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Allen Jackson: Redistricting Battle | Allen Jackson Now

May 29, 2026 | 22:16

Allen Jackson: Redistricting Battle | Allen Jackson Now
Colin Reed joins Allen Jackson to discuss current events.
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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Redistricting Battle | Allen Jackson Now | May 29, 2026
  • Well, good evening and welcome to nashville.
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  • I'm alan jackson.
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  • President trump enters this political season facing
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  • Real headwinds.
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  • Polling around the conflict with iran
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  • Has raised concerns among some republican voters.
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  • Americans remain anxious about the economy,
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  • Especially energy prices tied to instability overseas.
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  • And every day,
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  • The left leaning
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  • Mainstream media, will they push the same narrative
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  • That economic uncertainty and global instability are proof
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  • That trump is failing at his job?
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  • But despite all of that, one reality continues to stand out.
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  • Trump's influence among voters appears stronger than ever.
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  • For example,
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  • Longtime texas senator john cornyn, he's
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  • A major figure in washington for more than 20 years.
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  • He was defeated soundly in the republican
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  • Primary by texas attorney general ken paxton
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  • After paxton received president trump's endorsement.
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  • Cornyn had the money, the establishment backing,
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  • And decades of political relationships.
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  • Yet republican voters chose the trump endorsed candidate.
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  • And this isn't just happening in texas.
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  • Across the country, trump backed candidates continue
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  • Winning primary races at a remarkable pace.
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  • Now, the focus in texas shifts to the general election.
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  • And to democrat james talarico, who's served in the texas house
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  • Since 2018
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  • While serving in the legislature,
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  • He earned a master of divinity degree.
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  • Credentials democrats believe helped
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  • Present him as a different kind
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  • Of progressive candidate in texas.
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  • Talarico is young,
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  • He's articulate, he's active on social media,
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  • And he's already receiving favorable national attention.
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  • But voters should look beyond style
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  • And focus on his positions.
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  • His voting records and his past statements
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  • During a texas senate debate.
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  • Talarico said that the southern
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  • Border should be like, and i quote, our front porch,
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  • And that there should be a giant welcome mat out front.
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  • Well, he was also aligned himself with bernie sanders
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  • Style progressive politics, campaigning against billionaires
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  • And promoting policies resembling socialism.
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  • And almost immediately after paxton's victory,
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  • Mainstream media outlets welcomed talarico
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  • To their new sets, where he suddenly began
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  • Softening some of his earlier comments.
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  • I guess it's not all surprising.
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  • Politicians. they want votes.
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  • So in order to remain popular all too frequently,
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  • They will gauge their attitudes of voters
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  • And then state their opinions accordingly.
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  • What worked in the primaries within their own party?
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  • Well, that may not work so well in the general election.
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  • So the moving of the proverbial goalpost begins.
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  • And that includes mainstream media as well.
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  • A pundit on the liberal leaning mass.
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  • Now their network characterized the divinity degree holder,
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  • James talarico, as an exceptional candidate.
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  • That the senate race
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  • Between talarico and ken paxton is good versus evil,
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  • And that talarico has a shot at winning
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  • Because and i quote again,
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  • He could out bible his republican opponent.
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  • Well, let's examine some of the positions
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  • James talarico has held in 2021 on the texas house floor.
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  • He opposed a bill to ban men from women's sports,
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  • Claiming that i quote again, god is non-binary.
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  • In a texas house committee on public education
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  • Hearing, he stated that modern science
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  • Obviously recognizes that there are more
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  • Than two biological sexes.
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  • In fact, there are six.
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  • I'd call that very modern science.
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  • In another interview, he pushed forward the notion
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  • That christianity was like buddhism, hinduism and islam.
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  • He said, i see these beautiful faith traditions
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  • As circling the same truth about the universe.
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  • On his campaign website, well, he advocated to make the right
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  • To abort babies in the womb into a national law.
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  • So as we head into this election season,
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  • It's vital that we have some situational awareness
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  • Across the nation.
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  • Candidates between now and election day.
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  • Well, they're going to say jesus frequently
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  • When they're asked a question.
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  • Don't be naive and assume their worldview
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  • Is in alignment with the biblical worldview.
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  • If they've been in office, look at their body of work.
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  • Look at their voting record.
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  • If they've done the right thing while they were there,
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  • Support them.
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  • If they have it, don't pay attention.
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  • Look at the alternatives.
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  • Look, i'm not telling you to vote for.
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  • I'm telling you to use common sense.
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  • As christians, we can't just complain and we can't just pray.
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  • It was like praying for food and then not planting a garden.
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  • We've got to be involved in the process
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  • To get to the outcomes that we want
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  • And our adversaries will.
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  • They'd like us to be quiet
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  • And to talk about the pharisees and sadducees.
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  • Back in the first century.
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  • Well, i'm happy to have that dialog,
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  • But we're ambassadors
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  • For jesus of nazareth in the 21st century.
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  • We have to understand, this season in spiritual terms
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  • To move forward.
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  • We have to decide to engage, to use our voices
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  • And impact our culture
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  • With our biblical worldview and biblical truth.
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  • You see, marriage isn't a political issue.
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  • It's a biblical issue.
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  • What our children have in their libraries,
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  • That's not a political issue either.
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  • It's a biblical issue.
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  • If we will lead with our faith and our biblical worldview
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  • And biblically informed values be expressed consistently,
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  • Then we will see more people
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  • Seeking office who will represent those views.
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  • Let's spend our time and energy being advocates for jesus
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  • And his kingdom.
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  • One heart at a time. one home at a time.
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  • One community at a time.
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  • Well, coming up next, we're going to hear
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  • From the veteran political
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  • Strategist and founder of south and hill strategies,
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  • Collin reed.
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  • He'll join us from washington right after this short break.
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  • I'll be right back.
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  • I'll be right back.
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  • Well, we're joined tonight
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  • By veteran political strategist
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  • And the founder of south and hill strategies, collin reed.
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  • Welcome back to the show, colin.
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  • Thanks for having me on.
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  • It's always great to be here.
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  • You know, the republicans continue to frame the midterm
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  • Elections around inflation, immigration and public safety.
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  • Which of those issues do you believe
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  • Is resonating most with swing voters right now?
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  • Well, as always, it's a combination of all of the above.
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  • Voters aren't a monolith.
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  • They're smart, educated
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  • People who pay attention to what's going on
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  • And what impacts their daily lives.
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  • And they vote whoever they think is the best candidate.
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  • I think there's a lot of
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  • Factors
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  • That are influencing their decision, right now,
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  • And they're also evaluating not only the republicans
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  • Who are in charge and up for reelection,
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  • But also some of these democratic challengers
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  • And some of the more
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  • Extreme and incendiary and frankly, hate filled things
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  • They've said as well.
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  • And they'll the american people will make a make
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  • A wise choice as they as they always do.
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  • Well, following the supreme court's
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  • Recent ruling about voter
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  • Redistricting, there has been a flurry of activity.
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  • How much do you think that will impact these midterm elections?
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  • The midterm elections and the house side in particular,
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  • Were always going to be decided by a razor's edge.
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  • And that's because of a couple of factors.
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  • One, that just the incredibly narrow
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  • Margins that existed from the beginning
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  • Of president trump's second term,
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  • But also the historical factors and the headwinds
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  • That the party in charge always faces
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  • Running in a midterm election.
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  • So the republicans always had an uphill battle
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  • Trying to hold on to the house.
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  • And that remains true right now.
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  • The the redistricting, depending on how you slice and dice it,
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  • When all
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  • Said and done, when all the dust settles
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  • And there's still some states, there's
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  • Still some court decisions that could change that.
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  • It looks like the republicans
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  • Got the better short term advantage of it.
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  • But ultimately, this election is not going to be decided
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  • By necessarily
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  • The narrowest of margins, but more by
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  • Some of these big structural challenges
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  • And issues facing the country right now.
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  • And of course, a lot of that is overshadowed
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  • By what's happening overseas.
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  • And the conflict in iran.
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  • Absolutely.
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  • Well, texas just had a highly watched
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  • Republican runoff for their senate opportunity.
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  • Ken paxton won that.
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  • Listen to his comments following that election,
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  • When everyone in washington told him to abandon me
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  • And defend the people of texas, he didn't listen.
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  • Instead, he gave his complete and total endorsement.
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  • And president trump is a leader of our party.
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  • And his endorsement in this most part,
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  • Is the most powerful force in politics.
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  • Well, clearly, president trump has a significant
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  • Influence in the republican party.
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  • Do you think those coattails or that influence
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  • Is enough to make the difference
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  • In holding the house in this upcoming election?
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  • Doesn't seem simple.
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  • No. well, president trump's influence
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  • Amongst members of his own party has never been stronger.
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  • And that's true in this,
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  • In the string of primary wins that his candidates have had
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  • Of late.
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  • What remains to be seen
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  • Is what happens
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  • With his standing in the general election
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  • That will decide the elections in november.
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  • As it relates to texas. look, texas is a red state.
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  • Every two and four years
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  • We always
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  • Hear with the democrats talking a big game, but they're
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  • Finally going to flip it blue.
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  • It doesn't tend to happen.
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  • And that's because their candidates are
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  • Where the last of a pretty conservative state.
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  • And that's that pattern holds true this year.
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  • You've got a guy named james talarico
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  • Who's out there already answering
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  • For some of the crazier things he said about there, about god
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  • Being non-binary and six there being six different genders.
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  • And all the things that the opposition researchers
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  • Are going to be able to bring to the front of minds
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  • Of the people of texas right now.
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  • So, look, this race is probably going to be closer
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  • By virtue of being ken paxton. that's just the reality.
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  • John cornyn is a good man.
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  • John cornyn, someone who raised
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  • A ton of money not only for himself but for the party.
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  • But he's someone who carry the conservative mantle faithfully.
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  • For 24 years here in washington, d.c.,
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  • Ken paxton, he's got his he's got his challenges.
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  • Ultimately, this is a red state.
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  • Ken paxton needs to run a disciplined campaign
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  • That brings some of those cornyn voters into the fold,
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  • And helps them take the fight to the to a guy like jim
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  • Salario, who has no business
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  • Representing the people of texas in the united states senate.
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  • Do you think paxton's personal life
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  • And the struggles
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  • There will cause enough republicans
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  • To stay home, to open a door for talarico?
  • 00:10:16.100 --> 00:10:18.002
  • Well, it's not going to help, that's for sure.
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  • And that's up to ken paxton to spend the next five months,
  • 00:10:20.538 --> 00:10:23.741
  • Winning over some of those voters.
  • 00:10:23.741 --> 00:10:24.975
  • Look, john cornyn got 900,000 votes in that march election,
  • 00:10:24.975 --> 00:10:29.280
  • In the primary. that's a lot of voters.
  • 00:10:29.280 --> 00:10:31.115
  • For context, in 2018, the ted cruz versus beto
  • 00:10:31.115 --> 00:10:34.585
  • O'rourke race that was decided by far less number than that.
  • 00:10:34.585 --> 00:10:37.855
  • So it's those voters in the middle.
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  • And i want to say that middle john
  • 00:10:39.957 --> 00:10:41.058
  • Cornyn is a conservative guy.
  • 00:10:41.058 --> 00:10:42.026
  • It's those voters, those cornyn voters.
  • 00:10:42.026 --> 00:10:43.928
  • They now have a decision to make.
  • 00:10:43.928 --> 00:10:45.596
  • The talarico he's got the far left paxton.
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  • He's got the conservatives that he
  • 00:10:47.898 --> 00:10:49.133
  • That he put together in his coalition.
  • 00:10:49.133 --> 00:10:51.168
  • But now there's a lot of people
  • 00:10:51.168 --> 00:10:52.136
  • Who are really pulling for john cornyn.
  • 00:10:52.136 --> 00:10:53.571
  • And those votes are up for grabs.
  • 00:10:53.571 --> 00:10:55.539
  • Look, by any marginal statistic, they should go for ken paxton,
  • 00:10:55.539 --> 00:10:59.043
  • But it's up to him to bring them into the tent,
  • 00:10:59.043 --> 00:11:00.511
  • Because politics is ultimately bringing more people
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  • Your way, as opposed
  • 00:11:02.813 --> 00:11:04.081
  • To creating a narrow litmus test of those who,
  • 00:11:04.081 --> 00:11:07.084
  • Must subscribe to a certain perspective or ideological
  • 00:11:07.084 --> 00:11:09.887
  • Point of view.
  • 00:11:09.887 --> 00:11:10.588
  • Well, the save act has been a primary objective of the trump
  • 00:11:11.756 --> 00:11:14.658
  • Administration, but it seems at the moment
  • 00:11:14.658 --> 00:11:16.293
  • At least, being caught in the slog of washington politics.
  • 00:11:16.293 --> 00:11:20.931
  • Do you think election integrity is an issue in the midterms?
  • 00:11:20.931 --> 00:11:25.102
  • Well, you're
  • 00:11:25.436 --> 00:11:26.403
  • Right about one thing, allen, about that slog.
  • 00:11:26.403 --> 00:11:27.705
  • I mean, not a lot of the guests
  • 00:11:27.705 --> 00:11:28.639
  • On around here in washington, dc.
  • 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:30.074
  • And i think that's part of the frustration that holds
  • 00:11:30.074 --> 00:11:31.976
  • A lot of voters, frankly, channeled into that.
  • 00:11:31.976 --> 00:11:33.911
  • Who pulled lever ken paxton this this week?
  • 00:11:33.911 --> 00:11:36.280
  • It may not have been something they personally had some
  • 00:11:36.280 --> 00:11:38.449
  • Sort of animus for john cornyn, but more about the senate
  • 00:11:38.449 --> 00:11:40.985
  • As an institution as a whole.
  • 00:11:40.985 --> 00:11:42.219
  • And i think there's a lot of voters out there who look back,
  • 00:11:42.219 --> 00:11:44.588
  • Not that not even two years
  • 00:11:44.588 --> 00:11:46.423
  • Back, and said we gave republicans
  • 00:11:46.423 --> 00:11:48.025
  • Control of the senate, the house, the white house,
  • 00:11:48.025 --> 00:11:50.327
  • And we said, go get these big things done.
  • 00:11:50.327 --> 00:11:51.829
  • And i think there's some frustrations out there
  • 00:11:51.829 --> 00:11:53.597
  • That some of those
  • 00:11:53.597 --> 00:11:54.765
  • Achievements, those campaign promises,
  • 00:11:54.765 --> 00:11:56.333
  • Those haven't been accomplished yet.
  • 00:11:56.333 --> 00:11:57.535
  • And certainly as democrats take back one
  • 00:11:57.535 --> 00:11:59.703
  • Or both
  • 00:11:59.703 --> 00:12:00.504
  • The houses of congress in november
  • 00:12:00.504 --> 00:12:02.273
  • And january, that's the end of it,
  • 00:12:02.273 --> 00:12:03.774
  • Because we know what their agenda is.
  • 00:12:03.774 --> 00:12:05.276
  • It's impede is investigators and they've done it before.
  • 00:12:05.276 --> 00:12:08.078
  • They'll do it again. so the time is ticking.
  • 00:12:08.078 --> 00:12:10.114
  • Clock is ticking.
  • 00:12:10.114 --> 00:12:11.081
  • There's a few months left.
  • 00:12:11.081 --> 00:12:12.082
  • Ultimately, people get elected to come serve here
  • 00:12:12.082 --> 00:12:14.752
  • In washington, d.c.
  • 00:12:14.752 --> 00:12:15.953
  • And actually get things done for the people they represent,
  • 00:12:15.953 --> 00:12:18.255
  • Not just go talk about the next campaign,
  • 00:12:18.255 --> 00:12:21.325
  • And try and stir up the outrage machine.
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  • We'll calling.
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  • We need to take a short break.
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  • Can you stand by for another segment?
  • 00:12:25.996 --> 00:12:28.265
  • You bet.
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  • We'll be right back.
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  • We'll be right back.
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  • We're back now
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  • With the veteran political strategist, colin reid.
  • 00:12:42.913 --> 00:12:46.050
  • The exposure of fraud and how to stop it
  • 00:12:46.050 --> 00:12:48.485
  • Has become a major focus of the trump administration.
  • 00:12:48.485 --> 00:12:51.522
  • J.d. vance has been given the assignment.
  • 00:12:51.522 --> 00:12:54.225
  • Does this fraud that we're seeing so much of
  • 00:12:54.225 --> 00:12:56.527
  • It has been getting some attention in the media.
  • 00:12:56.527 --> 00:12:58.629
  • Is it going to factor into the midterms in november?
  • 00:12:58.629 --> 00:13:01.699
  • Well, it really grinds people's gears out.
  • 00:13:01.699 --> 00:13:03.467
  • And people work so hard for the at their jobs
  • 00:13:03.467 --> 00:13:06.070
  • To make money for their families and pay the bills
  • 00:13:06.070 --> 00:13:08.472
  • And do all the things they need to do.
  • 00:13:08.472 --> 00:13:10.074
  • And this idea that some of these government
  • 00:13:10.074 --> 00:13:11.642
  • Agencies are just frittering away money.
  • 00:13:11.642 --> 00:13:14.144
  • Look, i think it's a really smart political message to drive
  • 00:13:14.144 --> 00:13:18.148
  • Because it's one
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  • That brings together not just republicans
  • 00:13:19.083 --> 00:13:20.517
  • And people like the president, but also those
  • 00:13:20.517 --> 00:13:22.753
  • Who are just unhappy about it.
  • 00:13:22.753 --> 00:13:24.889
  • They believe government just does not do things efficiently.
  • 00:13:24.889 --> 00:13:27.558
  • The way this really sticks, though,
  • 00:13:27.558 --> 00:13:29.293
  • And the way this message will really get driven,
  • 00:13:29.293 --> 00:13:30.895
  • Is if the president himself picks it up,
  • 00:13:30.895 --> 00:13:32.763
  • Vice president, he's doing he's doing yeoman's work on it.
  • 00:13:32.763 --> 00:13:35.833
  • He was up in maine last week talking about this
  • 00:13:35.833 --> 00:13:38.202
  • To a pretty packed house.
  • 00:13:38.202 --> 00:13:39.236
  • But this is donald trump's washington.
  • 00:13:39.236 --> 00:13:41.372
  • This is donald trump's administration.
  • 00:13:41.372 --> 00:13:43.474
  • If he wants to
  • 00:13:43.474 --> 00:13:44.608
  • Use the fraud message to really gets to get attention,
  • 00:13:44.608 --> 00:13:47.478
  • He's got to be the one that drives it.
  • 00:13:47.478 --> 00:13:48.913
  • In fairness, he's got a lot on his plate right now
  • 00:13:48.913 --> 00:13:50.814
  • Between what's going on overseas,
  • 00:13:50.814 --> 00:13:52.583
  • The economy, the midterms, everything else.
  • 00:13:52.583 --> 00:13:54.251
  • But the way this fraud message really sticks
  • 00:13:54.251 --> 00:13:56.320
  • Is that the president's the one who picks up the baton
  • 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:58.656
  • And runs with it.
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  • You know, it's tax season.
  • 00:14:00.224 --> 00:14:01.592
  • And i don't know that that always been an advocate
  • 00:14:01.592 --> 00:14:03.227
  • For paying our taxes that seem like good citizenship.
  • 00:14:03.227 --> 00:14:06.163
  • But in light of all this fraud, it's galling to pay our taxes
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  • And see the money wasted.
  • 00:14:10.067 --> 00:14:11.402
  • I've got an idea.
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  • Let's take all the irs auditors
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  • And turn them loose on all the fraudsters,
  • 00:14:13.737 --> 00:14:16.206
  • And take a year off
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  • From our income tax and see what we can uncover.
  • 00:14:17.374 --> 00:14:21.111
  • Maybe it'd be a. well, you know what?
  • 00:14:21.111 --> 00:14:22.179
  • On people.
  • 00:14:22.179 --> 00:14:23.948
  • You're not alone in being upset about taxes.
  • 00:14:23.948 --> 00:14:26.116
  • And there are people in part
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  • In the blue parts of america like new york,
  • 00:14:27.284 --> 00:14:29.486
  • Massachusetts, hawaii, california, illinois.
  • 00:14:29.486 --> 00:14:32.222
  • They're having enough of paying off the wazoo in tax rates.
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  • I saw hawaii just passed a new tax increase.
  • 00:14:35.726 --> 00:14:37.995
  • It's like 13, 14% at the state level
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  • When you tack on with
  • 00:14:39.997 --> 00:14:41.231
  • The feds are we're getting close to some early socialist levels
  • 00:14:41.231 --> 00:14:43.300
  • Of spending in some of these states.
  • 00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:44.435
  • So what are voters doing?
  • 00:14:44.435 --> 00:14:45.569
  • They're smart.
  • 00:14:45.569 --> 00:14:46.470
  • They're coming in places like tennessee.
  • 00:14:46.470 --> 00:14:47.671
  • They're coming to other places in the south texas, florida
  • 00:14:47.671 --> 00:14:49.907
  • Where there are no state income taxes.
  • 00:14:49.907 --> 00:14:51.742
  • And voters are smart.
  • 00:14:51.742 --> 00:14:53.143
  • Businesses have the ability to move across state lines.
  • 00:14:53.143 --> 00:14:55.846
  • And, if these blue state politicians
  • 00:14:55.846 --> 00:14:57.982
  • Keep just trying to tax people back to the stone
  • 00:14:57.982 --> 00:14:59.850
  • Ages, eventually they're not going to have enough
  • 00:14:59.850 --> 00:15:01.485
  • People left to tax.
  • 00:15:01.485 --> 00:15:02.853
  • And that's their own loss.
  • 00:15:02.853 --> 00:15:03.620
  • But it's a it's a nice
  • 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:04.755
  • Picked up for places like tennessee
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  • Who are much more saner fiscal policies.
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  • If we can maintain a higher integrity when we all get here.
  • 00:15:08.926 --> 00:15:11.895
  • You already alluded to foreign policy and it has dominated.
  • 00:15:11.895 --> 00:15:14.798
  • Seems most of the news cycle this year,
  • 00:15:14.798 --> 00:15:17.434
  • You know, is the iran war.
  • 00:15:17.434 --> 00:15:18.769
  • And our relationship with china.
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  • Is that more significant as we approach the midterms,
  • 00:15:21.038 --> 00:15:23.507
  • Or is it still going to be about those kitchen
  • 00:15:23.507 --> 00:15:24.808
  • Table issues that typically dominate?
  • 00:15:24.808 --> 00:15:26.910
  • I think you're seeing the iran situation
  • 00:15:27.711 --> 00:15:29.713
  • Trickle down into people's everyday lives,
  • 00:15:29.713 --> 00:15:33.083
  • With with certainly the gas prices.
  • 00:15:33.083 --> 00:15:34.918
  • But energy prices around the world,
  • 00:15:34.918 --> 00:15:37.821
  • That go beyond just the price to pump.
  • 00:15:37.821 --> 00:15:39.523
  • But it's an interesting
  • 00:15:39.523 --> 00:15:40.624
  • That the left would have you believe that the
  • 00:15:40.624 --> 00:15:42.960
  • The options were to do nothing, the status quo
  • 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:45.262
  • And let this iranian regime who's been chanting
  • 00:15:45.262 --> 00:15:47.331
  • Death is real death to america,
  • 00:15:47.331 --> 00:15:49.400
  • The largest state sponsor of terror in the world,
  • 00:15:49.400 --> 00:15:52.002
  • Just making life miserable, dangerous
  • 00:15:52.002 --> 00:15:54.738
  • For our for our citizens, for our people,
  • 00:15:54.738 --> 00:15:56.206
  • Our allies in the region. president trump,
  • 00:15:56.206 --> 00:15:57.975
  • Finally, the courage to do something about it.
  • 00:15:57.975 --> 00:16:00.044
  • If it was easy to do what he's doing, somebody else
  • 00:16:00.044 --> 00:16:02.746
  • Would have done it already.
  • 00:16:02.746 --> 00:16:03.914
  • So there's many miles left to go.
  • 00:16:03.914 --> 00:16:05.849
  • It seems like every day we have a deal.
  • 00:16:05.849 --> 00:16:07.518
  • We don't have a deal.
  • 00:16:07.518 --> 00:16:08.986
  • And yes, of course, what people are feeling right now
  • 00:16:08.986 --> 00:16:11.488
  • Is, is at the pump and elsewhere is real.
  • 00:16:11.488 --> 00:16:14.425
  • That and the people that this situation
  • 00:16:14.425 --> 00:16:16.260
  • Needs to come to a conclusion.
  • 00:16:16.260 --> 00:16:17.928
  • Quickly.
  • 00:16:17.928 --> 00:16:18.796
  • But the idea that we could have
  • 00:16:18.796 --> 00:16:20.264
  • Just sat back and let this terrorist regime,
  • 00:16:20.264 --> 00:16:22.633
  • The iranian regime,
  • 00:16:22.633 --> 00:16:23.867
  • Sit there unscathed, that was not an option either.
  • 00:16:23.867 --> 00:16:26.336
  • And i think ultimately a lot of american people,
  • 00:16:26.336 --> 00:16:28.939
  • Especially those who remember those 1979, riots
  • 00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:31.942
  • And the hostages and everything that went
  • 00:16:31.942 --> 00:16:33.343
  • There are also potentially going to give him some credit for,
  • 00:16:33.343 --> 00:16:37.514
  • For, for,
  • 00:16:37.514 --> 00:16:38.715
  • For having the courage to go where no one else went before.
  • 00:16:38.715 --> 00:16:41.185
  • You know, i don't remember a president
  • 00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:43.454
  • That's been willing to tackle as many tough issues head on
  • 00:16:43.454 --> 00:16:47.024
  • And try to get to some reasonable solutions
  • 00:16:47.024 --> 00:16:48.992
  • As president trump has.
  • 00:16:48.992 --> 00:16:50.461
  • I hope the american people are.
  • 00:16:50.461 --> 00:16:51.495
  • Pay attention and remember that at the midterms.
  • 00:16:51.495 --> 00:16:53.397
  • Do you think it'll work?
  • 00:16:53.397 --> 00:16:55.232
  • Well, that's the beauty of being a second term president too,
  • 00:16:55.232 --> 00:16:57.501
  • Is you've been there once before.
  • 00:16:57.501 --> 00:16:59.503
  • There's a lot of president can do on the international stage,
  • 00:16:59.503 --> 00:17:02.773
  • Without congress, without without having to pass laws.
  • 00:17:02.773 --> 00:17:05.309
  • And you can really flex your muscles.
  • 00:17:05.309 --> 00:17:06.443
  • And i think what you're seeing,
  • 00:17:06.443 --> 00:17:07.511
  • The difference between the first term
  • 00:17:07.511 --> 00:17:08.679
  • And by the way,
  • 00:17:08.679 --> 00:17:09.513
  • The first trump term was not without
  • 00:17:09.513 --> 00:17:10.581
  • Its accomplishments on the foreign policy stage.
  • 00:17:10.581 --> 00:17:13.217
  • He took out soleimani, for instance, in 2020.
  • 00:17:13.217 --> 00:17:15.853
  • That was a big deal.
  • 00:17:15.853 --> 00:17:17.154
  • But you're seeing him being willing to exert america's
  • 00:17:17.154 --> 00:17:19.790
  • Might on the on the, on the world stage
  • 00:17:19.790 --> 00:17:21.525
  • In his second term.
  • 00:17:21.525 --> 00:17:22.526
  • It is such a far stark and much better contrast
  • 00:17:22.526 --> 00:17:25.863
  • Than what we saw under the biden years
  • 00:17:25.863 --> 00:17:27.498
  • When america was in retreat.
  • 00:17:27.498 --> 00:17:28.899
  • We had that fiasco in afghanistan.
  • 00:17:28.899 --> 00:17:30.667
  • We had the ukraine russia war start
  • 00:17:30.667 --> 00:17:32.736
  • On, on president biden's watch, the terrible attacks,
  • 00:17:32.736 --> 00:17:36.273
  • The terrorist attacks of hamas against israel.
  • 00:17:36.273 --> 00:17:38.442
  • The world felt on fire, and it was part of
  • 00:17:38.442 --> 00:17:40.277
  • Not the entire reason, but it was part of,
  • 00:17:40.277 --> 00:17:42.613
  • President trump's ability to put together
  • 00:17:42.613 --> 00:17:44.181
  • A wing coalition two years ago.
  • 00:17:44.181 --> 00:17:46.783
  • Well,
  • 00:17:47.017 --> 00:17:48.051
  • Aoc has been taking some steps that would suggest
  • 00:17:48.051 --> 00:17:50.521
  • She's interested in a 2028 white house bid.
  • 00:17:50.521 --> 00:17:53.524
  • You have labeled her the quintessential chaos
  • 00:17:53.524 --> 00:17:56.627
  • Candidate.
  • 00:17:56.627 --> 00:17:57.761
  • Do you think she's really got
  • 00:17:57.761 --> 00:17:58.762
  • Potential to gain momentum for that?
  • 00:17:58.762 --> 00:18:01.165
  • Well, what i meant by that is the democratic party's
  • 00:18:01.165 --> 00:18:04.234
  • Leader list. they're they're they're they're lost.
  • 00:18:04.234 --> 00:18:06.803
  • They're there.
  • 00:18:06.803 --> 00:18:07.638
  • They have yet to find their footing.
  • 00:18:07.638 --> 00:18:08.639
  • Post 2024, we saw with this ridiculous
  • 00:18:08.639 --> 00:18:10.807
  • Autopsy that came out from the dnc.
  • 00:18:10.807 --> 00:18:12.509
  • That was just a complete embarrassment.
  • 00:18:12.509 --> 00:18:15.145
  • And there's yet to be someone
  • 00:18:15.145 --> 00:18:16.213
  • Who really mobilizes around a certain candidate.
  • 00:18:16.213 --> 00:18:19.616
  • They are mobilizing around a certain set of ideas.
  • 00:18:19.616 --> 00:18:22.186
  • Unfortunately for the american people, it's socialism.
  • 00:18:22.186 --> 00:18:25.222
  • And that's what aoc is.
  • 00:18:25.222 --> 00:18:26.390
  • She's a proud democratic socialist, as is laura mamdani,
  • 00:18:26.390 --> 00:18:29.026
  • The new mayor of new york city, as is bernie sanders,
  • 00:18:29.026 --> 00:18:32.062
  • The independent senator. vermont.
  • 00:18:32.062 --> 00:18:33.330
  • These are socialist. that's not me labeling it.
  • 00:18:33.330 --> 00:18:35.365
  • That's what they label it.
  • 00:18:35.365 --> 00:18:36.400
  • And i do not think
  • 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:38.101
  • I do not think this country who 250 years ago
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  • Fought a war to rid ourselves of tyrannical government
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  • Overreach in europe, is all of a sudden
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  • Our 250th birthday get her, turn her eyes back
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  • Toward europe and say, yep, they've got it all figured out.
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  • Taxes through the roof, government regulations
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  • Every which way, businesses and gdp
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  • Just shrinking by the day, population growth way down.
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  • Birth rates are on the way down.
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  • We didn't want to be like europe.
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  • That's why america is the country it is today. yet
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  • Many of the leaders in the left and aoc is in this camp.
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  • They want to take us back in that direction.
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  • And that's just not an argument that's going to sell
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  • On the national stage.
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  • Well, colin, thank you for your time today.
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  • Jerry from fort lauderdale, florida, wrote.
  • 00:19:54.570 --> 00:19:56.672
  • The enormous amount of fraud being finally exposed
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  • Must be controlled and perpetrators held accountable.
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  • It seems to me
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  • That ultimate blame is the government's inability
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  • To set up the type of oversight necessary
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  • To keep it from happening at all.
  • 00:20:08.117 --> 00:20:10.352
  • Well, jerry, i
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  • Agree in part, i think that covid and the rush
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  • To push cash into the midst of that perceived crisis,
  • 00:20:14.556 --> 00:20:19.261
  • That we were giving away money faster than we could monitor it.
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  • But i think the bigger issue has been the decades of
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  • Lawlessness, from sanctuary cities
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  • To sanctuary states to open borders.
  • 00:20:28.270 --> 00:20:30.906
  • We have cast off the restraint of law and order,
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  • And we are reluctant to be saddled with such things
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  • As integrity and honesty.
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  • Again, we will have to submit to that discipline
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  • Or we will forfeit our freedoms.
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  • Chandler, from florida wrote, the bible says the people
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  • Of israel will go back to their land.
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  • Has that already happened?
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  • Is it currently happening
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  • Or is it going to happen in the future?
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  • Well, yes.
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  • 130 a.d.
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  • The romans finally had had enough of jewish rebellion,
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  • And they drove the jewish population
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  • Out of the city of jerusalem, renamed it, relabeled it.
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  • They wanted to separate the jewish people from the land.
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  • For almost 2000 years,
  • 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:12.147
  • The jewish people were scattered to the nations of the world.
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  • 1948 at the end of world
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  • War two and the recognition of the horrors of the holocaust,
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  • There was some international sentiment
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  • To let the jewish people return to that historic homeland.
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  • And so we saw the rebirth in may of 48
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  • Of the modern nation of israel.
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  • And god
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  • Began to gather
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  • The jewish people from more than 100 nations of the world.
  • 00:21:31.934 --> 00:21:34.570
  • That process is not complete yet,
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  • But it is well underway,
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  • And it's a part of the narrative of scripture.
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  • We have a responsibility to pray for the peace of jerusalem,
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  • Not to support everything
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  • That the modern nation of israel does.
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  • As a government,
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  • I don't support everything our government does,
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  • But i do pray for the peace of jerusalem
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  • And pray for the jewish people
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  • That they will have a revelation
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  • Of jesus of nazareth as their messiah.
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  • God's moving in the earth and the rebirth of those.
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  • The state of israel is a part of that narrative.
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  • It's a privilege and an honor
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  • To be alive in this season, in history,
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  • And to see god moving.
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  • Thank you for spending a few moments of your day with us.
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  • God bless you and good evening.
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