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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So we've got two competing stories here. Actually, allies is
Speaker Mike Johnson urging President elect Trump to publicly reaffirm
support for the host GOP leader to avoid a messy,
protracted battle that could delay the certification of his own victory.
But on the other side on Breitbart, Stephen K. Bannon,
former Trump White House chief strategist in the host of
War room, said Johnson must be gone, give up the
(00:23):
gavel by the end of twenty twenty four for the
good of the MAGA movement joining us not analyzed. Vladavidio
political consultant, Glad good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Hey, good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
So what is the right path? What is the right
path forward here? Who's right? Steve Bannon or Mike Johnson
supporters and allies.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I think they're both right and they're both wrong at
the same time. And the real question is it's fine
to understand that Speaker Johnson made a lot of statistical
mistakes and tactical mistakes and issues that caused this to
become more difficult. But the question who replaces it. It's
(01:01):
one thing to say you need a new speaker, but
the question is who's going to fill that gap? And
right now, with that tight margin in the House of
Representatives is going to be nearly impossible to find anyone
that Republicans will be able to coalesce around sufficiently to
offset any kind of Democrat votes. And Democrats absolutely are
(01:21):
going to be one hundred percent united behind their nominee,
Hakeem Jeffries, and so if there's any kind of a
fracture on the Republican side of the equation, Hakim Jeffries
could easily walk in and become Speaker of the House.
And so it's a question of do we really want
to have a situation where we don't have our ducks
in a row, we don't have our troops lined up,
(01:43):
and we yield territory to the Democrats. That's the real
question ultimately.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Glad, do you think that there's regret right now on
the House Republicans part for running Kevin McCarthy off in
the first place, putting us where we are.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
No, I don't think so. I think Kevin McCarthy that
did such a poor job that he needed to go.
But the stakes for Johnson, the stakes for President Trump
are significant. President Trump is ready is set to assume
office in less than a month, and his abilities to
Veno legislation will shift the balance of power, because once
he takes that step into the Oval office, he'll have
(02:20):
the ability to really direct legislation. But it depends on
how President Trump interprets this deal and whether or not
the allies he's built up in Congress. Those who are
ready to move forward with the conservative MAGA agenda are
willing to hold whoever is Speaker who will hold their
feet to the fire. The Speaker of the House needs
(02:41):
to be held accountable. The Speaker House cannot be allowed
to set their own agenda, to set their own priorities.
The movement that has restored freedom and liberty to America
and return President Trump to office was very clear and
non ambiguous in November that energy needs to be carried
forward after January twentieth.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, I think you're exactly right about that. The real question, though,
is is there a MAGA member, if you will, of
Congress right now that would be willing to step up?
As you pointed out, trying to find somebody Republicans will
all coal us around both moderates and MAGA and Trump supporters,
it sounds like an almost impossible task. Do you have
any names you with their out there.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
It's as you said, it's a nearly impossible task. Jim
Jordan tried one time and failed. There are some other
Republicans who are aligned with President Trump. It's certainly Marjorie
Taylor Green would probably be interested in job, but there's
no way she could probably attain it. I think what
would likely be the best case scenario at this point
(03:43):
is not for a news speaker to assume office before
President Trump takes office, but for Mike Johnson to work
much more closely with President Trump, with Vivid Rabaswami, with
Elon Musk, with the with the House members who are
aligned with those goals, to really set that agenda and
(04:04):
be strong and firm on those values and those ideas.
Wandering away and trying to find a bipartisan solution is
not going to be sufficient. There are enough Republicans to
be able to push through legislation. If they stick together,
and if President Trump provides that strong leadership, it can
be done.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Glad want to go radical with me here for just
a second. Since we can't really name somebody that's in Congress,
what about Vivic Ramaswame or Elon Musk.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Could? It could has been floated as a suggestion as
having Okay, well let's have vivid Ramaswami or maybe have
Elon musk as service speakure House, since it doesn't have
to be a member of Congress.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Right.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
So then the question then becomes, you know, well, you're
asking you're asking people who are serving in Congress, each
of whom believes they're qualified to be president of the
United States when they look in the mirror every single morning,
to hand power off to somebody who who has not
even run for office yet. And that's a big.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Ran in the primaries, as you know, and.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
He did. He did run in the primaries, and and
he was able to speak out to the American people.
But again we're also asking for for somebody who's going
to be second in line to the presidency. Uh, And
that's again a really big ask, and they would certainly
cause a lot of tension between members of the House
(05:33):
of Representers. Where there's number one, there's already a very
slim majority. Number two, there's already division between members of
the House and even people on the Freedom Caucus who
who have not been always on the same page. And
so asking cat an outsider to come in is going
to be an even bigger ask.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
This is going to be tough, it's going to be
a mess, quite frankly, as we get into this whole
thing after the first of the year. Vlad Davidia, pulitical consultant,
breaking it down for us LAB. Thanks very much, we
appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas anytime.
So we've got two competing stories here. Actually, allies is
Speaker Mike Johnson urging President elect Trump to publicly reaffirm
support for the host GOP leader to avoid a messy,
protracted battle that could delay the certification of his own victory.
But on the other side on Breitbart, Stephen K. Bannon,
former Trump White House chief strategist in the host of
War room, said Johnson must be gone, give up the
(00:23):
gavel by the end of twenty twenty four for the
good of the MAGA movement joining us not analyzed. Vladavidio
political consultant, Glad good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Hey, good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
So what is the right path? What is the right
path forward here? Who's right? Steve Bannon or Mike Johnson
supporters and allies.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
I think they're both right and they're both wrong at
the same time. And the real question is it's fine
to understand that Speaker Johnson made a lot of statistical
mistakes and tactical mistakes and issues that caused this to
become more difficult. But the question who replaces it. It's
(01:01):
one thing to say you need a new speaker, but
the question is who's going to fill that gap? And
right now, with that tight margin in the House of
Representatives is going to be nearly impossible to find anyone
that Republicans will be able to coalesce around sufficiently to
offset any kind of Democrat votes. And Democrats absolutely are
(01:21):
going to be one hundred percent united behind their nominee,
Hakeem Jeffries, and so if there's any kind of a
fracture on the Republican side of the equation, Hakim Jeffries
could easily walk in and become Speaker of the House.
And so it's a question of do we really want
to have a situation where we don't have our ducks
in a row, we don't have our troops lined up,
(01:43):
and we yield territory to the Democrats. That's the real
question ultimately.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Glad, do you think that there's regret right now on
the House Republicans part for running Kevin McCarthy off in
the first place, putting us where we are.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
No, I don't think so. I think Kevin McCarthy that
did such a poor job that he needed to go.
But the stakes for Johnson, the stakes for President Trump
are significant. President Trump is ready is set to assume
office in less than a month, and his abilities to
Veno legislation will shift the balance of power, because once
he takes that step into the Oval office, he'll have
(02:20):
the ability to really direct legislation. But it depends on
how President Trump interprets this deal and whether or not
the allies he's built up in Congress. Those who are
ready to move forward with the conservative MAGA agenda are
willing to hold whoever is Speaker who will hold their
feet to the fire. The Speaker of the House needs
(02:41):
to be held accountable. The Speaker House cannot be allowed
to set their own agenda, to set their own priorities.
The movement that has restored freedom and liberty to America
and return President Trump to office was very clear and
non ambiguous in November that energy needs to be carried
forward after January twentieth.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Yeah, I think you're exactly right about that. The real question, though,
is is there a MAGA member, if you will, of
Congress right now that would be willing to step up?
As you pointed out, trying to find somebody Republicans will
all coal us around both moderates and MAGA and Trump supporters,
it sounds like an almost impossible task. Do you have
any names you with their out there.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
It's as you said, it's a nearly impossible task. Jim
Jordan tried one time and failed. There are some other
Republicans who are aligned with President Trump. It's certainly Marjorie
Taylor Green would probably be interested in job, but there's
no way she could probably attain it. I think what
would likely be the best case scenario at this point
(03:43):
is not for a news speaker to assume office before
President Trump takes office, but for Mike Johnson to work
much more closely with President Trump, with Vivid Rabaswami, with
Elon Musk, with the with the House members who are
aligned with those goals, to really set that agenda and
(04:04):
be strong and firm on those values and those ideas.
Wandering away and trying to find a bipartisan solution is
not going to be sufficient. There are enough Republicans to
be able to push through legislation. If they stick together,
and if President Trump provides that strong leadership, it can
be done.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Glad want to go radical with me here for just
a second. Since we can't really name somebody that's in Congress,
what about Vivic Ramaswame or Elon Musk.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Could? It could has been floated as a suggestion as
having Okay, well let's have vivid Ramaswami or maybe have
Elon musk as service speakure House, since it doesn't have
to be a member of Congress.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Right.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
So then the question then becomes, you know, well, you're
asking you're asking people who are serving in Congress, each
of whom believes they're qualified to be president of the
United States when they look in the mirror every single morning,
to hand power off to somebody who who has not
even run for office yet. And that's a big.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Ran in the primaries, as you know, and.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
He did. He did run in the primaries, and and
he was able to speak out to the American people.
But again we're also asking for for somebody who's going
to be second in line to the presidency. Uh, And
that's again a really big ask, and they would certainly
cause a lot of tension between members of the House
(05:33):
of Representers. Where there's number one, there's already a very
slim majority. Number two, there's already division between members of
the House and even people on the Freedom Caucus who
who have not been always on the same page. And
so asking cat an outsider to come in is going
to be an even bigger ask.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
This is going to be tough, it's going to be
a mess, quite frankly, as we get into this whole
thing after the first of the year. Vlad Davidia, pulitical consultant,
breaking it down for us LAB. Thanks very much, we
appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas anytime.
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