WEBVTT - Border Madness & Gun Ignorance

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson with

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<v Speaker 1>your senator. Nice to be with you today, except we're

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<v Speaker 1>in different places on this episode. For people, they're like, wait,

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<v Speaker 1>why aren't they in the same room. I had to

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<v Speaker 1>fly back to my hometown of Memphis to check out

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<v Speaker 1>my dad, who is in the hospital. He is doing okay,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's why we're remote today. And Senator, it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be with you as always. Ben, Great to be

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<v Speaker 1>with you. A lot going on in the world, and

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<v Speaker 1>hope your dad continues to do better. He is doing well,

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<v Speaker 1>Thank goodness. Let's start in on this big issue, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is we have a game plan now from the

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<v Speaker 1>President of the United States of America to fix the

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<v Speaker 1>problems at the border. And he's decided that if we

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<v Speaker 1>just use woke terminology, all the issues of the border

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna go away. Let's just let you get your

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<v Speaker 1>initial reaction to some of these terminologies the presidents decide

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<v Speaker 1>to use while visiting apparently the president in Mexico. This

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<v Speaker 1>is what their master plan is. Yeah, look, it's even

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<v Speaker 1>worse than that. So in the last few days, Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>they're good news and bad news Joe Biden has done

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<v Speaker 1>more in the last few days on our southern border

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<v Speaker 1>than he has the entirety of his presidency. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>good news. The bad news is everything he's done is bad.

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<v Speaker 1>He flew down to the southern border. He went to

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<v Speaker 1>El Paso, not the Rio Grand Valley, which is the

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<v Speaker 1>epicenter of the disaster. Before he arrived in El Paso,

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<v Speaker 1>there had been illegal immigrants sleeping on the streets. The

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<v Speaker 1>mayor had declared an emergency. So what did they do.

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<v Speaker 1>They cleaned all the illegal immigrants off the street before

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Biden arrived because they wanted to set it up

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<v Speaker 1>like a TV set and clear everyone out when he

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<v Speaker 1>got there. This is an amazing thing, Karine John Pierre

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<v Speaker 1>said from the White House podium. She said Biden did

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<v Speaker 1>not meet or speak to, or see a single illegal

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<v Speaker 1>immigrant when he was there. Now, that is friggate heart.

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<v Speaker 1>I have been to the border many, many times. We've

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<v Speaker 1>had five point three million people cross illegally under Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden's presidency. For him to go to the border and

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<v Speaker 1>not see a single illegal immigrant, I guarantee you that

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<v Speaker 1>was political staffers working overtime saying make sure you don't

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<v Speaker 1>show some little girl who was sexually assaulted by the traffickers.

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<v Speaker 1>Make sure you don't show some impoverished person who went

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<v Speaker 1>through a horrific journey to get here. Definitely make sure

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<v Speaker 1>you don't show an MS thirteen gang member who just

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<v Speaker 1>came into this country and is now carry out crimes

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<v Speaker 1>in this country. Instead, he went down there for a

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<v Speaker 1>photo op, but then he wasn't done. Then he got

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<v Speaker 1>on a plane and he headed to Mexico, and he

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<v Speaker 1>met with Amlow, the President of Mexico, and he announced

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<v Speaker 1>the Biden border plan. And it is truly stunning. So

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<v Speaker 1>here's what Joe Biden has said, and I want to

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<v Speaker 1>quote him. He has said, quote, we are trying to

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<v Speaker 1>make it easier for people to get here. In other words,

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<v Speaker 1>the five point three million that have crossed illegally, that's

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<v Speaker 1>not a bug, that's a feature. They want more of it.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't intend to fix this. He do want to

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<v Speaker 1>fix this. Instead, he wants full on open borders. He's

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<v Speaker 1>not hiding it. And by the way, Amlow, the president

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<v Speaker 1>of Mexico, he gets it. Have a listen to what

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<v Speaker 1>Amlow said with Joe Biden standing next to him about

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<v Speaker 1>Let's play that video real quick of the president in

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<v Speaker 1>Mexico talking about how proud he is the America is

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<v Speaker 1>given the ultimate thing, the ultimate gift, that open border.

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<v Speaker 1>It'sn't but he meant it, but I didn't. And what's

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<v Speaker 1>your temple, Ao, Neil Mitro de Murdo, L. Sill and

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<v Speaker 1>Ben if your Spanish is not up to snuff. What

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<v Speaker 1>Amlow just said is is that you're the first president

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<v Speaker 1>of the United States in a long time who had

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't built even a single meter a border wall. And

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<v Speaker 1>that he said, we appreciate so explicitly. By the way,

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<v Speaker 1>Amlow is a leftist Marxist president of Mexico who has

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<v Speaker 1>been embracing the cartels, who's been turning a blind eye

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<v Speaker 1>to the cartels murdering police officers, murdering journalist. And he's

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<v Speaker 1>standing there with Biden beaming, praising him because you're the

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<v Speaker 1>first president a long time. By the way, he's including

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<v Speaker 1>Barack Obama in that, he's including George W. Bush, He's

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<v Speaker 1>including Barack Obama, He's including Bill Clinton, He's including of

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<v Speaker 1>course Donald Trump. Joe Biden is the worst of all

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<v Speaker 1>of them on open borders. Amlo is praising him, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the White House rolled out this rather amazing document

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<v Speaker 1>on January tenth. It's called the Declaration of North America DNA.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is their leftist DNA. I don't think that

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<v Speaker 1>that acronym is is accidental. So we are right now

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<v Speaker 1>facing the worst crisis of illegal immigration in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of our country. It has never been this bad. Five

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<v Speaker 1>point three million people across the illegal ender. Joe Biden,

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<v Speaker 1>the Biden White House lays out six principles. You know what.

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<v Speaker 1>Principal Number one is all woke liberal ideology. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>they're gonna do with the entire list. Principle number one diversity,

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<v Speaker 1>equity and inclusion. That's the very first thing. Not border security,

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<v Speaker 1>not saving lives, not preventing women from being raped, not

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<v Speaker 1>preventing children from being assaulted, not stopping fetting off from

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<v Speaker 1>flooding across the border. Diversity, equity, and inclusion. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you think number two is? I'm gonna go with woke

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<v Speaker 1>ideology yet again, like an academic decided to write this

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<v Speaker 1>for the White House at it's some woke school right.

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<v Speaker 1>Climate change and environments, that's number two. That's what he's

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<v Speaker 1>down there topic to Mexico. That made out Gore happy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure number three, surely legal immigration comes up. Number three, Nope, competitiveness,

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<v Speaker 1>We need to outsource more to Mexico. What's number four?

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<v Speaker 1>Number four? All right, finally immigration comes up. It's entitled

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<v Speaker 1>Migration and Development. And what do they say they want

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<v Speaker 1>to do about it? Work together to advance labor mobility

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<v Speaker 1>and North America. And in particular, it says, since June, Mexico,

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<v Speaker 1>the United States and Canada collectively welcomed record numbers of

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<v Speaker 1>migrants and refugees from the Western Hemisphere under new and

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<v Speaker 1>expanded humanitarian programs. They don't want to end it. They're

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<v Speaker 1>not trying to end it. They're not asking for Mexico's

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<v Speaker 1>help and ending it. They want more. Number five on

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<v Speaker 1>this list is health. Number six is regional security. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you know what word does not appear in this entire

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<v Speaker 1>White House list? Cartel. I didn't hear anything about actual

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<v Speaker 1>border security or the cartels, or the drugs or the

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<v Speaker 1>fetanyl for that matter, fentanyl. Look, last year, we had

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<v Speaker 1>over one hundred thousand Americans die of drug overdoses. Most

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<v Speaker 1>of those opioids, many of them fentanyl. It is a

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<v Speaker 1>deadly poison that is murdering Americans. Joe Biden and the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats don't care. They don't want to stop it. They're

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<v Speaker 1>not purporting to stop it. And this meeting with Amlow, Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>even though Amlow is a leftist, he was afraid of

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump. He was afraid of Donald Trump. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>tell you an interesting story. So we've talked before about

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<v Speaker 1>how the remaining Mexico Agreement, how effective it was. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me tell you how it came to pass. So it

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<v Speaker 1>came to pass. Donald Trump was president, and he issued

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<v Speaker 1>a threat to Mexico. He said he was going to

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<v Speaker 1>impose a twenty five percent tariff on goods coming in

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<v Speaker 1>from Mexico. Now, I got to say, you and I

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<v Speaker 1>are both Texas, and a twenty five percent tariff on

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<v Speaker 1>goods coming from Mexico would be devastating to Texas farmers,

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<v Speaker 1>to Texas ranchers, to Texas manufacturers and businesses, and so catastrophic.

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<v Speaker 1>I was vocal criticizing, and I said, look, I'm all

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<v Speaker 1>for securing the border and doing everything necessary, but punishing

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<v Speaker 1>the people of Texas and the businesses of Texas and

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<v Speaker 1>jobs in Texas is a mistake. And what I said

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<v Speaker 1>at the time, I said, look, Trump is playing a

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<v Speaker 1>game of chicken where he's driving a truck really fast

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<v Speaker 1>and another guy at a country road. And sometimes you

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<v Speaker 1>win a game of chicken, sometimes the other guy swerves.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said at the time when he issued that demand,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, if Trump wins this game of chicken, if

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<v Speaker 1>Amlo swerbs, then it'll be great and we'll make real

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<v Speaker 1>steps towards solving the problem. But if he doesn't, if

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<v Speaker 1>Amlow crashes his truck into Trumps, the result is gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be a ton of lost jobs and harm in the

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<v Speaker 1>state of Texas. Well. It turned out Trump won the

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<v Speaker 1>game of chicken. Amlow blinked, he gave in, and he

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<v Speaker 1>signed the remaining Mexico Agreement. Now, the night he signed it,

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<v Speaker 1>I was at a retreat with a bunch of other

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<v Speaker 1>Republican senators. I was there with my wife, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was with Roy Blunt and his wife, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>with Corey Gardner and his wife. Roy Blunt was senator

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<v Speaker 1>from Missouri. Corey Gardner was sentator from Colorado. So the

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<v Speaker 1>six of us were sitting down having a glass of

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<v Speaker 1>wine together and Trump calls my cell phone right after

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<v Speaker 1>the news broke and I answer it, and he goes, ted,

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<v Speaker 1>I was right, you were wrong, I said, high mister President,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was exultant. He was on cloud nine. And

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<v Speaker 1>I decided, all right, if he's gonna give me grief

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<v Speaker 1>about it, I'm going to do the natural step, which

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<v Speaker 1>is bring others in other people. So I said, mister President,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm here with Roy and Corey. Why don't I put

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<v Speaker 1>it on speakerphone. And so we put it on speaker phone,

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<v Speaker 1>and Trump was exultant. He was really really happy, and

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<v Speaker 1>he said, you want to hear the details of that

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<v Speaker 1>the deal? We said, sure. And the deal involved, among

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<v Speaker 1>other things, if I remember right, Mexico agreed to put

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<v Speaker 1>six thousand soldiers on their southern border. You know, the

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<v Speaker 1>southern border of Mexico on again, next to Guatemala, is

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<v Speaker 1>much much smaller than our southern border. It's much easier

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<v Speaker 1>to secure the border south of Mexico than it is

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<v Speaker 1>on our southern border. And he agreed to remain in Mexico.

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<v Speaker 1>He agreed to the agreement that people who crossed illegally

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<v Speaker 1>into Mexico would remain in Mexico while their US asylum

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<v Speaker 1>case was proceeding, and he walks through it, and he asked,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, so it turns out all you all you

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<v Speaker 1>guys were wrong about this, and Roy Blunt had had

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<v Speaker 1>the line of the night. He said, mister President, now

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<v Speaker 1>that you got a deal, we were with you the

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<v Speaker 1>entire way, and Trump brilliant. Yeah. Look, Trump holed, laughing.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a good line, but it was am Loo

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<v Speaker 1>was scared of Trump. The amazing thing is he was

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<v Speaker 1>scared enough. Look, he thought Trump was crazy enough to

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<v Speaker 1>put the tariffs on Mexico, which would have hurt the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, but it would have hurt Mexico too, And

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<v Speaker 1>because Trump had a credible threat, I have to say,

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<v Speaker 1>I look, his judgment that Amlo was gonna blank was

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<v Speaker 1>the right judgment, and that agreement was such a massive,

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<v Speaker 1>massive success that it produced the lowest illegal immigration in

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<v Speaker 1>forty five years. It's remarkable, and it's because even though

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<v Speaker 1>this leftist who ran on anti American rhetoric didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to secure the border, he was scared of the American

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<v Speaker 1>president and so he helped do so, and we got

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<v Speaker 1>enormous results. When Biden came in, Not only is Amlo

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<v Speaker 1>not remotely scared of Biden. Biden comes in there as

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<v Speaker 1>the most beta male, weak American president that Amlo is

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<v Speaker 1>glowing saying, well, you know, it's great that, unlike Obama,

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<v Speaker 1>unlike all the other presidents, you haven't built any border

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<v Speaker 1>wall at all. And what does Biden say, Well, diversity, equity, inclusion,

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<v Speaker 1>climate change, and we want even more open borders. It

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<v Speaker 1>is a travesty and it's even more of a travesty

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<v Speaker 1>because in the face of this crisis, we should have

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<v Speaker 1>a president who actually stands up for America when dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with Mexico. And that's not what I want to ask

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<v Speaker 1>you about. The politics. There's a lot that you can,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, read into the fact that he said this

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<v Speaker 1>publicly referring to the president in Mexico about the American president.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if, and this is just politics, most of American

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<v Speaker 1>presidents would not want to be praised publicly buy another

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<v Speaker 1>country for having an open border. It's just you would

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<v Speaker 1>assume bad optics bad for your country, even if that

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<v Speaker 1>is your plan. And I think it's also just a

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<v Speaker 1>point where this present felt so comfortable because Biden's so

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<v Speaker 1>weak that even Biden wouldn't look at him and say, hey, man,

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<v Speaker 1>don't say that in public. You're just undermining what I'm

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<v Speaker 1>helping you with here. You're undermining the border, the open

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<v Speaker 1>border policy that I have here. Don't say it out

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<v Speaker 1>loud in front of the media, don't praise me for it.

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<v Speaker 1>Just enjoy it and be quiet about it. And yet

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<v Speaker 1>it's like Joe Biden is so incompetent that he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>even understand how strong this made Mexico look while mocking

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<v Speaker 1>the lack of American security. Well, look at the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>And people ask me all the time, why would the

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<v Speaker 1>Biden administration do this? Why would they have open borders?

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<v Speaker 1>And the challenge with today's Democrat party in Washington, they've

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<v Speaker 1>given their agenda on every issue over to the radicals.

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<v Speaker 1>So on immigration, they've given it over to the open

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<v Speaker 1>border radicals. On gun control, they've given it over to

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<v Speaker 1>the gun control radicals. On crime and law enforcement, they've

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<v Speaker 1>given it over to the abolish the police radicals. On

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<v Speaker 1>issues of sexuality, they've given it over to the transgender

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<v Speaker 1>radicals who want boys competing against girls in sports and

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<v Speaker 1>are fighting for the chemical castration of little boys and

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<v Speaker 1>sterilization of little girls in pursuit of woke ideology. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>all of those are fringe positions. Their fringe positions. Naturally,

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<v Speaker 1>every one of those seventy eighty percent of Americans opposed.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I mean they're not you know, you think

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<v Speaker 1>back to like the Bill Clinton presidency, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>not a fan of Bill Clinton. Yeah, but Bill Clinton

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<v Speaker 1>consciously tried to triangulate, tried to go to the middle,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was successful. It got him elected twice, even

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<v Speaker 1>despite his personal scandals. Going to the middle was a

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<v Speaker 1>successful strategy for the Democrats. What Biden has employed is

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<v Speaker 1>very different, which is today's Democrat Party is essentially an

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<v Speaker 1>assembly of radical groups, and each radical groups gets their

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<v Speaker 1>issue area, and they're not calculating. The Democrats are not

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<v Speaker 1>hiding that they are open borders. They're not pretending they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to solve this situation. And part of the reason

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<v Speaker 1>is the corporate media so utterly corrupt that they're counting

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<v Speaker 1>on them not to tell the stories, not to tell

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<v Speaker 1>the truth. There's a reason Biden didn't see a single

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<v Speaker 1>illegal immigrant, because when you see a little boy or

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<v Speaker 1>little girl who's been sexually assaulted and abused, you can't

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<v Speaker 1>just spit it off as look how compassionate I am.

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<v Speaker 1>So instead they try to hide it and count on

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<v Speaker 1>the media that meted to hide it with them. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's the question I was going to ask you as

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<v Speaker 1>we wrap this part up, is there's one big story

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<v Speaker 1>here that was so clearly underreported and it was an

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<v Speaker 1>emission of guilt I think by this administration. There were

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of videos that came out in al Paso

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<v Speaker 1>of what the Biden administration was doing Senator to get

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<v Speaker 1>ready for his visit, and they showed the picture the

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<v Speaker 1>day before and the day he arrived. They came in

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<v Speaker 1>and you can't say this administration doesn't know what's going on,

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<v Speaker 1>because not only do they know what's going on, they

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<v Speaker 1>went into al Paso and they literally, in the most

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<v Speaker 1>inhumane way, I would argue possible, just cleaned out every

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<v Speaker 1>illegal immigrant, every illegal immigrant that was homeless, all of

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff that could look bad for the TV cameras

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<v Speaker 1>of the route that the president was going to take.

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<v Speaker 1>So they know the chaos was there, They know how

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<v Speaker 1>many illegals are sleeping on the street, They know how

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<v Speaker 1>dirty the streets had become, and how they've lost control

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<v Speaker 1>in El Paso because of the massive number illegal immigrants

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<v Speaker 1>come across the border. But they made sure for a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four hour period that they just cleaned it out.

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<v Speaker 1>They arrested people. This was caught on video. They put

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<v Speaker 1>them in the patty wagons. They did exactly what they

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<v Speaker 1>should be doing to secure the border, just for a

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<v Speaker 1>twenty before our period. So we show the cameras where

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<v Speaker 1>the president wouldn't see it. And for the video version

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<v Speaker 1>of this pod, we'll put up right now the before

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<v Speaker 1>and after picture, so if you're watching the video on YouTube,

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<v Speaker 1>you can see it. You can see the before and

0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:27.080
<v Speaker 1>after they cleaned it up. By the way, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>watching the video on YouTube, that's great, make sure you

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<v Speaker 1>subscribe on YouTube. But also make sure you subscribe on

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<v Speaker 1>the audio version, because we put out two a week

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<v Speaker 1>in just audio, and then we put out one a

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<v Speaker 1>week in both audio and video, so make sure you're

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<v Speaker 1>subscribed to both. But if you're watching the video, you

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<v Speaker 1>can see the before and after, and in the before

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<v Speaker 1>and after, look what becomes clear. This is a Hollywood movie.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a TV production. The people in charge of

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<v Speaker 1>it or Hollywood producers. And if we actually had a

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<v Speaker 1>functioning press corps, you couldn't do this. If you had

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<v Speaker 1>who were actual journalists who were not pr flax for

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<v Speaker 1>the White House, they would cover it, but they don't

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<v Speaker 1>cover it because they support the agenda of open borders.

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<v Speaker 1>They support the agenda of this White House, and they

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<v Speaker 1>no longer view their job as actually reporting on the

0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:25.800
<v Speaker 1>children being murdered. Don't matter to these journalists, and they

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<v Speaker 1>don't matter to the Democrats, and the Democrats know the

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<v Speaker 1>journalists won't report on it. And it's why you have

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<v Speaker 1>Biden not only not trying to fix this crisis, but

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<v Speaker 1>promising to continue this crisis. He is promising next year,

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<v Speaker 1>more people will cross illegally, more children will be assaulted,

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<v Speaker 1>more women will be raped, more elderly people will be

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<v Speaker 1>abandoned to die in the desert, More drugs will come in,

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<v Speaker 1>more fetanal, more gang crimes, more teenagers trapped working for

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<v Speaker 1>the cartels. And by the way, the cartels, the word

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't appear in this White House document, have made

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<v Speaker 1>billions and billions of dollars because of Joe Biden. Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden becoming president was hands down the single best thing

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<v Speaker 1>that has ever happened for the human traffickers and drug

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<v Speaker 1>traffickers in Mexico and across the world. Record profits. It was.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw a report the other day that said, they

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<v Speaker 1>believe now the amount of money being made off fetnol

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<v Speaker 1>will far outpace the cocaine and marijuana drugs that they

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<v Speaker 1>were running for decades into this country. They said, it's

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<v Speaker 1>the most profitable period, they believe for the cartels in

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<v Speaker 1>the history in Mexico, and the President is allowing it

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<v Speaker 1>to happen. Well, and Ben, one thing about the cartels,

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<v Speaker 1>they make about the same amount of money from human

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<v Speaker 1>trafficking and from drug trafficking. Both of those are approximately

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<v Speaker 1>fifty percent of their revenue, which tells you what a

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<v Speaker 1>big business it is treating human beings as cattle. This

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<v Speaker 1>is modern day slavery. Joe Biden is responsible for modern

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<v Speaker 1>day slavery, and it is every bit as evil and

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<v Speaker 1>grotesque and cruel and inhumane as it was in the

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen hundreds and eighteen hundreds. Under Joe Biden, he's responsible

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<v Speaker 1>for funding the slave traders and for their murder and

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<v Speaker 1>torture and suffering that is all deliberately caused by this

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<v Speaker 1>White House. If you hear any Democrats, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>say that there's a secure border, they're lying to you,

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<v Speaker 1>because we know for a fact that last year Senator

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<v Speaker 1>and as a center from Texas. You see this, more

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<v Speaker 1>than anybody. More people cross the border into Texas illegally

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<v Speaker 1>last year than any other year on record that we've

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<v Speaker 1>had since the government has been keeping these stats. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's just the people that we caught. We don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how many people got across the border that we didn't catch,

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<v Speaker 1>which they clearly believe is another record year that we've

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<v Speaker 1>never seen before. Now, that's exactly right, and it is.

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<v Speaker 1>It is deliberate, it's not an accident, and they don't

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<v Speaker 1>intend to stop. They intend to continue making the problem

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<v Speaker 1>worse and worse and worse and turning a blind eye

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<v Speaker 1>to the human suffering that results. I want to switch

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<v Speaker 1>gears to what we're seeing with the playbook from Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>on issues that they go back to Senator when they lose.

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<v Speaker 1>We're seeing and we're going to do another show on this,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm just going to use this example. San Francisco

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<v Speaker 1>is now saying they want to pay reparations to people

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<v Speaker 1>of five million dollars and give them two hundred years

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, one hundred and fifty years of salary. You

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<v Speaker 1>see Sheila Jackson Lee that's talking about reparations and saying

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<v Speaker 1>that she wants to in prison people that say anything

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<v Speaker 1>that's negative towards a minority, and we'll deal with that

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<v Speaker 1>another day. They're going back to their playbook, which is

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<v Speaker 1>we go after guns, we try to start a race

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<v Speaker 1>war and divide the country to solidify our base. And

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<v Speaker 1>now we are seeing the President and Democrats calling for

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<v Speaker 1>banning of AR fifteens again. The President talk about this

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<v Speaker 1>on Martin Luther King Day in a very blunt way.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we saw the governor in Illinois come out

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<v Speaker 1>banning all semi automatic weapons. Uh, that's part two of this.

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<v Speaker 1>So they're actually implementing. They're not just talking about. They're

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<v Speaker 1>actually doing this state by state where they can. And

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<v Speaker 1>then you have people and it may have been the

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<v Speaker 1>most amazing clip. It was Haraldo on Fox where he

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<v Speaker 1>said this about a R fifteens, It makes makes macho

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<v Speaker 1>the people who possess it, Well, look at me. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a big deal. And it's it's not a right, it's rightful.

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<v Speaker 1>It is it is it is it is a people. No, No,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not what it is. I mean, if you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>say you want to ban something, at least google it

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<v Speaker 1>and find out what the hell it means right. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is the reason why I will never trust Liberals

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<v Speaker 1>Center with my guns, because they don't even know what

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<v Speaker 1>they're talking about when it comes to the name of

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<v Speaker 1>a gun. Yeah. Look, that embodies the ignorance and apathy

0:24:06.720 --> 0:24:11.440
<v Speaker 1>and ideology of the left wing media. So Haraldo has

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<v Speaker 1>no idea what an AR fifteen is. All right, that's fine,

0:24:14.119 --> 0:24:17.280
<v Speaker 1>there's some people that don't. But Haraldo's job is to

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<v Speaker 1>go on TV and talk about issues like gun control.

0:24:21.119 --> 0:24:24.160
<v Speaker 1>And Haraldo's decided to be a left winger and advocate

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<v Speaker 1>gun control, so he's advocating banning AR fifteens. Here's the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't know what an AR fifteen is. Now Guttfeld

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<v Speaker 1>comes back with, you know, what does the AR stand for?

0:24:38.280 --> 0:24:42.040
<v Speaker 1>And Haraldo responds, automatic rifle. Now, you and I both

0:24:42.080 --> 0:24:44.840
<v Speaker 1>know that is wrong. That is not what the R

0:24:44.960 --> 0:24:47.840
<v Speaker 1>stands for. The the AR stands for Arma Light rifle.

0:24:48.440 --> 0:24:50.639
<v Speaker 1>Arma Light was the company in the nineteen fifties that

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<v Speaker 1>developed it. And an AR fifteen is a semi automatic rifle.

0:24:54.680 --> 0:24:58.359
<v Speaker 1>It's not automatic. It's semi automatic. The difference and look,

0:24:58.440 --> 0:25:01.919
<v Speaker 1>list listeners of this pod are educated and savvy, and

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<v Speaker 1>so y'all know the difference. But Haraldo has no idea

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<v Speaker 1>an automatic rifle. A machine gun is a weapon that

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<v Speaker 1>when you hold the trigger down, multiple bullets come out.

0:25:13.000 --> 0:25:17.119
<v Speaker 1>You think, Rambo, going, that's a machine gun. A semi

0:25:17.160 --> 0:25:19.919
<v Speaker 1>automatic weapon is a weapon when you pull the trigger

0:25:19.960 --> 0:25:22.840
<v Speaker 1>once one bullet comes out, and then you pull the

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<v Speaker 1>trigger a second time and a second bullet comes out.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a fundamental difference machine guns. Automatic rifles have been

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<v Speaker 1>functionally illegal in the United States for over eighty years,

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<v Speaker 1>other than in very limited circumstances with very strict licenses.

0:25:38.720 --> 0:25:42.240
<v Speaker 1>As a practical matter, an ordinary citizen cannot own a

0:25:42.280 --> 0:25:45.920
<v Speaker 1>machine gun. So Haraldo there when he says, oh R

0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:50.440
<v Speaker 1>stands for automatic rifle, it's not just a gotcha question.

0:25:50.560 --> 0:25:53.240
<v Speaker 1>He's fundamentally ignorant about what the thing is that he

0:25:53.280 --> 0:25:55.600
<v Speaker 1>wants to ban. And he says, actually, earlier in that

0:25:55.640 --> 0:25:59.199
<v Speaker 1>clip he calls it a machine gun. He thinks it

0:25:59.359 --> 0:26:03.520
<v Speaker 1>is a machine gun, and he doesn't really care it is.

0:26:04.320 --> 0:26:08.639
<v Speaker 1>It is an example when when why can the Democrats

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<v Speaker 1>be so left wing because the media is that bad.

0:26:12.160 --> 0:26:16.760
<v Speaker 1>They don't know what an AR fifteen is, They don't

0:26:16.880 --> 0:26:22.560
<v Speaker 1>care all good, they don't know what they're talking about.

0:26:22.560 --> 0:26:25.679
<v Speaker 1>All with weapons. And another example of this sentators this

0:26:25.800 --> 0:26:28.760
<v Speaker 1>last week. There was a man who had created apparently

0:26:28.960 --> 0:26:32.960
<v Speaker 1>one gun that was a single shot twenty two little

0:26:33.000 --> 0:26:35.040
<v Speaker 1>mini gun they called it, with a spring that he

0:26:35.080 --> 0:26:38.040
<v Speaker 1>had to pull back and its shot. And he found

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<v Speaker 1>out through someone that was looking at the bill in

0:26:41.119 --> 0:26:44.520
<v Speaker 1>Illinois where they're banning all of these guns, that his

0:26:44.760 --> 0:26:48.520
<v Speaker 1>prototype that never went into production, that was one little bullet,

0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:51.920
<v Speaker 1>a twenty two who was springloaded, that never went into production.

0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:55.439
<v Speaker 1>Somehow his gun got on the list of the evil, scary,

0:26:55.600 --> 0:26:58.480
<v Speaker 1>terrible guns that should be banned in America, they're saying,

0:26:58.720 --> 0:27:01.240
<v Speaker 1>at least in Illinois. And they found this guy and

0:27:01.240 --> 0:27:04.280
<v Speaker 1>they're like, you never even produced this gun. This is

0:27:04.280 --> 0:27:06.720
<v Speaker 1>not something you can even buy on the market. It

0:27:06.800 --> 0:27:09.760
<v Speaker 1>doesn't really exist. How did you end up on this list?

0:27:09.800 --> 0:27:13.320
<v Speaker 1>And he says, I genuinely have no idea. This is

0:27:13.359 --> 0:27:15.240
<v Speaker 1>a gun that I got a patent on, this is

0:27:15.280 --> 0:27:17.840
<v Speaker 1>a gun that I did once. And yet Democrats and

0:27:17.840 --> 0:27:20.120
<v Speaker 1>again it shows the example that you're mentioning. They don't

0:27:20.160 --> 0:27:23.480
<v Speaker 1>even know what they're banning. And the governor in Illinois

0:27:23.560 --> 0:27:25.720
<v Speaker 1>has come out and this is serious, and I would

0:27:25.720 --> 0:27:29.960
<v Speaker 1>say to conservatives, listen, the governor in Illinois center has

0:27:30.040 --> 0:27:34.359
<v Speaker 1>passed a significant law. It's gonna be challenges, but it

0:27:34.400 --> 0:27:38.160
<v Speaker 1>bans all semi automatic guns and the majority of firearms

0:27:38.200 --> 0:27:40.320
<v Speaker 1>bought in America day, the majority of guns they're used

0:27:40.359 --> 0:27:43.879
<v Speaker 1>to protect people's lives. The number one gun that people

0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:48.840
<v Speaker 1>have to protect themselves a personal carry are semi automatic weapons.

0:27:48.960 --> 0:27:51.440
<v Speaker 1>They've now banned them all, which is really going back

0:27:51.480 --> 0:27:54.800
<v Speaker 1>to gun confiscation. Just take a look at this, you know,

0:27:54.840 --> 0:27:57.159
<v Speaker 1>I think it's a lot of grandstanding, frankly, and I

0:27:57.200 --> 0:27:59.480
<v Speaker 1>know there's some of them that are opposed to the law,

0:28:00.280 --> 0:28:03.040
<v Speaker 1>but the fact is they've signed an oath of office

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<v Speaker 1>to uphold and enforce the laws of the state of Illinois,

0:28:06.880 --> 0:28:10.639
<v Speaker 1>and I expect them to do so. What penalty would

0:28:11.040 --> 0:28:13.879
<v Speaker 1>state residents pay if they don't abide by that and

0:28:13.960 --> 0:28:17.199
<v Speaker 1>within the next year come forward and register their weapons

0:28:17.200 --> 0:28:22.480
<v Speaker 1>in this category. Well, it begins with a fine if

0:28:22.560 --> 0:28:25.679
<v Speaker 1>they don't, you know, if they're caught under this law,

0:28:25.800 --> 0:28:29.399
<v Speaker 1>begins with a fine. But a second instance, it is

0:28:29.440 --> 0:28:33.600
<v Speaker 1>a class four felony. I mean, this is gun confiscation

0:28:33.840 --> 0:28:36.640
<v Speaker 1>and the first part there, and this is I think

0:28:36.640 --> 0:28:39.360
<v Speaker 1>pretty cool. I'm going to give you the numbers, sheriffs

0:28:39.360 --> 0:28:43.400
<v Speaker 1>and eighty Illinois County Center are making clear they will

0:28:43.480 --> 0:28:46.840
<v Speaker 1>quote not enforce the assault weapons ban that the Democratic

0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:50.240
<v Speaker 1>governor signed into law on Tuesday, saying they will not

0:28:50.320 --> 0:28:53.880
<v Speaker 1>do this because they believe it's unconstitutional, which I think

0:28:53.960 --> 0:28:56.760
<v Speaker 1>is amazing law enforcement standing up. But this is about

0:28:56.800 --> 0:28:58.920
<v Speaker 1>taking away your guns and a gun registry saying if

0:28:58.960 --> 0:29:01.280
<v Speaker 1>you don't register them, then you'll be a felon because

0:29:01.280 --> 0:29:03.200
<v Speaker 1>you didn't register and by default, which when you're a

0:29:03.240 --> 0:29:07.920
<v Speaker 1>felon at that point, you're not allowed to own any firearms. Well,

0:29:07.920 --> 0:29:10.960
<v Speaker 1>look that clip, I think really embodies just how extreme

0:29:11.000 --> 0:29:13.960
<v Speaker 1>today's Democrat Party is on the question of guns and

0:29:14.040 --> 0:29:18.080
<v Speaker 1>how hypocritical it is. Number One, Pritzker is a billionaire.

0:29:18.640 --> 0:29:22.800
<v Speaker 1>He lives with vast wealth. He is surrounded as governor,

0:29:22.840 --> 0:29:28.360
<v Speaker 1>he's surrounded by an armed police detail. Previously he was surrounded,

0:29:28.920 --> 0:29:30.960
<v Speaker 1>no doubt. I don't know this for sure, but I

0:29:30.960 --> 0:29:33.680
<v Speaker 1>would wager a whole lot of money that he had

0:29:33.800 --> 0:29:36.920
<v Speaker 1>armed security with him just as a really rich guy.

0:29:36.960 --> 0:29:40.000
<v Speaker 1>He lives in a really rich neighborhood with armed security

0:29:40.000 --> 0:29:42.920
<v Speaker 1>and has kept very very safe. What does he want

0:29:42.920 --> 0:29:47.040
<v Speaker 1>to do? He wants to disarm the ordinary citizens of Illinois.

0:29:47.040 --> 0:29:51.680
<v Speaker 1>And by the way, Illinois Chicago already has some of

0:29:51.680 --> 0:29:54.920
<v Speaker 1>the strictest gun control laws in the country, and it,

0:29:55.160 --> 0:29:58.040
<v Speaker 1>year after year after year, has among the highest crime

0:29:58.120 --> 0:30:01.280
<v Speaker 1>rates and murder rates. Why not because they don't have

0:30:01.320 --> 0:30:04.720
<v Speaker 1>tough enough gun control. In fact, in Chicago, the gun

0:30:04.760 --> 0:30:08.600
<v Speaker 1>control laws have succeeded in disarming the law abiding citizens

0:30:08.600 --> 0:30:11.800
<v Speaker 1>because by definition, if you're law abiding, you abide the law.

0:30:12.800 --> 0:30:15.800
<v Speaker 1>But the criminals are not law abiding. The gang bangers

0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:18.040
<v Speaker 1>are not law abiding, and they have all the guns

0:30:18.080 --> 0:30:21.600
<v Speaker 1>they need, and so they're shooting each other, and they're

0:30:21.640 --> 0:30:25.160
<v Speaker 1>shooting innocent citizens. They're shooting Many of the people murdered

0:30:25.440 --> 0:30:27.959
<v Speaker 1>in Chicago under these gun control laws, many of them

0:30:28.000 --> 0:30:30.840
<v Speaker 1>are African American, many of them are Hispanic, the vast

0:30:30.880 --> 0:30:33.920
<v Speaker 1>majority of them are low income. And the Democrats don't care.

0:30:34.040 --> 0:30:36.960
<v Speaker 1>Those black lives don't matter to them. The kids that

0:30:37.000 --> 0:30:39.280
<v Speaker 1>are shot and drive by shootings, those don't matter. And

0:30:39.320 --> 0:30:42.440
<v Speaker 1>their solution is to say you can't defend your home.

0:30:43.200 --> 0:30:45.600
<v Speaker 1>Every year, this is according to the Obama White House

0:30:45.640 --> 0:30:50.960
<v Speaker 1>Fiers arms are used defensively to stop a crime between

0:30:51.040 --> 0:30:54.840
<v Speaker 1>five hundred thousand and a million times each year. According

0:30:54.920 --> 0:30:57.000
<v Speaker 1>to the Democrats, they take the guns away from all

0:30:57.040 --> 0:30:59.400
<v Speaker 1>of them and just let the criminals be armed. And

0:30:59.600 --> 0:31:06.040
<v Speaker 1>you see the suffering, the chaos, the tragedy that plays

0:31:06.080 --> 0:31:09.280
<v Speaker 1>out in Chicago every day and every week and every

0:31:09.280 --> 0:31:13.200
<v Speaker 1>month and every year because of those misguided policies. I'll

0:31:13.200 --> 0:31:18.200
<v Speaker 1>also note, you know, Pritzker says, well the sheriff. The

0:31:18.320 --> 0:31:21.640
<v Speaker 1>sheriffs took an oath. Yes they did, but they didn't

0:31:21.680 --> 0:31:27.240
<v Speaker 1>take an oath to obey the Democratic kingpin boss hog,

0:31:27.320 --> 0:31:31.120
<v Speaker 1>who sits there and decrees you shall obey my orders.

0:31:31.280 --> 0:31:33.720
<v Speaker 1>They took an oath to defend and protect the Constitution.

0:31:34.400 --> 0:31:36.920
<v Speaker 1>And I believe these Illinois laws are going to be

0:31:36.920 --> 0:31:40.000
<v Speaker 1>struck down. The courts are not going to let him stand.

0:31:40.360 --> 0:31:44.240
<v Speaker 1>But the Democrats don't care. And by the way, one

0:31:44.360 --> 0:31:49.320
<v Speaker 1>of the strategies of gun confiscation law abiding people, as

0:31:49.360 --> 0:31:52.360
<v Speaker 1>I said, abide by the law. They want to confiscate

0:31:52.360 --> 0:31:54.840
<v Speaker 1>as many firearms as they can. By the way, they

0:31:54.880 --> 0:31:58.440
<v Speaker 1>also want to turn into felons as many gun owners

0:31:58.480 --> 0:32:01.520
<v Speaker 1>as they can, because that's one way of confiscating them

0:32:01.520 --> 0:32:05.080
<v Speaker 1>and taking away their rights. You know, when the courts

0:32:05.160 --> 0:32:09.360
<v Speaker 1>began striking down Joe Biden's illegal COVID vaccine mandates. When

0:32:09.360 --> 0:32:13.200
<v Speaker 1>he was trying to force employers large employers to fire

0:32:13.240 --> 0:32:15.560
<v Speaker 1>their employees who didn't get a COVID vaccine. The court

0:32:15.640 --> 0:32:18.200
<v Speaker 1>struck it down, and the White House said, well, you

0:32:18.240 --> 0:32:20.960
<v Speaker 1>should comply with it anyway, even though it's been enjoined,

0:32:21.120 --> 0:32:25.560
<v Speaker 1>even though it's not enforce you should comply anyway. That's

0:32:25.560 --> 0:32:29.080
<v Speaker 1>their view on guns. Anyway, we will use power. You

0:32:29.440 --> 0:32:36.280
<v Speaker 1>must obey and listen. The Democrat view of politics is

0:32:36.320 --> 0:32:41.000
<v Speaker 1>they use government power to punish their enemies and reward

0:32:41.040 --> 0:32:43.920
<v Speaker 1>their friends. So they want to go after their enemies.

0:32:43.960 --> 0:32:46.120
<v Speaker 1>If you believe in free speech, if you believe in

0:32:46.160 --> 0:32:48.840
<v Speaker 1>religious liberty, if you believe in the Second Amendment, if

0:32:48.880 --> 0:32:52.200
<v Speaker 1>you believe in free enterprise, they consider you an enemy.

0:32:52.240 --> 0:32:54.320
<v Speaker 1>They want to punish you. They want to make your

0:32:54.360 --> 0:32:57.160
<v Speaker 1>life difficult. They want to crush you into submission. On

0:32:57.200 --> 0:33:00.760
<v Speaker 1>the other hand, if you're a Democrat oboist, if you

0:33:00.800 --> 0:33:04.840
<v Speaker 1>make money on all of these different scams dealing with

0:33:04.840 --> 0:33:06.840
<v Speaker 1>the federal government, they want to make you rich. They

0:33:06.840 --> 0:33:11.680
<v Speaker 1>want to shovel cash into your pocket. And that fundamentally

0:33:11.960 --> 0:33:16.040
<v Speaker 1>is the corruption that's at the heart of today's Democrat party.

0:33:16.360 --> 0:33:18.520
<v Speaker 1>I want to ask you a practical question from a

0:33:18.600 --> 0:33:21.920
<v Speaker 1>legislative standpoint center because there are a lot of second

0:33:21.920 --> 0:33:26.160
<v Speaker 1>amend advocates gun owners that are concerned about two aspects

0:33:26.200 --> 0:33:28.560
<v Speaker 1>of this. And yes, we have the court system that

0:33:28.560 --> 0:33:30.440
<v Speaker 1>I believe is going to strike this down in Illinois,

0:33:30.440 --> 0:33:33.520
<v Speaker 1>but Democrats clearly are trying to figure around workarounds to

0:33:33.640 --> 0:33:36.560
<v Speaker 1>take away our rights. There are two things that concern

0:33:36.640 --> 0:33:38.680
<v Speaker 1>many gun owners, and I know you've heard about this

0:33:38.720 --> 0:33:42.959
<v Speaker 1>a lot. One is this gun registry aspect of that,

0:33:43.160 --> 0:33:46.000
<v Speaker 1>and that's what they're obviously trying to do in Illinois.

0:33:46.360 --> 0:33:50.160
<v Speaker 1>The second is government monitoring. We talked about this, I

0:33:50.200 --> 0:33:54.080
<v Speaker 1>think on this podcast couple months ago when banks we're

0:33:54.360 --> 0:33:57.360
<v Speaker 1>recording transactions and the White House is wanting this for

0:33:57.840 --> 0:34:00.840
<v Speaker 1>gun stores and places to kind of monit tour and

0:34:00.880 --> 0:34:03.160
<v Speaker 1>then see if you were buying what they believed was

0:34:03.240 --> 0:34:07.080
<v Speaker 1>too much AMMO or too many guns or too many transactions. Look,

0:34:07.120 --> 0:34:10.319
<v Speaker 1>I own a gun store and we've had banks and

0:34:10.440 --> 0:34:13.640
<v Speaker 1>credit card processing companies that have actually just said we're

0:34:13.680 --> 0:34:16.320
<v Speaker 1>not working with you, even though you're selling the most

0:34:16.520 --> 0:34:20.319
<v Speaker 1>regulated industry by the government. We have multiple layers of

0:34:20.360 --> 0:34:24.160
<v Speaker 1>regulations on this industry. And they've also said, you know,

0:34:24.360 --> 0:34:25.719
<v Speaker 1>not only are we're not going to do it, we're

0:34:25.719 --> 0:34:27.400
<v Speaker 1>going to try to basically use that to put you

0:34:27.440 --> 0:34:30.440
<v Speaker 1>out of business. And people are terrified of the government

0:34:30.480 --> 0:34:34.839
<v Speaker 1>monitoring their transactions. So number one, is there anything that

0:34:34.880 --> 0:34:39.120
<v Speaker 1>you guys can do to make that illegal? And second

0:34:39.120 --> 0:34:41.719
<v Speaker 1>of all, is there any type of legislation that could

0:34:41.719 --> 0:34:44.319
<v Speaker 1>come about that says you cannot have gun registries in

0:34:44.360 --> 0:34:49.000
<v Speaker 1>this country? So yes, there is. And in the Senate,

0:34:49.040 --> 0:34:52.120
<v Speaker 1>I've been leading the fight against a gun registry and

0:34:52.160 --> 0:34:54.719
<v Speaker 1>in defense of the Second Amendment for the entire time

0:34:54.760 --> 0:34:58.200
<v Speaker 1>i've been there. And listen, the Second Amendment I believe

0:34:58.280 --> 0:35:03.640
<v Speaker 1>passionately in the Constitution. As you know that my second

0:35:03.680 --> 0:35:06.160
<v Speaker 1>book that I wrote was One Vote Away, How a

0:35:06.200 --> 0:35:09.279
<v Speaker 1>single Supreme Court seat can Change History. And there's an

0:35:09.360 --> 0:35:12.160
<v Speaker 1>entire chapter in One Vote Away that talks about the

0:35:12.200 --> 0:35:17.080
<v Speaker 1>Heller case where the Supreme Court upheld and first clarified

0:35:17.120 --> 0:35:18.960
<v Speaker 1>the individual right to keep in a bare arms in

0:35:19.000 --> 0:35:23.320
<v Speaker 1>the Second Amendment. And I led the states. I was

0:35:23.360 --> 0:35:26.319
<v Speaker 1>Solicitor General of Texas, and I led the states in

0:35:26.440 --> 0:35:30.120
<v Speaker 1>defense of the Second Amendment in Heller, which is why

0:35:30.719 --> 0:35:35.040
<v Speaker 1>the NRA named me as a champion defending the Second Amendment.

0:35:35.080 --> 0:35:39.239
<v Speaker 1>Because that victory. That victory and the subsequent case of

0:35:39.360 --> 0:35:41.959
<v Speaker 1>McDonald is a big part of why this Illinois law

0:35:42.280 --> 0:35:47.640
<v Speaker 1>is likely to be struck down protecting those rights. When

0:35:47.640 --> 0:35:51.799
<v Speaker 1>I first got to the Senate, one of the very

0:35:51.840 --> 0:35:54.280
<v Speaker 1>first things that happened, I was elected in twenty twelve.

0:35:54.320 --> 0:35:57.640
<v Speaker 1>I arrived in twenty thirteen. Tragically, we saw the shooting

0:35:57.640 --> 0:36:01.520
<v Speaker 1>in Newtown, Connecticut, where that monster, that animal murdered little children.

0:36:01.960 --> 0:36:03.640
<v Speaker 1>You and I are both parents, and I think there

0:36:03.719 --> 0:36:06.800
<v Speaker 1>is nothing more evil on planet Earth than a monster

0:36:06.840 --> 0:36:12.080
<v Speaker 1>who hurts little kids. And the Democrats were exultant. Obama

0:36:12.200 --> 0:36:14.320
<v Speaker 1>just been reelected. They were convinced they were going to

0:36:14.400 --> 0:36:17.560
<v Speaker 1>pass gun control. And I was a brand new baby

0:36:17.640 --> 0:36:20.320
<v Speaker 1>freshman senator. I was still in my basement office. I

0:36:20.360 --> 0:36:22.919
<v Speaker 1>didn't know where the men's room was, but I said,

0:36:22.920 --> 0:36:26.000
<v Speaker 1>I'll be damned if I let this Congress pass anything

0:36:26.239 --> 0:36:29.640
<v Speaker 1>that takes away the Second Amendment rights of Texans and Americans.

0:36:29.880 --> 0:36:33.080
<v Speaker 1>And I led the fight just fresh into the Senate,

0:36:33.520 --> 0:36:35.920
<v Speaker 1>and we defeated those bills. On the floor of the Senate.

0:36:35.960 --> 0:36:38.800
<v Speaker 1>I authored the lead alternative to those bills. That was

0:36:38.840 --> 0:36:42.600
<v Speaker 1>a law enforcement alternative that focused on criminals and fugitives

0:36:42.719 --> 0:36:45.360
<v Speaker 1>and those with serious mental illness, and putting them in jail,

0:36:45.400 --> 0:36:50.439
<v Speaker 1>and taking their firearms away, and securing schools, all of those.

0:36:50.480 --> 0:36:53.120
<v Speaker 1>There's a lot we can do to make people safer.

0:36:53.160 --> 0:36:56.719
<v Speaker 1>The Democrats don't want that. They want to disarm you,

0:36:57.320 --> 0:36:59.960
<v Speaker 1>the law abiding citizen. And one of the most central

0:37:00.080 --> 0:37:03.760
<v Speaker 1>elements you rightly focused on is a gun registry. And listen,

0:37:03.800 --> 0:37:08.560
<v Speaker 1>for people who don't follow these issues, a registry can

0:37:08.680 --> 0:37:12.759
<v Speaker 1>sound innocuous. One of the arguments they like to give is, look,

0:37:13.320 --> 0:37:15.480
<v Speaker 1>you need a license to drive a car, You ought

0:37:15.520 --> 0:37:17.640
<v Speaker 1>to have a license to own a firearm. And just

0:37:18.360 --> 0:37:20.280
<v Speaker 1>you know, you got to register a car, you should

0:37:20.320 --> 0:37:26.040
<v Speaker 1>register a firearm. Well, the difference is there are not

0:37:26.440 --> 0:37:30.560
<v Speaker 1>yet a group of political ideologs and zealots that want

0:37:30.560 --> 0:37:33.440
<v Speaker 1>to confiscate our automobiles. By the way, that may be coming.

0:37:33.440 --> 0:37:37.080
<v Speaker 1>They want to confiscate our gas stoves. Automobile confiscation may

0:37:37.080 --> 0:37:42.120
<v Speaker 1>be coming, but we're not there yet. But with firearms.

0:37:43.440 --> 0:37:47.600
<v Speaker 1>Pritzker wants to take him, Joe Biden wants to take him,

0:37:47.640 --> 0:37:51.000
<v Speaker 1>Diane Feinstein wants to take him. Gavin Newsom wants to

0:37:51.040 --> 0:37:54.360
<v Speaker 1>take him. They want to come in and forcibly remove

0:37:54.440 --> 0:37:57.600
<v Speaker 1>your firearms. And so the entire purpose of a registry

0:37:57.640 --> 0:38:01.840
<v Speaker 1>is create a list. Okay, Ben Ferguson had the following firearms. Okay,

0:38:03.320 --> 0:38:07.480
<v Speaker 1>the local law enforcement shows up and says, mister Ferguson,

0:38:07.560 --> 0:38:09.200
<v Speaker 1>hand over every gun on this list, and if you

0:38:09.200 --> 0:38:10.880
<v Speaker 1>don't hand it up, we're putting you in handcuffs and

0:38:10.920 --> 0:38:14.879
<v Speaker 1>taking you away. That's why they want a registry. And

0:38:14.960 --> 0:38:19.560
<v Speaker 1>so there are already elements of current federal law that prohibit,

0:38:19.600 --> 0:38:22.800
<v Speaker 1>for example, the ATF When you go and buy a

0:38:23.200 --> 0:38:25.439
<v Speaker 1>gun at a firearms dealer, you own a gun store,

0:38:25.480 --> 0:38:27.839
<v Speaker 1>so you're a firearms dealer. You got to fill out

0:38:27.840 --> 0:38:31.120
<v Speaker 1>a background check, and as you know, federal law requires

0:38:31.160 --> 0:38:34.720
<v Speaker 1>you run that background check. But after it comes back clean,

0:38:34.840 --> 0:38:38.520
<v Speaker 1>you're required to destroy those records. And the reason federal

0:38:38.600 --> 0:38:42.680
<v Speaker 1>law requires that is because they don't want a registry

0:38:42.719 --> 0:38:46.759
<v Speaker 1>that becomes a list for the gun grabbers to disarm America.

0:38:46.920 --> 0:38:52.040
<v Speaker 1>That is their objective and it is fortunately it's unconstitutional.

0:38:52.760 --> 0:38:55.560
<v Speaker 1>But as the Democrat Party's gotten more and more extreme,

0:38:57.000 --> 0:39:00.319
<v Speaker 1>they're not even bothering to hide their objective that they

0:39:00.440 --> 0:39:04.440
<v Speaker 1>want to disarm you and mind you. At the same

0:39:04.480 --> 0:39:06.680
<v Speaker 1>time they want to let out of jail, the violent

0:39:06.719 --> 0:39:09.880
<v Speaker 1>criminals who are committing these acts. I mean, think of

0:39:09.920 --> 0:39:14.319
<v Speaker 1>the combination prevent your ability to defend your home and

0:39:14.400 --> 0:39:16.319
<v Speaker 1>your kids. But at the same time, these are the

0:39:16.360 --> 0:39:18.960
<v Speaker 1>people that want to abolish the police and that are

0:39:18.960 --> 0:39:22.440
<v Speaker 1>supporting George Soros DA's that let violent criminals out of

0:39:22.480 --> 0:39:24.759
<v Speaker 1>prison who turn around and commit more crimes. You and

0:39:24.800 --> 0:39:28.680
<v Speaker 1>I live in Houston, Texas. In Houston, we've got cashless

0:39:28.680 --> 0:39:32.200
<v Speaker 1>bail policies that are releasing murderers who turn around and

0:39:32.280 --> 0:39:39.400
<v Speaker 1>murder more people. I don't understand. I really do struggle

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<v Speaker 1>with the reason and logic that says, disarm someone who's

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<v Speaker 1>never committed a crime, who wants a firearm to protect

0:39:49.800 --> 0:39:53.920
<v Speaker 1>their children, but at the same time release someone who's

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<v Speaker 1>already murdered somebody and is likely to murder somebody else.

0:39:57.400 --> 0:40:06.760
<v Speaker 1>That's not logic, that's emotion, that's rage. That's ideology disconnected

0:40:06.800 --> 0:40:10.320
<v Speaker 1>from real life. And it is a tiny sliver of America.

0:40:11.000 --> 0:40:14.440
<v Speaker 1>But what's bizarre is the Democrat Party has handed their

0:40:14.480 --> 0:40:17.440
<v Speaker 1>policy on these issues over to that tiny sliver of

0:40:17.480 --> 0:40:20.719
<v Speaker 1>America and embraced every bit of it. I say to

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<v Speaker 1>you all the time, if you think these types of

0:40:22.880 --> 0:40:25.440
<v Speaker 1>things cannot happen to America, or you think that it

0:40:25.480 --> 0:40:29.000
<v Speaker 1>will never happen. Call anybody you know in Canada right now,

0:40:29.160 --> 0:40:31.880
<v Speaker 1>ask them what rights they have with guns, because Trudeau

0:40:31.960 --> 0:40:34.880
<v Speaker 1>just took them all away because of truck drivers that

0:40:35.080 --> 0:40:38.880
<v Speaker 1>stood up to the vaccine mandate. It scared the elitist

0:40:39.040 --> 0:40:43.040
<v Speaker 1>enough in Canada, those truck drivers banning together. They then said,

0:40:43.400 --> 0:40:46.360
<v Speaker 1>here's our response to this, let's get rid of the guns.

0:40:46.440 --> 0:40:49.000
<v Speaker 1>And they did it successfully there, and that is a

0:40:49.040 --> 0:40:51.200
<v Speaker 1>reminder of how quickly it can happen if you're not

0:40:51.239 --> 0:40:54.520
<v Speaker 1>paying attention. Center. I want to end on a positive note,

0:40:54.520 --> 0:40:57.439
<v Speaker 1>and I think we should do this more often when

0:40:57.440 --> 0:41:00.839
<v Speaker 1>we have victories and the conservative movement. You and I

0:41:00.960 --> 0:41:04.359
<v Speaker 1>just had dinner recently in DC with some of those

0:41:04.400 --> 0:41:07.960
<v Speaker 1>that were fighting for a lot of the deals that

0:41:08.000 --> 0:41:12.520
<v Speaker 1>were done to basically have strong stunt conservatives sit on

0:41:12.680 --> 0:41:17.080
<v Speaker 1>certain committees. Your former chief of staff, Congressen from Texas,

0:41:17.560 --> 0:41:21.279
<v Speaker 1>Chip Roy, was instrumental in working this deal. We now

0:41:21.280 --> 0:41:24.680
<v Speaker 1>are seeing the fruits of that fight over the speakership

0:41:24.680 --> 0:41:29.439
<v Speaker 1>with Kevin McCarthy, and the payoff is massive. Tell people

0:41:29.480 --> 0:41:32.319
<v Speaker 1>about how good this is. Well, we're starting to get

0:41:32.360 --> 0:41:34.880
<v Speaker 1>the announcement of who is on various committees. And one

0:41:34.880 --> 0:41:36.799
<v Speaker 1>of the things we talked about at great length when

0:41:36.840 --> 0:41:40.359
<v Speaker 1>the media was freaking out, when Democrats were freaking out,

0:41:40.400 --> 0:41:43.200
<v Speaker 1>and even some Republicans, particularly those kind of at home

0:41:43.239 --> 0:41:46.839
<v Speaker 1>that weren't following it closely, we're freaking out that the

0:41:46.880 --> 0:41:50.160
<v Speaker 1>speaker fight was a disaster. It was a disgrace, that

0:41:50.200 --> 0:41:53.960
<v Speaker 1>it was a catastrophe. Look, it was the democratic process.

0:41:54.040 --> 0:41:56.960
<v Speaker 1>We spent four days with the House of Representatives debating

0:41:56.960 --> 0:42:00.399
<v Speaker 1>who EICH leaders should be and debating, more importantly, how

0:42:00.440 --> 0:42:04.960
<v Speaker 1>it should lead. And the consequence, those that stood up

0:42:04.960 --> 0:42:09.799
<v Speaker 1>and led that fight extracted major concessions, and those concessions

0:42:09.800 --> 0:42:13.520
<v Speaker 1>are going to change how the House majority is able

0:42:13.560 --> 0:42:17.520
<v Speaker 1>to govern and able to fight bad policies from Biden

0:42:17.600 --> 0:42:19.600
<v Speaker 1>the Democrats over the next two years. And it was

0:42:19.600 --> 0:42:23.960
<v Speaker 1>a massive victory if you care about having Republicans actually

0:42:24.120 --> 0:42:26.600
<v Speaker 1>stand up and fight for what they say they believe,

0:42:27.239 --> 0:42:30.920
<v Speaker 1>that fight over the speakership was massively important. Now, in

0:42:30.920 --> 0:42:32.600
<v Speaker 1>the middle of the fight, one of the things that

0:42:32.760 --> 0:42:35.600
<v Speaker 1>shifted the battle. You know, early on there were a

0:42:35.640 --> 0:42:37.879
<v Speaker 1>handful of rebels and it wasn't clear how many we're

0:42:37.880 --> 0:42:41.759
<v Speaker 1>going to vote against Kevin McCarthy as speaker, and they

0:42:41.800 --> 0:42:44.279
<v Speaker 1>had a meeting of the House Republican Conference and one

0:42:44.280 --> 0:42:49.600
<v Speaker 1>of McCarthy's lieutenants stood up and threatened the rebels, if

0:42:49.680 --> 0:42:53.799
<v Speaker 1>you dare vote against him, you'll be stripped of your committees. Now,

0:42:53.880 --> 0:42:58.040
<v Speaker 1>that's the kind of high handed, haughty authoritarianism that you

0:42:58.120 --> 0:43:01.880
<v Speaker 1>expect of Nancy Pelosi, but it's not what you should

0:43:01.880 --> 0:43:05.120
<v Speaker 1>expect of Republican leadership. And I'll tell you that pissed

0:43:05.239 --> 0:43:07.800
<v Speaker 1>a lot of members off, and I think it played

0:43:07.800 --> 0:43:11.239
<v Speaker 1>a big part. We could easily have seen on the

0:43:11.320 --> 0:43:14.120
<v Speaker 1>first vote maybe ten or twelve no votes. Instead we

0:43:14.160 --> 0:43:16.960
<v Speaker 1>saw nineteen on the first vote, and I think that

0:43:17.120 --> 0:43:21.200
<v Speaker 1>threat may well have doubled or nearly doubled the number

0:43:21.200 --> 0:43:24.640
<v Speaker 1>of no votes. Well, turned out that threat wasn't carried through.

0:43:25.600 --> 0:43:27.840
<v Speaker 1>And we're starting to get who's going to be on

0:43:27.840 --> 0:43:32.400
<v Speaker 1>the various committees, and one in particular that is quite

0:43:32.480 --> 0:43:38.480
<v Speaker 1>notable is the House Oversight Committee, and the members of

0:43:38.480 --> 0:43:41.640
<v Speaker 1>that committee will be Kelly Armstrong from North Dakota, Lauren

0:43:41.680 --> 0:43:47.560
<v Speaker 1>Bobert from Colorado, Tim Burkett from Tennessee, Eric Burlison from Missouri,

0:43:48.160 --> 0:43:51.880
<v Speaker 1>Byron Donalds from Florida, Chuck Edwards from North Carolina, Russell

0:43:51.920 --> 0:43:55.680
<v Speaker 1>Fry from South Carolina, Marjorie Taylor Green from Georgia, Paul

0:43:55.719 --> 0:44:00.360
<v Speaker 1>Gossar from Arizona, Nick Langworthy from New York, Jacolt Turner

0:44:00.400 --> 0:44:03.800
<v Speaker 1>from Kansas, Gary Palmer from Alabama on a Paulina Luna

0:44:03.800 --> 0:44:07.400
<v Speaker 1>from Florida, Scott Perry from Pennsylvania, Lisa McLain from Michigan,

0:44:07.440 --> 0:44:10.960
<v Speaker 1>Pete Sessions from Texas, and William Tibbins from South Carolina.

0:44:11.000 --> 0:44:14.400
<v Speaker 1>Now what's striking is that a whole bunch of those

0:44:15.440 --> 0:44:19.319
<v Speaker 1>are rock rib conservatives who were among the rebels, who

0:44:19.320 --> 0:44:22.000
<v Speaker 1>were among the people that were told you will be

0:44:22.080 --> 0:44:24.759
<v Speaker 1>in Siberia, you will get no committees. And they've been

0:44:24.800 --> 0:44:28.640
<v Speaker 1>put now on the Oversight Committee with the ability to

0:44:28.719 --> 0:44:31.880
<v Speaker 1>go after the abuse of power from Joe Biden in

0:44:31.880 --> 0:44:35.440
<v Speaker 1>this administration. That's what we need as principled fighters. I

0:44:35.480 --> 0:44:38.880
<v Speaker 1>think this is a great, great development. I think we

0:44:38.920 --> 0:44:43.880
<v Speaker 1>will see more. We will see strong conservatives in significantly

0:44:43.920 --> 0:44:49.960
<v Speaker 1>greater positions, able to leverage their position to fight conservative

0:44:49.960 --> 0:44:54.040
<v Speaker 1>battles and hopefully win conservative victories for the American people.

0:44:54.520 --> 0:44:58.799
<v Speaker 1>And I think standing and fighting for issues and principles

0:44:58.840 --> 0:45:02.480
<v Speaker 1>that matter is also how we win in twenty four

0:45:02.520 --> 0:45:05.000
<v Speaker 1>It's how we win. It's how we win the Senate back,

0:45:05.000 --> 0:45:07.440
<v Speaker 1>It's how we hold this House and grow our House majority.

0:45:07.640 --> 0:45:09.640
<v Speaker 1>It's how we win the White House back. And so

0:45:10.000 --> 0:45:16.040
<v Speaker 1>this is a good illustration, you know, when people said, gosh,

0:45:16.080 --> 0:45:18.080
<v Speaker 1>why have this fight? And look, when you and I

0:45:18.120 --> 0:45:20.240
<v Speaker 1>were having dinner in DC, I pulled out my phone

0:45:20.239 --> 0:45:23.960
<v Speaker 1>and I read to you texts from Republican donors, some

0:45:24.040 --> 0:45:25.839
<v Speaker 1>of whom are friends of mine, who were who were

0:45:25.880 --> 0:45:28.960
<v Speaker 1>I rate, why is this fight happening? And listen, I

0:45:29.040 --> 0:45:32.520
<v Speaker 1>understand if you're a business guy and you're at home

0:45:32.840 --> 0:45:35.280
<v Speaker 1>and you turn on the news and they just say

0:45:35.600 --> 0:45:42.200
<v Speaker 1>chaos and chaos and madness with the House Republicans, you're

0:45:42.280 --> 0:45:44.680
<v Speaker 1>kind of annoyed and you're kind of embarrassed if you

0:45:44.760 --> 0:45:49.160
<v Speaker 1>don't understand why that fight is happening. And I think

0:45:49.239 --> 0:45:54.240
<v Speaker 1>we're seeing the very real and tangible results of standing

0:45:54.239 --> 0:45:58.560
<v Speaker 1>and fighting. If you want conservative leadership, you've got to

0:45:58.640 --> 0:46:01.640
<v Speaker 1>stand up and have a conservative conference that demands it.

0:46:01.680 --> 0:46:04.200
<v Speaker 1>And this is a big step forward. Look, I just

0:46:04.239 --> 0:46:06.040
<v Speaker 1>had to say, sitting at the dinner that night, and

0:46:06.440 --> 0:46:09.800
<v Speaker 1>this was me looking from the outside. It was fun

0:46:09.960 --> 0:46:12.879
<v Speaker 1>to see you, and I think how proud you were

0:46:13.640 --> 0:46:15.880
<v Speaker 1>of someone that you know well, Chip Roy, and the

0:46:15.920 --> 0:46:18.160
<v Speaker 1>way that he was able to orchestrate that deal and

0:46:18.239 --> 0:46:22.040
<v Speaker 1>communicate with the Speaker and to make sure that these

0:46:22.080 --> 0:46:25.960
<v Speaker 1>principles had another day to fight and live and have

0:46:26.160 --> 0:46:29.160
<v Speaker 1>people on these committees. It was just cool to see,

0:46:29.600 --> 0:46:32.319
<v Speaker 1>as I put it, the good guys win here. And

0:46:32.360 --> 0:46:35.000
<v Speaker 1>when we have these moments, we should celebrate them and

0:46:35.080 --> 0:46:38.480
<v Speaker 1>remind people that this is why we fight so hard.

0:46:38.520 --> 0:46:40.680
<v Speaker 1>This is why you fight so hard. This is why

0:46:40.920 --> 0:46:43.160
<v Speaker 1>you do the bus tour in a year when you're

0:46:43.239 --> 0:46:46.640
<v Speaker 1>not up for reelection and you try to get principal

0:46:46.680 --> 0:46:50.400
<v Speaker 1>conservatives into Congress. And these are those moments that we

0:46:50.440 --> 0:46:53.200
<v Speaker 1>should enjoy and take a moment and say it was

0:46:53.239 --> 0:46:56.839
<v Speaker 1>worth it, and to the donors, it's worth it, and

0:46:56.920 --> 0:47:01.200
<v Speaker 1>to finding tough, strong principal conservative and running them and

0:47:01.280 --> 0:47:04.520
<v Speaker 1>backing them, it's worth it and it paid off big

0:47:04.520 --> 0:47:06.080
<v Speaker 1>And I just think it's a big moment that we

0:47:06.120 --> 0:47:11.200
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