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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Birthright Citizenship | Allen Jackson Now | July 7, 2026
- Well, good evening and welcome to nashville.
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- I'm alan jackson.
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- Many americans assume that if a child is born within
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- The country's borders, will that child
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- Automatically becomes a citizen?
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- But that's not how most of the developed world
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- Operates across europe and nations like australia
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- And new zealand.
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- Citizenship is generally tied to the citizenship
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- Of a legal status
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- Of a child's parents, not simply the location of birth.
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- Well, the united states has become
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- One of the few developed nations that still grants
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- Broad automatic birthright citizenship.
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- Well, that reality came into focus
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- Recently when the supreme court
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- Ruled against president trump's executive order,
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- Which limited birthright citizenship
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- For children born to parents
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- Who are in the country illegally or temporarily.
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- The court concluded that a president
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- Cannot change that policy through executive action.
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- President trump responded by urging lawmakers to act,
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- Saying congress
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- Could easily address the court's decision through legislation.
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- He even took a swipe at the ruling on social media,
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- Sarcastically congratulating chinese president
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- Xi jinping and saying
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- China had scored a massive birthright citizenship when.
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- Well, officials argue that automatic birthright
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- Citizenship has fueled the growth of birth tourism,
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- Where pregnant women and foreign
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- Nationals travel to the united states
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- Specifically for their children to be born on u.s.
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- Soil and receive automatic american citizenship.
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- The conversation is about much more than one supreme
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- Court ruling
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- Or america's policies benefiting our adversaries like china.
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- Should americans be concerned that the chinese communist
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- Party seeks to expand its influence on elections
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- In american society by any means necessary?
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- Well, there's something across our country
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- That has been pervasive for a season, and it's biblical.
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- Jesus told us it was that good would happen in jesus.
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- Most lengthy prophetic discourse.
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- One of the signs he described
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- That would characterize the end of the age
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- Was that human character would begin to deteriorate
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- And that lawlessness would increase.
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- Well, we see spiritual forces of darkness expressed
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- With increasing boldness and frequency in very tangible ways.
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- We've seen the deterioration of trust in places
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- That i thought were cornerstones of trust,
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- Using lies and deception to influence elections.
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- It's not something new,
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- But during the lead up to the 2016 election, the fbi claimed
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- That the trump campaign had ties to russian collusion.
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- The fbi at the time went to a foreign intelligence
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- Surveillance court
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- To get warrants to spy on the trump campaign,
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- Even though they knew that they had falsified documents
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- In order to secure that court permission.
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- We saw congressmen and senators stand in front of cameras
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- On a daily basis and accused trump of being a russian agent.
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- Well, this russian collusion hoax
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- Was an echo to the evening news every day,
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- Even though it ended up being proved a totally false
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- Narrative.
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- We've seen newly elected democratic socialists
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- Dishonor the american flag,
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- Push to defund the police and to denigrate america.
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- New york city mayor zoran mamdani.
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- He used the july 4th holiday to criticize america, all while
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- Sitting behind the desk used by george washington.
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- Mamdani criticized u.s.
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- Immigration and customs enforcement
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- Agents and capitalism.
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- A few days prior,
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- Mamdani claimed
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- That his balanced budget represents a win for socialists
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- After years of mismanagement by capitalist.
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- However, in reality, mamdani his budget relies heavily
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- On bailout aid from the state and delays pension payments,
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- Claiming the socialism works while relying on state bailouts
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- And delaying pension payments is not
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- Success, it's just passing the bill
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- To taxpayers and future generations.
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- Mamdani then boasted of raising taxes
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- On the wealthiest new yorkers was a part of his victory lap.
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- Mamdani said socialist
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- Can solve years of mismanagement by the capitalist.
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- Well, the media, they gladly went along with it.
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- Where are the loud follow up questions which mainstream
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- Reporters we often see shout at president trump's briefings?
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- The mainstream media
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- Isn't doing a good job of informing the american people.
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- Their efforts are focused on shaping opinion
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- So they can maintain their preferred narrative.
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- It's dishonest.
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- America's 250th birthday should have been
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- A moment of national unity.
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- Yet much of the media focused on criticizing president trump
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- Rather than celebrating the nation itself.
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- Veterans, gold star families, the founders
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- And america's achievements received little attention.
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- Receiving far more attention was the media's reporting
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- Of polling that showed
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- Only 29% of democrats are proud to be an american.
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- And then the media worked hard
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- To project that gloomy sentiment onto the rest of america.
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- Well, i would suggest to you that deception lies
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- And a refusal to acknowledge the truth.
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- It's a spiritual conflict more than it's a political one.
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- And the church had better wake up
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- In this season.
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- I believe the circumstances that allow evil to flourish
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- Will also create the opportunity for the kingdom of god to grow
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- Deception, wickedness, and immorality.
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- They'll increase right alongside righteousness.
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- The spirit of god will move in
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- Dramatic ways, and we'll have to decide
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- Where to focus our attention and where to invest ourselves.
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- Now, previously, many of us understood that our assignment
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- Was to get saved and help other people be saved as well.
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- We really didn't
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- Process the assignment much beyond that
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- Because our lives were quite stable.
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- I think one of the changes that will characterize
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- The church as we find our place in our stride in this season
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- Is that we're going to gain a heightened sense
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- Of our kingdom assignment and responsibility
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- In our current season, candidly.
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- I don't think we'll be able to sustain our faith
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- Without a heightened sense of purpose.
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- God created you for a very unique purpose,
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- Was determined to seek the lord like we've never done before.
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- In a moment,
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- Joining us will be erik eggers, the vice
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- President of the government accountability institute.
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- I'll be right back.
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- I'll be right back.
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- Well, tonight we're joined by the vice president
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- At the government accountability institute, erik eggers.
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- Welcome to the show, erik.
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- Allan, it's always great to be back with you.
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- How are you? i'm well.
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- It's been a busy season for the supreme court.
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- Last week, they handed down several long awaited rulings.
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- Maybe the most significant
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- Was the one dealing with birthright citizenship.
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- They ruled against
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- President trump's executive order that sought to limit that.
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- You know, my understanding of the 14th amendment
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- Is that it wasn't written
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- To protect illegal immigrants or birth tourism.
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- What's your take on that and what are the implications?
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- Well, you know, i hate to come on your show
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- And agree with you almost immediately, allan, but
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- I do believe you are correct.
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- And not only
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- Do i think most americans agree with you,
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- But the person who actually introduced the 14th amendment
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- On the congressional floor in the 1860s also agrees with you.
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- He said specifically
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- That this is not something that's intended
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- To give citizenship to foreigners.
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- It was intended, of course,
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- To provide citizenship to the children of slaves.
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- But this is,
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- You know, it's a very different world
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- That we live in today than we did back when,
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- This was proposed, as justice
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- Alito said during these arguments.
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- You know, 8 billion people live in a world where they're
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- One plane flight away
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- From coming to this country, and then having a child
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- Who then automatically receives citizenship.
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- And this is not a universally held thing.
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- Even though, as the supreme court cited,
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- The idea goes back to english common law.
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- But there are more countries in the world cup
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- This summer alone that actually participate
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- In this kind of birthright tourism,
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- Birthright citizenship that we practice here
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- In the united states and the country that's exploited
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- The most.
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- China certainly will not give you
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- Chinese citizenship that you go over and have a child.
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- So, we believe that a lot of countries,
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- Specifically china, are taking advantage of this.
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- And as part of their unrestricted
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- Warfare campaign against this country
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- And that we'll see what congress does next, as
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- In their response to this supreme court decision.
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- Well, speaker johnson had a comment on the ruling.
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- Listen to what he had to say.
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- This has been grossly abused in recent years.
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- Okay.
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- And that is the case that was being made by,
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- The plaintiffs in the case.
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- And we're very sympathetic to that
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- Because it is a serious problem we have.
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- We have, you know, it's become a tourism,
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- Birthing tourism, they call it, you know, a trend
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- Where people will just come and you just come out
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- Of the soil and have your child, and then they're
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- They're able to avail themselves of the welfare state
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- And everything else. it's it's been abused.
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- I'm very disappointed in that outcome.
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- I think it subjects the country to serious challenges
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- Going forward, and we'll have to deal with it as a congress.
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- You know,
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- What is the realistic path for president trump
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- And his administration to deal with this?
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- Well, first off, i'll just say speaker
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- Johnson is absolutely correct.
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- You know, china published a letter in the people's daily,
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- Our an article
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- In which they
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- Touted the benefits of the 14th amendment
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- And how people could take advantage of this.
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- And these birth tourism companies,
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- Of which we've identified over
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- 1000 that practice this and promote
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- This in the country of china,
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- They advertise it's essentially access to cradle
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- To grave welfare services, from free education to,
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- Social security and other benefits for senior citizens.
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- So he's absolutely right.
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- It is being exploited.
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- I believe justice kavanaugh, in his partial dissent, left
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- Open a pathway to a legislative, solution to kind of,
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- Without having to do a constitutional amendment.
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- There may be some options for a remedy there.
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- We'll see.
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- But i do think at least at the very least,
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- The good news is people have recognized
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- This is an issue that's been exploited.
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- So whether or not they're able to address the birthright
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- Citizenship piece of it,
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- I think you'll see them start cracking
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- Down on people committing visa fraud, which, by the way,
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- These birtherism companies actively coach these women
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- To wear loose clothing, lie about their intentions,
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- And then skip out on the bill when they get to the hospital.
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- So i think you'll start to see companies that we have that law
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- Enforced much more aggressively under donald trump,
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- And hopefully that acts as a deterrent.
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- Well, the
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- Supreme court ruled to protect women's sports last week.
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- It's considered a win by many,
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- But they pushed it to the stage to make those determinations.
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- 27 states currently have bans that keep biological males
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- From participating in women's sports.
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- Governor
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- Newsom has said he's
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- Not going to change his practices in california.
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- What are your thoughts on that ruling?
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- Well, i think it's a win for common sense.
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- Obviously. and it's funny. you know what?
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- I guess what you and
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- I might think is common sense, maybe doesn't make it
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- All the way out to the west coast
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- Because gavin newsom has literally been
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- On every side of this issue.
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- Back when joe biden and kamala harris lost
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- In 2024, gavin newsom said, yeah, maybe we don't need to be,
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- You know, so aggressive in pushing
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- For these trans rights in, in women's sports.
- 00:11:13.099 --> 00:11:15.735
- And, you know, and then he's flip
- 00:11:15.735 --> 00:11:16.970
- Flopped on this issue
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- Just like he's flip flop on the billionaire wealth tax.
- 00:11:18.104 --> 00:11:20.807
- I do think that we are further removed from remembering
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- One of the issues that i think decided the 2024 election,
- 00:11:25.845 --> 00:11:28.815
- And it was so, i think, perfectly encapsulated
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- By that donald trump commercial.
- 00:11:31.851 --> 00:11:33.887
- Kamala harris is for they them you know, donald
- 00:11:33.887 --> 00:11:36.890
- Trump is for you.
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- And i think when you saw that ad kamala harris pushing for,
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- Trans surgeries for prisoners and things of that nature,
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- This is just an 8020 issue, and only the liberal elites
- 00:11:45.298 --> 00:11:48.835
- Want to continue to pretend that this is the right thing.
- 00:11:48.835 --> 00:11:51.070
- It's not as if the supreme court, decided justly about it.
- 00:11:51.070 --> 00:11:55.175
- Let's stay with gavin newsom for just a moment.
- 00:11:56.109 --> 00:11:59.145
- You know, he's currently under investigation by the doj.
- 00:11:59.145 --> 00:12:02.182
- Last week, it was confirmed that someone in his inner circle or
- 00:12:02.182 --> 00:12:04.784
- An fbi was there investigating his former chief of staff.
- 00:12:04.784 --> 00:12:08.855
- I know you spent a lot of time investigative research.
- 00:12:08.855 --> 00:12:12.125
- Any idea how deep that corruption goes?
- 00:12:12.125 --> 00:12:15.528
- Pretty deep actually.
- 00:12:16.029 --> 00:12:17.664
- So i think there's, there's plenty to take a look at.
- 00:12:17.664 --> 00:12:20.567
- California has this really bizarre,
- 00:12:20.567 --> 00:12:23.436
- Practice known as behest payments, where the governor
- 00:12:23.436 --> 00:12:27.073
- Can basically direct people to donate to causes
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- He's identified, and it's perfectly legal.
- 00:12:30.109 --> 00:12:32.846
- And, his wife also happens to be
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- In this space where nonprofits,
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- She's being paid by nonprofits.
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- And so you've
- 00:12:40.486 --> 00:12:41.554
- Got this kind of blur of money going to nonprofits,
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- Some of which has been, suggested by him.
- 00:12:44.624 --> 00:12:47.427
- And then some of that money ends up
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- Going to other nonprofits, and then it ends up in her,
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- Bank account.
- 00:12:51.331 --> 00:12:51.965
- So, it's messy, it's tricky.
- 00:12:51.965 --> 00:12:54.567
- But i think the end of the day, what i've been told
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- Is that these investigations are actually not being
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- Triggered or,
- 00:13:00.707 --> 00:13:01.741
- You know, kind of commanded from washington, d.c.,
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- That the new summons are so shady
- 00:13:04.177 --> 00:13:06.012
- That this is actually something that was instigated
- 00:13:06.012 --> 00:13:08.281
- By the department of justice offices in sacramento.
- 00:13:08.281 --> 00:13:11.317
- So this has been a practice that many people have identified
- 00:13:11.317 --> 00:13:14.087
- Has been, you know, kind of suspect for some time.
- 00:13:14.087 --> 00:13:16.756
- And gavin newsom, sadly, is has made a practice
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- Of surrounding himself with people
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- In his administration and other appointees that have,
- 00:13:23.263 --> 00:13:27.166
- Either criminal records or been charged with crimes
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- Or are adjacent to people who have been.
- 00:13:29.669 --> 00:13:31.471
- So it's kind of bizarre.
- 00:13:31.471 --> 00:13:32.505
- And i think this is what happens
- 00:13:32.505 --> 00:13:33.806
- When you decide to run for president
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- Or you float the idea you might run for president
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- As he did when he announced these charges
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- Or announced this investigation.
- 00:13:40.346 --> 00:13:42.181
- Then i think you know, we are track
- 00:13:42.916 --> 00:13:44.684
- Record starts to be held up to a high level of scrutiny.
- 00:13:44.684 --> 00:13:46.386
- We'll see if it, if it deserves it.
- 00:13:46.386 --> 00:13:49.255
- Well, eric, we need to take a short break.
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- I hope you'll stay with us for another segment.
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- Of course. alan, anytime.
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- If you're watching, if you got your phone close by,
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- You can log on to ag now.com and send us an email
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- With your thoughts on these topics.
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- I'll be right back. you.
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- I'll be right back. you.
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- We're back now with the vice president
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- Of the government accountability institute, eric eggers.
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- Eric, we're in another election year.
- 00:14:22.958 --> 00:14:24.793
- Back in 2018, you wrote a book called fraud.
- 00:14:24.793 --> 00:14:27.662
- How the left plans to steal the next election.
- 00:14:27.662 --> 00:14:30.799
- I think the book is still very relevant.
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- Do you have any perspectives or comments
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- On the upcoming election this fall?
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- What we ought to be watching for?
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- Well, i've been very encouraged
- 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:40.175
- And i know sometimes we come on here
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- And we talk about scandals and criminal activity as we did
- 00:14:41.543 --> 00:14:45.180
- In investigations, you know, including
- 00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:46.581
- The one that's happening with gavin newsom.
- 00:14:46.581 --> 00:14:48.450
- But, i'm encouraged by what i understand
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- The trump administration
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- To be doing, because this is an issue
- 00:14:52.153 --> 00:14:53.855
- That they obviously take incredibly seriously.
- 00:14:53.855 --> 00:14:56.024
- It's an issue they took very seriously their first term.
- 00:14:56.024 --> 00:14:58.026
- They try to create this commission.
- 00:14:58.026 --> 00:14:59.461
- And then unfortunately, that commission
- 00:14:59.461 --> 00:15:00.729
- Was sued out of existence by soros backed lawyers.
- 00:15:00.729 --> 00:15:04.232
- So what they now do, instead of being very smart,
- 00:15:04.232 --> 00:15:06.668
- Is they're leveraging the grants that they provide these states
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- Through the department of homeland security,
- 00:15:10.805 --> 00:15:12.807
- And they're basically telling states, listen,
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- Unless you go ahead and run, your voter rolls through,
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- The homeland
- 00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:19.547
- Security citizenship database called save,
- 00:15:19.547 --> 00:15:21.883
- Then we're going to kind of withhold
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- Some of these grants that we otherwise provide
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- For the states.
- 00:15:25.887 --> 00:15:26.588
- They also are asking for states
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- To perform just rudimentary audits.
- 00:15:28.223 --> 00:15:30.158
- And they're things
- 00:15:30.158 --> 00:15:31.092
- Like verifying the number of votes cast,
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- Match up, the number of ballots
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- They're counting to keep
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- From making sure that maybe accidentally
- 00:15:36.531 --> 00:15:38.767
- Or maliciously, they're kind of running
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- Pallets of ballots through the scanners multiple times.
- 00:15:41.002 --> 00:15:43.271
- So i think they're trying to do whatever they can.
- 00:15:43.271 --> 00:15:46.474
- Last is states are being
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- Obstructionist in trying to prevent them
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- From being able to kind of crack down
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- On these secretaries of states,
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- And california and oregon and washington
- 00:15:54.349 --> 00:15:56.818
- Don't want to let the department
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- Of justice look at their voter rolls.
- 00:15:57.852 --> 00:15:59.220
- So i think they're doing what they can,
- 00:15:59.220 --> 00:16:00.388
- But i'm encouraged by what i hear, the steps
- 00:16:00.388 --> 00:16:02.323
- They're trying to take to make sure election integrity
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- Is as strong as possible ahead of the midterms.
- 00:16:04.125 --> 00:16:06.761
- Well, the supreme court ruled last week that the,
- 00:16:06.761 --> 00:16:10.565
- Mail in ballots don't have to arrive
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- On the day of the election.
- 00:16:12.667 --> 00:16:13.835
- So, in essence, extending the period
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- For all those ballots to arrive seems to support california's
- 00:16:15.570 --> 00:16:19.274
- Tendency to count ballots until the chosen candidate wins.
- 00:16:19.274 --> 00:16:23.745
- What's that have to do with election integrity?
- 00:16:23.745 --> 00:16:25.613
- Well, the good news is, at least they're saying
- 00:16:26.514 --> 00:16:28.416
- It's got to have a, postage stamp on it. right?
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- And an actual, like, date on it.
- 00:16:31.186 --> 00:16:32.887
- I mean, some of these states, it's unbelievable.
- 00:16:32.887 --> 00:16:35.023
- But some of these states have actually argued in court
- 00:16:35.023 --> 00:16:37.258
- That they shouldn't even have to have that.
- 00:16:37.258 --> 00:16:39.094
- So i do think that the general rule, i mean, the supreme court
- 00:16:39.094 --> 00:16:42.997
- Decision is disappointing, but i think the larger reaction to
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- It has been positive.
- 00:16:46.868 --> 00:16:47.669
- People recognize
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- That, of course, when california takes so long
- 00:16:48.736 --> 00:16:52.173
- And you see the results change and it undermines
- 00:16:52.173 --> 00:16:54.876
- So heavily the confidence in the election results,
- 00:16:54.876 --> 00:16:58.012
- People realize it's got to be a better way.
- 00:16:58.012 --> 00:16:59.781
- You know, in washington state, allen,
- 00:16:59.781 --> 00:17:02.016
- You can actually experience a biblical flood
- 00:17:02.016 --> 00:17:04.719
- And the amount of time it takes them to send out
- 00:17:04.719 --> 00:17:06.988
- Ballots and count them is 40 days.
- 00:17:06.988 --> 00:17:09.157
- And so people are like, that's just not the way
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- We want to do elections in this country.
- 00:17:11.126 --> 00:17:12.694
- There's many other countries
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- That have much less
- 00:17:14.529 --> 00:17:15.697
- Sophisticated technology that are able to do these things
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- In one day.
- 00:17:18.600 --> 00:17:19.467
- In the state of florida that i live in
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- Has cleaned up their act.
- 00:17:20.802 --> 00:17:22.537
- So that supreme court decision, i think, was based on the way
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- The law is written.
- 00:17:25.640 --> 00:17:26.641
- But i think most people recognize
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- That they want to be able to get results
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- In, much more quickly, have much more confidence
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- In states like california provided.
- 00:17:32.881 --> 00:17:35.016
- And, you know, the good news is, in california this fall,
- 00:17:35.016 --> 00:17:38.853
- They will have a referendum to require voter id.
- 00:17:38.853 --> 00:17:41.322
- And so, you know,
- 00:17:41.322 --> 00:17:42.524
- I think we're kind of seeing,
- 00:17:42.524 --> 00:17:43.791
- Piece by piece,
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- Small victories, hopefully being earned by the citizens
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- So that they can have the election integrity.
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- They deserve.
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- Absolutely.
- 00:17:49.931 --> 00:17:51.166
- The slate of candidates for this fall is somewhat troubling.
- 00:17:51.166 --> 00:17:54.002
- Socialists seem to be gaining momentum.
- 00:17:54.002 --> 00:17:55.970
- And it's not just in new york city.
- 00:17:55.970 --> 00:17:58.239
- Is the democratic party becoming a socialist party,
- 00:17:59.274 --> 00:18:01.843
- Or is this just some aberration in a midterm?
- 00:18:01.843 --> 00:18:05.713
- I don't think it's an aberration.
- 00:18:06.481 --> 00:18:07.715
- And, alan,
- 00:18:07.715 --> 00:18:08.616
- You know, i think you understand this,
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- And i know your audience understands this.
- 00:18:10.084 --> 00:18:11.519
- It's interesting.
- 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:12.353
- We just celebrated the 4th of july,
- 00:18:12.353 --> 00:18:14.222
- And the 250th anniversary of this great country,
- 00:18:14.222 --> 00:18:17.091
- That god has allowed to create has allowed to exist.
- 00:18:17.091 --> 00:18:19.527
- And i would say,
- 00:18:19.527 --> 00:18:21.663
- The further we get away from remembering
- 00:18:21.663 --> 00:18:24.465
- The stories of our founding father
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- And remembering the ideas that we fought for
- 00:18:26.067 --> 00:18:28.269
- To create this country, then the more we're willing to fall
- 00:18:28.269 --> 00:18:31.472
- For, these attractive lies that socialism is affording.
- 00:18:31.472 --> 00:18:36.544
- And that's why you see the success
- 00:18:36.544 --> 00:18:37.745
- Of some of these candidates in new york.
- 00:18:37.745 --> 00:18:39.314
- You see the success of the candidate in colorado.
- 00:18:39.314 --> 00:18:41.749
- There's a michigan senate candidate who i think,
- 00:18:41.749 --> 00:18:44.085
- Seems to be doing well, kind of selling this.
- 00:18:44.085 --> 00:18:46.120
- But ironically, another supreme court decision
- 00:18:46.120 --> 00:18:48.890
- You haven't mentioned yet, but the one that allows
- 00:18:48.890 --> 00:18:50.758
- For unlimited coordination between the political parties,
- 00:18:50.758 --> 00:18:54.696
- The republican and democrat party
- 00:18:54.696 --> 00:18:56.064
- And ten dates, i think actually may help.
- 00:18:56.064 --> 00:18:58.199
- But the rise of some of the socialism,
- 00:18:58.199 --> 00:19:00.535
- Because these socialists aren't coming from
- 00:19:00.535 --> 00:19:02.437
- Within the democrat party, they're coming from outside
- 00:19:02.437 --> 00:19:05.440
- Groups funded by outside dark money like george soros.
- 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:09.277
- And so hopefully,
- 00:19:09.277 --> 00:19:11.946
- You know, with,
- 00:19:11.946 --> 00:19:13.181
- With the return of equal footing by these political parties,
- 00:19:13.181 --> 00:19:15.917
- We'll see this the socialism, you know, it's happening
- 00:19:15.917 --> 00:19:18.553
- In some of these small urban or not small,
- 00:19:18.553 --> 00:19:20.555
- But these urban areas.
- 00:19:20.555 --> 00:19:21.789
- But i don't believe it has the
- 00:19:21.789 --> 00:19:23.291
- Kind of appeal, in larger kind of grassroots america.
- 00:19:23.291 --> 00:19:27.762
- So hopefully it kind of stays where it is.
- 00:19:27.762 --> 00:19:29.664
- And i think as more people see it fail,
- 00:19:29.664 --> 00:19:32.667
- When mom donnie is asking for residents in new york city
- 00:19:32.667 --> 00:19:35.703
- To put their air conditioning thermostat at 78 degrees,
- 00:19:35.703 --> 00:19:39.240
- I don't think that's a future
- 00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.642
- Or a present that most people would choose.
- 00:19:40.642 --> 00:19:43.244
- Well, eric, i thank you for your time today.
- 00:19:44.145 --> 00:19:46.080
- You always bring clarity to a rapidly changing landscape.
- 00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:49.884
- Alan, i'm just trying my best to keep up with you.
- 00:19:50.918 --> 00:19:52.987
- So thank you. it's great to see you.
- 00:19:52.987 --> 00:19:54.956
- I hope you have a great day and i appreciate the effort.
- 00:19:54.956 --> 00:19:58.459
- In a moment, we'll be back with your emails. to.
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- Thanks for your emails. they're always a highlight.
- 00:20:26.086 --> 00:20:28.188
- Barbara l emailed invite elon musk to be on your show.
- 00:20:28.188 --> 00:20:32.159
- I believe he would be delighted to attend as a guest.
- 00:20:32.159 --> 00:20:36.229
- Well, barbara, i'll take that as a prophetic prompt.
- 00:20:36.229 --> 00:20:39.066
- We will extend an invitation to him.
- 00:20:39.066 --> 00:20:41.635
- I don't think he'll be intimidated by my intellect.
- 00:20:41.635 --> 00:20:44.871
- Randy emailed.
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- We live in the wonderful state of california,
- 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:48.642
- Oceanside to be exact.
- 00:20:48.642 --> 00:20:50.544
- Recently we went to visit my sister in law
- 00:20:50.544 --> 00:20:52.546
- Where we have to show an id to be able to visit
- 00:20:52.546 --> 00:20:55.649
- And we don't have to show our id to vote.
- 00:20:55.649 --> 00:20:58.051
- Something needs to change.
- 00:20:58.051 --> 00:21:00.087
- I agree randy.
- 00:21:00.087 --> 00:21:01.655
- Common sense is not so common anymore
- 00:21:01.655 --> 00:21:03.757
- That common sense makes you exceptional.
- 00:21:03.757 --> 00:21:06.059
- I pray california gets overwhelmed
- 00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:08.061
- With some exceptional sense.
- 00:21:08.061 --> 00:21:09.663
- It'd be a good thing.
- 00:21:09.663 --> 00:21:11.998
- Lauren e in colorado said,
- 00:21:11.998 --> 00:21:14.735
- Is there anything that can be done
- 00:21:14.735 --> 00:21:16.103
- To make the media either
- 00:21:16.103 --> 00:21:17.304
- Be truthful or pay the price if they lie?
- 00:21:17.304 --> 00:21:20.273
- In the past, i remember tabloids getting sued for telling lies.
- 00:21:20.273 --> 00:21:24.378
- Well, lauren, i think
- 00:21:24.878 --> 00:21:26.113
- The most direct thing we can do is ignore them and encourage
- 00:21:26.113 --> 00:21:29.316
- Your friends to ignore them.
- 00:21:29.316 --> 00:21:30.784
- At the end of the day, the broadcast media
- 00:21:30.784 --> 00:21:33.253
- Is about numbers and viewers and the money that that drives.
- 00:21:33.253 --> 00:21:36.523
- And if nobody's watching, there will be a change.
- 00:21:36.523 --> 00:21:39.926
- Capitalism really has has some advantages.
- 00:21:39.926 --> 00:21:43.230
- We can make a
- 00:21:43.230 --> 00:21:44.364
- We can make a difference
- 00:21:44.364 --> 00:21:45.565
- Just with what we give our attention to.
- 00:21:45.565 --> 00:21:48.001
- Thank you for your time today.
- 00:21:48.001 --> 00:21:49.369
- God is moving in the earth.
- 00:21:49.369 --> 00:21:50.871
- Let's join him in what he's doing. god bless you.
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- Good night.
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