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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So troops they're seeing money in their accounts. It started
yesterday the Department of Defense or yeah, the Department of Defense.
They redirected eight billion dollars from research and development to
cover the cost of the troops paychecks during the government shutdown,
which is in day fifteen by the way, in case
you're counting.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
Okay, and that's its own thing.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
That's its own separate thing.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Yeah, which, you know, whatever, either we're shut down or
we're not. But I guess if you can just pay
some people, that's fine whatever, right, Like.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
They're moving money. Military paydays are officially on the first
and the fifteenth of each month.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
The bigger concern for me is Trump got asked like
what if this goes on in perpetuity? And then he's like,
don't worry, I got.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
It covered right.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
He was asked the question and he said he's got
a guy on you.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
You have the money to pay the troops on our
Jumber fifteen. Okay, how you actually have a man who
is a very wealthy person. I want to tell you this,
who called a donor, a great gentleman, and he said,
if there's any money necessary shortfall for the paying of
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the troops, that I will pay it, meaning he will
pay it.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
How about that?
Speaker 3 (01:17):
So wait, So some anonymous guy, a private donor he
didn't say the name correct, is going to give money
to the government and doesn't want anything in return.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Haven't we done this for question?
Speaker 1 (01:32):
Hi?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
We haven't we been here, oh for the past what
seven or eight months on this program with this exact issue.
When the Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales disappeared to
India for ten days, won't tell anybody exactly what he
did there, and won't tell anybody who paid for it.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
And then when he got.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Pressed, he said, well, some local merchant paid for it.
Really who? Well they I don't want to say their
name because they'd get protested. No, I don't think that
would happen. No, I don't want to say their name.
I don't want to say the.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Name I paid for the trip I'm paid for India
like it's No, I'm not down with this at all.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
If somebody wants to give the government money, I want
to know exactly who it is, because I want to
know what deals they've got with the government, because I
don't believe for a second whether it's paying for some
clown to go to India for ten days, or for
paying for the troops. That somebody's doing something out of
the goodness of their heart.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
Right, prove it to me.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
And doesn't that concern you just a little bit that
there's some private citizen out there who's got this money
to bankroll the military. And what if he says, you
know what, I want something done over here, go make
the military do this, and then all of a sudden,
your commander in chief is no longer the one doing
the commanding.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Yeah, if you're gonna if you're going to take this money,
if you're going to pay for something, I want to
know exactly what's going on. I want to know exactly
what your ties to the administration are. I want to
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know what contracts you have with the government, because think
about the amount of money you're talking about to quote
unquote pay the troops. Casey, we're not talking about here's
twenty dollars.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Right now, you're talking about more like one hundred billion.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah, So I mean, who's doing that?
Speaker 3 (03:18):
And now I don't I don't believe for a second
there's somebody that's that patriotic that they would just part
with one hundred bill out of the goodness of their
heart anonymously.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Well, now, he was saying that he would make up
the difference if there wasn't enough, But what is the difference,
you know, like if are they going to move more
money from research and development Because at this point, Congress
hasn't passed any standalone bill that guarantees their future pay
for service members, so there's some uncertainty about the next
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schedule payday, which is coming up November first. Will the
government still be shut down in two more weeks?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Well, and to me, this is again the this whole
shutdown is why people hate the government. Let's again review
what the shutdown is all about. The Republicans who campaigned
for years against Joe Biden are now painting themselves as
the good guys for despite being in complete control of
the government for nine months, passing Biden's spending levels. That's
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their default is, we're the good guys here because we're
passing Biden's spending levels after running against Biden for four years.
And then the Democrats, who time after time after time
approved Biden spending levels now are like, no, no, no,
that doesn't work for us. That's not good enough. That's
your government. Now, this is why people don't engage. This
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is why people don't run for public office. This is
why people don't take an interest. This is why voters
are apathetic. This is why voter participation is solo. They
see this and go, you all are frauds and liars.
Will pos on both your houses.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Now, these federal employees that are starting to get riffed,
if nothing is noticeable with their absence, should they come back?
Doesn't that just prove the point that the federal government
is bloated. You've got Marlon Stutzman, representative from Indiana. He's
blaming the Democrats for all of the delay. He said
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they're playing political political games, and he accused the Senate
Majority leader Chuck Schumer of stalling for political reasons.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Isn't no kidding. That's what these people do.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
That's all you do is stuff for political reasons, every
single one of you, on both sides of the aisle.
That's what you do. You do things for political reasons.
What you think, Chuck Schumer, this is what I love
about the Republicans here with this. They act like they're
all offended. The Chuck Schumer hasn't just rolled over and
done whatever they wanted to do as though they're surprised
that this is happening. What you mean, the leader of
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the Democrats isn't just going, well, this Republican.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
Budget is great. We should totally all vote for it.
It wouldn't matter if you'd given him everything he wanted.
He has to show he's a fighter. He was going
to do this regardless, which is why you should have
given him no.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
And now you have the Speaker of the House who's
holding a daily press conference. Have you seen these every
day every morning?
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Who's watching that? What is he saying?
Speaker 3 (06:11):
He's not even they're not holding any votes, correct, So
what is he What is there to talk about?
Speaker 1 (06:15):
It's just more political games, Rob, That's what it is.
There's a new res Musen poll out and it says
that most American voters support Trump's use of the National
Guard to protect ICE facilities.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Look, this is a reoccurring theme. One of the things
that Trump administrator has done very well in the public
supports is their stance on immigration and getting illegal immigration
under control in this country. And this is a real
losing battle for the Democrats when they showcase these lunatics
who go protest ice, interfere with ice, et cetera. The
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American public, I think is sympathetic to having people in
this country who want to assimilate, who want to do
things the right way, but it is they also believe
we should know who's in our country. There should be
an orderly process to come into this country, and they're
going to support as was a major reason they voted
for Trump in the election. They're going to support policies
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that align with the idea of we have the right
to know who's coming in, we have the right to
enforce our laws, and if you're going to come here,
there's a process to do that.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
So in this poll, fifty six percent of voters believe
that judges are engaging in legal insurrection, meaning that they
feel like the judges are making unlawful or unconstitutional rulings.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
Well, it's total well, of course, but this is the
problem the Supreme Court. Look, the Supreme Court is ultimately
going to have to do something about this. They tried
earlier this year when they ruled against these judges being
able to pass these nationwide injunctions. However, and they warned
these judges at the time because they left a way
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around it with these class action lawsuits, and they basically
told the judges at the time, we're going to leave
this in place for now, but how you proceed with
this power that is still afforded to you will decide
how much we're going to tolerate going forward. And you
have seen on multiple occasions now these judges approve these
class action lawsuits as a way to get around the
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nationwide injunction bands. Look, you just have partisans in robes now,
and that's the Democrats have recognized they can find a
sympathetic judge it was California and New York or wherever,
and then they get this thing on the table. And
once you get some total partisan hack to side with
you and get it on the table, then it's game
on and it's got to go through the court system.
And that's their play now, that's what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
So Trump has ordered the National Guard to protect the
ICE facilities in Los Angeles, Chicago, Memphis, DC, and Portland.
And it's just part of a broader effort to curb
some of the violence and protect the immigration enforcement agencies
that are just trying to do what they've been ordered
to do.