1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: What's happened in DC since President Trump sent in the 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: National Guard. 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That is something that maybe some people don't realize. 61 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 3: Everything's come out of the House. We're now to the 62 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 3: Senate side of things, and I want you to explain 63 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 3: what it was like in the hours leading up to 64 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 3: the shutdown. Was there ever a chance in hell that 65 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 3: the government wasn't going to shut down? 66 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: I think the government shutdown is going to last at 67 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: the minimum of days, it may be weeks, and it 68 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: may even be longer. Really, yes, this could extend for 69 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: a significant period of time and understated. And this is 70 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: the Democrats roar that they hate Donald Trump. 71 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 2: So I got to say. 72 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: We had the vote tonight. There was no surprise. Everyone 73 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: knew the outcome. Out of one hundred senators, all of 74 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: us knew the outcome. 75 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,559 Speaker 2: The vote was fifty five to forty five. 76 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: So three Democrat senators voted to keep the government open. 77 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 3: You have it was a pretty big deal, right, I 78 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 3: mean did you think those three were going to go? Where? 79 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 3: Did you think it was going to be a unanimous vote? 80 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 3: I mean Fetterman and two others like that's that is significant. 81 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, Look Fetterman, I was not surprised. So Fetterman voted 82 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: to keep the government open, Cortes Master voter to keep 83 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: the government open, and Angus King voted to keep the 84 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: government open. That's not shocking to me. It's fifty five 85 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: to forty five. Now, why did the government shut down? Look, 86 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: the basic operation of government is the federal government cannot 87 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: continue to operate unless Congress appropriates funds under the Constitution, 88 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: and Congress has the power of the purse, So Congress 89 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: appropriates the spending of money. A typical fiscal year is 90 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 1: October first to September thirtieth. 91 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 3: YEP. 92 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: This particular funding ended at midnight on September thirtieth. You 93 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: and I are recording this just after minutes after midnight 94 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: on September thirtieth. The appropriation, the authorization for Congress to 95 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 1: spend money expired minutes ago. Now, there are a couple 96 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: of ways you can extend the government funding. One is 97 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: an appropriation and so they're typically in a good year. 98 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: They are thirteen appropriation bills that fund each different kind 99 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: of major segment of government. For a number of years, 100 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: the appropriation bills have not passed. The other major way 101 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: that government authorization occurs is through what are called crs. 102 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: CR is short for continual resolution. A continued resolution is 103 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: essentially Congress saying what we are spending now, we can 104 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: continue continue the status quo identically for x period of time. Now, 105 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: the House of Representatives pasted a CR, a clean CR 106 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: to fund the federal government through the middle of November. 107 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: So if the Senate had passed it. 108 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 3: Oh, let's be clear. When you say a clean CR, 109 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 3: that means no political shenanigans in it. It's literally saying, 110 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 3: we're taking the twenty five budget year and we're going 111 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 3: to say the exact same amount we spent in August, 112 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 3: we're gonna spend September, October, November until we get the 113 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 3: new budget. There is no port barrel extras. There's no 114 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 3: political against from either side. 115 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, okay. A clean CR says what we 116 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: spent yesterday is what we'll spend tomorrow, that everything just 117 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: continues the same, and that's what the House has passed. 118 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 2: Now. 119 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: The challenge is for anything to pass the Senate that 120 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: is in the nature of an appropriations or a CR, 121 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: it take sixty votes because under the filibuster rule, you've 122 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: got to have sixty votes to move forward on legislation. So, 123 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: as I mentioned, we got fifty five, we got three Democrats, 124 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: but we need sixty, which means we need at least 125 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: seven Democrats. And actually here we need eight Democrats because 126 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: Ran Paul voted no, so we had fifty two Republicans 127 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: vote yes, and we needed eight Democrats to vote yes 128 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: to fund the government. 129 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 2: Well, we only got three. 130 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 3: And that was on purpose. And I want to pause 131 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 3: just for a second to go back to the cr historically. 132 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 3: Let's just go back to Biden's time in office when 133 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 3: you guys were in the minority. If I'm not mistaken, 134 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 3: you guys did this more than a dozen times where 135 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 3: you came to and say, hey, we maintained a thirteen time. 136 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 3: All right, So thirteen different times y'all came together and said, 137 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 3: we're gonna spend exactly what we spent yesterday to keep 138 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 3: the government open so we avoid a government shutdown. And 139 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 3: you put the American people ahead of politics, and that 140 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 3: is a bipartisan moment, right, They had to have some 141 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 3: of your votes. 142 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: So look, every time we came to the end of 143 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: government funding, you would have enough Republicans joined with Democrats 144 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: to keep the government funded. Now what has changed, Well, 145 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: several months ago we had another expiration of government funding. 146 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: And what happened is Chuck Schumer and the Democrats decided, Okay, 147 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: let's keep the government going, a very reasonable and very 148 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: common sense, a very normal decision. The Democratic left wing 149 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 1: base lost their mind and Chuck Schumer nearly lost his 150 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: job because Schumer allowed the government to be funded several 151 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 1: months ago, the left wing rose up against him. And 152 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: you want to understand why we have a shutdown. It's 153 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: one thing. Schumer is looking over his left shoulder and 154 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: he sees AOC running up behind him, and he is 155 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: terrified he's going to lose his job. So listen, Schumer 156 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: knows this is not going to work. He knows this 157 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: is failures. 158 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 3: Just pure cover your als politics one oh one by Schumer. 159 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: So the radical left wing, they hate Trump and they 160 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: want today to be a giant f you to Trump. 161 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: They want it to be we hate President Trump, and 162 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: we hate President Trump so much we're gonna shut the 163 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: entire government down because rar that's what we're watching now, 164 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: by the way, so. 165 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 3: Then hold on, when did this become the plan? Was 166 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 3: this weeks ago? Months ago? Was this when they had 167 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 3: the last year? As I got the next time it 168 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 3: comes up, I have no choice. I got to shut 169 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 3: down the government to flex my muscles. And also there 170 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 3: is a real concern by him that AOC is going 171 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,319 Speaker 3: to run against him primary him in the Senate, by 172 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 3: the way, that is after the next president's election cycle. 173 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 3: Was that and that isn't he up two years after 174 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 3: if I'm not mistaken, So you got five plus years 175 00:09:58,559 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 3: from now. 176 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: So, and to be clear, I predicted on this podcast 177 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: the inaugural member the chairman of the AOC for President 178 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: campaign is Chuck Schumer because he is desperate for AOC 179 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: not to primary him. He's gonna say, Alexandra, you are 180 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: such a big deal, you were so important. Really, the 181 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: Senate's too small for you. Why do you want to 182 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: bother being in the Senate. You should be in the 183 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: White House. Schumer is going to be all in on that, 184 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:31,800 Speaker 1: but he is living with absolute PTSD. He is traumatized. 185 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: He sees left wing antifa crazies coming around on every side, 186 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: and so from his end, this shutdown is necessary politically. Now, 187 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 1: what did the Democrats demand? They demanded a lot of things. 188 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: You know what the number one demand was, what's that? 189 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: Free healthcare for illegals all over the country. 190 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 3: By the way, I mean, when you think about that 191 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 3: and the polling data and what it says, I don't 192 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 3: understand why that would make your number one thing. Because 193 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 3: it's clear that the people are behind President Trump securing 194 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 3: our borders, stopping government waste for aunt of abuse dogs 195 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 3: was a big part of it, and also making sure 196 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 3: that we're not giving out benefits to illegal immigrants. So 197 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 3: like no, no, no, we want to spend one point five 198 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 3: trillion if you want our votes, and it has to 199 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 3: be for health care for illegal immigrants and food stamps 200 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 3: for people that are able bodied, for example, that refuse 201 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 3: to work. That's another thing, and they're like, no, no, no, 202 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 3: we buy gal. You better get mind to people that 203 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 3: are just straight up lazy, that aren't that that have 204 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 3: the ability to work, but you got to pay them 205 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 3: to stay home. 206 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 2: Yeah. 207 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,959 Speaker 1: A huge pump chunk of this is getting rid of 208 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: the work requirement for government benefits. Democrats don't want anyone 209 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: to have to work. They wanted them to be able 210 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: to sit at home and get government checks. But did 211 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: you see the AI video the White House put out? 212 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 3: Which one? They put out a couple different things. Which 213 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 3: one are you talking about? 214 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: I want you? I want I want to play this 215 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: for everyone. Okay, this is fake so so all the 216 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 1: nattering neighbors, this is fake news. But it is absolutely hysterical. 217 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: The White House put out. This is Chuck Schumer and 218 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: a Keem Jeffries explaining what this shutdown is all about. 219 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 3: Take a listen to this. 220 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 5: Look, guys, there's no way to sugarcoat it. 221 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 6: Nobody likes Democrats anymore. We have no voters left because 222 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 6: of all of our woke trans bullsh Not even black 223 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 6: people want to vote for us anymore. Even Latinos hate us. 224 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 3: So we need new voters. 225 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 6: And if we give all these illegal aliens free healthcare, 226 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 6: we might be able to get them on our side 227 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 6: so they can vote for us. They can't even speak English, 228 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 6: so they won't realize we're just a bunch of woke 229 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 6: pieces of shit, you know, at least for a while 230 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 6: until they learn English and they realize they hate us too. 231 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 3: See, this is when I love AI. This is when 232 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 3: I absolutely love the spear from the President. And if 233 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 3: you can't see this, you need to go look at it. 234 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,479 Speaker 3: We put up on social media, the videos and Portephries 235 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 3: has got a really nice Hannibar mustache and a sombrero on. 236 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: So look, pause for a second and realize that was 237 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 1: released by the White House. That was released by the 238 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 1: President of the United States. I feel a little guilty 239 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: because we've got some cursewords in there. We try to 240 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: avoid cursewords on this podcast. But what do you do 241 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: when the president has put that out? 242 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 2: You pay it? 243 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: And I gotta say the video sits today at lunch. 244 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: So every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, all the Republican senators 245 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: have lunch together. Today at lunch, John Thune met with 246 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: the President, met with Schumer, met with the King Jeffries 247 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: at the White House. And so Thune was giving us 248 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: a download on that. And you know, Thune was talking about, Okay, 249 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: the Democrats they don't want to cut a deal. They're 250 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: not willing to give it on anything. And I will confess. 251 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 1: I raised my hand. 252 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 2: I question. 253 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: I said, John was a King Jeffries wearing the sombrero. 254 00:13:58,280 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 3: And what did he say? 255 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 2: He just laughed. But look and everyone cracked up. But 256 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 2: that image. 257 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: Listen, the Democrats have literally shut down the federal government 258 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 1: because they want free health care for. 259 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:14,439 Speaker 2: Every illegal alien in America. 260 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, you want to talk about, like on every issue 261 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: that's eighty twenty or even ninety ten, they're on the 262 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: twenty or the ten side. The American people do not support. 263 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 1: If you want to have a referendum in this country, 264 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: should we give illegals free health care? 265 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 2: Wow? 266 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 1: That will be overwhelming But here's the secret. This shutdown 267 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: is not actually about free health care for illegals. That's 268 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: what the Democrats have hung their hat on because they 269 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: got to say they want. 270 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:44,400 Speaker 3: Some they gotta say something, Right. 271 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: This is all about just we hate Donald Trump, and 272 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: it is Chuck Schumer job preservation. And that also means 273 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: the end of this. Okay, there's no universe in which 274 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer will get President Trump to agree to let's 275 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: give free health care to illegals. 276 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, not going to happen. They know that. 277 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're entering. 278 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: There's no universe in which Republicans in Congress are going 279 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: to say, hey, that's a great idea, let's give free 280 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: health care to every illegal. Like that's you might as 281 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: well ask for Area fifty one, like to release the 282 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: Martians and let them take over the country. Yeah, that 283 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: is as likely to happen as free health care for 284 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: illegals from Republicans. The Democrats know that this is not 285 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: about getting what they're demanding. This is about how long 286 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: do they want to demonstrate Orange Man bad? 287 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 2: Yeah and so and. 288 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 3: The radical base is what has put them in this scenario. Right, 289 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 3: I guess do you actually believe? And let's go back 290 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 3: to the history of the Senate here. I don't believe 291 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 3: that Chuck Schumer actually wanted to shut down the government now, No, 292 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 3: I think he was forced to do it. 293 00:15:57,640 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, he would lose his job. 294 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: He would lose his job if the government. 295 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 3: It was self preservation. Yes, he In other words, this 296 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 3: is weird. Chuck Schumer is being held hostage by the 297 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 3: Marxist communists and socialists in his party, which they did 298 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 3: not police and they allowed to take over their party. 299 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 3: Then he's now holding the American people hostage with a 300 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 3: government shutdown, which brings me the big question. Even when 301 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 3: we've had shutdowns in the past, there has been some 302 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 3: agreement center like, hey, certain people should deserve to get paid. 303 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 3: Those that are in the military, those badges, like the 304 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 3: list is is not that long. But the essential important 305 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 3: people that deserve to get a paycheck. We don't screw 306 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 3: with them when they're protecting to fing this country, can 307 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 3: you guys, at least was there an agreement to pay them? Really? Okay, 308 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 3: so walk us through that, because I'm assuming that came 309 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 3: up at lunch. 310 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: So one of the things I did today is I 311 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: sent a letter because under the Constitution, members of Congress. 312 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: Our pay cannot be stopped. It's actually unconstitutioned to reduce 313 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 1: the compensation for members of Congress during the term we're 314 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 1: elected to. So I sent a letter and I've done 315 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: this during every shutdown, saying while the government is shut down, 316 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,919 Speaker 1: don't pay me. It's not fair. It's not right for 317 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: an elected member of Congress to receive a paycheck when 318 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,520 Speaker 1: federal workers are not. Now, to be clear, I don't 319 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 1: lose my pay when the shutdown is over. I'll get it, 320 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:27,480 Speaker 1: but it's deferred. 321 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 3: But a lot of people don't understand that. The long 322 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 3: which if I think just asinine and I have family 323 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 3: members work in the federal government, and they're like, the 324 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 3: dumb part about this that I think a lot of 325 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,239 Speaker 3: Americans don't understand, yep, is that you don't miss a 326 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 3: paycheck in your calendar year. You just miss a month 327 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 3: and then you get it back data, you get it 328 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 3: back the next time whenever the government does open back up. 329 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 3: And so I know people that are in the FAA, 330 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 3: for example, they're like, dude, we just plan our vacations 331 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 3: like great trips around shutdowns because we know we're still 332 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,119 Speaker 3: getting paid. We save not everybody can do that. But 333 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,199 Speaker 3: like they've almost pre planned for this bonus vacation and 334 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 3: they're gonna get paid back. 335 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, but let me make several points of clarification. Sure 336 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: number one, government shut down as a misnomer. More than 337 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:20,440 Speaker 1: eighty percent of the government will continue to operate. So 338 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 1: the basic principle is everything that is essential keeps going. 339 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: So the military, our activity and military like defending the 340 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: nation against bad guys, that keeps going. The FBI catching criminals, 341 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 1: that keeps going. The border patrol and ice that keeps going. 342 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: The FAA air traffic controllers. Tomorrow, if you get it 343 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: on an airplane, the air traffic controllers. 344 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 2: All go to work. By the way, the. 345 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: Air traffic controllers are not getting a paycheck, so they're 346 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: going to work. But every two weeks federal government employees 347 00:18:55,640 --> 00:19:00,600 Speaker 1: get paid. Air traffic controllers, coast guardsmen, military, the the 348 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 1: federal government. Nobody gets a paycheck. And so what shuts down. 349 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: Every cabinet secretary was assigned designate among your employees who 350 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 1: is essential and who is not essential. I remember when 351 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: Bill Clinton was president, we had to shut down. 352 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 3: Then. 353 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,679 Speaker 1: Remember Newt Gingrich and the Republican Congress were fighting with 354 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: Bill Clinton. 355 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 2: We had to shut down for a number of weeks. 356 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 1: And I remember there was a headline that said the 357 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: Department of Commerce designated thirty percent of their employees is 358 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: essential and seventy percent is not essential. I remember thinking, 359 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: that's great, we just set a new benchline. All those 360 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: non essential. That's seventy percent they ought to be done. 361 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: But what that means, so what will be shut down? 362 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: Starting October one? National parks will be shut down. So 363 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: I got to say, if you were planning to take 364 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:55,440 Speaker 1: your family to Yosemite this weekend, I'm sorry to say 365 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: you're out of luck. Yosemite will be closed. If you 366 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: were coming to d C, to our nation's capital, you 367 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: wanted to go to the Smithsonian, go to the Air 368 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 1: and Space Museum, it's the Smithsonian will be shut down. 369 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: If you look at things like the National Institute of Health, 370 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: like research on cancer, much of that will be shut down. 371 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 3: All across that non essential. When people are gonna say 372 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 3: that seems insane, why wouldn't we fix that to make 373 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 3: sure when we have these shenanigans happen that that's not affected. 374 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: And I think this shutdown will extend. I think it'll 375 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: be weeks. I think it will be. Schumer is trying 376 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,919 Speaker 1: to protect his own rear end and everything else is 377 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: secondary to protecting his own political life. So I think 378 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: we will see an extended shutdown. 379 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 3: So is this polling then? I mean, how do you 380 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 3: decide when you won or you lost if you're Schumer? 381 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 3: Because this is not about the country hating Schumer. This 382 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 3: is only about New York. I'm protecting a seat from 383 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 3: AOC So in essence, you don't care how many people 384 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 3: hate you in the country. It's only a New York thing, 385 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 3: is that? I mean, will they do polling? I mean 386 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 3: this is weird. 387 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 2: Yeah. 388 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: Look, so this is being called the Schumer shutdown. Yeah, 389 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 1: and I gotta say the Democrats are losing the messaging battle. 390 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: It is clear this is a Democrat shutdown. There was 391 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,959 Speaker 1: actually exchange right before we had the vote on the 392 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: CR to keep the government open, and this is a 393 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,360 Speaker 1: clean CR. No, rioters know nothing. This is just keep 394 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: the lights. 395 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 3: On status quo. 396 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: Schumer stood up and was speaking, and all the Senators 397 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: or most of us were standing on the Senate floor, 398 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: and Schumer said, look, there's been reference to polling, but 399 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 1: the polling has been biased. It's been right wing polling, 400 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: for example, the New York Times. And I got to 401 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: tell you, I and every other Republican we just started 402 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 1: cracking up, laughing, and you could see Schumer he actually 403 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 1: turned red, he looked sheepish because he just said on 404 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:00,400 Speaker 1: the Senate floor that the New York Times was a 405 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: biased right wing poll. 406 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, seriously. 407 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 1: And it was a moment where where like Schumer, you 408 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: saw Democrats looking at him going. 409 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 3: Dude, you look like that's weak. 410 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,639 Speaker 1: And that's because the New York Times did a poll. 411 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 1: If the Democrats don't get everything they want, should they 412 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: shut the government down? And sixty five percent of Americans 413 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 1: said no, don't shut the government down. It was a 414 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: small percentage. It was just over twenty percent of Americans 415 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 1: that said yes, shut the government down. So that's who 416 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: the Democrats are responding to. But they've got Schumer's message 417 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: is the New York Times is a right wing mouthpiece, 418 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 1: and how dare you tell the American people that we 419 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 1: the Democrats, are shutting the government down. This is headed 420 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: to failure. Everyone knows that. Every Republican knows that every 421 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: Democrat knows that. Is there an outcome where Republicans say, Okay, great, 422 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 1: let's fund healthcare free illegals. No, the Democrats will give in. 423 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: Three Democrats voted to fund the government. What will happen 424 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: is the government is shut down. People are gonna get 425 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: ticked off, people are gonna want to like use by 426 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: the way, things like passport services will be greatly reduced. 427 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: All sorts of government now listen. The military keeps going, 428 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: law enforcement keep going, Social Security keeps going, Medicare keeps going, 429 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:25,160 Speaker 1: Medicaid keeps going, an awful lot of government keeps going. 430 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: But the lack of government being open will be a 431 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: serious function. And at some point we will see seven 432 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,120 Speaker 1: or eight Democrats say enough is enough, reopen the government. 433 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 1: That will happen. But let me tell you a huge 434 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:43,639 Speaker 1: piece that is an X factor in this, which is 435 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 1: Russ Vote, who is the head of OMB, the Office 436 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: of Management and Budget works for the White House. He 437 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: put out a memo a week ago that said, if 438 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: there is a government shutdown, we are going to lay 439 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,400 Speaker 1: off federal workers. We're not going to give them a. 440 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 3: Furlough on This is the brilliant game of chess that 441 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 3: was early on preemptive Ye warning you do this, and 442 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 3: here's what we were going to do. And this might 443 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 3: be one of the best moves I've seen politically in 444 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 3: a long time in DC, which is, go ahead, do 445 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 3: it and watch what happens, because a lot of people 446 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 3: are going to get loser jobs. And that's going to 447 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 3: be on you guys for allowing it to happen. Right, 448 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 3: So explain all that. 449 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: Yes, So Russ is a good friend, he's a strong conservative, 450 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: he's a strong fiscal conservative. And what he said is, listen, 451 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: if Congress decides not to fund the federal government. 452 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 2: We're going to react to that. By the White House. 453 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: Is instructed every cabinet agency to prepare a plan for 454 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,760 Speaker 1: a riff a reduction in force to give permanent layoffs 455 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 1: pink slips to government bureaucrats who are left wing bureaucrats 456 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 1: who are advancing the priorities of the Democrat Party. So 457 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: what you are going to see in the next few days, 458 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 1: You're going to see bureaucrats at the EPA fired. You're 459 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: gonna see bureaucrats at the Department of Labor fired. You're 460 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,479 Speaker 1: gonna see bureaucrats at the RS fired. And within a 461 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 1: couple of days we're gonna see Democrat senators. They're going 462 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 1: to be in their lunches screaming at each other because 463 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: this is frankly an excuse for the Trump administration to 464 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: do what they wanted to do anyway, which is get 465 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: rid of left wing bureaucrats. But they now have an 466 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: incredible justification, which is, hey, Congress chose not to fund them, 467 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 1: so instead of giving them a paid vacation, stay home 468 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: several weeks and then we'll pay you back pay and 469 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 1: come back to your job. They're gonna even pick slip 470 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 1: and say you're done. You no longer have a job. 471 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,240 Speaker 1: And I think that is going to ratchet up the 472 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: pressure on Democrats massively. 473 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:59,000 Speaker 3: So how quickly can these firings take place? How massive 474 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 3: could they be? And how much research has been done 475 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 3: behind the scenes to get rid of a lot of 476 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 3: these woke bureaucrats that that we've been wanting to get 477 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 3: rid of, that the presidents wanted to get rid of, 478 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:13,560 Speaker 3: the cabinet secretaries of wanting to get rid of like 479 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 3: I mean, I'm assuming they're burning the midnight oil kind 480 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,160 Speaker 3: of like goaj did. Let's find the people we want 481 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 3: to get rid of, and this is our chance to 482 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 3: do it. And and by the way, once it's done, 483 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 3: like it's not like he got from their jobs back 484 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 3: like it's done. 485 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,960 Speaker 1: So I think that starts happening today. I think October one, 486 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 1: you start seeing pink slips. I think we will see 487 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: left wing bureaucrats fired today. I think we'll see them 488 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: fired tomorrow. 489 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:41,560 Speaker 2: You know. 490 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:44,439 Speaker 1: This evening, I had dinner with the Deputy Secretary of 491 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: HHS who's a longtime friend of mine. He was actually 492 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: a grooms in my wedding. Great guy, I asked him. 493 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: I said, Okay, the White House asked every cabinet agency 494 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: preparing list of people for the riff, and he said, yeah, 495 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: we're doing that, he said, every age. And see when 496 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,280 Speaker 1: the White House directs us to do that, we do that. 497 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: We're going to see I think hundreds, if not thousands, 498 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 1: of left wing bureaucrats fired in the next several days. 499 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,119 Speaker 1: I think that's going to put the Democrat Party in crisis. 500 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,800 Speaker 1: And by the way, we're not going to fire people 501 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: that are critical for the priorities you care you and 502 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 1: I care about. So we're not going to see Border 503 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 1: patrol agents who are securing the border fired. We're not 504 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 1: going to see ice agents who are deporting gang bangers fired. 505 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: We're not going to see FBI agents who are catching pedophiles, 506 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: We're not going to see them fired. We're not going 507 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: to see soldiers and sailors and airmen and marines who 508 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 1: are keeping this nation safe. We're not going to see 509 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: them fired. We're going to see bureaucrats who are shutting 510 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:50,560 Speaker 1: down factories, who are destroying jobs, who are pursuing radical 511 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: left wing agendas. They're going to be the ones fired, 512 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: and ultimately the Democrats are going to cave. The only 513 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: question is how long Schumer won wants to go through 514 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,880 Speaker 1: this charade before he gives. 515 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,679 Speaker 3: In, which brings me my final question, that is the 516 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 3: media does seem to be covering this a little bit 517 00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 3: more with honesty than I've ever seen them before. Today 518 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 3: there was a viral clip that is, the tables have 519 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 3: been turned. Democrats are now literally under fire, uh for 520 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 3: a clip that shows them slamming government shut down tactics, 521 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 3: the same ones they're accused of using right now. And 522 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 3: here's what it sounded like back in twenty eighteen. In 523 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 3: December of twenty eighteen, Donald Trump was President Chuck schimern 524 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 3: An's posy in the Oval Office. 525 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 5: Listen, we do not want to shut down the government 526 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,440 Speaker 5: because you can you shut it down. Can me say something, 527 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 5: mister President North Dakota. 528 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 7: And the most unfortunate, and we came in here in 529 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 7: good faith and we're entering into this kind of a 530 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 7: discussion in the public. 531 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 3: Transparency. 532 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 7: I know, it's high transparency when we're not stipulating to 533 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 7: a set of facts. 534 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 3: I mean, you listen to that one there, we're not 535 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 3: in favor of it. And then the speaker also put 536 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 3: out a very interesting video montage reminding people the same thing, like, Hey, 537 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 3: you guys think that it's the Democrats. Mike Johnson putting 538 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 3: this out and here he is and what he said 539 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 3: to remind the people about Democrats in their own words, 540 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:23,320 Speaker 3: it is not. 541 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 8: Normal to shut down the government when we don't get 542 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 8: what we want. 543 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 5: If the government shuts down, it will be average Americans 544 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 5: who suffer most. A government shutdown means seniors who rely 545 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 5: on Social Security could be thrown into chaos. 546 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 6: Families will be hurt, Farmers will be hurt. 547 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: It's the service members who will work without a paycheck. 548 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 2: It's the firefighters who will be furlough. 549 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 8: The shut down. 550 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 4: You know who's going to feel the pain. 551 00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 3: You know who it hurts you everyday. 552 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 4: People and the most vulnerable seniors, veterans, working families, hungary 553 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 4: kids at. 554 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 8: All, Democrats are signal that they're ready for fight this time. 555 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 8: Schuma tells the Associated Press quo. Things have changed. 556 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 2: It is not normal to shut down the government when 557 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 2: we don't get what we want. 558 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 3: I mean, I love them using AOC's words. I feel 559 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 3: like the media has changed a little bit. Here your 560 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 3: thoughts on. 561 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: That, well, I'm impressed that you recognize AOC's voice. 562 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 2: I didn't know. 563 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 1: I knew that was a shrill Democrat. I didn't know 564 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 1: who that was, So I appreciate that clarity. Listen, every 565 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: single Democrat, I think, without exception, has gone on record 566 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,200 Speaker 1: being against shutdowns. The fact that they shut it all 567 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: down today demonstrates what utter hypocrites they are. 568 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:45,040 Speaker 2: And I got to say as I was. 569 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: Walking off the Senate floor, so I voted to fund 570 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: the government this afternoon. The Democrats voted against it and 571 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:53,720 Speaker 1: caused a shut down. 572 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 2: All the reporters were. 573 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: Circling and they're talking. Point that they really wanted to 574 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: press is they say, had Okay Cruz in twenty thirteen, 575 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 1: in the fight over Obamacare, you ted Cruz forced to 576 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: shut down. Isn't that what the Democrats are doing now? 577 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: And I just started laughing at them, and I said, look, 578 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 1: number one, in twenty thirteen, when I did a twenty 579 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,959 Speaker 1: one hour filibuster on the floor, I was fighting for Americans. 580 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: I was fighting for American citizens whose healthcare premiums had skyrocketed. 581 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: And they had skyrocketed because Obamacare was a train wreck. 582 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 1: It was a disaster. It caused a massive increase in 583 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: health insurance premiums. It made the health insurance companies rich, 584 00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: and it made millions of ordinary Americans unable to afford 585 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: health insurance. And by the way, I was also fighting 586 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: for it at a time when the House of Representatives 587 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: that was Republican had voted to fund the federal government, 588 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: fund the entirety of the federal government, but not fund Obamacare, 589 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 1: so not fund the law that was causing damage to 590 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,800 Speaker 1: American citizens. And I said, here, what's happening is Chuck 591 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: Schumer is shutting down the federal government not to help 592 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: American citizens who are getting hurt. But he's shutting down 593 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,920 Speaker 1: the federal government in order to help millions of illegal 594 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: aliens and give them free healthcare. And he's willing to 595 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: shut down your federal government to give free health care 596 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: to illegals, and that fundamentally there's a hypocrisy to it. 597 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: And I also said, you know, the reporters were like, 598 00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 1: isn't it the same, And I said, listen, let me 599 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: be clear. In twenty thirteen, it was Chuck Schumer who 600 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,680 Speaker 1: shut the government down. Then I was trying to fund 601 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: the entirety of the federal government except for Obamacare, and 602 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,959 Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer and Harry Reid decided, no, we'll shut it 603 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: all down because we care so much about socialized medicine. 604 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,960 Speaker 1: And I told the reporters we had like fifty reporters 605 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: standing outside the Senate Florida. I said, look, none of 606 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: you guys reported that. You all blamed the shutdown on 607 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: me because you're all left wing hacks. Yeah, today, all 608 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: of you are still left wing hacks. You agree with 609 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: the Democrats, But the facts are so overwhelming. It is 610 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer and the Democrats who are shutting the government 611 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: down that even you dishonest liars are reporting. This is 612 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: the Schumer shutdown. Because the House has funded the government 613 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: exactly the status quo. The funding yesterday has continued to tomorrow. 614 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 1: It is the Democrats who said let's shut it down, 615 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 1: and I think at the end of the day they're 616 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: going to lose that battle. But this is what you 617 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: got to ask yourself is how long do the Democrats 618 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 1: have to perform for their crazy left wing activists before 619 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: they allow the government to reopen. 620 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 621 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 4: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 622 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 4: you're listening to this podcast right now, and for more 623 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 4: in depth news, also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast 624 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,520 Speaker 4: and we will see you back here tomorrow. 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