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Allen Jackson: ID Debate | Allen Jackson Now

February 12, 2026 | 22:31

Allen Jackson: ID Debate | Allen Jackson Now
Bob Cusack joins Allen Jackson to discuss current events.
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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: ID Debate | Allen Jackson Now | February 12, 2026
  • Well, good evening and welcome to nashville.
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  • I'm alan jackson.
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  • We're going to begin tonight with something
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  • That's often talked about, but not yet solved.
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  • It's election fraud.
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  • Examples of cheating in elections
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  • Have been part of our democracy
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  • For as long as people have been voting.
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  • But now a sign of real hope has emerged.
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  • Congress has been considering
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  • A bill titled the safeguard american voter eligibility act.
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  • And just last night, the house of representatives passed it.
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  • It requires some proof of citizenship,
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  • A birth certificate,
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  • A u.s. passport, or a valid state
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  • Driver's license in order to vote.
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  • It's not as if showing
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  • Something that proves your age or address is new.
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  • You can't buy sudafed without id or open a bank
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  • Account, or buy an airline ticket, or rent an apartment.
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  • It's not a law yet,
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  • Because the city still has to vote on it.
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  • And that may be harder to accomplish
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  • Because republicans are for it.
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  • And the democrats, well, predictably, they're not.
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  • Listen to their comment.
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  • It's still going to be something that disenfranchizes people
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  • That don't have the proper real id, driver's license id,
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  • That they don't have
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  • The id necessary to vote even though they are citizens.
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  • This is another way to simply try to suppress the vote.
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  • You know, of course,
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  • Sheriff is against it, because he knows that
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  • All the people who were here illegally,
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  • They wouldn't get to vote.
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  • Then he assumes that
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  • The majority would vote for his troubled party.
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  • You know, over 20 years ago, author robert bork wrote
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  • A bestselling book entitled slouching towards gomorrah.
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  • And in it, he provided a view of culture in decline.
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  • He sounded the alarm on the erosion of moral values
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  • In america that its very foundation was crumbling.
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  • It was a nation quickly moving towards the same destruction
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  • Seen in gomorrah in the bible was a culture today.
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  • We've made peace with the disdain for authority and truth.
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  • We've lost the expectation that if the media has reported
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  • Something that was false,
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  • That they would come back and correct it.
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  • In 2019, house intelligence chairman adam schiff,
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  • He said that there's ample evidence
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  • Trump's presidential campaign colluded with russia.
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  • And this russian collusion hoax
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  • Was that echoed in the evening news every day,
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  • Even though it ended up
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  • Being proven a totally false narrative.
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  • Yet no one in the media
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  • Came back and apologized or admitted to their error.
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  • You know, schiff certainly hasn't.
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  • The news outlets still has.
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  • The pulitzer prize that they won the prize awarded
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  • For outstanding achievement in public service in journalism.
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  • Yeah, right.
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  • Well, the previous administration
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  • Said our border was secure and the legacy media happily
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  • Passed along that narrative, which they knew to be false.
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  • The media knew hundreds of thousands
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  • Were crossing our border illegally every month.
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  • Yet they told us an open border was just our imagination.
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  • We have elected officials escalating lawlessness
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  • In their own communities. they pushed
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  • To defund the police, to completely eradicate ice.
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  • And the messaging being pushed on us by the media
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  • Is that these lawbreakers who block streets
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  • And turn peaceful neighbors neighborhoods into war zones.
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  • Well, they're called over and over.
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  • Peaceful protesters.
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  • These are not peaceful protesters.
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  • They are professional agitators.
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  • You shouldn't be able to come into my hotel with bells
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  • And whistles and disrupt everyone who's sleeping there.
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  • I was recently asked if the media tells lies for so long
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  • That they don't even know they're lying anymore.
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  • Well, i suppose that could be a legitimate explanation,
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  • But it seems more likely
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  • That their moral compasses have become broken by either
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  • Living their lives in the absence of god,
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  • Or by walking too far into the darkness.
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  • If a person has no moral compass,
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  • They'll say whatever they need to say that is self-serving.
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  • You think of life in terms of how do i get what i want?
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  • How do i get my objective?
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  • How do i get my agenda accomplished?
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  • Don't even stop and think in terms
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  • Of whether it's true or false.
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  • You just want to get what you want.
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  • Well, the sad reality is we're not even offended anymore.
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  • We've lost the expectation
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  • That individuals who trade in falsehoods
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  • Would actually own up to it and make things right.
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  • I want to suggest that
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  • Deception lies in a refusal to acknowledge the truth.
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  • Is a spiritual conflict far more than it's a political one.
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  • Unfortunately, as christians, we share some responsibility,
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  • And while we find ourselves in this predicament,
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  • There's a trend amongst the people of faith,
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  • And it's far too pervasive in my opinion.
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  • It's pretty simple.
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  • We're just desperately trying not to notice.
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  • It's like we say to ourselves, i hear no evil
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  • And i see no evil.
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  • So there must not be any evil.
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  • Well, if ignoring the problem would work,
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  • We would organize groups
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  • And we would ignore problems collectively.
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  • We could get together and just discuss
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  • Some biblical history and discuss
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  • First century culture and do our very best
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  • Never to talk about anything that was relevant.
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  • But ignoring evil won't make it better
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  • To get to a healthier place.
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  • We have to decide that we don't like the place where we are.
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  • We must recapture our sense of being offended at evil.
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  • We'll be at a better place when we wake up and say no.
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  • We would rather know the truth.
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  • It's time for a courageous response
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  • From the people who say,
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  • Let's use our voice to shout the love of god to the world
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  • And to invite people towards transformation.
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  • With all that on the table, bob cusack will be joining us
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  • In just a moment.
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  • Bob is now the executive editor of the washington examiner.
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  • He knows a great deal
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  • About how to identify truth in our nation's capital.
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  • I'll be right back.
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  • I'll be right back.
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  • Well, for all the president got done in the first year,
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  • The midterms could make or break a success in 2027 and 28.
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  • There's so much more that could be done
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  • And should be done.
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  • But there are no signs that the democrats
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  • Are going to do anything that would contribute to his success,
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  • Even when it's clear
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  • That certain programs need to get fixed.
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  • Well, bob
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  • Cusack is back with us tonight to help us sort it out.
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  • He's got a new gig.
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  • He's the executive editor of the washington examiner.
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  • Welcome back. and congratulations, bob.
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  • Oh, thanks so much, alan. great to be back.
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  • We're going to start on the upcoming midterms.
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  • And one of the most important
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  • Issues on the table right now is how to eliminate the fraud
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  • That can alter the will of the people who vote
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  • Within the state rules.
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  • The democrats try to make it sound like national voter i.d.
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  • Is a way to keep minority voters out.
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  • Schumer calls it a jim crow type law,
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  • But the truth is that 80% of latinos
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  • And 60% of the black americans support it.
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  • So why are the house and senate leaders fighting it?
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  • Well, alan, i think it's
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  • Really
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  • Because the democratic base, a lot of democrats
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  • And i've talked to a few of them,
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  • They know this is a losing issue for them.
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  • And why is it a losing issue?
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  • Because we're so used to giving our driver's license.
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  • Whether if you're buying a beer,
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  • If you're going on an airplane, we're just so used to it.
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  • And it's become part of our lives.
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  • And a lot of reasonable people.
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  • Remember, trump said he got elected because his
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  • His policies were common sense and democrats were not.
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  • And this is one, as you said, 8020 issue.
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  • I mean, this is a common sense,
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  • Initiative that democrats know they're on the losing side.
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  • So even though they're blocking it
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  • And they're probably going to block it in the senate
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  • At the same time, it's a big issue
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  • At winning issues for the gop.
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  • I mean, you've you've outlined and it's three quarters
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  • Of democrat voters in the country support the idea.
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  • So the first thing that comes to
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  • Mind is the voter id might work
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  • Against the millions of people that biden and harris
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  • Lit in here illegally,
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  • Assuming that they'd have
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  • More democratic voters, whether they're citizens or not.
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  • What do you think?
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  • Yeah.
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  • No, listen, that that's a that's a major concern, obviously,
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  • Of president trump.
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  • And the people who work in the white house
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  • And republicans in congress is that.
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  • Listen, everyone should vote, but only those who are eligible.
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  • And you've got to make sure through, id and voter rolls
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  • And making sure
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  • That they're honest and listen with it with a margin
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  • In the house. allen.
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  • So close
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  • The house could be run
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  • By democrats or republicans by one single race.
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  • So that's why it's important.
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  • So it could come down to
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  • Literally has the possibility of coming down
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  • To hundreds of votes deciding who runs the house.
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  • That's a big deal.
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  • So you got to make sure that there's voter integrity.
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  • And obviously
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  • Republicans are pushing, hey,
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  • You've got to identify yourself before you vote.
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  • You know, it's unsettling to think we've become so cynical
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  • That we don't care if non-citizens
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  • Vote as long as we get our way.
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  • We've got to at least have a hope
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  • That we return to people with the statesmanlike approach,
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  • That we do what's best for our country, don't we?
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  • Yeah.
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  • Listen, it's this is one where, democrats
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  • Have abandoned some issues, like defund the police, which
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  • Even james clyburn, democrat from south carolina, said,
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  • I'm paraphrasing, but one of the dumbest
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  • Political slogans that was from his party.
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  • The democrats have abandoned
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  • Defund the police
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  • Because obviously it didn't work,
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  • But they've not abandoned this issue.
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  • And it's really because of the base.
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  • And immigration is interwoven in this issue.
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  • And that's why president trump feels so strongly about it.
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  • He loves talking about, immigration.
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  • He likes legal immigration, but not illegal immigration.
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  • And that's why he's constantly talking about this.
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  • And that's why republicans are pushing this issue.
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  • Well, virginia's moving forward with the redistricting plan,
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  • Even though 47% of the state voted for trump.
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  • The republicans will now get less than 10% of the seats.
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  • There will be legal challenges.
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  • But the same thing's going on in
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  • California, texas and other states.
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  • Do you happen to know if the state courts
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  • Are going to support these realignments?
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  • It's going to be interesting
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  • Because everything ends up in the courts,
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  • And obviously a lot of things
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  • Have ended up in the supreme court.
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  • And trump has won a number of those cases.
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  • And redistricting is something that.
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  • Yes, the supreme court has weighed in, on california.
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  • They did not block that.
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  • But as you mentioned,
  • 00:10:08.877 --> 00:10:09.878
  • This has to go through a number of courts
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  • Before it gets to the high court.
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  • And it is something that it's honestly disappointing that,
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  • You know, we've seen both parties do this.
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  • They gerrymandered districts and certainly,
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  • And i live in virginia.
  • 00:10:21.724 --> 00:10:23.492
  • Governor spanberger, she ran as a centrist.
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  • But when she first got into office,
  • 00:10:25.661 --> 00:10:27.663
  • She certainly was moving away, left
  • 00:10:27.663 --> 00:10:30.165
  • On some of her executive orders, and it caused a big backlash.
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  • Among voters who who actually did support her.
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  • You know, it's quite rare to have one party in power
  • 00:10:37.005 --> 00:10:39.475
  • In the white house and both ends of capitol hill.
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  • But while the supreme court majority leans right,
  • 00:10:42.878 --> 00:10:44.747
  • It looks like the state and local courts lean left.
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  • That's how our government stays balanced.
  • 00:10:47.716 --> 00:10:50.018
  • But given the lack of desire to compromise on nearly anything,
  • 00:10:50.018 --> 00:10:53.522
  • Are we going to be in for a long period of just stalemate?
  • 00:10:53.522 --> 00:10:57.292
  • I think so.
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  • I mean, when you think about what's going on on capitol hill,
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  • The big beautiful bill passed and we're
  • 00:11:01.697 --> 00:11:04.099
  • Seeing some good signs, on the economic front,
  • 00:11:04.099 --> 00:11:07.836
  • A very big jobs report this week that was very good
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  • For republicans and republicans saying, listen, just wait.
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  • Let that big, beautiful law now, be implemented.
  • 00:11:14.510 --> 00:11:17.846
  • We're going to get big tax refunds.
  • 00:11:17.846 --> 00:11:19.615
  • And honestly, republicans need that.
  • 00:11:19.615 --> 00:11:21.116
  • They have democrats have the wind at their back,
  • 00:11:21.116 --> 00:11:23.786
  • Not because they have an agenda that people agree with.
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  • I actually don't know what the democratic party stands for.
  • 00:11:27.055 --> 00:11:29.525
  • I'm not sure what they would do if they win congress.
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  • They haven't really said so.
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  • They're just the opposition party.
  • 00:11:33.262 --> 00:11:35.597
  • And that's easy to do.
  • 00:11:35.597 --> 00:11:37.032
  • Just just oppose everything trump does.
  • 00:11:37.032 --> 00:11:39.368
  • But republicans need, the economy to be better.
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  • And i think it is getting better.
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  • There have been some signs,
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  • But then they also have to have a better message.
  • 00:11:45.774 --> 00:11:48.210
  • And that's that's where they've
  • 00:11:48.210 --> 00:11:49.478
  • Struggled over the last several months.
  • 00:11:49.478 --> 00:11:51.747
  • Well, before we take a short break,
  • 00:11:51.747 --> 00:11:53.215
  • I'd like to hear your thoughts on trump in the media.
  • 00:11:53.215 --> 00:11:55.918
  • In this case, it's reported that since he came back to office
  • 00:11:55.918 --> 00:11:58.520
  • Last year, he's had nearly 500 interactions with the press, 500
  • 00:11:58.520 --> 00:12:03.525
  • From formal press conferences
  • 00:12:03.525 --> 00:12:04.993
  • To stopping on his way to the helicopter.
  • 00:12:04.993 --> 00:12:06.562
  • He's easily the most accessible president in history
  • 00:12:06.562 --> 00:12:09.832
  • Is that's what's needed to combat
  • 00:12:09.832 --> 00:12:11.567
  • The liberal spin from the legacy media.
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  • Listen.
  • 00:12:14.970 --> 00:12:15.938
  • President trump is available to the media.
  • 00:12:15.938 --> 00:12:18.607
  • When i joined the examiner, i texted him
  • 00:12:18.607 --> 00:12:20.642
  • Because he gave me his super secret number
  • 00:12:20.642 --> 00:12:22.778
  • That i'm sure
  • 00:12:22.778 --> 00:12:23.345
  • A lot of people have,
  • 00:12:23.345 --> 00:12:24.413
  • But but he took the time out to congratulate me.
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  • When you think about the biden
  • 00:12:27.082 --> 00:12:28.517
  • White house, biden was not accessible at all.
  • 00:12:28.517 --> 00:12:30.919
  • And whether it's through texting or just talking to reporters
  • 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:33.922
  • Or being interviewed, the examiner
  • 00:12:33.922 --> 00:12:35.757
  • Recently interviewed j.d. vance.
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  • This this administration, yes.
  • 00:12:37.726 --> 00:12:39.528
  • They take their shots at the media.
  • 00:12:39.528 --> 00:12:40.896
  • Some of them,
  • 00:12:40.896 --> 00:12:42.097
  • They deserve to take the media deserves to take some hits.
  • 00:12:42.097 --> 00:12:44.967
  • But they engage and they they sometimes battle with the media,
  • 00:12:44.967 --> 00:12:48.770
  • Whether that's trump and vance.
  • 00:12:48.770 --> 00:12:50.305
  • Vance has gone on many sunday shows where he's pushed back.
  • 00:12:50.305 --> 00:12:53.141
  • I think that's a good, healthy thing.
  • 00:12:53.141 --> 00:12:54.977
  • Biden and harris, when people ask me what's trump like?
  • 00:12:54.977 --> 00:12:57.946
  • Because i've interviewed him a handful of times,
  • 00:12:57.946 --> 00:12:59.815
  • I'm like, well, what you see is what you get.
  • 00:12:59.815 --> 00:13:01.316
  • And then when people say, well, what's, kamala harris like?
  • 00:13:01.316 --> 00:13:03.619
  • I was like, i can't tell you
  • 00:13:03.619 --> 00:13:04.686
  • Because she wouldn't sit down with us.
  • 00:13:04.686 --> 00:13:06.588
  • And that's a problem for democrats.
  • 00:13:06.588 --> 00:13:08.156
  • You can't be scared.
  • 00:13:08.156 --> 00:13:09.825
  • And trump is not scared of the media.
  • 00:13:09.825 --> 00:13:11.760
  • He'll push back.
  • 00:13:11.760 --> 00:13:12.694
  • But he also respects the media.
  • 00:13:12.694 --> 00:13:14.129
  • And that's something that the media i don't think really gets.
  • 00:13:14.129 --> 00:13:17.866
  • We need to
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  • Take a short break now, but please stay for another segment.
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  • We're back now with veteran newsman bob cusack
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  • And now the executive editor of the washington examiner.
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  • There's been a lot of progress rounding up criminals
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  • Who've come here illegally,
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  • But the majority of the country's
  • 00:13:59.041 --> 00:14:00.142
  • Media has made this about ice and the paid protestors
  • 00:14:00.142 --> 00:14:03.278
  • Rather than safety.
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  • Do you think personal safety might win out over sanctuary
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  • Cities by voting time?
  • 00:14:07.716 --> 00:14:09.651
  • Allen i think sanctuary
  • 00:14:10.152 --> 00:14:11.353
  • Cities is another winning issue for republicans.
  • 00:14:11.353 --> 00:14:14.523
  • As tom tom homan has said, and he's obviously the
  • 00:14:14.523 --> 00:14:17.626
  • The trump's go to guy on the border,
  • 00:14:17.626 --> 00:14:20.796
  • That it's just a it just doesn't make any sense
  • 00:14:20.796 --> 00:14:23.832
  • Where you have, federal law saying,
  • 00:14:23.832 --> 00:14:26.868
  • Hey, listen,
  • 00:14:26.868 --> 00:14:27.736
  • This is we need to go after these people
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  • Because they have committed a crime.
  • 00:14:29.504 --> 00:14:31.273
  • They have come into the country illegally.
  • 00:14:31.273 --> 00:14:33.608
  • And if you look at polling on sanctuary cities, certainly
  • 00:14:33.608 --> 00:14:36.878
  • Independents and republicans and a lot of democrats agree.
  • 00:14:36.878 --> 00:14:40.449
  • That doesn't make any sense.
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  • I think that's going to be a huge issue,
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  • Maybe not in the 2026 election, but certainly in the 2028
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  • Election.
  • 00:14:47.356 --> 00:14:48.523
  • Because republicans are willing to deal, though,
  • 00:14:48.523 --> 00:14:51.560
  • They'll give democrats some, some things
  • 00:14:51.560 --> 00:14:53.462
  • As long as they back off on these sanctuary cities.
  • 00:14:53.462 --> 00:14:55.964
  • At the same time,
  • 00:14:55.964 --> 00:14:57.165
  • Democrats privately know that that's not a winning issue
  • 00:14:57.165 --> 00:14:59.901
  • With independents.
  • 00:14:59.901 --> 00:15:00.969
  • They don't like to talk about sanctuary cities.
  • 00:15:00.969 --> 00:15:02.471
  • So it looks for the white house to be talking about that issue,
  • 00:15:02.471 --> 00:15:05.807
  • In the coming months,
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  • And certainly leading up to whoever runs in 2028.
  • 00:15:06.908 --> 00:15:09.911
  • Well, it looks like president trump
  • 00:15:10.712 --> 00:15:12.047
  • And his economic advisors are on the right track.
  • 00:15:12.047 --> 00:15:14.683
  • The latest unemployment numbers were very strong.
  • 00:15:14.683 --> 00:15:17.686
  • 130,000 jobs were added in january.
  • 00:15:17.686 --> 00:15:20.756
  • And the latest gallup poll shows some improvement
  • 00:15:20.756 --> 00:15:22.891
  • In the way americans rate the state of the economy.
  • 00:15:22.891 --> 00:15:25.827
  • Let's listen to how the president's economic advisor
  • 00:15:25.827 --> 00:15:28.363
  • Put it.
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  • Private sector jobs,
  • 00:15:30.198 --> 00:15:31.333
  • Which is our main focus right now
  • 00:15:31.333 --> 00:15:32.834
  • Because we've been reducing government,
  • 00:15:32.834 --> 00:15:35.170
  • As government employment, is they went up 170,000.
  • 00:15:35.170 --> 00:15:38.540
  • They absolutely blew blew out any expectation whatsoever.
  • 00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:42.177
  • So it's really a remarkable strong number.
  • 00:15:42.177 --> 00:15:45.013
  • And to put it in perspective, to get that much job creation,
  • 00:15:45.013 --> 00:15:48.917
  • While, you know, that basically the labor force
  • 00:15:48.917 --> 00:15:51.887
  • Is declining some because people are, are leaving
  • 00:15:51.887 --> 00:15:56.091
  • The country is being deported is a really remarkable thing.
  • 00:15:56.091 --> 00:15:59.795
  • Okay, bob, that's all true.
  • 00:16:00.395 --> 00:16:01.963
  • But what will it take
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  • For the good news to sink in for people voting this november?
  • 00:16:03.198 --> 00:16:06.068
  • Well it's interesting.
  • 00:16:06.068 --> 00:16:07.269
  • A lot of people in the media, had to acknowledge this is
  • 00:16:07.269 --> 00:16:10.539
  • This was a great jobs report, but they say,
  • 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:12.541
  • Well, yes, but yes, but what about next month?
  • 00:16:12.541 --> 00:16:15.243
  • Okay, well, next month, we'll see what happens next month.
  • 00:16:15.243 --> 00:16:17.879
  • But this was a this was a big deal.
  • 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:19.881
  • And and kevin hassett i've interviewed in he's
  • 00:16:19.881 --> 00:16:22.217
  • A smart guy leading the economic team.
  • 00:16:22.217 --> 00:16:24.686
  • Scott besson has made some bold predictions about the economy
  • 00:16:24.686 --> 00:16:27.989
  • This year.
  • 00:16:27.989 --> 00:16:29.091
  • Republicans honestly, to turn the tide of midterms
  • 00:16:29.091 --> 00:16:31.426
  • Because as trump has said,
  • 00:16:31.426 --> 00:16:32.761
  • Midterms usually are not kind to the president.
  • 00:16:32.761 --> 00:16:35.464
  • But they have predicted some big things.
  • 00:16:35.464 --> 00:16:37.732
  • We've seen the stock market hit 50,000.
  • 00:16:37.732 --> 00:16:39.634
  • I know the stock market's
  • 00:16:39.634 --> 00:16:40.502
  • Not everything, but it is an indicator.
  • 00:16:40.502 --> 00:16:42.671
  • The jobs report was phenomenal.
  • 00:16:42.671 --> 00:16:44.673
  • And if they continue to do that,
  • 00:16:44.673 --> 00:16:47.008
  • They're going to have to obviously tout that.
  • 00:16:47.008 --> 00:16:50.412
  • But also tell people, hey, we're on the right track.
  • 00:16:50.412 --> 00:16:52.914
  • We had to dig out of a hole and they've got some time.
  • 00:16:52.914 --> 00:16:55.784
  • We've got a long way before the election.
  • 00:16:55.784 --> 00:16:57.886
  • But this was a very positive sign for trump and congressional
  • 00:16:57.886 --> 00:17:00.655
  • Republicans, well outside of the economy.
  • 00:17:00.655 --> 00:17:03.859
  • Your washington examiner quoted a pollster
  • 00:17:03.859 --> 00:17:06.394
  • Who made the point that voters don't want their candidates
  • 00:17:06.394 --> 00:17:09.164
  • To relitigate
  • 00:17:09.164 --> 00:17:10.298
  • Old fights, cultural fights, woke, and social issues.
  • 00:17:10.298 --> 00:17:13.502
  • So beyond the economic improvements,
  • 00:17:13.502 --> 00:17:15.403
  • What else do you think they're interested in
  • 00:17:15.403 --> 00:17:17.005
  • By the time the midterms come around?
  • 00:17:17.005 --> 00:17:19.274
  • Well, listen, i think the economy's number one.
  • 00:17:19.274 --> 00:17:21.710
  • But at the same time, you have to look at foreign policy.
  • 00:17:21.710 --> 00:17:25.046
  • And trump
  • 00:17:25.046 --> 00:17:26.047
  • Has very been very active on foreign policy
  • 00:17:26.047 --> 00:17:28.383
  • In, in and on a number of continents.
  • 00:17:28.383 --> 00:17:30.619
  • And they want to be safe.
  • 00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:32.320
  • And trump is committed to that.
  • 00:17:32.320 --> 00:17:34.322
  • So that i think
  • 00:17:34.322 --> 00:17:35.457
  • It's going to come down to, security and the economy.
  • 00:17:35.457 --> 00:17:38.727
  • And, again, it's going to be difficult
  • 00:17:38.727 --> 00:17:40.996
  • Because history has not been kind,
  • 00:17:40.996 --> 00:17:43.498
  • To presidents and midterms.
  • 00:17:43.498 --> 00:17:45.333
  • And trump did lose the house in his first go round.
  • 00:17:45.333 --> 00:17:49.004
  • But at the same time, i do expect, i think, one
  • 00:17:49.004 --> 00:17:51.806
  • Safe bet, is that republicans are going to keep the senate.
  • 00:17:51.806 --> 00:17:55.076
  • The house is up for grabs.
  • 00:17:55.076 --> 00:17:57.145
  • Well, the president clearly
  • 00:17:57.746 --> 00:17:59.014
  • Has his mind on the midterms, and for good reason.
  • 00:17:59.014 --> 00:18:01.416
  • He seems determined to defy the odds
  • 00:18:01.416 --> 00:18:03.385
  • And have his party win enough races
  • 00:18:03.385 --> 00:18:04.953
  • To stay in power for his final two years in office.
  • 00:18:04.953 --> 00:18:08.256
  • Do you want to take a guess on the odds of that for us?
  • 00:18:08.256 --> 00:18:12.027
  • I think right now, based upon polls,
  • 00:18:12.027 --> 00:18:14.262
  • You'd have to give democrats the edge to win the house.
  • 00:18:14.262 --> 00:18:17.365
  • But, the map for democrats in the senate is very difficult.
  • 00:18:17.365 --> 00:18:21.503
  • They've had a number of retirements,
  • 00:18:21.503 --> 00:18:22.971
  • They've had some good,
  • 00:18:22.971 --> 00:18:24.406
  • Recruitments, but they're going to have to win
  • 00:18:24.406 --> 00:18:26.174
  • Every close race.
  • 00:18:26.174 --> 00:18:27.409
  • And allen, as you know, it's very difficult to win every race
  • 00:18:27.409 --> 00:18:30.612
  • All around the country in these, you know, battleground states.
  • 00:18:30.612 --> 00:18:33.982
  • So i think,
  • 00:18:34.316 --> 00:18:35.817
  • Senator john thune is going to remain majority leader.
  • 00:18:35.817 --> 00:18:39.221
  • But who will be speaker?
  • 00:18:39.221 --> 00:18:40.555
  • Will it be hakeem jeffries?
  • 00:18:40.555 --> 00:18:42.290
  • It could be, republicans need the the economy to improve
  • 00:18:42.290 --> 00:18:46.494
  • In the coming months,
  • 00:18:46.494 --> 00:18:47.429
  • And then
  • 00:18:47.429 --> 00:18:48.330
  • Maybe they get to keep their,
  • 00:18:48.330 --> 00:18:49.831
  • Their speaker right now, i think is
  • 00:18:49.831 --> 00:18:51.166
  • Actually done a very good job.
  • 00:18:51.166 --> 00:18:52.867
  • Speaker johnson, with a very, very tiny majority.
  • 00:18:52.867 --> 00:18:57.472
  • But it could we could be up late on election night.
  • 00:18:57.472 --> 00:19:00.275
  • And honestly,
  • 00:19:00.275 --> 00:19:00.976
  • We may not know for
  • 00:19:00.976 --> 00:19:02.377
  • For a lot of these house races aren't called for a week,
  • 00:19:02.377 --> 00:19:04.813
  • So it could be a while before
  • 00:19:04.813 --> 00:19:06.314
  • We know who's going to control the house in 2027.
  • 00:19:06.314 --> 00:19:09.851
  • Well, bob cusack, thank you for spending time with us today.
  • 00:19:09.851 --> 00:19:12.587
  • We'll see you again soon.
  • 00:19:12.587 --> 00:19:13.888
  • And congratulations
  • 00:19:13.888 --> 00:19:15.090
  • On landing as executive editor at the washington examiner.
  • 00:19:15.090 --> 00:19:18.493
  • Thank you so much i appreciate that.
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  • It seems that the voting process in afghanistan
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  • Is more secure and accurate than ours here in america.
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  • Their process includes one vote per person.
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  • In addition, they require the voter
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  • To dip their finger in ink to reassure they only vote once.
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  • Not a tattoo, but pure verification.
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  • Well, there's not very many things
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  • In afghanistan's culture that we want to emulate.
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  • These days.
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  • But if they have some
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  • Common sense approach to voting, we could benefit from that.
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  • I think
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  • What's lacking here at home, to be honest, is the intent.
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  • We don't intend for voting to be done fairly.
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  • We try to find a way
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  • To manipulate the system to work for our preferred party.
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  • Here's a thought.
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  • Don't vote for anyone.
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  • Don't support anyone, regardless of party.
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  • That isn't interested
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  • In voting with legal citizens who can verify it.
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  • That would be a good beginning.
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  • John s from florida requested.
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  • Can you give a message on why this world
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  • Is going through violence and crime?
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  • It goes back to satan hating god and his people.
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  • So many people are willing or unwilling agents for him.
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  • It may help some to understand
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  • The struggle between good and evil.
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  • That's a good question, john.
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  • I think jesus gave us a clue.
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  • He said, as we approach the end of the age,
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  • You get a long prophetic discourse.
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  • It's matthew 24, luke 21 if you want to read it.
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  • But he said, as we approach
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  • The end of the age that lawlessness would increase,
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  • And the primary contributor to
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  • That is the deterioration of human character.
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  • Which means the church
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  • Assigned to be salt and light has a diminished role.
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  • I believe we have to have the courage to turn up the light
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  • And stop to stop being angry at the darkness.
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  • If we'll do that, perhaps we will see a return to god's laws.
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  • Surely in florida, sid, i'm upset that the thugs
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  • Making problems in minnesota
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  • Haven't been investigated as to their source of help.
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  • Socialists should not be allowed to carry on
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  • As they have against our government.
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  • My mother grew up in hungary
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  • When russia occupied her country.
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  • We visited two times and experienced
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  • What living under socialism is really like.
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  • The people were very oppressed and no mention of god.
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  • Well, surely. i think you're absolutely right.
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  • We have a rather naive imagination of socialism
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  • And communism.
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  • If you'll have a conversation with the people
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  • Who have lived under those authoritarian regimes,
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  • They are the ones
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  • That are most appreciative for the freedoms and liberties
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  • In our nation.
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  • I pray we wake up.
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  • Thank you for spending a few minutes of your day with us.
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  • God is moving in the earth. that's reason for hope.
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  • I'm alan jackson. did you have a good night?
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