1 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: And we are back with another edition of the Federalist 2 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:24,399 Radio Hour. I'm Matt Kittle, Senior Elections correspondent at the 3 00:00:24,399 --> 00:00:29,199 Federalist and your experience shirpa on today's quest for Knowledge. 4 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,399 As always, you can email the show at radio at 5 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:36,560 the Federalist dot com, follow us on x at FDR LST, 6 00:00:37,039 --> 00:00:39,679 make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcast, and 7 00:00:39,759 --> 00:00:43,560 of course to the premium version of our website as well. 8 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:48,240 Our guest today is Representative Tim Burchett, joining us live 9 00:00:48,359 --> 00:00:52,679 from the sewer as he fittingly describes the fetid pool 10 00:00:52,799 --> 00:00:55,920 of corruption that is Washington. 11 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: D C. 12 00:00:56,719 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: Good afternoon, sir, Thank you so much for joining us 13 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:00,000 in the Federalist Radio Hour. 14 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:02,039 Speaker 3: Thank you for having me on. Brother. 15 00:01:02,079 --> 00:01:05,719 Speaker 1: I'm a big fan, absolutely, and we are a big 16 00:01:05,719 --> 00:01:08,920 fan of the good work that you are constantly doing 17 00:01:09,079 --> 00:01:12,239 in said fetid swamp. Today, as we speak, you are 18 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,760 about to at least go into debate. I'm not sure 19 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:17,519 if there will be a vote on the floor if 20 00:01:17,519 --> 00:01:21,120 that's been settled on the Save America Act. Can you 21 00:01:21,159 --> 00:01:23,840 give us an update on where things stand, at least 22 00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:29,439 in the House on that very important election integrity reform measure. 23 00:01:30,079 --> 00:01:33,599 Speaker 4: Well, apparently it's been moved to tomorrow. But okay, now 24 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:35,239 we've just been told. 25 00:01:35,519 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 3: But the bill is really simple. 26 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 4: It just says that you have to you have to 27 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,879 prove American citizenship birth. I guess if you will. You know, 28 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:49,359 when you play Little League baseball, you have to show 29 00:01:49,359 --> 00:01:53,599 a birth certificate and you go and then you go 30 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,040 to vote, you have to show a photo ID, a 31 00:01:56,159 --> 00:02:00,480 valid photo ID. Now you buy some over the counter 32 00:02:00,879 --> 00:02:02,920 cough medicines, you have to do that. 33 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,079 Speaker 3: You go to an R rated movie, you have to 34 00:02:05,079 --> 00:02:05,400 do that. 35 00:02:05,599 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 4: You buy a six pack of beer, you buy a 36 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:11,560 can of skull, you have to show a dad gum ID. 37 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,680 And then Schumer comes out and says that it's racist, 38 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,120 that it's you know that we're doing this, And to me, 39 00:02:21,199 --> 00:02:24,599 it's the exact opposite. It's racist for him to say 40 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:30,080 that that our minority community could not produce a valid identification. 41 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,919 That is just bogus. And all they wanted to do 42 00:02:34,039 --> 00:02:37,960 is protect corruption. And they're approving our point with these 43 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,479 stolen elections by their constant fighting over this. This is 44 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,759 something that pulls through the roof. Eighty ninety percent Republicans 45 00:02:45,759 --> 00:02:50,280 support it, something like sixty five to seventy percent Democrats 46 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,199 support it. The only reason you would not support this 47 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,919 is if you were just completely ignorant, which I don't 48 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:02,319 think they are, or you're you know that elections will 49 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,800 be stolen with this and you need that to stay 50 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,080 in power. I suspect it's the latter. 51 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,759 Speaker 1: Well, that's I guess what inquiring minds want to know. 52 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:16,520 As you mentioned, this is an issue that virtually everyone supports. 53 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:22,080 It is your most definitive eighty twenty split out there. 54 00:03:22,759 --> 00:03:27,000 And when you have something like this issue, such a 55 00:03:27,159 --> 00:03:32,840 rare issue where Democrats and Republicans can come together, why 56 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,039 is it that the minority party would fight and fight 57 00:03:36,199 --> 00:03:39,879 so desperately. I mean, they are fighting like they are 58 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:47,719 a cornered rabbitous raccoon to try to get out of 59 00:03:47,759 --> 00:03:51,400 this vote that they do not want to take. And 60 00:03:51,719 --> 00:03:55,360 they might just be successful in the Senate, where they 61 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:56,680 have not been in the House. 62 00:03:57,759 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 3: That's completely correct. We've got some. 63 00:04:01,719 --> 00:04:07,879 Speaker 4: Republicans, I guess they're Republicans claiming to want to block 64 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,080 it for whatever reason, and they don't really give a reason. 65 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:13,960 And that's another thing we've got We've got to fix. 66 00:04:14,039 --> 00:04:17,879 Twelve percent of the population votes forty percent of so 67 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:22,920 called evangelical Christians do not vote. Thirty percent of gun 68 00:04:22,959 --> 00:04:26,360 owners do not vote. You know, these are people that 69 00:04:26,439 --> 00:04:29,000 should be our base and should be on board with 70 00:04:29,079 --> 00:04:30,920 this kind of thing, but they just don't vote. They just, 71 00:04:31,079 --> 00:04:34,639 for whatever reason. I think it's more arrogance than anything else, 72 00:04:35,079 --> 00:04:39,040 they do not vote. And we're going to lose our country. 73 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,879 This is not this is not some tenfool hat wearing 74 00:04:43,399 --> 00:04:47,639 kind of synopsis. This is the reality because if we 75 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,000 lose them, if we leave the Republicans, that is, we 76 00:04:50,079 --> 00:04:55,600 lose the midterms, Washington d c. Will become the fifty 77 00:04:55,639 --> 00:05:00,480 first state. They'll stack the Supreme Court, they'll reverse all 78 00:05:00,519 --> 00:05:04,519 the borders things that we had, the reverse every one 79 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:08,680 of President Trump's executive orders, and frankly, we don't have 80 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,000 the guts to pass most of them, which is a disgrace. 81 00:05:11,519 --> 00:05:15,079 But again I go back to and these Republicans just 82 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,519 do not get it. We have a very slim majority 83 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:20,879 of down to one in the House. And the reason 84 00:05:20,959 --> 00:05:23,040 that is that we're not at a forty or fifty 85 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:28,759 is because we ran on some really stupid stuff. Honestly, 86 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,680 Trump ran on what he knows that America wants, and 87 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:37,480 he's tried to fulfill that the border, going after bad people, 88 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,639 not putting up with these third world dictators thumbing their 89 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,199 nose at America, things like that. But Congress is just 90 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:49,639 bogged down in their usual arrogance, and some of them, 91 00:05:49,639 --> 00:05:51,560 I don't really think want to be in the majority. 92 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,399 They'd like to see it all fail so they could 93 00:05:54,399 --> 00:05:57,120 get back in line and get their crumbs. 94 00:05:57,199 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 3: But I'm one of those. 95 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 4: We're forty trillion dollar argent debt and we need to 96 00:06:02,879 --> 00:06:04,680 start paying attention to what's going on. 97 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:10,519 Speaker 1: Well, as you mentioned, I mean, it's another existential election 98 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:14,720 coming up these midterms, because if the Democrats take back 99 00:06:14,759 --> 00:06:17,000 the House, and should they take back the Senate, it's 100 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,879 not only impeachment for Donald Trump. We know that's coming 101 00:06:19,959 --> 00:06:24,839 from a Democrat controlled House. It's a conviction perhaps for 102 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:32,879 Donald Trump and removal of a president that a majority 103 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,439 of Americans voted for in twenty twenty four and the 104 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,519 vast majority of those to do what Donald Trump is 105 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,040 doing right now. So, as you say, if Democrats take control, 106 00:06:43,439 --> 00:06:46,120 you know you mentioned Washington, d C. Is the fifty 107 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:52,639 first state, maybe bad Bunny becomes a governor of the 108 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:56,120 state of Puerto Rico at that time. I mean, you know, 109 00:06:56,399 --> 00:07:00,319 Democrats will do anything to consolidate power. And again the 110 00:07:00,399 --> 00:07:04,120 word is desperate, because that twenty thirty census is not 111 00:07:04,199 --> 00:07:08,959 going to look real good for them if Republicans in 112 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,920 the majority can get their act together. But this is 113 00:07:10,959 --> 00:07:14,279 the question you kind of touched upon it. The reality 114 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:19,000 is those gun owners that don't come out to vote, 115 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,680 those evangelical Christians that don't come out to vote, many 116 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,519 of them don't come out to vote because the people 117 00:07:26,519 --> 00:07:32,600 who call themselves conservatives in Congress are anything but. And 118 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,519 you've got to give them a reason to come out 119 00:07:35,519 --> 00:07:38,279 to vote. And if you can't even and I say 120 00:07:38,279 --> 00:07:41,279 this generically, you know that, Tim, But if the Senate 121 00:07:41,399 --> 00:07:45,600 cannot get its act together and pass this basic election 122 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:51,319 integrity reform that eighty percent of Americans want, what reason 123 00:07:52,079 --> 00:07:55,759 do Republicans conservative Republicans have to come out in twenty 124 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:56,399 twenty six. 125 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 4: They couldn't send it more any better, couldn't send it 126 00:08:00,639 --> 00:08:01,120 any better. 127 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:06,759 Speaker 3: We are I just I'm very frustrated. Brother. If we 128 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,040 do not pay attention to what's going on around us, 129 00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:10,160 will it will end? 130 00:08:10,519 --> 00:08:14,319 Speaker 4: It will end, And as we know it, and I don't, 131 00:08:14,439 --> 00:08:17,439 I'm not I do not understand why these groups do 132 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:23,959 not get motivated and start talking to their you know, 133 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,079 their congregations or whatever. I don't I don't want churches 134 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:31,120 out there endorsing anybody. But again, if they just preach 135 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,519 the gospel, I think if they talk against what's wrong, 136 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:38,639 they talk against things like transgender surgery, which is mutilation 137 00:08:38,799 --> 00:08:44,120 of children, and you know, it's like we're we're sacrificing 138 00:08:44,159 --> 00:08:48,679 these kids on the altar of Wokotopia or something. 139 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 3: It's just it's it's. 140 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:55,159 Speaker 4: Unbelievable that we've allowed ourselvesselves to come this far. But 141 00:08:55,759 --> 00:08:57,320 you know, I think the left has had a pretty 142 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:59,799 good plan all along there. 143 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 3: They've infiltrated our schools. 144 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 4: They they've they named me one thing that the left 145 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,879 has gotten a hold of that they've made better. Look 146 00:09:09,919 --> 00:09:12,679 at healthcare, Look at our schools. Those are two things 147 00:09:12,679 --> 00:09:16,200 that are just going down the tubes. When when Jimmy 148 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:20,200 Carter was president and they made they took education off 149 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:25,000 the and they made it a cabinet level position, and 150 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,200 then they started pumping the money to it, we were 151 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:28,559 at number one in the world. 152 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 3: Now after all that off, after. 153 00:09:30,799 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 4: Trillions of dollars of investment, we're twenty second or twenty 154 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,240 third in the world. And it's just their plan. And 155 00:09:37,279 --> 00:09:39,200 if you attack it, oh, you're against education. 156 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 3: No I'm not. 157 00:09:39,919 --> 00:09:41,799 Speaker 4: I want our kids to be educated. I don't want 158 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,960 them full of this liberal garbage. And it's very tough 159 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,639 to get a majority of Republicans up here to you know, 160 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,919 they'll do it on election day, the day. 161 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:54,919 Speaker 3: Before the election, they're all about it. 162 00:09:55,159 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 4: Then they get up here and they settle in and 163 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,200 it's just And I'll give you another example. All rights 164 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,720 goos non government organizations. 165 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 3: They are anything but. 166 00:10:06,919 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 4: Non government organizations, completely funded by the government. 167 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 3: What happens is is there's. 168 00:10:12,159 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 4: A legitimate maybe a legitimate group that was formed during 169 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:20,440 George W. Bush's times or something, and they metamorphosize into 170 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:25,879 different things. But they you see a billionaire put a 171 00:10:25,919 --> 00:10:29,159 million dollars into one of these groups, and then then 172 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,879 some unelected bureaucrats sees that and it's got a great name, 173 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,679 you know, feed the children, and they will literally fund 174 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,200 those things. And you've got members of Congress whose wives 175 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:43,000 and or girlfriends work for these organizations. And then where 176 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,279 are we at. We're at it elon Musk. They've probably 177 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,840 stolen over a trillion dollars, and I have no reason 178 00:10:48,879 --> 00:10:52,279 to doubt that after since I'm then the chairman of 179 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:56,559 the Doge Subcommittee, and which I've told people it's the 180 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:01,279 committee you go to die on because because both parties 181 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,960 do not like what we're talking about. But you know, 182 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,039 I'm pretty sure somewhere in the bows of leadership there 183 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:11,360 is a lot of hatred towards the things that we're 184 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,120 going to uncover and that we've already started talking about. 185 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,399 Because I'm going to bring legislation. It's not going to 186 00:11:16,399 --> 00:11:19,799 just be some wrestling match on television. It's going to 187 00:11:19,799 --> 00:11:23,159 be a full force committee and we're going to bring 188 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:26,519 legislation forward and I'm going to sponsor it, and I've 189 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:29,799 stated and I will publicly embarrass the chairman who try 190 00:11:29,879 --> 00:11:31,159 to stop that legislation. 191 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:40,039 Speaker 1: We hear a lot, especially online, about conservatives attacking other conservatives. 192 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:43,840 Sometimes it even seems like conservatives are fighting each other 193 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,039 more than they fight the left. That's where the new 194 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:51,600 podcast Conservative Crossroads with Henry Olsen, Senior Fellow at the 195 00:11:51,639 --> 00:11:56,200 Ethics and Public Policy Center comes in. It doesn't shy 196 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:00,519 away from these disputes, it leans into them. 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Download Conservative Crossroads from 205 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,879 our partner Ricochet or any platform where you get your podcast. 206 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:47,399 Conservatism is at a crossroads, which is why all conservatives 207 00:12:47,799 --> 00:12:58,080 need Conservative Crossroads listen today. That is good because, as 208 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:04,159 you mentioned before, the account is continuously growing higher. It 209 00:13:04,279 --> 00:13:08,000 is continuously more and more untenable, and we are continuing 210 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,320 to put that on the backs of our grandchildren and 211 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:15,679 our grandchildren's grandchildren, and that is an absolute sin. But 212 00:13:15,759 --> 00:13:20,159 here is the question, Congressman, and that is we talked 213 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,279 a little bit about it before we started recording this podcast, 214 00:13:23,879 --> 00:13:27,799 and that is what's the alternative. And I think maybe 215 00:13:27,799 --> 00:13:35,519 the better question is do self satisfied Republicans rhinos whatever 216 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,960 you want to call them, sinos conservatives and name only 217 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,759 I don't know. I don't know what term you want 218 00:13:42,759 --> 00:13:44,879 to use. You can use any one of those. But 219 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:51,159 have they gotten comfortable with the idea? Maybe it's delusion 220 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,799 of the question what is the alternative? Because I want 221 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:58,919 I want to play a little clip here. It is 222 00:13:59,039 --> 00:14:03,960 audio from the House DHS Department of Homeland Security Committee 223 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:10,840 hearing where you have these grand standing, lying, demonizing Democrats 224 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:19,360 just hammering the hell out of federal immigration enforcement officers. 225 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:23,279 People who are sworn to uphold the laws of the land. 226 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,679 People are constantly breaking the laws of the land to 227 00:14:27,799 --> 00:14:30,960 assault them, to threaten them, and they got to deal 228 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,600 with this stuff. But this is an exchange between a guy, 229 00:14:34,639 --> 00:14:37,399 I know you're quite familiar with, a guy who has 230 00:14:37,639 --> 00:14:44,279 higher political aspirations. That is Eric Swallwell of California, who 231 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:50,320 has a penchant for Chinese spies apparently. But he gets 232 00:14:50,399 --> 00:14:53,639 up there and has a picture of one of the 233 00:14:53,639 --> 00:14:58,960 biggest falsehoods that corporate media has perpetuated on the public, 234 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,120 and that is that five. 235 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 3: Year old kid. 236 00:15:02,279 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: It was a legal immigrant, you know, father who abandoned 237 00:15:05,279 --> 00:15:08,240 him out in the field as he ran away from 238 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:12,600 ice agents. And this Swallwell is up there. Well, here, 239 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:18,720 let's have the exchange between Swallwell and DHS Undersecretary Lions. 240 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 2: If you're staying on to lead ICE as a decision, 241 00:15:22,039 --> 00:15:25,759 and I've read your background, you have a decorated career, 242 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:29,639 You've served in the military. You are what I would 243 00:15:29,639 --> 00:15:33,759 call otherwise employable. I think most people would agree this 244 00:15:33,799 --> 00:15:37,600 is not the only job that you can get. But 245 00:15:37,679 --> 00:15:42,080 since you've been on this job, women have been dragged by. 246 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:43,399 Speaker 3: Their hair through our streets. 247 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 2: A six year old child battling stage four cancer has 248 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,360 been deported and it turns out he was a US citizen. 249 00:15:50,879 --> 00:15:55,279 People are running through the fields where they work, people 250 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,399 who've gone to the streets as allies have been shot 251 00:15:58,679 --> 00:16:03,080 in publicly acute to me, it's a decision to stay 252 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:07,799 on at this point, and considering your honorable service in 253 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,919 the past, and the dishonorable acts that those who have 254 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:15,759 worked for you have conducted, and the disgraceful statements that 255 00:16:15,799 --> 00:16:20,559 the leadership above you have said, you now have a decision. 256 00:16:21,639 --> 00:16:23,840 Will you stand with the kids who you're supposed to 257 00:16:23,879 --> 00:16:28,320 protect or will you side with the killers bringing terror 258 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,120 to our streets? Mister Lyons, will you resign from ICE? 259 00:16:32,879 --> 00:16:34,039 Speaker 3: No? Sorry? Well why not? 260 00:16:34,759 --> 00:16:36,919 Speaker 4: Because so that child that you're showing right there, the 261 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:38,759 men and women advice took care of him when his 262 00:16:38,759 --> 00:16:40,120 father abandoned him in ram. 263 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 3: Time has expired. 264 00:16:42,399 --> 00:16:46,240 Speaker 1: So I got to ask you, having heard this, what's 265 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,519 going on in the Hill today? What do you what 266 00:16:49,559 --> 00:16:55,120 do you think? Because the Democrats in this country, they 267 00:16:55,159 --> 00:16:58,679 are so out of touch with the average American. Yet 268 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:04,119 do you have this narrative about you know, nasty ice 269 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,279 and all of these sorts of things. And of course 270 00:17:07,279 --> 00:17:10,440 it's all pushed by these posers like Swallowell. 271 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, they're they're just lying and they call it. 272 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,839 Speaker 4: And thank goodness Trump's people have gotten the green light 273 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,000 to call them out on that, because I mean, clearly 274 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:22,319 when when he when he said all that, and then 275 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,759 the director came back and said, yeah, we were. We 276 00:17:24,799 --> 00:17:27,240 took care of that kid while his dad ran off 277 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,519 and left him. And I think that that that needs 278 00:17:30,559 --> 00:17:32,839 to be said, and we got to quit taking it 279 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,119 from these folks, especially when they lie about us they 280 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:36,680 get I. 281 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,039 Speaker 3: Got into it with a Democrat. 282 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 4: I tweeted something about on my ex at Tim Burchett account, 283 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:46,519 and I said, you know she's lying, this is and 284 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:49,359 I explained why she came up to me on the 285 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,880 house floor was literally almost tears in her eyes. And 286 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,359 she said, why'd you say that? And I said, because 287 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:58,920 she lied, That's why I said, Yeah, but you can't. 288 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,119 I thought we were friends. And I'm like, now we're 289 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,279 still friends. Use a liar, and you know it, just 290 00:18:06,039 --> 00:18:10,119 it just drives me crazy when we don't call these 291 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:13,599 people out and we let their lives stand. Because that 292 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:17,480 was his perfect little segue into whatever. 293 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 3: He was more lies, and the director dropped. 294 00:18:21,079 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 4: Him like a bad habit with that. I think he 295 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:24,759 got it him right there. 296 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:28,079 Speaker 1: He really did, and we have seen that over and 297 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:33,400 over again from Lions. He's excellent at what he does. 298 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:33,759 Speaker 3: On that. 299 00:18:33,759 --> 00:18:37,519 Speaker 1: There are a lot of good Trump administration officials who 300 00:18:37,599 --> 00:18:41,200 really do fight back and bite back. I think of 301 00:18:41,759 --> 00:18:46,279 the Treasury Secretary, who is one of the best at that, 302 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:51,920 of course, But what is the message now that Americans 303 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,200 are really getting because there's so much noise out there, 304 00:18:55,920 --> 00:19:01,480 and the accomplish media also has a great deal because 305 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:07,279 it rightly feels that it is under attack by the 306 00:19:07,319 --> 00:19:12,359 president and the administration. It feels that way, but what 307 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:17,640 they're really feeling is accountability. Just like the people in 308 00:19:17,799 --> 00:19:21,839 the old Biden Justice Department that weaponize the Department of Justice. 309 00:19:23,079 --> 00:19:25,839 We get Democrats pointing fingers and saying, well, Trump is 310 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,240 weaponizing the Department of Justice and he's going after his 311 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:34,599 political enemies. They confuse accountability with a vendetta. And I'm 312 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,920 just curious what your folks in Tennessee are seeing, and 313 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,440 what do you think folks around the country are really seeing. 314 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 3: I think they're angry. 315 00:19:44,319 --> 00:19:52,279 Speaker 4: They saw four years of unchecked, unconstitutional activity, and you know, 316 00:19:52,319 --> 00:19:56,400 the Democrats are calling it out as revenge and it's 317 00:19:56,519 --> 00:19:59,880 not even a retribution, it's just justice because you know, 318 00:20:00,039 --> 00:20:04,039 and they've they arrested many Trump allies, you know, in 319 00:20:04,079 --> 00:20:06,200 the middle of the night, and CNN was out there 320 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:06,759 watching it. 321 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 3: That was very clear to America what went on. 322 00:20:09,759 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 4: And then when they elected Kamala and to her off 323 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:15,960 or you know, if you didn't really elect her. 324 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,079 Speaker 3: She never won an election. 325 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 4: She just got appointed as the as the candidate, and 326 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:24,880 they took it away from Joe Biden. They you know, 327 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,599 they had no leg to stand on. And I think 328 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,000 the people in Tennessee see that they see the dishonesty 329 00:20:30,039 --> 00:20:33,960 of this of the former administration, and they wish Congress 330 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:37,839 would do more and I'm very frustrated with Congress because 331 00:20:38,279 --> 00:20:42,880 we've got we've been given so many opportunities from from 332 00:20:43,319 --> 00:20:49,279 codifying executive orders to legislation, and we we you know, 333 00:20:49,319 --> 00:20:55,039 we're we're six weeks behind on everything, on the polling, 334 00:20:55,119 --> 00:21:00,200 on everything, and our messaging needs to improve. We've got 335 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,880 to improve on our messaging. That's that's where we're getting killed. 336 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,079 I think I think we've done some good things. I 337 00:21:06,079 --> 00:21:08,240 think there's some great stuff in the big beautiful bill, 338 00:21:08,559 --> 00:21:12,119 people paying less taxes, you know, And I'm and people 339 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:13,920 around the district. 340 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,559 Speaker 3: Are very happy about where the where the economy is go. 341 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:20,599 Speaker 4: And we've got some We've got to to circle a 342 00:21:20,599 --> 00:21:22,839 few wagons though we've got it. There's some stuff we 343 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:24,640 need to take care of. But that's what we should 344 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,599 be doing. Instead, we're gonna we're going to blow another 345 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:33,160 week up here, and and I'm afraid we're going to 346 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,759 you know, we focus on one thing. They always want 347 00:21:35,759 --> 00:21:38,559 to focus on one bill, and America's ready. 348 00:21:38,599 --> 00:21:39,079 Speaker 3: We need to. 349 00:21:39,079 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 4: Rapid fire because that's what the Democrats do to us. 350 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,359 They hit us with a bunch of stuff and we're 351 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:47,680 responding to to one or two and they're already on 352 00:21:47,759 --> 00:21:51,359 four or five, and so I think we've we've got 353 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,319 to pick up our game in that respect, and it 354 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:57,079 goes back. I can't tell you enough about how important 355 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,720 messaging is to the American public with the Internet and 356 00:21:59,759 --> 00:22:00,519 what's going on. 357 00:22:00,559 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 3: You know. 358 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 4: I was arguing with somebody yesterday about they were talking 359 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,880 about the importance of local television and how that they're 360 00:22:08,559 --> 00:22:11,000 you know, if we can we can talk to them 361 00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:13,200 and they're on our side. I said, well, no, they're not. 362 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,599 They're owned by the same people that are trashing us 363 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:15,880 at the. 364 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,039 Speaker 3: National level exactly, you know. 365 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 4: And it was just I was like, holy cow, this 366 00:22:20,519 --> 00:22:23,640 guy's got a million dollars you know, they got millions 367 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,440 of dollars in this in this organization, and they're not 368 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:30,160 They don't they don't get it. They don't get that 369 00:22:30,279 --> 00:22:32,799 the media hates our guys. And these young kids they're 370 00:22:32,839 --> 00:22:36,519 bringing up are just little young socialists or Marxists that 371 00:22:36,559 --> 00:22:38,359 are involved in the media and they're just wanting to 372 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,240 stick it to somebody because that's all they know, that's 373 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:46,359 all taught. And I was I left very frustrated from 374 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,799 that meetings, as I do a lot of them. But 375 00:22:48,839 --> 00:22:51,920 these people should have known better and and they're you know, 376 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,599 they're still wanting us to my billboards when you know 377 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:01,720 the the the media is right there in your cell phone, 378 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:04,519 and we can control that, and we could just get 379 00:23:04,519 --> 00:23:05,559 our messaging down. 380 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,799 Speaker 1: We could we could educate the public to what's really 381 00:23:08,839 --> 00:23:12,400 going on. Oh, that messaging question is I couldn't agree 382 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,839 with you more. It's uh. That is a real problem 383 00:23:16,319 --> 00:23:19,039 for the GOP and the Republicans. And there are too 384 00:23:19,079 --> 00:23:22,519 many who still believe that the New York Times is 385 00:23:22,599 --> 00:23:25,519 going to give them a break, is going to give 386 00:23:25,599 --> 00:23:27,079 them fair coverage. 387 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, and I tell you a quick story about that 388 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,759 if I couldn't want to. When I was mayor in 389 00:23:33,839 --> 00:23:39,160 Knox County, I was I was fighting a bunch I'm 390 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,000 always was always fighting the big boys, the chambers of commerce, 391 00:23:42,039 --> 00:23:44,880 who are not our friends, who endorsed a bunch of 392 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:49,279 pelosis people. And that's why they ended up back in 393 00:23:49,319 --> 00:23:52,000 the majority of a while back. And they we we 394 00:23:52,079 --> 00:23:54,880 just now recently took it from him. My father was 395 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,400 a World War Two marine. He was down at the 396 00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,359 nursing home and he was dying. I mean he would 397 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,480 he'd meet Jesus face to face. Just in a few 398 00:24:02,559 --> 00:24:05,519 weeks after this and he had had a massive stroke 399 00:24:05,559 --> 00:24:08,079 and he couldn't talk very well, but he could grunt out, 400 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,720 and Mama and I understood what he was saying, and 401 00:24:10,759 --> 00:24:14,960 I said, I said, he grunted out of that. And 402 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,759 I walked in there because I was mayor and I 403 00:24:16,839 --> 00:24:20,240 was fighting, and there was editorial cartoons and front page 404 00:24:20,319 --> 00:24:23,319 articles attacking me and all this stuff. And he said, 405 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,319 and I'll never forget this. He said, are they after 406 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:27,160 you again, buddy? 407 00:24:27,759 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 3: And I said, yeah, Daddy, they are. 408 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:31,400 Speaker 4: And then I said, and then he said, do you 409 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:35,200 really want that bunch for you? I thought, wow, that 410 00:24:35,319 --> 00:24:38,480 is a very profound statement. And I'm going to say that. 411 00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:40,799 And I've thought about that many times when I'm getting 412 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:44,400 busted on CNN or I'm getting busted New York Times 413 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,119 or whatever whoever. 414 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 3: And I think about that, because no, I do not 415 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,039 want that bunch for me. 416 00:24:52,319 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 4: And when they're for you, that means you're on the wrong. 417 00:24:55,839 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 3: Side of that issue. 418 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:01,039 Speaker 4: And that's exactly what's happening with our people. They think, 419 00:25:01,279 --> 00:25:04,880 you know, and then they'll do some moderate to liberal 420 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:08,920 editorial or something, and you know, somebody will say something 421 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,079 nice about them, and they think, oh gosh, this is 422 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:17,599 great reality as you just sold yourself to them. 423 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 5: How has consumer confidence fallen to the lowest level in 424 00:25:20,799 --> 00:25:23,519 over a decade? Watched Out on Wall Street podcast with 425 00:25:23,599 --> 00:25:26,799 Chris Markowski. Every day Chris helps unpack the connection between 426 00:25:26,799 --> 00:25:29,240 politics and the economy and how it affects your wallet. 427 00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:32,200 The media income is eighty four thousand dollars, but people 428 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,680 feel like they need one hundred and thirty thousand just 429 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,319 to feel like they're getting ahead. Until housing and insurance 430 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,359 costs go down, will there be more of the same. 431 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,519 Whether it's happening in DC or down on Wall Street, 432 00:25:41,519 --> 00:25:42,720 it's affecting you financially. 433 00:25:42,799 --> 00:25:43,319 Speaker 3: Be informed. 434 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 5: Check out the watch Dot on Wall Street podcast with 435 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:50,480 Chris Markowski on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. 436 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 1: The gush all over that kind of rare applause, if 437 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:03,000 you will, or at least tolerance from the you know, 438 00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:06,759 the tolerance, the so called tolerance group, the coexist group, 439 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,920 and you know, I think, with a context and perspective, 440 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,720 the fact that your your dad was so close to 441 00:26:14,839 --> 00:26:20,799 meeting Jesus, what an important last life lesson that he 442 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:25,079 gave you that I think was sent directly from the Lord. Yes, 443 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,880 and I think that was that's something we all should heed. 444 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,680 Just a final quick question for you. I know you've 445 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,799 got to get back to the floor and back to work, 446 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,720 but back to the Save Act. What do you think 447 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:42,279 of the talking filibuster? And what are you hearing from 448 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:47,400 the usual suspects in the Senate, the likes of Susan 449 00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:53,200 Collins from Maine or Lisa Murkowski from Alaska. I'm hearing 450 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,720 some other senators are They don't They don't want to go. 451 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 3: Through this battle. 452 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,279 Speaker 1: What do you think of it all? 453 00:26:59,000 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 2: Now? 454 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 3: They don't and they turned their back on America. 455 00:27:02,079 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 4: Is what they've done again. Twelve percent of the population. 456 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,599 These people need to be primary and but I. 457 00:27:07,599 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 3: Doubt they will. 458 00:27:08,279 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 4: If they are, it'll be such a small amount, and 459 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:14,759 the party will support them because they don't want to. 460 00:27:15,279 --> 00:27:17,599 Speaker 3: They want to expensive prime. They don't want to, you know, 461 00:27:17,839 --> 00:27:18,599 they want to keep. 462 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 4: Them strong and and uh, you know, people'd rather they'd 463 00:27:24,319 --> 00:27:26,240 rather reign in hell than serve in heaven. 464 00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 3: I think. 465 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 4: And that's that's part of the problem up here. And 466 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,240 nothing changes. You know, we waste a bunch of money 467 00:27:33,319 --> 00:27:36,880 on some of this. What our side does I think 468 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,279 on military spending? And they waste a ton of it 469 00:27:40,319 --> 00:27:44,519 a lot more actually on whatte stuff all over the world, 470 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,720 and we're still spending the same money. 471 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 3: And everybody just wants to be in power. 472 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 4: And they they liked the entourage, they like the suburbans, 473 00:27:56,039 --> 00:27:58,039 I like going to the front of the line. They like, 474 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:02,000 you know, at the music events, the sporting events, sitting 475 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,440 in the skybox and all the beautiful people come by 476 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:10,720 and kissing their hand. And it's got to stop. We've 477 00:28:10,759 --> 00:28:13,519 got to start addressing this. We can do better. We've 478 00:28:13,559 --> 00:28:15,359 got the power to do that, and it's at that 479 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:20,200 ballot box. But currently there's no real effort to educate 480 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:24,319 people or to register people. And we and we always 481 00:28:24,759 --> 00:28:27,200 get mad at the Democrats because they know how to 482 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,200 play the game, you know. 483 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,319 Speaker 3: They do the the after. 484 00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 4: Vote thing and all that, and we don't know that's 485 00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:35,079 went on dirty our hands, well, that gum, and it's 486 00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:38,799 the rules. And I remind all my conservative Christian folks, 487 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,680 Jesus didn't ask them to leave the temple. 488 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 3: That gummy threw them out. And it's by force. 489 00:28:43,759 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 4: And we better start paying attention because we they're just 490 00:28:48,359 --> 00:28:50,880 it is slipping away as fast as it is you 491 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:51,960 can imagine. 492 00:28:51,599 --> 00:28:54,559 Speaker 1: Right now, and time to throw out the money lenders 493 00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:59,319 first and foremost on that side of things in the Temple. 494 00:28:59,359 --> 00:29:04,160 And and just to put an exclamation point on all 495 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:09,799 of that, if you can't get this Save Act or 496 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,559 Save America Act, whatever it's going to finally be, I 497 00:29:13,599 --> 00:29:17,359 do believe you're going to see Democrats twenty twenty style 498 00:29:17,519 --> 00:29:23,319 election administration. And you know well what that means for repositors. Yeah, yes, 499 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:27,880 well we will keep watching. As always, much appreciated to 500 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:32,920 your time and your perspective from the sewer. We very 501 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,720 much appreciate that. Thank you, brother, you bet thanks to 502 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:40,039 my guest today, Representative Tim Burchett. You've been listening to 503 00:29:40,079 --> 00:29:43,000 another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour. I'm Matt Kittle, 504 00:29:43,079 --> 00:29:46,720 Senior Elections correspondent at the Federalist. We'll be back soon 505 00:29:46,759 --> 00:29:50,880 with more. Until then, stay lovers of freedom, anxious for 506 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:51,279 the frame. 507 00:29:58,119 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 3: Hearn the fab easier, and then it faded away. 508 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:09,359 Speaker 4: Mm hmm