1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: When you're ready to ride Metro, we want you to 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: know we're ready for you. Here are just a few 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: of the people at Metro to tell you how we're 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: doing our part to keep riders safe. We're cleaning like 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: noble before half build a greatly. You've found hands down 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: of towns of stations Metro no mask, no Metro need one. 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: We have a few extras at Metro. We're doing our 8 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: part to keep the DC area moving. Find out more 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: at well mata dot com slash doing our part the 10 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: Armstrong and Getty Show. The greatest geopolitical threat to the 11 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: United States right now, Congressman Delaney, Well, the biggest geopolitical 12 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: challenge is China, But geopolitical threat remins nuclear weapons, right 13 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: So those are you know that? Got your question? Totally? 14 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: Get it? Go ahead, Governorsley. The biggest threat to the 15 00:00:55,080 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: security United States is Donald Trump, and there's no grass 16 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: greatest geo political threat. The greatest threat that we face 17 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: is the fact that we were at a greater risk 18 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: of nuclear war today than ever before in history. Center 19 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: threats economic threat, China. But our major threat right now 20 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: is what's going on in the Mid East with Iran. 21 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: If we don't get trying to keep it at cleer, 22 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: slimmer than what we've been going here. One or two 23 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: existential threat is climate change. We have to confront it 24 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: before it's too late. Center one, Climate Change Center Booker, 25 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: Nuclear Proliferation and Climate Change Secretary Castra China, and Climate 26 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: Change Congressman Ryan China. Without a question, they're wiping us 27 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: around the world economically, and Mr Mayor Russia because they're 28 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: trying to undermine our democracy and they've been doing a 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: pretty damn good job of that. We need to stop them. 30 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: But the Trump blasts got the biggest cheer of the night. 31 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: People were just hankering for that. I'm surprised more candidates 32 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: didn't take the easy because we've been in front of 33 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: crowds like that where we can say something mean about 34 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosian, people are gonna how with applause or laughter 35 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: or something. I mean, it's just the lowest of low 36 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 1: hanging fruit, and very few people for it. Sometimes the 37 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: cheapest pleasures of the finest pleasures. I'd like to congratulate 38 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: Corey Booker for almost getting through nuclear proliferation. Tom Rogan 39 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: is a commentary writer for The Washington Examiner. He writes 40 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: on foreign policy, but is certainly up on the issues 41 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: of the day, and Tom joins us. Now, Tom, how 42 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: are you, sir? With you? Thanks for having me. It's 43 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: our pleasure. We're both great fans of your contributions to 44 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 1: Special Report with Brett Bear. Terrific job. Oh well, thank 45 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: you very much. I really appreciate that. So listen, I 46 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: know your your most recent piece in the Washington Examiner 47 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: is about Elizabeth Warren appearing to be everything she is, 48 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 1: which is intelligent, well informed, forceful. I can't standard policies, 49 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: but she's an impressive plan. Um, But you think that's 50 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: actually good news for the president? Well, I do. I 51 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: think when we think about what will actually decide this election, 52 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: which is the the general election race between two candidates 53 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: and their running mates, I think, in terms of Elizabeth 54 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: Warren's policy positions and President Trump's economy, his position on 55 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,399 Speaker 1: a lot of foreign policy issues China is the most 56 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: dominant one. He is in a better place to be 57 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: able to use persuade people who have not yet made 58 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,399 Speaker 1: their minds up at that block of the center that 59 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: he would his presidency for another four years would be 60 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: preferable to hers for a new four years. I don't 61 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: think it would be terribly difficult for him to make 62 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: the argument that her policies would be an enormous gamble economically, 63 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: chuck off the economy, increase unemployment, that sort of thing. 64 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: Speaking of low hanging fruit, I think that is yeah. 65 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 1: And I think the policy detail here of what she's proposing, 66 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: which is, uh, you know, really far further to the 67 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: left than in a clearly objective sense than the campaign 68 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: would like to admit. And we take for example, a 69 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: supporting Senator Sanders Bernie Sanders healthcare plan, which would deny 70 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: the right of individual choice, which Democrats tend to talk 71 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: a lot about. That would be something that President Trump 72 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: we could expect to go on have plan to quite 73 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 1: dramatically increase taxes and regulation in the economy, which, in 74 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: an environment of hyper competitiveness around the world, would seem 75 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: to be a poor choice. And it's not simply that 76 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: these are poor policy decisions. On the point of the 77 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: strong economy allows President Trump to say, why take a 78 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: gamble on these divergent approaches to governing the economy when 79 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: my economy is doing so so well? And the incumbent factor, 80 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: of course, is that the economy needs to remain healthy 81 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: into into late next year. Congressman Ryan talking about, Look, 82 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: we've got a perception problem where people think we're, you know, 83 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: a coastal party of ivy leaguers. We need to get 84 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: back to you know, Midwestern working class roots. That sort 85 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 1: of attitude has got to scare Trump. It did, it does. 86 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: But you know, the advantage for President Trump's that the 87 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: Democratic primary process, and the best I think evidence for 88 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 1: this is Ensley's comment that Trump is the greatest collector 89 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: to the world, secure to American security. The primary basis 90 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: so far to the left and so driven by the 91 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 1: belief that Trump is an admiration who can be defeated 92 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: by a pretty far left candidate that I I just 93 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: don't think, you know, Ryan Delaney, I don't think they 94 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: get near the denomination, and so yes, on paper, it 95 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: would be a serious concern for the president. I think 96 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: it's a concern with Joe Biden. Um. But again that 97 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: the pressures from the left and the Democratic Party in 98 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: some way are an equalizing force, uh, you know for 99 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: President Trump. Tom Rogan, commentary writer for The Washington Examiner. 100 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: I was just looking at your Biotom that you're a U. 101 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: S U. S. Citizen with a British accent. He likes 102 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: William Shakespeare, Larry David and Harald Pilkington. You have no idea, 103 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: how my heart, Carl Pilkington. That's fabulous, man. You make 104 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 1: me want to run back and listen to the old 105 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: Ricky Gervais podcasts. I know they're all on YouTube, so 106 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,240 Speaker 1: that's what I do and I'm having a bad day. 107 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: That's such a good idea. What do you think of 108 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: all the Spanish speaking last night? That was a landmark event, 109 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: really the amount of Spanish in a national debate. How 110 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: many people like that? How many people does that turn 111 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: off in a general election strategy? Well, I think I 112 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: think the concern here and we will be saw. You know, 113 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: with President Trump does actually better with Hispanic American US 114 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: than than I think people expect around as I understand that, Uh, 115 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,839 Speaker 1: certainly there's an opportunity for conservatives to boost that in 116 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 1: the future. I think the concern for Democrats is that 117 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: if you do this in a way that seems disingenuous, 118 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: seems that you are just offering platitudes to people rather 119 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: than policy prescriptions. And again we think about the growth 120 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: of employment at the minority level of the minority amounts, 121 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: which is unprecedented quite frankly under the current economy. But 122 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 1: that is something President Trump can point to what makes 123 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: it life better words or action. And secondly, I think 124 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 1: there is a danger that the general election voters will 125 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: regard this as the same kind of thing that turn't 126 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: that allowed people to vote for President Trump even if 127 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: they didn't like him, because they thought, well, at least 128 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: he doesn't care about political correctness. I think political correctness 129 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: is so anathema to a lot of Americans outside you know, 130 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: the major metropolitan areas that frankly, it's a big danger. 131 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: It seems it seemed too contrived, it seemed too disingenuous, 132 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: And in that I think it was it's a political 133 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: opportunity for the President Trump well, in that attitude towards 134 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: political correctness describes a lot of people on the left 135 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: as well. I think there's just a growing awareness that 136 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: it is obnoxious and suffocating in the rest of it. 137 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: Tom Listen, it's an obvious question, but what the heck 138 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 1: gets fund to bandy about? Who do you think really 139 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: gained some steam last night? In particular, I think I 140 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: think Elizabeth Warren for the reason that she held her 141 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: own and maintain momentum, and I think, you know, frankly, 142 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: it's it's it's looking. I think like Joe Biden and 143 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: Bernie Sanders running into the there's the three fronts interesting. 144 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: Tom Rogan, commentary writer for the Washington Examiner. Tom were 145 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: about out of time. Enjoyed the chat very much. I 146 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: hope we can do it again. Yes, it was great, 147 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: Thanks for having me on. I really appreciate our pleasure. 148 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: Well done. Thanks. I think Mayor Pete would like to 149 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: argue with that and maybe put forth tonight an opportunity 150 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,959 Speaker 1: to be in a in a group of four that 151 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,599 Speaker 1: stand out from everybody else. But we'll see. Um we 152 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: got this text. Please give Rachel Maddow some credit for 153 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: being the best moderator. I think she was the best 154 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: of the bunch last night. I think Rachel Maddow Brett 155 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: Bear together would be pretty good to cover most sides 156 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: of it. That would be good. I would she would 157 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: be much more aggressively progressive than he would be aggressively 158 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: uh conservative, but they could probably work that out. Yeah. 159 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: I think she's a very bright and reasonable person. She 160 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: just you know, she was also the most forceful person 161 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: there and being willing to shut people up. No, no, 162 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: you stop, you know, I mean she's the only one 163 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: willing to do that. Ye, what's coming up in your news? 164 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 1: Marshal Spray Court closing out this session with decisions on 165 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: two major cases. One of the Democratic candidates on the 166 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: death penalty for people who clog up the left lane. 167 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: Yet not yet the Court every year for the last 168 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: twenty seven years, we want cruel and unusual. Lot of 169 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: the Democratic candidates made a lot of noise at last 170 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: night's debate, and we've got more proof Amazon is taking 171 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:45,839 Speaker 1: over the world. So Mayor Pete and granted a lot 172 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: of the talking head stuff that gets thrown around with 173 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: great enthusiasm. You know, days later it's forgotten. But the 174 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,559 Speaker 1: consensus that Mayor Pete really looked weak in dealing with 175 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: this cop crisis there in his hometown. It's pretty widespread. 176 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if the loom is an off his rose. Well, 177 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: we'll find out. Yeah, the I remember all the pundits 178 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: saying Elizabeth Warren's gonna get it from all sides last night. 179 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 1: She didn't get one arrow her way. If you pardon 180 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: the express how we're love Armstrong and Getty when you're 181 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: ready to ride Metro, we want you to know we're 182 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: ready for you. Here are just a few of the 183 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: people at Metro to tell you how we're doing our 184 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:25,200 Speaker 1: part to keep riders safe. We're cleaning like noble before 185 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: we half build it greatly. You've found halfs out of 186 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 1: town of stations Metro no mask, no Metro need one. 187 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: We have a few extras at Metro. We're doing our 188 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 1: part to keep the DC area moving. Find out more 189 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: at well mata dot com, slash doing our part