The Young Turks - 2022 STATE OF THE UNION: TYT Coverage Hour 1 & 2

Episode Date: March 3, 2022

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You're listening to the Young Turks, the online news show. Make sure to follow and rate our show with not one, not two, not three, not four, but five stars. You're awesome. Thank you. All right, welcome to TYT coverage of State of the Union and our first primary in the 2022 schedule. So it's a big, big night. Texas primary, Jessica Cisneros is one of the most important progressives running. I'm going to ask John about more of the progressives in Texas in a second. But before we do that, I wanted to just do two quick things because we just did the young Turks.

Shout out to Lynn Lynn, who just joined by hitting the join button below. You guys can join them as well and join us. But I wanted to mainly read a quote from a member. Naudius Maximus said, I get big smiles hearing this kick-ass Ukrainian woman. She reminds me of this Asian woman who beat the crap out of the racist man who attacked her on a street corner for no reason. Yes, we cover that story too. And Otis Maximus, you sound a lot like Anna. Yeah.

Yeah. Is this the Molotov cocktail woman? Yes, yeah, yeah. She's a retired economist. He's like, let them come and find out. Jeez. All right, now, John, let's start with the Texas primaries. Cisneros is not the only progressive running.

No. So tell us about the slate of a little bit. Well, first, I have one prelude. I do want to thank the mud dragon for this awesome dragon-dady mug, amazing work. amazing work. I love it. But obviously, highest profile is Jessica Cisneros. She is one of three highest profile primaries in the entire cycle. I think most important for a number of different reasons. She's awesome. She represents sort of like following on from Cory Bush, the second test of using prior experience inside of a primary to build name recognition, build fundraising ability, and then give it a second go. So it'll be obviously.

incredibly important whether she wins or not. There are a few others. Greg Cassar has been on my show. Good Progressive, he's been endorsed by everyone that you would hope, Bernie Sanders, AOC, all of them. He's going up against Eddie Rodriguez, who's also, I have not spoken with him personally. Some of his stances are progressive. He doesn't have the backing, the endorsements of Greg Casar, so I can only really speak for him. Lloyd Doggett, who had been an incumbent in a previous district, as a result of the redistricting, he's going to be running in the 37th district. He's going up against Donna I.M.m., who has run before.

I've spoken with her many times on the damage report. She's a good progressive. So that's going to be an interesting test where you're going up against an incumbent, but not an incumbent for that district, really. And so I don't know what percentage of the normal baked-in benefits of incumbency would translate over. Obviously, some, it depends on how much the district changed in the turnover. Yeah. So look, when we were super mad about build back better and then voting rights, both of them being killed by Democratic incumbent, I was going to say incumbents, but it almost sounded like incompetence, which is both correct, unfortunately.

But now that Biden's doing so well in foreign policy, you know, it's a little bit muted in that sense. But but still overall, I still stick with it. If you don't know, in a Democratic primary, not in a general election, vote against the incumbent. So generally speaking, the incumbents have been terrible. So are there good incumbents? Of course, AOC, Taleb, Ilhan Omar. In fact, Rashida Taleb is going to give a response to Biden speech, which I was almost going to say Republicans are furious about, but close enough, conservative Democrats like Josh Gotheimer, he's like, how dare she give a speech?

It's like keying your own car, it's outrageous. He's doing a speech right afterwards with a Republican. They're unbelievable, they're unbelievable. And somehow he doesn't think that's disloyal or keying your own car or anything like that. So please do your research if you can. And we've got t.y.com slash canvas 22. There's some candidates on there, but soon we're going to have a lot more candidates and a lot more information on that page and see who the progressive in your race is. But if you're not sure, rule of thumb is vote against Democratic incumbents because generally they've done nothing my whole life.

Anna. Right. Yeah, I was just going to say, I mean, look, this is the result of having a two-party system with the Democratic Party really having several different parties within it, right? You have conservative Democrats, you have moderate, actual moderate Democrats are so-called centrist. And then you have progressives. And there's a lot of disagreement. So I think that having a response to Biden's speech makes a lot of sense for the progressive members of Congress. So I'm curious to see what our response is.

Apparently Biden's going to focus on build back better, which I think is a weird strategy, considering how much of a failure that's been. But if you think about it, guys, what do you talk about domestically? Everything is a failure. Totally. Yeah. Now I know that how he's going to paint it and how Washington sees it, which is like, what are you talking about? We passed COVID relief bill.

Trump only passed two of those and we pass one. Wait. Yeah, exactly. But still, they think it's like a giant accomplishment. And by the way, was it more progressive than the ones Trump passed? Yes, it was. And then we passed the infrastructure bill and all of our corporate donors are thrilled. I mean, I mean, it's going to rebuild bridges.

But by the way, it does. It does. It rebuilds bridges and sets up broadband in places that it's. It's desperately needed. So all of these are not black and white issues, but overall, if you said to the Biden team ahead of time, the only thing you're going to pass is infrastructure bill, not the build back better one, but the infrastructure one stripped out just for corporate interests and COVID relief bill, they would have said, oh, you progressives, you're unbearable.

That's outrage. Of course you're going to pass way more than that. You guys are always saying we can't do things and we're tied to our corporate. owners, no way we're gonna pass all these amazing things like child tax credit and paid family leave and $15 minimum wage and lowering drug prices and free community. None of it, none of it. So it's been, so Anna, how can he brag? I mean, it's a debacle.

No, but including things that he could have done unilaterally, right? The executive branch could have done unilaterally without the approval of Congress. Now, I mean, when we're talking about a global pandemic, the executive branch has the power to expand Medicare unilaterally to ensure every single American is covered. He chose not to do that. He said that he would be willing to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt, which we were critical of because it's not nearly enough. But that could have been a little, a small win for Biden, unwilling to do that.

Announce it tonight. I mean, that would be- He won't. He won't. read anything he's going to announce. I read a little bit of a preview, specifically. He told Vladimir Putin to knock it off, not literally, but okay. You better stop that. Yeah, it's going to happen.

Like, somebody leaked it. They're like, oh my God, he's going to say it was a unilateral, blah, blah, blah. Like, yeah, yeah, it is, obviously, this most obvious thing. So my fear a little bit is we've been previewed that it's going to be about build back better, a little bit of their domestic accomplishments, and the situation in Ukraine, which Obviously it needs to be, but there were some in the lead up to the war and even the immediate aftermath who were saying like they arranged this to distract from his things with Ukraine and like to help him, you know, paper over his failed. Well, no, that's obviously not true.

He hasn't conspired with Putin to launch a war in Ukraine, but that said, the war is here. Yeah. And so how convenient would it be to make the entire focus that about trying to get people to to rally around the flag. I think we're much more likely to see that than really a doubling down on anything specific. Maybe we're gonna try again for build back better, but not. And if we fail, here are the 10 executive orders that I'm gonna do to make good on my campaign promises. Let me just, let me be clear about something, okay?

Bringing up build back better is the worst idea imaginable. Don't bring up, build back better, don't bring it up. I get angry, I get angry even thinking about it. I get furious even think, don't lie to us about how you're going to try to accomplish build back better, you're not going to accomplish anything, it's hogwash, okay? Hogwash. I mean, Jenk, I want to say other words, but I can't say other words. Hogworts.

You better accept my hogwash in, you know, substitute for that. Yeah. But anyway, but no, why would you bring up your number one failure? Why would you bring that up? No, I'll tell you why. Because he likes to fail? No, no, I have a very good reason why he does it. Although I like your hogwash is a, is a Bidenian word.

Almost. Yes, it's exactly what Biden was saying. Oh, that's hogwash. I just like the visual. It grosses me out. It's appropriate. That's funny. And Edwin.

Learning so much. We've got dinner coming tonight because we're just going to be a long day. Can you raise some salt because Anna's going to throw it at Biden. He's talking, okay? It's just like, it's like I feel like it's strategy 101. Don't bring up your number one failure as you're addressing. the country. So let me say why, but first I'm gonna thank Robert Moten, Robert just joined.

Now you're a young Turk, man, you make this show possible. Thank you, Robert. You have to join button below on YouTube or t.com slash join. Let's all do this show together and bring your real news. Okay, so the reason why he, first of all, he has to bring up domestic policy to have to speech at least, right? And so he's forced into it. Second of all, of course he has to fake brag about the things, the tiny things that he

Those are all of courses. But why bother bringing out build back better when it was an abysmal failure? Number one, in Washington, they don't think it was a failure. They think that whatever failed was because they tried too hard. I'm not joking, we've covered on the show. They've written endless articles about, oh, Biden, he's such a hero, but a misdirected hero for trying too hard to appease these unappeasable progressives. I mean, they want a higher minimum wage so that the average American can have higher wages.

Of course no one agrees with that, boo, inflation hurts the stock market, boo, right? So you understand that, and this is important for you guys even more so than us, they live in a completely different bubble than you do. Yeah. In their bubble, like, oh my God, fighting for the average Americans is just like disgusting. And it's a foolhardy thing to do, right? Okay, so that's point one. But point two is more important.

whatever Biden says, and this is true of almost any president, about a third of the way through, stop being true for Trump because he attacked the press so much that they let go of the normal rules, right? But whatever a normal president says, especially a corporate Republican or a corporate Democrat, the press will regurgitate as if it's true. Yeah. But so think about that, Anna. What that produces is realistically about hundreds of millions of dollars in free marketing.

Yeah. So he says, oh, I'm going to increase your wages. It's not remotely true. He doesn't mean it. In fact, that's what we told you even before the $15 minute wage thing started. They said we were crazy that they weren't going to do that. We told you they weren't going to do it and they didn't do it. Why? Because follow the money. It's the easiest thing in the world. But there is, there are no reporters in Washington, D.C. Almost none. Okay. So that's why when Biden says, I'm going to increase your wages, I'm going to give you health care. All the reporters are right, Biden gives you health care. Biden increases wages. If you already did it, right? Your disease is cured. And Anna, you see that it would be foolish to give away that free marketing because the media sucks so much, they're going to give you that gift. You know what's foolish? Boasting about things that you haven't accomplished and will not accomplish and making the miscalculation that Americans are so stupid that they don't notice that their wages

have not gone up, that their lives have not materially improved. And the Democratic Party, it's like the, I'm in the, I'm in the. embarrassed by both parties for different reasons. Okay, Republican Party, they're hateful. You know, I'm talking about the leadership and all the, I mean, just incompetent, embarrassing, awful, okay? Democrats embarrass me for a different reason. The fact that they continue to use talking points that they know will appeal to people because they desperately want their material conditions to improve. And then they never fulfill their promises. And then guess what happens in the future? With people like me, by the way.

where you have progressive candidates running, and I just don't trust them. I don't trust any of them. I don't, I don't, because the Democratic Party over and over again lies to us, sells us all these cute little stories, and they never follow through. They always find some excuse for why they weren't able to accomplish a damn thing. Well, yeah, go ahead, yeah. Yeah, so, and then after I have exciting updates, really fast I want to make a point. I think we should make clear the stakes, because state of the union is always sort of important as

sort of a tent poll thing politically for the party in charge. They want to reassure everyone that they're awesome, things are going well, but the stakes are way higher for Biden now because we can already see incredibly clearly what's going to happen in nine months if nothing changes. And there are a few things that could change how the midterms are going to go. There are all sorts of external things that have nothing to do with Biden, that he's not in control of that could change it. Maybe the war in Ukraine in our response ends up rallying people to him.

Maybe the economy goes gangbusters, maybe Trump starts talking a lot in advance of the election. But in terms of the things that Biden is actually in charge of, this might well be his last night to write the ship, to tell people he is going to make good on his promises through legislation if possible, but if not, it's going to be done one way or another. He could stand up there and he could call out Joe Manchin and Kirsten Cinema and say, here are the promises I made. I tried for over a year with these people to get it done. I said I would unify us. That wasn't possible. It's a failure of mine. That's one failure. What I'm not going to allow to become a failure is my entire presidency, so I'm doing it via executive orders.

He could do that. If he doesn't do that, then he seems perfectly fine, perfectly willing to have these midterms be an absolute bloodbath. And that is not just saying goodbye of this year. That is saying goodbye for the next two years as well, because they'll have no chance of So there's so much I want to say, I want to respond to both what John and Anna said short term, long term, et cetera. But we got to take a break, but before we take the break, you got to go to something. We have initial results. Initial results. They are the best kind of results, incremental and non-representative. Can't wait. So with 17.7% in, which I round up to an even hundred.

Jessica Cisneros with 71.6% of the vote. Hold on, how much reporting? 17.7%. No, guys, that's a real number. That's a real number. Anna, is that not a real number? No, 5% is not a real number, 2% is not a real number, 17% is a real number. So, and by the way, as you now know, like, the way that we're reporting on these elections have changed,

because mail and ballots have become so much more important. There's such a bigger percentage of the vote, and those are the ones that come in first, usually. But they also are an indication of day of voting, too. And so the fact that she's coming out to a giant lead is great news. I have to admit something to the audience. We were basically lying. 17.7 is nothing.

You can't really tell anything from that. But what if you had 22% of the vote? Then that's something, and she has 71.8%. No, she's, oh my gosh, she's going to win. 17 is nothing, 22, take that to the bank. No, guys, kidding aside, 17's a real number. 22 is a very real number. It's more of a real number.

It's like a third more. No, but what happens is in order for the candidate losing to win, they've got to make up ground, right? And again, it's not real time, it's just a matter. of the votes coming in at different times, but it doesn't matter when they come in. If you're down 71.29, you have to win the rest of the 78% of the vote by a gigantic margin to just catch up. Yeah. So, like, I almost want to call it. I'm not joking. Just relax, can we just go to break?

Okay, all right, we're gonna go to break. But an earthquake is on the way. So that is great news. We'll be right back. All right back on the young turks coverage of both the state of the union and Texas primaries. We're gonna get more results for you guys in a second. John's got numbers for you. First, obviously, Jake Hugh Granite Kasparian, John Ida Rolla with you guys. John, of course, the host Damage Report. And also with us is Joe Selden and Daniel Turner, because they just joined.

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not only we're going to do play-by-play on the State of the Union, but we're also going to cover the Republican reaction and Rashida Tilipe's progressive reaction. That's all later tonight, but first numbers. Exactly. Okay, I want to start off with the, I mean, just because Cesaris is the most important race to us. Governor's race is important too. And it was widely expected that Beto O'Rourke was going to run away with this thing that's looking like that's probably how it's going to go.

There's 44% in, he's got 93% of the vote. So it is looking like Beto O'Rourke is going to be going up against Greg Abbott, who, by the way, is that nearly 70% of the vote. And the interesting thing about that is, there had been a few polls done of this race, and the results were wild. In some of them, he had narrow leads. In one poll, Alan West was beating him. It is looking like that is probably not going to be the end result of this thing, which I'm not sure exactly how to process because Alan West is, of course, long-time monster. Greg Abbott, though, maybe second to DeSantis' worst governor in the country right now?

Terrible. And working overtime to become number one. I wouldn't even say second to DeSantis. I mean, they're doing similar things, but Greg Abbott. is upping the ante when it comes to loosening already insanely laxed gun laws, going after transgender children and their parents. I mean, he's just, he knew he'd be primaried by extreme right wingers and decided to become even more extreme to compete with them.

And innocent people are going to be harmed in the process of that. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, Dave, Aesah Hutchinson, governor of Arkansas, Republican of course, is starting to look reasonable compared to it's insane right right yeah like when when a Republican governor doesn't say hey we should let our own voters die you're like whoa shocking what a moderate Republican right so yeah DeSantis and and Abbott are clearly in that running christie know him in South Dakota is also an awful governor but but DeSantis is a little bit better in keeping the Republican base on his side but Abbott has been

just as deadly. Yeah, because it's not just COVID in his case, it's the deregulation of the energy sector, letting Texans freeze to death, and then blaming on the opposite, right? Oh, if only we hadn't done green energy. Yeah. What? Yeah. Okay, none of that is remotely true.

Greg Abbott is a monstrous liar. She's just a terrible guy all around. And the Allen West of the world are a little bit more obvious. Yeah, that's true. And they're a little bit more aggressive with the press, so the press will then call out Allen West and we'll call him a radical and all these things. But the press is still scared of mainstream Republicans, is slash agrees with them. They love establishment, Democrats and Republicans.

So with Greg Abbott, kid gloves. Like they barely ever touched the guy. I mean, he helped and supported the deregulation of that energy industry. That definitely got people killed in Texas. They barely laid a glove on him. They never even told people what actually happened. All they did was report. Well, he says this, and the other person says that.

And they barely, of course, as usual, they never even reported the progressive position, which was, of course, the factual person. One of the hardest parts of getting older is feeling like something's off in your body, but not knowing exactly what. It's not just aging. It's often your hormones, too. When they fall out of balance, everything feels off. But here's the good news.

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off your entire first order at happy mammoth.com with code next chapter at checkout. Visit happy mammoth.com today and get your old self back naturally. Position. Why was it the progressive position? Because we looked up facts, right? So. And remember, Texas has effectively banned abortion. I mean, the list goes on and on and on. They banned abortion past six weeks or until there's a heartbeat detected meaning. It's banned before a woman even realizes she's pregnant. Yeah. Yeah. And let's also. acknowledge that they sort of started the trend of, okay, so every crazy thing we want to do, we're not going to try to actually make it a law that the state government is going

to actually look into. It's all on you. You're all dog the bounty hunter right now. Meddling everyone else around you's lives, you get $10,000. They're effectively incentivizing through profit, the Karenization of America. And we now see that in legislation in multiple states across multiple issue areas. Also, by the way, let's bear in mind, Greg Abbott is hardly the only Republican governor to preside over some incredibly anti-democratic voting rights legislation, but he did, and they're affecting this election right now in ways that we won't be able to quantify. We've heard quite a bit about people having trouble with their registration getting canceled, and obviously it's going to be harder for a lot of

people to vote, but exactly which races will go differently than they would have under the previous laws, we'll never know. And that's what's so insidious about this voter suppression that they've been doing over the past few years. Yeah, man, that's such a good choice. I almost want to make it a poll one day of what's worse, because down west of the world will be even more radical. So there was a theory once that, oh, no, if the Republicans are like Trump in their primary, things will get better because obviously he'll lose.

Or if he wins, he'll be so bad, the whole country will instantly become Democrat. How'd that work out for us? Yeah, or progressive. That didn't, that was always a crazy theory, it never worked out and turned into disaster. So I would never want Alan West winning under any circumstance. On the other hand, the number one problem is the media, because the media normalizes Greg Abbott. If they treated Greg Abbott as the radical he actually is, then I say, okay, Greg Abbott, he's 98% radical. Alan West is 102% radical.

As long as the press is being honest, I'll take 4% less radical, right? But they don't. The press says, Alan West is bad. Greg Abbott is, oh my God, it's a wrong way to go. Greg Abbott, right? Some libs criticize him, but come on, it's Texas. They'll say stupid stuff like that, but it's Texas. What does that mean?

Are you allowed to be worse to your citizens than Texas? Evidently. Yeah, and remember, by the way, when he was signing that anti-reproductive rights bill, one of the reporters asked, there's no exemption for rape. What about that? And he said, oh, don't worry, we're gonna get rid of rape. Yeah, with a giant backlog of rape kits that were never tested. That is a trump comment right there.

Oh, no, there's not gonna be rape in the future, I'm gonna end it. Let's check in and see how that's going. In the Attorney General's race, by the way, Ken Paxton is currently at more than 42%. George P. Bush had been challenging him, doesn't look like, just yet George is going to be elevated to the national stage. He's going to keep trying, he's a Bush. Louis Gohmert, by the way, getting in there. Not doing particularly well.

I assume he will revert back to Congress, but he was going for it. Louis Gohmert's running for Attorney General in Texas. Why not? Yeah, he wants to go national. It's the funniest thing I've ever heard. Yeah, no, him coming in forth is the funniest thing I've ever heard. Imagine him trying to pronounce attorney general. You know, he used to be a judge.

That's insane. It is amazing. That is the craziest thing. It really makes you reconsider the stability of the United States, really, like when people like that are in charge of, you know, important positions. So let me say two fun, humiliating things about two of the people in that race. And now, Mikey, Ken Paxton is the guy who said, why don't we just let old people die in the beginning of COVID if it's going to help businesses?

And he's like, remember, I'm old, I don't care, let's just, I'm sorry, that was a different guy. Yeah, that was the, yeah, that was the deputy, Patrick. Yeah, Dan Patrick. Dan Patrick. Okay. But Ken Pax has also said crazy stuff.

Yes, yes. But I'm not even talking about him. I'm talking about George P. Bush, after what Trump did to his dad, Jeb Bush, after he humiliated him in a thousand ways, let alone what he said about his uncle, George W. Bush, and his dad, his grandfather, et cetera. He was like, oh, I'm proud to be supporting Donald Trump. Donald Trump is the best, and he ran ads like that. Oh, you pathetic little worm.

And what did it get you? You beat Louis Gomer and came in second, congrats. And Trump insulted him. Yeah, and it didn't work anyway, you ass-kissing traitor. If my son did that, Mike, oh man, I'd be so embarrassed. Jesus Christ, man, you raised a worm of a son. Just do something else, man. Go be a banker, make money to do robbery in a different way.

But I know you have no morals, but Jesus, man. an embarrassment to everyone. And then Louis Gomer, he's- In that hypothetical world, by the way, I imagine he would be appealing to like President Logan Paul to endorse him or something. What's the apocalypse we're sketching out? I know, right?

It's not impossible, okay, as we've seen. Anyways, Louis Gomer, he has so many hilarious lines, but my favorite of all time was that he claimed that Obama was reconstituting the Ottoman Empire. Here we are with the Ottoman Empire completely un-reconstituted. But tried, right wingers don't care. They don't care about anything. Why?

Because Barack Hussein Obama is of course a secret Muslim. The Ottoman Empire had this Islamic caliphate and was the largest Muslim empire ever. So obviously, even though Obama has nothing to do with Turkey or Ottomans at all. Or Muslims. Or Muslims or any, it doesn't matter. So he's gonna re- and how do you reconstitute an old-embourg? An old empire, how would you reconstitute the Roman Empire? It doesn't, none of it makes any sense, but he said it on the floor of the house,

like he gave a whole speech about it. And his electorate, his city, in his district, at least congressional district, reelect him with overwhelming marches. They're like, out of boy, way to get that 100% wrong, we love you, Louie, but apparently it doesn't apply as much statewide. That's because it's a murderous row of idiots and ghouls and goblins, so he's, he can't So far, he's coming in as the fourth goblin. All right, more results.

Okay, so we do have some, only a few percentage points in a few cases. Michelle Vallejo had been endorsed by Elizabeth Warren against Rubin Ramirez. Currently up, that's only a couple of percentage points. We've gotten one more percent of Jessica Cisneros. John, can you, for the audio audience and for your anchor who doesn't have his glasses on? Sure. Can you read the numbers? Yes, in the 15th district, we have Michelle Vallejo, progressive endorsed by Elizabeth Warren, at 37.6%.

Ruben Ramirez, who I honestly do not have as much information about, has some positions that seem progressive is not out and out in the way we generally prefer candidates to be as a 25%. Over in the 28th district, Jessica Cisneros, is still at nearly 70% against Henry Cuarez, 24.8. That is with just 23% reporting at this point. Oh, that looks so good. Greg Casar, by the way, in the 35th is up 59.8% with 49% reporting. So that looks pretty good. Our first call of the night, Greg Casar wins that race. And there's an important thing in Texas, if you're over 50%, it helps you move on.

There's several rounds in Texas. So, but he might just move on straight. So he's going to win this race, no question. There's no way you can close that kind of gap with only 50% of the vote remaining. He's the progressive in the race. So already, we're up one nothing. We told you it was going to be a good night. We told you.

Okay. Yeah, by the way, if you want to see more about him, Greg appeared on my show on the damage report. So search on YouTube and find that. We did a good chat a little, like a month or two ago. Yeah, absolutely. That's a great way of finding out about the cancer. By the way, t-y-t.com slash canvas 22, the progressive candidates we've interviewed are on there, okay? And if any are trailing, we'll get them on as soon as we can.

Trailing is in, we have it, but we haven't put up the video yet. So t-y-t.com slash canvas 22. By the way, we're going to greatly expand that. This is the first night of primary coverage. There's the first primary we have in this season. We're going to build out that page so you'll get to see so many more candidates and not just the ones that we've interviewed, but a wider array. So that's coming.

So make sure you tune into that. So and by the way, if you don't know, we were talking about this during the break, Henry Quayar, even running in this race is deeply irresponsible because that district is not deep blue. It is blue, but by a little bit. And Quayar is under FBI investigation for corruption. Yep.

On the other hand, he's killing it in the Azerbaijani oligarch race. Can you like- He's up like seven to nothing on Cisneros, having possibly been corrupt with Azerbaijani oligarchs, so among the charges. With foreign money coming from Azerbaijan. So I will admit there's like an extra layer of enjoyment that I will get just on a personal level if he loses this primary. Yeah, the weird thing is like I keep waiting. I know that Quayr is incredibly popular on Twitter and Facebook, lots of commenters, make fans of it.

Are they not voting? I just, I don't know where is the support? Because every tweet, he just kills it with the comments. So let me just say, because of that investigation into possible campaign finance issues, allegedly taking forward money from Azerbaijan, he kneecapped himself in this race because he's been avoiding the press. because he's terrified that they might ask him a question about his corruption. And so he's been running away from the press. And typically in situations like this where you have a conservative Democrat being challenged by a progressive,

the media tends to do the bidding of the conservative Democrat. But that's not really a factor in this equation right now because of the fact that he's running away from the press due to his corruption issues. And so number one, he should have gotten out of the race because if he is the Democratic candidate, his chance of losing is super high. So he's definitely endangering that seat. But number two, Democratic leadership should have pushed him out of the race. They try to push progressives out of the races all the time, right? But when it comes to a corrupt corporate Democrat, they're like, oh, well, I mean, I know he's under FBI investigation, and we'll almost definitely lose that seat if he's our candidate.

But on the other hand, oh, we love how corrupt he is just like us. So no, they have not touched him at all, which is just if you care about the Democratic majority, which is what they always say when they're attacking progressives. Turns out it's a lie. What they care most about is protecting the corporate majority in Congress. All right. Okay, we gotta take a break, but let me do some quick shoutouts here. Catherine Gilbert Espada and Jennifer Crumpian just joined.

Catherine and Jennifer, you guys are awesome. They're now part of TYT. All of us do this show together. All the members are part of TYT, and we can't do the show without you guys. You guys, speaking of which we'll read some of your comments as the night goes along. We have the state of the union coming up in about 15 minutes, and we've got a lot more results on what is already a terrific night for progressives when we return. All right, TURT primary coverage, Texas primary going on right now.

We've got results rolling in. We also have the state of the union, so it's a big night covering all of it, and we also have a war going on. So tons and tons to cover here as we're live, altogether. Jank, Anna John. Also, Bradley Ullis just became a member and at the premium level. We appreciate that too. If you're watching on YouTube, you just hit that join button below. It's super easy. Everyone else, t.yt.com slash join. And then we read your comments throughout. In fact, I'm going to go to Brenda here. Brenda R wrote in on Super Chat. Jessica Mason, anti-poverty activists and veteran seems pretty progressive in Texas 30 as well. So that's the Dallas area. So we'll change.

checking on her in a minute as well. And then Biggest Justin wrote in on Twitch, hashtag two strong hashtag salt dragon, that's Anna, hashtag Justice Dragon, that's me, hashtag Dragon Daddy, show him the Dragon Daddy mug. One of our viewers just made this, Mud Dragon, this awesome mug, how cool is that? So are you now accepting the moniker of Dragon Daddy?

Well, what you need to understand is for you something like this, nickname that seems uncomfortable would be like a big change. I'm just always changing from the last horrible nickname. No, I think Dragon Daddy is freaking awesome. Yeah, thank you. You're the daddy of the dragon. Everyone thinks Dragon Daddy is pretty awesome. Yeah.

It's sweeping the nation. It's me of cool mugs, I'm not saying anything about this handmade collector's item, too strong coffee.com slash TYT mug, except I just said it. Okay, made by a progressive woman here in America and the coffee itself is organic. fair trade gives money to progressive causes, including just Democrats who are winning tonight. So two strong coffee.com slash TYT. Okay, but just to finish Justice Point, he said, we are one J.R. dragon from the perfect panel. I think you're going to be on, but he's got watch list in the morning.

Make sure you're checking that out. That's at 9 a.m. Pacific, noon eastern, YouTube.com slash watch list, T.Y.T. That's how you can watch and you can subscribe. And justice says, thanks TYT for giving us something to hope for. down goes insert corporate democratic name here. Well soon hopefully that name will be Quayar, hold. All right, I got to jump in. David Dayen on Twitter says important C-SPAN live mic chatter.

I think Cruz talking Texas results, and here's the quote from Cruz, the AG race I think is going to be a little bumpy. Everything else should be straightforward. Oh, live chatter, live chatter from Ted Cruz. Okay, so I mean take that with a grain of salt. Yeah, they're talking about the attorney general race in Texas. Well, just because that's the only one that the results we've read so far, that's not a complete blowout, right? So I don't know why I'm amused by the name George P. Bush, but so P. Bush is still like only half.

And by the way, the reason why it's relevant, and let me re-explain this for people just tuning in. In Texas, you have runoffs. So if no one gets 50% and Ken Paxton might not get 50%. That's true, yeah, yeah. Then he'd have to go into a runoff with George Bush. And the runoffs, oftentimes the results switch. Well actually, why don't we demonstrate that? So that's actually a good point.

I had not immediately thought of that. So if we go to the results, Ken Paxton is up. He is below 50% right now. And in fact, the thing that makes it exciting is that there is a good amount of support for multiple candidates on down from there. Oh, that's interesting. It's harder for me to figure out how those votes would go in a hypothetical runoff than it is in some Democratic ones because it isn't super clear sometimes like it is with the Democrats where you have good progressives and then you have the corporate Dems. I mean, they're all shades of crazy. George P. Bush is obviously more, you know, coming from the Republican establishment.

Eva Guzman, I only have anecdotal information about. But yeah, I guess that could get a little bit weird. Mm-hmm. You know, from Ted Cruz's point of view. We were talking about how extreme Dan Patrick is and Governor Abbott is in Texas. Maybe Ken Paxton wasn't mental enough for Republican voters. They're like, wait, he didn't kill or threaten to kill anyone. Yeah, I don't know, I'm gonna look into other candidates here. That might not be true. Yeah, I do remember some extreme comments from him.

They're not popping in my head now, but it's a four person race. By the way, the other two, Eva Guzman and George B. Bush, are probably livid at Louis Gohmert for being in the race. Right. Yeah, that's true. But on the other hand, super on the other hand, Gohmert might be taking away enough votes from Paxton to push him into a runoff. So this gets a little complicated in the runoff states.

So every state is different. In California, they have an open primary where the top two vote getters go to the general election, doesn't matter if they're even in the same party. But in Texas, you have primaries within their parties, but if no one gets 50% in the primary, they do a second primary, and that's the runoff before you get to the general election. And what's interesting is that Ken Paxton five months ago was endorsed by Trump. Apparently, not the strongest endorsement in the game necessarily, buddy. So I want to say something that's important about that because people think like, oh,

Trump endorses someone that should have a lot of weight and sometimes it doesn't and they lose and they think, oh, Trump's losing power. But most people misunderstand politics, especially the people covering politics on television, or really in print journal, to be honest. Or on the damage report. Right. No, damage report nails it. Where am I?

It's not just that Trump endorsing someone or attacking someone, and him attacking someone usually hurts more than him endorsing helps. Why? Because of how much press attention it gets. When he endorses someone, it doesn't get that much attention. It's not exciting. It's not a fight. When he attacks someone, it gets a lot of press attention. And then his voters see it. If his voters don't see his endorsement, then did it really happen?

It has much less of an effect because politics is all about branding. But when he attacks a fellow Republican, most of the time, not every time, but most of the time, he eviscerates them. And it's so spectacular that everybody sees it. Oh my God, did you see what Donald Trump said about that guy's grandmother? Why did he have sex with her? I don't know what happened, right? And so then everybody pays attention. And then all the Trump voters go, oh, me no like that man.

Orange man says that man is bad. Me vote against him. But in random endorsement that nobody heard, it's not going to help you. So, by the way, we had had someone sent in a comment about Jasmine Crockett, Democratic candidate in the 30th district primary. And I've been looking to her. I had not previously spoken with her, so I don't have the same level of information. She was recently endorsed by Elizabeth Warren. Her list of issues seems progressive. I have not spoken with her. She is, however, though, as of right now, up 46.3% with 55% reporting. So it looks like it might end up being a runoff

there, but it looks like the more progressive candidate is currently leading. So far, this is a terrific night for progressive, Jessica Cisneros is crushing. It won't go up though. Okay, I want a couple more percentage points. Yes, that would be great. Not too many, it's few. I've already called Cassar's race. He's definitely gonna come in first.

It's not as definite that he's gonna get about 50%, but that's already one progressive win in the books. All right, before we gotta go to the state of the union, let me give you guys some shoutouts here. The infamous Mr. Joyboy writes in the member section, hogwash and malarkey is what Biden to his progressive voters, and sadly, he delivered on that. He delivered. Yeah. That's also what he nicknames his left and right fists. Well, in domestic policy, that's true.

Here I'll hit you with hogwash. It won't do anything. I'll hit you with malarkey. There comes malarkey. Right. But it's always a swing and a miss because it's malarkey. That's true. But on foreign policy, he's been good.

Eclecting miscellaneous is TYT primary coverage season. One of the few things that can still get me excited for primaries. Here's hoping progressives can still get some wins this year. Oh yeah, yeah. No, guys, here, let me tell you one other thing that's interesting. All of a sudden, Politico and Washington Post and Axios started doing two things. One was really surprising covering progressives more. And with a slight bit of respect when they're talking about a progressive candidate, that would never happen, right? Now all of a sudden they're like, like Jessica Cisneros was treated with a lot of respect by the press. I was kind of shocked by it and I loved it.

I'm here for it. I don't want to criticize the press. I want them to do a good job. And by the way, we don't need them to be positive to progressives. It's just needing to be fair to progressives, right? And so it was a bit shocking that they weren't in spots. My theory is that the six no votes on buildback better let people know, oh, progressives can vote as a block and they can vote no and you do have to court them,

they now officially have power. So you think that those six votes meant nothing? I don't think so. I think that was definitely heard in Washington. But then, of course, the second thing happened, which is ironic but very expected, then the press started attacking progressives like nuts. So two different things. A progressive candidate, whoa, we don't like progressive.

but you have to take them seriously because they're winning and they're now using their power in Congress, right? But the ones already in Congress, they're like, oh, Dick, you know, we talked to establishment Democrats, and then, of course, they don't frame it that way. Axios has now written like half a dozen stories about, we talk to senior Democrats, important Democrats, by which they mean conservative corporate Democrats, and they say the progressives are really hurting the Democratic Party. So everybody remember, progressives bad, hurting Democratic Party, nonstop. Well, it'd be fair, yes, they do talk to the more right-wing Democrats, but they also talk to the center-left, so. That's they called third-way center-left. I mean, it's just an atrocity in journalism. Thirdway is literally a corporate pack designed to capture the Democratic Party in favor of corporations.

And they called them center-left. And then said, oh, they agree, progressives are awful. Shut up. Honestly, sometimes Axios breaks good stories, but they've been just horrible in their political coverage. In the last three months, they've been the absolute worst. If you're like, you're going to get a hit piece on progressives every week. Okay, obviously we're waiting on the state of the union. We like the moment where the president walks in. Hopefully we'll catch that. Ladies of gentlemen, the president all the sides. I'm still old school in that way. I still, like I know it's all theatrics, et cetera, and it's just a bunch of malarkey and

hogwash. But I like when the president comes here. The other thing that I like is when the ass kissers crowd up and, oh, I shook the president's hand. You're a U.S. congressman or senator. Have some self-respect, right? Like, so you'll, and by the way, you know why they do that? That's also old school, because then you're going to get in the camera shot, and your voters are going to see you, and then that's going to be good, a positive marketing for you. Also, it ain't that impressive. Like, let's just keep it ready. I know, it's so old. He's massaged half the people in that room. Like, come on. Give me something more impressive than a handshake, seriously. Like a pat on the head, I don't know. But kind of literally, though. Okay.

Oh, development here that is relatively irrelevant, but I'll give it to you anyway. They just lifted the rules on mask wearing of the house. And Nancy Pelosi is also not going to wear a mask tonight. And so she now sat ahead of time. Bold. Marjorie Green's effective income just skyrocketed. She was just blowing all of it on the mask fines for months now. Oh yeah, that's true, that's true, all of her money.

Yeah, but by the way, that is the correct decision. Yeah, I agree. Yeah, Omicron is really weak. I don't mean to get in its face. And I certainly don't want it to get in my face, but it doesn't go into your lungs. If you're vaccinated and boosted, you're relatively safe. And all the numbers have gone down dramatically in America. You're not quite buying it.

We are still facing an epidemic of lung COVID for the rest of our lives. I'm just putting that out there. I agree. It is weaker, especially if you have the protections available. Everyone go get vaccinated and boosted. We got to move on. We got to live our lives. Yeah, yeah.

That's where I'm back. Vaccines boosted, colloidal silver, you're good. I call it the trio and I take it every weekend actually. Okay, am I turning blue? I don't know. Is that blue I see? Looking in the mirror. Okay, John's gonna jump in any time there's new numbers, okay?

Meanwhile, by the way, Twitch is demanding a shout out for Brett's new mug. So Brett Erlick's 40th birthday, he's one of our hosts and one of our producers, he's fantastic, he's all over Twitch, he does the Sunday stream, he does game busters, does just about everything. And for Brent's 40th birthday at shoptyt.com, we've got new bugs. Sure, let's call it coffee. Ah, okay. By the way, I love the thing that you just did there where you're like, it's his 40th birthday. It's like how my mom had her 30th birthday over and over and over. We're still saying he's 40.

That's cute. I like that you're doing that for him. Oh, I didn't even know that. Is that true? I don't know. I like that rumor that you put out there. No. Now instantly, no one knows.

Now we'll never know. My old friend Dave Culler, who I found the show with it. I hate it on bread. Just kidding. Because I'm staring down the barrel of it. So I got to get the jokes in while again. Not me, 15 years to go. Instantly.

Oh my God. When you said- By the way, I'm 35 and a half. I think I look pretty damn good. Okay, all right. Look, I'm 51 and a half and I think I look. Okay, all right, let's go. Like a soccer, sorry.

Madam Speaker, the President of the United States. Yeah, not for Biden, but yeah, President of the United States. And you're doing good on Ukraine, okay, yeah. And way to get out of Afghanistan. Pay attention to Yemen. Okay, look at all these. Oh, shake my hand, shake my hand. Oh, this is so important because I'm, because it's 1958.

That woman's job was to block the camera for Biden for as long as possible. Yeah. Oh yeah, the local papers will print this and I'll get a lot of. this and I'll get a lot of publicity out of this because it's 1961. Look, yeah. She looks really uncomfortable. Look at Eric Swallow with that. What is that a scarf?

What are you doing? What are you doing, Swallow? Stole. Maybe it's a shawl. You know, there's a saying good for the Jews, not good for the Jews, right? Is there? Yeah, there is. is. Ben's dad used to say it all the time. He'd be like, oh, fake coffee, not good for the

Jews. He just makes stuff up. It was funny, right? Okay, the Cardinals winning the World Series, good for the Jews. Why? I don't know. Okay, so Swelwell wearing a shawl or whatever the hell he's wearing with the State of the Union, not good for the Democrats. For all we know, it represents something specific. Oh, it might be for Ukraine. It could be entirely something, I don't know. I'm Googling. I'm just saying you're in the process of being canceled.

So tread carefully. But look, yeah, but by the way, would that make it any better? Because you remember when the Democrats wore the ridiculous get-ups and took a need for George Floyd? The Kentee-cloths? Yeah, no, that, I don't know if you can get worse than that. Yeah. With like the performative stuff.

Yeah, because they didn't pass any criminal justice reform at all. Right. pass more criminal justice reform than the Democrats that Biden have. Yeah, very, very literally. So we're fair, we're honest. All right, we'll do the play by play as he's given his speech. Foreign policy will probably will give him accolades that he deserves. Domestic policy has been a disaster, we'll tell you about that. And if there's good results in from the Texas primary, John will shout it in between. Oh, we have a call? Yeah. Oh yeah, Greg Abbott has

Of course of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the President of the United States. You think she's going to do her clap? No, that's for Trump. No, this is a straight clap. I don't know that she ever meant this, but once people started giving her accolades for her, she's like, oh yeah, I meant it. It's my thing. I bet she normally claps like that at the French laundry, where they raise billions of dollars for. Democrats if you didn't hear Anna was saying better O'Rourke has won the final but

that was pretty much a foreground piece thank you all very much Sam Bauer D.A just joined Sam thanks for being a young first member we appreciate it hit the join button below become an American hero like Sam just did okay I'm shocked no one is wearing like a let's go brandon t-shirt in the audience Well, wait for it. Hold. Thank you so much. Robert Harris, Jr. writes in, love your coverage.

Keep it up. Left is best. Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President and our first lady and second gentleman, members of Congress and the Cabinet, Justice of the Supreme Court, my fellow Americans. Kamala Harris, I don't see her a while. Last year, COVID-19 kept us apart. This year, we're finally together again. Tonight. Tonight we meet as Democrats, Republicans' independence, but most importantly, as Americans, with the duty to one another, to America, to the American people, to the Constitution, and an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny.

I think the Republicans are also getting out. They're faking being against tyranny. But like we've said, a lot of the Republicans are against the Russians. Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. But he badly miscalculated. He thought he could roll into Ukraine and the world would roll over. Instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined.

He met the Ukrainian people. I'm glad he gave, yeah, that's a good strong start mentioning the Ukrainian people, although he almost said that Putin went into a mall of strength. Maybe that's going to swallow a Bakrushol. Zelenskyy. To every Ukrainian, their fearlessness, their courage, the determination, literally inspires the world. Groups of citizens, blocking tanks with their bodies.

Everyone from students to retirees to teachers, turn soldiers, defending their homeland. And in this struggle, President Zelensky said in his speech to the European Parliament, light will win over darkness. Ukrainian ambassador in the United States is here tonight, sitting with the First Lady. Let's each of us, if you're able to stand, stand and send an unmistress. signal to the world of Ukraine. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Good way to start, rock and roll. We all agree. The bright, she's strong, she's resolved. Man, Putin misconducted. He really did. The whole world turned on him. He did not see that coming. We, the United States America, stand with the Ukrainian people. Throughout our history, we've learned this lesson. When dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos. They keep moving. And the cost, the threats to the America and America to the world keeps rising. That's why the NATO alliance was created to secure peace and stability in Europe after World War II.

The United States is a member, along with 29 other nations. It matters. American diplomacy matters. American resolve matters. Putin's latest attack on Ukraine was premeditated and totally unprovoked. He rejected repeated, repeated efforts at diplomacy. He thought the West and NATO wouldn't respond. He thought he could divide us at home in this chamber and this nation. He thought he could divide us in Europe as well.

But Putin was wrong. We are ready. We are united and that's what we did. We stayed united. We prepared extensively and carefully. We spent months building coalitions of other freedom of nation. in Europe and the Americas, from America to the Asian and African continents to confront Putin. Like many of you, I spent countless hours unifying our European allies.

We shared with the world in advance what we knew Putin was planning and precisely how we would try to falsify and justify his aggression. We countered Russia's lies with the truth. And now, now that he's acted, The three-free world is holding him accountable, along with 27 members of the European Union, including France, Germany, Italy, as well as countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and many others, even Switzerland, are inflicting pain on Russia and supporting the people of Ukraine. Putin is now isolated from the world more than he has ever been. Together. By the way, he has a great job of uniting European allies.

That sentence was awkward, but he did a fantastic job. He really did. He's not getting enough credit for that. Together, along with our allies, we are right now enforcing powerful economic sanctions. We're cutting off Russia's largest banks in the international financial system, preventing Russia's central bank from defending the Russell Rubel, making Putin's $630 billion, fund worthless. We're choking Russia's access. The choking Russia's access to technology that will sap its economic strength and weaken its military for years to come. Tonight, I say to the

Russian oligarchs and the corrupt leaders who built billions of dollars off this violent regime, no more. The United States, I mean it. There is 50.8% Quair, 44.6. It has tightened, but she retains the lead with 52% reporting. We're after the crimes of the Russian oligarchs. Sorry, I was distracted. We're joining with European allies to find and seized their yachts, their luxury apartments, their private jets.

We're coming for you ill-begotten gains. And tonight, I'm announcing that we will join our allies in closing off American airspace to all Russian flights, further isolating Russia. adding additional squeeze on their economy. By the way, that's actually bothering them. Lavrov, the ambassador, the Russian ambassador was, like, irate that he couldn't fly to Geneva.

The ruble has already lost 30% of its value. The Russian stock market has lost 40% of his value, and trading remains suspended. The Russian economy is reeling, and Putin alone is the one to blame.

Together with our allies, We're providing support to the Ukrainians in their fight for freedom. Military assistance, economic assistance, humanitarian assistance. We're giving more than a billion dollars of direct assistance to Ukraine and will continue to aid Ukrainian people as they defend their country and help ease their suffering. Our forces are not engaged and will not engage in the conflict with Russian forces in Ukraine. Our forces are not going to Europe to fight Ukraine, but to defend our NATO allies in the event that Putin decides to keep moving west.

For that purpose, we have mobilized American ground forces, air squadrons, ship deployments, to protect NATO countries, including Poland, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Now, as I've made crystal clear, the United States and our allies will defend every inch of territory that is NATO territory with the full force of our collective power, every single inch. Very specific, not sending forces in, which has been consistent. He keeps saying that, but he's saying it now. He's striking a really good balance. By the other thing is confidence, right? If Trump was president, there's no way we would have united allies and done these sanctions effectively. weeks and months. He'd be extorting Ukraine right now. Putin has unleashed violence and chaos.

But while he may make gains on the battlefield, he'll pay a continuing high price over the long run. And a pound of Ukrainian people, proud, proud people, pound for pound ready to fight with every inch of earnage they have. They've known 30 years of independence, have repeatedly shown that they will not tolerate anyone who tries to take their country back. To all Americans, I'll be honest with you, as I always promised I would be. A Russian dictator of invading a foreign country has cost around the world. And I'm taking robust action to make sure the pain of our sanctions is targeted at Russian economy and that we use every tool at our disposal to protect American businesses and consumers. Tonight, I can announce the United States has worked with 30 other countries to release 60 million

barrels of oil from reserves around the world. America will lead that effort. We need 30 million barrels of our own strategic petroleum reserve. And we stand ready to do more, if necessary, united with our allies. These steps will help blunt gas prices here at home. But I know news about what's happening

can seem alarming to all Americans. But I want you to know we're going to be okay. We're going to be okay. We're going to be okay. When the history of this error is written, Putin's war in Ukraine will have left Russia weaker and the rest of the world stronger. Well, it shouldn't. While it shouldn't have taken something so terrible for people around the world to see what's at stake,

now everyone sees it clearly. We see the unity among leaders of nations, a more unified Europe, a more unified West. We see unity among the people who are gathering in cities and large crowds around the world, even in Russia, to demonstrate their support for the people of Ukraine. In the battle between democracy and autocracies, democracies are rising to the moment, and the world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security. This is the real test, and it's going to take time. So let us continue to draw inspiration from the iron will of the Ukrainian people to our fellow Ukrainian Americans who forged a deep bond that connects our two nations.

We stand with you. We stand with you. Putin may circle Kiev with tanks, but it'll never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people. He'll never, he'll never extinguish their love of freedom. And he will never, never, never, we can't. in the resolve of the free world. He said it right. Yeah. So look, he's got issues. Like he's doing well on policy, but when he's got to speak for an hour to 90 minutes,

it's, you know, the wheels are a little loose. In an America that has lived through two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced. The pandemic has been punishing. And so many families are living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to keep up with the rising cost of food, gas, housing, and so much more. I understand, like many of you did, my dad had to leave his home in Scrant, Pennsylvania, to find work. So like many of you, I grew up in a family.

When the price of food went up, it was felt throughout the family. It had an impact. That's what one of the first things I did as president was fight to pass the American Rescue Plan. Because people were hurting. We needed to act, and we did. Few pieces of legislation have done more at a critical moment in our history to lift us out of a crisis. It fueled our efforts to vaccinate the nation and combat COVID-19. Delivered immediate economic relief to tens of millions of Americans.

It helped put food on the table. Remember those long lines of cars waiting for hours just to get a box of food put in their trunk. It cut the cost of health care insurance. And as my dad used to say, it gave the people just a little bit of. bit of breathing room. Very little bit. Unlike the $2 trillion tax cut passed in the previous administration that benefited the top 1% of

Americans, the American Rescue Plan the American Rescue Plan helped work in people and left no one behind. Oh God. Like, in the man, it's so dirty. Oh, yeah. It's almost as if Chuck New

it was going to speak. And it worked. Give you them a copy I had it back, dude. And so the Republicans knew they were going to groan at that line, because they all have the speech. So they, like, they almost practiced their groans. Yeah. And I love that juxtaposition. It worked. You created jobs, lots of jobs.

In fact, our economy created over 6.5 million new jobs just last year. More jobs in one year than ever before in the history of the United States of America. The economy grew at a rate of 5.7 last year, the strongest growth rate in 40 years. And the first step in bringing fundamental change to our economy that hasn't worked for working people in this nation for too long. For the past 40 years, we were told that tax break for those of the top and benefits would trickle down and everyone would benefit. But that trickle down theory led to a weaker economic growth, lower wages, bigger deficits, and a widen gap between the top. and everyone else in nearly a century. Look, Vice President Harris and I ran for office,

and I realized we had fundamental disagreements on this, but ran for office with a new economic vision for America. Invest in America. Educate Americans. Grow the workforce. Build the economy from the bottom up and the middle out, not from the top down, because we know. Because we know.

He's in fact, Republicans, and long-term Republican framing. That's good, that's good. I mean, they didn't do any of that, but it's... Right, yeah. But rhetorically, it's good. The poor of a way up and the wealthy do very well. Normally, he's like the Republicans are great, they're my best friends. America used to have the best roads, bridges, and airports on earth.

And now our infrastructure is ranked 13th in the world. Won't be able to compete for the jobs of the 21st century if we don't fix it. That's why I was so important to pass. has to bipartisan infrastructure law. And I thank my Republican friends to join. He's back to Republican friends. Like he makes it sound like it was a Republican. Jesus Christ.

The single biggest investment in history. It was a bipartisan effort. I want to thank the members of both parties to make it happen. We're done talking about infrastructure. That is the most ridiculous statement ever uttered by a president. Like, no.

No. Ever others? I don't know. Trump was president, but. He said the wind turbine, excuse me, he's going to. I mean, all right. But yes, it was ridiculous. We're a sane person to say. Put us in a path to win the economic competition of the 21st century and we face with the rest of the world, particularly China. I've told Xi Jinping, it's never been a good bet to bet against the American people. We'll create good jobs from millions of Americans, modernizing roads, airports, ports, waterways, all across America, and will do it to withstand the devastating infects of climate change

and promote environmental justice. We'll build a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations. Began to replace the poisonous lead pipes so every child, every American has clean water to drink at home and at school. And who's checking out the room was kind of funny, thinking about Cancunner, of course. for every American, rural, suburban, urban, and tribal communities. 4,000 projects have already been announced. Many of you have announced them in your districts. And tonight, I'm announcing that this year, we will start fixing over 65,000 miles of highway

and 1,500 bridges in disrepair. Folks, that's a good thing, what their donors will also make. When we use taxpayers' dollars to rebuild America, we're going to do it by buying America. Buy American products, support American jobs. American jobs. The federal government spends about $600 billion here to keep this country safe and secure. There's been a law on the books for almost a century to make sure taxpayers' dollars support American jobs and businesses.

Every administration, Democrat and Republican, says they'll do it. But we're actually doing it. We'll buy America to make sure everything from the deck of an aircraft carrier to the steel on highway guardrails is made in America from beginning to end. All of it, all of it. They all should have been doing that. It's so obvious, but I'm glad he did it. That does, it makes a little bit of a difference. Why shouldn't the American government buy products made in America?

For the jobs of the future, we also need a loving playing field with China and other competitors. That's why it's so important to pass the Bipartisan Innovation Act sitting in Congress that will make record investments in emerging technologies in American manufacturing. We used to invest almost 2% of our GDP in research and development. We don't now. Can't China is. Let me give you one example why it's so important to pass. If you travel 20 miles east of Columbus, Ohio, you'll find a thousand empty acres of land. It won't look like much.

But if you stop and look closely, you'll see a field of dreams. The ground in which America's future will be built. That's where Intel, the American company that helped build Silicon Valley, is going to build a $20 billion semiconductor megasite. Up to eight state-of-the-art factories in one place. 10,000 new jobs. In those factories, the average job of about $135,000 a year. Some most sophisticated manufacturing in the world. That's a great job, yeah.

to make computer ships the size of a fingertip, the power of the world in everyday lives from smartphones, technology is the internet, technology is yet to be invented. But that's just the beginning. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, who was here tonight. I know where Pat is. Pat, there you go. Pat, stand up. Pat came to see me, and he told me they're ready to increase their investment from $20 billion to $100 billion.

That would be the biggest investment in manufacturing in American history. And all they're waiting for is for you to pass this bill. So let's not wait any longer. Send it to my desk. I'll sign it. And we'll really take off in a big way. about build back better? I don't know. Is he talking about it without naming it because it's too embarrassing to name it?

But something happening in America. Just look around and you'll see an amazing story. The rebirth of pride that comes from stamping products made in America. The revitalization of American manufacturing. Companies are choosing to build new factories here when just a few years ago they would have gone overseas. That's what's happening. Ford is investing $11 billion in electric vehicles, creating 11,000 jobs across the country. GM is making the largest investment in his history.

$7 billion. Jennifer Grant Hope. Old colleague of ours from far on TV. All told, 369,000 new manufacturing jobs are created in America last year alone. Yes. Powered by people I've met like Jojo Burgess from generations of union still workers in Pittsburgh. Who's here tonight? Where are you, Jojo?

There you go. Thanks, buddy. Where are you, Jojo? Thanks, buddy. Sherry Brown says. He's like a cute little kid on there. Sherry Brown says it's time to bury the label Rust Belt. It's time to see the what used to be called a Rust Belt become the home of a significant resurgence of manufacturing.

And with all the bright spots in our economy, Record job growth, higher wages. Too many families are struggling to keep up with their bills. Inflation is robbing them of gains they thought otherwise they would be able to feel. I get it. That's why my top priority is getting prices under control. Look, our economy roared back faster than almost anyone predicted. But the pandemic meant that businesses had a hard time hiring enough people because of the pandemic to keep up production in their factories. So you didn't have people making those beams that went in the buildings because they were out.

The factory was closed. The panic also disrupted the global supply chain. You got to have the beams. Factories close. We do need the beams. When that happens, it takes longer to make goods and get them to the warehouses, to the stores, and prices go up. Look at cars last year.

One third of all the inflation was because of automobile sales. There weren't enough semiconductors to make all the cars. that people wanted to buy. And guess what? Prices of automobiles went way up. Especially used vehicles as well. And so we have a choice. One way to fight inflation is to drive down wages

and make Americans poor. I think I have a better idea to fight inflation. Lower your cost, not your wages. That's a good line. That's a good line. He doesn't mean it, but it's a good line. Past $15 dollars in a wage, fight for it. Do something.

Show up. He helped kill $50 a minute away. He's a good line, but it's full of malarcy. That means make more cars and semiconductors in America. More infrastructure and innovation in America. More goods moving faster and cheaper in America. Goods. More jobs where you can earn a good living in America.

Jojo. Instead of relying on foreign supply chains, let's make it in America. Foreign car. America. Let's talk you're providing a lot of opportunity for Republicans to be all. angry at the things you say it's hard to oppose this stuff yeah but at the same time is if it's overly bland is that inspiring you know ever see that's a good twist where the democrats are changing USA USA all this increasing the production capacity of our economy our economy I call it building a better America my plan to fight inflation

We'll lower your cost and lower the deficit. 17 Nobel laureates in economics said my plan will ease long-term inflationary pressures. Top business leaders. And I believe most Americans support the plan. And here's the plan. First, cut the cost of prescription drugs. Come on. No, he's not planning to do that at all.

It's totally unrealistic. The Democrats don't want to do it either. They're totally lying. And America, any other country in the world. Just look at insulin. One in ten Americans is diabetes. Let's look at insulin. Virginia, I met a 13-year-old boy, the handsome young man standing up there.

Joshua Davis. I knew they were going to record it at something. No, that's the gallery where they put the people. He and his dad both have type one diabetes. Little kids don't randomly show up this. They need insulin every single day. Insulin cost about $10 a while to make. That's what it costs the pharmaceutical companies.

I think it's the most cutest thing ever. Drug companies charge families like Joshua and his dad up to 30 times that amount. I spoke with Joshua's mom. Imagine what it's like to look at your child who needs insulin to stay healthy and have no idea how on God's name you're going to be able to pay for it. I think it's sick that he's talking about this right now. What it does to your family, but what it does to your dignity, your ability to look your child in the eye.

You've been considering that I can do anything. To be the parent, you expect yourself to be. Considering Manchin's daughter, that's what I think about it, you know, created a monopoly for the EpiPen and Biden's not doing anything about it. Maybe he'll call. Broke all sorts of antitrust laws, but I was not doing a damn thing about it. So yeah, I can imagine what Americans feel like when they can't afford the prescription drugs and things that they're using this people to get as a product.

No, it's disgusting. I'm grossed out by this. Let's cap the cost of insulin in $35 a month. You're not going to do a damn thing. Everyone can afford it. And drug companies will do very, very well. Their profit margin. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's lying. Democrats are going to do nothing. Let's let Medicare negotiate the price of prescription drugs. Shut up. Democrats are not allowing that little Republicans. They already. And buys them nothing to fight for. Let the price for VA drugs.

Look, the American Rescue Plan is helping millions of families of the Affordable Care Act plans to save them $2,400 a year on their health premiums. Let's close the coverage gap and make these savings permanent. And second, what are you doing to fight for it? I don't care about your plan that was an complete failure. What are you doing to fight for? An average of $500 year by combating climate change. Let's provide an investment tax credits to weatherize your home and your business. to be energy efficient and get a tax credit for it.

Double America's clean energy production and solar, wind, and so much more. Lower the price of electric vehicles, saving another $80 a month that you're not going to have to pay at the pump. Folks, third, the third thing we can do to change the standard of living for hard working folks is cut the cost of childcare. Cut the cost of child care. What are you doing then? Why are you here? Go fight for. In a major city in America, you have to 14,000 dollars here for child care and to stop resisting

the bipartisan infrastructure bill because they weren't getting the billed back better agenda. He doesn't get to brag about his agenda. Sorry. I had a mom, a dad, a brother and a sister that really helped. But middle class and working folks shouldn't have to pay more. more than 7% of their income to care for the young children. My plan would cut the cost of child care and half for those families. And help parents, including millions of women who left the workforce during the pandemic,

because they couldn't afford child care to be able to get back to work, generating economic growth. But my plan doesn't stop there. It also includes home and long-term care. more affordable housing 3K for 3 and 4 year old all these will lower cost to families under my plan nobody

let me say this again nobody earning less than $400,000 a year will pay an additional penny in new taxes not a single penny go to a Republican framing about how taxes are the problem and don't worry you're not going to pay any taxes yeah don't worry because he's not going to pass

any. My guess is if we took a secret valid in this floor that we'd all agree that the present tax system ain't fair. We have to fix it. So why, when you take a regular ballot, does it fail? Because of the Americans, start paying their fair share. Look, last year, last year, And like Chris Coons and Tom Carper and my distinguished Congresswoman, we come from the land of corporate America.

There are more corporations incorporated in America than every other state in America combined. And I still won 36 years in a row. The point is, even they understand, you should pay just a fair share. Last year, 55 of the Fortune 500 companies. earned $40 billion in profit and paid zero in federal taxes. Yeah, yeah, correct. No, look, it's not fair. That's why I proposed a 15% minimum tax rate for corporations.

We've got, and that's why in the G7, other meetings overseas, we're able to put together, I was able to be somewhat helpful, 130 countries degree on a global minimum tax rate. So companies can't get out of paying their tax. taxes at home by shipping jobs and factories overseas. It'll raise billions of dollars. That's why I propose closing loopholes for the very wealthy who don't pay a lower tax rate than a teacher and a firefighter. So that's my plan, but we have to go more detailed later. He doesn't care about it. We will grow the economy, lower the cost of

families. So what are we waiting for? Let's get this done. We all know we've got to make changes. Folks, let's get this done. What does that mean? Call out people. Why isn't it already done? Yeah, call out. He didn't do it because he's a son of a bitch who hates your family. That's getting it done. That's political pressure. Let's get it done is I'm not going to do it. I'm just lying to you. My plan will not only lower cost and give families a fair shot. It will lower the deficit. The previous administration not only ballooned the

deficit with those taxes. You're not even fighting for this plan. Who cares how it theoretically affects the deficits? The job of those to keep pandemic relief funds being wasted. Remember we had those debates about whether or not those watchdogs should be able to see every day how much money was being spent were, was it going to the right place? To my administration, the watchdogs are back. And we're going to go after the criminals who stole billions of relief money meant for small business and millions of Americans. Tonight I'm announcing that the Justice Department will soon name a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud.

I guarantee you they go after people with no political power at all. If they're a giant corporation that has tons of lobbyists, they could have stolen billions and there's no way they'll go after them. At the end of this year, the deficit will be down to less than half of what it was before I took office. the only president ever to cut the deficit by more than $1 trillion in a single year lowering your cost also meant

demanding more competition I'm a capitalist but capitalism without competition is not capitalism capitalism without competition is exploitation that's a good line okay at least he had a good line the corporations have to compete

their profits go up and your prices go up when they don't have to compete. Small businesses and family farmers and ranchers, I need not tell some of our Republican friends. Are we sure that's not a wax statue of Mitch O'Donnell? He has a face has, oh, there we got a blink. Great. That's it. You play with them, but you don't get to play at all. And you pay a hell of a lot more, a hell of a lot more because it's only four.

See what's happening with ocean carriers, moving goods in and out of America. During the pandemic, about half a dozen or less foreign-owned companies raised prices by as much as 1,000 percent and made record profits. Tonight, I'm announcing a crackdown on those companies overcharging American businesses and consumers. That sounds good, but we'll see. Yeah, I don't believe any of it. They'll also go after mid-sized companies that don't have any political power or lobbyists or give campaign contributions. Fair firms take over more nursing homes. Quality in those homes has gone down and costs have gone up.

That ends on my watch. Medicare is going to set higher standards for nursing homes and make sure your loved ones get the care they deserve and that they inspect and they will look that closely. We're also going to cut costs to keep the economy going strong and giving workers a fair shot, provide more training and apprenticeships, higher than based on skills, not just their degrees.

Let's pass the Paycheck Fairness Act and paid leave. Raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and extend the child tax credit. So no one has to raise the family of poverty. Let's increase Pell Grants, increase our historic support for HBCUs. And invest in what Jill, our first lady, who teaches full-time, calls America's best-kept-secret community colleges. Look, let's pass the Pro Act. When a majority of workers want a former union, they shouldn't be able to be stopped. They're not going to pass.

When we invest in our workers and we build an economy from the bottom up in the middle out together, we can do something we haven't done in a long time. Build a better America. For more than two years, COVID has impacted every decision in our lives. I don't care about his delivery. I care about what he's actually accomplished. And I know you're tired, frustrated, and it's warming. frustrated and exhausted.

Oh yeah. That doesn't even count close to a million people who sit at a dining room table or a kitchen table and look at an empty chair. Because they lost somebody. But I also know this, because of the progress we've made, because of your resilience and the tools that we have been provided by this Congress, tonight I can say we're moving forward safely back to a norm norm norm. more normal routines. We've reached a new moment in the fight against COVID-19, where severe cases are down no level not seen since July of last year. Just a few days ago, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new mask guidelines. Under the new guidelines,

most Americans and most of the country can now go mask-free. And based on projections, More of the country will reach a point across that point across the next couple of weeks. And thanks to the progress we've made in the past year, COVID-19 no longer need control our lives. I know some are talking about living with COVID-19. But tonight, I say that we never will just accept living with COVID-19 will continue to combat the virus as we do other diseases. And because this virus mutates and spreads, we have to stay on guard. And here are four common sense steps as we move forward safely, in my view. First, stay protected with vaccines and treatments.

We know how incredibly effective vaccines are. If you're vaccinated and boost it, you have the highest degree of protection. We'll never give up on vaccinating more Americans. Now, I know parents with kids under five are eager to see their vaccines authorized for their children. Scientists are working hard to get that done and will be ready with plenty of vaccines if and when they do. We're already We are also ready with antiviral treatments.

If you get COVID-19, the Pfizer pill reduces your chances of ending up in the hospital by 90%. I've ordered more pills than anyone in the world has. Pfizer's working overtime to get us a million pills this month and more than double that next month. And now we're launching

the test to treat initiative. So people can get tested at a pharmacy and if they prove positive, receive the antiviral pills on the spot at no cost. So this stuff I think he should brag about. He made the vaccine distribution like great, widely available. Anyone who wants to get vaccinated, anyone who wants to get, you know, these treatments can get it. He's not responsible for the fact that a significant chunk won't.

Right. Exactly. On testing, I would like him to think about it on a global level, especially low-income countries. And you can order for free to your doorstep. And we've already ordered free test. If you're already ordered free test tonight, I'm announcing you can order another group of tests. Go to COVID test. Go to COVID-test. Starting next week and you can get more tests. See, I got mine pretty quick, actually. It took us forever to get our tests. Over the past, we've gotten much better at detecting new variants. If necessary, we'll be. able to develop new vaccines within 100 days instead of maybe months or years. And if Congress presides the funds we need, we'll have new stockpiles of tests, masks, pills ready if needed.

I can't promise a new variant won't come, but I can't promise you we'll do everything within our power to be ready if it does. Third, you can end the shutdown of schools and businesses. We have the tools we need. It's time for America to get back to work and fill our great downtowns again with people. People working from home can feel safe and begin to return to their offices. We're doing that here in the federal government. The vast majority of federal workers will once again work in person. Our schools are open.

Let's keep it that way. Our kids need to be in school. With 75% of adult, 75% of adult Americans fully vaccinated, and hospitalization is down by 77%. Most Americans can remove their mask and stay in the classroom and move forward safely. We achieved this because we've provided free vaccines,

treatments, tests, and masks. Of course, continuing this costs money. So I'll not surprise you. I'll be back to see y'all. And I'm going to soon send a request to Congress. The vast majority of Americans have used these tools and may want again. We may need them again. So I expect Congress and I hope you'll pass that quickly. Fourth, we'll continue vaccinating the world. We've sent 475 million vaccine doses to 112 countries, more than any nation on earth.

We won't stop. Because you can't build a law high enough to keep out a vaccine. The vaccine can stop the spread of these diseases. You know, we've lost so much in COVID-19. Time with one another. The worst of all, the much loss of life. Let's use this moment to reset. So stop looking at COVID as a partisan dividing line.

See it for what it is. A god-awful disease. Let's stop sending each, seeing each other as enemies. Start seeing each other for who we are, fellow Americans. Look. That's such a trite line. It's not going to, like what? Oh, is that going to melt Ted Cruz's heart and Mitch McConnell's lack of heart?

And oh my God, I'm going to put aside my corporate donors. I'm just going to see us as Americans. You know it would be strong? A long time in coming. He called out mansions in the law. That would be so strong. Yeah, phone. Zero percent.

I might go canvas for him if he actually started applying pressure. You know, for all the blue check mark devs on Twitter are like, what could he do? Apply pressure. And then I'll shut up. And a survey of the transcript says he will not be calling him out by name. Of course. Of course. Officer Moore was 27 years old.

Officer Vera was 22 years old. years old, both Dominican Americans who grew up in the same streets that they later chose to patrol as police officers. I spoke with their families and I told them they were forever in debt for their sacrifices and will carry on their mission to restore the trust and safety in every community deserves. Like some of you that have been around for a while, I've worked with you on these issues for a long time. I know what works. investigating crime prevention and community policing

cops who walk the beat who know the neighborhood and who can restore trust and safety. Let's not abandon our streets or choose between safety and equal justice. Let's come together and protect our communities, restore trust, and hold law enforcement

accountable. That's why the Justice Department has required body cameras, banned choked calls, and restricted no-knocks warrants for its officers. That's why they American Rescue Plan that you all provided $350 billion that cities, states, and counties can use to hire more police, invest in more. There's more damage in Congress than almost any sitting congressman.

Helps corrupt the Democratic Party into corporate shills. Clyburn is one of the worst legislators in the country. No one hates progressives more than Clyburn does it, except Hakeem Jeffings. Instant messengers breaking the cycle of violence and trauma, giving young people some hope. And Josh Godhithe. We should all agree. The answer is not to defund the police, is to fund the police. Fund them.

That's the answer. That's the answer. And Kamala Harris gets up. Look, guys, defund the police is a bad slogan. I know he's trying to get away from it. But doubling down in the wrong direction doesn't help either. Yeah. Resources and training they need to protect our community.

I ask Democrats and Republicans alike to pass my budget and keep our neighborhoods safe. And we'll do everything in my power to crack down on gun trafficking of ghost guns. You can buy in line. Your ghost agenda. No serial numbers. Can't be traced. I ask Congress to pass proven. And gun manufacturers can't make money off of it.

We've got to get rid of it. I'm not universal background checks. Why should anyone on the terrorist list be able to purchase a warrant? Why? Why? Why? She's nervous. She's preparing her own.

Not preparing. She's got to prepare. She's thinking about it. She's just going to wing it. You think the deer are wearing Kevlar vests? Look, repeal the liability. We've heard these lines for decades. Gun manufacturers the only industry in America that can't be sued.

The only one. Imagine had we done that with the tobacco manufacturers. manufacturers. These laws don't infringe on the Second Amendment. They save lives. The most fundamental right in America is the right to vote and have it counted. And look, it's under assault. In state after state, new laws have been passed. Not only suppressed the vote, we've been there before, but to subvert the entire election. We can't let this happen. Tonight I call on the Senate to pass. Pass the Freedom to Vote Act. Oh, you called on him. Oh, he called on him, guys. He called on him to the Senate to pass it. That is very dramatic. I bet they listen.

No, who's funding you know. Useless. Useless speech. Every part of his domestic policy speech has been useless. I like to honor someone who dedicated his life to serve this country. Justice Breyer, an Army veteran, constitutional scholar, retiring justice in the United States Supreme Court. Justice Breyer, thank you for your service. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You mean it. Get up, stand up and see you. Thank you.

Okay, okay, okay. Okay, okay. It's just awkward, move on. No matter what your ideology, we all know why the serious constitution responsibility a president has is nominating someone to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

As I did four days ago, I've nominated the Circuit Court of Appeals, Katangy Brown Jackson. One of our nation's top legal minds who continue in Justice Breyer's legacy of excellence. A former top litigator in private practice, a former federal public defender from a family of public school educators and police officers

she's a consensus builder since she's been nominated she's received a broad range of support including the fraternal order of police and former judges supported by Democrats and Republicans folks if we're to advance liberty and justice we need to secure our border and fix the immigration system Now, this speech is so full of fluff.

It's like, look, we're doing programming here, so I shouldn't tell you it's boring, but I think it's boring because he's just repeating talking points that are useless. The only way that it would be useful is if he actually fought for them. He's got a national audience here. He could fight for it right now, right here, and he's doing none of that. Set up joint patrols of Mexico and Guatemala to catch more human traffickers. We're putting in place dedicated immigration judges a significant larger number so families fleeing persecution and violence can have their curses cases heard faster. And those who don't legitimately hear can be sent back.

We're screening, we're securing commitments and supporting partners in South and Central America to host more refugees and secure their own borders. We can do all this while keeping lit the torch of liberty that has led the generation of immigrants. this land. My forebears and many of yours. Provide a pathway to citizens for dreamers. Those of temporary status, farm workers, essential workers, revise our laws. So if businesses have workers they need and families don't wait decades to reunite, it's not only the right thing to do, it's economically smart thing to do. That's why the immigration reform is supported by everyone from labor unions, the religious leaders, to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Let's get it done once and for all. You just whooped about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. I mean, I'm surprised there were four of them, yeah. And support about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, well, it was like, wow! Yes!

Finally, the part I was waiting for. Protecting the rights of women. The Constitution's right affirmed by Rovi Wade, standing precedent for half a century is under attack as never before. If you want to go forward, not back, We must protect access to health care. Preserve a woman's right to choose.

And continue to advance maternal health care for all Americans. They just voted it down in the Senate. Mansion voted no and so did Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania. So this is more malarkey. They didn't do anything to protect your rights. The onslaught of state laws targeting transgender Americans and their families. It's simply wrong. I've said last year, especially to our younger transgender Americans, I'll always have your back as your president so you can be yourself and reach your God-given potential.

I thought he was going to say he could do whatever the goddamn thing you want. I was like, all right, okay. But I like it, he said God-given potential in regards to the transgender. Yeah, that was intentional, that was a good line. We do agree on a lot more things than we acknowledge. I signed 80 bipartisan bills in the law last year from preventing government shutdowns, protecting Asian Americans from still too common hate crimes,

to reforming military justice, and will soon be strengthening the Violence Against Women Act that I first wrote three decades ago. It's important. It's important for us to show the nation. We can come together and do big things. Tonight I'm offering a unity agenda for the nation. Four big things we can do together, in my view.

First, beat the opioid epidemic. There's so much we can do. Really? Increased funding for prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery. Get rid of outdated rules of stop doctors. Progressives are up in the rafters. That's kind of symbolic. AOC, Rashida Tili, Diana, Presley.

Stop the flow of illicit drugs by working with state and local law enforcement to go after the traffickers. Not ironic, symbolic. If you're suffering from addiction, you know, you should know you're not alone. I believe in recovery, and I celebrate the 23 million, 23 million Americans in recovery. Second, let's take on mental health, especially among our children whose lives and education have been turned on. upside down. American Rescue Plan gave schools money to hire teachers and help students make up for

lost learning. I urge every parent to make sure your school, your school does just that. They have the money. We can all play a part. Sign up to be a tutor or a mentor. Children are also struggling before the pandemic. We're at the sign up to be a tutor stage of the

speech. Like what are you trying to fill an hour and a half? Dude, you could like wrap it up and it's like. It's here tonight with us. has shown, we must hold social media platforms accountable for the national experiment they're conducting on our children for profit. Wait, hold you accountable? The social media platform.

She's remember the one that from the whistleblower from Facebook. Thank you. Yeah, we must hold them accountable. Wouldn't it be great if there were people in the room who could do just that? Yeah, but I can't spot any. Ban targeted advertising to children. Demand tech come and stop collecting personal data on our children. And let's get all Americans the mental health services they need.

More people can turn for help and full parity between physical and mental health care if we treat it that way in our insurance. Look. Just empty words, guys. They're not doing anything in Congress. They're doing anything in Congress. They're literally doing nothing in Congress. Empty words.

Only thing they pass is defense bills. Veterans are the backbone. There's a standard trite owed to veterans that they don't mean at all. I've always believed. At least he's not giving the fake shallow owed to veterans and then sending them directly into war for the most part. That's good. My administration providing assistance of job training, housing, and now helping lower income veterans get VA care debt-free. And our troops in Iraq have faced in Afghanistan, have faced many dangers.

One being stationed at bases breathing in toxic smoke from burn pits. Many of you have been there. What is she doing? Oh, God, Schumer and Pelosi. I. 40 times. These burn pits that incinerate waste, the waste of war, medical and hazards, material, jet fuel, and so much more. And they come home.

Many of the world's fittest and best trained warriors in the world. Never the same. Headaches, numbness, dizziness. A cancer that would put them in a flag-draged coffin. I know. One of those soldiers was my son, Major Bobo. I am guessing that is Marjorie Green talking about 13 soldiers who died in Afghanistan. That is, hooch was near.

Somebody yelled 13. In Iraq, and earlier than that, in Kosovo, is the cause of his brain cancer and the disease of so many other troops. But I am committed to find out everything we can, committed to military families like Danielle Robinson from Ohio, the widow of Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson. He was born a soldier, Army National Guard, combat medic in Kosovo and Iraq. station near Baghdad just yards from burn pitch the size of football fields. Danielle is here with us tonight. They love going to Ohio State football games. Yeah, Marjorie Taylor Green, I mean, Jesus Christ, it was so obvious that he was setting up that that's how his son died, even if you hadn't read the speech. Yeah. And then she jumps in

and makes an obnoxious comment right before he says, that's how my son died. God, she's Such a terrible person. Cancer from prolonged exposure to burn pits ravaged Heath's lungs and body. Danielle says Heath was a fighter to the very end. He didn't know how to stop fighting. And neither did she. Through her pain, she found purpose to demand that we do better. Tonight, Danielle, we are going to do better.

The VA- Like a sort of saying it was bober. The VA is part of new ways of linking top. Toxies exposure disease, already helping more veterans get benefits. And tonight, I'm announcing we're expanding eligibility to veterans suffering from nine respiratory cancers. I'm also calling on Congress to pass the law to make sure veterans devastated by toxic exposure in Iraq and Afghanistan finally get the benefits in the comprehensive health care. What is wrong with Pelosi and Schumer? She keeps standing up early and like acting weird and like when he started talking about burn pits.

There's like the most there was no close line for minutes to come right and she got up and started doing this. Well like Schumer this part of the room Schumer can't see so he could kind of not know but she's looking at the room when she stands up. She knows everyone else standing up. Yeah that's true. And she's read the speech. Look, I don't mean to be ages, they're just too old. They've been there for so long backed by corporate donor money. Oh, that's, every time they show the crowd, it's just, it is the oldest gathering in America.

You love, yeah. Husband, wife, son, daughter, mom, dad. Cancer is the number two cause of death in America second only to heart disease. Last month, I announced the plan to supercharge the cancer moonshot the President Obama asked me to lead six years ago. Our goal is to cut cancer death rates by at least. 50% over the next 25 years. I think we can do better than that. Turn cancers from death sentences into treatable diseases. More support for patients and their families. To get there, I call on Congress to fund what I called ARPA-H. Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

Pattern after DARPA in the Defense Department. Projects are led. in DARPA to the internet, GPS and so much more to make our forces more safer and be able to wage war more with more clarity. Running out of energy. Harper will have a singular purpose to drive breakthroughs and cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes and more. A unity agenda for the nation. We can do these things. It's within our power. We can't do anything because this son of a bitch. Yeah, call them out. Tonight, we've gathered in this sacred space, the citadel of democracy, in this capital,

generation after generation of Americans have debated great questions amid great strife, and have done great things. We fought for freedom, expanded liberty, debated totalitarianism and terror. We both the strongest, freest, and most the strongest, freest, and most. prosperous nation the world has ever known. Now is the hour. Our moment of responsibility, our test of resolve and conscience of history itself, it is in this moment that our character of this generation is formed. Our purpose is found. Our future is forged. Well, I know this nation. We'll meet the test. Protect freedom and liberty.

expand fairness and opportunity. And we will save democracy. As hard as those times have been, I'm more optimistic about America today than I've been my whole life because I see the future that's within our grasp. Because I know there's simply nothing beyond our capacity.

We're the only nation on earth that has always turned every crisis we've faced into an opportunity. The only nation that can be defined by a single possibility. not the right kind of opportunity. So on this night, on our 240 and 50 years of nation, I've come to report on the state of the nation,

the state of the union. And my report is this. The state of the union is strong because you, the American people, are strong. We are stronger today. We are stronger today than we were a year ago. And we'll be stronger a year from now than we are today.

This is our moment to meet and overcome the challenges of our time. And we will as one people, one America, the United States of America. God bless you all, and may God protect our troops. Thank you. Go get him. Okay. Thanks, buddy. All right.

So we're gonna do a summary of the State of the Union in a minute. And but we gotta give you Texas primary results before we do anything else. Okay, what do you got? I mean we have a little bit of an update, but not much. So the last I checked in the Cisneros versus Quayar race, we were up to 55%. So I think we've moved up by three percentage points and she is at Cisneros is at 50.6% to 44.8. So effectively the same, we've moved up just a couple of percentage points. points. Okay, I want to just pause on that for one second though. Guys, so that race is really

important because we've talked about the progressive versus a very conservative Democrat, a corporate Democrat who's up on corruption charges by the FBI. But in terms of the results, it would be great if she finished above 50%. So if it was just a normal race where there was no potential for a runoff, I would say, you know, a six point lead is not the most comfortable lead with over with about 55% reporting, but not bad, not bad, that'll probably hold, right? But she's barely above 50%. So that could mean a runoff if she slips under 50%. And so that means with 45% left her report, that's going to take a long time before we figure out if she's going to win and if she's

gonna have a runoff or not, right? Okay, you were saying. Yeah, so let's see. In the 15th district, Ruben Ramirez is now up. Previously, Michelle Vallejo, I believe, had been leading very early on when we only had a couple of percentage points. Now she is actually down quite significantly, in third place actually narrowly. And she's generally considered the most progressive of the candidates in that race. So losing there, Greg Casar, we already have effectively called that. Jasmine Crockett is still at 46.3% in the 30th district with 55% of the vote reported. So Greg Kassar, yeah, Greg Kassar was expected to win, which is very rare for a progressive. But he has one, I called it before the state of the union began, because the numbers were

overwhelming and fairly obvious. But he's also going to comfortably come above 50% so we He won't need a runoff. So he's not the biggest fire breathing progressive, but he's a progressive and wins comfortably. So God bless. We'll take that win. Cisneros is leading. So if just those two won, it's still be a really good night for progressives. And obviously we've got some mixed results elsewhere.

John, is there anything else you wanted to update on? Yeah, one, as of right now. So in the in the new district, well, many of the districts have been changed since the last go round, Lloyd Doggett, it would previously been the incumbent in a different district up very significantly over Donna IMA. Yeah, that's over. So he's going to win. There's going to be no runoff. And it turns out, incumbents still have really good name recognition and positive enough branding. So that was a test of whether these new districts, could really hurt incumbents and apparently. And she has run before, so it gave you some reason to believe that perhaps she'd be gaining steam.

Yeah, and Lloyd Dogg, it's a complicated guy, and he's done some really good things too. So it's not like, oh god damn it, he's not a Henry Quayar, he's not, you know, a Josh Gottheimer or any guy like that. So that was a little bit mixed, but apparently incumbents still holding strong, which is, overall in the country, not a great thing. Okay, so here's what we're going to do, guys. We're going to take a break because we've got reactions. Unless, so Asher, I don't know Asher's our producer. If the Republican response to the state of the union is going to start,

we'll come right back into that. And then also Rashida Talib's got a response for progressives, which I love that she's doing that. We've got more Texas primary numbers, and we have to summarize Biden speech for you guys. Let's take a quick break and come back and do all that. Thanks for listening to the full episode of the Young Turks. Support our work, listen ad-free, access members-only bonus content,

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