January 29, 2025 • 43 mins
President Trump has issued an update on the New Jersey drones as Karoline Leavitt delivered her first White House press briefing. In this edition of I'm Right, Jesse Kelly gets an update on the briefing as well as big news regarding Jim Acosta and CNN. But not before Jesse dives into massive stories surrounding President Trump's cabinet confirmations. Senator Ron Johnson and Angela Stanton-King react.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Are some of Trump's cabinet picks in trouble? They are,
and I we'll explain why, what's happening behind the scenes.
Tonight we had our first press conference with Caroline Levitt.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
We have a reporter who was there.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Talking about the mood in a room, all that Senator
Ron Johnson and more coming up on them right I
think Donald Trump has some cabinet picks that are in trouble,
that are in danger of not getting confirmed. And to
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talk we're about to have right now, We're about to
talk about the why, and this will come to Pete
hag Seth and then it'll get to RFK and Tulsey Gabbert.
But I feel for our new viewers and for those
who need a refresher, we need to discuss the system first,
what it is, because this.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Will explain why we have all this maneuvering.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Behind the scenes to stop these cabinet picks. What we
have in this country right now is what I call
the system. People will use different words for it doesn't
matter what word you prefer. The cathedral, the regime.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
The swamp, maybe even works. But what do all these
things mean? What these words mean?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
What it means is our country, as happens to many
wealthy countries over a long enough period of time, ceased
being ruled being led by patriots, you know, flawed people,
but patriots that stopped. And now our country is only
led by corrupt scumbags. They run our major institutions, the
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institutions that matter, and you know, the institutions should all
be separate. Of course, ideally you want well for our
purposes right now.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
You want the.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Government and really the defense industry. There needs to be
some separation there. The government in the pharmaceutical industry. You
can't have them joining forces. They need to be separate.
You see, Institutions need to be separate. But when you
have a country that's led by evil people, they will
look around. Eventually they'll look at each other, the leaders
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of the institutions, and they'll say, hey, what if we
just work together. We're competing here, but if we join
forces and work together, we can get more money, we
can get more power. Of course, the American people will
be screwed and the country itself will hurt, but none
of that matters to us. We don't think about America.
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Let's work together. That's what we have in various ways
across this country. You have a central intelligence agency working
with American media companies, working with the pharmaceutical industry.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
This general, he.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Works for the military one day, defense contractors.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
The next day. You have this.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Huge system of looters, bank robbers who figured out they
can rob the Bank of America, then rob the Bank
of America more easily if they simply work together, if
they work together against us, they can line their pockets.
That is the system, that is what we have now.
And so I need to explain what you're seeing in
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the United States Senate and why you're seeing it. Pete
hak Seth, Pete hag Seth came out, got confirmed, sounded great,
first day on the job.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Fully support on removing DEI inside the Pentagon, reinstating troops
who were pushed out because of COVID mandates, Iron.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Dome for America.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
This is happening quickly, and at the Secretary Defense, it's
an honor to salute smartly, as I did as a
junior officer and now as the Secretary Defense, to mature
these orders are complied with rapidly and quickly. Every moment
that I'm here, I'm thinking about the guys and gals
inguam in Germany, Fort Benning and Fort Bragg on miss
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defense sites and aircraft carriers. Our job is the dality
and readiness and war fighting.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
We're going to hold people accountable.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Sounds good, right, But why was it so close at all?
Jd Vance had to take the VP position of tie breaker,
had to go down to the Senate and cast the
tie breaking vote. Pete Hegseth got in there by one vote.
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Why was it close? Well, let's talk about that. Let's
focus on the Mitch McConnell angle. Yes, there is a
Mitch McConnell versus Donald Trump angle. You could certainly talk about,
and we've talked about that in the past. Those two
men hate each other. But we'll set that aside. Why
in the world would Mitch McConnell, a guy who happily
voted for most of Joe Biden's cabinet picks, why would
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you vote for Pete Hegseth?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Was it? Was it the scandal?
Speaker 1 (04:58):
But you know what pause on that from a Let's
talk about the scandal, because right before the confirmation vote,
there was all of a sudden, a brand new scandal
about Pete.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Hag Seth, his brother's uncles, dogs.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Sister, said Pete was a frightening person, and it ran
in the Wall Street Journal.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Why did it run in the Wall Street Journal.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Well, because Republican governor, Republican governor, Republican Senator Tom Tillis.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Tom Tillis, he's.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
The one who encouraged this witness to throw baseless accusations.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Into the Wall Street Journal.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
He had her do that because Tom Tillis wanted not
only to vote against Pete hag Seth, he wanted other
senators to vote against Pete Hegseth. Why did Mitch McConnell
vote against Pete hagg Seth.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Why did these things happen?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Was that the salacious accusations, Well, that doesn't make any
sense because even a fifth grader can read the accusations.
Wait a minute, and none of this is real. This
is heard from a guy who heard from a guy.
None of it's legit. You can't vote against someone anyone knows.
Anyone who reads into it knows it's not the accusations.
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So why would Mitch McConnell vote against it? Why would
Lisa Murkowski vote against it? Why did Tom Tillis try
to stop Pete Hegsath If it's not the accusations. Why, well,
let's talk about the system again, shall we.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
What is the purpose of the system. What are they
there to do?
Speaker 1 (06:37):
They are there to loot the treasury of the United
States of America. That's where all our institutions. Now, that's
what all of their aims are join together. Loot the treasury.
That's the idea. Do you have any earthly idea? How
much money is spent on defense in this country? It
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is aging amount of money. But who does that money
get spent on? Well, of course, some of it goes
to the military itself. A lot of it goes to
the defense contractors who design to produce large numbers of
munitions and weapons systems and things like that. Now, what
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do they do with all that money in the defense industry?
They get all this money coming from the government. They
want to do the evil thing and ensure that, no
matter what, more and more and more money comes their way,
whether or not they need it. So they in turn
spend gigantic sums of money on politicians campaign donations, if
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you will, large campaign donations to Republican senators. So Republican
senators are highly highly invested, just like Democrat senators are
are highly invested.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
In keeping the scam going. Hey guys, we're in the
bank fault.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
We've got all the safe deposit boxes open, we got
all this money in the bags. Don't stop us, keep
it going.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
My goodness, highly invested.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
We're talking not millions, not even billions. Trillions of dollars
are at stake. If Pete Hegseth gets in there and
does what he has already threatened to do, and that's
break up the corrupt cabal of the military industrial complex
in this country. Why did senators try to torpedo his nomination.
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That has nothing to do with some booze or some chicks.
That has everything to do with money. The robbers are
in the bank, they are looting the treasury, and the
thought that that might change, well, it meant Pete barely
got in. And that brings me to the point of
my conversation here. I'm starting to get very, very very
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concerned about the Tulsie gap types, the RFK junior types.
I'm even starting to hear senators talk about it. Here
was Kennedy.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
If a nominee act like a complete meet head or
start screaming like he or she's part of a prison, right,
you know, people are going to say, WHOA, we need
to take a second look. But short of that, I
think most, if not all, will be confirmed. The one
who's motion on the bubble, as you know as well
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as I do, is Tulsia Gabbard.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
On the bubble. Huh. Lindsey Graham talked about that.
Speaker 6 (09:41):
Do you trust Tulsa Gabbard with the nation's most closely
held secret?
Speaker 7 (09:45):
Senator, I tend to vote for almost everybody at both parties,
but I want to see how the hearing goes. Why
did you go to to Syria? What did you do
regarding the side. Why do you think Edward Snowden should
be hell as a hero? I certainly don't. We'll see
how the hearing goes. But in her favor, Richard Burr
is going to introduce her, and he's one of my
dearest friends.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
So we'll see.
Speaker 8 (10:04):
Senator, can you say right now are you a yes
on Tulsi Gabbard?
Speaker 7 (10:08):
I'm going to see how the hearing goes. I'm inclined
to bs on everybody, but there's some questions she will
be asked that I want to hear the answers to.
Speaker 9 (10:15):
So you're a will see not a yet.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
The rumor has it that Mitch McConnell is a no,
and so is Lindsey Graham as of this moment. Why
is it because Tulsi went to Syria? Is it because
she wants Edward snowed?
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Now?
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Why are they potentially going to torpedo RFK as well?
Is it because it doesn't like the vaccine or whatnot? Well,
we just talked about Pete, the truions at stake with
the military industrial complex, how much money is at stake
with the pharmaceutical industry, how much money and power are
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at stake in the intelligence institutions of this country.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
I'm worried.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
I warned you some time ago that the GOP sidate
was going to be a problem, and I'm officially worried,
and I think they're going to be a problem. All
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(11:26):
Pure talk doesn't just say that they hire Americans, something
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the phone with anybody today who speaks freaking English. Pure
talk hires Americans right here in America, and when you
switch your cell phone service, you get to speak to
an American.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Why are they patriotic like that? Oh?
Speaker 1 (11:45):
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Speaker 2 (12:03):
We'll be back.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
It's time for the rubber to meet the road for
RFK Junior. Now, I'm rooting hard for RFK Junior. I
want him to get in and I want him to
mix things up with the corrupt health cabal we have
in this country. But I am concerned, officially concerned. Leak's
coming out all over the place. Jack Pisoba talking about today,
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Mitch McConnell's and no, Lindsey Grahams might be a know crazy,
how corrupt. Even the Republican Party is joining me.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Now.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Angela Stanton King's senior advisor to RFK Junior. Okay, Angela,
you're the senior advisor. I want him in there. I'm
pretty sure you want him in there. Is he gonna
get in there?
Speaker 8 (12:53):
I believe he is. You know, I believe that this
is not a matter of politics. This is a matter
of people, and I think that we are all tired
of the fighting right and it's time for us to
put people over party who doesn't want to be healthy,
you know, making America healthy, making sure that our children
are healthy. This is not a political issue. It's kind
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of just the right thing to do. The last four
years have passed. We all had to experience it, those
of us that were blessed enough to live through it,
and we know that there are some serious health concerns
that need to be addressed in our country, not only
that my community in particularly. We know that there has
been high rates of heart disease, autism, sickle cell anemia,
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all type of things that impact our community, cancer and
we need to look into it. You know, is there
another route to making sure that America is healthy? And
I don't think that anyone should have a problem with that.
And I know that we're hearing a lot of stuff,
but I think that just kind of comes with the territory.
I don't really have any doubts at all. I strongly
believe that OURFK is going to get in and I
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strongly support the Unity Party. I believe that Trump and
our of care are going to make one hell of
a difference, and I'm here to witness it.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Angela, can you explain why anyone would oppose the things
you're talking about? Some things, I mean, like you mentioned
in the beginning, they go beyond politics, Republican, Democrat, whatever.
But surely everyone wants everyone to be healthy. Surely everyone
wants someone to look into the food and to the
drugs we take, and to the thing.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Why is that controversial?
Speaker 8 (14:29):
Well, I guess you probably have to look into some
people's pockets and see where their money.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Is coming from.
Speaker 8 (14:34):
You know, we sometimes to you know, fall silent or
fight for things that keep them rich. You know, when
it comes to making a decision, to doing the right
thing or keeping your pockets fat and worrying about yourself.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
You know, there are some people.
Speaker 8 (14:49):
That do that. But I think overall, America's winning, the
spirit of America's winning, the American people are winning, And
I have faith that Bobby is going to be confirmed.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
On some morrow.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Tell people about your background.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
For those unfamiliar with you, I obviously am, But what's
your story?
Speaker 8 (15:08):
Wow, I've got an awesome book out there called King Trump. Kennedy,
and it tells the story of me being rescued by King.
Speaker 4 (15:16):
Pardoned by Trump.
Speaker 8 (15:17):
In position by Kennedy about twenty one years ago, I
spent some time in a Georgia state prison on a
non violent crime, and there I gave birth to my daughter,
chain to a bed, got out.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Of prison with nowhere to go.
Speaker 8 (15:30):
I ended up falling into the hands of Alvida King,
working with her and her family on community restoration for
twenty years. Then Trump ran for office. He was working
on criminal justice reform. Alvida asked me if I go
in and share my story.
Speaker 10 (15:45):
I went in.
Speaker 8 (15:46):
Trump not only made it illegal for them to chain
women to the bed during childbirth, but he also passed
the First Step Act, and he gave me a full
and unconditional pardon. I continued to work with the Trump
administration on criminal justice reform and then COVID hit and
that's when I met Robert F. Kennedy and I ended
up going across America with Robert F. Kennedy and defeat
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the mandates, fighting for our medical freedom. And then that
led to me being a senior advisor on his campaign
and also being partially responsible for bringing him and Trump
together and forming the Unity Party, And it just tells
the story about how the most unlikely of alliances can
come together, fight for what's right, and do what's best
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for the American people.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Angela, You've got to walk us through that, because I
came out of nowhere.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
For me, I do this for a living.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
And you wake up one day and Trump's got RFK
on stage with him at a rally and everyone's cheering
for him, and it was out of nowhere. It's all like,
my goodness, everyone came together. How'd you pull that one off?
Speaker 8 (16:46):
Well, I kind of always knew in the beginning, because
in the beginning, honestly, I thought that they were gonna
run Michelle Obama. I didn't know it was going to
be Kamala. And I'm saying, that's up. I said, in
order for us to beat the Democrats, we're going to
need a unity ticket. We're going to need a Trump
and at Kennedy. So I was hoping that Kennedy maybe
would accept the position of VP.
Speaker 11 (17:08):
He didn't want to do that. They somehow worked it out.
Speaker 8 (17:10):
I just constantly would advise Kennedy on the benefits of
us coming together and being a representation of unity because
unity is what we needed, Unity is what we have now,
and unity is why this country is moving forward.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Angela.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
One of the things Trump did, I think there was
one day in is Well. Here he was announcing the
declassification of the JFKRFK and MLK files.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Here he was, lastly, sir, we have an executive order ordering.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
The declassification of files relating to the assassinations of President
John F.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Kennedy, Senator Robert F.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
Kennedy, and Reverend doctor Martin Luther King. Junazi A big one, huh.
Speaker 7 (17:52):
A lot of people are waiting for this, were along.
Speaker 12 (17:54):
For years, for decades, and everything will be revealed.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Angela.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Obviously there's a family connection that I realized. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Was your uncle, if I remember that correctly. But what
are your thoughts on any of this? Me personally, I'm
king Sinek. I think it's gonna be a bunch of
black marker on a white piece of paper.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
But what do I know?
Speaker 8 (18:24):
Yeah, Martin is actually the uncle of my godmom, Alvida King,
and that's how the family connection comes in there. But
here's the thing I think that you know a lot
of us, the average everyday man, we're excited about the
release of these files because.
Speaker 4 (18:37):
We want to know the truth, we want to know
what's in them.
Speaker 8 (18:39):
But then you have the other side that you've got
to think about. You've got to think about my godmom
Alvida and her cousins Bernice, and how they feel having
to relive this, having to read this, have to you know,
to experience this pain and this trauma. Again, the same thing.
You know for my guy, Robert F. Kennedy Junior, you
got too. You can't imagine the type of impact this
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is happening on him and his family to have to
relive these moments, you know, the assassination of not only
John F. Kennedy, but you know, his dad, Robert F.
Speaker 11 (19:09):
Kennedy.
Speaker 8 (19:09):
So one of the things that I'd like to say
is as we go through this revelation of truth, is
that we keep the families in mind that were impacted.
And then the next question is do we how much
can we trust what's being released.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
In these files.
Speaker 8 (19:23):
Like when it comes to Martin Luther King, there are
claims of him being tied to Marxism and being a communist,
but you know, the King legacy is nonviolent. It is
proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Martin Luther King Junior
led peaceful protests, and he even you know, got into
it with other people from his own community that wanted
him to be violent. The King family legacy still stands
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on non violence today. So you know, I live through
the Black Lives Matter riots, and I know the difference
between a peaceful protest and completely burning down and demolishing
your communities. And that is not what Martin Luther King
Jor stood for, and that is not what his legacy represents.
So the question is that, although these files were released,
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how much of it can we actually believe because at
the end of the day, these are the same people
that conspired to murder them all.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Are you trying to say you don't trust the FBI
when it comes to Martin Luther King Jr.
Speaker 8 (20:20):
I'm trying to say I don't trust the FBI when
it comes to anything. So that's just my opinion. So
I'll have a little more trust now maybe that Trump's in.
But I mean, I just I was there. I was
in Washington, DC on January sixth, and I got a
letter of stating that I was being investigated, and I
was nowhere near the Capitol, So I don't know who
to trust these days.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Angela, appreciate you. Come back soon.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
All right, we have more, Senator Ron Johnson joins us. Next,
I'm going to tell him my fears about what's happening
with these cabinet picks. See what he's hearing inside the
walls of the horrible United States Senate. Before we get
to Ron Johnson, let's get to you. Let's get you
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Speaker 2 (21:41):
We'll be back Donald J.
Speaker 6 (21:51):
Trump is the person who determines whose his cabinet is
not these publications that I think, frankly have lost relevance. Well,
the Senate will provide advice and consent as its constitutional obligation,
but I feel confident that Tulca Gabbard will ultimately get through.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
I don't share that confidence, especially after what happened with
Pete hegg Seth. I'm not entirely confident about RFK Junior either,
But then again, I talk on the television for a living,
and Senator Ron Johnson's actually there, so maybe we should
rely on him joining me. Now, Senator a great one
from the state of Wisconsin. Senator Ron Johnson, Okay, Senator
Pete hegg Seth got by by the hair on his
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chinny chin chin. We had to have JD. Vance come
down and save him. Now we have RFK, Now we
have TAULCI. What's it looking like. It's very hard to predict.
I think we really need presidential leadership. If he wants
these nominees, he's going to have to fight for him.
Might have to twist a few arms.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (22:50):
I just came from a Republic Center lunch and specifically
talking about Bobby Kennedy's nomination. Just pointed out that, you know,
what Bobby Kennedy wants to do is enormously popular with
the American public. We want to know what is causing
this explosion chronic illness. Honestly, we want to know what
causes autism, the dramatic increase in that tragic, tragic disease.
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So I've gotten know Bobby. He's very science based. If
more science comes along or something more truth is revealed,
he'll change his opinion based on that. So I do
know that a number of my colleagues who I've spoken
with that were skeptical of Bobby before they sat down
and talked with him, came away very very impressed with
his level of knowledge his open mindness as well. So
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again I just asked my cogues to be open, open
minded towards this nomination. And I certainly hope President Trump,
you know, pulls out all the stops to fight for him.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
And Telsey Senator, what are the concerns Let's focus on
him for now.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
What are the concerns with him? Because I mean.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Nothing you said there is even remotely controversial Republican Democrat.
Everybody who wouldn't want us to be healthy or fewer diseases.
Who wouldn't want to dig into autism stuff. So if
there's hesitation, what is it?
Speaker 10 (24:04):
Well, the people who don't want us digging into that.
Remember I had a Health and Nutrition and Second Opinion
event with Bobby Kennedy and doctor Casey Means and other
nutrition experts. One of the I think best snippets of
testimony came from doctor Chris Palmer, a psychiatrist who does
a lot of work on nutrition mental health. He said,
they don't want to know the root cause of these problems.
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So if you're producing a drug or processed food, or
use chemicals and pesticize that type of thing, that might
be a contributor or the main cause.
Speaker 4 (24:34):
Of these things.
Speaker 10 (24:35):
That's going to disrupt your multi billion dollar business model.
So those are the people that may not want to
see the truth revealed on this, but the.
Speaker 4 (24:42):
American people want to know.
Speaker 10 (24:44):
We want to be healthy, healthy, We don't want to
be harmed by chemicals or other toxins.
Speaker 4 (24:49):
We're certainly not pharmaceuticals. So you know what is interesting.
Speaker 10 (24:53):
When I did my unofficial whipcount early on in this process,
whether it's Republican or Democrat Center, the conversation almost where IDENTI.
You know, there's so much that would you know, Bobby's
fighting for and pushing that I just love, you know,
I just really agree with.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
But and the butts were you know.
Speaker 10 (25:08):
Stands on vaccines, uh, you know, impact on a culture
if we start finding that certain pesticides could be a problem.
Just his stance on pro life. I think he's certainly
answered that President Trumpell set the policies there and he'll
absolutely adhere to those things. So, you know, again talking
to people who have who have relayed to me their
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conversation with Bobby that they were very impressed, and you know,
I hope we'll get their support.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Now let's switch gears to something that's more complicated and
a bit more shadowy, Tulsi Gabbart because of the position
she's going for. We've got multiple US Senators saying on
the bubble, John Kennedy on the bubble, Lindsey Graham certainly
sounded like as of this moment, he's a no, although
he had said that and Senate speak, what's to concern
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with Tulsi Gabbert.
Speaker 10 (25:59):
Thinks opposed to gobbling up all of our information and
want a greater privacy, and she's basically now in support
of a program that does protect our First Amendment and
our constitutional rights. So I mean just relies on what
the people are willing to agree. That she has changed
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her position and probably has a little bit more nuanced stance.
Speaker 4 (26:23):
I think probably something that more reflects mine. Listen.
Speaker 10 (26:27):
I want to make sure that law enforcement has the
tools to keep us safe, but I also want to
make sure that law enforcement absolutely protects our constitutional rights.
And I would say that hasn't been true in the past.
We've seen exactly how the fis of courts were lied
to and how some of these programs were used against
the United States President. Because when we last re up
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these programs, we were always told, you showed me one
American citizens whose constitutional rights have been violated. I can
show you President the United States whose constitutional rights are violated.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
So there are problems with that.
Speaker 10 (26:59):
There concerns we need to fix those programs to protect
American's constitutor rights. But I think that's the big question
mark with some of my colleagues, with Chelsea Senator.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
The Phis Accord itself, it was obviously put there as
some sort of a shield. So this couldn't be just abused.
But it's not a shield. I forget what the last
number was that I looked at. It's something like ninety
eight ninety nine percent approval of freaking monkey with a
stamp could go in there and work apparently at the Pizacord.
So if the PHISI Court isn't the shield it should be,
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does a shield exist.
Speaker 10 (27:37):
Well, it hasn't in the past. Let's put it that way.
You know, we're always you know, there's always explained to us.
Speaker 4 (27:43):
The reason is that the FBI was so incredibly careful.
Speaker 10 (27:46):
You know, the people requesting these surveillance techniques were so careful.
I mean, they did their homework and they just provided
the case. It was just almost irrefutable. The vis court
had to go along with it. Now we found out
as not the case. So again that's why these programs
have to be reformed. I voted for realitization in the past,
I wouldn't vote for it in its current form. So
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from that standpoint, I agree with the Telsea Gabrit's a
revised position on this.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Pete haig Seth got through, very grateful he did, but
bare they got through. Now we hear these things today.
Tom Tillis planting stories in the Wall Street Journal, Mitch
McConnell flat out coming out as a no. Were these
no's or were these story plantings? Were these about the
rumors or whatnot? Or was this just about protecting again,
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just like you mentioned with big Pharma, protecting the scam
that is the military industrial complex in this country.
Speaker 10 (28:40):
Now, I can't speak of other centers motivations and the
reasons they voted for against. From my standpoint, my default
position is prus and Trump wanted convincing election victory. He's
the one who decides who he wants serving his cabinet.
He'll be responsible for the people he puts in there.
And my default position barring something that was completely disqualifying.
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And again the last minute rumors, boy that sure had
this the reminder of Brett Kavanaugh.
Speaker 4 (29:09):
So again you can't believe what you know.
Speaker 10 (29:12):
People that the legacy media trots out is trying to
destroy a nominee. So I think most of my colleagues
just ignored that.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Let's talk about spending as we wrap this thing up here.
I'm hearing from people inside of your building that there
is spending bill is coming, big fat spending bill is coming.
Like World War two spending levels that we are apparently.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
Going to keep maintaining. What's going on with the spending.
Speaker 10 (29:39):
So my favorite topic, you know, twenty twenty five is
you know, halfway in the can by the time we're
going to have to deal with that.
Speaker 4 (29:44):
So it's going to be a mess.
Speaker 10 (29:45):
What I'm concentrating on is twenty twenty six and beyond.
We've been stuck at this pandemic level spending. We were
at four point four trillion twenty nineteen, then we went
on a massive spending spree, spent six point six trillion
dollars in twenty twenty basically to reduce it. We've averaged
six point five trillion over the last five years. Last
year we spent six point nine There's no justification for that.
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No family would have, you know, borrow fifty thousand dollars
to pay for medical bills and then when they got well,
keep borrowing the money, keep spending at that level. That's
exactly what Uncle Sam has done. It's unacceptable. So I
proposed a number of alternatives to that. Go back to
Bill Clinton. Increases by population growth, inflation, add today's Social Security, Medicare,
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and interest, he'd be a five point five trillion dollars,
which would match Biden's projected revenue.
Speaker 4 (30:31):
We'd have a balanced budget.
Speaker 10 (30:33):
Again, I don't think Bill Clinton spent too little in
the nineteen ninety eight.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
You could do it with Obama.
Speaker 10 (30:38):
We'd be at six point two or used Trump's last budget.
He submitted the projections for twenty twenty five with landis
at about five and a half trillion dollars, six trillion
dollars when you plus her up for solid security and medicare.
So from my standpoint, that's the range Swummer between five
point five six six point dollars versus the seven trillion
dollars we're gonna spend probably this year. It's it's just
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just completely unsustainable. It's unjustified. And I'm pushing hard. I'm
understanding a budget committee and finance committee, so I've got
some say in terms of what happens here.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Oh gosh, Well, we're rooting for you, Senator, keep going,
Thank you. All right, we have more. First press conference
was today was spicy. Talk about that with Curtis and Reagan.
Speaker 13 (31:24):
Next, Since you're in the back row, I hear you.
I the back row hasn't gotten that much attention in
the last four years. So I'm happy to answer your question.
Speaker 11 (31:39):
Can project.
Speaker 9 (31:41):
Does the President intend to permanently cut off funding to
NGOs that are bringing illegal foreign nationals to the country,
such as Catholic charities.
Speaker 13 (31:49):
I am actually quite certain that the President signed an
executive order that did just that, and I can point
you to that more, Caroline.
Speaker 9 (31:56):
President Trump issued an executive order on increased betting for
refuge use and visa applications. Part of that order was
considering an outbreak ban for countries that have deficient screening
processes as a president considered yet which countries might fall
into this category, or countries like Afghanistan or Syria under
consideration for a full ban.
Speaker 14 (32:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (32:14):
So the President signed in executive order to streamline the
vetting for visa applicants and for illegal immigrants in this
country who are coming, of course from other nations. It
also directed the Secretary of State to review the process
and make sure that other countries around the world are
being completely transparent with our nation in the individuals that
they are sending here. And so the Secretary of State
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has been directed to report back to the President.
Speaker 15 (32:40):
I haven't seen that report yet.
Speaker 13 (32:41):
We've only been here for a few days.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
How about that coherent press conferences from somebody who can
talk and think it's crazy joining me now. Curtis Hawk,
managing editor of the Media Research Center, and a lady
who might look familiar app that video Reagan and Reese,
White House correspondent with.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
The Daily Caller.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
Reagan, since you're the star of the day, we're gonna
go ahead and start with you here. I'm never gonna
be in that briefing room. That would never let me
inside of that place.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
Is it cool? Is it stuffy? Is it miserable? Is
it what is it like?
Speaker 9 (33:18):
Well, actually they might let you in now. Caroline Levitt
announced today at the top of the briefing that they
have this new initiative called the New Media Seat, where
they're going to be allowing, you know, outlets that don't
have a seat in that briefing room. The Daily Caller
is one of those outlets that is blessed to have
a seat in that briefing room. Sit kind of on
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these seats that are off to the side, typically reserved
for White House staff. But it's a lot smaller than
it looks on TV. And today it was extremely hot.
I was sweating because I have never seen that many
people in the briefing room before. People were lined up
standing room only shoulder to shoulder. You couldn't move even
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beyond the briefing room into the west wing area that
is reserved for press. Just everyone desperately trying to get
a question from Caroline Lovett today.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
How about that, Curtis, you are a glutton for punishment
who consumes these things for a living.
Speaker 2 (34:16):
Would you make it today's pressent?
Speaker 14 (34:18):
Yeah, Jesse, I've been watching briefing since the last year
of the Obama administration with Josh Ernest, so I've been
around the block a few times, and it was really
interesting to see in some of the notes that I
jotted down as I was listening to her, Caroline speak
to Reagan and all sorts of other reporters. She had
substance and she was firm. It was declarative. It was
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kind of like, yeah, I was drinking from a fire hose.
It's like a press conference listening to President Trump. So
on this first briefing, she's already representing the president. Well,
she's worked for him for a number of years, obviously
by our buddy Seger and Jetty's counts. He pegged at
about twenty one, twenty two different outlets that were calling on,
and that was the thing. Jesse, the AP eight, CBS,
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even Fox News, CNN, they all still got their questions,
and they were all still called on, but they only
got one.
Speaker 11 (35:08):
Or two questions because Caroline kept things moving.
Speaker 14 (35:10):
She kept going to include people like Reagan at the
Daily Caller or friends at the New York Post, right
Side Broadcasting or oan excuse me, turning point USA.
Speaker 11 (35:20):
Breitbart's Boyle MATC. Boyle was the second question.
Speaker 14 (35:24):
The first question went to axios is Mike Allen, So,
I think it's just a breath of fresh air to
cover all sorts of outlets that cover all sorts of
American you know, walks of American life, including April Ryan.
Speaker 11 (35:35):
If that kind of thing interests you, it doesn't.
Speaker 2 (35:38):
It doesn't interest me even that much.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
But Reagan, do you get the impression that these established
and you know, the ABCNBC, CBS, did you get the
impression they were annoyed that other different outlets, yourself included,
are now allowed at the table or they are they
looking down at you like they're at the cool kids table.
Speaker 2 (35:56):
What's it like with them?
Speaker 11 (35:58):
Oh? Totally.
Speaker 9 (36:00):
So it's actually like this unspoken rule that the first
question is supposed to go to the Associated Press, and
when Caroline toss the first questions to these new media
chairs Axios and Breitbart, I feel like there was a
tension in the room, and I wish I could have
seen the faces of the correspondence. Even beforehand, I heard
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chatter from my colleagues around me who were anxious about
what possible changes that Caroline Levitt would be announcing at
the top of the press briefing to the briefing room,
you know, worried that it's going to take away this
privilege that they have. And also another key sign that
the media is a little uneasy with the current setup
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is that the room absolutely erupted when Caroline said that
she wouldn't be taking any more questions. I cannot think
of the last time that the room erupted. When Karine
Jean Pierre walked off and said that she wasn't going
to take any more questions, there was no real hunger
to keep asking career John Pierre more questions, and there
should have been, because we saw her far more than
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we see the president. And even in this past week,
President Trump has taken questions eleven times from the press.
That is nearly double the amount of times that President
Biden spoke to the press in his first week. And
so yeah, there's definitely a little bit of frustration, and
I'm curious to see how this all boils over.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
I love it. Their pain nourishes me.
Speaker 1 (37:28):
Curtis, in other news, Jim Acosta, well, he rage quit
on air.
Speaker 12 (37:34):
Is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant.
I've always believed it's the job of the press to
hold power to account. I've always tried to do that
here at CNN, and I plan on going doing all
of that in the future. One final message, don't give
into the lies. Don't give into the fear. Hold on
to the truth and to hope. Even if you have
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to get out your phone, record that message. I will
not give into the lies. I will not give into
the fear. Post it on your social media so people
can hear from you too.
Speaker 1 (38:09):
Okay, Curtis, could you please explain this, because Jim Acosta
should get down on his knees every night and thank
the good Lord above that there's any outlet that will
pay him to be a talentless loser on television. Why
would he quit an outlet that's paying him to do so.
Was this one of these quit or be fired type things?
Speaker 14 (38:29):
Yes, I was going to say he's I think CNN
put him in a position where he wasn't going to
be laid off, so he had to be you can't
fire me. I quit situations. He was the chance to
go to midnight eastern to two am. Of course that
didn't want to do that. It's speaking of like bowing
and praying on our knees at night. You know, Jim
Acosta wants a world while we all get on our
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knees and pray and thank Jim Acosta for the work
that he has done on behalf of the country. He
wants to portray himself as a martyr like Toby maguire
Spider Man at the end Spider Man two when he's
passed like he's on a cross through the back of
the subway car after he saves all those people. Jim
Acosta is the most pompous prick that exists in the
liberal media. He's the perfect caricature for the first Trump
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era and almost single handedly a source or symbol foil
for why the press have lost their credibility, why the
people at the front of the room are going to
get way less attention this time around than they did
in the first administration, and why people like Reagan in
the back are gonna get.
Speaker 11 (39:29):
Way more attention.
Speaker 14 (39:31):
You know, his little hogwashed book failed, you know, going
to mornings failed, going to evening or weekend nights failed.
Speaker 4 (39:39):
Jim A.
Speaker 14 (39:40):
Costa is probably gonna go to a substack now or
something stupid like that.
Speaker 11 (39:42):
He's good enough, like one of these John Harwood types.
Speaker 14 (39:44):
He's just gonna be a poster on Blue Sky or
Macedon or whatever, shouting into the void like he's some
anchorman when actually he's just some loser talking to himself
in the corner.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
He strikes me as a guy who would have one
of those real limpristed handshakes, you know, like you're shaking hands.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
With the dead fish. I bet he is Reagan. Have
you ever shaking his hand? Is? Does he have a
limp wristed handshake?
Speaker 9 (40:08):
No, I've never seen him. I think they pulled him
off the White House beat before I had the opportunity,
do you know, the honor and the privilege to get
that handshake.
Speaker 1 (40:15):
So maybe next time Reagan, who's the biggest jerk in
the corporate press you've met, be honest.
Speaker 9 (40:22):
Oh that's a tough one. I've had some run ins
with some NBC reporters when I was down on the
floor actually at the rn C. His first name's Garrett,
his last name's escaping me. Took it like the prayer. Yes,
took a live hit during the during the prayer at
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the rn C. I tweeted about it because delegates started
hitting him and yelling at him and telling him, you know,
you don't do a live hit during the prayer. And
once you realized that my tweet was going viral, he
turned around and said to me, you know, you can
introduce yourself before you tweet about me, to which I
just shrud and walked away.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
But I love that. Keep abusing on you too.
Speaker 1 (41:06):
Appreciate you both. Come back soon. All right, I'm not
done yet. Hang on, it is time to lighten the mood.
And I don't know, maybe this is going to darken
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your mood. Darkened mind. Remember all the drones. The drones
crossed the East coast and we were told that it
was you know, Chinese gravity propulsion systems and aliens and stuff,
and I wanted so badly for it to be something
cool like that. But Caroline Levitt today at the press
conference kind of shotholes in that.
Speaker 15 (41:47):
Big date on the New Jersey drones. After research and study,
the drones that were flying over New Jersey and large
numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for
research and various other reasons. Many of these jones were
also hobbyists, recreational and private individuals that enjoy flying jones
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in meantime, in time it got worse due to curiosity.
This was not the enemy. A statement from the President
of the United States to start this briefing with some
news and with that, I will turn it over to
questions and we will begin.
Speaker 1 (42:26):
I wanted it to be aliens. I guess it wasn't.
But anyway, for light in the mood. We had a
hilarious moment at a PTA meeting.
Speaker 2 (42:37):
When I went to his bedroom to.
Speaker 4 (42:40):
Say good night and he was crying.
Speaker 9 (42:44):
Because of the abuse that he was endured in this
school system.
Speaker 4 (42:48):
Then why didn't you stay in Mexico?
Speaker 8 (43:03):
You me the week
Speaker 2 (43:10):
I'll see them, aw
Are some of Trump's cabinet picks in trouble? They are,
and I we'll explain why, what's happening behind the scenes.
Tonight we had our first press conference with Caroline Levitt.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
We have a reporter who was there.
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Talking about the mood in a room, all that Senator
Ron Johnson and more coming up on them right I
think Donald Trump has some cabinet picks that are in trouble,
that are in danger of not getting confirmed. And to
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talk we're about to have right now, We're about to
talk about the why, and this will come to Pete
hag Seth and then it'll get to RFK and Tulsey Gabbert.
But I feel for our new viewers and for those
who need a refresher, we need to discuss the system first,
what it is, because this.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Will explain why we have all this maneuvering.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Behind the scenes to stop these cabinet picks. What we
have in this country right now is what I call
the system. People will use different words for it doesn't
matter what word you prefer. The cathedral, the regime.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
The swamp, maybe even works. But what do all these
things mean? What these words mean?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
What it means is our country, as happens to many
wealthy countries over a long enough period of time, ceased
being ruled being led by patriots, you know, flawed people,
but patriots that stopped. And now our country is only
led by corrupt scumbags. They run our major institutions, the
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institutions that matter, and you know, the institutions should all
be separate. Of course, ideally you want well for our
purposes right now.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
You want the.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Government and really the defense industry. There needs to be
some separation there. The government in the pharmaceutical industry. You
can't have them joining forces. They need to be separate.
You see, Institutions need to be separate. But when you
have a country that's led by evil people, they will
look around. Eventually they'll look at each other, the leaders
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of the institutions, and they'll say, hey, what if we
just work together. We're competing here, but if we join
forces and work together, we can get more money, we
can get more power. Of course, the American people will
be screwed and the country itself will hurt, but none
of that matters to us. We don't think about America.
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Let's work together. That's what we have in various ways
across this country. You have a central intelligence agency working
with American media companies, working with the pharmaceutical industry.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
This general, he.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Works for the military one day, defense contractors.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
The next day. You have this.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Huge system of looters, bank robbers who figured out they
can rob the Bank of America, then rob the Bank
of America more easily if they simply work together, if
they work together against us, they can line their pockets.
That is the system, that is what we have now.
And so I need to explain what you're seeing in
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the United States Senate and why you're seeing it. Pete
hak Seth, Pete hag Seth came out, got confirmed, sounded great,
first day on the job.
Speaker 3 (03:26):
Fully support on removing DEI inside the Pentagon, reinstating troops
who were pushed out because of COVID mandates, Iron.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Dome for America.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
This is happening quickly, and at the Secretary Defense, it's
an honor to salute smartly, as I did as a
junior officer and now as the Secretary Defense, to mature
these orders are complied with rapidly and quickly. Every moment
that I'm here, I'm thinking about the guys and gals
inguam in Germany, Fort Benning and Fort Bragg on miss
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defense sites and aircraft carriers. Our job is the dality
and readiness and war fighting.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
We're going to hold people accountable.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
Sounds good, right, But why was it so close at all?
Jd Vance had to take the VP position of tie breaker,
had to go down to the Senate and cast the
tie breaking vote. Pete Hegseth got in there by one vote.
(04:32):
Why was it close? Well, let's talk about that. Let's
focus on the Mitch McConnell angle. Yes, there is a
Mitch McConnell versus Donald Trump angle. You could certainly talk about,
and we've talked about that in the past. Those two
men hate each other. But we'll set that aside. Why
in the world would Mitch McConnell, a guy who happily
voted for most of Joe Biden's cabinet picks, why would
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you vote for Pete Hegseth?
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Was it? Was it the scandal?
Speaker 1 (04:58):
But you know what pause on that from a Let's
talk about the scandal, because right before the confirmation vote,
there was all of a sudden, a brand new scandal
about Pete.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Hag Seth, his brother's uncles, dogs.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Sister, said Pete was a frightening person, and it ran
in the Wall Street Journal.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Why did it run in the Wall Street Journal.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Well, because Republican governor, Republican governor, Republican Senator Tom Tillis.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Tom Tillis, he's.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
The one who encouraged this witness to throw baseless accusations.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Into the Wall Street Journal.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
He had her do that because Tom Tillis wanted not
only to vote against Pete hag Seth, he wanted other
senators to vote against Pete Hegseth. Why did Mitch McConnell
vote against Pete hagg Seth.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Why did these things happen?
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Was that the salacious accusations, Well, that doesn't make any
sense because even a fifth grader can read the accusations.
Wait a minute, and none of this is real. This
is heard from a guy who heard from a guy.
None of it's legit. You can't vote against someone anyone knows.
Anyone who reads into it knows it's not the accusations.
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So why would Mitch McConnell vote against it? Why would
Lisa Murkowski vote against it? Why did Tom Tillis try
to stop Pete Hegsath If it's not the accusations. Why, well,
let's talk about the system again, shall we.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
What is the purpose of the system. What are they
there to do?
Speaker 1 (06:37):
They are there to loot the treasury of the United
States of America. That's where all our institutions. Now, that's
what all of their aims are join together. Loot the treasury.
That's the idea. Do you have any earthly idea? How
much money is spent on defense in this country? It
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is aging amount of money. But who does that money
get spent on? Well, of course, some of it goes
to the military itself. A lot of it goes to
the defense contractors who design to produce large numbers of
munitions and weapons systems and things like that. Now, what
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do they do with all that money in the defense industry?
They get all this money coming from the government. They
want to do the evil thing and ensure that, no
matter what, more and more and more money comes their way,
whether or not they need it. So they in turn
spend gigantic sums of money on politicians campaign donations, if
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you will, large campaign donations to Republican senators. So Republican
senators are highly highly invested, just like Democrat senators are
are highly invested.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
In keeping the scam going. Hey guys, we're in the
bank fault.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
We've got all the safe deposit boxes open, we got
all this money in the bags. Don't stop us, keep
it going.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
My goodness, highly invested.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
We're talking not millions, not even billions. Trillions of dollars
are at stake. If Pete Hegseth gets in there and
does what he has already threatened to do, and that's
break up the corrupt cabal of the military industrial complex
in this country. Why did senators try to torpedo his nomination.
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That has nothing to do with some booze or some chicks.
That has everything to do with money. The robbers are
in the bank, they are looting the treasury, and the
thought that that might change, well, it meant Pete barely
got in. And that brings me to the point of
my conversation here. I'm starting to get very, very very
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concerned about the Tulsie gap types, the RFK junior types.
I'm even starting to hear senators talk about it. Here
was Kennedy.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
If a nominee act like a complete meet head or
start screaming like he or she's part of a prison, right,
you know, people are going to say, WHOA, we need
to take a second look. But short of that, I
think most, if not all, will be confirmed. The one
who's motion on the bubble, as you know as well
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as I do, is Tulsia Gabbard.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
On the bubble. Huh. Lindsey Graham talked about that.
Speaker 6 (09:41):
Do you trust Tulsa Gabbard with the nation's most closely
held secret?
Speaker 7 (09:45):
Senator, I tend to vote for almost everybody at both parties,
but I want to see how the hearing goes. Why
did you go to to Syria? What did you do
regarding the side. Why do you think Edward Snowden should
be hell as a hero? I certainly don't. We'll see
how the hearing goes. But in her favor, Richard Burr
is going to introduce her, and he's one of my
dearest friends.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
So we'll see.
Speaker 8 (10:04):
Senator, can you say right now are you a yes
on Tulsi Gabbard?
Speaker 7 (10:08):
I'm going to see how the hearing goes. I'm inclined
to bs on everybody, but there's some questions she will
be asked that I want to hear the answers to.
Speaker 9 (10:15):
So you're a will see not a yet.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
The rumor has it that Mitch McConnell is a no,
and so is Lindsey Graham as of this moment. Why
is it because Tulsi went to Syria? Is it because
she wants Edward snowed?
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Now?
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Why are they potentially going to torpedo RFK as well?
Is it because it doesn't like the vaccine or whatnot? Well,
we just talked about Pete, the truions at stake with
the military industrial complex, how much money is at stake
with the pharmaceutical industry, how much money and power are
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at stake in the intelligence institutions of this country.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
I'm worried.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
I warned you some time ago that the GOP sidate
was going to be a problem, and I'm officially worried,
and I think they're going to be a problem. All
that may have made you uncomfortable, but I'm right. Pure
Talk's never a problem. Pure Talk's wonderful. All this talk
about making things in America. We need American jobs America first.
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Pure talk doesn't just say that they hire Americans, something
that frustrates me to no ends. You can't get on
the phone with anybody today who speaks freaking English. Pure
talk hires Americans right here in America, and when you
switch your cell phone service, you get to speak to
an American.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Why are they patriotic like that? Oh?
Speaker 1 (11:45):
I don't know their CEO. Walk the jungles of Vietnam.
Two tours the patriotic cell phone company that will save
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Speaker 2 (12:03):
We'll be back.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
It's time for the rubber to meet the road for
RFK Junior. Now, I'm rooting hard for RFK Junior. I
want him to get in and I want him to
mix things up with the corrupt health cabal we have
in this country. But I am concerned, officially concerned. Leak's
coming out all over the place. Jack Pisoba talking about today,
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Mitch McConnell's and no, Lindsey Grahams might be a know crazy,
how corrupt. Even the Republican Party is joining me.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Now.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
Angela Stanton King's senior advisor to RFK Junior. Okay, Angela,
you're the senior advisor. I want him in there. I'm
pretty sure you want him in there. Is he gonna
get in there?
Speaker 8 (12:53):
I believe he is. You know, I believe that this
is not a matter of politics. This is a matter
of people, and I think that we are all tired
of the fighting right and it's time for us to
put people over party who doesn't want to be healthy,
you know, making America healthy, making sure that our children
are healthy. This is not a political issue. It's kind
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of just the right thing to do. The last four
years have passed. We all had to experience it, those
of us that were blessed enough to live through it,
and we know that there are some serious health concerns
that need to be addressed in our country, not only
that my community in particularly. We know that there has
been high rates of heart disease, autism, sickle cell anemia,
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all type of things that impact our community, cancer and
we need to look into it. You know, is there
another route to making sure that America is healthy? And
I don't think that anyone should have a problem with that.
And I know that we're hearing a lot of stuff,
but I think that just kind of comes with the territory.
I don't really have any doubts at all. I strongly
believe that OURFK is going to get in and I
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strongly support the Unity Party. I believe that Trump and
our of care are going to make one hell of
a difference, and I'm here to witness it.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Angela, can you explain why anyone would oppose the things
you're talking about? Some things, I mean, like you mentioned
in the beginning, they go beyond politics, Republican, Democrat, whatever.
But surely everyone wants everyone to be healthy. Surely everyone
wants someone to look into the food and to the
drugs we take, and to the thing.
Speaker 2 (14:27):
Why is that controversial?
Speaker 8 (14:29):
Well, I guess you probably have to look into some
people's pockets and see where their money.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Is coming from.
Speaker 8 (14:34):
You know, we sometimes to you know, fall silent or
fight for things that keep them rich. You know, when
it comes to making a decision, to doing the right
thing or keeping your pockets fat and worrying about yourself.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
You know, there are some people.
Speaker 8 (14:49):
That do that. But I think overall, America's winning, the
spirit of America's winning, the American people are winning, And
I have faith that Bobby is going to be confirmed.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
On some morrow.
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Tell people about your background.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
For those unfamiliar with you, I obviously am, But what's
your story?
Speaker 8 (15:08):
Wow, I've got an awesome book out there called King Trump. Kennedy,
and it tells the story of me being rescued by King.
Speaker 4 (15:16):
Pardoned by Trump.
Speaker 8 (15:17):
In position by Kennedy about twenty one years ago, I
spent some time in a Georgia state prison on a
non violent crime, and there I gave birth to my daughter,
chain to a bed, got out.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Of prison with nowhere to go.
Speaker 8 (15:30):
I ended up falling into the hands of Alvida King,
working with her and her family on community restoration for
twenty years. Then Trump ran for office. He was working
on criminal justice reform. Alvida asked me if I go
in and share my story.
Speaker 10 (15:45):
I went in.
Speaker 8 (15:46):
Trump not only made it illegal for them to chain
women to the bed during childbirth, but he also passed
the First Step Act, and he gave me a full
and unconditional pardon. I continued to work with the Trump
administration on criminal justice reform and then COVID hit and
that's when I met Robert F. Kennedy and I ended
up going across America with Robert F. Kennedy and defeat
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the mandates, fighting for our medical freedom. And then that
led to me being a senior advisor on his campaign
and also being partially responsible for bringing him and Trump
together and forming the Unity Party, And it just tells
the story about how the most unlikely of alliances can
come together, fight for what's right, and do what's best
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for the American people.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
Angela, You've got to walk us through that, because I
came out of nowhere.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
For me, I do this for a living.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
And you wake up one day and Trump's got RFK
on stage with him at a rally and everyone's cheering
for him, and it was out of nowhere. It's all like,
my goodness, everyone came together. How'd you pull that one off?
Speaker 8 (16:46):
Well, I kind of always knew in the beginning, because
in the beginning, honestly, I thought that they were gonna
run Michelle Obama. I didn't know it was going to
be Kamala. And I'm saying, that's up. I said, in
order for us to beat the Democrats, we're going to
need a unity ticket. We're going to need a Trump
and at Kennedy. So I was hoping that Kennedy maybe
would accept the position of VP.
Speaker 11 (17:08):
He didn't want to do that. They somehow worked it out.
Speaker 8 (17:10):
I just constantly would advise Kennedy on the benefits of
us coming together and being a representation of unity because
unity is what we needed, Unity is what we have now,
and unity is why this country is moving forward.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Angela.
Speaker 1 (17:27):
One of the things Trump did, I think there was
one day in is Well. Here he was announcing the
declassification of the JFKRFK and MLK files.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Here he was, lastly, sir, we have an executive order ordering.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
The declassification of files relating to the assassinations of President
John F.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Kennedy, Senator Robert F.
Speaker 4 (17:47):
Kennedy, and Reverend doctor Martin Luther King. Junazi A big one, huh.
Speaker 7 (17:52):
A lot of people are waiting for this, were along.
Speaker 12 (17:54):
For years, for decades, and everything will be revealed.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Angela.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
Obviously there's a family connection that I realized. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Was your uncle, if I remember that correctly. But what
are your thoughts on any of this? Me personally, I'm
king Sinek. I think it's gonna be a bunch of
black marker on a white piece of paper.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
But what do I know?
Speaker 8 (18:24):
Yeah, Martin is actually the uncle of my godmom, Alvida King,
and that's how the family connection comes in there. But
here's the thing I think that you know a lot
of us, the average everyday man, we're excited about the
release of these files because.
Speaker 4 (18:37):
We want to know the truth, we want to know
what's in them.
Speaker 8 (18:39):
But then you have the other side that you've got
to think about. You've got to think about my godmom
Alvida and her cousins Bernice, and how they feel having
to relive this, having to read this, have to you know,
to experience this pain and this trauma. Again, the same thing.
You know for my guy, Robert F. Kennedy Junior, you
got too. You can't imagine the type of impact this
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is happening on him and his family to have to
relive these moments, you know, the assassination of not only
John F. Kennedy, but you know, his dad, Robert F.
Speaker 11 (19:09):
Kennedy.
Speaker 8 (19:09):
So one of the things that I'd like to say
is as we go through this revelation of truth, is
that we keep the families in mind that were impacted.
And then the next question is do we how much
can we trust what's being released.
Speaker 2 (19:22):
In these files.
Speaker 8 (19:23):
Like when it comes to Martin Luther King, there are
claims of him being tied to Marxism and being a communist,
but you know, the King legacy is nonviolent. It is
proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Martin Luther King Junior
led peaceful protests, and he even you know, got into
it with other people from his own community that wanted
him to be violent. The King family legacy still stands
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on non violence today. So you know, I live through
the Black Lives Matter riots, and I know the difference
between a peaceful protest and completely burning down and demolishing
your communities. And that is not what Martin Luther King
Jor stood for, and that is not what his legacy represents.
So the question is that, although these files were released,
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how much of it can we actually believe because at
the end of the day, these are the same people
that conspired to murder them all.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
Are you trying to say you don't trust the FBI
when it comes to Martin Luther King Jr.
Speaker 8 (20:20):
I'm trying to say I don't trust the FBI when
it comes to anything. So that's just my opinion. So
I'll have a little more trust now maybe that Trump's in.
But I mean, I just I was there. I was
in Washington, DC on January sixth, and I got a
letter of stating that I was being investigated, and I
was nowhere near the Capitol, So I don't know who
to trust these days.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Angela, appreciate you. Come back soon.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
All right, we have more, Senator Ron Johnson joins us. Next,
I'm going to tell him my fears about what's happening
with these cabinet picks. See what he's hearing inside the
walls of the horrible United States Senate. Before we get
to Ron Johnson, let's get to you. Let's get you
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Speaker 2 (21:41):
We'll be back Donald J.
Speaker 6 (21:51):
Trump is the person who determines whose his cabinet is
not these publications that I think, frankly have lost relevance. Well,
the Senate will provide advice and consent as its constitutional obligation,
but I feel confident that Tulca Gabbard will ultimately get through.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
I don't share that confidence, especially after what happened with
Pete hegg Seth. I'm not entirely confident about RFK Junior either,
But then again, I talk on the television for a living,
and Senator Ron Johnson's actually there, so maybe we should
rely on him joining me. Now, Senator a great one
from the state of Wisconsin. Senator Ron Johnson, Okay, Senator
Pete hegg Seth got by by the hair on his
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chinny chin chin. We had to have JD. Vance come
down and save him. Now we have RFK, Now we
have TAULCI. What's it looking like. It's very hard to predict.
I think we really need presidential leadership. If he wants
these nominees, he's going to have to fight for him.
Might have to twist a few arms.
Speaker 4 (22:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (22:50):
I just came from a Republic Center lunch and specifically
talking about Bobby Kennedy's nomination. Just pointed out that, you know,
what Bobby Kennedy wants to do is enormously popular with
the American public. We want to know what is causing
this explosion chronic illness. Honestly, we want to know what
causes autism, the dramatic increase in that tragic, tragic disease.
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So I've gotten know Bobby. He's very science based. If
more science comes along or something more truth is revealed,
he'll change his opinion based on that. So I do
know that a number of my colleagues who I've spoken
with that were skeptical of Bobby before they sat down
and talked with him, came away very very impressed with
his level of knowledge his open mindness as well. So
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again I just asked my cogues to be open, open
minded towards this nomination. And I certainly hope President Trump,
you know, pulls out all the stops to fight for him.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
And Telsey Senator, what are the concerns Let's focus on
him for now.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
What are the concerns with him? Because I mean.
Speaker 1 (23:51):
Nothing you said there is even remotely controversial Republican Democrat.
Everybody who wouldn't want us to be healthy or fewer diseases.
Who wouldn't want to dig into autism stuff. So if
there's hesitation, what is it?
Speaker 10 (24:04):
Well, the people who don't want us digging into that.
Remember I had a Health and Nutrition and Second Opinion
event with Bobby Kennedy and doctor Casey Means and other
nutrition experts. One of the I think best snippets of
testimony came from doctor Chris Palmer, a psychiatrist who does
a lot of work on nutrition mental health. He said,
they don't want to know the root cause of these problems.
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So if you're producing a drug or processed food, or
use chemicals and pesticize that type of thing, that might
be a contributor or the main cause.
Speaker 4 (24:34):
Of these things.
Speaker 10 (24:35):
That's going to disrupt your multi billion dollar business model.
So those are the people that may not want to
see the truth revealed on this, but the.
Speaker 4 (24:42):
American people want to know.
Speaker 10 (24:44):
We want to be healthy, healthy, We don't want to
be harmed by chemicals or other toxins.
Speaker 4 (24:49):
We're certainly not pharmaceuticals. So you know what is interesting.
Speaker 10 (24:53):
When I did my unofficial whipcount early on in this process,
whether it's Republican or Democrat Center, the conversation almost where IDENTI.
You know, there's so much that would you know, Bobby's
fighting for and pushing that I just love, you know,
I just really agree with.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
But and the butts were you know.
Speaker 10 (25:08):
Stands on vaccines, uh, you know, impact on a culture
if we start finding that certain pesticides could be a problem.
Just his stance on pro life. I think he's certainly
answered that President Trumpell set the policies there and he'll
absolutely adhere to those things. So, you know, again talking
to people who have who have relayed to me their
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conversation with Bobby that they were very impressed, and you know,
I hope we'll get their support.
Speaker 1 (25:36):
Now let's switch gears to something that's more complicated and
a bit more shadowy, Tulsi Gabbart because of the position
she's going for. We've got multiple US Senators saying on
the bubble, John Kennedy on the bubble, Lindsey Graham certainly
sounded like as of this moment, he's a no, although
he had said that and Senate speak, what's to concern
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with Tulsi Gabbert.
Speaker 10 (25:59):
Thinks opposed to gobbling up all of our information and
want a greater privacy, and she's basically now in support
of a program that does protect our First Amendment and
our constitutional rights. So I mean just relies on what
the people are willing to agree. That she has changed
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her position and probably has a little bit more nuanced stance.
Speaker 4 (26:23):
I think probably something that more reflects mine. Listen.
Speaker 10 (26:27):
I want to make sure that law enforcement has the
tools to keep us safe, but I also want to
make sure that law enforcement absolutely protects our constitutional rights.
And I would say that hasn't been true in the past.
We've seen exactly how the fis of courts were lied
to and how some of these programs were used against
the United States President. Because when we last re up
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these programs, we were always told, you showed me one
American citizens whose constitutional rights have been violated. I can
show you President the United States whose constitutional rights are violated.
Speaker 4 (26:58):
So there are problems with that.
Speaker 10 (26:59):
There concerns we need to fix those programs to protect
American's constitutor rights. But I think that's the big question
mark with some of my colleagues, with Chelsea Senator.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
The Phis Accord itself, it was obviously put there as
some sort of a shield. So this couldn't be just abused.
But it's not a shield. I forget what the last
number was that I looked at. It's something like ninety
eight ninety nine percent approval of freaking monkey with a
stamp could go in there and work apparently at the Pizacord.
So if the PHISI Court isn't the shield it should be,
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does a shield exist.
Speaker 10 (27:37):
Well, it hasn't in the past. Let's put it that way.
You know, we're always you know, there's always explained to us.
Speaker 4 (27:43):
The reason is that the FBI was so incredibly careful.
Speaker 10 (27:46):
You know, the people requesting these surveillance techniques were so careful.
I mean, they did their homework and they just provided
the case. It was just almost irrefutable. The vis court
had to go along with it. Now we found out
as not the case. So again that's why these programs
have to be reformed. I voted for realitization in the past,
I wouldn't vote for it in its current form. So
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from that standpoint, I agree with the Telsea Gabrit's a
revised position on this.
Speaker 1 (28:15):
Pete haig Seth got through, very grateful he did, but
bare they got through. Now we hear these things today.
Tom Tillis planting stories in the Wall Street Journal, Mitch
McConnell flat out coming out as a no. Were these
no's or were these story plantings? Were these about the
rumors or whatnot? Or was this just about protecting again,
(28:35):
just like you mentioned with big Pharma, protecting the scam
that is the military industrial complex in this country.
Speaker 10 (28:40):
Now, I can't speak of other centers motivations and the
reasons they voted for against. From my standpoint, my default
position is prus and Trump wanted convincing election victory. He's
the one who decides who he wants serving his cabinet.
He'll be responsible for the people he puts in there.
And my default position barring something that was completely disqualifying.
(29:03):
And again the last minute rumors, boy that sure had
this the reminder of Brett Kavanaugh.
Speaker 4 (29:09):
So again you can't believe what you know.
Speaker 10 (29:12):
People that the legacy media trots out is trying to
destroy a nominee. So I think most of my colleagues
just ignored that.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Let's talk about spending as we wrap this thing up here.
I'm hearing from people inside of your building that there
is spending bill is coming, big fat spending bill is coming.
Like World War two spending levels that we are apparently.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
Going to keep maintaining. What's going on with the spending.
Speaker 10 (29:39):
So my favorite topic, you know, twenty twenty five is
you know, halfway in the can by the time we're
going to have to deal with that.
Speaker 4 (29:44):
So it's going to be a mess.
Speaker 10 (29:45):
What I'm concentrating on is twenty twenty six and beyond.
We've been stuck at this pandemic level spending. We were
at four point four trillion twenty nineteen, then we went
on a massive spending spree, spent six point six trillion
dollars in twenty twenty basically to reduce it. We've averaged
six point five trillion over the last five years. Last
year we spent six point nine There's no justification for that.
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No family would have, you know, borrow fifty thousand dollars
to pay for medical bills and then when they got well,
keep borrowing the money, keep spending at that level. That's
exactly what Uncle Sam has done. It's unacceptable. So I
proposed a number of alternatives to that. Go back to
Bill Clinton. Increases by population growth, inflation, add today's Social Security, Medicare,
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and interest, he'd be a five point five trillion dollars,
which would match Biden's projected revenue.
Speaker 4 (30:31):
We'd have a balanced budget.
Speaker 10 (30:33):
Again, I don't think Bill Clinton spent too little in
the nineteen ninety eight.
Speaker 4 (30:37):
You could do it with Obama.
Speaker 10 (30:38):
We'd be at six point two or used Trump's last budget.
He submitted the projections for twenty twenty five with landis
at about five and a half trillion dollars, six trillion
dollars when you plus her up for solid security and medicare.
So from my standpoint, that's the range Swummer between five
point five six six point dollars versus the seven trillion
dollars we're gonna spend probably this year. It's it's just
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just completely unsustainable. It's unjustified. And I'm pushing hard. I'm
understanding a budget committee and finance committee, so I've got
some say in terms of what happens here.
Speaker 1 (31:12):
Oh gosh, Well, we're rooting for you, Senator, keep going,
Thank you. All right, we have more. First press conference
was today was spicy. Talk about that with Curtis and Reagan.
Speaker 13 (31:24):
Next, Since you're in the back row, I hear you.
I the back row hasn't gotten that much attention in
the last four years. So I'm happy to answer your question.
Speaker 11 (31:39):
Can project.
Speaker 9 (31:41):
Does the President intend to permanently cut off funding to
NGOs that are bringing illegal foreign nationals to the country,
such as Catholic charities.
Speaker 13 (31:49):
I am actually quite certain that the President signed an
executive order that did just that, and I can point
you to that more, Caroline.
Speaker 9 (31:56):
President Trump issued an executive order on increased betting for
refuge use and visa applications. Part of that order was
considering an outbreak ban for countries that have deficient screening
processes as a president considered yet which countries might fall
into this category, or countries like Afghanistan or Syria under
consideration for a full ban.
Speaker 14 (32:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 13 (32:14):
So the President signed in executive order to streamline the
vetting for visa applicants and for illegal immigrants in this
country who are coming, of course from other nations. It
also directed the Secretary of State to review the process
and make sure that other countries around the world are
being completely transparent with our nation in the individuals that
they are sending here. And so the Secretary of State
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has been directed to report back to the President.
Speaker 15 (32:40):
I haven't seen that report yet.
Speaker 13 (32:41):
We've only been here for a few days.
Speaker 1 (32:46):
How about that coherent press conferences from somebody who can
talk and think it's crazy joining me now. Curtis Hawk,
managing editor of the Media Research Center, and a lady
who might look familiar app that video Reagan and Reese,
White House correspondent with.
Speaker 2 (33:02):
The Daily Caller.
Speaker 1 (33:03):
Reagan, since you're the star of the day, we're gonna
go ahead and start with you here. I'm never gonna
be in that briefing room. That would never let me
inside of that place.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
Is it cool? Is it stuffy? Is it miserable? Is
it what is it like?
Speaker 9 (33:18):
Well, actually they might let you in now. Caroline Levitt
announced today at the top of the briefing that they
have this new initiative called the New Media Seat, where
they're going to be allowing, you know, outlets that don't
have a seat in that briefing room. The Daily Caller
is one of those outlets that is blessed to have
a seat in that briefing room. Sit kind of on
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these seats that are off to the side, typically reserved
for White House staff. But it's a lot smaller than
it looks on TV. And today it was extremely hot.
I was sweating because I have never seen that many
people in the briefing room before. People were lined up
standing room only shoulder to shoulder. You couldn't move even
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beyond the briefing room into the west wing area that
is reserved for press. Just everyone desperately trying to get
a question from Caroline Lovett today.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
How about that, Curtis, you are a glutton for punishment
who consumes these things for a living.
Speaker 2 (34:16):
Would you make it today's pressent?
Speaker 14 (34:18):
Yeah, Jesse, I've been watching briefing since the last year
of the Obama administration with Josh Ernest, so I've been
around the block a few times, and it was really
interesting to see in some of the notes that I
jotted down as I was listening to her, Caroline speak
to Reagan and all sorts of other reporters. She had
substance and she was firm. It was declarative. It was
(34:39):
kind of like, yeah, I was drinking from a fire hose.
It's like a press conference listening to President Trump. So
on this first briefing, she's already representing the president. Well,
she's worked for him for a number of years, obviously
by our buddy Seger and Jetty's counts. He pegged at
about twenty one, twenty two different outlets that were calling on,
and that was the thing. Jesse, the AP eight, CBS,
(35:02):
even Fox News, CNN, they all still got their questions,
and they were all still called on, but they only
got one.
Speaker 11 (35:08):
Or two questions because Caroline kept things moving.
Speaker 14 (35:10):
She kept going to include people like Reagan at the
Daily Caller or friends at the New York Post, right
Side Broadcasting or oan excuse me, turning point USA.
Speaker 11 (35:20):
Breitbart's Boyle MATC. Boyle was the second question.
Speaker 14 (35:24):
The first question went to axios is Mike Allen, So,
I think it's just a breath of fresh air to
cover all sorts of outlets that cover all sorts of
American you know, walks of American life, including April Ryan.
Speaker 11 (35:35):
If that kind of thing interests you, it doesn't.
Speaker 2 (35:38):
It doesn't interest me even that much.
Speaker 1 (35:40):
But Reagan, do you get the impression that these established
and you know, the ABCNBC, CBS, did you get the
impression they were annoyed that other different outlets, yourself included,
are now allowed at the table or they are they
looking down at you like they're at the cool kids table.
Speaker 2 (35:56):
What's it like with them?
Speaker 11 (35:58):
Oh? Totally.
Speaker 9 (36:00):
So it's actually like this unspoken rule that the first
question is supposed to go to the Associated Press, and
when Caroline toss the first questions to these new media
chairs Axios and Breitbart, I feel like there was a
tension in the room, and I wish I could have
seen the faces of the correspondence. Even beforehand, I heard
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chatter from my colleagues around me who were anxious about
what possible changes that Caroline Levitt would be announcing at
the top of the press briefing to the briefing room,
you know, worried that it's going to take away this
privilege that they have. And also another key sign that
the media is a little uneasy with the current setup
(36:43):
is that the room absolutely erupted when Caroline said that
she wouldn't be taking any more questions. I cannot think
of the last time that the room erupted. When Karine
Jean Pierre walked off and said that she wasn't going
to take any more questions, there was no real hunger
to keep asking career John Pierre more questions, and there
should have been, because we saw her far more than
(37:04):
we see the president. And even in this past week,
President Trump has taken questions eleven times from the press.
That is nearly double the amount of times that President
Biden spoke to the press in his first week. And
so yeah, there's definitely a little bit of frustration, and
I'm curious to see how this all boils over.
Speaker 2 (37:25):
I love it. Their pain nourishes me.
Speaker 1 (37:28):
Curtis, in other news, Jim Acosta, well, he rage quit
on air.
Speaker 12 (37:34):
Is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant.
I've always believed it's the job of the press to
hold power to account. I've always tried to do that
here at CNN, and I plan on going doing all
of that in the future. One final message, don't give
into the lies. Don't give into the fear. Hold on
to the truth and to hope. Even if you have
(37:57):
to get out your phone, record that message. I will
not give into the lies. I will not give into
the fear. Post it on your social media so people
can hear from you too.
Speaker 1 (38:09):
Okay, Curtis, could you please explain this, because Jim Acosta
should get down on his knees every night and thank
the good Lord above that there's any outlet that will
pay him to be a talentless loser on television. Why
would he quit an outlet that's paying him to do so.
Was this one of these quit or be fired type things?
Speaker 14 (38:29):
Yes, I was going to say he's I think CNN
put him in a position where he wasn't going to
be laid off, so he had to be you can't
fire me. I quit situations. He was the chance to
go to midnight eastern to two am. Of course that
didn't want to do that. It's speaking of like bowing
and praying on our knees at night. You know, Jim
Acosta wants a world while we all get on our
(38:50):
knees and pray and thank Jim Acosta for the work
that he has done on behalf of the country. He
wants to portray himself as a martyr like Toby maguire
Spider Man at the end Spider Man two when he's
passed like he's on a cross through the back of
the subway car after he saves all those people. Jim
Acosta is the most pompous prick that exists in the
liberal media. He's the perfect caricature for the first Trump
(39:13):
era and almost single handedly a source or symbol foil
for why the press have lost their credibility, why the
people at the front of the room are going to
get way less attention this time around than they did
in the first administration, and why people like Reagan in
the back are gonna get.
Speaker 11 (39:29):
Way more attention.
Speaker 14 (39:31):
You know, his little hogwashed book failed, you know, going
to mornings failed, going to evening or weekend nights failed.
Speaker 4 (39:39):
Jim A.
Speaker 14 (39:40):
Costa is probably gonna go to a substack now or
something stupid like that.
Speaker 11 (39:42):
He's good enough, like one of these John Harwood types.
Speaker 14 (39:44):
He's just gonna be a poster on Blue Sky or
Macedon or whatever, shouting into the void like he's some
anchorman when actually he's just some loser talking to himself
in the corner.
Speaker 1 (39:57):
He strikes me as a guy who would have one
of those real limpristed handshakes, you know, like you're shaking hands.
Speaker 2 (40:02):
With the dead fish. I bet he is Reagan. Have
you ever shaking his hand? Is? Does he have a
limp wristed handshake?
Speaker 9 (40:08):
No, I've never seen him. I think they pulled him
off the White House beat before I had the opportunity,
do you know, the honor and the privilege to get
that handshake.
Speaker 1 (40:15):
So maybe next time Reagan, who's the biggest jerk in
the corporate press you've met, be honest.
Speaker 9 (40:22):
Oh that's a tough one. I've had some run ins
with some NBC reporters when I was down on the
floor actually at the rn C. His first name's Garrett,
his last name's escaping me. Took it like the prayer. Yes,
took a live hit during the during the prayer at
(40:42):
the rn C. I tweeted about it because delegates started
hitting him and yelling at him and telling him, you know,
you don't do a live hit during the prayer. And
once you realized that my tweet was going viral, he
turned around and said to me, you know, you can
introduce yourself before you tweet about me, to which I
just shrud and walked away.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
But I love that. Keep abusing on you too.
Speaker 1 (41:06):
Appreciate you both. Come back soon. All right, I'm not
done yet. Hang on, it is time to lighten the mood.
And I don't know, maybe this is going to darken
(41:27):
your mood. Darkened mind. Remember all the drones. The drones
crossed the East coast and we were told that it
was you know, Chinese gravity propulsion systems and aliens and stuff,
and I wanted so badly for it to be something
cool like that. But Caroline Levitt today at the press
conference kind of shotholes in that.
Speaker 15 (41:47):
Big date on the New Jersey drones. After research and study,
the drones that were flying over New Jersey and large
numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for
research and various other reasons. Many of these jones were
also hobbyists, recreational and private individuals that enjoy flying jones
(42:08):
in meantime, in time it got worse due to curiosity.
This was not the enemy. A statement from the President
of the United States to start this briefing with some
news and with that, I will turn it over to
questions and we will begin.
Speaker 1 (42:26):
I wanted it to be aliens. I guess it wasn't.
But anyway, for light in the mood. We had a
hilarious moment at a PTA meeting.
Speaker 2 (42:37):
When I went to his bedroom to.
Speaker 4 (42:40):
Say good night and he was crying.
Speaker 9 (42:44):
Because of the abuse that he was endured in this
school system.
Speaker 4 (42:48):
Then why didn't you stay in Mexico?
Speaker 8 (43:03):
You me the week
Speaker 2 (43:10):
I'll see them, aw
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