Trump’s Endorsements Steamroll Competition

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Welcome to Guy Benson with Christine, Dylan, and Joelle. I am Harry Furley, and this is a Fox News Alert. Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, has resigned. There's a delayed fuse to it all, though. It's not effective immediately. She will remain in her position through the end of June. So it's effective June 30th, and she has announced to the world that her husband, Abraham, has an aggressive form of bone cancer. and the director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, will be supporting her husband's care. So that has happened today on a busy, already busy Memorial Day weekend Newsday. I thought a good place to open today, and there's a lot to talk about, obviously, the sudden passing, shocking sudden passing of Kyle Bush, and we're going to get into that throughout today's edition of Guy Benson. And a whole lot more. The president is going to be speaking and with anything that is important that we need to share with you, you will get it right here on Guy Benson. So there's that going on in real time, actually. The president will be speaking in New York. It's a campaign event, and that will be happening in the very, very near future. But I thought it was important to bring up. the presidential endorsements that President Trump has been making. Obviously, with a lot of criticism, especially until the results are in. And what the legacy media was trying to do, they were trying, and it's always the way, they're trying to set up President Trump to fail so that no matter what happens. You know, if you're a Star Trek fan, it's called the Kobayashi Maroo. And Star Trek cadet candidates would take the no-win scenario test. There was no way you could win, but they would evaluate how you handled. the pressure of a no-win situation. President Trump got it exactly right. And this is, I'm going to feather into the endorsement issues by sharing this comment. And they were setting him up for it. His son, Donald Jr., is getting married this weekend. It's not an open secret. It's a confirmed thing. It's happening. And I believe it's happening in the Bahamas. And then, of course, the legacy media wants to know. Is President Trump going to be there? Before he announced whether he could be there or not, he said, and I quote, that's one I can't win on. If I do attend, I get killed. If I don't attend, I get killed. By the fake news, of course, I'm talking about because he's using a word that he doesn't want them to use that in literal terms as well. I'll share the president's statement.

exactly what he said about whether he can be there or not. But the point I'm making is if he went, the legacy media would say, hey, how can he go party into Bahamas? How can he go party? It's just son's wedding, but he's the president. And they would talk about there's a war in Iran. There's $5. And in California, it's $7. gas per gallon and all this. So if he went, he gets crushed. If he doesn't go, how is this man a father? How can a father not go to his son's wedding? You know that's what they were setting him up for here. No question about it. So in other words, it's the no-win scenario. There's absolutely no way. They always wanted to be lose-lose. They don't care that every day this week there's a new financial indices record, whether it's the Dow, the NASDAQ, or what have you. So here's what President Trump has said. The decision is made. While I very much wanted to be with my son, Donald Trump Jr., and the newest member of the Trump family, his soon-to-be wife, Bettina, circumstances pertaining to government and my love for the United States of America do not allow me to do so. The president continued, I feel it is important for me to remain in Washington, D.C., at the White House during this important period of time. Congratulations to Don and Bettina. President Donald J. Trump. So there you have it. I think the way that he did it, it will be hard to criticize. Had he gone, certainly would have been criticized. And if they can find a way to make him look like a bad father, oh my God, there's no father in the world, no matter what, they would find a way. He has a plane. I mean, you know, so you can't win. If you are Donald J. Trump, And those with Trump derangement syndrome, you can't win. Now on to the endorsements, because I saw this one coming. The Democrat media did not see it coming. They thought that President Trump's support was waning. I guess they weren't paying attention. His numbers with Republican voters are extraordinary. In fact, their all-time record setting. You wouldn't know that by the coverage that the president gets. But it's a fact, what I just said. His numbers are unbelievable. His endorsement, and I've been talking a lot about this, his endorsements in these primaries, let me give you an example. Had President Trump endorsed Bill Cassidy? Bill Cassidy would be the Republican nominee. Instead, he's a vanquished loser that the very next day voted with the Democrats to undermine President Trump and try to take authority away from the president during a time of war. How disgusting is that? So you have that. Then, of course, enter to the scene Thomas Massie.

Thomas Massie, if President Trump said, look, we're fielding the best candidates we can. I'm putting everything, you know, aside the difficulties that I've had with Tom. You know, I don't like that he didn't vote for the big beautiful bill. I don't like the way he pushed this whole Epstein thing and some other things he's been doing. But, you know, for the betterment of the party, I'm asking you to support Thomas Massie and I'm supporting Thomas Massie. But, oh, no, he didn't. He came out and said, I'm supporting Ed Galrine, who about what, 17 weeks ago, nobody even knew his name. Now, he is a hero, and he has a great record. But there is no way without the endorsement of United States President Donald J. Trump that Ed Al Rine defeats Thomas Massie in the fourth congressional district in Kentucky. It doesn't happen. The president picked the winner in the Republican primary in Kentucky for United States Senate. who got 64% of the vote. He's something like 37 and 0 with these endorsements. And guess what? It might not be over. You have a situation where a Republican who had no problem with President Trump, meaning President Trump had no problem with her in Lauren Boebert, Lauren Boebert at the last moment. I don't even understand it, actually. I'm a big fan of loyalty, and that's a big deal with President Trump. And that's why he endorsed Ken Paxton, who has been on Guy Benson many, many times. I had the privilege, actually, on one occasion on a fill-in day to interview Ken Paxton, the Attorney General. I promise you, on the Memorial Day weekend, special edition. of Guy Benson i promise you Ken Paxton is going to be the republican nominee this tuesday night and i i really like the incumbent senator i've met him i've met him actually in the fox news channel green room he john John Cornyn is a beautiful man but guess what happened he had a moment there where he was not loyal to president trump it wasn't crazy this loyalty, but he wasn't there. And guess who was there? Ken Paxton. So a lot of people thought that perhaps because President Trump likes both men, and he has said, both are good men and they are, he, he, he, you didn't know whether he was going to come out and make the endorsement. Now I will tell you that Ken Paxton had about a 10 point lead. on John Cornyn before the president's endorsement this past Tuesday. When you get a Donald J. Trump, President Donald J. Trump endorsement one week before the election, it's a magic elixir. And now that 10-point lead will be at least 15, maybe 20.

Because what's going to happen, the Republican voters in a Republican primary, the most faithful voters come out during the primary season, and it's not unique to Republicans. Same thing on the Democrat side. You will get the most faithful voters in a primary election, and they're going to get the memo. They already got the memo, and they've already processed the memo, and the memo is President Trump wants you to vote for Ken Paxton. and not for John Cornyn. And so an incumbent United States senator that's been in office for more than 40 years, Ken Paxton said the other night that he was in high school when John Cornyn was still a member of the United States Congress. And this is just supernatural. You just don't see this kind of thing. I don't know if we will ever see it again. 100% win rate on primary election night, 37 for 37. And I'll tell you on the Thomas Massie situation, I don't feel bad one bit. There were some very, very key moments. And you know, there's an old expression your president needs you where he didn't do the right thing. Somehow he thought he was doing the right thing for himself. His philosophy of governance, he would talk about his independence and that these were votes of conscience and this and that. But in a big beautiful bill, the size of that, every single member. could say, I have to vote no, because there's one or two things. There's always going to be something that if it was standalone, you wouldn't vote for it. But typically, in the spirit of cooperation and unity, you vote for it because maybe 98% of it you would have voted for. And a couple of things that you wouldn't vote for. And I understand then that gets run against you in a campaign. Joe voted for this, this and this. But he didn't do it. And you knew then how this was going to go. And there was no chance that Thomas Massie was going to win. But what he did that evening when he came out and apologized for the wait, saying that he had to call his opponent. and he wasn't able to reach him in Tel Aviv. To me, and I can't get inside the man's heart, but to me that's a dog whistle, that's anti-Semitic. I didn't like it. And then he actually had the audacity to say that I've been professional, this whole campaign, and I'm going to continue to be professional going forward. How about that? after he just did what he did then. And one final comment on Bill Cassidy. If you're wondering why, why would President Bill Cassidy go against two-term United States Senator Bill Cassidy in Louisiana? Six years ago, Bill Cassidy voted to convict President Trump. That...

was something that in my humble estimation, he thought, oh, this is a safe vote because I have six-year term. And in six years when I'm running again, President Trump won't be president anymore. But, uh-oh. President Trump number 45 and President Trump number 47, second split two-term president in United States history. And oops, President Trump is the president when you're running for re-election. So he never had a shot of getting President Trump's support. It isn't just you voted against something, an omnibus bill or some pet project or even the big, beautiful bill. He voted against. He voted. to convict the president with the Democrats that would have removed him from office. So President Trump on the endorsement front is a Trump train. It is a steamroll. And this is Guy Benson. Filling in for Guy Benson, it's Harry Hurley. Cheers to America's 250th birthday. Get 20% off your first purchase at Fox Newswineshop.com with code FN Radio 20. 20% discount excludes wine club offers and cannot be combined with any other promotion. Expires July 31st, 2026. Must be 21 order to order. Please drink responsibly.

Welcome back to Guy Benson. It's Memorial Day weekend. Thanks for spending this portion of your day with us here with Team Christine. That's Christine Dillon and Joelle. I'm Harry Hurley, and I thank I and Christine for trusting me to fill in today. And we're on a busy, busy path right now. A lot happening. President Trump is going to be speaking in the very near future. So we'll keep you posted with any news. You don't have to worry about staying on top of it. Anything that we know that you would want to know about, we will share with you here on Guy Benson. If you missed the opening segment, I was sharing my thoughts. on President Trump's 37 and 0 evening in terms of his endorsements on primary election night. And just saying that I know the Democrat media is shocked, you know, they thought that some of the people he endorsed wouldn't win. So they pivot to, oh, but this now is going to be a problem in the general election. Yeah, but you're the same people that said it wasn't going to happen to begin with. So I can tell you. Ken Paxton or John Cornyn will both win in Texas. It's going to be Ken Paxton. They always come after him. They always undervalue him. And Ken Paxton, very similar to President Trump. always under samples and then overperforms. It's uncanny like that, which really tells me that the methodology from Jump Street with certain people is biased because if they always do better than the internal polling would indicate, that tells you something. But the other path now is, is there an appetite for more? For example, regarding Congresswoman Lauren Boebert because she went, I didn't finish my thought in the last segment, but I did bring her up. And she did tick off President Trump because she went into Texas at the very end of that hard-fought primary. Where at different points, it was a several-point lead, five-point lead. It was never bigger than that. And, of course, Galrine won by 10. So another one of those ones where the polls had Galrine underperforming, and he performed incredibly well on Election Day itself. So no surprise there, really. But Lauren Boebert went in there. And full-throated, endorsed Thomas Massie and President Trump didn't like that. So he said, and I quote, even though I long ago endorsed Lauren Boebert, if the right person came along, it would be my honor to withdraw that endorsement and endorse a good and proper alternative. Just let me know or announce your candidacy and I will be there for you. The reality is it's too late to do that for the 2026 primary.

But there are other primaries that are happening later that there could be more. I'm not prepared to tell you any names or that, in fact, there will be any more because most of the people, when you have Bill Cassidy and he voted to convict the president at trial, you had that. So that was big time, probably one in one A. Bill Cassidy and Thomas Massie, and President Trump candidates won them both. When we come back, a really great friend of Guy Benson, Taylor Riggs, co-anchor, The Big Money Show on Fox Business Channel. We'll join us right here on a busy newsday. This is Guy Benson. in for Guy Benson here's harry hurley welcome back to Guy Benson with christine dylan and joel harry hurley filling it today for Guy Benson on a busy newsday this memorial day weekend the always likable and talented taylor riggs is here co-anchor the big money show on the fox business channel taylor welcome to Guy Benson Thank you so much for having me. It is a pleasure. I'm wondering if the great Taylor Riggs is surprised at all that quarterly earnings have been so strong. I guess Walmart wasn't today, but before that, it seems like the earnings have been really strong. The Dow right now is over 50,600 and something. So that's going to be unless something happens in the next. 20 minutes, that's going to be another record day for the Dow that had a record day yesterday at 50,000 286 if we round it up. What are your thoughts about earnings and these seemingly repeat market high after market high? So I'm totally surprised to answer your question. I knew that the economy was strong, but I thought that we'd be hearing a lot more about the headwinds from the Iran War that was in March that made up the last month of the first quarter. Revenues are up 11% year-over-year, earnings are up 29% year-over-year. That is incredible. I usually am happy when revenue growth tracks GDP, I don't know, 2, 3, 4%. So the fact that we're up 11% just in top line sales really speaks to the resiliency of these companies, this economy, and yes, the bottom line of these companies to still make out of profit and to find some cost savings. I want to be careful because, of course, the stock market is not the economy. And I think a lot of people are feeling the pressure right now at the gas pump. And I sympathize a lot with that. That being said, companies are finding a way to, you know, maybe it's using AI to be more productive, maybe it's finding cost savings. But for now, I'm not hearing anything about a slowdown. You mentioned Walmart.

They did give some cautious guidance about the consumer. They said that all of the tax refunds had already been spent, and so consumers were going to start to feel cautious this year. But then I've heard from raw stores this morning, and their earnings are also up 36%. Their revenue is up 18%. They said that they have every income group coming into their stores. Foot traffic is through the roof. So for every bad story, I could certainly point you to other companies that continue to talk about the resiliency of this consumer. And for me, that has been the biggest surprise of the year. Taylor Riggs, visiting on Guy Benson. Geopolitical issues like a war usually punishes financial markets for the reasons you just slightly mentioned in your opening comments, Taylor. What is it about the, is there a disconnect, a suspension of disbelief even? What is the reason do you think that the financial markets appear to be ignoring the war with Iran? So financial markets actually followed the classic playbook that we get, where there was a big decline up until about 21 trading days after the breakout of the initial conflict. And we saw that. We bottomed out in like mid-late March, and then it's been straight shoot up. And then markets pretty much regain those losses 45 days after a conflict. So that wasn't a surprise, but the continued resiliency that you mentioned is a huge surprise. I'm looking at oil prices. I thought for sure with oil at $100 a barrel, the stock market wouldn't beat a record. And it is. So again, I think the stock market is looking out six months ahead. and thinking six months ahead, the conflict could be over, gas prices could come back down, and then you get all of the big benefits from the big, beautiful bill, a massive manufacturing, CAPEX, AI boom that's going on in this country, all of the tailwind that we've really started to feel in January and February. Maybe all of those come back at the end of this year. Taylor, do you, are you concerned that the amount of debt, student loan debt, parent plus loans in the way beyond a trillion dollars, auto loans, other headwinds that we see maybe, you know, loans that are. delinquent a certain period of time that sometimes are telltale of a bubble or something. Credit cards that have been used in ways probably never before used and getting maxed out. So tremendous credit card debt, installment loan debt and people are, you know, I think since COVID-19 to the present.

tapping out to an extent or getting right to the brink of their credit limits and things like that, making minimum payments, not being able to even make a dent in all of that. Should we be concerned that there's something going on here that might be a problem at some point? You know, I don't want to be your eternal optimist, but I am not as worried. We heard the president talk today when he was swearing in Kevin Warsh as the new Fed chair, and he said from a federal government standpoint, we have a debt problem, but we can grow our way out of it. And that's how I feel about the American consumer. Right now, Atlanta Fed GDP is still tracking north of 4% GDP. That's... type of GDP growth can help us all grow our way out. So yes, when you hear a trillion dollars here, a trillion dollars there in student loan debt or car debt, I continue to see really low delinquency rates. And then I look at debt as a percent of GDP or debt as a percent of household overall wealth. Household overall wealth has exploded because 60 to 80 percent of us are on the stock market. What maybe you're a teacher in your pension fund or maybe your... in a union and you have a retirement savings or a pension fund with them. So everyone is invested in the market. And so debt's going up, but household wealth is also going up. Home prices are back to, you know, being unaffordable if you're not a homeowner like me. But if you're in a home and you own a home, you're sitting on massive amounts of wealth. So I think we have to look at debt relative to some of the other measures that we have. And so on that basis, I'm not. I, you know, speak to the CEO of American Express frequently. I got off at first quarter earnings call with him. He said their delinquency rates are still pretty low. They loan to a lot of small businesses. Yes, they tend to have a higher income consumer, but they're not seeing any increase in delinquency rates on credit cards. Excellent. Taylor Riggs, Kevin Warsh, sworn in today, as you know, initially sworn in by the Senate as a Fed board member for whatever it is, 14-year term, which I think is really fantastical that they get these 14-year terms. It's pretty wild, actually. I guess that's real independence there. And then a second confirmation with the Senate for a four-year term to now be the chair of the Fed Reserve. He's got the, I'm going to call it almost indignity of the former chair hanging around. I'm not even counting when Harry Truman asked somebody to stay for five minutes. This is like unprecedented. He's got that to deal with. You've got that selection committee in terms of rates and things. He knows the president wants rates lowered. Now we're hearing smart people say not only you can't lower now because of this, this, this and this, but also we might have to raise rates. Can Kevin Warsh? get the votes he needs, if that is indeed what he wants to do. Maybe everything he knows having been a Fed member before and all of his experience tells him you can't lower interest rates right now, but he knows that's what the president wants. And we know the Fed is supposed to be independent. Can he lower interest rates at this time? Or is that just impossible due to the current conditions?

He's not going to lower rates in the next six months. I can tell you that. And I first want to come out with the caveat. Every president wants lower rates. Every president in the last 40 years has been talking to a Fed chair, maybe weekly, maybe a joint meeting with the Treasury Secretary. They always want lower interest rates. Does that mean that there isn't said independence? No. Presidents are always critical. I love what I heard from Kevin works today. The president introducing him said, Kevin's going to be able to do what he wants. That's very good for the president to say, Kevin Warsh knows that. He is such a class act, solid guy. He came in and in his announcement speech, he said we're going to be fed, a change-oriented fed. That's great because if we start to change the way that we're looking at the balance sheet, there's a whole other point of tools that we can use without being focused on lowering interest rates. We need the Fed to get out of the way. They had a $9 trillion balance sheet. If the Fed gets out of the way and lets free market capitalism and the market set the rate, that's all that people want. I think the Fed has played too long of a role in buying bonds and buying mortgages and artificially setting the rates. And I'm hoping that Kevin Warsh can help the Fed reduce its role and let free market capitalism lead the way. Taylor, how big a deal is $5, $6, California, $7 a gallon gasoline? A friend of mine once told me that every penny that a gallon of gasoline goes up is more than a billion, almost a billion and a half out of discretionary spending that would be happening in the economy. It sounds like a big deal to me. Is that, are we going to pay a price because maybe people will pull back on... you know, recreating and doing things, they might do your thoughts? Yeah. So what I usually say is gas this high actually starts to be demand destruction because the cure for higher prices is high prices. So when prices go up this much, people start to pull back because it's crowding out all of your other discretionary spend. That being said, we haven't seen it yet. AAA just came out and they think that the kickoff is going to be one of the busy summers. I'm located in New York City, as you know. I was looking at hotels. This is just an anecdote for my daughter's first birthday. to have family member come in. There's no hotel in this city under $800 a night for the FIFA World Cup final. Yeah. So you can't tell me that the consumer isn't doing well when I'm looking in hotels are three times the price and they're all sold out. So yes, and is California specifically, I look today. For every gallon of gas in California, $1.30 of that goes to just taxes. Terrible. So maybe they should be asking their regulators and Gavin Newsom in California, why is my gas so high? Oh, because for every gallon, $8 gas, well, $1.30, that is going just to taxes. That's California's problem. Yeah, it's really true. I like the idea that the federal government talk favorably about.

pausing that for up to 18 months to help people out. I think the state should do the same. You know, in New Jersey, for example, it would be about 70-some cents a gallon when you take the federal and the state gas tax. That would help people. I think that would help people a lot. I don't know that many are going to take, you know, President Trump up on his suggestion or my Congressman Jeff Van Drew. up on his legislation that he's proposed. But I think that would be very helpful. What I know is not helpful, Taylor Riggs, is the governor of California going after one particular oil company at a time of such, you know, energy, you know, crisis, if you will. That doesn't seem like a very smart thing to do to me. You know why he's going after Chevron? Because California back in the 80s had 40 refineries. And California has put them all out of business because of their massive climate top-down mandates and regulations. So you just had two more refineries say, we're done. We can't do business in California. We're leaving. So California, I believe, is going to be down to 12 refineries this year. That's why they have a shortage because it's impossible to do business in California. California, guess where they're getting most of their foreign oil? Take a wild guess. Uh-oh. Well, I mean, it would be one of two places. Russia would be one because they're selling. Let's see. Where? Tell us. They're getting California imports. Please don't say Iran. The majority of its foreign oil from Iraq because they refuse to refine their own oil that is sitting underneath their feet or to take it from their U.S. partners. So they think it's better to import Iraqi oil that is dirtier than to help refiners in their own state. help domestically produced oil. That's California's problem. And in their twisted reasoning, Taylor, well, it's Iraq. It's not Iran. It's Iraq. It's not, it's Iraq. It's not, it's not Russia. It's a rock. So they make it that it's palatable. Their radical philosophies always bring them to do something that makes absolute no sense, but makes them all feel good at their beautiful parties. And their people are struggling. Look, I'm born and raised California. My dad sent me a photo. He was trying to fill up now. Granted, he is a big SUV. But it was $165 for 25 gallons. And they're making their people pay because they want, as we mentioned, $1.30 of that just to go to climate policies and to state taxes and local taxes. I mean, look, I'm very excited about this L.A. mayoral race. Maybe the gubernatorial race. Really interesting to see if people there have had enough or if they like those policies, then great. They can, you know, continue to vote and do business in California as they have the last couple years.

And my concern is unless both Republicans finish one, two, and now the math, because they purposely knew what they were doing, they took Eric Swalwell out to change the math. So whether it's Pesera or it's Tom Steyer, one of them gets into the runoff. It might be Steve Hilton, the other one. He's done a good job, but he can't win in November. Even though they have ruined the state where moving companies is the number one. business in the state of california uh they will still vote it's cognitive dissonance taylor they will vote again for the same person so i see a republican making it to the general election but i don't see that california would put a republican in his governor unless the two republicans were their only choices and that's why they're changing that stupid system that they have because they loved it for 12 years, but they don't like it now. So, of course, if they don't win, they want to change the electoral college. They want to change this, put, you know, four more Supreme Court justices on. It's really crazy. In the final minute that we have, and we're going to heartbreak in a minute, Taylor, the first quarter was very strong. We're now basically two months through the second quarter. Is the first quarter somewhat of an aberration because there wasn't a lot of the Iran war factored in? Is there something about the second quarter that you think could or will be different? Yes. Tariff refunds just starting hitting the pocketbooks and going directly to the bottom line of these companies. They can use it to pad profits, increase margins, or they can use it to invest and hire. I think that those tariff refunds started mid-May, early May will continue, and that could actually lead to another blowout second and third quarter earnings. Wonderful. Taylor, thank you. Have a great weekend. Have a great weekend. Good stuff. Really good content. We'll be back. This is Guy Benson. Same issues, but with a fresh perspective. Guy Benson.

This is Guy Benson with Christine Dillon and Joel, Harry Hurley, filling in for Guy. Let's join President Trump live on the campaign trail in Suffering New York. Some of the taxes on workers, families, small businesses who are the soul of the state. And I made special promises that I would save your thousands of dollars a year by resior. And we did that, your state and local tax deductions. And what did we save? Your salt. deduction. We brought it back. Mr. Salt. Mr. Salt. Where's your hat, Mike? He's got a hat calling himself Mrs. Salt. There it is. Beautiful. I think I'll take one of them. But he did. He didn't stop. This guy was a pain in the ass. It was terrible. He didn't stop. But he did. You're lucky to have him in this community that I can tell you. And you had some good help from Republicans, right? Good help from Republicans. But with the help of your great congressman, it's what happened. We got your taxes cut not only from the standpoint of salt, but your taxes were cut, your take-home pay as sort. And all of the other things that we did, when you look at what we've done and my motto was promising. We've taken President Trump as long as we can this hour. We'll keep you posted. We'll be right back. Don't go away. This is Guy Benson.

Generation of Conservative Talk. Right here, right now. Fair, fun, and backed by the trusted voices and reporting resources of Fox News. Fox News. You're listening to Guy Benson. And now, here's your host, Guy Benson. Welcome back to Guy Benson with Christine Dylan and Joelle. I'm Harry Hurley filling in today for Guy. Thank you, Guy. Thank you, Christine, for the opportunity. to be here with you today. And, of course, Guy will be back ready for holiday. Now, on Guy Benson Newsmaker Hotline is a big winner from this past Tuesday night. Houston Gaines, now the newly minted Republican nominee for Georgia's 10th congressional district, obviously every single seat. is so important that's why all of this redistricting that has gone the republicans way it's huge democrats thought they could rig the game they thought they had it they thought they would take the commonwealth of virginia from six to five to ten to one and uh... thank god there you know there's a god because god is great and that was stopped and right now the math looks like maybe republicans have a really really good chance to pick up 10 to 14 seats that would have been out of play had Democrats been successful in their gerrymandering and they do not like how this is all turned out, believe me. So joining us is really one of the most important people in the country because to get to 218, Houston Gaines. must win, must hold serve. This is a Republican seat. Houston, welcome to Guy Benson. Harry, thanks for having me and good to be back on Guy Benson. It is great to have you. Congratulations for those that need a quick refresher course. Houston Gaines, our guests, defeated Jeff Baker and Ryan Millsap in a hotly contested Republican primary for George's 10th Congressional District this past Tuesday. Congratulations, Houston, on your victory. Well, thank you. It was a hard-fought race. We've been in it since August, and it was a great win and really excited about, and I'm really just honored and humbled by the support. Got almost 70% in a three-way race. Terrific. It was just a really, we were truly humbled by the results. And we were blessed with national support. Obviously, the endorsement of President Trump was a huge, and it's a game changer. It's the biggest endorsement there is in politics and had a lot of local support as well. Every sheriff in our district. We've been working the ground hard. It's a big district, 20 counties, and we've been working hard for the last, you know, several months and just really honored and humbled by the result that we had on Tuesday. And to your point, now we've got to win this thing in November because every single seat is so important because if the Democrats win, all they're going to do is impeachment. And what we need to do is keep our, you know, keep ourselves focused on moving forward on the America First agenda.

Yeah, you know it's Houston Gaines. They'll have that pre-filed ready to go on day one. They already have it written. They must be stopped. And I believe the redistricting success that has shocked the Democrats, they're not used to this. They thought, we're rigging the game. We won. We put a ballot question. What do you mean? We didn't win? What are you talking about? So this is wild for them to contemplate what just happened here. And it really gives license to me that Republicans should go after every single opportunity, just like the Democrats tried. And it's a terrible game. But if one side plays it and the other doesn't, you get run over. So I like the way that the trajectory of all this is. Tell us... How things are looking in your estimation, you'll be running in the general election against the Democrat nominee, Pamela Delancey. How are things looking? Well, we feel really good about it. And you're exactly right. The Democrats, you know, they try to rig the system. I mean, you look at states like Illinois. You look at the map there, and it's insane. And then you see what they tried doing in Virginia and the Northeast. I don't think there's a single Republican. But that's how the Democrats are. But in our seat, you know, we feel good about it. But I'll tell you, just last week, we're all story, which is. you know, left-wing publication. They put out a story specifically about the 10th district in Georgia that's ripe for a flip. And I can tell you, we're not going to let that happen. We're going to win this seat in November. We're going to work just as hard in the general as we did in the primary. And I'm also going to go around the country and make sure that Republicans win these tight seats every up and down the ballot because we have to not only maintain the majority, we need more seats. I mean, we need more than just a bare minimum. We need to grow the majority. I think we have that opportunity because Once we tell our story, tell the message of what the president and the Republican conference has achieved and what we're going to do if we maintain power, I think voters will ultimately give us a win at the ballot box here in November. Houston Gaines visiting with us on Guy Benson. Houston, in terms of you mentioned about the endorsement, and we did a comment. opening monologue about the power of President Trump's endorsements. I don't want to take anything away from you. You're a great candidate. You're going to be a great Republican nominee. I know you're going to win, and I give you all that. But you mentioned it. The President Trump's endorsement is huge. You know, maybe if you don't have his endorsement, you win with 40%, not 70%, or 50%. Who knows? But it's... It's the endorsement if you're a Republican in a Republican primary that you want. You know, ask Ed Galrine, ask Bill Cassidy. You know, so we know, you know, his endorsement is, it can't be overstated. But at the same time, the legacy media, Democrat media, one and the same, they try to make that a problem while you're running. Then they try to make it an even bigger problem after you win. You get the game, don't you, Houston? Oh, 100%. I mean, the voters trust the president, and, you know, we got his endorsement. And certainly a phone call. I'll never forget when the president called me and offered his complete and total endorsement. And just a really special moment that, you know, again, I'll never forget. And he sent me in the mail a signed copy of the Truth Social that he put out, which was just a...

really neat and really special. But it was a game changer in our race and then across the country. To your point, I think it was 37 and 0 on Tuesday. I mean, that's unbelievable. Correct. And the voters of this country and certainly the Republican voters in these primaries, there's nothing more valuable than getting President Trump's endorsement. It's so true. Houston Gaines Republican nominee for George's 10th congressional district. He'll be running against his Democrat opponent, Pamela Delancey, who I know very little about other than she is your Democratic opposition. I want to roll back the wayback machine. Guy Benson March of 2024 when host Guy Benson shared comments made by Athens, Clark County Commissioner Melissa Link. and her, quote, appalling and, quote, disgusting comments surrounding the death of UGA student Lake and Riley. You also joined the program that day. serving the position that you hold as a state representative, you joined the program to discuss these comments. That's what the other side is up to. Isn't that, I mean, appalling, disgusting, absolutely appropriate descriptions about how outrageous that is, Houston? Well, it's ridiculous. I live in Athens, which is a college town, and you've got some of the most liberal people you've ever met who, unfortunately, run our local government. And I've been fighting with these people ever since I've been in the statehouse for last eight years. And you've got someone like Melissa Link, who you just meant she's still on our county commission. And she is a, you know, self-defined socialist as well as many others, unfortunately, our county commission. And the comments and the type of things that these folks say are just appalling. Lake and Riley. was brutally murdered in Athens by someone who should have never been in this country because Joe Biden left the border wide open. And then you had sanctuary jurisdictions that had policies that said, come on into our community, even if you're here illegally. And that's how you had someone who, you know, should have never been here. And what we did is we passed, you know, some of the strongest illegal immigration legislation of the country in Georgia to make it a criminal penalty if an elected official... defies our immigration policy. You've got to cooperate with ICE. You've got to work with them because cooperation saves lives. That's why you haven't seen in Georgia what's happening in places like Minneapolis and other places across country because we're going to work with our federal immigration partners. And so anyway, it's just unfortunate these days, all the Democrats, they've just gone so far off the ledge. I mean, it used to be, what, 20, 30 years ago, there were some sane ones. Now that's not the case. I know. And unfortunately, we've seen that right here in Athens. Georgia State Representative Houston Gaines, the Republican nominee for George's 10th Congressional District. So he is on the ballot for the November general election. I'm reminded how bad the Georgia Democrats are. They're there.

indistinguishable in their behavior versus the national democrats they cost the state of georgia the major league baseball all-star classic uh they they called excellent reform election reform jim crow 2.0 it was going to suppress voters and things like that you went on to record voter participation Representative Gaines, everything they say, your loyal opposition, is a lie, and the exact opposite is the truth. It wasn't Jim Crow 2.0. It led to record-setting attendance at elections. 100%. I'll never forget. I was there. I was very engaged in that bill and getting that piece of legislation passed in a bill 202. You know, it made it harder to cheat and easier to vote in Georgia. And as you said, the Democrats and Stacey Abrams said, as Jim Crow 2.0, they got MLB to pull out of Georgia for the All-Star game. And it's just ridiculous. You know, this – and if I remember right, the state they went to had even more restrictive, you know, early voting than Georgia. But that's just the hypocrisy of the left. But that's what we're going to do in Georgia. We're going to make it hard to cheat and easy to vote, and that's why you have seen record turnout. But to your point, the Democrats in Georgia had Stacey Abrams. Fortunately, you know, she was not elected governor because it would have been a total disaster. But then this November, you got Keisha Lance Bottoms, who was the Democrat nominee for governor in Georgia. And she was the worst mayor that Atlanta's ever seen. You know, basically let the city burn down when there were all the issues going on in 2020. She didn't even run for a second term. She probably would have never gotten elected, but Joe Biden gave her an appointment federally. And now she's come back, and she won the Democratic primary in a six- or seven-way race with over 50% of the vote. If that doesn't tell you how far out of whack the Democrats are in Georgia to put somebody up like that, that is a far-far-left person who was a horrendous mayor is their nominee for governor. That tells you all you need to know. And it's so important. You know, Georgia is one of the, you know, battleground states, and we have got to maintain a Republican governor this November as well as kick Jon Ossoff out of the Senate. And that's why this November is so important. Not only working to keep my seat, I'm going to be working to make sure we elect Republicans up and down the ballot in Georgia because it is for the future of our state and the future of our country. We have got to make sure we elect Republicans here in Georgia. We're visiting with Georgia State Representative Houston Gaines, the Republican nominee for George's 10th Congressional District. It is currently a Republican seat. So this is extremely important that Houston Gaines wins. If he doesn't, then that is a flip. And they're already, as the representative shared, Representative Gaines, they're already trying to make it. This is going to be a flip now. So you will be running with the Republican nominee for Senate. Mike Collins will not be the representative from the 10th district any longer. You will be. But on the ballot to get there, I believe that Jon Ossoff is a mistake, who he never should have been elected. I don't think Raphael Warnock ever should have been elected. There was all that unfortunate consternation between the president, my former boss, so I'm a pro.

Welcome back to Guy Benson with Christine Dylan and Joel. How are you early filling in today for Guy on this Memorial Day weekend? Let's join President Trump on the campaign trail live from Suffern New York. I hate that when they do, because they stop me from talking about the fact that I became president. But I have a friend. And he said, you know, I have a simple test for a politician. I own stores. I'm really good at it. It's not a complex business. And I say, how would a president do running my store while I'm away on vacation? He said, I take one store, not three or four. And I say, my busiest one, one Queens Boulevard, Queens. He said, I take a store. And I say, how would he be? And I said, so what's the answer? He said, you would drive it into one of the largest retail empires in the world. Biden wouldn't be able to run the store for one evening. One evening it would be a desert. He said, I give people tests. I put people in my store. I say, how do you think they do? And he said, Biden wouldn't be able to run a store. We can never let that happen again to our country. We can never let it happen again. What he's done, what he's done to our country is unacceptable. And a lot of bad things. We had inflation, but we've got that down. By the way, the oil prices are going to tumble as soon as I finish up with Iran, tumble. I was in Iowa. I was in Iowa. We had it down to $1.85 a gallon in Iowa, but we had it down around the $2 point. And then I said, well, Howard Lutnick, we're going to have to take a trip to. We got Scott Bessent. We got all of them. I said, we just hit $50,000 on the Dow. And I said, that's a record, highest ever. I said, sorry to do this to you, but we're going to have to journey down to. The Middle East. They said, why? I said, because Iran is going to have a nuclear weapon if we don't stop them. And I said, we're going to have to do it. And we have stopped them. They're not going to ever have a nuclear weapon. They're never going to have a nuclear weapon. And we'll have that over with soon. It'll be over with soon. And you're going to see numbers like you've never seen, both on the upside and also in terms of course, you're going to see costs go down. But, you know, the Democrats are the ones that caused all the costs. And they were the ones that caused when I took over.

They caused, I mean, the prices were through the roof. I told you before, the inflation was the highest ever. The costs were high. And think of it. We're going to keep you posted on President Trump's speech. We've dipped in a few times today during Guy Benson. You won't miss anything. We'll keep you apprised. When we come back, Jesse Arm, Vice President at the Manhattan Institute, also a pollster, joins Guy Benson next. Guy Benson, sponsored by Previgin. Previgin, made for your brain. Welcome back to Guy Benson with Christine Dillon and Joelle. I'm Harry Hurley, and I thank both Guy and Christine for the privilege of filling in today. It's always a real honor to fill in for Guy. Now, I fell in like with our next guest standing by on Guy Benson Newsmaker Hotline. Reading one quote that I want to paint the picture of exactly what Jesse Arm is all about, the vice president at the Manhattan Institute and a great pollster. I love great pollsters where you actually get... the tabs and the cross tabs and all the information, the tabulars where you can see what really is going on. Because sometimes top line numbers don't tell the story. You know, like how were the questions asked? And if it's two candidates, did you do half with one candidate first and the other candidate second and then flip it? Or did you call the one guy first every time to give them like a 10% advantage? You know, a lot of crazy things go out there, go on out there in polling. But get a load of that. So I liked Messer Arm after one quote, Thomas Massie. is going to lose tomorrow. And it's not going to be because he's anti-Israel. He's always been anti-Israel. He's going to lose because Kentucky has closed primaries. And MAGA Republicans do not like libertarian conspiracy mongers who vote to defund ICE, docks random Americans to insinuate their guilty of child rape and whose super PACs pump out grotesque, low-IQ, anti-Semitic garbage. His brand of get ready for this. word, I learned a new word, sloppulist. His brand of sloppulous politics may have some appeal among leftists, right-coded pundits who share policy goals with the far left and America haters across the third world, but not within MAGA. So you can see, Messer Arm, YFL and like with you immediately. Welcome to Guy Benson. Well, I appreciate that, Harry. Thank you very much for having me on. That was, I mean, top notch stuff right there. So you had me at that. There's no question about it. I was with you. I knew that Thomas Massie was going to lose.

I knew the race wasn't within this two, three to five point thing that the legacy Democrat media was trying to pump out there. You know, they wanted him to win so they would have a storyline that President Trump is a big loser. But then when Trump wins, then they say the guys that he puts over the finish line that win can't win in November. So it's just lose, lose. And you get the game. You get it all too well. What were your thoughts about the size of the victory, 10 points, and also that Thomas Massie decided to come out. Congressman Thomas Massie, let me show him more respect than he showed his opponent, that he comes right out. I'm sorry, I'm late. I tried to reach my opponent who's in Tel Aviv. And then out of the next breath, Jesse, he says that I've been professional this whole campaign and I'm going to continue to be professional. I mean, that's unconscious behavior right there. It's gunner politics, is what it is, Harry. And I'm all that Thomas Massie lost because... Jesse, we're going to get your phone settled just a little bit because what you have to say is too important for us not to be able to hear it. And as soon as the team tells me that we have you back, and you were fine a moment ago, so I'm sure it'll come back. That's the magic of digital telephones. Sometimes they don't cooperate. We are visiting with... Jesse Arm, Vice President at the Manhattan Institute, and also a great pollster. And we're going to talk about some of his findings because you don't always get polling data that you can rely on. Jesse, you were saying. Harry, do you have me now? Perfectly clear. Okay, good to be with you. Look, I was going to say that Thomas Massie, it's no surprise that he lost because he had a closing campaign message that the Trump administration was filled with pedophiles, controlled by Israel, and also that he supports the president despite all that and is a loyal foot soldier for his agenda despite constantly voting against it. So that's, I think, a little bit confused, to say the least. And it's no surprise that Kentucky Republicans, MAGA Republicans, real Republicans, not the kind that, you know, are propped up online with faceless accounts who God knows where they're from or where they're posting from what... country even. This is who President Trump knew would get at the end of the day failed to finish the job. And President Trump marshaled resources, his allies in various different circles with some of his biggest donors from the campaign in 2024, helped to marshal resources, and we found out what MAGA Republicans actually think of, like you said, the sloppulism that Thomas Matthew goes out there and pedals. You should actually like trademark that word. I never saw sloppulous before until I met you. Jesse Arm, vice president at the Manhattan Institute and a pollster as well. Let me get your take on Ken Paxton and John Cornyn because until a week before election day, President Trump had not made a decision whether to endorse who he would endorse. He remembers when John Cornyn slipped away from him a little bit. He didn't go.

you know, full-blown Thomas Massie or any, you know, or Marjorie Taylor Greene or anything like that. But he knew that Ken Paxton was always with him. He didn't even have to consider that. So on the week before, he did it on primary election day, but a week before that primary election, I think in Texas, Ken Paxton was probably up 10 before the Trump endorsement. What do you think that means now? The race is over, correct? The primary race is over. Yes. President Trump decided to take a risk and he put his support behind Ken Paxton. Some people are theorizing that it was a bit of a strategic play given that possibly on the off-chance math he did win coming out the same day and endorsing Ken Paxton moves the sort of strategic focus on to the next race. And there was some kind of a perception that the base may have been more behind. But at the end of the day, I think this is really a challenge for the president because he's got a lot of difficult monkeys to wrangle in the United States Senate now. When you think about Bill Cafferty, who's one foot out the door, President Trump endorsed a primary challenger there as well. John Cornyn doesn't have a huge amount of motivation to play ball with the White House's agenda at this point. So I'm really focused on between now and next year. how the president is going to manage everybody in the Senate. It might not be the easiest thing in the world. It's a really good observation, Jesse Arm. Let me ask you this. Are you buying the, it's really the legacy media company Democrat line that John Cornyn would be a shoe-in. You go with the guy that absolutely has got it. Do you buy into the fact that Ken Paxton could win the primary and go and lose the general election? I think it's going to be really hard for a Republican to lose in Texas this cycle. That doesn't mean it's impossible. Look, the Democrats have put up a real oddball candidate in this James Talarico figure. He's Mr. God is non-binary. And, you know, I love transgender children. I'm a vegan. These are not the kinds of political candidates who tend to win statewide office in Texas. But that said, he's at least trying something different. He's not a hardened leftist in the vein of Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York City or something like that. So it's a challenging, look, Ken Paxton has. Personal issues. He was nearly thrown out of his position as Texas Attorney General faced a kind of impeachment-like proceeding there. So it's not to say that his record is sterling. This is a race that will go down to the wire. But the fundamentals in a state like Texas are going to favor the Republican. And more than that, they're going to favor President Trump's endorsing. Exactly. Jesse R. and Vice President at the Manhattan Institute, what's your take on the impact of redistricting?

and how well it has gone for republicans when for a moment there it looked like maybe virginia after the ballot question went the way that it did fifty one forty nine but nonetheless they put it over you know the finish line with a lot of money many many millions of dollars and then lo and behold the uh... the commonwealth of virginia supreme court knocked it out it was going to probably create a six to five district in favor of Democrats into a 10 to 1 district in favor of Democrats. It was obscene what they were trying to get away with. So that now has turned the right way. Other decisions have turned the right way. Could redistricting actually keep the House of Representatives in the hands of the Republicans following this midterm election? I do think that's conceivable. I don't, I think that many figures in the media have been too quick to assume that the midterms are a foregone conclusion and that Republicans are going to lose the House. It will be challenging with the fundamentals of this cycle, the way that they are, the situation in the Middle East being what it is, gas prices are what they are. But everything is basically not as bad as the prognosticators and the forecasters in the left of center media. told us it would be. And that has consistently been the case to date, including with these redistricting wars. And one more point about these gerrymandering battles that I want to make to you, Harry. Look. Every single one of these escalations on the Democrat part, they're doing it with a pretty bad hand. Okay? Why? Because people are moving with their feet all around this country, out of blue states and into red states. So by the time the 2030 census rolls around, the 2040 census rolls around, if we can assume that gerrymandering is legal, which most of these court decisions have told us is the case, but that... All red states and all blue states are going to be maximally going with these gerrymandering efforts. then what's going to happen? You're going to have a lot of political power concentrated in red America because that's where people are going and that's where the population is picking upward and not that much of it in blue America. So if I were Democrats, I would have been coming to the table. I would have been begging for some kind of agreement at the federal level. And if I couldn't get that, I'd be changing policies in my big blue cities that I govern, right? I'm changing to improve public safety. I'm changing to improve quality of life. changing to improve the business climate because I don't want people to keep leaving my state. That's how Democrats fight in this redistricting war if they want to have a real chance. We're visiting with Jesse Arm, Vice President at the Manhattan Institute on Guy Benson. Have you noticed that, because you talked about how they're voting with their feet.

But these Democrat voters that have been chased out of California, New Jersey, elsewhere, New York, even when these governors and mayors tell people, get out, then you have Governor Hokel begging them to come back after she goaded them, get out. leave scram get out of here i mean got got all sarcastic and stupid and now begging them all to come back as well we realize our socialist communist agenda we need their money in order to fund all these promises you know every as you know free is very expensive jesse but if you notice they go to south carolina they go to texas they they go to florida and they still vote for crazy socialist democrats I don't know about that. We'll see. I mean, that's kind of the big experiment, right? All of these people are moving with their feet and they're leaving the difficult climate that they saw in the blue states. The question is, is there some kind of self-selection among people of a certain kind of ideological valence who are uprooting their lives and moving to these red states? This is the big fear, right? You always see those bumper stickers when you're driving around in Texas. Don't California my Texas. That's right. You see some of them in Florida, too. Don't New York my Florida. Okay? So this is a big question, and we'll see it over the course of the next decade or so. But, yeah, I wouldn't be surprised that the political makeup and how these states are constituted really drastically shifts over the course of the next few years. It may mean both parties are probably incentivized for... Democrats to run a little bit more conservative of Democrats in red states and Republicans to run a little bit more liberal of Republicans in blue states. That may be the path forward for dealing with some of this damage as these ideological major shifts take place. But I do think a little bit of moderation on the Democrats part, especially in these deep blue strongholds, would do them a lot of good with retaining some of that population, especially that successful, wealthy, and business-oriented population that they desperately need to keep in their backyard. Well said, but they can't do it. It's like the scorpion and the frog. It's their nature. It's the scorpion's nature to bite you to sting you. I don't think they will change, but I know they will be good every 10 years for the census because that will be, oh, absolutely. Now, how do you win if you're a Democrat Party that's minus 52 points upside down, an approval rating of 20%, a disapproval rating of 72%, Democratic Party approval rating among men, 16%. So they're upside down 62 points. How can they possibly win? I know each race is one by one. And so the national sampling isn't always totally illustrative. But we've never seen numbers like this before. Jesse?

Well, what they do is they run on nothing. They run against the Republicans. That's it. That's the Democrats best bet this cycle. They're a party that don't know what they stand for. Are they progressives? Are they moderates? Are they... for economic dynamism? Are they going to build more housing and loosen regulations? There's some thinkers in the Democratic Party and left-of-center policy world who want the party to inch toward that direction. I happen to think they're probably right with respect to how their own party should deal with tomorrow to be more enticing for more voters in this country, but they're not there yet. This is a party that is... aimless. They don't know what they're selling people. So all they're selling people right now is that they are not Donald Trump. And about half the country doesn't really like Donald Trump. So that's what they're banking on to get them across the finish line in the midterm. And the reasons they may be successful with it is because the Democratic electorate now looks a whole lot more like the midterm electorate in this country. It didn't used to be the case 10 or 20 years ago that college educated. white people in suburbs, who are the people who tend to show up in off-cycle, off-presidential cycle elections, were Democrats. But now they are. So that's what the party is kind of banking on not figuring it out, not running on anything new. They haven't figured out a new vision. Maybe they'll figure that out in 2028. But for now, it's just we're not Trump. Jesse Arm, great to visit with you. Good stuff. Have a great day. Thanks so much for having me. Happy long weekend. Take care. We'll be back. If President Trump is still speaking and he is now, we will join him in progress when we come back. This is Guy Benson. It's Harry Hurley.

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Welcome to Guy Benson with Christine Dillon and Joelle. I'm Harry Hurley, an honor to fill in today. Poor guy on this Memorial Day weekend. And no better way to start this hour than one of the best in our business, one of the nicest guys in our business, proving that nice guys finish first. Griff Jenkins co-host of Fox and Friends weekend. You can follow all things Griff Jenkins at Griff. Jenkins and not only is griff here today on Guy Benson newsmaker hotline he is live from indianapolis and the indy 500 look at you go griff Hey, it is great to be with you. And man, I'm telling you, you should be jealous. I'm literally standing here and turn one of the NB500. I'd never been before. Last year I did it. This is my second time to come. And it is literally when they say it's the greatest technical racing, it doesn't do it justice. And you see it on TV and it looks exciting, but to be here amongst more than 350,000 fans. And 30-something cars that go 200 plus miles an hour. It is what adrenaline is made up. It's great. It's amazing. It actually literally two minutes for you called. I was talking to Elio Castro Nevis. I love him. One of the four racers who has won four times here, A.J. Floyd, Alunter Rick Mears, and Elio Castro Neves. Elio is running on Sunday. If he wins, he will be the winningest racer to ever. Hit the breakyard here. That would be five. It's incredible, Harry. Elio Casernive is awesome. Also, a Dancing with the Stars champion. That's right. That's right indeed. I know. I hope he does it. Now, before we get into Griff's excellent adventure, the Goodyear Blimp and everything else, I've got to get a comment from you about the sudden passing of two-time NASCAR champion and what did he win? 60-some races and all the different formats. Kyle Bush at just age 41. Life is fragile. Life is precious. You never know, do you, Griff? You don't. And, you know, I have actually been talking to a lot of people, interviewed some of them already for a package tomorrow, talking about Cowbush. And you have to realize, you know, the people that are here that come to the racetrack also go to the Brickyard 400. That's the NASCAR race that runs here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Kyle Bush won twice. So, you know, when you ask people, if his spirit is going to be here at this race this weekend, everybody knows and everybody feels it. And some of the motorsports fans I talked to today,

You know, they say, listen, everybody hated Kyle Busch because he was a guy that wanted to be hated. He played tough. He would have the rivalry with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and others. But it is because everyone is mourning his loss that it really hits home here amongst race fans because they know that racing lost one of its greatest legends. Oh, there's no doubt. And is post-raced? interviews will be so missed that that's when he talked a lot of his junk to get everybody all jazzed up about him and now look how they miss him and here's the thing that's really hard to process griff jenkins he's in a simulator driving simulator on wednesday and he is gone on thursday yeah it's there's such you know, mystery behind how in the world was he racing and just 24 hours later, he's gone. And, you know, it appears there was an illness. It will learn more. But, you know, he will be honored at this race already here today, which is Carb Bay, where the, you know, mechanics have the last day to tweak the carburetors. They have a big pole here at the start finish line and they put Cowbush on there. And, you know, several thousand people that are already out here, it was just silence because they realized when they put that up, you know, they were here going to be honoring this hero. And yet, you know, people now are, are to your point, really wanting to know more about how this happened. And I think probably everyone's already heard. It's not you will in social media in that race last week, last Friday. He literally was talking to his pick crew saying that he needed to have his doctor, you know, the boss. And that's kind of, you know, during races, you can hear the communication between drivers and the pit crews, but that's certainly not something that we would expect to hear. No one really thought of anything at the time, but now, obviously, that's clearly a big part of whatever's happened. Yeah, literally saying, I need the doctor to give me a shot. I mean, and you're right. Nobody thought much of it at the time, but we sure do now. It is Griff Jenkins live from turn one at... One of the greatest spectacles, some will say the greatest spectacle, and that is the Indy 500. It's amazing. Another thing, Griff, you see it on television and you hear the roaring, ripping sounds as the cars fly by and the technology. Fox does such a great job with auto racing. And these dash cams now and everything. I mean, you feel like you see the steering will shake sometimes in the driver's hands. quite amazing, but when you're there, the size of that track is awesome, isn't it, Griff?

It's amazing. And just the sheer ground that it's on. It's one of the largest things ever last year. I went up in a good year blimp and could see it. But yeah, listen, they were doing the practice labs today. And you can feel the force of the cars going by 200 miles an hour. And I can't imagine. Although I'd love the opportunity to check it out to feel the G-force because they're literally in rockets. They're not cars. They're rockets. And by the way, when you see those steering wheels shake. You know, they're not, they don't have power steering. So those drivers are fit because they've got to physically hold on to that steering wheel. No doubt about it. And you mentioned G-Force, Griff. People are speculating about Kyle Bush and what he's been dealing with, you know, with the issues that we're starting to learn about, breathing and some different things, that the G-force could be part. of what exacerbated things i'm not i'm not a doctor so i'm not going to get you know too far out on my skis but that's out there right now griff and as you know people that don't understand the physicality of being a race car driver is is incredible griff Yeah, without a doubt. And I don't think you're getting over your skis because clearly if you had some sort of illness, that is a difficult position to be in. And, you know, it speaks to the fact that Cowbush was such an incredibly competitive person, just a passion that drives, the fact that he probably knew more about his condition more than anybody else and yet wanted to be there. That's the kind of competitor he was. And it just says volumes about who he wants. It surely does. Griff Jenkins visiting on Guy Benson on this Memorial Day weekend, holiday edition. Guy has the day off. Now, also, too, this TMZ audio is just... It's difficult to listen to. I mean, you're listening to someone with the 911 operator talking about a man is on the floor in the bathroom. They talk about blood coming up and things like that. It is... You know, to hear it this soon, usually this is something, you know, maybe a few days from now we might be lucky enough to hear. That was pretty amazing, Griffin. I don't mean that in a good way. No, and I'm right there with you because, again, you know, there's a reason why when you have, you know, I've covered situations where law enforcement or the military suffers casualties. There's a reason why they don't. disclose even the name of the individual until all the next of 10 was notified. And yet for any family member or close friend of Kyle Bush to hear that so soon, so quickly before they may have not only not had time to sort of process this and let it think in, but also might not even known about it. And you're finding out in that way, it just, you know, is...

unbelievably, I think, a bad thing that that could have transpired that someone found out, and that was the first thing they ran into. And so, you know, it's out there. But I agree with that percent. They could have used some discretion before something like that was released. It was so soon. And no cause yet. And then you're hearing that kind of thing. It was pretty wild. People have a thirst for it. So I'm not criticizing it, but just noting it. It's Griff Jenkins on Guy Benson. We're going to step aside for just a moment. Griff has agreed to stay for another segment. He is live from Turn 1 at the Indy 500. What an assignment. What a great assignment that is. We'll be right back. This is Guy Benson. Filling in for Guy Benson, it's Harry Hurley.

Welcome back to Guy Benson with Christine Dillon and Joelle, Harry Hurley, filling in for Guy who has the day off this Memorial Day weekend. We have the privilege, the pleasure, to welcome Griff Jenkins, co-hosts of Fox and Friends weekend from turn one of the Indy 500, shifting years because I have to take advantage of the fact that you are an outstanding, objective, journalist. with incredible integrity, a practitioner rare to find that when you're doing an opinion hit, you'll do opinion, but you are a pure newsman. And I'm curious, what is your take on the AI ads? I don't hold Spencer Pratt. I hold him harmless. You know, other people did the ads. It's not like he released official ads from his campaign, but this is one of the things with artificial intelligence. You can create the likeness and create a scenario of anything that you want. These AI ads are causing quite a star in the race for Los Angeles mayor. Griff, your thoughts. Yeah, and listen, first of all, thank you. You're so kind to give me those kind words. And listen, all I've ever wanted to do is, you know, have and earn and hold the trust of viewers and radio listeners. Because then when I'm talking, or if I'm analyzing something or opining on something, they believe that I am rooting it in fact and giving them the truth. And, you know, groozy, just cruising, whatever, I've given you a scenario where I've presented that. based in facts. And the problem with AI, aside from the sensor press race, is that it's giving us a glimpse into the challenge in the future because news spreads on social media is so fast. And AI is going to be the incredibly deceptive tool that others will use to create scenarios or to short facts in ways that we've never really had to fight against. You know, in the news business, The golden rule is better to be right than to be first and get it wrong. So good. With AI, it's more challenging. And in the case of Central Brad, right, he's not. He's not at fault here to blame, but you are seeing certainly something that's raising eyebrows. But at least in that context, you're seeing it in a political campaign and perhaps there are other ways to do your own fact-finding and sort of know sort of the premise. The concern I have on major news stories is that reporters work really, really hard to get it right across many networks. And when they're competing with AI, in the next big future story, it's going to be a challenge. And it's going to be a challenge, too, when you are competing as a news organization, a broadcaster, against the amount of AI is starting to fill Twitter and Instagram and TikTok and the like. And so, you know, I think that you and I will look back on this conversation and long forget about the mayor's race.

unless Spencer wins, which actually would be pretty quite remarkable. But I think we'll look back in the near future in the years to come, Harry, and say, remember when you now were talking about the challenge AI would present on any given future stories? And you can make anyone, you need like three or four or five words. You can make anyone say anything. And it becomes a challenge of, you know, there are experts that will be able to do it. But it becomes a challenge of figuring out, hey, did that person really say that? Or is that, you know, bogus AI? I mean, there are so many dilemmas about all of this. And it just seems like this AI. is which creeped up on everyone is now in like a warp speed in terms of its impact in so many different aspects of life talking about the race specifically griff normally someone like spencer pratt would have zero chance and and if his house didn't burn down to the ground he wouldn't even have been a candidate he has said it and i believe him that that he means that you know when you when your house burns down and you watch people die and your neighbor's houses burn down and it's years later and you still can't build your house then then you're in a trailer and you know then when you're not you're in a hotel room and then they criticize that you're not in a trailer hey wait a minute don't criticize that he's not in a trailer or that he's in a rental unit or a hotel room uh how about we criticize how can't permits be expedited. How can these people not be back in their homes? It's an abomination. So I don't think he's going to win, but guess what? He could win and he should win. You've got a mayor in Karen Bass that was in Ghana when horrific wildfires were going on Griff. She's vulnerable here. Yeah, listen, I got to tell you, you're spot on in your analysis there, and I would go just a little bit further, Harry, and say that I actually wouldn't be surprised if Spencer Brad actually won. Yeah, he was. Months ago, when his book came out, I interviewed him on the couch on Fox and Friends Week, and we asked him some tough questions along with, you know, the sort of celebrity questions, and he was great then. And now you're seeing the candidates... that succeed. And President Trump is such an example that's often cited, are the ones that are authentic. And when he was to criticize, they're saying in a hotel, not the trailer that he said he lived in, and then he immediately comes back in real time and is able to counter and say, yeah, you're criticizes me because my house burned down. It was pretty savvy for a politician, but it's also just sort of authentic. But I think he put your finger, hit the nail on the head. when you said that if Karen Bass is absolute abysmal leadership, it's going to change it. And something that I just saw, Billy Bush, the TV host, is a longtime friend of mine, more than 25 years. And he did a social media post a few days ago where he said he was in one car with his producer driving, talking about how pissed off he was because he was on his way to interview Spencer Pratt for his podcast. And yet he hit...

a pothole that just destroyed his car tire. His producer had to pick him up. And he said that's the fourth tire on his car that has been damaged or gone flat because of potholes in L.A. since this past November. And he said, this is what life is like under Karen Bass. And people are like, he's like, I was totally agnostic in this race. I'm in now. I'm going to vote for Spencer Pratt, not because I'm an issue. But because... I've had four tires destroyed in as many months on my car because Karen Bass has panels here, which is the least of the worries when you look at the homelessness population. And obviously the houses that have not yet even begun to be rebuilt. And so, you know, when Angelinos, people in Los Angeles started looking at it in the perspective of like a guy like Billy Bush, they're going to be like, yeah. Why not take a flyer on this guy because the current status quo is absolutely unacceptable. Griff, we have a hard break in 30 seconds, but I got to get a quick comment from you on this. I wish we had at least five minutes because you could do a monologue on this. Your friend Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of War, your friend, Johnny Joey Jay Jones, re-enlisted, and Pete Hegseth got to swear him in. It's magical. Magical. Joey Jay Jones is an American hero. What a great example in my hats off to him and to Secretary Higgs as it continues to fight every day. Griff, you can do it all. You are live from the first turn at the Indianapolis 500. Enjoy the experience again, my friend. Great to visit with you. Thanks, Harry. Be well. Yes, sir. He is Griff Jenkins. I'm Harry Hurley, and this is Guy Benson.

in for Guy Benson, here's Harry Hurley. Welcome back to Guy Benson with Christine Dylan and Joel. I'm Harry Hurley filling in today for Guy Benson on this Memorial Day weekend. We hope that you do have a great weekend. A lot going on all over America. Thanks for spending this portion of your day on Guy Benson. Earlier in the program, we spoke with Taylor Riggs, the co-anchor of the Big Money Show on Fox Business Channel. Here's a part. of our interview. Taylor, do you, are you concerned that the amount of debt, student loan debt, parent plus loans in the way beyond a trillion dollars, auto loans, other headwinds that we see maybe, you know, loans that are delinquent a certain period of time that sometimes are telltale of a bubble or something. Credit cards that have been used in ways probably never before used and getting maxed out. So tremendous credit card debt, installment loan debt and people are, you know, I think since COVID-19 to the present. tapping out to an extent or getting right to the brink of their credit limits and things like that, making minimum payments, not being able to even make a dent in all of that. Should we be concerned that there's something going on here that might... be a problem at some point? You know, I don't want to be your eternal optimist, but I am not as worried. We heard the president talk today when he was swearing in Kevin Warsh as the new Fed chair, and he said from a federal government standpoint, we have a debt problem, but we can grow our way out of it. And that's how I feel about the American consumer. Right now, Atlanta Fed GDP is still tracking north of 4% GDP. That's type of GDP growth can help us all grow our way out. So yes, when you hear a trillion dollars here, a trillion dollars there in student loan debt or car debt, I continue to see really low delinquency rates. And then I look at debt as a percent of GDP or debt as a percent of household overall wealth. Household overall wealth has exploded because 60 to 80 percent of us are on the stock market. What maybe you're a teacher in your pension fund or maybe your... in a union and you have a retirement savings or a pension fund with them. So everyone is invested in the market. And so debt's going up, but household wealth is also going up. Home prices are back to, you know, being unaffordable if you're not a homeowner like me. But if you're in a home and you own a home, you're sitting on massive amounts of wealth. So I think we have to look at debt relative to some of the other measures that we have. And so on that basis, I'm not. I, you know, speak to the CEO of American Express frequently. I got off at first quarter earnings call with him. He said their delinquency rates are still pretty low. They loan to a lot of small businesses. Yes, they tend to have a higher income consumer, but they're not seeing any increase in delinquency rates on credit cards. Excellent. Taylor Riggs, Kevin Warsh, sworn in today, as you know.

initially sworn in by the Senate as a Fed board member for whatever it is, 14-year term, which I think is really fantastical that they get these 14-year terms. It's pretty wild, actually. I guess that's real independence there. And then a second confirmation with the Senate for a four-year term to now be the chair of the Fed Reserve. He's got the, I'm going to call it almost indignity of the former chair hanging around. I'm not even counting when Harry Truman asks somebody to stay for five minutes. This is like unprecedented. He's got that to deal with. You've got that selection committee in terms of rates and things. He knows the president wants rates lowered. Now we're hearing smart people say not only you can't lower now because this, this, this and this, but also we might have to raise rates. Can Kevin Warsh? Get the votes he needs, if that is indeed what he wants to do. Maybe everything he knows having been a Fed member before and all of his experience tells him you can't lower interest rates right now, but he knows that's what the president wants. And we know the Fed is supposed to be independent. Can he lower interest rates at this time? Or is that just impossible due to the current conditions? He's not going to lower rates in the next six months. I can tell you that. And I first want to come out with the caveat. Every president wants lower rates. Every president in the last 40 years has been talking to a Fed chair, maybe weekly, maybe a joint meeting with the Treasury Secretary. They always want lower interest rates. Does that mean that there isn't said independence? No. Presidents are always critical. I love what I heard from Kevin works today. The president introducing him said Kevin's going to be able to do what he wants. That's very good for the president to say, Kevin Warsh knows that. He is such a class act, solid guy. He came in, and in his announcement speech, he said we're going to be fed, a change-oriented fed. That's great, because if we start to change the way that we're looking at the balance sheet, there's a whole other point of tools that we can use without being focused on lowering interest rates. We need the Fed to get out of the way. They had a $9 trillion balance sheet. If the Fed gets out of the way and lets free market capitalism and the market set the rate, that's all that people want. I think the Fed has played too long of a role in buying bonds and buying mortgages and artificially setting the rates. And I'm hoping that Kevin Warsh can help the Fed reduce its role and let free market capitalism lead the way. Taylor, how big a deal is $5, $6, California, $7 a gallon gasoline? A friend of mine once told me that every penny that a gallon of gasoline goes up is more than a billion, almost a billion and a half out of discretionary spending that would be happening in the economy. It sounds like a big deal to me. Is that, are we going to pay a price because maybe people will pull back on... you know, recreating and doing things, they might do your thoughts? Yeah. So what I usually say is gas is high actually starts to be demand destruction because the cure for higher prices lose high prices. So when prices go up this much, people start to pull back because it's crowding out all of your other discretionary spend.

That being said, we haven't seen it yet. AAA just came out and they think that the kickoff is going to be one of the busy summers. I'm located in New York City, as you know. I was looking at hotels. This is just an anecdote for my daughter's first birthday. to have family member come in. There's no hotel in this city under $800 a night for the FIFA World Cup final. Yeah. So you can't tell me that the consumer isn't doing well when I'm looking in hotels are three times the price and they're all sold out. So yes, and is California specifically, I look today. For every gallon of gas in California, $1.30 of that goes to just taxes. Terrible. So maybe they should be asking their regulators and Gavin Newsom in California, why is my gas so high? Oh, because every dollar, for every gallon, $8 gas, well, $1.30, that is going just to taxes. That's California's problem. Yeah, it's really true. I like the idea that the federal government talk favorably about. pausing that for up to 18 months to help people out. I think the state should do the same. You know, in New Jersey, for example, it'd be about 70-some cents a gallon when you take the federal and the state gas tax. That would help people. I think that would help people a lot. I don't know that many are going to take, you know, President Trump up on his suggestion or my Congressman Jeff Van Drew. That was a part of our interview with Taylor Riggs, co-anchor of the Big Money Show on the Fox Business Channel. For the full interview, go to Guy Benson.com. Coming up next, it's the home stretch producer Christine, Joelle, and I, we will talk about Memorial Day weekend, what are we going to be doing, and some other fun stuff coming up in the home stretch on Guy Benson. Not the same talking points here, Guy Benson.

And now it's time for your favorite segment of the day. Home Stretch. It's basically the only segment I'm on. So I've declared it the audience's favorite segment. Guy Benson. Welcome back to Guy Benson with Christine, Dylan and Joelle. Harry Hurley filling in today. Well, well, well, home stretch. Memorial Day weekend. Producer Christine, Joelle and I will talk about things. Christine, we should go to you first as the boss. Yes. What are your plans for this Memorial Day weekend? Well, you know what? And I probably won't be surprised by this. Guy was off yesterday and so was I because I've been sick and I know guys going to think that. That's not true. And we had Tom Shaloo filling and he was texting me throughout the show going, we need temp checks if we want to believe you. Oh, top stuff. But, you know, I wasn't really sure what we were going to do for Memorial Day, but it looks like plans are changing. I'm up here in the Northeast, especially in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut area. It is going to be a complete washout. I think. all three days. So we had a barbecue we were going to tomorrow. Now let me ask you something. We were invited to this huge barbecue. I think they were having like 50 people. They have a pool. It's supposed to be beautiful outside. Yada, yada, yada. Now, we just assumed that the party is canceled. You know, it's going to be 55 in raining. Right. So we're kind of looking forward to. I said to Bobby, you know what? I haven't been feeling good. It'll be really nice to just relax all weekend. Not really do much. Maybe we'll go catch a movie or something. And we get, you know, the Evite update thinking, here's a cancellation. And it's like, good news. Party's still on. I had bought all the food already, so you guys better come. Ooh. Now, I don't really want to go and just, you know, like when you had something in your mind and then you think, okay, like, well, maybe that's a rain date type of thing. Now, is it rude? We had RSVP'd, yes. Now, we don't live far from the party. Is it rude if we just drop in for, say, quote, unquote, a drink and a hot dog and then get out of there? Or are we still supposed to be committed to the party, you know, the day and usually it turns into the night? I think going gives you a clean out when you're ready to make an escape. You will have been there to commit to go somewhere and then not go at all. I think there could be an issue with that.

And it would have 49 other people did it, then they would have put this whole party together for no one. It's obviously weather-centric, but they're still doing it. The weather's not going to cooperate. I think you can do that. I think you can just go. enjoy for and here's another thing i'm not saying you would stay all night how many times and i'm sure joel can speak to this too i know that i can you are you commit to something long in advance as it gets closer oh my god i don't really want to go then it gets really close you really don't want to go and then you go and you have a good time has that happened uh every time yes so you get past the dread and you have a great time. There's really, it is very, very rare for me. I mean, Harry, you know, I'm so shy. I know. I'm like a wallflower at parties. Yes, demure, quiet. Very, very demure. I mean, I sometimes I just sit on the couch. No, never. I'm not trying to boast or brag, but me and my husband might, we're the life of the party. So I predict you will go because you're a good person. You're a great person. You'll go and you'll wind up staying longer than you thought you would. I think that's right. I think that's right. And then Sunday we had a, my daughter had a birthday party, but the whole family was invited and it was supposed to be in the park. They got the permits. We just got that Evite canceled. Wow. So now we have all. And then Monday, we were supposed to go to this natural pool in New Jersey. It looks really cool. And no, I don't think we're going to be doing that. Even if it doesn't rain on Monday, it's not going to be, you know, warm weather. What's crazy in the Northeast, last weekend, it was sunny and in the 90s. That should have probably been Memorial Day weekend. But the one thing I do want to ask both of you is, I have a lot of friends or, you know, and people I see on social media writing today saying, woohoo, like happy Memorial Day weekend. And it's like, oh. No. No. This was a topic on my local show this morning. You can't write that. You can't say that. You can't write it. Joel, you have not been heard from. Talk on the first point. How did you like, I'm going to call it the Hurley doctrine. Nice. Yeah, just because it sounds good. But Christine, you know, it's the Christine, you know, the cookie doctrine too. You go and you have a great. It happens all the time, I think. Do you subscribe to that theory? Yes and no. So I think a good rule of thumb is if you get invited to a social outing, even if you're 50-50 on not wanting to go, go for at least a minimum of two hours. You want to be the nice guest. You don't want to come up as rude by completely bailing at the last second unless you have a legitimate excuse on why you need to bail. Otherwise.

Just go for two hours, minimum. Yeah, I think you're right. Producer Christine has a building excuse. Producer Christine is not feeling well. Producer Christine is sick, and it is carrying over into a second day, and she's just such a great employee that she's in saving the day. even when she's sick. You have a building excuse, Christine. Well, and true. And I did save the day, Harry, because I had to do double duty today. I know. I know. I had to work on Fox across America and then come over here. Now, Paul Morrow, the great Paul Morrow, is what had filled in for... Jimmy Fela today, and he was telling me, he goes, I wonder if you're sick or if it's allergies, because I guess allergies are like the worst they have ever, ever been. Now, I don't think so. I was traveling. Guy and I were in California last week for an event, and there was tons of people we were around. I think I just got run down badly. Yeah, I think so. And it happens to me a lot. On a serious note, I do have a concern that you can rally. because you've had all this stuff to do today, your show, Jimmy's show. Yep. And by tonight, you might not feel well enough to want to go to that party tomorrow on a serious note. I know. I know my husband, because usually for like Memorial Day weekend or any kind of barbecues, we're known for bringing the jello shots. We make red, white, and blue, jello shots. And I just said to him, hold off on all that stuff. Like, I don't want to spend the money. I don't want to make everything, like, just in case I don't feel well. But he said he would still go, you know, because people always expect that type of stuff from us. We will see. We will see. You know, I also don't want to get people sick, but sorry, Joelle, I had to show up today. So. Yeah, I will say that. Cookie definitely has a fever, and your prescription is more hooch. Duh. I mean, hooch is everything to me. It fixes everything. Fixes all. And, Joelle, Christine brought up something that I did as a whole topic today on my local show, and that is this happy Memorial Day thing. Memorial Day, there are many activities, but... I think the real meaning of Memorial Day gets lost in the commercialization value and the picnics and the parties. So people get used to saying, happy Memorial Day weekend. That's exactly not what we should be saying. Your thoughts? No, I agree 100%. And in the past, I was definitely guilty of that because as a teenager I thought, okay, Memorial Day weekend, I'm off from school. Hooray. But as I got older... I became more cognizant of the meaning of Memorial Day and what it means to a bunch of other people. So now I try to be more mindful of that and just remember that, listen, as many other people I've said before, we gained this wonderful holiday through blood, unfortunately, from the sacrifices of thousands of people who have fought for this country. And I think that's something that a lot more people need to be aware of. And I think...

celebrate that, yes, it is a wonderful holiday, but just be mindful that a lot of lives were lost because of this. We have this wonderful freedom, unfortunately, because of the sacrifices that many people have made. Well said, and Christine, that's the whole point. It's a somber day. It's a day we pay homage to those who did not come home. That is lost in all the parties, the barbecues, and happy Memorial Day. Your thoughts. No, you're 100% right. Well, let's take all that, you know, the wishing, the happiness. Let's hold it, especially this year, 250. Let's hold it for July 4th. And let's remember the fall in this weekend. Thanks, Harry. Absolutely. Joel, anything real quick in closing? I got nothing else. You took it all out of me, Harry. Well, we did our job, team. We did our job. Christine, thank you for the privilege of filling in today. This is Guy Benson. Yeah, I will say that. Cookie definitely has a fever. A little prescription is more hooch. Duh.

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