1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: That we have come out to. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 2: Do the way I get Salas saying you a conscious 3 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 2: will be entire tell and if you want a little 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 2: banging again, I come along. 5 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: Think of how easy it would be to be a 6 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: damn Republican. 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:22,760 Speaker 2: Oh what should I wear today? 8 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: This stupid freaking red hat. What should I say today? 9 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:26,239 Speaker 2: I don't know. 10 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 3: Just make sure it's cruel. 11 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 2: Democratic ages have sued this dude forty four times, and 12 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 2: we'll assue him forty four more and forty four more 13 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 2: after that. We could lose everything. 14 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 4: We could lose our democracy, our constitutional republic, all because 15 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:44,959 Speaker 4: of one man cradom. 16 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 1: Is that style? Welcome to the revolution that we have 17 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 1: come in to your. 18 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 2: On the way I get Salas and saying you a 19 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 2: conscious silt. New Sean Hannity Show, More behind the scenes 20 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 2: on Freaking News and more bold inspired solutions for America. 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 2: Hello America, It's Peter Schweitzer and that is Eric Eggers, 22 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 2: and we're filling in for Sean today. We're with a 23 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 2: government accountability Institute. We have a podcast which you can 24 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 2: find out about at the drill down dot com and 25 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 2: you can join the conversation one eight hundred nine four 26 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 2: one seven three two six when h nine four one 27 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 2: seven three two six. We have a great guest. Now 28 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 2: we live in the Sunshine State, the great state of Florida. 29 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,839 Speaker 2: I've been here for thirty plus years. You were born 30 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: here and raised here. New Lieutenant governor appointed just a 31 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago, Jay Collins a real badass. Now 32 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 2: it's hard to think of politicians as being a badass. 33 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 3: Well especially lieutenant governors, because like it's like lieutenant governor 34 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 3: is kind of like vice president but worse. 35 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: You know, it's like, what do you actually do? 36 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 3: Florida has been famous for not having one for an 37 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 3: extended period of time, so that we have one, it 38 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 3: was news a couple of weeks ago, but then when 39 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 3: they picked the one they picked, it became even more newsworthy. 40 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 3: And he's been to work quickly. 41 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 2: Yeah. So Jay Collins is a former Green Beret. He's 42 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 2: been a state senator. He's introduced and passed great legislation 43 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 2: that we're going to talk about. But we want to 44 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 2: talk to him first of all about what's going on 45 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 2: with regards to illegal immigration in the state of Florida 46 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 2: and the initiatives that are taking place there. Lieutenant Governor 47 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 2: Collins how are you. 48 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: I'm doing well. Thank you for having me on today. 49 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 2: So tell us we had this terrible tragedy in the 50 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 2: Florida Highway where three in some people died. You had 51 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 2: this migrant illegally in the country who took that incredible 52 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: U turn in traffic. Three people died. You actually went 53 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 2: and brought him back to the state of Florida to 54 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:46,519 Speaker 2: face justice. You essentially purp walked him off of the 55 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 2: plane and you said, there's absolutely no leniency for what 56 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 2: he did. Tell us why this issue is so important 57 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 2: to you, and what are the some of the tangible 58 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 2: things that the state of Florida is doing that's different 59 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: compared to a lot of other states around the country. 60 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: Well, hey, that's a great question, and let's just kind 61 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: of start with where this thing all began. Three innocent 62 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: lives were ended early because of somebody who crossed over 63 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,639 Speaker 1: the California border in twenty eighteen illegally gained the asylum 64 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: system in a state that we know, frankly cares more 65 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: about legal immigrants than they do Californians American citizens, and 66 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: certainly obviously don't care what happened in Florida to our people. 67 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: But we do so. Yes, absolutely, I had no faith 68 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: nor did the governor, to see that Gavin Newsom was 69 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: going to follow along do the right thing. So we 70 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: went over there, we held the press conference, we talked 71 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: about it, we made sure that everyone knew we were there, 72 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: and then we made sure this got brought back because 73 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: what I want our people to know is that our 74 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: government is going to go over there. We're going to 75 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: stand for them and make sure that somebody faces justice. 76 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: Because what if that was your loved one. What if 77 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: that was your neighbor, someone you knew, and they lost 78 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: their life and they were playing the game with the 79 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: asylum system, or in California or New Mexico or some 80 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: other liberal statement just doesn't want to follow President Trump's agenda, 81 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: Donald Governor of Stantus's agenda, or frankly just basic common sense. 82 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: Somebody has to lead, and we are the conservative proving 83 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 1: grounds of America. And that's what we did. 84 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 3: Now, you guys have been leading, not just in terms 85 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 3: of being aggressive to go retrieve this individual. Wall Street 86 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 3: Journal chronicled the efforts to deputize members of the Florida 87 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 3: State Highway Patrol to be kind of the boots on 88 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 3: the ground as part of the immigration enforcement. Obviously, there's 89 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 3: been the Alligator Alcatraz that's been now they're fighting over 90 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 3: in court, but that's gotten a lot of headlines as well. 91 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 3: Why is immigration such a big issue to your administration now? 92 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 1: Well, look, the American people made this completely clear. They 93 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: want the illegal immigration problem taken care of. That was 94 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: made clear when President Trump won with an overwhelming majority. 95 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 1: And where are we at, well here or we take 96 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: that seriously? We think that when the American people implority 97 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: and say they want to taken care of, well, we're 98 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: going to do that. Our two eighty seven g agreements 99 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: they lead the way across every state. You saw Alligator Alcatraz. 100 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,679 Speaker 1: As you mentioned, deportation depot. We're out there actively working 101 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: with our highway patrol or other law enforcement because as 102 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: required for them to work with our federal assets to 103 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: keep this thing moving forward. Ultimately, you know, everything we 104 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: do keeps our people safer. And I really wish other 105 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: governors would step up and stand up for their people 106 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: and do the same thing. How much better would our 107 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: nation be if they took this opportunity with leadership by 108 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: President Trump pushed down to have the state support them. 109 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: We can really make a difference and follow through on 110 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: the exact same things we said we were going to do. 111 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: That's what people want to see, and that's what leadership 112 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: is all about. 113 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 3: And I know leaderships are very important issue to you. 114 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 3: And it's weird. You know, you're a lieutenant governor now 115 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 3: you've been in the legislature. For a politician or a 116 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,720 Speaker 3: bureaucrat a tough day, it can be like back back teams, 117 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 3: meetings with an ornery it department or something. But for you, you, 118 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 3: I know, as the state senator, you went to Israel 119 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 3: at when the Iran Israel conflict was at its height, 120 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 3: and you went there to try to rescue and help 121 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 3: get people that were over there who might have been 122 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 3: harm's way back home to safety. Talk about that. What 123 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 3: motivated you to do that and what's that like? Just 124 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 3: I mean, we've heard stories, but I know that was 125 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 3: something that was very important to you and why you 126 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 3: felt like you needed to. 127 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: Do it, And Eric, thank you for that. Look, I'm 128 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: going to quote some of my liberal colleagues from California 129 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: right who serve in the legislature and other roles. I 130 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: don't identify as a politician. I identify as God fearing gun, 131 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: loving freedom, defending bacon eating one legged retired Green Beret. 132 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: I mean, the leadership comes from the front. We put 133 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: our people first, and you got to put your money 134 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: and your butt where your mouth is. So that's what 135 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: we did. I sow it Israel because what if that 136 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: was my loved one, What if my children life, We're 137 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: trapped in the country with Iran shooting nobilistic missiles at them. 138 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: I would hope and pray that our leadership stood up 139 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: and did that. And I love how the Trump team, 140 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: how President Trump has pushed down emergencies to the States. 141 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: This was an emergency. He has clearly said the States 142 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: would step up and lead. And that's what we did. 143 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: We partnered with them, we worked beside them, and ultimately 144 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: brought them back right here to Florida. And it wasn't 145 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: just Floridians. We brought back over twenty three hundred American 146 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: citizens that are safer got to see their families because 147 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: we took the opportunity given us to step up and 148 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: fight for our people and bring them home. How many 149 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: more can we have brought back if other governors would 150 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: have done the right thing and stood up for their 151 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: people the same way. 152 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: Well, Lieutenant Governor, you were there and it was a 153 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 2: war zone. So I have to tell you I've never 154 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 2: been in a war zone. I don't want to be 155 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 2: in a war zone. What does a missile actually sound like? 156 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 2: What does it feel like to be in a situation 157 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 2: where missiles are being fired at the location where you 158 00:07:59,520 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 2: happen to be. 159 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you this was kind of like an 160 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: old pair of boots. I gotta be honest when I 161 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: tell you I didn't want to run for politics or 162 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: getting involved in politics. I really meant that I'm here 163 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: because I saw no other way to solve problems. I 164 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: believe in making a difference for our people, and you 165 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: can't stand on the sideline. We are just at that 166 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: point in life and I've been shot at and I've 167 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: been shot by a couple of things. This is my 168 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: first time with ballistic missiles. Shared the noise they might 169 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: coming across the sky is unlike anything I had seen. 170 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: Explosions are pretty amazing. We had some land within a 171 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: few hundred feet of us. There was going everywhere, you know. 172 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:46,079 Speaker 1: Luckily in Israel there were bunkers and bomb shelters. We 173 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: got people in there, but the risk is very real. 174 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 1: We were out there with a group of people just 175 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 1: trying to get them on the buses to drive to 176 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: the Georganian border, and we had a bunch of our 177 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: running missiles start hitting the ground around us. So mid 178 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: stride we had to get them in the bunker, get safe, 179 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 1: and I'm popping up checking to see, you know, what 180 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: are we done, what's going on? Get updates and they're 181 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: still coming. The barrage was real, but you know what, 182 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:14,520 Speaker 1: we did what we had to do. Because after it 183 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: was done, we dust it off, we collected our stuff, 184 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,719 Speaker 1: we got back on mission, We got him on a bus, 185 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: and we got them back to America safely with their families. 186 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: Because again, that's the kind of leadership we need to 187 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,439 Speaker 1: have in this country. People are tired of politicians you 188 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: say one thing and do another. I want to be, 189 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 1: and I have been, as a leader, someone who says 190 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 1: what I mean. I mean what I say, and I 191 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: follow it up with actions. That's the American way. 192 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 3: So some of your actions are, in my opinion, Lieutenant 193 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 3: Governor Collins, among the more interesting and important parts of 194 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 3: your story. And if you're just joining in, if you're 195 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 3: not sure, who's the voice that is that's Lieutenant Governor 196 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 3: Jay Collins. He's only on the job as Lieutenant governor 197 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 3: under Rond DeSantis for a couple of weeks, using the 198 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 3: state legislature before that. 199 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 2: But your story. 200 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 3: You are a Green Beret, You're in Afghanistan, you were 201 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 3: part of a firefight, and you suffered an injury that 202 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 3: ultimately led to the loss of your leg. And not 203 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 3: to focus on because you're the one said you're a 204 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 3: one legged Green Beret, but it's not like it was instantaneous. 205 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 3: Just talk a little bit about the process that ultimately 206 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 3: led you to make this incredible decision you chose to 207 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 3: have your leg amputated, and then talk about what happened 208 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 3: to you after that. 209 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:26,319 Speaker 4: So I did. 210 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: I had been hurt in two thousand and seven and 211 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: it was kind of a rough year. I got shot, 212 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: ended up doing surgery on myself in Afghanistan. I did 213 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: a fasciotomy on my arm, saved my arm. But I 214 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: do have two arms and one leg, so I must 215 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: have done. I did. Okay, I'm pretty pretty comfortable with 216 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 1: that one. And then later on I got hit by 217 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: a mortar when they were trying to overrun our firebase, 218 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: and again apparently getting blown up is bad for you. 219 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: Who knew, right, I didn't know what it happened, because 220 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: when you're fighting for your life, you fight for your life. 221 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: If it's a no fail mission, you don't fail. Fought 222 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 1: and we won, and we pushed the enemy out and 223 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: didn't really realize how badly I had been hurt. You know, 224 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 1: I had a headache, dusted it off, got happy and healthy, 225 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: and just did what we had to do. But as 226 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: time went on, it was a very insidious breakdown of 227 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: my leg. Eventually I started having weird pains and my leg. 228 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: I would want to go left and it wouldn't go left, 229 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: it would go right, or it would not work at all, 230 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: and I'd trip and fall. And you know, it was 231 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 1: hard to understand because I had been in a very 232 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: select group of people where my physicality was really how 233 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 1: I did things and how I got by. And you know, Eric, 234 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:43,839 Speaker 1: You've heard me say this many times. Man, God's plan 235 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:45,840 Speaker 1: is so much bigger than our plan. All I wanted 236 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: to do was be a Green Beret, or fight amongst 237 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: the very select people to tip of the speirarit doing 238 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: things for our country nobody knew about. But that wasn't 239 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: God's plan. I got injured and I had to learn 240 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: to use other skills and accept help and get up 241 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: in a new way. And that's what I had to do. 242 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: So over the next six and a half years or so, 243 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: I went through a slow manifestation of my leg dying. 244 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 1: I went through multiple surgeries and multiple exams and a 245 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: lot of misdiagnosis before they figured out what was going on. 246 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: And in twenty fourteen they cut my leg off and 247 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: about a year about a year later, I requalified as 248 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: a Green Beret. I was found fully fit for duty, 249 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: and I had to earn my place back in our 250 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: tribe because in that regiment, and as a Green Beret, 251 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: there's only one standard. And I got to say, I 252 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:34,599 Speaker 1: am so grateful for the people who gave me the 253 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: opportunity to prove myself because I didn't want it given. 254 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 1: I had to earn it, and anything of value you 255 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: have to earn. And again, so grateful that people gave 256 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: me the chance to do that, because again there's some 257 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: culpability with me as well. I should have taken a 258 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: knee and I should have faced out. I should have 259 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: realized that when things hurt and they didn't work, maybe 260 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: I should quit. But when you reach a pinnacle of 261 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 1: an organization like these, the last thing you want to 262 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: do is leave. And not five besides your brother, not 263 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: five beside the people who you would give your life for. 264 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 1: In an instant and Adam. 265 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 2: Well, Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins, it's great to have you on. 266 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,319 Speaker 2: We've got thirty seconds left. I want to ask you, 267 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: are you going to run for governor of the State 268 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 2: of Florida. 269 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you what I think. We're going on 270 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: two weeks now. That's a great question. I am trying 271 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: to be the best lieutenant governor I can be for 272 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: the goat for America's Governor Ron DeSantis, finally getting my 273 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 1: foot weg the other one too, and trying to make 274 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: a difference. We'll continue to assess, but in the end, 275 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 1: I'm really hyper focused on my job as lieutenant governor 276 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: right now. 277 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 2: Well, as we said, a true badass for Lieutenant governor 278 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 2: of the State of Florida. Jay Collins, thanks for joining us. 279 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 2: We appreciate you in the audience listening as well. We 280 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 2: will be back in a minute. We've got more guests, 281 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,719 Speaker 2: We've got more conversation. The next hour we're going to 282 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 2: have at the bottom of that hour in NFL, so 283 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 2: please stay tuned. 284 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 3: Welcome back to the Sean Handy Show. Peter Schweizer, Eric 285 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 3: Eggers back in for Seawan. We're having a very important 286 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,439 Speaker 3: conversation about law and order. And you just heard from 287 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 3: Lieutenant Governor Florida J. Collins, you know, who has served 288 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 3: in the military, and they have deputized some of their 289 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 3: own state law enforcement officials to be the boots on 290 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 3: the ground for the federal level of ice enforcement. But 291 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 3: another thing that Florida is doing is they are attracting 292 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 3: law enforcement officials from around the country. We talked about 293 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 3: one of New York's having a big cop shortage right 294 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 3: down it's about to get worse. Thirty seven hundred troops 295 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 3: become eligible for their twenty year pension I think this year, 296 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 3: and a lot of those people are leaving cities where 297 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 3: they feel like the leadership is hospible law enforcement and 298 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 3: going to places like Florida where that leadership is much 299 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 3: more pro A police officer. 300 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, so what do you think out there? Do you 301 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 2: think we need more cops on the street. Do you 302 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 2: feel like America's cities are safe? Join the conversation one 303 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 2: eight hundred ninety four one seven three two six ninety 304 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 2: four to one. SHO, we'd love to hear your opinions 305 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 2: and thoughts on that. Seems like a lot of the 306 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 2: elites are saying crimes aren't an issue, carjackings aren't a problem, 307 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 2: just accept it and live with it. I'm wondering if 308 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 2: that's your experience out there in the audience, or if 309 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 2: you have a different perspective on crime. 310 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 3: It was interesting to hear Harmey Dillon with the Attorney 311 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 3: General's Office say that it's because those liberal elites tend 312 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 3: to live in places where crime is not much of 313 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 3: an issue. It's kind of one of those bonfire the vanities. 314 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 3: To use a reference from some literary and cinematic by 315 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 3: the way, pretty good, but I do think that, you know, 316 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 3: she sounds like they're not super eager, at least in 317 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 3: the Attorney General's Office to make the people like JB. 318 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 3: Pritzker or Brandon Johnson Chicago, or the mayor of Baltimore 319 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 3: take the troops from the federal level take accept military 320 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 3: assistance even though it's obviously having a profound and beneficial 321 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 3: impact in Washington, DC. Two weeks without a murder. All 322 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 3: the major crime statistics are down across the board. 323 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, I just don't understand the notion. I mean, we 324 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,240 Speaker 2: hear this all the time, and I tend to agree 325 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 2: with it. When when a child dies, you know, they 326 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 2: say one death is too much, When a homeless person dies, 327 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 2: one person is too much. But when it comes to crime, 328 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 2: innocent people getting carjacked, getting killed, it's not so bad, 329 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 2: it's acceptable. It's just weird to me, this blind spot 330 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 2: that they have for crime. Maybe I'm the one out 331 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 2: of touch. Maybe people out there in America aren't concerned 332 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 2: about it, but I think we should be. And I 333 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 2: think the numbers, they oftentimes lie about the numbers, they 334 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 2: manipulate the numbers, And I think the perception that people 335 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 2: have is correct, which is that's a serious problem. 336 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 3: Well, if Donald Trump can do for America's crime what 337 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 3: he did for the Cracker Broll logo, we'll all be 338 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 3: a lot safer at night. We'll continue that conversation. He's 339 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 3: Peter Schwizer, I'm Eric Eggers. This is the Sean Handy Show. 340 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: Give us a call. 341 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 3: We'll talk to you next one hundred and nine for 342 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 3: one Sean one eight hundred and nine for one seven, three, 343 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 3: two six, exposing government waste and abuse of your liberties 344 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 3: every day. 345 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 2: Sean Hannity is on right now, Hey as Peter Schweizer, 346 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 2: That is Eric Eggers. We are filling in for Shawn. 347 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 2: Join the conversation. One eight hundred ninety four one seven, three, 348 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 2: two six, nine four one Sean. Very busy news day. 349 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 2: We have the tragedy in Minnesota, the shooting that's taking 350 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 2: place there. We have the controversy over a crime and 351 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 2: the deployment of the National Guard. Just saw that Vladimir 352 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 2: Putin is now threatening to march on Paris. I don't 353 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 2: know how that is going to go, but we want 354 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 2: to hear what you think about the crime problem in America. 355 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 2: And coming up in the next hour, we have a 356 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 2: couple of really terrific guests, so you'll want to stay tuned. 357 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 2: Josh Cherard is going to join us. He's the director 358 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 2: of law enforcement for Berna, but we're going to have 359 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 2: him on because he's a former law enforcement officer, He's 360 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 2: been at the scene of shootings. We're going to go 361 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:54,159 Speaker 2: greater and into depth what actually happened in Minneapolis and 362 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 2: how they might be prevented and then at five point thirty, 363 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 2: we have an NFL legend. I remember watching this guy 364 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,760 Speaker 2: when I was young in the eighties and high school 365 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 2: and college. Mike Singletary of du Bears of Chicago Hall 366 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 2: of Fame linebacker. He is going to give us, I think, 367 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 2: an encouraging note about character, value and hard work and 368 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 2: the importance of all of those to the future of 369 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 2: our country. Something inspiring as we get ready for labor deck. 370 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, well it's football season too, right, So if you're 371 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 3: getting sad and a little frustrated here, as often people 372 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 3: do when you listen to programs like this, it can 373 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 3: be easy to become discouraged. And so I know Mike 374 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 3: Singletary has a book out about that. He's meant to 375 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 3: inspire every generation, give people something to kind of aspire 376 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 3: to the vision that their life is meant to be. 377 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 3: It's a really cool thing. He's got some cool stories 378 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:44,359 Speaker 3: about that. He's also newly with the Baylor radio program. 379 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 3: So maybe we'll get a little bit of a college 380 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 3: football because college football starts tonight. I know, we were joking. 381 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 3: In the last segment of every show, Sean normally talks 382 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,120 Speaker 3: about what he's going to do on his television show 383 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 3: that night. Yeah, fun fact about Peter Schwarz and me. 384 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 3: We don't have TV shows, so we're like, what should 385 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 3: we talk about in the last segment? For me, it's football. 386 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 3: For me, it's football. You got Florida State play in 387 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 3: Alabama this weekend. We finally get revenge being snubbed in 388 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 3: the playoff couple of years ago. But no, but we 389 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 3: do want to talk to you, so give us a call. 390 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 3: It one eight hundred and nine four one sean one 391 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,359 Speaker 3: eight hundred and nine one seven three two six. And 392 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 3: we have someone who's called in about the law enforcement. 393 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 3: We have Patty from Florida, the Great Free State of Florida. Patty, 394 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 3: what do you think is going on with law enforcement 395 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 3: around these cities around the country. 396 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 4: I think in general, we've had some bad actors and 397 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 4: they get a lot of publicity. I think there has 398 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 4: been a decline in the respect and appreciation for what 399 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 4: law enforcement provides us day in and day out. Three 400 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 4: sixty five And I remember when I was a little girl, 401 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 4: we would dress up as police officers. It was it 402 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 4: was an honor to have police officers in your neighborhood 403 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 4: that you knew that you could trust. Them, and we 404 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 4: were always encouraged if there was a problem to go 405 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 4: seek out police office. Unfortunately, those bad actors got more 406 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 4: publicity and more headlined than the good ones, and it's unfortunate. 407 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 4: But I think it's starting to turn around and people 408 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 4: are understanding, just like with the military after Vietnam, you know, 409 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 4: these heroes came back and were spat on, and people 410 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 4: are slowly starting to understand and turn around. They're doing 411 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 4: the mission of our country. They don't just decide to 412 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 4: go over somewhere and fight, and when they come home 413 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 4: they need to be treated like heroes. They don't need 414 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 4: to be disrespected. And I'm so grateful to see a 415 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:41,440 Speaker 4: turnaround now. And also it goes back to Coney and 416 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 4: they're in the federal government when we had high officials, 417 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 4: high ranking officials. We're uncovering now the deceit and deception 418 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 4: and betrayal that they have committed against our country, our people, 419 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 4: and our president. And I think that's what's happened. There's 420 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 4: just been a gradual decloning and I'm grateful to see 421 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 4: this turnaround. 422 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,719 Speaker 2: Well, Patty, I think that's so well said, because oftentimes 423 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 2: in institutions, you're going to have bad actors. As you said, 424 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,239 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter if you're talking about the church, if 425 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 2: you're talking about government, if you're talking about Wall Street, 426 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 2: you're going to have bad actors. And the point about 427 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 2: the disrespect is true. You had that situation where, you know, 428 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,879 Speaker 2: people were kind of making fun of it, that Department 429 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 2: of Justice employee who threw the subway sandwich at the 430 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 2: federal law enforcement officer. They went to a grand jury. 431 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 2: The grand jury's not going to indict them. You know, 432 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 2: to me, it's not a question if it's a sandwich, 433 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 2: it's the notion that you're going to violently throw something 434 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 2: a law enforcement officer is just to me, patently absurd 435 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 2: and ridiculous and a sad comment on the fact that 436 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 2: people get joy and pleasure out of seeing law enforcement 437 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 2: officers harassed or even assaulted. 438 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 3: We talked about how with the intentional misrepresentation of crime 439 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 3: statistics that we know Washington d C has engaged in, 440 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 3: and when it's impossible not to receive claims of Baltimore, 441 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,440 Speaker 3: Chicago's decline and crime in the same lens, and we 442 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 3: talked about how it's connected to a heightened tolerance for crime. 443 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 3: Do you think it's fair to connect that with something 444 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 3: that you and I and what the work we've done 445 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 3: here at the Government Accountability Institute have chronicled, which is 446 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 3: connected to the tolerance for crime on behalf of elected leaders. 447 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 3: You know, we've we've now seen, because of the declassified timeline, 448 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 3: something that you know, you worked with the FBI to 449 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,760 Speaker 3: try to expose the Clintons when you wrote the book 450 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 3: Clinton Cash. We now know that at the highest levels, 451 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 3: a number of agents whose job it is to enforce 452 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 3: the law said hey, we think there's something here. We 453 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 3: think all this money that went to the Clintons while 454 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 3: Hillary was Secretary of State is worth investigating. And that 455 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 3: was shut down. Yeah, and she mentioned James Comy. Do 456 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 3: you think it's fair to connect the dots there like that. 457 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 3: We've we've seen a tolerance for criminal activity or certainly 458 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 3: unethical activity at the highest level, and so now you 459 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,239 Speaker 3: sort of see it starting to manifest its way down 460 00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 3: to the local level. 461 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, look, I think respect is something you earn. 462 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 2: I think also sometimes people can distort the record when 463 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 2: they besmirch all police officers from a few bad actors. 464 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 2: But I think when it comes to the FBI, there's 465 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 2: a reason people don't trust the FBI. This is not 466 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 2: something that just came out of the blue. And it's 467 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 2: funny to me that people say, you know, Donald Trump 468 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 2: is politicizing the FBI. I mean, please seriously go back. 469 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 2: I would encourage all you people go back and look 470 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,160 Speaker 2: at the documents that have been released by Cash Pattel 471 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 2: about you had four FBI field agents. We know this 472 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 2: because we work with them that when we wrote Clinton Cash, 473 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 2: they wanted to investigate, not just based on my book. 474 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 2: They don't just read a book and say we're going 475 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 2: to investigate sounds good. Exactly, they read the book and 476 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 2: they started doing their own research. We know that there 477 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 2: was an audio tape of a guy in Nigeria bragging 478 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,400 Speaker 2: that he had gotten favors by donating to the Clinton Foundation, 479 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 2: and they wanted to investigate, and it was shut down 480 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 2: by FBI headquarters. So when people say Donald Trump is 481 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 2: politicized in the FBI, I'm like, what are you talking about? 482 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 2: If anything, they're trying to depoliticize it by exposing what 483 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 2: has gone on in the past, and that I think 484 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 2: is what is so powerful. And every experience I ever 485 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 2: had with FBI field agents, and I've had several, very professional, 486 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 2: very solid, just the facts, mam. Type of people. It's 487 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 2: when they go to main FBI headquarters. They start living 488 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 2: in that belt Way, they have neighbors that work for 489 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 2: the federal government, or maybe they're a congressman. They want 490 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 2: to go to the right parties. They now suddenly join 491 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 2: the Permanent Party, or at least a lot of them do. 492 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 2: That's where the corruption begins. Well, and what do you 493 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 2: like to say. 494 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 3: People go to Washington and they want to reform it, 495 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 3: but eventually the cesspool becomes a hot tub and you 496 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 3: go to Washington, d C. You and I have worked 497 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 3: to expose how wealthy Washington DC is. It used to 498 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 3: be true that's seven of the ten wealthiest counties in 499 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,880 Speaker 3: Washington in the country around Washington, d C. And you've 500 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 3: become part of that lifestyle. There's this push now to 501 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 3: finally ban members of cong from buying and selling stocks. 502 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 3: Twelve years after your book came out exposed in the 503 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 3: ways that member of Congress were doing so, Nancy Pelosi's 504 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 3: net worth has gone from one hundred and twenty million 505 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 3: to two hundred and sixty million in that timeframe. Her 506 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 3: portfolio outperforms the market. The market's up two hundred and 507 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 3: forty percent, her portfolio is up seven hundred plus percent. 508 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 3: And this year is a record year for congressional stock purchases, right, Yeah, 509 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 3: and so a number of them are all beating the market. 510 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 3: So it just speaks to like how a nesteatized or immune. 511 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 3: They are to things that the regular people might say, 512 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 3: why are you allowing this? 513 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 2: This is not right? 514 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 3: But I do think there's something about the mentality of 515 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,439 Speaker 3: we're going to maybe not play by all the rules, 516 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 3: and so if we're not playing by all the rules, 517 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 3: then if some rules get broken where you live, Jane 518 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 3: and John Citizen, then you know, what do you want 519 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 3: us to do about it? 520 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: Yeah? 521 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 3: But yeah, I think that's that's part of the experience 522 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 3: that people are having. Let's hear from Debbie in Utah. 523 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,560 Speaker 3: She has an idea about one ways things might get fixed. 524 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 5: Hi, I really supported the police. My grandfather was a 525 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 5: sergeant in LA and he was just really well respected. 526 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 5: And I loved my grandfather so much and I was 527 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 5: so proud of him, and it was we always supported 528 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 5: the police. And I even support our police here in 529 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:27,440 Speaker 5: Salt Lake City, and we are so underfunded here and 530 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 5: we were underfunded in Idaho when my children were little, 531 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 5: but we had police and our schools and with how 532 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 5: undisciplined our children were way back then. You know, we're 533 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:55,120 Speaker 5: talking like twenty, not even thirty years ago. And look 534 00:26:55,160 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 5: at our children now, they're just they're out of control 535 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 5: and now they're going after the parents. But they were 536 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 5: going after the parents then too. 537 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 3: Yeah. 538 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 2: No, it's amazing what has gone on. And I think 539 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 2: that you know, the question you have to ask yourself, honestly, Eric, 540 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,760 Speaker 2: is would you want to be a cop? Would you 541 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 2: want your friends to be cops? I mean doing it 542 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 2: today with the lack of respect and the scrutiny. I mean, 543 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 2: you've got the cop cameras, which I think are good. 544 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 2: By the way, why don't we have congressional cameras. We 545 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,239 Speaker 2: could have members of Congress with cameras going right, I mean, 546 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 2: they wouldn't want that scrutiny. 547 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 3: Who does you have to air that on OnlyFans like that? 548 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:38,919 Speaker 2: You can't do that. 549 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 3: In a made for a family audience. To answer your question, 550 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 3: it's a great question. I think I actually would be 551 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 3: a police officer, encourage people to be a police officer 552 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 3: in Utah because I don't believe people in Utah committed 553 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 3: any crimes like the Utah Jazz don't even foul Idaho too. Idaho, 554 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 3: I think you guys are pretty much okay. But in 555 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 3: some of these other areas, I think, no, it's it's 556 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 3: And it does speak to the cop conversation completely shifted 557 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,200 Speaker 3: about law enforcement. It happened in twenty twenty, and I 558 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 3: do think that's it's absolutely impossible to not connect the 559 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 3: dots between the law enforcement shortages they're experiencing in blue 560 00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 3: cities all over the country and the actions and words 561 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 3: that the leaders of those cities had five years ago 562 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 3: in the summer of twenty twenty when everyone got caught 563 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,400 Speaker 3: up in this George Floyd fever dream at the expense 564 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 3: of the respect we used to have for law and order. 565 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 2: Yeah, and look, I have a good friend who was 566 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 2: a former assistant director of the FBI. He now runs 567 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 2: a consultancy for police recruitments, and one of the things 568 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 2: he talks about is, look, when you trash the police, 569 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 2: a lot of people are going to say. Very good, solid, 570 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 2: qualified people can say, look, I'm just not going to 571 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 2: put up with it. I'm not going to take that job. 572 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 2: You have to lower standards to attract other people that 573 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 2: are willing to tolerate it. And one of the things 574 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 2: he said is, look, in some of these urban areas, 575 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 2: the psychological tests that you have to pass, they loosen 576 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 2: them because the only way that they can fill the 577 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 2: ranks is by doing something. Now, I'm not saying that 578 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 2: the cops out there bad, I'm just saying that this 579 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 2: is what happens when you attack people for taking on 580 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 2: the responsibility to be a police officer. A lot of 581 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 2: people are gonna say, forget it. I'm not going to 582 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 2: put up with it. You're not going to get the 583 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 2: same quality of people going in that you would before. 584 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 3: And it may seem like a cliche for two guys 585 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 3: hosting a national conservative radio show to say something positive 586 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 3: about President Trump, and we sort of joked about the 587 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 3: change he had with the cracker barrel logo earlier this week, 588 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 3: but it is true that I do think one of 589 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 3: the most meaningful things that Donald Trump could do in 590 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 3: this country. We've seen the way he shifted the culture 591 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 3: around certain conversations already, like the conversation about how we 592 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 3: save money and cut budgets and like, hey, this is 593 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 3: stuff we have to use the pay down debt because 594 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 3: otherwise the interest rates are going to be way too high. 595 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 3: Like that has shifted, and I do think he can 596 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 3: absolutely shift the conversation about the way we look at 597 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 3: law enforcement and the military and enrollment and recruitment is 598 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 3: up now right under that they was at low's under 599 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 3: Joe Biden, and I do think that it's possible. Just 600 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 3: he's elevating more traditional cultural norms and respect for law 601 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 3: enforcement is a big one of those. 602 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 2: Well, there's a key word you use there right. A 603 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 2: lot of people when they think about problems in Washington, 604 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 2: international problems, it's the money of resources. It's actually a 605 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 2: problem of culture. You have to change the culture. And 606 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 2: Donald Trump has had a huge effect there. Join the conversation. 607 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 2: We've got a couple of great guests coming up in 608 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 2: the next hour. One eight hundred ninety four one seven 609 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 2: three two six one eight hundred ninety four one. Sean 610 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 2: joined the conversation. I'm Peter Schweitzer. That's Eric Eggers. We'll 611 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 2: be right back. 612 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: Welcome back. 613 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 3: It's the Sean Handy Show. Eric Eggers and Peter Schweitzer 614 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 3: filling in for Shawn. So grateful for the opportunity we 615 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 3: do a podcast each week called The Drill Down where 616 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 3: you can learn more about government officials behaving badly. And 617 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 3: Peter Schweizer has spent his career exposing that. And unfortunately, 618 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 3: we have no shortage of government officials. We've now got 619 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 3: more examples. Come ye, Federal chairman, excuse me. Fed Governor 620 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 3: Lisa Cook has a little bit of a problem with 621 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 3: some mortgage issues. Donald Trump addressed it earlier this week. 622 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 3: Listening to what Donald Trump had to say about Lisa Cook. 623 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 2: The mortgage records. 624 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 6: Of officials, No, they're public. I mean you can find 625 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 6: out those records. You can go check out the records yourself. 626 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 6: And you should be doing that job. Actually, you wouldn't 627 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 6: do that because that's the kind of reporter you are. 628 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 6: But you should be doing that job. I shouldn't have 629 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,920 Speaker 6: to be doing and if you did your job properly, 630 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 6: we wouldn't have problems like Lisa Cook. 631 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 2: Go ahead, you're going to say something. Yeah, no, this 632 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 2: is a great example. Trump is right. We actually did 633 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 2: this as it came to Adam Shift. We got the documents. 634 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 2: We reported this back in October. Adam Shift did the 635 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 2: same thing, and people think, like, well, mortgage fraud people 636 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 2: have gone to jail. Right, The Mayor of Baltimore went 637 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 2: to jail for doing the exact same thing, because it 638 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 2: allows you to borrow more money. When you claim something 639 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 2: as a pirate private residence, you get a lower interest rate. 640 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 2: Say to you, tens of thousands of dollars. This is 641 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 2: a real issue, and in particularly Lisa Cook. She's a 642 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 2: financial regulator. She committed mortgage fraud. She should go