Transcript
Josh Holmes (0:00)
Everybody's going to find a reason to say no to anything in Washington because anything is political risk. Doing nothing is the easiest thing to do. And you see that with, like, Thomas Massie saying no. Like, no, it's going to run up our deficits, giving Democrats a talking point in the process. It's like, okay, well, I mean, you go home and tell people they have a 25% increase on their taxes and at the same time that you're also voting no to no avail on no spending cuts and everything else. You know what I mean? Like, if you actually want to make a tangible difference, you gotta be a part of that solution.
Dick Durbin (0:38)
He's Donald Trump's number one enemy in Congress. Chicago Senator Dick Durbin. And now Dick Durbin has a new scheme, a government takeover of your credit card. Today, consumers have thousands of choices in credit cards, all with equal, strong security. But Durbin's plan is less competition and less security, and that means more risk for your credit and your identity. Tell Republicans in Congress, stop Dick Durbin's takeover of your credit card before it's too late.
Michael Duncan (1:10)
Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please.
John Ashbrook (1:14)
Keep the fate, hold the line and own the lids.
Michael Duncan (1:17)
It's time for our main event.
Josh Holmes (1:23)
Well, a very good Tuesday to you coming out of this holiday weekend. I trust everybody had a wonderful Memorial Day, a very, very good time to remember all the heroes that came before us that ensured we can do things like this in the greatest country in the world, in the world has ever seen. I'm Josh Holmes, along with comfortably smug Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook, left to right, across your radio dial. Listen, if you didn't get a chance over Memorial Day, just sort of reflect on all of the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform have made and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Take a minute and think about it, because ultimately, that's what all of this stuff is about. It's the reason why we can do all of it and why we can have fun here in the Ruthless Variety program. My sense is, is that Nazi Germany or, you know, what Hamas has in mind for us would be something different than a Ruthless variety program and certainly something less than the liberty and the freedom that we enjoy in this country. So thank you for joining us. We've got a very fun show. Listen, there's a bunch of things that have happened here in the last week. There's a tendency for all of the media to focus in on promises and process, right? They cover what it is that people say that they're gonna do. And then the process by which they go about doing. Not a lot of conversation dedicated to the hard, painstaking work that it takes to get those things done. And if anything, you get a headline the next day like, ah, they passed this and that. Here we go. Everybody thought they were going to do that because, you know, Republicans are Republicans. Two things in particular. You're all aware of the budget reconciliation bill, the tax cuts, which we long flagged as the most difficult part of the Trump agenda because of the narrow majority that House Republicans have and their ability to get that done. And for the last 60, 90 days, you've had every member of the press corps and pundits and everybody else being like, well, I don't know, let's find the three dissidents who say they're not gonna vote for it. And maybe it's up in the air, maybe they can't get it done. But just recall, this is a cornerstone of the economic agenda that President Trump talked about on the campaign trail in 2024. And, like, what unlocks everything that he's doing internationally and everything else. Like, you can settle our domestic stuff without it. There's, like, you know, 24% tax increase on Americans. It's insane. And they never talk, of course, the media never talks about it that way. But a bunch of different constituencies within any majority, but certainly this majority, if you got a very diverse group of Republicans from different places around the country. And finding that balance is very difficult. Speaker Johnson found that balance.