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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I don't know if that's what happened to Congressman Troy
Nails or not. Let's ask him. Is this the job
that 't your brain?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Sir Eric Kynes, you can get frustrated up here, Jimmy,
there's no question you and I have discussed this over
the past five plus years, the frustration that's up here,
and you've seen now recently in the last just couple
of weeks with everybody wants to know, censor somebody that's
a math. We argue, we picker, we complain, but we
(00:25):
just don't seem to always put the America people first.
And you know, it is what it is. It's Washington, DC.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah. I also got the impression from some of the
comments I saw that maybe you thought it was time
to spend a little more time with family. The other
part about this job, I don't think that people realize.
They probably look at what a great gig. You make
a nice salary, it's a part time job. You get
weeks on end that you don't have to go into work.
But the reality is is you're spending I don't know
(00:52):
how many bunths out of the year living in Washington,
DC while your family's back here.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah, my philosophy in the office, and everybody knows that
office if you've worked for us as family first and
job second. And I say that because you can be
a very effective I think, congress person and still put
your family first. And I believe it or not, I
have a thirteen year old and when I'm at home
and when we were at the shutdown, to be able
(01:18):
to just take her to school and do some of
those things. And my beautiful bride, Jill, just retired a
few months ago from public education, thirty years of public education.
So I like spending more time with her and the girls.
And it's just a decision I made, but I feel
good about it. I really do. I'm not doing an MTG.
(01:38):
I'm not leaving where you're gonna have to have a
special election. I mean, I'm going to continue to spend
the next thirteen months up in DC and fulfill my
obligation to the voters in District twenty two and do
the best I can to continue on with the America
First agenda.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I noted that you talk to President Trump before you
made the announcement. What did President Trump say to you?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Well, I'm not going to tell you that, and he
he just said, hey, listen, Troy, thank you. He knows
that we have spent a great deal of time together
during the campaign. I mean, my twin brother and I
rep in Wisconsin several months and we care in Wisconsin.
So the boss knows that I am committed to his
agenda and I believe in him wholeheartedly, and I will
(02:25):
do everything I can to support his agenda. And I
think I've done a pretty good job at that, so
he's not disappointed. I did tell him that my twin brother,
who he knows, He knows my twin brother very well.
I told him that he would be seeking the position.
And he seemed to really really like that idea.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
As well, because I was going to say, you were
a super big ally for the president. So he couldn't
been real happy to hear the news. But then again,
if you have you have an exit plan that allows
him to get another big ally in there, you'll probably
be fine.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
With it, right, Yes, sir, and I believe so. And
if you look at my twin brother, and I mean
we're identical to Jimmy. We lived next to each other.
I mean, he's held public office in Fort Benk County before.
And they tell you what two years ago when he
ran for county judge. He lost by a few just
a few thousand votes in November against the Democrat. And
what have we found out? They cheated Jimmy the incumbent judge.
(03:17):
A guy there right now has been indicted. His chief
of staff was indicted. They cheated and they raked that election.
So my twin brother somewhat of a household name in
Fort Fink County, and I believe he'll I think he'll
do very very well in this in this primary coming
up in March.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
I want to ask you about the two National guardsmen
that were shot, one of whom was killed. Turns out
that it is somebody we brought to this country from
Afghanistan after our horrendous withdrawal from Afghanistan. You can only
bet somebody so much. But the White House is now saying,
or at least Christy Nome is now saying, they would
appear that this individual was radicalized once he got to
(03:52):
the United States. Have we learned anything about how he
was radicalized? Was he radicalized from a foreign power online?
Or was it somebody in this country that I do
not know?
Speaker 2 (04:03):
And I do believe that it's either Cash Battel or
Christy or somebody will get to the bottom of this
to find out, you know. I mean it looked like Jim.
If you see it, it's like it was an ambush.
He had intent. And I don't know how you know,
law enforcement person, when you're when you get ambushed. I mean,
you have to have your head on a swivel three
sixty all the damn time. And these ambush attacks they're
(04:26):
hard to survive, they really, really truly are. So if
there's a if there's somebody out there that really wants
to cause a lot of harm and to somebody, I
guess they could go out and do it. And I
just think it's it's a sad state of affairs where
we can't have law enforce, international care just walking around
trying to keep the American people safe without some nutsjob
(04:47):
going out there and killing them. And so I think
at the time we got to pray for our country,
but it's also a time to say, hey, listen, America,
wake up. They are here. They've been invited here, they're here,
whether it's from Afghanistan, whether it came through the southern border,
and they're here, and many of them, many of them
want to cause destruction, destruction to America, and they want
(05:09):
to kill Americans. They're doing it with their drugs, they're
doing it with obviously violent, violent acts like we saw
with these two National Guard members. Shameful, Jimmy, A shameful day,
all right.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Congressman Nails, Hey, thank you so much. You've got thirteen
months left, so I'm sure we'll have you back on
numerous times to talk about the things you want to
accomplish before you go, but thanks for joining us this morning.
We appreciate it. That's Texas. Absolutely, thank you, baby Texas.
Congressman Joy Nails. It's five fifty seven.
I don't know if that's what happened to Congressman Troy
Nails or not. Let's ask him. Is this the job
that 't your brain?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Sir Eric Kynes, you can get frustrated up here, Jimmy,
there's no question you and I have discussed this over
the past five plus years, the frustration that's up here,
and you've seen now recently in the last just couple
of weeks with everybody wants to know, censor somebody that's
a math. We argue, we picker, we complain, but we
(00:25):
just don't seem to always put the America people first.
And you know, it is what it is. It's Washington, DC.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah. I also got the impression from some of the
comments I saw that maybe you thought it was time
to spend a little more time with family. The other
part about this job, I don't think that people realize.
They probably look at what a great gig. You make
a nice salary, it's a part time job. You get
weeks on end that you don't have to go into work.
But the reality is is you're spending I don't know
(00:52):
how many bunths out of the year living in Washington,
DC while your family's back here.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah, my philosophy in the office, and everybody knows that
office if you've worked for us as family first and
job second. And I say that because you can be
a very effective I think, congress person and still put
your family first. And I believe it or not, I
have a thirteen year old and when I'm at home
and when we were at the shutdown, to be able
(01:18):
to just take her to school and do some of
those things. And my beautiful bride, Jill, just retired a
few months ago from public education, thirty years of public education.
So I like spending more time with her and the girls.
And it's just a decision I made, but I feel
good about it. I really do. I'm not doing an MTG.
(01:38):
I'm not leaving where you're gonna have to have a
special election. I mean, I'm going to continue to spend
the next thirteen months up in DC and fulfill my
obligation to the voters in District twenty two and do
the best I can to continue on with the America
First agenda.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I noted that you talk to President Trump before you
made the announcement. What did President Trump say to you?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
Well, I'm not going to tell you that, and he
he just said, hey, listen, Troy, thank you. He knows
that we have spent a great deal of time together
during the campaign. I mean, my twin brother and I
rep in Wisconsin several months and we care in Wisconsin.
So the boss knows that I am committed to his
agenda and I believe in him wholeheartedly, and I will
(02:25):
do everything I can to support his agenda. And I
think I've done a pretty good job at that, so
he's not disappointed. I did tell him that my twin brother,
who he knows, He knows my twin brother very well.
I told him that he would be seeking the position.
And he seemed to really really like that idea.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
As well, because I was going to say, you were
a super big ally for the president. So he couldn't
been real happy to hear the news. But then again,
if you have you have an exit plan that allows
him to get another big ally in there, you'll probably
be fine.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
With it, right, Yes, sir, and I believe so. And
if you look at my twin brother, and I mean
we're identical to Jimmy. We lived next to each other.
I mean, he's held public office in Fort Benk County before.
And they tell you what two years ago when he
ran for county judge. He lost by a few just
a few thousand votes in November against the Democrat. And
what have we found out? They cheated Jimmy the incumbent judge.
(03:17):
A guy there right now has been indicted. His chief
of staff was indicted. They cheated and they raked that election.
So my twin brother somewhat of a household name in
Fort Fink County, and I believe he'll I think he'll
do very very well in this in this primary coming
up in March.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
I want to ask you about the two National guardsmen
that were shot, one of whom was killed. Turns out
that it is somebody we brought to this country from
Afghanistan after our horrendous withdrawal from Afghanistan. You can only
bet somebody so much. But the White House is now saying,
or at least Christy Nome is now saying, they would
appear that this individual was radicalized once he got to
(03:52):
the United States. Have we learned anything about how he
was radicalized? Was he radicalized from a foreign power online?
Or was it somebody in this country that I do
not know?
Speaker 2 (04:03):
And I do believe that it's either Cash Battel or
Christy or somebody will get to the bottom of this
to find out, you know. I mean it looked like Jim.
If you see it, it's like it was an ambush.
He had intent. And I don't know how you know,
law enforcement person, when you're when you get ambushed. I mean,
you have to have your head on a swivel three
sixty all the damn time. And these ambush attacks they're
(04:26):
hard to survive, they really, really truly are. So if
there's a if there's somebody out there that really wants
to cause a lot of harm and to somebody, I
guess they could go out and do it. And I
just think it's it's a sad state of affairs where
we can't have law enforce, international care just walking around
trying to keep the American people safe without some nutsjob
(04:47):
going out there and killing them. And so I think
at the time we got to pray for our country,
but it's also a time to say, hey, listen, America,
wake up. They are here. They've been invited here, they're here,
whether it's from Afghanistan, whether it came through the southern border,
and they're here, and many of them, many of them
want to cause destruction, destruction to America, and they want
(05:09):
to kill Americans. They're doing it with their drugs, they're
doing it with obviously violent, violent acts like we saw
with these two National Guard members. Shameful, Jimmy, A shameful day,
all right.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Congressman Nails, Hey, thank you so much. You've got thirteen
months left, so I'm sure we'll have you back on
numerous times to talk about the things you want to
accomplish before you go, but thanks for joining us this morning.
We appreciate it. That's Texas. Absolutely, thank you, baby Texas.
Congressman Joy Nails. It's five fifty seven.
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