1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: Hello America, and welcome to the Sean Hannity Show. And 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: as all of you in Sean's audience have instantly detected, 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: I am not Sean Hannity. Sean is on his annual 4 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 1: Christmas vacation, taking some seriously well learned time off to 5 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: rest and relax before the new year, which I suspect 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 1: will be another crazy year, so we shall see in 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: the meantime. I am Jeoffrey Lord of my Word of 8 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: the Lord with Jeoffrey Lord podcast, which is of course 9 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: to be found on my website, the Jeffreylord dot com. 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: And as some of you may know, I am a 11 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: contributing editor of The American Spectator, a columnist for the 12 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: Media Research Center's Newsbuster site, and a Newsmax TV contributor. 13 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: We have a great show for you today. Congressman Scott Perry, 14 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 1: the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, will be here 15 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: to update us on the status of the Republican race 16 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: for House Speaker that features House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy 17 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 1: with a challenge from Arizona's Andy Biggs. Next, we will 18 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: have on David Shone, a great American attorney well familiar 19 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: to those of us in Shawn's audience. We will be 20 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: talking about the latest revolving around the conduct of, yes, indeed, 21 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: the FBI. Then we will have Kentucky Congressman James Comer. 22 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: The Congressman is slated to be the new chairman of 23 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 1: the House Oversight Committee. What a job he is inheriting. 24 00:01:30,120 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: Just this week, the Congressman said he had learned that 25 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: at least eighty FBI agents had worked with social media 26 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: companies on an unauthorized quote disinformation task Force. He will 27 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: be here to give us an update on the oversight 28 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: investigations we expect to see we can expect to see 29 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: in the new year, and trust me when I say 30 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: the Congressman will be one busy guy with a clean 31 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: up from the Pelosi area. Then we will be talking 32 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: to journalist Michael Schellenberger. Michael, as you may know, is 33 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: one of the independent journalists who has been tapped by 34 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: Elon Musk to sift through round seven of the Twitter files. 35 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 1: And what Michael has uncovered is just stunning, chilling, I 36 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,239 Speaker 1: would say. As a result of what he has discovered, 37 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: Michael is calling for Congress to probe revelations the FBI 38 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: and intelligence community worked to quote unquote discredit the Hunter 39 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: Biden laptop story out of the twenty presidential election. So 40 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: we're looking forward to our chat with Michael. Now, let 41 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: me start off talking first about the disgrace that is 42 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,799 Speaker 1: the January sixth Committee and what a four star disgrace 43 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 1: it is. The committee can clearly be called a witch hunt. 44 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: It had a predetermined outcome. They hate Donald Trump, That's 45 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: what they're all about. And as it ends its run, 46 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: it has now issued a one hundred and fifty four 47 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 1: page report, and what does it say. It is referring 48 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 1: criminal charges against president former President Donald Trump to the 49 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: Justice Department specifically, and I want to go through this 50 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,399 Speaker 1: so you know what's going on here. Specifically, the committee 51 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:13,519 Speaker 1: recommended that prosecutors pursue four charges against former President Trump. 52 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: One obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, two, conspiracy 53 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 1: to defraud the United States, three, inciting or assisting an insurrection, 54 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: four and conspiracy to make a false statement. Now we're 55 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 1: on a family show here, so let me put it 56 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: this way. What bunk Linda, Linda, No, no, no, So 57 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: let's go through these bogus charges one by one. First 58 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: of all, President Trump did not obstruct anything he addressed 59 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: a completely peaceful rally on the White House. Ellipse, I 60 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: was there before the events at the Capitol. I was 61 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: not there a rally where he said to the tens 62 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: of thousands gathered to hear him, he said, I know 63 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: that everyone here will soon be marching over to the 64 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: Capitol Building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. Now, 65 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: there was not a single word said as you could 66 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: hear about obstructing quote unquote an official proceeding of Congress. 67 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: But if protesting the counting of the results of an 68 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: election is obstruction, then there is the matter of Maryland 69 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: Democrat Congressman Jamie Raskin, who was also not coincidentally a 70 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: member of the January sixth committee. Democrats, in fact, tried 71 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: to stop the certification of the electoral college vote in 72 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 1: the two thousand, two thousand and four, and twenty sixteen elections. 73 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: Among those Democrats was Congressman Raskin himself, who tried to 74 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: reject electoral college votes to declare Trump the winner in 75 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. So, knowing that mister Raskin was obstructing an 76 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: official proceeding of Congress, as he and his committee are 77 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 1: charging former President Trump with where is the criminal referral 78 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: to the Justice Department for Congressman Raskin. Their answer is 79 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: there isn't a criminal referm because mister Raskin is a 80 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 1: Democrat and a Trump hater, and the January sixth Committee 81 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: is about nothing if not double standards. Second, the committee 82 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: charges President Trump with a conspiracy to defraud the United States. 83 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: Got that demanding election integrity is now quote a conspiracy 84 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: to fraud the United States unquote. There is no mention 85 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: that Twitter and its various pre Elon Musk lefties were 86 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: going out of their way to defraud the United States 87 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: by deliberately blocking that New York Post story revealing the 88 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: serious news of Hunter Biden's laptop. We now know for 89 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: a fact that a significant number of Americans have said 90 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: that had they known about that Post story, they would 91 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: have voted for Trump. What Twitter did in suppressing this 92 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: blockbuster story is yes, indeed, deliberately rigging an election, something 93 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: that was done with the backing of no less than 94 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: the FBI. As Elon Musk has revealed. The third charge 95 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: against President Trump is that he incited or assisted an insurrection. 96 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: Again what bunk. First of all, it is a fact 97 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: that President Trump authored offered to authorize twenty thousand troops 98 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 1: to protect the capital, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused them. 99 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: Over there at our friend John Solomon's Just the News 100 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: website is this headline quote Trump Pentagon first offered National 101 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: Guard to capital four day to National Guard to the 102 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: capital four days before January six riots. Memo shows official 103 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: Capital Police timeline validates Trump's administration account and shows that 104 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: democrats faithful rejections of the offers seems absolutely illogical. One 105 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 1: official wrote about the security posture that was hours before 106 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: the riot began. Now that's the headline. John opens by 107 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: reporting this, the Pentagon first raised the possibility of sending 108 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: National Guard troops to the US capital four days before 109 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: the January six riots, setting in motion a series of 110 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: rejections by Capitol police and Democrats that left Congress vulnerable 111 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: as threats of violence were rising. According to government memos 112 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: that validate Trump administration officials long held claims, an official 113 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: timeline of the January sixth tragedy, the story goes on, 114 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: was assembled by Capitol Police, and it shows that a 115 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: Defense Department official reached out to a Capitol Police Deputy 116 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: Chief Seawan Gallagher on January second, twenty twenty one, to 117 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: see if a request for troops was forthcoming, But the 118 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: offer was quickly rejected after a consultation with then Chief 119 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: Steve Sun And who exactly was responsible for this rejection 120 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: That would be you guessed it, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 121 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: Cash Patel, then the Chief's chief of staff to the THENCE. 122 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: Support via the National Guard was refused by the House 123 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: and Senate arguinent sergeant at arms who report to Speaker Pelosi. 124 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: Now we have said, mister Petl, we have it in 125 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: their own writing, in their own writing. Days before January sixth, 126 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: and despite the FBI warning a potential for serious disturbance, 127 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: no perimeter was established, no agents put on the street, 128 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: and no fence was put up. In other words, against 129 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: the advice of the Trump administration. President Trump's offered to 130 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: have thousands of troops to protect the capital on January 131 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: sixth was rejected by Speaker Pelosi. Now you know who 132 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: else had responsibility for protecting the capital. That would be 133 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: Congressman Raskin. And why the US Capitol Police are under 134 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: the joint jurisdiction of the House Administration Committee and the 135 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: Senate rules an administration committee. Who is the second ranking 136 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:16,240 Speaker 1: Democrat on House administration That would be the Democrats January 137 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 1: sixth committee member Maryland Congressman Raskin. And oh, by the way, 138 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: who sits on the Senate Rules an administration committee that 139 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: has a role with this, That would be yes, Senate 140 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York. Which is to say, 141 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 1: in the style of the famous Senator Howard Baker Watergate question, 142 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: Democrats from the committee need to be answering mister Raskin 143 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: or mister Schumer. In particular, they need to know of 144 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 1: the warning of impendent violence and what did they do 145 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: about it? And yes, this goes for Speaker Pelosi as well. 146 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 1: There ken at this juncture appear to be only one 147 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: of two possible answers. Either mister Raskin and mister Schumer 148 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: knew of the intelligence report that warned of impending violence 149 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: ended nothing, thus making possible the ensuing riot that had 150 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: been warned about, Or mister Raskin and mister Schumer did 151 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,839 Speaker 1: not know of the intelligence warning of potential violence, indicating 152 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: a breathtaking level of sheer incompetence when it came to 153 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 1: their most basic task in overseeing the Capital police, ensuring 154 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: the physical safety of the Capital building, their house, and 155 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: Senate colleagues, their staffs, and any and everybody else whose 156 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: job required them to be physically present in the Capital 157 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: and the Capital complex. So suffice to say, the idea 158 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: that President Trump incited or assisted in any way in 159 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 1: an insurrection is pure partisan bunk. Yet again, and then 160 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: there's charge number four that President Trump conspired to make 161 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: a false statement. Say what to question the integrity of 162 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: an election is a conspiracy to make a faults story. 163 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: As it happens, the release of all the Twitter files 164 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: that we're seeing now shows beyond doubt that there was, 165 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: in fact a serious effort by big tech to rig 166 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty election. There is zero faults about it. 167 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: So what do we have here? What we have is 168 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:24,239 Speaker 1: a corrupt January sixth Committee. It is ruthless. In January 169 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 1: of nineteen eighty one, my old boss, President Reagan was 170 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: asked at his first press conference how he proposed to 171 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: deal with the communist Soviet Union President's Reagan's response is 172 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: a perfect description of today's January sixth Committee. He answered 173 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: this way. The Soviets, he said, have quote openly and 174 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: publicly declared that the only morality they recognize is what 175 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: will further their cause, meaning they reserve unto themselves, the 176 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat, to steal, 177 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: which is exactly a description of the January sixth Committee. 178 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: And when republic and take control of the House, on 179 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: the agenda should be an investigation of the January sixth 180 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: Committee itself and every one of its memos. My memo 181 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: to the Committee, Savior documents, your text, your emails, and 182 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: your phone records, etc. And while we're on this subject 183 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: of President Trump instigating an insurrection, let me go back 184 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: in time a bit. When I was growing up, the 185 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:31,599 Speaker 1: protest against the Vietnam War were raging. Leading the opposition 186 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: to the war were three Democrat United States Senators, all 187 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 1: of them who would one day run for president, Senator 188 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: Robert Kennedy of New York, the brother of then the 189 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: late President Kennedy, Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, and Senator 190 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: George McGovern of South Dakota. So in October of nineteen 191 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: sixty seven, there was an anti war protest in Washington. 192 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: It began at the Lincoln Memorial but then, as reported 193 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: in the History of the U. S. Marshall's Service. Attention 194 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: shifted by the crowd to the Pentagon. The Marshal Service 195 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: reported what happened next quote At five forty PM, a 196 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: determined crowd of thirty five thousand headed for the Pentagon. 197 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: A smaller segment at the front stormed forward, scaled the walls, 198 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: and forced their way into the Pentagon. The deputies and 199 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: soldiers were taunted and assaulted with vegetables, rocks, and bottles. 200 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: The troops inside the Pentagon rushed outside as the violence 201 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: esticated escalated, A full scale riot erupted. Now in that 202 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: current atmosphere, that that particular protest occurred, and that deserves 203 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: a look if we're going to use the standards the 204 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: January sixth Committee is applying to President Trump. If those 205 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 1: standards were applied in nineteen sixty seven, you can be 206 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: sure that Senators Robert Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy, and George McGovern 207 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:59,080 Speaker 1: would all be charged with instigating an erection at an insurrection, 208 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 1: it would be ridiculous, of course, just like this charge 209 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: against President Trump is ridiculous. But beyond that, what is 210 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: being done with the so called criminal referrals against Trump 211 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: is nothing less than the criminalization of American politics, which 212 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: will stay forever the historical reputations of all those involved. 213 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: We'll be back. Hello everybody, This is Jeffrey Lord once again, 214 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: sitting in for my friend, our friend Sean Hannity as 215 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: we roll down the next couple of days to Yes, indeed, 216 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: a merry Christmas for one and all. And I'm sitting 217 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: here looking at our friend Linda. It's my pleasure to 218 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: be looked at by you. I tell you. One of 219 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: my seans, Dalen at me. So it's a nice it's 220 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: a nice change of pace. I'll tell you what. It's 221 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: very very nice. Well, it's you know, the American political 222 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: cycle goes in strange ways. You know, things get really 223 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: heated after the first of the year, and then they 224 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: go to like Thanksgiving, and then they stop getting their tracks. 225 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: And it's kind of like New York traffic stops getting 226 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: this track that gets really heated. You flip a couple 227 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: of birds, you tell people how much you don't like them, 228 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: and you wish him a merry Christmas. When it all 229 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: starts to move, it's a wonderful, beautiful thing. This time. 230 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 1: Everybody's like, I can't wait to go to New York. 231 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, what is wrong with you? I can't wait 232 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: to get out of this place. It is the absolute worst. 233 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: I mean, anyhow, I did this yesterday with Joe Conchra. 234 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: I couldn't stop talking about how horrible it was in 235 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: the traffic. But I'm gonna move on from that, and 236 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell everybody to stay tuned because you're Jeffrey 237 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: Lord hosted The Word of the Lord. You have to 238 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: bring it down with Congressman Scott Perry. I will, I will, 239 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: indeed on the other side, solid as a rock, honest, truthful. 240 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: This is the Sean Hannity Show, and this is Jeffrey 241 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: Lord of my famous podcast, The Word of the Lord 242 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: with Jeffrey Lord. It is an awesome podcast. There's no 243 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: question and v Jeffreylord dot com, which is my website, 244 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: and we hope you'll stop in and take a visit. 245 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: You're hopefully be sitting back and relaxing here these Christmas holidays. 246 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: Of course, you got to do all the cooking and 247 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: the relatives and all of that kind of thing which 248 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: may keep you otherwise occupied. Well tell us, I mean, 249 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: are you going to talk about politics at you're at 250 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: dinner table as Christmas. H No, is it a hard No? Uh? Yeah, well, 251 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: you know, and I love my beloved family dearly, but 252 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: we do have in our midst of people who do 253 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: not agree, and we've just long since realized, you know, 254 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: just to do it when there's so many other things 255 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:44,239 Speaker 1: as I as I literally often say, there's more to politics, 256 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: there's more to life than politics. And by the time 257 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: you get to Christmas, probably the last thing you do 258 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: want to talk about is politics. I know That's how 259 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: I feel anyway. Yeah. So you know, if there's a 260 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: couple of them that are probably listening, Hello Judy and 261 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: Bruce who are probably listening, Uh the Liberals. Uh no, 262 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: no they are. I'm gonna say something really funny for 263 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: that away from Hi Judy high Bruce. But all the 264 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:14,919 Speaker 1: rest of them are good, good people of other views, 265 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:17,600 Speaker 1: and uh and that's just fine. We learned this stuff 266 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: from our parents, uh, you know our parents, My parents 267 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: in particular, were very political, you know. Um. They had 268 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 1: started out in Riverhead Long Island, moved to after that 269 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: small event known as World War Two where my dad 270 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: was a captain of artillery and the Pacific and the 271 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 1: Battle at Lady Gulf and they came home married his 272 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:44,400 Speaker 1: high school Sweeteart aka Mom. They moved into New York 273 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: City to work in the travel business, and then from 274 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 1: there when I decided to make an appearance, they decided 275 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:54,679 Speaker 1: to pick a new town totally not go back to 276 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: Riverhead Dineral so they could spread their wings, and they 277 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: picked Northampton, Massachusetts, which was very historic town. And my 278 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: father was soon elected to Calvin Coolidge's old seat on 279 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 1: the Northampton City Council and was the Republican City Committee chair, 280 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: and my mother was the chair of the Hampshire County 281 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: Republican Women And it was great, and in lieu of 282 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: a babysitter, they took me with them everywhere. So literally, 283 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 1: as a child, I'm going to Lincoln Day dinners, I'm 284 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:28,160 Speaker 1: meeting US senators and governors, and I'm going to city 285 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,479 Speaker 1: council meetings and my mother's meetings. So how many photo 286 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: ops were you used for when they were kissing the babies? 287 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: Is that you like in every single one? Then, since 288 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: your parents drag yeah, sometimes sometimes, and then and then 289 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: it was also me who crawled around underneath the table 290 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 1: at the Lincoln Day dinners, there's a reason that you 291 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: ended up working for Reagan. You know, when you start 292 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: that young, you're like, listen, I've been doing this for 293 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: twenty five years or twenty six. They're like, I don't understand. 294 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: Oh man. So it was. It was a great time. 295 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: But they really their best friends were Democrats, and I 296 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,639 Speaker 1: got to I had the privilege at that point. We 297 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: lived in a two family house and they were upstairs, 298 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: and they would come down in the kitchen and they'd 299 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: have these long conversations into the night right off of 300 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: my bedroom when people actually talk to one yes, yes, 301 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: And I would hear him going on about Nixon and 302 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 1: Harry Truman and Dwight Eyes in the hour and the 303 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: people of Joe McCarthy, the people of the day. But 304 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: it was all very civil and respectable, and you know, 305 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: to their dying day, they were all friends. Not to 306 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: mention that the couple's two teenage daughters became my babysitters. 307 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: How convenient, so, how convenient. So it was. It was great. 308 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: But I really did learn a lot from that, and 309 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: I think it's very important to be that way and 310 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 1: not go crazy when you hear opposing points of view. 311 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 1: Abe Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas went all around Illinois 312 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: and had pretty distinctive debates. So it's great stuff. Well now, 313 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: speaking of great debates and great members of Congress, Uh, 314 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: I am talking to I believe Congressman Scott Perry from Pennsylvania. 315 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: Is that correct? That's correct, Jeffrey, Good afternoon. How are you. 316 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 1: It's already be laid, just got off and who walked 317 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: off the floor, No problem. And I want the audience 318 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,439 Speaker 1: to know that I often describe Congressman Perry as the 319 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 1: best member of Congress, and there's a reason for that, 320 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: and that is because he is my congressman, and he 321 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:28,720 Speaker 1: does a great job. Was reelected and it's just too 322 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,040 Speaker 1: bad there's nothing going on in there. Oh my goodness, 323 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: it's amazing what's happening right now, Jeffrey. I mean the 324 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: fact that we're being jammed in the House with this 325 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: with this omnibus on. You know, it looks like it 326 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 1: might get heared tonight by eleven o'clock or something like that. 327 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: So it's, you know, just a day or so before 328 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: Christmas Eve and all set up that way to yeah, 329 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: sure that they could fill it with all kinds of 330 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 1: pork and then have people concerned about Christmas not paying attention. 331 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: And you know, Jeffrey, I mean, I'm sure you've kind 332 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: of seen the reports on a thousands of ear marks 333 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 1: and literally, we're going to protect the border in Tunisia, 334 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: but in the bill it says we can't use any 335 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: of the money to protect our own border. That literally 336 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,919 Speaker 1: the kind of stuff that's in this one point seven 337 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: plus four thousand, one hundred pages plus another couple of 338 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: thousand and report language pages of a bill. And this 339 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: is how we're running our country. I mean, this is 340 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: just unacceptable. And I have to say, and the long 341 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: ago and far away, as you know, I worked for 342 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: Congressman Bud Schuster from Pennsylvania and he was on the 343 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: Budget committee, so I it was my task to read 344 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: some of this stuff. And I remember President Reagan in 345 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: the day standing up front for a State of the 346 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 1: Union message and next to him, people didn't quite know 347 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: what it was. There was this huge stack of paper, 348 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: huge well it was the budget document and the President then, 349 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:58,199 Speaker 1: you know, starts talking about it and says, this is 350 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: what it is. And you know, being an actor, goes 351 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: through this struggle to hold it up in front of 352 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,479 Speaker 1: the cameras, and he says, if you send send one 353 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: of these to me again, I will not sign it, 354 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: and dropped him with the thud on the podium. Here 355 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: we are, all these years later. This hasn't changed. Now 356 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: the culture in Washington absolutely something has to give. Right 357 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: this process that we're in of continuing resolutions and omnibuses, 358 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: where we literally, Jeffrey, we haven't had You know, the 359 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: process is this? You know this process right? The House 360 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: passes its budget, and the Senate passes a budget, and 361 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: then they do the appropriations. There are twelve appropriations bills, 362 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: so that's all. That's all the spending that fits under 363 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: the budget top line numbers. So you figure out how 364 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: much you're going to spend that your budget, and then 365 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: you figure out what you're going to spend it on. 366 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: The House passes its version, the Senate passes its version. 367 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,640 Speaker 1: They're probably not going to be exact, so they put 368 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: it together and what's called a conference committee and they 369 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:58,440 Speaker 1: work out the details and send it to each body 370 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: for ratification. That would I just described hasn't happened since 371 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety six. Wow, wow, Well, yeah, here we are, 372 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: which leads me to something else here that I have 373 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 1: been reading your op ed in the York Daily Record 374 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: and for our readers, it's as a representative, Scott Perry 375 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 1: Kevin McCarthy must lead Congress out of the status quo 376 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: or step aside. Wow, I think there's one heck of 377 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,359 Speaker 1: a battle going on there behind the scenes. Talk to 378 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: us a little bit about it. You know, this was 379 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:36,160 Speaker 1: a great piece explaining where you were on this and why. Yeah, 380 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: I think it's important for folks to know. I would 381 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: just characterize it as this, and I'm going to refer 382 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,800 Speaker 1: to Einstein generally, who said that, you know, doing the 383 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: same things over and over again and expecting a different 384 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: outcome is the definition of instanity. And what we're poised 385 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 1: to do is kind of the same things under the 386 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: same conditions with the same people and think something's going 387 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: to change. And I just am not willing to accept that. Jeffrey. 388 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: You know, I ran for Congress, as most people do, 389 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: because you think things are screwed up and you want 390 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 1: to change them. The last thing I think you want 391 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: to do is just come in to Congress and then 392 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 1: just do what's always been done, which is what most 393 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: members do. And I just don't think the country can 394 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: withstand that. And I think that we just saw an election, 395 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 1: where by all rights, Republicans should have really had a 396 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: lot more victories. I mean, the economy, just the general 397 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: circumstance with the presidency, the failures in Afghanistan and internationally generally, 398 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: our energy policy, you name it, the things, the kitchen 399 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,479 Speaker 1: table issues of people not being able to pay the bills, 400 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: and yet we were we weren't able to get more 401 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:46,360 Speaker 1: Republicans elected, and I think one of the reasons is 402 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 1: we did not have messaging that inspired people, and we 403 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: didn't do thinks that inspire people. What we did was 404 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 1: the same things we're doing here today, which has spend 405 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 1: us into bankruptcy and give no reason and for people 406 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: to see a big difference between Democrats and Republicans. And 407 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: so I'm making the case that something has to change 408 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: in Washington, DC and the House. We can't change the Senate, 409 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: right They've already got Mitch McConnell and they're doing there. 410 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 1: They're what they're doing there, and the presidency is not 411 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 1: upright now. But what is up is we we have 412 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 1: a new majority coming into Congress on January third, and 413 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: we have an opportunity to change the leadership there or 414 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: change the way we're doing things, and we've offered, and Jeffrey, 415 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 1: just so your listeners and Sean's that listeners know, we've 416 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: been working since last summer on these proposals changing the 417 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: way we do things around here, and quite honestly, we 418 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 1: were kind of sent packing every time we went and said, look, 419 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,280 Speaker 1: we want to we want to review these things. Maybe 420 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: these aren't the right ideas, but what ideas do you 421 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: people have that want to be in leadership to make 422 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: a difference here. And we were kind of told, you know, 423 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: these are all very nice, will see you later. And 424 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: that happened a few times between the summertime and the fall. 425 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: But Jeffrey, I'll tell you when it changed. It changed 426 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 1: the day after the election. I came to Washington, DC 427 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: that next Wednesday morning, and then people wanted to talk 428 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 1: and they still want to talk now. But there's a 429 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: great reluctance to make changes, and I just don't see 430 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: how we're going to get different outcomes. And so we 431 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,399 Speaker 1: either got to change the process or we got to 432 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,719 Speaker 1: change the personnel. And so far we're trying to have 433 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: productive conversations and we're open to all different ideas, but 434 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: I'm committed to not being for the status quo. Here 435 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,399 Speaker 1: in Washington, d C. I'll just put it to you 436 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,679 Speaker 1: that way, so we'll see what happens on January third, Yeah, exactly. 437 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: You know, I guess there's sort of a Christmas sabbatical, 438 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 1: if you will, But I have to believe things still 439 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: go on behind the scenes there, and I would just 440 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: hope that this gets resolved by January third, because the 441 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 1: last signal you want to send to all of America 442 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: is that we're in disarray and we can't get our 443 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: act together and the people that want the jobs can't 444 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: you aren't willing to do them and buckled down and 445 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: do the hard work, you know, basically as to borrow 446 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,399 Speaker 1: from President Reagan. Well here we go again. You know, 447 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: it's just not good without a doubt, Jeffrey. And look, 448 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: we are all working diligently to try and resolve it 449 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: before January third. But I think all of us are 450 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: committed to doing it right, and if it takes a 451 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: little after January third, then that's going to be more 452 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: important than just moving forward with the status quo and 453 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: then trying to hope that it gets better over the 454 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,440 Speaker 1: next two years. And so I tell people that say 455 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: to me, well, what happens if we don't have a 456 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: speaker on January third, or maybe even January fourth, and 457 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: I say to them, you know, I believe on January third, 458 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: speaker or not, the sun's going to come up. Babies 459 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: are going to be born, people are probably going to 460 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,160 Speaker 1: go to work, and life is going to go on, 461 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: and we're going to figure it out. It's not the 462 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: first time that we've had disagreements like this, It's been 463 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,239 Speaker 1: a while. But let's face it. I mean, Congress has 464 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: a very low approval rating for a reason, and people 465 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: just don't think that we're either capable or willing or 466 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: interested in helping them in their daily lives. And they 467 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: see the debacle that's happening right now with these thousands 468 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: of beer marks and trillions of dollars in spending as 469 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: their interest rates are going up trying to cool inflation. 470 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:20,119 Speaker 1: We're throwing gasoline on the fire here in Congress, and 471 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,199 Speaker 1: people say, well, what's the point of all this? Why 472 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: do we elect you people if you're not going to 473 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: listen to our will? And so look, we hope to 474 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: not have this argument, so to speak, in public on 475 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: January third, But if the folks that want to lead 476 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 1: are unwilling to commit to these changes, then something's going 477 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 1: to have to be done, Jeffrey. And I don't know 478 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: how else to say it other than that, but I 479 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 1: assure you we would rather just get into the investigations 480 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: and the oversight that we need to do. But let's 481 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: face the fact, no matter what bill we pass in 482 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: the House of Representatives that's going to do great things, 483 00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: it's not going to see the light of the day 484 00:28:58,440 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: in the Senate, and it's not going to be paid 485 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,719 Speaker 1: in the law and signed by Joe Bide Right. Generally speaking, 486 00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: that's the case. The only thing that we have is 487 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: the power of the purse, which we have been as 488 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: as a House of Representatives, completely reluctant to use to 489 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: our advantage. And we have this oversight and investigative opportunity. 490 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: I think we absolutely need to do that, but we 491 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,959 Speaker 1: need to be mindful of what we can do, and 492 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: we need to focus on that. And the sight is 493 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: the spending fight. And right now, Jeffrey, as we sit here, 494 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: the spending fight is being taken off the table all 495 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 1: the leverage until next September. So all these new members 496 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: of Congress that are coming in on January third, mos 497 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: Well sit on their hands until next spe because the 498 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: next time that's when this omnibus expires. It funds the 499 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 1: government and all the policies till next September. So when 500 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: the border is being overrun by people and we want 501 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: to do something about it, we have no leverage whatsoever. 502 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: All right, my friend, we're out of time, but it 503 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: was great to have you on. And Merry Christmas, Congressman 504 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: Scott Perry, and you are listening to Geoffrey Lord of 505 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: the Word of the Lord podcast, and I am sitting 506 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 1: in for our great friend Sean Hannity right back after this. 507 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: Hello America again. This is Jeffrey Lord sitting in for 508 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: Sean Hannity, Geoffrey Lord of the American Spectator and the 509 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 1: Jeffreylord dot Com and the Word of the Lord and 510 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:38,960 Speaker 1: of many Lincoln dinners. We're not supposed to tell those stories. Uh, 511 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: so join us, says, stay with us here. We're gonna 512 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: have our friend David Shone, who was one of America's 513 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 1: best attorneys. He was a defender of President Trump during 514 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 1: the whole impeachment phoniness. And he will be here and 515 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 1: we're going to get into a few things. The FBI 516 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: the January sixth Committee, and yes, the release of the 517 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: Trump tax returns. So hang in there and we will 518 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: see you very shortly. This is Jeffrey Lord for Sean Hannity. 519 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 1: M