บทถอดความฉบับเต็มของ The Blue Tsunami

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.490 --> 00:00:11.650 Welcome to the show. 2 00:00:11.769 --> 00:00:14.750 I'm Pearson Sharp, filling in for my good buddy David Pollack, 3 00:00:14.769 --> 00:00:17.079 who'll be back on attack by Monday. 4 00:00:17.859 --> 00:00:22.019 Now then, to the heavy stuff. Come January, Democrats run Congress. 5 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:23.280 They've told us the plan. 6 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.649 Open the border, spend your money, and spend two years 7 00:00:28.149 --> 00:00:29.730 going after President Trump. 8 00:00:30.070 --> 00:00:31.390 There's no mystery there. 9 00:00:31.730 --> 00:00:35.789 The real question is what we give voters instead, because 10 00:00:35.909 --> 00:00:41.109 Tuesday hurt. Democrats are at 54 Senate seats. They've been 11 00:00:41.149 --> 00:00:45.929 called winners in more than 250 House races. We lost Maine, 12 00:00:46.369 --> 00:00:51.250 North and South Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas and Texas. Mississippi 13 00:00:51.289 --> 00:00:55.030 and Alaska are still hanging. Yes, history is part of it. 14 00:00:55.070 --> 00:00:59.770 Clinton lost 54 House seats. Obama lost 63. The president's 15 00:00:59.829 --> 00:01:02.429 party always gets hit in the midterms. 16 00:01:02.450 --> 00:01:05.120 That's just how it works. But let's be honest about 17 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:06.439 the rest, because that matters. 18 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:12.019 Democrats banked the early votes while we didn't. Independents swung. 19 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.219 And on the economy, the number one issue, we split 20 00:01:15.329 --> 00:01:18.629 the room. Gas prices tied to the Iran war didn't help. 21 00:01:19.069 --> 00:01:22.650 Nobody wins the kitchen table by losing the gas pump. 22 00:01:23.329 --> 00:01:27.409 Vice President Vance pointed to disaffected Trump voters who wanted 23 00:01:27.450 --> 00:01:31.650 the war ended, costs lowered, and America put first. Well, 24 00:01:31.870 --> 00:01:34.709 some walked away. We knew they might. We knew that 25 00:01:34.730 --> 00:01:38.000 we'd need them back. But here's what's getting missed. While 26 00:01:38.099 --> 00:01:41.540 our side chases the frustrated Republicans out the door, it's 27 00:01:41.579 --> 00:01:43.760 forgetting the ones still sitting inside. 28 00:01:44.140 --> 00:01:47.379 The base showed up. Don't take them for granted. 29 00:01:47.810 --> 00:01:51.439 Black and Latino working families gave Trump a chance in 2024. 30 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:52.099 Trump won. 31 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:54.939 Star County, Texas, the first Republican to do it in 32 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:56.640 over a century. 33 00:01:56.659 --> 00:01:56.730 Why? 34 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.909 We showed up. Faith, family, hard. 35 00:02:00.689 --> 00:02:05.769 Work, a secure border. Those were already their values. This time, 36 00:02:06.650 --> 00:02:11.270 they felt ignored. Meanwhile, the succession fight has started. Vance 37 00:02:11.469 --> 00:02:14.569 is the frontrunner, Rubio has kept his record clean, DeSantis 38 00:02:14.669 --> 00:02:18.099 is the lone outsider, and the establishment is circling, hoping 39 00:02:18.180 --> 00:02:21.539 to take the party back from the people who built it. 40 00:02:22.259 --> 00:02:25.379 Now look at Florida, a red beacon in a blue sea. 41 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:29.139 Byron Donald's won, Ashley Moody held her seat, Republicans swept 42 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:33.750 the cabinet, and Florida's first black governor thanked President Trump. 43 00:02:34.250 --> 00:02:36.150 Is Florida the blueprint for 2028? 44 00:02:36.129 --> 00:02:36.229 Maybe. 45 00:02:38.620 --> 00:02:42.219 One thing is certain, this party doesn't need to change 46 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.550 its values to win. It needs to stop abandoning the 47 00:02:45.590 --> 00:02:48.930 people who share them, and it needs to force the 48 00:02:49.050 --> 00:02:52.270 establishment to go back to interacting with the voters instead 49 00:02:52.289 --> 00:02:57.340 of just their donors. Joining me now for a special 50 00:02:57.469 --> 00:03:00.300 midterms edition of Fired Up Friday, he's the founder of 51 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:03.479 Operation Free Nation, and he's fired up about this week's midterms. 52 00:03:03.780 --> 00:03:05.560 Welcome back to the program, Chad Caden. 53 00:03:06.939 --> 00:03:07.650 Thanks for having me. 54 00:03:08.090 --> 00:03:12.659 Chad, President Trump keeps telling Americans the economy is doing great, 55 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:15.800 pointing to investments, economic growth and falling inflation. But that 56 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:19.840 doesn't mean much to a family that's still struggling to 57 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:25.719 afford groceries, insurance and a mortgage. Is Washington completely disconnected 58 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:29.080 from the economic reality facing ordinary Americans? 59 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:30.759 And how do Republicans fix that? 60 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:35.219 Well, and as a former firefighter, I was very used 61 00:03:35.259 --> 00:03:39.219 to my local fire politicians wanting to come by my 62 00:03:39.259 --> 00:03:41.830 firehouse when it was election time. We love it when 63 00:03:41.849 --> 00:03:43.789 you jump up on the soapbox and tell us how 64 00:03:43.830 --> 00:03:45.330 much you love us. And then as soon as you 65 00:03:45.349 --> 00:03:48.169 take office, all of a sudden we're a budget problem. 66 00:03:49.250 --> 00:03:51.150 We are not sure we can give you raises. We're 67 00:03:51.189 --> 00:03:53.069 not sure we can give you new apparatus that would 68 00:03:53.090 --> 00:03:55.430 keep you guys safe or give the job more efficient 69 00:03:55.710 --> 00:03:58.990 in order to save houses. So I bring this from 70 00:03:59.050 --> 00:04:01.900 a micro, but when you look at D.C., they're always 71 00:04:01.939 --> 00:04:06.520 going to be completely disconnected from the American people because 72 00:04:06.860 --> 00:04:09.319 that's the ivory tower.

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There's few that try to keep 73 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:12.879 themselves grounded like a Tim Burchett and some others. But nonetheless, 74 00:04:12.939 --> 00:04:15.500 is once you get to go to a gala every 75 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:19.519 night in Washington, D.C., and people are constantly kissing the ring, 76 00:04:19.860 --> 00:04:23.339 you find yourself in this egotistical little world that you 77 00:04:23.379 --> 00:04:25.899 don't understand. And you only listen to the people that 78 00:04:25.939 --> 00:04:28.519 have your number. This is where we call them gatekeepers. 79 00:04:28.879 --> 00:04:31.870 And essentially what happened here is a bunch of things. 80 00:04:31.910 --> 00:04:33.290 And I could go through it, but we ain't got 81 00:04:33.329 --> 00:04:35.670 enough time. So the way I'm gonna explain it to 82 00:04:35.730 --> 00:04:38.069 you is at the end of the day, the people 83 00:04:38.170 --> 00:04:40.430 do have the power. And when they choose to use 84 00:04:40.470 --> 00:04:44.110 that power, they can be very, very, very strong. Like 85 00:04:44.129 --> 00:04:47.009 we've seen with putting a Donald Trump back in office 86 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:50.620 after losing or whatever you want to call it in 2020. 87 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:51.319 So here we are. 88 00:04:51.699 --> 00:04:55.680 And the American people flex their muscles. Not sure I 89 00:04:55.740 --> 00:04:59.730 understand the protest vote concept because now we may have 90 00:04:59.769 --> 00:05:02.370 a button on our machines that say protest vote. I'm 91 00:05:02.410 --> 00:05:02.810 not sure. 92 00:05:03.209 --> 00:05:04.889 It looks like we're willing to sink the whole ship 93 00:05:04.930 --> 00:05:07.269 to punish one guy who's not responsible for all of it. 94 00:05:07.670 --> 00:05:08.370 But, but. 95 00:05:08.389 --> 00:05:09.860 We got the risk and the reward, right? 96 00:05:09.939 --> 00:05:10.079 Right. 97 00:05:10.259 --> 00:05:12.259 So now we got to find out if, in fact, 98 00:05:12.300 --> 00:05:14.120 the reward is going to be worth the risk you 99 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:16.279 just put by putting the DSA in charge. 100 00:05:16.699 --> 00:05:19.470 We have to be honest, though, because President Trump was 101 00:05:19.550 --> 00:05:22.870 elected in part because Americans were tired of the endless 102 00:05:22.910 --> 00:05:25.959 foreign wars, and they wanted their government to put America first. 103 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:26.759 And yet. 104 00:05:27.730 --> 00:05:30.009 Here we are, another war in the Middle East that 105 00:05:30.029 --> 00:05:32.509 we're fighting with Americans paying the price, specifically at the 106 00:05:32.550 --> 00:05:35.769 gas pump and really everything else. Has the war in 107 00:05:35.810 --> 00:05:40.660 Iran undermined the very America first principles that got Trump elected? 108 00:05:41.949 --> 00:05:45.060 The messaging of the Iran war has absolutely been a 109 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:48.339 part of the cause. Absolutely. But whether or not the 110 00:05:48.379 --> 00:05:51.480 war is justified, there's been eight presidents prior to Donald 111 00:05:51.500 --> 00:05:54.879 Trump that said we need to do something about Iran. Afghanistan, Iraq, 112 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:58.060 even all the way to, I mean, Afghanistan and Iraq, 113 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:01.459 those themselves were the symptom of the problem, Iran being it. 114 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:04.949 So Trump actually made a move. And if OPEC goes 115 00:06:05.029 --> 00:06:07.149 away and our gas goes to $ 1. 50 and we don't 116 00:06:07.189 --> 00:06:09.069 have to worry about the Straits of Hormuz, nor do 117 00:06:09.110 --> 00:06:14.430 we have to worry about having this wealthy terrorist organization 118 00:06:14.470 --> 00:06:17.089 in charge of a very wealthy country when the oil 119 00:06:17.170 --> 00:06:19.949 is pumping. is that going to make Donald Trump better 120 00:06:19.990 --> 00:06:22.550 in the history books or just the right now? That's 121 00:06:22.589 --> 00:06:25.430 what I'm saying. This, the messaging in the concept of 122 00:06:25.509 --> 00:06:30.060 how we've done the Iran conflict, because this has had very, 123 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:33.420 we've had 14 losses of life from a helicopter crash. And, 124 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:35.420 and I don't even think there's been a purple heart 125 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:36.300 in this war. 126 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:37.199 Right. Yeah. 127 00:06:37.220 --> 00:06:39.279 So at the end of the day, we need to 128 00:06:39.300 --> 00:06:41.920 start being honest with our messaging and stop being flippant 129 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:44.500 about it. And that's something that I hope that the 130 00:06:44.569 --> 00:06:47.970 Trump campaign recognizes and we're seeing them making moves now. 131 00:06:49.009 --> 00:06:51.790 Now, here's something that I think right now, and we're 132 00:06:51.810 --> 00:06:54.389 still licking our wounds, but I think Republicans are overlooking 133 00:06:54.430 --> 00:06:59.329 that Democrats don't actually take control of Congress until January, 134 00:06:59.410 --> 00:07:02.879 which means Republicans still have nearly two months to pass 135 00:07:02.939 --> 00:07:07.439 legislation and confirm the judges. Shouldn't Republican leadership be canceling 136 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:10.759 vacations right now, keeping Congress in session and doing absolutely 137 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:13.899 everything they can to deliver on their promises before it's 138 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:14.420 too late? 139 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:18.279 Well, if I thought they were feckless, I would say, yes, 140 00:07:18.379 --> 00:07:21.819 you guys have an opportunity. But I don't. They're obstructionist. 141 00:07:22.220 --> 00:07:26.009 This is the establishment circling the wagon to hurt a very, very, very, very, 142 00:07:26.089 --> 00:07:27.850 very powerful person in Donald J. 143 00:07:27.889 --> 00:07:28.149 Trump.

144 00:07:28.430 --> 00:07:31.389 And they use their particular position to make him look 145 00:07:31.569 --> 00:07:33.990 really bad. I heard all kinds of people like Trump 146 00:07:34.009 --> 00:07:36.810 didn't pass a budget. I didn't know that they did that. 147 00:07:37.209 --> 00:07:38.569 I know that he can try to help. He can 148 00:07:38.620 --> 00:07:40.639 use the bully pulpit, all of those things. He's been 149 00:07:40.660 --> 00:07:43.160 kind of backed into a political corner. And now we 150 00:07:43.180 --> 00:07:47.839 have an obstructionist House and Senate. I'm not giving Mike 151 00:07:47.860 --> 00:07:48.819 Johnson a pass. 152 00:07:49.019 --> 00:07:49.199 No. 153 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:52.120 And especially in the Senate with Thune. So I don't 154 00:07:52.189 --> 00:07:54.350 think they really give a flip, frankly. And I wouldn't 155 00:07:54.389 --> 00:07:57.170 expect a whole bunch of stuff coming out of the Senate, frankly. 156 00:07:57.189 --> 00:07:59.939 Okay, we've got About a minute left. 157 00:07:59.959 --> 00:08:02.759 So quickly, one of the most alarming things I saw 158 00:08:02.819 --> 00:08:06.399 coming out of this election was Texas. Greg Abbott lost 159 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:08.980 the governor's match and Republicans lost a Senate seat and 160 00:08:09.019 --> 00:08:11.860 Democrats made enormous gains in a state that's been reliably 161 00:08:11.899 --> 00:08:16.459 Republican for decades. Quickly, is Texas a warning for what's 162 00:08:16.509 --> 00:08:19.470 coming to other red states and what can Republicans do 163 00:08:19.529 --> 00:08:20.490 to reverse that? 164 00:08:21.620 --> 00:08:23.899 Well, I'm in South Carolina, and I could speak more 165 00:08:23.939 --> 00:08:26.519 to that, although they were different in why we ended 166 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:31.490 up with a Darlene Graham losing. Texas, I hope it's 167 00:08:31.509 --> 00:08:35.149 a warning. But as the saying goes, as Texas goes, 168 00:08:35.190 --> 00:08:35.950 so does the nation. 169 00:08:36.169 --> 00:08:36.389 Right. 170 00:08:36.509 --> 00:08:39.289 I hope that's not true. But I like sayings because 171 00:08:39.330 --> 00:08:42.090 they're usually true. So I hope that I think we 172 00:08:42.129 --> 00:08:44.230 might have missed our warning. And now it's going to 173 00:08:44.250 --> 00:08:47.269 be very complicated because even in twenty twenty eight, we 174 00:08:48.070 --> 00:08:51.049 mathematically can't get the Senate back. So even if we 175 00:08:51.070 --> 00:08:53.529 put a Republican president in, we have to take the 176 00:08:53.580 --> 00:08:57.289 House or we're going to have a split, a split Congress. 177 00:08:57.360 --> 00:08:58.840 Yep. All right. 178 00:08:59.059 --> 00:08:59.779 Chad, we're in trouble. 179 00:09:00.610 --> 00:09:02.980 Founder of Operation Free Nation, thank you for coming on 180 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:05.620 the show and being such a little beacon of hope 181 00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:05.970 for us. 182 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:07.220 You're right. 183 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:12.659 Still ahead tonight, California is one of the most blue 184 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:16.450 states country, but the policies affect how Democrats act across 185 00:09:16.509 --> 00:09:19.389 the nation. We look at what America might look like 186 00:09:19.490 --> 00:09:23.629 under a similar Democrat control. Then a police officer killed 187 00:09:23.730 --> 00:09:26.330 in a drunk driving incident, one that should never have 188 00:09:26.350 --> 00:09:28.899 happened because the driver not only didn't have a license, 189 00:09:29.220 --> 00:09:30.799 she was here illegally. 190 00:09:31.340 --> 00:09:32.059 We'll be right back. 191 00:09:36.409 --> 00:09:38.210 For all of our viewers out there asking where to 192 00:09:38.250 --> 00:09:40.940 watch One America News, we'd like to introduce you to 193 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:43.799 OAN Live. OAN Live is the best way to stay 194 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:46.059 up to date on the hardest hitting news and our 195 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.679 talk shows. And the best part is OAN Live is 196 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:53.549 only $ 4. 99 per month. Credible, honest, and unbiased reporting at 197 00:09:53.590 --> 00:09:56.009 a fraction of the cost of cable. So just click 198 00:09:56.049 --> 00:09:59.470 on the link at the top of our homepage, oann.com, 199 00:09:59.509 --> 00:10:02.350 to easily sign up for the news and conservative talk 200 00:10:02.529 --> 00:10:03.789 you can't get anywhere else. 201 00:10:10.250 --> 00:10:14.970 To change direction Tuesday. Instead, they stepped harder on the accelerator. 202 00:10:15.309 --> 00:10:19.909 Democrats swept every major statewide office. Javier Becerra is the 203 00:10:19.950 --> 00:10:23.429 next governor. Rob Bonta remains attorney general. Fiona Ma won 204 00:10:23.500 --> 00:10:27.360 lieutenant governor. Shirley Weber stays secretary of state. Malia Cohen 205 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:31.059 stays controller. And Eleni Kounalakis becomes the treasurer. And in 206 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:34.960 Los Angeles, voters replaced one progressive mayor with someone even 207 00:10:35.179 --> 00:10:38.320 further to the left. Nithya Raman, a member of the 208 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:41.500 Democratic Socialists of America who entered the race at the 209 00:10:41.700 --> 00:10:46.389 last minute, defeated Karen Bass. She becomes the first challenger 210 00:10:46.450 --> 00:10:49.649 in more than two decades to unseat a sitting Los 211 00:10:49.730 --> 00:10:53.950 Angeles mayor. So California did not reject the policies that 212 00:10:54.009 --> 00:10:59.240 created its problems. It rewarded the people promising more of them. 213 00:10:59.909 --> 00:11:04.659 Start with Los Angeles. About 44,000 people were homeless there 214 00:11:04.700 --> 00:11:09.899 last year, including 27,000 living without shelter. Rahman's own campaign 215 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:14.899 admits

the city spends hundreds of millions of dollars every 216 00:11:14.950 --> 00:11:19.289 year on homelessness without enough accountability. And that four out 217 00:11:19.330 --> 00:11:24.490 of 10 people placed indoors through Bass's signature program returned 218 00:11:24.610 --> 00:11:30.570 to the streets. Her solution includes more government-built housing, stronger 219 00:11:30.629 --> 00:11:37.029 restrictions on landlords, expanded unarmed emergency response, and immigration platforms 220 00:11:37.110 --> 00:11:43.090 she calls Immigrants In, ICE Out. She once tweeted, defund 221 00:11:43.149 --> 00:11:46.450 the police. She now says LAPD should not get smaller, 222 00:11:46.470 --> 00:11:51.269 but she supports replacing officers with unarmed responders. 223 00:11:51.029 --> 00:11:51.990 For more calls. 224 00:11:52.610 --> 00:11:57.309 But apparently, public safety is most important service. Here's what 225 00:11:57.330 --> 00:11:59.730 she said in her first remarks as mayor. 226 00:12:00.070 --> 00:12:03.509 You know, I have spoken to leadership at LAPD already. 227 00:12:03.549 --> 00:12:07.549 In fact, I'm speaking to Chief McDonnell. I spoke to 228 00:12:07.570 --> 00:12:09.169 him earlier today and it was one of the first 229 00:12:09.230 --> 00:12:13.129 calls that I made because public safety is the most 230 00:12:13.230 --> 00:12:17.129 important service that the city is delivering to its people. 231 00:12:17.210 --> 00:12:20.950 It is hands down the most important service. And I 232 00:12:20.990 --> 00:12:25.279 want to make sure that that whatever happens over this transition, 233 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.480 that we are prepared to deliver that service at the 234 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:31.759 level that Angelenos expect when I take office in mid-December. 235 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:37.220 So all Angelenos must be expecting unarmed officers with kind 236 00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:40.759 words and maybe flowers stop all of the crime in 237 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:44.679 their city. That is the next mayor of America's second 238 00:12:44.870 --> 00:12:49.350 largest city, two years before Los Angeles hosts the Olympics. 239 00:12:49.940 --> 00:12:53.799 And Sacramento is not moving toward the center either. Governor-elect 240 00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:56.840 Javier Becerra says that health care is. 241 00:12:56.830 --> 00:12:57.879 A human right. 242 00:12:58.450 --> 00:13:03.809 And once California moving toward a universal single-payer system, he 243 00:13:03.830 --> 00:13:06.190 has not ruled out higher taxes. 244 00:13:06.289 --> 00:13:06.850 Why would he? 245 00:13:07.169 --> 00:13:11.210 He promises to make California a firewall against President Trump 246 00:13:11.250 --> 00:13:14.190 and boasts that, as attorney general, he sued the first 247 00:13:14.230 --> 00:13:15.889 Trump administration. 248 00:13:15.269 --> 00:13:16.090 More than 120 times. 249 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:23.460 Rob Bonta has already filed dozens of lawsuits

against this 250 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:28.259 Trump administration. California's top law enforcement officer has made fighting 251 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:34.039 Washington one of his office's defining missions. Meanwhile, look at 252 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:38.490 the state they're supposed to be governing. California's own fiscal 253 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:42.889 analyst warns of chronic budget deficits potentially reaching $ 20 to 254 00:13:42.889 --> 00:13:43.809 $ 35 billion every year. 255 00:13:47.509 --> 00:13:48.950 The state has already. 256 00:13:48.710 --> 00:13:54.889 Confronted a cumulative $ 125 billion in budget problems over four years. 257 00:13:55.389 --> 00:13:59.190 California had the second highest average electricity price in America 258 00:13:59.330 --> 00:14:02.629 last year. In August, it had the highest rate in 259 00:14:02.649 --> 00:14:07.620 the continental United States. The median California home is valued 260 00:14:07.669 --> 00:14:09.509 at roughly $ 735, 000. Median rent is more than $ 2, 000. And 261 00:14:09.529 --> 00:14:20.659 despite politicians insisting that everyone wants to live under their policies. 262 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:27.080 Another 216,000 residents left California for other states in a 263 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:32.139 single year. Those are not Republican talking points. Those are 264 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:38.330 government numbers. And yes, California remains wealthy. It has extraordinary people, 265 00:14:38.429 --> 00:14:41.529 natural resources, and the world's fourth largest economy. 266 00:14:41.850 --> 00:14:44.909 That makes these failures far worse. 267 00:14:46.389 --> 00:14:49.549 The state has every POSSIBLE ADVANTAGE, AND ITS POLITICAL LEADERS 268 00:14:49.909 --> 00:14:56.610 STILL MADE HOUSING UNAFFORDABLE, ENERGY PUNISHINGLY EXPENSIVE, AND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURALLY BROKE. 269 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:01.120 WHY SHOULD YOU CARE IF YOU LIVE IN TEXAS, FLORIDA 270 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:01.799 OR OHIO? 271 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:07.059 BECAUSE CALIFORNIA DOES NOT KEEP ITS POLICIES INSIDE CALIFORNIA. ITS 272 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:11.360 ENVIRONMENTAL RULES RESHAPE THE CARS YOU CAN BUY. ITS LAWSUITS 273 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:16.679 CHALLENGE THE PRESIDENT YOU ELECTED. ITS REGULATIONS REACH BUSINESSES NATIONWIDE. 274 00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:20.950 When its spending promises exceed its tax base, Washington and 275 00:15:20.970 --> 00:15:25.009 therefore every American taxpayer faces pressure to. 276 00:15:24.970 --> 00:15:29.169 Help clean up the bill. California is not merely a state. 277 00:15:29.570 --> 00:15:31.860 It is the left's laboratory. 278 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:36.580 Tuesday, voters handed that laboratory to the same party again 279 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:41.730 and gave America's second largest city to an actual democratic socialist. 280 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:46.200 The experiment is not ending, it's accelerating. Now the rest 281 00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:48.639 of the country gets to watch what happens when there 282 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:54.799 is nobody left in power to say no. Joining me 283 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:58.289 now is the host of Loud Majority Live, Kevin Smith. 284 00:15:58.429 --> 00:15:59.429 Welcome to the show. 285 00:16:00.690 --> 00:16:01.210 Thanks for having me. 286 00:16:01.750 --> 00:16:08.159 Kevin, California has sky-high taxes, rampant homelessness, and an affordability crisis. 287 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:11.000 And now Gavin Newsom is moving to spare all 548 288 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:16.419 death row inmates from execution, including convicted murderers. How do 289 00:16:16.460 --> 00:16:22.029 Californians keep electing politicians whose policies are clearly making our 290 00:16:22.090 --> 00:16:23.350 lives miserable? 291 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:27.539 Well, you know, it's going to keep happening in these 292 00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:30.220 blue states. I mean, I'm from New York, and the 293 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:33.759 mass exodus of New Yorkers down to places like Florida 294 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:38.710 and Tennessee have made it even harder to elect Republicans, 295 00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:43.470 not only statewide, but in your local races as well. 296 00:16:43.929 --> 00:16:46.549 And for the people who live in California who don't 297 00:16:46.590 --> 00:16:50.269 live in Los Angeles, just know that California will bail 298 00:16:50.370 --> 00:16:53.970 out L.A., As we saw here in New York, the 299 00:16:54.009 --> 00:16:57.350 people of Buffalo, which is nine hours away from New 300 00:16:57.389 --> 00:16:59.850 York City, bailed out Zoran Mamdani. 301 00:17:00.470 --> 00:17:02.129 If you live on. 302 00:17:02.090 --> 00:17:05.690 The Canadian border here in New York, you are currently 303 00:17:05.769 --> 00:17:08.589 paying for the New York City subway. And if you 304 00:17:08.609 --> 00:17:11.230 don't think that's going to be happening to the people 305 00:17:11.269 --> 00:17:14.809 who live in Northern California up in wine country, they're 306 00:17:14.829 --> 00:17:18.190 going to be bailing out the homeless industrial complex down 307 00:17:18.230 --> 00:17:18.910 in Los Angeles. 308 00:17:18.930 --> 00:17:19.839 You got another thing coming. 309 00:17:20.680 --> 00:17:24.359 So Los Angeles just elected Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman, who 310 00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:28.869 wants more government housing, greater restrictions on landlords and immigration 311 00:17:28.910 --> 00:17:29.470 policies that. 312 00:17:29.430 --> 00:17:31.890 She calls immigrants in, ice out. 313 00:17:32.769 --> 00:17:35.549 What do you think Los Angeles is actually going to 314 00:17:35.630 --> 00:17:38.769 look like after four years of her policies, especially with. 315 00:17:38.690 --> 00:17:39.990 The Olympics coming in 2028? And how do we go 316 00:17:40.009 --> 00:17:41.789 from Karen Bass to this? 317 00:17:46.890 --> 00:17:48.930 You know, just when we think things can't get worse,

318 00:17:49.450 --> 00:17:50.039 they always do. 319 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:50.450 Right. 320 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:53.599 You know, and I've been warning everybody around the country. 321 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:56.240 You know, if you can do it in New York, 322 00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:57.039 you can do it anywhere. 323 00:17:57.539 --> 00:18:00.069 And they did it in Los Angeles. And just as 324 00:18:00.089 --> 00:18:03.069 a warning to the people of L.A., it's not going 325 00:18:03.089 --> 00:18:05.849 to happen quickly. It's going to happen drip by drip 326 00:18:05.910 --> 00:18:09.220 by drip. You're going to be the pot. You're going 327 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:12.319 to be the frog in the pot, not noticing that 328 00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:16.410 you're boiling. It's going to start with more quality of 329 00:18:16.470 --> 00:18:16.970 life stuff. 330 00:18:17.529 --> 00:18:19.049 Oh, so there's a few more homeless people. 331 00:18:19.690 --> 00:18:21.849 Oh, so there's a little bit more drug use. 332 00:18:22.630 --> 00:18:24.930 It's nothing new. And then it will cascade. 333 00:18:25.769 --> 00:18:29.390 If we compare it to New York, so far Zorhan 334 00:18:29.430 --> 00:18:32.660 Mamdani has passed one law in the year that he's 335 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:35.410 been in office. but New York has gotten significantly worse 336 00:18:35.829 --> 00:18:39.269 because they just stopped enforcing the law. When you send 337 00:18:39.470 --> 00:18:46.269 unarmed peace officers to handle domestic violence cases, you are 338 00:18:46.349 --> 00:18:49.769 going to get more violent crime because the people have 339 00:18:49.829 --> 00:18:51.950 no way to defend themselves from lunatics. 340 00:18:52.170 --> 00:18:53.490 Exactly. And that's what's going to happen. 341 00:18:53.549 --> 00:18:54.049 Exactly. 342 00:18:54.549 --> 00:18:58.480 Rahman once supported defunding the police, and now, like you said, 343 00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:01.640 she wants these unarmed responders handling more of the emergency calls. 344 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:05.380 Is this simply the same... defund the police agenda but 345 00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:07.619 repackaged with better marketing. 346 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:11.839 Oh it's it's the exact same thing and and they 347 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:14.589 keep talking about these social workers they're going to hire 348 00:19:14.609 --> 00:19:17.450 to handle these do they think that social workers just 349 00:19:17.509 --> 00:19:18.809 grow on trees oh. 350 00:19:18.750 --> 00:19:20.289 And by the way i don't interrupt you but by 351 00:19:20.329 --> 00:19:24.730 the way most social workers are women so think about 352 00:19:24.769 --> 00:19:27.430 them going to solve these domestic problems Oh, yeah. 353 00:19:27.450 --> 00:19:28.470 That's going to go over really well. 354 00:19:28.490 --> 00:19:34.920 You're going to have some 105-pound sociology major go deal 355 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:37.680 with a guy who's been living

on the street for 356 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:42.720 30 years who's like a hardened criminal, a hardened, mentally 357 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:44.890 ill schizophrenic. Let me know how that's going to go 358 00:19:45.250 --> 00:19:48.029 when she gets thrown in front of a bus, which 359 00:19:48.109 --> 00:19:49.789 is going to happen, which is going to stop people. 360 00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:51.599 From applying for those jobs. 361 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:54.859 Therefore, there will be none of those social workers, those 362 00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:57.200 mythical social workers that these people want to hire. 363 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:02.609 Prop 39. What happened? Is this just the same question? 364 00:20:02.750 --> 00:20:04.950 Voters have no idea what they're doing. They just vote 365 00:20:04.970 --> 00:20:05.410 as they're told. 366 00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:10.329 That's really what it is. And it's also the way 367 00:20:10.349 --> 00:20:13.930 a lot of these propositions get worded. They're worded very cleverly. 368 00:20:14.630 --> 00:20:18.430 And Prop 39 was certainly an example of that, for sure. 369 00:20:18.450 --> 00:20:19.160 It's deception. 370 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:23.480 At the highest form. They know these things are going 371 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:26.220 to pass. But I will say this about California. They 372 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:30.009 did stop Prop 40 and Prop 42. 373 00:20:30.009 --> 00:20:31.529 So those are wins. 374 00:20:32.390 --> 00:20:36.069 In a year where there were very few wins around 375 00:20:36.089 --> 00:20:42.170 the nation, stopping that wealth tax from going in may 376 00:20:42.450 --> 00:20:46.279 stop the slide of California, of the California exodus. I mean, 377 00:20:46.579 --> 00:20:49.440 it's only the sixth largest economy in the because every 378 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:52.359 Silicon Valley tech giant is there. The minute they end 379 00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:54.220 up going to Austin, well, I guess they're not going 380 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:57.160 to Austin anymore. I guess they're going to go to 381 00:20:57.180 --> 00:21:02.819 Nashville or Boise, the last two places where Republicans control 382 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:07.519 in America. Soon you're going to start seeing all these 383 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:09.680 tech bros. They're going to be taking over Collins Avenue. 384 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:11.859 There used to be nightclubs. Now there's going to be 385 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:14.759 Google C-suites. 386 00:21:15.970 --> 00:21:17.950 Yeah, it's so depressing, and we used to have places 387 00:21:17.970 --> 00:21:19.880 we thought we could run to, but clearly Texas proved 388 00:21:19.910 --> 00:21:22.279 us wrong. Kevin Smith, thank you for coming on the show. 389 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:23.279 I really appreciate your time. 390 00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.579 Thanks for having me. 391 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:28.420 Coming up next, a police officer is killed in a 392 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:30.119 drunk driving accident. 393 00:21:30.140 --> 00:21:31.500 The driver, she didn't. 394 00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:34.039 Have a license, and she was here in this country illegally. 395 00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:37.130 Randy Sutton of the Wounded Blue joins me after the break. 396 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:43.339 For all of our viewers out there asking where to 397 00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:46.069 watch One America News, we'd like to introduce you to 398 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:48.930 OAN Live. OAN Live is the best way to stay 399 00:21:49.029 --> 00:21:51.190 up to date on the hardest hitting news and our 400 00:21:51.210 --> 00:21:53.809 talk shows. 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Laws that 407 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:25.859 are not enforced before a tragedy cannot protect anyone afterward. 408 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:29.180 A police officer and a mother of three are dead. 409 00:22:29.559 --> 00:22:32.619 The woman charged with killing them was allegedly driving drunk, 410 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:36.359 had never possessed a driver's license, and according to federal authorities, 411 00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:41.500 was living in this country illegally. Now, ICE has lodged 412 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:43.220 a detainer, but it's too late. 413 00:22:43.690 --> 00:22:48.390 The damage has been done. Those lives are gone. That 414 00:22:49.009 --> 00:22:49.650 is the problem. 415 00:22:49.750 --> 00:22:54.720 Our system repeatedly discovers that someone is here illegally only after. 416 00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:58.160 An American has already paid the price. 417 00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:03.799 Bridgeport police officer Cooper Whiteside and his longtime girlfriend, Brittany Islami, 418 00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:07.690 were riding his motorcycle through Danbury, Connecticut, early on July 419 00:23:07.750 --> 00:23:11.549 13th when police say a Jeep crossed into their lane 420 00:23:11.650 --> 00:23:15.769 and struck them head on. Cooper Whiteside spent his life 421 00:23:16.069 --> 00:23:20.890 running toward danger. He served as a volunteer firefighter, a 422 00:23:20.990 --> 00:23:24.460 rescue diver, and finally achieved his childhood dream of becoming 423 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:28.059 a police officer. He had worn the badge for only 424 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.960 two years. 425 00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.019 Cooper was 38. 426 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:36.380 Brittany was 34 and leaves behind three children. The Jeep's driver, 427 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:42.480 Melissa

Esperanza Ramirez Romero, faces two counts of second-degree manslaughter 428 00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:45.559 with a motor vehicle, DUI, and other charges. She has 429 00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:49.230 pleaded not guilty, of course. According to the arrest warrant, 430 00:23:49.589 --> 00:23:53.390 her blood alcohol level was. 431 00:23:52.569 --> 00:23:54.210 14. 432 00:23:54.210 --> 00:23:58.259 She tested positive for cannabis, and investigators recovered empty alcohol 433 00:23:58.279 --> 00:24:03.279 containers and a THC vape cartridge from her vehicle. Prosecutors 434 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:07.259 also say she admitted she had never possessed a driver's license. 435 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:10.519 Her attorney says she was born in Mexico, but had 436 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:14.960 spent virtually her entire life in Connecticut. Federal authorities say 437 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:18.099 she is here illegally, and ICE is now asking the 438 00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:21.380 state to hold her if she is released. And while 439 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:26.160 police families confront consequences like these, part of the radical 440 00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:30.180 left continues threatening law enforcement as the enemy. 441 00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:33.180 The Squad Victory Fund, authorized by. 442 00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:40.640 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashid Tlaib, raised 443 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:46.970 a record $ 2. 35 million this election cycle. Its rules specifically 444 00:24:47.009 --> 00:24:50.390 reject donations from the Fraternal Order of Police, America's largest 445 00:24:50.650 --> 00:24:55.930 police organization. The fund does not explain why. What message 446 00:24:56.710 --> 00:25:00.420 does that statement send while officers are being hunted down? 447 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.089 The Fraternal Order. 448 00:25:01.930 --> 00:25:05.019 Of Police reports that 60 officers have been shot in 449 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:10.900 ambush-style attacks this year. Thirteen were killed. Police officers do 450 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:15.099 not need politicians rejecting them to impress activists. They need 451 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:19.319 elected leaders who enforce the law, literally their only job. 452 00:25:19.990 --> 00:25:24.630 Protect the badge and act before another family is destroyed. 453 00:25:24.829 --> 00:25:27.799 This is not about denying anyone due process. It is 454 00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:31.819 about using due process to enforce the laws already on 455 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:36.079 the books and building a system that identifies unlawful status 456 00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:41.049 before the only remaining response is an ICE detainer attached 457 00:25:41.150 --> 00:25:42.829 to a homicide case. 458 00:25:44.250 --> 00:25:49.059 Because enforcement... after the funeral is not protection. 459 00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:53.099 It is an admission that the system acted too late. 460 00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:58.740 Joining

me now is retired police lieutenant Randy Sutton, founder 461 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.980 of the Wounded Blue. 462 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.529 Thank you for joining us today. 463 00:26:01.549 --> 00:26:05.170 Thanks for having me. This is a very, very important topic. 464 00:26:06.230 --> 00:26:09.230 Randy, we have a police officer and a mother of 465 00:26:09.269 --> 00:26:11.750 three dead, allegedly killed by a woman who authorities say 466 00:26:11.769 --> 00:26:14.710 was in this country illegally, driving drunk, and had never 467 00:26:14.809 --> 00:26:19.099 even possessed a license. How many more tragedies like this 468 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:23.950 have to happen before we start taking immigration enforcement seriously? 469 00:26:25.710 --> 00:26:30.029 This unfortunate tragedy is one of a number of such 470 00:26:30.269 --> 00:26:33.190 tragedies that we have experienced over the years, and we 471 00:26:33.230 --> 00:26:35.859 don't seem to be learning our lesson at all. Now, 472 00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:41.519 the battle lines have clearly been drawn. This election cycle 473 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:47.509 really impressed upon me that there is a division between 474 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:52.900 within this nation that is getting worse, not getting better. 475 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:57.009 And much of it centers around public safety, or in 476 00:26:57.109 --> 00:27:00.890 our case here, the lack of public safety. We have 477 00:27:01.009 --> 00:27:08.250 seen that these individuals who created this fund did so 478 00:27:09.329 --> 00:27:14.220 to undermine the ability of law enforcement to be effective. 479 00:27:14.859 --> 00:27:17.680 And they have been very successful in doing just that. 480 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.599 They have. 481 00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:24.849 That is what troubles me the most about this, I think, 482 00:27:24.869 --> 00:27:30.069 because we know what the problem is. We know that 483 00:27:30.109 --> 00:27:33.130 we have laws to protect our people, and they're not 484 00:27:33.170 --> 00:27:36.339 being enforced anymore. And the problem is not that the 485 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:38.900 politicians don't understand this or don't have the tools to 486 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.410 handle it. 487 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:40.799 I think the. 488 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:45.190 Problem is that the politicians, one, don't care, or two, 489 00:27:45.849 --> 00:27:50.309 are not enforcing these intentionally. They want this to happen. 490 00:27:50.710 --> 00:27:52.789 And that's the horrifying part to me. 491 00:27:54.430 --> 00:28:10.839 It is absolutely irrational. advantage here of people knowing exactly 492 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:14.869 what they stand for and elect them anyway. We are 493 00:28:14.950 --> 00:28:20.589 literally seeing the voters acting like lemons. They're dashing off 494 00:28:20.630 --> 00:28:24.150 the cliff, allowing people to be in office who don't 495 00:28:24.289 --> 00:28:27.589 care about

their safety. Not only do they not care, 496 00:28:27.609 --> 00:28:31.819 they encourage criminality. They look at it. 497 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.099 And they. 498 00:28:33.930 --> 00:28:37.309 They seem to embrace it. And it's irrational to me. 499 00:28:37.390 --> 00:28:40.839 And yet we are electing these people. And we just 500 00:28:40.890 --> 00:28:45.019 saw in this blue tsunami that that just took place 501 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:47.319 across this country. I can tell you this. I'm going 502 00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:50.150 to forecast this right now. What we have seen in 503 00:28:50.170 --> 00:28:55.599 the past will pale in comparison to the injustices and 504 00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:58.180 the death that we are going to see at the 505 00:28:58.220 --> 00:29:03.259 hands of criminals, illegal aliens, and those who commit crimes 506 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:07.619 against the people of this country. We're going to see 507 00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.019 more of it. 508 00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:11.359 It's not just the police that are going to suffer, 509 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:13.309 these police that are being targeted. It's the people they're 510 00:29:13.329 --> 00:29:16.869 intending to protect. So these politicians that are targeting the police, 511 00:29:17.150 --> 00:29:20.980 they're hurting us, too. And according to the Fraternal Order 512 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:25.049 of the Police, 60 officers have been shot in ambush-style 513 00:29:25.089 --> 00:29:28.109 attacks this year, and 13 have been killed. Now, you 514 00:29:28.150 --> 00:29:31.369 have spent your career defending law enforcement officers. 515 00:29:31.430 --> 00:29:32.890 What's driving this violence? 516 00:29:32.990 --> 00:29:36.869 And do you believe that the political rhetoric from these 517 00:29:36.910 --> 00:29:40.359 people demonizing police is making it so that police can't 518 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:42.720 operate safely in our country and that they're now being 519 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:44.000 seen as legitimate targets? 520 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:48.500 Absolutely. You know, I run a nationwide organization called the 521 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:51.960 Wounded Blue. We're a nationwide charity that helps injured and 522 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:56.509 disabled officers. I see this every single day. I see 523 00:29:56.529 --> 00:29:59.279 the tragedy. I see the heartache. I see the victims. 524 00:29:59.630 --> 00:30:02.319 I deal with the families of those officers who have 525 00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:04.660 been killed and injured in the line of duty. I 526 00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:10.329 see the heartbreak every single day. In fact, right now, 527 00:30:10.509 --> 00:30:13.190 I am at a conference right now where last night 528 00:30:13.309 --> 00:30:15.890 I spent time with the wife of a police officer 529 00:30:15.910 --> 00:30:19.160 who was murdered in the line of duty. Seeing the 530 00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:23.029 tears come down her face as she spoke about the 531 00:30:23.089 --> 00:30:26.150 needless death of her husband at the hands of a gunman. 532 00:30:26.170 --> 00:30:26.250 It. 533 00:30:28.190 --> 00:30:31.230 Breaks my heart. And I've been dealing with this for years. 534 00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:36.700 And here's what's happening. The encouragement of criminality by the 535 00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:41.039 political left is making it less and less safe every 536 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:45.099 single day for law enforcement. Last year, more than 80,000 537 00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:47.660 police officers were physically assaulted in the line of duty, 538 00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:53.289 almost 90,000. This is unbelievable. And this is an increase 539 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:56.329 by about 80% from just 12, 13 years ago. 540 00:30:56.349 --> 00:30:58.079 It is insane. And literally.... 541 00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:05.579 It's going to get worse. I just wrote a book 542 00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:09.359 about this called Rescuing 911, The Fight for America's Safety. 543 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:13.170 And this has been building for a while. The history 544 00:31:13.529 --> 00:31:16.049 that we have seen, the great lie of Ferguson of 545 00:31:16.109 --> 00:31:21.849 hands up, don't shoot, the George Floyd insanity has deteriorated 546 00:31:22.289 --> 00:31:27.700 the ability of law enforcement to effectively retain and hire 547 00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:31.380 police officers. So we are in a criminal justice crisis 548 00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:33.660 that nobody's talking about. 549 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:37.220 What young man or woman out there would want to 550 00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:40.480 sign up to be a police officer after seeing the 551 00:31:40.569 --> 00:31:43.559 abuse that they suffer from not only the citizens, but 552 00:31:43.690 --> 00:31:44.759 their own lawmakers. 553 00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:47.680 Retired police lieutenant Randy. 554 00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:49.819 Sutton, founder of the Wounded Blue, thank you for coming 555 00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.240 on the show. 556 00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.890 I appreciate it. 557 00:31:51.609 --> 00:31:52.089 Thank you, David. 558 00:31:54.150 --> 00:31:58.009 When we come back, Paraguay's president is facing impeachment following 559 00:31:58.029 --> 00:32:00.690 the collapse of a prominent bank in the region. How 560 00:32:00.730 --> 00:32:03.299 the two events are related and why it may matter 561 00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:07.240 here in the U.S. Then the Democrats ran on two things, 562 00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:10.079 get Trump and the economy. But the numbers show the 563 00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:12.660 economy isn't as bad as they were saying. Corey Ruth, 564 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:14.220 Emergence Global, joins me. 565 00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.779 Stick around. 566 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:22.019 For all of our viewers out there asking where to 567 00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:24.740 watch One America News, we'd like to introduce you to 568 00:32:24.900 -->

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Your pension is gone from the screen. 578 00:33:04.650 --> 00:33:08.339 Now, imagine learning that the president once owned part of 579 00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:11.460 the company behind that bank and appointed one of its 580 00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:16.180 former executives to lead the agency responsible for regulating it. 581 00:33:17.089 --> 00:33:19.710 That is just what happened in Paraguay. 582 00:33:20.069 --> 00:33:23.769 In less than four days, one bank failure froze millions 583 00:33:23.809 --> 00:33:26.589 of accounts, threw thousands of people out of work, and 584 00:33:26.630 --> 00:33:29.450 put the president on trial in the Senate. 585 00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:31.299 The bank is Ueno. 586 00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:35.079 It grew from an obscure finance company into one of 587 00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:38.299 Paraguay's largest banks in only a few years. It offered 588 00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:42.500 generous cashback rewards sponsored by the national soccer team and 589 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:46.589 put its name on the country's biggest stadium. Nearly 3 590 00:33:46.589 --> 00:33:48.109 million people became customers. 591 00:33:48.430 --> 00:33:49.779 Almost half the country. 592 00:33:50.130 --> 00:33:54.440 And more than $ 800 million in government money flowed into it, 593 00:33:54.720 --> 00:34:00.720 including pension, healthcare, and hydroelectric funds. But behind the marketing, 594 00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:05.759 regulators allegedly found risky loans to companies connected to the 595 00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:10.679 bank's owners. Loans without enough collateral and expenses improperly counted 596 00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:15.440 as assets. Once the books were corrected, Ueno reportedly had 597 00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:20.800 less than half the capital legally required to absorb its losses. Tuesday, 598 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:24.400 Paraguay's central bank seized it and the people took to 599 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:26.559 the streets in protest. 600 00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:32.010 The app went dark. Cards stopped working. Branches locked their doors. 601 00:34:32.409 --> 00:34:36.150 Millions of people could not reach their money while thousands 602 00:34:36.170 --> 00:34:40.280 of employees wondered whether they would ever receive another paycheck. 603 00:34:40.929 --> 00:34:45.719 And then attention turned President Santiago Pena. Pena held a 604 00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:48.960 stake in Ueno's parent company until last year. 605 00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:51.590 He appointed a former Ueno. 606 00:34:51.329 --> 00:34:56.630 Executive to run the central bank, the regulator supervising Ueno. 607 00:34:57.010 --> 00:35:01.409 Lawmakers also accuse his government of allowing too much public 608 00:35:01.570 --> 00:35:02.389 pension money. 609 00:35:02.250 --> 00:35:05.199 To be deposited there. Those are allegations. 610 00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:07.960 Pena has not been convicted of a crime, and he 611 00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:12.960 says he will cooperate with investigators. But his own conservative 612 00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:18.489 Colorado party turned against him. The lower house voted 78 613 00:35:18.489 --> 00:35:22.329 to nothing to impeach him. Pena offered to resign, but 614 00:35:22.349 --> 00:35:25.369 lawmakers refused to let him escape the Senate trial and 615 00:35:25.389 --> 00:35:28.190 the potential loss of immunity that could follow his removal. 616 00:35:28.630 --> 00:35:33.409 Prosecutors have now opened three criminal investigations. Senior bank executives 617 00:35:33.429 --> 00:35:37.170 have been detained, top presidential aides have been resigned, and 618 00:35:37.230 --> 00:35:42.280 Peña' s government could fall within days. So why should an 619 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:48.030 American care about a bank in Paraguay? Because this is 620 00:35:48.090 --> 00:35:53.110 what happens when political connections replace independent oversight. The bank 621 00:35:53.429 --> 00:35:57.800 grows too quickly. Government money pours in. Regulators ignore the 622 00:35:57.860 --> 00:36:01.820 warning lights. And ordinary people discover the truth only after 623 00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:06.530 all of their money is locked behind a dead app. Yes, 624 00:36:06.949 --> 00:36:11.409 this can happen here. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in 48 625 00:36:11.409 --> 00:36:15.860 hours after depositors tried to pull $ 42 billion in a 626 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:20.889 single day. Signature Bank and First Republic followed. The FDIC 627 00:36:20.949 --> 00:36:23.449 now calls those the fastest bank runs. 628 00:36:23.250 --> 00:36:27.269 In American history. America has stronger protections. 629 00:36:27.489 --> 00:36:33.369 FDIC insurance automatically covers qualifying deposits up to $ 250, 000 per 630 00:36:33.389 --> 00:36:37.949 depositor per insured bank and ownership category. But anything beyond 631 00:36:37.969 --> 00:36:41.710 that limit can be exposed. And even insured customers can 632 00:36:41.750 --> 00:36:44.650 face disruption when a bank fails. 633 00:36:45.550 --> 00:36:47.389 The warning from Paraguay is simple. 634 00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:52.900 Never confuse a popular app, a famous sponsor, or politically 635

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:57.889 connected executive A safe bank. When the regulator works for 636 00:36:57.929 --> 00:37:00.719 the regulated, the powerful leave through the back door and 637 00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:04.980 working people are left standing outside asking where their money went. 638 00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:10.329 Joining me now is the CEO of Artorias, Stefano Rittendale. 639 00:37:10.670 --> 00:37:11.510 Welcome to the show. 640 00:37:12.909 --> 00:37:13.769 Thank you so much for having me. 641 00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:17.650 Stefano, this is an extraordinary story. In a matter of days, 642 00:37:17.849 --> 00:37:21.409 one bank collapses, nearly three million customers lose access to 643 00:37:21.429 --> 00:37:23.769 their money, thousands of people are out of work, and 644 00:37:23.789 --> 00:37:27.650 the country's president is facing impeachment. How does something of 645 00:37:27.690 --> 00:37:33.590 this magnitude happen seemingly overnight? And what does that tell 646 00:37:33.690 --> 00:37:36.820 us about the fragility of the modern banking system? 647 00:37:38.190 --> 00:37:40.329 Well, first, I think, you know, one of the crazy 648 00:37:40.349 --> 00:37:43.989 things is, as you highlighted, is this scale of Duenos 649 00:37:44.030 --> 00:37:47.809 Bank inside of Paraguay. You know, 3 million customers, that's 650 00:37:47.849 --> 00:37:52.110 about 60% of the adult population use this bank. And 651 00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:54.800 for it to collapse so quickly does show that there 652 00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:58.639 is severe lack of oversight, both from the government and 653 00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:01.360 from other institutions that allow this to happen. Obviously, there's 654 00:38:01.380 --> 00:38:04.340 investigations that are going on. Obviously, right now, the Congress 655 00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:06.800 and the Senate have already taken their course. It's also 656 00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:09.340 going to be criminal investigations to see what happened and 657 00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:11.460 how this played a role. But this is a wake-up 658 00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:13.639 call for not only the United States, but I would 659 00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:15.429 also look at this in South America as a whole, 660 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:18.550 because unfortunately, South America has a long history of political 661 00:38:18.610 --> 00:38:21.130 connections with business. And we see time and time again 662 00:38:21.670 --> 00:38:26.869 major political sandals impacting both conservative, liberal, centrist candidates who 663 00:38:27.269 --> 00:38:28.809 promise one thing, but at the end of the day, 664 00:38:28.849 --> 00:38:31.710 enrich themselves. And it shows a lack of accountability and 665 00:38:31.829 --> 00:38:33.789 oversights that fortunately in the United States, at least we 666 00:38:33.829 --> 00:38:36.969 have better institutions to handle it that South America simply 667 00:38:37.010 --> 00:38:39.789 do not. And we see these events spiral out of control, 668 00:38:39.849 --> 00:38:41.369 as Paraguay is a clear example of. 669 00:38:42.230 --> 00:38:45.130 What really stands out here is the relationship between this 670 00:38:45.210 --> 00:38:48.809 bank and Paraguay's government. The president previously owned a stake 671 00:38:49.030 --> 00:38:51.389 in its parent company, and he appointed a former bank 672 00:38:51.429 --> 00:38:55.489 executive to lead the very agency responsible for regulating it. 673 00:38:56.150 --> 00:38:58.750 Is this just a conflict of interest, or is this 674 00:38:58.989 --> 00:38:59.909 full-blown corruption? 675 00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:02.280 I mean, I think that's where we're going to have 676 00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:05.050 to let the investigation take its course to really lessons learned. 677 00:39:05.510 --> 00:39:08.010 You can have both in reality. I don't think one 678 00:39:08.289 --> 00:39:11.170 mutually excludes the other. But unfortunately, this is a very 679 00:39:11.210 --> 00:39:13.969 common story across South America, where corruption and conflict of 680 00:39:14.010 --> 00:39:16.329 interest is more the norm than the exception, is there's 681 00:39:16.409 --> 00:39:19.309 not really strong anti-corruption measures. And I think the United 682 00:39:19.349 --> 00:39:22.010 States might assist a lot of these governments in South 683 00:39:22.030 --> 00:39:24.349 America to do it. And I also highlighted an important 684 00:39:24.429 --> 00:39:27.769 aspect about Paraguay and about President Peña, is that he 685 00:39:27.869 --> 00:39:29.150 is a close American ally. 686 00:39:29.690 --> 00:39:29.949 He did. 687 00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:34.420 Was signed and joined the Shields of America, the organization 688 00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:37.420 really pushed by the second Trump administration, led by Secretary 689 00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:40.940 of War Pete Hegseth, and this counter cartel coalition. He's 690 00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:44.099 really been a key American ally to expand US influence here, 691 00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:47.329 but it shows that even that, We might have to 692 00:39:47.369 --> 00:39:49.949 be careful because now there's a political liability with such 693 00:39:49.989 --> 00:39:53.250 a corrupt figure who his own political party has impeached 694 00:39:53.309 --> 00:39:56.469 and more than likely would be convicted and face prosecution 695 00:39:56.510 --> 00:39:58.739 in jail. So I think it's important that we let 696 00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:01.980 the investigation take place. Obviously, we're going to see increased 697 00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:04.360 level of protests inside of Paraguay to do this. But 698 00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:06.480 the economic fallout is clear. And we'll have to see 699 00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:08.780 if the United States or South America as a whole, 700 00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:11.679 the World Bank or the IMF might do emergency measures 701 00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:14.139 to try to protect

Paraguay's financial institutions. 702 00:40:14.789 --> 00:40:17.610 So Americans might look at Paraguay and think, well, it's 703 00:40:17.769 --> 00:40:18.820 a developing country. 704 00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:20.980 That could never happen here. 705 00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:24.519 But we watched Silicon Valley Bank collapse in 48 hours, 706 00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:28.780 followed by Signature Bank and First Republic. Are we really 707 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:31.860 that much better protected in the United States? Or are 708 00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:35.039 we just one serious financial crisis away from seeing something 709 00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:39.900 like this happen here? And I think most importantly, what 710 00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:43.469 can Americans do to protect their money in a situation 711 00:40:43.510 --> 00:40:43.860 like this? 712 00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:48.159 Well, look, I think the 2008 financial crisis is another 713 00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:50.110 case point we can look at. And I think there 714 00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:52.309 was a lot of lessons learned. I mean, Lehman Brothers 715 00:40:52.349 --> 00:40:55.110 is a perfect example, right? The rapid collapse of this 716 00:40:55.150 --> 00:40:58.250 and the behemoth of U.S. financial institution and how it 717 00:40:58.269 --> 00:41:01.199 required a massive bailout by the U.S. government to make 718 00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:04.260 sure our financial institutions were still solvent. And I think 719 00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:06.000 a lot of us forget that the collapse of the 720 00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:09.920 financial sector in 2008 was the largest financial crisis we 721 00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:12.079 had since the Great Depression. So obviously there's a lot 722 00:41:12.099 --> 00:41:14.150 of lessons learned. And I think there's still a lot 723 00:41:14.170 --> 00:41:16.369 of lessons that needs to be applied. And we continuously 724 00:41:16.429 --> 00:41:21.139 see US financial institutions run contrary to US regulations and laws. 725 00:41:21.210 --> 00:41:25.219 And I think that's why regulations and other aspects that 726 00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:27.099 need to be done, both from the executive branch and 727 00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:29.980 the legislative branch, are critical to ensure the American people 728 00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:32.360 are protected. But to your broader question, I mean, obviously, 729 00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:35.880 there's always a concern when we have financial institutions and 730 00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:39.059 banks coddle up to the political power, regardless of whichever 731 00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:41.920 political institution is there. And Paraguay is a perfect example. 732 00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:44.380 And I think it's important that the American people maintain 733 00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:47.099 are well-informed to look into these situations and make sure 734 00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:50.320 that they demand, both from the executive and legislative branch, that, look, 735 00:41:50.750 --> 00:41:53.210 Just because these financial institutions might appear to be too 736 00:41:53.230 --> 00:41:55.250 big to fail doesn't mean they should run amok and 737 00:41:55.289 --> 00:41:57.670 run freely. And there should be oversight in what they 738 00:41:57.710 --> 00:42:00.480 do because Paraguay is the worst case example. But it 739 00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:02.880 would be foolish to think that it couldn't happen here 740 00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:05.900 if we don't maintain strong regulation and oversight. 741 00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:09.960 CEO of Artorias, Stefano Rittendale, thank you for coming on 742 00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:12.130 the show. And we might have to start digging some 743 00:42:12.150 --> 00:42:14.070 holes in our backyard to hide our money at this point. 744 00:42:14.969 --> 00:42:16.650 Well, thank you so much for having me. All right. 745 00:42:16.690 --> 00:42:16.969 Thank you. 746 00:42:18.670 --> 00:42:22.030 After the break, the left ran their midterms messaging on 747 00:42:22.050 --> 00:42:24.539 the economy, but the latest numbers proved that it wasn't 748 00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:27.320 nearly as bad as they were telling the nation it was. 749 00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:29.340 We take a look at the October jobs report. 750 00:42:29.780 --> 00:42:30.320 Don't go anywhere. 751 00:42:35.469 --> 00:42:37.289 For all of our viewers out there asking where to 752 00:42:37.329 --> 00:42:40.019 watch One America News, we'd like to introduce you to 753 00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:42.880 OAN Live. OAN Live is the best way to stay 754 00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:45.139 up to date on the hardest hitting news and our 755 00:42:45.159 --> 00:42:47.760 talk shows. And the best part is OAN Live is 756 00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:52.619 only $ 4. 99 per month. Credible, honest, and unbiased reporting at 757 00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:55.090 a fraction of the cost of cable. So just click 758 00:42:55.130 --> 00:42:58.550 on the link at the top of our homepage, oann.com, 759 00:42:58.590 --> 00:43:01.409 to easily sign up for the news and conservative talk 760 00:43:01.590 --> 00:43:02.869 you can't get anywhere else. 761 00:43:11.769 --> 00:43:15.030 I want you to remember something. For months, the message 762 00:43:15.050 --> 00:43:18.849 from the Democrats' campaign machine was simple. The economy is 763 00:43:18.889 --> 00:43:21.030 a disaster and you're drowning. 764 00:43:21.570 --> 00:43:26.050 Every ad, every stump speech, every cable hit. Doom, doom, doom. 765 00:43:26.550 --> 00:43:29.340 Well, the election's over and this morning, the Bureau of 766 00:43:29.429 --> 00:43:32.239 Labor Statistics dropped its October jobs report. 767 00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:34.860 Let's see how the doom is holding up. 768 00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:41.980 America added 165,000 jobs in October. Economists were expecting somewhere 769 00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:46.460 around 60 to 65,000. That's not a beat. That's more 770 00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:49.590

than double. The August numbers were revised from 53,000 to 186,000. 771 00:43:49.570 --> 00:43:50.849 In September, that number got revised up to from 29,000 772 00:43:50.849 --> 00:43:52.170 to 60,000. Unemployment down to 4.1%. Wall Street wanted to 773 00:43:52.289 --> 00:44:06.360 see it hold steady. It actually fell. And wages, well, 774 00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:10.119 the average hourly earnings rose 14 cents in a single month, 775 00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:15.139 up 0.4% to about $ 38 an hour. Paychecks going up, 776 00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:19.289 more people working. Funny way to run a catastrophe. Now 777 00:44:19.329 --> 00:44:22.590 let's talk about the thing that every family feels every 778 00:44:22.650 --> 00:44:26.530 single week, the pump. CBS News is reporting that the 779 00:44:26.610 --> 00:44:30.610 national average for gas is sitting around $ 4. 06 a gallon, 780 00:44:30.670 --> 00:44:33.170 and the experts at GasBuddy expected to dip below $ 4 781 00:44:33.090 --> 00:44:37.550 within days. the first time since July. Diesel could fall 782 00:44:37.610 --> 00:44:41.650 under $ 6 by Thanksgiving. Brent crude just dropped below $ 100 783 00:44:41.090 --> 00:44:44.809 for the first time since September. Oil tanker traffic through 784 00:44:44.849 --> 00:44:47.230 the Strait of Hormuz is picking back up, and the 785 00:44:47.289 --> 00:44:50.449 Trump administration has been pulling the levers the whole way, 786 00:44:50.869 --> 00:44:54.789 waving the Jones Act, opening up diesel supply, easing the squeeze. 787 00:44:55.309 --> 00:44:58.170 So let me get this straight. Jobs up, unemployment down, 788 00:44:58.389 --> 00:45:01.679 wages up, gas heading under $ 4, and we were told 789 00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:04.239 the sky is falling. 790 00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:06.239 Now, let me be fair. 791 00:45:06.239 --> 00:45:11.340 $ 4 a gallon is still not cheap. Plenty of families 792 00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:14.139 are still stretching every dollar. And yes, the experts say 793 00:45:14.199 --> 00:45:17.389 that some of that gas drop is seasonal, winter blend, 794 00:45:17.429 --> 00:45:20.449 fewer road trips. But here's my point. There is a 795 00:45:20.650 --> 00:45:24.710 big gap between prices are too high and the economy 796 00:45:24.869 --> 00:45:29.309 is collapsing. One is a legitimate argument. The other is 797 00:45:29.349 --> 00:45:32.110 a campaign slogan. And this morning's numbers just put it 798 00:45:32.170 --> 00:45:35.460 through the shredder. Because here's the thing. You can't tell 799 00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:38.219 a guy who just got hired that the job market 800 00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:41.239 is dead. You can't tell a family watching the gas 801 00:45:41.340 --> 00:45:45.420 fall that the sky is falling. People live in their economy. 802 00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:48.420 They don't live in your talking points. The lesson for 803 00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:52.780 the left campaigning on pessimism is a gamble. And when 804 00:45:52.800

--> 00:45:54.989 the data turns around on you, you look like you 805 00:45:55.030 --> 00:45:58.800 were rooting against the country. Now, the Fed's watching all this, too, 806 00:45:58.860 --> 00:46:01.260 so we'll see how it plays out in December. But today, 807 00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:05.159 the facts are the facts. More jobs, lower unemployment, higher pay, 808 00:46:05.179 --> 00:46:09.619 cheaper gas. I'm not saying it's morning in America, but 809 00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:11.880 I am saying that it's a whole lot better than 810 00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:15.719 the forecasts you were sold. Joining me now, he's the 811 00:46:15.820 --> 00:46:19.289 CEO of Mergence Global. Please welcome Mr. 812 00:46:19.349 --> 00:46:19.949 Corey Ruth. 813 00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:25.619 Corey, the economy added 165,000 jobs in October, more than 814 00:46:25.840 --> 00:46:29.320 double what economists expected. Is this the beginning of a 815 00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:33.849 genuine economic turnaround, or should we be cautious about celebrating 816 00:46:33.929 --> 00:46:37.829 a strong one month? And perhaps more importantly, do voters 817 00:46:38.170 --> 00:46:40.449 even care about this? Because it seems like they don't. 818 00:46:42.050 --> 00:46:45.079 You know, the one challenge for the economy, which is 819 00:46:45.119 --> 00:46:48.599 built on confidence, is that the administration and Republicans in 820 00:46:48.679 --> 00:46:53.250 general have not yet made a clear, sustained case for 821 00:46:53.389 --> 00:46:58.070 Trump's economic agenda. We don't see them making a full-throated argument, 822 00:46:58.110 --> 00:47:04.590 particularly outside of the core communicators on Trump's team. Argument 823 00:47:04.630 --> 00:47:07.090 for some of the economic wins. I mean, the American 824 00:47:07.130 --> 00:47:10.030 people are still largely unaware of much of the positive 825 00:47:10.090 --> 00:47:13.340 things that the Trump administration has been able to accomplish. 826 00:47:13.389 --> 00:47:15.179 A lot of what you said today. 827 00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:18.739 Around the Strait of Hormuz and things that you said 828 00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:23.630 around inflation and the things you said around gasoline. The 829 00:47:23.650 --> 00:47:26.269 American people just don't know. What they're hearing is a 830 00:47:26.670 --> 00:47:30.710 total opposite. And I think the administration and Republicans in 831 00:47:30.750 --> 00:47:33.349 general have to do a better job communicating that. 832 00:47:33.369 --> 00:47:37.309 Democrats spent months campaigning on a struggling economy, yet today's 833 00:47:37.349 --> 00:47:41.070 jobs report came in surprisingly strong. Did Democrats underestimate the 834 00:47:41.130 --> 00:47:46.010 economy's resilience or did Republicans fail to communicate their success completely? 835 00:47:48.050 --> 00:47:53.630 I think the economists underestimated it for sure. I mean, 165,000 836 00:47:53.630 --> 00:47:58.639 new jobs, that's 180% higher than expectation. And what's really 837 00:47:58.679 --> 00:48:02.880 good about it is that that number is driven by 838 00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:07.659 96% of it is driven by private sector jobs. So 159,000 839 00:48:07.659 --> 00:48:10.820 new jobs. And that's on top of the prior two 840 00:48:10.860 --> 00:48:13.929 months that you said was revised upward. So for a 841 00:48:13.929 --> 00:48:20.230 combined 61,000 net new jobs, that weren't previously estimated. 842 00:48:20.329 --> 00:48:22.929 So this was gangbusters. 843 00:48:23.570 --> 00:48:28.869 And then those 159,000 private sector jobs were unusually broad 844 00:48:28.929 --> 00:48:32.769 based in that 70,000 of them came from professional services. 845 00:48:32.789 --> 00:48:36.929 So these aren't low-end, low-wage jobs. 846 00:48:36.929 --> 00:48:41.389 42,000 in healthcare, 19,000 in manufacturing jobs, which is incredible. 847 00:48:41.780 --> 00:48:44.739 And that means there were over 100,000 new manufacturing jobs 848 00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:45.659 since January. 849 00:48:45.880 --> 00:48:46.079 Right. 850 00:48:46.820 --> 00:48:49.519 We have to be realistic, though, too, because wages are rising, 851 00:48:49.539 --> 00:48:52.760 but prices are still too high and Americans are still 852 00:48:52.820 --> 00:48:56.039 struggling to make ends meet. What will it actually take 853 00:48:56.219 --> 00:48:59.500 for working families to regain the purchasing power that they've 854 00:48:59.539 --> 00:49:00.820 lost over the last several years? 855 00:49:01.780 --> 00:49:03.920 Well, I do think that there's a portion of the 856 00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:07.480 affordability crisis that has a lot to do with like 857 00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:11.449 this sort of COVID economy where we started tipping more 858 00:49:12.280 --> 00:49:15.230 for every service that we that we use and where 859 00:49:15.929 --> 00:49:19.869 we're using delivery services more, so that item that cost 860 00:49:19.909 --> 00:49:23.219 you nine dollars now cost you 15 because you're delivering it. 861 00:49:23.800 --> 00:49:27.380 And also where we have these micro financing for retail. 862 00:49:27.420 --> 00:49:29.139 So in a firm. 863 00:49:29.699 --> 00:49:32.639 And so what happens is people are buying more than 864 00:49:32.659 --> 00:49:35.340 they normally would because they can microfinance it. 865 00:49:35.670 --> 00:49:37.730 And then they don't realize where that money went. 866 00:49:37.750 --> 00:49:41.469 So part of the affordability crisis is that, is sort 867 00:49:41.489 --> 00:49:45.449 of the COVID economy. And the other part is during COVID, 868 00:49:45.489 --> 00:49:48.539 we shut the economy down completely. But really what we 869 00:49:48.599 --> 00:49:51.079 did is we shut off supply. 870 00:49:51.420 --> 00:49:54.519 We never stopped demand. So demand was pent up. 871 00:49:54.860 --> 00:49:59.099 And so when they reopened the economy, supply since then 872 00:49:59.420

--> 00:50:01.280 has still been trying to catch up with demand, and 873 00:50:01.300 --> 00:50:02.360 that's driving prices up. 874 00:50:03.380 --> 00:50:08.570 So Republicans just suffered enormous losses in the midterms, despite 875 00:50:08.750 --> 00:50:11.389 those encouraging economic numbers. What needs to happen over the 876 00:50:11.429 --> 00:50:14.369 next two years for Americans to feel genuinely better off, 877 00:50:14.429 --> 00:50:16.389 regardless of what the economic statistics say? 878 00:50:17.769 --> 00:50:19.570 We got to do a better job communicating, man. 879 00:50:19.969 --> 00:50:23.780 You know, the Trump administration, obviously, President Trump is the 880 00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:25.860 lead communicator and he talks about it often. 881 00:50:26.199 --> 00:50:29.559 But we need a broad based communication. We need Republican governors. 882 00:50:29.599 --> 00:50:33.199 We need Republican senators and Congress people not to hold 883 00:50:33.239 --> 00:50:36.449 the administration and its accomplishment at arm's length. I mean, 884 00:50:36.489 --> 00:50:40.010 we barely saw any Republicans that were running for office 885 00:50:40.130 --> 00:50:44.989 willing to defend tariffs and the jobs and the manufacturing 886 00:50:45.030 --> 00:50:47.590 that was coming back and the factories that are being built. 887 00:50:48.760 --> 00:50:52.500 You know, when people were talking about shutting, putting a moratorium, 888 00:50:52.539 --> 00:50:56.539 for instance, on data center bills, we rarely saw Republicans 889 00:50:56.619 --> 00:51:00.039 making a full-throated case for why we need to win 890 00:51:00.059 --> 00:51:02.980 the AI race and what that actually means, not just 891 00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:05.599 as a cliché. And so we have to do a 892 00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:09.869 better job being a cheerleader of these policies because we 893 00:51:09.929 --> 00:51:12.630 can't expect that to come from the broad-based media, and 894 00:51:12.650 --> 00:51:14.570 we certainly can't expect it to come from Democrats. 895 00:51:14.849 --> 00:51:16.739 I completely agree. I think AI is going to be, 896 00:51:16.760 --> 00:51:19.360 if it's big now in the next two years, I 897 00:51:19.380 --> 00:51:21.300 think it's going to be huge for 2028. Absolutely. 898 00:51:22.820 --> 00:51:25.880 CEO of Emergence Global, Mr. Corey Ruth, thank you for 899 00:51:25.900 --> 00:51:26.539 coming on the show. 900 00:51:27.469 --> 00:51:28.409 Absolutely. Thanks for having me. 901 00:51:29.269 --> 00:51:31.949 That's our show for tonight. Thanks for sticking with us. 902 00:51:31.969 --> 00:51:34.289 David Pollack will be back again on Monday. So join 903 00:51:34.329 --> 00:51:38.409 us then for another indispensable breakdown of today's headlines. As always, 904 00:51:38.429 --> 00:51:40.760 be sure to stay in touch with us on social media. 905 00:51:40.780 --> 00:51:44.840 You can find David at DavidPollackUSA on all platforms or 906 00:51:44.900 --> 00:51:48.460 send us an email at DavidPollackPrimetime at OAN.com. 907 00:51:48.800 --> 00:51:53.079 Have a great weekend. America, be safe. Don't despair. And remember, 908 00:51:53.719 --> 00:51:54.860 Christ is King. 909 00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:02.269 For all of our viewers out there asking where to 910 00:52:02.309 --> 00:52:04.989 watch One America News, we'd like to introduce you to 911 00:52:05.150 --> 00:52:07.849 OAN Live. OAN Live is the best way to stay 912 00:52:07.949 --> 00:52:10.110 up to date on the hardest hitting news and our 913 00:52:10.130 --> 00:52:12.730 talk shows. And the best part is OAN Live is 914 00:52:12.769 --> 00:52:17.579 only $ 4. 99 per month. Credible, honest, and unbiased reporting at 915 00:52:17.619 --> 00:52:20.039 a fraction of the cost of cable. So just click 916 00:52:20.099 --> 00:52:23.519 on the link at the top of our homepage, OANN.com, 917 00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:26.369 to easily sign up for the news and conservative talk 918 00:52:26.570 --> 00:52:27.829 you can't get anywhere else.

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