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What's the Objective in Iran? plus New DHS Secretary & Big Texas Primaries · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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Speaker 1: Welcome. It is verdicuous. Center.
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Speaker 2: Ted Cruz ben Ferguson with you as well, and if
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Speaker 1: We've got a big show.
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Speaker 2: We got a lot to talk about, including election night
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Speaker 2: in America. You've got big movements at the Department of
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Speaker 2: Holme Security, and some really interesting news that deals with
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Speaker 2: Iran well.
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Speaker 3: And we're going to start with Iran. What is happening
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Speaker 3: in the military conflict with Iran. America is having incredible
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Speaker 3: success taking out Iran's military forces, their ability to use
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Speaker 3: missiles and drones to murder their neighbors, to murder Americans.
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Speaker 3: We're going to break down exactly where things stand and
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Speaker 3: where they're likely to go. We're also going to do
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Speaker 3: some analysis of, in particular, the impact that cutting off
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Speaker 3: the flow of oil from Iran and from Venezuela is
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Speaker 3: having on China, which is one of the most significant
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Speaker 3: consequences of what's unfolding. We're going to break that down
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Speaker 3: for you. We're going to talk in addition about the
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Speaker 3: big news that broke this week, which is that we're
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Speaker 3: going to have a new Secretary of the Department of
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Speaker 3: Homeland Security. President Trump announced that Christy Nome is no
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Speaker 3: longer going to be the Secretary of DHS, and inner
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Speaker 3: place is going to be Mark Wayne Mullen the Center
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Speaker 3: and what to expect next. And finally, we're going to
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Speaker 1: Talk about where we are With.
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Speaker 2: IRAN i got to SAY i am incredibly impressed with
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Speaker 2: The trump, administration The department Of war and just the
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Speaker 2: leadership and the, bravery but also the, Planning like it
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Speaker 2: is really incredible to see just how, powerful how, accurate
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Speaker 2: and how good our intelligence has been obviously Sharing israel
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Speaker 2: back and forth intelligence taking out not just The ietolia
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Speaker 2: but virtually everyone around him at this, point that is
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Speaker 2: a job you don't, want by the, way because every
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Speaker 2: time they keep naming a new, person we take him
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Speaker 2: out within, minutes if not, hours of them being named
3:45
Speaker 2: to their new. Job this is a big display of
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Speaker 2: What america can do.
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Speaker 3: Well there's no doubt that our military has been incredibly,
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Speaker 3: effective you. KNOW i will, say as we're now just
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Speaker 3: about a week into the attack On, iran there are
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Speaker 3: people who are asking what is our? Objective and it
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Speaker 3: has been less than transparently clear to a fair number
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Speaker 3: of folks what it is we're trying to. ACCOMPLISH i
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Speaker 3: want to be very clear what it is that we're
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Speaker 3: trying to. Accomplish iran is a profound national security threat
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Speaker 3: to The United. States the regime In iran for forty
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Speaker 3: seven years has been the number one state funder of
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Speaker 3: terrorism in the. World for forty seven, Years iran has
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Speaker 3: provided ninety percent of the funding TO, amas ninety percent
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Speaker 3: of the funding To, hesbela ninety percent of the funding
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Speaker 3: to The. Huthis they have killed to date nearly one Thousand.
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Speaker 3: Americans The, iyatola when he was still, alive would lead
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Speaker 3: mobs chanting death To. America The iyatola twice hired hit
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Speaker 3: men to try to Murder President Donald. Trump The president
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Speaker 3: On saturday made the decision to go, in to go
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Speaker 3: in with overwhelming force and to take out The, ayatola
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Speaker 3: to take out this. Regime what's the? Objective let me
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Speaker 3: be very, Clear the objective is regime. Collapse it is
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Speaker 3: taking this government. Out The ayatola was eliminated the first.
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Speaker 3: Day much of His national Security, council the top, leadership
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Speaker 3: was eliminated the first day they were meeting. Together israel
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Speaker 3: took them out with a targeted, bombing and they're. Gone moving,
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Speaker 3: forward our objectives likewise are taking Out iran's short range
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Speaker 3: and medium range missiles and their drone. Capacity now right, Now,
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Speaker 3: iran we just had a very lengthy classified briefing this,
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Speaker 3: week SO i heard from the senior administration officials on
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Speaker 3: all of these. Issues iran has been producing roughly one
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Speaker 3: hundred missiles a, month and one of the reasons that
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Speaker 3: the administration acted now is you, look so today we
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Speaker 3: have SIX us servicemen and women who'd been killed if
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Speaker 3: we had. Delayed iran was building so many, Missiles iran
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Speaker 3: was building so many drones that an attack at a
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Speaker 3: later date would have likely resulted in substantially MORE us.
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Speaker 2: Casualties, yeah AND i think a lot of people didn't
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Speaker 2: understand how close they were actually doing.
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Speaker 3: That, yeah, Listen, iran in the course of the nuclear
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Speaker 3: negotiations had told our negotiators that they had uranium and
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Speaker 3: enrich uranium sufficient to produce eleven nuclear. Bombs and their,
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Speaker 3: INTENTION i, believe was to develop nuclear. Weapons and to be, honest,
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Speaker 3: look they wanted nuclear. WEAPONS i think if they had
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Speaker 3: had nuclear, weapons they would have used nuclear. Weapons the
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Speaker 3: risk was unacceptable that The, iotola when the guy routinely
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Speaker 3: screams death To. America if there's one principle of, geopolitics
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Speaker 3: it's when someone tells you they want to kill you believe. Them,
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Speaker 3: yeah The iyatola and The Iotola. Kamene by the, way
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Speaker 3: his predecessor was The Iatola. Komene their names are really.
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Speaker 3: Similar they're different. Dudes they're both theocratic lunatics who Hated
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Speaker 3: american and they both have killed vast numbers Of America.
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Speaker 3: Americans they have been waging war AGAINST us for forty seven.
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Speaker 3: Years and as you, KNOW i spent virtually the entire
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Speaker 3: day On friday right before this war launched With President.
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Speaker 3: TRUMP i was On Air force one with. HIM i
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Speaker 3: was in the beast riding one on one with, him
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Speaker 3: and we spent most of that time talking About. Iran
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Speaker 3: it was right before he issued the go order AND
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Speaker 3: i was urging. HIM i, said this regime has never
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Speaker 3: been more, fragile never been more. Vulnerable do not let
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Speaker 3: this opportunity. Pass take them out, now because there is very,
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Speaker 3: little if, anything we can do in the global stage
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Speaker 3: that will IMPROVE us national security more taking out The iranian.
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Speaker 3: Regime this will Make americans. Safer Donald trump, agreed and
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Speaker 3: the actor.
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Speaker 2: SATOR i want to get back into what we're talking
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Speaker 2: about With.
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Speaker 1: IRAN a moment.
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Speaker 2: Ago the objective question has been a really important one
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Speaker 2: and an important. Response there are a lot of conservatives
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Speaker 2: that are worried about getting into a never ending. War
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Speaker 2: there's a lot of people that will never get my
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Speaker 2: generation of that evidence that was put before THE un
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Speaker 2: about why we should go Into iraq and we found
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Speaker 2: out that intelligence was, well basically, crap and there's people
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Speaker 2: that worry that we're going to get into another situation like.
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Speaker 2: That i'm not worried about. THAT i think The president's
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Speaker 2: been very clear by his objective, here AND i want
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Speaker 2: you to talk more about it BECAUSE i think there's
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Speaker 2: a lot of people that have those questions for good.
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Speaker 3: Reason the objective is very, simple to collapse this, regime
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Speaker 3: to take this regime out of. Power, NOW i will
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Speaker 3: say The trump administration has been a little bit cautious
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Speaker 3: and articulating, That AND i think the reason is they
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Speaker 3: are reluctant to say the words regime. Change and you
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Speaker 3: just highlighted, why because regime change brings back The Iraq
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Speaker 3: war brings Back GEORGE. W bush and a lot of bad. Experiences,
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Speaker 3: now let me be, CLEAR i think The Iraq war
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Speaker 3: was a. Mistake i've been very. Clear i've been on
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Speaker 3: the record for that for more than a decade that
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Speaker 3: The Iraq war was a. Mistake that being, said The
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Speaker 3: Iraq war was a mistake because we went In Saddam,
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Speaker 3: hussein who was an evil, dictator was murdering his own,
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Speaker 3: people he was killing. Terrorists we came, in we Toppled Saddam,
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Speaker 3: hussein the terrorists took. Over they began Killing. Americans it
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Speaker 3: Made america less. Safe by the, way we did the
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Speaker 3: same thing In. Libya kadafi was again an evil. Tyrant
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Speaker 3: he was murdering his own, citizens he was killing. Terrorists
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Speaker 3: we came in and toppled. Him the terrorists took over
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Speaker 3: began Killing. AMERICANS i don't believe we should do something
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Speaker 3: that results in More americans being at. Risk this is
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Speaker 3: a qualitatively different. Situation The iatola and The mullahs have
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Speaker 3: effectively declared war on The United. States they have been
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Speaker 3: waging more actively Killing americans for forty seven. Years they
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Speaker 3: have been funding terrorists Killing americans for forty seven. Years
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Speaker 3: and so removing, radical, theocratic homicidal and genostidal maniacs from
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Speaker 3: power Makes america substantially. Safer that's what the administration is.
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Speaker 3: Doing they haven't necessarily articulated that the objective is regime.
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Speaker 3: Collapse what they've talked about is they've, said we want
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Speaker 3: to take out the short range, missiles the medium range,
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Speaker 3: missiles the, drones the drone manufacturing, capacity the missile manufacturing.
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Speaker 3: Capacity all of that is. Right but, look there are
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Speaker 3: lots of countries On earth that have short range and
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Speaker 3: medium range. Missiles france has short range and medium range.
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Speaker 3: Missiles we're not Bombing france right. Now Why Because france
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Speaker 3: is not led by theocratic lunatics who want to murder.
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Speaker 3: Us the reason we're acting Against iran is the, government
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Speaker 3: The iyahtola who's no longer with. Us thank, you And
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Speaker 3: i'm very glad he went to meet his seventy two.
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Speaker 3: Virgins i'm sure he is deeply dismayed when he discovers
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Speaker 3: that all seventy two of his virgins Are Nick. Fuenttez
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Speaker 3: i'm sure that that is not what he, anticipated. Hah
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Speaker 3: but It the reason we are acting is because the
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Speaker 3: leadership of this country has been trying to and has
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Speaker 3: been in fact Killing. Americans AND i want you to
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Speaker 3: listen To President trump when he talks about number. ONE
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Speaker 3: i want you to listen To President trump when he
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Speaker 3: talks about the successes we've.
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Speaker 1: Had give a.
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Speaker 4: Listen and before we, BEGIN i THINK i will say
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Speaker 4: a few words about what's going on with respect to
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Speaker 4: our operation in the country Of. Iran The United states,
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Speaker 4: military together with the Wonderful israeli, partners continues to totally
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Speaker 4: demolish the, enemy far ahead of schedule and at levels
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Speaker 4: that people have never seen. Before, actually we're destroying more
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Speaker 4: Of iran's missiles and drone capability every single, hour knocking
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Speaker 4: him out like nobody thought it was. Possible as soon
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Speaker 4: as they off a, missile within four, minutes the launcher
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Speaker 4: gets hit they don't know what's. Happening but we have
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Speaker 4: the greatest military anywhere in the. World their navy is,
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Speaker 4: gone twenty four ships in three. Days that's a lot of.
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Speaker 4: Ships they're anti aircraft weapons are, gone so they have
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Speaker 4: no air, force they have no air. Defense all of
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Speaker 4: their airplanes are, gone the communications are, gone missiles are,
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Speaker 4: gone launches are, gone about sixty and sixty four. Respectively
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Speaker 4: other than, that they're doing quite. WELL i, said what's.
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Speaker 4: Left but they're tough and they want to, fight and they're.
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Speaker 4: Calling they're, saying how do we make a? DEAL i,
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Speaker 4: said you're being a little bit, late and we want
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Speaker 4: to fight now more than they. Do we've had seven,
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Speaker 4: years depending on the way you count, it but forty
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Speaker 4: seven years of horror with this. Group and you know
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Speaker 4: when you see somebody walking down the street without their,
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Speaker 4: legs without the, arms whose faces so badly affected and,
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Speaker 4: hurt it mostly came from Nine solemony And, iran and
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Speaker 4: we are the presidents lived with.
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Speaker 1: IT i didn't live with.
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Speaker 4: It and so our people are doing a great job,
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Speaker 4: again the greatest military any one's scene.
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Speaker 1: CENTER i love.
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Speaker 2: That he just is so proper. Military but let's go
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Speaker 2: back to the oil part as, well which is really.
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Speaker 3: Important so one of the critical pieces of this that
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Speaker 3: many people don't realize is that between going After maduro
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Speaker 3: And venezuela and going After, iran in addition to taking
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Speaker 3: out two very serious enemies Of, America President trump is
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Speaker 3: also taking a serious step Against china because Both venezuela
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Speaker 3: And iran have been sending vast amounts of oil To.
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Speaker 3: China what percent Of iran's oil exports do you think
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Speaker 3: have historically gone To?
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Speaker 1: CHINA i got.
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Speaker 2: It i'm going to guess it's a significant amount because
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Speaker 2: they definitely need them as an.
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Speaker 3: Ally oh that was kind of a weasley, answer but
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Speaker 3: let me let me give you them more precise. Answer
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Speaker 3: that would be eighty seven point two percent Of iran's
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Speaker 3: oil export gone To. China what percent Of venezuela's do
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Speaker 3: you think when.
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Speaker 2: It's got to be say sixty percent, plus that's actually.
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Speaker 3: Pretty good fifty five point one. Percent so more than
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Speaker 3: half Of venezuela's and nearly ninety percent Of iran's have
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Speaker 3: gone To. China and so the effect of taking both
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Speaker 3: of these leaders out has been not only to reduce
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Speaker 3: the threats To, america but it has done a serious
15:53
Speaker 3: blow To china and their energy. Sources that makes a
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Speaker 3: big difference For.
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Speaker 1: Queer christyome got the boot this.
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Speaker 2: Week one of your colleagues is going to take over
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Speaker 2: At department Of home And, Security Mark Wayne.
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Speaker 1: MOHEN i want to get your take on all of.
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Speaker 3: That, well The president announced this week that he was
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Speaker 3: Removing Christy nome From secretary OF dhs and replacing her
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Speaker 3: with With Mark Wayne. MULLEN i have to say this
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Speaker 3: was not much of a surprise to anyone watching. Closely
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Speaker 3: Christy nome testified before The Senate Judiciary committee this. WEEK
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Speaker 3: i was part of that that. HEARING i questioned her
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Speaker 3: on it that the questioning was bumpy and and and
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Speaker 3: she Got The democrats of, course went after or, hard
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Speaker 3: but a number Of republicans went after her heart as.
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Speaker 3: Well AND i have to say one of those that
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Speaker 3: that was the most effective was my friend and colleague From,
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Speaker 3: Louisiana John. Kennedy john has been on this podcast and
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Speaker 3: he's someone who's a good friend of. MINE i want
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Speaker 3: to Play John kennedy's cross examination Of Christy nome because
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Speaker 3: this was this proved very consequential cross. Examination give a.
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Speaker 5: Listen how do you square that concern for, waste WHICH
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Speaker 5: i share with the fact that you have spent two
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Speaker 5: hundred and twenty million dollars running television advertisements that feature you. Prominently.
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Speaker 6: Sir The president tasked me with getting the message out
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Speaker 6: to the country and to other countries where we were
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Speaker 6: seeing the invasion come, from with putting commercials out that
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Speaker 6: told them that if they were in this country, illegally
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Speaker 6: that they needed to leave or we would detain them
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Speaker 6: and re move them and they not get the chance
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Speaker 6: to come back To america the right way that has
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Speaker 6: been extremely.
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Speaker 5: Effective ask you to run these, advertisements is that?
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Speaker 6: Right we had that. Conversation, yes BEFORE i was put
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Speaker 6: in this position and sworn in and confirmed and since
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Speaker 6: then as.
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Speaker 5: Well, okay did you did you bid at those service? Contracts,
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Speaker 5: yes they.
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Speaker 6: Did they went out to a competitive, bid and career
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Speaker 6: officials at the department chose who would do those advertising.
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Speaker 5: Commercials and the people that you ended up picking were
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Speaker 5: people who had formerly done your political work back in
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Speaker 5: shop To. Cote is that?
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Speaker 6: Right, no that's not, correct, Sir, no it's, not. Sir
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Speaker 6: the individuals WHO i, believe the careers who they chose
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Speaker 6: were two different media. Firms there's been conversation about their,
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Speaker 6: subcontractors but we have no legal authority to look into
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Speaker 6: subcontractors on work like.
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Speaker 5: That, Okay and you're saying that you're testifying That President
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Speaker 5: trump approved this ahead of, time Because i'm understanding.
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Speaker 6: We had conversations about making sure that we were telling.
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Speaker 5: People i'm asking you a short to, interrupt but The
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Speaker 5: president approved ahead of. Time you spending two hundred and
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Speaker 5: twenty million dollars RUNNING tv ads across the country in
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Speaker 5: which you are featured, Prominently, sir.
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Speaker 6: We went through the legal. Processes did it create the?
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Speaker 5: President? Yes he?
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Speaker 4: Did.
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Speaker 5: Yes.
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Speaker 6: Okay one Thing SENATOR i think would be helpful to
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Speaker 6: know is how effective that communications has been that got
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Speaker 6: overwhelming active.
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Speaker 5: In your name. RECOGNITION i, MEAN i, personally JUST i
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Speaker 5: mean to, me it puts The president in a terribly
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Speaker 5: awkward spot and that it AND i Just i'm not
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Speaker 5: saying you're not telling the. Truth it's just hard for
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Speaker 5: me to believe you on The president AS i do
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Speaker 5: that you, said Mister, president here's some Ads i've cut
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Speaker 5: And i'm going to spend two hundred and twenty million
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Speaker 5: dollars running them that he would have agreed. To THAT
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Speaker 5: i don't Think russ vote AT o AND b would
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Speaker 5: have agreed to. That it's something that we have to.
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Speaker 5: Defend i'm on The Appropriations. COMMITTEE i, mean my research
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Speaker 5: shows that you did not bid them, out that, you
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Speaker 5: in fact one of the people you picked The Strategy.
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Speaker 5: Group i'm. Sorry Save America media was a company formed
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Speaker 5: eleven days before you picked, them and that The Strategy
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Speaker 5: group got most of the money and the head of
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Speaker 5: that is to your former. Spokesperson i'm, look we all
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Speaker 5: have friends who are. Qualified i'm not quippling with. That
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Speaker 5: i'm just it troubles me quarter a fifth to a
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Speaker 5: quarter of a billion dollars of taxpayer money when when
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Speaker 5: we're scratching for every penny and we're fighting over recision.
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Speaker 5: PACKAGES i just can't agree With Madam. Secretary are you
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Speaker 5: still running those?
22:28
Speaker 3: Ads?
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Speaker 6: SENATOR i did not have anything to do with picking those.
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Speaker 6: CONTRACTORS i know politicals at The department Of Homeland security
22:36
Speaker 6: understand as followed the competitive bid process for. EVERYTHING i
22:42
Speaker 6: think the ads are due to end here In. MARCH
22:44
Speaker 6: i think within a. Week i'm not sure the one
22:48
Speaker 6: that is running is focusing on angel. Families have you
22:50
Speaker 6: seen that it is the one that's talking about this
22:52
Speaker 6: is our, why this is why we work every. Day
22:55
Speaker 6: it's for The angel families and they're victims.
22:59
Speaker 2: Center it was it was not not a good showing
23:02
Speaker 2: there for for. Her and you, know you're colleague There
23:06
Speaker 2: Senter kennedy asking. QUESTIONS i think a lot Of americans care.
23:09
Speaker 2: About The president's also come out saying she did not
23:11
Speaker 2: run this by him in the in the in the
23:13
Speaker 2: amount of money being spent, either that that also didn't
23:16
Speaker 2: work well for her.
23:17
Speaker 3: Either, well and and that that's something that that That
23:24
Speaker 3: John kennedy pointed. Out he said in the. Aftermath. Uh
23:29
Speaker 3: he said That President trump was quote mad as a murder,
23:34
Speaker 3: hornet That nome claimed he approved the two hundred million
23:38
Speaker 3: DOLLAR ads. Contract uh and and and, Listen john is
23:42
Speaker 3: a good friend of. MINE i talked to him today
23:46
Speaker 3: on The senate. Floor AND i just the number of
23:49
Speaker 3: nominees that his cross examinations have taken, out it is quite.
23:53
Speaker 3: Remarkable AND i think it Was John kennedy's cross examination
23:58
Speaker 3: that that that was pivotal in the decision to shift From. Christy.
24:03
Speaker 3: LOOK i LIKE christi. PERSONALLY i had dinner with with
24:06
Speaker 3: with her just a few weeks, ago AND i do
24:10
Speaker 3: think the results of The apartment Of Homeland security in
24:12
Speaker 3: terms of security in the border have been very. Effective
24:15
Speaker 3: uh and and so that that is. BENEFICIAL i Think
24:20
Speaker 3: John kennedy's line of questioning here was fair and and
24:24
Speaker 3: and it was it was incredibly. EFFECTIVE i also, think
24:30
Speaker 3: and we've talked about this on the podcast, before that
24:34
Speaker 3: the messaging from the, administration particularly following the shooting of
24:39
Speaker 3: two Different americans In, MINNEAPOLIS, uh that the messaging was
24:44
Speaker 3: was wrong and and it did real. Damage uh that
24:48
Speaker 3: that that THAT i think that the messaging Was, look
24:52
Speaker 3: anytime An american citizen is killed in a confrontation with law,
24:56
Speaker 3: enforcement it's a. Tragedy and and we should see our
25:00
Speaker 3: officials acknowledging it's a. Tragedy we should see our officials, saying,
25:04
Speaker 3: listen if there's an officer involved, shooting there's going to
25:07
Speaker 3: be an investigation where he'd examine what hammet happened and
25:10
Speaker 3: determine what exactly caused. It and, instead the rhetoric immediately.
25:17
Speaker 1: Leaped to.
25:19
Speaker 3: Really aggressive, rhetoric calling both of the individuals using language
25:25
Speaker 3: like terrorists and seeking mass. Murder and that was hard
25:30
Speaker 3: to square with the facts of what. OCCURRED i think
25:35
Speaker 3: that rhetoric did damage to the, administration AND i think
25:39
Speaker 3: it was one of the things that contributed to the
25:41
Speaker 3: decision of The president to shift From Christy domes as
25:47
Speaker 3: the leader Of Homeland. Security Mark Waynemullen Mark, Wayne i've
25:52
Speaker 3: served with him in The. Senate he's a good. Guy
25:57
Speaker 3: he's someone The president. TRUSTS i think he will be.
26:00
Speaker 3: CONFIRMED i think it will be a party line vote
26:02
Speaker 3: in The. Senate we may Get John, fetterman BUT i
26:07
Speaker 3: would be surprised if any Other democrat votes for. Him
26:09
Speaker 3: so my prediction is the vote On Mark waynemullen will
26:13
Speaker 3: be fifty four to forty. Six that forty Six democrats
26:17
Speaker 3: will vote. Now AND i Think Mark wayne look that
26:21
Speaker 3: there there are advantages to being an experienced elected. Official
26:25
Speaker 3: he was A house, member he's been A. Senator i'm
26:28
Speaker 3: hopeful that he will bring a level of professionalism and.
26:31
Speaker 3: Effectiveness the results of dhs have been quite, strong BUT
26:38
Speaker 3: i do THINK i do think that the testimony That
26:42
Speaker 3: Secretary nome gave it was not an easy day for,
26:47
Speaker 3: her AND i Think John Kennedy Tom tillis also led
26:49
Speaker 3: into her really. Hard BUT i think The kennedy cross
26:53
Speaker 3: examination was more, significant there's been quite a bit of
26:57
Speaker 3: reporting that The president was unhappy that she said that
27:01
Speaker 3: he knew about the ads she had, run and and
27:04
Speaker 3: AND i don't have independent knowledge of, that but BUT
27:07
Speaker 3: i don't have reason to doubt that. Reporting, yeah and so,
27:12
Speaker 3: look we need to secure our. Border we've had an
27:16
Speaker 3: incredible success rate doing so so, far And i'm hopeful
27:18
Speaker 3: that Bark Wade mullen coming, in we'll continue with that
27:21
Speaker 3: success and continue to keep our family.
27:23
Speaker 2: Safe it was election day On tuesday In. America it
27:28
Speaker 2: was a very big election day In. Texas. Uh there
27:31
Speaker 2: was certainly some upsets on The house. Side there was
27:33
Speaker 2: a lot of people around the country Watching Dan crinshaw's.
27:36
Speaker 2: Race he lost that race to someone that you. Endorsed
27:39
Speaker 2: that was a big. One that WAS i was on
27:42
Speaker 2: NATIONAL tv talking about over and over. Again and then
27:44
Speaker 2: there's obviously The senate race that's happening as. Well that's
27:47
Speaker 2: now gone into a runoff between two people that you know,
27:51
Speaker 2: well you're colleague in The senate and Also Ken, Paxson
27:55
Speaker 2: so we're gonna have to wait and see how that
27:56
Speaker 2: plays out as. Well but then there's also The Day
28:00
Speaker 2: democrat running against whoever wins that. Runoff and this is
28:04
Speaker 2: a guy That democrats are really excited. About he's, talented he's,
28:08
Speaker 2: radical he's, extreme but he comes across like a very
28:12
Speaker 2: moderate guy if you listen to him.
28:14
Speaker 3: Today, well we had primary day In texas this week
28:18
Speaker 3: and it was highly. Consequential Number, one there were a
28:20
Speaker 3: number Of house candidates WHO i endorsed who. Prevailed we
28:26
Speaker 3: had One Jessica, steinman who was my former regional director In.
28:30
Speaker 3: Houston she won decisively The republican. Primary she is going to,
28:35
Speaker 3: be in all, likelihood the Next republican congress member From.
28:39
Speaker 3: Houston we had Another Chris gober who's been my lawyer
28:43
Speaker 3: for ten. Years he won his primary. Decisively he's going
28:46
Speaker 3: to be a New republican congressman From Central. Texas we
28:50
Speaker 3: had Another John, bonk WHO i, endorsed who is a close.
28:55
Speaker 3: Friend he is the son in law of one of
28:58
Speaker 3: my closest friends in the, world who was who's been
29:01
Speaker 3: my national finance chairman for.
29:03
Speaker 2: Years but by the, way that was a fun. Night
29:05
Speaker 2: just just let's take a moment to talk about how
29:08
Speaker 2: fun that. Was so you were obviously in D. C
29:11
Speaker 2: BUT i went to the victory party And it's fun
29:13
Speaker 2: to see someone that you AND i know personally and
29:15
Speaker 2: a smile on your dear Friend willy's, face and Even
29:19
Speaker 2: heidi was there as well at your. Wife it was
29:21
Speaker 2: really a cool evening to see someone work hard and.
29:24
Speaker 2: WIN i know you had to have a really that
29:27
Speaker 2: had to feel personal to.
29:28
Speaker 3: You So, Willie Who's? Who's John bonk's father in law
29:32
Speaker 3: is one of my two or three closest friends on Planet.
29:35
Speaker 3: Earth AND i love. Him He's he's a good. Man
29:38
Speaker 3: he's a principled. Man he's a, conservative he's a godly.
29:41
Speaker 3: Man he's someone who FRANKLY i rely on for, advice
29:46
Speaker 3: for spiritual. Counseling we pray, together we talk, together and
29:50
Speaker 3: And John john is very likely to. Win he did
29:55
Speaker 3: not clear fifty, percent so unfortunately there's going to be a.
29:58
Speaker 3: Runoff BUT i think he's going to prove. VEIL i
30:00
Speaker 3: actually did a rally for him just a week. Ago
30:03
Speaker 3: in the middle of the, rally WHILE i had several
30:05
Speaker 3: hundred people there rallying for, HIM i got the chance
30:08
Speaker 3: to announce from the stage WHILE i was up there
30:11
Speaker 3: That President trump had endorsed. Him that was a very cool.
30:14
Speaker 3: Moment we knew it was likely to. COME i thought
30:17
Speaker 3: there was a chance That trump would call on the cell.
30:20
Speaker 3: Phone if he had, CALLED i would have put the
30:21
Speaker 3: cell phone up to the microphone and let him announce
30:23
Speaker 3: it to the whole. Crowd, INSTEAD i got to, announce
30:27
Speaker 3: and the crowd went. Nuts that was really gratifying to
30:30
Speaker 3: have three people who are two who are members of
30:35
Speaker 3: my team and have been, employees and another who's a
30:38
Speaker 3: very close. Friend to see three new likely members Of
30:41
Speaker 3: congress coming that that was a big. Deal we also
30:45
Speaker 3: Had Don haffein's WHO i endorsed for for comptroller in
30:48
Speaker 3: a statewide position In texas that won. Decisively that was
30:52
Speaker 3: a big. Victory and then you Noted Dan. Crenshaw, look
30:57
Speaker 3: in my fourteen years in The, SENATE i almost never
31:02
Speaker 3: endorse Against republican. Incumbents and there's a reason if you're
31:07
Speaker 3: serving in The, senate if you're working In, congress if
31:10
Speaker 3: you're endorsing against your, colleagues it makes it very hard
31:13
Speaker 3: to get anything done like that makes lifelong, enemies and
31:17
Speaker 3: so you just have to be really reluctant to do.
31:19
Speaker 3: SO i endorse in open, races BUT i almost never
31:23
Speaker 3: endorse in races Against republican. Incumbents i've made two exceptions
31:28
Speaker 3: in fourteen. Years the first Was Liz, cheney Because Liz
31:32
Speaker 3: cheney lost her mind and became a radical leftist who
31:35
Speaker 3: Hated President. Trump and SO i endorsed her, Opponent Harriet,
31:38
Speaker 3: hageman who beat her and is getting ready to be
31:41
Speaker 3: the New senator For wyoming. Now and THEN i did
31:44
Speaker 3: it again For Dan crenshaw for much the same, reason
31:47
Speaker 3: because he had really lost lost his, way he had
31:53
Speaker 3: gotten angry with his. Constituents there were multiple instances in
31:58
Speaker 3: which he. Yelled there's one instance where he yelled at
32:01
Speaker 3: a fourteen year old, girl and and just got angry
32:05
Speaker 3: in this race that there's a very good friend of
32:08
Speaker 3: mine who's been a longtime supporter and close, friend who
32:12
Speaker 3: was Supporting dan's, opponent and And dan decided to just
32:18
Speaker 3: light him. Up this is a, banker a private citizen
32:21
Speaker 3: in in In, texas and And dan decided to go
32:24
Speaker 3: after him. Personally AND i got to, say that pissed me.
32:27
Speaker 3: Off he's a close friend of, mine and and AND
32:30
Speaker 3: i didn't Like dan just just attacking him, directly and
32:35
Speaker 3: and SO i endorsed his, Opponent Steve. Toast Steve toath
32:39
Speaker 3: has been a state legislator for a number of. Years
32:40
Speaker 3: he's a very strong conservative and and it ended up
32:45
Speaker 3: that that That Steve toath won and one decisively won
32:48
Speaker 3: by a big, Margin and that was a little bit
32:50
Speaker 3: of a cannon, shot you, KNOW i will. Say dan, also,
32:58
Speaker 3: oh a couple of months, ago we were on a
33:00
Speaker 3: plane landing IN dc and in the jetway walking, Off
33:05
Speaker 3: dan began screaming and cursing at, me and it was
33:09
Speaker 3: really a little. Unhinged and he was, like why are
33:11
Speaker 3: you coming after? Me AND i was, like, Well i'm.
33:14
Speaker 3: Not and he was mad that supporters of mine were
33:21
Speaker 3: supporting his, opponents and, LOOK i don't control what my supporters.
33:26
Speaker 3: Do they're you, know individuals who have free. Choice but
33:30
Speaker 3: he was literally screaming and cursing at. Me AND i
33:33
Speaker 3: told him at the, TIME i, Said, dan IF i
33:37
Speaker 3: come after, YOU i promise.
33:39
Speaker 1: You you'll not.
33:42
Speaker 3: Like it will not be, subtle it will not be.
33:44
Speaker 3: Hidden you will have full awareness of. It BUT i
33:49
Speaker 3: told him, AFTERWARDS i, said, listen in fourteen years in The,
33:53
Speaker 3: senate you were the only house member who's ever screamed
33:56
Speaker 3: and cursed at me on an. Airplane and that includes
33:58
Speaker 3: all The democrats, like and so it just it, pushed
34:01
Speaker 3: it pushed me beyond the. Edge and the voters Of
34:04
Speaker 3: texas decided that that he was not reflecting their conservative,
34:07
Speaker 3: values and so they've Elected Steve toathe will be a
34:10
Speaker 3: great member Of. Congress he'll be a strong. Conservative now
34:14
Speaker 3: we've got The senate. Race The senate, race there is
34:17
Speaker 3: a runoff Between John, cornyn my colleague right, now And Ken,
34:21
Speaker 3: paxton The Attorney. General both of THEM i know very.
34:24
Speaker 3: Well both of them are friends of. Mine both of
34:26
Speaker 3: Them i've worked together closely with for. Years i've endorsed
34:30
Speaker 3: both of them in the, Past i've campaigned with both
34:32
Speaker 3: of them in the. Past AND i got to say
34:34
Speaker 3: that this primary is better and. Nasty, look it is
34:38
Speaker 3: to date the most expensive primary In american. History And
34:44
Speaker 3: john And ken really dislike each, other and so it
34:47
Speaker 3: is going to be. Brutal it is going to be.
34:49
Speaker 3: UGLY i don't know how it's going to. Resolve The
34:53
Speaker 3: President trump tweeted out this week that he is going
34:56
Speaker 3: to make an. Endorsement he is not, Yet so we'll
34:58
Speaker 3: see what The president decides to do on. This BUT
35:01
Speaker 3: i will say at the same, time The democrats nominated
35:04
Speaker 3: a guy Named James talrico's a state. Rep and this
35:07
Speaker 3: guy is. Dangerous he's an ordained, Minister he's a, radical
35:11
Speaker 3: he's a hardcore, leftist and will in subsequent podcast breakdown
35:16
Speaker 3: just how radical and extreme his record. Is but what
35:19
Speaker 3: makes him dangerous is he sounds. Reasonable he masks he
35:24
Speaker 3: masks his radicalism in reasonable, sounding soft. Language he masks
35:31
Speaker 3: it in the language of a. Pastor it's incredibly deceptive and,
35:35
Speaker 3: dishonest but that makes it. Dangerous and so we'll got
35:38
Speaker 3: a real fight In, texas AND i don't know what
35:40
Speaker 3: the result to, be and.
35:41
Speaker 1: We're going to cover it.
35:42
Speaker 2: ALL i can promise you that don't free it down
35:43
Speaker 2: With verdic With Ted cruz wherever you get your podcasts
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Speaker 2: in the. CENTER i will see you back here on
35:47
Speaker 2: this radio station next week as.
35:49
Speaker 1: Well