Speaker 1: Seven thirty two. Happy Wednesday to you, Judge Ennen of Platona.
Speaker 1: One hour on tariffs and the legality of tariffs, at
Speaker 1: least the way Donald Trump's doing it should be rather interesting.
Speaker 1: Prior to that, it's the best one two punch in
Speaker 1: Radio with Congressman Thomas Messi joining us to talk about
Speaker 1: the Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act as well as the country
Speaker 1: of origin labeling. Can we get that back and maybe
Speaker 1: we'll get a comment or two on tariffs from him
Speaker 1: in the meantime, Welcome back to the fIF You have
Speaker 1: Casey Morning Show from Americans for Prosperity, Donovan and Neil.
Speaker 1: Great to have you on, Brian, always good to be
Speaker 1: with you. So we got a big event coming up
Speaker 1: on Palm Sunday.
Speaker 2: That's right, we sure do. It's a fiscal sanity rally,
Speaker 2: something I think our country is in dire need of,
Speaker 2: you know.
Speaker 1: Just let me get your reaction real quick before we
Speaker 1: talk about the details on that. He saw all the
Speaker 1: insanity going on over the weekend. Did you watch any
Speaker 1: of the videos of the people at these crazy rallies
Speaker 1: being in viewed and asked exactly what their problem was
Speaker 1: with Elon Musk, the work that Doge is doing, or
Speaker 1: Donald Trump generally. I mean, did you come across with
Speaker 1: any clear idea of what the hell they're talking about
Speaker 1: or protesting about Donovan?
Speaker 2: Well, you know one one no, and this is I'm
Speaker 2: trying to wind up for something. There.
Speaker 1: No, there's not.
Speaker 2: It's not really clear. And you know, here's something I
Speaker 2: think is important to keep in mind, right, especially as
Speaker 2: you look at different election results that just came in.
Speaker 2: There definitely is a number of folks out there who
Speaker 2: are who are frustrated, who are upset or angry. But
Speaker 2: I think here's what's key is they don't know why
Speaker 2: they are. They're just being told from progressive organizations that
Speaker 2: they should be upset with what's going on. I think
Speaker 2: what we've got to make sure we're doing, Brian Ryan,
Speaker 2: and you're a great megaphone for this in Southwest Ohio
Speaker 2: is connects folks to the importance of what Doge, what
Speaker 2: the President, what the new Republican majority Washington are getting
Speaker 2: done right. They're raining and the spending, they're working to
Speaker 2: create policies. They're going to put more money in people's
Speaker 2: pockets and unleash opportunity here in the United States, and
Speaker 2: so I think that the best way to combat that
Speaker 2: that nonsensical frustration that some folks seem to be having
Speaker 2: out there is connected to what these positive impacts are,
Speaker 2: because I can tell you sure tech they don't have
Speaker 2: a clear vision for the future of this country, and
Speaker 2: that's that's key as well. But I'm got to make
Speaker 2: sure we're staying out there and staying on message, because
Speaker 2: they got a lot of visibility over the weekend, but
Speaker 2: when you scratch beneath the surface, it really ain't that great.
Speaker 1: Well, And I think the visibility didn't do a much
Speaker 1: given much credibility because you know, I heard over and
Speaker 1: over again one of the main criticisms on their pre
Speaker 1: printed list of talking points, which didn't provide any really
Speaker 1: fundamental explanation for why they were screaming about medicaid. For example,
Speaker 1: you know you're going to take medicaid away for me,
Speaker 1: they're taking Medicaid away. I mean, my retort has been
Speaker 1: over and over no, look at what dough is uncovered.
Speaker 1: One point three million and illegal immigrants got put in
Speaker 1: the medicaid roles, and there's countless billions of dollars in
Speaker 1: fraud in the Medicaid system which Doge is revealed. To
Speaker 1: the extent you get rid of that illegal activity and
Speaker 1: those fraudulent or erroneous payments, you are going a long
Speaker 1: way to saving the program. I mean, Doge in the
Speaker 1: administration is doing the exact opposite of what they're accusing
Speaker 1: them of, which frustrates the living hell out of me
Speaker 1: that they're so clueless that they don't realize.
Speaker 2: That we all pay taxes, right, we all should expect
Speaker 2: that the tax dollars that go to Washington, DC are
Speaker 2: hard earned. Money that goes to Washington, DC is going
Speaker 2: to be spent well and spent efficiently. Right nobody's talking
Speaker 2: about ending these programs. Nobody's talking about cutting these programs.
Speaker 2: We're talking about making these programs run more efficiently so
Speaker 2: that the population that depends on them, our neighbors and
Speaker 2: friends who depend on these programs, have the ability to.
Speaker 1: Access to them.
Speaker 2: We can talk about whether these programs should exist in
Speaker 2: the first place of the time. Right now, we're just
Speaker 2: talking about making sure these programs are run efficiently. And
Speaker 2: I think that's something every tax paying American citizen should applaud.
Speaker 2: Finally happening for the first time in ages in Washington DC.
Speaker 1: Yeah, approaching government the way private businesses would approach it.
Speaker 1: We've got too many of these departments. We've got too
Speaker 1: much middle management. It's costing the shareholders a lot of money.
Speaker 1: We can run a more efficient operation, provide the same,
Speaker 1: if not better goods and services with less, and let's
Speaker 1: allocate the money to better products and goods and services.
Speaker 1: That is how a successful business runs. And of course
Speaker 1: we all know that is not how government runs. And
Speaker 1: this administration, at least for seeming the first time in
Speaker 1: my lifetime, is revealing that and doing something about it.
Speaker 1: I know you've got the big event coming up on Sunday.
Speaker 1: You want to talk about that. We'll bring Donovan and
Speaker 1: Neil for Americans for Prosperity back working with Restoring Liberty
Speaker 1: dot Us seven fifty five KARCD talk station. If you're
Speaker 1: having a half e Wednesday, Thomas Massey after the top
Speaker 1: of the air news Judge and Paulatano at eight thirty
Speaker 1: and then doctor j Russo, my good friends doing a
Speaker 1: making America Healthy Again power you seminar tonight and you
Speaker 1: can join it. I'm sorry tomorrow night you can join
Speaker 1: in the fund with that. We'll learn about that coming up.
Speaker 1: In the meantime, Donovan and Neil for Americans for Prosperity
Speaker 1: teaming up at Restore Liberty dot Us. The rally that
Speaker 1: we're having this Sunday. Where is it when the door
Speaker 1: opens and what are we going to be talking about?
Speaker 1: Who are we going to be hearing from? Donovan and'neil
Speaker 1: dan Well.
Speaker 2: We're partnering with the great folks at Restore Liberty and
Speaker 2: George I've been on the show talking about and I
Speaker 2: know you know George Well, they got a one heck
Speaker 2: of an operation there with Restore Liberty. These folks are
Speaker 2: getting together working hard to ensure conservative liberty oriented principles
Speaker 2: are happening in Southwest lives. So we're partner with them,
Speaker 2: partners empower you and Americans for Prosperity to offer a
Speaker 2: fiscal sanity rally and the lead up to that day
Speaker 2: that every bureaucrat marks on the calendar and counts down
Speaker 2: for Tax Day April fifteenth, But we're going to get
Speaker 2: together April thirteenth. They're at the Double Tree in blue
Speaker 2: Ashelan Kemper Road. Double Tree in Blue Ashland, East Kemper Road.
Speaker 2: Doors open at four point thirty. We're gonna have a
Speaker 2: dinner buffet. Program will begin at six o'clock and we'll
Speaker 2: get together again talking about fiscal sanity, recognizing that we're
Speaker 2: at a critical inflection point with this country, whether it's
Speaker 2: you're looking at our national debt, you're looking at the
Speaker 2: waste and abuse in our in our federal government, even
Speaker 2: on the state local level, making sure we're remaining fiscally
Speaker 2: sane at those levels as well. We're gonna be talking
Speaker 2: about it all. It's gonna be a great opportunity to
Speaker 2: get plugged into what's going on, identify some action items
Speaker 2: that you can as a you know, as a participant,
Speaker 2: take part in to make sure that from our state, local,
Speaker 2: federal government levels, we're driving fiscal sanity up and down
Speaker 2: the ladder. Because this is about the future of our
Speaker 2: our country. It's about the future of our our for
Speaker 2: our children, and that's what we're gonna be talking about
Speaker 2: this Sunday. There's a double Tree on East Kemper Road,
Speaker 2: doors open at four thirty.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, I'm looking at the notes from Restored
Speaker 1: Liberty dot us and in explaining what's going on on,
Speaker 1: you left out a critical word when you were referring
Speaker 1: to dinner buffet. It says complementary dinner buffet. You want
Speaker 1: to get people in the doors man, you can. It's
Speaker 1: free food and all this wonderful discussion about fiscal responsibility.
Speaker 1: So I'm just trying to increase the num. Reveal who
Speaker 1: can make it, and I'll be honest with you. George
Speaker 1: Brunneman from Restoring Liberty dot Us did invite me, and
Speaker 1: we're having a Palm Sunday meal at my mom's that
Speaker 1: was already on the calendar and family comes first, So
Speaker 1: sadly I will not be able to make it, but
Speaker 1: I know it's going to be an extraordinary event. Any
Speaker 1: special speaker is going to be there, beyond maybe you
Speaker 1: and George and others.
Speaker 2: Well, they're putting together a number of locals. I don't
Speaker 2: think they've fully released the list yet, at least they
Speaker 2: haven't given it to me yet, but I would say register,
Speaker 2: you'll get updates. We're expecting a packed house, a good crowd,
Speaker 2: a great program, and if you care about fiscal sanity,
Speaker 2: if you want to get in a fight and help
Speaker 2: push back against some of the craziness that you saw
Speaker 2: over the weekend around Entry, this is the place to
Speaker 2: be we're gonna be We're gonna be talking fiscal sanity,
Speaker 2: We're gonna be talking making the Trump tax cuts permanent.
Speaker 2: And this is the kind of stuff we need to
Speaker 2: be doing and follow through on from the votes we
Speaker 2: cast last November.
Speaker 1: Well, and of course that's going to require engagement from
Speaker 1: my listeners and getting in touch with their elected officials.
Speaker 1: Any reaction on what's going on in d C with
Speaker 1: the you know, the whole process with the reconciliation, and
Speaker 1: the Senate came out with a proposal and the Republicans
Speaker 1: are now struggling with that and maybe some holdouts. Do
Speaker 1: you do you have any insight or thoughts about that
Speaker 1: process that's going on right now, Donovan.
Speaker 2: Well, so we've always known it was going to be
Speaker 2: a tenuous situation, right when you bring Congress is famous
Speaker 2: for one thing, failing to follow through on what it
Speaker 2: says it's going to do, right, and so we knew
Speaker 2: there's going to be a tenuous situation here. Well, I
Speaker 2: think you know, the House is done, it's vote. Senate
Speaker 2: it's done, it's vote. It's a long winding road to
Speaker 2: work through this convoluted reconciliation process. Congress and Vassy can
Speaker 2: give you. We'll definitely be able to give you a
Speaker 2: better insight than I can there. But I think with
Speaker 2: key is is everything's moving along as need and with
Speaker 2: a number of our staff at an annual retreat and
Speaker 2: some of our federal government affairs. For folks who lobby
Speaker 2: on the Hill, what they've been saying is this is
Speaker 2: actually moving along a bit faster than folks were expecting.
Speaker 2: And so I think that's a good sign. The grassroots
Speaker 2: pressure is key here right continuing to send the message
Speaker 2: to Washington, to your elected officials, this is what we
Speaker 2: sent you there to do, to unleash energy abundance, to
Speaker 2: secure and front our border, and most importantly, unleash prosperity
Speaker 2: by making permanent the Trump tax cuts, the one big
Speaker 2: beautiful bill of Senate got done, you know, started to
Speaker 2: have a vote procedural vote on over the weekend. Move
Speaker 2: that ball down the line, gets that much closer to
Speaker 2: President Trump's desk, And ultimately what's important is relief, much
Speaker 2: needed relief for Americans who have experienced four years of
Speaker 2: Bidenomics and are ready for that to end.
Speaker 1: Well, and I'll tell you what one thing that you
Speaker 1: hit on energy policy, If we could get some sanity
Speaker 1: and not only restore liberty, but restore senate our energy policy.
Speaker 1: I know Trump's embraced this all the above approach, even
Speaker 1: talking about bringing back coal. But abundant and inexpensive energy
Speaker 1: is really what drives growth in the economy. You know,
Speaker 1: if it doesn't cost as much to run a factory,
Speaker 1: it doesn't cost as much to you know, heat and
Speaker 1: air conditioning your house. That frees up money which otherwise
Speaker 1: can go to the economic engine of this country. And
Speaker 1: we have stood in the way of energy policy for
Speaker 1: so long under this climate change crap. And my favorite
Speaker 1: favorite point on that is just standing in the way
Speaker 1: of pursuing modular nuclear technology, which is, you know, it's efficient,
Speaker 1: it's small footprint, it generates just infinite amounts of energy.
Speaker 1: And there's so many of these environmental alarmists standing the
Speaker 1: way of nuclear keeps screaming about three mile Island in
Speaker 1: Cherniobil as if the technology is the same as it
Speaker 1: was in the nineteen seventies. No, it's not. I mean,
Speaker 1: we've got the answer to their concerns about carbon dioxide
Speaker 1: aka tree food, and it exists now and we can
Speaker 1: have it. It's but for all of these people standing
Speaker 1: in the way with their regulations rules and screaming about it.
Speaker 1: And I don't know what they're screaming about in terms
Speaker 1: of that it's the answer to our problems.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, who was against cheap abundant energy, right, And
Speaker 2: I think that modular nuclear is the right thing. And
Speaker 2: you know in Columbus they're working on energy legislation. Here
Speaker 2: in Ohio, we're going to have once this legislation gets
Speaker 2: to the governor's desk. The goal here is to get
Speaker 2: site approved within forty five days. So if you've got
Speaker 2: an energy generation site you want to build in the
Speaker 2: state of Ohio, the state of Ohio on its end
Speaker 2: of the approval process, we'll get that done in forty
Speaker 2: five days. The bet there is to put more pressure
Speaker 2: on the federal government. And we've got a lot of
Speaker 2: allies at that level now, right, But yeah, put that
Speaker 2: pressure on the federal government to get these products, to
Speaker 2: fix the EPA, to fix its federal permitting processes so
Speaker 2: we can get energy generated, bring down that cost for Americans.
Speaker 2: And that's a big key part of manufacturing too, right, right,
Speaker 2: how to have abundant, affordable energy to make manufacturing makes
Speaker 2: sense in the United states again, and so across the board,
Speaker 2: consumers to manufacturers to business. It all matters. Energy is
Speaker 2: at the heart of it all.
Speaker 1: It certainly is. And I had a conversation on the
Speaker 1: Morning show the other day with vivig Ramaswami, and I mean,
Speaker 1: he is on board with everything you've been talking about
Speaker 1: this morning, So he sounds like the right man for
Speaker 1: the job. He's all in favor of lowering taxes, in fact,
Speaker 1: hopefully getting rid of income taxes in the state of
Speaker 1: Ohio to level the playing field with those other states
Speaker 1: are the biggest draws for business and industry, the ones
Speaker 1: that don't have any income tax.
Speaker 2: It warms my heart brand to here folks this early
Speaker 2: in the process talking about the future Ohio in such
Speaker 2: a way right where we're going to yes, well that
Speaker 2: the conversation isn't about how much we're going to grow
Speaker 2: government the state of Ohio. The conversation looking at twenty
Speaker 2: twenty six is about what are we going to cut,
Speaker 2: what are we going to change, what are we going
Speaker 2: to do to transform Ohio to b the economic engine
Speaker 2: not just as the Midwest but of the country, and
Speaker 2: most importantly moved from middle in the Midwest to number
Speaker 2: one in the nation. These big, bold ideas that folks
Speaker 2: are talking about, I think we're critical and we like it.
Speaker 1: At AFP.
Speaker 2: We like the fact that folks are talking about elimiting
Speaker 2: the income text because that's what we think it's going
Speaker 2: to take to really put Ohio on the map and
Speaker 2: make folks look here to site their projects.
Speaker 1: Yes, indeed so Double Tree Blue Ash sixty three hundred
Speaker 1: East Kemper Road. Doors open at four pm. Rally begins
Speaker 1: at five. Complementary dinner. That's this Sunday, April thirteenth, aka
Speaker 1: Palm Sunday Information to Restore Liberty dot us. And as
Speaker 1: we always end, if folks want to get engaged, get
Speaker 1: involved and stay in touch with AFP, which website you
Speaker 1: want to turn them to, Donovan, Well, yeah.
Speaker 2: Go to go to protect prosperity dot com. Protect prosperity
Speaker 2: dot com. That's the key for all the stuff we're
Speaker 2: working on on that national level, like we were talking
Speaker 2: about today, Protect prosperity dot com. Until we talk again, donald'neil,
Speaker 2: have a wonderful event on Sunday. I'll look forward to
Speaker 2: our next conversation and keep up the great work with AFP.
Speaker 2: Really appreciate it. Thanks Brian, take
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