Verdict with Ted Cruz - Bonus： Daily Review with Clay and Buck - Oct 2 2025

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00:00:41.520 Welcome in Thursday edition Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Show.

00:00:46.580 I hope all of you are having fantastic starts to your day so far.

00:00:51.980 Buck is still in Taiwan.

00:00:53.860 He interviewed the president of Taiwan today.

00:00:57.920 He'll play some of that for you on Monday when he is back stateside.

00:01:02.840 That picture is up.

00:01:04.300 He will be back with you on Monday.

00:01:07.480 I've got you for today and tomorrow solo.

00:01:10.860 We've got a lot to dive into.

00:01:13.400 Shutdown has hit day two.

00:01:16.200 I think many of you out there are relatively unimpacted

00:01:21.420 and also unimpressed with the battle that is currently underway,

00:01:26.580 the Schumer shutdown.

00:01:28.660 We'll dive into some of those details.

00:01:31.640 Stephen Miller from the White House was in Memphis, Tennessee,

00:01:35.240 as the federal government is flexing resources there

00:01:39.800 in a city that per capita has one of the highest murder rates in the country

00:01:44.780 to see what the impact can be there.

00:01:48.080 Trust in media per Gallup has hit another record low.

00:01:55.100 And early feedback option for you guys.

00:01:59.860 Who do you trust?

00:02:01.320 I think this is a fun debate, a fun discussion, debate maybe,

00:02:06.840 that we could have throughout the course of today's program.

00:02:10.180 I was looking at this poll from Gallup Media,

00:02:13.940 and it just came out,

00:02:16.200 and it's probably not a surprise that there is a massive decline in trust in media,

00:02:22.580 which has accelerated since COVID,

00:02:26.120 as many of you have become aware that you were lied to

00:02:29.500 and much of what you were told about COVID was untrue.

00:02:34.240 And as the Russia collusion hoax has continued,

00:02:38.020 Democrats were the last people to really be trusting media,

00:02:43.620 and even their trust in media has begun to collapse.

00:02:47.080 And the reason they trusted media was because media told them what they wanted to hear,

00:02:51.600 not because media was ever trustworthy.

00:02:54.300 And now they are starting to wonder,

00:02:56.500 wait a minute, why didn't we hear anything about Joe Biden's issues?

00:02:59.740 Why did they tell us that Donald Trump was going to lose the election

00:03:03.940 and Kamala Harris was a great candidate,

00:03:06.300 and then the results come in and it's different?

00:03:08.420 Only 28% have any trust in media at all.

00:03:13.120 And for those of you out there who wonder,

00:03:15.660 okay, what would that look like?

00:03:18.120 By the way, that is 28% of people have a great deal of trust in media

00:03:23.320 or a fair amount of trust in media.

00:03:26.760 As recently as 1980, that number was around 72% or 73%.

00:03:33.440 So in the space of two generations, roughly,

00:03:37.480 we have gone from substantial majorities trusting the media

00:03:41.300 to almost no one trusting the media.

00:03:45.000 And so a question for you guys.

00:03:46.120 I'm interested in your talkbacks.

00:03:48.280 Who do you trust?

00:03:49.980 I hope that you trust Buck and I to be honest with you.

00:03:53.660 Not always to tell you exactly what you want to hear.

00:03:56.620 But trust to me is different than,

00:04:00.460 hey, I agree with this person on a lot of their opinions.

00:04:05.960 Trust to me is, hey, I trust this guy or this gal

00:04:11.060 to be honest with me about what the numbers actually show

00:04:16.000 or what the facts are.

00:04:18.800 Who do you trust?

00:04:20.660 I'll give you some names later in the show.

00:04:23.600 I'm kind of thinking through in my head,

00:04:25.600 who would I say this is a person that I may or may not agree with,

00:04:30.020 but I think they have enough knowledge of the factual basis

00:04:33.640 underlying their opinions that I trust them not to lead me

00:04:37.700 completely astray with their analysis.

00:04:42.360 Again, it's different than whose opinions do you trust?

00:04:46.440 Because that's a function.

00:04:49.300 I always like to say, as an analogy,

00:04:52.640 you can agree with someone's opinion,

00:04:56.200 but if they tell you something as part of their factual analysis

00:05:00.820 of why they have the opinion they do,

00:05:03.760 you can agree with their conclusion,

00:05:05.580 but you should trust them less.

00:05:08.820 And I used to use a sports analogy all the time for this

00:05:11.940 because I think it makes sense.

00:05:13.520 If I told you Patrick Mahomes

00:05:16.320 is not going to win the Super Bowl this year,

00:05:20.060 sorry, Kansas City Chiefs fans,

00:05:22.520 you might nod along and say,

00:05:24.540 okay, Josh Allen, maybe he's going to win this year.

00:05:27.240 Maybe Lamar Jackson does.

00:05:29.000 There's a lot of different, Justin Herbert,

00:05:31.020 there's a lot of different guys out there in sports.

00:05:32.900 You could think, hey, maybe this quarterback's

00:05:34.780 going to win instead.

00:05:36.860 But if I told you Patrick Mahomes

00:05:39.300 is not going to win the Super Bowl

00:05:40.380 because he can't win the big game

00:05:42.140 and he's never won the Super Bowl before,

00:05:45.800 you could agree with my conclusion,

00:05:48.420 but you should trust me less.

00:05:50.420 Does that make sense?

00:05:51.280 Sports fans are more likely to do this,

00:05:53.720 I think, than, interestingly,

00:05:56.260 people involved in current events and politics are.

00:05:58.660 So, you can get to the same conclusion as someone,

00:06:02.940 but because you know that they're telling you something untrue,

00:06:06.260 Patrick Mahomes has actually won multiple Super Bowls,

00:06:09.380 so the evidence that I'm marshalling to tell you

00:06:12.040 why I don't think he's going to win the Super Bowl this year,

00:06:15.180 you might agree with my conclusion,

00:06:17.180 but you should trust me less

00:06:18.780 because you know that the information I'm citing

00:06:22.080 to justify my opinion is incorrect.

00:06:24.160 I think that's a good analogy

00:06:26.140 to kind of give you a sense on

00:06:27.720 trust versus conclusion.

00:06:30.060 There's lots of people out there

00:06:31.660 who I agree with on conclusions,

00:06:33.680 but when I hear their arguments,

00:06:35.420 I say,

00:06:36.140 boy, I don't know that I buy this at all.

00:06:39.840 And, hey, you've totally wrecked

00:06:42.800 the legitimacy of your argument

00:06:44.800 by getting so many of the factual foundations

00:06:48.440 that supposedly support your argument incorrect.

00:06:51.880 So, think about that a little bit.

00:06:53.600 I'm curious what names you would give me

00:06:56.540 that you trust in media

00:06:58.260 as media has tanked in terms of its trust

00:07:02.080 and is now at only 28%.

00:07:03.860 But, I wanted to go into the shutdown,

00:07:08.020 which I think is already starting to blow up

00:07:10.740 in Chuck Schumer's face

00:07:12.980 because, really, this isn't about the government

00:07:17.000 or how it's funded at all.

00:07:18.800 What you really should know is

00:07:21.080 what's going on here is

00:07:22.420 Chuck Schumer is terrified

00:07:24.340 of the left wing of his party.

00:07:27.160 And, even though he knows

00:07:28.040 this is a poor decision,

00:07:29.660 this is about him trying to cut off

00:07:32.900 some of the political support for AOC

00:07:35.700 who may well challenge him

00:07:37.740 in the Democrat primary

00:07:39.240 in the New York Senate race

00:07:40.720 and would end his career

00:07:43.040 if she decided to do that.

00:07:45.280 And, so, here is AOC on Tuesday

00:07:48.540 asked directly if she's the reason

00:07:52.240 that Chuck Schumer has finally decided

00:07:54.600 to shut down the government.

00:07:55.800 Here's cut nine.

00:07:56.580 There are some people I have seen

00:07:58.040 who have the following theory

00:07:59.840 of why Senate Democrats

00:08:02.180 have not cut a deal

00:08:03.440 where they give eight votes

00:08:04.440 and move along.

00:08:06.980 And, that is that Chuck Schumer

00:08:08.260 is worried about a primary challenge from you

00:08:11.320 and is worried about the politics

00:08:13.600 to his left flank.

00:08:14.740 And, so, because of that

00:08:15.760 worry about a primary challenge,

00:08:17.900 he's going to shut down the government.

00:08:19.260 Ergo, it is AOC's fault

00:08:20.900 that the government's shutting down

00:08:22.120 or that you're somehow

00:08:24.180 the kind of fulcrum of this.

00:08:25.800 And, I want to just ask you straight up,

00:08:27.260 like, are you planning

00:08:28.220 to primary challenge him?

00:08:29.520 Do you think that's why he's doing this?

00:08:31.240 I saw some senators speculating about this

00:08:33.680 and I saw some Republican members

00:08:35.500 of Congress saying,

00:08:36.820 oh, well, if we have this shutdown,

00:08:38.260 it's because of AOC.

00:08:39.560 Well, if that's the case,

00:08:41.120 my office is open

00:08:42.360 and you are free to walk in

00:08:43.820 and negotiate with me directly.

00:08:47.000 She's going to run. 0.68

00:08:48.780 This is the real story

00:08:50.420 of what's going on here.

00:08:52.360 AOC is going to run

00:08:53.900 for President of the United States

00:08:55.540 in 2028.

00:08:56.940 And, if that campaign

00:08:58.400 does not go well,

00:08:59.780 I think she's going to pivot 1.00

00:09:01.180 and become a senator

00:09:02.040 and knock Chuck Schumer

00:09:03.600 out of the Senate.

00:09:05.400 That's my prediction

00:09:06.300 for where we are headed.

00:09:07.460 AOC in March of 2027-ish

00:09:12.020 is going to announce

00:09:13.680 that she is running

00:09:14.680 for President of the United States.

00:09:17.280 We'll then have

00:09:18.440 the early primary dates

00:09:19.980 of January and February

00:09:21.400 of 2028.

00:09:23.320 I'm not sure

00:09:24.200 when the final date

00:09:25.820 is to register

00:09:27.020 if you want to primary someone

00:09:29.160 in the New York Senate.

00:09:31.580 But, if AOC were to not do well

00:09:35.420 in the 2028 presidential primary,

00:09:39.900 then I think she might pivot

00:09:41.020 and run for the Senate.

00:09:43.080 But, I believe Buck has already said,

00:09:45.540 Producer Ali,

00:09:46.140 you can correct me if I'm wrong,

00:09:47.140 I think I was out on this,

00:09:48.480 that his prediction is

00:09:49.600 that it's a Gavin Newsom

00:09:50.780 and AOC ticket

00:09:52.540 in 2028.

00:09:54.300 And, if he didn't say that,

00:09:56.760 because I wasn't on

00:09:57.600 when he was making his prediction,

00:09:58.720 I think I saw that

00:09:59.720 social media post

00:10:01.360 shared from our team,

00:10:02.620 that's what I think

00:10:03.540 is going to happen.

00:10:04.900 I think Gavin Newsom

00:10:06.180 right now,

00:10:06.780 if you ask me

00:10:07.420 who is going to be

00:10:07.960 the nominee in 2028,

00:10:10.000 I think it will be

00:10:10.620 Gavin Newsom.

00:10:11.580 And, I think he will pick

00:10:13.160 AOC as his running mate.

00:10:15.660 Now, I could be wrong.

00:10:17.020 And, AOC's time,

00:10:19.220 crazily enough,

00:10:20.640 could be now.

00:10:21.520 And, she could leap ahead

00:10:23.680 of Gavin Newsom.

00:10:26.120 I actually think

00:10:27.380 that there's no woman

00:10:28.400 that's going to be

00:10:29.140 the nominee

00:10:29.620 for 2028

00:10:30.780 for Democrats.

00:10:32.060 Because, I think

00:10:33.020 they've been scared off

00:10:34.240 a female nominee

00:10:35.840 at the top of their ticket

00:10:37.040 by what happened

00:10:38.220 to Hillary Clinton

00:10:39.000 and what happened

00:10:39.740 to Kamala Harris.

00:10:41.640 And, so,

00:10:42.340 I believe that they will

00:10:44.020 not be willing

00:10:45.520 to vote for a woman 0.65

00:10:46.440 at the top of the ticket,

00:10:47.520 but Gavin Newsom

00:10:48.320 will pick a young,

00:10:49.940 dynamic,

00:10:50.540 vice presidential candidate

00:10:52.920 in AOC.

00:10:54.960 And, I think that is

00:10:55.980 the favorite

00:10:56.680 for the ticket

00:10:58.320 right now.

00:10:59.500 Now, we still have

00:11:00.580 the midterms.

00:11:01.700 And, some of you out there

00:11:02.760 are going to say,

00:11:03.220 heck, we still got

00:11:03.800 the New York City primary,

00:11:05.360 New York City mayor's race,

00:11:06.820 and the governor's race

00:11:07.980 in Virginia,

00:11:09.480 and the governor's race

00:11:10.340 in New Jersey.

00:11:11.740 All of those still

00:11:12.780 are to come.

00:11:14.540 Those are all

00:11:15.300 in blue jurisdictions.

00:11:17.380 So, things can change.

00:11:18.920 And, as soon as we get

00:11:20.700 that election,

00:11:21.640 obviously, we're going

00:11:22.360 to run very quickly

00:11:23.320 into the midterms,

00:11:24.660 what's going to happen there,

00:11:25.800 primary season,

00:11:26.720 nominees, all of that.

00:11:28.840 But, I'm telling you,

00:11:30.040 by January of 2027,

00:11:33.100 maybe even before then,

00:11:34.360 but I don't think people

00:11:35.100 will want to announce

00:11:36.020 before the holidays,

00:11:37.660 by January of 2027,

00:11:40.060 the 2028 presidential election

00:11:42.260 will be in full sprint,

00:11:44.660 particularly on the Democrat side,

00:11:46.800 where everybody's going to enter

00:11:48.340 because it's an open,

00:11:50.680 uncontested primary.

00:11:52.640 Anyone could theoretically win.

00:11:54.980 If you're out there

00:11:55.960 and you're in your 50s or 60s,

00:11:57.920 this might be your last chance

00:11:59.320 to actually run

00:12:00.200 for president of the United States.

00:12:02.180 And so, my bet

00:12:03.640 is that AOC will be running,

00:12:06.020 that Gavin Newsom will be running,

00:12:07.420 and that will end up being

00:12:08.460 your president and vice president.

00:12:10.980 Now, Buck has predicted

00:12:11.860 that Joe Scarborough

00:12:12.840 is going to run

00:12:13.440 for president of the United States.

00:12:14.600 I know that,

00:12:15.200 and I don't think

00:12:15.660 that's a bad take

00:12:16.880 because I think there will be

00:12:18.400 many different people

00:12:19.660 who are going to run in 2028,

00:12:22.080 but ultimately,

00:12:23.320 I think this shutdown

00:12:24.700 is about Chuck Schumer

00:12:26.320 lacking power

00:12:27.420 over the left wing

00:12:29.100 and his party

00:12:29.820 being terrified of it,

00:12:32.080 and even though he believes

00:12:33.600 it's bad politically,

00:12:34.980 he is elected to do it

00:12:36.720 because otherwise,

00:12:38.280 I think he is aware

00:12:39.700 that his time in office

00:12:41.840 could be incredibly short

00:12:44.480 and his era

00:12:45.400 as the leader

00:12:46.240 of the Democrat Party

00:12:47.580 in the Senate

00:12:48.280 has effectively ended.

00:12:50.580 So, that is what I think

00:12:53.060 is the real story behind this.

00:12:55.140 Now, I also want to get into

00:12:56.660 some of the facts

00:12:57.320 behind the argument

00:12:58.900 about illegal immigrants

00:13:01.760 getting health care

00:13:02.680 and how this is involved,

00:13:04.660 and I will give you

00:13:06.560 a run-through of that,

00:13:07.680 but that is 100% happening.

00:13:09.920 And I want to talk with you

00:13:11.520 about the way

00:13:12.320 that they are discussing it

00:13:13.900 on the Democrat side

00:13:15.100 to hide the fact

00:13:16.660 that this is actually happening.

00:13:18.740 And look,

00:13:19.640 the reality is

00:13:20.580 this is Chuck Schumer's shutdown.

00:13:22.800 He bears 100%

00:13:24.240 of the responsibility

00:13:25.080 for the fact

00:13:25.940 that the government

00:13:26.460 is shut down.

00:13:27.380 And I don't think

00:13:27.880 this is going to be

00:13:28.340 a good result

00:13:29.140 for the Democrat Party,

00:13:30.640 but I'll tell you why

00:13:31.580 we'll continue to roll through

00:13:32.860 the Thursday edition

00:13:34.040 of the program,

00:13:34.560 and I'm curious,

00:13:35.740 that question that I asked

00:13:36.880 off the top,

00:13:37.680 you guys can give talkbacks,

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00:13:44.900 Who are the people

00:13:45.400 that you actually trust

00:13:46.540 as trust in legacy media

00:13:48.460 is hitting all-time lows

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00:15:59.200 Welcome back,

00:15:59.960 Clay Travis,

00:16:01.380 Buck Sexton Show.

00:16:03.000 You know,

00:16:03.840 I'm going to dive into

00:16:05.040 the illegal alien 0.93

00:16:06.300 health care benefits

00:16:07.740 here in a moment.

00:16:08.600 But first,

00:16:10.020 you know things aren't

00:16:10.860 going well for Chuck Schumer

00:16:12.300 when he's on the Senate floor

00:16:15.040 and the New York Times

00:16:16.980 had a huge poll

00:16:17.980 that said voters

00:16:19.800 will overwhelmingly

00:16:21.020 and correctly

00:16:22.380 blame Democrats

00:16:24.120 for shutting down

00:16:25.400 the government

00:16:25.940 because Democrats

00:16:27.140 are the ones

00:16:28.120 voting to shut down

00:16:29.500 government.

00:16:30.780 Chuck Schumer

00:16:31.220 doesn't believe it,

00:16:32.040 though.

00:16:32.720 He says

00:16:33.420 the New York Times poll

00:16:35.500 is biased against Democrats.

00:16:38.000 This is the argument

00:16:38.800 he's having to make.

00:16:39.660 Let's listen.

00:16:40.360 Now,

00:16:40.540 I know the leader

00:16:41.240 is going to show a poll

00:16:42.220 that says

00:16:42.780 that Democrats

00:16:44.600 will be blamed

00:16:45.500 for the shutdown.

00:16:46.140 There are many more polls

00:16:48.400 that show Republicans

00:16:49.400 are blamed.

00:16:50.100 The question in that poll

00:16:51.220 is biased.

00:16:52.500 Biased.

00:16:52.940 In the New York Times,

00:16:54.080 but it's biased.

00:16:54.900 If you turn the...

00:16:55.980 That's true.

00:17:02.080 I don't always believe

00:17:03.080 the New York Times.

00:17:04.220 You can be sure of that.

00:17:05.560 Neither do you.

00:17:07.300 So,

00:17:08.080 it's so bad

00:17:09.220 that Chuck Schumer

00:17:10.460 is having to resort

00:17:11.760 to saying

00:17:12.400 the New York Times

00:17:13.340 is biased

00:17:14.260 against Democrats

00:17:15.620 when it comes to

00:17:16.940 this situation

00:17:18.400 relating to

00:17:19.380 the shutdown.

00:17:20.500 But we got a couple of you,

00:17:22.140 several of you,

00:17:22.820 in fact,

00:17:23.180 lots of you.

00:17:24.220 Let me pull it up.

00:17:25.500 Asking the question

00:17:26.440 because there is

00:17:27.120 a lot of discussion

00:17:28.140 about

00:17:29.700 how exactly

00:17:31.220 is

00:17:31.980 this debate

00:17:33.760 now

00:17:34.440 over

00:17:35.140 whether or not

00:17:35.940 illegal immigrants

00:17:36.920 get healthcare.

00:17:38.000 In fact,

00:17:38.420 here is one

00:17:39.280 that synthesizes this

00:17:40.980 VIP email

00:17:42.080 from Ryan.

00:17:43.100 First off,

00:17:43.820 I absolutely

00:17:44.640 love you guys.

00:17:45.820 Good way to start.

00:17:47.380 Always like

00:17:48.000 when we get

00:17:48.260 a positive start

00:17:49.060 to the email.

00:17:50.280 That gets even better.

00:17:51.260 Thanks for being

00:17:51.880 the voice of reason

00:17:52.840 and speaking the truth.

00:17:53.960 I could go on and on

00:17:54.920 and get all mushy,

00:17:55.960 but you get the point.

00:17:57.080 America thanks you.

00:17:58.220 I love all this.

00:17:59.700 Question.

00:18:01.040 Is there actual

00:18:02.000 rhetoric

00:18:02.520 and documented text

00:18:03.980 in the Democrat

00:18:04.760 dirty CR

00:18:05.880 continuing resolution

00:18:07.800 there

00:18:08.100 that states

00:18:09.140 or proves

00:18:10.200 they are pushing

00:18:10.780 for illegals healthcare?

00:18:11.800 I cannot seem

00:18:12.640 to find it.

00:18:13.200 Any help

00:18:13.640 would be appreciated.

00:18:14.620 God bless

00:18:15.160 and stay the course.

00:18:16.300 Here's what they're doing

00:18:17.280 and this is why

00:18:18.480 you have to

00:18:19.260 dive into

00:18:20.240 the nitty gritty

00:18:21.740 and intricacy

00:18:22.720 of the language

00:18:23.640 which they are using.

00:18:25.720 Okay?

00:18:26.580 They are saying

00:18:27.900 the federal government

00:18:29.060 is not paying

00:18:30.320 for illegal

00:18:31.480 immigrant healthcare.

00:18:33.260 That is nowhere

00:18:34.380 in this bill

00:18:35.500 that is not occurring

00:18:36.620 at all.

00:18:37.700 Here's the reality.

00:18:38.940 The money goes

00:18:40.520 to the states.

00:18:42.220 So the federal government

00:18:43.880 cuts a big check

00:18:45.160 here's a billion dollars

00:18:47.540 and they send it

00:18:48.480 to California.

00:18:49.260 They send it

00:18:50.380 to Illinois.

00:18:51.320 They send it

00:18:52.120 to New York.

00:18:53.420 State government

00:18:54.300 officials there

00:18:55.420 then take those dollars

00:18:57.220 and allocate

00:18:58.420 many of them

00:19:00.360 to illegal

00:19:01.620 immigrant healthcare.

00:19:03.360 So the argument

00:19:04.520 that Chuck Schumer

00:19:05.320 is making is

00:19:06.100 oh the federal government

00:19:07.340 isn't doing that

00:19:08.140 at all.

00:19:08.620 but that's because

00:19:09.840 they are allocating

00:19:11.340 the resources

00:19:12.140 to the states

00:19:13.300 and then all these

00:19:14.540 blue states

00:19:15.440 take your taxpayer money

00:19:17.360 and they are using it

00:19:18.900 to fund illegal

00:19:19.880 immigrant healthcare.

00:19:20.960 And by the way

00:19:21.440 the other part of this

00:19:22.800 is this particular part

00:19:25.820 of the dollars

00:19:27.400 that are being

00:19:27.920 fought about

00:19:28.500 fought over

00:19:29.640 was directly related

00:19:31.520 to COVID.

00:19:33.080 And if you remember

00:19:34.500 and there were

00:19:35.200 relatively few of us

00:19:36.560 at the time

00:19:37.380 Buck was one of them

00:19:38.840 I was one of them

00:19:39.880 if you remember

00:19:41.220 when everybody said

00:19:43.360 oh we don't need

00:19:44.200 to work anymore

00:19:44.960 the government

00:19:45.480 will just give

00:19:46.060 everybody money

00:19:46.940 just go home

00:19:48.760 don't leave your house

00:19:50.600 don't even think

00:19:51.560 about going to the gym

00:19:52.740 don't you dare

00:19:54.100 go outside

00:19:54.940 and walk in a park

00:19:56.140 God forbid

00:19:57.060 you go to the beach

00:19:58.320 hey kids

00:19:59.960 we're taking the rims

00:20:01.000 off your basketball

00:20:01.940 hoops

00:20:02.560 hey we're taking

00:20:04.240 down nets

00:20:05.120 so you can't

00:20:05.840 go play tennis

00:20:06.840 I know everybody

00:20:08.120 wants to forget

00:20:09.100 all of this

00:20:09.880 but much of the

00:20:11.160 spending is

00:20:12.300 embedded from

00:20:13.480 COVID

00:20:14.080 so Democrats

00:20:16.580 and there were

00:20:17.840 a lot of Republicans

00:20:18.700 that went along

00:20:19.780 saw the crisis

00:20:21.220 of COVID

00:20:21.960 and they said

00:20:22.700 this is the best

00:20:23.760 opportunity we have

00:20:24.840 had in a long time

00:20:26.220 maybe for much

00:20:27.500 of our political

00:20:28.200 careers

00:20:28.780 to increase

00:20:30.300 federal spending

00:20:31.340 by a tremendously

00:20:33.380 huge amount

00:20:34.240 and we are going

00:20:36.360 to do that

00:20:37.120 we're going to

00:20:37.700 implement all these

00:20:38.840 gargantuan

00:20:39.720 cost increases

00:20:41.880 and it's going to

00:20:43.460 become very difficult

00:20:44.740 to ever dial them

00:20:45.860 back

00:20:46.200 and I think we're

00:20:47.560 not giving enough

00:20:48.240 credit to guys

00:20:49.000 like Senator Ron

00:20:49.920 Johnson

00:20:50.300 friend of this

00:20:50.900 program

00:20:51.240 we had him in

00:20:52.300 studio

00:20:52.580 when we were

00:20:52.940 in DC

00:20:53.940 just to explain

00:20:54.800 all this

00:20:55.240 the budget plan

00:20:58.140 that makes

00:20:58.600 the most

00:20:59.000 sense

00:20:59.380 is go back

00:21:00.500 to all the

00:21:01.040 pre-COVID

00:21:01.780 spending

00:21:02.260 and just

00:21:03.480 increase it

00:21:04.200 on a rate

00:21:04.760 of inflation

00:21:05.440 if we had

00:21:06.860 just done

00:21:07.700 that

00:21:08.140 we'd all

00:21:08.920 have a balanced

00:21:09.600 budget

00:21:10.080 right now

00:21:11.880 but Democrats

00:21:14.660 are smart

00:21:15.520 they recognize

00:21:16.960 that all their

00:21:18.080 allies in the

00:21:18.820 legacy media

00:21:19.480 that nobody

00:21:19.920 trusts anymore

00:21:20.600 they will

00:21:22.040 label this

00:21:22.860 a cut

00:21:23.540 anytime

00:21:25.320 you reduce

00:21:26.740 spending

00:21:27.440 they say

00:21:28.860 oh this

00:21:29.280 is a cut

00:21:29.800 you're cutting

00:21:30.360 child care

00:21:31.180 you're cutting

00:21:32.580 pregnant 0.80

00:21:33.040 pregnant women 0.99

00:21:33.740 are going to 1.00

00:21:34.180 die 0.80

00:21:34.560 that's immediately

00:21:36.460 what they say

00:21:37.640 and you go back

00:21:39.320 and you say

00:21:39.560 well that wasn't

00:21:40.580 happening before

00:21:41.380 2020

00:21:42.020 COVID's over

00:21:44.020 thankfully

00:21:44.660 everybody's like

00:21:45.820 yeah now

00:21:46.200 you might get

00:21:46.780 a sniffle

00:21:47.440 and you don't

00:21:47.800 know whether

00:21:48.140 it's a cold

00:21:48.700 you don't know

00:21:49.060 if it's the flu

00:21:49.720 you don't know

00:21:50.180 if it's COVID

00:21:50.760 I mean

00:21:53.920 I'm not

00:21:54.420 I'm not trying

00:21:55.000 to make light

00:21:55.560 of it

00:21:55.880 but that's

00:21:57.120 the reality

00:21:57.780 you get a

00:21:59.080 little bit

00:21:59.360 of a light

00:21:59.780 fever

00:22:00.180 you don't

00:22:01.060 feel great

00:22:01.800 who knows

00:22:02.820 what it is

00:22:03.520 might be

00:22:04.400 COVID

00:22:04.740 might be

00:22:05.420 any of the

00:22:05.820 other

00:22:06.160 innumerable

00:22:07.560 ways that

00:22:08.200 you could

00:22:08.500 have gotten

00:22:08.800 sick before

00:22:09.480 COVID

00:22:09.900 all we're

00:22:12.180 doing here

00:22:12.940 is saying

00:22:13.940 hey this

00:22:15.060 health care

00:22:15.880 spending

00:22:16.320 doesn't make

00:22:17.420 sense going

00:22:18.100 forward

00:22:18.740 much of it

00:22:20.180 that is going

00:22:20.800 to illegal

00:22:21.540 immigrant

00:22:22.340 health care

00:22:23.320 should certainly

00:22:24.180 not be

00:22:24.760 spent

00:22:25.200 but in

00:22:26.100 general

00:22:26.580 this is an

00:22:27.340 expense that

00:22:28.140 was directly

00:22:28.880 connected to

00:22:29.680 COVID

00:22:30.080 COVID is

00:22:31.040 over

00:22:31.360 finally

00:22:31.980 mercifully

00:22:32.680 why would

00:22:34.460 we embed

00:22:35.120 that cost

00:22:36.100 into the

00:22:37.540 overall federal

00:22:38.300 budget

00:22:38.760 Schumer's wrong

00:22:40.820 Democrats are

00:22:42.540 wrong on this

00:22:43.320 and Trump and

00:22:44.560 Republicans are

00:22:45.300 just saying hey

00:22:46.120 we funded the

00:22:47.060 government

00:22:47.440 we're not going

00:22:48.960 to continue to

00:22:49.780 fund this

00:22:50.460 we're not

00:22:51.400 going to bend

00:22:51.900 to your

00:22:52.480 will

00:22:52.920 let's keep

00:22:54.020 the government

00:22:54.440 open

00:22:54.820 Democrats said

00:22:55.520 no we're

00:22:55.960 going to shut

00:22:56.340 down the

00:22:56.680 government

00:22:57.000 and if you're

00:22:58.200 out there

00:22:58.560 and you're

00:22:58.760 saying okay

00:22:59.260 well hold

00:23:00.500 on a minute

00:23:00.940 Democrats

00:23:02.740 don't really

00:23:03.600 support illegal

00:23:04.860 immigrants getting 1.00

00:23:07.760 health care

00:23:08.460 here is a

00:23:09.580 flashback

00:23:10.220 you may remember

00:23:10.880 this I remember

00:23:11.420 watching this

00:23:12.040 debate and

00:23:12.500 thinking boy

00:23:12.960 these people 0.98

00:23:13.360 are crazy

00:23:13.920 on June 27

00:23:16.100 2019

00:23:16.820 in Miami

00:23:18.000 second Democrat

00:23:19.520 debate

00:23:20.000 every Democrat

00:23:21.560 raised their

00:23:22.420 hand when

00:23:23.440 asked if their

00:23:24.340 health care

00:23:24.840 plan would

00:23:25.560 cover illegal

00:23:26.920 immigrants

00:23:27.680 listen to this

00:23:28.680 just to take

00:23:29.220 you back in

00:23:29.840 time the

00:23:30.860 Democrats on

00:23:31.620 the stage at

00:23:32.300 that point in

00:23:32.860 time Joe

00:23:34.040 Biden Mayor

00:23:35.080 Pete Kamala

00:23:36.240 Harris Julian

00:23:37.520 Castro Amy

00:23:38.860 Klobuchar Bernie

00:23:40.220 Sanders Elizabeth

00:23:41.520 Warren Andrew

00:23:42.800 Yang Corey

00:23:43.920 Booker Beto

00:23:45.320 Beto Beto O'Rourke

00:23:47.480 everyone

00:23:48.340 applauds

00:23:50.020 inside of the

00:23:51.600 audience but

00:23:52.220 just a flashback

00:23:53.180 cut three

00:23:53.720 a lot of you

00:23:54.400 have been

00:23:54.680 talking tonight

00:23:55.420 about these

00:23:56.300 government health

00:23:57.200 care plans that

00:23:57.920 you proposed in

00:23:58.720 one form or

00:23:59.300 another this is a

00:24:00.360 show of hands

00:24:00.860 question and hold

00:24:01.940 them up for a

00:24:02.420 moment so people

00:24:03.400 can see raise

00:24:05.360 your hand if

00:24:05.880 government if

00:24:06.340 your government

00:24:06.780 plan would

00:24:07.480 provide coverage

00:24:08.260 for undocumented

00:24:09.060 immigrants

00:24:09.880 every hand went

00:24:16.660 up every single

00:24:19.460 hand went up

00:24:20.420 all of these

00:24:21.400 people all of

00:24:22.720 these Democrats

00:24:23.320 support this and

00:24:25.280 it's impossible to

00:24:26.400 argue otherwise

00:24:27.700 now this is I 0.57

00:24:32.220 want to hit one

00:24:33.060 more one more

00:24:34.220 hit here

00:24:35.200 Jasmine Crockett

00:24:37.900 I know I just I

00:24:41.180 can't believe that

00:24:42.000 this is real that

00:24:42.860 the Democrat

00:24:43.360 Party thinks that

00:24:44.920 she is somehow an

00:24:45.840 eloquent voice on

00:24:46.920 all of this

00:24:47.600 Jasmine Crockett

00:24:48.820 says the White 0.90

00:24:49.940 House's messaging

00:24:50.760 on shutdown is

00:24:52.740 illegal

00:24:53.580 cut 12

00:24:55.020 I think they're

00:24:55.580 being a lot more

00:24:56.460 illegal in their

00:24:57.460 messaging the first

00:24:59.120 thing that I wanted

00:24:59.840 to know was how

00:25:00.800 can this not be a

00:25:01.700 violation of the

00:25:02.340 Hatch Act in some

00:25:03.280 way right because

00:25:04.920 we are not allowed

00:25:06.060 to politic on

00:25:07.760 official sites

00:25:08.700 period right and

00:25:10.020 that's what they're

00:25:10.500 doing they literally

00:25:11.280 change official

00:25:12.240 government websites

00:25:13.500 to put out their

00:25:14.840 propaganda instead of

00:25:16.240 just saying we're

00:25:16.820 currently in a

00:25:17.460 shutdown you decided

00:25:18.720 to play partisan

00:25:19.440 politics on an

00:25:20.440 official website

00:25:21.320 yeah it's illegal

00:25:23.900 it's illegal to

00:25:25.580 point out that the

00:25:26.580 reason that the

00:25:27.380 government is shut

00:25:27.960 down is because

00:25:28.860 Democrats voted to

00:25:30.060 shut down the

00:25:31.040 government okay we're

00:25:32.720 gonna get to a bunch

00:25:33.260 of your talk backs

00:25:34.000 we've got one guest

00:25:34.880 today a friend of

00:25:36.240 mine met him just

00:25:37.120 getting to know him

00:25:37.860 but he is running for

00:25:39.300 governor in Michigan

00:25:40.460 and he is John

00:25:41.540 James current

00:25:42.200 congressman in

00:25:43.620 Washington DC met

00:25:44.780 him up at the

00:25:45.300 Mackinac Island event

00:25:46.820 he's gonna be on with

00:25:48.120 us at the bottom of

00:25:49.100 the next hour but

00:25:50.720 we've got a lot to

00:25:51.460 react to I also want

00:25:52.780 to hit Stephen Miller

00:25:54.000 in Memphis this dad

00:25:55.540 have you seen this

00:25:56.100 story Stephen Federico

00:25:57.420 what happened to his

00:25:59.060 daughter I think is

00:25:59.840 important because we

00:26:01.160 can't forget what

00:26:02.060 truly soft on crime

00:26:03.400 policies result result

00:26:05.640 in all of that

00:26:06.540 coming our way but

00:26:08.360 I want to tell you

00:26:08.960 right now legacy

00:26:10.220 box has got an

00:26:10.980 incredible offer for

00:26:12.300 all of you I went

00:26:14.580 down a few weeks

00:26:15.820 ago to Chattanooga

00:26:16.780 Tennessee my mom's

00:26:18.180 hometown I spent a

00:26:19.020 lot of time in

00:26:19.660 Chattanooga Tennessee

00:26:20.320 in fact if you want

00:26:21.660 to be entertained I

00:26:23.160 shared this we can

00:26:23.880 probably put it up on

00:26:24.820 clay and buck there's

00:26:26.340 a couple of private

00:26:27.520 schools down in

00:26:29.680 Chattanooga some of

00:26:30.820 you are going to be

00:26:31.240 familiar with them some

00:26:32.080 of you are not Baylor

00:26:34.100 school and Macaulay

00:26:35.320 school they are big

00:26:36.620 rivals private schools

00:26:38.140 they have elite high

00:26:39.860 school football teams

00:26:40.780 and they one of the

00:26:43.620 schools Macaulay put up

00:26:45.720 a video in advance of

00:26:47.660 their Friday night

00:26:48.480 football game that is

00:26:50.060 absolutely hysterical it 0.63

00:26:51.720 is a trash talk video

00:26:52.980 it is really funny music

00:26:55.060 video style props to the

00:26:57.640 kids that were involved

00:26:58.700 in that I bet that our

00:27:01.140 buddies at Legacy Box

00:27:02.400 have all heard all

00:27:03.760 about that game because

00:27:04.720 it's taken over Chattanooga

00:27:06.760 Tennessee as we get

00:27:08.240 ready for a big time

00:27:09.320 high school football

00:27:10.220 matchup down there but

00:27:11.760 what it represents to me

00:27:13.800 Chattanooga is what

00:27:15.240 these guys do so well

00:27:17.680 look they've built a

00:27:19.840 company that's just

00:27:20.720 about making you have

00:27:22.160 long-lasting relationship

00:27:23.840 with the friends and

00:27:24.800 family that matter most

00:27:25.960 to you how many of you

00:27:27.560 out there right now have

00:27:29.000 friends or family that

00:27:30.500 have the repository of

00:27:32.500 the family's history

00:27:33.900 somebody who does all

00:27:35.720 the genealogy someone

00:27:37.420 who has got all the

00:27:38.560 old photographs and

00:27:39.780 knows every great uncle

00:27:41.860 and great aunt and

00:27:43.160 everybody's connection

00:27:44.480 one big photo album one

00:27:48.160 big box of photos what

00:27:50.620 happens if that person

00:27:51.760 just has a fire in their

00:27:53.880 house what happens if that

00:27:55.920 person God forbid has a

00:27:58.560 tornado hit heck what

00:28:00.160 happens if that person

00:28:01.360 passes and there isn't

00:28:03.080 someone out there that

00:28:04.180 knows everything about

00:28:05.260 your family's history and

00:28:06.540 is able to point to the

00:28:07.540 photos and tell you all

00:28:09.040 about them heck what

00:28:09.760 happens if those photos

00:28:10.680 just vanish as

00:28:12.280 oftentimes happens in the

00:28:13.780 years the decades how

00:28:14.960 many times have you sat

00:28:16.280 around and thought man I

00:28:17.060 wish I could have see

00:28:17.740 grandma had this great

00:28:19.220 photo book man remember

00:28:21.000 that Christmas vacation

00:28:22.800 that we took in 1988 the

00:28:24.860 dad had the photo the

00:28:26.400 VHS tapes and was

00:28:27.740 walking around with the

00:28:28.540 camcorder remember those

00:28:29.940 old slides remember those

00:28:31.060 eight millimeter film

00:28:32.000 reels boy I'd really like

00:28:33.120 to be able to share those

00:28:34.000 with my kids or grandkids

00:28:35.180 now show them what the

00:28:36.440 family's been through have

00:28:38.000 you done it why would you

00:28:39.600 not right now if you go to

00:28:41.400 legacybox.com use my name

00:28:42.940 clay get 50% off this is

00:28:44.800 about preserving your

00:28:45.760 family's history I walked

00:28:47.080 through this facility that

00:28:49.880 they have where they were

00:28:51.260 preserving family memories

00:28:52.600 in every direction it really

00:28:54.160 is an incredible gift maybe

00:28:55.940 you're like me to be honest

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00:29:59.040 sometimes all you can do is laugh

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00:30:09.440 buck podcast feed on the iHeartRadio

00:30:11.560 app or wherever you get your

00:30:13.020 podcasts I'm laughing as an as I

00:30:15.660 come back in out of break because I

00:30:17.580 shared the Gallup poll about trust

00:30:21.020 in media that a lot of you are

00:30:22.420 reacting to on social media as

00:30:26.080 well and the comments there are

00:30:28.440 really pretty great and you guys are

00:30:30.340 giving me a lot of talk backs a lot

00:30:31.680 of calls about who you trust and as I

00:30:34.180 was reading to make sure that I'm

00:30:35.600 updated on all the news during the

00:30:37.420 commercial break I come across our

00:30:39.940 good friend Jesse Kelly who many of

00:30:41.740 you are going to hear on 6 p.m.

00:30:44.560 program or later versions of the

00:30:47.360 premier radio network he is down in

00:30:50.440 Houston he responded to my question

00:30:53.440 of who do you trust to be honest with

00:30:55.540 you and not lie by saying Jesse Kelly

00:30:59.300 did I trust me the most you dead last

00:31:02.620 so Jesse Kelly I've got to respond I

00:31:06.240 haven't had time yet but I'm going to

00:31:07.740 say this is exactly the response I would

00:31:10.140 expect from someone who ordered $75

00:31:12.380 shots of tequila you know that's true

00:31:16.320 we were on we were New York City for

00:31:20.040 those of you who may have forgotten and

00:31:21.540 need to understand why you can't trust

00:31:23.320 anything Jesse Kelly says and we're

00:31:26.820 having a nice we're on the rooftop

00:31:28.160 great restaurant everybody's having

00:31:32.140 drinks everybody's having a good time

00:31:33.860 Jesse decides we need a round of tequila

00:31:36.360 shots a round of tequila shots I don't

00:31:43.320 know there were like six of us I don't

00:31:45.660 know what should that cost seven eight

00:31:47.640 dollars each I understand that I'm

00:31:49.420 getting old but at most and I'm not

00:31:52.500 talking about a dingy you know college

00:31:54.960 bar because I will I will tell you this

00:31:57.220 if you whatever your financial situation

00:31:59.980 is if you go into like an SEC college

00:32:03.560 bar for a big game weekend you will

00:32:06.740 never feel richer than when you order

00:32:08.980 like five beers what they come back and

00:32:11.060 say I was I was out recently and I went

00:32:14.460 to the bar and you know it's crowded and

00:32:16.260 last thing I want to do is stand in a

00:32:18.320 crowded bar line and so you know I'll

00:32:20.940 try to buy it I'm an old man now and

00:32:22.840 unc as my kids will call me and so I'll

00:32:24.860 try to get a bucket or something so I

00:32:27.200 don't have to get back in line very

00:32:28.440 fast and I'll say hey you know give me

00:32:31.780 six Coors light six Miller lights I'm

00:32:34.540 still not willing to order bud light

00:32:36.400 whatever it is the easy bar you know

00:32:39.360 tab order and the last time I did that

00:32:43.180 the girl came back and she was like yeah 0.99

00:32:46.020 that'll be twenty one dollars and I was

00:32:47.840 like oh this I it's been so long since I

00:32:51.700 went anywhere and somebody charged me

00:32:54.260 something and I thought man that's a lot

00:32:57.700 less than I expected you guys know you

00:33:00.720 know what I'm talking about like everything

00:33:03.420 costs too much relative to what I think

00:33:06.980 it should cost now because of the Biden

00:33:10.140 inflation everything just went up like

00:33:12.500 25 or 30 percent at least and so

00:33:15.820 everything you order it feels like it's

00:33:19.120 way more expensive than it should be and I

00:33:21.180 think that's the angst and the anger and

00:33:23.060 the being upset but this was the second

00:33:26.080 time in my life the first time I was in

00:33:29.060 New York producer Ali you'll probably

00:33:32.180 know where this place was it was I think

00:33:34.660 after my first maybe my second year of

00:33:37.420 law school and my current wife then

00:33:41.920 girlfriend Laura we were in New York I

00:33:45.920 think it was like the so what's the

00:33:47.320 really fancy hotel in Soho the so that is

00:33:53.260 it the Soho is that the name of the hotel

00:33:55.160 the Soho house would that be like you

00:33:57.280 walk in and there's kind of this cool

00:33:59.340 bar and and I don't know it's probably

00:34:02.020 like a 15 story place I think that's

00:34:04.000 where it is I heart has a studio near

00:34:05.860 there right like that Ryan Seacrest used

00:34:08.880 to use the grand try back a grand that's

00:34:12.560 what it is yeah the try back a grand

00:34:14.660 really nice place okay I am 23 I have

00:34:19.080 no money and I remember I went to the

00:34:21.820 bar in the try back a grand to get four

00:34:24.520 beers and I think the bill was like

00:34:28.380 $62 something like that and I just

00:34:32.640 remember thinking I'm gonna be the first

00:34:34.220 person to ever go bankrupt ordering a

00:34:36.600 round of beers in the history of mankind I

00:34:38.780 just couldn't believe what it cost at the

00:34:40.940 try back a grand this same thing

00:34:42.780 happened with Jesse Kelly we're at I

00:34:45.640 think it was the Peninsula Hotel we're

00:34:47.160 on the rooftop everybody's having a good

00:34:48.700 time they bring six shots $75 each

00:34:52.840 $75 each Jesse Kelly ordered shots on my

00:35:00.000 tab at the table I didn't even know there

00:35:04.260 was a $75 shot drink anywhere on the

00:35:08.120 planet that should come with a gold bar that

00:35:15.100 should come with stock in the hotel so

00:35:19.100 when Jesse says he trusts me the let the

00:35:21.360 least of everybody I just think it's

00:35:22.860 important for all of you to know that

00:35:24.140 he's balding and also that he's the kind

00:35:26.920 of person who order $75 shots of tequila so

00:35:30.980 trusted media tons of you reacting to that

00:35:34.200 story and we're gonna continue to take your

00:35:36.860 reactions to that but I think one reason

00:35:40.480 trusted media has collapsed is a lot of

00:35:43.520 people in media are charlatans a lot of

00:35:46.060 people in media are completely dishonest and 0.69

00:35:49.020 they don't have a lot of gratitude I am

00:35:53.640 every single day I encourage all of you to

00:35:57.360 think try to do this to every single day

00:35:59.660 when I wake up the first thing I think

00:36:01.580 before I even reach over and get my phone

00:36:03.800 before I see whatever the frenzy of the

00:36:05.840 day is I think boy here are two or three

00:36:11.140 things that I are that I am very grateful

00:36:14.260 for and most time it has to do with my my

00:36:18.300 boys my wife my family the jobs that I feel

00:36:22.220 very fortunate to have before I do anything

00:36:25.040 else before I get out of bed for about 30

00:36:27.800 seconds one minute I just lay in bed and I

00:36:31.100 think hey here are the things that I am

00:36:34.080 grateful for because I think gratitude is

00:36:36.560 probably the most underutilized and the

00:36:39.500 most important of all emotions in the

00:36:44.900 world at large how many people in media do

00:36:48.580 you think are grateful for the jobs that

00:36:51.020 they have feel incredibly fortunate to be

00:36:54.840 able to live in this country and make a

00:36:56.600 living saying exactly what we think every

00:36:58.880 single day when I sit down I put on my

00:37:01.100 headset for about 10 seconds I think boy

00:37:03.660 this is an incredible privilege I am so

00:37:06.160 grateful that I get to do what I am doing

00:37:09.420 today every single day for about 10

00:37:11.900 seconds I think that when I put the

00:37:13.760 headset on and I've done that for 20 years

00:37:16.800 when I did local sports talk radio in

00:37:19.500 Nashville I remember sitting down thinking

00:37:20.680 man I'm getting paid to do this and I

00:37:23.180 used to get paid nothing to do with this

00:37:25.000 my first job in radio I made $0 to do a

00:37:28.980 radio show and then I got $50 to do a

00:37:32.780 radio show so I've legitimately done this

00:37:37.700 for no money because I felt so excited to

00:37:40.420 be able to do it

00:37:41.720 joy read Rachel Maddow do they seem

00:37:49.120 grateful that they get to have media jobs

00:37:53.520 that pay them millions of dollars to say

00:37:56.460 whatever they think this clip is going

00:37:58.700 viral and I wanted to share it with you

00:38:02.040 because I do think that in addition to

00:38:05.840 facts versus feelings we were talking

00:38:07.480 about with Ben Shapiro who I think has

00:38:09.240 done a really good job of making that his

00:38:12.360 hallmark his calling card Republicans seem to

00:38:17.580 me in general to be profoundly thankful and

00:38:23.860 filled with gratitude that we all get to

00:38:26.580 live in this country now I'm not saying

00:38:30.120 that there aren't things every day where

00:38:32.600 you wake up and you think boy this has not

00:38:37.120 been a day this has not been a week this

00:38:39.420 has been really hard I'm not saying that

00:38:40.860 it means that there aren't challenges or

00:38:43.080 that you aren't sometimes frustrated and

00:38:45.260 upset about the trajectory of the country I

00:38:47.740 just mean that as a general rule do you

00:38:51.900 feel immense gratitude every day that you

00:38:54.340 wake up for the privilege for the good

00:38:57.540 fortune that you live in the United States I

00:39:00.140 do Warren Buffett has a great example of

00:39:02.480 this by the way what are there seven

00:39:04.660 billion of us it's really good illustrative I

00:39:09.540 think you could use it with your kids and

00:39:10.900 your grandkids he says if you live in the

00:39:14.020 United States today pretend that every

00:39:18.060 seven billion people in the entire world

00:39:21.360 were in a jar and you're you were

00:39:26.580 represented by a marble and you could

00:39:29.560 reach into that jar of seven billion

00:39:32.300 people and you could pull out any other

00:39:35.060 marble you could end up the Prince of

00:39:39.640 England you could end up the president of

00:39:43.040 Taiwan who Buck just spoke to no idea what

00:39:46.820 you might draw as your fate but he said

00:39:50.040 you know what no one in America should

00:39:52.860 ever change their marble think about that

00:39:57.320 we are all so fortunate and privileged to

00:40:01.220 live in this country that no matter whether

00:40:03.100 you are the richest or the poorest person in

00:40:05.360 America today your marble one of 330

00:40:09.480 million ish marbles you should never ever

00:40:13.320 risk putting your marble in and drawing a

00:40:16.940 new one because the chances that you would

00:40:18.820 end up in a better place in a better

00:40:21.040 position than where you are right now

00:40:23.340 relative to the world at large are very

00:40:26.500 very slim and so I was thinking about that

00:40:29.540 when I watched this clip this morning from

00:40:32.220 Joy Reid and Joy Reid said this is from

00:40:35.700 March of 2025 when my mom came here from

00:40:39.520 Guyana she's an immigrant she realized it 1.00

00:40:43.440 was not a land of opportunity for people

00:40:46.040 like us cut 28 my father was from the

00:40:49.300 Congo and my mother was from Guyana and

00:40:51.760 so like they were the immigrants who came 1.00

00:40:53.200 here on purpose and they got the rude

00:40:54.340 awakening my mother got the rude awakening 1.00

00:40:55.780 so her dad was from Congo and her mom was

00:41:10.860 from Guyana and they're laughing haha this

00:41:13.920 is not the land of opportunity not for us

00:41:16.040 boy this is super racist country why didn't

00:41:17.780 you go back 0.90

00:41:18.180 I mean that's the immediate reaction that

00:41:23.960 I have if you're not born here and you

00:41:27.980 came to the United States you could go back

00:41:31.020 to Congo you could go back to Guyana if you

00:41:36.040 think it's super super racist place and

00:41:37.920 there's no opportunity for you here by the

00:41:40.340 way Joy Reid got to go to Harvard and 0.81

00:41:41.940 makes millions of dollars a year in

00:41:43.880 politics just to share her opinion why

00:41:47.420 wouldn't you go back if I had been born in

00:41:50.280 Denmark or South Korea or Botswana and I

00:41:55.240 came to the United States and I got here

00:41:58.440 and I said boy I expected it to be a lot 0.96

00:42:00.300 better this sucks I'd go back to the 0.99

00:42:02.300 country I was born in wouldn't you how 0.99

00:42:06.200 is the immediate reaction here not boy

00:42:08.760 that's a tremendous lack of gratitude how

00:42:10.680 much money do you make Joy Reid millions

00:42:12.200 of dollars a year you make more money

00:42:13.760 than 99.9% of Americans you got to go to

00:42:16.460 Harvard a place that 99.9% of Americans

00:42:20.480 will never be able to attend you got to

00:42:23.200 do that as a first-generation American

00:42:25.380 would you have become a multimillionaire in

00:42:28.240 the Congo would you have become a 0.93

00:42:30.000 multimillionaire in Guyana would you have

00:42:32.300 gotten to go to Harvard if you had been

00:42:33.640 born in either of those countries I think

00:42:35.100 the answer is no for all of that where is

00:42:37.100 your gratitude where is your thanks for

00:42:40.700 the incredible good fortune that you had

00:42:44.100 to be born in the United States because

00:42:46.200 your parents came here I don't think she

00:42:48.620 even believes this I think she's telling

00:42:51.020 a lie and I think she's telling a lie

00:42:52.860 because Democrats are ungrateful for the

00:42:55.620 country that exists here and if you are

00:42:57.380 ungrateful for the country that exists

00:42:59.120 here you have no problem tearing it down

00:43:01.160 they at their essence hate America and are

00:43:06.660 not grateful for the immense gratitude

00:43:08.840 benefits that have been lauded upon us

00:43:11.780 and I think that really goes to the

00:43:16.220 essence of the two political parties one

00:43:19.200 party is grateful the other is not now the

00:43:22.600 Republican Party is not perfect it still

00:43:25.380 has people like Jesse Kelly who buy 75

00:43:27.440 shots when you could buy a normal cost shot

00:43:30.780 and then you're not even grateful when

00:43:34.100 somebody like me foots the bill I mean

00:43:35.800 really I'm not saying Republicans are

00:43:37.960 perfect but there aren't many very many

00:43:40.800 joy reads in this party we come back

00:43:44.320 we'll take some more of your talkbacks

00:43:45.560 feedbacks remember we're going to be

00:43:47.380 talking with John James Michigan

00:43:49.000 gubernatorial candidate at the bottom of

00:43:51.480 the hour and he just got called out by

00:43:54.000 the Reverend Al Sharpton we'll have some

00:43:55.840 fun with that but in the meantime

00:43:56.920 this weekend coming up we are soon going

00:43:59.880 to be on the anniversary of the two-year

00:44:04.020 terror attack that happened in Israel on

00:44:06.880 October 7th 2023 and a lot of you

00:44:11.660 including me are going to show your

00:44:14.020 support for Israel the country that was

00:44:16.520 savagely attacked on October 7th 2023 by

00:44:20.420 putting out flags this is a nationwide

00:44:23.740 effort to show that everybody out there

00:44:26.800 should have support for the International

00:44:29.640 Fellowship of Christians and Jews and the

00:44:31.380 work that they're doing to help honor and

00:44:34.320 remember the day that 1200 Israelis lost

00:44:36.840 their life and 250 more were taking

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00:45:53.860 show pitch appreciate all of you hanging

00:45:56.540 out with us we are joined now by

00:45:59.060 congressman uh john james he's up in

00:46:01.680 michigan and he represents the

00:46:04.180 detroit area which was a bit of a

00:46:06.920 surprise i guess according to the

00:46:08.980 reverend al sharpton good to have you on

00:46:11.840 congressman for people who don't know

00:46:13.700 that story i retweeted your video

00:46:16.000 response this morning uh what happened

00:46:18.500 there um sure uh reverend al sharpton

00:46:22.600 as you know um is uh is a is a host on

00:46:25.840 uh the network msdnc i'm sorry msnbc and uh

00:46:30.960 and he was talking to one of our uh

00:46:33.860 progressive socialist uh candidates for

00:46:35.900 senate here um and uh he made mention that

00:46:39.640 michigan hasn't had a uh uh a black 0.79

00:46:43.960 uh congressman for for a while and

00:46:46.960 that's kind of odd because i think i've

00:46:50.400 been black for the past 44 years so um

00:46:53.780 uh imagine my surprise uh when i when i

00:46:57.020 see this clip that one of my friends

00:46:59.060 forwarded it to me um saying that there

00:47:01.700 was no black congressman for the state

00:47:03.100 of michigan now um i was raised to

00:47:06.020 believe that regardless of the color of

00:47:07.840 my skin i would be judged by the content

00:47:09.920 of my character but sadly with guys like

00:47:12.440 al sharpton there's only one way to be

00:47:14.700 black when his party believes that 0.59

00:47:16.500 children uh should be addressed by 15 000 ways

00:47:20.440 uh to uh to uh in their gender

00:47:23.380 um this is something that is indicative of

00:47:26.920 how extreme their party is gone that they

00:47:29.060 are so blinded um to reality that they

00:47:32.400 either refuse to acknowledge um the

00:47:35.040 representation uh that is uh that is uh in

00:47:38.120 in the state of michigan uh and and the

00:47:40.220 fact that uh we are turning away from

00:47:42.380 their lives because uh everywhere uh there

00:47:45.960 is democrat control in cities across the

00:47:48.200 nation um overwhelmingly african americans

00:47:51.240 and all people frankly uh are are suffering so

00:47:54.120 uh we are going to combat that uh in the

00:47:57.080 way that charlie taught us we're going to

00:47:59.160 combat that with ideas we're going to

00:48:00.840 combat that with words we're going to

00:48:02.280 combat that with better policies and we're

00:48:04.680 going to make sure that our better policies

00:48:06.360 reach every corner of america to make our

00:48:08.840 streets safer to make our schools better to

00:48:11.480 make our jobs have better pay and more of

00:48:13.960 them to make our housing more affordable and

00:48:16.000 more accessible these are things that our

00:48:18.120 policies went on and you see people voting

00:48:20.600 with their feet moving from states like new

00:48:22.640 york to states like florida moving from

00:48:24.760 states like california to to to states like

00:48:27.800 texas these are the things that people see uh

00:48:30.760 and uh and and they will not be fooled by the uh

00:48:34.120 the race baiters and the haters out there so

00:48:35.960 uh i just decided to tell the truth when they

00:48:38.200 lied about us uh we're talking to john james he's

00:48:40.920 running for governor of michigan i just was with

00:48:43.400 you a couple weeks ago up in mackinac island i've

00:48:47.000 talked about this quite a lot but my wife's family is

00:48:49.320 all from michigan and i said in the speech that i

00:48:52.360 gave that i think michigan is the most important

00:48:55.320 state in the nation when it comes to what's going to

00:48:57.800 happen in 2026 and what's going to happen in 2028

00:49:01.320 if republicans win the governor's race that you're in and

00:49:05.400 also win uh the state in the 2028 election we're going to

00:49:10.200 have great leadership how does that happen what do you see

00:49:13.880 on the ground right now well that's exactly right um michigan

00:49:18.120 is going to be the center of the electoral universe in 2026

00:49:21.160 for a lot of reasons we have an open governor's seat we have an open senate

00:49:25.000 seat we have a number of competitive house seats we have

00:49:28.040 a number of uh competitive seats in our state legislature we have an open

00:49:32.520 seat for the attorney general open seat for a secretary of state

00:49:35.880 and there's going to be over 500 million dollars spent in a battleground

00:49:39.320 state of michigan in 2026 having a strong top of ticket if

00:49:44.120 you're concerned with making sure we hold a majority in washington dc

00:49:48.040 making sure that we have a strong top of ticket running for governor in the

00:49:50.920 state of michigan in a swing state is the most important thing you can do

00:49:54.520 and i can prove it when you look at swing states

00:49:57.480 like pennsylvania and arizona if you have a top of ticket

00:50:01.800 that drags down the rest of the ballot then you lose

00:50:04.920 seats that republicans should win like we lost two senate seats one in arizona

00:50:09.320 one in pennsylvania and up to five house seats in arizona pennsylvania

00:50:13.640 contrastingly you have lee zelden in the last midterm who ran a strong race and

00:50:18.280 he still fell short in new york and i imagine

00:50:21.160 there are a number of new yorkers with buyer's remorse for kathy hochel at this

00:50:24.760 particular point but lee zelder ran such a strong race

00:50:27.640 that he pulled six republicans across the finish line

00:50:30.520 and five in districts that biden won and all that did

00:50:33.640 was save the republic we had such a thin majority in the 118 congress the last

00:50:39.560 congress because we were able to compete and win

00:50:42.360 in blue and purple seats in blue and purple states

00:50:46.200 all over the country and michigan is one of those places that we need to hold

00:50:49.720 and have pickups and the best way we can do that is at the strongest top of

00:50:53.720 ticket michigan right now i am leading the primary by 50 points and i'm the only

00:50:59.240 republican who's beating the democrats in the general

00:51:02.280 we have the democrat mayor of detroit who's running as an independent

00:51:06.920 in the general election and he's bleeding more votes from the democrats

00:51:10.120 this is a golden opportunity not just for 2026 but guys

00:51:13.080 we have a presidential election coming up in 2028

00:51:17.080 and we have a current secretary of state who's in charge of our elections

00:51:20.920 who the doj is investigating for malfeasance in prior elections making sure

00:51:25.320 that we can trust our election results is so important not just for michigan

00:51:29.000 but for people all over the country and then after that we have a census

00:51:33.080 and then controlling making sure that we have a good census to

00:51:36.360 reapportionment michigan is going to be the center and this is how we build

00:51:40.200 i'm old enough to remember when florida was a swing state and ohio was a swing

00:51:44.520 state but because republicans stepped up took ownership and began to change

00:51:49.320 policies to make it more favorable for their citizens

00:51:51.880 they are now red states and they are thriving and that is what's possible in

00:51:55.560 michigan michigan can not only be the most beautiful

00:51:58.600 most gritty most amazing state but we can also be the most well-run state

00:52:03.240 if we choose to pick up and we all get the support for a strong top of ticket

00:52:06.680 and start planning for the future we're talking to john james he represents

00:52:10.520 the 10th congressional district of michigan right now

00:52:14.120 you went to west point what was that experience like you also served uh

00:52:19.160 overseas in iraq what was that experience like for people who do not know

00:52:23.560 your background give them your bio and let them know

00:52:26.600 how you came to be where you are today uh i came to be where i am today

00:52:31.880 by the grace of god and a a mama who would not quit on a boy who was raised in

00:52:37.320 detroit when she watched uh a bunch of other young black men go down the wrong

00:52:41.880 path uh she refused to uh to surrender 1.00

00:52:44.840 me to the streets and my father and mother worked hard together to give me

00:52:48.680 the best and my brother and sister the best life

00:52:51.160 that they could and i know that since they come from the jim crow south they

00:52:55.240 came to michigan for opportunities and i've been exceedingly blessed in my life

00:52:59.240 and so they taught me that i have to use my blessings to be a blessing to others

00:53:02.600 that is why i knew that i needed to serve my nation this great country that has

00:53:06.440 given us so much no we're not perfect but we're the greatest nation that's ever

00:53:10.440 been and we need to share the good news with anyone who will listen and most who

00:53:13.720 won't this is what i was able to do i graduated high school

00:53:17.480 i went to west point i graduated west point 2004

00:53:21.080 i became a ranger qualified apache pilot and i flew 750 hours combat

00:53:25.800 in operation rocky freedom i came back home after that

00:53:29.480 to join my family's business and i was able to help 10x the company top line

00:53:34.040 revenue and add hundreds of jobs in michigan and

00:53:37.480 around the country um i started a family beautiful life

00:53:41.960 three little boys got a couple master's degrees and now i'm in congress

00:53:45.640 i'm serving the people of the state of michigan because

00:53:48.040 it's the honor of my life to give back and serve

00:53:51.320 and uh that is uh that's that's that's uh that's what animates me

00:53:55.480 the uh the interesting part about my west point uh story and and real quick

00:53:59.800 um my class was the first class to take the oath of affirmation which means

00:54:05.480 um we uh will complete we make a promise to complete our obligation in our first

00:54:10.200 hour of the junior year and we were the first class to make our oath of

00:54:14.200 affirmation knowing that we would go to war we were 0.97

00:54:17.080 sophomores during september 11th and as a result our class our west point class

00:54:21.800 has taken the most casualties of any academy class since vietnam

00:54:26.440 and that is not just direct combat that's also the unseen scars of war

00:54:31.000 that's also the suicide that's also the overdoses

00:54:34.040 and so when you look at the mental health crisis in this nation

00:54:37.080 as a congressman now as a governor later and as long as there's breath in my

00:54:41.640 lungs i'm going to commit my life to addressing the scourge 1.00

00:54:44.840 of substance use disorders mental health uh under under service and making sure

00:54:50.600 that we all have the resources that we need we are not serving our veterans and we

00:54:53.960 are not serving those who uh who struggle with mental health um um adequately

00:54:59.880 our schools our hospitals and our jails are not made up they are not configured to

00:55:05.640 deal with the with the the special needs of folks who are struggling with mental health

00:55:10.040 so uh the lessons that i learned at west point on the lessons that i learned in combat and the

00:55:15.000 things that i've seen serving the state of michigan uh are all pushing me to uh restore hope in the

00:55:20.760 state of michigan uh restore trust in the state of michigan restore wellness in the state of michigan

00:55:25.560 restore family and family family values in the state of michigan and and also this is important too

00:55:29.880 restore beauty when god looked down on the earth and he saw things that they were good he saw things

00:55:36.200 that were operating in the purpose that they were created for every plan that we make has to work

00:55:41.080 within its purpose and then when it's truly good that's when things are beautiful when you look at

00:55:45.880 things throughout the course of humanity we're not just here to eat sleep work and die we are here for

00:55:52.760 a purpose men we are more than just our job women you are more than just a vessel for babies you are

00:55:58.280 here to bring glory to god and love your neighbors as yourself and make this world a better place

00:56:04.040 these are all the things that we have the privilege to do in this great country and we

00:56:07.720 can all do it together in the future with the right leadership i love all that for people who are

00:56:12.920 fired up they can find you where you can go to john james mi.com or you can find me on all the

00:56:19.240 socials at john james and i thank you all so much and god bless you all yeah by the way one last

00:56:24.600 question how are the detroit lions going to the super bowl this year uh the detroit lions are going

00:56:29.480 to the super bowl this year and every other year for the rest of my life dan campbell is the best

00:56:33.160 coach that has ever existed on the planet and you know the best move he let the green bay packers win

00:56:38.840 that first game to take the pressure off his guys you know what that's what a great great coach you know

00:56:43.880 uh so uh lions uh lions will go 16 and one um super bowl champions and the score will be 74 to 0 lions

00:56:52.680 uh outstanding stuff we appreciate the time it's great to hang out with you up at mackinac and uh

00:56:57.880 look forward to talking with you throughout the campaign of course thanks a lot god bless what i

00:57:03.320 that is uh john james uh demo uh who is a uh the democrats worst nightmare in many ways i think if you

00:57:11.640 look at what would happen if republicans could take back control of the governor's mansion in michigan

00:57:19.320 just think about that leave aside john james's campaign i think he made a really good compelling

00:57:23.720 pitch there and we're going to talk to some of the other candidates out there as well but as he said

00:57:28.600 you've got a big senate race going on um and that could be transformative if that seat were to flip as

00:57:36.360 it nearly did in 2024 uh and if you take over the governor's mansion democrats are in dire straits

00:57:45.160 because there is a a real march i think for the republican party in the state of michigan i feel

00:57:52.760 that momentum again because my wife's family is all from there uh and we are in michigan on a not

00:57:59.640 uh pretty regular basis so i feel like i understand that state a little bit better than than i do others and

00:58:05.320 uh that could be a huge difference because again if you told me right now hey

00:58:10.760 republicans are going to win michigan in 2028 i would say okay republicans are going to win the

00:58:15.560 white house and if you told me republicans are going to be able to flip a senate seat in 2026 and

00:58:20.360 win the governor's mansion i would feel even better about what's going to happen in 2028 so again michigan

00:58:26.520 is a state i think everybody should be paying attention to uh to see what happens in all of these uh

00:58:32.680 competitions all right get your pens get your pads get your paper it's winning time now we have won

00:58:40.760 three out of the last four weeks you just heard john james say detroit lions they're on a roll okay

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