1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,400 The next Stefan Good Day download with Doug and Jay Kirshner is made possible in 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,039 part by Keltren, which is the safe way for you to lose weight and 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:13,000 keep it off, and also by previgent keeping your brain healthy. Marjorie Taylor 4 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:16,320 Green is here and I want to tell I'm going to start with a story 5 00:00:16,519 --> 00:00:20,359 that I did tell on the air when it happened, but I think that 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,600 I said something to you. May I call you Marjorie? What do your 7 00:00:25,679 --> 00:00:30,640 friends call you? I'm interested to call they call me Marjorie? They do, 8 00:00:30,879 --> 00:00:34,600 Okay, so I'll be friendly and call you Marjorie. This is not 9 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:41,119 a political program, and we don't normally do politicians here, but because I 10 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,240 find you very intriguing, and because I think you have a great story to 11 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,920 tell. I thought when somebody said to me, you want to have Marjorie 12 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:51,840 Taylor Green, and I said, yeah, let's so. I will start 13 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:56,520 by recounting the story. When I met you. We were on a plane 14 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,560 together coming back from Orlando last March. You sat in the first row. 15 00:01:00,719 --> 00:01:04,239 I was in the second row. I didn't introduce it, we didn't engage. 16 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,799 You were very much to yourself and everybody gave you your space, and 17 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,519 when you got off the plane in Washington, I walked up to you and 18 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,719 I said, I didn't really introduce myself. It just looked at you, 19 00:01:17,079 --> 00:01:19,719 and I said, I find you to be a very interesting person. I'm 20 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,840 a radio guy, but I don't do the kind of radio program that you'd 21 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:26,920 be on, so I probably never interview you. So I'm sort of here 22 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,599 to eat my words. And I don't know that you would remember that, 23 00:01:30,719 --> 00:01:34,079 because you must be People come up to you all the time and want to 24 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:38,280 know you. They want to shake your hand, they want to congratulate you, 25 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,760 or they want to yell at you or whatever. So I'm guessing you 26 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,920 probably don't remember that quick encounter, but it was kind of I just thought. 27 00:01:47,159 --> 00:01:49,719 One of the things I found interesting is that you're short. I thought 28 00:01:49,799 --> 00:01:55,319 you were taller than you are. Okay. You know that's really funny because 29 00:01:55,519 --> 00:01:57,599 a lot of people say that to me. They meet me in person, 30 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:02,719 and they go, I thought you were so much taller, and I'm not. 31 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:07,520 I'm not sure how that comes across the photos, but that is the 32 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,280 common comment. Well, good to talk to you again, and I'm glad 33 00:02:10,319 --> 00:02:15,120 you had me on your radio show. Well, you're a big personality, 34 00:02:15,159 --> 00:02:16,280 and that maybe is part of it, you know, one of the things 35 00:02:16,439 --> 00:02:21,759 that I enjoy about you. I've looked at your exercise video and I find 36 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:23,719 that to be kind of fun as well. I mean, you let it, 37 00:02:23,879 --> 00:02:29,240 you kind of let it all hang out, and that's if some people 38 00:02:29,719 --> 00:02:32,639 like it and some people don't. I just find it intriguing that you are 39 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:37,800 who you are, say what you will. Whether people agree with you or 40 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:43,280 don't agree with you, that's doesn't seem to interfere with you speaking your mind, 41 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:49,000 which is now. And that's that's that's actually why why I wrote my 42 00:02:49,039 --> 00:02:53,000 book is I'm a very normal person. I'm a regular person, and so 43 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:57,599 if I throw up an exercise video, you'll see me actually working out. 44 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,439 I don't have any makeup on. I didn't go put on you know, 45 00:03:00,479 --> 00:03:06,280 the fake eyelashes and a bunch of makeup to pretend like I'm working out. 46 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:09,400 It's actually a real workout video. Because I think it's so important and it 47 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:15,479 should be of our part of our health regimen and taking care of ourselves. 48 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:21,439 But it's you know, it's been an interesting ride. The media created a 49 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,199 character of me that doesn't exist, and then they sold that character twenty four 50 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:30,840 to seven across the news ever since I came into Congress in January twenty twenty 51 00:03:30,879 --> 00:03:35,840 one. So I wrote my book to let people know, Hey, here's 52 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:42,120 the real person behind the insane headlines that you've read. And people will find 53 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:47,199 out I'm actually more like them than they've ever been told by the media. 54 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,680 So under the circumstances, yeah, looking at this book and understanding who you 55 00:03:53,719 --> 00:03:58,680 are. I always have Jay and I and Jennifer Horne. You were on 56 00:03:58,719 --> 00:04:01,080 her program in Los Ange Lissa a couple of weeks ago. She's also a 57 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,159 part of this program, and she's very much a supporter of yours. It 58 00:04:05,319 --> 00:04:10,800 has because I don't do a political show, even though people sometimes know where 59 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:15,439 I stand, because I'll tell people where I stand. I'm not a fan 60 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,680 of the current administration by any stretch of the imagination. I'm not sure that 61 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:24,199 Donald Trump is the right answer for what our problems are at the moment. 62 00:04:25,079 --> 00:04:30,439 Actually, I was wondering whether you ever thought the rumor is the news media 63 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,480 and you've put them in their place. Well, here, the news media 64 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,680 wanted to make you sort of a candidate for vice president. Is there anything 65 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:43,120 to that is there anything to that rumor or that thought. Well, of 66 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,519 course, that decision is up to President Trump. I know my name has 67 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:53,439 been circulated on list that are being considered, but everybody asked me about that 68 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:58,519 all the time, and I think that's President Trump's decision, and he's not 69 00:04:58,639 --> 00:05:04,399 ready to make those decisions yet, even though everyone constantly pushes him for anything 70 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:10,920 from VP to cabinet members. He's focused on winning the primary right now and 71 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,240 winning the general election, and I think that's the right focus for him to 72 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,560 have. All right, So the debate is tonight. Either are going to 73 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:24,480 be three or four people. Looks like Chris Christie is being pushed to get 74 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,360 out. What do you think of the people who are going to be on 75 00:05:27,399 --> 00:05:33,160 stage? I'd left on stage well. As everyone knows, I am probably 76 00:05:33,399 --> 00:05:40,839 Trump's biggest supporter in Washington and in Congress. I think the primary is pretty 77 00:05:40,879 --> 00:05:45,800 much over. The American people are screaming it as loudly as possible in poll 78 00:05:45,879 --> 00:05:49,839 after poll that they're going to the Republican primary. Voters are going to vote 79 00:05:49,879 --> 00:05:57,639 for President Trump. So at this point, we keep seeing these presidential candidates 80 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,680 hanging on, but they're losing badly. So for me, and most people 81 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:06,480 that I know really don't watch these debates. We might look at them a 82 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:11,639 little bit interested in the questions that get asked, but it's not something that 83 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:15,639 I'll be watching. I haven't found them that much interesting. Mostly what I 84 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,720 see out of Nikki Hayley, Chris Christi and others is the Republican Party that 85 00:06:19,759 --> 00:06:25,600 I absolutely hate and the Republican Party that most of us want to go away. 86 00:06:26,439 --> 00:06:30,000 And it also concerns me because I look at them and say, is 87 00:06:30,079 --> 00:06:34,079 our neo cons what we're going to return to within list foreign wars in the 88 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:40,720 Republican Party after President Trump exits the political stage, And I certainly hope not. 89 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,120 So what do we do, though, Marjorie, if you're just joining 90 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,160 as Marjorie Taylor Green is here. She's written a book called MTG, which 91 00:06:48,199 --> 00:06:53,800 is her story. She wanted to straighten out the things that have been written 92 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:57,879 about her and said about her that were not true. So she set her 93 00:06:57,959 --> 00:07:00,920 mind to and I think that she does that pretty much across the board. 94 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:03,519 Whatever she puts her mind to, she seems to be able to accomplish. 95 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:11,480 And so she writes about the circumstances in Washington when Donald Trump went in he 96 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,680 said he's going to drain the swamp. He didn't do too well because there 97 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,199 are a lot of people here that don't want to drain the swamp, right 98 00:07:18,519 --> 00:07:23,959 politicians, bureaucrats. So how do you, Let's just say, you became 99 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,240 the vice president. You speak about the swamp in the book, So how 100 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,160 do you drain the swamp? I think that's one of the best questions anyone 101 00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:35,480 can ask. We got to go back to the Obama administration and the type 102 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:41,199 of employees they hired in the federal government, and when President Trump became president 103 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:46,120 in twenty seventeen, this is a widely known fact. There were people, 104 00:07:46,319 --> 00:07:50,040 of course that remained federal employees and all the agencies, and they began to 105 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:56,399 call themselves the resistance. They put up posters, they put up social media 106 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:01,720 posts hashtag resistance. Well, this is the the unelected bureaucrats that remain in 107 00:08:01,759 --> 00:08:07,120 our federal agencies that run the federal government day to day. That is the 108 00:08:07,519 --> 00:08:11,879 biggest and worst layer of the swamp. You know, I'm a successful business 109 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:16,160 owner. I ran a construction company for nearly twenty five years. It was 110 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,439 the family business I grew up in and bought for my parents when they were 111 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:22,600 ready to retire. Took me years to buy it from them. It wasn't 112 00:08:22,879 --> 00:08:28,839 a sweetheart deal or here's a gift for you. And I'm thankful that my 113 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:33,559 parents gave me the opportunity and taught me so well. And I believe the 114 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:37,320 federal government should be run like a successful business, and that means you fire 115 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:41,960 people when they aren't serving the customer. And the customer is the American people, 116 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,919 and that's the focus that is lost in Washington, d C. As 117 00:08:46,919 --> 00:08:52,600 a matter of fact, it seems to be an unknown thought process that the 118 00:08:52,639 --> 00:08:58,600 American people are the customer because they're the taxpayers, and they're the citizens that 119 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:03,120 we all take an oath to protect and uphold the constitution, to serve them 120 00:09:03,399 --> 00:09:07,320 and uphold our laws, and customer is king. That's what I was always 121 00:09:07,399 --> 00:09:11,639 raised to believe, and that's how I conducted my business. And I think 122 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:16,039 we can join the swamp when we get a customer focus in Washington, DC. 123 00:09:16,799 --> 00:09:20,039 You know, it's very interesting because that is one of the mantras I 124 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,440 go through that all the time. I am very critical. I have always 125 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:28,360 been in my This is the longest running syndicated talk program in the country. 126 00:09:28,399 --> 00:09:31,840 Now, and from the very beginning when I did do more of the political 127 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:37,480 shaking and baking that was going on, it was always that same, the 128 00:09:37,519 --> 00:09:41,519 same approach. Hello, we're paying the bills, get the hell to work 129 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:46,200 and fix the stuff instead of creating problems. And that's the one thing though, 130 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,759 that maybe escapes when people are paying attention to you. It doesn't look 131 00:09:50,879 --> 00:09:56,519 like you're trying to work together with others. It looks like you're staying the 132 00:09:56,519 --> 00:10:01,840 course as you've explained here. But how do we figure out how to get 133 00:10:01,919 --> 00:10:07,360 stuff done and work together with people that you don't necessarily agree with. Well, 134 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:09,039 again, we have to make sure that our focus is on the American 135 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:13,960 people. I'll use a good example. Yesterday we had our classified briefing with 136 00:10:15,519 --> 00:10:20,919 Lloyd Austin, Secretary Blincoln and others from the administration, and they're talking to 137 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,360 us about wanting billions and billions of more dollars to fight a proxy war with 138 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:31,399 Russia in Ukraine. And it's a failing war, sadly, and I have 139 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,440 sympathy for the Ukrainian people, but at the same time, we don't have 140 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:39,480 a focus on our own border. And the problem right now with the administration 141 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:46,840 and many in Washington is they're refusing to face the fact that the cartels in 142 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:52,639 Mexico are a much greater enemy and are actually killing Americans every single day than 143 00:10:52,799 --> 00:10:58,200 Vladimir Putin and Russia. And that was my argument when I got my chance 144 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,480 to stand up and talk to them, and the way that if we are 145 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,759 and I told them, I said, we were from opposite sides of the 146 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:09,120 aisle, but we should be able to agree that our border security is the 147 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:13,720 most important thing we need to focus on. Sadly they disagree, and so 148 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:20,320 we have to keep pushing. Yeah, there it is. It's damnable and 149 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,879 outrageous. You and I agree one hundred percent on that. Well, good 150 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:28,399 luck the book called MTG Marjorie Taylor Green. Nice to have you here, 151 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,039 nice to have the conversation. Merry Christmas to you and your family, and 152 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:35,720 a happy new Year. The next Stefan Good Day download with Doug and Jay 153 00:11:35,759 --> 00:11:39,960 Kirshner is made possible in part by Keltren, which is the safe way for 154 00:11:39,039 --> 00:11:43,960 you to lose weight and keep it off, and also by Privilegent, keeping 155 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:43,919 your brain healthy.