Congressman Warren Davidson joins the show this morning

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eighth district. Welcome back Congressman Davidson, love him and you

(00:31):
on the program.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Always an honor to join you, Thank you.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
But it's an honor to not be a Washington d C.
Right now, I get a little reprieve and go back
home and see what sanity is all about.

Speaker 1 (00:42):
Yeah, I mean, look, it's been awesome to be home
in Ohio. You know, I live here on purpose, but
you know, it's been a good year in DC. We've gotten,
you know, some productive things done, not all the things
we should have got done. And I think that's part
of part of the simon I heard from people as
I went all around the district is doing here. You
got stuff to get done there, and that's exactly right.

(01:03):
We're going to get into town and people are gonna
be like, oh, yeah, we have that stuff due.

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Well, let me ask you this, since you're having a
town hall tonight, we'll talk about that in a moment here.
But when you're out and about in the you know,
walking around the eighth District or hearing from your constituents,
what are they concerned about, What do they say you
need to get on. What are the highlights of those conversations.
I'm kind of curious to know.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
Well, one of the biggest things is there's just a
lot of confusion about the big beautiful bill. You know,
there's all these myths like, oh, all these people are
gonna lose Medicaid, and you clarify like, well, the only
people losing Medicaid are legal aliens who aren't even supposed
to be in the country and hopefully soon won't be,
but they're not supposed to be unmedicaid. And some states
found ways to add illegal immigrants to Medicaid working loopholes.

(01:47):
Ohio didn't do that, so it isn't really going to
affect Ohio much. But then you have you know, able bodied,
working age adults, which if that was your friend or family,
you'd probably help somebody out at a time of need,
but you wouldn't help them out forever. You to well,
you're going to get a job, right, You're going to
do something productive. And that was bipartisan. When Bill Clinton
was president, it kind of went away and somehow in

(02:07):
DC became partisan. But when I talked to people in
our district, you know, overwhelmingly people are like, yeah, that's
just common sense. Well that's the only people that are
losing you a Medicaid. So when I went out to
rural hospitals, there was this myth that, oh, this change
is going to really hurt rural hospitals. Are like, now,
not really. I mean there's like fifty billion dollars worth
of additional funding for rural hospitals in the big beautiful bill,

(02:30):
so they're kind of excited about it. So, you know,
just correcting myths. And you know, some people talked to
a lot of waitresses waiters that were confused about the
no tax on tips, like, well, how does that work?
Like well, for all of them, they had heard that
it was just on cash tips. And so just correcting
a lot of myths about the big, beautiful bill on

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the one hand, and on the other hand, people that
are really paying attention, they're like, well, look, things you're
going great under Donald Trump, but like, where are you
guys on this? Where are you guys on that? And
you're like, well, you're right, I mean, we haven't passed
a law. There's a lot of things that are going
great right now. But the only way they're going to
stay that way keep electing people that are going to
keep the make America Great Again movement going, or if
somebody else is there, they're just going to be like

(03:12):
a ping pong and go back to an open border.
I mean, look how secure the border is under President Trump.
Somebody else comes in and with executive action they can
undo it, just like that happened last time.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
Well, one thing that's born fruit is Donald Trump's crack
down on the border is obviously, stop the hemorrhaging of
the of the illegal immigrants pouring into our country. Obviously,
Congressman Davidson, the word has gotten out there's a new
sheriff in town, and don't bother making the trip.

Speaker 1 (03:37):
Yeah, I mean, very clearly huge change. Now. On the
other side, look, the money is still flowing because when
the cartels put all these people in they owe money.
They didn't have money, but they owed you know, five
to ten thousand dollars each and they still have their
kind of extortion racket going on. There's not like there's
no black market. And that's where President Trump is going

(03:59):
hard on cracking down on crime. And when you look
at where is he cracking down on crime, well, big cities,
big Democrat controlled cities who also happened to be overwhelmingly
sanctuary cities where you have a lot of the illegals
fled to for sanctuary because there's no enforcement action against them.
They didn't go to places like Butler County where Sheriff
Jones is going to put people in jail who are illegal.

(04:22):
Even he got frustrated though, because they'd get these people,
they try to give them to Ice, and Ice wouldn't
take them. They would just release them right away. It's like, well,
why not skip the step and release them unless we
can hold them on a clear crime and convictim beyond
illegal entry into the United States. So kudos to the
Attorney General for clarifying that. Frankly, but you know, that

(04:42):
message is out and it's out strongly. So hopefully it'll
become clear even in the sanctuary cities.

Speaker 2 (04:47):
Well, I think Donald Trust made a political coup in
terms of his dealing with crime. There is no question
in anyone's mind. I don't think that crime is out
of control in a lot of cities. I don't care.
You know, if you're looking at the figs today, three
years ago, pre COVID, there's a lot of terrible crime
going on. I lived in Chicago in the height of
crime back in the between ninety and ninety eight Congressman Davidson,

(05:10):
and I think it was worse back then than it
even is now. But just because it was maybe worse
at some earlier point in time doesn't mean there are
a lot of people out there that are There aren't
a lot of people out there that are struggling, and
they are. So Donald Trump offers this National Guard form
of assistance. He said he was going to go ahead
and do it unilaterally. But the cities like Chicago and
New York and other high crime cities, he doesn't have

(05:32):
the authority that he has that he in d C.
There's some flexibility in DC, so he just offered the opportunity.
I thought that was brilliant crime fighting. You know, Congressman
Davids and going back to Bill Clinton, he's the guy
that gave money, federal money to hire andditional one hundred
thousand police officers, and every thought that was great. Whatever
happened to Democrats being in favor of law and order,
It just it seems to have disappeared at some point.

Speaker 1 (05:54):
Well look, that's the crazy thing. You got like the
mayor of Chicago out there saying, oh, well, you know,
unfortunate in the law isn't what restores law and order.
More cops wouldn't help, and they want to live that way.
They didn't accidentally implement these policies. I mean, you look
at New York. I mean when I was going to
college at West Point, you know, we're an hour north
of the city, but it might have been a twelve

(06:15):
ten hours. I mean, he feels pretty remote when right
at West Point, especially as a cadet, but we could
ride the train down into the city, and as tourists
you could know, well, here's where this kind of crime
is going on, and here's where that kind of crime is,
and it's like a sight seeing adventure. You're just like, wow,
this is crazy. And if we could know that. Well,
obviously the police know that, but they weren't enforcing the law.

(06:38):
And then right after that, Mayor Rudy Giuliani takes over
restores law and order in New York City. Tourism is flourishing,
things are booming, and in one generation they've basically just
gone back to all the stupid things. They're about to
elect an actual communist. So look, Donald Trump isn't making
these people make these decisions. He's offering help. But it
kind of highlights the Trump arrangements in their world. It

(07:00):
it must be bad. We don't want that, yeah.

Speaker 2 (07:03):
And it really does highlight the Trump Rangement Center because
I know they already's walking around talking about these eighty
twenty issues. Eighty percent of the American public is on
one side and twenty percent of the American publics on
the other side.

Speaker 1 (07:13):
I get the.

Speaker 2 (07:13):
Impression crime is one of those. Maybe not statistically eighty twenty,
but a vast majority of people of all political stripes
reject this anti police sentiment and this rethink police sentiment
and just want their neighborhood's safe again, Which is why
I pivot over to Trump saying listen, I'm here, I'm
offering the help. I demonstrated with Washington, DC that you know,

(07:34):
a significant infusion of additional police officers and resources does
result in a drop in crime and increase result in arrests,
including outstanding warrants, gun charges, rapists, murderers. I mean, they're
showing success for all the world to see, or all
the rest of these cities to see. And I don't know,
I think this is going to come back to haunt
the Democrats who run the cities, who are outright rejecting
the whole concept.

Speaker 1 (07:56):
So you're right, and look, once you cross from the
city limits into the west Side into the eighth district,
you know it's not really part of Some people want
safe communities. They support their police, although I do hope
that Cole Rain passes a stronger police Levey. You know,
they got to fund their police. They're short staffed there
in Cole Rain Township. But if you look on Dallas,

(08:21):
it's just mind blowing what's going on in Cincinnati where
they're basically, like some of these other big cities, rejecting
support for law and order, and they basically are choosing, hey,
we want to live this way. We're electing judges that
are not supporting the law. And I will say I've
been kind of pleasantly surprised our prosecutor, who kind of
seem pretty soft on crime as at least sid. Yeah,
we're going to prosecute things at the county level. So

(08:43):
hopefully that trend continues. Because when the police go out
and do the right things, and this is what the
FOP statement was about the leadership there in the city.
When they go out and do things, that's the basis
for it. But if they know that the prosecutors aren't
going to bring charges or serious charges, and if they
know the judges aren't going to give out serious sentences,

(09:03):
eventually even the policing isn't as effective.

Speaker 2 (09:06):
Right And I was going to say, do you think
the city of Sinceinna needs to take Trump up on
his offer or at least raise the hand and suggests
maybe we could use some help. I know Pervoll got
in the aftermath of the riots and the criticism and
the condemnation from the FOP the other day, I guess
he finally reached out to Governor de Wine and agreed
to take the Wine's offer of assistance up. So we're
moving the right direction on that. But I don't know.

(09:28):
I'm I'm just baffled by all of this. Congressman Davidson,
and I you know, I just have to conclude. And
I hate saying it out loud. It's like, you know,
you want to knock wood when you make a statement
like I think this is going to be wonderful, and
then you're to the Republican or the conservative side of
the ledger. Because again, law and order is what it's
all about. And the Democrats are standing like deer in
the headlights right now trying to defend this this ongoing

(09:49):
defund the police mentality. I think it's it's failing them
and and kudos to Trump for forcing them into this corner.

Speaker 1 (09:56):
Yeah, and look easy uniting even people who are reluctant
to say, oh, well we need more policing because the
results are there and it hasn't been this oh giant
power thing. It's really like about accomplishing the mission. And
as I say, like even in the most basic libertarian
framing of a government, the basic rule is don't hurt
people that don't take their stuff right, somebody's got to

(10:19):
somebody's got to adjudicate who is right and wrong. Because
going back to canaan able. Eventually, somebody is going to
hurt somebody else, somebody is going to take somebody's stuff,
somebody's going to be wrong, and you need justice, which
is the job of judges, and you see judges just
not delivering that over and over again in Hamilton County.
I got to say, we don't see that problem at

(10:39):
the kind of level that we do in Hamilton County.
We don't see that problem in Butler County, Preble County,
Dark County, Miami County. So you know, there's a recipe here,
and Donald Trump's trying to deliver it to places that
prankby haven't seen it.

Speaker 2 (10:54):
That's the great thing about the message. It reaches more people,
the more controversial these actions are perceived, and the more
screaming the left it does in opposition to what Trump
is doing. The more people report on it, the more
people understand the reality is what's going on and realize that, no,
it looks like Donald Trump just wants to help us out.
It's like him trying to stop wars. He seems to
have a care and concern over humanity generally. Congress Warren

(11:17):
Davidson pause, I want to bring it back to talk
about Central Bank digital currency, which scares the hell out
of me. We'll get your thoughts and insights on that.
Since you're well, man's going to be voting on one
way or the other. More with Congressman Warren Davidson at
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A twenty fifty five krcity talk station Bright Time. It's
the Congressman Warren Davidson going through the issues here. He's
in town. Go to the town hall that's taking place
six pm tonight at Edgewood Middle School in Trenton where
Congressman David's will be hosting that town hall, asking questions
and let him know what your concerns are in the
meantime concern I have always had when it comes to
Central bank digital currency. It's like big Brother watching you,

(13:39):
you know, Congressman Davids. I'm a huge fan of cash.
I try to use my credit cards as little as possible.
Of course, with online shopping, i'm you know, I have to.
But if I'm out and about I have money in
my pocket, I pay with cash. And one of the
reasons is it's sort of it's a fundamental principle to me.
I don't like the idea that credit cards are keeping
a tab of literally everything I buy, what I buy,

(14:00):
and where I buy it. I don't like that big
brother thing kind of looming over my head, and that's
just I'm not paranoid, it's just the point of principle
for me. But with a central bank digital currency, I mean,
they know everything you're doing, do they not? They the
folks in government that might want to do a social
credit score for example.

Speaker 1 (14:18):
Yeah, I mean, look, if you look at credit cards,
I mean I use them for a lot of transactions.
They what they do, the credit card companies do is
kind of amazing. They make sure, hey, you are who
you say you are. The retailer that you're trying to
buy something from is real and legit, and you do
have the credit available to pay for what you're going

(14:40):
to pay, and it makes decisions pretty quick if the
transaction was fraudulent. There's some coverage there on credit cards
that is in some other forms of payment, you know,
liability is nice. They have a role. I use them.
But even in a credit card, the federal government has
to get a warner or subpoena to get your information.
And central bank visual currency literally you don't even have

(15:02):
access to your money except by the condition set by
the government. Fundamentally, some people call it programmable money. I
mean they can design it, they see it as a feature.
Some of these people theorists that are like, well, like,
if you did a stimulus, you could say that the
money could be spent on these things, but not those things.
You could deposit money that expires by this date it
has to be spent. So you could do all these

(15:24):
great things for monetary policy. And you know, some of
the environmentalists are like, you could make it so that
if you drive this kind of vehicle in your gas
is more expensive, and if you drive you know, the
favored kinds of vehicles, your gas there's less expensive. And
think of the dystopian surveillance state that's creating. China's actually

(15:44):
creating this. You don't even have to keep theorizing. It's
already there. The technology is there, and the scary thing
is our Federal Reserve is actively building it. They they're
hiring programmers who are writing code to develop it, and
we haven't authorized it. And when they come they'll say, well,
we know that if we wanted to do a retail CBDC,
we would have to get congressional approval. That's the qualifier,

(16:07):
that's the front end towards customers. So if they wanted
to do banking direct with customers, they would have to
get congressional approval. The kind of line they're skirting is saying, well,
but we could do it on the back end, so
it's kind of concealed. So in a way, it's even
more dishonest where they're creating this network on the back end,
and that's part of where Congress needs to take action

(16:30):
and just you know, kill this. I don't want It's
sort of like from the Star Wars fans of the day,
if you watch the Death Star being built, you know
they were going to get permission before they turned it on.
The reality is, once you have the power, you have
the power. So I don't want them to design it.
I don't want them to build it. I don't want
them to test that. I do not want central banking,

(16:50):
digital currency to exist, you know, improving how fast payments work. Yeah,
that's great, and that's kind of the goal of some
of the things unfed now that skirt up to that,
but keeping it so that you have your own custody,
whether that's physical cash or in a digital asset world
where you personally can go to another person and pay them.

(17:12):
Because all those things credit cards do, you are doing
yourself between you and like, if you and I agreed
on a transaction, you know, here's you know, two hundred
bucks for this you know, cool jacket or something, and
you're a cool h here's the money we agree. There's
no third party that can come between us to do
that transaction. But when you're account based, it can be filtered.

(17:35):
And right as I was talking about this one time,
Justin Trudeau was using the current banking system in Canada
to basically limit the ability for these truckers to even
get access to their bank account. So that was his
way of trying to shut down the trucker protest.

Speaker 2 (17:51):
Well, we have D banking here.

Speaker 1 (17:53):
Spot teams outside the door. It's the power of money
to course.

Speaker 2 (17:57):
Yeah, and we have D banking here. You know, if
you're you're in a non favored business like for firearm
manufacturing or paid ay loan, they just shut your bank
account out. We don't want to do business with you anymore.
We got a memo from someone in Washington and said
we shouldn't be doing business with you. Your bank will
no longer conduct business with you. So you're cut out
of the world completely with that kind of action. So

(18:18):
a little tip of the Iceberger what it might be
like with a central bank digital currency. I guess I
just wonder are they talking about Do you think this
is a step toward getting rid of our fiat currency,
moving over to a digital currency, as opposed to even
having the dollar.

Speaker 1 (18:33):
Yeah, I mean, look, I think that's the end goal.
They don't really like cash. Christine Leguard, who's the sort
of the equivalent of Jerome Powell in the US Federal
Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. They have European Central Bank Chair
Christine Leguard. She's been very clear she basically doesn't like cash.
She wants to limit it. They've passed laws in Europe

(18:53):
so that you can't pay cash for something more than
one thousand dollars. But it costs more than thousand, you
can't pay cash for it. And if you think in
the US we've got this sort of surveillance thing when
when you have more than ten thousand dollars in cash, well,
that seems like a lot now because we don't generally
carry a lot of cash around. But if when they
put ten thousand in in nineteen seventy seventy one, if

(19:15):
you adjusted for inflation, that'd be like eighty thousand dollars today,
So you're like, yeah, I mean I get it. As
somebody's buying U F one fifty with cash, you'd go, well,
that's a lot of cash. But they haven't adjusted it
for inflation. They want to ratchet it down. And if
you remember, you know, Biden tried to put surveillance on
your bank account if you had six hundred dollars or
more going through your bank account. Yeah, which is pretty

(19:37):
much everybody. So you know, and how do they get
the banks to do all this on their behalf. Well,
if you don't spy on your customer, if you don't
filter transactions like you're supposed to, you don't get to
keep operating a bank. They shut down Signature Bank in
New York City and they said, oh, it's because they're
banking crypto and they're insolvent. Well, Barney Frank of the
Dodd Frank Act, a very far left Democrat, used to

(20:01):
be a chairman of the House Financial Services Committee that
I serve on. Now he's since retired, and you know
that he said he was on the board a Signature bank.
He's like, they weren't insolvent, they were just banking crypto
and they don't want to bank crypto companies right now.
So that war on crypto was sort of a Biden
war against political enemies, and that's the kind of tool

(20:22):
that was being used. Was just called Operation choke point
two point zero, and Biden just copied what Obama had done,
or basically Obama did what he was doing in his
first two administrations, right, whichever way you look at that,
But either way, a choke point came back and they
were using banks to target political enemies.

Speaker 2 (20:40):
Yeah, that's the threat of a regulatory compliance on It
is quite often enough for a bank to capitulate to
some government demand because of the hours and the legal
fees and everything else associated with it. Plus the banking
regulations is so damned complicated. It's pretty much assumed that
the government is going to find some irregularity and hold
you accountable for it. So to avoid that, you just
could pitch late. It's terrible, and well that's what you're

(21:03):
trying to avoid with the Central Bank digital currency position.
Congressman Warren Davidson, always a pleasure to have you on
the fifty five KRSS Morning Show. Keep up the great work,
and again I'll encourage my listeners to show up at
six pm at Edgewood Middle School. This evening for the
town hall sounds great.

Speaker 1 (21:17):
Thanks Brian, God bless you and all your listeners.

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