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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Seven fifteen, now here in Houston's boarding news. So we
have a vote today for House Speaker. Does Mike Johnson
have the votes to get it on the first ballot?
Here's a guy who probably knows Congressman Troy Nails joins
US representative. What do you think. Have you got enough
people on board to vote for this guy yet or
do there still holdouts?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, good morning, Jimmy, thank you for having me. I
met with Speaker Johnson last night. I had a great
conversation with him. I believe he will have enough votes
in the first roll call.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I do believe he'll get it.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Okay, there's no one else, so just you know, the
thing about it is everybody says, well, I'm not going
to vote for him.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I may not vote for him. I'm undecided.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I don't like him, I don't like his performance over
the past twelve months.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Well then who. If it's not him, then who?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
And we don't need to embarrass our party like we
did when we went through three weeks of shenanigans.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
You know, with Speaker McCarthy.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
I know you're type with the president, and I won't
pretend to put the words into the President's mouth, but
the President came out the other day he endorsed Johnson,
and I think he's probably thinking the same thing you are.
If not him, who And if we don't get a
House speaker, you know, we're not going to get the
election certified, and a whole bunch of other things are
gonna be on hold.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I had a great conversation with President Trump the other day,
and listen, he understands how important this is. And the
point is is that we have an enormous amount of
talent in the Republican Conference. I mean, Jim Jordan's a
great guy, a real fiscal conservative.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
He a great guy.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
But Jim Jordan couldn't get the votes. He wouldn't get
the votes. And I don't think there's anyone else in
our conference that could get the votes other than Mike Johnson,
having just a few that have expressed concerns. I've expressed
concerns about Mike Johnson, but we don't need to embarrass ourselves.
We have to certify the elections on the sixth, and
(01:52):
we need to get off out of the starting gate
very quickly, very strong, to ensure that we can get
all of Trump's policy.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Started right away. On January twentieth.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
We need to we need to give the president the
head start here and help him out because.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
The American people demand it.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
They demand now Congress to do something right, do something
good for the American people.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Put the American people first.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
And we shouldn't get in the way of that, because
quite honestly, Jimmy, we wouldn't have the House of Representatives
if it weren't for Donald J.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Trump.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
You're right about that, all right? Texas Congressman Ship Roy's
been one of those holdouts. Where do you think he
is this morning?
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Now?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I think Chip is going to I think Chip will
end up voting yes. I don't see the upside. I
don't see the upside because I would and I think
Chip is a very gifted and talented man. But Chip,
if it's not him, then who and no one would
get close to Mike Johnson.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
That's the issue. Do we want to sit.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Here on the fifth, on the sixth, on the seventh
trying to figure out who's going to be the speaker
when ninety probably ninety nine percent of the Republican Conference
say Mike Johnson should should keep the game. So let's
just let's unite, Let's get behind Mike Johnson, and then
let's get out there and do everything, do everything Donald
Trump asks us to do. Because Donald Trump, my humble opinion,
(03:10):
is always right.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
He's right.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
I'm not gonna argue with you about Jack. Do you
feel do you feel confident that Speaker Johnson will bring
forward the Trump agenda he says he will. Do you
feel confident that he will?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I believe he will because the American people had the mandate.
I mean, there are a lot of us that think,
is he gonna win all seven swing states?
Speaker 3 (03:31):
He won all seven.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
So if that isn't a message to Speaker Johnson and
the rest of the Republican conference, even in the Senate
with with with the majority leader though, if that's not
a message, listen, Donald Trump is the leader of our party.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
He delivered the.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
House and the Senate for us. Now let's do what's
right and support the leader of our party and fall
behind his leadership, fall in line with his leadership, because
he's he's proven to four years he.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Was in office. I mean, the United States was were full,
we were strong.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
I mean it was just a beautiful era under those
four years, a beautiful time.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
So let's get back to that.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
What time is the vote? What time is the vote today?
Speaker 2 (04:10):
We get back in session right at noon, so i'd probably.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Say you could see it about go through some proceps.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Probably twelve twelve thirty, you'll see the first roll call,
and I think we'll have.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
It done by one.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Okay. I want to ask you quickly about this before
we let you go. If you were only too well aware,
we had a horrific terror attack in New Orleans that
unfortunately also has a Houston connection to it. The FBI
was very quick to come out of the very beginning
and claim that it wasn't terrorism. Are you concerned or
are you confident that we're going to get the real
story of what happened from the FBI?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
You're not going to get it before January twenty if
I don't believe, I think with cash Battel, once we
get him in there, you want to talk about a
gifted and talented individual. Cash Battel needs to be confirmed
immediately and get him as our director of the FBI,
and he will expose what we've witnessed over the past
four years, which is just an f that is with
(05:02):
an enormous amount of corruption and bias against the American
people and people.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
With a dissenting point of view. So you're not going
to get anything before January twentieth.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
You're not going to get anything from this administration before
January twentieth.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
All right, fair enough, Congressmen, have a great day. Thanks
for Johnning. US appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Thank thank you, Jimmy.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
That is Congressman Troy Nails.
Seven fifteen, now here in Houston's boarding news. So we
have a vote today for House Speaker. Does Mike Johnson
have the votes to get it on the first ballot?
Here's a guy who probably knows Congressman Troy Nails joins
US representative. What do you think. Have you got enough
people on board to vote for this guy yet or
do there still holdouts?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Well, good morning, Jimmy, thank you for having me. I
met with Speaker Johnson last night. I had a great
conversation with him. I believe he will have enough votes
in the first roll call.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I do believe he'll get it.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Okay, there's no one else, so just you know, the
thing about it is everybody says, well, I'm not going
to vote for him.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
I may not vote for him. I'm undecided.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
I don't like him, I don't like his performance over
the past twelve months.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Well then who. If it's not him, then who?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
And we don't need to embarrass our party like we
did when we went through three weeks of shenanigans.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
You know, with Speaker McCarthy.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
I know you're type with the president, and I won't
pretend to put the words into the President's mouth, but
the President came out the other day he endorsed Johnson,
and I think he's probably thinking the same thing you are.
If not him, who And if we don't get a
House speaker, you know, we're not going to get the
election certified, and a whole bunch of other things are
gonna be on hold.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I had a great conversation with President Trump the other day,
and listen, he understands how important this is. And the
point is is that we have an enormous amount of
talent in the Republican Conference. I mean, Jim Jordan's a
great guy, a real fiscal conservative.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
He a great guy.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
But Jim Jordan couldn't get the votes. He wouldn't get
the votes. And I don't think there's anyone else in
our conference that could get the votes other than Mike Johnson,
having just a few that have expressed concerns. I've expressed
concerns about Mike Johnson, but we don't need to embarrass ourselves.
We have to certify the elections on the sixth, and
(01:52):
we need to get off out of the starting gate
very quickly, very strong, to ensure that we can get
all of Trump's policy.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Started right away. On January twentieth.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
We need to we need to give the president the
head start here and help him out because.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
The American people demand it.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
They demand now Congress to do something right, do something
good for the American people.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Put the American people first.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
And we shouldn't get in the way of that, because
quite honestly, Jimmy, we wouldn't have the House of Representatives
if it weren't for Donald J.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
Trump.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
You're right about that, all right? Texas Congressman Ship Roy's
been one of those holdouts. Where do you think he
is this morning?
Speaker 3 (02:30):
Now?
Speaker 2 (02:30):
I think Chip is going to I think Chip will
end up voting yes. I don't see the upside. I
don't see the upside because I would and I think
Chip is a very gifted and talented man. But Chip,
if it's not him, then who and no one would
get close to Mike Johnson.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
That's the issue. Do we want to sit.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Here on the fifth, on the sixth, on the seventh
trying to figure out who's going to be the speaker
when ninety probably ninety nine percent of the Republican Conference
say Mike Johnson should should keep the game. So let's
just let's unite, Let's get behind Mike Johnson, and then
let's get out there and do everything, do everything Donald
Trump asks us to do. Because Donald Trump, my humble opinion,
(03:10):
is always right.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
He's right.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
I'm not gonna argue with you about Jack. Do you
feel do you feel confident that Speaker Johnson will bring
forward the Trump agenda he says he will. Do you
feel confident that he will?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
I believe he will because the American people had the mandate.
I mean, there are a lot of us that think,
is he gonna win all seven swing states?
Speaker 3 (03:31):
He won all seven.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
So if that isn't a message to Speaker Johnson and
the rest of the Republican conference, even in the Senate
with with with the majority leader though, if that's not
a message, listen, Donald Trump is the leader of our party.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
He delivered the.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
House and the Senate for us. Now let's do what's
right and support the leader of our party and fall
behind his leadership, fall in line with his leadership, because
he's he's proven to four years he.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Was in office. I mean, the United States was were full,
we were strong.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
I mean it was just a beautiful era under those
four years, a beautiful time.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
So let's get back to that.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
What time is the vote? What time is the vote today?
Speaker 2 (04:10):
We get back in session right at noon, so i'd probably.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Say you could see it about go through some proceps.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
Probably twelve twelve thirty, you'll see the first roll call,
and I think we'll have.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
It done by one.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Okay. I want to ask you quickly about this before
we let you go. If you were only too well aware,
we had a horrific terror attack in New Orleans that
unfortunately also has a Houston connection to it. The FBI
was very quick to come out of the very beginning
and claim that it wasn't terrorism. Are you concerned or
are you confident that we're going to get the real
story of what happened from the FBI?
Speaker 2 (04:41):
You're not going to get it before January twenty if
I don't believe, I think with cash Battel, once we
get him in there, you want to talk about a
gifted and talented individual. Cash Battel needs to be confirmed
immediately and get him as our director of the FBI,
and he will expose what we've witnessed over the past
four years, which is just an f that is with
(05:02):
an enormous amount of corruption and bias against the American
people and people.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
With a dissenting point of view. So you're not going
to get anything before January twentieth.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
You're not going to get anything from this administration before
January twentieth.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
All right, fair enough, Congressmen, have a great day. Thanks
for Johnning. US appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Thank thank you, Jimmy.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
That is Congressman Troy Nails.
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