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The DeuntaRantsRavesPodcastShow is a political commentary podcast hosted by Deunta Lockett. A spinoff of the Chicago Red Pilled Podcast, it features Lockett's opinions and analysis on current news, politics, and social issues, primarily from a conservative perspective.
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Everybody got to know that uh Donald Trump's not a president. Donald Trump's not a president. Yeah, these Democrats feel tricky about these IDs. We need IDs for everything. I don't know why you don't want to have it for uh federal elections. Makes no sense at all. Come on, y'all. Wake up, America. Wake up.
SPEAKER_44That they should be pushing this issue. Americans have confidence in elections. But see, for me, it's about too many people doing too many things too courageously for me to be able to stand here today. Names like James Reed and Jimmy Lee Jackson and Viola Leozo, Andrew Goodbye, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner. These are people who died for me to be here today. Congressman John Lewis, who most of you served with, died for me to be here today. And this bill would make it tougher than it has ever been in American history to register to vote at a time where we have the technological ability to be able to verify election eligibility. But we don't want to do that. We want to make it tougher for people to actually get registered to vote. And that is not what we should be doing. We should be making it easier for people to vote.
SPEAKER_41Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. So we got to talk about a hilarious and humiliating moment for one Democrat Congressman, Shamari Fickers, who I believe is from Alabama, right? He's a black dude, a black Democrat, who is against voter ID, right? He's against requiring people to show ID, to identify themselves in order to vote. Now, everybody knows the talking point from the Democrats in regards to why they are opposed to voter ID, right? They're opposed to voter ID because they claim that black people can't get voter ID, right? That black people are too stupid to get an ID. Okay, and therefore it's going to disenfranchise black people. However, uh, this woke Democrat got a reality check on this idea that black people are too stupid to get IDs. Because at this black church, he's going to talk about vote ID, and he's going to ask all of the black people in this church, um, how many of them uh don't have an ID, right? And uh he's gonna be shocked by the answer. It's certainly not the answer that he wanted. So I'm further ado, let's get into it. So, regardless about how you feel about voter ID, right?
unknownIt's not about this is about ease of registration, right? The most common form of ID that everybody has is drop.
SPEAKER_14Good morning, good morning. Name is Deontay. Thank you for stopping by the chat. Thank you, thank you.
SPEAKER_44Watch this.
SPEAKER_14Happy Thursday.
unknownDo not have ideas. Right?
SPEAKER_50So my thoughts are a little bit different.
SPEAKER_41I gotta tell you, these democrats, um, how many of them uh don't have an idea, right? And uh he's gonna be shocked by the answer. It's certainly not the answer that he wanted. So I'll further ado, let's get into it. So, regardless about how you feel about over ID, right?
unknownIt's not about this is about the ease of registration, right? The most common form of ID that everybody has is dramas, right? We can hold a different era, I'll have a different generation. I probably feel a little bit different than about watching this.
SPEAKER_44I think we're here you not have ID.
unknownEverybody has ID, right?
SPEAKER_14So my thoughts are a little bit different, amazing.
SPEAKER_40I gotta tell you, these democrats stay getting humiliated, stay getting embarrassed, right?
SPEAKER_41This guy said, how many of you Negroes, how many of you don't have ID, right? Watch this, watch this. Oh wait, everybody got ID?
SPEAKER_40Well, I thought something differently, right? Of course you did. He thought something differently.
SPEAKER_14Now, this is a uh the state senate. This this is U.S. Senate chart the longest service senate, senators, the longest serving senators, the longest serving senators. You got Robert Bird in 15 years, of course. You got the Republican as well, out of the Republican and Democrats, it's 15 Democrats, nine Republicans that held the office the longest when it comes to being in the Senate. Held the seat the longest when they come to be in the Senate in the United States. Democrats all the time destroying America when it comes to the situation. You can look it up. Nine Republicans.
SPEAKER_41Yeah, I mean that that that is a narrative buster, right? This dude is in a black church. How many of you black folks, how many of you negroes uh don't have an idea, right? Because again, the the narrative from Democrat Party is that black people are too dumb to get ideas.
SPEAKER_14I got you, right? I got you. Well, how many chat?
SPEAKER_40How many of you Negroes can't read, right? How many of you Negroes got a computer in the house? Right. I mean seriously.
SPEAKER_14Good morning, good morning.
SPEAKER_40Seriously.
SPEAKER_14So yeah, man, I just looked this up this morning out of the US uh United States uh uh senators, 15 Democrats out of nine Republicans. The Democrats held the office the longest. That's crazy. Can't make that stuff up. You can look it up.
SPEAKER_40Yeah, this is what the Democrat Party thinks.
SPEAKER_41Black folks can't get ideas, black folks don't know how to use a computer, or right, they don't have access to computers, black people can't read, right? This is what they think. This is what they think. So this guy in his attempt to make a point here, uh backbarred hilariously. Um, but there is some real movement on this issue of the SAVE Act. Okay, the SAVE Act has sparked a conversation, a much needed conversation about voter ID, a conversation that Democrats don't want to have. And although at the federal level, the SAVE Act is uh stalling in the Senate because Republican leadership is weak, at the very least, on the state level, voters have an opportunity to implement the SAVE Act in their state, right? And it is on the ballot in some states or will be on the ballot in some states uh coming up in the midterms, right? Uh, but you also have some states like Florida, they are already passing their own version of the SAVE Act, and lo and behold, uh critics are claiming that this is going to suppress votes. So I'll further do, let's learn about what is happening in Florida with their version of the Save Act uh going into law that leftists already boo-hoo wine and crying about.
SPEAKER_04Good afternoon. I'm How Lasura.
SPEAKER_37And I'm Josh Benson. Thanks so much for being with us tonight.
SPEAKER_22A bill looking to heighten requirements for voters across the state just passed out of a House committee today.
SPEAKER_04It aims to streamline the voting process, but critics say it could force thousands of people off the voting rolls.
SPEAKER_30Channel 8's Mackenzie Laporte is inside the statehouse with this debate. The bill would essentially make voters hand over more information to prove U.S. citizenship, like a birth certificate or a passport before voting in this upcoming election season. Something critics say is a recipe for chaos. The bill passed along party lines with one side saying it aims to safeguard our elections, and the other side saying it blocks U.S. citizens from voting. We're gonna have to pay to defend it. I don't know how that makes any fiscal sense. And it's wrong on so many levels. With voting right advocates like Amy keeps saying, it wouldn't just be costly to defend, but also costly to seniors, students, and low-income Floridians. This is straight up voter suppression. I think a lot of the documents that they're asking people to produce, they cost a lot of money, right? And that it's really just it's just a modern-day poll tax. Despite the concerns seen in bold committee stomps, the bill is now one step closer to a full floor.
SPEAKER_41Amazing, absolutely amazing. It's too expensive to get an ID.
SPEAKER_14That's crazy. Life and subscribe, everybody. Life and subscribe. Let's grow together.
SPEAKER_41Thank you guys. Very interesting. I feel like when I got my birth certificate, it was like 10 bucks, right? In order for them to print it out and email it, right? When I asked for a copy, and it wasn't too long ago. So I'm very familiar with the process of getting uh documentation, like, for example, your your birth certificate. Um, yeah, it's it's it's not unreasonably expensive, right? I mean, let's be real. These people just make up anything, they just make stuff up. It's it's it's incredible, it really is. Uh, so this eventually did pass the legislator.
SPEAKER_04On the U at six, expected changes to voter ID rules could catch people off guard. State lawmakers approve legislation they say would safeguard elections from non-citizens voting. CBS News Miami's Ted Scouton is your reporter in Fort Lauderdale with what you need to know.
SPEAKER_21Florida Republicans in the legislature pass new rules for voter ID. It must show you're a citizen.
SPEAKER_51I think any time that the legislature is fixing problems that don't exist, uh, it's a waste of taxpayer dollars.
SPEAKER_21Voters are split. Can't you get like a Florida ID, even if you're not a driver's license? Yeah. Not a bad idea. Forms of ID that would be allowed include a certified U.S. birth certificate, a U.S. passport, a consular report of birth abroad, a Florida driver's license or ID indicating U.S. citizenship, a federal or state photo ID, or a federal court order granting citizenship.
SPEAKER_18We feel good about the bill we pass. Yeah, ultimately, all we're really seeking is wanting to make sure that the elections process in Florida is as pristine as possible.
SPEAKER_21Miami Garden State Senator Shepherd Jones says there is no evidence of fraud.
SPEAKER_03So all of this is performing, uh once again trying to fool uh the average person to make it seem as if there's something wrong with our booge system, when my colleagues themselves have made it clear uh that there's nothing wrong with our boogey system.
SPEAKER_41Well, I mean, I don't think anybody is saying that there's something wrong in Florida, specifically. I mean, I think Florida does a pretty damn good job, but that's because it's run by Republicans, right? Republicans are running the state, so therefore they do a good job, right? When it comes to, you know, simple things like counting votes, right? It's just about saying, hey, you know what, there's more than we can do, right? Yes, our elections are mostly secure, but that doesn't mean that we can't do more, right? Which again is a concept, a foreign concept of Democrats that, hey, you can never do enough to make sure that your elections are being safeguarded and that you don't have illegal voting. I mean, I covered a story about somebody, you know, who was um not a citizen that became a mayor, right? So you got uh, you know, people who are not citizens of you know being elected in places like Florida that are you know in the country illegally. Um, so you know, hey, you can never um have too much election integrity, to be honest with you.
SPEAKER_15So if you haven't already upgraded to your real ID, I would encourage everybody to do so, especially if you're planning to vote. And if you are a registered voter and you're planning to vote, the best thing everybody can do is to get their real ID.
SPEAKER_41Again, it's very simple, right? It's it's not that hard. Okay, but despite all this, Democrats are panicking and uh they're basically suing the state. Ron DeSantis has now signed this law, and let's listen to Ron DeSantis talk about how he knows that they're gonna get a bunch of people.
SPEAKER_25Uh leftist organizations over this. So I am excited to be able to sign this.
SPEAKER_26This is this is a big deal, but it isn't this big a deal in Florida because of all the hard work we've done over many, many years. And I think from the time Wilton was Senate president until probably 23. Uh that we had two or three year period where all these issues we just addressed in a very strong way. And you know what happens on all these? I sign it, they sue us, right? They go to a liberal judge, the liberal judge sides with them, then we appeal, and then we win, right? So that's probably what will happen on this.
SPEAKER_41I've just seen okay, but despite all this, Democrats are panicking and uh they're basically suing the state because Ron DeSantis has now uh signed this law.
SPEAKER_14And let's listen to Ron DeSantis talk about how he knows that it's gonna be breaking it all down. That's what's going on. Every time Trump does something, or the Republicans do something, some doggone Karen lawyer, Kevin Lawyer, your judge, do the dumb shit.
SPEAKER_25Uh leftist organizations over this. So I am excited to be able to sign this.
SPEAKER_26This is a big deal, but it is a big deal in Florida because of all the hard work we've done over many, many years. And I think from the time Wilton was Senate president until probably 23. Uh, that the we had two or three-year period for all these issues we just addressed in a very strong way. And you know what happens on all these? I sign it, they sue us, right? They go to a liberal judge, the liberal judge sides with them, then we appeal, and then we win, right?
SPEAKER_08So that's probably what will happen on this.
SPEAKER_26I've just seen it enough, I've seen the song and dance long enough. But it's funny because anything that that we do, we'll sign, they'll forum shop, they'll go to a and there's some judges who rule against us 100%, no matter what, no matter how many times they get reversed. So you do it, and then media. Oh, uh, judge rules against Florida election bill, like real. And then, you know, six months later, that decision gets reversed, and you won't find much reporting on it getting reversed, or just that initial one, right?
SPEAKER_14So we've had that, and I would say on our election, good morning.
unknown90 some percent have been have been overturned.
SPEAKER_14Good morning, good morning, judge. I think we've even gotten the US Supreme Court to do a stay.
SPEAKER_26So that's just par for the course. We understand that that's happening, and we do our best to be able to overcome that. But that's what I anticipate will happen with this. These changes aren't effective immediately, they're gonna be effective uh in the not too distant future. Nevertheless, I think they're gonna try to do it. And I know there's a lot of talk about different stuff with elections federally. You know, the Congress, um, you know, they've missed a lot of opportunities over the years uh to address, I think, some real problems in elections is one of them. I think there's a lot more that that could have been done with uh immigration uh to stop some of the madness that we see. Now, the border's great now since President Trump came in. But I want to visa fraud, there's all kinds of chain migration, birthright citizenship for people here illegally coming in, birth tourism from the CCP, sending people in, go on a three-week vacation, have a baby, get American citizenship for the baby, and then you go back to communist China? How is that making sense? And the Supreme Court is going to hear arguments about the 14th Amendment and whether that means citizenship applies to people that are not authorized to be here. Now, when the founder, well, it actually wasn't the founders, it was the Civil War generation, when the framers of that provision of the 14th Amendment, what they were trying to do was overturn the Dred Scott case, because the Dred Scott case said Dred Scott was not a citizen uh of the United States, which, you know, he was, you know, came from a family that you know Robert Carnival was brought here against their will. And then this is the only thing he knew, uh, much different than somebody coming illegally violating the law. So so Dred Scott lost the case, and Abraham Lincoln was very forceful in saying that was a bad decision and it shouldn't be followed. Lincoln said it shouldn't be followed. You know, now they'll say, oh, you know, you got to the courts are so sad. Lincoln said, I'm not, I'm not gonna follow that decision. Then when the Civil War ended, they did the 14th Amendment, and the idea was to clarify that no, Dred Scott should have won that case, and that he, as well as all the former slaves, were citizens of the United States. But then that has now been applied in ways that the framers of that provision would have never contemplated. Because, first of all, we didn't have coming to America was a big deal in 1865, 66. You just couldn't hop on a plane and get here, stay three weeks and hop on a plane and go back to a foreign country. That wasn't the way it worked, and so you they they weren't thinking in terms of people flooding in in violation of the law. But I think if you look at those clearly their intent was not to lead to what's happened, that's for sure. The question is, is what does the language actually say? How was that originally understood by the people that ratified it? And I think, I mean, you know, you look at the evidence of that, I don't think that they intended someone to just come here on a visit who's foreign, have a have a kid, then go back, and then that kid becomes uh an American citizen. That kind of cheapens the whole process when you make it a tourist uh thing rather than something that um you know was what they intended. So the court's gonna Yeah, so I I agree with DeSantis 100%.
SPEAKER_41Right. And um I kind of got lost in the sauce here listening to him because I was like, wow, this guy is presidential, right? I love the fact that you know he took the time to break down the Supreme Court case. Um I think that DeSantis is an underrated man. I really like DeSantis a lot. Uh I like him, I like Rubio, I like JD, but I like DeSantis the most as an executive. Okay, as a guy who has proven that he can get stuff done. Now, again, Florida's a rant state, so he has a lot of help, right? Uh, I'm not sure if he would get that type of help in Congress, but regardless, he knows how to get stuff done. He knows how to be an executive. And uh him getting Florida Save Act done is just another example of him, you know, showing that, hey, you know, we're willing to move, right? You know, this is something that the voters want, is extremely popular. Uh, let's get it done. Even though, again, in a state like Florida, it's not that big of a deal, right? Considering how their elections are already, you know, pretty good, right? Pretty legit, uh, they do it anyways, right? And uh that's what I like about DeSantis. And I think he makes a great point. Uh, but he is right about the fact that they're suing him already, right? So uh lawsuit filed minutes after DeSantis signs Florida's version of SAVE Act says bill targets a fictional threat. So you have attorney Mark Elias, a Democrat operative, filed a lawsuit challenging a new Florida election bill right after it was signed by Governor uh Ron DeSantis, seeking to block the law on first and fourth amendment grounds. Yeah, so you have multiple Democrat Party organizations and political activists who are speaking out about this. Okay, they're suing the state of Florida already. Apparently, the NAACP is involved, right? On behalf of the Florida NAACP and Florida Alliance for Retired Americans moments after Ron DeSantis Don Florida's latest voter suppression bill into law, my firm sued, right? So they're suing on behalf of blacks, right? And older people who apparently uh can't get IDs, right, can't get passports, can't get um citizenship documents, right? Birth certificate. Apparently they can't get these things, okay, according to Democrats. So uh the point is that um just because the SAVE Act is stalling at the federal level, that doesn't mean that people can't do something about it at the state level. Uh, you can get out and vote, okay, uh in order to implement the SAVE Act in your state if it's on the ballot. You have Republicans in some of these radio states already moving to pass their own version of the SAVE Act. So there's definitely momentum on this issue. Uh, it's just about capitalizing on that momentum and getting this implemented uh across the country as much as we can, even if we can't get it at the federal level. Uh, regardless, this conversation has really exposed how silly.
SPEAKER_01No, no, no, this is not AI. This is actually Trump trolling. Tonight I'm making a little speech at nine o'clock. And basically, I'm gonna uh I'm gonna tell everybody how great I am.
SPEAKER_42I want to really see something to say. Take a look what happened.
SPEAKER_01Thank you very much. My fellow Americans, good evening. Let me begin by congratulating the team at NASA and our brave astronauts on the successful launch of Artemis II. It was quite something. It will be traveling further than any manned rocket has ever flown and will very substantially pass the moon, go around it and come back home from a distance that has never been done before. It's amazing. Just one month since the United States military began Operation Epic Fury, targeting the world's number one state sponsor of terror, Iran. In these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield. Victories like few people have ever seen before. Tonight, Iran's Navy is gone. Their air force is in ruins. Their leaders, most of them, terrorist regime they led, are now dead. Their command and control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps being decimated as we speak. Their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed, and their weapons, factories, and rocket launchers are being blown to pieces. Very few of them left. Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and devastating large-scale losses in a matter of weeks. Our enemies are losing in America, as it has been for five years under my presidency, is winning and now winning bigger than ever before. Before discussing this current situation, I also want to thank our troops for the masterful job they did in taking the country of Venezuela in a matter of minutes. That it was quick, lethal, violent, and respected by everyone all over the world. After rebuilding our military during my first term, we have by far the strongest military anywhere in the world. And now we're working along with Venezuela, are in a true sense joint venture partners. We're getting along incredibly well in the production and sale of massive amounts of oil and gas. The second largest reserves on earth after the United States of America. We're now totally independent of the Middle East, and yet we are there to help. We don't have to be there. We don't need their oil. We don't need anything they have, but we're there to help our allies. Tonight I want to provide an update on the tremendous progress our warriors have made in Iran and discuss why Operation Epic Fury is necessary for the safety of America and the security of the free world. From the very first day I announced my campaign for president in 2015, I have vowed that I would never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. This fanatical regime has been chanting death to America, death to Israel for 47 years. Their proxies were behind the murder of 241 Americans in the marine barracks bombing in Beirut, the slaughter of hundreds of our service members with roadside bombs. They were involved in the attack on the USS Cole, and they carried out the countless other heinous acts, including the blood, just horrible, bloody atrocities of October 7th in Israel. Something that most people have never seen anything like it. This murderous regime also recently killed 45,000 of their own people who were protesting in Iran.
SPEAKER_1445,000 dead for these terrorists who have nuclear weapons that be intolerable.
SPEAKER_01A nuclear shield. He was an evil genius, brilliant person, a horrible human being, however, the father of the roadside bomb. And he lived just horrible what he did. Iran would have been perhaps in a far better, stronger position. He lived, we would have had probably a different conversation tonight. But you know what? We'd still be winning and winning big. And then very importantly, I terminated Barack Hussein Obama's Iran nuclear deal, a disaster. Obama gave them $1.7 billion in cash. Green, green cash. Took it out of banks from Virginia, DC, and Maryland, all the cash they had. Flew it by airplanes in an attempt to buy their respect and loyalty, but it didn't work. They laughed at our president and went on with their mission to have a nuclear bomb. His Iran deal would have led to a colossal arsenal of massive nuclear weapons for Iran. They would have had them years ago and they would have used them, would have been a different world. There would have been no Middle East and no Israel right now, in my opinion, the opinion of a lot of great experts. Had I not terminated that terrible deal, and I was I was so honored to do it. I was so proud to do it. It was so bad right from the beginning. Essentially, I did what no other president was willing to do. They made mistakes, and I am correcting them. For this reason, in June, I ordered a strike on Iran's key nuclear facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer. Nobody's ever seen anything like it. Those beautiful B-2 bombers performed magnificently. We totally obliterated those nuclear sites. The regime then sought to rebuild their nuclear program at a totally different location, making clear they had no intention of abandoning their pursuit of nuclear weapons. They were also rapidly building a vast stockpile of conventional ballistic missiles and would soon have had missiles that could reach the American homeland, Europe, and virtually any other place on earth. Iran's strategy was so obvious. They wanted to produce as many missiles as possible, and they did with the longest range possible. And they had some weapons that nobody believed they had. We just learned that we took them out, we took them all out so that no one would really dare stop them. And their race for a nuclear bomb, a nuclear weapon, a nuclear weapon like nobody's ever seen before. They were right at the doorstep. For years, everyone has said that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons, but in the end, those are just words if you're not willing to take action when the time comes. As I stated in my announcement of Operation Epic Fury, our objectives are very simple and clear. We are systematically dismantling the regime's ability to threaten America or project power outside of their borders. That means eliminating Iran's Navy, which is now absolutely destroyed, hurting their Air Force and their missile program at levels never seen before, and annihilating their defense industrial base. We've done all of it. Their Navy is gone, their air force is gone, their missiles are just about used up or beaten. Taken together, these actions will cripple Iran military, crush their ability to support terrorist proxies and deny them the ability to build a nuclear bomb. Our armed forces have been extraordinary. There's never been anything like it militarily. Everyone is talking about it. And tonight I'm pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are nearing completion. As we celebrate this progress, we think especially of the 13 American warriors who have laid down their lives in this fight to prevent our children from ever having to face a nuclear Iran. Twice this past month I have traveled to Dover Air Force Base, and it's been something I wanted to be with those heroes as they return to Americans. So when I was with them and their families, their parents, their wives, husbands, we salute them, and now we must honor them by completing the mission for which they gave their lives. And every single one of the people, their loved ones, said, please, sir, please finish the job, every one of them. And we are going to finish the job, but we're going to finish it very fast. We're getting very close. I want to thank our allies in the Middle East, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain. They've been great, and we will not let them get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form. Many Americans have been concerned to see the recent rise in gasoline prices here at home. This short-term increase has been entirely the result of the Iranian regime launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers and neighboring countries that have nothing to do with the conflict. This is yet more proof that Iran can never be trusted with nuclear weapons. They will use them and they will use them quickly. It would lead to decades of extortion, economic pain, and instability worse than we can ever imagine. The United States has never been better prepared economically to confront this threat. You all know that we built the strongest economy in history. We're going through it right now, the strongest in history. In one year, we've taken a dead and crippled country. I hate to say that, but we were a dead and crippled country after the last administration and made it the hottest country anywhere in the world by far with no inflation, record-setting investments coming into the United States over $18 trillion, and the highest stock market ever, with 53 all-time record highs in just one year. It all positioned us to get rid of a cancer that has long simmered. It's known as the nuclear Iran, and they didn't know what was coming. They've never imagined it. Remember, because of our drill a baby drill program, America has plenty of gas. We have so much gas. Under my leadership, we are number one producer of oil and gas on the planet without even discussing the millions of barrels that we're getting from Venezuela. Because of the Trump administration's policies, we produce more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. Think of that. Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. And that number will soon be substantially higher than that. There's no country like us anywhere in the world, and we're in great shape for the future. The United States imports almost no oil through the Hormouth Strait and won't be taking any in the future. We don't need it. We haven't needed it and we don't need it. We've beaten and completely decimated Iran. They are decimated both militarily and economically and every other way. And the countries of the world that do receive oil through the Hormone Strait must take care of that passage. They must cherish it. They must grab it and cherish it. They can do it easily. We will be helpful, but they should take the lead in protecting the oil that they so desperately depend on. So to those countries that can't get fuel, many of which refuse to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, we had to do it ourselves. I have a suggestion. Number one, buy oil from the United States of America. We have plenty, we have so much. And number two, build up some delayed courage. Should have done it before, should have done it with us, as we ask. Go to the strait and just take it, protect it, use it for yourselves. Iran has been essentially decimated. The hard part is done, so it should be easy. And in any event, when this conflict is over, the strait will open up naturally. It'll just open up naturally. They're going to want to be able to do that. Just like he said in his true social post. All they have to try and rebuild. It will resume the flowing and the gas prices will rapidly come back down. Stock prices will rapidly go back up. They haven't come down very much, frankly. They came down a little bit, but they've had some very good days over the last couple of days. We've done actually much better than I thought. But we had to take that little journey to Iran to get rid of this horrible threat. With our historic tax cuts, where people are just now talking about receiving larger refunds than they ever thought possible. They are getting so much more money than they thought. That's from the great big beautiful bill. Our economy is strong and improving by the day, and it will soon be roaring back like never before. It will top the levels that it was a month ago. I've made clear from the beginning of Operation Epic Fury that we will continue until our objectives are fully achieved. Thanks to the progress we've made. I can say tonight that we are on track to complete all of America's military objectives shortly, very shortly. We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next three weeks.
SPEAKER_14Thank you so much.
SPEAKER_01We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing. Thank you not our goal. We never said regime change, but regime change has occurred because of all of their original leaders' death. They're all dead. The new group is less radical and much more reasonable. Yet, if during this period of time no deal is made, we have our eyes on key targets. If there is no deal, we are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously. We have not hit their oil, even though that's the easiest target of all, because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding. But we could hit it and it would be gone, and there's not a thing they could do about it. They have no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force. The nuclear sites that we obliterated with the B-2 bombers have been hit so hard that it would take months to get near the nuclear dust, and we have it under intense satellite surveillance and control. If we see them make a move, even a move for it, we'll hit them with missiles very hard again. We have all the guards, they have none.
SPEAKER_14It's very important in perspective.
SPEAKER_01American involvement in World War I lasted one year, seven months and five days. The Korean War lasted for three years, one month, and two days. The Vietnam War lasted for 19 years, five months and 29 days. Iraq went on for eight years, eight months, and 28 days. We are in this military operation, so powerful, so brilliant, against one of the most powerful countries for thank you, guys.
SPEAKER_14Thank you, thank you.
SPEAKER_01And the country has been eviscerated and essentially is really no longer a threat. They were the bully of the Middle East, but they're the bully no longer. This is a true investment in your children and your grandchildren's future. The whole world is watching, and they can't believe the power, strength, and brilliance. They just can't believe what they're seeing. They leave it to your imagination, but they can't believe what they're seeing, the brilliance of the United States military. Tonight, every American can look forward to a day when we are finally free from the wickedness of Iranian aggression and the specter of nuclear black bill. Because of the actions we have taken, we are on the cusp of ending Iran's sinister threat to America and the world. And I'll tell you, the world is watching. And when we do, when it's all over, the United States will be safer, stronger, more prosperous, and greater than it has ever been before. May God bless the men and women of the United States Armed Forces and may God bless the United States of America. Thank you very much and good night.
SPEAKER_32We are approaching the top of the hour as we take a live look over Tel Aviv and Israel. I want to get to the latest here on Operation.
SPEAKER_14This is about 55 minutes ago.
SPEAKER_32And at this point, it looks like it could be another two, maybe three weeks, according to President Trump, until that operation is fully complete. Iran also continuing with the chokehold there, so to speak, on the Strait of War moves, with British officials planning a call with about 30 other countries about how to reopen the strait. President Trump insists the strait can be taken by force, but explained that other countries must, quote, build some delayed courage and quote, go take it. Trump maintains Iran's military has been, quote-unquote, decimated. A spokesperson for Iran's military, though claiming his country has hidden stockpiles of arms, munitions, and production facilities. Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim Zolagari said, quote, the centers you think you have targeted are insignificant, and our strategic military productions take place in locations of which you have no knowledge and will never reach. Just before President Trump began his address to the nation last night, explosions were heard in Dubai as air defenses worked to intercept an Iranian missile barrage. After the president was done, Israel said its military was also working to intercept incoming missiles as sirens sounded in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet. Want to pop this up on your screen coming in from the Department of War rapid response team. This is part of that address to the nation last night from President Trump. It says, quote, in these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield. Tonight, Iran's Navy is gone. Their Air Force is in ruins. Also mentioned here that we did have some new video coming in from CENTCOM. Want to pop this up on your screen as well. This is from uh really just about an hour ago, as they released that, along with uh little information here. Now, uh U.S.
SPEAKER_14Central Command has been releasing these videos over the past several days, several weeks.
SPEAKER_32And also the footage, a quote from CentCom Commander here. Uh that is, of course, Admiral Ryan Cooper puts this up to give you a look at that quote. As it says, now in our fifth week of the campaign, it is my operational assessment that we are making undeniable progress. We don't see their Navy sailing, we don't see their aircraft flying, and their air and missile defense systems have largely been destroyed. Again, that is a quote here from Admiral Brad Cooper, the CENTCOM commander. I mentioned President Trump's address to the nation last night, about 20 minutes in length, but want to play a portion where he talks just a little bit about uh where things stand at this point. This was essentially the start of that speech.
SPEAKER_01As we speak this evening, it's been just one month since the United States military began Operation Epic Fury, targeting the world's. Number one state sponsor of terror, Iran.
SPEAKER_14Light Spring, swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield.
SPEAKER_01Victories like few people have ever seen before. Their air force is in ruins. Their leaders, most of them, terrorist regime they led are now dead. Their command and control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is being decimated as we speak. Their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed, and their weapons, factories, and rocket launchers are being blown to pieces. Very few of them left. Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and devastating large-scale losses in a matter of weeks.
SPEAKER_32However, we are also hearing some new information that is coming in out of Tehran. Take a look here at some of the video of that for Iran's military claims. His country has hidden stockpiles of arms, munitions, and production facilities. Again, that is a quote from Lieutenant Colonel Abraham Zolagari, who said, quote, the centers you think you have targeted are insignificant, and our strategic military productions take place in locations of which you have no knowledge and will never reach. Again, there is so much to this, so I do want to bring in a friend of the show here. We have Mark Chandler, who is the director of government relations at Coastal Carolina University and professor of practice, also a former senior defense intelligence official. Mark, as always, we definitely appreciate you taking the time to join us and uh helping to break down all of the latest developments here. Well, good morning, Josh, and thanks for having me today. Of course. And first off, I want to talk to you just a little bit about what we heard from that Iranian military spokesperson saying that they have underground hidden ammo, munitions, arms, uh, production facilities, all of that hidden underground. Any surprise? And do you really put any, I guess, uh thought into what Iran and their leadership even has to say?
SPEAKER_38Well, you know, on something like this, you've got to look at how Iran is gonna focus on the bluster and really try to stand up and not show any weakness in the face of the military pounding that they're taking at this time. Um, but but I do want to put some stock in what he says in regards to their underground storage facilities. You know, that's one of the hardest parts. They do have an extensive underground storage and production capability, and so we know that. Uh obviously, we our intelligence has been behind every aspect of that. You saying you showed some CentCon video a few minutes ago that that shows going after these attacks, going after these facilities. And so, yes, they have them. Have we taken out every single one of them? I would say that's that's difficult to judge at this point. So I think he's speaking with a lot of bluster, but there's a basis of truth in what he's saying because they do have extensive underground production and storage facilities. That's that's where they're gonna keep getting some of these missiles and some of these drones from as we go in there and methodically start to take them out. And so when we look at the next few weeks that President Trump was talking about last night and that he's talked about before, is intelligence is gonna work heavy to identify all those facilities and start to eliminate them, or at least eliminate the Iranian access to them.
SPEAKER_34It was a Democratic vow. This veteran is truly hurt by these black, this veteran, Jennings has a this veteran is truly hurt by what the Democrats have. These black liberals need this wake-up call. The Republican Party has either not told its story well, or the story has been hidden and contained by the liberal media. Uh there would be no voter rights act if it had Republican Senate and House members. They would it would not be the legislature we have today. It was Republicans who stood up for that stuff. The Democrats weren't a racist back in those days. They it was a Democratic battle, and those Democratic governors weren't a racist. But again, you know, history has been kind of rewritten.
SPEAKER_17The Republican Party in Texas was started on the 4th of July, 1867, in Houston, Texas, by 150 blacks to 20 whites. Two of our first three statewide Republican chairmen were African Americans. These black liberals mean this.
SPEAKER_32Talking a little bit about President Trump's address to the nation last night, it was about 20 minutes in length. He talked about the goals of the war, what has happened so far, what happens next, saying essentially that two to three weeks more until Iran, their regime, is essentially wiped out, gone there. So what I wanted to ask you is what stood out to you about the remarks from President Trump? Is there anything that you were maybe hoping to hear that you didn't? What stood out to you overall?
SPEAKER_38Well, if I can kind of start at what I was hoping not to hear, and that, and that is, I was hoping we wouldn't hear a deadline. Uh, and the and the reason when I say deadline, I'm talking about significant strikes over two to three weeks, at least publicly, because the military has to work on objectives. Give me the objectives, and I will work to eliminate the objectives or create an opportunity, what we call an end state, for you to have an end state, a successful operation or achieve your objectives out there. If we're publicly telling the adversary, and in this case, Iran, you know, we're giving you two weeks, and then we're gonna fight you for that, and then we're gonna ease up after that. All they know they've got to do is hold out for two weeks. Let's not be so public about a timeline. Let's let's let this play out. And it could have to play out, Josh, for another month or two months to achieve the military objectives we need to accomplish everything we're trying to do. So that's that's what I was kind of hoping I wouldn't hear is let's don't put a timeline on military operations. They're very fluid and dynamic. We're having phenomenal success, but don't tell everyone how long it has to hold out. Now, as for some other aspects of it, I like how he laid out the objectives. We're going after the nuclear weapons program. We have set that nuclear weapons program back years, if not at least a decade. I mean, yes, we pounded the facilities, we've gone after things. So we have gone after their entire production capacity, a lot of their development. We haven't taken out their knowledge, although we've killed a lot of scientists and engineers. We haven't taken out the knowledge that's there, but it's going to take them years to rebuild it. So tremendous success there. We we're working on taking out their ability to export uh offensive operations around the region. Yes, they're still doing it, but not at the level that they were. You know, they have to wait a little while before they can mass the type of missile barrages that they were early. So you'll see that capability, but we're eliminating that, having tremendous success looking at that. You know, he did talk about the Straits of Hormuz. And I think his language last night was a little bit softer than he has been in some of the other public discussions about that. But but no, we don't get our oil from the Strait of Hormuz. Our allies do. And I think what he did is he put a marker to the allies that if you want this open, you have to help. Two things with the U.S. military. We do have the capability to open the Straits of Hamooves and to conduct those operations. But right now, with the offensive we're doing, we don't have the capacity to do it. So those other nations need to step up. And I think today they may have started that with that meeting they're having in Europe. So I like how he laid that out, and I really like uh because I've written about this before, so it's kind of an opinion here, is how he laid out the history of how Iran has destabilized the Middle East for 47 years. You know, through their negotiations, through their export of terrorism, through their threat to gain a nuclear weapon, I think he laid that out very well. And they have been personally directly responsible for killing thousands of Americans. So I think that case got laid out. If we can just start to get past the point of we're fighting, now let's understand and work our way through. So I thought overall it was very good.
SPEAKER_32President Trump, uh, during that speech, he essentially called this a decisive time as the operation uh moves forward here. And he's talking about the operation as a whole and taking out the current Iranian regime. Do you agree with that uh assessment saying that this is a decisive moment, not just for the U.S., but also for the Middle East?
SPEAKER_38Well, uh, two perspectives on your question, Josh. So hopefully I'll get in front of them right when I when I get to this. I think we're at a one of the describe.
SPEAKER_14Thank you guys. Thank you, thank you.
SPEAKER_38The international economy, all emanating from this one area. You know, they controlled the streets of Hormuz and shut it down before, and there's been no significant retribution, so they still maintain that capacity. So we're we're looking at a change. Pretty much my entire adult life, I've dealt with this Iranian not thorn in our side, but complete theocratic, autocratic control uh of this regime over so much of not just the region but the world. Now, on the second thing about this regime, we could be reaching a culminating point. You know, if we hit them hard for the next two to three weeks, we could be at what we call the culminating point of starting to create a crack. Notice I didn't say we're gonna get rid of the regime, but starting to create a crack, and people need to understand 47 years of indoctrination uh by this by this regime, by the Islamic regime, and the and the religious fanatics that control that have created multi-layers that we have to work our way through to crack an opening for the people to rise up. They they fear getting out in the streets, they fear going after because there's still such control, and and it's integrated in just about every point of society, Josh, when you look at how the IRGC, not only are they military, they're security, internal security, and they're part of the society and the whole economy. So it's so integrated, we have to get down through multiple levels. And I think the weak point now, or actually the point I would go after, is crack the IRGC and some political individuals kind of if we can create a crack in there, what we would call the center of gravity for military operations, then you're gonna see that open. Can we do it in the timeline the president laid out is the big question.
SPEAKER_32Talking about the Gulf Arab Nations, uh, we know I mentioned this a short time ago that we were hearing uh some explosions that were reported over in Dubai in the UAE. Essentially, it sounds as though those were because of interceptions of missiles that were fired by Iran. But as you see Iran firing not just at US assets, not just at Israel, but uh essentially at these Gulf Arab nations, is it likely that they do want to play a role overall in entering this conflict, entering the war more so than they have so far?
SPEAKER_38I you know, I'm I'm a little surprised they haven't at this time started more offensive operations, Josh. I know that they are encouraging us behind the scenes and even some in public to continue this and press on till this Islamic regime is removed. So we do have their support in that regard. You know, but what we need is we need to take some of the pressure off of our offensive requirements that we have out there. But but there's there's a trade-off that we have to look at. If I incorporate all these other nations into my offensive operations, that adds a degree of complexity to the military campaign. And now I have to coordinate with units and aircraft, which is a very complex situation that I don't normally fly with. So maybe let's just keep this in an area where it's the U.S. and Israel flying together for what we call deconfliction purposes and try to avoid the fratricide friendly incidents like we had with Kuwait and the F-15s early on in the campaign. Let's avoid that. Allow us to continue our operations and perhaps bring them into the fight a little bit more willing. Maybe we can use them against the Houthis who have started to who entered the fight last weekend. Maybe we can use UAE and Saudi Arabia, since they previously fought the Houthis, to take some of that pressure off of us so we don't have to worry about that. We can start to work. I think they want to get involved. I think their their times, decades of appeasement to the Iraq Islamic regime are over. We just have to figure out a way to get them in there without creating more problems for our operations out there.
SPEAKER_32As far as uh watching this whole situation play out again, we have been watching very closely. You and I have discussed this a lot, talking about the developments that take place pretty much hour by hour, day by day, a lot of different developments. So the president, as you mentioned, did suggest that all of this could wrap up in a matter of weeks. So, realistically speaking, what would have to happen for this to be over, for this to end?
SPEAKER_38Well, well, Josh, I'm gonna look at, let me start with the objectives he laid out. Eliminate their nuclear capability, their ability to gain a nuclear weapon. That's done. Eliminate or degrade their ability to launch ballistic missiles against their neighbors and the drone attacks. In other words, to hold the region at hostage with these offensive capabilities since they've gone after all these economic targets across the Gulf states uh throughout the region. So eliminate that, take that down to the capability out there, and then gain control of the Straits of Hamous, reopen that. Although it wasn't necessarily a smart objective, you know, we're distancing ourselves from that, that's part of what we're doing. And then stop the export of terror and destabilization activity uh via the proxies and Iranian military operating throughout the region. We're doing well on those objectives, but but I would say that we need to look at the tactical situation, and that's where we're winning. We are winning hands down the tactical battles. Yes, they're firing back, uh, but we're defending against that. Strategically, if this regime stays in place, they will always control the Straits over Moose. So, how do we get to the point to get to talks? And remember, Iran, uh, I don't want to underestimate our adversary. Iran has successfully strung along the United States and Western powers for 40-something years through negotiation. So we have to recognize and give them their due and understand who we're who we're negotiating with. And so when I do that, how do I open the straits? How do I get those other objectives that we're doing so well militarily and then open the straits or remove because of the economic impact? But keep it open in perpetuity, not just for short term where Iran can close it at any time it wants. That's the threat we're gonna have to kind of keep to the future. We're weeks out, I believe, from having that set up.
SPEAKER_32And this is kind of jumping around because I know I've been jumping all over the place, but there are so many different topics and so many different developments. And you touched on this when we were talking about the Gulf Arab nations, but also want to discuss the fact that uh essentially you have reports of many of these different nations talking about the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, uh, others as well that are privately, secretly there behind closed doors, telling President Trump to actually continue the operation and weaken Iran even further, saying that the current Iranian regime and the IRGC have not been weakened enough just yet. Why is that happening behind closed doors potentially there rather than out loud in front of everyone?
SPEAKER_38Well, well, Josh, this goes to the Arab approach to how they have dealt with the Iranians for so long. You know, there's not one Arab nation. Maybe Ghadr has a better relationship uh with Iran, or had before it came under all of these attacks, a better relationship with Iran than most of the other Arab states. But it's you know, I used the word appeasement earlier. It's just, okay, we're gonna accept that Iran, this regime that wants to control the entire Middle East, you know, has been behaving in a manner that's conducive to our economic interest. And we know that they won't take the final steps that are gonna damage us economically or close out our lifeline, which is the Strait of Ramuse. That Iran changed the entire dynamic on day two of this campaign with all of their attacks against the Middle East, but still, the Arabs don't want to go and confront you publicly. They will talk about this privately, even though you know they just dislike Iran tremendously, have wanted to have them removed for years, they still don't want to go public with that. It's part of the Arab culture and how I deal with my adversary. You know, they may fight them, but I'm not gonna talk about them publicly. And there's also, I gotta be honest with you, there's a little bit of hedging the bets that this regime survives. So they'll be able to backchannel some communication saying, we didn't enter the fight against you, so please open up the straits. So I would say there's part of the Arab culture, and then part of that, I'm hedging my bets that the regime survives through all of this fight.
SPEAKER_32And I'm gonna pop up a live book over Beirut at this hour because something that we don't talk about enough necessarily is the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group and the fact that they are launching uh essentially these strikes at Israel as well. A lot of this uh involves Hezbollah, and a lot of the focus has been on Iran. Again, important to note that this is an Iran-backed terror group. Can you explain for the folks out there kind of the role that the Hezbollah terror group, uh, again, backed by Iran, does play in all of this? All right, unfortunately, it looks like we have lost Mark Chandler again. Uh, Coastal Carolina University, a great friend of the show who helps break down all of the top stories related to Iran.
SPEAKER_11But in the meantime, I do want to pivot to some more headlines, international ones at that, that we are still uh covering for you here at Live Nav from Fox, and some developing views uh in regards to the US and Venezuela and some of those relations there. Bringing up here some images of the acting president Delcy Rodriguez. So the Associated Press saying this the U.S. just yesterday lifted sanctions on Venezuela's acting president, according to an Office of Foreign Assets Control entry on the Treasury Department website. The newly announced sanctions relief is the latest U.S. recognition of Rodriguez as a legitimate authority in Venezuela ever since the US military captured her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, on January 3rd in Venezuela's capital of Caracas. The pair have been taken to New York to face drug trafficking charges and both have pled not guilty. But I want to stay with these developments. Joining us next into the conversation is gonna be William Leogrand. He is a specialist in Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America with American University. Willian, good morning. Good to have you on today.
SPEAKER_27Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER_11So this is a major development when it comes to the US and Venezuela, what those operations are looking like at this moment. But can you explain to us a little bit what the primary objective was for the U.S. to lift these sanctions against the acting president?
SPEAKER_27Well, as a sanctioned person, U.S. businesses were not able to engage in any kind of transactions with President Rodriguez. And she's proven to be a very cooperative partner with the United States ever since she became president. And I think this is an effort on the administration to be able to smooth the revival of the Venezuelan economy and enable U.S. businesses to get in there and begin to rebuild the oil sector and restart the Venezuelan economy, which is what the administration has said is our priority right now.
SPEAKER_11Something else that was interesting, uh, given Introduction I just made was uh that the Associated Press said that this release relief is the latest U.S. recognition of Rodriguez as the legitimate authority there in Venezuela. William, how does that impact efforts we've seen from the opposition party, particularly Maria Karina Machado, who has been in the US and is also working closely with members of the U.S. government?
SPEAKER_27Well, it it leaves the opposition out in the cold, frankly. Uh I think there's general agreement that the opposition won the 2024 election and pretty overwhelmingly. Um, but I think the United States' objective right now, the president's objective, is to stabilize the country. And it would have been problematic to try to bring uh Corrida Machado back in or the opposition back in and put them in charge, because there are multiple armed groups in Venezuela, all of whom would see their interests threatened by the opposition taking power right away, and it would have been very hard to maintain stability on the islands. Or in Venezuela, excuse me.
SPEAKER_11No worries. We are gonna get to a couple of questions on Cuba because originally that's what we were gonna talk about of breaking down the uh political situation and really the humanitarian issue in Cuba. Um, but just one more kind of note here when it comes to Venezuela, uh, how are other international actors also responding to this and how the US is conducting or trying to conduct negotiations with the Latin American country? Uh, have we heard from uh places like uh Russia, for example?
SPEAKER_27No, there hasn't been much uh response. Uh initially, of course, Russia, China, Cuba all condemned the uh capture of President Maduro. But since that time, I think they're they're interested in trying to maintain their own interests on the island, which are primarily commercial. The United States did agree to allow China to continue to do business with Venezuela. So I think that was an important development in terms of trying to stabilize the international context around the government uh change there.
SPEAKER_11So this is a developing and breaking news story, still a lot of questions that are left to be answered. We'll be touching in on this uh a little later on throughout the next several weeks. Of course, it's a story we're following. Uh William, let's turn now to another situation that we have been covering also for the last several weeks. It is the situation down in Cuba and really what the state of the economy is there at this time. I want to bring up some images that we are getting um, you know, out and around the island. Let's just assess the current situation in terms of energy, the fuel crisis, uh, what is the impact they're seeing in daily lives, and also the humanitarian situation as a whole, some of the challenges that some of these organizations are facing when trying to help the Cuban population.
SPEAKER_27Well, the situation is really desperate on right now. Um, you can't run a modern economy without energy. And the Cuban government really is running very short of fuel ever since the United States uh first halted the shipment of Venezuelan oil to the island, and then imposed this oil blockade in which the president threatened to impose tariffs on other countries sending uh oil to Cuba, either as humanitarian or as the commercial venture. So uh lights are out more hours than they are on. Um there are shortages of food. Um, you know, hospitals are are in a difficult situation because not only does the electricity go out, but they don't have fuel to run the generators to keep things going. Um public transportation has broken down for lack of fuel. Um factories are closing because they don't have electricity. So the situation is bad and it's getting worse.
SPEAKER_11Recently, we did see that a Russian tanker was able to reach the island there amid that critical energy shortage. And kind of going back to some of the comments we've heard from President Trump, a few times we've heard him say things uh to the effect of Cuba is next in regards to the Trump administration, what they're focusing on in terms of foreign policy. Uh how is that specifically being interpreted? What are the goals that the U.S. is trying to achieve with its latest decisions regarding Cuba?
SPEAKER_27You know, a couple of months ago, uh the administration issued a new national security strategy document in which it uh called for U.S. preeminence in the Western Hemisphere. And I think what we're seeing is first Venezuela, uh next Cuba, and perhaps after that Nicaragua, the administration really going after uh regimes in the Western Hemisphere that have historically been adversaries of the United States. Uh so I think that's that's the aim. Um, whether or not the administration is seeking a full, complete collapse of the Cuban government, a replacement of the Cuban government, or something more like the Venezuelan situation, where the government simply becomes uh more open to cooperation with the United States, more open to U.S. investors, U.S. commerce, um, that's going to be really critical. Uh the Cubans have been signaling recently that they're open to some kind of economic accommodation. We know that there's a dialogue going on between the two sides, but we don't really know very much about it, how far advanced it is, or what uh items have been put on the agenda.
SPEAKER_11William, still so many questions left with this as well. Uh, all of this, uh, it develops so quickly, and really just every day we get a new update coming out of U.S. involvement in several parts of the world. Uh, so I guess I've had a question for you today would be as we're watching all of this unfold, specifically within Latin America, what are you keeping up with? Um, what are you focusing on? And what should viewers really pay attention to in terms of exactly when the Trump administration is saying, we're gonna focus on Venezuela, we're gonna focus on Cuba and other Latin American countries in the region.
SPEAKER_27I think the key thing to watch is what does the United States really want to get out of this? There is a risk in the Cuban case that this economic pressure could cause real social collapse, and that could lead to a migration crisis, like we saw in 1980 in the Marielle boat lift or 1994 and the rafters crisis, where thousands and thousands of Cubans uh try to come to the United States because living conditions have gotten so bad. Uh, clearly, the administration doesn't want to see that. So I think they are, on the one hand, using economic sanction.
SPEAKER_43It's about using your legal rights to take control before you just use the door if he wants to get inside McDonald. Oh man, where are the police? Where's the mayor? Why does no one get why is this normal in New York?
SPEAKER_14This is New York.
SPEAKER_43New York now. People just destroyed it.
SPEAKER_28Meanwhile, we got balls breaking out of town after the school bells rang, punches were thrown outside of McDonald's. Only to end with an ambulance flashing itself getting into fight. It's gonna be flight with her bag of McDonald's in her hands, come on, at least a dozen other things kids could have been doing.
SPEAKER_43This is just me. That doesn't follow what they need to recital. He's gonna get what they know. The police know they know. Normally, when people put the cuffs on you, wise up.
SPEAKER_09The Pokemon store guy similar items is taking special precautions, so it won't fall victim to the same type of attack. I look as soon as reporter Anthony Carlos with those shop owners.
SPEAKER_42Tonight at Creating Time stores across the city, there's a game going on. I have a whole new lock system coming with a bell, so customers will walk in.
SPEAKER_43We're not just talking about the game of you can't even walk into the store anymore. They're gonna have to let you in. They're gonna bet you.
SPEAKER_14They're upset about this. Hold on, let's get to this right here. Stick to the whole thing about the ID situation.
SPEAKER_53Understandably so, right? When you're being investigated for money, breaking down. Rashida to leave her buddy, Rashida, too. I mean, they're freaking out. I mean, understandably so, right? And when you're being investigated for money laundering, when you're being uh looked at as a potential possible possible leaker or spy, Rashida, I'm looking at you. I mean, uh allegations are flying, and they're just so upset about everything. They're upset about the fraud investigation, they're upset that Donald Trump was born, they're upset that oh, he wants voter ID, and he's gonna get voter ID, the Save America Act, as it is known. So Rashida and and Ilhan are both out speaking about this wherever and whenever they can. And um, I guess Ilhan decided to take to some event there last night in Minneapolis in that area in her district, and I guess forgot the makeup, but we'll we'll leave that aside. Here she is, going on and on, and she seems increasingly nervous. And I just have to ask you this question. She's gonna say at some point, think about this 50% of America is not gonna be able to vote. 50% of America does not have an ID. Excuse me, Ilhan? I mean, who the heck is voting for you?
SPEAKER_07We are looking at in Washington, D.C. is the SAFE Act, um, which is a piece of legislation um that um is in regards to uh they say creating a safe um election, and we say it is a bill that disenfranchises um half of the population in the United States.
SPEAKER_53Woo! Half the population in the United States of America, you're disenfranchised half the population's not gonna be able to vote. I think that might just be a little teeny tiny bit of an exaggeration, a fraudulent claim that we shall say, no, Ilhan. I'm sorry, like if you can't get it, if you can't get an ID, I don't know what to tell you. You need an ID literally for everything. Every year when I register my kids for school, I need IDs, right? You know, I I have some kids in private school, some in public, and in the public school, you gotta I gotta show everything. I gotta show where I live, I I gotta I gotta divulge it all, right? Like all kinds of requirements just to go to school. Just to go to school for my kid to go to school. So guess what? If I walk into a doctor's office, I gotta show an ID. If I get on a Greyhound bus, I gotta show an ID. This is the world nowadays, okay? IDs for everything. And we want to go and see you speak at the Democratic National Convention. Which sadly, some people do want to go to and see her speak at. We'd need an ID. Heck, if you want to shovel snow for Man Dhami, he wants two IDs. So let's just say when you say, Ilhan, that it's 50% of the population, I'm saying you're kind of losing me. I'm getting sick and tired of all your damn lines.
SPEAKER_07It's the bill that requires for people uh to show a proof of citizenship. Um, you know that majority of married uh women who have changed their names who might not have access um to their original birth certificates and all the documents that they need in time to be able to vote on any of the primaries that are happening in the next few weeks. Okay, I'm sorry, that's actually just for the November 11th.
SPEAKER_53That's just flat out wrong. Another example today I had to call my city hall to get one of my kids in one of the community sports, and there was a an attendant that came on the line and it was a recording, and the first thing on it was for copies of birth certificates, press one. Like, all right, like you just go to your city hall, okay? So, wherever you were born, for anybody who's curious about this, if you need a copy of your birth certificate, and I've needed it at various times in my life, I was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and guess what? I call up Portsmouth, New Hampshire, or I go into City Hall and I ask for it, and they got it, okay? It's not hard. It's not hard. And so they're trying to create all these obstacles, and you've got to ask yourself why? What is it they're so afraid of? Is it all the legals voting for her? I mean, they they're all worked up about all this, they're so upset. Oh gosh, Gavin Newsom's already said he's still in the president because it's the president put in by executive order that they're gonna cut down all that absentee ballot stuff because they want to prevent all these shenanigans. Well, Rashida, who is um, I'm just gonna say, seemingly not so much on our side, but on the side of Iran and on the side of Gaza and on the side of the Palestinians and and like not on our side, is saying this today. And it's like a no-make up day, I mean, between Ilhan and Rashida, who all right, I don't mean to be mean. Maybe just the middle.
SPEAKER_46I think she needs to shower. No matter how Republicans try to spin it, the SAB Act is voter suppression. This isn't about election security, Mr. Speaker. It's about election takeover. President Trump and Republicans know that their policies are deeply unpopular with the American people. So what are they doing? They are trying to rig the elections. They want to force Americans to produce a passport or a birth certificate just to register to vote. They know full well that only about a half of Americans have a passport. They know it costs money, they know it takes time. That's the point. They want to make it harder for many of our neighbors to be able to vote. Nearly 70 million married women do not have a birth certificate matching their legal name. This bill is in a direct attack to our right to vote. And Republicans don't want people like us voting. It would also increase purges of voting uh registered voters who literally are getting kicked off of these lists who are legally allowed to vote, and we must stop it.
SPEAKER_53You must wash your hair.
SPEAKER_50Damn!
SPEAKER_53Okay, I'm sorry. I know that was not.
SPEAKER_14Is that dangerous?
SPEAKER_53But you know what? All's fair and love and war. And this lady's mean. This lady's really mean, okay? So if she's actually trying to get in the way of actually having voter ID. I'm just gonna point out the obvious, and that's that everyone in the country supports it. And everybody across all racial barriers. I mean, you you look at the black population, even I think the latest number was 86% support it there. Like, who actually is not for it? Just like dare I say sports. No one wants people that were born as boys competing against the naturally born females. Nobody wants it.
SPEAKER_43No.
SPEAKER_53The Democrats keep pushing this junk on us over and over and over and over again. And you're saying, what has happened to the party? Well, Ram Emanuel knows what's happened to the party. He's finally coming out and admitting it. Hallelujah. I mean, for goodness sakes, you gotta kick them all out and kick them out fast because they're really gonna mess you up for a lot of elections for years to come. Ram Emanuel, this is the guy who was the chief of staff for Obama and the former mayor of Chicago admitting the unsayable. He's getting anti-PC all of a sudden. Huh.
SPEAKER_20We lost the plot. We as Democrats nationally, from Latinx to defunding the police to police organizations are all racist, to bringing a set of cultural wars to our schools. We are on the losing side of those cultural wars, full stop. You are worried about bathroom access and locker room access. Why don't you focus on classroom excellence? You have 50% of our kids not reading at grade level. Well, they can just say we can do both. You've proven you can because you've permitted a 30-year low in reading and math scores, and nobody seems to be calling the whistle on this. We lost the plot. Why? Because the party got unanchored. Every one of our most successful electoral presidents anchored themselves in what I call middle class values and values that are universal, at least in this country, ascribed to.
SPEAKER_14This is me back in the day. Yep, yep, yep. Me and Ron. This guy had worked at Austin High School's head of security. I was conservative still, but at one point I did vote for Obama. We did the uh 5K walker run in the Austin community. Austin High School. Acceptance to advocacy. Big difference.
SPEAKER_20And I'll just take one on that I shouldn't.
SPEAKER_14Omega for life.
SPEAKER_20I remember fighting for Title IX. The reason we are champions in women's sports in the Olympics in soccer, hockey, etc. It's Title IX. Why would you undercut the premise of Title IX with the ability of trans men playing in women's sports? To me, it's insane, Rafflin. You're undermining one of the great accomplishments we as a country, but also spearheaded by the Democratic Party. Title IX. And we're undercutting it.
SPEAKER_53Yeah. So thank you for admitting that because we've been sitting here waiting for somebody to admit that for quite some time.
SPEAKER_22There is this is going to require some action on your part. Uh truly an emergency, if you will, because there's only one day to make that this happen, and that is today. So one of the things that's been going on in Georgia, subscribe, subscribe if you have. Okay, sorry about that, folks. Um the um we have one day to make this happen, and one of the things that's gone on in Georgia over the course of time is we have had Democrats running as Republicans. I did a video on this uh three, four years back, landmark group or landmark communications, whatever it is down there, is uh running Democrats as Republicans. So I we're gonna be talking about Georgia House Bill 960 with only one day left to act on it. I want to bring in my guest, and that's David Cross. He's down there in Georgia, strong election integrity advocate. David, good to see you on. You too, Neil. Thank you for having me. Yeah, you texted me about this yesterday, and truly there's just one date.
SPEAKER_14That's me and Austin. That's Al Sean Jeffrey. He used to play with the Bears and he won the championship with the Eagles. I was kind of heavy set back then because me and Al Sean Jeffrey. That was 2008. Oh, 18. Matter of fact, 2018, as you can see.
SPEAKER_22They left to make a change on this, and this bill could die. But this is Georgia House Bill 960. I'm gonna let you comment on it here, David, but I'm gonna just give you uh what the mainstream media, this is what the AI pulled off the mainstream media, meaning like the uh Atlanta First News, Chat New Year Times, this type of thing. It says Georgia House Bill 960 is a controversial scan the cutting approved by the Senate that would mandate statewide handmarked paper ballots, replace electronic scanners, say it ain't so, and publicize voter lists five days before advanced voting. It was originally a minor judicial bill that was gutted and replaced with these election changes. Comment on this here.
SPEAKER_37Yeah, so so where where we are is for like the last five years, you know, me and a virtual army of other people, uh advocates have been trying to. We've been trying to take back the sovereignty of our vote in Georgia. And what most people don't understand is that civilized nations throughout the world. Me and Danny Davis had a process of Danny Davis.
SPEAKER_14None of them Jesse White. None of them use machines to calculate their votes. That was a barber.
SPEAKER_37So only banana republics use machines to count their to count their votes. And what's crazy is that banana republics use the same machines we have in Georgia to count their votes. So we've got to get rid of these things. This House Bill 960 is the closest thing, it's the closest we've gotten to the goalpost for being able to do handmark, hand-counted paper ballots. It's widening the margin, uh, you know, for you know, if uh it used to be that a loss could only be recounted if it was in like you know within half a percent or something like that. So that margin is being being widened. We were originally trying to get it to be five percent uh to make it very broad, but it's been it's been narrowed. Um, that's part of it. And you know, and the and the the voter list, the voter list is critical because we've been trying to do is you know, me and Jason Frazier and a bunch of other people have been trying to do everything we can to clean up the voter list in Georgia. And if we publish this thing five days in advance, then we won't then the Secretary of State or whoever is doing this will not have an opportunity to monkey with with with what's going on with the voter list.
SPEAKER_22So we're I want to inject here, David, because that's a very important point because we are just seeing uh the news coming out now about illegal aliens being injected into these voter lists. It is happening, okay? Uh that is not fake news.
SPEAKER_37And it's it's it's for real. In Georgia, back in November of last year, there was a lady who stood up, she was being challenged as a voter, and it turns out that she, you know, she is not a citizen, and she said she's voted like 18 times, and nobody's ever caught it until Jason Fraser called it out.
SPEAKER_22Well, and the reality is, and I want to get to the action steps these people can take. And I, you know, basically, the folks, this is already past the House, uh, right? Or is it past the Senate?
SPEAKER_37Well, it's it started it started in the House. It passed the House, went to the Senate. The Senate made a couple of edits, and then they passed it. And the procedure is it goes back to the House. And so where we are today is it's subscribe, subscribe, subscribe, subscribe, everybody.
SPEAKER_14115 people in the chat. 150 people in the 115 people in the chat. Subscribe, subscribe. Name is Deontay. Why not? Let's grow together.
SPEAKER_37He can either do nothing, which is what I think he's probably gonna do, and then if he does, then it dies, um, or he can call it for a vote. Like basically a you know, a yes or a no vote, right? And if it ends up being a no vote, then it goes to you know the conference committee one more time to iron out any kind of issues, and then it goes back for you know for a final vote, like at the at the last minute. That can all happen. This this is a good bill, right? And there's some people that'll say, oh, it's it's a it's a really long bill, right? What I'll tell you is that in George a couple days ago, I think it was House Bill 1193. I'm I'm getting I might be butchering the number, but anyway, it had to do with literacy in Georgia. I think the thing was like, I think it was like uh like 75 pages long.
SPEAKER_22And I can guarantee you, none of them it had all passed. How long are the bills that pass out of the U.S.
SPEAKER_14Congress that they have together? No problem.
SPEAKER_22I mean, that's the dumbest argument at this point. Uh I this thing uh certainly they could read it. Um, but I'm gonna folks, I'm gonna I'm gonna give you some numbers, some emails. Um, in fact, thank you, thank you.
SPEAKER_14Let's do it, let's do it, let's grow, let's grow, let's do it.
SPEAKER_22Go to uh messages on there, find David Cross's message, and then scroll up, and there's uh just uh get a screen grab of that. You're gonna have to change that out on uh Stream Yard on how you share the screen, but we're gonna share those here with you folks too. But John Burns is the speaker of the House of Georgia, yes. Um, then Jan Jones is the speaker pro tempore, and Chuck Fration. Fration? Yep, sounds like frustration.
SPEAKER_37Is he frustrating? No, I mean he's he's he's actually a good guy. He he's he's a friend of mine, but but the thing is that he he's a politician, all right? He's a politician. All these people are politicians, and I hate to say it, I'd like I would really sincerely like for them to be on our side, but they're really on their own side.
SPEAKER_14You know, whatever TV, not a problem, bro. The same thing here. Shout out to you as well.
SPEAKER_37Particularly if you're if you're out of state, email them, you know, and let them know that this is a the House Bill 960, it's important to get it onto the floor for a vote today. But please, please, please be super nice and sweet to these people because if you're angry and vengeful and say what a horrible person you are, they're just gonna ignore you and it's gonna go in, it's gonna go into garbage. So be be nice, be kind, and just say, you know, for the for the love of country, you know, please bring this bill to a vote.
SPEAKER_22Okay, and to to David's point, um and I'm gonna post, I'm gonna I'm gonna throw up uh in the in the chat here, I'm gonna throw up the uh I'm gonna start with John Burns here. But uh if you are in Georgia, give him a call. Yes, okay. If you're in Georgia, give this John Burns, the Speaker of the House, a call. Uh 404-656-5020. If you are uh you know not uh from Georgia, send an email. That's john.burns at house.ga.gov. Um again. This is uh House Bill 960 dealing with election integrity. To David's point, you're gonna say, for the love of country, can you please pass Georgia House Bill 960? He's the one that actually has to bring it to the floor uh to get a vote on it. If he doesn't do that, it doesn't go anywhere. If you're in Georgia, I also want to encourage you strongly to call your specific representative. Okay. Uh call your specific representative and get them uh on it. We've also got Jan Jones. I'm gonna put her information in another uh what am I trying to say? Another message, another comment, another chat. Okay. Okay, you got uh yo, you got it up, Rebecca. Look at you. Oh, there she is, Rebecca doing the work, folks. You know, give her a round of applause. She got that all done. Um the uh so there they are, and I'm gonna I'm gonna also put the last one in the chat. So again, these are the people Chuck, Jan, and John. Chuck, Jan, and John. The phone numbers are right there. If you're in Georgia, please give them a call. If you're not in Georgia, it doesn't make sense to call them, just send them an email. Yeah, please. All the emails are listed there right on the screen. Um, but I want to talk a little bit more specifically about this. The um bring up uh the Holly Kessler post, Rebecca, the Incredible News, Georgia, HB 960. So you can see this passed 32 to 21. Um, and this again, handmark paper ballots, stronger list risk limiting audits, public voter list before every election, real accountability to keep our roles clean and trustworthy. The only way these people are able to do this is with dirty voter rolls.
SPEAKER_37Would you agree with that, I think, David? Yeah, totally, because what what they're trying to accomplish is you know, when you have dirty voter rolls, it gives it it gives people the ability to scan extra ballots, so that runs at the denominator in the equation, and then and then anybody who's able to you know to to hack in, you know, through there's several different vectors to do it, you can you can you can change you can change those outcomes. But the thing is that you you have to have you have to have ballots in the system, and the dirty voter rolls make it so that so that those things can be manufactured um you know by by sending them out to just you know nonsense addresses. Or they can send to real addresses, but you don't have anybody there to pick it up, and then you have you have harvesters that go out and pick them up out you know out of mailboxes.
SPEAKER_22Yeah, well, I think I saw a movie about that. Uh you know, turning in ballots to drop boxes. I'm remembering the name of that movie. What was it? Uh 2,000 Mules. Anyways, but that's what it is. 2000 Mules. You know, that's what it is. Thank you, guys. Thank you, thank you. This is why Trump is going after these voter rolls. Now, surprisingly, folks, you're gonna might find this to be a shock. Most of the time, it's been Democrat states fighting Trump on this. Idaho is not turning over their voter rolls. Similar to Georgia, similar to South Carolina, we have some what should be reliably red states that support uh voter integrity, and they are not allegedly applying. Yeah, and what what what people need to understand, Neil, is that all this manipulation that's going on is it is job security for politicians.
SPEAKER_37Because when when I I used I used to think Georgia was like a solidly red state, and you know, we've got a you know, we have a good you know, Republican governor. The governor in Georgia, all he cares about is himself. You know, he's you know, I I've I've never seen somebody that is so self-absorbed and so and so self-centered as Governor Brian Kemp. But what I can tell you is that the Republicans and Democrats here, they wear those those labels. Like I put on a different sport coat or different, you know, different shirt, you know, every morning. It makes it so that you can identify who they are. But in reality, once once they get elected, and and and bear in mind, there are a few out there that are good apples, all right, but the vast majority, they're part of the political class, okay? And you and I are not part of that club, it's a very exclusive club. But once you get into that club, you know, you you you you then have opportunities to drink from the fountainhead of the state, to get certain deals, to get things you know for your friends, to get you know, business deals and whatnot. And so they they they milk it for all it's worth. And taking back our you know, our elections with the hand-counted handmarked paper ballots, or human-counted, you know, handmarked paper ballots. That this is this is the first logical step in taking back the sovereignty of our vote.
SPEAKER_22Um, speaking of all this fraud going on and sovereignty and all that, I want you to make your own sovereign decisions regarding your Medicare because people are being defrauded. Uh, I partner with Chapter. I'm very proud to partner with Chapter. They're one of the best sponsors I've ever worked with. Um, and they are saving people big money: $4,000, $3,000, $2,000 a year. The average savings is $1,100. Seniors are getting ripped off on their Medicare, folks. So give them a call at 43832. 832-761-2660. 832-761-2660. That's chapter. Give them a call, save some money. Again, not big government, not big insurance, they're independent. Um, this uh, you know, I was talking about Idaho, but folks, what's going on in Idaho is similar to Georgia. We have people who call themselves Republicans, they're not really Republicans, but I want you to think about something. There's a verse in the Bible I want you to apply to this situation because I know many of you get frustrated. You're like, do my calls, do my thank you guys for being in chat.
SPEAKER_14Like and subscribe, like and subscribe, everybody. Thank you, thank you. Everybody is welcome.
SPEAKER_22Now, some of them, you know, they may be in there by the cheat and all of this, okay. Uh, but some of them aren't. Uh, but the other thing with this is think of the verse in the Bible about the widow who kept knocking on the judge's door, uh, and you know, basically worn down by persistence. Okay, that the slave trade was never supposed to stop. Uh, what William Wilberforce did there uh was huge. And it's not because it was in people's interests to stop it, it was because eventually they just wore them down and they created enough movement, and that's what we need to do with election integrity in this country. Um, David, any closing thoughts? People have the numbers, they have the emails. Um, give me your final thought. This has to happen today, right? I mean, this is it. It has to happen today. So explain the timing on this for people.
SPEAKER_37Yeah, so so here's the day so today in Georgia for our legislature, something that they call signy die, all right, which is fancy speak for the end of the session, all right. The the legislative session ends today. They're down there right now, horse trading and you know, working on things. And this year in Georgia, more bills, I think more bills were were presented than at any time in the history of the Georgia legislature. So I I don't think we necessarily need a lot of new laws and bills and things like that. What we need is is to effectively run our government, and it needs to be run by the people. So today's the last day. Please, as soon as you finish watching this, you know, click those links, you know, make those telephone calls, freeze that screen, whatever you have to do to you know to get those email addresses or those phone numbers, make those calls. And again, be kind, be nice. You know, the the old saying of you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar totally applies here because I can tell you from experience, I've gone down there fire and brimstone, and and you just get ignored. So don't don't don't fall victim to that. All right, just keep it, keep it professional, keep it, you know, keep it nice, tell them it's imperative that we get this. And let them know too, that that civilized countries count their ballots with human beings by hand, not with machines.
SPEAKER_22And this is the this is a step to go in that direction. Yes, and they do it openly and transparently. They have observers, okay, there's poll watchers, it's a real thing, yes, to ensure that people, the citizens, have trust and safety in the election process because if you don't have clean elections, you don't have anything. Again, you're gonna want to reach out to John Burns, Jan Jones, and Chuck Ephestration. Um, if you're in Georgia, call them. If you are not in Georgia, email them. Uh Rebecca's gonna bring that back up on the screen right now. Um and you will see those. Uh so John Burns is just John.burns at house.ga.gov. Yep. Um they're all basically their name dot you know, last name at housega.gov. Um and there's all their phone numbers too. John Burns is the biggest one. If you are in Georgia, use the phone, please. Um, and I want to just see here in the chat, can you guys just comment who they've all gotten rich of part of who we are as a country?
SPEAKER_00It's like right there in the 14th Amendment that if you're born in this country, you are a U.S. citizen. That's what makes you American.
SPEAKER_34It's the biggest piece of dog shit. You stop doing that. You can't stop doing that.
SPEAKER_48The 14th Amendment is the amendment, the constitutional amendment in question. After the Emancipation Proclamation, free black, black, black, not Mexican, not Indonesian, not German, not Spaniard, nobody else. It was only for black, free slaves. That's it. Nobody else. But immigration attorneys, immigration judges, and politicians, and all these other corporations have all benefited. They've all gotten rich off of using the 14th amendment that was hijacked from black folks. Like the Me Too movie got hijacked and to fill our country with those who like and subscribe, everybody.
SPEAKER_14Like and subscribe. I'm not giving you bullshit. I'm giving you some real shit, real people talk, you know. Let's continue. Like and subscribe.
SPEAKER_48And politicians and black, not Mexican, not Indonesian, not German, not Spaniard, nobody else. It was only for black free slaves. That's it. Nobody else. But immigration attorneys, immigration judges, and politicians, and all these other corporations have all benefited. They've all gotten rich off of using the 14th Amendment that was hijacked from black folks to pad their own pocket and to build our country with those who drop anchor baby here in this country, and then they just get to stay and bring 977 people from their country along with them who are having one kid. No, it's time for that to end it.
SPEAKER_14Why they gotta be dressed like that? Take it, take it serious. You're gonna protest and all that do your thing, it's gonna it's gonna be funded. Take it serious. They out there with fraud costumes on and this is a Democratic Party. They all gotta dress up like uh like freaks and everything to get a point across.
SPEAKER_50Look, look at this.
SPEAKER_43Weirdo.
SPEAKER_31What's wrong with you people? Let's start here with some examples of some of the types of individuals we could be talking about, like Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez. Now, Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez was born in Santa Ana, California in 1984. His parents were from Mexico. He happens to also be the stepson of El Mencho, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel. And now he is reportedly leading that very same cartel. And here's the thing: he is a United States citizen by birth. And it doesn't stop there. Reports of foreign wealth being used to manipulate the system. One Chinese billionaire reportedly has more than 100 US-born children through surrogacy. The idea build a future family and a business succession plan. Some clients, by the way, request up to 100 babies via multiple surrogacies. It can cost as much as $200,000. And why would they do that? Because babies born here are automatically U.S. citizens. Also, surrogacy is illegal in China. Nearly 41% of international surrogacies are Chinese. So why is this such a debate? Look around the world. Much of Europe has restricted birthright citizenship. Asia basically ended it. The United States, still one of the few countries around the world that sits as an outlier.
SPEAKER_16For instance, the children of diplomats, uh, Native American children, the tribes that who still have tribal relations, the children of an invading army, of course, would not be considered and never have been considered American citizens. And I think that that logic applies here. Whenever you have somebody who crossed the border illegally, it's not subject to the laws of the United States.
SPEAKER_14I'm not here to change somebody's opinion. So I'm not here to change you. You can't change my opinion, period.
SPEAKER_16And that means that not only are you subject to our laws, but you have the United States, which of course does not apply to illegal aliens or their children.
SPEAKER_19Or don't have access to textbooks. And instead, we're having to fund this illegal title wave, this invasion. Look, Joe Biden let in millions of people. Under any other terms, that would have been an invasion. He'd be charged with treason. But he used the southern border to allow our cities to be overrun. And so enough is enough. And we can look to Europe. Look what's happened in London. Look at Paris. Look at the crime rate in Rome. And then zoom out to Sweden. You know, the UK and Sweden have become the rape capitals of Europe. Why? Countries to be invaded by migrants. Not on my watch. I'm not. I've got several pieces of legislation that will basically overhaul our immigration system. And at the end of the day, this is our country. We get to decide who comes in, and we get to decide who has to leave.
SPEAKER_02And I need you to come to the front of the room because I have a proposition for you, girlfriend. Tonight, don't lock your doors. As a matter of fact, the more I think about it, just forget that. Just leave the door wide open. Just leave it wide open, honey. If you got a screen door, take your screen door up. Leave it wide open. If you have curtains or blinds up on your windows, take them all down and lift up your windows. Let that air come on through, okay? So, and look in the middle of the night when people pass by, I want you to leave those lights on. Because I need people to be able to look into the phone. That's an advertisement. Then I want you to go outside and put this huge, big, fluorescent green sign somewhere in your yard, your driveway, or your door, wherever. I want you to put that sign out there and I want you to put some reflectors on it, okay? Because we want to make sure in the nighttime that we can get the illegal migrant attention. You feel me? And I want that sign to say, welcome, all illegal migrants. Nobody's illegal on stolen land. This house, this home, this apartment is available for you to move in immediately. No questions asked. So let's just test this, right? Just put it out in the front yard. Let everybody come in that want to stay with you because nobody is illegal on stolen land. You are on stolen land. It doesn't matter if you pay taxes. It doesn't matter if you uh have the deeds of your home, you pay a mortgage each and every month. That don't matter. It don't matter if you pay rent, okay? Nobody is illegal on stolen land. So people have a right to live with you regardless if you pay for it or not. You feel me? So that means since they're living with you, you pay for all their food, their clothes, doctor visits, you let them sleep in your room because they should get a choice, right? Why should you have the big bedroom? They should be able to pick the bedroom that they want to sleep in. You put their kids through college, do everything for them, right? And in turn, they may pick your crops, clean your toilets. Maybe they might drive your kids to school. Or maybe they won't, because at the end of the day, it's their home too. So they may want to put you to work. Maybe they want you to be the slave. That part. So I think we just solved the illegal immigration problem. All you guys that believe nobody's illegal on stone land, you'll have that ideology. If you agree just to pay for everything, and because I'm not paying for nothing, because I don't believe like that. I mean, I paid enough for taxes for myself. I don't want to pay for somebody that came into here illegally because they don't respect our laws. You feel what I'm saying? So if you believe that, then let them live with you. But in the meantime, I'm gonna lock my doors at night. If you feel what I'm saying, I'm going to call the police if I feel unsafe, if somebody's trying to break into my home, and I'm gonna kill a pew-pew on my hip, okay? Because that's the way we do it around these parts. Because ain't nobody's getting on the deeds in this house, and the only people that gonna come in my house is the people that I invite in, and then they gotta go when I say go. But in the meantime, I think that's a great idea. We got a deal? Probably not, right? Because it only sounds good when you're standing out there holding your picket sign. But when we want to really put it to the test, you wouldn't want that. That part.
SPEAKER_12As far as I'm concerned, if you hate our country, if you're not happy here, you can leave. If you're not happy in the U.S., if you're complaining all the time, very simply, you can leave. You can leave right now.
SPEAKER_18Romans 13, verse 1 through 4 says, Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Authority resist the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same, for he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain, for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
SPEAKER_13There you go.
SPEAKER_35Conservative commentator Matt Walsh chimed in, writing in part, quote, They don't they actually don't believe in you or my birthright. We are on stolen land and don't belong here, according to them. But the anchor baby whose parents got here from Guatemala ten seconds ago has a birthright and is tied to the nation by blood for all time. That's actually their position. It's so psychotic that you can't even argue against it.
SPEAKER_47The court itself seems skeptical of Trump's executive order, attempting to limit birthright citizenship despite his presence in the courtroom, a move that was criticized heavily online. Jasmine Crockett writing DC's biggest bullshit.
SPEAKER_23Donald Trump's doing the wrong thing at the wrong time in the wrong place for the wrong reason, as usual. Uh the President of the United States has no business being at the Supreme Court. We have a separation of powers for a reason. Uh it's not just unprecedented, it's unwise, it's unbecoming, and it's unfair uh for someone who appointed people uh to the bench to be sitting there mad dogging them trying to get his way. This is a terrible idea, it's a terrible argument. And in fact, the president of the United States wants to step on people's rights, step on people's dignity, and tell people that they don't belong here. These kids belong here when they're born here, and he does not belong at the Supreme Court.
SPEAKER_35This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. And it's every right to be at the Supreme Court if he wants to be. That doesn't matter at all. They're not gonna change their mind because he's there. This isn't like a mafia don in the courtroom where like they're not they're they're deeply ideologically principled people who evalu who have their views and evaluate the text of the Constitution. He Trump's presence.
SPEAKER_47He literally ran to the cameras after they smacked down his tariff decision to berate all the justices that went against him. He is acting like a tyrant and a bully. I think that he can go to the Supreme Court as well. I'm saying his behavior mirrors that of somebody trying to bully there's gonna be no sometimes, as we discussed with the ball. It's gonna be a no, and he has to get up. You can't sit there, frown, and think that that's gonna be yeah, and think that's supposed to change somebody's position about it. They're reading the textbook of the law, and you want the supreme court to continue to look impartial. So you sitting there is pretty annoying because they don't have to care about your presence. And so you being there, I know he made it the reason why he's sitting there, honestly, in citizenship, he made an executive order day one in our office to make this his entire life story when he walked in. Immigration is his entire life story since the last year and a half in office. He put ICE officers in our American cities, and he also has pushed back on Biden about the border since the day one in the office, and so birthright citizenship was another leg of trying to say, I am on top of this immigration thing in every single way. The problem he didn't think about is the conundrum that he's gonna create by saying that we're gonna end birthright citizenship, meaning that every person born here that has an immigrant parent um and they weren't they came here illegally is gonna somehow be in this no statehood, and all these birth certificates that we have, we're gonna have to sift through which ones are real, actual Americans, which ones don't have citizenship. And so if the Supreme Court does get bullied by him, we're gonna be in not only I know we're gonna be in a legal conundrum. So why does the president even want to do that? They don't care about that either.
SPEAKER_35They are just evaluating, they said this, damn the consequences. They are just looking at what the wording of the 14th Amendment says, and it seems pretty clear how the justices interpreted it, at least the majority of them, that uh how it's written uh doesn't matter what even what they intended, because there's a difference between originalism and textualism as conservative judicial philosophies. Originalism is about trying to understand the mindset of the people who wrote the constitution or wrote the amendments. What did they mean? What were those the words they used, what did those words mean at the time? What were they trying to get across? That's originalism. Textualism is what does it literally say and what does it literally mean? So those are both philosophies that are different from the living, breathing, evolving constitution that liberals prefer. Funny enough, this whole debate has kind of reversed the usual arguments because conservatives who want birthright citizenship overturned are now the ones arguing for a living, breathing constitution saying, well, it might sound like it means this, but today that makes no sense. They didn't know when they wrote it that there was gonna be there was gonna be so easy to be eight and a half months pregnant, get on a plane, appear in the country, give birth here, and suddenly create an American citizen. When they wrote this, the 14th Amendment, um, it was you had to get on a boat. It was like it was difficult to actually appear physically in the United States in order to produce an American citizen. You had to have some uh a more deliberate series of actions, right, to come to the United States and to participate in the United States to give birth here. They wouldn't have necessarily anticipated this, which is a fine argument, but it's a it's a living, breathing document argument. I mean, the like because the literal meaning is very clear in the same way that the First Amendment, when it was written, well, they had no idea that there would be the internet or any of those things. When they wrote the Second Amendment, they had no idea there would be a lot of people.
SPEAKER_14Why not 1750? 1750, why not?
SPEAKER_35So choose on the other football because what it says is these people are American citizens. And your remedy to this, you can you can just change the Constitution. Or Congress could pass a law that would have more uh weight than this. Just Donald Trump just declared this. Right. So it's not gonna stand up. A law might stand up, probably wouldn't either. You could amend the Constitution. That that is available to you. If you don't like the wording of it, it's been done before.
SPEAKER_47I don't think that Trump would even get the support from Congress to actually do this for both. You said this, I know, yes, that's true.
SPEAKER_14I'm glad you're in the chat. You don't know. If you don't subscribe or like, I'm glad you're in the chat. That's all good.
SPEAKER_47For the president to go to Congress and look at everything, they'll understand that to really be in every hospital and decide about whether each baby should stay is a ludicrous suggestion to figure out if they were actually American citizens or if they just came here and had a baby, had a baby early, you can't go on a trip. Like, what would you like to do? I mean, like this really it is because we're gonna have 4.7 million, I believe I read, immediate people that are stateless. They have no place that so they're not Americans, but they were born here, but they're not from any other country. So what do we do? God's their birthday have the citizenship of their citizens of their parents.
SPEAKER_35Oh god. That's not how this works. Citizenship of your country. You're saying that's not how it works, but that's how we could make it like it can be changed. Yeah, so we have to go country to country and say, oh, well, and no other citizen other countries don't have birthright citizenship. Okay, but our pure Western countries do not have birthright citizenship.
SPEAKER_47Okay, so their parents should go back to where they came from and say, We're gonna go get your birth certificate over there. Okay, well, that's gonna create cancer. Some people are like 50 years old, Robin. You got someone here and you had your baby, your baby's Chinese. Yes, go back to China. Some people were born here, and their parents might have passed away. A 50-year-old person's parent had them 50 years ago who's been living as an American, been through all American civilizations, but they're they should go back to China now at 50.
SPEAKER_35The the administration is not arguing that this should be retroactively applied. So they're not the the government is not even asking the Supreme Court to say in a backward direction that these people are not citizens, it's only seeking to apply it into the future.
SPEAKER_47So that's not happening. Well, Congress was gonna have to have a conversation about how this makes sense, and if they can't appreciate it, back up in the hands of somebody suing the government and in the Supreme Court's hands all over it.
SPEAKER_35But if there was some the Supreme Court could say there's some actual ambiguity, but it is for Congress to then craft a more precise citizenship law, they're never going to say, and this is why this was a doomed effort, and conservatives just have to prepare themselves that this was never going to work. Donald Trump just saying by executive order this is done was never going to stand up in court. It just was not.
SPEAKER_47I just want to know what um what do conservatives at the moment have to rest their hat on? Because there's several things that just don't work. Every day we talk about what's not working that the president tried to EO his way into the terrorists.
SPEAKER_35I know it's a bad strategy. Well, conservatives are frustrated and they are right to be, because this is a moment, these moments do not occur very often where the same party has control of the presidency and Congress and are not trying to pass legislatively an agenda. Now they're not trying to do that because they would get filibustered, but you should still try, and then you make Democrats vote against popular things, and you say, see, this is why we need to elect more Republicans. You have to at least try. They're not even trying, they're doing it by the way they know it'll be struck down.
SPEAKER_47Right. And that was part of the reason with starting with doge. Like none of the stuff that he did was buy the books.
SPEAKER_35Well, I know I've I've argued for it to be done. I mean, I'm just always do everything the executive order.
SPEAKER_47I know, but the whole legacy so far, including doge, including tariffs, including immigration policy, has really been all over the place. And the immigration laws.
SPEAKER_35We have the border security stuff. I mean, the border is in much better shape today than it was.
SPEAKER_47Right. I'm talking about immigration officers in American cities. I'm talking about the tariffs that actually affected American thousands of employees fired and then rehab.
SPEAKER_39For the first time in U.S. history, a sitting president attended arguments in person. It was all about the legality of his day one executive order, ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants. The president says the goal is stopping Americans from getting ripped off.
SPEAKER_01The reason was it had to do with the babies of slaves and the protection of the babies of slaves. It didn't have to do with the protection of multimillionaires and billionaires wanting to have their children get an American citizenship. It is a crucial and saying, Congratulations, your whole family is going to be a citizen of Union.
SPEAKER_14Thank you guys. Appreciate it.
SPEAKER_39That's not what it was for. And the numbers back up the president. Nearly one in ten babies born in the United States in 2023 were born to unauthorized or temporary status mommies. But that fact is lost on liberal freaks, like this guy in a pink frog costume. And check out this Democrat's foul mouth meltdown. You ready? Susie Lee posting and then deleting. It's a whole lot of F box. She's defending her comment, saying that Trump's attack on the Constitution struck a nerve. Dana, um do you want to take on the birthright citizenship or you want to talk about Susie?
SPEAKER_05Um, I didn't even know who she was. Um Susie Lee. No, I won't I'll let her go. Ums like you after a few drinks. Totally irrelevant.
SPEAKER_14Um, what is relevant is money through Thursday in the morning. 8 to 11.
SPEAKER_05So for a long time, leading up to the longer.
SPEAKER_14Money through Thursday people as a person of America. Sure, here to go live for you guys.
SPEAKER_05It's not that the issue isn't an important one, it's that going about it to work the weekend might be the wrong way to try to achieve a lot of people.
SPEAKER_14So I can go live. I work the weekend.
SPEAKER_05Over and over again, what do we face? Congress just advocates this responsibility, walks away, and presidents get frustrated and they said, we want to solve something. So on day one, President Trump, who has thought about this issue for many years, he's run on immigration, he says, this stops today. And it's interesting because all of a sudden, the Democrats are strict constitutionalists and they love the originalism argument, of which they have hated from Thomas and Alito, Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Roberts. But now all of a sudden they're like, that's not what the Constitution says. And so, as somebody who I have always believed that let's stick with the Constitution, however, I also think that there's nothing wrong with the Supreme Court saying to the Congress this issue should be fixed, but it's not gonna work with just this executive order. Now, maybe it'll turn out that the president wins on this one, but this is the last point I'll make on this that I thought was so disoncerning because I don't really understand it. Maybe somebody here is wanting to explain it to me. In 2006, I was deputy press secretary, and the average poll of how people felt about this issue was that 45% of Americans thought that everyone who was born in America automatically became a U.S. citizen. 45%. Today, it's 69% think that anyone who was born in America, even after all of these things, all of these stories, people coming here just to have their babies. And I'm not sure where public opinion changed on this. I could maybe take a guess, but it's gone up steadily since 2006. And so if Congress were to take it on, I'm not sure how it would turn out.
SPEAKER_39Well, if you're a green card holder, Jessica, you come here, you have a baby, that baby's an American citizen, and that's fine. What you're saying is if you're a legal alien whose allegiance is to Guatemala and he crosses over and dumps a baby out, then all of a sudden they're a citizen, and so is the mother, or a tourist from China to come in, have a baby in like American Samoa and then go back to Beijing, it's being abused. You'd agree with that.
SPEAKER_54Not completely. I think it's a good thing. Some degree of it, yes, but the numbers and Justice Roberts, Chief Justice Roberts was batting the government back on that particular issue, saying that you are picking a few isolated incidents for then a sweeping judicial theory, and then he wouldn't go along with it.
SPEAKER_39Nine percent of the births are from people that aren't really American citizens.
SPEAKER_54That's not that's not a good thing. But I'm saying, which I I'm not in the Supreme Court. All I can do is ingest what I saw that the exchanges were and then report them. And the evidence that the government was using, talking about birth tourism, talking about how kids of diplomats don't get citizenship, so why should this be different, et cetera? Justice Roberts was poo-pooing it. That's what was happening. Dana's totally right about the close 70% of people who approve of birthright citizenship right now. I think you get into very sticky territory if you're talking about people who are on even temporary visas, if someone overstees it by a week or two. You have people in the US government right now, Marco Rubio, Cash Patel, Usha Vance. These are people who have their citizenship because of birthright citizenship. And you know that today didn't go well because Donald Trump's true social post once he left was we are the only country in the world stupid enough to allow birthright citizenship. He didn't say the government kicked butt. He didn't say we're gonna win this thing. He said basically, I'm throwing a temperature. And a couple of things. That was a package. Doesn't matter? No, it actually doesn't matter because you know how he behaves when he's excited about something. You know, I mean, focusing on emotion and not the city absolutely. Hold on one second. The government did not seem in certain exchanges to be prepared to come and talk to these justices. Like Neil Gorsuch is going to ask you about Native Americans. He always talks about Native Americans. No response about what was going to happen there. Uh Justice Barrett talking about.
SPEAKER_39He said, Oh, I don't think so.
SPEAKER_54No, did you hear him? Did you listen to how he responded? He said, uh, I don't know. Uh I don't think so. Justice Barrett, another time that happened.
SPEAKER_52You're ignoring some of the facts that were laid out today. You say this is a small sliver, false. Go check out the data from the Government Accountability Institute, which they made reference to today. One million people they believe went to the Northern Mariana Islands from China and became U.S. citizens. There are 500 firms, this was listed today, in China, inserting the Chinese Communist Party into our country. Now, what this could translate to, according to Eric Edgers, is one point one million. Voters by 2030. I think we can all agree that that is a perilous state if you have people from China coming over, giving birth one million new voters by 2030. That is a big problem, and it is inconceivable to think that the framers of the 1868 14th Amendment, that's the year it was ratified, had an idea that four billion women in the world could come here, give birth, take a plane ride, and boom, you're a U.S. citizen. It's inconceivable on its face.
SPEAKER_33You're an illegal and you come here and you have a baby that is not a citizen. And it immediately saying that you are something.
SPEAKER_14Because the parents are a citizen, right? It makes sense. No, man. No, you gotta earn it at least.
SPEAKER_33Harsh by saying something that is so obviously sensible. Why not earn it? Uh, that like if you it it makes it as Donald Trump says, and it's so mean, and I'm gonna get to that. No other country does this, no other country does this, and why? Because nobody wants to do it in those countries. There's nobody clamoring in to try to gain the system to have babies in Haiti. All right? So you're saying they're all coming here. What does that tell you? The system is being gained. So, how did this happen when you're talking about these polls? I don't think the polls are real.
SPEAKER_14Uh, but I No, you're missing the whole part. You got people coming on saying over on BS just to have a baby and then go back all of a sudden. Oh, he's it's ways around how they're doing it. They ain't doing it the right way. Let's remind it back. I said it.
SPEAKER_33I said it have a baby that is not a citizen.
SPEAKER_52And it is inconceivable to think that the framers of the 1868 14th Amendment, that's the year it was ratified, yeah, that four billion women in the world could come here, give birth, take a plane ride, and boom, you're a U.S. citizen. It's inconceivable on its face.
SPEAKER_33Right. Yeah, you're an illegal and you come here and you have a baby that is not a citizen. And it amazes me that by saying that, you are somehow portrayed as harsh. By saying something that is so obviously sensible, uh, that like if you it it makes it as Donald Trump says, and it's so mean, and I'm gonna get to that. No other country does this. No other country does this. And why? Because nobody wants to do it in those countries. There's nobody clamoring in to try to gain the system to have babies in Haiti. All right? So you're saying they're all coming here. What does that tell you? The system is being gained. So, how did this happen when you're talking about these polls? I don't think the polls are real, uh, but I do think that there has been a shift due to redefining in the last, I would say 15 or 20 years, redefining common sense, patriotism as intolerant, xenophobic, but most important, me. So if you think about every segment that we do or every position we're on, we are always portrayed as me. So when you say men cannot be mean, men cannot be in women's sports. You are intolerant and you are mean. If you say illegals need to be deported, all illegals, I think the worst first, but in the in the long run, you never know who the worst is first because you let them all end. Yeah, that is so mean. Uh uh you think this guy should go to prison? I mean, he had a terrible upbringing. Yes, he should go for away for 25 years. That is so mean. Every single policy that the Democrats try to shove down your throats is based on the fact that somehow when you take a stand to protect your country or your family, it's somehow mean. This is like, I really do think this is a dangerous culture. Now I keep thinking to myself, what if the supporters of birthright citizenship were gung ho patriotic Americans who said, we need to do this and we we align it with a dedicated citizenship assimilation path. So we have the American ideal protected, valued, cherished. I'd be like, wow, that's pretty amazing that these people feel that way. But the problem is the people that are pushing birthright are the people who reject American culture, who reject assimilation, who embrace the so-called tenets of diversity and identity politics, who believe that America as an idea is flawed, not just flawed, but evil and in need of radical change. So I don't trust this. Is why all the arguments about birthright citizens are what ifs? Analogies. Kenjin Jackson Brown, my favorite artist, was comparing it to getting your wallet stolen in Japan. They cannot live in the real world where you see the incentives and you see the actual data. So instead, they live in analogies. And then they look at you and they go, You're just mean. And everybody said so. We have this poll that says you're just really mean for believing this way. I don't care. We're right on this. Anybody's an illegal has a baby in your country and that makes that per that baby a citizen.
SPEAKER_54No, but does Justice Roberts then fall into the category?
SPEAKER_39And were left that way for a century. I can think of a couple of them, Jessica, that were then overturned.
SPEAKER_05But we let Congress off the hook over and over again. Britain did have birthright citizenship in the late 1800s.
SPEAKER_36Or you did either. Got it. Thank you. Hey y'all, and welcome to Politabroll. My name is Brian, and Brandon Gill just destroys squad member Jayapal over the issues regarding birthright citizenship. This is wild. Let's dive in.
SPEAKER_45Let me be very clear. Donald Trump's executive order to eliminate birthright citizenship is, quote, blatantly unconstitutional. Those are not my words. Those are the words of Judge John Koonauer, Reagan-appointed federal judge from my home state of Washington. The judge went on to say that while, quote, law is, according to Trump, something to navigate around or something to be ignored, whether that be for political or personal gain in the courtroom, the rule of law is a bright beacon which that judge intends to follow. For over 100 years, birthright citizenship has been enshrined as a fundamental right under the 14th Amendment. The language in the amendment is very clear. All persons born or naturalized in the United States. In fact, so clear that at least four federal judges have concluded that the executive order is unconstitutional. Like many of the attacks on immigrants by the Trump administration, this attack centers on old tropes that question the quote allegiance of immigrants, tropes that were applied to enslaved black people brought to this country in shackles, as well as Japanese Americans imprisoned and interned during World War II. These attacks are couched in a completely baseless argument that somehow immigrants born in the United States to a parent who is undocumented don't have sole quote allegiance to the United States.
SPEAKER_16It's a similar pattern that they've established and say that the United States is not, in fact, better off by importing a massive class of what is virtually surf labor, which undermines our cultural fabric and our government as well. I'd also like to point out that the admission that we need more and more unvetted illegal aliens pouring into our country is also an admission that the goal or one of the goals of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle is explicitly to reduce American wages, because that's exactly what they're doing and what they're saying they're doing whenever they talk about bringing in cheap labor. We're talking here about birthright citizenship, and which has provided an enormous loophole in our immigration system and has facilitated the mass.
SPEAKER_14Yep, yep. Like and subscribe, everybody. Thank you guys. Thank you, thank you. Let's continue to grow. Appreciate you guys.
SPEAKER_16Importation of illegal aliens through this current loophole, upwards of 300,000 people a year are granted automatic citizenship in the United States despite having been born to parents who have no ties to our country and who are here illegally. And also due to failures in our legal immigration system, these individuals then use their citizenship to sponsor their illegal alien parents and other family members for a green card, which creates a never-ending of people coming into the country who have no business being here at all. We've now gotten to the point where the percentage of America's foreign-born population is quickly approaching 15%, which is the highest it's been since at least 1910.
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SPEAKER_16O'Brien, I'd I'd like to start with with you with a couple questions, if you don't mind. Under the 14th Amendment, Native Americans due to tribal allegiances were not granted citizenship. Is that correct? That's correct. Got it. And the and the children of foreign diplomats were also expressly excluded from birthright citizenship. That's correct. Got it. From the available evidence, is it safe to say that the authors of the 14th Amendment understood a difference between total allegiance to the United States compared to simply being subject to the legal jurisdiction by nature of presence in our country? Yes, I think they made that very clear in the debates. Got it. And in your opinion, based off this difference, would the authors of the 14th Amendment conclude that an individual whose parents did not owe total allegiance to the United States be granted birthright citizenship?
SPEAKER_24No, I think the import of the holding in Wang Kim Arc was that only individuals who were lawfully present in the United States could transmit citizenship to their children born, or I should say, only the children born of people who were lawfully present in the United States could acquire citizenship at birth.
SPEAKER_16And despite all this, some of my colleagues here still contend that essentially any person born here, regardless of their legal status or the legal status of their parents, uh have a constitutional right to become a United States citizen. Have you seen any evidence to suggest that the authors of the 14th Amendment would support that view?
SPEAKER_24No, and I don't think the authors of the opinion of Juan Kimark would have supported it either. Got it. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
SPEAKER_14Why we the people punch. Good one.
SPEAKER_36As a good rule of thumb, whenever you see a professor, particularly with thick brimmed glasses, huggy face, look like they haven't done it.
SPEAKER_14Is this the same lady want to get reparations to the illegals? Amazing. Vote up out of here.
SPEAKER_36A hard day's labor in their life, and they're sporting a bow tie, you usually want to take them at their word, particularly when they're talking about history. Because those are the ones that have spent their entire life just absorbing knowledge. And that's exactly what this professor is doing. But when you're talking about the issues of first-right citizenship, that you need to come prepared because we have to deal with so much case law. We have to deal with uh so many different Supreme Uh Court rulings in certain cases. For instance, the one that they're talking about was uh uh let's see, the name, yeah, Wong Kim Park, which they didn't be at first viewing. Uh to uh land on the same page that they're in. So uh go lucky me, I guess. But in that case, uh this was a dude that was born here in the United States. His parents weren't technically citizens, but they were legally allowed to be here. And if you're legally allowed to be here, you have a kid in the United States, you get automatic citizenship. And that kid actually lived here for 20 years. He then went back home uh to China to visit his parents who have returned home. And because of certain Californian and even federal laws, when he came back, he was barred entry and he took that issue all the way to the Supreme Court. That's one of the cases that I'm perfectly fine with him winning it, because that was an 8-2 decision, not uh sorry, not 8-2, that was six decision, which by the way, I guess it's not unprecedented to have uh eight members of the Supreme Court, huh, Jayapal? But Jayapul doesn't really care about thank you, guys.
SPEAKER_14Thank you, thank you so much.
SPEAKER_36She wants to undermine them at any given opportunity. Hey, y'all, according to new reports, central banks around the world or institutions, they want to take away your money and give it uh to let's see, to quote uh uh Daffy Duck, hey, I'll prove I'm Robin Hood. I'll give I'll take away that rich dude's money and give it to some poor, unworthy slob. Well, it's one of the best jokes in Robin Hood Daffy, by the way. Ugh, the amount of times I bring up Looney Tunes, that's kind of worrying me now. Uh, but Jayapal does not care about actually helping people, she does not care about rule of law, she cares about getting this Gramscian idea and shoving it down your throats and getting you to like it. It's absolutely asinine. But unfortunately, there is a bit of a problem that Brandon Gill keeps running into here. And that's the problem of smaller gun.
SPEAKER_14Yes, it is.
SPEAKER_36The whole uh and why I don't like the originalist argument is despite the fact that I love uh former judge uh Anthony Scalia, I love a lot of his positions, but the whole idea of around originalism is it's bunk. Uh trying to get the intent and spirit of the law. Well, that's good if you're trying to write a sermon. It's not good when you're trying to write and interpret laws. So you have to go by what is actually uh the word and the wording of the 14th Amendment. All citizens born or naturalized.
SPEAKER_14Yeah, when you register vote, we get that. It's about going to the poll itself and showing your ID at the poll. Your ID has your address, your picture, and most of all your signature. So, yeah, we get that you registered with your ID, but now it's going to the poll. What's your ID? How's that a problem? You go to the liquor store with your ID. Thirsty for it. So, what's the problem being thirsty to vote for your uh your federal uh elector? What's wrong with that?
SPEAKER_36Our citizens of the United States. Unfortunately, it's that simple, but Brandon Gill does bring up a good point. The loophole. It's a loophole, ladies and gentlemen, and it needs to close.
SPEAKER_14Trump plays the long game, and the long game is being patient, and being patient, that's where the reward comes from. All these quick faces doesn't do anything. It's not gonna heal. Be patient. We got this, MAGA, baby.
SPEAKER_36Not out of cruelty or malice, but because it is being used against the United States or can be used. When you're born here and your parents aren't legal, I don't think you should have an automatic citizenship. I think something else has to happen. I'm not sure you should be deported. I'm wondering if we need to completely rework this model, and that's going to take a whole lot for Congress. So, uh, but but here's what I've been quoting. There have historically been only a few exceptions to that general rule, Gray, and that is Justice Horace Gray continued. For example, the children of hostile enemies who were occupying the country, and the children of foreign diplomats, uh, as well as until 1924, some Native Americans. That general rule is if you're here legally, if your parents are here legally, they might not be citizens themselves, but you get citizenship. So that has been a pretty much settled law, but the reality is settled law isn't always settled. Uh Donald Trump might win with the current Supreme Court, but I don't think that's going to happen. Well, it's gonna it's gonna take Congress to change this problem because these laws were written back in the 1800s where no one would have dreamed about steaming uh for a couple of weeks, uh come across the country, have a child, uh, and then steam right back across the Atlantic or the Pacific. No one dreamed of that. That wasn't even in their lexicon. And even the guys who wrote the amendment kind of admitted that, yeah, this is entirely uh to deal with the issues of uh what was to come, that was Reconstruction, and allowing those the slaves that were then set free by the 13th Amendment, full and equal rights, or at least birthright citizenship. Uh, they had a whole lot more trouble uh giving full rights, and that had to be a fight for over 100 years. So the fear-mongering that the Democrats are doing isn't about, oh, Trump's going to end birthright citizenship. They can clutch their pearls all they want about birthright citizenship, but it is, as Brandon Gill correctly described it, a loophole. We need to deal with this issue. All right, it full stop. That's it, it needs to happen. And ultimately, when you have this loophole in the modern era, with the modern technologies we have, with the speed that we can transverse the globe. I remember our B-29, sorry, not B-29, that was World War II, our B-2 bomb took target in Iran and flew all the way across the globe in 36 hours. We're no longer living in a in a in a world where we go around the world in 80 days. We can go around the world in less than 80 hours. That is how small our world has gotten. And no, I'm not trying to get that song stuck in your head.
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SPEAKER_10My people, you know that it helps us. And of course, it helps you because it helps us keep bringing these to rays up the day. Now, y'all, today we're gonna be talking about your girl, justice. That's justice for you, Justice Katanji Brown Jackson, and the Supreme Court heard the birthright citizenship case today, y'all. It was a doozy. But there was one clip of your girl that came out and it it's been making its rounds around the internet today. But the problem is, people are not giving you the full context about what she was asking, about what she was saying. So I'm gonna bring that to you today, y'all, so that you can make a real opinion about whether or not you think she was, was she out to lunch? Was she way out in left field? Or can you say, hmm, I can see what she was talking about. So, y'all, first, what we're gonna do, we're gonna listen to kind of the intro to her question. She's going to refer to another question that was asked by Judge Alito. So we're going to intro her question, then we're going to get the context with Judge Alito's question, then we're going to circle back around to the conclusion that your girl drew, right? That got everybody up in an uproar. And then I'm going to ask you, once we hear what she has to say, I'm going to ask you, what do you think? Can you see where she's coming from? And I guess in the bigger picture, what do you think about this whole birthright citizenship thing on a whole, y'all? So, first let's start with her intro to her question. Jackson.
SPEAKER_06So I want to understand how you are responding to the government's argument that because temporary visitors and undocumented immigrants are still governed by their home countries. And in the government's uh take on this, you guys already have it. Subscribe allegiance to two different sovereigns, um, those groups can't have the requisite allegiance to um be subject to the United States for the purpose of the 14th Amendment. That's what I hear the government saying. But I do think that that seems to rest on a different understanding of allegiance than what was in the English common law, and that when we when we understand what the English common law thought about allegiance, you can see that you can have allegiance to two different sovereigns at the same time. This kind of goes back to Justice Alito's questions.
SPEAKER_10I mean, so let's listen to what Justice Alito had to say. He was asking questions about can somebody be, can they, can someone have allegiance? To different sovereigns, basically different countries, but different sovereign nations. So, can you be so can you have allegiance to the United States and to Russia? Can you have the can you have allegiance to the United States and Canada? Can you have allegiance to two different countries? Let's say United States being one of them. So listen to the entirety of Justice Toledo's question, then we'll pop back over to Jucker and hear her analysis.
SPEAKER_29Ms. Langer, would you agree that the citizenship test in the 14th Amendment is the same as the test in the 1866 Civil Rights Act?
SPEAKER_55So the words are obviously different. What Wong Kimark tells us and what the debates tell us is that the framers, there were the same, it was the same Congress obviously framing both. Congress was trying to do the same thing with both the 1866 Act and with the 14th Amendment. They wanted to capture the common law exceptions and the Indian tribal exception. They started out with the two separate phrases, not subject to any foreign power, plus excluding Indians not taxed. And as Justice Gray described it in his majority opinion in Won Kim Mark, they decided to switch to the affirmative phrase subject to the jurisdiction of the A. Yeah, but do they mean the same thing?
SPEAKER_29And wouldn't it be very odd if the citizenship test in the 14th Amendment were broader than the citizenship test in the 1866 Civil Rights Act, particularly in the light of the fact that the 1866 Civil Rights Act was reenacted after the adoption of the 14th Amendment and remained in place until 1940. Sure. The framers were trying to do the same thing with the language of both. Okay, so then I think we can turn to the language of the 1866 Civil Rights Act because it's more straightforward. Subject to the jurisdiction thereof is uh like the uh you know the puzzle wrap uh not subject to any foreign power is pretty straightforward. So let me give you these examples. Um a boy is born here to an Iranian father who has entered the country illegally. That boy is automatically an Iranian national at birth, and he has a duty to provide military service to the Iranian government. Is he not subject to any foreign power?
SPEAKER_55Not within the meaning of the 1866 Act, uh, Justice Alito. And that's clear from Wong K Mark and it's clear from the debates. What the framers meant by the phrase not subject to any foreign power was referring to the ambassador exception. If it meant what the government contends, basically not a subject of any foreign power, that you were that another country considers you a you sanguinous citizen, then lawful permanent permanent residence, all foreign national.
SPEAKER_29Well, ordinary public, ordinary public meaning of that would certainly uh encompass that boy, would it not?
SPEAKER_55Justice Leto, if you think that the language of the 1866 Act was ambiguous, as Wong Kimark says, the shift to the language of the 14th Amendment, which is the operative text, certainly clears up any ambiguity.
SPEAKER_29What I said about uh a boy born to an Iranian father is true of children born here to parents who are nationals of other countries. If I'm correct, it's true to a child who's born here to Russian parents, it's true to a child who's born here to Mexican parents. They're automatically citizens or nationals of those countries and have a duty of uh of military service. It sure seems like that's a that makes them subject to a foreign power.
SPEAKER_55But again, Justice Alito, that would have meant that the children of Irish, Italian, and um other immigrants, which Wonkey Mark refers to and the debate the framers referred to, would not have been citizens either. Because if the only test is whether that US-born child is considered a citizen by another country under their Eusanguinous laws, then no foreign nationals' children.
SPEAKER_10So there you heard Justice Alito saying, well, hold up now. If somebody's born on the United States soil, they they might be a U.S. citizen according to our current interpretation of the law, right? Of the Constitution. But that person might have to, they might actually be a citizen of another country, might be even an enemy of ours, and they might have a duty to go there and do military service. How can that happen, right? So he's he's calling into question this idea that you can really have allegiance to two different countries, particularly. I think he used Iran as the as the first example, because right now we're fighting a war with them, right? So, with that in mind, all right, you guys.
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SPEAKER_10Listen to how your girl, Justice Katanji Brown Jackson, how she reasons all of this through.
SPEAKER_06I was thinking about this, and I think they there are various sources that say this.
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SPEAKER_06You obviously have permanent allegiance uh based on being born in whatever country you're from. That's what everybody recognizes. But you also have local allegiance when you are on the soil of this other sovereign. And I was thinking, you know, I'm I'm I a U.S. citizen and visiting Japan. Thank you, thank you. And what it means is that, you know, if I steal someone's wallet in Japan, um the Japanese authorities can't arrest me and prosecute me. Um, it's allegiance, meaning, can they control you as a matter of law? I can also rely on them if my wallet is stolen to uh, you know, under Japanese law, go and prosecute the person who has stolen it. So there's this relationship based on, even though I'm a temporary traveler, I'm just on vacation in Japan, I'm still locally owing allegiance in that sense. Is that the right way to think about it? And if if so, doesn't that explain why both temporary uh residents and undocumented people would have that kind of quote-unquote allegiance just by virtue of being in the United States?
SPEAKER_55That's absolutely right, Justice Jackson. And that comports with the plain text of the 14th Amendment as it applies to everyone born in the United States, other than those subject to the to the exceptions that were baked in a close set. You owe natural allegiance as a U.S. born citizen. If you want to look at the parents of those people, and let's say the parents are foreign nationals but not ambassadors, the parents owe temporary allegiance. Right. So the babies get the permanent allegiance piece.
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SPEAKER_10Now that that got everybody in an uproar because she uses the term allegiance like I pledge allegiance to the flag, right? Like it's something that's inside of you or something that you're generating that you are.
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SPEAKER_10I have allegiance inside of me and I'm giving it to this country. I have allegiance inside of me and I can give it to that country if I wanted to, right? But the way she's using it is in another fashion. It's not something inside of you that you're giving to a country. Instead, she's using this confusingly, but according to English common law, as in basically the country has the ability to force you to follow their laws or to get you in trouble if you don't. So she's using the word allegiance in a way that we don't typically use it, and that is really the problem that has generated so many headlines about her today. Um, but in her defense, y'all, she is using it appropriately in this context, but it's just not the way we normally use it. So I will say my opinion here, it seems like she's defending the idea that somebody who's come into the country just to give birth just so that their children can be uh U.S. citizens. She seems like she's defending that. And in that sense, I disagree with her. I don't like it. I don't think we should, even if that was the case before, I think we should do away with it now. So that's my opinion on it, y'all. I think most countries do not have birthright citizenship, as far as I know. I don't think we need to have that anymore. It might have been good for one time, might have been good previously. I think we should do away with it. If we have to do away with it constitutionally, uh legislatively, supreme courtedly, however, we have to get rid of it, let's get rid of it. People should have at least one parent who's a United States citizen, or you become naturalized. That's how you become a citizen in the United States. What do you think, y'all? Give me a comment on what you think about your girls. Comment, Justice Katan.
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