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Election Day 2024: A Nation on Edge 0:05 Good afternoon. I'm Victoria Marshall with the latest news from the Washington Watch news desk. With just 1 day before election day 20 24, vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are0:17 neck and neck in the polls. The latest New York Times seen a college poll shows Trump up by 1 point in the swing state of Michigan and Harris up 3 points in the swing state of Wisconsin. Candidates0:29 are tied in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. The poll also shows Trump maintaining his advantage in Arizona and Harris showing new strength in North Carolina. CNN pollster Harry Enten is reporting0:41 that polls are the closest they've been since at least 19 72.0:46 This is how tight it is. If you put the polls to the electoral map, Kamala Harris carries these Great Lake battleground states despite losing all of the Sunbelt battleground states. I'm coming at John's side of the0:56 screen. You get to 270 electoral votes. That is as tight as it can possibly be, mister Berman.1:03 A shocking new Seltzer and Company poll in Iowa shows Harris leading deep red Iowa by 3 points. For Harris, the poll reflects strong momentum among women and older voters.1:15 1 of the reasons she is leading is because of her strength with women, generally, even stronger with women aged 65 and over. Her margin is more than 2 to 1.1:27 And this is an is an age group that shows up to vote or votes early in disproportionately large numbers. So it's a little bit of the boost that1:39 Kamala Harris has gotten this time.1:41 The Trump campaign swiftly rejected Seltzer's poll findings, calling them an outlier in a memo circulated hours after the poll was published. The Trump camp instead has pointed to an Iowa poll conducted by1:53 Emerson College where Trump leads by 9 points. The Emerson poll was released the same day as the seltzer poll. Trump maintains that the polls are not as close as the legacy media makes them out to2:05 be. Here's what he said at a rally yesterday in North Carolina.2:09 Because I'm not supposed to say this. You know, I'm gonna be like the fake news. They're saying it's very close. It's really not very close. Based on based on2:21 what's been happening, it's not so close. We're leading we're leading in all 7 swing states as you probably know.2:34 These polls come as over 74000000 Americans have already cast their votes in the 20 24 presidential election, representing nearly 47 percent of total turnout in 20 20.2:46 In key swing states like Georgia, 4000000 ballots have already been cast. In Arizona, North Carolina, 50 percent of eligible voters have cast their ballots. In Pennsylvania, 1700000.02:58 residents have already voted. And in other election news, the Department of Homeland Security is refusing to identify noncitizens on Iowa's voter rolls. According to a new report by the3:10 Daily Wire, more than 2000 people on Iowa's voter rolls self declared as noncitizens when registering for driver's licenses. But when Ohio secretary of state Paul Pate provided the3:22 names to US citizenship and immigration services, which identified at least 250 noncitizens from the list of names provided, the agency refused to tell Pate which ones. Pate3:33 has since asked the Department of Justice to intervene and it has refused. The story comes after the federal government sued the state of Virginia for removing non citizens from its voter rolls last month. The3:45 US Supreme Court intervened and allowed Virginia to remove them. And in other domestic news, a new poll out by Independent Center found that 1 in 3 young adults do not have and do not3:57 want children. The survey found that 30 percent of Gen Z and millennial respondents did not have and do not want to have children, whereas 62 percent of respondents said they have or want to have children.4:10 9 percent say they are unsure. This poll comes as US birth rates have dropped to an all time low. The poll also found that 23 percent of young people believe having children is irresponsible4:22 because of the climate crisis. Pew Research Center data from 20 23 echoes that sentiment, revealing that more than half of Democrats believe the trend of people having fewer children has a positive4:33 impact on the environment. And those are today's headlines. I'm Victoria Marshall. Up next is Washington Watch with Tony Perkins. We'll see you tomorrow with more news.4:50 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington, DC, C, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis, taking you beyond the headlines and sound bites into conversations with our nation's leaders and5:02 newsmakers, all from a biblical worldview. Washington Watch with Tony starts now.5:10 A whopping 74 percent of the country thinks that we are on the wrong track, as a nation that includes half of all Harris supporters and 98 percent of Trump voters. Those are the kind of numbers that5:22 are just brutal for an incumbent party.5:24 That was ABC political director, Rick Klein, yesterday on ABC's This Week. Not encouraging news for the Democratic Party. Welcome to Washington Watch. I'm your host, Tony Perkins.5:36 Close to 75000000 voters have already cast their ballots. What are the issues motivating these voters in 20 24, and why does 74 percent of Americans say the nation is on the wrong track?5:48 We'll talk with Mark Mitchell, chief pollster at Rasmussen Reports as we dig into these questions. And, also, house speaker Mike Johnson shared some optimism about recent developments.6:00 We're very encouraged that the early voting numbers are I think will be historic, when we count all this on the other side of the election. Republicans coming out in droves to get their votes counted early to get the,6:11 you know, bank your vote initiative that we pushed for the last year or 2. It's all coming to fruition. And and I think because of that, the Democrats are nervous and and, very concerned.6:22 We'll hear more from the speaker a little later in the program. Chinese national was caught illegally voting after he tried to retract his ballot. Legacy media has once again gone6:34 into cleanup mode trying to defend the Democrat's stance against election integrity measures.6:39 The secretary of state of that state has actually brought charges, has made that public. That individual may actually be deported may actually be deported because there are laws in this country6:51 that punish people when they are illegal and they try to vote in federal elections. That 19 year old is gonna face some consequences.7:00 He is. And he's gonna be7:02 but his vote still counts. His vote will still be counted.7:06 Okay, Margaret. I'm waiting for you to respond. That was senator Marco Rubio on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. We're gonna dive into this topic with Texas congressman Chip Roy in7:18 just a little while. And international news, Israel is following through on last week's Knesset vote to limit cooperation with United Nations Palestinian Relief Agency.7:29 Yesterday, the state of Israel officially notified the president of the general assembly of the United Nations of the termination of cooperation with the agency. The state of Israel will continue to7:41 cooperate with humanitarian organizations, but not with organizations that promote terrorism against us.7:49 Humanitarian relief for the people, not for terrorists. That was Israeli government spokesman David Mintzer earlier today. We're gonna talk with New Jersey congressman Chris Smith a little bit later. Alright.8:01 Alright. You got, 1 day left. Tomorrow's election day. And if you've not voted yet, if you're not among the 75000000, I hope you are planning to go and vote tomorrow, and we have a resource available for you to help8:13 you decide which way to go. I hope you understand the issues at stake. We've got a comparison guide between the 2 parties. We've got a voter guide on the 2 presidential candidates. And depending on where8:25 you live, we've got a personalized voter guide of just using your ZIP code. It'll go down to some of the state races. Text the word toolkit to 6 7 7 4 2. That's toolkit to 6 7 7 4 2. You'll8:37 get a link, and you'll have access to all those resources so that you can cast an informed ballot. Toolkit, 6 7 7 4 2. Also, remember, tomorrow night, beginning at 8 308:49 PM eastern time, pray vote stand decision 20 24. Pastor Jack Hibbs and I will be, joined by members of congress along with a number of subject matter experts to analyze the election results from a9:01 biblical perspective. You can tune in on the Stand Firm app or the RealLife Network app. That's again, tomorrow night at 8 30 PM. Well, every day, there's a different poll. So, frankly, I9:13 don't put a whole lot of confidence in the election outcome polls, but what I do find instructive is what is motivating people to vote? What are they thinking about when they go into the voting booth? And and what's9:25 motivating them to go and vote and cast a ballot? Joining me now to discuss this is Mark Mitchell. He's chief pollster at Rasmussen Reports. Mark, welcome to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.9:36 Really happy to be here.9:37 So I I know I just said I don't put a lot of confidence in these national polls because we're getting 1, like, every hour. But I I do wanna ask you. I know you've been polling on this. What's the what's the latest, and I9:48 guess what would be the final numbers you have going into election day?9:53 Yeah. What might be a surprise to everybody watching is that I think this race has been locked in for months. We've been putting out daily numbers since Kamala Harris got anointed, and it's been week after week, just10:04 Trump plus 2 in the national popular vote. And it's kinda crazy because the media tried to present this false narrative that Kamala Harris picked up all this momentum. He had some of the left wing pollsters going all the10:14 way out to Harris plus 6, but almost every single 1 of them has round trip basically to where we are. If you look at the Real Fair Politics aggregate, almost every single major pollster has the national10:26 popular vote between tide or where we're at at Trump plus 2, Trump plus 3. And so, really, if Trump is winning the national popular vote, that is not good for Kamala Harris's chances in the swing10:38 states, to be honest with you. And even the swing states are almost all leaning towards Trump in the aggregate, but time after time, the polling industry has shown that it underestimates Trump's support in10:50 the state as I think they're still doing today even in my polls and as the New York Times head pollster Nate Cohn agrees with in the most recent piece he put out. So I think, you know, a safe11:02 case is Trump wins the electoral college by 2 87, 2 97, depending on how the Rust Belt breaks, and he might sweep them all. And quite frankly, I pulled Virginia. I pulled New11:14 Hampshire. I pulled Minnesota. All of those states are within the margin of error. So if Trump outperforms state polling by really kinda any margin, those states might fall too and make it a really early election night.11:26 I think you're right. He historically under polls, for whatever reason. And so if you're if he's popping up at 2 percent ahead, it it could be a much bigger11:38 margin.11:40 I could list many reasons why I think Donald Trump is going to outperform even my polling. And and I think we're very accurate. We've been slandered as being a far right pollster, but quite frankly, we did pretty good11:52 the last couple cycles too. It's tough it's really tough to pull in the Trump environment. He there's a major political realignment happening. But when I polled, what I was very specifically looking for is people who12:03 changed their mind, who voted for Biden, and then decided to vote Trump, and there are many of them. And I kind of forced the polls to be sensitive to that signal by waiting to the 20 20 recall vote. It's something a lot12:15 of other pollsters weren't doing, and they were oversampling Biden supporters. But what I did not do is spend time figuring out how to find all of these low propensity voters and first time12:27 voters and people who are quite frankly crawling over broken glass after Biden's administration to go vote for Trump. I think that's what all of the early polling is showing, and I also really didn't12:38 adjust any of my weightings to say, well, this time out, maybe the maybe the minority voters, maybe the urban voters aren't gonna show up in the same numbers. So quite frankly, what we're seeing is that trend, and it12:50 might really put Trump in safe to comfortable leads in some of these states. I mean, the early voting numbers look very good for Republicans, but I polled and Republicans still say they're gonna go for Trump on13:02 election day. Trump leads by 8 to 12 points depending on the swing state in the election day voters, and we do not know how any of those independents are breaking. In my national numbers, independents swung massively13:13 towards Trump, and a lot of it depends on the state to state differences. But there is a lot of upside for Trump and really not too much upside for Kamala Harris at all except for maybe, you you know,13:25 hidden mail in ballots that show up at the last minute, to be honest with you.13:28 Well, as I made reference to earlier, the latest ABC News poll has Harris holding a a 3 point lead nationally, but they also found, of course and that's, I think, skewed. But they found13:40 74 percent of the country thinks we're on the wrong track as a nation, and that includes half of Harris supporters and 98 percent of Trump supporters. I mean, therein lies where where I think the real issue13:52 is. Americans are not happy with where America has been and where it's going. And so why would they, why would they choose to copilot?14:02 A hundred percent. And our numbers confirm that, and we've measured it so many times. And what I appreciate seeing on your show is that it's not just about election matchups. It's actually about the psyche of America and14:13 how it changes in the opinion, being driven by the political realities, and people are hurting right now. Some of the other measures is in the swing states. We only have some of the states were as low as 2214:25 percent of people thinking that today's children will be better off than their parents. Numbers in the mid thirties for are you better off than you were 4 years ago. And this is the big issue 1 that I think is important.14:36 Some of the polls, the ones that lean left, will say abortion is the number 1 issue. It's not. Most of the real pollsters will say that the number 1 issue is the economy. The number 2 issue is the border, but that14:47 doesn't really capture the whole picture. If you talk about are you better off than you are 4 years ago, that's largely an economic signal. And like I said, 35 percent of people only that low say yes. But we asked14:58 another question. Are you safer than you were 4 years ago? And we get numbers in the mid twenties in the battlegrounds. So, really, there's this aspect of illegal immigration, strong majority of voters in all the swing15:10 states, at least somewhat agree that the situation at the southern border is an invasion, and they they all support militarizing the border. So the border, even though it comes up as a number 2 issue,15:22 has really been hanging over, in my opinion, this entire election because it affects people's safety, it affects the economy, and really, quite frankly, Kamala Harris has relatively good favorability numbers if15:34 you compare them to the favorability of the federal government. And so what I really think is that people see this election as Donald Trump versus the government, and right now, they're voting for Donald Trump.15:46 What are some of the other issues, driving folks, Mark? I mean, we talked about abortion, talked about the border, talked about the economy. The the Republicans, you know, I've talked to the speaker and some of their15:57 polling, and and they're running very strongly on the issue of the transgender ideology that's being pushed by the Democrats. That seems to be resonating with voters.16:09 It does. 1 of the trends that there's been a lot of lying, a lot of gaslighting, and 1 of the big stories that I've been following is the complete and utter difference between how people consume the16:21 news and what issues are important to them. So the transgender issue, and we just pulled it, we show that by an overwhelming majority that Americans are against, gender transitioning children. By an overwhelming16:33 majority, Americans are against, women competing against men in the sports arena. But it's just 1 long list in a list of topics where the Democrats kinda side with16:44 Republicans, but time and time again, that's not what their party gives them. So we asked the swing states, really fascinating question, whose, gender and sexual identity values are closer to your16:56 own? Kamala Harris and Donald Trump roughly about tied, believe it or not, but then even Democrats strongly agree that there are only 2 genders. Even Democrats agree17:08 overwhelmingly that they don't wanna trans the kids. So it's really crazy how what's driving them isn't these issues, and I think I've put my pulse on finger on the pulse. 1 of the questions we asked is17:19 which cable news network are you most likely to trust? And then we had another question where instead of this huge buffet of issue questions, we asked which of the following list is the most important for the next17:31 president to solve, and we limited it to only rising prices, illegal immigration, abortion, and protecting democracy. And the number 1 issue for MSNBC viewers was17:43 protecting democracy almost half, and then another quarter said abortion. So 3 quarters of MSNBC viewers think that those 2 issues are the number 1 things driving this election. But for Fox News17:54 and Newsmax viewers, it's like 80 percent who say the border and the economy. And Newsmax, it was like 65 percent of border. So there are just 2 totally different Americas,18:05 and I18:05 think the18:06 media has to do a lot of introspection about, the effect that they're having on the psyche of voters. Because quite frankly, protecting democracy is a fake issue.18:15 Right. And and they're spreading that fear. Mark, we're up against a, a a break, but you're gonna be with us tomorrow night as we do our election night, coverage. We're gonna be, talk with you as well. So, Mark Mitchell,18:26 appreciate you checking in today, and look forward to talking to you tomorrow night.18:30 Yeah. Thanks so much. Really excited for it.18:32 Alright, folks. And you can be a part of that election night, coverage. That is pray vote stand decision 20 24. Myself and pastor Jack Hibbs with the stand firm app or the Real Life Network app.18:44 Don't go away. More Washington Watch straight ahead.18:51 Election night is almost here. Join FRC and RealLife Network for exclusive live coverage from coast to coast. With host Tony Perkins and Jack Hibbs, you'll hear from an19:03 incredible slate of guests, including members of congress and political heavyweights from around the globe. We'll dive into the issues that matter and give you the biblical perspective.19:15 Pray that America chooses wisely. Join us on November fifth as we watch history unfold.19:22 Let's not be discouraged. Don't lose heart. Don't lose the faith. Stand now strong because the lord has given us the great privilege of living in a time when our choices matter, when our great privilege of living in a19:31 time when our choices matter, when our lives matter, when our courage matters. So let's stand together and save this great country. God bless the United States of America.19:39 The American Republic has a freedom like no other. It has roots in the scriptures, far more than any other heritage. And if we as followers of Jesus19:51 and conservatives don't defend it, who will?19:56 Neutrality is not an option. There are many Christians who believe that if we just keep our heads down, if we just don't say the wrong thing, that that somehow we will come out of this unscathed.20:08 You're naive if you think that. Because what they want from us is not our silence. What they want from us is our submission.20:17 Part of the dilemma of Christianity in our generation is that we've relied a little relied a little too much on human wisdom and human reasoning, human strength, human resource, and we've relied too little on the power20:29 of God and God's ability to open doors that we can't open and do things that we can't even hope to begin to do.20:36 This may not be an easy task, but we are living in a moment of challenge, but also a great opportunity. And we know always that we are not alone, that his20:48 spirit empowers us and protects us, and that he can do the unimaginable. Jobs, after all, was never supposed to happen.20:57 Father, we thank you. You have entrusted us with this moment in history, and I pray that we would be found faithful.21:03 And that21:04 as a result of our faithfulness to you, that thousands, millions would come into the King James. And to you, that thousands, millions would come into the kingdom as they would experience the forgiveness of sin and the21:13 new life that is found only in Jesus Christ. Amen.21:20 Are you a Christian parent looking to raise a spiritual champion in today's culture? Renowned author George Barna has written a new book, raising spiritual champions. This book offers valuable21:32 insights based on extensive research conducted by George Barna, the Family Research Council, and Arizona Christian University. Learn how to help your children discern biblical truth and find compelling meaning21:43 and purpose. Don't miss out on this essential resource for parents. Order your copy today.21:53 Welcome back to this Monday edition of Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us. Had a good weekend. I was up in, Cincinnati, Ohio at Landmark Baptist Church, a great group of folks there. Pastor Matt22:04 Holman just, had a great, great time there. Wanna invite you to join us tomorrow night for election returns. We're gonna be, covering the election. It is pray, vote, stand 20 20 decision22:16 20 24, myself and pastor Jack Hibbs. You can join us by downloading the Stand Firm app or the RealLife Network app. Israel's, Israeli foreign ministry has informed the United22:28 Nations that the Jewish state is withdrawing from the 19 67 agreement regulating the operations of UNRWA, that is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in,22:40 Gaza and the West Bank. Now in a letter dated yesterday, the director general of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Israel will continue to work with international parties, including other UN agencies, to22:52 ensure the facilitation of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, but they will do so in a way that does not undermine Israel's security. Not surprisingly, the move has23:04 received criticism even from the US government, the Biden administration. But, should we support them in doing it? I would say yes. Joining me now to23:16 discuss this is congressman Chris Smith, senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and cochair of the Israeli Allies Caucus. He represents the fourth congressional district of New Jersey. Congressman Smith,23:27 welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.23:30 Johnny, thank you so much for having me on. I appreciate it. Thank you.23:33 Now critics are saying that there is, no alternative. In fact, the state department releasing statements this afternoon saying there's no other nobody else can do this. Only UNRWA can do this. But that's not true. Is23:44 that23:44 That that's unmitigated nonsense. There are nongovernmental organizations that could be empowered and stood up very quickly to provide humanitarian aid to those whom need it. The problem23:56 with UNRWA, the UN Works Relief Agency, which has been around for decades 2 decades ago, I offered an amendment to defund them because they were even then a child soldier24:08 factory, where Hamas and other hate filled organizations were teaching kids from the earliest years to hate and to loathe all Jews, and24:20 that the best Jew is a dead Jew. And that's and that's supported by our tax dollars. So in October seventh, as you know, Tony, occurred, and and all of the mass killing, there were some unreal leaders24:32 who were absolutely in the forefront of doing that. But the general, proselytizing of hate has has gone on for so long, that you have an entire generation of children, who've been turned24:43 into, Jewish haters. And they don't like the United States either. So let's put that on the on the on the, on the on the ledger as well. So we need to find alternatives.24:56 I offered a a piece of legislation several months ago. It passed in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. It is ready to come to the floor of the US House. I've asked our leadership to bring it to the floor so we could25:07 vote on it. And that would say clearly and and unambiguously, no money for UNRWA and any organization that does get our funding for humanitarian purposes has to be properly vetted. So,25:19 thankfully, Israel itself and the Knesset has moved to say no more UNRWA. I've been saying it for decades, and I'm not the only 1. You've been saying it as well, Tony. You know you know, there's a famous25:31 song in in, in, South Pacific, that great musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, where it says you've got to be taught taught to hate. That's what they do every25:43 single day. They ate in a bet. The worst of the worst terrorists, they house, weapons in their in their in their, facilities, and they provide cover again25:55 for the worst atrocities the world has ever seen.25:59 And under the Biden administration, the Biden administration has provided over a billion dollars to to UNRWA. That's not to the United Nations. That's just to UNRWA. And as you said, they they run26:11 their schools. That's 1 of the reasons they defend this. They run the schools, but they teach them to26:16 In my view, the more they speak and the more they, importantly, more importantly, act, the clearer it is that they are in support of Hamas. Harris is supportive of Hamas.26:28 If she were to win tomorrow, we would have a situation where Hamas would have his greatest friend. Biden at least tried to appear to be ambivalent, to be pro Israel, but not pro Israel. Not so with26:40 her. And there have there have always been people in the US Department of State, who had a very, very anti Israeli bias and anti Semitic bias, and now it's showing in all of its ugly26:52 colors, in this in this fight. We need you know, to his credit, Trump cut off funding to UNRWA Right. When he was the president. Right. He cut it off. Right. He said find an alternative. Taxpayers are27:03 not gonna do subsidized, that kind of hatred and that kind of violence.27:07 By Biden reinstated it and and paid back what, the US did not, pay during that time. Chris Smith, out of time. Thank you for joining us. I look forward to talking to you27:19 later, maybe next week, on more of the the funding that the Biden Harris administration has put in for leftist social policies in their foreign spending. We'll have that27:30 conversation as well. Chris Smith, thanks for being with us.27:34 Thank you, Tony. Appreciate it.27:36 Alright. After the break, illegal voting by noncitizens, that's next.27:43 Everything we do begins as an idea. Before there can be acts of courage, there must be the belief that some things are worth sacrificing for. Before there can be marriage, there's the idea that27:55 man should not be alone. Before there was freedom, there was the idea that individuals are created equal. It's true that all ideas have consequences, but we're less aware that all consequences are28:06 the fruit of ideas. Before there was murder, there was hate. Before there was a holocaust,28:23 world need. Where did I come from? Who decides what is right and wrong? What happens when I die? Our answers to these questions explain why people see the world so differently.28:35 Debates about abortion are really disagreements about where life gets its value. Debates over sexuality and gender and marriage are really disagreements about whether the rules are made by us or for us.28:48 What we think of as political debates are often much more than that. They're disagreements about the purpose of our lives and the source of truth. As Christians, our goal must be to think biblically about28:59 everything. Our goal is to help you see beyond red and blue, left and right, to see the battle of ideas at the root of it all. Our goal is to equip Christians with a biblical worldview and help29:11 them advance and defend the faith in their families, communities, and the public square. Cultural renewal doesn't begin with campaigns and elections. It begins with individuals turning from29:23 lies to truth. But that won't happen if people can't can't recognize a lie and don't believe truth exists. We wanna help you see the spiritual war behind the political war, the truth claims behind29:35 the press release, and the forest and the trees.29:44 Welcome back to this Monday edition of Washington Watch. Be sure and join us tomorrow night for pray vote stand decision 20 24 election night coverage. Pastor Jack Hibbs and I, you can, join us either on the stand firm29:56 app app or on the Real Life Network app. A University of Michigan student from China who is not not a United States citizen allegedly voted in this election. And he's been30:08 charged with 2 crimes just days before this pivotal presidential election. The left, not surprisingly, wants to just brush this aside, and some say it's extremely rare event. To them,30:20 it's not a problem even though this noncitizen's vote is still gonna count. So every vote counts and matters, but the counting of a noncitizen's vote is okay to waive off as, nothing. Not a big deal.30:32 We're here now to discuss this news as congressman Chip Roy who has been leading the fight to protect US elections. He serves on the House Judiciary Committee, the Rules Committee, and the Budget Committee. He represents30:42 the 20 first congressional district of Texas. Congressman Roy, welcome back to Washington Watch.30:49 Tony, great to be on. As you can see, I've been out, campaigning for Ted around the state of Texas, and that's great to be on the show.30:56 So this story is more common than the left would like to admit. Is it not?31:03 Well, it is. And, you know, what we've got is we see, actual evidence where you now saw Virginia where they cleaned off 1500 from their roles and the very same, leftist progressive31:14 activists that were telling us that the payback was unnecessary, back in July when we passed it out of the House of Representatives. Unfortunately, Chuck Schumer is sitting on it in the senate. The31:26 Baymax is a reminder. It is a requirement, a bill that I authored that would, that would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Democrat had said, oh, you don't need that.31:38 It's already against the law. And then they turn around and they sue, and they sue Virginia to say, hey. You know, you guys can't do the work that you're doing to clean the voter rolls rolls off. So31:50 which is it? Right? I mean, the hypocrisy is palpable. It does happen, and it happens regularly. Particularly, we battle it here in Texas. The secretary of state and I have had conversations. And here's the the the dirty32:01 little secret. We can't even go through as a state and use the right databases from the feds without having to sue to get it. The secretary of state of Florida had to sue to get access to32:13 the database in order to try to fight clean off the voter rolls. So this is all purposeful. It's why they're dumping 5 and a half million people into this country and endangering us in the process, Tony.32:23 Chip, I don't know if you've you probably had not had a chance to look at the details of this. I I've been reading the stories that what we're seeing in the media saying, well, he's been charged with 2 crimes now, so32:34 they're on top of this. It's being handled by the Democratic authorities there in Michigan. But if you read the story and the the the the details coming out of Michigan, the only reason it appears that this student was32:46 caught is that he actually went back after he voted and asked if he could somehow get his ballot back. And it's only then that they began to make the inquiry32:57 about the fact that he voted illegally. So most likely would have never come to the surface had he not gone back and tried to retract his ballot.33:08 This is 1 of the reasons why why it's so, important that we enact the legislative changes to give more power to states and to put more, requirements in place federally. Interestingly, on33:20 Fox News last week, after the state of Virginia successful in his litigation, my friend Chuck Cooper was the lead lawyer on that, and they were successful. They won. They got the supreme court to stay the full headed33:31 order by the district judge. But interestingly, Glenn Young, the governor Youngkin, he said on Fox, hey. We really need to pass the state back. I mean, I'm happy that we won at Virginia, but we've gotta pass the federal33:43 legislation that is necessary in order to guarantee that not only is there a federal requirement, but that states have all the tools necessary and the power necessary to clean off the voter rolls. Because even when they33:54 try now, they're running into barriers like you just outlined, where it's difficult to track this. It's difficult to find it. And when you do, it's difficult to match it against the federal databases to ensure34:04 citizenship.Show more In this video 0:05 Election Day 2024: A Nation on Edge
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