Verdict with Ted Cruz - April 17, 2023


Big Free Speech Victory, plus IRS GROWING by 30K, Biden's War on Cars & SPLC Defends ANTIFA Terrorism AND Supplies Biden's Radical Judges


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00:00:06.060 Welcome to This Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson with you.
00:00:09.940 Let's start with a victory, Senator.
00:00:12.660 The Texas Bar application has actually added a couple of questions
00:00:18.320 that deal with free speech and incivility.
00:00:22.960 This in wake of what happened at Stanford Law School.
00:00:26.100 And this is because of a letter that you wrote.
00:00:30.200 This is something that I would argue every state in America should be modeling
00:00:34.460 after what the Texas Bar application is doing with adding these basic questions.
00:00:39.440 Well, Ben, you're right.
00:00:40.700 We've had a big victory in the last week for free speech.
00:00:44.620 Everyone who listens to Verdict was appalled.
00:00:48.140 And we discussed at length what happened at Stanford Law School
00:00:51.880 where Fifth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals judge Kyle Duncan
00:00:55.880 went to give a speech on campus at Stanford Law School.
00:00:59.140 And a group of law students screamed him down, cursing, cursing profanities,
00:01:05.540 yelled, were just – they shouted him down and prevented him from speaking.
00:01:12.200 And some of the explicit profanities they yelled at him,
00:01:17.840 I've never in my life seen a federal judge treated the way these Stanford law students that did.
00:01:24.200 Then, of course, the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion came in,
00:01:30.240 and the judge understandably appealed to the dean, to the administration,
00:01:34.380 for help enforcing Stanford's free speech policy.
00:01:37.040 And the dean proceeded to side with the mob, to side with the people screaming down the judge.
00:01:42.880 And she read from a seven-minute prepared lecture attacking the judge.
00:01:49.400 In the wake of that, across the country, people were rightly horrified.
00:01:55.660 I did two things.
00:01:56.620 Number one, I wrote to the president of Stanford and the dean of the Stanford Law School
00:02:01.000 calling on Stanford to fire the dean and to discipline the students.
00:02:06.540 And we ended up getting a meaningful victory in that regard.
00:02:09.400 That dean is on leave.
00:02:12.200 We don't know if she's ultimately going to be fired, but astonishingly enough,
00:02:16.920 Stanford stepped forward, condemned what the dean did, said it violated their policy,
00:02:21.560 and put her on leave.
00:02:22.760 That's a big deal.
00:02:24.160 That is a victory.
00:02:25.560 But then a second victory that I think is even more significant.
00:02:29.940 A month ago, I sent a letter to the Texas State Barred,
00:02:33.460 in particular to Chief Justice Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court.
00:02:37.460 I know Chief Justice Hecht very well.
00:02:39.960 I've argued in front of the Texas Supreme Court and in front of Chief Justice Hecht many,
00:02:44.320 many times.
00:02:45.220 The letter I sent to the Texas Bar, I urged the Bar to do something about it.
00:02:50.900 Anyone who's a member of the Bar, you have to take a bar exam.
00:02:54.760 In Texas, it's three days long.
00:02:57.240 And it's extensive.
00:02:58.640 It deals with knowledge of the law, knowledge of the law generally,
00:03:01.740 knowledge of Texas law in particular, if you're going to be an attorney in the state of Texas.
00:03:06.360 So, for example, there are questions on the Texas Bar about oil and gas law,
00:03:11.220 which I suspect if you take the New York Bar,
00:03:14.540 you don't get questions about oil and gas law because they don't actually let you drill for oil and gas.
00:03:18.920 Well, in Texas, you have to know at least something about it if you're going to be a member of the Texas Bar.
00:03:24.580 But there is also, you take an ethics exam,
00:03:27.500 and there is also an element of every bar exam,
00:03:30.460 which is character and fitness to practice law.
00:03:33.940 And the notion is, if you're going to be an attorney,
00:03:36.200 if you're going to represent clients,
00:03:37.900 if you're going to be able to go before court and represent clients,
00:03:41.080 you have to have sound character,
00:03:43.400 you have to be fit to practice law.
00:03:44.820 And so what I asked a month ago of Chief Justice Hecht,
00:03:48.420 I'll read a paragraph from the letter I sent him.
00:03:52.140 I would ask that the Texas Board of Bar Examiners,
00:03:55.920 in discharging their duties of assessing the character and fitness of prospective bar applicants,
00:04:01.640 take particular care with students who have graduated from Stanford Law
00:04:05.860 in class years 2023, 2024, or 2025.
00:04:11.760 Specifically, I suggest that students graduating from those years
00:04:17.100 be made to answer in writing
00:04:20.960 whether they participated in the shameful harassment of Judge Duncan on March 9th, 2023.
00:04:29.100 And then I went on to say I would leave it to the considered judgment of the Texas Supreme Court
00:04:33.280 and the Texas Board of Bar Examiners
00:04:34.960 as to what the proper remedy should be for any students who answer in the affirmative.
00:04:39.220 Well, last week I got a letter back from Chief Justice Hecht
00:04:44.000 and it is a terrific letter, it is a terrific response.
00:04:48.900 Let me tell you what Chief Justice Hecht said and I'm going to read it to you.
00:04:52.960 Dear Senator Cruz, thank you for your letter of March 16th, 2023.
00:04:57.300 I am, of course, very familiar with the disruption of Judge Kyle Duncan's
00:05:00.840 invited presentation at Stanford Law School
00:05:03.260 as well as, I'm sorry to have to say, similar occurrences at Yale Law School.
00:05:10.540 It goes on to say, I'm going to skip a little bit of it,
00:05:12.900 but it goes on to say the board has historically relied on law schools
00:05:16.440 to report disciplinary matters that should be considered
00:05:20.100 in determining an applicant's character and fitness for admission to the Texas bar.
00:05:24.720 School reactions to recent violations of free speech policies
00:05:29.300 suggests that reliance is not justified.
00:05:34.700 The board is planning to add questions to the bar application
00:05:38.920 to inquire of applicants directly
00:05:42.020 concerning incivility and violations of school policies.
00:05:47.360 Texas lawyers are expected to adhere to the Texas lawyers' creed
00:05:51.260 promising to treat counsel, opposing parties,
00:05:55.680 the court, and members of court staff
00:05:57.840 with courtesy and civility.
00:06:00.340 The admissions process should examine
00:06:02.900 whether applicants could be expected to fulfill this promise.
00:06:08.500 I've got to say, Ben, that's a big damn deal.
00:06:12.460 If there are Stanford students in that room
00:06:15.440 who were screaming and cursing and thinking that you can behave
00:06:18.520 as a hooligan, as an Antifa rioter,
00:06:22.520 and at the same time be admitted as a member of the bar,
00:06:27.440 this has got to make them think twice.
00:06:29.380 And I hope that other bars follow suit.
00:06:33.520 The behavior of those students was utterly unacceptable
00:06:36.700 for anyone who wants to be a lawyer.
00:06:38.680 And so I congratulate Chief Justice Hecht.
00:06:41.840 He did exactly the right thing.
00:06:43.960 And this is meaningful in terms of a victory for free speech.
00:06:48.520 How many other states do you think could actually look at this
00:06:52.440 and go, oh, wow, we should do the exact same thing?
00:06:56.000 There are a lot of states that have different universities,
00:06:59.380 a lot of states that dealt with protests on college campuses.
00:07:03.820 We see it almost weekly now where conservative speakers
00:07:07.240 are attacked and even assaulted,
00:07:09.240 as we saw one conservative swimmer who was attacked just last week.
00:07:13.820 We witnessed this happen,
00:07:15.740 and there's got to be a higher standard,
00:07:18.980 as you said, for those practicing law that are going to be in our courts
00:07:22.620 and not treating people this way.
00:07:26.160 Do you believe that other states will look at this
00:07:30.020 and say what Texas just did?
00:07:32.880 This was such a big victory for not just free speech,
00:07:36.640 but free speech and decorum for everyone.
00:07:39.280 This is saying it's unacceptable no matter who's doing it.
00:07:43.660 How quickly do you think others could jump on board?
00:07:46.740 You know, I think it's likely that you will see other states follow suit.
00:07:50.660 I think it is more likely in red states than blue states.
00:07:54.760 So Florida is a natural place to think about that could follow suit,
00:07:58.600 and Florida is a big deal.
00:08:00.380 Look, Texas has 30 million people.
00:08:02.340 We have nearly 10 percent of the population of the United States.
00:08:05.240 I guarantee you there are Stanford law students
00:08:08.540 who hoped and intended to practice law in the state of Texas.
00:08:11.720 I don't know if any of them were in that room harassing and screaming at Judge Duncan.
00:08:18.660 There are other states.
00:08:20.120 I mean, the states that would be most significant
00:08:22.120 would be the California State Bar or the New York State Bar,
00:08:24.860 because you've got a ton of Stanford law graduates
00:08:27.700 planning to practice either in California or New York.
00:08:30.640 I don't know if they would follow suit.
00:08:33.440 I'm skeptical that they would, given the overall politics of those two states.
00:08:38.040 But I will note, Stanford law school, to the astonishment of a lot of us,
00:08:42.960 behaved a lot better than Yale law school did.
00:08:45.900 Stanford law school in particular suspended the dean,
00:08:49.520 unequivocally condemned the behavior of the students,
00:08:52.040 and made clear that it violated their free speech policy.
00:08:55.740 And let me be clear just to engage with some of the trolls that will say,
00:09:01.360 well, gosh, if you're punishing people for screaming and cursing
00:09:04.660 and shouting down a federal judge, that's anti-free speech.
00:09:08.520 No, no, it's not.
00:09:10.500 You have every right to engage in speech.
00:09:12.820 Those students would have been perfectly justified to show up,
00:09:15.840 to be outside with placards, to be making their views known.
00:09:20.000 What you don't have a right to do is silence the speech of another.
00:09:24.800 That's what the Supreme Court has called a heckler's veto.
00:09:27.100 You don't have the right to shout down and silence another speaker.
00:09:31.640 And part of it is, you're violating not only the free speech rights of the speaker,
00:09:36.200 you're violating the free speech rights of the other students who want to listen to that speaker.
00:09:42.000 And so, had the Stanford law students stood outside and protested in a way that did not disrupt the event,
00:09:49.620 that would have been entirely appropriate.
00:09:52.080 But their objective was to use force to shout down and make the judge's speech impossible.
00:10:01.580 That is directly antithetical to free speech.
00:10:04.320 And I would note, it is even worse when you are dealing with a federal appellate judge.
00:10:09.880 So, at Yale Law School, they did that to Kirsten Wagoner,
00:10:12.600 who's an attorney who had argued and won a major case at the Supreme Court.
00:10:16.240 That was bad, but it is qualitatively different to do so to a sitting federal appellate judge.
00:10:22.800 I'll tell you this, I've been a member of the bar for a couple of decades now.
00:10:27.760 If you did what they did in that classroom in any courtroom in America,
00:10:33.240 you better have your toothbrush with you because you would be found in contempt,
00:10:37.400 they would put handcuffs on you, and they would put you in jail.
00:10:40.480 You don't get to speak to a judge that way, even if you don't like the judge,
00:10:44.660 even if you disagree with the judge's ruling.
00:10:47.040 Our system is based upon some modicum of civility.
00:10:52.760 And sadly, those Stanford Law students seem not to have learned that,
00:10:56.080 to have learned the opposite with the encouragement of the DEI dean.
00:11:00.860 But kudos to the Texas State Bar for setting an example,
00:11:04.660 an example that I hope other bars follow.
00:11:07.440 And in particular, Florida should be the next bar to act,
00:11:11.420 because Florida, a lot of those students want to go to Florida, too.
00:11:15.260 And doing this will be a real deterrence to the next time this is happening.
00:11:20.380 If you're a law student, you're a lefty, you're a Marxist,
00:11:23.040 you're going to think twice about, well, wait a second,
00:11:25.640 I'd like to be able to admit, be admitted to the bar,
00:11:28.340 so maybe I won't shout down a speaker who comes to campus.
00:11:32.360 Yeah, it's a big victory, Senator, like you said,
00:11:34.940 and one that hopefully will go viral all over the country.
00:11:39.640 I want to also ask you about another issue.
00:11:43.400 And Ben, part of the reason for emphasizing Florida,
00:11:45.960 if I'm correct, there's an election happening next year
00:11:49.000 with two candidates out of the state of Florida?
00:11:51.600 You are correct, sir.
00:11:53.680 So I just think it's a good opportunity.
00:11:56.140 Texas is leading right now.
00:11:57.980 Florida ought to lead as well.
00:11:59.520 I love it.
00:12:00.100 Great, great point there.
00:12:01.180 And we'll see and keep everybody updated on this
00:12:04.580 as hopefully this is something that goes viral
00:12:06.600 and is good for the entire country when there is rules
00:12:10.760 and also when you cannot intimidate federal judges this way.
00:12:14.960 It holds lawyers to a high standard, which they should be held to.
00:12:18.880 I want to move to another issue, Senator.
00:12:20.540 Everybody's thinking about taxes, whether you paid them,
00:12:23.300 whether you're waiting on the refund, tax day is tomorrow.
00:12:26.960 And that means that there are a lot of people
00:12:29.420 that are sitting here going,
00:12:30.400 and am I really getting my money's worth out of the government
00:12:33.300 and am I really getting my money's worth out of the IRS
00:12:36.360 when I pay this tax liability each and every year?
00:12:40.580 It makes me angry when I see how big the check is
00:12:43.040 and then I think, what did I not get in return?
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00:14:28.940 Senator, let's deal with the IRS for a second.
00:14:32.120 There are two headlines that caught our eye.
00:14:35.660 IRS 80 billion news dump
00:14:39.500 raises some serious questions.
00:14:42.400 48 days after a deadline,
00:14:43.700 the Biden administration says the IRS
00:14:45.320 will release some details of its 80 billion
00:14:47.900 in new taxpayer funding.
00:14:52.000 And this on top of the fact,
00:14:54.040 we're now hearing that the IRS
00:14:55.600 is planning to hire 30,000 new employees
00:15:00.420 over the next two years.
00:15:01.780 Now, I want you to explain,
00:15:04.160 is this on top of the 87 they already wanted?
00:15:06.760 Or is this 30,
00:15:08.220 because they don't get the 87,000
00:15:10.560 that they wanted?
00:15:11.520 Explain this for everybody.
00:15:13.440 Well, no, unfortunately,
00:15:14.400 this is the first installment of the 87,000.
00:15:17.320 So we all recall how last year,
00:15:20.600 the Democrats,
00:15:21.780 when they still had control
00:15:22.840 of both houses of Congress,
00:15:24.200 they rammed through
00:15:25.200 their Orwellian-named
00:15:27.920 Inflation Reduction Act,
00:15:29.920 which did nothing to
00:15:30.700 reduce inflation
00:15:32.580 and, in fact,
00:15:33.520 increased inflation
00:15:34.580 by spending trillions of dollars
00:15:36.360 and imposing billions of taxes
00:15:38.480 on things like oil and gas,
00:15:40.260 which drove up the cost
00:15:41.520 of gasoline at the pump.
00:15:42.620 One of the elements
00:15:44.220 of that multi-trillion dollar bill
00:15:46.500 was $80 billion
00:15:48.720 in new funds for the IRS
00:15:50.900 to hire 87,000 new employees.
00:15:53.980 Well, right before Good Friday and Easter,
00:15:57.080 the IRS released the news.
00:15:58.640 They did it as a news dump
00:16:00.180 going into the holiday
00:16:01.580 because they didn't want people
00:16:02.600 to pay attention to it,
00:16:04.380 that they are right now
00:16:06.800 hiring the first 30,000
00:16:08.500 of those employees.
00:16:10.140 10,000 of them are being hired,
00:16:11.940 in the current fiscal year.
00:16:13.880 And in fiscal year 2024,
00:16:16.180 they're planning to double that
00:16:17.960 with 27,000 new hires.
00:16:20.920 Now, what does that mean?
00:16:23.500 Well, let's go through
00:16:24.720 a lot of different elements.
00:16:26.780 The long and short of it is
00:16:27.880 it means a whole bunch more
00:16:29.680 IRS employees there to harass you,
00:16:32.520 to harass citizens,
00:16:33.600 to harass small businesses,
00:16:34.940 to harass and target
00:16:36.360 the political enemies
00:16:37.540 of the Biden White House.
00:16:40.140 But let's go through some details.
00:16:42.640 Number one,
00:16:44.720 you know, the IRS is big on deadlines.
00:16:46.940 Well, the statute actually said
00:16:48.680 that they had to release the details
00:16:50.240 for how they were going to spend
00:16:51.660 the $80 billion
00:16:52.340 no later than February 17, 2023.
00:16:56.200 Now, I don't have my calendar
00:16:57.400 in front of me,
00:16:58.020 but I'm pretty sure
00:16:58.720 it's not February 17, 2023.
00:17:01.220 They're, in fact, 48 days late.
00:17:04.300 If you or I tried that with the IRS,
00:17:06.280 we'd face penalties.
00:17:07.620 The IRS, 48 days late,
00:17:09.320 no big deal.
00:17:10.340 That's just business as usual.
00:17:12.780 What are they doing with this money?
00:17:15.300 Well, the Democrats' talking point
00:17:18.180 is that this is for taxpayer services.
00:17:23.200 It's to make the IRS nicer.
00:17:25.840 I don't know.
00:17:26.520 When you file your return,
00:17:27.860 maybe they send a masseuse
00:17:29.020 to do a foot massage.
00:17:30.440 You know, it's just taxpayer services.
00:17:32.840 Yeah.
00:17:33.060 Well, let's have some top lines.
00:17:36.480 For every $1 that is being spent
00:17:39.780 on, quote, taxpayer services,
00:17:42.480 $14 is being spent
00:17:45.640 on new IRS enforcement.
00:17:48.380 $45.6 billion is going to tax enforcement,
00:17:53.080 while $3.18 billion
00:17:55.140 is going to taxpayer services.
00:17:57.040 So when they claim
00:17:58.700 this is to make the IRS
00:18:00.100 more warm and fuzzy,
00:18:02.620 they ain't telling the truth.
00:18:05.160 You look at the IRS
00:18:06.860 and just some of the other headlines
00:18:09.900 that we've seen recently.
00:18:11.940 We saw Matt Taibbi,
00:18:14.340 who was testifying before Congress.
00:18:17.120 All of a sudden,
00:18:17.800 he gets bothered
00:18:18.720 the same exact day
00:18:20.220 with IRS coming knocking.
00:18:24.080 You can go back
00:18:25.060 to Lois Lerner,
00:18:26.380 harassing conservatives,
00:18:28.120 Christians,
00:18:29.100 pro,
00:18:29.540 our anti-abortion groups,
00:18:31.340 Tea Party groups.
00:18:32.280 We've seen that there.
00:18:34.060 But you had,
00:18:34.700 I mean,
00:18:34.880 this recently one was,
00:18:36.260 I think,
00:18:36.480 even more shocking
00:18:37.300 was the fact
00:18:37.840 that the IRS
00:18:38.360 was visiting a journalist's home
00:18:39.920 the same days before Congress,
00:18:42.260 and that just screams
00:18:43.820 abuse of power
00:18:44.760 and weaponizing of the IRS.
00:18:46.740 And now they want more,
00:18:48.680 30,000 more employees
00:18:50.580 that could easily be used
00:18:52.040 to do this
00:18:52.620 to many other good Americans.
00:18:55.060 Look,
00:18:55.580 the good news is
00:18:56.340 they're not very good at this.
00:18:57.740 They're so clottish.
00:18:58.960 They're so obvious.
00:19:00.020 When they target
00:19:00.840 their political opponents,
00:19:02.020 they do so in a way
00:19:03.840 that is obvious.
00:19:04.960 Matt Taibbi
00:19:05.920 is actually a left-leaning
00:19:07.880 liberal journalist
00:19:09.020 who believes in free speech.
00:19:13.100 He made a mistake.
00:19:13.320 He made a flawed mistake, right?
00:19:15.180 He actually did some journalism.
00:19:17.320 He has told the truth,
00:19:19.940 and in particular,
00:19:20.880 he has courageously reported
00:19:22.480 on the Twitter files
00:19:24.100 and on big tech,
00:19:25.540 getting in bed
00:19:26.220 with the government,
00:19:27.040 engaging in censorship.
00:19:28.820 And I got to say,
00:19:29.440 Taibbi has been,
00:19:30.440 I think,
00:19:31.260 a little bit astonished.
00:19:32.160 I've met him only once.
00:19:33.280 I met him on the day
00:19:33.960 of his testimony.
00:19:35.200 I don't know him personally.
00:19:37.440 But I suspect
00:19:38.340 that going into this,
00:19:40.020 I mean,
00:19:40.240 he was a man of the left.
00:19:41.500 I suspect he had
00:19:43.560 some real skepticism
00:19:44.600 towards conservatives
00:19:45.460 and assumed Democrats
00:19:47.840 would be more welcoming
00:19:49.220 of journalism
00:19:49.900 and free speech.
00:19:50.900 I got to say,
00:19:52.460 I think those assumptions
00:19:53.760 were severely disabused.
00:19:55.620 The Democrats in the House
00:19:57.340 before whom he testified
00:19:58.400 attacked him relentlessly
00:20:00.400 because he dared speak
00:20:02.360 about big tech censorship
00:20:03.580 and big tech doing it
00:20:05.820 at the behest of government.
00:20:07.840 The Biden White House,
00:20:09.700 the FBI,
00:20:11.040 the CIA,
00:20:11.800 the Department of Justice.
00:20:13.340 But the IRS
00:20:14.600 steps in under Biden
00:20:16.040 and shamelessly
00:20:18.300 they send IRS employees
00:20:20.680 to his home
00:20:21.900 literally the same day
00:20:24.560 he's testifying
00:20:25.440 in front of Congress.
00:20:26.420 You know,
00:20:26.600 if they'd waited a week,
00:20:27.600 it wouldn't have seemed
00:20:28.280 that obvious.
00:20:29.540 But these guys are bad
00:20:30.720 at their jobs.
00:20:32.040 They're so obvious
00:20:33.280 that they come in
00:20:34.720 and just beat on the door
00:20:36.120 as he's testifying.
00:20:37.680 And by the way,
00:20:38.560 I'll note,
00:20:40.000 all right,
00:20:40.700 let me ask you a question,
00:20:41.920 a fairly amazing question.
00:20:43.580 Sure.
00:20:43.940 In the year 2022,
00:20:46.040 what percentage
00:20:48.300 of IRS employees
00:20:49.660 do you think
00:20:50.320 physically set foot
00:20:51.640 in the office
00:20:52.220 in the entire year 2022?
00:20:56.960 The scary part is
00:20:58.500 I'm going to go
00:20:59.200 with like 30%
00:21:00.120 only because I know
00:21:01.000 the quality of government work
00:21:02.540 and I know
00:21:03.040 what they were able
00:21:03.720 to get away with
00:21:04.400 in the name of COVID.
00:21:06.580 Well,
00:21:07.000 I'll say this.
00:21:08.060 You may be even
00:21:09.280 slightly more pessimistic
00:21:10.940 than the IRS
00:21:11.860 should be.
00:21:14.720 So,
00:21:15.200 the then
00:21:17.080 head of the IRS,
00:21:18.740 Charles Rettig,
00:21:19.680 told Congress
00:21:20.420 in 2022
00:21:21.240 that 53%
00:21:24.020 of IRS employees
00:21:25.340 never set foot
00:21:27.380 into an office.
00:21:28.660 So,
00:21:29.100 doing some math,
00:21:30.180 presumably,
00:21:30.820 that means 47%
00:21:32.260 did set foot
00:21:34.120 in an office.
00:21:34.680 It's not clear
00:21:35.240 they were there
00:21:35.760 a day or two
00:21:36.520 or what they were there.
00:21:37.940 And I got to tell you,
00:21:39.100 when the Democrats
00:21:40.540 were ramming
00:21:41.200 this terrible legislation
00:21:42.400 through the
00:21:43.260 misnamed
00:21:44.560 Inflation Reduction Act,
00:21:47.300 my colleague,
00:21:48.100 Susan Collins,
00:21:49.160 senator from Maine,
00:21:50.280 a Republican,
00:21:51.020 but a very liberal Republican,
00:21:52.780 she had an amendment
00:21:53.580 that I thought
00:21:54.080 was a terrific amendment
00:21:55.120 that said,
00:21:56.360 before you can spend
00:21:57.360 the $80 billion
00:21:58.060 in new funds,
00:21:59.240 the IRS needs
00:22:00.060 to do a public accounting
00:22:01.280 of how many
00:22:02.300 of its employees
00:22:03.400 are actually
00:22:04.020 showing up at work.
00:22:05.060 We voted on it.
00:22:07.940 It was a straight
00:22:08.540 party line vote.
00:22:09.420 The Democrats all said,
00:22:10.480 nope,
00:22:11.140 nope,
00:22:11.440 we don't expect
00:22:12.040 government employees
00:22:12.760 to show up to work.
00:22:13.920 Not a problem.
00:22:15.540 They don't have to come.
00:22:19.260 It's incredible
00:22:20.120 because the job is
00:22:21.400 you're supposed to
00:22:22.100 have to go to work,
00:22:22.920 right?
00:22:23.580 There's zero accountability
00:22:24.720 if you're getting
00:22:25.440 to phone it in.
00:22:27.840 Look,
00:22:28.220 that's exactly right.
00:22:29.560 And so,
00:22:30.980 you know,
00:22:32.280 and by the way,
00:22:34.240 this,
00:22:34.720 the 87,000
00:22:37.400 new IRS employees,
00:22:39.120 which is doubling
00:22:40.400 the size
00:22:41.280 of the agency,
00:22:42.980 it's designed,
00:22:44.040 among other things,
00:22:44.780 to put cash
00:22:45.840 directly in the pockets
00:22:48.220 of Democrats
00:22:51.360 in Congress.
00:22:52.160 In the past decade,
00:22:53.200 the IRS union
00:22:54.100 has given
00:22:55.540 $601,759
00:22:58.240 in PAC funding
00:23:00.360 to Democrat
00:23:01.020 party committees.
00:23:02.500 Wow.
00:23:03.100 In 2022,
00:23:04.720 what percentage
00:23:06.220 of the PAC funding
00:23:07.260 from the IRS
00:23:08.000 employee unions
00:23:08.940 do you think
00:23:09.480 went to Democrats?
00:23:10.780 I would say
00:23:11.520 75 plus percent
00:23:12.800 easy.
00:23:14.880 100%.
00:23:15.360 Really?
00:23:16.600 They're not even
00:23:17.780 trying to hide
00:23:18.400 how biased they are.
00:23:19.540 They're not even
00:23:19.880 trying to act like,
00:23:20.600 oh,
00:23:20.760 we'll give a little
00:23:21.240 bit over a year.
00:23:22.840 100%.
00:23:23.600 They couldn't find
00:23:24.960 one wobbly
00:23:27.120 Republican.
00:23:28.040 They couldn't find
00:23:28.680 100%
00:23:30.200 of PAC funding
00:23:31.900 to Democrats
00:23:32.660 in the 2022 cycle.
00:23:34.760 100% of its PAC funding
00:23:36.160 went to Democrats.
00:23:37.300 And so,
00:23:38.740 when Democrats
00:23:39.660 dump
00:23:40.080 $80 billion
00:23:40.780 in new cash
00:23:41.680 into the IRS,
00:23:43.460 magic upon magic,
00:23:45.760 hundreds of thousands
00:23:46.840 of that dollars,
00:23:47.780 if not millions
00:23:48.500 of those dollars,
00:23:49.440 come right back
00:23:50.540 in campaign checks,
00:23:52.040 which may explain
00:23:53.040 why Democrat senators
00:23:54.720 don't care at all
00:23:55.800 if the IRS employees
00:23:56.900 show up at work
00:23:57.680 or not.
00:23:58.500 The only good thing is,
00:24:00.500 if they're not at work,
00:24:02.640 maybe they'll be
00:24:03.540 less effective
00:24:04.380 in harassing
00:24:05.580 citizens
00:24:06.620 and small businesses.
00:24:07.680 But be clear,
00:24:09.240 their objective
00:24:10.060 is to harass
00:24:10.840 and target
00:24:11.740 and attack
00:24:12.380 you
00:24:13.260 if you are perceived
00:24:15.140 to be a political
00:24:16.140 enemy of this regime.
00:24:18.140 Incredible.
00:24:18.800 And the scary part is,
00:24:20.120 they're like you said,
00:24:21.020 they're just trying
00:24:21.720 to explode
00:24:22.520 the size
00:24:23.380 of the IRS.
00:24:24.740 And I think it's
00:24:25.360 pretty clear
00:24:25.840 to weaponize it
00:24:26.800 and make sure
00:24:27.440 they can keep
00:24:28.120 hardworking Americans
00:24:29.120 down in the process.
00:24:31.040 And they don't have
00:24:31.600 to go to the office
00:24:32.240 to do it,
00:24:32.880 which is also
00:24:33.580 a scary idea as well.
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00:25:48.740 Senator,
00:25:49.580 I want to get to
00:25:50.360 something else
00:25:51.160 also here
00:25:52.100 that's interesting
00:25:53.060 and let's talk about
00:25:55.360 the Southern
00:25:57.200 Poverty Law Center.
00:25:58.740 You had an op-ed
00:26:00.780 this week
00:26:01.440 calling them out
00:26:03.320 and the double standard
00:26:06.000 of their self-serving nature
00:26:07.880 and it comes down
00:26:09.940 to really
00:26:10.680 two of their lawyers
00:26:11.740 one of them
00:26:13.000 that had actual
00:26:14.400 criminal past issues
00:26:16.680 and yet the
00:26:17.800 Southern Poverty Law Center
00:26:19.280 has done nothing
00:26:20.320 to rein in
00:26:21.220 their own
00:26:22.140 out-of-control
00:26:23.020 individuals
00:26:23.640 within their organization.
00:26:26.060 So the Southern
00:26:27.100 Poverty Law Center
00:26:28.100 is a radical
00:26:29.720 left-wing organization.
00:26:32.480 It is
00:26:34.000 virulently
00:26:35.260 hateful
00:26:36.480 and
00:26:38.060 it is
00:26:39.100 hard,
00:26:40.020 hard left.
00:26:40.820 Now you might say
00:26:41.460 oh come on
00:26:42.000 those adjectives
00:26:43.620 are strong.
00:26:44.380 What are they
00:26:44.780 like Antifa terrorist
00:26:45.960 or something?
00:26:47.300 Well
00:26:47.620 as it so happens
00:26:48.940 a lawyer
00:26:50.860 who works
00:26:52.280 at the
00:26:52.560 Southern Poverty Law Center
00:26:54.020 his name is
00:26:54.720 Thomas Webb
00:26:55.620 Juergens
00:26:56.360 was recently
00:26:58.340 charged
00:26:59.240 for being
00:27:00.680 an Antifa
00:27:01.380 terrorist
00:27:01.960 and for his
00:27:03.720 direct involvement
00:27:04.940 in a violent
00:27:06.420 riot
00:27:06.880 against the
00:27:08.060 police
00:27:08.580 in Atlanta,
00:27:09.320 Georgia.
00:27:09.980 Now
00:27:10.700 all right
00:27:11.840 you're ostensibly
00:27:13.120 a legal organization
00:27:14.220 one of your lawyers
00:27:15.200 gets charged
00:27:16.060 with being
00:27:16.760 a terrorist
00:27:17.700 you would think
00:27:19.600 at a minimum
00:27:20.040 you'd back away
00:27:20.940 and say
00:27:21.260 well okay
00:27:21.980 we're not
00:27:22.500 actually
00:27:23.260 a terrorist
00:27:23.800 organization
00:27:24.540 nope
00:27:24.940 SPLC
00:27:26.380 said
00:27:26.760 great
00:27:27.120 we stand
00:27:27.760 by our
00:27:28.200 lawyer
00:27:28.520 and I'm
00:27:29.840 going to
00:27:30.040 commend them
00:27:30.520 for one
00:27:30.940 thing
00:27:31.280 truth in
00:27:32.500 advertising
00:27:33.100 they're admitting
00:27:34.660 what it is
00:27:35.440 they believe
00:27:36.100 and in fact
00:27:38.060 within hours
00:27:38.860 of Juergens
00:27:39.420 arrest
00:27:39.920 the SPLC
00:27:42.220 released a
00:27:43.200 statement
00:27:43.560 and
00:27:44.840 it didn't
00:27:46.100 condemn
00:27:46.540 the violence
00:27:47.160 against the
00:27:47.660 police officers
00:27:48.380 that took
00:27:48.780 place
00:27:49.160 instead
00:27:49.720 it denounced
00:27:51.140 Juergens'
00:27:51.980 arrest
00:27:52.640 as quote
00:27:54.420 and I'm
00:27:54.720 quoting him
00:27:55.120 here
00:27:55.340 part of
00:27:56.860 ongoing
00:27:57.580 state
00:27:58.260 repression
00:27:59.080 and violence
00:28:00.620 and urged
00:28:02.040 not that
00:28:02.840 the violence
00:28:03.340 against police
00:28:03.920 officers end
00:28:04.700 but instead
00:28:05.840 a de-escalation
00:28:06.820 of violence
00:28:07.340 against black
00:28:07.880 brown and
00:28:08.300 indigenous
00:28:08.660 communities
00:28:09.300 that's who
00:28:13.860 they are
00:28:14.400 now who
00:28:14.820 have they
00:28:15.100 been in
00:28:15.440 the past
00:28:16.040 in the past
00:28:17.700 so they put
00:28:18.460 out every
00:28:18.980 year
00:28:19.440 a hate
00:28:22.180 list
00:28:22.640 where they
00:28:23.000 identify
00:28:23.640 hate
00:28:24.240 groups
00:28:24.620 and by
00:28:25.320 hate
00:28:25.560 groups
00:28:25.920 they mean
00:28:26.440 you
00:28:26.860 they mean
00:28:27.520 conservatives
00:28:28.100 they mean
00:28:28.700 Christians
00:28:29.360 that they
00:28:30.200 mean any
00:28:30.800 people of
00:28:31.420 faith
00:28:31.800 that take
00:28:33.200 their faith
00:28:33.720 seriously
00:28:34.160 so among
00:28:34.660 others
00:28:35.020 that they
00:28:36.420 listed
00:28:36.960 the family
00:28:38.260 research
00:28:38.820 council
00:28:39.280 as a
00:28:39.720 hate
00:28:39.960 group
00:28:40.320 and by
00:28:40.740 the way
00:28:41.160 an angry
00:28:42.420 violent
00:28:42.980 leftist
00:28:43.560 took
00:28:43.960 the southern
00:28:44.900 poverty
00:28:45.380 legal center's
00:28:46.900 list of
00:28:47.300 hate
00:28:47.480 groups
00:28:47.800 and went
00:28:48.460 as a
00:28:49.220 gunman
00:28:49.660 an open
00:28:50.260 fire
00:28:50.900 trying to
00:28:51.580 murder
00:28:51.940 people
00:28:52.440 at the
00:28:52.920 family
00:28:53.160 research
00:28:53.600 council
00:28:54.040 and
00:28:54.320 heroically
00:28:55.360 a security
00:28:56.000 guard
00:28:56.560 risked his
00:28:59.400 life and
00:28:59.980 stopped that
00:29:00.780 violent attack
00:29:01.620 that's who
00:29:02.120 the SPLC
00:29:02.880 is
00:29:03.360 now let me
00:29:04.440 tell you the
00:29:04.780 most amazing
00:29:05.340 thing
00:29:05.680 you know
00:29:06.380 who they
00:29:06.620 also are
00:29:07.300 a source
00:29:10.020 for the
00:29:10.780 Biden
00:29:11.040 administration
00:29:11.640 for federal
00:29:12.400 appellate
00:29:12.800 judges
00:29:13.120 and in
00:29:13.520 particular
00:29:14.020 Joe
00:29:15.160 Biden
00:29:15.560 has
00:29:15.820 nominated
00:29:16.340 Nancy
00:29:17.100 Abudu
00:29:17.860 who is
00:29:19.640 the
00:29:19.840 director
00:29:20.360 for
00:29:20.680 strategic
00:29:21.240 litigation
00:29:21.960 for the
00:29:22.840 SPLC
00:29:23.520 to be
00:29:24.740 a federal
00:29:25.380 court of
00:29:25.840 appeals
00:29:26.200 judge
00:29:26.680 for the
00:29:27.400 US
00:29:27.680 court of
00:29:28.060 appeals
00:29:28.380 for the
00:29:28.700 11th
00:29:29.100 circuit
00:29:29.360 now I
00:29:30.040 gotta say
00:29:30.500 this is
00:29:31.040 amazing
00:29:31.680 when they
00:29:32.120 are selecting
00:29:32.960 as their
00:29:33.960 nominees to
00:29:34.700 be federal
00:29:35.160 appellate
00:29:35.580 judges
00:29:36.060 senior
00:29:37.820 leaders
00:29:38.340 from
00:29:39.040 radical
00:29:40.060 racist
00:29:41.360 hateful
00:29:42.420 groups
00:29:43.000 that
00:29:43.720 embrace
00:29:44.500 antifa
00:29:45.300 terrorism
00:29:46.180 and
00:29:47.720 I can
00:29:48.520 tell you
00:29:49.040 in the
00:29:49.300 Senate
00:29:49.500 Judiciary
00:29:50.040 Committee
00:29:50.440 when
00:29:50.820 Abudu
00:29:51.360 was
00:29:51.700 before
00:29:52.420 our
00:29:52.700 committee
00:29:52.980 I
00:29:53.200 questioned
00:29:53.700 her
00:29:53.940 about
00:29:54.240 this
00:29:54.540 she
00:29:55.340 refused
00:29:56.120 to
00:29:56.660 disclaim
00:29:59.120 to denounce
00:29:59.980 to distance
00:30:00.680 herself
00:30:01.200 in any
00:30:01.800 way
00:30:02.080 whatsoever
00:30:02.600 with
00:30:03.820 the
00:30:04.080 shameful
00:30:04.760 and
00:30:05.180 disgraceful
00:30:06.000 record
00:30:06.460 the
00:30:07.620 Senate
00:30:07.980 is
00:30:08.280 expected
00:30:08.760 fairly
00:30:09.140 soon
00:30:09.600 to
00:30:09.880 vote
00:30:10.420 on
00:30:10.800 Nancy
00:30:11.500 Abudu's
00:30:12.300 confirmation
00:30:13.340 and I
00:30:13.920 very much
00:30:14.560 hope
00:30:14.880 that we
00:30:15.880 don't
00:30:16.220 put
00:30:16.560 left-wing
00:30:17.580 partisan
00:30:18.480 radicals
00:30:19.220 on the
00:30:19.460 federal
00:30:19.640 court
00:30:19.860 of
00:30:19.980 appeals
00:30:20.260 what
00:30:21.080 are
00:30:21.500 your
00:30:21.720 gut
00:30:22.860 instincts
00:30:23.440 on
00:30:23.700 this
00:30:23.880 are
00:30:24.100 there
00:30:24.300 enough
00:30:24.940 Democrats
00:30:26.200 that you
00:30:26.940 serve
00:30:27.400 with
00:30:27.680 that
00:30:27.860 maybe
00:30:28.160 are
00:30:28.320 moderate
00:30:28.760 or
00:30:29.880 just
00:30:30.280 see
00:30:30.600 this
00:30:30.940 as
00:30:31.140 not
00:30:31.440 the
00:30:31.660 right
00:30:31.940 job
00:30:32.300 to
00:30:32.460 put
00:30:32.600 a
00:30:32.800 radical
00:30:33.220 activist
00:30:33.820 on
00:30:34.160 these
00:30:35.600 you
00:30:36.220 know
00:30:36.400 real
00:30:37.540 not
00:30:39.000 just
00:30:39.320 positions
00:30:39.960 but
00:30:40.280 they
00:30:40.460 have
00:30:40.620 real
00:30:40.900 consequences
00:30:41.820 these
00:30:42.120 positions
00:30:42.640 they're
00:30:42.900 putting
00:30:43.140 them
00:30:43.340 in
00:30:43.600 for
00:30:44.360 everyday
00:30:45.060 Americans
00:30:45.700 who
00:30:46.280 may
00:30:46.520 have
00:30:46.800 to
00:30:47.000 see
00:30:47.340 themselves
00:30:47.940 or
00:30:48.200 a
00:30:48.380 case
00:30:48.660 that
00:30:48.820 involves
00:30:49.260 them
00:30:49.460 go
00:30:49.680 before
00:30:50.120 one
00:30:50.940 of
00:30:51.060 these
00:30:51.240 judges
00:30:51.660 well
00:30:53.280 if
00:30:53.720 past
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00:30:55.980 no
00:30:56.260 Joe
00:30:57.660 Biden
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00:30:58.220 been
00:30:58.380 president
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00:30:59.360 years
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00:31:00.520 and
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00:31:00.900 years
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00:31:02.580 time
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00:31:03.660 know
00:31:03.860 how
00:31:04.100 many
00:31:04.300 Democrats
00:31:06.400 voted
00:31:06.780 against
00:31:06.800 any
00:31:08.200 Biden
00:31:08.900 judge
00:31:09.340 I'm
00:31:10.000 going
00:31:10.060 to
00:31:10.120 go
00:31:10.240 with
00:31:10.400 one
00:31:10.720 to
00:31:10.940 zero
00:31:11.380 one
00:31:13.380 was
00:31:13.620 high
00:31:13.900 wow
00:31:15.340 the
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00:31:16.820 zero
00:31:17.160 not
00:31:17.980 a
00:31:18.160 single
00:31:18.420 Democrat
00:31:18.860 has
00:31:19.420 voted
00:31:19.680 against
00:31:20.040 a
00:31:20.240 single
00:31:20.700 Biden
00:31:21.100 judge
00:31:21.460 in
00:31:21.580 the
00:31:21.700 Senate
00:31:21.880 Judiciary
00:31:22.400 Committee
00:31:22.820 they
00:31:23.500 rubber
00:31:23.880 stamp
00:31:24.420 every
00:31:25.320 left-wing
00:31:26.000 radical
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00:31:26.920 after
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00:31:29.300 getting
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00:31:32.000 point
00:31:32.220 they
00:31:32.440 feel
00:31:32.960 like
00:31:33.160 they
00:31:33.320 no
00:31:34.360 longer
00:31:34.640 have
00:31:34.900 to
00:31:35.020 have
00:31:35.340 a
00:31:35.860 solid
00:31:36.340 resume
00:31:36.880 with
00:31:37.400 understanding
00:31:38.300 of the
00:31:38.680 law
00:31:38.900 and the
00:31:39.160 Constitution
00:31:39.600 it's
00:31:40.140 just
00:31:40.340 put a
00:31:40.760 fundamentalist
00:31:41.440 on there
00:31:41.900 we don't
00:31:42.600 care if
00:31:42.860 they're
00:31:43.000 socialists
00:31:43.580 in fact
00:31:43.880 we want
00:31:44.400 them to
00:31:44.740 be
00:31:44.900 extreme
00:31:45.400 yes
00:31:47.020 now look
00:31:47.580 we've
00:31:47.840 talked
00:31:48.100 in this
00:31:48.420 podcast
00:31:48.820 about
00:31:49.300 how
00:31:49.520 in the
00:31:49.740 Senate
00:31:49.920 Commerce
00:31:50.340 Committee
00:31:50.720 in the
00:31:51.860 past
00:31:52.160 two
00:31:52.420 months
00:31:52.780 I
00:31:53.040 led
00:31:53.300 the
00:31:53.480 effort
00:31:53.760 and
00:31:53.940 successfully
00:31:54.500 defeated
00:31:55.000 two
00:31:55.480 Biden
00:31:55.920 nominees
00:31:56.460 number
00:31:56.960 one
00:31:57.580 Gigi
00:31:58.200 Sohn
00:31:58.560 to the
00:31:58.800 Federal
00:31:58.960 Communications
00:31:59.500 Commission
00:32:00.020 and number
00:32:00.400 two
00:32:00.680 Phil
00:32:00.920 Washington
00:32:01.440 to the
00:32:02.480 FAA
00:32:03.360 both of
00:32:04.820 those
00:32:05.100 we were
00:32:05.420 able to
00:32:05.740 pick
00:32:05.900 Democrats
00:32:06.440 off
00:32:06.700 now
00:32:06.840 the
00:32:06.980 Commerce
00:32:07.280 Committee
00:32:07.580 is a
00:32:07.860 very
00:32:08.020 different
00:32:08.340 committee
00:32:08.640 the
00:32:08.820 Judiciary
00:32:09.260 Committee
00:32:09.620 sadly
00:32:10.180 is
00:32:12.340 very
00:32:13.200 partisan
00:32:13.840 and the
00:32:14.500 Democrats
00:32:15.040 there
00:32:15.400 have
00:32:15.640 rubber
00:32:16.120 stamped
00:32:16.660 look
00:32:17.300 we
00:32:18.360 had
00:32:18.620 a
00:32:18.840 judge
00:32:19.380 who
00:32:19.640 hadn't
00:32:19.860 yet
00:32:20.060 been
00:32:20.280 voted
00:32:20.520 out
00:32:20.700 of
00:32:20.820 committee
00:32:21.140 who
00:32:22.140 didn't
00:32:22.740 know
00:32:23.060 what
00:32:23.340 article
00:32:23.800 two
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00:32:25.980 two
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00:32:27.100 what
00:32:27.380 establishes
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00:32:28.860 United
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00:32:29.660 executive
00:32:30.080 branch
00:32:30.600 and this
00:32:31.320 judicial
00:32:31.760 nominee
00:32:32.140 said
00:32:32.480 I
00:32:32.980 don't
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00:32:33.880 that
00:32:34.080 that
00:32:35.400 is
00:32:35.640 someone
00:32:36.160 who
00:32:36.460 is
00:32:36.700 patently
00:32:37.460 unqualified
00:32:38.380 to be
00:32:38.940 to be
00:32:39.360 a
00:32:39.520 judge
00:32:39.800 we
00:32:39.960 have
00:32:40.120 another
00:32:40.380 judicial
00:32:40.800 nominee
00:32:41.240 who
00:32:41.780 Chuck
00:32:42.040 Schumer
00:32:42.340 put
00:32:42.640 forward
00:32:43.120 to be
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00:32:43.980 district
00:32:44.240 judge
00:32:44.580 in
00:32:44.740 New
00:32:44.880 York
00:32:45.160 who
00:32:45.380 wrote
00:32:45.960 how
00:32:46.300 he
00:32:46.460 is
00:32:46.640 motivated
00:32:47.180 every
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00:32:48.760 hatred
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00:32:49.720 conservatives
00:32:50.260 he
00:32:50.540 wakes
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00:32:51.100 in
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00:32:51.340 morning
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00:32:53.600 conservatives
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00:32:55.380 someone
00:32:55.780 who
00:32:55.980 should
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00:32:56.540 federal
00:32:56.780 judge
00:32:57.180 and
00:32:57.620 so
00:32:57.780 I'm
00:32:58.020 leading
00:32:58.260 the
00:32:58.440 fight
00:32:58.640 against
00:32:58.960 these
00:32:59.200 nominees
00:32:59.580 but
00:32:59.820 I
00:32:59.920 gotta
00:33:00.060 tell
00:33:00.300 you
00:33:00.400 I
00:33:00.520 talk
00:33:00.840 privately
00:33:01.900 with
00:33:02.120 my
00:33:02.300 Democrat
00:33:02.680 colleagues
00:33:03.240 and
00:33:03.400 I
00:33:03.540 ask
00:33:03.820 them
00:33:03.960 I
00:33:04.060 say
00:33:04.180 look
00:33:04.380 why
00:33:04.760 is
00:33:12.040 the
00:33:12.180 Constitution
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00:33:12.960 a
00:33:13.520 first
00:33:13.820 year
00:33:14.000 law
00:33:14.300 student
00:33:14.580 if
00:33:14.740 you
00:33:14.840 didn't
00:33:15.040 know
00:33:15.240 that
00:33:15.440 you
00:33:15.580 would
00:33:15.720 flunk
00:33:16.000 constitutional
00:33:16.580 law
00:33:16.980 maybe
00:33:17.880 a
00:33:18.120 federal
00:33:18.360 judge
00:33:18.740 should
00:33:19.020 know
00:33:19.360 enough
00:33:19.920 to
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00:33:21.180 law
00:33:21.440 or
00:33:23.460 a
00:33:24.140 radical
00:33:24.540 from
00:33:24.820 the
00:33:24.960 SPLC
00:33:25.620 an
00:33:26.040 organization
00:33:26.500 that
00:33:27.080 has
00:33:27.280 been
00:33:27.460 extreme
00:33:28.120 that
00:33:28.500 has
00:33:28.760 is
00:33:29.420 right
00:33:29.820 now
00:33:30.260 embracing
00:33:31.000 Antifa
00:33:31.480 terrorism
00:33:32.140 when
00:33:34.340 I
00:33:34.540 asked
00:33:34.880 Democrats
00:33:35.360 I
00:33:35.540 said
00:33:35.700 look
00:33:36.040 under
00:33:37.460 the
00:33:37.660 Constitution
00:33:38.220 the
00:33:38.620 Senate
00:33:38.860 has
00:33:39.140 a
00:33:39.320 role
00:33:39.700 of
00:33:40.340 advising
00:33:40.880 and
00:33:41.120 consent
00:33:41.540 that
00:33:41.960 means
00:33:42.360 you
00:33:42.540 can
00:33:42.700 say
00:33:42.940 no
00:33:43.260 and
00:33:43.440 to
00:33:43.600 be
00:33:43.740 clear
00:33:44.080 when
00:33:45.260 Donald
00:33:45.660 Trump
00:33:45.980 was
00:33:46.200 president
00:33:46.640 we
00:33:48.220 confirmed
00:33:48.620 a lot
00:33:48.980 of
00:33:49.120 fantastic
00:33:49.660 judges
00:33:50.060 and
00:33:50.280 I
00:33:50.420 led
00:33:50.660 the
00:33:50.820 fight
00:33:51.020 to
00:33:51.160 confirm
00:33:51.440 many
00:33:51.740 of
00:33:51.920 them
00:33:52.120 but
00:33:53.080 there
00:33:53.300 were
00:33:53.480 some
00:33:53.800 nominees
00:33:54.240 that
00:33:54.560 were
00:33:54.700 not
00:33:54.900 great
00:33:55.180 nominees
00:33:55.560 that
00:33:55.840 had
00:33:56.000 problems
00:33:56.480 and
00:33:56.660 I
00:33:56.800 can
00:33:56.940 tell
00:33:57.240 you
00:33:57.520 that
00:33:58.200 I
00:33:58.600 and
00:33:58.740 others
00:33:59.000 on
00:33:59.220 judiciary
00:33:59.660 pressed
00:34:00.460 back
00:34:00.860 against
00:34:01.180 the
00:34:01.360 Trump
00:34:01.600 White
00:34:01.860 House
00:34:02.040 now
00:34:02.280 we
00:34:03.840 usually
00:34:04.340 didn't
00:34:04.780 do
00:34:05.000 so
00:34:05.280 publicly
00:34:05.780 and
00:34:05.960 I've
00:34:06.120 told
00:34:06.320 Democrats
00:34:11.540 Trump
00:34:11.800 was
00:34:11.960 president
00:34:12.320 I'd
00:34:12.660 pick
00:34:12.800 up
00:34:12.940 the
00:34:13.100 phone
00:34:13.300 Mike
00:34:13.600 Lee
00:34:13.780 would
00:34:13.960 pick
00:34:14.140 up
00:34:14.280 the
00:34:14.420 phone
00:34:14.660 we'd
00:34:15.200 call
00:34:15.480 the
00:34:15.660 Trump
00:34:15.920 White
00:34:16.180 House
00:34:16.380 and
00:34:16.520 we'd
00:34:16.700 say
00:34:16.860 look
00:34:17.140 this
00:34:17.940 nominee
00:34:18.340 is
00:34:19.160 not
00:34:19.400 up
00:34:19.580 to
00:34:19.720 stuff
00:34:20.100 and
00:34:20.900 almost
00:34:21.380 without
00:34:21.720 exception
00:34:22.220 the
00:34:22.460 White
00:34:22.620 House
00:34:22.820 would
00:34:23.000 pull
00:34:23.220 the
00:34:23.380 nominee
00:34:23.700 that's
00:34:24.840 the
00:34:24.980 way
00:34:25.140 to
00:34:25.300 do
00:34:25.560 it
00:34:25.720 and
00:34:25.880 at
00:34:26.040 least
00:34:26.280 so
00:34:26.560 far
00:34:27.020 no
00:34:27.860 Democrats
00:34:28.700 have
00:34:29.800 had
00:34:30.080 the
00:34:30.260 chutzpah
00:34:30.920 to
00:34:31.720 stand up
00:34:32.540 and do
00:34:32.760 that
00:34:33.020 yeah
00:34:33.760 it is
00:34:34.200 sad
00:34:34.500 to see
00:34:34.880 but also
00:34:35.340 it's
00:34:35.600 like
00:34:35.780 they
00:34:35.900 just
00:34:36.120 say
00:34:36.340 we
00:34:36.520 don't
00:34:36.680 even
00:34:36.860 care
00:34:37.180 just
00:34:37.380 give
00:34:37.560 me
00:34:37.640 an
00:34:37.780 activist
00:34:38.100 on
00:34:38.400 there
00:34:38.540 that's
00:34:38.840 now
00:34:39.020 what
00:34:39.200 our
00:34:39.340 job
00:34:39.700 is
00:34:39.940 it's
00:34:40.520 no
00:34:40.700 longer
00:34:41.040 about
00:34:41.260 what
00:34:41.460 they
00:34:41.620 know
00:34:41.820 or
00:34:41.940 what
00:34:42.100 they
00:34:42.240 don't
00:34:42.460 know
00:34:42.580 they'll
00:34:42.780 figure
00:34:43.020 that
00:34:43.260 part
00:34:43.500 out
00:34:43.680 later
00:34:43.940 as long
00:34:44.320 as
00:34:44.480 they're
00:34:44.580 an
00:34:44.700 activist
00:34:45.120 and
00:34:45.300 they pledge
00:34:45.640 allegiance
00:34:46.000 to
00:34:46.240 radical
00:34:46.660 ideology
00:34:47.240 they're
00:34:48.000 good
00:34:48.340 enough
00:34:48.620 for
00:34:48.840 me
00:34:49.080 I
00:34:49.480 want
00:34:49.600 to
00:34:49.700 tell
00:34:49.860 everybody
00:34:50.080 real
00:34:50.260 quick
00:34:50.440 about
00:34:50.620 Patriot
00:34:51.100 Mobile
00:34:51.360 if
00:34:51.580 you're
00:34:51.740 a
00:34:51.860 conservative
00:35:05.340 phone
00:35:05.500 or
00:35:05.640 through
00:35:05.900 a
00:35:06.100 cell
00:35:06.320 phone
00:35:06.760 and
00:35:06.900 your
00:35:07.020 speakers
00:35:07.400 in
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00:35:07.680 car
00:35:08.020 how
00:35:08.740 would
00:35:08.920 you
00:35:09.020 like
00:35:09.200 to
00:35:09.340 know
00:35:09.580 that
00:35:09.780 every
00:35:09.960 time
00:35:10.200 you
00:35:10.320 use
00:35:10.500 your
00:35:10.620 cell
00:35:10.860 phone
00:35:11.060 every
00:35:11.640 time
00:35:11.940 you
00:35:12.060 make
00:35:12.200 a
00:35:12.320 phone
00:35:12.500 call
00:35:12.720 every
00:35:13.040 time
00:35:13.220 you
00:35:13.340 send
00:35:13.480 a
00:35:13.620 text
00:35:13.900 and
00:35:14.380 every
00:35:14.560 time
00:35:14.760 you
00:35:14.880 pay
00:35:15.040 that
00:35:15.240 bill
00:35:15.500 you're
00:35:16.340 actually
00:35:16.860 making
00:35:17.280 a
00:35:17.460 difference
00:35:17.780 setting up
00:35:18.120 for the
00:35:18.420 values
00:35:18.840 you
00:35:19.020 believe
00:35:19.280 in
00:35:19.480 that's
00:35:20.340 what
00:35:20.500 Patriot
00:35:21.020 Mobile
00:35:21.240 does
00:35:21.720 they
00:35:22.360 take
00:35:22.620 a
00:35:22.800 portion
00:35:23.180 of
00:35:23.400 your
00:35:23.520 bill
00:35:23.740 every
00:35:24.000 month
00:35:24.300 give
00:35:24.720 it
00:35:24.880 back
00:35:25.440 to
00:35:25.720 conservative
00:35:26.280 causes
00:35:26.840 and
00:35:27.520 organizations
00:35:28.320 that stand
00:35:29.260 up for
00:35:29.540 first
00:35:29.960 amendment
00:35:30.220 rights
00:35:30.680 or
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00:35:31.300 amendment
00:35:31.560 rights
00:35:31.980 the
00:35:32.400 rights
00:35:32.800 of
00:35:32.940 unborn
00:35:33.260 children
00:35:33.680 even
00:35:34.440 helping
00:35:34.920 with
00:35:35.160 adoptions
00:35:35.820 in the
00:35:36.220 post
00:35:36.700 Roe v
00:35:37.080 Wade
00:35:37.320 world
00:35:37.680 that
00:35:37.860 we're
00:35:38.020 in
00:35:38.180 right
00:35:38.420 now
00:35:38.740 if
00:35:39.400 you
00:35:39.840 want
00:35:40.340 to
00:35:40.640 have
00:35:41.000 your
00:35:41.240 dollars
00:35:41.740 aligned
00:35:42.640 with
00:35:43.280 what
00:35:43.560 you
00:35:43.720 believe
00:35:44.040 in
00:35:44.300 make
00:35:44.900 the
00:35:45.080 switch
00:35:45.320 Patriot
00:35:45.800 Mobile
00:35:46.020 all
00:35:46.320 you
00:35:46.440 gotta
00:35:46.560 do
00:35:46.720 is
00:35:46.860 call
00:35:47.140 them
00:35:47.380 you
00:35:48.000 get
00:35:48.160 to
00:35:48.260 keep
00:35:48.440 your
00:35:48.580 same
00:35:48.960 cell
00:35:49.260 phone
00:35:49.460 number
00:35:49.720 if
00:35:49.860 you
00:35:54.720 usually
00:35:55.000 they
00:35:55.200 can
00:35:55.380 actually
00:35:55.680 save
00:35:56.220 you
00:35:56.400 money
00:35:56.620 over
00:35:56.840 what
00:35:57.040 you're
00:35:57.180 paying
00:35:57.440 right
00:35:57.680 now
00:35:58.020 878
00:35:59.140 Patriot
00:35:59.740 is
00:36:00.040 the
00:36:00.180 number
00:36:00.480 878
00:36:02.140 Patriot
00:36:02.780 878
00:36:03.900 Patriot
00:36:04.440 or
00:36:04.640 online
00:36:04.980 at
00:36:05.200 Patriot
00:36:05.880 Mobile
00:36:06.180 dot
00:36:07.100 com
00:36:07.720 slash
00:36:08.220 verdict
00:36:08.680 that's
00:36:09.280 Patriot
00:36:09.820 Mobile
00:36:10.120 dot
00:36:10.880 com
00:36:11.320 slash
00:36:11.880 verdict
00:36:12.360 lastly
00:36:13.120 Senator
00:36:13.440 I do
00:36:13.720 want
00:36:13.860 to
00:36:13.940 get
00:36:14.100 your
00:36:14.340 reaction
00:36:14.920 to
00:36:15.480 something
00:36:16.100 else
00:36:16.380 that's
00:36:16.560 been
00:36:16.700 interesting
00:36:17.060 and that
00:36:17.400 is
00:36:17.640 we've
00:36:18.400 seen
00:36:18.840 oil
00:36:19.420 and gas
00:36:20.060 prices
00:36:20.660 going
00:36:21.380 up
00:36:21.840 we've
00:36:22.940 seen
00:36:23.180 OPEC
00:36:23.760 quietly
00:36:24.260 announced
00:36:24.680 they're
00:36:24.860 going
00:36:24.960 to
00:36:25.520 really
00:36:26.460 reduce
00:36:27.100 their
00:36:27.340 daily
00:36:27.860 production
00:36:28.720 of
00:36:28.980 oil
00:36:29.320 we
00:36:30.100 have
00:36:30.260 also
00:36:30.600 seen
00:36:31.000 Democrats
00:36:31.660 celebrating
00:36:32.320 this
00:36:32.660 saying
00:36:33.080 that
00:36:33.380 look
00:36:33.820 the
00:36:34.240 higher
00:36:34.660 the
00:36:34.860 oil
00:36:35.080 prices
00:36:35.480 go
00:36:35.960 it
00:36:36.560 benefits
00:36:37.320 Biden's
00:36:37.940 green
00:36:38.480 agenda
00:36:39.080 you
00:36:39.760 combine
00:36:40.520 this
00:36:40.880 now
00:36:41.380 with
00:36:42.260 some
00:36:42.600 of the
00:36:42.860 data
00:36:43.140 that's
00:36:43.420 been
00:36:43.600 coming
00:36:43.940 out
00:36:44.280 and
00:36:45.180 on
00:36:46.260 the
00:36:46.540 price
00:36:46.940 of
00:36:47.100 electric
00:36:47.460 vehicles
00:36:48.040 that are
00:36:48.500 going
00:36:48.860 up
00:36:49.460 this
00:36:50.760 with
00:36:50.980 Biden's
00:36:51.640 EPA
00:36:52.040 administrator
00:36:52.720 Michael
00:36:53.200 Reagan
00:36:53.500 announcing
00:36:54.220 new
00:36:54.620 tailpipe
00:36:55.300 emission
00:36:55.780 standards
00:36:56.320 here's
00:36:57.080 what he
00:36:57.340 had to
00:36:57.640 say
00:36:57.980 and this
00:36:58.420 was very
00:36:58.780 quiet
00:36:59.320 take a
00:36:59.740 listen
00:36:59.980 this
00:37:00.260 week
00:37:00.540 that's
00:37:01.880 why today
00:37:02.420 I'm
00:37:03.000 pleased
00:37:03.420 to announce
00:37:04.040 that EPA
00:37:04.940 is proposing
00:37:05.560 the strongest
00:37:06.380 ever
00:37:06.920 federal
00:37:07.860 pollution
00:37:08.420 technology
00:37:09.100 standards
00:37:09.620 for both
00:37:10.440 cars
00:37:10.920 and trucks
00:37:11.660 together
00:37:19.380 together
00:37:19.420 today's
00:37:20.080 actions
00:37:20.440 will
00:37:20.640 accelerate
00:37:21.100 our
00:37:21.420 ongoing
00:37:21.840 transition
00:37:22.480 to a
00:37:23.220 clean
00:37:23.520 vehicles
00:37:23.940 future
00:37:24.340 tackle
00:37:25.360 the
00:37:25.660 climate
00:37:25.940 crisis
00:37:26.440 head
00:37:26.880 on
00:37:27.120 and
00:37:27.680 improve
00:37:28.080 air
00:37:28.340 quality
00:37:28.680 for
00:37:28.960 communities
00:37:29.440 all
00:37:30.020 across
00:37:30.280 the
00:37:30.440 country
00:37:30.740 now
00:37:31.640 senator
00:37:32.020 that
00:37:32.340 sounds
00:37:32.660 great
00:37:32.980 finding
00:37:33.280 dandy
00:37:33.620 but if
00:37:34.040 you
00:37:34.200 really
00:37:34.680 want to
00:37:35.360 put a
00:37:36.140 real
00:37:36.360 headline
00:37:36.720 to
00:37:36.920 this
00:37:37.260 what
00:37:38.040 what
00:37:38.340 the EPA
00:37:39.260 administrator
00:37:39.760 is announcing
00:37:40.460 is he's
00:37:41.640 forcing dealers
00:37:42.580 and shoppers
00:37:43.820 to mostly
00:37:44.980 either drive
00:37:46.120 or to sell
00:37:46.940 electric vehicles
00:37:47.840 with technology
00:37:49.020 by the way
00:37:49.440 that's sourced
00:37:49.940 from China
00:37:50.580 helping them
00:37:51.320 become even
00:37:51.880 more powerful
00:37:53.340 this is going
00:37:54.540 to skyrocket
00:37:55.520 the cost of
00:37:56.180 electric vehicles
00:37:56.880 for the average
00:37:57.420 American as well
00:37:58.280 well it is a
00:38:00.900 radical position
00:38:01.980 it is following
00:38:03.040 the position
00:38:03.660 Gavin Newsom
00:38:04.520 has taken
00:38:05.080 in California
00:38:06.220 and Gavin Newsom
00:38:07.200 really foreshadows
00:38:08.280 all of the
00:38:08.940 extreme radical
00:38:09.840 policies coming
00:38:10.740 from the
00:38:11.080 Biden administration
00:38:12.020 this hurts
00:38:13.240 consumers
00:38:13.820 this will drive
00:38:15.160 up costs
00:38:15.720 this will drive
00:38:16.380 up inflation
00:38:17.000 this will hurt
00:38:17.740 jobs in the
00:38:18.560 auto industry
00:38:19.220 in particular
00:38:19.940 this will
00:38:21.180 increase
00:38:22.460 child labor
00:38:23.520 and misery
00:38:24.260 globally
00:38:24.860 and this will
00:38:26.060 benefit
00:38:26.600 many hostile
00:38:28.040 countries
00:38:28.580 including
00:38:29.040 in particular
00:38:29.700 China
00:38:30.200 now let me
00:38:31.460 back through
00:38:32.000 each of those
00:38:32.740 and walk
00:38:33.380 through it
00:38:33.860 so California
00:38:35.760 has announced
00:38:37.380 a mandate
00:38:37.900 that by 2035
00:38:39.120 all new cars
00:38:40.300 sold in the
00:38:40.880 state must be
00:38:41.600 electric
00:38:42.020 that no
00:38:42.860 no internal
00:38:45.300 combustion engines
00:38:46.340 and new cars
00:38:47.100 can be sold
00:38:47.960 starting in 2035
00:38:50.160 now what does
00:38:52.560 that mean
00:38:53.040 well among other
00:38:53.980 things it means
00:38:54.920 new cars sold
00:38:55.800 in California
00:38:56.460 must have
00:38:57.400 at least
00:38:58.300 two and a
00:38:59.040 half times
00:38:59.880 as much
00:39:00.400 copper
00:39:01.020 in them
00:39:02.180 as conventional
00:39:02.800 cars
00:39:03.360 now what
00:39:04.820 does having
00:39:05.460 two and a
00:39:05.880 half times
00:39:06.360 as much
00:39:06.780 copper
00:39:07.220 mean
00:39:07.620 well
00:39:07.980 copper
00:39:08.900 is something
00:39:09.620 where
00:39:10.080 in order
00:39:11.300 to meet
00:39:12.280 the demands
00:39:13.720 of the
00:39:13.980 green new
00:39:14.440 deal
00:39:14.760 for quote
00:39:15.300 net zero
00:39:16.180 globally
00:39:17.520 we're going
00:39:18.240 to need
00:39:18.600 to double
00:39:19.340 the need
00:39:19.860 for copper
00:39:20.420 by the mid
00:39:20.960 2030
00:39:21.440 so
00:39:22.000 copper
00:39:23.260 consumption
00:39:23.860 doubling
00:39:24.480 now where
00:39:26.040 do you
00:39:26.280 find
00:39:26.580 copper
00:39:26.960 if you
00:39:28.820 look at
00:39:29.360 crude
00:39:30.100 oil
00:39:30.620 40%
00:39:32.360 of world
00:39:33.100 crude oil
00:39:33.860 supplies
00:39:34.420 are found
00:39:34.920 in three
00:39:35.320 countries
00:39:35.820 the United
00:39:36.900 States
00:39:37.440 Saudi Arabia
00:39:38.960 and Russia
00:39:40.000 now that's a good
00:39:40.820 thing because we're
00:39:41.540 one of the three
00:39:42.260 and and under
00:39:43.560 Trump we became
00:39:44.380 the number one
00:39:44.960 producer worldwide
00:39:46.240 of both oil
00:39:47.000 and natural gas
00:39:47.860 well how about
00:39:49.260 copper
00:39:49.660 well just two
00:39:51.240 countries mine
00:39:52.620 about 40%
00:39:53.660 of the world's
00:39:54.280 copper supplies
00:39:55.140 Peru
00:39:56.120 where the
00:39:57.360 government right
00:39:58.040 now is in
00:39:58.700 utter disarray
00:39:59.740 and the president
00:40:00.320 was just impeached
00:40:01.440 and arrested
00:40:02.020 and Chile
00:40:03.680 whose government
00:40:06.440 likewise is
00:40:07.800 being pulled
00:40:08.700 powerfully
00:40:09.560 left
00:40:10.020 now
00:40:10.940 that dynamic
00:40:13.100 is is
00:40:13.720 problematic
00:40:14.200 but let's put
00:40:15.240 on top of
00:40:16.000 that
00:40:16.340 the reality
00:40:18.520 that that
00:40:19.500 other
00:40:21.180 rare earth
00:40:22.600 minerals
00:40:23.040 are also
00:40:24.020 critical in
00:40:24.960 electric cars
00:40:25.700 cobalt
00:40:26.360 which is
00:40:27.500 an essential
00:40:28.540 element for
00:40:29.360 electric vehicle
00:40:30.160 batteries
00:40:30.680 comes in
00:40:32.480 very significant
00:40:33.500 parts
00:40:33.840 70% of the
00:40:35.080 cobalt
00:40:35.560 produced on
00:40:36.120 planet earth
00:40:36.680 comes from
00:40:37.100 one place
00:40:37.680 the Democratic
00:40:39.540 Republic of
00:40:40.320 Congo
00:40:40.780 where
00:40:42.100 massive
00:40:43.480 mining
00:40:43.880 operations
00:40:44.540 exist
00:40:45.160 along with
00:40:46.040 small
00:40:46.780 hand dug
00:40:48.400 mines
00:40:48.940 literally
00:40:49.360 dug by
00:40:50.100 hand
00:40:50.660 where they
00:40:51.280 have both
00:40:51.800 adults
00:40:52.360 and children
00:40:53.900 working side
00:40:54.860 by side
00:40:55.500 now how
00:40:56.460 how about
00:40:57.500 the China
00:40:57.980 piece
00:40:58.400 well about
00:40:59.600 60% of the
00:41:01.160 world's
00:41:01.700 lithium
00:41:02.120 also critical
00:41:02.960 to electric
00:41:03.520 batteries
00:41:03.960 is processed
00:41:05.620 in China
00:41:06.720 about 47%
00:41:09.040 of the copper
00:41:09.740 worldwide
00:41:10.480 is smelted
00:41:11.960 in China
00:41:13.000 how much
00:41:13.380 how much
00:41:13.800 copper do you
00:41:14.440 think the
00:41:14.860 U.S.
00:41:15.180 processes
00:41:15.800 worldwide
00:41:16.840 I would bet
00:41:18.460 it's under
00:41:18.800 5% only
00:41:19.740 just because
00:41:20.440 we've done
00:41:20.980 everything we
00:41:21.400 can to
00:41:21.640 shut down
00:41:22.100 manufacturing
00:41:22.760 in America
00:41:23.320 well you're
00:41:24.340 exactly right
00:41:25.040 this time
00:41:25.480 it's 4%
00:41:26.340 we used to
00:41:27.560 have more
00:41:28.020 than a dozen
00:41:28.660 copper
00:41:29.120 smelters
00:41:29.640 now we
00:41:30.080 have two
00:41:30.660 and so
00:41:32.320 the impact
00:41:33.780 of this
00:41:34.460 is enriching
00:41:36.320 China
00:41:36.740 is benefiting
00:41:39.040 child labor
00:41:41.940 is driving
00:41:43.580 up costs
00:41:44.540 and and
00:41:45.640 what the
00:41:46.080 Biden
00:41:46.380 administration
00:41:46.920 now has
00:41:47.740 done
00:41:48.060 is it
00:41:49.700 has announced
00:41:50.340 a mandate
00:41:51.200 that
00:41:52.560 two-thirds
00:41:55.200 of all
00:41:57.180 new vehicles
00:41:58.120 and a
00:41:58.540 quarter
00:41:58.880 of heavy
00:41:59.500 trucks
00:42:00.020 sold in
00:42:00.680 the U.S.
00:42:01.260 have to be
00:42:01.760 electric
00:42:02.220 by 2032
00:42:04.340 this is
00:42:05.960 going to
00:42:06.240 drive up
00:42:06.780 your costs
00:42:07.340 and by
00:42:07.740 the way
00:42:08.200 if you're
00:42:10.760 skeptical
00:42:11.360 you know
00:42:11.940 if you
00:42:12.860 believe
00:42:13.460 the
00:42:14.980 democrat
00:42:15.600 and media
00:42:16.080 talking point
00:42:16.920 that these
00:42:17.780 green new
00:42:18.260 deal jobs
00:42:18.920 are going to
00:42:19.180 be great
00:42:19.740 for car
00:42:20.300 companies
00:42:20.840 let me
00:42:22.280 read you
00:42:23.040 from an
00:42:24.100 analyst
00:42:24.760 note
00:42:25.380 on GM
00:42:26.700 and I'm
00:42:28.220 just going to
00:42:28.600 read it
00:42:28.860 this is an
00:42:29.260 analyst that
00:42:29.880 that is
00:42:30.340 analyzing
00:42:31.000 GM
00:42:31.540 General Motors
00:42:32.660 for people
00:42:33.180 investing
00:42:33.680 we are
00:42:35.440 initiating
00:42:35.980 on General
00:42:36.840 Motors
00:42:37.220 a neutral
00:42:37.820 rating
00:42:38.260 because
00:42:40.240 the above
00:42:42.820 position
00:42:43.520 GM
00:42:44.640 well for
00:42:45.500 the next
00:42:45.840 decade of
00:42:46.340 EVs
00:42:46.860 but a
00:42:47.200 transition
00:42:47.800 from a
00:42:48.580 profitable
00:42:49.340 98%
00:42:52.120 internal
00:42:52.500 combustion
00:42:53.220 engine
00:42:53.680 portfolio
00:42:54.320 to an
00:42:55.720 EV
00:42:56.020 portfolio
00:42:56.840 negative
00:42:57.580 15 to
00:42:59.160 30%
00:42:59.920 gross
00:43:00.340 margin
00:43:00.920 poses
00:43:03.160 significant
00:43:04.060 challenges
00:43:04.640 and I'm
00:43:06.680 just going
00:43:07.020 to read
00:43:07.480 you
00:43:07.800 a tweet
00:43:09.500 from Brian
00:43:10.580 Sullivan
00:43:11.020 on CNBC
00:43:11.860 I'm going
00:43:12.120 to just
00:43:12.300 read you
00:43:12.560 the tweet
00:43:12.960 analyst note
00:43:14.600 on GM
00:43:15.220 going from
00:43:16.740 98%
00:43:17.780 profitable
00:43:18.300 car sales
00:43:19.120 to negative
00:43:20.360 margins
00:43:20.900 on EVs
00:43:21.840 does that
00:43:22.940 sound
00:43:23.500 sustainable
00:43:24.760 hello
00:43:26.100 $100,000
00:43:27.560 pickups
00:43:28.500 this
00:43:29.920 is the
00:43:31.040 Joe Biden
00:43:31.680 green new
00:43:32.320 deal
00:43:32.620 drive up
00:43:33.180 your costs
00:43:34.020 and make
00:43:34.840 it unaffordable
00:43:35.680 for you to
00:43:36.320 provide for
00:43:36.820 your family
00:43:37.320 yeah
00:43:37.880 it's also
00:43:38.360 why this
00:43:38.900 next election
00:43:39.520 coming up
00:43:40.040 is going
00:43:40.300 to be so
00:43:40.740 important
00:43:41.200 because this
00:43:41.960 is their
00:43:42.380 game plan
00:43:43.000 and they
00:43:43.280 don't care
00:43:43.700 how much
00:43:44.120 it hurts
00:43:44.460 you
00:43:44.800 how much
00:43:45.600 it hurts
00:43:45.940 your family
00:43:46.600 how much
00:43:47.380 it hurts
00:43:47.700 the future
00:43:48.120 of this
00:43:48.340 country
00:43:48.660 how much
00:43:49.100 it enriches
00:43:49.720 as you
00:43:50.120 mentioned
00:43:50.380 over and
00:43:50.740 over again
00:43:51.100 China
00:43:51.540 and weakens
00:43:52.900 America
00:43:53.480 because with a
00:43:54.800 weak America
00:43:55.600 in my words
00:43:56.960 not yours
00:43:57.760 these Democrats
00:43:59.060 that are really
00:44:00.400 I think
00:44:01.120 communists
00:44:01.780 they know
00:44:03.280 that they
00:44:03.820 gain more
00:44:04.640 power
00:44:05.100 through doing
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