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news time now for our community connection. We're talking with Josh Rakeen, US
representative right here in Congressional District Too. Big weekend, big week. First
of all, let's get into, first of all, with the unfortunate news
the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Your reaction, Well, Tom,
I'm on Homeland Security Committee in the House, and that's a committee that
is of next Monday, will be a part of the investigation arm for the
House Oversights also looking at doing some hearings to uncover what happened but Homeland As
of next Monday, we will be doing that. I've already been on a
number of different briefs, one including our chairman, who relates some information as
he's gathering it. We will have the Director of the Secret Service in front
of us next week, and our committee is going to be prepared to dive
in tough questions. How is it that this could even happen? I mean,
the lack of communication, the communication breakdown, the perimeter one hundred and
fifty yards that well, that's not our area of jurisdiction, that's not ours.
Well, you know this lack of breakdown that close to the President of
the United States. I've got to build that. My team we've just introduced
that's going to make sure that no longer, if this thing can get passed,
that we allow different standards physical fitness standards from one sex to another.
You've got a director who wants diversity hires. The DEI mentality is invating her
entity that she has supervision over. She was the secret Service agent for Vice
President at the time Biden got promoted to this position. She said, by
twenty thirty she wants thirty percent of the for their workforce to be women hires.
You need to have somebody that can complete the skills, can dead lift
a certain weight in case something happens, is able to stand up and protect
the President of the United States, hot consideration important, can host to their
weapon with muscle skill, habit, motor skill, habit, not be searching
for it. Now we've got the other end of the spectrum. You've got
a president, former President Trump, who's now in Milwaukee, and he's simply
wearing a bandage on the ear and the man is moving forward. Didn't miss
a step. What are you seeing at the convention so far? Yeah,
just projection of strength, which is just such a contrast on the other side.
It was a moment. I'm sure you know many felt the emotion when
the fist pump went up. You know, that is a moment. We'll
just cheat generations in the future watched. You can't you can't prepare for that
moment that has to be within you. And what's in him is someone that
is strong, is focused on the vision of turning the country, that's going
left back right, the presentation or or just his him walking into the r
n C. And you know, Lee Greenwood, Man, what an electric
moment, what an amazing time. People are excited, they're ready for Trump
forty forty seven. Now, recently, Josh Keen, our congressman here,
you had a telephone town hall. How did that go with the constituents.
Yeah, well we do those about every quarter. But we also you know,
as you know, Tom, we do a lot of lives in the
community town halls. Well we will as of August. We'll have a series
in August and we will have done one hundred different live town halls across the
second congressional district. I don't know that there's another congressional district in the country
that's done as many. We are doing that to make ourselves accessible and it's
a chance for people if you disagree with us and we get a chance to
hear from you. We want to be teachable, We want to listen to
people's concerns. I've made it very plain my position on a number of issues.
But if you can tell me constitutionally, while I'm wrong, I welcome
that. If you can tell me that I'm doing something that's not constitutional,
that's not in aligned with what our founder's thoughts that the federal government should be
doing. But you've got my attention immediately. But if what I'm saying resounds
with you and go, wait a minute, what maybe we're not following a
blueprint that was left us by our founders, who on a keeping in mind.
In our found years there was different opinions, but there was solidarity when
they put the Constitution and they said, here's the role for the Fed,
here's the role for the states. So many of our problems are just a
missing the mark, not staying in our lane, not staying between the mayonnaise
and the mustard on the highway of what is the federal role versus the boundary
that says no, you're getting into the ditch. That's a state role,
that's a self governance role, keeping the lines defined and working together at the
same time. It can be a tricky process. Indeed, what you got
to say for everybody these days is we get into the really dog days of
summer and what can we look forward from. Josh Burking, Look, we
are in a fiddle time in our country. It's the right thing to do
for everyone to be communicating your neighbors if in a way that's civil right.
We can have strong disagreement, but you need to be crazy, you need
to be bold, but you also need to be able to do things where
you don't lose your message for your way of delivery. You know, a
lot of times years mature people and you know, you know, we love
energy, we love excitement, we love positions. But you offend somebody,
you make them mad, they're gonna tune you out. And I'm gonna hear
a word that you say. And so all of us just be encouraging our
friends and neighbors. Let's keep the lines of communication open. My hope is
that people don't see things the way that I see it. That if I
can tell the number one, I care about you as human being. You're
made in the image of God. I do believe these things. Let's reason
together. My hope is I have a chance to influence them, not that
I've offended them where they just close off their ears and they won't receive anything
from me. And so we have to have a society that yes, believes
strongly. Yes it's crazy, Yes it's bold, but also speaks in a
way that we don't lose our message for our delivery and making a message and
communication. How can folks message and communicate back and forth with you and your
staff. Yeah, well the top the town hall specifically, you know,
as a way to one on one you can get to. Our town halls
will be on our website at for Keing, dot house, dot go.
We will the list those fall I read the comments that come into the office,
whether it's coming too our Clamoor office or d C. I read those.
You see our field reps that we've got a number of field reps that
are out in the communities. If you tell them something, they passed that
along. I read that comment. If you call in to DC and on
an issue specific I read those comments. Email us if you have a casework
issue like Medicare or social Security, or legal immigration, passport issues, veterans
affairs, call our Claremore office Jonny Williams, who was on staff with me
when we both work for Tom Cober, and do you incredible at her a
job. She can help you with casework and then you know, there's so
many different things typical of congressional offices that we can help you with. Contact
their office. Then you'll be directed the right direction. Josh Brighin has always
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