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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Rory O'Neil, our good friend from twenty four to seven
News Network national correspondent, joining us for a bed again
this morning. Rory on this, Uh, everybody that I talk
to who's paying attention to the national scene is interested
in how this House of Representatives is going to shake out.
It looks pretty good for the Republicans to maintain a majority.
(00:23):
But what's taken so long? Got these races?
Speaker 2 (00:26):
California?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yeah, California in particular, they take in the ballots when
they are post marked, and then you have a week
to get the ballot in. So that's what's slowing things
down in California. Here we are a week after election day.
I think today's the closing day. The ballot though, has
to be postmarked by election day, so.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Well, now pretty soon probably it looks okay.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Right, So it looks like if everything goes as we
suspect now at this point, two twenty two for the
GOP to two thirteen for Democrats. But let me put
an asterisk on that already number in pencil in that
President Trump has already picked two of those Republican House
members to join his administration. So now best case scenario
is two twenty to two thirteen for the GOP. So
(01:12):
that's going to be tough for sneaker Johnson to heard
all those cats.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Well, Jim was talking about that earlier. Apparently, at least
in some states, it takes a long time for them
to do a special election, right, to pick a new
member of Congress.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Well, right, I mean in Florida. That so Mike Waltz,
who's been the congressman from Central Florida, likely the National
Security Advisor, a fellow Republican governor. They're thinking a replacement election,
special election, probably with results in May.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
So that's all. Now, imagine Hocal in New York trying
to replace Toponic. Well maybe she wants to drag things
out a little bit and give them all the extra time,
so that could be even longer.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
Well, there's another one for you, Rory Byron Donald, appointed
by Ronda said, is to take Marco Rubio spot, which
means we'll lose another Republican in the United States House
of Representatives.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Right, and then how do you do that math or
do you not pick Byron Donald's because of the situation
there in the House. And yeah, that's some of the
math that's being done in the back of a Natkin.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Right now, Well, that would be that would still be
two seventeen or two thirteen if that happens, which is
you know.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Is somebody mentioning this as the president elect? Is somebody
doing this math for them? He keeps, oh, well, plucking
out of the House of Representatives.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Well, we know that Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are close,
so I'm sure there's some you know, they're working on it.
But again, it's a it's going to make that much
more complicated because look, let's flip things over. Look at
the problem Nancy Peloski had with a small leadership group,
and then she had the squad to contend with, and
look how much they were able to disrupt things just
(02:56):
because they were a pack of six or eight that
were all aligned on things to give her headaches. And
and now Mike Johnson could face the same problem on
the other side.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Uh, the people that Trump has picked so far, uh
to be part of his team. Correct me if I'm wrong,
But these are not the kinds of possessions with the
exception of Secretary of State that requires Senate approval, right, well,
they would.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
He had the EPA administrator, I think the ambassador to
the un would need that as well. Christy Nohan to
be the head of Homeland Security, that would need approval.
Mike Waltz, though, would not. As a National Security advisor
that goes right into the administration. I think Stephen his
name is Kathy Miller Miller Miller. That would not need confirmation.
(03:44):
As Deputy Chief of Staff and Borders. DAR means for
Tom Holman, So that's sort of a gray term. That's
not really a position. So but it should not require confirmation.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Well, you would say think that Tom Holman would be
answering to the Secretary of Homeland Security, but that's not so.
Apparently he's answering directly to Trump. Which makes you wonder, Okay,
because the ICE director reports to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
If we have a Director of Homelands, the Secretary of
Homeland Security is Governor Noam Great, so who.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Answers to her?
Speaker 4 (04:24):
If all these people are going directly to Trump, it's
a lot of chefs.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yeah, they want to realign that.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah, well those people, those people are all going to
be on the same page. Christy Noman, Tom Holman, They're
going to be on the same page as far as
shutting down that border.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Egos or as long as the Potomac River.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
My friend, it's the fight to get to the TV
cameras and the microphone.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Well, that's interesting to watch. Ry. Thanks always great to
have you.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Thanks Jerry, I.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Have a good one. That's Rory O Neil twenty four
to seven News Network. Yeah, that is true. Interview me,
interview me.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
And Trump is the biggest interview hog out there. So
if one of these people upstage is Trump, they're going
to be out the door afternoon.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
This occurred to me based on his first presidency, how
many of these people are going to be after a
few months they disagree with him on so he's fire right.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
You know, don't be surprised if some of these people
don't last, because they all have their own way of
doing business. They all have massive egos, they all have
a lot of accomplishment. They're very accomplished people. The ones
that survive are the ones that say whatever you want,
mister President, and they don't speak out of turn. The
other thing that struck me listening to all of the
(05:47):
commentary about these selections saddler is I think Donald Trump
Junior and Susan Wilds, his new chief of staff, are
very careful about picking people who once they leave, are
not going to rush off to get gigs either on
you know, Fox News or perhaps in the case of
(06:07):
Liz Cheney, MSNBC or CNN, and they're not going to
cash in on book deals and telling it like it
really is. In the Trump administration, you're not going to
see if you think for a minute, look at all
of these people who have been the anti Trumpers, the
Republicans who are anti Trump, they never every one of
(06:27):
them is cashing in on this with book deals and
speaking engagements and gigs. If you think that, if you
think they're making stuff up, they are making stuff up
just to get gigs.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
And one of the things that he said he's not
going to allow, and I'm not sure if this would
be an executive order how this would work, but he's
not going to have people in regulatory positions regulating these
companies and then going to work for which that should
have been the stop should have been put to that
long ago.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I don't know if he can do that, I'm not sure.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
But anyway, he wants to
Rory O'Neil, our good friend from twenty four to seven
News Network national correspondent, joining us for a bed again
this morning. Rory on this, Uh, everybody that I talk
to who's paying attention to the national scene is interested
in how this House of Representatives is going to shake out.
It looks pretty good for the Republicans to maintain a majority.
(00:23):
But what's taken so long? Got these races?
Speaker 2 (00:26):
California?
Speaker 3 (00:28):
Yeah, California in particular, they take in the ballots when
they are post marked, and then you have a week
to get the ballot in. So that's what's slowing things
down in California. Here we are a week after election day.
I think today's the closing day. The ballot though, has
to be postmarked by election day, so.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Well, now pretty soon probably it looks okay.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Right, So it looks like if everything goes as we
suspect now at this point, two twenty two for the
GOP to two thirteen for Democrats. But let me put
an asterisk on that already number in pencil in that
President Trump has already picked two of those Republican House
members to join his administration. So now best case scenario
is two twenty to two thirteen for the GOP. So
(01:12):
that's going to be tough for sneaker Johnson to heard
all those cats.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Well, Jim was talking about that earlier. Apparently, at least
in some states, it takes a long time for them
to do a special election, right, to pick a new
member of Congress.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Well, right, I mean in Florida. That so Mike Waltz,
who's been the congressman from Central Florida, likely the National
Security Advisor, a fellow Republican governor. They're thinking a replacement election,
special election, probably with results in May.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Wow.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
So that's all. Now, imagine Hocal in New York trying
to replace Toponic. Well maybe she wants to drag things
out a little bit and give them all the extra time,
so that could be even longer.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
Well, there's another one for you, Rory Byron Donald, appointed
by Ronda said, is to take Marco Rubio spot, which
means we'll lose another Republican in the United States House
of Representatives.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Right, and then how do you do that math or
do you not pick Byron Donald's because of the situation
there in the House. And yeah, that's some of the
math that's being done in the back of a Natkin.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Right now, Well, that would be that would still be
two seventeen or two thirteen if that happens, which is
you know.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
Is somebody mentioning this as the president elect? Is somebody
doing this math for them? He keeps, oh, well, plucking
out of the House of Representatives.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Well, we know that Donald Trump and Mike Johnson are close,
so I'm sure there's some you know, they're working on it.
But again, it's a it's going to make that much
more complicated because look, let's flip things over. Look at
the problem Nancy Peloski had with a small leadership group,
and then she had the squad to contend with, and
look how much they were able to disrupt things just
(02:56):
because they were a pack of six or eight that
were all aligned on things to give her headaches. And
and now Mike Johnson could face the same problem on
the other side.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Uh, the people that Trump has picked so far, uh
to be part of his team. Correct me if I'm wrong,
But these are not the kinds of possessions with the
exception of Secretary of State that requires Senate approval, right, well,
they would.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
He had the EPA administrator, I think the ambassador to
the un would need that as well. Christy Nohan to
be the head of Homeland Security, that would need approval.
Mike Waltz, though, would not. As a National Security advisor
that goes right into the administration. I think Stephen his
name is Kathy Miller Miller Miller. That would not need confirmation.
(03:44):
As Deputy Chief of Staff and Borders. DAR means for
Tom Holman, So that's sort of a gray term. That's
not really a position. So but it should not require confirmation.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
Well, you would say think that Tom Holman would be
answering to the Secretary of Homeland Security, but that's not so.
Apparently he's answering directly to Trump. Which makes you wonder, Okay,
because the ICE director reports to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
If we have a Director of Homelands, the Secretary of
Homeland Security is Governor Noam Great, so who.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Answers to her?
Speaker 4 (04:24):
If all these people are going directly to Trump, it's
a lot of chefs.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Yeah, they want to realign that.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Yeah, well those people, those people are all going to
be on the same page. Christy Noman, Tom Holman, They're
going to be on the same page as far as
shutting down that border.
Speaker 4 (04:43):
Egos or as long as the Potomac River.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
My friend, it's the fight to get to the TV
cameras and the microphone.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Well, that's interesting to watch. Ry. Thanks always great to
have you.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Thanks Jerry, I.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Have a good one. That's Rory O Neil twenty four
to seven News Network. Yeah, that is true. Interview me,
interview me.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
And Trump is the biggest interview hog out there. So
if one of these people upstage is Trump, they're going
to be out the door afternoon.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
This occurred to me based on his first presidency, how
many of these people are going to be after a
few months they disagree with him on so he's fire right.
Speaker 4 (05:26):
You know, don't be surprised if some of these people
don't last, because they all have their own way of
doing business. They all have massive egos, they all have
a lot of accomplishment. They're very accomplished people. The ones
that survive are the ones that say whatever you want,
mister President, and they don't speak out of turn. The
other thing that struck me listening to all of the
(05:47):
commentary about these selections saddler is I think Donald Trump
Junior and Susan Wilds, his new chief of staff, are
very careful about picking people who once they leave, are
not going to rush off to get gigs either on
you know, Fox News or perhaps in the case of
(06:07):
Liz Cheney, MSNBC or CNN, and they're not going to
cash in on book deals and telling it like it
really is. In the Trump administration, you're not going to
see if you think for a minute, look at all
of these people who have been the anti Trumpers, the
Republicans who are anti Trump, they never every one of
(06:27):
them is cashing in on this with book deals and
speaking engagements and gigs. If you think that, if you
think they're making stuff up, they are making stuff up
just to get gigs.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
And one of the things that he said he's not
going to allow, and I'm not sure if this would
be an executive order how this would work, but he's
not going to have people in regulatory positions regulating these
companies and then going to work for which that should
have been the stop should have been put to that
long ago.
Speaker 3 (06:58):
I don't know.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I don't know if he can do that, I'm not sure.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
But anyway, he wants to
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