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PBD Podcast
RFK Jr. Hearing, Trump & Guantánamo Bay, American Airlines Crash w/ Rep. Byron Donalds | PBD Podcast | Ep. 541
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PBD Podcast
RFK Jr. Hearing, Trump & Guantánamo Bay, American Airlines Crash w/ Rep. Byron Donalds | PBD Podcast | Ep. 541
Yep. Ms. Marcus, can I just start with you? You testified a moment ago to Senator Butler that every child gets a know your rights presentation. Is that correct?
PBD Podcast
RFK Jr. Hearing, Trump & Guantánamo Bay, American Airlines Crash w/ Rep. Byron Donalds | PBD Podcast | Ep. 541
Is that before or after you release them to labor traffickers? Senator, every child that comes into our care gets a Know Your Rights presentation as well as... Have you read these New York Times reports, these stories, the series of stories the New York Times has done on the children who are in your care? Have you read them?
PBD Podcast
RFK Jr. Hearing, Trump & Guantánamo Bay, American Airlines Crash w/ Rep. Byron Donalds | PBD Podcast | Ep. 541
Have you read that children are scrubbing dishes, they are operating heavy machinery, they are delivering meals, they are harvesting coffee, they are working construction, they are working as housekeepers, they are working overnight shifts at plants where they are not paid, they are not going to school, they are not cared for, they are not giving meals, almost all of it illegally.
PBD Podcast
RFK Jr. Hearing, Trump & Guantánamo Bay, American Airlines Crash w/ Rep. Byron Donalds | PBD Podcast | Ep. 541
Are you aware of that? That's a yes or no.
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Trans Pervert Mafia Will Fight To the Bitter End
Yeah, I think it's an abuse of the, of the article three power to be honest with you, Charlie. I just don't think that these district courts and that's what we're talking about here. Let's just be clear.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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So everybody listening understands these are district courts, which are basically local federal courts who are trying to say, okay, I'm not just going to issue an order that says what the executive branch can or cannot do inside my district. I'm going to issue an order that binds the executive branch for the entire nation. And my view is absent some really extraordinary circumstances,
The Charlie Kirk Show
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That's just not a power I think district courts have, and we're seeing it on, as you said, on a mass scale, a mass scale. And I think what's going to happen here is what needs to happen is one of two things. Either the Supreme Court needs to intervene and make clear there's only one court that can issue rules for the whole country. That's the Supreme Court. That's why we only have one of them.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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And or if they won't do that, Congress will. needs to legislate and make clear district courts in the usual matter of things do not have the ability to issue these kind of injunctions.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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Yeah, and this is the problem, by the way. I mean, when you've got an injunction like this, national injunctions like this, it really takes the teeth out of appellate review. I mean, this is important to understand because it's like, well, sure. I mean, the remedy for this is, yeah, you go appeal it. So we have an appellate system. That all works very well. We're proud of our court system.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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But if you can, at the district court level, if you can say, I'm just going to stop what you're doing nationally, and I'm going to keep it stopped all while you're appealing, boy, that really undermines the authority of appellate courts. It really undermines the authority of the Supreme Court. So to answer your question, Charlie,
The Charlie Kirk Show
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I certainly would think appetite would be growing on Capitol Hill for a reform of this kind, because what we are seeing is really, it is unprecedented. We saw this in the first Trump term. We saw a number of these district courts, nationwide injunctions, but not on this scale ranging over all of these topics. It really is a form of judicial resistance.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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And I think they are outside the bounds of their authority. I'm really concerned about it.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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Well, I was just going to jump in with another quote from the Supreme Court in years past, which says that the president is the sole organ, that's the quote, sole organ of foreign policy in the United States under our Constitution. So again, let's be clear about this. What these district courts are doing is not just disregarding the written text of the Constitution.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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That's clear of not been bad enough. They're disregarding their own superior courts who said over and over, when it comes to foreign affairs, for example, that's why we have an executive. That's why... The founders created an executive because you don't run foreign policy by committee. That's Congress. Congress is the power of the purse. You don't run it by court.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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You run it by an executive who's accountable to the people. And I'm concerned that these decisions by these lower courts are undermining that. They're disregarding Supreme Court doctrine. And if they persist in this, it's going to create a real crisis.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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You know, we're seeing this everywhere, Charlie, in all these states, and we're seeing it across the board.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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I mean, I just think if I sat there in the Congress and the joint address session, the State of the Union, so to speak, a few weeks ago, and watched the Democrats not just interrupt the president, which would have been bad enough and extremely rude and frankly, unprofessional and childish, they tried to disrupt the proceedings. And I think it was even worse than it appeared on TV, because as
The Charlie Kirk Show
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the Democrats actively trying to disrupt the proceedings to stop the president from speaking. And then, of course, openly flaunting his guests, disrespecting his guests, including that young man who's the cancer survivor. So here's my point, Charlie. We are seeing, I think, with the Democrat Party. a basic disgust for and disregard for the rule of law. And we've been seeing it on our campuses.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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It's the same thing we're seeing there, burning down, burning American flags, burning Israeli flags, burning down buildings, assaulting folks. We're seeing it everywhere. And, you know, it's really, it reminds me, Charlie, the Democrat Party these days, they're really not a party anymore. They're like a theater troupe and a band of roving marauders funded by George Soros.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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I mean, this is really what they are. And it is dangerous for this country. And I hope This is a chance for, I know you sat down with Gavin Newsom, who desperately wants to be president. This would be a chance for some of these people to stand up and say, what you're doing here, Democrats, is insane and wrong.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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What? I mean, what a joke. What a sorry excuse for leadership. I mean, it's just unbelievable. But what it gets to, Charlie, is this is a party now. That is really a party of arsonists, and sometimes literally, to your earlier point. They don't have any solutions. They don't have anything to offer the country.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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And if they can't run the country and change it, because that's what they've been trying to do for 30, 40 years. They've been trying to fundamentally revamp, transform, overhaul this country. If they can't do that, then they'd just like to burn it. now. They're saying, oh, America, if Americans won't have us, we will burn it down.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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Whether it's car dealerships or campuses, you name it, they want to burn it. And I tell you what, I don't think the American people are going to look at that and say, oh, yeah, yeah, gee, we'd love to have these people running the country. That's why they just lost six months ago.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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And if this continues, they're going to lose worse and worse because people want to rebuild this country, not destroy it.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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I hope passing in a big, beautiful fashion very quickly. I mean, my concern, I'll just be honest with you, is I don't think Congress has moved quickly enough. The president has moved with lightning speed, lightning speed like we've never seen. Congress... needs to get on the same page.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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The other thing we need to do, Charlie, is we need to keep with the president saying working class people in this country need a tax cut. No taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime. We need to give working people who propelled Donald Trump to the presidency. They are the backbone of our party. You know that better than anybody. They need a tax cut. Joe Biden has ground them down for four years.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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Donald Trump is going to lift them up. Congress now needs to deliver, give these people tax relief.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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Oh, yeah, I hope so. I think so. And border security also, you mentioned that that's absolutely huge. We have got to unleash this economy. And the way we do that is. We restrained federal spending. Not just restrained, we cut all of the spending that the Democrats did for the last four years and more.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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Trillions of dollars, trillions under Joe Biden that went to the Green New Deal, which Trump is right to call the Green New Scam. All of that needs to be cut back. We need to give working people more of their hard-earned money, give them and their families tax relief, take off the shackles on American energy, close down the border, stop the illegal immigration once and for all. If you do that,
The Charlie Kirk Show
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then truly the Trump agenda will be in force and this country will roar to life. Republicans have the chance to deliver. We need to do it and we need to act soon.
The Charlie Kirk Show
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Thank you. Thanks for having me.