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00:00:42HOST: TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
00:00:4612. THE SHOCKING WIN IN THE WISCONSIN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
00:00:50RACE FOR GOVERNOR.
00:00:55A 14 TERM INCUMBENT OUSTED FOR A YOUNGER CANDIDATE IN CONNECTICUT
00:00:59AND A MIXED RESULT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENTS.
00:01:02THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF ANOTHER
00:01:05MAJOR PRIMARY NIGHT IN AMERICA AFTER A HALF DOZEN STATES POLLS
00:01:09CLOSED LAST NIGHT. FROM NOW WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
00:01:13WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN MOTIVATORS WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING IN THE
00:01:17MIDTERM ELECTIONS THIS NOVEMBER. HERE IS HOW YOU JOIN THE CONVERSATION.
00:01:21REPUBLICANS, YOUR LINE,
00:01:22202-748-8001.
00:01:26DEMOCRATS, YOUR LINE, 202-748-8000.
00:01:30INDEPENDENTS, YOUR LINE, 202-748-8002. YOU CAN REACH US BY TEXT AT
00:01:34202-748-8003.
00:01:39INCLUDE YOUR FIRST NAME, CITY AND STATE AND YOU CAN FIND US ON
00:01:43SOCIAL MEDIA.
00:01:45OUR FACEBOOK IS FACEBOOK GOT --
00:01:48FACEBOOK.COM/C-SPAN.
00:01:52IT'S THE MORNING AFTER ANOTHER INTERESTING PRIMARY NIGHT IN
00:01:56AMERICA WERE DEMOCRATS FACED
00:01:59QUESTIONS ON AGE, ESTABLISHMENT VERSUS PROGRESSIVE, IMMIGRATION,
00:02:02AND DONALD TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT
00:02:05FOUND PERHAPS ITS LIMITS. HERE TO BREAK EVERYTHING DOWN
00:02:08FOR US IS KIRK BETO, AUTHOR OF
00:02:13NEWSLETTER HOTLINE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING.
00:02:15GUEST: HAPPY TO BE HERE, WHAT A BUFFET OF OPTIONS TO TALK ABOUT
00:02:19TODAY. HOST: I COULD HAVE YOU ON HERE
00:02:23FOR SIX HOURS TO BREAK DOWN THE RESULTS. LET'S START WITH WISCONSIN, ONE
00:02:27OF THE SIX STATES THAT HELD THEIR PRIMARY ELECTION LAST
00:02:30NIGHT.
00:02:33WISCONSIN LEFTIST CANDIDATES
00:02:36WERE LOOKING FOR A BIG WIN AND IN WISCONSIN THOUGH THAT DID NOT
00:02:40QUITE HAPPEN. BREAK IT DOWN FOR US.
00:02:41GUEST: THIS RACE WITH TONY
00:02:48DEVERS WHO DECIDE NOT TO SEEK A NEXT TERM WAS AN ABSOLUTE MESS
00:02:52ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. YOU WOULD CANDIDATES DROPPING OUT AND COMING BACK IN, A
00:02:56CANDIDATE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE FRONT RUNNER ENDED UP
00:03:00DROPPING OUT BECAUSE HER FINANCES WEREN'T IN ORDER. THIS WAS A REAL MESS ESPECIALLY
00:03:04ON THE MODERATE SIDE. FRANCESCA HOME WHO A VERY
00:03:08PROGRESSIVE LAWMAKER SHE WAS THE FAVORITE GOING IN.
00:03:12ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PUBLIC POLL
00:03:14HAD LEADING BY AT LEAST FIVE
00:03:17POINTS. SOME AS MANY AS DOUBLE DIGITS WHICH SENT OFF MODERATES
00:03:20SCRAMBLING TO TRY AND COALESCE
00:03:22AROUND AN ALTERNATIVE.
00:03:26FRANCESCA HUNG UP THE NOMINATION -- THERE WAS A LOT OF WORRIES ABOUT DEMOCRATS THAT SHE WOULD
00:03:30PUT THE SEAT AND PLAY IN NOVEMBER TO REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT
00:03:34REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE TOM TIFFANY.
00:03:38EVERY PUBLIC POLLING SAID GOING INTO LAST NIGHT HAD FRENCH IS
00:03:42GONE WINNING PRETTY COMFORTABLY EVEN AS NATIONAL PROGRESSIVES
00:03:46LIKE AOC, BERNIE SANDERS KEPT HER AT A DISTANCE BECAUSE IT
00:03:50DIDN'T SEEM SHE WAS QUITE READY FOR PRIME TIME.
00:03:52WHEN POLLS CLOSED WE SOUGHT MUCH
00:03:56CLOSER THAN EXPECTED RACE WITH
00:03:57MODERATE DAVID CROWLEY, HE GOT
00:04:02TONY DEVERS ENDORSE. DOING REALLY WELL EARLY THIS
00:04:05MORNING THE AP CALLED THE RACE
00:04:07FOR HIM. IT IS STILL WITHIN LESS THAN A
00:04:10POINT. I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF FRANCESCA HUNG DOESN'T SUGGEST
00:04:14AFTER A RECOUNT. THIS IS A HUGE LOSS FOR THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT AND A HUGE
00:04:18WIN FOR THE MORE ESTABLISHMENT MODERATE WING OF THE PARTY WHICH
00:04:22IS BEEN BEAT UP SO MUCH IN RECENT PRIMARIES. HOST: A CONVERSATION THAT WAS
00:04:26HAPPENING WHETHER OR NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT COULD STILL WIN.
00:04:28HERE THEY WILL USE THIS AS A
00:04:31DATA POINT SAYING THAT THEY CAN. YOU MENTIONED IT BRIEFLY BUT I
00:04:35WANT TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE? GUEST: THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WAS
00:04:39TOM TIFFANY FROM BUZZER TO BUZZER HERE.
00:04:43HE DIDN'T FACE ANY REAL COMPETITION. HE JUMPED IN EARLY ON.
00:04:47AND HAS BEEN BASICALLY RUNNING A GENERAL ELECTION FROM THE JUMP.
00:04:51HE'S BEEN DOING ADS ABOUT HOW HE
00:04:54IS THE MORE CENTRIST CANDIDATE. THAT HE'S THE ONE WHO'S TALKING
00:04:58ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. DAVE CRAWLEY IS A MUCH BETTER
00:05:02GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATE THAN FRANCESCA HONG BUT THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE A CAKEWALK FOR
00:05:06DEMOCRATS IN WISCONSIN.
00:05:08IT'S A SWING STATE IT WENT
00:05:11TOWARD PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER BIDEN CARRIED IT IN 2020.
00:05:14THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A
00:05:16SLAMDUNK JUST BECAUSE OF
00:05:19AGGRESSIVE DIDN'T WIN. THIS WILL BE A DRAGGING OUT RACE
00:05:22IN NOVEMBER. >> I WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS
00:05:25QUESTION OF POLLS BUT LET'S MOVE OVER TO MINNESOTA.
00:05:29GUEST: IT'S ALL BIG TENT COUNTRIES.
00:05:33HOST: I'M FROM THE MIDWEST.
00:05:37THIS AGAIN WE SAW A PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE FACING OFF AGAINST A
00:05:41MORE ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE AND HEAR THE ISSUE WAS ON
00:05:45IMMIGRATION. BREAK DOWN SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAPPENED?
00:05:47HOST: IN THE DEMOCRAT -- GUEST:
00:05:51IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY THAT
00:05:52WAS AGAINST PENNY FLANAGAN AND
00:05:57REPRESENTATIVE ANGIE WHO WAS REPRESENTING A SWING DISTRICT IN THE MINNEAPOLIS AREA.
00:06:01SHE WAS A MORE MODERATE LANE. NOW WHOEVER COMES OUT OF THIS
00:06:05PRIMARY GOING INTO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FAVORITE ON THE
00:06:09DEMOCRATIC SIDE REPUBLICANS NOMINATED A FORMER SPORTS
00:06:13BROADCASTER.
00:06:15PEGGY FLANAGAN FEEDS ON VOTERS
00:06:21ANGER IN MINNESOTA OVER OPERATION METRO SURGE. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER EARLIER
00:06:25THIS YEAR THIS WAS GROUND ZERO
00:06:28FOR TRUMP'S ENHANCED DEPORTATION MANDATE.
00:06:31IT REALLY FIRED UP VOTERS. YOU AFTER MEMBER THOSE IMAGES OF
00:06:35FEDERAL ICE AGENTS, PASSION --
00:06:39CLASHING WITH PROTESTERS IN THE STREET. WE SAW ACTIVISTS DIE AT THE
00:06:43HANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE.
00:06:48THOSE DEEP SCARS THAT ARE STILL
00:06:51FRESH FOR VOTERS WHO DO SODA. IT WAS THE BIG DIVIDING LINE.
00:06:55PEGGY FLANAGAN RAN AS THE
00:06:58ENFORCER AGAINST THE TRUMP
00:07:00ADMINISTRATION WANTING TO END
00:07:03SUPPORT FOR THE LAKEN RILEY ACT,
00:07:05RESOLUTIONS AND LEGISLATION.
00:07:09I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE
00:07:13TALK AGAIN IN FEBRUARY THAT ITS
00:07:16ANGIE CRAIG AND PEGGY FLANAGAN.
00:07:19YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER AMY
00:07:21KLOBUCHAR WALTZED INTO THE
00:07:24DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TO REPLACE TIM WALZ FOR GOVERNOR AND SHE'S
00:07:27GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK HER REPLACEMENT IN JANUARY.
00:07:30I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE TOP CANDIDATE TO FILL THAT SPOT
00:07:33WAS ANGIE CRAIG.
00:07:35HOST: ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE,
00:07:39DONALD TRUMP FACED SOMEWHAT OF A
00:07:41LOSS IN THE MINNESOTA GOVERNOR'S
00:07:45PRIMARY FOR REPUBLICANS. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A
00:07:49SECOND? GUEST: REPUBLICANS WANTED TO
00:07:52HAVE A PILLOW FIGHT IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE AFTER
00:07:56TRUMP-ENDORSED MIKE LINDELL THE FORMER CEO OF MYPILLOW IN ONE OF
00:08:00THE LEAD ELECTION CONSPIRACY THEORISTS IN THE COUNTRY.
00:08:03BUT HE CAME UP WAY SHORT HERE.
00:08:05INSTEAD IT'S THE STATE HOUSE SPEAKER WHO DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE
00:08:09ENDORSEMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN MINNESOTA.
00:08:13CAME OUT ON TOP.
00:08:17THEY WILL HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME IN MINNESOTA.
00:08:20THIS IS A RACE WHERE TIM WALZ
00:08:23DROPPED HIS REELECTION BID AFTER
00:08:26-- THERE WAS A SCANDAL INVOLVING
00:08:29MISAPPROPRIATION OF STATE FUNDS
00:08:31AND FRAUD ALLEGATIONS TO THESE
00:08:34CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WARRANT PROVIDING THE SERVICES
00:08:37THEY WERE PROMISED.
00:08:39THAT OPENED UP A LANE FOR REPUBLICANS. TIM WALZ WALKED AWAY AND AMY
00:08:43KLOBUCHAR WALKED RIGHT IN TO THE NOMINATION. .
00:08:47GUEST: HOST: ANOTHER RACE IN
00:08:52WHICH DONALD TRUMP PLAYED HEAVILY WAS THE SENATE GOP RACE
00:08:54IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
00:08:57WE KNOW THAT IS HEADED TO A RUNOFF. I WONDER WHAT YOU MADE OF THAT
00:09:01RACE AND DARLINE GRAHAM WHO TOOK
00:09:03THE ROLE OF A CANDIDATE AFTER
00:09:06HER BROTHER, THE LATE SENATOR
00:09:10LINDSEY GRAHAM, PASSED AWAY EARLIER THIS SUMMER.
00:09:12GUEST: I THINK WHAT WE ARE
00:09:15SEEING HERE IS WE HAVE TWO WEEKS
00:09:18SO THE RUNOFF IS GOING TO BE A REAL TEST FOR DARLENE.
00:09:22SHE IS SOMEONE WHO IS NEVER RUN FOR OFFICE BEFORE.
00:09:25HAS BEEN IN THE BACKGROUND SUPPORTING HER BROTHER.
00:09:29AROUND HIM BUT NEVER REALLY IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
00:09:32NOW THAT GLARE IS RIGHT ON HER. I THOUGHT WAS INTRUDING LAST
00:09:36NIGHT WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO PLAY FOR A RUNOFF HERE THE FIELD
00:09:39WOULD BE LARGE.
00:09:43NO ONE WAS GOING TO GET 50% PLUS ONE TO AVOID THAT.
00:09:46RALPH NORMAN, WHO IS THE
00:09:51LONGTIME REPRESENTATIVE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA CAME IN A CLOSE
00:09:55SECOND. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE ARE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION THAT
00:09:58WE WERE EARLIER THE NORMALLY SCHEDULED SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY
00:10:02WERE TRUMP-ENDORSED ONE
00:10:04CANDIDATE IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE . FINISHED FIRST IN THE REGULAR
00:10:08PRIMARY BUT NOT ENOUGH TO AVOID A RUNOFF AND THEN WHEN THE
00:10:10MOMENTUM SHIFTED, TRUMP DECIDED
00:10:13TO SPLIT HIS ENDORSEMENT.
00:10:20I SEE A SCENARIO HERE WHERE IF DARLINE GRAHAM DOESN'T START
00:10:23PULLING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT MORE
00:10:25IN THE POLLS SHE STRUGGLES TO
00:10:29CAPITALIZE ON THIS THE TRUMP MIGHT CONSIDER ENDORSING RALPH
00:10:32NORMAN WHICH WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE RALPH NORMAN
00:10:35WAS ONE OF THE FIRST REPUBLICANS
00:10:37TO ENDORSE NIKKI HALEY'S
00:10:41PRESIDENTIAL BID IN 2024. SO IT WILL TAKE A LOT FOR RALPH
00:10:45NORMAN TO GET THAT TRUMP BUMP.
00:10:47BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE ON THE TABLE AFTER A
00:10:51STRONGER-THAN-EXPECTED SHOWING
00:10:52LAST NIGHT. HOST: I AM A REAL PURVEYOR OF
00:10:57YOUR NEWSLETTER WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT POLLS.
00:11:00TALK TO US ABOUT THE STATE OF POLLING RIGHT NOW, MINNESOTA THE
00:11:04POLLS HAD FRANCESCA HONG WAY AHEAD OF DAVID CROWLEY.
00:11:07IN MICHIGAN LAST WEEK INTERNAL
00:11:09POLLS HAD ABDUL EL-SAYED WAY
00:11:14AHEAD OF HALEY STEVENS AND HE EKED OUT A SMALL WIN. WHAT SHOULD AMERICANS THINK
00:11:18ABOUT THE STATE OF POLLING WHEN IT COMES TO THESE RACES ACROSS
00:11:22THE COUNTRY? GUEST: I DON'T WANT TO THROW THE
00:11:26BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER HERE AND SAY ALL POLLING IS BAD.
00:11:29I WILL SAY THIS SPECIFIC POLLING
00:11:31IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES HAS BEEN REALLY TOUGH THIS CYCLE.
00:11:35THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN A
00:11:38SURGE OF ENTHUSIASM FROM THE DEMOCRATIC BASE PULSE OR SMART
00:11:42ACCOUNTING FOR. FRANCESCA HONG LAST NIGHT GOT
00:11:47ABOUT 300,000 VOTES OR SO AND ALMOST EVERY OTHER DEMOCRATIC
00:11:51GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY IN RECENT HISTORY THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR
00:11:53HER TO WIN. SHE WILL PROBABLY COME IN A
00:11:57CLOSE SECOND YEAR. THIS IS A SURGE OF ENTHUSIASM IN
00:12:00THE DEMOCRATIC RACES THAT POLLSTERS ARE NOT ACCOUNTING
00:12:03FOR. SO LOOKING AHEAD TO SOME OF
00:12:06THESE BIG PRIMARIES WE HAVE COMING UP LIKE IN FLORIDA FOR
00:12:09EXAMPLE, I WILL BE TRYING TO PAY
00:12:11ATTENTION TO SEE HOW AFTER THE
00:12:15DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY POLLING IS AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE GENERAL ELECTION THAT'S A BIT
00:12:18MORE KNOWN.
00:12:22SO I WILL PUT MORE EGGS IN THE BASKET FOR GENERAL ELECTION
00:12:26POLLING. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT THAT THE STATE
00:12:30OF DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY POLLING RIGHT NOW IS A MESS.
00:12:33HOST: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
00:12:37BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. GUEST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
00:12:41HOST: LET'S TURN TO SOME PHONE CALLS.
00:12:45WHAT IS MOTIVATING YOUR 2026
00:12:48MIDTERM ELECTION VOTE. LESTER FROM ALABAMA, DEMOCRAT.
00:12:52CALLER: GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE YOU.
00:12:55HOST: I'M DOING WELL, HOW ARE YOU.
00:12:58CALLER: THIS THING THAT'S BEEN
00:13:01GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE
00:13:03TRUMP CAME IN OFFICE, IT'S TIME
00:13:09TO SEND THESE REPUBLICANS HOME AND LET THEM LEARN HOW TO RUN
00:13:13THE UNITED STATES.
00:13:17WE HAVE EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY
00:13:19SINCE 1946.
00:13:23IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR REPUBLICANS TO SIT IN CONGRESS
00:13:27WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING.
00:13:29LET TRUMP SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
00:13:33ALL DAY LONG. THAT IS NOT HOW YOU RUN THE
00:13:37SENATE AND THE CONGRESS IS
00:13:40SUPPOSED TO SIGN THOSE BILLS PAID TRUMP SHOULD NOT BE ABLE OR
00:13:44ALLOWED TO DO THINGS HIS WAY.
00:13:47JUST VOTE BLEW ACROSS THE
00:13:50COUNTRY AND WE WILL HAVE A BETTER AMERICA TOMORROW.
00:13:53HAVE A GREAT DAY. HOST: DAN FROM NEW YORK, A
00:13:57REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, HOW ARE
00:14:01YOU.
00:14:05I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN
00:14:07OBSERVATION. I'M A CHRISTIAN MAN I AM A
00:14:10REPUBLICAN. BUT DO YOU REALIZE SOMETHING DOES ANYBODY REALIZE SOMETHING
00:14:13THAT ALL THE CRAZY WACKY IDEAS
00:14:16COME FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AND NOT TO GIVE -- NOT THE
00:14:20REPUBLICAN'S ARE PERFECT, BUT
00:14:23THEY THEY HAVE -- THEY HAVE A
00:14:25TENDENCY TO WANT TO SAY YOU KNOW
00:14:29FAMILY, GOD, COUNTRY AND THE DEMOCRATS THE TRANSGENDER ALL
00:14:32THE OTHER STUFF THIS IS COMING
00:14:36-- IN MY OPINION IT'S COMING FROM THE DEVIL I WILL TELL YOU
00:14:38THE TRUTH. HOST: LET ME REDIRECT YOU TO THE QUESTION WHICH IS WHAT WILL BE
00:14:42MOTIVATING YOUR VOTE THIS MIDTERM ELECTION. CALLER: THESE VERY THINGS I'M
00:14:46SPEAKING ABOUT.
00:14:49I MEAN THAT -- FIRST TO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. LET ME NOT ASK YOU A QUESTION.
00:14:53BUT THE PUBLIC. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT CAME OK
00:14:57LIKE LET'S SAY IN MINNESOTA THEY
00:15:00COME FROM SOMALIA EVERYTHING AND NOTHING GETS DONE AS FAR AS
00:15:04GETTING THESE PEOPLE OUT SO WE CAN HAVE AN ELECTION THAT YOU
00:15:07KNOW FREE AND WHATNOT AND IT
00:15:10SEEMS CRAZY.
00:15:12AND AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE DON'T SIT DOWN WITH
00:15:16THEMSELVES AND THINK ABOUT -- THEY DON'T HAVE TO VOTE
00:15:20REPUBLICAN THEY CAN VOTE INDEPENDENT. BUT I'M SAYING YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS GONE WAY TO
00:15:24THE LEFT.
00:15:28THEY WOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF DECENCY TO SAY THEY ARE RUINING
00:15:32OUR COUNTRY AND YET WHAT --
00:15:36THESE PEOPLE THINK THIS WAY, WHAT WE DO.
00:15:40YOU KNOW I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT.
00:15:42AND I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT C-SPAN.
00:15:45SOMETIMES I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PRESSED FOR TIME BUT SOMETIMES A
00:15:49PERSON IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE QUESTION AND ONE OF THE
00:15:52MODERATORS WILL SAY OK, I GET
00:15:57YOUR POINT AND I'VE GOT AGO. DOESN'T THAT DISCOURAGE THEM
00:16:01FROM CALLING C-SPAN? THAT'S JUST MY QUESTION. HOST: DAN FROM NEW YORK A
00:16:05REPUBLICAN. FROM OHIO, A DEMOCRAT GOOD
00:16:09MORNING TOM.
00:16:10CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:16:15I AM ALMOST 91 YEARS OLD.
00:16:18I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE ANY
00:16:21ELECTIONS IN 2028. BECAUSE THE IDIOT IN WASHINGTON
00:16:25IS GOING TO SEE TO IT THAT THERE IS NO ELECTIONS.
00:16:29IT'S JUST A SHAME. THAT WE LET OUR COUNTRY GET TO
00:16:33WHERE IT IS WITH THAT BIMBO IN
00:16:37WASHINGTON AND HIS WARS ARE.
00:16:40IT'S GOING TO BREAK. HOST: I'M TO DO THE SAME FOR YOU
00:16:44AS I DID FOR DAN BEFORE YOU WHICH IS REDIRECTED TO THE QUESTION THIS MORNING.
00:16:48LAY OUT WHAT THE MOTIVATING YOUR VOTE IS A 91-YEAR-OLD IN THIS
00:16:52COUNTRY IN THIS MIDTERM
00:16:53ELECTION. CALLER: I WON'T BE VOTING.
00:16:58HOST: YOU WON'T BE VOTING IN THE
00:17:01CALLER: MIDTERMS. I WON'T BE VOTING IN ANY.
00:17:04HOST: WHY IS THAT?
00:17:06>> IT SEEMS LIKE ALL WE GET IS
00:17:11CROAKS, POLITICIANS, CROOKS AND
00:17:14LOBBYISTS WHO -- WHO LINE
00:17:16POLITICIANS POCKETS. THAT CREATES AS I SAY I'M JUST
00:17:21AN OLD DUMB 91-YEAR-OLD HILLBILLY. THANK YOU JASMINE.
00:17:25HOST: HAMILTON FROM
00:17:30PENNSYLVANIA, AND INDEPENDENT.
00:17:31CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:17:38LISTEN, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE WAR
00:17:41AND THE ECONOMY FOR ME RIGHT NOW
00:17:44BECAUSE YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
00:17:47WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT SO MUCH OF OUR
00:17:51ECONOMIC POWER TO THIS WAR THAT
00:17:55A LOT OF US DIDN'T EVEN WANT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
00:17:58AND NOW WE ARE STUCK AND WE ARE
00:18:01STUCK WITH HIGH GAS PRICES. WE ARE STUCK WITH HIGH FOOD
00:18:04PRICES AND FOR ME, THIS ECONOMY
00:18:08IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE BUT IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
00:18:11AND WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM DIRECTION -- A DIRECTION TO GO
00:18:15FORWARD.
00:18:18BUT WE'VE GOT TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OF WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT
00:18:22NOW. THAT'S MY COMMENT.
00:18:23>> AMBLED IN FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
00:18:27AND INDEPENDENT. DON FROM CONNECTICUT A REPUBLICAN.
00:18:31JOHN, YOUR STATE VOTED LAST NIGHT.
00:18:35I WONDER IF YOU VOTED AND IF YOU
00:18:36DID WHAT IS MOTIVATING >> >>
00:18:42YOUR VOTE. I DID NOT VOTE, I'M A REPUBLICAN. HOST: WAS JUST THE DEMOCRATIC VOTING LAST NIGHT?
00:18:46CALLER: JUST THE DEMOCRATS IN
00:18:50OUR PART OF CONNECTICUT WAS HOLDING PRIMARIES FOR THAT AREA.
00:18:54SO NO I'M NOT VOTING FOR IT AND IT WOULDN'T VOTE FOR LAMONT
00:18:57AGAIN. HE NEEDS TO GO.
00:19:00TOO MANY YEARS OF HIS CORRUPTION
00:19:02AND OUR STATE IS THE HIGHEST
00:19:07TAXED EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY. ONE THING I WANT TO GET BACK TO
00:19:11BEFORE YOU HANG UP ON ME, ON A
00:19:16SUNDAY WHEN KIMBERLY WAS
00:19:18TALKING, SOMEONE WAS SUPPOSEDLY DENIGRATING A GENERAL AND EVERY
00:19:22DAY ON YOUR SHOW FOR THREE
00:19:25HOURS, I HEAR MORE DENIGRATION OF DONALD J. TRUMP THAN ANYONE.
00:19:28AGAIN A GENTLEMAN, PROBABLY A
00:19:33NICE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN JUST CALLED OUR PRESIDENT AN IDIOT AND YOU SAY NOTHING.
00:19:36YOU SAY NOTHING ALL THE TIME. AND IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT
00:19:40WHERE IT'S -- YOU GUYS ARE OUT
00:19:43OF HAND AND SOMEONE MADE A
00:19:45COMMENT LAST WEEK ABOUT YOUR
00:19:48C-SPAN IS GETTING LIKE CNN, MS NOW AND THE VIEW.
00:19:52BECAUSE ALL YOU PEOPLE DO IS INSULT OUR PRESIDENT.
00:19:55HOST: CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND MEET YOUR TV BEHIND YOU.
00:19:59CALLER: I -- WHEN PRESIDENT
00:20:04TRUMP AND PRESIDENT OBAMA WERE IN OFFICE I NEVER DID THAT ON
00:20:08AIR TO ANY PRESIDENT. I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO ANY
00:20:11PRESIDENT KEEP IT TO YOURSELF.
00:20:13BUT YOU PEOPLE EVERY DAY TO
00:20:16ERROR THAT IN THE WAY YOUR CALLERS INSULT OUR PRESIDENT HE
00:20:20IS DOING THE BEST HE CAN WITH WHAT HE HAS AND WHAT HE WAS
00:20:24ELECTED. SO ALL I SAY IS I'M VOTING FOR
00:20:28REPUBLICANS UNTIL THE DAY I DIE.
00:20:30I WAS A DEMOCRAT I VOTED DEMOCRAT UP UNTIL HILLARY CLINTON RAN FOR PRESIDENT.
00:20:34HOST: THAT'S 2016.
00:20:36CALLER: CORRECT AND I DIDN'T
00:20:40THINK SHE HAD THE THE CHUTZPAH TO DO, TO BE PRESIDENT AND
00:20:44THAT'S IT. BUT FOR YOUR CALLERS TO EVERY
00:20:48DAY THREE HOURS OF INSULTING OUR PRESIDENT AND HIS WHOLE CABINET
00:20:52AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS TOTALLY DISGUSTING. TOTALLY DISGUSTING.
00:20:56I MEAN I KNOW SOME DAY THERE WILL BE A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT
00:20:59IN THERE AND GOD FOR BID WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT
00:21:03GOES AROUND COMES AROUND AS THEY
00:21:04SAY. HOST: I WOULD JUST SAY THAT BOTH
00:21:10REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS AND DEMOCRATS ON THE SHOW.
00:21:13THE BEST PART OF THE SHOW IS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY YOUR
00:21:17THOUGHTS IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. AT TIMES ONE SIDE MAY INSULT THE
00:21:21OTHER AND AT TIMES ONE SIDE MAY INSULT THE OTHER SIDE.
00:21:25BUT THE POINT IS THAT YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS
00:21:28LONG AS IT IS WITHIN RESPECTFUL BOUNDS AND I WOULD SAY ACROSS
00:21:31THE BOARD THOSE WHO CALL INTO
00:21:33THE SHOW ARE MOSTLY RESPECTFUL
00:21:36AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. MICHAEL, INDEPENDENT.
00:21:40CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:21:47WE HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO KEPT THE
00:21:50STATE, YES THINGS ARE HIGH.
00:21:54BUT BEFORE HE CAME TO THE
00:21:57GOVERNOR WE WERE IN THE RED.
00:22:02NOW, IF YOU LOOK WE HAVE A
00:22:04PRESIDENT, WHO TRIED TO
00:22:09OVERTHROW AN ELECTION, A
00:22:15GOVERNMENT 2020. IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE.
00:22:18>> LET ME ASK YOU BECAUSE YOU
00:22:23CAN ASK YOU HOW YOU VOTED LAST NIGHT IF YOU VOTED IN THE PRIMARY.
00:22:27>> I'M AN INDEPENDENT.
00:22:31I DID NOT VOTE IN THE PRIMARY. THAT'S WHY I LIKE TO SEE
00:22:35POLITICAL REFORM.
00:22:40WE NEED MORE THAN ONE PARTY.
00:22:42WE HAVE THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT NEED A THIRD
00:22:46PARTY OR SOMEBODY, SOMETIMES YOU
00:22:51DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. SOMETIMES THEY --
00:22:53HOST: WHO DO YOU PLAN TO SUPPORT
00:22:57IN NOVEMBER IF I CAN ASK? CALLER: I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO
00:23:01VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE
00:23:02LIKE I SAID WE HAVE A GUY,
00:23:06INFLATION IS TOO HIGH. WE ARE IN A WAR WE SHOULD NEVER
00:23:10STARTED.
00:23:12WE HAVE A COUNTRY THAT INTERFERE
00:23:15IN OUR ELECTIONS ISRAEL AND HE'S
00:23:18TALKING ABOUT CHINA.
00:23:21LOOK AT THE MONEY WE SPENT ON THE CAMPAIGNS, IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.
00:23:25HOST: WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT
00:23:29REPRESENTATIVE LARSEN WAS OUSTED LAST NIGHT.
00:23:31THE 78-YEAR-OLD INCUMBENT WAS
00:23:35BEAT BY A 47 YEAR OLD HARTFORD MAYOR.
00:23:37CALLER: LOSS 74.
00:23:43YES IT'S A LOT OF MONEY BEHIND THAT.
00:23:45WE SOMETIMES WONDER WHO IS
00:23:49SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY.
00:23:51WHEN SOMEBODY GIVES YOU MONEY,
00:23:56IT'S LIKE MODERN SLAVERY.
00:23:59YOU ARE NOT ABOVE A PERSON.
00:24:02THEY OWN YOU.
00:24:05THAT'S WHY I'D LIKE TO SEE
00:24:07POLITICAL REFORM, LIMITING BIG
00:24:11CORPORATE PACK MONEY, CORPORATIONS THAT THE SUPREME
00:24:13COURT LET ATTEBERRY YOU NEED TO
00:24:18DASHING THE CANDIDATE WHO CAN SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS.
00:24:22HOST: FROM HARTFORD CONNECTICUT
00:24:27WERE A BIG ELECTION HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. JOE FROM MICHIGAN, DEMOCRAT GOOD
00:24:31MORNING. YOU HAD A BIG ELECTION LAST WEEK. I WONDER WHAT'S MOTIVATING YOUR
00:24:352026 VOTE. CALLER: AFTER SEEING THE ECONOMY
00:24:37LIKE IT IS, AMERICANS REALLY
00:24:41KNOW WHAT'S GOING DOWN.
00:24:43THEY REALIZE GAS PRICES ARE
00:24:46GOING SKY HIGH. OIL IS GOING UP, GAS IS GOING
00:24:50UP. HOST: GO AHEAD.
00:24:54CALLER: AMERICANS HAVE ENOUGH
00:24:59SENSE TO KNOW IT PEOPLE ARE
00:25:03CALLING THE PRESIDENT NAMES.
00:25:05THE PRESIDENT STARTED THIS MESS.
00:25:09WHAT PRESIDENT AND THE RIGHT
00:25:12MIND GOES ON TV AND CUSSES FOLKS OUT AND CALLS THEM NAMES,
00:25:16ESPECIALLY WOMEN.
00:25:2147 YEARS AGO, DUTCH
00:25:24HOST: MASK HOW YOU VOTED LAST WEEK.
00:25:28CALLER: I WAS LIKE I NEVER VOTED
00:25:38FOR THIS GUY BUT I LISTENED TO HIM AND HE SOUNDS BETTER.
00:25:42HE HAS MORE AMERICAN VALUES.
00:25:43HOST: ABDUL EL-SAYED.
00:25:47CALLER: PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION,
00:25:51LIKE THIS MAN IS MORE AMERICAN OF THE PRESIDENT.
00:25:55KNEES AND TAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH THEM. AND IF YOU DON'T HE'S GOING TO
00:25:59TAKE OVER. THIS BOY IS ALREADY TALKING
00:26:03ABOUT RUNNING THE COUNTRY.
00:26:08HE'S DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL STUFF
00:26:10HE IS 30 SOMETHING BILLION. THE RIGHT PEOPLE UNITED STATES
00:26:14OF AMERICA KNOW THIS MAN IS A CONVICTED FELON AND DON'T NEED HIM IN THE COUNTRY EITHER.
00:26:17HOST: CARL FROM GEORGIA,
00:26:20REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING.
00:26:22CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:26:30THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
00:26:32WHAT'S MOTIVATING MY VOTE IS JUST TRYING TO BRING SOME DEGREE
00:26:36OF NORMALCY BACK TO OUR COUNTRY
00:26:42BECAUSE IT IS JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
00:26:46ARE FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS GREAT
00:26:50COUNTRY ARE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
00:26:53AND WITH A MORAL DECLINE AND DECAY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF
00:26:57WHICH I USED TO BE A PART OF I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO
00:27:00SWITCH AND TRY TO PRAY FOR ALL
00:27:02OF THEM.
00:27:05HOST: GEORGIA HAS SOME BIG
00:27:09ELECTIONS COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.
00:27:12ALSO A BIG GOVERNOR'S RACE HAPPENING. I WONDER DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PLAN
00:27:16TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
00:27:19HOST: I AM STILL UNDECIDED AT
00:27:23THIS POINT. I REALLY WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
00:27:26THE TRUE ISSUES OF THE CANDIDATES ARE.
00:27:30I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL
00:27:32VOTERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO
00:27:35THEIR RESEARCH AND NOT JUST VOTE BY PARTY.
00:27:39I VOTE MAINLY REPUBLICAN NOW
00:27:42BECAUSE I WAS I BEFORE STATE OF THE MORAL DECAY OF THE
00:27:45DEMOCRATIC PARTY BUT AT THE SAME
00:27:48TIME I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO LISTENING AND LEARNING ABOUT THE
00:27:53CANDIDATES THEMSELVES AND IF THAT CANDIDATE BELIEVES IN A CERTAIN THING THAT WHEN MY
00:27:57BELIEF IS AS A VOTER THEN I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE THAT
00:28:01LET'S ME KNOW ONCE THEY GET AN OFFICE THEY ARE GOING TO SUPPORT
00:28:05WHATEVER IT IS THEIR PARTY SUPPORTS.
00:28:08WHAT I BELIEVE IN REGARDLESS OF WHAT FAMILY SAYS OR FRIENDS SAY
00:28:12OR WHOEVER, I WANT TO VOTE MY
00:28:15CONVICTIONS AND WHAT I BELIEVE IS RIGHT FOR OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTRY.
00:28:19HOST: MIKE FROM CALIFORNIA,
00:28:24INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING.
00:28:27CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:28:35TO THAT GENTLEMAN WHO CALLED IN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT PEOPLE TALKING
00:28:38ABOUT DONALD TRUMP AND NOT
00:28:40CALLING IN THE PRESIDENT, THE
00:28:45REPUBLICANS TREATED THE DEMOCRATS WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS
00:28:48PRESIDENT AND MITCH MCCONNELL
00:28:50SAID HE CALLED IN THE GRIM
00:28:53REAPER AND WAS GOING TO MAKE IN
00:28:55A ONE TERM PRESIDENT AND ALL THE
00:28:58EVERYTHING BARACK OBAMA DID.
00:29:00DONALD TRUMP INC. IT'S THE
00:29:04OPPOSITE. ANYTHING HE WANTS.
00:29:07TALKED ABOUT HANDICAPPED PEOPLE.
00:29:10CALLS EVERYBODY A NAME. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE A LOT OF
00:29:14NERVE TO EVEN GET ON THEIR TALKING LIKE THAT.
00:29:18I MEAN IT IS INCREDIBLE.
00:29:21WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO VOTE. I CALLED IN C-SPAN A COUPLE
00:29:24MINUTES AGO AND YOU HAD A
00:29:26CONGRESSMAN THERE AND I SAID
00:29:29WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT D.E.I.
00:29:31AND HE SAID LITERALLY THE UNITED
00:29:35STATES CONGRESSMAN SAID WHAT
00:29:37D.E.I. DOES IT ELEVATE --
00:29:45MEDIOCRE WHITE PEOPLE. AND I'M GOING I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO RESPOND.
00:29:49HE SAID IT MAKES THEM FEEL MARGINALIZED. WHERE THEY HAVE TO GIVE
00:29:53SOMETHING UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
00:29:55AND THE POINT IS EVER SINCE THE
00:29:58STOCK MARKET CRASH OF 1929,
00:30:00BLACK PEOPLE HAD TO SUFFER.
00:30:05THEY CHERRY PICK EVERY JOB THERE IS.
00:30:09AND THAT'S WHY THE BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT IS SO HIGH ALL THE TIME.
00:30:13WHERE THE FIRST TO GET FIRED IN THE LAST TO GET HIRED.
00:30:17IT IS INCREDIBLE. ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
00:30:21>> AND FROM BRONX, NEW YORK, A
00:30:28DEMOCRAT. GOOD MORNING. WHAT'S MOTIVATING YOUR 20.6 VOTE.
00:30:30>> THE ECONOMY, THE WAR, I DON'T
00:30:36LIKE THAT THERE PICKING UP
00:30:38PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS THAT ARE NOT
00:30:43PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONE ANYTHING
00:30:46WRONG, INNOCENT PEOPLE.
00:30:48MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE BEING PICKED UP THEN PEOPLE THEY SAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO GO AFTER.
00:30:52THEY ARE NOT GOING AFTER THOSE
00:30:56PEOPLE, THEY ARE GOING AFTER INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T DONE
00:31:00ANYTHING. SO I AM ALSO SPEAKING ON THE
00:31:03REPUBLICAN WHO TALKED EARLIER ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING ON
00:31:07TRUMP AND TALKING ABOUT TRUMP.
00:31:10I AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN THEY
00:31:12DID THE SAME THING TO OBAMA.
00:31:15THEY HAD THE TEA PARTY. AND THEY DID THE SAME THING TO
00:31:18BIDEN. WHOSE SLEEPING NOW THE PRESIDENT
00:31:22IS SLEEPING ALL THE TIME. NOBODY IS MAKING A BIG DEAL OVER
00:31:26THAT. AND THE OTHER THING IS HOW DARE
00:31:30THEY TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING NEGATIVE ABOUT PEOPLE CALLING THEM OUT OF
00:31:34THEIR NAMES.
00:31:37HE IS SAYING MORE THINGS THAN ANYBODY THAT'S NEGATIVE.
00:31:41SO HE IS SETTING A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE FOR THAT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT
00:31:45REPUBLICAN GUY SAID WHAT HE SAID. I AGREE WHEN THEY SAID THE
00:31:49REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS AND
00:31:52DEGRADING THEM. ALL THE TIME.
00:31:55HOST: MARK FROM FLORIDA,
00:32:01REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING, WHAT'S MOTIVATING
00:32:03YOUR 2026 VOTE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:32:08I'VE BEEN VOTING FOR 40 PLUS YEARS. I'VE NEVER VOTED FOR A DEMOCRAT
00:32:11AND I NEVER WILL. A LOT OF REASONS.
00:32:15THEY HAVE A TERRIBLE HORRIBLE HISTORY GOING BACK 200 YEARS.
00:32:19SO I'LL BE VOTING REPUBLICAN LIKE I ALWAYS DO.
00:32:22EVEN THOUGH I GET ANGRY AT REPUBLICANS A LOT THEY'RE FAR
00:32:26FROM PERFECT, THEY ARE BETTER THAN THE DEMOCRATS. I WANT TO BRING SOMETHING UP.
00:32:30I KEEP HEARING THE DEMOCRATS
00:32:31CALLING UP ABOUT INFLATION.
00:32:35INFLATION REALLY STINKS, I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT TRUMP WAS GOING
00:32:38TO BE ABLE TO GET INFLATION DOWN
00:32:40AS LONG AS WE HAVE A MASSIVE NATIONAL DEBT SPINNING OUT OF
00:32:44CONTROL I THINK LAST YEAR'S BUDGET DEFICIT WAS 1.7 TRILLION
00:32:48DOLLARS. AS LONG AS THE PRESIDENT WHETHER
00:32:51IT BE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT AND CONGRESS CONTINUES TO ENGAGE IN
00:32:55DEFICIT SPENDING HOW DO WE EXPECT TO GET INFLATION DOWN? I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND
00:32:59EVERYBODY THAT THIS INFLATION
00:33:04CATASTROPHE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
00:33:06STARTED LITERALLY WITHIN 24
00:33:10HOURS OF JOE BIDEN TAKING OFFICE. THE DEMOCRATS RAN THE HOUSE AND SENATE DURING BIDEN'S FIRST
00:33:14YEARS AND INFLATION EXPLODED.
00:33:17INTEREST RATES EXPLODED. ALL OF THIS OCCURRED WHEN BIDEN
00:33:21WAS THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS WERE IN CONTROL OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.
00:33:25SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE
00:33:27DEMOCRATS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH GETTING INFLATION DOWN.
00:33:33BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS THIS YEAR THEY ARE KNOCKING TO DO
00:33:36ANYTHING. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE WE AS A COUNTRY
00:33:40CANNOT GET SPENDING UNDER CONTROL. THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO KEEP
00:33:43SPENDING MONEY ON WELFARE PROGRAMS AND ENTITLEMENT
00:33:47PROGRAMS, GROWING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT AND IT'S JUST A BIG
00:33:51MESS SO REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS THIS NOVEMBER, WE ARE NOT GOING
00:33:55TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS INFLATION CRISIS BECAUSE NOBODY CAN STOP THE SPENDING.
00:33:59HOST: MARK FROM FLORIDA, A
00:34:03REPUBLICAN. KEY WEST, FLORIDA A DEMOCRAT.
00:34:05GOOD MORNING DIANE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, I AM VERY
00:34:10PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ELECTION. I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT
00:34:14HAPPENED JUST LAST WEEK. I BRING MY CAR INTO A GEO TO
00:34:18CHECK OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CLUTCH.
00:34:22THE GUY TELLS ME IT'S $239.
00:34:26THEN HE STARTS MY CAR AND IT
00:34:29MAKES A LOT OF NOISE AND HE SAYS IT IS SOMETHING BESIDE THE
00:34:33TRANSMISSION, IS IT SOMETHING WITH THE ENGINE.
00:34:37WE WILL CHARGE YOU ANOTHER 239. AND I SAID WAIT A SECOND YOU CAN
00:34:41TELL ME EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG AND HE SAYS NO.
00:34:44HE SAYS YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING
00:34:46WRONG IN FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS
00:34:49AND WILL HAVE TO PAY $239 FOR
00:34:52EACH ONE.
00:34:55I SAID WAIT A SECOND THAT'S NOT
00:34:59ETHICAL AND HE STARTS TELLING ME IF I WENT TO A DOCTOR THAT I
00:35:03WOULD PAY FOR EACH AILMENT AND I REMINDED THE GUY YOU ARE NOT A
00:35:06DOCTOR. SO THEN I SAID YOU CAN FIX MY CAR.
00:35:09HOST: I'M GOING TO REROUTE YOU BACK TO THE QUESTION OF THE
00:35:12MORNING. I SEE THIS STORY IS CONNECTED
00:35:15BUT I WANT YOU TO JUMP TO THE MAIN THING.
00:35:19WHAT IS AFFECTING YOUR 2026
00:35:21VOTE. >> ONE GUY HAS SERVICED ALL
00:35:29STATIONS. IT'S A MONOPOLY. AND THAT'S MY POINT.
00:35:32I'M SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG. THE RICH ARE GETTING SO RICH
00:35:36THEY ARE BUYING UP AND IT'S A MONOPOLY IN THE MEDIA DOES SUCH
00:35:39A GOOD JOB PITTING REPUBLICANS AGAINST DEMOCRATS.
00:35:42THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE RICH
00:35:46PEOPLE AGAINST THE POOR PEOPLE AND THERE IS NO MIDDLE CLASS. A MAJORITY OF US WE ARE THE POOR
00:35:50PEOPLE. I'M VERY PASSIONATE.
00:35:54I'M NOT IN A VOTE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO MAKE CHANGE THAT
00:35:58WOULD BE THE SOCIAL DAMS OR ANY DEMOCRAT BECAUSE THE CONGRESS
00:36:02HAS BEEN COMPLICIT IN GIVING THE PRESIDENT ALL OF HIS POWER.
00:36:05I AM HOLDING SIGNS, I'M TALKING
00:36:08TO PEOPLE AND CANVASSING. I AM ANGRY AT WHAT'S GOING ON
00:36:12AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THE MAGA
00:36:16PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN OPEN THEIR EYES AND SEE WHAT TRUMP IS DONE.
00:36:19YOU OF THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS AND SENATE, THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.
00:36:23HOW CAN YOU LET ANY OF THIS -- BLAME ANY OF THIS ON THE DEMOCRATS.
00:36:27HOST: ED FROM COLUMBIA STATION,
00:36:32OHIO, A REPUBLICAN.
00:36:33CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:36:40I PAY ATTENTION I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I WAS SAYING IT RIGHT.
00:36:43YOU ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB.
00:36:51OUR ECONOMY. I'M A CONSERVATIVE.
00:36:54I VOTE DEMOCRAT IF THERE WAS
00:36:59PEOPLE BETTER. THERE'S JUST NOT. OUR ECONOMY.
00:37:03HERE A PEOPLE BLAME INFLATION. WITH THE NUMBER ONE ECONOMY IN
00:37:07THE WORLD TODAY.
00:37:13OUR INFLATION IS AT ABOUT THREE AND A HALF PERCENT GIVE OR TAKE.
00:37:15IT WAS 22% OVER THE LAST FOUR
00:37:20YEARS.
00:37:21YOU HEAR THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK,
00:37:27YOU HEAR ALL OF THIS TAX THE RICH PLANS AND ALL THESE FOLKS
00:37:30ON THE LEFT.
00:37:36THEY ALL TALK ABOUT THE FAILURES
00:37:40FROM WHAT'S HIS NAME BERNIE
00:37:42SANDERS AND THEY'RE ALL -- HERE'S THE FACT, ALREADY LIKE
00:37:47ALL THE PEOPLE IN SEVERAL HOMES.
00:37:51THOUSANDS A LIST OF THEM.
00:37:58YOU TAX THE RICH. THAT'S ALL THEY SAY. NO ONE EVER HOLDS THEM HOW ARE
00:38:02YOU PAY FOR ANY THE PROGRAMS.
00:38:06ALREADY IT'S A FACT. THEY WILL LOSE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS MORE.
00:38:10THEY ALL --
00:38:12HOST: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
00:38:16NEW YORK TAX? CALLER: THEY CAN TEXEL THE RICH
00:38:20THEY WANT AND GET IT. LOSING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
00:38:24MORE THAN THEY'LL EVER TAKE IN.
00:38:25CALLER: I WONDER -- HOST: I
00:38:30WONDER FOR OHIO SINCE THAT'S WHERE YOU LIVE WHAT WOULD BE
00:38:32YOUR MOTIVATION THERE. CALLER: THE WHOLE COUNTRY NOT
00:38:35JUST MY STATE.
00:38:38WHAT'S GOOD FOR WHEN I'M DEAD WHEN THE COUNTRY SECURE.
00:38:41I HAVE --
00:38:47I WAS OUT FULL-TIME OR I
00:38:49WOULD'VE BEEN.
00:38:53AND THEY ALL MAKE 100 GRAND OR
00:38:55MORE A PIECE FOR TWO MONTHS OFF.
00:39:00NOW, IT WILL BE OVER WITH.
00:39:02FIRST TIME IN MY LIFETIME WE
00:39:05WILL HAVE --
00:39:12JOE'S COMING IN ON THE NAVY OPS TEAM. I KNOW THE MIDEAST.
00:39:16THEY BELIEVE -- IN COUNTRIES
00:39:21THAT MOVED IN. THEY MEAN IT.
00:39:24WE WILL GET THIS OIL THING STRAIGHTENED OUT.
00:39:28LOOKING AT A BOMB OR YOU NAME IT.
00:39:31IT ABOUT LEVEL THEM.
00:39:33IF THEY DON'T COME TO THE TABLE.
00:39:37WHAT I'M GETTING ABOUT WHAT'S
00:39:40GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY, OUR ECONOMY IS DOING GREAT AND THE
00:39:44OTHER THING WHO DO PEOPLE THINK
00:39:49THEY WORK FOR, I HIGHER 17 MEN AT A COST A LOT OF MONEY AND
00:39:52THEY GET TAXED AND THEN THEY SPEND THEIR MONEY BACK IN THE ECONOMY AND I'M JUST A PEANUT.
00:39:56HOST: I THINK WE TAKE YOUR POINT
00:39:59THERE. THAT WAS ED IN OHIO, A
00:40:02REPUBLICAN. WASHINGTON, D.C., AN INDEPENDENT.
00:40:06WHAT'S MOTIVATING YOUR 2026 VOTE.
00:40:10CALLER: WHAT'S MOTIVATING MY
00:40:12VOTE THIS YEAR IS THE FACT THAT
00:40:16THE REPUBLICANS IN THE WHITE
00:40:21HOUSE, CONGRESS, SENATE ALL OF
00:40:23THEM ARE INCOMPETENT.
00:40:27STEALING TAXPAYERS MONEY. SAYING THING HE WON'T SAY.
00:40:31AND THE CALLER WHO SAID WE
00:40:34SHOULDN'T SAY A THING ABOUT
00:40:36TRUMP, TRUMP IS THE WORST HUMAN
00:40:39BEING TO EVER BE ON THE EARTH AND HE'S RUNNING THE COUNTRY
00:40:42INTO THE GROUND.
00:40:46THE POLITICS, THE RELIGION IS
00:40:49ALL MONEY BASED. IT'S THE RICH AGAINST THE POOR
00:40:53ON THE ECONOMIC SIDE. SPIRITUALLY TO THE GOOD AGAINST
00:40:57THE BAD. AND ON THE SAME PATH AS SODOM
00:41:01AND GOMORRAH ON THE SAME PATH
00:41:03THAT WAS ANNIHILATED BECAUSE OF
00:41:06THEIR CORRUPTION.
00:41:08THEIR GREED, THEIR CHILD
00:41:14KILLERS. THEY'RE THE WORST HUMAN BEINGS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
00:41:16HOST: KATHLEEN FROM SATELLITE
00:41:21BEACH, FLORIDA. DEMOCRAT, GOOD MORNING.
00:41:24>> GOOD MORNING.
00:41:28I WANTED TO CALL ABOUT THE DSA.
00:41:31I ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT ALL THE
00:41:34CANDIDATES THAT ARE DSA, WHICH
00:41:36THEY AREN'T BY THE WAY.
00:41:39I WANTED TO MENTION THAT THERE
00:41:41ARE 500 MILLION DEMOCRATS REGISTERED IN THE UNITED STATES
00:41:45AND ONLY ABOUT 120,000 DSA.
00:41:50SO IF A CANDIDATE SAYS THEY ARE
00:41:53NOT DSA, THEY ARE NOT DSA.
00:41:56THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE WINNING
00:41:58SO OFTEN IN THIS PRIMARY AND
00:42:01PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER ARE PEOPLE
00:42:04THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT HELPING
00:42:07THE POOR.
00:42:10AND GIVING THAT BENEFIT TO
00:42:12CHILDREN THAT ARE GOING HUNGRY. AND I DON'T MEAN HUNGRY HUNGRY
00:42:16BUT TALKING ABOUT KIDS THAT WERE
00:42:19GETTING ONE MEAL A DAY AT SCHOOL
00:42:22THAT WAS HALFWAY DECENT.
00:42:24AND AS FAR AS THE DEFICIT GOES.
00:42:27HOST: LET ME REDIRECT YOU.
00:42:32CAN YOU BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT IS MOTIVATING YOUR 2026 VOTE?
00:42:36CALLER: FIRST OF ALL I HAVE
00:42:41ALWAYS BEEN A DEMOCRAT AND I'M
00:42:44LIKE ALL THE OTHER CALLERS
00:42:46BEFORE ME AM TIRED OF THE
00:42:49CORPORATIONS RUNNING THE COUNTRY .
00:42:53THE LATEST SCAM THAT TRUMP IF A
00:42:56CORPORATION WANTS A REGULATION
00:42:58REMOVED OR EASED UP, HE ASKS FOR
00:43:02A DONATION TO ONE OF HIS
00:43:04PROJECTS AND IT'S DOCUMENTED NOW AND EVEN IF YOU ARE A
00:43:08CORPORATION IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DONATE TO TRUMP
00:43:12AND BUILD THAT PORTFOLIO, THEN
00:43:16HE JUST IGNORES YOU.
00:43:18SO BASICALLY IT IS CORPORATIONS
00:43:22VERSUS AVERAGE PEOPLE. HOST: KATHLEEN FROM FLORIDA,
00:43:26DEMOCRAT.
00:43:30RUSH, INDEPENDENT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
00:43:34I ALWAYS GET MIMI AND I ALWAYS START OUT WITH I'VE GOT YOU
00:43:38AGAIN.
00:43:41BUT HERE EIGHT MILES OUT OF PITTSBURGH, A BIG STEELERS FAN
00:43:44THEY ARE GOING TO GO BIG THIS
00:43:47YEAR. AT ANY RATE, I'M 74, RETIRED
00:43:51U.S. STEEL. THE GENTLEMAN WHO CALLED A
00:43:55COUPLE CALLS AGO I'M A NAVY
00:43:57VETERAN ONLY FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE GUYS ON THE ABRAHAM
00:44:01LINCOLN THAT CAN GET FOOD. SIX OF THEM TRIED TO COMMIT
00:44:04SUICIDE.
00:44:08286 DAYS. USUALLY THE AVERAGE IS LIKE
00:44:11THREE TO FIVE MONTHS GETTING TO
00:44:15PORT. SO WERE NOT EVEN TAKING CARE OF
00:44:18OUR OWN SERVICEMEN. WE ARE TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT PERSIA, IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR
00:44:225000 YEARS. I THINK WE'D BETTER GET OUT OF
00:44:25THERE AND LET THOSE PEOPLE
00:44:27ALONE. ON MY VOTE IT'S GOING TO BE AND
00:44:30I VOTED FOR THIS GUY I'M NOT
00:44:34GOING TO TALK BAD ABOUT THEM. HE MIGHT GET UPSET IF SOMEBODY
00:44:38GETS MAD AT THEM.
00:44:41AND I'M EXTREMELY UPSET WITH
00:44:45THIS MAN. HE'S TURNED OUR COUNTRY, I DON'T
00:44:48THINK WE ARE A DEMOCRACY.
00:44:55WE WERE SUPPOSEDLY A REPUBLIC.
00:44:57WE ARE TURNING INTO AN EMPIRE.
00:45:01PEOPLE BETTER REALIZE WE ARE NOT THE BIGGEST BADDEST DUDES ON THE
00:45:04BLOCK ANYMORE. WE HAVE A WHOLE OTHER BIG WORLD
00:45:07OUT THERE. AND IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE TRIED
00:45:11TO GET ALONG, DO SOME DIPLOMACY
00:45:15INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT BUILDING MORE BOMBS.
00:45:18I REMEMBER WE USED TO SEND CARE
00:45:20PACKAGES FOR THE WORLD HEALTH
00:45:23AND THINGS LIKE THAT. HOST: I ASSUME YOU WERE SAYING
00:45:27YOU VOTED FOR THE PRESIDENT
00:45:30THREE TIMES. NOW YOU ARE UNHAPPY. DO YOU PLAN TO SUPPORT
00:45:34REPUBLICANS IN NOVEMBER? CALLER: NO.
00:45:37I FIND MYSELF LEANING -- HERE'S
00:45:41THE THING I WOULD BE A DEMOCRAT,
00:45:46BUT I'M EXTREMELY PRO-LIFE. WHEN I SAY EXTREMELY I MEAN
00:45:49THAT'S BIG FOR ME.
00:45:53SO -- IT'S GOING TO BE, I FIND
00:45:56MYSELF THAT ABDUL EL-SAYED, I
00:46:00FOLLOWED HIS CAMPAIGN UP HERE IN
00:46:02MICHIGAN. I FIND MYSELF CLOSER TO BEING A
00:46:05DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST AND THROWING ALL THESE WORDS AROUND
00:46:09OH HE'S A SOCIALIST.
00:46:12TRUMP CALLED HIM A COMMUNIST. CALLING A SOCIALIST.
00:46:16I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR A
00:46:19REPUBLICAN AGAIN AND I'M PROBABLY CAN HAVE A HARD TIME
00:46:23WITH SOME DEMOCRATS, BUT
00:46:27PERSONALLY I THINK IN PENNSYLVANIA.
00:46:30YOU KNOW THE MIDTERMS IS IT'S
00:46:35GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENTIAL.
00:46:37I THINK KELLY FROM ARIZONA IS
00:46:40GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENCY.
00:46:44BUT I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR ANOTHER REPUBLICAN.
00:46:47THEY JUST, THEY ARE IN THEIR.
00:46:51HOST: WE ARE COMING CLOSE TO
00:46:55TIME. LATER IN THE PROGRAM, MARK
00:46:59WALLACE, CEO OF THE ORGANIZATION UNITED AGAINST A NUCLEAR IRAN
00:47:02DISCUSSES THE LATEST IN THE WAR
00:47:04WITH IRAN. FIRST, A FORMER SENIOR HEALTH
00:47:08CARE ADVISOR FOR THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SENIOR POLICY
00:47:12ADVISOR DISCUSSING THE HEALTH CARE ISSUES AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CAMPAIGN.
00:47:16STAY WITH US.
00:47:25>> YOU LOOK BACK ON WHAT YOU'VE
00:47:29ACHIEVED IN YOUR LIFE. WHAT MAKES YOU THE HAPPIEST OF
00:47:32WHAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED SO FAR. >> LEADERS SEEM TO LIKE TO WEAR
00:47:36WIGS. HOW COME HE DIDN'T HAVE A WIG?
00:47:39PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID I MADE THE MISTAKE THE FIRST TIME. I SHOULD'VE GIVEN TO THE FIRST
00:47:43TIME. >> YOUR FIRST BOOK WAS CALLED A
00:47:47TIME 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
00:48:02WAY AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER
00:48:04PATH WHERE PEOPLE LIKE I GO. >> I INTERVIEWED A GUY WHO LIVED
00:48:08WITH WOLVES. >> IS THAT SAFE TO DO THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
00:48:12>> YOU ARE OPINIONATED ABOUT THE
00:48:16SITUATION WHICH IS WHY WE LOVE
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00:49:35RIGHTS ACT, IMMIGRATION REFORM. HE DID IT ALL.
00:49:38BUT THEN HE DID VIETNAM.
00:49:41WHICH WAS JUST HORRIBLE.
00:49:45>> IS VIETNAM THE HARDEST PART.
00:49:49>> A GOOD QUESTION.
00:49:55IT IS VERY.
00:49:58I'M WRITING IT NOW.
00:50:02AND IT'S VERY >> -- IT'S REALLY
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00:50:22>> WASHINGTON JOURNAL CONTINUES.
00:50:25>> JOINING US NOW TO DISCUSS
00:50:33CAMPAIGN 2026 IS YVETTE FONTENOT. SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR AND A FORMER SENIOR OBAMA
00:50:37ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL ON HEALTH CARE. THANKS FOR BEING WITH >> US THIS
00:50:41MORNING. >>THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
00:50:42>> TELL US ABOUT PROTECT OUR
00:50:46CARE, YOUR MISSION.
00:50:47>> PROTECT OUR CARE IS A SOCIAL
00:50:53WELFARE NONPROFIT THAT'S DEDICATED TO MAKING HIGH-QUALITY
00:50:56AFFORDABLE AND EQUITABLE HEALTH CARE A RIGHT AND NOT A PRIVILEGE
00:51:00FOR EVERYONE IN AMERICA.
00:51:03PROTECT OUR CARE EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON POLICY OR HEALTH CARE
00:51:07CHAMPIONS.
00:51:09AND TO POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE.
00:51:12WE FIGHT TO EXPAND ACCESS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE.
00:51:15THE LOWER THE COST FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AND
00:51:19REDUCE AN EQUITY'S IN ON GENDER
00:51:23INCOME, RACE, ETHNICITY OR
00:51:26SEXUAL PREFERENCE. WE TAKE FUNDING FROM A MIXTURE OF PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND
00:51:30INDIVIDUAL DONORS. >> I WANT TO ASK ABOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
00:51:34IN A PREVENTING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. A LOT OF THINGS ARE IN
00:51:38CONVERSATION WHEN COMES TO THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS LIKE
00:51:42SINGLE-PAYER OR MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:51:46WHICH ONE OF THOSE DO YOU SUPPORT PRODUCE SUPPORT MARKETPLACE HEALTH CARE, WHERE
00:51:50DOES -- WHERE THEY LAND ON THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING
00:51:54PARTICULARLY IN THE DEMOCRATIC
00:51:55PARTY TODAY. >> JUST TO BACK UP WE THINK FOR
00:51:59THE MIDTERMS HEALTH CARE COST HAVE OVERTAKEN THE TOP FINANCIAL
00:52:03CONCERNS FOR AMERICANS AHEAD OF FOOD, HOUSING AND GAS PRICES
00:52:07WHICH ARE ALL AFFORDABILITY CONCERNS.
00:52:10ACCORDING TO PLACES LIKE KFS,
00:52:1354% OF AMERICANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT PAYING FOR HEALTH CARE.
00:52:17TOPPING THE LIST OF THE AFFORDABILITY CONCERNS ACCORDING TO GALLUP, ONE THIRD OF
00:52:21AMERICANS REPORTING CUTTING BACK
00:52:24ON DAILY EXPENSES SUCH AS SKIPPING MEALS AND PRODUCING
00:52:27UTILITY USE TO HEALTH CARE. AND ACCORDING TO AXIOS A
00:52:31MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAY THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR CANDIDATES THAT SUPPORT LOWERING
00:52:35HEALTH CARE COSTS.
00:52:37WE KNOW THAT DEMOCRATS HOLD A 21
00:52:41POINT ADVANTAGE OVER REPUBLICANS ON HEALTH CARE BECAUSE WE'VE
00:52:43DELIVERED ON LOWER PREMIUMS
00:52:46EXPANDING COVERAGE AND LOWERING DRUG COSTS WHICH RANK AMONGST
00:52:49THE TOP FOR PEOPLE. AND IN CONTRAST WE KNOW THE
00:52:53TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING OF HEALTH CARE LAND THEM 36
00:52:57POINTS UNDERWATER.
00:52:58I THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT PEOPLE
00:53:02WANT, WHAT THE VOTERS WANT AND WHAT THEY CARE ABOUT IS THAT
00:53:05THEY CAN GET THE SAME QUALITY OF
00:53:07CARE REGARDLESS OF THEIR INCOME
00:53:10THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET THE MEDICATIONS THEY NEED AND BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEM.
00:53:14THAT THEY CAN GET THE CARE THEIR DOCTOR RECOMMENDS AND THEY ARE
00:53:17ABLE TO AFFORD INSURANCE WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE CUTS IN THE REST
00:53:20OF THEIR FAMILY BUDGET AND THE CARE THEY NEED.
00:53:23SO TO DO THAT, DEMOCRATIC
00:53:27MEMBERS OF THE RELEVANT COMMITTEES ARE PROPOSED
00:53:30EXPANDING THE MEDICARE NEGOTIATED PRICES TO ALL CONSUMERS REGARDLESS OF WHERE
00:53:34THEY GET THEIR HEALTH CARE. LIMITING PEOPLE'S OUT-OF-POCKET
00:53:38COSTS. NEED TO RESTORE THE TRILLION DO IN MEDICAID CUTS THAT
00:53:41WERE MADE IN THE BIG BEAUTIFUL
00:53:46BILL. WE NEED TO PROVIDE AMERICANS
00:53:50WITH UNBIASED INFORMATION ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND RESTORE THE TAX
00:53:53CREDIT THE LOWERED HEALTH
00:53:55INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR PEOPLE WHO BUY COVERAGE ON THEIR OWN.
00:53:59WHERE AMERICAN VOTERS, OUT ON THE LARGER POLICY QUESTIONS WITH SINGLE-PAYER AND MEDICARE FOR
00:54:03ALL WE WILL GET TO ALL OF THAT. THAT WOULD BE A BALLOT BOX
00:54:07ISSUE. WE NEED TO TAKE FUNDAMENTAL STEPS TO ENSURE AMERICANS HAVE
00:54:11ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
00:54:12AGAIN. HOST: I WANT TO DRILL DOWN ON
00:54:17THE PRESIDENT AND WHAT HE'S DONE WITH HEALTH CARE.
00:54:19YOU STARTED SAYING HE WILL ASK CONGRESS TO PASS HIS GREAT
00:54:23HEALTH CARE, BUT I WONDER WHAT
00:54:27IMPACT DOES THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ALREADY HAD ON
00:54:31HEALTH CARE. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WHEN IT
00:54:34COMES TO THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.
00:54:36I WONDER WRIT LARGE WHAT IMPACT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS HAD ON
00:54:40HEALTH CARE.
00:54:42GUEST: IN THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL
00:54:46BILL, THE CUT $1 TRILLION IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
00:54:50IT'S THE LARGEST HEALTH CARE CUT WE'VE SEEN IN HISTORY.
00:54:53AND THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS TO GIVE TAX CUTS TO BILLIONAIRES
00:54:57AND CORPORATIONS.
00:54:59AND JUST TO REMIND THE VIEWER.
00:55:02THE MEDICAID PROGRAM PAYS FOR SIX IN 10 SENIORS IN NURSING
00:55:06HOMES. IT COVERS FOUR IN 10 MOMS GIVING
00:55:08BIRTH. IT COVERS NEARLY HALF OF THE
00:55:12CHILDREN IN AMERICA AND A QUARTER OF RURAL AMERICA. SO THIS IS A CRITICAL HEALTH
00:55:16CARE PROGRAM.
00:55:18THEY TOOK $1 TRILLION OUT OF THE
00:55:21PROGRAM AND THEY DOUBLED AND TRIPLED THE PREMIUMS FOR OVER 20
00:55:24MILLION PEOPLE WHO BUY COVERAGE
00:55:27ON THEIR OWN. IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
00:55:31MARKETPLACES. SO SO FAR OVER 8 MILLION PEOPLE
00:55:35AND COUNTING HAVE LOST HEALTH
00:55:37COVERAGE THAT THEY COUNT ON.
00:55:41IN THE EXPECTATION IS WE WILL BE
00:55:43WELL UNDER 15 MILLION NEWLY
00:55:46UNINSURED PEOPLE WITHIN THE 10 YEAR FRAME.
00:55:50OVER 1000 HOSPITALS, CLINICS, NURSING HOMES ARE FACING CUTS OR
00:55:53CLOSURE AND THAT'S SINCE THE BEGINNING AND THE DEEPER CUTS
00:55:56GOING INTO EFFECT NEXT YEAR. WE ARE SEEING CHAOS IN THE
00:56:00HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL AND
00:56:02THE WAY THEY HAVE BEGUN
00:56:06IMPLEMENTING THROUGH REGULATIONS
00:56:08HAS MADE THAT EVEN WORSE IN TERMS OF THE REGULATIONS HAVE
00:56:11BEEN AND HAVE GONE WAY BEYOND
00:56:13WHAT WAS AUTHORIZED.
00:56:16HOST: ACCORDING TO THE PETERSON
00:56:18INSTITUTE THE MAJORITY OF THE
00:56:22SAVINGS, 800 $19 MILLION COMES FROM NET DECREASES AND SPENDING
00:56:26PROVISIONS LIKE MEDICAID. THERE'S ALSO A REDUCTION IN THE
00:56:29TAX PREMIUM CREDITS FOR THE
00:56:31AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND EXCHANGE
00:56:34ABOUT $200 BILLION. I WONDER IF WE COULD FOCUS A
00:56:37LITTLE BIT ON MEDICAID RIGHT NOW.
00:56:40THE WAY IN WHICH IT'S BEEN IMPACTED SPECIFICALLY WORK
00:56:44REQUIREMENTS. HOW DO YOU SEE THAT AFFECTING
00:56:48THE FLOW OF PEOPLE GET THESE BENEFITS.
00:56:50>> IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANT
00:56:54SHRINK THE POOL OF PEOPLE WHO GET BENEFITS THROUGH MEDICAID.
00:56:57WE ALREADY SEEN THAT HAPPENING.
00:57:00THE POINT HERE IS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO GET MEDICAID
00:57:04ALREADY WORKED. THE VAST MAJORITY ALREADY WORK
00:57:08AND HAVE JOBS.
00:57:10OR ARE IN SCHOOL AND MEET THESE
00:57:13REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTEERING. THE ISSUE IS THE WORK REQUIREMENT IS REALLY THAT IT
00:57:17CREATES -- THAT IT REQUIRES
00:57:21SIGNIFICANT SUBMISSION OF ENROLLMENT FORMS AND IT REQUIRES
00:57:25THAT THE STATE BE ABLE TO FIND
00:57:28AND CONTACT THESE PEOPLE THROUGH MECHANISMS THAT THEY MAY OR MAY
00:57:31NOT HAVE.
00:57:34THEY ARE FLUCTUATE.
00:57:37THEY HAVE MULTIPLE JOBS IN ORDER TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES.
00:57:41SO IT IS REALLY MORE OF A REDTAPE REQUIREMENT THAN IT IS A
00:57:45WORK REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY WORKING. SO THE IMPACT WILL BE
00:57:49SUBSTANTIAL IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LOSING THEIR
00:57:53COVERAGE THROUGH MEDICAID BECAUSE OF THIS NEW REQUIREMENT
00:57:56IN PLACE. HOST: I WANT TO INVITE OUR
00:58:00VIEWERS TO JOIN IN. WE HAVE EITHER THAT, A FORMER TAP THE DIRECTOR IN THE OBAMA
00:58:04HHS OFFICE. HELP FOR ANSWERING YOUR
00:58:08QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS OF HEALTH CARE AND WHAT
00:58:10THAT MEANS IN THE CAMPAIGN.
00:58:13REPUBLICANS ARE LYING, 202-748-8001 -- REPUBLICANS,
00:58:16YOUR LINE IS 202-748-8001.
00:58:22DEMOCRATS, 202-748-8000.
00:58:25INDEPENDENTS 202-748-8002.
00:58:29I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE ACA.
00:58:32OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND HAS STAYED
00:58:36SINCE THEN BUT HAS FACED
00:58:39DIFFICULTIES GOING FORWARD.
00:58:43THE CONGRESS ALLOWS PREMIUM
00:58:47SUBSIDIES TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
00:58:51WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE STATUS OF THE ACA WITH THAT PROVISION
00:58:55NOW EXPIRED.
00:58:57HOST: TO REMIND THE VIEWERS, THE
00:59:03FOLKS WHO BUY COVERAGE FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ON THE
00:59:07MARKETPLACES ARE PEOPLE WHO BUY COVERAGE ON THEIR OWN. THEY DO NOT GET COVERAGE THROUGH
00:59:11THEIR EMPLOYER. SO THESE ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
00:59:15THESE ARE FARMERS, CAREGIVERS.
00:59:20EARLY RETIREES. THESE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE NO OTHER PLACE TO GO TO PURCHASE
00:59:24THEIR COVERAGE. THE ENHANCED TAX CREDITS YOU
00:59:27JUST REFERENCED THAT WERE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE OBAMA AND
00:59:30BIDEN ERA, THROUGH THE MARKETPLACES.
00:59:34THEY RESULTED IN THE LOWEST RATE OF UNINSURED IN -- THAT THIS
00:59:38COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN.
00:59:40WE WERE AT NEAR FULL COVERAGE IN
00:59:45THIS COUNTRY AND THEN WHEN REPUBLICANS CUT THOSE TAX CREDITS WE HAD SIGNIFICANT
00:59:49LOSSES IN THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE THAT
00:59:53COVERAGE BECAUSE THEY LOST THAT
00:59:54ASSISTANCE. SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT
00:59:58ABOUT CLOSE TO 4 MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY SEEN THAT
01:00:02COVERAGE. THEY ARE NOW UNABLE TO AFFORD
01:00:06THAT COVERAGE. THE HEADLINES ARE PILING UP FROM
01:00:09CALIFORNIA TO VIRGINIA. TO NO LONGER AFFORD THE COVERAGE
01:00:13WHENCE THOSE TAX CREDITS WERE
01:00:15TAKEN AWAY. THE HOSPITALS ARE REPORTING A
01:00:18NUMBER OF UNINSURED PATIENTS AND
01:00:21ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PROTECTOR
01:00:23CARE DOES IS COLLECT THESE KINDS
01:00:26OF STORIES FROM THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THESE FARMERS AND CAREGIVERS.
01:00:30CAREGIVERS BUT HAD THEIR HEALTH
01:00:33CARE COVERAGE JEOPARDIZED BY THOSE CUTS.
01:00:36WE HAVE SEEN A TWO TIME CANCER
01:00:39SURVIVOR IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN GOING UNINSURED AND
01:00:42WAITING TO AGENT TO MEDICARE AFTER HER PREMIUMS SKYROCKETED A
01:00:45THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH. A GRANDMOTHER IN GEORGIA WHO
01:00:49LOOKS AFTER HER GRANDSON WITH AUTISM WHO IS NOW UNINSURED WITH
01:00:52HER PREMIUM HAVING QUADRUPLED.
01:00:55THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO THE TAX CREDITS PEOPLE WERE
01:00:58GETTING WHO ARE NOW UNABLE TO
01:01:03AFFORD THE COVERAGE ON THE MARKETPLACE AND ARE GOING
01:01:04UNINSURED. LET'S GO TO -- HOST: LET'S GO TO
01:01:09PHONE CALLS. VIRGINIA FROM ARIZONA, A DEMOCRAT.
01:01:13CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
01:01:16I HAVE A QUESTION -- FIRST OF
01:01:19ALL I WANT TO SAY THIS.
01:01:21THIS IS ONE BIG REASON I AM
01:01:25VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE FALL AND I'M HOPING THE AMERICAN
01:01:28PUBLIC SEES IT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO VOTE FOR A PARTY
01:01:32THAT WILL ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING
01:01:35AS FAR AS RESTORING THE BENEFITS
01:01:39FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
01:01:41AS FAR AS PUSHING THE IDEA OF
01:01:45HEALTH CARE FOR EVERY SINGLE
01:01:48PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY. IF YOU DO NOT VOTE DEMOCRAT YOU
01:01:52HAVE NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER OF
01:01:53MAKING SURE PEOPLE DO NOT GET
01:01:57BANKRUPT WHEN THEY RUN INTO A MEDICAL CRISIS.
01:02:01THE QUESTION I HAVE TO ASK FOR
01:02:04YVETTE HAS TO DO WITH EFFORTS --
01:02:07WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENCOURAGE MORE
01:02:12DOCTORS TO TAKE ON THE PATIENT'S
01:02:16WHO HAVE OBAMA CARE AND MEDICARE
01:02:19AND MEDICAID PATIENTS SO THAT
01:02:25THERE ARE SUFFICIENT DOCTORS OUT THERE?
01:02:28WHAT CAN WE DO IN THAT REGARD?
01:02:32GUEST: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
01:02:36I THINK WE CAN START BY NOT
01:02:40TAKING $1 TRILLION OUT OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AS THEY DID IN
01:02:43THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL. THAT REALLY RESTRICTS THE
01:02:46STATE'S ABILITIES TO REIMBURSE PHYSICIANS AND OTHER PROVIDERS
01:02:49AT A LEVEL THAT MAKES IT LIVABLE FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY SEE THESE
01:02:53PATIENTS. WE HAVE TO START BY RESTORING
01:02:56THAT TRILLION DOLLAR CUT AND IN
01:02:59ORDER TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO GET DEMOCRATS INTO OFFICE.
01:03:03I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TRAINING
01:03:06DOCTORS AND THE WORKFORCE, THE
01:03:08NUMBER OF PEOPLE GOING INTO
01:03:15OTHER PROVIDERS SO WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT LEVEL OF ACCESS.
01:03:18WE HAVE TO START BY MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE FUNDING IN THESE
01:03:22PROGRAMS THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO REIMBURSEMENT RATES TO MAKE SURE
01:03:25PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS.
01:03:27HOST: DJ FROM TEXAS.
01:03:30A REPUBLICAN.
01:03:32CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
01:03:36I ORIGINALLY CALLED FOR THE CAMPAIGN AND THAT I SAW HEALTH
01:03:40CARE AND I HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT
01:03:41THAT. AS FAR AS CAMPAIGNING, WHAT
01:03:45PUSHES MY VOTE, A LOT OF PEOPLE
01:03:48IGNORE OR DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TERM FISCAL IMPACT MEANS.
01:03:53THEY DO NOT LOOK AT THE BILL OR LOOK AT ANYTHING.
01:03:56THEY VOTE ON THEIR EMOTIONS. FISCAL IMPACT IS THE REASON WE
01:04:00ARE IN THE POSITION WE ARE IN WITH OUR DEBT.
01:04:03THE REASON WHY THE DEMOCRATIC
01:04:05PARTY IN MANY STATES.
01:04:08I WOULD LOVE TO SEE C-SPAN PUT UP A GRAPH.
01:04:12LET'S GO CITY BY CITY.
01:04:16HOST: I WILL JUMP IN AND ASK YOU
01:04:20TO SAY OR COMMENT ON HEALTH CARE. CALLER: KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU
01:04:24ARE VOTING ON THE FISCAL IMPACT. THAT IS WHERE YOUR VOTE NEEDS TO
01:04:28BE.
01:04:29AS FAR AS HEALTH CARE GOES, I AM
01:04:34ALL FOR HAVING INSURANCE.
01:04:37I HAVE INSURANCE FOR MY CAR. I HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE.
01:04:41THAT IS A PRIVILEGE. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO DRIVE.
01:04:45IT IS A PRIVILEGED OWN A CAR. YOU HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE.
01:04:48I HAVE A HOME. YOU BETTER ENSURE YOUR HOME.
01:04:52IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE A HOME. IT IS A PRIVILEGE.
01:04:56YOU NEED TO ENSURE THAT PRIVILEGE.
01:05:00TWO AND A HALF DECADES AGO WE
01:05:03ARE BEING FORCED INTO HEALTH CARE.
01:05:05I GUESS LIVING IS A PRIVILEGE.
01:05:08IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE A HUMAN BEING AND BE ALIVE AND WE ARE
01:05:12FORCED TO BUY THIS PRODUCT TO
01:05:14COVER OUR HEALTH CARE. I HAVE HAD HEALTH CARE THROUGH
01:05:18THE TEAMSTERS UNTIL THREE YEARS AGO.
01:05:21I WAS A TEAMSTER FOR THE FILM
01:05:23AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY.
01:05:26I AM STILL A MEMBER OF THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD. IT IS ALL BASED ON YOUR INCOME,
01:05:30WHETHER YOU QUALIFY FOR YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE OR NOT. IF YOU DO NOT QUALIFY THEY CAN
01:05:34OFFER YOU THE COBRA.
01:05:36IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE. HEALTH CARE AS A WHOLE IS QUITE
01:05:40EXPENSIVE. FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF
01:05:44YEARS I'VE BEEN PAYING FOR MY HEALTH CARE CASH OUT OF POCKET
01:05:48AND I HAVE SAVED MYSELF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
01:05:52I HAVE HEALTH CONDITIONS, I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, IF YOU
01:05:56GOING TO SEE THE DOCTOR ALL OF THE TIME FOR RENEWALS OF MY
01:05:59BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICINE, MY HIGH
01:06:02CHOLESTEROL MEDICINE. I ALSO HAVE SKIN CANCER.
01:06:05I HAVE HAD SEVERAL DEFORMING
01:06:12SURGERIES TO REMOVE SKIN CANCER FROM MY FACE AND ARMS AND ALL
01:06:15OVER.
01:06:18I HAVE HAD TWO PROCEDURES. HOST: LET ME PUSH YOU A LITTLE BIT.
01:06:22IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A SPECIFIC COMMENT FOR YVETTE TO ANSWER?
01:06:26CALLER: PAYING CASH AND NOT
01:06:29BEING FORCED TO BUY A PRODUCT.
01:06:33HEALTH CARE IS NOT WHAT IT IS ALL CRACKED UP TO BE. MY MOTHER --
01:06:37HOST: LET'S LET YVETTE GET IN
01:06:42AND ANSWER THIS. GUEST: I AM SORRY YOU ARE
01:06:46DEALING WITH SKIN CANCER AND OTHER ILLNESSES.
01:06:50THAT IS A HORRIBLE SITUATION.
01:06:57THAT IS THE KIND OF THING YOU NEED HEALTH INSURANCE TO PROTECT YOU AGAINST CATASTROPHIC COSTS
01:07:01THAT COME UP FOR EVERYBODY.
01:07:05AS A REMINDER FOR THE VIEWERS, BEFORE THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
01:07:08WAS PASSED, IF YOU HAD SKIN CANCER OR YOU HAD HIGH BLOOD
01:07:12PRESSURE OR ANY OF THOSE INDICATIONS YOU JUST MENTIONED,
01:07:15YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OFFERED
01:07:18-- THOSE ARE PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS AND YOU'VE BEEN
01:07:22DECLINED EVEN THE OFFER OF HEALTH INSURANCE, LET ALONE AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE.
01:07:26I THINK IT IS GREAT YOU CAN
01:07:29ACCESS HEALTH INSURANCE AND YOU ARE CORRECT, YOU ARE PAYING TOO
01:07:33MUCH FOR IT. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE
01:07:37HEALTH CARE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY BY
01:07:41LOWERING THE COST OF HEALTH CARE
01:07:44AND YOU CANNOT DO THAT BY CUTTING THE HEALTH COVERAGE
01:07:48PROGRAMS BY $1 TRILLION. WE HAVE TO RESTORE THAT FUNDING
01:07:52AND ACTUALLY MAKE HEALTH CARE
01:07:54AND HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY A
01:07:57FOCUS OF THE ELECTION AND WHO YOU ARE ELECTING.
01:08:01I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE THE DEMOCRATS ARE FOCUSED ON THE
01:08:05ISSUE OF AFFORDABILITY. YOUR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE AND
01:08:09HOW WE MAKE THAT ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE BETTER, NOT OTHER
01:08:13THINGS, WARS OF CHOICE AND
01:08:16BALLROOMS. WE ARE FOCUSED ON DELIVERING FOR
01:08:20YOU AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE PRODUCT THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE
01:08:24YOU TO MAKE THOSE CHOICES BETWEEN YOUR HOME INSURANCE IN
01:08:28YOUR CAR INSURANCE AND YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE.
01:08:31YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD ALL OF THOSE THINGS FOR THE REASON YOU JUST STATED, WHICH IS THAT
01:08:35YOU GET SICK YOU NEED THAT PIECE
01:08:38OF MIND TO MAKE SURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THE CARE YOU NEED.
01:08:41HOST: SPEAKING OF DEMOCRATS, AND
01:08:46AXIOS POLL FROM JUNE SHOWED THAT
01:08:4845% OF THOSE RESPONDENTS SAID
01:08:53THEY WERE MORE LIKELY WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF VOTING
01:08:56FOR A CANDIDATE THAT SUPPORTS
01:08:58REINSTATING ENHANCED ACA
01:09:03SUBSIDIES, 16% SAID LESS LIKELY,
01:09:0722% SAID NO DIFFERENCE.
01:09:10OUR DEMOCRATS CAMPAIGNING ON RESTORING THESE SUBSIDIES AND IF SO WHAT IS THE CHANCE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS?
01:09:14GUEST: DEMOCRATS ARE TALKING
01:09:18ABOUT RESTORING THOSE SUBSIDIES.
01:09:21JUST BEFORE BEFORE THE AUGUST
01:09:25BREAK THE HOUSE BROUGHT UP A
01:09:28PETITION TO EXTEND THOSE TAX
01:09:32CREDITS FOR THREE YEARS.
01:09:37THAT HAD THE MAJORITY SUPPORT IN
01:09:39THE HOUSE BUT WAS NEVER TAKEN UP BY THE SPEAKER.
01:09:43THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE HAVE TRIED TO FORCE BOATS TO RESTORE THOSE
01:09:46TAX CREDITS AND CANDIDATES ON
01:09:50THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO RESTORE THOSE TAX
01:09:53CREDITS AND GET THAT DONE.
01:09:58THE FOLKS WHO BY THAT COVERAGE AND RELIED ON THOSE TAX CREDITS,
01:10:02THAT IS THERE A SINGLE WAY TO GET COVERAGE. THEY ARE FOLKS WHO BY COVERAGE
01:10:06ON THEIR OWN.
01:10:09THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, EARLY RETIREES, THE CAREGIVERS, THE
01:10:12FARMERS.
01:10:16THEY ARE CONSEQUENTIAL VOTING BLOCS FOR THESE MEMBERS AND IMPORTANT CONSTITUENTS.
01:10:20THEY ARE RUNNING ON THAT. IN TERMS OF THE CHANCES OF THAT
01:10:24HAPPENING THAT DEPENDS ON THE
01:10:25ELECTION OUTCOME.
01:10:29IF DEMOCRATS WERE TO TAKE THE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE
01:10:33THEY WILL FOCUS ON RESTORING THOSE TAX CREDITS AND IT WILL REALLY BE UP TO WHERE THE
01:10:37PRESIDENT IS. DOES HE WANT TO HELP THESE
01:10:40PEOPLE GET THAT COVERAGE BACK OR NOT? THAT IS WHY THE ELECTION OUTCOME
01:10:44IS SO IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE RESULTS ARE FROM A HEALTH
01:10:48CARE AFFORDABILITY PERSPECTIVE.
01:10:49HOST: PATRICK FROM FLORIDA.
01:10:53INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING.
01:10:55CALLER: THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL.
01:10:59ONE THING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IS
01:11:03HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR PROFIT. I DON'T MIND PEOPLE MAKING A
01:11:07PROFIT BUT YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE
01:11:12MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SALARIES.
01:11:14STOCK BONUSES AND ALL THE REST.
01:11:17I THINK YOU SHOULD CONCENTRATE
01:11:19ON LIFESTYLE REFORM. I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE WALL
01:11:23STREET JOURNAL THAT SAID NO MATTER WHAT THE SOCIOECONOMIC
01:11:26LEVEL OF HISPANICS ARE, THEY HAVE VERY LOW HEALTH CARE COSTS
01:11:30BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SMOKE.
01:11:32I READ THAT ARTICLE AND I THINK
01:11:35I CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I HAVE SEEN A HISPANIC PERSON SMOKING.
01:11:39JAPAN HAS 20% OF PROSTATE CANCER
01:11:44RATES BECAUSE THEIR PRIMARY MEAT
01:11:47PROTEIN IS FISH AND CHICKEN, NOT RED MEAT.
01:11:51I WAS STATIONED IN GERMANY, YOU
01:11:54GO INTO A STORE, YOU CANNOT FIND
01:11:57CAP'N CRUNCH, THEY WOULD NOT LET
01:12:01THEM BE SOLD.
01:12:03WHAT IS THE OBESITY RATES --
01:12:08WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU HAVE TOO MUCH SUGAR IN YOUR SYSTEM?
01:12:12DIABETES. COMPARE THOSE RATES IN THE 30'S
01:12:16AND 40'S AND 50'S AND GET TO IT
01:12:17NOW. ONE LAST THING, I HEAR ALL OF
01:12:21THESE PEOPLE CALLING INTO C-SPAN AND SAYING YOU ARE MEAN TO DONALD TRUMP.
01:12:24YOU ARE CALLING IN A PROGRAM THAT SPENT EIGHT YEARS ON
01:12:27WHITEWATER, WHITEWATER, AND
01:12:31THREE YEARS ON BENGHAZI, BENGHAZI.
01:12:35THAT IS MY TWO CENTS. THANK YOU.
01:12:37HOST: I WONDER AT THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT?
01:12:41CALLER: I DO NOT -- GUEST: I DO
01:12:46NOT DISAGREE THAT LIFESTYLE IS IMPORTANT.
01:12:49TO THAT POINT, I THINK HAVING
01:12:52HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE IS CRITICAL TO TRYING TO MAINTAIN
01:12:56THOSE LIFESTYLE POINTS.
01:12:57AS AN EXAMPLE, DURING -- WHEN
01:13:02MEDICAID WAS EXPANDED UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THE STATES THAT ACTUALLY TOOK UP THAT
01:13:06EXPANSION HAD RESULTS LIKE
01:13:09INCREASED ACCESS TO PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE SO HAVING A
01:13:12PERSONAL DOCTOR, GETTING
01:13:15CHECKUPS IN THE PAST YEAR FOR ADULTS WITH LOW INCOME, THEY
01:13:19WERE 7% MORE LIKELY THAN THE NON-EXPANSION STATES TO HAVE
01:13:23MAMMOGRAMS AND 5% MORE LIKELY TO BE TESTED FOR CHOLESTEROL, HIGH
01:13:27BLOOD SUGAR, OR DIABETES.
01:13:30THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THOSE KINDS OF PREVENTATIVE SERVICES
01:13:34AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES TO KEEP
01:13:36YOURSELF HEALTHY AND TO KNOW YOU
01:13:39ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK IN ORDER
01:13:43TO MAINTAIN THAT LIFESTYLE AND STAY FOCUSED ON IT, HEALTH
01:13:47INSURANCE COVERAGE IS CRITICAL TO THAT.
01:13:49CUTTING COVERAGE FOR PEOPLE AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
01:13:53UNINSURED AND DRIVING UP THE COSTS OF HEALTH CARE AS OPPOSED
01:13:57TO TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE REALLY UNDERMINES THE
01:14:01BOWL THAT PATRICK IS TALKING ABOUT. HOST: SOMETHING THE TRUMP
01:14:05ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE LAST FEW MONTHS IS THE
01:14:07ISSUE OF FRAUD.
01:14:10THEY ANNOUNCED A MAJOR CAMPAIGN AGAINST WHAT THEY ALLEGE TO BE A
01:14:13MASSIVE FRAUD, ESPECIALLY INSIDE
01:14:17THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
01:14:19THEY ESTIMATE ABOUT $230 BILLION
01:14:23IS SUSPECTED IN HEALTH CARE FRAUD IDENTIFIED BY THE FEDERAL
01:14:25TASK FORCE LED BY JD VANCE.
01:14:29IS IT YOUR VIEW THAT HEALTH CARE
01:14:32OVERSIGHT AND THIS IDEA THERE
01:14:35COULD BE FRAUD EVERYWHERE, IS
01:14:40OVERSIGHT OVER HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MEDICAID FRAUD ADEQUATE?
01:14:43GUEST: TO BE CLEAR, NO ONE IS IN
01:14:48FAVOR OF FRAUD. WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE FRAUD IN
01:14:52OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS OR THE WHITE HOUSE.
01:14:56EVERYONE WANTS TO ENSURE PROGRAM INTEGRITY AND PROTECT TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
01:15:00THAT IS WHY DEMOCRATS HAVE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO
01:15:03ADDRESS THE REAL DRIVERS OF FRAUD, CROOKED BROKERS AND
01:15:07AGENTS, CRIMINAL PROVIDERS, UNSCRUPULOUS HEALTH PLANS, AND
01:15:10TO INCREASE THE FUNDING TO THE PROGRAMS THAT WERE JOINTLY
01:15:14OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AS
01:15:17WELL AS THE FBI TO IDENTIFY AND
01:15:21PROSECUTE HEALTH CARE FRAUD. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
01:15:25THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE FULLY FUNDED AND THEY HAVE THE
01:15:28TOOLS THEY NEED. WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE DOING IS
01:15:32USING THE PRETEXT OF FRAUD TO REDUCE BENEFITS AND CUT
01:15:36ENROLLMENT FOR THOSE WHO NEED HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
01:15:40THAT IS WHAT WE CANNOT ALLOW.
01:15:43AS AN EXAMPLE, CMS, THE AGENCY
01:15:47THAT RUNS MEDICARE AND MEDICAID IN THE MARKETPLACE CONTINUES TO
01:15:50HIGHLIGHT FRAUD BY BROKERS.
01:15:54TO ADVANCED POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT PUNISH CONSUMERS FOR THE VICTIMS OF FRAUD IT IS CLEAR
01:15:58THEY ARE NOT TAKING ACTION
01:16:01AGAINST THE BAD ACTORS BUT THEY
01:16:05HAVE ACTUALLY REINSTATED EVERY BROKER SUSPENDED BY THE BIDEN
01:16:09ADMINISTRATION AND THEY HAVE NOT REPORTED TAKING ANY ENFORCEMENT
01:16:12ACTION AGAINST BROKERS.
01:16:15THIS IS BEING USED AS A SMOKESCREEN TO CUT BENEFITS AND
01:16:19ENROLLMENTS FOR BENEFICIARIES. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FOCUS ON
01:16:23THE PROGRAMS YOU ARE MENTIONING, WHICH IS TO GIVE THE CORRECT
01:16:27AUTHORITIES THE RIGHT OVERSIGHT AND FUNDING IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE REAL FRAUD THAT IS
01:16:31UNDERLYING THE PROGRAMS.
01:16:32HOST: JIM FROM SHERMAN, TEXAS.
01:16:38A REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
01:16:42OFTEN TIMES WE MISS THE BIG
01:16:46QUESTION AND THAT IS HOW DO WE REDUCE THE COST OF DELIVERING
01:16:50MEDICINE?
01:16:51I WOULD SAY I AM NOT AN EXPERT
01:16:57MECHANIC BUT I AM GLAD I CAN GO TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE AND BUY
01:17:01SOME PARTS AND PUT THEM ON MY
01:17:05VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS THAT I CAN HANDLE.
01:17:07OUR GOVERNMENT, STARTING WITH
01:17:12GOOD INTENTIONS TO PROTECT US
01:17:13FROM SNAKE OIL SALESMAN.
01:17:19INCREMENTALLY INCREASE
01:17:20REQUIREMENTS FOR DRUGS.
01:17:24IT SHOULD HAVE STAYED WHERE IT STARTED AND THAT WAS WHATEVER IS
01:17:28IN THERE HAS TO BE LABEL IT IS IN THERE.
01:17:31IF IT IS POISONOUS THEN A NOTICE
01:17:36WOULD SAY IT IS POISONOUS.
01:17:41IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT PEOPLE
01:17:42TAKING SUBSTANCES THAT MIGHT BE
01:17:48POISONOUS IF YOU INCLUDE ALCOHOL
01:17:53.
01:17:54THE POINT IS WE ARE REGULATED TO
01:17:59THE POINT -- FOR COST OF HEALTH CARE LET'S DO IT ONE STEP AT A
01:18:03TIME.
01:18:04OUR DRUGS -- WHETHER
01:18:09OVER-THE-COUNTER OR REQUIRING A PRESCRIPTION -- IT IS INSULTING
01:18:13THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT TRUST
01:18:14AMERICANS TO DECIDE THIS IS THE
01:18:18HEALTH CHOICE I WANT TO MAKE.
01:18:20WE NEED A PERMISSION SLIP. I DON'T THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
01:18:24HOST: LET'S LET YVETTE GET INTO
01:18:29THIS SINCE YOU ARE PART OF THE HEALTH REFORM OFFICE AT HHS.
01:18:33GUEST: JIM IS RIGHT THAT HEALTH
01:18:37CARE IS TOO EXPENSIVE. ALL OF THE COMMENTS ARE ALL
01:18:41COMING FROM THE SAME BASIC PREMISE WHICH IS THAT HEALTH CARE NEEDS TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE
01:18:45IN THIS COUNTRY. YOU ARE REFERENCING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REGULATION THAT NEEDS
01:18:49TO OCCUR. WE ARE CLEARLY SEEING THAT RIGHT
01:18:52NOW WHERE IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO EAT A SALAD AND NOT HAVE
01:18:56TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ORATORY
01:19:00ABOUT THE MEASLES RATE GOING UP AFTER DECADES OF KIDS BEING PROTECTED.
01:19:03THERE NEEDS TO BE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF REGULATION AND
01:19:07SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE THAT INFORMS THAT REGULATION.
01:19:11YOU ARE RIGHT THAT IT SHOULD NOT, THE COST OF AFFORDABILITY
01:19:13OF HEALTH CARE AND THE ITEMS AND
01:19:17SERVICES PEOPLE NEED TO STAY HEALTHY.
01:19:21THAT IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC
01:19:23FOCUS HAS BEEN ON IMPROVING
01:19:26HEALTH CARE AFFORDABILITY AND
01:19:28DRIVING THOSE COSTS DOWN SO THAT
01:19:31EVEN WITH THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF REGULATION THAT SERVES TO
01:19:34PROTECT YOU AND THE REST OF THE
01:19:37PUBLIC FROM VARIOUS ILLNESSES
01:19:41AND DISEASES WE ALL NEED TO PUT PROTECTED FROM ON AN ONGOING
01:19:45BASIS, EVEN WITH THAT REGULATION
01:19:49HEALTH CARE REMAINS AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED IT.
01:19:52THERE IS NO REASON THAT IN THIS
01:19:56COUNTRY EVERYONE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE ACCESS TO THE
01:19:58CARE THEY NEED AND BE ABLE TO
01:20:01AFFORD BOTH TO DO THAT AND FEED
01:20:03AND CLOTHE THEIR CHILDREN.
01:20:06HOST: I WONDER WHAT YOU MAKE OF
01:20:09TRUMP RX, THE PRESIDENT SITE
01:20:12WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND LOOK AT
01:20:15PRICING FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
01:20:18THEY MADE DEALS WITH ABOUT 70 DIFFERENT COMPANIES TO TRY TO LOWER THE PRICES OF SOME
01:20:22PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WILL DO
01:20:26GENERIC DRUGS NEXT. WHAT YOU MAKE OF THIS PROGRAM
01:20:30THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TARGETED TOWARDS THE AFFORDABILITY OF
01:20:33PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES, SOMETHING THE LAST CALLER WAS TALKING ABOUT?
01:20:37CALLER: I THINK THERE HAS BEEN
01:20:40-- GUEST: I THINK THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF RHETORIC FROM THE WHITE
01:20:44HOUSE ABOUT LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE
01:20:48DELIVERED ON ANY LOWERING OF DRUG COSTS. TRUMP RX IS A PORTAL PEOPLE CAN
01:20:52GO TO TO ACCESS DISCOUNTS
01:20:54ALREADY AVAILABLE OUT THERE.
01:20:57AND THAT WAY MAYBE IT ORGANIZES SOME OF THE DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.
01:21:01WE JUST ALL REPORTING FROM GOOD
01:21:04RX THE OTHER DAY THAT IT HAS NOT
01:21:07IMPACTED OR BROUGHT DOWN PRICES
01:21:10FOR PEOPLE USING IT OTHER THAN
01:21:13WHAT ALREADY EXISTS OUT THERE. I THINK WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
01:21:17RHETORIC AND A LOT OF BACKROOM DEALS WITH PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS.
01:21:21I AM NOT SURE THEY HAVE DELIVERED LOWER COSTS ON DRUGS
01:21:25FOR ANY PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF PEOPLE. HOST: RONALD FROM NORTH
01:21:29CAROLINA.
01:21:30REPUBLICAN. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
01:21:35MY COMMENT IS WE HAVE A LOT OF DOCTORS GOING IN --
01:21:37HOST: COULD I HAVE YOU MEET YOUR
01:21:41TV FOR ME REAL QUICK?
01:21:42CALLER: YES.
01:21:46HOW IS THAT? HOST: PERFECT.
01:21:50CALLER: MY COMMENT IS A LOT OF
01:21:54DOCTORS GO TO SCHOOL TOGETHER AND WHEN THEY GET IN BUSINESS
01:21:57THEY WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THEY TELL ONE ANOTHER I HAVE A
01:22:01MAN THAT NEEDS THIS DONE TO HIM AND YOU CAN MAKE MONEY DOING
01:22:03THIS.
01:22:06THEN THE DOCTORS GET TOGETHER AND IT IS FRAUD.
01:22:09THEY DO A TEST ON SOMEBODY AND
01:22:11IT IS 100,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE
01:22:14THAT, THIS TEST OR THAT TEST,
01:22:17$250,000, THAT IS FRAUD.
01:22:19HOST: I WONDER IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR YVETTE WHEN IT
01:22:23COMES TO FRAUD? CALLER: THEY NEED TO DO
01:22:27SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
01:22:28MY EDUCATION, THE NEED TO GET
01:22:33DOWN ON THEIR KNEES AND GET GOD
01:22:35IN THEIR LIVES AND BE SAVED. HOST: I WONDER IF YOU HAVE A
01:22:39RESPONSE. GUEST: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
01:22:42FRAUD A LITTLE EARLIER. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A SENSE
01:22:46THAT THERE IS FRAUD THAT NEEDS
01:22:48TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS SYSTEM.
01:22:51NOBODY SUPPORTS FRAUD. EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE FRAUD
01:22:55ROOTED OUT. WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL
01:22:58FRAUDULENT ACTORS AND NOT USE
01:23:01FRAUD AS AN EXCUSE TO CUT BENEFITS AND COVERAGE TO PEOPLE.
01:23:05I TOTALLY AGREE WITH RONALD.
01:23:07IF THERE IS FRAUD IN THE SYSTEM
01:23:10AND THEIR PARTICULAR UNSCRUPULOUS PROVIDERS THAT ARE
01:23:12PERPETRATING FRAUD WE HAVE TO
01:23:15ROUTE THAT OUT AND IDENTIFY IT.
01:23:19WE ARE NOW USING THE ADMINISTRATION IS USING FRAUD AS
01:23:22A PRETEXT FOR CUTTING PEOPLE OFF
01:23:26INSURANCE, CUTTING BENEFITS TO PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY HOMECARE,
01:23:30THINGS LIKE CAREGIVERS, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO STAY AT HOME FOR
01:23:34THEIR LONG-TERM CARE ARE BEING SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY THIS.
01:23:37THAT IS SOMETHING WE CANNOT ALLOW.
01:23:40WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT PERPETRATORS.
01:23:44HOST: CJ FROM NEW YORK, A
01:23:48DEMOCRAT. THE MORNING.
01:23:49CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
01:23:59MY EMPHASIS ON THIS TOPIC IS THE
01:24:04MESSAGING -- I AM A HUGE
01:24:10BELIEVER IN UNIVERSAL HEALTH
01:24:12CARE.
01:24:16IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A SOCIETY THAT CARES ABOUT THAT YOU ARE
01:24:20PRETTY MUCH LOST.
01:24:22THE MAIN THING IS WHY SHOULD WE
01:24:31IN A CAPITALIST SYSTEM WANT TO
01:24:36GIVE AWAY HEALTH CARE TO ALL OF
01:24:41THESE LAZY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT EAT RIGHT OR DO NOT PROBABLY HAVE A
01:24:45JOB, WHATEVER.
01:24:49THE REASON IS BECAUSE SO MANY
01:24:53AMERICANS ARE IN DEAD-END JOBS
01:24:59IN THE GOVERNMENT OR BIG
01:25:01CORPORATIONS OR A SMALL COMPANY.
01:25:04IF THEY KNEW THEY COULD FINALLY
01:25:07GET RID OF THOSE SO-CALLED
01:25:10GOLDEN HANDCUFFS AND GO OFF AND
01:25:13DO SOMETHING ON THEIR OWN, USE
01:25:17THE DONALD TRUMP ARGUMENT
01:25:19AGAINST HIM.
01:25:23IF YOU ARE A DOGE BELIEVER, I AM
01:25:27DOWN WITH THAT. AS LONG AS I HAVE HEALTH CARE,
01:25:31LET ME GO AND TRY TO START MY
01:25:37OWN ROCKET COMPANY.
01:25:39HOST: LET'S LET YVETTE RESPOND
01:25:43TO THAT. GUEST: IS A GREAT POINT.
01:25:48PART OF THE REASON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WAS PASSED WAS TO ADDRESS WHAT THE CALLER
01:25:51IS TALKING ABOUT WHICH IS JOB
01:25:53LOCK, THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE FEEL LOCKED INTO THEIR CURRENT JOBS
01:25:57IF THEY ARE GETTING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE AND THERE WAS NOWHERE TO GO PRIOR TO THE
01:26:01PASSAGE OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
01:26:04IF YOU DO NOT GET COVERAGE FROM
01:26:06YOUR EMPLOYER OR WERE ON
01:26:09MEDICARE.
01:26:11IT ENABLED FOLKS TO WALK AWAY FROM THAT JOB, NO THEY COULD GET
01:26:14COVERAGE THROUGH A MARKETPLACE AND START THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
01:26:18SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE THE DRIVER OF THE ECONOMY.
01:26:20I AGREE WITH THAT. THIS IS WHERE SMALL BUSINESS
01:26:24OWNERS GET THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE. THEY GET IT THROUGH THE
01:26:28MARKETPLACE, THE FARMERS AND EARLY RETIREES, THEY GET IT
01:26:32THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE AND THEY RELY ON THESE TAX CREDITS TO MAKE THAT COVERAGE AFFORDABLE SO
01:26:36THEY CAN PAY THEIR PREMIUMS AND ACCESS THEIR DOCTORS AND THE
01:26:40OTHER CARE THEY NEED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
01:26:43THAT IS WHY REINSTATING THE TAX
01:26:47CREDITS THAT REPUBLICANS CUT IN THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL IS SO
01:26:50IMPORTANT TO ENSURING THAT THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS CAN
01:26:54CONTINUE TO AFFORD THE CARE THEY NEED TO KEEP THAT BUSINESS RUNNING.
01:26:58OTHERWISE THERE IS NO WAY TO
01:27:02HAVE THE FREEDOM TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND BE PART OF THAT ECONOMIC DRIVER.
01:27:06HOST: JOHN FROM PRINCETON, NEW
01:27:11JERSEY. INDEPENDENT.
01:27:12CALLER: IS A GREAT SUBJECT.
01:27:16I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, FROM YOUR
01:27:19POINT OF VIEW, WHAT COUNTRY IN
01:27:21THE WHOLE WORLD HAVE BETTER
01:27:25HEALTH CARE THAN THE U.S.?
01:27:29THE U.S. IS PRETTY FAR DOWN THE LIST.
01:27:33EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY BELIEVES WE ARE THE BEST COUNTRY
01:27:36IN THE WORLD. WHY DON'T WE HAVE THE BEST
01:27:39HEALTH CARE?
01:27:44WHERE IS THE U.S. COMPARED TO
01:27:45OTHER COUNTRIES. GUEST: IS A GREAT QUESTION.
01:27:49THERE IS NO DOUBT THE U.S. DOES NOT GET THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT
01:27:53WE SHOULD BE GETTING FOR HEALTH CARE DOLLARS. WE SPEND A LOT ON HEALTH CARE
01:27:57AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE QUALITY OUTCOMES THAT SOME OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE.
01:28:01WE DO NOT HAVE THE LEVELS OF
01:28:03COVERAGE OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE.
01:28:08WE DRIVE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION.
01:28:11WE ARE CUTTING EDGE IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF DEVICES AND
01:28:15DRUGS. WE DO SUBSIDIZE THE REST OF THE
01:28:18WORLD IN THAT REGARD. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF
01:28:22CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT. WE CERTAINLY NEED TO IMPROVE THE
01:28:26RETURN ON INVESTMENT WE ARE GETTING FOR OUR DOLLARS IN THIS COUNTRY.
01:28:30YOU HAVE TO START THAT BY
01:28:32IMPROVING AFFORDABILITY FOR
01:28:35PEOPLE BUYING HEALTH CARE AND
01:28:40EXPANDING COVERAGE IN THIS COUNTRY SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN
01:28:43ACCESS THE SYSTEM AND STAY
01:28:47HEALTHY AND START THEIR SMALL BUSINESS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT COME WITH THE SECURITY OF
01:28:50HEALTH COVERAGE.
01:28:52YOU DID NOT DO THAT BY CUTTING $1 TRILLION OUT OF THE HEALTH
01:28:56CARE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO GIVE TAX CUTS TO CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES.
01:29:00HOST: YVETTE FONTENOT, SENIOR
01:29:05POLICY PROVIDES OR PROTECT OUR CARE AND FORMER SENIOR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL ON
01:29:09HEALTH CARE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. GUEST: THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
01:29:13HOST: LATER IN THE PROGRAM
01:29:16MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FELLOW
01:29:18RAFAEL MANGUAL DISCUSSES
01:29:23PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CRACKDOWN ON
01:29:24VIOLENT CRIME. BUT FORCED MARK WALLACE, CEO OF
01:29:28THE ORGANIZATION UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR IRAN DISCUSSES THE
01:29:31FUTURE OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AS THE U.S. WAR WITH IRAN
01:29:35CONTINUES. STAY WITH US.
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01:31:20>> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL"
01:31:24CONTINUES. HOST: JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE
01:31:28LATEST WITH IRAN IS MARK WALLACE , CEO OF UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR
01:31:32IRAN. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
01:31:35I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TELL US
01:31:37ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION, UNITED AGAINST A NUCLEAR IRAN WHAT THE
01:31:41MISSION IS.
01:31:46GUEST: WE WERE FOUNDED ABOUT 20
01:31:50YEARS AGO WITH SOME COLLEAGUES AND A VARIETY OF BIPARTISAN
01:31:54EXPERTS AND THE THEORY WAS COULD WE USE ECONOMIC PRESSURE AND INFORMATIONAL PRESSURE TO CHANGE
01:31:58THE WAY IRAN BEHAVES IN THE
01:32:01REGION. THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS
01:32:04MAXIMUM PRESSURE BACK THEN,
01:32:06THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A
01:32:09EUPHEMISM. ECONOMIC WAR BACK THEN.
01:32:12UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR IRAN HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS OR SO
01:32:16AND WE HAVE BEEN THE LEADERS WORKING WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AND
01:32:19GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD AND COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE
01:32:23EAST TO PUT MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON IRAN AND TO BE AUTHORITATIVE
01:32:27POLICY PEOPLE ON IRAN. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL LIST OF
01:32:31ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND INCREDIBLY DISTINGUISHED
01:32:35COLLEAGUES. WE THINK WE ARE SOME OF THE BEST
01:32:39IN THE BUSINESS. THERE ARE SOME GREAT PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD.
01:32:43HOST: YOU ARE A FORMER
01:32:48AMBASSADOR FOR YOU AND MANAGEMENT REFORM IN THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
01:32:52SINCE UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR IRAN HAS BEEN AROUND YOU HAVE
01:32:56SEEN TWO DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIONS, THE OBAMA
01:33:00ADMINISTRATION AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TRY TO TACKLE THE ISSUE OF IRAN, FIRST WITH
01:33:03PRESIDENT TRUMP. DO YOU SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S
01:33:07DECISION TO LAUNCH A MILITARY OPERATION IN IRAN IN ORDER TO
01:33:10STOP THEM FROM HAVING A NUCLEAR
01:33:14WEAPON, WHAT HE NOW SAYS IS THE
01:33:17STATED GOAL OF THE WAR? GUEST: WE HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE
01:33:21OF WORKING WITH EACH PRESIDENT SINCE OUR FOUNDING. I WORKED FOR PRESIDENT BUSH.
01:33:25WE HAVE WORKED WITH EVERY SUCCESSIVE ADMINISTRATION FROM
01:33:29PRESIDENT OBAMA, PRESIDENT
01:33:31TRUMP, PRESIDENT BIDEN, NOW PRESIDENT AGAIN AS THE EXPERTS
01:33:35ON BUILDING THE POLICIES OF MAXIMUM PRESSURE WHICH HAS BEEN
01:33:38AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE IRAN
01:33:40FILE. IN TERMS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
01:33:44DECISION TO STRIKE IRAN, WE DID
01:33:46SUPPORT THIS.
01:33:49THERE WAS A CRITICAL MOMENT WHERE ULTIMATELY WE WERE ALWAYS
01:33:52THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE PEOPLE.
01:33:55IT BECAME CRITICAL BETWEEN IRAN'S INCREDIBLE BUILDING OF A
01:33:58BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM, ITS AMOUNT OF HIGHLY ENRICHED
01:34:02FISSILE MATERIAL IT HAD COME ITS
01:34:05DESTABILIZING PROXIES, AND A POTENTIAL CHANGE IN THE
01:34:09AYATOLLAH THAT IT WAS A VERY VOLATILE MOMENT.
01:34:12AT SOME POINT THE COST OF STRIKING WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO
01:34:16HIGH AND IRAN WAS NEVER MEANINGFULLY AND NEVER HAD
01:34:20MEANINGFULLY -- IN MY OPINION -- COME TO THE TABLE TO TRY TO
01:34:23RENOUNCE ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. ALTHOUGH WE WERE THE ECONOMIC
01:34:27PRESSURE PEOPLE WE SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS IN STRIKING
01:34:30IRAN INTEGRATING ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM, BALLISTIC MISSILE
01:34:34PROGRAM, AND THEIR PROXIES ACROSS THE REGION. HOST: YOU SAID THERE WAS A
01:34:38PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION BUT CRITICS SAY THIS THEY WERE CHOICE.
01:34:42DO YOU AGREE? GUEST: I DON'T THINK IT IS A WAR
01:34:46OF CHOICE.
01:34:48WE PERHAPS TOO IDEALISTICALLY
01:34:51MEAN WE COULD USE TO PEN AND INK PRESSURE CAMPAIGNS LIKE ECONOMIC
01:34:55PRESSURE CAMPAIGNS TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR OF IRAN. THE NATURE OF WARFARE IN THE
01:34:59MODERN ERA HAS CHANGED.
01:35:00IT IS NO LONGER SEA, AIR, AND
01:35:06LAND. YOU HAVE ECONOMIC, YOU HAVE
01:35:10CYBER. WE HAVE OUR NICHE.
01:35:14WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO IT ON OUR OWN. I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN BUT ECONOMIC PRESSURE
01:35:18WAS A KEY ELEMENT.
01:35:20THERE BECAME A CRITICAL MOMENT WHEN IRAN'S STOCKPILES OF NEARLY
01:35:241000 POUNDS OF HIGHLY ENRICHED
01:35:28URANIUM, GROWING BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM MADE IT INCREASINGLY UNTENABLE TO TAKE
01:35:31OUT THAT PROGRAM UNLESS ONE
01:35:34ACTED QUICKLY.
01:35:36I THINK THE INTEL SUPPORTED THAT IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DECISION TO
01:35:40ACT WAS CORRECT AND DECISIVE. THAT IS COMING FROM SOMEONE THAT
01:35:44HAS WORKED IN A BIPARTISAN MANNER WITH EACH OF THE
01:35:48PRESIDENTS FROM PRESIDENT BUSH FORWARD.
01:35:50HOST: NOW WE ARE SIX MONTHS INTO THE WAR THAT STARTED AT THE END
01:35:54OF FEBRUARY. THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID THEY
01:35:58HAVE DEGRADED THEIR ABILITY TO
01:36:00LAUNCH MISSILES, THERE NAVY.
01:36:05WHAT FROM YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND,
01:36:07WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
01:36:11WORTHY STRIKES THE ADMINISTRATION HAS LAUNCHED --
01:36:14AND CONTENT -- WERE THESE
01:36:17STRIKES THE ADMINISTRATION HAS LAUNCHED AND CONTINUES TO DO SO
01:36:21-- WHERE THE STRIKES EFFECTIVE?
01:36:22GUEST: I CERTAINLY THINK WE
01:36:26SHOULD BE CELEBRATING OUR
01:36:27MILITARY AND ITS PROWESS AND
01:36:31ASSOCIATED FORCES AND INTEL COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB
01:36:35DRAMATICALLY DEGRADING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, DRAMATICALLY
01:36:38DEGRADING ITS MISSILE PROGRAM, DEGRADING ITS AIR AND MILITARY
01:36:42APPARATUS, ITS LEADERSHIP, AND
01:36:45CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEGRADING OF
01:36:47ITS PROXIES ALONG WITH ISRAEL. THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN QUITE
01:36:51SUCCESSFUL IN THIS.
01:36:53I RAN HAS USED LEVERAGE POINTS.
01:36:57THE BIG ONE WAS THE PURSUIT OF A
01:37:00NUCLEAR WEAPON AND GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO ESTABLISH
01:37:02REGIONAL HEGEMONY TO ALLOW IT TO
01:37:05ENGAGE IN SUPPORT OF TERROR PROXIES ENGAGING IN TERROR ACTIVITIES AROUND THE WORLD,
01:37:09EVEN ON U.S. SOIL.
01:37:12DESTABILIZING THE REASON.
01:37:15IT USES LEVERAGE OF PROXIES, USES LEVERAGE OF BALLISTIC MISSILES.
01:37:19YOU SEE ALL OF THOSE POINTS OF LEVERAGE DEGRADED.
01:37:23NOW IT IS SEEKING TO USE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS IT'S PERHAPS
01:37:26LAST LEVERAGE POINT. YOU'RE SAYING WITH EVERY PASSING
01:37:30DAY IS ECONOMIC PRESSURE MOUNTS ON THE REGIME AND OUR ALLIES
01:37:34THROUGHOUT THE REGION SUCCESSFULLY DIVERTING HYDROCARBONS AWAY FROM THAT
01:37:38STRAIT AND THE SEEPAGE OF OIL
01:37:41THROUGH THE STRAIT THAT IRAN IS
01:37:45LOSING SLOWLY BUT SURELY THE LEVERAGE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
01:37:49IN MY OPINION. HOST: WHAT MORE DO YOU BELIEVE
01:37:52IS NEEDED SIX MONTHS IN?
01:37:54DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE STRIKES? BOOTS ON THE GROUND?
01:37:58WHAT IS NEEDED TO BRING THIS WAR TO A CLOSE, REMEMBERING THAT THE
01:38:02PRESIDENT SAID THIS WOULD ONLY LAST FOUR TO SIX WEEKS INITIALLY?
01:38:06GUEST: I THINK WE HAVE TO BE A
01:38:09LITTLE BIT CAREFUL ABOUT OUR
01:38:11LANGUAGE ABOUT THIS.
01:38:14NOBODY LIKES CONFLICT OR WAR.
01:38:16WE WERE FOUNDED ON THE PREMISE
01:38:19OF USING ECONOMIC PRESSURE TO AVOID WARS.
01:38:22WE HAVE NEVER SUPPORTED STRIKES ON IRAN UNTIL MORE RECENTLY WHEN
01:38:26THEY CROSSED THE RUBICON OF A POINT OF NO RETURN.
01:38:29I DON'T THINK WE ARE IN A
01:38:32TYPICAL ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF A
01:38:35GROUND TROOP OR IN ANY RESPECT. WE HAVE A MILITARY PRESENCE IN
01:38:39THE REGION THAT IS GREATER BUT NOT THAT SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER
01:38:43THEN WE HAD WHEN THERE WAS A CONFLICT WITH IRAN.
01:38:47IRAN IS SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADED. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE CAPABILITY
01:38:51OF HARMING US THAT GREATLY.
01:38:52I EMPATHIZE WITH OUR ALLIES LIKE
01:38:56BAHRAIN AND THE UAE AND SAUDI ARABIA AND JORDAN.
01:38:59THE THREATS TO THOSE COUNTRIES WERE OMNIPRESENT AND THAT IS ONE
01:39:02OF THE REASON WE SEE ALL OF
01:39:04THOSE ALLIES WERE QUITE ROBUST IN THEIR SUPPORT OF TAKING
01:39:08ACTION AGAINST IRAN.
01:39:09HOST: ARE YOU CONCERNED THE
01:39:13ADMINISTRATION, DO TO ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE AT HOME,
01:39:17WOULD SEEK TO END THE WAR WITHOUT SECURING A DEAL ON
01:39:20IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM?
01:39:23OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THEY
01:39:26CAN STRIKE PICKAX MATCH AND, WHETHER THE NUCLEAR MATERIAL
01:39:30WOULD BE HANDED OVER, WHETHER IT IS TOO FAR BURIED FOR IRAN TO ACCESS IT.
01:39:34I WONDER IN TERMS OF ENDING THE WAR ARE YOU CONCERNED IT COULD END WITH NO DEAL?
01:39:38GUEST: THERE WAS AN EXPRESSION
01:39:41WE USED DURING THE TIME OF THE JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF
01:39:45ACTION WHICH WAS THE OBAMA ERA NUCLEAR DEAL THAT WE BELIEVE NO
01:39:49DEAL WAS BETTER THAN A BAD DEAL.
01:39:50I THINK I RAN HAS NEVER BEEN
01:39:55WILLING TO ENTER INTO A DEAL
01:40:00THAT IS ALIGNED WITH PEACE AND THE STATUS QUO WITH UNITED
01:40:04STATES AND ISRAEL. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HOSTILE.
01:40:08THEY ARE LIKE A MAFIA LIKE THUGO
01:40:12CRACY.
01:40:15THE IRGC WHICH CONTROLS THE COUNTRY IS A MAFIA LIKE
01:40:18ORGANIZATION. THE MOMENT THEY TRULY STRIKE A
01:40:22DEAL WITH UNITED STATES AND TRY TO REJOIN THE COMMUNITY OF
01:40:25NATIONS, THE MAFIA INFRASTRUCTURE IS LESS RELEVANT
01:40:28AND CAN BECOME WEAKENED.
01:40:30I DO NOT THINK IT WILL BE EASY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO STRIKE A
01:40:34DEAL WITH THE LEADERS OF THAT
01:40:36COUNTRY, THAT OLIGARCHY, THAT MAFIA BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK
01:40:40THEY ARE CAPABLE OF DOING IT BECAUSE IT CONFLICTS WITH THEIR
01:40:44ECONOMIC AND THEIR REGIONAL HEGEMONIC INTERESTS.
01:40:48I THINK A BAD DEAL, WHICH WAS PERHAPS THE ONLY DEAL WE COULD
01:40:52GET FROM THEM, IS MUCH WORSE THAN NO DEAL AT ALL.
01:40:55THE STATUS QUO IS BETTER.
01:40:58WITH EVERY PASSING DAY THE
01:41:00STRAIT BECOMES LESS RELEVANT.
01:41:04ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON THE REGIME AND THAT MAFIA IN IRAN INCREASES
01:41:08DRAMATICALLY. THE BRAVE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE
01:41:12GROWING MORE AND MORE TIRED OF THIS REGIME.
01:41:14HOST: DAVID FROM SACRAMENTO,
01:41:18CALIFORNIA. A REPUBLICAN. YOU ARE ON THE LINE.
01:41:20CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
01:41:23MY QUESTION IS HOW COME WE ARE STILL PLAYING PATTYCAKE WITH
01:41:27THEM? GUEST: I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE
01:41:31SEEN -- IT IS AN INTERESTING TIME.
01:41:35YOU SOUND LIKE YOU ARE OF THE AGE I AM REMEMBER SOME OF OUR OTHER CONFLICTS IN THE PAST
01:41:39WHERE WE HAD VERY GOOD ANALYSIS
01:41:43OF THE INCREDIBLE STRIKES OF OUR U.S. MILITARY. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THERE HAS
01:41:47NOT BEEN AS MUCH CLEAR INFORMATION COMING OUT ON THE
01:41:51EFFECTIVENESS AND THE SCOPE AND EXTENT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR STRIKES.
01:41:55A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY TODAY, SOCIAL MEDIA,
01:41:59EVEN GOOGLE EARTH. KEEPING THAT INFORMATION CLOSE
01:42:03AT HAND IS MORE PRUDENT IN THIS
01:42:06INTEL SENSITIVE WORLD.
01:42:09HAVING TALKED TO OUR INTEL COMMUNITY AND INTEL COMMUNITY OF
01:42:12OTHER COUNTRIES, OUR MILITARY
01:42:15AND THOSE IN THE KNOW, I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE DONE MUCH
01:42:19MORE THAN PATTYCAKE WITH THEM. WE HAVE HIT THEM QUITE HARD AS
01:42:23PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALLUDED AND
01:42:26DEGRADED THEIR CAPABILITIES ACROSS THEIR LEADERSHIP, CROSS
01:42:29THEIR MISSILE CAPABILITIES, CROSS THEIR TERM CAPABILITIES.
01:42:33EVEN THEIR PARAMILITARY ESTABLISHMENT WHICH IT HAS USED
01:42:37TO SUPPRESS ITS PEOPLE, IT HAS BEEN DEGRADED.
01:42:41FRANKLY, THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM RIGHT NOW IS BURIED UNDER TONS OF SAND.
01:42:45THE ONLY WAY TO DEAL WITH HIGHLY
01:42:47ENRICHED URANIUM IS TO REPROCESS
01:42:50IT AND DILUTED OR FRANKLY BURY
01:42:52IT IN THE GROUND.
01:42:55RIGHT NOW IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
01:42:57IS SET BACK DRAMATICALLY AND
01:43:00THERE IS NO WAY THEY CAN RECONSTITUTE IT WITHOUT US
01:43:03KNOWING IT.
01:43:05THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE
01:43:08EARLY 1980'S THAT IRAN IS NOT
01:43:10ENRICHING URANIUM. EVERY PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
01:43:14CONFRONTED WITH THIS ISSUE.
01:43:16THIS PRESIDENT DESERVES CREDIT FOR ASSURING THAT IRAN IS NOT
01:43:20CURRENTLY ENRICHING URANIUM.
01:43:21HOST: HOMER FROM FLORENCE,
01:43:25MASSACHUSETTS.
01:43:27INDEPENDENT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
01:43:30I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT MAKES THIS A FOREVER WAR WHEN OBAMA
01:43:34BOMBED LIBYA FOR SEVEN MONTHS IN 2011 AND THEN UNTIL THE END OF
01:43:38HIS PRESIDENCY INTERMEDIATELY DID THAT DESTABILIZE THE REGION
01:43:42#WHEN BIDEN CAME IN IT MUST NOT HAVE WORKED BECAUSE HE BOMBED
01:43:46SYRIA AND LEBANON. OR OUR PATRIOT MISSILES DEPLETED
01:43:50FOR THE THREE YEARS BIDEN WAS DOING THE UKRAINE THING?
01:43:54DID WE MAKE THEM FASTER?
01:43:57I'M WONDERING WHY THE DEMOCRATS ARE WILLING TO GIVE THE IRANIANS
01:44:0024 DAYS THEY WERE DELAYING INSPECTIONS OR NOT ALLOWING
01:44:03THEM. THAT IS PLENTY OF TIME BUT THEY
01:44:06WOULD NOT GIVE THE REPUBLICANS 24 HOURS TO MAKE SURE THE ICE
01:44:09FACILITY WAS SAFE.
01:44:12IT IS PRETTY FUNNY THEY TRUSTED TERRORISTS MORE THAN THEY TRUST THE REPUBLICANS.
01:44:16THEY GIVE THEM 24 DAYS.
01:44:20HOST: HOMER, THAT IS A LOT FOR
01:44:24MARK TO RESPOND TO.
01:44:25GUEST: THE BIG ASPECT TO THAT
01:44:29QUESTION IS THIS NOTION OF FOREVER WAR. I AM IN THE BUSINESS OF THE
01:44:33POLICY OF BEING AN EXPERT ON THIS BUT MAKING IT INTELLECTUALLY ACCESSIBLE TO
01:44:37PEOPLE WHY IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE THE POLICIES WE DO.
01:44:41WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES WE SHOULD HAVE. THE FOREVER WAR THAT HAS BEEN
01:44:45CONDUCTED ACROSS THE REGION FOR
01:44:47THE LAST NEARLY 40 YEARS HAS
01:44:50BEEN IRAN WITH ITS SUPPORT OF PROXIES, IT'S DESTABILIZING OF
01:44:53THE REGION, IT'S RIDICULOUS AND
01:44:57INAPPROPRIATE AND OBVIOUSLY MILITARY BASED PURSUIT OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
01:45:01IRAN HAS BEEN IN A FOREVER WAR WITH UNITED STATES.
01:45:04WE HAVE TRIED TO USE ALL THE
01:45:06TOOLS IN THE TOOL SHED TO END
01:45:12THAT WAR FROM DIPLOMACY TO ECONOMIC PRESSURE TO CYBER
01:45:15OPERATIONS IN THIS PRESIDENT FINALLY SAID WE WILL USE MILITARY STRIKES TO DEGRADE
01:45:19IRAN'S CAPABILITY BEFORE IT GETS
01:45:21TOO GREAT AT THIS PRESIDENT HAS
01:45:24SUCCESSFULLY DONE THAT. I DO NOT THINK THIS IS A FOREVER
01:45:28WAR THAT SOMEHOW WE STARTED. I THINK THIS IS AN EFFORT TO END
01:45:32THE FOREVER WAR THAT IS IRAN AND TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NO LONGER --
01:45:36WE WILL NOT BE FIGHTING IRAN TOMORROW WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON
01:45:40AND BALLISTIC MISSILES CAPABLE OF CARRYING THOSE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND STRIKING AMERICA OR
01:45:44AMERICAN INTERESTS OR OUR
01:45:47EUROPEAN OR MIDDLE EAST ALLIES. HOST: MARTHA FROM INDIANA,
01:45:52PENNSYLVANIA. A DEMOCRAT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
01:45:56I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS. QUESTION ONE, THIS DEATH TO
01:46:00AMERICA CHANCE GOING ON FOR 40
01:46:02SOME YEARS, IF THIS DEATH TO
01:46:07AMERICA SO SERIOUS, WHY WASN'T
01:46:11ANYBODY IN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION TRIED FOR TREASON
01:46:14OVER THE IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR? QUESTION TWO.
01:46:18WE HAVE A $1 TRILLION DEFENSE BUDGET.
01:46:22THE GREATEST MILITARY THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
01:46:24YET SOMEHOW A NUCLEAR IRAN WOULD
01:46:28BE FISH IN A BARREL?
01:46:31WOULD BE LIKE A THIRD WORLD ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN?
01:46:35HOW IS IT THAT WE HAVE THE GREATEST MILITARY BUT SOMEHOW IT
01:46:38WOULD BE FISH IN A BARREL?
01:46:41QUESTION NUMBER THREE. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO LEARN THAT
01:46:45BOMBING, KILLING, DESTROYING,
01:46:49TRYING TO CHANGE A COUNTRY'S IDEOLOGY BY FORCE IS NOT GOING
01:46:53TO WORK?
01:46:57WHEN YOU TRY TO CHANGE IN IDEOLOGY BY PHYSICAL FORCE,
01:47:00BOMBING AND KILLING, I BELIEVE
01:47:03YOU ENTRENCH THEIR BELIEFS.
01:47:07A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS OUR OWN
01:47:10CIVIL WAR. HOST: THAT IS A LOT OF
01:47:13QUESTIONS. LET'S LET MARK GIVE HIS ANSWERS.
01:47:17GUEST: YOU RAISE THE REAGAN
01:47:21ADMINISTRATION AND YOU ARE RIGHT. THE IRANIAN THREAT GOES BACK TO
01:47:25THE TIME OF CARTER AND REAGAN.
01:47:29THE IRANIANS HAVE BEEN KILLING AMERICANS AND OUR ALLIES SINCE THAT TIME.
01:47:32I GO BACK TO 1983, THE MARINE
01:47:36BARRACKS BOMBING IN LEBANON DURING THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION.
01:47:39THE USS COLE. EVEN AS RECENTLY OVER THE LAST
01:47:43COUPLE YEARS, IRAN HAS BEEN
01:47:45RUNNING ASSASSINATION, KIDNAP, AND TORTURE ATTEMPTS ON U.S.
01:47:49SOIL AGAINST AMERICANS.
01:47:52IRAN HAS BEEN ENGAGING IN THIS INCREDIBLY MALIGNED TERRORISTIC
01:47:56BEHAVIOR THAT HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY DEGRADED SINCE THAT TIME.
01:47:59OUR MILITARY HAS DONE INCREDIBLE
01:48:03WORK.
01:48:06I KNOW WE LIVE IN A HIGHLY CHARGED POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.
01:48:11MY FRIEND DAVID AXELROD SAID EVERY PRESIDENT IS REACTION TO
01:48:14THE LAST. THE PARTY NOT IN POWER HAS A
01:48:18HARD TIME ACCEPTING ANYTHING GOOD ON THE OCCUPANT OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
01:48:22I WILL NOT GET INTO ALL OF THE POLITICAL DEBATES OF TODAY BUT I
01:48:26WILL TELL YOU THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS TEAM AND MOST
01:48:29IMPORTANTLY OUR MILITARY HAVE PERFORMED IN AN INCREDIBLY
01:48:33SUCCESSFUL MANNER INTEGRATING
01:48:36IRAN'S CAPABILITIES ACROSS THE BOARD. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT THE THIRD
01:48:40ONE WAS.
01:48:44HOST: THE THIRD WAS WHEN ARE WE
01:48:47GOING TO LEARN THAT CHANGING A COUNTRY BY FORCE HARDENS THEIR
01:48:50IDEOLOGY? GUEST: EVERY PRESIDENT IN MY
01:48:53LIFETIME HAS OF THE POLICY OF REGIME CHANGE AGAINST IRAN
01:48:56BECAUSE THEY HAVE MEANT DEATH TO AMERICA AND DEATH TO ISRAEL.
01:49:00THEY ARE NOT KIDDING. I DON'T THINK THIS ACTION IS AN
01:49:04ATTEMPT TO CHANGE IDEOLOGY. THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A
01:49:08TALKING POINT THAT MARTHA IS
01:49:11HEARING IN SOME QUARTERS OF THE PRESS. WHAT THE PRESIDENT AND OUR
01:49:15MILITARY ARE DOING IS DEGRADING
01:49:17REAL THREATS THAT THE REGIME HAS
01:49:21USED AS LEVERAGE POINTS TO THREATEN THE UNITED STATES, OUR
01:49:25ALLIES COME INTO ESTABLISH REGIONAL HEGEMONY AND PREVENT A
01:49:28MUCH MORE TO REMOTE -- AND
01:49:32PREVENT A MUCH MORE TERRIBLE WAR IF IRAN GOT A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
01:49:36I DO NOT BELIEVE WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE IDEOLOGY.
01:49:40WHAT I BE HAPPY OF THE REGIME FELL? ABSOLUTELY.
01:49:44THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN OF IRAN
01:49:47WHO ARE WHOLLY OPPOSED TO THIS REGIME AND HAVE SACRIFICED
01:49:5140,000 OF THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THIS YEAR ALONE TO
01:49:54FIGHT THIS REGIME WILL BE THE
01:49:57ONES ULTIMATELY, PROBABLY AT
01:49:59GREAT COST OF LIFE, ULTIMATELY REMOVING THIS REGIME.
01:50:03THIS REGIME WILL FALL SOMEDAY.
01:50:05HOST: SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED
01:50:08RECENTLY IS IRAN, IN THE MIDST OF NEGOTIATION OVER WHETHER THEY
01:50:11WOULD OBTAIN A BIT MORE CONTROL IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, SHARING
01:50:15IT WITH OMAN, DECIDED TO MAKE A
01:50:18NEW ROUND OF OF DEMANDS WHEN IT
01:50:22COMES TO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
01:50:25I AM LOOKING IN A POLITICAL ARTICLE, "IRAN MAKES DRAMATIC
01:50:29NEW DEMANDS AROUND STRAIT OF HORMUZ." PART OF THE DEMAND ACCORDING TO
01:50:33THE STATE PRESS IN IRAN SAYS THE UNITED STATES MUST NEVER
01:50:37THREATEN IRAN AGAIN AND MUST PERMANENTLY END THE WAR WITH
01:50:41IRAN AND ITS ARMED ALLIES IN THE REGION.
01:50:43THE U.S. MUST LIVE THE NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRANIAN POINTS AND
01:50:47WITHDRAWS MILITARY FROM THE AREA
01:50:50AND MUST COMPLETELY COMPENSATE IRAN FOR WAR DAMAGE, LIFT
01:50:54SANCTIONS, AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASE FROZEN ASSETS. PRESIDENT TRUMP RESPONDED TO
01:50:58THIS 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
01:51:07TALKS WAS IRAN'S LAST CHANCE BEFORE DECAPITATION.
01:51:10WHAT NOW? >> YOU WILL FIND OUT.
01:51:12>> A MASSIVE ESCALATION IS STILL
01:51:16ON THE TABLE? >> WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE ABILITY
01:51:19TO DO THAT. >> YOU SAID YOU ARE LOW KEYING
01:51:23IT WITH THEM.
01:51:27WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
01:51:28>> THEY ASKED FOR REPARATIONS
01:51:32AND MONEY FOR THE DAMAGE WE HAVE DONE, I THOUGHT THAT IS A GOOD
01:51:34IDEA, WE WILL ASK FOR MONEY FOR
01:51:38THE DAMAGE THEY HAVE DONE OVER A 50 YEAR PERIOD, WHETHER YOU GO
01:51:40USS COLE ARE ALL OF THE PEOPLE
01:51:43THAT WERE BADLY WOUNDED AND KILLED, MANY THOUSANDS OF
01:51:46PEOPLE, AND MAY BE DAMAGES FOR
01:51:48THE 52,000 PROTESTERS WHO WERE KILLED IN IRAN.
01:51:52WE THINK THERE FAMILY SHOULD GET DAMAGES FOR KILLING THEIR PERSON
01:51:56OR THEIR CHILD OR MOTHER OR FATHER. THEY WERE PROTESTING.
01:52:00IT WAS 52,000 A MONTH AND A HALF
01:52:03AGO SO NOW WHAT IS IT?
01:52:05IF THERE IS DAMAGES TO BE PAID I THINK IRAN SHOULD PAY THOSE DAMAGES.
01:52:09HOST: A BIG TIT FOR TAT FROM THE
01:52:13PRESIDENT. WHAT YOU MAKE OF THIS?
01:52:16GUEST: WE ARE SITTING ON THE
01:52:18EDGE OF OUR SEAT AT THESE
01:52:22NEGOTIATIONS AS THERE IS A DEAL
01:52:24IMMINENT, SOMETHING ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IRAN HAS ENGAGED IN THE SAME
01:52:28TACTICS FOR YEARS, DECADES WHEN
01:52:30IT COMES TO NEGOTIATIONS.
01:52:33THEY OP YOU SKATE, THEY CONFUSE,
01:52:35THEY ARE BUREAUCRATIC, THEY SAY IT IS UNCLEAR WHO THE
01:52:39DECISION-MAKERS ARE. THEY COME BACK AND THERE IS
01:52:43CONFUSION AND THEY MAKE MORE DEMANDS THEY LIE IS PART OF THEIR STRATEGY.
01:52:46THERE IS NO DEAL THAT THE IRGC
01:52:51COULD ACCEPT THAT ACCEPTS
01:52:53AMERICAN AS SOME SORT OF
01:52:58ACCEPTABLE COUNTERPARTY IN THE WORLD. I THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT'S
01:53:01COMMENTS WERE SOME OF HIS BEST.
01:53:04HE CLEARLY IS AWARE OF THE LONG
01:53:07HISTORY OF IRAN ENGAGING IN
01:53:10TERROR, VIOLENCE, THE KILLING OF
01:53:13MORE AMERICANS THAN ALMOST
01:53:15ANYBODY ELSE THIS CENTURY.
01:53:20OUR ALLIES, CYBER ATTACKS.
01:53:24I THINK HE IS QUITE AWARE AND HE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF
01:53:28ARTICULATING WHY IRAN'S MISCHIEF
01:53:31AND MALIGN ACTIVITIES IS RIDICULOUS THEY ARE ASKING US
01:53:34FOR REPARATIONS WHEN THEY HAVE
01:53:37BEEN ENGAGING IN HOSTILE BEHAVIOR, BRUTAL BEHAVIOR,
01:53:41SUPPORT OF TERROR AND THE LIGHT FOR OVER 47 YEARS.
01:53:44HOST: STEPHEN FROM LEXINGTON.
01:53:49AN INDEPENDENT.
01:53:50CALLER: THANK YOU, JASMINE.
01:53:54YOU'RE DOING GREAT AS A MODERATOR AND THANK YOU TO C-SPAN FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME AND EFFORT.
01:53:58I THINK YOU ARE BEING DISINGENUOUS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A NARRATIVE.
01:54:02YOU'VE NOT BROUGHT UP ONCE THE
01:54:06MILITARY INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE DIED IN THESE OPERATIONS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
01:54:10YOU'VE NOT MENTIONED THAT ONCE.
01:54:14I BELIEVE THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT ONGOING, THEY ARE JUST A TACTIC TO MANIPULATE OIL PRICES
01:54:17UP AND DOWN.
01:54:20THERE ARE NO NEGOTIATIONS. TO CHANT DEATH TO AMERICA, THEY
01:54:24DON'T CARE ABOUT ME, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU.
01:54:28THEY CARE ABOUT THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT.
01:54:32THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT JOE SCHMOE.
01:54:35IT IS NOT ABOUT US.
01:54:37THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE THAT KILLED HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLGIRLS IN A
01:54:41BUILDING, HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN. I THINK YOU HAVE A NARRATIVE AND
01:54:45YOU ARE FOLLOWING SOME SORT OF
01:54:47SCRIPT THAT KEEPS COMING ALONG WITH DIFFERENT CONSERVATIVE
01:54:51MEDIA. I THINK YOU ARE BEING VERY DISINGENUOUS.
01:54:54YOU CAN ADD ANY COMMENT.
01:54:56HOST: -- GUEST: I CERTAINLY
01:55:01AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT JASMINE DOING A GREAT JOB MODERATING.
01:55:05USUALLY IN THESE INTERVIEWS --
01:55:08I'VE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
01:55:12SACRIFICE OF OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE
01:55:16SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRIES. WE AT UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR
01:55:19IRAN HAVE BEEN VERY QUICK TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SACRIFICE.
01:55:23HAVING TALKED TO MANY OF OUR MILITARY LEADERS, THEY KNOW AND
01:55:27THEY HAVE SEEN THE INCREDIBLE
01:55:29CARNAGE IRAN HAS CAUSED TO THE UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES IN
01:55:33THE REGION, INCLUDING DURING IRAQ AND OTHERWISE.
01:55:36WITH RESPECT I THINK YOUR
01:55:40ASSUMPTIONS ARE GILDED BY THE
01:55:43POLITICS OF THE DAY.
01:55:46SOMETIMES IT IS EASIER TO BLAME THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
01:55:50WHEN IN IRAN YOU ARE KILLED IF
01:55:54YOU SHOW STRANDS OF HAIR, THEY
01:55:57ARE BENT UPON DESTROYING ISRAEL, THEY ARE BENT UPON DEATH TO AMERICA.
01:56:01IT IS NOT JUST OUR LEADERSHIP.
01:56:03THEY TAKE HOSTAGES.
01:56:08ORDINARY AMERICANS THAT TRAVEL, THEY KIDNAP THEM AT ANY TURN.
01:56:12THEY RUN TERROR OPERATIONS TO KIDNAP AND KILL AMERICANS. THEY HAVE KILLED MORE AMERICANS
01:56:16AND OUR ALLIES THAN ANYONE ELSE IN A CENTURY.
01:56:20I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT YOUR CHARACTERIZATION IS ACCURATE. I THINK IT IS CAUGHT UP IN THE
01:56:24POLITICAL NARRATIVE OF THAT.
01:56:28TO BE CLEAR, I AM NOT IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, I WAS NOT
01:56:32IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVE WORKED WITH EVERY
01:56:36PRESIDENT CLOSELY INCLUDING PRESIDENT BIDEN, PRESIDENT OBAMA
01:56:40, PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND OBVIOUSLY PRESIDENT BUSH BEFORE HIM.
01:56:44SOMETIMES IF YOU WORK WITH EVERYONE I CANNOT PLEASE EVERYONE.
01:56:47I UNDERSTAND FROM A POLITICAL BIAS THAT FEWER IS DISSATISFIED
01:56:51BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLITICS.
01:56:53HOST: WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF
01:56:56TIME. I WISH I COULD ASK YOU A MILLION
01:56:59MORE QUESTIONS BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
01:57:02MARK WALLACE, FORMER BUSH U.S.
01:57:06AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS AND CURRENTLY CEO OF UNITED AGAINST NUCLEAR IRAN.
01:57:10THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. GUEST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
01:57:14HOST: UP NEXT WE DIVE INTO THE
01:57:18LATEST DATA ON VIOLENT CRIME ACROSS THE U.S. AND THE IMPACT
01:57:22OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENTS.
01:57:25RAFAEL MANGUAL OF THE MANHATTAN
01:57:30INSTITUTE JOINS US NEXT FOR THAT
01:57:31DISCUSSION. ♪
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01:58:13HE DID VIETNAM, WHICH WAS JUST HORRIBLE.
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01:59:30CONTINUES.
01:59:31HOST: CNBC IS REPORTING CONSUMER
01:59:36PRICES ROSE IN JULY.
01:59:39PUTTING THE ANNUAL RATE AT THREE
01:59:43POINT 4%. WE WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AND GET YOUR
01:59:46REACTIONS LATER.
01:59:51NOW WE HAVE WITH US RAFAEL MANG
02:00:02UAL TO DISCUSS CRIME AND THE
02:00:06EFFORT TO CURTAIL THAT. FIRST, REMIND OUR AUDIENCE WITH
02:00:10THE MANHATTAN INSTITUTE IS, YOUR MISSION, AND WHO DOES IT WORK
02:00:14WITH AND HOW IS IT FUNDED?
02:00:15GUEST: THE MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
02:00:20IS A 5013 C PUBLIC POLICY THINK TANK.
02:00:24WE HAVE A FOCUS ON NEW YORK. I COVERED POLICING AND PUBLIC
02:00:28SAFETY. AND THE INSTITUTE IS
02:00:32PRIVATELY FUNDED.
02:00:33HOST: YOU ARE ALSO A MEMBER OF
02:00:37THE COUNCIL REPORT ON MIDYEAR
02:00:43STATISTICS. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS TOUTED HIS CRACKDOWN ON CRIME AS A REASON
02:00:46FOR THE DROP IN CRIME ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I WONDER, WHAT DO YOU ALL MAKE
02:00:50OF THAT REPORT?
02:00:51GUEST: I THINK IT IS EXPECTED
02:00:55THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO TAKE
02:00:58CREDIT FOR THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER ITS WATCH. AND THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS
02:01:01THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO,
02:01:06PARTICULARLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. BUT I THINK ANYONE WHO LOOKS FOR
02:01:08A SINGULAR REASON TO EXPLAIN A
02:01:12BROAD NATIONAL TREND LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO COME UP
02:01:16EMPTY. THESE ARE MULTIFACTORIAL PROBLEMS WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT
02:01:19FACTORS AND DIFFERENT POWERS. I THINK IT IS LARGELY A
02:01:23COMBINATION OF A BUNCH OF THINGS, POLICY AND NOT POLICY
02:01:25RELATED. HOST: TALK ABOUT THE REPORT.
02:01:30WHICH CRIMES DID WE INCREASE, AND OVERALL HOW DOES IT COMPARE
02:01:34TO THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2025?
02:01:36GUEST: A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE.
02:01:41HOMICIDE DROPS ARE MOST IMPRESSIVE. WE ARE ON TRACK TO SET A NEW RECORD IN THIS COUNTRY, WHICH IS
02:01:45FANTASTIC.
02:01:48NINE OF THE 13 CATEGORIES THEY TRACK OUR MOVING DOWNWARD.
02:01:52WE DID SEE A BIG INCREASE IN
02:01:54DRUG OFFENSES, WHICH IS CONCERNING.
02:01:57BUT IT IS A REALLY POSITIVE TREND.
02:02:00YOU ARE LOOKING AT CRIMES LIKE
02:02:03ROBBERY, GONNA SOLD MOVING DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
02:02:07ROBBERY ALSO, YOU DON'T SEE FELONY ASSAULT IN GENERAL MOVED
02:02:10DOWN AS MUCH, WHICH IS CONCERNING, GIVEN THE BROADER
02:02:14TRENDS POST-PANDEMIC OF HOW WE ARE NATIONALLY, SO PEOPLE ARE
02:02:18SPENDING MORE TIME AT HOME ABOUT ONE HOUR AND 45 MINUTES A DAY
02:02:22COMPARED TO PRE-PANDEMIC. PEOPLE ARE DRINKING LESS,
02:02:26WORKING FROM HOME, REDUCING VICTIMIZATION, YET, WE STILL ARE
02:02:30NOT YET SEEN A MASSIVE DECLINE IN FELONY ASSAULTS WHICH IS
02:02:34CONCERNING BECAUSE IF YOU ADJUST FOR THE TIME WE ACTUALLY SPEND,
02:02:37OR WE MIGHT BE VICTIMIZED, IT IS
02:02:41HIGHER THAN BROAD NUMBERS WOULD SUGGEST. IT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.
02:02:45SOME OF THESE OTHER CATEGORY DECLINES WERE LESS SURPRISING
02:02:49LIKE RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY DECLINES. HOMES ARE OCCUPIED AND THAT
02:02:53RAISES THE CONCEPT -- THE TRANSACTION COST TO COMMITTING
02:02:56THAT CRIME. HOST: YOU SAID THERE WASN'T A SINGULAR REASON FOR THE DROP IN
02:03:00CRIME BUT WHAT ARE THE FACTORS?
02:03:03WHAT ARE THE FACTORS LEADING TO
02:03:07THIS DROP? GUEST: A BUNCH OF THINGS.
02:03:11BEEN ON POLICY BUCKET, IT IS WHAT CRIMINOLOGISTS CALLED
02:03:15ROUTINE ACTIVITIES. THE TIME YOU SPEND AT HOME, LESS
02:03:18TIME YOU SPEND ON PUBLIC TRANSIT, RIDERSHIP LEVELS HAVE
02:03:22NOT RECOVERED TO PRE-PANDEMIC. AMERICANS ARE CONSUMING ALCOHOL
02:03:26LESS. WE ARE APPROACHING A NEW RECORD
02:03:30IN TERMS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.
02:03:31HOST: THEY SAY GEN Z DOESN'T
02:03:35DRINK ALCOHOL. GUEST: THEY ARE NOT ATTENDING
02:03:38NIGHT CLUBS. BAR ATTENDANCE IS DOWN.
02:03:40THIS IS WHERE VIOLENT CRIME CATEGORIES TEND TO BE FOCUSED.
02:03:44ON THE POLICY FRONT, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT TO THE
02:03:48RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY, STATES LIKE TENNESSEE, LOUISIANA,
02:03:52ROLLING BACK CRIMINAL JUSTICE
02:03:54REFORMS, FLORIDA, TEXAS, AND
02:03:57EVEN NEW YORK. YOU HAVE HAD A MASSIVE CHANGE
02:04:01FROM 2014 THROUGH 2021, LOTS OF
02:04:04REALLY SORT OF RADICAL
02:04:07PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTORS TAKING WINS IN BIG CITIES.
02:04:11AT ONE POINT IN THE COUNTRY, YOU
02:04:13HAD ALMOST 70 MILLION AMERICANS
02:04:17BECOME PUBLIC PROSECUTORS.
02:04:19THAT NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN. LOS ANGELES, YOU HAD GEORGE GUS
02:04:23COHEN. YOU HAD PAMELA PRICE RECALLED IN
02:04:26OAKLAND.
02:04:31MOST BE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, MAKING A MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE
02:04:35APPROACH.
02:04:41SO YOU HAVE THAT, LIKE ATHENS,
02:04:45GEORGIA, ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
02:04:50THEY ARE ROLLING BACK TO ME REFORMS.
02:04:53THEY ARE PUSHING THROUGH
02:04:56STRIKES, MAKING IT EASIER TO JAIL PEOPLE PRETRIAL.
02:05:00THE PRISON POPULATION HAS GONE
02:05:01UP THE LAST YEARS.
02:05:05POLICE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE REASSERTING
02:05:08THEMSELVES. WE HAVE SEEN THE ARREST NUMBERS
02:05:12GO BACK UP. NEW YORK CITY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
02:05:15OF THAT. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, CRIME STARTS TO COME DOWN.
02:05:19THERE WERE A LOT OF BALLOT ISSUES IN THE 2024 CYCLE.
02:05:23I THINK IT MIGHT BE PLAYING A ROLE HERE.
02:05:27CALIFORNIA WITH PROPOSITION 46, RECRIMINALIZE A SUM OF THE DRUG
02:05:31OFFENSES. OREGON, WHICH I'D RECRIMINALIZE
02:05:34DRUG OFFENSES AND RECRIMINALIZE
02:05:37THEM A COUPLE YEARS LATER IN 2024, AS WELL.
02:05:41YOU HAD COLORADO SEEK THAT
02:05:44BALLOT INITIATIVE. ARIZONA, FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE
02:05:48ELIGIBLE FOR A TAX REBATE WHEN
02:05:51THE POLICE FAILED TO CLEAR A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT.
02:05:53YOU HAD OTHER STATES BALLOT
02:05:57INITIATIVES WITH NEW FUNDING FOR THE HIRING OF ADDITIONAL POLICE
02:06:01OFFICERS, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
02:06:02JOINT TAX FORCES, THE NATIONAL
02:06:06GUARD DEPLOYMENT, AND
02:06:07IMMIGRATION DEPLOYMENT. HOST: I WANT TO INVITE OUR
02:06:12VIEWERS TO JOIN IN ON THE
02:06:14CONVERSATION. WE HAVE RAFAEL MANGUAL HERE,
02:06:17MANHATTAN INSTITUTE, A NEW
02:06:23COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE
02:06:25REPORT FOR MIDYEAR CRIME TRENDS IN THE U.S. CITY AND ALSO TO
02:06:29DISCUSS THE ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS TO BRING DOWN VIOLENT CRIME. I WILL REPEAT YOUR LINES.
02:06:33REPUBLICANS, (202)-748-8001.
02:06:36DEMOCRATS, (202)-748-8000.
02:06:40INDEPENDENTS, (202)-748-8002.
02:06:44YOU CAN ALSO REACH US BY TEXT
02:06:47MESSAGE. THAT LINE IS (202)-748-8003.
02:06:50OF COURSE, WE ARE ON SOCIALS
02:06:53LIKE FACEBOOK AND C-SPAN. START CALLING IN NOW TO ASK
02:06:56RAFAEL MANGUAL YOUR QUESTIONS
02:07:00AND COMMENTS ON VIOLENT CRIME THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SHARED WITH
02:07:03US BEFOREHAND. I WANT TO ASK, IN THIS TIME IN
02:07:08WHICH PEOPLE HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT
02:07:10DATA, ABOUT SURVEYS, ABOUT INFORMATION THEY ARE RECEIVING,
02:07:14HOW CHALLENGING IS THE POINT ON
02:07:20WHITE CRIME HAS INCREASED OR
02:07:23DECREASED, AND THEN THE ACTUAL STATISTICS, HOW DO THEY ACTUALLY
02:07:27GATHER THE DATA? GUEST: THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
02:07:31SHIFTED AND HOW IT COLLECTED
02:07:33DATA ON CRIME CATEGORIES BACK IN
02:07:362019 WHEN THEY ADOPTED THE NATIONAL REPORTING SYSTEM.
02:07:40THAT WAS A CHALLENGE IN PART BECAUSE OF THE TRANSACTION COST
02:07:44THAT HAS DECLINED, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALLER DEPARTMENTS.
02:07:47IN AMERICA, WE ARE DOWN
02:07:53SIGNIFICANTLY. YOU HAD A LOT OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS SCALING TO REPORT
02:07:56FULLY, AND THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO REALLY PUT A FINGER ON EXACTLY WITH WHAT THE
02:08:00NATIONAL CRIME TRENDS LOOK LIKE. IN CERTAIN CRIME CATEGORIES LIKE
02:08:04HOMICIDE IN PARTICULAR, IT IS
02:08:07HARDER TO GET THOSE NUMBERS AND THEY ARE MUCH MORE RELIABLE.
02:08:11AND USUALLY, IF YOU CAR GETS
02:08:15STOLEN, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A POLICE REPORT TO COLLECT ON
02:08:19INSURANCE MONEY. SO THAT IS FOR THE BROADER CRIME
02:08:23TREND. BOTH MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WHICH TELLS US THAT
02:08:27AT THE VERY LEAST, THE DIRECTION OF THE TREND IS PROBABLY
02:08:31CORRECT. AND YOU HAVE SOME JURISDICTIONS
02:08:34LIKE WASHINGTON, D.C., WHO HAVE BEEN EMBROILED IN CONTROVERSIES,
02:08:38PARTICULARLY FOR CRIMES LIKE
02:08:39ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. HOST: THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
02:08:43BEEN CHANGING THEIR CRIME STATISTICS ON THE WAY THE REPORT
02:08:46THIS. FROM ILLINOIS, INDEPENDENT, GOOD MORNING, RICH.
02:08:50CALLER: THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.
02:08:54I WAS LISTENING TO THE LAST GUEST YOU HAD ON, TALKING ABOUT
02:08:58THE WAR IN IRAN. SOME OF THE POINTS YOU BROUGHT
02:09:01UP, PART OF MY ISSUE WITH HIS
02:09:07SPIEL WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO AVOIDED SERVING
02:09:11HIS COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY. YET, HE IS ALL GUNG HO --
02:09:15HOST: I'M GOING TO JUMP IN
02:09:19BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY HAVE RAFAEL MANGUAL HERE TO TALK ABOUT
02:09:22VIOLENT CRIME IN THE U.S.
02:09:24I KNOW YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS BUT DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ONE
02:09:28ON VIOLENT CRIME? CALLER: I DO, AND THIS IS THE TIE-IN.
02:09:32ONE OF THE ISSUES ABOUT THIS
02:09:36IRAN SITUATION, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ARE DEALING WITH THEIR
02:09:40ISSUES, AND WE ARE GOING TO GO IN THERE AND TRY TO TELL THEM
02:09:43ABOUT THEIR ISSUES, AND WE HAVE
02:09:45THE SAME KIND OF ISSUES.
02:09:50WE ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE -- ARE YOU THERE? HOST: GO AHEAD.
02:09:54CALLER: WE ARE ARRESTING THESE
02:10:00IN SEARCH OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS,
02:10:01WE ARE ARRESTING AMERICAN
02:10:05CITIZENS, WE ARE DOING THE SAME KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE ARE
02:10:08CRITICIZING OTHER NATIONS FOR.
02:10:11YET, WE ARE DOING THEM. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS
02:10:15RELATIONSHIP TO WHY VIOLENT
02:10:18CRIMES, WHY THERE ISN'T A SIGNIFICANT DROP, WELL, WE HAVE
02:10:21THIS RHETORIC SAYING, YOU KNOW,
02:10:28THIS RHETORIC OUT OF OUR WHITE HOUSE, YET, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
02:10:32ARE SAYING, WE DO ALL OF THIS STUFF AND NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO
02:10:35REGULATE ME?
02:10:38WHY WOULD YOU EXPECT THESE
02:10:40VIOLENT CRIMES TO GO DOWN IF
02:10:44THAT IS A WRITER IF YOU ARE SPEWING?
02:10:48HOST: LET'S LET RAFAEL GET IN
02:10:49THIS. GUEST: VIOLENT CRIMES DEFINITELY
02:10:53-- ABSOLUTELY GOING DOWN, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
02:10:57IS THERE A QUESTION ABOUT DIFFERENT CRIME CATEGORIES?
02:11:01I WOULD ALSO SAY THERE IS A CRITICAL ROLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
02:11:05WHAT IS HAPPENING ON U.S. SOIL
02:11:09AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN IRAN.
02:11:10HOST: ROBERTA, CALIFORNIA,
02:11:16DEMOCRAT. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:11:18I'VE TRAVELED IN D.C. A GREAT
02:11:23DEAL THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
02:11:24AND I NEVER EVER FELT ANY FEAR.
02:11:31THEY WERE EXPERIENCING A REDUCTION IN CRIME, AND I THINK THAT TREND IS CONTINUING.
02:11:35ALSO, I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO
02:11:39JANINE PASHA PYRO.
02:11:41SHE WAS ABLE TO SAY TO TRUMP
02:11:50THAT THE KING WEARS NO CLOTHES.
02:11:51GUEST: I CERTAINLY THINK
02:11:56WASHINGTON, D.C., IS ONE OF THE SUCCESS STORIES NATIONALLY ON THE CRIME FRONT.
02:11:59THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN TAKE
02:12:03THE MOST CREDIT. OF COURSE, THE TERRITORY OF THE
02:12:08FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS MORE OF A RELATIONSHIP IMPACT ON THE
02:12:12STREETS OF D.C. HOST: ON THAT POINT, WE HAVE
02:12:14SOMEONE COME WITH AMERICAN
02:12:19PROGRESS ON WASHINGTON JOURNAL AND THEY DISCUSSED IN THE REPORT
02:12:22, THE HEADLINE, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS 1.7 BILLION
02:12:26DOLLAR NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT FAILED TO REDUCE URBAN CRIME.
02:12:29IF PEOPLE WANT TO READ IT, THAT
02:12:32IS AMERICAN PROGRESS, AND THEY
02:12:34MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT DESPITE
02:12:37THE NATIONAL GUARD PRESENCE IN D.C. AND OTHER STATES, THAT IT
02:12:40HAS FAILED TO ACTUALLY REDUCE CRIME. I WONDER WHAT YOU MAKE OF THAT.
02:12:44GUEST: CRIME NUMBERS TELL
02:12:48THEMSELVES -- TELL A DIFFERENT
02:12:50STORY IN PLACES LIKE D.C. AND
02:12:53MEMPHIS. THE FRAMING OF IT AS THE NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT IS WRONG.
02:12:57IT IS ONE PART OF A BROADER EFFORT THAT INVOLVES FEDERAL
02:13:00EFFORT AND MEMPHIS AND
02:13:05WASHINGTON, D.C., TASK FORCES ARE LED BY THE MARSHALS.
02:13:09YOU HAVE HSI, ICE, ALL ON THE
02:13:12GROUND DOING HIGH-LEVEL OPERATIONS.
02:13:16THEY ACTUALLY WOOD ALONG WITH SOME OF THE TASK FORCE DOWN IN
02:13:20MEMPHIS THIS YEAR AND IN THAT
02:13:26PIECE, YOU KNOW, I READ THROUGH
02:13:28A REALLY RADICAL DECLINE IN CRIME AND HAS STATISTICALLY BEEN
02:13:32ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST DANGEROUS
02:13:33CITIES FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
02:13:39ROBBERIES, ACTIVATED ASSAULTS, SHOOTINGS, AND OFFICERS, ALONG
02:13:43WITH LOCAL POLICE AND HIGHWAY
02:13:48PATROL, AND MAKING IT IN A REALLY GOOD ARREST.
02:13:52USUALLY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE OPEN WARRANTS, WHEN THEY DO THAT OVER
02:13:56A LONG TIME, I THINK THAT WE SEE
02:13:59WE ENJOYED THE INCAPACITATION
02:14:01EFFECT. HOST: INDEPENDENT, NORTH
02:14:06CAROLINA, GOOD MORNING, PATRICK.
02:14:07CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:14:13I'M ABSOLUTELY UNAFFILIATED AND CALLING ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE.
02:14:16IN ANY CASE, I WANTED TO POINT
02:14:22OUT SOMETHING. TO OUR HOST. ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE.
02:14:26THEN CRIME. OK. HOST: GO AHEAD.
02:14:29CALLER: THERE IS SOMETHING
02:14:33CALLED RISK-REWARD. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT IT IS.
02:14:37IT IS -- IF THE RISK OUTWEIGHS
02:14:41THE REWARD, YOU DON'T DO IT.
02:14:45WHAT I PROPOSE IS TO GET RID OF
02:14:49GUN VIOLENCE CRIME.
02:14:54YOU GET CAUGHT UP WITH AN UNREGISTERED GUN ON THE STREETS, IT IS 10 YEARS AUTOMATIC.
02:14:5810 YEARS.
02:15:00IF YOU GO IN TO A BODEGA OR A
02:15:04BANK WITH A GUN, AND YOU SHOW
02:15:05THE GUN, EVEN IF YOU DON'T
02:15:10SHOOT, 20 YEARS, NO PAROLE.
02:15:13AND IF YOU SHOOT SOMEONE,
02:15:17WHETHER YOU WOUND THEM OR WHATEVER, COMMITTING A CRIME, IT
02:15:21IS 30 YEARS, NO PAROLE.
02:15:24BUT PEOPLE THAT COMMIT A CRIME
02:15:26WITH A GUN, SHOOT SOMEBODY, THEY GET 10 YEARS MAYBE.
02:15:30THEY ARE OUT IN FIVE. THEY CAN DO THAT STANDING ON
02:15:34THEIR HEAD. OK. HOST: LET'S LET RAFAEL GET INTO THIS.
02:15:38GUEST: I APPRECIATE YOUR CALL. I THINK YOU ARE GETTING AT
02:15:41SOMETHING VERY REAL.
02:15:43ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS IN
02:15:48THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN A REPEAT OFFENDER PROBLEM.
02:15:51WE CONSISTENTLY SEE PEOPLE WITH
02:15:5615, 20, PRIOR ARRESTS, MULTIPLE
02:16:00PRISONS STAYS IN THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORIES. THAT TELLS YOU THE POLICE ARE
02:16:04DOING A RELATIVELY GOOD JOB BUT
02:16:06THE BROADER SYSTEM HAS FAILED TO
02:16:12HAVE PEOPLE BEHIND BARS LONG
02:16:16ENOUGH TO SHIELD SOCIETY FROM THE CRIMES THEY WILL COMMIT.
02:16:20IT IS NOT NECESSARILY THOSE
02:16:21NUMBERS, BUT HAVING MINIMUM
02:16:27SENTENCES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT, THAT THERE IS NO GETTING OUT OF,
02:16:31THAT PROSECUTORS CANNOT NEGOTIATE THEIR WAY OUT OF.
02:16:34IN THE AGGREGATE, THAT WILL REDUCE CRIME.
02:16:37WE'VE SEEN THAT OVER THE HISTORY. AND A LOT OF STATES HAVE MOVED IN THAT DIRECTION.
02:16:41TENNESSEE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
02:16:42THAT ADOPTED THAT BACK IN 2023.
02:16:48AND THAT INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF
02:16:51TIME PEOPLE SPEND BEHIND BARS,
02:16:55AND OTHERS ARE CONSIDERING THE
02:16:59MODIFIED THREE STRIKES PROPOSALS, WHICH I THINK IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT LEVER TO CONSIDER PULLING BUT I THINK WE
02:17:03ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT
02:17:04DIRECTION. HOST: TENNESSEE, INDEPENDENT, WE
02:17:10WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT MEMPHIS, SO JOHN, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR
02:17:13COMMENT. WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR
02:17:17YOU ON THE BACKEND.
02:17:18CALLER: I LIVED IN MEMPHIS FOR A
02:17:22NUMBER OF YEARS, CHATTANOOGA. I SPENT SOME TIME IN WASHINGTON,
02:17:26D.C. ALL THREE OF THE LOCALITIES ARE LOCATED ON STATE LINES.
02:17:30THAT'S ALWAYS A PROBLEM FOR LAW
02:17:35ENFORCEMENT DUE TO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME ACROSS THE
02:17:37STATE BOUNDARIES AND COMMIT
02:17:40THEIR CRIMES AND THEN SCOOT BACK ACROSS INTO ANOTHER
02:17:43JURISDICTION. THIS IS ALWAYS A MAJOR CHALLENGE
02:17:47FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCAL LAW
02:17:50ENFORCEMENT, TO PURSUE THEIR
02:17:56PARTICULAR CRIMINALS, INCLUDING INVESTIGATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN MEMPHIS.
02:18:00GUEST: YEAH, MEMPHIS BEING SO
02:18:04CLOSE TO ARKANSAS, IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR INDIVIDUALS ACROSS
02:18:08STATE LINES TO GO BACK TO A DIFFERENT JURISDICTION.
02:18:12I DO THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE
02:18:15HONED THEIR SKILLS AND COOPERATE
02:18:21IN TERMS OF INTERAGENCY COOPERATION. WORKING WITH OTHER STATES TO
02:18:24MAKE SURE CRIME IS NOT BEING DISPLACED BY CERTAIN OPERATIONS
02:18:27BUT ALSO SHARING AND GETTING HELP EXTRADITING OFFENDERS AND
02:18:31THE OTHER JURISDICTION.
02:18:32HOST: HAVE YOU RECENTLY BEEN TO
02:18:37MEMPHIS AND HAVE YOU SEEN A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
02:18:39TO BE THERE WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE
02:18:43THIS DROP IN CRIME? CALLER: NOT LATELY, BUT WHEN I
02:18:47WAS DOWN THERE OVER THE YEARS,
02:18:49MISSISSIPPI HAS BEEN A LONG TIME
02:18:52SOURCE OF EASILY OBTAINED FIREARMS.
02:18:55AND THAT IS WHAT ESSENTIALLY
02:18:58FLOODED MEMPHIS, AND UP THE
02:19:02EASTERN SIDE ALL THE WAY UP TO
02:19:04CHICAGO, IT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS.
02:19:08IT IS EASILY SOURCING FIREARMS ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN THERE.
02:19:12HOST: THAT WAS JOHN FROM
02:19:16MEMPHIS. MIKE, NORTH CAROLINA,
02:19:19REPUBLICAN. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:19:22FIRST OF ALL, AT LAST YEAR'S
02:19:28BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THE FBI STATISTICS AT THE TOP 10, 9 OF
02:19:31THE TOP 10 VIOLENT CITIES IN THE
02:19:34COUNTRY ARE ALL RUN BY DEMOCRATS
02:19:36. A LOT OF THEM ARE IN RED STATES,
02:19:39BUT YOU'VE GOT BLUE MAYORS AND BLUE CITY COUNCIL AND ALL THAT STUFF.
02:19:43MY MAIN THING IS THAT THE YOUTH
02:19:46VIOLENT CRIME, THESE YOUTH NO
02:19:51THAT IF THEY ARE UNDER 18, THEY ARE GOING TO GET A PAT ON THE WRIST AND THEY ARE GOING TO GET
02:19:55OUT AND RE-EVENT.
02:19:59AND THE CRIME AGE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING YOUNGER AND
02:20:01YOUNGER. THEY NEED TO BE TRIED AS AN
02:20:05ADULT, ATTRIBUTED TO THE CRIME
02:20:09THEY'RE DOING, LIKE CARJACKINGS,
02:20:13ARMED ROBBERIES.
02:20:14IN MY OPINION, THE DEATH PENALTY
02:20:18SHOULD BE FULLY ENFORCED.
02:20:22RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE CLEANING OUT
02:20:25DEATH ROW. THESE PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW FOR
02:20:2920, 30 YEARS, WHERE IS THE JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIMS IN THIS CRIME?
02:20:33BUT THE MAIN THING, TOO, ALSO,
02:20:36YOU'VE GOT THESE DA'S,
02:20:41MAGISTRATES, LOCAL JUDGES -- I
02:20:43LIVE 20 MILES FROM CHARLOTTE.
02:20:46LATELY, THEY ARE RELEASING
02:20:50CRIMINALS JUST LIKE THE GUY WHO
02:20:55STABBED THE GIRL ON THE RED LINE, THE TRAIN LINE, THEY ARE BEING RELEASED.
02:20:59AND COOPER IS ONE OF THE ONES
02:21:03THAT RELEASED, AND HE'S RUNNING FOR SENATE. HOPEFULLY HE DON'T GET IT.
02:21:07BUT HE RELEASED ALL OF THESE
02:21:09INMATES DURING THE "CHINA VIRUS"
02:21:12COVID DATING.
02:21:14OVER HALF HAD RE-OFFENDED FROM
02:21:18THE ONES HE HAD RELEASED. HOST: LET'S LET RAFAEL GET IN HERE. YOU'VE GIVEN HIM A LOT TO
02:21:22PONDER. GUEST: THERE'S A LOT THERE.
02:21:24I JOIN YOU IN YOUR CRITIQUE OF
02:21:30INCARCERATION EFFORTS IN STATES LIKE NORTH CAROLINA AND CITIES
02:21:33LIKE CHARLOTTE. I DO THINK THOSE ARE PROBLEMATIC .
02:21:36THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF THAT. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
02:21:39SORT OF PERSON WHO ENDS UP IN THE U.S. PRISON, A TYPICAL STATE
02:21:43PRISON IN THE U.S. IS SOMEONE BETWEEN 10 AND TOLD PRIOR
02:21:47ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS. -- 10 AND 12 PRIOR ARRESTS AND
02:21:51CONVICTIONS. THESE ARE NOT LOWER-LEVEL RISK
02:21:55INDIVIDUALS.
02:21:57OR LETTING PEOPLE AVOID PRISON, TOGETHER, THAT IS GOING TO HAVE
02:22:01AN IMPACT.
02:22:05AS ANOTHER YOUTH VIOLENCE FRONT,
02:22:07JUVENILES, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
02:22:10FACTOR IN AMERICA BECAUSE ONE OF THE CRIMES IN A CITY LIKE NEW
02:22:13YORK, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH HAS
02:22:17SEEN SO MANY CRIMES AND SO MANY CATEGORIES, IT IS BUCKING THE TREND.
02:22:21ONE OF THE REASONS IS A LOT OF
02:22:24PLACES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE ADOPTED
02:22:28THESE WHERE THEY HAVE LOWER THE
02:22:32AGE OR RACE AGE TO 18 OR 21.
02:22:34WITH THAT HAS DONE IS WHERE YOU
02:22:39HAVE THESE GANG MEMBERS WHO ARE NOW PASSING ON A LOT MORE OF THE
02:22:43RESPONSIBILITY TO YOUNGER MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THOSE YOUNGER MEMBERS ARE NOT
02:22:47GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO ANY KIND
02:22:48OF PENALTY.
02:22:53AND I YOUNG 13-YEAR-OLD BOY IN
02:22:57CHICAGO, KILLED BY A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER, WHO RESPONDED TO
02:23:00A SHOT FIRED ALERT, AND FOUND
02:23:02HIM IN THE ALLEY WITH A GUN.
02:23:05AND HE WAS WITH I THINK A 25-YEAR-OLD LATIN KING GANG
02:23:09MEMBER. YOU HAD THAT OLDER GANG MEMBER
02:23:13ENCOURAGING THE YOUNGER ONE TO
02:23:17HOLD 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
02:23:25THIS PROBLEM.
02:23:27ONE OF THE WAYS THEY CAN DO THAT IS THROUGH A JUVENILE DEFENDING,
02:23:31WHICH IS SOMETHING ELSE THEY'VE DONE. IF SOMEONE DOES GET PROSECUTED
02:23:35AS A JUVENILE, THEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM
02:23:38AFTER THEY REACH THE AGE OF MAJORITY.
02:23:42YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT THAT APPLIES BOTH TO ADULTS AND JUVENILES, UNDERSTAND
02:23:45THE ARGUMENT, WHICH IS THAT THEY
02:23:49DON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRIMES THEY COMMIT, BUT I WOULD ALSO
02:23:52SAY THAT LACK OF RELEVANT ALSO
02:23:54MAKE SOME HIGHER RISK AND WHEN
02:23:57YOU CONSIDER WHO IS GOING TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE DOWNSIDE
02:24:00RISK THERE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
02:24:03THE VERY SAME SUBPOPULATIONS.
02:24:08AND IN THE WAKE OF
02:24:10IMPLEMENTATION, WE SAW SHOOTING
02:24:13INVOLVEMENT FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO WERE SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED
02:24:17AS A RESULT. HOST: FROM ILLINOIS,
02:24:23INDEPENDENT, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:24:26I WAS 23 YEARS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CALIFORNIA. I'M SORRY TO SAY I WAS PART OF
02:24:30THE SYSTEM WHERE WE WERE
02:24:33WAREHOUSING PEOPLE, AND THE FACT
02:24:36OF THE MATTER IS YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
02:24:40BECAUSE ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS TRY TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN AND THEY WILL BE AN ENDLESS
02:24:43SUPPLY OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING BECAUSE WERE NOT WANTING TO TALK ABOUT WHY THEY COMMIT CRIME IN
02:24:47THE FIRST PLACE. VIOLENT CRIME AND OTHER
02:24:51ASSOCIATED ROBBERIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
02:24:53SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, WE
02:24:56HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T FEEL ANY
02:24:58KIND OF REASON TO BE GOOD
02:25:02CITIZENS. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE NEVER GOING TO SOLVE IT
02:25:05UNTIL YOU START FIGURING OUT WHY PEOPLE ARE COMMITTING CRIMES AND
02:25:09COINCIDENTLY HAVE -- HAPPEN TO
02:25:12BE USING POOR PEOPLE, POOR WHITES, MINORITY PEOPLE, SO WE
02:25:16ARE QUICK TO JUDGE THEM. WE SEE PEOPLE AT THE HIGHEST
02:25:18LEVEL COMMITTING CRIMES, AND
02:25:23I'VE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE TALKING TO CONVICTS, THEY KNOW
02:25:26WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND THEY JUST DON'T CARE. SO IF YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO
02:25:30TRY TO GO TO TENNESSEE OR WHATEVER YOU THINK, ONCE YOU GO INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WEST
02:25:34VIRGINIA AND GRAB SOME OF THOSE
02:25:35WERE RULED -- RURAL GUNMEN --
02:25:40GANG MEMBERS AND GO DOWN AT THEM, THE KIND OF THING ABOUT
02:25:44MINORITY PEOPLE ARE INHERENTLY
02:25:48TERRIBLE, AND BEING MEXICAN MYSELF, I SEE THE DIFFERENCE. DO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE
02:25:52CONSTRUCTIVE BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET THE SAME PROBLEM. I GUARANTEE IT.
02:25:56GOOD LUCK ON THAT. GUEST: I JOIN YOU IN THE
02:26:01ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE NEVER GOING
02:26:02TO GET RID OF CRIME IN THIS
02:26:06HIERARCHY. THIS IS KIND OF A FALSE PLACE.
02:26:09I DON'T THINK ANYONE SUGGESTS WE WILL SOLVE THE CRIME PROBLEM
02:26:13ENTIRELY, BUT WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE AS A COUNTRY'S
02:26:17IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY IN
02:26:18AMERICA. BETWEEN 1990 AND 2014, HOMICIDE
02:26:22RATES DECLINED BY 50%.
02:26:24WE DO NOT SOLVE POVERTY, ECONOMIC EQUALITY OR
02:26:28JOBLESSNESS. DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, THE
02:26:32UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOUBLED IN THE HOMICIDE RATE DECLINED 50%.
02:26:36I THINK WHAT THIS CALLER IS GETTING THAT CAT IN ORDER TO
02:26:39SOLVE CRIME, YOU HAVE TO SOLVE THE ROOT PROCESS.
02:26:43ONE, I DON'T THINK WE DO. HISTORY HAS SHOWN US WE DON'T
02:26:47HAVE TO SOLVE THEM TO GET CRIME UNDER CONTROL.
02:26:50NEW YORK CITY WENT TO LESS THAN
02:26:52300 MURDERS AND WE PROBABLY WILL
02:26:55HIT A SIMILAR NUMBER THIS YEAR.
02:26:58IT DID NOT SALT AND EQUALITY OR ANY OF THE ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT
02:27:01ARE OFTEN BLAMED FOR DRIVING
02:27:03CRIME.
02:27:06BUT WE DID WAS WE PROSECUTED AND INCARCERATED OUR WAY OUT OF THAT
02:27:10AND THAT SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE FOR EVERYBODY.
02:27:13I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD SUGGEST THE MINORITY COMMUNITY ARE INHERENTLY CRIMINAL, AND I
02:27:17WOULD SAY THAT ROBUST LAW
02:27:20ENFORCEMENT APPROACHES BENEFIT
02:27:25AND YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE HOMICIDE DECLINE BETWEEN 2008
02:27:29AND 2014. YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECT IT HAD ON
02:27:32LIFE EXPECTANCY.
02:27:34IT ADDED 0.1 FOUR YEARS FOR THE
02:27:37AVERAGE WHITE MALE IN AMERICA, WHICH IS NOT SIGNIFICANT.
02:27:41IT WAS A FULL YEAR FOR THE AVERAGE BLACKMAIL, WHICH IS A
02:27:45MASSIVE DISPARITY. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LOST.
02:27:49WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE UNEVEN
02:27:52DISTRIBUTION IN THE U.S., WHICH IS A REAL THING.
02:27:56BLACK MEN ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE INCARCERATED THAN THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS AND
02:28:00MORE LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED AND SUBJECT TO THE POLICE USES OF FORCE, BUT THEY ARE ALSO MORE
02:28:04LIKELY TO BE THE VICTIMS OF CRIMES AND VIOLENT CRIMES IN
02:28:08PARTICULAR AND SERIOUS HOMICIDE. IT IS ALMOST A 10 X DIFFERENCE
02:28:11IN TERMS OF THE DISPARITY. WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN YOU DO
02:28:15ENFORCEMENT AND THAT RESULTS IN CRIME DECLINE, THOSE BENEFITS
02:28:19ARE NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED.
02:28:21IT IS NOT SOMETHING I THINK WE HAVE TO TO KEEP IN MIND.
02:28:25WHY ON EARTH WITH THE SYSTEM THAT WE ARE TOLD IS ALLEGEDLY
02:28:29DESIGNED AND OPERATED FOR SPECIFIC OR CERTAIN MEMBER OF
02:28:33THE COMMUNITY'S SO SIGNIFICANTLY
02:28:38-- IF YOU ASK ANY POLICE CHIEF IN AMERICA WHAT THEY ARE TRYING
02:28:42TO DO, THEY WANT TO CONTROL CRIME.
02:28:46GIVEN HOW CONCENTRATED THE DEMOGRAPHIC DECLINE IS, WE KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM
02:28:50THAT CONTROLLED, IT IS NOT GOING TO BE WHITE AMERICANS, IT IS
02:28:53MOSTLY LOW INCOME MINORITY
02:28:56COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE DESPERATE FOR CHANGE.
02:28:59AND IN MEMPHIS, WHICH ARE MAJORITY BLACK, THEY ARE REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT ON THE GROUND.
02:29:03HOST: A HEADLINE FROM THE NEW
02:29:06YORK POST, MAJOR CALIFORNIA
02:29:10CITIES HE STAGGERING SPIKE IN MURDERS AND NATIONAL HOMICIDE
02:29:13RATES HITS 125 YEAR LOW.
02:29:15BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT RECENT SEE
02:29:22CJ REPORT, IT IS DOWN TO 55%. BY THE NUMBERS, IT IS 12
02:29:26HOMICIDES IN 2025, 16 THE FIRST
02:29:29SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
02:29:32SIMILARLY, A LOOK AT NEBRASKA,
02:29:35100 PERCENT DROP IN HOMICIDES DURING THE TWO-YEAR TIMEFRAME,
02:29:39THE CITY HAD SIX HOMICIDES AND
02:29:45WHICH PEOPLE -- WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
02:29:49WHEN THEY HEAR STORIES THAT ARE
02:29:50USING THIS TYPE OF DATA? GUEST: I THINK IT IS PROBABLY
02:29:54NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD RELY ON HEAVILY. WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT LOW
02:29:58BASIS, YOU ARE LIKELY TO HAVE LARGE PERCENTAGE INCREASES.
02:30:02IF YOU ARE TALKING SINGLE DIGIT NUMBERS. AS A MATTER OF PERCENTAGE, THAT
02:30:06IS GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT.
02:30:10ZOOMING OUT AND LOOKING AT A BROADER TREND OVER A LONGER
02:30:12TIME, LOOKING WILL TELL YOU
02:30:16ABOUT WHAT WORKS.
02:30:19SOMETIMES YOU CAN HAVE A BIG INCREASE IN SPITE OF A FEW
02:30:23INSTANCES EXTRA.
02:30:26WHICH CAN EASILY BE THE
02:30:29BYPRODUCT SO THE IDEA THAT THAT
02:30:33IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONTRIBUTED TO POLICY DIRECTION.
02:30:36HOST: BRAUN, FLORIDA,
02:30:40INDEPENDENT. YOU WILL BE OUR LAST CALL. MAKE IT QUICK FOR ME.
02:30:42CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:30:46I'M WATCHING YOUR SHOW ON CRIME TODAY.
02:30:48I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT NO ONE IS SAFE ON THE ROADS ANYMORE DUE
02:30:54TO DISTRACTED DRIVING.
02:30:56IN 1998, THE GOVERNMENT BANNED
02:31:00LAWN DARTS BECAUSE THEY WERE AN UNSAFE PRODUCT.
02:31:03NOW LOTS OF LEGISLATION IS SAYING YOU CANNOT TEXT AND
02:31:07DRIVE. IT HASN'T WORKED. YOU ARE GOING AFTER LOW-LYING
02:31:11CRIME, AND A MACHINE THAT ALLOWS
02:31:18PEOPLE TO BREAK THE LAW, HOW COME THEY HAVE NOT SAID THIS
02:31:22MACHINE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TEXT DOES NOT WORK WHEN YOU DRIVE.
02:31:26GUEST: IF YOU ARE CONNECTED TO
02:31:29SOME OF THE HANDS-FREE FEATURES,
02:31:32IT DOES STOP YOU FROM TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. YOU HAVE TO USE VOICE CONTROL.
02:31:36I'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THIS FEATURE SOMETIMES WHEN I BREAK
02:31:40THAT RULE AND I TRY NOT TO DO IT AND I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD TURN OUT TO DO IT.
02:31:44YEAH, I CERTAINLY THINK AN
02:31:46INCREASE IN DISTRACTED DRIVING,
02:31:50THE PERSON WHO IS IN FRONT OF THE LINE IS LOOKING AT THEIR
02:31:52PHONE. I SHARE IN YOUR FRUSTRATION. HOST: I LOOK AT STATISTICS ON
02:31:56THAT, RAFAEL MANGUAL, FELLOW AT
02:32:00THE MANHATTAN INSTITUTE, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
02:32:04NEXT, IT IS OPEN FORUM. YOUR CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON ANY
02:32:08POLITICAL OR PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE ON YOUR MINDS THIS MORNING.
02:32:12STAR CALLING IN. REPUBLICANS, (202)-748-8001.
02:32:18DEMOCRATS, (202)-748-8000.
02:32:22INDEPENDENTS, (202)-748-8002. START CALLING IN NOW BEFORE WE
02:32:26CLOSE OUT THE SHOW.
02:32:38>> IN A DIVIDED MEDIA WORLD, ONE PLACE BRINGS AMERICANS TOGETHER. ACCORDING TO A NEW RESEARCH REPORT, NEARLY 90 MILLION AMERICANS TURNED TO C-SPAN.
02:32:42ALMOST ALL ARE PERFECTLY BALANCED.
02:32:4428% CONSERVATIVE, 27% LIBERAL OR
02:32:50PROGRESSIVE, REPUBLICANS WATCHING DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATS WATCHING REPUBLICANS.
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02:34:02>> "WASHINGTON JOURNAL"
02:34:06CONTINUES. HOST: WELCOME BACK.
02:34:10IT IS OPEN FORUM WHERE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANY ISSUE ON YOUR MIND.
02:34:13STARTING OFF, WE ARE TALKING AGAIN ABOUT INFLATION NUMBERS I READ A LITTLE BIT AGO.
02:34:17COMING UP THIS MORNING, I LOOK AT A NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE.
02:34:21INFLATION WAS MODERATE IN JULY
02:34:23BUT ENERGY PRICES REMAIN
02:34:26ELEVATED. YOU CAN SEE THE ANNUAL CHANGE IN
02:34:28CPI, STARTING FROM 2016, ENDING
02:34:32WHERE WE ARE NOW IN 20 SIX.
02:34:36CPI 3.4%, MINUS ENERGY AND FOOD
02:34:44AT 2.5%.
02:34:50IT SAYS HERE'S WHAT TO KNOW
02:34:52ABOUT YOUR REPORT. PRICES ROSE IN JULY FROM EARLIER
02:34:56IN 3.4% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR ON AN EQUALLY ADJUSTED BASIS AS
02:35:00THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST KEEPS
02:35:02PUSHING PRICES.
02:35:06THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ROSE 2.5% OF THE YEAR AND THE LABOR
02:35:09DEPARTMENT REPORTED WEDNESDAY
02:35:13RIGHT AND COST OF HOME OWNERSHIP HAVE GRADUALLY BEEN CALLING AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND RESEARCH.
02:35:17THE PAST TWO MONTHS, IT HAS BEEN
02:35:19DRAGGED ON BY HOTELS 3.2%.
02:35:26THAT FOLLOWS A DROP. THAT IS THE LATEST ON INFLATION.
02:35:28LET'S TURN TO YOUR PHONE CALLS.
02:35:31FROM FLORIDA, DEMOCRAT, TELL ME
02:35:35IF I PRONOUNCE YOUR FIRST NAME INCORRECTLY.
02:35:38GOOD MORNING. CALLER: MY NAME IS IRA.
02:35:41I WANT TO SPEAK ON WHAT IS GOING
02:35:44ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
02:35:491948, AND WE START THERE.
02:35:52THEY SET IT UP WRONG BECAUSE
02:35:56THEY WOULD BLOW IRAN INTO OBLIVION.
02:35:59IT HAS TO BE OUTSIDE.
02:36:03THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND ISRAELIS
02:36:09WANT TO TAKE OVER OTHER PEOPLE.
02:36:13THEY ARE PRESSING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
02:36:17UNWISE LEADERSHIP IN BOTH COUNTRIES, ISRAEL AND THE U.S.
02:36:21IF THEY DON'T SEE THIS, THEY WILL NEVER BE PEACE THERE UNTIL
02:36:24THERE IS PALESTINE.
02:36:28KEEP THEM SEPARATED. EVERYBODY IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS
02:36:31EXHAUSTED.
02:36:39THE UNITED STATES SHOULD LOOK AT
02:36:44THEIR SITUATION. THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO LIVE UNDER OPPRESSION.
02:36:48THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT.
02:36:49HOST: THAT IS IRA FROM FLORIDA.
02:36:56JAMES, WASHINGTON, REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING.
02:36:58CALLER: I WOULD LIKE TO TALK
02:37:02ABOUT INFLATION REGARDING HOUSING. I WAS LOOKING UP INFORMATION ON
02:37:06RENT PRICES AND HOW THEY GOT UP.
02:37:10FROM WHAT I'VE READ, IT IS PARTIALLY CAUSED BY THE LACK OF
02:37:14HOUSING WHICH OCCURRED AFTER THE 2008 HOUSING CRASH.
02:37:18ALSO BECAUSE THE INCREASE IN
02:37:21UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS HAS TAXED
02:37:24THE DEMAND AND INCREASED STRESS,
02:37:27SO BOTH FACTORS HAVE BEEN
02:37:33INCREASING RENTAL COSTS.
02:37:34HOST: THAT IS JAMIE FROM
02:37:38WASHINGTON, REPUBLICAN. A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE INFLATION GOING BACK TO THE NEW
02:37:41YORK TIMES ARTICLE. THEY HAVE A CHART HERE, A
02:37:45GRAPHIC, WHICH SHOWS THE ANNUAL
02:37:49CHANGES IN SELECT CATEGORIES,
02:37:52FROM JULY 2025 AND THE CONSUMER
02:37:55PRICE INDEX, AND THEY LIST IT BY
02:37:58CATEGORY.
02:38:003.4%, EXCLUDING FOOD AND ENERGY,
02:38:032.5%.
02:38:05PLUS 39.9% FOR ENERGY.
02:38:12AND WE MENTION HOUSING, IT IS RENT A PRIMARY RESIDENCE, THAT
02:38:16IS .29%, INCREASES JULY 2025.
02:38:20HERE IS THE TIMES ARTICLE WHERE
02:38:23YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE IN SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES THAT ARE
02:38:27SEPARATED FROM THE OVERALL 3.4%
02:38:30INCREASE.
02:38:35ROBERT FROM ALABAMA, DEMOCRAT. GOOD MORNING. OPEN FORUM. YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANYTHING
02:38:39YOU'D LIKE. CALLER: THANK YOU.
02:38:43GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THE GENTLEMAN WHO CALLED IN FIRST, HE HAD A LOT TO SAY.
02:38:47I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN
02:38:49OBSERVATION ON TO CRIMES.
02:38:52I'VE BEEN CALLING SINCE BRIAN LAMB FIRST CAME ON.
02:38:55THE CRIMES IN THIS COUNTRY, THIS
02:38:58COUNTRY WAS BASED ON CRIME, BUT
02:39:01IF YOU GO TO THE
02:39:03AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, A LOT OF CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY IS
02:39:09BASED ON DRUGS. EVERY ILLEGAL DRUG THAT COMES TO THEIR COUNTRY COMES THROUGH THE
02:39:12HANDS OF WHITE PEOPLE AND THEY PUT THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
02:39:16AND THAT IS A CRIME. BUT CHECK THEM OUT.
02:39:19I GUARANTEE YOU, EACH HAS SOME
02:39:23KIND OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.
02:39:29AS I SAID BEFORE, DRUGS IN THIS
02:39:32COUNTRY, AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE
02:39:35NO BOOKS WILL GET DRUGS.
02:39:37IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD BOMB
02:39:40THEM. I KNOW NOT ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE
02:39:43BAD, I KNOW THAT, BUT THESE
02:39:47ILLEGAL AND LEGAL DRUGS IN THIS COUNTRY COME TO THE HANDS OF
02:39:49WHITE PEOPLE.
02:40:00HOST: THAT WAS ROBERT FROM ALABAMA. HE SAID SOME THINGS ABOUT THE WAY DRUGS ENTERED THE COUNTRY WHICH I DON'T THINK ARE
02:40:03TECHNICALLY BASED IN FACT. JAMES, GEORGIA, INDEPENDENT.
02:40:06GOOD MORNING.
02:40:08CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:40:11BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THIS,
02:40:13IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING ON
02:40:16IN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY, IT IS
02:40:19PRETTY SPECIFIC.
02:40:21ISRAEL IS AN ISSUE WHICH THE DEMOCRAT PARTY DOES NOT WANT TO
02:40:25FACE.
02:40:27SUPPORTS ARE GOING TO BE SPLIT
02:40:33WIN BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE, WE ARE MAD BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
02:40:37WANT PUSHBACK.
02:40:40THIS WHITE PRIVILEGE PRESIDENT,
02:40:44SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE UNQUALIFIED FOR THESE
02:40:47JOBS.
02:40:50IT IS LIKE WE ARE GOING BACK
02:40:53BEFORE IMMIGRATION. THE MILITARY HAS NOT BEEN
02:40:57INTEGRATED THAT LONG. AND HOW BLACK PEOPLE WERE TREATED IN THE MILITARY WHEN
02:41:00THEY CAME HOME FROM THOSE WARS, IT IS BAD NOW AND THEY ARE IN
02:41:04THE MILITARY. AND HOW ABOUT THE BLACK WOMEN
02:41:07WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, 300
02:41:1150,000? BUT WE HEAR NOTHING ABOUT THIS.
02:41:15A LOT OF US ARE REALIZING THIS.
02:41:19THERE IS NO NEED TO VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR A
02:41:23SPECIFIC.
02:41:25TRUMP IS DOING SOMETHING
02:41:28SPECIFIC FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL.
02:41:36THEY ARE A NAZI PARTY, BUT WHAT
02:41:39TRUMP FIRST SAID,
02:41:42[INDISCERNIBLE]
02:41:46PEOPLE ARE DEPLORABLE. HOST: JEFF, NORTH CAROLINA,
02:41:49REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING.
02:41:52CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:41:55I TELL YOU WHAT, THESE CALLERS
02:42:04WANT AMERICA TO BELIEVE, GET RID OF ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE. THEY ARE ALL RACES. GET RID OF ALL THE REPUBLICANS.
02:42:08THEY ARE ALL RACIST. I GET SO SICK OF HEARING THIS
02:42:11CRAP.
02:42:17I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT C-SPAN. I USED TO THINK MORE OF IT THAN
02:42:20I DO THESE DAYS. MAINSTREAM MEDIA DOES NOT COVER
02:42:23THE NEWS.
02:42:26I MEAN, IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND. HOST: WHAT ARE WE NOT COVERING?
02:42:29CALLER: I TELL YOU WHAT COME UP
02:42:33GETS ME, NIEMI IS THE WORST. THEY WILL CUT YOU OFF.
02:42:37THEY'RE WAY IS ALWAYS RIGHT. THEY WILL TRY TO DICTATE TO YOU,
02:42:41THEY WILL SHOW YOU A LIBERAL POLL THAT TELLS YOU THEIR WAY IS RIGHT. WHEN YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN, THEY
02:42:45CUT YOU OFF. I CAN SHOW YOU CLIP AFTER CLIP
02:42:49AFTER CLIP OF IT.
02:42:54IT IS THIS EVENING AFTER A
02:42:55WHILE. HOST: BONNIE, NORTH CAROLINA,
02:43:00DEMOCRAT.
02:43:02GOOD MORNING. CALLER: TOP OF THE MORNING TO
02:43:05YOU. NORTH CAROLINA IN THE HOUSE.
02:43:08HOST: A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BEEN IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING.
02:43:11CALLER: YEAH, I'M GLAD.
02:43:15I HEARD TWO NORTH CAROLINIANS MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT ROY
02:43:19COOPER AND THAT HE WAS THE BOOGIE MAN. ROY COOPER IS ABOUT ONE OF THE
02:43:23BEST WHITE GUYS I'VE KNOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA WHO WILL FIGHT
02:43:27FOR NORTH CAROLINA BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M CALLING ABOUT. I TRIED TO TALK TO THAT
02:43:31GENTLEMAN TALKING ABOUT THE LAW.
02:43:32IT SEEMED TO ME, ACTUALLY HE WAS
02:43:40POINTING OUT BLACK PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
02:43:44THE POLICE OFFICER POINTED IT OUT DIRECTLY.
02:43:47WHY DO PEOPLE NOT TALK ABOUT
02:43:50THESE HANGINGS IN MISSISSIPPI.
02:43:54SO FAR, THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE PEOPLE HUNG JUST THIS YEAR.
02:44:00AND THE LAST PERSON WHO WAS
02:44:01HUNG, HE WAS IN THE TREE UNTIL
02:44:07THEY TOOK A LADDER TO GET HER DOWN.
02:44:10SHE WAS 29 YEARS OLD. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WANT TO
02:44:14ACT LIKE WE ARE THE ONE IN THE PROBLEM AND NO ONE CAN SEE THAT
02:44:18BECAUSE IT IS A BLACK PERSON, BUT THEY DON'T THINK WE ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT
02:44:22IT. THE LAST GUY WHO JUST TALKED, HE
02:44:26SAID HE'S MAD AT YOU WELL BECAUSE YOU LET PEOPLE TALK.
02:44:30BUT MAINLY CUTS PEOPLE OFF. THAT'S A LIE. EVERYBODY GETS CUT OFF.
02:44:34AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER WHEN THEY START BEING REDUNDANT.
02:44:37I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THESE
02:44:41KILLINGS IN MISSISSIPPI. HOST: LET ME ACTUALLY CUT YOU
02:44:45OFF -- JUST KIDDING.
02:44:48LET ME TURN AND READ THIS ARTICLE ON WHAT YOU JUST TALKED
02:44:52ABOUT FROM CNN. AN ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTICLE, A
02:44:56BLACK WOMAN WAS FOUND HANGING FROM A TREE IN MISSISSIPPI. HE IS WHAT WE KNOW.
02:45:00BEAR WITH ME AS WE SCROLL DOWN.
02:45:03THE HANGING DEATH OF THE WOMAN
02:45:06WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND OUTSIDE AN ABANDONED HOUSE, HAS SHAKEN HER
02:45:10FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IN MISSISSIPPI WERE TWO OTHERS HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD HANGING FROM
02:45:13TREES IN LESS THAN A YEAR.
02:45:15POLICE HAVE NOT INDICATED
02:45:20WHETHER THE DEATH OF SUSPICIOUS ONLY THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY
02:45:24WORKING TO DETERMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATH.
02:45:27ONE WEEK AFTER HER BODY WAS FOUND, A MEMORIAL HONORING HER
02:45:31LIFE WAS A BRIGHT SPOT MONDAY AT
02:45:37THE ABANDONED HOUSE IN JACKSON. WHITE FLOWERS AND A TEDDY BEAR
02:45:41SURROUNDED THE PHOTO.
02:45:45BOTTLES LITTERED THE GROUND NEARBY.
02:45:50A TARP, PHONE PAD AND OTHER DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED OUTSIDE. THAT IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF
02:45:54THE STORY ABOUT THE BLACK WOMAN
02:45:59WHO WAS FOUND HANGING FROM A
02:46:00TREE MISSISSIPPI THAT THE CALLER
02:46:05MENTIONED. MISERY, INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING, ISAIAH.
02:46:08OPEN FORUM. CALLER: GOOD.
02:46:10WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT
02:46:14OUR CRIME IS THAT WHEN YOU GOT
02:46:21THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I MEAN THINK ABOUT THIS.
02:46:24THIS MAN GOT 34: EIGHT ACCOUNTS
02:46:28ON HIM RIGHT NOW -- 34 FELONY
02:46:31ACCOUNTS ON HIM RIGHT NOW.
02:46:35AND THEN A WHITE LADY SUED HIM FOR SEXUAL ABUSE, AND SHE EVEN
02:46:39GOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM HIM.
02:46:42HOST: I THINK THAT FIGURE WAS 5 MILLION.
02:46:46CALLER: AND BEING THE PRESIDENT?
02:46:52WHEN THEY VOTED FOR HIM, THEY
02:46:54KNEW HE HAD THOSE 34 COUNTS OF
02:46:57FELONY ALREADY. IT JUST BOGGLES MY MIND THAT
02:47:00TYPE OF COUNTRY THAT WE LIVE IN
02:47:02FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE
02:47:07THAT IS A FELON. AND THEN THEY WONDER WHY THE
02:47:11STUFF THAT GOES ON IN THIS COUNTRY. I'M OUT.
02:47:14HOST: THAT IS ISAIAH FOR
02:47:19MISSOURI. GARY, MICHIGAN, INDEPENDENT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:47:23HOST: GARY, CAN I HAVE YOU MUTE
02:47:27YOUR TV?
02:47:32CALLER: OK.
02:47:34YEAH.
02:47:40VERY INTERESTING OPEN FORUM THIS MORNING.
02:47:43I DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO LOOK
02:47:45INTO THE PROGRAM, BUT THE POINTS
02:47:49PEOPLE WERE BRINGING UP ON OPEN FORUM ARE HIGHLY RELEVANT TO
02:47:53WHAT IS GOING ON. WE TALKED ABOUT INFLATION AND
02:47:57CRIME.
02:48:00I SEEK INFLATION AND CRIME AS
02:48:06IS, THE ELECTIONS GOING ON AND
02:48:11THE PEOPLE WE HAVE IN THE
02:48:13ELECTIONS, I HAVE SOME HOPE AND
02:48:17FAITH ESTIMATE THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DOING, REPUBLICAN AND
02:48:22DEMOCRATIC PARTY, TURNING AWAY
02:48:29FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
02:48:37BECAUSE I SEE TOWARD THE BLACK
02:48:39FOLKS DURING THE CAMPAIGN FOR
02:48:42PRESIDENCY, BUT WE NEED TO WAKE
02:48:45UP.
02:48:48WE HAVE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT IS
02:48:55COMMUNIST.
02:49:00WE ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
02:49:03WHITE SUPREMACIST AND FASCIST.
02:49:10AND HOW THAT ALL TIES IN WITH
02:49:12THE RACISM, THE IMMIGRATION
02:49:16ISSUES, THE ECONOMIC ISSUES.
02:49:17HOST: MARILYN, NEBRASKA,
02:49:23DEMOCRAT. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:49:27I WANT TO SAY THAT AS LONG AS WE
02:49:29HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT CAN GET
02:49:33AWAY WITH COMMITTING CRIMES, NOT
02:49:36GOING BY THE CONSTITUTION, NOT
02:49:39GOING BY DUE PROCESS, CRIME IN
02:49:44THIS COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. THE PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
02:49:47A ROLE MODEL, AND HE IS
02:49:51DEFINITELY THE WRONG TYPE OF ROLE MODEL.
02:49:55HE HAS GOT AWAY WITH BREAKING
02:49:56THE LAW, BREAKING THE
02:50:00CONSTITUTION. BREAKING DUE PROCESS, AND THAT
02:50:05GIVES CRIMINALS THE RIGHT TO
02:50:06KEEP DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING. HOST: MARIO, NEW YORK,
02:50:10INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING.
02:50:13IT IS OPEN FORUM WHERE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANY PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE OR POLITICAL ISSUE ON YOUR
02:50:17MIND. CALLER: THANK YOU, JASMINE.
02:50:21IT IS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE ON C-SPAN.
02:50:24WE LOVE C-SPAN, ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE CANNOT
02:50:28LOSE HOPE. WE'VE GOT TO KEEP HOPE.
02:50:32WE HAVE GOT TO KEEP OUR VIGILANCE.
02:50:34WE CANNOT ROLL BACK AND GO BACK
02:50:38IN TIME AND UNDO ALL THE WORK OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, ALL THE
02:50:42PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE, SO WE
02:50:45HAVE GOT TO KEEP RESILIENCY, WE
02:50:48HAVE GOT TO BE INDEPENDENT.
02:50:50I THINK INDEPENDENT IS THE MOST
02:50:54IMPORTANT PLACE FOR BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO BE AT THIS
02:50:58TIME IN THE ELECTION MOVING FORWARD.
02:51:00I ALSO WANT TO WISH HAPPY SWEET
02:51:0616. HOST: HAPPY SWEET 16.
02:51:13ALFRED, NORTH CAROLINA, INDEPENDENT. THE MORNING. IT IS OPEN FORUM.
02:51:16CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
02:51:18HOW YOU DOING?
02:51:21SPEAKING ABOUT IRAN, ONE THING
02:51:24WE NEED TO DO IN IRAN, WE REALLY
02:51:27NEED TO GO BACK AND TEACH THE
02:51:32AMERICAN CITIZEN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF IRAN. WHILE WE ARE IN THIS SITUATION
02:51:36WITH IRAN.
02:51:40WITH IRAN SENDING DEATH TO AMERICA, THIS STARTED WITH THE
02:51:44OVERTHROWING OF THE DEMOCRAT ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ.
02:51:48OUR CRIME WOULD HAVE ON YOUR GOVERNMENT, GAS OR SOME ART HAVE
02:51:52OVER THERE IN YOUR GOVERNMENT,
02:51:55-- IF SOMEONE JUST HAD
02:52:05APOLOGIZED TO IRAN, SAID WE WERE
02:52:06WRONG, WE MADE A MISTAKE, THEY
02:52:10COULD DO THAT. YOU ARE. HOST: THIS IS AN OPEN FORUM,
02:52:14WHERE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANY PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE OR POLITICAL
02:52:16ISSUE ON YOUR MIND.
02:52:21REPUBLICANS, (202)-748-8001.
02:52:24DEMOCRATS, (202)-748-8000.
02:52:30INDEPENDENT,S (202)-748-8002. GET YOUR COMMENTS AND BEFORE THE
02:52:34END OF THE SHOW. CAROLYN, OHIO, DEMOCRAT.
02:52:37GOOD MORNING.
02:52:45CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I DID TUNE IN LATE, BUT I HEARD INFLATION MENTIONED.
02:52:47IT IS OBVIOUS WITH THE TARIFFS,
02:52:53WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP STARTED OUT
02:52:56WITH HUGE TARIFFS, SOME OF THEM
02:53:03ILLEGAL BY THE SUPREME COURT, OF COURSE, BUT HE HAS PUT 10%
02:53:07TARIFFS ON.
02:53:09IT IS A WONDER THAT INFLATION IS
02:53:12NOT 10%. WE GET SO MANY IMPORTED GOODS.
02:53:15SOME THINGS ARE MANUFACTURED HERE, PUT TOGETHER FROM PARTS
02:53:19OVERSEAS.
02:53:20I MEAN, THERE IS A WHOLE LINE OF IMPORTED GOODS, INCLUDING FOOD.
02:53:25SO, YEAH. IF WE KEEP THOSE TARIFFS, YOU
02:53:29BETTER EXPECT INFLATION. THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR NOW.
02:53:33THANK YOU. HOST: THAT WAS CAROLYN FROM
02:53:40OHIO. TRAVIS, COLORADO, INDEPENDENT.
02:53:43GOOD MORNING, TRAVIS. CALLER: HELLO, YES MA'AM.
02:53:46YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT
02:53:50MESSAGING. WE HAVE A SITUATION NOW WHERE
02:53:53PEOPLE WANT TO CONFUSE SOCIAL
02:53:56SYSTEM WITH COMMUNISM.
02:54:01ESSENTIALLY SAYING IT IS NOT THE AMERICAN WAY.
02:54:04I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, ALONG
02:54:07WITH THE GENERAL WELFARE CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION, IF YOU
02:54:10REVIEW ARTICLE SIX, IT CLEARLY POINTS OUT THE ARTICLES OF
02:54:14CONFEDERACY, WHERE WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THE LAND ACT WHERE
02:54:17IT SAYS THAT 640 ACRES FOR EVERY
02:54:2036 SQUARE MILES IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DEDICATED TO
02:54:24GENERATE MONEY FOR EDUCATION, SO
02:54:28WHILE PEOPLE SAY, IT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR OTHER
02:54:32CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, THE REALITY IS, IT IS NOT ACTUALLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
02:54:36FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GENERATE
02:54:37TAX, BUT LANDED EVERY TOWNSHIP
02:54:43IN AMERICA IS SPECIFICALLY TO PAY FOR THIS PURPOSE.
02:54:46WHEN WE SAY WE WOULD RATHER
02:54:48PRIVATIZE HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION
02:54:51AND PASS OFF ALL GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY TO THE
02:54:55CORPORATIONS AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO PROFIT RATHER THAN
02:54:58THE PEOPLE BENEFITING FROM IT, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
02:55:02IS CONSIDERED COMMUNISM WHEN IT
02:55:03IS ACTUALLY THE IDEAL, THE
02:55:07THINGS OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE CONSTITUTION ACTUALLY
02:55:11WANTED. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU TAKING MY CALL. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
02:55:15HOST: THAT IS TRAVIS FROM
02:55:19COLORADO. AN INDEPENDENT. ANOTHER STORY WE ARE TRACKING
02:55:23CAME YESTERDAY. THE HEADLINE FROM USA TODAY,
02:55:26TRUMP SET TO DISMISS, DECLARE A
02:55:28NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO RESTRICT VOTING.
02:55:32IT SAYS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
02:55:35SENATOR'S PAST SAVE AMERICA ACT, LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE
02:55:39PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP TO REGISTER
02:55:41TO VOTE AND PHOTO ID WHEN CASTING ABOUT IT HAS STRUGGLED
02:55:47ATTRACT ENOUGH SUPPORT IN THE
02:55:49SENATE LAWMAKERS LEFT FOR THEIR AUGUST RECESS WITHOUT PASSING
02:55:53THAT. IN AN INTERVIEW, THE PRESIDENT SAID STRANGER THINGS HAVE
02:55:57HAPPENED WHEN ASKED IF HE WOULD ESTABLISH AN EMERGENCY, A
02:56:01NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY TO
02:56:04PUT 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
02:56:13THEY ARE IN RECESS, THEY DON'T
02:56:15GET ANYTHING DONE. IF THEY NEVER GET THE SAVE
02:56:19AMERICA ACT DONE, YOU HAVE THE
02:56:21RIGHT TO DECLARE A NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY FOR ELECTIONS, AND THE SUPREME COURT
02:56:25RULE OF 1983 UNDER REAGAN. INS
02:56:30VERSUS CHANA, THAT IF YOU DECLARE A NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY AS PRESIDENT OF THE
02:56:34UNITED STATES, THEY CANNOT
02:56:37CHALLENGE IT. IT CAN ONLY BE OVERTURNED BY A TWO THIRDS VOTE OF BOTH HOUSES
02:56:41OF CONGRESS. SO IF YOU DO THIS IN THE NEXT
02:56:43MONTH, WE WILL GET PHOTO ID,
02:56:47PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, AND A
02:56:49LIMIT TO MAIL-IN BALLOTS. PRES. TRUMP: LET ME JUST SAY
02:56:53THIS IF THIS HAPPENS.
02:56:57[END VIDEO CLIP]
02:57:08HOST: 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
02:57:12HAS NOT ADOPTED AND THEY LEFT FOR RECESS. DAN, ARIZONA, REPUBLICAN.
02:57:16I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO BE QUICK. WE ARE COMING UP ON TIME HERE MY FRIEND.
02:57:18CALLER: TWO QUESTIONS.
02:57:22ONE, 20 FEDERAL AUDITORS TRUMP
02:57:25SENT INTO THE MILITARY -- MINNESOTA PRIMARY, NOT SURE WHAT
02:57:29THEY DO. I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY DO. WHAT DID THEY DO?
02:57:33THE OTHER THING IS, TRUMP, IF HE
02:57:37DOES FOR US TO SAVE AMERICA ACT
02:57:39IN THE MANNER THAT THE LAST
02:57:43CALLER SAID, THAN I BELIEVE THIS IS A NONPARTISAN ISSUE.
02:57:45THE UNITED STATES SHOULD GO ON GENERAL STRIKE.
02:57:49THAT IS IT. THANK YOU.
02:57:53HOST: THAT IS DAN FROM ARIZONA.
02:57:56RICHARD, DEMOCRAT, MISSOURI. GOOD MORNING.
02:57:59YOU ARE AN OPEN FORUM. CALLER: I GUESS I'M ONE OF THEM
02:58:06SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS.
02:58:16BUT [INDISCERNIBLE]
02:58:22AND PEOPLE THINK THAT IS WHERE
02:58:23THERE IS TO BELIEVE.
02:58:30WE WANTED A BUSINESS MAN FOR PRESIDENT. WELL, WE GOT ONE.
02:58:33HE'S MAKING MORE MONEY THAN HE THOUGHT HE EVER COULD.
02:58:37THIS TRILLION DOLLARS OF DEBT WE
02:58:39GOT, HE'S A BUSINESSMAN.
02:58:44THE COUNTRY CAN GO BANKRUPT AND
02:58:48WENT BANKRUPT BEFORE.
02:58:49ANYHOW, THAT IS FINE.
02:58:54OUR SOCIAL SECURITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL GO DOWN THE
02:58:56TUBE WITH THAT.
02:59:00I WILL GET OFF.
02:59:01THANK YOU. HOST: STUDY, TAXES, INDEPENDENT.
02:59:06-- BETTY, TEXAS, INDEPENDENT.
02:59:11CALLER: HELLO.
02:59:14YES, I'M VERY CONCERNED. HOST: CAN I HAVE YOU MUTE YOUR TV?
02:59:17CALLER: OK.
02:59:21YES.
02:59:24I'M CALLING, I'M VERY, VERY
02:59:26CONCERNED.
02:59:29ANYONE THAT DOES NOT APPROVE THE
02:59:31SAVE AMERICA ACT TO SECURE
02:59:36ELECTIONS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
02:59:40HAVE CITIZENS, LEGAL CITIZENS
02:59:42VOTING IN OUR ELECTION, DO NOT
02:59:47UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE IS AGAINST
02:59:50HAVING SECURED ELECTIONS.
02:59:55HOST: THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE
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