October 3, 2025 • 17 mins
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Federal Funds for Illegal Immigrants
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The piece argues that contrary to public statements, federal tax dollars do go to undocumented immigrants through:
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Emergency Medicaid (covering ER and maternity care).
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Improper state claims, citing California as an example.
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Democratic Shutdown Demands
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It lists alleged Democratic demands to prevent a shutdown, portraying them negatively:
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Free healthcare for undocumented immigrants.
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Restoring funding for NPR and PBS (described as “propaganda machines”).
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Revoking rural hospital funding in favor of urban sanctuary cities.
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Climate and DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) funding for foreign nations.
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Continuation of Obamacare subsidies.
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Framing of the Shutdown
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Democrats are accused of orchestrating the shutdown to push these demands.
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Chuck Schumer is depicted as trying to “trick” the public into blaming Trump.
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The commentary insists it is a “Schumer shutdown,” not Trump’s fault.
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Election Narrative
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The podcast emphasizes that these issues were “on the ballot” and claims voters rejected them by electing Trump.
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It contrasts Trump’s policies with Biden/Harris, presenting Trump as the true defender of rural America and fiscal restraint.
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Media Criticism
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Mainstream media (NPR, PBS, ABC, NBC, CBS) are accused of being “state-sponsored” propaganda outlets for Democrats.
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Coverage of positive economic news (like stock market highs) is said to be deliberately downplayed.
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Economic Impact
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The shutdown is claimed to cost Americans $400 million per day.
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The Democratic spending package is alleged to include nearly $200 billion in healthcare subsidies for non-citizens.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
They say that we're making this up, this illegal aliens
receiving taxpayer benefits. It's a talking point, they said. Everybody
can remember, I think back to twenty twenty in the
presidential debate. For all the candidates on the Democrats side,
raise your hand, they said on the stage, if you
believe that illegal aliens should receive healthcare paid for by
American taxpayers. Every single one of them raised their hands.
(00:22):
A great applause in the audience from the Democrats who
are there. Now, what did they do? Did they fall
to in that promise? Yeah, they absolutely did. Joe Biden
used executive orders and he expanded benefits healthcare to illegal
asiens in this four year term.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
If you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with
Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Good Friday morning, Nice to have you with us on
the forty seven Morning Update, And we've got two big
stories for you. Democrats in the media join hands yet
again to lie and claim that no federal dollars are
going to illegal immigrants. Well, I'm going to show you
how they're lying to you, and we've got the receipts
to back it up. Also, going after Donald Trump, saying
(01:02):
he's crazy to execute a government shutdown, trying to claim
this is Trump's fault. We all know it's the Schumer shutdown,
and we'll give you the facts to fight back on
that as well. But before I get to that, I
want to talk to you about my friends at Kirk
Elliott Precious Metals. Two days ago, I got my new
order of silver. Now I'm investing in silver right now
(01:23):
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It is actually really cool. It's really heavy because it's
one hundred ounces. But I also know that I bought
it at the right price and I wasn't paying massive
up charges on quote. Rare are special coins, and then
(01:46):
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It's not just about investing, it's about making sure you
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Kurt Elliott helps people all the time. Whether it's gold
or silver, you can hold it, be a good steward
of it, you can pass it on to future generations,
(02:27):
and you can build wealth with it. It's real bullion,
never gimmicks, just investment grade gold and silver. No overpriced coins,
no flashy markups. And it's a company that I love
because they are a faith driven company. There's no pressure,
just honest care. They treat every client like family, offering
(02:50):
honest answers up front to help you make wise and
formed decisions. Now, if you're seeking a partner when it
comes to gold and silver with annity mindset, visit k
e PM dot com slash Ben. That's k e PM
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(03:12):
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two zero six oh five thirty nine hundred. So let's
faithfully steward what God has given so you can experience
real peace now and for generations to come. K e
PM dot com slash Ben. It's the forty seven Morning
Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
There has been a lie that no federal dollars are
going to legal immigrants. All right, I'm going to show
you exactly why that is a lie. Federal dollars, your
tax dollars, in fact, do flow to illegal immigrants. Here
are two proven ways that happens. Number One, emergency medicaid.
That equals billions of dollars a year in emergency medicaid
(03:57):
funds that go to er and maternity. It is a
legal carvel. And are illegal immigrants covered under that? The
answer is yes. That's one way that they're funneling money
to legal immigrant care. Number two, improper state claims. California,
for example, their audit forced repayment a fifty two point
(04:20):
seven million, fifty two point seven million that was wrongfully
billed to the federal government. That is just one state,
one audit, and it's likely there's a lot more out there. Now,
these are people that are quote not eligible for getting money. Well,
the receipts tell the truth. The receipts don't lie. The
money is clearly going to allegal immigrants in the hospital.
(04:46):
So if you want to know why the Democrats decide
to shut down the government, number one, it was a
cover chuck Schumer's ables against AOC. Number two, the Democrat
demands tell you everything. This is what they demanded to quote,
avoid a government shut down. Okay, this is their list,
not mine. Free health care for illegals. Number one, restore
(05:08):
funding for their propaganda machines. What do I mean by that?
Restore money for the National Public radio and for public
broadcasting services. Why would the Democrats shut down the government
demanding that the only way we keep it open is
if we restore the MPR and PBS funding. I'll take
exactly why. Because those are two of the state sponsored
(05:29):
media arms, no different than China or Russia or South
Korea putting out propaganda on behalf of the Democratic Party
and attacking the Republican Party. So they desperately need MPR
and PBS to be prop back up because otherwise they
lose their juice, they lose their influence. They also want
to revoke listen carefully, rural hospital funding. Why would the
(05:51):
Democratic Party want to revoke rural hospital funding. I'll take
exactly why. Because they want the money to go to
legal immigrants in their big sanctuary cities and major state.
They don't care about rural America. They don't care about
the farmers. They don't care about flyover country. They say,
the hell with you guys. We want the money in
New York City. We want the money in Baltimore. We
want the money in Detroit, right, we want the money
(06:12):
in San Francisco, in LA. We don't want the money
in Rule America for hospitals. We don't care about actual
hard working Americans mining their own business with their families
on their ten acres. They also demand it to avoid
a government's shut down, that we have massive expenditures that
are reinstated for climate and diversity, equity and inclusion DEI
(06:32):
funding specifically, not for Americans. You ready for this. Here's
the best part. Here's the kicker for foreign nations. So
they want your tax hours to go to stop climate
change in foreign nations, and they want your tax hours
to go for diversity, equity, inclusion advocacy training foreign nations,
not America, foreign nations. And then finally, I thought Obamacare
(06:56):
was going to be amazing, Right, everybody's going to have healthcare.
You got to keep your doctor if you doctor. Remember
that line, you got to keep your plan if you
like your plan. Yeah, that was a lie. Well, what
are they saying now well, one of their demands to
avoid the government shutdown was to continue Biden's Obama care subsidies. Now,
we had an election that just took place, and in
the election, all of these things are on the ballot.
Free health care for illegals. There was a candidate that
(07:18):
wanted it, advocated for it, and did it, Joe Biden.
Then that candidate turned into Kamala Harris and guess what
she was in favor of it too. The other guy,
Donald Trump, said no. There was a party and a
person Kama Harris. It was like, we're going to keep
funding these statespnsor media in NPR and PBS, and there
was another guy named Donald Trump said no, we're going
to cut it. There was a man that was advocating
for rural areas and hospitals, and that would be Donald Trump.
(07:41):
There was the other Democrats said screw you guys, like
it was on the ballot, folks. Climate DEI funding DOGE
is a great example of that. For foreign nations. Donald
Trump ran on saying, no, that's a terrible thing. We're
not doing it. Democrats said no, we want to send
more of our money overseas to four nations for DEI
woke climate change. And again the other party, Harris Joe Biden,
(08:01):
their Obamacare substeds were what they ran on. The American
people said we don't want it, and they voted for
who Donald Trump. All of the things that they're shutting
the government down over, their biggest issues are things that
were on the ballot. Okay, it just was. It was
on the ballot, folks, Every single bit of it was
on the ballot.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Now, story number two, we have a new.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Conspiracy theory from the Democrats. It is now to say
that Donald Trump is unwell, he's unfit for office, that
Donald Trump is the most immature present we've ever had.
Democrats thinking this, I don't know, slid of hand will
work during the government's shutdown to confuse the American people,
and somehow, instead of blaming Chuck Schumer for the problem
(08:47):
of the government being shut down, now you'll think this
is Donald Trump being crazy. How do we know this
is an orchestrated plan. Well, let me let you hear
what Chuck Schumer said from the floor of the Senate.
Listen carefully the words he used.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
When Democrats say, we want to work with Republicans to
lower premiums, to strengthen healthcare. All we are doing is
reflecting what the American people already want, nothing more, nothing less.
They want us to sit down and negotiate something real
that takes this huge, huge burden off their shoulders. And
Donald Trump, instead of acting like an adult, it's the
(09:22):
most immature president we have ever had, instead of doing
something to stop the healthcare crisis, is threatening to hurt
countless hardworking Americans. Let me repeat the quote Donald Trump
said yesterday. We can do things during the shutdown that
are irreversible. They're bad for them and irreversible, like cutting
vast numbers of people out, cutting things they like, cutting
(09:43):
programs they like. Donald Trump says it loud and clear,
And that's one thing about him. He is using the
American people as pawns, threatening pain on the country as
black man. Well, that's not going to work. The American people.
It's so easy to see through those tactics. They know
this is the Trump shutdown. They know Republicans control the Presidency,
the Senate, in the House, and what is done during
(10:05):
a shutdown will fall squarely on the Republicans back. Donald
Trump even says it. He says he is going to
close down all these things people want.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Donald Trump is the most immature president we've ever had.
Donald Trump, instead of acting like an adult now, Chuck
Schumer is trying to Jedi mind trick the American people
believing somehow right now that this shutdown is the fault
of Donald Trump. I think everyone knows very clearly that
is a lot. And if that's not working, let me
just go back and remind you what Chuck Schumer used
(10:33):
to say about government shutdowns and what Nancy Pelosi used
to say about government shutdowns December the eleventh, twenty eighteen,
in the Oval Office with President Trump, as Trump hosted
a last ditch talk to avoid a government shutdown when
Democrats were in charge in Congress. And here is what
he had to say about shutdown shutdowns back then.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
We do not want to shut down the government because
you can't you shut it down. Yeah, let me say something,
mister President North Dakota is most unfortunate.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
And we came in here in good faith and we're
entering into this kind of a discussion in the public.
Speaker 6 (11:13):
Transparency.
Speaker 5 (11:14):
I know it's not transparency when we're not stipulating to
a set of facts.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
I love it when we're not stipulating to a set
of facts. We are not here. We are not here
to shut down the government. Now, Democrats under fire for
these clips showing them slamming government shutdown tactics, the same
ones that they're literally using as we speak right now,
my good friend Scott Jennings saying this to Democrats on
(11:38):
CNN about the government shutdown as well.
Speaker 7 (11:40):
Well, hopefully the Democrats come to their senses here and
we'll go to the floor of the respective chambers and
pass a clean continuing resolution. The Republicans put that on
the floor. No tricks, no funny business, nothing up our sleeves.
Just hey, let's keep the government open for another several
weeks while we work this through in a normal Democrats
(12:01):
voted against that, and so I'm hoping they come out
of this meeting thinking that that's a better option than
simply shutting down the government. It's just not realistic the
demands they're making. Now. Donald Trump may get in the
room and wheel and deal. He is a deal maker, So,
like Speaker Johnson, I wouldn't want to predict what the
President's willing to do on the fly, but I do
think it's pretty reprehensible that the Democrats have taken us
to the brink of a shutdown with a list of
(12:22):
demands that frankly, are just not even within the realm
of the realistic right now, not.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
Even in the realm of realistic right now, Democrats are
lying about shutting down the government everyone knows is a
Shumer shut down. It's not just realistic the demands that
they're making, right it's insane. And the American people voted
on this. The American people voted and said, we do
not want to find healthcare for one point two million
legal aliens. The American people do not vote for one
(12:49):
trillion plus of extra spending that would bring back in
PR and PBS and money for transgendered surgeries. The American
people are done with funding this woke bs with our
tax dollars that we've been funding for years. Elections have consequences.
We all know it. Elections have real consequences, and we
(13:13):
are witnessing right now what happens when there are real consequences.
Democrats are out there and who are they supporting? A communists? Mundani,
by the way, republicly today refused to apologize for calling
the NYBD racists and saying we should abolish them and
defund them. He was on the view. So if you
(13:33):
want to know who the Democrats are right now, this
is one of their leaders of their party.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
Have you formally apologized to the NAYPD.
Speaker 7 (13:40):
These are conversations that I'm having individually with officers, and
I've appreciated that because it's through those conversations with rank
and file officers that I've learned more about the difficulties
of this job.
Speaker 6 (13:50):
Have you formally apologized to the NAPD.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Yeah, no, the answer is no, he is not. Why
because this is who they are. And while all this
is happening, there was some breaking news. The media doesn't
want to tell you this. The SMP hit sixty seven
hundred for the first time ever, a new all time
closing high for the Dow. You think if a Democrat
was in office, would they be just going berserk on
(14:13):
the nightly news tonight? Yeah? Did they know? Because the
state sponsored media at ABCNBCCBS or scumbags. So here's a
little bit at least from CNBC about the actual news
that everyone should be talking about.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
Stocks shaking off the shutdown, charging higher, the S and
P five hundred hitting sixty seven hundred, for the first
time ever, a new all time closing high for the
Dow as well fractionally, the NAZAK the best performed today,
but closing just short of a record. Healthcare once again
the best performing sector. That's thanks to drugstocks. Utilities also
a gainer.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
There you go twenty one seconds of just pure raw reporting.
Oh but no, no, no, we can't cover that. No,
what do we have to do? We got to talk
about the Democrats and are they willing to care about
your feelings?
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Do they care about all the Americans who aren't going
to get paychecks in our government, including our military. No
Democrats cashing in their checks? We know that, Why because
they were asked about it.
Speaker 8 (15:12):
So this is a whole uns and fill case.
Speaker 6 (15:15):
We would know it is such a down expense to
advise semi high members now is a duck though.
Speaker 8 (15:23):
Yeah, that's a question that every individual member is going
to have to make on their own, as has always
been the case in the past. First of all, that
question is not even a ripe one because we're anticipating
that this shutdown issue will be resolved.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
You guys started it. The question is when are you
going to resolve it? The Democrat humor shutdown will cost Americans.
It's now estimated by the CBO four hundred million a day,
four one hundred million a day. This is their doing.
They chose to do this, They said, this is what
we want to do. So it's four hundred million a
(15:59):
day for these antics that we're witnessing right now. And
the Democrats care more about illegal aliens and American citizens,
and that's why the Democrats shut down the government. The
Democrat Continuing Resolution. Now that we're seeing the real dollars
and cents, are you ready for this? The Democrats Continuing
Resolution spends nearly two hundred billion on healthcare subsidies for
(16:22):
illegal immigrants and other non citizens. I'm going to go
to the Democrats cr what they demanded. Ending Medicaid funding
for non citizens. Cost of repeal six point two million,
twenty eight million for ending enhanced FMap for emergency care
for legal immigrants, thirty four million, closing the California loophole,
(16:44):
ending Medicare funding for non citizens another five million, ending
Obamacare funding for non citizens another ninety one million, repealing
the Obamacare special rule for illegal immigrants twenty seven million.
Total There one hundred and ninety two million, Sorry I
got that wrong. Billion the total if you add that
all up, so you've got two hundred billion on healthcare
(17:06):
subsidies for illegal immigrants. That is what they shut down
the government over in Democrats shutting down the government because
President Trump and Republicans are not forcing American taxpayers to
pay for free health care for illegal immigrants. That is
what the President ran on, That is what he said
he was going to do. That is what he believes.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
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and we will see you back here tomorrow
They say that we're making this up, this illegal aliens
receiving taxpayer benefits. It's a talking point, they said. Everybody
can remember, I think back to twenty twenty in the
presidential debate. For all the candidates on the Democrats side,
raise your hand, they said on the stage, if you
believe that illegal aliens should receive healthcare paid for by
American taxpayers. Every single one of them raised their hands.
(00:22):
A great applause in the audience from the Democrats who
are there. Now, what did they do? Did they fall
to in that promise? Yeah, they absolutely did. Joe Biden
used executive orders and he expanded benefits healthcare to illegal
asiens in this four year term.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
If you're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with
Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Good Friday morning, Nice to have you with us on
the forty seven Morning Update, And we've got two big
stories for you. Democrats in the media join hands yet
again to lie and claim that no federal dollars are
going to illegal immigrants. Well, I'm going to show you
how they're lying to you, and we've got the receipts
to back it up. Also, going after Donald Trump, saying
(01:02):
he's crazy to execute a government shutdown, trying to claim
this is Trump's fault. We all know it's the Schumer shutdown,
and we'll give you the facts to fight back on
that as well. But before I get to that, I
want to talk to you about my friends at Kirk
Elliott Precious Metals. Two days ago, I got my new
order of silver. Now I'm investing in silver right now
(01:23):
because the pricing on it is amazing and the upside well,
it's real. I actually have a one hundred ounce silver bar.
It is actually really cool. It's really heavy because it's
one hundred ounces. But I also know that I bought
it at the right price and I wasn't paying massive
up charges on quote. Rare are special coins, and then
(01:46):
when you go to sell them, you take away all
of your earning potential. Why do they do it this
way at Kurt Elliott Because they have transparent pricing up front.
It's very simple. You pay eight percent when you buy,
and here's what matters to you the most, nothing when
you sell. There are no hidden fees. Ever. With Kurt
(02:07):
Elliott Precious Metals. This is the reason why I recommend them.
It's not just about investing, it's about making sure you
get more for your money. And that is exactly why
Kurt Elliott helps people all the time. Whether it's gold
or silver, you can hold it, be a good steward
of it, you can pass it on to future generations,
(02:27):
and you can build wealth with it. It's real bullion,
never gimmicks, just investment grade gold and silver. No overpriced coins,
no flashy markups. And it's a company that I love
because they are a faith driven company. There's no pressure,
just honest care. They treat every client like family, offering
(02:50):
honest answers up front to help you make wise and
formed decisions. Now, if you're seeking a partner when it
comes to gold and silver with annity mindset, visit k
e PM dot com slash Ben. That's k e PM
dot com slash Ben. You can also call them seven
(03:12):
two zero six oh five thirty nine hundred. That's seven
two zero six oh five thirty nine hundred. So let's
faithfully steward what God has given so you can experience
real peace now and for generations to come. K e
PM dot com slash Ben. It's the forty seven Morning
Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Story number one.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
There has been a lie that no federal dollars are
going to legal immigrants. All right, I'm going to show
you exactly why that is a lie. Federal dollars, your
tax dollars, in fact, do flow to illegal immigrants. Here
are two proven ways that happens. Number One, emergency medicaid.
That equals billions of dollars a year in emergency medicaid
(03:57):
funds that go to er and maternity. It is a
legal carvel. And are illegal immigrants covered under that? The
answer is yes. That's one way that they're funneling money
to legal immigrant care. Number two, improper state claims. California,
for example, their audit forced repayment a fifty two point
(04:20):
seven million, fifty two point seven million that was wrongfully
billed to the federal government. That is just one state,
one audit, and it's likely there's a lot more out there. Now,
these are people that are quote not eligible for getting money. Well,
the receipts tell the truth. The receipts don't lie. The
money is clearly going to allegal immigrants in the hospital.
(04:46):
So if you want to know why the Democrats decide
to shut down the government, number one, it was a
cover chuck Schumer's ables against AOC. Number two, the Democrat
demands tell you everything. This is what they demanded to quote,
avoid a government shut down. Okay, this is their list,
not mine. Free health care for illegals. Number one, restore
(05:08):
funding for their propaganda machines. What do I mean by that?
Restore money for the National Public radio and for public
broadcasting services. Why would the Democrats shut down the government
demanding that the only way we keep it open is
if we restore the MPR and PBS funding. I'll take
exactly why. Because those are two of the state sponsored
(05:29):
media arms, no different than China or Russia or South
Korea putting out propaganda on behalf of the Democratic Party
and attacking the Republican Party. So they desperately need MPR
and PBS to be prop back up because otherwise they
lose their juice, they lose their influence. They also want
to revoke listen carefully, rural hospital funding. Why would the
(05:51):
Democratic Party want to revoke rural hospital funding. I'll take
exactly why. Because they want the money to go to
legal immigrants in their big sanctuary cities and major state.
They don't care about rural America. They don't care about
the farmers. They don't care about flyover country. They say,
the hell with you guys. We want the money in
New York City. We want the money in Baltimore. We
want the money in Detroit, right, we want the money
(06:12):
in San Francisco, in LA. We don't want the money
in Rule America for hospitals. We don't care about actual
hard working Americans mining their own business with their families
on their ten acres. They also demand it to avoid
a government's shut down, that we have massive expenditures that
are reinstated for climate and diversity, equity and inclusion DEI
(06:32):
funding specifically, not for Americans. You ready for this. Here's
the best part. Here's the kicker for foreign nations. So
they want your tax hours to go to stop climate
change in foreign nations, and they want your tax hours
to go for diversity, equity, inclusion advocacy training foreign nations,
not America, foreign nations. And then finally, I thought Obamacare
(06:56):
was going to be amazing, Right, everybody's going to have healthcare.
You got to keep your doctor if you doctor. Remember
that line, you got to keep your plan if you
like your plan. Yeah, that was a lie. Well, what
are they saying now well, one of their demands to
avoid the government shutdown was to continue Biden's Obama care subsidies. Now,
we had an election that just took place, and in
the election, all of these things are on the ballot.
Free health care for illegals. There was a candidate that
(07:18):
wanted it, advocated for it, and did it, Joe Biden.
Then that candidate turned into Kamala Harris and guess what
she was in favor of it too. The other guy,
Donald Trump, said no. There was a party and a
person Kama Harris. It was like, we're going to keep
funding these statespnsor media in NPR and PBS, and there
was another guy named Donald Trump said no, we're going
to cut it. There was a man that was advocating
for rural areas and hospitals, and that would be Donald Trump.
(07:41):
There was the other Democrats said screw you guys, like
it was on the ballot, folks. Climate DEI funding DOGE
is a great example of that. For foreign nations. Donald
Trump ran on saying, no, that's a terrible thing. We're
not doing it. Democrats said no, we want to send
more of our money overseas to four nations for DEI
woke climate change. And again the other party, Harris Joe Biden,
(08:01):
their Obamacare substeds were what they ran on. The American
people said we don't want it, and they voted for
who Donald Trump. All of the things that they're shutting
the government down over, their biggest issues are things that
were on the ballot. Okay, it just was. It was
on the ballot, folks, Every single bit of it was
on the ballot.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Now, story number two, we have a new.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Conspiracy theory from the Democrats. It is now to say
that Donald Trump is unwell, he's unfit for office, that
Donald Trump is the most immature present we've ever had.
Democrats thinking this, I don't know, slid of hand will
work during the government's shutdown to confuse the American people,
and somehow, instead of blaming Chuck Schumer for the problem
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of the government being shut down, now you'll think this
is Donald Trump being crazy. How do we know this
is an orchestrated plan. Well, let me let you hear
what Chuck Schumer said from the floor of the Senate.
Listen carefully the words he used.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
When Democrats say, we want to work with Republicans to
lower premiums, to strengthen healthcare. All we are doing is
reflecting what the American people already want, nothing more, nothing less.
They want us to sit down and negotiate something real
that takes this huge, huge burden off their shoulders. And
Donald Trump, instead of acting like an adult, it's the
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most immature president we have ever had, instead of doing
something to stop the healthcare crisis, is threatening to hurt
countless hardworking Americans. Let me repeat the quote Donald Trump
said yesterday. We can do things during the shutdown that
are irreversible. They're bad for them and irreversible, like cutting
vast numbers of people out, cutting things they like, cutting
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programs they like. Donald Trump says it loud and clear,
And that's one thing about him. He is using the
American people as pawns, threatening pain on the country as
black man. Well, that's not going to work. The American people.
It's so easy to see through those tactics. They know
this is the Trump shutdown. They know Republicans control the Presidency,
the Senate, in the House, and what is done during
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a shutdown will fall squarely on the Republicans back. Donald
Trump even says it. He says he is going to
close down all these things people want.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Donald Trump is the most immature president we've ever had.
Donald Trump, instead of acting like an adult now, Chuck
Schumer is trying to Jedi mind trick the American people
believing somehow right now that this shutdown is the fault
of Donald Trump. I think everyone knows very clearly that
is a lot. And if that's not working, let me
just go back and remind you what Chuck Schumer used
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to say about government shutdowns and what Nancy Pelosi used
to say about government shutdowns December the eleventh, twenty eighteen,
in the Oval Office with President Trump, as Trump hosted
a last ditch talk to avoid a government shutdown when
Democrats were in charge in Congress. And here is what
he had to say about shutdown shutdowns back then.
Speaker 4 (10:54):
We do not want to shut down the government because
you can't you shut it down. Yeah, let me say something,
mister President North Dakota is most unfortunate.
Speaker 5 (11:02):
And we came in here in good faith and we're
entering into this kind of a discussion in the public.
Speaker 6 (11:13):
Transparency.
Speaker 5 (11:14):
I know it's not transparency when we're not stipulating to
a set of facts.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
I love it when we're not stipulating to a set
of facts. We are not here. We are not here
to shut down the government. Now, Democrats under fire for
these clips showing them slamming government shutdown tactics, the same
ones that they're literally using as we speak right now,
my good friend Scott Jennings saying this to Democrats on
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CNN about the government shutdown as well.
Speaker 7 (11:40):
Well, hopefully the Democrats come to their senses here and
we'll go to the floor of the respective chambers and
pass a clean continuing resolution. The Republicans put that on
the floor. No tricks, no funny business, nothing up our sleeves.
Just hey, let's keep the government open for another several
weeks while we work this through in a normal Democrats
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voted against that, and so I'm hoping they come out
of this meeting thinking that that's a better option than
simply shutting down the government. It's just not realistic the
demands they're making. Now. Donald Trump may get in the
room and wheel and deal. He is a deal maker, So,
like Speaker Johnson, I wouldn't want to predict what the
President's willing to do on the fly, but I do
think it's pretty reprehensible that the Democrats have taken us
to the brink of a shutdown with a list of
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demands that frankly, are just not even within the realm
of the realistic right now, not.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
Even in the realm of realistic right now, Democrats are
lying about shutting down the government everyone knows is a
Shumer shut down. It's not just realistic the demands that
they're making, right it's insane. And the American people voted
on this. The American people voted and said, we do
not want to find healthcare for one point two million
legal aliens. The American people do not vote for one
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trillion plus of extra spending that would bring back in
PR and PBS and money for transgendered surgeries. The American
people are done with funding this woke bs with our
tax dollars that we've been funding for years. Elections have consequences.
We all know it. Elections have real consequences, and we
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are witnessing right now what happens when there are real consequences.
Democrats are out there and who are they supporting? A communists? Mundani,
by the way, republicly today refused to apologize for calling
the NYBD racists and saying we should abolish them and
defund them. He was on the view. So if you
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want to know who the Democrats are right now, this
is one of their leaders of their party.
Speaker 6 (13:38):
Have you formally apologized to the NAYPD.
Speaker 7 (13:40):
These are conversations that I'm having individually with officers, and
I've appreciated that because it's through those conversations with rank
and file officers that I've learned more about the difficulties
of this job.
Speaker 6 (13:50):
Have you formally apologized to the NAPD.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
Yeah, no, the answer is no, he is not. Why
because this is who they are. And while all this
is happening, there was some breaking news. The media doesn't
want to tell you this. The SMP hit sixty seven
hundred for the first time ever, a new all time
closing high for the Dow. You think if a Democrat
was in office, would they be just going berserk on
(14:13):
the nightly news tonight? Yeah? Did they know? Because the
state sponsored media at ABCNBCCBS or scumbags. So here's a
little bit at least from CNBC about the actual news
that everyone should be talking about.
Speaker 6 (14:27):
Stocks shaking off the shutdown, charging higher, the S and
P five hundred hitting sixty seven hundred, for the first
time ever, a new all time closing high for the
Dow as well fractionally, the NAZAK the best performed today,
but closing just short of a record. Healthcare once again
the best performing sector. That's thanks to drugstocks. Utilities also
a gainer.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
There you go twenty one seconds of just pure raw reporting.
Oh but no, no, no, we can't cover that. No,
what do we have to do? We got to talk
about the Democrats and are they willing to care about
your feelings?
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (15:01):
Do they care about all the Americans who aren't going
to get paychecks in our government, including our military. No
Democrats cashing in their checks? We know that, Why because
they were asked about it.
Speaker 8 (15:12):
So this is a whole uns and fill case.
Speaker 6 (15:15):
We would know it is such a down expense to
advise semi high members now is a duck though.
Speaker 8 (15:23):
Yeah, that's a question that every individual member is going
to have to make on their own, as has always
been the case in the past. First of all, that
question is not even a ripe one because we're anticipating
that this shutdown issue will be resolved.
Speaker 3 (15:38):
You guys started it. The question is when are you
going to resolve it? The Democrat humor shutdown will cost Americans.
It's now estimated by the CBO four hundred million a day,
four one hundred million a day. This is their doing.
They chose to do this, They said, this is what
we want to do. So it's four hundred million a
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day for these antics that we're witnessing right now. And
the Democrats care more about illegal aliens and American citizens,
and that's why the Democrats shut down the government. The
Democrat Continuing Resolution. Now that we're seeing the real dollars
and cents, are you ready for this? The Democrats Continuing
Resolution spends nearly two hundred billion on healthcare subsidies for
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illegal immigrants and other non citizens. I'm going to go
to the Democrats cr what they demanded. Ending Medicaid funding
for non citizens. Cost of repeal six point two million,
twenty eight million for ending enhanced FMap for emergency care
for legal immigrants, thirty four million, closing the California loophole,
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ending Medicare funding for non citizens another five million, ending
Obamacare funding for non citizens another ninety one million, repealing
the Obamacare special rule for illegal immigrants twenty seven million.
Total There one hundred and ninety two million, Sorry I
got that wrong. Billion the total if you add that
all up, so you've got two hundred billion on healthcare
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subsidies for illegal immigrants. That is what they shut down
the government over in Democrats shutting down the government because
President Trump and Republicans are not forcing American taxpayers to
pay for free health care for illegal immigrants. That is
what the President ran on, That is what he said
he was going to do. That is what he believes.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
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