Sara Higdon, reporter for the Post Millennial, raises awareness of the political perspective from the right as a trans woman and joins Ryan to comment on today's Supreme Court arguments regarding trans surgeries for minors in Tennessee.
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Jeff Crank, Congressman-elect for Colorado's 5th Congressional District, discusses his orientation on Capitol Hill and succeeding retiring Rep. Doug Lamborn in the upcoming 119th U.S. Congress.
Sara Higdon (@SaraHigdon_) / X (twitter.com)
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Jeff Crank, Congressman-elect for Colorado's 5th Congressional District, discusses his orientation on Capitol Hill and succeeding retiring Rep. Doug Lamborn in the upcoming 119th U.S. Congress.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
They're not upset about your drinking. You know what.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
That's there's an interesting one there. First of all, I've
never had a drinking problem. I don't everyone's ever approached
me and said, oh, you you should really look at
getting help for a drink. Never. I've never sought counselately,
never sought help. I respect and appreciate people who do.
But you know, what do guys do when they come
back from more oftentimes have some beers? You know, how
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do you deal with the demons you see on the battlefield?
Sometimes it's with a bottle. Unfortunately, tragically, for too many guys,
it's with the bottle, and then it's depression and even worse, suicide.
I mean, we've got an epidemic of that in our country.
Thank God, by the grace of God, I found my
chapters of purpose that pulled me out of that.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Pete hag Seth, nominee for Secretary of Defense, appearing on
Megan Kelly's podcast today, and I strongly recommend and encourage
all of you to listen to it. I started off
supporting Pete hag Seth on a scale of one to ten,
at a minimum of a nine. He was my favorite
nominee from the get go, from the outset, and I
(01:10):
would say strongly he has not only remained in that
position in my mind, but his position has been bolstered
by those around him. And I can't imagine a person
with the accusations being levied against him, the art of
the smear that he calls it, that you'll hear in
just a moment, who would have only anonymous sources come
(01:34):
forward to disparage him, but not a single one on
the record. And there have been legions, dozens of coworkers, colleagues, friends,
those who have served with him that have come forward
to defend Pete hag Seth and his character. And to me,
that speaks volumes, and I think it's not only unfortunate,
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it is a disgrace what this man is being put
through right now. And he deserves, I believe our unwavering
support from our side of the aisle, from those of
us who support Donald Trump and his agenda. Pete Hegseth
is a hero. He has served this country of honor
and distinction, unlike almost everyone who is coming out publicly
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to criticize him or tear him down, and he deserves
that respect. He has earned that respect, and he needs
to be our next Secretary of Defense. I don't care
how many rhinos are waffling right now, and that infuriates
me because these same clowns like Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins,
Lisa Murkowski, maybe even Mitch McConnell gladly went along and
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voted for all of Joe Biden's disastrous cabinet nominees, no
matter how unqualified they were, no matter how many DEI
boxes they checked, which were the very purpose and reason
some of them were nominated.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
And I can go through the list about another.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Pete Buddhaje Edge, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, couldn't fix
pot in his own streets in a town that has
become one of decay, much like it's neighboring city in
Northwest Indiana, Gary, And yet he was nominated because he's gay.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Find me another reason, show me the qualifications for.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Pete Buddha Judge as Secretary of Transportation other than in
his initial press conference he said he loved planes and trains.
I love automobiles, I love John Candy, I love Steve Martin,
and I love that movie Planes Trains at Automobiles Does
not qualify me to be Secretary of Transportation. You might
think that sounds a little harsh, but again I challenge you,
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if you disagree with me, show me the list of
qualifications that Pete Buddha Judge has to be Secretary of
Transportation other than he checked a box of He's a
gay guy, and nobody supports LGBT stronger than I do
in the Republican Party. Many of my friends and colleagues
will attest to this. It's not about that. Pete Bodha
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Judge is just one example of the complete unqualified people
that were nominated in the Biden administration. Jennifer Granholm, former
governor of Michigan, somebody that I know about quite well
and in great detail. No qualifications to be Secretary of Energy.
But she was a woman, and she was a big
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supporter of Joe Biden in the twenty twenty campaign.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
That was a reward.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
So you want to go down that path, you want
to play that game, go ahead. Pete Hegseth is a
warrior who put his life on the line for our country.
Boots on the ground type stuff. He bled for this country.
He had fellow service members die for this country, and
he has fellow service members who are so loyal to
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him that they would take a bullet for him. That
speaks volumes about a person. Now, his personal peccadillos, they
need to be mentioned. He's on his third marriage. He
cheated on his first two wives. This incident in California.
It did happen. He claims it was consensual. I give
him the benefit of the doubt. I believe him in
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his personal life. Is he perfect, No, he is not.
He is flawed. But I would say he is flawed
in much the same way that maybe Elvis Presley was,
or even Donald Trump himself.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
These were philanderers.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
But I would think any person you talk to, even Priscilla,
who was cheated on as Elvis's wife, would tell you
Elvis Presley was a good man. Elvis Presley was a
great man. Elvis Presley was a generous man. He just
had a weakness for women. He did not making excuses
for him. But the way my mom told it, and
she observed it, and she was a big Elvis fan.
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I mean, you had to know the circumstances of the time.
Elvis was the sex symbol of the fifties and the
sixties and even into the seventies for women.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
They were throwing themselves at him. It's not an excuse.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I don't support that he cheated on Priscilla, but that's
the life that he led. Donald Trump's same thing on
his third marriage, cheated on his first two wives. Does
that disqualify a person I'm serving our country in an
area where they are vastly qualified and knowledgeable.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Let's not play that game.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Because unless you have a perfect personal life yourself, you
have no room to talk. So I'm here to tell
you we need to double down. We need to triple
down on Pete hagg Seth and not give one inch.
I'm seeing some conservative handles out there, so justin well,
it's time to.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Give up on heg Seth, just like Matt Gates.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
What about Rohnde Santis is sec def Ronde Santas would
be a phenomenal Secretary of Defense.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
But that's not the point. It's the principle of the matter.
Right now.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
We need to stand by Pete heg Seth the way
he stood for our country. And I am so resolute
about this right now, I can't even put into words
right now what it means for us to not blink,
not Budge not give an inch. If there's a Republican
senator on the fence who plans to vote against him,
that's it. It's over. I talked to Mike Davis yesterday.
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I'm with him. We primary that person hard. No more
tolerance for crap. This is really a moving comment that
Pete hagg Steff had about what turned his life around.
And this seems like a very sincere, thoughtful, intelligent guy.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
And he's not perfect. That's not the point, that's not
the purpose, that's not the goal in this life.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Nobody's perfect short of one of the people that he
mentions here.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
I found in many ways.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I found two things my two Jays, my Jenny, my
wife Jennifer changed my life, saved me, there's just no.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Doubt about it.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
And my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And without those
two j's I wouldn't be sitting here right now.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
But with those two.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Jays, like my mom said this morning, and I didnt
get a chance to see all of it, but God
bless my mom. I'm a very different person than I
was ten years ago, than I was fifteen years ago.
But I'm also the right guy to be in the
Pentagon to understand what our young water fighters are going through.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
And does not a man or a woman deserve a
chance at redemption or should Pete heg Seth be labeled
for the rest of his life as an adulterer, as
a guy that cannot be redeemed, who does not deserve
grace or forgiveness if those closest to him have extended
him that. And again I don't know Pete hag Seth.
I wish I did. I think we'd be fast friends.
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And judging by the passion with which Will Caine and
Rachel Campos Duffy and so many of those coworkers of
his that are closest to him, that know him best,
they are fervently coming out and defending him. I mean
that means something that carries weight, and it should. And
here's the perspective we're looking for that we need in
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the Pentagon right here.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
What we send them to do, what we ask them
to do, tour after tour after tour after tour. Are
we equipping them properly? Are they mentally prepared? Are we
helping him on the way back? How are they transitioning?
Were they used properly? I can speak to that because
I've lived it, not from a general's perspective, not from
a air conditioned office in Washington, DC. Are from a
think tank, from dusty boots and pulling triggers with bullets
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whizzen by, and you're wondering whether you're ever coming.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Home dusty boots and pulling triggers.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
He is the voice that so many who have not
had a voice in that position are longing to have,
and they're begging him to stay in the fight.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
And Megan Kelly went further and asked him this.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Do you think you're being Kavanaugh right now?
Speaker 2 (09:28):
I had a member not forty five minutes ago, looked
me in the eye in private, just he and I
and say, that's what they're trying to do to you.
That's what they're trying to do to you.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
That's their playbook.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Get ready for more, and they're going to make it
up just like they have so far, all anonymous, all innuendo,
all rumor, nothing sourced, no verification, and they're just going
to keep doing it because you're a threat to them.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
You're a threat to their system. You're a threat to all.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
The things in Washington, DC, the swamp, the things.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
That people have rejected.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
You're a threat to that, and so they're coming after you,
and I know that he knows that. And when you
stand firm on that, it's not difficult to just continue
to fight. So, yeah, we saw what happened. But guess
what happened. Kavanaugh stood up and he fought and he won.
And hopefully Republicans have learned that Lesson and Trump stood
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by him, and Trump stood by him.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
Trump stood by him, Trump is standing by Pete Hegseth,
and I believe we need to do the same. Let's
bring Sarah Higden into this conversation, who can speak both
on this front and the next one that we're going
to talk about in this segment. Sarah's my friend dating
back to Central Michigan University days when Sarah was an
undergrad student, I was a graduate student, writes for the
Post Millennial, among other things, as a transactivist, but not
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in the sense of the woke sense that you've been
led to believe. A perspective from right of center libertarian
conservative that stands as a voice of reason. We always
enjoy having Sarah on the program. She joins me now
on Ryan Schuling Live. Sarah, well back, Yes, thanks for
having me, Thanks for your service. I know that you
have served our military for the United States. I just
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want to get your quick perspective on your thoughts on
Pete hegg Set as the nominee for Secretary of Defense.
Speaker 6 (11:14):
You know, I don't know a ton about him or
his background. I know he was a highly decorated soldier
who served in combat and you know, a military officer and.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
Others than that.
Speaker 6 (11:28):
I think I think he seems to be qualified. If
you know, if the president thinks he's qualified, then I think,
you know, that's a pretty good good indicator. But yeah,
I mean, he's been head boots on ground, serving in combat.
And I was listening to that clip beforehand. I do
think that there is sort of this railroading going on
because he does seem to be more your hard charging
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military officer, former infantryman, which I've served with and know
well that you know that's they are hyper matthew and individuals,
and he goes against the woke DEI that kind of
has infected our military.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
So it'll be.
Speaker 6 (12:08):
Interesting to see what's going to happen there. I do
know there's been rumors now speculating that he might get
switched out with Ronda Santis possibly I thought that last.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Night, right, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Yeah, we'll see where it goes from here. But always
going to get your perspective as someone who serves. Sarah
Higdon our guest. Sarah is a trans female who was
at the Republican Convention. I believe you've told me before, Sarah,
you'll be at the inauguration on January twenty.
Speaker 7 (12:35):
Oh.
Speaker 6 (12:36):
No, I'm not going to be there.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
I'll be there for that either.
Speaker 6 (12:38):
But yeah, I wish I could.
Speaker 3 (12:41):
All right, well, if that changes, let me know, But
I want to get your responses in order as many
as we can fit in this segment. To Chase Strange, Oh,
the trans lawyer who was arguing before the Supreme Court
of the United States today on the Tennessee transsurgery ban.
And this could have implications throughout the country and throughout
the years. Here's the first statement to Tapper on CNN
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last night.
Speaker 8 (13:01):
So the case comes at a time when twenty six
states have passed laws restricting healthcare treatments for transgender youth,
according to a scene and analysis of data from the
nonprofit think tank Movement Advancement Projects. So, how do you
plan to argue before the US Supreme Court in a
case that could have wind ranging implications beyond the state
of Tennessee.
Speaker 5 (13:21):
Well, thank you for having me, Jake, And obviously this
is a critical inflection point for transgender people across the country.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
We're coming off of an.
Speaker 5 (13:28):
Election season where transgender people played an outside role in
people's consciousness in terms of the way in which we
were situated as a threat to others. And when we
look at the map of states that ban this type
of evidence based healthcare, we went from zero states that
had these bands in twenty twenty to now more than
half the country.
Speaker 6 (13:45):
So before the Court tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
The question is really a simple one as I see it,
It's really this is a lot that bans medical treatment
only when it is prescribed inconsistent with an individual sex.
Our argument is that that treats people differently because of
their sex, and therefore the court has to treat it
like all other forms of sex discrimination, and that's why
it's unconstitutional.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Your response, so.
Speaker 6 (14:08):
Well, first, Chase has me blocked on Twitter for a reason.
It has has so for a while.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
But I will say I some of this is.
Speaker 6 (14:20):
Interesting, and it's gonna be really interesting to see how
the Court views their arguments because I don't think that
it's you know, allowing it's it's the same when in
terms of puber blockers and cross THATX hormones. I mean
the state Tennessee is saying it's a band across the
board no matter what your sex is for gender dysphoria, however,
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So I mean, I don't know if they are allowed
to prescribe a young female estrogen or if they're prescribing
young males testosterone. I don't believe that they are. But
that's that's one of those things that I don't think
is happening. So I don't think that it works when
it comes to medicalization. That I've worked on two of
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these laws and got two of them past, one here
in Georgia and one in Louisiana, and every time, and
I've talked to plenty of legislators across the country about
these about these laws, my concern has always been with
surgery that depend on the state. And I don't know
what Tennessee laws are, but it could possibly be a
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violation of the Equal Protection Clause under the fourteenth Amendment
to say that a young sixteen year old female can
get breast in plants, but a young sixteen year old
male cannot That is kind of what I believe he's
trying to argue that could get a temporary lift or
a temporary or it's like, I guess the court can
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change it to say this part of the law can
go is is constitutional, So this part.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
Of the law is valid. But this part of the law.
Speaker 6 (16:04):
Has to be either rewritten part or not. Because I've
always advocated it needs to be a full out ban
on plastic surgeries, not just for gender dysphoria or not
necessarily plastic surgeries, but elective non you know, because there
are reasons why minors should can get plastic surgery, and
it's mostly due to you know, a car accident or pers.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
And stuff like that.
Speaker 6 (16:28):
Right, you have to be very specific in the language
that you write it though, too, so that you're not,
you know, banning those types of procedures but only for
like the elective plastic surgery procedures that really are only
for vanity anyways.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
One more common I want you to respond to Sarah
Higden our guest, a transwrights activist from the right side
of the political spectrum, and this is Justice Samuel Alito today, after.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
The filing of your petition.
Speaker 9 (16:52):
Of course, we saw the release of the Cast report
in the United cam which found a complete lack of
high quality evidence showing that the benefits of the treatments
in question here outweigh the risks. And so I wonder
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if you would like to stand by the statement that
you made in your petition, or if you think it
would now be appropriate to modify that and withdraw the
statement that there is overwhelming evidence establishing that these treatments
have benefits that greatly outweigh the risks and the dangers.
Speaker 7 (17:35):
I of course acknowledged Justice Alito that there is a
lot of debate happening here and abroad about the proper
model of delivery of this care and exactly when adolescents
should receive it, and how to identify the adolescence for
whom it would be helpful.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Solsitor General Elizabeth prelogar with the response there and the
final minut or so that we have left Sarah, you
have undergone these treatments, but as an adult, how would
you assess the risk versus benefits for a child undergoing
such treatment?
Speaker 4 (18:01):
So this is the.
Speaker 6 (18:02):
Thing, and this is you've cut the one clip of
Sheha's talking on seeing any the other night a little
bit earlier, where he says that you know, possibly three
year olds know their gender identity, which is absolutely absurd. See,
here's the thing is almost every trans person that I
know that's happy with their transition as an adult knew
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around the age of four. But it's one of those
things like a square as a rectangle, but a rectangle
is not a square. We know that every just because
everybody that grows up to you know, transition and be
happy in that transition new at a very young age.
It just shows that it's innate. But it also shows that,
you know, ninety grow out of it by the age
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of twenty. And so what they're doing is they're trying
to save the one and hurting the nine in the process.
And so I don't think the risk rewards there. And
I thought that was a great question by Alito because
going on a little bit further, Alito got Chased to
admit that there is no evidence to show that suicidality
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decreases with this treatment, which is something that Chase has
been very adamant on the other side of, but under
court questioning, he had no Chase had no response because
there is because the cast review was correct. It says
that you know, and this is this kind of eliminates
a lot of the leftist argument that you know, it
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will tell parents that you can either have a trans
child or a dead child, and it's just not true.
And now that the data and studies show it, but
they still would not, you know, they're not going to
accept that. But he admitted it right there, you know,
in front of the Supreme Court.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
And we'll see where this decision goes from here. Always
interested in getting the thoughts of Sarah Higden, a trans
female who is on the right side. I mean that
literally and figuratively from a political perspectiive on this issue
at least in my view, and does reporting for the
post millennial and human events follow Sarah on X at
Sarah Higden. There's an underscore after that that's Sair hig
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do o and Sarah. Always thankful for your time and
we'll follow up when we get a decision in.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
This court case. Absolutely, thank you, take this time out.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Come back Jeff Crank, Congressman elect for the fifth Congressional
District in Colorado. He joins me next on Ryan Shuling Live.
Back here on Ryan Shuling Live. Happy to have you
along on this Wednesday edition. And our next guest won
his congressional race by almost fifty thousand votes out of
about three hundred and fifty thousand votes cast in an
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open seat that was filled for the retiring Doug Lamborne.
Down there, he is Jeff Crank and he is joining
the one hundred nineteenth Congress coming up in January, he
joins us.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Now, Jeff, thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 4 (20:56):
Well, thanks for having me today.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
How much does it mean to you that you're going
to Congress as part of a contingent of four Republican
House members in a very blue state, so half of
the eight in Congress from Colorado will have been red electees.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Well, it feels pretty done good. First of all, from
this is my home state. I was born and raised
in Colorado, and you know, to see it, we've seen
it go from a really red state to a purple
state I think touching blue, and you know, I think
at least from our congressional delegation, you'd have to say
is purple again? And that feels really good. I was
thrilled to see Gabe Evans win that very difficult race
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in CDY eight, and I'm excited to join Lauren Bobert
as well as Jeff heard from CD three.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Really is a fab four and I'm so glad we
came in with sounds of the Beatles. I think that
was by accident, but you truly each bring a unique
skill set to the table that I think is going
to be so useful in Congress. Jeff, but especially for
those zoas who live in Colorado and myself, who I'm
kind of a fish out of water.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
I'm not represented.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Well, I don't believe in the sixth district by Jason Crowe.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
I voted for John Fabricatory.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
But it's just it's real heartening knowing as a Colorado
that people like yourself, Jeff Hard, Gabe Evans, Lauren Bobert
are there to stand up for us. How do you
view that in terms of pulling in the same direction
team work as kind of a foursome on behalf of
the state of Colorado.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Well, first, I mean, it's just such an honor to
be elected to Congress. And I got to tell you,
I keep getting asked about my reflections on it, and
every time I think about it, I'm almost giddy with
the light. You know, just such eleven thousand Americans have
been able to serve in the US House are representatives.
That's it. I mean, it's easier to be in the NFL,
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and more people who've gotten to the NFL or the
NHL or Major League Baseball than there are members who
have served in the United States Congress, and so such
an honor for your neighbors to elect you to go
do that. And I do think the four Republicans in
this delegation, you know, we're we knew each other sort
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of through the campaign and those sorts of things, but
we really grew grew much closer as a group. I
spent two weeks out with Gabe and Jeff Hurd doing
orientation and what we joke with each other. We we
kind of make fun of one another's kind of fun.
We have great relationship. And the same is true of
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Lauren Bobert. I mean, obviously she came in in a
different class, but she's working with us as a team,
and you know, we're just really excited about about the
opportunity that that means and the opportunities for America. I mean,
this is a this is a very pivotal moment for America.
I thought about that the other day. I ran for
Congress eighteen years ago in two thousand and six. Had
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I won, I would have sort of suffered through the
Obama years, and and you know, just it would have
been kind of a miserable place for so long. We
have such a opportunity with President Trump coming in sin
yet a yet major majority in the US House of
Representatives and control of the United States Senate. I mean,
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we have it all set up here to be a part.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
Of history, with California's thirteenth district just being declared the
winner Adam grad a Democrat, by a very narrow margin. Today,
as Jeff points out, it is two twenty two point
fifteen favor of the Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson, so
a pivotal majority, as you state, Jeff, And you're one
of three freshmen congressmen coming in along with Jeff Heard
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and Gave Evans. You mentioned orientation. Now that you've been
through that process, what really stood out to you, what
were your takeaways from that experience?
Speaker 4 (24:44):
Well, the enormity of the job, for sure. I served
as a staff member from nineteen ninety one and nineteen
ninety eight in the US Congress, and I was always
in a law there. And you know, I went back
and as we walked in this time and my wife said, well,
what's different about going in as a member? What do
you think is? We literally were walking into the into
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the Capitol, and it really struck me. I mean, it's
kind of an emotional moment for me. That building itself
has great importance to me. I think of Abraham Lincoln
who served in the House, John Quincy Adams. We walked in,
went and had dinner with Speaker Johnson in the old
old House chamber which is now called Statuary Hall, And
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to just be a part of that just it's just
so amazing to look at the opportunity that is before us.
And it's so I would say that just the overwhelming
responsibility of the job. And I got to tell you
the Republicans right now, and I don't know how long
it's the last I told somebody, peace has broken out.
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In the Republican conference. We were unified. That's the thing is.
I think, you know before there were people who thought, well,
let's just fight to fight, or we're going to fight
Mike Johnson so we can be more conservative, or we're
going to do this that you know what President Trump
came to our conference meeting, Republican Conference Meeting, and he
essentially did it to say, Mike's my guy. I'm supporting
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Mike Johnson. Mike Johnson meets weekly, if not daily, with
President Trump or his team members. They are going to
push forward the Trump agenda. So if you voted for
Donald Trump, there's no reason to be mad or upset
with Mike Johnson. He's on the Trump team. There's no
reason to be angry with any of us. Let's not
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cause our own division. We have a moment to get
this done. So I was really struck by kind of
the unity really of people not fighting internally, but ready
to really change the course of America.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
Such great news to hear that from the inside, and
Congressman elect Jeff Crank feels good to say it. We
know that you're transitioning from Doug Lamborne's office, etc. And
taking the baton from him, almost in the literal sense,
not just metaphorical. Here, Jeff and I guess for those
who live in the fifth Congressional District what they can expect.
What are some of the things you would say, Look,
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these are the same things we represent. Doug Landborne's been
going back several years. You did run against him at
one time, but I'm going to continue what he was
doing on XYZ, But on ABC, I might have a
different way of doing things.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
How would you kind of quantify that?
Speaker 4 (27:26):
Yeah, well, listen, first of all, Doug has Doug Lanmborne
has been tremendously helpful to me in the transition. He
was helpful to me as I ran, and he was
a great representative for this district. And I want people
to know that and understand that for eighteen years, this
is not an easy job. He got on an airplane
full back and forth, spend a lot of time out
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there and not with his family, serving our community. Doug
was a great support of our military. I'm working hard
to get on the Armed Services Committee. That's not a given,
by the way. It's a very difficult committee to get on.
But I'm working hard right now to try and get
a seat on that committee so I can help our
military men and women and our infrastructure here in Colorado
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Springs and all of Colorado. But where I'll be different,
you know, I said this at a debate when somebody
asked me how I'd be different, and I said, well,
I think I'll be a little bit more of an
outspoken leader on some issues. And as soon as I
said that, my campaign guy says, do you think Doug
Lanbournel think about that? And I said, I said, probably
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call him. And I called Doug and I said, you know,
I said really great things about you, but I also
said I'd probably be more out there in the media
and being a leader of things. And he said, Jeff,
of course you will. That's your background. Of course, I
was on the radio for fourteen years. He was very
kind about it. He knew exactly what I meant. I
think I'm going to try and get out there a
little bit more on some of these some of these
issues maybe than Doug was. But again, I mean I
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paid tribute to Doug. He served our community well and
he was a very conservative vote and voice in the US.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
And Jeff Crank will be a member of the US
House of Representatives and the one hundred nineteenth Congress being
sworn in after the first of the year. We're looking
forward to that. I'll be at the inauguration and hopefully
I'll cross paths with Jeff as well. You touched on
your concern your focus on the military, and I share
that with.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
You, Jeff.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
And we know that Pete Hagsath right now is embattled
on Capitol Hill and the confirmation process as to whether
or not he will be confirmed as Secretary of Defense.
Do you support his nomination or no? Why or why not?
Speaker 4 (29:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (29:30):
I do.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
Look, first, I think the president. I know Pete. I
worked with Pete Haigseth for a small period of time
out in for the Coke Network. He was running the
Concern Veterans for America organization. I was with Americans for Prosperity.
So I know Pete. First of all, he's a patriot.
I think he'll do a good job. And look, presidents
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have the right to have who they want that in
those positions and serve on their cabinet unless there's something
just you know, the that's totally disqualifying. And we've seen
the left kind of use the tactics of trying to
disqualify people they don't like. The worst case of that,
of course, was at Kavanaugh on the US Supreme Court.
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But they've just done it time and time again. And look,
I'm not a member of the Senate. I don't have
a vote on whether or not he's confirmed. That belongs
to our US senators, but I hope that our two
Colorado senators will give piece except the same difference that
was given to Joe Biden on a lot of his
There's many Republicans, many Republicans who voted for different cabinet
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secretaries for Joe Biden, because that's the way the system works.
They get advice and consent, and they should do that.
But again, I think presidents should have the latitude to
bring in their team.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Jeff.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
Final question. We still appreciate your time. We wish you
the very best as you head to Capitol Hill to
represent the fifth Congressional district. We know that the border
of the economy were the top two issues. But I
got to circle back to something I started the segment with.
We're talking about the margin in the House to twenty
two fifteen. This dwindled as time went on, and here
we are. It is December fourth, and this race in
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the thirteenth district of California was just called a month later.
There's still counting votes. It always benefits Democrats. You can
fill in the blanks as to why. But is there
a concern, is there a focus, is it a priority
for you in the House for Speaker Johnson to pass
some form of federal election reform, some guardrails, some guidelines.
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We know that these are elections that are held by
the states. We want to respect federalism, but it just
seems like things have run amok in terms of running
our elections, expecting free and fair outcomes, trust in our process.
Is there a way to kind of narrow that focus
and get us back on.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
The right track.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
Yeah, I hope so. I think we need to do
that first and foremost. To know, the House plans on
bringing up legislation that would require proof of citizenship to
register to vote. I mean, that is something that every
state should do, particularly on these federal rates. I mean,
why in the world are we having to wait a
month to do this. We've made voting so complicated. I
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watched a documentary the other day on Ronald Reagan, and
you know, it was it was nine to thirty at
night on election night, when we all knew that Ronald
Reagan had won the presidency. And that's the way, that's
the way it used to be. Why have we made
it so complicated. The more complicated it is, the easier,
frankly it is for organizations to kind of cheat around
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the margins and get people in who can vote who
probably shouldn't be able to vote or aren't eligible to
vote in an election. It's pretty simple stuff. You need
to be a citizen, you need to be a registered
voter in that district, and I think you gotta be
showing a photo ID and those sorts of things. So
I do hope that Congress takes a look at that.
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We shouldn't be waiting a month to find out control
of the United States Congress. That's crazy.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Well, from your mouth to Speaker Johnson's ears, I hope
that's one of the top priority in this next Congress,
especially these two years where the president's going to obviously
be in place, Donald Trump, and Republican control of the
House and the Senate is going to enable you to
make a lot of these changes.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
At least we hope in the fifth.
Speaker 3 (33:11):
Congressional district he is the Congressman elect. Jeff Crank, Thank
you so much for your time and best of luck
in your service going forward.
Speaker 4 (33:18):
Sir, well, thank you so much, appreciate the time, and
you'll join you anytime. Just give us a call. Love it.
Speaker 3 (33:23):
Jeff Crank joining us here and soon to be Congressman
Jeff Crank from the fifth Congressional District. Time out wrapping
up our number one after this on Ryan Schuling Live.
Two minute warning before halftime here in a Wednesday edition
Ryan Schuling Live or thanks to Congressmen Elect Jeff Crank
for joining us. Any comments about what he had to say,
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And I was encouraged by the teamwork aspect that he
was focusing on at his orientation, that the Republican Party
appeared to be unified, and that's going to be important
when the margin is so small two twenty to two fifteen,
you can only lose two votes and hold on to
that margin for any issue that comes before the House.
And Speaker Johnson, let's go to the tax five seven
seven thretey nine. This from Stephen Littleton, retired law enforcement officer.
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As always, thank you for your service, Steve for heg
Seth sick of congressional reprobates imposing standards on nominees they
themselves couldn't meet. Such a great point, and I love
the use of the word reprobate. That is one of
Mark Levin's favorites.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Ryan.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
I think Trump should say that Pete is his choice
and he's planning on counting Republican votes against to prepare
for challenging them in future elections after publicly announcing they
are not part of his new administration. Now, that's got
to be the line in the sand. I'm sick of
this discord and division on our side. You don't see
it with the Democrats. They are lockstep and passing all
of Biden's nominees, and even Republicans crossover. We can't count
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on a single Democrat in the Senate to cross over
and support any of Trump's nominees, although I think some
will when regarding Marco Rubio for Secretary of State or
maybe even Pam Bondi for Attorney General. But yeah, there
there is no excuse for any Republican to oppose Pete
Hegseth in my mind at this point, and they should
be primaried if they do.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Ryan.
Speaker 3 (35:07):
They need to remove all statues of limitations, both criminally
and for parents and doctors that coerce young children to
getting this surgery. Talking about trans reassignment surgery, I tend
to agree. I think this is an issue that even
twenty years from now, certainly fifty or one hundred, to
look back and go what was this medieval medicine in
quotes that we look back on, much like the sketch
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on SNL that Shannon Scott will remember when Steve Martin
was both a barber and a surgeon and a doctor,
and there was the blood letting and everything. That's what
I view this as being. This is completely inappropriate for children.
We spoke with my good friend Sarah Higden, who was
a trans female herself who got the surgery and all
that sort of treatment as an adult who does not
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believe it should be used for children who might grow
out of it, who might change their minds. And when
you conduct this surgery, it is largely irreversible and can
cause irreparable damage. A stein Mark Stephenson, co host of
the Humanity Against Tyranny podcasts.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
Coming up next hour two of Ryan Shuling Live
They're not upset about your drinking. You know what.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
That's there's an interesting one there. First of all, I've
never had a drinking problem. I don't everyone's ever approached
me and said, oh, you you should really look at
getting help for a drink. Never. I've never sought counselately,
never sought help. I respect and appreciate people who do.
But you know, what do guys do when they come
back from more oftentimes have some beers? You know, how
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do you deal with the demons you see on the battlefield?
Sometimes it's with a bottle. Unfortunately, tragically, for too many guys,
it's with the bottle, and then it's depression and even worse, suicide.
I mean, we've got an epidemic of that in our country.
Thank God, by the grace of God, I found my
chapters of purpose that pulled me out of that.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Pete hag Seth, nominee for Secretary of Defense, appearing on
Megan Kelly's podcast today, and I strongly recommend and encourage
all of you to listen to it. I started off
supporting Pete hag Seth on a scale of one to ten,
at a minimum of a nine. He was my favorite
nominee from the get go, from the outset, and I
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would say strongly he has not only remained in that
position in my mind, but his position has been bolstered
by those around him. And I can't imagine a person
with the accusations being levied against him, the art of
the smear that he calls it, that you'll hear in
just a moment, who would have only anonymous sources come
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forward to disparage him, but not a single one on
the record. And there have been legions, dozens of coworkers, colleagues, friends,
those who have served with him that have come forward
to defend Pete hag Seth and his character. And to me,
that speaks volumes, and I think it's not only unfortunate,
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it is a disgrace what this man is being put
through right now. And he deserves, I believe our unwavering
support from our side of the aisle, from those of
us who support Donald Trump and his agenda. Pete Hegseth
is a hero. He has served this country of honor
and distinction, unlike almost everyone who is coming out publicly
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to criticize him or tear him down, and he deserves
that respect. He has earned that respect, and he needs
to be our next Secretary of Defense. I don't care
how many rhinos are waffling right now, and that infuriates
me because these same clowns like Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins,
Lisa Murkowski, maybe even Mitch McConnell gladly went along and
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voted for all of Joe Biden's disastrous cabinet nominees, no
matter how unqualified they were, no matter how many DEI
boxes they checked, which were the very purpose and reason
some of them were nominated.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
And I can go through the list about another.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Pete Buddhaje Edge, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, couldn't fix
pot in his own streets in a town that has
become one of decay, much like it's neighboring city in
Northwest Indiana, Gary, And yet he was nominated because he's gay.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Find me another reason, show me the qualifications for.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Pete Buddha Judge as Secretary of Transportation other than in
his initial press conference he said he loved planes and trains.
I love automobiles, I love John Candy, I love Steve Martin,
and I love that movie Planes Trains at Automobiles Does
not qualify me to be Secretary of Transportation. You might
think that sounds a little harsh, but again I challenge you,
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if you disagree with me, show me the list of
qualifications that Pete Buddha Judge has to be Secretary of
Transportation other than he checked a box of He's a
gay guy, and nobody supports LGBT stronger than I do
in the Republican Party. Many of my friends and colleagues
will attest to this. It's not about that. Pete Bodha
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Judge is just one example of the complete unqualified people
that were nominated in the Biden administration. Jennifer Granholm, former
governor of Michigan, somebody that I know about quite well
and in great detail. No qualifications to be Secretary of Energy.
But she was a woman, and she was a big
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supporter of Joe Biden in the twenty twenty campaign.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
That was a reward.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
So you want to go down that path, you want
to play that game, go ahead. Pete Hegseth is a
warrior who put his life on the line for our country.
Boots on the ground type stuff. He bled for this country.
He had fellow service members die for this country, and
he has fellow service members who are so loyal to
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him that they would take a bullet for him. That
speaks volumes about a person. Now, his personal peccadillos, they
need to be mentioned. He's on his third marriage. He
cheated on his first two wives. This incident in California.
It did happen. He claims it was consensual. I give
him the benefit of the doubt. I believe him in
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his personal life. Is he perfect, No, he is not.
He is flawed. But I would say he is flawed
in much the same way that maybe Elvis Presley was,
or even Donald Trump himself.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
These were philanderers.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
But I would think any person you talk to, even Priscilla,
who was cheated on as Elvis's wife, would tell you
Elvis Presley was a good man. Elvis Presley was a
great man. Elvis Presley was a generous man. He just
had a weakness for women. He did not making excuses
for him. But the way my mom told it, and
she observed it, and she was a big Elvis fan.
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I mean, you had to know the circumstances of the time.
Elvis was the sex symbol of the fifties and the
sixties and even into the seventies for women.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
They were throwing themselves at him. It's not an excuse.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
I don't support that he cheated on Priscilla, but that's
the life that he led. Donald Trump's same thing on
his third marriage, cheated on his first two wives. Does
that disqualify a person I'm serving our country in an
area where they are vastly qualified and knowledgeable.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Let's not play that game.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
Because unless you have a perfect personal life yourself, you
have no room to talk. So I'm here to tell
you we need to double down. We need to triple
down on Pete hagg Seth and not give one inch.
I'm seeing some conservative handles out there, so justin well,
it's time to.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
Give up on heg Seth, just like Matt Gates.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
What about Rohnde Santis is sec def Ronde Santas would
be a phenomenal Secretary of Defense.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
But that's not the point. It's the principle of the matter.
Right now.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
We need to stand by Pete heg Seth the way
he stood for our country. And I am so resolute
about this right now, I can't even put into words
right now what it means for us to not blink,
not Budge not give an inch. If there's a Republican
senator on the fence who plans to vote against him,
that's it. It's over. I talked to Mike Davis yesterday.
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I'm with him. We primary that person hard. No more
tolerance for crap. This is really a moving comment that
Pete hagg Steff had about what turned his life around.
And this seems like a very sincere, thoughtful, intelligent guy.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
And he's not perfect. That's not the point, that's not
the purpose, that's not the goal in this life.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Nobody's perfect short of one of the people that he
mentions here.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
I found in many ways.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
I found two things my two Jays, my Jenny, my
wife Jennifer changed my life, saved me, there's just no.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Doubt about it.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
And my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And without those
two j's I wouldn't be sitting here right now.
Speaker 1 (07:41):
But with those two.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Jays, like my mom said this morning, and I didnt
get a chance to see all of it, but God
bless my mom. I'm a very different person than I
was ten years ago, than I was fifteen years ago.
But I'm also the right guy to be in the
Pentagon to understand what our young water fighters are going through.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
And does not a man or a woman deserve a
chance at redemption or should Pete heg Seth be labeled
for the rest of his life as an adulterer, as
a guy that cannot be redeemed, who does not deserve
grace or forgiveness if those closest to him have extended
him that. And again I don't know Pete hag Seth.
I wish I did. I think we'd be fast friends.
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And judging by the passion with which Will Caine and
Rachel Campos Duffy and so many of those coworkers of
his that are closest to him, that know him best,
they are fervently coming out and defending him. I mean
that means something that carries weight, and it should. And
here's the perspective we're looking for that we need in
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the Pentagon right here.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
What we send them to do, what we ask them
to do, tour after tour after tour after tour. Are
we equipping them properly? Are they mentally prepared? Are we
helping him on the way back? How are they transitioning?
Were they used properly? I can speak to that because
I've lived it, not from a general's perspective, not from
a air conditioned office in Washington, DC. Are from a
think tank, from dusty boots and pulling triggers with bullets
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whizzen by, and you're wondering whether you're ever coming.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Home dusty boots and pulling triggers.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
He is the voice that so many who have not
had a voice in that position are longing to have,
and they're begging him to stay in the fight.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
And Megan Kelly went further and asked him this.
Speaker 5 (09:25):
Do you think you're being Kavanaugh right now?
Speaker 2 (09:28):
I had a member not forty five minutes ago, looked
me in the eye in private, just he and I
and say, that's what they're trying to do to you.
That's what they're trying to do to you.
Speaker 1 (09:37):
That's their playbook.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Get ready for more, and they're going to make it
up just like they have so far, all anonymous, all innuendo,
all rumor, nothing sourced, no verification, and they're just going
to keep doing it because you're a threat to them.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
You're a threat to their system. You're a threat to all.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
The things in Washington, DC, the swamp, the things.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
That people have rejected.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
You're a threat to that, and so they're coming after you,
and I know that he knows that. And when you
stand firm on that, it's not difficult to just continue
to fight. So, yeah, we saw what happened. But guess
what happened. Kavanaugh stood up and he fought and he won.
And hopefully Republicans have learned that Lesson and Trump stood
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by him, and Trump stood by him.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
Trump stood by him, Trump is standing by Pete Hegseth,
and I believe we need to do the same. Let's
bring Sarah Higden into this conversation, who can speak both
on this front and the next one that we're going
to talk about in this segment. Sarah's my friend dating
back to Central Michigan University days when Sarah was an
undergrad student, I was a graduate student, writes for the
Post Millennial, among other things, as a transactivist, but not
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in the sense of the woke sense that you've been
led to believe. A perspective from right of center libertarian
conservative that stands as a voice of reason. We always
enjoy having Sarah on the program. She joins me now
on Ryan Schuling Live. Sarah, well back, Yes, thanks for
having me, Thanks for your service. I know that you
have served our military for the United States. I just
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want to get your quick perspective on your thoughts on
Pete hegg Set as the nominee for Secretary of Defense.
Speaker 6 (11:14):
You know, I don't know a ton about him or
his background. I know he was a highly decorated soldier
who served in combat and you know, a military officer and.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
Others than that.
Speaker 6 (11:28):
I think I think he seems to be qualified. If
you know, if the president thinks he's qualified, then I think,
you know, that's a pretty good good indicator. But yeah,
I mean, he's been head boots on ground, serving in combat.
And I was listening to that clip beforehand. I do
think that there is sort of this railroading going on
because he does seem to be more your hard charging
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military officer, former infantryman, which I've served with and know
well that you know that's they are hyper matthew and individuals,
and he goes against the woke DEI that kind of
has infected our military.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
So it'll be.
Speaker 6 (12:08):
Interesting to see what's going to happen there. I do
know there's been rumors now speculating that he might get
switched out with Ronda Santis possibly I thought that last.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Night, right, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
Yeah, we'll see where it goes from here. But always
going to get your perspective as someone who serves. Sarah
Higdon our guest. Sarah is a trans female who was
at the Republican Convention. I believe you've told me before, Sarah,
you'll be at the inauguration on January twenty.
Speaker 7 (12:35):
Oh.
Speaker 6 (12:36):
No, I'm not going to be there.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
I'll be there for that either.
Speaker 6 (12:38):
But yeah, I wish I could.
Speaker 3 (12:41):
All right, well, if that changes, let me know, But
I want to get your responses in order as many
as we can fit in this segment. To Chase Strange, Oh,
the trans lawyer who was arguing before the Supreme Court
of the United States today on the Tennessee transsurgery ban.
And this could have implications throughout the country and throughout
the years. Here's the first statement to Tapper on CNN
(13:01):
last night.
Speaker 8 (13:01):
So the case comes at a time when twenty six
states have passed laws restricting healthcare treatments for transgender youth,
according to a scene and analysis of data from the
nonprofit think tank Movement Advancement Projects. So, how do you
plan to argue before the US Supreme Court in a
case that could have wind ranging implications beyond the state
of Tennessee.
Speaker 5 (13:21):
Well, thank you for having me, Jake, And obviously this
is a critical inflection point for transgender people across the country.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
We're coming off of an.
Speaker 5 (13:28):
Election season where transgender people played an outside role in
people's consciousness in terms of the way in which we
were situated as a threat to others. And when we
look at the map of states that ban this type
of evidence based healthcare, we went from zero states that
had these bands in twenty twenty to now more than
half the country.
Speaker 6 (13:45):
So before the Court tomorrow.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
The question is really a simple one as I see it,
It's really this is a lot that bans medical treatment
only when it is prescribed inconsistent with an individual sex.
Our argument is that that treats people differently because of
their sex, and therefore the court has to treat it
like all other forms of sex discrimination, and that's why
it's unconstitutional.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Your response, so.
Speaker 6 (14:08):
Well, first, Chase has me blocked on Twitter for a reason.
It has has so for a while.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
But I will say I some of this is.
Speaker 6 (14:20):
Interesting, and it's gonna be really interesting to see how
the Court views their arguments because I don't think that
it's you know, allowing it's it's the same when in
terms of puber blockers and cross THATX hormones. I mean
the state Tennessee is saying it's a band across the
board no matter what your sex is for gender dysphoria, however,
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So I mean, I don't know if they are allowed
to prescribe a young female estrogen or if they're prescribing
young males testosterone. I don't believe that they are. But
that's that's one of those things that I don't think
is happening. So I don't think that it works when
it comes to medicalization. That I've worked on two of
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these laws and got two of them past, one here
in Georgia and one in Louisiana, and every time, and
I've talked to plenty of legislators across the country about
these about these laws, my concern has always been with
surgery that depend on the state. And I don't know
what Tennessee laws are, but it could possibly be a
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violation of the Equal Protection Clause under the fourteenth Amendment
to say that a young sixteen year old female can
get breast in plants, but a young sixteen year old
male cannot That is kind of what I believe he's
trying to argue that could get a temporary lift or
a temporary or it's like, I guess the court can
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change it to say this part of the law can
go is is constitutional, So this part.
Speaker 4 (16:01):
Of the law is valid. But this part of the law.
Speaker 6 (16:04):
Has to be either rewritten part or not. Because I've
always advocated it needs to be a full out ban
on plastic surgeries, not just for gender dysphoria or not
necessarily plastic surgeries, but elective non you know, because there
are reasons why minors should can get plastic surgery, and
it's mostly due to you know, a car accident or pers.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
And stuff like that.
Speaker 6 (16:28):
Right, you have to be very specific in the language
that you write it though, too, so that you're not,
you know, banning those types of procedures but only for
like the elective plastic surgery procedures that really are only
for vanity anyways.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
One more common I want you to respond to Sarah
Higden our guest, a transwrights activist from the right side
of the political spectrum, and this is Justice Samuel Alito today, after.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
The filing of your petition.
Speaker 9 (16:52):
Of course, we saw the release of the Cast report
in the United cam which found a complete lack of
high quality evidence showing that the benefits of the treatments
in question here outweigh the risks. And so I wonder
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if you would like to stand by the statement that
you made in your petition, or if you think it
would now be appropriate to modify that and withdraw the
statement that there is overwhelming evidence establishing that these treatments
have benefits that greatly outweigh the risks and the dangers.
Speaker 7 (17:35):
I of course acknowledged Justice Alito that there is a
lot of debate happening here and abroad about the proper
model of delivery of this care and exactly when adolescents
should receive it, and how to identify the adolescence for
whom it would be helpful.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Solsitor General Elizabeth prelogar with the response there and the
final minut or so that we have left Sarah, you
have undergone these treatments, but as an adult, how would
you assess the risk versus benefits for a child undergoing
such treatment?
Speaker 4 (18:01):
So this is the.
Speaker 6 (18:02):
Thing, and this is you've cut the one clip of
Sheha's talking on seeing any the other night a little
bit earlier, where he says that you know, possibly three
year olds know their gender identity, which is absolutely absurd. See,
here's the thing is almost every trans person that I
know that's happy with their transition as an adult knew
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around the age of four. But it's one of those
things like a square as a rectangle, but a rectangle
is not a square. We know that every just because
everybody that grows up to you know, transition and be
happy in that transition new at a very young age.
It just shows that it's innate. But it also shows that,
you know, ninety grow out of it by the age
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of twenty. And so what they're doing is they're trying
to save the one and hurting the nine in the process.
And so I don't think the risk rewards there. And
I thought that was a great question by Alito because
going on a little bit further, Alito got Chased to
admit that there is no evidence to show that suicidality
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decreases with this treatment, which is something that Chase has
been very adamant on the other side of, but under
court questioning, he had no Chase had no response because
there is because the cast review was correct. It says
that you know, and this is this kind of eliminates
a lot of the leftist argument that you know, it
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will tell parents that you can either have a trans
child or a dead child, and it's just not true.
And now that the data and studies show it, but
they still would not, you know, they're not going to
accept that. But he admitted it right there, you know,
in front of the Supreme Court.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
And we'll see where this decision goes from here. Always
interested in getting the thoughts of Sarah Higden, a trans
female who is on the right side. I mean that
literally and figuratively from a political perspectiive on this issue
at least in my view, and does reporting for the
post millennial and human events follow Sarah on X at
Sarah Higden. There's an underscore after that that's Sair hig
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do o and Sarah. Always thankful for your time and
we'll follow up when we get a decision in.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
This court case. Absolutely, thank you, take this time out.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Come back Jeff Crank, Congressman elect for the fifth Congressional
District in Colorado. He joins me next on Ryan Shuling Live.
Back here on Ryan Shuling Live. Happy to have you
along on this Wednesday edition. And our next guest won
his congressional race by almost fifty thousand votes out of
about three hundred and fifty thousand votes cast in an
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open seat that was filled for the retiring Doug Lamborne.
Down there, he is Jeff Crank and he is joining
the one hundred nineteenth Congress coming up in January, he
joins us.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
Now, Jeff, thank you so much for your time.
Speaker 4 (20:56):
Well, thanks for having me today.
Speaker 3 (20:58):
How much does it mean to you that you're going
to Congress as part of a contingent of four Republican
House members in a very blue state, so half of
the eight in Congress from Colorado will have been red electees.
Speaker 4 (21:13):
Well, it feels pretty done good. First of all, from
this is my home state. I was born and raised
in Colorado, and you know, to see it, we've seen
it go from a really red state to a purple
state I think touching blue, and you know, I think
at least from our congressional delegation, you'd have to say
is purple again? And that feels really good. I was
thrilled to see Gabe Evans win that very difficult race
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in CDY eight, and I'm excited to join Lauren Bobert
as well as Jeff heard from CD three.
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Really is a fab four and I'm so glad we
came in with sounds of the Beatles. I think that
was by accident, but you truly each bring a unique
skill set to the table that I think is going
to be so useful in Congress. Jeff, but especially for
those zoas who live in Colorado and myself, who I'm
kind of a fish out of water.
Speaker 1 (22:00):
I'm not represented.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
Well, I don't believe in the sixth district by Jason Crowe.
Speaker 1 (22:05):
I voted for John Fabricatory.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
But it's just it's real heartening knowing as a Colorado
that people like yourself, Jeff Hard, Gabe Evans, Lauren Bobert
are there to stand up for us. How do you
view that in terms of pulling in the same direction
team work as kind of a foursome on behalf of
the state of Colorado.
Speaker 4 (22:23):
Well, first, I mean, it's just such an honor to
be elected to Congress. And I got to tell you,
I keep getting asked about my reflections on it, and
every time I think about it, I'm almost giddy with
the light. You know, just such eleven thousand Americans have
been able to serve in the US House are representatives.
That's it. I mean, it's easier to be in the NFL,
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and more people who've gotten to the NFL or the
NHL or Major League Baseball than there are members who
have served in the United States Congress, and so such
an honor for your neighbors to elect you to go
do that. And I do think the four Republicans in
this delegation, you know, we're we knew each other sort
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of through the campaign and those sorts of things, but
we really grew grew much closer as a group. I
spent two weeks out with Gabe and Jeff Hurd doing
orientation and what we joke with each other. We we
kind of make fun of one another's kind of fun.
We have great relationship. And the same is true of
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Lauren Bobert. I mean, obviously she came in in a
different class, but she's working with us as a team,
and you know, we're just really excited about about the
opportunity that that means and the opportunities for America. I mean,
this is a this is a very pivotal moment for America.
I thought about that the other day. I ran for
Congress eighteen years ago in two thousand and six. Had
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I won, I would have sort of suffered through the
Obama years, and and you know, just it would have
been kind of a miserable place for so long. We
have such a opportunity with President Trump coming in sin
yet a yet major majority in the US House of
Representatives and control of the United States Senate. I mean,
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we have it all set up here to be a part.
Speaker 3 (24:15):
Of history, with California's thirteenth district just being declared the
winner Adam grad a Democrat, by a very narrow margin. Today,
as Jeff points out, it is two twenty two point
fifteen favor of the Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson, so
a pivotal majority, as you state, Jeff, And you're one
of three freshmen congressmen coming in along with Jeff Heard
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and Gave Evans. You mentioned orientation. Now that you've been
through that process, what really stood out to you, what
were your takeaways from that experience?
Speaker 4 (24:44):
Well, the enormity of the job, for sure. I served
as a staff member from nineteen ninety one and nineteen
ninety eight in the US Congress, and I was always
in a law there. And you know, I went back
and as we walked in this time and my wife said, well,
what's different about going in as a member? What do
you think is? We literally were walking into the into
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the Capitol, and it really struck me. I mean, it's
kind of an emotional moment for me. That building itself
has great importance to me. I think of Abraham Lincoln
who served in the House, John Quincy Adams. We walked in,
went and had dinner with Speaker Johnson in the old
old House chamber which is now called Statuary Hall, And
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to just be a part of that just it's just
so amazing to look at the opportunity that is before us.
And it's so I would say that just the overwhelming
responsibility of the job. And I got to tell you
the Republicans right now, and I don't know how long
it's the last I told somebody, peace has broken out.
(25:53):
In the Republican conference. We were unified. That's the thing is.
I think, you know before there were people who thought, well,
let's just fight to fight, or we're going to fight
Mike Johnson so we can be more conservative, or we're
going to do this that you know what President Trump
came to our conference meeting, Republican Conference Meeting, and he
essentially did it to say, Mike's my guy. I'm supporting
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Mike Johnson. Mike Johnson meets weekly, if not daily, with
President Trump or his team members. They are going to
push forward the Trump agenda. So if you voted for
Donald Trump, there's no reason to be mad or upset
with Mike Johnson. He's on the Trump team. There's no
reason to be angry with any of us. Let's not
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cause our own division. We have a moment to get
this done. So I was really struck by kind of
the unity really of people not fighting internally, but ready
to really change the course of America.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
Such great news to hear that from the inside, and
Congressman elect Jeff Crank feels good to say it. We
know that you're transitioning from Doug Lamborne's office, etc. And
taking the baton from him, almost in the literal sense,
not just metaphorical. Here, Jeff and I guess for those
who live in the fifth Congressional District what they can expect.
What are some of the things you would say, Look,
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these are the same things we represent. Doug Landborne's been
going back several years. You did run against him at
one time, but I'm going to continue what he was
doing on XYZ, But on ABC, I might have a
different way of doing things.
Speaker 1 (27:24):
How would you kind of quantify that?
Speaker 4 (27:26):
Yeah, well, listen, first of all, Doug has Doug Lanmborne
has been tremendously helpful to me in the transition. He
was helpful to me as I ran, and he was
a great representative for this district. And I want people
to know that and understand that for eighteen years, this
is not an easy job. He got on an airplane
full back and forth, spend a lot of time out
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there and not with his family, serving our community. Doug
was a great support of our military. I'm working hard
to get on the Armed Services Committee. That's not a given,
by the way. It's a very difficult committee to get on.
But I'm working hard right now to try and get
a seat on that committee so I can help our
military men and women and our infrastructure here in Colorado
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Springs and all of Colorado. But where I'll be different,
you know, I said this at a debate when somebody
asked me how I'd be different, and I said, well,
I think I'll be a little bit more of an
outspoken leader on some issues. And as soon as I
said that, my campaign guy says, do you think Doug
Lanbournel think about that? And I said, I said, probably
(28:30):
call him. And I called Doug and I said, you know,
I said really great things about you, but I also
said I'd probably be more out there in the media
and being a leader of things. And he said, Jeff,
of course you will. That's your background. Of course, I
was on the radio for fourteen years. He was very
kind about it. He knew exactly what I meant. I
think I'm going to try and get out there a
little bit more on some of these some of these
issues maybe than Doug was. But again, I mean I
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paid tribute to Doug. He served our community well and
he was a very conservative vote and voice in the US.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
And Jeff Crank will be a member of the US
House of Representatives and the one hundred nineteenth Congress being
sworn in after the first of the year. We're looking
forward to that. I'll be at the inauguration and hopefully
I'll cross paths with Jeff as well. You touched on
your concern your focus on the military, and I share
that with.
Speaker 1 (29:16):
You, Jeff.
Speaker 3 (29:17):
And we know that Pete Hagsath right now is embattled
on Capitol Hill and the confirmation process as to whether
or not he will be confirmed as Secretary of Defense.
Do you support his nomination or no? Why or why not?
Speaker 4 (29:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (29:30):
I do.
Speaker 4 (29:30):
Look, first, I think the president. I know Pete. I
worked with Pete Haigseth for a small period of time
out in for the Coke Network. He was running the
Concern Veterans for America organization. I was with Americans for Prosperity.
So I know Pete. First of all, he's a patriot.
I think he'll do a good job. And look, presidents
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have the right to have who they want that in
those positions and serve on their cabinet unless there's something
just you know, the that's totally disqualifying. And we've seen
the left kind of use the tactics of trying to
disqualify people they don't like. The worst case of that,
of course, was at Kavanaugh on the US Supreme Court.
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But they've just done it time and time again. And look,
I'm not a member of the Senate. I don't have
a vote on whether or not he's confirmed. That belongs
to our US senators, but I hope that our two
Colorado senators will give piece except the same difference that
was given to Joe Biden on a lot of his
There's many Republicans, many Republicans who voted for different cabinet
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secretaries for Joe Biden, because that's the way the system works.
They get advice and consent, and they should do that.
But again, I think presidents should have the latitude to
bring in their team.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Jeff.
Speaker 3 (30:48):
Final question. We still appreciate your time. We wish you
the very best as you head to Capitol Hill to
represent the fifth Congressional district. We know that the border
of the economy were the top two issues. But I
got to circle back to something I started the segment with.
We're talking about the margin in the House to twenty
two fifteen. This dwindled as time went on, and here
we are. It is December fourth, and this race in
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the thirteenth district of California was just called a month later.
There's still counting votes. It always benefits Democrats. You can
fill in the blanks as to why. But is there
a concern, is there a focus, is it a priority
for you in the House for Speaker Johnson to pass
some form of federal election reform, some guardrails, some guidelines.
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We know that these are elections that are held by
the states. We want to respect federalism, but it just
seems like things have run amok in terms of running
our elections, expecting free and fair outcomes, trust in our process.
Is there a way to kind of narrow that focus
and get us back on.
Speaker 1 (31:43):
The right track.
Speaker 4 (31:44):
Yeah, I hope so. I think we need to do
that first and foremost. To know, the House plans on
bringing up legislation that would require proof of citizenship to
register to vote. I mean, that is something that every
state should do, particularly on these federal rates. I mean,
why in the world are we having to wait a
month to do this. We've made voting so complicated. I
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watched a documentary the other day on Ronald Reagan, and
you know, it was it was nine to thirty at
night on election night, when we all knew that Ronald
Reagan had won the presidency. And that's the way, that's
the way it used to be. Why have we made
it so complicated. The more complicated it is, the easier,
frankly it is for organizations to kind of cheat around
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the margins and get people in who can vote who
probably shouldn't be able to vote or aren't eligible to
vote in an election. It's pretty simple stuff. You need
to be a citizen, you need to be a registered
voter in that district, and I think you gotta be
showing a photo ID and those sorts of things. So
I do hope that Congress takes a look at that.
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We shouldn't be waiting a month to find out control
of the United States Congress. That's crazy.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Well, from your mouth to Speaker Johnson's ears, I hope
that's one of the top priority in this next Congress,
especially these two years where the president's going to obviously
be in place, Donald Trump, and Republican control of the
House and the Senate is going to enable you to
make a lot of these changes.
Speaker 1 (33:10):
At least we hope in the fifth.
Speaker 3 (33:11):
Congressional district he is the Congressman elect. Jeff Crank, Thank
you so much for your time and best of luck
in your service going forward.
Speaker 4 (33:18):
Sir, well, thank you so much, appreciate the time, and
you'll join you anytime. Just give us a call. Love it.
Speaker 3 (33:23):
Jeff Crank joining us here and soon to be Congressman
Jeff Crank from the fifth Congressional District. Time out wrapping
up our number one after this on Ryan Schuling Live.
Two minute warning before halftime here in a Wednesday edition
Ryan Schuling Live or thanks to Congressmen Elect Jeff Crank
for joining us. Any comments about what he had to say,
(33:43):
And I was encouraged by the teamwork aspect that he
was focusing on at his orientation, that the Republican Party
appeared to be unified, and that's going to be important
when the margin is so small two twenty to two fifteen,
you can only lose two votes and hold on to
that margin for any issue that comes before the House.
And Speaker Johnson, let's go to the tax five seven
seven thretey nine. This from Stephen Littleton, retired law enforcement officer.
(34:06):
As always, thank you for your service, Steve for heg
Seth sick of congressional reprobates imposing standards on nominees they
themselves couldn't meet. Such a great point, and I love
the use of the word reprobate. That is one of
Mark Levin's favorites.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Ryan.
Speaker 3 (34:23):
I think Trump should say that Pete is his choice
and he's planning on counting Republican votes against to prepare
for challenging them in future elections after publicly announcing they
are not part of his new administration. Now, that's got
to be the line in the sand. I'm sick of
this discord and division on our side. You don't see
it with the Democrats. They are lockstep and passing all
of Biden's nominees, and even Republicans crossover. We can't count
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on a single Democrat in the Senate to cross over
and support any of Trump's nominees, although I think some
will when regarding Marco Rubio for Secretary of State or
maybe even Pam Bondi for Attorney General. But yeah, there
there is no excuse for any Republican to oppose Pete
Hegseth in my mind at this point, and they should
be primaried if they do.
Speaker 1 (35:07):
Ryan.
Speaker 3 (35:07):
They need to remove all statues of limitations, both criminally
and for parents and doctors that coerce young children to
getting this surgery. Talking about trans reassignment surgery, I tend
to agree. I think this is an issue that even
twenty years from now, certainly fifty or one hundred, to
look back and go what was this medieval medicine in
quotes that we look back on, much like the sketch
(35:28):
on SNL that Shannon Scott will remember when Steve Martin
was both a barber and a surgeon and a doctor,
and there was the blood letting and everything. That's what
I view this as being. This is completely inappropriate for children.
We spoke with my good friend Sarah Higden, who was
a trans female herself who got the surgery and all
that sort of treatment as an adult who does not
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believe it should be used for children who might grow
out of it, who might change their minds. And when
you conduct this surgery, it is largely irreversible and can
cause irreparable damage. A stein Mark Stephenson, co host of
the Humanity Against Tyranny podcasts.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
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