WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:01.960 Oh lad with. 2 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:21.120 From my final thought tonight, I really was unsure what 3 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:22.199 I wanted to talk about. 4 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:23.879 I really really was unsure. 5 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:26.519 Sometimes I want to talk about politics, some things, I 6 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:30.640 want to talk about cultural, social issues, whatever happens to 7 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:32.719 be on my mind, and I try not to talk 8 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:37.119 about the thing that everyone else is talking about unless 9 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:40.840 I feel I can give you something that nobody else can, 10 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:45.079 will offer you something that you've not heard elsewhere, And 11 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:48.600 tonight I believe it's one of those nights. I'm actually 12 00:00:48.640 --> 00:00:51.200 going to make a bet with you that what I'm 13 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:54.000 about to tell you tonight you haven't heard elsewhere, and 14 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:56.000 if you have, I'll just deny that you actually heard 15 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:59.479 it elsewhere. But I've heard it, You've heard it, We've 16 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:03.320 all heard it. President Trump fancies a third term and 17 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:06.359 he says he's not joking about pursuing it, and I 18 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:10.200 believe him. I absolutely believe him, and you should too. 19 00:01:10.760 --> 00:01:13.120 Number One, Donald Trump doesn't have a sense of humor. 20 00:01:13.159 --> 00:01:16.000 So when he says he's not joking, that's like Tuesday. 21 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:19.359 Everything he says is not a joke. And let me 22 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:22.480 be clear, he doesn't have a sense of humor because 23 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:25.680 he doesn't know what humor is he loves to insult people, 24 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:29.280 and you should not confuse insulting people all the time, 25 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:33.799 and you finding the insults funny as having a sense 26 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:36.319 of humor. He doesn't joke. He doesn't know what self 27 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:39.480 deprecation is. So when he says that he's going to 28 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:43.920 pursue a third term, regardless of whether he says he's joking, 29 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:47.879 regardless of what the Constitution says to the contrary. 30 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:48.439 He means it. 31 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:52.439 And so when we assess it, when we talk about it, 32 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:55.040 we should take him at his word. A number of 33 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:58.519 journalists have asked the president directly to him and those 34 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:02.319 close to him about exactly how he's planning to go 35 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:06.400 about pursuing this third term, to which no specifics are given, 36 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:10.000 just vague comments about quote unquote, we're working on it, 37 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:12.919 that's all they say. I was listening to Steve Bannon, 38 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:16.039 heard some comments from him. We're working on it. Let 39 00:02:16.039 --> 00:02:19.000 me clear up all the mystery. I'm not a constitutional scholar, 40 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:22.240 but I've been really digging into this and talking to 41 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:27.439 my constitutional scholar friends about this. So it's based in 42 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.560 some actual knowledge, and I'm pretty sure I know what 43 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:32.400 the Trump team is planning to do at the end 44 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:36.120 of this term. So hopefully we'll have this on the podcast. 45 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:38.599 Sam will put it in the podcast so we can 46 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.199 refer back to this, because I'm pretty sure I'm right 47 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:44.439 about this, and I'm pretty sure you haven't heard this 48 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:47.560 from anyone else, and I'm kind of surprised because there 49 00:02:47.560 --> 00:02:50.520 are only so many attack points to the Constitution. What 50 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:54.080 most people say is you can't become a president for 51 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:57.120 the third time, specifically because of the twenty second Amendment. 52 00:02:57.159 --> 00:02:59.120 In fact, we heard it in the news break. That's 53 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.240 the audio that you hear it, twenty second Amendment. Here's 54 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:04.719 how the twenty second Amendment reads. Quote, no person shall 55 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.560 be elected to the office of the President more than twice. 56 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.039 And no person who has held the office of President 57 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:12.919 or as acted as president for more than two years 58 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:15.599 of a term to which some other person was elected 59 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:18.639 president shall be elected to the office of the President 60 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:22.039 more than once. There are two words, I should say, 61 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:25.080 one word which is repeated. That's the key to this. 62 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:29.199 The keyword in that passage is elected. No person shall 63 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:32.840 be elected to the office of the president more than twice. 64 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:37.960 I would bet dollars to donuts that the line of 65 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:44.280 constitutional attack will make the distinction between election and ascendants 66 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:45.680 to the presidency. 67 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:50.400 Here's what I mean. For example, let's say Vice President JD. 68 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:53.840 Vance and Ron DeSantis hypothetically are the ticket in twenty 69 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:55.439 twenty eight and they win. 70 00:03:55.960 --> 00:03:57.360 JD Vance becomes president. 71 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:03.759 Conceivably the Santus as vice president could resign for some 72 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:07.960 undisclosed reason. Could be illness, could be needs to spend 73 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:10.639 more time with the family, could be he needs more 74 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:13.199 time to buy shoe lifts. I don't know, but he 75 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:19.120 decides to resign and get this. Per the twenty fifth Amendment, quote, 76 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:22.120 whenever there is a vacancy and the office of the 77 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:28.519 Vice President, the President shall nominate a vice president who 78 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:33.600 shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of 79 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:37.319 both Houses of Congress. And as of this moment, the 80 00:04:37.399 --> 00:04:40.439 Republicans control both the House and Senate. We don't know 81 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:42.959 what's going to happen in twenty twenty six, but hopefully 82 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:45.959 you could see where I'm going with this. The president, 83 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:50.480 then JD. Vance could conceivably choose Trump as his next VP. 84 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:55.920 There's nothing explicitly preventing that. Then Vance could either be 85 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:00.759 a figurehead president or could even resign himself, which would 86 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:04.879 then mean dunk da da duh, Trump is your next president, 87 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:08.800 not elected but has ascended. 88 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:12.279 Is it constitutionally sound? Maybe? 89 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:15.199 Maybe not. That's what the Supreme Court is for. Oh, 90 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:19.519 that's right. A six to three majority. Do you actually 91 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:23.959 think you wouldn't get five votes? It clearly violates the 92 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:27.560 spirit of the twenty second and twenty fifth amendments. It's 93 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:31.800 a workaround schame some shit, but not the letter of 94 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:32.600 those amendments. 95 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:33.959 So that's it. 96 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:37.319 That's the strategy. Well, one of the strategies being considered. 97 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:41.040 Dollars sodonuts. I know I'm right about this. They're going 98 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:44.720 to challenge the word elected and not have him elected 99 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:48.079 because there's no way that an amendment could be passed 100 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:50.480 to circumnavigate this. Just in case you didn't know, a 101 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:53.600 proposed amendment must be passed by a two thirds vote 102 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:56.879 in both the House and the Senate, then ratified by 103 00:05:56.920 --> 00:06:00.759 three fourths of the state legislatures or state convention. Not 104 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.639 happy now or ever in a world of such partisanship, 105 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:04.519 No way in hell. 106 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.279 This is the only way in. There's your roadmap. 107 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:10.240 He wouldn't be allowed on ballots otherwise, so it's not 108 00:06:10.279 --> 00:06:11.439 about electing him. 109 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:12.160 He wouldn't be. 110 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.879 Able to get on enough ballots on different states to 111 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:19.399 get enough Electoral College votes, he'll be easily disqualified. In 112 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:22.240 any election attempt, it would never get to the ballot. 113 00:06:22.399 --> 00:06:25.439 So this is not about being elected. This is about 114 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:29.279 ascendency to the presidency. There is an open question as 115 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:34.079 to whether the word election also includes ascension. But either way, 116 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:37.879 Donald Trump is serious about a third term. Why because 117 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:40.639 he never jokes about anything. There's not a funny bone 118 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:44.800 in his body. He insults, but never jokes. This should 119 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:47.839 be taken seriously in every way. For k if I 120 00:06:47.879 --> 00:07:06.240 am six forty, I'm mo Kelly. And here's my final thought. 121 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:10.680 Let's talk about the Constitution. The Constitution applies to everyone, 122 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:14.839 or it applies to no one. There's no in between, 123 00:07:14.879 --> 00:07:17.759 there's no shades of gray. Let's get the easy ones, right. 124 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:19.160 I say it all the time. This is one of 125 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:23.240 the easy ones. The Constitution, meaning all of its amendments 126 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:30.000 apply to everyone, including Mark Stefan and even Nick me 127 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:34.519 or it applies to no one from the first Amendment 128 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:37.360 on down. Not just the amendments you like, not just 129 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:40.439 the second Amendment because you really love that one, Not 130 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:43.399 just the tenth Amendment because that's what you heard somewhere, 131 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.879 because those are the only two amendments you know without googling. 132 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:49.720 I'm talking about all of them, and I seriously doubt 133 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:53.040 most people even know the total number of amendments presently 134 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:55.519 that are in the Constitution, or what it takes to 135 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:59.040 ratify a new one. But that's just my personal pet 136 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:02.160 peeve because I'm real big on civics. But I also 137 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:04.920 find it odd when someone says they love the Constitution 138 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:08.639 yet can't tell me much about it, not in totality. 139 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:11.079 It's strange, I tell you. But I want to be 140 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:13.959 clear on this. The Constitution applies to everyone, or it 141 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:17.959 applies to no one, all amendments, all protections, or it 142 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:20.759 is meaningless. And yes, I'm about to talk about the 143 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:24.160 Maryland man with protected legal status who was sent to 144 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:28.360 that horrible prison in El Salvador following a quote unquote 145 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:32.519 administrative error, not to port it to the country in general, 146 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:36.639 but to port it to a prison having not committed 147 00:08:36.679 --> 00:08:41.440 any crime while also being of legal status. His name 148 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:45.679 is Kilmer Abrego Garcia. And also according to our government, 149 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:48.279 this is what our government said. They said that they 150 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:50.080 don't think they have any way to get him back. 151 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:53.480 Whether that's true, or not. I don't know, but I 152 00:08:53.519 --> 00:08:55.799 do know that Kilmore is just stuck in a prison 153 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:00.320 for no good reason, no crime, no due process, no 154 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:05.120 path back. The Constitution applies to everyone, or it applies 155 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:07.600 to no one. And I know what you're thinking. I 156 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:10.840 know what you're thinking. You're probably thinking, uh mo, the 157 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:13.200 Constitution only applies to American citizens. 158 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:15.360 No, that's not true. 159 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:19.120 Part of loving the Constitution is actually knowing the constitution 160 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:25.399 Constitutional protections extend to all persons persons. It protects everyone, 161 00:09:25.600 --> 00:09:29.679 not just citizens, and those protections extend to non citizens 162 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:34.519 who are within the United States. Those protections include due process, 163 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:38.879 I'll come back to that, protection from unreasonable searches and seizures, 164 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:41.840 the right to a fair trial, and the right to 165 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:44.840 counsel in criminal proceedings. If you think some of that 166 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:48.840 might apply to this, you'd be right. A person's immigration 167 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:52.559 status does not diminish their constitutional rights, and the Supreme 168 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:57.399 Court has consistently upheld that constitutional rights extend to everyone 169 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:02.279 living in the US, not just natural born citizens or 170 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:06.600 legal immigrants. I hope you heard that either the Constitution 171 00:10:06.679 --> 00:10:09.960 applies to everyone or applies to no one. And according 172 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:12.600 to the actual Constitution and Supreme Court. 173 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:15.039 It applies to everyone. 174 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:17.559 Some other arguments I heard were, well, what if that 175 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:20.200 person entered the country illegally, or how do we know 176 00:10:20.240 --> 00:10:24.279 that this guy wasn't a violent gangbanger. Hello, that's what 177 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:28.000 due process is for. That's the whole fricking point. Is 178 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.159 the process which determines whether someone has broken a law, 179 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:34.879 entered the country illegally, or is subject to be punished. Accordingly, 180 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:39.600 you can't deport someone without determining their status. It's not 181 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:44.120 done by guessing. It's not just done by I don't know, hypnosis. 182 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:47.000 It's a very simple concept. Unless you think the Constitution 183 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:49.440 only applies to some people. Oh, look out, now might 184 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:52.799 step on some does, which would mean you neither know 185 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:56.960 the constitution nor do you love the Constitution all twenty 186 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:59.759 seven amendments. There's your answer, he has twenty seven amendments. 187 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:02.080 Or maybe you live in a community or represent a 188 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:05.200 community which doesn't and has not ever had to worry 189 00:11:05.240 --> 00:11:09.759 about government agents rolling up on you with mass putting 190 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:12.840 you in handcuffs, stuffing you in a van, with no 191 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:17.200 due process. Maybe you've never been stopped while walking or 192 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:21.519 driving simply because you quote unquote fit the description. Maybe 193 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:23.159 you've never been pulled out of your car and put 194 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:25.919 on a curb in handcuffs while your car was searched. 195 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:29.240 Maybe you've had no experience with that, no reference point. 196 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:31.360 Maybe you've never had a gun place to your head 197 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:33.919 because someone thought that you had just robbed a bank. 198 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:35.440 I have. 199 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:38.840 And none of this makes any sense to you. If 200 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.559 it's all unfamiliar to you, maybe you just don't care. 201 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:44.639 I get that, because it's not gonna be you. It's 202 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:45.960 not going to be your father, it's not going to 203 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:48.399 be your son, So it's not going to be your problem. 204 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:49.600 Got it. 205 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:53.159 Just stop telling me about the Constitution and how important 206 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:56.759 it supposedly is to you, because it's not. You're just 207 00:11:56.919 --> 00:12:01.399 cause playing patriotism. This shouldn't be political. I mean, it 208 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:04.519 shouldn't be. It was then candidate Donald Trump who said, 209 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:08.159 we are a country of laws, and without laws, we 210 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:10.720 do not have a country. That's a quote he said that, 211 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:13.960 And I hope you know every single law, every single one, 212 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:19.600 is predicated upon due process, every single law. You can't 213 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:24.000 break a law unless you've had due process. Due processes 214 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:27.039 one of the main differences, not the only difference, but 215 00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:30.600 one of the main differences between US and North Korea, 216 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:37.240 and US and Russia and US in China, Because moments 217 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:42.120 just like these is when you should be saying hashtag 218 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.879 all lives matter. Right now, this is the time you're 219 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:49.200 supposed to say, hashtag all lives matter. Not just the 220 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:52.120 lives that you care about, not just the people who 221 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:55.000 look like you, not just the people you like, not 222 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.440 just the people who agree with you, not just the 223 00:12:57.480 --> 00:13:00.279 people who love like you do, not just the people 224 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:02.440 who happen to vote the same way that you do. 225 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:06.440 These are the moments you should be saying hashtag all 226 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:10.240 lives matter, because when you don't, it sure seems like 227 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:13.279 you're admitting that they don't. For KF, I am six forty, 228 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:41.480 I'm Moe Kelly. By now you've heard about New Jersey 229 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.960 Senator Corey Booker standing on the Senate floor for more 230 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.720 than twenty five hours speaking in critique of President Trump 231 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:51.559 and the Trump administration, a new record. 232 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:54.679 If you happen to know the history, it meant. 233 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:58.639 Different things to different people and different constituencies. If you 234 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:02.679 don't know, standing on the Senate floor and talking ad 235 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:06.440 infinitum is not new from the late strom Thurman, the 236 00:14:06.440 --> 00:14:10.120 previous record holder, to more recently Ted Cruz, who tried 237 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:13.679 to filibuster in the hopes of defunding Obamacare back in 238 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.960 twenty thirteen. He stood on the Senate floor for twenty 239 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:21.639 one hours. The question that most people have is simple, 240 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:27.759 or the assumptions are pretty predictable. What did Corey Booker accomplish? 241 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:36.039 If anything on substance, nothing on substance, absolutely nothing. It 242 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:38.960 doesn't impact what the Trump administration has done. It doesn't 243 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:41.919 likely impact what the Trump administration will do, in the 244 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.159 way that Senator Strom Thurman's filibuster did nothing to stop 245 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:48.480 the Civil Rights Act of nineteen fifty seven, and Senator 246 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:53.919 Ted Cruz did nothing to help repeal Obamacare. On substance 247 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:58.840 made no impact. But these are times in which symbolism 248 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:03.679 can matter, I said, can as impossibly the Democrats have 249 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:07.600 been lost in the wilderness my phraseology since November. 250 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:09.679 Booker's twenty five hours. 251 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.080 Can galvanize a party and focus a party, I said, 252 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:18.639 can not necessarily will, But symbolism does have its place. 253 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:23.960 Some moments can lead to momentum, and momentum can be 254 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:27.679 turned into a movement. Elections in a national sense are 255 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:30.399 all about momentum. You can go from no momentum to 256 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:33.279 some momentum just because of one act. It could be 257 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:35.039 a speech, it could be an interview, it could be 258 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:37.919 a debate performance, and if you think about it, that 259 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:42.480 could go either way positive or negatively. Democrats will tell 260 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:45.960 you that the Wisconsin State Supreme Court election win last 261 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:49.120 night is a big step in the right momentum direction. 262 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:53.799 Maybe maybe not, but it's worth noting that in a 263 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:56.039 race that Elon Musk spent some I don't know ninety 264 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:00.000 million dollars and gave away million dollar checks to multiple individuals, 265 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:06.080 that impact of Elon Musk was negligible or nonexistent in 266 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:10.039 terms of swaying that election. So say what you want, 267 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:14.799 but that Republican loss, it's absolutely connected to why it's 268 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:18.159 being said that Musk will be leaving Doze or stepping 269 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:22.200 back in Trump administration duties in the coming weeks. Put 270 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:27.000 another way, that race mattered. That's how momentum starts. And 271 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:28.840 this is not about twenty twenty eight. This is about 272 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:32.080 twenty twenty six. Flip a few House seats and the 273 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:35.600 speakership goes to Hakim Jeffreys. No more blank check for 274 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:40.720 the Trump administration. More momentum has been generated and so on, 275 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:43.679 here's how I know, and we're going to use history 276 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:47.080 as a guide. Ted Cruz's twenty one hour filibuster in 277 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:51.080 the hopes of defunding Obamacare back in September of twenty 278 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:58.039 thirteen was on substance unsuccessful, but on symbolism and momentum. 279 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:01.320 In the twenty fourteen midtermal life just a year later, 280 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:06.559 the Republicans won sixteen seats from the Democrats, and the 281 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:11.400 GOP achieved their largest majority in the House since nineteen 282 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:16.680 twenty eight due to that Republican wave. Arguably, you can 283 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:19.200 trace the beginning of that red wave right back to 284 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:23.799 Ted Cruz's filibuster the year prior Cruz was mocked and 285 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:28.359 ridiculed by the Democrats. Sound familiar, not unlike the Republicans 286 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:33.640 who've largely have mocked and ridiculed Booker, questioning what it accomplished, 287 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:36.319 I hope you can see where I'm going with this. 288 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:42.160 The spark, while symbolic, is the point, of course, there 289 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:44.920 are other variables along the way, but every wave starts 290 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.599 with a droplet. It also bears mentioning that in the 291 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.279 way that Cruz used his filibuster to prime the pump 292 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:54.480 for his eventual presidential campaign, you should assume the same 293 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:59.160 with Booker. Lastly, the past is prologued and there are 294 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:04.920 any other meaningful parallels between filibusters and future elections. Ted 295 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:07.880 Cruz's twenty one hours on the Senate floor was one 296 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:11.720 year before a major red wave midterm and three years 297 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:15.680 before a Republican returned to the White House. Just in 298 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:19.240 case you're paying attention, So before you write off Booker's 299 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:23.480 record as just some meaningless stunt, look at the lessons 300 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:26.960 of Ted Cruz and that roadmap. Not everything needs to 301 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:31.359 have an immediate impact or a substantive reward for it 302 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:35.839 to matter. On substance, neither Ted Cruz nor Corey Booker 303 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:40.960 gained anything, but in the longview, don't overlook how symbolism 304 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:44.960 can be the spark that a party needs. For KFI 305 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:58.799 AM six forty, I'm mo Kelley, and tonight the show 306 00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:02.240 started a little bit differently than usual. Usually it's like 307 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:06.000 ha ha, ha ha, jokes, all sorts of fun. But 308 00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:09.119 tonight was a little bit different because today, earlier today 309 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:13.039 and throughout the day, it was a heavy moment and 310 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:16.000 maybe you didn't believe me. I was saying, we were 311 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:18.960 living through history. What happened with the stock market with 312 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:22.960 the tariffs, what might be happening in subsequent days. If 313 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:26.720 you've been following Dow futures, the stock market has continued 314 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:30.839 to go down even after the closing bell. This is 315 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:35.680 a very significant moment in our nation's history. And I 316 00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:40.440 said that there will be responses from other countries. I 317 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:44.079 know that France has announced in the recent hours that 318 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:47.839 it's going to stop all investments and future investments in 319 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:52.160 the US pending some clarity on what the US is 320 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:54.680 going to do going forward. And there'll be other responses 321 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:59.000 from other nations. This is, I would say, the end 322 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:02.519 of the beginning. We are just getting into what these 323 00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:05.920 tariffs are going to mean. But tonight I wanted to 324 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:08.079 close out the show just a little bit differently as 325 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:11.920 far as how I talk about these issues. 326 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:14.400 And it's not going to be my voice. 327 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:17.279 It's going to be the voice of maybe someone that 328 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:22.880 you more respect, someone that you more appreciate, someone you 329 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:26.359 more revere. And these are just a few voices who 330 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:30.200 articulate in opinion both past and present, which I think 331 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:34.680 are relevant, remarkable, and needed right about now. The first 332 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:37.559 one I wanted to play for you, This is Iowa 333 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:41.599 Senator Chuck Grassley, and this is from today, and he's 334 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.160 responding to the mayhem and the chaos which was going 335 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:48.720 on in our financial markets. He's made it clear that 336 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:52.359 he hasn't been a supporter of the tariffs, but this 337 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:55.039 is what he had to say given what was going on. 338 00:20:55.920 --> 00:21:01.440 If President Trump is successful in reducing traves in other countries, 339 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:06.240 I'm going to say, Amen, praise the Lord. But if 340 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:11.119 he's unsuccessful, I'll say I told you soul. That's Senator 341 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.880 Chuck Grassley. 342 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:14.960 And if anything you can extract from that is that 343 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:18.559 he's making it clear that he tried to provide wise 344 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:20.480 counsel to our president. 345 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:23.519 That's Senator Chuck Grassley. That's not me. 346 00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:29.000 Here is our present Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. But 347 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:33.160 he wasn't obviously always secretary of state. Back in twenty sixteen, 348 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:37.799 he was running for president and then an opponent of 349 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:41.279 then candidate Donald Trump. This is what he had to 350 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:42.960 say about tariffs. 351 00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:44.799 I think we need to be very careful with tariffs. 352 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:47.400 And here's why China doesn't pay the tariff. The buyer 353 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:50.079 pays the tariff. If you send a tie or a 354 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:52.920 shirt made in China into the United States, and American 355 00:21:52.960 --> 00:21:54.319 goes to buy it at the store and there's a 356 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:56.480 tariff on it, it gets passed on in the price 357 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:59.039 to the consumer. So I think the better approach. The 358 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:01.359 best thing we can do to protect ourselves against China 359 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:03.880 economically is to make our economy stronger. 360 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:07.920 That's what Senator Mark or Rubio, now Secretary of State, 361 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:11.279 had to say back in twenty sixteen. The next voice 362 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:14.640 I want to play for you is Kentucky Senator Ran Paul. 363 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:17.640 This is from just days ago. 364 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:22.240 With regard to tariffs, Let's be very clear, tariffs are 365 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:27.519 simply taxes. Tariffs don't punish foreign governments. They punish American families. 366 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:31.200 When we tax imports, we raise the price of everything 367 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:35.960 from groceries to smartphones, to washing machines to prescription drugs. 368 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:39.160 Every dollar collected in tariff revenue comes straight out of 369 00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:43.680 the pockets of American consumers. Conservatives used to understand that 370 00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:46.599 tariffs are taxes on the American people. Conservatives used to 371 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:49.480 be uniformly opposed to raising taxes because we wanted the 372 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:52.680 private marketplace, the private individuals to keep more of their incomes. 373 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:54.079 We were always for lower taxes. 374 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:57.160 And yet now the mantra that's coming is we want 375 00:22:57.240 --> 00:23:00.680 higher taxes. What happened all the same and give up 376 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:03.240 all the things we used to believe in as conservatives, I, 377 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:06.160 for one, haven't. I still think more taxes is bad 378 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:08.599 for the economy, more money taking out of the productive 379 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:10.519 sector of the private sector and given to the government 380 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:14.359 is a mistake. To those who still call themselves conservatives 381 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:17.880 but now support tariffs, let me remind them that Milton 382 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:23.240 Friedman said tariffs raised prices to consumers and waste our resources. 383 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:29.079 That's Kentucky Junior Senator Ran Paul now Here's noted economists 384 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:31.279 and historian Thomas Soule. 385 00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:37.440 It's painful to see what a ruinous decision from back 386 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:42.119 in the nineteen twenties being repeated now in so far 387 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:47.920 as he's using these tariffs to get various strategic things settled, 388 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:50.599 and that he is satisfied with that. 389 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:52.720 But if you's got set off. 390 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:54.920 A worldwide trade war. 391 00:23:55.400 --> 00:24:01.559 That has a devastating history, everybody loses, everybody follows suit, 392 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:04.799 and all that happens is that you get a great 393 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:07.920 reduction and international trade. 394 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:13.039 This is a very famous economics teacher you might have 395 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.759 heard before. 396 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:18.440 In nineteen thirty the Republican controlled House of Representatives, in 397 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:23.119 an effort to alleviate the effects of anyone, anyone the 398 00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:31.000 Great Depression, passed anyone, anyone a tariff bill, the Holly 399 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:38.599 Smoot Tariff Act, which anyone raised or lowered raised tariffs 400 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:42.000 in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. 401 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:46.839