1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: Whether it's Minnesota and the fraud or Charlotte, North Carolina, Chicago, 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, those operations continue and we're going to ramp 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:08,800 Speaker 1: that up. 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 2: You know, we've got ten. 5 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Thousand new ICE agents coming on board, several thousand US 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Border Battle agents coming on board. 7 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 3: That is Customs and Border Patrol commander at Greg the 8 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 3: Vino talking about ramping up operations, talking about the scandal 9 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 3: in Minnesota as well. 10 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: Nothing like an onion. 11 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 3: Every layer you'd feel back there is more fraud and 12 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 3: it's like, holy cow, these people were ridiculous. And as 13 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 3: we take a look at a couple of things. First hour, 14 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 3: we walked through the twenty point plan to save America 15 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 3: by President Trump. We walked through the successes. I'm going 16 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 3: to have the receipts, the very specific receipts on that 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 3: coming up later in the show. One of the men 18 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 3: who has had a hand in that success congressionally man, 19 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 3: we've had that new arrow House majority of this year. 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 3: None of it's been easy. But it happens to be 21 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 3: a Congressman Byron Donalds who's joining us now. Not only 22 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 3: is congressman, he's also the Trump endorsed candidate to be 23 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 3: the next governor of the state of Florida. 24 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 2: It is good to talk to you, Congressman. 25 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 4: Happy New Year, Happy New Years to you, Brian. How's 26 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 4: it going for you? 27 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 3: Things are going pretty well, I think for a lot 28 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 3: of people, better than they even realize. One of the 29 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 3: notes kind of going through Trump's twenty point plan to 30 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 3: Safe America is that a lot of people, I think 31 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 3: take for granted how much success we've had in eleven 32 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 3: plus months, in part because so much of it happened 33 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 3: so quickly and so much gets accomplished every day. Tell 34 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 3: us a little bit from your perspective and also congressionally, 35 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 3: what it's been like during this eleven plus month period 36 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 3: of this second term. 37 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 4: Well, first, I think it's important in looking back over 38 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 4: this year, you got to remember where the country was 39 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 4: a year ago. Like a year ago, we were overrun 40 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 4: open borders. Our economy was a flat mess. Prices were 41 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 4: extremely high, Wages for every worker in our country were 42 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 4: down when you adjusted foreg inflation. You had stupid mandates 43 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 4: coming out of the federal government. I could go on 44 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 4: and on and on, and so what President Trump came 45 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 4: in and did is exactly what you told the people 46 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 4: he would do. On the campaign trail Day one, shut 47 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 4: the border down, immediately started moving to our economy. In Congress, 48 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 4: the part we played was getting his tax cut agenda, 49 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 4: his energy reform agenda, and his border security deportation agenda 50 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 4: through Congress, and that was not easy. There were long 51 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 4: conversations for months in Congress just amongst Republicans about how 52 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 4: we were going to put it together, how much spending 53 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 4: were we going to cut that, what was that going 54 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 4: to look like, and so it was a herculean effort 55 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 4: for the first six months of Congress. We were able 56 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 4: to get that done. July fourth, the President signed that 57 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 4: into law, and then we had to deal with the 58 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 4: Democrats in their idiocy around government shutdown. We had to 59 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 4: deal with that. We still need to reform the Unaffordable 60 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 4: Care Act, that monstrosity left to us by the Democrats. 61 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 4: I think Republicans have a responsibility to fix it for 62 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 4: all Americans. At this point, it doesn't even matter whose 63 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 4: fault it is. We got to fix it, although it 64 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 4: is the Democrat's fault. Let me make sure that's crystal clear. 65 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 4: But we have a responsibility to fix it. The President's 66 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 4: plans around that makes sense. We're going to tackle that 67 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 4: in a new year, but a lot's been accomplished. And 68 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 4: last thing, and I don't want to filibuster, but the 69 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 4: last thing. This time last year, there were eight global conflicts, 70 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 4: all looking to bring America into them, and President Trump 71 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 4: came in and he started ending these conflicts. That's a 72 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 4: tremendous success for a president coming in to one of 73 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 4: the worst disasters ever left by our predecessor because Joe 74 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 4: Biden frankly wasn't even governing the place. It was the 75 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 4: auto pen and a bunch of radicals in his administration. 76 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 4: And so the success of President Trump, Congress's role in 77 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 4: that has been monumental, but we still have a long 78 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 4: way to go. 79 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 3: Brian Mudd with Congressman Byron Donald's talking about the Trump 80 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 3: successes here through the first eleven plus months and also 81 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 3: what faces the country now. You mentioned healthcare, So today 82 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 3: is that day. There had been a lot of debate. 83 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 3: There was the longest partial government shut down in American history, 84 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 3: and large parts centered around the idea of Obamacare subsidies 85 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 3: being extended, the COVID era subsidies. So you talk about 86 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 3: the path forward, what does that look like and what 87 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,039 Speaker 3: is your thought as today those ACA subsidies do expire. 88 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 4: Well, the bill that I think is most promising has 89 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 4: been offered by Senator Rick Scott and Representative of August Slugger. 90 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 4: And what that bill would do was bring is bring 91 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 4: fundamental regulatory reforms to Obamacare, essentially changing the very nature 92 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 4: of it, so you get away from the crazy mandates 93 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 4: that are that are driving up health insurance costs. Second 94 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 4: big thing is it follows what the President wants to do, 95 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 4: giving those subsidies to the American people, letting them have 96 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 4: purchasing power in health care, as opposed to with going 97 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 4: directly to the health insurance companies. That's a design of 98 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 4: the Democrats. They wanted to empower the healthcare companies. We 99 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 4: need to be empowering the American people. We do that 100 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 4: in Florida when it comes to school choice in Florida, 101 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 4: the decision that we made was we're going to give 102 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 4: parents to purchasing power, not give it directly to the bureaucracy. 103 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 4: So it's the same kind of philosophy. You give purchasing 104 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 4: power to people, let them make their health care purchases, 105 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 4: You get rid of the crazy mandates and allow for 106 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 4: a free flowing marketplace. There's things like price transparency at hospitals, 107 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 4: long overdue, association health plans. We just passed that in 108 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 4: the House before we left for Congress this year. But 109 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 4: association and health plans. What that would allow is is 110 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 4: if you have a bunch of auto body shops, a 111 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 4: bunch of plumbers, a bunch of electricians, they can actually 112 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,720 Speaker 4: create an association, add more people into that risk pool 113 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 4: and actually have lower cost health insurance for those people, 114 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 4: or realtors or any type of association you can think about. 115 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 4: These are all the things we should be doing at healthcare. 116 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 4: But you have to take the subsidies away from these 117 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 4: health insurance companies. People need to have that purchasing power 118 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 4: for themselves to buy the health insurance that they need 119 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,600 Speaker 4: to get them access to care they that they require 120 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 4: for their lives. That's the path forward. We need to 121 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 4: be moving that out of the House. And then if 122 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 4: you want to talk about subsidies, subsidies are brought in 123 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 4: at the tail end to try to help get people 124 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,799 Speaker 4: over this hump which was created by Democrat policy. Because 125 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 4: more subsidies aren't going to fix the problem. It's only 126 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 4: going to mask the high costs and the costs are 127 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 4: going to continue to rise if we don't fix the 128 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 4: problem the problems Obamacare. President Trump is right on this, 129 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 4: soa Centator Scott and Representative Flugor their bill is if 130 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 4: I think the best bill out there. 131 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 3: Right now, I agree with you entirely, and if you 132 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 3: are interested in the Rick Scott proposal, if you're interested 133 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,799 Speaker 3: in trump Care, if you will. On the third hour 134 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 3: of the November twenty eight show, the day after Thanksgiving, 135 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 3: well I was guesting for claim Bug. I ended up 136 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 3: breaking that down comprehensive analysis. So go check out the 137 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 3: claim Buck podcast from November twenty eighth and get everything 138 00:06:59,240 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 3: on that. 139 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 2: You're exactly right. 140 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 3: The problem isn't the lack of subsidies Obamacare is the crisis. 141 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 3: And it's crazy that unless ninety two percent of all 142 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 3: policies taken out are paid for by people who don't 143 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 3: use those policies, and eighty percent of the costs of 144 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 3: those insurance plans is paid for through these subsidies, then 145 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 3: then we have a crisis. All that does is make 146 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 3: everything else less affordable for everyone else paying for their 147 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 3: health care, and then these subsidies for everybody on these 148 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 3: exchange based policies and it's not very complicated. We're really 149 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 3: good consumers. If we're actually tasked with being consumers of healthcare, 150 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 3: we're pretty darn't good at finding a good deal. We 151 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 3: just don't know what the heck anything costs, and it's 152 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 3: backcraft crazy for people to walk into a medical establishment 153 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 3: side a piece of paper says I have no idea 154 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 3: what the heck's going to happen when I walk through 155 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,239 Speaker 3: this door. The doctor at this point might not either. 156 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 3: They can't tell me what it's going to cost. And 157 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 3: I'm going to agree to sign something as whatever happens 158 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 3: in there and whatever it ends up costing, and whatever 159 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 3: my insurance company doesn't pay for. 160 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 2: I got it. I got that. 161 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 3: We would tell anybody they're nuts if we had that 162 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 3: happen in any other aspect of life, like walking through 163 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 3: a store. So until we have legitimate consumer driven health 164 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 3: care getting the government out of the way, we're never 165 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 3: going to solve the problem. 166 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 4: Brian. If you look at an economists of en sharing 167 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 4: this chart for decades, you look at the industries that 168 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 4: have little to know governmental subsidies, and what happens in 169 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 4: those industries. Prices are stable or they actually decrease over time, 170 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 4: while quality increases. But if you look at the injury industries, 171 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 4: healthcare and higher education or number one, number two, where 172 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 4: you have high levels of governmental subsidies, essentially what Milton 173 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 4: Friedman said, the worst way to spend money spending other 174 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 4: people's money on other people. When you have situations like that, 175 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 4: the price always increases, the quality decreases, you get more frustration. 176 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,480 Speaker 4: You're talking about doctors. The two most frustrated groups of 177 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 4: people in healthcare today are doctors and patients. That's a problem, 178 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 4: and that's why it needs to have a complete overhaul. 179 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 4: And I think Republicans, you know, instead of look here, 180 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 4: here's the deal on Capitol Hill, I think a lot 181 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 4: of Republicans, not all, but a lot, are still licking 182 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 4: their wounds from the Obamacare battles of twenty ten and 183 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 4: twenty fourteen. But it is now proven that that plan 184 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 4: is not working for families in our country. So instead 185 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 4: of being instead of fighting the last war, we need 186 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 4: to be bold and we need to be aggressive, come 187 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 4: out with our policies, pushed very strongly for them. And 188 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 4: if Democrats decide that they don't want to go along 189 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 4: with bringing real market centered, patient centered reforms into healthcare. 190 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 4: Then that's their responsibility, not ours. We have a responsibility 191 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 4: to provide solutions, and President Trump is more than willing 192 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 4: to lead the way. 193 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:48,480 Speaker 3: Brian Mud with Congressman Byron Donalds. So week from today, 194 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 3: the House Oversight Committee is going to begin hearings pretending 195 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 3: to the fraud in Minnesota. And you know, I mentioned 196 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,559 Speaker 3: every time we learn more about this situation, like an onion, 197 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 3: you peel back a layer and it gets far worse. 198 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 3: You're on the House Oversight Committee, So tell us your 199 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 3: thoughts about this at this point in the process and 200 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 3: what you anticipate a week from today. 201 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,960 Speaker 4: Well, at this point I know that you know, committee 202 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 4: staff is going through all the details. We're gonna come back, 203 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 4: We're going to get a briefing book on all this, 204 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 4: and then we're going to start bringing in officials from 205 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,640 Speaker 4: the state of Minnesota. I think that these hearings are 206 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 4: going to be very revealing, not just to what's happening 207 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 4: in Minnesota, but to the real rot that goes on 208 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 4: in these federal programs. So one, I'm very excited that 209 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 4: we're finally having these hearings. I think they're overdue. Who 210 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 4: needs to come in or Tim Walls and the Attorney 211 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 4: Attorney General Ellison, Keith Ellison. They need to come in 212 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 4: and testify under oath about these things. But the third thing, 213 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 4: once the investigations are done, we have to go into 214 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 4: the budget and we have to make sure that there 215 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 4: are real audit controls around these programs if we're going 216 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 4: to continue these programs, and I stress if, because some 217 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 4: of these programs really have no business being the responsibility 218 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 4: of the federal government. These are legacy projects, legacy programs 219 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 4: that have been in the budget for a long time. 220 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 4: Hard to get them out of there. But we have 221 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 4: to do the heavy lifting and get that done because 222 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 4: we can't have situations where billions of dollars are being 223 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 4: wasted yet the American people are trying to scramble how 224 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,719 Speaker 4: to figure out how to make ends. Me it's atrocious, 225 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 4: and so yeah, I'm all for the hearings, but the 226 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 4: real work is going to be in the budgetary process. 227 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 4: We have a government funding deadline coming up January thirty. 228 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 4: I think that we need to have a full court 229 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 4: press on exposing all of this stuff and then call 230 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 4: the Democrats, quite frankly, in the Senate, call the Senate 231 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 4: Democrats to the carpet. Are you going to actually reform 232 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,199 Speaker 4: spending in a meaningful way. Make sure there's real audits, 233 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 4: real eligibility criterias put in because most people don't know 234 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 4: a lot of these programs, these grant programs, there's no 235 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 4: eligibility framework that you can audit. They have a general 236 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 4: like honor system eligibility framework, but there's no teeth to it. 237 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 4: We got to put teeth into these programs. Require real 238 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 4: accountability in these programs, and then you have to be 239 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 4: willing to turn the money off if there's elements of 240 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 4: fraud and that typically does not happen in a lot 241 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 4: of these grant programs that come out of a federal government, 242 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 4: and that needs to change. 243 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 2: We have just about a minute left. 244 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 3: But one thing that came to mind with all of 245 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 3: this is so it remains to be seen if the 246 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 3: Walls administration is incompetent or complicit, And while incompetence seems 247 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 3: very likely, something that crossed my mind. We see this 248 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 3: time and again with leftist dates. So they're like, you 249 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 3: know what, some supremacy cause and the constitution doesn't really matter. 250 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 3: I want sanctuary policies. I'm going to put sanctuary policies 251 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:40,719 Speaker 3: in place. You know, we want to illegal immigrants to vote. 252 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 3: We're going to go ahead and make that happen here. 253 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 3: We've seen it with CDLs and everything. What are the 254 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 3: odds that many federal programs are being abused by leftist 255 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 3: administrations around the country because they're getting the money and 256 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 3: then doing whatever the heck they want to with it. 257 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 4: They're very high. My view, or my gut tells me 258 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 4: Minnesota is just a tip of the iceberg. And I 259 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 4: don't think it's in competency. I think it's complicity. I 260 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,800 Speaker 4: think you have elected officials from heavy blue states who 261 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 4: allow for this mouthfeass to occur because they get political 262 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 4: payback on the backside. 263 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 3: I think that is well said Congressman. Happy New Year 264 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,199 Speaker 3: to you, Thank you so much for taking the time. 265 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 3: And may God bless. 266 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 4: Hey, God bless everybody. Happy new Year. Everyone see you. 267 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 3: And again that is Congressman Byron Donald's also running to 268 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 3: be the next governor of Florida. I'm Brian mudd In 269 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 3: for Clay and Buck. 270 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,680 Speaker 5: Keep up with the biggest political comeback in world history 271 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 5: on the Team forty seven podcast. Playin Buck Highlight Trump 272 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,839 Speaker 5: Free plays from the week Sundays at noon Eastern. Find 273 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 5: it on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. 274 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 1: Whether it's Minnesota and the Fraud or Charlotte, North Carolina, Chicago, 275 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. Those operations continue and we're going to ramp 276 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 1: that up. You know, we've got ten thousand new ICE 277 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: agents coming on board, several thousand US Bortagagel agents coming 278 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:13,079 Speaker 1: on board. 279 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 3: Yes, Customs and Border Patrol Commander Greg Bavino and the 280 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 3: Calvary on the way. As operations do continue to ramp up. 281 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 3: It's been an incredible eleven plus months as we're ready 282 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 3: to ring in twenty twenty six, and this is going 283 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 3: to be a pivotal year, a critical year that. 284 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 2: Is coming up. 285 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 3: A lot of times people throw it away, Oh it's 286 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 3: the midterm election year. Now Trump is is on a mission, 287 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 3: and what he's accomplished against his twenty point plan to 288 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 3: say of America has already been remarkable. What needs to 289 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 3: happen from here is going to be exceptional. One of 290 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 3: the things that we're talking about a few minutes ago 291 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 3: with Congressman Byron Donald's healthcare today happens to be the 292 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 3: day that ACA subsidies will expire. 293 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 2: And a lot of people are freaking out about that. 294 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 3: And one of the things that really drives me crazy 295 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 3: in this debate is the conflating of health care and 296 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 3: insurance policies. Insurance does not equal healthcare. In fact, insurance 297 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 3: for most people is an obstacle to health care. What 298 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 3: do I mean by that? Let me give you an 299 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 3: just speaking of the ACA policies themselves, how much money 300 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 3: do you think you spent all in on healthcare this year? 301 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 3: Think about all your health care needs? How much do 302 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 3: you think you spent? You got a number. If you're 303 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 3: the average American, you spend just over fifteen hundred bucks 304 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 3: an actual health care stuff. Okay, that is the per 305 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 3: person average, all ages, all insurance statuses, but the actual 306 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 3: stuff you needed. Now, just speaking of the average ACA 307 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 3: plan per person, you know how much that was this year? 308 00:15:54,640 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 3: Fifty nine hundred dollars. Fifty nine hundred dollars. So where 309 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 3: is the crisis? Is it the health insurance or is 310 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 3: it that we don't have any money left for health 311 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 3: here by the time we're done covering the cost of 312 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 3: insurance so often is the. 313 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 2: Issue we got to talk back? 314 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 6: Here? 315 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 2: Looks like for my neck of the woods. 316 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 3: We've got Michael from South Florida. 317 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 7: Well, pleas on you if it isn't Brian Mud. Brian, 318 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 7: you have been missed, my friend. Thank you so much 319 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,000 Speaker 7: for coming on the air. Congratulations for covering for Clan 320 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 7: and Bucks. Plug your shows where you are, what you're doing. 321 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 7: Plug your shows all day on the show. Please your 322 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 7: voice is terribly missed down here your incredible coverage of 323 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 7: South Florida. Wishing you and your family an incredible happy 324 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 7: New Year and looking forward. 325 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,760 Speaker 2: To seeing and hearing more of you next year. 326 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 3: Appreciate the kind words. Be right back, Brian Mudd in 327 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 3: for claim Buck, Slay Travis and Buck Sexton on the 328 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 3: front law of truth. 329 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 8: Department of Justice as we speak is continuing to execute 330 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 8: search warrants and subpoenas. People will be in handcuffs as 331 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 8: a result of the fraud that Governor Walls has allowed. 332 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 2: To occur for many, many years. 333 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 8: The Department of Homeland Security is conducting door to door 334 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 8: investigations on the ground at potential fraud site. 335 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, so defensive steps in because the state is incompetent complicit. 336 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:39,439 Speaker 3: Both made White House Press Secretary of Caroline Levitt on 337 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 3: the fraud taking place in Minnesota. Estimates up to eight 338 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 3: billion dollars and potential fraud could exist. I mean, it's 339 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 3: got all the makings, you know, you talk about plots here, 340 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 3: you got the somalis you you've got people that are 341 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 3: in on the fix, You've got in competence, you name 342 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:59,479 Speaker 3: it here. One of the things I want to try 343 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 3: to figure out, Okay, well, what would a competent attorney 344 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:08,560 Speaker 3: general do? How does something like this happen and play 345 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 3: out for years without anybody seemingly noticing at this state level? 346 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 3: Join us is not the attorney general in Minnesota, but 347 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 3: rather one who is competent who might be able to 348 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 3: explain this to us. Florida's Attorney General, James ou Smeyer, 349 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 3: Happy New. 350 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 4: Year, Happy New Year, Thanks for having me. 351 00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 2: So what the heck? 352 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 3: Just when you start, I've mentioned it's like an onion, 353 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 3: you peel back a layer and it's like, oh my gosh, 354 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 3: this is actually much worse here in terms of the 355 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 3: fraud that is being uncovered. Can you kind of walk 356 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 3: us through this situation and help us understand what we're 357 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 3: seeing here? 358 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean this is unbelievable corruption and gross negligence 359 00:18:56,320 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 9: of epic proportions that can only exist after decades of 360 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 9: systematic poor leadership. When you are supportive of illegal immigration, 361 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,720 Speaker 9: when you want to welcome people in from other countries 362 00:19:09,760 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 9: and jeopardize our national security, when you are pro welfare 363 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 9: and want to find ways to hand you know, government 364 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 9: giveaways to people, especially immigrants, this type of fraud is 365 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 9: going to happen. So the only way to combat this 366 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 9: is to expose it. Put people behind bars significant lengthy convictions. 367 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 9: That sends a message both to you know, the frauds 368 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 9: for consumers, but also to the public officials that may 369 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 9: have knowingly allowed it to happen, that the buckstops here, 370 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 9: it will never happen again. And if you facilitate this madness. 371 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 2: You're going to do a lot of time. 372 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 3: So the Department of Health and Human Services has said 373 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 3: that they are freezing all federal childcare payments to the 374 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,840 Speaker 3: state of Minnesota, and we talked about getting to the 375 00:19:55,920 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 3: potential eight billion dollar figure in fraud, talked about the going. 376 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 2: Back to twenty eighteen. 377 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 3: To your point, you know, one of the Minnesota is 378 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,440 Speaker 3: a good trivia question. A lot of people don't realize 379 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 3: that the bluest state has been Minnesota. They are the 380 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 3: oldest state to have voted for a Republican for president. 381 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 3: You have to go all the way back to Nixon 382 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 3: to find the time every other state has voted for 383 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 3: a Republican before then. In fact, Reagan, the one state 384 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 3: he didn't clear was Minnesota, and that was by less 385 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 3: than one point. To Mondale, it happened to be his 386 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 3: home state. And so to your point, that also has 387 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 3: been president and state politics as well. And so you've 388 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:39,399 Speaker 3: had this culture that has evidently allowed all of this 389 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 3: to take place. There seemingly was this thought at the 390 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:49,679 Speaker 3: onset by the ag Ellison, by Governor Walls, that they 391 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 3: would just be able to dismiss this, you know, sweep 392 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 3: it under the rog say we're investigating this. And then 393 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 3: it kept getting so bad that now they're like, okay, 394 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 3: well we're that's getting to and we're getting tough. And 395 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 3: what should a state be doing in a situation like this, 396 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 3: if you came into this situation as attorney general, what 397 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 3: would you do? 398 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:13,440 Speaker 4: Well? 399 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 9: I think every state needs to be conducting significant oversight 400 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 9: right now. I know in Florida we certainly are. I 401 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 9: mean we've started with our own doge operation several months 402 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 9: back that's highlighted, you know, billions of dollars in fraud 403 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 9: and wasteful spending. At the local level, a lot of 404 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 9: city and county commissions that are abusing taxpayer dollars, often 405 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,199 Speaker 9: with illicit means. Our Office of Attorney General has a 406 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 9: Medicaid fraud unit that continuously goes out and looks at 407 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 9: recipients of funding and ensured that money's going. 408 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 2: Where it needs to be going for the right reasons. 409 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:52,080 Speaker 2: So I think. 410 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:56,439 Speaker 9: States have a major duty to their taxpayers to shine 411 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 9: a light, follow the money and ensure that we're not 412 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 9: engaged in wasteful spending and abuse. 413 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 2: And we'll be doing it here in Florida. 414 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 9: I know a lot of the red states are and 415 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 9: it's sad that blue states you rightfully called out. Minnesota 416 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:10,919 Speaker 9: is one that I think, you know, people are not 417 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 9: aware how liberal it's been for a long time. It 418 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 9: is certainly no longer a swing state. States like that 419 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 9: appear to be the ones allowing the criminal activity to 420 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,240 Speaker 9: go on, not just in this context, but in you know, 421 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 9: murders and brutal crimes across the country. So it seems 422 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 9: like Republican states are common sensical and protecting consumers and 423 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 9: promoting public safety, and the leftist states are the opposite. 424 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 9: And so it's not a surprise that we see people 425 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 9: walking with their feet and moving to states like Florida, Georgia, 426 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 9: Texas and others. 427 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 3: Prim I talking with Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeyer, and 428 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,639 Speaker 3: one of the things we've seen in this situation with 429 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 3: Minnesota is that you've had once again the the exposure 430 00:22:56,359 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 3: by a citizens by those that are trying to do 431 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,200 Speaker 3: the work that Minnesota should have done. In this case 432 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 3: Nick Shirley, who has had a instrumental role recently and 433 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 3: showing hey, you know what, some of these daycare facilities 434 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 3: not been in operation for a long time. You have 435 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 3: people that are seemingly being walked in and then they're 436 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 3: walked out a few minutes later. In your professional opinion, 437 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 3: is it possible to be this incompetent as an attorney 438 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 3: general for something so pervasive to be going on, or 439 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 3: do you think that there could be more to the 440 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 3: story here in terms of involvement within high levels of 441 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 3: state government. 442 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 4: You know, I don't want. 443 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 9: To judge, but you know, bring the verdict before the 444 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 9: evidence has been fully assessed. But it seems difficult for 445 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 9: me to believe that these large amounts of funds that 446 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 9: have been fraudulently transferred could occur without certainly gross negligence, 447 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,920 Speaker 9: if not criminal conduct at the part of top level 448 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 9: officials in the state, certainly malpractice for an attorney general 449 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 9: to be at the helm and this type of activity 450 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 9: to be happening. 451 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 2: Right under their nose. 452 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 9: And you know, props to this investigative journalism. I mean, 453 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 9: this young guy should get a Pulitzer for going in 454 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 9: and having such you know, well reasoned and documented evidence 455 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:22,679 Speaker 9: to highlight this gross abuse. So I'm glad the federal 456 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 9: government has been on it. It's great to see HHS 457 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:30,200 Speaker 9: and the Department of Justice actively following this illicit behavior. 458 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 9: I hope people do time behind bars. It needs to happen. 459 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 9: We need to send a message if you steal from 460 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 9: the taxpayers, you need. 461 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 2: To go to jail. 462 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 3: One of the things that I did in the first hours, 463 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 3: take a look at President Trump's twenty point plan to 464 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 3: save America, what he ran on last year, and what 465 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,480 Speaker 3: he has worked on and delivered, at least to a 466 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 3: certain extent, every single one of those in the first 467 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 3: eleven plus months this year. 468 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 2: I think at times, he can be a of his 469 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 2: own success. 470 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 3: Moving so quickly, having so much success, people kind of 471 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:05,959 Speaker 3: forget or like, what have you done for me lately? 472 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 3: From your perspective as the attorney general of the State 473 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 3: of Florida, the impact of Trump's policies, what has the 474 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,719 Speaker 3: leadership there? What does it meant for you? What does 475 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 3: it meant for your state? 476 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 9: Well, the nature of my role, I'm hyper focused on 477 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 9: public safety and immigration enforcement. 478 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 2: I think the. 479 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 9: President has delivered on almost all of his promises. It's 480 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 9: not all of them, I mean everything from the no 481 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,159 Speaker 9: tax on tips, which you know, most people thought was 482 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 9: a campaign gimmick and it sounded good but couldn't get done. 483 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 9: And then, by god, he got it done. He said 484 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 9: he was going to shut down the border for once 485 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 9: and for all, and he did that, and we are 486 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 9: seeing the positive ramifications of that. Fentanyl busts are down 487 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 9: double digits in many parts of our state. You know, 488 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 9: a very deadly drug, a new level of warfare products 489 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,120 Speaker 9: coming in from China over the southern border, and by 490 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 9: shutting down the southern border, we have significantly diminished that 491 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 9: threat to our families and our children. You know, a 492 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 9: threat that people were struggling to find a cure for. 493 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 9: But if you shut down the border, if you support 494 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 9: law enforcement, which we've done, you know, in record fashion. 495 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,880 Speaker 9: Here in Florida, the crime rate goes down, and we've 496 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 9: got fifty plus year crime rates across the state. In 497 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 9: big cities like Jacksonville, the murder rates have been cut 498 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 9: in half over the last three four years. So it's 499 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,160 Speaker 9: not rocket science. If you support law enforcement, give them 500 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,640 Speaker 9: the tools the funding to be successful, shut down the border, 501 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 9: and stand by our brave law enforcement, you do get results. 502 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, and then also the detention and deportation of the 503 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,919 Speaker 3: pad on brave. So one thing I'd become remarkable was 504 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 3: that by the end of the Buying administration, the average 505 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 3: non citizen in this country was nine times more likely 506 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 3: to commit a crime other than being here. 507 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 2: Illegally in the first place. People kind of looked right 508 00:26:59,440 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 2: past that. 509 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 3: Greater than nine times more likely to commit a crime than, say, 510 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 3: your mate, the average American happy to be born here. 511 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 2: So you take a look. 512 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 3: At year two that we're getting ready to head into 513 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 3: with Trump, what is it that would be most helpful 514 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 3: from your perspective? 515 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 2: Where do we need to where's their work to do. 516 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 6: Well. 517 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 9: It's clear the President has shifted the theme a little 518 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 9: bit towards affordability. I think a lot of people at 519 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 9: home are struggling. I know they were excited to see 520 00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,239 Speaker 9: record low gas prices this holiday season, so you know 521 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 9: that the pro energy efforts are starting to show some benefits. 522 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,520 Speaker 9: But we've got to find more ways to help people 523 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:45,680 Speaker 9: with you know, the burdens they face every day property taxes. 524 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,720 Speaker 9: We're trying to take a big chunk out of those 525 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 9: here in Florida this year, getting rid of a lot 526 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 9: of the out of country labor that takes away jobs 527 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 9: from Americans. Here in Florida, we have the number one 528 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 9: university system that I would say most of the calls 529 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 9: I get are from you know, big aircraft companies looking 530 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 9: for labor, you know, abusing H one B programs when 531 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 9: they have students at their fingertips that are here that 532 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,239 Speaker 9: just need some training and an opportunity to succeed. So 533 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 9: I hope the President will continue in this effort. 534 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 2: In Florida. 535 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 9: We're still going to be working to support them to 536 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 9: be his number one state. Ally, clawing back abuse of spending, 537 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 9: doing our own state doge, finding ways to put more 538 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 9: money into the pockets of our taxpayers and not corporate elitists. 539 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 3: To that, I say amen, and certainly on the property 540 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 3: tax piece as well, I definitely hope we make big 541 00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 3: time progress there. Florida's Attorney General, James Ofthmeyer, really appreciate 542 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 3: the time. 543 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 2: Happy New Year, Happy New Year. 544 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 9: Always a pleasure, Thank you. 545 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:47,719 Speaker 3: You bet all right. So, one of the things that 546 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 3: we often, I think and talked about. It's easy to 547 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 3: take for granted how much Trump has accomplished. One of 548 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 3: the things I think we often will do is not 549 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 3: necessarily control what we can control. And one of the 550 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 3: things that we can control the people that we put 551 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 3: in place to make decisions. And you know a lot 552 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 3: of people will talk about Florida and the things that 553 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 3: the state gets right. The right people in the right 554 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 3: places makes all the difference. You know, you can only 555 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 3: help people that want to help themselves at a certain level, right, 556 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 3: and that's what we continue to see. So, you know, 557 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 3: for a state like Minnesota, the crisis that's going on there, 558 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 3: well you have fifty plus years of them, you know, 559 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 3: voting for the left, and the waste fraud abuse, these 560 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 3: types of problems not necessarily a big surprise, and so 561 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 3: controlling what we can control turning out in elections at 562 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 3: all levels. 563 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 2: One of the things that drives. 564 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 3: Me nuts is that you'll have local only elections and 565 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 3: will often see turnout that's below thirty percent across much 566 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 3: of the country. A lot of people pay attention to 567 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 3: the special elections that Democrats fared well in across the 568 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 3: country this year, and they try to read into it, 569 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 3: but there is a question about why people who voted 570 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 3: for Trump don't turn out. What I mean, often it's 571 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 3: the elections that happen closest to you that have the 572 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 3: biggest impact in your daily life. And so that's one 573 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 3: of the things we all can control heading into the 574 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 3: midterm election years. Not just about the midterm elections that's huge, 575 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 3: but it's also about what happens close to us too. 576 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 2: I'm Brian Mudd in for Claim Buck. 577 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 10: Saving America One Thought at a Time and Clay Travis 578 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 10: and Buck Sexton. Find them on the free iHeartRadio app 579 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 10: or wherever you get your podcasts. 580 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,880 Speaker 8: This fraud in Governor Wallace's state in Minnesota is something 581 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 8: that Trump administration has been working on since day one 582 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 8: and since Nick Shirley's journalism really brought this issue further 583 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 8: to light. We have surged resources across the board. 584 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 2: To the state White House. 585 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 3: Press Secretary Carline Levitt on the scandal in Minnesota that 586 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 3: could run up to eight billion dollars and date back 587 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 3: to twenty eighteen, pretty remarkable. Hey, there probably on in 588 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 3: for claim buck We were talking with Florida's Attorney General 589 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 3: James Athmeier about that situation. Talking about surge resources, I 590 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 3: mean the scorecard so far in what has been uncovered. 591 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 3: You had Attorney General Pam Bondi say that the Justice 592 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 3: Department has been on it for months. You had Caroline saying, hey, 593 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 3: we're surging resources there. Bondi said, so far, we've charged 594 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 3: ninety eight individuals, eighty five of Somali descent, and more 595 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 3: than sixty have been found guilty and there are more 596 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 3: prosecutions coming. So buckle up, lawmakers. We do know that 597 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 3: the whole Somali connection, where you know, if anybody questioned, 598 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 3: well you're just being a racist, that had some play 599 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 3: and why this went on for as long as it did, 600 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 3: and that hits at the level of incompetence or if 601 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 3: you did have the Walls administration that was complicit. Either way, 602 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 3: people like the other way. As soon as you had 603 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 3: these somalies that were, oh, you're you're racist. If you're 604 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:24,080 Speaker 3: going to investigate us, we have Matt in Connecticut who 605 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 3: wanted to weigh in on this. Matt, Welcome to the show. 606 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:32,720 Speaker 6: Hey, thanks for having me, you bet. So the reason 607 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 6: I'm calling is because I kind of made an interesting discovery. 608 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 6: I was watching all this stuff and I'm looking at 609 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:41,280 Speaker 6: these facilities that Nick Shirley was videotaping. I noticed they're 610 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 6: all like, really small. My wife's been in daycare in 611 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 6: her career before. I'm in construction. I know when you 612 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:52,280 Speaker 6: build a commercial facility, a lot of these places have 613 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 6: space requirements. So I looked into it for the state 614 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 6: of Minnesota. The state of Minnesota actually has a per 615 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 6: child license thirty five square foot usable space requirement. So 616 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:10,360 Speaker 6: what that means is if a facility is excuse me sorry, 617 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 6: if a facility is licensed for ninety nine kids, they 618 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,600 Speaker 6: need three thousand, four hundred sixty five square feet of 619 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 6: usable space. So that thiscludes hallway, bathrooms, kitching's offices. So 620 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 6: you're talking about a facility that needs to be four 621 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 6: thousand square feet. The first facility that he actually put 622 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,720 Speaker 6: on video was the one with ninety nine licensed kids. 623 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 6: It was in a strip mall. They also require outdoor 624 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 6: facilities seventy five square foot for child up to thirty kids. 625 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 6: So forgetting back, he's being there, not being there. 626 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's good work on your part. And in fact, 627 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:47,240 Speaker 3: if you want a job with the FEDS, your investigative 628 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 3: work I think could go a long way. You might 629 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 3: see about apply. And so yeah, there's a lot to 630 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 3: the story for sure. And that's where you have to wonder, Okay, 631 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 3: how much of this was known, how high We're going 632 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 3: to hear a lot more about that coming up a 633 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 3: week from today when the House Oversight Committing hearings begin. 634 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 3: Be right back with Trump's receipts from twenty twenty five. 635 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,480 Speaker 3: Bryan Mudd end for Clay and Buck Clay, Travis and 636 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:14,120 Speaker 3: Buck Sexton on the front lines of truth.