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THE SALEM RADIO NETWORK.
>>> PORTLAND’S RADICAL DEM
MAYOR, TED WHEELER, PACKING UP
AND LEAVING HIS APARTMENT
COMPLEX.
RIOTERS AND ARSONISTS TARGETED
THE BUDDING HE LIVES -- THE
BUILDING HE LIVES IN MONDAY
NIGHT SETTING OFF FIRE WORKS,
STARTING FIRES ON THE BUILDING.
WHEELER WROTE TO NEIGHBORS THAT
IT WOULD BE BEST FOR HIM AND
EVERYONE ELSE THE MOVE.
IT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE THE
CASE.
I PRESUME HE MEANT ONLY THE
BUILDING, NOT THE CITY OF
PORTLAND.
PERHAPS WE SHOULD END A LARGE
HUSBAND VISTA THATS.
OUR NEXT GUEST HAVE INTRODUCED A
BILL BLOCKING RIOTERS FROM
GETTING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
JOINING US NOW IS CONGRESSMAN
JIM BANKS, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
ARMED IS SERVICES COMMITTEE.
CONGRESSMAN, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING HERE --
FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU THINK
THERE’S ANY CHANCE, I LIKE THE
IDEA OF YOUR LEGISLATION, DO YOU
REALLY BELIEVE THERE ARE TWO
DEMOCRATS WHO WOULD SUPPORT IT?
>> I DON’T -- I DOUBT IT, LOU.
FORTUNATELY, SENATOR COTTON
INTRODUCED IT IN THE SENATE
WHERE IT MIGHT HAVE A MUCH
BETTER CHANCE OF MOVING FORWARD,
AND BETWEEN HE AND I AND OTHER
REPUBLICANS WHO WANT TO JOIN US
ALONG THE WITHDRAW, HOPEFULLY WE
CAN MAYBE ADD IT TO AN AMENDMENT
TO ANY FUTURE BILL THAT MIGHT
PASS THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR THOSE
WHO RIOT AND CAUSE VIOLATION OR
DESTRUCTION IN THE STREETS.
I INVITE ALL OF MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES NATIONWIDE TO THINK
OF WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING THIS
VIOLENCE, THESE MOBS, THE RIOTS
TO AN END.
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE THE
DEMOCRATS WHO ARE GOING TO STOP
IT, IT’S GOING TO BE PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS WHO BRING
IT TO AN END.
LOU: WELL, THE PRESIDENT IS
DOING EVERYTHING HE CAN.
I HAVEN’T HEARD MUCH FROM THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE OR THE
LEADERSHIP OF THE SENATE, FOR
THAT -- ESPECIALLY THE SENATE,
FOR THAT MATTER.
THE PARTY SEEMS AGAIN TO BE
TRYING TO SPLINTER AS IT DID
UNDER PAUL RYAN IN THE HOUSE
WHEN HE WAS SPEAKER.
THIS LOOKS LIKE IT HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO BE A RERUN OF 2018
WHEN THE DEMOCRATS STOLE AN
ELECTION BECAUSE THE LEADERSHIP
COULDN’T DECIDE WHAT PARTY THEY
REALLY WANTED TO SUPPORT.
YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> WELL, LOU, I’M DOING MY PART.
FORTUNATELY, STEVE SCALISE WAS
THE FIRST REPUBLICAN WHO REACHED
OUT, SIGNED ONTO MY BILL, A DOPS
OTHERS HAVE DONE SO AS WELL.
LOU: GREAT.
>> AND AS THESE RIOTS CONTINUE
TO HAPPEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I
KNOW MYSELF I HEAR FROM MY
FAMILY, MY FRIENDS AT HOME IN MY
DISTRICT IN INDIANA EVERY SINGLE
DAY, THEY I CALL ME AND SAY,
JIM, I GO TO WORK EVERY DAY, I
WORK HARD, I PAY TAXES, I RAISE
MY FAMILY, I SUPPORT MY
COMMUNITY, AND THEN I TURN ON
THE TV AND SEE THE TRUNKS OF
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
WHAT ARE -- THE DESTRUCTION OF
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
THAT’S WHY I INTRODUCED THE
SUPPORT PEACEFUL PROTESTS ACT.
YOU SEE FROM MAYOR TED WHEELER
IN PORTLAND, LOU, HERE’S A GUY
WHO’S SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER
FEEDING THE BEAST HOPING THEY
WOULD EAT HIM LAST, AND THE TIME
HAS COME.
THE MAYOR OF SAN JOSE HAD A BLM
FLAG ON HIS HOUSE, THEY STILL
VANDALIZED IT.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE
DEMOCRATS ARE HYPOCRITES FOR
TURNING A BLIND EYE TO THESE
ACTIVITIES.
NOW WE HAVE TO -- REPUBLICANS
ARE THE ONES WHO ARE TRYING TO
DOING SOMETHING TO STOP IT.
LOU: YEAH.
IN MY OPINION, THEY’RE A HELL OF
A LOT WORSE THAN HYPOCRITES.
THEY ARE SELLING OUT THE
COUNTRY, AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY
THE CONSEQUENCE OF WHAT GIVING
GREATER POWER TO HAVE BLM AND
THE ANTIFA ACTIVISTS WILL DO.
IT’S AN OUTRAGE THAT THEY’RE NOT
OUTRAGED, THEY’RE JUST SIMPLY
PLAYING THE GAME AS THEY WILL
AND TRYING TO PRESERVE A
COALITION OF CONSTITUENCIES THAT
IS FALLING APART BENEATH THEM.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS MOVING
SO FAR TO THE LEFT, I DON’T
THINK THERE IS AT THIS POINT --
THE PRESIDENT HAS GREATER WIND
AT HUSBAND BACK EVERY DAY -- AT
HIS BACK EVERY DAY AS A RESULT
OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THE HOUSE DOESN’T SEEM TO HAVE
ANY WAY TO BENEFIT.
LET ME TURN TO A COUPLE OF
THINGS THAT IS GOING, THAT’S
HAPPENING THAT IS DEEPLY
TROUBLING, AND THAT IS THAT THIS
VIOLENCE IN VARIOUS STATES ARE
DEMOCRAT-RUN CITIES, AND I DON’T
WANT HEAR AS MANY REPUBLICANS IN
THE HOUSE PARTICULARLY, JIM --
YOU ARE CERTAINLY AN EXCEPTION,
AND THERE ARE MANY, BUT THEY’RE
NOT LINING UP WITH THIS
PRESIDENT.
AND I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW
THEY THINK THEY CAN POSSIBLY
PROSPER.
BECAUSE IF THEY’RE NOT WITH THIS
PRESIDENT, THEY’RE AGAINST THE
PEOPLE.
IT’S THAT SIMPLE.
HE IS A POPULIST REPUBLICAN.
AND, BY THE WAY, THE INVERSE OF
POPULIST IS TO BE ANTI-PEOPLE.
IT’S JUST THAT SIMPLE.
THEY’RE SUCKING UP TO CORPORATE
INTERESTS, TO WALL STREET, AND
IT’S GOT TO END.
>> LOU, THIS IS --
LOU: IT’S HIS PARTY.
>> -- BEST PRESIDENT OF MY LIFE.
LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN
HE GAVE WHAT I BELIEVE THE BEST
SPEECH HE’S GIVEN IN FOUR YEARS,
WHICH IS SAYING A LOT, AT THE
CONVENTION, WE HEARD HIM WEAVE
TOGETHER SO MANY OF THESE THEMES
THAT SPEAK TO THE HEART AND SOUL
OF WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT
SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IT DIDN’T FEEL LIKE A REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION, IT FELT LIKE A
PRO-AMERICA SPEECH, A
PRO-AMERICA CONVENTION.
AND I CAN’T, I CAN’T DEFEND MY
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES WHO AREN’T
ONBOARD WITH THE PRESIDENT
BECAUSE I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT
MYSELF.
THIS PRESIDENT IS SO POPULAR
WHERE I COME FROM, HE’S SO
POPULAR WITH HOOSIERS IN MY
STATE THAT IT’S, IT DOESN’T MAKE
ANY SENSE FOR ME THAT ANY
REPUBLICAN WOULDN’T BE ONBOARD
FULLY WITH THIS PRESIDENT AND
HIS AGENDA.
LOU: YEAH.
AND GOOD FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN A SUPPORTER
THROUGHOUT FOR THIS GREAT
PRESIDENT.
WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND WE
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU’RE DOING
