Eli Crane - Inside Congress: Political Corruption, Uniparty, Border Crisis & Culture Chaos | SRS #67

ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the. Sean Ryan show this week I have my. friend former Navy SEAL and current. Arizona Congressman on the show he talks. about his first six months in Congress. what the experience has been like so far. ladies and gentlemen this is a man for. the people he votes for what the people. that voted him in want him to vote for. which is something that you can't say.

about. I don't know damn near anybody in. politics these days ladies and Gentlemen. please welcome Eli crane. to the Sean Ryan Show please leave us a. review on Spotify an apple podcast like. subscribe comment below on the video. we love you I think you're going to get. a lot out of this and at the end of this. it's even better alright love you all.

enjoy the show Cheers. [Music]. Eli crane. welcome back man thanks for having me. back it's my pleasure I've been dying to. get you back in here but uh just a brief. introduction for those who don't know. you've been on previously one of your. episodes we had to put on Rumble. unfortunately because of uh. censorship but you're a U.S. representative from Arizona's second.

congressional district. you're new congratulations I've not had. the opportunity to congratulate you in. per in a person yet so congratulations. thanks brother and uh you remember the. Republican Party a former Navy SEAL. joined one week after the 9 11 attacks. you're the you're an entrepreneur you. co-founded bottleneck breacher with your. wife bottle breacher bottle breacher. excuse me. um and I just got to be honest oh and. you are on three different committees.

committee for Homeland Security. committee for small business and the. committee for Veterans Affairs yep and. uh we'll be talking about some of that. stuff as well but. I gotta be honest man you just you came. here and I'm I'm really reluctant to. talk to. local types yeah because I think they're. all full of [ __ ] yeah. um but we had a we had a really good. discussion when you were campaigning and.

I just I got to be honest man it's been. really. nice to see somebody uphold their word. yeah and um I don't think anybody. well I shouldn't say anybody but. man you just don't see that very often. you don't see it really on. either side of the aisle you don't see. it on the Democratic side you don't see. it on the Republican side it seems like. our government is turning into this unit. party yeah and uh which I want to talk.

to you about but man you just I mean. for a lack of better words you got balls. of steel man you went in there and the. first thing that that we saw was the. McCarthy stuff you held your ground and. you did it again with this debt ceiling. stuff and and whether I or anybody else. agrees with what you're doing or. disagrees nobody can take the fact that. you are doing what the people that voted. you in want you to do and that's exactly.

what you're supposed to do and and man. you're just a. a great example to anybody coming into. politics and people that are in politics. unfortunately it looks like most of them. have. you know. succumb to the almighty dollar although. I don't know how Almighty that is going. to be here it's a much longer but right. but. um really man it's an honor to have you. and I'm just I'm just proud to know you. dude thank you brother it's really cool. what you're doing not meant a lot you.

let me come on your show while I was. campaigning. uh when you're new when you're new into. this world you never run for office. before. um you know obviously like what you said. a lot of people. um. they don't they don't trust you. everybody's guarded and rightfully so I. mean why why if if you're not around. political types I think you're kind of a. fool and so the fact that you let me. come in here and uh talk just talk about. my story and why I'm even running in the.

first place it was massively helpful it. was cool for me too because you know we. got to talk about some other things that. are even more important to me than. politics and so uh yeah man it was a. blessing the Bible yeah we'll we'll talk. about that too at the end here yeah but. um so you've been in for what almost a. year now six months six months yeah. since January and um. what the hell is going on over there I.

mean everything. has just turned into a disaster it seems. like. I mean some some of these people I've. had really high expectations for and. they've just totally it seems like. they've just totally folded yeah and um. on honestly like I said on both sides of. the aisle yeah what what's your first. impression of being in being a. congressman and being in the DC mix yeah. it's interesting I mean a lot of my.

um perceptions. um you know have come to be proven. correct. as far as there is a unit party. um it tries to suck you in from the. moment that you're elected the moment. you're elected how do they try to suck. you in. well they they do it um with money. as far as like hey you know we'll help. you we'll help you win this race but. then you know.

I scratch your back now you need to. scratch my back so there's there's that. part of it there's the relational side. of it right. um you know come be a part of this come. do this with us and you know how it is. anytime you start running or hanging. with people. um you're more likely to become like. them so there's there's and then and. then there's also you know the the. threats as well if they can't if they. can't get you to acquiesce and. um come be part of the good old boy club.

then the unit party will just try and. get rid of you that those are its only. two moves right suck you in make you. subservient or we got to get rid of this. guy he's a problem well what so we got. money we got by we got buying our. politicians out which we know that. happens all the time Peter Switzer. uncovered that like. he did a fantastic job. um. so that's like so that's more like I. would say that's more like Elite capture. type stuff so that's I think that's a. that's a completely I was talking about.

how do they try and suck you in. initially right okay so I think that. that's that's another bucket but what. I'm talking about is hey Sean so you. want to you want to represent this. District you live in in Tennessee. so you're gonna need money to do that. because the people that you're running. against whether you're running against. an incumbent or just somebody else. um now you're a different story because. you have this amazing reach and this. amazing podcast so you already have Name.

ID right but that's one of the hardest. things for any politician to get is name. ID and it costs a lot of money to do. that running commercials ads Etc and so. that's what a lot of these groups will. do the bigger the bigger groups uh. Republicans Democrats Etc they will help. you. um they will spend money on your half. they will donate to your campaign so. that they help raise your name ID but. then you know once you get once you get.

elected it's like okay now it's time to. pay us back and we'll start with uh who. you you need to vote for so and so for. speaker and then you know these bills. are going to be coming up right behind. that and we're going to need you to be. on the team so this stuff this stuff is. starting before you ever even step foot. in the capital so it does so it doesn't. they're they're and please keep in mind. dude like I I can only talk about my my. experience and also.

I would even say in the in the you know. in the theme of level setting. I'm an FNG up there six months in. there's a there's so much I don't know. so I'm just giving you perspective from. somebody that's been there for six. months but Mike that my experience was. there were no asks. um right right off the bat or I should. say there were no asks of me. you know working my way up the asks.

started coming as soon as I got elected. okay as soon as I got elected and it was. just like are you are you gonna be on. the team or not. what were some of the asks. support I I need you to support I need. you to support. who the party has chosen for speaker. so right off the bat it was they were. talking about funding your campaign to. basically vote for McCarthy yeah and so.

and that's that's super just so you know. that's super normal like what you what. America saw in January. from what I'm told that hadn't happened. in over a hundred years so usually. that's like sop everybody kind of. typically knows who the speaker is going. to be and then it's more kind of a. formality. but interesting several people decided. that they didn't want door a they didn't. want formality they wanted to shake. things up and to change the way the town.

works yeah that's good yeah what what. were some other asks. oh let's see. um. so some of the other stuff you'll see. like. um I don't know if we talked about this. in the last one but I've been pretty. outspoken that I've I don't agree with. the. um how how we're handling Ukraine. um and so because of my outspokenness on.

hey I don't think we I think we should. be trying to usher in peace talks not. sending you know hundreds of billions of. dollars that we don't even have over. there I don't think we should be sending. M1 Abrams Tanks or escalating that. conflict I think we should be trying to. bring it to a close. um you know I was told hey you some of. these committees that you want to be on. no it's not going to happen. so it there's a lot of that as well who. who how is this how are these messages.

delivered who do they come from. um. you know in in my experience some of. those messages came from actually more. Junior people but were that are plugged. in with leadership so oh God yeah. because when it you know it's like. in a way like if I look at the other. side of it it kind of makes sense right. if you're if you're the chairman of you. know Foreign Affairs or Intel or.

whatever you know committee you're the. chairman of you don't want a Rebel. Rouser you want somebody that's gonna. you know fall in line and do what you. know do whatever do what you want right. and and so I can see the I can see the. other side of it that being said. um it is disappointing like right now. there's no member of the House Freedom. caucus on Intel. in my opinion that's a massive problem.

that's a massive problem what do you. mean by that so there's an Intel. committee. right and they get they get briefed on. you know. anything related anything and everything. related to Intel. so there's not one they don't want any. Rebel rousers on on that I mean they. there's a lot of committees they don't. want Rebel rousers on right or people. that say no to the swamp to the UNA. Party The Establishment whatever. whatever word you want to use but as of.

right now there's no member of hfc. um on on the Intel committee and I you. know I I don't I. that's not a coincidence. where does this money come from. so when you get can you just run me. through one of the approaches I'm really. curious what approach on the money stuff. hey we're gonna donate the X amount of. dollars to your campaign if you vote for.

McCarthy can you can you just run me. through this scenario I mean is it is it. out in the open is it is it yeah hey. we'll find it a restaurant and talk to. you no no it's it most of it it's out in. the open man it's like in in by law it. has to be right because you have to file. you have to file reports very regularly. on where your campaign got money from. you know and all sorts of stuff like. that so now I'm not going to say that. you know there there aren't groups and.

organizations that use you know third. parties or. um you know or organizations that aren't. necessarily connected to them but you. know secondary tertiary organizations to. you know do their bidding and you know. support candidates that that they want. to see when but what I'm what I'm saying. is is that it was never like for any of. the interactions that I saw were never. like Hush Hush at a bar hey hey come.

come over here it was always out in the. open and it was always on the up and up. okay but. um. you know that that was definitely. something that I experienced right off. the bat. like all right it's it's time it's time. for you to you know. reciprocate oh good yeah. changing subjects here since we're. talking about campaign dollars. did you have any. major donors or was it mostly.

the people that were voting you and. donating to your campaign yeah I had. some you know I had some uh. I had some definitely some people that. maxed out because there are there are. Max contributions that you can do I. think last cycle. I want to say it was like 50 5800 if I. remember correctly so you could do like. half during the primary and then if some. and if and then if your candidate makes. it to the general you can do the other. half and I think that Max was like 5 800.

bucks if I remember correctly that's it. the max the max is. close to six thousand dollars yeah so. that's individual but then if you have. like a. if you have like a leadership pack and a. lot of candidates will set up a. leadership pack then you can uh I you. can. investors donors or donors can put more. money into that. okay there's there's specific rules on. you know how that how that money can be. used it's it's it's it's different.

but for a guy like me and the vast. majority of uh the funds that we raised. were small dollar. um just like you know digital online you. know people you know throwing in you. know. um 5 10 15 bucks okay which is good. um in that you know that you have a a. good amount of support.

um. on that note though the bad thing is is. when you're raising money digitally. it you don't keep as much of it as if. somebody just writes you a max out check. or just a check. that's interesting yeah. you got in in that it's kind of one of. those things where you gotta spend a. little money to make money okay. well six fifty eight hundred dollars. doesn't seem like it would be enough to. buy somebody out so does that change. when you get in to Congress.

the max donation. no it's still it's still the same it's. still the same thing but I think that. I think that. um and again forgive you got to forgive. my ignorance here because this isn't. something that I have a ton of. experience with but I would imagine if. if you were gonna. um if you were gonna get sizable. donations it would probably go to the. your leadership pack right. um and then also other groups can spend.

money you know spend money on on your. behalf so that's that's different right. so you got money that comes directly to. you which you can you can decide how. it's spent and then outside one of the. big ways that they can promote somebody. is through outside groups that just you. know you do a million dollar ad buyer. one of the things that um in my election. I think in the last two weeks of my. election Nancy Pelosi put.

I thought it was like 1.5 million. dollars into my race to run ads. basically saying that I was like a white. supremacist and a Nazi. yeah so I mean it's just it's it's silly. but you know that's kind of how it works. and and there's targeted races all over. the country races that both sides think. that they can flip. races that both sides you know think. they have the advantage in. um and then races that they think yeah.

that we probably got to let this one go. just based on the numbers and the data. and so you'll see both sides targeting. specific races and you know. um. because I was trying to flip a. three-term Democrat. you know it was one that they still. tried to hold on to even though the. numbers were decently in my favor. and you beat them yeah yeah.

so with your your with your limited. knowledge yeah how how are these people. how were they flipped later on yeah I. mean how how does I can't remember what. Pelosi's worth but we'll just bring her. up for example I mean she's isn't she. worth like 200 million dollars or. something I've heard that you know how. was this money. getting funneled into these people and I. you know in another thing I mean. you know we just met in DC had dinner.

had a talk a lot of people that I think. I respected I think you respect him as. well. you know they're they're folding. and how is this happening are they. getting paid off is it pressure from. from The Establishment I mean. people I mean people that we both know. are making lots of money as a. congressman and how was how was this. happening. so I think there's a couple different. things.

um. I my perspective is there's a couple. couple ways you can play this right like. anything you go into. I think a lot of people go into this job. with good intentions I really believe. that. now I think I'm sure there's a handful. uh a bucket of narcissists that just. want Power you know I think a bunch of. people go into it with good intentions. but. their strategy is well if I want to make.

a difference. um I have to be on the team. and if I want to make a difference I. have to get on that committee right. because you have all these different. committees that have oversight and. jurisdiction on these areas like. you know Energy and Commerce natural. resources Judiciary intelligence you. know. Foreign Affairs etc etc etc so depending. on. your district and what you want to do.

and and you know where you want to go a. lot of people say well I got to get on. this committee. and I just told you I've already been. denied hey I've already been told that. hey you're not getting on that committee. because of who you are and you know what. you're about. um so so that's part of it and then you. know if you take that a step further. you'll actually hear members any. everybody knows it you know it's like. well if I really want to make a.

difference. then not only do I need to be on that. committee but I need to work my way up. to where I'm the chairman of that. committee. or I'm the chairman of a subcommittee. right and it's so it's got its own. hierarchy right with within it's not. just the speaker of the house I mean. there's a you know there's a there's a. hierarchy within and I think a lot of. people with good intentions go there and. say if I want to make a difference I've. got to play the game enough to where I.

get seniority to where I can actually. dictate. how things work what we focus our time. on what's allowed what's not allowed you. know who I want on my team. etc etc and so the problem is is that. often it takes multiple terms to get to. that point and I my opinion is by the. time a lot of these people finally. achieve that goal. they're comfortable. and they don't want to rock the boat. they you know they want.

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and I think that a lot a lot of times. we're all good at justifying right to. ourselves and just. oh it's you know justifying away some of. the dumb things we do or the dumb things. that we say. um and I think that that that's a part. of it as well so. who who controls the Committees would it. be Speaker of the House McCarthy. you know uh the party leadership control. you know has a good amount of control. over that.

so. so they're they're outside of outside of. just you know your tip the speaker of. the house is the you know the head guy. and then and then you have you have. multiple people you know underneath that. and you have your committee chairs and. like I said it's it's it's a hierarchy. and. what what you'll find is is a lot of the. a lot of the people that actually I I. would say mainstream Americans see as.

champions in the house. the chances of you ever getting to a. level of hierarchy or leadership are. pretty pretty slim to none because you. didn't play ball you didn't play the. game. and so I think that you know expectation. management is important and so I I. went in with the expectation that I've. never I'd never be in leadership.

um I'll I'll never be liked up there. and that's okay man I didn't go up there. to be and I told you that on the first. one. I didn't go up there to be liked. um. but I do want to try to be a part of. Saving this country yeah. there's no in my opinion there's. I mean maybe maybe and I think that. there's I think that there's members. that are way better at it than I am. there are just you know they're good at.

um you know building those relationships. hustling around knowing what everybody's. doing. and then and and uh and then even taking. stands on stuff I'm not going to sit. here and say like I'm you know created. graded anything. um but I know that there are members. that are I would say are doing a better. job than I am of you know. you know put putting themselves in a. position to influence and and have more.

Authority or leadership Prospect. opportunity down the road but still. holding the line so. if that makes any sense yeah it does I. mean you know with with the. actually what about blackmail. is there a lot of blackmail going on I. mean. there's all these traps that they could. set you know they could and some people. are going to call me a conspiracy theory. I'm sure I'm sure they're I'm sure there.

is I mean prostitution you know yeah. yeah I'm sure I'm sure there are very. rich women a lot of people think Epstein. was a black male guy yeah you know and a. very effective one obviously yeah but um. have you heard or seen any of that stuff. going on within Congress as well I I. personally haven't but would I be. surprised not at all okay I don't know. all right well. I forgot to give you your gift and then.

we'll change subjects sir but I know. this is the only reason you came back. thank you dude you're welcome appreciate. it. oh yeah gummy bears vigilance Elite. gummy bears hand those out maybe a. little thank you maybe it'll make. somebody's day over there that's right. but uh let's just start right at the. beginning here so right when you stepped. in. uh you did not support Kevin McCarthy uh. for the house speaker in the 15th final. round of voting you voted present yep.

from what I understand you are kicked. out of his office. um what how did that go so. this I got kicked out of Kevin's office. before any of this even before I was. even sworn into Congress before the. voting even started. and you know Kevin was doing it he was. doing a checkup on people that didn't. vote for him in conference before any of. that Spilled Out onto National. Television we actually voted in.

conference for who we wanted to be who. we wanted to be speaker and Kevin won. but there were I think 36 of us that. didn't vote for Kevin. why didn't you vote for him. um a couple reasons one Kevin's not a. conservative. he's just not. um Kevin you know and I'm gonna I'm. gonna do some level setting here I'm. going to tell you. Kevin's a smart smart dude he's a. political animal. um.

I know he's worked his tail off to get. where he's at. um that being said. like I said he's not he doesn't he he. hasn't. he hasn't um. carried himself in a way in his career. that would make me want to see him as. speaker because I want to see somebody. more conservative who has a more. conservative voting record. um and then here's here's probably even. the biggest one. I heard a lot of things when I.

campaigned. I campaigned for like a year and a half. traveled all over my district met with. people all the time. that was one of the number one things. that people told me. please do not vote for Kevin McCarthy if. if we elect you please don't do it. because they're sick they're sick of the. status quo they're sick of the unit. party. they're sick of career politicians. and. that's what.

that's exactly what they see when they. look at Kevin McCarthy why don't why do. you say Kevin McCarthy is not a. conservative I mean I I just want you to. know that you know you're you're. completely immersed in this yeah you. know in most Americans including myself. or not yeah and. I view him as a conservative I don't. even know why I view him as a. conservative probably because he's a. probably because he's a Republican. so. um. there's 435 people in Congress.

usually. I think we might have 434. um but within each within each. conference I think we have 222. Republicans and then the Democrats I. think have 213 or something like that. um. within each group of 200 plus you have. different groups different factions. right on the on the Democrat side of the. aisle you have the squad they're they're.

they're their own radical group and then. on our side. the group that I'm a part of the freedom. caucus is considered the radical group. okay okay and so. but what is what is the rat what is the. radical group at least on our side. we don't we don't want to keep spending. spending money we don't have printing. money we don't have. um. and you know.

we're the guys that routinely. used a lot a lot of you know for. depending on how you know engaged your. viewers are in politics where the guys. usually. fighting against the you know party and. trying to. pump the brakes and. stop. what's going what's consistently going. on the status quo if you will now there. are members of the freedom that aren't. of the freedom caucus that will.

routinely jump in and do the same thing. so it's not it's not as if you have to. be a member of the freedom caucus to do. that like. one of the most popular politicians is. named Matt gates from Florida Matt's not. a member of the freedom caucus. you know some people love Matt some. people hate him I think he's one of the. smartest guys up there. um. and I'm glad he's on our side. and he's not afraid to he's not afraid.

to uh. get into a fight. he's not afraid to tell people what he. thinks. um he's not afraid to piss off his own. side and. you know Sean. I'm very concerned with the the agenda. the Democrats I'm very concerned with. the with their agenda but I'm probably. more concerned with Republicans really. oh yeah. because that's the that's the evil I. know right.

I'm actually more concerned with. Republicans because we should be the. ones that are stopping the madness. and often we're not. you know it's like we had a debt ceiling. vote this last week. the the yeah this last week. and uh Republicans. under the leadership of Kevin McCarthy. went and. made a deal with Democrats and that was.

one of the things as soon as as soon as. I as soon as I won my race I went to a. freedom caucus boot camp they do their. own little like orientation and they. told the older guys there told me hey. if you if if you guys elect Kevin. McCarthy if you're a part of electing. him this is exactly what he's going to. do. several of them said it. and because this is what this is what. he's done for years he makes you know. he's gone and made deals with Democrats. and so what did he do.

he actually there was actually more. Democrats that voted for that debt. ceiling deal than Republicans I believe. he had 165 Democrats. and 149 Republicans. and so. um yeah that's to me that's that's. pretty problematic yeah well actually. you know to get into that I would like. to go back and talk about McCarthy but. since we're on the debt ceiling because.

it's you know it's timely and. everybody's everybody's wondering about. and you were one of the only guys. standing up against it. I don't understand the Imp. I hear people talking about it all the. time debt ceiling yeah this isn't our. money. it's it seems like we have this. discussion every year every other year. it's it's always a topic of discussion. and it always gets lifted. every single time yeah.

who do we who who do we owe this money. to. or do we owe anybody or we just printing. [ __ ] you know I mean I don't understand. the I'm I'm not for it I'm not for. lifting the debt ceiling I don't know I. don't. I just know that we don't need to be. printing more money because I can see. the cost of goods just rising and rising. and rising and Rising yep I mean it's. it's real estate through the roof you.

know. um everything the cost of food through. the roof cost of gasoline was through. the roof yeah it's still high but it's. not as high as it was but everything. just got inflated you know and and so. but I don't know if that's because we're. raising the debt ceiling I don't know. what implications we have I don't know. who we owe the money to you know if we. default on it where's this what are the. implications of raising the debt ceiling. can you can you walk us through this. well first of all again I'm not an.

economist right. um but I know that I know that this. can't continue I know that no country in. the history of the world has been able. to continually print money that it. didn't have. I think that we're we're able to do it. because we've had such economic prowess. for a long time. and uh we still are the dollar is still. the global Reserve currency okay. um and if that if that goes away.

we I think we're gonna be in I think. we're gonna be in real trouble. but I you know it's like we just keep. spending money faster and faster and. faster and it's always hey it's always. easier it's always so easy to spend. somebody else's money right and and. that's that's a big part of the problem. but here let me let me tell you what. happens if you try and make Cuts up. there and we we have. um. when we started talking about making. cuts.

um. the Democrats said oh first the first. attack that they used is that. Republicans are trying to cut Social. Security and Medicare even though we. weren't going after any mandatory. spending and those are considered. mandatory programs right. um and so thankfully we all got we all. got on the pr horse everybody got out. there in unison Republicans were working. together on that saying hey that's not. the case and it wasn't the case it was. never a part.

of any of the conversations that I was. ever in okay. um then we started working on you know. passing our bill out of the house. um which actually. for. Congress and the federal government was. a step in the right direction it still. raised the debt ceiling I think 1.5. trillion dollars and it was called the. limit save grow Act. but in it. we cut the money for the 87 000 IRS.

agents. we had the rains act in there we put the. rains act which is basically you know a. lot of these uh bureaucratic. institutions you know that the American. people don't elect can spend and they do. spend a lot of money. and so the rains act said that you know. they had to get permission to Congress. if they were going to spend over a. certain dollar amount. so that that was a good that was a good. part of it. um we also cut the uh.

student loan bailout money which. Americans were Furious about they were. like why are we why are we bailing. people out for student loans that they. that they took when many Americans have. paid their student loans off right. um and then we we cut the green New Deal. money or they called it the IRA the. inflation reduction act we cut that. money. we took. we were going to rescind all the coveted. money that was still because there's. still a lot of coveted money out there.

we were going to rescind that as well. and so even though it wasn't a perfect. bill. it had actually had Cuts in it and I was. talking to guys that have been up there. for a long time. and I think there were four or five guys. that didn't vote for it. um. and uh eighty percent of that bill was. probably. and this is what I was told eighty. percent of that bill was. um came out of the house Freedom caucus. which I'm a part of which is your your.

furthest right your most conservative. people up there. and so it's definitely a step in the. right direction though not great right. um and that got 218 votes and you need. 218 votes. um if you're basically if everybody. shows up to pass a bill. in in Congress so that was that was the. bill that was the bill that we ran. and then. um. the bill that they just passed.

it's going to probably be at least four. trillion dollars there wasn't even a. dollar amount it was uncapped. um and it was to January 2025. and in all almost all of that stuff that. I just talked about all those cuts. more or less gone and so that's why. there were a lot of us I think 70 70. Republicans I believe that voted against. it because we're just like no man. and and you know I'll be honest.

um and I'll even you know I'll even I'll. be honest and say look I I understand it. Kevin McCarthy had to go negotiate with. a democrat-controlled senate. and then also President Biden I think. everybody knew that we weren't going to. be able to. you know pass the same exact bill or I. shouldn't say that I should say. I think a lot of us figured that you. know there would be compromise but not. to the level that not to the level that.

we saw and so that's why a lot of. Republicans you saw a lot of Republicans. that weren't even members of the House. Freedom caucus and said I can't support. this. you know and. even on the bill that we passed out of. the house that I just told you about. that had all those cuts in it this was. an interesting time for me. um because. I ended up actually I think being the. swing boat on that one really yeah I. think I was the last guy to vote if I. wouldn't have if I wouldn't have voted.

yes I think I'm pretty sure it would. have failed. and I was a no. pretty hard no going into that. um into that boat. just because I'm like we just we can't. keep we can't keep raising the debt. limit right. even though everybody and their brother. told me and everybody else that hey if. we don't pass something. we'll get something worse. but the night before the vote I did a. little town hall. with you know I think it was 12.

you know 12 people. um that had supported me for a long time. and some key people in my district and I. think I asked the question. just like I did for Kevin the Kevin. McCarthy vote what what do you guys. think I'm gonna put you in the room I'm. gonna tell you you know I'm gonna I'm. gonna paint the picture for you as best. I can I'm going to tell you what I think. the pros and the cons are I'm leaning no. but what do you guys think and on that.

call with only 12 people I think 10 out. of the 12 of them said we want you to do. it we want you to vote for it which. really surprised me and so I was like oh. I I misjudged what I thought my voters. would say so the very next day I had my. team rush out a survey to you know all. the other counties within my district. and and I told him I need you guys to. get back to me ASAP get as many. responses as possible same thing these. are the pros these are the cons.

I'm leaning no. and I think we had close to 500. respondents. and I think it was 79.6 of the people. that responded told me they wanted me to. vote for it nope and so I was like even. then I was still the last guy to vote. because dude I was sweating bullets my. gut was telling me don't do it. but then you know I knew that this was. one of the best one of the according to. this more experienced members of the.

House Freedom caucus this was one of the. best bills they'd ever seen as far as a. debt limit. um. bill because it actually had Cuts in it. and then my voters the the vast majority. of them that responded to the survey. said they wanted me to vote for it so I. was like I was torn man and I was like. in that situation you're a. representative. you know you represent. this this amount of people you're. supposed to be their voice there so what. do you do right do you go with what you. you're pretty confident the people in.

your District want you to do or do you. go with your gut. and I went with what I thought that you. know. they wanted me to do well for whatever. it's worth I think you're doing the. right thing uh I did I did hear some. ma'am I am curious you know. originally I was completely against. the student loan debt relief I thought. it was atrocious yeah. then I kind of. changed my mind okay uh and reason being.

I see all I see is just money being. [ __ ] pumped into Ukraine into the. into the into the wars that we fought in. into Syria and you know and it's none of. the [ __ ] money seems to come to our. own people it doesn't go to the Border. it doesn't go to. it it doesn't seem to go to anything. unless I don't know maybe the maybe the.

LBGTQ plus community that seems to get a. lot of attention but you know and and we. do have I mean. I I understand your thought process. because that was my original thought. process too this is [ __ ] if all. these other people had to pay for their. [ __ ] College then these people need. to pay for it too well. you know then I started thinking about. it I was like why not why not invest. into our own people what's why wouldn't. we invest into our own people that's. something I would like to see more of is.

US invest into our own people and quit. sending all this money to [ __ ]. Ukraine and all in in everywhere else in. the world that has a problem every. anybody in the world has a problem we. send them money. we got a problem there's no money we got. school shootings going on Non-Stop. nothing's being done about it on either. side nobody's [ __ ] out any money for. these for the schools nobody's [ __ ]. any money out for these I mean these. kids are you know they are they're they.

are drowning in debt and they can't buy. a home and um or they think they can't. buy home and and and so I don't know to. me it's it's like yeah it would be good. to see. the US government invest in its own. people for once and so. why don't you agree with that. yeah well you know going back to you. know being fiscally conservative one I.

don't think that's the government's job. um to you know pay out you know I mean. what's. that I think that's a really slippery. slope and secondly we can't afford it. right we're 32 trillion dollars in debt. and as of January of you know 2025 we're. gonna be at least 36 probably 37. trillion dollars in debt so I just think. that you know when. um and I'm not gonna you know I'm not. gonna argue that hey if you're gonna.

spend money frivolously and I'm not. going to argue that that wouldn't be a. good you know if you're gonna do it. anyway I mean that that's a pretty. um that would be up there on the list of. one of the best ways to do it I'm just. my point is it's like. um. before you start you know giving. handouts and you know stuff like that. get your house in order. pay pay off your debts right quit.

spending money you don't quit spending. money you don't have like uh I you know. and sometimes I like to take big. problems and I like to shrink them down. I like to just for simplicity's sake and. I know that they're they're you know. it's not always. um Tit for Tat but it's like. if you had like if you personally had. you know three million dollars in debt. right or say you know. say you had three hundred thousand.

dollars in debt whatever whatever it was. and I saw you out you know. um. take you know taking lines of credit. or your credit cards and spending them. on you know somebody else's fam oh and. and let's say on top of it. I know that your kids are hungry. right. um and I know that you know you haven't. you haven't paid that ticket that you. owe or you know I know that.

um you know just I I know things about. you that like you're just not being. financially responsible at all we all. know people like that but yet I see you. take your credit card and you know you. go buy some you go run up more debt. buying somebody else uh you know food or. some something that we could even say is. virtuous. I would say as your friend hey I think I. think that that's nice that you did that. but as a brother and somebody who cares.

about you and cares about your kid and. cares about you just personally. you should probably pay off this debt. that you owe put some you know food in. your kid's mouth. before you start going out and. you know paying somebody else you know. buying somebody else paying somebody. else's rent or does that make any sense. that's exact that that would be my logic. behind that you just you want to bring. it all in. what other way is there.

and I get it you know it's like it's. hard to Sean because like. one of the things I saw as we as we're. trying to make these cuts. one of the very effective things that. the other side did. um. is uh. the vet Veteran Affairs uh. um. the head of Veterans Affairs. who used to be Obama's Chief of Staff. basically put out a press release saying. that and you probably saw this I know a.

lot of veterans texted me and reached. out to me but he said that we were going. to cut. VA spending by 22 percent. which was completely nice I saw that I. know what what they did was they they. took a look at the cuts that were we. were proposing and they just you know. took 22 percent like off the top of. everything. even though that's not how we were gonna. do it and he I think they knew that.

um what we were targeting was wok and. weaponized. spending of the from the federal. government and I just went through some. of the cuts that we were actually going. after never once. was I on a phone call. in a meeting and keep in mind I'm part. of the group that was proposing a lot of. the cuts and trying to pump the brakes. not one time did anybody say hey let's. let's cut the let's cut va's budget by. 22 percent. but when they did that. it kicked up kicked over a hornet's nest.

yeah and that's that's what they do. anytime you start talking about making. cuts. up on Capitol Hill. they start pulling people's heart. strings. um saying you know Sean you know Eli. doesn't care about Eli doesn't care. about veterans. Eli doesn't care about this that and. that and that it's effective because you. know. then your phone starts ringing I mean. backing up real quick I just wanted to.

say this yeah I do understand the. student loan stuff I mean handouts just. create entitled yeah weak people yeah it. just does yeah I do like the fact that. you know was maybe we would have. invested into our own people but with. that being said I do I mean you see it. you see it with these social programs. you see if they get they get they get. comfortable they get used to the to the. free handout and it creates lazy weak. people it does we have a lot of lazy.

weak people no it does like if I went. into like. I would you know I don't think I've ever. had a conversation with you about like. how you started this amazing business. but I doubt it was I I doubt Old Uncle. Sam came in here and you know gave you a. handout I wish he did but but I think he. worked I think he worked your tail off. and were creative. and took some risks you know and I know.

that not everybody I know that we're not. all created you know the same I know we. have different strengths and weaknesses. um and I do think that there's a small. role for you know government to kind of. be a safety net for certain individuals. but I think it's gotten way out of. control. um. and that was that was another thing that. we were trying to cut it was some. um. you know some uh. you know it was part of this part of the.

snap program people that are able-bodied. you know individuals that are still on. the government you know T if you will. we're trying to get some of them off and. back to work right and so. um yeah man I just think that you've. we've got to get back to. you know a country that has a little bit. more fiscal responsibility. and I you know it's like that old that. old adage you know you you give a man a. fish he eats for a day you teach them.

how to fish. he's for the rest of his life when I. look at the Spirit of this country and. the people that impress me the most. you know America does you know have a. you know a level of uh. Pioneer entrepreneurial Spirit about it. you know because capitalism is such an. amazing thing and. um I think it's brought so much. prosperity to so many Americans and. um you know I want to see that continue.

to be a thing and I and I do believe. that they're you know socialism. is it's this cancer that continues to. metastasize. within our culture in our country. and and programs like that like hey yeah. let's just pay people's let's just pay. people student loan off I think it's I. think it's a slippery slope and I think. it's a you know I think it's a slow uh. slow march to socialism and I think. that's what a lot of people want I think.

they want and it's sad too Sean because. you know it's like when you look at what. kids are being taught now in you know. world history. they're not they're not being taught. about you know the evils and and. um. you know just what socialism has done. around the globe how many hundreds of. millions of people you know have have. died at the hands of it. that's a bunch of it's a bunch of. promises. and it's like the the folks at the very.

very top get really wealthy. and the folks usually you know usually. the masses and the and the people that. are supposed to being taken care of. yeah go you know go to Venezuela go go. to go to places around the world where. um you know socialism has failed. it's the most debunked economic idea of. all time it's never it's never worked. and what do they tell you every single. time you have a conversation with a. socialist well it does it hasn't been. done right yet right and it might I mean.

it usually it usually after about a 20. 20-year period starts to completely. unravel so I mean you'll it'll be okay. for a couple years. but then sooner or later you run out of. other people's money. does that make sense go going back also. with the Veterans Affairs stuff and the. in the whatever you want to call it the. smear campaign. everybody knows there's a lot of lying. that goes on in politics oh yeah and so.

what I want to ask you is why are there. not any. consequences to slandering somebody's. name or how they voted can I mean I'm. sure this is a. this is a rookie question but why can't. you slap a defamation suit against. somebody and sue them you know well we. just tried to do that this week. we tried to Accenture atom shift. Anna Paulina Luna. um. dropped a uh a motion to do you know.

that would do just that a bill that. would do just that and uh unfortunately. 20 Republicans voted against it for I. think a variety of different reasons. what was this what was this bill. um I don't remember the exact. nomenclature or number to it but animal. if you go look it up Anna Paulina Luna. um and it was just I think it was. yesterday. um. finally got her her uh her bill to the.

floor that would censure Adam Schiff. um make ethics the house Ethics. Committee actually investigate the lies. that he told during this whole Russia. gate thing when he was like the chairman. of Intel. knowingly lied to Congress knowingly. lied to the American people I think he. wasted I think it cost the American. people 32 million dollars to do like uh. some of the impeachment investigations I. believe.

um and I'm I'm just trying to go off. memory here what was he lying about I'm. not familiar with all of this. um that Trump was colluding with the. Russians you remember that whole Russia. gate thing I do yeah and then the you. know the the impeach the impeachment. that followed a lot of that was uh Adam. Schiff who's now running for who's a. congressman a sitting congressman from. California who's now running for Senate. so she tried to send. um.

censure Adam Schiff and then. um part of what she had in there was. that if house ethics finds him guilty he. can be fined up to 16 million dollars. which would have been half of what the. American taxpayer spent on the um all. the uh you know legal fees. um associated with that whole debacle. so he so he hold on let me get this. straight so he withheld evidence or he.

lied he lied he knowingly lied. he knowingly lied. and so. um yeah I'm sure a lot of your viewers. are familiar with oh I mean it was. wall-to-wall TV several years ago Trump. colluded with the Russians they trotted. out I think 50 51 members of the. intelligence committee uh or the the. intelligence agencies. um saying that Trump colluded with the.

Russians you know. um and and it was all made it was all. completely made up. and so she did try. and we did many of us tried to hold Adam. Schiff accountable for his lies. but because we had. 20 Republicans vote against it we. weren't able to get it over to finish. line that being said. she's actually gonna because she's. awesome. and if you guys don't follow her already. I highly suggest you do. um.

she's gonna refile them next week so. nice yeah. I mean so why does it have to go through. Congress to why can't you just zoom out. I mean. you know what I mean yeah I do I really. I think there is some insulation you. know I I. special treatment yeah I don't you know. I don't know all the legalities of that. and I apologize once again you know. being a being a Freshman I don't know. a ton of things but you know I don't.

know what. I don't know. what that would even look like but I. know that Congress we just tried to hold. one of our own accountable and there's. there's members of Congress you know. being in investigated all the time. but. I I think because of the politics. involved often it doesn't really go. anywhere well let's let's dive into the. unit party yeah I just want to hear you. speak on it yeah because it's it's it's.

being brought up more and more and more. yeah and so what what's going on here. with the unit party. yeah. so and again this is just my perspective. on it but. Washington DC to me seems like this. massive. massive machine right and there's so.

many there's so many groups and. institutions and special interests and. lobbyist groups. that benefit from the money that. constantly gets pumped out of that place. right. and so. um because a lot of those lobbyists and. special interest groups support. politicians. um often and that they'll they'll. support politicians on both sides of the. aisle it really doesn't matter to them a. matter of fact if it is bipartisan. if they get bipartisan support meaning.

they get Republican support and Democrat. support for the same thing it's often a. much better chance that they'll get. whatever they're pushing for over the. finish line. Okay so. because of that oftentimes you'll see. um you'll see. like what you just saw last week with it. with the you know at least four trillion. dollars and 165 Democrats voting first a. bill and 149 Republicans voting for a.

bill and now they don't because one of. the things that we proposed when we were. we were doing our bill was that it would. only go to next year. I believe it was March of next year but. they pushed in their bill that they. passed this last week they pushed it out. two years so they wouldn't have to deal. with it again next year. right and so like if you were in if you. were in financial trouble Sean. or even like let's say your marriage was. in trouble. the marriage count you know you you'd.

probably be like the marriage counselor. probably wouldn't be like hey come back. in two years. he'd probably be like hey I want to see. you next week and if it was more the. problem was more intense hey I want to. see you. two or three times this week and so when. we passed our bill we actually wanted it. to be kind of a short turnaround period. so that we could what we were saying is. take another bite at the Apple we got. these we got these Cuts in there on this. one let's come back here you know in a. few months and do this again take.

another stab at it get more Cuts right. have this keep having this conversation. but what they did what the unit party. did uh is they pushed it out a couple. years. um they there was no cap on it and then. but what what's the result of that. everybody gets paid for two years. oh it wasn't quite two years but. everybody gets paid for a while we don't. have to worry about that for a while. so that's that's a big part of it and. it's always you know the same culprits.

money and power right. and they kind of work together and even. the even the media works even the media. works with them and I mean you knew that. your viewers knew that. but I would you know even you know and I. think that I think that this is one. thing that you know even Republicans and. conservatives saw. have started to see over the last couple. years. um. some of the people that that you watched.

on TV for many years and trusted. um. might not be as it might not be as. patriotic or as conservative as you. think and that's that's tough that's. tough to even say man but all I can tell. you is in the midst of that speaker. fight. when it seems like the weight of the. world is bearing down on you you're. wildly outnumbered. ten to one in your own party. and people on television that you've. watched for years and listened to on the. radio or saying that you're a terrorist.

and you know. um you're an idiot and you're a [ __ ]. and what are you doing you're going to. give control to the Democrats that's. something you'll never you never forget. and that's not to say that that's not to. say that I I don't have Grace because I. think we all get it wrong from time to. time but that was very I that was a very. eye-opening experience for me to watch. the media. um give air cover to the uni party. when what it should have been doing was.

in my opinion. covering for the actual conservatives. that were fighting for change in that. fight. fighting for you know a check on the. unit party well I think uh I mean I I. think I know. who you're talking about yeah there's. not just one person there's multiple. people yeah well we just saw big news. corporation. [Applause]. you know when uh we just saw how. controlled they are with the Tucker. Carlson thing yeah you know I mean it.

just. right there just proved. yep. it proved all of it yep you know now. they're what do they slap them with a. cease and desist he's not I mean I. haven't even seen what they slapped him. with but he was their top guy yeah and. uh you know I do believe Tucker. Carlson's a true teller and I believe he. has I believe he has more courage than. you know the vast vast majority of. people in this country probably on you. know worldwide because.

you know you've heard that saying it's. always a lot further fall from the top. and even you know whether you're in. politics professionally in the media Etc. not a lot of people have the courage to. roll the dice when they when they've. gotten comfortable and they feel like. they've got a lot to lose but that's one. thing that I whether you agree with. Tucker Carlson or not whether you agree. with everything you said or you know. every story he's ever run or not that. guy has courage dude. and uh that was pretty telling what you.

know Fox did yeah well the ratings are. are way down what are some other what. are some other things that the unit. party is involved in like one of the. things that surprises me like. is uh holding people accountable. okay right that's something that I think. that there's a strong unit party current. on one of the like. you know raise your hand out there if. you're a Republican and you think. secretary mayork is is doing a good job.

raise your hand if you think he's. derelict in his duties. raise your hand if you think he should. be fired right and this is one of the. things that just blows me away I mean. how much. how much evidence do you have to see. before you're like okay this guy has to. go and even if you guys are going to. replace him with somebody. bad or even worse we'll deal with that. guy when he gets here or that gal when. she gets here but this guy needs to go. okay and they'll they'll be they'll be.

you know Democrats and Republicans that. you know all the Democrats would stop. that but there would be Republicans that. wouldn't vote with us either. to to make that happen and so you'll see. you'll see stuff like that where. Americans are like they're begging Sean. they're begging for somebody to be held. accountable. like it. it makes them sick it makes it sick to. their stomach dudes knowing that they're. that there's a double standard one for. them and one for people with influence.

you know in high ranking positions. and uh. that that's a that's another that's. another area where the uni party will. often. you know move and lockstep make deals. cut deals well let's let's move into my. York um what's going on there a lot a. lot of I wanna. I want to expound on on names because a. lot of people don't you know I'm one of. them I don't know all the names I'm not. immersed in this stuff I'm very.

concerned about the country you're. probably a much healthier person that. you don't know the names oh no I know I. don't know if I would say that because. I'm I'm aware of what's going on you. know down at the border but I'd you know. I'd I'd putting all the names together I. mean there's hundreds of names yeah and. so what's my orcas had a Department of. Homeland Security right secretary. mayorkas and what we're getting into is. the southern border yeah so what's going. on down there you've been down there. yeah it's a I mean it's a disaster I I. I'm from Arizona.

I you know I I was born in Tucson raised. in Yuma right on the southern border. um you know the last. um. the last time I spent a good amount of. time down there was uh a trip that we. did in the homeland security committee. we are actually in Texas. um but it's a disaster man. it's a disaster and it's a disaster. because for a couple different reasons. one on day one of this Administration.

they changed all the policies. um that the Trump administration had in. place to really tighten up. the southern border. um. so. you got you got that going on and then. also it doesn't help when you have uh. presidential candidate Biden at the time. saying during. um his campaign you know and and I quote. it often you know to when when I'm into.

Homeland Security. um Committee hearing you know he would. he would say hey if if if you want to. come here. come. you know if forgive me for not having. the quote memorized but. um you you can go you can go look up. multiple times where he said you know uh. hey if you if you want to come here and. you've you're fleeing oppression or. whatever or you just want to come come. first of all the idea that Joe Biden.

said come because I I heard the other. day that they're coming because you know. I'm a nice guy sure that there is we. immediately surge the Border all those. people are seeking Asylum they deserve. to be heard that's who we are we're a. nation says if you want to flee and. you're fleeing depression you should. come they're seeking Asylum first time. ever we've told people they can't come. to America that ends the cage is closed. those who come seeking Asylum we should.

immediately have the capacity to absorb. them keep them safe until they can be. heard there there were even there have. been you know folks that were coming. here illegally asked by you know. reporters hey why are you coming they're. like oh you know as soon as Biden got. elected we we knew that's what he said. a matter of fact this week I had uh we. had uh. acting secretary Chad Wolff. um. in uh Homeland Security and then we had.

chief of border patrol. um in there and uh they were saying the. same thing they said as soon as they saw. then candidate Biden saying that they. they knew what it was going to lead to. if he did win. and then of course day one along with. canceling the Keystone XL pipeline you. know they stopped construction on the. wall you can fly over the southern. border right now and see just stacks of. Steel stacked up that the American.

taxpayer already paid for that could be. used as a deterrent. um but isn't you know the construction. didn't continue to finish that wall. and it was interesting because I'm. trying to think of his name. um that the chief border patrol guy that. was in there this week. um. one of the most interesting interesting. things he said in the hearing this week. he said that he you know he'd been in. the border patrol for like five.

different Administration Republicans. Democrats Republicans Democrats alike. and he said this is the first one he's. seen where if him and his colleagues. actually brought up. deterrence and stopping whether it was. fentanyl drugs. illegals uh uh game human trafficking. anything if they talked about deterrence. they were shut down immediately really. yeah didn't even want to didn't even. want to didn't even want to hear the. suggestions. why do you why do you think.

what's with the open borders what are. they open to accomplish. well I think I don't think it's you know. one simple answer like a lot of things I. think it's complicated like human beings. are complicated but I think there's a. couple different buckets there in my. opinion. I think uh I think there are globalists. um around the world and within our own. country. that don't want to see you know they. don't want to see borders anymore. I think they want to see us all push.

towards you know One World Government. um I also think that there are people. there are people within this country. that are literally trying to destroy. this country so they can remake it into. whatever you know this. Utopia that that they think that they. can socially engineer. I mean it's like you know a lot of times. if you're if you're gonna if you want to. rebuild a house but there's already a. house there sometimes it's just easier. to tear it down so I do believe there's.

an aspect of of that there. um. and I also believe that. um. I do believe that there are some that. believe if they continue to. bring people into the country. um they can increase their voting base. right so I think that there's a bunch of. different things that you're looking at. there. um but yeah it's it's it's concerning. because one of the one of the most.

right now one of the most alarming data. points that you can look at is I think. in the last year. just seventy one thousand. fentanyl deaths over 71 000 fentanyl. deaths and that's just one that's just. one drug right. um. and I think I want to say and forgive me. if I if I get this wrong but if I my. memory serves me correctly I think it. was. uh it's cost costing like.

180 billion. um. to the American taxpayer since Joe. Biden's taking over. right 100 just no big deal 180 billion. and I think if you break that down for. taxpayer it was a like one one thousand. one hundred dollars. so you're paying for that. and it was interesting because when we. went down to Texas Sean. they had these massive white tents. look look like something you'd see over. in Iraq or Afghanistan or something like.

some military tent that we'd go in and. out of all the time. um. and they would you know they were. holding holding facilities right for. some of these folks while they were. being processed after they came into the. country illegally. and uh. um. and I'm trying to I think. I think each one of them cost. I want to say it was like. 90 million dollars or something like.

that and. 90 million dollars you know what I'm I'm. gonna have to I'm gonna have to. backtrack on that I can't remember I. know there were nine of them and I've it. was a ridiculous amount of money when I. asked border patrol how much does each. one of these cost and I apologize I. don't. but it was like it was an amount of. money I did a social. um social uh amazing video about it at. the time I can't remember exactly but it. was a staggering tens of millions of.

dollars for each one of them. nine of them around the U.S. each one took 60 border patrol agents. off the line from what I was told by. border patrol it's just so that they. could babysit you know move people. around you know that type of thing when. those got so you're taking 60 agents off. the line. and these guys are already they're. already overrun. you know so it's like every time every. and this was one of the things we talked. about in the hearing you know it's like.

um the cartels aren't stupid it's like. the old misdirection playing football. hey we're gonna fake the run this way. and then you know we're pitching it to. this guy on a reverse over here and. everybody's caught with their pants down. chasing chasing this over here and so. um it's just it's sad man it's it's sad. it's complete dereliction of Duty. and these aren't like like I tell people. these aren't just data points that's not. just the number seven one comma.

zero zero zero on a piece piece of paper. like you have on that table these are 70. 000 families that have been destroyed. just this just this last year yeah that. does and then you know it's like you go. through and you start go Google. MS-13. you know MS-13 violence start pulling up. the stories from this year alone and. you'll be like oh my God this guy MS-13.

dismembered this guy five MS-13 you know. gang members killed this kid you know. it's just like and on and on and on and. on and it's like. um. it's awful yeah it really is I'm. surprised it's not more than 71 000. have you. I don't know if there's any validity to. this and and uh it came from Fox News. that. the US the current Administration is. involved in a human trafficking.

operation uh coming out of the Southern. border is there is there any validity to. that or is that just a hit piece I know. I don't know that story man okay it's. it's tough man I mean you yeah I don't. it's you know I I you see these. headlines you read the stories most of. them are opinion nowadays and it's it's. really hard to find facts but I've seen. that being kicked around uh here and. there and I just wondering if you had. any I know any insight to that.

when it comes to you brought up a good. point when it comes to the southern. Border in the globalization yeah and um. in these in these globalists let's talk. about Biden. turning over U.S sovereignty to the. World Health Organization yeah what's. going on here I I talked about this with. a. with a. reporter I think she would be a reporter. names Morgan zaggers about a year ago.

yeah and and then I actually took that. video down because. because I got word from some people I. trust that that was [ __ ] now here we. are talking about it again. okay so and again I'm not even you know. I'm not an expert on the World Health. Organization all I can tell you is is. that. when we're starting to take marching. orders. from a global organization.

that has leaders running it that aren't. elected by U.S citizens. and have known. influence over them by the Chinese. Communist party and others. that's a problem that's a huge problem. and you saw. you saw even during covid where. organizations like The Who. had a say in you know how we were. conducting ourselves here.

that's a massive problem right you know. and it's like at least at least if the. guidance is coming. from people that you can hire and fire. that's a good start for the American. people. right they they can fire me every two. years if they don't like the job that. I'm doing right they can fire our. president every every four years but. when you have some bureaucrat some. Global bureaucrat that you have no. control over.

um how long this person stays in that. job or he doesn't answer he doesn't. answer to any American citizens even. though the even though our tax dollars. fund a lot of that organization. um you know some of the guidance you. know coming out of uh some of these. Global groups during during covid. sorry man it wasn't it wasn't good. and uh it didn't maintain our.

sovereignty. and that's a that's a problem what does. this opening us up to. how are they giving our sovereignty up. to the how is the Biden Administration. giving up our sovereignty the World. Health Organization. how are they giving ourselves what is. what is the what are the specifics how. what are the. how do they come in yeah I don't I don't. know I don't know the back story on it I. just know that I just know that there's. a I know that there's a push. um and I know that there's you know and.

I apologize I know that there's plenty. of reporters that have really dug into. this but I know that their influence is. growing way too strong. and I know that there are folks in our. own country that. um are perfectly fine with the who. having a a pretty pretty big say in how. we do things during like times of Crisis. pandemic. Etc and that's not that's not okay with. the American people. yeah it's not okay with me either I mean.

I I did this and then like I said I got. from I I did this piece on it about a. year ago I think it was about a year ago. and uh and I pulled it because I had all. these reliable sources telling me hey. you're wrong about this that's not. happening and the last thing I want to. do is is mislead my audience yeah so if. if I make a mistake I will I'll pull it. I I think that that I think that that. speaks to your credibility man and I. think I think that that's good and you.

know. I you know I think that should be a goal. for each and every one of us if we're. um you know if we find out that we're. putting out bad gouge or even. misinformed I think it I think it really. speaks to who you are who you are if. you're willing to walk walk it back and. take ownership of it but even then. that's why they're you know I'll. straight up tell you hey man I don't I. don't know the answer to that I don't. appreciate it I I'm not an expert I.

really don't think I'm an expert in. anything but you know I know I love my. country I know I'm concerned about the. direction of it. and. um. I know there's a lot of shady stuff. going on. and uh. you know I think I think our instincts. are often. um. and I hate to say I I hate I hate to say. that when we're talking about like. um you know the World Health. Organization but I I know there is a.

push to give them authorities over you. know how we do things during. um you know Global pandemics and you. know you hear you hear a lot of these. guys talking about oh you know that. you know there's there's more coming. down the pipe and you know that was just. a test run and and like I I don't know. exactly what what these guys plans are. all I know is. is that I don't think most American. citizens would be okay with that in the.

slightest they want the guidance that. they're having to live under whether. they're wearing a mask whether their. business is closed down they want to. actually be able to go talk to the. people that are making those decisions. or have some type of representation or. communication with those people so that. they can voice their concerns and you. know that's that's how it's supposed to. be done in this country. it just it's I mean I think most. Americans sense that let's take a quick.

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about what you want to talk about so. what do you think some of the most. concerning things. in the country are right now that we're. facing today I know there's a lot of. them yeah I have a lot of concerns what. are your top concerns. for me the the biggest concern is just. the cultural depravity. that the cultural rot destruction. whatever you want to whatever you want. to call it.

um because you know it's like uh. what you know I'm in I'm in politics but. Andrew Breitbart said a long time ago he. said. politics is always Downstream of culture. so you often won't see anything you. won't often see legislation or any bills. floating around Congress until years. after it's been bouncing around in. culture right media entertainment. um Etc and just people's day-to-day. lives and that's uh and and because I'm.

a Christian. and because I I read the Bible. I you know I do. I do believe in Good and Evil. um and a lot of the stuff I see you know. I just I have no other context for it. than. you know this stuff is this stuff is. wrong this stuff is wicked. um and even you know even when I talk. about culture. not all you know in in a lot of it you.

know to me has a you know a spiritual. Foundation right and then a lot of the. stuff that we see in the headlines are. just manifestations or a byproduct of. that. you know the the spiritual side of. things and I know a lot of people are. like oh what are you talking about. you're CR you're crazy that's okay. um I don't need every but I don't need. to for everybody to believe everything. or agree with everything I say I'm just. gonna tell people what I what I really. think. um but even outside of the you know the.

spiritual aspect of. our cultural unraveling. um. there's also the the cultural side. um. like the totalitarian. bent the Communist bent the Socialists. bent within our culture right. um. if you go like if if your viewers go. um start studying up on cultural Marxism.

right if if they go start watching your. your investment off have you ever. watched Shiri besman off videos the xkgb. I've watched a couple okay he talks. about ideological subversion he talks. about the steps of it how long it takes. you know. um. I believe that a lot of you know a lot. of what's going on in America right now. it's the old basic A House Divided. cannot stand right let's let's divide.

these guys up every which way possible. and then and then let's start picking. them apart let's start turning them. against each other and that's what I see. that's what I see I think that's the. biggest problem because I think that. if we were more united. As Americans and less divided I think. that there's nothing that we couldn't. that we couldn't overcome or defeat. but because we've Fallen prey to some of.

this you know this cultural Marxism and. there are a bunch of there are several. words for it. um you know that's you know I think. that's one of the most. um at least in my opinion accurate. depictions of it. um there's a guy named uh Dr vodi bakum. he doesn't look anything like me he's a. big black preacher. um was going to play pro football but. then uh you know he got influenced and.

ended up going into Ministry. went to like uh. Oxford. a bunch of you know. uh very impressive schools very. impressive resume. and he he's actually one of the few. preachers that I've heard talk about. cultural issues. and uh. in in one of the interviews I heard him. give he talked about how he was invited. on CNN one time. when Obama was President. and they asked him do you think the [ __ ].

now that there's a you know finally a. black president you think that the the. culture is going to be more united and. he said absolutely not they were blown. away because he's a black guy. and he's like because Barack Obama. um is a cultural Marxist like many of. his teachers before him. and he I think he mentioned Jeremiah. Wright one of the pastors that Obama. said under for a long time. and so. when you when you start to when you.

start to look at Marxism. um traditional Marxism they divide us up. by economics. the haves the have-nots. the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. right and they try and divide us up. based on he the rich and the poor that. didn't work here in the West. because of capitalism and even the guy. that. was considered you know low you know. lower or middle class felt like hey I'm. doing okay man I can you know I can buy.

a house I can buy a car if I if I make. wise choices and I can provide for my. family I'm doing okay. um so that traditional Marxism didn't. work here in the U.S. what has worked is cultural Marxism so. you start you just start manipulating. the ingredients right you take the. economics out of it. and that's still there a little bit but. it's not it's not really as effective. you'll see little doses of it here and. there but what you'll really see with.

cultural Marxism is you start making it. about dividing us up. and be a race in ethnicity boom now we. got him sexuality a lot a lot yeah and. just right and and you can go really. deep into this I mean there's a lot of. a lot of folks that talk about this you. know Ben Shapiro talk about it. intersectionality Charlie you know. Charlie Kirks there's you you can go. listen to a bunch of you know this. cultural Division and its Origins.

from many different people and I've. listened to a bunch of it but that's my. that's one of my biggest concerns. because I know that that's even in the. military that's one of the you know the. tactics that we use divide and conquer. right split them up yeah and then. they're easier they're easier to attack. I mean I've talked about this several. times and and and the thing that I can't. ever get to the bottom of is where is. this [ __ ] coming from I mean because. you're right it's it's it's it's it's.

right versus left it's Rich versus poor. it's black versus white it's it's gay. and not gay trans and not trans I mean. it. there's more I can't I just can't think. of them all but it's it's literally. native born foreign-born yeah. there's you know there's so there's so. many ways that you can divide us up and. that's that's what. that's what's being done to our culture.

um and it's you know. it's like I said I think it's besides. the the the the spiritual rot which I. think is the foundation of it all. um. you know. where's this [ __ ] coming from is this. yeah is this from foreign influence is. this internal influence is it both I. mean where is this coming from in in. I'll stop there I want I got more I want.

to say but we'll stop there where do you. think this is coming from where's the. influence. well I think I think a lot of it started. for it. but I think it started to you know like. a lot of things it started to spring up. its own Roots here and then you know. metastasize. um well there were definitely seeds. planted right so. um Dr votey bockham if you go if you. just go Google Dr Bodhi bokum cultural.

Marxism he he does a sermon on it. and you know he goes through he goes. through the history of it. um he goes through you know goes back to. Marx. then he goes you know to the Frankfurt. School and how a lot of this stuff then. started getting you know piped into the. west and uh you know how destructive it. is and he he gives a very articulate. educational breakdown of its Origins and. you know what it's designed to do. um and so I highly suggest that you know. your your viewers go you know Google.

that or you know and then you start you. start watching some of Yuri besmanov's. stuff right. um I'm not sure what your take is on on. your investment off but. um xkgb Defector right came to the west. and started doing interviews I think in. the 80s. um. and you know talking about ideological. subversion and you know some of the I I.

think your viewers should watch that as. well but one of the things that I. remember from you know the videos I was. watching of him he says you know you you. you Americans you think that in the KGB. we spent a lot of our money our. resources on the fancy James Bond s. Espionage stuff like spy spy gadgets. like that that type of stuff he's like. no. he said I've talked with other pretty. high ranking members of the KGB that. defected like I did. and he said uh he said we we all agreed.

that probably closer to 15 of our budget. was spent on Espionage and that type of. stuff but he said the vast majority of. our budget went into ideological. subversion into your schools into your. media into your media right into. Hollywood and into destroying you use. using your own code your own culture. and so and he goes he actually if you go. watch those videos he goes through the I. think the four stages of it.

I think the first one is like. demoralization. um and he go and he actually tell he. actually tells you how long each stage. is supposed to take and so I think that. I think we're seeing. the the definitely the latter stages. because even when he was shooting those. videos back in what are the latter. stages the first one's demoralization I. can't I can't remember okay but. um. but uh they're fascinating and even even.

when he was making these videos and they. must have been in the 80s maybe early. 90s you know just you could tell by the. picture quality. um he was like in we're it's already. it's already complete that that was the. scary thing even back then it was like. he's like we couldn't even we couldn't. even believe how quickly it took off. here in the West. you know so. I think that's I think that's uh I think. that's a part of it so you think. do you think this has come from Russia. do you think it's coming from China I.

think it's coming from I think it's. coming from multiple places and I think. that. um like if you you know if you go if you. go back and you know study you know vodi. bakum and and some of his history I. think you'll see you know it it comes. even from you know Karl Marx and some of. those those ideologies as well but I. think a lot of it does come from uh some. some of our enemies that basically want. to destroy us by dividing us.

I mean that makes a lot of sense teeth. do you think they're paying everybody. I mean we already know they're paying. people off yeah are they paying people. off to push these agendas. I think yeah I think I think that it's I. think it's a lot many different buckets. but you know you had Schweitzer on your. show right from. um was this book called.

red-handed right. um this is one of the things that all. often you know talk to and ask people. about in homeland security that I've. learned from his books and others like. the whole Elite capture right you know. you you watch some of these things go on. and it's like how is this Chinese spy. balloon allowed to fly over the U.S for. a week yeah how is how is how are the. Chinese able to actually set up police. stations here. why are we allowing the Chinese to buy a.

Farmland near military installations. right and where are we buying our. power grid Transformers from China when. they can yeah shut them off just like. that why are we pushing towards why are. we pushing towards all electric vehicles. by 2030 knowing that the the you know. the components and the ingredients that. go into making those you know those. batteries come from.

China can controlled. um. land right. so I mean there there's a lot there's a. lot of these things going on that. doesn't make any sense. without the explanation of corruption. people are bought and paid for and I'm. glad that. um. guys like Peter writing books like that. and to inform the American people I just. wish Sean that more Americans actually.

looked into this stuff because. what I've noticed. um and this was something that. I talked to people a lot about is. um the complacency that Americans have. we. and even often my own colleagues and I. know that a lot of them think that I'm. this you know whack wacko tinfoil hat. wearing guy but this can't this can't. continue forever man. and it's like in the stuff and.

so many so many. conspiracies. have been proven True by now like yeah. it's no I'm sorry there's no more. tinfoil hat [ __ ] it's cats out of the. bag you know every so much has been. exposed yeah I still think there's some. tinfoil hat stuff and some some. craziness out there but. that being set to your point there have. been a lot of things that were. conspiracies that have been proven true. and I think that it is important that we.

look into things. um and and try and get a good grasp on. them. um but man I tell you what there's no. way that some of the stuff that's been. going on in this country could be going. on unless you know. some of our people were bought and paid. for yeah let me rephrase that yes I do. believe there's tinfoil hat stuff I but. I know I knew where you were I knew. where you were going with that yeah. there there was definitely some far out. there [ __ ] but but the stuff you're.

talking about I don't I no no that's not. tinfoil hat stuff anymore no not at all. it's not you know and and. I I am going to say something though do. you we see all these agendas being. shoved down everybody's throat whether. it's whether it's the it's racism or the. big one right now you know it's it's the. lgbtq plus community. a lot of pedophilia stuff is starting to. get pushed renaming pedophiles Maps yeah.

minor attracted person we're starting to. see laws being passed in different. states. um. but you know I go I go out and I I see. these being pushed push push push push. push it's everywhere in the media it's. all over social media you know it's just. in Washington last weekend. and uh and we met and and I see. I see lgbtq. plus Flags everywhere yeah everywhere I.

look yeah you know on some of the. government buildings I don't even see an. American flag. I just see I mean we're talking Flags. the size that that that that. fired ladder trucks hang you know the. American flag in an event I mean huge. yeah. I don't see. massive amounts of people celebrating I. see like a little a dumb party in the.

White House lawn where. uh some dude shaking his boobs around. you know making a. class is gone yes but what I'm saying is. it I guess what I'm trying to get at is. the propaganda is so strong it makes you. think that everybody is into this. everybody I mean we talked about that at. dinner but then you go and it's. you see you see all the party supplies. but you don't see any people you know.

and. in in in I just want to say this because. I think a lot I think a lot of people in. this country are losing hope. because all they see are these agendas. shoved in their face you see it at. Target you see it at Bud Light you see. it you see it everywhere and I'm not. saying that everybody even has a problem. with any of this stuff. I think that people are just tired of. being shoved in their face everywhere. they go I think most Americans are are.

pretty accepting as far as hey if you. you live your life however you want to. live your life just don't shove it down. my throat and definitely don't shove it. down my kid's throat I think that's. where Americans get the most pissed off. that's that's all I'm saying but but you. don't see you don't see you see all this. propaganda but then there's nowhere to. be there's no one to be found you know. that's. I don't know anybody that's really. supporting this kind of stuff and.

and and I guess what I'm trying to say. is I'm trying to bring a little bit of. Hope is. to People by saying. this is just a media front. I don't I don't think this agenda is as. big as. the media is making it appear and and. even though you see it everywhere you. don't see. yeah massive amounts of support I think. the media is definitely.

I think you know. Hollywood the media that The Usual. Suspects are definitely in full. promotion mode and you know just. I don't know man. um. it's uh the these are crazy times and. and like I said personally like. um I have my own beliefs. um. and I'm if you you live your life how.

you want to live your life man just. don't push down my throat and and and. don't you know especially don't expose. my kids to it those are those are things. that those are things that um I think. should be you know and and you're. starting to see a lot of fights grew up. around the country with parental rights. right and just what kids are allowed to. be taught at schools like they're. There's You could argue in many places. in in a lot of these schools there's our.

kids are being exposed to pornography. without you know the the consent of. parents and then if if parents say. something about it you know they're. attacked for wanting to you know burn. books you know and censor you know and. it's it's just like it's it's nonsense. and I think you're you know again I even. that divides us you know so much more. but. I've noticed that a lot of people are. looking for answers.

I know that I know that I'm always. looking for answers man I'm always like. wow what is this like what what's going. on what's what's really going on. and uh. you know I think that one of the places. that I I'll often go. when I'm when I'm trying to like do the. math. is I'll go read Matthew 24. Matthew 24.

um. Jesus disciples asked him. when are you coming back. and what will the science be. and he goes through this long list boom. boom boom. one after another after another after. another it's one of the it's one of the. longest answers Jesus ever gives in the. in the Bible. and it's prophetic like it's going to. happen in the future. and one of the key. one of the key statements in there is.

lawlessness will abound Hearts will grow. cold. it's one of the things I see happening. globally right now like you just see. lawlessness everywhere you know was last. time you turned on the TV you just saw. kids rushing into you know stores. running out with stuff. people are so. upset and pissed off at each other that. people's hearts are growing cold it's. getting harder and harder to love your. neighbor right yeah.

and so. um but Matthew 24 go read it for your. viewers go go read Matthew 24. I will. yeah no it's it's it's a good one what. else does this say. so first he tells his disciples do not. be deceived. um he will and then he says many will. come in my name and say that they are. the Christ so you have you know false. you'll have uh frauds or people saying.

that they're the Christ right and then. he says there will be Wars rumors of. wars earthquakes pestilence which is. disease. um. and and famines and you know don't be. alarmed these things must be take place. these things are just the beginning. these are the beginning of birth pains. you actually use that that. phrase that terminology which is. interesting because what happens in. birth pains what happens when you know a. woman's. um getting ready to give birth it starts.

slow right. contractions aren't that bad and then. they get more painful. and they get more frequent and more. frequent and painful and more frequent. and I think that and I know a lot of. people are going to say oh this guy he. he's kooky he's a nut but I believe that. that that's what I believe we're. starting to see on the earth I don't. think that many people are gonna be like. that man there's a lot of people reading. the Bible these days yeah well I'll tell. you what man I tell you what. um.

that's a pretty good place when when. things start spinning out of control in. my opinion that's one place that. it never hurts to go back to you and. have have your foundation you know of. all the things that I've done in my life. of all the things I've screwed up. that's been one thing that's been one of. the only things that's been consistent. well I mean. you know I'm new at it so I've been. diving in and and and what brought me to. that was just looking around and seeing.

I mean I'm just gonna be honest man. every it just got to the point. every [ __ ] place I looked yeah I hate. what I see I hate saying Hearts growing. cold I hate seeing. there's nothing I look at the southern. border I'm disgusted I look at the. amount of money we're sending to Ukraine. that we could be spending on our own. infrastructure power grid.

active Shooters yeah hardened you know. hardening up schools. um the the the the. fentanyl epidemic that we got going on. the uh. doj the FBI doj the FBI the CIA the the. yeah all of it just everything the the. the the. lgbtq agenda being forced down. everybody's throats the pedophilia being. normalized yep you know I mean that'll.

be that that'll be the next big one dude. I mean I know this is you already you. already see it you already see it. happening and it's just like in in. Washington now they can if your. eight-year-old kid doesn't. if your eight-year-old kid wants to. switch genders and you as the parent. don't want that to happen stay can. confiscate your kid was that California. or what that is Washington California. now has I think three three bills up and. there's a.

I can't remember their Congressman or a. senator but he's saying if you love your. kids you need to leave California right. now yeah because same type of stuff. going on also in California they just. passed a bill that. you know I got a lot of flack with on. this with a previous episode but I don't. give a [ __ ] because this is what it is. they're normalizing pedophilia yeah the. way they're doing it is now it's a. there's a 10-year spread the spread the. the biggest spread could be now a judge.

basically what this is is a judge now. has the power to decide if you're a if. you're a pedophile that's going to wind. up on the sex offender list or not so. the argument here is oh no they're just. trying to normalize it because a 19 year. old should be able to have sex with a 17. year old. okay I'm not gonna argue that yeah so. they went to high school together until. it starts but you know what a [ __ ] 24. year old should not be able to [ __ ] a 14.

year old I'm sorry yeah like a 24 year. old man having sex with a 14 year old. girl is not okay and there's a 10-year. spread and So for anybody that's gonna. sit here and [ __ ] tell me that it's. okay this is no that's that's not what. it is it's a 18 year old and a 17 year. old or a 19 year old and a 17 year old. or 18 year old and a 16 year old [ __ ]. you if that's what it was it would be a. three maybe four year spread not a. 10-year spread so that a teacher can.

have sex with their student yeah you. know they're doing this [ __ ] is in is it. Minnesota Colorado just passed something. I as soon as I found out about the thing. in California I said this is going to. spread it's already spread to three. different states yeah. you know and and this and and then. there's the oh let's call them the minor. attracted person now because pedophile. pedophile that's offensive Eli yep.

that's offensive that's what they do. they start changing the definition you. know but I don't I don't know that many. people that are that are for this and. and just in his example I mean look at. just. I'm not this podcast hit number four in. 58 episodes out of all podcasts yeah. that [ __ ] does not happen it doesn't. happen and so we talk about this kind of. stuff on this podcast the reason this.

podcast said number four is we're one of. the only podcasts out that are talking. about this kind of [ __ ] and she'll so. that shows you. that right there shows you how many. people do not stand for this regardless. of what you see when you walk into. Target regardless of what you see when. you flip on the news when when you flip. on your your. sporting event and that's all they're. talking about when you look at Hollywood. and that's all they're talking about. it's [ __ ] it's a front it's not even.

[ __ ] real. and that's that's why. that's why things like this are that's. why Tucker Carlson's numbers are insane. 100 you know is because the majority of. people are not into this. I I agree and I'm glad you are Sean I'm. glad you're talking about it and in many. ways I'm glad that. um a lot of people just quit watching. mainstream media on both sides of the. aisle because I think. um and I'm glad in many ways even though.

I often think technology is. a big part of the problem in this. country I think it can also be a great. thing and that you can go get alternate. viewpoints opinions here all you know. alternative voices Etc and uh you know I. I think your show is one one example. of of that thank you. the point I was getting to before I went. off on all these tangents is everywhere.

I look I I can't stand what I'm seeing. happening and it it drew me to it drew. me to to God yeah it was nothing makes. any sense anymore nothing makes sense. everywhere I know you're right and it's. funny because without God there is. there's really no there's no intelligent. design there's no structure at all in. what you what you end up with is. complete moral relativism right. it well I think you know there's no.

there's no right or wrong anymore it's. just like well I don't you know that's. not those aren't that's those aren't my. morals that's not what I think and so. therefore anything you you basically. over a long enough timeline you run into. this you know. um ideology that anything goes and it. we're definitely seeing that. in the west and in in America and that. was one of the reasons that I said when. you ask me what's the biggest what do. you what do I think the biggest problem. I think the biggest problem is the. spiritual decline.

um of you know of this country the fact. that a lot of people have turned away. from God we've pushed God out of. everything we've allowed God to be. pushed out of everything. um and even you know there's a you know. there's. there's a lot of a lot of preachers out. there a lot of pastors out there that. won't they won't tackle the tough issues. yeah you know. um they won't talk about them. they're scared. because they don't want to be canceled. they don't want to be labeled.

and I mean just like you know you and me. having this conversation right now how. many there's not a lot of people in in. my there's not a lot of people that do. what I do that would come and have a. three four hour conversation where. hey let's let's let's let's go let's. talk about real stuff. but the cool thing is is because not a. lot of people have the courage to do it. um. it separates the men from the boys. really quick you know really quickly and.

and one of the tattoos I have on my arm. says evil triumphs when good men do. nothing. it's not just good men it's good men and. women. but evil triumphs when good men and. women do nothing and there's too much of. it there's too much complacency there's. too much cowardice. and you know and and you know I think. it's one of the reasons that you see the. just depravity and like you look like.

you you were saying I look around and. there's nothing I see that I like. there's a lot of us yep let's move into. spiritual warfare we talked about this a. little bit at dinner so what are some of. the things you talked a lot about. actually I think I cut you off at dinner. because I wanted to talk about this here. today what are some of the other things. that you see. that are. congruent with the Bible that's. happening right now. yeah and a lot of people are talking. about sexuality yeah.

so I think that you know. um. it's it's interesting because and. there's so many different perspectives. there's so many different perspectives. on you know the Bible. but 20 roughly 25 of your Bible is. prophetic or stuff that's supposed to. take place in the future. or some people call it eschatology. and uh you know regardless of how many. different viewpoints there is and.

there's a lot of viewpoints out there. and I'm not an expert on any of them but. um there is a consensus amongst many. viewpoints that. um. a lot of what's going to happen in the. end of days is going to go down in the. Middle East in Jerusalem israel-centric. Etc you know the Bible is a. jerusalem-centric. israel-centric book it just is when you. go you go throughout and you read it is. real Judah. um and then all the other and then all.

the other nations often mentioned around. you know Israel. um if you go look them up where where. are these what are these what are these. countries now called you'll find out. that most of the Bible that that's. that's where it centers around and so. it's just interesting when you watch. some of the changes even going on in the. Middle East. um when you watch the fact that the US. has now pulled you know. pulling out of the Middle East it it. creates a vacuum.

and there's a lot of movement going on. in the Middle East right now and I think. people need to keep their eyes on uh the. Middle East Jerusalem Israel because I. think that when you say what's going. down in the world that. um. you know parallels with what the Bible. says I think that that's one thing that. that people can look at what is going on. over there that we need to know about. that's parallel with the Bible so.

um. like if like if you go if you go open. your Bible right now and you read you. start reading Ezekiel 38 39. um and and and like I said there's many. perspectives. um you know I I take a you know a. perspective that this you know this is. going to happen in the future. Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel was a Old. Testament prophet. and uh he he he goes into pretty. pretty great detail about how.

um a leader from the north. called GOG. Gog from the land of Magog is Gonna Come. basically come down into Israel. um and Lead like a 10 Nation coalition. a Middle Eastern countries in North. African countries against Israel. and uh and and do a lot of damage a lot. of damage to Israel. and so it's interesting when you when.

you when you watch what what's going on. in the Middle East. because it's the the US is one of is. Israel's biggest Ally right. and it's interesting as I see us pull. out of the Middle East but I also see a. very dangerous rise of anti-semitism. in the United States and even in even in. Congress really oh yeah oh yeah yeah you. can go you can go look into that.

but. um it's just it's it's just interesting. it it seems of as if you know the pieces. are being moved on the board for some of. this biblical prophecy to start being. fulfilled. but go read Ezekiel 38 and 39. and you know. um. you know if when you if you read if you. like read all the way through it it has. conclusive language at the end.

um you know God says you know at the end. as he's prophesying through Ezekiel I. will never allow my name to be. blasphemed again. right and so it has conclusive languages. because the Bible a lot of the western. church focuses on the fact that Christ. came and he died for our sins and the. atonement of his blood and if we accept. him into you know as our Lord and savior. um then one day you know. we will we will live with him and and we.

will be with him right. but. that's on that's only part of the good. news. that that's a big part of the good news. but the the second half and I think that. even more hopeful half. is the Maranatha message and that is the. Lord came. and the Lord is coming again. right and he came as he came as a he. came as a sacrificial lamb the last time. but that's not how he's coming back. the Bible is very clear that when he. comes back he's going to come back and.

he's going to come back. um. with a Vengeance and and at that point. we will finally see Justice. and so if you believe in the Bible if. you take it if you take if you take it. literally. that to me all this social engineering. that we do like. I'm a congressman. you know and it's like you know people. ask me all the time can we can we turn. this thing around. I was gonna ask that right can we turn.

this thing is it possible is it. salvageable. I'll tell you I don't know is it is it. possible it is possible is it likely. I. um um I'm not super optimistic with what. I see. but that my hope is not. in making America great again even. though I love that I love that slogan. and I know it's been bastardized and. demonized make America great again Maga.

you know whatever I think make I think. you know regardless of what country. you're from you would want make Spain. great again make Italy great again I. think if I'm a citizen of those. countries yeah I want my country to be. great so I don't I don't buy into any of. that crap but all I'm saying is my hope. is not in the United States of America. My Hope isn't in a political leader it's. not in a political party even though I. do think politics is important. and it does affect my life it affects. the life of my kids which is why and it.

hopefully. well it will affect the lives of future. generations and I hope I hope one day. I'm a I hope one day I have grandkids. and I hope and I hope my kids and my. grandkids get to have. get a grope with some of the freedoms. that you and I did which is why I do. what I do but what I'm telling you. brother is that my hope isn't in. government you know my hope isn't in. some Earthly Utopia. My Hope Is when the King of Kings. returns man. that's when you that's when you see real.

that's when you see real Justice and and. uh for all of you people out there. regardless of what you believe man I. love you I'm no better than anybody I. know that. um. but this is this it's one of the only. it's one it's it's like the only real. hope I have Sean which is why I share it. with people. because I love people and I care about. people and if the if the Bible is right. and it and if it is accurate.

you will get an eternity what you wanted. while you lived on this Earth if you. didn't want anything to do with God. that's exactly what you're going to get. in eternity and that's scary. yeah I don't want to see anybody if the. Bible is right. and I do believe it is I don't want to. see anybody wind up in hell I I don't. how could how could I right. so that that's why I talk about stuff. like this because to me this is this is.

so much it's so much more important than. Democrat Republican Kevin McCarthy the. freedom caucus this is where it's at man. now I'm 100 with you I mean that that's. okay. I led politics get in the way of my life. for. quite a while now and um. and uh. and I shouldn't have I feel foolish I.

still let it get it I still let it get. to me and uh and every time I do let it. get to me I feel foolish afterwards and. because of my interviews and Diving deep. into different subjects politics sex. trafficking border yeah Elite capture. all these different topics I'm very well. read in on. a lot of the [ __ ] that's going on in the. world and and. from these my. my conclusion is if you want to win.

you got to bring people together somehow. any in in. you are not going to bring them together. through politics and I think the only. hope that we have left is. to bring people to the Bible yeah and. here's the interesting thing on that too. um. you know Christianity in the United. States and in the West. has this like.

I would say this. is often cloaked in this falsified. veneer that well. if if if God is love. and I'm a Christian. then everybody's gonna then everybody. you know is gonna love me and if anybody. has a problem with me then I'm not being. a Christian that that's something that's. pretty common in Christianity here in. America the Bible actually says. they will hate you because they hated me. first.

and they were supposed to pick up our. cross and follow him what is that what. does that mean. a lot of us myself included like I don't. want to I don't wanna be judged I don't. want to be labeled I you know it's it's. weird Sean because it's like you know. some people know me because of my job or. things that I've said or say publicly. the people that know me personally and. know my heart know know that I love I.

love people and does it bother me if. your world view or your politics affect. negatively affects my life or the future. my kids yeah it bothers me. but do I try and look past it and see. the humanity in you yeah. the Bible tells me that we are all image. bearers. of God. we're all created in His image that. means every single one of us has. intrinsic value. right and so it's like.

um. politics and and I'm I've been guilty of. this so many times too many times to. count where. politics Will for me get in the way and. and take take over and and we we both. shoot pistols front sight Focus right. you get so front sight focus on you know. on on politics or what's right in front. of your face and oftentimes I forget to. take a step back.

and and remember that there's bigger. things at play here. not only from a spiritual warfare aspect. but from an eternity aspect. and. and yeah admittedly I fell at that all. the time I fail all the time. I think it being a good representative. of my lord and savior because of my. pride because of my ego because of my. own foolishness whatever it is.

and that you know but thank God. that it's not my works. that are gonna allow me hopefully to. spend eternity with my keen and my Lord. and Savior. it's because I've accepted him as my. Lord and Savior and that's it's Grace. it's you know it it's Faith it's Grace. and it's a it's a it's an amazing thing. but it takes a certain humbleness.

especially for guys like us to say to. realize it. I'm not in charge of anything. I'm not I I'm I'm like I'm like this in. the timeline of history in a timeline of. Eternity my life what nobody you know. I'm not a big deal. I'm not a big deal. but I'll tell you who is a big deal. I tell you who's coming back. and when he comes back I hope. I hope that he says well done good and.

faithful servant that and and that's. something that I always try and you know. I always try and go back to even though. I screw it up constantly man so. anyway but. and that's you know that was one of the. coolest things when I saw that you had. accepted Christ. I was like oh my God this is amazing. this is so amazing somebody and and I I. don't believe in coincidence dude I. think. um. I think it's Revelation 3 20.

it says I stand at the door and I knock. and whoever hears my voice and opens the. door I will come in and eat with him and. he with me. and it's basically just talking you know. God's. God wants to have a relationship with. every single one of us but often we just. like you know we push him away I don't I. don't need you I got this. and then you know you go through life. and you get beat down and I think if if. you have a certain level of wisdom you.

get to a point where you're like I don't. have this. I don't I don't I don't I don't all. these things that I've chased around. whether it's the you know whether it's. money or or fame or. notoriety or affirmation. sex drugs whatever it is where does it. always lead. it always leaves the same place dude. yeah the Bible talks about that it says. that sin is pleasurable for a season. the Bible literally tells you sin is.

pleasurable for a season so when people. are out there. why wouldn't I do this this feels good. but where do you wind up every time. that's you know that that. after so many times the word says that. we're like dogs that return to our own. vomit. man does that resonate yeah. and then it's like at some point. you get tired of eating that vomit and. you're like. there's got to be something better than. this. I think that's why you see so many.

celebrities. you know kill themselves. because they they have everything that. the world has told them will make them. happy. and when they when they get it they're. me and they're they're still miserable. but yet they feel awful because it's. like I have everything. people would kill to live my life and. I'm miserable what's the point. yeah I've done it all I've achieved it. all and I'm miserable and so it's like. you know.

we've both achieved some cool things in. our life. but did it ever fulfill you I mean you. know it's like if it did fulfill you you. wouldn't look around and hate everything. that you see. it was temporary yeah and if and if it. fulfilled me. I wouldn't still be look I still. wouldn't be looking for answers and I. don't get me wrong I'm still looking for. answers all I'm saying is is that's the. only that that's the only like.

hope I have dude that's the only real. hope I have. is uh. you know that that one day I'm gonna get. to meet my maker. and I think it's going to be a. terrifying day in many ways I think it's. going to be an exciting day I think it's. going to be a terrifying and I think you. know. um. I think often you know in in religion. and whatnot we have this this image of. um you know Jesus holding the little.

lambies like this caucasian Surfer. looking dude holding this little lamb. and he's like this. you know this pacifist little looking. little dude but I think. you know every time in the scriptures. that a human being encounters an angel. they're terrified if you go throughout. scripture and study like you know when. people. um encounter Angels even angels which. are low which are lower right they're. they're terrified because they're these.

magnificent. they're these magnificent beings and. they're beautiful but they're terrifying. at the same time at the same time. and all I'm saying is man. um. it's cool that you know to come and be. able to talk to you about real stuff. because there are people. watching right now. so many people watching right now that. they don't have the answer. their law and they're lost dude.

and it's like whether I ever get whether. I ever get elected again even if they. kick me out tomorrow and I think the. conversations are probably already. started. dude if if if if one person accepts. Christ and and starts looking somewhere. else because of this conversation that. we had. so worth it oh there's gonna be so worth. it dude. you know I mean it's just it's for me. and I'm I'm new with this you know I've.

only read one book so far yeah and. that's that's okay man and here's here's. the other cool thing and man it's like. it's so it's so cool when when I meet. Christians of all walks because it's. like. um. like even even Paul did you know that. Paul like wrote like a major I think a. majority of the New Testament or a. really good portion of it. he. he was he was persecuting Christians.

he was he was he was killing Christians. and he was imprisoning Christians and. God took that guy and he said Paul why. are you persecuting me he got a hold of. him and Paul became like this. like this one of the most influential. Christians of all times and it's so cool. because it's like there are people. watching your show that are probably. like God couldn't use me like that I. I've done too much you don't know what. you don't know what I've done Sean you. don't know what I've done Eli.

yeah. God God will God can get a hold of. anybody God can use God can use anybody. it's like and and you know it's like. even even when Christ was on the cross. there were two guys hanging there with. him. I believe according to the scriptures. and one both of them deserve to be there. and one of them was mocking Christ and. the other was like why are you mocking. him you know we deserve to be here. and he said he says to Jesus he says.

please remember me today when when. you're when when you're in heaven. and Christ looks at me and he says you. know I truly I say unto you you will be. with me in Paradise because he believed. that he was God and that he was going to. heaven and it's just cool Sean because. like that's it that's another I think. misnomer is that a lot of us believe. well well. I don't I don't know if I have enough. time to go make up for all the all the.

bad stuff I've done that guy didn't have. any time he was he was going to die. there on the cross that maybe maybe. minutes maybe an hour he didn't have. time to climb off the cross and go do. more good things than he did bad things. and that's that's one of the cool things. is that you know if if you're willing to. relinquish that control and be like I'm. broken I got I got nothing. I got nothing but I believe you got. something Lord and I want it I I'm. willing to give that a shot and I'm and.

I want to make you my Lord and Savior. man. you. it's game game changer. game changer. what's helping me man. it's like it's one of the only guys it's. like one of the only things I get fired. up about anymore because I'm like you. man I look I look out at the landscape. and I'm just like oh my God nothing. makes any sense oh my god dude nothing. makes nothing makes any sense anymore. this is what's turned into my moral. compass you know and it's it's.

really weird you know I haven't even. I haven't even read half of it yet. and uh. but I'll tell you this it's giving me. the courage. to to have these discussions it's given. me the courage to go you know what. I don't really [ __ ] care if I get. canceled anymore because I. I know I'm I'm standing up for what I. believe in yeah you know and. and.

it's. I've mastered this yet by any means but. for forgiveness is the hardest thing I. think of that I'm gonna encounter but. I'm starting to learn you know how to. forgive and how to look past some of the. flaws especially with the politics [ __ ]. yeah and. um. and I I think this. like I said I mean. I mean look at all the division we've. seen you know since.

for me I guess since the war started and. it's just been progressively getting. worse and worse and worse and then. you know. I don't care what anybody thinks and. then and but I'm just gonna say then. Trump came in and you really saw it when. he entered that presidential election. you really saw division start setting. and I remember watching people uh throw. eggs in women's faces that were that. were going to vote for them and yeah and. then we saw the rise of BLM and antifa. and and and and.

look I'm I'm just the division is on. both sides I'm sure there's there's for. sure it looks like a. [ __ ] show no matter you know we got. Nazi flags and Confederate flags and. you know. that's what the the ride is being. portrayed as and then on the left you've. got. lgbtq and antifa and BLM and it's it's. it's it's it's where did where would.

why is this hap nothing makes any sense. you know and it's it's that's what drew. me to it and that's now my moral compass. and it is it is man it's given me a lot. of Courage it's it's it's a guide it. will guide you if you let it. and that's why that the scripture says. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a. light unto my path because it's Stark. out there man. it's dark bro. and it's it's doesn't seem like it's.

just getting darker darker and darker. and like so my you know my my advice to. those folks out there that feel like. sometimes I even feel like oh my God it. it like it nothing makes sense it's so. dark out there everywhere I look I see. wickedness evil you know just like. um. division. that's. that's the only place man for me that's.

the only place to go where. um you you use the word Compass right. and I think that's one of the I think. that's one I've I've I've listened to. your show heard you say some wise things. that's the wisest thing I've ever heard. you say. yeah thank you yeah you know because. it's like. um. nothing else you nothing else even comes. comes close dude.

and let's say let's say we're wrong. let's say I'm wrong. let's say I'm wrong let's say God does. let's say God doesn't even exist let's. say this Bible that I believe in is. completely wrong. so. you know I so I read some stuff that. doesn't end up happening. I'm taught to love my neighbor. I'm taught to repent of my you know. repent of my sin. um. you know and.

I think you're going to live a better. life. no matter no matter what whether it's. right or right or wrong right I mean. just practice practically and I do. believe 100 that's right all I'm saying. is like. even if you know it's like even if I'm. even if I'm wrong. in my opinion and I know not everybody. agrees with this but you know the. teachings of the Bible. call me to you know love my enemy.

right love you know love my neighbor. right and so man how tough is that. real tough these days that's super tough. man yeah. um. and man. I'm glad I don't have to be I'm glad I. don't have to be the judge at the end of. this whole thing and sort it out. Eli's not gonna be anybody's judge. either Sean Ryan. but there is I do believe there I I do.

believe there is one righteous judge. that is going to come back and ship. separate us like the sheep and the goats. and that's that's what the word says. and uh. I really hope I'm on the right side of. that man. yeah me too. and the Lord Lord knows I've got you. know uh. plenty plenty of my own sin. and plenty of my own failure. plenty of my own embarrassment and and. on and on and on and on but.

um like I said that's like. at 43 years old. that's like one of the only things that. gets me excited yeah. well it's a good thing to get excited. about that's right. well man I'm gonna be honest this took a. way different turn than I was expecting. but I like way better I like it uh. I like how it ended up I don't think. yeah I I don't think when we meet God. he's gonna be like yeah so you were.

registered a republican right. right. yeah I don't think I do think he I I do. think he's gonna care how we how we. lived our life and what we did. with what he blessed us with I do. believe that. um. you know but. I am glad this I am glad it took this. turn man because. so much more important than any of that. other stuff we were talking about.

oh man I just. I really appreciate you coming out here. I know you're a busy man you're a family. I know this. being a congressman's taking a toll on. you and your family and uh. and uh man I. I feel weird saying it but I I got to. man I'm just really proud of you dude. thank you to watch you stand your ground. yeah and thank you dude and do what your. voters want you to do.

you know what's weird Sean. is it um beef I was actually asked to. consider running for congress. I don't know if I told you that. and uh but anyway. I was confused. and I was like oh man I don't know that. sounds I'm very interested in politics I. find it I find it fascinating but more. importantly the mission side of it. trying to trying to fight fight for my. country again go go serve my country.

again like that that that's just core to. who I am. and it was weird because I was talking. to my wife and I was like babe. she was like after like a week after we. we talked to uh an individual who does. this type of stuff for a living. and she and uh she's like Eli no why. aren't you jumping at this opportunity. normally if you got asked to do. something like that like you'd be all. over it because I've always been like a.

risk taker swing for the fences fail a. bunch of times every once in a while you. hit one out of the park right. but I was like you know babe I'm I feel. confused. because I felt like God was calling me. into Ministry and I actually I actually. told my friends that I feel like God's. calling me into Ministry. and uh it was so cool Sean. because my wife she looks at me and she. says she says Eli do you not think God. can use you in Washington DC.

do you not think God can use you in. whatever whatever path he calls you into. you don't have to you know basically. she's saying you don't you don't have to. be a preacher you don't have to lead. some men's this right here. I would have never met you I would have. never got to come on your show. and this is kind of cool because I'm all. I'm putting this to get kind of putting. this together right now and this isn't. the first time but it's kind of cool. Sean because. God's using the Sean Ryan Show right now. for Ministry and even though like you.

know Eli went into politics my wife was. right. God can use you wherever you're at and I. think that's something that I know I've. got wrong but it doesn't matter if. you're watching this show from a tool. booth in Philadelphia. it doesn't matter where you're at like. you can you can use like the good news. and you can love on other people and. probably the most righteous way you ever. can or will by sharing the gospel with. other people no matter where you're at.

and that's been even as I sit in this. chair dude like it it was crazy how. everything just kind of came full circle. to me no joke. when you and I were talking about this. show like this isn't what we were really. talking about we didn't like we were. talking about more politics give us the. after action hot wash on first six. months of Congress that's where we were. headed it's just so cool that Not only. was my wife right. but.

that you know once again you see that no. matter what you're doing in a Godless. pretty Godless uh profession like. politics. you know God can use you there too man. yeah man that's cool I'm right there. with you I mean you know dinner we had a. discussion because I people have been. and I've see I've seen some pushing me I. saw um Eddie I saw I listened to some of. your Eddie Penny uh that was that was. pretty rad too man oh man you know with.

but I was gonna wrap it up here but. we'll go on but I'll tell you man you. came on you talked about the Bible. Justin Hughes came on he talked about. the Bible I know you guys are friends. Justin actually. helped me find the church that I've been. going to here that's awesome I said well. he was like well are you ready to go to. church and I was like no. and he was like all right he's like do. you want me to help you find one and I. was like yes but I don't think there's.

gonna be one yeah and uh and he found. one and I've been going I've gone every. week since then except for uh when we. had when we met in DC last week but yeah. but you had an impact on me man you did. so you know you came here you talked. about the Bible Justin Hughes talked. about the Bible Kyle Morgan talked about. the Bible and I had the all these. sporadic. people who ironically at first were all.

soft. operator types yeah then any Penny came. on yep and he really hit it out of the. park with it yep and. so ever since then every single person. that's come on this show has talked. about the Bible doesn't matter I mean. we've had doctors on we've we've had. everybody on yeah and they're all. talking about it my whole everybody I. know almost everybody I know is either.

going back to it or going to it for the. first time. and it's um it's interesting and and and. with what you just said God can use you. where you are yeah you know I've been. I've had a lot of people reach out. wanting me to get involved in politics. run for Congress run for Senate. something I don't know maybe I will. maybe I won't yeah when I and we had. this discussion at dinner yeah you know.

I think. I honestly believe that my biggest. impact that I could make is sitting. right here in this chair talking to. people like you talking about the. discussion that we just had I think. that's going to reach a hell of a lot. more people. and send a a louder message yeah for me. than going into politics and um. as much as I want to go I don't I mean I. got that's a tough decision but.

and then but I'm glad you said that man. because I think once once you get that. once we get that right once you get that. right once you get that right is even a. culture. Everything Changes Everything change. everything starts to just organically. change people you know. you know it's it's like a lot of the. insanity that you see out there if if. there was a Revival in the land. and it I think it's even in I think it's. second chronicles. um it talks about this if if my people.

will repent from their sin and turn back. to me I will heal heal their land and. I'm paraph like I didn't have it. completely memorized but that's. basically what the Lord says and so you. know it's just so cool that you said. that man because like there are a few. people Sean there are a few there are a. few pastors out there. that can have the impact. that you can have for the kingdom and. for him with this this Sean Ryan show. that never started out to even be.

anything like that right and that's dude. that is so rad and uh it's so cool too. because it's like. hey and it it can't we can't we can't. let it get twisted. God will use even dummies like us that's. the thing that that's the thing that we. have to remember remember and humble. ourselves because. you know it's like. we we can't let ourselves you you can't. get a big head you can't get a big head. and forget like who's actually you.

belong to and and who the glory and. honor belongs to. and it's not it's not us it's not the. Sean Ryan Show I mean it's cool that the. Lord will allow his sons and his. servants to do his work but he doesn't. need us. he just allows us to you know partner. with him in in his work to go after. every lost sheep out there. and and you know it's just like you know. I haven't got.

I've been pretty down lately man. really yeah. I have I've been struggling I and I've. been struggling because. I get so frustrated up there I get so. frustrated. and even I have so many good friends. that'll just send me like encouraging. messages scripture whatever it is. and uh and sometimes I'm like man I'm. away from my I'm away from my family. am I am I becoming a you know am I a. deadbeat dad like am I you know by.

trying to say by trying to fight for my. kids future am I am I losing my family. in the process and just you know when. you're away from your family you're. getting your tail whipped you're in this. you're in the minority you're fighting. this Behemoth of a unicarty swamp. but it's just cool man because uh this. show right here and just being able to. talk about. talk about that kind of lifted my. spirits dude it really did because. none of that stuff none of it.

scratches the surface none of it comes. close to the importance of what what we. just talked about for 45 minutes an hour. but I was going to ask how you're doing. you know I know that's going to be tough. no I I do man I I struggle because it's. just like. and it's it's hard too man because like. when people that you know and love. um.

and and everybody has their own. perspective but people that I know and. love. um. I feel like have you know just. been devoured by the system the swamp. the unit party that's that's hard it's. hard because it's like like if if it. were to happen to you and I love you and. I care about you. like I I you know I might say something. like initially like what are you doing.

but then I'd let you do your thing. because I respect your your. individuality I respect the relationship. you have with your voters you're there. to represent them not me right and so. but you know it's it's just been it's. been hard man because you. I feel like we play whack-a-mole up. there I really do and it's just like. this is this is Fault this wheel's. falling off over here this wheel's. falling off over here voters are like. you know what are you are you gonna are.

you gonna turn this thing around already. and I'm like oh God I'm trying brother I. I'm trying and I'm getting my tail. whipped and I wish one of the hardest. things for me Sean is to go back to my. district and and and meet with. constituents and it's not because. they're not amazing to me they they're. so amazing they're so encouraging but. I feel like I'm constantly the bearer of. bad news. because I'm not the rah-rah rah. cheerleading politician that and a lot. of people do that like we're gonna make.

you know we're gonna do this and we're. gonna do that and you know it's like. some people actually try and execute on. that stuff but I think there's so many. promises that politicians make that are. you know. maybe not completely out of their. control they have a little bit of. control but. you only control so much you know and it. anyway. you're doing the right thing it's just. it's just been it's been it made and. I'm even disappointed in myself.

for letting myself get to that point of. frustration because I I knew what I was. walking into man it's not like I thought. that I was gonna come up here kick open. the door and be like. you're changing because I'm here you. know I knew I knew better but just. watching it. and knowing you know watching it happen. and watching the complacency and and. just everything that goes on up there. and then.

uh you know getting your tail whooped. and and being and and being you know. hated in that town I mean it you know. for actually trying to change it and do. good that it gets it gets to it gets it. gets a lot of people off yeah yeah but. um man I just. whether I agree with what you're doing. or whether I don't and probably 99 I.

don't know everything you're doing. that's probably 99 I agree with yeah you. know but the point is I just respect you. man you know I I think a lot of people. go in there and it's to. get rich quick. or build a social media following. do the rah-rah Rob empty promise. [ __ ] yeah be fake. you're none of that yeah good you know. you you don't come across like that at.

all you don't seem Fame hungry I don't I. don't see it doing 20 million posts a. day on Twitter and Instagram you know. like like most of the politicians yeah. they are you know that's what they're. they they're they're they're [ __ ]. influencers yeah and you're not doing. that and and I mean just the fact that. you've. you voted on something that went against. what you believe in because your voters. who voted you and wanted that I mean. that speaks volume you never hear that.

yeah ever yeah man that was so tough it. was funny I was walking off the floor. and there were a couple of the older. guys that I respect and kind of have. been teammates and mentors and they. could tell like that I was distraught. man like I was like it got to me man I. was like oh my god dude this is a big. this is a big vote this is a big deal. um and a couple of them are like Eli. it's gonna be okay man it's gonna be. okay dude you know but. and I'm grateful man I'm grateful that.

God surrounded me with some awesome guys. up there uh some awesome awesome just. awesome people I feel blessed to be. there. um. it it is difficult but it's kind of cool. because even six months in. you know that even just sitting down to. do a podcast with you where I thought I. was going to be talking about politics. most. was probably one of the healthiest. things that I've done in a in a long in. a while just because it kind of brought.

me back to reality like. what what's really important man what. what's really if. if you could say one thing to somebody. on the other side of that screen. somebody who's lost hurting in pain. and who sees what we see. what what would that one thing be man. and I'm glad we got to talk about it. dude man me too well man. don't be so hard on yourself you're. doing a hell of a job yeah thanks bro I.

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