November 11, 2025 • 29 mins
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Government Shutdown & Air Travel Chaos
- Democrats are deliberately prolonging the shutdown to gain political leverage.
- FAA has ordered airlines to reduce flight operations (starting at 4%, increasing to 6%, and later up to 10%) due to staffing shortages among air traffic controllers.
- Safety concerns are highlighted, including increased risks of accidents and loss of separation in airspace.
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Obamacare Subsidies & Political Motives
- Central argument: Democrats are using the shutdown to secure a one-year extension of ACA (Affordable Care Act) premium tax credits.
- Health insurers are benefiting massively from government subsidies, citing figures like:
- $400 billion in temporary COVID-era subsidies.
- $1 trillion annually in federal subsidies.
- Insurers are enrolling people who don’t use coverage to inflate federal payouts.
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Corporate Influence & Corruption Allegations
- Insurers donate heavily to Democratic campaigns to protect subsidies.
- Mentions specific donations (e.g., Blue Shield of California, UnitedHealth).
- Accuses insurers of overbilling Medicare Advantage by $1 trillion over a decade.
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Filibuster Debate
- Republican frustration with the filibuster blocking legislative progress.
- Quotes from Senators (e.g., Tommy Tuberville, John Fetterman) about possibly “nuking” the filibuster to reopen the government.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
If you're flying, Democrats are playing with your safety. They
know that they're playing with your safety, and they're wanting
it to hurt. They're wanting you to miss flights, they're
wanting you to stand in long lines, and they want
you to blame Donald Trump. But what they're not talking
about is how unsafe the skies have become because of
the pressure they've deliberately chosen to put on the system.
(00:24):
And the Federal Aviation Administration has directed airlines to reduce
flight operations at forty of the busiest US airports by
four percent, immediately ramping that up to six percent by
November the eleventh. If the deal isn't done now, the
present telling FAA you better get back to work. And
those that were true American patriots, he wants to give
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them a big bonus. I'm gonna tell you more about
that coming up now. Part of this shutdown is gonna
cost you a lot of money. Obamacare is going to
be the center of that, and that's what the big
fight is over right now. In fact, Obamacare insurers bet
four hundred billion on the shutdown of the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Health insurers have never had it so good. Their stocks
are up more than one thousand percent since Obamacare passed,
and they now receive roughly a trillion dollars per year
and federal government subsidies. Remember when Obama said that the
costs were going to come down, No, it's now costing
you a trillion dollars per year, your tax dollars. Now
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that much tax money is at stake. So politics are
seeing a massive flow of cash going to hard left
leaning candidates and elected officials. In the last presidential campaign,
for example, insurers gave five times more money to Kamala
Harris to protect their one trillion dollars a year from you,
(01:57):
then to Donald Trump. Blueshit of California donated a half
a million. In United Health donated seventy five thousand, for example,
to Governor Gavin Newsom's ballot measure effort Proposition fifty. Why Well,
that could hand Democrats a big advantage, and that would
hand health insurance a big advantage as well, because adding
(02:19):
five additional seats in Congress to the Democrats Jerrymanner in California,
that is clearly good for the increases that the Democrats
are giving to the insurance companies. Now, the strategy also
appears to be paying off. Democrats in Congress are repaying
the favor by shutting down the government in order to
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keep four hundred billion in Obamacare sepsies flowing from the
American taxpayer directly to the insurance company's pockets. Now you
understand why Democrats were so held bent on shutting down
the government. Now, by the way, these and I want
you to listen carefully, we're temporary. The four hundred billion
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in Obamacare subsidies were temporary during the COVID era in
hand subsidies. So when COVID nineteen happened, there were these
enhanced subsidies at the Democrats and their insurance company benefactors.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
They want them.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Even though there's no COVID right now, and they want
to make it permanent. Insurers have been enrolling people who
aren't even aware that they have coverage and don't use
the policies. Why because it pours more federal cash into
insurance companies coffers without requiring any outlays on the insurer's part.
(03:37):
It is a scam whose scale and duplicity is only
achievable at the intersection of corporate cronyism and a massive
bloated federal budget. We keep sending them the money, they
keep deposing the checks they're winning, and the political patronage
doesn't stop there. Health insurance are already paying back the
Democrats this year. They're hiking the Obamacare premiums by twenty
(04:02):
six percent, even though overall US healthcare costs are up
only about six percent. The Obamacare premiums up twenty six
percent because it's guaranteed tax dollars from you to the
insurance companies. Now that is a sharp contrast to last year,
when insurers held premium hikes to just four percent as
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were running for reelection they
needed the cost to stay low. After Donald Trump got elected,
premiums are jumping by twenty six percent.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Now here's the question.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Did insurance company simply defer those losses into this year?
Are they actively punishing Republicans who face midterm election year
and they want them to lose? You can decide, because
both our goals that the left beliefs are actually achievable. Now,
this health insurance company led government shut down has had
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the effect of supporting Democrats and other controversial shutdowns the
pass that make no sense, such as keeping, for example,
nearly two hundred billion and free healthcare benefits flowing to
illegal immigrants.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yes, that is how corrupt this shutdown is.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
They want you to give two hundred billion and free
healthcare to illegal immigrants that broke into this country. Meanwhile,
while that's happening, health insurers are not putting federal substats
to use for the benefit of rate payers and taxpayers.
In fact, keeping with tradition, right with much of what
the federal government does in the federal budget, your money
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is actually going directly down the drain.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
How do we know this?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Federal auditors project that the Medicare advantage over billing will
exceed one trillion dollars this decade, meaning that this year
you're going to overpay by about one hundred million dollars.
The Trump administration has increased Medicare payments by twenty five billion,
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of which United Healthcare, for example, alone may receive about
seven billion dollars in guaranteeing funds from the federal government.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Again, your tax dollars.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Soon after that, the Wall Street Journal reported that United Healthcare,
the biggest Obamacare insurer, paid nine billion, nine billion dollars
to AARP. I've been warning you for years about the
corruption of ARP. They paid them nine billion to ARP,
essentially to stamp its name on the company's Medicare plans.
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That comes as United faced a federal investigation and a
Medicare over billing at risk that could threaten its long
term solvency. Now, imagine if that nine billion had gone
to patients instead of to the insurance company. How many
of those seniors could have actually gotten help. Now, if
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Republicans agree to extend the Obamacare subsidies, it should come
with a condition making sures pay for the privilege. One
option is to pass the bipartisan No Upcode Act, which
would curb the industry's at Medicare advantage over billing. It
would help put an end to the practice of using
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inaccurate or exaggerated diagnosises to inflate the claims that are
being reimbursed by US the taxpayers. The Congressional Budget Office,
for example, estimates the measure would save taxpayers one hundred
and twenty four billion dollars.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
That's why they don't want to do it.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
That's why Democrats are fighting so hard to mandate these
substas are extended.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Now, of the one.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Hundred and twenty four billion that could be saved. Half
could extend Obamacare substies for two years. The rest could
be used to reduce the deficit. Another reason why Democrats
are saying no, so here we are after raising the premiums,
cutting the benefits, facing federal investigations for overbilling Medicare. Insurers
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need to rebuild public confidence, not get rewarded for their corruption.
Backing a government shutdown to get foreigner billion is the
wrong approach. But now you understand why Democrats are doing
it and why there should be backlash from conservatives now
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(10:14):
So the government shutdown is what everyone's talking about this
as there is literally chaos in the air as flights
are being canceled now at record numbers.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
So where are we at this moment.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Well, to be clear, Democrats are now proud of holding
Americans hostage, including your security while flying. How do we
know this, Well, it was leaked this week that one
of those on Capitol Hill had this to say about
you flying.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Senator Fetterman, a member of this committee, has said, quite candidly,
this is a Democrat shutdown for the sake of the
TSA agents, for the sake of the air traffic controllers, for.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
The sake of the flying public.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Let's not test that idiot Democrat staffer who told Politico
will keep the shutdown going until planes start falling from
the sky.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
That's not funny.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
And I do believe my colleagues on the Democrats side
they don't want to see that happen. But every day
that they starve the system of the resources it needs,
they increase the chances of a tragedy like that occurring.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Politico reporting that the top Democratic staffer said that they
are going to hold us hostage until planes start falling
from the sky.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
That is their goal, hold us all hostage.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Fast forward after that, Democrats getting in line, making it
very clear they think this government shutdown is amazing for them.
A perfect example of that is the partisan hack Democratic
Center Richard Blumenthal. He was in front of the cameras
and if you think he's doing this for America, you're wrong.
(11:54):
He's doing this for the partisan politics, and he wants
it to hurt. Here's what he has to say about
the government's shutdown.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Yes, it is just a game to him.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
I think that there is no reason to surrender now,
every reason to stand firm.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
No reason to surrender now, and every reason to stand
firm now. Is that what's best for the American people.
Of course not, but that doesn't matter because it's all
about power, Which then brings us to Senator Chuck Schumer.
He decided to go to the floor of the Senate
on Friday talking about the government shut down with new mandates,
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new demands, and the Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer said, quote,
They're offering to reopen our government if Republicans agree to
be held hostage and pay the ransom of a one
year extension of the premium tax credits under the Affordable
Care Act known as Obamacare, Schumer saying this about reopening
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the government as law as long as the hostage deal
is taken by the Republicans.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
So let's find a path to honor both positions. Democrats
would like to see an end to this shutdown, and
we want to respect Leader Thun's desire not to negotiate
on ACA until after the government reopens. Therefore, we'd like
to offer a simple proposal that would reopen the government
and extend the ACA premium tax credits simultaneously, and then
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have the opportunity to start negotiating longer term solutions to
health care costs. Let's do all three. I've spoken with
my caucus, and Democrats are offering a very simple compromise.
Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass
a government funding bill that includes healthcare affordability. Leader Thun
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just needs to add a clean one year extension of
the ACA tax credits to the c Are so that
we can immediately address rising healthcare costs. That's not a negotiation,
it's an extension of current law, something we do all
the time around here, as we all know. But we
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also offer this, let's create a bipartisan committee that will
continue negotiations after the government reopens on reforms ahead of
next year's enrollment period to provide long term certainty that
healthcare costs will be more affordable. This proposal reopens the
government and insures working families who are shopping right now
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for their healthcare get certainty and financial relief while open
enrollment has begun, Insurers can update their rates after we
pass a simple extension of the tax credits. With this approach,
we do not negotiate healthcare in the shutdown, as Leader
Thun has maintained he wished, and the American people get
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the tax credit extension they want. That is what many
of our Republican colleagues have floated over the last six
weeks as a compromise, a one year tax credit extension
and reforms to the credit. Beyond that, we will agree
with the Republican Republican request not to start negotiations until
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after the government reopens. All Republicans have to do is
say yes to extend current law for one year. It
makes sense, and since what we're proposing is only a
simple extension of current law, the Senate could do this
within a few hours. This is a reasonable offer that
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reopens the government, deals with health care affordability, and begins
a process of negotiating reforms to the ACA tax credits
for the future. Now the ball is in the Republicans court.
We need Republicans to just say yes.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
So there he is, in his own words, making it
clear we're holding America hostage and we're proud of it.
The shutdown chaos is dominating America, certainly the skies, and
that's where the bigger warnings are coming. In flight numbers
we're now being told will continue to be reduced. And
the only way to fix is if Democrats open the
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damn government. That is the exact quote from the Transportation
Secretary Sean Duffy saying this during a discussion in Washington,
d C. The recent announcement indicates that there will be
a four percent reduction in flights across the country do
the government shutdown that is expected to scale up to.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Ten percent by next week.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Offering a breakdown the situation, Duffy said, air traffic controllers
are in a tight spot, expected to miss a second
full paycheck as the first was owned a partial Here's
more of what Delphi had to say about how chaotic
it's going to get in the skies.
Speaker 6 (17:06):
You guys announced yesterday and this has started to go
into effect today four percent reductions today in flights across
the country because of the ongoing government shutdown. That's going
to scale up to ten percent next week. Can you
give us a breakdown of how, first off, why this
is necessary, and then how these decisions were made and
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where and how this is going to impact mere Yeah.
Speaker 7 (17:29):
So, first off, air traffic controllers a critical part of
our aviation infrastructure. Wonderful men and women who serve the
American people. They do a great job. They have had
one paycheck where they got a partial payment. A second
paycheck was flat zero. They just got noticed that the
second full paycheck will be a big fat zero that
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comes next week. And so there's been a lot of
pressure on the controllers and when that happens, there asking
them to come to work. That's important they come to work,
But some of them are new to the business. They
don't have a nest egg that they've been able to
plan for and prepare for. And if you don't get
two paychecks, they're confronted with like anybody else would be
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confronted with, how do I not just pay the rent,
pay the car payment.
Speaker 8 (18:17):
But there's a gas.
Speaker 7 (18:18):
Bill, electric bill, there's a TV bill, there's food on
the table, there's gas in the car, real life expenses
that they're having to think through. And some of them
have made the decision to not come to work but
go take a second job. And what that has done
is put a lot of pressure on the air traffic
control system. And you've seen that play out over the
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course of the month with more delays and more cancelations.
And by the way, it's not in the same place
every day. One day it might be in La then
it might be in New York, and then it's Houston
or Dallas or Orlando. It's never the same place. And
so we look at data. What is the data telling
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us to And just as a side note, these two
things are not related. But for the issue of data,
we had a DCA air crash, and before that crash,
there was information. Had someone looked at the data that
there were near misses and someone should have said, listen,
stop the cross traffic. The data says, don't do it. Well,
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no one looked at the data. Well, we learned from
that we should look at data and what's happening, and
so as we've done that through the FA Safety team,
we're seeing a loss of separation in the airspace. There's
spacing for aircraft, there has been there's been incursions in
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those separations.
Speaker 8 (19:44):
Those numbers have gone up.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Not only have the numbers gone up, but Secretary Duffy said,
this is being done deliberately on purpose by Democrats knowing
they are putting your lives at risk.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
I also, I want to be clear about something.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Republicans had a clean bill to pay government essential workers,
the workers that are forced to come in even if
they're not getting a paycheck. That includes air traffic controllers.
And what are the Democrats do? They said, no, that
is how you know that this is being done deliberately.
I want you to listen to more of what the
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had to say when he was
sitting down on Friday at a bright Bart conference.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Take a listen.
Speaker 7 (20:30):
There's more incursions on the ground, and then we've had
more complaints from pilots that have said, well, the controller
is less responsive to me, or controllers seem to be
more stressed. So we looked at that data and the
numbers are going in the wrong direction. This is a
really long answer, but I want.
Speaker 6 (20:46):
To expect, yeah, please do.
Speaker 7 (20:48):
The numbers are going in the wrong direction, and so
then what is our response to that? And the response
is to take pressure out of the system. And through
the safety team, We've talked about lowering the number of
flights and so we were going to do ten percent
right away. The safety team said that could be even
more disruptive. We should we should actually phase this in,
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to which we've done that. Today is the first day,
four percent reduction, four days later another two percent, two
days after that, two percent, and then you know, two
percent on. And what I'm hoping to do is again
take the pressure and more risk out of the system.
We always try to manage the risk. Nothing is ever
fully safe. A car is not safe, walking down the
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streets not full I mean, there's risk and everything we do.
I'm trying to minimize the risk through this government shutdown
and bring us to a matrix that matches what we
had before the shutdown. And I've had some complaints from Democrats.
They've said, well, we want to see the data, and
why are you looking at data? And this is political?
This has not been political. We have worked over time
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to make sure that we minimize the impact on the
American people.
Speaker 8 (22:00):
We're trying to help the American people.
Speaker 7 (22:02):
And when I start to get attacked by Democrats, that
also gets frustrating because there's a very easy solution to
the problem that they put directly on my lap, which
is open the day i'm government, vote to open the government.
So those who snipe at me for having to take
really unique action, they put that on my on my plate,
so open it up. And by the way, I didn't
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remember the last some of the last shutdowns I was.
Speaker 8 (22:26):
I was part of those.
Speaker 7 (22:27):
We stayed here for a month. I gained ten pounds,
I think cause I ate pizza and the junkiest food.
But you sit here every weekend, every day while the
government is shut down and your your family's upset, your
kids are annoyed. That people would go home during a
shutdown when the American people are suffering, is just flat
out wrong.
Speaker 8 (22:48):
Everyone should be here, everyone should be working.
Speaker 7 (22:50):
No one should go home because, by the way I
saw it today, I was at DCA.
Speaker 8 (22:54):
I'm just I'm not I'm let you ask me questions.
Speaker 7 (22:58):
There's people going to funerals, There's people were trying to
get home. They can't get home while senator's going home.
Keep them here, and especially the senators who voted know
to open the government off.
Speaker 6 (23:06):
Maybe we could put the senators who keep voting to
shut the government down on the no fly list.
Speaker 8 (23:10):
That would be a great well played.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
You listen to the games they're being played, and he's
absolutely right. In a government shutdown. When he was in Washington,
d C. Serving you stayed in town. The families were
frustrated because they weren't coming home. The constituents weren't seeing
their congressmen in their district or the senators in their state.
But what are we watching this time? All of these
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people are going home. I would argue that there's no
way this government shutdown would be this long if they
forced the congressman and the senators to stay in town.
So if this is what is happening and what we're
witnessing right now, it's probably going to continue. Democrats feel
like they're holding America hostage, and they feel like that
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is a good thing.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
They also believe that this.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
Is actually working to their advantage, especially after the big
wins they said they got on Tuesday in hardcore liberal states.
So here we are in a full government shut down,
the longest one in history. And what are Democrats saying?
They're just simply saying, We're going to keep doing it.
Why in essence, why not? We love that this is
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happening right now, We love that this is where we are,
and we love that you are being held hostage now.
Tommy Tuberbilt Center from Alabama. He said this even about
the issue of the filibuster earlier on Fox Well.
Speaker 9 (24:42):
In the last week or so, Martha, the Democrats have
snuck around behind the scenes and worked with our leadership
team knowing that they want to get out of this themselves.
Not all of them, but a few of them, and
hopefully it would be enough to open up. But I
think they really feel emboldened that they wont a couple
of blue state elections this past Tuesday. And I don't
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know whether the deal is still on the table. You know,
it's about three appropriation bills that we'd put in the
CR put a date in there, get it done, voted in,
and possibly kick the can down the road to January.
Here's a problem with Marsha. These people feel empowered on
the Democratic side. They can't control President Trump, but they
think they can control the United States Senate. And that's
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the reason. As President Trump had us in the White
House there stay for breakfast. He said, if you don't
bust a filibuster, we won't get anything else done. There's
gonna be more closures. So we got to make a
decision on our side. I'm all for going to fifty one. Now.
I was totally against it until I saw really how
this place works. And I've been up here five years,
and there's not gonna be anything done if we don't
do something about this filibuster. Pass it up and let's
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go and just kick the Democrats to the side and
get something done for the American people they are suffering.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
Now you hear that from Tommy Tubverbilt. There is always
a cause and effect. When Democrats get back and control
will at some point in my lifetime, maybe multiple times
in my lifetime, they will then kick the Republicans the
corner and go full blown communists, like we're witnessing in
New York City. Even Democrats are getting in on this.
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John Fetterman speaking to reporters about the same issue, and
here's what he said.
Speaker 9 (26:18):
Some of your Republican colleagues have proposed nuking the filibuster
to force the government to reopen.
Speaker 4 (26:23):
What do you think, Yeah, of course, of course, carve
it out for that. Absolutely, we ran on that. We
ran on killing the philibuster, and now we love it.
You know, it's like, carve it out so we can
move on. And I support it because it makes it
more difficult to shut the government down in the future.
And that's where it's entirely appropriate. And I don't want
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to hear any Democrats clutching their pearls about the filibuster.
We all ran on it. I ran on that in
mid so like that's.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Yeah, so there is again, Fetterman. We ran on killing
the philibuster and now we love it. Carve it out
so we can move on. I support it because it
makes it more difficult to shut the government down in
the future, and that's where it's entirely appropriate. I don't
want to hear any Democrats clutching their pearls about the filibuster.
John Fetterman also calling out his own party, saying it's
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very clear that the Democrats are holding the American people hostage.
Speaker 4 (27:19):
It's like, that's why shutting the government is really what
the Democratic Party wants to do, and I follow country
then party, and it's the wrong thing for the country
in a period of chaos. I refuse to vote to
shut our government down. I absolutely would love to have
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I would love to have a conversation about extending the
tax credits for healthcare. Absolutely, but I would remind everybody too,
this was designed by the Democratic Party to expire at
the end of the year. This is not something taken
from by the Republicans. That's they were designed to expire. Now,
let's have a conversation to extend it and not shut
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our government down, and let's continue the help.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Has already agreed to that.
Speaker 4 (28:06):
Well, I mean that you know that. Well for me,
I do believe. I do believe Leader Thun is an
honorable man, and I do believe. Well, you're not gonna lie.
I mean, you can't guarantee any outcome. But what I'm
what I'm saying it that's talking about what's wrong for
the country. I can't vote for a thing. I can't
vote to shutting our government down.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
You wonder where the other statesmen are. John Fetterin been
calling out his own party. Democrats choose party over country.
I follow country then party, and it's the wrong thing
for the country in a period of chaos, saying I
refuse to vote to shut our government down. You wonder
when this will actually stop the insanity. It's pretty clear
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now Democrats believe they have enough leverage to keep moving
forward with a shutdown. They want it to hurt, and
they're holding the American people hostage, and they're proud of it,
including putting your safety at risks in the skies. Don't
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If you're flying, Democrats are playing with your safety. They
know that they're playing with your safety, and they're wanting
it to hurt. They're wanting you to miss flights, they're
wanting you to stand in long lines, and they want
you to blame Donald Trump. But what they're not talking
about is how unsafe the skies have become because of
the pressure they've deliberately chosen to put on the system.
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And the Federal Aviation Administration has directed airlines to reduce
flight operations at forty of the busiest US airports by
four percent, immediately ramping that up to six percent by
November the eleventh. If the deal isn't done now, the
present telling FAA you better get back to work. And
those that were true American patriots, he wants to give
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them a big bonus. I'm gonna tell you more about
that coming up now. Part of this shutdown is gonna
cost you a lot of money. Obamacare is going to
be the center of that, and that's what the big
fight is over right now. In fact, Obamacare insurers bet
four hundred billion on the shutdown of the Democrats.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Health insurers have never had it so good. Their stocks
are up more than one thousand percent since Obamacare passed,
and they now receive roughly a trillion dollars per year
and federal government subsidies. Remember when Obama said that the
costs were going to come down, No, it's now costing
you a trillion dollars per year, your tax dollars. Now
(01:35):
that much tax money is at stake. So politics are
seeing a massive flow of cash going to hard left
leaning candidates and elected officials. In the last presidential campaign,
for example, insurers gave five times more money to Kamala
Harris to protect their one trillion dollars a year from you,
(01:57):
then to Donald Trump. Blueshit of California donated a half
a million. In United Health donated seventy five thousand, for example,
to Governor Gavin Newsom's ballot measure effort Proposition fifty. Why Well,
that could hand Democrats a big advantage, and that would
hand health insurance a big advantage as well, because adding
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five additional seats in Congress to the Democrats Jerrymanner in California,
that is clearly good for the increases that the Democrats
are giving to the insurance companies. Now, the strategy also
appears to be paying off. Democrats in Congress are repaying
the favor by shutting down the government in order to
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keep four hundred billion in Obamacare sepsies flowing from the
American taxpayer directly to the insurance company's pockets. Now you
understand why Democrats were so held bent on shutting down
the government. Now, by the way, these and I want
you to listen carefully, we're temporary. The four hundred billion
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in Obamacare subsidies were temporary during the COVID era in
hand subsidies. So when COVID nineteen happened, there were these
enhanced subsidies at the Democrats and their insurance company benefactors.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
They want them.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Even though there's no COVID right now, and they want
to make it permanent. Insurers have been enrolling people who
aren't even aware that they have coverage and don't use
the policies. Why because it pours more federal cash into
insurance companies coffers without requiring any outlays on the insurer's part.
(03:37):
It is a scam whose scale and duplicity is only
achievable at the intersection of corporate cronyism and a massive
bloated federal budget. We keep sending them the money, they
keep deposing the checks they're winning, and the political patronage
doesn't stop there. Health insurance are already paying back the
Democrats this year. They're hiking the Obamacare premiums by twenty
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six percent, even though overall US healthcare costs are up
only about six percent. The Obamacare premiums up twenty six
percent because it's guaranteed tax dollars from you to the
insurance companies. Now that is a sharp contrast to last year,
when insurers held premium hikes to just four percent as
(04:24):
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were running for reelection they
needed the cost to stay low. After Donald Trump got elected,
premiums are jumping by twenty six percent.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
Now here's the question.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Did insurance company simply defer those losses into this year?
Are they actively punishing Republicans who face midterm election year
and they want them to lose? You can decide, because
both our goals that the left beliefs are actually achievable. Now,
this health insurance company led government shut down has had
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the effect of supporting Democrats and other controversial shutdowns the
pass that make no sense, such as keeping, for example,
nearly two hundred billion and free healthcare benefits flowing to
illegal immigrants.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yes, that is how corrupt this shutdown is.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
They want you to give two hundred billion and free
healthcare to illegal immigrants that broke into this country. Meanwhile,
while that's happening, health insurers are not putting federal substats
to use for the benefit of rate payers and taxpayers.
In fact, keeping with tradition, right with much of what
the federal government does in the federal budget, your money
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is actually going directly down the drain.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
How do we know this?
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Federal auditors project that the Medicare advantage over billing will
exceed one trillion dollars this decade, meaning that this year
you're going to overpay by about one hundred million dollars.
The Trump administration has increased Medicare payments by twenty five billion,
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of which United Healthcare, for example, alone may receive about
seven billion dollars in guaranteeing funds from the federal government.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Again, your tax dollars.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Soon after that, the Wall Street Journal reported that United Healthcare,
the biggest Obamacare insurer, paid nine billion, nine billion dollars
to AARP. I've been warning you for years about the
corruption of ARP. They paid them nine billion to ARP,
essentially to stamp its name on the company's Medicare plans.
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That comes as United faced a federal investigation and a
Medicare over billing at risk that could threaten its long
term solvency. Now, imagine if that nine billion had gone
to patients instead of to the insurance company. How many
of those seniors could have actually gotten help. Now, if
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Republicans agree to extend the Obamacare subsidies, it should come
with a condition making sures pay for the privilege. One
option is to pass the bipartisan No Upcode Act, which
would curb the industry's at Medicare advantage over billing. It
would help put an end to the practice of using
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inaccurate or exaggerated diagnosises to inflate the claims that are
being reimbursed by US the taxpayers. The Congressional Budget Office,
for example, estimates the measure would save taxpayers one hundred
and twenty four billion dollars.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
That's why they don't want to do it.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
That's why Democrats are fighting so hard to mandate these
substas are extended.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Now, of the one.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Hundred and twenty four billion that could be saved. Half
could extend Obamacare substies for two years. The rest could
be used to reduce the deficit. Another reason why Democrats
are saying no, so here we are after raising the premiums,
cutting the benefits, facing federal investigations for overbilling Medicare. Insurers
(08:05):
need to rebuild public confidence, not get rewarded for their corruption.
Backing a government shutdown to get foreigner billion is the
wrong approach. But now you understand why Democrats are doing
it and why there should be backlash from conservatives now
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So the government shutdown is what everyone's talking about this
as there is literally chaos in the air as flights
are being canceled now at record numbers.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
So where are we at this moment.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
Well, to be clear, Democrats are now proud of holding
Americans hostage, including your security while flying. How do we
know this, Well, it was leaked this week that one
of those on Capitol Hill had this to say about
you flying.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Senator Fetterman, a member of this committee, has said, quite candidly,
this is a Democrat shutdown for the sake of the
TSA agents, for the sake of the air traffic controllers, for.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
The sake of the flying public.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Let's not test that idiot Democrat staffer who told Politico
will keep the shutdown going until planes start falling from
the sky.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
That's not funny.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
And I do believe my colleagues on the Democrats side
they don't want to see that happen. But every day
that they starve the system of the resources it needs,
they increase the chances of a tragedy like that occurring.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Politico reporting that the top Democratic staffer said that they
are going to hold us hostage until planes start falling
from the sky.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
That is their goal, hold us all hostage.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
Fast forward after that, Democrats getting in line, making it
very clear they think this government shutdown is amazing for them.
A perfect example of that is the partisan hack Democratic
Center Richard Blumenthal. He was in front of the cameras
and if you think he's doing this for America, you're wrong.
(11:54):
He's doing this for the partisan politics, and he wants
it to hurt. Here's what he has to say about
the government's shutdown.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
Yes, it is just a game to him.
Speaker 4 (12:04):
I think that there is no reason to surrender now,
every reason to stand firm.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
No reason to surrender now, and every reason to stand
firm now. Is that what's best for the American people.
Of course not, but that doesn't matter because it's all
about power, Which then brings us to Senator Chuck Schumer.
He decided to go to the floor of the Senate
on Friday talking about the government shut down with new mandates,
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new demands, and the Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer said, quote,
They're offering to reopen our government if Republicans agree to
be held hostage and pay the ransom of a one
year extension of the premium tax credits under the Affordable
Care Act known as Obamacare, Schumer saying this about reopening
(12:58):
the government as law as long as the hostage deal
is taken by the Republicans.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
So let's find a path to honor both positions. Democrats
would like to see an end to this shutdown, and
we want to respect Leader Thun's desire not to negotiate
on ACA until after the government reopens. Therefore, we'd like
to offer a simple proposal that would reopen the government
and extend the ACA premium tax credits simultaneously, and then
(13:31):
have the opportunity to start negotiating longer term solutions to
health care costs. Let's do all three. I've spoken with
my caucus, and Democrats are offering a very simple compromise.
Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass
a government funding bill that includes healthcare affordability. Leader Thun
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just needs to add a clean one year extension of
the ACA tax credits to the c Are so that
we can immediately address rising healthcare costs. That's not a negotiation,
it's an extension of current law, something we do all
the time around here, as we all know. But we
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also offer this, let's create a bipartisan committee that will
continue negotiations after the government reopens on reforms ahead of
next year's enrollment period to provide long term certainty that
healthcare costs will be more affordable. This proposal reopens the
government and insures working families who are shopping right now
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for their healthcare get certainty and financial relief while open
enrollment has begun, Insurers can update their rates after we
pass a simple extension of the tax credits. With this approach,
we do not negotiate healthcare in the shutdown, as Leader
Thun has maintained he wished, and the American people get
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the tax credit extension they want. That is what many
of our Republican colleagues have floated over the last six
weeks as a compromise, a one year tax credit extension
and reforms to the credit. Beyond that, we will agree
with the Republican Republican request not to start negotiations until
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after the government reopens. All Republicans have to do is
say yes to extend current law for one year. It
makes sense, and since what we're proposing is only a
simple extension of current law, the Senate could do this
within a few hours. This is a reasonable offer that
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reopens the government, deals with health care affordability, and begins
a process of negotiating reforms to the ACA tax credits
for the future. Now the ball is in the Republicans court.
We need Republicans to just say yes.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
So there he is, in his own words, making it
clear we're holding America hostage and we're proud of it.
The shutdown chaos is dominating America, certainly the skies, and
that's where the bigger warnings are coming. In flight numbers
we're now being told will continue to be reduced. And
the only way to fix is if Democrats open the
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damn government. That is the exact quote from the Transportation
Secretary Sean Duffy saying this during a discussion in Washington,
d C. The recent announcement indicates that there will be
a four percent reduction in flights across the country do
the government shutdown that is expected to scale up to.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Ten percent by next week.
Speaker 1 (16:49):
Offering a breakdown the situation, Duffy said, air traffic controllers
are in a tight spot, expected to miss a second
full paycheck as the first was owned a partial Here's
more of what Delphi had to say about how chaotic
it's going to get in the skies.
Speaker 6 (17:06):
You guys announced yesterday and this has started to go
into effect today four percent reductions today in flights across
the country because of the ongoing government shutdown. That's going
to scale up to ten percent next week. Can you
give us a breakdown of how, first off, why this
is necessary, and then how these decisions were made and
(17:27):
where and how this is going to impact mere Yeah.
Speaker 7 (17:29):
So, first off, air traffic controllers a critical part of
our aviation infrastructure. Wonderful men and women who serve the
American people. They do a great job. They have had
one paycheck where they got a partial payment. A second
paycheck was flat zero. They just got noticed that the
second full paycheck will be a big fat zero that
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comes next week. And so there's been a lot of
pressure on the controllers and when that happens, there asking
them to come to work. That's important they come to work,
But some of them are new to the business. They
don't have a nest egg that they've been able to
plan for and prepare for. And if you don't get
two paychecks, they're confronted with like anybody else would be
(18:13):
confronted with, how do I not just pay the rent,
pay the car payment.
Speaker 8 (18:17):
But there's a gas.
Speaker 7 (18:18):
Bill, electric bill, there's a TV bill, there's food on
the table, there's gas in the car, real life expenses
that they're having to think through. And some of them
have made the decision to not come to work but
go take a second job. And what that has done
is put a lot of pressure on the air traffic
control system. And you've seen that play out over the
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course of the month with more delays and more cancelations.
And by the way, it's not in the same place
every day. One day it might be in La then
it might be in New York, and then it's Houston
or Dallas or Orlando. It's never the same place. And
so we look at data. What is the data telling
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us to And just as a side note, these two
things are not related. But for the issue of data,
we had a DCA air crash, and before that crash,
there was information. Had someone looked at the data that
there were near misses and someone should have said, listen,
stop the cross traffic. The data says, don't do it. Well,
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no one looked at the data. Well, we learned from
that we should look at data and what's happening, and
so as we've done that through the FA Safety team,
we're seeing a loss of separation in the airspace. There's
spacing for aircraft, there has been there's been incursions in
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those separations.
Speaker 8 (19:44):
Those numbers have gone up.
Speaker 1 (19:46):
Not only have the numbers gone up, but Secretary Duffy said,
this is being done deliberately on purpose by Democrats knowing
they are putting your lives at risk.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
I also, I want to be clear about something.
Speaker 1 (20:01):
Republicans had a clean bill to pay government essential workers,
the workers that are forced to come in even if
they're not getting a paycheck. That includes air traffic controllers.
And what are the Democrats do? They said, no, that
is how you know that this is being done deliberately.
I want you to listen to more of what the
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had to say when he was
sitting down on Friday at a bright Bart conference.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Take a listen.
Speaker 7 (20:30):
There's more incursions on the ground, and then we've had
more complaints from pilots that have said, well, the controller
is less responsive to me, or controllers seem to be
more stressed. So we looked at that data and the
numbers are going in the wrong direction. This is a
really long answer, but I want.
Speaker 6 (20:46):
To expect, yeah, please do.
Speaker 7 (20:48):
The numbers are going in the wrong direction, and so
then what is our response to that? And the response
is to take pressure out of the system. And through
the safety team, We've talked about lowering the number of
flights and so we were going to do ten percent
right away. The safety team said that could be even
more disruptive. We should we should actually phase this in,
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to which we've done that. Today is the first day,
four percent reduction, four days later another two percent, two
days after that, two percent, and then you know, two
percent on. And what I'm hoping to do is again
take the pressure and more risk out of the system.
We always try to manage the risk. Nothing is ever
fully safe. A car is not safe, walking down the
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streets not full I mean, there's risk and everything we do.
I'm trying to minimize the risk through this government shutdown
and bring us to a matrix that matches what we
had before the shutdown. And I've had some complaints from Democrats.
They've said, well, we want to see the data, and
why are you looking at data? And this is political?
This has not been political. We have worked over time
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to make sure that we minimize the impact on the
American people.
Speaker 8 (22:00):
We're trying to help the American people.
Speaker 7 (22:02):
And when I start to get attacked by Democrats, that
also gets frustrating because there's a very easy solution to
the problem that they put directly on my lap, which
is open the day i'm government, vote to open the government.
So those who snipe at me for having to take
really unique action, they put that on my on my plate,
so open it up. And by the way, I didn't
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remember the last some of the last shutdowns I was.
Speaker 8 (22:26):
I was part of those.
Speaker 7 (22:27):
We stayed here for a month. I gained ten pounds,
I think cause I ate pizza and the junkiest food.
But you sit here every weekend, every day while the
government is shut down and your your family's upset, your
kids are annoyed. That people would go home during a
shutdown when the American people are suffering, is just flat
out wrong.
Speaker 8 (22:48):
Everyone should be here, everyone should be working.
Speaker 7 (22:50):
No one should go home because, by the way I
saw it today, I was at DCA.
Speaker 8 (22:54):
I'm just I'm not I'm let you ask me questions.
Speaker 7 (22:58):
There's people going to funerals, There's people were trying to
get home. They can't get home while senator's going home.
Keep them here, and especially the senators who voted know
to open the government off.
Speaker 6 (23:06):
Maybe we could put the senators who keep voting to
shut the government down on the no fly list.
Speaker 8 (23:10):
That would be a great well played.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
You listen to the games they're being played, and he's
absolutely right. In a government shutdown. When he was in Washington,
d C. Serving you stayed in town. The families were
frustrated because they weren't coming home. The constituents weren't seeing
their congressmen in their district or the senators in their state.
But what are we watching this time? All of these
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people are going home. I would argue that there's no
way this government shutdown would be this long if they
forced the congressman and the senators to stay in town.
So if this is what is happening and what we're
witnessing right now, it's probably going to continue. Democrats feel
like they're holding America hostage, and they feel like that
(23:57):
is a good thing.
Speaker 2 (23:58):
They also believe that this.
Speaker 1 (24:01):
Is actually working to their advantage, especially after the big
wins they said they got on Tuesday in hardcore liberal states.
So here we are in a full government shut down,
the longest one in history. And what are Democrats saying?
They're just simply saying, We're going to keep doing it.
Why in essence, why not? We love that this is
(24:25):
happening right now, We love that this is where we are,
and we love that you are being held hostage now.
Tommy Tuberbilt Center from Alabama. He said this even about
the issue of the filibuster earlier on Fox Well.
Speaker 9 (24:42):
In the last week or so, Martha, the Democrats have
snuck around behind the scenes and worked with our leadership
team knowing that they want to get out of this themselves.
Not all of them, but a few of them, and
hopefully it would be enough to open up. But I
think they really feel emboldened that they wont a couple
of blue state elections this past Tuesday. And I don't
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know whether the deal is still on the table. You know,
it's about three appropriation bills that we'd put in the
CR put a date in there, get it done, voted in,
and possibly kick the can down the road to January.
Here's a problem with Marsha. These people feel empowered on
the Democratic side. They can't control President Trump, but they
think they can control the United States Senate. And that's
(25:23):
the reason. As President Trump had us in the White
House there stay for breakfast. He said, if you don't
bust a filibuster, we won't get anything else done. There's
gonna be more closures. So we got to make a
decision on our side. I'm all for going to fifty one. Now.
I was totally against it until I saw really how
this place works. And I've been up here five years,
and there's not gonna be anything done if we don't
do something about this filibuster. Pass it up and let's
(25:46):
go and just kick the Democrats to the side and
get something done for the American people they are suffering.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
Now you hear that from Tommy Tubverbilt. There is always
a cause and effect. When Democrats get back and control
will at some point in my lifetime, maybe multiple times
in my lifetime, they will then kick the Republicans the
corner and go full blown communists, like we're witnessing in
New York City. Even Democrats are getting in on this.
(26:14):
John Fetterman speaking to reporters about the same issue, and
here's what he said.
Speaker 9 (26:18):
Some of your Republican colleagues have proposed nuking the filibuster
to force the government to reopen.
Speaker 4 (26:23):
What do you think, Yeah, of course, of course, carve
it out for that. Absolutely, we ran on that. We
ran on killing the philibuster, and now we love it.
You know, it's like, carve it out so we can
move on. And I support it because it makes it
more difficult to shut the government down in the future.
And that's where it's entirely appropriate. And I don't want
(26:44):
to hear any Democrats clutching their pearls about the filibuster.
We all ran on it. I ran on that in
mid so like that's.
Speaker 1 (26:51):
Yeah, so there is again, Fetterman. We ran on killing
the philibuster and now we love it. Carve it out
so we can move on. I support it because it
makes it more difficult to shut the government down in
the future, and that's where it's entirely appropriate. I don't
want to hear any Democrats clutching their pearls about the filibuster.
John Fetterman also calling out his own party, saying it's
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very clear that the Democrats are holding the American people hostage.
Speaker 4 (27:19):
It's like, that's why shutting the government is really what
the Democratic Party wants to do, and I follow country
then party, and it's the wrong thing for the country
in a period of chaos. I refuse to vote to
shut our government down. I absolutely would love to have
(27:40):
I would love to have a conversation about extending the
tax credits for healthcare. Absolutely, but I would remind everybody too,
this was designed by the Democratic Party to expire at
the end of the year. This is not something taken
from by the Republicans. That's they were designed to expire. Now,
let's have a conversation to extend it and not shut
(28:02):
our government down, and let's continue the help.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Has already agreed to that.
Speaker 4 (28:06):
Well, I mean that you know that. Well for me,
I do believe. I do believe Leader Thun is an
honorable man, and I do believe. Well, you're not gonna lie.
I mean, you can't guarantee any outcome. But what I'm
what I'm saying it that's talking about what's wrong for
the country. I can't vote for a thing. I can't
vote to shutting our government down.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
You wonder where the other statesmen are. John Fetterin been
calling out his own party. Democrats choose party over country.
I follow country then party, and it's the wrong thing
for the country in a period of chaos, saying I
refuse to vote to shut our government down. You wonder
when this will actually stop the insanity. It's pretty clear
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now Democrats believe they have enough leverage to keep moving
forward with a shutdown. They want it to hurt, and
they're holding the American people hostage, and they're proud of it,
including putting your safety at risks in the skies. Don't
forget to share this podcast, by the way, with your
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to you again tomorrow.
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For more than 30 years The River Cafe in London, has been the home-from-home of artists, architects, designers, actors, collectors, writers, activists, and politicians. Michael Caine, Glenn Close, JJ Abrams, Steve McQueen, Victoria and David Beckham, and Lily Allen, are just some of the people who love to call The River Cafe home. On River Cafe Table 4, Rogers sits down with her customers—who have become friends—to talk about food memories. Table 4 explores how food impacts every aspect of our lives. “Foods is politics, food is cultural, food is how you express love, food is about your heritage, it defines who you and who you want to be,” says Rogers. Each week, Rogers invites her guest to reminisce about family suppers and first dates, what they cook, how they eat when performing, the restaurants they choose, and what food they seek when they need comfort. And to punctuate each episode of Table 4, guests such as Ralph Fiennes, Emily Blunt, and Alfonso Cuarón, read their favourite recipe from one of the best-selling River Cafe cookbooks. Table 4 itself, is situated near The River Cafe’s open kitchen, close to the bright pink wood-fired oven and next to the glossy yellow pass, where Ruthie oversees the restaurant. You are invited to take a seat at this intimate table and join the conversation. For more information, recipes, and ingredients, go to https://shoptherivercafe.co.uk/ Web: https://rivercafe.co.uk/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/therivercafelondon/ Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/therivercafelondon/ For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iheartradio app, apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
The Joe Rogan Experience
The official podcast of comedian Joe Rogan.