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we ignored the values, the vision, the principles of our founding fathers.

We allowed government to expand way beyond the constraints of the enumerated powers.

And government, I keep saying this, there's one word definition for government, power.

As Lord Acton appropriately stated, power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

What Calley lays out is, and I'm sad to say, corruption within the Trump administration.

But again, I'm not, listen, I think, I'm not sure whether Trump is even aware of this stuff.

And while I support the agenda of immigration and what had happened with ICE, I now see that they overplayed their hand in a big way, and the media was all too happy to broadcast that C2C, and I think we paid a hell of a price for it.

A, can you do that? And B, what's the point?

Well, since 1934, we have one of our resident Senate experts that did analysis.

On average, elections have occurred about 40 days after the election, you know, leadership elections.

Since 2006, it's been nine days.

I personally find that obnoxious.

There's no reason to rush into the elections, particularly after a stunning defeat.

So the letter I'm writing, I've got five people going to sign that letter to call a conference meeting.

When you try to think about the magnitude of the setback for Republicans nationwide in this midterm, what comes to mind? This has set us

So please lay that out for us.

Sure.

But let me first say, I'm going to leave a letter.

Hopefully it gets signed by a lot of colleagues calling for a conference meeting before we hold leadership elections.

They're doing the same old Mitch McConnell thing.

You hold an election, no matter what the result, the Tuesday we get back from the recess after the election, you hold leadership elections before sometimes before you even know who's going to be in your conference.

So we need to delay that.

We've added $30 trillion to our national debt in the last 15 or so years, $2 trillion a year on average, and it's not getting any better.

So please lay that out for us.

Sure.

But let me first say, I'm going to leave a letter.

Hopefully it gets signed by a lot of colleagues calling for a conference meeting before we hold leadership elections.

They're doing the same old Mitch McConnell thing.

You hold an election, no matter what the result, the Tuesday we get back from the recess after the election, you hold leadership elections sometimes before you even know who's going to be in your conference.

So we need to delay that.

We've added $30 trillion to our national debt in the last 15 or so years, $2 trillion a year on average, and it's not getting any better.

proximate cause.

I think the problem I've had internally, I think President Trump fully understands this, but so many of my colleagues in the Senate don't.

Democrats are at war with us.

I think Governor DeSantis called this an extermination event.

The Democrats want to exterminate us.

They want to eliminate us as an opposition.

That is what leftists do.

But a lot of those in the Republican Party say it, but then they don't do it.

But where did Republicans take their train off the track?

Well, it's been building.

I think the proximate cause, I think the vice president laid out the Iran war causing high gasoline prices, the fact that Americans want instant results.

You don't cure 40-year high inflation overnight.

It's amazing President Trump was able to secure the border as quickly as he did.

But that's the proximate cause.

I think the problem I've had internally, I think President Trump fully understands this, but so many of my colleagues in the Senate don't.

But a lot of those in the Republican Party say it, but then they don't do it.

Just, you know, what's your – gut tell you about this i mean we can pick apart the politics and this and that and which states are swingy and which states aren't but i mean it's brutal it to a point where it could be unrecoverable the way i'm looking at it

yeah there's really not enough lipstick to put on this pig i'm not going to be very uplifting uh First of all, I don't disagree with some of the analysis of the proximate cause to the loss.

I mean, the Iranian war driving up diesel prices, gasoline prices, that type of thing.

Again, this is all within an economy that was actually doing quite well.

So I want to look at the larger picture here.

And this is the culmination.

It's not fully completed, but they're well on their way of the radical left having taken over the institutions of this country.

I looked it up by myself in the Beloit Public Library.

What is your lesson from last night?

There's no doubt about the fact that the Iran war drove up the price of diesel and gasoline, and that impacted Americans.

I think if you look at the polls, 65% of Americans believe the terrorist and trade war had a negative impact.

I know President Trump loves tariffs, but I think he has to take a look at that result as well.

I think the difficulty for Democrats is they can beat the drum about affordability, but the only solution they have for affordability is a new government program It doesn't work.

I mean, the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, that did not save families $2,500.

They could not keep their doctor, their health care plan.

Do you sense that Republicans are more free now, have more space to disagree publicly with the president?

What's your take on that? Well,

Benny, listen, I was listening to you.

I don't disagree with your analysis and the Vice President's analysis of what happened last night and the proximate cause of what happened.

I'll just take a little bit longer view here.

Please.

I sprang from the Tea Party in 2010.

I remember that spirit.

because we're

Congratulations on your Milwaukee Brewers winning the

World Series.

Yeah, that was a bright spot, and... puts a smile on my face.

It really, it was fun to watch.

It's a great, they were a team, no prima donnas on that, just a team playing fundamental baseball and they, they won the world championship.

So the fans here in Wisconsin are great fans.

They've been waiting for this for a long time.

But how's that going to be, walking into the Senate on January 1st and having everybody's favorite Palestinian, Chuck Schumer, as the new boss?

Congratulations on your Milwaukee Brewers winning the

World Series.

That was a bright spot and puts a smile on my face.

It was fun to watch.

They were a team.

No prima donnas on that, just a team playing fundamental baseball, and they won the world championship.

So the fans here in Wisconsin are great fans.

Do you expect it to be, and I've kind of intimated it already, but just to wrap this up, a very chaotic couple of years.

Functionally, the economy of Wisconsin, it just becomes, I don't even know what, it becomes a welfare state here and all high income earners leave and all jobs leave.

You know, most people aren't like me.

I love winter.

I love snow.

Love to play in it.

Love to shovel it.

A lot of people don't like that.

Why did the left, why do they hate people who make things, people who generate productive capacity and people who build whole communities?

How did I misunderstand her? And what did you what was your takeaway?

Well, first of all, you didn't.

And, you know, you've had me on enough as I've been talking about the problem that, uh, like cash to tell and, uh, Todd Blanche and Robert candy are having, uh, filling up the administration, particularly in the justice department.

You know, they had to fire a bunch of radical leftists.

Uh, others just left cause they simply couldn't, uh, uh, participate in the Trump administration, but it's been very difficult to hire and backfill and, you know, fill those positions, uh, because, uh, people realize that if you join the Trump administration, you could have your long-term career destroyed by Democrat lawfare.

So again, she's just saying the quiet part out loud.

This is what they have been doing.

It was the weaponization of every arm of the government.

Now, I think that would be very popular on the campaign trail and very indicting for Democrats.

Well, I would make the basic point, if most voters were well-educated, if they truly understood this, if they weren't swayed by the rhetoric, by the demagoguery, We'd be in far better shape because I think most Americans understand at their core that it is freedom, it is that competitive system that has allowed us to dream and aspire and build and create this nation.

I think at their core they understand that, but the rhetoric prevails too often.

In addition to the point you made about Medicare, I don't think most people realize you will lose your private health insurance.

If you like the insurance you'll get from your employer, that's gone.

That'll be illegal.

So, no, again, that's the problem we have when you have an education system dominated by leftists.

What about taxes?

I, I think the GOP holds the Senate nicely, Senator, but w- what do, what are you hearing? What are you thinking?

Well, I'll say I sure hope so.

Yeah, what, what, what ala- is alarming to me, Larry, is the appeal of socialism, particularly to young people.

You know, they've been indoctrinated, uh, in our education system through our, you know, legacy media, and, uh, that, it is alarming.

Uh, you know, the s- the, the, the hope is that voters re- start rejecting it.

And you, you mentioned Minnesota and Michigan.

In Minnesota, you know, we now have a US Senate candidate who has a shot against the Democrat because the Democrat lieutenant governor was involved in the massive fraud.

Mm-hmm.

I, I think the GOP holds the Senate nicely, Senator, but w- what do, what are you hearing? What are you thinking?

Well, honestly, I sure hope so.

You know, what, what, what ala- is alarming to me, Larry, is the appeal of socialism, particularly to young people.

You know, they've been indoctrinated, uh, in our education system through our, you know, legacy media, and, uh, that, it is alarming.

Uh, you know, the s- the, the, the hope is that voters re- start rejecting it.

And you, you mentioned Minnesota and Michigan.

In Minnesota, you know, we now have a US Senate candidate who has a shot against a Democrat because the Democrat lieutenant governor was involved in the massive fraud.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Your thoughts of knowing that as a juror you didn't know this and even in your earlier investigation they kept some of this from you.

Well, first of all, you know, you know, I haven't read all the documents you've released, but, you know, certainly reading your excellent report on that, you know, what concerns me is it sounds like these, uh, people involved in this, you know, the ambassador, her, uh, you know, chief advisor, were definitely lawyered up prior to the testimony.

And so it was all about, "Well, I don't recall." This was three years ago, when they obviously did recall.

They, they knew that Burisma was a big deal.

They knew that the involvement of Hunter Biden with Burisma under- undermined their efforts at their anti-corruption, uh, campaign within Ukraine.

You know, what, what, what all this opens up to me, John, is how central Ukraine was to so many things that the United States was doing from a standpoint of public health, uh, bioweapons countermeasures, we'll- I'll call it that.

Um, you know, o- one thing we're, we're not talking about is, for example, the fact that Hunter Bio- or Hunter Biden was, was involved in Metabiota in some way, shape, or form.

Yeah.

Your thoughts of knowing that, as a juror, you didn't know this, and even in your early investigation, they kept some of this from you.

Well, f- first of all, you know, you know, I haven't read all the documents you've released but, you know, certainly reading your excellent report on that, you know, what concerns me is it sounds like these, uh, people involved in this, you know, the ambassador, her, uh, you know, chief advisor, were definitely lawyered up prior to their testimony.

And so it was all about, "Well, I don't recall." This was three years ago, when they obviously did recall.

They, they knew that Burisma was a big deal.

They knew that the involvement of Hunter Biden with Burisma under- undermined their efforts at their anti-corruption- Uh, campaign within Ukraine.

You know, what, what, what all this opens up to me, John, is how central Ukraine was to so many things that the United States was doing from a standpoint of public health, uh, bioweapons countermeasures, we- I'll call it that.

Um, you know, o- one thing we're, we're not talking about is, for example, the fact that Hunter Bio- or Hunter Biden was, was involved in Metabiota in some way, shape or form.

Yeah

So

again, I'm witnessing this.

I'm seeing how wrong it is.

I'm questioning, listen, I'm all for operation warp speed on anything to end the pandemic.

Vaccine, fine, whatever.

Let's end this pandemic.

But we did nothing in terms of early treatment.

And so I guess as you've evaluated all this now and really studied it, out of everything you sort of looked at and heard and what have you, What do you think shocked or disturbed you the most? Is there something that sticks out to you that says, wow?

No.

But you get Jordan Mason back, and I think that's...

And you're gonna get Darrisaw back, and you're gonna get Addison back.

Like, I think that's...

You're gonna get Hockenson back.

That Dolphins game, I watched...

This, this morning I watched two games.

The, uh, what is next for Kyler?

Out of the same sentence, you will hear the same Democrats say, "We've gotta increase Medicaid spending." So how do we increase Medicaid spending without increasing the debt and the deficit?

Well, we are increasing Medicaid spending.

Uh, here, here are the facts.

Uh, and again, what President Obama did under the, uh, Obamacare is he wanted, he wanted that as the next step for a single-payer system.

So what they did is they used Medicaid, which is, you know, set up for disabled children, elderly, the blind, you know, p- people that we wanna help, right? Make sure they can have health insurance.

Well, Obamacare expanded the use of Medicaid to single able-bodied working age childless adults.

And to incentivize the states to sign up that cohort of people that, you know, generally you'd like to see working and getting the healthcare through their employer, uh, Obama, in Obamacare, decided to reimburse the states for every dollar they spend, for example, on a disabled child, Medicaid federal dollars contributes 1.33, okay? $1.33.

We were all alive when we were still seeing people behave somewhat more fiscally responsibly, including Bill Clinton, by the way.

And to get an update of what is going on in Wisconsin, which is a swing state, Senator Johnson.

Well, the great news is the weather is beautiful.

I think the other good news is, you know, I think the Marquette poll looks pretty encouraging.

It's going to be a tight race.

They always are tight.

It doesn't, you know, right now the Democrats are edging us out, but it's all within probably the margin of error, certainly from striking distance, and you can never trust these polls.

So I know Republicans here in Wisconsin are working their tail off.

How do you feel? Do you feel that there's any election fraud going on in Wisconsin or you think you have Wisconsin has things under control?

Going to Wisconsin, we have Senator Ron Johnson with us, and to get an update of what is going on in Wisconsin, which is a, a swing state, and, uh, uh, give us the, uh, give us the pulse of what's going on in your, uh, in your state, uh, Senator Johnson.

Well, the great news is the weather is beautiful.

I, I love this time of year.

It's getting cool and crisp.

The leaves are starting to turn, so Wisconsin's just beautiful in, uh, September, October here.

So that's the good news.

Uh, I think the other good news is, uh, you know, I think the Marquette poll looks pretty encouraging.

How do you feel? Do you feel that there's any election fraud going on in Wisconsin, or you think, uh, you have, uh, Wisconsin has things under control?

lot of people who are posting about it now an enormous number uh... of uh... independent grassroots that want to see justice here and you're the you were the only senator that is pushing this you i believe people really like the work that rand paul has been doing with doctor fauci uh... and then it and and and you can still do you continue to have uh the ability to draw attention to this even though covid was now you know the the height of covid was four or five years ago it shows that people are still so angry perhaps like maybe we start there what did you hear yesterday you know what was the hearing what was the hearing about ultimately um and what did we learn but again just

to agree with you in terms of the base so when i heard base i thought republicans conservatives no this is the base of americans who did have their eyes open during COVID.

Thank you.

The people that Rasmussen surveys were 24%.

This is like multiple polls.

The most recent report, most recent poll, 24% of Americans believe they personally know someone who died from the COVID injection.

53% believe that the COVID injection caused a significant number of unexplained deaths.

So... during our aerosol aerosol Ebola we learned today yeah sorry I don't mean to there's a lot of that's there's

What happened to patients' rights? What happened to individual human rights during the pandemic?

Well, good morning, Larry, and I appreciate you covering this.

Human rights were trampled on.

As I said in my opening statement, our society was infected with something more than just the coronavirus.

Not everybody's infected, but...

It was very dark.

It was very disturbing.

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