Rob and Sarah talk about the impact of the shutdown and what it means for the families affected by it. They also discuss the impact the shutdown is having on the economy and the impact it could have on our economy as a whole.
00:03:28.960At the end of the day, people need to be able to feed their families.
00:03:32.480And Saturday is when those funds run out.
00:03:34.260If you feel so strongly, Congresswoman, why not ask the Senate Democrats from New Mexico to vote to open the government so that the SNAP funds...
00:03:43.380Sure. I am here in the House of Representatives.
00:07:50.680If you could choose, do you believe that the federal law should be changed?
00:07:52.900I don't – I believe in a single-payer health care system where if you go in and you need a doctor, you can get the medical attention that you need.
00:08:08.220Well, just like that stance to begin with to say that undocumented immigrants don't have a right to medical insurance, that's not something she would have said in the past.
00:08:16.780It reminds me of like Newsom trying to go more towards the middle to Europe for 2028.
00:08:20.120But, you know, the number of what we're potentially either saving or spending on this bill, what they're fighting for, is $1.3 trillion.
00:08:27.720So, you know, the $350 billion that they're fighting for, that was just thrown in, I believe, in the last couple of years.
00:08:33.740That wasn't even part of what Obama did.
00:08:35.160And then the trillion for Medicaid cuts.
00:08:37.700Like Medicaid is one of the biggest waste pits of money in human history.
00:08:41.380So I don't know like exactly like who we're fighting for with this.
00:08:45.720Like a lot of it seems to be like potentially undocumented immigrants.
00:08:48.400So I think that they're trying to throw them off here with the shutdown because it doesn't seem like they have like a substantive base for what they're doing.
00:09:10.140That would be like my daughter saying, Dad, I think transportation is a human right.
00:09:15.140And then I'm like, okay, where's the budget and who's going to buy you that car?
00:09:18.880I mean, that's exactly the crux of it here.
00:09:21.220It's like health care is a human right.
00:09:22.640Okay, but should 300 million people, the citizens of the United States, come together and put all the money in the hat so that an incredible number of other people can have the human right?
00:09:35.720And what they want is they want to convert those immigrants to voters and they want to give them things for free so that they have a voting block and power.
00:10:38.100OK, Speaker Johnson, Representative Matthew Zuka, private GOP call turned fiery as Speaker Johnson and Marjorie Taylor Greene went head to head over the party's stalled shutdown approach.
00:10:48.360MTGQ's leadership are wasting their majority by keeping lawmakers home and demanded an off ramp from Obamacare subsidies.
00:10:54.500Johnson defended strategy, insisting Republicans are working around the clock before snapping.
00:11:19.520So what is your reaction to Marjorie Taylor Greene saying this is a serious issue in regards to Representative Corey Mills and accusing you of hypocrisy over the handling of this situation versus your story?
00:11:52.360I advocated to my colleagues not to do that.
00:11:54.560And you can take George Santos' word for it himself.
00:11:59.640I think right before he submitted to prison, he did a very friendly social media post about me and how I'd been such a great friend to him and a help to the guy.
00:12:07.460I had a lot of, you know, I was trying to reach out to him as I would any colleague who's in a difficult situation.
00:12:16.900I talked to George Santos about redemption and about, you know, God's mercy and grace.
00:12:21.480So, look, I don't know what Marjorie's talking about.
00:12:24.280Corey Mills, I noted a few days ago when I was asked about Corey Mills, I'm aware of the allegations against him.
00:12:29.880I'm an attorney, so I'm going to reserve judgment on that, let the legal process play out as I should, as anyone would expect.
00:12:34.920But what do you think is going on here?
00:12:39.400I think you've got, look, in any party, you don't necessarily have perfect unity.
00:12:46.560You look at Christians around the world.
00:12:49.660You have the Catholics, you have the Protestants, Presbyterians that all agree on Jesus Christ and agree on core things, but they feel very different about a whole bunch of things.
00:12:59.680You know, Methodists, no dancing, you know, and there's all these things below it.
00:13:03.640And I think that's what you're seeing in the Republican Party.
00:13:05.880But I think you're seeing a unity of American conservatism.
00:13:09.460And I believe that there is largely unity behind the president.
00:13:13.140But when MTG and the Speaker are getting into it over George Santos, who is now out and it's a settled situation, that doesn't help us come together as a group of conservative Republicans and negotiate through the shutdown.
00:13:30.540How does, you know, re-litigating or going back over George Santos and what happened with him, does that help us come together on this?
00:13:38.820They should be coming together and scrumming over exactly what she was talking about.
00:13:42.940Okay, how do we, how are we going to navigate the Obamacare subsidies now at the end of the year and what the Democrats are trying to do and hold this thing hostage at the shutdown?
00:13:50.980How do we come together as a conservative bloc in support of our president and get that done and set aside these grievances and things they have over stuff?
00:14:04.880He's sitting on morning talk shows talking about how appreciative he is of the president and that he's out and it's done.
00:14:11.620How does that help us with the shutdown?
00:14:13.120I think these things need to be set aside and let's talk about what is the play we're calling to deal with the Democrats that are intentionally holding this place shut down, intentionally causing the SNAP benefits to be held back, and our, what is our play call to come together on the Obama subsidies and go forward to the future?
00:14:32.500Have you seen the number on SNAP and the videos that are going viral with everybody talking about, I can't believe this.
00:14:38.960Take a look at this chart, by the way.
00:14:41.020This is a chart, Tom, that shows food stamps by ethnicity.
00:14:44.700Who's on SNAP and what is their citizenship status?
00:21:12.880I am convinced this is going to be a very, very special year, in my opinion.
00:21:19.200I think we got this other rate cut that's coming.
00:21:21.660I think we're going to have three more in 2026, give or take, based on what Goldman Sachs and a lot of other people are saying.
00:21:25.840We may even experience a new person that's running the Fed by June-ish, I think June 26-ish, around that time, that could turn things around the second half of the year.
00:21:37.080If the China-U.S. trade deal gets done, it could be an unbelievable day for the stock market.
00:21:43.840However, all of that stuff going into 2026, what that means to you is nothing if you're not prepared for it going into 2026 with momentum.
00:21:53.560So having said that, if you don't yet have a plan to write out a great business plan for yourself, your family, your executives, your employees, watch this video, Rob, if you have.
00:22:03.200This is a video we shot of me going into a car, driving a car that goes 1.9 seconds, 0 to 60, and I also borrowed Vinny's old car to see.
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00:23:32.140The question becomes, with 2026 around the corner, it'll be here in no time.
00:23:35.860How prepared are you going to be versus all your competitors?
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