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00:04:23.620 your thoughts. 68 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:27.279 My thoughts, I agree with you completely. But before we 69 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:31.600 get to the complete and utter destruction of Kathy Hochul 70 00:04:32.060 --> 00:04:34.829 by the hands of Bruce Blakeman, the Republican conservative and 71 00:04:34.889 --> 00:04:38.870 affordability candidate for governor, I just want to say for 72 00:04:38.889 --> 00:04:44.569 the statewide slate, Joe Hernandez for Comptroller, Saritha Kamar-Naredi for 73 00:04:44.689 --> 00:04:47.680 Attorney General, and Bruce Blakeman, it was a banner three weeks. 74 00:04:48.220 --> 00:04:50.839 It was truly a banner three weeks in the debates 75 00:04:50.860 --> 00:04:54.189 that they had. Joe Hernandez laid out a great plan 76 00:04:54.550 --> 00:04:58.329 on how to use public investments and get more returns 77 00:04:58.649 --> 00:05:03.319 for pensions and investments from the comptroller's office in his 78 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:08.740 debate against DiNapoli. And Sharitha, comments are ready, absolutely came 79 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:11.430 off as the rock star that she is when she 80 00:05:11.459 --> 00:05:17.350 debated Attorney General Letitia James. She basically, and it's something 81 00:05:17.379 --> 00:05:20.129 that's gone viral. We've seen it online. We've seen it 82 00:05:20.290 --> 00:05:23.370 in our inboxes. We've seen it even in the mainstream coverage, 83 00:05:23.709 --> 00:05:28.370 how she was, Saritha was able to completely show the 84 00:05:28.430 --> 00:05:31.980 lawfare that goes on and the partisanship that goes on 85 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:36.620 in a prosecutor's office, as opposed to the experience she has. 86 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:40.279 And of course it all culminated earlier this week. when 87 00:05:40.339 --> 00:05:45.699 Bruce Blakeman certainly drew the complete and contrast of two 88 00:05:45.740 --> 00:05:49.180 New Yorks, a New York led by himself and one 89 00:05:49.259 --> 00:05:52.449 in which we live in now, where Kathy Hochul had 90 00:05:52.470 --> 00:05:57.569 to defend her failed record on higher taxes, skyrocketing utility bills, 91 00:05:57.629 --> 00:06:00.529 reckless spending, and so forth on crimes policies. You know, 92 00:06:00.569 --> 00:06:03.649 Hochul represented and came off to the voters in that 93 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:08.319 debate platform that she represents more of the same failed policies, 94 00:06:08.540 --> 00:06:11.990 that she's a captured hostage of the socialist Democrats that 95 00:06:12.050 --> 00:06:15.350 have now run this state. And she is nothing more 96 00:06:15.870 --> 00:06:20.730 interested in holding on to power, influence, and her position, 97 00:06:20.810 --> 00:06:24.589 as opposed to making life better for the people, law-abiding 98 00:06:24.649 --> 00:06:27.629 citizens here in the state of New York. You know, 99 00:06:27.769 --> 00:06:32.459 more importantly, Bruce Blakeman outlined New York, where we end 100 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:37.480 the sanctuary state policies immediately from day one through executive order. 101 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:41.819 He laid out a policy where the first $ 50, 000 of 102 00:06:42.100 --> 00:06:46.100 state income tax would not be taxed, giving our residents 103 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:50.120 and our taxpayers and middle-class families and small business owners 104 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:54.230 the tax relief they truly need and the ability for 105 00:06:54.290 --> 00:06:59.170 him to slash utility rates and home heating oil and 106 00:06:59.209 --> 00:07:04.279 electric rates by almost 70%, the same 70% that Kathy 107 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:09.230 Hochul has increased 48 times during her tenure this year. 108 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:11.500 You know, two years ago, four years ago, excuse me, 109 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:16.029 in 2022, Lee Zeldin was fighting for this spot, came 110 00:07:16.069 --> 00:07:19.389 within a whisker of defeating Kathy Hochul. At that point, 111 00:07:19.889 --> 00:07:22.930 she was nothing more than just an accidental governor with 112 00:07:22.990 --> 00:07:25.649 no record, and she was anybody up from the Democrats 113 00:07:25.689 --> 00:07:29.759 better than Cuomo, an embattled and corrupt Democrat. elected official 114 00:07:29.779 --> 00:07:33.459 that was chased out of office. Now, after five years 115 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:38.110 of a record that's disastrous for middle-class families, disastrous for 116 00:07:38.129 --> 00:07:41.529 this empire state, and has actually collapsed this empire state, 117 00:07:42.310 --> 00:07:44.990 it is coming home to roost. Well, we were discussing 118 00:07:45.050 --> 00:07:48.160 offline that there are common sense Democrats, there are common 119 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:51.279 sense unaffiliated voters, there are just residents in general that 120 00:07:51.300 --> 00:07:55.079 have had enough. They're at the choking point of where 121 00:07:55.100 --> 00:07:57.279 they're going to be able to decide to stay here, 122 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:00.800 or do what everyone else has done in New York, 123 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.620 and that's vote by their feet and leave this state. 124 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:07.839 Bruce Blankman came out the ultimate winner, without question on that. 125 00:08:08.220 --> 00:08:09.680 And the best thing about it, and I said this 126 00:08:09.699 --> 00:08:12.100 in a publication leading up to it, is that we 127 00:08:12.139 --> 00:08:14.730 can see it now in our phones, through text messages, 128 00:08:15.019 --> 00:08:18.470 on our social media, in our mail, in our inboxes. 129 00:08:19.529 --> 00:08:23.949 His debate performance and his victory has gone viral. And 130 00:08:23.990 --> 00:08:25.449 what's going to do? What is that going to do? 131 00:08:26.180 --> 00:08:29.939 That's going to tip those unaffiliated, undecided voters throughout the 132 00:08:29.980 --> 00:08:32.899 state of New York that were not really

sure which 133 00:08:32.940 --> 00:08:34.980 way they wanted to go. Maybe didn't want to go 134 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:38.519 with the Republican or conservative candidate. Maybe we're going to 135 00:08:38.590 --> 00:08:41.789 just stay home. Tipped them their way. They're now leaning towards, 136 00:08:42.190 --> 00:08:44.970 and if not leaning, absolutely voting for Bruce Blinken. That's 137 00:08:44.990 --> 00:08:47.610 going to make up a gap that's about 3% right 138 00:08:47.669 --> 00:08:50.549 now statewide. For those that were still maybe leaning a 139 00:08:50.549 --> 00:08:52.379 little bit right, I mean, excuse me, a little bit 140 00:08:52.419 --> 00:08:55.190 leaning left or not voting, Now, all of a sudden, 141 00:08:55.210 --> 00:08:57.620 they do have a viable candidate. It doesn't have to 142 00:08:57.649 --> 00:09:01.519 be the same old failed Democratic policies. This is a man, 143 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:04.779 Bruce Blakeman, that has a record of accomplishments, that has 144 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:08.240 cut our taxes, has reduced spending, has gotten bond ratings 145 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:11.690 that have made the investments in his county a lot 146 00:09:11.750 --> 00:09:17.649 cheaper for taxpayers. And certainly, USA Today has identified that 147 00:09:17.710 --> 00:09:21.820 Nashville County is the safest county in the country right now. 148 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:25.860 That was a clear victory for Bruce Blakeman. It is 149 00:09:25.960 --> 00:09:30.950 one that now we are advancing forward. And with that 150 00:09:31.009 --> 00:09:34.350 victory also comes much needed late money because you have 151 00:09:34.529 --> 00:09:38.230 everyone and everywhere who wants to hedge their bets because 152 00:09:38.470 --> 00:09:42.789 maybe they thought that Hoka was a safe bet, but 153 00:09:42.830 --> 00:09:46.750 now they realize she's not a safe bet. That they perhaps, 154 00:09:46.789 --> 00:09:51.220 and they see, and they've seen a reaction that the 155 00:09:51.220 --> 00:09:55.159 residents have given the voters have given Bruce Blakeman on 156 00:09:55.159 --> 00:09:57.789 this race. For us, this was a big night for us. 157 00:09:57.789 --> 00:10:00.110 You know, I'm proud that we are, you know, the 158 00:10:00.169 --> 00:10:02.320 tip of the spear for the Bruce Blakeman campaign here 159 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:04.740 in Suffolk County and Long Island. And that's one that's 160 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:07.940 resonating all over, all over the state. We are tied. 161 00:10:07.980 --> 00:10:11.399 Bruce Blakeman is not tied or at least ahead in her, 162 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:16.240 in Kathy Hochul's home county of Erie County. That's unbelievable. 163 00:10:16.259 --> 00:10:20.179 We have not won Erie County since George Pataki's last 164 00:10:20.419 --> 00:10:23.659 term as governor. That's the coalition that's going to be built. 165 00:10:24.059 --> 00:10:28.610 Jesse, in that regard, Nick Langworthy, who's a congressman from 166 00:10:28.649 --> 00:10:30.730 Buffalo and a former state chairman, who you know well. 167 00:10:30.990 --> 00:10:31.490 Great man. 168 00:10:31.830 --> 00:10:33.629 Great man, was in the studio with us last night 169 00:10:33.649 --> 00:10:36.909 in Katzenclosby, and he was talking about that. She is 170 00:10:37.009 --> 00:10:41.129 so deep underwater up in Buffalo and Erie County. That's 171 00:10:41.149 --> 00:10:42.330 an amazing situation. 172 00:10:44.269 --> 00:10:47.210 That's going to carry on to Monroe, who's been flipping 173 00:10:47.250 --> 00:10:49.970 back and forth in recent years. You know, they say 174 00:10:49.990 --> 00:10:53.169 that the political environment is not with Republicans this year. 175 00:10:53.789 --> 00:10:55.549 And I can share with you one other thing. It 176 00:10:55.590 --> 00:10:58.549 may not be with us, but I've read in a 177 00:10:58.590 --> 00:11:02.039 couple of places, the Newsweek has identified that they expect 178 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:04.860 a national blue wave, except here in New York. Why? 179 00:11:04.899 --> 00:11:07.220 Because of Bruce Blakeman and because of the failed record 180 00:11:07.259 --> 00:11:10.759 of Kathy Hochul. That's what's key there. Here, what we 181 00:11:10.779 --> 00:11:13.879 have is five years of a record. that Kathy Hochul 182 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:17.360 has laid out and the people are rejecting. So I 183 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:19.840 see that there's a lot of inroads being made now 184 00:11:20.100 --> 00:11:23.779 in this coalition building. And again, we've discussed it. You know, 185 00:11:23.820 --> 00:11:26.000 Bruce Blakeman is a proud member of the Jewish faith. 186 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:30.480 I don't understand how, you know, we had Lee Zeldin, again, 187 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:34.220 someone who cultivated coalitions, including members of the Jewish faith 188 00:11:34.539 --> 00:11:37.519 and such. But maybe perhaps they did not have the 189 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:42.370 one thing that Bruce Blakeman has. He doesn't have the 190 00:11:42.429 --> 00:11:45.029 fact that we have Mondami in the city of New 191 00:11:45.070 --> 00:11:49.289 York as its mayor and someone who basically wants to 192 00:11:49.370 --> 00:11:52.179 eliminate the members of the Jewish faith. How any Democrat, 193 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:54.600 either here in the state of New York or across 194 00:11:54.620 --> 00:11:57.659 the country, can vote, can any member of the Jewish 195 00:11:57.700 --> 00:12:01.879 faith vote Democrat in these elections? I am shocked. But 196 00:12:01.899 --> 00:12:05.330 I also think that Bruce Blakeman, again, made the case 197 00:12:06.190 --> 00:12:11.360 in these last 15 days that he is viable. He 198 00:12:11.379 --> 00:12:13.620 is going to be effective, and he is the right 199 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:16.200 choice to lead New York down a new path. 200 00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:19.820 Well said, Jesse. Eric? 201 00:12:20.279 -->

00:12:22.659 Look, Kathy Hochul had one answer to everything. She reminded 202 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:24.590 me of one of these child toys. You pull a string, 203 00:12:24.610 --> 00:12:28.049 and it just says the same thing over and over again. Kathy, 204 00:12:28.289 --> 00:12:29.110 why are prices high? 205 00:12:29.250 --> 00:12:29.490 Trump. 206 00:12:30.090 --> 00:12:31.669 Kathy, why is the sun rising? 207 00:12:31.909 --> 00:12:32.169 Trump. 208 00:12:32.629 --> 00:12:35.309 Kathy, who does your hair? Trump. All she could say 209 00:12:35.350 --> 00:12:38.789 to Trump was the answer to every question. The problem is... 210 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:44.080 she may be the beneficiary of her failures. Her policies 211 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:46.840 have been so awful and so destructive to the state 212 00:12:46.860 --> 00:12:49.360 of New York and its residents that people have been leaving. 213 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:52.080 New York State has led the country year after year 214 00:12:52.139 --> 00:12:57.220 in out-migration. Those are Blakeman voters. The only question for 215 00:12:57.259 --> 00:13:01.710 Blakeman is, has she failed so utterly that it guarantees 216 00:13:01.750 --> 00:13:05.090 her victory because so many people have left? That's really 217 00:13:05.110 --> 00:13:08.240 the question. Now, one of the things I was a 218 00:13:08.250 --> 00:13:10.200 little surprised it did not come up at the debate 219 00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:13.639 at all was the issue of education. That topic was 220 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:18.860 never even broached because under Kathy Hochul, charter schools, school choice, 221 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:23.659 they don't exist. The teachers union just run the state 222 00:13:24.740 --> 00:13:30.590 and it keeps kids primarily in minority communities in failed schools. 223 00:13:30.929 --> 00:13:32.509 They don't have an opportunity. That would have been a 224 00:13:32.529 --> 00:13:36.669 great opportunity, a great topic for Bruce Blakeman to address. 225 00:13:37.470 --> 00:13:39.830 as how he would improve our educational system. 226 00:13:39.850 --> 00:13:43.110 Well, the question, unfortunately, the question was imposed. I only 227 00:13:43.129 --> 00:13:46.629 had an hour because Hochul keeps ducking, having debates. She's 228 00:13:46.690 --> 00:13:47.490 afraid of debating. 229 00:13:48.129 --> 00:13:48.490 Exactly. 230 00:13:48.549 --> 00:13:50.909 And on one of the things for which Kathy Hochul 231 00:13:51.250 --> 00:13:55.210 attempted to take credit, she didn't credit Trump, but it 232 00:13:56.110 --> 00:14:00.820 was the diminution in crime. But the one crime rate 233 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:03.539 that she did not talk about was hate crimes against Jews. 234 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:07.110 Jews represent 10% of the population in New York. But 235 00:14:07.190 --> 00:14:09.330 they were victims of 60% of the hate crimes. 236 00:14:09.610 --> 00:14:10.080 And why? 237 00:14:10.409 --> 00:14:14.559 Because of the mayor that she endorsed. She endorsed Zoran Mamdani. 238 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:19.299 And she's never criticized or condemned his anti-Semitism. She never 239 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:24.440 went to Columbia University or to NYU or to Cornell 240 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:28.710 to condemn the anti-Semitism that has exploded in college campuses 241 00:14:29.090 --> 00:14:31.889 across our state. It took people like Mike Johnson and 242 00:14:31.929 --> 00:14:35.759 Virginia Fox and Mike Lawler to show up and say, 243 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:37.960 two Baptists and a Catholic, to show up and say 244 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:41.200 this garbage has to stop. Kathy Hochul never did that. 245 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:45.700 So even where she, her best success is that she 246 00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:48.240 has failed because she's forced people out of the state. 247 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:51.580 And whether or not she's going to be able, Bruce 248 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:54.080 Baikman's going to be able to attract enough of his voters, 249 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:56.330 that's really the open question. I certainly hope that he can. 250 00:14:56.350 --> 00:14:58.370 Well, we're going to have to take a break, but 251 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:02.570 I'll tell everyone who's listening, There's a pathology, there's an 252 00:15:02.629 --> 00:15:07.669 anti-Trump pathology. And I think it's a serious mental illness 253 00:15:08.009 --> 00:15:10.549 because you have to give Trump credit for his successes. 254 00:15:11.009 --> 00:15:13.600 You can criticize him when he's wrong, but just because 255 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:15.480 you say Trump doesn't mean that you have to vote. 256 00:15:16.059 --> 00:15:17.960 And you don't like him, you have to vote for 257 00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:21.190 a failed governor to take us down the road of. 258 00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:26.159 Well, if Kathy Hochul's logic applies and it doesn't, that 259 00:15:26.210 --> 00:15:27.830 if a vote for Blakeman is a vote for Trump, 260 00:15:27.870 --> 00:15:30.529 that means a vote for her is a vote for Mamdani. 261 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:36.019 Because unlike Bruce Blakeman, who can distinguish himself on a 262 00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:40.070 number of issues from President Trump, she is owned lock, stock, 263 00:15:40.129 --> 00:15:43.789 and barrel by Mayor Mamdani. She will dance to his tune. 264 00:15:44.230 --> 00:15:45.230 And it's only going to get worse. 265 00:15:45.309 --> 00:15:47.230 One thing before we break, if I could, and I 266 00:15:47.250 --> 00:15:50.129 know we're up against a hard break. What Kathy Hochul 267 00:15:50.169 --> 00:15:52.379 is actually saying is what every Democrat is actually saying. 268 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:57.320 They're saying no to tax relief on tips over time 269 00:15:57.340 --> 00:16:02.919 that a laborer or an organized laborer individual earns on 270 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:06.000 a day, on a weekly basis, they're saying no to 271

00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:08.850 no tax on social security. And they're saying no to 272 00:16:08.870 --> 00:16:13.909 the largest single taxing tax, a tax cut in the 273 00:16:14.029 --> 00:16:18.610 history of the United States. That's when, when Kathy Hochul 274 00:16:19.210 --> 00:16:22.330 attacks Trump, she's attacking no tax on tips, no tax 275 00:16:22.370 --> 00:16:25.509 on overtime, no tax on social security and the implementation 276 00:16:25.769 --> 00:16:28.629 of the largest tax cut in the history of our country. 277 00:16:29.210 --> 00:16:32.210 That's very well said. And let's be clear, New York 278 00:16:32.250 --> 00:16:38.320 City and New York State are facing financial deficits. The 279 00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:43.750 Mondami-Hockel solution, no matter what they say... before an election, 280 00:16:43.990 --> 00:16:47.559 will be, they will seek to raise taxes. There's a 281 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:49.740 lot of noise in the system about raising the real 282 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:52.700 property taxes. There's noise in the system about taking the 283 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:57.460 exemption for estate taxes down to $ 750, 000, which means if 284 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:57.919 you own a home. 285 00:16:57.940 --> 00:17:00.970 Well, if you do that... Everybody's going to flee. Then 286 00:17:01.230 --> 00:17:04.130 everyone will leave. Of course. Then everyone will leave. 287 00:17:04.190 --> 00:17:07.769 You can't raise income taxes. You can't screw people on 288 00:17:07.809 --> 00:17:10.430 estate taxes. They're hard-earned money, which I want to pass 289 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:14.579 on to the children just to the climate, they are 290 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:20.599 insane about this. They're talking about even making statewide, remember statewide, 291 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:25.059 the whole issue of pied-a-terre taxes, which means there's a 292 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:28.640 legislation already introduced by Democratic members of the assembly, which 293 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:33.569 would make it a pied-a-terre tax, a statewide situation, not 294 00:17:33.609 --> 00:17:36.049 just in New York City, which means if you own 295 00:17:36.069 --> 00:17:40.410 a home in Suffolk County or Erie County, and you 296 00:17:40.430 --> 00:17:42.609 also have a place in Florida, they're going to jam 297 00:17:42.630 --> 00:17:45.150 you up with the so-called pieta tear tax that you're 298 00:17:45.170 --> 00:17:48.700 really not there. It's a ridiculous thing. And that's on 299 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:53.160 their agenda. They don't know how to be economically efficient 300 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:58.160 and cut unnecessary programs and police against fraud and abuse. 301 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:00.279 I will say I'm getting a little tired of being 302 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:03.339 told that they keep cutting my taxes and every year 303 00:18:03.380 --> 00:18:06.279 my taxes go up. I'm just not sure where, where 304 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.140 this is all coming from. 305 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:10.079 Anyway, we have one minute to go in this. So 306 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:12.839 I want to make a, a very strong point, and 307 00:18:12.869 --> 00:18:15.809 then we have to take the break. Bruce Blakeman is 308 00:18:15.829 --> 00:18:19.730 running on three lines, the Republican line, the conservative line. 309 00:18:21.569 --> 00:18:24.569 Kathy Hoch is running on a Democratic line, Working Families 310 00:18:24.609 --> 00:18:27.420 Party line. If you want to vote for common sense 311 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:29.319 and the future of New York State and for the 312 00:18:29.380 --> 00:18:33.180 future of your children and your grandchildren, you don't want 313 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:35.000 to vote for Blakeman, but you have some sort of 314 00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:39.410 psychological resistance for pulling down the Republican or conservative line, 315 00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:45.279 then vote for Blakeman on the affordable, vote affordable party line. 316 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:48.900 That's all. If you want to talk about affordability, then 317 00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:52.039 you have to be voting for Blakeman. If you want 318 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:54.539 to just have the myth that somehow the Democrats are 319 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.069 going to make things more affordable, when they're the proximal 320 00:18:57.089 --> 00:19:01.690 cause of all the increases in health care, in housing, 321 00:19:03.950 --> 00:19:07.069 it's absolutely an energy. It's all on them, not on 322 00:19:07.089 --> 00:19:10.490 the Republicans. You've got to vote for Bruce Blakeman. and 323 00:19:10.529 --> 00:19:13.210 vote for him on the affordable party line. That's all. 324 00:19:13.730 --> 00:19:16.569 This is Let the Record Show with Chairman Jesse Garcia 325 00:19:16.589 --> 00:19:20.630 of the Republican Party, noted attorney, commentary essayist, Eric Levine. 326 00:19:20.650 --> 00:19:23.190 I'm Judge Richard Weinberg. Please stay with us. We'll be 327 00:19:23.230 --> 00:19:25.670 back in about a few moments with our second segment 328 00:19:25.710 --> 00:19:29.180 with more important and interesting conversation. Stay tuned, please. 329 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:38.269 Let the Record Show is on the air. This is 330 00:19:38.369 --> 00:19:42.519 Let the Record Show, using common sense. Now, here are 331 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:47.430 your hosts, Judge Richard Weinberg. Essayist and commentator, Eric Levine. 332 00:19:47.670 --> 00:19:49.349 And Chairman Jesse Garcia. 333 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:54.740 Welcome back to Let the Record Show with Chairman Jesse 334 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:58.799 Garcia of the Republican Party, noted attorney, commentator, essayist Eric Levine, 335 00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:02.029 and I'm Judge Richard Weinberg. Welcome back to our second 336 00:20:02.069 --> 00:20:08.430 segment of today's show. So, the never-ending story of the 337 00:20:08.470 --> 00:20:12.779 Middle East. There's

a war going on. It's on low 338 00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:16.019 gear now on certain levels, but in high gear in 339 00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:20.460 other levels. That's a war against the terrorist, despotic regime 340 00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:26.240 of Iran, who enabled terrorist organizations to attack not only Israel, 341 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:32.220 but U.S. bases, other Arab countries have tried to close 342 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:38.150 down navigation in the free seas, the international waterways, have 343 00:20:38.190 --> 00:20:44.609 tried everything desperately, to maintain power, killing, maiming and torturing 344 00:20:44.630 --> 00:20:50.670 their own people. So what's happening? Well, three weeks after 345 00:20:50.690 --> 00:20:55.210 the election, we need to focus on, we need to 346 00:20:55.269 --> 00:20:58.789 get back to decapitating the head of the snake, which 347 00:20:58.849 --> 00:21:02.829 is Iran. Absolutely essential. Because all the terrorist organizations feed 348 00:21:02.890 --> 00:21:06.170 off of Iran. And it's very essential. If we're ever 349 00:21:06.190 --> 00:21:08.619 going to have peace in the Middle East, Iran has 350 00:21:08.630 --> 00:21:12.490 to go. And that means the regime led by the 351 00:21:12.589 --> 00:21:15.349 Revolutionary Guard. They have to go. And the mullahs. They 352 00:21:15.369 --> 00:21:17.589 have to go. They have to have a free country 353 00:21:18.190 --> 00:21:21.809 where they're not oppressed by their own leadership and not 354 00:21:21.890 --> 00:21:24.450 tortured by their own leadership. And who is not in 355 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:29.599 perpetual war against Winston's civilization and democratic values and freedom 356 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:31.539 of speech and thought and religion. 357 00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.599 They have to go. 358 00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:36.059 And when they say death to Israel and death to America, 359 00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:39.650 they mean death to the world that's not under their 360 00:21:39.710 --> 00:21:44.390 Sharia law and under their obsession with domination by their 361 00:21:44.430 --> 00:21:49.059 religious death cult over everyone else. They have to be stopped. Now, 362 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:55.339 recent developments are the Houthis, who, by the way, according 363 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:58.019 to General Jack Keane, who we spoke to last night 364 00:21:58.079 --> 00:22:03.009 on Castle Crosby, the Houthis have a militia of about 250,000 men, 365 00:22:03.670 --> 00:22:08.779 and they're trying to get missile range into Israel and 366 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:11.880 further into Europe from China. And China, in fact, is 367 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:16.559 allegedly selling the parts to them to do this. This 368 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:23.460 is a dangerous phenomenon. The Houthis have attacked Saudi Arabia, UAE, 369 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:28.069 other countries that are part of the alliance against Iran. 370 00:22:28.730 --> 00:22:31.849 They do

the bidding of Iran. But in their own regard, 371 00:22:31.930 --> 00:22:36.109 they're a clear and present danger. They have to be stopped. Hamas... 372 00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:39.720 So much for the so-called Board of Peace, so-called free elections. 373 00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:42.400 What kind of free election is it when Hamas is 374 00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:45.619 still in control of vast parts of the territories? 375 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:49.680 Well, Abbas adjourned the elections to the end of 2027. Right. 376 00:22:51.289 --> 00:22:54.710 But they keep playing that game about elections, elections, elections. 377 00:22:55.049 --> 00:22:56.990 So you have the old PLO. 378 00:22:58.269 --> 00:23:01.130 He's now in the 23rd year of his four-year term. 379 00:23:01.150 --> 00:23:01.309 Right. 380 00:23:01.529 --> 00:23:04.230 And it's insane. So you have that going on. And 381 00:23:04.289 --> 00:23:06.789 neither one of them is a partner for peace or 382 00:23:06.829 --> 00:23:11.390 stability or common sense or tolerance for the existence and 383 00:23:11.410 --> 00:23:14.029 state of Israel. They're dedicated to the destruction of Israel 384 00:23:14.049 --> 00:23:17.630 because Israel is a first-line defense for Western civilization. So 385 00:23:17.650 --> 00:23:20.650 the short answer is the Board of Peace, especially if 386 00:23:20.710 --> 00:23:24.390 it's controlled by Turkey, that's no Board of Peace. That's 387 00:23:24.410 --> 00:23:28.099 just another Islamist fundamentalist, but that one happens to be 388 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:32.180 the Sunni-led as opposed to the Sharia-led. It makes no 389 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:34.920 difference to Western civilization. They want all our heads off. 390 00:23:35.650 --> 00:23:38.710 So that's the Middle East today, and something needs to 391 00:23:38.730 --> 00:23:42.730 be done about it. Now, Trump, to his credit, is 392 00:23:42.750 --> 00:23:45.230 the first president to actually start doing something about it, 393 00:23:45.690 --> 00:23:49.170 as I've commented and other people on this show have commented. 394 00:23:51.210 --> 00:23:54.910 Trump had done a good job 80% of the way, 395 00:23:55.150 --> 00:23:59.089 and he stopped with a ridiculous memorandum of understanding. They regrouped. 396 00:23:59.309 --> 00:24:02.750 They rearmed. They're now trying to rebuild and reconstitute their 397 00:24:02.789 --> 00:24:09.819 nuclear program. organize themselves again to oppress opposition and to 398 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:15.230 fight back. They have no intention of ever giving up power. 399 00:24:16.049 --> 00:24:19.650 They have to be taken out. Now, every day that 400 00:24:19.670 --> 00:24:22.910 goes by, they have another chance to build themselves up. Now, 401 00:24:22.970 --> 00:24:27.369 in the domestic politics, we have a clock. The Iranians 402 00:24:27.390 --> 00:24:30.789 don't have a clock. They have the long view. People 403 00:24:30.849 --> 00:24:34.390 have to understand. So you're paying a little bit more for... 404 00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.880 gasoline at the pump. 405 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:36.880 So what? 406 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:39.480 You really want to have a nuclear weapon in the 407 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:42.680 hands of crazies who believe in world domination and that 408 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:46.799 believe that they have salvation. All of the rest of 409 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:49.579 us have death and destruction. I think not. So let's 410 00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:52.099 pay attention. It's really important. Eric. 411 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:53.400 Yeah. 412 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:57.059 So these recent attack by the Houthis on Saudi Arabia, they've, 413 00:24:57.220 --> 00:25:00.700 they've actually, they've attacked the Saudi airport in Riyadh. They've 414 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:04.339 attacked their oil facilities in, Of course, they attack civilian 415 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:10.279 infrastructure and civilian sites. I don't hear anybody accusing them 416 00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:13.480 of genocide. But putting that aside for a moment, of course, 417 00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:16.180 the Houthis can't do this without Iranian support. They are 418 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:20.119 an Iranian proxy. Now, the Saudis have been purchasing some 419 00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:22.539 of the most advanced, if not the most advanced military 420 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:25.140 hardware in the world from the United States. They've spent 421 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:29.819 more on American military hardware than the Israelis have. And yet, 422 00:25:31.289 --> 00:25:34.450 This country with F-35s is incapable of beating people that 423 00:25:34.650 --> 00:25:38.529 run around without shoes. It's actually to the point where 424 00:25:39.130 --> 00:25:43.079 the French have agreed to send in their military to 425 00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:45.519 help secure some sites. This will be the first time 426 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:49.619 they've done that since 1979 when the Saudi regime was 427 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:52.640 almost overthrown at the Grand Mosque seizure. We can talk 428 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:55.720 about that another time. That's a whole show. So the 429 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:59.950 French have actually sent the military. to help save Saudi Arabia. Now, 430 00:26:00.069 --> 00:26:03.490 everyone should understand it matters that the Saudi regime survives, 431 00:26:03.589 --> 00:26:07.710 because while MBS may not be the most wonderful guy 432 00:26:07.789 --> 00:26:10.450 on Earth, he's far superior to anything that would take 433 00:26:10.490 --> 00:26:14.799 his place. It'll either be radical Islamists in an Iran-dominated 434 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:17.539 state or a completely failed state. So it's important that 435 00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:25.140 MBS and Saudi Arabia survive. So the Iranian strategy here 436 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:29.579 in large part is, let's if we have the Houthis 437 00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:33.740

attack Saudi Arabia, we can perhaps come in and say, look, 438 00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:37.529 we can make the Houthis stop, and in exchange for 439 00:26:37.589 --> 00:26:40.210 us making the Houthis stop, we can reach a deal 440 00:26:40.410 --> 00:26:43.509 with you, Mr. President Donald Trump. Now, they had done 441 00:26:43.549 --> 00:26:47.970 that under the Biden administration. If you all remember, the 442 00:26:48.049 --> 00:26:50.410 Iranians were back in the Houthis, and the Saudis were 443 00:26:50.430 --> 00:26:53.599 back in the internationally recognized government of Yemen, and Biden 444 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:56.339 came in and for whatever reason decided, well, we know why, 445 00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:58.250 he was appeasing the Iranians. See, we're going to give 446 00:26:58.269 --> 00:27:01.089 Yemen to the Iranians, Saudi Arabia, get out, and we're 447 00:27:01.109 --> 00:27:02.930 not going to give you any more weapons to defend 448 00:27:03.470 --> 00:27:07.450 yourselves and to fight in Yemen. And that was the deal. 449 00:27:07.490 --> 00:27:10.559 The Iranians said, we'll stop the Houthis, and you do 450 00:27:10.599 --> 00:27:13.619 deals with us. And Biden did, and of course, the 451 00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:17.240 Houthis continued to attack. But Trump is obviously different. I 452 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:20.180 don't think this strategy is going to work. So the 453 00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:23.759 Saudis have, they came up with one plan. They said, oh, 454 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:26.119 and then of course, so the Saudis, after Biden sold 455 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:29.450 them out, We all remember that the Chinese acted as 456 00:27:29.509 --> 00:27:31.970 an interlocutor between the Iranians and the Saudis, and then 457 00:27:32.309 --> 00:27:35.390 that's when the Iranians and the Saudis reopened diplomatic relations, 458 00:27:35.750 --> 00:27:38.089 and that fell apart. So the Saudis now have come 459 00:27:38.150 --> 00:27:43.650 up with another particular military defense paradigm. We'll align ourselves 460 00:27:43.670 --> 00:27:46.619 with Turkey and Pakistan. Well, what has that done? Turkey 461 00:27:46.650 --> 00:27:49.799 and Pakistan have done absolutely zero. So now the Saudis 462 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:53.200 are back to turning to the United States and Israel. 463 00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:58.740 The Israelis, it's my understanding, have been providing the Saudis 464 00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:02.970 with intelligence on the Houthis to be able to defend themselves. 465 00:28:03.630 --> 00:28:07.869 But I believe, and I think it's the U.S. strategy 466 00:28:07.930 --> 00:28:10.730 and the Israeli strategy, that attacking the Houthis is all 467 00:28:10.769 --> 00:28:13.299 well and good, but the better strategy is to attack 468 00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:14.960 the head of the snake, and that's to attack Iran. 469 00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:19.019 And that attack is absolutely coming. It's going to be 470 00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:23.200 a huge kinetic activity against Iran. I think the current 471 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:27.480 plan is to attack after the elections. The Israelis have elections, 472 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:29.779 I believe, on October 27th, and of course our elections 473 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:33.299 are on November 3rd, but that timeline could move up 474 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:37.480 depending upon the Iranians. The Israelis have a high degree 475 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:40.660 of confidence that the Iranians are planning, through their proxies 476 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:44.480 and perhaps directly by themselves, an attack on Israel, whether 477 00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:47.799 it's by Hamas or Hezbollah, or even there's some concern 478 00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:50.559 that the Palestinian Authority, which has 60,000 men under arms, 479 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:55.299 that they may participate in some sort of military operation 480 00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:59.759 against the Israelis. So if the intelligence shows that the 481 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:03.789 Iranians are going to attempt to preempt an American-Israeli and 482 00:29:03.829 --> 00:29:08.549 probably UAE strike and perhaps also maybe a Saudi strike, 483 00:29:09.190 --> 00:29:13.029 then we and the Israelis and these other countries will 484 00:29:13.049 --> 00:29:18.380 want to preempt the preemption. So the military operation against Iran, 485 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:21.119 which I am convinced is coming, It can happen any 486 00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:24.240 day depending upon the developments in the Middle East. I 487 00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.819 think if it's just left to us and our own 488 00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:30.630 devices and our own timing, it'll come right after the election. 489 00:29:30.630 --> 00:29:33.990 But there's no more waiting around to see if this 490 00:29:33.990 --> 00:29:37.599 regime is going to make a deal, whether they're going 491 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:40.720 to give up their nuclear program. whether they're going to 492 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:43.180 give up their ballistic missile program, whether they're going to 493 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:48.180 give up funding to, you know, the leading state sponsor 494 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:50.640 of terrorism in the world. They're not giving up any 495 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:54.440 of that. It's just not happening. So the only alternative, 496 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:59.250 the only solution is regime change. And we were on 497 00:29:59.289 --> 00:30:01.230 the cusp of that. And we were on the cusp 498 00:30:01.250 --> 00:30:03.470 of that until we entered into this MOU, which really 499 00:30:03.509 --> 00:30:06.170 just really just screwed the whole thing up. But I 500 00:30:06.230 --> 00:30:11.869 think the president is resolute now in terms of dealing 501 00:30:11.890 --> 00:30:16.190 with this regime. He's been making statements that just telling them, 502 00:30:16.250 --> 00:30:18.890 just wait and see what's going to

happen. And I 503 00:30:18.930 --> 00:30:21.210 really do think it's going to be a huge attack. 504 00:30:21.549 --> 00:30:22.970 I think it's going to be a joint attack. The 505 00:30:22.990 --> 00:30:26.829 question is whether or not the UAE joins and Saudi 506 00:30:26.890 --> 00:30:29.829 Arabia joins. But certainly, Israelis are going to be shoulder 507 00:30:29.849 --> 00:30:32.829 to shoulder with us. And I think the days of 508 00:30:32.869 --> 00:30:34.470 the Iranian regime are numbered. 509 00:30:34.990 --> 00:30:37.190 How come we never hear about Egypt and Jordan? 510 00:30:37.210 --> 00:30:40.650 Well, it's interesting. Well, Jordan, we do hear about Jordan. 511 00:30:40.690 --> 00:30:43.990 Jordan has actually been the recipient of a lot of 512 00:30:44.029 --> 00:30:46.730 these ballistic missiles. And one thing we don't want to 513 00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:49.700 do is destabilize Jordan. Jordan has made peace with Israel. 514 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:53.019 It doesn't pose a threat to the Israelis. But the 515 00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:57.460 Jordanian population poses a threat to the Jordanian regime. So 516 00:30:57.480 --> 00:31:01.990 we don't want to put King Abdullah in a position where, remember, 517 00:31:01.990 --> 00:31:07.230 60% of his population is Palestinian and has a great 518 00:31:07.269 --> 00:31:11.170 deal of sympathies or antipathy towards the Israelis. So we 519 00:31:11.190 --> 00:31:13.819 want to be careful in an effort to get Jordan 520 00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:16.619 to join us. And they have. They've allowed the Israelis 521 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:19.440 to use their airspace. They've used the Patriot missiles to 522 00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:22.559 help defend Israel. So I don't really have a bone 523 00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:24.779 to pick with the Jordanians. The Egyptians, on the other hand, 524 00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:30.059 largest standing army in Israel. the world. And when the 525 00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:33.559 Houthis are closing the Bab al-Mandeb, which is the entrance 526 00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:36.619 to the Red Sea, that has a direct impact on 527 00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:40.970 the Egyptians because the Suez Canal is their lifeblood of 528 00:31:41.029 --> 00:31:45.170 foreign currency. So I'm curious as to why the Egyptians 529 00:31:45.210 --> 00:31:48.450 are sitting this out. But I will also make this observation. 530 00:31:49.190 --> 00:31:52.670 People can draw their own conclusions. There are two borders 531 00:31:52.710 --> 00:31:56.650 to Gaza. Everyone talks about the Israelis and them sealing 532 00:31:56.769 --> 00:32:01.640 in and He's keeping the Palestinians inside Gaza. There's also 533 00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:06.410 an Egyptian border between Gaza and Sinai. That's Egypt. And 534 00:32:06.430 --> 00:32:09.369 the Egyptians, not only did they refuse to allow the 535 00:32:09.490 --> 00:32:13.789 Palestinians out, both the Israelis and President Biden asked the 536 00:32:13.849 --> 00:32:16.809 Egyptians to open that border so that civilians can be 537 00:32:16.890 --> 00:32:19.750 moved into the Sinai so that the Israelis, when they 538 00:32:19.910 --> 00:32:24.420 invaded Gaza, would only be attacking terrorists. The Egyptians said, no, 539 00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:26.180 they wouldn't open the border. They don't allow food to 540 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:28.450 come in through that border. It all has to go 541 00:32:28.490 --> 00:32:32.980 in through the Israeli border. But the primary source of 542 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:36.420 the weapons that were smuggled into Gaza over all these 543 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:40.329 years has come through Egypt, has come through the Sinai. 544 00:32:41.069 --> 00:32:43.809 So the Egyptians, in many ways, are playing a double game. 545 00:32:44.710 --> 00:32:47.230 We really have to keep our eyes on them as 546 00:32:47.269 --> 00:32:51.589 to what it is their objectives are. But the Egyptians 547 00:32:51.630 --> 00:32:53.829 are not neutral in this, and they've not been particularly 548 00:32:53.869 --> 00:33:01.430 good actors. So the question remains, what is Egypt, what 549 00:33:01.490 --> 00:33:04.130 is their national security interest? How do they perceive it? 550 00:33:04.470 --> 00:33:06.109 And what are they going to do next? And I 551 00:33:06.130 --> 00:33:08.019 don't know the answer to that, because some of their 552 00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:09.210 activity has been pretty curious. 553 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.319 Jesse? 554 00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:17.259 Before I move forward on that, I do want to 555 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:20.279 point out on the greater issues of of Iran and 556 00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:22.380 dealing with that, because I don't know how much more 557 00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:24.559 I can contribute, but I do have questions I think 558 00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:28.680 that would benefit the listeners to hear from both of you. 559 00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:31.990 But I wanna point out to Justin Murphy. He's a 560 00:33:31.990 --> 00:33:35.630 candidate running for Senate against Cory Booker in the state 561 00:33:35.650 --> 00:33:39.569 of New Jersey. He had an amazing response to a 562 00:33:39.609 --> 00:33:44.799 question that went viral and really set the place, set 563 00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:50.829 a left-leaning debate audience on their hands. I mean, I'm sorry, 564 00:33:51.109 --> 00:33:53.829 in applause. When the question was posed to both candidates, 565 00:33:54.309 --> 00:33:56.809 if Donald Trump called you, President Donald Trump called you 566 00:33:56.829 --> 00:33:59.470 in the middle of the night and asked for your 567 00:33:59.490 --> 00:34:03.009 advice on how to deal with the Iran war. You know, 568 00:34:03.230 --> 00:34:07.180 very succinctly, Justin Murphy said, and I'm going to read 569 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:10.500 this verbatim, finish the war in a positive manner. We 570 00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:13.420 can't wait halfway through and decide we

don't want to 571 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:16.059 do this anymore. Let me just stop it for a minute. 572 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:19.409 That is what every president has done over the last 573 00:34:19.409 --> 00:34:24.289 47 years and accept that they've never actually taken the steps, 574 00:34:24.750 --> 00:34:27.710 the brave steps that President Trump has taken. The Iranian 575 00:34:27.829 --> 00:34:31.769 Islamic Revolutionary Guard is a radical terrorist organization that has 576 00:34:31.809 --> 00:34:35.210 deprived the Iranian people, the Persian people of their history 577 00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:38.860 and any kind of decent life. He concluded that four decades, 578 00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:41.039 which I think we'll agree is more close to five decades, 579 00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:43.760 is enough. The Iranian people have suffered enough. And I 580 00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:46.800 would say, Mr. President, put your cowboy hat Put on 581 00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:49.300 your cowboy hat on and get out there and kick 582 00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:53.289 some butt and get this done and done right. That 583 00:34:53.349 --> 00:34:56.409 is coming. I do believe that what we're seeing here 584 00:34:56.469 --> 00:34:59.659 is nothing more than trying to engage the president in 585 00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:03.050 what they perceive on a political platform as something that 586 00:35:03.070 --> 00:35:05.909 would affect the midterm elections that would embroil him in 587 00:35:05.989 --> 00:35:09.710 impeachment charge after impeachment charge after impeachment charge if the 588 00:35:09.750 --> 00:35:12.460 Democrats take back the House. I think the president is 589 00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:17.000 being very, very astute and playing three-dimensional chess where other 590 00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:20.659 presidents and other administrations have basically been paying checkers or 591 00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:24.320 have completely, as we've spoken about, Biden and Obama have 592 00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:29.469 completely surrendered to Iran and surrendered the Middle East to them. 593 00:35:29.969 --> 00:35:32.809 But my question is to this, the Houthis, and maybe 594 00:35:32.849 --> 00:35:37.489 you guys can educate myself and you can educate our listeners. 595 00:35:37.949 --> 00:35:40.550 First of all, my question is, I have two. One is, 596 00:35:40.929 --> 00:35:46.269 isn't these actions taken by the Houthis from Yemen actually 597 00:35:46.329 --> 00:35:50.849 waking up A sleeping giant that has, for its own reasons, 598 00:35:50.889 --> 00:35:54.230 been sitting on the sidelines, only tepidly joining in a 599 00:35:54.269 --> 00:35:57.969 coalition in the case of Saudi Arabia. It is making 600 00:35:58.070 --> 00:36:03.719 them a complete and full enemy of Yemen and Houthis. 601 00:36:04.130 --> 00:36:07.469 and we'll lead them maybe later down the line as 602 00:36:07.530 --> 00:36:10.170 a member of the Abraham Accords. That's my first question 603 00:36:10.190 --> 00:36:12.429 to both of you. My second question is, how do 604 00:36:12.449 --> 00:36:17.809 these Houdis have these strategic weapons that are so precision 605 00:36:17.849 --> 00:36:20.710 in nature? And I ask you both, because I can't 606 00:36:20.789 --> 00:36:22.909 add anything more to this discussion, but I think those 607 00:36:22.969 --> 00:36:25.989 questions would add more to our education to our listeners. 608 00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:28.139 Well, what I would add is, in addition to trying 609 00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:31.340 to impact the American elections, they're trying to impact the 610 00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.139 Israeli elections. 611 00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.960 They want Bibi to lose. 612 00:36:34.289 --> 00:36:36.349 So in answer to your first question about, you know, 613 00:36:36.429 --> 00:36:40.389 get the Saudis waking up a sleeping giant, the Saudis 614 00:36:40.429 --> 00:36:43.489 are awake. They're just inept and incompetent. If they could 615 00:36:43.530 --> 00:36:45.980 defend themselves, they would. They just don't know how. It's 616 00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:48.619 really quite remarkable. Comes back to originally, you know, so 617 00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:52.880 the French are sending military, you know, sending troops to 618 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:55.500 help defend them because they can't defend themselves, literally against 619 00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:58.460 people who run around in shoes in terms of where 620 00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:02.070 they get their weapons. The Saudis, I mean, sorry, the Iranians, 621 00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:05.960 The Iranians are getting this to them. And the Chinese 622 00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:10.449 are very bad actors here. So something's going to have 623 00:37:10.489 --> 00:37:12.329 to be done about that. But the best way to 624 00:37:12.409 --> 00:37:15.250 deal with the Houthis is not to attack them directly. 625 00:37:15.889 --> 00:37:18.190 You go get the Iranians. If you cut off, if 626 00:37:18.230 --> 00:37:21.519 the Iranians are gone, the Houthis have, they're finished. 627 00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:25.179 All right. This is Let the Record Show with Chairman 628 00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:28.659 Jesse Garcia of the Republican Party, noted attorney, commentator, essayist 629 00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:32.360 Eric Levine. I'm Judge Richard Weinberg. We're taking a break now. 630 00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:34.380 We'll be back in but a few moments for our 631 00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:36.960 final segment of today's show. Please stay with us. 632 00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:46.400 This is Let the Record Show. This is Let the 633 00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:51.159 Record Show. Now, here are your hosts, Judge Richard Weinberg, 634 00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:56.199 essayist and commentator Eric Levine, and Suffolk County Republican Committee 635 00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:58.030 Chairman Jesse Garcia. 636 00:38:00.710 --> 00:38:03.449 Welcome back to Let the Record Show with Chairman Jessica 637

00:38:03.510 --> 00:38:06.489 O'Shea of the Republican Party. You know the attorney, commentator, essayist, 638 00:38:06.570 --> 00:38:10.320 Eric Levine. I'm Judge Richard Weinberg. So we're less than 639 00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:13.480 three weeks out to the midterm elections, which I believe 640 00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:18.059 is the most important midterm election in my lifetime. The 641 00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.900 future of America. 642 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:19.739 Until the next one. 643 00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:23.429 No, no, but this one is particularly important. You can't 644 00:38:23.449 --> 00:38:25.429 make light of this, Eric, because if the Democrats win, 645 00:38:25.849 --> 00:38:27.130 This country is in very serious trouble. 646 00:38:27.170 --> 00:38:27.570 It's a disaster. 647 00:38:27.989 --> 00:38:31.070 The future of America really is at stake. Why? The 648 00:38:31.110 --> 00:38:34.739 Democratic Party has become the creature of the far left 649 00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:37.760 and the Islamists. It's become a worthless and indeed dangerous 650 00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:40.619 instrument of the radical left and the Islamists. The Democratic 651 00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:45.980 Party agenda is just obstruction and impeachment. So the midterm 652 00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:48.869 elections are very important because you want to have effective government. 653 00:38:49.130 --> 00:38:53.110 You want to deal with making sure that China doesn't 654 00:38:53.130 --> 00:38:56.030 win the battle of the economies. If you want to 655 00:38:56.050 --> 00:39:00.909 make sure that we're protected both internally and from our 656 00:39:00.989 --> 00:39:05.130 foreign enemies, we cannot have a party in control that 657 00:39:05.170 --> 00:39:08.929 all it does is obstruct and impeach and attack based 658 00:39:08.969 --> 00:39:12.190 on personalities. They have no affirmative record to run on. 659 00:39:12.570 --> 00:39:15.199 Jesse has made that very, very clear. Eric has made 660 00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:17.199 that very, very clear. I've tried to say the same thing. 661 00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:20.340 There is no positive record that Democrats have given us. 662 00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:23.710 They've given us nothing but problems. Every big problem this 663 00:39:23.750 --> 00:39:28.360 country faces is a direct result of Democrat foolishness and 664 00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:33.820 aptitude and ideology. So I turn it over to you, Jesse, 665 00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:36.920 for your analysis. What's going to happen? What are your predictions? 666 00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:39.340 What do you see happening? And what's at stake here 667 00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.800 in the midterms? 668 00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:44.159 Right now, I think it's taking the midterms. Well, first, 669 00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:46.739 what I think is going to happen is that while 670 00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:49.269 the party that holds the White House always has a 671 00:39:49.309 --> 00:39:55.500 difficult challenge in the midterm elections, that's no surprise. This year, 672 00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:56.960 I think it's going to be a little bit, hopefully, 673 00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:59.159 it's going to be a little bit like 2022, where 674 00:39:59.179 --> 00:40:01.730 the Republicans were expecting huge gains, but they only had 675 00:40:01.769 --> 00:40:05.840 modest gains. I think we're going to see that, hopefully, 676 00:40:05.949 --> 00:40:06.960 based on the campaigns we're