Speaker 1: Yesterday, President Trump made the decision to strike inbound narcos
Speaker 1: on their way to the United States from the Eastern Pacific.
Speaker 1: I am on location on the shores of the Eastern
Speaker 1: Pacific in San.
Speaker 2: Salvador, l Salvador.
Speaker 1: We will be covering all of the reaction from the
Speaker 1: region and catching up on what's going on in Washington,
Speaker 1: d C. With Representative Corey Mills. He is on the
Speaker 1: Armed Services Committee. He'll have perspective on some of these
Speaker 1: military operations and he'll bring us into the negotiations to
Speaker 1: end this shutdown and to prepare for what is happening
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six on the way to the all
Speaker 1: important midterms. Plus, we've got Texas candidate Brandon Herrera with
Speaker 1: US tonight and a lot of Oan Team coverage. Will
Speaker 1: check in with Daniel Baldwin and with Pearson Sharp regarding
Speaker 1: what's going on around the world.
Speaker 2: All that and more. It's next on the Matt Gates Show.
Speaker 2: Let's do this.
Speaker 3: Shaking up Washington, d C. We're breaking the fever.
Speaker 4: Do you have a watch this guy on television.
Speaker 2: It's like a machine.
Speaker 4: He's great.
Speaker 1: Matt Gates, as we join you this evening, we are
Speaker 1: on location in since Salvador. That is because the United
Speaker 1: States has made aggressive moves in the Eastern Pacific and
Speaker 1: throughout the Caribbean as President Trump is fighting the narcos
Speaker 1: who are on their way to the United States. This
Speaker 1: is some of the most i would say aggressive and
Speaker 1: forceful work that we've seen from the Department of War
Speaker 1: in this part of the world in quite some time.
Speaker 1: It reinvigorates the Monroe doctrine that President Trump is bringing
Speaker 1: back to life with policies related to Greenland, Panama, and
Speaker 1: throughout Latin America. It is also Veterans Day. President Trump
Speaker 1: spent time with our troops.
Speaker 2: Take listen.
Speaker 4: So the House is going to vote, and I think
Speaker 4: they're going to vote positively. I think most people want
Speaker 4: to see it open. Only people that hate our country
Speaker 4: want to see it not open. Because our country is
Speaker 4: doing so well, So we don't want to waste these times.
Speaker 4: These a precious sense. You know, we have seventeen trition
Speaker 4: dollars plus being invested in our country. That's many times
Speaker 4: more than any country has ever had. We don't want
Speaker 4: to be wasting time. So they tried to basically renegotiate
Speaker 4: the great, big, beautiful deal. They didn't. They weren't able
Speaker 4: to get it, and now they said, let's close up
Speaker 4: our country. We'll see if we can get it. You
Speaker 4: assume everything you just said there will have some people
Speaker 4: very pissed about it, and then obviously the rest of
Speaker 4: the world, the United States of America, will be very
Speaker 4: excited that the government is back open.
Speaker 3: So I think that deserves a big ooh role. Yeah.
Speaker 3: I think loving that the government's back open.
Speaker 4: Here, we've got the military paid anyway. Pat, you have
Speaker 4: to understand there's no way we weren't going to pay.
Speaker 2: The military ratings machine.
Speaker 1: Donald Trump lighting it up with Pat McAfee. And we
Speaker 1: know all those who are serving and have served certainly
Speaker 1: appreciate a commander in chief who is putting our military
Speaker 1: families first and is getting rid of some of the
Speaker 1: policies at the Department of War that were constraining our lethality.
Speaker 1: And that lethality has been on display. Six killed just
Speaker 1: yesterday in the operation off the Eastern Pacific. Health missiles
Speaker 1: and MQ nine predator drones were used in that attack.
Speaker 1: It's one of about twenty of these operations that we've seen.
Speaker 1: And again we will continue to get reaction throughout the
Speaker 1: balance of the week here as we are in Sin Salvador. Also,
Speaker 1: we are getting our way out of this government shutdown.
Speaker 1: It's something that Chuck Schumer brought upon the nation. And
Speaker 1: now the deal that seems to have brought us out
Speaker 1: the shutdown is one that will lock in funding for
Speaker 1: programs that are very important to Democrats, like SNAP and
Speaker 1: funding their own staff, while leaving a lot of people
Speaker 1: who are getting paid through the Department of Homeland Secure
Speaker 1: Security and the Department of War wondering whether or not
Speaker 1: in January when their funding runs out, Democrats will again
Speaker 1: try this silly, silly prank on the American economy and
Speaker 1: the American people. That has been certainly a devastating one
Speaker 1: when you look at the impacts on production and on
Speaker 1: air traffic control and travel and all of the things
Speaker 1: President Trump is working to optimize. We had Congressman Keith
Speaker 1: self react to the deal. He thinks it's a good one.
Speaker 1: Take a listener, This.
Speaker 5: Is a good deal, Matt because this cr has nothing
Speaker 5: about the Obamacare subsidies in it.
Speaker 3: I think that's the next big fight now.
Speaker 5: I understand that we are going to have to reform SNAP,
Speaker 5: but we don't have the time to do it now.
Speaker 1: Congressman self makes an interesting point. It's a good deal
Speaker 1: insofar as Republicans that do not have to make any
Speaker 1: concessions on all of the Obamacare spending Democrats wanted. Let's
Speaker 1: remember when this shutdown began, Democrats had a long list
Speaker 1: of demands that ranged from usaid to restoring federal workers
Speaker 1: to even silly stuff like the foreign aid and other
Speaker 1: activities that had long been dispensed by dog.
Speaker 2: President Trump stood his ground.
Speaker 1: He did not extend those Obamacare subsidies and instead is
Speaker 1: forcing Democrats to the table. Here's our concern, wait for
Speaker 1: what happens in January. January is not some distant time
Speaker 1: far away. In January, Chuck Schumer and the Democrats might
Speaker 1: try this again.
Speaker 2: They may try it again.
Speaker 1: If they do try it again, they will have an
Speaker 1: environment before them that allows them to have snap recipients
Speaker 1: continuing to get their federal support. While people who are
Speaker 1: involved in the deportation effort, people who are securing our border,
Speaker 1: people who are wearing the uniform of our country may
Speaker 1: be left wondering. We'll get into all of it tonight.
Speaker 1: Joining us now, a key member of the House Armed
Speaker 1: Services Committee Outstanding at Florida Republican Congressman Corey Mills. Congressman Mills,
Speaker 1: we have a lot to get to the shutdown Veterans Day,
Speaker 1: but let's start with this campaign in the Eastern Pacific
Speaker 1: and the Caribbean to go after the narcos. Six people
Speaker 1: killed yesterday with MQ nine predators and hell fire.
Speaker 2: Missiles being used.
Speaker 1: What would be your assessment of the campaign so far, Well, look.
Speaker 6: I think the campaign has been very successful. This is
Speaker 6: the twentieth strategic strike that we've had. You've got where
Speaker 6: a president now in office is not only looking at
Speaker 6: secure our borders, but stop turning a blind eye to
Speaker 6: the cartels attacks on American communities. So what we're looking
Speaker 6: at here is things are verified intel. These are coming
Speaker 6: out of cartels and terrorist networks that are actually being
Speaker 6: launched in international water. So what we're doing is we're
Speaker 6: trying to keep America safe, in our community safe. We've
Speaker 6: got tens of millions of families who actually deal with
Speaker 6: the kind of plague of addiction that their family members
Speaker 6: have suffered from, as well as for fentnel overdoses that
Speaker 6: was at record numbers under the Biden administration. So I'm
Speaker 6: all for with the Secretary of War and President Trump's
Speaker 6: doing to continue to try and keep America safe.
Speaker 1: As a Floridian, you're well attuned to the situation in Venezuela,
Speaker 1: so many Venezuelans living in the Sunshine State. Do you
Speaker 1: think that Maduro survives this onslaught of pressure from the
Speaker 1: Trump administration, You.
Speaker 6: Know, I think that's going to be up to the
Speaker 6: actual people of Venezuela. The one thing that I'll say
Speaker 6: is is that cutting off his continual flow of revenue
Speaker 6: will certainly put a pinch point on him and his.
Speaker 7: Ability to continue to fund these types of activities.
Speaker 6: And so I think that, you know, whether it's Venezuela
Speaker 6: or whether it's Pedro and Columbia or others, I think
Speaker 6: they're all notice that this president isn't going to sit
Speaker 6: by idly and allow Americans to continue to be poisoned.
Speaker 1: Yeah, if Maduro falls, I think like the days that
Speaker 1: come after, I'll probably see Corey Mills on some rescue
Speaker 1: mission in Venezuela trying to help Americans.
Speaker 2: Get out of there.
Speaker 1: The people of Venezuela voted overwhelmingly for the first time
Speaker 1: on mat the military of Venezuela just stepped in and
Speaker 1: declared victory for Maduro.
Speaker 2: Do you think the people of.
Speaker 1: Venezuela have the ability for regime change in the absence
Speaker 1: of some US support.
Speaker 6: Well, I think they could, and I think they need
Speaker 6: to be looking around to the partners in the region.
Speaker 7: To try and go ahead and help and support those efforts.
Speaker 6: I mean, I look at areas like Syria, or look
Speaker 6: at areas across the world where people have risen up
Speaker 6: and actually overthrown dictators and tyrannical rule that had lasted
Speaker 6: for decades, in some cases generations, And so I think
Speaker 6: that Venezuelan people will eventually get to that point where
Speaker 6: they're tired of it, the same way as the people
Speaker 6: in Brazil are when it comes to the political law
Speaker 6: fare that goes on down there, like the imprisonment of Balsonaro.
Speaker 6: So I think that the Latin America and Caribbean area
Speaker 6: is starting to wake up to the realities of freedom.
Speaker 1: It's so interesting that you've got the left pull of
Speaker 1: Lula and Petro and Maduro, and then you have Melee
Speaker 1: and President Bucella and others trying to cast a more
Speaker 1: productive and I would say more hopeful vision.
Speaker 2: We'll see which way Latin America goes.
Speaker 1: But let's return our focus to the United States, where.
Speaker 2: Schumor seems to have finally released.
Speaker 1: Enough votes to get out of this shutdown. What's your
Speaker 1: assessment of the deal coming over from the Senate.
Speaker 6: Well, look, it's really not that different than the deal
Speaker 6: that we originally sent over. It doesn't necessarily fund the
Speaker 6: entire continued resolution that we'd want at the funding current levels.
Speaker 6: You know me, I've never been a big fan of
Speaker 6: continuing resolutions. I think Congress needs to start doing their
Speaker 6: job and getting the twelve single point approparation bills in
Speaker 6: place that we fought so hard for, as well as
Speaker 6: for the germaneness of each bill.
Speaker 7: But this at least guarantees us things.
Speaker 6: Like being able to pay our military, being able to
Speaker 6: allow military construction to continue on our veteran affairs to
Speaker 6: go on, but also agriculture where we have people who
Speaker 6: are actually in need when it comes to things like
Speaker 6: the child nutrition programs, when it comes to the women
Speaker 6: infant in child programs, So being able to have the
Speaker 6: ag programs and a couple of the others, about nine
Speaker 6: out of the twelve to be funded through at least
Speaker 6: January thirtieth, and in some cases one year, like the
Speaker 6: AG bill does out to September thirtieth, does give us
Speaker 6: enough leadway and runway to be able to start looking
Speaker 6: at this.
Speaker 7: But look, this is.
Speaker 6: On the Democrats. This is the Schumer shutdown. They played
Speaker 6: politics with the American people and held them hostage. We
Speaker 6: had military who hadn't been paid in months, and with
Speaker 6: the average person having only about three thousand dollars in
Speaker 6: their bank account.
Speaker 7: This is detrimental when you talk.
Speaker 6: About the fact that for forty days they're not being
Speaker 6: paid and laid off, not to mention how this impacted
Speaker 6: our TSA employees, how it impacted air delays and cancelations,
Speaker 6: what type of additional risk this took. So look, political
Speaker 6: bargaining doesn't you know, and shouldn't be actually utilized in
Speaker 6: trying to you know, detriment to national security or to
Speaker 6: what the American life should be.
Speaker 1: Do you think they'll try it again in January? You know,
Speaker 1: this continuing resolution is only for a couple of months,
Speaker 1: and if Democrats think they have the wind at their
Speaker 1: back and shut down politics, I'm worried they may try
Speaker 1: it again, this time without the pressure points of their
Speaker 1: legislative staff not being paid and the staff benefit's not
Speaker 1: going out.
Speaker 6: Well, that's exactly right, and that's why we need to
Speaker 6: pass things like to Pay Your Troops Act, which guarantees
Speaker 6: that our military doesn't ever have their benefits stop whatever
Speaker 6: Congress fails to do their job.
Speaker 7: But we also have to look at the timeline.
Speaker 6: The original cr would have basically funded US through November
Speaker 6: twenty first. What they wanted to do, though, was play
Speaker 6: politics until the mayor and governor races were over so
Speaker 6: they could go ahead and try and support their candidates.
Speaker 7: So this was really about.
Speaker 6: Trying to not just play politics, but trying to see
Speaker 6: if they could steal a couple of extraceipts.
Speaker 7: And so, like you just said.
Speaker 6: I think that in January we're going to see a
Speaker 6: very similar thing. But let's hope the Democrats have learned
Speaker 6: their lesson by then.
Speaker 1: You have regularly been one trying to change the way
Speaker 1: Congress budgets. Now it seems if you're able to get
Speaker 1: this continuing resolution of January, there will be some work
Speaker 1: for Congress ahead before the midterms. Chip Roy was on
Speaker 1: the program recently and criticized Congress for kind of jogging
Speaker 1: behind the Trump administration, not really leading. Are there some
Speaker 1: issues you think Congress could lead on ahead of the
Speaker 1: midterms that would give Republicans better prospects?
Speaker 6: Well, I think that Congress has been lacking this entire time.
Speaker 6: I mean, if you think about it, the president ladies
Speaker 6: agenda out throughout the entire campaign trail, we should have
Speaker 6: already have known exactly what executive orders were coming down,
Speaker 6: of which ones we could call a find a law.
Speaker 7: It's like the DOJAC that I actually.
Speaker 6: Submitted months and months ago, which has never actually gone
Speaker 6: through committee or come forward, that would guarantee that we
Speaker 6: still continue to look at waste, fraud, and abuse. And so,
Speaker 6: my great colleague and your colleague Chip Roy's exactly right.
Speaker 6: Congress is a step up and start doing their job,
Speaker 6: not dragging their feet. And I'm fine with the fact
Speaker 6: that we should be working five six days a week
Speaker 6: all the way through the end of the year to
Speaker 6: be able to go ahead and start getting things done
Speaker 6: because President Trump's America First agenda cannot be slow rolled
Speaker 6: to the midterms, and so let's just continue to get
Speaker 6: in there and let's get the job done.
Speaker 1: Finally, Congressman, I know how much you care about America's veterans.
Speaker 1: You give so much of your time and your resources
Speaker 1: to veteran causes. What are your reflections on this Veterans
Speaker 1: Day and what do you want Americans to take away
Speaker 1: from the holiday.
Speaker 7: Look, Veterans Day is such an important thing.
Speaker 6: It's it's sad to actually say that we should be
Speaker 6: taking better care of our veterans than we do criminal
Speaker 6: migrants who are crossing our borders. But when you look
Speaker 6: at the history of this, it's such an important thing.
Speaker 6: As you know, Veterans Day used to be known as
Speaker 6: Armistice Day.
Speaker 7: It was the day that Woodrow.
Speaker 6: Wilson in nineteen nineteen had declared after we had stopped
Speaker 6: the war in nineteen eighteen, on the eleventh hour of
Speaker 6: the eleventh month of the eleventh Day. And then after
Speaker 6: World War II in the Korean War, it was President
Speaker 6: Eisenhower who then renamed it Veterans Day in honor of
Speaker 6: our veterans. And so I think that our veterans don't
Speaker 6: just deserve a day, they deserve any day for the
Speaker 6: rest of their lives.
Speaker 7: I mean, they've.
Speaker 6: Actually put that uniform on and been willing to die
Speaker 6: for this country. And so all of our members in uniform,
Speaker 6: all those who have worn it. I salute you, I
Speaker 6: appreciate you, and thank you so much for standing up
Speaker 6: because this country wouldn't be free without you.
Speaker 2: A happy Veterans Day to all.
Speaker 1: Indeed, Florida Congressman Corey Mills, a key member of House
Speaker 1: Armed Services Committee, someone who knows what time it is
Speaker 1: in the world, We appreciate you being on the program
Speaker 1: and sharing your expertise.
Speaker 7: Thanks Matt, and.
Speaker 1: Coming up we will check in on how the administration
Speaker 1: is viewing these machinations on Capitol Hill and what their
Speaker 1: expectations are for the coming weeks and months. Daniel Baldwin,
Speaker 1: our chief White House correspondent, is with us next.
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Speaker 4: Under my leadership, we're also fighting for the great veterans
Speaker 4: who have always always been there for us, and especially
Speaker 4: when we needed them and needed them most. In nine months,
Speaker 4: the Trump administration has cut the backlog of VA benefit
Speaker 4: claims in half. We've added more than one million extra
Speaker 4: service hours across the VA centers.
Speaker 2: And we've opened twenty new.
Speaker 4: Facilities in thirteen states. We also have brought back VA
Speaker 4: choice and VA accountability taken away by the Biden administration
Speaker 4: as we fired thousands of people who didn't take care
Speaker 4: of our our great veterans joining us now.
Speaker 1: OAN's chief White House correspondent Daniel Baldwin. So, Daniel, how
Speaker 1: was the President enjoying Veterans Day?
Speaker 9: Listen, Matt. We all know the President loves veterans, probably
Speaker 9: as much as anybody. He always bounts to make sure
Speaker 9: that he honors them appropriately, and we saw him earlier
Speaker 9: today at Arlington National Cemetery honor them in a very
Speaker 9: appropriate and dignified way, both him and the Vice President
Speaker 9: and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins, making sure
Speaker 9: that veterans got the deserved recognition, made sure that the
Speaker 9: administration understood and offered their gratitude upon veterans on behalf
Speaker 9: of the nation, making sure that they felt appreciated here today,
Speaker 9: of all days, on Veterans Day, Matt, so, definitely a
Speaker 9: solemn day full of gratitude, especially on the President's behalf.
Speaker 1: I have heard from some veterans with mixed emotions about
Speaker 1: the Syrian president making a White House visit. But President
Speaker 1: Trump talks to our friends, talks to our enemies, and
Speaker 1: is working to see peace take holds throughout the world.
Speaker 1: What were the feelings, emotions, plans around this visit from
Speaker 1: the Syrian president and does President Trump hope that that
Speaker 1: could lead to even more progress on the Abraham Accords
Speaker 1: and other critical features of his Middle East policy?
Speaker 9: Matt that anyone that the President is willing to talk
Speaker 9: to anyone, anywhere, anytime, any place when it comes to
Speaker 9: trying to make peace, make peace. The President is a
Speaker 9: peace maker. That's something that the White House has been
Speaker 9: emphatic with. The President wants to have a legacy where
Speaker 9: he leaves the world a better place leaving the White
Speaker 9: House than it was when he was coming in. And
Speaker 9: we've seen the President be relentless in his pursuits of
Speaker 9: trying to make sure that killings everywhere stop. I think
Speaker 9: this is probably another example of the President trying to
Speaker 9: pursue this peace making policy. Obviously, that's sort of been
Speaker 9: the message from the White House that the President is
Speaker 9: looking to try to make peace when it comes to that. Obviously,
Speaker 9: there's been some rumors about whether or not Syria will
Speaker 9: join some group to try to stop the Islami State isis,
Speaker 9: so to speak. But of course the President looking to
Speaker 9: try to make peace in this region, trying of course
Speaker 9: to perhaps get them on board with the Israel the Abrahams,
Speaker 9: as you mentioned. But again this is another example, I believe,
Speaker 9: of the President looking to make peace in any way
Speaker 9: that he possibly can met.
Speaker 1: And as all this is going on, Congress seems to
Speaker 1: be stumbling out of the Schumer shutdown, the Senate of
Speaker 1: passing this key legislation, sending it over.
Speaker 2: To the House.
Speaker 1: House members rushing back to Washington.
Speaker 2: To quickly approve it.
Speaker 1: And get it to the President's desk. But we have
Speaker 1: also heard Cabinet secretaries like Sean Duffy say that this
Speaker 1: won't all just go back to normal the moment the
Speaker 1: shutdown ends. What type of shutdown hangovers are the White
Speaker 1: House preparing for in the days and weeks ahead.
Speaker 9: Listen, that's exactly the point, right. Duffy is probably the
Speaker 9: one who best best be best to speak about it eloquently.
Speaker 9: But I will tell you that there were some nerves,
Speaker 9: not just I would say it just so specifically in
Speaker 9: the a industry. I have some sources who work in
Speaker 9: the aviation industry, and Matt, I can tell you that
Speaker 9: they were incredibly nervous, specifically this week, about whether or
Speaker 9: not we would get a resolution to this shutdown. And
Speaker 9: it does appear we will get one, of course, Speaker
Speaker 9: Johnson working with a two vote margin. But of course
Speaker 9: there are some Democrats in the House who might join
Speaker 9: rank with Republicans. It would be a bad look if
Speaker 9: they weren't able to get that through tomorrow evening. But
Speaker 9: I can tell you that in the aviation industry, Matt,
Speaker 9: there were definitely some nervous nellies about what this would
Speaker 9: look like if there wasn't a resolution. Considering what date
Speaker 9: is coming up very quickly on the calendar, we all
Speaker 9: know that Thanksgiving is coming up in the better part
Speaker 9: of two and a half weeks. Is the busiest travel
Speaker 9: schedule in the United States on the calendar year. We
Speaker 9: had the Vice President on record talking with Sean Duffy
Speaker 9: at the Sticks at the White House about a week
Speaker 9: or two ago, saying, if there was a shutdown during Thanksgiving,
Speaker 9: it could be a disaster. It could be a disaster
Speaker 9: for Americans. Think about all the college students trying to
Speaker 9: get home. So the quicker that they could get this
Speaker 9: back to normal, the better give them as much possible
Speaker 9: time to transition and try to get things going as
Speaker 9: normally as possible before the Wednesday of Thanksgiving. That that
Speaker 9: seems to have been the goal, because right when you
Speaker 9: think about these air traffic controllers, the thirteen thousand of
Speaker 9: them that ultimately haven't been getting paid since October first,
Speaker 9: some of them may have taken a second job, some
Speaker 9: of them may not be showing up to work. We
Speaker 9: know the President is recommended a ten thousand dollars bonus
Speaker 9: for any of them who have continued to work without
Speaker 9: calling out sick at all. But there may be a
Speaker 9: bit of a transition for ultimately things to get back
Speaker 9: to normal. The President has pledged to upgrade air traffic controllers,
Speaker 9: but ultimately the bottom line is that the more grace
Speaker 9: period that they have to get things going as normally
Speaker 9: as possible before Thanksgiving the better. And that's sort of
Speaker 9: why this lot of pressure on the House to just
Speaker 9: get this to the President's desk as quickly as possible
Speaker 9: tomorrow night.
Speaker 1: And I don't begrudge my friends the White House who
Speaker 1: are very concerned about our fellow Americans facing these challenges
Speaker 1: during the holidays, wanting to get back to the nuts
Speaker 1: and bolts of the Trump agenda productivity, lower costs, attacking
Speaker 1: the affordability crisis.
Speaker 2: But Daniel, you know what I worry about.
Speaker 1: I worried that Democrats may be setting up for a
Speaker 1: January shutdown where they'll have better cards, well, where they'll
Speaker 1: have a better hand, where they won't have to worry
Speaker 1: about their staff not being paid because they've done a
Speaker 1: full year of legislative appropriations in this deal, and they
Speaker 1: won't have to worry about snap benefits not going out
Speaker 1: to people that are a core constituency of the Democratic Party.
Speaker 1: Do you think the White House is preparing for a
Speaker 1: January shutdown or is all the focus on the here and.
Speaker 9: Now all four I will tell you, Matt, the main
Speaker 9: priority from the White House is getting this government reopen
Speaker 9: as quickly as possible and making sure that people are
Speaker 9: taking care of right here, right now. Listen, January is
Speaker 9: two months away. We do know that, and I'm sure
Speaker 9: this might be on the back of their minds, because
Speaker 9: it's possible it was a thought of mine, Matt too.
Speaker 9: Could we be right back here again, maybe January twentieth
Speaker 9: and hackem Jefferies, and Chuck Schumer are pulling the same
Speaker 9: type of bs at this point in time. That's a
Speaker 9: conversation for then, of course. But the White House is
Speaker 9: trying to deliver on lowering costs for Americans, and they
Speaker 9: already have, Matt. Listen, they already have. The whole of
Speaker 9: the Biden administration, Doug, Americans in has been so deep
Speaker 9: that it's going to take time to get out of.
Speaker 9: The Trump administration has already delivered on it to a
Speaker 9: certain extent with regards to energy prices and gasoline. But
Speaker 9: of course we do know they'd much rather be focusing
Speaker 9: on delivering tangible material results that impact Americans on their
Speaker 9: day to day life then dealing with another possible shutdown
Speaker 9: in January. But again, we still have to get through
Speaker 9: this House vote tomorrow, and then if they do, then
Speaker 9: perhaps we can start game planning for a possible January shutdown.
Speaker 1: It is all ahead in the battlespace, and Daniel Baldwin
Speaker 1: will cover it like no other our chief White House Coursepondent.
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Speaker 1: I'm going to update you on the craziest story I
Speaker 1: have covered in twenty twenty five, and it brings us
Speaker 1: to the Lone Star Republic in Texas and specifically the
Speaker 1: district of Congressman Tony Gonzalez. Now Congressman Gonzalez has been
Speaker 1: in the House of Representatives for some time. He's been
Speaker 1: one of the voices in favor of some of the
Speaker 1: more lenient, amnesty light versions of Republican immigration policy. But
Speaker 1: now the challenges around his candidacy for re election seem
Speaker 1: to have a bit of a personal flare. You see,
Speaker 1: Representative Gonzales's district director very tragically lit herself on fire
Speaker 1: and died, and there were a lot of questions about that.
Speaker 2: We don't make light of it.
Speaker 1: Anytime someone's life is extinguished early, it is something that
Speaker 1: we lament greatly. There were some concerns that her emotional
Speaker 1: state may have been impacted by the interactions and relationship
Speaker 1: she had.
Speaker 2: With her boss, the congressman.
Speaker 1: Some are concerned that that relationship had turned romantic, and
Speaker 1: the Congressman and his former district director, now passed, were married,
Speaker 1: and that of course can create a lot of angst
Speaker 1: in someone's life. We brought on Tony Ortiz from The
Speaker 1: Current Revolt, the paper of record in Texas, and he
Speaker 1: shared this reporting.
Speaker 10: We spoke to our sources, especially those close to the
Speaker 10: congressman's office. They alleged to us that the woman who
Speaker 10: passed away had been maybe having a romantic relationship with
Speaker 10: the congressman. We did reach out to the congressman's office
Speaker 10: for official comment. They did provide us a comment, but
Speaker 10: no mention or denial of a relationship.
Speaker 1: Now, after this reporting from the Current Revolt, the Daily
Speaker 1: Mail followed up with the congressman. They repeatedly asked the
Speaker 1: congressman's office whether or not there was a romantic relationship
Speaker 1: between him and his former district director. They did not
Speaker 1: get a denial to the question about a romantic relationship,
Speaker 1: and that struck us as very odd. It struck the
Speaker 1: Daily Mail as very odd. Now there is a political
Speaker 1: dynamic playing out here as well. Tony Gonzalez was challenged
Speaker 1: in the primary last year by Brandon Herrera, a well
Speaker 1: known gun rights activist who is quite famous on YouTube
Speaker 1: as the Ak Guy, and recent polling from the Trafalgar
Speaker 1: Group suggests that Herrera may be within striking distance of Gonzales.
Speaker 1: This has caused a lot of the establishment types in Washington,
Speaker 1: d C. To view Herrera as more of a fire
Speaker 1: brand to view Gonzales as someone who may be embattled
Speaker 1: in this loss of a staff member that he can't
Speaker 1: explain through clear answers. Regarding a potential romantic relationship, we
Speaker 1: would note that House rules prohibit any romantic relationship between
Speaker 1: members of Congress and their staff. Joining us now Texas
Speaker 1: Republican congressional candidate the ak guy. You know I'm on
Speaker 1: YouTube as a great gun rights activist, Brandon Herrera.
Speaker 2: So, Brandon, we've been following.
Speaker 1: Your campaign against Congressman Gonzales very closely. It seems it
Speaker 1: has some facts that you don't usually see in a
Speaker 1: political campaign. What's the state of the race.
Speaker 2: Well, I think things are looking good.
Speaker 11: We're mostly focusing on running a positive campaign right now.
Speaker 11: I know a lot of the grassroots support here in
Speaker 11: the district has been overwhelming, and they've just been really
Speaker 11: tired of having Tony as their representative for a long time,
Speaker 11: for many years now. Trust me, I sympathize.
Speaker 2: It's the entire reason I'm in the race.
Speaker 11: We just really need to start getting these bad, squishy
Speaker 11: Republicans out and start putting good ones in, ones that
Speaker 11: actually want to put America first and not just talk
Speaker 11: about it. In their TV ads.
Speaker 1: It's a very policy driven campaign, but one can't help
Speaker 1: but notice the former district director of the congressman lit
Speaker 1: herself on fire, fatally tragically, and the congressman won't answer
Speaker 1: questions about whether or not he was having an affair
Speaker 1: with this married staffer, as he was also married. Do
Speaker 1: you think that's fair game for a political campaign?
Speaker 11: You know, I've tried to avoid it because I try
Speaker 11: to stay on policy. I feel like policy is as
Speaker 11: I didn't do any person attacks last cycle, and I've
Speaker 11: tried to avoid them this time as well, just because
Speaker 11: I think policy is what matters.
Speaker 12: At the end of the day.
Speaker 11: Though I really am disappointed with Congressman Gonzale's reaction to this.
Speaker 2: This is one of those times.
Speaker 11: This is one of his people, and this was a very,
Speaker 11: very tragic and violent situation, and I think the least
Speaker 11: he can do to comfort the voters of his district
Speaker 11: is deny some of the heinous accusations that have been
Speaker 11: levied against him. But he hasn't even so much as
Speaker 11: denied it, and in fact, he's gone into hiding. He's
Speaker 11: canceled events with the media. He clearly doesn't want to
Speaker 11: answer any questions on this that aren't scripted, and it's
Speaker 11: just embarrassing behavior from a congressman. This is a time
Speaker 11: when something like this happens, you need more leadership and
Speaker 11: not less. And he's hiding in a basement somewhere, probably
Speaker 11: the same one Joe Biden hit in last campaign.
Speaker 1: It could be a crowded basement for those hiding from
Speaker 1: the media. I do want to get into this story
Speaker 1: from the Daily Mail, Brandon, because it reports that there
Speaker 1: are people scurrying around on Capitol Hill trying to find
Speaker 1: a replacement for Congressman Gonzalez if this scandal ultimately scuttles
Speaker 1: his reelection prospects. You sound like a very common sense person.
Speaker 1: You're running on policy, You believe what most Republicans say
Speaker 1: they believe in their campaigns. What do you think it
Speaker 1: is about you that has the Republican leadership so unwilling
Speaker 1: to fairly consider your candidacy.
Speaker 11: I think a lot of the Republican establishment chooses the
Speaker 11: candidates that they hand select and know that they can
Speaker 11: control when it comes to votes in DC. That's what
Speaker 11: Tony is. He was a hand select candidate. He was
Speaker 11: asked to run in this district. He's a guy that
Speaker 11: they can vote on, they can count on to vote
Speaker 11: for whatever they want, whether it's good or bad for
Speaker 11: the district, good or bad for the country. They can
Speaker 11: rely on him as being an easy company man, and
Speaker 11: they know that I'm a principled conservative, and I think
Speaker 11: that that scares a lot of them. But honestly, I
Speaker 11: think trying to find somebody else in a race like
Speaker 11: this is a mistake. I mean, our fundraising is twice
Speaker 11: what it was last time, and last time we only
Speaker 11: lost by about four hundred and seven votes. We came
Speaker 11: very close to winning this primary, and it's an unlosable
Speaker 11: district for us. It's very conservative, especially after the redistricting.
Speaker 11: So I think that all of the money that the
Speaker 11: establishment could be pouring into finding a new candidate to
Speaker 11: run against me, somebody that agrees with the vast majority
Speaker 11: of the things they believe in, very conservative, very America
Speaker 11: first ideologically, they could be pouring that money against fighting
Speaker 11: the Democrats and what's going to be a very contentious midterm.
Speaker 11: I think that this is the time we need to
Speaker 11: start uniting against the Democrats instead of trying to spend
Speaker 11: millions of dollars fighting fellow Republicans.
Speaker 2: I only have a few seconds left.
Speaker 1: But Tony Gonzalez was one of the main proponents of
Speaker 1: red flag laws nationally, being sort of cajoled out of states.
Speaker 1: Would you file legislation to repeal Tony Gonzalez's red flag
Speaker 1: law if you were elected.
Speaker 2: I'd love to.
Speaker 11: It's one of the many things that Tony's done that
Speaker 11: I completely vehemently disagree with. As a principled conservative, we
Speaker 11: want to be strong on gun rights, strong on the border,
Speaker 11: and strong on fixing this terrible situation that the American
Speaker 11: economy's in.
Speaker 1: Brandon Herrera, Texas Republican running for Congress, The AK Guy
Speaker 1: on YouTube, thanks for giving us an update on the race.
Speaker 11: Always a pleasure, Matt, Thank you man.
Speaker 1: And coming up, we'll check in with Pearson Sharp on
Speaker 1: the current status of the war between.
Speaker 2: Russia and Ukraine.
Speaker 1: Russia has actually encircled Ukrainian cities. They are laying siege
Speaker 1: and will see what that means for the future of
Speaker 1: peace in the world.
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Speaker 13: Russia's Defense Ministry says its forces are advancing in the
Speaker 13: Ukrainian city of Kraftsk, is dubbed the gateway to Donetsk
Speaker 13: by Russian media. Capturing it would give Moscow a platform
Speaker 13: to drive north towards the two biggest remaining Ukrainian controlled
Speaker 13: cities in Donetsk, Sloviansk and Kromatosk.
Speaker 1: They're seeping through our infantry positions because, as I said before,
Speaker 1: there is a critical shortage of infantry.
Speaker 2: So far, it's difficult. It's not critical yet, but it's difficult.
Speaker 4: It will be more difficult if there is a greater
Speaker 4: accumulation of Russian military personnel and if it drags on
Speaker 4: into the winter.
Speaker 1: We continue our close coverage of the ongoing war between
Speaker 1: Russia and Ukraine, and it appears as though the battle
Speaker 1: line movement right now is indeed favoring Russia, particularly in
Speaker 1: the Russian speaking Russian connected areas in eastern Ukraine.
Speaker 2: We have been miffed for some.
Speaker 1: Time and everyone involved in this war for not resolving it.
Speaker 2: It seems dumb to us.
Speaker 1: That whether it is American provocation or whether it is
Speaker 1: Russian belligerence, it's silly for Slaw to be killing other
Speaker 1: Slavs in a battle that, if we do not watch
Speaker 1: it carefully, could go nuclear. Russia has altered their nuclear doctrine.
Speaker 1: They have been saber rattling for quite some time, and
Speaker 1: we wonder whether or not the United States has continued
Speaker 1: funding of Ukraine is likely to bring the war to
Speaker 1: an end sooner. President Vladimir Zelensky does seem defiant in
Speaker 1: these times, despite the battlefield losses.
Speaker 2: Take a listen.
Speaker 14: Then, A fierce battle is ongoing for Pokrovsk. The Russians
Speaker 14: have been ordered to capture our city because they failed
Speaker 14: to take Sumi and Koupiansk. They know they're losing Kupiansk.
Speaker 14: The situation in Dobrapilia and Zaporigenzia is also clear. That's
Speaker 14: why they're fighting for Pokrovsk.
Speaker 1: Entire cities being laid siege. Two thousands more killed. President
Speaker 1: Trump wants to bring this war to an end, and
Speaker 1: we would like to see that come to fruition as well.
Speaker 1: But it means ensuring that both sides have an opportunity.
Speaker 2: To be able to achieve peace.
Speaker 1: It means both sides have to want peace, and at
Speaker 1: various times during this conflict, we're not entirely sure that's
Speaker 1: been the case. Ukraine has seen a huge increase in
Speaker 1: financial aid and weapons aids. Lensky's been paraded around the
Speaker 1: world as some second coming of Winston Churchill. We would
Speaker 1: dispute those characterizations and comparisons substantially. And Vladimir Putin meanwhile
Speaker 1: has seen economic growth in Russia. Many of the sanctions
Speaker 1: that have been imposed on Russia have functioned a lot
Speaker 1: like Trump's tariffs. They've created a redomesticated economic standing, and
Speaker 1: you're seeing more development, more construction withinside Russia.
Speaker 2: So what we'll bring this war to an end.
Speaker 1: Joining us now is our very own Pearson Sharp, host
Speaker 1: of The Sharp Report. He has traveled to Russia during
Speaker 1: this war and is covering this closer than anyone I know. Pearson,
Speaker 1: thanks for being here, you said in our last discussion
Speaker 1: on The Mackage Show, that you believed Russia would successfully
Speaker 1: move battle lines and thus they had no reason to
Speaker 1: agree to any type of ceasefire or cessation of hostilities.
Speaker 1: Precisely what you said has now come to fruition. So
Speaker 1: tell us what are you watching now as Russia is
Speaker 1: encircling cities that are controlled by Ukraine.
Speaker 15: I mean, it's the same thing everybody's seeing right now,
Speaker 15: that this narrative that Ukraine is winning has completely collapsed.
Speaker 15: And I think anybody who's been paying attention long enough
Speaker 15: understands that it's just there to prop up the war
Speaker 15: effort to continue driving funds into Ukraine. But this is
Speaker 15: obviously not working, and I think it's ultimately going to
Speaker 15: be a futile attempt. Russia has demonstrated with this that
Speaker 15: they are capable of holding ground, of gaining ground, and
Speaker 15: this is more than just a simple victory on the battlefield.
Speaker 15: This is a major win for Russia and it's a
Speaker 15: major law us for Ukraine because Pokrovsky isn't just you know,
Speaker 15: a random town. This is one of the major logistical
Speaker 15: hubs in that area in Dunbass and one of the
Speaker 15: last strongholds for Ukraine in that region, and losing. This
Speaker 15: opens up the doorway for Russia to move in and
Speaker 15: take the last three cities, last three major cities in
Speaker 15: all of Donbas, basically securing the entire region. And that's
Speaker 15: going to be a big black eye for Ukraine because
Speaker 15: they've they've proven now to their western allies they can't
Speaker 15: hold a ground. This is bad for them.
Speaker 2: You're right there.
Speaker 1: There's not a serious person right now suggesting that Ukraine
Speaker 1: is winning this war.
Speaker 2: Some suggest that with a.
Speaker 1: Different weapons package, with other material support, maybe they could
Speaker 1: change conditions, but frankly, that's been the stuff they've been
Speaker 1: telling us this entire time, as Russia has chewed up
Speaker 1: more territory and seemingly gained more ground. So I'm wondering,
Speaker 1: is there a way for a Ukraine to surrender in
Speaker 1: this battle, in this war with Zelenski still maintaining control
Speaker 1: of Kiev as the capital of an independent country.
Speaker 15: That's a great question. Because he's losing support rapidly right now.
Speaker 15: He is going to have to concede dramatically. He's either
Speaker 15: going to have to surrender or Russia is going to
Speaker 15: capture this territory, possibly all of Ukraine. Unless you know,
Speaker 15: the United States steps in and I'm pretty sure President
Speaker 15: Trump does not want to do that. But Zelenski is
Speaker 15: facing a pretty serious battle right now. There's there's massive
Speaker 15: corruption scandals in his government at this moment. One of
Speaker 15: his main allies, one of his main business partners, has
Speaker 15: been implicated, man named Mendich, has been implicated in this
Speaker 15: serious corruption scheme for laundering money. And so this is
Speaker 15: thrown into question the legitimacy of his entire cabinet at
Speaker 15: A bunch of members of Parliament are requesting the complete
Speaker 15: collapse and lack of faith in his cabinet right now.
Speaker 15: So he's facing a challenge, and I think that may
Speaker 15: be somewhat related to the fact that he appears to
Speaker 15: be losing the war as well. You know, if he
Speaker 15: was stronger, if he was gaining territory and stuff and
Speaker 15: holding his own against Russia, these claims of corruption might
Speaker 15: be a little less prominent. But he's in a weak
Speaker 15: position right now, and so he's going to have to
Speaker 15: start making concessions both on the battlefield and politically.
Speaker 1: When you briefed our audience last you had just returned
Speaker 1: from Russia and you've spoken with a number of policy
Speaker 1: figures there who were talking about the nuclear doctrine, and
Speaker 1: I hate to even say it, as President Trump says,
Speaker 1: we're against the N word, But in this case, I
Speaker 1: wonder if Russia's success in the conventional conflicts that have
Speaker 1: been occurring in the Dambis region actually make some sort
Speaker 1: of nuclear use less likely. I know that sounds almost counterintuitive,
Speaker 1: but when you saw Ukraine arguing that they would would
Speaker 1: advance the battle line, Russia was saber rattling pretty significantly.
Speaker 1: So where do you think things stand regarding nuclear risk today?
Speaker 15: I think that the big boys in the room, Putin
Speaker 15: and President Trump do not want to use nuclear weapons.
Speaker 15: Nobody does. That would be disastrous for the entire world.
Speaker 15: That'll be the end of the world, and they both
Speaker 15: recognize that. And so I think that the use of
Speaker 15: nuclear weapons really isn't on the table as much as
Speaker 15: it might be mentioned. I think that's more of a
Speaker 15: diplomatic tool, just sating on the other side that hey,
Speaker 15: we're serious. But when it came down to it, I
Speaker 15: really don't think anyone would go that far.
Speaker 1: When I have talked to you about this before, I've
Speaker 1: tried to pinion down on a timeline. How long can
Speaker 1: Putin would stand this is there fatigue within Russia over
Speaker 1: Slavs that are dying on the battlefield. Russia has engaged
Speaker 1: a new round of conscription that's typically not a popular policy.
Speaker 1: Are you looking at a timeline now or is it
Speaker 1: still the same construct in your mind where this is
Speaker 1: more about what is happening on the battlefields and the
Speaker 1: movement of the battle lines than the movement of dates
Speaker 1: on a calendar.
Speaker 15: It's way more about the movements of battle lines. I
Speaker 15: don't think there is a date in the calendar for this.
Speaker 15: Russia is clearly winning and for them this is a
Speaker 15: war of attrition, and when it comes to attrition, they
Speaker 15: can handle a lot longer war than Ukraine can. Ukraine
Speaker 15: is rapidly running out of materiel, personnel, morale, logistics, everything
Speaker 15: for them is falling apart. With this, they cannot stand
Speaker 15: in the long run. And as many have said up
Speaker 15: to now, this war would have been over long ago
Speaker 15: were it not for the massive amounts of Western support.
Speaker 15: So Ukraine really doesn't have a leg to stand on
Speaker 15: their timeline if we pulled out would be days. If that,
Speaker 15: you know, this is the end for them unless we
Speaker 15: continue to support them. So Russia can't afford to play
Speaker 15: the long run in this game, and that's what they're
Speaker 15: planning to do. And I wanted to mention something else
Speaker 15: that is not getting covered in the media is that
Speaker 15: we're not hearing about exactly what's going on in Pokrovsk
Speaker 15: and in these tities, in the ground and street fighting
Speaker 15: when it comes to who's doing the fighting, and right now,
Speaker 15: this is a battle with the Azov Battalion and they
Speaker 15: are infamous for being actual Nazis, and in Mariopol, in
Speaker 15: a similar situation, one of the worst battles of the war,
Speaker 15: they were accused. And I spoke to survivors of the
Speaker 15: war who said that they saw the Azov Battalion the
Speaker 15: Ukrainians using women and children as human shields. So the
Speaker 15: people in these towns that are being well in their words,
Speaker 15: liberated by the Russian forces, are being freed from these
Speaker 15: Azov battalions who are fighting there. So this is something
Speaker 15: that needs to be pointed out.
Speaker 1: Wow, we will be watching it very closely. Host of
Speaker 1: the sharper here on One American News, Pearson Sharp, someone
Speaker 1: who has.
Speaker 2: Been following this closely. We greatly appreciate your expertise.
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Speaker 12: Ever, we seem to be in the public killings era
Speaker 12: of American politics.
Speaker 1: It's deeply saddening to us, and certainly this year has
Speaker 1: been marked by the assassination of Charlie Kirk while trying
Speaker 1: to extend free speech.
Speaker 2: And active discourse.
Speaker 1: And so we thought we would take a moment to
Speaker 1: analyze places in the world where public assassinations of political
Speaker 1: figures is common, and we hope that's not something we
Speaker 1: will ever arrive at in the United States, but it's important.
Speaker 2: To recognize the signs.
Speaker 1: As I join you this evening, I am within earshot
Speaker 1: of a killing that just occurred in the last several
Speaker 1: days in Guatemala. It was the killing of Jose Elias Ramirez.
Speaker 1: He's the former mayoral candidate in one of Guatemala's major
Speaker 1: areas and was just gunned down in daylight.
Speaker 2: And here's how they did it.
Speaker 1: A bunch of people dressed as construction workers in orange
Speaker 1: vests just surrounded Ramirez and a woman who was walking
Speaker 1: with and they shot and killed both of them. This
Speaker 1: was in broad daylight and seemingly to instill fear. We'll
Speaker 1: be discussing what that means for Guatemala and whether or
Speaker 1: not the United States should prepare for more political assassinations.
Speaker 1: Joining US now is Mario Duarte. He is the former
Speaker 1: Secretary of Strategic Intelligence for the country of Guatemala. He's
Speaker 1: currently leading Project Dynamo and is in Montego Bay, Jamaica,
Speaker 1: helping respond to the hurricane there.
Speaker 2: But Mario, I want to talk.
Speaker 1: To you about this violence in Guatemala, this killing of
Speaker 1: a former mayle oral candidate in broad daylight. How are
Speaker 1: people in Guatemala thinking about that assassination?
Speaker 16: Well, first of all, thank you for having me, Matt. Well,
Speaker 16: what you were seeing right now in Guatemala is pretty
Speaker 16: much the complete collapse of security, safety and the rule
Speaker 16: of law. What we are seeing is simply, you know,
Speaker 16: the criminal incapacity of the earling party, which is incapable
Speaker 16: of providing the basic needs of the country, which is
Speaker 16: security on some sort of stability. This is not an
Speaker 16: isolated event, unfortunately. This is just another one of targeted
Speaker 16: killings that show incredible degrees of violence. You can see
Speaker 16: that it's very organized, five individuals with military grade weapons
Speaker 16: and a targeted killing. Again, like I tell, like I
Speaker 16: just said, this is just another one in a stream
Speaker 16: of similar attacks. But that only adds to all these
Speaker 16: other different issues that we are seeing around the country.
Speaker 16: Just a couple of months ago, twenty terrorists gang members
Speaker 16: escaped from prison aided or proport aided by the minister
Speaker 16: and vice ministers of the Interior Ministry. Then also we
Speaker 16: have seen tons and tons of cocaine.
Speaker 2: You have your own government in the jail breaks.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that doesn't Mario, that doesn't sound like your government
Speaker 1: is incapable. That sounds like the government of Guatemala is
Speaker 1: complicit and corrupt.
Speaker 2: Am I reading too much into that?
Speaker 7: Well?
Speaker 16: Absolutely, The problem is that in their incapacity, they become corrupted,
Speaker 16: well right, because there is no other way for them
Speaker 16: to be able to do their job, so they have
Speaker 16: to actually negotiate pretty much with gangs or maybe even
Speaker 16: with cartels.
Speaker 3: We had not seen this.
Speaker 16: Level of violence since twenty eleven and twenty ten. In Guatemala.
Speaker 16: For ten years straight or twelve years straight, we see
Speaker 16: a monthly decline in homicide rates. Now we see a
Speaker 16: very steep climbing, and that's again because the government is
Speaker 16: corrupted and incapable of their job.
Speaker 1: We had a similar situation in El Salvador, where before
Speaker 1: President Bukel, the gangs were placated, they were coddled and
Speaker 1: President Bukela incarcerated them and freed six million people. Why
Speaker 1: doesn't the government in Guatemala just do what El Salvador
Speaker 1: did so their people can not fear these types of assassinations.
Speaker 16: Well, first of you know, unfortunately the Bukel solution is
Speaker 16: not necessarily applicable in a lot of countries. Guatemala has
Speaker 16: very specific laws because of our laws and our constitutional structure.
Speaker 16: And at the same time, our population is way bigger
Speaker 16: than salvor and also our infrastructure is a little bit
Speaker 16: more you know, difficult to go through to actually be
Speaker 16: able to have this type of processes. Plus, we have
Speaker 16: a very incapable and corrupt Congress. Just to give you
Speaker 16: an example, there are rumors that you know, bureaucrats from
Speaker 16: the United States Embassy in Guatemala interfere in the election
Speaker 16: of the of the of the board the presidency of
Speaker 16: Congress in order to put a leftist incline President of
Speaker 16: Congress in power. By that includes you know, granting the
Speaker 16: visa back to congressmen that have been accused of marcro traffic,
Speaker 16: making sure that their leftist corrupt players are actually somehow
Speaker 16: covered by the US embassy.
Speaker 3: And again this just.
Speaker 16: Adds to a string of actions by these corrupt bureaucrats
Speaker 16: in Guatemala that are using the cover of the United
Speaker 16: States to put and partisan left these actors in several
Speaker 16: positions of power.
Speaker 1: That sounds very troubling and it sounds like it make
Speaker 1: it worse before it gets better. But I do want
Speaker 1: to take a moment and ask you about your current work.
Speaker 1: You're in Jamaica right now helping the victims of the
Speaker 1: tragic hurricane.
Speaker 2: What are you seeing?
Speaker 16: Absolutely so. Project Dynamo is a five o't one C
Speaker 16: three rest organization based out of Florida. You know today
Speaker 16: we have a rescue over seventy five hundred Americans in
Speaker 16: thirty five different countries where current We actually were the
Speaker 16: first American rest organization to respond to Montigo Bay. You know,
Speaker 16: within twelve hours of the hurricane hitting Jamaica, we were
Speaker 16: able to help almost two hundred and fifty Americans. We
Speaker 16: evacuated fifty and right now we have serviced almost five
Speaker 16: hundred meals toleutary packs, water purification systems and as well
Speaker 16: tarps and immediate relief to the people here. You know
Speaker 16: this is not only project Is.
Speaker 2: God speed to you to have help? Yes?
Speaker 1: Well, God speed to you and that critically important mission.
Speaker 2: As a Florida man, I.
Speaker 1: Know how tough things can get after a hurricane. I
Speaker 1: can only imagine with the challenges that you face in Jamaica,
Speaker 1: and we hope for better days ahead for Guatemala as well.
Speaker 2: Mario Duarte, thank you for joining us on the program.
Speaker 16: Thank you, Matt, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: That's all the time we have.
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