1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: China, a major vote on marriage, and a rail strike. 2 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: That's the stories today on Verdict with Ted Cruz, Senator, 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: nice to have you with us. You're back and watching 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: in DC after Thanksgiving, and I want to get people 5 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: up to speed on what's going on right now, specifically 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: with China. It was shocking because the Prime Minister actually 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,800 Speaker 1: came out in the UK and is now leading on 8 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: this issue of China after watching What's having the people. 9 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: He came out earlier saying something that the President of 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: the United States of America just says that they're still silent. 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: Take a listen. Now, Let's be clear, the so called 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: Golden Era is over, along with a naive idea that 13 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: trade would automatically lead to social and political reform. That, 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: nor should we rely on simplistic Cold war rhetoric. We 15 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: recognize China poses a systemic challenge to our values and interests, 16 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: a challenge that grows more acute as it moves towards 17 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:11,559 Speaker 1: even greater authoritarianism. Instead of listening to their people's protests, 18 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,320 Speaker 1: the Chinese government has chosen to crack down further, including 19 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: by assaulting a BBC journalist center. He came out and 20 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: when you desperately need leaders. Leaders stand up and lead 21 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: when they see that America is not leading on China. 22 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: I felt like he probably had no choice but to 23 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: stand up and to say this. I'm glad he did. 24 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: But where's America right now? Well, unfortunately, Joe Biden and 25 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: the White House are completely a wall now. You know, 26 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: I will say for the British Prime Minister that was 27 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,839 Speaker 1: a degree of clarity missing in the United States of America. 28 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: But that being said, you know, one of the things 29 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: he said is we should not rely on simplistic cold 30 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: war rhetoric. I actually think it's a conceit of the 31 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: so called intelligentsia that simple terms like good and evil 32 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: can't be used. You know, I was ten when Reagan 33 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: became president, and I remember well that at the time, 34 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: the all of the Democrats, many of the Republicans, all 35 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: of the media, all of the academy, they all recognize 36 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: that the smart and nuanced thing to say on the 37 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: Soviet Union was that we needed to that they they 38 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: couldn't be beaten, that the best we could hope for 39 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: was detante, which I've joked is French for surrender, and 40 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:36,639 Speaker 1: that there was nothing we could do about it. And 41 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: Reagan came in as this California cowboy, and he said 42 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: a series of things that shocked Washington. He said, for example, 43 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: he described the Soviet Union as an evil empire. He said, Marxism, 44 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: Leninism will end up on the ash heap of history. 45 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: When they asked what's your objective in the Cold War, 46 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: he said, very simple, we win, they lose. All of 47 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: the self proclaimed in a lectuals were shocked. They tittered 48 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: at him, what an ignorant philistine. Didn't he understand subtlety 49 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,960 Speaker 1: and nuance. And if you come to my office in DC, 50 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: you've been there, Ben. The most dominant feature in my 51 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: office is a gigantic painting. It's about twenty feet wide 52 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: of Ronald Reagan's standing before the Brandenburg Gate and saying 53 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,639 Speaker 1: what I think are the most consequential words of any 54 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: leader in modern times. Mister Gorbachov, tear down this wall 55 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: with that leadership, With that clarity, Ronald Reagan won the 56 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: Cold War. We defeated the Soviet Union. We need that 57 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: same clarity with regards to Communist China. Communist China is 58 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,839 Speaker 1: the new evil empire, and the Marxism, Leninism, the Maoism 59 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: that dominates China. I believe it will also end up 60 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: on the ash heap of history. But we need absolute clarity. 61 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: And it's not simplistic to say that communist China murder 62 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: its citizens, torturing its citizens, locking down its citizens, engaging 63 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: in draconian violations of human rights, maintaining concentration camps with 64 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: over a million people in those concentration camps, employing slave labor, 65 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: covering up COVID. All of that is evil. It's not gray, 66 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: it's not subtle. It is evil. And contrast that with 67 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: the complete gobbledegook from the Joe Biden White House. 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For US, 103 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,160 Speaker 1: we are focused on what works, and that means using 104 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: the public health tools like continuing to enhanced vaccination rates, 105 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 1: including boosters, and making testing and treatment easily accessible. We've 106 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: long said that everyone has the right to peacefully protest 107 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: here in the United States and around the world. This 108 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 1: includes in the PRC. That's the total statement. What weak, 109 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: sniveling Neville Chamberlain problem and one of the biggest reasons 110 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: the enemies of America are on the rise today is 111 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: the Biden Democrats are so weak. They're unwilling to call 112 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: evil evil, They're unwilling to call murderers murderers, and they're 113 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: unwilling to stand up to communist China and the enemies 114 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: of America. I want to get your thoughts about something 115 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: else that's also happened, and this is about the technology 116 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: side of things. There has been a lot of people 117 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: that were shocked by Apple actually taking away some of 118 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: the devices mechanisms where people were sharing information in China 119 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: that we're helping these protests to break out. One of 120 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: them was a basic thing that you've probably used a 121 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: thousand times, an air drop. And the Apple literally is 122 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: aiding China, while at the same time Apple, the same 123 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: company is threatening to remove Twitter from their apps or 124 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: because they say it's, you know, too dangerous to society. 125 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: When when you see companies like Apple helping the red 126 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: China the way they are saying, you know, okay, what 127 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 1: do you want us to do to make sure we 128 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: help you squash these protests that are happening, is there 129 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: a point where there needs to be some sort of oversight. 130 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: Corporate America has lost its way. I don't think it 131 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: is accidental that apples are red. Apple is in bed 132 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: with communist China. Most of big tech is in bed 133 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: with communist China. An awful lot of big business is 134 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: in bed with communist China. Big universities are in bed 135 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 1: with communist China. Big Hollywood is in bed with communist China. 136 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: By the way, that's one of the reasons the Democrats 137 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: are structurally pro China because all of their major donors, 138 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: big business, big tech, big universities in big Hollywood are 139 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 1: in bed with China. Apple is more than happy to 140 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:09,959 Speaker 1: facilitate squashing the protesters. Human rights be damned, is Apple's view. Apparently, 141 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: as long as they can keep making money in communist China, 142 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: it is utterly craven. Look, it's the same policy the 143 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,679 Speaker 1: NBA has as they grovel because they want to make 144 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 1: money in China and never mind the slave labor. It's 145 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: the same policies the Biden White House has. You know, 146 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: last year I forced to vote on the Senate floor 147 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: that the United States should not expend any money purchasing 148 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:37,600 Speaker 1: electric vehicles or parts, batteries or other things in electric 149 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: vehicles made using slave labor in concentration camps. Now, if 150 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: you think about it, should we be buying things made 151 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: with slave labor? That ought to be one hundred to 152 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: nothing both that ought to be easy. Yeah. We voted 153 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: on the Senate floor, and every single Democratic sept one 154 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: except Joe Manchion voted no. Why is that because the 155 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: Biden White House, Joe Biden is Communist China's customer of 156 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: the year. They are buying the output of concentration camps 157 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:09,760 Speaker 1: and I want you to think back of like the 158 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: history of concentration camps, the people who facilitate, who fund 159 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: human slavery. History is not kind to them. Well, you 160 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: know what that is Joe Biden, that is Chuck Schumer, 161 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: that is John Kerry, that is today's Democrat Party that 162 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: cannot be bothered to care about slavery and misery and depression. 163 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: And by the way, let's be clear when you talk 164 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: about the donations, I want everybody listening to verdict. This 165 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: is the information you need to share with your friends. 166 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: Ninety seven point five percent of Apple's donations are to 167 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 1: the Democratic Party. If you look at their employee donations 168 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: in the midterm elections to candidates by party, this is 169 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: how much money was Apples donations. Ninety seven point five 170 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: percent of appless wit to Democrats. Big tech has become 171 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: the financial muscle. Who was the biggest Democrat donor in 172 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: the country In twenty twenty Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, 173 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: He went in spent what are called zuckbucks. He spent 174 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: four hundred million dollars, essentially taking over the election machinery, 175 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: the operation of elections in big blue cities and key 176 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: swing states. It is not an exaggeration to say Mark 177 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: Zuckerberg is directly responsible for Joe Biden being President of 178 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:39,359 Speaker 1: the United States. By the way, Sam Bankman freed from FTX, 179 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: who made billions, and it appears now was engaged in 180 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: a massive Enron style made off style Ponzi scheme, defrauding 181 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: investors of billions. We don't know that for sure, but 182 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: a sure looks like it from what has come out 183 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: so far. He was the second largest donor in the 184 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:03,599 Speaker 1: country to Democrats, behind George Soros. I gotta say, and 185 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: we talked about this on a pod last week, how 186 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,520 Speaker 1: many Democrats have given the money back? Or even better, 187 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: how many Democrats have given the money back to the 188 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 1: investors who were defrauded by Sam Bankman freed. I believe 189 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: the answer is none. Joe Biden certainly hasn't given the 190 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: millions of dollars he got from Sam Bankman freedback. And 191 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: so listen watching big text reaction, watching journalism reaction to Twitter. 192 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: Elon must took over Twitter, and he said one simple thing. 193 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 1: He said, Okay, we're gonna allow free speech. We're gonna 194 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:34,960 Speaker 1: allow people to speak. You can't threaten people, you can't 195 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: make threats of violence. You can't carry out criminal conduct. 196 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 1: But if you have a political view, if you're right wing, 197 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 1: left wing, if you're arguing a political view, you can 198 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: say it. And if people think what you're saying's wrong, 199 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: they can say what you're saying's wrong. The corporate media 200 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: world has lost their minds over it. They're freaking out. 201 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: We talked in a previous pod about how CBS News 202 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: had a twenty four hour fake boycott where they're like, oh, 203 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: my goodness, if you're actually listening to people who disagree, 204 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: we won't be part of it. And then they realize, no, 205 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: we can't do that. A huge component of what is 206 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 1: happening corporate America, the Fortune one hundred has become the 207 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: financial enforcement arm of the Democrats. And there have been 208 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:25,679 Speaker 1: public reports that Twitter's advertising has dropped in half. Why 209 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: because major corporate companies are just saying, no, we won't 210 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 1: advertise anymore. And by the way, who is the biggest 211 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: advertiser on Twitter, Apple, Yeah, Apple's cut off its advertising. 212 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: Why because Tim Cook and Apple will say, you bastards, 213 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: you're allowing free speech, and we are the big tech oligarchs. 214 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 1: No one is allowed to disagree with us. By the way, 215 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: do you wonder why big tech is so friendly with China? 216 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: She says, we are the oligarchs. No one's allowed to 217 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,359 Speaker 1: disagree with us. Big Tech says, we are the oligarchs. 218 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 1: No one's allowed to disagree with us. Dictators of a 219 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: feather tend to flock together. Yeah, they do. And if 220 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: you look at the money, and you can see it, 221 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,719 Speaker 1: as you were mentioning a moment ago about Apple being 222 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: one of the top advertisers, but you look at where 223 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: the money goes from big tech, and many of those 224 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: have connections of China. Netflix of their donations nine nine 225 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 1: point six percent went to Democrats, Twitter ninety eight point 226 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: seven before Zuckerberg took over, Airbnb ninety seven point eight, 227 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: Apple ninety seven point five, Left ninety six point one. 228 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: These are the Facebook and so on all and the 229 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: ninety plus percentile. That is part of the reason why 230 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: you're seeing them all look the other way on this 231 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: issue of China when it comes to the issue of 232 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: things like by the way, you know who the single 233 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: biggest donors to Hillary Clinton were. If you say China, 234 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna laugh, well, Google, which is another way of 235 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: saying China. Yeah, there you go. Google, it's all big tech. 236 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: They love them all each and every time. They go 237 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: all in because they know they will not rain them 238 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: in and they will not ask any questions about them. 239 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: Look at the NBA totally silent. You're a basketball guy. 240 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: It is beyond to me. I think absurd to watch 241 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: the NBA spend years giving their floor to Black Lives Matter, 242 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: literally painting it on the floor, putting it in the 243 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: corners and doing all that they did. We're you know, 244 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: we're about the national anthem, and then they're immediately silent 245 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: on what's happening in China right now. Is another example 246 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: of the hypocrisy of the people on the left. Well, listen, 247 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 1: you look at the Fortune one hundred that is complicit 248 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: with what's happening in China, and that also wants desperately 249 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: for Elon Musk's effort to make Twitter a place where 250 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: free speech is allowed. They want that to fail. Let 251 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: me read a list of some of the companies that, 252 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: based on media Matters analysis of pathematics data, have stopped 253 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: for a significant period of time advertising on Twitter. Abbott 254 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:02,440 Speaker 1: Laboratory is all state corporate ration, AMC Networks, American Express Company, 255 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: AT and T Bigheart pet Care, Black Rock Incorporated, Blue, 256 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: Triton Brands Incorporated, Boston Beer Company, California State Lottery, Century 257 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: Link Channel, Chevrolet, Chipotle, Mexican Grill, Citygroup, CNN, Dell, uh Diago, 258 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:27,280 Speaker 1: Direct TV, Discover Financial Services, Fidelity First National, Retail Realty Partners, Ford, Heineken, 259 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: Hewlett Packard, Hilton Worldwide, Inspire Brands, Jeep, Kellogg Company, Cole's Department, Scores, Ken, Drill, 260 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: LinkedIn Corporation, Mail Chimp, Marriott International, Mars pet Care, Mars Incorporated, 261 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 1: Mercan Company, Meta Platform, and other words, Facebook, Moneywise, Neslee, Novarda, 262 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: sag pernod Ricard, play Pass, the Coca Cola Company, the 263 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: Kraft Heinz Company, tire Rack, Verizon, Wells Fargo, Whole Foods Market, 264 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:00,840 Speaker 1: and Yum Brands. Yeah. I mean, if that's not proof 265 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 1: that they're all trying to bankrupt the people that don't 266 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: do and say and silence the people they want them 267 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: to silence, aka conservatives, They're just going to say, we'll 268 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: try to bury you and ruin your company. That's what 269 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: they're all about. And let's be clear. If Elon must 270 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,880 Speaker 1: says tomorrow, I will behave like communist China. I will 271 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: silence anyone who disagrees with the left wing orthodoxy. Those 272 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: brands will all come running back. What they want is 273 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 1: for him to be the chief censor of the public square. 274 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: Facebook's perfectly willing to do that. Google is quite willing 275 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: to do that. YouTube is quite willing to do that. 276 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: And suddenly Twitter is this outlier. By the way, if 277 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 1: the reports from Elan are to believed, more people are 278 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: using Twitter. But this is a question of power. This 279 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: is a question of using power to try to force 280 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 1: censorship and muzzle free speech, and it is incredibly dangerous. 281 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 1: And my view is of corporate America. If they want 282 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: to come out and say we hate free speech and 283 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 1: we will use our financial power to silence and censor you, 284 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: they ought to tell us that, they ought to admit that, 285 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: they ought to let you know when you're buying their products. Hey, 286 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 1: your money is going to silence you. But they're trying 287 00:18:21,520 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: to do it surreptitiously. They're trying to hide and it 288 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: is And by the way, the big enchilada that they're 289 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: trying to set the stage for is the two biggest 290 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: gatekeepers at all of tech, or Apple and Google. And 291 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: if Apple and Google pull Twitter down from their app stores. 292 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: That is like setting off the atom bomb. Now, by 293 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: the way, they did that to Parlor, they did that 294 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:51,600 Speaker 1: in concert to Parlor. Parlor grew up as a conservative 295 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: alternative to Twitter, it was gaining real success. And then 296 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: simultaneously Google and Apple together said your deep platform by 297 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:06,399 Speaker 1: which is such an obvious anti trust violation as a 298 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 1: very simple matter, when horizontal competitors cooperate together to block 299 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: a new entrant to the market, that is on its 300 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: face and antitrust violation. They didn't care. They're so rich, 301 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: they have so much power. They said, screw it, will 302 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 1: bury you in lawsuits. That's nothing can do about it. 303 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: If they try to do it to Twitter, which a 304 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: bunch of leftists and Democrats are pressuring them to do, 305 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,719 Speaker 1: it will be a massive escalation. Now, what's interesting They 306 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: could do it to Parlor because Parlor was a little 307 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: company with not that much financial resources behind it. Elon 308 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: Musk is the richest man in the world. He's already tweeted, 309 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: all right, if you do that, I'm going to go 310 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: create a new phone. No. I don't know if he'll 311 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: do that or not. But the guy does make teslas. 312 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: He knows how to make cars. It's not like he 313 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: doesn't know how to make stuff, and so they got 314 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 1: to be a little more cautious. And I think they 315 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 1: are a little more cautious about straight out bullying him 316 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: because he's, at a minimum not a ninety eight pound weakling. 317 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 1: They can just kick sand at his face and ignore. 318 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,120 Speaker 1: And I for one, if they do kick him off, though, 319 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,239 Speaker 1: if they do kick Twitter off, and I've had so 320 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: many people ask me this over the last twenty four hours, 321 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: is Twitter really going to go away from the app 322 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,719 Speaker 1: store if they do that to try to destroy Twitter 323 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: instantly by pulling that off? Is there anything that Congress 324 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: will do in response really with antitrust? No, there's nothing 325 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: Congress will do in response because Congress the Senate is 326 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 1: controlled by the Democrats, and the Democrats want Apple to 327 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: kick Twitter off. There's nothing the Biden Department of Justice 328 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 1: will do in response. Why because the Biden Department of 329 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 1: Justice is profoundly partisan and they want Apple to kick 330 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: Twitter off. You know, just today Karen John Pierre was asked, 331 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: I guess yesterday was asked about what Elon Musk and 332 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:55,160 Speaker 1: the question from a reporter, I mean it was if 333 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: Saturday Night Live were funny anymore. This would make a 334 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 1: great Saturday Night Live skit because you had a lefty 335 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: report who says, are you concerned that so many new 336 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: people are signing up for Twitter and enjoying free speech? 337 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: And the White House says, yes, we are very concerned. 338 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: We are keeping an eye on what Elon Musk is doing. Like, 339 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: holy crap, they're mad number one that free speech is allowed, 340 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: but number two, they're mad that people like it. I mean, 341 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: this is so that it's successful and that they can't 342 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: control it. But that's what they're so concerned about. I 343 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,840 Speaker 1: don't believe Apple and Google will do it. I think 344 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:36,719 Speaker 1: it is too big a risk. They're big on beating 345 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,480 Speaker 1: up people they can beat up. They're big on picking 346 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: on the puny, wimpy kid. I think they're scared of 347 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: someone who can punch back. You know, there was an 348 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: interesting There was an interesting moment you mentioned that press briefing, 349 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: and I want to play it for you real quick. 350 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: There was a reporter the White House that asked one 351 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,719 Speaker 1: of the weirdest questions I've ever heard, and the question was, 352 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: what tools do you have to stop Elon Musk from 353 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 1: restoring free speech at Twitter. Listen the question about Twitter. 354 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: You know, there's a researcher at Stanford who says that 355 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,400 Speaker 1: this is a critical moment really in terms of ensuring 356 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: that Twitter does not become a vector for misinformation. I mean, 357 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: are you concerned about the Elon Musk says there's more 358 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: and more subscribers coming online. Are you concerned about that? 359 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,280 Speaker 1: And what tools do you have? Who is it at 360 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: the White House that is really keeping track of the 361 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 1: I mean, there it is, that's what you just mentioned, basically, 362 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: Play her answer, Play Karen John Pearre's answer. So this 363 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:45,600 Speaker 1: is something that we're certainly keeping an eye on. And look, 364 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: we you know, we have always been very clear and 365 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: that when it comes to social media platforms, it is 366 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 1: their responsibility to make sure that when it comes to misinformation, 367 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,479 Speaker 1: when we when we comes to the hate that we're seeing, 368 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: that they take action, that they continue to take action. Again, 369 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: we're all keeping a close eye on this. We're all 370 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: u monitoring what's what's currently occurring, and we see, you know, 371 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: we see it with our own eyes of what you 372 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 1: all are reporting and just for ourselves what's happening on Twitter. 373 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 1: But again, social media companies have a responsibility to prevent 374 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: their platforms from being used by any user to incite violence, 375 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: especially violence directed at individual communities as we have been seeing, 376 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: and the present has been very clear on calling that out. 377 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: He'll continue to do that, and we're going to continue 378 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: a monitor situation. I love, We're going to monitor it. 379 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 1: I mean, Senator, if you want to talk about a 380 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 1: dog whistle to basically, yes, everybody pull your money from Twitter. Yes, 381 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: advertisers that love us, the big tech oigarchs and others, 382 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,719 Speaker 1: make sure you destroy them. Yes. Apple, you have the 383 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: backing of the White House. If you want to take 384 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: down Twitter, We've got your back. It's all in that 385 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: response from her, It is big brother is watching you. 386 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: We are watching you. We are going to use all 387 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: the power we can to crush you. And the amazing 388 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: thing is all right. So they're buzzwords misinformation, which she 389 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,160 Speaker 1: means anything that contradicts the left wing narrative. So, for example, 390 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: one thing they defined as misinformation was saying that the 391 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen virus had originated in Wuhunt, China, had originated 392 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: a Chinese government lab, the Wuhunt Institute for Virology. I 393 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: now believe the overwhelming majority of evidence indicates that's exactly 394 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: where the virus escape from. And I think a significant 395 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 1: preponderance of the evidence indicates that the virus was created 396 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: at that lab through gain a function research. For over 397 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: a year, Big Tech would censor anyone saying that at 398 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: the explicit request of doctor Fauci. Doctor Fauci and emails 399 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 1: asked Mark Zuckerberg censor anyone saying the Wuhan virus came 400 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: from the Wuhan Institute for Virology, by the way, without 401 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: admitting and I, doctor Fauci, funded that research that created 402 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: the pandemic. I will note one amazing exception. One of 403 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: the very few outlets that actually got into that was 404 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 1: this podcast. This podcast. Early on in the pandemic, we 405 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: did two extensive podcasts laying out the evidence that this 406 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: virus had escaped from the Wuhun Institute for Virology. At 407 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 1: the time, you were treated like a tinfoil hat wearing 408 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: lunatic for saying that. I don't know why Big Tech 409 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: didn't censor us. Frankly, they censored other people for saying 410 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: the same thing. But miraculously they let us out. Now 411 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: it's clear what we were saying is right. By the way, 412 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 1: this is the same big tech the censor the hunter 413 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: Biden laptop. Again, it was true, it was accurate, but 414 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:00,080 Speaker 1: it was politically inconvenient. What they mean by misinformation and 415 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 1: is anything that hurts democrats are their preferred narrative. If 416 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: it's misinformation. I got a crazy idea. If what someone 417 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: is saying is false, counter it with the truth. Yeah, 418 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 1: eximain why it's false. And you notice that Fauci's coming 419 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: out on his last days. Just yesterday he did his 420 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:23,280 Speaker 1: CNN quote exit interview and what I'm about to play 421 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: for you, he basically is saying that you're a liar 422 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 1: center for doing those two shows and for what you 423 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 1: just said. Listen, I can't tell you what's going on 424 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 1: in all of China and in other things. I can 425 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: tell you for sure that if you look at the 426 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:42,679 Speaker 1: viruses that the NIH grant funded to study in a 427 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: surveillance way, anybody who even has a peripheral understanding of 428 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 1: evolutionary virology will tell you these viruses could not possibly 429 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: turn into Sauce Kobe too. So when you talk about 430 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 1: a leak, maybe there's a lab leak, but it's not 431 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: with the viruses that the h was funding. That's almost 432 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: certain that that's the case. Okay, so that's affective interview. 433 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: Literally now he's saying it still, So it's amazing a 434 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: couple of things. Number One, he's saying, you talk about 435 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:16,360 Speaker 1: a leak from the lab, So he's now implicitly admitting 436 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: yet leak from the Chinese lab, which, by the way, 437 00:27:19,520 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: writing asked Mark Zuckerberg, don't allow anyone to say it 438 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 1: leak from the Chinese lab. So what he just said 439 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: there a couple of years ago, he claimed was misinformation 440 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 1: and Big Tech was more more than happy to censor. 441 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: But then secondly, he also admitted we were funding the 442 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,879 Speaker 1: creation of viruses, which he's denied before, so he just 443 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 1: admitted that, but he argued the viruses we created were 444 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: not this virus. You know what, maybe that's possible. I 445 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: don't know. I'm not a virologist. You know how we're 446 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: going to figure out by having congressional oversight hearings and 447 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,719 Speaker 1: examining evidence. And let me say what an indictment of Democrats. 448 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 1: They've had a control of both houses for two years. 449 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: They don't give a damn about knowing where COVID nineteen 450 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: came from. They don't give a damn about knowing China's culpability. 451 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: They don't give a damn about knowing the degree to 452 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,359 Speaker 1: which doctor Fauci and the federal government funded it. They 453 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: don't care about any of that. They want to cover 454 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: it up. They want to blame it all in the 455 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: Democrat slash corrupt corporate media narrative. Donald Trump created COVID 456 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: in the Oval Office and released it on America to 457 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 1: cause people to suffer. That's what they want to say. 458 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: Facts be damned, well, we need to figure it out. Now. 459 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: Fauci's admitted he was funding the creation of viruses, and 460 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: there's a very good chance the virus leaked from the 461 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: Chinese lab. That's a big admission. All right, Let's hear 462 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: some witness testimony and some expert examination about whether the 463 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: viruses Fauci funded were in fact COVID nineteen. I agree 464 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 1: that that has not yet been proven, but I think 465 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: there's considerable evidence to suggest it could be the case. 466 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: We need more examination. I hope with a Republican majority 467 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: in the House, we'll finally get that, and hopefully they'll 468 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: get to actually ask some real questions off out too 469 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: that he's going to have to defend himself on I 470 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,480 Speaker 1: want to move Senator to this big vote on marriage 471 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: in the Senate. We've been talking about this extensively with 472 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 1: your good friend and Senator Mike Lee's amendment. With this 473 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: bill you were talking about, there need to be pressure 474 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: put on Senators to have that bill be vote on 475 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: with the amendment not separated out. Otherwise we were going 476 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: to have a major problem with religious liberty in this country, 477 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: quite possibly the government. This was a vote they organized 478 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: and plan I'm referring to the Democrats right after Thanksgiving. 479 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: They wanted to ram this through, and you flew back 480 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 1: to Washington just like everybody else. What happened. The twelve 481 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: Republicans who caved continued cavy and the Democrats passed their 482 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,680 Speaker 1: bill in bracing gay marriage number one number two. This bill, 483 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: my words, is going to set the stage for the 484 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: Biden I RS to target people of faith, and in 485 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 1: particular to deny tax exempt status to religious churches, charities, universities, 486 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: and k through twelve schools. I stood up today at 487 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: the Senate lunch and I address the twelve Republicans who 488 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: are voting with the Democrats, and I said listen, and 489 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 1: in fact I made an offer to my colleagues, I said, 490 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. I will bet any one of 491 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: you one hundred dollars that in the next two years, 492 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: the Biden Irs is going to come after a religious 493 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: institution because of their beliefs on marriage, that they're going 494 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: to come after and deny tax exempt status to Catholic charities, 495 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 1: or to bring them Young University, or to Notre Dame, 496 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: or to Liberty University. By the way, I think Liberty 497 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 1: University is going to be who they target for because 498 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: they hate the evangelicals. And I will say one of 499 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 1: my colleagues took that bet. So we'll see two years 500 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: from now whether I'm paying one hundred dollars or collecting 501 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: one hundred dollars, I will tell you. Subsequently, I also 502 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: pointed out part of this bill they create a federal 503 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: cause of action to sue institutions that believe in marriage 504 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 1: as the union of one man and one woman. There 505 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: are going to be hundreds of lawsuits filed all across 506 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: this country. And I got to tell you most of 507 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 1: those lawsuits, the defendants aren't going to have the money 508 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: to defend them, so they're going to settle, They're going 509 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 1: to cave, and they're going to abandon their religious beliefs 510 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: to embrace same sex marriage. That's what the Democrats want, 511 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 1: and the Republicans, they're twelve Republicans who went along with it. 512 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: I literally at lunch begged my colleagues if you don't 513 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: want this to happen. So the Democrats disingenuously claim that 514 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 1: it'd be clear. I want to people to understand when 515 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,040 Speaker 1: you say you beg your colleagues, is it generic to 516 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: the room or is it you get to sit down 517 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 1: with the twelve people that you were talking about that 518 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,840 Speaker 1: caved and try to appeal to them personally. How does 519 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,560 Speaker 1: this work? So every Tuesday and Wednesday, when the Senates 520 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 1: in session, the Republicans have lunched together. We meet on 521 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 1: Tuesdays and Thursdays in the LBJ room. We meet on 522 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 1: Wednesdays in the Mansfield Room. So the LBJ room is 523 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: where we met today, and virtually every Republican was there. 524 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: I think of the fifty of us, they're probably forty 525 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 1: seven of us in the room. Of the twelve Republicans 526 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: who voted with the Democrats, all but one or two 527 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: were there. And so I'm standing up in the room 528 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:53,960 Speaker 1: making a fervent pitch to my colleagues, and a number 529 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,800 Speaker 1: of the Republicans voted with the Democrats. They're like, well, look, 530 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,080 Speaker 1: we got to vote on Mike Lee's amendment, Michaelee. Mike 531 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 1: Lee's amendment would have prohibited the IRS from targeting institutions 532 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: based on their support for traditional marriage. Mike Lee's amendment 533 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,400 Speaker 1: was voted on. It was voted down. I stood up 534 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,720 Speaker 1: and said, no, kidding, why do you think the Democrats 535 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 1: allowed to vote. They have the votes to beat it, 536 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 1: they know they're going to win. So just having a 537 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 1: vote and losing it is not actually defending religious liberty. 538 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: It's a show vote. And by the way, a lot 539 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: of the senators think, oh, if we have a show 540 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 1: vote and we vote for it, we can say we 541 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: supported religious liberty, except we were perfectly happy and content 542 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,719 Speaker 1: to lose on it. And this is where the voters 543 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: are getting smarter and more savvy. I said, it's very 544 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: very simple. If you don't want to see the IRS 545 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: going after institutions, faith based institutions in your states. Of 546 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: the twelve Republicans, three of you need to stand up 547 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: and say we're going to vote no today on culture. 548 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: Culture is the sixty vote threshold. That we voted on today. 549 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 1: Unless the Democrats accept Mike Lee's amendment that prohibits the 550 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 1: IRS from targeting those faith based institutions, I believe the 551 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,240 Speaker 1: Democrats would have caved now. They might not have caved today, 552 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 1: but they want this bill to pass, and they would 553 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 1: have caved tomorrow or the next day. And this is 554 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 1: not a bill that is in the nomenclature of Washington 555 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 1: a must pass bill. This is not like the death 556 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 1: sealing or government funding where people like it has to 557 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: has to pass. You know what, if forty one Republicans 558 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,319 Speaker 1: stood together and we said no, it would have been 559 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: killed unless and until the Democrats gave those three Republicans 560 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:40,799 Speaker 1: who broke off what they wanted and the revealing thing. 561 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:42,879 Speaker 1: And I made this point to my colleagues. I said, look, 562 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,560 Speaker 1: all of the Democrats are telling you no, no, no, no, no, 563 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 1: this is not about the IRS targeting religious groups. We 564 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:53,240 Speaker 1: don't need Mike Lee's amendment because it's superfluous. It's already 565 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 1: in there. This is already what the bill does. I said, well, 566 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,680 Speaker 1: if that's the case, what an easy give at What 567 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: they're saying is wrong as a legal matter, it's wrong. 568 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 1: But I said, if they're right that it's superfluous. If 569 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: it does nothing, then holy cow. I mean, you guys 570 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,319 Speaker 1: are the worst negotiators on earth. If you can't stand 571 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 1: up and say, well, give us this protection. If you say, 572 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,320 Speaker 1: it's already in there, it ought to be easy to 573 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:20,360 Speaker 1: give it to us. But the problem was twelve Republicans 574 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 1: started with I surrender. And I'll tell you if you 575 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 1: watch c SPAN, you can see me. I was standing 576 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,000 Speaker 1: on the Senate floor arguing with a number of my colleagues. Look, 577 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 1: we were arguing respectfully. We weren't yelling at cursing at 578 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:33,239 Speaker 1: each other. But I was arguing with a number of 579 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: my Republican colleagues and they were like, well, well, the 580 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,759 Speaker 1: Democrats would never take that. I said, of course they 581 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 1: wouldn't take that, because you started by giving them all 582 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,320 Speaker 1: the votes they needed to pass it without it. What 583 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:50,719 Speaker 1: moron concede something additional when they've already gotten to yes. 584 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:56,319 Speaker 1: And so I'm sorry to say the Senate is done. 585 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: It has past this bill. And as I said, I 586 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 1: offered wager to my colleagues of one hundred bucks that 587 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:04,880 Speaker 1: in the next two years we're going to see the 588 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:09,479 Speaker 1: Biden irs target people of faith based on their views 589 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:14,279 Speaker 1: on marriage because Republicans were unwilling to stand and fight 590 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 1: for religious liberty. And I gotta tell you, Ben, I'm 591 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,880 Speaker 1: pissed off. Trying not to be pissed off, but I'm failing. 592 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: Why Why are we so weak? I mean, this was 593 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,320 Speaker 1: not something If you looked at what Mike Lee was 594 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:30,280 Speaker 1: doing and this amendment, it was it was not controversial. 595 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 1: It just protected religious liberty. How is it so hard? 596 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 1: And and maybe you can, you know, give a different 597 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,960 Speaker 1: word than that that will connect with people to understand 598 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 1: why you wouldn't This wouldn't be a no brainer for 599 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,319 Speaker 1: these twelve Republicans or at least three of them out 600 00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: of the twelve to stand up. Look, there are a 601 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 1: lot of politicians that liked a virtue signal, and there's 602 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:59,840 Speaker 1: no doubt public opinion has changed on gay marriage. D 603 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,680 Speaker 1: stand their Republicans who want to say I'm for gay marriage. 604 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,640 Speaker 1: I told my colleagues, if you want to say you're 605 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: for gay marriage, put out a press release saying I'm 606 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,480 Speaker 1: for gay marriage. I love gay marriage. If you want 607 00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:11,760 Speaker 1: dress up in a pink bow and dance it again, 608 00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:16,200 Speaker 1: damn gay pride parade. I don't care. But don't pass 609 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:21,440 Speaker 1: into law legislation that is going to empower the politicized 610 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 1: bureaucrats and the Biden administration to target people of faith. 611 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,920 Speaker 1: That's what these Republicans did. The Democrats know what they're doing. 612 00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,800 Speaker 1: And I was telling a couple of my Republican colleagues. 613 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,439 Speaker 1: They're like, no, no, no, this is not true. That's 614 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:37,320 Speaker 1: not true. I said, listen, I don't believe you actually 615 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 1: want this outcome. I don't believe you want people of 616 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:44,279 Speaker 1: faith persecuted. I just think you're naive and that you 617 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:48,440 Speaker 1: don't understand how Democrats think. You don't understand the reason 618 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:52,840 Speaker 1: they are pushing this is because they want to target 619 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,719 Speaker 1: people of faith. And by the way, this is not hypothetical. 620 00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:01,480 Speaker 1: The City of Philadelphia went after Catholic charity and Catholic 621 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:06,319 Speaker 1: Charities performed adoption services, and the City of Philadelphia said, well, 622 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,239 Speaker 1: you will not perform adoption services for gay couples, so 623 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: you're out of the adoption businesses. We refuse to do 624 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:17,120 Speaker 1: business with you unless you will perform adoptions for gay couples, 625 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,680 Speaker 1: even though there were lots of other adoption agencies out 626 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: there that did perform adoptions for gay couples. So it's 627 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:26,120 Speaker 1: not like gay couples in Philadelphia couldn't adopt. They just 628 00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:29,480 Speaker 1: couldn't go to Catholic charities and say, hey, violate your 629 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:33,279 Speaker 1: faith and help us adopt. City of Philadelphia tried to 630 00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,680 Speaker 1: ban them. Now thankfully that went to the Supreme Court 631 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:41,279 Speaker 1: and was overturned. This legislation today, I think there's a 632 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:46,960 Speaker 1: very real possibility will reverse that outcome. And a number 633 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: of the Republicans who voted with it. I got in 634 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:51,280 Speaker 1: an argument at the lunch with one of the Republican authors. 635 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 1: I won't identify who it was, but I said, one 636 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,720 Speaker 1: of the outcomes of this is you're going to unleash 637 00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:58,560 Speaker 1: the trial lords, who are going to be funded by 638 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:02,680 Speaker 1: left wing groups suing all of these small charities, small 639 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: Christian school small Jewish schools, universities, churches, and a bunch 640 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,480 Speaker 1: of them are not going to be able to defend themselves, 641 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,080 Speaker 1: not going to have the funds. They're just going to settle. 642 00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,520 Speaker 1: They're just going to give in. It's it's litigation to 643 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,960 Speaker 1: accomplish a public policy goal from the left. They do 644 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: it all the time. And one of my colleagues, who's 645 00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,560 Speaker 1: one of the most vocal sponsors of this bill, said well, 646 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: they can sue. Now, this doesn't change this at all. 647 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 1: I said, well, yes it does. This spill explicitly creates 648 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: a federal cause of action. What is the federal cause 649 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 1: of action? A federal cause of action is it creates 650 00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:43,720 Speaker 1: a right to file a lawsuit that did not exist. 651 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,080 Speaker 1: And my colleagues said, well, a burgh Felt, the Supreme 652 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,960 Speaker 1: Court case did that. I said no, No, A burgh 653 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,359 Speaker 1: Felt did not create a federal cause of action. Nothing 654 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:53,719 Speaker 1: in a burgh Fell created a federal cause of action. 655 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:55,279 Speaker 1: Now a Burgh Fell is the law of the land. 656 00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:59,080 Speaker 1: A Burgha Fell ruled that gay marriage is required by 657 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,960 Speaker 1: the constitution. Disagree with that ruling, but that is the law. 658 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,239 Speaker 1: And the Supreme Court was absolutely unequivocal that it's not 659 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 1: going to revisit that decision. But there is no federal 660 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:13,840 Speaker 1: cause of action. Thanks to twelve of my Republican colleagues 661 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:17,320 Speaker 1: and all of the Democrats, there is now going to 662 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,400 Speaker 1: be a federal cause of action, and every lawsuit that 663 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 1: is filed you can look to the folks who voted 664 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:27,720 Speaker 1: today as why those lawsuits are filed. And it's really 665 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,960 Speaker 1: sad and shocking that this has actually happened, and it's 666 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: been the Republican's fault. I want to move lastly, Senator 667 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:41,440 Speaker 1: to the rail strike possibility. This is a very complex issue. 668 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:46,400 Speaker 1: You've seen Nancy Pelosi. She came out saying that the 669 00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:50,200 Speaker 1: White House today the same meeting that Kevin mccartthey apparently 670 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,759 Speaker 1: was asked to come over for as well. It was 671 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,400 Speaker 1: a meeting they said was important. Here is what Pelosi 672 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,439 Speaker 1: had to say in front of the White House after 673 00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,400 Speaker 1: this meeting, trying to avert this rail strike. Take a listen. 674 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:07,279 Speaker 1: We must avoid a strike. Jobs will be lost, even 675 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: union jobs, will be lost, water will not be safe, 676 00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:14,080 Speaker 1: product will not be going to market. It is we 677 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,120 Speaker 1: could lose seven hundred and fifty thousand jobs, some of 678 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:21,840 Speaker 1: them union jobs, that must be avoided. So tomorrow morning 679 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,680 Speaker 1: in the House, we will bring up the legislation. We'll 680 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,080 Speaker 1: bring it up tomorrow morning, she says in the House. 681 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:31,920 Speaker 1: This is a very interesting thing because she mentions multiple 682 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 1: times their union jobs, union jobs, union jobs. That's the 683 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,040 Speaker 1: obsession of many in the Democratic Party on this. What 684 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,320 Speaker 1: is your take on this rail strike and how do 685 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,040 Speaker 1: we get to this point right before the holidays. Well, 686 00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,239 Speaker 1: Joe Biden and the administration screw this up. And screw 687 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:50,040 Speaker 1: this up badly. And you know, before the election, Joe 688 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,880 Speaker 1: Biden announced, oh, we've averted a rail strike. We solved 689 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,279 Speaker 1: the problem. Turned out that was a lie. It was 690 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:58,200 Speaker 1: exactly like what he said to Saudi Arabia, Hey, will 691 00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:03,360 Speaker 1: you delay restrict oil production until after the election. It 692 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:05,920 Speaker 1: was all about getting past the election. Now that we're 693 00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,759 Speaker 1: past the election, we discovered that Biden has screwed this up. 694 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,960 Speaker 1: So there have been ongoing negotiations that go back to 695 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:17,320 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen between the six Class one freight rail carriers 696 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:22,200 Speaker 1: and twelve different rail labor unions, and they've been ongoing 697 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,400 Speaker 1: and ultimately it went to something that's called the Presidential 698 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,920 Speaker 1: Emergency Board, which is something that has created pursuant to 699 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,600 Speaker 1: a law called the Railway Labor Act. Now, the Presidential 700 00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:39,120 Speaker 1: Emergency Board made a number of recommendations, including increasing wages 701 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:44,000 Speaker 1: for railway workers by twenty four percent over five years. Now, 702 00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:47,560 Speaker 1: twenty four percent sounds like a lot until you reflect 703 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,879 Speaker 1: on the fact that under Biden, inflation is over eight 704 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,160 Speaker 1: percent a year. So just adding up eight percent over 705 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,920 Speaker 1: five years, that's forty percent, and if you compound it, 706 00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,480 Speaker 1: you get closer to fifty percent. So essentially this agreement 707 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:07,080 Speaker 1: raises rail workers salaries about half of what inflation has 708 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:12,360 Speaker 1: increased under Joe Biden the unions. Of the twelve unions, 709 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,360 Speaker 1: eight of the unions voted to approve the deal, so 710 00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:19,480 Speaker 1: they wanted the additional money. But four of the rail 711 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,080 Speaker 1: labor unions voted to reject the deal, and those are 712 00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:25,040 Speaker 1: the members who voted to reject the deal. And in particularly, 713 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:27,880 Speaker 1: what they're pressing for is sick leave. They want a 714 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:31,800 Speaker 1: few more days of sick leave, and they want clear schedules. 715 00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,840 Speaker 1: As I understand it, the way rail workers work is 716 00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:37,920 Speaker 1: the company has enormous ability to say you will work 717 00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:39,480 Speaker 1: this day, and we're not going to tell you, and 718 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:43,440 Speaker 1: we can change it, and so the workers don't have 719 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:47,680 Speaker 1: clarity on when they're working. So this is all headed 720 00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:49,320 Speaker 1: to a strike. Now, let me start by saying a 721 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,800 Speaker 1: strike would be a disaster. It would be catastrophic, It 722 00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,120 Speaker 1: would be really bad. It would impose The projections are 723 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:59,760 Speaker 1: about two billion dollars a day of cost on the economy. 724 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:01,800 Speaker 1: So I don't want to see a rail strike. No 725 00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,160 Speaker 1: one in the right mind wants to see a rail strike. 726 00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,960 Speaker 1: It shouldn't have happened if Biden and the administration, we're 727 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,759 Speaker 1: actually doing their job and engaging and not lying to 728 00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,400 Speaker 1: just before the election. Let's be clear about that. But 729 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:15,879 Speaker 1: at this point, what Joe Biden the Democrats are trying 730 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,800 Speaker 1: to do is they want Congress to step in and 731 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:24,840 Speaker 1: force a deal on the railroads and the unions, and 732 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:28,000 Speaker 1: they want to force the deal that the railroad companies want. 733 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,239 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, I've served in the Senate ten years. 734 00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,359 Speaker 1: We've never done this in the past. There's never been 735 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,919 Speaker 1: any labor dispute where Congress has stepped in and said, 736 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,200 Speaker 1: we're picking the winners, we're picking the losers. And by 737 00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:43,200 Speaker 1: the way, we've decided the management's the winners and the 738 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:46,960 Speaker 1: workers of the losers. That's what Biden is doing. Biden 739 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:50,640 Speaker 1: is screwing the union workers right now. Biden is saying 740 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:54,040 Speaker 1: while claiming that they're helping them, Like you just heard 741 00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:59,239 Speaker 1: the Nancy Pelosi quote. Yes, and so my view is 742 00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:03,720 Speaker 1: this aught be negotiated between the labor unions and the railroads, 743 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:06,000 Speaker 1: and they ought to work it out. And you know, 744 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,600 Speaker 1: I was talking with with with one of the CEOs 745 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:11,520 Speaker 1: of one of the big railroads recently and I asked him, 746 00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:14,560 Speaker 1: you know. I talked to him at home Sunday night 747 00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:17,960 Speaker 1: while I was at home over Thanksgiving, and I said, Okay, 748 00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:24,640 Speaker 1: if Congress does this, what happens next month when there's 749 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:27,560 Speaker 1: a strike of airline pilots? Do we step in also 750 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:31,279 Speaker 1: and resolve the dispute between management and the unions in 751 00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:33,920 Speaker 1: airline pilots? And how about the month after that when 752 00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:36,399 Speaker 1: there's a strike of auto workers, do we step in there? 753 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:39,600 Speaker 1: And is Congress's job now to step in and crush 754 00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:42,960 Speaker 1: the unions and resolve these issues or should they be 755 00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:47,160 Speaker 1: worked out in negotiations between management and the workers? And 756 00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,040 Speaker 1: I think Biden is scared of what is going to come, 757 00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:55,160 Speaker 1: and so what is likely to happen. Biden and Schumer 758 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:57,880 Speaker 1: and Pelosi are going to force through a deal that 759 00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:01,080 Speaker 1: rams a result down on the union workers despite the 760 00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:03,560 Speaker 1: fact that they don't want it. And I stood up 761 00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:06,160 Speaker 1: at lunch today. We actually had a pretty vigorous discussion. 762 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:09,040 Speaker 1: This was the other big topic at lunch, and I 763 00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:10,839 Speaker 1: got up at a couple of other my colleagues got 764 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:16,200 Speaker 1: up and I said, look, I get Historically, Republicans have 765 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:22,160 Speaker 1: been viewed as reflexively pro management and Democrats as reflexively 766 00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:28,279 Speaker 1: pro union. I think one of the most consequential political 767 00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:32,560 Speaker 1: shifts of the last decade is that Republicans have become 768 00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:36,400 Speaker 1: a blue collar party. We are the party of working 769 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,560 Speaker 1: men and women, We are the party of truck drivers 770 00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:41,800 Speaker 1: and steel workers, and we are the party of the 771 00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:46,960 Speaker 1: railroad union workers. And not just that. There are a 772 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:50,320 Speaker 1: lot of Republicans that are old National Chamber of Commerce, 773 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,359 Speaker 1: Republicans that just automatically, if the unions want it, we're 774 00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,320 Speaker 1: against it. And here's what Biden's counting on is that 775 00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:59,360 Speaker 1: some Republicans will come save as Bacon like. My view is, 776 00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:02,560 Speaker 1: I'm not going to step in and force a deal 777 00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:06,080 Speaker 1: that the railroad workers don't want. They ought to negotiate 778 00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:09,440 Speaker 1: that with management and resolve it. And if the Biden 779 00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:11,640 Speaker 1: White House hadn't screwed this up, we wouldn't been this 780 00:47:11,719 --> 00:47:14,520 Speaker 1: mess to begin with. How quickly are we going to 781 00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:18,239 Speaker 1: see movement you think from Congress? I mean, Pelosi says, hey, 782 00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna take this up in the morning, right We're 783 00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:25,120 Speaker 1: gonna get on this right away. Is there anything left 784 00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:28,240 Speaker 1: that the union can do to stop Congress from screwing 785 00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,200 Speaker 1: them or is it pretty much the fix is already 786 00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:34,520 Speaker 1: in so I don't know. It sounds like Pelosi and 787 00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:38,200 Speaker 1: Schumer are willing to ram through Biden's deal, screwing the 788 00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:43,680 Speaker 1: working men. Now, I will say Bernie Sanders also doesn't 789 00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:46,839 Speaker 1: like this deal. But Bernie Sanders wants to introduce legislation 790 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:51,400 Speaker 1: forcibly granting the union members I think in additional five 791 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,879 Speaker 1: days of sick leave. I don't support what Bernie's doing either. 792 00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,120 Speaker 1: I don't think Congress ought to get in the middle 793 00:47:56,160 --> 00:47:59,040 Speaker 1: of this fight and say you win, you lose. Look 794 00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,759 Speaker 1: in abor arrangement, you have the ability, the workers have 795 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,200 Speaker 1: the ability to negotiate with management. They can fight back 796 00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,400 Speaker 1: and forth, and they can resolve at their selves. And 797 00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:10,040 Speaker 1: I don't think it should come down to who has 798 00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,120 Speaker 1: more political strokes. So I don't support Bernie Sanders saying, Okay, 799 00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:16,080 Speaker 1: we agree with we're just going to mandate the results. 800 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:18,960 Speaker 1: But I also don't think management ought to be able 801 00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:21,839 Speaker 1: to run to the White House and say we want 802 00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:25,440 Speaker 1: your help to squash what four of these twelve unions 803 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:30,320 Speaker 1: unions their members vot voted that they wanted. It'll be 804 00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:34,200 Speaker 1: interesting to see how this ends up. And again, it's 805 00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,880 Speaker 1: weird when you hear concertives as you just mentioned it. 806 00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:38,799 Speaker 1: It was not exactly what I thought you were going 807 00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,439 Speaker 1: to stay, Senator, but it makes sense. What you're saying 808 00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:44,440 Speaker 1: is let them negotiate this and don't give them a 809 00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:46,960 Speaker 1: bad deal. By the way, can I give you an 810 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:52,399 Speaker 1: interesting bit of historical trivia? Sure, So, the last time 811 00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:57,759 Speaker 1: there was a rail strike, Congress stepped in and resolved it. 812 00:48:57,920 --> 00:49:01,839 Speaker 1: Now what Congress did is it it adopted the recommendation 813 00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,080 Speaker 1: of the Presidential Board. Here, it's not actually the recommendation 814 00:49:05,120 --> 00:49:08,000 Speaker 1: of the Presidential Board that Biden wants to do. It's 815 00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:10,840 Speaker 1: what's called a tentative agreement, which is modified from what 816 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:16,759 Speaker 1: the board recommended. But ninety two Congress did that. There 817 00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:20,080 Speaker 1: were six senators who voted against the settlement that ended 818 00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:22,920 Speaker 1: the nineteen ninety two rail strike. You know who one 819 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:26,760 Speaker 1: of the six senators was? Who is that? Joe Biden? Wow? 820 00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:33,759 Speaker 1: Wow history there. Yeah, you weren't joking. Ah, this is 821 00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:36,120 Speaker 1: gonna be a mess right before the holiday, Senator. I 822 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:38,479 Speaker 1: appreciate it. 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