The Daily Signal - Trump at Arlington, Big Beautiful Bill in the Senate, CBS Reporter Shenanigans | May 27, 2025

Starting point is 00:00:00 President Trump speaks at Arlington National Cemetery after a re-flaying ceremony on Memorial Day. The big, beautiful bill is out of the House and in trouble in the Senate, but not doomed just yet. And Speaker Johnson hits CBS Face the Nation, while a CBS news reporter yells at college students. I'm Tony Kennett, host of the Daily Signals Tony Kenned cast, syndicated nationally at 7 p.m. Eastern. It is Tuesday, May 27, 2025. This is the Daily Signal's top news in 10. President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseh, participated in a rethlaying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier yesterday. Secretary Hegseh then called for a rededication to God and Country.

Starting point is 00:01:46 So on this Memorial Day, in honor of the unknown soldiers and the known, let us rededicate ourselves to God and country. To our great Republic 249 years on, we stand. on the shoulders of great men and on the shoulders of those great men in those graves, and may we live worthy of it. Thank you. God bless our warriors, and may God bless our fallen. And amen. Amen. President Trump also addressed the crowd. Check it out. We gather today to honor the incredible service members who rest in glory in this cemetery.

Starting point is 00:02:31 and burial grounds around the world and in a thousand lonely places known only to God. In every hour of peril and every moment of crisis, American warriors have left behind the blessings of home and family to answer their nation's call. They've offered all that they had within them and given their last breaths to each and every one of us that we might live safe and breathe free. This morning we pay tribute to their immortal deeds. We share in the sorrow of their beloved families, and as one nation we give thanks for the ultimate gift they have so selflessly given to all of us.

Starting point is 00:03:17 These warriors, and that's what they are, as great, great warriors, picked up their mantle of duty and service. Knowing that to live for others meant always that they might die for others. They knew that. they asked nothing for it. They gave everything, and we owe them everything and much, much more. And though the big, beautiful budget reconciliation bill has passed out of the House and now heads to the Republican-controlled Senate, there might be a roadblock or two.

Starting point is 00:03:49 Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has made a couple of claims about the bill and his argument as to why there might be a couple of stumbling blocks and a whole lot of cuts from this particular measure. Nothing but support for what President Trump is trying to do. I love the way he's acting boldly and swiftly, decisively, to fix the enormous messes left by the Biden administration. So, from my standpoint, this is a budget reconciliation process, so we ought to talk about numbers. One of my disappointments with what the House process is about.

Starting point is 00:04:20 The only number we ever heard about was $1.5 trillion, which sounds like a lot, but it's only $150 billion per year, And this is put in context of the fact that in 2019, we spent $4.4 trillion. This year will spend over $7 trillion. You know, $150 billion on that is basically a rounding air. Yeah, you're talking about the spending cuts. We need to get serious about this. We need to establish girls.

Starting point is 00:04:44 Listen, this is the weekend we honor the service and sacrifice of the finest among us. You know, more than a million that died defend this nation. I don't think they served in sacrifice to leave our children completely mortgaged their future. and their prospects diminished because of it. So we need to be responsible. The first goal of our budget reconciliation process should be to reduce the deficit. This actually increases it. But let me describe the mess.

Starting point is 00:05:11 President Obama averaged about $910 billion of deficits per year. President Trump in his first three years averaged about 810. Then COVID hit over $3 trillion in deficit. It should have ended there. We should have immediately returned to a pre-pandemic level spending, but President Biden averaged 1.9. trillion dollars of deficits over his four years and according to CBO those deficits now average 2.2 trillion dollars over the next 10 years we'll add 22 trillion dollars and I'm

Starting point is 00:05:38 sorry the House bill would probably add I've calculated 4 trillion you're saying you have these independent analysts saying it's 3.3 to 4 trillion I agree with that we have to reduce the deficit and so we need we need to focus on spending spending so what you don't you don't defeat the deep state at Desjardam we speak business. We speak startup funding and comprehensive game plans. We've mastered

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Starting point is 00:06:28 interesting. President Trump, the biggest supporter of the big, beautiful bill, is in favor of Senate Republicans making some serious changes to the bill. Quote, I want the Senate and the senators to make the changes they want, Trump told reporters Sunday evening. It will go back to the House and we'll see if we can get them. In some cases, the changes may be something I'd agree with, to be honest. We've had a very good response from the Senate, and I don't know how Democrats can't vote for it, Trump continued. I think they, the Senate Republicans, are going to have changes. Some will be minor, and some will be fairly significant. Speaker of the House, Representative Mike Johnson,

Starting point is 00:07:02 was on with Margaret Brennan on CBS Face the Nation on Sunday. She focused in on a section regarding judicial activism from circuit court judges. Before I let you go, I want to ask you about another provision that was tucked into this bill. Democrats say it is weakening separation of powers and punishing the courts. It's a specific provision that would restrict a federal court's power to enforce injunctions with contempt, less there is a bond attached to it. Sounds really weedy, but it's causing a lot of outcry. If this might get stripped out in the Senate anyway, why did you bother to stick it in? Well, we bothered to stick it in because that's our responsibility in Congress. It is about

Starting point is 00:07:43 separation of powers. And right now you have activist judges, a handful of them around the country who are abusing that power. They're issuing these nationwide injunctions. They're engaging in political acts from the bench. And that is not what our system is intended for. And people have lost their faith in our system of justice. We have to restore it. And bring it about a simple reform like that is something that I think everybody should applaud. Meanwhile, CBS News reporter Scott Pelly spoke at Wake Forest University for their commencement address, and things got out of hand really quickly. But in this moment, this moment, this morning, our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack. Universities are under attack. Freedom of speech is under attack.

Starting point is 00:08:34 And insidious fear is reaching through our schools, our businesses, our homes, and into our private thoughts. The fear to speak in our In America, power can rewrite history with grotesque, false narratives. They can make criminals, heroes, and heroes, criminals. Power can change the definition of the words we use to describe reality. is now described as illegal. Equity is to be shunned. Inclusion is a dirty word.

Starting point is 00:09:36 This is an old playbook, my friends. There's nothing new in this. Before you go, head down to the description and make sure you're subscribed to the Tony Kennedcast. And join us tonight at 7 p.m. where we take a closer look at some new updates from the major Biden scandal, how some on the left are trying to link

Starting point is 00:09:54 this to Donald Trump's mental state and a few important updates about Doge, Elon Musk, and what that all means for you. I'm Tony Kinnett and this has been The Daily Signals, top news in 10. Take care.

The Daily Signal - Trump at Arlington, Big Beautiful Bill in the Senate, CBS Reporter Shenanigans | May 27, 2025

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