1 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: Canadian America, and welcome. 2 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,480 Speaker 2: To the Friday edition of Justin News No Noise. Happy 3 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 2: New Year to everybody. We start the new year with 4 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: a bang. Yes, I'm gonna get that in a second. 5 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: First all the formalities. I'm John Solomon, your co host 6 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,239 Speaker 2: here in Washington, DC, joined by Amanda Head, who will 7 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 2: be with us in just a few seconds. A very 8 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 2: newsy day here at Justin News, No Noise. President Trump 9 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: this morning deciding that he will not make the same 10 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 2: mistake that President Barack Obama did sixteen years ago when 11 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 2: he failed. Barack Obama did failed to support Iranian protesters 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 2: who were trying to overthrow the Malas in that country. Today, 13 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 2: President Trump made clear he stands with the protesters and 14 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 2: warned that the United States is locked and loaded and 15 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 2: ready to intervene if iron continues to assassinate and kill 16 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 2: those protesters who are just simply exercising free speech rights. 17 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 2: We're going to get to a little bit more of 18 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 2: that later in the show. Also today, a lot of 19 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: news around the growing scandal of democratic blue states and 20 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 2: massive taxpayer fraud. Justin News, of course, began its reporting 21 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 2: on the Minneapolis angle that Minnesota Governor Tim wants all 22 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 2: the way back in August of twenty twenty four. A 23 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 2: lot of people caught up to that. Now we're taking 24 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 2: a look at California. Keep an eye out tomorrow on 25 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 2: justinews dot com. We'll have a great story about just 26 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: how much fraud and pervasive fraud there is under Gavin 27 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: Newsom's reign in California, where the dollars and the figures 28 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 2: and the population are much larger and therefore much consequenceal 29 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: to you and me, the American taxpayers. With that, let 30 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: me turn to my amazing cos Amanda Head. Amanda Head, 31 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 2: Happy New Year, Good to be back with you. 32 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: What do you got on your good. 33 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 3: To see you, John, Yes, I've got a number of 34 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 3: items on my radar. Number one, the FBI thwarting yet 35 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 3: another reported terrorist attack, this time in North Carolina at 36 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 3: a grocery store, and director Cash Btel spoke about this 37 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 3: instead of course, that his agents are working around the 38 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 3: clock and it's not just in the major cities like 39 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 3: New York and Los Angeles. We already knew about that 40 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 3: terrorist attack that was planned for New Year's Eve in 41 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 3: Los Angeles that was thwarted, thank goodness. But some other things, 42 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 3: John that are on my radar. Speaking of New York 43 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 3: City Mayor mom Donnie in his first action wiping away 44 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 3: some of the late term actions by his predecessor, Mayor 45 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 3: Eric Adams. And he's getting a lot of censure for 46 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 3: one of the items that Mayor Eric Adams put in place, 47 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 3: and that was protections against protections for New York's Jewish community. 48 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 3: So that's something that a lot of folks are very 49 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 3: upset about. And also, John, California's new minimum wage hike. 50 00:02:58,760 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 4: Starts this year. 51 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 3: This is after a reported I think it's eighteen thousand 52 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,799 Speaker 3: jobs were lost in the state as a result of 53 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:09,119 Speaker 3: the minimum wage hike from last year. 54 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 4: This is now going up even more. But why didn't 55 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:12,399 Speaker 4: you know John? 56 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 3: There are certain exceptions in this now, Gavin Newsom, I 57 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 3: guess he attributes these nuances to the negotiation process. But 58 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 3: it's interesting because one of the exemptions is for businesses 59 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,960 Speaker 3: that sell bread and it is at a certain weight 60 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 3: before it cools. And you would think to yourself, why 61 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 3: on earth would that be an exception in there? Well, 62 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 3: wouldn't you know that one of the folks who owns 63 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 3: the largest number of franchise franchises of Panera bread a 64 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 3: lot of those of which are in California. He donated 65 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 3: to Gavin Newsom's campaign. So, my goodness, we are uncovering 66 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 3: all of this Minnesota fraud, but it's looking like California 67 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 3: might have quite a bit of interesting stories to dig 68 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 3: into as well. So we're going to stay on top 69 00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 3: of all of those stories. 70 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot to dig into the Golden State, which 71 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: seems like a golden opportunity for a lot of frauds 72 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: or something we'll be tackling tomorrow. All right, We're going 73 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 2: to kick the show off with a great interview that 74 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 2: Amanda did a few weeks ago with Missouri Congressman Bob 75 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 2: Ander to discuss one of the big pushes for twenty 76 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 2: twenty six among Republics in Congress, affordability, including specifically one 77 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 2: of the most important aspects of affordability, healthcare. 78 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: Take a look. 79 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 3: We are here with Congressman Bob Ander from the great 80 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 3: state of Missouri and someone who practices medicine, so someone 81 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 3: who can speak very authoritatively on healthcare and the stand 82 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 3: that Republicans are taking with respect to I've heard a 83 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 3: lot of actual solutions for patching Obamacare from what I understand. 84 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 4: From a lot of folks. 85 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 3: As bad as Obamacare is, it has kind of reached 86 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,840 Speaker 3: its tentacles into the system so much so that it's 87 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 3: going to be hard to replace it with an entirely 88 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:51,679 Speaker 3: new system. 89 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 4: But I've heard some solutions to it, and I know 90 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 4: you and. 91 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 3: A lot of Republicans have ideas on how how to 92 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 3: fix it. 93 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 4: Talk to us about that. 94 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,279 Speaker 5: Yeah, well, Amanda, thanks, it's great to be with you 95 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 5: this morning. You know, the Democrats broke our healthcare system 96 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 5: with Obamacare. They essentially expanded the role of government. They 97 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 5: outlawed the private insurance market, and that led to an 98 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 5: affordability to crisis. There are a lot of areas today 99 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 5: where we talk about affordability, but nowhere is the crisis 100 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 5: worse than in healthcare. You know, the very year the 101 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 5: Obamacare exchanges were implemented in twenty fourteen, insurance prices forty 102 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 5: seven per fiscent one year, and since then they've gone 103 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 5: up ninety eight percent. So we do not need to 104 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 5: be doubling down on a broken system. We need to 105 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 5: be introducing market oriented, consumer choice driven reforms, so things 106 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 5: like expanding health savings accounts, association health plans where groups 107 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 5: of employers or other groups can get together and form 108 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 5: their own plans, short term health plans where people can 109 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 5: buy the insurance that they want and need, not a 110 00:05:54,560 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 5: one size fits all, extremely expensive a plan that that 111 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 5: some bureaucrat wrote for them. 112 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 3: How long would it take to not only get something 113 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 3: like that pass, but also get it implemented, because as 114 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,679 Speaker 3: we know, the healthcare system is a behemoth, and changing 115 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,840 Speaker 3: the mechanism is to me. 116 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 4: Something that might take a lot of time. But maybe 117 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 4: you see it differently. 118 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 6: Well, I think we could do it. 119 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 5: I think some of these things have strong support among 120 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 5: Republicans in Congress, both House and Senate. I think common 121 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 5: sense Democrats would also support reforms because again, we can 122 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 5: without undoing the Obamacare behemoth as you call it, and 123 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 5: it is it a behemoth, without rolling back Medicaid or anything. 124 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 5: We can institute these reforms and then consumers will choose 125 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 5: what's best for them, saving enormous amounts of money right 126 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 5: away in the short term. 127 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 6: And I think ultimately then we. 128 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 5: Can you know, then we could look at how do 129 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 5: we treat folks who are poor, who need our help, 130 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 5: who have pre existing conditions, for instance, But we need 131 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 5: to institute some more mare at reforms, some more consumer 132 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 5: driven reforms into this system. 133 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, because you know, anytime you open up a market, 134 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 3: whether it's healthcare, whether it's agriculture, whatever the case may be, 135 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 3: when you make it look more like the free market, 136 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 3: then you. 137 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 4: Create that competition. 138 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 3: And I know during President Trump's first term one of 139 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 3: the things that he was lobbying hard for was cross 140 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 3: state competition where you. 141 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 4: Didn't have you know, blue cross blue shield of Tennessee. 142 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 3: It was blue cross blue shield, you know, regional or 143 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 3: even national. 144 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 4: What do you think about that? 145 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 6: Absolutely? 146 00:07:27,080 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, competition across state lines could be huge, as could 147 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 5: allowing more entrance into the healthcare system. Right, you know, 148 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 5: things like certificate of need laws and bans on physician 149 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 5: ownership of hospitals. 150 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 6: These are antiquated approaches to healthcare. 151 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. 152 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 5: Well, even in healthcare as dysfunctional as the system is, 153 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 5: in many ways where you actually see market competition, things 154 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:54,239 Speaker 5: like Lasik eye surgery, plastic surgery, these various hormone clinics 155 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 5: and so on, you see vigorous competition and you see 156 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 5: quality go up and prices go down. That hasn't happened 157 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 5: otherwise in our dysfunctional healthcare system, and that is the 158 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 5: role of government. Government has been the problem. Now it's 159 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 5: time for government to allow free market solutions to fix 160 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 5: the problem. 161 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 4: I want to ask you. 162 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 3: About another aspect of health care and the damage that 163 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 3: we saw, frankly from COVID. 164 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 4: A lot of people lost trust of a lot of. 165 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 3: The governmental institutions that are supposed to offer wisdom on guidance. 166 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 4: Like vaccines and things like that. 167 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 3: You, as a physician, have you noticed in your own practice, parents, 168 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 3: or even you know, people with autonomy over their own 169 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 3: bodies who are now more apprehensive to getting vaccines and 170 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 3: maybe when they hear health guidance, maybe they just don't 171 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 3: believe it. 172 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 5: Yeah, this loss of trust in our public health system, I've. 173 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 6: Seen it not only in my patients. I've seen it 174 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 6: in myself. 175 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 5: When I went to medical school, I implicitly trusted the 176 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 5: American Academy of Pediatrics, the CDC, the NIH. I do 177 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 5: not anymore because we were given so much bad advice. 178 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 6: Over and over again. 179 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 5: Everything that someone brought forth, people like Jay Bardisharia who 180 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 5: now runs the NH, Marty Mckerrey, who now runs the FDA, 181 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 5: they were speaking common sense and truth and they were 182 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 5: labeled misinformation. They were deplatformed. So I am seeing more 183 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 5: hesitancy for vaccines. Look, I think some of the traditional 184 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 5: vaccines that we've been giving for decades MMR, DPT, polio, 185 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 5: they have done an enormous amount of good. But it 186 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 5: seems to me the public health officials are too eager 187 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 5: to just take any vaccine that the farm industry comes 188 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 5: up with and added to the mandatory vaccination schedule. There's 189 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 5: no reason to be vaccinating babies for hepatitis B, and 190 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 5: there's no reason children need COVID vaccines whatsoever. 191 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 6: No, I think we're seeing some distrust, hopefully. 192 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 5: I think what we're seeing is a rebalancing and no 193 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 5: longer taking these bureaucratic dictats at face value. 194 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 3: You know. I think of our founding fathers and the 195 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 3: healthy level of distrust that they had for government, and 196 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 3: I feel like when it came to our government health agencies, 197 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 3: we lost that and there should be a healthy level 198 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 3: of maybe not distrust. 199 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 4: But skepticism. As you said, so, I think that's great. 200 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 3: I want to ask you about Republican priorities heading into midterms, 201 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 3: because you got the one big, beautiful bill pass, if 202 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 3: there can be some patchwork done to Obamacare where Americans 203 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 3: can feel real tangible results very soon. I think that 204 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 3: that's going to be a big feather in your cap 205 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:29,440 Speaker 3: heading into the midterms. 206 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,120 Speaker 4: But what do you see as priorities that will help. 207 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 3: Push you guys across the finish line so you can 208 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 3: keep and maybe even expand the majority. 209 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 5: Well, I think what's on everyone's mind these days is affordability. 210 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 5: And already under President Trump and Republican leadership, we've seen 211 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 5: an improvement in affordability, a decrease in inflation down to 212 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 5: about two point four percent. We've seen mortgage interest rates 213 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 5: down seventy basis points about ten percent since January, so 214 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 5: we need to keep doing that. We're seeing real decreases 215 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 5: about six and a half percent overall in energy prices. 216 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 5: I think people are seeing that at the pump. But 217 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 5: we need to keep doing the same because I think 218 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 5: the affordability crisis fundamentally is due to the overspending, decades 219 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 5: of overspending that went on steroids under the Biden administration, 220 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 5: where we now are dealing with the thirty eight trillion 221 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:21,559 Speaker 5: dollar DEFA said nine hundred and fifty billionaire in interest. 222 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 6: On that debt. 223 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 5: That's crowding out other investment, crowding out opportunities for young 224 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:27,400 Speaker 5: people to buy homes. 225 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 6: I think we need to keep working on. 226 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 5: Improving our economy, affordability, reducing inflation, and increasing economic growth 227 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 5: and jobs. 228 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 7: Yeah. 229 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 3: I mean, at the end of the day, I know 230 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 3: that we all who are here on Capitol Hill, here 231 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 3: at the Cannon Building, we would all like to think 232 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 3: that people pay attention to the nitty gritty legislation and 233 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 3: the nuances of things that happened up here. But at 234 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 3: the end of the day, it's the kitchen table issues 235 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 3: that matter. Speaking of kitchen table issues, this Thanksgiving, we 236 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 3: had Black Friday, we had Cyber Monday, and Democrats were 237 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 3: trying their hardest to push people to not spend money 238 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 3: because they wanted to push back against the Trump administration. 239 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 4: And yet eleven. 240 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 3: Point eight billion dollars later, people spent on you know, 241 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 3: historic levels. It seems like the American people are feeling 242 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: a little maybe a little bit more loose with their 243 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 3: finances because they feel like things good things. 244 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 4: Are to come. 245 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 6: I think that's right. 246 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 5: Despite the negativity just poured out day after day after 247 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 5: day by the mainstream media, I think consumers are seeing 248 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 5: wait a second, maybe maybe things are a little more 249 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 5: affordable now, maybe I can spend money on Christmas gifts 250 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 5: on long term investments. I think that's right, and I 251 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 5: think we need to stay the course, do more of 252 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 5: the same. 253 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 6: And yet we could do a lot better. 254 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: We should. 255 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 5: We Republicans should be doing more to restrain spending. We 256 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 5: should be doing more to open up affordable energy options, 257 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:45,960 Speaker 5: more of course, to open up affordable healthcare options. 258 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 2: Wow, what a great conversation. We're going to take a 259 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 2: quick and us for break when we come back. We 260 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 2: got a chance to sit down with new CEO Vianna right, 261 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 2: Doug Hammon and talk about all the important cases involving 262 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 2: gun rights and the efforts of how gun rights will 263 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 2: play out in the twenty twenty six oclock. And we're 264 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 2: gonna have that next right after these messages. 265 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: Up Oentry fucked everything. 266 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 7: The radical left knows exactly what they're doing. They want 267 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 7: to steal the election. We're going to walk down Pennsylvania 268 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 7: Avenue to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. 269 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 8: Events in Washington have taken a violent and tumultuous. 270 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 9: Tour dream. 271 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 10: January sixth wasn't just a moment in history for thousands 272 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 10: of Americans. 273 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 11: It was the moment their voices were taken. 274 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 6: It's insurrection. 275 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,359 Speaker 5: They were persecuted, hunted seditious conspiracy. 276 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 10: But behind prison walls, something unexpected happened. 277 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 11: They found their voice again. 278 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: Started singing a national anthem. 279 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 4: We took it up to him at mar Ladoes puppiby 280 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 4: voice on. 281 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 6: Our supporters made this goat real. 282 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 10: America's voice is telling the real story of January six, 283 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 10: like you've never seen it before. 284 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 11: This must be This is not the story you were shown. 285 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 7: Our trek was fontability. 286 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 3: This is the story they lived government and trapment scheme 287 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 3: that this actually was. 288 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 10: The j six patriots are no longer staying silent. They 289 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 10: are speaking, They are standing, and they are telling the truth. 290 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 6: You can't kill us, you can't be us. 291 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 10: They tried to silence them. Instead, they woke up an 292 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 10: entire nation. The sleeping giant coming soon, Welcome. 293 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: Back in America. 294 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 2: There's been so much news about the Second Amendment and 295 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 2: gun rights in America, whether it's a Justice Department's decision 296 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 2: to create an enforcement division to make sure Second Amendments 297 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 2: civil liberties are protected, or Australia's efforts to restrain guns 298 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 2: in the aftermath of that horrific anti Semitic terrorism incident, 299 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 2: a lot of people talking about gun rights, and I 300 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 2: thought we turned to one of the most trusted voices 301 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 2: in the world when it comes to gun rights. The 302 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 2: National Rifle Association has been there protecting rights for more 303 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 2: than a century. Joining us now the NRAs executive vice 304 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 2: president and CEO, Doug Hammond. 305 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: Doug, great to have you on the show. 306 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 12: Hey, John, Nice to be with you. Thank you, great 307 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 12: honor to have you on. 308 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: I was thinking of the NRAY when I watched the 309 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 2: leaders of Australia. We've got the perfect solution to this 310 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 2: terror attack. We'll just restrain more people from having lawful guns. 311 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 2: Why does that always happen in left leaning countries when 312 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 2: the obvious thing is a good guy or a good 313 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 2: guy with a gun probably could have stopped that attack sooner. 314 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 12: Yeah, John, I completely agree. I know that we're fortunate 315 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 12: in the USA to have the Second Amendment, and in 316 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 12: an event that's as horrific as we just witnessed there 317 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 12: in Bondai Beach, it would have been, in my opinion, 318 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 12: a different outcome had that horrific situation developed in the USA. 319 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 12: We've got so many folks that now have concealed carry permits. 320 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 8: Even though took law enforcement. 321 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 12: I've been told twenty thirty minutes to respond, and then 322 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 12: it was an unarmed. 323 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 8: Street vendor that interceded. 324 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 12: But my belief is that had that horrific situation developed 325 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 12: in the USA, there'd have been an armed citizen would 326 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 12: have interceded to stop that attack. 327 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, it is remarkable. 328 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 2: The Second Amendment has had a pretty good year, not 329 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 2: only because President Trump has pro Second Amendment policies, but 330 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 2: we've seen mass shootings go down. We've seen lots of 331 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 2: great episodes in which good citizens who are lawfully carrying 332 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 2: a gun have been able to intercede and stop. And 333 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 2: then we saw the Justice Department announce that it's going 334 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 2: to have an enforcement division to make sure the Second 335 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,959 Speaker 2: Amendment is protected, particularly in Blue states where there's an 336 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 2: onslaught against those civil liberties. I let you get your 337 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 2: reaction to sort of what twenty five told us about 338 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 2: the Second Amendment and its resiliency in America. 339 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 12: Yeah, this announcement out of the Justice Department does not 340 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 12: surprise me whatsoever. President Trump is easily the most pro 341 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 12: Second Amendment president that we've had. He's a life member 342 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 12: of the National rightfle Association and we've had a total 343 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 12: of nine presidents that have been members of NRA. So 344 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 12: I think it's just a straight reinforcement that Second Amendment 345 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 12: rights will not take a back seat to any of 346 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:17,920 Speaker 12: other other constitutional rights. And it's really about freedom and 347 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:22,400 Speaker 12: checks and balances and given law abiding citizens the right 348 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 12: to protect themselves, their homes, their families, their businesses, and 349 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 12: to be there as a deterrent in the event that 350 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,719 Speaker 12: there are rogue elements out there that would do us harm. 351 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to talk a little bit about a dynamic, 352 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 2: and I think it's the most important dynamic. And I've 353 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 2: heard being at NAY conventions for many, many years it 354 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 2: said that the Second Amendment was creaty to make sure 355 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 2: that the First Amendment would never be taken. But you 356 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,879 Speaker 2: take a look at what's going on in the United Kingdom. 357 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 2: In Great Britain, years of restrictions on firearms and now 358 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 2: growing restriction on free speech. People are actually being arrested 359 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 2: for thought crimes. What used to be one of the 360 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 2: pillars of Western civilization freedom. What lessons can we learn 361 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 2: from Great Britain's demise of freedom, and what should say 362 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 2: about the Second Amendment in our country. 363 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 12: Well, I think it's a solid example of why we're 364 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 12: so blessed to be American citizens. It's a culture war, 365 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 12: as you know, John, and I think First Amendment rights 366 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 12: are critical. And I've been reading the same things that 367 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 12: you've been reading about Great Britain and how that society 368 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 12: is being constrained. 369 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 8: And you have to be vigilant here. 370 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 12: I mean, you know, President Reagan said it many years 371 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 12: ago that you know, freedom is just one generation away 372 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 12: from extinction, and so we can't get complacent and we 373 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 12: need to continue to advocate. And that's what NRA is 374 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 12: here to do at the local, state, and federal level 375 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 12: to ensure that our First. 376 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,640 Speaker 8: Amendment rights and Second Amendment rights. 377 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 12: These are God given rights, but we can't take them 378 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:07,640 Speaker 12: for granted. 379 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 2: One of the great movements in the NRA has been 380 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 2: there for a long time for it, but it is 381 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 2: accelerated in ways I think few could imagine is the 382 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 2: constitutional carrier permit liss carry movement in America. I think 383 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 2: we're up to twenty nine states if I do my 384 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 2: math correctly. 385 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: An example of state rights. 386 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 2: Sort of overcoming an era where Biden Obama wanted to 387 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 2: put federal restrictions on guns. Talk about the resiliency of 388 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 2: that constitutional carry permit. 389 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 8: List carry movement sure would be glad to. 390 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 12: It started with NRA in the state of Florida and 391 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 12: we rolled it out across the country. And now, as 392 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 12: you said, twenty nine states you know, have that that 393 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 12: right for our citizens, and we think there are going 394 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 12: to be more states. We think that there will be more. 395 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 12: And the one thing people don't talk about a lot, John, 396 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 12: is fires that are used as a deterrent. There was 397 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 12: a study done at Georgetown and I think it was 398 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 12: one point six one point six three million times a 399 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 12: year firearms were used to deter crime, and eighty five 400 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 12: percent of the time those firearms were not even discharged. 401 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 8: Just the fact that you have one. 402 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 12: Results in those breaking contact, those that would that would 403 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,959 Speaker 12: do us harm break contact. I'm a concealed carry permit holder, 404 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 12: but I have to be careful because being a Virginia resident, 405 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 12: when I travel across the Potomaca into either Maryland or 406 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 12: the District of Columbia, I would be a felon because 407 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,199 Speaker 12: I would be in possession of a firearm. So so 408 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 12: if you have a concealed carry permit, it's incumbent upon 409 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 12: all of us to be aware of different laws and 410 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 12: the different jurisdictions that we visit. You've got House Resolution 411 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 12: thirty eight that's currently being reviewed and we hope to 412 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 12: get the votes for that. But that would be national reciprocity. 413 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 12: That would be just like the driver's license I have 414 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 12: and you have. We can drive in all fifty states, 415 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 12: and we believe that if we're concealed carry permit holders 416 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 12: in Virginia, then I should have the ability to cross forty. 417 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 8: Nine other state lines and it should be legal for me. 418 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, real quickly. 419 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:31,199 Speaker 2: Another thing that NRA does with such extraordinary success is 420 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 2: go to courts when there are unlawful restrictions. You have 421 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 2: an extraordinary record of victory time and time again, often 422 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 2: reaching all the way to the Supreme Court. One are 423 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 2: the big cases we should be watching in the next 424 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 2: year or two. 425 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 12: Well, we've got our first amendment case which was a 426 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:53,399 Speaker 12: massive victory. It was the NRA versus Vulo, which is 427 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 12: the NA versus Maria Vulo, who was the Director of 428 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 12: Financial Services in the State of New York work. And 429 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,160 Speaker 12: the case was that the State of New York, inspired 430 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 12: with the banks and the insurance companies to not do 431 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:09,959 Speaker 12: business with NRA because of our Second Amendment advocacy. 432 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 8: Case went to the Supreme Court. 433 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 12: It was a nine zero verdict, just as so Tomyor 434 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 12: wrote the opinion, and it was affirm that that's just 435 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 12: not conduct that is acceptable in the USA with our 436 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 12: constitutional rights and. 437 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 8: And and it's not just Second Amendment. 438 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 12: It could be applied to any other special interest group 439 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 12: and discriminatory behavior on the state level versus another group. 440 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 12: So so it was a great precedent, and it was 441 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 12: it was your NRA that that that that brought that case. 442 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, historic and protecting two of the great constitutional rights 443 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 2: in America. Doug Hammon, as always a great honor to 444 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 2: have you or anyone from the NRA on this show. 445 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 2: You are doing such important work. You're joining us in 446 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 2: Merry Christmas. 447 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,200 Speaker 8: Merry Christmas. John, Thank you very much. 448 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:07,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, great conversation, Thanks so much. All Right, folks, we're 449 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 2: gonna take quick commercial break. More round the corner right 450 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 2: after these messages. 451 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 1: Welcome back to America. 452 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 2: We talk often on the show how important it is 453 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 2: for America to be an energy first economy for national security, 454 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 2: for economic dominance, and to win the AI Revolution. That 455 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 2: we're fighting right alongside of China. A lot has been 456 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,400 Speaker 2: accomplished in the first year of the Trump administration on energy, 457 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 2: whether it's creating an Energy Dominance Console in the White 458 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,360 Speaker 2: House on par with the National Economic Counsole, creating extraordinary 459 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 2: regulation reform at the EPA, or just opening up new 460 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 2: areas so that energy production can go quicker, faster and 461 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 2: more successfully. Joining us now to bring us up to 462 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 2: speed on all the dizzying changes is one of our 463 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 2: good friends of the show. He's the president of the 464 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 2: Selling Gas Association, our front Tim. Great to have you 465 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 2: in show. 466 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 13: John, It's great to be with you. 467 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 1: It has been a dizzy year in the energy industry. 468 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 2: I can't think of another year of my thirty five 469 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 2: years in Washington where more policy change has taken place. 470 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 2: Bring us up to speed on the successes, and then 471 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 2: tell us what's right around the corner, like permitting reform. 472 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 14: Yeah, you know, it's been a fascinating year from my 473 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 14: thirty years spent in the industry. The challenges the last 474 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 14: four years were the most challenging regulatory and legislative environment. 475 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 14: The only gas industry has ever been in. It was 476 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 14: it was you woke up every morning wondering what bad 477 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 14: thing was going to happen to you today, And to 478 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 14: the Trump administration's credit, they turned back the clock on 479 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 14: that four years and reset us back to the center 480 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 14: where things were for decades. 481 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 13: So that has been really really. 482 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 14: Beneficial to industry and our ability to plan for the future. 483 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,640 Speaker 14: There's some things ahead, permit reform and other things, but 484 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 14: to be honest with you, between the executive orders and 485 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 14: the one big beautiful bill, we've been able to reset 486 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 14: and frankly it's the United States is a great place 487 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,120 Speaker 14: to invest in, the only gas industry again, there's no doubt. 488 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 2: And leading the world really, whether it's in production or innovation. 489 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 2: I'm going to get to some of those innovations before 490 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 2: we do. I think the left, which was the big 491 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 2: regulatory machinery in Washington for a long time, realized that 492 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 2: they couldn't even build their own windmills and their own 493 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 2: solar plants that they wanted to create because they had 494 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,919 Speaker 2: created this monstrosity UNDERNPA, under all the regulations. It seems 495 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 2: to me, I've been talking about permitting before and for 496 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 2: twenty years. It's always going to happen. Next year, it's 497 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 2: going to be next year. It seems like that's around 498 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:36,119 Speaker 2: the corner because Democrats are dance partners with Republicans on this. 499 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 1: Is that a good read? 500 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 13: Exactly right. 501 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 14: It's been fascinating to watch because in this town, you 502 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 14: live by executive order, you die by executive order. And 503 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,400 Speaker 14: what to my point earlier about what we went through 504 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:51,120 Speaker 14: for four years using what the Bide administration using executive 505 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,320 Speaker 14: orders to cancel our projects, the Trump administration said basically, well, 506 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,639 Speaker 14: look what goes around comes around, and they did the 507 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 14: exact same thing to the renewable industry some of those 508 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 14: major projects. And what that did was it brought everybody 509 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 14: to the realization that we need some certainty, and certainty 510 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 14: is key in our industry, regardless if it's oil and 511 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 14: gas or if it's you're building a renewable project. And 512 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,479 Speaker 14: I think we're now this key point where both sides 513 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 14: realize there's so much capital invested, so money sunk costs, 514 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 14: we've got to get the permit certainty. That's what we're 515 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 14: excited to be working on for this next few weeks here, 516 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:25,080 Speaker 14: like at. 517 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 2: Least in the House, I could potentially get done before 518 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 2: the end of the year. Talk to several members of Congress, 519 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 2: you feel like that that's really really moving forward. Senate will 520 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 2: probably be next year. 521 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 14: Look likely, Yeah, because the Senate is the place where 522 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 14: good ideas go to die. 523 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 13: Right. 524 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 14: But it has been interesting John, the four corners, the 525 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 14: four key members of the Senate have all sort of 526 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 14: had a gentleman's agreement amongst themselves and the ladies as well, 527 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 14: with the Senator Capital that this needs to be done. 528 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 14: And again to certainty, the ability to say it doesn't 529 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 14: matter what type of project is permitted, what Piper project 530 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 14: is already underway, it can't be canceled on a whim. 531 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 14: Things like that judicial review and one hundred and fifty 532 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 14: day limitation on how long things can take. That's going 533 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 14: to be key for both sides. And I think again 534 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 14: it's a Baptist bootleg or coalition. You know, both sides 535 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 14: can agree on something and that's what we're looking for. 536 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,240 Speaker 2: But it does seem like it's hetting in that direction, 537 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:22,160 Speaker 2: which is pretty remarkable. Meanwhile, the appetite of this nation 538 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,360 Speaker 2: for power can't be larger. AI is going to consume 539 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 2: gigawats of energy that we haven't even imagined creating yet. 540 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 2: Tell us what that demand looks like and how we're 541 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 2: doing keeping up with it. 542 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 13: So it's been interesting. 543 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 14: In nineteen ninety seven, natural gas accounted for fourteen percent 544 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 14: of the electricity generation in the United States. 545 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 13: This past year is forty three percent. 546 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 14: It is by far the biggest biggest source of electricity. 547 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 14: So for the onland gas industry, we are powering the 548 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 14: AI Revolution, And to be honest with the A revolution 549 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 14: is a national security an issue as much as it 550 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 14: is anything else for us. It's an exciting time to 551 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 14: be in and again that Baptist bootleg or coalition. If 552 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 14: you had told me two years ago that I'd be 553 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 14: sitting linking arms with Silicon Valley investors on natural gas generation, 554 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 14: I would never believe it. But they came to realize 555 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 14: that you cannot get from here to there without the 556 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 14: product that my industry produces. It is an exciting time. 557 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 14: There's some challenges still, but it's an exciting time. 558 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, No, there are a lot of challenges ahead. 559 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 2: I want to talk a little bit about what happens 560 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 2: with emissions since natural gas has become a bigger part 561 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 2: of it, because there's still a large part of the 562 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 2: country that worries about climate emissions. Gas has been the 563 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 2: single driver of bringing emissions down in America. And while 564 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,400 Speaker 2: we're going downsch On is going up because they've gone 565 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 2: to coal. 566 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 14: Right exactly sixty five percent of all the emissions reduction 567 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 14: taking places, but it happened because of that fuel switching 568 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 14: between coal and natural gas. We're the world's leader in 569 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 14: that and we've shown the world that it can be done, 570 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 14: that there is a fossil future still while having a clean, 571 00:29:55,920 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 14: clean air about us. That's only going to grow even further. Again, 572 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 14: the challenges we have is when with electricity generation, you 573 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 14: have from our industry's perspective, we produce, but getting that 574 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,479 Speaker 14: to the end user is becoming a challenge because the 575 00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,720 Speaker 14: infrastructure is not based around an AI infrastructure where there's 576 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 14: peak power that fluctuates repeatedly. We used to having it 577 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 14: in the studies flow one dimensional. That's why permit reform 578 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 14: is so crucial for us to build out that second 579 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 14: phase of the infrastructure. On the affordability issue, we've got 580 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 14: to get more of the data centers behind the meter 581 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 14: using our product without having them to compete against the 582 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 14: residential and. 583 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 13: The commercial users. 584 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 14: That's where a lot of the electricity spike price increases 585 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,880 Speaker 14: that take place. The more we can get directly to them, 586 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 14: the more crucial. 587 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: It will be. 588 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 2: That's where the extraordinary innovation has been getting. We've had 589 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 2: several times on the show, the folks from Voltagrid. But 590 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 2: we don't have to do major public project works to 591 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 2: make this happen. We can create these little minigrids that 592 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 2: just power a data center or major project separate of 593 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 2: putting strain on the residential system that has grown by 594 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 2: leaps and bounds. Tell us where we are in that 595 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 2: and what sort of things need to be decided in 596 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 2: Washington to make sure that that innovation grows quicker and faster. 597 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 14: Yeah, that's a great question. You know, again, never bet 598 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 14: against our industry. We have proven we're with the administration 599 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 14: when it comes to reshoring domestic manufacturing. Our industry is 600 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,920 Speaker 14: probably the best example of that any words. 601 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 13: Took us twenty years. 602 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 14: Twenty years ago, you and I were talking about how 603 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 14: much investing billions of dollars in energy export. 604 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 13: Now we are our energy import. 605 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 14: Now we're talking billions of dollars in energy export, you know, 606 00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 14: sending it out. We're going to control twenty five percent 607 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 14: of the market. But the challenge we had is we 608 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 14: haven't been able to re shore our supply chain right now, 609 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 14: and that is going to take time. A good example 610 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 14: on Voltegrid, for I know he's been a guest on 611 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 14: your show several times. You know, the whole voltegrid models 612 00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 14: based on a very complex supply that actually starts in Austria, 613 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 14: binds its way through Canada, then to Wisconsin, in New 614 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 14: Jersey and Texas. And the company that has made Voltegride 615 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 14: possible has announced that they're going to bring new manufacturing 616 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 14: to the United States, which is phenomenal half a billion 617 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:15,959 Speaker 14: dollars investment, four hundred jobs. 618 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 13: That's going to take time to do that. 619 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 14: And there needs to be a little bit of flexibility 620 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 14: when it comes to the impacts that tariffs and other 621 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 14: things are having. But it's an exciting time to be 622 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 14: an industry. And again, don't bet against us, because we've 623 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,440 Speaker 14: proven time and time again that we are resilient. 624 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 2: There's certain irony to that narrative you just told us 625 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 2: because a lot of people think, well, the AI revolution 626 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 2: is going to be eliminating joys, but actually the energy 627 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,720 Speaker 2: industry is going to be creating a lot more jobs 628 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 2: to create the power that's going to make that AI 629 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 2: revolution possible. But we need to be able to create 630 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 2: things like steel parts that we have been making here 631 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:46,560 Speaker 2: for a long time. 632 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: That's what's underway right now. 633 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 14: Right it's the same as you can't grow bananas in Minnesota, 634 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 14: you know. And we have again some of the supply 635 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,959 Speaker 14: chain challenges. There are parts and components that our industry 636 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 14: relies on, everything from the drilling components frankly to the 637 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 14: natural gas generation components simply aren't made in the United 638 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 14: States anymore, and it's going to be a challenge to 639 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 14: bring them back. And again, flexibilities needed, time is needed. 640 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 14: But again it's going to happen, and it's going to 641 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 14: be an exciting time. 642 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 2: And manufacturing Middle of America is going to be one 643 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 2: of the beneficiaries. 644 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 1: Right, Absolutely, amazing. 645 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 13: Story, homegrown American jobs. 646 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,680 Speaker 2: How about that something we've been looking forward to for 647 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 2: a long time. Tim Every time you come on the show, 648 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:24,520 Speaker 2: I feel like you take us up to the horizon. 649 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,680 Speaker 1: We see the future a little more clearly. Great to 650 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: have you on the show today. 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Pre order Anthem of 669 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,319 Speaker 9: the Free today the. 670 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:49,200 Speaker 1: Welcome back to America. 671 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 2: We talked a lot about it on this show over 672 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 2: the last five years. That is that free speech is 673 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,480 Speaker 2: engraved danger across the world. Now in the United States, 674 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 2: we had a big slide backwards, but then Elion Musk 675 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,840 Speaker 2: and Donald Trump and the Congress and the Court's intervene 676 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,319 Speaker 2: stop that side. In some cases they've reversed it. But 677 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:05,879 Speaker 2: around the country that is. 678 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,600 Speaker 1: Not always a case. Around the world. 679 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,840 Speaker 2: Excuse me, that's not always a case as a former 680 00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 2: British Prime minister. This trust recently reminded us great Britain 681 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,840 Speaker 2: and many other places in the Western world are continuing 682 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,600 Speaker 2: to allow free speech rights to go away. How can 683 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,360 Speaker 2: we prevent it? How do we make sure it doesn't 684 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 2: come back? 685 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:23,920 Speaker 1: Here? 686 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 2: Joining us now is an American government policy maker, tenured 687 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:31,520 Speaker 2: university professor, management consultant, lawyer, and best selling author of 688 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,000 Speaker 2: the new book Free Expression Under Fire, defending free speech 689 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,960 Speaker 2: and free press across the political spectrum. He served in 690 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 2: four presidential administrations on a bipartisan basis. He is Stuart 691 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:43,959 Speaker 2: Protman Stewart. Great to have you on the show. 692 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,920 Speaker 15: Great to be here, John Hi. 693 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:51,320 Speaker 3: I to think of it, Yes, thy New Year, Happy 694 00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 3: New Year, Stuart. 695 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:56,760 Speaker 2: I can't think of a more perfectly time book than yours. 696 00:35:57,400 --> 00:35:58,480 Speaker 1: The free speech. 697 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 2: Debate, I think a lot of people thought, well, we 698 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,440 Speaker 2: kind of fixed it when Elon Moss bought Twitter and 699 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 2: Donald Trump came back into power and Congress passed some 700 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,759 Speaker 2: laws and the courts got involved. But when we look 701 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,560 Speaker 2: over the pond to what's going on in Europe, the 702 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 2: threat to free speech is still very real, right. 703 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 15: It is, And actually we're talking about something broader than 704 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 15: free speech, we're talking about free expression, and as you know, 705 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 15: the First Amendment covers both freedom of speech and freedom 706 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 15: of the press, and so I like to talk about 707 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:34,360 Speaker 15: this in a broader area. Obviously free speech is fundamentally important, 708 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 15: but also free press in the right of free expression, Yeah, so. 709 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,760 Speaker 4: Important, absolutely, Stuart. 710 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 3: You know, we are seeing some legacy news organizations like 711 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,760 Speaker 3: CBS maybe do a little bit of a moderating towards 712 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 3: the center, at least they claim that they are going 713 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:54,239 Speaker 3: to with folks like like Barry Weiss biry Weiss's involvement. 714 00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,480 Speaker 3: Do you anticipate that that is real? Is that genuine? 715 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 3: And what does that do for this fight for free speech, 716 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,880 Speaker 3: not only as you said, for the citizens, but freedom 717 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,000 Speaker 3: of the press as well well. 718 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:10,000 Speaker 15: I think we're in the process of readjusting our culture, 719 00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:13,680 Speaker 15: and I think that's a positive aspect, which is being 720 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:17,799 Speaker 15: more sensitive to free expression and trying to figure out 721 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,160 Speaker 15: where is the middle here. Obviously, at both ends of 722 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 15: the political spectrum, the fifteen percent on the right the 723 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 15: fifty percent on the left, they will continue to argue 724 00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:34,160 Speaker 15: and perhaps advocate further restrictions, but I think we have 725 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,560 Speaker 15: a very very broad middle. That middle of seventy seventy 726 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 15: five percent, And I think CBS clearly is trying to 727 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,480 Speaker 15: reach that broad middle, as a number of other media 728 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 15: organizations are trying to do. I think that's a very 729 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 15: good thing. What we've seen recently in survey data is 730 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:58,360 Speaker 15: that people are worried about freedom of speech and freedom 731 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:02,320 Speaker 15: of expression. Fact, we see that there's a downward trend 732 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:06,839 Speaker 15: now about that same number, about seventy to seventy five 733 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:12,319 Speaker 15: percent of Americans believe that free speech is basically on 734 00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 15: the decline. And so when you put those numbers together, 735 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:19,960 Speaker 15: you see that people understand there's a problem, and yet 736 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:25,360 Speaker 15: there's a broad consensus of people who support greater free expression. 737 00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:29,440 Speaker 15: And so I think news organizations and other media outlets 738 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 15: that respond to that will be very well served. 739 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, very true. 740 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,279 Speaker 2: So I want to ask a little bit about a 741 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 2: kind of troubling trend. I think for most of our 742 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty years, which were about to celebrate 743 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,840 Speaker 2: in America, we believe what our founding fathers believe that 744 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,840 Speaker 2: our freedoms came from our maker, and they were available 745 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,960 Speaker 2: and they couldn't be taken from us. But recently had 746 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:55,960 Speaker 2: Senator Tim Caine and Virginia say no, I think they 747 00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,839 Speaker 2: come more from government then they come from And then 748 00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,040 Speaker 2: you've seen other people talk about we might need to 749 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 2: put some limits on the First Amendment. There seems to 750 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:09,520 Speaker 2: be a cultural and even an academic shift in where 751 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:13,799 Speaker 2: are our free speech rights, our freedoms come from. How 752 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,440 Speaker 2: troubled should we be about those sort of trend lines. 753 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,960 Speaker 15: Well, I think that is troubling, and certainly what I 754 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,440 Speaker 15: advocate is sort of a counter revolution there. But I 755 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:27,360 Speaker 15: think we need to have a cultural shift in favor 756 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:31,360 Speaker 15: of free speech and free expression, and it's very possible. 757 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:35,400 Speaker 15: I always talk about the Second Amendment. So, as you know, 758 00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:39,280 Speaker 15: over the past fifty years, we have had a substantial 759 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:43,959 Speaker 15: cultural shift in favor of the Second Amendment, and we've 760 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:47,279 Speaker 15: had obviously court opinions, but we see that in our 761 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 15: general culture now there is a greater respect and a 762 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:55,720 Speaker 15: greater support for Second Amendment rights. It takes about fifty 763 00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,600 Speaker 15: years to have that cultural shift, So this isn't going 764 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,520 Speaker 15: to happen overnight. But I think we can begin to 765 00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 15: think about the First Amendment in the same way that 766 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:08,280 Speaker 15: we've thought about the Second Amendment. How do we begin 767 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 15: to create a cultural shift and that's a shift that's 768 00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:16,920 Speaker 15: beyond government. That's something that we as citizens respond to, 769 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:21,800 Speaker 15: and as you indicated, those responses are based on higher 770 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,400 Speaker 15: powers beyond government. 771 00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:25,680 Speaker 13: Yeah, Stuart. 772 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,080 Speaker 3: When you look at the age spectrum, you know, obviously 773 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:31,240 Speaker 3: the youngest generation came out and droves for President Trump. 774 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:33,120 Speaker 4: But since then John and I have spoken to a. 775 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,720 Speaker 3: Number of people who have indicated that that was maybe 776 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,960 Speaker 3: less a support of Donald Trump and more a desire 777 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:42,120 Speaker 3: for a shock to the system. When it comes to 778 00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:46,840 Speaker 3: this youngest generation and their support of ideas, foundational ideas 779 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,520 Speaker 3: like freedom of speech, do you get the sense that 780 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,600 Speaker 3: they are moving more in the direction of more free 781 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:53,400 Speaker 3: speech or less. 782 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,600 Speaker 15: Well, I wish I could be positive there, but I 783 00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:00,280 Speaker 15: think the survey data is quite troubling. We see about 784 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:04,400 Speaker 15: a third of college students who believe that violence is 785 00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:09,759 Speaker 15: an appropriate response to speech, which is counter to everything 786 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:14,279 Speaker 15: that we understand to believe about the notion of free 787 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 15: speech and the First Amendment. So that trend is very 788 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:23,040 Speaker 15: troubling and certainly indicates that certainly younger people are now 789 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:28,319 Speaker 15: favoring violence as a counteraction to speech as opposed to 790 00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:29,400 Speaker 15: counter speech. 791 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:34,440 Speaker 1: Unbelievable, remarkable, Stuart. Before we let you go. 792 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:36,080 Speaker 2: I want to talk about what I call the shot 793 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:40,080 Speaker 2: heard around the world Marco Rubio, the Undersecretary of State 794 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:46,160 Speaker 2: Sarah Rodgers sanctioning some Western countries officials who were involved 795 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:50,279 Speaker 2: in earlier censorship activities. How important is that move and 796 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,200 Speaker 2: how much more sanctioning might we see in the next 797 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,800 Speaker 2: few months to make a point out of America here. 798 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,239 Speaker 15: Clearly we have the First Amendment, which doesn't apply to 799 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:03,920 Speaker 15: other countries. But again, we have a culture of free expression, 800 00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:07,240 Speaker 15: and I think we need to promote that culture around 801 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,760 Speaker 15: the world. And I think Secretary of Rubio's actions certainly 802 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:15,160 Speaker 15: are consistent with promoting the idea that America is the 803 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,000 Speaker 15: champion of free expression. 804 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:22,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, so very important, Stuart. I recommend everybody read your book. 805 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 2: This is such an important moment in American history. Free 806 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:29,840 Speaker 2: expression under fire, defending free speech and free press, Acosta 807 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,840 Speaker 2: political spectrum. Folks, go get that great book, Stuart. Great 808 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:34,480 Speaker 2: honor to have you on the show. Happy New Yon, 809 00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:35,600 Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us. 810 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,000 Speaker 15: Happy New Y're great to meet with both of you. 811 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:40,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, congrats on a great book. 812 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,359 Speaker 2: All right, folks, A man and I'll be back right 813 00:42:42,400 --> 00:43:08,239 Speaker 2: after these quick break Oraentry everything. 814 00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,120 Speaker 7: The Radical left knows exactly what they're doing. They want 815 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:20,880 Speaker 7: to steal the election. We're going to walk down Pennsylvania 816 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:26,240 Speaker 7: Avenue to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. 817 00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:31,600 Speaker 8: Events in Washington have taken a violent and tumultuous. 818 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:55,640 Speaker 10: To January sixth wasn't just a moment in history for 819 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,000 Speaker 10: thousands of Americans. 820 00:43:57,160 --> 00:43:59,080 Speaker 11: It was the moment their voices were taken. 821 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:04,160 Speaker 15: They were persecuted, hunted seditious conspiracy. 822 00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,760 Speaker 10: But behind prison walls, something unexpected happened. 823 00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:09,480 Speaker 11: They found their voice again. 824 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:10,960 Speaker 1: Started singing a national anthem. 825 00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:13,240 Speaker 6: We took it up to him and mar Lada Apple 826 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:16,120 Speaker 6: by voice, so our supporters made this goat real. 827 00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:19,840 Speaker 10: America's voice is telling the real story of January sixth 828 00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:21,360 Speaker 10: like you've never. 829 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:21,880 Speaker 11: Seen it before. 830 00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:25,439 Speaker 6: This must be This is. 831 00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:29,000 Speaker 10: Not the story you were shown I proke responsibility. 832 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:32,160 Speaker 3: This is the story they lived government entrapment scheme that 833 00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:33,040 Speaker 3: this actually was. 834 00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:37,359 Speaker 10: The j six Patriots are no longer staying silent. They 835 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:41,240 Speaker 10: are speaking, They are standing, and they are telling the truth. 836 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:43,279 Speaker 1: You can't kill us, you can't be us. 837 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:44,840 Speaker 11: They tried to silence them. 838 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:53,320 Speaker 10: Instead, they woke up an entire nation. The sleeping giant 839 00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:54,880 Speaker 10: coming soon. 840 00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,360 Speaker 3: Welcome back everybody. John, As you and our audience know, 841 00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,080 Speaker 3: I am closing out my last few days here in Canada, 842 00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:09,680 Speaker 3: and there are a number of things that I've seen 843 00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:14,600 Speaker 3: here that I am terrified of coming to our American soil, 844 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,279 Speaker 3: one of which I talked about last week when I 845 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:19,879 Speaker 3: took that unsanctioned, unguided tour of the men's restroom. Don't worry, guys, 846 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,480 Speaker 3: I did have my father in law do recon effort. 847 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:24,320 Speaker 3: There was no one else in the restroom but showing 848 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:28,600 Speaker 3: the menstrual products machine in the men's bathroom. But also, John, 849 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:32,560 Speaker 3: something disturbing. Within the last few weeks, their parliament approved 850 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,360 Speaker 3: an amendment to what's known as Bill C nine, which 851 00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:39,960 Speaker 3: is speech protections, and the amendment pertains to religious speech. 852 00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:44,920 Speaker 3: So this effectively criminalizes religious speech. You know, in the 853 00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:48,720 Speaker 3: United States, we see folks who are at pro life 854 00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,800 Speaker 3: you know, pro life protesters at abortion clinics, but also 855 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:55,960 Speaker 3: you know tons of religious supporters across this country who 856 00:45:56,080 --> 00:45:59,000 Speaker 3: show up to boycott certain things and just show their 857 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,680 Speaker 3: support of religious liberty in this country and in Canada, 858 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:03,880 Speaker 3: it looks like they are going the way of that 859 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,160 Speaker 3: being disallowed and even criminalized and It terrifies me. And 860 00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,759 Speaker 3: you know, as we were talking to to Stewart about this, 861 00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,200 Speaker 3: and as you were saying, John, so aptly, you look 862 00:46:12,239 --> 00:46:14,399 Speaker 3: at what's happening in Europe, and a lot of people say, oh, 863 00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:14,920 Speaker 3: that could. 864 00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:16,280 Speaker 4: Never happen here in the United States. 865 00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,040 Speaker 3: Look at our founding, Look at what our founding values, 866 00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:22,759 Speaker 3: how closely attached they are to religious liberty. But you know, 867 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:25,280 Speaker 3: Canada and the UK are not that far from that either. 868 00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:27,960 Speaker 3: So it's pretty terrifying, and it shows you what can 869 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,239 Speaker 3: happen if you take your eyes off the watch for. 870 00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:32,080 Speaker 4: Just one moment. 871 00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:36,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, listen across the border to the north, or across 872 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,600 Speaker 2: the pond in Great Britain. We see what the fire 873 00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:41,920 Speaker 2: left really wants to do to freedom. And we're just 874 00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:44,160 Speaker 2: one generation away from spondering that. 875 00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:44,439 Speaker 1: Here. 876 00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:47,279 Speaker 2: We have to fight harder and more aggressively than ever 877 00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:50,279 Speaker 2: before because these ideas, this idea that you can no 878 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,160 Speaker 2: longer express your faith, that you can no longer express 879 00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,799 Speaker 2: your descent to your government. One of the things that 880 00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:59,600 Speaker 2: shocked me in the Jack Smith transcript that got released 881 00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,040 Speaker 2: last week was the fact that Jacksmith said he didn't 882 00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:05,200 Speaker 2: believe President Trump had a First Amendment right to raise 883 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,239 Speaker 2: questions about the twenty twenty election. I thought we all 884 00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,600 Speaker 2: had the right to redress our agreementss to our government. 885 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:14,360 Speaker 2: These mentalities and these mindsets are creeping in in so 886 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,160 Speaker 2: many ways around us, right here in America, and the 887 00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:19,799 Speaker 2: looking glass of what America could look like if the 888 00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:22,440 Speaker 2: far left has its way, it's sitting right across the 889 00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,960 Speaker 2: border or right across the pond in Great Britain and 890 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:25,560 Speaker 2: in Canada. 891 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:27,839 Speaker 1: So we got to keep a close eye on that. 892 00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:31,439 Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised if we see more sanctions by 893 00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:36,080 Speaker 2: Sarah Rodgers at the State depart soon. I'm hearing some 894 00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:37,840 Speaker 2: rumblings at Canada could be next. 895 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:42,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, and John, you mentioned Senator Tim Kine earlier in 896 00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:44,600 Speaker 3: the program, and it made me think of Virginia. 897 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:45,600 Speaker 4: You and your. 898 00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:49,120 Speaker 3: Fellow Virginia and Virginians are entering the FO part of 899 00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:52,319 Speaker 3: the FEIFO program when it comes to taxes, because you 900 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:55,440 Speaker 3: guys just got slapped with a new four percent tax 901 00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:58,080 Speaker 3: on prepared food, so on top of the six percent 902 00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:00,600 Speaker 3: state sales tax, now he will be paying ten percent 903 00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:04,520 Speaker 3: for certain food items. That's really basically what we are 904 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:07,280 Speaker 3: paying in California. Virginia is getting californiaized. 905 00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:13,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it's a classic Democrat move. Taxos who are 906 00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:16,400 Speaker 2: lawfully buying their food and then let illegal immigrants and 907 00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:18,920 Speaker 2: others try to defraud the food aid programs like we 908 00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:20,799 Speaker 2: saw in Minnesota. 909 00:48:21,040 --> 00:48:21,520 Speaker 1: Sad thing. 910 00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:25,680 Speaker 2: But again, Democrats can't find enough money, so they're always 911 00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,720 Speaker 2: looking for new ways to give big government more money. 912 00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:32,000 Speaker 2: And then I think that I won't be surprised if 913 00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,600 Speaker 2: in a few months we're talking about the western part 914 00:48:34,640 --> 00:48:39,720 Speaker 2: of Virginia having conversations with West Virginia to potentially secede, 915 00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:44,480 Speaker 2: much like the Oregon communities are thinking about seceding to Idaho. 916 00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:47,160 Speaker 2: I think some of the red areas that are going 917 00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:49,640 Speaker 2: to have their fill of Democrats very quickly. 918 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:53,319 Speaker 3: Absolutely, all right, John, We are fully in our two 919 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:57,080 Speaker 3: hundred and fiftieth year. It started with a magnificent display 920 00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:00,399 Speaker 3: in the Washington Monument on New York's eaves. So many 921 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,919 Speaker 3: amazing events queued up for this year. I can't believe 922 00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,200 Speaker 3: this twenty twenty six. It just twenty twenty five went 923 00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:08,759 Speaker 3: by in the blink of an eye. This summer and 924 00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:11,000 Speaker 3: leading up to the summer in Washington, d C. Is 925 00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,080 Speaker 3: going to be, as the kids say, lit. 926 00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:18,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's no doubt in so many extraordinary opportunities to 927 00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:22,120 Speaker 2: reconnect young people to the history the founding, the freedoms 928 00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:25,000 Speaker 2: that our founding fathers held so dear, something their educators 929 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:27,560 Speaker 2: didn't do. I think this is a goal and opportunity 930 00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,440 Speaker 2: to re educate a young population that may have been 931 00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:33,200 Speaker 2: deprived of some of the great stories of our freedom, 932 00:49:33,239 --> 00:49:35,879 Speaker 2: our history, and our legacy here in America. So I'm 933 00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:37,359 Speaker 2: looking forward to It's going to be a fun year. 934 00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:40,399 Speaker 3: I am too. I cannot wait for this, And as 935 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,480 Speaker 3: you said, for our youngest generation, I think that this 936 00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:44,200 Speaker 3: will be a lesson in patriotism. 937 00:49:44,239 --> 00:49:46,080 Speaker 4: And I'm actually going to have a story out at. 938 00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:47,600 Speaker 3: Justin News over the weekend for all of you who 939 00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:49,160 Speaker 3: want a bit of a rundown on some of those 940 00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:51,720 Speaker 3: major events happening across the country, so you can surely 941 00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:52,440 Speaker 3: check one out. 942 00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:54,120 Speaker 4: All right, everybody that's going to do it for us, 943 00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:54,760 Speaker 4: have a great weekend. 944 00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:55,640 Speaker 3: We'll see you one Monday.