Radio Show Hour 1 – 01/03/2025

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[00:01:12] one heart, one mind, one issue at a time Friday.

[00:01:15] Man, there's so much to cover, so little time, to say the least.

[00:01:19] Dr. Scott Bradley with me, freedomsrisingsun.com.

[00:01:23] He's also known for his incredible webinars every Thursday evening, Q&As on the Constitution, and more.

[00:01:28] We'll get to that in mere moments.

[00:01:30] But first, R.I.P. to Wayne Osman.

[00:01:34] Rest in peace, my brother.

[00:01:36] 73 years old, passed away.

[00:01:38] He was a member of the iconic group, the Osmonds, and he's passed away.

[00:01:45] So it's kind of a sad deal.

[00:01:46] His family announced it.

[00:01:48] 67-year-old Donny Osman spoke about it, and Marie spoke about it, and everything else.

[00:01:52] And, you know, there you have that.

[00:01:56] And it's just kind of a tragedy, I'll tell you, a tragedy.

[00:02:00] But yet, you know what?

[00:02:01] 73 years old, you know, you would hope that they could live longer, for sure.

[00:02:05] At the same time, lived a very long, full life, for sure.

[00:02:09] Now, several of the Osmonds, you know, have some hearing issues and other things.

[00:02:13] But, boy, are they a talented family.

[00:02:15] And, you know, I know several of the Osmonds.

[00:02:17] And I'm telling you right now, it's surprising the amount of fame those people have.

[00:02:21] But yet, how down to earth, for the most part, they really are.

[00:02:25] You know, I don't know everything about the Osmonds, but I do know several of them.

[00:02:28] We've had a couple of them on the radio with us.

[00:02:31] Nathan's been on the air with us and stuff like that.

[00:02:33] Just a nice, nice, nice guy.

[00:02:35] Donny Osman, believe it or not, one time I was moving a playhouse that my family had built.

[00:02:40] And when I say a playhouse, you had to put it on a big trailer to move it and stuff like that.

[00:02:44] It was like a whole room in this playhouse.

[00:02:47] We were trying to move it.

[00:02:48] Me and my brother were trying to do it.

[00:02:49] It was so, you know, we could probably lift it.

[00:02:52] But it's so big and awkward that we just, we needed a couple of other guys to get on all four corners of this thing.

[00:02:57] Believe it or not, we look up and Donny Osman's walking down the street with his son.

[00:03:01] And they literally saw us and they're like, hey, you guys need some help?

[00:03:04] We're like, yeah, that'd be great.

[00:03:06] They came over, helped us load that sucker up.

[00:03:08] And we shook their hands and thanked them.

[00:03:09] And nice guys, they just walked away.

[00:03:11] Like average neighbor Joes.

[00:03:14] Pretty impressive, if you ask me.

[00:03:15] Are they perfect?

[00:03:17] Certainly not.

[00:03:17] Are they down to earth and more humble than almost any famous people I've ever known?

[00:03:21] You know, to a great degree, without a doubt.

[00:03:24] Dr. Bradley, welcome.

[00:03:25] Did you know the Osmonds?

[00:03:27] Oh, no, not really.

[00:03:28] I mean, they were contemporaneous to a lot of the things that I experienced there.

[00:03:33] I did at one time get invited to their production studio.

[00:03:38] It was a television and recording studio thing they brought in to do their, oh, it was kind

[00:03:46] of a weekly variety show.

[00:03:48] Donny and Marie did that.

[00:03:49] And I got invited down there one time to go, you know, back in the bowels of the place

[00:03:55] and everything.

[00:03:55] And it was quite an operation.

[00:03:58] Very interesting.

[00:04:00] They had a bunch of groupies always following them, you know, and everything like that.

[00:04:04] And they brought in different, you know, celebrity talent that they had on the program with them

[00:04:10] regularly.

[00:04:10] And so I was there for some of that stuff.

[00:04:12] But I wasn't close to them at all.

[00:04:14] I, like I say, I just kind of, you know, was behind the scenes and saw what was going

[00:04:21] on and everything.

[00:04:22] And I wouldn't, I wouldn't say that I was particularly close to them either.

[00:04:25] I'm just saying I have had some interactions and all the interactions that I have had have

[00:04:30] been positive in a variety of different settings.

[00:04:32] Like I said, Nathan's been on the show with us and several people have performed from the

[00:04:38] Osmonds at my children's school, American Heritage.

[00:04:41] And I've got to know some of them through that and some recording stuff related to their

[00:04:45] studios as well.

[00:04:46] And, you know, I've seen them in some pretty local intimate shows kind of thing and the

[00:04:51] way they behave kind of in a smaller, tiny audience and things like that.

[00:04:55] I've seen them in the, on the big stage.

[00:04:57] I've seen them on TV.

[00:04:57] I've seen them all kinds of places.

[00:04:59] I've read a lot about them and, and my wife, you babysat for Donnie Osmond's kids

[00:05:03] one time.

[00:05:04] So there you go.

[00:05:05] Anyway, kind of strange stuff, kind of interesting, but all I can tell you is RIP and a

[00:05:10] prayers with their family.

[00:05:11] They have faith that they'll see him again.

[00:05:14] Wayne Osmond, you know, the, the, they're members of the church of Jesus Christ of

[00:05:17] Latter-day Saints.

[00:05:18] That's one thing they've always clung to and been well known for.

[00:05:21] And they were kind of mocked and ridiculed at some points for that.

[00:05:23] And people tried to dissuade them from that, but they've remained faithful and true to

[00:05:27] that, to the best of their ability to.

[00:05:29] And, you know, life is messy.

[00:05:31] So I'm not telling you they're perfect people and no one would, they wouldn't pretend

[00:05:34] they are either.

[00:05:34] But I'm telling you, they've been surprisingly humble, surprisingly dedicated to God and to

[00:05:41] their faith.

[00:05:41] And one of the beliefs of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I'm a member of

[00:05:45] that church as well.

[00:05:46] And one of the beliefs that we have is after we live this life, we die and return to our

[00:05:51] maker.

[00:05:52] And we believe that, you know, families could be together forever and that we'll see each

[00:05:56] other after this life.

[00:05:58] And, you know, Christians believe that in a general sense.

[00:06:00] We believe it literally, you know, as we have associations here on the earth today, we'll

[00:06:05] have associations there in very similar or like fashion.

[00:06:09] And that's a unique belief.

[00:06:10] But I bring that up because they're consoled by that.

[00:06:13] They know he lived a great life and they believe that they'll see him again.

[00:06:16] So that's great news on that front.

[00:06:18] Moving on, is Mike Johnson's speakership in trouble?

[00:06:23] You would think that I already have answers by now.

[00:06:26] I mean, after all, it's 10, 11 p.m.

[00:06:30] I'm sorry, 10, 11 a.m. Eastern already.

[00:06:32] It's already past 10 o'clock.

[00:06:33] And you think if Congress rolls into work at eight or nine, like most folks, they would

[00:06:37] have already had their vote for Mike Johnson's speaker.

[00:06:42] That's the first act they got to do when they're coming back today.

[00:06:44] But as far as I understand, they don't even get rolling until noon, doctor.

[00:06:48] These people are lazy clowns for the most part.

[00:06:51] They work less days than anybody I know.

[00:06:53] And even the days they work are short days.

[00:06:54] Once in a while, they pull a long day so they can look like they're doing a great job in

[00:06:58] the news.

[00:06:59] Oh, my gosh, they're pulling an all-nighter.

[00:07:00] But that's just a rare clown show.

[00:07:02] Twist arms.

[00:07:03] Get whatever through they want to get through.

[00:07:04] For the most part, they're lazy as all get out.

[00:07:06] Don't hardly even work, Dr. Bradley.

[00:07:08] And today's proof.

[00:07:09] They come back after a massive vacation, Christmas break or New Year's break or whatever.

[00:07:15] And now they're here.

[00:07:16] And I don't even know that they've taken a vote yet.

[00:07:17] Have they?

[00:07:19] Well, I have not heard that this morning.

[00:07:21] I mean, so much of what you're stating is an accurate assessment of their situation.

[00:07:26] I mean, it was kind of like, I guess they figure it's like herding cats.

[00:07:30] But, you know, it seems like they'd have some decorum and some protocol.

[00:07:33] And they'd say we're going to be together at 0800.

[00:07:36] And we're going to start on this.

[00:07:38] We're going to hit the ground running.

[00:07:39] I don't know.

[00:07:40] Everybody just kind of rolls in at a leisurely pace.

[00:07:44] I mean, you talk about banking hours are much, much more.

[00:07:48] And bankers work way harder than these clowns, though, Dr. Bradley.

[00:07:51] There ain't no question about that.

[00:07:52] But the fact is, I mean, you wonder if Johnson's got it in the bag.

[00:08:01] I think there's a lot that would say he does.

[00:08:03] I don't think he's had an arduous pushback on anything.

[00:08:07] I don't know of any name that's really seriously in the running for it.

[00:08:13] And I know Donald Trump has given him a hearty endorsement for his speakership.

[00:08:20] Yeah, which I think is a disgrace.

[00:08:21] The only one really standing up, as far as I can tell, boldly, nobly, independently against him in the House would be Thomas Massey.

[00:08:28] And I commend him for his stance.

[00:08:29] Well, I know.

[00:08:30] But, I mean, you can say, well, you and the Lord are a majority, but I don't think Massey has much more than that going for him.

[00:08:40] Well, so I agree with Massey on a lot of different things.

[00:08:42] He's kind of a maverick.

[00:08:44] He kind of stands on his own.

[00:08:45] He's right on a lot of things.

[00:08:46] Mostly they don't give him any credence, kind of like Dr. Ron Paul was back in the day.

[00:08:51] But I do respect the idea to say, you know what, I'm not here to gain friends.

[00:08:54] I'm here to be correct on the issues.

[00:08:56] And I commend him for that.

[00:08:58] I don't agree with Massey on everything, but in this case, I think he's right.

[00:09:00] I don't think we ought to give Speaker Johnson the nod.

[00:09:04] And I know they would say, well, Sam, we've got to get this done quickly.

[00:09:06] We can't just melt down and not get our agenda done.

[00:09:09] And we've got to.

[00:09:09] I know.

[00:09:10] But you also can't put things on the altar in the name of expediency.

[00:09:14] And that's what they're doing here.

[00:09:15] That's what they did to get the budget, you know, deal passed right before the end of the year.

[00:09:19] And they did better by holding out than they would have done.

[00:09:23] Mike Johnson would have sold a South big time.

[00:09:25] So they held out, stopped that, which is some good.

[00:09:28] But they still sold us down the river.

[00:09:31] Donald Trump pushing for a debt ceiling increase.

[00:09:33] Shame on him.

[00:09:34] He's mad because they didn't give him that.

[00:09:36] Now we're going to have a debt ceiling to deal with right away.

[00:09:39] We're going to have to certify the elections right away.

[00:09:41] There's a lot on the docket.

[00:09:42] But in my opinion, if you don't get the Speaker right, that's the guy that really controls the whole,

[00:09:50] I don't know what word to use for this thing, but the whole agenda.

[00:09:54] That's the guy that, you know, can make anything sink or swim with a single person's wherewithal.

[00:10:03] I don't know what words to use for this.

[00:10:04] I mean, he's got literal absolute gateway or gatekeeper control of this thing, doctor.

[00:10:09] And so to me, the big key is you've got to get that right.

[00:10:12] And to cave on that for expediency purposes means you're going to cave on so much more.

[00:10:18] It's not even funny.

[00:10:20] And we've got to really watch for that, doctor.

[00:10:22] He's kind of a conductor of the orchestra, if you will, directing things along.

[00:10:28] But I really do believe that Trump has his agenda, too, and it's pro-Israel.

[00:10:34] Mike Johnson's there.

[00:10:36] Therefore, Mike Johnson's his man on the spot.

[00:10:38] Some of these other things aren't nearly as important to Trump as that is, I think.

[00:10:43] So I'm suspecting that he'll kind of get approved.

[00:10:47] But he can't lose any votes.

[00:10:50] Massey's the only guy he can lose.

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[00:13:13] This speakership, you know, is kind of interesting.

[00:13:15] And they want you to believe that they cannot do anything, absolutely cannot do anything, until they get the speaker decided.

[00:13:21] I mean, the whole world stops until the speakership is decided.

[00:13:25] And I guess I have a question, Dr. Bradley.

[00:13:28] Do we even have to have a speaker at all?

[00:13:31] No, because I don't really see in the Constitution where it says you've got to have a speaker before anything else can be done.

[00:13:36] What you get when you get speakerships or what you get when you get these things is you get congressmen with special powers.

[00:13:44] And there's no constitutional provisions for that, is there?

[00:13:47] Except for they can make up their own rules.

[00:13:49] Right.

[00:13:50] It's a self-inflicted wound.

[00:13:52] I mean...

[00:13:52] There you go.

[00:13:53] Agree.

[00:13:54] By their own rules, they have bound themselves to certain protocols.

[00:13:59] Now, there's got to be rules, and there should be, and all that kind of good stuff.

[00:14:03] But I just...

[00:14:07] As we talked about last...

[00:14:09] I think it was Monday when we talked about what the 12th Amendment actually reads,

[00:14:14] and about how the President of the Senate opens the votes and basically declares the way the vote has gone.

[00:14:23] I think that, again, it's self-inflicted.

[00:14:27] They're kind of making it what they think it ought to be.

[00:14:31] And, honestly, it's something that I think it's a big to-do about nothing.

[00:14:38] I think they'll follow the rules.

[00:14:40] I think that Mike Johnson probably will be re-elected.

[00:14:43] As I said before the break, they had a little bit of a headspace, but Matt Gaetz resigned.

[00:14:51] And so that put them, I think, they can only lose one, maybe two at the most votes without putting in jeopardy for the Republicans.

[00:15:00] Yeah, but as soon as the Democrats vote lockstep for Jeffries or somebody else to where whatever,

[00:15:05] you know, oftentimes if people don't show up and different things happen, you don't have to have that many votes to really do it.

[00:15:10] But Johnson in the first place got, what, in there with, you know, 215 or 216 or something like that.

[00:15:16] And so there's all kinds of weird shenanigans that can happen.

[00:15:20] We know the Democrats have the ability to stick together way better than the Republicans ever have.

[00:15:24] That's for sure.

[00:15:25] And that's good and bad, right?

[00:15:27] They voted as a block.

[00:15:29] And usually they let principle get set aside to do that.

[00:15:33] Oh, yeah.

[00:15:34] But I think that the Republicans are going to rally around this.

[00:15:38] I think it's a high-profile thing.

[00:15:40] I mean, if you can imagine being a congressman and going back to your home district and somebody saying,

[00:15:45] where the heck were you on January 3rd?

[00:15:48] I noticed you had an absentee mark on there.

[00:15:51] I think it's a high-profile.

[00:15:53] I think that there's going to be well attended.

[00:15:56] And so I think with Trump's hearty endorsement and with only Massey vocalizing some concerns,

[00:16:04] I think it'll probably happen.

[00:16:06] But, again, they haven't even got the business today.

[00:16:08] There's the narrowest House majority in 100 years.

[00:16:11] And so, hey, there you have it.

[00:16:15] You know, Thomas Massey already won't vote for him.

[00:16:17] So one more person, and it could take this thing and at least force multiple rounds regardless.

[00:16:23] Now, they might twist some Democrat arms.

[00:16:25] That's one thing Mike Johnson is famous for, which I criticize him for, which would be, you know,

[00:16:30] he'll do whatever it takes and he'll double down with the Democrats and everything else to get it done.

[00:16:34] Now, I don't care if he partners with Democrats or Republicans.

[00:16:36] I'm not a partisan guy.

[00:16:38] But to me, what he gives away on that altar behind the scenes is what we don't know and what concerns me, Dr. Bradley.

[00:16:44] Well, and the Democrats, well, at least the last word I got on it was that they're not going to bail him on this one like they did on the continuing resolution.

[00:16:56] He gave up on trying to get his party to stand with him on that thing.

[00:17:02] His party shouldn't have stood with him on the thing, by the way.

[00:17:05] There were enough naysayers that he went to the Democrats and he got a huge walkover from them.

[00:17:13] So you're right.

[00:17:14] He will wheel and deal to get some manipulation done.

[00:17:19] Problem is the manipulation usually sets principle aside, and that's where we really have a lot of concerns.

[00:17:27] Yeah, you got 219 Republicans, 215 Democrats since Matt Gaetz has gone.

[00:17:34] And, you know, a lot of people vote present, which is not really a vote at all.

[00:17:38] But the point is that if, you know, 10 people vote present, it might make it happen.

[00:17:42] But he might be able to persuade people to vote present.

[00:17:46] And then there might be a couple of absences.

[00:17:48] And as a result, you may not have to have as many people depending on.

[00:17:52] Now, I agree with you.

[00:17:53] It'll be high profile.

[00:17:54] Most people will be there.

[00:17:55] But there's a possibility that, you know, out of the 435 people that there's a couple of absences and a couple of vote presence.

[00:18:01] And then the majority threshold number goes down, right?

[00:18:06] Yeah, there's a dynamic there.

[00:18:08] There's no question about it.

[00:18:10] And I don't know.

[00:18:11] I'm just looking here a little bit.

[00:18:14] This is from MSNBC, which is a high, you know, high credibility source.

[00:18:20] Yeah, high profile liberal site as I'll get out.

[00:18:22] But yes.

[00:18:22] High credibility.

[00:18:23] It says Mike Johnson volunteers to be Trump's first scapegoat.

[00:18:28] It's an opinion that's – anyway, Trump gave him an endorsement.

[00:18:36] I think that's going to hold a lot of sway with most Republicans.

[00:18:40] And so anyway, I guess we'll see.

[00:18:42] I hope within the next couple of hours they'll move this thing along.

[00:18:47] And we're all sitting here, you know, holding our breath, I guess.

[00:18:52] So I'm not really, but it is what they try to make it in the media.

[00:18:59] Yeah, now they say this is the slimmest majority since the Great Depression almost a century ago.

[00:19:06] And the margin is set to shrink even further.

[00:19:09] When the House convenes, the partisan breakdown will be 219 to 215.

[00:19:15] So here's the problem that I see.

[00:19:16] Even if Mike Johnson gets the gavel, if you're not very careful, Mike Johnson becomes literally a Democrat,

[00:19:22] a wolf in sheep's clothing, and the problem is you just can't trust him.

[00:19:27] And I'll give you the example to prove the point.

[00:19:28] Right before the last legislative session ended in 24, not too long ago, a couple of weeks ago,

[00:19:34] he literally was ready to pass this 1,500-page omnibus spending bill.

[00:19:39] He wasn't willing to stand and grain any concessions or do anything else.

[00:19:42] It took an Elon Musk, an outsider, to push hard and have everybody wake up, sit up, and go,

[00:19:48] whoa, hold on now.

[00:19:49] Donald Trump was pushing for the debt ceiling,

[00:19:51] and Mike Johnson was pushing for the passage of that bill.

[00:19:55] And a lot of people that would have supported Mike Johnson when he did that decided,

[00:19:58] hmm, now I've really got to think about this.

[00:20:01] Now they'll probably get their arms twisted, as Dr. Bradley points out,

[00:20:04] and go along, jump aboard, whatever you want to call it.

[00:20:09] But people are concerned and frustrated.

[00:20:11] And I just think when you get Trump pushing to increase the debt ceiling,

[00:20:14] when he's got doge to decrease debt,

[00:20:16] why do you need to increase the debt ceiling?

[00:20:18] And then when you have Mike Johnson literally willing to cave on that 1,500-page bill,

[00:20:24] Mike Johnson could have been the leader to carve out not only as much as they got with Elon Musk's push,

[00:20:29] but they could have got a lot more, Dr. Bradley, than they did.

[00:20:33] So there you have it.

[00:20:34] But look, you're going to get to where,

[00:20:36] even if you do twist enough arms to get Mike Johnson in the driver's seat,

[00:20:39] if you're not very careful,

[00:20:41] you won't be able to afford a single defection and pass any legislation.

[00:20:46] So you're in serious trouble,

[00:20:48] even if you can twist enough arms to get Mike aboard.

[00:20:51] Mike's not going to be the great gatekeeper that will, you know, protect.

[00:20:54] So you're going to have defections everywhere.

[00:20:57] If you're not careful, it'll be along party lines until the vacancy's filled.

[00:21:00] Now, I don't understand.

[00:21:01] When Matt Gaetz said several weeks ago he was out,

[00:21:04] how come they don't have that vacancy already filled?

[00:21:05] That's another question.

[00:21:08] Well, there's an appointment process that needs to be followed.

[00:21:13] Get her done.

[00:21:14] Get up in the morning, put your pants and boots on, and go ahead and do it.

[00:21:18] Well, that's the problem is that there hasn't been, you know,

[00:21:21] the governor or whatever the process is in their home state that's been willing to do that

[00:21:27] or has done it at this point.

[00:21:29] Who are we talking about?

[00:21:31] The super, super conservative Ron?

[00:21:35] Mr. DeSantis, is that the guy?

[00:21:38] Ron DeSantis?

[00:21:39] Oh, yeah, yeah.

[00:21:40] Yeah.

[00:21:42] Come on, Ron.

[00:21:43] I think Ron has got some leverage on some things, too,

[00:21:47] whether it's a Senate seat that he's going to be filling

[00:21:49] or appointments that are necessary.

[00:21:52] I don't know what Florida law reads in regards to this thing on the House,

[00:21:57] but the fact of the matter is that there are people that are playing all sorts of angles.

[00:22:04] There's horse trading going on.

[00:22:05] My assumption is that behind the scenes there's people saying,

[00:22:08] look, look, look, I'll go along with this, if that.

[00:22:11] And it's kind of how Obama got his Obamacare through.

[00:22:16] He went to, I call it the Louisiana Purchase,

[00:22:20] where the senator from Louisiana was asked by Obama,

[00:22:23] hey, what do you need to have in this bill to be able to,

[00:22:27] she told him, well, sure, fine, we'll throw that in.

[00:22:30] And then the Cornhusker sellout that happened out of Nebraska,

[00:22:34] he got two senators by bribing them, basically,

[00:22:38] with stuff that they wanted in there, pork barrel stuff that they wanted in there.

[00:22:42] That's how Obama got his Obamacare through.

[00:22:46] And that kind of horse trading goes on all the time.

[00:22:49] The senator and congressmen.

[00:22:51] Hold on, Mike Johnson doubling down to the press saying he won't do side deals.

[00:22:54] Well, that's Bravo Sierra if you believe that.

[00:22:58] I mean, here's the deal.

[00:22:59] I mean, all of those people sell for whatever they want in the package.

[00:23:06] But so do the constituency, the voters.

[00:23:09] Hey, what do you want?

[00:23:10] They say to you, okay, vote me in for senator or congressman,

[00:23:14] and I will seek that in the next budget.

[00:23:18] And that's what they do.

[00:23:19] I mean, I had that when I was running for the Senate the last time,

[00:23:23] I was speaking in kind of one of those auditorium kind of rooms that are universities.

[00:23:31] And I took questions after, and there was a woman,

[00:23:34] I think I've told you about this before,

[00:23:35] that flat out asked after, what will you give me if I vote for you?

[00:23:41] I mean, the constituency votes for it,

[00:23:45] and so do those people sitting in office.

[00:23:50] And it's just a facade.

[00:23:52] It's sad.

[00:23:54] It's principle is JFK had a book out about the profiles and courage in the Senate,

[00:24:03] and we could talk about that at some length someday.

[00:24:06] Well, we need freedom above fortune.

[00:24:08] That's for sure.

[00:24:09] We need principle above politics.

[00:24:11] That's for sure.

[00:24:12] We need constitutional leaders who will keep their oath of office.

[00:24:16] If we had that, we wouldn't be debating most of this.

[00:24:18] The question is, when will they even vote on Mike Johnson?

[00:24:22] Maybe after lunch?

[00:24:23] They haven't even got started, it doesn't seem to me,

[00:24:26] unless they're spending their time in the halls of Congress twisting arms before the vote

[00:24:30] to make sure they got it before it rolls.

[00:24:32] Mike Johnson wants a first-round success, doesn't he?

[00:24:35] Can he twist enough arms in the next few minutes to get that done?

[00:24:38] We'll keep an eye on that ball.

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[00:25:05] Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel's proposed purchase of Pittsburgh-based U.S. steel is off.

[00:25:11] President Biden has blocked the transaction.

[00:25:13] The union was still against the deal,

[00:25:15] not only U.S. steel's leadership, but also investors and even some of its workers have started to favor this deal

[00:25:22] because the financial situation of U.S. steel has been quite challenging,

[00:25:25] and Nippon has committed to investing almost $3 billion over the next few years.

[00:25:31] The BBC's Marika Hoy in a statement this morning.

[00:25:34] Mr. Biden says we need major U.S. companies representing the major share of U.S. steelmaking capacity

[00:25:40] to keep leading the fight on behalf of America's national interests.

[00:25:44] President-elect Trump also opposed a roughly $15 billion purchase of U.S. steel by Nippon.

[00:25:51] Today's day could determine if House Speaker Mike Johnson gets to keep the speaker's gavel.

[00:25:56] Congress reconvenes, and one of the first orders of business for the House will be to elect a speaker.

[00:26:02] Johnson has the backing of President-elect Trump, but will that be enough?

[00:26:06] Johnson's team and Trump officials have discussed a list of GOP holdouts for the president-elect to call,

[00:26:11] according to three Republicans who are granted anonymity to speak candidly.

[00:26:15] Johnson has signaled he's willing to make some concessions to keep the gavel,

[00:26:18] as hardliners make various demands, including top positions on the Rules Committee and commitments on spending.

[00:26:24] Trump has argued publicly and privately that Johnson is the only Republican who can secure the 218 necessary to win the post,

[00:26:31] a critical step for both Trump and GOP lawmakers to quickly implement his agenda.

[00:26:35] Bernie Bennett, Washington.

[00:26:37] The FBI says the man who drove a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans acted alone

[00:26:41] and had pledged allegiance to ISIS.

[00:26:44] The attack killed 14 people, injured many more.

[00:26:48] On Wall Street, ahead of this morning's opening bell,

[00:26:51] the Dow futures up 129 points, NASDAQ futures ahead 80.

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[00:29:00] Why don't we say to the government, writ large, that they have to spend a little bit less?

[00:29:05] Anybody ever had less money this year than you had last?

[00:29:09] Anybody ever having a 1% pay cut?

[00:29:12] You deal with it.

[00:29:13] That's what government needs, a 1% pay cut.

[00:29:15] If you take a 1% pay cut across the board, you have more than enough money to actually pay for the disaster relief.

[00:29:22] But nobody's going to do that because they're fiscally irresponsible.

[00:29:26] Who are they?

[00:29:27] Republicans.

[00:29:28] Who are they?

[00:29:28] Democrats.

[00:29:29] Who are they?

[00:29:30] Virtually the whole body is careless and reckless with your money.

[00:29:35] So the money will not be offset by cuts anywhere.

[00:29:38] The money will be added to the debt, and there will be a day of reckoning.

[00:29:42] What's the day of reckoning?

[00:29:44] The day of reckoning may well be the collapse of the stock market.

[00:29:47] The day of reckoning may be the collapse of the dollar.

[00:29:50] When it comes, I can't tell you exactly, but I can tell you it has happened repeatedly in history when countries ruin their currency.

[00:30:12] I'm casting live from atop the Rocky Mountains, the crossroads of the West.

[00:30:18] You are listening to the Liberty Roundtable Radio Talk Show.

[00:30:24] All right.

[00:30:25] Back with you live.

[00:30:26] Dr. Scott Bradley is with me.

[00:30:28] freedomsrisingsun.com.

[00:30:29] Is Mike Johnson's speakership in trouble is a question?

[00:30:33] Amen to that.

[00:30:34] But I will tell you this.

[00:30:35] I'm pushing for an outsider.

[00:30:38] Why do we have to have a Congress critter be the Speaker of the House at all?

[00:30:41] They say Mike Johnson's the only one that can do it.

[00:30:44] Okay, fine.

[00:30:45] What about putting, say, a Vivek Ramaswamy as Speaker of the House?

[00:30:49] That'd be great to have a Doge leader in charge of that sucker.

[00:30:53] But I would also say, why not Ron Paul?

[00:30:56] I mean, the guy was in Congress forever.

[00:30:57] If anybody knows how Congress works, it's Ron.

[00:31:00] And when he was in there for literally what?

[00:31:02] I can't remember, 10 terms or 8 terms, some number, significant number.

[00:31:07] And I would put Ron Paul in charge of Congress.

[00:31:10] You know, why not do something like that?

[00:31:11] Or maybe put, you know, a Rand Paul.

[00:31:13] I mean, can you be in the Senate as a Senator and be Speaker of the House at the same time?

[00:31:18] Or what about Dr. Scott Bradley?

[00:31:20] Put him in charge of the speakership there.

[00:31:23] And the next question is, why do we even have to have a speaker at all?

[00:31:26] I mean, every one of them has a microphone, right?

[00:31:29] I mean, they make big showmanship when they take the mic.

[00:31:32] And so-and-so has been given a certain amount of time.

[00:31:35] Do you yield your time, Congressman?

[00:31:37] And they have this big to-do.

[00:31:39] They all have these special mics at great expense.

[00:31:41] And, you know, you wave your hand and the mic goes on or whatever you do.

[00:31:45] And, I mean, they all got the speakership ability.

[00:31:48] Do we have to have a special congressman with speakership, special rights and privileges and control of the gatekeeping?

[00:31:54] Just say we're not going to have a speaker.

[00:31:55] Change your rules and say we don't need a speaker at all.

[00:31:59] You say, Sam, you're just crazy.

[00:32:00] That won't work.

[00:32:01] Why not?

[00:32:02] Why won't it work?

[00:32:06] Just an interesting question for all of you.

[00:32:08] Any final thoughts before we move on on that, Doctor?

[00:32:10] Why do we even have to have a speaker?

[00:32:12] Well, like I say, it's a self-inflicted wound.

[00:32:15] And I think that there is a valid reason.

[00:32:19] There are valid reasons, I guess I should say, to have someone that basically is the, you know, the one that's basically in front of the meeting.

[00:32:28] But where they've really harmed themselves is with the methodology of him being a gatekeeper on everything that happens in the whole place.

[00:32:38] I mean, it's a very, very powerful position that really gives ascendancy to that particular office over and above all the other of the people's representatives.

[00:32:48] I think it's I think that needs some reform, but it is nice to sometime have someone recognize someone in order to be able to, you know, have them speak for a given period of time to maintain order and decorum.

[00:33:00] All right.

[00:33:01] How about if you degrade them to a moderator then and just say your job is to keep decorum and keep Robert's rules in order for the thing, but you don't have any special privileges of any kind?

[00:33:09] You're just Joe Blow.

[00:33:10] You can take redneck off the street for that almost.

[00:33:13] Well, that's the thing.

[00:33:14] Of course, Robert's rules of orders are more complex than than most of us.

[00:33:18] Joe blows really get our arms around.

[00:33:20] You don't even have to follow those rules of orders necessarily.

[00:33:23] I'm just saying, no, in fact, decorum and and that's all we're talking about.

[00:33:26] And most people could do that, right?

[00:33:28] The Senate has its own rules.

[00:33:30] In fact, originally they were written by Thomas Jefferson as he was the original president of the Senate.

[00:33:36] And and well, not original, but he was under John Adams.

[00:33:40] Adams and he sat around because John Adams didn't give him a lot to do.

[00:33:45] And so he put together a parliamentary procedure for the Senate.

[00:33:49] Now, those have been modified over the years.

[00:33:51] One thing before we maybe leave this thing, let's just I'll just mention the fact that Marjorie Taylor Greene has stepped up to the to the challenge of supporting Mike Johnson.

[00:34:06] So here we have a rabid MAGA away.

[00:34:10] Green is going to support Johnson.

[00:34:12] Correct.

[00:34:13] Ah, shame on her.

[00:34:14] And so.

[00:34:15] So we have Trump's endorsement.

[00:34:16] We have a Marjorie Taylor Greene, who's high profile profile in the MAGA movement, saying that this is going to happen.

[00:34:23] I think that the stars are lining up to have Johnson reinstalled.

[00:34:30] I think you're right.

[00:34:31] Matt Gaetz says opposing Johnson's futile.

[00:34:35] Well, Matt Gaetz is he's really kind of out of the picture now, though, because I know what I'm just.

[00:34:40] He has a good handle on what the reality is there.

[00:34:42] Nevertheless, and he's just saying fighting, it's futile.

[00:34:44] And I think you're right.

[00:34:46] And he's right.

[00:34:46] And Green's right.

[00:34:47] And everything else.

[00:34:47] I just think it's a tragedy, though, because you lose this battle and now you don't have anybody that will really stand up and put things in perspective.

[00:34:54] Your leader is already so compromised.

[00:34:57] And I know you would say, well, he's a good guy.

[00:34:58] He didn't cheat on his wife.

[00:34:59] OK, but this guy's a clown.

[00:35:02] This guy's I would never vote for him.

[00:35:04] Would you vote for him, doctor?

[00:35:06] No, but again, you need to understand the political nature of the United States House.

[00:35:14] The Israeli lobby controls the vast majority of people.

[00:35:18] I would tell the Israeli lobby to go straight to hell.

[00:35:20] Well, that's the problem is that nobody's willing to do that because they've they've leveraged them into office.

[00:35:28] They've taken an oath to them rather than to the Constitution.

[00:35:31] In most instances, their funding has come from them.

[00:35:34] They've got a.

[00:35:35] So what you're telling me is they're committing treason.

[00:35:38] Every.

[00:35:39] Yeah.

[00:35:39] You have allegiance to a foreign government over your oath of office in the United States.

[00:35:43] Is that treason?

[00:35:43] Treason?

[00:35:44] Well, I think that you go read the article three of the Constitution again and we could talk about that.

[00:35:49] But the fact of the matter is that is where we are.

[00:35:53] This is worth looking at because I submit that it's treason.

[00:35:56] Well, it's it's.

[00:35:57] You can't swear foreign allegiance greater than the oath of office that you take in the United States of America.

[00:36:02] And if you're working with a rogue agency or rogue government or whatever you want to say outside of it that got control of politicians in America, more so than the than their allegiance to the Constitution.

[00:36:14] At some point, it's like what you know, where does that go?

[00:36:18] Well, it is.

[00:36:19] So to me, Israel is a big problem and we'll never solve that until we're going to take that on.

[00:36:24] Well, Mike Johnson, super pro Israel.

[00:36:26] Donald Trump, super pro Israel.

[00:36:28] In fact, many people say Donald Trump's not even a Christian.

[00:36:30] He's a Jew now.

[00:36:32] Well, I don't know.

[00:36:33] But remember, the Constitution doesn't allow us to have a religious test.

[00:36:38] But if your loyalty goes beyond your oath of office to the to the United States Constitution, therein lies the problem.

[00:36:47] Now, I think at the very least, it probably verges on or maybe actually is an actuality of violation of the Logan Act.

[00:36:55] I believe that was passed in 1799 in regards to representing a foreign power.

[00:37:01] But there was a strong feeling in the United States that, no, you cannot stand in office and and seek to be a representative of a foreign power.

[00:37:19] I mean, we had one in Utah.

[00:37:20] I don't know what the situation is now.

[00:37:22] But a Utah senator, not a national senator, but a state of Utah was actually working for the president of Mexico at the time she sat in office.

[00:37:34] And that's a head scratcher for you where you have people that have the very best divided loyalties.

[00:37:42] And that's the thing that we're trying to avoid.

[00:37:44] The length of time you had to be a citizen of the United States for both the House and the Senate before you could be in office.

[00:37:52] The fact that the president not only had to be a natural born citizen, but he also had to have resided in the United States for the previous 14 years because they did not want somebody with their head turned by a foreign interest.

[00:38:04] That's right.

[00:38:05] But what does Section three say?

[00:38:06] Let's let's kind of bring this to bear on this discussion here.

[00:38:10] But if the loyalties to Israel, then, you know, we might as well just go ahead and send them all home then.

[00:38:16] Just let Israel, you know, send out edicts.

[00:38:18] Nobody's admitting that, but it's a de facto status.

[00:38:22] I agree with that.

[00:38:24] So just because they're not going to tell you the truth about it at some point, you know, where do you go?

[00:38:28] Well, I guess there's nobody that can investigate it, right?

[00:38:31] The only thing we can do as Americans is say we're going to find somebody who's got the gut.

[00:38:34] But we're going to, you know, say, hey, if you're going to run for office, are you willing to, you know, tell Israel to fly a kite?

[00:38:40] Or what are you willing to do here?

[00:38:42] And Americans need to kind of vet that as a serious question, find out where they stand and vote accordingly.

[00:38:47] I mean, that's the only real redress we have, right?

[00:38:50] A big part of the problem, Sam, is we sell our votes, too.

[00:38:54] And the vast majority of American Christians.

[00:38:58] That's why I had to vote for Dr. Scott Bradley and Sam Bushman for president and vice president this time, because I had nobody else to vote for.

[00:39:04] Well, I'm telling you that the vast majority of Americans.

[00:39:07] I really did.

[00:39:08] That's what I wrote in.

[00:39:09] That's what I put on my ballot, doctor.

[00:39:10] Well, I'm honored.

[00:39:11] I put Dr. Scott Bradley for president and Sam Bushman for vice president because there was nobody else I could vote for.

[00:39:17] Well, of course, the votes didn't count because you have to be a registered writing in Utah to be able to be counted.

[00:39:23] But at least it was a statement, you know.

[00:39:27] But you ask about Article 3.

[00:39:28] Well, it was a statement, and I retain my integrity, by the way.

[00:39:30] So there you go.

[00:39:31] Right.

[00:39:32] So you can stand before God with a clean conscience.

[00:39:35] Now, this bogus rule that I have to somehow be a certified write-in is another debate of the rules just lock everybody else out intentionally, right?

[00:39:44] Well, I think that they were trying to prevent all the votes for Mickey Mouse from being compiled.

[00:39:50] Well, if everybody wants to vote for Mickey Mouse to make a political statement, then so be it.

[00:39:55] If Mickey Mouse wins, start over is the point, right?

[00:39:58] Or none of the above wins, and then we start over.

[00:40:01] Yeah.

[00:40:02] Amen.

[00:40:02] That should be an option that they've taken off the table.

[00:40:06] Here's the deal, though.

[00:40:07] The vast majority of Christians in the United States have bought into the Zionist philosophy, which is not biblically sound.

[00:40:19] And so you go evangelicals or a lot of these really hardcore Christians really truly do believe that our first loyalty should be to Israel.

[00:40:29] There's a perception that we are pleasing God by voting along those lines.

[00:40:34] And so here's the problem.

[00:40:36] A senator or congressman could say, yeah, I'm a Zionist.

[00:40:39] And there are people who go, yay, baby.

[00:40:41] Well, let's do that, you know.

[00:40:43] But when we get back, maybe we can talk about what treason says in Article 3, Section 3, Clause 1.

[00:40:49] All right, we'll do it.

[00:40:49] Chuck Baldwin wrote a column about this very topic, I might add.

[00:40:54] We'll refer to that, too, in seconds.

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[00:43:03] Okay, so before the break, we were talking about treason and this loyalty to foreign powers.

[00:43:13] And I was making the point that most Americans probably would fully support a primary loyalty to Israel

[00:43:21] based upon a false reading of the Bible.

[00:43:26] But this thing of treason is cast about by so many people without a good understanding.

[00:43:33] The king used to be able to declare almost anything treason.

[00:43:37] I mean, when Patrick Henry was giving his Give Me Liberty talk,

[00:43:42] there were people calling out treason from the audience.

[00:43:45] I mean, there was a grave danger that somebody was going to be put under pretty arduous circumstances

[00:43:54] by even voicing some things.

[00:43:57] And the founding fathers were just sick and tired of the king being able to arbitrarily, unilaterally,

[00:44:04] declare something treason and somebody got put to death or removed from their land or imprisoned or whatever.

[00:44:10] And so they put it in the Constitution, Article 3, Section 3, Clause 1 defines treason.

[00:44:18] And it's very specific.

[00:44:20] It's very narrowly defined.

[00:44:22] And that's why you don't get Jane Fonda accused of treason by going to North Vietnam

[00:44:29] and sitting on an aircraft gun and cavorting with the communists when the United States was in a police action, if you will.

[00:44:38] Okay, now here's what it says, Article 3, Section 3.

[00:44:42] Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them

[00:44:50] or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.

[00:44:56] No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act

[00:45:03] or on confession in open court.

[00:45:06] It's a very brief paragraph.

[00:45:10] It's very specific.

[00:45:12] And what the courts have ruled on this up to this day is we...

[00:45:16] Yeah, now we provide aid to Israel?

[00:45:18] Stand by for a second.

[00:45:20] Two things.

[00:45:22] Enemies.

[00:45:23] How do we define that?

[00:45:25] We're at a declared war with them.

[00:45:28] Yeah, we are.

[00:45:29] They took down the USS Liberty years ago.

[00:45:33] Yeah, but it's not a declared war.

[00:45:35] It was an act of war.

[00:45:37] There's no question about it.

[00:45:38] 1967, June, it was a horrific thing.

[00:45:41] That story is something we probably ought to spend an hour or two on sometime, Sam,

[00:45:45] because it's heroic, it's magnificent on the American side,

[00:45:49] and it was the hand of God that prevented it from going down with all hands.

[00:45:53] But the fact of the matter is the courts have described and...

[00:45:57] See, we weren't in a declared war when, you know, we're not fond of Jane,

[00:46:02] went over to North Vietnam and cavorted...

[00:46:05] They were never in a declared war because they play games with that, too.

[00:46:08] Well, that's the problem, is this is a very specific definition.

[00:46:15] And since we are not, at this point, have declared Israel to be our enemy,

[00:46:22] and this giving them maiden comfort becomes a moot issue

[00:46:25] because at this point everybody thinks the United States is an open checkbook

[00:46:32] or a piggy bank or whatever you want to call it,

[00:46:34] and the Congress just has to raise its hand, Article 1, Section 7,

[00:46:39] and says we're hereby basically assigning this many billions of dollars to Israel

[00:46:47] or to Ukraine or whomever.

[00:46:48] All of that is a violation of the Constitution.

[00:46:52] But the way treason itself is defined is so narrowly defined

[00:46:57] that it is very difficult to say...

[00:47:00] In fact, it's impossible to commit treason now.

[00:47:02] Really?

[00:47:02] It is almost.

[00:47:03] Because if you never declare anybody an enemy, then you never have treason.

[00:47:06] Ever.

[00:47:07] That's kind of the way it is, my friend.

[00:47:08] Yeah.

[00:47:08] And that's the problem, is the United States citizenry is so ignorant of the foundations of our...

[00:47:17] But I understand that I'm aware of it, but I can do nothing about it,

[00:47:19] so knowledge doesn't change anything in this case, right?

[00:47:21] Well, here's the deal.

[00:47:22] I mean, we have got to become a soundly founded people.

[00:47:27] And you can't elect leaders that would matter.

[00:47:28] And we've got to elect leaders that matter.

[00:47:31] And that's the thing, is Jefferson, not Jefferson, Adams said that the Constitution was only fit for a religious and immoral people.

[00:47:40] And we have largely abandoned that also.

[00:47:43] We have so many side trips on this thing that it becomes very frustrating.

[00:47:48] But if we could raise the standard of liberty, the understanding, and make it popular,

[00:47:53] and I think that's the intent of what we're doing on the radio right now.

[00:47:57] So the point is, it really is treason, ladies and gentlemen.

[00:48:01] Literally circumventing your oath of office on the altar of Israel.

[00:48:05] The problem is, the way they've, you know, the definition is so vague,

[00:48:09] and the way they've manipulated things, hey, we just don't need to declare war.

[00:48:12] Therefore, we're never in a war.

[00:48:14] Therefore, we're in wartime at the same time.

[00:48:17] So you're an enemy combatant citizen.

[00:48:19] But we're not at war with anybody, so there's no declared war.

[00:48:21] There's no defined enemy.

[00:48:23] Therefore, there's no treason.

[00:48:24] Therefore, so when Joe Biden and Hunter Biden literally collude with the enemy for filthy lucre,

[00:48:30] they're on the take, pay-to-play schemes and everything else, hey, no harm, no foul.

[00:48:34] When all your congressmen and senators are literally in bed with Israel

[00:48:37] to the great distress of the United States, giving literally your money as aid to,

[00:48:43] in my personal opinion, the enemy who sunk or at least tried to sink the USS Liberty,

[00:48:48] is still not treason because, hey, we can manipulate every definition under the sun the way we want.

[00:48:52] And we've got unlimited cash, which to me is creating the Federal Reserve's treason too.

[00:48:57] You create this unlimited cash, which has been responsible for almost every war under the sun.

[00:49:02] Well, Chuck Baldwin wrote a column about this, and here's what his headline is.

[00:49:07] 2024, the year evangelicals took fellowship with the devils.

[00:49:13] ChuckBaldwinLive.com.

[00:49:14] The 2024, the year evangelicals took fellowship with the devils.

[00:49:19] And it basically goes into Israel and goes into all this kind of stuff.

[00:49:21] And the bottom line is, hey, some of Congress takes Israel to heart like that

[00:49:25] and puts it above the United States.

[00:49:27] Others take the opposite side.

[00:49:28] I don't know what you call it, Hamas or the Gaza Strip or Palestine

[00:49:32] or whatever words you want to use for who knows who over there.

[00:49:36] Then they take the other side.

[00:49:37] Neither of them take the American side, right?

[00:49:40] But, of course, nobody's guilty of treason, ladies and gentlemen.

[00:49:43] They're all good.

[00:49:45] They've sold us out.

[00:49:46] There's no question about that.

[00:49:47] Yeah, but it's no harm, no foul, no crime.

[00:49:51] Americans run to this with open arms.

[00:49:53] I mean, it is absolutely appalling that the Americans have completely abandoned the baseline.

[00:50:01] I mean, go back.

[00:50:02] I wonder how many Americans literally have read in the last 10 years

[00:50:07] the farewell address by George Washington or the Monroe Doctrine

[00:50:12] or the inaugural addresses of Jefferson or Adams or Washington.

[00:50:18] I mean, these things were foundational in enunciating.

[00:50:22] How many have read the Federalist Papers for crying out loud?

[00:50:25] I would venture to guess that virtually no American, that's a pretty high number,

[00:50:32] has read View of the Constitution of the United States by St. George Tucker.

[00:50:36] They don't even know what it exists.

[00:50:37] I wonder how many Americans have actually read the Constitution for that matter, Doctor.

[00:50:41] Well, how many that sit in high office have would be kind of a question in my mind, too.

[00:50:47] So, yeah, there's a lot of questions.

[00:50:48] Let me see what's going on here.

[00:50:49] It's about 11 o'clock Eastern.

[00:50:51] Have they taken a vote yet, Doctor?

[00:50:53] I don't know.

[00:50:53] I haven't looked.

[00:50:55] Yeah, I don't think they have.

[00:50:59] Where would you go to look?

[00:51:00] Who would have the first inkling that there was a vote taken?

[00:51:04] Who would be on it first, Doctor?

[00:51:05] Any idea?

[00:51:07] Well, I've looked this morning on a number of occasions, and it says live updates.

[00:51:13] Live updates on the selection of the new...

[00:51:17] Let's look and see if I can find anything here real quickly.

[00:51:20] But there's numerous places that are claiming to give live updates, and I haven't seen any live updates, honestly.

[00:51:29] All right, literally updated four minutes ago, CNN.

[00:51:35] Yeah, they're just talking about two scenarios that could sink Johnson.

[00:51:39] Why?

[00:51:40] Because they don't have anything live.

[00:51:43] High-stakes speaker vote.

[00:51:46] 119th.

[00:51:50] Congress will begin today.

[00:51:53] Mike Johnson faces a critical vote to decide about the speakership.

[00:51:57] Johnson was endorsed by Trump.

[00:51:59] Okay?

[00:52:00] All this is is the dribble we've already known for days.

[00:52:04] Yeah, I'm very...

[00:52:05] There's room for air.

[00:52:06] There's nothing here.

[00:52:07] Nothing's going on.

[00:52:08] It's literally 11 o'clock a.m. in Washington, D.C.

[00:52:10] They're coming back with a bang.

[00:52:12] Nothing.

[00:52:12] Doing nothing.

[00:52:13] Nothing.

[00:52:14] I'm really disappointed.

[00:52:15] I guess I should say I should have expected it.

[00:52:18] But I do a lot.

[00:52:20] You know, I'm kind of a junkie on this stuff.

[00:52:22] I've got to admit.

[00:52:23] A nerd, whatever you want to call it.

[00:52:25] But I am shocked, appalled, shocked, and chagrined at how stale much of the information that comes out,

[00:52:33] you know, that purports to be the latest, greatest word from some of these lame-bane mainstream traditional kinds of media stuff

[00:52:42] that really is truly stale.

[00:52:44] In a world today that we're in right now, there's no excuse for not having a live feed that somebody could take an instant break to if they wanted to, you know?

[00:52:56] So, but it's just really not happening.

[00:52:59] All right, here's the latest.

[00:53:00] As you predicted, this is the best they've got right now.

[00:53:03] Now, listen.

[00:53:05] Republicans brace for a, quote, few rounds of votes, but believe Johnson will ultimately prevail.

[00:53:12] CNN.

[00:53:13] It's the best we've got.

[00:53:16] But it shocks me that it's 11 a.m. and they haven't even taken a vote yet.

[00:53:19] I mean, they've had three weeks to decide where they stand.

[00:53:22] Why do you got to wait to take the vote, you know, several hours into the, quote, first congressional whatever?

[00:53:29] Answer, because they've got to twist arms.

[00:53:32] Answer, because they've got to give the final put.

[00:53:34] You know what?

[00:53:35] You don't vote for this, you're that.

[00:53:37] Or if you do vote for that, you're this.

[00:53:40] That's the only reason.

[00:53:41] Why not just come in at 9 a.m., 8 a.m., 7 a.m.

[00:53:44] If you want to really kick it off and be serious and just say, look, we're taking a vote right now.

[00:53:48] You've had three weeks to think about it or whatever else.

[00:53:51] In fact, you've had since November to think about it, right?

[00:53:54] You knew this was coming.

[00:53:55] I mean, don't act like you just found out yesterday or something.

[00:53:58] And get her done.

[00:54:00] But this just shows, I'm telling you right now, you people who think Congress is off to a good start and they're going to carry out, you know, decreasing expenditures and Donald Trump's agenda and we're going to have the proper rule of government.

[00:54:12] I'm telling you right now, they're all literally whores to Israel.

[00:54:16] And they're all literally betraying every one of us.

[00:54:19] You can't call it treason because you can never define treason anymore.

[00:54:23] We've found ways to create definitions to circumvent that entirely.

[00:54:28] And all you can say is they're bad guys on the take.

[00:54:30] The only solution, find good guys that aren't on the take and elect them.

[00:54:34] If you can solve the election fraud, right?

[00:54:37] What do you do now?

[00:54:38] Sounds pretty dire.

[00:54:40] There's one answer.

[00:54:41] Turn to Almighty God.

[00:54:42] And this is Liberty Roundtable Live.

[00:54:44] God save the Republic.