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[00:00:53] WITH TEN WEEKS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY 2026, WE'RE JOINED ONCE AGAIN BY JIM ANTLE.
[00:00:57] HE SERVES AS EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE.
[00:01:01] JIM ANTLE, WHO DO YOU THINK WINS TODAY IN SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THE RIGHT TO REPRESENT REPUBLICANS
[00:01:04] ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER FOR LINDSEY GRAHAM'S OLD SEAT?
[00:01:08] YEAH, IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. I MEAN, DARLENE GRAHAM, SHE WON
[00:01:12] THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING, BUT
[00:01:15] AS WE SAW IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, THE PERSON WHO WINS THE
[00:01:18] FIRST ROUND DOESN'T NECESSARILY IN THE RUNOFF.
[00:01:20] AND SHE'S HAD A TOUGH WEEK OR
[00:01:23] SO, PARTICULARLY AFTER HER DEBATE PERFORMANCE.
[00:01:28] THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER HER LEVEL OF
[00:01:32] EXPERIENCE IS SUITED FOR SERVING IN THAT SENATE SEAT.
[00:01:35] SHE CLEARLY HAS A LOT OF HER
[00:01:37] BROTHER'S STAFF STILL WITH HER, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE AN
[00:01:43] INTERESTING AND IT'S ALSO A TEST
[00:01:44] OF OF TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT POWER.
[00:01:47] HE IS SUPPORTING HER.
[00:01:49] HE ENCOURAGED HER TO RUN FOR THE FULL SIX YEAR TERM RATHER THAN
[00:01:52] JUST BEING SORT OF A PLACEHOLDER
[00:01:56] IN THAT SENATE SEAT AFTER HER BROTHER'S DEATH.
[00:02:00] SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER HE CAN
[00:02:02] PULL HER ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL TEST. SHE'S HAD A TOUGH WEEK.
[00:02:06] WHY DO YOU THINK HE ENDORSED HER
[00:02:08] IF RALPH NORMAN WINS TONIGHT? WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE
[00:02:12] STRENGTH OF A DONALD TRUMP ENDORSING?
[00:02:15] AND AS WE GET THIS FAR INTO HIS SECOND TERM?
[00:02:18] SO I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN HE ENDORSES LOYALISTS WHO ARE NOT
[00:02:21] NECESSARILY THE STRONGEST CANDIDATES, YOU KNOW, HIS
[00:02:25] ENDORSEMENT IS IMPORTANT, BUT
[00:02:26] IT'S NOT NECESSARILY DECISIVE IF
[00:02:30] IT'S NOT NECESSARILY YOU KNOW,
[00:02:34] IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY DETERMINE THE FUTURE, BUT YOU DRAFT AS A
[00:02:38] REPUBLICAN YOU'D RATHER HAVE IT THAN NOT. I THINK HE SAW IT AS A TRIBUTE
[00:02:42] TO THE LATE SENATOR LINDSEY
[00:02:45] GRAHAM, WHO WAS A CLOSE ALLY OF THIS WHITE HOUSE.
[00:02:48] I, I THINK THAT HE THOUGHT IT
[00:02:51] WAS A, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A WAY
[00:02:56] OF PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIM AND HIS LEGACY.
[00:03:00] ALSO. I THINK, YOU KNOW, RALPH NORMAN
[00:03:02] IS A PARTICULAR REALLY STRINGENT
[00:03:06] MEMBER OF THE FREEDOM CAUCUS. I THINK THE PRESIDENT PROBABLY
[00:03:09] DOESN'T WANT TOO MANY OF THOSE TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THE SENATE.
[00:03:13] HE WANTS PEOPLE WHO ARE COOPERATIVE. HE WANTS PEOPLE WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE
[00:03:17] ADMINISTRATION'S AGENDA, AND HE WANTS PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR FOUR BILLS AND CLOSE
[00:03:22] CALLS. AND MAYBE HE DOESN'T THINK THAT NORMAL WOULD DO THAT. WE ARE TEN WEEKS FROM ELECTION
[00:03:27] DAY. THE ISSUES ON THE FRONT PAGES
[00:03:29] ARE TRADE WAR WITH CANADA, NEW SANCTIONS.
[00:03:33] THIS LATEST ATTEMPT TO CREATE SOME MOVEMENT IN THE ONGOING
[00:03:37] CONFLICT, IRAN. LAST WEEK IT WAS CROSSING THE
[00:03:41] $40 TRILLION DEBT THRESHOLD.
[00:03:43] ARE THESE THE ISSUES AND PLACES THAT REPUBLICANS WANT TO BE?
[00:03:47] TWO MONTHS AND TWO WEEKS TO ELECTION DAY? NO.
[00:03:50] I MEAN, I THINK THE DEFINING ISSUE OF THIS ELECTION IS GOING
[00:03:54] TO BE AFFORDABILITY, JUST AS IT WAS IN 2024 AND 2025.
[00:03:59] SO FOR THE FOCUS TO BE ON
[00:04:01] TARIFFS, FOR THE FOCUS TO BE ON HOW BIG THE DEBT IS GETTING TO
[00:04:05] FOR THE FOCUS TO BE ON HOW HIGH INTEREST RATES ARE GOING TO
[00:04:08] REMAIN AND FOR IT TO BE ON A FOREIGN WAR.
[00:04:11] NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE REPUBLICANS WANT TO BE. BUT THAT HAPPENS TO BE WHERE
[00:04:15] THEY ARE. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT ON THAT TERRAIN.
[00:04:19] AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GOING TO TRY
[00:04:23] TO TO GET REPUBLICANS TO STAY
[00:04:26] THE COURSE ON. IRAN. HE'S GOING TO SHIFT THE FOCUS
[00:04:30] AWAY FROM MAYBE KINETIC MILITARY
[00:04:32] ACTIONS TOWARDS THIS IDEA OF
[00:04:35] MAXIMIZING ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT.
[00:04:39] BUT OBVIOUSLY, THAT DOES COME AT
[00:04:41] SOME COST TO AMERICAN CONSUMERS. WELL, AND CERTAINLY ACCESS TO
[00:04:45] THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS KEEPING
[00:04:48] GAS AND OIL PRICES HIGHER.
[00:04:51] THE NEW IDEALLY LIKELY TO BE, IF YOU'RE REPUBLICANS DEFENDING
[00:04:54] YOUR NARROW CONGRESS MAJORITIES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A
[00:04:58] LOT OF VOTERS WHO WHO WANT THE PRESIDENT'S FOCUS TO BE
[00:05:02] SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN WHERE IT IS. BUT THIS IS WHERE THINGS ARE AT RIGHT NOW.
[00:05:06] YOU WROTE ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK. DOES ANYBODY CARE ABOUT $40
[00:05:10] TRILLION IN DEBT THAT THE UNITED STATES IS CURRENTLY IN AND
[00:05:12] COUNTING, I SHOULD SAY, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, 30 PLUS YEARS
[00:05:16] AGO, THE DEFICIT WAS A MAJOR
[00:05:18] POLITICAL ISSUE AND WE DID HAVE
[00:05:20] A SHORT LIVED BALANCED BUDGET AT
[00:05:23] THE END OF THE NINETIES, THE BEGINNING OF THE 2000 DIDN'T
[00:05:28] LAST VERY LONG, BUT AT THAT
[00:05:30] TIME, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT IT AND IT WAS A LOT
[00:05:34] SMALLER THAN IT IS TODAY HERE WITH $40 TRILLION NASH OLD DEBT
[00:05:37] THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE QUITE THE SAME URGENCY REALLY IN
[00:05:41] EITHER PARTY. BUT I MEAN, A BIG PART OF IT IS
[00:05:45] AND IN THE EARLIER PART.
[00:05:49] OF THIS CENTURY, INTEREST RATES WERE LOW. AND SO THE COST OF SERVICING THE
[00:05:51] DEBT WAS RELATIVELY LOW.
[00:05:54] NOW IT'S A LOT HIGHER. IT'S CROWDING OUT A LOT OF PARTS
[00:05:58] OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET THAT I THINK VOTERS WANT.
[00:06:01] SO THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS TO
[00:06:04] HAVE A REAL ECONOMIC IMPACT,
[00:06:07] WHICH IT DIDN'T REALLY HAVE EARLIER, OR, YOU KNOW, IN THE
[00:06:12] YEARS PRIOR, IS MUCH HIGHER. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF THAT
[00:06:16] MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF HOW VARIOUS POLITICAL ACTORS RESPOND TO IT.
[00:06:20] JIM ANTLE IS OUR GUEST THIS MORNING.
[00:06:22] A GOOD GUY TO TALK POLITICS WITH AND A GOOD DAY TO DO IT.
[00:06:25] WE'RE ABOUT SEVEN DAYS FROM
[00:06:28] ELECTION DAY, TEN WEEKS, TWO MONTHS, TWO WEEKS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SLICE IT.
[00:06:32] GIVE US A CALL. PHONE LINES ARE OPEN.
[00:06:35] REPUBLICANS 202748 8001.
[00:06:38] DEMOCRATS 202748 8000
[00:06:41] INDEPENDENTS 202748 8000. TO JIM ANSEL WRITES FOR THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE.
[00:06:45] WHAT ARE YOU WRITING ABOUT THIS WEEK? SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE
[00:06:49] GOING TO REMAIN PRETTY HEAVILY FOCUSED ON THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
[00:06:53] WE'VE GOT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 911 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN
[00:06:57] THE UNITED STATES COMING UP.
[00:06:58] SO WHAT IS THAT MEANT FOR DOMESTIC POLITICS?
[00:07:02] WHAT DOES THAT MEANT FOR
[00:07:03] AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD?
[00:07:07] YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY
[00:07:09] SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE AND IT
[00:07:13] FEELS LIKE QUITE A LONG TIME AGO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOU
[00:07:17] KNOW, IN THE DAYS AFTER 911, IT
[00:07:19] WOULDN'T HAVE SEEMED LIKELY THAT
[00:07:21] ZORAN MAMDANI WOULD HAVE BEEN MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY.
[00:07:24] BUT HE IS. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR
[00:07:28] BOTH, YOU KNOW, FOR NEW YORK
[00:07:30] CITY AND FOR POLITICS
[00:07:34] NATIONALLY, AS YOU SEE THIS ASCENDANCE OF THE SOCIALIST WING
[00:07:38] OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, WHERE
[00:07:40] DO YOU SEE THE SOCIALIST WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
[00:07:43] HOW DO YOU SEE IT PERFORMING IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS? OBVIOUSLY, A PRIMARY IS
[00:07:48] DIFFERENT THAN A GENERAL
[00:07:50] ELECTION OF THE CANDIDATES THAT
[00:07:52] WHERE WE SAW SURPRISES THAT THE
[00:07:55] SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS DID WELL IN THIS PRIMARY SEASON.
[00:07:57] WHO SHOULD REPUBLICAN BE MOST WORRIED ABOUT?
[00:08:00] SO I, I THINK ALL OF THE THE SOCIALISTS WHO WON HOUSE
[00:08:05] PRIMARIES ARE GOING TO DO WELL. THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THEIR ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL IN
[00:08:09] DEEP BLUE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. SO THE REAL QUESTION IS GOING TO
[00:08:13] BE HOW SOME OF THESE SENATE CANDIDATES FARE.
[00:08:15] YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AT LEAST
[00:08:18] SOCIALIST ADJACENT CANDIDATES IN
[00:08:21] IN MICHIGAN AND IN MAINE AND IN MINNESOTA.
[00:08:25] SO HOW DO THEY DO? YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE SETBACK
[00:08:27] IN WISCONSIN FOR THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IN THE GUBERNATORIAL, BUT
[00:08:31] THEY'VE DONE WELL OVERALL IN IN
[00:08:35] DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. AND THE THEY'VE BEATEN SOME
[00:08:39] ENTRENCHED INCUMBENTS IN HOUSE RACES.
[00:08:42] SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THIS
[00:08:44] HAS MADE SOME OF THE BLUE STATE
[00:08:46] SENATE RACES MORE COMPETITIVE THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE
[00:08:50] BEEN WITH, YOU KNOW, SAFER DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES,
[00:08:53] PARTICULARLY GIVEN THAT THIS IS A LIKELY TO BE A PRETTY GOOD
[00:08:57] DEMOCRATIC YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT TO
[00:09:01] WIN A SENATE RACE IN MICHIGAN,
[00:09:04] YOU KNOW, SUSAN COLLINS IS ALWAYS BEEN A TOUGH OUT FOR
[00:09:08] DEMOCRATS WHEN THEY'VE TRIED TO CHALLENGE HER. AND SHE'S GENERALLY OUTPERFORMED
[00:09:12] HER POLL NUMBERS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO
[00:09:14] HAVE PRETTY BIG 2028 IMPLICATIONS AS WELL, BECAUSE,
[00:09:18] YOU KNOW, IF IF THE SOCIALIST CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING IN
[00:09:21] THE BATTLEGROUND STATES, IF THEY
[00:09:23] DO WELL, THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY
[00:09:27] BOON FOR, SAY, ALEXANDRIA OR
[00:09:31] CORTEZ OR ANY SOCIALIST TO DECIDES TO RUN FOR THE
[00:09:34] DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. WHEREAS IF THEY DON'T DO WELL,
[00:09:38] IF IF A NUMBER OF THEM LOSE OR IF THEIR THEIR RACES ARE REALLY
[00:09:44] DEMOCRATS. SO ELECTABILITY CONCERNS WOULD PROBABLY BE BECOME A REALLY BIG
[00:09:49] PROBLEM FOR THAT WING OF THE PARTY. WHOEVER DECIDES TO BE THEIR
[00:09:51] PRESIDENTIAL STANDARD BEARER. AS WE COME TO THE END OF THE SUMMER.
[00:09:55] DO YOU THINK DEMOCRATS HAVE IMPROVED THEIR CHANCES OF TAKING
[00:09:59] THE SENATE OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST THREE MONTHS?
[00:10:04] I DON'T I WOULDN'T SAY THEY'VE IMPROVED THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE
[00:10:09] NOMINATED SOME CANDIDATES THAT I
[00:10:11] THINK MAKE SOME OF THESE BLUE
[00:10:13] STATE SENATE RACES LESS CERTAIN THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE
[00:10:17] BEEN. BUT THEY'RE STILL IN A PRETTY
[00:10:19] GOOD POSITION AND THEY SEEM TO
[00:10:22] BE WELL, EVEN IN SOME OF THE RED
[00:10:25] STATES WHERE WE HAVE SENATORS UP.
[00:10:27] SO, YOU KNOW, THEY MOSTLY GOT
[00:10:31] THE NOMINEES THEY WANTED AND ARE
[00:10:34] POLLING PRETTY WELL IN PLACES
[00:10:36] LIKE ALASKA, IOWA, OHIO,
[00:10:40] CERTAINLY NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA. YOU KNOW, GEORGIA, THEY'RE
[00:10:44] THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLD A SEAT IN NORTH CAROLINA. THEY'RE TRYING TO PICK UP ONE.
[00:10:49] YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD PLACE.
[00:10:52] BUT THEY DO HAVE A VERY TOUGH SENATE MAP.
[00:10:54] AND THEN TO HAVE PLACES LIKE MICHIGAN AND MAINE REALLY NOT BE
[00:10:58] A SURE FIRE OR DEMOCRATIC HOLDS
[00:11:02] PICKUPS IS IS PUTS THEM IN A
[00:11:06] SOMEWHAT TOUGHER SPOT. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW,
[00:11:09] THEY'RE CLEARLY FAVORED TO TO
[00:11:11] RETAKE THE HOUSE, BUT THE SENATE, IN MY VIEW, REMAINS A TOSS UP.
[00:11:15] WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STRATEGY OF OF CLEARING THE ROAD
[00:11:18] ESSENTIALLY FOR INDEPENDENTS IN
[00:11:20] PLACES LIKE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA?
[00:11:23] I MEAN, IT'S CERTAINLY SOMEBODY
[00:11:27] WITH A DEMOCRATIC LABEL IS NOT GOING TO DO WELL. I MEAN, THOSE ARE REPUBLICAN
[00:11:31] STATES. THIS GIVES THEM A BETTER CHANCE.
[00:11:34] OBVIOUSLY, IT LOOKS LIKE A
[00:11:36] LITTLE BIT OF SHENANIGANS AND
[00:11:38] CHICANERY, PERHAPS, BECAUSE, YOU
[00:11:42] KNOW, YOU HAVE THESE DEMOCRATS
[00:11:44] WHO ARE NOT RUNNING AS DEMOCRATS. YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS GOING TO
[00:11:48] BOTHER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VOTERS. BUT, YES, CLEARLY THAT IS
[00:11:53] STRATEGICALLY SOUNDER AND WE'LL HAVE SEE HOW THAT PANS OUT.
[00:11:56] I DON'T EXPECT IT THAT THAT MANY OF THOSE CANDIDATES WILL WIN.
[00:12:00] BUT BUT IT OBVIOUSLY MAKES REPUBLICANS SWEAT AND IT ALSO
[00:12:03] MAKES THEM HAVE TO SPEND MONEY IN STATES WHERE THEY WOULD THEY WOULD RATHER NOT.
[00:12:07] WE'RE CHATTING WITH JIM ANTLE THIS MORNING. ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK POLITICS WITH HIM.
[00:12:11] PHONE LINES ARE AS USUAL.
[00:12:13] DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS.
[00:12:16] AND THEY ARE OPEN FOR YOU TO CALL IN. AND ED IS IN CLARKSBURG, WEST
[00:12:21] VIRGINIA. INDEPENDENT. ED, GO AHEAD. YES.
[00:12:25] UH OH. NINE, EIGHT. ONE YEARS OLD.
[00:12:30] FIRST TIME I VOTED WAS IN 19.
[00:12:34] AND, UH, I'LL I'LL CHANGE MY POLITICS THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND
[00:12:38] VOTED FOR MY PRESIDENT THAT I DEARLY LOVED.
[00:12:42] JOHN F KENNEDY. I VOTED TILL 19.
[00:12:48] SUDDEN THE EIGHT. I QUIT VOTING.
[00:12:51] I NEVER VOTED UNTIL THE LAST ELECTION.
[00:12:55] I VOTED AND I'M AN INDEPENDENT.
[00:12:58] I VOTED BECAUSE THE DEMOCRAT SUPPORT, THE ONE.
[00:13:02] NO, NO, THAT JOE BIDEN BELIEVE.
[00:13:07] GET OUT THERE AND RUN. AND ARE YOU GOING TO. ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER?
[00:13:12] UH, YEAH. I HAVE THE RIGHT WHEN I VOTE, I'M STILL BACK.
[00:13:15] ANOTHER ROUND BECAUSE I'M SAYING
[00:13:18] ANYBODY I LIKE, THEY'RE ALL
[00:13:22] LIKE, I CAN'T VOTE IN THE
[00:13:24] PRIMARY IS ANYWAY I'M THEN, UH,
[00:13:30] AND NOW I'M OFF MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT GOES I'M NOT EVEN ONE YEARS OLD. THAT'S OKAY.
[00:13:34] THANKS FOR CALLING IN. THAT'S ED IN WEST VIRGINIA.
[00:13:36] ED CERTAINLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE MIDTERMS AFTER NOT VOTING
[00:13:40] FOR A LONG TIME. IT SPEAKS TO THE QUESTION OF
[00:13:44] TURNOUT IN A MIDTERM VERSUS THE
[00:13:46] PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
[00:13:48] ED CAME BACK TO VOTE FOR SURE, MEAN TURNOUT WILL BE LOWER.
[00:13:52] TURNOUT GENERALLY LOWER IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
[00:13:55] BUT IT CERTAINLY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TURN OUT.
[00:13:58] AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
[00:14:00] EXCUSE ME, MIDTERM ELECTIONS
[00:14:02] TEND TO GO BADLY FOR THE PARTY THAT CONTROLS THE WHITE HOUSE IS
[00:14:06] THAT THEIR VOTERS TEND TO BE
[00:14:08] EITHER COMPLACENT OR DEMORALIZED BY THAT TIME.
[00:14:11] AND THEN THE VOTERS FOR THE
[00:14:13] OTHER PARTY ARE ANGRY AND THEY'RE REALLY MOTIVATED TO TURN OUT.
[00:14:17] SO THAT EVEN A PART FROM ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING
[00:14:21] ON RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO OUR OUR NATIONAL CONDITIONS
[00:14:24] AND SPECIFIC TRUMP SPECIFIC TO
[00:14:26] THE POSITION OF THE REPUBLICAN
[00:14:28] PARTY, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IF YOU'RE THE PARTY IN POWER TO
[00:14:34] MOTIVATE YOUR PEOPLE TO TURN OUT, WHEREAS THE PEOPLE WHO WANT
[00:14:37] TO VOTE AGAINST YOU ARE VERY PRIMED TO SHOW UP AND VOTE.
[00:14:41] IN TERMS OF THE MECHANICS OF VOTING, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT IN OUR FIRST SEGMENT.
[00:14:45] THE WASHINGTON JOURNAL. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ON
[00:14:50] MAIL IN BALLOTING? THE SUPREME COURT'S MOVE
[00:14:52] YESTERDAY TO, AT LEAST FOR NOW, ALLOW THAT ORDER TO MOVE
[00:14:56] FORWARD. IT COULD CAUSE DEMOCRATS ARE
[00:14:59] SAYING, A LOT OF CHAOS BEFORE ELECTION DAY. WE'RE JUST TEN WEEKS FROM
[00:15:02] ELECTION AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE WAY MAIL IN BALLOTS
[00:15:06] ARE SENT OUT AND HOW THE POSTAL SERVICE DEALS WITH THOSE BALLOTS.
[00:15:10] YEAH, I MEAN, IT IT IT DEPENDING ON HOW CLOSE SOME OF THESE
[00:15:14] ELECTIONS ARE, THIS COULD BECOME A REAL ISSUE.
[00:15:17] I MEAN, IF IF THERE ARE
[00:15:19] ELECTIONS THAT HINGE ON ON THE
[00:15:21] MAIL IN BALLOTS, THAT THEN YOU
[00:15:25] COULD YOU'RE GOING TO LEAD THIS HERE AND TAKE YOU LIVE NOW TO THE WHITE HOUSE, WHERE AN
[00:15:28] ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL IS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS. YOU'RE WATCHING LIVE COVERAGE
[00:15:32] JUST A SECOND. TREE NUTS ARE GOING TO BE UP. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL. AND MORE DEALS ARE BEING
[00:15:37] NEGOTIATED TO IT AS WE GO. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEVEL SET THAT, FIRST OF ALL,
[00:15:40] THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS REOPENED
[00:15:42] THE WORLD TO AMERICA AND GOODS.
[00:15:44] AND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL GOODS, WHICH IS PART OF THE THE BIG
[00:15:50] REASON AND SOLUTION THAT WE NEED FOR OUR FARMERS AND RANCHERS WITH REGARDS TO CANADA, THE
[00:15:54] PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF
[00:15:57] THAT THE WAY THEY TREAT OUR DAIRY FARMERS IN AMERICA IS JUST
[00:16:02] NOT IT IS NOT GOING TO CONTINUE ANY LONGER THAT THE INTENT OF
[00:16:06] THE USMCA AND IN OTHER DEALS
[00:16:09] THAT WENT WENT WAS THAT OUR
[00:16:11] AMERICAN DAIRY FARMERS WOULD BE TREATED AS THEY DESERVE TO BE
[00:16:15] TREATED. AND IN FACT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE WAY THAT CANADA IS
[00:16:19] APPLYING IS SOMETIMES A 200,
[00:16:22] 300% EXTRA TARIFF ON MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS GOING INTO
[00:16:26] CANADA. SO I KNOW I LISTEN, I DON'T WANT TO GO MUCH DEEPER THAN THAT
[00:16:30] BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE PRESIDENT OR OUR INCREDIBLE TRADE REP.
[00:16:32] JAMISON GROWERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. BUT FROM AN AGRICULTURE
[00:16:36] PERSPECTIVE AND SPECIFICALLY TO OUR DAIRY FARMERS, THE
[00:16:40] IMPORTANCE THAT THAT WE ARE BATTLING FOR YOU, BATTLING FOR
[00:16:43] THAT EXIT ACCESS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE OPENING UP THE
[00:16:45] MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD, WHICH WE ARE, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE TREATED FAIRLY BY
[00:16:50] COUNTRIES LIKE CANADA. THANK YOU BOTH FOR SHARING YOUR ISLANDS. YOU'VE CERTAINLY SEEN THE
[00:16:54] REACTIONS, THE SUSPENSION OF TARIFFS ON GROUND BEEF FROM REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THIS IS THE
[00:16:58] WRONGE.