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So that’s John Ratcliffe. I like him as CIA director. I think he’s he’s a really good pick and remember he was one of the only people that was really sounding the alarm on the laptop. Remember all of that in the very beginning? It was also Cloak & Dagger. And we had John Ratcliffe on. We had Nunez on. We had a lot of people on talking about that, when all that happened. And it was just so Cloak & Dagger. It was kind of crazy. But he’s such a good pick, and he made such a great point. Who else can parallel park… A rocket. And that is true. I mean, it simultaneously scares the hell out of me when I see it because it’s so weird looking. But then it also is is actually pretty cool that we can do that. And of course, this kicks off one of the larger conversations that we’re going to have today as it pertains to. The banning of TikTok. This is such a big discussion and it’s so nuanced. And we’re going to talk we’re going to talk about it here coming up throughout the program. We also later on in the program, we’re going to talk with John Cornyn and we’re also going to talk with Senator John Cornyn and Congressman Jim Jordan and Cornyn. He’s got a concealed carry bill. That he’s pushing for. We’re going to get into all of that because I’m just curious as to this legislation. So we’ve got a lot to hit. Welcome to the program. Dana Lash with you at the top of this first hour. And that’s the big issue because the Supreme Court has… Well, they’ve they’ve made a made a ruling in this in this tick tock. I don’t I’m not on tick tock. I just and I’m so glad that I’m not because it’s shutting down Sunday. And regardless, whatever Trump does with it, there’s at least going to be some time where it has to be off the app store. So because of the because the Supreme Court and it was a nine oh decision, which is really weird. I mean, not weird in that it’s never happened, but it’s really, really unusual that it was a full 9-0 ruling. I mean, every single justice. So they upheld the previous ruling as it pertains to TikTok being available in the United States. And they did so through a national security consideration. It’s a NATSEC issue. And I understand the arguments that, for, made by those who say that it should be banned. I completely understand that argument because it’s a national security issue. We’ve talked to Steven Yates, who is, he is a foremost expert. There are a lot of talking heads out there about this. Steven Yates was, you know, buried in Southeast Asia. I mean, he’s lived and worked over there. He knows China extensively. He’s counseled two separate presidential administrations in addition to a lot of other government folks. So he knows the issue. And I agree that it is dangerous brainwashing. China refused to disengage and de-invest TikTok from ByteDance. They wouldn’t sell it. They wouldn’t sell it because they know it’s a surveillance apparatus. But, but, but, there’s a giant but coming. Shut up, Cain. You’re five years old. I get it. I totally get it. A NatSec issue. And this is a foreign entity. This is a foreign adversary who is using this as a PSYOP tool in the United States just to put it as simply as possible. I totally get that. I also get how this legislation is overly broad and can be weaponized later on down the road to shut down companies that the United States deems to be a national security threat. And so this is where I think the Patriot Act, a lot of us were coming up in to adulthood and into politics when the Patriot Act was passed, yours truly included. And it always, the thing that always stuck in the back of my mind with that was Ben Franklin’s quote, You know, if you think that you can give up liberty for some security, you deserve neither because you will not get either. And that makes sense because I think everyone is sort of freaking out right now. And I get it because you’ve had a really weak administration. It’s an administration that hasn’t prioritized security. national security. It’s an administration that allowed all these balloons, these spy balloons to fly through the atmosphere. We have this drone issue. Notice how we never got an issue about the drones or an answer. It just went away. We literally never got any answers about drones. It was just speculation and then the story just legit disappeared. I said literally too many. I hit my quota. But you get it. I mean, it is literally. Poof! It’s out of the headlines. So I get why people want to immediately react to this. But I think everybody needs to take a breath because yes, everything I’ve just said is true. You can have two different analyses of this issue and they are both correct. But there’s, yeah, you know, there’s a big giant however in this. You always have to err on the side of more freedom and less regulation. If you don’t know the answer, then don’t do it. If you don’t know how it’s going to turn out, then don’t do it. I don’t like TikTok and I loathe the CCP. But I also realize that the CCP is not the only entity that’s spying on us. Our federal government spied on us. And I’m not I’m not saying this. We literally have a guy who’s running the auditing department of the government now who is creating a database of everybody who got the vaccine and was going to track it in a giant database. And he ran for president on the Republican side and is super popular amongst Republicans. I’m not saying that to be mean. I’m just saying that some people’s perspectives might be a little skewed. I mean, you either hate surveillance entities and products that are designed for surveillance or you want to make the people behind them president of the United States. I mean, you know, I just don’t know. And like I said, I realize it’s not just the CCP that’s spying on us. It’s our own damn government that’s spying on us. The FBI was using the first thing we messed up, the Patriot Act, to spy on parents, parents, people who would like go to Walmart and pick up dog food and pick up their kid from, you know, football practice or baseball practice or cheerleading or whatever. And they would go to the parent teacher meetings and do all this. Well, they got very upset. that age-inappropriate material was being presented to their children through a taxpayer-funded library without parental consent. And when they spoke up about it, they were tagged as domestic terrorists. The dad whose daughter was raped, like actually raped in a bathroom by a male student who decided he wanted to be female for a while, that guy was considered a domestic terrorist by the FBI. Oh, the FBI doesn’t like it. They think it’s bigoted if parents want to keep their kids from getting molested. How bigoted are you? These parents are labeled. The government surveilled them. As I said, no, it’s not just the CCP that is spying on us. As a firearm owner who was once declared by a sitting member of the House of Representatives to be a domestic terrorist, a terrorist along with all of you terrorists, I have covered the stories where you would have the ATF show up at actual legitimate gun shows, people who are not doing anything wrong, taking plate numbers. So the federal government only dislikes surveillance when they’re not the ones doing it. And I don’t want to hear, I can already hear some contrarian building up an argument, but the United States isn’t the CCP. And that’s the point. We’re trying to keep it from being that way. Now, the tricky issue in this whole debate centers on the fact that it’s China. Now, I agree with both of these positions for and against the legislation. I also don’t think that foreign entities should be afforded any consideration of our republic’s rights. I don’t think you’re you are there a foreign entity from a foreign adversary. I think that our federal government should be able to tell them no. So there’s the one little wrinkle in all this. Because the CCP hates you. They would love to see you subjugated. They would love to see, what was the line from Conan the Barbarian? My enemies ride before me, blah, blah, blah, all that. They would love to see that. It’s the CCP. The Republicans are not even on the same page on this, and this is a major problem. I get that everybody’s so eager to flex and either show their muscles or show their ass on social media. You know, everybody’s thirsty for clicks now that it’s all been monetized and incentivized and everyone is an insufferable individual brand. I get it. But it’s one thing when you have an epic butt ton of elected officials out there saying, oh, my gosh, this is so bad. It’s so bad. We shouldn’t we shouldn’t have the CCP do it. We can’t have the CCP on this. This is just so bad. We can’t they can’t be able to operate in here like this. And then the vice president of China is attending the inauguration. The CEO of TikTok is going to be actually on the dais. Not even an actual American, but somebody who’s from a geopolitical foe is going to be on the dais. I mean, there are some of you who aren’t even going to be on the dais, but CCP people are going to be on the dais. And there’s been a proposed reduction in tariffs from 60 to 10 percent against China. So they’re not on the same page. And you have the president himself who used to dislike TikTok, but now he’s a big supporter of it. No one’s on the same page, so no one knows what to do. Republicans are all over. They’re all over the place on this. Predictably, I have never seen any party so damn stupid and so eager to throw its own self under the bus. We talk about the idiocy of the Democrats and it’s deserved. But we have to, for one moment, in the name of accountability, as your God-given right, as an American taxpaying citizen, talk about the stupidity of the GOP for a moment. This is all over the place. They hate China. They love China. They hate China. They love China. They hate TikTok. They love TikTok. Would you like to be on the dais for the inauguration? I’m confused. I’m confused. We’re going to talk to Jim Jordan about all of this. Like I said, I understand all of these arguments. It’s very rare that I meet an issue that I’ve read so much about and I’ve followed it and I’ve been waiting until this decision for us to throw ourselves into it. And I see, but there’s the little wrinkle that I mentioned. I mean, it’s the CCP. Why the hell should I give communists any consideration? Why? This is just really weird. So the Republicans are not at all unified on this. We’re going to talk more about it. Also coming up. Oh, boy. There’s a hit piece that came out from The Guardian. 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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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All right, so first and foremost, inauguration temperatures are going to be the lowest since 1985. Everyone’s like, are you going to D.C.? I don’t need to be seen on stage. With politicians. I don’t need to do any of that to keep my influence or relevancy. In fact, I think it hurts me if I do. And I hate cold weather. And I don’t like DC traffic. All of those things conspire. That’s why I’m not going. Also, we’re going to be at SHOT Show. But they said it’s the lowest since 1985. And they’re actually moving the swearing-in process inside. They’re not going to be doing it all outside. So I don’t know what that’s going to look like. I’ve never seen that. The only other time that I read that this was done, I think it was Axios that said that it was Reagan who did it. And I was like, a bebe. So I don’t remember that. So I don’t know what that looks like. So that’s going to be kind of interesting to see. Also, there’s New York City mayor gets his eyebrows done. He got them threaded. Why? As like a way to show… I don’t know. He decided to clean up too and I guess give some business. I don’t know. I just don’t think a man needs to get his eyebrows thrown out. There’s a million things that you could do, dude. Let’s see. Wall Street thinks U.S. homes are overpriced, and that’s wild because we’ve all thought that for a very long time. We have a lot more on the way. Stick with us because we’ve got everything. Inauguration stuff, TikTok, so much more coming. With everything going on in the world right now, the economy, conflicts, the open border, spiraling national debt, the devastating inflation, it’s critical that you have a plan for diversifying and protecting your savings. And that’s why so many, including myself, have turned to precious metals like gold and silver. to help protect our savings. And I’ve partnered with the top-rated precious metals company, Goldco, to make that happen. It’s a great company with a great reputation, and they could not have made the process any easier. And right now, Gold Co. is offering a free gold and silver kit that will show you how precious metals can help protect and diversify your savings. And for my audience, they’re offering up to a 10% instant match in bonus silver on qualified orders. All you have to do is visit danalikesgold.com to get started today. GoldCo has helped thousands of Americans place over $3 billion in gold and silver, and they can help you as well. Join thousands who trust GoldCo. Visit danalikesgold.com.
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And look, the other thing, Lawrence, I got a lot of criticism, understandably. We’ve invested more in red states than blue states. That’s in this book. That’s in this report. For two reasons. One, red states really screwed up in terms of the way they handled their economy and the way they handle manufacturing and the way they handle access to supply chains. You know, I remember being out in Iowa and I remember one of the big issues was that There was a plant, a small plant for 300 people, been around for 70 years. My grandfather worked there. I worked there. My son works there. And then they had the best education system at the time and rated the best state education system in the country. And all of a sudden, the kid comes home after he graduates. Mom, I got to leave. There’s no job for me here. The factory shut down. Well, guess what? How do you run a country that way?
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I’m so tired of this myth about the blue state, red state welfare scheme. I mean, this is asinine. And first off, welcome back to the program, Dana Lash, with you. That’s going soon to be former… Soon, soon. Former President Biden. Sorry, current for like another couple of days. And that’s it. Biden, who repeated this and pulling up there. He repeated that. Oh, yeah. Red states really screwed up. You know, they get, you know, so much more. That’s just it’s a lie. First off, I mean, it’s a non sequitur. The revenue that’s collected from state taxpayers, all of that stuff, that depends on state income and federal tax. That’s at a higher rate on filers with higher income. So you have there’s a lot of stuff to look at this. Like I was looking at this thing from the Mises Institute that was that they went and were comparing literally every state. A federal dollar, federal spending received for every dollar collected by state. And. First off, the data doesn’t really back up that claim. One of the things that they noted was of the 50 states, there are a handful of red states that get some federal spending, more spending than what their residents pay in federal taxes, but that’s not a uniform thing across every red state. And It’s I mean, you have to get into a state by state comparison, which is what they did, looking at return on taxes paid, how much states are getting in federal spending for federal dollars extracted in those taxes. And they looked at the tax collections from each to each state as the IRS has reported. And then they looked at the federal spending in each state. And they said that the overwhelming, you know, and looking at this. They put it all together. They said, for instance, federal spending in Minnesota amounted for about 48 cents for every tax dollar extracted from the state. Mississippi received more than $3 for every tax dollar paid by residents. But contrary to the idea that most red states are like Mississippi, most states are actually much closer to the middle. The states that are within a few cents of receiving dollar for dollar include the Dakotas, North Carolina, Nevada, Wisconsin, Missouri, Utah, Maryland, Kansas, and Florida. California and Texas are approximately equal with each other, each receiving about 80 cents in federal spending for every dollar paid by residents and taxes. And this is this stupid false. you know, narrative. They’ve been trying to push for forever to fuel this blue state versus red state thing. And it’s not. It definitely isn’t. You have to also look at the balance of payment ratios. There’s a lot of stuff that that comes into this. And also they tax the hell out of their people. California, New York, does California, hang on, let me look. I think California has a higher, sorry, tax rate. I was looking at this because I also know that they increased it as recently. Okay, so California, their income tax rate is 13.3. Hawaii’s at 11. New York is at 10.9. New York is actually behind Hawaii and California. I’m actually shocked. I’m not surprised that Hawaii’s so far up there. So I’m not, I’m really not surprised with that. Wow.
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That’s insane. But also look at the deficit that California is running. I mean, Biden can go and say this stuff in an interview, but why don’t you also compare not only the GDP of each state, but also why don’t you go and look at if they’re in the red or in the black. Look at how they spend their money. California wasted, what did we say they wasted? It was almost $13 billion. $13 billion. 13 billion for 12 years. That’s like a billion dollars a year on a high-speed rail that they built less than a mile of. Not even a mile. Was it a quarter of a mile? And it was an overpass. It wasn’t even just like a rail that when you consider the spending. But they look at it like one of the things that they incorporate into this, too, is disaster spending. So like hurricanes in Florida and things like that, they try to act like that’s red states being irresponsible. Which is asinine. I mean, the low income states get more federal money than higher income states because of the means tested federal property programs that they also have. And that also comes into it. There are a number of things that come into it. I don’t know why he’s still pushing this. I mean, it’s a red herring of red state bailout because they don’t understand apparently what federal bailout of states actually looks like. You’re redistributing tax dollars from taxpayers in responsible states to states that refuse to make those choices, like the difficult decisions when everything was good and they could absorb anything. It’s just such a stupidest thing. I’m going to put the misest thing. I’ll put that in a newsletter for subscribers. But it’s just… I’m so tired of hearing this. The other part of what he said… when he was talking about the blue state handling of their economy. Well, North Carolina is governed by Democrats. Florida is governed by Republicans. North Carolina didn’t have enough even in rainy day funds, apparently, from what has been reported to even begin handling some of this stuff in the manner that Florida was able to mobilize so quickly and have everything funded and have all the resources necessary. If you want to have a discussion about how states operate, I mean, we have a major… ongoing lesson plan and how states operate. California doesn’t even have enough money to put water in their reservoirs. But you’re going to use that as a model of more responsibility than a state like Florida, which was so completely overprepared that they were also able to form the bulk of response in a number of other states that were affected by the same disaster, disastrous hurricane that affected them. And you’re going to base it on like federal the federal. And I just I it’s it’s frustrating to me. There is an economic illiteracy. I mean, to get into I mean, I don’t want to go into it by state by state. But look, when you look at the number, like, for instance, taxes, taxes, California, looking at Texas, Mississippi, West Virginia, South Carolina, California. This is from Rockefeller Institute of Government, a report that came out just a couple of years ago. In federal taxes, Connecticut paid over 15,000. Massachusetts paid over 13,000. New Jersey paid over 13,000. New York over almost 13,000. California residents over 10. Mississippi, they were over five. West Virginia was over six. Kentucky was over six. South Carolina paid about 6,500. And That is the amount of taxes that they’re paying in. You also have to look at tax rates per state. There’s a lot of stuff that goes into this. But, you know, all I hear about are blue states bitching that they pay more in taxes because they’re too stupid to elect better officials. That’s what it comes down to. Correct me if I’m wrong, Cain, but that’s what it comes down to. This… I get so aggravated when people try to shame… Red states for being more financially responsible. Biden gave an interview. Is that his last interview? I don’t think he’s giving anymore. He’s got to be at the inauguration. I don’t know how he’s going to sit through that. Yeah. And then they do the whole it’s the weird send off. When the incoming president meets the outgoing president and then the outgoing president gets in the chopper and leaves. I remember when W when that happened with the Obamas and W got in the chopper and flew off. Marine one is last time flew off and the crowd there were. They were rude. They were ignorant. I will never forget that. And you don’t have to like W or whatever. I hate when people are like, well, I don’t like Georgia. Just shut up. They’re not about you. It’s the fact that they were like booing and braying like donkeys and heckling as he went and got in the chopper. It was so loud. It was audible on all the coverage. Everybody could hear it. Can you imagine if they did that to Obama? Oh, my gosh. Can you imagine? By the way… There was an interview with Melania Trump and she was talking about how awkward it was when they met the Obamas and they were going into the White House for the first time. Do you all remember the Tiffany box? I think it was a Tiffany frame, not a cheap thing, that Melania Trump gifted Michelle Obama because she said in the lead up to that interview, optic, that handoff, they had tried to talk to the Obamas about the day of transition because that’s kind of normal for ingoing and outgoing couples to have that conversation. And apparently, according to her interview, Melania Trump said that Michelle Obama, they were not helpful. And that’s one of the reasons why it’s not custom to bring a gift and give it right there. But she didn’t know that because she couldn’t get any answers from anybody. So she was just falling back on good manners. That’s what you give someone a gift. It’s a partying gift, a housewarming, whatever, however you want to look at it. She was just falling back on good manners since she couldn’t get any answers as to the protocol of exactly how that moment happens. And what is so frustrating is that even going back to W, W did that with the Obamas. They spoke about the protocol of that day and what that handoff looks like, because he, you know, for all the criticism against him, he he wanted it to be an easy transition. And he just thought it was petty, especially since they had young kids coming into the White House. It would have that’s petty. And it’s and he just didn’t see the point of it. But the Obamas didn’t reciprocate when the Trumps came in. I mean, I know everyone sits here and talks about Obama and Trump being, you know, BFFs now because they shared a laugh at the funeral of Carter. But I think some people are forgetting what how really caustic and the animosity that existed when that handoff happened. So apparently that’s why there was that weird moment with the gift. And when she handed it to Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama was I thought she was kind of theatrical about it. And that, oh, I don’t know what to do with this. This is I don’t know. And then she ended up handing it off to Obama. And I guess he handed it to an aide. But I just thought that it looked weird without any commentary when you watched it. It was weird to watch. Do you remember that, Kane? And apparently it was because they just didn’t have time to have a discussion about protocol for that handoff with the Trumps when it happened. Like no one was bringing them up to speed. That’s just that’s a jerk move. It’s like Kamala Harris refusing to invite the Vance’s to the vice president’s house to even let their young kids see where they’re going to be living and help make the transition easier. And then she bitches when she’s asked about it. She sends out an aide to to to whine and whinge. Oh, well, you know, Mike Pence didn’t do that with us. And then Mike Pence who for look, Mike Pence will tell on himself. I do think he’s an honest guy. I don’t agree with him on everything, but I think sometimes he’s insufferably honest. And he was even like, we extended to you multiple invitations. What are you talking about? I don’t believe her for a second. And I don’t believe for a second that the pincers didn’t extend to them an invitation to do the same thing. But even if, why does that give you license to be a jerk to the next person who had nothing to do with how you were treated under pence? That is small bitch thinking. And it needs to be said in that exact terminology. I’m so tired of this stuff. I’m so tired of the pettiness from these people. Democrats get petty and then they turn around and they demand that Republicans act like saints. And while we should always have good behavior simply because it’s the right thing to do, it’s easy to measure yourself against a Democrat. You’re always going to come out on top. It’s like when, what was it, when Jesus said it’s easy to love people who don’t love you or to love you, but it’s harder to love people who don’t love you. It’s harder to be nicer to people who are not nice to you. So we should, that’s the standard we should be going for. That said, I’m so tired of these Democrats demanding that we expect you to abide by rules that we refuse to acknowledge. It’s they make they make something that is already stressful, more difficult because they just have to get a dig in. It doesn’t matter. I cannot stand that. So I don’t know what the handoff is going to look like on this. Right. This is going to be a weird moment. What is the Biden Trump handoff going to look like? I don’t know. I got some. Oh, that’s the moment that I’m waiting to see is just that. Just that. 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Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of the United States.
SPEAKER 09 :
This is our last show of the Biden administration. Yeah, it’s been a good run. It’s been a good run, Joe. Thank you. Thank you for all your efforts. The next time, next time. Next time you all see me, Donald Trump will be president. And you may not see me. Next four years. Next four years. We’re taking this one day at a time.
SPEAKER 21 :
Don’t threaten me with a good time. I mean, if we can’t, you may not see me again. Okay. He’s one of the most insufferable, annoying people. He’s not funny. I think when he first started, Stephen Colbert was funny, and then he just turned into this annoying dude. He’s like the dude that you come across at a party who constantly wants to share his opinions and will not leave you alone, doesn’t understand personal space, and his breath’s bad. Right? I think I got him pegged. Oof, maybe I shouldn’t say that with him. But… No puns. The… Are you okay? The, um… tone like his tone even is just grating but he he like traded funny to be just a jerk over politics that’s not saying stupid stuff about politics doesn’t make you a comedian it doesn’t mean that you’re funny i i don’t understand his appeal i really don’t like there are people who are on the left that are are funny he is just not one of them i just i just don’t get the appeal you know he makes probably millions of dollars for doing that show I can’t hardly play a clip of him on air. I just tune out because it’s never funny. He’s just not funny. He’s not a funny guy. All right, so coming up, we’ve got a lot to hit. We’re going to be speaking with Congressman Jim Jordan at the bottom of the hour. So there’s the hostage negotiation, the reconciliation. There’s all kinds of stuff, TikTok. And then after that, Senator John Cornyn. He’s got a… to a bill we’re going to talk to him about that i think they were a little uh they didn’t know if they were going to come on or not but he’s going to come on we’re going to talk about that later on as well stick with us more to come it’s our friends over at all family pharmacy this is such a great service you need to memorize the website they make it so easy all family pharmacy helped my family out a lot over thanksgiving because you know right on thanksgiving when offices are closed and you end up getting sick it’s just it’s a mess and you got to get medicine all family pharmacy made it super easy And you can visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Use code Dana and you’ll get 10% off of your entire order. So this is affordable access, easy and cost effective for medicine. You don’t have to break the bank to access these medicines. There’s no red tape. There’s no hassle. Everything’s made in the USA. You’re not getting Chinese antibiotics. It’s not how that’s working. They got a proven track record. And you work with their doctors. Their doctors get you the medication that you need. Fast delivery right to your door. You can even overnight stuff if needed. And you can rely on all family pharmacy to keep your health needs on track. If you need antibiotics, if you need things like hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, which is actually a good antiviral, you can get those at All Family Pharmacy. Visit allfamilypharma.com slash Dana. Get 10% off using code Dana. 10% off your purchase using code Dana10. It’s Dana10 for 10% off of your entire order only at allfamilypharma.com slash Dana.
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SPEAKER 07 :
There’s two things I’m proud of so far. I know they’ll last. We changed the basic formula of how to make an economy work. The trickle-down stuff about, well, let the people go out and make a lot of money and the benefits will flow from that will trickle down to middle class and working class people. My dad used to say, not a lot ever trickle down his kitchen table.
SPEAKER 21 :
Because he doesn’t know how trickle-down economics work. What are you talking about? Do you not understand how it works? They think I love the left because they’re so economically illiterate. They’re like, well, trickle down must mean it physically literally trickles down. It should be raining trickle down dollars on me like money at a strip club. So what it should be like. That’s how the left thinks. Everything has to be like a bunch of damn Amelia Bedelia is out there. You guys remember that story? You got to be real careful what you tell Amelia Bedelia, because like AOC, she’ll take it literally. What do you mean pull up by my bit straps? My bit straps aren’t that long. What? Oh my gosh. Welcome back to the show. We’re at the top of the second hour. I just, whenever he talks about money, I just get mad. I can’t help it. I’m tired of financing. I’m tired of providing welfare for Ukraine and paying the pensions of their oligarchs. I’m done. So welcome back to the program. Your lovable curmudgeon Dana Lash here with you this lovely Friday. It’s going to be minus 11 degrees in Texas next week and I’m Look, I would love to see. It’d be neat to see. I don’t know if I’d love it. It’d be neat to watch an inauguration. But I feel like you watch it on the TV. It’s the same thing. There is nothing that I love enough to go stand in the frigid cold like that and watch. There’s nothing. Because they’re cold even like on a random average January day. It’s freezing out there. And Steve, what’s the temperature going to be Monday? Like negative 11-D, right?
SPEAKER 23 :
It’s supposed to get snow Sunday, and then it’s supposed to get cold coming in Monday. I think it’s going to be like 15 or 16, something like that.
SPEAKER 15 :
Above or below zero?
SPEAKER 23 :
Let me pull my phone. Not that low.
SPEAKER 21 :
Probably like below. I don’t even know.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, my gosh. I was hearing like potentially next week some negative temperatures.
SPEAKER 23 :
It says, yeah. How in the world? During the ceremony, it’s going to be 19 here. Lowest 10.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, my heavens.
SPEAKER 15 :
That’s below zero Celsius.
SPEAKER 21 :
I would look like a cult member. I would be wrapped up in the blanket onesie. The Snuggie? The Snuggie. Dude, I’d be in a Snuggie. You know you can get the little personal heaters? I have a friend who, when my youngest was playing soccer, and I got the idea from her, I watched her come to the soccer field one day. Yeah, soccer mom. And she set up a tent that was like smaller and shorter than like a Johnny on the spot. And she had a folding chair. It was like a single person tent. What? And it had a battery, like a generator, and it put heat in it. And she sat in her little tent. I’m like, only in Texas would I see this. I won’t. And she sat there and, I mean, you could hear the noise. And she sat away from where the coach was so he could talk to the players because it did make some noise. She sat there in her little, it was the funniest thing. And we could see her in her little windows in the tent. We could just see her sitting there all warm and hateful. Anyway, my whole point in saying that is I would have to have that. You know, like stick me in the little tent and I’ll just sit there in the little tent and I’ll look at you through my little plastic windows and I’ll do that. That’s the only way to do it. By the way, you can get them things on Amazon. Oh, believe your girl has researched it. It’s just really difficult to find it not made in China. Like the closest one I could get was like part something made in like the tent was made in Vietnam and you could get something like the parts of the make it run in Taiwan. And that’s like as close, which is good. That’s as close as I could get. But most everything, it’s all made, everything’s made in China. Like almost everything on Amazon is made in China.
SPEAKER 15 :
Share that link with me.
SPEAKER 21 :
Where would you wear that? Where would you take that? I don’t know. You got to sit in it.
SPEAKER 15 :
It’s for sitting. It would open up more fishing time.
SPEAKER 21 :
I mean, I guess you could stand in it.
SPEAKER 15 :
I could literally fish from it.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, I mean, you could.
SPEAKER 15 :
There are times that I don’t go fishing because it’s too cold. But now this?
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 15 :
This?
SPEAKER 21 :
I mean, it is quite practical.
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
I’m a little upset I didn’t invent it. You know, it’s kind of sad. Anyway, so what was I talking about? Oh, my gosh. By the way, Vegas Larry was telling us that for SHOT Show, while it’s going to be like ridiculously cold here, Kane, it’s going to be in the upper fitties there. Oh, really? I have no idea what I’m going to pack for SHOT Show. I know we got meat and potatoes, but indulge me for a second.
SPEAKER 15 :
Upper fitties is still cold for you.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, my gosh. Yes. So you’ll have to probably… It’s the difference between not a full-length coat and a full-length coat.
SPEAKER 15 :
Right. But a coat on all the same. Do you have a puffy coat?
SPEAKER 21 :
Dude.
SPEAKER 15 :
Okay. So you probably want to bring the puffy coat.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. I can zip literally my whole self up except for like a little spot for my face and just… It just works perfect. So that’s going to it’s going to be it’s going to be a weird shot show because it’s like off an election year. And, you know, we’ve got some we’ve got some court cases that are going to be coming through. We got some lawmakers that are going to be trying to push. So John Cornyn is coming on at the in our third hour and he’s got a bill that he’s introducing and it’s. very odd. It’s a concealed carry reciprocity bill. And I like it. I like concealer. I’m just, I haven’t read the full language of it yet. I’ve been reading it, but I haven’t read the, the NSSF likes it, but he also was the guy that ensured that the 2022 bipartisan communities, whatever safer act that also created the gun control violence, whatever office helped pass that. So I, I, Will the real John Cornyn please stand up? I am curious to hear about this bill, though, because one of the things that Trump has he did call for was he wanted reciprocity. And I was not expecting him to say that at all. Actually, I had right before he said it, I was complaining because I’m like, Republicans didn’t even have two way issues on their agenda at the at the RNC. And, you know, I was like doing me stuff because there was not enough gun stuff. So I was complaining. And then he and then he said, yeah, it’s like he heard me. complaining i was like i gotta shut her up so yeah reciprocity i want national reciprocity then look that’s how you just make me happy right there’s there’s ways that you can make ladies happy and just telling them what they want to hear and then doing it that’s the thing that does it just gotta say all right so uh we’ve also been talking about the tiktok stuff as well and i am oh man i’m like i i see both sides of it It would be great if people of their own accord made the determination that, you know, I don’t think I want a CCP app. And it collects more data than you know. I was reading an insane deep dive online. Admittedly there was a lot of it. I didn’t understand and I’m waiting to hear back from some of my tech friends I’m like, okay talk to me explain this to me like I’m for because it talked about the way that they the way that they collect your data where they send it to and how it’s used and it is really it was reading this piece. It’s really in the weeds and It collects so much more than you know, I And it uses it in more ways than you know. And that kind of stuff freaks me out. But it would be great if people thought, you know, yeah, and it even takes your bio data, all, everything. And I would love it for people to go, you know what? I don’t want that. I want to make sure that the United States is not giving. I don’t want any opportunity for a geopolitical adversary to gain a toehold or to be able to exploit Americans, etc. And it would be great if people voluntarily chose to make that determination, right? I mean, that would be great. But they don’t. Freedom is a double-edged sword. So I’m The question then for me goes along these lines. I don’t think that people refusing to make smart decisions is justification enough to give government control over the choices from which they make the decisions. Does that make sense? I don’t think that stupidity, and this is why education is so important to a free republic. Because when you don’t have an educated populace, and I’m not saying generally educated, it could even be on a specific issue like this, right? I mean, there are some really smart people out there in business and construction and finance and tech and with money and trade skills. There are a lot of people that… are incredibly smart on a number of different things. You may just not know everything on this issue. So when I say, you know, a lack of knowledge on it, I’m not calling people stupid, but you can’t be an expert on everything. And when something like this comes up, it just feels like there should be more exploration of the pros and cons of it. I don’t feel like we had like a, everything has been red meat platitudes and soundbites. But where has the discussion been on, okay, how do you protect national security issues? How do you protect the national security interests of the United States? And balance that out with a free society. Because our founders erred on the side of caution. They wrote about it. They were adamant about it. They erred on the side of caution. They erred towards freedom. Not away from it. So how do you balance that out, the national security issues? And a lot of these lawmakers, they say things like that. Well, it’s a NatSec issue. Okay, how? And they can’t explain to you how. A lot of them don’t even know enough about how TikTok operates to explain to you how. I don’t care what the issue is on. I have a problem with lawmakers adjudicating these things. when they don’t know anything about it, for the same reason that I have a problem with people who don’t know anything about guns, writing and passing laws about your gun rights. So that’s where I have a concern. And again, I don’t think that people who decline the opportunity to make good decisions is an invitation for the government to come in and make it for them. Now, How many people have read like SCOTUS blog about the arguments in this case? Because it extends beyond elected officials to the citizenry, to the voters, to how many people have read. I haven’t even read at all. So I know a lot of people out there who have different jobs for me haven’t even read it. The arguments for and against by either side. SCOTUSblog covers all of the arguments and has the decisions and you’ll get the justices’ opinions and all that. There’s a lot here. And we are in a very… We’re in a really weird period. We are on the edge of everything shifting. Everything shifting. It’s like the saying… When I was little, I always wanted to be an explorer, right? But my uncle once told me, well, everything’s been explored. I’m like, oh, shucks. You know, there goes that. But I wanted to be an explorer. And then when everything’s explored, what do you do? I don’t know. It’s kind of like this. It kind of reminds me of that argument. This whole thing with TikTok. And we’re in a very weird period where we’re shifting to… like a new era digitally, even the way financial transactions, behavior, consumption, it’s affecting how we do life. It’s a hobby. It’s a job. It’s a million things for a million different people. And we are, there are some people who are a lot older. And so this hits really late for them. There are some people who are a lot younger and they have a long way to go with us. We’re at that time where it hasn’t changed yet. 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SPEAKER 15 :
And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 21 :
So the moon has been added to a list of threatened cultural sites for the first time. They said that the World Monuments Fund says potential looting and commercial trips pose risk to artifacts left by lunar landings. The World Monument Fund, that’s our stuff that’s up there, by the way. It’s not your stuff. You don’t get to do that. If we want to leave our stuff up there on the moon, we can. If we want to go back up there and stomp on it, we can’t. Who the hell is the World Monuments Fund? I’ve never heard of them. Yeah, who’s just going to the moon? I think I’m going to go to the moon this weekend. Sorry, can’t meet with you for brunch. SpaceX launched two lunar landers on Wednesday to conduct research for future missions. And then, of course, the world monument, whatever fun comes out with us. I don’t know. They have like all this. They world heritage sites, things like that. I don’t know. But interesting. This Pope Francis, the 88 year old. Bishop of Rome, injured in a fall weeks after bruising his chin in another stumble. He needs to be careful. There’s a lot of marble up there. Slipping, sliding, and all that marble. I’m not a fan of him, but I don’t care about old people falling down. It’s sad. Unless I really don’t like the old person, and then I just don’t say anything, and I just internalize it. And you never know. I’m not like Cain, though. Cain hates old people. He doesn’t like old people. He thinks they’re shifty. Let’s see. The FDA is moving to slash nicotine in cigarettes. How do you do that? How does that work?
SPEAKER 15 :
Probably a chemical process that’s even worse for you.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, I don’t care. I’m not a smoker. I don’t care. I don’t know. My grandpa always rolled his own. For a long time, he rolled his own. Anyway, we got a lot more to come. Congressman Jim Jordan joins us next. Stick with us. With everything going on in the world right now, the economy, conflicts, the open border, spiraling national debt, the devastating inflation, it’s critical that you have a plan for diversifying and protecting your savings. And that’s why so many, including myself, have turned to precious metals like gold and silver to help protect our savings. And I partnered with the top rated precious metals company Goldco to make that happen. It’s a great company with a great reputation, and they could not have made the process any easier. And right now, Gold Co. is offering a free gold and silver kit that will show you how precious metals can help protect and diversify your savings. And for my audience, they’re offering up to a 10% instant match in bonus silver on qualified orders. All you have to do is visit danalikesgold.com to get started today. GoldCo has helped thousands of Americans place over $3 billion in gold and silver, and they can help you as well. Join thousands who trust GoldCo. Visit danalikesgold.com.
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SPEAKER 07 :
You’ve known me a long time. I really am concerned about… How fragile democracy is. That sounds corny, but I mean, I really am concerned because you’ve heard me say it a hundred times. I really think we’re at an inflection point in history here.
SPEAKER 21 :
Actually, I’ve not heard him say that a hundred times. And if he was so concerned about it, then why did he administer the business of the nation in the way that which he did? Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you. We are at the bottom of the second hour. You can listen coast to coast terrestrially. Watch the live stream, Channel 347, DirecTV. The chat’s at Rumble, also on X. Joining us now, I got a million things to talk about with him. I know he was under the weather previously. So we’re so happy that Congressman Jim Jordan from the beautiful state of Ohio is back to us. We need him at his full strength. He’s got to be completely charged up to his full strength.
SPEAKER 24 :
You’re always completely charged up and at full strength, ready to go, aren’t you? Happy New Year to you.
SPEAKER 21 :
Happy New Year to you because you got to hit the ground running. I mean, the next six months are going to be insane because then the midterm period starts. Talk to me a little bit about I have a million things to hit, but I want to ask real quick about the reconciliation bill because tax cuts. Americans need tax relief. They also need relief from spending. What’s going to happen with us?
SPEAKER 24 :
all that, and we need the border secure. So we need to have the revenue, the funds there so that Tom Holman, President Trump can do what they promised the American people, what the American people elected us to do, which is secure that border, begin to repatriate people, the criminals who are here, who came in as migrants and committed crimes, the 1.3 million who’ve already been in front of a court. And the court says, sorry, your case, you don’t qualify under our asylum laws. So we need resources for that. We need to accomplish that. But as you point out, to get our economy moving, you need to reduce spending. You need to cut taxes so we get the economy like we had just four or five years ago in President Trump’s first term. So all those are part of this reconciliation. And I always tell people, reconciliation, just a big fancy term for you don’t need 60 votes in the Senate. To get something passed. And that’s that’s the beauty of it, because we can do it then with Republican votes.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. Is there a chance that it could be it could split into two bills? I’ve seen a lot of discussion.
SPEAKER 24 :
I mean, what I’m like, I’m indifferent. One or two. What I want to do is do what we told the American people we were going to do. I always say we make this job way too complicated. Yeah. It’s pretty darn simple. What’d you tell the voters you were gonna do when you ran for the job, when you put your name on the ballot? If they elect you, go do what you said. So we can get that done in one bill or two bills. And I think I see advantages and disadvantages to both. So we’ll just have to kind of see how that plays out. But the key is let’s do it as soon as possible Because that’ll help our economy get growing like it needs to. Let’s get this border as secure as possible. Keep bad people out of the country like people who’ve done terrible things like what happened to Lake and Riley. So that’s why it’s imperative we do it just as quickly as we possibly can.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, we’re talking with Congressman Jim Jordan. If you’re listening, if you’re watching, obviously you can see him. And we got that got the reconciliation bill, the fight over this, because there’s going to be the there’s a lot of stuff wrapped up into that. The money for deportations, the energy policy. And that’s why a lot of people were saying this maybe should be two instead of one. But I’m with you. I mean, if if we can get, you know, half of what we want passed, I think that that’s going to be that’s going to that’ll be successful as long. I don’t want to give the Democrats a lot, but the tax cuts. Oh, my gosh. You know, if you wanted to throw in there, Congressman, an abolishment of the IRS, totally. I mean, I’m just saying that would I would personally throw you a party. I would get you a Pizza Hut party like the Book It program. All you can eat Pizza Hut party. I’ll throw that in to sweep the deal.
SPEAKER 24 :
That’s the other thing. Part of this election was all this stuff we’ve been talking about, good energy policy, good border policy, secure our border again, tax policy. But it was also stopping these agencies from being weaponized against we the people. It was making… And that’s why I so appreciate the people President Trump’s nominated for these respective cabinet positions, because they represent the attitude the American people voted for. They’re there to serve the taxpayer, not be turned against and weaponized against the taxpayer. So I think that’s really important. And you mentioned the IRS. What was the old line? I think it was Speaker Gingrich who said, if someone from the IRS, you go to your door, there’s a knock at your door, you go to your door and they say, oh, I’m from the IRS. Your first response is not, oh joy, one of my public servants is here to help today. So, I mean, it’s like, there’s an attitude that, What was the other great line? Another, what Churchill said, civil servants aren’t servants and they aren’t civil. So yeah, we want the people running these agencies who have the attitude that says we’re here to serve the taxpayers of this great country.
SPEAKER 21 :
There you go. I wanted to ask you really quickly because I will get into the Lake and Riley Act, the bill that was passed for that, which was great that that passed through the House. The TikTok decision that came from Supreme Court today. This is such a nuanced debate because nobody likes the CCP. Nobody wants to have their data mined. And I actually and I’m in a weird spot because I agree with both sides. So I don’t know which one I agree with more. I just I feel like I don’t want to give that because we saw what happened with the government under Joe Biden to all these weaponized agencies. I can’t imagine giving Democrats the keys to shut down different companies that they don’t like because they’ll they’ll they’ll fabricate a national security claim like they fabricated, you know, the Russian, you know, corruption and all that.
SPEAKER 05 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
So I’m nervous about that. But I also understand at the same time, this is a geopolitical adversary. And the stuff that they’re collecting goes far beyond what anybody can actually imagine. How do we handle this and balance that out?
SPEAKER 24 :
I think you’ve summarized it exactly where I’m at. I actually walked to the floor the day of that vote, and I still, when I got to the floor, I wasn’t sure which way to go, because like you, I see both sides of this. I think President Trump’s going to take the exact right approach and say, look, let’s Let’s figure this out. Let’s see if we can find someone else who will purchase this company so it’s American-owned. And let’s go from there. And we now have, you know, there’s a timeframe where that can still begin to play out. So I think that’s the right approach. I think President Trump understands that. We understand that, you know, I think Scott Bessett, when he was in his confirmation hearing, He was asking a slightly different issue, but it was being questioned about energy and China. And I think the Democrat senator said, well, we’re in a clean energy race with China. And Mr. Besson said, no, we’re in an energy race with China. I thought that was so well, we’re in all kinds of conflicts and races with China. And we want to make sure they’re not spying on us like everyone is convinced they’re doing with this particular app. So there’s a right way to do this moving forward. I think President Trump’s going to take that right approach. And I, like you, I see both sides of it. But let’s just get someone else to… purchase this company and let it continue to operate, but operate as American owned.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. And that’s what people don’t. I think a lot is missed in the discussion. It’s like all they had to do was to invest from ByteDance because ByteDance, I mean, in order to run a business out of China, you got to be a member in good standing of the Communist Party there. It’s a requirement. But they and they wouldn’t they wouldn’t invest. They wouldn’t do it, which that’s a red flag to me. I’m like, that means you’re doing some shady stuff. And you want to keep doing it. That’s that’s what it is. I want to switch gears here because you were instrumental that preventing violence against women by illegal aliens act passes the House. You know, I know a lot of Democrats, they tried to say, oh, this is just targeting. And they would use the phrase migrants conflating once again, legal and illegal immigration. I mean, it seems like such a common sense thing. And I know you all had to fight tooth and nail just to get something so common sense passed. Just give me your thoughts on that.
SPEAKER 24 :
If you’ve done bad things, you shouldn’t get into the country. Particularly if you’ve done bad things to women, you shouldn’t get into the country. And if you’re in the country as a migrant and you do those bad things, you got to go. That’s how simple this bill was. God bless Nancy Mace. She brought this bill forward. It came through our committee. It’s good legislation. But 101, 140 some Democrats voted against it. which is just like makes no, again, Sarah Huckabee Sanders said this a couple years ago. She said, the divide in America today is normal versus crazy. And we’re on this side of common sense and normal. The left, which now unfortunately controls the Democrat Party, They’re on the side of crazy. It’s crazy to think men should compete against women in sports. We had that vote earlier this week. It’s crazy to think if you do bad things, you should still be allowed to come in the country. That’s crazy. You could just go down the list. It is just crazy policies that the left has. It’s crazy to defund the police. It’s crazy.
SPEAKER 21 :
It was the normie election. It was the election of either choosing insanity or normalcy. That was it. Yes.
SPEAKER 24 :
So this bill is just normal, common sense policy. And, you know, let’s hope it has like Lake and Riley, the bill we passed last week. Let’s hope it gets to the Senate and the Senate takes it up and it becomes law. And President Trump can sign this in his first week of office as well.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. Congressman, we had the deal also that was announced, the hostages held by Hamas. And what do you make of this deal? Because I’m hearing either people either love it or they’re concerned about the number of Gaza terrorists being released.
SPEAKER 24 :
Yeah, and look, the Israelis have this long history. They’re going to do whatever they can to get back their people. And I love the attitude they have about protecting their citizens, their people. Yeah, and some of ours, exactly. So God bless them. But I think the real takeaway is this doesn’t happen without President Trump’s leadership. I mean, Joe Biden, I mean, it just like… you know this this thing is going to end in a few days and thank thank the good lord for that because i can’t think of one one thing that the biden administration did well and in this particular issue relative to israel and and our dearest and closest friend being attacked by hamas and hezbollah i remember in joe biden’s day of the union addressed several months back when he said we’re going to put a temporary pier a temporary port in gaza to give supplies and i’m sitting beside a colleague who’s a west point grad and i looked at him and i said hey Isn’t it kind of warfare 101? If you want one side to win, you don’t give supplies to the other side. And of course, this pure felon, the Mediterranean, and it wound up costing us like 600 million and they had to get rid of it. That’s how ridiculous and stupid the Biden administration is and has been. God bless President Trump for stepping in here and making a difference and getting these hostages, Americans and Israeli hostages, released.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, we’re going to see how this all winds down. And, you know, you mentioned, too, the inauguration. It’s going to be real cold there. 19 degrees, Congressman, 19 degrees. I know they’re going to be doing, I think, the swearing in on the inside. And I keep hearing, I read it a million different places this morning, that the last time this happened was when Reagan, Reagan had to go inside to swear his oath. So, I mean, it’s frigid temperatures, but I don’t think anybody cares about the cold. I don’t think they care. I think they’ll accept it as a tradeoff.
SPEAKER 24 :
Yeah, we just want President Trump back in the White House. What’s morning in America again is maybe the way to say it. I mean, you can feel the optimism since November 5th. I’ll be walking through the airport and I’ll see someone coming and they’ll have this little twinkle in their eye and smile on their face. They’ll give me a thumbs up. I mean, you just see it, feel it, sense it. People are excited. There’s this optimism that’s back, which is the way Americans are. We’re optimistic people. We’re Americans. And you just feel that sense there again with President Trump coming back in. And it is a good feeling. And I think they’re going to be good results as we work to make America great again.
SPEAKER 21 :
And it’s going to be a very interesting collection of folks on that day. As you know, one last quick note, because the the change and I don’t care if they’re motivated by dollars or what, but to have Jeff Bezos back. Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, all up there. Considering where we were with these entities four years ago, what a change.
SPEAKER 24 :
Four years ago, they all every single one of them to kick President Trump off their platform. And now they’re all there giving money to the inauguration committee. They’re all there. They’re embracing. Mark Zuckerberg sent me a letter last summer and he said, Biden administration pressured us to censor. We did it. We’re sorry. We won’t do it again. And then they just changed their policy to say, we’re getting rid of the independent fact checker baloney. And we’re going to go to, imagine this data. We’re going to go to the first amendment. We’re going to let more speech combat bad speech, which is exactly what the first amendment is about. God bless these guys. But for Elon Musk coming forward and Donald Trump getting elected, we may not have saved the First Amendment like we have over the last few years. Save the republic. But it’s been saved and that is a good thing.
SPEAKER 21 :
There you go. Congressman Jim Jordan, we so appreciate your fight on behalf of, I know, not just Ohioans, but everybody in D.C. Thank you. Stay healthy. Stay warm. We’ll be praying for a nice, easy inauguration. Good to see you.
SPEAKER 24 :
You bet. Take care.
SPEAKER 21 :
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It’s his life mission to make bad decisions. It’s time for Florida Man.
SPEAKER 21 :
I love how there’s just randomly a cow. In Florida Man. I mean, there’s something about that. I love how there’s just randomly this. All right. So our favorite Florida Man. So first up this. OK, I got to get to this and I have this on my list, but I have to. Florida Man was arrested for installing a tracking device on his ex-girlfriend’s car in the hopes that he could just pretend to randomly run into her somewhere. That’s really, that’s creepy. He’s a 22 year old Chipotle worker from Florida, Tyler Strack. He used a tracking device to keep her to keep to keep tags on an ex girlfriend that he had dated years ago. And he was hoping to just run into her. So he got charged with a felony. She discovered a cube tracker affixed to her vehicle last August and went to the police. And they tracked it and his email address came up and She told him that they had a brief relationship years ago and they haven’t really had any contact. And they he he installed this somehow. He he placed it on her car because he was hoping to. Oh, just, you know, it’s serendipity. I just happen to come across you here. How crazy is that? So now he’s and he was arrested. And so now he’s got to go to court. But that’s wild. That is really weird because you can stick that stuff on people’s cars. This Florida man suspected of a DUI when he was asked for his information. He gave cops his debit card. Instead of his license, Marion County, William Asbury, 52, he’s passed out in his vehicle, slumped face down in the driver’s seat. And when they asked to see his license upon approach, he handed them a debit card. So he was arrested, taken to Marion County Jail. He gave a breath sample of .91. Yeah, he did.
SPEAKER 1 :
.91.
SPEAKER 21 :
Wait a minute. What? I don’t know. Is that, how are you alive?
SPEAKER 15 :
Because 0.91 is almost one, which means a whole, which means almost all your blood’s alcohol. That can’t, am I doing that right?
SPEAKER 21 :
That’s what it said. That’s what it says. Are we figuring this out right? I don’t know.
SPEAKER 15 :
That doesn’t sound like he should be alive.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, I yeah, I don’t know. I’m a million questions, million questions. All right. So there was also a Florida man caught smuggling marijuana wrapped in Christmas paper at St. Thomas Airport. I guess he was trying to say that it was a gift. I don’t know. But he told law enforcement that he was smuggling pot as a way to dispose of a shop’s old inventory. He’s just helping him out. Yeah, three suitcases that came off a Spirit Airlines flight. And they had anomalies and they were all wrapped in Christmas paper. And I guess that and then they found out, oh, look, it’s all marijuana. So he was arrested, charged with intent to distribute. Let’s see this. Oh, a Florida man was arrested because he tried to steal not one, but two lawnmowers. And then he fled and lied about his identity. Flaker County. Willie, I mean, W-I-L-E-E. They really wanted to make sure it was said right. Willie Parker. The man’s 42, but he don’t look 42. That dude looks 60. That man is not 42 years old. That’s a lie. Holy wow. But anyway, he was trying to steal lawnmowers from Home Depot, ran from the police, and when they finally caught up with him, he lied about who he was. Third hour coming up. Senator John Cornyn at the bottom of our next hour. Stick with us. Imagine a young woman facing an unplanned pregnancy, feeling alone and unsure of what to do, and she’s searching for hope. And that’s where Preborn Ministries comes in. You can make a difference for just $28. Your generosity can be the key to a mother choosing life for her baby. And with your gift, you will receive the story of a mom who chose life as well as the ultrasound image of her precious baby. And like the story of Kelsey who found Preborn and after hearing her baby’s heartbeat, she chose life. Consider making a larger, life-changing donation of $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000. Maximize your gift that can help women in unplanned pregnancies receive ultrasounds and even help place an ultrasound machine in a women’s center. Donate for the gift of life. Just dial pound 250 and say the keyword baby. That’s pound or hashtag 250 baby. Or visit preborn.com slash Dana to donate online. Every contribution counts. So again, that’s pound 250, say the word baby, or donate securely at preborn.com slash Dana.
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More than 40 years after I first entered this building, it is now time to say goodbye. It will be hard to leave these hallowed halls. It will be hard to leave the leadership team that has guided the department with such extraordinary skill, integrity, and 24-7 dedication.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, please. Merrick Garland, one of the just the pettiest, most bitter little weasels that has ever existed. I don’t miss him. I don’t have anything nice to say. That’s his farewell address, the last address he’s going to make. And good riddance. Don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you. Welcome back to the program. Dana Lash here with you, top of this third hour. And a lot to jump into. We’re going to be talking with John Cornyn later on in the program, because he’s introducing a national concealed carry reciprocity bill. We’ll talk to him about that. And we’ve been discussing this TikTok thing. decision and of course cnn was found guilty of defamation and their defamation trial isn’t anyone shocked about that i don’t think so i don’t think so lorraine brought up a good point and i wanted to highlight really quickly one of the closest things that i think this compares to with the issue with tiktok because during the discussion with jim jordan he was saying you know bite dance owns tiktok and again if you’re not on tiktok it doesn’t matter this will affect you This is a variable. You always have to look at these legislative moves and court decisions as the formula. And then you can plug different things in as the variable. Right. So ByteDance is the CCP company that owns TikTok. And they were told that if TikTok wants to operate in the United States, it needs to be American owned. Right. It can’t be. It needs to be American owned. And Lorraine brought up a good point, too, like what stops China from creating an American company and then selling their American assets to that company. And, you know, like you have somebody who comes into the United States and is here for a couple of years, then starts a company and buys the app. So they’re American owned. She says China plays. And it’s true. This is very similar to what happened in Prado in Italy. Now, bear with me. Let me take you back for a minute, because. It’s very similar. How many times have you seen the label Made in Italy? And that’s like a big selling point, especially if it’s like Florentine gold, if it’s leather, certain textiles. The luxury market, Italian-made, made in Italy, leather jackets and belts and wallets and women’s handbags and shoes. It’s a huge issue. In Florence, it’s the Mercato. They have a whole market you can go to. And it has all of these textiles, all the leatherwares. You can go to Ponte Vecchio, the bridge, and it has all the gold and all of this stuff, all the jewelry. And that area… has historically for generations, hundreds of years, been a textiles area. And there is a huge, huge immigration corridor from China to Prado, which is in Tuscany. It’s just a little bit northwest of Florence. And that’s where so many, like Gucci is made in Florence. It’s made in Italy. Bottega Veneta, things like that. Some fashion houses, though, don’t do that. And I’m going to get to that. So you have this whole area in Tuscany where you would have generations-owned Italian factories, Italian craftsmen. They’re very, very proud. You might have six, seven generations of the same family who do leather work. And the reason why it is so prized is and it has a premium tag is because these people have spent generationally their entire lives perfecting these techniques, which is why it is the tan leather, the treatment of it, the manufacturer, all of it is widely respected as the best. So you have a lot of fashion houses that have their stuff made in that area because they wanted that Italian expertise to justify the price tag. But then you started having a lot of immigration that came into Prado and came into Tuscany. This has started like over 10 years ago. And these factories, especially after Italy went through a very tough economic period, a lot of these factories were forced into sale. And you would have Chinese business folks, a lot of them came from the Wuhan area, that purchased these factories and they would bring in illegal labor. And they were displacing a lot of these tradesmen that have the skills because these people that these new business owners were bringing in. And it’s a well-documented story. It actually became a scandal. they were bringing in these illegal workers who were in the country illegally, and they were basically operating these factories that were hubs of generational craftsmanship and turning them into sweatshops. And there were a lot of fashion labels that thought they could save money. For instance, Fendi, some others. The quality of a lot of the stuff is just garbage and it’s noticeable and it’s much discussed online. And people were wondering what happened. Well, they were trying to save themselves some money and they were having their products made knowing that they were getting cheap labor and under-trained labor doing all of it. And it became a huge scandal that even Vogue had to write about. And It was then that they decided, I guess the CCP decided we have to push back on this. So they accused Italians of racism. Because Italians were protesting at all the illegal immigrants that were being brought in to run these sweatshops. Basically, it was a huge, huge thing. And they were shamed by a CCP operation into silence because they were being called racist and bigots and xenophobes. Where does this sound familiar? And so they got quiet. And then COVID happened. Now, remember, this was right around when all these countries were having their fashion week. You had Milan Fashion Week, right? Big, big deal. A lot of the stuff that these people were making and they would go to the factories and look at it and then go back to, you know, whatever fashion capital to have there to show their next season. And you had a lot of these. I mean, you have direct direct flights that were coming in between the covid hotspot in China right to Tuscany. And that’s one of the reasons why that area was hit so hard. Now, there was a it’s the equivalent of the governor of that area that was saying one of the reasons it hit them so bad is because they were reluctant to speak up about what they were noticing in terms of health and viruses because they did not want to be shamed as being bigots again. That’s a real story. And they were using the made in Italy. Oh, it’s on its face. It looks like an Italian company. There’s Chinese ran. Chinese workers, Chinese ran. That’s very similar to the point that Lorraine had made. And that what’s to stop them from just doing basically the same thing here. It’s kind of a shell game, right? And it’s it’s it’s a fast. That’s it’s a fascinating. It’s like a it’s a fascinating story. I mean, they there was a whole thing. Let me pull this up as it relates to the New Yorker had a whole story. about how the Made in Italy brand, quote, was diluted by replacing Pareto’s historically high quality fabric production with fast fashion. The CCP was defending it by saying Chinese workers have simply surpassed Italians in their skill. And they’re like, no, they’re not. The skill has actually suffered. The quality, that’s undeniable, has suffered. The New Yorker, which I’m not a fan of, but they actually did a really huge piece on this, as well as the New York Times and Vogue even had to write about it. I mean, even Prada was caught doing this stuff. Right. So this is the CCP’s influence. And they’ve already done this in Italy because Italy has gotten really they’ve locked down. Like you can’t say made in Italy unless you’re using like they’ve got some restrictions that they passed on this to combat this. And now I feel like this is very similar with what opens the door here. How do you prevent them from just setting up an American company here? This is the problem with the broad nature, the broad way that this legislation is written. And this is what I and many others are really nervous about because what stops them from doing just that? Creating an American company. How do you even, how would you even, you would have to have more laws. And this, like I said, and this is very broadly written. So it already grants them a lot of leeway. I don’t know. Kane, I don’t know how you prevent that unless you have like a whole other series of regulation with it. Right. And I’m like, if you’ll forget, I’m just like going through, you know, in my mind, all of the other things that you would have to do. I’m not even scratching the surface in order in order to make that happen in order to facilitate that. And I mean, and that’s just with tech. In Italy, it was with like tangible like, you know, product. This is just with tech. So I think it’s even more convoluted. It’s wild. And I don’t, from what I have read so far, in the legislation or the regulation on it, it’s not addressed. Unless I haven’t gotten to it yet, because I haven’t finished reading through everything. Unless it’s just addressed at the end. I have not seen it. So I just, I got questions. I got a lot of questions on this. And I also think that this is a geopolitical adversary. We don’t have to give them the same considerations that we would give an American entity. Just because you’re doing business in the United States and you’re a foreign entity, I believe that that does not entitle you to the protections that are reserved for citizens. Now, there are some capital L’s who say, no, no, no. This Constitution was an affirmation of free rights for all. I disagree with that. I think it’s about the citizens here in the United States. Be a citizen. or have that standing as a status to be able to take advantage of that. If you’re here, you’re living here, you’re paying taxes, you immigrated legally, you’re doing all that, then yes, that applies. But a CCP foreign entity, they’re trying to use our consistency on freedom as leverage. You have to outsmart them. That’s what this is. And I… I… I’m nervous also because how close did we come? Think about this. In the last four years, with the Ministry of Disinformation, they were already, the government was, they were pressuring so heavily these companies behind the scenes. Imagine the power to be able to claim a national security consideration and take over a company in the hands of Democrats. Do you not think they would not do that with X? If Mark Zuckerberg keeps going down this path, do you not think that they would do it with Facebook? I mean, look at what they’ve already done. Oh, absolutely they would. That’s where I get really nervous. If you’re going to propose something like this, my gosh, it has to be ironclad. And it has to be. I just get very nervous with this. Kane, I can totally see the left, if this is overly broad and allowed to remain so, And nothing is done. Say that you get, just bear with me, a Gavin Newsom president. Do people think that they wouldn’t use this to take over something like X? Of course they would.
SPEAKER 15 :
We’ve already seen it, what they did with the ones that exist.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 15 :
With Instagram and Facebook. We already know that that’s what they do. So of course, that’s exactly what they would do.
SPEAKER 21 :
I get nervous. I’m just saying. I feel like they’re baiting us into this. Because think about it. They’re like, OK, they can go, OK, sure. Well, we’ll just switch over the for all intents and purposes. Well, it’ll be an American company. Oh, and now you have the opportunity to take over companies. The CCP and the left are very intertwined. I mean, for crying out loud.
SPEAKER 15 :
It reminds me of what they tried to sell us on the Section 203 stuff. You know what they were intending to do based on. I think we’re getting baited versus what they’re saying they’re going to do.
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And now, all of the news you would probably miss. It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
SPEAKER 21 :
Smartwatch bands can contain major levels of toxic PFAS, PFASs, according to The Guardian. So, these are the forever chemicals. I’m trying to actually get away from all things plastic, but they said that smartwatch and fitness tracker bands… Well, what if they’re silicone? Really?
SPEAKER 15 :
PFASs.
SPEAKER 21 :
Is PFASs… Are PFASs in…
SPEAKER 15 :
and everything.
SPEAKER 21 :
In the silicone bands?
SPEAKER 15 :
Probably.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, I wear metal now, but I don’t know. They said, or like rubber, they said that the natural rubber won’t likely contain PFASs, but the chemicals are likely in the synthetic to prevent sweat stains and dirt buildup over time. Rain, hiking gear, waterproofing agents. I mean, is it that big of a deal? I mean, we’re all going to die from something. Is it that big of a deal? I don’t know. I don’t know what to think about it.
SPEAKER 15 :
I don’t want to die from that, though.
SPEAKER 21 :
Let’s just all wear armor and everything metal. Oh, guess what? Then we’ll get metal poisoning or something will happen. Just wait. Let’s see. Modern solutions sometimes require medieval. Modern problems require medieval solutions. Bloodletting has been recommended for New Jersey residents after PFAS contamination. Their private drinking water, it was polluted by the use of firefighting foams that contain forever chemicals. And now they’ve been literally recommending bloodletting to reduce high concentration of forever chemicals. Like, isn’t that what the leeches can do?
SPEAKER 15 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 21 :
I’m going to bleed you. I’m going to put these wee little slimy bugs on your arms and legs. They’re going to eat all your blood and get the professors out. That’s what’s going to happen. They, uh… Here, let me try to read this sentence. Quote, private drinking water supplies in New Jersey were polluted by the use of firefighting foams contained PFASs, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
SPEAKER 05 :
Sounds good.
SPEAKER 21 :
Polyfluoroalkyl. That’s the correct pronunciation.
SPEAKER 15 :
What if you get stuck in your lymph nodes and you’re just letting out blood that’s good?
SPEAKER 21 :
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Seventh, I will protect the right of self-defense everywhere it is under siege. And I will sign concealed carry reciprocity. Your Second Amendment does not end at the state line.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, that concealed carry reciprocity has to get there. And he said this the day after he won. And I immediately picked up on it. I thought, oh, Because, look, I’ve had disagreements with some of the stuff that he’s done in the past. And you have, too. I think I’ve been one of the most vociferous about it. That said, I’ve never heard a president say that or demand or and then say that I’ll sign this national concealed carry reciprocity. So that was that was really significant. Now, that’s the thing. It’s got to get there. It has to get to him. Well, now there’s been a bill introduced to do just that. And honestly, I think if they’re going to do it, they got to do it now before that six months end and the midterm running to the center starts for so many lawmakers. So this new legislation, it’s Senators John Cornyn, Cruz, Grassley, Tillis have introduced a concealed carry reciprocity bill. And this is, I mean, one of the things that they’re going to apparently be focusing on right after everything transitions next week. Joining us to discuss this bill via the phone is Texas Senator John Cornyn. It’s a pleasure to have you on. Tell us about this, because this I mean, as soon as he said that, I was wondering when this was going to get reintroduced. And there’s a number of co-sponsors on to this. So that’s, you know, good news. What are your thoughts about is this going to make it to his desk?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, Dana, thanks for having me on. This is a bill that I’ve introduced numerous times before, but we’ve never had the trifecta of a majority in the House and the Senate and a president willing to sign it. So I agree with you that there’s no time to waste. You know, there’s just a lot of misunderstanding by people who’ve never been around guns, never been raised around guns, hunting and recreation. And this is like a driver’s license. So if you have a Texas driver’s license, you can drive in any one of 50 states. including Texas, and I think the law ought to be the same with regard to the Second Amendment. And right now we have reciprocity between various states, but it’s easy for law-abiding gun owners to inadvertently cross a state line and find themselves in trouble in those states that don’t have it. give print reciprocity. So this will eliminate that gotcha. And I think it’s a great opportunity for us to get it done. And we intend to move without delay.
SPEAKER 21 :
Do you think it’s easier, Senator, to start with something like concealed carry national reciprocity as opposed to just constitutional permitless carry nationally?
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I think, you know, different states, interestingly, like Vermont, as I understand it, have constitutional carry. Of course, Texas does as well. But I think it’s probably easier to start this way. There will be some pushback because, as you know, different states have different requirements and educational program and so forth. And others just say, well, if you’re a law-abiding gun owner, you can carry a gun. You don’t need to take a course or go through any other process. So we’re going to start out here. And if we’re successful, then maybe we can expand it further in the future.
SPEAKER 21 :
We’re talking to Texas Senator John Cornyn, who has reintroduced this concealed carry reciprocity bill. I used to it would be something like this could probably pass the House and maybe it’ll get stuck in the Senate. But this looks like the time that it could go through both of those. I keep thinking, well, what is the catch? There’s always a catch. Is there anything that’s going to surprise a senator?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I think, you know, Richard Hudson from North Carolina, I believe, is the principal sponsor in the House, and I’m pretty confident that the House can get it passed, even with the razor-thin majority that they have. And then we’ve got 53 Republicans now in the Senate. We don’t have 60, so that means we’ll need some help from seven Democrats, but… After the shellacking the Democrats got on November the 5th, I think perhaps they’re open to more discussion about common sense legislation like this. And like you said at the outset, President Trump will sign it if we can get it to its desk. So that’s going to be probably the challenge is getting to that 60, convincing seven Democrats to join us.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah. And I think allowing the states, even if we agree with it or not, allowing the states maybe as a as a way to help convince them to retain, like especially like Illinois or New York, allowing them to retain a little bit of their egregious oversight in exchange, maybe for some to expand the reciprocity. That might be a good first step because I feel like they got to be eased into it because states like Illinois, I mean, they’re so hostile to the Second Amendment. They’re going to fight this.
SPEAKER 06 :
I’ve always said that, you know, the public doesn’t have to fear law-abiding gun owners. And some Democrats feel that, you know, guns are inherently evil, notwithstanding the fact that the Second Amendment guarantees that right as part of the Bill of Rights. So there is definitely a cultural difference around the country, but I think there are as many as 35 different states already provide some form of reciprocity. But as I said earlier, it’s too easy to inadvertently cross state lines and find yourself in legal trouble, and this will avoid that entirely.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, this is something that the National Shooting Sports Foundation, gun owners, I mean, every gun, a Second Amendment advocacy entity has supported this and said that it’s, you know, it’s time that this passes. And I know that you’ve, you know, you’ve had this on. on a back burner for some time waiting for the right time. There are some people, Senator, that are trying to reconcile your reintroduction of this national concealed carry reciprocity bill with that bipartisan Community Safer Act from 2022 that had a lot of gun control in it. And you got a lot of criticism for that. How do you reconcile these two pieces of legislation?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I would say that all the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act did was to say that we will look back at juvenile criminal and mental health records to determine whether if you were an adult that you would be disqualified from purchasing a firearm under existing law. As you know, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System checks that when you go buy a firearm, the vast majority, 90-plus percent of those go through in a matter of seconds. And we felt and I believe that looking back at juvenile records so that somebody doesn’t necessarily show up on their 18th birthday as if they didn’t have a criminal record or have a mental health commitment, which had they been an adult would have been, they would have been disqualified under existing law. So that’s, again, I think very consistent with the position I’ve always held that law-abiding citizens shouldn’t have an unimpaired access to their rights under the Second Amendment. But I would hope that we could have some agreement that people who are suffering from mental illness or somebody who have demonstrated lack of regard for the law and have a criminal record would be disqualified under existing law.
SPEAKER 21 :
And we’re talking with Senator John Cornyn from the Great Republic of Texas about this National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. And you bring up this good point about the adjudication of people as being prohibited possessors, because I feel like not enough lawmakers talk about the existing pathways that we have in order to do that, that still protect due process. And especially with this, you know, the I almost forgot the name of it, the Office of Gun Violence Prevention that that Biden created that Harris was supposed to be running. This was something that they talked about quite a bit. But there I mean, there are ways to do that, to keep dangerous people that are not just dangerous just to themselves, but to everybody else, as you know, to prove to have them adjudicated, have their day in court, follow due process. And then the court makes that determination.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, due process is very important because we are talking about a constitutional right. And as you know, states like Texas don’t have a red flag law. That’s always been a big concern in my state and in a number of other states. And we made sure that no state would get access to any resources unless they had a law which protected due process for a gun owner.
SPEAKER 21 :
Unfortunately, none of them did.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, unfortunately, too many of them did not. You’re right. But in states like Texas, where we don’t have a red flag law, we were able to receive equal funding to implement programs like veterans courts, drug courts, and mental health courts, crisis intervention programs in those states like Texas that did not have a red flag law. So I think I’m frankly proud of the work we did here. I think we’ve probably saved lives. We’ve seen about 300 people prosecuted for straw purchases, which has been a problem where people who are legally disqualified from purchasing a firearm, let’s say because of a a previous criminal record, have a girlfriend or some friend purchase a gun who did not have such a background. And now we’ve got more people scrutinized for these illegitimate straw purchases as well. I think the more we can find consensus on some of these areas, I think it’s easier for people like me to say there’s no reason to inhibit or to restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens.
SPEAKER 21 :
And some of it sounds like what Jeff Sessions did with Project Exile. Some of it sounds very similar to that, where he really wanted to crack down through the – because you mentioned straw purchases. And the Biden administration famously – Barack Obama, his administration, as you know, Senator, famously – Did not pursue or they would just they would just dismiss these these charges. But average everyday people or FFLs that have a grammatical error get the book thrown at them. A quick question on this. Then I want to move on before we let you go to a couple of other issues. The is there a chance that some of the like, for instance, the Office for Gun Violence Prevention? I know that was done by executive order. Is there a chance that Trump undoes that with executive order? Because a lot of this stuff. That was discussed two years ago with this bipartisan Safer Communities Act involved the funding of red flag. So even if there was opposition to the implementation of red flag law or opposition to it outright, isn’t there still a mechanism within that that incentivizes or funds the red flag program? For different states?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, as I mentioned, all states would get access to these funds, whether they have a red flag law or not. My argument would be that it disincentivizes states from passing new red flag laws because if they want to get the funding, so they don’t have to do it in order to get to get that funding. But I think, you know, things like Project Exile, as you point out, that started in Richmond, Virginia, in a U.S. attorney’s office, has gone nationwide. We implemented Texas Exile when I was attorney general and making sure that people who were repeat criminals who were prohibited from purchasing firearms or possessing them and who were using them to commit crimes were protected. were disincentivized, so to speak, from using those. And it actually worked pretty well. But targeting criminals and people who have got mental health commitments, I think is, to me, sort of the right way to go.
SPEAKER 21 :
I want to switch gears here real quick, Senator, while we have you for the limited amount of time we got left. The hearings for the nominations, it seems like, do you think Hegseth is going to get confirmed? It seems like he’s now starting to get the support that I don’t think he had in the beginning.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, I think so. He really did well. I thought on Monday at the Armed Services Committee, Democrats didn’t lay a glove on him. Pete, you know, he’s an honest guy. He said, you know, I’m a flawed human being. But again, who isn’t? And he’s changed dramatically. He, I think, recognizes that the way he used to be, what George Bush called his young and irresponsible days, that that’s got to change. And so I think he’s got a lot to offer as a combat veteran in shaking up the Pentagon, which desperately needs to be shaken up. to make sure that our warfighters have what they need in order to deter the next war. To me, it’s not about fighting wars. It’s about not fighting wars. And the only way you do that is by providing deterrence. And you do that by being the biggest, most powerful country in the world as we are.
SPEAKER 21 :
Is there a nominee that you think may actually have a difficult time in getting confirmed? Is there one that sticks out to you that they’re having trouble getting the support that they need amongst the Senate?
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, I’m glad to say that Kash Patel, the nominee for the FBI, I think is going to be relatively easily confirmed. I think the Department of Justice with Pam Bondi, Kash Patel at the FBI, those to me are some of the most important institutions that we need to restore to their previous nonpolitical status. The two that are most in the press, I guess you could say, are Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services and Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence. Those hearings have not yet taken place. Their FBI background check is not yet completed, and it may end up being early February before that happens. I’m not I’m supportive of the nominees absent. You know, some extraordinary circumstances are surprised. But unfortunately, the longer this hangs out here, that means that the longer it takes for President Trump to get his team so he can hit the ground running.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yeah, you guys are definitely in a time crunch. You got six months until that midterm cycle starts. And as you know, everybody runs to the center for that. Texas Senator John Cornyn. Well, we’re watching this. We’re going to watch this reciprocity go through. And maybe you can stick something in there, Senator, before I let you go about defunding states that do implement red flag. Maybe you can. Is that possible? You just stick that in there real fast.
SPEAKER 06 :
Somebody might notice. We don’t want to give people reason to vote against this. Let’s save that for another day.
SPEAKER 21 :
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SPEAKER 21 :
I get that Biden and Harris are just like bippity boppity booing, you know, the ERA into the Constitution, but that’s not how it works. This thing has been expired forever. It’s dead. The equal rent, whatever. And a number of states have reversed their support of it. The Senate voted against it last year. So it’s done. I don’t know why we’re talking about this. Today’s stupidity.
SPEAKER 15 :
Oh, it’s the bullet we dodged. Kamala Harris. Listen to what she has to say. I suspect she’s been drinking.
SPEAKER 03 :
With grace and with purpose and with faith and with the knowledge that we are all in this together. It’s extraordinary. You are drunk, woman. So I thank everyone.
SPEAKER 21 :
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