November 20, 2025 • 32 mins
Michael Berry takes a sharp look at Dan Crenshaw’s political troubles—from stock-trading accusations to border disputes and primary-poll struggles.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. Michael
Very Show is on the.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Air, said quote. The most important thing here is that
we have the important hero archetypes that we look up
to here. Jesus is a hero archetype. Superman is a
hero archetype. Real characters too. I could name it thousand
Rosa Parks throm in quote.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
I can't head around this.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
I'll help you put a period of here where Jesus
is no question by faith.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Wow, it's very hard to beat the market, but Dan
Crenshaw did somehow. He made a lot of traits, including
after getting classified briefings on COVID policy.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Sure, yeah, why not. Don't let us trade stocks. How
about about we'll just keep whipping ourselves. How about we
don't make any money either about, like, just cut our paychecks.
I haven't got a pay raise since two thousand and eight,
even a cola increase. Yeah, no, actually no, yeah, this
is a great idea. Let's make Congress a place where
only the millionaires can actually afford to do the job.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
This is a wonderful idea. Let's just keep Let's just
keep doing that.
Speaker 6 (01:22):
Donald Gavitt, it's always some member, right who like who
senses the populist energy, and then and then mirrors believing
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that this is what's going to help me connect with
the people, because what do the people want?
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, I mean they want an easy button.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
All my problems will be solved if there's if there's
no stock trading, all my problems will be solved, if
there's term moments. Yeah, but if you think about it,
any of these things for five whole minutes, you know,
you might quickly come to a different conclusion.
Speaker 7 (02:23):
Three years ago, we went down to the border and
pretty much all of the Texas delegation was there. Mike
Johnson came from Alabama or from Louisiana. The southern state
congressional members came down to be with us, and we
interviewed ICE agents, We interviewed US Border Patrol, we interviewed
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US Border Patrol, Union, we interviewed Ranchers. The only person
from the congressional delegation that was not there, Dan.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Earning the name I coined for him, Dan Cringeshaw, is
continuing to unravel, accelerated yesterday with allegations that he was
prohibited from traveling abroad with the Congressional delegation. They call
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him a Codel Congressional delegation because of a scandal that
occurred in Mexico, and the story goes that he was overserved.
Story goes that there were some things that were said
that were very troublesome to a lot of people involved,
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and that he toasted the remarks after they were said.
I don't want to say what that is just yet
until we have better clarity. This is a bombshell for
Crenshaw because it's drawing a lot of attention to a
lot of brushfires that have been out there that only
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the people paying close attention have noted. Crenshaw's hope is
that a lot of people who are not the base
show up and vote. This is the problem with the
Greg Abbott fight with the state Republican Party. Greg Abbot's
Secretary of State, Jane Nelson, is spending well over a
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million dollars to fight the Republican Party to make sure
that Democrats can vote in our party's primary in March.
The Republican Party says, no, We're going to do what
a lot of people do and say only Republicans can
vote in our primary. This is how you get a
drunk dad, This is how you get rhinos we don't
want this. It's the Republican Party, it's not the Democrat Party.
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They can vote in their primary if they want, we
don't want it in ours. So Krinshaw is in real trouble.
It was alleged, and it is being alleged rather broadly,
that his own Speaker of the House had to protect
him from people who wanted far worse consequences. And these
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are all Republicans, these are not Democrats on these trips,
in this particular effort, and apparently allegedly his drunkenness, which
is legendary, was causing further problems. This is a man,
I will remind you, who said earlier this year that
he would like to kill Tucker Carlson. Wow, okay, that's
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a sitting number of Commerce of Congress. This is a
guy who didn't want anything done with our border with
Mexico but could not send enough money to Ukraine. And
anybody who didn't agree with him, well, then you're an idiot.
This is a guy who had has been alleged to
be the second most successful stock picker in all of Congress,
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behind only Nancy Pelosi. Now you're in some company. And
his argument has always been well I don't have that
much money. If you bet ten dollars on inside information,
it doesn't matter the size of it, and he does
bet more than ten dollars. Seemingly. His argument is, I
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don't have that much money yet, but a will and
when I do, then we can criticize you then because
it's even bigger trades. There are a lot of people
that don't have much money and they don't trade on
inside information. I don't believe Congress should be allowed to
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trade stocks at all. You give up the veil of
normalcy when you enter Congress. There are some things. Part
of having this access is you don't get to do.
We don't think anything of the fact that the military
doesn't allow members of the military to make public statements
without their approval, and the assumption is always, well, you
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go into public life, that's what you do. We don't
think anything of the fact that police officers can't respond
when they're criticized by activists. It has to go through
the department. Their personal ability and rights to speak out
are hindered, and we say, well, you're a cop, you
don't get to so why do Why do we act
like a member of Congress is somehow afforded anything other
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than that. Why would we allow people into Congress to
get all this information as part of the governing process
and then run and trade stocks on it. That's ridiculous.
And then you heard the statement he made. He said, well,
if that's your biggest problem, is it? You know we're
trading stocks and you think that if we stop trading stocks,
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your life's going to be better. Well, that doesn't say
that you didn't do it. You're criticizing your critics, and
that's what the public gets to do. A scathing dissent
in the redistricting case by Judge Jerry Smith. Things have
heated up. This case would be going before the Supreme Court.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Interesting times read on what would you do with a
brain if you had one? Bring it on, because there
is nothing here to Michael Berry show.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
A poll recently came out in Dan Crenshaw's congressional district
and it showed Crenshaw in first place, Steve Toth in
second place. And then you have several other people who filed.
Each one of them had a percent or two as
I recall, and it might look like, oh, Crenshaw's winning,
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And technically in the poll he received more votes than
the others. He had just over less than fifty percent.
These are Republican primary voters. When they call that, that's
how they set the list. This isn't Democrats. He had
fewer than half of the voters in his own base,
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in his own party, saying they will vote for him
in a primary. Do you know why people call for
term limits because congressmen serve for so long? Do you
know why they serve for so long because people always
vote for their own congressman. Everyone wants term limits for
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someone else. A congressman in his own district, in his
own party, should be faring much better than fifty percent
of the voters, but he's not. It's one of those
things that when a team ends up now two and
fifteen used to be two and fourteen, and you go, oh,
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I thought they were going to be good, but you
saw at the beginning of the season their quarterback goes
down with an injury that I should have seen that
was going to be the problem. This is a big
problem for Crinchshaw, and it should be. It should be.
He has done nothing but squander the goodwill that the
district gave him in sending him to Congress. He has
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nothing He's done nothing but insult the district continuously and
anyone who dares question him. Sure, he can trade stocks
all day. I don't know how he got so good.
He must be really, really financially savvy, in addition to
being a member of Congress. Where'd that come from? And
Nancy Pelosi as well? So what is he doing? Isn't
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there a consequence? But don't dare question him, He'll not
stand for it. But first we turn to the issue
of the border. Dan Crenshaw was going to be involved
in the border because he's from Houston. You know, you'd
think that would be a natural fit, right, and then
the only border he ended up being worried about was Ukraine.
He could not argue that we send more money to Ukraine.
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Jiman soon to.
Speaker 8 (11:06):
Right O Records. It's Dan Crenshaw's greatest tits featuring the
number one charting single going to the Border.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Well, I'm going to the border, going to the border.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
I'm going to the border, the one in Ukraine, going
to the border, not the US border. Yeah, I'm going
to the border, the one in Ukraine. So what are
you waiting for?
Speaker 7 (11:24):
It?
Speaker 8 (11:24):
Come now and get you a copy of Dan Crenshaw's
Greatest Tits, featuring thirteen different songs about why we need
to send more money to Ukraine. Hurry, operators are standing by.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Then there was a town hall he had, well i'll
come back, I'll calm the locals down. I'll do a
town hall. And a young girl questioned Dan Crenshaw with
a quote about his faith. She questioned him about the
very words he had said. Now that's fair game. I
don't care who you are. And he got angry because
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you don't question his faith. Well, if you make a
statement about your faith, that is open. And she was
a young lady, I think she was seventeen, sixteen, seventeen,
And the people in attendance lost their mind. Thank goodness
it was recorded.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
The most important thing here is that we have them
from Kiera archetypes that we wore out to.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Hold on, hold on, this islet me just say, this
is her quoting what what?
Speaker 3 (12:20):
What?
Speaker 1 (12:20):
What was printed of what Dan Crenshaw said, So she's
quoting him verbatim.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
The most important thing here is that we have them
from Kiera archetype that we.
Speaker 7 (12:29):
Will out to.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Jesus is a hero archetype. Superman is a hero archetype.
Real characters too too. I could name it now Rosa
parks from a bretend quote. I can't head around this.
Speaker 9 (12:41):
Well, I'll help you.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Put a period out here.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
Word Jesus and don't question my faith.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Wow, I don't know right, you're moron, but.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Yeah, you guys can't ask questions about all of these things,
and I will answer.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Not but don't question my faith. Don't question my faith
even when I say that Jesus Christ is an archetype.
Just like Superman. Your faith is your faith, be Muslim
for all anybody cares. But people get to ask about it.
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And now Crenshaw was stripped of of his panel in Mexico.
It's like high school again. These people are going on
so many international trips. He's not allowed to go on
international trips anymore because he got so drunk and belligerent.
That's the allegation. So we thought, in tribute to Dan
Crenshaw yelling at a little girl about his faith, we'd
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tell a story in song.
Speaker 10 (13:54):
DC's been nice black ties and cocktail parties full of
Insta hoties.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
I like to swalloby smell. I've only been home twice.
Speaker 10 (14:07):
Once was a photo opportunity be a Monthgomery County Q
and a that didn't go so well. There was a bride,
young lady who had a problem with one of my
awesome bird bait.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Don't quotes question.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
She acting like a baby who needs a bob.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
I dressed that little Jules the girl down and I
told her she should know.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
But a period after the word Jesus, and don't question
my faith.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Not to question my faith. Don't crush my faith.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Don't question my face.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
Don't question my faith to faith the faith. Don't push
in my faith to faith to face, question my faith.
Speaker 10 (14:50):
We used to be best the chums. We drank bourbon,
had some fun. We were two peas in a pod.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Don't custion my faith free.
Speaker 10 (15:00):
Thing. He said about Greg Abbot where unberried made.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Me Maddy was a lightning rod. And so I made
a story about advertising. I tried to faint my boy
in a bad light. Uncle I said, I had the
text through my side, but bet ThReD upon the air,
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and that is how I lost the fight.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Didn't question my faith, don't question my faith. Didn't question
my faith. Don't question my faith the faith the faith.
Don't question my faith for faith to pay don't question
in my faith. Michael Barry, Sheila Jackson Lee was twice
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named meanest member of Congress, and I used to make
the point, it'd be one thing if you were the
meanest member of the Houston delegation, even if you are
the meanest member of the Texas delegation. But when you're
number one at anything out of four hundred and thirty
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five people, you're the valedictorian, a vicious to come in
first ahead of every other congressman. That's impressive if you
think about it. You're beating out Maxine Waters, You're beating
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out all the ilhan Omars aoc, Jasmine Crockett, You're beating
out some people that have some serious anger management issues.
And you do it twice something. You're not top five,
you are number one. So when Nancy Pelosi, the very powerful,
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long time Speaker of the House, gets the number one,
stock returns because she walks out of meetings, presumably allegedly,
it makes a phone call and a trade is made
and a lot of money has made and she's become
wealthy off of it. We find that disgusting. There's a
Pelosi tracker so that you can trade the way Pelosi does.
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It also allows people to see what she's traded on,
which strangely is related to what governmental actions are being taken.
Long before a law has passed or a budget bill
is altered to affect the company. Long before that, there
are briefings. There's information that hits Hey, we've got news
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on a virus in China that is causing these sorts
of problems in Wuhan. Or Hey, we're seeing an uprising
in this particular country, and we've asked Haliburton to increase
production of materials. Should we need to invade? What would
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that tip be worth? What's the stock going to do?
Or we're getting reports at this particular product. This manufacturer
is about to be sued and the product is causing
premature death to a very high degree. There's going to
be a massive settlement. It may put this company out
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of business. If you own that stock, what's it worth
to you when the stock's at thirty eight and it's
going to go down to zero to get out of
that stock. So when Dan Crenshaw comes in number two
and he's only been there a few sessions, boy he
really got up to speed, didn't he. Or he's ghost
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about it brazen. He doesn't care when anybody thinks. And
you can hear that tone. Don't question me, girl. You
can hear that tone with anyone who dares ask him
a question. He is indignant, he's furious, he's imperious, he's angry.
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Don't ask me a question. You don't get to all
you stupid people out there trying to question what I
do as a congressman. I know things that you don't.
That tone that is dripping from everything he does, Well,
here is how he answers to the question about insider trading,
which means trading stocks on information. You know, executives at
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companies are under very very strict regulation as to what
they can tell people outside the company, and they are
on very very strict regulation on when they can sell
their stocks. There is a window within which they can
sell a stock after a major announcement, and the reason
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is to prevent them obviously knowing that this is what
the stock's about to do. Good news stock goes up,
bad news stock goes down. To prevent them from trading
on that, we have strict sec regulations and they create
windows within which they can trade. Very simple. You must
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abide by them or it's a big no, no, it's criminal.
Martha Stewart went to prison for, in my opinion, far
less than what some members of Congress have done, far
less one percent what they've done. She went to prison.
So here is Dan Crenshaw losing his mind because you
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don't get to ask him questions about what he does
with him. You know, John Bolton could potentially go to prison.
He's in the sling right now for doing what allegedly
misappropriating national security information. People will often say to me, well,
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he didn't commit murder. What does that even mean? Nobody
says he did. But if you sell our secrets to
the Chinese and enable an invasion, do we all sit
around learning Mandarin going well, leasy, didn't commit murder? This
is a terrible, treacherous crime. You are entrusted with information
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as a member of the government, and if you use
that information to trade. Maybe he didn't, Maybe he's just
a really, really really genius stock picker. Well i'll tell
you this. You won't ask him questions about it. You
don't get to ask him questions about it because he's
Dan Crenshaw member of Congress and you're not listen pulling.
Speaker 9 (21:59):
So that there is majority support. Eighty six percent of
Americans support a ban on members of Congress trading stocks.
You've been sort of ambivalent about something like that. I
did see that a bill did make its way out
of committee. Would you vote for a ban on Congress
members trading stocks?
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (22:18):
I mean this is like number one thousand on my
priority list of things to care about. This is one
of those stupid things that I've been dragged through the
mud on. You know, money I've ever had in the
stock market about twenty thousand dollars, and I've been dragged
through the mud on this as if like there's some
insider trading. I sent a I just send a letter
to Fox News demand, you know, a threatening letter from
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my lawyers, threatening them with defamation because they because Jesse
Waters is basically insinuated that I was insider trading. Of
course it's not true. You'd be more surprised how much
little we information we have. This is one of those
bills that like some of course, yeah, people support it, Yeah, sure, okay,
who cares? Because I don't have a probably if anything
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in the market anyway. Are there a couple of cases
like in where in Nancy Pelosi has some very suspicious
timing of her trades. Yeah, that that has happened, but
nobody else can point any other examples out. So sure, yeah,
why not don't let us trade stocks? How about how
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about how about we'll just keep whipping ourselves. Let's how
about we don't make any money either, how about like
just cut our paychecks. Haven't gotten a pay raise since
two thousand and eight, even a cola increase. So yeah, no,
actually no, yeah, this is a great idea. Let's make
Congress point.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Dan Crenshaw is making the argument that Congress isn't making
enough money. Dan Crenshaw is running for reelection, and he's
making the argument we're not paid enough. Can you imagine
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you imagine making that argument to your constituents.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
This is the Michael Berry Show, Locked and loaded.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
Load it.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
I want to play that clip in its entirety. I
want you to hear it, and then we will move on.
If people choose to vote for Dan Crenshaw, that's their
own business. But I think Steve Toth has a real
chance of winning that race because Toath is a small
business owner in the district who has served as a
constitutional patriot in the state House and proven his chops,
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who doesn't have an arrogance toward the people of his district,
like he thinks he's better than them, And who wouldn't
insult a teenage girl who asked a question about a
quote that came directly from his mouth. Hey, uh, I
want to kill all the mammals that are walking the earth,
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mister Barry, I would like to read a quote from you.
I would like to kill all the mammals that are
walking in the earth. Don't question me and what I
want to do. Do you doubt that I shouldn't have
to answer that? Well, but you said it. That doesn't
make any sense to me. Don't question my faith. You
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offered that your faith wasn't a faith, that Jesus was
an archetype like Superman. I guess we should be greatful
you didn't throw Batman in there, because then they'd be
robbing and all of those questions. What about the green lantern?
I always like the green lantern anyway. I just want
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you to listen to the tone with which he answers
the question A very legitimate question. Hey, why should members
of Congress be able to trade socks? Don't I don't
think that's asking too much shows that there is majority
of support.
Speaker 9 (26:02):
Eighty six percent of Americans support a ban on members
of Congress trading stocks. You've been sort of ambivalent about
something like that. I did see that a bill did
make its way out of committee. Would you vote for
a ban on Congress members trading stocks?
Speaker 7 (26:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (26:18):
I mean, this is like number one thousand on my
priority list of things to care about. This is one
of those stupid things that I've been dragged through the
mud on. You know, money I've ever had in the
stock market, about twenty thousand dollars, and I've been drag
through the mud on this as if like there's some
insider trading. I sent a I just sent a letter
to Fox News demanding, you know, a threatening letter from
my lawyers, threatening them with defamation because they because Jesse
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Waters have basically insinuated that I was insider trading.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Of course it's not true. You'd be more surprised how
much little we in Volden Station we have.
Speaker 10 (26:50):
This is.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
Defamation is one of the hardest cases to prove.
Speaker 10 (27:00):
It is.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
Fifty times harder in a public person. It is fifty
times harder in a public person. And you must im
you must prove that they knew that what they were
saying was not true, and they knew that it would
harm you. First of all, good luck showing that Fox
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News knows it isn't true. When your stock trading is
a subject of constant, constant conversation. How do they know
that isn't true? How would they know that isn't true? Listen,
go back for a moment, rewind a tape. Listen to
how he stumbles. He's trying to make it seem like, yes,
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I was walking through the garden of getsemine, and they
hurled stones at me because I am a godlike man
above it all, and one pierced to my toga. He
has this tone as if to say they dared question me.
And then I I I my lawyers. I told a
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bunch of lawyers that I have just team of just
a Really I heard Trump say something about having lawyers,
so I'm gonna do lawyer. I had my lawyers. My
lawyers sent a letter and said Fox News, you you're
gonna get in big trouble. I'm gonna tell Dad. I
told him my center. We how should I say it
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so it sounds real? I sent letters. Letters. Letters were sent,
many letters, multiple letters, lots, lots and lots of letters
upon letters, letters about letters. There were letters about letters
with letters in the letters, and we told him, you're
you're gonna be in big trouble for me for saying this.
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But if you notice, his defense of whether or not
he was on inside information is not that he wasn't
traded on inside information. It was I don't have much money.
That's interesting. It's an interesting defense of whether you were
using information not available to the public to trade stocks
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and get great returns. Did you, in fact get very simple,
did you in fact get great returns on your stocks?
That's a verifiable fact. That's not an opinion. That's not
a slur, it's not a slander. Did you get great
returns spoiler alert, Yes, phenomenal returns. If you were to
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match Dan Krenshaw's returns, you'd fire your financial advisor because
he's one hell of a stock picker. How do you
get to be so good? It's almost as if he
has inside information, because how else could you be so good?
That was always the argument against the astros. Well, if
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they're not cheating, how they play so well? We are
playing pretty well at that moment. So listen again, let's
do the whole clip, and I just want you to
pay attention to the fact that he never answers the questions.
It's clear he loses confidence when he starts saying something
that I think is making it up, and that he
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told you this isn't even important. Yeah, it kind of
is important. If members are of Congress are trading on
inside information, that is important. If it's number thousand on
your list, what's higher sending money to Ukraine, that's your problem.
That's how you're out of touch with your district, because
I guarantee you your district does care.
Speaker 9 (30:41):
Polling shows that there is majority support. Eight six percent
of Americans support a ban on members of Congress trading stocks.
You've been sort of ambivalent about something like that. I
did see that a bill didn't make its way out
of committee. Would you vote for a ban on Congress
members trading stocks?
Speaker 3 (30:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (30:59):
This is like number one thousand on my priority list
of things to care about. This is one of those
stupid things that I've been dragged through the mud on.
You know how many money I've ever had in the
stock market, about twenty thousand dollars, and I've been dragged
through the mud on this as if like there's some
insider trading. I sent a I just sent a letter
to Fox News demand, you know, a threatening letter from
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my lawyers, threatening them with defamation because they because Jesse
Waters had basically insinuated that I was insider trading. Of
course it's not true. You'd be more surprised how much
little we information we have. This is one of those
bills that like some of course, yeah people support it. Yeah, sure, okay,
who cares because I don't have any time probably if
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anything in the market anyway. Are there a couple of
cases like in wherein Nancy Pelosi has some very suspicious
timing of her trades. Yeah, that has happened, but nobody
else can point any other examples out, So sure, yeah,
why not don't to trade stocks? How about how about
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we'll just keep whipping ourselves. How about we don't make
any money either, how about just cut our paychecks. Haven't
gotten a pay raise since two thousand and eight, even
a colon increase.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
So yeah, actually no, yeah, this is a great idea.
Speaker 4 (32:15):
Let's make Congress a place where only the millionaires can
actually afford to do the job.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
This is a wonderful idea. Did you trade stocks on
inside information. I don't have that much money in the
stock market. I had a letter sent to Fox News.
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You don't just want rich people in Congress, So you
are you trying to get rich as a congressman? Did
everybody else? Oh,
It's that time, time, time, time, luck and load. Michael
Very Show is on the.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Air, said quote. The most important thing here is that
we have the important hero archetypes that we look up
to here. Jesus is a hero archetype. Superman is a
hero archetype. Real characters too. I could name it thousand
Rosa Parks throm in quote.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
I can't head around this.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
I'll help you put a period of here where Jesus
is no question by faith.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Wow, it's very hard to beat the market, but Dan
Crenshaw did somehow. He made a lot of traits, including
after getting classified briefings on COVID policy.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Sure, yeah, why not. Don't let us trade stocks. How
about about we'll just keep whipping ourselves. How about we
don't make any money either about, like, just cut our paychecks.
I haven't got a pay raise since two thousand and eight,
even a cola increase. Yeah, no, actually no, yeah, this
is a great idea. Let's make Congress a place where
only the millionaires can actually afford to do the job.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
This is a wonderful idea. Let's just keep Let's just
keep doing that.
Speaker 6 (01:22):
Donald Gavitt, it's always some member, right who like who
senses the populist energy, and then and then mirrors believing
(01:45):
that this is what's going to help me connect with
the people, because what do the people want?
Speaker 1 (01:49):
Well, I mean they want an easy button.
Speaker 4 (01:51):
All my problems will be solved if there's if there's
no stock trading, all my problems will be solved, if
there's term moments. Yeah, but if you think about it,
any of these things for five whole minutes, you know,
you might quickly come to a different conclusion.
Speaker 7 (02:23):
Three years ago, we went down to the border and
pretty much all of the Texas delegation was there. Mike
Johnson came from Alabama or from Louisiana. The southern state
congressional members came down to be with us, and we
interviewed ICE agents, We interviewed US Border Patrol, we interviewed
(02:45):
US Border Patrol, Union, we interviewed Ranchers. The only person
from the congressional delegation that was not there, Dan.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
Earning the name I coined for him, Dan Cringeshaw, is
continuing to unravel, accelerated yesterday with allegations that he was
prohibited from traveling abroad with the Congressional delegation. They call
(03:31):
him a Codel Congressional delegation because of a scandal that
occurred in Mexico, and the story goes that he was overserved.
Story goes that there were some things that were said
that were very troublesome to a lot of people involved,
(03:52):
and that he toasted the remarks after they were said.
I don't want to say what that is just yet
until we have better clarity. This is a bombshell for
Crenshaw because it's drawing a lot of attention to a
lot of brushfires that have been out there that only
(04:13):
the people paying close attention have noted. Crenshaw's hope is
that a lot of people who are not the base
show up and vote. This is the problem with the
Greg Abbott fight with the state Republican Party. Greg Abbot's
Secretary of State, Jane Nelson, is spending well over a
(04:33):
million dollars to fight the Republican Party to make sure
that Democrats can vote in our party's primary in March.
The Republican Party says, no, We're going to do what
a lot of people do and say only Republicans can
vote in our primary. This is how you get a
drunk dad, This is how you get rhinos we don't
want this. It's the Republican Party, it's not the Democrat Party.
(04:56):
They can vote in their primary if they want, we
don't want it in ours. So Krinshaw is in real trouble.
It was alleged, and it is being alleged rather broadly,
that his own Speaker of the House had to protect
him from people who wanted far worse consequences. And these
(05:20):
are all Republicans, these are not Democrats on these trips,
in this particular effort, and apparently allegedly his drunkenness, which
is legendary, was causing further problems. This is a man,
I will remind you, who said earlier this year that
he would like to kill Tucker Carlson. Wow, okay, that's
(05:42):
a sitting number of Commerce of Congress. This is a
guy who didn't want anything done with our border with
Mexico but could not send enough money to Ukraine. And
anybody who didn't agree with him, well, then you're an idiot.
This is a guy who had has been alleged to
be the second most successful stock picker in all of Congress,
(06:06):
behind only Nancy Pelosi. Now you're in some company. And
his argument has always been well I don't have that
much money. If you bet ten dollars on inside information,
it doesn't matter the size of it, and he does
bet more than ten dollars. Seemingly. His argument is, I
(06:29):
don't have that much money yet, but a will and
when I do, then we can criticize you then because
it's even bigger trades. There are a lot of people
that don't have much money and they don't trade on
inside information. I don't believe Congress should be allowed to
(06:50):
trade stocks at all. You give up the veil of
normalcy when you enter Congress. There are some things. Part
of having this access is you don't get to do.
We don't think anything of the fact that the military
doesn't allow members of the military to make public statements
without their approval, and the assumption is always, well, you
(07:12):
go into public life, that's what you do. We don't
think anything of the fact that police officers can't respond
when they're criticized by activists. It has to go through
the department. Their personal ability and rights to speak out
are hindered, and we say, well, you're a cop, you
don't get to so why do Why do we act
like a member of Congress is somehow afforded anything other
(07:37):
than that. Why would we allow people into Congress to
get all this information as part of the governing process
and then run and trade stocks on it. That's ridiculous.
And then you heard the statement he made. He said, well,
if that's your biggest problem, is it? You know we're
trading stocks and you think that if we stop trading stocks,
(07:58):
your life's going to be better. Well, that doesn't say
that you didn't do it. You're criticizing your critics, and
that's what the public gets to do. A scathing dissent
in the redistricting case by Judge Jerry Smith. Things have
heated up. This case would be going before the Supreme Court.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Interesting times read on what would you do with a
brain if you had one? Bring it on, because there
is nothing here to Michael Berry show.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
A poll recently came out in Dan Crenshaw's congressional district
and it showed Crenshaw in first place, Steve Toth in
second place. And then you have several other people who filed.
Each one of them had a percent or two as
I recall, and it might look like, oh, Crenshaw's winning,
(08:52):
And technically in the poll he received more votes than
the others. He had just over less than fifty percent.
These are Republican primary voters. When they call that, that's
how they set the list. This isn't Democrats. He had
fewer than half of the voters in his own base,
(09:12):
in his own party, saying they will vote for him
in a primary. Do you know why people call for
term limits because congressmen serve for so long? Do you
know why they serve for so long because people always
vote for their own congressman. Everyone wants term limits for
(09:32):
someone else. A congressman in his own district, in his
own party, should be faring much better than fifty percent
of the voters, but he's not. It's one of those
things that when a team ends up now two and
fifteen used to be two and fourteen, and you go, oh,
(09:54):
I thought they were going to be good, but you
saw at the beginning of the season their quarterback goes
down with an injury that I should have seen that
was going to be the problem. This is a big
problem for Crinchshaw, and it should be. It should be.
He has done nothing but squander the goodwill that the
district gave him in sending him to Congress. He has
(10:16):
nothing He's done nothing but insult the district continuously and
anyone who dares question him. Sure, he can trade stocks
all day. I don't know how he got so good.
He must be really, really financially savvy, in addition to
being a member of Congress. Where'd that come from? And
Nancy Pelosi as well? So what is he doing? Isn't
(10:42):
there a consequence? But don't dare question him, He'll not
stand for it. But first we turn to the issue
of the border. Dan Crenshaw was going to be involved
in the border because he's from Houston. You know, you'd
think that would be a natural fit, right, and then
the only border he ended up being worried about was Ukraine.
He could not argue that we send more money to Ukraine.
(11:05):
Jiman soon to.
Speaker 8 (11:06):
Right O Records. It's Dan Crenshaw's greatest tits featuring the
number one charting single going to the Border.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
Well, I'm going to the border, going to the border.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
I'm going to the border, the one in Ukraine, going
to the border, not the US border. Yeah, I'm going
to the border, the one in Ukraine. So what are
you waiting for?
Speaker 7 (11:24):
It?
Speaker 8 (11:24):
Come now and get you a copy of Dan Crenshaw's
Greatest Tits, featuring thirteen different songs about why we need
to send more money to Ukraine. Hurry, operators are standing by.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Then there was a town hall he had, well i'll
come back, I'll calm the locals down. I'll do a
town hall. And a young girl questioned Dan Crenshaw with
a quote about his faith. She questioned him about the
very words he had said. Now that's fair game. I
don't care who you are. And he got angry because
(11:56):
you don't question his faith. Well, if you make a
statement about your faith, that is open. And she was
a young lady, I think she was seventeen, sixteen, seventeen,
And the people in attendance lost their mind. Thank goodness
it was recorded.
Speaker 2 (12:11):
The most important thing here is that we have them
from Kiera archetypes that we wore out to.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
Hold on, hold on, this islet me just say, this
is her quoting what what?
Speaker 3 (12:20):
What?
Speaker 1 (12:20):
What was printed of what Dan Crenshaw said, So she's
quoting him verbatim.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
The most important thing here is that we have them
from Kiera archetype that we.
Speaker 7 (12:29):
Will out to.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Jesus is a hero archetype. Superman is a hero archetype.
Real characters too too. I could name it now Rosa
parks from a bretend quote. I can't head around this.
Speaker 9 (12:41):
Well, I'll help you.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Put a period out here.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
Word Jesus and don't question my faith.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
Wow, I don't know right, you're moron, but.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
Yeah, you guys can't ask questions about all of these things,
and I will answer.
Speaker 1 (13:04):
Not but don't question my faith. Don't question my faith
even when I say that Jesus Christ is an archetype.
Just like Superman. Your faith is your faith, be Muslim
for all anybody cares. But people get to ask about it.
(13:26):
And now Crenshaw was stripped of of his panel in Mexico.
It's like high school again. These people are going on
so many international trips. He's not allowed to go on
international trips anymore because he got so drunk and belligerent.
That's the allegation. So we thought, in tribute to Dan
Crenshaw yelling at a little girl about his faith, we'd
(13:46):
tell a story in song.
Speaker 10 (13:54):
DC's been nice black ties and cocktail parties full of
Insta hoties.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
I like to swalloby smell. I've only been home twice.
Speaker 10 (14:07):
Once was a photo opportunity be a Monthgomery County Q
and a that didn't go so well. There was a bride,
young lady who had a problem with one of my
awesome bird bait.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Don't quotes question.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
She acting like a baby who needs a bob.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
I dressed that little Jules the girl down and I
told her she should know.
Speaker 4 (14:34):
But a period after the word Jesus, and don't question
my faith.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Not to question my faith. Don't crush my faith.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
Don't question my face.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
Don't question my faith to faith the faith. Don't push
in my faith to faith to face, question my faith.
Speaker 10 (14:50):
We used to be best the chums. We drank bourbon,
had some fun. We were two peas in a pod.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
Don't custion my faith free.
Speaker 10 (15:00):
Thing. He said about Greg Abbot where unberried made.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Me Maddy was a lightning rod. And so I made
a story about advertising. I tried to faint my boy
in a bad light. Uncle I said, I had the
text through my side, but bet ThReD upon the air,
(15:25):
and that is how I lost the fight.
Speaker 1 (15:27):
Didn't question my faith, don't question my faith. Didn't question
my faith. Don't question my faith the faith the faith.
Don't question my faith for faith to pay don't question
in my faith. Michael Barry, Sheila Jackson Lee was twice
(15:48):
named meanest member of Congress, and I used to make
the point, it'd be one thing if you were the
meanest member of the Houston delegation, even if you are
the meanest member of the Texas delegation. But when you're
number one at anything out of four hundred and thirty
(16:11):
five people, you're the valedictorian, a vicious to come in
first ahead of every other congressman. That's impressive if you
think about it. You're beating out Maxine Waters, You're beating
(16:32):
out all the ilhan Omars aoc, Jasmine Crockett, You're beating
out some people that have some serious anger management issues.
And you do it twice something. You're not top five,
you are number one. So when Nancy Pelosi, the very powerful,
(16:58):
long time Speaker of the House, gets the number one,
stock returns because she walks out of meetings, presumably allegedly,
it makes a phone call and a trade is made
and a lot of money has made and she's become
wealthy off of it. We find that disgusting. There's a
Pelosi tracker so that you can trade the way Pelosi does.
(17:22):
It also allows people to see what she's traded on,
which strangely is related to what governmental actions are being taken.
Long before a law has passed or a budget bill
is altered to affect the company. Long before that, there
are briefings. There's information that hits Hey, we've got news
(17:44):
on a virus in China that is causing these sorts
of problems in Wuhan. Or Hey, we're seeing an uprising
in this particular country, and we've asked Haliburton to increase
production of materials. Should we need to invade? What would
(18:10):
that tip be worth? What's the stock going to do?
Or we're getting reports at this particular product. This manufacturer
is about to be sued and the product is causing
premature death to a very high degree. There's going to
be a massive settlement. It may put this company out
(18:32):
of business. If you own that stock, what's it worth
to you when the stock's at thirty eight and it's
going to go down to zero to get out of
that stock. So when Dan Crenshaw comes in number two
and he's only been there a few sessions, boy he
really got up to speed, didn't he. Or he's ghost
(18:54):
about it brazen. He doesn't care when anybody thinks. And
you can hear that tone. Don't question me, girl. You
can hear that tone with anyone who dares ask him
a question. He is indignant, he's furious, he's imperious, he's angry.
(19:17):
Don't ask me a question. You don't get to all
you stupid people out there trying to question what I
do as a congressman. I know things that you don't.
That tone that is dripping from everything he does, Well,
here is how he answers to the question about insider trading,
which means trading stocks on information. You know, executives at
(19:42):
companies are under very very strict regulation as to what
they can tell people outside the company, and they are
on very very strict regulation on when they can sell
their stocks. There is a window within which they can
sell a stock after a major announcement, and the reason
(20:05):
is to prevent them obviously knowing that this is what
the stock's about to do. Good news stock goes up,
bad news stock goes down. To prevent them from trading
on that, we have strict sec regulations and they create
windows within which they can trade. Very simple. You must
(20:27):
abide by them or it's a big no, no, it's criminal.
Martha Stewart went to prison for, in my opinion, far
less than what some members of Congress have done, far
less one percent what they've done. She went to prison.
So here is Dan Crenshaw losing his mind because you
(20:48):
don't get to ask him questions about what he does
with him. You know, John Bolton could potentially go to prison.
He's in the sling right now for doing what allegedly
misappropriating national security information. People will often say to me, well,
(21:11):
he didn't commit murder. What does that even mean? Nobody
says he did. But if you sell our secrets to
the Chinese and enable an invasion, do we all sit
around learning Mandarin going well, leasy, didn't commit murder? This
is a terrible, treacherous crime. You are entrusted with information
(21:34):
as a member of the government, and if you use
that information to trade. Maybe he didn't, Maybe he's just
a really, really really genius stock picker. Well i'll tell
you this. You won't ask him questions about it. You
don't get to ask him questions about it because he's
Dan Crenshaw member of Congress and you're not listen pulling.
Speaker 9 (21:59):
So that there is majority support. Eighty six percent of
Americans support a ban on members of Congress trading stocks.
You've been sort of ambivalent about something like that. I
did see that a bill did make its way out
of committee. Would you vote for a ban on Congress
members trading stocks?
Speaker 3 (22:18):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (22:18):
I mean this is like number one thousand on my
priority list of things to care about. This is one
of those stupid things that I've been dragged through the
mud on. You know, money I've ever had in the
stock market about twenty thousand dollars, and I've been dragged
through the mud on this as if like there's some
insider trading. I sent a I just send a letter
to Fox News demand, you know, a threatening letter from
(22:39):
my lawyers, threatening them with defamation because they because Jesse
Waters is basically insinuated that I was insider trading. Of
course it's not true. You'd be more surprised how much
little we information we have. This is one of those
bills that like some of course, yeah, people support it, Yeah, sure, okay,
who cares? Because I don't have a probably if anything
(23:01):
in the market anyway. Are there a couple of cases
like in where in Nancy Pelosi has some very suspicious
timing of her trades. Yeah, that that has happened, but
nobody else can point any other examples out. So sure, yeah,
why not don't let us trade stocks? How about how
(23:21):
about how about we'll just keep whipping ourselves. Let's how
about we don't make any money either, how about like
just cut our paychecks. Haven't gotten a pay raise since
two thousand and eight, even a cola increase. So yeah, no,
actually no, yeah, this is a great idea. Let's make
Congress point.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
Dan Crenshaw is making the argument that Congress isn't making
enough money. Dan Crenshaw is running for reelection, and he's
making the argument we're not paid enough. Can you imagine
(24:01):
you imagine making that argument to your constituents.
Speaker 4 (24:07):
This is the Michael Berry Show, Locked and loaded.
Speaker 3 (24:11):
Load it.
Speaker 1 (24:17):
I want to play that clip in its entirety. I
want you to hear it, and then we will move on.
If people choose to vote for Dan Crenshaw, that's their
own business. But I think Steve Toth has a real
chance of winning that race because Toath is a small
business owner in the district who has served as a
constitutional patriot in the state House and proven his chops,
(24:42):
who doesn't have an arrogance toward the people of his district,
like he thinks he's better than them, And who wouldn't
insult a teenage girl who asked a question about a
quote that came directly from his mouth. Hey, uh, I
want to kill all the mammals that are walking the earth,
(25:03):
mister Barry, I would like to read a quote from you.
I would like to kill all the mammals that are
walking in the earth. Don't question me and what I
want to do. Do you doubt that I shouldn't have
to answer that? Well, but you said it. That doesn't
make any sense to me. Don't question my faith. You
(25:24):
offered that your faith wasn't a faith, that Jesus was
an archetype like Superman. I guess we should be greatful
you didn't throw Batman in there, because then they'd be
robbing and all of those questions. What about the green lantern?
I always like the green lantern anyway. I just want
(25:47):
you to listen to the tone with which he answers
the question A very legitimate question. Hey, why should members
of Congress be able to trade socks? Don't I don't
think that's asking too much shows that there is majority
of support.
Speaker 9 (26:02):
Eighty six percent of Americans support a ban on members
of Congress trading stocks. You've been sort of ambivalent about
something like that. I did see that a bill did
make its way out of committee. Would you vote for
a ban on Congress members trading stocks?
Speaker 7 (26:17):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (26:18):
I mean, this is like number one thousand on my
priority list of things to care about. This is one
of those stupid things that I've been dragged through the
mud on. You know, money I've ever had in the
stock market, about twenty thousand dollars, and I've been drag
through the mud on this as if like there's some
insider trading. I sent a I just sent a letter
to Fox News demanding, you know, a threatening letter from
my lawyers, threatening them with defamation because they because Jesse
(26:43):
Waters have basically insinuated that I was insider trading.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Of course it's not true. You'd be more surprised how
much little we in Volden Station we have.
Speaker 10 (26:50):
This is.
Speaker 1 (26:53):
Defamation is one of the hardest cases to prove.
Speaker 10 (27:00):
It is.
Speaker 1 (27:02):
Fifty times harder in a public person. It is fifty
times harder in a public person. And you must im
you must prove that they knew that what they were
saying was not true, and they knew that it would
harm you. First of all, good luck showing that Fox
(27:25):
News knows it isn't true. When your stock trading is
a subject of constant, constant conversation. How do they know
that isn't true? How would they know that isn't true? Listen,
go back for a moment, rewind a tape. Listen to
how he stumbles. He's trying to make it seem like, yes,
(27:49):
I was walking through the garden of getsemine, and they
hurled stones at me because I am a godlike man
above it all, and one pierced to my toga. He
has this tone as if to say they dared question me.
And then I I I my lawyers. I told a
(28:13):
bunch of lawyers that I have just team of just
a Really I heard Trump say something about having lawyers,
so I'm gonna do lawyer. I had my lawyers. My
lawyers sent a letter and said Fox News, you you're
gonna get in big trouble. I'm gonna tell Dad. I
told him my center. We how should I say it
(28:33):
so it sounds real? I sent letters. Letters. Letters were sent,
many letters, multiple letters, lots, lots and lots of letters
upon letters, letters about letters. There were letters about letters
with letters in the letters, and we told him, you're
you're gonna be in big trouble for me for saying this.
(28:54):
But if you notice, his defense of whether or not
he was on inside information is not that he wasn't
traded on inside information. It was I don't have much money.
That's interesting. It's an interesting defense of whether you were
using information not available to the public to trade stocks
(29:17):
and get great returns. Did you, in fact get very simple,
did you in fact get great returns on your stocks?
That's a verifiable fact. That's not an opinion. That's not
a slur, it's not a slander. Did you get great
returns spoiler alert, Yes, phenomenal returns. If you were to
(29:39):
match Dan Krenshaw's returns, you'd fire your financial advisor because
he's one hell of a stock picker. How do you
get to be so good? It's almost as if he
has inside information, because how else could you be so good?
That was always the argument against the astros. Well, if
(30:00):
they're not cheating, how they play so well? We are
playing pretty well at that moment. So listen again, let's
do the whole clip, and I just want you to
pay attention to the fact that he never answers the questions.
It's clear he loses confidence when he starts saying something
that I think is making it up, and that he
(30:23):
told you this isn't even important. Yeah, it kind of
is important. If members are of Congress are trading on
inside information, that is important. If it's number thousand on
your list, what's higher sending money to Ukraine, that's your problem.
That's how you're out of touch with your district, because
I guarantee you your district does care.
Speaker 9 (30:41):
Polling shows that there is majority support. Eight six percent
of Americans support a ban on members of Congress trading stocks.
You've been sort of ambivalent about something like that. I
did see that a bill didn't make its way out
of committee. Would you vote for a ban on Congress
members trading stocks?
Speaker 3 (30:59):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (30:59):
This is like number one thousand on my priority list
of things to care about. This is one of those
stupid things that I've been dragged through the mud on.
You know how many money I've ever had in the
stock market, about twenty thousand dollars, and I've been dragged
through the mud on this as if like there's some
insider trading. I sent a I just sent a letter
to Fox News demand, you know, a threatening letter from
(31:19):
my lawyers, threatening them with defamation because they because Jesse
Waters had basically insinuated that I was insider trading. Of
course it's not true. You'd be more surprised how much
little we information we have. This is one of those
bills that like some of course, yeah people support it. Yeah, sure, okay,
who cares because I don't have any time probably if
(31:40):
anything in the market anyway. Are there a couple of
cases like in wherein Nancy Pelosi has some very suspicious
timing of her trades. Yeah, that has happened, but nobody
else can point any other examples out, So sure, yeah,
why not don't to trade stocks? How about how about
(32:01):
we'll just keep whipping ourselves. How about we don't make
any money either, how about just cut our paychecks. Haven't
gotten a pay raise since two thousand and eight, even
a colon increase.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
So yeah, actually no, yeah, this is a great idea.
Speaker 4 (32:15):
Let's make Congress a place where only the millionaires can
actually afford to do the job.
Speaker 1 (32:20):
This is a wonderful idea. Did you trade stocks on
inside information. I don't have that much money in the
stock market. I had a letter sent to Fox News.
(32:41):
You don't just want rich people in Congress, So you
are you trying to get rich as a congressman? Did
everybody else? Oh,
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