Laura Curran, Political commentator Interview

Laura Curran joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the Big Beautiful Bill making its way through the House of Representatives.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now let's get to Laura, current political commentator and former
NASA County executive.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Good morning, Laura, Good morning Sunshine.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
Ah, I'm not Sunshine today. I can't take came Jeffreys
a minute longer. I just if he was a more
compelling speaker, I could live with this a little bit,
you know. But he's no Corey Booker. He stops talking.
He doesn't finish a sentence all the way through without
having two long pauses. Have you noticed that?

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Yes, yes, well I guess he's, you know, taking his time,
collecting his thoughts, running out the clock for this big
bill that nobody really seems to be that passionate about.
That's the sense I get you're hearing, like the talking points,
but the fact that they've had to throw everything in
this bill, you know, everything including the kitchen sink, and

(00:54):
then ramming it through. Now has everyone had the chance
to read the thousand pages? Did we know exactly what's
going to happen? I don't know. I have a problem
with these huge, huge bills because you can make deals
with this one and that one in the Congress, But
in the end, is it does it have to be
one bill? Why can't we just have different bills. It

(01:15):
could have been one for you know, and then and
the thing that I'm.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Going to just jump in and tell and remind people,
this could have been seven different bills.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah. So it's a miss mash of every all the
leftovers thrown in one big stepot and then you know,
thrown in the oven and served. The other thing that
I find very troubling about it if I were a Republican,
the fact that it adds trillions of dollars to the
debt would really be concerning to me. So, you know,
they're cutting medicaid, they're cutting food stamps, they're cutting aid

(01:49):
to pour people across the world, you know, us AI D.
So you know, if I was a fiscal conservative, I
would say, Okay, that's not great, but at least we're
cutting spending. But they're not the only people this seems
to be pleasing in any big way or aimed to
please is the very very rich who are going to
get to keep their tax breaks. Well, it's going to

(02:10):
be interesting. Let's see about the rank and file working.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
Everybody is getting a tax break. You're you're going to
get a tax break, Laura, You're going to get a
tax break. Everybody's going to a tax break, and there
was a tax hike coming. So you can't just go
you can't just do spout out democratic talking points. And
by the way, the reason we have hold up on
Republican bills after Republican bills is because they're not mindless.
They don't just follow what they're told to do. Every

(02:36):
Democratic bill they do serious, every single Democratic bill there
is no opposition. Tell me the last one. Tell me
the least democratic bill where there was democratic opposition.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
Go ahead, listens, listen, I'm listen. I'm not defending the Republicans.
I'm not defending the Democrats. I have a problem when
any party, and this goes for Democrats just as much
as it does for Republicans, doesn't for republicles feel bullied
and pressured to vote away in a way that they
don't think is good for either themselves or for their constituents,

(03:07):
or for their principles. And I think we're seeing a
lot of this. You know, someone like Lisa Murkowski. Okay,
she gets what she wants for Alaska, but she still
says it's a crappy bill and she hopes it gets
changed in the House of Representatives. Who is excited about it?
Who is excited about it?

Speaker 1 (03:22):
You just skipped over my point. When was the last
time a Democratic complained about a Democratic bill? Everybody? I
remember when Nancy Pelosi was threatening everybody and they all
got in line. At least we have a couple of
dozen that come out and complain because they're not mindless,
and they're allowed to have debate and they're allowed to
try to fight for something else. In the Democratic Party.

(03:44):
That never happens. We're watching democracy and process, and you're right,
they are getting strong arms. That happens in the Democratic
Party too, But at least they speak their mind and
hold their ground. That never happens with the Democratic bill. Ever,
I'm surprised you put that.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
Up, Larry. I think here, I think you're misunderstanding me.
I would never defend the Democrats for marching lockstep. I
think lockstep is very dangerous. So I would never say, oh,
the Democrats are so wonderful, they do everything so perfectly.
That has never been my point. And anyone who knows me,
you know, to a fault, knows that that's you know,
one of my issues when when people, when elected officials,

(04:23):
do not listen to their principles do not understand what
their job is and feel like they are supposed to
be serving the leaders of their party, whether they're a
Republican or Democrat. I don't like it at all, and
so I admire people like Massey, who I probably don't
agree with on a bunch of stuff, but at least
he sticks to his principles of fiscal discipline. I admire that.

Speaker 1 (04:45):
That's great. Well, I'm sorry that I misunderstood that, and
I do remember that about you, so thanks so much,
Lori car and political commentator and former NASA County executive. Thanks.
I was getting a little bit bored this morning and
you just perked me up there.

Speaker 2 (04:57):
Okay, No, I'm glad. No, I love it mixing it
up with you. Thanks.

Speaker 1 (05:02):
Thanks a lot, Laura