Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (17:56)

It was huge win. Huge win. In fact she just texted me right now with a heart and so we're super excited for I, I will tell you, Tulsi camp here and fought for every single yes vote. It's, it's shameful that the Democrat Party to which she was part of for so long, that's all about inclusion and diversity. Right. Didn't care what she had to say and then they come out and slam her if you know when she was running for this. Because you and I both know that if she was nominated by Biden she would have been, she would have selled through and the Democrats would have loved her. But that's not what it's about up here. Tulsi is going to be excellent. You know a lot of people they, and Gerald, I know you know the, the history of it and I, you know, your lot, your listeners know the history of it, but DNI doesn't gather any intelligence. You know they were, they were created after 911 to make sure that there was all the other 18 agencies that we gather intelligence from was actually sharing the information and we could present it, the best information to the President of the United States. And Tulsi will be able to do that in an unredacted form because the underneath Director Hines, who, who was the director underneath the Biden administration, she just redacted everything and Congress never got the information and who knows who was getting it in the White House. I'm, I'm completely excited and ecstatic about what Tulsi is going to do with the intelligent agencies. It's, it's so over overdue.

Charlie Kirk (19:16)

Yeah. And so then today's also Bobby, is that right? I mean you've been doing these great social media videos that have kind of keeping me on pace. So is Bobby coming up today or tomorrow?

Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (19:25)

Yeah. So we already invoked cloture on Bobby. We think we can possibly strike a deal to have Bobby confirmed late tonight. Even though we voted on, we voted on Tulsi at 11 o'clock today Eastern time. The issue that we had was they didn't want to come in at 12:30 because she, the clock on her actually ran out at 12:33. So at 1:00am we started the, the 30 hour count on, on Bobby. So that 30 hours at that point will run out at 7:00am tomorrow morning. We're going to vote on him at 7:00am or they're going to let us vote on, on him this evening so we can start the clock immediately then on, on. I believe the next one will be up will be either I think Kelly will be the next one up. And, and then that that 30 hours will start. What we're really discussing here, Journal, just kind of give you some inside baseball, is there's 12 Democrats that are wanting to leave to go to Munich Thursday night because they want to go to that, you know, climate ordeal or whatever it is that's going on over there.

Charlie Kirk (20:32)

Swanky thing in Munich. That's right. Yeah.

Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (20:34)

Swanky thing that I'm not going to.

Charlie Kirk (20:37)

Good for you.

Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (20:37)

There's, there's a real discussion that we've been having with Thune about saying that we've got to clear all these, all these noms. We have five up today we have Howard, or this week we have Howard, Brooke and Kelly left. And to clear all them before they leave on Thursday, I think we should do it. I think we should hold that trip hostage without saying go, but we have to get sign off on to do that, too. We've got the Director of Office Management and Budget has to sign off on it, too. And so we have to work with the White House to make sure we can get that done. And, but Thune's all for it. If it's possible to do it. Thune's all for it saying if you want to go release all, release Howard, Kelly and Brooke and we'll move forward with it.

Charlie Kirk (21:30)

I mean, I don't think this is a close call, Senator. I mean, you and I agree. I mean, they want to go wine and dine with the European elites and oligarchs on taxpayer money. We're not going to put up with these kind of holds. We're not going to do this. I know that the Senate is a very, you know, collegial. We're going to look out for you. But I, come on, this is, I think that's a little outrageous. You want to go party in Munich, give us our nominees.

Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (21:53)

Yeah. And see. But like I said, it takes the. Thune can't do it on him on his own. It has to take a little bit of collaboration from the White House too, to do this. And so it really depends on if they want to fight on this that much because at the end of the day, the president can ground the plains. He did this to Pelosi. You remember when we were in a shutdown and President Trump's first term Closely was leaving on this huge codel and on their way to Andrews Air Force Base, the president canceled their trip and said, you can't go. So the president ultimately is the one that has to close it. So the real thing is Is, does he want to fight on this one and cause that kind of problem moving forward? There's a lot of politics behind it. But I'm saying yes. I say yes, pull it. Let's do it. Let's get all of them done.

Charlie Kirk (22:40)

I totally agree. And by the way, they're gonna say, oh, it's national security. Look, it's not national security, okay? We got the vice president in Munich, we got Bessant in Ukraine. We got all of our best guys all over Europe negotiating. We don't need another 12 Democrat senators. You know, I think that's a bunch of work.

Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (22:55)

A bunch of senators flying in isn't gonna change one thing, Charlie. Not one thing.

Charlie Kirk (22:59)

No, it's actually refreshing to hear a senator say that. So let me now ask about the federal judges. These judges are completely out of control. There was some breaking news. A federal judge has ruled, thankfully, actually one of the good decisions finally, that President Trump does, in fact, have constitutional authority to freeze or limit certain funding. This means the Trump White House can now withhold funding without the district court's prior approval. But there are other injunctions that are happening in the most radical senses, especially out of New York and those districts that are so outrageous. Senator, I know this is a serious question, and so I don't mean to put you on the spot, but is there a threshold where impeachment of federal judges would be considered?

Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (23:40)

The threshold's real high on that. And then I don't really know how much room we have in the Senate to do this. What I would like to see, and I propose this, and actually when I was in the House, is to have a board set up, either a board that goes. That is made up of just our Supreme Court justice, that when a. When a district judge in this case is getting overruled on constitutional authority, then at so many times they get removed or get put on probation and then eventually get removed. Because we see this all the time, that judges are making decisions based on 100% political feelings. And that was where the. That's. That's why our judges are supposed to be appointed, so they'd be above politics. But it's. You know, we find Republicans and Democrats, we judge shop all the time to try to find a judge that's going to be favorable to us. If it would just be simply based on constitutional authority, period, and not your opinion or your political opinion, then we'd be fine with that. But there's got to be some accountability that's brought to these judges that are appointed to a lifetime bench because otherwise we're going to continue and it's going to just get worse. So Congress is going to have to take a hard look at this. The White House is going to take a hard look at this. This should be honestly bipartisan. If we try to do it on a partisan basis, we'll be opening a whole can of worms. If we do this on a bipartisan basis and actually be able to hold accountable, hold these judges accountable, much like our constituents are supposed to hold us accountable, then I think you'll see a lot more clarity happen in the courts. The doj Department of Justice is supposed to be really for the people. I mean, the House is for the people. You know, Congress is for the people, but the courts are what holds the executive branch and the legislative branch accountable for the people, because it's supposed to interpret 100% our bill of Rights in our Constitution. And unfortunately, you're seeing political rulings come off the bench more often than you actually see constitutional rulings.

Charlie Kirk (25:32)

Well, and to reiterate that point, we saw this in Brazil and to a lesser extent in Israel, where a weaponized judiciary basically runs the entire country and, and the sovereign aren't there. And you kind of have a philosopher king ruling class, a legal oligarchy that starts to set in, and Brazil is the best example, Israel to a lesser extent. And so can you explain more what your idea is, just so I understand it, of how we could prevent that?

Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (25:58)

What our ideal is is so you use this judge that just got overruled and, and you say, okay, well, this is strike one, you just got overruled, constitutionally speaking. So you didn't interpret it correctly. Give us your findings. What made you decide to do this? Have a higher court actually go over his findings and say, this is how I made the decision. This was the opinions I came up with, and this is the opinions I based it on either previous case law or constitutional purposes. And if he can't explain that, why, how he came up with that and it actually made sense, then he gets brought up to a higher court to say, do you get put on probation? Strike one, strike two, or strike three before you get on probation, if you continue down that road, then you're going to be put in what I mean by probation. At that point, you'll have another court overlooking your decisions, and you're going to have to explain those decisions prior to them being made. That's what probation would look like. If you continue down that, that road, once you get on probation, then you'll be removed from the bench so it's the same thing as in impeaching them, but it's not. The impeachment has been used for political power. Now, this would be the courts holding the courts accountable. So judges holding judges accountable, much like lawyers with the Bar association, holds lawyers accountable.

Charlie Kirk (27:07)

Well, and just to reiterate the point, we have more than 200 district court judges. It is not sustainable to our republic for every random district judge to think their gavel gives them the power to veto over a presidency and the president.

Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (27:21)

That's right, the president, United States. A bill to override the President of the United States. A district judge can uphold that hearing. That is. That should be stopped itself. So what level does that, does that, does that need to be heard at? Is it Supreme Court that needs to be taken up? These decisions? The problem with you having a Supreme Court decision, then there's, then there's no court to go over them. So there is a balance has to be made internally. Honestly, I haven't even put a lot of thought in that one.

Charlie Kirk (27:48)

So the President Trump's team is moving at a rapid pace. As I mentioned, the Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Besant, is in Ukraine. President Trump had a favorable and promising phone call with Putin this morning, but a minute and a half. Senator, your thoughts on the developing diplomacy happening between Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Gaza? I mean, we got a lot going on here. Help me understand it.

Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (28:11)

You know, the greatest president we had seen in our lifetime. Charlie. Well, I put myself in your category. I really don't hold you, but was Ronald Reagan. And he believed in peace through strength. And he was able to bring down the USSR by being friends with Gorbachev and brought down the Wall. Right. And what you see with, with President Trump is he is. He's not necessarily being friends with Putin, but he's keeping a relationship and a dialogue with him. And he believes in peace through strength. And he's using. Willing to use strength if peace doesn't work. Biden was never in this position to be able to do it because there was no respect for Biden. There was no respect for him because he was trying to use appeasement through strength and appeasement through diplomacy. It doesn't work that way. And so President Trump, by being able to talk directly to Putin, will be able to bring it into the war because he'll also be able to say, listen, Zelinsky, you're going to have to compromise somewhere in this. The war is not going great for you. We're not going to continue to fund this. There's been a lot of questions about it. You know, maybe Crimea isn't going to be part of of Ukraine much any longer. I'm not saying that's part of it, but I believe there's a compromise and negotiation to end the killing over there. And that's what President Trump wants to do, is end the killing. And Putin isn't in a good position because he knows he has a new sheriff in the White House. And it's called President Trump.

Charlie Kirk (29:29)

Senator, keep up the great work. Thank you. As always. And do what you can to make sure that a vacation in Munich doesn't get in the way of our Cabinet. Thank you, Senator.

Senator Mark Wayne Mullen (29:38)

Absolutely. Thanks, Charlie.

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Pete Hegseth was up at 0500 doing weights in a parking lot running PT. By the way, this leadership team is all people that I don't care what said about them. Can we get the compare and contrast of Pete Hegseth and Lloyd Austin? Do we have the video, by the way, of him doing the workout of Pete Hegseth doing a workout alongside our troops. You have Lloyd Austin, who could not even walk up the stairs without losing his breath. You got Mark Milley, who is at least 100 pounds overweight. And then you got Pete Hegseth winning the morale of the troops. Imagine if you are an enlisted Marine in Germany. Imagine if you are a Marine in Germany and all of a sudden the Secretary of Defense shows up to start lifting weights with you. And it wasn't just weights. He did the whole regimen and routine. That's your Secretary of Defense. And meanwhile, you had Lloyd Austin, who's a joke and an insult to all of our senses, who had to be hospitalized secretly and privately. You got Hegseth running miles in the morning. Meanwhile, you got Marco Rubio saying, nope, no more invasion from Nicaragua. This is a team of rock stars, the Avengers squad. And then you got Tulsi Gabbard to dni if they just. If they can't even focus their fire on one of these people. And there it is. Pete Hegseth right there. He did the full workout with our best and brightest. You think Lloyd Austin could do that? I don't think Lloyd Austin could shake that many hands out having to capsize over that. Guy needed a wheelchair for half of his tenure. Look at these. Pete Hexath lifting the way it's doing, do the work. The media couldn't even find a way to mock this. Go to the next image Hegseth running right there in the morning. That guy's like. It's like a Hulk. He did the whole program and he'll continue to do that. That's how you win over the rank and file. And now this is becoming, like legend amongst the military. The guys in the military can't stop talking about this. They are just blowing me up. They're blowing people up. Guys. I know. This is the coolest thing ever. We have the most insane person in the military. This is 113, your new director of national intelligence. And by the way, enlistment is going off the charts. Lloyd Austin couldn't do that. Mark Milley couldn't do that. It's such a morale reset. You can rest easy that we have this incredible team of qualified, ambitious patriots that are saving western civilization. And it's not just Trump. Trump has empowered this energized force. And we're only three weeks in. Thanks so much for listening, everybody. Email us. As always, freedom at charliekirk. Com. Thanks so much for listening and God bless. For more on many of these stories and news you can trust, go to charliekirk. Com.