1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:01,520 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 2: It is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with 3 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 2: you as always and Senator it was a wild night 4 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 2: last night in Washington, DC, and the big headline is 5 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: a four point five trade ar tax cut has passed 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 2: the House. 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: It was touch and go. 8 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 2: It's a slim majority of the House, but they got 9 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 2: it done for the American people. 10 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 3: Well, this is the first step. So you and I 11 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 3: are recording this. It is twelve twenty in the morning 12 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 3: Tuesday night. The House had a touch and go vote 13 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 3: on the floor of the House on whether to begin 14 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 3: the first step of budget reconciliation. They ended up getting 15 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 3: the votes by one vote. Initially they put it on 16 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 3: the floor of the House and it failed. Then they 17 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 3: brought it back. President Trump was whipping the votes that 18 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 3: were on the sidelines and it passed by one vote. Now, 19 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 3: this doesn't mean it's done, but it's the beginning of 20 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 3: the process. We're gonna break that down. We're gonna explain 21 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 3: what it means, what that is st uarding us on 22 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 3: the path to do. We're also going to talk about 23 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 3: the rather shocking news from this week about an ied 24 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 3: that exploded in South Texas, blowing up a Texas rancher, 25 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 3: as the Mexican cartels are engaged in what you would 26 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 3: have to call just open warfare at this point. IED's 27 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 3: you envision in Iraq, you envision in war zones, You 28 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 3: don't envision them in the state of Texas. 29 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 4: We're going to break that down. 30 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 3: And finally we're going to talk about the latest step 31 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 3: in the battle over boys and girl sports, which is 32 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,279 Speaker 3: the Department of Justice is coming after the state of Maine, 33 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 3: the State of California, and the State of Minnesota to 34 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 3: comply with the federal law and Trump's executive order concerning 35 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 3: boys and girl sports, and Maine and California and Minnesota 36 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 3: are saying hell no, we're going to break that down 37 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 3: as well. 38 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's awesome, all right. 39 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 2: I gotta tell you today I did something that was 40 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 2: just really fun, and it was to spend a little 41 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 2: time at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Dallas, Texas 42 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: with my friends of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, 43 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: and I got to see just what their work looks 44 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 2: like with some videos that I was shown, some pictures 45 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 2: of the impact that so many of you are having 46 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 2: by being involved with IFCJ and helping the people in Israel. 47 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: After more than a year of war, tear and pain 48 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 2: in Israel, there is still a great demand for basic 49 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 2: humanitarian aid and that is where the International Fellowship of 50 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 2: Christians and Jews has supported and they continue to support 51 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 2: those in the Holy Land still facing the lingering horrors 52 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 2: of war and those who are in desperate need. 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All right, So, Center, it was an exciting 72 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 2: and intense night on the floor of the House. 73 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: It was the vote was on, it was off. 74 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 2: You literally could physically see people on the floor taking 75 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: phone calls, speaking on the phone. That's been reported was 76 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 2: with the President United States of America. This was part 77 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 2: of the whipping votes. And by the way, this is 78 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: when I tell people please share this podcast on social 79 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 2: media because we're going to pull back the curtain here 80 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 2: and explain to you what happened and what is next. 81 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 2: So you guys, they're messing with the algorithms now, So 82 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 2: we ask for your support of the show by sharing 83 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 2: it on social media hitting that subscribe or download the 84 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,559 Speaker 2: episode button every time you see the show. But Senator, 85 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 2: this was one of those moments where it's like, Okay, 86 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 2: this is real. It's a tight majority in the House 87 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 2: and it passes because of phone calls literally from the 88 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:36,239 Speaker 2: President on the floor. 89 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 3: Well, tonight was the first step in delivering on our 90 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 3: promises to the American people. And if you look at 91 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 3: the election in November, there was a mandate from the voters. 92 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 3: Number one, the mandate is secure the border, and that 93 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 3: is the most overwhelming mandate we have. Beyond that, there's 94 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 3: a mandate to rebuild the military and defend America. There's 95 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 3: a mandate to unleash American energy and by doing so, 96 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,120 Speaker 3: to lower energy cost, to lower inflation. And there's a 97 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 3: mandate to bring the economy back to help small businesses, 98 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 3: and that means extending the twenty seventeen Trump tax cuts 99 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 3: that are expiring this year. All of that we got 100 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 3: to get done, and I got to say failure is 101 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 3: not an option. So tonight what the House did is 102 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 3: they voted on their budget resolution. Now, why does a 103 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 3: budget resolution matter? The reason it matters is ordinarily to 104 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 3: pass legislation in the Congress, you need sixty votes in 105 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 3: the Senate. Why is that because the Senate rules give 106 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 3: the minority of the ability to filibuster, and the ability 107 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 3: to filibuster is the ability to block legislation unless you 108 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 3: have sixty votes to cut off debate. Now, we only 109 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 3: have fifty three Republicans in the Senate, which means if 110 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,679 Speaker 3: you need sixty votes, you need seven Democrats. The seven 111 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 3: Democrats are not going to vote. There are not seven Democrats. 112 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 3: There's not even one Democrat who's going to vote to 113 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 3: secure the border, who's going to vote to cut taxes, 114 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 3: who's going to vote to rebuild our military, And so 115 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 3: if you've got to go through the filibuster, you can't win. 116 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 4: Now. 117 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 3: The main exception to the Senate filibuster rule is something 118 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 3: called budget reconciliation. Budget reconciliation is a law that was 119 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 3: passed in the nineteen seventies that provides for moving forward 120 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 3: on budgetary matters, and by statute, a budget reconciliation cannot 121 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 3: be filibusters, which means you can pass it with only 122 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 3: fifty votes in the Senate. You don't need sixty. So 123 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 3: if you go back to twenty seventeen, the twenty seventeen 124 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 3: Trump tax cuts we passed using budget reconciliation. If you 125 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 3: go back to the Biden administration, the Democrats use budget 126 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 3: reconciliation multiple times to pass things like their incredibly misnamed 127 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 3: Inflation Reduction Act, which was the Green New Deal spending scam. 128 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 3: They use that because they couldn't get sixty. Now, in 129 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,920 Speaker 3: order to pass our agenda, we are trying to pass 130 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 3: budget reconciliation. The House and Senate have a difference in 131 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 3: strategy on how to do this, and we've talked about 132 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 3: this in a previous podcast, but I'm going to explain 133 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 3: a little bit of it. The House, the Speaker of 134 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 3: the House, believes we should pass one single reconciliation bill. 135 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 3: What he refers to it as is one big, beautiful bill. 136 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 3: Donald Trump has repeated that multiple times, and he believes 137 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 3: that's the best way, with his exceptionally narrow majority in 138 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 3: the House, to get all of this across the finish line. 139 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 3: I will tell you virtually every Republican Cenator, including myself, 140 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,440 Speaker 3: believes the way to do this is two bills, starting 141 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 3: with one bill that secures the border, rebuilds the military, 142 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 3: and Unleasha's energy, and then a second bill that extends 143 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 3: the tax cuts and makes the bigger and bolder. 144 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 4: I don't know who's right. 145 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 3: I don't know if the Senate's right or the House 146 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 3: is right, but at at some level, Ben I don't care. 147 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 3: We just have to get the job done. So tonight 148 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 3: I had dinner with Steve Scalise. Steve is a good friend. 149 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 3: He is the House Majority leader. 150 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 2: By the way, what's he doing for people that know 151 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 2: his history of being shot and the health issues. I 152 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 2: just I want to pause and ask, how is he 153 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: doing physically? 154 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 3: Really really well? So Steve, Steve has been is a 155 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 3: good friend. He's from Louisiana. He's a conservative, he's a friend. 156 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 3: He and I have been friends a long time. He's 157 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 3: doing great. And and and listen, Steve. We all remember 158 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 3: where Steve was shot with with with the crazed angry 159 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 3: leftist who went to the practice of the congressional baseball 160 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 3: game and wanted to kill Republicans and and shot and 161 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 3: badly wounded. Steve shot him in the pelvis, and he 162 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 3: was in a coma for some days. He almost died. 163 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 3: He's recovered from that. And then I got to say, 164 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 3: Steve has had some tough health scares because he had 165 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 3: just a couple of years ago cancer and he was 166 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 3: down in Houston at MD Anderson being treated. And m 167 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 3: d Anderson is an amazing hospital. My mom, who's ninety now, 168 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 3: she was treated there for cancer. It is look cancer 169 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 3: is a terrifying diagnosis. I hope never in my life 170 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 3: to be a patient. 171 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 4: At MD Anderson. 172 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 3: I don't want to be a patient there because you're 173 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 3: only a patient there if you have cancer. 174 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 4: I'd really like not to have cancer. 175 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 3: But I'll tell you this, if I ever get cancer, 176 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 3: I want to be patient at MD Anderson. I mean, 177 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 3: they do an amazing job. And I got to say Steve, 178 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 3: his health is doing great. I told him tonight he is. 179 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 3: He's in remission, he's finished with his cancer treatment. He 180 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 3: is strong, his color is back, he is full of 181 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 3: life and vim and vigor. I told him said, look, 182 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 3: even you know, five six months ago when he was 183 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 3: coming out of the cancer treatment, you could see, Look, 184 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 3: when you go through that, you go through chemo, it 185 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 3: weakens you. You can just see it's hard, your body 186 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 3: is I mean it exact cost, it's brutal. But you 187 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,320 Speaker 3: know what, Steve is strong and effective and good. I 188 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 3: was really encouraged, as the best I've seen Steve in 189 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 3: years and he's come through this. And he was jubilant. 190 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 3: So he was on the House floor. He's the House 191 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 3: majority leader. He was trying to get the votes to 192 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 3: pass this on the House and he wasn't sure. So 193 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 3: the first time they brought it on the House. It failed, 194 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 3: and then he kept pressing and then he got it done. 195 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 3: And he got it done. Look, a critical piece of 196 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 3: getting it done was President Trump. And I sort of 197 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 3: joked when Steve showed up at dinner. I said, you know, 198 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,839 Speaker 3: it does help when the chief whip in the House 199 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 3: is named Donald J. 200 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 4: Trump. 201 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt about it. 202 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 3: And they were putting President Trump on the phone with 203 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 3: the publican votes that are wobbly, and he was saying, listen, 204 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 3: I need you to vote with us, and he flipped 205 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 3: the votes. And so it was. Steve told me, so 206 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 3: we're supposed to have dinner at seven thirty. He didn't 207 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 3: get there at about about eight thirty because he was 208 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 3: on the floor badly. Sure, and Steve told me, he's like, 209 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,719 Speaker 3: all right, I'm late for dinner. So he said, I'm 210 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 3: picking up the tab, which I appreciated last time. 211 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 4: Steve and I had dinner. 212 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 3: I picked up the tab and he said, I'll tell 213 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 3: you what, order a drink, whatever you like, make it expensive. 214 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 4: I'm paying And he said, I want. 215 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 1: To celebrate, That's what I want to know. Did it 216 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: hurt a little bit? 217 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 3: So I ordered McCallen twenty five neat there you go, 218 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 3: which which is a great single malt Scotch. And and 219 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 3: and I you know, Steve is not a big Scotch guy. 220 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 3: I actually don't drink Scotch a lot, but I but 221 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 3: I do like McCallen and so we toasted it. 222 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 2: And when someone else by the way is paying, it's 223 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: just a nice little touch there. 224 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 3: Look, ste Steve said, hurt me a little bit and 225 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 3: ordered something pricey. So I thought about michelb Ultra. But 226 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 3: but but somehow McCallum twenty five seemed to better call me. 227 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 2: As long as it wasn't a bud Light or a Budweiser, 228 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 2: I'm good with it. That's that's I'm still on the 229 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 2: Boycott train there by the way. 230 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 3: By the way, I will say you and I have 231 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 3: been to a lot of Astros games. Yes, I love 232 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 3: the Stros. You know, it used to be a few 233 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 3: years ago. I'd go the Astros in every baseball game. 234 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 4: I have a bud Light. I mean, that's just what 235 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 4: I what I drank. 236 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 3: You know, I'm old enough that I don't I drink 237 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 3: light beer instead of regular beer because you know, I 238 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 3: like you know, water that's slightly fave flavored. I like 239 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 3: it but after the whole bud light thing, it's an 240 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 3: amazing thing. You go, you go to the Minute Maide Stadium, 241 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 3: you go to watch uh or although I guess it's 242 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 3: now the Dykings Stadium there. 243 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: The Dyking's like, no, no, we paid a lot of 244 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: money to change that name. 245 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 4: I know, but it's it's hard to make. 246 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: It's going to be a minute made. 247 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 4: There's this. 248 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 2: I laugh because when they change it, I'm like, dude, 249 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: how many people are gonna remember this. It's it's gonna 250 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 2: been it made for the majority of my lifetime. 251 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,440 Speaker 3: So but I'll say this, you'd go to the stadium 252 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 3: in a few years ago, like everyone was drinking bud light. 253 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 3: It was literally every person in the stadium. That's what 254 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,839 Speaker 3: they drink. And now I don't even think they sell 255 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 3: bud light. I mean, I mean, it is an astonishing difference. 256 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 2: No, it's it is. It's it is a real boycott. 257 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 2: It has not gone away at all. And I do 258 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 2: love every once in a while when when conservatives say, okay, 259 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 2: you insult us to this point. Enough already, we're not 260 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:31,959 Speaker 2: backing down, and we have it like I don't think 261 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 2: I'll ever drink one again. The rest of my life. 262 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 3: So, by the way, there's a structural reason for that. 263 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 3: So listen, you take something like the NBA. The NBA 264 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 3: got all woke. It put all the damn slogans on 265 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 3: the court and on the jerseys. It pissed me off. 266 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 3: It pissed a lot of conservatives off. Here's the problem. 267 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 3: I love basketball, like for me, the price of boycotting 268 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,319 Speaker 3: the NBA, the price of boycotting the NFL, the price 269 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 3: of boycotting sports is painful. Like, I get great joy 270 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 3: from watching professional sports, and so I didn't like their politics. 271 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 4: But I'm like, I'm not willing to. 272 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 3: Sacrifice my joy just because I'm pissed about politics. 273 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 4: What got bud light. 274 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 3: Is they have a product that is easily substitutable. 275 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, easily replaceable. 276 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 3: Every place you could get a bud light, there's a 277 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 3: course light. Yeah, there's a Miller's light. It's right next 278 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 3: to it. And by the way, show me the guy 279 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 3: that if you do a blind taste test between bud Light, 280 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 3: Miller's LT and Coreslight, I tell you the difference. I 281 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 3: don't know, that's someone with a better palette than me. 282 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 3: They're all light beers and they all taste pretty much 283 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 3: the same to me. I'll probably piss off some listens, 284 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 3: but I can tell the difference between a getness and 285 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 3: a bud light. Yes, yes, but I'll be damned if 286 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 3: I can tell the difference between a bud light and 287 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 3: a course light. That meant every customer. It was not 288 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 3: a boycott that was painful. It was not a boycott 289 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 3: that's like I got to give up something that gives 290 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 3: joy to me. It was a boycoth that said, oh. 291 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, let me return it, and I'm going to get 292 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 2: a different one and watch how easy this is for. 293 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 3: Me, right right, and and and that got them in 294 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 3: in real trouble. By the way, Target got in a 295 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 3: little bit of this when they got super woke. And 296 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 3: Target is somewhat substitutable. But I'll say I think Target 297 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 3: and that they suffered a big drop, But I think 298 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 3: they've come back because listen, I mean, I guess instead 299 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 3: of Target, you can go to Walmart. But they're not 300 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 3: a ton of choices. I'll tell you my girls. I'll 301 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 3: confess my teenage girls love Target. 302 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, trust me, my wife loves it, and there's no 303 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 2: way she was substituting Walmart for it. 304 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's but it's a more expensive substitution. 305 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 3: Bud light got hit because it was a cost free 306 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 3: way to say I don't like what you did. 307 00:15:55,480 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 2: All right, I want to ask you one other questions 308 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 2: on the budget issue. So for people that say, okay, 309 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 2: this past, how quick is this going to move forward 310 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 2: or how long is this going to. 311 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 4: Be's a long way to go. 312 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 2: So what's the timeline on this? So we limit expectations 313 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 2: or be realistic. 314 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 3: So the Budget resolution just starts this process. Now what's 315 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 3: happened in the House is they've directed each of the 316 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 3: House committees to draft the underlying bill. So what was 317 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 3: voted on tonight was not securing the border, it was 318 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 3: not rebuilding the military, it was not cutting taxes. It 319 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 3: was the opening resolution to say, go draft that legislation. 320 00:16:34,280 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 3: That was a real fight. 321 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: So this is the first sitting to use a baseball analogy. 322 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 3: Yes, now it actually gets your batter at the plate, 323 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 3: Like if they'd failed, they don't even get a batter 324 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 3: at the plate. 325 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 4: So now we can start swinging. 326 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: We're in the game. 327 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 3: But they're going to be harder steps forward, and I 328 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 3: believe we're going to get this done. I believe we're 329 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 3: going to get this done. We're going to secure the border, 330 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 3: we're going to rebuild the military, we're going to unleash 331 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,719 Speaker 3: American energy, and we're going to extend the tax cuts. 332 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 3: But but it is going to be a lot of 333 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 3: trade offs. It's gonna be hard. It's gonna be hard 334 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 3: because the House majority is so excruciatingly tiny that on 335 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 3: any issue, if you lose two votes, you're you're you're 336 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,199 Speaker 3: out of luck. But I think we will get the 337 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:25,719 Speaker 3: job done. And I will say both Mike Johnson, the Speaker, 338 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,959 Speaker 3: and Steve Scalise, the Majority leader, they're both good friends. 339 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 3: I work very closely with both of them, and I 340 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 3: think we will go through some difficult paths to get there. 341 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 3: But all of us, from the most conservative Republican to 342 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 3: the most moderate, squishy, wobbly Republican, all of us want 343 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 3: to produce these victories we get. There was a mandate 344 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 3: from the election, and we can't fail. And by the way, 345 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 3: if we fail, if we don't secure the border, if 346 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 3: we don't rebuild the milliyitary, if we don't unleash energy, 347 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 3: if we don't extend the tax cuts, we'll get killed 348 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 3: in November of next year. 349 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, And that's I'm a big believer a Trump said 350 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 2: on the floor, right like, Hey, you don't want to 351 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 2: be involved in this. 352 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,400 Speaker 3: Right, get it done. We made a promise to the voters. 353 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 3: Let's deliver on the voters, and I think today was 354 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 3: an important step to doing that. 355 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 2: Let's talk about the border for a second. There was 356 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 2: there was another big story, and I want you to 357 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 2: just read part of this for people, because it truly 358 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 2: is heartbreaking. 359 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: It makes me angry. 360 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 2: It's what you see in war in the Middle East, 361 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 2: and it's happening now against ranchers and people in agriculture. 362 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 2: The warning is very real now that the cartels are 363 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 2: acting like what they are, terrorists organizations. I think this 364 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 2: is another example of the President getting it right, saying 365 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 2: we're going to declare them as terrorist organizations because they 366 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 2: that's what they do. They are terrorist organizations. And now 367 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:01,440 Speaker 2: we have another We had a point of saying, here's 368 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:01,919 Speaker 2: the proof. 369 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 3: So let me read from a story in the New 370 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 3: York Post. Texas rancher killed by suspected cartel ied on 371 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 3: Mexican border as authorities worn of growing threat. 372 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 4: Here's what the New York Post. 373 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 3: Reported, quote a Texas border rancher was killed near the 374 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 3: border by a suspected cartel ied earlier this month. The 375 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 3: Texas Department of Agriculture told the Post Tuesday, as officials 376 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 3: issued an urgent safety warning for the Rio Grande Valley. 377 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 3: Rancher Antonio Gespenes Saldierna, seventy four, who worked on both 378 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 3: sides of the border along with Horatio Lopez Pena, was 379 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 3: killed in the blast in Tamalipas, Mexico, which was just 380 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 3: south of Brownsville, Texas. Lopez's wife, Ninphi Griselda Ortega, was 381 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:04,760 Speaker 3: hospit vitalized with injuries. Saldirna was driving on his ranch 382 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 3: when he hit the explosive device, causing it to detonate. 383 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:14,439 Speaker 3: According to KRGV, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said the 384 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:19,360 Speaker 3: deadly explosion is part of a quote growing threat posed 385 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 3: by cartel activity along our southern border and encourages ranchers 386 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 3: to quote exercise extreme caution in the area. 387 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 4: Quote. 388 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 3: I encourage everyone in the agricultural industry to stay vigilant, 389 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,120 Speaker 3: remain aware of their surroundings, and report any suspicious activity 390 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 3: law enforcement. Additionally, you can avoid dirt roads and remote areas, 391 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 3: refrain from touching unfamiliar objects that could be explosive devices. 392 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 3: Limit travel to daylight hours, stay on main roads, and 393 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 3: avoid cartel controlled regions. 394 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 4: Said Miller. 395 00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 3: This is happening right at the Texas Mexico border. I 396 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:05,719 Speaker 3: gotta say it is dangerous and it shows. You know, 397 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 3: some in the media say, gosh, it's hyperbole, it's rhetoric 398 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 3: to call the cartel's terrorists. They are terrorists and they're 399 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 3: murdering Texans. 400 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 2: What does this mean moving forward if they continue this? 401 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 2: And how could this change the way that we interact 402 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 2: with them? Because I think there's a lot of Americans 403 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 2: right now they're like, look, if we're gonna call them terrasts, 404 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 2: let's go after them like they're terrorists. 405 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 1: How dare them be allowed to do this? 406 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 4: Well, I believe we're gonna do that. 407 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 3: I believe we're starting with we saw on January twentieth, 408 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,719 Speaker 3: President Trump securing the border. We've seen the numbers of 409 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 3: illegal crossings plummet, drop ninety percent. We're gonna go after them. 410 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 3: We're gonna go after them. We're gonna go after the 411 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 3: people who are here, the murderers, the rapist, the child molesters, 412 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 3: the the gang members, we're resting them, we're deporting them, 413 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 3: we're gonna send them back, but we're also stopping the 414 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 3: traffic coming in, the human traffickers, the drug traffickers. That 415 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 3: is impacting the cartel's bottom lines. But I think we're 416 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 3: going to use leverage to go after the cartels directly 417 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 3: and try to Joe Biden and the Democrats gave billions 418 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 3: of dollars to the cartels, a stat you and I 419 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 3: have talked about multiple times, but it's a stunning stat. 420 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 3: In twenty eighteen, the Mexican draw cartels made roughly five 421 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 3: hundred million dollars from human trafficking. Five hundred million dollars 422 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 3: is a lot of money. Last year they made thirteen 423 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 3: billion dollars, a two thousand, six hundred percent increase. 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Lastly, there is 481 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 2: a war that is taking place between Donald Trump and 482 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 2: certain states that are saying we're not going to listen 483 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 2: to you. Maine now is the latest state to tell 484 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 2: the DOJ. In essence, this is adding to California and 485 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 2: Minnesota saying we're not going to comply with a federal 486 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 2: laws protecting girls' sports. I'm trying to figure this out. 487 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 2: Is this pure arrogance or is this a political move 488 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 2: by the radical left to say we're not going to 489 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,879 Speaker 2: comply and we think it's going to be good for 490 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 2: us to raise money and for our base break this 491 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:17,959 Speaker 2: down for us. 492 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 4: What do you think, Well, listen. 493 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 3: Unfortunately, elected Democrats remain radical that they have not learned 494 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 3: any lessons from the November election. So if you look 495 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 3: at Democrats in Congress, if you looked at Democrat governors, 496 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 3: they continue to support open borders. They continue to support 497 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,920 Speaker 3: releasing murderers and rapists and child molesters into this country. 498 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 3: You look at we talked about this in last week's pod, 499 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 3: how Massachusetts is literally releasing violent child rapists who are 500 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,440 Speaker 3: illegal immigrants rather than turn them over to Ice to 501 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 3: be deported. And I got to say, look, this is 502 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 3: not a sixty forty issue, it's not a sty issue. 503 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 3: This is an eighty twenty or a ninety ten issue. 504 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:09,959 Speaker 3: I mean, if you ask any rational, insane person a 505 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 3: violent child rapist, should we release him into our community, 506 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:20,159 Speaker 3: Any rational person, most normal Democrats would say, hell no, 507 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 3: that's a dumb ass idea. And yet the elected Democrats 508 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 3: in Massachusetts, their answer is let them go. We are 509 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:33,480 Speaker 3: opposed to deporting anyone, no matter how vile. That They're 510 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 3: continuing the same position on on they continue to support. 511 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 3: The Democrats in Congress continue to support sterilizing and castrating 512 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 3: children for sex change operations. Again, that's an eighty twenty issue. 513 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 3: They're on the wrong side of it, but they're listening 514 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 3: to their radical base. And when it comes to men 515 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 3: and women's sports, this is another eighty twenty issue. The 516 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 3: American people don't want competing against their daughters. They don't 517 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 3: want men competing against women, and yet the Democrats are 518 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 3: all in on that. 519 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:08,679 Speaker 4: And I've been amazed. 520 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 3: Normally, when your party gets clabbered in an election, you 521 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 3: go and reassess, gosh, maybe we miscalibrated, Maybe we should 522 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 3: change where we stand. The Democrats are not doing that. 523 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 3: And so what happened this week is Pambondy, the new 524 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:33,160 Speaker 3: Attorney General, targeted in particular three states, targeted Maine, California, 525 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,400 Speaker 3: and Minnesota, and she issued a warning to them that 526 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 3: those states have to comply with federal anti discrimination laws 527 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 3: that require them to keep boys at a girl sports. 528 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 3: And here's what Pambondi said, quote, This Department of Justice 529 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 3: will defend women and does not tolerate state officials who 530 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 3: ignore federal law. We will leverage every legal option necessary 531 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:03,480 Speaker 3: to ensure eight compliance with federal law and President Trump's 532 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 3: executive order protecting women's sports. And she continues, The Department 533 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 3: of Justice says, quote, as President Trump's recent executive order 534 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 3: one four to two zero one on the subject explains, 535 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 3: allowing men and boys to compete in women's and girl 536 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 3: sports quote is demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls. 537 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 3: This practice is also illegal under federal law. It denies 538 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 3: women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel 539 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 3: in competitive sports in violation of Title nine of the 540 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 3: Educational Amendments of nineteen seventy two. And so understand, the 541 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 3: Department of Justice is making clear they intend to sue 542 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,959 Speaker 3: these states and they intend to cut off federal funds 543 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 3: to these states if they continue to embrace the radical 544 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 3: notion that they're going to let boys compete in girl sports. 545 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,880 Speaker 3: We talked about in Monday's pod how the governor Maine 546 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:02,240 Speaker 3: is in open defiance, saying to hell with you, We'll 547 00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:06,800 Speaker 3: see you in court. It's amazing democrats continue to embrace 548 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 3: these radical positions. 549 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:09,239 Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is. 550 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 2: Don't forget. We do this show Monday, Wednesday Friday. 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