Manchin Doubles Down, Pelosi Stares Down China

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We're going to visit with Griff a little bit later in the hour, Griff Jenkins, live from the southern border. And he's got some great projects that we're going to share with you when Griff arrives. But this is economics 101 rule on the Brian Kilmead show: You don't raise taxes during a recession. Even Joe Manchin agreed with himself until he didn't. And then the Biden administration, from the president to the press secretary, Corrine Jean-Pierre, torturing the English language, and they won't even admit that we're in a recession.

And they have the audacity, they're taking credit, they're creating like Flyers and all kinds of social media to take credit for the drop in gasoline prices. They crushed us. And then it comes down a little bit, and they want us to give them, I guess, a participation trophy for it. And of course, Senator Joe Manchin has flipped flopped flipped in a way that I don't think many people saw coming. There's got to be more to this than we know because I took Senator Manchin at his word.

He said that No American should have their taxes raised During economic times like this. And that was before we were officially in a recession. Let me remind you: candidate Biden for president said. Any American making less than $200,000 a year, you will not see your taxes raised by one cent.

So he thought he could do the old socket, you know, stick it to the rich. They never understand. Free market economics. that the people that that make jobs possible when you disproportionately injure them and tax them in ways that's very regressive, then they lay people off or they just close a company that they don't need the aggravation anymore. And then it's regular working folks that lose their job.

Let me remind you, and this is an independent review of the um The Biden, it's so ironic. I know it's silly. Inflation Reduction Act when it does just the opposite. It will increase inflation and it raises taxes. This independent review of the Joint Committee on Taxation says that those making less than $200,000 a year will pay an additional $16.7 billion towards this so-called Inflation Reduction Act.

Those between $200,000 and $500,000 will pay $14.1 billion.

So actually, the lower wage earners will get hurt more.

So when I say earlier on Brian's show that something happened with Senator Joe Manchin, you don't flip-flop like this. You don't go from saying you won't do this to doing it five minutes later unless something happened that we may or may not find out exactly what it was. I won't speculate because I don't know. I just know that when he said he wouldn't raise taxes, and we know independently whether it's the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, or what I just shared with you, the independent review by the Joint Committee on Taxation, or many other people that have studied this so-called Inflation Reduction Act, it's going to raise taxes because it has to be paid for. That's how they do it.

That's how the Socialist Democrats do it. It never results into the result that they say. And as always, the exact opposite happens. But you know that Joe Manchin is taking the heat because this exchange is just delicious. With MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell, Joe Manchin, who you don't, he's usually as cool as the other side of the pillow.

You don't see him. lose it like this. Eric, cut fifteen. I'm not talking about the 2022 election and 2024. I have no control over those elections, and I'm not going to talk about them that will skew one of the greatest pieces of legislation.

And I'm very appreciative that the president has seen it, he's approved it, he supports it. God bless him for that. This is great for America. Can't we do something for our country without having to bring politics into it?

Well, you're not going to be able to do that. Let's all talk about it. I'm just asking you all. Do you want to talk about the leader of your own party? Good job, Andrea.

You could tell he's taking the heat. I'm not going to talk about it.

Well, w if not now, when? What do you mean you're not going to talk about it? You are talking about it. And this is not great legislation. Let me also remind, I've always been a big believer, it sounds corny, but to fix a problem, you have to recognize you have a problem.

If you're dealing with any type of problem in life, whether it's a substance abuse problem, you cannot get help until you admit you have a problem. If you say, I don't have a problem, you're not going to get there because you're not admitting the problem. If you have a structural deficit, if you have another type of operational problem that you have to deal with, you have to say, look, we have a problem here, identify the problem, and then you come up with solutions. They're not even acknowledging that we're in a recession. I remind the listeners of the Brian Kilmead show, I believe something you don't need to be reminded of, but let's make it a point of emphasis and say it anyhow.

Ten out of the last ten recessions. In America, when America experiences a contraction for two quarters, two consecutive quarters, with negative GDP, That by definition is a recession. If you go to the dictionary It's the definition in the dictionary.

Now I know Wikipedia lo changed it and then locked it down. I mean, it's unbelievable what's going on that they're allowing a torturing of the English language where this administration won't even admit that we're in a recession. I'm not celebrating that we are. I'm rooting for America, but it is what it is. I'll tell you who I am a big fan of, and that's Harris Faulkner.

She does great work on the Faulkner focus. With Senator Manchin. Eric, cut ten. We got to know the bottom line on taxes. Let me tell you the bottom line on that, Harris.

Do you want to know the bottom line? The Joint Committee on Taxation? That opinion was only written by my friends on the Republican side. It was not done by the whole joint committee.

So that is unfair, too.

So let's be accurate what we're doing here. Are you saying that Mitch McConnell and others in the Senate are wrong about those numbers and that Americans' taxes are not going to go up beyond that point? Totally, absolutely wrong. No, you are wrong. And let's squeeze this in.

The great philosopher, the podcaster, Joe Rogan, cut nine. People would think that it's trivial because they are talking about this economic downturn. But it's not trivial, because we've always used that term recession. And we've always used that term to define whether or not the economic policies that are currently in place and whether or not the management and the government has done a good job of making sure that the economy stays in a good place. They've definitely haven't done that.

So in order to escape that in you know, that sort of distinction, they're literally changing the definition, which is terrible. And it should be pushed back against in a big way. It should it should be something that people get angry about. Like, hey, you're with definitions in order to pretend that you're doing a good job. And you're doing it, and we're doing it right here today because this is the Brian Kilmey Show.

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And joining us on the Brian Kilmeat Show Newsmaker Hotline is the Fox News national correspondent. He's at the southern border. He's in Hidalgo. Right now, as we speak. And we had the opportunity a week ago on Brian's show to talk about what Griff would be doing this week.

And you've got some great work. Broken Border Crisis is streaming now, so you can check that out on Fox Nation. And today at 11 o'clock, Broken Border Crisis Live Summit. Griff, you've got a lot going on. Welcome to Brian's Show.

Hey, Harry, it's great as always to be with you and Brian's listeners. And it is an important summit here. And I'm down on the border right here in the RGV sector, and Adalgo just did a hit for the channel, breaking some numbers I'll get into. But you know, this summit is going to have Governor Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with Representative Maya Flores, who is getting a lot of attention, as the first Hispanic Republican elected in this McAllen area where I'm standing right now, along with long-time Congressman Henry Queyar, a Democrat, a border Democrat, who has been founding the alarm, which really shows the bipartisan nature of this crisis. And the numbers, just quickly to finish the point, is that there were in the RGV sector alone.

When you add up the RGB sector and the Del Rio sector, which is where you see our drone every day now, getting these groups of 300 or 400 coming, just those two sectors alone, there have been more than 800,000 encounters this fiscal year with three more months to go. That matters. Because the migrants that are being bussed to New York City and DC, where those mayors are crying foul, asking for it to be declared a crisis and saying please stop sending people, the migrants come from these two sectors mostly, and this is ground zero where we are. And it really, if you connect all these dots, what you're seeing are big city Democrat mayors showing their hand that what's happening at our border is now starting to really have an impact in the interior of the United States as regards to just the sheer numbers of people coming because of this administration's open border policies. And that doesn't even begin to touch the number of criminal migrants, gang members, and the unbelievable unprecedented amount of drugs like the deadly fentanyl that's coming across going into the heartland.

Sad to report we're down to three minutes before a hard break, but we're going to make it count. Griff Jenkins, Fox News National correspondent, checking in on the Brian Kilmey Show live from Hidalgo, Texas. And this summit is going to be so relevant. It's going to be so important because it counters this incredibly intellectually dishonest, false narrative of the administration where they keep lying to the I hate to use that word. We didn't used to say that in this business, but they're blatantly lying to the American people saying at the highest levels, saying that the border is locked down.

It's just the opposite, Griff, isn't it? You're there.

Well, when DHS Secretary Majorkis says that the border is, quote, secure, as he just did recently at a summit out in Aspen, Colorado, Speaking to a group of elites, nothing could be farther from the truth. Call it what you want: lying, misstatement, whatever, but it is not accurate, not even remotely close. Our southern border is wide open. It's never been this wide open. And that Acknowledgement that it is so open is the magnet that is pulling migrants from not just.

Central America, like Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, but also from Venezuela, Colombia, and China, and every corner of the globe. And that is something that if this administration doesn't find a way to start putting a stop to it, we're going to see the likes of a crisis with regards to our southern border we've never seen. Griff, this is a sidebar, but it's an important one, I think, because President Biden said not one inch, not no border wall would be finished, no border wall would go up, not one panel, nothing. And they're obviously breaking that. Although they say they're not.

They have another way of torturing the language, the English language, on that. But it seems to me that's clearly to try to aid Senator Kelly, who's in trouble in Arizona.

So they're going to finish that open section of the wall. They can call it what they want, Griff, but if the wall goes up, they can't say it didn't, can they? But they are. That's right, four sections in Yuma, Arizona, and it will probably help politically Mark Kelly in his center race. But the point is that it would acknowledge it would be a first acknowledgement that I'm aware of, the very first of this administration to listen to border officials who have been saying for decades that walls work.

Infrastructure, manpower and technology is the three pronged approach for more than thirty years here on the border that has proven as effective as anything. And unfortunately, when they took that infrastructure piece out of the equation, we got what you're seeing now. Today's Broken Border Crisis Live Summit that's going to be streaming. At just a little while from now, at 11 a.m. That's Eastern time.

So just depending on where you're listening to the Brian Kilmead show, just adjust your schedule accordingly. But 11 a.m. Eastern, so obviously a different time in the different time zones. But what are you hoping to accomplish, Griff?

Well, Harry, I'll be there as well, along with all the Texas officials I named, and Maria Bartiromo and Lawrence Jones as well. And I hope to just get one or two more eyeballs that may not be aware of what we have going on down here and hear our story and see for themselves the images. See the numbers, hear the stories of those that live along this border, the ranchers, the local officials, and then they can decide for themselves. How important this is. How effective do you think what Governor Abbott has done by whatever the number is, I think it has made a major statement when the mayor of Washington, D.C.

is calling for the National Guard because of the migrants being sent to our nation's capital. I thought that was brilliant because it didn't seem to bother anybody on that side of the aisle, especially that this was happening to border states. But oh my gosh, it's the end of the world now that it's happening here. And they're blaming Republicans for being political. But what's the problem?

If this is a beautiful thing and if everything is secure, then you should welcome everything and everyone that's coming your way. I think this has really exposed the duplicity of certain people, Griff.

Well, undeniably, he got the attention of people like Mayor Bowser and Mayor Adams, and also, to a larger extent, the rest of the country. Because, again, here in Texas, since the Biden administration took office some 18 months ago, he launched Abbott, that is, Operation Lone Star to try and get this under control. He's apprehended just by Texas officials. 300,000 migrants and 17,000 criminal migrants. Harry?

Griff, keep up the great work. Your work is so important because so few people are doing it and you're making such a huge difference. Good to visit with you and be safe, of course. Thanks, Gary. Have a good one.

You too, my friend. That's Griff Jenkins, Fox News, national correspondent, live from Hidalgo, Texas. We're going to be back in just a little bit. And when we come back, we'll be joined by Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, author of The Case for Nationalism. This is.

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some and inform others. of how we are here 43 years ago. With the Taiwan Relations Act, America made a bedrock promise. to always stand with Taiwan. And on this strong foundation, we have built a thriving partnership.

Today, our delegation, of which I'm very proud, came to Taiwan to make unequivocally clear We will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. Welcome back to the Brian Kilmead Show with Allison Pete and Eric Harry Hurley filling in. Just for today, Brian will be back tomorrow. In my more than 30 years in this business, I rarely agree. with Speaker Pelosi.

Uh Amon Tim Pelosi. She had to go. I wish this would have been one of those things where we've seen presidents or other dignitaries just pop up somewhere and you didn't even know it. I think this was awkward and it was problematic and it caused problems we didn't need because of the run-up and the fact that it was not a secret. But I'm all for it.

Let's see what the editor-in-chief of the National Review, the great Rich Lowry on the Brian Kilmey Show, has to say about this. Rich, I'm on Team Pelosi on this. She had to go to Taiwan. Your take. Yeah, I think once it became a public controversy and the Chinese were trying to create this new red line that hadn't existed before, New Kingdom went in the mid-90s.

She had to go. Now, you can make a prudential case against it. You know, we got a lot on our plate. We don't want the Chinese helping the Russians, which so far they haven't really done much. In Ukraine.

So privately beforehand, if she had decided, well, I'm not going to do this, I wouldn't have thought it was a terrible thing. But I think once it became a public controversy, she had to go. And then just the big thing going forward, you can't just go and leave. We we really need to fortify Taiwan and make it as indigestible as possible for the CCP because that's the big takeaway from this. The only reason for the Chinese overreaction is they are dead set on taking Taiwan.

What how about this, Rich? Why don't you break down the difference between the Speaker of the House, third in line in succession for the Presidency, unambiguously saying and going back forty some years at least, unambiguously saying, we stand with Taiwan and this squishy Biden Ease that we get, whether it's Admiral Kirby.

Well, let's take a peek at Admiral John Kirby. Eric, cut number two. When the Speaker of the House says, We stand with Taiwan, America stands with Taiwan, how can the Chinese construe that as anything else but that you're supporting independence? I'll let the Speaker. Speak herself.

Um All I can tell you, James, is what I told you yesterday, and I'm happy to repeat it. Nothing has changed about our adherence to the One China policy. Nothing has changed about Our stance on Taiwan independence, which is that we do not support Taiwan independence.

So I don't think we can Argue that the Democrat Speaker of the House is basically saying one thing, the administration is saying another. When I was saying it got messy, when the president Was approached by a microphone. He didn't think it was a good idea that she go, and here she's going, and she went and she left.

So. What do you say about these sort of competing philosophies here?

Well, obviously, Joe Biden is not a crisp communicator and makes a muddle of a lot of things he shouldn't. This is an area that's genuinely ambiguous. And you look back across the last three or four administrations, and you'd have presidents overstating U. S. policy.

George W. Bush did it. You had Trump doing it. You have had Biden doing it a couple of times, saying we will militarily defend Taiwan. We haven't said that.

That's not the official U. S. policy. And myself, I'm not sure what I would do if China invaded Taiwan.

So I think the common sense policy is make Taiwan as enhance its capacities as much as possible to try to drive off an invasion. And that means buying kind of different sort of stuff than they've been buying to this point. They like big, glamorous fighter planes, as everyone does. But they need mines, they need drones, they need missiles, they need all the stuff that the Ukrainians have been using against the Russians, and they need a lot of it. Because this would be a really complex, high stakes operation, amphibious operation, if the Chinese were going to go.

And you want to make it try to deter them as much as possible.

So you don't reach that ultimate question of whether we would risk a major war with China over it. It's not the first time, but is this the first president that you can recall during your career, even historically, work you've done beyond your own career? It goes back much further than just the time you've been in this business, which is a long time. Relative to a president, when a president says something, isn't that the policy of the United States of America? The president says, I know you're laughing, and I am too, but he said we will defend.

So he changed the policy. But it's like we immediately just say, well, no, no, no, that's just honest Joe. That doesn't count. We'll wait for five minutes from now, and then somebody in comms will make a correction. He said what you said.

Yeah. Yeah. I know. It's terrible. It's a crazy situation.

And no one in the Administration, no one in the White House treats his word as the final word about what U.S. policy would be. And this is, though, it's a really momentous question. And I don't think it doesn't really matter. I shouldn't say that.

Of course, it matters what the President says. But this is a question. If we're going to go to war with China over Taiwan, you need an unambiguous statement, some sort of authorization for Congress. I mean, this is not just some contingency operation in some dusty third world country. This could be a conflict that could escalate in a nuclear war.

So it's more than just the President say so. You need the buy-in of the entire American body politic as reflected through its elected representatives.

So if we're going to get there, it's a big deal. It needs to be done deliberately. It needs to be done with Congress, not just with the President mumbling impromptu line. Great answer. Rich Lowry on the Brian Killmeat show.

So there are those out there also that are kind of Afraid of their own shadow, and oh, we shouldn't be poking the bear. We shouldn't be upsetting China at all. In the Brian Kilmead universe, and with the great Rich Lowry on the Brian Kilmead Show Newsmaker Hotline, let's all together take a listen to sort of one of those takes. Tom Friedman on China, Eric Cut6. Right now is the time to have good relations with China, open dialogue, and not doing anything to provoke them because eyes on the prize.

The prize is Ukraine pushing Russia out of Ukraine. And for that, China is helping us. I wouldn't be poking the bear right now. See now he's not uh he's not even alone on that um philosophy. What are your thoughts about what you just heard?

It's not crazy. I I think there's a reasonable point of view that you know timing wasn't uh i ideal here and and why uh poke poke the bear or poke the panda or wh whichever wh whatever variety of bear it is. But um Friedman has been wrong about China kind of all along. He's had this bullish A gauzy-eyed view of China, which a lot of of our elite have, a lot of our corporate America has, and it's just wrong. You know, this is China has not, and I thought this would be the case, China has not, as it's gotten richer, liberalized at all.

It's backslid, it's gotten worse, it now has a president for life, and it's using its wealth to throw its weight around the world and to engage in a massive military build-up with an eye to taking Taiwan and with an eye to defeating us in a war over Taiwan. And ultimately, even if you think Pelosi shouldn't have gone here, the overreaction, the tensions are all on the part of China. There's no rational reason for them to react to someone being invited to go to a country where they're welcome and showing up for a night. They're doing this because they want to create the idea that Taiwan is not truly an independent entity and belongs to China and they create a new idea. The rules, and they will eventually try to enforce that at the end of a gun.

That is spot on. That's like fact, not even opinion. Rich Lowry on the Brian Kilmeat show. One more thing on Pelosi. Then I want to talk to Senator Manchin and even get to Aaron Judge because you are speaking with the living guy that is a huge New York Yankees fan my entire life.

So we got to save at least a minute or two. Absolutely. Got to save a minute or two for my boy Aaron Judge, who is going to do it. He's going to do something that hasn't happened in 61 years. This is going to be very, very exciting as this march gets closer.

But on Pelosi, is this as simple as she because I disagree with her on almost everything, her philosophy of governance, everything, but she is savvy. She knows it's over. In a couple of months, she'll be done. She won't be speaker anymore. Is this her legacy tour that she did here?

Yeah, I I think that she's got to be thinking of that element of it, that this will be something that uh will be remembered a very long time. And you know, she's just given her constituency there where you have a lot of um Chinese immigrants, she she has been consistently uh anti Beijing, anti-communist party.

So I give her credit for for that. But cle clearly she's she has a legacy in in mind and she'll she'll be retiring, at least from the speakership, come January.

Now, Senator Manchin, He was so unambiguous in his, you don't raise taxes on anyone in an economy like this. And there was prior to officially entering two quarters of negative GDP, and by definition, except for in the Biden language, which is in English, they're not recognizing, as you know, that it's an inflation, that it's a recession, but it is. And Manchin was. Just completely resolved to the fact you don't raise taxes on anyone when the economy is as it is.

Well, it's even worse, and now he is. And many, many. Millions of Americans will be paying more in taxes if this goes through. Rooting on Senator Kirsten's cinema to save the day here. We will see.

She's keeping her powder dry. But Manchin has flipped his script. What do you say to that, Rich?

Well, I feel like an idiot because at the beginning of this whole saga that build back better and manchin, I was like, don't trust Joe Mansion. You know, it's great that he's not on board yet, but don't trust him. And then slowly I gained faith in him. And I thought we were secure, and then he cuts this idiotic deal.

Now, look, to his credit, it's much, much smaller than what they're talking about. We're talking about the beginning, it's much less damaging, but it's still counterproductive and a total waste. It makes no sense. You're hitting on one of the contradictions he said in the past, which you would think makes sense. Don't raise taxes in a recession.

This deal violates that. He tries to argue, well, he's not raising taxes. He's just closing loopholes. That's absurd. They're selling it as an inflation reduction act when independent analysis shows it will slightly increase inflation until 2024 and then slightly decrease it afterwards when hopefully inflation will no longer be such a big deal.

So there's nothing to recommend this. And it's just so annoying. He goes on the Sunday shows, he makes these ridiculous arguments. For this deal, saving part of Biden's agenda, and then says, Oh, well, maybe I won't vote for him, or maybe he doesn't deserve reelection, trying to play it both ways for West Virginia voters.

So it's disappointing. I shouldn't have been surprised, but I let myself get surprised. I'm going to plead guilty with you, Rich, so you have company. I didn't trust him until I did, and then look what he did in the end. There you go.

Well, set of a wiser. No question about it. Quick comment on: Have you ever, because I do want to leave a couple of minutes for Aaron Judge, just a quick 30 or 40 seconds on this, Rich. Have you witnessed during your career prominent members of a President's own party unwilling it's not not just that somebody had oh, I have a conflicting schedule and I can't be with the President today because my election is in two weeks and I don't want to lose. But this is them not willing to say he should run again.

This is unprecedented. Yeah, I can't remember anything like it. I w I was I was still in sh short shorts as a little boy during during the Carter in 1980, so I don't have a memory of what that was like. You know, he he had a a s a severe primary challenge, which is always a bad thing. You always lose as an incumbent when that happens.

But it's amazing, and it just reflects what we all see. Joe Biden is has slipped considerably. There you know, a aging is an inexorable process. You know, it doesn't get better. It only gets worse.

He's in a really high stress A job, even if he's not, you know, doesn't have many public events. And I think a lot of them know, just there's no way he's going to be able to do this again. There's just no way. And you're seeing that reflected now. It used to be whispered conversations, but now you're being seeing it reflected out loud.

Totally agree. Just over a minute, so we're going to get here. Aaron Judge, you've written a great article that I ask everyone to read. Aaron, even if you're not a Yankee fan, because this guy is special, I hope the Yankees can keep him. They should have signed him before the season, but look at it now.

Aaron Judge and the joy of 61. Give us your best minute on it. Yeah, well, one, I think 61 is still the real record. The guys who beat it were cheating flagrantly. And it's just amazing.

In all of major league history, all of it, there are only two guys who've reached 60 or 61, Babe Ruth and Roger Maris, who didn't blatantly cheat. And now Aaron Judge has a real legit shot to get there. My fear, I'm with you, I think he's going to do it if he stays healthy.

So every swing, I'm like, don't strain something, Aaron. No, or when he's stealing bases and stuff. Yeah, exactly. I'm like, stop all number 10 the other night. Like, what are you doing?

Don't slide.

So, but it's one of the best offensive seasons in Yankee history. And the Yankees are the most.

Sorry, Mets fans or anyone else out there, the most storied franchise in the sport.

So when you're performing big on the Yankee stage, it's bigger than anywhere else. We're on overtime. 30 seconds, real quick. Is 60 in 154 games more impressive than 61 in 162 games? You know, it it's maybe, but actually Maris, I didn't realize this until I I researched it, Maris tied Ruth with fewer plate appearances, three fewer plate appearances.

So it it took a couple more games, but it was fewer plate appearances.

So 61, though, that's the number. There's something magic about it. 61 years, you know, later, another Yankee could do it.

So I'm rooting for him every at-bat.

Next time we'll speak 14 minutes on the Yankees and one minute on the order of the order here. Yes. Rich, you are fantastic. Everybody read the opinion piece. It's great.

And we'll talk to you again. See you, Rich. Talk soon. You know it. He is Rich Lowry.

Was that not a lot of fun? I mean, the serious stuff, and then write down, and I'm with him on that. I only count Roger Maris's record. You can't count the one with the steroids. You can't.

Even though baseball celebrated it and it was so exciting, McGuire and Sammy Sosa, 61 is. Is the real record. It should stay that that's the record until Aaron Judge beats it this season. And I think he's going to. Like Rich said, if he can stay healthy, we'll be right back.

This is the Brian Kilmead Show. Learning something new every day on the Brian Killmead Show. From his mouth to your ears, it's Brian Kilmead. Look, let's put this thing in perspective here. What interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point with Al-Qaeda gone?

We went to Afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. as well as getting Osama bin Laden. And we did. But here's the problem. It's so short-sighted.

Because Either they returned right after we ceded Afghanistan, we could have kept just a few thousand. I think the number that I heard was like 5,000 there. And women would still have rights. Al-Qaeda would still not be there. Ayman Al-Zarhiri was there because of Biden's decision.

It's like taking credit for the price of a gallon of gasoline being less. Eric, cut 13, John Kirby. You're saying that you've always known there was a small number of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. President Biden said: what interest do we have in Afghanistan at this point with al-Qaeda gone? Yeah, I mean In a Major way, Al-Qaeda was not playing a.

No, wait, let me finish. They weren't playing a major role in. In operations or resourcing or planning in Afghanistan. But Peter, I I don't know specifically 'cause I was at a different podium a year ago. With Fox News, White House correspondent Peter Doocy, what he always does so well, Peter, is get to the truth.

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Secretary, welcome to Brian's program. Thank you for having me on today, Harry. I really appreciate it. Yeah, it's a pleasure. And this is so important.

And just so you have this spectrum of observation, I did serve two terms a long time ago as a member of my local school board, and none of this was going on back then. If this was going on now, I don't even know what I would do. I don't know whether I'm glad I'm not there or I wish I was because things have to be done about this. What do you think it is? I've really strained my brain.

Seriously, as a parent, my children are older now, but as a parent, as a former board member, and just a citizen, I'm thinking, what is in it, Secretary, for people to push a graphically sexual curriculum to Young grade school students, what is the point here? What are they? I can come to no conclusion, Secretary, other than it's got to be indoctrination, because what else would be the reason you would be if you were on a park bench in a community saying these words to a child, you'd be locked up in a Megan's list offender for the rest of your life. Absolutely. I mean, I'll be real direct with this.

They are indoctrinating. sexualizing and grooming kids. There is no other reason why grown adults would put child pornography, it is pornography depicting minors very graphically in front of grade school aged kids. It is incredibly sick behavior. There is no place for it.

And the far left has been playing this game. I really believe this is the final stage of a strategy they've dedicated for years. They are going to completely indoctrinate young people to reject America, to hate America. To frankly, they hate their family, to hate American values, to hate Christianity. And they are going to create this group of young people that are the most confused group of young people in the history of America that grow up to hate their country and that rebel against all the values that make America great.

That is intentionally what the far left is doing. And if we don't stop this right now, we're going to get to a point that we're not going to win any elections in the future. Conservative values are not going to be displayed in America. Patriotism isn't going to be displayed in America. We have to get this nonsense out of our schools now and reject social justice warriors masquerading as folks in the education profession.

Get them out, and let's get back to the basics of learning academics so that our students can be successful. You are listening, and it's a rare thing to actually hear someone say what so many people I know are thinking, but they're afraid. They're afraid to speak out. They're afraid their children will be retaliated against. They're afraid their children will be mad at them.

You're embarrassing me, mom, you're embarrassing me, dad. You're making it hard for me in school. I you know, I can't take it. I mean, there's so much pressure brought to bear that most good people stay silent. And of course, if you stay silent, then they win, don't they?

That's exactly right. You know, thank God we live in the United States of America, and thank God for Oklahoma. We're a conservative state. We have Christian values, and we have parents, grandparents speaking up, going, This is ridiculous. And guess what?

You know, I get a lot of conservative teachers that are reaching out to me, too. I met with one last night that was telling me in her school they allow these groups called the Furries. to bark and and meow at teachers because they identify as animals. It is absurd. And when she has brought this up, they're attacking her.

She's a teacher going, What kind of policies do we have that we allow students to bark and meow because they identify as animals? This is an insane position the far left has pushed on our kids. The sexualization, I'm telling you right now, when I saw the book. The books that we're in, one of our biggest school districts, Tulsa Public Schools. I go on Facebook and demand them take that down and showed some of the pictures in the book.

Harry, I I get banned and censored from Facebook. Within 30 minutes of the post, and I then go.

So Facebook woke Facebook. Has higher standards than our superintendent at Tulsa Public Schools. I mean, this is okay for third and fourth grade kids, but it's not okay for woke socialist Facebook. It is an absolutely insane, the material they're putting in front of our kids. Such an important conversation with Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters on the Brian Kilmead show.

We've been talking a bit today on the Brian Kilmead show, Secretary, about You have to acknowledge that there's a problem before you can fix the problem. And we'll go back into the not too distant past when the National Teachers Union president Randy Weingarten would not even acknowledge that CRT exists. She writes it off as some kind of like somebody's lying about this. Eric, cut seventeen. What is very troubling about this made-up crisis, we have to talk to our kids about both the good and the bad in America.

And part of what makes America America is that we get through the bad.

Sometimes there's a fight, sometimes it's about politics. This is what democracy is. And if you think about what we've done from Jim Crow to the civil rights movement to fighting for real equality, fighting for opportunity for all, it is a great American story, but you have to get through it, and we have to have our kids be able to deal with things that are uncomfortable.

So, in other words, Secretary, we have to teach our children to hate themselves and all these other things that are in critical race theory. Your thoughts? Yeah, this is the National Teachers Union is doing such an incredible disservice to our kids. They are the ones pushing this curriculum. They're the ones pushing the sexualized curriculum.

The National Teachers Union is injecting all kind of money into our state right now to influence our elections because, again, they want government control. They want parents out of the education process. All they want is control.

So the more that we try to empower parents through school choice, the more that we try to bring transparency so that parents can be more involved, the more the National Teachers Union puts back. And I'm going to tell you, the country will not be the same. If we allow them to tell our kids that this is an evil, racist country, we are never going to have a young people who are willing to fight for this country, to defend our values, if they hate and believe that this country is evil. And so the country is going to be adrift. The country is adrift, frankly.

That's where that's this is where we're in the scenario that they've been wanting for years. But I'm gonna tell you secondly. This is not good for kids as individuals. Kids need to be given high expectations. They need to know American history.

They need to know that America is the greatest country. In the history of the world, because of the values we were founded on. And when kids know the story of America, they're inspired by it. They know that if they have a good faith and they follow Christian values, if they know that if they hold themselves to high expectations, if they find what they're good at, have good work ethic. They can achieve amazing things in their life.

That's the story of America. Every kid should be inspired by that story. Instead, our kids are told a history that isn't real, it's fiction. And they're told they should hate this country, they should hate themselves and they should be sowing divisions rather than bringing unity and patriotism back to this country. I'm going to say something to you in the form of a question, Mr.

Secretary, that's going to sound like it's over the top, but I don't believe that it is. I believe that we are at a critical tipping point in American history where we could be one or so generations away from literally losing our country. How do you react to that statement? Yeah, that is 100% accurate because here, you know, and again, my background, I taught in a public school. I was a history teacher.

That's my background. History tells us exactly what you said to be true, Harry. When nations fail to teach their history and to continue their cultures and their values, they cease to exist. That is a truth that history has taught us. The Bible explains this very clearly, too: that you've got to hold on to your elders.

You have to continue to tell the stories and impress those values upon the future generations. And what we're seeing is an attack on our values, an attack on Christianity, an attempt to completely separate that. And again, we're going to have the most confused young people. A boy's not a boy. There's 114 genders.

You can identify as a dog. This is absurdity. Young people are being told things that are absolute nonsense. They're going to grow up confused. They're going to grow up in a country that they hate.

And they're going to grow up in a situation where they're not going to be successful. And we are going to fall as a country if we don't get this question right. What are the values we want to pass on to the next generation? And let's ensure that our kids and our schools are getting those values talked to them so they can continue this incredible, incredible nation that is America. And as you know, in front of the entire nation, we had a nominee during the advice and consent to win confirmation to the United States Supreme Court, who was Katanji Brown Jackson, who was unable to be paralyzed by the question of what is a woman.

She wasn't able to give an answer. She actually gave a tortured answer, basically, that she's not qualified to answer it, that that's up to somebody else. What are you talking about? You are a woman. You can't say what a woman is.

She couldn't do it. Yeah. I gave a speech a few weeks ago to a bunch of gradu our college students in our big universities here in Oklahoma, and I said, guys, let me just I want to be really clear with this. This should not be a controversial statement, but it is today. There is truth.

There is truth. Anybody in academia that wants to tell you there's no truth, everything is ambiguous, a man could be a woman, could be a man, you can't know anything for certain. That is a lie. Seek truth. Seek the lie.

That is truly what education is about. It's about understanding truth, it's about finding what is good. What can be known and what the left is. And frankly, this is Biden's America. Biden's America, his vision, is to confuse Americans, to teach them to hate their country.

And again, if they can get into our young people, Early and preach this. Hey, if you're in a school and this is what's being taught for twelve hey, just to show you, you know, it's funny, Tulsa Public Schools, they're one of our first schools to violate critical race theory ban here in the state of Oklahoma. We just sanctioned them for that. They're now the ones that were pushing this pornographic books. And guess what, Harry?

They are one of the lowest performing schools in the country. It's not a coincidence. They're more concerned with creating you know, they're playing the woke Olympics over there. How can we out social justice, the superintendent down the road, than they are about are we teaching math, reading, writing, those basic skills that empower kids to go get a job, to be able to provide for a family, to be able to live the life that they want to live. No, they're more concerned with checking every box.

Of victimhood and telling kids, actually, we're going to give you every excuse why not to be successful, rather than inspiring them and equipping them to be successful. I wish this wasn't so, but we are in the final minute before a hard break. I wish we had all day. I could talk to you all day and not get tired of it. Oklahoma Secretary of Education, Ryan Walters, is our guest on the Brian Kilmeat Show.

The Commonwealth of Virginia showed America the roadmap. Terry McAuliffe was poised to win a second term. It would have been non-consecutive. He was going to win. It was over.

But then he said to parents that you have no say in your children's education. Parents went, as you know, they went bananas over that. Of course, we had the Department of Justice investigating parents who merely were attending board meetings as domestic terrorists. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had turned decidedly blue, they switched horses because of this. This is repeatable across the country.

Your closing comment. Yes, sir. We've got an incredible governor here in Oklahoma, Governor Kevin Stitt. We've seen this from Governor Youngkin. We've seen Governor DeSantis leading on this.

Nobody knows best for their kids than their parents. The left is trying to box parents out, and they want the government to control your kids. Conservatives and these great conservative governors are leading on this issue saying absolutely not. Parents should be in charge of their kids' education. They should have school choice where they decide.

And the schools should be transparent and accountable to every parent to ensure that their kids, when they're being dropped off at a school, are getting the best education possible. We're going to roll with parents, conservatives, conservative parents and grandparents, continue to do what you're doing. We can get this country back on track by taking our education system from the leftist and putting great American values in place so our kids can be inspired and equipped to be successful. When you win, we win. Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters, your work is so important.

Keep it up. Honor to present you today on the Brian Kilmeat Show. Thank you very much for having me, Harry. I appreciate you, sir. I appreciate you.

You're welcome. We will be right back. Wow. That's. Gives you something to think about, doesn't it?

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So stay close to the Brian Kilmeat Show. We'll go to the 866-408-7669 Brian Kilmeat Show phone lines. Rick is in Hollywood, California. Welcome to Brian's program. Rick, you're on the air.

I know you want to talk about CRT, critical race theory. Go ahead.

Well, uh well what I want to say is I agree with the previous uh caller about their There's only one truth. The truth is there's men, there's women, we don't get to choose which one we are. If you need help trying to figure out why you feel confused, great, but there's only one man, one woman.

So I don't agree with any of that. And I agree with we should be teaching the truth. And then he mentioned we should be teach the truth of the history of this country, which is a race of history. And that racism.

Well, Rick, that's a part of our country's history. That's not our history. It's a part of our history.

Okay, it's a part of our history. If you're concerned and he's concerned with truth, then we should Be concerned with the whole truth. And part of our history and part of our current situation is racism. And critical race theory deals with that.

So you can't say you're for the truth. and not be for all of it.

Well, no, but you can't pick out one thing and then say you've got to take the whole thing. What if you disagree with parts of the whole? Let me give you an example. If you go to Monticello today, you will have a tour guide basically telling you what a terrible person Thomas Jefferson was, the author of the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States, founder of the University of Virginia. If you go to James Madison's house, fourth president of the United States, he'll be trashed during your tour.

This is the radicalism that we're talking about. CRT, if you pull out one thing that is altruistic and good, but then we have to take the rest, come on. I appreciate your call, Rick. But this is not an all-or-nothing. You can't just pick one thing.

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It's Brian Killmead. Pelosi du Miral. If House Speaker Pelosi insists on visiting Taiwan, China will take resolute and strong measures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. As for what measures exactly we will take, Let's wait and see if she dares making the visit. Welcome back to the Brian Kilmead Show with Allison, Pete, and Eric.

I'm Harry Hurley. Filling in just for today, Brian will be back tomorrow on the Brian Kilmead Show Newsmaker Hotline. Is Victoria Coates, great experience, former United States Deputy National Security Advisor for Middle East and Northern African Affairs, also former senior advisor to the United States Secretary of Energy.

So a whole lot of experience and cred. Victoria, welcome to Brian's program. Harry, thanks for having me on. It is a pleasure.

So let's start with our speaker because she became the first speaker since Speaker Gingrich about a quarter of a century ago to set foot in Taiwan. Obviously, this is a different environment. I don't remember. I covered Speaker Gingrich then. I don't remember quite the dust up.

But of course, this was preempted by a leak. Days in advance. I think that was very injurious to all of it. It would have been great, I think, if she could have just popped up there and then China would have been like, oh, we've got to respond now. But they had days to respond.

And, you know, they'll stage their military drills and all of this. What's your take on all of it? I say she had to do it once it was leaked. If she didn't do it, that would have then portrayed American weakness. I believe that would have been significantly unacceptable.

What's your take, Victoria, on all of this?

Well, I think I pretty much agree. I think it was handled really terribly. And the corollary to it is the situation with the Russian or hostage swap situation with Brittany Greiner and Paul Whelan, which is being played out in the headlines instead of taking place behind closed doors. And then it becomes really, really messy. And in case of the case of the Taiwan visit, there was a significant ratcheting of tensions in 1996, right before Speaker Gingrich went.

So it was a hot time. But it Points out that this is not unprecedented. And we have bipartisan delegations going from Congress all the time. We had a bunch of senators from both parties go in April. My boss, Senator Cruz, went two years ago.

It's not new, but when you create a media firestorm like this, it just increases. the opportunity for mistakes and accidents, and that's what we really don't want. Let's go to that hostage potential swap that you mentioned, Victoria, because I've been very interested in that. You have a lot of experience in this. These are just things that I have the privilege to talk about.

I really respect your guidance in this area. Seems to me, we would get Brittany Griner back, which it's outrageous, I mean, for this hemp oil, you know, whatever it is, that she's there. We know why she's there. If Ukraine, Russia was not going on, I don't think she would be there right now. I could be wrong.

We can't prove what can't exist because these other facts are there, and it's all within the same type of deal.

So I think I'm right on that, but I can't prove it. But don't you usually, when you do a swap, does. Does one side get a really good person back and the other side gets a really, really bad person back? Or is there usually some level of face-saving equity in these types of transactions? And I know they have to be delicate, and I know you know about all of this.

What's your opinion? I agree with you completely, Victoria. Playing out loud the way it has has been a disgrace. It's like amateur hour. It's terrible.

You know, go send Richardson quietly and go get something done. Don't do it like this. What are your thoughts about all of that? Absolutely. And I mean, I worked with Governor Richardson closely in the Trump administration because, you know, he'll work with both parties to try to bring American citizens home.

And he's been a very effective advocate. And it's one of the most challenging things you deal with, but ultimately the most rewarding, because of course, we want to bring everyone home. It's a top priority for President Trump. But at the same time, you don't want to encourage the bad behavior that leads to the hostage taking in the first place. Because our Iranian friends, our Russian friends, they do this as a matter of course.

They think scooping up American nationals is a tool of statecraft, not a crime. And we don't act that way. And the people that The Russians are asking for in return, and they keep upping the ante because they can do it in the press. You know, it's the merchant of death, it's a convicted murderer. You know, th these one of these things is not like the other.

And so they're asking for some very, very bad people in a swap for injustly detained American citizens.

So we want our folks back. We'll do everything we can to get them back. But at the same time, we don't want to endanger other AMSETs who might be traveling in Russia. Yeah, it's a great point. Let's head back now to this whole China-Taiwan dust-up.

Take a listen, Victoria. If you're just joining Brian's program, it's the Brian Kill Me Show with Victoria Coates. Great deal of credibility in national security and energy. The. Tom Friedman has a take on this that I don't think it's ridiculous what he's saying, but I think it almost seems like.

America in the posture of kowtowing or being weak, not being willing to say what needs to be said, and so on. Eric cut six. Right now is the time to have good relations with China, open dialogue, and not doing anything to provoke them because eyes on the prize. The prize is Ukraine pushing Russia out of Ukraine. And for that, China is helping us.

I wouldn't be poking the bear right now. See, now I want to be on Team Tom, but then I think about the fact that President Xi for life doesn't mind saying that you play with fire, you perish by fire.

So what are we walking on eggshells for?

Well, that's an excellent question. And I would flip Tom's premise and say the prize that we should have our eyes on is not first and foremost, getting Putin out of Ukraine, as desirable as that is, it's containing a very aggressive hostile China.

Now nothing would make me happier than having a good relationship with China. They have made that impossible. There's nothing we can do to force that. Into being with the Uyghur situation, with Hong Kong, with their predatory Trade practices, not to mention the fact that they unleashed the COVID-19 virus on the world. This is not a nice group of people that you can just make nice with.

So and I would also make the point that they aren't helping us in Ukraine. Russia just became the largest single exporter of energy. To China, surpassing the Saudis, I think month before last. And so basically, Xi is bankrolling this.

So maybe he is and maybe he isn't sending them drones, but the premise that he is it's helping us and not aiding and abetting Putin is ridiculous. And I think Tom really needs to rethink that. Great, great response. I'm on Team Victoria all the way on this. Victoria Coates on the Brian Kilmead Show.

Now let's go because this is a terrible analogy, but the president and his comms director and press secretary, they're all taking credit that gasoline is like 40, 50 cents cheaper, but not taking credit that it's twice still as much as it was before they came into power. And now you have the president, I mean, using nighttime, prime time, to take basically a victory lap during his horrifically bad presidency to take credit for approving the CIA to take down Ayman Zal Zahiri, which I want to stipulate, I'm glad he's at cave temperature. leader of Al Qaeda, nine eleven mastermind. He's where he he should be. I support the actions of my president and all of that.

But at the same time, if our president doesn't bungle Afghanistan so horrifically bad that Al Qaeda would not have reconstituted and there would not have been Zawhiri in Afghanistan to hit him with a drone. Uh so I'm conflicted with this, Victoria.

Well, it's it's a deeply conflicted situation, Harry. And I am, like you, very glad that Zawahiri is not plotting attacks on Americans any longer. He had a lot of blood on his hands. And One thing that I think is very positive about this is I have a lot of friends who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan who were deeply demoralized by the spectacle of surrender that we had this time last year and felt like the value of their service had really been called into question. And I think this really validates the fact that we have wonderful men and women who have served for over twenty years to try to keep us safe.

And they are continuing to serve, and this was a major triumph for them.

So I concur with you on that. But it is deeply dangerous that literally in the month after we fled, From Kabul, you have Zwahri moving into a quote-unquote safe house, more or less in the open, collaborating with the Taliban, who are supposed to be our new close personal best friends and collaborators. You know, it's just, I mean, this is the tip of the iceberg. If he's there, And he's extremely high profile. Who else is lurking in Kabul and its environment, getting their hands on all our equipment, exploiting the Balgram Airbase?

What might they do next? I think while certainly congratulations are in order for this action, I'm deeply concerned about what comes next. And you're so correct about that. He's not the only one. They're back.

How anybody could have ever believed that we could trust the Taliban? Remember, women were going to be in their government. Schools were going to stay open. I mean, women have been sent back to the Stone Ages. Schools were torn down, burned down, knocked down.

There's no school. And I agree with you. Al-Qaeda is back. And if we had kept a couple thousand people there, none of this would be happening right now. And we would have those, maybe those billions of dollars of weaponry we could have helped Ukraine with, or just had the apparatus.

So, yeah, it's bad on top of bad, but the one saving grace is that Zahiri is gone, and that's good. Let's go to the climate. Bill and energy and things that you're very, very good with. And of course, our own energy secretary not long ago didn't even know how many barrels of oil we even I know that as a talk show host. I know how many millions of barrels a day on average we use in America.

That was a stumper. It was like Ralph Cramden couldn't name who you know the song Suwannee River was, but he knew every other song in the world. This was crazy how little we have a transportation secretary who basically rode on a train, and he says that makes him qualified, went away for two months, and nobody knew he even left. And of course, he's leading in New Hampshire for the Democrats, so you can't make this stuff up, Victoria. And an energy secretary who I didn't really think much of as a governor, and I think a lot less of as an energy secretary.

So all these serious issues, and obviously, energy right now is so costly, and it's affecting every American listening to Brian's program. To one degree or another.

So let's start with all of this: climate bill, energy. What's your take on what's happening?

Well, I think you may know in my checkered past, I actually have a PhD in art history.

So I am very interested in pictures. And if you look at the pictures from the President's trip to Saudi Arabia, the big table and the president sitting across from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. And you look to MBS as right. It's his half brothers, Prince Abdulaziz, who I know reasonably well, who's their energy minister. And you look at The American delegation and Secretary Grenholm is nowhere to be found.

She was in Singapore tweeting about electric cars. She didn't even make the trip.

So the Saudis came with the most serious person in fossil fuels on the planet ready to help business, and the Americans didn't even have their A team. I mean, they had their C team. They had a guy from the State Department who does energy.

So That shows you how much Joe Biden actually cares about bringing down gas prices for all of your listeners. He doesn't. He wants the prices to be high. He wants to force you to buy an expensive electric car. Right.

That's why, as you know, Victoria, they call it we're transitioning. They call it good news. These high prices are fantastic because after all, Victoria, we are transitioning.

Well, and that then gets us to this horrible so-called Inflation Reduction Act, which will do nothing to reduce inflation. It is a massive tax on all Americans, the large burden of which falls on folks making less than $400,000 a year, which I think is most of us. And it includes things like $60 billion with a B dollar. for climate justice. I don't even know what that is.

But we also, like the number caught my attention because the cap. For our uh Our investment vehicle to theoretically counter China, the DFC, is also $60 billion.

So we will spend $60 billion to counter China, but the equal amount on environmental justice in what is, as I said, just a massive tax on the American people to force through the Green New Deal. And as you know, candidate Biden promised no one making under $400,000 would have a single penny tax increase. We know that those making less than $200,000 are paying more, $16.7 billion is the estimate, compared to those making between $200,000 and $500,000.

So a lot of them are also under $400,000 a year.

So the candidate now president lied to us. Yeah, there were a lot of whoppers. He also said he wouldn't build a wall. There are a number of things that came out on the campaign trail that got mugged by reality. But it really is shameful.

And I think Congress, I'm from Pennsylvania, where we have a flourishing energy industry. But the other thing we have going on is radical environmental groups, which also Stand to benefit from the various pots of money that will be handed out in this legislation. suing our new infrastructure investment projects into submission. And so we could ramp up by 10% in very short order, like in a matter of months. And export tons of nice clean Pennsylvania natural gas to the rest of the world.

And we're also one of the largest electricity exporters. But all of that is being undermined by what is repres in the the legislation that we're talking about as the tip of the spear. It's just the beginning of what they want to do to our domestic energy industry. Victoria, very illuminating, pun intended. Great, great time spent with you.

And keep up the good work. You're really, really listenable. And you shared a lot of important information with Brian's listeners. Have a great day. Thanks, Harry.

Take care. You're welcome, Victoria. That's Victoria Coates. We will be back in just a little bit. Please don't go away.

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So, General Jack Keene, retired general, one of my favorites, great Fox News contributor on military affairs. He Said something that I saw live on the Fox News channel. Yeah. And I agree with him. About the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri, but he gives credit where credit's due a little bit.

Because you should, and we did, Victoria Coates just did. But it's not. It's not a vindication of President Biden's horrific Strategy in Afghanistan. Eric cut fourteen. Oh, it's a very big deal.

I mean, and two Democratic presidents, two Republican presidents, that kind of perseverance and determination and the fact that our intel and counter-terrorism professionalists stayed on this target, passed it to people who succeeded them while others retired, never gave up. Yes, it's a big deal. But what we have to know what it's not. It is not a vindication of the president's withdrawal decision from Afghanistan. And that's the reality of it.

I mean, the American people can see what's happening here. We turned the country over to our adversaries, the Taliban. They are in control. They are harboring in an influential neighborhood where Taliban leaders live. And that's just the latest example why General Jaqueen is one of the best in his field.

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We have something going on in America that we have to confront. We have to talk about it. We have to acknowledge that it's happening because until we acknowledge that it's happening, we're not going to fix this. And look, we've had tough spots.

Some people think it always has to be this way. America streets on fire, people just robbing stores and nobody gets charged. People assault cops and nothing happens. You're out. Lee Zeldon, Congressman, gubernatorial candidate, Lee Zeldon.

Let's hope and pray he can. Can pull this off in New York State. Hochul is terrible. Lees Elden could be like a patake-like governorship and actually clean New York back up. But he's just on the stump.

And this man with with the double uh finger knuckles uh Knife of some kind gets right at him. We have what happened there. We had what happened to United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. And this has gotten the attention of the House of Representatives because they're taking measures, giving members the opportunity to increase their security protection because we're entering a violent phase of American history that is extremely dangerous. Joining us on the Brian Kilmeat Show Newsmaker Hotline, and we wrote an extensive piece featuring Congressman Van Drew, is United States Congressman the Honorable Jeff Van Drew from New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District.

Congressman, welcome to the Brian Kilmeat Show. Harry, it's great to be with you, and it's an honor to be on the show. Great honor to present you as well.

So I don't think you take umbrage with anything I said in my preamble. This is very serious. It's escalating. And we as a nation, we have to confront it. We cannot allow abnormal to somehow masquerade as normal.

We're in a bizarro world where there's a lack of respect for the rule of law. There's a lack of respect for police. And now, and we even know this is stunning. 20% of the American people surveyed said that it's okay to inflict violence on members of Congress. That's flat out dangerous, Congressman.

Well, I'm hoping that, that number that is somewhat wrong because I still have faith in the vast majority of American people. I mean, there are definitely some folks out there, the minority that Small minority that really want to change the substance and the fabric of this country. Let's understand something. This is just another symptom. This is just another part.

of what is happening to this great America. I mean whether it is you know, defunding, demeaning and diminishing our police. whether it's not following the rule of law, whether it's letting people in and out of jail as quickly as they get in, they're out. And many of these people are guilty of violent crimes and should be in jail, quite frankly, for the rest of their life. I believe in a tough rule of law where if you do something really bad and hurt somebody, you're in jail for a good long time or maybe forever.

And I think the majority of people think that. It is part of what we're doing to our military and making it woke. You know, they try to make it out like everything is good with the military. It's not. Not as many people are joining.

We have problems. It's because of what they're doing to it and changing, again, the structure of what is or was the greatest military the world has ever seen. It's what we're doing with our borders and letting people who are sick, people who are literally criminals, people who are um problems and issues And we're funding them. We're funding them. We've got people in America who are struggling because their income isn't going up as quickly as the inflation is but But we found it to make cards for these people, to give them transportation, medical aid, to give them homes, homi all kinds of things.

So it's everything. And this is just another symptom of how we're going along in the last few years. I mean, I think about then candidate, and she was a terrible candidate, didn't even make it into 2020, out with 1% of the vote or less in 2019. But you had. Kamala Harris, then candidate, senator, candidate for for vice president, ultimately with uh candidate for President Joe Biden.

But at that point, she was uh running for the uh Democratic nomination for president, and she was bailing These violent people out of jail. This was the Democrat playbook, Congressman Van Drew. They were supporting this violence and all the robbery that was taking place. You've seen it all over the country. It's every major city.

I had someone call me the other day, right in Atlantic City.

Someone was just stuffing a bag filled with stuff.

So if you think this is only Los Angeles or San Francisco or Seattle or Portland or, you know, pick a major big city. The world's playground, Atlantic City, somebody stuffing a bag filled with stuff, knowing that nothing is going to happen to them, that, like Congressman Zeldon said, that person will be out in a few hours like nothing even happened. And now it's gotten so bad that members of the House of Representatives, Congressman Van Drew, have now an alleged budget of up to $10,000 each to upgrade and increase their home security systems. You know, look where we've come to. Oh, it's just such a shame.

And it doesn't have to be We can fix this. We can fix all of it with just good American values Just two years ago. President Trump was the president. We were number one on everything. We were safe.

The crime rate continued to go down. not only was it not going up, it was going down. Uh things were saved. People were making a good income there was virtually no inflation. unemployment was low.

But it was unemployment was low when we had real participation in the workforce. A lot of people aren't participating in the workforce right now. Um it's just You were right when you used you used the word bizarro. I walk sometimes on a quiet night in Washington from Yeah. And I just think, my God, I stand, and I mean this, this is not being melodramatic, and I look at that beautiful building.

and what it represents and the men and the women that went before us and that's Died for us. and that now we have these leaders the majority in the in Congress the President and the Vice President and others And they They Or not wor I'm sorry. And I don't mean to be mean, but it's true. They are not to have these Positions.

Well I agree. They're not in love with America.

So let me dovetail that into a very pointed question because we're 96, 97, whatever it is, days from one of the most, if not the most, consequential elections in American history.

Sounds partisan, but I don't mean it to be partisan. I just know what they've done over the past 18 months. They're destroying everything, all norms, the economy. Half of 54% of Americans are skipping meals and buying less food. I mean, who would have believed that in 18 short months we would be paying $5, $6, $7, $8 a gallon for gasoline, depending on what state you're listening to the Brian Kilmead show, and that we would have all these regressive, horrific things going on?

So, having said that, how important is regime change that Republicans must win at least the House of Representatives on November 8th? There are two pieces here. one and I'm hoping I'm hoping so much. That we can also pull out the Senate. Yeah.

And and and and and of course the house.

So there's two pieces. To this. One of them is We have to win, not just because we have the word Republican after our name. because we believe in fixing all this. because we don't believe in a global economy and philosophy that we believe in the greatness of America.

Number one.

So we've got to, and you are absolutely right. And I'll be bold enough to say this is the most important election since the Civil War. Because even in World War II, we were all together, basically.

So it was different. But now we have all the. Fractions and all the problems that have happened at factions as well. because of these people, you know, in leadership, Harry. you have the ability to bring out the best or the worst.

and human beings, the people that follow you. And this group this majority. This in Mm-hmm. President and this Vice President are bringing the worst out everybody so Pages. critical Um I I I'm afraid for the country, and I don't mean afraid like I'm scared.

I mean afraid if we don't do the right thing, we're not going to keep the America we know and love.

So I'm going to fight like hell. I'm going to stand up. I'm going to say what the truth is. I'm going to work hard at it. And if I offend some people, I'm sorry.

I don't mean to. But you know what? The truth shall save us, and we need the truth. Second important piece to this. When we get in, we're not going to be able to fix everything immediately because the president doesn't have to do what we want.

He's going to be able to veto stuff. I'm telling you. Our new majority has to squeeze him like a soft lemon. I mean, he needs to really. Um what he's doing and give in.

And if we don't, if we don't stand strong, if we're just going to be Democratic light or we're just going to be what's been going on all along, we're not going to make it. We've got to represent. America, freedom. Strengths and the future. We're down to two minutes, Congressman, and I think this is going to be time well spent.

I want Brian's listeners all over this great country to understand to what degree this has disintegrated. You, a year ago, you drew a line. You received a threat. It was a threat to you. We covered it very closely at the time together, both the writing that I do and also on our program on air.

I'd like you to tell in two minutes' time, I know it's tough, the threat that you received, and imagine it was from a so-called member of the media. Share that story. It's an unbelievable story, and I'll condense it down because it does take time. But here's the bottom line.

Some individual, I'm not going to even mention his name, but we know who he is. When I wasn't home, I was in Washington, called my answering machine. We listed our number, and there was a voicemail there, and the voicemail said. That he was going to do all of these horrible things to my wife, to my family, and it was recorded.

So he couldn't say that he didn't say it. But not only did he do the voicemail, He was a reporter for a local paper. Not only was he a reporter for the local paper, this particular local paper allowed him to do editorials. I do not exaggerate, you saw them, where he spoke about raping my wife. Slamming her on the hood of the car, hurting and killing my children and family, and of course killing me.

Now, I may be bargained for that. It's not normal for anything. It shouldn't happen to Lee Zeldin, it shouldn't happen to me. But my God, don't do that to our families, to our babies. And the worst of it all is, though, the paper didn't see anything all that much wrong with it.

So we had to blow it up. I mean, we got it to other media outlets, thank God. I got it on Fox and other places where they spoke about it. And people were angry. And you know the reason people were angry, too?

Because this newspaper is the official newspaper of Ocean City, New Jersey. Everything. Uh they pay to place their legal ads in the paper. Unbelievable.

So we did everything we could. He got a slap on the wrist, unfortunately. He should have gotten more. The FBI investigated, et cetera. He didn't have any priors.

That was one good thing. But what it's I think the paper is more vulnerable almost than this insane individual. Congressman, it's a chilling story, and good to present you today on the Brian Kilmeet Show. Until we meet again, keep up the good work. Thank you, Harry.

It is always an honor and a pleasure to be with you. Take care. Thank you. Congressman Jeff Andrew will be back in just a little bit. This is the Brian Kilmead Show.

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Now I'm just such a firm believer, and I mentioned this once or twice today on Brian's show. To fix a problem, you have to recognize that there is a problem. Let me outline briefly the problem, and then I'm just going to let you listen to some of the highest level people in our country not even remotely get it. They can't say it. It's like Fonzi couldn't say he was wrong.

I mean, it's just absolutely incredible. We right now have 54% of the American people buying less food. than they used to buy. We're not talking need and want. I'd love to buy a new car, but I really don't need a car.

That's a want by. You need food. We have a certain number of Americans, and the number is big, that are skipping one meal a day.

Some even more than that. It's incredible what's happening right now. And we have an administration that will not admit that we're in recession. I'm not celebrating. I want us to win.

I'm root I'm rooting for America. It doesn't have to be this way. Bidenomics doesn't work. What we had in place eighteen months ago did work. This doesn't work.

We were at under two percent inflation. Everybody was making it. Every demographic was making it. Highest salaries they've ever had in every demographic.

Now you can't even say, I got a 5% raise because you really have a 5% cut. because we're at nine going on ten percent. inflation, and I believe it's higher than that.

So, just listen to this incredible montage. Of the Biden administration attempting to torture the English language and actually redefine recession. Eric cut eight. What a recession really means is a broad-based contraction in the economy. And even if that number is negative, we are not in a recession now.

We're not going to be in a recession. In my view, the idea that two quarters of negative GDP growth is a technical definition of a recession is wrong. Two negative quarters of GDP growth is not the technical definition of recession. It's not the definition that economists have traditionally relied on. We're not redefining recession.

If we all understand a recession to be two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, that is not the definition. It is the definition. That's Corrine Jean-Pierre, Brian Dees, Jared Bernstein, Secretary Janet Yellen, President Joe Biden. This is an ancient. This is just July 24th through July 27th.

We're talking in the last week, they're not recognizing it. Radio that makes you think. This is the Brian Kill Me Show. Welcome back with Allison, Pete, and Eric. I'm Harry Hurley filling in today for Brian, who will be back tomorrow.

Thanks for spending this portion of your day here with us on the Brian Kilmey Show.

Now what we're going to do in this segment, and it's going to be two segments. We're going to have a fun mental health break. We're going to turn off all of the hot talk. All of the pressing problems that are just really stressing out all Americans. And we're going to take advantage of the fact that a great man lived.

And he passed away after living a great life. The term legend is often overused, but not in this case. Vin Scully, the voice of both the Brooklyn Dodgers on the East Coast, the Los Angeles Dodgers on the West Coast, passed away at age 94. He spent 67 of those years doing something that I don't think any one person will ever do again. We've had great ones make it 55 years and 40-some years.

You had Bob Shepard, the PA announcer of the Yankees, for 56 years. Ernie Harwell, 55 years, 42 years with the Detroit Tigers. You had Joe Buck nearly, I'm sorry, Jack Buck, his dad. Jack Buck, nearly 50 years. Pete would have corrected me in two seconds had I not caught that.

You had Harry Carey, who did 53 years, 8,300 calls. Play by play. For the St. Louis Cardinals. One year for the Oakland Athletics, 11 years for the Chicago White Sox, 15 years for the Chicago Cubs.

And you've seen him imitated over the top on different sitcoms and things, late night TV. Hilarious. But these were icons. These were greats. I cannot do this segment justice by myself, so I'm going to bring another great baseball mind.

Producer Pete is going to co-host with me for the rest of today's program. Pete, thanks for the time. Glad you're with us. I'm going to take the opening comment. Because I'm your fill-in guy today.

And I'm going to go to what I think is one of the biggest moments In baseball history, I still recognize this as the all-time home run record. I recognize Roger Marris as the all-time home run record king for one season. And I even put Babe Ruth, because he played 154 games at 60 home runs, as also An all-time leader. And this is why what Aaron Judge is doing is so exciting. I was very young.

My twin brother and I recorded Hank Ahrens, every at bat, when he got to seven hundred and fourteen home runs, and the next one, whenever he hit it, would be number seven fifteen. Vin Scully had the call. It was April eighth, 1974, those two knucklehead young guys, I read about them the other day, that came out on the field and were grabbing his arms as he's rounding second base towards third base towards coming home. April eighth, nineteen seventy four, Hank Aaron. Beats.

The Bambino, the Sultan of SWAT, Bay Bruce, all-time home run record that had been 714 for many, many decades. Eric cut 19. One ball and no strikes. Aaron Waiting, the outfield deep and straightaway. Fastball is a high drive in the deep left center field.

But it goes back to the fence. It is God. What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world.

A black man is getting a standing ovation in the deep south. for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. And it is a great moment for all of us, and particularly for Henry Aaron. I pick that for many reasons. Number one, iconic record.

Number two, you cannot forget, like Vin Scully, remember to remember, to share the significance of that. Hank Aaron was receiving death threats. I mean, vicious threats. Things in the mail and everywhere he went, the pressure that was brought to bear of certain people in America that did not want Babe Roose record to be beaten. I mean, it's undeniable.

So I started with that, Pete, because I just couldn't help myself. And I think if I didn't, you may have, right? Yeah, what what I love about this moment, I didn't live it. But you look back, you read the historical records. He did it with class.

I mean, how many people would have been able to, in his position, receiving the death threats, receiving the God knows how many racist uh disgusting letters and comments that he had to deal with. Even you know, going back when he first came up, and now we're talking 1974. And he just did it with a smile. And I believe to paraphrase one of his great quotes, he said to show you his class, I wasn't trying to erase Babe Ruth from the re you know, from people's conscience. I was just trying to make people remember Hank Aaron.

Yeah, I love it. I love it. He's an elegant man that, you know, was, I think, the perfect man, modest man, to do this. And not lost on me is obviously some of what Vin Scully talked about: the South and the feelings towards African Americans, even in 1974, in certain quarters. Producer Pete, the next moment in Vin Scully's career belongs to you.

Well, this one I'll go with uh Cut twenty with Bill Buckner because this is my one of my earliest memories. Of Vince Scully growing up, and I'll never forget watching this game live, being able to stay up late late night during the entire series on the games that were. played when I was you know went to school the next day Let's listen to Bill Buckner's Big Eren World Series Game 6. Cut 20. It's up to Bob Stanley, and it's up to Mookie Wilson.

And it's going to go to the pen.

Next stop. Here comes Mitchell has scored the time. And Ready Knight is at second base.

So the winning run. is at second base with two out, three and two to Muki Wilson. Little roller up along first behind the back It gets through Butner. Here comes Knight in the middle. Switched.

Now, remember, Pete, in that series, the Mets had, oh, they say it's a mistake.

Somebody made a mistake, but they lit up on the Jumbotron congratulating their opponent as the World Series champion. That's how much it was over. That is a moment. Remember, there was the big bring Buckner back, forgive him moment, and it was really beautiful. It's kind of like the Bartman ball thing.

Incredible. Give us you. Doesn't that just give you chills to listen to Vin Scully call that?

Now, I remember Buckner was pretty cratchety. He had this almost like looked like a crab almost. He was moving sideways. The ball had terrific English spin on it, and he just went between his legs. He couldn't get it.

You know what I mean? There was a lot of people you look back, it's like, why was he even out on the field? Because he had the bad legs or the bad, you know, the bad, you know, the bad knees.

So why wasn't he replaced defensively? But as a kid watching this now, I grew up growing up a Yankee fan. But because they were playing the Boston Red Sox, my dad drilled it into my head. No, we go with whoever is playing against the Red Sox.

So even though it was the Mets, and my dad jumped up out of his seat. Screaming, we win, we win, along with the scoreboard flashing after the error. But here's a question I'll ask you: if you remember visually. I don't know if Buckner, even if he fielded it cleanly, that he would have beaten Mookie Wilson to first base. You look at exactly where Wilson was down that line and where Buckner was and the ball was just going through his legs.

Even if he caught it, he had bad legs. I don't think he would have been able to pot uh to beat him to first base. But that would have been a different history because I agree with you. I agree with you, but it would have been a different history. And here's why I say that, Pete.

Because if he fielded the ball clean and made his best effort to make the put out, then there would not have been this Buckner moment. Like I'm comparing it to Bartman and how he hurt Chicago.

So the fact that he couldn't field the ball, it made him look inadequate, like he shouldn't have been on the field, as you said a moment ago. But I think you're right about that, Pete. I don't know that he would have beaten Mookie Wilson, who was coming down that line quick. I don't think he would have got there. You know, two more things about this.

One is people forget, and it was in the earlier part of the clip, the Bob Stanley wild pitch. If there's no wild pitch and that ground ball still happens, we're not talking about the game being over because the runners wouldn't be wouldn't have advanced. But the other part to what you were saying earlier before we played the clip, as far as they accidentally flashed. What was ha you know, the world champion Red Sox. Bob Costas has said he was already in the Red Sox dugout, ready to do the first ever interview in the 20th century.

That would be live because there was no TV in 1918 with the Red Sox. The champagne was out. He says, and after the game was tied, he says, like unbelievably quick, they ran back into that clubhouse and removed all the champagne and all the potential celebration material for the Red Sox. Because, as you know, that's when they really believed there really was the curse of the Bambino. Because, how does this happen?

They couldn't believe it.

So, yeah, they had to do all those things just to save the mental health of all the players who would be coming in there that knew in the back of their mind we're about to celebrate a great victory, and instead the whole thing goes bad, and then they lose game seven, and they lose the World Series. And that made people think that the Red Sox maybe permanently were cursed and would never win for trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees. When we come back, the next pick is mine. I've got it. I've got to do it.

I also think maybe, maybe, just maybe, producer Pete might have picked this one next. He'll tell us when we come back. I'm keeping mine a secret until we come back. And we're going to save the final. Audio of Vince Scully for the very end of today's special edition, filling in for Brian.

I'm Harry with producer Pete, of course, Allison and Eric. This is The Brian Kill Meat Show. Learning something new every day on the Brian Killmeat Show. Breaking news, unique opinions. Hear it all on the Brian Kill Me Show.

We are back. It is the Brian Kilmead Show. Allison, Pete, Eric, yours truly, Harry, filling in for Brian, who will be back tomorrow. And we are co-hosting this segment of the Brian Kilmead Show with producer Pete, who picked today's topic for the last two segments of today's program. And I absolutely love him for it.

Huge baseball fan, huge Yankees fan, but I am a huge baseball fan. If it's somebody that's on the Dodgers, and obviously the Yankees, my favorite team, and the Dodgers have had great history. But Vin Scully had reverence for America's pastime. He's the greatest that ever was in terms of announcing, and there's been great ones, but he is the greatest, in my opinion, not just because of longevity. My next pick of a.

memorable Vin Scully call. Is Kirk Gibson? hobbling on one leg, to the plate as a pinch hitter. On October 15th, 1988, Eric cut twenty-one. High Fly ball into right field, she is gone in a year that has been so impressive.

Improbable. The empire. Possible. has happened. And now the only question was, could he make it around the base pads unassisted?

You know, I said it once before, a few days ago, that Kirk Gibson was not the most valuable player, that the most valuable player for the Dodgers was Tinkerbell. But tonight, I think Tinkerbell backed off for Kirk Gibson.

Well, I have to admit, that's a great call, and I don't remember it because we we are inundated with Jack Buck's call. Does Jack Buck steal this particular call, Pete? Yeah, I I it's a rare moment where somebody would what I would put ahead of Vince Scully in a call, but it's Jack Buck. And that yeah, that's the one that's ingrained in my in my head. But I what I do what I do love about Skully is Again, he let it breathe.

He didn't just jump right into the hold. Can he get around the bases? He let the moment speak for itself, and you're watching Gibson. Rounding the bases, pumping his fists was just amazing. And the fact that Eckersley didn't throw him a fastball and try to bust him inside because he never would have been able to turn on a fastball because he was in such bad condition.

It's true. And Jack Buck didn't say a whole lot. I don't believe what I just saw. I don't believe what I just saw. And he gets the MVP of that call.

Pete, next pick is yours.

Next pick, I'm going to have to go with cut 22, especially how he finished it. Fernando Valenzuela is no-hitter from 1990. I do. You're going to go. Fernando ready in the strike.

Two pitch is hit back to the box, dribbling to second. Samuel on the bag, close to first, double play. Fernando Valenzuela has pitched a no-hitter at 10:17 in the evening of June the 29th, 1990. If you have a sombrero, throw it to the sky. Oh, that's classic.

So good. Quick comment. I want to squeeze one more in. Yeah, I just love that. Again, not growing up a Dodger fan, but being able to see that because I believe they cut live to it on ESPN.

So we were able to see the Dodger broadcast via ESPN, and I was glued to the set. Because of Vin Scully's credibility, he could do this. Not many sports announcers, play-by-play, color, could get away with this, but Vin Scully could because of his credibility. I don't know the date. I know the year, 2016, a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Milwaukee Brewers.

And listen to what the greatest baseball announcer in history said. Cut 26, Eric.

Socialism failing to work as it always does, this time in Venezuela. You talk about giving everybody something free and all of a sudden there's no food to eat. And who do you think is the richest person in Venezuela? the daughter of Hugo Choppers. Hello.

Anyway, ONCE. Come on, Pete. I just love how he was, after all that, which is right. Anyway, oh, and two. How good is that?

You know what? Even in the last year of his cur of his career, he's still amazing. Pete, we only have time to get in the final. words of this 67 year Pantheon of his craft.

So just do it in a montage, Eric. Cuts twenty-four and twenty-five. You know friends, so many people have wished me congratulations on a 67-year career in baseball and they've wished me a wonderful retirement with my family. And now all I can do is tell you what I wish for you. May God give you for every storm a rainbow, for every tear a smile, for every care a promise and a blessing in each trial.

For every problem life seems a faithful friend to share, for every sigh a sweet song. And an answer for each prayer. You and I have been friends for a long time, but I know in my heart that I've always needed you more than you've ever needed me. And I'll miss our time together more than I can say. But you know what?

There will be a new day and eventually a new year. And when the upcoming winter gives way to spring, rest assured, once again, it will be time for Dodger baseball.

So this is Ben Scully, wishing you a very pleasant good afternoon wherever you may be. Producer Pete, how great is that? I have chills and a little, you know, you get a little sadness listening to it because, again, his voice was. Part of the, I guess, soundtrack of my childhood growing up as a huge baseball fan. Because he called.

I forget how many World Series, I believe he called twenty 25 World Series in his career. I remember them in the eighties, so you you figure I watched eighty four, eighty five, eighty six, eighty seven, eighty eight, eighty nine. He called all those, so that's part of my childhood. And how about this? And we're down to the final twenty, thirty seconds, Pete, but how about At age ninety-ish, a little over ninety, as great, if not.

As great as he ever was in year one, he was in year sixty-seven. As a Yankee fan, I imagine if he would have stuck with the Yankee offer, we would have had been Scully all these years instead of the 900 guys we have now. Amazing. Pete, thanks for the opportunity to be with you today and until we meet again. Thank you, Harry.

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