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So Pete hag Seth on 10 00:00:31,199 --> 00:00:34,799 the hot seat up on Capitol Hill at the Senate 11 00:00:34,799 --> 00:00:40,920 confirmation hearing Democrats are against him, surprise, And I've been 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,000 playing a lot of the or some of the clips 13 00:00:45,039 --> 00:00:48,799 here from the Democrat senators going after hag Seth. Now 14 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,799 I just saw this get posted. I have not watched it, 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:57,159 so I don't know. I'm not sure what all is 16 00:00:57,159 --> 00:01:00,000 going to get covered here. But this is Senator Mark 17 00:01:00,119 --> 00:01:05,239 Queene Mullen and his defense of Pete Hegseth. I feel 18 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,000 it's necessary because the whole first hour I just played 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,239 clips of people attacking Pete hag Seth, and so now 20 00:01:11,359 --> 00:01:14,319 here is a clip in defense of Pete hag Seth. 21 00:01:15,719 --> 00:01:18,159 Speaker 2: You know, there's a lot of talk going about talking 22 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,760 about qualifications and then about us hiring him if we 23 00:01:21,799 --> 00:01:23,640 are the board. But there's a lot of senators here 24 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,400 I wouldn't have on my board because there is no 25 00:01:26,519 --> 00:01:29,719 qualifications except your age, and you've got to be living 26 00:01:29,719 --> 00:01:31,640 in the state and you're a citizen of the United 27 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,840 States to be a senator. Other than in fact, we've 28 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:35,480 got to convince a lot of people to vote force. 29 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,680 And then when we start talking about qualifications for if 30 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,920 you're qualified for it, could the chairman tell me what 31 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:47,840 the qualifications are for the Secretary Defense? Mis chairman, could 32 00:01:47,879 --> 00:01:50,400 you tell me what the qualifications are for the Secretary Defense? 33 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,439 Speaker 3: I'd be happy for it. 34 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 2: I'll read it for you to let me read it, because. 35 00:01:58,959 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 3: I was getting advice from second in command. 36 00:02:02,879 --> 00:02:03,959 Speaker 1: But I'm just why I make it. 37 00:02:03,959 --> 00:02:06,159 Speaker 2: A point because there's a lot about qualifications, and I 38 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:09,000 think it's so hypocritical of senators, especially on the other side. 39 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,120 I'll be talking about his qualifications not going to lead 40 00:02:13,439 --> 00:02:16,639 the secretary or be the Secretary of Defense, And yet 41 00:02:16,879 --> 00:02:21,479 your qualifications aren't any better. You guys aren't any more 42 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,599 qualified to be the senator than I'm qualified to be 43 00:02:23,599 --> 00:02:25,840 the Center, except we're lucky enough to be here. But 44 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,439 let me read you what the qualifications of the Secretary 45 00:02:28,479 --> 00:02:30,599 of Defense is, because I googled it, and I googled 46 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:31,960 it and went through a lot of different sites, and 47 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,080 really it's hard to see. But in general, the US 48 00:02:34,159 --> 00:02:36,919 Secretary of Defense position is filled by a civilian. 49 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 1: That's it. 50 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,879 Speaker 2: If you have served in the US Army Forces and 51 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,759 have been in the service for you have to be 52 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,919 retired for at least seven years, and Congress can can 53 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,159 weigh that. And then there's questions that the that the 54 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:59,280 senator from from Massachusetts brought up about serving on a 55 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:04,840 on a board inside the military industry, and yet your 56 00:03:04,879 --> 00:03:07,800 own secretaries, you all voted for Secretary of Austin. We 57 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,240 had to vote on a waiver because he stepped out 58 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:14,840 the border raytheon. But I guess that's okay because that's 59 00:03:14,879 --> 00:03:20,439 a Democrat secretary of Defense. But but so quickly forget 60 00:03:20,479 --> 00:03:23,159 about that, and then Senator Kane or I guess I 61 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,039 better use the senator from Virginia starts bringing up the 62 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,879 fact that what if you showed up drunk to your job? 63 00:03:29,879 --> 00:03:35,520 How many Senators have showed up drunk to vote at night? Oh, 64 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:37,960 have any of you guys asked them to step down 65 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:41,000 and resign for their job? And don't tell me you 66 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,319 haven't seen it, because I know you have. And then 67 00:03:43,319 --> 00:03:46,039 how many senators do you know have got a divorce 68 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,319 before cheating on their wives? Did you ask them to 69 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,919 step down? No? 70 00:03:51,919 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 1: No, But it's for show, you guys. 71 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 2: Make sure you make a big show and point out 72 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:01,039 the hypocrisy because the man's made a mistake and you 73 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,319 want to sit there and say that he's not qualified. 74 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:04,639 Speaker 1: Give me a joke. 75 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: It is so ridiculous that you guys hold yourself as 76 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,919 this higher standard and you forget you got a big 77 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,439 plank in your eye. We've all made mistakes. I've made mistakes, 78 00:04:14,479 --> 00:04:17,079 and Jennifer, thank you for loving him through that mistake 79 00:04:18,199 --> 00:04:20,120 because the only reason why I'm here and not in 80 00:04:20,199 --> 00:04:27,680 prison is because my wife loved me too. I have changed, 81 00:04:28,319 --> 00:04:31,959 but I'm not perfect, but I found somebody that thought 82 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,920 I was perfect. And for whatever reason, you love Pete 83 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,639 and I don't know why, but just like our Lord 84 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,560 and Savior forgave me, my wife's had to forgive me 85 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:44,319 more than once two and I'm sure you've had to 86 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,920 forgive him too, And so thank you. So before I 87 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:51,439 go down this rabbit hole again, tell me something about 88 00:04:51,519 --> 00:04:52,480 your wife that you love. 89 00:04:57,079 --> 00:05:04,079 Speaker 3: She's the smartest, most capable, loving, humble, honest person I've 90 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:09,079 ever met, in addition to being incredibly beautiful. 91 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: All right, So there you go. That was Mark Wayne 92 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:14,279 Mullens and good for him. So I think in the 93 00:05:14,319 --> 00:05:16,959 first hour we had a phone call from John if 94 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,600 I remember, who said, you know, where are the Republicans 95 00:05:19,639 --> 00:05:22,199 standing up for this? Well, there you go, there's one 96 00:05:22,199 --> 00:05:25,120 of them calling all these Democrats out and rightfully. So 97 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,600 that's what I have wanted to see for a very 98 00:05:29,759 --> 00:05:36,600 very very long time. Kudos to Senator Mullen or Mullins Mullen, Mullins, Mullen, 99 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,439 Mark Wayne. His first name is Mark Wayne. It's all 100 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,399 one word, Mark Wayne, Mark Wayne Mullen. Do you think 101 00:05:42,439 --> 00:05:46,519 he got that name because like his parents were trying 102 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,759 to play Kate two different like fathers or Grant was 103 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,399 soon to be grandfathers and like we can't choose Mark 104 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:56,800 or Wayne. So just all one name, but Mark Wayne Mullen. 105 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:04,160 Good for him and for calling out the hypocrisy. By 106 00:06:04,199 --> 00:06:08,360 the way, Doug Collins, Department of the VA of Veterans Affairs. 107 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,319 He had his hearing at nine am. Hag Seth started 108 00:06:12,319 --> 00:06:17,279 at nine point thirty. I think they're still going. I 109 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:20,519 can't tell who's questioning him now. I saw Ted Budd 110 00:06:21,519 --> 00:06:24,800 just questioned him for a little bit. Doug Bergham for 111 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,560 Interior Department is on deck for today as well tomorrow. 112 00:06:28,879 --> 00:06:36,439 Christy Noam for Homeland Security, Pam Bondy for DOJ, Sean 113 00:06:36,519 --> 00:06:40,399 Duffy for the Transportation Department. I don't know if we'll 114 00:06:40,439 --> 00:06:44,879 ever find anybody better than mayor Pete though, John Radcliffe 115 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:51,519 for the CIA, Marco Rubio for State, Chris Wright for 116 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:57,040 the Energy Department, Russell Vote for omb Office of Management 117 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,680 and Budget. That's tomorrow. Thursday, it'll be Scott Turner for HUDD, 118 00:07:02,079 --> 00:07:05,639 Lee Zelden for the e p A. Pam Bondi goes 119 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:11,279 for Day two, Scott Bessent or Bessent for Treasury Departments. 120 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:19,000 Head those not yet scheduled, Tulci Gabbard for Director of 121 00:07:19,079 --> 00:07:25,920 National Intelligence, RFK Junior for hh S, Howard Lutnick for Commerce, 122 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,959 Linda McMahon for Education, Brooke Rollins for Agriculture, and Deleased 123 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:40,240 Stephanic for the UN Ambassador. So all of those yeah, 124 00:07:40,279 --> 00:07:45,000 all of those are still unscheduled. All right, we'll jump 125 00:07:45,079 --> 00:07:46,519 on here and get a quick phone called. I got 126 00:07:46,519 --> 00:07:48,319 to move on though, But Joey, welcome to the show. 127 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:54,279 Speaker 4: Hey, p ks real quick. What Senator Mullen said, which 128 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,720 is I like it, But the insinuation is that Pete 129 00:07:57,759 --> 00:08:00,000 showed up drunk for work. So I got a problem 130 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:02,759 of that, right, Well, I. 131 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: Know the allegations against hag sethits and so I think Mullen, 132 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,879 who also says give me a joke, you know, I 133 00:08:09,879 --> 00:08:11,399 think he meant to say, give me a break. So 134 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,319 these guys, look, they're human, and they get up there 135 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,319 and they get nervous. I mean, what's her face, Duckworth was, 136 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,079 I mean, like her voice was cracking. She was so 137 00:08:20,279 --> 00:08:22,160 flustered and nervous during her rant. 138 00:08:23,199 --> 00:08:25,839 Speaker 4: So I suspect when you lie, you get nervous. 139 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: Well, but I suspect, well, I suspect what Mullen was 140 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:32,279 talking about was the allegation of infidelity, which was true, 141 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,360 by the way, Like he did have affairs. That's what 142 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,639 he was and that's what he was talking about. 143 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 4: Right now, I'm with it. I'm totally poor Pete. 144 00:08:40,759 --> 00:08:44,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not aware of any proven allegations on the 145 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:47,519 showing up to work drunk thing and the one video 146 00:08:47,639 --> 00:08:50,600 clip that they were circulating that the left and the media, 147 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,799 But I repeat myself that they were circulating was he 148 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,960 was doing like some sort of like a Veteran's Day 149 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,799 special on Fox and Friends, and they were and around 150 00:09:01,799 --> 00:09:05,120 and he poured them all like one finger or two 151 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:09,240 fingers of whiskey, all of his guests, he poured them 152 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,559 all some whiskey. And I don't even think he drank 153 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,960 anything at that set. So that's yeah, I'm not aware 154 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,840 of them. But here's the other thing too. The guy 155 00:09:16,919 --> 00:09:20,120 was a combat vet coming back from his tours. Are 156 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,799 we to believe that the stuff that you see over 157 00:09:22,879 --> 00:09:27,320 in the theater of operation, that that doesn't sometimes lead 158 00:09:27,399 --> 00:09:31,200 to people drinking alcohol when they return in order to 159 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,759 forget the things that they saw over there. 160 00:09:34,639 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm saying with a smile on my face, I'm saying. 161 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,240 Muland is like, yeah, but no. 162 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: I got you, No, I understood. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I 163 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:46,480 mean if he had, if he had say more artfully 164 00:09:46,639 --> 00:09:50,440 scripted his comments, maybe he could have given some more 165 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,639 separation to the two things. Yes, I do what I 166 00:09:52,639 --> 00:09:55,440 get your meaning? 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So it's just you 193 00:11:27,759 --> 00:11:29,919 put your foot on the gas and it goes like, 194 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,080 do you understand, like you actually had to shift the gear, 195 00:11:34,159 --> 00:11:37,080 so you shift gears up? You know, you upshift down 196 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,000 shift whatever do they call it upshift? I've never heard 197 00:11:40,039 --> 00:11:41,960 that term. Actually, now that I say it out loud, 198 00:11:42,159 --> 00:11:45,240 I'm patenting that that's mine. A little late, a couple 199 00:11:45,279 --> 00:11:47,960 decades too late. By the way, that's a great anti 200 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:53,879 theft device. Manual transmission, Yeah, because nobody knows how to 201 00:11:53,919 --> 00:11:57,759 drive them anymore. So you get yourself a stick shift, 202 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,039 and they used to be cheaper than the allmatic transmission, 203 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,080 although now I think it may have inverted I think 204 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:08,279 maybe now the sticks are more expensive, which is weird 205 00:12:08,279 --> 00:12:11,440 because it feels like there's way less machinery necessary for that. 206 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,000 But whatever, I'm on a tangent. Let me get to 207 00:12:14,039 --> 00:12:17,720 some messages before I shift gears. That's how I got there, Okay, 208 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,320 Russ says, the more I hear these people in various hearings, 209 00:12:21,759 --> 00:12:24,600 the more I realize how worthless they all are, even 210 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,279 the ones on quote my side. I wouldn't trust any 211 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,080 of them to help move a couch must much less 212 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:35,399 make major legislative decisions. There's an extreme irony that they 213 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,559 are having a hearing to determine anybody else's fitness to serve. 214 00:12:43,279 --> 00:12:46,440 And Keith says, because I said, I'm not rich. And 215 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:51,559 Keith says, but Pete, you are rich in knowledge, in wit, 216 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,399 in insight, So smile. After all, you are on the radio, 217 00:12:56,759 --> 00:12:59,519 that's right, that's one of the things. Oh yeah, you 218 00:12:59,519 --> 00:13:02,559 don't get hate a lot, but you get paid in limelight. 219 00:13:03,759 --> 00:13:06,799 People in the biz have heard something similar to that 220 00:13:06,879 --> 00:13:12,840 line before, like we're compensating you in a way that 221 00:13:12,919 --> 00:13:17,919 we know you like that you're on the radio, that 222 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,720 maybe somewhere somebody might have heard something about your name 223 00:13:21,759 --> 00:13:24,919 but don't know what it's about, like that kind of limelight, 224 00:13:25,039 --> 00:13:29,639 you know, although I would point out I've never had 225 00:13:29,639 --> 00:13:37,159 a landlord that has taken limelight for the rent check 226 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,159 for some reason. All right, I mean, all right, I'll 227 00:13:39,159 --> 00:13:41,320 get Doug on here before the break. Hello Doug, Welcome 228 00:13:41,399 --> 00:13:41,799 to the show. 229 00:13:42,519 --> 00:13:45,759 Speaker 4: Hey man, Look, I'm glad these people don't want to 230 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:47,759 drive a stick ship anymore because they don't know how 231 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,679 got rig automatic. I don't need a mind hand a 232 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:50,279 stick shift. 233 00:13:51,919 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: That's fair. Oh oh, that's fair. But although I would yeah, 234 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,840 because there would be a lot more people. Gosh, what 235 00:13:58,879 --> 00:14:02,200 would happen at the the red lights if everybody were 236 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,840 still driving stick shifts? How would they be able to 237 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:08,200 text at all? The red lights? When the light, you know, 238 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,639 you're sitting at the red light, the light turns green, 239 00:14:11,759 --> 00:14:17,279 and everybody is just stationary. Nobody is moving because they're 240 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:19,879 all on their phones. I guess it probably wouldn't have 241 00:14:19,879 --> 00:14:22,240 an impact there, but I mean it could like a 242 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,679 whole bunch of cars start rolling backwards. I used to 243 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,360 love doing that. Somebody gets up too close to my 244 00:14:27,399 --> 00:14:31,639 bumper and I would, you know, engage but not give 245 00:14:31,679 --> 00:14:34,080 it any gas, and so I'd just start rolling backwards 246 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:35,840 a little bit, just, you know, just to give them 247 00:14:35,879 --> 00:14:38,159 a little something to think about for the next time 248 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:39,919 they're at a stoplight and they want to get up 249 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,080 on somebody's bumper. You never know that car in front 250 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,399 of you might be a stick shift and they might 251 00:14:46,879 --> 00:14:49,799 be slow to gas it, and then they bump into 252 00:14:49,879 --> 00:14:55,799 your car. 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This 280 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:39,960 is according to the Associated Press, but he's facing pushback 281 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,879 from the legislature's Republican leaders, who have pledged their support 282 00:16:43,919 --> 00:16:47,519 for the incoming president but said a special session would 283 00:16:47,559 --> 00:16:54,240 be premature and irresponsible. So obviously the AP is going 284 00:16:54,279 --> 00:16:58,919 to make this into, you know, a civil war inside 285 00:16:58,919 --> 00:17:02,120 the Republican Party, because that's what the Republican Party is 286 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:07,359 known for it's civil wars that don't occur inside the 287 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,839 Democrat Party. They just are in disarray all the time. 288 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,680 Democrats are very sensitive to that branding. By the way, 289 00:17:14,559 --> 00:17:18,799 So Trump is preparing more than one hundred executive orders 290 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:21,680 starting day one of the new White House administration, and 291 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,960 what amounts to a shock and awe campaign. Say there again, war, 292 00:17:26,559 --> 00:17:30,960 It's like war shock and all. We're gonna overwhelm you. Ah, 293 00:17:31,039 --> 00:17:35,640 I'm so scared, you're gonna kill us. Okay, I'm gonna 294 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,559 focus on border security, deportations and a whole bunch of 295 00:17:38,559 --> 00:17:41,680 other policy priorities. Yeah. So this is part of the 296 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,079 problem is when like you have somebody who serves four 297 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,200 years and then they're out, and then they have four 298 00:17:48,279 --> 00:17:52,240 years to contemplate what they would do, what they might 299 00:17:52,279 --> 00:17:55,359 have done differently. Although Trump would never admit that, I'm 300 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,640 sure because he did everything perfect the first time. But 301 00:17:58,759 --> 00:18:02,000 this time he's coming in and if it's a shock 302 00:18:02,039 --> 00:18:09,519 and awe campaign, that honestly makes sense. Right, just throw 303 00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:14,240 so many things out there rather than do it one 304 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,079 or two or five at a time, because that then 305 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:24,519 gives your adversaries more time to coordinate responses, draft litigation, 306 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,039 all of that stuff. So just come at them with 307 00:18:27,079 --> 00:18:30,759 a hundred just bury them in paperwork basically, so they 308 00:18:30,759 --> 00:18:33,759 have to go through. It's like a really big omnibus bill, 309 00:18:33,799 --> 00:18:36,039 if you will. You have so much stuff in there 310 00:18:36,559 --> 00:18:38,880 that it takes a while to get through it to 311 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:42,720 see what all it says and how it would be applied, 312 00:18:42,799 --> 00:18:45,599 and how can we challenge it, how can we stop it? 313 00:18:45,759 --> 00:18:48,559 All of that. So just overwhelm them. So if this 314 00:18:48,799 --> 00:18:56,599 is in fact a deliberate strategy, kudos to them, because 315 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:00,079 as a strategy it makes a good bit of sense. Well, 316 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:04,559 Trump and his advisors have pledged mass deportations, many questions 317 00:19:04,599 --> 00:19:07,839 remain about how they would deport anywhere close to the 318 00:19:07,839 --> 00:19:11,039 eleven million people estimated to be in the country illegally. 319 00:19:11,759 --> 00:19:16,119 By the way, that's most likely an undercount eleven millions, 320 00:19:16,319 --> 00:19:20,559 probably not the actual number. It's probably about double that. 321 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:26,880 So how would he deport anywhere close to the eleven million? 322 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:32,119 I'm not sure, just spitballing here, but I'm thinking that 323 00:19:33,039 --> 00:19:37,559 Donald Trump's supporters are going to be okay with him 324 00:19:37,599 --> 00:19:41,400 making progress towards that number, even if it doesn't happen 325 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:43,079 all at once. What do you think you think that's 326 00:19:43,079 --> 00:19:45,359 a fair guess. I think it's a fair guess. I 327 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,599 think Trump supporters are going to be okay with movement 328 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:53,039 in the direction of lots and lots of particularly the 329 00:19:53,519 --> 00:19:58,720 criminal element that has infiltrated our borders, to start deporting 330 00:19:59,279 --> 00:20:01,400 a lot of those p people. First you start making 331 00:20:01,799 --> 00:20:06,559 inroads there, and then you start clearing out some backlogs 332 00:20:06,599 --> 00:20:08,319 and stuff, and I think people on the right are 333 00:20:08,319 --> 00:20:12,880 going to be pretty happy with any movement in that direction. 334 00:20:14,599 --> 00:20:18,160 DeSantis meanwhile announced that he is scheduling a special session 335 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,359 for the week of January twenty seventh, which will be 336 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,200 the week after Trump is sworn in, so that state 337 00:20:23,279 --> 00:20:27,960 lawmakers will be poised to help implement whatever the president's 338 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:34,480 policies are immediately, which makes sense because otherwise I think 339 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:40,079 they're coming back into session right the regular legislative session 340 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:44,119 begins March fourth, So what DeSantis is doing is saying, no, 341 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,720 you're going to come back in special session immediately. And 342 00:20:47,799 --> 00:20:51,799 if the shock and awe tactic is in fact a 343 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:55,519 deliberate tactic, then it makes sense to have states move 344 00:20:55,599 --> 00:21:00,839 on this stuff immediately, to start doing this stuff immediately. However, 345 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,119 they can help whatever they need to do, they're going 346 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:07,079 to be ready to assist. That's what DeSantis is promising. 347 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,720 The Republican governor said he's prepared to suspend elected officials 348 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,920 from office if they are neglecting their duties under the 349 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:21,119 new immigration mandates. DeSantis has already removed multiple officials from office, 350 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,640 including two state attorneys, arguing that they were failing to 351 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:30,119 prosecute certain crimes. Desanta says he also anticipates allocating tens 352 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,960 of millions of dollars in new funding to help state 353 00:21:33,039 --> 00:21:37,680 and local officials expand their enforcement and detention efforts, and 354 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,960 said he would even consider activating the Florida National Guard 355 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:45,079 and the Florida State Guard to carry out in state 356 00:21:45,319 --> 00:21:50,599 enforcement measures. So how much of this is posturing that 357 00:21:51,039 --> 00:21:54,200 I don't know, but let's say fifty percent of it? 358 00:21:55,759 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 3: So what? Right? 359 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: So what? Because the mess goes out, and that's a 360 00:22:02,079 --> 00:22:07,039 very big part of any campaign to limit illegal immigration. 361 00:22:08,079 --> 00:22:11,839 It's the messaging. Word gets out, and then people relay 362 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:15,599 that word back to their family and friends and cartel 363 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,799 members back in their home countries, and they say, hey, 364 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,160 Crackdown's happening in Florida. Don't come here in a strongly 365 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:28,720 worded joint statement released yesterday afternoon. Senate President Ben Alberton 366 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:33,880 and House Speaker Danny Perez, both Republicans, said that without 367 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,640 any specific guidance from the incoming administration and only fragments 368 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:40,359 of ideas from the governor, it's too soon for lawmakers 369 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,680 to hold a special session. Well you're going to get 370 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,200 that after Trump gives the executive orders, right, Isn't that 371 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,680 They're like, we should just wait in March fourth, and 372 00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:52,279 so the AP is like, oh, look at this, this 373 00:22:52,319 --> 00:22:56,519 is fantastic. Finally some independence from the legislature, which, by 374 00:22:56,519 --> 00:23:00,799 the way, the legislature and the governor or right are 375 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,400 oftentimes you know they're gonna there's gonna be friction there 376 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,839 because they're different branches of government, and that's the design 377 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,160 of the system. It's supposed to be that way. So no, 378 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,279 I don't have any problem with their being disagreement in 379 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:17,480 the legislature versus the governor. But the governor has the 380 00:23:17,519 --> 00:23:19,440 right to call the special session. So I'm not really 381 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,039 sure what the legislature is going to be able to 382 00:23:21,079 --> 00:23:24,319 do except maybe show up and be like, all right, 383 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,200 we're here, we're not doing anything, and maybe they don't 384 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,079 do anything. Maybe it ends up not being necessary. We'll see, 385 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:36,440 but message sent Florida is ready to implement whatever Trump 386 00:23:37,559 --> 00:23:38,200 signs into. 387 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:39,119 Speaker 4: Uh uh. 388 00:23:39,799 --> 00:23:43,839 Speaker 1: I don't wanna say Law signs on an executive order, which, again, 389 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,880 just for the record, I'm not a fan of the 390 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:50,720 executive orders replacing law, but everybody else seems to be. 391 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,160 So here we are, all right. If you're listening to 392 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:54,720 this show, you know I try to keep up with 393 00:23:54,759 --> 00:23:56,880 all sorts of current events, and I know you do too, 394 00:23:57,039 --> 00:23:59,519 And you've probably heard me say get your news from 395 00:23:59,559 --> 00:24:04,200 multiple sources. 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So the Associated Press concludes its peace about 413 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,240 desantists calling a special session to implement Trump's immigration policies. 414 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:09,640 In other states, democratic governors are mounting a resistance movement 415 00:25:10,079 --> 00:25:13,720 against the incoming Trump administration, looking for ways to shield 416 00:25:13,759 --> 00:25:18,759 their states from potential federal policies restricting abortion and transgender rights, 417 00:25:18,759 --> 00:25:25,000 among other things. Like for example, Governor Gavin Newsom, having 418 00:25:25,039 --> 00:25:29,240 successfully fought all the fires back personally himself and solved 419 00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:33,160 all of the other problems in California, he is now 420 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,519 hammering out a deal with his fellow Democrats that have 421 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:41,640 so ruined that state for a fifty million dollars set 422 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:46,000 aside that they say will shore up state and local 423 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,799 legal defenses against the Trump administration. Half the money will 424 00:25:50,839 --> 00:25:56,480 go to fending off any mass deportation plan the new 425 00:25:56,559 --> 00:26:00,640 president might enact early in his administration. I am I 426 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,880 really sure what this means, whether this is like, are 427 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,799 you going to deploy troops against federal troops or something? 428 00:26:08,839 --> 00:26:11,519 Are you like, are you going to resort to government 429 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:16,640 violence in order to prevent government from enforcing law? That 430 00:26:16,839 --> 00:26:20,079 sounds kind of insurrection y, that's just me to my 431 00:26:20,319 --> 00:26:25,000 untrained ear. The move, the first of its kind in 432 00:26:25,079 --> 00:26:28,759 the nation, that positions California to lead a second term 433 00:26:28,799 --> 00:26:34,039 resistance against Donald Trump, comes as Republicans bash state Democrat 434 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:37,319 leaders for focusing on a highly partisan issue even as 435 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,759 the southern part of the state suffers from historically devastating fires. 436 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,079 Oh those still going on. I'm sorry, because the shift 437 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,279 in focus by Newsome and the Democrats makes me wonder. 438 00:26:47,319 --> 00:26:49,799 I just I thought they were already all put out. 439 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:54,119 The deal includes twenty five million dollars that Newsome wanted 440 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,559 for the state Department of Justice to fight the federal 441 00:26:57,599 --> 00:27:01,440 government in court. Oh okay, so there in court. So 442 00:27:01,759 --> 00:27:05,640 this is a this is a bailout for the lawyers, 443 00:27:06,599 --> 00:27:10,039 as is most often the case with these things. Then 444 00:27:10,079 --> 00:27:14,400 there's another twenty five million dollars proposed by state Senate 445 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:20,839 leaders to defend immigrants against deportation, detention, and wage theft. 446 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,559 The twenty five million dollars proposed by the Senate would 447 00:27:24,599 --> 00:27:32,160 fund grants for nonprofits, but not just any nonprofit, legal nonprofits, 448 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:36,119 not like legal as an undocumented nonprofit, but legal as 449 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:41,480 in lawyers. So once again lawyers coming out ahead in 450 00:27:41,559 --> 00:27:43,839 all of this. That's pretty surprising. Who could have seen 451 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:49,799 that coming? Yeah, the nonprofits the like this relationship. This 452 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:54,880 pipeline is just undefeated. Then the government to nonprofit pipeline 453 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,359 of funding. Floor votes on the so called Special Session 454 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,519 package could come as soon as this week. That would 455 00:28:01,559 --> 00:28:04,039 give Newsom some time to sign the deal before Trump's 456 00:28:04,039 --> 00:28:07,920 inauguration on January twentieth, and shift focus away from the 457 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:12,279 session's partisan feud to how Democrats are responding to the 458 00:28:12,759 --> 00:28:15,559 unfolding disaster in Los Angeles. See, they don't really want 459 00:28:15,599 --> 00:28:18,400 to talk about that because that's still ongoing and that 460 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,440 makes them look bad. So here's a shiny object for 461 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,000 the media to focus on when they're not focusing on 462 00:28:24,079 --> 00:28:29,000 the Republican reaction to the Democrats scandal. Right, Newsom and 463 00:28:29,079 --> 00:28:36,599 legislators representing Los Angeles have been in southern California, and this, however, 464 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:42,119 according to Politico, has not neutralized GOP critiques see once again, 465 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:48,359 the story is about the Republican reaction. So Republicans saying, hey, 466 00:28:48,599 --> 00:28:52,279 you guys have really screwed up the fire mitigation and 467 00:28:52,359 --> 00:28:56,319 response stuff down in southern California with these wildfires. Right, 468 00:28:56,519 --> 00:28:59,400 that becomes the story, not the fact that the Democrats 469 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,839 have really screwed up the fire mitigation and response efforts 470 00:29:02,839 --> 00:29:06,400 down in southern California wildcards, like that's the scandal, but 471 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,720 because it's a scandal involving Democrats, the focus is on 472 00:29:08,799 --> 00:29:12,279 the Republican reaction. All right, that'll do it for this episode. 473 00:29:12,359 --> 00:29:14,440 Thank you so much for listening. I could not do 474 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,640 the show without your support and the support of the 475 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,680 businesses that advertise on the podcast, so if you'd like, 476 00:29:19,839 --> 00:29:21,920 please support them too and tell them you heard it here. 477 00:29:22,079 --> 00:29:24,599 You can also become a patron at my Patreon page 478 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,279 or go to thepetecleanershow dot com. 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