October 6, 2025 • 8 mins
GOP Analyst Bob Clegg weighs in on the shutdown and believes the Democrats will blink first
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Over to the Legacy Retirement Group dot com phone lines
where we find our good friend GOP strategists out there
in Delaware, Ohio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
It is Bob Clegg Robert. How is the weekend, sir?
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Great? Mic Oh, we had a great Buckeye victory and
I was there to watch it and that always makes
a weekend in the fall great.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I know you've got one of those big high dollars
super secret club you know, box seats or they don't
tell me you're up on seed deck, Bob, because I
don't believe it for a second.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Now, actually I'm up on the deck on one higher.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I'm glad you got and had a good time, but
I appreciate you. So let's get into the government shutdown.
It's day six now and no end in sight. Nobody's blinking,
nobody's really blinking yet. What's what's going to happen? How's
this going to play out?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Well, somebody is going to blink, and it's going to
be the Democrats because they're the ones that are holding
up you know a lot of things that people need,
people that they supposedly care about. I mean, what happens
when snap benefits aren't going to be going out. I mean,
it's things like that that you know, it's the pressure
(01:08):
is going to get to be too much and at
some point they're going to cave. Now, the only question
is when is that going to happen. I can't I
can't answer that.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah, that's such a good point.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Some people are saying seven days, maybe some people saying ten, eleven,
twelve days before it gets too much for them to bear.
And one of the tactics that Trump administration is using,
which has never been used before, is that, you know,
furloughing or even permanently cutting thousands of government jobs. And
if these we've had this conversation before, Bob, if these
(01:41):
are non as non essential workers, then why do we
even have their jobs to begin with?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, why are we paying them? You know, that's the
that's the big point here, and I think it was
brilliant on President Trump's part to make that part of
the whole shutdown thing. That's where, you know, politically, the
Democrats have a have a governor's race in Virginia this
year where if you look at northern Virginia, oh my gosh,
(02:09):
tens of thousands of government workers live there. And if
those people are getting upset about the Democrats and they're
not getting their paychecks. They could have a problem with
with an election that's happening a month from now.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Are you are you four Congress not getting paid during
government shutdowns, because there's a lot of discussion about that.
There's actually I think there's a bill that's floating around
out there if hey, listen, if you're asking, if you're
asking people to work and not get paid, military, TSA,
and so forth, then if you're a lawmaker, you shouldn't
get paid either.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Yeah, you know there is and I was glad to
see that our US Senator John Houstad is coach roonstering
that bill that is saying if we have a shutdown,
then Congress members of Congress do not get paid. And
then our other US Senator Bernian Marino, it's proposing the
idea that not only should they not get paid, but
(03:04):
they should be docked five hundred dollars a day for
every day that the shutdown goes on. And I love
that we have two US senators now that get it.
You know, they understand the people don't want these members
of Congress to still be collecting paychecks when there's thousands
of other people that aren't.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
I don't know when Senator Moreno came up with that,
but I said that on Friday. I said, maybe he's listening,
and I gave him the idea. But I said, I said,
one thousand dollars a day if for every day they
don't and no back pay, So not only no back pay,
but a thousand bucks a day if you can't get
this figured out. And you know, these guys are making
(03:45):
one hundred and seventy four thousand dollars a year base salary,
so you know, you start to get into you know,
ten days, you know it's a it's ten grand.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
That's going to start to hurt a little bit.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Yeah, And it's kind of sad that we think that
they're really the only way we're going to get to
the attention of some of these members in Congress is
if we start taking away their money. Why aren't they
just doing what's best for the American people, That's what It's.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
A great question.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Bob clag GOP strategist on six' TEN wtvna had a
friend and we were in a text group conversation and
talking about federalizing The National, guard putting them into the
big cities to tackle crime and wanted my, thoughts AND
i thought it was it's a pretty simple, concept, Really.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Bob let me know your.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Thoughts that crime was a huge campaign issue For, trump
which is really not hard to get. Behind so what
you do is you bring INTO feds because running the
same plays over and over and over, again it's just not.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Working and one of the things love.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Him or, Not trump does is he's he is not
afraid to switch things. Up he's not afraid to try
a different. Approach and that's what this. Is you bring
The National guard in to clean things, up people start,
paying a, tension and crime goes.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Down.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
YEAH i, mean you, know a as A republican and a,
conservative you, Know i'm always one that likes to take
everything down as much as we, can down to the local,
level versus having THE feds come in and dictate. Stuff
But i'll tell, you you've given these, cities these mayors
in these, cities these city councils in these cities for
(05:24):
how many decades to clean up their, cities to wipe
out all the, crime and they've not only have they
not done, it they've allowed to get. Worse so when
you're looking at a situation like, that what are you
going to? DO i mean the federal, Government and you're,
RIGHT i Mean President trump is a go, along get
along politicians that likes somebody out. There he's going to
(05:47):
shake things. Up and that's why they're. Mad they're mad
that he's coming in to fix their, problems because that's
What when he does, that he highlights the poor job
that these mayors and the city councils have done for
all these.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Years, yeah and not to.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Mention and then you, know even if you do put bad,
guys getting bad guys off the streets for committing, crimes
then these these liberal prosecutors just slap them on the
wrist and you, know maybe give them probation for six,
months and they're back on the.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Streets.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Yeah and we're seeing that more and. More but the
great thing about it is we now know it because
it's getting more and more, attention and these these prosecutors
are coming under more and more pressure to change the
way they. ARE i, mean it's gotten ridiculous that people
are arrested literally twenty to thirty times and they're still
walking free on our streets and then they commit something
(06:41):
horrendous and we sit around and Go, oh how did that?
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Happen, yeah it's, it's you, know to use a football,
analogy when you're you're running the. Ball you're, right you're
trying to run the ball and it's not. Working you've
got to change things up and maybe you think about
throwing a. Pass and that's exactly what's going on. Here
you can't just continue to do the same thing over
and over and expect different.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Results definition of insanity Bomb. Clegg.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Yeah and the other thing that really bothers me about
it is all these white liberals that are sitting around, saying,
oh crime isn't that. Bad he's just trying to take
attention away from The epstein. FILE i, mean it's. Ridiculous
if we force those people to live in those cities
where all that crime is, happening maybe they would actually
(07:23):
start talking. Differently BUT i don't know how they became
such crime experts when they live in these million dollar,
mansions you, know and have security.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Teams so we've got some local.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Races any updates on the governor's, race you, Know Vivik,
Ramaswami you've got the senator senator's race with With houstaed And.
Brown any any developments that you need to know about.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
NOW i guess The democrats are still waiting around For Tim. Ryan,
OKAY i don't quite, understand other THAN i think they
realize that shut Down amy is going to be a
disastrous candidate. Form but it's not Like Kim ryan's gonna
be that much. BETTER i, mean here's a guy that
has been in public office for twenty five thirty, years
and then when he gets booted, out he becomes a.
(08:08):
Lobbyist now that's not exactly the resume you want for.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Governor
Over to the Legacy Retirement Group dot com phone lines
where we find our good friend GOP strategists out there
in Delaware, Ohio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
It is Bob Clegg Robert. How is the weekend, sir?
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Great? Mic Oh, we had a great Buckeye victory and
I was there to watch it and that always makes
a weekend in the fall great.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
I know you've got one of those big high dollars
super secret club you know, box seats or they don't
tell me you're up on seed deck, Bob, because I
don't believe it for a second.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Now, actually I'm up on the deck on one higher.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I'm glad you got and had a good time, but
I appreciate you. So let's get into the government shutdown.
It's day six now and no end in sight. Nobody's blinking,
nobody's really blinking yet. What's what's going to happen? How's
this going to play out?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Well, somebody is going to blink, and it's going to
be the Democrats because they're the ones that are holding
up you know a lot of things that people need,
people that they supposedly care about. I mean, what happens
when snap benefits aren't going to be going out. I mean,
it's things like that that you know, it's the pressure
(01:08):
is going to get to be too much and at
some point they're going to cave. Now, the only question
is when is that going to happen. I can't I
can't answer that.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah, that's such a good point.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
Some people are saying seven days, maybe some people saying ten, eleven,
twelve days before it gets too much for them to bear.
And one of the tactics that Trump administration is using,
which has never been used before, is that, you know,
furloughing or even permanently cutting thousands of government jobs. And
if these we've had this conversation before, Bob, if these
(01:41):
are non as non essential workers, then why do we
even have their jobs to begin with?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Yeah, why are we paying them? You know, that's the
that's the big point here, and I think it was
brilliant on President Trump's part to make that part of
the whole shutdown thing. That's where, you know, politically, the
Democrats have a have a governor's race in Virginia this
year where if you look at northern Virginia, oh my gosh,
(02:09):
tens of thousands of government workers live there. And if
those people are getting upset about the Democrats and they're
not getting their paychecks. They could have a problem with
with an election that's happening a month from now.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Are you are you four Congress not getting paid during
government shutdowns, because there's a lot of discussion about that.
There's actually I think there's a bill that's floating around
out there if hey, listen, if you're asking, if you're
asking people to work and not get paid, military, TSA,
and so forth, then if you're a lawmaker, you shouldn't
get paid either.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
Yeah, you know there is and I was glad to
see that our US Senator John Houstad is coach roonstering
that bill that is saying if we have a shutdown,
then Congress members of Congress do not get paid. And
then our other US Senator Bernian Marino, it's proposing the
idea that not only should they not get paid, but
(03:04):
they should be docked five hundred dollars a day for
every day that the shutdown goes on. And I love
that we have two US senators now that get it.
You know, they understand the people don't want these members
of Congress to still be collecting paychecks when there's thousands
of other people that aren't.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
I don't know when Senator Moreno came up with that,
but I said that on Friday. I said, maybe he's listening,
and I gave him the idea. But I said, I said,
one thousand dollars a day if for every day they
don't and no back pay, So not only no back pay,
but a thousand bucks a day if you can't get
this figured out. And you know, these guys are making
(03:45):
one hundred and seventy four thousand dollars a year base salary,
so you know, you start to get into you know,
ten days, you know it's a it's ten grand.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
That's going to start to hurt a little bit.
Speaker 3 (03:55):
Yeah, And it's kind of sad that we think that
they're really the only way we're going to get to
the attention of some of these members in Congress is
if we start taking away their money. Why aren't they
just doing what's best for the American people, That's what It's.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
A great question.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Bob clag GOP strategist on six' TEN wtvna had a
friend and we were in a text group conversation and
talking about federalizing The National, guard putting them into the
big cities to tackle crime and wanted my, thoughts AND
i thought it was it's a pretty simple, concept, Really.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Bob let me know your.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Thoughts that crime was a huge campaign issue For, trump
which is really not hard to get. Behind so what
you do is you bring INTO feds because running the
same plays over and over and over, again it's just not.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Working and one of the things love.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Him or, Not trump does is he's he is not
afraid to switch things. Up he's not afraid to try
a different. Approach and that's what this. Is you bring
The National guard in to clean things, up people start,
paying a, tension and crime goes.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Down.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
YEAH i, mean you, know a as A republican and a,
conservative you, Know i'm always one that likes to take
everything down as much as we, can down to the local,
level versus having THE feds come in and dictate. Stuff
But i'll tell, you you've given these, cities these mayors
in these, cities these city councils in these cities for
(05:24):
how many decades to clean up their, cities to wipe
out all the, crime and they've not only have they
not done, it they've allowed to get. Worse so when
you're looking at a situation like, that what are you
going to? DO i mean the federal, Government and you're,
RIGHT i Mean President trump is a go, along get
along politicians that likes somebody out. There he's going to
(05:47):
shake things. Up and that's why they're. Mad they're mad
that he's coming in to fix their, problems because that's
What when he does, that he highlights the poor job
that these mayors and the city councils have done for
all these.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Years, yeah and not to.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Mention and then you, know even if you do put bad,
guys getting bad guys off the streets for committing, crimes
then these these liberal prosecutors just slap them on the
wrist and you, know maybe give them probation for six,
months and they're back on the.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Streets.
Speaker 3 (06:17):
Yeah and we're seeing that more and. More but the
great thing about it is we now know it because
it's getting more and more, attention and these these prosecutors
are coming under more and more pressure to change the
way they. ARE i, mean it's gotten ridiculous that people
are arrested literally twenty to thirty times and they're still
walking free on our streets and then they commit something
(06:41):
horrendous and we sit around and Go, oh how did that?
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Happen, yeah it's, it's you, know to use a football,
analogy when you're you're running the. Ball you're, right you're
trying to run the ball and it's not. Working you've
got to change things up and maybe you think about
throwing a. Pass and that's exactly what's going on. Here
you can't just continue to do the same thing over
and over and expect different.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Results definition of insanity Bomb. Clegg.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
Yeah and the other thing that really bothers me about
it is all these white liberals that are sitting around, saying,
oh crime isn't that. Bad he's just trying to take
attention away from The epstein. FILE i, mean it's. Ridiculous
if we force those people to live in those cities
where all that crime is, happening maybe they would actually
(07:23):
start talking. Differently BUT i don't know how they became
such crime experts when they live in these million dollar,
mansions you, know and have security.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Teams so we've got some local.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Races any updates on the governor's, race you, Know Vivik,
Ramaswami you've got the senator senator's race with With houstaed And.
Brown any any developments that you need to know about.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
NOW i guess The democrats are still waiting around For Tim. Ryan,
OKAY i don't quite, understand other THAN i think they
realize that shut Down amy is going to be a
disastrous candidate. Form but it's not Like Kim ryan's gonna
be that much. BETTER i, mean here's a guy that
has been in public office for twenty five thirty, years
and then when he gets booted, out he becomes a.
(08:08):
Lobbyist now that's not exactly the resume you want for.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Governor
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