Verdict with Ted Cruz - July 18, 2024


Head of Secret Service Claims ZERO Responsibility for Security Failures, plus Dave McCormick Shares Being Alongside Trump DURING Shooting-LIVE from RNC


Episode Stats

Length

44 minutes

Words per Minute

173.10838

Word Count

7,723

Sentence Count

171

Misogynist Sentences

11

Hate Speech Sentences

5


Summary


Transcript

00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
00:00:02.660 Guaranteed human.
00:00:05.520 Welcome.
00:00:06.160 It is Verdict, live from the Republican National Convention.
00:00:18.420 Senator, nice to be with you.
00:00:20.320 And it's always fun when we come to these events
00:00:22.300 because we get to hang out with friends.
00:00:24.080 It is great to be with you.
00:00:25.900 Half the time, we're recording Verdict
00:00:27.940 and either I'm at home in my bedroom
00:00:30.680 talking into a microphone late at night
00:00:32.780 and Heidi's yelling at me because she wants to go to sleep
00:00:34.920 or sometimes I'm in a dingy motel
00:00:37.560 talking into a microphone.
00:00:39.800 And when your power's out,
00:00:41.100 sometimes you're at my house at midnight.
00:00:42.580 Okay, that is true.
00:00:43.560 The last podcast we did,
00:00:45.120 you know, there was a hurricane that hit Houston.
00:00:47.460 Power went out and then my internet went out
00:00:49.500 so I couldn't get online.
00:00:51.300 So what did Ben say?
00:00:52.540 Get your rear end of the car and drive to my house.
00:00:55.040 I've got internet so that was the last podcast.
00:00:56.920 I dressed up for you.
00:00:58.240 Full PJs.
00:00:59.160 It was really, it was disturbing, actually.
00:01:02.880 He was in a Speedo.
00:01:04.400 Let me just say,
00:01:05.220 it was far too much Ferguson for my taste.
00:01:08.300 Do you hear this?
00:01:10.480 All right.
00:01:12.040 I'll get you back.
00:01:13.460 I will get you back.
00:01:15.140 We have a guest today.
00:01:16.180 We do.
00:01:16.740 So we are live in Milwaukee at the RNC.
00:01:19.600 We have a guest, a good friend of mine, Dave McCormick.
00:01:22.220 Now, who is Dave McCormick?
00:01:23.220 Dave McCormick is from Pennsylvania.
00:01:26.860 He was All-State in wrestling.
00:01:30.320 He was All-State in football.
00:01:33.400 He went to West Point,
00:01:35.040 where he was the captain of the wrestling team at West Point.
00:01:38.560 By the way, Dave was captain of the wrestling team at West Point.
00:01:44.220 Ben played varsity tennis at Ole Miss.
00:01:46.920 I was a debater.
00:01:50.280 Both of these guys would have shoved me in a locker and forgotten me.
00:01:56.620 Dave, we agree on that statement, right?
00:01:58.300 That's a bipartisan statement.
00:02:00.760 And I say would have,
00:02:01.840 if I have one more joke about Ben,
00:02:04.540 he may still shoved me in a locker.
00:02:07.460 So Dave, from there,
00:02:09.260 went on,
00:02:09.880 became an Army Ranger,
00:02:11.240 served in Iraq,
00:02:12.320 went and served in the federal government,
00:02:14.460 served as a senior official
00:02:15.800 in the federal government.
00:02:17.820 He became one of the leading businessmen in America
00:02:26.360 when Donald Trump was president.
00:02:28.440 President Trump tried to convince him
00:02:30.300 to leave making gazillions of dollars
00:02:32.760 and come be the deputy secretary of defense.
00:02:36.520 Dave declined at the time,
00:02:38.320 although his wife, Dina,
00:02:39.520 another very good friend,
00:02:41.100 was then the deputy national security advisor
00:02:43.900 to President Trump.
00:02:44.820 Dave is now running for Senate
00:02:48.000 in the state of Pennsylvania.
00:02:49.760 He is going to be the next senator
00:02:51.920 in the state of Pennsylvania.
00:02:57.540 When Dave wins,
00:02:59.020 he is going to single-handedly
00:03:01.240 give us a majority
00:03:02.560 and retire Chuck Schumer
00:03:03.880 as majority winner.
00:03:09.300 Dave has joined the podcast once before,
00:03:12.060 but he's here today
00:03:12.880 because we're going to start
00:03:14.100 on a bit of a somber note
00:03:15.780 and a note that the entire country
00:03:17.340 and the entire world is focused on,
00:03:19.360 which is what happened on Saturday.
00:03:22.640 And Dave was standing on stage
00:03:24.800 with President Trump
00:03:25.920 on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.
00:03:29.460 He was there
00:03:30.660 when the shooting occurred,
00:03:32.580 when the attempted assassination happened.
00:03:34.860 And so Dave,
00:03:35.380 I want to welcome you here.
00:03:36.740 And I would like to ask
00:03:39.640 if we could just start the podcast
00:03:41.860 by telling folks,
00:03:44.120 bring us to this day,
00:03:46.800 tell us what happened,
00:03:47.780 where were you standing
00:03:48.680 and what happened that you saw.
00:03:51.040 Yeah.
00:03:51.360 Well, thank you both for having me.
00:03:52.960 It's great to be with you.
00:03:54.080 And Senator Ted Cruz
00:03:55.240 is one of the great leaders
00:03:56.780 in America today,
00:03:57.680 one of the great voices.
00:03:58.640 So if I'm fortunate enough
00:03:59.840 to be in the Senate,
00:04:00.440 this would be a guy
00:04:01.100 I'd want to aspire to emulate.
00:04:02.500 So thank you.
00:04:03.340 Thank you for having me.
00:04:05.120 And let's do a clap on that.
00:04:07.500 So, you know,
00:04:08.680 this was one of the moments
00:04:10.860 I'm still digesting.
00:04:12.480 But what happened was
00:04:14.680 I had been with President Trump
00:04:16.120 in Philadelphia
00:04:16.760 about 10 days earlier
00:04:18.360 at a rally he did at Temple.
00:04:20.760 And so when I heard
00:04:23.480 that he was coming to Butler County,
00:04:25.180 we were in contact with his team.
00:04:26.920 And I went with the idea
00:04:29.700 that I'd see him beforehand,
00:04:31.440 which I did.
00:04:32.300 And he came in and I said,
00:04:33.580 Mr. President,
00:04:34.020 I want to thank you
00:04:34.660 for how great you were
00:04:35.760 in Philadelphia endorsing me
00:04:37.640 and your support.
00:04:39.060 And you can imagine,
00:04:39.840 President Trump,
00:04:40.100 he said,
00:04:40.320 this is going to be
00:04:40.940 10 times better.
00:04:42.120 10 times better.
00:04:43.340 He goes,
00:04:43.660 I'm going to have you
00:04:44.280 come up on stage.
00:04:45.260 I want you to take some time
00:04:47.680 and talk about your race.
00:04:49.040 It's very important
00:04:49.760 we win Pennsylvania.
00:04:50.460 And so he then went out
00:04:53.680 and sat in the audience.
00:04:54.640 And the president was looking out.
00:04:55.760 It was an incredible,
00:04:56.660 beautiful, hot day,
00:04:57.740 but beautiful.
00:04:58.820 15,000 people.
00:05:00.820 Just incredible people
00:05:01.900 as far as that warm,
00:05:04.740 cheerful, patriotic.
00:05:06.040 It was a wonderful day.
00:05:08.120 And tell us where we are.
00:05:09.960 Like, what part of Pennsylvania
00:05:11.080 is this?
00:05:11.900 What's the surrounding area?
00:05:13.000 Western Pennsylvania,
00:05:14.180 beautiful, rolling farmland.
00:05:16.740 This was at the Butler County
00:05:18.580 Farm Show.
00:05:20.120 And, you know,
00:05:21.140 it was a wide open area
00:05:22.220 for the most part
00:05:22.760 that was cordoned off
00:05:23.640 and set up bleachers.
00:05:25.100 Big state,
00:05:25.740 and an enormous flag
00:05:27.240 flying behind him,
00:05:28.960 which you probably all saw.
00:05:30.520 And people waited.
00:05:31.900 You know,
00:05:32.040 I didn't get there
00:05:32.540 until three o'clock or so,
00:05:33.900 but people waited.
00:05:34.940 It started mid-morning
00:05:35.880 and it was close
00:05:37.200 to 100 degrees,
00:05:37.960 just waiting.
00:05:38.960 And, you know,
00:05:39.280 there's no shade,
00:05:40.020 unfortunately.
00:05:40.500 And it was,
00:05:41.460 but the turnout
00:05:42.880 was incredible.
00:05:44.120 And so he,
00:05:45.720 so I sat,
00:05:46.700 he was looking out
00:05:47.300 at the crowd.
00:05:47.680 I sat on his right side
00:05:49.320 in the first row.
00:05:50.820 And he got up there
00:05:51.820 and true to form.
00:05:52.580 Within a minute,
00:05:53.120 couple minutes,
00:05:53.640 he started to talk
00:05:54.220 about my race.
00:05:55.460 Dave McCormick,
00:05:56.120 we want him to win this race.
00:05:57.800 This is important.
00:05:58.400 He started to talk
00:05:58.820 about my opponent,
00:05:59.820 Bob Casey.
00:06:01.200 And he said,
00:06:02.100 no,
00:06:02.220 why don't we have Dave
00:06:02.760 come up here
00:06:03.120 and talk about it?
00:06:04.020 And so this was,
00:06:05.300 you know,
00:06:05.580 right in the beginning.
00:06:07.040 And so I got up
00:06:08.060 and sort of went
00:06:08.800 through the security
00:06:09.460 and started to go up
00:06:10.460 onto the platform.
00:06:11.600 And he goes,
00:06:11.920 no, no, no.
00:06:13.020 I want to talk
00:06:13.840 about the border first.
00:06:15.860 He goes,
00:06:16.320 so Dave,
00:06:16.640 I'll have you up
00:06:17.040 in a little bit.
00:06:18.440 This is in front
00:06:19.120 of 15,000 people.
00:06:20.000 So I walked back down
00:06:20.860 again in my chair.
00:06:23.080 That's way
00:06:23.560 to follow instructions
00:06:24.340 right there, yeah.
00:06:25.540 You know,
00:06:25.980 I'm new to this
00:06:27.040 political stuff,
00:06:27.740 but I got the message.
00:06:29.660 And within a minute
00:06:31.220 or two,
00:06:32.220 the bullets started
00:06:33.720 to fire.
00:06:34.640 And I was a military guy,
00:06:35.860 as Ted said,
00:06:36.420 so I recognized
00:06:37.460 pretty quickly
00:06:38.000 this was rifle fire.
00:06:39.440 I wasn't sure
00:06:40.180 whether it was
00:06:41.100 one or two shooters.
00:06:42.220 I wasn't sure
00:06:42.940 exactly where
00:06:43.580 it was coming from.
00:06:44.800 And everybody
00:06:45.420 went down immediately.
00:06:47.960 And the president,
00:06:49.540 I saw,
00:06:50.680 reached for his ear
00:06:51.380 and then dropped
00:06:51.840 behind the podium.
00:06:53.340 And almost instantaneously,
00:06:55.400 the Secret Service
00:06:56.040 jumped on top of him,
00:06:57.200 as you all saw.
00:06:58.100 And then there was
00:07:00.580 activity behind me,
00:07:02.320 which sadly turned out
00:07:03.400 to be somebody
00:07:03.800 was shot
00:07:04.320 in the bleachers
00:07:05.460 behind me
00:07:05.980 and ultimately died
00:07:07.000 probably 25 feet
00:07:08.680 behind me.
00:07:09.940 And I was looking
00:07:11.500 at the president
00:07:12.160 and I watched
00:07:12.940 the Secret Service
00:07:13.580 get up around him
00:07:14.420 like that phalanx.
00:07:16.160 And I saw this fist
00:07:18.300 come out.
00:07:19.840 I couldn't see his face.
00:07:20.860 And then they moved a bit
00:07:21.760 and I saw his face
00:07:22.600 was bloody,
00:07:23.720 but that he was okay.
00:07:25.200 And I remember
00:07:27.760 having this moment
00:07:28.460 like the idea,
00:07:30.300 I mean,
00:07:30.520 a hundred people,
00:07:31.720 a hundred people
00:07:32.400 are behind that podium
00:07:33.340 when that shot gets fired.
00:07:34.640 Ninety-nine of them
00:07:35.480 are in the fetal position.
00:07:37.260 Right?
00:07:37.520 And the idea
00:07:38.100 that he had
00:07:38.520 the presence of mind,
00:07:40.500 the defiance,
00:07:42.580 the reassurance,
00:07:43.800 the courage
00:07:44.280 to stand up there
00:07:45.360 and put out that fist,
00:07:47.160 I think it was
00:07:47.920 one of the reasons
00:07:49.040 that there wasn't
00:07:49.580 a stampede.
00:07:50.520 No, it was extraordinary.
00:07:51.520 Right?
00:07:51.600 It was something
00:07:52.800 we have never seen before,
00:07:54.980 but it was
00:07:55.920 extraordinary leadership.
00:07:57.440 And you know,
00:07:57.800 it was reminiscent
00:07:58.600 of Reagan
00:08:00.840 after he was shot
00:08:01.720 in 81.
00:08:03.040 And in 81
00:08:04.040 after Reagan was shot,
00:08:05.720 he said to Nancy,
00:08:07.180 he said,
00:08:07.400 honey,
00:08:07.600 I forgot to die.
00:08:08.340 Yeah.
00:08:09.640 Yeah.
00:08:10.200 And as Reagan
00:08:11.240 was rolling
00:08:11.980 into the ER,
00:08:13.860 rolling into
00:08:14.520 the operating room
00:08:15.560 in the hospital,
00:08:16.500 he looked up
00:08:17.240 at the physicians
00:08:18.640 and he said
00:08:19.140 to the doctors,
00:08:19.760 he said,
00:08:20.060 I hope y'all
00:08:20.580 are all Republicans.
00:08:22.940 And so that was Reagan
00:08:24.460 and it was a great
00:08:25.380 historic,
00:08:27.280 common peace of mind.
00:08:28.500 And then you have
00:08:28.980 Teddy Roosevelt.
00:08:29.980 Yeah.
00:08:30.520 Teddy Roosevelt,
00:08:31.360 not too far away
00:08:32.140 from where we are
00:08:32.820 right now,
00:08:33.680 was giving a speech.
00:08:34.680 He's standing up there
00:08:35.740 and he's shot
00:08:36.500 giving a speech.
00:08:38.160 Now,
00:08:38.360 the bullet hits
00:08:39.300 the papers he has
00:08:40.960 in his coat,
00:08:42.380 but it also hits him
00:08:43.420 and he's shot
00:08:44.200 and Teddy Roosevelt
00:08:45.940 finishes the speech
00:08:47.660 and says
00:08:49.460 it takes more
00:08:50.140 than that
00:08:50.520 to kill a bull moose.
00:08:52.980 But I got to say
00:08:54.520 President Trump's reaction
00:08:56.260 I think
00:08:56.760 is very much
00:08:57.700 in line
00:08:58.360 with extraordinary
00:08:59.660 and historic
00:09:00.760 leaders
00:09:01.760 to stand up
00:09:02.740 and the Secret Service
00:09:03.360 is trying to get him
00:09:04.000 to go away
00:09:04.520 and look,
00:09:05.440 when a security detail
00:09:06.320 is pushing you,
00:09:07.000 they're not shy
00:09:07.680 and they're like
00:09:08.140 move, move
00:09:08.680 and you can see
00:09:09.220 him resisting.
00:09:10.480 No,
00:09:10.880 and he's saying
00:09:11.780 to the world
00:09:12.500 that image,
00:09:14.040 that image of him
00:09:15.560 with the American flag
00:09:16.620 behind him
00:09:17.180 with his fist
00:09:17.880 in the air
00:09:18.360 with blood
00:09:18.940 coming down
00:09:19.520 his face,
00:09:20.500 it shows
00:09:21.660 that no matter
00:09:22.760 how evil,
00:09:23.540 no matter
00:09:23.940 how many forces
00:09:25.500 are fighting
00:09:26.060 against us
00:09:26.720 that we can stand
00:09:27.800 and win
00:09:28.420 and turn the country
00:09:29.260 around.
00:09:29.500 That's incredible.
00:09:29.960 At the moment
00:09:39.240 you didn't realize
00:09:40.600 but we now realize
00:09:41.500 it was an inch.
00:09:42.640 An inch,
00:09:43.760 less than an inch
00:09:44.680 and it's one
00:09:46.200 of the most
00:09:46.820 calamitous events
00:09:48.580 in American history
00:09:49.680 and sadly
00:09:51.580 there were
00:09:53.120 others killed
00:09:53.960 and injured
00:09:54.420 that day
00:09:55.400 so you have the...
00:09:56.340 So you said
00:09:56.880 Chief Comparatoria
00:09:57.760 was behind you
00:09:58.880 about 25 feet
00:10:00.100 and I guess
00:10:01.760 I don't know
00:10:02.060 if any of y'all
00:10:02.660 have read
00:10:03.440 his daughter's
00:10:04.120 Facebook post
00:10:04.840 in our last podcast
00:10:05.760 we read it
00:10:06.280 in the pod
00:10:07.420 but his daughter's
00:10:08.580 Facebook post
00:10:09.300 she describes
00:10:10.040 how her father
00:10:10.880 literally blocked
00:10:12.760 through her
00:10:13.500 and through her
00:10:14.040 mother on the ground
00:10:14.800 and then blocked
00:10:16.320 their bodies
00:10:17.060 with his body
00:10:17.840 and he literally
00:10:18.660 took a bullet
00:10:19.360 to save the life
00:10:20.700 of his wife
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00:12:03.680 I want to ask you
00:12:04.720 a question
00:12:05.140 talking about heroes.
00:12:06.120 We've seen
00:12:06.960 the Secret Service
00:12:08.000 take a lot of heat
00:12:08.860 and I think
00:12:09.840 it's the bureaucracy
00:12:10.560 aspect of it
00:12:12.260 and the leadership
00:12:13.420 but what was it like
00:12:14.540 on the ground?
00:12:15.680 Because it looked like
00:12:16.860 there were a lot of heroes
00:12:17.860 and I think we should
00:12:18.800 separate them
00:12:19.620 from the bureaucracy
00:12:20.680 in D.C.
00:12:22.120 Yeah I'd say
00:12:22.800 two things could be true
00:12:24.340 at the same time
00:12:24.960 and I think they are.
00:12:26.760 One is
00:12:27.340 I mean it was almost
00:12:27.900 instantaneous.
00:12:28.860 I mean the Secret Service
00:12:29.600 were surrounding him
00:12:30.620 the SWAT team guys
00:12:33.200 came out
00:12:33.680 and were looking down
00:12:34.860 on the audience
00:12:35.520 obviously the sniper
00:12:37.200 was taken out quickly
00:12:38.580 and so
00:12:40.020 the response
00:12:41.300 seemed incredibly fast
00:12:43.080 and people were
00:12:43.980 certainly willing
00:12:44.440 to lay in front
00:12:45.420 of the bullet
00:12:45.840 for the president
00:12:46.760 at that point.
00:12:47.860 That seems true.
00:12:49.520 The other thing
00:12:50.100 that seems true
00:12:51.020 is you couldn't
00:12:51.880 what happened
00:12:52.820 was unthinkable.
00:12:54.340 The ease with which
00:12:55.640 a 20 year old kid
00:12:57.240 with a high powered rifle
00:12:58.240 got within 130 yards
00:12:59.620 of the president
00:13:00.060 seems unimaginable.
00:13:01.720 It's such a
00:13:02.400 example of incompetence
00:13:05.820 and failure
00:13:06.420 that it's almost hard
00:13:08.160 to believe it happened
00:13:09.200 and everything I hear
00:13:11.340 about it
00:13:11.860 makes me
00:13:12.880 and I know
00:13:13.600 Senator is much closer
00:13:14.720 to this than I am
00:13:15.360 makes me think
00:13:16.340 it's even more
00:13:16.960 unbelievable
00:13:17.420 that it happened
00:13:18.060 so we could have
00:13:19.500 heroes on the ground
00:13:20.240 and also have
00:13:21.120 one of the biggest
00:13:22.260 leadership failures
00:13:23.960 and bureaucratic failures
00:13:25.400 in American history
00:13:26.760 that we need to get
00:13:27.840 to the bottom of
00:13:28.620 because you know
00:13:29.940 listen I'm not always
00:13:31.560 I'm not known
00:13:32.080 in my family
00:13:32.540 to be the best shot
00:13:33.360 but a 9 out of 10
00:13:34.580 Pennsylvania deer hunters
00:13:35.600 could have made that shot
00:13:37.000 10 times out of 10.
00:13:38.180 I mean that was not
00:13:38.960 a hard shot
00:13:39.700 and the fact
00:13:40.720 that the first thing
00:13:41.380 we heard was
00:13:42.040 that that roof
00:13:43.240 was not in the envelope
00:13:44.440 I mean what
00:13:45.880 it's insane
00:13:46.400 well and I just got off
00:13:49.180 a couple of hours ago
00:13:50.760 with a conference call
00:13:52.120 with the head
00:13:52.500 of the secret service
00:13:53.320 and the head
00:13:53.620 of the FBI
00:13:54.140 so I'm going to walk
00:13:55.240 you into that
00:13:56.200 and talk about that
00:13:57.220 in just a minute
00:13:58.080 before I do that
00:13:58.840 I want to finish
00:13:59.820 talking through
00:14:01.500 the experience
00:14:02.160 on the ground
00:14:02.700 now when it happens
00:14:04.400 you hear the gunshot
00:14:05.580 and look
00:14:06.920 you've been in Iraq
00:14:07.720 you've seen combat
00:14:08.960 before
00:14:09.400 this is not
00:14:10.040 those are not
00:14:10.640 the first gunshots
00:14:11.380 you've heard
00:14:11.760 I imagine things
00:14:15.100 are utterly chaotic
00:14:16.860 could you perceive
00:14:18.920 when they took
00:14:19.920 the shooter out
00:14:20.680 could you tell
00:14:21.420 that was happening
00:14:22.140 could you tell
00:14:22.640 where the shooter was
00:14:23.500 how much of that
00:14:24.480 could you tell
00:14:25.200 from the ground
00:14:26.100 at the rally
00:14:27.060 not much
00:14:28.100 not much
00:14:28.640 I honestly thought
00:14:31.020 that there were
00:14:32.400 two shooters
00:14:32.920 for a while
00:14:34.260 I thought there were
00:14:34.760 two shooters
00:14:35.140 it was very hard to tell
00:14:36.080 and maybe the other
00:14:37.100 reason I thought
00:14:37.580 that was because
00:14:38.100 of the secret service
00:14:38.700 but it felt to me
00:14:40.580 like there was
00:14:41.800 multiple guns
00:14:42.660 and so everybody
00:14:44.200 was hunkered down
00:14:45.180 and it was
00:14:46.460 you couldn't really
00:14:47.060 step up
00:14:47.660 and you know
00:14:48.140 did people rush out
00:14:49.560 and panic
00:14:50.020 did they walk out
00:14:50.660 how did people react
00:14:51.900 that was the amazing
00:14:52.720 thing
00:14:52.980 people reacted with
00:14:54.240 obviously concern
00:14:56.120 and confusion
00:14:56.560 but there was no panic
00:14:58.580 absolutely no panic
00:15:00.640 and was that because
00:15:01.740 Donald Trump stood up
00:15:02.820 I really believe that
00:15:03.720 I mean you saw the crowd
00:15:05.640 even behind him
00:15:06.360 in faces
00:15:06.880 where they hunkered down
00:15:08.640 and then he stood up
00:15:09.620 with a fist
00:15:10.060 and it was like
00:15:10.620 they stood up with him
00:15:11.700 USA
00:15:12.160 they started to chant USA
00:15:13.320 I think the way
00:15:15.080 Trump responded
00:15:16.040 gave people confidence
00:15:18.520 not to panic
00:15:19.700 and there was no panic
00:15:21.960 and it took you know
00:15:23.340 hours to unwind things
00:15:24.820 because the secret service
00:15:25.740 blocked things off
00:15:26.600 and you know
00:15:27.040 I walked in
00:15:27.720 you know
00:15:28.240 I'd been on the screen
00:15:29.120 so many people
00:15:30.540 knew who I was
00:15:31.240 everybody would come up
00:15:32.440 to me and say
00:15:32.740 what happened
00:15:33.160 what do you know
00:15:33.960 I didn't know much
00:15:34.680 to be honest with you
00:15:36.240 because that's the way
00:15:37.020 it isn't a situation
00:15:37.820 like that
00:15:38.100 you don't know much
00:15:38.960 but it took a while
00:15:40.880 to know that we
00:15:41.400 weren't under attack
00:15:42.640 any further
00:15:43.760 and just to take the story
00:15:45.820 one step further
00:15:46.660 I had a chance
00:15:49.440 to talk to the president
00:15:51.180 the next day
00:15:51.740 I called him
00:15:52.560 and just said
00:15:54.000 Mr. President
00:15:54.360 I'm so glad you're okay
00:15:55.460 and you know
00:15:56.200 what an example of courage
00:15:58.080 and he said
00:15:59.340 two minutes
00:16:00.200 two more minutes
00:16:01.660 so you'd have been
00:16:02.060 on that stage with me
00:16:03.200 and he said
00:16:05.780 I'm such a Trump
00:16:07.060 by the way
00:16:07.500 I'm such a Trump
00:16:08.120 like hey
00:16:08.960 you ought to be glad
00:16:09.600 I like to talk so much
00:16:10.760 I saved your life
00:16:12.020 you owe me forever
00:16:13.060 it's even better
00:16:13.860 he said two more minutes
00:16:14.940 and I thought he was
00:16:15.720 going to say
00:16:16.180 and you might have
00:16:16.880 been hurt too Dave
00:16:17.700 and he said
00:16:18.620 you would have been
00:16:19.240 in prime time
00:16:19.980 he knows his audience
00:16:24.320 what was it like
00:16:25.900 after he left
00:16:26.980 and then how did it unfold
00:16:29.320 how long were you there
00:16:30.580 when did they let you
00:16:32.160 leave on your own
00:16:33.360 or was it orderly
00:16:34.360 what was it like
00:16:35.140 it was orderly
00:16:35.840 but you know
00:16:36.580 because it was
00:16:38.320 the way it went down
00:16:39.600 cars were blocked
00:16:41.020 and they had blocked off
00:16:41.860 a whole part of the
00:16:42.840 the way the people came in
00:16:44.280 you know honestly
00:16:44.940 when I came in
00:16:45.640 I came in a special entrance
00:16:47.340 they knew I was coming
00:16:48.780 they knew who I was
00:16:49.560 I was wanted
00:16:50.500 the security seemed reasonable
00:16:52.480 the security lines
00:16:54.060 were for hours
00:16:54.800 to get through all the
00:16:55.700 the metal detectors
00:16:57.800 and so forth
00:16:58.400 but they closed off
00:16:59.980 a lot of that
00:17:00.420 so it took a while
00:17:00.960 for people to get out
00:17:01.520 it took hours
00:17:02.080 and everybody was
00:17:03.600 you know
00:17:04.200 the cell phone coverage
00:17:06.180 was bad
00:17:06.760 so everybody was trying
00:17:08.120 to get connected
00:17:08.860 and make sure that
00:17:09.720 you know their loved ones
00:17:10.580 weren't hurt
00:17:11.000 and things like that
00:17:11.880 and people were just
00:17:13.940 worried that the president
00:17:14.860 was not okay
00:17:16.520 and then when it became
00:17:17.560 clear the president
00:17:18.060 was okay
00:17:18.560 but there were other casualties
00:17:19.560 it was a sad moment
00:17:22.280 well look I will say
00:17:23.180 and you said this earlier
00:17:24.120 it is utterly infuriating
00:17:25.700 that this occurred
00:17:27.440 this should have been
00:17:28.320 prevented
00:17:28.720 and this afternoon
00:17:30.000 there was an all senators
00:17:31.660 call
00:17:32.020 with the head
00:17:33.040 of the secret service
00:17:33.840 and the head
00:17:34.600 of the FBI
00:17:35.140 and the call lasted
00:17:37.520 about 45 minutes
00:17:38.620 I will say
00:17:40.340 it was a deeply
00:17:41.800 frustrating call
00:17:42.720 so for the first
00:17:44.380 30 minutes
00:17:44.920 they talked
00:17:45.440 and they basically
00:17:46.020 filibustered
00:17:46.560 and they got up
00:17:48.080 and they described
00:17:48.900 all the security steps
00:17:50.660 they did
00:17:51.220 they went their days
00:17:52.100 ahead of time
00:17:52.740 they did this
00:17:53.340 they did this
00:17:53.920 they did this
00:17:54.500 they did everything else
00:17:55.320 and they went through
00:17:55.840 excruciating details
00:17:57.660 of a timeline
00:17:58.280 of everything they did
00:17:59.360 and they did everything
00:18:00.420 except stop a bloody man
00:18:01.760 with a rifle
00:18:02.240 from shooting the president
00:18:03.220 and it's kind of like
00:18:05.160 I mean it was
00:18:06.640 it was maddening
00:18:08.700 and then on this call
00:18:11.600 they allowed
00:18:12.360 a couple of questions
00:18:14.360 they had a thing
00:18:15.920 where you hit a number
00:18:16.680 to dial a question
00:18:17.500 I immediately hit a number
00:18:18.620 to dial a question
00:18:19.520 by the way
00:18:20.540 Mike Lee immediately
00:18:21.620 hit a number
00:18:22.080 to dial a question
00:18:22.800 Marsha Blackburn
00:18:23.500 immediately hit a number
00:18:24.440 question
00:18:25.080 none of us got our questions
00:18:26.460 they did just a handful
00:18:28.820 of questions
00:18:29.480 and I got to tell you
00:18:30.380 the questions
00:18:30.940 were pretty patty cage
00:18:32.960 look
00:18:35.560 the questions
00:18:37.100 that I would have asked
00:18:38.360 had I gotten the chance
00:18:41.960 and that I intend to ask
00:18:43.080 we need to have
00:18:43.640 congressional hearings
00:18:44.500 and we should have them
00:18:45.280 next week
00:18:46.380 with the head
00:18:46.860 of the secret service
00:18:47.740 and DHS
00:18:48.680 and the FBI
00:18:49.400 under all
00:18:50.160 but listen
00:18:55.540 the obvious questions
00:18:57.560 to ask
00:18:57.980 that nobody asked
00:18:58.980 that Chuck Schumer
00:18:59.660 certainly didn't ask
00:19:00.700 number one
00:19:02.280 why were there not
00:19:02.860 more agents assigned
00:19:03.700 why were there not
00:19:04.620 enough agents assigned
00:19:05.900 to protect the president
00:19:06.880 number two
00:19:08.200 why was that rooftop
00:19:09.380 not secured
00:19:10.120 it was 160 yards away
00:19:11.700 it was an obvious
00:19:12.600 line of sight
00:19:13.480 number three
00:19:14.480 why was there no
00:19:15.160 aerial support
00:19:15.800 why were there no drones
00:19:16.780 why was there no helicopter
00:19:17.940 why was there nothing
00:19:19.700 providing aerial coverage
00:19:21.680 number four
00:19:23.140 they went through
00:19:24.920 a timeline
00:19:25.580 that this individual
00:19:26.860 the shooter
00:19:27.820 and I won't say his name
00:19:29.160 I don't say the names
00:19:30.220 of shooters
00:19:30.980 these bastards
00:19:31.780 deserve to be forgotten
00:19:32.940 by history
00:19:33.640 I will not repeat his name
00:19:35.160 but the shooter
00:19:37.120 they spotted him
00:19:39.620 over an hour earlier
00:19:41.160 walking in
00:19:42.000 with a range finder
00:19:43.160 to measure the range
00:19:45.760 they also spotted him
00:19:47.040 a half hour earlier
00:19:48.520 casing the building
00:19:49.680 that he ultimately
00:19:50.380 climbed up on top of
00:19:51.640 and so the questions
00:19:54.320 I intended to continue
00:19:55.360 to ask is
00:19:56.120 why didn't you
00:19:57.080 detain the guy
00:19:58.160 and why the hell
00:20:01.660 did you allow
00:20:02.340 the president
00:20:02.880 to keep speaking
00:20:03.760 if you're searching
00:20:05.380 for someone you think
00:20:06.580 might be an active sniper
00:20:08.140 there's a very easy thing
00:20:10.700 for the secret service
00:20:11.600 to say
00:20:12.120 which is hold on a second
00:20:13.480 we're putting a pause
00:20:14.360 on this
00:20:14.740 we're getting the president
00:20:15.480 out of harm's way
00:20:16.260 why didn't they do
00:20:17.420 any of that
00:20:18.200 and I didn't get a chance
00:20:19.120 to ask any of those
00:20:20.420 questions
00:20:20.880 because this was
00:20:22.920 I think a CYA
00:20:24.500 briefing
00:20:25.620 and it is frustrating
00:20:28.060 I will tell you
00:20:29.460 they asked the head
00:20:31.660 of the secret service
00:20:32.540 how did the guy
00:20:33.180 get to the top
00:20:33.900 of the building
00:20:34.360 she said
00:20:34.720 why
00:20:34.900 I don't know
00:20:35.500 the hell do you mean
00:20:36.760 you don't know
00:20:37.380 this was four days ago
00:20:39.940 five days ago
00:20:41.020 and you don't know
00:20:42.020 how he got up
00:20:42.700 to the building
00:20:43.300 is there a more
00:20:44.420 important question
00:20:45.560 that you're dealing
00:20:47.240 with
00:20:47.480 well yes
00:20:48.040 it's how to cover
00:20:48.760 your rear end
00:20:49.460 from political
00:20:50.240 accountability
00:20:50.920 because you don't
00:20:53.660 actually want to
00:20:54.580 what let me ask you
00:20:56.260 what does it take
00:20:57.440 to get fired
00:20:58.180 by Joe Biden
00:20:58.920 like seriously
00:21:00.960 this woman
00:21:01.580 should be fired
00:21:02.540 yesterday
00:21:03.500 it was the most
00:21:05.100 spectacular failure
00:21:06.840 and let's be clear
00:21:08.520 it is not difficult
00:21:09.620 to figure out
00:21:10.560 but it is a risk
00:21:12.060 to a president
00:21:12.840 from a rifleman
00:21:14.880 from a high vantage point
00:21:16.260 we do have a little
00:21:17.080 bit of history
00:21:17.820 to be clear
00:21:19.240 that was not my father
00:21:20.180 they retracted it recently
00:21:24.340 so we know
00:21:24.980 the National Enquirer
00:21:25.640 says it was not
00:21:26.420 there you go
00:21:27.060 it only took him
00:21:28.560 ten years
00:21:29.080 I did have
00:21:31.180 on the floor
00:21:31.660 of the RNC
00:21:32.460 a reporter
00:21:32.960 asked me about that
00:21:33.820 last night
00:21:34.300 actually on the floor
00:21:35.300 standing right
00:21:35.900 with the Texas
00:21:36.340 that's a hard hitting
00:21:36.980 question right there
00:21:37.920 and I said
00:21:38.940 let me tell you
00:21:39.840 actually a quote
00:21:40.800 from Marco Rubio
00:21:42.820 2016 campaign
00:21:44.320 when the allegation
00:21:45.640 came up
00:21:46.120 that my father
00:21:46.700 was involved
00:21:47.380 in killing JFK
00:21:48.920 and I said
00:21:52.400 look
00:21:52.700 Republican senators
00:21:54.000 we have lunch together
00:21:55.200 every Tuesday
00:21:55.740 Wednesday
00:21:56.120 and Thursday
00:21:56.680 in DC
00:21:57.300 Marco stood up
00:21:58.700 in front of all
00:21:59.260 our colleagues
00:21:59.840 and he said
00:22:00.320 let me tell you
00:22:00.920 I know for an
00:22:01.900 absolute fact
00:22:03.300 Ted's dad
00:22:04.880 did not kill JFK
00:22:06.280 and Marco
00:22:09.520 continued
00:22:10.160 he said
00:22:10.620 because if a Cuban
00:22:11.780 had done that
00:22:12.500 he would have
00:22:13.260 told everyone
00:22:14.140 very accurate
00:22:18.460 and y'all know
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00:22:20.500 tell me that
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00:22:29.060 leaders
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00:22:53.780 this is a known
00:22:57.020 threat
00:22:57.640 and it is
00:22:58.700 infuriating
00:22:59.840 that they did
00:23:01.300 not protect
00:23:02.140 against it
00:23:02.820 look you're
00:23:03.320 having been
00:23:03.780 on the ground
00:23:04.200 and you're also
00:23:04.760 having been
00:23:05.500 an army ranger
00:23:06.860 in Iraq
00:23:07.320 give me your
00:23:08.540 your perspective
00:23:09.720 on the just
00:23:10.720 maddening failure
00:23:13.320 and to be clear
00:23:14.040 I want to underscore
00:23:14.680 what Ben said
00:23:15.360 it's not a failure
00:23:16.200 by the individual
00:23:17.060 secret service agents
00:23:18.260 those men and women
00:23:19.500 put themselves
00:23:20.300 in harm's way
00:23:21.360 and acted
00:23:22.020 heroically
00:23:22.820 it is the
00:23:23.660 bureaucratic
00:23:24.320 leadership
00:23:24.820 that is covering
00:23:25.580 their hindquarters
00:23:26.420 and taking
00:23:27.200 zero responsibility
00:23:28.560 for their
00:23:29.180 disastrous decisions
00:23:30.200 give me your
00:23:31.280 reactions
00:23:31.660 well you know
00:23:32.500 if you sort of
00:23:33.480 listed the
00:23:34.220 ten most obvious
00:23:36.900 ways that the
00:23:38.040 president could be
00:23:38.560 put at risk
00:23:39.140 in this circumstance
00:23:39.820 this rooftop
00:23:41.120 would have been
00:23:41.700 in the top three
00:23:42.480 you know this
00:23:43.160 would have been
00:23:43.520 an obvious place
00:23:45.120 that the president
00:23:45.700 so I have no
00:23:48.180 answer
00:23:48.500 it seems
00:23:50.240 high
00:23:51.020 and this is why
00:23:51.660 an investigation
00:23:52.160 is so important
00:23:52.800 your hearings
00:23:53.220 are so important
00:23:53.760 it kind of seems
00:23:54.920 by the way
00:23:55.280 it's not clear
00:23:55.940 we're going to
00:23:56.260 have senate hearings
00:23:57.100 because it takes
00:23:57.780 the democrats
00:23:58.340 to call them
00:23:59.160 so dick durbin
00:24:00.380 is the chairman
00:24:00.960 of the senate
00:24:01.420 judiciary committee
00:24:02.420 we have jurisdiction
00:24:03.780 over this
00:24:04.540 a number of us
00:24:05.520 have called on
00:24:06.200 dick durbin
00:24:06.620 to call a hearing
00:24:07.440 but we don't have
00:24:08.160 a hearing scheduled
00:24:08.760 there's going to be
00:24:09.160 a house hearing
00:24:09.880 but senate democrats
00:24:11.200 as far as I can tell
00:24:12.880 are not interested
00:24:13.560 in finding out
00:24:14.260 what happened
00:24:14.780 we certainly haven't
00:24:15.800 heard a hearing
00:24:16.240 announced yet
00:24:16.860 there has to be
00:24:18.900 and the reason is
00:24:19.680 it's hard to imagine
00:24:21.260 a 20 year old kid
00:24:22.420 all of you are parents
00:24:25.180 here
00:24:25.440 imagine you're a 20 year old
00:24:26.860 plotting
00:24:28.260 this thing in isolation
00:24:30.460 developing a plan
00:24:32.020 knowing enough
00:24:32.860 to be able to
00:24:34.360 piece together a plan
00:24:35.580 that would be so effective
00:24:36.740 in a security environment
00:24:38.860 which shouldn't have been
00:24:39.860 as permissive
00:24:40.700 as it was
00:24:41.640 and by the way
00:24:42.680 we had news breaking
00:24:43.680 this week
00:24:44.380 that the government
00:24:45.580 of iran
00:24:46.240 has hired hitmen
00:24:47.220 to murder
00:24:47.640 donald trump
00:24:48.800 so this is
00:24:50.380 we still don't know
00:24:51.200 a ton about this shooter
00:24:52.420 but at least right now
00:24:53.800 it appears to be
00:24:54.500 a 20 year old kid
00:24:55.580 who went up
00:24:56.380 and did this
00:24:57.180 like holy cow
00:24:59.200 if they can't
00:24:59.840 protect against that
00:25:00.960 what about a
00:25:01.800 professional hit squad
00:25:03.020 from an enemy
00:25:03.620 of this country
00:25:04.360 I mean this is
00:25:05.280 incredibly disturbing
00:25:07.340 right
00:25:07.780 and unexplainable
00:25:09.100 so thank you
00:25:10.220 for what you're doing
00:25:10.740 and I will say
00:25:11.800 there's a danger
00:25:12.720 there's a danger
00:25:14.600 of this being
00:25:15.420 like Afghanistan
00:25:16.280 look Afghanistan
00:25:18.160 you look at the
00:25:18.980 disastrous incompetence
00:25:20.720 of the Biden administration
00:25:21.780 in that withdrawal
00:25:22.680 and it encouraged
00:25:24.740 every enemy of America
00:25:26.060 it encouraged
00:25:27.280 it played a major role
00:25:29.420 in why Putin
00:25:30.280 invaded Ukraine
00:25:31.280 it played a major role
00:25:32.980 I believe
00:25:33.500 in an October 7th
00:25:34.680 in Hamas
00:25:35.140 attacking Israel
00:25:36.420 that our enemies
00:25:37.540 looked to the
00:25:38.300 Biden administration
00:25:39.080 and said these people
00:25:40.100 are utterly weak
00:25:40.840 and ineffective
00:25:41.420 I've got to say
00:25:42.580 for any
00:25:43.120 every enemy of America
00:25:44.700 they look at
00:25:46.060 the incompetence
00:25:46.960 of the secret service
00:25:47.980 under the Biden administration
00:25:49.200 and I don't even like
00:25:51.320 saying these words
00:25:52.620 but it's important
00:25:53.400 to acknowledge this risk
00:25:54.820 our enemies
00:25:55.720 have just been encouraged
00:25:56.820 the danger has gone up
00:25:59.100 because they say
00:26:00.360 if that jack doodle
00:26:01.520 can do it
00:26:02.160 what about if we send
00:26:04.600 in real trained professionals
00:26:06.800 they also said
00:26:08.180 if Donald Trump
00:26:09.720 gets elected
00:26:10.180 I don't want to
00:26:10.560 mess with that guy
00:26:11.200 hold on
00:26:13.760 this is a point
00:26:14.860 reiterate that
00:26:16.260 because that's actually
00:26:17.300 a very important point
00:26:18.580 if you're an enemy of America
00:26:19.620 think if you're
00:26:20.340 sitting in Tehran
00:26:21.820 or in Beijing
00:26:23.020 or in Moscow
00:26:24.800 or other places
00:26:27.020 where adversaries sit
00:26:28.760 terrorist cells
00:26:29.600 wherever they might be
00:26:30.460 and you watch
00:26:31.520 that videotape
00:26:32.360 and I think you say
00:26:34.440 if that guy
00:26:35.520 becomes president
00:26:36.320 which I think he's going
00:26:37.380 to become president
00:26:38.440 again
00:26:38.800 I'm not going
00:26:40.300 to mess with him
00:26:40.940 I'd use other language
00:26:42.980 if we weren't on the
00:26:43.680 if we weren't on your podcast
00:26:45.420 but we're not going to mess
00:26:46.680 we're not going to mess
00:26:47.940 with that guy
00:26:49.020 because he's a mean hombre
00:26:50.920 and he's tough
00:26:52.340 and his instinct
00:26:53.920 is to fight
00:26:54.720 and so I think
00:26:56.980 almost overnight
00:26:58.340 we've lost deterrence
00:26:59.540 under Joe Biden
00:27:00.140 adversaries
00:27:01.340 it's like the bully
00:27:02.120 on the playground
00:27:02.640 they're not afraid
00:27:03.720 to punch us
00:27:04.340 in the face
00:27:04.840 I think the day
00:27:06.140 Donald Trump
00:27:06.840 takes office again
00:27:07.780 deterrence
00:27:08.800 goes back up
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00:29:18.960 senator I want to
00:29:20.000 ask you this
00:29:20.520 you mentioned the
00:29:21.260 senate only meeting
00:29:22.960 details
00:29:24.300 I'm going to read
00:29:24.820 this from CBS
00:29:25.440 News details
00:29:26.160 are emerging
00:29:26.700 about the
00:29:27.100 moments that led
00:29:27.740 to the shooting
00:29:28.260 bystanders alerted
00:29:29.460 law enforcement
00:29:30.200 to the government
00:29:30.980 on the roof
00:29:31.540 of a building
00:29:32.560 about 410 feet
00:29:34.280 away from the
00:29:35.040 stage at least
00:29:36.000 two minutes
00:29:36.900 before the first
00:29:39.000 shot was fired
00:29:39.880 at Trump
00:29:41.040 yep
00:29:41.420 how vulnerable
00:29:43.740 are we
00:29:45.260 and how vulnerable
00:29:46.920 is every president
00:29:47.900 past and present
00:29:49.680 if you've got a
00:29:51.560 two minute warning
00:29:52.360 and the job is still
00:29:53.720 not done
00:29:54.340 did anyone answer
00:29:55.320 that question
00:29:56.040 on the call
00:29:56.520 look we need to
00:29:57.440 have part of the
00:29:58.100 reason we need to
00:29:58.680 have a hearing
00:29:59.160 is there are a whole
00:29:59.700 series of questions
00:30:00.620 about how many
00:30:01.240 threats have there
00:30:01.860 been
00:30:02.040 how many agents
00:30:02.900 did you have
00:30:03.400 assigned
00:30:03.880 should there be
00:30:05.700 2x 3x 4x as many
00:30:07.700 agents assigned
00:30:08.520 to the president
00:30:09.200 what resources
00:30:10.520 what equipment
00:30:11.320 did you have
00:30:12.320 the threat profile
00:30:14.820 I'm willing to bet
00:30:16.160 that Donald Trump
00:30:17.580 is the single most
00:30:18.640 threatened individual
00:30:19.520 on the face of the
00:30:20.180 planet
00:30:20.480 now I don't
00:30:21.980 actually have the
00:30:22.940 facts of the
00:30:23.560 threats that have
00:30:24.100 come in to prove
00:30:25.580 that is correct
00:30:26.420 but you know what
00:30:27.060 secret service does
00:30:27.860 and I would like us
00:30:30.760 to know what is the
00:30:31.600 comparative threat
00:30:32.360 level between
00:30:33.320 Trump and Biden
00:30:34.400 and my concern
00:30:36.260 is that did
00:30:38.520 politics play a
00:30:39.860 role was it
00:30:40.500 politics or
00:30:41.280 incompetence
00:30:42.080 because it's clear
00:30:43.020 they screwed up
00:30:43.720 massively
00:30:44.200 I can tell you
00:30:45.920 in this call
00:30:46.580 so you had one
00:30:47.320 senator who asked
00:30:48.300 were there drones
00:30:49.980 yes or no
00:30:50.780 and the answer
00:30:52.440 from the head
00:30:53.200 of the secret
00:30:53.640 service was
00:30:54.560 we determined
00:30:56.280 that the risk
00:30:56.940 from that
00:30:57.500 rooftop
00:30:58.220 was mitigated
00:30:59.440 by counter
00:31:00.020 snipers
00:31:00.560 meaning no
00:31:02.640 number one
00:31:04.060 she didn't even
00:31:04.640 say the word
00:31:05.480 no
00:31:05.840 which is what
00:31:06.880 someone honestly
00:31:07.940 would say
00:31:08.620 she didn't say
00:31:09.580 well obviously
00:31:10.220 we needed drones
00:31:10.940 and we should have
00:31:11.440 had them
00:31:11.740 which is what
00:31:12.160 someone obviously
00:31:12.920 would have said
00:31:13.440 she didn't make
00:31:14.520 the obvious point
00:31:15.480 well the roof
00:31:16.200 was slanted
00:31:16.860 so the counter
00:31:17.500 snipers couldn't
00:31:18.320 see the guy
00:31:19.080 because he was
00:31:19.780 on the other
00:31:20.220 end of the slant
00:31:21.140 and by the way
00:31:22.240 I'm pretty sure
00:31:23.820 the roof didn't
00:31:24.620 suddenly slant
00:31:25.560 itself in between
00:31:27.100 when they advanced
00:31:28.020 the scene
00:31:28.640 and when it occurred
00:31:30.260 in other words
00:31:30.840 they could have
00:31:31.380 figured out
00:31:32.120 if your quote
00:31:33.660 mitigation
00:31:34.380 is counter
00:31:35.580 snipers
00:31:36.160 and they don't
00:31:36.680 have a line
00:31:37.420 of sight
00:31:37.940 to a place
00:31:38.760 a sniper
00:31:39.200 could be
00:31:39.840 then you don't
00:31:40.660 have effective
00:31:41.420 mitigation
00:31:42.020 she addressed
00:31:43.240 none of that
00:31:44.340 but it was
00:31:45.280 pure bureaucraties
00:31:47.400 that's a good
00:31:49.360 word for it
00:31:50.060 this is why
00:31:51.780 I love having
00:31:52.260 live studio
00:31:52.900 audience
00:31:53.380 when you look
00:31:55.360 at the room
00:31:55.880 and for the
00:31:56.980 folks listening
00:31:57.680 at home
00:31:58.080 since we are
00:31:58.640 in a studio
00:31:59.060 audience
00:31:59.440 and the audience
00:32:00.100 is not
00:32:00.600 mic'd
00:32:01.340 I will just
00:32:01.920 say
00:32:02.320 you guys
00:32:03.160 were in
00:32:03.460 a cow field
00:32:04.160 and they
00:32:04.520 suggested
00:32:05.040 it was a
00:32:05.560 substance
00:32:05.880 that was
00:32:06.180 probably there
00:32:06.820 in large
00:32:07.300 amounts
00:32:08.180 exactly
00:32:08.920 when you
00:32:10.620 were there
00:32:11.180 and after
00:32:12.580 the shooting
00:32:13.040 happened
00:32:13.460 you saw
00:32:14.440 how close
00:32:14.980 it was
00:32:15.240 were you
00:32:15.620 shocked
00:32:16.160 because I'm
00:32:16.760 sure you
00:32:17.020 saw the
00:32:17.280 commotion
00:32:17.580 on the
00:32:17.800 rooftop
00:32:18.020 I'm sure
00:32:18.620 you knew
00:32:18.960 that's where
00:32:19.400 the shots
00:32:19.920 came out
00:32:20.460 from
00:32:20.800 then you
00:32:22.160 look at
00:32:22.620 it
00:32:22.780 is there
00:32:23.120 any
00:32:23.320 I mean
00:32:24.020 former military
00:32:24.980 when you
00:32:25.320 look at
00:32:25.660 it
00:32:25.780 could you
00:32:26.100 believe
00:32:26.380 that
00:32:26.640 building
00:32:27.140 was not
00:32:27.540 monitored
00:32:27.880 the way
00:32:28.180 it should
00:32:28.420 have been
00:32:28.680 well you
00:32:28.940 know
00:32:29.060 I would
00:32:29.540 just be
00:32:29.800 honest
00:32:29.960 I didn't
00:32:30.320 know
00:32:30.560 on the
00:32:32.520 site
00:32:32.780 you're in
00:32:33.900 the middle
00:32:34.220 of
00:32:34.440 people
00:32:34.920 you're trying
00:32:35.800 to get
00:32:36.060 people out
00:32:36.600 so I
00:32:37.220 wasn't
00:32:37.680 sure
00:32:38.360 until I
00:32:38.820 got back
00:32:39.280 and saw
00:32:39.720 the TV
00:32:40.720 projections
00:32:41.220 and the aerial
00:32:41.700 photos
00:32:42.200 where it came
00:32:46.160 was
00:32:46.480 absolutely
00:32:47.240 because it's
00:32:48.120 the most
00:32:48.440 obvious
00:32:48.920 place
00:32:49.980 and the
00:32:50.420 idea
00:32:50.760 just to go
00:32:51.260 back to
00:32:51.540 my earlier
00:32:51.920 point
00:32:52.240 the idea
00:32:53.320 that the
00:32:54.000 sniper
00:32:55.340 the 20
00:32:56.240 year old
00:32:56.660 kid who
00:32:57.400 has no
00:32:58.480 experience
00:32:59.200 would have
00:33:00.120 known the
00:33:00.680 place
00:33:01.220 where he
00:33:02.440 wouldn't be
00:33:02.920 in the
00:33:03.220 sniper's
00:33:03.760 line of
00:33:04.100 sight
00:33:04.360 these are
00:33:06.100 questions
00:33:06.480 I don't
00:33:06.980 know what
00:33:07.260 the answer
00:33:07.600 is
00:33:07.840 but it
00:33:08.660 seems
00:33:08.960 highly
00:33:09.420 unlikely
00:33:09.960 that a
00:33:10.940 single
00:33:11.220 person
00:33:11.680 could have
00:33:12.060 pulled
00:33:12.300 this off
00:33:12.860 without
00:33:13.440 so much
00:33:14.200 luck
00:33:14.700 and so
00:33:15.420 much
00:33:15.620 incompetence
00:33:16.140 and so
00:33:16.720 that's why
00:33:17.160 the hearings
00:33:17.800 to give
00:33:18.560 us confidence
00:33:19.160 that we
00:33:20.340 understand
00:33:20.720 what really
00:33:21.140 happened
00:33:21.420 here
00:33:21.640 are so
00:33:22.240 incredibly
00:33:22.700 important
00:33:23.120 well
00:33:24.840 and look
00:33:25.220 I will say
00:33:25.720 the FBI
00:33:26.320 was on
00:33:26.980 and they're
00:33:27.360 investigating
00:33:27.960 and at least
00:33:28.640 what they're
00:33:29.100 reporting right
00:33:29.840 now is they
00:33:30.400 don't have
00:33:30.840 evidence of
00:33:31.380 anyone else
00:33:31.860 being involved
00:33:32.540 and they're
00:33:32.960 looking at
00:33:33.460 his cell phone
00:33:34.000 and his
00:33:34.220 computers
00:33:34.620 and they're
00:33:34.940 engaged in
00:33:35.420 the forensics
00:33:36.140 and we
00:33:37.340 will find
00:33:37.920 out
00:33:38.140 we have
00:33:38.540 seen
00:33:38.900 with other
00:33:39.360 instances
00:33:39.860 there are
00:33:40.360 times
00:33:40.740 where their
00:33:41.120 lone
00:33:41.360 shooters
00:33:41.800 commit
00:33:42.440 horrific
00:33:42.840 attacks
00:33:43.320 and it's
00:33:43.720 possible
00:33:44.180 that this
00:33:45.000 young man
00:33:45.700 who is an
00:33:47.400 alienated
00:33:48.160 loner
00:33:48.740 that unfortunately
00:33:49.940 is a profile
00:33:51.000 we've seen
00:33:52.180 in other
00:33:52.540 instances of
00:33:53.300 people who
00:33:53.680 have committed
00:33:54.100 horrific
00:33:54.620 offenses
00:33:55.360 and so
00:33:55.820 we'll find
00:33:56.920 out in
00:33:57.500 time
00:33:58.340 you know
00:33:59.780 I will say
00:34:00.440 when the
00:34:00.960 shooting occurs
00:34:01.720 this is one
00:34:02.740 of the moments
00:34:03.380 I think
00:34:05.340 every one of us
00:34:06.280 is going to
00:34:06.620 remember exactly
00:34:07.420 where we were
00:34:08.100 when this
00:34:08.480 happened
00:34:08.820 and whether
00:34:10.060 we were
00:34:10.480 staring
00:34:10.940 in horror
00:34:11.580 at a
00:34:11.940 television
00:34:12.320 set
00:34:12.800 or
00:34:13.360 in my
00:34:14.260 instance
00:34:14.640 I was
00:34:15.040 sitting there
00:34:15.440 having a meal
00:34:15.980 with Heidi
00:34:16.460 and we're
00:34:16.800 staring at
00:34:17.380 horror at
00:34:17.840 our phones
00:34:18.460 and hitting
00:34:19.140 refresh
00:34:19.660 and by the
00:34:20.220 way
00:34:20.500 it says
00:34:21.300 something
00:34:21.760 that nobody
00:34:23.160 was on
00:34:23.560 news sites
00:34:24.200 you're on
00:34:24.580 social media
00:34:25.200 you're on
00:34:25.580 X
00:34:25.820 because it's
00:34:26.140 the fastest
00:34:26.640 thing
00:34:27.060 you're getting
00:34:27.700 immediate updates
00:34:28.660 of what's
00:34:29.180 happening
00:34:29.520 one after
00:34:30.100 the other
00:34:30.500 after the
00:34:30.940 other
00:34:31.180 so we
00:34:31.820 talked about
00:34:32.400 for example
00:34:33.020 in our last
00:34:33.520 podcast
00:34:34.020 we played
00:34:34.620 from what got
00:34:35.480 put up on
00:34:36.020 X
00:34:36.340 like one
00:34:37.800 of the guys
00:34:38.180 standing outside
00:34:38.860 the rally
00:34:39.320 that saw
00:34:39.860 this guy
00:34:40.380 climbing on
00:34:40.980 the roof
00:34:41.300 yelling to
00:34:42.120 cops
00:34:42.400 there's a
00:34:43.020 guy with
00:34:43.580 a rifle
00:34:44.060 on the
00:34:44.540 roof
00:34:44.760 we now
00:34:45.180 know a
00:34:45.500 local
00:34:45.720 police
00:34:46.100 officer
00:34:46.540 climbed up
00:34:47.420 to that
00:34:47.720 roof
00:34:47.960 he pointed
00:34:48.480 the rifle
00:34:49.060 at the
00:34:49.740 local
00:34:49.980 police
00:34:50.380 officer
00:34:50.800 and yet
00:34:51.440 and we
00:34:52.240 haven't had
00:34:52.640 these questions
00:34:53.360 yet
00:34:53.740 what level
00:34:54.660 of communication
00:34:55.200 was there
00:34:56.000 between the
00:34:56.460 local police
00:34:57.040 and the
00:34:57.300 secret service
00:34:58.040 the instant
00:34:59.240 the local
00:34:59.800 police officer
00:35:00.640 saw a
00:35:01.600 sniper on
00:35:02.300 a roof
00:35:02.700 with a
00:35:03.840 gun
00:35:04.180 he should
00:35:05.700 have been
00:35:06.000 yelling
00:35:06.380 in his
00:35:06.800 microphone
00:35:07.360 shooter
00:35:07.960 shooter
00:35:08.400 shooter
00:35:08.900 instantaneously
00:35:10.280 the secret
00:35:10.820 service
00:35:11.200 should have
00:35:11.500 pulled
00:35:11.720 trump
00:35:12.060 off of that
00:35:12.940 stage
00:35:13.360 before the
00:35:13.980 shooter
00:35:14.240 could aim
00:35:14.800 and they
00:35:15.280 should have
00:35:15.560 taken him
00:35:15.920 out right
00:35:16.340 there
00:35:16.660 that didn't
00:35:17.580 happen
00:35:17.980 which raises
00:35:21.960 the question
00:35:22.840 was the secret
00:35:23.640 service
00:35:24.220 did they have
00:35:25.400 communication
00:35:26.140 synchronized
00:35:27.040 with local
00:35:27.540 law enforcement
00:35:28.340 and I will
00:35:29.740 tell you
00:35:30.140 something also
00:35:30.760 so I
00:35:31.240 right before
00:35:32.240 this podcast
00:35:32.940 I was going
00:35:33.340 to ask you
00:35:33.700 that question
00:35:34.220 because people
00:35:34.840 are going to
00:35:35.040 want to hear
00:35:35.360 this
00:35:35.700 you just
00:35:36.700 met
00:35:37.300 president
00:35:37.880 trump
00:35:38.240 at the
00:35:39.020 convention
00:35:39.460 for people
00:35:39.940 that are
00:35:40.200 listening
00:35:40.560 you got
00:35:42.220 to see him
00:35:42.560 this first
00:35:42.940 time
00:35:43.320 since this
00:35:44.460 happened
00:35:44.560 first time
00:35:44.960 I've seen
00:35:45.300 him since
00:35:45.640 he was shot
00:35:46.380 and I've
00:35:47.060 visited with
00:35:47.640 him
00:35:47.860 what did
00:35:48.600 he say
00:35:48.900 look number
00:35:49.820 one he is
00:35:50.640 happy
00:35:51.720 he is
00:35:52.380 strong
00:35:53.220 his ear
00:35:53.660 is bandaged
00:35:54.380 I will
00:35:56.140 tell you
00:35:56.640 he
00:35:56.860 he was
00:35:59.860 quiet
00:36:00.280 for a
00:36:00.660 second
00:36:00.900 and he
00:36:03.520 spoke
00:36:03.960 with a
00:36:04.340 seriousness
00:36:04.900 that was
00:36:05.820 unlike
00:36:06.120 anything
00:36:06.620 I've
00:36:06.920 heard
00:36:07.120 from
00:36:07.320 Donald
00:36:07.580 Trump
00:36:07.820 before
00:36:08.220 and he
00:36:10.480 said
00:36:10.700 God
00:36:10.920 saved me
00:36:11.320 that day
00:36:11.700 and
00:36:13.800 listen
00:36:14.960 I believe
00:36:15.560 that is
00:36:16.140 absolutely
00:36:17.740 right
00:36:18.220 many of
00:36:20.280 us have
00:36:20.640 seen
00:36:21.100 online
00:36:21.760 for example
00:36:22.500 recreations
00:36:23.480 of the
00:36:23.820 angle
00:36:24.120 of the
00:36:24.400 bullet
00:36:24.660 and had
00:36:25.720 his head
00:36:26.260 turned
00:36:26.840 even
00:36:27.180 slightly
00:36:27.760 to the
00:36:28.200 right
00:36:28.460 or even
00:36:28.860 slightly
00:36:29.240 to the
00:36:29.660 left
00:36:30.040 he would
00:36:31.700 have been
00:36:31.860 killed
00:36:32.100 and it
00:36:33.940 is
00:36:34.440 what I
00:36:36.020 said
00:36:36.400 at the
00:36:36.920 convention
00:36:37.340 last night
00:36:38.120 I thank
00:36:39.160 God
00:36:39.600 for saving
00:36:40.260 him
00:36:40.480 I believe
00:36:40.920 God
00:36:41.200 turned
00:36:41.500 his head
00:36:41.880 turned
00:36:42.260 his head
00:36:42.700 so that
00:36:43.040 the path
00:36:43.460 of the
00:36:43.700 bullet
00:36:43.960 did not
00:36:44.720 kill him
00:36:45.200 that day
00:36:45.580 and
00:36:47.520 listen
00:36:49.040 this is
00:36:50.400 horrific
00:36:50.880 I will
00:36:51.580 say
00:36:51.840 going back
00:36:52.360 to the
00:36:52.660 Reagan
00:36:52.860 analogy
00:36:53.300 one of
00:36:53.680 the
00:36:53.800 things
00:36:54.180 Reagan
00:36:55.620 always
00:36:56.060 said
00:36:56.420 is that
00:36:57.640 when he
00:36:57.960 survived
00:36:58.600 that
00:36:58.840 assassination
00:36:59.340 attempt
00:37:00.200 that it
00:37:00.500 changed
00:37:00.820 that it
00:37:02.260 gave him
00:37:02.920 a seriousness
00:37:03.660 of purpose
00:37:04.380 that God
00:37:04.940 spared me
00:37:05.500 for a reason
00:37:06.120 and
00:37:07.420 listen
00:37:08.120 I think
00:37:08.480 what President
00:37:09.000 Trump has
00:37:09.480 done already
00:37:09.940 for the
00:37:10.260 country
00:37:10.560 has been
00:37:10.940 extraordinary
00:37:11.500 but
00:37:12.000 I gotta say
00:37:13.960 just visiting
00:37:14.580 with him
00:37:14.900 a few
00:37:15.160 minutes ago
00:37:15.760 it was
00:37:16.400 powerful
00:37:17.120 in a
00:37:17.700 very
00:37:17.980 different
00:37:18.420 way
00:37:18.640 and this
00:37:18.880 was just
00:37:19.320 him and
00:37:20.100 me
00:37:20.260 talking
00:37:20.880 one on
00:37:21.300 one
00:37:21.660 that it
00:37:23.440 had a
00:37:24.280 real impact
00:37:24.940 and I
00:37:25.240 also
00:37:25.600 I talked
00:37:26.700 to him
00:37:26.920 about this
00:37:27.320 briefing
00:37:27.960 I just
00:37:28.260 left
00:37:28.600 and I
00:37:29.520 expressed
00:37:30.040 how
00:37:30.460 deeply
00:37:32.000 frustrating
00:37:32.760 it was
00:37:34.480 now I
00:37:34.800 will say
00:37:35.280 have you
00:37:35.580 noticed
00:37:36.040 Trump's
00:37:37.560 secret
00:37:37.760 service
00:37:38.260 detail here
00:37:39.180 at the
00:37:39.340 convention
00:37:39.700 they look
00:37:40.080 like an
00:37:40.300 offensive lineman
00:37:41.000 like a
00:37:41.960 whole line
00:37:42.640 they brought
00:37:43.140 him the
00:37:43.540 Green Bay Packers
00:37:44.340 I'm pretty
00:37:44.840 sure the
00:37:45.680 entire
00:37:46.220 Green Bay Packers
00:37:47.420 are right now
00:37:48.360 surrounding Donald Trump
00:37:49.300 what is your
00:37:49.760 weight and how
00:37:50.460 tall are you
00:37:51.080 yes we'll take
00:37:51.760 you today
00:37:52.180 yeah it is
00:37:53.560 different
00:37:53.840 final question
00:37:54.660 for each of
00:37:55.300 you as we
00:37:55.720 wrap
00:37:56.040 I believe
00:37:56.900 bringing in the
00:37:57.560 Packers is
00:37:58.040 probably worth
00:37:58.500 three points
00:37:58.980 it was
00:37:59.180 at least
00:37:59.620 that was
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00:39:23.760 final final question I
00:39:25.120 believe that Thursday
00:39:26.020 night actually may be the
00:39:27.480 most important speech of
00:39:28.720 Donald Trump's life I
00:39:31.340 think that his speech is an
00:39:33.200 opportunity for him to
00:39:34.640 unite the country in a way
00:39:36.440 that he's never been able to
00:39:37.460 do and bring people into the
00:39:38.960 Republican Party that
00:39:39.900 maybe have written it off I
00:39:42.540 think everyone is going to
00:39:43.780 watch to see what he says
00:39:45.120 how important do you think
00:39:46.800 the speech is I think it's
00:39:47.680 his most important speech
00:39:48.720 ever I agree with you I mean
00:39:52.020 I was I'm not surprised to
00:39:55.080 hear you say that the
00:39:55.680 president was quiet I think
00:39:57.080 he does feel like he I'm
00:39:59.320 speculating but I haven't
00:40:00.540 spoken with him about this but
00:40:01.920 that he was spared for a
00:40:03.540 reason and that this is his
00:40:05.140 opportunity and I think
00:40:06.600 people want to be united and I
00:40:08.960 think this this sent a chill
00:40:11.340 through our nation yeah it
00:40:13.380 didn't just send a chill through
00:40:14.400 Republicans and Trump
00:40:15.440 supporters just sent a chill
00:40:16.380 through everybody that the state
00:40:18.340 of our politics the the
00:40:20.500 nastiness the evil the
00:40:22.200 violence that's been
00:40:24.360 encouraged by some of the
00:40:25.460 nasty rhetoric has to come to
00:40:27.300 an end and that there's a
00:40:28.160 moment and I think based on
00:40:31.140 what he said in his statement
00:40:32.940 I think there's an
00:40:33.960 opportunity for him to really
00:40:35.860 unite the country I had
00:40:36.760 someone who called me the
00:40:37.740 other day who was a Trump
00:40:39.100 someone who didn't like
00:40:40.260 President Trump at all who
00:40:41.480 was a donor and he said
00:40:42.920 listen the guy I saw get off
00:40:45.100 that floor and stand up and
00:40:47.380 put his fist in the air I
00:40:48.840 want that guy to be our
00:40:49.480 president and I think this is
00:40:51.320 the moment and I don't think
00:40:53.120 it's an accident that it
00:40:53.980 happened and I think it's all
00:40:54.900 part of a grand plan and so
00:40:56.120 I'm very hopeful and very
00:40:58.100 optimistic and I think it's
00:40:59.620 his moment for you know
00:41:01.800 really bringing our country
00:41:03.180 together in a way it hasn't
00:41:04.200 been for years
00:41:04.800 look I agree that his speech
00:41:10.120 tomorrow night is incredibly
00:41:11.280 important I also saw the news
00:41:13.360 break today that that on
00:41:16.940 Friday President Trump is
00:41:19.240 going to be attending Chief
00:41:20.400 Comparatore's funeral and I
00:41:22.640 think that is the right thing
00:41:23.740 to do it he will go down as
00:41:28.940 an American hero but but this
00:41:31.460 is a moment I think for
00:41:32.720 everyone I hope to come
00:41:34.240 together and I will say as I
00:41:37.120 was doing a bunch of media
00:41:38.280 interviews last night with
00:41:39.940 reporters and and they kept
00:41:41.520 asking Republicans are so
00:41:44.460 united
00:41:46.100 it is a little odd though it's
00:41:49.940 been a long time it's been a
00:41:51.840 long time we finally got our
00:41:53.280 stuff together
00:41:54.020 enjoy that moment
00:41:57.000 their look of like befuddlement
00:42:00.560 combined with frustration like
00:42:04.780 damn it can't you fight with
00:42:06.560 each other but like come on just
00:42:08.360 start yelling at each other
00:42:09.420 please that's what we want to
00:42:10.820 cover and look I think that is
00:42:13.760 the one overwhelming word out of
00:42:15.300 this convention is unity and and
00:42:17.340 I couldn't help but point out to
00:42:18.860 each of the reporters I said I
00:42:20.120 sure hope you're prepared to do a
00:42:22.400 compare and contrast to the
00:42:24.420 Democrat convention
00:42:25.160 yeah because they may not have
00:42:28.140 been for another few weeks they
00:42:29.740 are utterly divided I don't know
00:42:31.360 how many of y'all saw today
00:42:32.900 Adam Schiff came out and said Joe
00:42:36.700 Biden should drop out that he
00:42:38.180 can't win
00:42:38.700 moments before the laptop was
00:42:42.840 real at the same time so so
00:42:44.660 where I saw the president was at
00:42:49.120 the premiere of a new movie that
00:42:50.660 the day bossy and citizens united is
00:42:52.520 putting out Trump's mission rescue
00:42:54.860 mission saving America it's a
00:42:57.080 terrific documentary and and and so
00:42:59.280 I was there for it Trump was there
00:43:00.740 for it so he got up and spoke and
00:43:02.620 introduced it it's very funny he did
00:43:04.200 basically a roast of Dave bossy he
00:43:05.760 said you know I'm speaking tomorrow
00:43:06.940 and and everyone says the
00:43:09.120 president before you accept the
00:43:10.340 nomination you're supposed to shut
00:43:11.620 up and and not talk but then bossy
00:43:14.220 made me do this damn it so I'm here
00:43:15.580 and he sort of did did a Trump
00:43:18.120 trademark uh few minute riff including
00:43:21.220 pointing out that that that that Adam
00:43:23.720 Schiff whom he promptly calls whom I
00:43:26.980 call watermelon head
00:43:28.840 and I'm sitting next to Jeff Landry the
00:43:37.360 governor of Louisiana great guy and I
00:43:39.620 just said Jeff he really is one of a
00:43:41.700 kind tell me someone else who would say
00:43:44.760 standing on stage Adam Schiff whom I call
00:43:48.660 watermelon head
00:43:49.620 but you know sometimes clarity is
00:43:54.120 helpful and confusion yes and uh and
00:43:57.600 communicating and uh look I think
00:44:00.360 tomorrow will matter enormously and I do
00:44:02.380 hope look I hope this is a moment when
00:44:06.080 the entire country comes together amen
00:44:07.560 programming note for everybody
00:44:09.200 listening we will be doing a special
00:44:10.820 show tomorrow on Thursday at the
00:44:12.940 convention so make sure you grab that
00:44:15.060 to our audience has been here in
00:44:17.060 Milwaukee you guys are incredible thank
00:44:18.820 you so much for coming out thank you
00:44:20.620 thank you
00:44:22.660 thank you thank you it was fun and we'll
00:44:27.900 see you back here tomorrow
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