MONDAY GOING WITH INTO THE VOTE
ON TUESDAY.
LARRY: ALL RIGHT.
JOINING ME NOW ON SET, GUY
BENSON, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTE, AND
ROMA DARAVI, FORMER WHITE HOUSE
DEPUTY COMMS DIRECTOR.
WELCOME, KIDS.
LET ME PUT PERMITTING ASIDE FOR
A MINUTE, OKAY?
UNLESS YOU HAVE A BURNING
DESIRE.
GUY BENSON, THE COMMITMENT TO
AMERICA CAME OUT TODAY.
I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON IT.
AND THE BIG QUESTION IS, WILL IT
BE POLITICALLY EFFECTIVE?
WILL IT PUSH THE REPUBLICAN
CAVALRY OVER THE HINE?
>> I THINK OVERALL IT’S GOOD.
I THINK THEY WERE VERY CAREFUL
ABOUT HOW TO ROLL THIS OUT, WHAT
TO PUT IN IT, WHAT TO LEAVE OUT.
WE’VE SEEN A FEW, LET’S SAY,
SPASMS OF DRAMA ON THE SENATE
SIDE WITH A PLAN THAT THE NRSC
HAD PUT OUT.
THEY TRIED TO MAKE A SPLASH,
THEY HAD THEIR EVENT TODAY.
I THINK FOR THEM TO HAVE A
PROACTIVE AGENDA THAT THEY CAN
POINT TO AND IF PEOPLE DECIDE TO
LOOK IT UP, DEMOCRATS WILL SAY
WE DISAGREE, BUT I THINK THAT
THEY’VE BEEN PRETTY STRATEGIC
ABOUT THIS.
I’M NOT SURE, ULTIMATELY, THE
REPUBLICANS’ BULLET POINT PLAN
IS GOING TO MAKE THAT BIG OF A
DIFFERENCE IN THIS POLITICAL
ENVIRONMENT.
BUT IT IS GOOD TO HAVE AT LEAST
SOMETHING YOU CAN POINT TO THAT
SAYS WE’RE NOT JUST AGAINST THE
MESS THAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
UNDER ONE-PARTY RULE --
LARRY: YEAH.
NO, I LIKE THAT.
>> IT’S A PRETTY GOOD MESSAGE,
BUT WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE AS
A --
LARRY: WE LIKE POSITIVE AGENDAS.
LOOK, THE HEADLINERS HERE IS ON
THE ECONOMY AND INFLATION.
I’M JUST LOOKING AT IT, AND
CRIME.
WHICH I THINK ARE THE TWO BIG
ISSUES.
AS GUY SAID, IT’S GOOD TO HAVE A
POSITIVE AGENDA.
BUT HERE’S -- BIDEN’S SAYING,
AND YET JANET YELLEN SAYING THE
SAME THING.
BIDEN TODAY SAYS WE NEED TO KILL
THE FILIBUSTER IN ORDER TO PASS
THIS FEDERAL ABORTION ACT, OKAY?
WHICH WOULD GO RIGHT UP TO THE
BITTER EN, PARTIAL BIRTH EVEN
AFTER THE BABY IS ALIVE, AND
THEY’RE ALL SAYING, BIDEN HAS
SAID THIS, YELLEN HAS SAID THIS,
OTHERS HAVE SAID THIS, THEY
CAN’T WAIT THE AGENDA TO FINISH
TAX HIKES ON CORPORATIONS, ON
SMALL BUSINESS AND ON WELL-TO-DO
INDIVIDUALS.
SO THE STAKES ARE PRETTY HIGH,
ROMA DARAVI.
>> LOOK, I THINK THE DEMOCRATS
DO ONE THING VERY WELL, AND
THAT’S READING FROM THE SAME
TRANSCRIPTS.
THEY KNOW HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE
SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN
SUCH AS ABORTION IN ORDER TO GET
THEIR BASE FIRED UP.
WHAT WE’RE SEEING HERE IS THE
HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE GOTTEN IN
LINE, HE WAS THEIR PRIORITIES.
IT’S THE ECONOMY, IT’S THE
BORDER, IT’S CRIME, IT’S
SCHOOLS, IT’S SAFETY.
IT’S FREEDOM, REALLY, IS WHAT IT
IS.
SO I’M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT
WE HAVE THIS POSITIVE, VERY
CLEAR, CONCISE MESSAGE THAT’S
BEING SHARED TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO BE THE
ONLY THING THAT GETS US OVER THE
FINISH LINE, RIGHT?
YOU’RE GOING TO SEE TWO VERY
IMPORTANT THINGS OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE MONTHS HAPPEN.
NUMBER ONE, DONALD J. TRUMP WILL
BE ON THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
IF TRAIL.
AND NUMBER TWO, THE
CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS WILL BE
READING FROM THIS PLAYBOOK.
SO THOSE THINGS, I THINK, WILL
MAKE VERY CLEAR TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WHAT THEIR CHOICES ARE.
YOU CAN CONTINUE WITH WHAT’S
BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST
YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS NOW,
WHICH IS TERRIBLE, OR YOU CAN
READ FROM THIS NEW PLAYBOOK,
SAFETY, SECURITY, ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY, YOUR CHILDREN CAN GO
TO SCHOOL AND LEARN NOT THAT
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT
GENDERS, BUT THAT THERE ARE
TWO --
LARRY: PARENTS WILL HAVE
INFLUENCE --
>> YOUR PARENTS WILL HAVE SAY IN
THE CLASSROOM.
LARRY: I THINK THESE ARE FAIRLY
IMPORTANT THINGS.
THEY’RE NOT FEW THINGS.
WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THEM
FOR QUITE A WHILE.
BUT IF THEY’RE ALL SINGING FROM
THE SAME HYMNAL, THAT’S GOT TO
BE A GOOD THING.
>> UNITY, UNITY OF PURPOSE,
RIGHT.
COHERENCE.
THESE ARE GOOD THINGS IN
POLITICS.
JUST, I THINK THAT THE EDUCATION
PIECE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
PAUSE ON FOR A MOMENT.
YOU SAID IT’S A GOOD THING, IT’S
HELPED IN THE PAST.
IT WAS THE ISSUE IN 2021 THAT
GOT GLENN YOUNGKIN ELECTED.
HE DID A GREAT JOB ON OTHER
ISSUES, BUT WHAT PUT HIM ON TOP
WAS ANGER OVER THE SCHOOLS.
I HAD YOUNGKIN ON THE RADIO SHOW
THIS WEEK SAYING, HEY, I WAS
CONCERNED REPUBLICANS WERE NOT
FOCUSING ON THAT ISSUE NEARLY
ENOUGH.
BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD A
NATIONAL REFERENDUM ELECTION ON
WHAT THESE TEACHERS UNIONS AND
DEMOCRATS DID TO OUR KIDS IN
THIS COUNTRY FOR A YEAR AND A
HALF.
THIS IS THE FIRST NATIONAL
ELECTION WHERE PARENTS AND
OTHERS CAN RENDER A VERDICT ON
THAT.
AND FOR REPUBLICANS, I GET IT,
INFLATION, CRIME, BORDER, THEY
SHOULD ABSOLUTELY HAMMER ON
THOSE.
BUT TO LEAVE THE EDUCATION PIECE
OUT OF IT, I THINK, WOULD BE A
HUGE MISTAKE.
AND FOR THEM TO FOCUS ON IT THE
WAY THEY ARE IN THIS PLAN, I
THINK THAT’S ENCOURAGING.
I HOPE THAT IT’S ONE OF THE
CLOSING ARGUMENTS --
LARRY: NO, NO.
I LIKE THAT A LOT, GUY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD CLAUDIA TENNEY
AND BETH WITH VAN DUYNE, TWO
VERY STRONG CONGRESSWOMEN ON THE
GOP SIDE, AND I RAISED THAT VERY
ISSUE.
I SAID I DON’T WANT IT TO GET
LOST IN THE FINE PRINT.
IT’S NOT HEADLINE, BUT THE
PARENTAL EDUCATION INFLUENCE IN
THE SCHOOL HAS BOT TO BE VERY
IMPORTANT.
I CALLED IT A SLEEPER ISSUE, AND
THEY BOTH AGREED.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR QUITE
SOME TIME, AND I RECKON YOU’RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE’VE GOT A MINUTE LEFT, KIDS.
THIS IS AN INSANE STORY IN THE
WASHINGTON TIMES THIS MORNING.
THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS BEEN
SURVEYING PROTESTERS,
PARTICULARLY WITH PRO-GUN,
ANTI-BIDEN AGENDAS.
THERE’S SOMETHING CALLED THE
INTERNET COVERT OPERATIONS
PROGRAM, ICOP.
>> I LIKEN COPS.
LARRY: YEAH.
I MEAN, I DIDN’T KNOW ANY OF
THIS.
THE POSTAL SERVICE IS NOW PART
OF NATIONAL SECURITY
SURVEILLANCE?
I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND THIS.
IT’S A HORRIBLE STORY.
AND THEY’RE GOING AFTER -- AS
YOU MIGHT GUESS, IT’SLY PEOPLE
OF CONSERVATIVE -- IT’S MOSTLY
PEOPLE OF CONSERVATIVE
PERSUASION, ROMA.
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS?
AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT?
>> I’D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT
MORE.
BUT ON FIRST AMBULANCE, IT SEEMS
LIKE THEY MAY HAVE OTHER THINGS
THEY CAN FOCUS ON LIKE GETTING
OUR MAIL DELIVERED ON TIME,
MAKING SURE THINGS AREN’T LOST,
MAKING SURE THERE AREN’T
EXPLOSIVES IN ENVELOPES BEING
SENT TO TRUMP FAMILY MEMBERS.
LARRY: RIGHT.
>> RIGHT?
MAKING SURE THAT WE’RE SAFE AND
SECURE --
LARRY: NOT GOING BANKRUPT EVERY
OTHER YEAR --
>> MAYBE TALKING ABOUT OUR
ELECTIONS, MAKING SURE THAT
BALLOTS AREN’T BEING LOST IN THE
MAIL.
SEEMS LIKE A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS
THEY COULD FOCUS ON.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
LARRY: ICOP.
INTERNET COVERT OPERATIONS
PROGRAM.
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE SNOOPING
ON AMERICANS, FOCUSED ON ISSUES
INVOLVING GUNS AND PRESIDENT
BIDEN’S ELECTIONS ACCORDING TO
RECORDS OBTAIN AD BY THE
WASHINGTON TIMES.
WE’LL LOOK AT THIS SOME MORE.
IT’S JUST KIND OF ONE OF THESE
SHOCK THINGS.