GOD BLESS THE MARINES.
THANK YOU, MR. BARRASSO, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
ALL RIGHT.
ANOTHER SIDE OF THIS.
MORE ON THE RAIL STRIKE.
WE BRING IN SENATOR TED CRUZ OF
TEXAS.
BY THE WAY JUST TO SAY HE IS THE
AUTHOR OF JUSTICE CORRUPTED, HOW
THE LEFT WEAPONIZED OUR LEGAL
SYSTEM.
A TERRIFIC BOOK.
SENATOR CRUZ, I DON’T KNOW IF I
HEARD MY OPENING RIFF.
I’M KIND OF SIDING WITH THE
RAILROAD WORKERS ON THIS ONE.
>> YES, I AGREE WITH YOU.
I THINK ONE OF THE MOST
CONSEQUENTIAL SHIFTS WE’VE SEEN
IN THE LAST DECADE POLITICALLY,
IN FACT PROBABLY THE MOST
CONSEQUENTIAL SHIFT IN I THINK
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS BECOME
THE PARTY OF BLUE-COLLAR
WORKERS.
WE ARE THE PARTY OF TRUCK
DRIVERS AND STEELWORKERS AND
RAILROAD WORKERS.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED
HERE, THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE HAS
SCREWED THIS UP MONUMENTALLY
FROM THE OUTSET.
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO JOE BIDEN
WAS TELLING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
HE RESOLVED IT, A RAILROAD
STRIKE AVERTED.
WE NOW KNOW HE WAS DELIBERATELY
MISLEADING AMERICAN PEOPLE.
HE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD
TO GET PAST ELECTION DAY.
WHAT BIDEN DID WITH SAUDI ARABIA
TO DELAY THE OUT PUT
RESTRICTIONS UNTIL AFTER
ELECTION DAY.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT CONFUSING
VOTERS.
SO NOW WE’RE FACING THE
POTENTIAL OF A RAILROAD STRIKE.
A RAILROAD STRIKE WOULD BE
CATASTROPHIC.
THE COST TO THE ECONOMY WOULD BE
OVER $2 BILLION A DAY.
NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT HAPPEN
BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHAT BIDEN AND
THE DEMOCRATS DECIDED TO DO IS
SIMPLY SQUASH THE DEMAND OF THE
RAILROAD WORKERS.
THE RAILROAD WORKERS VOTEDDED ON
THE AGREEMENT, THE MAJORITY OF
THE WORKERS VOTED NO, THEY
DIDN’T LIKE THE WORKERS.
YET THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE IS
SAYING TO THE WORKERS, WE DON’T
CARE WHAT YOU THINK.
WE’LL FORCE THE RESULT WE WANT
ANYWAY.
I THINK THAT IS A REAL IS
MISTAKE.
LARRY: THIS GOES BACK TO
RONALD REAGAN AND JACK KEMP WHEN
I WAS A CHILD, LEARNED A LOT
ABOUT THE POLITICAL ECONOMY, THE
WORKERS, BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS,
THEY DIDN’T CREATE THE
INFLATION.
GOVERNMENT CREED THE INFLATION.
>> YEP.
LARRY: SPENDING, MONEY PRINTING,
TAXING OVERREGULATING.
SO IN THIS CASE I’M SORT OF
HARKENING BACK TO THAT.
SEVEN PAID SICK DAY LEAVE
DOESN’T SOUND LIKE AN AWFUL
THING.
THEY ARE GETTING GOOD WAGES BUT
INFLATION IS DROWNING OUT THE
WAGES.
I’M JUST SAYING, AT THIS
JUNCTURE I DON’T REALLY FEEL
LIKE BLAMING WORKERS.
EVERYBODY, PRIVATE UNIONS AND
LEADERSHIP, THE LEADERSHIP MAY
BE A BUNCH OF SOCIALISTS.
I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT
IN THIS CASE BUT I’M SAYING WHY
POINT THE FINGER AT THE WORKER
ALL THE TIME?
WHY NOT GIVE THEM A BREAK?
>> YEAH.
LISTEN, THE TALKING POINT FOR
MANAGEMENT HERE IS THAT THERE IS
A 24% PAY INCREASE OVER FIVE
YEARS.
THAT SOUNDS GOOD, UNTIL YOU
REFLECT ON THE FACT UNDER
JOE BIDEN INFLATION IS OVER 8%.
WHICH MEANS THIS AGREEMENT HAS
THE UNION WAGES RISING AT ABOUT
HALF THE RATE OF INFLATION.
THAT IS EFFECTIVELY A PAY CUT
FOR WORKERS.
AND THEIR DEMAND HERE IS NOT
EVEN MORE MONEY.
AS YOU NOTED, IT IS HAVING SICK
LEAVE AND RIGHT NOW THEIR
EXISTING CONTRACTS AS I
UNDERSTAND IT, THEY HAVE TO PUT
IN MULTIPLE DAYS IN ADVANCE
BEFORE TAKING SICK LEAVE.
NOW, LARRY, HOW EXACTLY DOES
THAT WORK?
IF YOU GET SICK TODAY, HOW ARE
YOU SUPPOSED TO KNOW THREE DAYS
AHEAD OF TIME THAT YOU’RE GOING
TO GET SICK TODAY?
SO THE WHOLE POINT OF SICK
LEAVE, IF YOU’RE SICK YOU GOT TO
BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO WHAT
YOU’VE GOT RIGHT THEN AND SO
LOOKING AT THE DEMANDS OF THE
WORKERS I THINK ON THE FACE THAT
THEY SEEM QUITE REASONABLE AND
YET WHY IS THE BIDEN
WHITE HOUSE, WHY ARE PELOSI AND
SCHUMER STEPPING IN TO SQUASH
THE WORKER DEMANDS?
THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE BIDEN
WHITE HOUSE SCREWED THIS UP AND
THEY’RE NOW ON THE PRECIPICE OF
DISASTER, DISASTER THAT THEY
CAUSED.
LARRY: YOU THINK THE
CORNYN-SANDERS BILL, YOU’RE A
COSPONSOR OF THAT BILL, DO YOU
THINK YOU WILL GET A VOTE ON
THAT?
DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT PASS?
DO YOU THINK THE SENATE WILL
GIVE THEM THE SICK LEAVE?
>> YOU KNOW I DON’T KNOW HOW
THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT RIGHT
NOW.
SCHUMER, WHO IS THE MAJORITY
LEADER IS KEEPING HIS CARDS VERY
CLOSE TO THE VEST.
WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW HE
WILL TEE UP THE VOTE.
I THINK LIKELY WE’LL SEE VOTES
TOMORROW ON THIS BUT AT THIS
POINT SCHUMER HAS NOT TOLD US.
I THINK THE OBJECTIVE HERE
SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE, AVERT A
RAIL STRIKE BUT NUMBER TWO, NOT
TO STEP IN AND HAVE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BIG FOOT THE WORKERS
TO SAY IT DOESN’T MATTER.
IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS
THERE ARE OVER 17,000 FREIGHT
RAIL WORKERS.
NO STATE IN THE UNION WITH MORE
FREIGHT RAIL WORKERS THAN TEXAS
AND I DON’T THINK THAT CONGRESS
SHOULD STEP IN AND SAY IT
DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU WORKERS
WANT.
WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THE ANSWER
IS NO.
I THINK THAT IS A REAL MISTAKE
YET THAT IS WHERE THE BIDEN
WHITE HOUSE IS.