1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: It's Luck and Load. Michael Verry's show is on the air. 2 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: It's Charlie from BlackBerry's Mother. I can feel a good 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: one coming on. 4 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 2: It's the Michael Berry Show. 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: I haven't covered it enough yet, and I guess we're overdue. 6 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: President Trump spoke to Congressional Republicans. This is you know, 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: he has a lot of different messages for a lot 8 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: of different audiences because as the president, it is primarily 9 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: a bully puppet. You're trying to get a lot of 10 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,639 Speaker 1: other people to do what you want. So when you're 11 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:40,479 Speaker 1: talking to the military, you're trying to fire them up 12 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 1: to go into battle. When you're talking to world leaders, 13 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: you're trying to get them to do what you want. 14 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: And in each situation you have a different amount of leverage. 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: When you're talking to the media, you know they hate you, 16 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: but you're trying to get them to tell the people 17 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: what you need the people to know. Well, when he's 18 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 1: talking to Congressional Republicans, he's trying to get them to 19 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: stay the course, hold the line, because a lot of 20 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: those guys they don't have any they don't have any 21 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: any convictions. They simply just want to stay in power. 22 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: And as long as he is considered to be really, 23 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: really popular and their base wants them to appear or 24 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:26,679 Speaker 1: wants them to support him, they will do what they 25 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: need to do to appear to support him, even if 26 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: it violates what they actually want to do, which is 27 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:32,960 Speaker 1: the case for a lot of them. There's a lot 28 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: of them claiming to love Trump that don't. So he 29 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: was talking to congressional Republicans and he talked about the 30 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 1: upcoming midterms, which is going to affect them. He's not 31 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: on the ballot ever. Again, he's talking about what they 32 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 1: can do to hold the majority, to keep their jobs. 33 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: And he said, and he's right, we need to take 34 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: health care away from Democrats because they came up with Obamacare. 35 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: This is an idea worth paying attention to. 36 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 3: When you tell the people that we want the money 37 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 3: to be paid to the people so the people can 38 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 3: buy their own health insurance and healthcare, it is. 39 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 2: It's like and I just said it. 40 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 3: And I said it because I read a start in 41 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 3: the front page of a certain paper that I don't 42 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 3: even mention because it's so stupid paper, it's so bad, 43 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 3: it's gone so far off the Wall Street journal, I 44 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 3: don't mention it. 45 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 2: And I refuse to tell you which I refuse to 46 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 2: tell you that it's the Wall Street Journal. They've lost 47 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 2: their way. This is not the Wall Street Journal of old. 48 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 3: But I read a story on the Wall Street Channel 49 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 3: and I said that the insurance companies are making so 50 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 3: much body. They weren't demeaning them or anything. And I 51 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 3: guess as an investor, Abbey, when I read that, I said, 52 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 3: wait a minute. They're making that kind of money, and 53 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 3: they're making it because of stupid politicians. I hate to 54 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 3: say that we allow them to make it. If you 55 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 3: guys can get in a room, because you know, we 56 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 3: don't have that as one of our issues. It's the 57 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 3: only thing they have. They allows the ad it. They 58 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 3: came up with Obamacare. We tried to fight it. We 59 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 3: almost had it one but we didn't get three votes. 60 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 3: We should have gotten them. But here's you want to 61 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 3: turn this thing. You work on favorite nations, you work 62 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 3: on borders, you work on all of the things that 63 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 3: we talked about. 64 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 2: But now you take the healthcare issue away from them, 65 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 2: and they want to fight it. You know why. 66 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 3: They're all owned by the insurance companies and they cannot 67 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 3: fight it successfully. 68 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 2: There's nothing they can do. 69 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: We'll get more into President Trump's guidelines and manifesto and 70 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: admonition to Congressional Republicans. I think that was an important 71 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: he laid out on the agenda for this year. Know 72 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: whether they follow it or not, it'll be interesting to see. 73 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: They don't always do what they shud, which is one 74 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: of they don't win the way he does. But first, 75 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 1: it's that time. Courtesy of executive producer Chad Aconi Nakanishi. 76 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 1: You're week in review, folks. If you're on your period, 77 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: please wait till you're off to send me an email. 78 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 2: Good grief. 79 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 1: Just be careful that you're not so obsessed or so 80 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: influenced by the idiocy of the left that you adopt 81 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: their principles. Do you need to be a victim? Today 82 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: is today victim Day for you. 83 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 4: American troops conducted a dramatic early morning operations, striking military 84 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 4: targets in Venezuela, then capturing President Maduro and his wife. 85 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: Venezuelans around the world taking to the streets to celebrate 86 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: the end of Meduro's reign. 87 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 2: No nation in the world could achieve what. 88 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 3: America achieved yesterday, or. 89 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,200 Speaker 2: Frankly, in just a short period of time. 90 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 1: That tactical mission in Venezuela is nothing short than amaze. 91 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: It's credible they were moving this man on a daily basis. 92 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: For Minnesota Governor, Jim Wallace says he will not run 93 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: again for governor. Billions of dollars have been stolen from 94 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: taxpayers by way of the state of Minnesota. She doesn't 95 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: have a choice. 96 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 4: I doubt this was a decision that he made solely 97 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 4: on his own. 98 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: He was pushed out by his own party. I suspect 99 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: that this is about more than what has been revealed, 100 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: and that this is about what will be revealed, that 101 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,679 Speaker 1: there is more to be disclosed, and that it only 102 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,359 Speaker 1: gets worse. Tip of the Iceberg moment that an ice 103 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: agent fired his weapon in what I says was self defense. 104 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 4: We are undergoing an epidemic of political vigilanteism right now. 105 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 4: Why are people showing up in vehicles, in convoys in 106 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 4: an effort to obstruct lawful federal law enforcement iquities. 107 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: You have a woman who is trying to obstruct a 108 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: legitimate law enforcement operation. Nobody debates that. You have a 109 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: woman who aimed her car at a law enforcement officer 110 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: and pressed on the accelerator. What he debates that doing 111 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: what she shouldn't do. The only person in charge of 112 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: how it went was that woman. Your vehicle's absolutely a weapon. Absolutely. 113 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: How many times have we seen the left used their vehicles? 114 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 3: Do you stept to sad of it? 115 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 2: Never say? Everybody knows who this guy is. 116 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 5: Come on, man, the Michael Berry, Come on. 117 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: President Trump spoke to congressional Republicans this week and he 118 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: tried to give them the guidance to win. It's kind 119 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: of important because he knows how to win. He knows 120 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: how to win in their congressional districts. He knows how 121 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: to win district to district and districts that were Democrat districts, 122 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: and he knows how to win across the country. And 123 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: he's the only National Republican since two thousand and eight 124 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: to do that. In fact, he knows how to win 125 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 1: the base because he's had the Republican Party nomination in sixteen, 126 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: twenty and twenty five. There are people who hate him, 127 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: that's fine. There are a lot more people who like him, 128 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: and more importantly, there are a lot more people than 129 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: that who like his agenda. It's common sense, it's pro America. 130 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: They identify with it. He told kont Republican congressman that 131 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: they could win the issue of healthcare if they'll give 132 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: the money directly to the people. And this is the problem. 133 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: Healthcare is paying to a system. On Monday and on 134 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: when you go for healthcare, you can't figure out what's 135 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: going to be paid for, and who's going to pay 136 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: for it, and how it's going to be delivered, and 137 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: it's going down in quality. That is the frustration. 138 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 2: You could own healthcare. 139 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 3: Let figure it out, Let the money go directly to 140 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 3: the people. 141 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,239 Speaker 2: It goes in a healthcare account. It does. 142 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 3: There are numerous things you can do, but you have 143 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 3: to let no money for the insurance companies. And I'm 144 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 3: going to meet with the insurance companies, I said, I'm 145 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 3: going to meet with them, because they met with the 146 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 3: prescription drug companies. And that's when I found out what 147 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 3: was going on with the fact that we were paying 148 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 3: ten and thirteen or fourteen times more money than. 149 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 2: Europe and other places. 150 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: I learned that at the meeting. 151 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 2: Now I'm going to meet with them. 152 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 3: In a few days, I'm meeting with them or fourteen companies. 153 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 3: I'm meeting with them all. I'm also meeting with oil 154 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 3: companies let's go. You know, you know what that's about. 155 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 3: I'm going to a lot of oil to drill, which 156 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 3: is going to bring down oil presses even further. But 157 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 3: if you can come up with healthcare, remember this where 158 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 3: the money goes to the people you have just owned. 159 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 3: They can't fight it. They're owned by the insurance companies. 160 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 3: You guys don't get money from the insurance companies. 161 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 2: They do. 162 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 3: They get a massive amount of money. It's the biggest owner. 163 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 3: They're going to try and fight you, but they can't 164 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 3: win the fight. If you explain it, the money goes 165 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 3: directly to the people. 166 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 2: That's going to be your issue. 167 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:39,560 Speaker 1: Obamacare wasn't about healthcare. It was to enrich insurance companies. 168 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: COVID wasn't about they supposed virus that would kill people. 169 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: It was to enrich pharmaceutical companies and give government power. 170 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: Once you understand these things, it all starts to make sense. 171 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: Who's behind it? Ukraine? Who really benefited there? Afghanistan? Iraq? 172 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: Those weren't about secure elections in Iraq or whatever else 173 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 1: they tell you. That was to enrich our our defense contractors. 174 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: Trump then said something that's very important, and we will 175 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: remember these words either for better or for worse. When 176 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: you have the majority in the House, the Senate, and 177 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: you have the White House, it's rare in my lifetime, 178 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: the number of years it is rare during that time. 179 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: If you don't put in place measures to ensure safe elections, 180 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 1: you'll be out of power forever. And I don't think 181 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: the Republicans because you'll be criticized. You'll be criticized by 182 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: the people who want to bring fraud to our elections. 183 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: You'll be criticized by the people that if they take power, 184 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: you'll never win again. I don't know what's going to 185 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: happen with Mamdani in charge. I really don't. I can 186 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: tell you it won't be good. I can tell you 187 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: it won't be good. That is absolutely the case. It 188 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: will not be good. And Trump's trying to tell them, 189 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 1: don't squander this opportunity. We've got to have the Save Act. 190 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: We've got to secure our elections. If you look at 191 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: the states that don't have election integrity measures, if you 192 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 1: look at those states, they all have mail in balloting. 193 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: You look at how much they spend on welfare. It's 194 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 1: a quid pro quote. You vote for us, we give 195 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: you welfare. Even though we know you can't legally vote. 196 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: When Trump's trying to tell these people either fix the 197 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 1: problem or you will never win again. But they don't 198 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 1: want to use their political capital. They don't want to 199 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: be criticized by their local newspaper. 200 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 2: You want to have voter ID, you want to insist 201 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 2: on it. You want to insist on it. Can you imagine. 202 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 3: In California they not only don't have voter ID, but 203 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 3: if an official at the voting booths, which they don't 204 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,479 Speaker 3: have by the way, because it's all male, if an official, 205 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 3: a voting official even asks somebody for voter ID, sir. 206 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 2: Would like to see your identification? Do you come from 207 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 2: our country? They put them in jail for campering with 208 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 2: the election. 209 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 3: Okay, we got to straighten this out before it gets 210 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 3: too crazy. California is more corrupt than any place. California 211 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 3: is more corrupt than Minnesota, and I won Minnesota. 212 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 2: LOKH Tom's Gordon. I think, well, it can't be proportionately. 213 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 6: Probably nothing's book her up, right, Yeah right, he says, 214 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 6: you got to win. I'll tell you what I did 215 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 6: great there three times. I was surprised three times. That's 216 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 6: those elections are corrupt. They got you one time too, 217 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 6: but I heard a long time ago. 218 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,559 Speaker 2: But they got you. But they got a straight those that. 219 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 2: But we have to have voter ID. 220 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 3: And you know, when you confront a Democrat about voter 221 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 3: I d like in a debate or something. 222 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 2: I said it a couple of times with Biden. 223 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 3: It just want they're very embarrassed when they say we 224 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 3: want voter ID. Voter identification is the only reason somebody 225 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 3: doesn't want that is because they want a cheat. 226 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 2: Our elections are crooked as hell. 227 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 3: And you can win not only win elections over that, 228 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 3: and not only win future elections, but you'll win every 229 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 3: debate because the public is really angry about it. And 230 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 3: you are to you are to pass the Safe Act 231 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 3: or whatever you're going to call is, are we going 232 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 3: to Save Act or the Save America Act. I think 233 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 3: we're going to change your name a little bit. You're 234 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 3: going to put that up for a vote. I think 235 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,520 Speaker 3: everybody in this room certainly should do it. And it's 236 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 3: a bad vote for them because they're voting against things 237 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 3: like voter ID and other things that are almost equal 238 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 3: to voter ID. 239 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 2: But when somebody. 240 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 3: Says no, we don't want voter ID, that means the 241 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 3: crooked and the public understands that you want elections with it. 242 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 2: But I think it would be really important save America 243 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 2: Act if you would put that up for a vote. 244 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 3: It's got my total endorsement, and all it is is 245 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 3: common sense things about the election. 246 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 2: And they'll fight it like crazy because they cheat. It's 247 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 2: the only way they can work. 248 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: I've been surprised how many women have reached out to 249 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: me asking about the Burner les lethal launcher. I think 250 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: that's because of the compact launcher, which is smaller, and 251 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: so they like the idea of something they feel comfortable 252 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: in their hand with and something they can put in 253 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: a small person carry with them. Because if you've ever 254 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: been a victim of crime, and I have, you don't 255 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: ever want to have that happen again. You want to 256 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: be able, You want to look around, want to make 257 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: sure your doors are locked. You want to be conscious 258 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: of your surrounding, head on a swivel. You don't have 259 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: to live in fear, but you want to do live 260 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: prepared because there are bad people out there. Not every 261 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: Democrat's a criminal, but every criminal is a Democrat and 262 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: there are a lot of them. The Burner less lethal 263 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: launcher is your self defense. It's what's going to incapacitate 264 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: the bad guy to get you away faster. They say 265 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: it's it's for forty minutes, they're going to be incapacitated. 266 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: I can't get anybody let me shoot them to figure 267 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: out how long it'll take. But I think the point 268 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: is well made. Fifty states. It's legal, no permits, no 269 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: background checks needed. Burner b Yrna, We're. 270 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 2: Going to be changing the name of the Gulf of 271 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 2: Mexico to. 272 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 4: The Gulf of michael Berry, which has a beautiful way. 273 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: Attorney General in the Great State of Texas. Ken Paxton 274 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 1: is our guest concerning middle names. You were born Warren 275 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: Kenneth Paxton Junior, and I'm curious why you didn't stick 276 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: with Warren. 277 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 2: That dad would My dad, my father. 278 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 5: Went by Warren, so I didn't really choose that. It 279 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 5: just happened with my parents. 280 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: Were you ever there? 281 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 5: No, it was actually younger and my cousin, so call me. 282 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 5: It's Kenny in somewhere. I don't like these words transitions, 283 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 5: but transition to Ken. But yeah, it was from like, 284 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 5: I don't remember ever being called Warren unless my mother 285 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 5: was mad at me. 286 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: Warren. I will stick with the theme of the big 287 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: story of the day, the ICE agent, the woman trying 288 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: to kill him in her in her vehicle in Minnesota. 289 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: Your thoughts, I. 290 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 5: Think when when something like that happened, as these I 291 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 5: they just have to defend himselves, they have to protect 292 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 5: other people. I applaud them for doing that. What she 293 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 5: was doing was absolutely wrong and crazy, and the consequences 294 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 5: are there for her. 295 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: Our federal agents, our law enforcement generally have not received 296 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 1: the support of our politicians, our media, our cultural leaders, 297 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 1: and I think that is unfair that he is wrong 298 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: and is bad for public safety. Your thoughts as a 299 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: future US. 300 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,919 Speaker 5: Senator, Yeah, I think that's been true of many cities, 301 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 5: even I mean like in the city of Boston, where 302 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 5: I spend a lot of time, where my officers are. 303 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 5: You know, they defunded the police, took away a third 304 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 5: of their funding, made it much more difficult for them 305 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 5: to go after crime. And of course you have a 306 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 5: DA there that doesn't like prosecute crime anyway, pushed by 307 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:28,400 Speaker 5: George Soros. And then of course, you know, our ice 308 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 5: agents were collapted for four years by the Biden administration 309 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 5: and instead of enforcing federal immigration laws. They were told 310 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 5: not to and they were told to help the cartels 311 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 5: get illegals here as quickly and expeditiously as possible. Completely unconstitutional, wrong, 312 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 5: which is why I had so many lawsuits against the 313 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:52,400 Speaker 5: Biden administration. But it's unfortunate that the LASS seemingly does 314 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 5: not support law enforcement and does not support the enforcement 315 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 5: of our laws and the protection of our people, and 316 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 5: they encourage wawlessness. 317 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:04,239 Speaker 1: You have been the most active Attorney General in my 318 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:09,960 Speaker 1: lifetime at bringing cases against bad guys, and I think 319 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 1: this just broke. Did I see this? I don't have 320 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 1: a date on it, but Attorney General kN packs and 321 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 1: Secure's major agreement with Crest toothpaste manufacturer to protect children 322 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: from executive fluoride exposure. One of these I just looked 323 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: a few minutes ago, had just come out. 324 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:28,239 Speaker 5: We already had one with Colgate in September, and the 325 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 5: research shows over exposure to florid, especially for young kids 326 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 5: all the way up to age six, is dangerous to 327 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 5: their metal development. 328 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: And knowing that. 329 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 5: Research, these companies continued to advertise the use of large 330 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 5: amounts of toothpased and therefore a large amounts of fluoride 331 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 5: and so we started investigations of those companies, Colgate and Crest, 332 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 5: and we got an agreement from Colgate back in September, 333 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 5: and now we've got an agreement from Crest to stop 334 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 5: advertising large uses or uses that are too great for 335 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 5: young kids, so that they'll be safe. Obviously, you want 336 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 5: to protect your teeth. At the same time, you don't 337 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 5: want to overuse something that can be harmful to. 338 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 1: To development of that review kid. Yeah, the Trump administration, 339 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 1: particularly Health Secretary Robert Kennedy, has been very clear on 340 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: that what started as a conspiracy there, like most other things, 341 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 1: has turned out to be based in science. In fact, 342 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:25,320 Speaker 1: December seventeenth, you said I secured a court order stopping 343 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: a CCP aligned smart TV company from spying on Texans. 344 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: The days of Chinese tech companies spying on America's televisions 345 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: are over. 346 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 5: Yes, So that was high sense. It's the Chinese television manufacturer. 347 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 5: There's another one, TCL that we sued. There's three other 348 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 5: from other places, I think, namely South Korea that we 349 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 5: sued to stop them because they record, like every five 350 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,719 Speaker 5: hundred millis second, They record and take note of what 351 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 5: you're watching, and then they use that information without your 352 00:19:56,520 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 5: consent or knowledge. They sell that information to whoever wants 353 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 5: that information. What we argue in the lawsuit is that 354 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 5: they have an obligation if they're going to record that information, 355 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 5: they have an obligation one to disclose that and to 356 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 5: provide a way out of an opt out. That is 357 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 5: reasonable because right now opting out is even if you knew, 358 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 5: is not an easy process. So that is our complaint, 359 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 5: and we feel like it's unfair to Texas consumers to 360 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 5: not know everything they're watching is being recorded and sent 361 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 5: somewhere else around the world, even potentially to the Chinese, 362 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 5: likely to. 363 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: The Chinese a headline. Attorney General Ken Paxton detains fifty 364 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: illegal aliens in raids throughout the Houston area the Texas 365 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: Office of the Attorney General's Criminal Investigation Division. Attorney General 366 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: Paxton became the first Texas law enforcement entity during President 367 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,239 Speaker 1: Trump's second term to sign a two eighty seven g 368 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,040 Speaker 1: agreement which enabled the Office of the Attorney General to 369 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: formally assess with and facilitate the mass abortion deportation of 370 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: illegal aliens. I think you led the charge on that issue. 371 00:20:58,240 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 5: Yes, we did. As matter fact, when I was in 372 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 5: the Tech House I was trying to pass legilation that 373 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 5: allowed the state to do that in conjunction with the 374 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:09,239 Speaker 5: subtle government, so that we could maximize enforcement of our 375 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 5: immigration laws, because clearly there are never going to be 376 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,960 Speaker 5: enough agents at federal or state. So by adding our 377 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 5: little two hundred and twenty five or so law enforcement agents, 378 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 5: when they're out doing their job and they find that 379 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 5: somebody is here illegally, we can now in conjunction with 380 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 5: the federal government, turn them over and have them deported. 381 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 5: So we're a force multiplier for the Trump administration and 382 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 5: enforcing immigration laws, which is exactly the opposite of what 383 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 5: the Bide administration was doing. 384 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,640 Speaker 1: And a reminder for anyone who doesn't remember that John 385 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: Cornyn was once the attorney general of the state of 386 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: Texas and never did such things. In fact, when I 387 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: say that Paxton is the most active attorney general in 388 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: my lifetime, that includes Greg Abbott, that includes John Cornyn 389 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 1: before him, John Cornyn was not such an active attorney general. 390 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: He was securing funds to run for the United States Senate, 391 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: not doing his job. You have upset the Republican establishment, 392 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,120 Speaker 1: the Karl Roapes. You defeated a Bush in a campaign 393 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: you ran for speaker when the other candidate had the 394 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: Democrats support. You have offended the TLR crowd, you have 395 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: offended the establishment crowd, You've offended the Bush crowd, and 396 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: in so doing, I think a lot of the base 397 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:28,240 Speaker 1: has recognized exactly what is going on. It's going to 398 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: be very interesting to see how this plays out because 399 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: Cornin has that established money, and he has that establishment support, 400 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: and you have always been the outsider that the only 401 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: people that were for you were voters in everyday Texans. 402 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: And this is going to be the first pitched battle 403 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: that we've seen with a challenger to a rhino establishment 404 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: sitting incumbent where the challenger and now too, but where 405 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: the challenger has name ID and a track record and 406 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: some money. But it's going to be very fascinating. Can 407 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: you hold with us for just a moment? 408 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 2: Sure? 409 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: The Attorney General Sate Texas KI pactions our guess, going. 410 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 2: Blop. 411 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: Michael Ferry, Attorney General KIA as our guest. He is 412 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 1: a candidate for the United States Senate along with Wesley Hunt, 413 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: the seat that is currently held by John Cornyn, the 414 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,320 Speaker 1: incumbent for over twenty years, who was running for re election. 415 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 1: I want to talk for a moment about why the 416 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,919 Speaker 1: establishment went after you. And I've seen it since you 417 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 1: were back in the House and ran for speaker against 418 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: the speaker candidate that was supported by all the Democrats. 419 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: I've seen it in the Senate then you, where you 420 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 1: dared run against their candidate. I've seen it in the 421 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 1: Attorney General's race where you dared run against a Bush 422 00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: family member and Karl Rove got very involved. And now 423 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: I'm seeing it in this Senate race. I traced the 424 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: same names, the same interest the same rhinos, the same establishments, 425 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: the same tactics through it all. 426 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 5: No, it's it's absolutely true. And we saw that even 427 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 5: in my impeachment. Carl Road was tied to that, TLR 428 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:22,159 Speaker 5: was tied to that. They had people in my office 429 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 5: they were communicating with and worked with. They were tied 430 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 5: to the Biden administration. Even the Biden administration sent people, 431 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 5: you know, lawyers to help the Republicans do their impeachments. 432 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 5: So this was a it wasn't just the Republicans, also Democrats, 433 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 5: and they were all aligned obviously had had different interests. 434 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 5: I was suing the Biden administration, you know, two or 435 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 5: three times a month and obviously the Carl Rove and 436 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 5: the Bushes had other plans for the first ag race 437 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,280 Speaker 5: against Dan Brantch who very close ally of Carl Rove 438 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 5: and George Bush. But also then of course they ran 439 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 5: George P. 440 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: Bush against me. 441 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 5: So this is it's it's kind of shocking to me 442 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 5: because I spent a lot of my time helping raise 443 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 5: money and working for campaigns for the Bushes, both the 444 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,439 Speaker 5: father and George w And it was shocking to me 445 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 5: to find such resistance and really the use of the 446 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 5: legal system to try to take me out when they 447 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 5: couldn't win at the ballot. 448 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 1: Box well drunk days, not in the state House, not 449 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 1: leading the state House anymore. So I guess there is 450 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: justice to all of this. One of the cases you brought, 451 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: I'll look at the headline, Paxton lawsuit against East Plano 452 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 1: Islamic Center EPIC and the Meadow Project formerly EPIC, the 453 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: city you have said that is about violations of the law, 454 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,760 Speaker 1: not religious differences. What happened there. 455 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, So we're still we suit them over security flaw 456 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,040 Speaker 5: violations because we believe that they violated both state and 457 00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 5: Stubtle security flaws. And so we're we're in the middle 458 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:05,159 Speaker 5: of that lawsuit. It hasn't progressed past filing. We haven't 459 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,119 Speaker 5: really had any significant hearing yet, but we are on 460 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 5: course to stop them from continuing to operate outside the law. 461 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 5: And as you said, we are a First Amendment country, 462 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 5: but we are not a Sharia law country. And there 463 00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 5: is a distinction between defending First Amendment rights to free 464 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 5: speech and religious liberty and imposing or pushing another set 465 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 5: of laws outside of state and federal and constitutional laws. 466 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:37,679 Speaker 1: You sued and won a settlement with Meta, which is Facebook, 467 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: for one point four billion dollars. They agreed to pay 468 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:45,439 Speaker 1: the State of Texas the taxpayers for unlawfully capturing and 469 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 1: using biometric data facial recognition. 470 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 5: Yes, it's actually a lawsuit that I'm brought to my office. 471 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 5: I've seen it. I knew that we had a pretty 472 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 5: strong state law that prevented them from stealing our faces 473 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 5: without our consent and then also retaining that information and 474 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 5: selling that information, and clearly Meta violated those laws. And 475 00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 5: so it was a complicated case. It took a lot 476 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 5: of money because you had to hire a lot of experts, 477 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 5: and it's a complicated sort of legal and financial structure. 478 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,200 Speaker 5: But we were able to successfully after a couple of years, 479 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 5: settle with them because it was clear and they knew 480 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 5: it that they aviolated our state laws. And so yeah, 481 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 5: the taxpayers of text it's benefited, and the legislature now 482 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:35,640 Speaker 5: has another one point four billion dollars that they could 483 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 5: use to benefit the state of Texas. 484 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: You had a record setting settlement for Google's violations of 485 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: Texan's data privacy rights, including unauthorized collection of our location 486 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: data even when we opted out, one of the biggest 487 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: data privacy enforcements. It was called one of the biggest 488 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: data privacy enforcements by any single state one point three 489 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 1: seven five billion with Google. Does that get their attention? 490 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 5: Yes, it does. They didn't want to go to trial 491 00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:11,239 Speaker 5: for sure, because you know, we have more discovery. But 492 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 5: there's no doubt that they were taking information that they 493 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,719 Speaker 5: promised that they wouldn't take, that they weren't tracking us 494 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 5: if you opted out, and they shouldn't have done it anyway, 495 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 5: shouldn't you should have to opt in. But given that 496 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 5: you could opt out, and if you chose to opt out, 497 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 5: it still gathered your information. So it was a deceptive 498 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 5: trade practice. It was wrong, and I certainly I'm not 499 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 5: comfortable with these companies having my information without my permission, 500 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 5: and then they use it for their advantages. They monetize it, 501 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 5: and they sell it, and they do it all without 502 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 5: your permission, and you don't benefit in any way. Actually, 503 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 5: it's to your detriment. Some of this information is information 504 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 5: you may not want sold, and they hurt you in 505 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 5: the future when you're trying to purchase health insurance or 506 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 5: car insurance. 507 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: A cumulative three point three four billion opioid related settlement 508 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 1: a series of opioid related settlements with major companies that 509 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: everyone knows who have preyed upon us. And I think 510 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: Fizer brought that to people's attention, but it's certainly not 511 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: the first. How did those come about? 512 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 5: Those? You know, we're probably I spent more time working 513 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 5: on opioids cases, both a manufacturer part of you. Spent 514 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 5: a lot of time in Cleveland, traveling the country, meeting 515 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 5: with ags and then trying to get an agreement among 516 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 5: fifty seven states and territories against the distributors, which were 517 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 5: are three major distributors. I actually led the sort of 518 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,479 Speaker 5: negotiation to get that done, and it's quite a challenge 519 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 5: when you're trying to get fifty seven states and territories 520 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 5: to agree to their allocation, because every state thinks they 521 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 5: deserve more, including Texas. And so I spent a couple 522 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 5: of several years negotiating those and working with the leadership 523 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 5: team three Democrats and there were three Republicans, and we 524 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 5: got those done. And hopefully that money is going. It's 525 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,959 Speaker 5: controlled by a control or in a committee. Hopefully that 526 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 5: money is going where I hope it would go, which 527 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 5: is to help deal with the opioid crisis. I've had 528 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:15,040 Speaker 5: too many friends of ours lose their children, and it 529 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 5: was very personal to me to make sure that we 530 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 5: got money to help resolve and correct that situation so 531 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 5: that let's have our children are dying. 532 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: I was a confirmed anti torte tort reform voter tort 533 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: reform proponent. I hated plants attorneys, they were evil. Lawsuit 534 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: abuse was destroying our state. Med MAU was destroying our 535 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 1: medical practices. Companies didn't want to open here, and as 536 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 1: often happens, the pendulum swung the wrong way such that 537 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: I've had friends who have medical problems with the doctors 538 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: caused and the payout is so little that lawyers won't 539 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: take them. I personally witnessed that that pendulum seem to 540 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 1: swing back and forth with the anti plaintiffs lawyer, the 541 00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: Torque Reform crowd seems to have come after you, and 542 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: I don't think that we have achieved a balance. How 543 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 1: important is that in this race? 544 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 5: I think it's really important. You know, It's unfortunate because 545 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 5: I was like you, I've voted to restrict recoveries to 546 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 5: lower amounts, trying to balance out the interests of healthcare 547 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 5: access and costs with the concept of being able to 548 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 5: recover if you've been harmed and being able. 549 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: To recover what you deserve to recover. 550 00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 5: So there's always a balance there, and I've always struggled 551 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 5: with it. But I think you're right. We have been 552 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 5: some of the events that we have gone too far. 553 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: Attorney General Ken Paxton, thank you for your time. 554 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 5: Thank you