we shouldn't fall into 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.840 the House is the House and the Senator majority of 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:58.040 Republican right now, the House Representatives has put forward a bill. 0:02:58.120 --> 0:02:59.960 The bill says, this is what we'd like, we'd like 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:04.160 some funding. We want the funding for this. If Democrats 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:08.160 won't go along, if they're insisting that you need sixty 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:14.680 votes to do a minor budgetary measure, then that's on. Then. Now, 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:16.840 I know President Trump said, you know, I'm the one 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:20.200 who's shutting down the government, but I disagree with his 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:24.240 disagree with his framing of the issue, and he disagrees 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.160 that now because he's saying the Democrats are the ones 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:30.720 who would be shutting the government down. But this blame 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.239 game doesn't really tell us anything. All that matters here 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:35.560 is an understanding of what the two sides stand for 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:41.920 and what happens if the GOP caves, and I've been 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.000 worried along they're going to cave, and I'm worried that 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.120 they make cave. Even after the government shuts down, you 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:51.600 will see all these stories about the hardship of federal 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:54.760 government employees now that they're not getting their paychecks on time. 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:59.560 You'll see a lot of media that would usually be 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.240 pretty quiet over the Christmas holiday that will be coming 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:06.240 out and just telling stories about how how horrible it 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:09.040 is that this one family couldn't go to a national 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.960 park or they couldn't do They'll find all these different 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:16.800 things and try to increase public pressure. Trump and those 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:19.880 who believe in funding a wall are going to have 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:22.240 to go forward and go out in public. And Trump 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:23.919 will probably be down to morrow Lago when this is 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:28.120 happening and say, look, there's a reason why the government 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:30.400 has shut down. It's because Democrats refused to give five 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:36.039 billion dollars to the President and his party to increase 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:39.679 border security. We'll get later into this. It was actually 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.719 a really good moment with Stephen Miller on CNN. But 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:46.160 how exactly do Democrats want better border security? Just well, 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.360 we will return to that issue later in this show. 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:50.760 But just think about that for a moment. If you 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:52.640 were on the spot, if somebody was saying to y'all, 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:54.560 I'll give you one hundred bucks if you can tell 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:57.680 me you know what the Democrats have really done on 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:05.680 border security that would be considered hawkish. You know, security 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:07.840 at the border really matters to them because and they 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:11.560 took the following steps. What would come to mind if somebody. 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:14.279 If someone were to make you that wager, it's kind 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:16.320 of tough. I don't know if i'd be able to collect. 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:24.680 Democrats are up against the wall on this one, pun intended. 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.280 There's no way for them to escape as long as 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:32.120 we keep the pressure on and the discussion focus where 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:36.080 it should be. They say that there's no need for 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:38.760 a wall. I say that the head of Border Patrol, 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:42.120 the head of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, every border patrol 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:44.839 agent i've ever talked to, Video that we've seen in 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:48.119 recent weeks of the caravan in the San Diego sector 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:52.840 stopped by a barrier. All of that tells me that, yes, 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:55.880 it would be a piecemeal process. Yes it would take 0:05:55.880 --> 0:06:00.160 a lot of time. But walled areas are more or 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:03.760 the non walled areas. You know, people say, oh, I'm 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:05.960 going to invest in ladders. The ladder will get us 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:09.520 over the wall. Okay, you're gonna need a pretty big ladder. 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:11.559 You have to you have to move it a pretty 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:16.599 long distance, and how do you get down the other side? Again, 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:18.600 I mean, really, if people are gonna play this game, 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:20.200 I had someone tell me today, well, you know, human 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:24.120 trafficking involves a lot of tunnels under the border, And 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:27.120 I say to that, Okay, So does that mean that 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:30.120 we just give up because people can tunnel under it? 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.760 Because people will tunnel under the border even without a 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.520 wall there, Does that mean that we say, oh, it's 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:39.040 not worth trying, just trying to stop this anymore and 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:41.000 they can just tunnel. I mean, why even have border 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:43.200 patrol above ground? I guess we should only have border 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:50.640 patrol in tunnels. The fundamental difference here is is one 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:57.080 side willing to take action to stop this continued slow 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:01.000 burn illegal immigration invasion. Is one side willing to do 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:04.039 something about that, yes or no? Because we know the 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:06.640 Democrats are not. We know they have no interest in 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:10.320 stopping this. They don't care about the seventy three thousand 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:13.640 people that died last year from opio overdoses. They don't 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:18.080 care about the increasing power and violence of the cartels 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:20.240 south of our border. What that does? Think of what 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:24.640 that does. In Mexico, thirty four thousand people were murdered. 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:26.720 I think it was thirty from ven thirty seven. In 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:37.080 twenty seventeen it was over thirty thousand murders. Massive amounts 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:41.880 of lawlessness, criminality, kidnapping, all attributable to the cartels and 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:45.000 their primary market, not their only market, but their primary 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:49.080 market is right here and by far the number one 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:52.800 way that they get access into this market is across 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:57.720 the southern border. That is how they do it. So 0:07:57.760 --> 0:07:59.920 there are a lot of reasons, a lot of INCENTI 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:04.200 tips that we should all agree on to take decisive 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.680 action where we can on this issue. And if that 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:09.200 means we go to a shutdown, then darn it, we 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:11.480 go into a shutdown. Eighty five percent of the government 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:16.080 continues as is. Eighty five percent of the government isn't 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:20.400 going to change one bit because of this. This is 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:24.440 about forcing a national debate. You know, Democrats won't give 0:08:24.480 --> 0:08:27.120 Trump the wall. I thought elections were supposed to have consequences. 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:31.960 Now Trump has said that Mitch McConnell should use the 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:36.760 nuclear option. I do not believe that Mitch McConnell will 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.760 do that. I think Mitch McConnell is too much of 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:42.360 an institutionalist. I think that he's quite happy. Unlike Paul Ryan, 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:45.920 who is now leaving with a legacy of Wow, great 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:48.319 job you did cutting the debt and the deficit. There, buddy, 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:53.440 Mitch McConnell knows that he will be able to point 0:08:53.880 --> 0:09:01.199 justifiably too numerous federal judges, Supreme Court judges, you know, 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:05.600 a whole slew of conservative victories on the judiciary that 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.839 are the results of Mitch McConnell making the Democrats live 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.800 by their own rules and live by them long and hard. 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:14.920 So you know, Mitch, Mitch is gonna be taking a 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:16.640 victory lap no matter what. At the end of all this, 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:19.600 I don't think he's willing to go with the nuclear option. 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:24.640 But what is this? What is this uh notion that 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.000 because the Senate comes up with artificial rules, there's no 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.800 constitutional constraint that you have to have sixty votes to 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:34.160 get a budgetary measure through. You need sixty votes or else, 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.959 or else the minority can stop this. No fifty one 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.600 votes for the budget to be enough. Remember how the 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:44.160 Democrats played it on Obamacare. They rammed it through party line, 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:50.319 didn't care. Yeah, a lot of things are criticized about Democrats, 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:54.439 but their lust for power is impressive, and their willingness 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:58.319 to just ram down the opposition's throats whatever big government 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:02.200 monstrosity they can concuss. You know that you almost have 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:05.839 to respect it now. It's it's a pretty remarkable thing. 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:09.960 That they pull off. So shutdown is where we're heading here, 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.960 which also means, unfortunately, I was kind of looking forward to, 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:16.600 you know, this is my last and I'm a good 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:18.800 old little tea. Here's my last live show with you 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:22.240 all for twenty eighteen, because I'm taking next week off. 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.040 I'll be back right after New Year's and not taking 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:27.840 off any vacations, not planning any vacations after that, but 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:33.560 this is my last one for twenty eighteen. And I 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:38.120 have a feeling that my initial plan of kicking back 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:42.280 and not having to look at Twitter and all the 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:46.440 different news sites and be managing my four or five 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:48.800 or whatever it is, different email accounts and looking at 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:51.760 I had this whole vision of me just drinking tea, 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:53.920 hanging out with my family in New York, hanging out 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:57.120 with Miss Molly down here in DC. And now I 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:01.120 think that we're going to be in the shutdown showdown, 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:06.079 shutdown showdown, which is gonna mean that a lot of 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:07.800 people are going to be paying attention to this stuff. 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.520 It's not gonna be quite as jolly. It's not gonna 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:12.439 be quite the holly jolly. Isn't that what it is? 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:16.920 Holly jolly? Christmas? Right, Yeah, it's not. It's not a 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:21.000 molly jolly Christmas, although that's what's on my mind. But yeah, 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.600 it's gonna be a different, a different Christmas. And I 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:25.600 think a lot of people had anticipated because of this, 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:28.480 of this shutdown, but we might as well, you know, 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:31.040 we should have had this fighter. You're well last February. 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:32.560 I think it was we should have had the fight then, 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.480 should have gone for it then. But it's not too 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.480 late after this. It is too late now if you 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:42.360 push it beyond beyond this fight. And you know, I think, 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:44.600 you know, Democrats, people that are making such a big 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:47.240 deal about twenty twenty, I would note I think that 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:50.679 people are gonna forget you. This is a question of 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.160 can you can the Democrats be forced to bend the 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.200 knee here? One side is gonna have to blank. I 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.160 worry that it will be the Republicans. I'm not gonna 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:01.160 lie to you. Or the most likely outcome here is 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:05.079 some kind of a financial half measure where they will agree, 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:09.359 Democrats and Republicans will agree after a week of shutdown 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:14.960 that there can be an additional you know, auxiliary border funds, 0:12:14.960 --> 0:12:17.520 but it can't be used explicitly for a new fence 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:20.280 it could be used for, and they'll kind of come 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:25.559 up with some you know, wishywashy middle pathway that lets 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.600 everybody go home for the holidays. That's what I think 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:34.760 is most likely to happen here, But maybe not, Maybe not. 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:36.400 Trump got a wake up call. He got a wake 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:38.000 up call from a lot of people this week that 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.800 have really supported him, that have been there for him 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:44.280 through the unfair attacks on him and a lot of 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:46.000 fair attacks on him. You know, a lot of stuff 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:47.840 that people say about Trump. I'm like, well, that's kind 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.640 of true, but you know, I still like the agenda, 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:54.240 and I'm still for the the trajectory of the government 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:59.920 that he is pushing. Doesn't mean that everything, every tweet, 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:04.120 every every joke, every policy decision he makes, I'm for. 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.440 As you know, I was very unhappy with them earlier 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:10.079 this week, and I'm I'm I'm very unhappy with the 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.079 fact that we didn't repeal in a place Obamacare. But 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:14.520 I guess people just don't want to hear that from me. 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:18.800 These are central promises. You know. If we're just going 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.480 to argue over the size of the social Democrat welfare 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:26.400 state in this country, you know, I'll do I'll spend 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:28.240 more time doing history shows. You know what I mean. 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:30.000 I mean, if we're really not going to get these 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:35.440 policies implemented that we've worked so hard as a conservative 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.760 movement in this country to get to put ourselves in 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:42.240 a position at least to get, then what is the 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:45.880 point of it all? You know? Now I'm starting to 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:47.760 feel a little bit like Bill Murray and Groundhood Bag 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:50.600 when it's like thousands of people gathered together to worship 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:54.440 a rat, he's a little he gets a little down. 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:56.480 If you remember, it's a great movie. I really enjoy 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.640 that one. We're gonna cover a lot of ground today 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:00.840 on the show. More on the Boarder, we're on Madison, 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:05.080 the Syria withdrawal, the possible withdrawal from Afghanistan. Third hour. 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:06.920 I'm just gonna have some thoughts about twenty eighteen, And 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:08.240 of course I'm gonna have to tell you at the 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:10.120 end of today's show, because it'll be the last one 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:14.319 before Christmas and my birthday, how wonderful all of you are, 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.760 how much I appreciate each and every person listening to 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:20.160 this across the country who listens it means a tremendous 0:14:20.160 --> 0:14:21.960 amount to me. I don't want to get all weepy 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:23.720 at the start of the show because I have to 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:25.840 get through the whole show. But we'll talk more about 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.440 that in the third hour. And a quick apology. Because 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:29.600 I thought we were going to be able to do 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:32.000 open lines for the whole show. Turns out because the 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:34.960 holiday schedule, we are dead. Producer Mike had to go 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:38.800 for family reasons, had to travel, so we are down 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:40.280 a man, which means we don't have someone in the 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:43.480 phone lines tonight. I'm sorry to say I didn't mean 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:47.560 I did fake newsbook. I didn't mean to make a 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.000 promise that I couldn't keep on that one, but it 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:52.240 turns out I was. I was wrong yesterday that I'll say, 0:14:52.320 --> 0:14:54.240 we have a fantastic show. You can always write to 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:56.520 me on Facebook and tell me your thoughts there, Facebook 0:14:56.560 --> 0:15:02.120 dot com, slashbuck Sexton, and even work in some cheesy 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:06.160 Christmas music at the end, so stay with me. The 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:12.320 President is making decisions without counsel, without preparation, and even 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:19.200 without communication between relevant departments and relevant agencies. All of 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:24.440 this turmoil is causing chaos in the markets, chaos abroad, 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:29.640 and it's making the United States less prosperous. And less secure. 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:36.160 Less secure. Everything is Trump's fault, you see. Schumer just 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:38.360 wants you to know that everything bad that happens you 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.240 can blame on Trump. Meanwhile, the Senate is, according to 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.520 Fox here scrambling to take up a spending package with 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.760 billions in funding for a border wall, I mean ongoing 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.840 negotiations to fund the government by midnight, as President Trump 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:56.000 acknowledged there's a good chance a partial government shut down 0:15:56.680 --> 0:16:00.440 will be triggered. After keeping the final vote open for 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.120 five hours to secure enough support, the Senate finally advanced 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.960 a House approved spending bill with five point seven billion 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.160 for a border wall, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:12.600 a tie that procedural hurdle paves the way for a 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:14.920 final vote in the Senate. If Congress doesn't pass a 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:22.240 spending bill by midnight tonight, oh, a partial government shutdown 0:16:22.480 --> 0:16:26.240 will be triggered. Oh no, what are we gonna do? 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:31.000 It's all gonna be okay, Buck is here to tell you. 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:33.120 Now you already know that it's all gonna be fine. 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.200 People make such a big deal out of this. They 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:37.440 also act like Evan's gonna remember. I wonder if you 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:38.880 could go for it, if you if you had a 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.520 time machine, it'd be fun. In twenty twenty, say hey, 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:43.960 remember that shutdown? It was terrible, wasn't It was horrible? 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:48.240 What happened? Everyone gonna say what what shutdown? What matters 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.360 here is do you get a wall or not? You know, 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:53.720 Mitch isn't gonna go nuclear option, even though that would 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:56.840 be fun, that would be fun. Oh man. The Democrats 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:59.520 would lose their minds over that one. Trump has to 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:01.440 keep this promise. There's no way for him to keep 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:06.240 faith with his base without keeping this promise. Although there's 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:08.520 a lot it could be a lot of unhappy people 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.520 that are going to have to work here in DC, 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:15.359 and a lot of journos. Me, I guess I'm not 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:17.639 a journal but among the folks that are going to 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:19.560 have to spend more time thinking about this than they 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:22.080 had anticipated, than they had planned. And I was really 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:23.600 just hoping the next week was going to be melow. 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:25.240 I know, I'm gonna stop winding about it. We have 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:28.520 a lot to get into. There's actually a big decision 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:31.439 from a Supreme court. It's not a full opinion, but 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.119 there's a there's a decision that came out from a 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.679 Supreme Court about whether they would give a stay on 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:40.639 a lower court decision because of the imminent harm that 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.160 the government would suffer if they did not. Turns out 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:44.760 it didn't go our way. We'll get into that, and 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:49.440 then also in agreement that the Trump administration has claimed 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.080 to get with Mexico that could really be helpful at 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:54.680 the border. And it's taking a page from the book 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.560 of Buck because it's exactly what I said they should 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:01.680 have done about a month or so ago. It's nice. 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:04.640 I got the President listening to me maybe, which is nice. 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:07.080 And then we're gonna get us some Christmas thoughts later 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:08.399 on the show. John's going to tell you but all 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:10.040 the amazing things he's planned. I was going to ask 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.280 producer Mike about his gifts and what he was planning, 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:15.360 because producer Mike has to send gifts for the many 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.280 ladies in his life. But he's on the road somewhere now, 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:20.400 so we miss him. But he will be back soon. 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:24.040 And I want to get into that decision and then 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:26.159 lean into the third hour the show tonight, which is 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.200 just going to be year and review year going forward, 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:34.639 and my thoughts about how amazing, wonderful, brilliant, patriotic and 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.240 good looking all of you listening to this show are 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:41.160 One thing that I think has been missed and didn't 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:44.520 get a lot of coverage yesterday was what we have 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.320 worked out, what this administration has been able to do 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:51.159 in conjunction with the Mexican government, and the massive and 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:55.000 monumental moment that took place yesterday where catch and release 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:57.439 has ended. And it's a sad day in America when 0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:00.000 the Mexican government is doing more to protect the America 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:02.800 can people than Senate Democrats. I hope that they will 0:19:02.840 --> 0:19:04.480 not let that be the case by the end of 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:06.720 the day, and they will work with us and work 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.760 with the President and Senate Republicans to get this done 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:12.439 and let everybody go home and let us start building 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:14.640 a wall and let us start protecting our border. Well, 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:20.639 so she's talking about something very specific that you're not 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:25.000 hearing a lot from the media on this one. They're 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:28.840 not really talking about it. But you know, Mexico has 0:19:30.440 --> 0:19:36.440 agreed right now, the administration has worked out with Mexico 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:41.560 that asylum seekers are to be sent back to Mexico 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.080 for the duration of immigration proceedings. As I said to you, 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:47.040 a refugee is somebody who applies from outside the country. 0:19:47.080 --> 0:19:51.600 An asylum seeker is somebody who wants protection from inside 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:56.840 the country and the Mexican the Mexican government now will 0:19:56.920 --> 0:20:00.760 have with us what they call a third party safe agreement. 0:20:00.800 --> 0:20:04.880 I believe you have heard about that. You have heard 0:20:04.920 --> 0:20:07.360 about that on this show because I told you that's 0:20:07.359 --> 0:20:10.280 what the administration should do. It is what we have 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:14.159 with Canada. This is a way to fix the problem. Okay, 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:16.600 you come to the border. There will be a place, 0:20:16.720 --> 0:20:20.959 a waiting area, waiting zone, whatever you want to call, 0:20:20.960 --> 0:20:24.640 a waiting camp where you you know, are are going 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:27.960 to be placed while they process your immigration claim. They're 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:30.359 not going to allow people to come into the country though, 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:34.639 and then supposedly show up for a hearing in a 0:20:34.640 --> 0:20:37.440 few years, and then if they don't get status, supposedly 0:20:37.480 --> 0:20:41.840 get deported. Because everyone knows that that's where this whole 0:20:41.880 --> 0:20:46.960 thing falls apart. That's where there is no honesty about 0:20:47.000 --> 0:20:50.200 the process from the Democrats. So this is a pretty 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:53.760 a pretty big win. This is what CNN reported on 0:20:53.800 --> 0:20:57.000 earlier today. Homeland Security Secretary Nielsen announced that the United 0:20:57.040 --> 0:21:01.120 States has told Mexico that entering individuals entering the US 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:04.920 illegally or without proper documentation and seeking asylum will be 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:07.880 sent to Mexico to wait for the duration of their 0:21:08.000 --> 0:21:12.560 US immigration proceedings. According to the Department of Homeland Security, 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:16.600 individuals entering illegally or without proper documentation trying to enter 0:21:16.640 --> 0:21:19.040 the US to claim asylum will no longer be released 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:21.480 into our country, where they can often disappear before a 0:21:21.640 --> 0:21:25.919 court can determine their claims merits. They will instead be 0:21:26.040 --> 0:21:29.760 processed by DHS and given a notice to appear for 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:33.679 their immigration hearing. Asylum seekers from Guatemala, Honduras, and El 0:21:33.760 --> 0:21:37.360 Salvador must wait outside the United States until their immigration 0:21:37.400 --> 0:21:42.119 proceedings are concluded. According to a Department of Homeland Security official, 0:21:42.440 --> 0:21:45.320 the Migrant Protection Protocols is what they're calling them. It's 0:21:45.359 --> 0:21:49.280 going to be phased in along our southwest border, and 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:53.920 asylum seekers from Northern Triangle countries will return to Mexico 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:56.680 and given a notice to appear in court and will 0:21:56.720 --> 0:22:01.480 be allowed back in for the hearing. Now, this is 0:22:01.480 --> 0:22:05.480 a humanitarian measure, DHS is saying it'll free up order personnel. Essentially, 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:07.879 all right, you're gonna get your day in court. But 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:12.960 the scam ends that's what this is saying the scam 0:22:13.040 --> 0:22:16.920 is supposed to end um and and I think that 0:22:16.920 --> 0:22:22.640 that's this is what I've been saying all all along. Um, 0:22:23.320 --> 0:22:25.160 you know, this is this is what I've been I've 0:22:25.200 --> 0:22:33.960 been saying should be done. Meanwhile, we got just another 0:22:35.320 --> 0:22:41.960 unbelievable Robert's Supreme Court turncoat moment today. This just came 0:22:42.000 --> 0:22:45.879 in this afternoon where they will not put a stay 0:22:46.960 --> 0:22:51.080 on um. They will not put a stay on the 0:22:51.160 --> 0:22:57.040 court ruling that went against the Trump administration that changes 0:22:57.280 --> 0:23:01.359 who can claim asylum. Here this is from the Scotus blog. 0:23:01.520 --> 0:23:06.880 Just now. The Justice turned down the government's request, which 0:23:06.920 --> 0:23:08.840 means that the government will not be able to enforce 0:23:08.960 --> 0:23:12.439 its new policy on asylum while the government appeals to 0:23:12.440 --> 0:23:14.359 the US Court of Appeals to the Ninth Circuit and 0:23:14.359 --> 0:23:17.040 if it comes to that. The Supreme Court Chief Justice 0:23:17.119 --> 0:23:20.800 Roberts provided the deciding vote as four justices, Justices Clarence Thomas, 0:23:20.800 --> 0:23:24.199 Samuel Ledo, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh, indicated that they 0:23:24.200 --> 0:23:28.560