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"WELCOME TO JESSE WATERS' PRIMETIME, LIVE FROM TEXAS. WE'RE IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS TONIGHT WHERE WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY FROM VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE JOINING US FOR A PRIMETIME TOWN HALL. WITH JUST FIVE DAYS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY, TEXAS HAS BECOME ONE OF THE HOTTEST MIDTERM RACES. TEXAS ATTORNEY..."
[0:02] WELCOME TO JESSE WATERS'
[0:04] PRIMETIME, LIVE FROM TEXAS.
[0:06] WE'RE IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS
[0:19] TONIGHT WHERE WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY
[0:22] FROM VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE
[0:23] JOINING US FOR A PRIMETIME
[0:25] TOWN HALL.
[0:26] WITH JUST FIVE DAYS TO GO UNTIL
[0:29] ELECTION DAY, TEXAS HAS BECOME
[0:30] ONE OF THE HOTTEST MIDTERM RACES.
[0:32] TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL,
[0:34] REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, AND MAGA
[0:35] FIREBRAND, KEN PAXTON, FACING
[0:38] OFF AGAINST DEMOCRAT STATE
[0:40] REPRESENTATIVE JAMES TALERICO.
[0:42] THE RACE THEY SAY IS RAZOR THIN.
[0:45] THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLL HAS IT
[0:47] ALL TIED UP, 49-49.
[0:51] TALERICO LOSING MOMENTUM DOWN THE
[0:53] STRETCH AFTER THE FLU TOOK HIM
[0:55] OFF THE TRAIL FOR TWO WEEKS.
[0:58] PAXTON SURGING BACK AFTER A
[1:00] BITTER PRIMARY, THE WORLD'S
[1:02] RICHEST MAN CUTTING CHECKS.
[1:04] ELON MUSK POURING OVER $150
[1:06] MILLION INTO THIS RACE TO STOP
[1:08] TEXAS FROM GOING BLUE.
[1:10] TEXAS IS HOME TO ELON'S SUPER
[1:13] DEMOCRAT BIDEN.
[1:14] THEY DIDN'T DO SOMETHING.
[1:15] THAT'S NOT GOING TO SPOKE.
[1:16] HE HAD YOU M diED TO THE
[1:17] PRESIDENT'S ACTIVE AND
[1:18] DEMOCRATS DEMOCRATS ASSEMBLY
[1:19] LINE.
[1:20] TRESLA, SPACEX, STARLINK AND
[1:22] EX.
[1:23] TALERICO'S CONNECTED CAPITALISM
[1:25] TO WHITE SUPREMACY.
[1:26] AND HE'S RAILED AGAINST OIL AND
[1:28] GAS.
[1:29] ALL HE THINKS ABOUT IS TRANS KIDS.
[1:29] THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.
[1:30] AND EVERYBODY THINKS HE'S A
[1:32] VEGAN.
[1:33] SO PRETTY WEIRD.
[1:34] VOTERS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE
[1:35] ONES MAKING THE CALL.
[1:37] THE PRESIDENT GOING FULL FORCE
[1:38] IN THE LONE STAR STATE.
[1:40] HE HELD HIS MIDTERM CONVENTION
[1:41] HERE AND THIS MONTH HAS DONE
[1:43] THREE RALLIES HERE, INCLUDING A
[1:45] DOUBLE HEADER EARLIER THIS WEEK.
[1:48] AIR FORCE TWO ALSO LOGGING A
[1:50] TON OF MILES.
[1:51] THE VICE PRESIDENT HERE TONIGHT
[1:53] IN TEXAS WITH ONE FINAL PUSH
[1:55] BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
[1:57] J.D. VINCE JOINS US NOW.
[2:00] HOW YOU FEELING?
[2:20] I FEEL BETTER NOW.
[2:23] I FEEL BETTER NOW.
[2:29] I FEEL BETTER NOW.
[2:30] I FEEL BETTER NOW.
[2:31] I FEEL BETTER NOW.
[2:32] THERE WE GO.
[2:34] TELL US THE STAKES, MR. VANCE.
[2:36] IF THE DEMOCRATS WIN THE HOUSE
[2:38] AND THE SENATE, WHAT REALLY
[2:39] CHANGES?
[2:40] WELL, A LOT, MAN.
[2:41] ALL OF THE GREAT VICTORIES THAT
[2:43] WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WIN OVER THE
[2:44] LAST TWO YEARS, A LOT OF THAT
[2:46] STUFF IS GOING TO STOP OR SLOW
[2:48] DOWN OR POSSIBLY EVEN GOING THE
[2:49] OTHER DIRECTION.
[2:50] WE KNOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE
[2:52] OBSESSED WITH INVESTIGATIONS AND
[2:53] IMPEACHMENTS AND THEY'RE ALSO
[2:54] OBSESSED WITH THINGS LIKE PUTTING
[2:55] AMERICANS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER,
[2:57] AND OF COURSE THEY'RE OBSESSED
[2:59] WITH ALL OF THE FINE PEOPLE IN
[3:00] THIS ROOM PAYING MUCH HIGHER
[3:01] TAXES.
[3:02] IF THE DEMOCRATS WIN, THEY'RE
[3:04] GOING TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH ALL
[3:05] OF THAT.
[3:06] THE GOOD NEWS IS THE PRESIDENT
[3:07] OF THE UNITED STATES IS STILL
[3:08] THE PRESIDENT.
[3:09] THAT'S STILL THE MOST POWERFUL
[3:10] OFFICE IN THE LAND.
[3:12] BUT THE DEMOCRATS, LIKE THE
[3:14] IDEA THAT I THINK A LOT OF
[3:16] AMERICANS WOULD LOVE, YOU
[3:18] KNOW, WHERE REPUBLICANS AND
[3:19] DEMOCRATS SIT DOWN AND WE
[3:21] ACTUALLY COME TO SOME OF THE
[3:22] BIPARTISAN COMPROMISES THAT ARE
[3:25] GOOD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
[3:27] THAT'S ONLY POSSIBLE WHEN YOU
[3:29] HAVE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVEN'T LOST
[3:31] THEIR EVER-LOVING MINDS.
[3:32] AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S
[3:33] EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS
[3:34] DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
[3:35] TALER RICO ISN'T RUNNING ON
[3:37] SOME, OH, LET'S DO SOMETHING
[3:39] THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO LOWER
[3:41] ENERGY PRICES FOR AMERICAN
[3:42] CITIZENS.
[3:43] HIS SOLUTION TO HIGHER ENERGY
[3:45] PRICES IS TO BUILD MORE
[3:46] WINDMILLS AND TO HAVE ALL OF US
[3:48] ACKNOWLEDGE OUR WHITENESS.
[3:49] IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
[3:52] AND THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE
[3:54] ARE SO INSANE SUGGESTS THAT
[3:55] THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
[3:56] PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE AT
[3:57] GOVERNING.
[3:58] YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GOING
[3:59] AFTER TALER RICO A LOT.
[4:01] ALSO ABDUL.
[4:02] WHY IS THAT?
[4:03] YOU KNOW, THESE ARE TWO FUN
[4:06] GUYS THAT ARE EASY TO BEAT UP
[4:07] ON A LITTLE BIT.
[4:08] LOOK, I THINK THEY'RE
[4:09] REPRESENTATIVE SOMETHING THAT
[4:10] IS VERY REAL IN THE DEMOCRAT
[4:11] PARTY TODAY WHICH IS THAT, YOU
[4:13] KNOW, WHEN MY GRANDPARENTS
[4:15] WHO RAISED ME WERE DEMOCRATS,
[4:17] THEY WERE LIKE JFK STYLE
[4:20] DEMOCRATS.
[4:21] THEY MAYBE DISAGREED WITH
[4:22] REPUBLICANS OVER TAX RATES OR
[4:23] REGULATORY POLICY, BUT THEY
[4:24] WEREN'T PEOPLE WHO WOULD SAY
[4:26] THAT THE AMERICAN FLAG, AS
[4:28] JAMES TALER RICO HAS SAID, IS
[4:30] A COMPLICATED SYMPBLE.
[4:31] OR THEY WOULDN'T GO CAMPAIGNING
[4:32] AROUND TEXAS, THE CAPITAL OF
[4:33] BARBECUE, AND SAY THAT EATING
[4:34] MEAT IS ACTUALLY BAD.
[4:36] SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THE
[4:38] DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF TODAY IS
[4:39] REPRESENTED, I THINK, BY THESE
[4:40] YOUNG GUYS WHO HAVE COMPLETELY
[4:41] LOST THEIR CONNECTION WITH
[4:43] REALITY, WHO DON'T REALLY LOVE
[4:44] THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND
[4:45] WANT TO BUILD UPON IT.
[4:46] THEY SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT
[4:48] HAS TO BE FUNDAMENTALLY
[4:49] TRANSFORMED.
[4:50] AMERICA TO THESE GUYS IS
[4:51] BROKEN.
[4:52] IT HAS TO BE TORN DOWN TO ITS
[4:54] FOUNDATION AND BUILT BACK UP.
[4:55] AND IF THAT'S YOUR ATTITUDE,
[4:56] THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE
[4:58] GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS.
[4:59] BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU'RE
[5:01] NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE
[5:03] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[5:04] AND THE FACT THAT TALER RICO AND
[5:06] ABDUL EL-SAIED, THEY LEAN
[5:08] INTO THIS STUFF MAYBE A LITTLE
[5:11] BIT MORE THAN THE OTHER
[5:12] CANDIDATES DO.
[5:13] DOES EVERYBODY HERE LIKE MEAT?
[5:17] OHIO ALSO VERY TIGHT RACE.
[5:23] THE PRESIDENT KEEPS SAYING THAT
[5:25] JOHN HOUSTON HAS A GREAT ASS.
[5:28] WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT?
[5:30] FIRST OF ALL, I'M JEALOUS.
[5:31] THE PRESIDENT NEVER SAID THAT
[5:33] ABOUT ME.
[5:34] GET BACK IN THE GYM MAYBE AND
[5:37] DRAW THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF
[5:38] PRAISE.
[5:39] I THINK IT'S ONE OF MY
[5:41] FAVORITES.
[5:42] THE PRESIDENT, AS YOU KNOW, IS
[5:44] AT HEART A COMEDIAN.
[5:45] AND HE LOVES TO GET UP THERE AND
[5:47] SHAKE THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT.
[5:48] AND I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD
[5:50] EXAMPLE OF A POLITICIAN WHO
[5:51] IS NOT, WHO DOESN'T TAKE
[5:52] HIMSELF SO SERIOUSLY.
[5:53] GET UP THERE AND HAVE A GOOD
[5:54] TIME.
[5:55] AND IT'S HAVING A GOOD TIME IN
[5:57] THE SERVICE OF SAVING THE
[5:58] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
[5:59] JOHN HOUSTON, IN ADDITION TO
[6:01] HIS VERY NICE BODY, IS MORE
[6:02] IMPORTANTLY GOING TO MAKE A
[6:03] MUCH BETTER SENATOR FOR THE
[6:04] PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
[6:05] OF AMERICA THAN THE LUNATIC
[6:06] HE'S RUNNING AGAINST.
[6:08] AND THAT'S TRUE OF ALL THESE
[6:09] RACES.
[6:10] I MEAN, THERE'S SOMETHING, I
[6:12] KIND OF GO BACK AND FORTH ON
[6:13] THIS, BECAUSE THERE'S A PART OF
[6:15] ME THAT WANTS THE DEMOCRAT
[6:16] PARTY TO BE RATIONAL AND NORMAL
[6:17] AGAIN BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE
[6:18] EASIER TO WORK WITH.
[6:19] BUT IT WOULD BE A LOT LESS FUN
[6:21] TO RUN AGAINST RATIONAL AND
[6:22] NORMAL PEOPLE.
[6:23] IT'S MUCH MORE FUN TO RUN
[6:26] AGAINST JAMES TALERICO.
[6:27] IT SURE IS.
[6:28] IT SURE IS.
[6:29] YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT
[6:31] PAXTON'S ASS, ARE YOU?
[6:33] WE DON'T NEED TO GO THERE?
[6:34] I'M SURE PAXTON'S DOING
[6:35] GREAT.
[6:36] OKAY, GOOD.
[6:37] THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BARACK
[6:39] HUSSEIN OBAMA, AS WE CALL HIM
[6:41] RESPECTFULLY, HE'S BEEN SAYING
[6:43] THAT THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKS LIKE
[6:45] SADDAM HUSSEIN OPENED UP A
[6:46] CHEESECAKE FACTORY.
[6:47] HOW DID YOU TAKE THAT?
[6:49] WELL, I MEAN, I GUESS I
[6:51] DIDN'T FULLY GET IT.
[6:52] I KIND OF LIKE THE CHEESECAKE
[6:54] FACTORY.
[6:55] HOW DO WE FEEL ABOUT THE
[6:56] CHEESECAKE FACTORY?
[6:57] WE LIKE THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY.
[7:01] SO I THINK IT'S LIKE A GOOD
[7:04] EXAMPLE OF HOW OBAMA WITHOUT
[7:07] EVEN TRYING TO BE JUST CAN'T
[7:09] HELP HIMSELF FOR BEING SUPER
[7:10] ELITIST.
[7:11] REMEMBER, THIS IS THE GUY WHO
[7:12] SAID THAT PEOPLE WHO WANTED
[7:13] GOOD JOBS WERE CLINGING TO
[7:14] THEIR GUNS AND THEIR RELIGION
[7:16] AS IF GOD AND THE SECOND
[7:17] AMENDMENT WERE SOMETHING TO
[7:18] BE ASHAMED OF.
[7:19] AND I JUST THINK THAT HE'S ONE
[7:20] OF THESE GUYS, HE GETS OUT
[7:21] THERE, I'M SURE THAT THE
[7:22] THOUGHT PROPED INTO HIS HEAD.
[7:24] HE THOUGHT IT WAS BRILLIANT OR
[7:25] SOME SPEECH WRITER GAVE IT TO
[7:26] HIM.
[7:27] AND IN THE REALITY, IT JUST
[7:28] DROVE HOME HOW DIVORCED THE
[7:29] DEMOCRATS ARE FROM ACTUAL
[7:30] AMERICANS.
[7:31] YEAH, NOW BERRY'S BACK
[7:32] PEDDLING.
[7:33] HE'S LIKE, OH, I LOVE THE
[7:34] CHEESECAKE FACTORY.
[7:35] THEY'RE ALL THE TIME.
[7:36] DID HE REALLY?
[7:37] YEAH.
[7:38] HE SAYS IT'S MY JAM.
[7:39] SEE, THAT'S EXACTLY THE
[7:40] POINT, THOUGH, BECAUSE HE
[7:41] REALIZED, OH, A LOT OF THE
[7:42] PEOPLE WE WANT TO VOTE FOR
[7:43] US ACTUALLY LIKE THE
[7:44] CHEESECAKE FACTORY.
[7:45] THE THING IS, OKAY, I KNOW
[7:46] WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK
[7:47] ABOUT THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY
[7:48] HERE, AND I PROMISE I'M NOT A
[7:49] PAID SPONSOR FOR THE
[7:50] CHEESECAKE FACTORY, BUT IT'S
[7:52] LIKE THE WEIRDEST RESTAURANT
[7:54] TO HATE ON.
[7:55] YEAH.
[7:56] I MEAN, YOU GO TO THE
[7:57] CHEESECAKE FACTORY, FIRST
[7:58] OF ALL, THE MENU IS LIKE 75
[7:59] PAGES LONG, SO THERE'S
[8:01] SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
[8:02] THAT'S RIGHT.
[8:03] SO I JUST, I DON'T
[8:04] UNDERSTAND, LIKE, THERE
[8:05] ARE RESTAURANTS I CAN
[8:06] IMAGINE BEATING UP ON, NOT
[8:07] THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY.
[8:08] YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE
[8:10] DONE THE TOWN HALL AT A
[8:11] CHEESECAKE FACTORY.
[8:12] WE'LL DO THAT NEXT TIME.
[8:14] CORRUPTION.
[8:15] BIG ISSUE IN THE MIDTERMS,
[8:17] ACCORDING TO ALL THE POLLING.
[8:18] THE NEW YORK TIMES IS
[8:20] REPORTING THAT OBAMA OFFICIALS
[8:22] HAD EVIDENCE THAT OMAR DID
[8:24] MARRY HER BROTHER.
[8:26] I MEAN, NOW IT'S LOOKING
[8:28] LIKE A COVER-UP.
[8:29] YEAH, SO WHEN THE NEW YORK
[8:31] TIMES SAYS THAT YOU MAYBE
[8:32] MARRIED YOUR BROTHER AND YOU'RE
[8:33] A DEMOCRAT, MAYBE YOU
[8:34] MARRIED YOUR BROTHER.
[8:35] I MEAN, LOOK, WHAT WE'VE
[8:37] TRIED TO DO IN THIS CASE, AND
[8:38] PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME, YOU
[8:39] KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO
[8:40] HAPPEN?
[8:41] WHAT'S THE RESULT?
[8:42] AND I SAY I HONESTLY DON'T
[8:43] KNOW.
[8:44] BECAUSE IN THE TRUMP
[8:45] ADMINISTRATION, WE DON'T
[8:46] PRE-JUDGE.
[8:47] WE LET THE FACTS AND THE LAW
[8:48] DRIVE THESE DECISIONS.
[8:49] BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF
[8:50] THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN
[8:51] PROSECUTIONS OF, I THINK YOU
[8:52] DO SEE EVIDENCE THAT FINALLY
[8:54] AN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS
[8:56] TAKING THE CORRUPTION
[8:57] SERIOUSLY.
[8:58] AND A LOT OF THE PUBLIC
[8:59] SERVANTS WHO HAVE BETRAYED THE
[9:00] PUBLIC TRUST, THEY'RE BEING
[9:01] INVESTIGATED, SOME OF THEM ARE
[9:02] BEING PROSECUTED, AND SOME OF
[9:03] THEM ARE GOING TO SPEND TIME IN
[9:04] JAIL.
[9:05] BECAUSE IF YOU VIOLATE THE
[9:06] PUBLIC TRUST, THAT'S WHAT YOU
[9:07] SHOULD DO.
[9:13] IN ALASKA, SOME OF THESE
[9:14] DEMOCRATS WERE CAUGHT PUTTING
[9:16] FAKE CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT.
[9:18] CHEATING, I WOULD SAY.
[9:19] TRYING TO TRICK THE
[9:20] VOTERS.
[9:21] YES.
[9:22] DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE
[9:23] PROSECUTED?
[9:24] I THINK WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY
[9:25] LOOK INTO IT.
[9:26] AND I'M NOT A LEGAL EXPERT,
[9:28] JESSE, BUT I KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE
[9:29] TRYING AS A CANDIDATE FOR
[9:31] OFFICE, QUITE LITERALLY TO
[9:33] MISLEAD AND TRICK AND DEFRAWD
[9:34] YOUR VOTERS, IF IT'S NOT
[9:36] ILLEGAL, IT SHOULD BE.
[9:37] AND THE FACT THAT MARY PATOLTA,
[9:39] AGAIN, SHE'S, I ACTUALLY HEARD
[9:41] FROM A REPORTER FRIEND OF MINE
[9:43] THAT SHE'S NOT ANSWERING
[9:44] QUESTIONS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
[9:46] THESE DAYS BECAUSE SHE'S SO
[9:47] TERRIFIED THAT SOMEBODY'S
[9:49] GOING TO ASK HER ABOUT THE
[9:50] FACT THAT THEY LITERALLY PUT A
[9:52] DIFFERENT DAN SULLIVAN ON
[9:53] THE BALLOT IN ORDER TO TRICK
[9:54] VOTERS.
[9:56] AND MAYBE IF YOU'RE NOT
[9:57] WILLING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
[9:58] ABOUT THIS, AND MAYBE IF YOU
[9:59] DEFRAWD YOUR OWN VOTERS, YOU
[10:00] SHOULDN'T BE A UNITED STATES
[10:01] SENATOR.
[10:02] SO FOR THE PEOPLE IN ALASKA,
[10:04] VOTE FOR DAN SULLIVAN.
[10:05] THERE YOU GO.
[10:06] THE RIGHT DAN SULLIVAN.
[10:09] EXACTLY.
[10:10] THE INCUMBENT DAN SULLIVAN.
[10:12] TO BE CLEAR, VOTE FOR THE
[10:14] INCUMBENT DAN SULLIVAN, NOT THE
[10:16] FRAUDULENT DEMOCRAT DAN SULLIVAN.
[10:25] FOX ONE.