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Speaker Johnson Joins the Scott Jennings Radio Show
Speaker Johnson Joins the Scott Jennings Radio Show
Speaker Mike Johnson
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And joining us to make the case for
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keeping Republicans in the majority, the
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Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, who
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joins us live from Pennsylvania. Mr.
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Speaker, welcome in to the Scott
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Chenning Show.
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>> Scott, so good to be with you and great
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to hear your very important voice in
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these times, my friend.
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>> Well, good to hear your voice and uh
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good to know you're in Pennsylvania.
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Number of races going on out there. I
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think you uh are hitting several
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districts today. Why don't you start
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with giving us an update on your travels
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uh throughout Pennsylvania today?
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Thanks, brother. Yes, we are on the
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campaign trail. We're 28 days away from
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the most important midterm in the
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history of America. That is not campaign
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rhetoric. Everybody knows this is real.
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Contrast election. So, between now and
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election day, I'm going to be in 40 more
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districts across 22 states. I mean, I've
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been doing this all year. We've got much
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more left to do. And uh today, I'm in
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I'm doing events, campaign events in
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five cities across Pennsylvania, a very
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important state for us. And I'll be with
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I have been with Congressman Scott Perry
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and Bryant Fitzpatrick already today.
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and I'm headed to Ryan McKenzie and Rob
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Gresahan's districts and we feel very
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very bullish about this election. My
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friend,
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>> you've been traveling all over the
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country, Mr. Speaker. You've been
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meeting voters everywhere. What are you
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hearing from the people out there?
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Obviously, economy, affordability, these
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are the top issues in all the polls, but
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I'm interested in your direct
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conversations when you're out there
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talking to voters. What are they telling
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you?
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>> Well, if people get it, okay, they
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understand the stakes are so high. They
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understand this is a a midterm unlike
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any other. This one really does decide
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the fate of the country. And Scott, if
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somebody had told you and I 10 years ago
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that on the 250th anniversary of the
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greatest nation in the history of the
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world in November of 2026 in a midterm
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election, we would have the decision
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before the American people on whether
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we're going to keep the republic or go
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down this dark, dangerous road to
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communism. I I would have rejected that
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thought. I you would have as well. None
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of us could have foreseen this. But here
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we are. And that's exactly what we're
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facing and what I'm seeing with my own
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eyes. Okay? I'm just going to suggest to
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you, you can disregard all the national
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polling. It has been inaccurate for many
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cycles in a row. We all know that
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they're oversampling Democrats and
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they're under sampling Republicans
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through Republican voters because they
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don't respond to polls anymore. And some
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of them are beginning to admit that Pew
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Research admitted that a couple weeks
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ago. U so set this polling aside, what
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I'm seeing with my own eyes, and I'm
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going to swing districts and the places
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where we're in very tight races. There
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is an energy on the ground. There's an
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understanding that that people know
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what's at stake and they are not willing
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to turn our country over to the Marxist
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and I feel very very good about this.
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We're seeing energy excitement. We have
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a fundraising advantage. We have a a far
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superior candidates in the field and a
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great record to run on. You put all that
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together, I think we're going to have a
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great November.
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Regarding the U debate that's being had
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on the economy out there, I think
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Republicans uh ought to really think
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about leaning in here because I think
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Democrats have gotten away with a great
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farce during this election cycle, which
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is that the prices that people are mad
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about have anything to do with Donald
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Trump at all. Most of the price
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increases that people are mad about
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happened on Democrats watch. President,
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according to the latest USDA data, has
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largely tamed food and grocery inflation
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rates. Uh but all these price increases
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came under Democratic rule and now
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Democrats are asking for people to put
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them back in charge. Do you feel like
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our Republican candidates are leaning
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into that debate and trying to remind
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voters there's two parties, two visions
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and you got to remember who put us here
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in the first place?
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>> Exactly right. Uh and they are and I'm
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telling you in the in the 22 districts
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more or less that are going to decide
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the fate of the republic and the
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majority in the House u these candidates
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are making this case very effectively
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and they're they're leading with the
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facts. Scott, you're exactly right.
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Republicans inherited a gigantic mess in
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every metric of public policy. After
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four years of Biden Harris, we had to
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fix the Democrat failures. I mean, from
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wide open borders to 40year high 9.1%
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inflation to $5 gasoline. We know the
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job's not done. But look at the record
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of what we've been able to accomplish. I
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mean, even with a razor thin majority in
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the House and with obstructionist
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Democrats trying to stop us at every
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turn. Remember they shut down the
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federal government for 120 days just in
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the last uh you know this cycle last 18
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19 months. That's that's a record. In
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spite of all that we have delivered
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common sense and it you know the the big
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achievement of course the $4.6 trillion
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in tax cuts delivered. It's the largest
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middle and working class tax cut ever.
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We cut $1.6 trillion in rooting out
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fraud and waste spending. We we we we
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have reversed all these bid era massive
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regulations that were burdensome and and
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and defied common sense and hurt the
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economy. Got we got we cut tax and
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overtime and social security and put
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more money in everybody's pocket.
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Thousands of dollars depending on what
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state you're in. Um huge uh benefits for
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working families. We got the lowest
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violent crime rate in 126 years. We have
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the most secure border in a half
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century. We haven't had a single illegal
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alien released in the country in over 16
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straight months. We've got Trump
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accounts for every child. We had first
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ever nationwide school choice program.
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The biggest drop in prescription drug
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prices in 60 years. We got companies
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bringing manufacturing back to America
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and we added a million private sector
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jobs. Inflation has held steady. It
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needs to come down further. We have the
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policies in place to do it. The wages
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are going up. We have more Americans
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working right now than in generations.
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Everything's moving in the right
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direction. And the idea that we would
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turn that right now over to a bunch of
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socialists is crazy talk. I mean they
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their solution to everything as you know
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you you smoke them out on TV all the
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time. They just want to grow government.
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They want government to control every
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aspect of your lives and provide you
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everything. You have to give up your
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freedom for that to happen. And it leads
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to human misery and suffering every time
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it's tried in history. That is not who
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we are as Americans.
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>> That voice you're hearing the speaker of
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the house, Mike Johnson, who's out
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driving around Pennsylvania today
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campaigning to retain a Republican
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majority in the house and we're grateful
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for his time today. Mr. Speaker, I want
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to hone in on the issue of immigration.
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Uh I know everybody uh sort of wants to
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uh say maybe this is solved and this has
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fallen down the list uh of things that
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people care about, but I'm not so sure
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because I think this issue is one of the
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starkkest differences between the two
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parties. Republicans closed the border.
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Republicans are trying to get rid of
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violent illegal aliens out of the
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country. And Democrats have the literal
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exact opposite position. Open the border
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and keep everyone here. And on top of
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that, put as many on welfare as
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possible. Do you still see the
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immigration differences between the two
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parties as being potent in the debate
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over the next month?
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>> It is. And and the reason we're enjoying
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those lowest ever violent crime rates
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126 years is because we came back and
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restored common sense. We got back to
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the the rule of law, these basic
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principles that have been part of the
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reason that America has become the
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greatest nation in the history of the
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world uh over 250 years. We got to get
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back to it. The barbarians on the other
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side are inside the gate. They remember
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when when Reagan and previous
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generations of leaders used to warn us
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about Marxists and that philosophy. They
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were talking about a threat on this
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shore. We have these people now running
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for Congress and they've won primaries
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around the the country and some of them
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are going to be elected to the House.
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Okay. They put their their policy and
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platform ideas on paper and it's exactly
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what you just said, Scott. the DSA,
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Democrat Socialist of America. That's
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that's that's who's guiding the Democrat
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party there on Washington. They want to
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abolish the border, police, and prisons.
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Okay? They want mass amnesty for anybody
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who can claw their way across the
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border. They make no exception for
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dangerous criminals, murderers, you
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know, rapists, child traffickers. It's
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immaterial because they don't believe in
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borders at all. They would shred the
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Constitution. They want to defund the
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Department of War. the the the the very
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elements that maintain the rule of law
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and keep crime low and your streets
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safer, they want to defund. We can't do
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that. And and when you put that stark
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contrast in front of the people, they
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make the right choice. Another thing
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Reagan used to remind us, you can trust
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the American people. When they are given
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the facts, they will do the right thing.
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And that's our challenge right now is to
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make sure the facts are out there,
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understanding that the mainstream media
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is advancing the cause of the Democrats
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and the false narrative every single
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day.
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That voice you're hearing, the speaker
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of the house, Mike Johnson. We'll have
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more with him in just a moment. He's
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joining us live from the road in
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speaker of the house, Mike Johnson. When
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we come back, it's Scott Jennings on
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Salem. Stay with us. These campaigns out
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fighting the fight is the speaker of the
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house, Mike Johnson. He's in
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Pennsylvania. He joins us live here on
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the Scott Jennings show. Mr. Speaker, I
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want to paint uh a little bit of a bleak
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picture here. Let's say, and I'm not
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sure it's going to happen, but let's say
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Democrats and Hakee Jeff take over the
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House next year. How sure are you that
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they would immediately move to impeach
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President Trump?
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It's guaranteed probably on the first
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day, first or second day. Remember,
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they've already filed articles of
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impeachment in this Congress. I mean,
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they're raring to go. Uh, and that's
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what you could expect. This is not going
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to happen. Let's just paint this
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alternative world, okay? Because I'm
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convinced, Scott, we can hold this
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majority, okay? It's not going to be a
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giant majority, but we'll hold it. Defy
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history and do it. It's only happened
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twice in 90 years that a sitting
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president's picked up seats for his
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party in that first two-year cycle, but
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we're the team that defies history and
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uh, you know, makes history all the
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time. So, I I think we'll do it. But
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let's let's say we didn't. Heaven
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forbid, okay, the radical left, the
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insurgent left that has taken over the
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Democrat party would also take over the
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agenda. They would not be even working
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to pass legislation because, of course,
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President Trump would remain in the
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White House. They would turn every
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committee of Congress into an
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investigative body. Impeachment would
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just be the start, my friend. They would
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they would go after and investigate
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every waking hour, the president, the
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first family, his cabinet, donors of the
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party. They'll go after, you know,
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leaders of industry and business. I
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mean, it will be lawfare on steroids
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like unlike anything we've ever seen.
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And and you have to ask yourself, if
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you're a voter, what would that mean for
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your family? That turmoil in Congress
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would royal the markets. It would unwind
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all the great strides and all the all
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the the foundation we put in place to
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make the economy keep growing and and uh
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take off like a rocket. And it would
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empower our enemies around the world at
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the most dangerous time. We cannot do
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that. And that is exactly what you would
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get under Democrat leadership in the
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House. And that's why we got to hold it
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for common sense.
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Let's talk about our enemies around the
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world, specifically our enemy Iran. Uh,
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their economy is obviously spiraling out
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of control. Their currency is worthless.
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Their military is defeated. Their navies
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at the bottom of the ocean. Their
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neighbors in the Middle East are allied
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against them. They haven't exported a
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drop of oil since mid July. It's
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apparent the United States has won the
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battle of the Strait of Hormuz. Yet, I
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hear Democrats every day, Mr. speaker
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calling on the United States of America
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to surrender to Iran. Why can't
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Democrats accept that Donald Trump was
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right and that the United States has
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defeated the Iranians here and that the
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oil is flowing and that we're safer
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because of it?
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>> Because Trump derangement syndrome
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clouds their judgment on on everything.
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I I told the president a couple nights
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ago, I said, "Mr. President, if you came
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out tonight and announced a cure to
[11:35]
cancer, good news, America, we have
[11:37]
cured cancer. We just need Congress to
[11:38]
codify one section of law." I think
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every Democrat in Congress would vote
[11:41]
against the cure to cancer because they
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just don't want him to get any credit or
[11:44]
a win for anything. That's why they've
[11:46]
obstructed everything in this Congress
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already. And yet we have this great
[11:48]
record. But with regard to Iran, you
[11:50]
have to remember it's not just a
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Republican objective. It has been the
[11:54]
objective of every administration for
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the last 50 years almost that we could
[11:58]
not have Iran with a nuclear weapon.
[12:00]
They're the largest state sponsor of
[12:01]
terrorism. That would be a threat to
[12:02]
freedom of Americans, the the the safety
[12:04]
and security of Americans and of course
[12:07]
our allies around the world. When it got
[12:09]
so close to nuclear capability, the
[12:11]
president had no choice in the matter.
[12:12]
We had to take that action. This the
[12:14]
operation epic fury was an epic success.
[12:16]
The Hermuz agreed we we have prevailed.
[12:20]
Now we have to wind this thing down. The
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Iranians are not trustworthy negotiating
[12:23]
partners. Of course, they lie as some of
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them as part of their religion. They can
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justify them as their religion to the
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infidels. And they're they're not they
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don't want to resolve this. You have
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jihadis in charge who they they will
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literally fight to the death and try to
[12:36]
kill everybody who disagrees with them.
[12:38]
So where does that leave us? What it's
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going to result in, I think very soon,
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we're going to in a new phase because
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you're right, their economy has
[12:43]
collapsed. They have nothing left. Scott
[12:45]
Besset, the president, everybody who's
[12:47]
keeping tabs on this and keeping us up
[12:48]
to date, keep the American people up to
[12:49]
date. Exactly right. Um I think that we
[12:52]
turn a corner here very soon. I think
[12:54]
they're trying to outlast the president
[12:55]
to the election thinking that it will do
[12:56]
him some harm. But I think the smart
[12:59]
people and the American people are
[13:00]
paying attention. They understand what's
[13:01]
going on here. Uh, I think Iran's on his
[13:03]
last leg and I think we can ultimately
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have a peace in that region which will
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be good for Americans and everybody
[13:07]
around the world.
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>> That's the speaker of the house, Mike
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Johnson from Louisiana. He joins us
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today live driving around Pennsylvania.
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Mr. Speaker, you're in four or five
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different congressional districts today.
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Sir, I I don't know if anybody's working
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harder for his party than you are right
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now, but we're grateful for your time
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today and we thank you for joining us on
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the show.
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>> Glad to be with you, my friend. Keep up
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the great work. I tell you all the time,
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you're a singular voice and we got to
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have you out there. I'm grateful.
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>> Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for your time
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today. Mike Johnson, Magic Mike. I'm
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going to let him go and I'm going to
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call him Magic. He hates it when I call
[13:39]
him Magic Mike, but that's what he is.
[13:41]
Magic Mike. He's pulled a lot of rabbits
[13:42]
out, a lot of hats up in Washington
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under the dome. We'll see if he can pull
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one out here in
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