1 00:00:11,657 --> 00:00:14,937 Speaker 1: You're listening to The Buck Sexton Show podcast, make sure 2 00:00:14,937 --> 00:00:17,937 Speaker 1: you subscribe to the podcast on the iHeartRadio app or 3 00:00:17,977 --> 00:00:23,097 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. It stay two for nearly 4 00:00:23,137 --> 00:00:26,577 Speaker 1: ten thousand migrants marching through southern Mexico, many from Venezuela, 5 00:00:26,657 --> 00:00:29,897 Speaker 1: heading straight for the US border. They timed their journey 6 00:00:29,897 --> 00:00:32,257 Speaker 1: to coincide with the Summit of the America's in Los 7 00:00:32,257 --> 00:00:34,977 Speaker 1: Angeles this week. Migration activists say this group could be 8 00:00:34,977 --> 00:00:37,897 Speaker 1: one of the region's largest caravans in recent years. So 9 00:00:38,057 --> 00:00:41,297 Speaker 1: what's the Biden administration doing about this? Well, the borders 10 00:00:41,337 --> 00:00:43,977 Speaker 1: are says that they're sending billions of dollars in Central 11 00:00:43,977 --> 00:00:48,017 Speaker 1: America to create economic opportunity. That'll fix it fast. We'll 12 00:00:48,057 --> 00:00:56,977 Speaker 1: talk about this in hold the line, Welcome, Hold on. 13 00:00:57,177 --> 00:00:59,657 Speaker 1: I'm Buck Sexton. So the border is still a mess. 14 00:00:59,897 --> 00:01:02,897 Speaker 1: You may not know what's going on with it these 15 00:01:02,937 --> 00:01:04,977 Speaker 1: days because the media is not really talking much about 16 00:01:04,977 --> 00:01:07,617 Speaker 1: it because they do have, of course, an election coming up, 17 00:01:07,697 --> 00:01:11,657 Speaker 1: and the Democrats know this issue does not pull well 18 00:01:11,737 --> 00:01:15,777 Speaker 1: for them, that the Biden regime refuses to enforce the 19 00:01:15,857 --> 00:01:19,137 Speaker 1: law and meaningful fashion when it comes to our southern border, 20 00:01:19,177 --> 00:01:22,977 Speaker 1: when it comes to immigration, in general, and with Title 21 00:01:23,057 --> 00:01:26,057 Speaker 1: forty two just kind of hanging on for now. They 22 00:01:26,097 --> 00:01:30,897 Speaker 1: have some tool in place that they're willing to use 23 00:01:30,977 --> 00:01:33,217 Speaker 1: to turn back people who have entered into this country 24 00:01:33,657 --> 00:01:37,057 Speaker 1: illegally and in violation of immigration laws. But Paddle forty 25 00:01:37,057 --> 00:01:39,777 Speaker 1: two is not going to last forever. And even with 26 00:01:39,857 --> 00:01:41,577 Speaker 1: Paddle forty two, you have a lot of people who 27 00:01:41,577 --> 00:01:43,817 Speaker 1: are coming into the country illegally. In fact, in April 28 00:01:44,137 --> 00:01:45,897 Speaker 1: was over two hundred thousand. It was the most that 29 00:01:45,977 --> 00:01:47,777 Speaker 1: had been in two decades, the most it had been 30 00:01:47,777 --> 00:01:52,097 Speaker 1: in fact, for the entire Biden regime thus far. So 31 00:01:52,137 --> 00:01:54,257 Speaker 1: there's a big problem, there's no question about that. At 32 00:01:54,257 --> 00:01:58,257 Speaker 1: our southern border, it is a mess. So what does 33 00:01:58,337 --> 00:02:01,817 Speaker 1: the border Czar Kamala Harris say is going to be 34 00:02:01,817 --> 00:02:04,617 Speaker 1: done about this? One turns out Vice President Harris, who 35 00:02:04,617 --> 00:02:06,857 Speaker 1: has been to the border we believe one time, maybe 36 00:02:07,177 --> 00:02:09,857 Speaker 1: announced more than one point nine billion dollars a new 37 00:02:09,897 --> 00:02:15,977 Speaker 1: private sector commitments to create economic opportunity in northern Central 38 00:02:15,977 --> 00:02:19,497 Speaker 1: America as part of her role addressing the root causes 39 00:02:19,537 --> 00:02:22,577 Speaker 1: of migration from Central America. In May of twenty twenty one, 40 00:02:22,737 --> 00:02:25,897 Speaker 1: the Vice President launched the Call to Action for businesses 41 00:02:25,897 --> 00:02:29,737 Speaker 1: and social enterprises to make significant commitments to promote economic 42 00:02:29,737 --> 00:02:33,577 Speaker 1: opportunity for people in the region. Aggregate commitments under this 43 00:02:33,617 --> 00:02:37,737 Speaker 1: initiative now total more than three point two billion dollars. Now, look, 44 00:02:38,457 --> 00:02:43,177 Speaker 1: it's fine to be trying to help with economic prosperity 45 00:02:43,297 --> 00:02:46,897 Speaker 1: and a near neighbor, in this case Central America, But 46 00:02:47,057 --> 00:02:49,177 Speaker 1: does anybody think this is actually gonna deal with the 47 00:02:49,217 --> 00:02:51,297 Speaker 1: fact that we have hundreds of thousands of people coming 48 00:02:51,297 --> 00:02:54,457 Speaker 1: into the country illegally right now? And also how likely 49 00:02:54,617 --> 00:02:57,177 Speaker 1: is it that the economic calculus for somebody from say 50 00:02:57,217 --> 00:03:01,057 Speaker 1: Al Salvador or Honduras or Guatemala of the Northern Triangle countries, 51 00:03:01,777 --> 00:03:04,337 Speaker 1: We'll think, you know what, my country is so prosperous 52 00:03:04,377 --> 00:03:07,617 Speaker 1: right now, who needs America? That's pretty unlikely. To look 53 00:03:07,657 --> 00:03:10,577 Speaker 1: at the GDP per capita, if you look at wages, 54 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:13,537 Speaker 1: you look at the likely financial future of somebody in 55 00:03:13,537 --> 00:03:16,617 Speaker 1: those countries versus somebody who comes into America, including of 56 00:03:16,657 --> 00:03:20,017 Speaker 1: course millions of people come into America illegally. And the 57 00:03:20,137 --> 00:03:22,337 Speaker 1: numbers really speak for themselves on this one. I mean, 58 00:03:22,337 --> 00:03:24,777 Speaker 1: we could see people are voting with their feet, so 59 00:03:24,857 --> 00:03:29,377 Speaker 1: to speak. Southwest border encounters in fiscal year twenty nineteen, 60 00:03:29,417 --> 00:03:31,857 Speaker 1: it was nine hundred and seventy seven thousand. Right fiscal 61 00:03:32,057 --> 00:03:35,537 Speaker 1: twenty twenty pandemic hits four hundred and fifty eight thousand 62 00:03:36,057 --> 00:03:41,697 Speaker 1: bisically year twenty twenty one one point seven three four million, 63 00:03:42,217 --> 00:03:44,377 Speaker 1: and now just in April of twenty two, two hundred 64 00:03:44,417 --> 00:03:48,217 Speaker 1: and thirty four thousand, thousand, one month. Understand, we're going 65 00:03:48,257 --> 00:03:50,737 Speaker 1: to be close to what we were at for fiscal 66 00:03:50,817 --> 00:03:53,617 Speaker 1: year twenty twenty two, which was a record setting year 67 00:03:53,697 --> 00:03:59,377 Speaker 1: for illegal migration. So the situation is not improving at all. 68 00:03:59,977 --> 00:04:02,937 Speaker 1: And in fact, everybody who's paying attention to the border, 69 00:04:02,977 --> 00:04:06,377 Speaker 1: everybody who's watching this play out, will say the moment 70 00:04:06,417 --> 00:04:08,977 Speaker 1: Total forty two is gone, which is really only used 71 00:04:08,977 --> 00:04:11,457 Speaker 1: for Central American and Mexican migrants to tell them they 72 00:04:11,457 --> 00:04:14,337 Speaker 1: can't come into the country, then there'll be a huge surge. 73 00:04:14,377 --> 00:04:17,217 Speaker 1: Already under way. You have people making their way to 74 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:20,497 Speaker 1: the to the United States in a caravan. But beyond that, 75 00:04:20,497 --> 00:04:23,297 Speaker 1: there are many loopholes that exist even for those who 76 00:04:23,337 --> 00:04:26,777 Speaker 1: show up from Mexico or Northern Triangle countries in Central 77 00:04:26,817 --> 00:04:30,497 Speaker 1: America illegally. Um and then beyond that there are those 78 00:04:30,537 --> 00:04:32,217 Speaker 1: who come from all over the world, people from the 79 00:04:32,257 --> 00:04:36,777 Speaker 1: Middle East, from from Asia, from Africa, South America. Here is, 80 00:04:36,817 --> 00:04:41,057 Speaker 1: for example, a central I'm sorry, a Venezuelan rather South 81 00:04:41,057 --> 00:04:45,417 Speaker 1: American migrant who was interviewed and said that he wants 82 00:04:45,417 --> 00:04:54,977 Speaker 1: the US to go fix the economy in Venezuela. A 83 00:04:57,137 --> 00:05:09,617 Speaker 1: need a job in Iszuela, Beatira, fix the economy in 84 00:05:09,657 --> 00:05:12,737 Speaker 1: my country, and maybe I would stay there. They're saying, well, 85 00:05:12,777 --> 00:05:15,137 Speaker 1: that's not going to happen. That's the problem because we 86 00:05:15,137 --> 00:05:19,497 Speaker 1: don't run Venezuela. Venezuela went pretty deep into the socialism 87 00:05:19,537 --> 00:05:23,177 Speaker 1: realm and destroyed its economy despite having the largest proven 88 00:05:23,177 --> 00:05:26,897 Speaker 1: oil reserves in the world. So, yeah, this is not 89 00:05:26,937 --> 00:05:29,737 Speaker 1: going to change anytime soon. But understand this, the Democrats 90 00:05:30,337 --> 00:05:33,337 Speaker 1: fundamentally do not want this to change. They're in charge 91 00:05:33,417 --> 00:05:35,377 Speaker 1: right now. You got the White House, you got a 92 00:05:35,417 --> 00:05:38,217 Speaker 1: majority in the House and a defacto majority in the Senate, 93 00:05:38,617 --> 00:05:41,097 Speaker 1: so they're calling the shots. At the federal level. Immigration 94 00:05:41,177 --> 00:05:43,857 Speaker 1: is a federal issue, so they talk about how, oh, 95 00:05:43,897 --> 00:05:45,577 Speaker 1: we're going to do something at the border, but they 96 00:05:45,577 --> 00:05:49,457 Speaker 1: don't actually want to do anything because this situation they 97 00:05:49,537 --> 00:05:53,497 Speaker 1: believe benefits their long term electoral prospects and their power. 98 00:05:53,657 --> 00:05:56,137 Speaker 1: Most importantly, of all, that this will mean when there's 99 00:05:56,177 --> 00:06:00,097 Speaker 1: an eventual amnesty for the fifteen twenty, perhaps more than 100 00:06:00,137 --> 00:06:02,977 Speaker 1: twenty million illegal immigrants in the country at that point, 101 00:06:03,857 --> 00:06:07,137 Speaker 1: that they will be able to count on a lot 102 00:06:07,177 --> 00:06:09,457 Speaker 1: of votes from the illegal immigrants who came to the 103 00:06:09,457 --> 00:06:12,817 Speaker 1: country who are eventually given some form of amnesty. I 104 00:06:12,857 --> 00:06:14,617 Speaker 1: know they'd say, oh, well, they won't be able to vote. Well, 105 00:06:14,617 --> 00:06:17,257 Speaker 1: actually they will. They'll just take their time with passing 106 00:06:17,257 --> 00:06:20,177 Speaker 1: that legislation after they get the initial amnesty. This is 107 00:06:20,177 --> 00:06:25,257 Speaker 1: why Democrats, even very dull Democrats, even very dumb Democrats 108 00:06:25,257 --> 00:06:29,417 Speaker 1: like Beto O'Rourke, are saying, yeah, the border situation is 109 00:06:29,457 --> 00:06:34,777 Speaker 1: fantastic because it's effectively in a wide open entryway for 110 00:06:35,377 --> 00:06:38,697 Speaker 1: illegal immigrants who will eventually vote Democrat and who will 111 00:06:38,737 --> 00:06:41,497 Speaker 1: have children in America who will likely support the Democrat party. 112 00:06:41,537 --> 00:06:45,017 Speaker 1: So he loves the situation. Watch and we all agree 113 00:06:45,097 --> 00:06:47,217 Speaker 1: that we want the border to be better. In fact, 114 00:06:47,417 --> 00:06:51,577 Speaker 1: I think the border is pretty great right now. Borders 115 00:06:51,697 --> 00:06:53,617 Speaker 1: pretty great right now. I mean, they sometimes just say 116 00:06:53,617 --> 00:06:55,177 Speaker 1: it out loud that they don't want this to stop. 117 00:06:55,217 --> 00:06:59,377 Speaker 1: They just don't want the American people overall to know 118 00:07:00,137 --> 00:07:02,937 Speaker 1: that they actually prefer this situation in the border. They 119 00:07:03,017 --> 00:07:06,577 Speaker 1: just don't want the American people to be aware of 120 00:07:06,617 --> 00:07:10,337 Speaker 1: how duplicitus and how dishonest the Democrat Party from the 121 00:07:10,377 --> 00:07:12,177 Speaker 1: top down, from buying the White House all the way 122 00:07:12,177 --> 00:07:14,257 Speaker 1: down the rest of the Democrat Party apparatus are on 123 00:07:14,257 --> 00:07:18,057 Speaker 1: this issue of immigration. 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Pandemic 172 00:09:59,457 --> 00:10:02,897 Speaker 1: Arab Policy Title forty two remains in limbo, but migrant 173 00:10:02,897 --> 00:10:06,337 Speaker 1: shelters in Bordertown say now is the time to prepare 174 00:10:06,377 --> 00:10:09,817 Speaker 1: for its end. With a massive migrant caravan already heading 175 00:10:09,857 --> 00:10:12,777 Speaker 1: toward at our border, many are concerned that the termination 176 00:10:12,777 --> 00:10:15,657 Speaker 1: of tittle forty two will open the floodgates even more 177 00:10:15,777 --> 00:10:19,577 Speaker 1: to illegal immigration. More than a year, Arizona's Attorney General 178 00:10:19,657 --> 00:10:22,217 Speaker 1: Mark Bernovich has been fighting to get the Biden administration 179 00:10:22,217 --> 00:10:25,617 Speaker 1: to do its job, from suing DHS Secretary Mayorchis to 180 00:10:25,697 --> 00:10:29,377 Speaker 1: the CDC to present Biden himself. A. G. Bernovich is 181 00:10:29,417 --> 00:10:32,417 Speaker 1: doing everything in his power to protect this community, stop 182 00:10:32,457 --> 00:10:36,177 Speaker 1: the White House from rescinding Tittle forty two. Burney, General 183 00:10:36,217 --> 00:10:39,177 Speaker 1: of the State of Arizona joins me. Now, A G. Bernovitch, 184 00:10:39,297 --> 00:10:42,457 Speaker 1: good have you, sir? Thank you bolling me. I really 185 00:10:42,457 --> 00:10:46,777 Speaker 1: appreciate it. So just tell me this. The end of 186 00:10:46,817 --> 00:10:48,937 Speaker 1: Tittle forty two would be a problem. But as I 187 00:10:49,017 --> 00:10:53,697 Speaker 1: understand it, mister Attorney General, the reality of Title forty two, 188 00:10:53,737 --> 00:10:57,057 Speaker 1: as it is at the border right now, whether it's Arizona, Texas, 189 00:10:57,097 --> 00:11:00,817 Speaker 1: you name it, is that they're not really using it 190 00:11:00,897 --> 00:11:07,137 Speaker 1: except against illegal Mexican and Central American migrant. What's going on? Yeah, 191 00:11:07,177 --> 00:11:09,577 Speaker 1: I mean, you know you mentioned this that we haven't 192 00:11:09,617 --> 00:11:12,377 Speaker 1: been involved often so many lawsuits against the Biden administration 193 00:11:12,697 --> 00:11:15,177 Speaker 1: trying to force to do them to do their job. 194 00:11:15,537 --> 00:11:17,937 Speaker 1: Now we went into court, we let the coalition, our 195 00:11:18,017 --> 00:11:21,137 Speaker 1: lawyers argued that the Biden administration could not resend the 196 00:11:21,257 --> 00:11:23,737 Speaker 1: Title forty two. And what we had found out they 197 00:11:23,737 --> 00:11:25,457 Speaker 1: were doing was they would trying to play these games 198 00:11:25,457 --> 00:11:28,697 Speaker 1: where they were trying to create exclusions and exceptions for 199 00:11:28,897 --> 00:11:31,297 Speaker 1: people from certain countries, and the court told them they 200 00:11:31,657 --> 00:11:34,217 Speaker 1: could not do that. But we have seen the Biden 201 00:11:34,217 --> 00:11:37,017 Speaker 1: administration in the past when we sued him over the 202 00:11:37,137 --> 00:11:40,737 Speaker 1: permanent Guidance or that time, most temporary guidance, where they 203 00:11:40,737 --> 00:11:43,537 Speaker 1: were not supporting people deportation orders. You know, they would 204 00:11:43,537 --> 00:11:45,657 Speaker 1: tell the court they're doing it, and they would slightly 205 00:11:45,697 --> 00:11:48,017 Speaker 1: tweak the policy, and then they would say, well, we're 206 00:11:48,057 --> 00:11:51,217 Speaker 1: following that decision, but then they would change and create 207 00:11:51,217 --> 00:11:53,577 Speaker 1: a new policy. So the one thing that has been 208 00:11:53,697 --> 00:11:58,137 Speaker 1: very consistent is the Biden administration is trying to systematically 209 00:11:58,537 --> 00:12:02,097 Speaker 1: undermine the rule of law and basically eradicate our entire 210 00:12:02,137 --> 00:12:05,497 Speaker 1: southern border. I know, folks like we've talked about this 211 00:12:05,537 --> 00:12:07,577 Speaker 1: where we thought at one point they maybe wanted to 212 00:12:07,617 --> 00:12:10,057 Speaker 1: abolish ice, but it's clear they just wanted to radicate 213 00:12:10,137 --> 00:12:12,977 Speaker 1: the southern border. So that's why I keep adding to 214 00:12:13,017 --> 00:12:15,737 Speaker 1: go into court and keep getting these injunctions, keep getting 215 00:12:15,777 --> 00:12:18,017 Speaker 1: these restraining orders. Just to try to get the Bide 216 00:12:18,017 --> 00:12:21,977 Speaker 1: administration to do your actual job. Entitled forty two is 217 00:12:21,977 --> 00:12:24,377 Speaker 1: one of the last things we have left in our toolbox, 218 00:12:24,457 --> 00:12:27,857 Speaker 1: I mean, everything I can to save it. Here's a 219 00:12:27,937 --> 00:12:31,657 Speaker 1: list of some of the cases you've brought. Arizona v. 220 00:12:32,057 --> 00:12:37,657 Speaker 1: Garland challenging DHS fast Track Asylum system, Arizona VCDC challenging 221 00:12:37,697 --> 00:12:40,017 Speaker 1: the replication of Title forty two we were just discussing. 222 00:12:40,257 --> 00:12:44,777 Speaker 1: You've also challenged DHS's final guidance, challenging Biden administrations illegal 223 00:12:44,817 --> 00:12:49,217 Speaker 1: violation led into cancelation of border wall construction, and once 224 00:12:49,257 --> 00:12:53,577 Speaker 1: again challenging INTERM guidance. So you are not afraid to 225 00:12:53,617 --> 00:12:56,777 Speaker 1: take the Feds into court over this stuff. How have 226 00:12:56,897 --> 00:13:00,897 Speaker 1: these challenges played out? You're winning, some, losing some something 227 00:13:00,897 --> 00:13:04,857 Speaker 1: in between. What's going on? Yeah, I mean we unfortunately, 228 00:13:04,897 --> 00:13:07,217 Speaker 1: for example, in the border wall, you know that's still 229 00:13:07,217 --> 00:13:10,897 Speaker 1: a litigation. We didn't know we were successful at the 230 00:13:10,897 --> 00:13:14,177 Speaker 1: bending of Apple. We're continuing to litigate it. One thing 231 00:13:14,217 --> 00:13:17,137 Speaker 1: you did not mention is that I literally argued to 232 00:13:17,137 --> 00:13:19,537 Speaker 1: you a Supreme Court in February of the public charge rule. 233 00:13:19,857 --> 00:13:22,537 Speaker 1: And this is where the Biden administration tries is trying 234 00:13:22,537 --> 00:13:26,297 Speaker 1: to give government welware benefits to non citizens, and so 235 00:13:26,537 --> 00:13:28,537 Speaker 1: I'm very confident we're gonna win that case. We had 236 00:13:28,577 --> 00:13:30,897 Speaker 1: to take that all the way to the US Supreme Court. 237 00:13:31,337 --> 00:13:34,057 Speaker 1: You know, we got the restraining order to stop Title 238 00:13:34,137 --> 00:13:36,777 Speaker 1: forty two from being revoked, and you know, on the 239 00:13:36,897 --> 00:13:39,257 Speaker 1: permanent guidance, some of these other cases are still winding 240 00:13:39,257 --> 00:13:42,017 Speaker 1: the way through the courts, and unfortunately, what the Biden 241 00:13:42,017 --> 00:13:46,537 Speaker 1: administration is shown is a complete disregard not only for 242 00:13:46,817 --> 00:13:50,257 Speaker 1: administrative procedures, but they're shredding the constitution of the process. 243 00:13:50,297 --> 00:13:52,897 Speaker 1: And so I'm doing everything i can about to try 244 00:13:52,897 --> 00:13:55,257 Speaker 1: to hold them accountable and to try to force them 245 00:13:55,497 --> 00:13:58,657 Speaker 1: to just follow the existing law. And so you know, 246 00:13:58,697 --> 00:14:02,017 Speaker 1: we've been very successful in some cases. In some cases 247 00:14:02,057 --> 00:14:04,017 Speaker 1: we literally are having to take to the US Supreme 248 00:14:04,057 --> 00:14:06,937 Speaker 1: Court to make sure the court orders the Biden administration 249 00:14:07,377 --> 00:14:09,497 Speaker 1: just follow the law and do the right thing. So 250 00:14:09,697 --> 00:14:14,257 Speaker 1: with that in mind, what would need to happen for 251 00:14:14,537 --> 00:14:16,817 Speaker 1: I mean, right now, obviously a federal judges said Title 252 00:14:16,857 --> 00:14:20,337 Speaker 1: forty two cannot be rescinded as it currently stands. At 253 00:14:20,377 --> 00:14:23,097 Speaker 1: some point it will be rescinded. One would assume, right 254 00:14:23,137 --> 00:14:27,737 Speaker 1: it's a pandemic related CDC authority. So what would have 255 00:14:27,857 --> 00:14:32,137 Speaker 1: to happen for it to be legal and what would 256 00:14:32,137 --> 00:14:35,457 Speaker 1: be the change is necessary from your perspective that the 257 00:14:35,537 --> 00:14:38,657 Speaker 1: Bide administration could make so that they wouldn't get the 258 00:14:38,697 --> 00:14:41,017 Speaker 1: massive seert. I mean, we already have a huge caravan. 259 00:14:41,257 --> 00:14:43,737 Speaker 1: They asked him a ten to fifteen thousand on the way, 260 00:14:43,857 --> 00:14:46,137 Speaker 1: So what could they do differently? And then how could 261 00:14:46,137 --> 00:14:48,137 Speaker 1: we get and then what happens when title forty two 262 00:14:48,177 --> 00:14:52,537 Speaker 1: goes Yeah, Title forty two, I think we all recognize 263 00:14:52,937 --> 00:14:55,697 Speaker 1: it's like the little kid the story about holding the 264 00:14:55,697 --> 00:14:57,897 Speaker 1: finger in the diet. I mean, that's all we're doing. 265 00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:00,257 Speaker 1: These are stock out measures, and it's because of the 266 00:15:00,257 --> 00:15:03,297 Speaker 1: bid administration is feeling to build the wall, which when 267 00:15:03,337 --> 00:15:05,657 Speaker 1: it was working, they tried to resume the remain in 268 00:15:05,657 --> 00:15:09,297 Speaker 1: Mexico policy. They aren't importing people's deportation orders. They're trying 269 00:15:09,297 --> 00:15:13,577 Speaker 1: to incentimize to monetize people coming here by giving government benefits. 270 00:15:13,577 --> 00:15:16,057 Speaker 1: We're trying to stop that. So Tip forty two, what 271 00:15:16,137 --> 00:15:19,217 Speaker 1: we basically argued is that, look, if the Biden administration 272 00:15:19,257 --> 00:15:21,377 Speaker 1: wants to rescind it, what has been good for the 273 00:15:21,417 --> 00:15:23,977 Speaker 1: goose is good for the Gander and in accents, these 274 00:15:24,057 --> 00:15:27,297 Speaker 1: left wing groups, they always sue Republican administrations trying to 275 00:15:27,297 --> 00:15:30,177 Speaker 1: tell them they cannot change rules or policies without going 276 00:15:30,177 --> 00:15:33,617 Speaker 1: through the proper rulemaking process. So what we've said and 277 00:15:33,657 --> 00:15:35,977 Speaker 1: what the judge agreed with, is that if the Biden 278 00:15:35,977 --> 00:15:39,017 Speaker 1: administration wants to rescind to revolt Title forty two, they 279 00:15:39,057 --> 00:15:41,737 Speaker 1: have to go through the process, the legal process, and 280 00:15:41,817 --> 00:15:46,937 Speaker 1: that would include rulemaking and public notice in comment. And 281 00:15:47,017 --> 00:15:51,537 Speaker 1: so yeah, ultimately, if the administration wants to change that policy, 282 00:15:51,857 --> 00:15:54,177 Speaker 1: they can, but we've argued that they have to do 283 00:15:54,217 --> 00:15:57,137 Speaker 1: it in the legally correct way, and that basically means 284 00:15:57,177 --> 00:16:00,617 Speaker 1: the states get to have input saying this has happens 285 00:16:00,657 --> 00:16:03,737 Speaker 1: will affect us and this is how illegal immigration is 286 00:16:03,777 --> 00:16:06,977 Speaker 1: impacting us all over the country. So they have to 287 00:16:06,977 --> 00:16:09,297 Speaker 1: provide that notice and they have to provide public input 288 00:16:09,337 --> 00:16:12,857 Speaker 1: and notice and from the states as well. So you 289 00:16:12,897 --> 00:16:15,457 Speaker 1: are currently the attorney general in Arizona, you are running 290 00:16:16,057 --> 00:16:19,337 Speaker 1: for a Senate seat on the Republican side from your state. 291 00:16:19,457 --> 00:16:21,857 Speaker 1: You have a primary to get through here with your 292 00:16:22,817 --> 00:16:28,457 Speaker 1: primary opponent being Blake Masters. Trump. Donald Trump, former presidented States, 293 00:16:28,577 --> 00:16:31,897 Speaker 1: endorsed Masters and today he put out a statement I 294 00:16:31,897 --> 00:16:34,017 Speaker 1: wanted to let you react to at mister attorney general, 295 00:16:34,057 --> 00:16:36,537 Speaker 1: he said that Mark Ernovitch is such a disappointment to me. 296 00:16:36,977 --> 00:16:39,417 Speaker 1: He is the current Arizona Attorney general. And while he 297 00:16:39,497 --> 00:16:42,097 Speaker 1: understands what took place in the twenty twenty presidential election 298 00:16:42,417 --> 00:16:44,857 Speaker 1: and that it was rigden stolen, he only views it 299 00:16:44,857 --> 00:16:47,097 Speaker 1: as something he would not like to see happen again. 300 00:16:47,257 --> 00:16:49,897 Speaker 1: That was a statement that former President Trump put out. 301 00:16:51,137 --> 00:16:53,257 Speaker 1: How do you respond to that? I mean, I think 302 00:16:53,817 --> 00:16:56,377 Speaker 1: I've heard your policies, and I've seen a lot of 303 00:16:56,377 --> 00:16:59,057 Speaker 1: what you've you've done as attorney general. It would seem 304 00:16:59,057 --> 00:17:03,777 Speaker 1: to be in line with President Trump's ideology. So what 305 00:17:03,897 --> 00:17:08,537 Speaker 1: happened here? Yeah, you know, I can never control other 306 00:17:08,537 --> 00:17:10,297 Speaker 1: people are going to say or do. And what I've said, 307 00:17:10,377 --> 00:17:13,857 Speaker 1: I literally told President Trump this is that if you 308 00:17:13,977 --> 00:17:16,937 Speaker 1: care about securing the border, if you care about confirming 309 00:17:17,017 --> 00:17:19,537 Speaker 1: good federal judges that are divorced laws, it is and 310 00:17:19,697 --> 00:17:23,217 Speaker 1: not create policy. You care about low energy prices and 311 00:17:23,377 --> 00:17:26,777 Speaker 1: energy independence, if you care about low taxes, low regulation, 312 00:17:27,217 --> 00:17:30,417 Speaker 1: you go through that entire agenda. I've actually been there. 313 00:17:30,457 --> 00:17:32,737 Speaker 1: I mean I was the prosecutor and I began my 314 00:17:32,857 --> 00:17:35,537 Speaker 1: career game prosecutor protecting our communities. I worked in a 315 00:17:35,577 --> 00:17:37,577 Speaker 1: think tank called the gold Waters to where I wrote 316 00:17:37,577 --> 00:17:41,697 Speaker 1: extensively about federalism and low energy prices. And now as 317 00:17:41,737 --> 00:17:43,777 Speaker 1: an age, look at all I've done, whether we're suing 318 00:17:43,817 --> 00:17:47,897 Speaker 1: the Biden administration of run constitutional vaccine mandates were literally 319 00:17:48,017 --> 00:17:49,897 Speaker 1: last year and I brought this up to the president. 320 00:17:50,217 --> 00:17:52,937 Speaker 1: The most important election case in the generation is literally 321 00:17:52,977 --> 00:17:56,537 Speaker 1: called Bernavichi DNC. And when the left wing groups tried 322 00:17:56,577 --> 00:17:59,337 Speaker 1: to come into places like Arizona, I fought them all 323 00:17:59,377 --> 00:18:03,297 Speaker 1: the way to the Supreme Court, and the court appelability 324 00:18:03,297 --> 00:18:06,737 Speaker 1: of states like Arizona and other states now to enact 325 00:18:06,777 --> 00:18:10,337 Speaker 1: election integrity measures that limit and restrict palliate harvest out 326 00:18:10,337 --> 00:18:12,697 Speaker 1: of precinct voting. So I've actually been in the forefront 327 00:18:12,697 --> 00:18:14,657 Speaker 1: of these fights. So you get a lot of folks 328 00:18:14,697 --> 00:18:17,297 Speaker 1: now that come up and they talk the talk. They've 329 00:18:17,337 --> 00:18:19,777 Speaker 1: never walked the walk, they've never actually been in the fight. 330 00:18:20,057 --> 00:18:21,657 Speaker 1: And then they can say a lot of things now, 331 00:18:21,897 --> 00:18:24,577 Speaker 1: but where's the evidence, where's the receipts? As kids saying 332 00:18:24,577 --> 00:18:27,017 Speaker 1: nowadays with what they've actually dined. And I have been 333 00:18:27,057 --> 00:18:29,337 Speaker 1: in the forefront of this and Alden at the end 334 00:18:29,337 --> 00:18:32,097 Speaker 1: of the day, I think it's important to be principled 335 00:18:32,137 --> 00:18:35,977 Speaker 1: Arizona taking on Mark Kelly because the stakes are so high, 336 00:18:36,017 --> 00:18:40,697 Speaker 1: and if you want someone that understands limited government, federalism 337 00:18:40,697 --> 00:18:44,777 Speaker 1: and conservative principles, then I'm the guy learning. General Bernovitch, 338 00:18:44,897 --> 00:18:46,777 Speaker 1: State of Arizona. Good to see you, Sara, Thanks for 339 00:18:46,817 --> 00:18:49,377 Speaker 1: being with us today. Thanks mart, Thank you very much. 340 00:18:51,697 --> 00:18:54,897 Speaker 1: January sixth, Committee's primetime dog and Pony show is set 341 00:18:54,897 --> 00:18:57,577 Speaker 1: for this coming Thursday. Public specto comes a week after 342 00:18:57,577 --> 00:19:01,017 Speaker 1: a former trade advisor to President Trump, Peter Navarro, was 343 00:19:01,057 --> 00:19:03,657 Speaker 1: placed in leg irons and arrested for resisting a subpoena 344 00:19:03,857 --> 00:19:06,417 Speaker 1: from the Committee. We'll have more on this situation with 345 00:19:06,457 --> 00:19:09,817 Speaker 1: Claremont Institute fellow Ben Weingarten in a moment, I'm sorry 346 00:19:09,817 --> 00:19:11,497 Speaker 1: about checking your home for a minute. I don't know 347 00:19:11,497 --> 00:19:12,937 Speaker 1: if you saw this, but there was a recent story 348 00:19:12,937 --> 00:19:15,057 Speaker 1: about an Arizona real estate agent that found the home 349 00:19:15,137 --> 00:19:17,417 Speaker 1: she lived and was listed for sale. The problem was 350 00:19:17,457 --> 00:19:19,417 Speaker 1: that she actually wasn't selling her home. She was the 351 00:19:19,497 --> 00:19:22,777 Speaker 1: victim of home title fraud, a devastating crime happening all 352 00:19:22,777 --> 00:19:25,057 Speaker 1: of the country. According to the experts at home title 353 00:19:25,057 --> 00:19:27,657 Speaker 1: lock The crime is incredibly profitable and hard to detect. 354 00:19:27,897 --> 00:19:31,217 Speaker 1: An identity thief simply creates a fake title transfer for 355 00:19:31,337 --> 00:19:33,977 Speaker 1: your home and refiles as the new owner that he 356 00:19:34,017 --> 00:19:36,057 Speaker 1: can take out loans on your home or sell it. 357 00:19:36,337 --> 00:19:39,777 Speaker 1: Typical identity theft services don't cover you, and neither Dove's 358 00:19:39,817 --> 00:19:43,617 Speaker 1: Homeowner's insurance. Home title lock does. Home title Lock puts 359 00:19:43,617 --> 00:19:46,097 Speaker 1: a barrier around your home's title the instant. They detect 360 00:19:46,097 --> 00:19:48,537 Speaker 1: anyone tampering with your homes title, They help shut it down. 361 00:19:48,777 --> 00:19:50,657 Speaker 1: They help get your home back in your name. So 362 00:19:50,737 --> 00:19:53,097 Speaker 1: here's what you should do. Go to home titlelock dot com, 363 00:19:53,337 --> 00:19:56,337 Speaker 1: read the testimonials from FBI agents and government officials. Then 364 00:19:56,377 --> 00:19:58,017 Speaker 1: regish to your address to see if you're already a 365 00:19:58,057 --> 00:20:00,177 Speaker 1: victim and don't even know it. When you protect your home, 366 00:20:00,257 --> 00:20:02,457 Speaker 1: tell him buck Sexton sent you to get thirty free 367 00:20:02,537 --> 00:20:06,217 Speaker 1: days of protection hometitlelock dot com. Home titlelock dot com 368 00:20:06,217 --> 00:20:13,857 Speaker 1: will be right back with more. Hold the line. They 369 00:20:13,977 --> 00:20:17,377 Speaker 1: chose a different route. They didn't call my attorney. Instead, 370 00:20:17,457 --> 00:20:23,017 Speaker 1: they went with this shock and awe terrorist stretchy. Yeah, 371 00:20:23,257 --> 00:20:25,377 Speaker 1: let me go to the airport and then take me 372 00:20:25,457 --> 00:20:29,617 Speaker 1: with five agents like I'm an Al Qaeda terrorist rocked 373 00:20:29,657 --> 00:20:31,257 Speaker 1: me into a car and the next thing I know, 374 00:20:31,617 --> 00:20:34,937 Speaker 1: man in leg irons and handcuffs, strip search. I mean 375 00:20:34,937 --> 00:20:37,017 Speaker 1: it was not without comedy. I mean, at one point 376 00:20:37,057 --> 00:20:39,897 Speaker 1: the FBI agents couldn't find the door to go into 377 00:20:39,937 --> 00:20:42,977 Speaker 1: where I was supposed to go. The fingerprint machine didn't work. 378 00:20:43,017 --> 00:20:45,297 Speaker 1: But by the you know, people do not want to 379 00:20:45,337 --> 00:20:50,617 Speaker 1: sit in solitary confinement and leg irons, denied food, denied water, 380 00:20:51,017 --> 00:20:54,777 Speaker 1: denied an attorney and this is what we live in. 381 00:20:55,737 --> 00:20:58,697 Speaker 1: From wet House Trade advisor Peter Navarro speaking out on 382 00:20:58,777 --> 00:21:01,617 Speaker 1: becoming the first Trump aid to be indicted in the 383 00:21:01,617 --> 00:21:05,657 Speaker 1: criminal investigation and the events on January sixth and arrested. Obviously, 384 00:21:06,057 --> 00:21:09,817 Speaker 1: circumstances of that raised questions about the abuse of power 385 00:21:09,817 --> 00:21:12,537 Speaker 1: by the left, as in their abusing power and the 386 00:21:12,657 --> 00:21:15,137 Speaker 1: vindictive nature of their efforts to keep Trump out of 387 00:21:15,177 --> 00:21:17,937 Speaker 1: the White House and of course to punish members of 388 00:21:17,937 --> 00:21:21,657 Speaker 1: his administration after the fact. Join me now to dive 389 00:21:21,697 --> 00:21:25,497 Speaker 1: into this with us. Fellow at the Claremont Institute, Ben Weingarten, Ben, 390 00:21:25,497 --> 00:21:29,097 Speaker 1: how are you, buddy? Well? Buck? How about you? I 391 00:21:29,177 --> 00:21:32,457 Speaker 1: mean not great when I see that the Stasi are 392 00:21:32,497 --> 00:21:36,497 Speaker 1: alive and well courtesy of the Democrat run FBI. Here, 393 00:21:36,537 --> 00:21:41,297 Speaker 1: what the heck is going on? Yeah, this Peter Navarro case, 394 00:21:41,537 --> 00:21:45,537 Speaker 1: I think is a remarkable illustration of what is a 395 00:21:45,617 --> 00:21:49,577 Speaker 1: two tier, which is to say, injustice system that we 396 00:21:49,657 --> 00:21:54,337 Speaker 1: are currently suffering under as a country. And the split screen, 397 00:21:54,417 --> 00:21:56,577 Speaker 1: as I argue in a recent piece of The Federalist, 398 00:21:56,657 --> 00:22:01,097 Speaker 1: is remarkable. Between Hillary Clinton's campaign lawyer, Michael Sussman, who 399 00:22:01,137 --> 00:22:04,977 Speaker 1: gets off for clearly lying to the FBI with multiple 400 00:22:05,017 --> 00:22:08,857 Speaker 1: smoking guns, but he's a protected member of the regime, 401 00:22:08,897 --> 00:22:11,737 Speaker 1: and he's protected by a jerry truly of his peers 402 00:22:12,057 --> 00:22:14,337 Speaker 1: and a dain and a like minded judge in Washington, 403 00:22:14,457 --> 00:22:18,097 Speaker 1: d C. For lying to the FBI. And here you 404 00:22:18,177 --> 00:22:23,057 Speaker 1: have Peter Navarro who refuses to essentially submit to a 405 00:22:23,177 --> 00:22:30,577 Speaker 1: holy illegitimate sham Soviet Soviet show trial style committee, and 406 00:22:30,657 --> 00:22:33,097 Speaker 1: he gets shackled at the airport. He isn't even given 407 00:22:33,097 --> 00:22:36,297 Speaker 1: the courtesy of being given a call asked you if 408 00:22:36,297 --> 00:22:38,897 Speaker 1: he wants to see his lawyer turn himself in, Not 409 00:22:39,017 --> 00:22:41,137 Speaker 1: that he should be in this situation in the first place, 410 00:22:41,377 --> 00:22:44,777 Speaker 1: but he is clearly viewed as an enemy of the regime, 411 00:22:44,817 --> 00:22:47,897 Speaker 1: and consequently the regime comes down on him with its 412 00:22:47,937 --> 00:22:51,777 Speaker 1: full force really an unprecedented fashion here in terms of 413 00:22:51,777 --> 00:22:56,817 Speaker 1: this criminal contempt referral. But Michael Sussman walks free with 414 00:22:56,937 --> 00:22:59,737 Speaker 1: his head held high. It's a perfect illustration of a 415 00:22:59,777 --> 00:23:03,617 Speaker 1: two tier justice system, and it's been on stark display 416 00:23:03,657 --> 00:23:06,377 Speaker 1: for odyssey over the last five plus years, but this 417 00:23:06,497 --> 00:23:09,777 Speaker 1: is maybe the most obagious example of it. On that 418 00:23:09,817 --> 00:23:12,537 Speaker 1: to your justice system. You wrote in The Federalist that 419 00:23:12,937 --> 00:23:15,897 Speaker 1: Michael Sessman walking free from DC Federal court, and I 420 00:23:16,017 --> 00:23:20,257 Speaker 1: harried and bewildered former Donald Trump advisor Peter Navarro being 421 00:23:20,257 --> 00:23:22,737 Speaker 1: hauled before it following his account of a harrowing arrest 422 00:23:22,777 --> 00:23:27,377 Speaker 1: and entertainment ought to be ingrained indelibly in the American mind, 423 00:23:29,537 --> 00:23:32,177 Speaker 1: and in some ways, in some respects, I think that's 424 00:23:32,297 --> 00:23:34,897 Speaker 1: kind of the point of the exercise. They want to 425 00:23:34,937 --> 00:23:37,977 Speaker 1: have something like a perp walk of a Peter Navarro, 426 00:23:38,537 --> 00:23:41,497 Speaker 1: treat him as if he's some hardened criminal that ought 427 00:23:41,497 --> 00:23:44,417 Speaker 1: to be shackled and dragged in front of a DC 428 00:23:44,577 --> 00:23:48,857 Speaker 1: federal court, precisely to send a message to the American 429 00:23:48,937 --> 00:23:52,017 Speaker 1: people that those who have views like Peter Navarro and 430 00:23:52,057 --> 00:23:57,057 Speaker 1: who served the band Orange Man faithfully, their threats to society, 431 00:23:57,137 --> 00:24:00,497 Speaker 1: to our democracy and thus they're going to be treated 432 00:24:00,617 --> 00:24:03,217 Speaker 1: as such as enemies of the regime. But if you 433 00:24:03,257 --> 00:24:06,417 Speaker 1: were at Michael Sussman, a senior Democrat lawyer and good 434 00:24:06,457 --> 00:24:09,577 Speaker 1: standing who served in the Justice Department for years under 435 00:24:09,617 --> 00:24:13,457 Speaker 1: Democrat administration, well you're going to be protected. You are, 436 00:24:13,777 --> 00:24:18,097 Speaker 1: you are a made man in the regime, and anyone 437 00:24:18,097 --> 00:24:20,377 Speaker 1: else who was on the other side who errs to 438 00:24:20,457 --> 00:24:23,297 Speaker 1: threaten their power and privilege, because let's not forget what 439 00:24:23,377 --> 00:24:26,497 Speaker 1: was Peter Navarro's seminal contribution in the Trump administration. It 440 00:24:26,537 --> 00:24:29,097 Speaker 1: was to take on communist China, something of course you 441 00:24:29,177 --> 00:24:32,177 Speaker 1: can't do if you're in their regime. You're going to 442 00:24:32,257 --> 00:24:35,257 Speaker 1: pay a massive price for it, including facing the long 443 00:24:35,377 --> 00:24:40,897 Speaker 1: arm of the law. So we also have the January 444 00:24:40,977 --> 00:24:46,497 Speaker 1: six hearings, primetime hearings coming up in just what two 445 00:24:46,577 --> 00:24:50,937 Speaker 1: days now, Ben Here's PBS News can hardly contain their excitement. 446 00:24:50,937 --> 00:24:53,137 Speaker 1: I'm sure about this one. On the January sixth hearing 447 00:24:53,137 --> 00:24:55,937 Speaker 1: that's coming up on Thursday, they want to show all 448 00:24:56,017 --> 00:24:59,137 Speaker 1: of the investment materials that they have got from people 449 00:24:59,137 --> 00:25:02,377 Speaker 1: like mak Meadows, Trump's from a chief of staff, testimony 450 00:25:02,417 --> 00:25:05,657 Speaker 1: from people connected to the militia groups and testimony from 451 00:25:05,697 --> 00:25:10,617 Speaker 1: people who actually shot the documentary footage and a companied 452 00:25:10,977 --> 00:25:14,017 Speaker 1: the various actors through from election day all the way 453 00:25:14,137 --> 00:25:16,297 Speaker 1: through to January sixth, and so none of this has 454 00:25:16,337 --> 00:25:20,097 Speaker 1: been seen by anyone before other than the investigators on 455 00:25:20,097 --> 00:25:22,017 Speaker 1: the January sixth Committee, and so for the first time, 456 00:25:22,057 --> 00:25:24,057 Speaker 1: they're going to present this and at the first hearing 457 00:25:24,057 --> 00:25:26,217 Speaker 1: on June ninth, the idea is to present a roadmap 458 00:25:26,497 --> 00:25:30,777 Speaker 1: all criminality. I don't think that's going to happen, and 459 00:25:30,817 --> 00:25:32,617 Speaker 1: I don't know if anyone's gonna watch. What do you think. 460 00:25:34,657 --> 00:25:36,937 Speaker 1: I think for the small percentage of Americans who are 461 00:25:36,977 --> 00:25:38,897 Speaker 1: going to watch, it'll be people who have already made 462 00:25:38,937 --> 00:25:41,497 Speaker 1: up their minds on this topic. I'm not sure what 463 00:25:41,657 --> 00:25:46,537 Speaker 1: we're litigating eighteen months on, but do think it is notable. 464 00:25:46,777 --> 00:25:49,297 Speaker 1: First of all, the Justice Department has been pretty busy. 465 00:25:49,337 --> 00:25:52,457 Speaker 1: It wasn't just hauling Peter Navarro before a federal judge. 466 00:25:52,737 --> 00:25:57,697 Speaker 1: They also issued new charges of seditious conspiracy on the 467 00:25:57,697 --> 00:26:01,217 Speaker 1: eve of these hearings, all in my view, with the 468 00:26:01,257 --> 00:26:05,537 Speaker 1: express purpose of trying to create the narrative essentially that 469 00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:10,737 Speaker 1: MAGA equals terrorist, that those who believed in the big 470 00:26:10,777 --> 00:26:13,737 Speaker 1: lie about questions of the integrity of the twenty twenty election, 471 00:26:14,017 --> 00:26:18,897 Speaker 1: hold dangerous views that led to a dangerous, violent insurrection, 472 00:26:19,017 --> 00:26:21,777 Speaker 1: and that consequently there has to be a counter terrorism 473 00:26:21,817 --> 00:26:24,937 Speaker 1: strategy to pursue all of them, up to and including 474 00:26:25,217 --> 00:26:30,177 Speaker 1: the Ayatolla Trump who issued the thoughts that unleashed this insurrection. 475 00:26:30,537 --> 00:26:32,337 Speaker 1: That is the narrative that they're going to put forth. 476 00:26:32,577 --> 00:26:35,097 Speaker 1: I don't think the American people buy it. The polling 477 00:26:35,137 --> 00:26:38,697 Speaker 1: bears that out. The fact that Democrats are focused on 478 00:26:38,737 --> 00:26:42,777 Speaker 1: this several months out from the midterm elections, I think 479 00:26:42,857 --> 00:26:44,897 Speaker 1: says it all about the fact that they have nothing 480 00:26:44,937 --> 00:26:49,217 Speaker 1: to run on except trying to smear their opponents as 481 00:26:49,337 --> 00:26:51,817 Speaker 1: dangerous to society. And it's not going to work because 482 00:26:51,817 --> 00:26:55,097 Speaker 1: I think people understand that the Democrat Party's policies have 483 00:26:55,137 --> 00:26:57,657 Speaker 1: been dangerous to our health, our well being, our peace, 484 00:26:57,697 --> 00:27:01,657 Speaker 1: our prosperity, and that this is a deeply cynical effort 485 00:27:01,697 --> 00:27:05,297 Speaker 1: which is running rough shot over our most basic liberties 486 00:27:05,577 --> 00:27:09,057 Speaker 1: and justice. They are posing the very threat they claim 487 00:27:09,137 --> 00:27:11,857 Speaker 1: their political opponent supposed, because this is what they do. 488 00:27:12,017 --> 00:27:15,697 Speaker 1: They project, it's all they have. January six, Committee's newest 489 00:27:15,737 --> 00:27:18,377 Speaker 1: TV production advisor is this guy, James Goldston. I'm sure 490 00:27:18,417 --> 00:27:22,137 Speaker 1: you've seen this been former president of ABC News, master 491 00:27:22,297 --> 00:27:26,097 Speaker 1: documentary storyteller who ran Good Morning America Nightline. He wants 492 00:27:26,097 --> 00:27:28,857 Speaker 1: to draw eyeballs of Americans who haven't followed the ins 493 00:27:28,857 --> 00:27:31,817 Speaker 1: announced of the Capitol Hill riot, and has getting access 494 00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:34,817 Speaker 1: to official White House photographs from January six that have 495 00:27:34,937 --> 00:27:38,097 Speaker 1: never been seen publicly. They say, so this is I mean, 496 00:27:38,097 --> 00:27:42,097 Speaker 1: they're actually bringing in people to make this the biggest 497 00:27:42,137 --> 00:27:48,057 Speaker 1: spectacle possible, right, That's what this is. Yeah, it's so transparent, 498 00:27:48,257 --> 00:27:51,177 Speaker 1: it would almost be laughable if it wasn't so serious 499 00:27:51,257 --> 00:27:54,377 Speaker 1: the ways in which they're abusing their powers and chilling people. 500 00:27:54,657 --> 00:27:57,977 Speaker 1: Because let's not forget the dozens and dozens of people 501 00:27:57,977 --> 00:27:59,897 Speaker 1: who have been hauled in front of this committee. They 502 00:27:59,897 --> 00:28:03,417 Speaker 1: have to pay lawyers for all that work. They're being bankrupted. 503 00:28:03,537 --> 00:28:08,257 Speaker 1: In many cases. They're probing into your communications, into anyone 504 00:28:08,297 --> 00:28:12,377 Speaker 1: who is even remotely related to Trump World, essentially, so 505 00:28:12,417 --> 00:28:15,777 Speaker 1: that dragnet in and of itself, it's a punishment by 506 00:28:15,897 --> 00:28:19,097 Speaker 1: process here. And obviously, look it has led to the 507 00:28:19,177 --> 00:28:22,417 Speaker 1: DOJ pursuing a Peter Navarro. So even though in some 508 00:28:22,497 --> 00:28:26,177 Speaker 1: ways it's a joke, it's a sham it's completely one sided, 509 00:28:26,297 --> 00:28:30,097 Speaker 1: it has no particular purpose, it's arguably unlawful and clearly 510 00:28:30,137 --> 00:28:33,057 Speaker 1: doesn't follow congressional rules. At the same time, it is 511 00:28:33,097 --> 00:28:37,137 Speaker 1: doing real substantive damage here, and the spectacle aspect of it, 512 00:28:37,177 --> 00:28:39,577 Speaker 1: the fact that of course they literally bring in a 513 00:28:39,657 --> 00:28:44,657 Speaker 1: corporate media executive to stage manage the whole kabuki production, 514 00:28:45,137 --> 00:28:48,417 Speaker 1: shouldn't distract us from the deathly seriousness of this. On 515 00:28:48,497 --> 00:28:50,377 Speaker 1: top of the fact that you can make an argument 516 00:28:50,457 --> 00:28:52,777 Speaker 1: that the Congressional Committee, it would appear, is colluding with 517 00:28:52,817 --> 00:28:55,057 Speaker 1: the DOJ when the DOJ is acting like it is, 518 00:28:55,257 --> 00:28:57,737 Speaker 1: and you have members of the Committee who've been badgering 519 00:28:57,777 --> 00:29:01,337 Speaker 1: the DOJ to take a more aggressive approach for weeks now, 520 00:29:01,497 --> 00:29:04,137 Speaker 1: that in and of itself is a huge violation of norms, 521 00:29:04,177 --> 00:29:06,657 Speaker 1: if not far worse than that. But of course they'll 522 00:29:06,697 --> 00:29:09,057 Speaker 1: say that it's the other side that's violating norms, because again, 523 00:29:09,297 --> 00:29:11,217 Speaker 1: the projection is they have But I think we shouldn't 524 00:29:11,257 --> 00:29:15,017 Speaker 1: been distracted totally by the spectacle here, because the substance 525 00:29:15,057 --> 00:29:18,697 Speaker 1: of this is really dangerous, disturbing, and chewing. Ben, thank 526 00:29:18,697 --> 00:29:21,977 Speaker 1: you for the insights as always, thanks for having me back. 527 00:29:23,617 --> 00:29:25,897 Speaker 1: Democrats are renewing their efforts to make it more difficult 528 00:29:25,897 --> 00:29:29,457 Speaker 1: for Americans to purchase so called assault weapons. Their latest 529 00:29:29,457 --> 00:29:33,617 Speaker 1: prosal a one thousand percent tax on AAR fifteens. We 530 00:29:33,657 --> 00:29:35,297 Speaker 1: have more on that with senior writer a National Review, 531 00:29:35,377 --> 00:29:41,977 Speaker 1: Charles Cook in a moment. Each morning, the President of 532 00:29:41,977 --> 00:29:44,937 Speaker 1: the United States receives a highly classified briefing on the 533 00:29:44,937 --> 00:29:48,177 Speaker 1: most important issues facing the country. It's called the President's 534 00:29:48,217 --> 00:29:53,017 Speaker 1: Daily Brief or PDB. It's delivered by America's spies and analysts. Well, 535 00:29:53,017 --> 00:29:55,817 Speaker 1: now you can hear your very own PDB in the 536 00:29:55,857 --> 00:29:58,857 Speaker 1: form of a podcast hosted by me Brian Dean Wright, 537 00:29:59,097 --> 00:30:03,017 Speaker 1: a former CIA operations officer. Each morning at six am Eastern, 538 00:30:03,097 --> 00:30:05,217 Speaker 1: I'll bring you fifteen to twenty minutes of the most 539 00:30:05,257 --> 00:30:08,777 Speaker 1: important issues facing the country, giving you the critical intelligence 540 00:30:08,777 --> 00:30:19,097 Speaker 1: and analysis you need to start your morning. Imminent danger 541 00:30:19,177 --> 00:30:23,857 Speaker 1: to themselves and others such that they might commit mass murder, 542 00:30:24,297 --> 00:30:28,097 Speaker 1: have a constitutional right to access a firearm, and to 543 00:30:28,257 --> 00:30:31,897 Speaker 1: deny them that right would quote trample on an individual's 544 00:30:31,937 --> 00:30:35,657 Speaker 1: due process and second memo rights you know didn't have 545 00:30:35,737 --> 00:30:39,217 Speaker 1: due process, you know who didn't have their constitutional right 546 00:30:39,257 --> 00:30:44,137 Speaker 1: to life? Respected the kids at Parkland and Sandy Hook 547 00:30:44,377 --> 00:30:48,377 Speaker 1: and Yuvalde and Buffalo, and the list goes on and on. 548 00:30:48,697 --> 00:30:54,617 Speaker 1: So spare me the book about constitutional rights. Congressman David 549 00:30:54,657 --> 00:30:57,417 Speaker 1: Clin of Rhode Island has had just about enough of 550 00:30:57,537 --> 00:31:00,377 Speaker 1: you know, that whole constitution thing. In the wake of 551 00:31:00,417 --> 00:31:03,857 Speaker 1: several high profile mass shootings, Democrats are once again pushing 552 00:31:03,897 --> 00:31:07,817 Speaker 1: for stricter gun control measures, including opposing a one hundred 553 00:31:07,897 --> 00:31:12,257 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, one thousands and excise tax on AAR fifteens 554 00:31:12,657 --> 00:31:15,617 Speaker 1: Congressman Don Buyer a Virginia instead of the proposal quote 555 00:31:16,457 --> 00:31:20,137 Speaker 1: what's intended to do is what it's intended to do 556 00:31:20,217 --> 00:31:23,617 Speaker 1: is provide another creative pathway who actually makes some sensible 557 00:31:23,657 --> 00:31:26,297 Speaker 1: gun control happen. We think that a one thousand percent 558 00:31:26,337 --> 00:31:28,377 Speaker 1: fee on assault weapons it's just a kind of restrictive 559 00:31:28,377 --> 00:31:32,537 Speaker 1: measure that creates enough fiscal impact qualify for reconciliation. For 560 00:31:32,697 --> 00:31:35,577 Speaker 1: some perspective, a one thousand percent tax on an AR 561 00:31:35,657 --> 00:31:39,217 Speaker 1: fifteen would add between five thousand to twenty five to 562 00:31:39,297 --> 00:31:41,817 Speaker 1: twenty thousand dollars to their final sale price, depending on 563 00:31:41,857 --> 00:31:44,297 Speaker 1: what state you buy it. In jo talking about that, 564 00:31:44,417 --> 00:31:47,297 Speaker 1: senior writer for a National Review, Charles Cook, Charles, what 565 00:31:47,377 --> 00:31:51,417 Speaker 1: do you make of this? Well, I'll take them one 566 00:31:51,457 --> 00:31:56,057 Speaker 1: by one. The first quote you played, it's not really 567 00:31:56,377 --> 00:31:59,977 Speaker 1: a gun control issue so much as it's an entire 568 00:32:00,497 --> 00:32:08,217 Speaker 1: US Constitution issue. It's a representative's job to respect civil 569 00:32:08,217 --> 00:32:11,897 Speaker 1: liberties and constitutional right to take an oath to do so. 570 00:32:13,537 --> 00:32:16,057 Speaker 1: On the second one, I mean, look, that will be 571 00:32:16,097 --> 00:32:18,897 Speaker 1: struck down within ten seconds by the courts. They never 572 00:32:18,977 --> 00:32:23,097 Speaker 1: ruled explicitly on such measures for the Second Amendment, but 573 00:32:23,177 --> 00:32:25,497 Speaker 1: in other areas of the Bill of Rights, the courts 574 00:32:25,497 --> 00:32:28,177 Speaker 1: have made it clear you cannot, for example, shut down 575 00:32:28,217 --> 00:32:31,937 Speaker 1: the free press by putting a thousand percent tax on 576 00:32:32,137 --> 00:32:36,977 Speaker 1: inc or on bandwidth. That is a non starter. It 577 00:32:37,017 --> 00:32:39,097 Speaker 1: is almost as though they try to remind everybody of 578 00:32:39,137 --> 00:32:41,817 Speaker 1: the protections of the Constitution by coming up with new 579 00:32:41,857 --> 00:32:44,737 Speaker 1: ways to violate them, or maybe all the ways that 580 00:32:44,857 --> 00:32:48,297 Speaker 1: they trot out. Once again, there's a renewed focus, by 581 00:32:48,297 --> 00:32:51,977 Speaker 1: the way, on the banning of assault weapons. Nancy Pelosi 582 00:32:52,417 --> 00:32:54,737 Speaker 1: actually said that she'll be bringing forward legislation to have 583 00:32:54,817 --> 00:32:58,137 Speaker 1: them banned this week. I mean, first off, I'm always 584 00:32:58,177 --> 00:33:00,217 Speaker 1: so curious about this. So is it just going to 585 00:33:00,217 --> 00:33:03,097 Speaker 1: be a ban on new purchases of them, and so 586 00:33:03,217 --> 00:33:07,057 Speaker 1: it won't touch the I don't know, forty fifty million 587 00:33:07,497 --> 00:33:11,097 Speaker 1: AAR fifteen style rifles already in circulation in America. I mean, Charles, 588 00:33:11,097 --> 00:33:13,537 Speaker 1: how is this even supposed to theoretically work as a 589 00:33:13,617 --> 00:33:20,377 Speaker 1: legislative act? I don't know. Yeah, fifteen is the most 590 00:33:20,497 --> 00:33:23,577 Speaker 1: commonly owned rifle in the United States by a long way. 591 00:33:23,937 --> 00:33:26,737 Speaker 1: The Supreme Court, in the Hella decision said that any 592 00:33:26,737 --> 00:33:29,497 Speaker 1: weapon that is in common use is protected, so this 593 00:33:29,657 --> 00:33:35,297 Speaker 1: is presumptively unconstitutional. Clearly, mass shooters in recent years have 594 00:33:35,417 --> 00:33:39,097 Speaker 1: come to favor the AR fifteen, although most mass shootings 595 00:33:39,097 --> 00:33:44,617 Speaker 1: are still committed with people wielding handguns. But the AR 596 00:33:44,697 --> 00:33:49,777 Speaker 1: fifteen is not really statistically the problem in the United States. 597 00:33:49,857 --> 00:33:53,297 Speaker 1: I mean, rifles have all sorts use less frequently in 598 00:33:53,897 --> 00:33:57,297 Speaker 1: murders than hands and feet, and the subset that are 599 00:33:57,337 --> 00:34:01,897 Speaker 1: pitrarily described as assault weapons are used so infrequently that 600 00:34:01,937 --> 00:34:04,897 Speaker 1: the FBI doesn't keep statistics. It just rolls them into 601 00:34:04,937 --> 00:34:08,137 Speaker 1: the rifle number, you know. So to try and get 602 00:34:08,257 --> 00:34:11,497 Speaker 1: rid of tens of millions of the most commonly owned 603 00:34:11,577 --> 00:34:15,657 Speaker 1: rifle in the United States in this way is ridiculous. 604 00:34:15,737 --> 00:34:19,177 Speaker 1: But also it's not going to happen. And I wonder 605 00:34:19,217 --> 00:34:23,457 Speaker 1: at what point people such as Nancy Pelosi, who don't 606 00:34:23,497 --> 00:34:26,977 Speaker 1: want more ar fifteens, as she puts it, on the street. 607 00:34:27,017 --> 00:34:28,777 Speaker 1: Of course, most of them aren't on the street or 608 00:34:28,777 --> 00:34:31,577 Speaker 1: anywhere near it, but she doesn't want them on the street, 609 00:34:32,057 --> 00:34:35,457 Speaker 1: as she says. I wonder at what point they will 610 00:34:35,537 --> 00:34:38,777 Speaker 1: realize that every time they bring forward a plan to 611 00:34:38,817 --> 00:34:42,097 Speaker 1: ban them, people go right out and buy them. I mean, 612 00:34:42,137 --> 00:34:44,217 Speaker 1: she knows this isn't going to pass, She knows there 613 00:34:44,217 --> 00:34:45,897 Speaker 1: aren't the votes in the Senate, she knows it's not 614 00:34:45,937 --> 00:34:49,457 Speaker 1: going to happen. She probably knows it's unconstitutional. Why say it? 615 00:34:49,497 --> 00:34:53,777 Speaker 1: She's actually working against her own names. Charles David French, 616 00:34:53,817 --> 00:34:56,377 Speaker 1: formerly of Natural View, years back wrote a piece in 617 00:34:56,377 --> 00:34:59,977 Speaker 1: which he was criticizing American gun culture and so that 618 00:35:00,017 --> 00:35:03,977 Speaker 1: many gun owners are idolaters. In the Dispatch, he wrote, 619 00:35:04,537 --> 00:35:08,537 Speaker 1: the idolatrous fringe is no longer fringe. They bear arms 620 00:35:08,537 --> 00:35:11,577 Speaker 1: with religious intensity, and there's zeal for their weapons. They 621 00:35:11,617 --> 00:35:13,617 Speaker 1: send a message that their identity and their power are 622 00:35:13,657 --> 00:35:17,497 Speaker 1: defined by the guns they love. Is this just or 623 00:35:17,617 --> 00:35:19,937 Speaker 1: for somebody who I believe used to defend the Second 624 00:35:19,977 --> 00:35:23,657 Speaker 1: Amendment for at least somewhat for a living. What's this 625 00:35:23,737 --> 00:35:27,937 Speaker 1: all about? Well? I responded to David, and I texted 626 00:35:28,017 --> 00:35:30,097 Speaker 1: him and said, I profoundly disagree with you on this, 627 00:35:31,217 --> 00:35:33,857 Speaker 1: and I wrote it up at National Review. David four 628 00:35:33,937 --> 00:35:36,657 Speaker 1: years ago wrote a piece in The Atlantic in which 629 00:35:36,697 --> 00:35:41,097 Speaker 1: he strenuously defended what he described as gun culture, and 630 00:35:41,137 --> 00:35:44,777 Speaker 1: now he says he couldn't write that piece again. Well, 631 00:35:44,817 --> 00:35:47,377 Speaker 1: nothing's changed in that four year period. As I suggest 632 00:35:47,537 --> 00:35:51,137 Speaker 1: gently in the piece, I think David's changed gun culture 633 00:35:51,497 --> 00:35:54,177 Speaker 1: hasn't changed. All of the things that David points to 634 00:35:54,257 --> 00:35:58,217 Speaker 1: as evidence for what he calls idolatry were true beforehand. 635 00:35:59,377 --> 00:36:05,297 Speaker 1: Politicians raffling off guns, politicians running on the basis of 636 00:36:05,337 --> 00:36:09,337 Speaker 1: their support for the Second Amendment at the slogan pro 637 00:36:09,497 --> 00:36:17,097 Speaker 1: gun pro god, you know, the preference for black guns, 638 00:36:17,177 --> 00:36:20,617 Speaker 1: you know, R fifteens. Is this sort of tactical culture that, 639 00:36:20,857 --> 00:36:23,057 Speaker 1: by the way, gun owners have been making fun of 640 00:36:23,097 --> 00:36:28,937 Speaker 1: themselves for a decade now, and even people walking outside 641 00:36:29,057 --> 00:36:33,097 Speaker 1: in protests or political allies with their guns. That's not 642 00:36:33,257 --> 00:36:36,657 Speaker 1: new either. That there's nothing really that's changed since twenty eighteen. 643 00:36:36,897 --> 00:36:38,977 Speaker 1: People change their mind in politics all the time. It's 644 00:36:38,977 --> 00:36:42,297 Speaker 1: absolutely fine. But I think we shouldn't pretend here that 645 00:36:42,417 --> 00:36:47,577 Speaker 1: anything much has been altered. In gun culture since twenty eighteen, 646 00:36:47,577 --> 00:36:50,217 Speaker 1: and this stuff's been in the American mainstream now for 647 00:36:50,217 --> 00:36:54,817 Speaker 1: thirty years. You may have seen Charles that the actor 648 00:36:54,977 --> 00:37:00,337 Speaker 1: Matthew McConaughey was speaking today from the West Wing podium 649 00:37:00,697 --> 00:37:04,457 Speaker 1: during the White House Press conference about gun control. Here's 650 00:37:04,497 --> 00:37:06,937 Speaker 1: just a clip of what he said. We want secure 651 00:37:06,977 --> 00:37:09,457 Speaker 1: and safe schools, and we want gun laws that won't 652 00:37:09,457 --> 00:37:11,377 Speaker 1: make it so for the bad guys to get these 653 00:37:11,457 --> 00:37:20,897 Speaker 1: damn guns, so we know it's on the table. We 654 00:37:21,017 --> 00:37:23,977 Speaker 1: need to invest in mental health care. We need to 655 00:37:23,977 --> 00:37:28,697 Speaker 1: say for schools, we need to restrain sensationalize media coverage. 656 00:37:30,777 --> 00:37:34,457 Speaker 1: We need to restore our family values. We need to 657 00:37:34,497 --> 00:37:43,137 Speaker 1: restore our American values. And we need responsible gun ownership. 658 00:37:43,417 --> 00:37:48,897 Speaker 1: Responsible gun ownership. We need background checks. We need to 659 00:37:48,977 --> 00:37:51,857 Speaker 1: raise the minimum age to purchase in a our fifteen 660 00:37:51,977 --> 00:37:57,097 Speaker 1: rifle to twenty one. We need a waiting period for 661 00:37:57,417 --> 00:38:01,137 Speaker 1: those rifles. We need red flag laws and consequences for 662 00:38:01,257 --> 00:38:04,697 Speaker 1: those who abuse them. And Charles far bid for me 663 00:38:04,777 --> 00:38:08,657 Speaker 1: to argue with the platitudes about you know, America and 664 00:38:08,737 --> 00:38:12,617 Speaker 1: making people safer, but the moment he veered into actual policy, 665 00:38:12,657 --> 00:38:15,217 Speaker 1: I just think of none of that would have stopped 666 00:38:15,297 --> 00:38:17,377 Speaker 1: the Yuvalde shooting or from what we can see, any 667 00:38:17,417 --> 00:38:22,217 Speaker 1: of the recent mass shooting. No, I wouldn't nothing he mentioned, 668 00:38:22,737 --> 00:38:26,457 Speaker 1: with the exception potentially of a red flag law, would 669 00:38:26,457 --> 00:38:31,217 Speaker 1: have even intersected with this. And I like Matthew McConaughey, 670 00:38:31,257 --> 00:38:33,817 Speaker 1: and he was, funnily enough, a lot more reasonable in 671 00:38:33,937 --> 00:38:38,577 Speaker 1: that little Clifton Joe Biden is. But we have background checks, 672 00:38:38,857 --> 00:38:41,057 Speaker 1: and I find it irritating when people say we need 673 00:38:41,097 --> 00:38:43,417 Speaker 1: background checks. I think a lot of Americans are under 674 00:38:43,417 --> 00:38:45,897 Speaker 1: the impression that there is no background check system at all. 675 00:38:46,537 --> 00:38:50,697 Speaker 1: I think that's one reason why support for background checks 676 00:38:50,777 --> 00:38:53,937 Speaker 1: goes from ninety percent to fifty percent or lower every 677 00:38:53,937 --> 00:38:57,617 Speaker 1: time it's actually raised in earnest, because people recognize we 678 00:38:57,657 --> 00:39:00,337 Speaker 1: already have a system. What they're talking about is expanding 679 00:39:00,377 --> 00:39:03,737 Speaker 1: it to private transfers. Often private interstate transfers at aren't 680 00:39:03,737 --> 00:39:06,657 Speaker 1: commercial at tour. So he shouldn't have put it like that. 681 00:39:07,377 --> 00:39:09,937 Speaker 1: I think the first half of his comments were appropriate. 682 00:39:10,217 --> 00:39:12,697 Speaker 1: I actually do think we have a mental health problem. 683 00:39:12,817 --> 00:39:15,297 Speaker 1: I think we've become far too lax about letting people 684 00:39:15,417 --> 00:39:18,537 Speaker 1: who are mentally ill wander around the stress in the 685 00:39:18,617 --> 00:39:21,177 Speaker 1: name of kindness. For some reason we think this is 686 00:39:21,257 --> 00:39:24,537 Speaker 1: kind to them when it's not. But I also think 687 00:39:24,537 --> 00:39:27,537 Speaker 1: this is an extremely difficult problem to solve. I don't 688 00:39:27,537 --> 00:39:31,097 Speaker 1: have many answers either. It's so rare, and you know, 689 00:39:31,137 --> 00:39:33,537 Speaker 1: people think that's a callous thing to say, to point 690 00:39:33,577 --> 00:39:35,697 Speaker 1: out that mass shootings are rarest if you're somehow down 691 00:39:35,697 --> 00:39:37,977 Speaker 1: playing them. I'm not. I'm a parent of two. You know, 692 00:39:38,057 --> 00:39:40,537 Speaker 1: I felt the same way everyone else did when I 693 00:39:40,577 --> 00:39:43,537 Speaker 1: heard this news. But it is also about as likely 694 00:39:43,737 --> 00:39:46,057 Speaker 1: as say, being thrown by lightning or being killed in 695 00:39:46,097 --> 00:39:49,097 Speaker 1: an earthquake, and those things are really difficult to stop too, 696 00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:51,777 Speaker 1: because we don't know when they're going to happen. So, 697 00:39:52,017 --> 00:39:54,017 Speaker 1: you know, the part of what Matthew McConaughey said that 698 00:39:54,057 --> 00:39:57,217 Speaker 1: I oppose the most, you know my views on policy 699 00:39:57,977 --> 00:40:00,097 Speaker 1: and with you on that. The part I object to 700 00:40:00,177 --> 00:40:02,057 Speaker 1: the most is when he said we know how to 701 00:40:02,097 --> 00:40:04,897 Speaker 1: deal with this. This is a line Joe Biden keeps using. 702 00:40:04,977 --> 00:40:06,977 Speaker 1: We know how to do this. I'm afraid we don't. 703 00:40:07,217 --> 00:40:10,577 Speaker 1: We don't actually what he says, we know how to 704 00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:13,617 Speaker 1: stop COVID, Actually we don't. It's another point where we 705 00:40:14,097 --> 00:40:17,417 Speaker 1: do not actually, So very good point, Charles, Thanks as 706 00:40:17,417 --> 00:40:20,537 Speaker 1: always for being with us. Appreciate it, thanks for having me. 707 00:40:22,857 --> 00:40:26,057 Speaker 1: You'll never guess why Stacy Abram has asked a young 708 00:40:26,337 --> 00:40:29,857 Speaker 1: kid to take his mask off for a photo. The hypocrisy, 709 00:40:29,937 --> 00:40:31,657 Speaker 1: my friends, get ready for it? Well how that story 710 00:40:31,657 --> 00:40:40,977 Speaker 1: and more coming up in quickt Burger King introduced a 711 00:40:41,017 --> 00:40:43,937 Speaker 1: new Pride Whopper which is gaining a lot of attention, 712 00:40:44,057 --> 00:40:46,977 Speaker 1: and one Senator Bragg's about not having to worry about 713 00:40:47,577 --> 00:40:51,017 Speaker 1: gas prices because you know, she's fancy. She has an 714 00:40:51,057 --> 00:40:54,017 Speaker 1: electric car, unlike the peasants out there. These stories and 715 00:40:54,097 --> 00:40:56,577 Speaker 1: more in quickets. Let's get right to it. So it 716 00:40:56,697 --> 00:40:59,177 Speaker 1: is Pride Month, as you have seen if you've bought 717 00:40:59,177 --> 00:41:04,217 Speaker 1: anything or seeing any statements public statements from companies anywhere 718 00:41:04,217 --> 00:41:07,737 Speaker 1: in America right now. Burger King has introduced a new 719 00:41:08,377 --> 00:41:12,217 Speaker 1: Pride whopper where you can order it with two tops 720 00:41:12,337 --> 00:41:17,057 Speaker 1: or two bottoms of buns. The campaign is running only 721 00:41:17,097 --> 00:41:21,057 Speaker 1: in Austria until June twentieth, but so far it has 722 00:41:21,057 --> 00:41:24,657 Speaker 1: gained negative traction among some fast food eaters. Weight So 723 00:41:24,697 --> 00:41:29,057 Speaker 1: it has two tops or two top buns, two bottom bun? What? 724 00:41:29,977 --> 00:41:34,777 Speaker 1: Okay whatever? I have not eaten a Burger King burger 725 00:41:34,777 --> 00:41:38,697 Speaker 1: in a long time because gluten the buns. But anyway, 726 00:41:38,217 --> 00:41:42,057 Speaker 1: pride whopper the thing now can't buy a burger without 727 00:41:42,057 --> 00:41:47,537 Speaker 1: some politics involved. Senator Debbie seven Owl, she has found 728 00:41:47,537 --> 00:41:51,857 Speaker 1: herself getting some media attention here because look, gas price 729 00:41:51,937 --> 00:41:54,137 Speaker 1: is really highs you know, in the country right now, 730 00:41:54,297 --> 00:41:57,497 Speaker 1: and it's reaching records. Got to get the Bide administration credit. 731 00:41:57,537 --> 00:41:59,257 Speaker 1: They keep breaking records, just not the kind of records 732 00:41:59,257 --> 00:42:00,737 Speaker 1: you want to break if you want to stay in power. 733 00:42:01,457 --> 00:42:04,417 Speaker 1: Yeas is really expensive. We could be heading toward five 734 00:42:04,497 --> 00:42:09,777 Speaker 1: dollars a gallon nationally as the average, and everyone's seeing 735 00:42:09,777 --> 00:42:11,817 Speaker 1: this is a promise not going to get better anytime soon. 736 00:42:12,577 --> 00:42:16,657 Speaker 1: Senator Debbie Stavin now has had a moment here where 737 00:42:16,697 --> 00:42:18,977 Speaker 1: she bragged it. You know, she went on a road 738 00:42:18,977 --> 00:42:21,377 Speaker 1: trip but shed just gotten her cool new electric vehicle. 739 00:42:21,977 --> 00:42:25,137 Speaker 1: So all those gas stations she passed, she could just 740 00:42:25,257 --> 00:42:28,777 Speaker 1: laugh at the peasants who can't afford their gas or 741 00:42:28,817 --> 00:42:31,857 Speaker 1: the electric vehicle that she was in. So yeah, no problem. 742 00:42:31,897 --> 00:42:33,937 Speaker 1: Watch as I'd just have to say, just on the 743 00:42:33,977 --> 00:42:37,857 Speaker 1: issue of gas prices. After waiting for a long time 744 00:42:38,177 --> 00:42:40,617 Speaker 1: to have enough chips in this country to finally get 745 00:42:40,697 --> 00:42:44,297 Speaker 1: my electric vehicle, I got it and drove it from 746 00:42:44,337 --> 00:42:48,577 Speaker 1: Michigan to hear this last weekend and went by every 747 00:42:48,617 --> 00:42:51,017 Speaker 1: single gas station and didn't matter how high it was. 748 00:42:51,137 --> 00:42:53,777 Speaker 1: And so I'm looking forward to the opportunity for us 749 00:42:53,817 --> 00:42:56,537 Speaker 1: to move to vehicles that aren't going to be dependent 750 00:42:56,697 --> 00:43:02,257 Speaker 1: on the whims of the oil companies in the international markets. 751 00:43:03,177 --> 00:43:05,857 Speaker 1: I mean so much, so much stupidity in that short clip, 752 00:43:05,857 --> 00:43:09,257 Speaker 1: but also the whims of the oil companies. Yes, because 753 00:43:09,257 --> 00:43:11,657 Speaker 1: the oil companies just decide, you know what, It's not 754 00:43:11,697 --> 00:43:13,537 Speaker 1: like this is a global market and we have competitors, 755 00:43:13,577 --> 00:43:15,377 Speaker 1: so why don't we just charge one hundred dollars a gallon? 756 00:43:15,457 --> 00:43:19,377 Speaker 1: Everyone will pay that, right. The amount of stupid among 757 00:43:19,417 --> 00:43:22,377 Speaker 1: Democrats who are elected office is, no matter how much 758 00:43:22,377 --> 00:43:28,257 Speaker 1: you see it, always astonishing. Always. Stacy Abrahams, the fake 759 00:43:28,297 --> 00:43:30,457 Speaker 1: governor of Georgia, who is now running to be the 760 00:43:30,497 --> 00:43:33,097 Speaker 1: actual governor of Georgia and will likely lose again and 761 00:43:33,137 --> 00:43:34,977 Speaker 1: then still be the fake governor of Georgia because she's 762 00:43:34,977 --> 00:43:38,377 Speaker 1: almost certain to claim that she was cheated in some way. 763 00:43:38,617 --> 00:43:40,977 Speaker 1: She asked a young kid to take his mask off 764 00:43:41,737 --> 00:43:44,977 Speaker 1: for a photo because she said that she has gotten 765 00:43:45,017 --> 00:43:47,617 Speaker 1: a little bit of trouble taking photos with kids with 766 00:43:47,777 --> 00:44:01,897 Speaker 1: masks on why for a seconds? Okay, I trouble taking 767 00:44:01,937 --> 00:44:08,297 Speaker 1: mask kids. Okay, ah, yes, she got a little bit 768 00:44:08,297 --> 00:44:10,857 Speaker 1: of trouble because people realize the hypocrisy of an adult 769 00:44:11,337 --> 00:44:16,977 Speaker 1: who is obese is at substantially greater risk from COVID 770 00:44:18,057 --> 00:44:20,977 Speaker 1: by a factor of at least ten, if not maybe 771 00:44:21,017 --> 00:44:24,057 Speaker 1: a hundred times more than a child is the wire 772 00:44:24,137 --> 00:44:28,857 Speaker 1: children mass near an obese adult. That's an interesting quite 773 00:44:29,017 --> 00:44:31,577 Speaker 1: who is not mass? Right? Someone want to explain that? Oh, no, 774 00:44:31,657 --> 00:44:34,817 Speaker 1: of course not. But she realizes that the optics of 775 00:44:34,817 --> 00:44:37,417 Speaker 1: this not very good, right, so she of course had 776 00:44:37,457 --> 00:44:39,977 Speaker 1: him changed to take a mask for the photo. Daily 777 00:44:40,017 --> 00:44:43,177 Speaker 1: Mail headline Eco preachers Harry and Meghan are accused of 778 00:44:43,457 --> 00:44:47,617 Speaker 1: enormous hypocrisy for taking one hundred and sixty thousand pound 779 00:44:47,817 --> 00:44:51,977 Speaker 1: flight back from the Jubilee in the UK to la 780 00:44:52,057 --> 00:44:54,697 Speaker 1: in what they call a Russian oligarch style private jet 781 00:44:54,737 --> 00:44:58,497 Speaker 1: for people who don't care about the planet. Yes, here 782 00:44:58,577 --> 00:45:00,657 Speaker 1: is a news flash for anybody who didn't already know this. 783 00:45:01,057 --> 00:45:05,137 Speaker 1: Megan and Harry do not care about the planet. These 784 00:45:05,177 --> 00:45:07,777 Speaker 1: are people. They are very rich for no reason other 785 00:45:07,857 --> 00:45:10,977 Speaker 1: than being rich. People being born and in the case 786 00:45:11,017 --> 00:45:13,897 Speaker 1: of Harry being born into the royal family. Megan marrying 787 00:45:13,897 --> 00:45:18,417 Speaker 1: into that royal family. They are preposterous, They're un serious, 788 00:45:18,817 --> 00:45:21,657 Speaker 1: they aren't very bright, and I guess we can leave 789 00:45:21,697 --> 00:45:24,617 Speaker 1: it there. That's ever. Tonight's hold the line, the No 790 00:45:24,737 --> 00:45:43,377 Speaker 1: Spin news that Bill O'Reilly is next fieldside. Each morning, 791 00:45:43,537 --> 00:45:46,537 Speaker 1: the President of the United States receives a highly classified 792 00:45:46,537 --> 00:45:49,577 Speaker 1: briefing on the most important issues facing the country. It's 793 00:45:49,577 --> 00:45:53,097 Speaker 1: called the President's Daily Brief or PDB. It's delivered by 794 00:45:53,137 --> 00:45:56,297 Speaker 1: America's spies and analysts. 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