WEBVTT - Jason Chaffetz on Accountability 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.800 Welcome back to the Sean Hennity Show. I'm Greg Jarrett 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:06.640 filling in for Sean today. I'm a Fox News legal 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:12.320 analyst and former trial attorney in San Francisco in a 0:00:12.680 --> 0:00:16.880 previous lifetime. We're going to be talking to Jason Chafitz 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:21.760 in just a moment about the appalling number of anti 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:27.160 Semitic attacks around the nation and the world. In the meantime, 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:31.000 we do want to hear from you, So if you'll 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:34.000 give us a call when I finish talking to Jason, 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:37.360 I'll talk to you. And our number is one eight 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:42.479 hundred and nine four one seven three two six. Give 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:45.640 us a call at one eight hundred nine four one. 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:50.160 Sean love to hear from you. In the meantime here 0:00:50.360 --> 0:00:55.200 in the United States, I'm sad to report, but you 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:59.600 already know this that violence against Jews is on the rise. 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:05.840 According to the FBI, among all religiously motivated hate crimes, 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:11.440 the data shows almost seventy percent target Jewish people. The 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:17.279 Anti Defamation League the ADL reports that in the three 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:21.720 months following the start of the war in Gaza, anti 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:27.240 Semitic incidents in the US skyrocketed by three hundred and 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:34.199 sixty one percent. It's abated somewhat, but we still see 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:39.119 it happening over and over again, and not just in 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:46.080 Bondai Beach, Australia at the outset of the Hanukkah celebrations, 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:52.920 fifteen people gunned down, others terribly wounded. But we see 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:57.280 it in the United States still, which prompted a New 0:01:57.360 --> 0:02:05.360 York Post editorial today by the Editorial Board recounting the 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:11.600 alarming anti Semitic attacks in just the last few days. 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:14.640 And I'll recite those in just a moment, but I 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:19.919 want to bring into the conversation. Jason Chafitz, former congressman, 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.920 is the author of the book They're Coming for You, 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:28.200 and Jason, thanks for being here to talk to us 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:34.079 about it, because I find it so insane. It is 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.920 really hard to believe that in this day and age 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:43.840 we see anti Semitic attacks, and so, you know, it 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:47.480 invites the question where did this come from? Did the 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:54.120 Free Palestine movement, the pro Hamas movement just serve as 0:02:54.200 --> 0:03:00.600 an excuse for open expressions of Jewish hatred so that 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.680 now people think, well, we have permission to voice are 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:09.200 religious biggest bigotry and hostility towards Jews is is that 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:10.120 what has happened. 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:13.320 I think that's part of it. Greg, again, thanks for 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:17.959 having me on. I I that the numbers are stunningly high. 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:21.360 It's absolutely disgusting. It's counter to the productive, to the 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:28.000 foundation of our nation where we could practice religious freedom. 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.640 That was the whole foundation of our of our nation 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.639 and I and I but if you look at it 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:37.120 on a global scale, there have been attacks on Christians 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:41.160 and Jews. I mean for millennia they've been going on. 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:43.720 But the uptake is what's so scary. I think if 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:48.600 you take the global number, you'll see that Christians actually 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:51.680 attacks on Christians. When you start to look at Nigeria 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.800 and some of the mass slaughtering that's going on there 0:03:55.680 --> 0:04:03.000 is just unfathomable. But certainly, after the attacks on Israel 0:04:03.200 --> 0:04:08.560 in October seventh, the problem that I have here in 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:10.800 the United States, and I think this is partly what 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:18.520 happened in Australia, is the anti Semitic chants, rants, calls 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:22.080 for death and destruction were not met with any sort 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:26.080 of resistance. There were no consequences for it, and there 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:30.560 continued to be an uptick of this type of violent 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.840 type of rhetoric. And so when they have these people 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:38.280 that go out and say, oh, you know, they're they're 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:41.839 so evil and they're so bad, and we're gonna have 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:46.200 the impetatas from you know, from C to C. You know, 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:50.520 it looked no further than the mayor of the incoming 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:54.600 mayor of New York and somehow he can't denounce that. 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.599 He's tried a wordsmith a little bit, but still hasn't 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:01.040 denounced some of the other type of of efforts. And 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:05.080 I find that this should not be a partisan issue, 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.600 but it has become one because I don't see in 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:13.640 mass the Democrats taking a firm stance saying we will 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:18.040 not tolerate this anymore. And the consequence has been violence 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:21.039 and more violence and death. And it's scary. 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:22.240 Yeah. 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:26.800 I covered the Secondada in the Middle East as a 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:29.200 correspondent there, so I know what it's all about. I've 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.800 seen it with my own eyes, the bloodshed. And you know, 0:05:32.920 --> 0:05:40.880 this most recent malicious chant globalize the into Fada is 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:44.760 a call for violence against Jews. Is no other way 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.840 to explain it, to rationalize it. That's what it is. 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:52.479 It is pure hatred, born of ignorance. It's frighteningly reminiscent 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:56.360 of Nazi Germany. And what's so troubling is that the 0:05:56.400 --> 0:06:02.520 newly elected mayor of New York City refuses to condemn 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:08.760 the phrase. He just refuses to condemn it, which is 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:13.240 I don't know how to describe that. But he is 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:19.080 encouraging the hatred, the verbal attacks and the physical attacks, 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:19.440 isn't he. 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:21.359 I think so. 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:25.840 But the only thing I maybe would disagree, I would 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:30.039 and maybe I would. 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.840 Go ahead disagree with me what you. 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:35.920 Said is that it's born of ignorance. I think it's 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:38.800 on purpose. I don't think it's born of ignorance. I 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:42.120 think there are too many people that believe that this 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:43.520 is what has to happen. 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:45.840 Yeah, you may be right, And I. 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.599 Don't think it's ignorance. I think I think there's a 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:51.719 lot of ignorance in religious It's funny to me because 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:55.039 there's so many people who preach tolerance, and yet they're 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:58.600 the least tolerance among us, right, So there are clearly 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:02.800 a lot of people that are naive and and and 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:05.640 and so focused and that they can't see the rest 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.880 of you know, the world, but you know the foundation 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:13.520 of our nation, it's well and and what we're taught 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:17.920 in Christianity you know, I happen to believe in Jesus Christ, 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:21.360 and I you know, I'm considered myself a Christian and 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:25.680 and but you know, love thy neighbor and and but 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:30.160 our foundation of our nation was based on religious tolerance. 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:32.320 That's a large part with the First Amendment. It's all 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:38.360 about And so you can't. I just think there's too 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:41.760 many people calling for this type of violence and calling 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:45.360 for this type of resistance. And and when you start 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.600 calling people hitler, then you tell people, oh, then you 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:52.040 have permission to to take them out. What would you 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:53.680 do if you got a chance to meet Hiller? Would 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.520 you do? Would you what would you do? Well, you'd 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:59.480 kill them? Right. So, but that's so weird. I can't 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:04.560 even say because then they attacked Jews, right like it 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.160 just circularly doesn't make sense. 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:11.240 Yeah, I mentioned a moment ago that you know, the 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:17.000 New York Post editorial board was trying to make the point, 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.760 I think in their editorial today, and it's a good 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:25.480 one and people should read it online that it's not 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:29.760 just Australia where this is happening still, No, it is 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:35.920 right here in New York City. And they recite an 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:40.480 alarming number of anti Semitic attacks in just the last 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.400 few days. I'll give you a rundown on the West Village. 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:48.880 A Jewish woman targeted with profane slurs, being taunted, We're 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:52.760 going to get rid of you effing Zionists. Over in Brooklyn, 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:58.920 Hanukkah celebrants denounced as effing Jews. One Jewish man grabbed 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:03.800 by the throat and throat with death. In Crown Heights, 0:09:04.440 --> 0:09:08.880 an assailant shouted anti Semitic remarks it passers by and 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:14.480 then stabbed one in the chest. And the post makes 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:18.800 the point these were attacks that were caught on camera. 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:26.120 How many others were not captured on videotape? And and 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:32.520 and how many go unreported. It's pretty frightening, isn't it. 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.679 It is in the incoming mayor can't seem to, you know, 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:38.800 get his arms around the idea. You know, I worried 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:42.360 that in party was elected because he was on the 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.880 wrong side of this issue. And then you see what's 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.600 playing out. You know, the mit professor, Yeah, he's Jewish. 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.760 So I mean, is that just were we supposed to 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:55.640 believe that's just a mere coincidence. There's too much of 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:57.800 this going on. But you know what, happened on Austray 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:03.719 was so that and deadly and terrorizing, and there are 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:07.000 too many that want to call this terrorism, that want 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:11.199 to create this type of tear, terror and fear. And 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:13.520 look at what happened in New York with the college 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:19.280 campuses and they The problem is you don't have leaders 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.760 up and down both sides of the aisle denouncing this. 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.560 You see it on one side but not the other, 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:30.600 and that I think is a clear, clear pattern. Chuck 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:34.640 Schumer should be leading the charge for the Democrats. He 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:38.240 is the natural one to do this, and he's almost silent. 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:41.839 He'll put out some statements, but he has not shown 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:45.040 any leadership on this issue. And he just kind of 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:48.600 scared with the tail between his legs, just not willing 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:50.880 to really go to the mat and say this is it. 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.280 You can you have stepped over the line. We are 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:55.800 not going to talk. You don't see that from him. 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:59.400 And yet being from New York, given his religious background, 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:00.720 you'd think he'd lead out. 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:01.800 But no, No. 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:06.079 It speaks volumes of where Democrats are on this issue. 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:09.320 And it's not just you know in New York with 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:16.480 Chuck Schumer And'mdani, you know, out in southern California, where 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:21.559 I grew up. The FBI foiled what the Attorney General 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:26.240 described as a massive and horrific terror plot by an 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:30.000 extremist group planning a series of bombings in Orange County 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:35.240 and Los Angeles. According to you know, Pambody, it was 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:42.120 a plot by a far left pro Palestine, anti capitalist group. 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:44.880 But what jumps out at you is the pro Palestine, 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:52.200 which is likely pro Hamas poor people were arrested. But 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:57.960 again the common denominator, Jason is the individuals appear to 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:01.720 have been motivated in part at least by anti Semitism 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:05.360 of the clause of Palestinians and using in fact the 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:10.280 methods of a moss which is terror bombings, which I saw, 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:15.760 you know, myself with blood on my boots in Israel 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:17.600 during the second into Fauda. 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.120 Can I just make you're right that plot that was 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:25.520 spoiled in southern California, bombs that we're going to go 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:29.000 off at distribution centers on New Year's Eve? Well done 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:31.200 the law enforcement. I did a little side note here. 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:33.360 This has really bothered me. I'm glad to have an 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:36.720 opportunity to say this. Every single law enforcement from the 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:40.400 city to the county to the state to the FBI. 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:42.559 They all stood up and said it was all because 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:46.240 of cooperation. We were able to foil this cooperation cooper 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.440 every one of them said cooperation. Oh, it was great. 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:50.680 They're patting each other on the back. But you know 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:55.280 when they don't cooperate if ice is involved, somehow, the 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:58.079 sheriff can stand up and say, we had great cooperation, 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:01.760 but if somebody's here illegal and they have somebody who's 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:05.559 wanted for, you know, some heinous crime, they won't cooperate 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.839 with a fed to tell them they haven't atention. And yeah, 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.000 cooperation works. See how good it works, But we just 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.600 don't practice it here in California or any of these 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:18.440 other sanctuary cities and states the counties. It just it 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:22.200 really makes me mad because how many other crimes and 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:25.520 accid terrorism could we have prevented if there was actually 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:29.480 true cooperation. But there's not. It was just lip service 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:30.320 and it made me mad. 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:34.040 Yeah, well, I'm glad you told us so. Jason. Good 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:37.319 talking to you. As always, Jason chaf hits everybody, and 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:40.120 be sure to get his book. They're coming for you. 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:44.359 It's a real eye opener. Jason. Take care, Happy holidays, 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:46.040 Merry Christmas to you and your family. 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:46.920 Very Christmas. 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:47.440 Thanks Greg. 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.280 All Right, we're gonna pause, take a quick break. We've 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:52.520 got some callers on the other side. If you haven't 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:55.480 called us yet, please do now. The number is one 0:13:55.559 --> 0:14:01.080 eight hundred nine four one seventy three twenty six. We 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:03.840 have a full half hour of your phone calls coming up. 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:07.199 One eight hundred and nine to four to one. Sean. 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:11.600 I'm Greg Jarrett, filling in for Sean Hannity. Welcome back 0:14:11.640 --> 0:14:14.200 to the Sean Hannity Show. One of the topics we've 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:19.360 been discussing today was potential indictments against those who waged 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.760 lawfare against Donald Trump. And I'll give you one example, 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:26.120 the rad on mar Lago. It was a shocking abuse 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:31.960 of the law, and newly disclosed FBI documents prove it. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:37.120 There was no probable cause, as the law demands, because 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:42.400 Trump had done nothing illegal. The Records Act is the 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:46.520 controlling statute, and it gives a former president custody and 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:52.320 possession of presidential records, and if the National Archives wants them, 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.840 they go to court. The exclusive remedy is civil, it's 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:59.760 not criminal. The government's only recourse is to file a 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:05.720 to compel before a federal judge. What you cannot do 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:11.400 is conjure up imaginary crimes and then shop it around 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:15.920 to an anti Trump magistrate to sign off on a 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:21.560 baseless search warrant. Now we know that Garland didn't care 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:26.360 about the law. He and his confederates weaponized it to 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:30.760 bring a meritless case against Trump to stop him from 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:35.080 his reelection bid. In twenty twenty four, more of your 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:38.240 phone calls on the other side. One eight hundred and 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:42.000 ninety four to one seven three two six, give us 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.880 a call. Welcome back to the Sean Hennity Show. I'm 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:49.320 Greg Jarrett, filling in for Sean and it's been a pleasure. 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.480 I'll be back tomorrow, by the way, three o'clock to 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:56.160 six p m. Eastern time. I hope you'll join us then, 0:15:56.800 --> 0:16:00.680 got a great lineup of guests. In the meantime, it's 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:04.560 time for your calls and your questions, your comments, and 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.720 give us a call if you haven't already. One eight 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:12.720 hundred and nine four one seven three two six. That's 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:16.720 one eight hundred and nine four one Sean. All right, 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.320 let's go to Will in Michigan, who's been standing by 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:24.640 for a while. Will thanks for your patient. How are you? 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:29.840 I'm driving my eighty thousand pounds and a half flight slaughter, 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:34.720 My SEMMI it's eighty thousand pounds flight slaughter. 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:39.120 Yeah, yeah, I have better you than me driving that thing. 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:44.320 There easier than they look. But anyways, I have a 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:49.520 question on the vetting process and the getting the cabinet 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:52.600 set up for the president and why it's not done 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:59.600 between the time the Electoral College does their voting and 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:02.040 the time that he's sworn in. He got like two 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:05.760 or three months there that they could be vetting the 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:09.880 candidates that he wants as his cabinet and have them 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:14.000 sworn in. And when Hea swears in, his cabinet's in 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:17.160 his office and they're getting the ball rolled right away. 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:18.800 Yeah, to wait what. 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.960 Six eight ten months before he finally got his whole cabinet. 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:24.159 I don't even know if he still has his whole Yeah, he's. 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:27.560 Got his whole cabinet in there, and you know, some 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:31.720 of them were approved quickly, some took a little extra time. 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:34.800 There's really only a month between the Electoral College in 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:40.960 December and January twentieth, when the president is they have 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:46.359 sworn in on inauguration day, and you know the practice 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:50.200 is because there are new senators who take office in 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:56.159 January and you know, join various committees, including Judiciary, and 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:58.960 you know it has to go through committee first with 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:01.320 hearings and so, and you got to wait for the 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:05.320 newcomers to arrive, if there are any. I think the 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:08.800 real problem is not so much of the cabinet, but 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:15.240 you know other positions that are incredibly important, and that 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:19.920 comes down to blue slips. And I talked about it 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:22.800 before a couple of hours ago, but you know, blue 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:28.600 slips are totally crooked. It refers to a US Senate 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:33.760 tradition that began in nineteen seventeen, believe it or not, 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:40.360 where home state senators get to approve or disapprove of 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:49.800 presidential nominees for federal judgeships, US attorneys and it effectively 0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:55.359 gives you know, those home state senators veto power over 0:18:55.720 --> 0:19:02.399 the president's choice, you know, and they can block and 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:08.800 have blocked important appointments, leading inevitably to a conflict, particularly 0:19:08.840 --> 0:19:13.720 with President Trump, who wants ended and he's absolutely right 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:18.280 about it. A withheld or negative blue slip blocks a 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:22.719 nominee from moving forward, and it gives minority party senators 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:29.800 leverage that they are not entitled to under the constitutions 0:19:29.840 --> 0:19:33.560 and the appointment power of the President of the United States. 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:37.000 It's a tradition that was wrong when it started in 0:19:37.119 --> 0:19:40.879 nineteen seventy it's wrong today, and it's high time that 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:46.280 the Senate vote out the blue slips. But Will thanks 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:49.479 for your question. It was a good one. Aaron joins 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:54.000 us from Arizona, and I imagine it's a lot warmer 0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:57.480 in Arizona right now than it is here in Chile. 0:19:57.600 --> 0:19:59.600 New York City. Aaron, how are you. 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:02.040 Good? How are you doing great? 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:02.600 Fine? 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:08.000 Actually seventy three out here right now. I didn't wanted 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:10.400 to say. I think the American people are ready. 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:12.960 Some people need to be held accountable for all this 0:20:13.040 --> 0:20:16.879 corruption and everything's going on. You know, the FBI were 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:19.119 supposed to be investigating, and I'm sorry that you know, 0:20:19.200 --> 0:20:21.399 Dan Bongngino is going to be leaving and everything. 0:20:21.440 --> 0:20:26.040 But it's it's sickening. It's hardening to keep seeing people 0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:29.080 they got, you got them dead to right, and they're 0:20:29.119 --> 0:20:31.520 not going to do anything for the crimes and the 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:35.159 fleecing and the corruption against the American people. They're just 0:20:35.240 --> 0:20:37.320 let off Scott for you know, oops, it's over with, 0:20:37.840 --> 0:20:41.800 thank you, And then it just continues on and continues 0:20:41.840 --> 0:20:45.240 on and continues on. It's getting really old. 0:20:45.480 --> 0:20:49.359 Yeah, I agree with you. And it does not instill 0:20:49.560 --> 0:20:55.119 much faith in our criminal justice system because you know, 0:20:55.240 --> 0:21:00.840 it's abundantly clear that this long running, corrupt, last crusade 0:21:00.880 --> 0:21:08.639 against Trump and in fact anybody connected with him. You know, 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:13.000 I think now finally it is the subject of a 0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:17.159 criminal investigation by the FBI, the Department of Justice, and 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:22.879 the US Attorneys and maybe we will see some indictments. 0:21:22.920 --> 0:21:25.760 I hope, so there should be. And you know, it 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:30.240 incorporates all the way back to twenty and sixteen in 0:21:30.280 --> 0:21:35.919 the Russia hoax, which was code named Crossfire Hurricane, and 0:21:35.960 --> 0:21:41.160 it's stretched on for years to the more recent targeting 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:46.160 of Republicans by the Biden administration code named Arctic Frost. 0:21:46.960 --> 0:21:49.920 Then why don't they always have these stupid code nemes, 0:21:50.040 --> 0:21:56.600 like you know, I mean, it's just dumb, and you know, 0:21:56.680 --> 0:22:03.520 among other things, they you know, they seized surreptitiously the 0:22:03.680 --> 0:22:08.720 data of more than four hundred Republicans, including US senators, 0:22:08.800 --> 0:22:12.760 members of the House. They were all victimized by the 0:22:12.840 --> 0:22:18.040 FBI and the DOJ. Their phone records were seized without 0:22:18.240 --> 0:22:22.480 notice to the members of Congress, and the law requires 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:27.919 they be put on notice. And Judge James Bosberg, a 0:22:27.960 --> 0:22:33.479 notorious federal district judge in Washington, DC, was behind a 0:22:33.520 --> 0:22:39.320 lot of the seizures and the gag orders associated you 0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:41.880 can't tell them even though the law says you must 0:22:41.880 --> 0:22:45.160 tell them that you're seizing their phone records. I mean, 0:22:45.200 --> 0:22:48.800 this was a shocking abuse of power. And as I 0:22:48.880 --> 0:22:51.879 said at the top of the first hour, it's a 0:22:51.920 --> 0:22:59.360 crime deprivation of constitutional rights under color of law. And 0:22:59.400 --> 0:23:04.600 thankfully this is now the focus of an intensive investigation 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:08.640 in Florida. John Solomon joined me in the first hour 0:23:08.680 --> 0:23:13.360 and said, it's a grand jury convened beginning January second 0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:16.920 in Fort Pierce and they're going to be looking at 0:23:16.960 --> 0:23:23.560 an ongoing criminal conspiracy that deprived Trump and others of 0:23:23.680 --> 0:23:27.800 constitutional rights, which again is a crime punishable by up 0:23:27.800 --> 0:23:34.040 to ten years behind bars for each illegal act. And 0:23:34.080 --> 0:23:38.000 I hope charges are brought. They should be. Our next 0:23:38.040 --> 0:23:43.320 caller joins us from California. Diane, are you there, It's 0:23:43.320 --> 0:23:46.080 Greg Jared and where are you in California. 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:48.200 I'm in Santa Cruz. 0:23:48.119 --> 0:23:49.959 Ah, beautiful Santa Cruz. 0:23:50.760 --> 0:23:52.639 I know it's endless summer here. 0:23:53.119 --> 0:23:58.440 Yeah, well that's nice to hear if you're there. What's 0:23:58.480 --> 0:23:59.240 your question or. 0:23:59.160 --> 0:24:03.640 Comment, Diane, I have a comment about concerning the recent 0:24:04.240 --> 0:24:10.359 university shooting. I think that the gun free zone idea 0:24:10.400 --> 0:24:15.080 should be shelved, and I think that we should arm 0:24:15.400 --> 0:24:22.640 all teachers and staff with non lethal firearms and make 0:24:22.680 --> 0:24:27.840 it known that the staff carries non lethal firearms. 0:24:28.359 --> 0:24:32.560 Yeah, here's my question. And I'm not arguing with you 0:24:32.600 --> 0:24:41.199 because I actually agree. But opponents of that say that teachers. 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:49.040 What happens if teachers who are armed make a miscalculation 0:24:49.320 --> 0:24:54.119 or misunderstand a situation, and god forbid, you know a student, 0:24:54.119 --> 0:24:58.120 a child is killed? How do you get around that argument? 0:24:58.200 --> 0:25:00.160 And if I like your argument, I'll steal it. 0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:06.760 Well, I mean, there's always a worst case scenario. I mean, 0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:10.560 I don't know that you can rule out every possibility. 0:25:12.040 --> 0:25:16.680 And I think it's an American to take our weapons 0:25:16.720 --> 0:25:20.960 from us. I think it's unconstitutional. And I've always thought 0:25:21.000 --> 0:25:28.200 that the more people that were prepared to defend, the better. 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:32.960 I even used to say I thought that when you 0:25:33.040 --> 0:25:36.440 got on an airplane that everyone should be required some 0:25:36.480 --> 0:25:41.080 sort of self defense, right, that would be a great deterrence. 0:25:41.600 --> 0:25:45.840 So I think the deterrent part outweighs this the worst 0:25:45.840 --> 0:25:51.120 case scenario in these situations, you know, at the. 0:25:51.080 --> 0:25:58.360 Height of airplane hijackings, and particularly after you know, nine 0:25:58.400 --> 0:26:02.040 to eleven in the plane flown into the World Trade Center, 0:26:03.560 --> 0:26:08.000 you know, the Pentagon and so forth, Federal marshals armed 0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:13.280 were on board a lot of flights across America. So 0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:18.959 if you can do that, then to your argument, Diane, 0:26:19.440 --> 0:26:20.960 why not schools as well? 0:26:22.880 --> 0:26:26.120 Well, I'm I might reveal my age, but when I 0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:29.360 was in grade school, we used to our class used 0:26:29.400 --> 0:26:31.560 to take regular trips to the gun range. 0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:34.800 Really, where did you grow up? 0:26:35.480 --> 0:26:37.520 I grew up in Portland, believe it or not. 0:26:39.800 --> 0:26:41.560 Wow, things have changed in Portland. 0:26:42.040 --> 0:26:44.160 Oh my god. Well it's always been a looney bin. 0:26:44.240 --> 0:26:47.360 But it's but for some reason, that was a thing, 0:26:47.640 --> 0:26:52.520 and it went away shortly after I got into high school. 0:26:52.520 --> 0:26:58.280 But I just think that the that we've gotten away from, 0:26:58.560 --> 0:27:03.720 you know, we need to take it. It's prophylactic, right, 0:27:04.040 --> 0:27:11.800 we can be prepared, you know. And wasn't it a 0:27:11.880 --> 0:27:16.679 deterrent in World War Two to the Japanese that that 0:27:16.800 --> 0:27:24.720 we were a nation of of militia. I mean, I 0:27:24.760 --> 0:27:28.920 think it's a deterrence and I think it's un American 0:27:29.200 --> 0:27:37.040 to not even consider that it's it's constitutional right. And 0:27:37.080 --> 0:27:38.800 so I don't know. I don't know what the legal 0:27:38.920 --> 0:27:42.280 ramifications are. So you probably know better than I do. 0:27:43.119 --> 0:27:45.959 Well, you know, the Supreme Court has weighed in on 0:27:46.160 --> 0:27:50.480 gun free zones and their justification around schools and and 0:27:50.960 --> 0:27:54.600 so forth. But it may be something that they really 0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:59.920 need to revisit in you know, our age of rage 0:28:00.080 --> 0:28:08.320 and violence. Diane, you're in Santa Cruz, which is largely pardon. 0:28:08.119 --> 0:28:10.680