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Miller Time · David Pollack Primetime

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  Speaker 1: Today, Stephen Miller walks into the West Wing as the
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  Speaker 1: newest White House chief of staff. That's right, it's Miller time.
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  Speaker 1: Susie Wiles, first female chief of staff in White House history,
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  Speaker 1: she's out. Susie Wiles is moving into a leadership role
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  Speaker 1: at the Trump political operation. She's not going away. Trump
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  Speaker 1: praised her. She called serving him an honor of a lifetime.
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  Speaker 1: That's not a firing, guys. It's a midterm recalibration. And
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  Speaker 1: after a midterm loss, Chief of Staff change is kind
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  Speaker 1: of common. Wiles lasted about 22 months. That doesn't mean
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  Speaker 1: there aren't rumors, though, of controversies. Friday on Rogan, they
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  Speaker 1: said that Wiles was blocking MAHA. There was also reports
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  Speaker 1: of a loud argument in the Oval Office before Wiles
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  Speaker 1: tendered a resignation. I'm not going to go litigate all
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  Speaker 1: of these leaks yet. We'll dive into all that throughout
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  Speaker 1: the week as details become available. But despite all the
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  Speaker 1: alleged rumors and alleged controversies, the big picture is this.
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  Speaker 1: It's an obvious one. Trump needed a wartime chief of
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  Speaker 1: staff before a Democratic Congress that already wants his impeachment.
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  Speaker 1: And Stephen Miller is the perfect wartime chief of staff.
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  Speaker 1: And Democrats are already taking notice that Kim Jeffries has
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  Speaker 1: already called Miller an awful choice and said Democrats won't
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  Speaker 1: work with him.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 3: Good.
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  Speaker 1: Because Democrats haven't shown any interest in working with Trump either,
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  Speaker 1: and the White House isn't the only place where we've
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  Speaker 1: seen some significant changes. There appears to be somewhat of
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  Speaker 1: an exodus at DOJ. Harmeet Dhillon of civil rights on Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: she was out. John Eisenberg of national security on Friday.
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  Speaker 1: Jason Redding, Quinones, the Southern District of Florida, he's out.
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  Speaker 1: Patrick Davis of legislative affairs back in October and this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Brett Shumate, the chief of the civil division, he resigned.
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General Todd Blanch accepted it and thanked him for
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  Speaker 1: his wins against sanctuary policies and illegal corporate DEI. Why
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  Speaker 1: all the movement? Well, Democrats just took Congress. Oversight and
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  Speaker 1: impeachment theater is coming. Some of these exits were already planned.
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  Speaker 1: It's not an easy job. And resignations are common. But
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  Speaker 1: the timing involving this, it suggests to me that maybe
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  Speaker 1: they simply want to avoid the threats of subpoenas. I
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  Speaker 1: expect more changes coming in the next few days, as
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  Speaker 1: Trump said, and more claims of controversy surrounding each one,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure, and we'll talk about each one as they come.
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  Speaker 1: But I understand there's a civil war brewing within the
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  Speaker 1: Republican Party, and in preparation for 28, we do have
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  Speaker 1: to be careful about believing every rumor we hear coming
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  Speaker 1: out of Washington. Joining me now is Bianca Gracia, White
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  Speaker 1: House correspondent for Wall Street Latinas, a co-founder. I WANT
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  Speaker 1: TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE LATINOS FOR TRUMP. I
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  Speaker 1: WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE LATINOS FOR TRUMP.
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  Speaker 1: I KNOW YOU ARE ON THE GROUND THERE AT THE
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  Speaker 1: WHITE HOUSE ALL THE TIME. A LOT OF RUMORS AND SPECULATION.
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  Speaker 1: A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK A LOT OF THINGS. WE
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  Speaker 1: WILL DEAL WITH THE SPECULATION LATER.
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  Speaker 4: You know, I think, well, it's definitely done really good
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  Speaker 4: for the MAGA movement. Obviously, America First is just, it's
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  Speaker 4: revved up, right? This was a change that I think
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  Speaker 4: we were looking for. We were looking for fresh blood,
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  Speaker 4: someone who is going to really champion the America first policies.
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  Speaker 4: So I think, you know, yeah, you've got the ones
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  Speaker 4: on the left that are sitting there, of course, having
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  Speaker 4: to melt down.
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  Speaker 5: They're like, oh, what a horrible choice, as you said before.
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  Speaker 4: But for the most part, people who have supported this
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  Speaker 4: president are excited about this change. I mean, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we saw it coming. I mean, it was just a
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  Speaker 4: matter of time. So, yeah, this is where we're at.
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  Speaker 4: And I think he's going to do a fantastic job.
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  Speaker 4: It's going to change the culture in this White House
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  Speaker 4: for sure.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look, President Trump is facing, and you saw this,
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  Speaker 1: and later in the show I talk about the 60
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  Speaker 1: Minutes interview. He seems tired. He seems disappointed. And he
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  Speaker 1: seems to have a sense of, I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: we would call it. He's just fully aware of what
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  Speaker 1: he's about to deal with. He's dealt with it before.
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  Speaker 1: He remembers 2016. He remembers the impeachments. He remembers the
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  Speaker 1: investigation and the subpoenas. Trump remembers all of this. And
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  Speaker 1: I think he's looking at the next two years and
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  Speaker 1: he's hoping, THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL. THE
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  Speaker 1: PRESIDENT WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL. THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
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  Speaker 1: MAKE A DEAL. THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL.
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  Speaker 1: THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL. THE PRESIDENT WANTS
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  Speaker 1: TO MAKE A DEAL. THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL.
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  Speaker 1: THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL. THE PRESIDENT WANTS
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  Speaker 1: TO MAKE A DEAL. You have Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer
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  Speaker 1: and all these people who are making all these threats.
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  Speaker 1: Do you want to go to war or do you
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  Speaker 1: want to make a deal? And I think that's what
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  Speaker 1: this is. This really is. I don't think it's, you know, Susie.
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  Speaker 1: Susie Wiles was she's the political arm, right? She's the
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  Speaker 1: political mind. She was there to deal with a Republican
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  Speaker 1: House and Senate. Stephen Miller's there to deal with the Democrats.
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  Speaker 1: That's my take on this. What about you?
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  Speaker 5: Well, Steve, I think, Steve, I'm sorry, David.
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  Speaker 1: Call me Chief of Staff, David Pollack, Stephen Miller, whatever.
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  Speaker 1: Stephen Miller, I know.
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  Speaker 4: I'm like, I was going to say Stephen. Well, listen,
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  Speaker 4: here's the thing.
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  Speaker 1: You know what?
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  Speaker 4: This is a reason, one of the reasons we lost
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  Speaker 4: and lost majorly, obviously, throughout the country is because people
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  Speaker 4: felt like there wasn't accountability. in this administration. They felt
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  Speaker 4: like the America First policies were not being advanced. They
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  Speaker 4: felt that Congress obviously wasn't doing their job, right? And
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  Speaker 4: so right now it's not so much about, oh, let's
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  Speaker 4: make a deal. People, America First doesn't want deals. They
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  Speaker 4: want you to carry out what we initially voted for
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  Speaker 4: President Trump to be in this office. And that's why
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  Speaker 4: he's bringing in Stephen Miller to, so that he can
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  Speaker 4: get this, his agenda, you know, obviously, yes, we're going
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  Speaker 4: to get blocked because we're, we're going to have to
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  Speaker 4: deal with Democrats now. I mean, it's a fact. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: this is what we're going to have to deal with,
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  Speaker 4: but you know what? Listen, I, I don't know what
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  Speaker 4: to expect, but I do know that President Trump is
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  Speaker 4: used to— he' s a fighter. David, you know that.
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  Speaker 5: I know that. This is not his first rodeo.
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  Speaker 4: He knows exactly what he's going to step into, and
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  Speaker 4: he's going to have to build a little army of
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  Speaker 4: America First people that are going to champion him. for
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  Speaker 4: him and hold the fort and hold the line down
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  Speaker 4: here from the White House. And that's what he's going
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  Speaker 4: to do. He's going to start putting in his loyal
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  Speaker 4: people that understand and have been with him since the
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  Speaker 4: beginning in 2016. and understand when he said, make America
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  Speaker 4: great again, what that really looked like. And he's got,
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  Speaker 4: you know, there's no one better.
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  Speaker 5: I've said this.
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  Speaker 4: President Trump is the, he is the master at messaging.
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  Speaker 4: And he knows how to win. He knows how to win, David.
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  Speaker 5: And I think he is a fighter.
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  Speaker 4: And listen, for me, my personal advice to him is,
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  Speaker 4: Don't cower down. Don't bend the knee and keep marching forward.
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  Speaker 4: And if there's anyone that can turn this ship around,
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  Speaker 4: it's him.
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  Speaker 5: Don't give up. Keep moving forward.
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  Speaker 4: Keep doing what the people of this country elected you
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  Speaker 4: to do. And you know what, David, you said something
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  Speaker 4: about that he was tired.
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  Speaker 5: He should be. He was out campaigning 30 days.
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  Speaker 4: He's 80 years old and he's having to go clean
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  Speaker 4: up the mess of the Republican leadership that couldn't get
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  Speaker 4: things done. He went to go advocate across this whole country.
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  Speaker 4: Of course, he's tired. He's having to deal with foreign people.
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  Speaker 4: He's having to deal with domestic people. He's having to
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  Speaker 4: deal with both sides of the party. He's having to
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  Speaker 4: deal with the White House. I mean, he's still running
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  Speaker 4: a country. And then you're having to go campaign 30 days.
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  Speaker 5: Of course, this was long days, day in, day out.
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  Speaker 4: He needs some rest. Look, go play some golf if
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  Speaker 4: you need to. But you know what?
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  Speaker 5: Get back to work.
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  Speaker 4: You've got the right person in right now.
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  Speaker 5: Let's see what Stephen Miller does. And We're hopeful.
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  Speaker 4: As America First people, MAGA movement, we are very hopeful
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  Speaker 4: that he is going to do some wonderful things.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: No, listen, I still, I will always stand by President
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  Speaker 1: Trump from 2015 to now. It's not a political position
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  Speaker 1: for me. It's one of not only respect, but also
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  Speaker 1: the fact that in my entire lifetime, there has been
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  Speaker 1: one president that I felt like got it. And I
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  Speaker 1: think President Trump still understands everything. I think I think
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  Speaker 1: Stephen Miller proves putting him in that position proves that
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  Speaker 1: he understands what his base wants. We'll see where it
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  Speaker 1: goes from here. Politically, we have a lot to talk about.
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  Speaker 1: I have to have you back because we are going
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  Speaker 1: to figure out, you know, which voices move up in
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  Speaker 1: the in the movement, who gets the nomination, what this
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  Speaker 1: says about the party. There's a lot to talk about
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  Speaker 1: in the next couple of years.
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  Speaker 4: We've got 50 days for him to get this Congress
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  Speaker 4: fired up.
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  Speaker 1: You know what?
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  Speaker 4: They shouldn't go to work. They need to get to work.
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  Speaker 4: They shouldn't be having vacation. They already had two months
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  Speaker 4: of vacation and they lost. They need to get to
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  Speaker 4: work and go through it. It's the lamest lame duck
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  Speaker 4: Congress in history. I'm going to talk to you again
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  Speaker 4: real soon.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for being here.
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  Speaker 5: Thanks so much. Have a great week.
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  Speaker 3: You too.
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  Speaker 1: Still ahead, Secretary Rubio says the Iran war wasn't popular,
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  Speaker 1: but it was necessary. I agree. Vice President Vance says
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  Speaker 1: it might have cost him the midterms. So was it
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  Speaker 1: worth it? Then a massacre in Krakow while Poland's president
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  Speaker 1: accuses the prime minister of a forcible takeover of their
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  Speaker 1: top court. Is this politically motivated? Who's responsible? And later,
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  Speaker 1: Trump on 60 Minutes, what he actually said after the
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  Speaker 1: midterms and what he won't apologize for. All that's coming up.
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  Speaker 1: With the midterms over, the blame game continues. Some blame Trump,
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  Speaker 1: some blame the economy. Vice President blamed Iran. Secretary of
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  Speaker 1: State Marco Rubio is making the case that the Iran
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  Speaker 1: war was worth fighting for days after voters made their
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  Speaker 1: feelings known at the ballot box. Speaking Sunday before heading
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  Speaker 1: to the G7 in Paris, Rubio said President Trump was
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  Speaker 1: confronting a threat that demanded action.
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  Speaker 8: Look.
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  Speaker 9: Well, I'm not going to comment on the war.
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  Speaker 10: I'm sorry, on the elections, which is what you're asking
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  Speaker 10: me about. All I can tell you is that the
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  Speaker 10: president of the United States identified a very real threat
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  Speaker 10: to this country that's existed for a very long period
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  Speaker 10: of time, and.
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  Speaker 9: He addressed it.
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  Speaker 10: And he addressed it, even though oftentimes the right thing
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  Speaker 10: to do for the country, confronting difficult challenges for the security.
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  Speaker 9: Of our country, doing it isn't necessarily.
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  Speaker 6: popular, but necessary.
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  Speaker 10: At the end of the day, I think we can
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  Speaker 10: all agree, I think there's bipartisan, I would hope there's bipartisan,
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  Speaker 10: maybe not anymore, but there used to be bipartisan acknowledgement
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  Speaker 10: that a nuclear Iran would be completely unacceptable and dangerous
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  Speaker 10: for the United States.
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  Speaker 1: Rubio's core argument is nuclear. The IAEA says Iran holds
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  Speaker 1: about 972 pounds of uranium and rich to 60%. short
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  Speaker 1: technical step from weapons grade. We talked about that on
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  Speaker 1: the show. Iran says its program is peaceful. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: everybody wants to feel like they're at peace when they
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  Speaker 1: create nuclear weapons. But the cost, it's hard to ignore.
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  Speaker 1: The war is now more than eight months old. It
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  Speaker 1: has disrupted the straightforward moves where one fifth of the
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  Speaker 1: world's oil moved before the conflict. Higher energy prices helped
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  Speaker 1: Democrats take Congress last week. Vice President J.D. Vance, he
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  Speaker 1: was blunt. He said the reason we lost was the war,
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  Speaker 1: plain and simple. Pollsters identified four things voters turned on
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  Speaker 1: in the Republican Party, putting America first, the country's relationship
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  Speaker 1: with Israel, the economy, and ending the war in Iran. Now,
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  Speaker 1: there's some controversy about that post. Some suggest that he
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  Speaker 1: went behind President Trump's back-to-post. The president denied that. President
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  Speaker 1: called Vance's assessment largely true. But he isn't backing off.
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  Speaker 1: That's the split. Rubio's defending the war, and Vance is
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  Speaker 1: blaming it, of course, coming as both are being eyed
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  Speaker 1: for presidential runs in 2028. Now, Republican dissent, it's not new.
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  Speaker 1: Four GOP senators, Rand Paul, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Bill Cassidy,
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  Speaker 1: voted for a war powers resolution in the summer. In
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  Speaker 1: the House, Thomas Massey has backed every one, and former
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  Speaker 1: congressman Marjorie Taylor Greene called the war Trump's biggest betrayal.
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  Speaker 1: So how does it end? Rubio says not soon. He
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  Speaker 1: called Iran's demands outrageous and ridiculous. Tehran wants the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: blockade lifted, sanctions eased, assets unfrozen, and compensation for war damage.
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  Speaker 1: Trump told CNN renewed strikes are highly unlikely if talks progress,
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  Speaker 1: but only if signs are very strong for an agreement.
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  Speaker 1: He also named targets, including 38 bridges, if fighting resumes.
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  Speaker 1: Oil prices fell sharply last week. A lot of people
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  Speaker 1: thought it was kind of suspicious, considering the timing. Nothing
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  Speaker 1: changed with the war. But analysts say that reflects hopes
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  Speaker 1: for a deal, not evidence of one. Trump meets Qatar's
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  Speaker 1: prime minister Monday, and the mediators are still working on
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  Speaker 1: a path to a ceasefire. For now, the administration says
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  Speaker 1: the war was necessary. The question is whether the public
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  Speaker 1: and Republicans facing 2028 can continue to agree. Joining me
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  Speaker 1: now is Azam Al-Ghabra, former senior advisor for public affairs
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  Speaker 1: at the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, also
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  Speaker 1: founder and president of Frontiers Consultants.
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  Speaker 8: Azam.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome back, David Pollak, Prime Time. Look, I believe— I have
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  Speaker 1: believed that the war was necessary. I believe what the
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  Speaker 1: president says about Iran's ability to enrich uranium, the possession
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  Speaker 1: of that enriched uranium, the threat it posed to building
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  Speaker 1: a weapon of some sort. I think the president made
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  Speaker 1: a bold decision for America, not necessarily a bold decision politically.
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  Speaker 1: I think J.D. Vance's post was somewhat correct, but I
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  Speaker 1: think there was more factors that went in besides just
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  Speaker 1: the Iran war and the support of Israel. I don't
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  Speaker 1: think a lot of people broke because of that. Hizam,
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  Speaker 1: I'm turning it over to you. Regarding the war, its
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  Speaker 1: outcome on the election, and where it goes forward, what's
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  Speaker 1: your take on it?
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  Speaker 9: Thank you, David, for having me. So for myself and
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  Speaker 9: for you, this makes sense, right? Because you and I
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  Speaker 9: are part-time Iran watchers. We've been watching Iran. We've been
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  Speaker 9: paying attention. We've been following the developments, how they've been
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  Speaker 9: developing a nuclear weapon nonstop, even including what's supposed to
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  Speaker 9: be a stop to their project and following the JCPOA.
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  Speaker 9: They never stopped. But the average voter does not know.
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  Speaker 9: You and I know because we spend time learning about
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  Speaker 9: it and following it. But the average voter does not.
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  Speaker 9: And here lies the problem. The White House problem has
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  Speaker 9: been You know, somewhat in 45, but definitely in 47,
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  Speaker 9: a communication issue. The average American is not aware of
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  Speaker 9: what's happening or why. And I think if there was
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  Speaker 9: a plan, even if the plan changes, listen, no battle
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  Speaker 9: plan survives first contact.
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  Speaker 11: We know this.
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  Speaker 9: But if there were constant updates, clarity with the voters,
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  Speaker 9: clarity with the people, things would have gone a lot better.
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  Speaker 9: And we have a plan right now, but nobody knows
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  Speaker 9: the plan. We are dismantling Iran's economy piece by piece.
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  Speaker 9: They haven't exported a barrel of oil over the past
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  Speaker 9: three months. Their currency, the rial, is in freefall. I mean,
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  Speaker 9: since I think a dollar used to be 400,000 rials
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  Speaker 9: when President Trump took office, now it's closer to 3 million,
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  Speaker 9: 3 million and some, if you find U.S. dollars in
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  Speaker 9: the Iranian market. There is a plan. Things are going well.
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  Speaker 9: But unfortunately, the White House is really bad at communicating it.
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  Speaker 9: They need somebody like you, David. Honestly, I mean... Maybe
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  Speaker 9: a David Pollack and Dana White team may not be
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  Speaker 9: a bad idea.
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  Speaker 1: I wasn't listed in the slate with Dana White, but maybe. Look,
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  Speaker 1: I love my job here at OAN, and the president
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  Speaker 1: can watch me here, and also the viewers, so we
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  Speaker 1: can all just kind of agree on a message together. But, yes,
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  Speaker 1: I agree with you. I think there are elements to
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  Speaker 1: this Iran war that the public needs. Doesn't fully know.
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  Speaker 1: I think there is a long-term plan. If it's regime
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  Speaker 1: change by Iranians' decision, that's a good thing, too, I believe.
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  Speaker 1: But you're right. There's a multifaceted effort here. I believe
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  Speaker 1: the media, Democrats, and even these America First folks, I
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  Speaker 1: don't—you know, as they call themselves, saying, oh, no new wars.
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  Speaker 1: This wasn't a new war. This is an old war
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  Speaker 1: that the president is ending. But the reality is the
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  Speaker 1: president did the bold thing. And this whole support for
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  Speaker 1: Israel thing and the fact that they say we only
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: went to war for Israel, I think this is just
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: such a fake— I don't even know where this whole thing
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: came from. Because Israel's always been an ally in all
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: of our operations in the Middle East, not just against Iran. Yes,
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: we give them foreign aid. They buy our weapons with
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: the foreign aid. And we give foreign aid to a
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: lot of countries. I don't know why Israel's being singled out.
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: I think for some reason this is a political play,
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: but— That being said, I think what happened in Iran
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: was necessary. So what do you think happens next? The
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: House is changing. The Senate is changing. You've already seen J.D.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: Vance make his position clear. You've heard what Rubio said.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: So what happens next? I think the president sees this
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: thing through. But as far as support for Israel, the
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: outcome of Iran and all future operations like this, what
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: do you think happens next?
• 17:54
  Speaker 9: Well, let me start by saying nothing good ever came
• 17:56
  Speaker 9: from a bunch of liberal freshmen joining Congress. Nothing good
• 18:02
  Speaker 9: ever comes from that. So here's the thing. In the
• 18:05
  Speaker 9: next few months, I mean, these guys are coming with
• 18:07
  Speaker 9: pitchforks raised. They're going to try to fight the right,
• 18:11
  Speaker 9: and they have to infight because now there is a
• 18:14
  Speaker 9: spectrum and a divided spectrum. I mean, we saw like
• 18:19
  Speaker 9: Al-Sayed versus Chuck Schumer started like hours after the elections.
• 18:24
  Speaker 9: So I think the first few months are going to
• 18:28
  Speaker 9: be pretty horrible on the Hill. We're going to watch
• 18:31
  Speaker 9: a lot of investigations, a lot of subpoenas, a lot
• 18:35
  Speaker 9: of hearings. Then I hope that these freshmen, these new
• 18:41
  Speaker 9: members are going to figure out that they have to govern.
• 18:45
  Speaker 9: So at least we'll get six to eight months of
• 18:48
  Speaker 9: some form of governance and attempts at least to have
• 18:53
  Speaker 9: a bipartisan agreement. Then we go into the 2028 election
• 18:56
  Speaker 9: season and things go bad again. So hopefully, over the
• 19:02
  Speaker 9: next three years, we'll get six to eight months of
• 19:05
  Speaker 9: the governance the American people really need. And that is key.
• 19:11
  Speaker 9: My apologies. So that's really, that's how I see it happening. Now,
• 19:17
  Speaker 9: for the war, I don't think anything will change because, listen,
• 19:21
  Speaker 9: these guys, they may be liberal, They may be leftists,
• 19:24
  Speaker 9: but they're not idiots. They are not going to carry
• 19:27
  Speaker 9: the weight of Iran getting a nuclear weapon. And I
• 19:31
  Speaker 9: think once they see the intelligence, once they see what
• 19:34
  Speaker 9: Iran is doing, they are not going to try to
• 19:38
  Speaker 9: stop the war by any means necessary. That is going
• 19:41
  Speaker 9: to be a long-term suicide for the Democrats. But at
• 19:45
  Speaker 9: least that's what I foresee myself.
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I, you know, I respect your opinion on it.
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: I think the Democrats are willing to do whatever is
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: necessary to hurt America so they can rebuild it in
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: their own image. And I think they'll look at that
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: intelligence and they'll make the wrong decision anyway, especially a
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: Senator El-Said. But God forbid, I hope you're right, sir.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: I hope you're right. And they look at the threat
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: that Iran posed and take it seriously. Hazem, I appreciate
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: you being here so much. Let's have you on again
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: real soon to keep us updated on all this.
• 20:16
  Speaker 9: You know, appreciate it.
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: Thank you. Coming up, a massacre in Krakow. Poland's president
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: says the government just forcibly took over their constitutional court.
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: The timing raises obvious questions about a political motive, as
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: prosecutors say they're not sure yet. Was the attack in
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: Poland politically motivated? We look into all of that right
• 20:36
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  Speaker 1: Saturday in Krakow's main square, a 24-year-old named Mikel Oskinski
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: from Oskrowik drove onto the square and opened fire with
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: a semi-automatic rifle in Poland. This doesn't happen in Poland, guys.
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: Six killed in the square, about 16 wounded, including two
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: officers who stopped him. His parents and sister were found
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: dead at home, nine dead in total. He died this
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: morning in a hospital. Prosecutors are treating it as terrorism,
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: deadliest attack of its kind in Poland since 1989. Look
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: at the timing. It can't be ignored. This lands amid
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: what Poland's own president called a forcible takeover. Days earlier,
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: President Karol Nowacki cut short a trip to Africa after
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Donald Tusk moved into the constitutional tribunal, suspending
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: its president. POLICE AT THE BUILDING, HIS JUDGES WALKED IN,
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: NEVRODSKY'S STATEMENT OUTSIDE THAT COURT, A BREACH OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: ORDER AND A FORCABLE TAKEOVER OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER. TUSKSIDE, WELL,
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: THEY CALL IT RESTORING THE RULE OF LAW. NEVRODSKY CALLED
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: IT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. IT WAS A COUP. REGARDLESS,
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: THE COINCIDENTAL TIMING OF ALL OF THIS SHOOTING, YOU CAN'T
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: IGNORE IT. MANY ARE WONDERING, THERE'S POLITICAL MOTIVE HERE. INTERIOR MINISTER,
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: Marcin Kerswinski initially suggested that the shooter was fascinated by far-right,
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: ultra-nationalistic ideology. But on Sunday, he had to walk it back,
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: called it a hypothesis. Meanwhile, circulating online, a few different influencers,
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: including Joey Manorino, Jack Posobiec, Natasha Montreal, and Wokeness as well,
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: They suggest he was a socialist extremist. Screenshots said to
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: be from his Facebook before it vanished showed a rainbow flag,
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: church mockery, a joke about the red light of communism.
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: Manorino says he attended Poland's 2020 women's strike. Quoted an
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: anonymous Krakow police source, says he may be an ultra-left
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: or an ultra-leftist. Today, a prosecutor spokesman there said it's
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: way too early. to know what the motivation of the
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: shooter is. You can't say it was inspired by any
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: ideology yet. But remember this. A massacre, a president accusing
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: Tusk of forceful takeover, Poland's top court, a government that
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: rushed to brand the killer far right, online influencers saying
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: he was far left, prosecutors saying they don't know. You
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: still have to wonder whether it was politically motivated. In
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: that tribunal fight, still watching what's going to happen there.
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: Can't draw any conclusions. But it's really interesting what's happening
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: in Poland. The peace is definitely being broken. Joining me
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: now is activist and humanitarian Vrwanica Rogowski. Welcome to David
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: Pollak Prime Time. IT'S SO SAD TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: IN POLAND, NOT JUST DONALD TUSK'S ATTEMPTED COUP OF THE
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: TRIBUNAL THERE, BUT THEN YOU SEE THIS TERROR ATTACK WAR
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: SINCE ALMOST 1990. I KNOW EVERYBODY IS SUGGESTING THE SHOOTER
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: WAS A LEFTIST, SOME IN THE GOVERNMENT ARE TRYING TO
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: BLAME THE RIGHT. THE REALITY IS THE TIMING CAN'T BE IGNORED.
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: AND WE HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, IS ALL OF
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: THIS RELATED TO THIS, WHAT SEEMS TO BE A GLOBALIST
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: PUSH TO GAIN CONTROL IN POLAND?
• 24:47
  Speaker 12: Uh, the circumstances are questionable because we've been seeing protests
• 24:52
  Speaker 12: of Polish conservatives and nationalists because prime minister Tusk breached
• 24:58
  Speaker 12: the constitution.
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: He broke the law. People fought for justice.
• 25:02
  Speaker 13: There are thousands of people day and night by the
• 25:05
  Speaker 13: constitutional tribunal here in Warsaw.
• 25:08
  Speaker 3: And people were really, really motivated.
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: To fight for justice, for democracy, because Prime Minister Tusk
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: wanted to seize control.
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: And influence violently by seizing those institutions. And what I
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: mean by that is he wants to.
• 25:24
  Speaker 14: Seize those institutions to pass laws that the European Union
• 25:29
  Speaker 14: is pushing constantly, like the Migrant Pact, to allow a
• 25:33
  Speaker 14: lot of illegal.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: Migrants from Germany, from France, that they would not really
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: get rid of, to Poland.
• 25:40
  Speaker 14: To transition into Euro currency.
• 25:43
  Speaker 3: That is going to destroy Polish economy. They want to.
• 25:45
  Speaker 13: Seize Polish gold reserves, et cetera, et cetera.
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: And Polish prime minister Tusk is by their side and
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: he's really promoting this agenda. And right now this horrible
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: shooting is happening in Krakow at the same time.
• 26:02
  Speaker 13: And automatically what they do is they label him as
• 26:08
  Speaker 13: a far right winger.
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: To basically portray conservatives.
• 26:14
  Speaker 6: And the Polish right, generally speaking, as lunatics, as extremists,
• 26:20
  Speaker 6: as people who are out of their mind, because this
• 26:23
  Speaker 6: is just a suggestive strategy happening here. But this person
• 26:29
  Speaker 6: who shot nine people total, including his own family, was
• 26:32
  Speaker 6: mentally ill.
• 26:34
  Speaker 13: He belonged in mental health institutions. So basically, first of all,
• 26:41
  Speaker 13: he wasn't a right-winger. It was already debunked that he
• 26:46
  Speaker 13: had LGBTQ flags, that he had transgender friends.
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: He couldn't be a right-winger if.
• 26:55
  Speaker 13: He was actually associated with those groups, LGBTQ or transgender people.
• 27:01
  Speaker 15: And also he had connections with like liberal, like the
• 27:05
  Speaker 15: leftist ideologies and groups. So like, What they are trying
• 27:09
  Speaker 15: to do is use it as a political weapon to
• 27:14
  Speaker 15: tell the.
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: Public, listen, the election is coming. Those people are deranged,
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: speaking the right.
• 27:20
  Speaker 13: And that basically also those protesters by the constitutional tribunal
• 27:28
  Speaker 13: contributed to.
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: The whole horrible moods in Poland. So they want to
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: blame us.
• 27:35
  Speaker 14: They want to blame conservatives for someone who broke the law,
• 27:38
  Speaker 14: who was prime minister's task.
• 27:42
  Speaker 3: And he was the one who started the coup, which
• 27:47
  Speaker 3: this is exactly what it was. And he expected.
• 27:50
  Speaker 6: People to just surrender and say, this is right, do
• 27:53
  Speaker 6: whatever you want.
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: But Polish people are very rebellious.
• 27:57
  Speaker 13: We are patriotic and we don't want to give our
• 28:02
  Speaker 13: country away.
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: That's the truth.
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: I agree with you, Veronica. I mean, it is concerning
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: because I think Poland is a shining example of how
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: to do things correctly in Europe. RESTRICT MIGRATION, STAND UP
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: TO THE EU, RESPECT CONSERVATIVISM AND ITS PEOPLE. IT'S A SAFE,
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. YOU CAN GO TO THE CITIES ANY TIME
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: OF THE DAY, ANY TIME AT NIGHT. YOU DON'T SEE
• 28:27
  Speaker 1: THE HOMELESS. WOMEN FEEL SAFE. THE CITIES ARE NOT DISGUSTING.
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: PEOPLE ARE KIND. IT IS THE PERFECT EUROPEAN NATION. BUT
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: EU HATES THAT. THE WESTERN EUROPEANS HATE THAT BECAUSE HOW
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: DARE POLAND NOT TAKE THE MIGRANTS THAT RUINED of places
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: like France or Germany.
• 28:44
  Speaker 13: They're very upset with how ideal, how perfect Poland is
• 28:49
  Speaker 13: as a woman.
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: And I recorded.
• 28:52
  Speaker 13: Viral videos that I posted on social media about it,
• 28:55
  Speaker 13: by the way, that women can run in the park
• 28:59
  Speaker 13: or walk for seven, six kilometers alone at night. Nothing
• 29:04
  Speaker 13: happens in Poland. and that everybody can feel safe. There
• 29:09
  Speaker 13: are no robberies, nobody's attacking anyone. There are no homeless people,
• 29:12
  Speaker 13: no tents with illegal migrants.
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: We are not invaded. We are like a safe zone.
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: And we are nothing like the rest of Europe. It's
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: like Germany, France, Spain.
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: Those countries are entirely different.
• 29:28
  Speaker 13: But they want to change it. They want to push
• 29:30
  Speaker 13: the immigration pact. Because what the Migration Pact says.
• 29:34
  Speaker 16: That those migrants are going to be moving around to
• 29:37
  Speaker 16: other European countries, which is, for instance, Poland.
• 29:40
  Speaker 3: So they already want changes. They want to change the currency.
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: They want to go after Polish gold reserves.
• 29:45
  Speaker 13: They see how they can actually benefit from Poland right now.
• 29:49
  Speaker 3: And to give up.
• 29:50
  Speaker 16: Also, they want us to give up our freedoms and
• 29:54
  Speaker 16: our rights in a way, and to subscribe to this
• 29:57
  Speaker 16: globalist agenda basically, but Poland stood.
• 30:01
  Speaker 13: Strong, which was very not according to their plan. Um,
• 30:08
  Speaker 13: and Polish prime minister, previous Polish prime prime.
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: Minister was, uh, conservative. So he didn't allow it to happen.
• 30:15
  Speaker 13: But right now task is submissive to the European mission. He, um,
• 30:21
  Speaker 13: is representing his, he pledges allegiance to the European union.
• 30:25
  Speaker 13: It's not to the Polish people. which has been obvious,
• 30:30
  Speaker 13: and he's losing his ground too. So the election process
• 30:33
  Speaker 13: for him, the re-election doesn't look that optimistic. So circumstances
• 30:39
  Speaker 13: are very, very questionable of all that.
• 30:43
  Speaker 11: Yeah. Say the least.
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: Say the least.
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: Well, and you're right, Veronica. And this is the thing
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: we're going to have to watch for, because just like
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: the United States is a target of the globalists and
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: communists because we're allowed to be free. Donald Trump was
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: the target. And then you look at the Vronsky and
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: Poland and they the left will never allow beacons of
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: freedom and conservatism to stand because it calls into question
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: all of their ridiculous policies and all their crime. Keep
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: up the great work. Keep advocating for Poland. We're going
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: to keep highlighting all the great things about Poland here
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: and highlight Tusk's efforts to globalize Poland. We're not going
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: to let it happen. Thank you so much.
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: We're not going to let it happen. We're going to
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: fight and we're going to keep speaking the truth and
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: exposing the facts instead of the agenda.
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: That's exactly right.
• 31:25
  Speaker 3: So I think it's our job, social media right now
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: and the media like like your media. So I really
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: have high hopes.
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: Keep fighting. We'll have you back on to bring us
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: the updates on everything that's happening. Stand up to Tusk,
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: and we'll talk again soon.
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: Yes, I definitely will.
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: Thanks for being here. Coming up, President Trump's first sit-down
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: since the midterms. I'll meet the press. 60 Minutes, what
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: he said about the war, immigration, impeachment, and what's next.
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: And later, say it ain't Thune. Congress is back this week.
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: And then they leave again. Will the Senate finally fight
• 32:03
  Speaker 1: a rubber stamp? The same guy who's responsible for all
• 32:06
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  Speaker 1: President Trump sat down for his first interview since the
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  Speaker 1: midterms went on Meet the Press. It was on 60
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: Minutes with Ross Douthat. And what the media hoped would
• 33:02
  Speaker 1: be a surrender tour, it turned into something else entirely.
• 33:06
  Speaker 1: So let's go through the biggest moments because there's a
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: lot to talk about here, starting with the biggest one.
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: Everyone's asking the same question. What does Trump think is
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: the explanation as to why Republicans lost so big, bigly
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: in the midterms? Check it out.
• 33:23
  Speaker 8: Well, number one, I was not on the ballot, but
• 33:26
  Speaker 8: I campaigned hard for some people. And I think if
• 33:29
  Speaker 8: I was on the ballot, it would have been a
• 33:31
  Speaker 8: much different situation. And they didn't like the war, I
• 33:34
  Speaker 8: think mostly for that reason, because I think everyone agrees
• 33:37
  Speaker 8: that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and they will
• 33:40
  Speaker 8: never have a nuclear weapon.
• 33:41
  Speaker 11: They won't have that.
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: That's right, he didn't blame the Trump voters. The Trump
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: voters did show up. They lined up for hours around
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: the building to see him, the enthusiasm, the energy. The
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: MAGA base, well, at least what's remaining of it, did
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: show up. And he wasn't on the ballot. The candidates
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: didn't transfer. They didn't like the war and gas went up.
• 34:04
  Speaker 1: That's all true. The establishment spent two years sitting on
• 34:07
  Speaker 1: Save America and a real agenda. And then wondered why
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: the energy didn't show up for their ticket. And that's
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: the reality of what happened on Election Day. Trump's base
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: did show up. Republicans did show up. Now, some Republicans
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: went the other way. We saw this.
• 34:25
  Speaker 6: J.D.
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: Vance alluded to it in his text message or his
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: message on X. And we'll talk about that. But really
• 34:31
  Speaker 1: what happened on that day wasn't that people that love
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: Trump decided they didn't love Trump. The people who love
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: Trump still love Trump. BUT NOT EVERYBODY LOVED THE REPUBLICANS.
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: AND NOT EVERYBODY STILL LOVED TRUMP. AND THAT WAS REALLY
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: THE HEART OF THE MATTER. BUT AS I WARNED LAST WEEK,
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: THE ANSWER TO THIS ISN'T TO CHASE THE It's how
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: to maintain the people who love Trump, maintain that relationship
• 34:58
  Speaker 1: with the people who lined up around the building, ensure
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: they show up for Trump in 28, but bring back
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: the folks that may not love Trump as much as
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: they used to, and bring back the Republicans that voted
• 35:11
  Speaker 1: for Democrats. That's the real challenge here. Now, let's talk
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: about Iran. We talked about this earlier, and it seems
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: there's agreement about whether or not Iran costs Republicans the midterms.
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: But it's clear the administration still feels like it was
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: the right call.
• 35:27
  Speaker 11: Look. I don't disagree with it.
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: Other than one thing.
• 35:31
  Speaker 17: First, did you know he was going to write that post?
• 35:34
  Speaker 8: He asked me, what do I think? I said, you
• 35:37
  Speaker 8: write what you want. By the way, what are you
• 35:41
  Speaker 8: going to write? What's the one thing you disagree with?
• 35:44
  Speaker 8: The one thing he left out is that I would say,
• 35:47
  Speaker 8: and maybe he wouldn't say it.
• 35:48
  Speaker 11: I don't know. I never asked him, really.
• 35:51
  Speaker 13: But.
• 35:52
  Speaker 11: If you had it to do again, would you do it?
• 35:56
  Speaker 11: And that's Iran.
• 35:57
  Speaker 8: Would you go and attack Iran and take away their...
• 36:00
  Speaker 8: Because we won that war. That war has been one weapon.
• 36:03
  Speaker 8: I think, historically, this will be a very good decision.
• 36:07
  Speaker 8: Is it a good decision for today and tomorrow?
• 36:09
  Speaker 11: Maybe not. But I would... You know, I have to
• 36:12
  Speaker 11: go with what's right for our country.
• 36:15
  Speaker 1: An emphatic yes. It's not popular. It was necessary. It's
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: what I've been saying all along. That's what a commander-in-chief
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: sounds like when he puts the country ahead of the
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: outcome of the midterms. And in the longer cut, he
• 36:27
  Speaker 1: warned Democrats will kill the filibuster the second they can.
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: And he says he's trying to get that into the
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: Republican Senate's head. John Thune, I hope you're listening. But
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: this is the reality all along. The Iran war, Trump says,
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: was necessary. He did what he had to do. And
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: then the president took the issue of immigration head on.
• 36:49
  Speaker 8: Look.
• 36:49
  Speaker 11: I think it both helped and hurt.
• 36:51
  Speaker 8: I think I got an A-plus for closing up the
• 36:53
  Speaker 8: border because we had 25 million people come in through
• 36:57
  Speaker 8: Biden over a four-year period. And many of those people were,
• 37:00
  Speaker 8: as you know, they were from prisons. They were drug dealers.
• 37:03
  Speaker 8: They were from mental institutions. They were from all over
• 37:06
  Speaker 8: the world, not just South America.
• 37:08
  Speaker 17: And some of them, as you once said, are good people.
• 37:12
  Speaker 11: No, I said that, yes, some are good and some
• 37:15
  Speaker 11: are really bad. Just to clarify.
• 37:17
  Speaker 8: You had 11,888 murderers, most of whom, more than half
• 37:21
  Speaker 8: of whom committed more than one murder.
• 37:24
  Speaker 11: They were allowed into our country. We've gotten most of
• 37:26
  Speaker 11: them out.
• 37:27
  Speaker 8: For getting people out, I get very high marks for
• 37:30
  Speaker 8: getting the bad ones out. But I get hurt because
• 37:34
  Speaker 8: we also took people that had good jobs, that created
• 37:37
  Speaker 8: one violation were breaking of the law, and that was
• 37:40
  Speaker 8: that they came into the country illegally. Now, there is
• 37:44
  Speaker 8: a large part of the country that think that they
• 37:46
  Speaker 8: should be put out, and there's a large part of
• 37:49
  Speaker 8: the country that think that they should be allowed to stay.
• 37:51
  Speaker 8: If they're good people working in a landscaping company or
• 37:54
  Speaker 8: working in a hotel or doing something, right, and in
• 37:59
  Speaker 8: some cases paying taxes, and there's a large group of
• 38:02
  Speaker 8: people think that they should be allowed to stay, So.
• 38:06
  Speaker 17: You think your deportation policy went too far?
• 38:08
  Speaker 11: I think it was too tough.
• 38:09
  Speaker 4: It was too tough.
• 38:09
  Speaker 11: I think it might be too tough, yeah.
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: Try asking Joe Biden in his second term. Well, thank
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: God he didn't have one. But if he was the
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: end of his second term, imagine asking Joe Biden that
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: question and allowing him to give that intelligent answer or
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: honest of an answer. Or Kamala Harris, we saw how
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: she struggled any time anybody asked her to justify any
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: of her positions. But Trump's right. He gave himself an
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: A-plus for closing the border and getting out the bad ones.
• 38:33
  Speaker 1: He did that. I think there's some more bad ones
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: to get out, too. He did acknowledge he thought maybe
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: he was too tough. Now, is he reading the brutal
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: midterm map? I don't know. He's not handing the keys
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: back to the open borders. But some in the MAGA
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: base feel like he wasn't tough enough. And that's something
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: that has to be considered as well. I mean, this
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: is obviously going to be a conversation we're going to
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: have in the next two years. But Trump did close
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: the border. He was successful in doing that. And a
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: lot of people believe it doesn't matter if they're working
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: in hospitality jobs or even landscaping jobs or paying taxes.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: A lot of people believe all illegal aliens should be deported. Now,
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: how we deport them, you know, that's a problem for,
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: I guess, DHS. But I don't know. It's really interesting
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: to see the president's answer there. He also had this
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: to say about his enemies, Comey, Pelosi and the whole
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: crew look.
• 39:21
  Speaker 11: Well, then I wouldn't be real, would I?
• 39:23
  Speaker 8: I mean, if I said to you, sure, the easy
• 39:25
  Speaker 8: answer to that is, oh, yes, I could forgive.
• 39:26
  Speaker 17: No, I don't think it's an easy question at all.
• 39:29
  Speaker 8: I found them to be extremely dishonest people, very bad people,
• 39:31
  Speaker 8: very bad for our country. I love our country far
• 39:33
  Speaker 8: more than I can love people and people like that.
• 39:37
  Speaker 17: Is the answer no?
• 39:38
  Speaker 11: The answer is no. I want to be honest.
• 39:39
  Speaker 17: Before the judgment throne of God.
• 39:41
  Speaker 8: Before the judgment. No, I think they were very bad people.
• 39:44
  Speaker 8: And I dislike, I can use the word hate. I
• 39:46
  Speaker 8: do hate some of my enemies. I think they're They've
• 39:49
  Speaker 8: been terrible.
• 39:49
  Speaker 11: Look what they put me through.
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: They tried to jail him, bankrupt him and erase him.
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: Forgiveness theater for the people who weaponize government isn't a virtue.
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: How would he forgive them? He loves this country more
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: than he loves the people who tried to destroy it.
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: And he said so basically on television. Over the weekend,
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: we saw some big news and some high level staffing
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: changes in Washington as well. And here's what Trump told
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: Dow that about. situation look?
• 40:20
  Speaker 8: I love my cabinet. I think they're good. But I'll
• 40:24
  Speaker 8: be doing maybe a few changes. I don't want to
• 40:26
  Speaker 8: mention who, because I think— Well.
• 40:27
  Speaker 17: I will say that we passed— or we saw Secretary of
• 40:30
  Speaker 17: Defense Pete Hegseth in the hall.
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: He was meeting with you just before now.
• 40:33
  Speaker 17: His name has come up a few times as someone
• 40:37
  Speaker 17: people have called for his resignation.
• 40:39
  Speaker 11: They do.
• 40:39
  Speaker 1: Do you have confidence in him?
• 40:40
  Speaker 11: I do.
• 40:41
  Speaker 1: He said there'll be a few changes. And just after
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: this interview, we learned about Miller time at the White House.
• 40:47
  Speaker 1: He talked about what I thought this meant at the
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: top of the show. But it's obvious here the president
• 40:52
  Speaker 1: is preparing for war. He's not abandoning ship. But, of course,
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: the biggest issue is on voters' minds heading into the midterms,
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: the economy. And Trump refused to apologize for the record.
• 41:03
  Speaker 8: Well, it's not really the Iran war because the numbers
• 41:07
  Speaker 8: are phenomenal. The numbers that we have are historically good numbers.
• 41:11
  Speaker 8: I think it was bad messaging, maybe by me, but
• 41:14
  Speaker 8: I would talk about it all the time, so I
• 41:15
  Speaker 8: don't know how much can I talk about it. Look,
• 41:18
  Speaker 8: the press doesn't cover positive news for Republicans. They don't
• 41:26
  Speaker 8: cover certainly positive news For me. So I have to
• 41:29
  Speaker 8: do it myself. I have to get it out there.
• 41:31
  Speaker 8: One of the reasons I did rallies was to do that.
• 41:33
  Speaker 17: But you still won elections, right? So why couldn't you
• 41:36
  Speaker 17: win this time?
• 41:37
  Speaker 11: I think it was bad messaging.
• 41:39
  Speaker 17: What was the bad message?
• 41:40
  Speaker 11: We couldn't get the word across.
• 41:42
  Speaker 1: Phenomenal numbers, bad messaging, a press that won't cover Republican wins,
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: and a Senate that never gave him a finished agenda
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: to sell. You can't message what Thune refused to pass.
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: And I think that President Trump is 100% right here,
• 41:58
  Speaker 1: and this is something I've talked about through all leading
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: up to the midterms. People didn't feel like the economy
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: was doing well. The numbers suggested it was, but how
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: people feel is what matters. Is it messaging? Or maybe
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: the economy wasn't doing well enough in certain areas. Maybe
• 42:11
  Speaker 1: it was the Iran war. I don't know. But I
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: think if this was covered differently and messaged differently, people
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: wouldn't have thought, at least, that the economy is as
• 42:20
  Speaker 1: bad as people think it is. Now, there's still work
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: to be done, but the fundamentals are there. And I'll
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: leave you with the one that had everyone talking, UFOs.
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: Why not?
• 42:29
  Speaker 17: Is there anything that you have seen or heard about
• 42:33
  Speaker 17: or been told about that would lead you to think
• 42:35
  Speaker 17: that there's something more there than just we're having a
• 42:38
  Speaker 17: good time looking at things in the sky?
• 42:40
  Speaker 8: It's so amazing that you asked this question because it
• 42:43
  Speaker 8: is one of the questions in private I get asked about.
• 42:47
  Speaker 11: More people ask me about UFOs than anything.
• 42:50
  Speaker 8: I mean, people that you wouldn't think.
• 42:54
  Speaker 17: So here's the story.
• 42:56
  Speaker 8: I'm not too much of a believer, but I sat
• 42:59
  Speaker 8: in the Oval Office, first term and a little bit
• 43:02
  Speaker 8: second term, meeting with.
• 43:04
  Speaker 11: Air Force pilots that are really good, solid people.
• 43:07
  Speaker 8: These are not people that you would say are conspiracy theorists.
• 43:12
  Speaker 17: But then along with those pilots, there's a set of
• 43:14
  Speaker 17: people who have styled themselves as whistleblowers, who have come
• 43:18
  Speaker 17: out and said— Actually, there's also a secret program that
• 43:22
  Speaker 17: even presidents don't know about to study this stuff.
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: Have you seen any evidence that that is the case?
• 43:28
  Speaker 11: No, and I haven't heard that. But if there is,
• 43:30
  Speaker 11: I'm going to find out about it right after this interview.
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: Listen to Air Force pilots refusing to dismiss the public
• 43:36
  Speaker 1: and promising to dig if there's a secret program even
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: presidents don't know about. That was a really interesting part. Look,
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: he's transparent. It's the same guy Democrats want to impeach
• 43:45
  Speaker 1: for existing. There were so many other moments for that interview,
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: but unfortunately, I don't have time to cover them all
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: for you. But once again, President Trump shows he's willing
• 43:54
  Speaker 1: to go on any show and at any time and
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: defend his record. And regardless of what happened last Tuesday,
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: this is a record of accomplishment. He's not even close
• 44:03
  Speaker 1: to being done yet. Coming up, Congress comes back this
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: week and leaves again. Tomorrow morning, Senate Republicans vote on leadership.
• 44:13
  Speaker 1: John Thune, he thinks he should stay. And at least
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: five senators want to delay that vote. Is this the
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: lamest lame duck ever? Let's just say it ain't Thune
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: after this.
• 44:35
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• 45:13
  Speaker 1: FOOD. CONGRESS IS BACK THIS WEEK. THEY'LL BE GONE AGAIN
• 45:18
  Speaker 1: BEFORE THE TURKEY COOLS OUT FOR VETERANS DAY OUT FOR
• 45:21
  Speaker 1: THANKSGIVING AGAIN FOR CHRISTMAS. COMES BACK, LEAVES. IT'S GOING TO
• 45:27
  Speaker 1: BE THE LAMEST LAME DUCK SESSION EVER. AND WILL THEY
• 45:31
  Speaker 1: DO ANYTHING TO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
• 45:40
  Speaker 1: SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. TOMORROW MORNING AT
• 45:41
  Speaker 1: 9 EASTERN, SENATE REPUBLICANS VOTE ON LEADERSHIP. AND DO YOU
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: BELIEVE JOHN THUNE WANTS A SMOOTH CORONATION AS MINORITY LEADER,
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: NO CHALLENGER, SAME ESTABLISHMENT THAT SAT ON THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: SAT ON THE JUDGES, AND TURNED THE UNITED STATES SENATE
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: INTO A ROAD BLOCK WHILE PRESIDENT TRUMP BEGGED THEM TO FIGHT. EIGHT,
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: POSSIBLY SEVEN TO EIGHT He thinks he should get a promotion?
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: But at least five senators, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee, Rick Scott,
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: John Kennedy, and Dave McCormick, they want to delay that vote,
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: possibly till January. Not necessarily dump Thune, they should delay him, certainly.
• 46:26
  Speaker 1: Digest the midterm wipeout first and ask what went wrong.
• 46:29
  Speaker 1: Ask what the conference stands for. Ask what changes need
• 46:33
  Speaker 1: to happen before Democrats take the floor. Johnson's letter to
• 46:37
  Speaker 1: conference chair Tom Cotton forces a special meeting. Rick Scott
• 46:40
  Speaker 1: wants a voter ID commitment before anybody gets a promotion.
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: McCormick said it straight. Tuesday, it's just too soon to vote.
• 46:50
  Speaker 1: Too soon to vote. A similar delay failed in 2022.
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: The conference closed ranks and kept marching. Trump told you
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: the Senate was killing our country, and he wasn't wrong.
• 47:05
  Speaker 1: Democrats already have the gavels coming. Jeffries is a hard
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: yes on going after Pete Hegseth this week. Confirm the judges.
• 47:12
  Speaker 1: Move election integrity. Finish the agenda Trump asked for. But
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: watch the unfinished business die in the lamest lame duck
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: session on record. You might even consider the last two
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: years a lame duck session in and of itself. But
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: if tomorrow is just another rubber stamp for the same roadblock,
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: the same leadership... It won't be because Trump didn't do
• 47:36
  Speaker 1: his part. It'll be because Thune's Senate did the wrong
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: thing yet again. Like I said, lamest lame duck ever.
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: Joining me now is Matthew Hurd, director of professional services
• 47:47
  Speaker 1: at the Leadership Institute, chairman of the Arlington County GOP,
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: and a regular on GB News and Supertalk 99.7. Matthew,
• 47:56
  Speaker 1: welcome to David Pollak prime time. Now you'll be a
• 47:58
  Speaker 1: regular here. It's Washington. Tell me they're not going to
• 48:03
  Speaker 1: let Thune continue.
• 48:05
  Speaker 18: Well, David, as you said a moment ago, this is
• 48:08
  Speaker 18: the lamest lame duck Congress we have ever seen. In fact,
• 48:12
  Speaker 18: if the members of Congress were required to have the
• 48:15
  Speaker 18: work requirement for SNAP benefits, they wouldn't even qualify. What
• 48:20
  Speaker 18: we're going to see over the next few weeks is
• 48:22
  Speaker 18: more of the same with only a few areas of
• 48:27
  Speaker 18: silver lining. We may see more federal judges confirmed. But
• 48:32
  Speaker 18: everything else is very likely going to be as it is.
• 48:35
  Speaker 18: You made a point just a moment ago about delaying
• 48:38
  Speaker 18: leadership elections, and I think it is incumbent on the U.S. senators,
• 48:42
  Speaker 18: particularly Republicans, to pump the brakes on this and see
• 48:46
  Speaker 18: what it looks like.
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: Going into 2027.
• 48:47
  Speaker 11: To me.
• 48:48
  Speaker 1: Now, look, I know we're trying to digest last Tuesday.
• 48:55
  Speaker 1: A lot of people have different opinions on whether YOU KNOW,
• 48:58
  Speaker 1: THE IRAN WAR HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT,
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: WAS THE ECONOMY, WAS THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ECONOMY, ALL
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: THINGS WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT GOING FORWARD, AND WE
• 49:04
  Speaker 1: HAVE TIME FOR THAT. BUT THE ONE THING THAT I
• 49:07
  Speaker 1: THINK UNIVERSALLY EVERY REPUBLICAN, I MEAN, ANYBODY, PEOPLE WHO ARE
• 49:11
  Speaker 1: NOT EVEN ENGAGED IN POLITICS CAN AGREE ON, IS THAT
• 49:14
  Speaker 1: THUNE DID NOT DO HIS JOB. WHAT DID HE DO?
• 49:18
  Speaker 1: THEY SAT ON HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT A
• 49:21
  Speaker 1: VERY NARROW MAJORITY OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE SENT
• 49:24
  Speaker 1: OVER TO HIM. AND LOOK HOW MANY SEATS THUNE LOST
• 49:27
  Speaker 1: JUST ON THAT RECORD ALONE. HE DESERVES TO BE KICKED
• 49:30
  Speaker 1: OUT OF LEADERSHIP, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE EVEN CONSIDERING
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: KEEPING HIM TELLS YOU EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH THE SENATE,
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: AND IT MEANS THEY DON'T CARE THAT THEY LOST, RIGHT?
• 49:41
  Speaker 1: You're absolutely right.
• 49:42
  Speaker 18: And what many Americans don't realize is there isn't just
• 49:46
  Speaker 18: one election for United States Senate in each state.
• 49:48
  Speaker 1: There are two.
• 49:50
  Speaker 18: And what I mean by that is voters elect their senator,
• 49:53
  Speaker 18: and they may elect a Republican who says he or
• 49:55
  Speaker 18: she is going to go to Washington to fight. But
• 49:58
  Speaker 18: then that second election is Senate leadership. And it is often,
• 50:02
  Speaker 18: as you just said a moment ago, where they close
• 50:05
  Speaker 18: ranks and support people like Senator John Thune, like, for
• 50:08
  Speaker 18: a long time, Senator Mitch McConnell and others.
• 50:11
  Speaker 1: This is— this vote, this.
• 50:13
  Speaker 18: Second vote, is completely shielded from accountability by conservatives, activists
• 50:19
  Speaker 18: in the states, in red states like Idaho and Montana
• 50:23
  Speaker 18: and North and South Dakota and Tennessee.
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: They don't have a say.
• 50:26
  Speaker 18: Those voters don't have a say in who takes the
• 50:29
  Speaker 18: Republican banner to the Senate floor.
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: It's absolutely a shame.
• 50:33
  Speaker 13: Yeah.
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: And look, I've had this conspiracy theory and I'm not
• 50:36
  Speaker 1: the conspiracy theory guy.
• 50:37
  Speaker 8: Right.
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: That's not me. I try to call balls and strikes
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: and I try to bring the audience whatever information I
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: can let them decide for themselves what they think. But
• 50:44
  Speaker 1: here's the David Pollak conspiracy theory. So if I have one,
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: there might be some merit to it. I thought for
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: two years that Thune was always kind of the guy
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: to stab the president in the back. You know, when
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: we look at the numbers and we look at the
• 50:55
  Speaker 1: fact that this is the first time in modern history
• 50:58
  Speaker 1: where the president's own party blocked his own recess appointments,
• 51:02
  Speaker 1: when you look at the fact that he could not
• 51:04
  Speaker 1: figure out a way to get the Save America Act done,
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: when you look at THE DELAY ON ALL OF THE
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: APPOINTMENTS AND ALL THE, IT'S JUST, IT'S A RECORD OF OBSTRUCTION.
• 51:13
  Speaker 1: IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE WE WERE DEALING WITH CHUCK SCHUMER,
• 51:16
  Speaker 1: NOT A REPUBLICAN JOHN THUNE. AND SO LOOKING AT THAT,
• 51:19
  Speaker 1: AND THEN CONSIDERING THAT THEY EVEN WANT TO KEEP HIM
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: OR CONSIDERING KEEPING HIM, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHAT YOU JUST SAID,
• 51:25
  Speaker 1: THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER ELECTION FOR A LOT OF SENATORS
• 51:27
  Speaker 1: IN TWO MORE YEARS. THIS MAKES ME THINK that he's
• 51:31
  Speaker 1: being rewarded by the Senate, but for a handful of
• 51:34
  Speaker 1: really bold, patriot senators. He's being rewarded by the caucus
• 51:38
  Speaker 1: for doing what I believe he was up to for
• 51:40
  Speaker 1: the last few years. Am I being conspiratorial, or is
• 51:44
  Speaker 1: he getting an attaboy for doing a good job in
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: obstructing this president? This is— this.
• 51:48
  Speaker 18: Is not conspiratorial. You just explained how the process works. Again,
• 51:53
  Speaker 18: these elected incumbents, these entrenched incumbents circle the wagons, because
• 51:59
  Speaker 18: they know, in these U.S. Senate elections, if I'm a
• 52:02
  Speaker 18: Republican senator and I get elected this year, it's another
• 52:05
  Speaker 18: five-and-a-half years before I have to go before my voters
• 52:08
  Speaker 18: and tell them what I've done. And only in the
• 52:10
  Speaker 18: last two years of a Republican senator's time in that
• 52:14
  Speaker 18: term do they actually start voting conservative.
• 52:18
  Speaker 1: And so it's absolutely a shame.
• 52:19
  Speaker 18: There's almost no accountability when it comes to this. And
• 52:22
  Speaker 18: that's why it is so important for conservative activists to
• 52:26
  Speaker 18: pay attention to what happens in Washington. That's why a
• 52:28
  Speaker 18: program like this is so important, and to get involved
• 52:31
  Speaker 18: in the process. If you've got a senator who was
• 52:33
  Speaker 18: reelected or is up for reelection in two years, you've
• 52:37
  Speaker 18: got to start paying attention to the votes now.
• 52:39
  Speaker 1: And these leadership votes matter. Yeah, it's the most important thing.
• 52:43
  Speaker 1: And this is so not just who's going to be
• 52:45
  Speaker 1: president in 28, not just who's going to be minority
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: leader in the House, but also really evaluating what went
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  Speaker 1: can figure out what our identity is going forward, if
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  Speaker 1: I think a lot of people who did show up
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