1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of The Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome in Monday edition, President's Day version 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. I know 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: that many of you, like us, are going to be 5 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: out there working even though it is President's Day, and 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: we appreciate all of you hanging out with us. We 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: got a fantastic show rolling your way. And update on 8 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: newlywed Buck Sexton. He has officially arrived back in the 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 1: United States. He's on the West Coast making his way back. 10 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: He will be back in studio with me tomorrow fresh 11 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,639 Speaker 1: off a honeymoon in the South Pacific, so you can 12 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: have that to look forward to as the band will 13 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: be back together again beginning tomorrow. But we got a 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,480 Speaker 1: lot of news to dive into today, and I want 15 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: to start with Joe Biden making a covert, secret trip 16 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: to Ukraine and the amount of attention that that is 17 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 1: receiving relative to East Palestine, Ohio, to me is a 18 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: jarring disconnect that speaks to the failure of the Biden 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: administration on all fronts. So I do want you to 20 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 1: listen to Joe Biden today in Ukraine as he talks 21 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 1: all about the importance of Ukraine to United States interests, 22 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 1: importance that the President seems to be here daily attack 23 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: because as remember, I thought it was critical as the 24 00:01:55,040 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: umorous rooms. So I think many of you are reacting 25 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: as I am when you see this story and the 26 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: way that it's playing out. President's Day in the United States, 27 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,359 Speaker 1: a holiday where in theory, we come together and celebrate 28 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: the past accomplishments of former presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, 29 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: among others, based on when their birthdays are. And Joe 30 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: Biden makes a calculated decision to travel to Ukraine and 31 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: not just go to Ukraine, to pledge that he's going 32 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,559 Speaker 1: to keep sending as much money from you, the American taxpayer, 33 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: to Ukraine as long as it takes and as much 34 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: as it costs. Listen to cut two together, to committed 35 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: nearly seven hundred tanks and thousands of armored vehicles, one 36 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: thousand artillery systems, more than two million rounds of our 37 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: artillery ammunition, more than fifty advanced launched rocket systems, and 38 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 1: I ship in our defense systems all defend you, to 39 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 1: defend Ukraine. And that doesn't count the other half a 40 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: billion dollars we're going to be We're announcing with you 41 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: today and tomorrow that's going to be coming your way. 42 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: And that's just the United States in this piece. So 43 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: your tax dollars being taken out of your pocket and 44 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: sent to Ukraine, where we are soon to have committed 45 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: one hundred billion dollars or more in assets in your 46 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: tax dollars, in your hard earned money for Ukraine. Simultaneously, 47 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: the Biden administration cannot even recognize isn't even willing to 48 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: discuss what is going on in East Palestine, Ohio, where 49 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: we talked with you on Friday. So many people in 50 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: that area are terrified to drink water, They're afraid to 51 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: even go there. Look, they cancel the high school basketball 52 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: game in the area because another team didn't feel comfortable 53 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: even traveling into East Palestine and playing right now. So 54 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,320 Speaker 1: Joe Biden doesn't have time to take an hour long 55 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: plane flight from Washington, DC to East Palestine, Ohio to 56 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: deploy all the resources that are necessary to figure out 57 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: what exactly happened there. But he's got the time to 58 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: get on Air Force one and fly all the way 59 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: over the Atlantic and go into Ukraine for a staged 60 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: photo op with Zalinski. As it's worth noting the amount 61 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: of money and attention and material continues to grow in 62 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: Russia to the point now where even Anthony Blincoln himself 63 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: is talking about the fact that, hey, we're concerned that 64 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: China's going to provide the lethal aid to assist Russia's 65 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: invasion of Ukraine. Listen to cut Ten. We have seen 66 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: them provide non lethal support to Russia for US in 67 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,799 Speaker 1: the Ukraine. The concern that we have now is based 68 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 1: on information we have that they're considering providing lethal support, 69 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: and we've made very clear to them that that would 70 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: cause a serious problem for US and in our relationship. 71 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: Lethal support, what would that entail? What do you think 72 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 1: of weapons? That's ammunitions weapons. Okay, so remember when Buck 73 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: and I talked with you about how there was kind 74 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: of a slow drip towards World War three and that 75 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: as this thing continued, the pressure to provide more and 76 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: more substantive support for Ukraine would only grow. And now 77 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: they've got tanks, as you heard Joe Biden announcing in 78 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: Kiev earlier, and now there is discussion, well, what sort 79 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: of fighter jets might we be willing to provide? As 80 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: this continues to move closer. Remember we're coming up on 81 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. So 82 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: as we are inching closer and closer to that one 83 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: year anniversary, we basically hit a stalemate. There's a quagmire, 84 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: both sides very much locked in, not a lot of 85 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,799 Speaker 1: movement going on. It doesn't appear that Vladimir Putin feels 86 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 1: any pressure to end his war in Ukraine, even though 87 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: there are reports out there that maybe sixty thousand sixty 88 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: thousand Russian soldiers have potentially died. The numbers out there 89 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: around two hundred thousand killed and wounded in terms of 90 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: total casualties. Yet Russia has continued to spit send more 91 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: manpower towards the front lines. They even have cleared out 92 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: many Russian prisons and told told the otherwise inmates there, 93 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: if you fight for us in Ukraine, we will give 94 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: you your freedom and basically consider your debt to society 95 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: wiped clean. So Russia is all in on this invasion 96 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: of Ukraine, and it continues to grow and simultaneously, and 97 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: I think this is very important. There is a huge 98 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: contrast that is developing between what Joe Biden cares about 99 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: Ukraine and what he doesn't care about at home domestic policy. 100 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: Why in the world is Joe Biden more focused on 101 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: Ukraine's border than he is on our own southern border 102 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: as millions of people are coming across. Things are so bad, 103 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: in fact, that they're now talking about having to shift 104 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: resources to our northern border because so many people now 105 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:52,400 Speaker 1: have recognized that if they can get into Canada, that 106 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: they could walk across the northern border just as easily 107 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: as they can the southern border, and people are starting 108 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: to exploit that now as well. Effectively, we have almost 109 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: no border security in this country. Right now, five million 110 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: people have come in at least since Joe Biden became president. 111 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: As the weather gets better, there will be more and 112 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: more of an influx as we get into March, in 113 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: April and May than we have already seen. And so 114 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: that amazing amount of people that are coming in here, 115 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: this frankly massive amount of illegal immigration that we have 116 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: never seen before, is contrasted by Joe Biden's complete focus 117 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: on the borders of Ukraine. Meanwhile, you've got, i think, 118 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: in a brilliant stroke, Donald Trump traveling to the plan 119 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:44,239 Speaker 1: is East Palestine to see this for himself and probably 120 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 1: bring more media attention to what's going there. That's really 121 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: what it's about. When you decide, as a president or 122 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: a presidential candidate to travel somewhere, what you're really doing 123 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: is showing people what you care about, because the media 124 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: that will travel with you will write and talk about 125 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 1: your trip in that context. So Trump is shining a 126 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: light on East Palestine today. You've also got Ronda Santiss 127 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: in New York City drawing issue with all the soft 128 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: on crime policies that have existed that have led to 129 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,559 Speaker 1: New York continuing to set record high crime rates. Also, 130 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: the trip for rond Santis to New York acts as 131 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: another opportunity to recruit New Yorkers. Over sixty thousand of 132 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: them have moved from New York City to Florida since 133 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: in the past year alone. I believe that Joe Biden 134 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: is a globalist who is more concerned about what happens 135 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,839 Speaker 1: to Ukraine. And this isn't even contemplating the potential connections 136 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: that remain to his sons illegal behavior potentially surrounding Ukraine 137 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: and the Biden crime families money they've made off of Ukraine. 138 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 1: Remember that was the crux of the impeachment. The first 139 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: impeachment of Donald Trump was actually related to the Ukraine 140 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: phone call, where he pointed out these improper connections between 141 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 1: the Biden administration and Ukraine. But when you look at this, 142 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: it seems quite clear that Democrats are sending the message 143 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: we care more about Ukraine's sovereignty and Ukraine's border than 144 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: we do the United States. Because you've got a Chinese 145 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: spy balloon floating across the entire United States. You have 146 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: the southern and now northern borders both crippling as people 147 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: come across without any restraint virtually at all. And yet 148 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: Joe Biden on President's Day, a day that Americans typically 149 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: come together and celebrate our past, is not even in 150 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: this country, even as there are many different incidents and 151 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: issues that would be very much deserving of the President's attention, including, 152 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: as I said, East Palestine in particular, where people continue 153 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 1: to be wildly uncomfortable with the response from FEMA and 154 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: the quote unquote experts there. I will also point out, 155 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 1: and when I come back, I'll discuss this a little 156 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 1: bit more. As we move through this hour, the presidential 157 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: election is running through the big ten states. I feel 158 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: very confident. This is me as a as a sort 159 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: of a sports fan. I look at all of the 160 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: Midwest as the big ten states Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin 161 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: are probably going to decide who wins the twenty twenty 162 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: four presidential election. Focusing on what's gone wrong in Ohio 163 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: and East Palestine is incredibly smart political move for Donald Trump, 164 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: brilliant even, But Biden made it even more of a 165 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: signature statement by Trump by choosing to ignore and avoid 166 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 1: any discussion surrounding East Palestine and instead flying over to 167 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: Poland and then sneaking into Ukraine to brag about how 168 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: well things are going there and how many more tens 169 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: of billions of your taxpayer dollars can be spent there 170 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: to protect Ukrainian sovereignty while we won't even protect what's 171 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: going on in the United States. We'll open up phone 172 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: lines here in a little bit, but when we come back, 173 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: what exactly is going on in Ohio? Why does it 174 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: matter so much? And why is Biden being caught unaware? 175 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: I believe with his obsession in Ukraine, we will discuss 176 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: all of that and more. But first I want to 177 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: tell you Born from the tragedy of nine to eleven. 178 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 1: The Tunnel of the Towers Foundation has been honoring America's 179 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: heroes ever since. 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You know, I just 194 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: I don't understands as we in the Democrats, in the 195 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: Democrat Party, we should say as we deal with the 196 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: fact that they remain obsessed with the Ukrainian border. Has 197 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: anyone really set down and wondered what would happen if 198 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: suddenly we talk about China sharing materials, we talk about 199 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: Iran certainly injuring into a closer and closer relationship with Russia. 200 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 1: What if somehow actual troops from Iran or from China 201 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: end up committed towards Russia and their invasion of Ukraine. 202 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: Because at some point we are so involved that not 203 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: having boots on the ground becomes a very slim line. Right, 204 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:15,600 Speaker 1: If we're aircraft, if we're giving tanks, if we're giving 205 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,440 Speaker 1: all of the advanced United States material to Ukraine and 206 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: they are killing Russians with it, imagine what our response 207 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: would be if other countries were doing that and claiming, oh, 208 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: we're not really involved. If truly sixty thousand Russians have 209 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: died so far in Ukraine, how many of those sixty 210 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: thousand Russian deaths are in some way directly attributable to 211 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: United States military materials that we have provided to Ukraine 212 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: a third of them, a quarter of them more. If 213 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: you're in Russia at some point, don't you say, yeah, 214 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: you know what I think America, it's pretty involved here. 215 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: And then if you're now coming closer and closer to 216 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: China and Iran as you are, why does no one 217 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: talk about the fact that we're slowly moving towards a 218 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: World War three scenario? And to what extent more can 219 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: the United States get involved? One hundred billion dollars that 220 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: we have provided to Ukraine is more than many countries 221 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: have to run their entire governments with. And don't even 222 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: get me started on the likelihood that tons of that 223 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: money is being stolen and we have no idea where 224 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: it's going, and there are undoubtedly billions of dollars that 225 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: are going to end up in the pockets of kleptocrats 226 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: over there. That's certainly going to happen. But how is 227 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 1: no one sitting around saying, we're a year in now, 228 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 1: and we've spent one hundred million billion dollars. At some 229 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: point your pot committed, right for those of you out 230 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: there who play poker, at some point you've antied up 231 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: so many times. What happens if Ukraine ends up losing 232 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: this war and we've spent one hundred billion dollars on it, 233 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: we're just gradually tiptoeing more and more into this issue 234 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: and into this war. And let me just point out 235 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: how much more secure would the United States actually be 236 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: if we had committed a hundred billion dollars to our 237 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:40,480 Speaker 1: southern border and actually shut it down. Remember, these are 238 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: your dollars coming out of your wallet, your taxpayer dollars 239 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: that Joe Biden is pledging today that he's going to 240 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: remain committed to Ukraine to protecting their border. How is 241 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 1: it that more Americans aren't looking around and saying, wait 242 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: a minute, there are five million people that have entered 243 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: this country illegal since Joe Biden became president. Why in 244 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: the world are we committing one hundred billion dollars to 245 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 1: Ukraine potentially creating a ripe and very dangerous scenario where 246 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: World War three could legitimately break out. And what are 247 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 1: we gaining in the measure of American security interest? And 248 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: how wildly important is this opportunity right now for Republicans 249 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 1: to speak out and actually focus on the Midwest in 250 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: this country, the big ten states, where who the next 251 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: president of the United States is going to be, which 252 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: to me directly corresponds to East Palestine and the failures there. 253 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about that when we come back 254 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: in the meantime. If you own a small business, you 255 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 1: know the value of time. 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So this is a big deal obviously, 273 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: the disaster that is East Palestine and what is going 274 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: on in Ukraine and the battleground that we are emerging 275 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 1: in soon for twenty twenty four's reading over the weekend, 276 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:10,399 Speaker 1: reports are Joe Biden is expected to officially announce that 277 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: he is running in April, and barring some sort of 278 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: major health related issue, Biden does not appear to have 279 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 1: any sort of significant Democrat opposition, and so he's not 280 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: really going to have to campaign during the primary season, 281 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: and Joe Biden therefore is likely to be I think 282 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: a substantial likelihood that he's going to be the Democrat nominee. 283 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: The only thing that could happen again, major health related 284 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:42,640 Speaker 1: condition that even the Biden administration couldn't hire, couldn't hide, right, 285 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:46,159 Speaker 1: something where we got John Fetterman in the hospital for 286 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,440 Speaker 1: months at a time, potentially now with his clinical depression. 287 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 1: Something where Joe Biden would go to the hospital for 288 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 1: weeks at a time, significant health related issue that would 289 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: have to retire him effectively as a politician. Barring that 290 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: he's going to be on the ballot in November of 291 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: twenty four, Here's what I believe Republicans have to recognize 292 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: and I understand that we're going to have the primary 293 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:12,960 Speaker 1: season and people are gonna focus on Iowa, and then 294 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: they're gonna focus on New Hampshire, and then they're gonna 295 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,680 Speaker 1: focus on South Carolina, and that's gonna be fun. Buck 296 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,239 Speaker 1: and I are going to have a great deal of 297 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: enjoyment working you through early spring twenty twenty four as 298 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 1: we decide who the Republican nominee is going to be. 299 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: And that's gonna be a battleground. But this election, we 300 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: can already tell you exactly where it's going to be decided. 301 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: And the reason why I think East Palestine and Ukraine 302 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: are such interesting contrast is because Republican, whoever the nominee is, 303 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,719 Speaker 1: if it's Trump, if it's de Santis, if it's NICKI Haley, 304 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: if it's Vivic Ramaswamy, who we had on, if it's 305 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: Mike Pence, if it's Mike Pompeo, whoever it is, basically 306 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,320 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty four campaign, that candidate just has to 307 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 1: move to the Midwest and they have to live there 308 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: because I'm telling you, the South is going all red. 309 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 1: I live here. Georgia is going to flip back. I 310 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,880 Speaker 1: know there are a lot of you Georgians out there 311 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: listening right now, who said to yourself, my goodness, what 312 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,359 Speaker 1: in the world did we do that we voted for 313 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 1: Joe Biden. You screwed up Georgia. But I think you 314 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to make up for it in twenty 315 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 1: twenty four. And I've said for a long time, I 316 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: don't know that there could ever be an agreement, a 317 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: coming together between Brian Kemp and Donald Trump. But if 318 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: I were the presidential candidate, I would pick Brian Kemp 319 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 1: as my running mate in Georgia and just end Georgia 320 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: as a state that is in play once and for all. 321 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 1: Because Bryan Kemp has run a well of a campaign 322 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: against Stacy Abrahams. He won by almost eight points. If 323 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:11,160 Speaker 1: you put Brian Kemp on a ticket, Brian Kemp guarantees 324 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,919 Speaker 1: you Georgia. That basically means you don't have to do 325 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 1: hardly anything in the South. I love it down here. 326 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,760 Speaker 1: I like when the President comes through. You can raise money, 327 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: you can do a little bit of a handshake, but 328 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: you take all of the South off the board. Much 329 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 1: of what I would call the traditional West already off 330 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: the board, right the Wyomings, the Montanas, the North Dakotas, 331 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:40,040 Speaker 1: the South Dakotas, all of that area, Nebraska, it's all read. 332 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: You know, certain areas you aren't gonna win. New York, California. 333 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: Don't even worry about him. This race is going to 334 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: come down to if you do what I did, what 335 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: I'm telling you to do, and take Georgia off the board. 336 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 1: This race comes down to about five states. Right. Can 337 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: you flip Nova? I think you could. And there's an 338 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: argument that Joe Lombardo, who is the governor of Nevada, 339 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: if he could deliver the state of Nevada, that that 340 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: would be a move worth considering too. Can you flip 341 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,679 Speaker 1: Arizona back? I just spent a week out in Arizona. 342 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,640 Speaker 1: I think the answer is yes. The right Republican wins 343 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: Arizona with ease. And then you look at the Midwest 344 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: and you say, we only need probably one of these 345 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: three states and we win in twenty four Wisconsin, Michigan, 346 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: and Pennsylvania. Don't overcomplicate this, and what overwhelmingly makes the 347 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 1: difference in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania white middle class voters. 348 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: That's it. That's the election. Now, I think again, Republicans 349 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,040 Speaker 1: are going to grow the Hispanic, the Black, and the 350 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: Asian vote. I'm writing my newest book, it's going to 351 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 1: be out in September. Data reflects massive movement in black, 352 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 1: Asian and Hispanic support between twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two. 353 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: The right Republican candidate is going to dominate and continue 354 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: to blow up the identity politics coalition of Democrats. But 355 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: why East Palestine matters so much is the reason why 356 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: Democrats aren't showing up there is because it's white, rural, 357 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: working class people and the Democrat Party has turned their 358 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 1: back on those individuals and they don't care about you 359 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: at all. And as a result, East Palestine is being 360 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 1: completely ignored. And that speaks to the larger message which 361 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: Donald Trump was so fantastic about, surrounding the forgotten man 362 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: and woman in those Midwestern states that he flipped in 363 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, when he had Michigan, when he had Wisconsin, 364 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,919 Speaker 1: when he had Pennsylvania, and people forget he nearly flipped 365 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Speaker 1: Minnesota as well. That is where this election is going 366 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: to be won. And I don't know that we can 367 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: even come up with a better example of a failure 368 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: to care about Americans and American interest. Then Joe Biden 369 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: turning his back on East Palestine. Trump is going to 370 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: be there on Wednesday, by the way, I believe he's 371 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: scheduled to be there. Then Joe Biden turning his back 372 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:43,200 Speaker 1: on East Palestine, refusing to send a secretary of transportation 373 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 1: the worthless mayor Pete and instead gallivanting around in Europe 374 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: to celebrate Ukraine and the hundred billion dollars that he 375 00:25:55,119 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: has spent there. America first is real, America first is tangible, 376 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: and those of us in the Midwest who have spent 377 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: time there, who have friends and family there, know that 378 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:12,199 Speaker 1: the Midwest is often the most overlooked place in the 379 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: entire country. I mean that seriously. My wife is a Michigander. 380 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: I spend a lot of time in the Midwest. I 381 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: love the Midwest. You guys know that I came out 382 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: of the world of college football. I love the SEC, 383 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: I love the Big Ten. I'd like to apologize again 384 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: to everybody at Ohio State for telling you to put 385 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 1: all your money on the Buckeyes to beat Michigan. I 386 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,640 Speaker 1: was one hundred percent wrong on that one. As my wife, 387 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: the Michigan grad, lets me know all the time. But Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, 388 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: and Michigan. That's where the election is going to be decided, 389 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,000 Speaker 1: and a big part of why Ohio has gone from 390 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: alongside of Florida. Remember Florida and Ohio were the two 391 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: states that everybody had to win in order to be 392 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 1: elected president. Now they're both off the board. Those are 393 00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: solid red states. Same thing can happen in Pennsylvania, same 394 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 1: thing can happen in Wisconsin, same thing can happen in Michigan. 395 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,680 Speaker 1: I really do believe it. But it's a matter of 396 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:19,400 Speaker 1: making it the focus and the emphasis of the Republican campaign. 397 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: I love Although I'm disappointed that it's not here because 398 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 1: I'm from Nashville, I think there's been a smart strategic 399 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 1: movemaking made. Milwaukee is going to be where the twenty 400 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: twenty four Republican Convention is. I bet Bucket myself will 401 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 1: be up there for a substantial period of time surrounding 402 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: that RNC event. That's the battleground, that's where the election 403 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: is decided. That's where we need boots on the ground. 404 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,239 Speaker 1: By the way, I've got a poll question up for 405 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,439 Speaker 1: you right now, what would you rather American politicians have 406 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 1: spent one hundred billion on securing our southern border or 407 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 1: providing one hundred billion for Ukraine to defend their border. 408 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: Ninety four percent of the votes right now in my poll, 409 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: four thousand of you have voted in the first five minutes, 410 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:12,719 Speaker 1: ninety four percent one hundred billion dollars to the US border. 411 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: This is real, This is tangible. Americans understand it. This 412 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: has to be hammered home again and again. Joe Biden 413 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 1: on President's Day decided to make the trip to Ukraine 414 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 1: to brag about spending one hundred billion dollars there to 415 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 1: defend Ukraine's border when he won't even defend the border 416 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:40,480 Speaker 1: of the United States or lend presidential attention to people 417 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:45,719 Speaker 1: who are struggling in East Palestine. Gotta tell you, family 418 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: memories incredibly important. 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Listen to the program live catch off on 447 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 1: any part of the show you might have missed. Find 448 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 1: every podcast as their release, then listen. Find the Clay 449 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 1: and Buck app in your app store and make it 450 00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: fart of your day. Welcome back in Clay Travis buck 451 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: Sexton show. We've been talking about East Palestine. We are 452 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: joined now by State Senator Mike Rouley, thirty third Dish 453 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: Strict representative in Ohio, and I appreciate you calling in 454 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 1: the show and reaching out. We talked with Congressman Bill Johnson, 455 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: who represents this area in DC. State Senator Mike Rouley. 456 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,120 Speaker 1: What would you say, is are things like on the 457 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,959 Speaker 1: ground right now? And does it feel safe and in 458 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: any way contained? Good afternoon, Clay. I've been there. This 459 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: yesterday was my sixth time there. I was there yesterday 460 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: with the delegation and the Speaker of the House of 461 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: Ohio and about seventeen reps. I see things a little 462 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,479 Speaker 1: different than the narrative that the state and the local 463 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: and the federal. I don't think everything is safe. I've 464 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: been there six times. The one day I was there 465 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: about ten hours. Yesterday I was there about five and 466 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: a half hours. So every time I go there, my 467 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: nose gets messed up. I get a little sore throat 468 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: in the back of my throat. And yesterday, in particular, 469 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:02,440 Speaker 1: I stopped and got all aunty right outside of these Palestine, 470 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: right in between Columbiana and there, and I drank the coffee. 471 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: It was a large with cream. And right now my 472 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: tongue and my lips are still tingling, almost like with COVID. 473 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:19,520 Speaker 1: So you know, I don't understand how the opposition party 474 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: says I'm the party of environmentalism when this is the 475 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 1: biggest environmental environmentalists, I don't know, crisis in the last 476 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 1: fifty years, and the president chooses to go to Kiv 477 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:36,040 Speaker 1: and Bodha Judge refuses to show up, and they want 478 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,680 Speaker 1: you to go back to normal. And now all the 479 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: delegation delegation is saying drink the water. I'm merging everyone, 480 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: do not drink the water. And I'm merging everyone get 481 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: more soil samples, more air samples, more water samples. If 482 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 1: you have a well, you should be touched twice a month. 483 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: And also more folk and the government have only a 484 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 1: one mile perimeter. That perimeter needs to be expanded anywhere 485 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: between ten the twenty miles out. We should probably do 486 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 1: light moniting one hundred miles out. Now, I just don't 487 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: understand how there's no urgency with this. What will Trump? 488 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,360 Speaker 1: What will Trump coming to the community on Wednesday? In 489 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: your mind? Do what will he help to facilitate? What 490 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: will the impact be? Well, I think you know probably 491 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 1: better than I do, Clay, that it's just ironic that 492 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 1: the President just says he's going to come at all 493 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: of a sudden. FEMA is interested in helping, and they 494 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: want they're gonna get female dollars. I know Governor de 495 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 1: Wine for a fact, has asked team or several times 496 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: and they came up with this malarkey that we don't 497 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,200 Speaker 1: fit the parameters of what qualifies for a female female disaster, 498 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 1: whether it's a you know, a tornado or a hurricane 499 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 1: or whatever. They say, this doesn't qualify. So I guess 500 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:53,760 Speaker 1: Love Canal doesn't qualify, or Flint, Michigan doesn't qualify, or 501 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 1: three Mile Island doesn't qualify. It's it's really scary. What 502 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: do you or constituents think when they see Joe Biden 503 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: traveling all the way over the Atlantic Ocean to go 504 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: pay attention and give his presidential seal of support to Ukrainians, 505 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: but he won't get in an airplane and fly an 506 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 1: hour or so from DC to check on people in 507 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 1: East Palestine. Well, you know, I represent Youngstown, Ohio, you know, 508 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: all Mahoney, Colombia, and Carroll County, and it's blue collar. 509 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,560 Speaker 1: You know, I'm the only Republican to ever be elected 510 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: because everybody has lied to the blue collar flyover country. 511 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: So I feel this administration almost has a war on 512 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 1: blue collar America and we're the forgotten people, and it 513 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: doesn't really matter what happens thus because we're not that important, 514 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,920 Speaker 1: you know, if we're not on either coast, just forget 515 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 1: about fly over country. And this is real stuff. I'm 516 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: right now trying to figure out. We have close to 517 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: two thousand, one hundred homes in East Palestine, and in 518 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: order for me to get a hazmat crew in there, 519 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,720 Speaker 1: clean the vinyl, clean the decks, cleaned the inside rugs, 520 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,960 Speaker 1: and you know, make the whole go through the hvacts, 521 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,440 Speaker 1: get all that poison out of there, you're looking at 522 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: over one hundred million dollars and nobody wants to talk 523 00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 1: about that. I have farmers, if you go within ten 524 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 1: miles outside of the ground zero, I have a one 525 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,399 Speaker 1: hundred forty three farmers that are calling me right now 526 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 1: play and they wouldn't know if they could put their 527 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:21,239 Speaker 1: seat in the ground, they're gonna lose everything. Where's one 528 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 1: hundred million dollars I need for that? But yet we're 529 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 1: gonna give, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars to Ukraine. 530 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:31,720 Speaker 1: I mean, how about the American people, no doubt. Well, 531 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,200 Speaker 1: we appreciate the work that you are doing on the 532 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,279 Speaker 1: ground there helping to keep everybody focused on what has 533 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: happened in East Palestine. Appreciate you calling in and let 534 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: us know if we can help out anymore here. You're 535 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 1: the best of my friend. Have a great day. Thank 536 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 1: you so much. Look, I know that a lot of 537 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,240 Speaker 1: you out there are in Ohio and you're paying attention 538 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 1: to this story, and you are recognizing that you're being ignored, 539 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:01,560 Speaker 1: and I just think it's particularly greating to be ignored 540 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: in favor of Ukraine. And I just want all of 541 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:10,840 Speaker 1: you out there to think Joe Biden has essentially not 542 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 1: been willing to pay attention at all to our southern border. 543 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 1: He went down to El Paso. I believe it was 544 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,200 Speaker 1: for a photo op on one day. Think about the 545 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:22,080 Speaker 1: amount of interest and attention you have seen Joe Biden 546 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 1: paying to Ukrainian's border, a Ukraine's border, compared to our 547 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:30,120 Speaker 1: own sovereignty here, and tie that in certainly with the 548 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 1: Chinese five balloon which he let come across the entire country. 549 00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,920 Speaker 1: We aren't secure here. Why in the world are we 550 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: worried about securing Ukraine's border when we haven't taken care 551 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:44,080 Speaker 1: of America first. I think that's a very significant question. 552 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:46,359 Speaker 1: When we come back, we got a ton to dive into.