B (3:35)

An extension with abortion restrictions kills women. So no, I'm not going to allow this Republican majority to kill women.

A (3:42)

Now let me just pull out what she's actually saying. There's Democrats like AOC would rather have these subsidies expire. They're calling the end of these subsidies life or death for people. But they would rather have those subsidies expire than continue with protections against letting these funds be used for abortion. There's something called the Hyde Amendment that's existed for decades, that's prevented taxpayer dollars from funding abortions. That has existed for a very long time. Republicans are saying if these subsidies are extended, there need to be higher hide protections that prevent taxpayer dollars from going to abortion. AOC and Democrats care more about abortion than actually extending these subsidies to people who need them. But the other thing that I want to get to here is I would love if one reporter would ask AOC if she believes that subsidies should go to families making five or six hundred thousand dollars a year as they do now. Because that is what Democrats are demanding these be extended to one without any fixes. They are refusing any discussion about income caps. And I would love for people like AOC to answer whether they actually believe taxpayers at the lowest income bracket should have to pay for subsidies for wealthy people. Last point on this topic I would make is the Democrats have done a very good job of convincing people that premiums rising at the end of this year is only due to these pandemic premium subsidies expiring. But a study highlights the fact that only 3.3% of the increase in premiums is due to these subsidies expiring. The rest is just due to Obamacare being terrible. If you look at that table, the orange there is 3.3%. That's the entire hike that is coming from these pandemic premium subsidies expiring. The rest is just due to Obamacare being terrible. So Republicans have to get out and continue to remind people what's actually at stake here. Democrats are demanding pandemic premium subsidies for families making over 400, $500,000 a year, while Republicans are saying let's cut five fraud, waste and abuse so these healthcare dollars can get to people who actually need them. As we get closer to Christmas, you might be seeing an uptick in fun, heartfelt Christmas commercials like this.

C (5:50)

Oh, hey mom, hey dad.

B (5:55)

Hello, hello.

A (5:56)

Oh no, I love these. I love the Coca Cola polar bear. I love, you know, the M and Ms. Christmas commercials. I love these car commercials because I think it's fun, it's heartfelt. They play at our heartstrings the right way. A Trump advisor, Steve Moore of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, former scholar at the Heritage foundation, has an op ed in the Daily Wire this week talking about how those types of commercials are at risk. Bernie Sanders latest crusade could kill your favorite Christmas commercials. A top Trump advisor warns that banning pharmaceutical ads would do more harm than good. Of that Chevy commercial, Steve writes, it's the kind of commercial American companies have long excelled at, emotionally evocative in all the right ways, tapping into nostalgia, family and the warmth of the season, and yes, selling a product. Holiday ads have become a part of our cultural fabric. Think of Coca Cola's polar bears or the Budweiser Clydesdales. These ads don't just market products, they help set the tone for the season. Ads like these may not survive if Washington continues down a troubling road of restricting TV commercials for politically unpopular but legal products. At the top of his list is pharmaceutical ads, which Senator Bernie Sanders wants removed from the airwaves. In that fight, he has an unlikely ally, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Now what Moore is arguing there is While a lot of people might have distrust of the pharmaceutical industry, particularly after Covid, it is a scary slippery slope to give government the power to stop or ban or limit commercial speech in ads, Moore argues what's to stop a future Democrat administration from using similar arguments to ban ads for gas powered cars or even disposable diapers. As you enjoy holiday commercials this season, think about the implications of policies like that. Here on the 10 minute drill. We have actively enjoyed covering the entrance of Jasmine Crockett into the Texas Senate race because she creates a whole lot of content over the weekend. In an interview, she said this you.

B (7:51)

Can decide that you're gonna vote for a Dr. R because it's just kind of what makes sense. Or you can decide that you're gonna vote for somebody that understands the struggle of the farmer and the rancher or what it is to live in rural Texas.

A (8:02)

Now, that sounds like a very good pitch. You want somebody who understands the plight of farmers and ranchers if you want to represent a state like Texas. However, just a few weeks ago, she also said this.

B (8:13)

The fact is, ain't none of y' all trying to go and farm right now. You not. You not. We done picking cotton.

A (8:22)

So that was Jasmine Crockett arguing for higher levels of immigration, saying, none of you want to farm and we're done picking cotton. Which I think probably will not play particularly well in Texas. But that campaign is going super well. In what's becoming a regular segment here at 10 Minute Drill today, we're gonna talk about another instance of Democrats not understanding how charts work. Because in this case, this highlights a major challenge for Democrats where they're trying to argue with President Trump is at fault for something, when actually the charts they're highlighting show that Democrats were responsible for something. Take this chart. This is A chart showing U.S. electricity prices, the average U.S. electricity price, dollar per kilowatt hour. And it starts back in 2014 and has a very large jump between 2020 and 2024. Chris Murphy tweets, this is important, especially that part about in all caps, costs going up because Trump is making them go up, not because of natural economic factors. However, when you look closely at the chart, what you realize is everything he's showing is the Biden years. As you look at that side by side with one, showing what the Biden years were and what President Trump was. It's important because Chris Murphy and Democrats are trying as hard as they can to say that Donald Trump is responsible for their rising electricity and utility costs. When we can point out the exact policies Democrats championed that drove up those costs by attacking supply of natural gas, of nuclear energy, of coal, all of the things that these states rely on. Democrats attack those with surgical precision and now want you to look at a chart that only shows the Biden presidency. Look at it and say, oh, look what Donald Trump did. It doesn't make any sense, but it does. Again, help us remind everyone that when Democrats are saying that, they are clearly lying. For today's yous Can't Make it up segment, we go back to Tim Waltz. Now, as we've discussed over the last several weeks, the fallout from this massive $1 billion Minnesota fraud scandal continues. We've talked a lot about Keith Ellison, the Minnesota attorney General, and his role in covering this up. Tim Waltz also has done a terrible job managing the fallout from this. Here is him in a press conference asked if he believes that the Somali community should be doing more to police themselves against this type of terrible, fraudulent behavior. What do you want to hear more from instead of just saying don't blame us, do you want to see more ownership and oversight from within this?

C (10:54)

Look, it's not law abiding citizens. If that were the case, there's a lot of white men should be holding a lot of white men accountable for the crimes that they have committed.

A (11:02)

Tim Waltz, clearly still living in a previous era where just blaming white men for everything was all you needed to do to survive in Democrat politics, is showing here that he has no interest in actually bringing about accountability. And I think that's going to chase him for a long time. But the what about white men pivot is not a very strong suit here. Which again, for someone who is so.

C (11:25)

Strong, I think some of us scare them. I think I scare them a little bit. Why they spend so much time on me. No, I'm serious. Because I can fix a truck. They know I'm not on this. I'm not putting this in people's grill. I don't know if my identity is not hunting. My identity is not football coaching.

A (11:42)

We know that your identity is not hunting because we've seen you try and rack a shotgun. And we know your identity is not coaching because of that time you tweeted about running a pick six. We know that this was all manufactured by the campaign, but that does not stop us from enjoying watching you try to do it. Thank you for the memories, Tim. That is all the time we have for today. Thank you so much for joining us here on 10 Minute Drill. Please, like subscribe, tell a friend. See you next time.