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[00:00:00] >> SOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS ARE REISSUED ANNUALLY.
[00:00:04] ONE VERY IMPORTANT ONE COMES OUT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION RANKING.
[00:00:08] I SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF IT
[00:00:11] WHO SAID THEY ARE GOING TO SEE MORE DECLINE AMONG AMERICAN
[00:00:13] INSTITUTIONS. HOW WE REVERSE THIS IS A REALLY
[00:00:17] COMPLICATED QUESTION. WHEN PEOPLE STOP COMING, IT IS
[00:00:20] HARD TO GET THEM TO COME BACK.
[00:00:23] AND SO, YES. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEXITY HERE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
[00:00:27] KNOW THE DAMAGE HAPPENING ON
[00:00:30] BOTH SIDES THROUGH THE
[00:00:33] UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.
[00:00:35] I THINK THEY ARE AWARE OF IT AND
[00:00:38] THERE IS A LOT OF WORK JUST GETTING UNDERWAY NOW TO KIND OF TURN THAT AROUND.
[00:00:44] JOHN MARCUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
[00:00:46] >> THE LAST DESTITUTE IS THE
[00:00:51] QUINCY INSTITUTE DISCUSSING IRAN'S ABILITY TO HOLD OFF
[00:00:53] ATTACKS BY THE U.S. SO FAR AND THE OPTIONS LEFT WITH THE TRUMP
[00:01:01] GAINING THE STRAIGHT OF HORMUZ.
[00:01:02] THE CONVERSATION COMING UP.
[00:01:09] >> SUNDAY ON THE C-SPAN Q&A, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
[00:01:11] STATES JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH WILL
[00:01:14] DISCUSS HIS CHILDREN'S BOOK,
[00:01:16] HEROES OF 1776 WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION
[00:01:19] OF INDEPENDENCE AND OTHER LESSER-KNOWN REVOLUTIONARIES THAT RISKED THEIR LIVES, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY IN A FIGHT FOR
[00:01:23] INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH.
[00:01:27] >> THEY WERE COMING IN ON PHILADELPHIA.
[00:01:29] CONGRESS RETREATED TO BALTIMORE.
[00:01:33] AND THEY NEEDED TO GET OUT WORD DESPERATELY THAT THE DECLARATION
[00:01:36] HAD BEEN MADE. >> IT WAS A RALLY CRY.
[00:01:40] >> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THINGS ARE DICEY THEN.
[00:01:43] ONLY ABOUT 40% WOULD IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS PATRIOTS.
[00:01:47] THEY WERE LOYALISTS. THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO STAY OUT OF IT.
[00:01:50] THEY WANTED TO GET THE NEWS OUT. SO THEY WENT TO THE LOCAL
[00:01:53] PRINTER WHO WOULD ALWAYS PUBLISH
[00:01:57] THE BOTTOM OF THE NEWSPAPER.
[00:02:02] THEY DID NOT WANT TO DISCLOSE
[00:02:03] THE WOMAN.
[00:02:09] >> SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NEIL
[00:02:12] GORSUCH SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 EASTERN ON THE C-SPAN Q&A.
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[00:02:56] >> WASHINGTON JOURNAL CONTINUES. >> OUR LAST AGHAST OF THE
[00:03:00] MORNING IS HADI KAHALZADEH WITH THE QUINCY INSTITUTE FOR RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT AND IS
[00:03:04] ALSO A RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
[00:03:08] HERE TO TALK ABOUT IRAN. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME.
[00:03:12] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING A. >> FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW,
[00:03:16] THE QUINCY INSTITUTE, HOW WOULD
[00:03:19] YOU DESCRIBE IT?
[00:03:24] >> I BELIEVE QUINCY HAS A
[00:03:27] BALANCE ADVOCATING FOR PEACE AND
[00:03:29] ALSO RESEARCH FOR ADVOCATING AND
[00:03:37] FOR PEACE AND DIPLOMACY.
[00:03:41] >> BEFORE WE GET INTO DETAILS, WHEN IT COMES TO IRAN, WE HAVE
[00:03:45] BEEN AT THIS FOR SIX MONTHS NOW PLUS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
[00:03:48] ASSESSMENT OF WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS BETWEEN
[00:03:51] THE INTERESTS OF THE U.S., WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO IN IRAN AND
[00:03:54] WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING?
[00:03:56] >> I SAID SAY I'M NOT SURE THE INTERNATIONAL RELATION [
[00:04:00] INDISCERNIBLE ] BUT THE PERSON WHO FOLLOWS THE POLITICAL
[00:04:04] BACKGROUND WITH THE U.S., THE
[00:04:08] FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS AND
[00:04:12] WORKING ON THE IMPACT OF
[00:04:13] SANCTIONS AND WELFARE STATE.
[00:04:17] AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] YOU CAN
[00:04:23] THINK OF THE LAST SIX MONTHS FOR THE ECONOMY. AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AS A
[00:04:27] DISASTER FOR THE URANIAN PEOPLE -- IRANIAN PEOPLE.
[00:04:31] WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY.
[00:04:39] IT IS VERY DIFFICULT ACTUALLY TO
[00:04:43] ESTIMATE THE PRIMARY GOAL. WE HEAR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS FROM WASHINGTON.
[00:04:47] FROM SUPPORTING [ INDISCERNIBLE
[00:04:51] ].
[00:04:53] AND INFLUENCING THE REGION TO [
[00:04:56] INDISCERNIBLE ] TYPICAL [
[00:05:00] INDISCERNIBLE ]. WE DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] SAFETY WAS.
[00:05:03] BUT THE THOUGHT IN TEHRAN IS
[00:05:11] CHANGING [ INDISCERNIBLE ], SO FAR THIS HAS CHANGED.
[00:05:13] BUT VERY CONSTANT FOR THE
[00:05:21] IRANIAN PEOPLE.
[00:05:24] AND WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE
[00:05:26] $50 BILLION WITH THE COST OF THE
[00:05:30] WAR IN THE UNITED STATES.
[00:05:31] IT SEEMS THEY COMFORTABLY FIT CE
[00:05:37] OPERATIONS SO FAR.
[00:05:41] AND WE CAN MEASURE WHETHER THIS
[00:05:46] COULD [ INDISCERNIBLE ] OR NOT BUT WE DON'T KNOW YET. >> ONE OF THE THINGS HE WROTE
[00:05:49] YOU WROTEEARLIER THIS MONTH WASA OF IRAN DIGGING AND WHEN IT
[00:05:52] COMES TO THIS CONFLICT. YOU SAY THAT AS LONG AS WASHINGTON CONTROLS THE TEMPO OF
[00:05:56] THE WAR, THERE WOULD BE A LACK OF AGENCY IN TEHRAN.
[00:06:00] SO THE EFFORTS TO PUSH BACK IS MANAGED CONFRONTATION, AS A WAY
[00:06:04] YOU DESCRIBED IT.
[00:06:04] CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT?
[00:06:09] >> THIS IS [ INDISCERNIBLE ] I
[00:06:12] DECIDED WITH THIS NARRATIVE WITH
[00:06:18] THE IRGC. THERE ARE TWO THINGS.
[00:06:21] THE LOGICAL -- DECISION MAKING
[00:06:28] AND ADDING A NEW SHADOW OF DECISION-MAKING.
[00:06:30] WE CAN TALK LATER ABOUT THAT.
[00:06:32] >> RIGHT NOW, WE WILL SEE THE
[00:06:37] NEW DECISION-MAKERS THAT ARE
[00:06:40] MORE CONFIDENT AND PROTECTABLE. AND LESS PATIENT COMPARED WITH
[00:06:44] THE PAST, THE PREVIOUS ONE.
[00:06:47] AND SO THE PERCEPTIONAL THREAT
[00:06:51] AND THE LEVEL OF [ INDISCERNIBLE
[00:06:56] ] THEY HAVE IS THAT THE WAR WILL
[00:06:57] CONTINUE BY THE END OF PRESIDENT
[00:07:02] TRUMP. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT PREDICTABLE BUT AT THE SAME
[00:07:04] TIME, HE IS NOT RELIABLE. AND THERE IS NO DEAL.
[00:07:06] THERE WAS NOT ANY SANCTION
[00:07:09] RELIEF OR ANY DURABLE PEACE.
[00:07:14] SO NEGOTIATIONS SANCTIONS OR ANY
[00:07:22] [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ARE ALL FROM THE SAME PACKAGE.
[00:07:24] THE SAME PACKAGE FOR THE GOAL TO
[00:07:28] CHANGE THE REGIME. WE HAVE TO SURVIVE. WE HAVE TO MANAGE THIS AND WE
[00:07:32] HAVE TO [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND AN
[00:07:39] IMMEDIATE CONFRONTATION.
[00:07:40] AND SO THE WERE TO CONTINUE AT
[00:07:47] THE END OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] WOULD NOT
[00:07:51] BE ABLE TO -- THEY ARE NOT
[00:07:56] WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE. OR CANNOT AFFORD IT.
[00:07:57] OR BASED ON THE IRANIAN NATIONAL
[00:08:04] PERCEPTION.
[00:08:04] THIS PERCEPTION OR THREAT OR [
[00:08:10] INDISCERNIBLE ] THEY HAVE THAT HAS CHANGED THE LAWS IT -- THE E LOGICAL DECISION-MAKING AND
[00:08:14] PUSHED THEM TO -- PUSH THEM TO
[00:08:20] HAVE SOME SORT OF MANAGED OR
[00:08:23] CONTROLLED CONFRONTATION.
[00:08:26] AVOIDING EXPLANATION.
[00:08:31] AS HE FIRST MENTIONED, AT THE SAME TIME, THE AGENCIES ARE
[00:08:35] WAITING TO SEE THE NEXT AND WHEN
[00:08:38] THE U.S. CHOSE TO MANAGE ANOTHER
[00:08:42] ROUND OF THE WAR.
[00:08:43] SO MANAGING SOME SORT OF
[00:08:51] CONSULATE. AND TOO CHEAP TO PUSH THE COST HIGH FOR THE UNITED STATES.
[00:08:55] I DON'T BELIEVE IRAN LOST ITS
[00:08:57] CONTROL OF THE STRAIGHT OF
[00:09:01] HORMUZ.
[00:09:03] I BELIEVE THEY TRIED TO PASS
[00:09:06] FIVE, 6 MILLION PER DAY.
[00:09:11] BUT AT THE SAME TIME, [
[00:09:16] INDISCERNIBLE ] TO FULL ESCALATION.
[00:09:19] AND AT THE SAME TIME, IRAN --
[00:09:23] REFINING AT 80-$90.
[00:09:28] AND THE PRICE OF THE FUEL AND
[00:09:29] GAS.
[00:09:37] CRUDE OIL, $80.
[00:09:42] AND THEN $40. OR 120.
[00:09:45] THESE ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF CRUDE
[00:09:47] OIL IS 80.
[00:09:50] $160.
[00:09:55] FINDING THE MARGINS HIGH, IRAN
[00:09:56] CAN KEEP THIS -- OR KEEP THE [
[00:10:03] INDISCERNIBLE ] ECONOMY AND
[00:10:04] MANAGE IT CONSTANTLY.
[00:10:09] THIS IS HOW THEY DESIGNED THE
[00:10:14] BAR AND TRY TO FIND OTHER
[00:10:14] AGENCIES.
[00:10:21] >> HADI KAHALZADEH WITH US. IF YOU WANT TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS
[00:10:23] ABOUT IRAN AND PARTICULARLY WHAT
[00:10:27] IS HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY AND TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT.
[00:10:30] 202-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS.
[00:10:33] 202-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS.
[00:10:34] INDEPENDENCE, 202-748-8002.
[00:10:38] TEXTURE QUESTIONS AT 202-748-8003.
[00:10:42] WE WILL HEAR FROM TONY AND
[00:10:46] PENNSYLVANIA. IN PENNSYLVANIA. INDEPENDENT LINE. YOU ARE ON. GO AHEAD.
[00:10:50] >> GOOD MORNING. RARELY DO WE GET TO HEAR THE
[00:10:52] TRUTH WHEN IT COMES TO WAR AND
[00:10:56] DAMAGES AND LOSSES. AND THE U.S. HAS BEEN PUMMELED.
[00:11:00] THE BASES AND ASSETS, IN TERMS
[00:11:03] OF CONTROL OF THE AIRSPACE.
[00:11:06] WE CAN'T GET NEAR IRAN.
[00:11:10] PRIOR TO THE WAR BEGINNING, I CALLED IN AND THERE WERE PEOPLE
[00:11:12] FROM THE EPSTEIN CLASS THINK
[00:11:16] TANKS PROMOTING THE WAR.
[00:11:18] GENERALLY, THERE WAS A RABID
[00:11:21] MOTION OR A LUKEWARM PROMOTION. BUT A PROMOTION OF WAR. POINTING OUT THAT THE PENTAGON
[00:11:24] LOOKED AT IRAN AND HAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS NO MILITARY
[00:11:27] SOLUTION.
[00:11:31] YOU CAN GO INTO IRAN, BUT YOU ARE GOING TO FAIL.
[00:11:34] AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.
[00:11:37] THERE IS NOT AN ECONOMIC SANCTION SOLUTION.
[00:11:40] WE HAVE TRIED THAT FOR 40 YEARS. TIME IS ON IRAN'S SIDE.
[00:11:43] THE GLOBAL ECONOMY CANNOT
[00:11:45] SUSTAIN THIS. TRUMP KNOWS THAT.
[00:11:49] IRAN KNOWS THAT. PART OF THE PROBLEM IN THIS IS
[00:11:52] THAT ISRAEL ONCE THIS WAR AND IT
[00:11:57] SEEMS ISRAEL DRIVES THE FOREIGN POLICY IN THE UNITED STATES AND
[00:12:01] CERTAINLY, NOT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
[00:12:05] AMERICANS NEED TO GRAB HOLD OF
[00:12:07] THE EPSTEIN CONTROL GOVERNMENT AND KICK OUT ALL THE POLITICIANS
[00:12:11] ACCEPTING MONEY FROM APAC OR WE
[00:12:14] WILL BE SENDING OUR KIDS
[00:12:17] OVERSEAS TO DIE FOR WORDS THAT DON'T BENEFIT US IN THAT WILL
[00:12:20] CONTINUE TO HAPPEN LIKE IT HAS. >> TONY FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
[00:12:23] THANKS.
[00:12:28] >> RESPONSE.
[00:12:33] >> THAT ONE CHALLENGE WHERE THE
[00:12:34] U.S. HAS NO MILITARY SOLUTION,
[00:12:38] THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT, THE
[00:12:42] UNITED STATES AND THIS
[00:12:42] ADMINISTRATION [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
[00:12:51] AND IT IS VERY COSTLY TO PRESENT
[00:12:57] THE IRANIAN NARRATIVES.
[00:13:01] AND TALKING ABOUT THE NARRATIVES
[00:13:06] [ INDISCERNIBLE ]. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS SUCH
[00:13:08] A GAP IN EVIDENCE AND A GAP IN
[00:13:12] UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
[00:13:16] AND CREATING A MISTAKE OR
[00:13:17] MISCALCULATION AND I BELIEVE THE
[00:13:22] ADMINISTRATION, REGARDLESS OF IF
[00:13:24] IT HAS A PLAN OR NOT -- LIKE THE
[00:13:31] ECONOMIC PRESSURE AND POLITICAL
[00:13:32] PRESSURE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
[00:13:37] IT IS NOT THE SAME.
[00:13:43] [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND IT IS ONE
[00:13:44] OF THOSE.
[00:13:48] AND WOULD BE WILLING TO
[00:13:49] ENCAPSULATE OR ACCEPT THE DEAL.
[00:13:55] BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NOT A
[00:13:59] WAY. THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] -- THE
[00:14:03] PRESSURE WILL NOT WORK. IF YOU WANT TO AWARD SURE, YOU
[00:14:07] HAVE TO ADD SOME INCENTIVES.
[00:14:13] AND ADDING SOME INCENTIVES.
[00:14:17] CREATING SOME SORT OF CONFLICT.
[00:14:22] AND MAKING IT COSTLY FOR IRAN.
[00:14:24] SO THEY PREFER TO COMPROMISE AND
[00:14:27] GO THE DISTANCE.
[00:14:29] RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE NO SUCH INCENTIVES. AND SO IT SEEMS THE ONLY WAY YOU
[00:14:33] CAN SURVIVE IS TO HAVE MORE
[00:14:40] ACCEPTABLE OR [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
[00:14:46] THAT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.
[00:14:50] THIS SITUATION IS VERY COSTLY FOR THE REGION.
[00:14:55] AND THIS CAN BE A DISASTER FOR
[00:14:55] EVERYONE.
[00:14:59] >> ED IN MASSACHUSETTS, GO AHEAD.
[00:15:00] DEMOCRAT LINE.
[00:15:04] >> AS. YES.I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHY THE IRANIAN PEOPLE
[00:15:08] ARE FIGHTING A WAR OVER
[00:15:12] RELIGION?
[00:15:16] >> CAN YOU ELABORATE MORE?
[00:15:17] >> ELABORATE MORE PLEASE. >> YES.
[00:15:21] I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING A
[00:15:25] WAR OVER RELIGION. >> ELABORATE ON THAT.
[00:15:29] WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
[00:15:29] >> ONE RELIGION -- RELIGIONS
[00:15:34] SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ALONG. THAT IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE
[00:15:37] RELIGION, TO BE PEACEFUL.
[00:15:40] >> OKAY. ED IN MASSACHUSETTS.
[00:15:44] LET ME TAKE THIS QUESTION.
[00:15:45] THE PEOPLE OF IRAN, HOW ARE THEY
[00:15:49] ACTING ABOUT THE DECISIONS MADE
[00:15:52] AFTER THE MILITARY CONFRONTATION?
[00:15:56] >> WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW HOW RELIABLE -- WE
[00:15:59] HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT [
[00:16:04] INDISCERNIBLE ] ON HOW AMERICAN
[00:16:05] PEOPLE LOOK AT FOREIGN-POLICY.
[00:16:09] RECENTLY, A WEEK SURVEY
[00:16:15] CONDUCTED BY THE LITERARY
[00:16:20] FORCES, SHOWS THAT 60 5% OF THE
[00:16:25] IS SATISFIED WITH THE SITUATION. BUT THEY SUPPORT A WAR AND
[00:16:29] EXPECT SOME SORT OF A CHANGE.
[00:16:34] BUT SOME ADVOCATING. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ARE NOT
[00:16:38] HAPPY WITH THE STATUS QUO.
[00:16:43] AND IT IS CHANGING.
[00:16:45] AT THE SAME TIME, WE WOULD HAVE
[00:16:48] SOMEONE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
[00:16:54] THAT IS OPERATING.
[00:16:58] AND THEN THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
[00:17:06] AND THEN THREATEN IT WOULD
[00:17:11] DESTROY EVERYTHING.
[00:17:15] 60, 80 UNIVERSITIES.
[00:17:18] EVEN SOME -- ACTUALLY -- NOW [
[00:17:30] INDISCERNIBLE ] IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
[00:17:32] AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] TO SURVIVE.
[00:17:36] I -- WE ALSO DON'T KNOW THE
[00:17:39] CAUSE.
[00:17:41] WHERE THERE IS NO GUARANTEE WERE
[00:17:45] AFTER THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] COLLAPSES.
[00:17:47] , WOULD HAVE IT RESOLVED.
[00:17:52] SO SUCH THINKING, WITH SYRIA AND
[00:17:59] LIBYA.
[00:18:02] I BELIEVE THERE IS THE SUPPORT TO MAKE IT PUBLIC. AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE
[00:18:06] ARE NOT SUPPORTING FOR ANY
[00:18:10] SOUTHERN COLLAPSE. THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE
[00:18:14] WHAT EXACTLY -- BECAUSE MOST
[00:18:21] PEOPLE DON'T LIKE WERE OR SUPPORT WAR.
[00:18:22] AND THEN THE SYSTEM, I DON'T
[00:18:26] BELIEVE THE SYSTEM HAS [
[00:18:30] INDISCERNIBLE ] RIGHT NOW.
[00:18:30] IT SEEMS THEY ARE CAUGHT IN SOME
[00:18:35] LIMBO. AND EVEN A CHANGE IN THE
[00:18:39] LEADERSHIP HOPES FOR ANY
[00:18:43] POSITIVE CHANGE.
[00:18:44] AND SO IT IS THE HOPELESSNESS.
[00:18:50] OF NOT HAVING ANY FUTURE. A STATE OF LIMBO.
[00:18:53] SO DOMINATING IN [ INDISCERNIBLE
[00:18:57] ] RIGHT NOW. >> FOR OUR GUEST, THIS IS SARAH
[00:19:00] ON THE DEMOCRAT LINE FROM
[00:19:05] MARYLAND. >> I WANT TO GIVE A HIGH 52 TONY
[00:19:09] ON FOX.
[00:19:10] THIS IS A RICH MAN --
[00:19:14] >> SARAH, YOU ARE BREAKING UP.
[00:19:19] >> AND MAKE SUPER FANCY WEAPONS. AND SUPER FANCY WEAPONS THAT
[00:19:22] RIGHT NOW ARE BEING TAKEN OUT BY
[00:19:25] LAWNMOWERS ESSENTIALLY DRONES.
[00:19:26] AND WE ARE ON OUR BACK HEELS.
[00:19:31] THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR AMERICA. THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR PEOPLE.
[00:19:34] NOT GOOD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
[00:19:39] >> SARAH, WE WILL TAKE THAT. YOU ARE BREAKING IN AND OUT. THANK YOU FOR THE CALL.
[00:19:42] YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS. IF THERE IS A VIEWER THAT ASKS
[00:19:46] YOU ABOUT THE POWER OF THE IRGC
[00:19:49] AND HOW MUCH IT HAS AND HOW THIS COMPLICATES ANY NEGOTIATIONS
[00:19:52] GOING FORWARD.
[00:19:54] BUT YOU ALSO SAID EARLIER THAT NOT ONLY DOES IT CHANGE THE
[00:19:57] DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN IRAN
[00:20:00] BECAUSE OF THE WAR BUT HE WAS MAKING THE DECISIONS. CAN YOU TIE ALL THOSE THINGS
[00:20:04] TOGETHER?
[00:20:07] >> THIS IS A NARRATIVE TO SAY
[00:20:09] THAT THE IRGC HAS CONTROL OVER
[00:20:14] THE DECISION-MAKING. MANY IRANIAN POLITICIANS AND
[00:20:18] LEADERS WITH THE IRGC -- IT IS
[00:20:26] VERY DIFFICULT.
[00:20:28] THE PRIME MINISTER WAS PART OF
[00:20:30] THE IRGC AND MANY PARTICIPATED
[00:20:34] IN THE WAR.
[00:20:36] AND WORKING.
[00:20:39] VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT IT WAS THE IRGC.
[00:20:43] THE POINT IS THAT -- IRGC HAS
[00:20:46] BEEN FUNCTIONED.
[00:20:51] AND SO THIS MOU -- THE IRGC [
[00:21:05] INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR SOME NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSEL
[00:21:07] SUPPORTED THE MOU AND ONCE TO
[00:21:12] SIGN A DEAL. WE DON'T KNOW.
[00:21:16] SO WHICH PART OF THE IRGC.
[00:21:23] FOR THE ENTITY. EVERYTHING HAS DIFFERENT
[00:21:24] FUNCTIONS AND GROUPS IN SOME
[00:21:27] PART OF THE IS VERY PRAGMATIC.
[00:21:32] VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT.
[00:21:34] BUT IN SAID THE NEW SYSTEM. LIKE THE SANCTIONS.
[00:21:38] PROLONGED SANCTIONS.
[00:21:41] CREATING SOME SORT OF NATIONAL
[00:21:43] TRADE.
[00:21:46] AND WORK WITH THE FORMAL NETWORK OF TRADE.
[00:21:50] SO WE HAVE A FORMAL ECONOMY
[00:21:54] SYSTEM AND THE DECISION-MAKING.
[00:21:58] WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE -- HOW
[00:22:03] THE SYSTEM WORKS.
[00:22:04] BUT IT IS THE WAY THEY MANAGE
[00:22:07] THE SANCTIONS. AFTER THE WAR, WE HAVE THIS
[00:22:09] SHADOW DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
[00:22:16] AND IT IS THROUGH LETTERS AND
[00:22:22] LEADERS COULD MEET HIM.
[00:22:24] MOSTLY BECAUSE, THEY CHANGED THE
[00:22:32] ARRANGEMENTS. AND SHADOW THE DECISION-MAKING
[00:22:35] SYSTEM AND LEAD BY IRGC WITH A
[00:22:44] NOTE.
[00:22:45] AND ANY FORMAL INSTITUTION, THE
[00:22:50] HEAD OF THE PARLIAMENT.
[00:22:53] AND THE SECURITY COUNCIL -- TO
[00:23:00] CREATE SOME SORT OF MISCOMMUNICATION AND
[00:23:04] COORDINATION WE SEE.
[00:23:09] AT THE SAME TIME, SOME SORT OF
[00:23:12] CONFIDENCE THAT THEY HAVE.
[00:23:16] AND AND THEN MORE PREDICTABLE.
[00:23:22] MAKE A SYSTEM DIFFERENT FROM BEFORE.
[00:23:25] BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE A
[00:23:28] MEETING BETWEEN THEM.
[00:23:32] AND JD VANCE.
[00:23:41] AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 40, 45 YEARS OLD.
[00:23:45] AND SO IT HAS CHANGED.
[00:23:50] BUT NOT JUST THE IRGC CONTROL EVERYTHING IN THE COUNTRY.
[00:23:53] VERY DIFFICULT TO DEFINE WHO IT
[00:23:56] IS OR AUTHORIZE IRGC.
[00:24:03] >> CARLOS IN NEW YORK, AND DEPENDENT LINE. YOUR NEXT. >> HELLO.
[00:24:07] CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? >> YES. YOU ARE ON. GO AHEAD.
[00:24:11] CALLER: ABOUT IRAN, IF YOU DON'T TAKE IT BACK TO WHY WE DID THE
[00:24:13] ORIGINAL ATTACK THERE, YOU ARE
[00:24:20] IGNORING REALITY. THE FACT IS THAT THEY HAVE
[00:24:23] ENOUGH ENRICHED URANIUM WHICH
[00:24:26] THEY NEEDED TO TAKE 60%, OR 85 OR 90 FOR IT TO BE USED FOR
[00:24:30] ATOMIC BOMBS. THEY WERE GETTING THE EQUIPMENT
[00:24:34] TO DO THAT. THEY WOULD HAVE HAD IT WITH THE
[00:24:36] NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, AT WHICH POINT, YOU CAN COUNT ON ISRAEL
[00:24:39] BEING DESTROYED AND POSSIBLY NUCLEAR ATTACKS ON EUROPE AS
[00:24:43] WELL.
[00:24:46] BEING A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY. THAT IS WHY WE WENT IN THERE.
[00:24:50] WERE DEVELOPING BALLISTIC MISSILES, WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE
[00:24:54] IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO DO SO
[00:24:56] SUCCESSFULLY. AND IT WAS PROBABLY SEVERAL
[00:24:59] YEARS OUT BUT THEY WERE AT
[00:25:03] FAIRLY CRITICAL STAGES OF GETTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE EQUIPMENT BUILDS NECESSARY
[00:25:06] TO DEVELOP THE EQUIPMENT TO LEAD
[00:25:08] TO THE MUSCLES.
[00:25:12] WE WENT IN WHEN WE COULD DO SO
[00:25:15] AND IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY
[00:25:20] GEOPOLITICALLY AND TACTICALLY. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST MILITARY MOVES A LEADER OF THE UNITED
[00:25:24] STATES HAS CALLED FOR PROBABLY
[00:25:27] SENSE MID WORLD WAR II.
[00:25:33] >> THAT IS CARLOS IN NEW YORK.
[00:25:37] HOW DO YOU SWEAR WHAT HE SAID AS FAR AS THE ADMINISTRATION'S
[00:25:39] INITIAL REASONING FOR GOING INTO
[00:25:41] IRAN?
[00:25:44] WHAT WE SEE NOW IS FOCUSED LARGELY ON THE STRAIGHT OF
[00:25:46] HORMUZ.
[00:25:49] >> THE [ INDISCERNIBLE ] STATE
[00:25:51] HAS A VERY [ INDISCERNIBLE ]
[00:25:53] MILITARY POWER.
[00:25:56] AND THE CAPABILITY.
[00:26:02] IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST 10 YEARS
[00:26:03] SINCE 2018, IRAN WAS 300 [
[00:26:14] INDISCERNIBLE ].
[00:26:18] SO THE ENRICHMENT WAS
[00:26:24] THREE-POINT 5%. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP WITHDREW
[00:26:27] FROM THE DEAL, YOU START FEELING
[00:26:32] THIS CAPACITY.
[00:26:34] AND IRANIAN SCIENTISTS AND
[00:26:39] TRYING TO FIND -- SOME PRESSURE
[00:26:40] OR LEVERAGE TO CREATE SOME
[00:26:44] REACTION TO THE [ INDISCERNIBLE
[00:26:48] ] BY INCREASING THE LEVEL OF ENRICHMENT.
[00:26:49] AND SO THEY WENT FROM 3%, TO 20%
[00:26:55] AND THEN FROM 60%.
[00:26:56] AND THEN THE TURNCOAT TONE UNDER
[00:27:03] THE JCPOA, RIGHT NOW IT IS -- 30
[00:27:14] TIMES MORE.
[00:27:17] AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] ONE, 29.
[00:27:21] 50 TIMES STRONGER.
[00:27:24] IF YOU LOOK AT THE REGION, THE [
[00:27:30] INDISCERNIBLE ] ISSUE [
[00:27:37] INDISCERNIBLE ] I BELIEVE IT COULD BE MANAGED THROUGH
[00:27:39] NEGOTIATION AND TALK WITH THE
[00:27:46] REGIONAL NATIONS IN THE STATE.
[00:27:51] BUT NOW THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE ISSUE.
[00:27:55] IT IS A PROBLEM OF [
[00:27:58] INDISCERNIBLE ].
[00:28:01] THE NEXT PROBLEM WOULD BE,
[00:28:08] HAVING A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
[00:28:12] AND WILLING TO PROVIDE THIS
[00:28:13] TECHNOLOGY.
[00:28:17] WE DON'T KNOW.
[00:28:23] IT CANNOT CLOSE [ INDISCERNIBLE
[00:28:28] ]. SOME TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU JUST
[00:28:30] RELY ON THE MILITARY, WE TRY TO
[00:28:36] USE IT.
[00:28:39] YOU WOULD USE THE SANCTION OR [
[00:28:44] INDISCERNIBLE ]. SO WE CREATE A NEW PROBLEM WITH THE COST.
[00:28:48] THE CONFIDENCE.
[00:28:54] THE U.S. -- THE [ INDISCERNIBLE
[00:28:59] ] LEADER.
[00:29:00] AND SO SURVIVING UNDER HEAVY
[00:29:05] SANCTIONS.
[00:29:08] SHOWING THAT SURVIVED. SO UNDERMINE THIS [
[00:29:12] INDISCERNIBLE ] AND UNDERMINE
[00:29:15] THE RELIABILITY.
[00:29:18] THAT IS WHY DIPLOMACY CAN HELP
[00:29:21] TO MANAGE AND SOLVE A PROBLEM.
[00:29:24] WE HAVE TO USE THIS IN A WAY.
[00:29:31] YOU HAVE INCENTIVES TO HAVE MANY MEANINGFUL RESULTS.
[00:29:35] >> THERE IS A STORY STEMMING FROM THIS WEEK SAYING THAT IT
[00:29:37] WAS GOING TO BE NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY THAT THE TREASURY
[00:29:39] SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT SAID THEY WILL INTRODUCE MORE
[00:29:43] ECONOMIC MEASURES THAT THEY CLAIM WILL SWATCH THE ECONOMY IN IRAN AND COLLAPSE THE REGIME.
[00:29:47] WHAT HAVE WE SEEN ABOUT THIS
[00:29:51] APPROACH PREVIOUS TO DATE AND
[00:29:52] COULD NEW MEASURES CHANGE THAT?
[00:29:57] >> THE NOMINAL FASHION IN IRAN
[00:30:00] IS 3700 CASES.
[00:30:02] AND SO EVERYTHING IS UNDER
[00:30:06] SANCTIONS. THE CENTRAL BANK.
[00:30:10] >> AND MORE IMPORTANT WITH [
[00:30:11] INDISCERNIBLE ] WITH ACCESS TO
[00:30:17] THE -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
[00:30:26] VERY COSTLY FOR THE ECONOMY.
[00:30:30] ADDING A NEW SANCTION OR A
[00:30:31] BLOCKADE EVERYONE IS UNDER THE
[00:30:40] HEAVY CUSHION. THE SHOCK OF SANCTIONS,
[00:30:42] BLOCKADE, USUALLY TAKES ONE
[00:30:45] YEAR, SIX MONTHS, TWO YEARS AND
[00:30:49] THEN THE ECONOMY LEARNS HOW TO
[00:30:49] MANAGE AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] AND
[00:30:56] HELP TO MANAGE IT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE WE NEED SANCTIONS.
[00:31:00] CHINA WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO
[00:31:03] MAKE THINGS MORE [ INDISCERNIBLE ].
[00:31:06] YOU CANNOT PAY MORE WHEN YOU
[00:31:10] KILL THE LEADER OF THE COUNTRY.
[00:31:12] AND ALL OF THEIR COMMENTARIES.
[00:31:16] [ INDISCERNIBLE ] YOU CAN PUSH
[00:31:20] TO HAVE IT RESOLVED. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A NEW
[00:31:22] FUNCTION WOULD BE PAINFUL FOR
[00:31:29] THE ECONOMY. [ INDISCERNIBLE ] MORE
[00:31:32] INSULATION AND MORE [
[00:31:36] INDISCERNIBLE ] ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND HOUSING AND EVERYTHING.
[00:31:38] IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS WOULD
[00:31:42] LEAD TO THE DESIRED OUTCOME.
[00:31:51] >> OUR GUEST HAS WORK THAT CAN
[00:31:55] BE FOUND ON QUINCYINSTITUTE.ORG. NONRESIDENT FELLOW.
[00:31:59] ALSO TEACHING AT UNIVERSITY.
[00:32:05] THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME TODAY. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
[00:32:09] >> WE WILL FINISH THE PROGRAM WITH OPEN FORUM. IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, IT
[00:32:11] IS 202-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS.
[00:32:16] 202-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS. AND 202-748-8003, FOR THE
[00:32:19] INDEPENDENCE -- INDEPENDENTS.
[00:32:36] >> C-SPAN IS AS UNBIASED AS YOU CAN GET. YOU ARE SO FAIR.
[00:32:40] I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COULD SAY OTHERWISE. >> YOU GUYS DO THE MOST
[00:32:43] IMPORTANT WORK FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY. >> I LOVE C-SPAN BECAUSE I GET
[00:32:46] TO HEAR ALL THE VOICES.
[00:32:49] >> YOU PRESENT BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.
[00:32:52] YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN MINDS.
[00:32:56] >> I ABSOLUTELY LOVE C-SPAN. I LOVE TO HEAR BOTH SIDES.
[00:32:59] >> I WATCHED C-SPAN EVERY MORNING AND IT IS UNBIASED.
[00:33:03] YOU BRING IN FACTUAL INFORMATION
[00:33:07] FOR THE CALLERS TO UNDERSTAND
[00:33:08] WHERE THEY ARE.
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[00:33:21] OF INTERRUPTIONS. >> THANK YOU C-SPAN FOR BEING A
[00:33:23] LIGHT IN THE DARK.
[00:33:29] >> CAMPAIGN 2026 IS UNDERWAY. AND THE STAKES COULD NOT BE
[00:33:33] HIGHER. EVERY SEAT IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS UP FOR GRABS ALONG WITH 33 U.S.
[00:33:36] SENATE RACES. AND THE OUTCOME OF BOTH COULD
[00:33:40] RESHAPE THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON.
[00:33:42] VOTERS WILL ALSO DECIDE 36
[00:33:45] GUBERNATORIAL CONTESTS. FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO
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[00:33:53] C-SPAN, BRINGING YOU DEMOCRACY
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[00:33:59] >> WASHINGTON JOURNAL CONTINUES. >> YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN OPEN
[00:34:03] FORUM BY CALLING 202-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS. AND 202-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS.
[00:34:07] AND FOR INDEPENDENTS, 202-748-8002.
[00:34:09] TEXT US AT 202-748-8003.
[00:34:13] THE DEMOCRAT LINE. ANTHONY FROM NEW YORK.
[00:34:17] HELLO. >> HOW ARE YOU? >> FIND.
[00:34:20] FINE.YOU ARE ON. GO AHEAD.
[00:34:23] CALLER: MY QUESTION IS, WHY
[00:34:24] SHOULD TRUMP GET THE SHIP NAMED
[00:34:28] AFTER HIM WHEN HE HAS NEVER
[00:34:32] SIGNED UP FOR THE MILITARY?
[00:34:34] AND [ INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR PEARL
[00:34:41] HARBOR AND THE NAVY SHIPS AND
[00:34:42] AWARDED A MEDAL.
[00:34:49] WHY SHOULD IT BE AWARDED TO HIM?
[00:34:52] ABDUL EL-SAYED JAN IN FLORIDA.
[00:34:53] INDEPENDENT LINE.
[00:34:58] GUEST: I'M INTERESTED IN CALLING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER
[00:35:00] REGARDING THE WAR IN IRAN.
[00:35:06] I WAS BORN AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II.
[00:35:08] MY MOTHER WAS ONE OF THE ROSIE
[00:35:11] RIVETERS.
[00:35:15] WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A TREMENDOUS OF PEOPLE IN OUR ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT MY
[00:35:19] LIFETIME.
[00:35:22] I HAVE SEEN THE DESTRUCTION OF PROBABLY HALF OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
[00:35:25] IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
[00:35:27] AND BECAUSE OF WARS AND BECAUSE
[00:35:32] OF PEOPLE THAT CONTINUE TO WANT
[00:35:33] TO PUT MONEY INTO PHYSICALLY
[00:35:37] MORE WEAPONS, WE ARE NOT FINDING SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS THE
[00:35:40] WAY WE SHOULD.
[00:35:43] I BELIEVE THAT MORE WOMEN'S
[00:35:44] VOICES SHOULD BE HEARD AND
[00:35:48] SCHEDULING ARGUMENTS WITH OTHER NATIONS. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE
[00:35:51] DONE THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS DID NT
[00:35:53] BOMBING OTHER COUNTRIES AND HOW
[00:35:58] WE ARE BEING PREEMPTIVE. I THINK THAT IS WRONG.
[00:36:00] I THINK THE PEOPLE OF IRAN ARE GOING TO BE VERY DISSATISFIED
[00:36:04] WITH US.
[00:36:05] WE HAVE WONDERFUL NEGOTIATORS
[00:36:08] FROM JOHN KERRY, WHO HAS ALREADY
[00:36:13] BEEN IN VIETNAM AS AN OFFICER. AND HE HELPED END THE WAR WHEN
[00:36:16] HE CAME BACK WITH OTHER
[00:36:22] OFFICERS. HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN.
[00:36:26] AND I BELIEVE IT WAS A GOOD AGREEMENT AND IT SHOULD HAVE
[00:36:29] UPHELD.
[00:36:31] THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE NOW DON'T
[00:36:33] KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT WHAT
[00:36:36] IS GOING ON. SORRY.
[00:36:40] I HAVE HAD A STROKE. MY PEACH IS NOT AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD BE.
[00:36:44] HOST: YOU GOT YOUR POINT ACROSS.
[00:36:48] THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. LET'S GO TO SHARON IN OREGON. THE DEMOCRAT LINE.
[00:36:51] YOU ARE NEXT UP ON OPEN FORUM. GO AHEAD.
[00:36:54] CALLER: I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
[00:36:58] I WILL MAKE IT QUICK.
[00:37:01] THEY KNEW THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BIL,
[00:37:05] IT ADDED $2 TRILLION TO THE DEBT.
[00:37:08] THEY KNEW IT WOULD ADD 4.9 --
[00:37:13] ACCORDING TO THE GAO IN THE
[00:37:17] CURRENT ONE IS OVER $7 TRILLION.
[00:37:20] THEY ALSO -- WHAT THEY DECIDED
[00:37:23] WAS, THEY ARE GOING TO BALANCE IT BY PUTTING ON NEW TARIFFS.
[00:37:26] SO THEY GAVE TAX CUTS WHICH LOWERED THE REVENUE FOR THE
[00:37:29] GOVERNMENT, WHICH PAID FOR THE BILLS FOR THE RICH.
[00:37:33] AND THEN IN TURN, THE TARIFFS,
[00:37:38] WHICH MAINLY AFFECTED THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE POOR, WOULD TAKE
[00:37:40] UP FOR THOSE CUTS.
[00:37:45] THE TROUBLE WAS, THE TARIFFS
[00:37:46] ONLY BROUGHT IN 215 BILLION AND
[00:37:50] THAT GOT CUT DOWN TO 100 BILLION
[00:37:51] BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY
[00:37:54] WERE ILLEGAL. SO NOW WE ARE WEIGHT IN THE WHOLE.
[00:37:58] ON TOP OF THAT, 40 6% -- EXCUSE
[00:38:02] ME -- I'M SORRY.
[00:38:10] I'M NERVOUS.
[00:38:13] WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, IN
[00:38:14] TERMS OF THE WONDERFUL DOGE,
[00:38:19] THEY CLAIM THEY CUT 215 BILLION, WHICH IS NOTHING IN THE
[00:38:23] TRILLIONS WE OWE. BUT IT WAS UPDATED AND THE GAO
[00:38:25] SAID IT WAS ONLY 110 AND OF THE
[00:38:28] 2500 CONTRACTS CANCELED, 90 6%
[00:38:33] OF THEM DID NOT HAPPEN. IT WAS A LIE.
[00:38:37] >> SHARON IN OREGON, THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN. WE NOW KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
[00:38:41] THE FUTURE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT.
[00:38:43] IT IS REPORTED ON THE HILL AND OTHER PLACES THAT SHE IS LEAVING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WHICH
[00:38:47] WAS ANNOUNCED PREVIOUS, BUT SHE
[00:38:50] IS GOING TO WORK AT THE
[00:38:52] PRESIDENT'S MAGA INC. SUPER PAC
[00:38:57] FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE. SHE CONFIRMED THIS FRIDAY. SHE SHARED HER NEXT CAREER MOVE
[00:39:01] WITH REPORTERS OUTSIDE AIR FORCE ONE FRIDAY.
[00:39:02] SHE ANNOUNCED SHE WILL STEP DOWN
[00:39:05] AT THE END OF AUGUST TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY.
[00:39:07] SHE DID NOT ELABORATE WHAT HER
[00:39:09] TITLE WOULD BE AT MAGA INC.
[00:39:14] SITTING ON OVER $350 MILLION IN CAMPAIGN FUNDS AHEAD OF THE
[00:39:18] NOVEMBER MIDTERM INSPECTION MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AS THE PRESIDENT WAS TRAVELING TO SOUTH
[00:39:21] CAROLINA TO HELP SUPPORT SENATOR
[00:39:23] DARLINE GRAHAM IN HER EFFORTS TO WIN.
[00:39:27] AND IT WAS DURING THAT TIME TO THE PRESIDENT MADE THESE COMMENTS ABOUT DARLINE GRAHAM.
[00:39:31] >> YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE AND CAN'T GET IN.
[00:39:34] THEY ARE STANDING OUTSIDE AND W.
[00:39:42] BUT WE ARE RUNNING. WE HAVE TO GET DARLINE GRAHAM
[00:39:45] AND OTHER PEOPLE ELECTED. SO WE ARE RUNNING.
[00:39:47] THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS, THEY SAY
[00:39:51] TRUMP DOES GREAT WHEN HE IS ON THE BALLOT BUT WHEN HE IS NOT ON
[00:39:54] THE BALLOT, HIS PEOPLE DON'T
[00:39:57] COME AND THEY DON'T VOTE.
[00:40:00] THE SENATORS, CONGRESSMEN AND OTHER REPUBLICANS.
[00:40:03] THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE RUNNING
[00:40:07] BUT IF TRUMP IS ACTUALLY ON THE
[00:40:11] BALLOT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS PRETEND, PLEASE, LET THEM ON THE BALLOT.
[00:40:15] COME IN VOTE.
[00:40:20] SUCH AS SAYING, THAT I'M ON THE
[00:40:24] BALLOT. ONE MORE TIME. YOU HAVE TO SAY IT. AND YOU HAVE TO COME OUT AND
[00:40:28] VOTE.
[00:40:30] >> IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE FULL SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT, YOU CAN
[00:40:33] GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
[00:40:39] 202-748-8001 FOR REPUBLICANS. 202-748-8000 FOR DEMOCRATS. AND FOR INDEPENDENTS, 202-748-8002.
[00:40:43] LET'S GO TO ANDY IN FLORIDA.
[00:40:46] INDEPENDENT LINE.
[00:40:51] >> HELLO. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE BIG
[00:40:54] DEAL IS ABOUT THIS NATALIE HARP,
[00:41:00] I THINK IS HER NAME.
[00:41:02] IF [ INDISCERNIBLE ] IF HE NEEDS
[00:41:08] TO GRAB HER TO GET SOME
[00:41:12] ASSISTANCE, I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE ANYTHING NEW OR WRONG
[00:41:13] WITH THAT.
[00:41:17] IT WAS OKAY WHEN HE WOULD PUT A
[00:41:22] TICK TICK IN HIS MOUTH AND GRAB
[00:41:25] GIRLS AND GRAB THEM BY SOMEPLACE
[00:41:26] LOWER THAN THEIR WAISTBAND AND
[00:41:30] GOING INTO EATING CAROL'S
[00:41:31] DRESSING ROOM.
[00:41:39] FILL IN MONTANA, REPUBLICAN
[00:41:40] LINE, YOU ARE NEXT.
[00:41:45] >> THE POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS
[00:41:48] SUPPOSED TO BE INTERNATIONAL WATER. NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO CLOSE
[00:41:50] THAT DOWN.
[00:41:54] SO COUNTRIES LIKE BRITAIN AND
[00:41:55] FRANCE WHO HAVE A LOT OF
[00:42:01] MINESWEEPERS, WHY ARE THEY OVER THERE GETTING THE MINDS OUT OF THE WAY SO THE INTERNATIONAL
[00:42:05] WATERWAY CAN BE OPEN?
[00:42:09] >> WE CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN 2026 COVERAGE NOW IN BUFORD, GEORGIA
[00:42:11] WHERE REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL
[00:42:17] CANDIDATE RICK JACKSON IS HOLDING A RALLY.
[00:42:19] LIVE COVERAGE ON C-SPAN.
[00:42:31] >> ALL RIGHT.
[00:42:32] GOOD AFTERNOON, BUFORD.
[00:42:38] THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
[00:42:42] LET ME FIRST THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.
[00:42:46] IT IS AN HONOR FOR US TO BE HERE
[00:42:47] TODAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ELECT
[00:42:53] RICK JACKSON AS OUR 84TH
[00:42:54] GOVERNOR.
[00:42:58] OF THIS GREAT STATE OF GEORGIA. HONORED TO HAVE THE GREATEST
[00:43:01] FIRST LADY IN THE COUNTRY WITH
[00:43:03] US TODAY.
[00:43:08] AND ON BEHALF OF HER AND OUR GIRLS, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.
[00:43:11] MANY IN THIS ROOM. MANY WERE WITH US WHEN WE
[00:43:15] STARTED THIS JOURNEY EIGHT YEARS AGO.
[00:43:18] AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, FOR YOUR
[00:43:21] PRAYERS AND FOR HOW HARD YOU
[00:43:24] WORK FOR US. WE WOULD NOT BE HERE IF IT WERE
[00:43:28] NOT FOR YOU.
[00:43:28] SO THANK YOU.
[00:43:33] [APPLAUSE] [CHEERING].
[00:43:36] >> WITH THAT BEING SAID, I ALSO WANT TO ASK THAT YOU GIVE THAT
[00:43:39] SAME SUPPORT TO RICK AND HIS
[00:43:43] FAMILY IN THE DAYS AHEAD.
[00:43:44] BECAUSE JUST LIKE EIGHT YEARS
[00:43:48] AGO, 2026 IS INDEED A FIGHT FOR
[00:43:50] THE SOUL OF OUR STATE.
[00:43:57] THE SELECTION IS ABOUT WHERE WE
[00:44:01] WANT OUR STATE TO BE IN 2034.
[00:44:03] BUT ALSO, 10 OR 20 YEARS PAST
[00:44:07] THAT. DO WE WANT OUR STATE TO HAVE
[00:44:11] GOOD PAYING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES NO MATTER YOUR ZIP CODE?
[00:44:15] >> [CHEERING].
[00:44:17] >> DO WE WANT OUR KIDS TO HAVE A WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION IN AN
[00:44:20] ENVIRONMENT THAT FITS THEIR
[00:44:26] INDIVIDUAL NEEDS?
[00:44:26] >> [CHEERING].
[00:44:30] >> DO WE WANT OUR STREETS TO BE SAFE?
[00:44:34] CRIMINALS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE? AND DANGEROUS STREET GANGS
[00:44:37] BROUGHT TO JUSTICE?
[00:44:42] >> DO WE WANT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO GROW
[00:44:44] AND THRIVE?
[00:44:48] >> DO WE WANT TO GOVERNOR THAT WE CAN TRUST?
[00:44:52] DO WE WANT TO GOVERNOR THAT
[00:44:52] KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
[00:44:57] ACTUALLY CREATE JOBS AND NOT JUST GROW GOVERNMENT?
[00:44:59] [CHEERING] [APPLAUSE].
[00:45:04] >> AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO WE
[00:45:06] WANT TO GOVERNOR WHO WILL NOT QUIT WHEN THE TIMES GET TOUGH?
[00:45:09] >> [CHEERING] AND DO WE WANT TO
[00:45:16] GOVERNOR WHO WILL ALWAYS PUT THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE FIRST?
[00:45:20] >> [CHEERING] [APPLAUSE].
[00:45:24] >> IF YOU WANT THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ELECT RICK
[00:45:28] JACKSON AS OUR NEXT GOVERNOR OF
[00:45:29] THIS GREAT STATE.
[00:45:40] >> I TOLD RICK THAT MY REMARKS WOULD BE A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL WHEN I INTRODUCED
[00:45:43] SOMEBODY.
[00:45:45] BUT I'M NOT LIKE YOU ALL.
[00:45:49] MARTY AND I HAVE WATCHED A LOT OF THESE OUT-OF-STATE
[00:45:51] POLITICIANS SHOWING UP HERE
[00:45:55] LATELY AND OUR STATE IN IN OUR D CAMPAIGNING FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
[00:45:59] GAVIN NEWSOM, GRETCHEN WITMER,
[00:46:06] MARK KELLY, KAMALA HARRIS AND
[00:46:13] OLD MAYOR PETE.
[00:46:17] YOU KNOW, IT IS A FAMILIAR
[00:46:18] PLAYBOOK FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
[00:46:22] BRING IN THE OUT-OF-STATE POLITICIANS AND CELEBRITIES TO CAMPAIGN FOR THEM.
[00:46:25] DO YOU REMEMBER THAT DURING
[00:46:26] STACY ABRAMS CAMPAIGN?
[00:46:30] >> AND THEN THEY GO OUT THERE AND RAISE MONEY FROM THE FAR
[00:46:32] LEFT DONORS AND THEN TRY TO
[00:46:34] PRETEND THAT THEY WON'T IMPLEMENT THEM -- THOSE SAME
[00:46:38] CRAZY IDEAS RIGHT HERE IN
[00:46:40] GEORGIA IF THEY GET ELECTED. WE SAW THIS WITH STACY ABRAMS
[00:46:44] AND WE ARE SEEING NOW WITH
[00:46:46] KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS.
[00:46:50] LET ME JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU WHAT THEIR IDEAS HAVE
[00:46:54] DONE IN OTHER STATES.
[00:46:55] CALIFORNIA TAXES HAVE A $1.20
[00:46:58] GALLON AMOUNT FOR EVERY GALLON
[00:47:04] OF GAS THAT YOU BUY OUT THERE.
[00:47:08] THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS OVER 5%.
[00:47:09] AND BY THE WAY, CALIFORNIA HAS
[00:47:12] AN 18 BILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET
[00:47:15] DEFICIT THIS LAST YEAR.
[00:47:19] IN MICHIGAN, GOVERNOR WITMER HAS DONE A LITTLE BETTER THAN GAVIN
[00:47:21] NEWSOM BECAUSE THE BUDGET
[00:47:24] DEFICIT IS ONLY 600 MILLION. AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS
[00:47:27] ONLY FOUR-POINT 9%.
[00:47:31] THESE ARE THE POLITICIANS. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE POLICIES
[00:47:34] THAT KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS WANTS
[00:47:36] TO BRING TO THE STATE.
[00:47:39] OUR TAXES PLUS BUDGETS.
[00:47:44] FEWER JOBS AND LESS MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.
[00:47:48] IN GEORGIA, THANKFULLY, THINGS ARE A LOT DIFFERENT.
[00:47:50] WE HAVE THE MOST PEOPLE WORKING
[00:47:54] RIGHT NOW IN THE HISTORY OF OUR STATE.
[00:47:57] [CHEERING] [APPLAUSE]
[00:48:03] 5.5 MILLION PEOPLE.
[00:48:07] OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS NEAR
[00:48:08] HISTORIC LOWS AT THREE-POINT 3%.
[00:48:16] GEORGIA HAS OVER $8 MILLION IN
[00:48:18] OUR RESERVE FUND AND WE HAVE
[00:48:22] ANNUAL BUDGET SURPLUS AND NOT
[00:48:26] DEFICIT.
[00:48:34] THINGS TO THE SUPPORT OF MANY LEADERS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
[00:48:38] WE HAVE GIVEN HARD-WORKING
[00:48:39] GEORGIANS TAX REBATES FOR FOUR
[00:48:43] OUT OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE CUT YOUR INCOME TAX AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
[00:48:47] TO SPEND -- SUSPENDING THE GAS
[00:48:51] TAX MULTIPLE TIMES. AND ALSO PROVIDING PROPERTY TAX
[00:48:55] RELIEF.
[00:48:56] WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL UP -- WHEN
[00:49:02] YOU ADDED UP, A TOTAL OF FOUR
[00:49:04] .-POINT $9 BILLION IN TAX RELIEF
[00:49:08] AND EIGHT .-POINT $8 BILLION IN ONE-TIME TAX RELIEF FOR
[00:49:11] HARD-WORKING GEORGIANS.
[00:49:19] LET ME BE CLEAR TO OUR FRIENDS
[00:49:22] IN THE MEDIA WHO ARE HERE.
[00:49:25] WHILE GEORGIA DEMOCRATS AND ALLIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY
[00:49:27] TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, GEORGIA REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN
[00:49:30] DELIVERING RESULTS FOR THE
[00:49:34] PEOPLE OF OUR STATE FOR THE LAST 4-5 YEARS COMING OUT OF COVID.
[00:49:38] AND I KNOW THAT RICK JACKSON WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT
[00:49:40] SUCCESS.
[00:49:49] YOU KNOW EIGHT YEARS AGO, WE
[00:49:50] TALKED ABOUT WHAT STACY ABRAMS
[00:49:54] MIGHT DO AS OUR GOVERNOR.
[00:49:59] WILL KNOW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A COMPLETE NIGHTMARE FOR EVERY HARD-WORKING GEORGIAN AND THEIR
[00:50:03] LOVED ONES. IN THE SELECTION, WE DON'T HAVE
[00:50:06] TO WONDER WHAT KEISHA LANCE
[00:50:07] BOTTOMS WOULD YOU AS THE
[00:50:10] GOVERNOR BECAUSE SHE HAS ALREADY SHOWN DISASTER IS FOUR YEARS AS
[00:50:14] MAYOR.
[00:50:17] VIOLENT CRIME WENT UP AND SMALL
[00:50:19] BUSINESSES CLOSED DOWN.
[00:50:22] FAMILIES FELT UNSAFE AND OUR CAPITAL CITY. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE
[00:50:26] SCARED TO DO THEIR JOB. THAT IS NOT THE GEORGIA I KNOW
[00:50:30] OR WANT FOR MY FAMILY IN THE
[00:50:33] FUTURE.
[00:50:35] YOU KNOW, RICK CHANCE -- RICK JACKSON KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO
[00:50:40] STRUGGLE. HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND NOT KNOW
[00:50:43] WHERE YOUR NEXT MEAL MIGHT COME FROM.
[00:50:47] HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN MAKING RENT OR
[00:50:50] CAR PAYMENTS.
[00:50:52] SO HE KNOWS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS
[00:50:56] HELPING HARD-WORKING GEORGIANS GET THROUGH THESE TOUGH ECONOMIC
[00:50:59] TIMES, THAT THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO.
[00:51:03] AND I BELIEVE THAT RICK IS THE
[00:51:05] PERSON TO GET THAT WORK DONE.
[00:51:09] [CHEERING] [APPLAUSE] I WILL
[00:51:15] CLOSE WITH THIS. THE HARDEST PART ABOUT BEING
[00:51:19] GOVERNOR IS THAT YOU NEVER KNOW
[00:51:21] WHAT CRISIS OR CHALLENGE
[00:51:24] TOMORROW MAY BRING.
[00:51:26] THERE ARE THINGS YOU CANNOT SEE.
[00:51:30] STORMS YOU CANNOT CONTROL. AND POLITICIANS YOU CAN'T
[00:51:34] MANAGE. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MY
[00:51:38] REPUBLICAN FRIENDS.
[00:51:44] BUT THE 11 MILLION PEOPLE THAT
[00:51:47] ELECT TO YOU, THEY EXPECT THEIR GOVERNORS TO FACE EACH AND EVERY
[00:51:50] ONE OF THOSE OBSTACLES WITH
[00:51:52] DETERMINATION, COMPASSION, HARD
[00:51:56] WORK AND A DEEP BELIEF IN THE
[00:52:00] LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION OF OUR STATE. AS GOVERNOR, YOU CAN'T CALL OUT
[00:52:03] SICK AND PASSED THE BOOK OR GO
[00:52:07] HOME WHEN YOU GET TIRED OF THE JOB.
[00:52:10] AND IT IS A PRIVILEGE, A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
[00:52:13] AND RESPONSIBILITY.
[00:52:16] THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND
[00:52:19] THAT WE MUST HAVE RICK JACKSON
[00:52:22] ANSWERING THESE CALLS.
[00:52:33] MAKING THESE DECISIONS AND
[00:52:37] LEADING OUR STATE FOR THE NEXT
[00:52:38] EIGHT YEARS.
[00:52:42] SO, IT IS OUR JOB, FOLKS.
[00:52:43] IT IS OUR JOB TO HELP GET THIS
[00:52:47] DONE. WE CANNOT BE COMPLACENT.
[00:52:49] THIS IS 2018 ALL OVER AGAIN.
[00:52:54] EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE FOR
[00:52:55] OUR STATE AND WE KNOW THAT THE
[00:52:58] OTHER SIDE IS MOTIVATED.
[00:53:02] THEY ARE MOTIVATED BECAUSE THEY WANT GEORGIA TO GO THE WAY OF
[00:53:04] NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA.
[00:53:08] BUT I SAY, NOT ON OUR WATCH.
[00:53:16] I WAS JUST TALKING TO RICK ABOUT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN
[00:53:19] THE 18 CAMPAIGN WAS GETTING
[00:53:22] PEOPLE AROUND THE STATE TO REALIZE THAT, YES, THIS COULD
[00:53:24] HAPPEN IF WE DON'T GET OUT AND WORK.
[00:53:27] WE COULD ELECT SOMEONE LIKE
[00:53:29] STACY ABRAMS OR KEISHA LANCE
[00:53:32] BOTTOMS. SO WE COULD NOT TAKE ANYTHING
[00:53:36] FOR GRANTED. WE CANNOT RELY ON PAST
[00:53:40] SUCCESSES.
[00:53:42] WE HAVE TO WORK HARD EVERY DAY,
[00:53:44] JUST LIKE WE DID BACK IN 2018
[00:53:47] AND JUST LIKE WE DID BACK IN
[00:53:50] 2002.
[00:53:54] AND 2044. AND 2006 WHEN THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY CAME TO REALITY IN THE
[00:53:57] STATE. WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT SAME KIND
[00:54:01] OF WORK ETHIC. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET
[00:54:04] YOUR FAMILY IS IN YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR COWORKERS AND THE
[00:54:07] PEOPLE YOU ARE WORSHIPING WITH,
[00:54:11] ENGAGED WITH THE JACKSON CAMPAIGN.
[00:54:15] ASK THEM TO KNOCK ON DOORS AND
[00:54:18] WRITE POSTCARDS AND MAKE PHONE CALLS AND GET THE VOTE OUT.
[00:54:21] WE HAVE 72 DAYS TO GO.
[00:54:22] WE HAVE TO KEEP SHOPPING UNTIL NOVEMBER THE THIRD.
[00:54:25] AND WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT YOU
[00:54:36] WILL WELCOME OUR NEXT GOVERNOR, THE 84TH GOVERNOR.
[00:54:39] MY FRIEND IN OUR NEXT GOVERNOR,
[00:54:42] RICK JACKSON.
[00:54:48] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪.
[00:55:26] >> THANK YOU.
[00:55:28] THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
[00:55:32] GOVERNOR, THANK YOU FOR THE EXAMPLE YOU HAVE SET FOR OUR
[00:55:34] STATE.
[00:55:43] BRIAN CAMP HAS SHOWN GEORGIA WHAT STRONG CHARACTER IN PUBLIC
[00:55:45] OFFICE LOOKS LIKE.
[00:55:49] WHEN THE PRESSURE WAS GREAT, HE
[00:55:55] STOOD FIRM. HE MADE THE TOUGH CALLS AND KEPT
[00:55:57] HIS WORD AND PUT GEORGIA FIRST.
[00:56:02] [CHEERING] [APPLAUSE].
[00:56:07] >> I SAID WE SHOULD BUILD A MONUMENT FOR YOU FOR WHAT YOU
[00:56:11] DID DURING COVID.
[00:56:12] AND, I MEAN, IT.
[00:56:17] THE GOVERNOR HAS BUILT A LEGACY
[00:56:20] OF LEADERSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP THAT HAS GIVEN GEORGIA A STRONG
[00:56:24] FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE.
[00:56:27] AS GEORGIA'S NEXT GOVERNOR, I
[00:56:29] WILL BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION AND MAKE SURE THAT GEORGIA'S
[00:56:33] BEST DAYS ARE STILL AHEAD.
[00:56:41] GOVERNOR, YOU AND MARTY HAVE
[00:56:43] SERVED GEORGIA WITH STRENGTH AND HUMILITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP,
[00:56:47] YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR SERVICE
[00:56:50] THROUGH OUR STAY.
[00:56:56] [APPLAUSE] BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
[00:57:02] TAXES AND BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOLS, BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
[00:57:04] HEALTHCARE AND BEFORE WE TALK
[00:57:08] ABOUT ANY PLAN FOR GEORGIA'S FUTURE, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
[00:57:11] WHAT MATTERS MOST.
[00:57:13] CHARACTER.
[00:57:21] A CAMPAIGN CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE. A RECORD SHOWS WHO YOU REALLY
[00:57:24] ARE.
[00:57:29] POWER DOES NOT CREATE CHARACTER.
[00:57:31] IT REVEALS IT.
[00:57:34] AND WHEN THE MONEY BELONGS TO TAXPAYERS AND YOUR DECISIONS
[00:57:38] IMPACT THE LIVES OF OTHERS,
[00:57:39] CHARACTER MATTERS.
[00:57:46] THAT IS THE CHOICE IN THE
[00:57:51] SELECTION. NOT PERSONALITY. NOT POLITICS AS USUAL. BUT CHARACTER.
[00:57:55] AND THE FAIREST WAY TO JUDGE CHARACTER IS SIMPLE.
[00:57:57] YOU ARE WHO YOUR RECORD SAYS YOU
[00:58:00] ARE.
[00:58:04] MY RECORD BEGAN LONG BEFORE I
[00:58:05] THOUGHT ABOUT POLITICS.
[00:58:09] BY THE ODDS, I WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. NOT ON THE STAGE.
[00:58:12] NOT RUNNING TO BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. NOT HERE TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR
[00:58:16] VOTE. I NEVER MET MY FATHER.
[00:58:18] MY MOTHER WAS A WAITRESS THAT BATTLED ALCOHOLISM.
[00:58:21] I GREW UP IN THE PROJECTS IN
[00:58:25] ATLANTA. I HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT STEPFATHERS BEFORE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. I LIVED IN FIVE DIFFERENT FOSTER
[00:58:29] HOMES. AND WENT TO 13 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
[00:58:33] THERE WERE TOO MANY DAYS TO
[00:58:33] COUNT WHEN THE FUTURE FELT LIKE
[00:58:37] SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO OTHER PEOPLE. BUT THOSE HARD YEARS TAUGHT ME
[00:58:41] WHERE TO TURN.
[00:58:42] I LEARNED TO LEAN ON MY FACE.
[00:58:51] BY FAITH.
[00:59:09] A FAITH THAT DOES NOT MAKE CHALLENGES DISAPPEAR.
[00:59:12] IT DOES GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO FACE THEM. AND IT TAUGHT ME TO KEEP GOING
[00:59:16] AND TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, EVEN
[00:59:18] WHEN IT IS HARD.
[00:59:21] AND THE TRUST THAT GOD HAD A
[00:59:22] PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE.
[00:59:31] THAT FAITH HAS GUIDED ME THROUGH EVERY CHAPTER OF MY LIFE.
[00:59:33] AND THE LESSONS THOSE YEARS
[00:59:35] TAUGHT ME HAVE NEVER LEFT ME.
[00:59:39] OUR TIMES DO NOT TO FIND YOU BUT THEY DO TEST YOU.
[00:59:43] THEY CAN BUILD YOUR CHARACTER,
[00:59:44] FORTIFY YOUR BAGGAGE AND
[00:59:47] ULTIMATELY REVEAL WHO YOU REALLY
[00:59:48] ARE AT YOUR CORE.
[00:59:52] BECAUSE CHARACTER IS NOT PROVEN WHEN EVERYTHING IS EASY.
[00:59:55] IT IS REVEALED WHEN THE PRESSURE
[00:59:57] IS THE GREATEST.
[01:00:01] [APPLAUSE]
[01:00:05] WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH, THE
[01:00:09] EASIEST THING TO DO IS TO TAKE A SHORTCUT, SHIFT THE BLAME, PUT
[01:00:13] YOURSELF FIRST OR SIMPLY JUST WALK AWAY.
[01:00:17] STRONG CHARACTER MEANS DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT IS THE HARDEST THING TO DO.
[01:00:21] [APPLAUSE]
[01:00:26] EVERY GOVERNOR WILL FACE CRISIS,
[01:00:30] JUST LIKE GOVERNOR CAP HAS --
[01:00:34] EMERGENCIES, MOMENTS NO ONE CAN PREDICT. WHEN THOSE MOMENTS COME,
[01:00:37] GEORGIANS WILL NEVER HAVE TO
[01:00:40] WONDER WHERE I AM.
[01:00:44] I WILL MEET THEM WITH INTEGRITY AND RESOLVE. I HAVE SPENT MY LIFE RUNNING
[01:00:48] TOWARD PROBLEMS AND STAYING
[01:00:51] UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE. [APPLAUSE]
[01:00:58] HA