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Welcome to this, I guess you could call it an episode just today on the Charlie Kirk Show. We're thrilled to be with you guys. There's a lot to be down about. We got men who think they are women that are going to be competing in women's sports who are destroying jobs like they're going out of style. We are. We got a lot of problems in this country, but actually we have some good news today. That's right. Not just some average news, but some great news to share. And we are going to be one of the only programs, I think, in the entire country celebrating today. Now, I don't want to celebrate too preemptively because some people could be misleading us. Some people could be saying some things that are not true. However, anytime that we get even the smallest victory in the coming months and years, we're going to take a moment to enjoy it and to appreciate it. So right now, there is a lot of fear in the conservative movement for good reason. A lot of people are very worried that now the Democrats in total and complete control of our country with the United States House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House are going to do everything they possibly can to fundamentally change our country. We're already seeing what Joe Biden has done in less than a week, wasting no time with transgender executive orders, with the destruction of the Keystone XL pipeline, with many other executive actions and orders, what he is trying to do with just his own power and control. However, the thing that we as conservatives should be most worried about, the things that we should be most concerned about, is not just Joe Biden signing executive orders. Those are bad, but they can be undone. But instead, the dramatic changes to how our country is run, to how we do our elections, and to how we have representation in government. The major concerns that most conservatives have are the following. Joe Biden's going to try to add new states to the union like Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. Joe Biden's going to try to eliminate the Electoral College. Joe Biden is going to try to have universal vote by mail. HR1 in the United States House of Representatives. Joe Biden is going to fundamentally change the way that we do freedom of speech in this country, or freedom of speech is allowed and protected. All of these fears are understandable. And with Chuck Schumer going around saying that we win Georgia, we are going to change the world. And now a New York liberal Democrat is running the United States Senate with a San Francisco liberal running the United States House of Representatives. Most conservatives are seeking metaphorical shelter right now. They're saying, that's it, the Republic is over. We're done. I actually have some good news to share. You see, the Founding Fathers put in provisions, they put in safeguards for liberty and freedom to make a complete and total revolution in our country very difficult. It takes time. It takes widespread public support, and it takes more than just 50 votes with the Vice President as a tiebreaker. You're going to hear this word thrown around a lot. And believe it or not, far left wing activists are actually angrier than grassroots conservatives should be today. That's right. Grassroots conservatives today, at least at the very moment we're in, can take a small and brief sigh of relief. Whereas far left wing activists that want to fundamentally redefine the country, they got a lot of yelling, screaming, protesting and lobbying to do. And there's a word that you're going to hear quite a lot, and that word is filibuster. I have found that a lot of people talk about the filibuster, a lot of people mention it, but very few people actually know what the filibuster is. Of course, a filibuster is a tactic, a tactic of obstruction, specifically used in the United States Senate. I think it comes from the Dutch word pirate. Not exactly sure how they connected those two together, but there's your Tuesday trivia. The filibuster is best known when one or more senators attempt to delay or block a vote on a bill by extending debate on the measure. Now, if you go back to the Federalist Papers, the Founding Fathers, some of them, including Alexander Hamilton, argued for a simple majoritarian vote to be able to pass legislation. The filibuster was really adopted in a debate that happened right around 1820 called the Missouri Compromise. It was a theoretical option, but then as America became, some would say, more divided, the filibuster then became more and more used. In 1917, on a simple roll call vote in the United States Senate, cloture emerged. Now, what is cloture? Well, cloture is the motion or process in a parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a close, quick end. Let's end the debate. Let's Move, let's move on, let's proceed. So from 1917 to 1949, because of a simple vote on arming merchant vessels in the United States Senate, a requirement to end the debate was 2/3 of senators voting. And you might say, well, how long could they possibly debate? The answer is because the way the Senate is structured, they could debate for weeks or months. They could keep an open debate floor. In order to end that debate, it would require, it would require two thirds of the United States Senate to vote. The filibuster is most famous for being used in the civil rights era. President Obama has called the filibuster a civil. No, I'm sorry, a Jim Crow relic. Southern Democrats attempted to block the passage of the Civil Rights act in 1964 by filibustering for 75 hours, including a 14 hour and 13 minute address by Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who Hillary Clinton, I believe, spoke at his funeral. From 1917 to 1970, the Senate took cloture, took a cloture vote about once a year. There were about 49 cloture votes. From 1970 onward, they moved it down to 60 votes, where it stayed in order to get nominations and big pieces of legislation, to get anything really to move forward. And I'm going to explain in the next segment the technicalities of it because it's really important to be able to proceed and move legislation and debate because without ending debate, you can't actually vote on legislation. So it is a, it's a barrier, if you will, to parliamentary barrier from just getting to a majority vote. Now all of that actually changed because of a Democrat. All of the history in the precedent in the United States Senate changed because of one man, Harry Reid. Harry Reid in 2013 got a little greedy. Harry Reid wanted to confirm a couple, I think they were appellate judges, there were four of them, circuit court judges. And so then he invoked the nuclear option, saying, we will go to a simple majority vote. In the next segment, I will play you the clip of Senator Mitch McConnell saying that he will regret it. But now the precedent has been set. And so for nominations, a simple majority vote was needed. Every New Year, all you hear is New Year, new Me. That usually means you'll be picking up better habits or trying new things. And if you do take up a new hobby, it's even better when you have an amazing audio that will make the experience even better. 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So feel free to buy a pair and a spare that's 15% off@buyraycon.com kirkbyraycon.com Kirk we've been going through the historical background of the filibuster. So basically what ended up happening in 2013 is Harry Reid came out and said, I am going to get rid of the 60 vote threshold minimum in order to confirm circuit court judges. Harry Reid did this and was really met with harsh criticism and a be careful what you wish for response from then Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. Play tape, say to my friends on the other side of the aisle, you'll regret this. And you may regret it a lot sooner than you think. You may regret this a lot sooner than you may think. Well, Senator Mitch McConnell was correct. In 2017, Republicans regained control of the White House and the United States Senate. And Senator Mitch McConnell did not do any dramatic rules changes, just took the precedent set by Harry Reid for appointments. Not major pieces of legislation, but appointments. Now, every single appointment and every debate takes the removal of cloture. Now some of you might be saying, well Charlie, how can they do all this constitutionally? Well, nowhere in the United States Constitution does it say how many votes you need in the United States Senate to do anything. All of this is United States Senate precedent. The people that are fighting against changes in the filibuster are best described as institutionalists. They're people that want to protect the rights of the minority in the United States Senate. And so in order to pass a piece of legislation like adding Washington D.C. as a state, it takes a simple one vote more than the other party in the House of Representatives. But when it goes to the Senate, there'll be debate, there will be objections. And in order to end that debate, they have to go invoke something called cloture. Now, Chuck Schumer can say, I want D.C. to be a state. I'm doing the nuclear option. Well, here's the good news. If Chuck Schumer wants to do the nuclear option, he's going to need 50 votes to do that, which would be an incredibly aggressive move by him. But here's the wonderful news I have to share with you today. Senator Kyrsten Sinema from Arizona and Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia, if you believe them, which we have no reason not to because they have fought for the filibuster protections previously, have said under no circumstances, we will not change our mind and we are going to keep the filibuster. So what does that mean? The Daily Caller, I think, summarizes this the best. With Democrats retaking the Senate, they'll be able to control congressional committees, allowing them to hold hearings and issue subpoenas of their choosing. They'll have enough votes to confirm judicial nominees without Republican support, but they will likely not have enough support to pass many progressive priorities, like court packing, green, New Deal state additions, since Senate rules allow lawmakers to filibuster most pieces of legislation, essentially allowing them to block its passage. Democrats can, however, pass certain legislation with a simple majority called bucket budget reconciliation, which attempts legislation pertaining to taxes and broader government spending, which was used to the Tax Cut act back in 2017. So while Democrats likely do not have the votes to enact policies like D.C. statehood gerrymandering reforms, and still they still theoretically could pass parental leave and infrastructure spending, coronavirus relief. So there's a lot of nonsense that will be packed, but nothing that couldn't be reversed and nothing that dramatically alters the trajectory of the nation. You want to know what would change the trajectory of the nation? New seats on the United States Supreme Court, new states being added, the abolition of the Electoral College and HR1 because Kirsten Sinema and Joe Manchinoff said, well, we are not going to change Senate precedent on that. Chuck Schumer is now left with now having to find 60 vote consensus on all major pieces of legislation. What does that mean? The Democrat wish list to fundamentally destroy America is temporary, put on hold. That's actually a reason to say thanks. Truth is very important to me. Pursuing truth is a huge part of who I am and what I stand for. When you look around at what's happening to our country, you can see why Many people are experiencing real frustration with the news media, along with feelings of uncertainty and a lack of hope for the future. How can we know which is true and where or in whom we can place our trust? The only place I've found unwavering truth and peace is my faith in Jesus Christ. 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And in fact, if Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Senator Joe Manchin are not pathologically lying to us, they will not be able to add seats to the United States Supreme Court, add DC and Puerto Rico as states pass HR1amongst other left wing fantasy plans to try to fundamentally change America, Senator Kyrsten Sinema came out and said, quote, that she's against eliminating the filibuster and she is not open to changing her mind. Now for those of us that spend a lot of time in Arizona, we are say, familiar with Senator Kyrsten Sinema. She labels herself as a moderate and in some things she is. In other things she's very radical. But she's not dumb. And there's one thing I've never heard anyone say about Senator Kyrsten Sinema, and by her now saying that she's supporting the filibuster, she has made herself one of the most powerful Senators in Washington. So someone like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, who don't really work across the aisle, who just vote straight partisan all the way through, are nowhere near as powerful now as Senator Kyrsten Sinema or Senator Joe Manchin. So the filibuster, keeping the filibuster in place, getting to 60 votes, or at least the threat of it, makes every single one of Senator Sinema's wishes and demands more likely to happen any One of the pet projects that she wants to see implemented, whatever that might be. But let's say you're Chuck Schumer and you want to add DC As a state because Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin will not vote to abolish the rule change to get to the vote. And all Republicans will likely vote 50. Chuck Schumer attempting to do that would lose, at least at first glance, only getting 48 votes if every other Democrat voted alongside of it. Where Jon Tester, we're not sure where he will go, who's a Democrat, senator from Montana. So what's the significance of this? Democrats are going to pass increased economic, social welfare programs. They're gonna pass all sorts of nonsense. But the stuff that makes it where conservatives and Republicans can never compete again, it does not look like that is going to happen in the United States Senate this year or next year. That's amazing news because it feels as if we are just waiting and it's imminent that the filibuster is going to get lifted and we are going to see D.C. puerto Rico become states, the Electoral College will get eliminated, new additions to the United States Supreme Court, and next thing you know, we won't have the country that we thought we did. I'm not saying they're not going to do damage. Trust me, they're going to get plenty of pressure from their left wing flank to do damage. But Senator Rand Paul, I remember vividly speaking to him, he's a friend of mine, last year he said, no matter what, we must keep the filibuster in place. Now it's worth remembering and going through that President Trump wanted the filibuster to be lifted. President Trump wanted the filibuster be lifted because he said, we can't get big stuff done quick enough. Democrats are getting in our way. Let's go. And I understand the temptation to do that. And in fact, at times I thought to myself, yeah, why do we have this silly filibuster? But now it makes a lot of sense. Because if you want to jam everything through in two to four years and say whatever, what happens after, that way then every party will just rule and govern with an iron fist. Can you show me what one major piece of legislation that Democrats are proposing right now that would expand freedom and liberty and preserve the American Republic? No, not at all. And so because of this measure, it slows the process down. It gives a voice to the moderates, it gives representation to the minority. Because the Democrats, including Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, know this Republicans could retake control of the Senate in 2022. In fact, they're probably likely to. There's some great flip opportunities, including Georgia and yes, Arizona. Kyrsten Sinema amongst other states where Republicans can really compete, I think quite well. And if Republicans don't take it back in 2022, maybe they could do it in 2024, where Democrats have a lot of seats also at risk across the Rust Belt and across the country. And so the question remains, why celebrate this news? Some people are saying, why is this good? It's phenomenal news because the things that we fear the most if these senators are telling the truth, will not happen. And instead what will happen is the Democrat Party is now going to fight over why they won't lift the filibuster. So now Cinema and Manchin will go from very powerful moderates to hated Democrats who say, you're getting in the way of our once in a century progress, Cinema and mansion. Don't you understand how much money we spent to get the House and the Senate? And. And you just want to pass more Covid relief. That's not what the Senate's for. The Senate's not for Covid relief. The Senate's for DC Puerto Rico estates. The Senate's for getting rid of the Electoral College. That's how the radicals think. That's how AOC thinks, That's how Warren thinks. That's how Warnock thinks. That's how Ossoff thinks. When in reality, the Senate has always been a deliberative body and it always should be. The Senate should be a place where you weigh the cost of are we really willing to pass this major piece of legislation. That might fundamentally transform the country forever. And so that's why Senator Sinema and Senator Manchin's announcement is reason for celebration. The Founders made it intentionally difficult to get anything done in government. As Justice Antonin Scalia said, we must fall in love with the gridlock. Are they going to still pass through a bunch of nonsense? No doubt. Are they going to still be able to get to 50? Maybe uncertain budget reconciliation? Sure. But the pipe dream issues are not going to happen if Manchin and Sinema hold the line. And quite honestly, I have respect for them, I have respect for Cinema and Manchin because it would have been a lot easier for them to do the typical Washington D.C. thing. As usual, just cow to the Washington Post, don't hold the line. But Kyrsten Sinema actually wants to be a US Senator in Arizona. I say this as someone who will probably be campaigning in favor of Somebody against her one day she's gonna be tough to beat because she'll be able to go back to Arizona and say, I'm a Democrat, but I ensured minority representation for Republicans in government. I'm a Democrat, and I made Arizona's voice more powerful in government by making me a swing vote over any personnel decisions, any piece of legislation decisions. And she would be telling the truth if she said that. The critics of our system complain it takes too long to make changes. That's part of the design. And look, I'll be honest, when we controlled the House, the Senate and the Presidency back in 2016-2018, it was frustrating that all we could get done is tax cuts. We wanted big picture stuff, and it just kind of got slowed down and got grinded to a halt. Do I think Republicans could have thought bigger? Yes. Do I think that Republicans could have priority had a different set of priorities? No doubt. Yes. But am I happy now that Senator Mitch McConnell kind of said, Mr. Trump, President Trump, we're not going to eliminate the filibuster. You better be thanking God that we did not get rid of the filibuster. Because if we would have, they would have just took the precedent and they would have said, look, look what you did, McConnell, you took the precedent, therefore we are going to put all this stuff through on a simple majority vote. And so that's where Manchin was kind of tap dancing around the state edition stuff. It's like, well, I'm not gonna give you an answer on that. It's irrelevant because he doesn't support removing the filibuster. So now Democrats are now gonna have to worry less about how are we gonna structurally redefine America. And now they're actually gonna have to govern. You see, the Democrats wanted to use this opportunity of newfound political power to not actually deliver results for the American people, but change the rules of the game. Now, you know what else is going to take 60 votes? It's going to be very, very interesting? Amnesty. Now, a lot of Republicans support amnesty because the corporate types do, a lot do. But going from 50 to 60, getting 10 Republicans to support amnesty, I guarantee you there's going to be some red states in there with a lot of backlash. You'll get the Rob Portman's and you'll get the Romney's and you'll get those types. But then once you get to 55, 56 votes, a lot of Republicans know that if they are going to be voting for amnesty, they might be signing their letters of retirement. That is a no go zone in Republican conservative politics. But because we have a filibuster, it's going to require 60 votes to get there. So what does this mean for the legislative fights to come? This means Democrats are going to get immensely frustrated very quickly. This means Democrats who are riding high that they won in Georgia thanks to Warnock and Ossoff are going to realize and be disappointed and have a set of reality set in that they don't actually control the government like it's some form of a dictatorship. That they actually have a process they have to follow that they have procedural votes to overcome. Now what does that mean as a consequence? They are going to, they're going to overshoot the target. They're going to overreach. I think that's a better way to word it. And then Democrats are going to go after people like Sinema and Manchin. The radicals can't stand cinema. Today they are saying that she's preserving a Jim Crow relic. Mansion is preserving a Jim Crow relic. Well, I'll say this as a grassroots conservative Republican that Manchin and Cinema deserve credit because even them as Democrats, if they said get rid of the filibuster we'd be having a completely different conversation today. And guess what? I'm going to say something controversial. That Cinema and Manchin have more of a backbone than some establishment Republican senators that I've seen recently. This takes real courage to do what Cinema and Manchin are doing. They are going to have an onslaught of pressure from people. Come on, just lift the filibuster for the D.C. puerto Rico vote. Just do it this one time. And they said under no circumstances will that happen. I never thought I would be complimenting a Democrat on this program. Former President Barack Obama spoke at John Lewis funeral. What a weird time to call for the ending of a filibuster. I mean with all possible due respect, who speaks at a funeral about parliamentary reforms in the United States Senate? What a strange connection. I guess he was trying to say it's a Jim Crow relic. But Barack Obama wanted this filibuster gone. Cut 36. And if all this takes eliminating the filibuster, another Jim Crow relic in order to secure the God given rights of every American then that's what we should do. Well, of course. I mean it's been a while since I've had an opportunity to dissect one of President Obama's speeches. What God given rights to Americans are exactly being prevented by the filibuster? You see it's gaslighting projection. It's the opposite. The filibuster is actually protecting God given rights. Former President Barack Obama. The filibuster is actually protecting freedom of speech and Second Amendment rights and the right to privacy, not the other way around. The filibuster slows down the process to make the Bill of Rights more important, not less important. Mitch McConnell warned against eliminating the filibuster cut 35. We placed our trust in the institution itself and a common desire to do the right thing. I'm grateful that's been reciprocated by at least a pair of our colleagues across the aisle. I'm glad we've stepped back from this clip. Taking that plunge would not be some progressive dream. It would be a Nightmare. And Senator McConnell is right. Now, you can have plenty of valid criticisms against Senator Mitch McConnell, and I'm willing to entertain all of them. In fact, I mentioned plenty of them here on this program. I don't think that Senator McConnell is immune to criticism on the Charlie Kirk Show. However, he deserves credit for resisting the temptation to end the filibuster when he was given a lot of pressure to do so. Because if the filibuster would have been lifted previously, we would have a completely different set of circumstances. So now, all of a sudden, this buys us a little time, everybody. So for those of you that wanted to just throw it in and give up, I'm telling you right now, your excuses are running thin. We got time. The Founding Fathers bought us time. The Institutionalists have bought us time. Senator Sinema and Senator Manchin have bought us time. So what are we gonna do with time? Are we gonna complain? No, we're gonna say, let's organize our local communities. Let's get our precincts figured out. Let's try to fix the way we do voting in our country, specifically in Arizona and Georgia. And I wanna give you an update on that in the second hour because there's pieces of legislation going through the Georgia State House and the Arizona State House that are very important to change the way we do elections in our country. Because you're all of a sudden gonna wake up on a bright sunny day in August and realize when the Senate's out of session, they didn't add new states. They didn't get rid of the Electoral College, they didn't add seats to the U.S. supreme Court. Okay? They gave everyone $1,200 checks. Trump did that too. Okay? They didn't get rid of fossil fuels despite Biden's best attempts. And all of a sudden you're gonna say, okay, they passed some ridiculously immoral transgender stuff. They changed the way pronouns are done in the United States Senate. But the country's not completely and totally lost yet. And, and that's good news because I read all of your emails you send to me@freedomarliekirk.com I talk to a lot of you, I get your text message, I get your phone calls. And there is basically just a we are done, it's over. We're never gonna come back from the brink. And that's wrong. And the evidence today shows that the most radical voice in the Democrat Party are angry today. And we should be thankful today. AOC is not having a good day and we are. That's reason for celebration. Rashida Tlaib is not having a good day. Elon Omar is not having a good day. Ayanna Pressley. They are meeting and politically plotting and scheming of how they can try and influence Kyrsten Cinema. Influence the fossil fuel robber baron, Joe Manchin, who's getting in the way of the Green New Deal. You better believe he's getting in the way of the Green New Deal. And Joe Manchin, who represents a state that is heavily dependent on fossil fuel development, coal and natural gas. Half his state is basically connected. I'm not sure half, but I'm sure like 20 or 30% of his state is probably connected to that, to fossil fuel development. So it buys us time. What are we going to do with it? Are we going to complain and kind of just sit around and say, the country's lost? Are we going to say, wow, because of this process and this precedent, our country is not done. Let's do something about it and save the country and win elections in the future. And that is a gift that we should be thankful for. Thanks so much for listening, everybody. If you would like to get involved with TurningPoint USA, which you should go to tpusa.com getinvolved email us your questions freedomarliekirk.com and if you'd like to support us, it's charliekirk.com support. Thank you so much for listening, everybody. God bless. Speak to you soon.