Laura Ingraham shines a spotlight on everyday Americans and examines how their lives are affected by politics at the federal, state and local level. Plus, first, the elite still dont get it. That is the focus of tonights angle. Over the weekend, the libertarianleaning coke network hosted a Rocky Mountain retreatd political leaders. They use the occasion not to amplify and hear the president s policies, but to decry them. 82yearold charles koch has taken the reins of the network. He released this video in advance of the retreat. Now he claims opportunities in the global marketplace are creating anxiety and the loss of jobs at home. In response, we are seeing the rise in protectionists, for countries, organizations, and individuals are trying to protect themselves from these changes. They are doing whatever they can to close themselves off from the new, hold onto the past, and
facilitating the outsourcing of jobs, even through really lame policies, like regulation, or through poorly negotiated trade deals. Dont get me wrong. The kochs have done great work on tax reform, stuff like tea regulation, and also in the area of education. Last year that, they spent 90 million in university programs, and they are committed to expanding their support for k12 education. I have a question for you. How effective other education efforts be if americans enter a world where china dominates most Major Industries . Including the areas of stem, science, technology, so forth, including things like artificial intelligence. We cant just look the other way while china and a lot of other countries, by the way, gained the Global Trading system and rack up huge trade surpluses. I. T. , stem, on her subsidies, and so forth. Any fairminded person, would
have to agree with her at the white house Economic Advisor larry kudlow, a free trader himself, set over the weekend. People will say, well, trumps tariffs are damaging this, that, and the other thing. I say, dont blame President Trump. He inherited a completely broken World Trading system, including a wto, most particularly china, but not only china. Okay . Is trying to fix that. Laura remember the kochs a part of the job and sovereignty killing transpacific partnership, and then after agreement. Bush, obama, and until the campaign, at least, hillary champion. The koch network, like the rest of the g. O. P. Old guard, is positively furious with trumps use of tariffs to level the playing field. In fact, they announced last month that they have committed to a multimillion dollar, multiyear campaign to oppose what trump is doing on trade. I have a question, though. Why would they want to lock us into these never ending Trade Deficits when the president s efforts so far are actually bearing fruit . We saw what happened with the e. U. Last week. South korea already renegotiated their deal. And watch what happens in the next few weeks with both mexico and china. Its going to be really good. Meanwhile, american workers, and even farmers, some have been caught in the cross fire of trumps tough trade battle with china. But they are standing by the president. Why . Well, they like that he is fighting for them even if it hurts their interest in the short term. I am a good american. I believe that we all have to have two toe the line. You are okay with bearing the brunt of these tariffs . Am i willing to take my lumps for the benefit of the entire country . Yes, i personally am. You are willing to weather the storm for a certain amount
of time . But how long is too long . This cottage and recess come to the death. Laura oh, scottish and him. I love that. Dont you want that kind of deep sense of patriotism . They want to make money obviously but they are also deeply patriotic americans and they are willing to take that hit. I think the kochs can learn a lot from those regular americans, what they said. I love it takes. Trumps immigration plan, by the way, also displeases the old guard of the g. O. P. , the big republican donor class. Why are they so fixated on that . Because they love the flood of cheap labor into our market. But trump sees the border and enforcement and the whole deal and i were southwest border very differently, and he articulated it today. Our countries have learned through hard experience that Border Security is National Security. They are one and the same. Laura arguments of National Security and culture
are totally lost on the billionaire set. But for most americans, these are major concerns. Now the koch network is taking it a step further. They are now going so far as to financially punish of some politicians who are supportive of the president s agenda. They announced today that they will not be supporting g. O. P. s north Dakota Senate candidate, kevin kramer, trying to unseat democrat heidi heitkamp. What is the koch reason for that . Well, the republican candidate supported trump on both trade and immigration. At that confab i was mentioning earlier and colorado, charles koch made a big deal about unie previously divided. What does that mean . How are these latest retaliatory efforts actually doing that . Trump is the one uniting people, for all the talk of divisiveness, trump enjoys an
88 Approval Rating among republicans, according to the wall street journal, nbc poll. Only george w. Bush in the immediate aftermath of 9 11 saw support like that. But the koch network and others talk a good game about unity, embracing change, seizing opportunities. But when the president comes along who is actually embracing a new path, something different, on behalf of the american people, lets try a new thing now, the kochs and the globalists just have their blinders on. They wont have any of it. I had to laugh when, in a future on the koch retreat, it said the following, democrats who attacked the Koch Brothers in recent years, controlled that, at least in the area of trump, the billionaire industrialist, are no longer the lefts number one enemy. [laughs] yeah, thats funny how that works. That is because republicans lack the leader for so many years that the kochs were the only game in town. But now, the left has a new
enemy. It is trump. And they are resisting him at every turn. Sadly, the kochs are too often joining in their ranks. Like the bushes, the Koch Brothers did not support donald trump in 2016. Think about that. But they have certainly reaped the benefits of trumps thriving economy. Are they prepared to take their profits that they made over the last two years and donated to Elizabeth Warren because that will be good for their business . You think they will give them a better deal on the things they believe in, tax reform, regulation, so forth . What a pity. If the seas kochs and their wellheeled donors miss the opportunity to support the president and be a part of the America First unity that people believe in. And that is the angle. Joining us now the reaction, the washington examiners byron york. Democrat and Radio Talk Show Host Brett Han and Monica Crowley come out of the London Center for. Great to see all of you. Monica, the Koch Brothers have done a lot of good things, no doubt about it. But it is wild to hear them rail on about trumps use of a tool that bush used, obama used, reagan used, and is one of the classic tools of our economic negotiation throughout american history. Yes, this is yet another example of the empire striking back against donald trump. Trump ran on this premise that he was going to come in and smash the corrupt existing order, the corrupt status quo. That meant the elite ruling class on both sides of the aisle, the media, and the Networks Like the kochs, who are so deeply invested in the globalist agenda. He promised that he was going to smash all of that and actually represent the american worker, the american taxpayer, and americans economic interests. The reason we have donald trump, among many reasons, laura, is because he went out into the heartland and he said, you know what . Icu, i hear you, and i will be
your champion. Now after just a year and a half and the presidency, he has delivered on this economic poli. And therefore, he represents an existential threat to the kochs, to the left, to the right, deeply invested in a cheap labor laura they agree on the lot of the big issues. Weve made that point before. Chris hahn, as of the case, the enemy of my enemy is my friend . If i can go back byron has written about this if you can put a loop together about what the democrats had about the kochs of the years, now suddenly they are again for trump is doing in ontarios, and the New York Times is saying, oh, maybe its time to take a second look at the Koch Brothers. I find that hilarious. Go ahead. I dont have enemies, and i dont think people should have a enemies and domestic apollo disease, you have opponents laura you know what i mean. We are having fun here. I know what you meant. [laughs] but on the kochs, i was listening to my good friend, monica, just now, talking about the kochs, i say they are
consistent. They were never for trade barriers. They would never stand for the 15 billion bailout for the farmers in the midwest of the president is doing, something that monica would have called socialism had obama done it during his term. The kochs are consistent and they are consistent in their message. I dont trust that they will support liberals. They havent said that they will support democrats. They said they will stay out of Heidi Heitkamps race. They didnt say they would give her money. They will still spend about 400 million on the midterms to try to elect republicans and conservatives who agree with their viewpoint. They are still going to be active laura but what we are saying, no one is saying they are not consistent. What we are saying is, their time has come and gone. They have a lot of dough, they done some good, philanthropy they have done. But the era of endless wars, byron, and these global trade agreements, where america really cant get satisfaction, frankly, what Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have talked about at different times, they talked about these unfair trading
regimes that benefit their wellheeled people, those days are over and the republican party. There is no constituency for it, why we have an 88 Approval Rating for donald trump. Byron . Donald trump a candidate in 2016 really did blow up republican orthodoxy and some very, very key ways. Trade was one of those ways. Immigration actually was another. The kochs have had a complicated relationship with that because if you asked them last year, they were absolutely delighted with all of the deregulation that has been taking place under the president , happy with the tax cuts, too. Now very unhappy with trade and with immigration. I think a lot of republicans are really going to part with them on this north dakota thing. For example, the kochs are now spending about a Million Dollars to support the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the supreme court. Republicans partisans would say, if you dont support republicans to the senate, there is not going to be another Trump Nominee to the supreme court. Well laura thats why its important to support the challenger to heidi heitkamp. Monica, theres a big talk about a potential shutdown now. You know, with a border wall. Trump said i want to the Omnibus Spending Bill again. Lets watch it with the president said today about this. We need Border Security. Border security includes the wall. But it includes many other things. We have to end the lottery. We have to end the chain. The chain is like a disaster. You bring one person and, you end up with 32 people. The whole thing is a ridiculous. We have to change our laws, and we do that through congress. I would certainly be willing to close it down, to get it done. Laura the democrats are already going insane about this. Again, old guard republicans, this will blow the Midterm Election cycle. What are your thoughts . I think they are afraid that donald trump means it. And you know what . He does. This is a man who relishes Everything Go Fight and when he says im willing to shut down
the government unless they get real money to start is border wall, they know that he means it. So republicans and democrats i like are really afraid of this. Look, of the many reasons donald trump got elected in 2016, the primary one was illegal immigration, building the wall, and all of these issues. Ending Chain Migration, the visa lottery laura theyve done nothing and he knows, in order to browse the states going into the midterms, he needs to stick by this premise and shut down the government. Laura Chuck Schumer had no problem shutting down the government when trump was putting the pressure on with the daca kids, and he wanted to give amnesty, and he was fine with shutting down the government. He tried to pass it off on trump. It wasnt trump. It was the democrats. Now trump says, im not doing the omnibus thing. You should never have signed that other omnibus. He should have vetoed that back then and he wouldnt be in a situation now. But do you think the democrats are hoping for a shutdown . No. I dont think we are because we dont want to see people hurt by that. I dont understand how mick
mulvaney still has a job at the president was so upset with the budget that Mick Mulvaney wrote with congress that the president signed. I would say thats for the president. If he doesnt get his wall before the congress leaves, he wont get this wall because the bestcase scenario for him is that the republicans have a smaller majority than they have now. They are more than likely going to be the minority in the House Of Representatives. The president knows that brady is going backwards. I get the strategy on his part because look, november is lost no matter what, so the president might as well go all and come up with his chips on the table come and see what he gets out of it because the president s are taking the housee the senate, and then there will never be a wall. If he doesnt get the wall, he might not get reelected. Its a real issue for him right now. Laura you are predicting a lot of things there. You will hit mega millions. Come on. [laughs] byron please. Id have a better backdrop. Laura the House Of Representatives might go democrats. This is the shot for the border
wall. I think chris is right. You dont get this money now, i dont think you will get it at all. Mitch Mitch Mcconnell was asked about this over the weekend and once again it is kick the can down the road, mcconnell, on this issue. Lets watch. Is the funding of the border wall going to wait until after the Midterm Election . Probably. That is something we do have a disagreement on. Homeland security wont get funded before the midterms . Probably not. You are not worried about a Government Shutdown . Thats not going to happen. Laura [laughs] i kind of like that. Byron, this is what they set last year. Remember, last year, oh, we will wait until next term. Next term rolled around, and the republicans, they just dont want this wall. Lets face it. The g. O. P. Does not want this wall. You got to remember, this was the president premier campaign promise. I went to a lot of trump rallies, covered a lot of trump rallies. This is what he said in every single one of them. If he doesnt deliver on it, that he has not delivered on his
biggest campaign promise. I agree that, obviously, if the house goes democratic in november, just not going to happen. I think the president has not been focused enough on getting this. He has used other factors, like a Chain Migration or the visa lottery, thrown those into the banks, when perhaps the street wall for daca deal could have been done. But if it doesnt happen now, very, very good chance its never going to happen. You have to remember, think about the secure fence act of, what was it, 2006 . Laura yeah. Congress, by big majorities, passed a rule to install aaa or fencing, really serious laura democrats were all for it. Along large parts of the border, both parties, but it was never done because it was controlled by republicans and democrats never wanted to do it. He had to deal he had to the daca for the wall deal. That is what you call those
schumer shutdown happen. That was the Trump Shutdown because he called the dash pulled the deal out. Laura no, he didnt. He want to do. Laura no, he didnt. He had that deal and he was talked out of it. Laura chris, he doubled the number of people who will get amnesty, he wanted the end of the perverted system of Chain Migration, which has tripled the number of immigrants coming in every three years. Its ridiculous. That is what he wanted, and he wanted the end of visa lottery. That made sense. He was going to give a doubling of the people got amnesty. He didnt pull anything. He sweetened the deal, frankly. He change the deal. Laura it was what he campaigned on, and the democrats did not want to give him a victory. Guys, we are out of time. I wanted to get tomorrow but we dont have time. Fantastic segment. Thank you so much. By the way, rudy giuliani, boy, he launched a media blitz to take out mueller. You check that out . Michael cohen. What does it mean . That shut down over the russia probe. Next. Including nasal congestion,
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