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I get the criticism here, and we have to because they've taken a wrecking ball to the government, and now it's affecting the economy, so it's affecting people's lives. I think folks today, 50-something days into it, this are poorer. If they have a 401k, any kind of a retirement program, any kind of savings like that, they've got less money today than they did before.
And then the cost of things are going up. This is the guy who said he was elected or running all about bringing down costs. He has done exactly the opposite of this. And these costs are going to continue to go up. And he lies to the American people about how tariffs work. All anybody has to do is look it up in the dictionary or in an encyclopedia to find out, you know, how do these things work?
And they're paid in the United States by the person who imports it. Turned, that cost gets passed on to the consumer. Prices go up. It's pretty simple. So I think we keep, you know, fighting back. You know, Elon is doing a lot of damage to... the federal government to the economy.
Hey, and then I think it's fair to say I'm all about, you know, change in the government and reducing any kind of redundancy or if there's waste or there's fraud. We have to have a serious look at that. But this isn't the way you do it. You do this through a process of.
you know, managing these agencies and looking for doing some analysis and then let the heads of the agencies, even the ones that I didn't vote for, let them take this on as a project. Let them do this and try to make smart decisions. This is just like random. And it's not helpful.
You know what I think most revealing too is when your Republican colleagues quash any attempts to subpoena Elon Musk so he could actually be transparent and testify before the Senate or even before the House about what he's doing. Finally, what are you hearing just from people in Arizona? Are you seeing a shift?
I mean, Arizona, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, about one-third, one-third, one-third Used to be reddish, now purplish. I mean, you're a Democratic senator, you know, in that state, purplish state. What do you make of the vibe? I mean, I know from when I used to practice law there, a strong view. I practiced in California, but I had a few cases out there. Privacy was always a big issue.
So not wanting people to go through their social security records, medical records. not have the federal government and Elon Musk and billionaires take it. I've heard that's a big issue. What are you just hearing generally? Is there a discernible shift that you've seen?
Well, I'm not going to hear from people that are the diehard Donald Trump supporters very often. I do occasionally. And, you know, there are some folks that just whatever he does, they're going to be in favor of. But there are so many people. And I think there's more of these folks that are really concerned about.
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Chapter 2: What did Peter Navarro say about Trump's presidency?
And by the way, just as an aside, why did the Department of Defense and we're still trying to verify exactly what happened, but decide to stop planning offensive operations against Russia, cyber operations when they attack us all the time? It happens every single day. So, you know, I think folks are you know, they're they're really concerned. And I get it.
And I'm going to be here in Washington, D.C., you know, fighting to get us back on track. It's going to take some time. We got an election in 2026. And then again, a presidential election in 2028. Elections matter. People need to show up and vote.
Senator Mark Kelly, thanks for joining us. We hope you come back. Thank you. Everybody hit subscribe. Let's get to 5 million subscribers.
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