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[00:00:42] HOST: TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
[00:00:46] 12. THE SHOCKING WIN IN THE WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
[00:00:50] RACE FOR GOVERNOR.
[00:00:55] A 14 TERM INCUMBENT OUSTED FOR A YOUNGER CANDIDATE IN CONNECTICUT
[00:00:59] AND A MIXED RESULT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENTS.
[00:01:02] THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF ANOTHER
[00:01:05] MAJOR PRIMARY NIGHT IN AMERICA AFTER A HALF DOZEN STATES POLLS
[00:01:09] CLOSED LAST NIGHT. FROM NOW WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
[00:01:13] WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN MOTIVATORS WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING IN THE
[00:01:17] MIDTERM ELECTIONS THIS NOVEMBER. HERE IS HOW YOU JOIN THE CONVERSATION.
[00:01:21] REPUBLICANS, YOUR LINE,
[00:01:22] 202-748-8001.
[00:01:26] DEMOCRATS, YOUR LINE, 202-748-8000.
[00:01:30] INDEPENDENTS, YOUR LINE, 202-748-8002. YOU CAN REACH US BY TEXT AT
[00:01:34] 202-748-8003.
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[00:01:52] IT'S THE MORNING AFTER ANOTHER INTERESTING PRIMARY NIGHT IN
[00:01:56] AMERICA WERE DEMOCRATS FACED
[00:01:59] QUESTIONS ON AGE, ESTABLISHMENT VERSUS PROGRESSIVE, IMMIGRATION,
[00:02:02] AND DONALD TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT
[00:02:05] FOUND PERHAPS ITS LIMITS. HERE TO BREAK EVERYTHING DOWN
[00:02:08] FOR US IS KIRK BETO, AUTHOR OF
[00:02:13] NEWSLETTER HOTLINE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING.
[00:02:15] GUEST: HAPPY TO BE HERE, WHAT A BUFFET OF OPTIONS TO TALK ABOUT
[00:02:19] TODAY. HOST: I COULD HAVE YOU ON HERE
[00:02:23] FOR SIX HOURS TO BREAK DOWN THE RESULTS. LET'S START WITH WISCONSIN, ONE
[00:02:27] OF THE SIX STATES THAT HELD THEIR PRIMARY ELECTION LAST
[00:02:30] NIGHT.
[00:02:33] WISCONSIN LEFTIST CANDIDATES
[00:02:36] WERE LOOKING FOR A BIG WIN AND IN WISCONSIN THOUGH THAT DID NOT
[00:02:40] QUITE HAPPEN. BREAK IT DOWN FOR US.
[00:02:41] GUEST: THIS RACE WITH TONY
[00:02:48] DEVERS WHO DECIDE NOT TO SEEK A NEXT TERM WAS AN ABSOLUTE MESS
[00:02:52] ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. YOU WOULD CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT AND COMING BACK IN, A
[00:02:56] CANDIDATE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FRONT RUNNER ENDED UP
[00:03:00] DROPPING OUT BECAUSE HER FINANCES WEREN'T IN ORDER. THIS WAS A REAL MESS ESPECIALLY
[00:03:04] ON THE MODERATE SIDE. FRANCESCA HOME WHO A VERY
[00:03:08] PROGRESSIVE LAWMAKER SHE WAS THE FAVORITE GOING IN.
[00:03:12] ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC POLL
[00:03:14] HAD LEADING BY AT LEAST FIVE
[00:03:17] POINTS. SOME AS MANY AS DOUBLE DIGITS WHICH SENT OFF MODERATES
[00:03:20] SCRAMBLING TO TRY AND COALESCE
[00:03:22] AROUND AN ALTERNATIVE.
[00:03:26] FRANCESCA HUNG UP THE NOMINATION -- THERE WAS A LOT OF WORRIES ABOUT DEMOCRATS THAT SHE WOULD
[00:03:30] PUT THE SEAT AND PLAY IN NOVEMBER TO REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT
[00:03:34] REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE TOM TIFFANY.
[00:03:38] EVERY PUBLIC POLLING SAID GOING INTO LAST NIGHT HAD FRENCH IS
[00:03:42] GONE WINNING PRETTY COMFORTABLY EVEN AS NATIONAL PROGRESSIVES
[00:03:46] LIKE AOC, BERNIE SANDERS KEPT HER AT A DISTANCE BECAUSE IT
[00:03:50] DIDN'T SEEM SHE WAS QUITE READY FOR PRIME TIME.
[00:03:52] WHEN POLLS CLOSED WE SOUGHT MUCH
[00:03:56] CLOSER THAN EXPECTED RACE WITH
[00:03:57] MODERATE DAVID CROWLEY, HE GOT
[00:04:02] TONY DEVERS ENDORSE. DOING REALLY WELL EARLY THIS
[00:04:05] MORNING THE AP CALLED THE RACE
[00:04:07] FOR HIM. IT IS STILL WITHIN LESS THAN A
[00:04:10] POINT. I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF FRANCESCA HUNG DOESN'T SUGGEST
[00:04:14] AFTER A RECOUNT. THIS IS A HUGE LOSS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AND A HUGE
[00:04:18] WIN FOR THE MORE ESTABLISHMENT MODERATE WING OF THE PARTY WHICH
[00:04:22] IS BEEN BEAT UP SO MUCH IN RECENT PRIMARIES. HOST: A CONVERSATION THAT WAS
[00:04:26] HAPPENING WHETHER OR NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT COULD STILL WIN.
[00:04:28] HERE THEY WILL USE THIS AS A
[00:04:31] DATA POINT SAYING THAT THEY CAN. YOU MENTIONED IT BRIEFLY BUT I
[00:04:35] WANT TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE? GUEST: THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WAS
[00:04:39] TOM TIFFANY FROM BUZZER TO BUZZER HERE.
[00:04:43] HE DIDN'T FACE ANY REAL COMPETITION. HE JUMPED IN EARLY ON.
[00:04:47] AND HAS BEEN BASICALLY RUNNING A GENERAL ELECTION FROM THE JUMP.
[00:04:51] HE'S BEEN DOING ADS ABOUT HOW HE
[00:04:54] IS THE MORE CENTRIST CANDIDATE. THAT HE'S THE ONE WHO'S TALKING
[00:04:58] ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. DAVE CRAWLEY IS A MUCH BETTER
[00:05:02] GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE THAN FRANCESCA HONG BUT THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A CAKEWALK FOR
[00:05:06] DEMOCRATS IN WISCONSIN.
[00:05:08] IT'S A SWING STATE IT WENT
[00:05:11] TOWARD PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER BIDEN CARRIED IT IN 2020.
[00:05:14] THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A
[00:05:16] SLAMDUNK JUST BECAUSE OF
[00:05:19] AGGRESSIVE DIDN'T WIN. THIS WILL BE A DRAGGING OUT RACE
[00:05:22] IN NOVEMBER. >> I WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS
[00:05:25] QUESTION OF POLLS BUT LET'S MOVE OVER TO MINNESOTA.
[00:05:29] GUEST: IT'S ALL BIG TENT COUNTRIES.
[00:05:33] HOST: I'M FROM THE MIDWEST.
[00:05:37] THIS AGAIN WE SAW A PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE FACING OFF AGAINST A
[00:05:41] MORE ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE AND HEAR THE ISSUE WAS ON
[00:05:45] IMMIGRATION. BREAK DOWN SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAPPENED?
[00:05:47] HOST: IN THE DEMOCRAT -- GUEST:
[00:05:51] IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY THAT
[00:05:52] WAS AGAINST PENNY FLANAGAN AND
[00:05:57] REPRESENTATIVE ANGIE WHO WAS REPRESENTING A SWING DISTRICT IN THE MINNEAPOLIS AREA.
[00:06:01] SHE WAS A MORE MODERATE LANE. NOW WHOEVER COMES OUT OF THIS
[00:06:05] PRIMARY GOING INTO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FAVORITE ON THE
[00:06:09] DEMOCRATIC SIDE REPUBLICANS NOMINATED A FORMER SPORTS
[00:06:13] BROADCASTER.
[00:06:15] PEGGY FLANAGAN FEEDS ON VOTERS
[00:06:21] ANGER IN MINNESOTA OVER OPERATION METRO SURGE. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER EARLIER
[00:06:25] THIS YEAR THIS WAS GROUND ZERO
[00:06:28] FOR TRUMP'S ENHANCED DEPORTATION MANDATE.
[00:06:31] IT REALLY FIRED UP VOTERS. YOU AFTER MEMBER THOSE IMAGES OF
[00:06:35] FEDERAL ICE AGENTS, PASSION --
[00:06:39] CLASHING WITH PROTESTERS IN THE STREET. WE SAW ACTIVISTS DIE AT THE
[00:06:43] HANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE.
[00:06:48] THOSE DEEP SCARS THAT ARE STILL
[00:06:51] FRESH FOR VOTERS WHO DO SODA. IT WAS THE BIG DIVIDING LINE.
[00:06:55] PEGGY FLANAGAN RAN AS THE
[00:06:58] ENFORCER AGAINST THE TRUMP
[00:07:00] ADMINISTRATION WANTING TO END
[00:07:03] SUPPORT FOR THE LAKEN RILEY ACT,
[00:07:05] RESOLUTIONS AND LEGISLATION.
[00:07:09] I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE
[00:07:13] TALK AGAIN IN FEBRUARY THAT ITS
[00:07:16] ANGIE CRAIG AND PEGGY FLANAGAN.
[00:07:19] YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER AMY
[00:07:21] KLOBUCHAR WALTZED INTO THE
[00:07:24] DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TO REPLACE TIM WALZ FOR GOVERNOR AND SHE'S
[00:07:27] GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK HER REPLACEMENT IN JANUARY.
[00:07:30] I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE TOP CANDIDATE TO FILL THAT SPOT
[00:07:33] WAS ANGIE CRAIG.
[00:07:35] HOST: ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE,
[00:07:39] DONALD TRUMP FACED SOMEWHAT OF A
[00:07:41] LOSS IN THE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR'S
[00:07:45] PRIMARY FOR REPUBLICANS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A
[00:07:49] SECOND? GUEST: REPUBLICANS WANTED TO
[00:07:52] HAVE A PILLOW FIGHT IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE AFTER
[00:07:56] TRUMP-ENDORSED MIKE LINDELL THE FORMER CEO OF MYPILLOW IN ONE OF
[00:08:00] THE LEAD ELECTION CONSPIRACY THEORISTS IN THE COUNTRY.
[00:08:03] BUT HE CAME UP WAY SHORT HERE.
[00:08:05] INSTEAD IT'S THE STATE HOUSE SPEAKER WHO DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE
[00:08:09] ENDORSEMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MINNESOTA.
[00:08:13] CAME OUT ON TOP.
[00:08:17] THEY WILL HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN MINNESOTA.
[00:08:20] THIS IS A RACE WHERE TIM WALZ
[00:08:23] DROPPED HIS REELECTION BID AFTER
[00:08:26] -- THERE WAS A SCANDAL INVOLVING
[00:08:29] MISAPPROPRIATION OF STATE FUNDS
[00:08:31] AND FRAUD ALLEGATIONS TO THESE
[00:08:34] CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WARRANT PROVIDING THE SERVICES
[00:08:37] THEY WERE PROMISED.
[00:08:39] THAT OPENED UP A LANE FOR REPUBLICANS. TIM WALZ WALKED AWAY AND AMY
[00:08:43] KLOBUCHAR WALKED RIGHT IN TO THE NOMINATION. .
[00:08:47] GUEST: HOST: ANOTHER RACE IN
[00:08:52] WHICH DONALD TRUMP PLAYED HEAVILY WAS THE SENATE GOP RACE
[00:08:54] IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
[00:08:57] WE KNOW THAT IS HEADED TO A RUNOFF. I WONDER WHAT YOU MADE OF THAT
[00:09:01] RACE AND DARLINE GRAHAM WHO TOOK
[00:09:03] THE ROLE OF A CANDIDATE AFTER
[00:09:06] HER BROTHER, THE LATE SENATOR
[00:09:10] LINDSEY GRAHAM, PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
[00:09:12] GUEST: I THINK WHAT WE ARE
[00:09:15] SEEING HERE IS WE HAVE TWO WEEKS
[00:09:18] SO THE RUNOFF IS GOING TO BE A REAL TEST FOR DARLENE.
[00:09:22] SHE IS SOMEONE WHO IS NEVER RUN FOR OFFICE BEFORE.
[00:09:25] HAS BEEN IN THE BACKGROUND SUPPORTING HER BROTHER.
[00:09:29] AROUND HIM BUT NEVER REALLY IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
[00:09:32] NOW THAT GLARE IS RIGHT ON HER. I THOUGHT WAS INTRUDING LAST
[00:09:36] NIGHT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO PLAY FOR A RUNOFF HERE THE FIELD
[00:09:39] WOULD BE LARGE.
[00:09:43] NO ONE WAS GOING TO GET 50% PLUS ONE TO AVOID THAT.
[00:09:46] RALPH NORMAN, WHO IS THE
[00:09:51] LONGTIME REPRESENTATIVE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA CAME IN A CLOSE
[00:09:55] SECOND. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE ARE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION THAT
[00:09:58] WE WERE EARLIER THE NORMALLY SCHEDULED SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY
[00:10:02] WERE TRUMP-ENDORSED ONE
[00:10:04] CANDIDATE IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE . FINISHED FIRST IN THE REGULAR
[00:10:08] PRIMARY BUT NOT ENOUGH TO AVOID A RUNOFF AND THEN WHEN THE
[00:10:10] MOMENTUM SHIFTED, TRUMP DECIDED
[00:10:13] TO SPLIT HIS ENDORSEMENT.
[00:10:20] I SEE A SCENARIO HERE WHERE IF DARLINE GRAHAM DOESN'T START
[00:10:23] PULLING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT MORE
[00:10:25] IN THE POLLS SHE STRUGGLES TO
[00:10:29] CAPITALIZE ON THIS THE TRUMP MIGHT CONSIDER ENDORSING RALPH
[00:10:32] NORMAN WHICH WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE RALPH NORMAN
[00:10:35] WAS ONE OF THE FIRST REPUBLICANS
[00:10:37] TO ENDORSE NIKKI HALEY'S
[00:10:41] PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2024. SO IT WILL TAKE A LOT FOR RALPH
[00:10:45] NORMAN TO GET THAT TRUMP BUMP.
[00:10:47] BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE ON THE TABLE AFTER A
[00:10:51] STRONGER-THAN-EXPECTED SHOWING
[00:10:52] LAST NIGHT. HOST: I AM A REAL PURVEYOR OF
[00:10:57] YOUR NEWSLETTER WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT POLLS.
[00:11:00] TALK TO US ABOUT THE STATE OF POLLING RIGHT NOW, MINNESOTA THE
[00:11:04] POLLS HAD FRANCESCA HONG WAY AHEAD OF DAVID CROWLEY.
[00:11:07] IN MICHIGAN LAST WEEK INTERNAL
[00:11:09] POLLS HAD ABDUL EL-SAYED WAY
[00:11:14] AHEAD OF HALEY STEVENS AND HE EKED OUT A SMALL WIN. WHAT SHOULD AMERICANS THINK
[00:11:18] ABOUT THE STATE OF POLLING WHEN IT COMES TO THESE RACES ACROSS
[00:11:22] THE COUNTRY? GUEST: I DON'T WANT TO THROW THE
[00:11:26] BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER HERE AND SAY ALL POLLING IS BAD.
[00:11:29] I WILL SAY THIS SPECIFIC POLLING
[00:11:31] IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES HAS BEEN REALLY TOUGH THIS CYCLE.
[00:11:35] THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A
[00:11:38] SURGE OF ENTHUSIASM FROM THE DEMOCRATIC BASE PULSE OR SMART
[00:11:42] ACCOUNTING FOR. FRANCESCA HONG LAST NIGHT GOT
[00:11:47] ABOUT 300,000 VOTES OR SO AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER DEMOCRATIC
[00:11:51] GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY IN RECENT HISTORY THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR
[00:11:53] HER TO WIN. SHE WILL PROBABLY COME IN A
[00:11:57] CLOSE SECOND YEAR. THIS IS A SURGE OF ENTHUSIASM IN
[00:12:00] THE DEMOCRATIC RACES THAT POLLSTERS ARE NOT ACCOUNTING
[00:12:03] FOR. SO LOOKING AHEAD TO SOME OF
[00:12:06] THESE BIG PRIMARIES WE HAVE COMING UP LIKE IN FLORIDA FOR
[00:12:09] EXAMPLE, I WILL BE TRYING TO PAY
[00:12:11] ATTENTION TO SEE HOW AFTER THE
[00:12:15] DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY POLLING IS AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE GENERAL ELECTION THAT'S A BIT
[00:12:18] MORE KNOWN.
[00:12:22] SO I WILL PUT MORE EGGS IN THE BASKET FOR GENERAL ELECTION
[00:12:26] POLLING. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THE STATE
[00:12:30] OF DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY POLLING RIGHT NOW IS A MESS.
[00:12:33] HOST: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
[00:12:37] BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. GUEST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
[00:12:41] HOST: LET'S TURN TO SOME PHONE CALLS.
[00:12:45] WHAT IS MOTIVATING YOUR 2026
[00:12:48] MIDTERM ELECTION VOTE. LESTER FROM ALABAMA, DEMOCRAT.
[00:12:52] CALLER: GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE YOU.
[00:12:55] HOST: I'M DOING WELL, HOW ARE YOU.
[00:12:58] CALLER: THIS THING THAT'S BEEN
[00:13:01] GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE
[00:13:03] TRUMP CAME IN OFFICE, IT'S TIME
[00:13:09] TO SEND THESE REPUBLICANS HOME AND LET THEM LEARN HOW TO RUN
[00:13:13] THE UNITED STATES.
[00:13:17] WE HAVE EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY
[00:13:19] SINCE 1946.
[00:13:23] IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR REPUBLICANS TO SIT IN CONGRESS
[00:13:27] WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING.
[00:13:29] LET TRUMP SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
[00:13:33] ALL DAY LONG. THAT IS NOT HOW YOU RUN THE
[00:13:37] SENATE AND THE CONGRESS IS
[00:13:40] SUPPOSED TO SIGN THOSE BILLS PAID TRUMP SHOULD NOT BE ABLE OR
[00:13:44] ALLOWED TO DO THINGS HIS WAY.
[00:13:47] JUST VOTE BLEW ACROSS THE
[00:13:50] COUNTRY AND WE WILL HAVE A BETTER AMERICA TOMORROW.
[00:13:53] HAVE A GREAT DAY. HOST: DAN FROM NEW YORK, A
[00:13:57] REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE
[00:14:01] YOU.
[00:14:05] I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN
[00:14:07] OBSERVATION. I'M A CHRISTIAN MAN I AM A
[00:14:10] REPUBLICAN. BUT DO YOU REALIZE SOMETHING DOES ANYBODY REALIZE SOMETHING
[00:14:13] THAT ALL THE CRAZY WACKY IDEAS
[00:14:16] COME FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AND NOT TO GIVE -- NOT THE
[00:14:20] REPUBLICAN'S ARE PERFECT, BUT
[00:14:23] THEY THEY HAVE -- THEY HAVE A
[00:14:25] TENDENCY TO WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW
[00:14:29] FAMILY, GOD, COUNTRY AND THE DEMOCRATS THE TRANSGENDER ALL
[00:14:32] THE OTHER STUFF THIS IS COMING
[00:14:36] -- IN MY OPINION IT'S COMING FROM THE DEVIL I WILL TELL YOU
[00:14:38] THE TRUTH. HOST: LET ME REDIRECT YOU TO THE QUESTION WHICH IS WHAT WILL BE
[00:14:42] MOTIVATING YOUR VOTE THIS MIDTERM ELECTION. CALLER: THESE VERY THINGS I'M
[00:14:46] SPEAKING ABOUT.
[00:14:49] I MEAN THAT -- FIRST TO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. LET ME NOT ASK YOU A QUESTION.
[00:14:53] BUT THE PUBLIC. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT CAME OK
[00:14:57] LIKE LET'S SAY IN MINNESOTA THEY
[00:15:00] COME FROM SOMALIA EVERYTHING AND NOTHING GETS DONE AS FAR AS
[00:15:04] GETTING THESE PEOPLE OUT SO WE CAN HAVE AN ELECTION THAT YOU
[00:15:07] KNOW FREE AND WHATNOT AND IT
[00:15:10] SEEMS CRAZY.
[00:15:12] AND AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE DON'T SIT DOWN WITH
[00:15:16] THEMSELVES AND THINK ABOUT -- THEY DON'T HAVE TO VOTE
[00:15:20] REPUBLICAN THEY CAN VOTE INDEPENDENT. BUT I'M SAYING YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS GONE WAY TO
[00:15:24] THE LEFT.
[00:15:28] THEY WOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF DECENCY TO SAY THEY ARE RUINING
[00:15:32] OUR COUNTRY AND YET WHAT --
[00:15:36] THESE PEOPLE THINK THIS WAY, WHAT WE DO.
[00:15:40] YOU KNOW I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT.
[00:15:42] AND I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT C-SPAN.
[00:15:45] SOMETIMES I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PRESSED FOR TIME BUT SOMETIMES A
[00:15:49] PERSON IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE QUESTION AND ONE OF THE
[00:15:52] MODERATORS WILL SAY OK, I GET
[00:15:57] YOUR POINT AND I'VE GOT AGO. DOESN'T THAT DISCOURAGE THEM
[00:16:01] FROM CALLING C-SPAN? THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION. HOST: DAN FROM NEW YORK A
[00:16:05] REPUBLICAN. FROM OHIO, A DEMOCRAT GOOD
[00:16:09] MORNING TOM.
[00:16:10] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:16:15] I AM ALMOST 91 YEARS OLD.
[00:16:18] I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY
[00:16:21] ELECTIONS IN 2028. BECAUSE THE IDIOT IN WASHINGTON
[00:16:25] IS GOING TO SEE TO IT THAT THERE IS NO ELECTIONS.
[00:16:29] IT'S JUST A SHAME. THAT WE LET OUR COUNTRY GET TO
[00:16:33] WHERE IT IS WITH THAT BIMBO IN
[00:16:37] WASHINGTON AND HIS WARS ARE.
[00:16:40] IT'S GOING TO BREAK. HOST: I'M TO DO THE SAME FOR YOU
[00:16:44] AS I DID FOR DAN BEFORE YOU WHICH IS REDIRECTED TO THE QUESTION THIS MORNING.
[00:16:48] LAY OUT WHAT THE MOTIVATING YOUR VOTE IS A 91-YEAR-OLD IN THIS
[00:16:52] COUNTRY IN THIS MIDTERM
[00:16:53] ELECTION. CALLER: I WON'T BE VOTING.
[00:16:58] HOST: YOU WON'T BE VOTING IN THE
[00:17:01] CALLER: MIDTERMS. I WON'T BE VOTING IN ANY.
[00:17:04] HOST: WHY IS THAT?
[00:17:06] >> IT SEEMS LIKE ALL WE GET IS
[00:17:11] CROAKS, POLITICIANS, CROOKS AND
[00:17:14] LOBBYISTS WHO -- WHO LINE
[00:17:16] POLITICIANS POCKETS. THAT CREATES AS I SAY I'M JUST
[00:17:21] AN OLD DUMB 91-YEAR-OLD HILLBILLY. THANK YOU JASMINE.
[00:17:25] HOST: HAMILTON FROM
[00:17:30] PENNSYLVANIA, AND INDEPENDENT.
[00:17:31] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:17:38] LISTEN, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE WAR
[00:17:41] AND THE ECONOMY FOR ME RIGHT NOW
[00:17:44] BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
[00:17:47] WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT SO MUCH OF OUR
[00:17:51] ECONOMIC POWER TO THIS WAR THAT
[00:17:55] A LOT OF US DIDN'T EVEN WANT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
[00:17:58] AND NOW WE ARE STUCK AND WE ARE
[00:18:01] STUCK WITH HIGH GAS PRICES. WE ARE STUCK WITH HIGH FOOD
[00:18:04] PRICES AND FOR ME, THIS ECONOMY
[00:18:08] IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE BUT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
[00:18:11] AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM DIRECTION -- A DIRECTION TO GO
[00:18:15] FORWARD.
[00:18:18] BUT WE'VE GOT TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT
[00:18:22] NOW. THAT'S MY COMMENT.
[00:18:23] >> AMBLED IN FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
[00:18:27] AND INDEPENDENT. DON FROM CONNECTICUT A REPUBLICAN.
[00:18:31] JOHN, YOUR STATE VOTED LAST NIGHT.
[00:18:35] I WONDER IF YOU VOTED AND IF YOU
[00:18:36] DID WHAT IS MOTIVATING >> >>
[00:18:42] YOUR VOTE. I DID NOT VOTE, I'M A REPUBLICAN. HOST: WAS JUST THE DEMOCRATIC VOTING LAST NIGHT?
[00:18:46] CALLER: JUST THE DEMOCRATS IN
[00:18:50] OUR PART OF CONNECTICUT WAS HOLDING PRIMARIES FOR THAT AREA.
[00:18:54] SO NO I'M NOT VOTING FOR IT AND IT WOULDN'T VOTE FOR LAMONT
[00:18:57] AGAIN. HE NEEDS TO GO.
[00:19:00] TOO MANY YEARS OF HIS CORRUPTION
[00:19:02] AND OUR STATE IS THE HIGHEST
[00:19:07] TAXED EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY. ONE THING I WANT TO GET BACK TO
[00:19:11] BEFORE YOU HANG UP ON ME, ON A
[00:19:16] SUNDAY WHEN KIMBERLY WAS
[00:19:18] TALKING, SOMEONE WAS SUPPOSEDLY DENIGRATING A GENERAL AND EVERY
[00:19:22] DAY ON YOUR SHOW FOR THREE
[00:19:25] HOURS, I HEAR MORE DENIGRATION OF DONALD J. TRUMP THAN ANYONE.
[00:19:28] AGAIN A GENTLEMAN, PROBABLY A
[00:19:33] NICE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN JUST CALLED OUR PRESIDENT AN IDIOT AND YOU SAY NOTHING.
[00:19:36] YOU SAY NOTHING ALL THE TIME. AND IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT
[00:19:40] WHERE IT'S -- YOU GUYS ARE OUT
[00:19:43] OF HAND AND SOMEONE MADE A
[00:19:45] COMMENT LAST WEEK ABOUT YOUR
[00:19:48] C-SPAN IS GETTING LIKE CNN, MS NOW AND THE VIEW.
[00:19:52] BECAUSE ALL YOU PEOPLE DO IS INSULT OUR PRESIDENT.
[00:19:55] HOST: CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND MEET YOUR TV BEHIND YOU.
[00:19:59] CALLER: I -- WHEN PRESIDENT
[00:20:04] TRUMP AND PRESIDENT OBAMA WERE IN OFFICE I NEVER DID THAT ON
[00:20:08] AIR TO ANY PRESIDENT. I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO ANY
[00:20:11] PRESIDENT KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.
[00:20:13] BUT YOU PEOPLE EVERY DAY TO
[00:20:16] ERROR THAT IN THE WAY YOUR CALLERS INSULT OUR PRESIDENT HE
[00:20:20] IS DOING THE BEST HE CAN WITH WHAT HE HAS AND WHAT HE WAS
[00:20:24] ELECTED. SO ALL I SAY IS I'M VOTING FOR
[00:20:28] REPUBLICANS UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.
[00:20:30] I WAS A DEMOCRAT I VOTED DEMOCRAT UP UNTIL HILLARY CLINTON RAN FOR PRESIDENT.
[00:20:34] HOST: THAT'S 2016.
[00:20:36] CALLER: CORRECT AND I DIDN'T
[00:20:40] THINK SHE HAD THE THE CHUTZPAH TO DO, TO BE PRESIDENT AND
[00:20:44] THAT'S IT. BUT FOR YOUR CALLERS TO EVERY
[00:20:48] DAY THREE HOURS OF INSULTING OUR PRESIDENT AND HIS WHOLE CABINET
[00:20:52] AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS TOTALLY DISGUSTING. TOTALLY DISGUSTING.
[00:20:56] I MEAN I KNOW SOME DAY THERE WILL BE A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT
[00:20:59] IN THERE AND GOD FOR BID WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT
[00:21:03] GOES AROUND COMES AROUND AS THEY
[00:21:04] SAY. HOST: I WOULD JUST SAY THAT BOTH
[00:21:10] REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS AND DEMOCRATS ON THE SHOW.
[00:21:13] THE BEST PART OF THE SHOW IS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY YOUR
[00:21:17] THOUGHTS IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. AT TIMES ONE SIDE MAY INSULT THE
[00:21:21] OTHER AND AT TIMES ONE SIDE MAY INSULT THE OTHER SIDE.
[00:21:25] BUT THE POINT IS THAT YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS
[00:21:28] LONG AS IT IS WITHIN RESPECTFUL BOUNDS AND I WOULD SAY ACROSS
[00:21:31] THE BOARD THOSE WHO CALL INTO
[00:21:33] THE SHOW ARE MOSTLY RESPECTFUL
[00:21:36] AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. MICHAEL, INDEPENDENT.
[00:21:40] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:21:47] WE HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO KEPT THE
[00:21:50] STATE, YES THINGS ARE HIGH.
[00:21:54] BUT BEFORE HE CAME TO THE
[00:21:57] GOVERNOR WE WERE IN THE RED.
[00:22:02] NOW, IF YOU LOOK WE HAVE A
[00:22:04] PRESIDENT, WHO TRIED TO
[00:22:09] OVERTHROW AN ELECTION, A
[00:22:15] GOVERNMENT 2020. IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE.
[00:22:18] >> LET ME ASK YOU BECAUSE YOU
[00:22:23] CAN ASK YOU HOW YOU VOTED LAST NIGHT IF YOU VOTED IN THE PRIMARY.
[00:22:27] >> I'M AN INDEPENDENT.
[00:22:31] I DID NOT VOTE IN THE PRIMARY. THAT'S WHY I LIKE TO SEE
[00:22:35] POLITICAL REFORM.
[00:22:40] WE NEED MORE THAN ONE PARTY.
[00:22:42] WE HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT NEED A THIRD
[00:22:46] PARTY OR SOMEBODY, SOMETIMES YOU
[00:22:51] DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. SOMETIMES THEY --
[00:22:53] HOST: WHO DO YOU PLAN TO SUPPORT
[00:22:57] IN NOVEMBER IF I CAN ASK? CALLER: I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO
[00:23:01] VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE
[00:23:02] LIKE I SAID WE HAVE A GUY,
[00:23:06] INFLATION IS TOO HIGH. WE ARE IN A WAR WE SHOULD NEVER
[00:23:10] STARTED.
[00:23:12] WE HAVE A COUNTRY THAT INTERFERE
[00:23:15] IN OUR ELECTIONS ISRAEL AND HE'S
[00:23:18] TALKING ABOUT CHINA.
[00:23:21] LOOK AT THE MONEY WE SPENT ON THE CAMPAIGNS, IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.
[00:23:25] HOST: WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT
[00:23:29] REPRESENTATIVE LARSEN WAS OUSTED LAST NIGHT.
[00:23:31] THE 78-YEAR-OLD INCUMBENT WAS
[00:23:35] BEAT BY A 47 YEAR OLD HARTFORD MAYOR.
[00:23:37] CALLER: LOSS 74.
[00:23:43] YES IT'S A LOT OF MONEY BEHIND THAT.
[00:23:45] WE SOMETIMES WONDER WHO IS
[00:23:49] SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY.
[00:23:51] WHEN SOMEBODY GIVES YOU MONEY,
[00:23:56] IT'S LIKE MODERN SLAVERY.
[00:23:59] YOU ARE NOT ABOVE A PERSON.
[00:24:02] THEY OWN YOU.
[00:24:05] THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO SEE
[00:24:07] POLITICAL REFORM, LIMITING BIG
[00:24:11] CORPORATE PACK MONEY, CORPORATIONS THAT THE SUPREME
[00:24:13] COURT LET ATTEBERRY YOU NEED TO
[00:24:18] DASHING THE CANDIDATE WHO CAN SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS.
[00:24:22] HOST: FROM HARTFORD CONNECTICUT
[00:24:27] WERE A BIG ELECTION HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. JOE FROM MICHIGAN, DEMOCRAT GOOD
[00:24:31] MORNING. YOU HAD A BIG ELECTION LAST WEEK. I WONDER WHAT'S MOTIVATING YOUR
[00:24:35] 2026 VOTE. CALLER: AFTER SEEING THE ECONOMY
[00:24:37] LIKE IT IS, AMERICANS REALLY
[00:24:41] KNOW WHAT'S GOING DOWN.
[00:24:43] THEY REALIZE GAS PRICES ARE
[00:24:46] GOING SKY HIGH. OIL IS GOING UP, GAS IS GOING
[00:24:50] UP. HOST: GO AHEAD.
[00:24:54] CALLER: AMERICANS HAVE ENOUGH
[00:24:59] SENSE TO KNOW IT PEOPLE ARE
[00:25:03] CALLING THE PRESIDENT NAMES.
[00:25:05] THE PRESIDENT STARTED THIS MESS.
[00:25:09] WHAT PRESIDENT AND THE RIGHT
[00:25:12] MIND GOES ON TV AND CUSSES FOLKS OUT AND CALLS THEM NAMES,
[00:25:16] ESPECIALLY WOMEN.
[00:25:21] 47 YEARS AGO, DUTCH
[00:25:24] HOST: MASK HOW YOU VOTED LAST WEEK.
[00:25:28] CALLER: I WAS LIKE I NEVER VOTED
[00:25:38] FOR THIS GUY BUT I LISTENED TO HIM AND HE SOUNDS BETTER.
[00:25:42] HE HAS MORE AMERICAN VALUES.
[00:25:43] HOST: ABDUL EL-SAYED.
[00:25:47] CALLER: PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION,
[00:25:51] LIKE THIS MAN IS MORE AMERICAN OF THE PRESIDENT.
[00:25:55] KNEES AND TAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH THEM. AND IF YOU DON'T HE'S GOING TO
[00:25:59] TAKE OVER. THIS BOY IS ALREADY TALKING
[00:26:03] ABOUT RUNNING THE COUNTRY.
[00:26:08] HE'S DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL STUFF
[00:26:10] HE IS 30 SOMETHING BILLION. THE RIGHT PEOPLE UNITED STATES
[00:26:14] OF AMERICA KNOW THIS MAN IS A CONVICTED FELON AND DON'T NEED HIM IN THE COUNTRY EITHER.
[00:26:17] HOST: CARL FROM GEORGIA,
[00:26:20] REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING.
[00:26:22] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:26:30] THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
[00:26:32] WHAT'S MOTIVATING MY VOTE IS JUST TRYING TO BRING SOME DEGREE
[00:26:36] OF NORMALCY BACK TO OUR COUNTRY
[00:26:42] BECAUSE IT IS JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
[00:26:46] ARE FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT
[00:26:50] COUNTRY ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
[00:26:53] AND WITH A MORAL DECLINE AND DECAY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF
[00:26:57] WHICH I USED TO BE A PART OF I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO
[00:27:00] SWITCH AND TRY TO PRAY FOR ALL
[00:27:02] OF THEM.
[00:27:05] HOST: GEORGIA HAS SOME BIG
[00:27:09] ELECTIONS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.
[00:27:12] ALSO A BIG GOVERNOR'S RACE HAPPENING. I WONDER DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PLAN
[00:27:16] TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
[00:27:19] HOST: I AM STILL UNDECIDED AT
[00:27:23] THIS POINT. I REALLY WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
[00:27:26] THE TRUE ISSUES OF THE CANDIDATES ARE.
[00:27:30] I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL
[00:27:32] VOTERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO
[00:27:35] THEIR RESEARCH AND NOT JUST VOTE BY PARTY.
[00:27:39] I VOTE MAINLY REPUBLICAN NOW
[00:27:42] BECAUSE I WAS I BEFORE STATE OF THE MORAL DECAY OF THE
[00:27:45] DEMOCRATIC PARTY BUT AT THE SAME
[00:27:48] TIME I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO LISTENING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE
[00:27:53] CANDIDATES THEMSELVES AND IF THAT CANDIDATE BELIEVES IN A CERTAIN THING THAT WHEN MY
[00:27:57] BELIEF IS AS A VOTER THEN I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE THAT
[00:28:01] LET'S ME KNOW ONCE THEY GET AN OFFICE THEY ARE GOING TO SUPPORT
[00:28:05] WHATEVER IT IS THEIR PARTY SUPPORTS.
[00:28:08] WHAT I BELIEVE IN REGARDLESS OF WHAT FAMILY SAYS OR FRIENDS SAY
[00:28:12] OR WHOEVER, I WANT TO VOTE MY
[00:28:15] CONVICTIONS AND WHAT I BELIEVE IS RIGHT FOR OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY.
[00:28:19] HOST: MIKE FROM CALIFORNIA,
[00:28:24] INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING.
[00:28:27] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:28:35] TO THAT GENTLEMAN WHO CALLED IN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT PEOPLE TALKING
[00:28:38] ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND NOT
[00:28:40] CALLING IN THE PRESIDENT, THE
[00:28:45] REPUBLICANS TREATED THE DEMOCRATS WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS
[00:28:48] PRESIDENT AND MITCH MCCONNELL
[00:28:50] SAID HE CALLED IN THE GRIM
[00:28:53] REAPER AND WAS GOING TO MAKE IN
[00:28:55] A ONE TERM PRESIDENT AND ALL THE
[00:28:58] EVERYTHING BARACK OBAMA DID.
[00:29:00] DONALD TRUMP INC. IT'S THE
[00:29:04] OPPOSITE. ANYTHING HE WANTS.
[00:29:07] TALKED ABOUT HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.
[00:29:10] CALLS EVERYBODY A NAME. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE A LOT OF
[00:29:14] NERVE TO EVEN GET ON THEIR TALKING LIKE THAT.
[00:29:18] I MEAN IT IS INCREDIBLE.
[00:29:21] WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO VOTE. I CALLED IN C-SPAN A COUPLE
[00:29:24] MINUTES AGO AND YOU HAD A
[00:29:26] CONGRESSMAN THERE AND I SAID
[00:29:29] WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT D.E.I.
[00:29:31] AND HE SAID LITERALLY THE UNITED
[00:29:35] STATES CONGRESSMAN SAID WHAT
[00:29:37] D.E.I. DOES IT ELEVATE --
[00:29:45] MEDIOCRE WHITE PEOPLE. AND I'M GOING I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO RESPOND.
[00:29:49] HE SAID IT MAKES THEM FEEL MARGINALIZED. WHERE THEY HAVE TO GIVE
[00:29:53] SOMETHING UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
[00:29:55] AND THE POINT IS EVER SINCE THE
[00:29:58] STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929,
[00:30:00] BLACK PEOPLE HAD TO SUFFER.
[00:30:05] THEY CHERRY PICK EVERY JOB THERE IS.
[00:30:09] AND THAT'S WHY THE BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT IS SO HIGH ALL THE TIME.
[00:30:13] WHERE THE FIRST TO GET FIRED IN THE LAST TO GET HIRED.
[00:30:17] IT IS INCREDIBLE. ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
[00:30:21] >> AND FROM BRONX, NEW YORK, A
[00:30:28] DEMOCRAT. GOOD MORNING. WHAT'S MOTIVATING YOUR 20.6 VOTE.
[00:30:30] >> THE ECONOMY, THE WAR, I DON'T
[00:30:36] LIKE THAT THERE PICKING UP
[00:30:38] PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE NOT
[00:30:43] PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE ANYTHING
[00:30:46] WRONG, INNOCENT PEOPLE.
[00:30:48] MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE BEING PICKED UP THEN PEOPLE THEY SAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GO AFTER.
[00:30:52] THEY ARE NOT GOING AFTER THOSE
[00:30:56] PEOPLE, THEY ARE GOING AFTER INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T DONE
[00:31:00] ANYTHING. SO I AM ALSO SPEAKING ON THE
[00:31:03] REPUBLICAN WHO TALKED EARLIER ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON
[00:31:07] TRUMP AND TALKING ABOUT TRUMP.
[00:31:10] I AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN THEY
[00:31:12] DID THE SAME THING TO OBAMA.
[00:31:15] THEY HAD THE TEA PARTY. AND THEY DID THE SAME THING TO
[00:31:18] BIDEN. WHOSE SLEEPING NOW THE PRESIDENT
[00:31:22] IS SLEEPING ALL THE TIME. NOBODY IS MAKING A BIG DEAL OVER
[00:31:26] THAT. AND THE OTHER THING IS HOW DARE
[00:31:30] THEY TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING NEGATIVE ABOUT PEOPLE CALLING THEM OUT OF
[00:31:34] THEIR NAMES.
[00:31:37] HE IS SAYING MORE THINGS THAN ANYBODY THAT'S NEGATIVE.
[00:31:41] SO HE IS SETTING A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE FOR THAT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT
[00:31:45] REPUBLICAN GUY SAID WHAT HE SAID. I AGREE WHEN THEY SAID THE
[00:31:49] REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS AND
[00:31:52] DEGRADING THEM. ALL THE TIME.
[00:31:55] HOST: MARK FROM FLORIDA,
[00:32:01] REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING, WHAT'S MOTIVATING
[00:32:03] YOUR 2026 VOTE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:32:08] I'VE BEEN VOTING FOR 40 PLUS YEARS. I'VE NEVER VOTED FOR A DEMOCRAT
[00:32:11] AND I NEVER WILL. A LOT OF REASONS.
[00:32:15] THEY HAVE A TERRIBLE HORRIBLE HISTORY GOING BACK 200 YEARS.
[00:32:19] SO I'LL BE VOTING REPUBLICAN LIKE I ALWAYS DO.
[00:32:22] EVEN THOUGH I GET ANGRY AT REPUBLICANS A LOT THEY'RE FAR
[00:32:26] FROM PERFECT, THEY ARE BETTER THAN THE DEMOCRATS. I WANT TO BRING SOMETHING UP.
[00:32:30] I KEEP HEARING THE DEMOCRATS
[00:32:31] CALLING UP ABOUT INFLATION.
[00:32:35] INFLATION REALLY STINKS, I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT TRUMP WAS GOING
[00:32:38] TO BE ABLE TO GET INFLATION DOWN
[00:32:40] AS LONG AS WE HAVE A MASSIVE NATIONAL DEBT SPINNING OUT OF
[00:32:44] CONTROL I THINK LAST YEAR'S BUDGET DEFICIT WAS 1.7 TRILLION
[00:32:48] DOLLARS. AS LONG AS THE PRESIDENT WHETHER
[00:32:51] IT BE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT AND CONGRESS CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IN
[00:32:55] DEFICIT SPENDING HOW DO WE EXPECT TO GET INFLATION DOWN? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND
[00:32:59] EVERYBODY THAT THIS INFLATION
[00:33:04] CATASTROPHE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
[00:33:06] STARTED LITERALLY WITHIN 24
[00:33:10] HOURS OF JOE BIDEN TAKING OFFICE. THE DEMOCRATS RAN THE HOUSE AND SENATE DURING BIDEN'S FIRST
[00:33:14] YEARS AND INFLATION EXPLODED.
[00:33:17] INTEREST RATES EXPLODED. ALL OF THIS OCCURRED WHEN BIDEN
[00:33:21] WAS THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS WERE IN CONTROL OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.
[00:33:25] SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE
[00:33:27] DEMOCRATS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH GETTING INFLATION DOWN.
[00:33:33] BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS THIS YEAR THEY ARE KNOCKING TO DO
[00:33:36] ANYTHING. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE WE AS A COUNTRY
[00:33:40] CANNOT GET SPENDING UNDER CONTROL. THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO KEEP
[00:33:43] SPENDING MONEY ON WELFARE PROGRAMS AND ENTITLEMENT
[00:33:47] PROGRAMS, GROWING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT AND IT'S JUST A BIG
[00:33:51] MESS SO REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS THIS NOVEMBER, WE ARE NOT GOING
[00:33:55] TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS INFLATION CRISIS BECAUSE NOBODY CAN STOP THE SPENDING.
[00:33:59] HOST: MARK FROM FLORIDA, A
[00:34:03] REPUBLICAN. KEY WEST, FLORIDA A DEMOCRAT.
[00:34:05] GOOD MORNING DIANE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, I AM VERY
[00:34:10] PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ELECTION. I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT
[00:34:14] HAPPENED JUST LAST WEEK. I BRING MY CAR INTO A GEO TO
[00:34:18] CHECK OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CLUTCH.
[00:34:22] THE GUY TELLS ME IT'S $239.
[00:34:26] THEN HE STARTS MY CAR AND IT
[00:34:29] MAKES A LOT OF NOISE AND HE SAYS IT IS SOMETHING BESIDE THE
[00:34:33] TRANSMISSION, IS IT SOMETHING WITH THE ENGINE.
[00:34:37] WE WILL CHARGE YOU ANOTHER 239. AND I SAID WAIT A SECOND YOU CAN
[00:34:41] TELL ME EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG AND HE SAYS NO.
[00:34:44] HE SAYS YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING
[00:34:46] WRONG IN FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS
[00:34:49] AND WILL HAVE TO PAY $239 FOR
[00:34:52] EACH ONE.
[00:34:55] I SAID WAIT A SECOND THAT'S NOT
[00:34:59] ETHICAL AND HE STARTS TELLING ME IF I WENT TO A DOCTOR THAT I
[00:35:03] WOULD PAY FOR EACH AILMENT AND I REMINDED THE GUY YOU ARE NOT A
[00:35:06] DOCTOR. SO THEN I SAID YOU CAN FIX MY CAR.
[00:35:09] HOST: I'M GOING TO REROUTE YOU BACK TO THE QUESTION OF THE
[00:35:12] MORNING. I SEE THIS STORY IS CONNECTED
[00:35:15] BUT I WANT YOU TO JUMP TO THE MAIN THING.
[00:35:19] WHAT IS AFFECTING YOUR 2026
[00:35:21] VOTE. >> ONE GUY HAS SERVICED ALL
[00:35:29] STATIONS. IT'S A MONOPOLY. AND THAT'S MY POINT.
[00:35:32] I'M SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG. THE RICH ARE GETTING SO RICH
[00:35:36] THEY ARE BUYING UP AND IT'S A MONOPOLY IN THE MEDIA DOES SUCH
[00:35:39] A GOOD JOB PITTING REPUBLICANS AGAINST DEMOCRATS.
[00:35:42] THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE RICH
[00:35:46] PEOPLE AGAINST THE POOR PEOPLE AND THERE IS NO MIDDLE CLASS. A MAJORITY OF US WE ARE THE POOR
[00:35:50] PEOPLE. I'M VERY PASSIONATE.
[00:35:54] I'M NOT IN A VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO MAKE CHANGE THAT
[00:35:58] WOULD BE THE SOCIAL DAMS OR ANY DEMOCRAT BECAUSE THE CONGRESS
[00:36:02] HAS BEEN COMPLICIT IN GIVING THE PRESIDENT ALL OF HIS POWER.
[00:36:05] I AM HOLDING SIGNS, I'M TALKING
[00:36:08] TO PEOPLE AND CANVASSING. I AM ANGRY AT WHAT'S GOING ON
[00:36:12] AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THE MAGA
[00:36:16] PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN OPEN THEIR EYES AND SEE WHAT TRUMP IS DONE.
[00:36:19] YOU OF THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND SENATE, THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
[00:36:23] HOW CAN YOU LET ANY OF THIS -- BLAME ANY OF THIS ON THE DEMOCRATS.
[00:36:27] HOST: ED FROM COLUMBIA STATION,
[00:36:32] OHIO, A REPUBLICAN.
[00:36:33] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:36:40] I PAY ATTENTION I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS SAYING IT RIGHT.
[00:36:43] YOU ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
[00:36:51] OUR ECONOMY. I'M A CONSERVATIVE.
[00:36:54] I VOTE DEMOCRAT IF THERE WAS
[00:36:59] PEOPLE BETTER. THERE'S JUST NOT. OUR ECONOMY.
[00:37:03] HERE A PEOPLE BLAME INFLATION. WITH THE NUMBER ONE ECONOMY IN
[00:37:07] THE WORLD TODAY.
[00:37:13] OUR INFLATION IS AT ABOUT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT GIVE OR TAKE.
[00:37:15] IT WAS 22% OVER THE LAST FOUR
[00:37:20] YEARS.
[00:37:21] YOU HEAR THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK,
[00:37:27] YOU HEAR ALL OF THIS TAX THE RICH PLANS AND ALL THESE FOLKS
[00:37:30] ON THE LEFT.
[00:37:36] THEY ALL TALK ABOUT THE FAILURES
[00:37:40] FROM WHAT'S HIS NAME BERNIE
[00:37:42] SANDERS AND THEY'RE ALL -- HERE'S THE FACT, ALREADY LIKE
[00:37:47] ALL THE PEOPLE IN SEVERAL HOMES.
[00:37:51] THOUSANDS A LIST OF THEM.
[00:37:58] YOU TAX THE RICH. THAT'S ALL THEY SAY. NO ONE EVER HOLDS THEM HOW ARE
[00:38:02] YOU PAY FOR ANY THE PROGRAMS.
[00:38:06] ALREADY IT'S A FACT. THEY WILL LOSE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS MORE.
[00:38:10] THEY ALL --
[00:38:12] HOST: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
[00:38:16] NEW YORK TAX? CALLER: THEY CAN TEXEL THE RICH
[00:38:20] THEY WANT AND GET IT. LOSING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
[00:38:24] MORE THAN THEY'LL EVER TAKE IN.
[00:38:25] CALLER: I WONDER -- HOST: I
[00:38:30] WONDER FOR OHIO SINCE THAT'S WHERE YOU LIVE WHAT WOULD BE
[00:38:32] YOUR MOTIVATION THERE. CALLER: THE WHOLE COUNTRY NOT
[00:38:35] JUST MY STATE.
[00:38:38] WHAT'S GOOD FOR WHEN I'M DEAD WHEN THE COUNTRY SECURE.
[00:38:41] I HAVE --
[00:38:47] I WAS OUT FULL-TIME OR I
[00:38:49] WOULD'VE BEEN.
[00:38:53] AND THEY ALL MAKE 100 GRAND OR
[00:38:55] MORE A PIECE FOR TWO MONTHS OFF.
[00:39:00] NOW, IT WILL BE OVER WITH.
[00:39:02] FIRST TIME IN MY LIFETIME WE
[00:39:05] WILL HAVE --
[00:39:12] JOE'S COMING IN ON THE NAVY OPS TEAM. I KNOW THE MIDEAST.
[00:39:16] THEY BELIEVE -- IN COUNTRIES
[00:39:21] THAT MOVED IN. THEY MEAN IT.
[00:39:24] WE WILL GET THIS OIL THING STRAIGHTENED OUT.
[00:39:28] LOOKING AT A BOMB OR YOU NAME IT.
[00:39:31] IT ABOUT LEVEL THEM.
[00:39:33] IF THEY DON'T COME TO THE TABLE.
[00:39:37] WHAT I'M GETTING ABOUT WHAT'S
[00:39:40] GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY, OUR ECONOMY IS DOING GREAT AND THE
[00:39:44] OTHER THING WHO DO PEOPLE THINK
[00:39:49] THEY WORK FOR, I HIGHER 17 MEN AT A COST A LOT OF MONEY AND
[00:39:52] THEY GET TAXED AND THEN THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY BACK IN THE ECONOMY AND I'M JUST A PEANUT.
[00:39:56] HOST: I THINK WE TAKE YOUR POINT
[00:39:59] THERE. THAT WAS ED IN OHIO, A
[00:40:02] REPUBLICAN. WASHINGTON, D.C., AN INDEPENDENT.
[00:40:06] WHAT'S MOTIVATING YOUR 2026 VOTE.
[00:40:10] CALLER: WHAT'S MOTIVATING MY
[00:40:12] VOTE THIS YEAR IS THE FACT THAT
[00:40:16] THE REPUBLICANS IN THE WHITE
[00:40:21] HOUSE, CONGRESS, SENATE ALL OF
[00:40:23] THEM ARE INCOMPETENT.
[00:40:27] STEALING TAXPAYERS MONEY. SAYING THING HE WON'T SAY.
[00:40:31] AND THE CALLER WHO SAID WE
[00:40:34] SHOULDN'T SAY A THING ABOUT
[00:40:36] TRUMP, TRUMP IS THE WORST HUMAN
[00:40:39] BEING TO EVER BE ON THE EARTH AND HE'S RUNNING THE COUNTRY
[00:40:42] INTO THE GROUND.
[00:40:46] THE POLITICS, THE RELIGION IS
[00:40:49] ALL MONEY BASED. IT'S THE RICH AGAINST THE POOR
[00:40:53] ON THE ECONOMIC SIDE. SPIRITUALLY TO THE GOOD AGAINST
[00:40:57] THE BAD. AND ON THE SAME PATH AS SODOM
[00:41:01] AND GOMORRAH ON THE SAME PATH
[00:41:03] THAT WAS ANNIHILATED BECAUSE OF
[00:41:06] THEIR CORRUPTION.
[00:41:08] THEIR GREED, THEIR CHILD
[00:41:14] KILLERS. THEY'RE THE WORST HUMAN BEINGS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
[00:41:16] HOST: KATHLEEN FROM SATELLITE
[00:41:21] BEACH, FLORIDA. DEMOCRAT, GOOD MORNING.
[00:41:24] >> GOOD MORNING.
[00:41:28] I WANTED TO CALL ABOUT THE DSA.
[00:41:31] I ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT ALL THE
[00:41:34] CANDIDATES THAT ARE DSA, WHICH
[00:41:36] THEY AREN'T BY THE WAY.
[00:41:39] I WANTED TO MENTION THAT THERE
[00:41:41] ARE 500 MILLION DEMOCRATS REGISTERED IN THE UNITED STATES
[00:41:45] AND ONLY ABOUT 120,000 DSA.
[00:41:50] SO IF A CANDIDATE SAYS THEY ARE
[00:41:53] NOT DSA, THEY ARE NOT DSA.
[00:41:56] THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE WINNING
[00:41:58] SO OFTEN IN THIS PRIMARY AND
[00:42:01] PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER ARE PEOPLE
[00:42:04] THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT HELPING
[00:42:07] THE POOR.
[00:42:10] AND GIVING THAT BENEFIT TO
[00:42:12] CHILDREN THAT ARE GOING HUNGRY. AND I DON'T MEAN HUNGRY HUNGRY
[00:42:16] BUT TALKING ABOUT KIDS THAT WERE
[00:42:19] GETTING ONE MEAL A DAY AT SCHOOL
[00:42:22] THAT WAS HALFWAY DECENT.
[00:42:24] AND AS FAR AS THE DEFICIT GOES.
[00:42:27] HOST: LET ME REDIRECT YOU.
[00:42:32] CAN YOU BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT IS MOTIVATING YOUR 2026 VOTE?
[00:42:36] CALLER: FIRST OF ALL I HAVE
[00:42:41] ALWAYS BEEN A DEMOCRAT AND I'M
[00:42:44] LIKE ALL THE OTHER CALLERS
[00:42:46] BEFORE ME AM TIRED OF THE
[00:42:49] CORPORATIONS RUNNING THE COUNTRY .
[00:42:53] THE LATEST SCAM THAT TRUMP IF A
[00:42:56] CORPORATION WANTS A REGULATION
[00:42:58] REMOVED OR EASED UP, HE ASKS FOR
[00:43:02] A DONATION TO ONE OF HIS
[00:43:04] PROJECTS AND IT'S DOCUMENTED NOW AND EVEN IF YOU ARE A
[00:43:08] CORPORATION IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DONATE TO TRUMP
[00:43:12] AND BUILD THAT PORTFOLIO, THEN
[00:43:16] HE JUST IGNORES YOU.
[00:43:18] SO BASICALLY IT IS CORPORATIONS
[00:43:22] VERSUS AVERAGE PEOPLE. HOST: KATHLEEN FROM FLORIDA,
[00:43:26] DEMOCRAT.
[00:43:30] RUSH, INDEPENDENT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[00:43:34] I ALWAYS GET MIMI AND I ALWAYS START OUT WITH I'VE GOT YOU
[00:43:38] AGAIN.
[00:43:41] BUT HERE EIGHT MILES OUT OF PITTSBURGH, A BIG STEELERS FAN
[00:43:44] THEY ARE GOING TO GO BIG THIS
[00:43:47] YEAR. AT ANY RATE, I'M 74, RETIRED
[00:43:51] U.S. STEEL. THE GENTLEMAN WHO CALLED A
[00:43:55] COUPLE CALLS AGO I'M A NAVY
[00:43:57] VETERAN ONLY FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE GUYS ON THE ABRAHAM
[00:44:01] LINCOLN THAT CAN GET FOOD. SIX OF THEM TRIED TO COMMIT
[00:44:04] SUICIDE.
[00:44:08] 286 DAYS. USUALLY THE AVERAGE IS LIKE
[00:44:11] THREE TO FIVE MONTHS GETTING TO
[00:44:15] PORT. SO WERE NOT EVEN TAKING CARE OF
[00:44:18] OUR OWN SERVICEMEN. WE ARE TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT PERSIA, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR
[00:44:22] 5000 YEARS. I THINK WE'D BETTER GET OUT OF
[00:44:25] THERE AND LET THOSE PEOPLE
[00:44:27] ALONE. ON MY VOTE IT'S GOING TO BE AND
[00:44:30] I VOTED FOR THIS GUY I'M NOT
[00:44:34] GOING TO TALK BAD ABOUT THEM. HE MIGHT GET UPSET IF SOMEBODY
[00:44:38] GETS MAD AT THEM.
[00:44:41] AND I'M EXTREMELY UPSET WITH
[00:44:45] THIS MAN. HE'S TURNED OUR COUNTRY, I DON'T
[00:44:48] THINK WE ARE A DEMOCRACY.
[00:44:55] WE WERE SUPPOSEDLY A REPUBLIC.
[00:44:57] WE ARE TURNING INTO AN EMPIRE.
[00:45:01] PEOPLE BETTER REALIZE WE ARE NOT THE BIGGEST BADDEST DUDES ON THE
[00:45:04] BLOCK ANYMORE. WE HAVE A WHOLE OTHER BIG WORLD
[00:45:07] OUT THERE. AND IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE TRIED
[00:45:11] TO GET ALONG, DO SOME DIPLOMACY
[00:45:15] INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT BUILDING MORE BOMBS.
[00:45:18] I REMEMBER WE USED TO SEND CARE
[00:45:20] PACKAGES FOR THE WORLD HEALTH
[00:45:23] AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HOST: I ASSUME YOU WERE SAYING
[00:45:27] YOU VOTED FOR THE PRESIDENT
[00:45:30] THREE TIMES. NOW YOU ARE UNHAPPY. DO YOU PLAN TO SUPPORT
[00:45:34] REPUBLICANS IN NOVEMBER? CALLER: NO.
[00:45:37] I FIND MYSELF LEANING -- HERE'S
[00:45:41] THE THING I WOULD BE A DEMOCRAT,
[00:45:46] BUT I'M EXTREMELY PRO-LIFE. WHEN I SAY EXTREMELY I MEAN
[00:45:49] THAT'S BIG FOR ME.
[00:45:53] SO -- IT'S GOING TO BE, I FIND
[00:45:56] MYSELF THAT ABDUL EL-SAYED, I
[00:46:00] FOLLOWED HIS CAMPAIGN UP HERE IN
[00:46:02] MICHIGAN. I FIND MYSELF CLOSER TO BEING A
[00:46:05] DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST AND THROWING ALL THESE WORDS AROUND
[00:46:09] OH HE'S A SOCIALIST.
[00:46:12] TRUMP CALLED HIM A COMMUNIST. CALLING A SOCIALIST.
[00:46:16] I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR A
[00:46:19] REPUBLICAN AGAIN AND I'M PROBABLY CAN HAVE A HARD TIME
[00:46:23] WITH SOME DEMOCRATS, BUT
[00:46:27] PERSONALLY I THINK IN PENNSYLVANIA.
[00:46:30] YOU KNOW THE MIDTERMS IS IT'S
[00:46:35] GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENTIAL.
[00:46:37] I THINK KELLY FROM ARIZONA IS
[00:46:40] GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENCY.
[00:46:44] BUT I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR ANOTHER REPUBLICAN.
[00:46:47] THEY JUST, THEY ARE IN THEIR.
[00:46:51] HOST: WE ARE COMING CLOSE TO
[00:46:55] TIME. LATER IN THE PROGRAM, MARK
[00:46:59] WALLACE, CEO OF THE ORGANIZATION UNITED AGAINST A NUCLEAR IRAN
[00:47:02] DISCUSSES THE LATEST IN THE WAR
[00:47:04] WITH IRAN. FIRST, A FORMER SENIOR HEALTH
[00:47:08] CARE ADVISOR FOR THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SENIOR POLICY
[00:47:12] ADVISOR DISCUSSING THE HEALTH CARE ISSUES AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CAMPAIGN.
[00:47:16] STAY WITH US.
[00:47:25] >> YOU LOOK BACK ON WHAT YOU'VE
[00:47:29] ACHIEVED IN YOUR LIFE. WHAT MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST OF
[00:47:32] WHAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED SO FAR. >> LEADERS SEEM TO LIKE TO WEAR
[00:47:36] WIGS. HOW COME HE DIDN'T HAVE A WIG?
[00:47:39] PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID I MADE THE MISTAKE THE FIRST TIME. I SHOULD'VE GIVEN TO THE FIRST
[00:47:43] TIME. >> YOUR FIRST BOOK WAS CALLED A
[00:47:47] TIME TO KILL. HOW MANY >> PUBLISHERS TURNED THAT DOWN. ALL OF THEM.
[00:47:51] >> HE DOESN'T LIKE TO SMILE. HE HAS WITH THE CALL THE STAIR.
[00:47:55] >> YOU GO TO THE OSCARS DID EVERYBODY THAT'S THE AUTHOR.
[00:47:59] >> THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE GO THIS
[00:48:02] WAY AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER
[00:48:04] PATH WHERE PEOPLE LIKE I GO. >> I INTERVIEWED A GUY WHO LIVED
[00:48:08] WITH WOLVES. >> IS THAT SAFE TO DO THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
[00:48:12] >> YOU ARE OPINIONATED ABOUT THE
[00:48:16] SITUATION WHICH IS WHY WE LOVE
[00:48:17] YOU DAVID.
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[00:49:13] AND A. NEW YORK CITY OFFICE AND HOME
[00:49:17] LIBRARY OF PULITZER PRIZE WINNING BEST-SELLING BIOGRAPHER ROBERT CARO WHO IS CURRENTLY
[00:49:21] WORKING ON THE FINAL VOLUME OF HIS FIVE VOLUME BIOGRAPHY OF
[00:49:24] LYNDON JOHNSON.
[00:49:26] HE TALKS ABOUT HIS RESEARCH AND
[00:49:29] WRITING PROCESS ON THE SERIES. >> VOTING RIGHTS ACT, THE CIVIL
[00:49:35] RIGHTS ACT, IMMIGRATION REFORM. HE DID IT ALL.
[00:49:38] BUT THEN HE DID VIETNAM.
[00:49:41] WHICH WAS JUST HORRIBLE.
[00:49:45] >> IS VIETNAM THE HARDEST PART.
[00:49:49] >> A GOOD QUESTION.
[00:49:55] IT IS VERY.
[00:49:58] I'M WRITING IT NOW.
[00:50:02] AND IT'S VERY >> -- IT'S REALLY
[00:50:08] DEPRESSING. BEST WINNING -- BUSTLING
[00:50:12] BIOGRAPHER ROBERT CARO. SUNDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT: 30 P.M.
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[00:50:22] >> WASHINGTON JOURNAL CONTINUES.
[00:50:25] >> JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS
[00:50:33] CAMPAIGN 2026 IS YVETTE FONTENOT. SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR AND A FORMER SENIOR OBAMA
[00:50:37] ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL ON HEALTH CARE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH >> US THIS
[00:50:41] MORNING. >>THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
[00:50:42] >> TELL US ABOUT PROTECT OUR
[00:50:46] CARE, YOUR MISSION.
[00:50:47] >> PROTECT OUR CARE IS A SOCIAL
[00:50:53] WELFARE NONPROFIT THAT'S DEDICATED TO MAKING HIGH-QUALITY
[00:50:56] AFFORDABLE AND EQUITABLE HEALTH CARE A RIGHT AND NOT A PRIVILEGE
[00:51:00] FOR EVERYONE IN AMERICA.
[00:51:03] PROTECT OUR CARE EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON POLICY OR HEALTH CARE
[00:51:07] CHAMPIONS.
[00:51:09] AND TO POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE.
[00:51:12] WE FIGHT TO EXPAND ACCESS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE.
[00:51:15] THE LOWER THE COST FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND
[00:51:19] REDUCE AN EQUITY'S IN ON GENDER
[00:51:23] INCOME, RACE, ETHNICITY OR
[00:51:26] SEXUAL PREFERENCE. WE TAKE FUNDING FROM A MIXTURE OF PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND
[00:51:30] INDIVIDUAL DONORS. >> I WANT TO ASK ABOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
[00:51:34] IN A PREVENTING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. A LOT OF THINGS ARE IN
[00:51:38] CONVERSATION WHEN COMES TO THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS LIKE
[00:51:42] SINGLE-PAYER OR MEDICARE FOR ALL.
[00:51:46] WHICH ONE OF THOSE DO YOU SUPPORT PRODUCE SUPPORT MARKETPLACE HEALTH CARE, WHERE
[00:51:50] DOES -- WHERE THEY LAND ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING
[00:51:54] PARTICULARLY IN THE DEMOCRATIC
[00:51:55] PARTY TODAY. >> JUST TO BACK UP WE THINK FOR
[00:51:59] THE MIDTERMS HEALTH CARE COST HAVE OVERTAKEN THE TOP FINANCIAL
[00:52:03] CONCERNS FOR AMERICANS AHEAD OF FOOD, HOUSING AND GAS PRICES
[00:52:07] WHICH ARE ALL AFFORDABILITY CONCERNS.
[00:52:10] ACCORDING TO PLACES LIKE KFS,
[00:52:13] 54% OF AMERICANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT PAYING FOR HEALTH CARE.
[00:52:17] TOPPING THE LIST OF THE AFFORDABILITY CONCERNS ACCORDING TO GALLUP, ONE THIRD OF
[00:52:21] AMERICANS REPORTING CUTTING BACK
[00:52:24] ON DAILY EXPENSES SUCH AS SKIPPING MEALS AND PRODUCING
[00:52:27] UTILITY USE TO HEALTH CARE. AND ACCORDING TO AXIOS A
[00:52:31] MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAY THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR CANDIDATES THAT SUPPORT LOWERING
[00:52:35] HEALTH CARE COSTS.
[00:52:37] WE KNOW THAT DEMOCRATS HOLD A 21
[00:52:41] POINT ADVANTAGE OVER REPUBLICANS ON HEALTH CARE BECAUSE WE'VE
[00:52:43] DELIVERED ON LOWER PREMIUMS
[00:52:46] EXPANDING COVERAGE AND LOWERING DRUG COSTS WHICH RANK AMONGST
[00:52:49] THE TOP FOR PEOPLE. AND IN CONTRAST WE KNOW THE
[00:52:53] TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING OF HEALTH CARE LAND THEM 36
[00:52:57] POINTS UNDERWATER.
[00:52:58] I THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT PEOPLE
[00:53:02] WANT, WHAT THE VOTERS WANT AND WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT IS THAT
[00:53:05] THEY CAN GET THE SAME QUALITY OF
[00:53:07] CARE REGARDLESS OF THEIR INCOME
[00:53:10] THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET THE MEDICATIONS THEY NEED AND BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEM.
[00:53:14] THAT THEY CAN GET THE CARE THEIR DOCTOR RECOMMENDS AND THEY ARE
[00:53:17] ABLE TO AFFORD INSURANCE WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE CUTS IN THE REST
[00:53:20] OF THEIR FAMILY BUDGET AND THE CARE THEY NEED.
[00:53:23] SO TO DO THAT, DEMOCRATIC
[00:53:27] MEMBERS OF THE RELEVANT COMMITTEES ARE PROPOSED
[00:53:30] EXPANDING THE MEDICARE NEGOTIATED PRICES TO ALL CONSUMERS REGARDLESS OF WHERE
[00:53:34] THEY GET THEIR HEALTH CARE. LIMITING PEOPLE'S OUT-OF-POCKET
[00:53:38] COSTS. NEED TO RESTORE THE TRILLION DO IN MEDICAID CUTS THAT
[00:53:41] WERE MADE IN THE BIG BEAUTIFUL
[00:53:46] BILL. WE NEED TO PROVIDE AMERICANS
[00:53:50] WITH UNBIASED INFORMATION ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND RESTORE THE TAX
[00:53:53] CREDIT THE LOWERED HEALTH
[00:53:55] INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR PEOPLE WHO BUY COVERAGE ON THEIR OWN.
[00:53:59] WHERE AMERICAN VOTERS, OUT ON THE LARGER POLICY QUESTIONS WITH SINGLE-PAYER AND MEDICARE FOR
[00:54:03] ALL WE WILL GET TO ALL OF THAT. THAT WOULD BE A BALLOT BOX
[00:54:07] ISSUE. WE NEED TO TAKE FUNDAMENTAL STEPS TO ENSURE AMERICANS HAVE
[00:54:11] ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
[00:54:12] AGAIN. HOST: I WANT TO DRILL DOWN ON
[00:54:17] THE PRESIDENT AND WHAT HE'S DONE WITH HEALTH CARE.
[00:54:19] YOU STARTED SAYING HE WILL ASK CONGRESS TO PASS HIS GREAT
[00:54:23] HEALTH CARE, BUT I WONDER WHAT
[00:54:27] IMPACT DOES THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ALREADY HAD ON
[00:54:31] HEALTH CARE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WHEN IT
[00:54:34] COMES TO THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.
[00:54:36] I WONDER WRIT LARGE WHAT IMPACT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS HAD ON
[00:54:40] HEALTH CARE.
[00:54:42] GUEST: IN THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL
[00:54:46] BILL, THE CUT $1 TRILLION IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
[00:54:50] IT'S THE LARGEST HEALTH CARE CUT WE'VE SEEN IN HISTORY.
[00:54:53] AND THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS TO GIVE TAX CUTS TO BILLIONAIRES
[00:54:57] AND CORPORATIONS.
[00:54:59] AND JUST TO REMIND THE VIEWER.
[00:55:02] THE MEDICAID PROGRAM PAYS FOR SIX IN 10 SENIORS IN NURSING
[00:55:06] HOMES. IT COVERS FOUR IN 10 MOMS GIVING
[00:55:08] BIRTH. IT COVERS NEARLY HALF OF THE
[00:55:12] CHILDREN IN AMERICA AND A QUARTER OF RURAL AMERICA. SO THIS IS A CRITICAL HEALTH
[00:55:16] CARE PROGRAM.
[00:55:18] THEY TOOK $1 TRILLION OUT OF THE
[00:55:21] PROGRAM AND THEY DOUBLED AND TRIPLED THE PREMIUMS FOR OVER 20
[00:55:24] MILLION PEOPLE WHO BUY COVERAGE
[00:55:27] ON THEIR OWN. IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
[00:55:31] MARKETPLACES. SO SO FAR OVER 8 MILLION PEOPLE
[00:55:35] AND COUNTING HAVE LOST HEALTH
[00:55:37] COVERAGE THAT THEY COUNT ON.
[00:55:41] IN THE EXPECTATION IS WE WILL BE
[00:55:43] WELL UNDER 15 MILLION NEWLY
[00:55:46] UNINSURED PEOPLE WITHIN THE 10 YEAR FRAME.
[00:55:50] OVER 1000 HOSPITALS, CLINICS, NURSING HOMES ARE FACING CUTS OR
[00:55:53] CLOSURE AND THAT'S SINCE THE BEGINNING AND THE DEEPER CUTS
[00:55:56] GOING INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR. WE ARE SEEING CHAOS IN THE
[00:56:00] HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL AND
[00:56:02] THE WAY THEY HAVE BEGUN
[00:56:06] IMPLEMENTING THROUGH REGULATIONS
[00:56:08] HAS MADE THAT EVEN WORSE IN TERMS OF THE REGULATIONS HAVE
[00:56:11] BEEN AND HAVE GONE WAY BEYOND
[00:56:13] WHAT WAS AUTHORIZED.
[00:56:16] HOST: ACCORDING TO THE PETERSON
[00:56:18] INSTITUTE THE MAJORITY OF THE
[00:56:22] SAVINGS, 800 $19 MILLION COMES FROM NET DECREASES AND SPENDING
[00:56:26] PROVISIONS LIKE MEDICAID. THERE'S ALSO A REDUCTION IN THE
[00:56:29] TAX PREMIUM CREDITS FOR THE
[00:56:31] AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND EXCHANGE
[00:56:34] ABOUT $200 BILLION. I WONDER IF WE COULD FOCUS A
[00:56:37] LITTLE BIT ON MEDICAID RIGHT NOW.
[00:56:40] THE WAY IN WHICH IT'S BEEN IMPACTED SPECIFICALLY WORK
[00:56:44] REQUIREMENTS. HOW DO YOU SEE THAT AFFECTING
[00:56:48] THE FLOW OF PEOPLE GET THESE BENEFITS.
[00:56:50] >> IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANT
[00:56:54] SHRINK THE POOL OF PEOPLE WHO GET BENEFITS THROUGH MEDICAID.
[00:56:57] WE ALREADY SEEN THAT HAPPENING.
[00:57:00] THE POINT HERE IS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO GET MEDICAID
[00:57:04] ALREADY WORKED. THE VAST MAJORITY ALREADY WORK
[00:57:08] AND HAVE JOBS.
[00:57:10] OR ARE IN SCHOOL AND MEET THESE
[00:57:13] REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTEERING. THE ISSUE IS THE WORK REQUIREMENT IS REALLY THAT IT
[00:57:17] CREATES -- THAT IT REQUIRES
[00:57:21] SIGNIFICANT SUBMISSION OF ENROLLMENT FORMS AND IT REQUIRES
[00:57:25] THAT THE STATE BE ABLE TO FIND
[00:57:28] AND CONTACT THESE PEOPLE THROUGH MECHANISMS THAT THEY MAY OR MAY
[00:57:31] NOT HAVE.
[00:57:34] THEY ARE FLUCTUATE.
[00:57:37] THEY HAVE MULTIPLE JOBS IN ORDER TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES.
[00:57:41] SO IT IS REALLY MORE OF A REDTAPE REQUIREMENT THAN IT IS A
[00:57:45] WORK REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY WORKING. SO THE IMPACT WILL BE
[00:57:49] SUBSTANTIAL IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LOSING THEIR
[00:57:53] COVERAGE THROUGH MEDICAID BECAUSE OF THIS NEW REQUIREMENT
[00:57:56] IN PLACE. HOST: I WANT TO INVITE OUR
[00:58:00] VIEWERS TO JOIN IN. WE HAVE EITHER THAT, A FORMER TAP THE DIRECTOR IN THE OBAMA
[00:58:04] HHS OFFICE. HELP FOR ANSWERING YOUR
[00:58:08] QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS OF HEALTH CARE AND WHAT
[00:58:10] THAT MEANS IN THE CAMPAIGN.
[00:58:13] REPUBLICANS ARE LYING, 202-748-8001 -- REPUBLICANS,
[00:58:16] YOUR LINE IS 202-748-8001.
[00:58:22] DEMOCRATS, 202-748-8000.
[00:58:25] INDEPENDENTS 202-748-8002.
[00:58:29] I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE ACA.
[00:58:32] OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND HAS STAYED
[00:58:36] SINCE THEN BUT HAS FACED
[00:58:39] DIFFICULTIES GOING FORWARD.
[00:58:43] THE CONGRESS ALLOWS PREMIUM
[00:58:47] SUBSIDIES TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
[00:58:51] WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE STATUS OF THE ACA WITH THAT PROVISION
[00:58:55] NOW EXPIRED.
[00:58:57] HOST: TO REMIND THE VIEWERS, THE
[00:59:03] FOLKS WHO BUY COVERAGE FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON THE
[00:59:07] MARKETPLACES ARE PEOPLE WHO BUY COVERAGE ON THEIR OWN. THEY DO NOT GET COVERAGE THROUGH
[00:59:11] THEIR EMPLOYER. SO THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
[00:59:15] THESE ARE FARMERS, CAREGIVERS.
[00:59:20] EARLY RETIREES. THESE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE NO OTHER PLACE TO GO TO PURCHASE
[00:59:24] THEIR COVERAGE. THE ENHANCED TAX CREDITS YOU
[00:59:27] JUST REFERENCED THAT WERE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE OBAMA AND
[00:59:30] BIDEN ERA, THROUGH THE MARKETPLACES.
[00:59:34] THEY RESULTED IN THE LOWEST RATE OF UNINSURED IN -- THAT THIS
[00:59:38] COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN.
[00:59:40] WE WERE AT NEAR FULL COVERAGE IN
[00:59:45] THIS COUNTRY AND THEN WHEN REPUBLICANS CUT THOSE TAX CREDITS WE HAD SIGNIFICANT
[00:59:49] LOSSES IN THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE THAT
[00:59:53] COVERAGE BECAUSE THEY LOST THAT
[00:59:54] ASSISTANCE. SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT
[00:59:58] ABOUT CLOSE TO 4 MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY SEEN THAT
[01:00:02] COVERAGE. THEY ARE NOW UNABLE TO AFFORD
[01:00:06] THAT COVERAGE. THE HEADLINES ARE PILING UP FROM
[01:00:09] CALIFORNIA TO VIRGINIA. TO NO LONGER AFFORD THE COVERAGE
[01:00:13] WHENCE THOSE TAX CREDITS WERE
[01:00:15] TAKEN AWAY. THE HOSPITALS ARE REPORTING A
[01:00:18] NUMBER OF UNINSURED PATIENTS AND
[01:00:21] ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROTECTOR
[01:00:23] CARE DOES IS COLLECT THESE KINDS
[01:00:26] OF STORIES FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THESE FARMERS AND CAREGIVERS.
[01:00:30] CAREGIVERS BUT HAD THEIR HEALTH
[01:00:33] CARE COVERAGE JEOPARDIZED BY THOSE CUTS.
[01:00:36] WE HAVE SEEN A TWO TIME CANCER
[01:00:39] SURVIVOR IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN GOING UNINSURED AND
[01:00:42] WAITING TO AGENT TO MEDICARE AFTER HER PREMIUMS SKYROCKETED A
[01:00:45] THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. A GRANDMOTHER IN GEORGIA WHO
[01:00:49] LOOKS AFTER HER GRANDSON WITH AUTISM WHO IS NOW UNINSURED WITH
[01:00:52] HER PREMIUM HAVING QUADRUPLED.
[01:00:55] THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO THE TAX CREDITS PEOPLE WERE
[01:00:58] GETTING WHO ARE NOW UNABLE TO
[01:01:03] AFFORD THE COVERAGE ON THE MARKETPLACE AND ARE GOING
[01:01:04] UNINSURED. LET'S GO TO -- HOST: LET'S GO TO
[01:01:09] PHONE CALLS. VIRGINIA FROM ARIZONA, A DEMOCRAT.
[01:01:13] CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[01:01:16] I HAVE A QUESTION -- FIRST OF
[01:01:19] ALL I WANT TO SAY THIS.
[01:01:21] THIS IS ONE BIG REASON I AM
[01:01:25] VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE FALL AND I'M HOPING THE AMERICAN
[01:01:28] PUBLIC SEES IT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO VOTE FOR A PARTY
[01:01:32] THAT WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING
[01:01:35] AS FAR AS RESTORING THE BENEFITS
[01:01:39] FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
[01:01:41] AS FAR AS PUSHING THE IDEA OF
[01:01:45] HEALTH CARE FOR EVERY SINGLE
[01:01:48] PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY. IF YOU DO NOT VOTE DEMOCRAT YOU
[01:01:52] HAVE NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER OF
[01:01:53] MAKING SURE PEOPLE DO NOT GET
[01:01:57] BANKRUPT WHEN THEY RUN INTO A MEDICAL CRISIS.
[01:02:01] THE QUESTION I HAVE TO ASK FOR
[01:02:04] YVETTE HAS TO DO WITH EFFORTS --
[01:02:07] WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENCOURAGE MORE
[01:02:12] DOCTORS TO TAKE ON THE PATIENT'S
[01:02:16] WHO HAVE OBAMA CARE AND MEDICARE
[01:02:19] AND MEDICAID PATIENTS SO THAT
[01:02:25] THERE ARE SUFFICIENT DOCTORS OUT THERE?
[01:02:28] WHAT CAN WE DO IN THAT REGARD?
[01:02:32] GUEST: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
[01:02:36] I THINK WE CAN START BY NOT
[01:02:40] TAKING $1 TRILLION OUT OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AS THEY DID IN
[01:02:43] THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL. THAT REALLY RESTRICTS THE
[01:02:46] STATE'S ABILITIES TO REIMBURSE PHYSICIANS AND OTHER PROVIDERS
[01:02:49] AT A LEVEL THAT MAKES IT LIVABLE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY SEE THESE
[01:02:53] PATIENTS. WE HAVE TO START BY RESTORING
[01:02:56] THAT TRILLION DOLLAR CUT AND IN
[01:02:59] ORDER TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO GET DEMOCRATS INTO OFFICE.
[01:03:03] I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TRAINING
[01:03:06] DOCTORS AND THE WORKFORCE, THE
[01:03:08] NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING INTO
[01:03:15] OTHER PROVIDERS SO WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT LEVEL OF ACCESS.
[01:03:18] WE HAVE TO START BY MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE FUNDING IN THESE
[01:03:22] PROGRAMS THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO REIMBURSEMENT RATES TO MAKE SURE
[01:03:25] PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS.
[01:03:27] HOST: DJ FROM TEXAS.
[01:03:30] A REPUBLICAN.
[01:03:32] CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[01:03:36] I ORIGINALLY CALLED FOR THE CAMPAIGN AND THAT I SAW HEALTH
[01:03:40] CARE AND I HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT
[01:03:41] THAT. AS FAR AS CAMPAIGNING, WHAT
[01:03:45] PUSHES MY VOTE, A LOT OF PEOPLE
[01:03:48] IGNORE OR DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TERM FISCAL IMPACT MEANS.
[01:03:53] THEY DO NOT LOOK AT THE BILL OR LOOK AT ANYTHING.
[01:03:56] THEY VOTE ON THEIR EMOTIONS. FISCAL IMPACT IS THE REASON WE
[01:04:00] ARE IN THE POSITION WE ARE IN WITH OUR DEBT.
[01:04:03] THE REASON WHY THE DEMOCRATIC
[01:04:05] PARTY IN MANY STATES.
[01:04:08] I WOULD LOVE TO SEE C-SPAN PUT UP A GRAPH.
[01:04:12] LET'S GO CITY BY CITY.
[01:04:16] HOST: I WILL JUMP IN AND ASK YOU
[01:04:20] TO SAY OR COMMENT ON HEALTH CARE. CALLER: KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU
[01:04:24] ARE VOTING ON THE FISCAL IMPACT. THAT IS WHERE YOUR VOTE NEEDS TO
[01:04:28] BE.
[01:04:29] AS FAR AS HEALTH CARE GOES, I AM
[01:04:34] ALL FOR HAVING INSURANCE.
[01:04:37] I HAVE INSURANCE FOR MY CAR. I HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE.
[01:04:41] THAT IS A PRIVILEGE. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO DRIVE.
[01:04:45] IT IS A PRIVILEGED OWN A CAR. YOU HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE.
[01:04:48] I HAVE A HOME. YOU BETTER ENSURE YOUR HOME.
[01:04:52] IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE A HOME. IT IS A PRIVILEGE.
[01:04:56] YOU NEED TO ENSURE THAT PRIVILEGE.
[01:05:00] TWO AND A HALF DECADES AGO WE
[01:05:03] ARE BEING FORCED INTO HEALTH CARE.
[01:05:05] I GUESS LIVING IS A PRIVILEGE.
[01:05:08] IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE A HUMAN BEING AND BE ALIVE AND WE ARE
[01:05:12] FORCED TO BUY THIS PRODUCT TO
[01:05:14] COVER OUR HEALTH CARE. I HAVE HAD HEALTH CARE THROUGH
[01:05:18] THE TEAMSTERS UNTIL THREE YEARS AGO.
[01:05:21] I WAS A TEAMSTER FOR THE FILM
[01:05:23] AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY.
[01:05:26] I AM STILL A MEMBER OF THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD. IT IS ALL BASED ON YOUR INCOME,
[01:05:30] WHETHER YOU QUALIFY FOR YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE OR NOT. IF YOU DO NOT QUALIFY THEY CAN
[01:05:34] OFFER YOU THE COBRA.
[01:05:36] IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE. HEALTH CARE AS A WHOLE IS QUITE
[01:05:40] EXPENSIVE. FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF
[01:05:44] YEARS I'VE BEEN PAYING FOR MY HEALTH CARE CASH OUT OF POCKET
[01:05:48] AND I HAVE SAVED MYSELF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
[01:05:52] I HAVE HEALTH CONDITIONS, I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, IF YOU
[01:05:56] GOING TO SEE THE DOCTOR ALL OF THE TIME FOR RENEWALS OF MY
[01:05:59] BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE, MY HIGH
[01:06:02] CHOLESTEROL MEDICINE. I ALSO HAVE SKIN CANCER.
[01:06:05] I HAVE HAD SEVERAL DEFORMING
[01:06:12] SURGERIES TO REMOVE SKIN CANCER FROM MY FACE AND ARMS AND ALL
[01:06:15] OVER.
[01:06:18] I HAVE HAD TWO PROCEDURES. HOST: LET ME PUSH YOU A LITTLE BIT.
[01:06:22] IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A SPECIFIC COMMENT FOR YVETTE TO ANSWER?
[01:06:26] CALLER: PAYING CASH AND NOT
[01:06:29] BEING FORCED TO BUY A PRODUCT.
[01:06:33] HEALTH CARE IS NOT WHAT IT IS ALL CRACKED UP TO BE. MY MOTHER --
[01:06:37] HOST: LET'S LET YVETTE GET IN
[01:06:42] AND ANSWER THIS. GUEST: I AM SORRY YOU ARE
[01:06:46] DEALING WITH SKIN CANCER AND OTHER ILLNESSES.
[01:06:50] THAT IS A HORRIBLE SITUATION.
[01:06:57] THAT IS THE KIND OF THING YOU NEED HEALTH INSURANCE TO PROTECT YOU AGAINST CATASTROPHIC COSTS
[01:07:01] THAT COME UP FOR EVERYBODY.
[01:07:05] AS A REMINDER FOR THE VIEWERS, BEFORE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
[01:07:08] WAS PASSED, IF YOU HAD SKIN CANCER OR YOU HAD HIGH BLOOD
[01:07:12] PRESSURE OR ANY OF THOSE INDICATIONS YOU JUST MENTIONED,
[01:07:15] YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OFFERED
[01:07:18] -- THOSE ARE PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND YOU'VE BEEN
[01:07:22] DECLINED EVEN THE OFFER OF HEALTH INSURANCE, LET ALONE AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE.
[01:07:26] I THINK IT IS GREAT YOU CAN
[01:07:29] ACCESS HEALTH INSURANCE AND YOU ARE CORRECT, YOU ARE PAYING TOO
[01:07:33] MUCH FOR IT. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE
[01:07:37] HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY BY
[01:07:41] LOWERING THE COST OF HEALTH CARE
[01:07:44] AND YOU CANNOT DO THAT BY CUTTING THE HEALTH COVERAGE
[01:07:48] PROGRAMS BY $1 TRILLION. WE HAVE TO RESTORE THAT FUNDING
[01:07:52] AND ACTUALLY MAKE HEALTH CARE
[01:07:54] AND HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY A
[01:07:57] FOCUS OF THE ELECTION AND WHO YOU ARE ELECTING.
[01:08:01] I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE THE DEMOCRATS ARE FOCUSED ON THE
[01:08:05] ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY. YOUR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE AND
[01:08:09] HOW WE MAKE THAT ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE BETTER, NOT OTHER
[01:08:13] THINGS, WARS OF CHOICE AND
[01:08:16] BALLROOMS. WE ARE FOCUSED ON DELIVERING FOR
[01:08:20] YOU AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE PRODUCT THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE
[01:08:24] YOU TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES BETWEEN YOUR HOME INSURANCE IN
[01:08:28] YOUR CAR INSURANCE AND YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
[01:08:31] YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD ALL OF THOSE THINGS FOR THE REASON YOU JUST STATED, WHICH IS THAT
[01:08:35] YOU GET SICK YOU NEED THAT PIECE
[01:08:38] OF MIND TO MAKE SURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE CARE YOU NEED.
[01:08:41] HOST: SPEAKING OF DEMOCRATS, AND
[01:08:46] AXIOS POLL FROM JUNE SHOWED THAT
[01:08:48] 45% OF THOSE RESPONDENTS SAID
[01:08:53] THEY WERE MORE LIKELY WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF VOTING
[01:08:56] FOR A CANDIDATE THAT SUPPORTS
[01:08:58] REINSTATING ENHANCED ACA
[01:09:03] SUBSIDIES, 16% SAID LESS LIKELY,
[01:09:07] 22% SAID NO DIFFERENCE.
[01:09:10] OUR DEMOCRATS CAMPAIGNING ON RESTORING THESE SUBSIDIES AND IF SO WHAT IS THE CHANCE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS?
[01:09:14] GUEST: DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING
[01:09:18] ABOUT RESTORING THOSE SUBSIDIES.
[01:09:21] JUST BEFORE BEFORE THE AUGUST
[01:09:25] BREAK THE HOUSE BROUGHT UP A
[01:09:28] PETITION TO EXTEND THOSE TAX
[01:09:32] CREDITS FOR THREE YEARS.
[01:09:37] THAT HAD THE MAJORITY SUPPORT IN
[01:09:39] THE HOUSE BUT WAS NEVER TAKEN UP BY THE SPEAKER.
[01:09:43] THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE HAVE TRIED TO FORCE BOATS TO RESTORE THOSE
[01:09:46] TAX CREDITS AND CANDIDATES ON
[01:09:50] THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO RESTORE THOSE TAX
[01:09:53] CREDITS AND GET THAT DONE.
[01:09:58] THE FOLKS WHO BY THAT COVERAGE AND RELIED ON THOSE TAX CREDITS,
[01:10:02] THAT IS THERE A SINGLE WAY TO GET COVERAGE. THEY ARE FOLKS WHO BY COVERAGE
[01:10:06] ON THEIR OWN.
[01:10:09] THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, EARLY RETIREES, THE CAREGIVERS, THE
[01:10:12] FARMERS.
[01:10:16] THEY ARE CONSEQUENTIAL VOTING BLOCS FOR THESE MEMBERS AND IMPORTANT CONSTITUENTS.
[01:10:20] THEY ARE RUNNING ON THAT. IN TERMS OF THE CHANCES OF THAT
[01:10:24] HAPPENING THAT DEPENDS ON THE
[01:10:25] ELECTION OUTCOME.
[01:10:29] IF DEMOCRATS WERE TO TAKE THE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE
[01:10:33] THEY WILL FOCUS ON RESTORING THOSE TAX CREDITS AND IT WILL REALLY BE UP TO WHERE THE
[01:10:37] PRESIDENT IS. DOES HE WANT TO HELP THESE
[01:10:40] PEOPLE GET THAT COVERAGE BACK OR NOT? THAT IS WHY THE ELECTION OUTCOME
[01:10:44] IS SO IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE RESULTS ARE FROM A HEALTH
[01:10:48] CARE AFFORDABILITY PERSPECTIVE.
[01:10:49] HOST: PATRICK FROM FLORIDA.
[01:10:53] INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING.
[01:10:55] CALLER: THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[01:10:59] ONE THING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IS
[01:11:03] HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR PROFIT. I DON'T MIND PEOPLE MAKING A
[01:11:07] PROFIT BUT YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE
[01:11:12] MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SALARIES.
[01:11:14] STOCK BONUSES AND ALL THE REST.
[01:11:17] I THINK YOU SHOULD CONCENTRATE
[01:11:19] ON LIFESTYLE REFORM. I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE WALL
[01:11:23] STREET JOURNAL THAT SAID NO MATTER WHAT THE SOCIOECONOMIC
[01:11:26] LEVEL OF HISPANICS ARE, THEY HAVE VERY LOW HEALTH CARE COSTS
[01:11:30] BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SMOKE.
[01:11:32] I READ THAT ARTICLE AND I THINK
[01:11:35] I CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I HAVE SEEN A HISPANIC PERSON SMOKING.
[01:11:39] JAPAN HAS 20% OF PROSTATE CANCER
[01:11:44] RATES BECAUSE THEIR PRIMARY MEAT
[01:11:47] PROTEIN IS FISH AND CHICKEN, NOT RED MEAT.
[01:11:51] I WAS STATIONED IN GERMANY, YOU
[01:11:54] GO INTO A STORE, YOU CANNOT FIND
[01:11:57] CAP'N CRUNCH, THEY WOULD NOT LET
[01:12:01] THEM BE SOLD.
[01:12:03] WHAT IS THE OBESITY RATES --
[01:12:08] WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH SUGAR IN YOUR SYSTEM?
[01:12:12] DIABETES. COMPARE THOSE RATES IN THE 30'S
[01:12:16] AND 40'S AND 50'S AND GET TO IT
[01:12:17] NOW. ONE LAST THING, I HEAR ALL OF
[01:12:21] THESE PEOPLE CALLING INTO C-SPAN AND SAYING YOU ARE MEAN TO DONALD TRUMP.
[01:12:24] YOU ARE CALLING IN A PROGRAM THAT SPENT EIGHT YEARS ON
[01:12:27] WHITEWATER, WHITEWATER, AND
[01:12:31] THREE YEARS ON BENGHAZI, BENGHAZI.
[01:12:35] THAT IS MY TWO CENTS. THANK YOU.
[01:12:37] HOST: I WONDER AT THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT?
[01:12:41] CALLER: I DO NOT -- GUEST: I DO
[01:12:46] NOT DISAGREE THAT LIFESTYLE IS IMPORTANT.
[01:12:49] TO THAT POINT, I THINK HAVING
[01:12:52] HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE IS CRITICAL TO TRYING TO MAINTAIN
[01:12:56] THOSE LIFESTYLE POINTS.
[01:12:57] AS AN EXAMPLE, DURING -- WHEN
[01:13:02] MEDICAID WAS EXPANDED UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THE STATES THAT ACTUALLY TOOK UP THAT
[01:13:06] EXPANSION HAD RESULTS LIKE
[01:13:09] INCREASED ACCESS TO PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE SO HAVING A
[01:13:12] PERSONAL DOCTOR, GETTING
[01:13:15] CHECKUPS IN THE PAST YEAR FOR ADULTS WITH LOW INCOME, THEY
[01:13:19] WERE 7% MORE LIKELY THAN THE NON-EXPANSION STATES TO HAVE
[01:13:23] MAMMOGRAMS AND 5% MORE LIKELY TO BE TESTED FOR CHOLESTEROL, HIGH
[01:13:27] BLOOD SUGAR, OR DIABETES.
[01:13:30] THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THOSE KINDS OF PREVENTATIVE SERVICES
[01:13:34] AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES TO KEEP
[01:13:36] YOURSELF HEALTHY AND TO KNOW YOU
[01:13:39] ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK IN ORDER
[01:13:43] TO MAINTAIN THAT LIFESTYLE AND STAY FOCUSED ON IT, HEALTH
[01:13:47] INSURANCE COVERAGE IS CRITICAL TO THAT.
[01:13:49] CUTTING COVERAGE FOR PEOPLE AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
[01:13:53] UNINSURED AND DRIVING UP THE COSTS OF HEALTH CARE AS OPPOSED
[01:13:57] TO TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE REALLY UNDERMINES THE
[01:14:01] BOWL THAT PATRICK IS TALKING ABOUT. HOST: SOMETHING THE TRUMP
[01:14:05] ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE LAST FEW MONTHS IS THE
[01:14:07] ISSUE OF FRAUD.
[01:14:10] THEY ANNOUNCED A MAJOR CAMPAIGN AGAINST WHAT THEY ALLEGE TO BE A
[01:14:13] MASSIVE FRAUD, ESPECIALLY INSIDE
[01:14:17] THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
[01:14:19] THEY ESTIMATE ABOUT $230 BILLION
[01:14:23] IS SUSPECTED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD IDENTIFIED BY THE FEDERAL
[01:14:25] TASK FORCE LED BY JD VANCE.
[01:14:29] IS IT YOUR VIEW THAT HEALTH CARE
[01:14:32] OVERSIGHT AND THIS IDEA THERE
[01:14:35] COULD BE FRAUD EVERYWHERE, IS
[01:14:40] OVERSIGHT OVER HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MEDICAID FRAUD ADEQUATE?
[01:14:43] GUEST: TO BE CLEAR, NO ONE IS IN
[01:14:48] FAVOR OF FRAUD. WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE FRAUD IN
[01:14:52] OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OR THE WHITE HOUSE.
[01:14:56] EVERYONE WANTS TO ENSURE PROGRAM INTEGRITY AND PROTECT TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
[01:15:00] THAT IS WHY DEMOCRATS HAVE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO
[01:15:03] ADDRESS THE REAL DRIVERS OF FRAUD, CROOKED BROKERS AND
[01:15:07] AGENTS, CRIMINAL PROVIDERS, UNSCRUPULOUS HEALTH PLANS, AND
[01:15:10] TO INCREASE THE FUNDING TO THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE JOINTLY
[01:15:14] OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AS
[01:15:17] WELL AS THE FBI TO IDENTIFY AND
[01:15:21] PROSECUTE HEALTH CARE FRAUD. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
[01:15:25] THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE FULLY FUNDED AND THEY HAVE THE
[01:15:28] TOOLS THEY NEED. WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE DOING IS
[01:15:32] USING THE PRETEXT OF FRAUD TO REDUCE BENEFITS AND CUT
[01:15:36] ENROLLMENT FOR THOSE WHO NEED HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
[01:15:40] THAT IS WHAT WE CANNOT ALLOW.
[01:15:43] AS AN EXAMPLE, CMS, THE AGENCY
[01:15:47] THAT RUNS MEDICARE AND MEDICAID IN THE MARKETPLACE CONTINUES TO
[01:15:50] HIGHLIGHT FRAUD BY BROKERS.
[01:15:54] TO ADVANCED POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT PUNISH CONSUMERS FOR THE VICTIMS OF FRAUD IT IS CLEAR
[01:15:58] THEY ARE NOT TAKING ACTION
[01:16:01] AGAINST THE BAD ACTORS BUT THEY
[01:16:05] HAVE ACTUALLY REINSTATED EVERY BROKER SUSPENDED BY THE BIDEN
[01:16:09] ADMINISTRATION AND THEY HAVE NOT REPORTED TAKING ANY ENFORCEMENT
[01:16:12] ACTION AGAINST BROKERS.
[01:16:15] THIS IS BEING USED AS A SMOKESCREEN TO CUT BENEFITS AND
[01:16:19] ENROLLMENTS FOR BENEFICIARIES. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FOCUS ON
[01:16:23] THE PROGRAMS YOU ARE MENTIONING, WHICH IS TO GIVE THE CORRECT
[01:16:27] AUTHORITIES THE RIGHT OVERSIGHT AND FUNDING IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE REAL FRAUD THAT IS
[01:16:31] UNDERLYING THE PROGRAMS.
[01:16:32] HOST: JIM FROM SHERMAN, TEXAS.
[01:16:38] A REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[01:16:42] OFTEN TIMES WE MISS THE BIG
[01:16:46] QUESTION AND THAT IS HOW DO WE REDUCE THE COST OF DELIVERING
[01:16:50] MEDICINE?
[01:16:51] I WOULD SAY I AM NOT AN EXPERT
[01:16:57] MECHANIC BUT I AM GLAD I CAN GO TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE AND BUY
[01:17:01] SOME PARTS AND PUT THEM ON MY
[01:17:05] VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS THAT I CAN HANDLE.
[01:17:07] OUR GOVERNMENT, STARTING WITH
[01:17:12] GOOD INTENTIONS TO PROTECT US
[01:17:13] FROM SNAKE OIL SALESMAN.
[01:17:19] INCREMENTALLY INCREASE
[01:17:20] REQUIREMENTS FOR DRUGS.
[01:17:24] IT SHOULD HAVE STAYED WHERE IT STARTED AND THAT WAS WHATEVER IS
[01:17:28] IN THERE HAS TO BE LABEL IT IS IN THERE.
[01:17:31] IF IT IS POISONOUS THEN A NOTICE
[01:17:36] WOULD SAY IT IS POISONOUS.
[01:17:41] IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT PEOPLE
[01:17:42] TAKING SUBSTANCES THAT MIGHT BE
[01:17:48] POISONOUS IF YOU INCLUDE ALCOHOL
[01:17:53] .
[01:17:54] THE POINT IS WE ARE REGULATED TO
[01:17:59] THE POINT -- FOR COST OF HEALTH CARE LET'S DO IT ONE STEP AT A
[01:18:03] TIME.
[01:18:04] OUR DRUGS -- WHETHER
[01:18:09] OVER-THE-COUNTER OR REQUIRING A PRESCRIPTION -- IT IS INSULTING
[01:18:13] THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT TRUST
[01:18:14] AMERICANS TO DECIDE THIS IS THE
[01:18:18] HEALTH CHOICE I WANT TO MAKE.
[01:18:20] WE NEED A PERMISSION SLIP. I DON'T THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
[01:18:24] HOST: LET'S LET YVETTE GET INTO
[01:18:29] THIS SINCE YOU ARE PART OF THE HEALTH REFORM OFFICE AT HHS.
[01:18:33] GUEST: JIM IS RIGHT THAT HEALTH
[01:18:37] CARE IS TOO EXPENSIVE. ALL OF THE COMMENTS ARE ALL
[01:18:41] COMING FROM THE SAME BASIC PREMISE WHICH IS THAT HEALTH CARE NEEDS TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE
[01:18:45] IN THIS COUNTRY. YOU ARE REFERENCING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REGULATION THAT NEEDS
[01:18:49] TO OCCUR. WE ARE CLEARLY SEEING THAT RIGHT
[01:18:52] NOW WHERE IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO EAT A SALAD AND NOT HAVE
[01:18:56] TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ORATORY
[01:19:00] ABOUT THE MEASLES RATE GOING UP AFTER DECADES OF KIDS BEING PROTECTED.
[01:19:03] THERE NEEDS TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REGULATION AND
[01:19:07] SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE THAT INFORMS THAT REGULATION.
[01:19:11] YOU ARE RIGHT THAT IT SHOULD NOT, THE COST OF AFFORDABILITY
[01:19:13] OF HEALTH CARE AND THE ITEMS AND
[01:19:17] SERVICES PEOPLE NEED TO STAY HEALTHY.
[01:19:21] THAT IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC
[01:19:23] FOCUS HAS BEEN ON IMPROVING
[01:19:26] HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY AND
[01:19:28] DRIVING THOSE COSTS DOWN SO THAT
[01:19:31] EVEN WITH THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF REGULATION THAT SERVES TO
[01:19:34] PROTECT YOU AND THE REST OF THE
[01:19:37] PUBLIC FROM VARIOUS ILLNESSES
[01:19:41] AND DISEASES WE ALL NEED TO PUT PROTECTED FROM ON AN ONGOING
[01:19:45] BASIS, EVEN WITH THAT REGULATION
[01:19:49] HEALTH CARE REMAINS AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
[01:19:52] THERE IS NO REASON THAT IN THIS
[01:19:56] COUNTRY EVERYONE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE ACCESS TO THE
[01:19:58] CARE THEY NEED AND BE ABLE TO
[01:20:01] AFFORD BOTH TO DO THAT AND FEED
[01:20:03] AND CLOTHE THEIR CHILDREN.
[01:20:06] HOST: I WONDER WHAT YOU MAKE OF
[01:20:09] TRUMP RX, THE PRESIDENT SITE
[01:20:12] WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND LOOK AT
[01:20:15] PRICING FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
[01:20:18] THEY MADE DEALS WITH ABOUT 70 DIFFERENT COMPANIES TO TRY TO LOWER THE PRICES OF SOME
[01:20:22] PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WILL DO
[01:20:26] GENERIC DRUGS NEXT. WHAT YOU MAKE OF THIS PROGRAM
[01:20:30] THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TARGETED TOWARDS THE AFFORDABILITY OF
[01:20:33] PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES, SOMETHING THE LAST CALLER WAS TALKING ABOUT?
[01:20:37] CALLER: I THINK THERE HAS BEEN
[01:20:40] -- GUEST: I THINK THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF RHETORIC FROM THE WHITE
[01:20:44] HOUSE ABOUT LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE
[01:20:48] DELIVERED ON ANY LOWERING OF DRUG COSTS. TRUMP RX IS A PORTAL PEOPLE CAN
[01:20:52] GO TO TO ACCESS DISCOUNTS
[01:20:54] ALREADY AVAILABLE OUT THERE.
[01:20:57] AND THAT WAY MAYBE IT ORGANIZES SOME OF THE DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
[01:21:01] WE JUST ALL REPORTING FROM GOOD
[01:21:04] RX THE OTHER DAY THAT IT HAS NOT
[01:21:07] IMPACTED OR BROUGHT DOWN PRICES
[01:21:10] FOR PEOPLE USING IT OTHER THAN
[01:21:13] WHAT ALREADY EXISTS OUT THERE. I THINK WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
[01:21:17] RHETORIC AND A LOT OF BACKROOM DEALS WITH PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS.
[01:21:21] I AM NOT SURE THEY HAVE DELIVERED LOWER COSTS ON DRUGS
[01:21:25] FOR ANY PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF PEOPLE. HOST: RONALD FROM NORTH
[01:21:29] CAROLINA.
[01:21:30] REPUBLICAN. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[01:21:35] MY COMMENT IS WE HAVE A LOT OF DOCTORS GOING IN --
[01:21:37] HOST: COULD I HAVE YOU MEET YOUR
[01:21:41] TV FOR ME REAL QUICK?
[01:21:42] CALLER: YES.
[01:21:46] HOW IS THAT? HOST: PERFECT.
[01:21:50] CALLER: MY COMMENT IS A LOT OF
[01:21:54] DOCTORS GO TO SCHOOL TOGETHER AND WHEN THEY GET IN BUSINESS
[01:21:57] THEY WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THEY TELL ONE ANOTHER I HAVE A
[01:22:01] MAN THAT NEEDS THIS DONE TO HIM AND YOU CAN MAKE MONEY DOING
[01:22:03] THIS.
[01:22:06] THEN THE DOCTORS GET TOGETHER AND IT IS FRAUD.
[01:22:09] THEY DO A TEST ON SOMEBODY AND
[01:22:11] IT IS 100,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE
[01:22:14] THAT, THIS TEST OR THAT TEST,
[01:22:17] $250,000, THAT IS FRAUD.
[01:22:19] HOST: I WONDER IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR YVETTE WHEN IT
[01:22:23] COMES TO FRAUD? CALLER: THEY NEED TO DO
[01:22:27] SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
[01:22:28] MY EDUCATION, THE NEED TO GET
[01:22:33] DOWN ON THEIR KNEES AND GET GOD
[01:22:35] IN THEIR LIVES AND BE SAVED. HOST: I WONDER IF YOU HAVE A
[01:22:39] RESPONSE. GUEST: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
[01:22:42] FRAUD A LITTLE EARLIER. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A SENSE
[01:22:46] THAT THERE IS FRAUD THAT NEEDS
[01:22:48] TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS SYSTEM.
[01:22:51] NOBODY SUPPORTS FRAUD. EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE FRAUD
[01:22:55] ROOTED OUT. WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL
[01:22:58] FRAUDULENT ACTORS AND NOT USE
[01:23:01] FRAUD AS AN EXCUSE TO CUT BENEFITS AND COVERAGE TO PEOPLE.
[01:23:05] I TOTALLY AGREE WITH RONALD.
[01:23:07] IF THERE IS FRAUD IN THE SYSTEM
[01:23:10] AND THEIR PARTICULAR UNSCRUPULOUS PROVIDERS THAT ARE
[01:23:12] PERPETRATING FRAUD WE HAVE TO
[01:23:15] ROUTE THAT OUT AND IDENTIFY IT.
[01:23:19] WE ARE NOW USING THE ADMINISTRATION IS USING FRAUD AS
[01:23:22] A PRETEXT FOR CUTTING PEOPLE OFF
[01:23:26] INSURANCE, CUTTING BENEFITS TO PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY HOMECARE,
[01:23:30] THINGS LIKE CAREGIVERS, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO STAY AT HOME FOR
[01:23:34] THEIR LONG-TERM CARE ARE BEING SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY THIS.
[01:23:37] THAT IS SOMETHING WE CANNOT ALLOW.
[01:23:40] WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT PERPETRATORS.
[01:23:44] HOST: CJ FROM NEW YORK, A
[01:23:48] DEMOCRAT. THE MORNING.
[01:23:49] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[01:23:59] MY EMPHASIS ON THIS TOPIC IS THE
[01:24:04] MESSAGING -- I AM A HUGE
[01:24:10] BELIEVER IN UNIVERSAL HEALTH
[01:24:12] CARE.
[01:24:16] IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SOCIETY THAT CARES ABOUT THAT YOU ARE
[01:24:20] PRETTY MUCH LOST.
[01:24:22] THE MAIN THING IS WHY SHOULD WE
[01:24:31] IN A CAPITALIST SYSTEM WANT TO
[01:24:36] GIVE AWAY HEALTH CARE TO ALL OF
[01:24:41] THESE LAZY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT EAT RIGHT OR DO NOT PROBABLY HAVE A
[01:24:45] JOB, WHATEVER.
[01:24:49] THE REASON IS BECAUSE SO MANY
[01:24:53] AMERICANS ARE IN DEAD-END JOBS
[01:24:59] IN THE GOVERNMENT OR BIG
[01:25:01] CORPORATIONS OR A SMALL COMPANY.
[01:25:04] IF THEY KNEW THEY COULD FINALLY
[01:25:07] GET RID OF THOSE SO-CALLED
[01:25:10] GOLDEN HANDCUFFS AND GO OFF AND
[01:25:13] DO SOMETHING ON THEIR OWN, USE
[01:25:17] THE DONALD TRUMP ARGUMENT
[01:25:19] AGAINST HIM.
[01:25:23] IF YOU ARE A DOGE BELIEVER, I AM
[01:25:27] DOWN WITH THAT. AS LONG AS I HAVE HEALTH CARE,
[01:25:31] LET ME GO AND TRY TO START MY
[01:25:37] OWN ROCKET COMPANY.
[01:25:39] HOST: LET'S LET YVETTE RESPOND
[01:25:43] TO THAT. GUEST: IS A GREAT POINT.
[01:25:48] PART OF THE REASON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS PASSED WAS TO ADDRESS WHAT THE CALLER
[01:25:51] IS TALKING ABOUT WHICH IS JOB
[01:25:53] LOCK, THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE FEEL LOCKED INTO THEIR CURRENT JOBS
[01:25:57] IF THEY ARE GETTING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND THERE WAS NOWHERE TO GO PRIOR TO THE
[01:26:01] PASSAGE OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
[01:26:04] IF YOU DO NOT GET COVERAGE FROM
[01:26:06] YOUR EMPLOYER OR WERE ON
[01:26:09] MEDICARE.
[01:26:11] IT ENABLED FOLKS TO WALK AWAY FROM THAT JOB, NO THEY COULD GET
[01:26:14] COVERAGE THROUGH A MARKETPLACE AND START THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
[01:26:18] SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE THE DRIVER OF THE ECONOMY.
[01:26:20] I AGREE WITH THAT. THIS IS WHERE SMALL BUSINESS
[01:26:24] OWNERS GET THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. THEY GET IT THROUGH THE
[01:26:28] MARKETPLACE, THE FARMERS AND EARLY RETIREES, THEY GET IT
[01:26:32] THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE AND THEY RELY ON THESE TAX CREDITS TO MAKE THAT COVERAGE AFFORDABLE SO
[01:26:36] THEY CAN PAY THEIR PREMIUMS AND ACCESS THEIR DOCTORS AND THE
[01:26:40] OTHER CARE THEY NEED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
[01:26:43] THAT IS WHY REINSTATING THE TAX
[01:26:47] CREDITS THAT REPUBLICANS CUT IN THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL IS SO
[01:26:50] IMPORTANT TO ENSURING THAT THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS CAN
[01:26:54] CONTINUE TO AFFORD THE CARE THEY NEED TO KEEP THAT BUSINESS RUNNING.
[01:26:58] OTHERWISE THERE IS NO WAY TO
[01:27:02] HAVE THE FREEDOM TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND BE PART OF THAT ECONOMIC DRIVER.
[01:27:06] HOST: JOHN FROM PRINCETON, NEW
[01:27:11] JERSEY. INDEPENDENT.
[01:27:12] CALLER: IS A GREAT SUBJECT.
[01:27:16] I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, FROM YOUR
[01:27:19] POINT OF VIEW, WHAT COUNTRY IN
[01:27:21] THE WHOLE WORLD HAVE BETTER
[01:27:25] HEALTH CARE THAN THE U.S.?
[01:27:29] THE U.S. IS PRETTY FAR DOWN THE LIST.
[01:27:33] EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY BELIEVES WE ARE THE BEST COUNTRY
[01:27:36] IN THE WORLD. WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE BEST
[01:27:39] HEALTH CARE?
[01:27:44] WHERE IS THE U.S. COMPARED TO
[01:27:45] OTHER COUNTRIES. GUEST: IS A GREAT QUESTION.
[01:27:49] THERE IS NO DOUBT THE U.S. DOES NOT GET THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT
[01:27:53] WE SHOULD BE GETTING FOR HEALTH CARE DOLLARS. WE SPEND A LOT ON HEALTH CARE
[01:27:57] AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE QUALITY OUTCOMES THAT SOME OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE.
[01:28:01] WE DO NOT HAVE THE LEVELS OF
[01:28:03] COVERAGE OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE.
[01:28:08] WE DRIVE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION.
[01:28:11] WE ARE CUTTING EDGE IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF DEVICES AND
[01:28:15] DRUGS. WE DO SUBSIDIZE THE REST OF THE
[01:28:18] WORLD IN THAT REGARD. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
[01:28:22] CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT. WE CERTAINLY NEED TO IMPROVE THE
[01:28:26] RETURN ON INVESTMENT WE ARE GETTING FOR OUR DOLLARS IN THIS COUNTRY.
[01:28:30] YOU HAVE TO START THAT BY
[01:28:32] IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY FOR
[01:28:35] PEOPLE BUYING HEALTH CARE AND
[01:28:40] EXPANDING COVERAGE IN THIS COUNTRY SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN
[01:28:43] ACCESS THE SYSTEM AND STAY
[01:28:47] HEALTHY AND START THEIR SMALL BUSINESS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT COME WITH THE SECURITY OF
[01:28:50] HEALTH COVERAGE.
[01:28:52] YOU DID NOT DO THAT BY CUTTING $1 TRILLION OUT OF THE HEALTH
[01:28:56] CARE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GIVE TAX CUTS TO CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES.
[01:29:00] HOST: YVETTE FONTENOT, SENIOR
[01:29:05] POLICY PROVIDES OR PROTECT OUR CARE AND FORMER SENIOR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL ON
[01:29:09] HEALTH CARE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. GUEST: THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
[01:29:13] HOST: LATER IN THE PROGRAM
[01:29:16] MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FELLOW
[01:29:18] RAFAEL MANGUAL DISCUSSES
[01:29:23] PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CRACKDOWN ON
[01:29:24] VIOLENT CRIME. BUT FORCED MARK WALLACE, CEO OF
[01:29:28] THE ORGANIZATION UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR IRAN DISCUSSES THE
[01:29:31] FUTURE OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AS THE U.S. WAR WITH IRAN
[01:29:35] CONTINUES. STAY WITH US.
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[01:31:24] CONTINUES. HOST: JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE
[01:31:28] LATEST WITH IRAN IS MARK WALLACE , CEO OF UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR
[01:31:32] IRAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
[01:31:35] I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TELL US
[01:31:37] ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION, UNITED AGAINST A NUCLEAR IRAN WHAT THE
[01:31:41] MISSION IS.
[01:31:46] GUEST: WE WERE FOUNDED ABOUT 20
[01:31:50] YEARS AGO WITH SOME COLLEAGUES AND A VARIETY OF BIPARTISAN
[01:31:54] EXPERTS AND THE THEORY WAS COULD WE USE ECONOMIC PRESSURE AND INFORMATIONAL PRESSURE TO CHANGE
[01:31:58] THE WAY IRAN BEHAVES IN THE
[01:32:01] REGION. THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS
[01:32:04] MAXIMUM PRESSURE BACK THEN,
[01:32:06] THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A
[01:32:09] EUPHEMISM. ECONOMIC WAR BACK THEN.
[01:32:12] UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR IRAN HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS OR SO
[01:32:16] AND WE HAVE BEEN THE LEADERS WORKING WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AND
[01:32:19] GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD AND COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE
[01:32:23] EAST TO PUT MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON IRAN AND TO BE AUTHORITATIVE
[01:32:27] POLICY PEOPLE ON IRAN. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL LIST OF
[01:32:31] ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND INCREDIBLY DISTINGUISHED
[01:32:35] COLLEAGUES. WE THINK WE ARE SOME OF THE BEST
[01:32:39] IN THE BUSINESS. THERE ARE SOME GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD.
[01:32:43] HOST: YOU ARE A FORMER
[01:32:48] AMBASSADOR FOR YOU AND MANAGEMENT REFORM IN THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
[01:32:52] SINCE UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR IRAN HAS BEEN AROUND YOU HAVE
[01:32:56] SEEN TWO DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS, THE OBAMA
[01:33:00] ADMINISTRATION AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRY TO TACKLE THE ISSUE OF IRAN, FIRST WITH
[01:33:03] PRESIDENT TRUMP. DO YOU SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S
[01:33:07] DECISION TO LAUNCH A MILITARY OPERATION IN IRAN IN ORDER TO
[01:33:10] STOP THEM FROM HAVING A NUCLEAR
[01:33:14] WEAPON, WHAT HE NOW SAYS IS THE
[01:33:17] STATED GOAL OF THE WAR? GUEST: WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE
[01:33:21] OF WORKING WITH EACH PRESIDENT SINCE OUR FOUNDING. I WORKED FOR PRESIDENT BUSH.
[01:33:25] WE HAVE WORKED WITH EVERY SUCCESSIVE ADMINISTRATION FROM
[01:33:29] PRESIDENT OBAMA, PRESIDENT
[01:33:31] TRUMP, PRESIDENT BIDEN, NOW PRESIDENT AGAIN AS THE EXPERTS
[01:33:35] ON BUILDING THE POLICIES OF MAXIMUM PRESSURE WHICH HAS BEEN
[01:33:38] AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE IRAN
[01:33:40] FILE. IN TERMS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
[01:33:44] DECISION TO STRIKE IRAN, WE DID
[01:33:46] SUPPORT THIS.
[01:33:49] THERE WAS A CRITICAL MOMENT WHERE ULTIMATELY WE WERE ALWAYS
[01:33:52] THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE PEOPLE.
[01:33:55] IT BECAME CRITICAL BETWEEN IRAN'S INCREDIBLE BUILDING OF A
[01:33:58] BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM, ITS AMOUNT OF HIGHLY ENRICHED
[01:34:02] FISSILE MATERIAL IT HAD COME ITS
[01:34:05] DESTABILIZING PROXIES, AND A POTENTIAL CHANGE IN THE
[01:34:09] AYATOLLAH THAT IT WAS A VERY VOLATILE MOMENT.
[01:34:12] AT SOME POINT THE COST OF STRIKING WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO
[01:34:16] HIGH AND IRAN WAS NEVER MEANINGFULLY AND NEVER HAD
[01:34:20] MEANINGFULLY -- IN MY OPINION -- COME TO THE TABLE TO TRY TO
[01:34:23] RENOUNCE ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. ALTHOUGH WE WERE THE ECONOMIC
[01:34:27] PRESSURE PEOPLE WE SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS IN STRIKING
[01:34:30] IRAN INTEGRATING ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM, BALLISTIC MISSILE
[01:34:34] PROGRAM, AND THEIR PROXIES ACROSS THE REGION. HOST: YOU SAID THERE WAS A
[01:34:38] PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION BUT CRITICS SAY THIS THEY WERE CHOICE.
[01:34:42] DO YOU AGREE? GUEST: I DON'T THINK IT IS A WAR
[01:34:46] OF CHOICE.
[01:34:48] WE PERHAPS TOO IDEALISTICALLY
[01:34:51] MEAN WE COULD USE TO PEN AND INK PRESSURE CAMPAIGNS LIKE ECONOMIC
[01:34:55] PRESSURE CAMPAIGNS TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR OF IRAN. THE NATURE OF WARFARE IN THE
[01:34:59] MODERN ERA HAS CHANGED.
[01:35:00] IT IS NO LONGER SEA, AIR, AND
[01:35:06] LAND. YOU HAVE ECONOMIC, YOU HAVE
[01:35:10] CYBER. WE HAVE OUR NICHE.
[01:35:14] WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO IT ON OUR OWN. I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN BUT ECONOMIC PRESSURE
[01:35:18] WAS A KEY ELEMENT.
[01:35:20] THERE BECAME A CRITICAL MOMENT WHEN IRAN'S STOCKPILES OF NEARLY
[01:35:24] 1000 POUNDS OF HIGHLY ENRICHED
[01:35:28] URANIUM, GROWING BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM MADE IT INCREASINGLY UNTENABLE TO TAKE
[01:35:31] OUT THAT PROGRAM UNLESS ONE
[01:35:34] ACTED QUICKLY.
[01:35:36] I THINK THE INTEL SUPPORTED THAT IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DECISION TO
[01:35:40] ACT WAS CORRECT AND DECISIVE. THAT IS COMING FROM SOMEONE THAT
[01:35:44] HAS WORKED IN A BIPARTISAN MANNER WITH EACH OF THE
[01:35:48] PRESIDENTS FROM PRESIDENT BUSH FORWARD.
[01:35:50] HOST: NOW WE ARE SIX MONTHS INTO THE WAR THAT STARTED AT THE END
[01:35:54] OF FEBRUARY. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID THEY
[01:35:58] HAVE DEGRADED THEIR ABILITY TO
[01:36:00] LAUNCH MISSILES, THERE NAVY.
[01:36:05] WHAT FROM YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND,
[01:36:07] WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
[01:36:11] WORTHY STRIKES THE ADMINISTRATION HAS LAUNCHED --
[01:36:14] AND CONTENT -- WERE THESE
[01:36:17] STRIKES THE ADMINISTRATION HAS LAUNCHED AND CONTINUES TO DO SO
[01:36:21] -- WHERE THE STRIKES EFFECTIVE?
[01:36:22] GUEST: I CERTAINLY THINK WE
[01:36:26] SHOULD BE CELEBRATING OUR
[01:36:27] MILITARY AND ITS PROWESS AND
[01:36:31] ASSOCIATED FORCES AND INTEL COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB
[01:36:35] DRAMATICALLY DEGRADING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, DRAMATICALLY
[01:36:38] DEGRADING ITS MISSILE PROGRAM, DEGRADING ITS AIR AND MILITARY
[01:36:42] APPARATUS, ITS LEADERSHIP, AND
[01:36:45] CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEGRADING OF
[01:36:47] ITS PROXIES ALONG WITH ISRAEL. THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN QUITE
[01:36:51] SUCCESSFUL IN THIS.
[01:36:53] I RAN HAS USED LEVERAGE POINTS.
[01:36:57] THE BIG ONE WAS THE PURSUIT OF A
[01:37:00] NUCLEAR WEAPON AND GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO ESTABLISH
[01:37:02] REGIONAL HEGEMONY TO ALLOW IT TO
[01:37:05] ENGAGE IN SUPPORT OF TERROR PROXIES ENGAGING IN TERROR ACTIVITIES AROUND THE WORLD,
[01:37:09] EVEN ON U.S. SOIL.
[01:37:12] DESTABILIZING THE REASON.
[01:37:15] IT USES LEVERAGE OF PROXIES, USES LEVERAGE OF BALLISTIC MISSILES.
[01:37:19] YOU SEE ALL OF THOSE POINTS OF LEVERAGE DEGRADED.
[01:37:23] NOW IT IS SEEKING TO USE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS IT'S PERHAPS
[01:37:26] LAST LEVERAGE POINT. YOU'RE SAYING WITH EVERY PASSING
[01:37:30] DAY IS ECONOMIC PRESSURE MOUNTS ON THE REGIME AND OUR ALLIES
[01:37:34] THROUGHOUT THE REGION SUCCESSFULLY DIVERTING HYDROCARBONS AWAY FROM THAT
[01:37:38] STRAIT AND THE SEEPAGE OF OIL
[01:37:41] THROUGH THE STRAIT THAT IRAN IS
[01:37:45] LOSING SLOWLY BUT SURELY THE LEVERAGE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
[01:37:49] IN MY OPINION. HOST: WHAT MORE DO YOU BELIEVE
[01:37:52] IS NEEDED SIX MONTHS IN?
[01:37:54] DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE STRIKES? BOOTS ON THE GROUND?
[01:37:58] WHAT IS NEEDED TO BRING THIS WAR TO A CLOSE, REMEMBERING THAT THE
[01:38:02] PRESIDENT SAID THIS WOULD ONLY LAST FOUR TO SIX WEEKS INITIALLY?
[01:38:06] GUEST: I THINK WE HAVE TO BE A
[01:38:09] LITTLE BIT CAREFUL ABOUT OUR
[01:38:11] LANGUAGE ABOUT THIS.
[01:38:14] NOBODY LIKES CONFLICT OR WAR.
[01:38:16] WE WERE FOUNDED ON THE PREMISE
[01:38:19] OF USING ECONOMIC PRESSURE TO AVOID WARS.
[01:38:22] WE HAVE NEVER SUPPORTED STRIKES ON IRAN UNTIL MORE RECENTLY WHEN
[01:38:26] THEY CROSSED THE RUBICON OF A POINT OF NO RETURN.
[01:38:29] I DON'T THINK WE ARE IN A
[01:38:32] TYPICAL ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF A
[01:38:35] GROUND TROOP OR IN ANY RESPECT. WE HAVE A MILITARY PRESENCE IN
[01:38:39] THE REGION THAT IS GREATER BUT NOT THAT SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER
[01:38:43] THEN WE HAD WHEN THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH IRAN.
[01:38:47] IRAN IS SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADED. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY
[01:38:51] OF HARMING US THAT GREATLY.
[01:38:52] I EMPATHIZE WITH OUR ALLIES LIKE
[01:38:56] BAHRAIN AND THE UAE AND SAUDI ARABIA AND JORDAN.
[01:38:59] THE THREATS TO THOSE COUNTRIES WERE OMNIPRESENT AND THAT IS ONE
[01:39:02] OF THE REASON WE SEE ALL OF
[01:39:04] THOSE ALLIES WERE QUITE ROBUST IN THEIR SUPPORT OF TAKING
[01:39:08] ACTION AGAINST IRAN.
[01:39:09] HOST: ARE YOU CONCERNED THE
[01:39:13] ADMINISTRATION, DO TO ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE AT HOME,
[01:39:17] WOULD SEEK TO END THE WAR WITHOUT SECURING A DEAL ON
[01:39:20] IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM?
[01:39:23] OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THEY
[01:39:26] CAN STRIKE PICKAX MATCH AND, WHETHER THE NUCLEAR MATERIAL
[01:39:30] WOULD BE HANDED OVER, WHETHER IT IS TOO FAR BURIED FOR IRAN TO ACCESS IT.
[01:39:34] I WONDER IN TERMS OF ENDING THE WAR ARE YOU CONCERNED IT COULD END WITH NO DEAL?
[01:39:38] GUEST: THERE WAS AN EXPRESSION
[01:39:41] WE USED DURING THE TIME OF THE JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF
[01:39:45] ACTION WHICH WAS THE OBAMA ERA NUCLEAR DEAL THAT WE BELIEVE NO
[01:39:49] DEAL WAS BETTER THAN A BAD DEAL.
[01:39:50] I THINK I RAN HAS NEVER BEEN
[01:39:55] WILLING TO ENTER INTO A DEAL
[01:40:00] THAT IS ALIGNED WITH PEACE AND THE STATUS QUO WITH UNITED
[01:40:04] STATES AND ISRAEL. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HOSTILE.
[01:40:08] THEY ARE LIKE A MAFIA LIKE THUGO
[01:40:12] CRACY.
[01:40:15] THE IRGC WHICH CONTROLS THE COUNTRY IS A MAFIA LIKE
[01:40:18] ORGANIZATION. THE MOMENT THEY TRULY STRIKE A
[01:40:22] DEAL WITH UNITED STATES AND TRY TO REJOIN THE COMMUNITY OF
[01:40:25] NATIONS, THE MAFIA INFRASTRUCTURE IS LESS RELEVANT
[01:40:28] AND CAN BECOME WEAKENED.
[01:40:30] I DO NOT THINK IT WILL BE EASY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO STRIKE A
[01:40:34] DEAL WITH THE LEADERS OF THAT
[01:40:36] COUNTRY, THAT OLIGARCHY, THAT MAFIA BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK
[01:40:40] THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING IT BECAUSE IT CONFLICTS WITH THEIR
[01:40:44] ECONOMIC AND THEIR REGIONAL HEGEMONIC INTERESTS.
[01:40:48] I THINK A BAD DEAL, WHICH WAS PERHAPS THE ONLY DEAL WE COULD
[01:40:52] GET FROM THEM, IS MUCH WORSE THAN NO DEAL AT ALL.
[01:40:55] THE STATUS QUO IS BETTER.
[01:40:58] WITH EVERY PASSING DAY THE
[01:41:00] STRAIT BECOMES LESS RELEVANT.
[01:41:04] ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON THE REGIME AND THAT MAFIA IN IRAN INCREASES
[01:41:08] DRAMATICALLY. THE BRAVE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE
[01:41:12] GROWING MORE AND MORE TIRED OF THIS REGIME.
[01:41:14] HOST: DAVID FROM SACRAMENTO,
[01:41:18] CALIFORNIA. A REPUBLICAN. YOU ARE ON THE LINE.
[01:41:20] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[01:41:23] MY QUESTION IS HOW COME WE ARE STILL PLAYING PATTYCAKE WITH
[01:41:27] THEM? GUEST: I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE
[01:41:31] SEEN -- IT IS AN INTERESTING TIME.
[01:41:35] YOU SOUND LIKE YOU ARE OF THE AGE I AM REMEMBER SOME OF OUR OTHER CONFLICTS IN THE PAST
[01:41:39] WHERE WE HAD VERY GOOD ANALYSIS
[01:41:43] OF THE INCREDIBLE STRIKES OF OUR U.S. MILITARY. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THERE HAS
[01:41:47] NOT BEEN AS MUCH CLEAR INFORMATION COMING OUT ON THE
[01:41:51] EFFECTIVENESS AND THE SCOPE AND EXTENT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR STRIKES.
[01:41:55] A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY TODAY, SOCIAL MEDIA,
[01:41:59] EVEN GOOGLE EARTH. KEEPING THAT INFORMATION CLOSE
[01:42:03] AT HAND IS MORE PRUDENT IN THIS
[01:42:06] INTEL SENSITIVE WORLD.
[01:42:09] HAVING TALKED TO OUR INTEL COMMUNITY AND INTEL COMMUNITY OF
[01:42:12] OTHER COUNTRIES, OUR MILITARY
[01:42:15] AND THOSE IN THE KNOW, I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE DONE MUCH
[01:42:19] MORE THAN PATTYCAKE WITH THEM. WE HAVE HIT THEM QUITE HARD AS
[01:42:23] PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALLUDED AND
[01:42:26] DEGRADED THEIR CAPABILITIES ACROSS THEIR LEADERSHIP, CROSS
[01:42:29] THEIR MISSILE CAPABILITIES, CROSS THEIR TERM CAPABILITIES.
[01:42:33] EVEN THEIR PARAMILITARY ESTABLISHMENT WHICH IT HAS USED
[01:42:37] TO SUPPRESS ITS PEOPLE, IT HAS BEEN DEGRADED.
[01:42:41] FRANKLY, THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IS BURIED UNDER TONS OF SAND.
[01:42:45] THE ONLY WAY TO DEAL WITH HIGHLY
[01:42:47] ENRICHED URANIUM IS TO REPROCESS
[01:42:50] IT AND DILUTED OR FRANKLY BURY
[01:42:52] IT IN THE GROUND.
[01:42:55] RIGHT NOW IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[01:42:57] IS SET BACK DRAMATICALLY AND
[01:43:00] THERE IS NO WAY THEY CAN RECONSTITUTE IT WITHOUT US
[01:43:03] KNOWING IT.
[01:43:05] THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE
[01:43:08] EARLY 1980'S THAT IRAN IS NOT
[01:43:10] ENRICHING URANIUM. EVERY PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
[01:43:14] CONFRONTED WITH THIS ISSUE.
[01:43:16] THIS PRESIDENT DESERVES CREDIT FOR ASSURING THAT IRAN IS NOT
[01:43:20] CURRENTLY ENRICHING URANIUM.
[01:43:21] HOST: HOMER FROM FLORENCE,
[01:43:25] MASSACHUSETTS.
[01:43:27] INDEPENDENT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[01:43:30] I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT MAKES THIS A FOREVER WAR WHEN OBAMA
[01:43:34] BOMBED LIBYA FOR SEVEN MONTHS IN 2011 AND THEN UNTIL THE END OF
[01:43:38] HIS PRESIDENCY INTERMEDIATELY DID THAT DESTABILIZE THE REGION
[01:43:42] #WHEN BIDEN CAME IN IT MUST NOT HAVE WORKED BECAUSE HE BOMBED
[01:43:46] SYRIA AND LEBANON. OR OUR PATRIOT MISSILES DEPLETED
[01:43:50] FOR THE THREE YEARS BIDEN WAS DOING THE UKRAINE THING?
[01:43:54] DID WE MAKE THEM FASTER?
[01:43:57] I'M WONDERING WHY THE DEMOCRATS ARE WILLING TO GIVE THE IRANIANS
[01:44:00] 24 DAYS THEY WERE DELAYING INSPECTIONS OR NOT ALLOWING
[01:44:03] THEM. THAT IS PLENTY OF TIME BUT THEY
[01:44:06] WOULD NOT GIVE THE REPUBLICANS 24 HOURS TO MAKE SURE THE ICE
[01:44:09] FACILITY WAS SAFE.
[01:44:12] IT IS PRETTY FUNNY THEY TRUSTED TERRORISTS MORE THAN THEY TRUST THE REPUBLICANS.
[01:44:16] THEY GIVE THEM 24 DAYS.
[01:44:20] HOST: HOMER, THAT IS A LOT FOR
[01:44:24] MARK TO RESPOND TO.
[01:44:25] GUEST: THE BIG ASPECT TO THAT
[01:44:29] QUESTION IS THIS NOTION OF FOREVER WAR. I AM IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
[01:44:33] POLICY OF BEING AN EXPERT ON THIS BUT MAKING IT INTELLECTUALLY ACCESSIBLE TO
[01:44:37] PEOPLE WHY IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE THE POLICIES WE DO.
[01:44:41] WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES WE SHOULD HAVE. THE FOREVER WAR THAT HAS BEEN
[01:44:45] CONDUCTED ACROSS THE REGION FOR
[01:44:47] THE LAST NEARLY 40 YEARS HAS
[01:44:50] BEEN IRAN WITH ITS SUPPORT OF PROXIES, IT'S DESTABILIZING OF
[01:44:53] THE REGION, IT'S RIDICULOUS AND
[01:44:57] INAPPROPRIATE AND OBVIOUSLY MILITARY BASED PURSUIT OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[01:45:01] IRAN HAS BEEN IN A FOREVER WAR WITH UNITED STATES.
[01:45:04] WE HAVE TRIED TO USE ALL THE
[01:45:06] TOOLS IN THE TOOL SHED TO END
[01:45:12] THAT WAR FROM DIPLOMACY TO ECONOMIC PRESSURE TO CYBER
[01:45:15] OPERATIONS IN THIS PRESIDENT FINALLY SAID WE WILL USE MILITARY STRIKES TO DEGRADE
[01:45:19] IRAN'S CAPABILITY BEFORE IT GETS
[01:45:21] TOO GREAT AT THIS PRESIDENT HAS
[01:45:24] SUCCESSFULLY DONE THAT. I DO NOT THINK THIS IS A FOREVER
[01:45:28] WAR THAT SOMEHOW WE STARTED. I THINK THIS IS AN EFFORT TO END
[01:45:32] THE FOREVER WAR THAT IS IRAN AND TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NO LONGER --
[01:45:36] WE WILL NOT BE FIGHTING IRAN TOMORROW WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON
[01:45:40] AND BALLISTIC MISSILES CAPABLE OF CARRYING THOSE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND STRIKING AMERICA OR
[01:45:44] AMERICAN INTERESTS OR OUR
[01:45:47] EUROPEAN OR MIDDLE EAST ALLIES. HOST: MARTHA FROM INDIANA,
[01:45:52] PENNSYLVANIA. A DEMOCRAT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[01:45:56] I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS. QUESTION ONE, THIS DEATH TO
[01:46:00] AMERICA CHANCE GOING ON FOR 40
[01:46:02] SOME YEARS, IF THIS DEATH TO
[01:46:07] AMERICA SO SERIOUS, WHY WASN'T
[01:46:11] ANYBODY IN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION TRIED FOR TREASON
[01:46:14] OVER THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR? QUESTION TWO.
[01:46:18] WE HAVE A $1 TRILLION DEFENSE BUDGET.
[01:46:22] THE GREATEST MILITARY THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
[01:46:24] YET SOMEHOW A NUCLEAR IRAN WOULD
[01:46:28] BE FISH IN A BARREL?
[01:46:31] WOULD BE LIKE A THIRD WORLD ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN?
[01:46:35] HOW IS IT THAT WE HAVE THE GREATEST MILITARY BUT SOMEHOW IT
[01:46:38] WOULD BE FISH IN A BARREL?
[01:46:41] QUESTION NUMBER THREE. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LEARN THAT
[01:46:45] BOMBING, KILLING, DESTROYING,
[01:46:49] TRYING TO CHANGE A COUNTRY'S IDEOLOGY BY FORCE IS NOT GOING
[01:46:53] TO WORK?
[01:46:57] WHEN YOU TRY TO CHANGE IN IDEOLOGY BY PHYSICAL FORCE,
[01:47:00] BOMBING AND KILLING, I BELIEVE
[01:47:03] YOU ENTRENCH THEIR BELIEFS.
[01:47:07] A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS OUR OWN
[01:47:10] CIVIL WAR. HOST: THAT IS A LOT OF
[01:47:13] QUESTIONS. LET'S LET MARK GIVE HIS ANSWERS.
[01:47:17] GUEST: YOU RAISE THE REAGAN
[01:47:21] ADMINISTRATION AND YOU ARE RIGHT. THE IRANIAN THREAT GOES BACK TO
[01:47:25] THE TIME OF CARTER AND REAGAN.
[01:47:29] THE IRANIANS HAVE BEEN KILLING AMERICANS AND OUR ALLIES SINCE THAT TIME.
[01:47:32] I GO BACK TO 1983, THE MARINE
[01:47:36] BARRACKS BOMBING IN LEBANON DURING THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION.
[01:47:39] THE USS COLE. EVEN AS RECENTLY OVER THE LAST
[01:47:43] COUPLE YEARS, IRAN HAS BEEN
[01:47:45] RUNNING ASSASSINATION, KIDNAP, AND TORTURE ATTEMPTS ON U.S.
[01:47:49] SOIL AGAINST AMERICANS.
[01:47:52] IRAN HAS BEEN ENGAGING IN THIS INCREDIBLY MALIGNED TERRORISTIC
[01:47:56] BEHAVIOR THAT HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY DEGRADED SINCE THAT TIME.
[01:47:59] OUR MILITARY HAS DONE INCREDIBLE
[01:48:03] WORK.
[01:48:06] I KNOW WE LIVE IN A HIGHLY CHARGED POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.
[01:48:11] MY FRIEND DAVID AXELROD SAID EVERY PRESIDENT IS REACTION TO
[01:48:14] THE LAST. THE PARTY NOT IN POWER HAS A
[01:48:18] HARD TIME ACCEPTING ANYTHING GOOD ON THE OCCUPANT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
[01:48:22] I WILL NOT GET INTO ALL OF THE POLITICAL DEBATES OF TODAY BUT I
[01:48:26] WILL TELL YOU THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS TEAM AND MOST
[01:48:29] IMPORTANTLY OUR MILITARY HAVE PERFORMED IN AN INCREDIBLY
[01:48:33] SUCCESSFUL MANNER INTEGRATING
[01:48:36] IRAN'S CAPABILITIES ACROSS THE BOARD. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT THE THIRD
[01:48:40] ONE WAS.
[01:48:44] HOST: THE THIRD WAS WHEN ARE WE
[01:48:47] GOING TO LEARN THAT CHANGING A COUNTRY BY FORCE HARDENS THEIR
[01:48:50] IDEOLOGY? GUEST: EVERY PRESIDENT IN MY
[01:48:53] LIFETIME HAS OF THE POLICY OF REGIME CHANGE AGAINST IRAN
[01:48:56] BECAUSE THEY HAVE MEANT DEATH TO AMERICA AND DEATH TO ISRAEL.
[01:49:00] THEY ARE NOT KIDDING. I DON'T THINK THIS ACTION IS AN
[01:49:04] ATTEMPT TO CHANGE IDEOLOGY. THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A
[01:49:08] TALKING POINT THAT MARTHA IS
[01:49:11] HEARING IN SOME QUARTERS OF THE PRESS. WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND OUR
[01:49:15] MILITARY ARE DOING IS DEGRADING
[01:49:17] REAL THREATS THAT THE REGIME HAS
[01:49:21] USED AS LEVERAGE POINTS TO THREATEN THE UNITED STATES, OUR
[01:49:25] ALLIES COME INTO ESTABLISH REGIONAL HEGEMONY AND PREVENT A
[01:49:28] MUCH MORE TO REMOTE -- AND
[01:49:32] PREVENT A MUCH MORE TERRIBLE WAR IF IRAN GOT A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[01:49:36] I DO NOT BELIEVE WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE IDEOLOGY.
[01:49:40] WHAT I BE HAPPY OF THE REGIME FELL? ABSOLUTELY.
[01:49:44] THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF IRAN
[01:49:47] WHO ARE WHOLLY OPPOSED TO THIS REGIME AND HAVE SACRIFICED
[01:49:51] 40,000 OF THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THIS YEAR ALONE TO
[01:49:54] FIGHT THIS REGIME WILL BE THE
[01:49:57] ONES ULTIMATELY, PROBABLY AT
[01:49:59] GREAT COST OF LIFE, ULTIMATELY REMOVING THIS REGIME.
[01:50:03] THIS REGIME WILL FALL SOMEDAY.
[01:50:05] HOST: SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
[01:50:08] RECENTLY IS IRAN, IN THE MIDST OF NEGOTIATION OVER WHETHER THEY
[01:50:11] WOULD OBTAIN A BIT MORE CONTROL IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, SHARING
[01:50:15] IT WITH OMAN, DECIDED TO MAKE A
[01:50:18] NEW ROUND OF OF DEMANDS WHEN IT
[01:50:22] COMES TO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
[01:50:25] I AM LOOKING IN A POLITICAL ARTICLE, "IRAN MAKES DRAMATIC
[01:50:29] NEW DEMANDS AROUND STRAIT OF HORMUZ." PART OF THE DEMAND ACCORDING TO
[01:50:33] THE STATE PRESS IN IRAN SAYS THE UNITED STATES MUST NEVER
[01:50:37] THREATEN IRAN AGAIN AND MUST PERMANENTLY END THE WAR WITH
[01:50:41] IRAN AND ITS ARMED ALLIES IN THE REGION.
[01:50:43] THE U.S. MUST LIVE THE NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRANIAN POINTS AND
[01:50:47] WITHDRAWS MILITARY FROM THE AREA
[01:50:50] AND MUST COMPLETELY COMPENSATE IRAN FOR WAR DAMAGE, LIFT
[01:50:54] SANCTIONS, AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASE FROZEN ASSETS. PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED TO
[01:50:58] THIS NEW LIST OF DEMANDS RECENTLY. I WANT TO TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
[01:51:02] [VIDEO CLIP]
[01:51:03] >> YOU SAID THIS LAST ROUND OF
[01:51:07] TALKS WAS IRAN'S LAST CHANCE BEFORE DECAPITATION.
[01:51:10] WHAT NOW? >> YOU WILL FIND OUT.
[01:51:12] >> A MASSIVE ESCALATION IS STILL
[01:51:16] ON THE TABLE? >> WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE ABILITY
[01:51:19] TO DO THAT. >> YOU SAID YOU ARE LOW KEYING
[01:51:23] IT WITH THEM.
[01:51:27] WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
[01:51:28] >> THEY ASKED FOR REPARATIONS
[01:51:32] AND MONEY FOR THE DAMAGE WE HAVE DONE, I THOUGHT THAT IS A GOOD
[01:51:34] IDEA, WE WILL ASK FOR MONEY FOR
[01:51:38] THE DAMAGE THEY HAVE DONE OVER A 50 YEAR PERIOD, WHETHER YOU GO
[01:51:40] USS COLE ARE ALL OF THE PEOPLE
[01:51:43] THAT WERE BADLY WOUNDED AND KILLED, MANY THOUSANDS OF
[01:51:46] PEOPLE, AND MAY BE DAMAGES FOR
[01:51:48] THE 52,000 PROTESTERS WHO WERE KILLED IN IRAN.
[01:51:52] WE THINK THERE FAMILY SHOULD GET DAMAGES FOR KILLING THEIR PERSON
[01:51:56] OR THEIR CHILD OR MOTHER OR FATHER. THEY WERE PROTESTING.
[01:52:00] IT WAS 52,000 A MONTH AND A HALF
[01:52:03] AGO SO NOW WHAT IS IT?
[01:52:05] IF THERE IS DAMAGES TO BE PAID I THINK IRAN SHOULD PAY THOSE DAMAGES.
[01:52:09] HOST: A BIG TIT FOR TAT FROM THE
[01:52:13] PRESIDENT. WHAT YOU MAKE OF THIS?
[01:52:16] GUEST: WE ARE SITTING ON THE
[01:52:18] EDGE OF OUR SEAT AT THESE
[01:52:22] NEGOTIATIONS AS THERE IS A DEAL
[01:52:24] IMMINENT, SOMETHING ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IRAN HAS ENGAGED IN THE SAME
[01:52:28] TACTICS FOR YEARS, DECADES WHEN
[01:52:30] IT COMES TO NEGOTIATIONS.
[01:52:33] THEY OP YOU SKATE, THEY CONFUSE,
[01:52:35] THEY ARE BUREAUCRATIC, THEY SAY IT IS UNCLEAR WHO THE
[01:52:39] DECISION-MAKERS ARE. THEY COME BACK AND THERE IS
[01:52:43] CONFUSION AND THEY MAKE MORE DEMANDS THEY LIE IS PART OF THEIR STRATEGY.
[01:52:46] THERE IS NO DEAL THAT THE IRGC
[01:52:51] COULD ACCEPT THAT ACCEPTS
[01:52:53] AMERICAN AS SOME SORT OF
[01:52:58] ACCEPTABLE COUNTERPARTY IN THE WORLD. I THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT'S
[01:53:01] COMMENTS WERE SOME OF HIS BEST.
[01:53:04] HE CLEARLY IS AWARE OF THE LONG
[01:53:07] HISTORY OF IRAN ENGAGING IN
[01:53:10] TERROR, VIOLENCE, THE KILLING OF
[01:53:13] MORE AMERICANS THAN ALMOST
[01:53:15] ANYBODY ELSE THIS CENTURY.
[01:53:20] OUR ALLIES, CYBER ATTACKS.
[01:53:24] I THINK HE IS QUITE AWARE AND HE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF
[01:53:28] ARTICULATING WHY IRAN'S MISCHIEF
[01:53:31] AND MALIGN ACTIVITIES IS RIDICULOUS THEY ARE ASKING US
[01:53:34] FOR REPARATIONS WHEN THEY HAVE
[01:53:37] BEEN ENGAGING IN HOSTILE BEHAVIOR, BRUTAL BEHAVIOR,
[01:53:41] SUPPORT OF TERROR AND THE LIGHT FOR OVER 47 YEARS.
[01:53:44] HOST: STEPHEN FROM LEXINGTON.
[01:53:49] AN INDEPENDENT.
[01:53:50] CALLER: THANK YOU, JASMINE.
[01:53:54] YOU'RE DOING GREAT AS A MODERATOR AND THANK YOU TO C-SPAN FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME AND EFFORT.
[01:53:58] I THINK YOU ARE BEING DISINGENUOUS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A NARRATIVE.
[01:54:02] YOU'VE NOT BROUGHT UP ONCE THE
[01:54:06] MILITARY INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE DIED IN THESE OPERATIONS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
[01:54:10] YOU'VE NOT MENTIONED THAT ONCE.
[01:54:14] I BELIEVE THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT ONGOING, THEY ARE JUST A TACTIC TO MANIPULATE OIL PRICES
[01:54:17] UP AND DOWN.
[01:54:20] THERE ARE NO NEGOTIATIONS. TO CHANT DEATH TO AMERICA, THEY
[01:54:24] DON'T CARE ABOUT ME, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU.
[01:54:28] THEY CARE ABOUT THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT.
[01:54:32] THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT JOE SCHMOE.
[01:54:35] IT IS NOT ABOUT US.
[01:54:37] THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE THAT KILLED HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLGIRLS IN A
[01:54:41] BUILDING, HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN. I THINK YOU HAVE A NARRATIVE AND
[01:54:45] YOU ARE FOLLOWING SOME SORT OF
[01:54:47] SCRIPT THAT KEEPS COMING ALONG WITH DIFFERENT CONSERVATIVE
[01:54:51] MEDIA. I THINK YOU ARE BEING VERY DISINGENUOUS.
[01:54:54] YOU CAN ADD ANY COMMENT.
[01:54:56] HOST: -- GUEST: I CERTAINLY
[01:55:01] AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT JASMINE DOING A GREAT JOB MODERATING.
[01:55:05] USUALLY IN THESE INTERVIEWS --
[01:55:08] I'VE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
[01:55:12] SACRIFICE OF OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE
[01:55:16] SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRIES. WE AT UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR
[01:55:19] IRAN HAVE BEEN VERY QUICK TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SACRIFICE.
[01:55:23] HAVING TALKED TO MANY OF OUR MILITARY LEADERS, THEY KNOW AND
[01:55:27] THEY HAVE SEEN THE INCREDIBLE
[01:55:29] CARNAGE IRAN HAS CAUSED TO THE UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES IN
[01:55:33] THE REGION, INCLUDING DURING IRAQ AND OTHERWISE.
[01:55:36] WITH RESPECT I THINK YOUR
[01:55:40] ASSUMPTIONS ARE GILDED BY THE
[01:55:43] POLITICS OF THE DAY.
[01:55:46] SOMETIMES IT IS EASIER TO BLAME THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
[01:55:50] WHEN IN IRAN YOU ARE KILLED IF
[01:55:54] YOU SHOW STRANDS OF HAIR, THEY
[01:55:57] ARE BENT UPON DESTROYING ISRAEL, THEY ARE BENT UPON DEATH TO AMERICA.
[01:56:01] IT IS NOT JUST OUR LEADERSHIP.
[01:56:03] THEY TAKE HOSTAGES.
[01:56:08] ORDINARY AMERICANS THAT TRAVEL, THEY KIDNAP THEM AT ANY TURN.
[01:56:12] THEY RUN TERROR OPERATIONS TO KIDNAP AND KILL AMERICANS. THEY HAVE KILLED MORE AMERICANS
[01:56:16] AND OUR ALLIES THAN ANYONE ELSE IN A CENTURY.
[01:56:20] I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT YOUR CHARACTERIZATION IS ACCURATE. I THINK IT IS CAUGHT UP IN THE
[01:56:24] POLITICAL NARRATIVE OF THAT.
[01:56:28] TO BE CLEAR, I AM NOT IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, I WAS NOT
[01:56:32] IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE WORKED WITH EVERY
[01:56:36] PRESIDENT CLOSELY INCLUDING PRESIDENT BIDEN, PRESIDENT OBAMA
[01:56:40] , PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND OBVIOUSLY PRESIDENT BUSH BEFORE HIM.
[01:56:44] SOMETIMES IF YOU WORK WITH EVERYONE I CANNOT PLEASE EVERYONE.
[01:56:47] I UNDERSTAND FROM A POLITICAL BIAS THAT FEWER IS DISSATISFIED
[01:56:51] BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLITICS.
[01:56:53] HOST: WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF
[01:56:56] TIME. I WISH I COULD ASK YOU A MILLION
[01:56:59] MORE QUESTIONS BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
[01:57:02] MARK WALLACE, FORMER BUSH U.S.
[01:57:06] AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND CURRENTLY CEO OF UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR IRAN.
[01:57:10] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. GUEST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
[01:57:14] HOST: UP NEXT WE DIVE INTO THE
[01:57:18] LATEST DATA ON VIOLENT CRIME ACROSS THE U.S. AND THE IMPACT
[01:57:22] OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENTS.
[01:57:25] RAFAEL MANGUAL OF THE MANHATTAN
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[01:59:51] NOW WE HAVE WITH US RAFAEL MANG
[02:00:02] UAL TO DISCUSS CRIME AND THE
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[02:00:14] WITH AND HOW IS IT FUNDED?
[02:00:15] GUEST: THE MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
[02:00:20] IS A 5013 C PUBLIC POLICY THINK TANK.
[02:00:24] WE HAVE A FOCUS ON NEW YORK. I COVERED POLICING AND PUBLIC
[02:00:28] SAFETY. AND THE INSTITUTE IS
[02:00:32] PRIVATELY FUNDED.
[02:00:33] HOST: YOU ARE ALSO A MEMBER OF
[02:00:37] THE COUNCIL REPORT ON MIDYEAR
[02:00:43] STATISTICS. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TOUTED HIS CRACKDOWN ON CRIME AS A REASON
[02:00:46] FOR THE DROP IN CRIME ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I WONDER, WHAT DO YOU ALL MAKE
[02:00:50] OF THAT REPORT?
[02:00:51] GUEST: I THINK IT IS EXPECTED
[02:00:55] THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO TAKE
[02:00:58] CREDIT FOR THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER ITS WATCH. AND THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS
[02:01:01] THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO,
[02:01:06] PARTICULARLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. BUT I THINK ANYONE WHO LOOKS FOR
[02:01:08] A SINGULAR REASON TO EXPLAIN A
[02:01:12] BROAD NATIONAL TREND LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO COME UP
[02:01:16] EMPTY. THESE ARE MULTIFACTORIAL PROBLEMS WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT
[02:01:19] FACTORS AND DIFFERENT POWERS. I THINK IT IS LARGELY A
[02:01:23] COMBINATION OF A BUNCH OF THINGS, POLICY AND NOT POLICY
[02:01:25] RELATED. HOST: TALK ABOUT THE REPORT.
[02:01:30] WHICH CRIMES DID WE INCREASE, AND OVERALL HOW DOES IT COMPARE
[02:01:34] TO THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2025?
[02:01:36] GUEST: A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE.
[02:01:41] HOMICIDE DROPS ARE MOST IMPRESSIVE. WE ARE ON TRACK TO SET A NEW RECORD IN THIS COUNTRY, WHICH IS
[02:01:45] FANTASTIC.
[02:01:48] NINE OF THE 13 CATEGORIES THEY TRACK OUR MOVING DOWNWARD.
[02:01:52] WE DID SEE A BIG INCREASE IN
[02:01:54] DRUG OFFENSES, WHICH IS CONCERNING.
[02:01:57] BUT IT IS A REALLY POSITIVE TREND.
[02:02:00] YOU ARE LOOKING AT CRIMES LIKE
[02:02:03] ROBBERY, GONNA SOLD MOVING DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
[02:02:07] ROBBERY ALSO, YOU DON'T SEE FELONY ASSAULT IN GENERAL MOVED
[02:02:10] DOWN AS MUCH, WHICH IS CONCERNING, GIVEN THE BROADER
[02:02:14] TRENDS POST-PANDEMIC OF HOW WE ARE NATIONALLY, SO PEOPLE ARE
[02:02:18] SPENDING MORE TIME AT HOME ABOUT ONE HOUR AND 45 MINUTES A DAY
[02:02:22] COMPARED TO PRE-PANDEMIC. PEOPLE ARE DRINKING LESS,
[02:02:26] WORKING FROM HOME, REDUCING VICTIMIZATION, YET, WE STILL ARE
[02:02:30] NOT YET SEEN A MASSIVE DECLINE IN FELONY ASSAULTS WHICH IS
[02:02:34] CONCERNING BECAUSE IF YOU ADJUST FOR THE TIME WE ACTUALLY SPEND,
[02:02:37] OR WE MIGHT BE VICTIMIZED, IT IS
[02:02:41] HIGHER THAN BROAD NUMBERS WOULD SUGGEST. IT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.
[02:02:45] SOME OF THESE OTHER CATEGORY DECLINES WERE LESS SURPRISING
[02:02:49] LIKE RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY DECLINES. HOMES ARE OCCUPIED AND THAT
[02:02:53] RAISES THE CONCEPT -- THE TRANSACTION COST TO COMMITTING
[02:02:56] THAT CRIME. HOST: YOU SAID THERE WASN'T A SINGULAR REASON FOR THE DROP IN
[02:03:00] CRIME BUT WHAT ARE THE FACTORS?
[02:03:03] WHAT ARE THE FACTORS LEADING TO
[02:03:07] THIS DROP? GUEST: A BUNCH OF THINGS.
[02:03:11] BEEN ON POLICY BUCKET, IT IS WHAT CRIMINOLOGISTS CALLED
[02:03:15] ROUTINE ACTIVITIES. THE TIME YOU SPEND AT HOME, LESS
[02:03:18] TIME YOU SPEND ON PUBLIC TRANSIT, RIDERSHIP LEVELS HAVE
[02:03:22] NOT RECOVERED TO PRE-PANDEMIC. AMERICANS ARE CONSUMING ALCOHOL
[02:03:26] LESS. WE ARE APPROACHING A NEW RECORD
[02:03:30] IN TERMS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.
[02:03:31] HOST: THEY SAY GEN Z DOESN'T
[02:03:35] DRINK ALCOHOL. GUEST: THEY ARE NOT ATTENDING
[02:03:38] NIGHT CLUBS. BAR ATTENDANCE IS DOWN.
[02:03:40] THIS IS WHERE VIOLENT CRIME CATEGORIES TEND TO BE FOCUSED.
[02:03:44] ON THE POLICY FRONT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT TO THE
[02:03:48] RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY, STATES LIKE TENNESSEE, LOUISIANA,
[02:03:52] ROLLING BACK CRIMINAL JUSTICE
[02:03:54] REFORMS, FLORIDA, TEXAS, AND
[02:03:57] EVEN NEW YORK. YOU HAVE HAD A MASSIVE CHANGE
[02:04:01] FROM 2014 THROUGH 2021, LOTS OF
[02:04:04] REALLY SORT OF RADICAL
[02:04:07] PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTORS TAKING WINS IN BIG CITIES.
[02:04:11] AT ONE POINT IN THE COUNTRY, YOU
[02:04:13] HAD ALMOST 70 MILLION AMERICANS
[02:04:17] BECOME PUBLIC PROSECUTORS.
[02:04:19] THAT NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN. LOS ANGELES, YOU HAD GEORGE GUS
[02:04:23] COHEN. YOU HAD PAMELA PRICE RECALLED IN
[02:04:26] OAKLAND.
[02:04:31] MOST BE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, MAKING A MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE
[02:04:35] APPROACH.
[02:04:41] SO YOU HAVE THAT, LIKE ATHENS,
[02:04:45] GEORGIA, ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
[02:04:50] THEY ARE ROLLING BACK TO ME REFORMS.
[02:04:53] THEY ARE PUSHING THROUGH
[02:04:56] STRIKES, MAKING IT EASIER TO JAIL PEOPLE PRETRIAL.
[02:05:00] THE PRISON POPULATION HAS GONE
[02:05:01] UP THE LAST YEARS.
[02:05:05] POLICE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE REASSERTING
[02:05:08] THEMSELVES. WE HAVE SEEN THE ARREST NUMBERS
[02:05:12] GO BACK UP. NEW YORK CITY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
[02:05:15] OF THAT. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, CRIME STARTS TO COME DOWN.
[02:05:19] THERE WERE A LOT OF BALLOT ISSUES IN THE 2024 CYCLE.
[02:05:23] I THINK IT MIGHT BE PLAYING A ROLE HERE.
[02:05:27] CALIFORNIA WITH PROPOSITION 46, RECRIMINALIZE A SUM OF THE DRUG
[02:05:31] OFFENSES. OREGON, WHICH I'D RECRIMINALIZE
[02:05:34] DRUG OFFENSES AND RECRIMINALIZE
[02:05:37] THEM A COUPLE YEARS LATER IN 2024, AS WELL.
[02:05:41] YOU HAD COLORADO SEEK THAT
[02:05:44] BALLOT INITIATIVE. ARIZONA, FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE
[02:05:48] ELIGIBLE FOR A TAX REBATE WHEN
[02:05:51] THE POLICE FAILED TO CLEAR A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT.
[02:05:53] YOU HAD OTHER STATES BALLOT
[02:05:57] INITIATIVES WITH NEW FUNDING FOR THE HIRING OF ADDITIONAL POLICE
[02:06:01] OFFICERS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
[02:06:02] JOINT TAX FORCES, THE NATIONAL
[02:06:06] GUARD DEPLOYMENT, AND
[02:06:07] IMMIGRATION DEPLOYMENT. HOST: I WANT TO INVITE OUR
[02:06:12] VIEWERS TO JOIN IN ON THE
[02:06:14] CONVERSATION. WE HAVE RAFAEL MANGUAL HERE,
[02:06:17] MANHATTAN INSTITUTE, A NEW
[02:06:23] COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
[02:06:25] REPORT FOR MIDYEAR CRIME TRENDS IN THE U.S. CITY AND ALSO TO
[02:06:29] DISCUSS THE ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS TO BRING DOWN VIOLENT CRIME. I WILL REPEAT YOUR LINES.
[02:06:33] REPUBLICANS, (202)-748-8001.
[02:06:36] DEMOCRATS, (202)-748-8000.
[02:06:40] INDEPENDENTS, (202)-748-8002.
[02:06:44] YOU CAN ALSO REACH US BY TEXT
[02:06:47] MESSAGE. THAT LINE IS (202)-748-8003.
[02:06:50] OF COURSE, WE ARE ON SOCIALS
[02:06:53] LIKE FACEBOOK AND C-SPAN. START CALLING IN NOW TO ASK
[02:06:56] RAFAEL MANGUAL YOUR QUESTIONS
[02:07:00] AND COMMENTS ON VIOLENT CRIME THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SHARED WITH
[02:07:03] US BEFOREHAND. I WANT TO ASK, IN THIS TIME IN
[02:07:08] WHICH PEOPLE HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT
[02:07:10] DATA, ABOUT SURVEYS, ABOUT INFORMATION THEY ARE RECEIVING,
[02:07:14] HOW CHALLENGING IS THE POINT ON
[02:07:20] WHITE CRIME HAS INCREASED OR
[02:07:23] DECREASED, AND THEN THE ACTUAL STATISTICS, HOW DO THEY ACTUALLY
[02:07:27] GATHER THE DATA? GUEST: THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
[02:07:31] SHIFTED AND HOW IT COLLECTED
[02:07:33] DATA ON CRIME CATEGORIES BACK IN
[02:07:36] 2019 WHEN THEY ADOPTED THE NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM.
[02:07:40] THAT WAS A CHALLENGE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE TRANSACTION COST
[02:07:44] THAT HAS DECLINED, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER DEPARTMENTS.
[02:07:47] IN AMERICA, WE ARE DOWN
[02:07:53] SIGNIFICANTLY. YOU HAD A LOT OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS SCALING TO REPORT
[02:07:56] FULLY, AND THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO REALLY PUT A FINGER ON EXACTLY WITH WHAT THE
[02:08:00] NATIONAL CRIME TRENDS LOOK LIKE. IN CERTAIN CRIME CATEGORIES LIKE
[02:08:04] HOMICIDE IN PARTICULAR, IT IS
[02:08:07] HARDER TO GET THOSE NUMBERS AND THEY ARE MUCH MORE RELIABLE.
[02:08:11] AND USUALLY, IF YOU CAR GETS
[02:08:15] STOLEN, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A POLICE REPORT TO COLLECT ON
[02:08:19] INSURANCE MONEY. SO THAT IS FOR THE BROADER CRIME
[02:08:23] TREND. BOTH MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WHICH TELLS US THAT
[02:08:27] AT THE VERY LEAST, THE DIRECTION OF THE TREND IS PROBABLY
[02:08:31] CORRECT. AND YOU HAVE SOME JURISDICTIONS
[02:08:34] LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C., WHO HAVE BEEN EMBROILED IN CONTROVERSIES,
[02:08:38] PARTICULARLY FOR CRIMES LIKE
[02:08:39] ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. HOST: THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
[02:08:43] BEEN CHANGING THEIR CRIME STATISTICS ON THE WAY THE REPORT
[02:08:46] THIS. FROM ILLINOIS, INDEPENDENT, GOOD MORNING, RICH.
[02:08:50] CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
[02:08:54] I WAS LISTENING TO THE LAST GUEST YOU HAD ON, TALKING ABOUT
[02:08:58] THE WAR IN IRAN. SOME OF THE POINTS YOU BROUGHT
[02:09:01] UP, PART OF MY ISSUE WITH HIS
[02:09:07] SPIEL WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO AVOIDED SERVING
[02:09:11] HIS COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY. YET, HE IS ALL GUNG HO --
[02:09:15] HOST: I'M GOING TO JUMP IN
[02:09:19] BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE RAFAEL MANGUAL HERE TO TALK ABOUT
[02:09:22] VIOLENT CRIME IN THE U.S.
[02:09:24] I KNOW YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS BUT DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ONE
[02:09:28] ON VIOLENT CRIME? CALLER: I DO, AND THIS IS THE TIE-IN.
[02:09:32] ONE OF THE ISSUES ABOUT THIS
[02:09:36] IRAN SITUATION, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ARE DEALING WITH THEIR
[02:09:40] ISSUES, AND WE ARE GOING TO GO IN THERE AND TRY TO TELL THEM
[02:09:43] ABOUT THEIR ISSUES, AND WE HAVE
[02:09:45] THE SAME KIND OF ISSUES.
[02:09:50] WE ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE -- ARE YOU THERE? HOST: GO AHEAD.
[02:09:54] CALLER: WE ARE ARRESTING THESE
[02:10:00] IN SEARCH OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS,
[02:10:01] WE ARE ARRESTING AMERICAN
[02:10:05] CITIZENS, WE ARE DOING THE SAME KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE ARE
[02:10:08] CRITICIZING OTHER NATIONS FOR.
[02:10:11] YET, WE ARE DOING THEM. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS
[02:10:15] RELATIONSHIP TO WHY VIOLENT
[02:10:18] CRIMES, WHY THERE ISN'T A SIGNIFICANT DROP, WELL, WE HAVE
[02:10:21] THIS RHETORIC SAYING, YOU KNOW,
[02:10:28] THIS RHETORIC OUT OF OUR WHITE HOUSE, YET, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
[02:10:32] ARE SAYING, WE DO ALL OF THIS STUFF AND NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO
[02:10:35] REGULATE ME?
[02:10:38] WHY WOULD YOU EXPECT THESE
[02:10:40] VIOLENT CRIMES TO GO DOWN IF
[02:10:44] THAT IS A WRITER IF YOU ARE SPEWING?
[02:10:48] HOST: LET'S LET RAFAEL GET IN
[02:10:49] THIS. GUEST: VIOLENT CRIMES DEFINITELY
[02:10:53] -- ABSOLUTELY GOING DOWN, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
[02:10:57] IS THERE A QUESTION ABOUT DIFFERENT CRIME CATEGORIES?
[02:11:01] I WOULD ALSO SAY THERE IS A CRITICAL ROLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
[02:11:05] WHAT IS HAPPENING ON U.S. SOIL
[02:11:09] AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN IRAN.
[02:11:10] HOST: ROBERTA, CALIFORNIA,
[02:11:16] DEMOCRAT. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:11:18] I'VE TRAVELED IN D.C. A GREAT
[02:11:23] DEAL THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
[02:11:24] AND I NEVER EVER FELT ANY FEAR.
[02:11:31] THEY WERE EXPERIENCING A REDUCTION IN CRIME, AND I THINK THAT TREND IS CONTINUING.
[02:11:35] ALSO, I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO
[02:11:39] JANINE PASHA PYRO.
[02:11:41] SHE WAS ABLE TO SAY TO TRUMP
[02:11:50] THAT THE KING WEARS NO CLOTHES.
[02:11:51] GUEST: I CERTAINLY THINK
[02:11:56] WASHINGTON, D.C., IS ONE OF THE SUCCESS STORIES NATIONALLY ON THE CRIME FRONT.
[02:11:59] THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE
[02:12:03] THE MOST CREDIT. OF COURSE, THE TERRITORY OF THE
[02:12:08] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MORE OF A RELATIONSHIP IMPACT ON THE
[02:12:12] STREETS OF D.C. HOST: ON THAT POINT, WE HAVE
[02:12:14] SOMEONE COME WITH AMERICAN
[02:12:19] PROGRESS ON WASHINGTON JOURNAL AND THEY DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT
[02:12:22] , THE HEADLINE, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS 1.7 BILLION
[02:12:26] DOLLAR NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT FAILED TO REDUCE URBAN CRIME.
[02:12:29] IF PEOPLE WANT TO READ IT, THAT
[02:12:32] IS AMERICAN PROGRESS, AND THEY
[02:12:34] MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT DESPITE
[02:12:37] THE NATIONAL GUARD PRESENCE IN D.C. AND OTHER STATES, THAT IT
[02:12:40] HAS FAILED TO ACTUALLY REDUCE CRIME. I WONDER WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT.
[02:12:44] GUEST: CRIME NUMBERS TELL
[02:12:48] THEMSELVES -- TELL A DIFFERENT
[02:12:50] STORY IN PLACES LIKE D.C. AND
[02:12:53] MEMPHIS. THE FRAMING OF IT AS THE NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT IS WRONG.
[02:12:57] IT IS ONE PART OF A BROADER EFFORT THAT INVOLVES FEDERAL
[02:13:00] EFFORT AND MEMPHIS AND
[02:13:05] WASHINGTON, D.C., TASK FORCES ARE LED BY THE MARSHALS.
[02:13:09] YOU HAVE HSI, ICE, ALL ON THE
[02:13:12] GROUND DOING HIGH-LEVEL OPERATIONS.
[02:13:16] THEY ACTUALLY WOOD ALONG WITH SOME OF THE TASK FORCE DOWN IN
[02:13:20] MEMPHIS THIS YEAR AND IN THAT
[02:13:26] PIECE, YOU KNOW, I READ THROUGH
[02:13:28] A REALLY RADICAL DECLINE IN CRIME AND HAS STATISTICALLY BEEN
[02:13:32] ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST DANGEROUS
[02:13:33] CITIES FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
[02:13:39] ROBBERIES, ACTIVATED ASSAULTS, SHOOTINGS, AND OFFICERS, ALONG
[02:13:43] WITH LOCAL POLICE AND HIGHWAY
[02:13:48] PATROL, AND MAKING IT IN A REALLY GOOD ARREST.
[02:13:52] USUALLY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE OPEN WARRANTS, WHEN THEY DO THAT OVER
[02:13:56] A LONG TIME, I THINK THAT WE SEE
[02:13:59] WE ENJOYED THE INCAPACITATION
[02:14:01] EFFECT. HOST: INDEPENDENT, NORTH
[02:14:06] CAROLINA, GOOD MORNING, PATRICK.
[02:14:07] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:14:13] I'M ABSOLUTELY UNAFFILIATED AND CALLING ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
[02:14:16] IN ANY CASE, I WANTED TO POINT
[02:14:22] OUT SOMETHING. TO OUR HOST. ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.
[02:14:26] THEN CRIME. OK. HOST: GO AHEAD.
[02:14:29] CALLER: THERE IS SOMETHING
[02:14:33] CALLED RISK-REWARD. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT IT IS.
[02:14:37] IT IS -- IF THE RISK OUTWEIGHS
[02:14:41] THE REWARD, YOU DON'T DO IT.
[02:14:45] WHAT I PROPOSE IS TO GET RID OF
[02:14:49] GUN VIOLENCE CRIME.
[02:14:54] YOU GET CAUGHT UP WITH AN UNREGISTERED GUN ON THE STREETS, IT IS 10 YEARS AUTOMATIC.
[02:14:58] 10 YEARS.
[02:15:00] IF YOU GO IN TO A BODEGA OR A
[02:15:04] BANK WITH A GUN, AND YOU SHOW
[02:15:05] THE GUN, EVEN IF YOU DON'T
[02:15:10] SHOOT, 20 YEARS, NO PAROLE.
[02:15:13] AND IF YOU SHOOT SOMEONE,
[02:15:17] WHETHER YOU WOUND THEM OR WHATEVER, COMMITTING A CRIME, IT
[02:15:21] IS 30 YEARS, NO PAROLE.
[02:15:24] BUT PEOPLE THAT COMMIT A CRIME
[02:15:26] WITH A GUN, SHOOT SOMEBODY, THEY GET 10 YEARS MAYBE.
[02:15:30] THEY ARE OUT IN FIVE. THEY CAN DO THAT STANDING ON
[02:15:34] THEIR HEAD. OK. HOST: LET'S LET RAFAEL GET INTO THIS.
[02:15:38] GUEST: I APPRECIATE YOUR CALL. I THINK YOU ARE GETTING AT
[02:15:41] SOMETHING VERY REAL.
[02:15:43] ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS IN
[02:15:48] THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN A REPEAT OFFENDER PROBLEM.
[02:15:51] WE CONSISTENTLY SEE PEOPLE WITH
[02:15:56] 15, 20, PRIOR ARRESTS, MULTIPLE
[02:16:00] PRISONS STAYS IN THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORIES. THAT TELLS YOU THE POLICE ARE
[02:16:04] DOING A RELATIVELY GOOD JOB BUT
[02:16:06] THE BROADER SYSTEM HAS FAILED TO
[02:16:12] HAVE PEOPLE BEHIND BARS LONG
[02:16:16] ENOUGH TO SHIELD SOCIETY FROM THE CRIMES THEY WILL COMMIT.
[02:16:20] IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THOSE
[02:16:21] NUMBERS, BUT HAVING MINIMUM
[02:16:27] SENTENCES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT, THAT THERE IS NO GETTING OUT OF,
[02:16:31] THAT PROSECUTORS CANNOT NEGOTIATE THEIR WAY OUT OF.
[02:16:34] IN THE AGGREGATE, THAT WILL REDUCE CRIME.
[02:16:37] WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER THE HISTORY. AND A LOT OF STATES HAVE MOVED IN THAT DIRECTION.
[02:16:41] TENNESSEE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
[02:16:42] THAT ADOPTED THAT BACK IN 2023.
[02:16:48] AND THAT INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF
[02:16:51] TIME PEOPLE SPEND BEHIND BARS,
[02:16:55] AND OTHERS ARE CONSIDERING THE
[02:16:59] MODIFIED THREE STRIKES PROPOSALS, WHICH I THINK IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT LEVER TO CONSIDER PULLING BUT I THINK WE
[02:17:03] ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT
[02:17:04] DIRECTION. HOST: TENNESSEE, INDEPENDENT, WE
[02:17:10] WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT MEMPHIS, SO JOHN, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR
[02:17:13] COMMENT. WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR
[02:17:17] YOU ON THE BACKEND.
[02:17:18] CALLER: I LIVED IN MEMPHIS FOR A
[02:17:22] NUMBER OF YEARS, CHATTANOOGA. I SPENT SOME TIME IN WASHINGTON,
[02:17:26] D.C. ALL THREE OF THE LOCALITIES ARE LOCATED ON STATE LINES.
[02:17:30] THAT'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM FOR LAW
[02:17:35] ENFORCEMENT DUE TO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME ACROSS THE
[02:17:37] STATE BOUNDARIES AND COMMIT
[02:17:40] THEIR CRIMES AND THEN SCOOT BACK ACROSS INTO ANOTHER
[02:17:43] JURISDICTION. THIS IS ALWAYS A MAJOR CHALLENGE
[02:17:47] FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCAL LAW
[02:17:50] ENFORCEMENT, TO PURSUE THEIR
[02:17:56] PARTICULAR CRIMINALS, INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN MEMPHIS.
[02:18:00] GUEST: YEAH, MEMPHIS BEING SO
[02:18:04] CLOSE TO ARKANSAS, IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR INDIVIDUALS ACROSS
[02:18:08] STATE LINES TO GO BACK TO A DIFFERENT JURISDICTION.
[02:18:12] I DO THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE
[02:18:15] HONED THEIR SKILLS AND COOPERATE
[02:18:21] IN TERMS OF INTERAGENCY COOPERATION. WORKING WITH OTHER STATES TO
[02:18:24] MAKE SURE CRIME IS NOT BEING DISPLACED BY CERTAIN OPERATIONS
[02:18:27] BUT ALSO SHARING AND GETTING HELP EXTRADITING OFFENDERS AND
[02:18:31] THE OTHER JURISDICTION.
[02:18:32] HOST: HAVE YOU RECENTLY BEEN TO
[02:18:37] MEMPHIS AND HAVE YOU SEEN A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
[02:18:39] TO BE THERE WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE
[02:18:43] THIS DROP IN CRIME? CALLER: NOT LATELY, BUT WHEN I
[02:18:47] WAS DOWN THERE OVER THE YEARS,
[02:18:49] MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN A LONG TIME
[02:18:52] SOURCE OF EASILY OBTAINED FIREARMS.
[02:18:55] AND THAT IS WHAT ESSENTIALLY
[02:18:58] FLOODED MEMPHIS, AND UP THE
[02:19:02] EASTERN SIDE ALL THE WAY UP TO
[02:19:04] CHICAGO, IT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS.
[02:19:08] IT IS EASILY SOURCING FIREARMS ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN THERE.
[02:19:12] HOST: THAT WAS JOHN FROM
[02:19:16] MEMPHIS. MIKE, NORTH CAROLINA,
[02:19:19] REPUBLICAN. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:19:22] FIRST OF ALL, AT LAST YEAR'S
[02:19:28] BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THE FBI STATISTICS AT THE TOP 10, 9 OF
[02:19:31] THE TOP 10 VIOLENT CITIES IN THE
[02:19:34] COUNTRY ARE ALL RUN BY DEMOCRATS
[02:19:36] . A LOT OF THEM ARE IN RED STATES,
[02:19:39] BUT YOU'VE GOT BLUE MAYORS AND BLUE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THAT STUFF.
[02:19:43] MY MAIN THING IS THAT THE YOUTH
[02:19:46] VIOLENT CRIME, THESE YOUTH NO
[02:19:51] THAT IF THEY ARE UNDER 18, THEY ARE GOING TO GET A PAT ON THE WRIST AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET
[02:19:55] OUT AND RE-EVENT.
[02:19:59] AND THE CRIME AGE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING YOUNGER AND
[02:20:01] YOUNGER. THEY NEED TO BE TRIED AS AN
[02:20:05] ADULT, ATTRIBUTED TO THE CRIME
[02:20:09] THEY'RE DOING, LIKE CARJACKINGS,
[02:20:13] ARMED ROBBERIES.
[02:20:14] IN MY OPINION, THE DEATH PENALTY
[02:20:18] SHOULD BE FULLY ENFORCED.
[02:20:22] RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE CLEANING OUT
[02:20:25] DEATH ROW. THESE PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW FOR
[02:20:29] 20, 30 YEARS, WHERE IS THE JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS IN THIS CRIME?
[02:20:33] BUT THE MAIN THING, TOO, ALSO,
[02:20:36] YOU'VE GOT THESE DA'S,
[02:20:41] MAGISTRATES, LOCAL JUDGES -- I
[02:20:43] LIVE 20 MILES FROM CHARLOTTE.
[02:20:46] LATELY, THEY ARE RELEASING
[02:20:50] CRIMINALS JUST LIKE THE GUY WHO
[02:20:55] STABBED THE GIRL ON THE RED LINE, THE TRAIN LINE, THEY ARE BEING RELEASED.
[02:20:59] AND COOPER IS ONE OF THE ONES
[02:21:03] THAT RELEASED, AND HE'S RUNNING FOR SENATE. HOPEFULLY HE DON'T GET IT.
[02:21:07] BUT HE RELEASED ALL OF THESE
[02:21:09] INMATES DURING THE "CHINA VIRUS"
[02:21:12] COVID DATING.
[02:21:14] OVER HALF HAD RE-OFFENDED FROM
[02:21:18] THE ONES HE HAD RELEASED. HOST: LET'S LET RAFAEL GET IN HERE. YOU'VE GIVEN HIM A LOT TO
[02:21:22] PONDER. GUEST: THERE'S A LOT THERE.
[02:21:24] I JOIN YOU IN YOUR CRITIQUE OF
[02:21:30] INCARCERATION EFFORTS IN STATES LIKE NORTH CAROLINA AND CITIES
[02:21:33] LIKE CHARLOTTE. I DO THINK THOSE ARE PROBLEMATIC .
[02:21:36] THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF THAT. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
[02:21:39] SORT OF PERSON WHO ENDS UP IN THE U.S. PRISON, A TYPICAL STATE
[02:21:43] PRISON IN THE U.S. IS SOMEONE BETWEEN 10 AND TOLD PRIOR
[02:21:47] ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS. -- 10 AND 12 PRIOR ARRESTS AND
[02:21:51] CONVICTIONS. THESE ARE NOT LOWER-LEVEL RISK
[02:21:55] INDIVIDUALS.
[02:21:57] OR LETTING PEOPLE AVOID PRISON, TOGETHER, THAT IS GOING TO HAVE
[02:22:01] AN IMPACT.
[02:22:05] AS ANOTHER YOUTH VIOLENCE FRONT,
[02:22:07] JUVENILES, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
[02:22:10] FACTOR IN AMERICA BECAUSE ONE OF THE CRIMES IN A CITY LIKE NEW
[02:22:13] YORK, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH HAS
[02:22:17] SEEN SO MANY CRIMES AND SO MANY CATEGORIES, IT IS BUCKING THE TREND.
[02:22:21] ONE OF THE REASONS IS A LOT OF
[02:22:24] PLACES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE ADOPTED
[02:22:28] THESE WHERE THEY HAVE LOWER THE
[02:22:32] AGE OR RACE AGE TO 18 OR 21.
[02:22:34] WITH THAT HAS DONE IS WHERE YOU
[02:22:39] HAVE THESE GANG MEMBERS WHO ARE NOW PASSING ON A LOT MORE OF THE
[02:22:43] RESPONSIBILITY TO YOUNGER MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THOSE YOUNGER MEMBERS ARE NOT
[02:22:47] GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO ANY KIND
[02:22:48] OF PENALTY.
[02:22:53] AND I YOUNG 13-YEAR-OLD BOY IN
[02:22:57] CHICAGO, KILLED BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER, WHO RESPONDED TO
[02:23:00] A SHOT FIRED ALERT, AND FOUND
[02:23:02] HIM IN THE ALLEY WITH A GUN.
[02:23:05] AND HE WAS WITH I THINK A 25-YEAR-OLD LATIN KING GANG
[02:23:09] MEMBER. YOU HAD THAT OLDER GANG MEMBER
[02:23:13] ENCOURAGING THE YOUNGER ONE TO
[02:23:17] HOLD FIRE, ULTIMATELY PUTTING HIS LIFE IN A POSITION TO TAKE
[02:23:21] -- BE TAKEN IN SELF-DEFENSE. I THINK A LOT MORE STATES AND CITIES ARE LOOKING TO DEAL WITH
[02:23:25] THIS PROBLEM.
[02:23:27] ONE OF THE WAYS THEY CAN DO THAT IS THROUGH A JUVENILE DEFENDING,
[02:23:31] WHICH IS SOMETHING ELSE THEY'VE DONE. IF SOMEONE DOES GET PROSECUTED
[02:23:35] AS A JUVENILE, THEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM
[02:23:38] AFTER THEY REACH THE AGE OF MAJORITY.
[02:23:42] YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT THAT APPLIES BOTH TO ADULTS AND JUVENILES, UNDERSTAND
[02:23:45] THE ARGUMENT, WHICH IS THAT THEY
[02:23:49] DON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRIMES THEY COMMIT, BUT I WOULD ALSO
[02:23:52] SAY THAT LACK OF RELEVANT ALSO
[02:23:54] MAKE SOME HIGHER RISK AND WHEN
[02:23:57] YOU CONSIDER WHO IS GOING TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE DOWNSIDE
[02:24:00] RISK THERE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
[02:24:03] THE VERY SAME SUBPOPULATIONS.
[02:24:08] AND IN THE WAKE OF
[02:24:10] IMPLEMENTATION, WE SAW SHOOTING
[02:24:13] INVOLVEMENT FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO WERE SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED
[02:24:17] AS A RESULT. HOST: FROM ILLINOIS,
[02:24:23] INDEPENDENT, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:24:26] I WAS 23 YEARS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CALIFORNIA. I'M SORRY TO SAY I WAS PART OF
[02:24:30] THE SYSTEM WHERE WE WERE
[02:24:33] WAREHOUSING PEOPLE, AND THE FACT
[02:24:36] OF THE MATTER IS YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
[02:24:40] BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS TRY TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN AND THEY WILL BE AN ENDLESS
[02:24:43] SUPPLY OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING BECAUSE WERE NOT WANTING TO TALK ABOUT WHY THEY COMMIT CRIME IN
[02:24:47] THE FIRST PLACE. VIOLENT CRIME AND OTHER
[02:24:51] ASSOCIATED ROBBERIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
[02:24:53] SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WE
[02:24:56] HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T FEEL ANY
[02:24:58] KIND OF REASON TO BE GOOD
[02:25:02] CITIZENS. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO SOLVE IT
[02:25:05] UNTIL YOU START FIGURING OUT WHY PEOPLE ARE COMMITTING CRIMES AND
[02:25:09] COINCIDENTLY HAVE -- HAPPEN TO
[02:25:12] BE USING POOR PEOPLE, POOR WHITES, MINORITY PEOPLE, SO WE
[02:25:16] ARE QUICK TO JUDGE THEM. WE SEE PEOPLE AT THE HIGHEST
[02:25:18] LEVEL COMMITTING CRIMES, AND
[02:25:23] I'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE TALKING TO CONVICTS, THEY KNOW
[02:25:26] WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND THEY JUST DON'T CARE. SO IF YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO
[02:25:30] TRY TO GO TO TENNESSEE OR WHATEVER YOU THINK, ONCE YOU GO INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WEST
[02:25:34] VIRGINIA AND GRAB SOME OF THOSE
[02:25:35] WERE RULED -- RURAL GUNMEN --
[02:25:40] GANG MEMBERS AND GO DOWN AT THEM, THE KIND OF THING ABOUT
[02:25:44] MINORITY PEOPLE ARE INHERENTLY
[02:25:48] TERRIBLE, AND BEING MEXICAN MYSELF, I SEE THE DIFFERENCE. DO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE
[02:25:52] CONSTRUCTIVE BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET THE SAME PROBLEM. I GUARANTEE IT.
[02:25:56] GOOD LUCK ON THAT. GUEST: I JOIN YOU IN THE
[02:26:01] ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE NEVER GOING
[02:26:02] TO GET RID OF CRIME IN THIS
[02:26:06] HIERARCHY. THIS IS KIND OF A FALSE PLACE.
[02:26:09] I DON'T THINK ANYONE SUGGESTS WE WILL SOLVE THE CRIME PROBLEM
[02:26:13] ENTIRELY, BUT WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE AS A COUNTRY'S
[02:26:17] IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY IN
[02:26:18] AMERICA. BETWEEN 1990 AND 2014, HOMICIDE
[02:26:22] RATES DECLINED BY 50%.
[02:26:24] WE DO NOT SOLVE POVERTY, ECONOMIC EQUALITY OR
[02:26:28] JOBLESSNESS. DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, THE
[02:26:32] UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOUBLED IN THE HOMICIDE RATE DECLINED 50%.
[02:26:36] I THINK WHAT THIS CALLER IS GETTING THAT CAT IN ORDER TO
[02:26:39] SOLVE CRIME, YOU HAVE TO SOLVE THE ROOT PROCESS.
[02:26:43] ONE, I DON'T THINK WE DO. HISTORY HAS SHOWN US WE DON'T
[02:26:47] HAVE TO SOLVE THEM TO GET CRIME UNDER CONTROL.
[02:26:50] NEW YORK CITY WENT TO LESS THAN
[02:26:52] 300 MURDERS AND WE PROBABLY WILL
[02:26:55] HIT A SIMILAR NUMBER THIS YEAR.
[02:26:58] IT DID NOT SALT AND EQUALITY OR ANY OF THE ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT
[02:27:01] ARE OFTEN BLAMED FOR DRIVING
[02:27:03] CRIME.
[02:27:06] BUT WE DID WAS WE PROSECUTED AND INCARCERATED OUR WAY OUT OF THAT
[02:27:10] AND THAT SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE FOR EVERYBODY.
[02:27:13] I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD SUGGEST THE MINORITY COMMUNITY ARE INHERENTLY CRIMINAL, AND I
[02:27:17] WOULD SAY THAT ROBUST LAW
[02:27:20] ENFORCEMENT APPROACHES BENEFIT
[02:27:25] AND YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE HOMICIDE DECLINE BETWEEN 2008
[02:27:29] AND 2014. YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECT IT HAD ON
[02:27:32] LIFE EXPECTANCY.
[02:27:34] IT ADDED 0.1 FOUR YEARS FOR THE
[02:27:37] AVERAGE WHITE MALE IN AMERICA, WHICH IS NOT SIGNIFICANT.
[02:27:41] IT WAS A FULL YEAR FOR THE AVERAGE BLACKMAIL, WHICH IS A
[02:27:45] MASSIVE DISPARITY. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LOST.
[02:27:49] WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE UNEVEN
[02:27:52] DISTRIBUTION IN THE U.S., WHICH IS A REAL THING.
[02:27:56] BLACK MEN ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE INCARCERATED THAN THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS AND
[02:28:00] MORE LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED AND SUBJECT TO THE POLICE USES OF FORCE, BUT THEY ARE ALSO MORE
[02:28:04] LIKELY TO BE THE VICTIMS OF CRIMES AND VIOLENT CRIMES IN
[02:28:08] PARTICULAR AND SERIOUS HOMICIDE. IT IS ALMOST A 10 X DIFFERENCE
[02:28:11] IN TERMS OF THE DISPARITY. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN YOU DO
[02:28:15] ENFORCEMENT AND THAT RESULTS IN CRIME DECLINE, THOSE BENEFITS
[02:28:19] ARE NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.
[02:28:21] IT IS NOT SOMETHING I THINK WE HAVE TO TO KEEP IN MIND.
[02:28:25] WHY ON EARTH WITH THE SYSTEM THAT WE ARE TOLD IS ALLEGEDLY
[02:28:29] DESIGNED AND OPERATED FOR SPECIFIC OR CERTAIN MEMBER OF
[02:28:33] THE COMMUNITY'S SO SIGNIFICANTLY
[02:28:38] -- IF YOU ASK ANY POLICE CHIEF IN AMERICA WHAT THEY ARE TRYING
[02:28:42] TO DO, THEY WANT TO CONTROL CRIME.
[02:28:46] GIVEN HOW CONCENTRATED THE DEMOGRAPHIC DECLINE IS, WE KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM
[02:28:50] THAT CONTROLLED, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE WHITE AMERICANS, IT IS
[02:28:53] MOSTLY LOW INCOME MINORITY
[02:28:56] COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE DESPERATE FOR CHANGE.
[02:28:59] AND IN MEMPHIS, WHICH ARE MAJORITY BLACK, THEY ARE REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT ON THE GROUND.
[02:29:03] HOST: A HEADLINE FROM THE NEW
[02:29:06] YORK POST, MAJOR CALIFORNIA
[02:29:10] CITIES HE STAGGERING SPIKE IN MURDERS AND NATIONAL HOMICIDE
[02:29:13] RATES HITS 125 YEAR LOW.
[02:29:15] BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT RECENT SEE
[02:29:22] CJ REPORT, IT IS DOWN TO 55%. BY THE NUMBERS, IT IS 12
[02:29:26] HOMICIDES IN 2025, 16 THE FIRST
[02:29:29] SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
[02:29:32] SIMILARLY, A LOOK AT NEBRASKA,
[02:29:35] 100 PERCENT DROP IN HOMICIDES DURING THE TWO-YEAR TIMEFRAME,
[02:29:39] THE CITY HAD SIX HOMICIDES AND
[02:29:45] WHICH PEOPLE -- WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
[02:29:49] WHEN THEY HEAR STORIES THAT ARE
[02:29:50] USING THIS TYPE OF DATA? GUEST: I THINK IT IS PROBABLY
[02:29:54] NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD RELY ON HEAVILY. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT LOW
[02:29:58] BASIS, YOU ARE LIKELY TO HAVE LARGE PERCENTAGE INCREASES.
[02:30:02] IF YOU ARE TALKING SINGLE DIGIT NUMBERS. AS A MATTER OF PERCENTAGE, THAT
[02:30:06] IS GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT.
[02:30:10] ZOOMING OUT AND LOOKING AT A BROADER TREND OVER A LONGER
[02:30:12] TIME, LOOKING WILL TELL YOU
[02:30:16] ABOUT WHAT WORKS.
[02:30:19] SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE A BIG INCREASE IN SPITE OF A FEW
[02:30:23] INSTANCES EXTRA.
[02:30:26] WHICH CAN EASILY BE THE
[02:30:29] BYPRODUCT SO THE IDEA THAT THAT
[02:30:33] IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONTRIBUTED TO POLICY DIRECTION.
[02:30:36] HOST: BRAUN, FLORIDA,
[02:30:40] INDEPENDENT. YOU WILL BE OUR LAST CALL. MAKE IT QUICK FOR ME.
[02:30:42] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:30:46] I'M WATCHING YOUR SHOW ON CRIME TODAY.
[02:30:48] I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT NO ONE IS SAFE ON THE ROADS ANYMORE DUE
[02:30:54] TO DISTRACTED DRIVING.
[02:30:56] IN 1998, THE GOVERNMENT BANNED
[02:31:00] LAWN DARTS BECAUSE THEY WERE AN UNSAFE PRODUCT.
[02:31:03] NOW LOTS OF LEGISLATION IS SAYING YOU CANNOT TEXT AND
[02:31:07] DRIVE. IT HASN'T WORKED. YOU ARE GOING AFTER LOW-LYING
[02:31:11] CRIME, AND A MACHINE THAT ALLOWS
[02:31:18] PEOPLE TO BREAK THE LAW, HOW COME THEY HAVE NOT SAID THIS
[02:31:22] MACHINE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TEXT DOES NOT WORK WHEN YOU DRIVE.
[02:31:26] GUEST: IF YOU ARE CONNECTED TO
[02:31:29] SOME OF THE HANDS-FREE FEATURES,
[02:31:32] IT DOES STOP YOU FROM TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. YOU HAVE TO USE VOICE CONTROL.
[02:31:36] I'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THIS FEATURE SOMETIMES WHEN I BREAK
[02:31:40] THAT RULE AND I TRY NOT TO DO IT AND I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD TURN OUT TO DO IT.
[02:31:44] YEAH, I CERTAINLY THINK AN
[02:31:46] INCREASE IN DISTRACTED DRIVING,
[02:31:50] THE PERSON WHO IS IN FRONT OF THE LINE IS LOOKING AT THEIR
[02:31:52] PHONE. I SHARE IN YOUR FRUSTRATION. HOST: I LOOK AT STATISTICS ON
[02:31:56] THAT, RAFAEL MANGUAL, FELLOW AT
[02:32:00] THE MANHATTAN INSTITUTE, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
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[02:34:02] >> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL"
[02:34:06] CONTINUES. HOST: WELCOME BACK.
[02:34:10] IT IS OPEN FORUM WHERE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANY ISSUE ON YOUR MIND.
[02:34:13] STARTING OFF, WE ARE TALKING AGAIN ABOUT INFLATION NUMBERS I READ A LITTLE BIT AGO.
[02:34:17] COMING UP THIS MORNING, I LOOK AT A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE.
[02:34:21] INFLATION WAS MODERATE IN JULY
[02:34:23] BUT ENERGY PRICES REMAIN
[02:34:26] ELEVATED. YOU CAN SEE THE ANNUAL CHANGE IN
[02:34:28] CPI, STARTING FROM 2016, ENDING
[02:34:32] WHERE WE ARE NOW IN 20 SIX.
[02:34:36] CPI 3.4%, MINUS ENERGY AND FOOD
[02:34:44] AT 2.5%.
[02:34:50] IT SAYS HERE'S WHAT TO KNOW
[02:34:52] ABOUT YOUR REPORT. PRICES ROSE IN JULY FROM EARLIER
[02:34:56] IN 3.4% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR ON AN EQUALLY ADJUSTED BASIS AS
[02:35:00] THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST KEEPS
[02:35:02] PUSHING PRICES.
[02:35:06] THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ROSE 2.5% OF THE YEAR AND THE LABOR
[02:35:09] DEPARTMENT REPORTED WEDNESDAY
[02:35:13] RIGHT AND COST OF HOME OWNERSHIP HAVE GRADUALLY BEEN CALLING AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND RESEARCH.
[02:35:17] THE PAST TWO MONTHS, IT HAS BEEN
[02:35:19] DRAGGED ON BY HOTELS 3.2%.
[02:35:26] THAT FOLLOWS A DROP. THAT IS THE LATEST ON INFLATION.
[02:35:28] LET'S TURN TO YOUR PHONE CALLS.
[02:35:31] FROM FLORIDA, DEMOCRAT, TELL ME
[02:35:35] IF I PRONOUNCE YOUR FIRST NAME INCORRECTLY.
[02:35:38] GOOD MORNING. CALLER: MY NAME IS IRA.
[02:35:41] I WANT TO SPEAK ON WHAT IS GOING
[02:35:44] ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
[02:35:49] 1948, AND WE START THERE.
[02:35:52] THEY SET IT UP WRONG BECAUSE
[02:35:56] THEY WOULD BLOW IRAN INTO OBLIVION.
[02:35:59] IT HAS TO BE OUTSIDE.
[02:36:03] THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND ISRAELIS
[02:36:09] WANT TO TAKE OVER OTHER PEOPLE.
[02:36:13] THEY ARE PRESSING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
[02:36:17] UNWISE LEADERSHIP IN BOTH COUNTRIES, ISRAEL AND THE U.S.
[02:36:21] IF THEY DON'T SEE THIS, THEY WILL NEVER BE PEACE THERE UNTIL
[02:36:24] THERE IS PALESTINE.
[02:36:28] KEEP THEM SEPARATED. EVERYBODY IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS
[02:36:31] EXHAUSTED.
[02:36:39] THE UNITED STATES SHOULD LOOK AT
[02:36:44] THEIR SITUATION. THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO LIVE UNDER OPPRESSION.
[02:36:48] THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT.
[02:36:49] HOST: THAT IS IRA FROM FLORIDA.
[02:36:56] JAMES, WASHINGTON, REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING.
[02:36:58] CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO TALK
[02:37:02] ABOUT INFLATION REGARDING HOUSING. I WAS LOOKING UP INFORMATION ON
[02:37:06] RENT PRICES AND HOW THEY GOT UP.
[02:37:10] FROM WHAT I'VE READ, IT IS PARTIALLY CAUSED BY THE LACK OF
[02:37:14] HOUSING WHICH OCCURRED AFTER THE 2008 HOUSING CRASH.
[02:37:18] ALSO BECAUSE THE INCREASE IN
[02:37:21] UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS HAS TAXED
[02:37:24] THE DEMAND AND INCREASED STRESS,
[02:37:27] SO BOTH FACTORS HAVE BEEN
[02:37:33] INCREASING RENTAL COSTS.
[02:37:34] HOST: THAT IS JAMIE FROM
[02:37:38] WASHINGTON, REPUBLICAN. A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE INFLATION GOING BACK TO THE NEW
[02:37:41] YORK TIMES ARTICLE. THEY HAVE A CHART HERE, A
[02:37:45] GRAPHIC, WHICH SHOWS THE ANNUAL
[02:37:49] CHANGES IN SELECT CATEGORIES,
[02:37:52] FROM JULY 2025 AND THE CONSUMER
[02:37:55] PRICE INDEX, AND THEY LIST IT BY
[02:37:58] CATEGORY.
[02:38:00] 3.4%, EXCLUDING FOOD AND ENERGY,
[02:38:03] 2.5%.
[02:38:05] PLUS 39.9% FOR ENERGY.
[02:38:12] AND WE MENTION HOUSING, IT IS RENT A PRIMARY RESIDENCE, THAT
[02:38:16] IS .29%, INCREASES JULY 2025.
[02:38:20] HERE IS THE TIMES ARTICLE WHERE
[02:38:23] YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES THAT ARE
[02:38:27] SEPARATED FROM THE OVERALL 3.4%
[02:38:30] INCREASE.
[02:38:35] ROBERT FROM ALABAMA, DEMOCRAT. GOOD MORNING. OPEN FORUM. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING
[02:38:39] YOU'D LIKE. CALLER: THANK YOU.
[02:38:43] GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THE GENTLEMAN WHO CALLED IN FIRST, HE HAD A LOT TO SAY.
[02:38:47] I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN
[02:38:49] OBSERVATION ON TO CRIMES.
[02:38:52] I'VE BEEN CALLING SINCE BRIAN LAMB FIRST CAME ON.
[02:38:55] THE CRIMES IN THIS COUNTRY, THIS
[02:38:58] COUNTRY WAS BASED ON CRIME, BUT
[02:39:01] IF YOU GO TO THE
[02:39:03] AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, A LOT OF CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY IS
[02:39:09] BASED ON DRUGS. EVERY ILLEGAL DRUG THAT COMES TO THEIR COUNTRY COMES THROUGH THE
[02:39:12] HANDS OF WHITE PEOPLE AND THEY PUT THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
[02:39:16] AND THAT IS A CRIME. BUT CHECK THEM OUT.
[02:39:19] I GUARANTEE YOU, EACH HAS SOME
[02:39:23] KIND OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.
[02:39:29] AS I SAID BEFORE, DRUGS IN THIS
[02:39:32] COUNTRY, AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE
[02:39:35] NO BOOKS WILL GET DRUGS.
[02:39:37] IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD BOMB
[02:39:40] THEM. I KNOW NOT ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE
[02:39:43] BAD, I KNOW THAT, BUT THESE
[02:39:47] ILLEGAL AND LEGAL DRUGS IN THIS COUNTRY COME TO THE HANDS OF
[02:39:49] WHITE PEOPLE.
[02:40:00] HOST: THAT WAS ROBERT FROM ALABAMA. HE SAID SOME THINGS ABOUT THE WAY DRUGS ENTERED THE COUNTRY WHICH I DON'T THINK ARE
[02:40:03] TECHNICALLY BASED IN FACT. JAMES, GEORGIA, INDEPENDENT.
[02:40:06] GOOD MORNING.
[02:40:08] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:40:11] BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THIS,
[02:40:13] IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON
[02:40:16] IN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY, IT IS
[02:40:19] PRETTY SPECIFIC.
[02:40:21] ISRAEL IS AN ISSUE WHICH THE DEMOCRAT PARTY DOES NOT WANT TO
[02:40:25] FACE.
[02:40:27] SUPPORTS ARE GOING TO BE SPLIT
[02:40:33] WIN BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE, WE ARE MAD BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
[02:40:37] WANT PUSHBACK.
[02:40:40] THIS WHITE PRIVILEGE PRESIDENT,
[02:40:44] SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE UNQUALIFIED FOR THESE
[02:40:47] JOBS.
[02:40:50] IT IS LIKE WE ARE GOING BACK
[02:40:53] BEFORE IMMIGRATION. THE MILITARY HAS NOT BEEN
[02:40:57] INTEGRATED THAT LONG. AND HOW BLACK PEOPLE WERE TREATED IN THE MILITARY WHEN
[02:41:00] THEY CAME HOME FROM THOSE WARS, IT IS BAD NOW AND THEY ARE IN
[02:41:04] THE MILITARY. AND HOW ABOUT THE BLACK WOMEN
[02:41:07] WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, 300
[02:41:11] 50,000? BUT WE HEAR NOTHING ABOUT THIS.
[02:41:15] A LOT OF US ARE REALIZING THIS.
[02:41:19] THERE IS NO NEED TO VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR A
[02:41:23] SPECIFIC.
[02:41:25] TRUMP IS DOING SOMETHING
[02:41:28] SPECIFIC FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL.
[02:41:36] THEY ARE A NAZI PARTY, BUT WHAT
[02:41:39] TRUMP FIRST SAID,
[02:41:42] [INDISCERNIBLE]
[02:41:46] PEOPLE ARE DEPLORABLE. HOST: JEFF, NORTH CAROLINA,
[02:41:49] REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING.
[02:41:52] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:41:55] I TELL YOU WHAT, THESE CALLERS
[02:42:04] WANT AMERICA TO BELIEVE, GET RID OF ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE. THEY ARE ALL RACES. GET RID OF ALL THE REPUBLICANS.
[02:42:08] THEY ARE ALL RACIST. I GET SO SICK OF HEARING THIS
[02:42:11] CRAP.
[02:42:17] I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT C-SPAN. I USED TO THINK MORE OF IT THAN
[02:42:20] I DO THESE DAYS. MAINSTREAM MEDIA DOES NOT COVER
[02:42:23] THE NEWS.
[02:42:26] I MEAN, IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND. HOST: WHAT ARE WE NOT COVERING?
[02:42:29] CALLER: I TELL YOU WHAT COME UP
[02:42:33] GETS ME, NIEMI IS THE WORST. THEY WILL CUT YOU OFF.
[02:42:37] THEY'RE WAY IS ALWAYS RIGHT. THEY WILL TRY TO DICTATE TO YOU,
[02:42:41] THEY WILL SHOW YOU A LIBERAL POLL THAT TELLS YOU THEIR WAY IS RIGHT. WHEN YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN, THEY
[02:42:45] CUT YOU OFF. I CAN SHOW YOU CLIP AFTER CLIP
[02:42:49] AFTER CLIP OF IT.
[02:42:54] IT IS THIS EVENING AFTER A
[02:42:55] WHILE. HOST: BONNIE, NORTH CAROLINA,
[02:43:00] DEMOCRAT.
[02:43:02] GOOD MORNING. CALLER: TOP OF THE MORNING TO
[02:43:05] YOU. NORTH CAROLINA IN THE HOUSE.
[02:43:08] HOST: A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING.
[02:43:11] CALLER: YEAH, I'M GLAD.
[02:43:15] I HEARD TWO NORTH CAROLINIANS MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT ROY
[02:43:19] COOPER AND THAT HE WAS THE BOOGIE MAN. ROY COOPER IS ABOUT ONE OF THE
[02:43:23] BEST WHITE GUYS I'VE KNOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA WHO WILL FIGHT
[02:43:27] FOR NORTH CAROLINA BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M CALLING ABOUT. I TRIED TO TALK TO THAT
[02:43:31] GENTLEMAN TALKING ABOUT THE LAW.
[02:43:32] IT SEEMED TO ME, ACTUALLY HE WAS
[02:43:40] POINTING OUT BLACK PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
[02:43:44] THE POLICE OFFICER POINTED IT OUT DIRECTLY.
[02:43:47] WHY DO PEOPLE NOT TALK ABOUT
[02:43:50] THESE HANGINGS IN MISSISSIPPI.
[02:43:54] SO FAR, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE PEOPLE HUNG JUST THIS YEAR.
[02:44:00] AND THE LAST PERSON WHO WAS
[02:44:01] HUNG, HE WAS IN THE TREE UNTIL
[02:44:07] THEY TOOK A LADDER TO GET HER DOWN.
[02:44:10] SHE WAS 29 YEARS OLD. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WANT TO
[02:44:14] ACT LIKE WE ARE THE ONE IN THE PROBLEM AND NO ONE CAN SEE THAT
[02:44:18] BECAUSE IT IS A BLACK PERSON, BUT THEY DON'T THINK WE ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT
[02:44:22] IT. THE LAST GUY WHO JUST TALKED, HE
[02:44:26] SAID HE'S MAD AT YOU WELL BECAUSE YOU LET PEOPLE TALK.
[02:44:30] BUT MAINLY CUTS PEOPLE OFF. THAT'S A LIE. EVERYBODY GETS CUT OFF.
[02:44:34] AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER WHEN THEY START BEING REDUNDANT.
[02:44:37] I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THESE
[02:44:41] KILLINGS IN MISSISSIPPI. HOST: LET ME ACTUALLY CUT YOU
[02:44:45] OFF -- JUST KIDDING.
[02:44:48] LET ME TURN AND READ THIS ARTICLE ON WHAT YOU JUST TALKED
[02:44:52] ABOUT FROM CNN. AN ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE, A
[02:44:56] BLACK WOMAN WAS FOUND HANGING FROM A TREE IN MISSISSIPPI. HE IS WHAT WE KNOW.
[02:45:00] BEAR WITH ME AS WE SCROLL DOWN.
[02:45:03] THE HANGING DEATH OF THE WOMAN
[02:45:06] WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND OUTSIDE AN ABANDONED HOUSE, HAS SHAKEN HER
[02:45:10] FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IN MISSISSIPPI WERE TWO OTHERS HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD HANGING FROM
[02:45:13] TREES IN LESS THAN A YEAR.
[02:45:15] POLICE HAVE NOT INDICATED
[02:45:20] WHETHER THE DEATH OF SUSPICIOUS ONLY THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY
[02:45:24] WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATH.
[02:45:27] ONE WEEK AFTER HER BODY WAS FOUND, A MEMORIAL HONORING HER
[02:45:31] LIFE WAS A BRIGHT SPOT MONDAY AT
[02:45:37] THE ABANDONED HOUSE IN JACKSON. WHITE FLOWERS AND A TEDDY BEAR
[02:45:41] SURROUNDED THE PHOTO.
[02:45:45] BOTTLES LITTERED THE GROUND NEARBY.
[02:45:50] A TARP, PHONE PAD AND OTHER DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED OUTSIDE. THAT IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF
[02:45:54] THE STORY ABOUT THE BLACK WOMAN
[02:45:59] WHO WAS FOUND HANGING FROM A
[02:46:00] TREE MISSISSIPPI THAT THE CALLER
[02:46:05] MENTIONED. MISERY, INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING, ISAIAH.
[02:46:08] OPEN FORUM. CALLER: GOOD.
[02:46:10] WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT
[02:46:14] OUR CRIME IS THAT WHEN YOU GOT
[02:46:21] THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I MEAN THINK ABOUT THIS.
[02:46:24] THIS MAN GOT 34: EIGHT ACCOUNTS
[02:46:28] ON HIM RIGHT NOW -- 34 FELONY
[02:46:31] ACCOUNTS ON HIM RIGHT NOW.
[02:46:35] AND THEN A WHITE LADY SUED HIM FOR SEXUAL ABUSE, AND SHE EVEN
[02:46:39] GOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM HIM.
[02:46:42] HOST: I THINK THAT FIGURE WAS 5 MILLION.
[02:46:46] CALLER: AND BEING THE PRESIDENT?
[02:46:52] WHEN THEY VOTED FOR HIM, THEY
[02:46:54] KNEW HE HAD THOSE 34 COUNTS OF
[02:46:57] FELONY ALREADY. IT JUST BOGGLES MY MIND THAT
[02:47:00] TYPE OF COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN
[02:47:02] FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE
[02:47:07] THAT IS A FELON. AND THEN THEY WONDER WHY THE
[02:47:11] STUFF THAT GOES ON IN THIS COUNTRY. I'M OUT.
[02:47:14] HOST: THAT IS ISAIAH FOR
[02:47:19] MISSOURI. GARY, MICHIGAN, INDEPENDENT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:47:23] HOST: GARY, CAN I HAVE YOU MUTE
[02:47:27] YOUR TV?
[02:47:32] CALLER: OK.
[02:47:34] YEAH.
[02:47:40] VERY INTERESTING OPEN FORUM THIS MORNING.
[02:47:43] I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO LOOK
[02:47:45] INTO THE PROGRAM, BUT THE POINTS
[02:47:49] PEOPLE WERE BRINGING UP ON OPEN FORUM ARE HIGHLY RELEVANT TO
[02:47:53] WHAT IS GOING ON. WE TALKED ABOUT INFLATION AND
[02:47:57] CRIME.
[02:48:00] I SEEK INFLATION AND CRIME AS
[02:48:06] IS, THE ELECTIONS GOING ON AND
[02:48:11] THE PEOPLE WE HAVE IN THE
[02:48:13] ELECTIONS, I HAVE SOME HOPE AND
[02:48:17] FAITH ESTIMATE THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DOING, REPUBLICAN AND
[02:48:22] DEMOCRATIC PARTY, TURNING AWAY
[02:48:29] FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
[02:48:37] BECAUSE I SEE TOWARD THE BLACK
[02:48:39] FOLKS DURING THE CAMPAIGN FOR
[02:48:42] PRESIDENCY, BUT WE NEED TO WAKE
[02:48:45] UP.
[02:48:48] WE HAVE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT IS
[02:48:55] COMMUNIST.
[02:49:00] WE ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
[02:49:03] WHITE SUPREMACIST AND FASCIST.
[02:49:10] AND HOW THAT ALL TIES IN WITH
[02:49:12] THE RACISM, THE IMMIGRATION
[02:49:16] ISSUES, THE ECONOMIC ISSUES.
[02:49:17] HOST: MARILYN, NEBRASKA,
[02:49:23] DEMOCRAT. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:49:27] I WANT TO SAY THAT AS LONG AS WE
[02:49:29] HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT CAN GET
[02:49:33] AWAY WITH COMMITTING CRIMES, NOT
[02:49:36] GOING BY THE CONSTITUTION, NOT
[02:49:39] GOING BY DUE PROCESS, CRIME IN
[02:49:44] THIS COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. THE PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
[02:49:47] A ROLE MODEL, AND HE IS
[02:49:51] DEFINITELY THE WRONG TYPE OF ROLE MODEL.
[02:49:55] HE HAS GOT AWAY WITH BREAKING
[02:49:56] THE LAW, BREAKING THE
[02:50:00] CONSTITUTION. BREAKING DUE PROCESS, AND THAT
[02:50:05] GIVES CRIMINALS THE RIGHT TO
[02:50:06] KEEP DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING. HOST: MARIO, NEW YORK,
[02:50:10] INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING.
[02:50:13] IT IS OPEN FORUM WHERE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANY PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE OR POLITICAL ISSUE ON YOUR
[02:50:17] MIND. CALLER: THANK YOU, JASMINE.
[02:50:21] IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE ON C-SPAN.
[02:50:24] WE LOVE C-SPAN, ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE CANNOT
[02:50:28] LOSE HOPE. WE'VE GOT TO KEEP HOPE.
[02:50:32] WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP OUR VIGILANCE.
[02:50:34] WE CANNOT ROLL BACK AND GO BACK
[02:50:38] IN TIME AND UNDO ALL THE WORK OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, ALL THE
[02:50:42] PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE, SO WE
[02:50:45] HAVE GOT TO KEEP RESILIENCY, WE
[02:50:48] HAVE GOT TO BE INDEPENDENT.
[02:50:50] I THINK INDEPENDENT IS THE MOST
[02:50:54] IMPORTANT PLACE FOR BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO BE AT THIS
[02:50:58] TIME IN THE ELECTION MOVING FORWARD.
[02:51:00] I ALSO WANT TO WISH HAPPY SWEET
[02:51:06] 16. HOST: HAPPY SWEET 16.
[02:51:13] ALFRED, NORTH CAROLINA, INDEPENDENT. THE MORNING. IT IS OPEN FORUM.
[02:51:16] CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
[02:51:18] HOW YOU DOING?
[02:51:21] SPEAKING ABOUT IRAN, ONE THING
[02:51:24] WE NEED TO DO IN IRAN, WE REALLY
[02:51:27] NEED TO GO BACK AND TEACH THE
[02:51:32] AMERICAN CITIZEN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF IRAN. WHILE WE ARE IN THIS SITUATION
[02:51:36] WITH IRAN.
[02:51:40] WITH IRAN SENDING DEATH TO AMERICA, THIS STARTED WITH THE
[02:51:44] OVERTHROWING OF THE DEMOCRAT ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ.
[02:51:48] OUR CRIME WOULD HAVE ON YOUR GOVERNMENT, GAS OR SOME ART HAVE
[02:51:52] OVER THERE IN YOUR GOVERNMENT,
[02:51:55] -- IF SOMEONE JUST HAD
[02:52:05] APOLOGIZED TO IRAN, SAID WE WERE
[02:52:06] WRONG, WE MADE A MISTAKE, THEY
[02:52:10] COULD DO THAT. YOU ARE. HOST: THIS IS AN OPEN FORUM,
[02:52:14] WHERE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANY PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE OR POLITICAL
[02:52:16] ISSUE ON YOUR MIND.
[02:52:21] REPUBLICANS, (202)-748-8001.
[02:52:24] DEMOCRATS, (202)-748-8000.
[02:52:30] INDEPENDENT,S (202)-748-8002. GET YOUR COMMENTS AND BEFORE THE
[02:52:34] END OF THE SHOW. CAROLYN, OHIO, DEMOCRAT.
[02:52:37] GOOD MORNING.
[02:52:45] CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I DID TUNE IN LATE, BUT I HEARD INFLATION MENTIONED.
[02:52:47] IT IS OBVIOUS WITH THE TARIFFS,
[02:52:53] WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP STARTED OUT
[02:52:56] WITH HUGE TARIFFS, SOME OF THEM
[02:53:03] ILLEGAL BY THE SUPREME COURT, OF COURSE, BUT HE HAS PUT 10%
[02:53:07] TARIFFS ON.
[02:53:09] IT IS A WONDER THAT INFLATION IS
[02:53:12] NOT 10%. WE GET SO MANY IMPORTED GOODS.
[02:53:15] SOME THINGS ARE MANUFACTURED HERE, PUT TOGETHER FROM PARTS
[02:53:19] OVERSEAS.
[02:53:20] I MEAN, THERE IS A WHOLE LINE OF IMPORTED GOODS, INCLUDING FOOD.
[02:53:25] SO, YEAH. IF WE KEEP THOSE TARIFFS, YOU
[02:53:29] BETTER EXPECT INFLATION. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR NOW.
[02:53:33] THANK YOU. HOST: THAT WAS CAROLYN FROM
[02:53:40] OHIO. TRAVIS, COLORADO, INDEPENDENT.
[02:53:43] GOOD MORNING, TRAVIS. CALLER: HELLO, YES MA'AM.
[02:53:46] YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT
[02:53:50] MESSAGING. WE HAVE A SITUATION NOW WHERE
[02:53:53] PEOPLE WANT TO CONFUSE SOCIAL
[02:53:56] SYSTEM WITH COMMUNISM.
[02:54:01] ESSENTIALLY SAYING IT IS NOT THE AMERICAN WAY.
[02:54:04] I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, ALONG
[02:54:07] WITH THE GENERAL WELFARE CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION, IF YOU
[02:54:10] REVIEW ARTICLE SIX, IT CLEARLY POINTS OUT THE ARTICLES OF
[02:54:14] CONFEDERACY, WHERE WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THE LAND ACT WHERE
[02:54:17] IT SAYS THAT 640 ACRES FOR EVERY
[02:54:20] 36 SQUARE MILES IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DEDICATED TO
[02:54:24] GENERATE MONEY FOR EDUCATION, SO
[02:54:28] WHILE PEOPLE SAY, IT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR OTHER
[02:54:32] CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, THE REALITY IS, IT IS NOT ACTUALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
[02:54:36] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GENERATE
[02:54:37] TAX, BUT LANDED EVERY TOWNSHIP
[02:54:43] IN AMERICA IS SPECIFICALLY TO PAY FOR THIS PURPOSE.
[02:54:46] WHEN WE SAY WE WOULD RATHER
[02:54:48] PRIVATIZE HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION
[02:54:51] AND PASS OFF ALL GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY TO THE
[02:54:55] CORPORATIONS AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO PROFIT RATHER THAN
[02:54:58] THE PEOPLE BENEFITING FROM IT, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
[02:55:02] IS CONSIDERED COMMUNISM WHEN IT
[02:55:03] IS ACTUALLY THE IDEAL, THE
[02:55:07] THINGS OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE CONSTITUTION ACTUALLY
[02:55:11] WANTED. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU TAKING MY CALL. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
[02:55:15] HOST: THAT IS TRAVIS FROM
[02:55:19] COLORADO. AN INDEPENDENT. ANOTHER STORY WE ARE TRACKING
[02:55:23] CAME YESTERDAY. THE HEADLINE FROM USA TODAY,
[02:55:26] TRUMP SET TO DISMISS, DECLARE A
[02:55:28] NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO RESTRICT VOTING.
[02:55:32] IT SAYS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
[02:55:35] SENATOR'S PAST SAVE AMERICA ACT, LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE
[02:55:39] PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP TO REGISTER
[02:55:41] TO VOTE AND PHOTO ID WHEN CASTING ABOUT IT HAS STRUGGLED
[02:55:47] ATTRACT ENOUGH SUPPORT IN THE
[02:55:49] SENATE LAWMAKERS LEFT FOR THEIR AUGUST RECESS WITHOUT PASSING
[02:55:53] THAT. IN AN INTERVIEW, THE PRESIDENT SAID STRANGER THINGS HAVE
[02:55:57] HAPPENED WHEN ASKED IF HE WOULD ESTABLISH AN EMERGENCY, A
[02:56:01] NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY TO
[02:56:04] PUT A NEW VOTING RESTRICTIONS.
[02:56:06] [VIDEO CLIP]
[02:56:09] >> LET ME PUT AN IDEA IN YOUR HEAD. BECAUSE IT IS SO HARD TO GET THE SENATE TO DO ANYTHING NOW THAT
[02:56:13] THEY ARE IN RECESS, THEY DON'T
[02:56:15] GET ANYTHING DONE. IF THEY NEVER GET THE SAVE
[02:56:19] AMERICA ACT DONE, YOU HAVE THE
[02:56:21] RIGHT TO DECLARE A NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY FOR ELECTIONS, AND THE SUPREME COURT
[02:56:25] RULE OF 1983 UNDER REAGAN. INS
[02:56:30] VERSUS CHANA, THAT IF YOU DECLARE A NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY AS PRESIDENT OF THE
[02:56:34] UNITED STATES, THEY CANNOT
[02:56:37] CHALLENGE IT. IT CAN ONLY BE OVERTURNED BY A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF BOTH HOUSES
[02:56:41] OF CONGRESS. SO IF YOU DO THIS IN THE NEXT
[02:56:43] MONTH, WE WILL GET PHOTO ID,
[02:56:47] PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, AND A
[02:56:49] LIMIT TO MAIL-IN BALLOTS. PRES. TRUMP: LET ME JUST SAY
[02:56:53] THIS IF THIS HAPPENS.
[02:56:57] [END VIDEO CLIP]
[02:57:08] HOST: DOES PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDING, SUGGESTING HE COULD PUT IN A NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY TO ENACT VOTING RESTRICTIONS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS PUSHING FOR, WHICH THE SENATE
[02:57:12] HAS NOT ADOPTED AND THEY LEFT FOR RECESS. DAN, ARIZONA, REPUBLICAN.
[02:57:16] I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO BE QUICK. WE ARE COMING UP ON TIME HERE MY FRIEND.
[02:57:18] CALLER: TWO QUESTIONS.
[02:57:22] ONE, 20 FEDERAL AUDITORS TRUMP
[02:57:25] SENT INTO THE MILITARY -- MINNESOTA PRIMARY, NOT SURE WHAT
[02:57:29] THEY DO. I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY DO. WHAT DID THEY DO?
[02:57:33] THE OTHER THING IS, TRUMP, IF HE
[02:57:37] DOES FOR US TO SAVE AMERICA ACT
[02:57:39] IN THE MANNER THAT THE LAST
[02:57:43] CALLER SAID, THAN I BELIEVE THIS IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE.
[02:57:45] THE UNITED STATES SHOULD GO ON GENERAL STRIKE.
[02:57:49] THAT IS IT. THANK YOU.
[02:57:53] HOST: THAT IS DAN FROM ARIZONA.
[02:57:56] RICHARD, DEMOCRAT, MISSOURI. GOOD MORNING.
[02:57:59] YOU ARE AN OPEN FORUM. CALLER: I GUESS I'M ONE OF THEM
[02:58:06] SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS.
[02:58:16] BUT [INDISCERNIBLE]
[02:58:22] AND PEOPLE THINK THAT IS WHERE
[02:58:23] THERE IS TO BELIEVE.
[02:58:30] WE WANTED A BUSINESS MAN FOR PRESIDENT. WELL, WE GOT ONE.
[02:58:33] HE'S MAKING MORE MONEY THAN HE THOUGHT HE EVER COULD.
[02:58:37] THIS TRILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT WE
[02:58:39] GOT, HE'S A BUSINESSMAN.
[02:58:44] THE COUNTRY CAN GO BANKRUPT AND
[02:58:48] WENT BANKRUPT BEFORE.
[02:58:49] ANYHOW, THAT IS FINE.
[02:58:54] OUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL GO DOWN THE
[02:58:56] TUBE WITH THAT.
[02:59:00] I WILL GET OFF.
[02:59:01] THANK YOU. HOST: STUDY, TAXES, INDEPENDENT.
[02:59:06] -- BETTY, TEXAS, INDEPENDENT.
[02:59:11] CALLER: HELLO.
[02:59:14] YES, I'M VERY CONCERNED. HOST: CAN I HAVE YOU MUTE YOUR TV?
[02:59:17] CALLER: OK.
[02:59:21] YES.
[02:59:24] I'M CALLING, I'M VERY, VERY
[02:59:26] CONCERNED.
[02:59:29] ANYONE THAT DOES NOT APPROVE THE
[02:59:31] SAVE AMERICA ACT TO SECURE
[02:59:36] ELECTIONS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
[02:59:40] HAVE CITIZENS, LEGAL CITIZENS
[02:59:42] VOTING IN OUR ELECTION, DO NOT
[02:59:47] UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE IS AGAINST
[02:59:50] HAVING SECURED ELECTIONS.
[02:59:55] HOST: THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE
[02:59:59] HAVE FOR THIS EDITION OF WASHINGTON JOURNAL.
[03:00:02] ANOTHER SHOW WILL BE COMING YOUR
[03:00:04] WAY TOMORROW MORNING AT 7:00 A.M. EASTERN.
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