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Congressman Dave Taylor joins the show this morning · Brian Thomas

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  Speaker 1: The talk station A six at fifty five krs the
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  Speaker 1: talk station. It's Friday, and a happy one to you.
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  Speaker 1: Extra special day to day the return of Congressman David Taylor,
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  Speaker 1: probably representing the second District of Ohio in the swamp
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  Speaker 1: that is Washington, DC. Welcome back, Congressman Taylor. It's great
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  Speaker 1: having you on the show today.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Brian, thanks for having me, and happy Friday
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  Speaker 2: to you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, sir, appreciate that. Let's start with Iran. I
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  Speaker 1: had Congressman Davidson on yesterday. He definitively stated that he
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  Speaker 1: would be voting to support Roan Congressman Massey's efforts to
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  Speaker 1: limit Donald Trump's ability to wage war absent congressional approval,
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  Speaker 1: which to me, sir, is consistent with the Constitution. He
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  Speaker 1: then went out online and confirmed that he was in
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  Speaker 1: fact doing that, and that he had called for a
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  Speaker 1: classified briefing on the mission in Iran. Don't know that
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  Speaker 1: he's gotten one yet, but he did intend to back
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  Speaker 1: the War Powers Resolution said war requires congressional authorization. These
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  Speaker 1: are actions short of war, but no case has been made.
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  Speaker 1: Can I ask you, sir, where are you on the
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  Speaker 1: concept of just beginning to drop bombs on Iran because
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  Speaker 1: it looks like it's coming any moment, and that quite
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  Speaker 1: frankly worries me.
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  Speaker 2: So I couldn't agree more in Congressman Davidson is right
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  Speaker 2: as well. If we're going to conduct a war against
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  Speaker 2: the sovereign nation, uh, Congress is supposed to authorize that.
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  Speaker 2: And but as you mentioned, there are actions short of
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  Speaker 2: war that the president can take. And I'll look to
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  Speaker 2: see if I can join Congressman Davidson for that briefing
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  Speaker 2: to see if we can get a better handle on what,
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  Speaker 2: if any of those possible kinetic strategies are and if
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  Speaker 2: they do in fact require a government or a congressional authorization.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I just I just really struggle with this one.
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  Speaker 1: And honestly, Sir, I appraise you, and I'm glad to
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  Speaker 1: hear that that is your position relative to this this
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  Speaker 1: current conflict situation. I guess I'm kind of wondering. You know,
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  Speaker 1: you're in you're you're listening to your fellow congress persons,
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  Speaker 1: your feel representatives, you're there in the swamp. Is anybody
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  Speaker 1: alarmed over this? Because there's not much way by way
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  Speaker 1: of out louds. The typical screaming and yelling from politicians
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  Speaker 1: about Donald Trump going off on his own and deciding
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  Speaker 1: on his own whether or not to engage in a
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  Speaker 1: conflict which quite frankly, could get really, really messy. It
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  Speaker 1: just sounds like it's one of those the silence seems
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  Speaker 1: deafening kind of thing. Congressman Taylor, I agree, Brian.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the big build up over there has been
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  Speaker 2: growing for I guess maybe over a month now. It's
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  Speaker 2: it's definitely been a steady build up in the area,
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  Speaker 2: and I think the part of the quiet you described
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  Speaker 2: comes from our expectation that a deal is going to
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  Speaker 2: be struck. I don't know the degree to which was
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  Speaker 2: that idea was damaged this morning when I heard that
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  Speaker 2: the potentially negotiations are broken off. I think that's a concern. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: everyone wants a peaceful I was talking to somebody in
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  Speaker 2: DC recently about you know, I think there's this perception
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  Speaker 2: that Iran has been as it is now forever, when
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  Speaker 2: you and I know that, you know, the rolling Stones
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  Speaker 2: have been touring way longer than these idiots have been
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  Speaker 2: in charge in Iran. So we're all hoping that they'll
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  Speaker 2: flink off into obscurity. Quietly, it's looking less likely as
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  Speaker 2: a result of today's action that that's that's likely, but
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  Speaker 2: you know it's it's something has to watch carefully and
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  Speaker 2: conducted in accordance with a constitution.
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  Speaker 1: If it comes to that, well that's all I'm asking for.
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  Speaker 1: Deliberation and you know, a full awareness and maybe even
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  Speaker 1: sort of an out loud mission statement. You know what,
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  Speaker 1: what are we hoping to accomplish. The reason we are
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  Speaker 1: going to provide you with authorization to start dropping bombs
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  Speaker 1: is because we want to accomplish fill in the blank objectives.
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  Speaker 1: So something sound like that which could start to deliver
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  Speaker 1: the pros. I think that's all a lot of Americans
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  Speaker 1: are looking for because people are going to die. American
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  Speaker 1: soldiers are going to die. I think, unlike invading Venezuela
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  Speaker 1: and doing a in the middle of the night mission
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  Speaker 1: in and out, this is going to be a protracted
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  Speaker 1: military conflict given the volume of weapons Iran has. We
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  Speaker 1: know that, and then all of the military bases and
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  Speaker 1: all the assets that we have in the surrounding region
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  Speaker 1: and a lot of of course friendly countries that we are.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we'd like to maintain some sembilance of friendship
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  Speaker 1: with I know Israel's may be threatened, but are we
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  Speaker 1: going to go to war because Israel is literally threatened
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  Speaker 1: by this? I mean, just too many questions, Congressman Taylor.
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  Speaker 2: All those all those things you pointed out are true,
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  Speaker 2: and I'll add that you know Iran has a complicated
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  Speaker 2: relationship with with Russia and China. Yes, as far as
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  Speaker 2: as our involvement could could trigger. So it has to
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  Speaker 2: be handled very very delicately, and hopefully negotiations are resumed
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  Speaker 2: next week, as was originally the plan. And I couldn't
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  Speaker 2: agree more that this is something that can turn very bad,
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  Speaker 2: very fast. So hopefully cooler heads for vailed.
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  Speaker 1: I hate to laugh in response to that, could happen
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  Speaker 1: very bad, very fast. The vote on this, this Warpower's
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  Speaker 1: resolution is supposed to take take place next week, and
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  Speaker 1: since the talks kind of fell apart yesterday, very fast,
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  Speaker 1: could mean like the weekend, right, I mean, would you
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  Speaker 1: put it? I mean you wouldn't put it past Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump to just go ahead and move forward with the
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  Speaker 1: war in advance of the vote the Warpowers resolution? Would you.
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  Speaker 2: The only thing I would say, bright, I don't think
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  Speaker 2: we would be committing troops to uh sort of landing
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  Speaker 2: and Iran answering some intervention by Congress in advance. But
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  Speaker 2: nothing's impossible, of course. But I'm sure we know with
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  Speaker 2: our intelligence agencies exactly where every single Mola is every
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  Speaker 2: moment of every day. Yes, an operation that sort of
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  Speaker 2: cuts the head off the snake quickly and without boots
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  Speaker 2: on the ground wouldn't necessarily surprise me. But again, I'm
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  Speaker 2: hoping for a negotiated deal where our people are not
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  Speaker 2: putting danger, and neither are the people of Iran. The
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  Speaker 2: people of Iran are obviously rising up and dying, and
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  Speaker 2: there are tens of thousands against this, you know people regime.
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  Speaker 2: So we want, we want people to live freely in
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  Speaker 2: Certainly the government of Iran does not.
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  Speaker 1: Agree with us on that, clearly, And you can already
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  Speaker 1: hear the propaganda machine getting fired up to start talking
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  Speaker 1: about all the civilian casualties, which will inevitably be the
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  Speaker 1: pro of be a problem in a large broader scale
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  Speaker 1: military conflict. But I think you're right. I mean, we
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  Speaker 1: have demonstrated we can find people and blow them up
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  Speaker 1: with precision accuracy. I imagine the Malas and the Eyetola
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  Speaker 1: have all like scattered in the wind and have all
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  Speaker 1: found comfortable hiding spots that they think they can avoid detection,
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  Speaker 1: because I wouldn't want to be walking around if I
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  Speaker 1: was one of them out out in the open.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm sure Sulimani thought the same thing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no question about it. We know how that worked out.
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  Speaker 1: A table to take an early break because I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to get your reaction to the State of the Union
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  Speaker 1: address and also a comment or two on tariff since
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  Speaker 1: we got a little bump in the road after the
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  Speaker 1: Supreme Court decision. We'll take a break now it's eight
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  Speaker 1: to fourteen, continuing with Congressman David Taylor. After these words,
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  Speaker 1: Brion Thomas with Congressman David Taylor, probably representing the second
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  Speaker 1: district here at Ohio Ian the swamp that we call
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  Speaker 1: Washington DC. David Taylor, you were at the State of
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  Speaker 1: the Union address. What was your reaction your response to it?
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  Speaker 1: Happy with it? Was he missing anything or what were
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  Speaker 1: some of the more important highlights from the State of
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  Speaker 1: the Union, Sir.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a great night, Brian. I was They
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  Speaker 2: asked before we went into the State of Union what
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  Speaker 2: topic I was most hopeful that President Trump honed in
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  Speaker 2: on during the State of the Union, and I said,
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  Speaker 2: I want him to do a layout of everything that's
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  Speaker 2: gone on this past thirteen months, all of the things
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  Speaker 2: he said he was going to do during the campaign
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  Speaker 2: that he went in and did, and that's exactly what
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  Speaker 2: he did. It was it was two hours long, but
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  Speaker 2: it was a very fast two hours, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think hearing directly from the from the President about
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  Speaker 2: what has been going on in Washingt d C. Is
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  Speaker 2: about the only way people get the truth. Everything that
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  Speaker 2: filter through the media gets spun in a very negative way.
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure you saw the enthusiasm in the room, but
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  Speaker 2: one moment that stood out to me, Brian was at
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  Speaker 2: one point I started to clap for the President for
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  Speaker 2: pointing out that the Democrats voted to raise everyone's taxes,
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  Speaker 2: but I was immediately drowned out by them clapping for themselves.
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  Speaker 2: They're so proud of having screwed over working people in America.
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  Speaker 2: That was one of the very few applause moments we
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  Speaker 2: got from the Democrats. I thought that that was a
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  Speaker 2: notable thing. Yes, I was lucky enough to get to
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  Speaker 2: bring along Claremont County Sheriff Chris Stratton, who I've known
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  Speaker 2: for over thirty years. Haven't worked at the Prosecutor's office
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  Speaker 2: back when around when he started at the sheriff's office,
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  Speaker 2: and he pointed out that you know, and you might
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  Speaker 2: have even seen his comments. He became sort of a
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  Speaker 2: media star there for a little while because he at
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  Speaker 2: a roundtable he pointed out that if you compare the
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  Speaker 2: first year of the Biden administration to the first year
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  Speaker 2: the Trump administration, there's an eighty percent reduction in overdose
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  Speaker 2: deaths in Claremont County. And that's everything to do with
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  Speaker 2: Trump's border policy and enforcement of the law inside the borders.
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  Speaker 2: And of course Sheriff Stratton is playing a huge role
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  Speaker 2: in that too. He's a he's our sheriff now, but
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  Speaker 2: he's served the county for thirty years and doing a
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  Speaker 2: fantastic job, no.
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  Speaker 1: Question about that. I guess the one thing I'll observe,
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  Speaker 1: because I have my entire awareness of our national debt,
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  Speaker 1: have been a deficit Hawk and the work, the information
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  Speaker 1: and the size of it just keeps getting worse and
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  Speaker 1: worse and worse. We're on track to use up one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and twenty percent of GDP paying the debt service.
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  Speaker 1: That is probably within the next ten years or so.
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  Speaker 1: On the track we are. Donald Trump didn't mention it
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  Speaker 1: at all, and no deficit hawk is Donald Trump. You
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  Speaker 1: look at the first term, and you look at the
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  Speaker 1: track we're on right now. That really worries me. So
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  Speaker 1: the absence of a comment about that we need to
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  Speaker 1: start cutting spending because at some point we're all going
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  Speaker 1: to have to have our taxes raised through the roof
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  Speaker 1: if we're going to ever try to pay it off.
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  Speaker 1: And we're on shaky ground.
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  Speaker 2: Congressmen, I agree, Brian, and I do wish you would
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  Speaker 2: have mentioned that there has been a considerable reduction in deficit,
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  Speaker 2: not that it's affected the debt yet, but the incredible
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  Speaker 2: growth we had for the first three quarters didn't result
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  Speaker 2: in a large reduction in deficit itself. But the only
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  Speaker 2: thing he mentioned on that point, and he may be right,
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  Speaker 2: I think he was kind of kidding, but I think
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  Speaker 2: it would be pretty close if we actually got rid
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  Speaker 2: of the fraud that were the billions and billions dollars
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  Speaker 2: a product. It would it would be a huge reduction
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  Speaker 2: in spending all by itself, and I think it would
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  Speaker 2: make a significant impact.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, David Taylor. Amen to that. If Minnesota alone
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  Speaker 1: can be responsible for north of nine billion dollars in
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  Speaker 1: just a handful of government programs, and those are federal
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  Speaker 1: tax dollars, that's my dollars and year dollars. And everybody
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  Speaker 1: outside of the state of Minnesota is footing the bill
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  Speaker 1: for that nonsense. One city, one city in one state
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  Speaker 1: in this country. You know, it is insane the amount
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  Speaker 1: of fraud that's out there. And boy, I wish we
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  Speaker 1: could crack down on that.
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  Speaker 2: JD.
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  Speaker 1: Van's going to go to work on that. I saw
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna He's cutting off the reimbursements to Minnesota. It's
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  Speaker 1: a big warning shot. They pad they spent that money already.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, for sure. And I was I was thrilled
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  Speaker 2: to see the vice president put in charge of that project.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think you're going to see something similar to
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  Speaker 2: Kamala being put in charge of the southern borders than
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  Speaker 2: never even visiting the place. In this case, I think
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  Speaker 2: the vice president will be all over that. And when
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  Speaker 2: you when you take decisive action early and say, hey,
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  Speaker 2: the dollars are not coming until you clean up your act.
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  Speaker 2: Other states aren't under the microscope yet, take notice, and
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  Speaker 2: hopefully they voluntarily clean up what they're doing.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we know the Supreme Court ruled on tariffs the
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  Speaker 1: other day, not favorable to Trump, in a six or
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  Speaker 1: three decision that was based on the one statute or
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  Speaker 1: law that Donald Trump asserted and underclaiming there was an emergency.
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  Speaker 1: He doesn't have that authority, says the Supreme Court, So
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  Speaker 1: he pivots over to another set of statutes or laws
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  Speaker 1: that allow us to put some tariffs in place. You
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  Speaker 1: know that's going to be temporary by the time it's litigated,
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  Speaker 1: maybe down the road a while. But I suspect the
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  Speaker 1: same result. Where are we without Donald Trump being able
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  Speaker 1: to being free to levy tariffs? Do you think Congress
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  Speaker 1: will ever embrace the concept and an active on their
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  Speaker 1: own or codify what he has tried to do so far?
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  Speaker 2: Well, while I don't agree with the decision that the
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  Speaker 2: Supreme Court came down with, I don't think they There
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  Speaker 2: as always a little bit of a frustrating decision with
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  Speaker 2: the Supreme Court. They don't give you all forever. In
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  Speaker 2: any case, they sort of make the narrowest decision they
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  Speaker 2: can possibly make, and they did that again. I think
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  Speaker 2: there's you know, obviously there's basis for several other ways
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  Speaker 2: for the presidents of Levy terriffs. And he's carrying on
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  Speaker 2: with that. The problem with the congressional action on teriffs.
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  Speaker 2: Every other country in the world can do it flexibly
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  Speaker 2: and quickly, and we have to run every move through
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  Speaker 2: this this body that is is designed to be slow.
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  Speaker 2: So it's it's impossible to have a competitive situation that
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  Speaker 2: should advantage or relief make us on level terms with
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  Speaker 2: other countries. So we do need to come up with
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  Speaker 2: a way that they can be used fairly to America's benefit,
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  Speaker 2: no matter who's president.
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  Speaker 1: I agree, but you know, you go to that pesky constitution.
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  Speaker 1: It does have to be interpreted, and even though the
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  Speaker 1: Supreme Court yet again perhaps is interpreted in a way
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  Speaker 1: that we don't like, it does force a deliberate the process.
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  Speaker 1: It requires Congress to get involved. And right, we're not
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  Speaker 1: a dictator. We're not Ji Jinping who can launch missiles
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  Speaker 1: and drop bombs whenever he decides he wants to or
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  Speaker 1: Levy taxes. We're stuck with that constitution, so it can get.
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  Speaker 2: The I agree completely that the executive branch is supposed
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  Speaker 2: to have jurisdiction over foreign affairs. I consider that certainly
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  Speaker 2: foreign affairs adjacent. Yes, it has to land somewhere that
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  Speaker 2: makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, he most certainly used tariff as a mechanism to
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  Speaker 1: engage in foreign affairs, and that was his argument. I
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  Speaker 1: understand that argument. Congressman David Taylor, thanks for the time
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  Speaker 1: you're willing to spend with my listeners and me from
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  Speaker 1: time time. I really appreciate having you on the program,
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  Speaker 1: and I thank you very much for your your your
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  Speaker 1: joining in Congressman Massey and Congressman Davidson and saying no,
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  Speaker 1: you need congressional involvement on the launching of war against
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  Speaker 1: your ron, sir. I look forward to seeing a more
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  Speaker 1: formal statement on that, maybe a vote next week. We'll
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  Speaker 1: just keep our popcorn out and pray to God that
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  Speaker 1: we're not going to go to war tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: Brian, thanks for having me on and a lot of
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  Speaker 2: important things to think about right now.
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  Speaker 1: Is good to be with you, it sure is, and
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  Speaker 1: thank you very much for engaging in the discussion here
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  Speaker 1: in the fifty five