Tony Katz

It's the final debate before the Iowa Caucus. Former Ambassador Nikki Haley is surging in polls....especially in New Hampshire. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is hoping that Iowa can give him a boost to get to South Carolina and - maybe? - Super Tuesday. Does it matter? The answer is yes. For one of them. Presented by Americans For Prosperity http://americansforprosperity.org

>> Jonah, the MAGA extremist argument, which is the one that in the fall of 2022 Biden made, worked very well for him and for Democrats in the midterm. What do you think of him going that argument and literally in the speech on Friday talking about nazis and comparing Trump’s rhetoric to Nazi rhetoric, doing it this early? >> I think that’s the right question. It is a tactical question to me as just a matter of politics. I would have his surrogates doing that now. There’s a real problem, or there’s a real potential of this all sort of becoming background noise and there’s no shock value to it by the time you get to the general election. So it is going to be dismissed by a lot of people on the right pretty early because argument of Hitler is an old tactic of the left, and even if it has more salience now, but I feel it is early to come out of the box like this because it is the point of persuading his own coalition to come home. >> Where do you go when you start with Hitler? Satan? I’m not sure where you move. One of the problems he has got — one thing he can do is repeat it and keep repeating it. The more we see Trump say crazy things and people pay attention to it — >> But 11 months is a long time. >> It is a long time, but it will grow over time. People will go, oh, that guy. I think it is better to say, look at that guy rather than look at me. >> One advantage is that when Trump gets called Hitler, Trump’s response is to say, hey, I didn’t get this from mein kampf. I came up with this language all on my own. I didn’t plagiarize Hitler, I just used duplicative language. >> Lulu, what did you want to say? >> I wanted to say as a tactic, sure, is it going to get old. But this is his central message. This has been his central message since the moment he actually said he was going to try to become president of the United States. It is not unusual for Biden to say, this is why I am here, I am fighting for democracy, I am fighting for this country, and I consider Trump to be an existential threat. >> Let’s be honest about something. One of the reasons, and I kind of touched on it in the beginning, one of the reasons that Biden is taking this route is because he has spent all fall touting his own record, leaning into ‘'Bidenomics'’ and it didn’t work. Take a look at this latest CNN average of recent polls. At this point 38% approve of the job the president is doing. 58% disapprove. Reihan, I mean, you know, he was making the affirmative case for himself and folks weren’t buying it. >> Joe Biden’s best chance right now is to have a low turnout election. We are in a very different moment right now in which in the past the assumption was always among progressive activists, we need to get folks to turn out, we do better in presidential years than we do in off-year elections. Now it is very different. Jonah mentioned very astutely in 2022 these tactics worked because you had a somewhat more affluent, more educated electorate. A lot of folks were on the sidelines. What Biden is trying to do here, I suspect, is trying to demotivate some folks, number one. Number two, try to see to it that people that might otherwise go to a no labels candor to Robert Kennedy jr. Stick with him out of the sense that the alternative is so noxious and terrible. >> Reihan, has in effect the country moved on from the so-called racial reckoning we were all talking about after the murder of George Floyd? >> I think there’s a broad sense that racial reckoning involved smuggling in ideological ideas that weren’t about diversity but rather were about imposing ideological uniformity. When you're looking at DEI bureaucracies, what really is noxious about them is that they actually don’t respect all sorts of diversity, including viewpoint diversity, including the fact that, look, in some cases you have groups that are over represented, and that can be okay. You know, the point that j.d. Vance was making about the Dallas mavericks is that it can be good and healthy and reasonable in some domains to have over representation — >> Ridículo. Ridículo. >> What she said. >> You can say it's ridiculous, you can make that assertion, but the fact that I’m one second-generation Asian American on a panel of four, I’m massively over represented. But I think it is reasonable to say you will judge people based on merits. And >> Excuse me. >> When you are looking at high performance organizations — >> Excuse me, excuse me. This is the burden and I can’t tell you how infuriating I find it. This is the burden that always comes with representation. The idea is that because you are a person of color, suddenly it is — you are only there because it is some noblesse oblige, because some white guilt put you there, because there was some dei initiative and you can’t win either way you look at it. What infuriates me is you look at the Claudine Gay thing and everyone is talking about dei. This woman cannot win or lose. If she is there — >> I’m happy to talk about Claudine Gay, please. >> Let me finish. If she is there, it is because of dei. That they put her there because she is black. If she loses and they kick her out it is because she was never good enough to be there in the beginning. You can’t win in this situation. >> Yeah, but — >> And it is infuriating as a person of color to constantly have this cudgel put on our heads. >> I get the argument you can’t win but you can’t have it both ways. You can’t celebrate and tout someone was hired and it is a wonderful thing to expand diversity and Harvard went full tilt to talk about hiring the first black woman. and then say all of the sudden- >> The first black person, it wasn't even the first black woman, it was the first black person. >> I don’t care. The point is. She was caught obviously plagiarizing. those are the facts. >> It was ideological, very well-funded — >> The motives of the attack don’t change the fact she plagiarized. >> Oh, come on. >> When I disagree with you, cara — >> When somebody fails who is white and is a man. >> You mean like the president of Stanford — >> Yes, when nobody — in fact, there are books written about this, fail and then come back. You know, look at — >> Pivot. >> Pivot, exactly. >> Nice way to get into your podcast. >> Thank you. Pivot, and then when a person of color fails all of a sudden it is an indictment of an entire system that the right doesn't like. >> This is so ridiculous. She was a graduate of exeter and Stanford with a ph.d. from Harvard. >> Do you know why? You have to be excellent to get where she is. >> Second generation Haitian American who came from a family who dominated the concrete industry in haiti. She was not the wretched of the earth. She was someone who should be judged on her merits. >> Wait, I'm sorry, Black people have to be wretched? Is that what you're saying? >>She was selected because she established the office of diversity, equity and inclusion and belonging at Harvard. She presided over a steep decline in the free speech climate, and she also — >> All right. >> — targeted minority professors who dissented from her perspective. That was a problem.

They'll tell you the jobs numbers are up, but they won't mention that jobs have been revised down all year. They'll tell you that the Fed wants three rate cuts in 2024. They won't tell you that the minutes of the meeting don't guarantee that at all. They'll tell you the Bidenomics is a success. If that's the case, why doesn't America agree? Dr. Matt Will, economist at the University of Indianapolis, explains whether we're seeing the "soft landing," or whether 2024 looks like a hard time for all of us. Presented by Americans For Prosperity http://americansforprosperity.org

Jean-Pierre: “Inflation fell to the lowest level in three years. That’s important. Consumer confidence is at the highest level since July and the second-highest level in two years." BURNS: “Who feels good about the economy right now? Who feels bad about the economy right now? Alright. Shelley, let me ask you first. What do you think is going on economically? What are the challenges you are facing economically?” UNKNOWN: “I would think it would be groceries, gas, everything you have to buy every day is way more expensive than previous years.” BURNS: “Let me — let me ask you this. Right now, when you look on paper, right, you’ve got low unemployment rates, wages are up, inflation is easing, stock market is doing well, but are you feeling any of that? How do you feel about the economy day to day? UNKNOWN: “I’m not sure I agree with what you just said.” UNKNOWN 2: “Not better off now than I was four years ago. I retired three years ago. I never planned on using some of the money that I saved to retire that I had to use because of the economy now. So, I don’t know if the stock market is up, I must be in the wrong place. Because I’m not making the same money that I was making before.” Jean-Pierre: "And so we’re glad to see that Americans are feeling more confident about the economy.”

DeSantis: “When you start talking about using those types of terms, I don’t think that helps us move the ball forward. I would not put it in those terms. (...) I want to stop the invasion at the border 100 percent but then legal immigration should really only be for people that buy into our core values as a country and that actually want to assimilate into American society.”

HARRIS: "You know, every election cycle we talk about 'this is the most election of our lifetime.' Lawrence, this one is. I’ve been fortunate and blessed during the course of being Vice President have many situations where it becomes clear to me that there are – you know, people of every age and gender, by the way, who see something about being the first that lets them know they don’t need to be um- limited by other people's limited um- understanding of who can do what."

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Randy Grimes, former center for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, joins Tony Katz to discuss his work with Border Patrol agents and offering moral support for the men and women in green protecting Americas border. ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Retired Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem joins Tony Katz to explain how a border wall functions and answer the age old question- do border walls work? Get MORE info on border policy and how to keep America safe: https://thelibreinitiative.com/ Check out more on border policy from Americans For Prosperity: https://americansforprosperity.org/ ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Jose Mallea, CEO of The LIBRE Initiative, joins Tony Katz to discuss immigration reform, the cost of illegal immigration and to explain why it isn't the benefits promised that drive immigrants to come to America. Get MORE info on border policy and how to keep America safe: https://thelibreinitiative.com/ Check out more on border policy from Americans For Prosperity: https://americansforprosperity.org/ ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Why is the border wall actually a fence? What is the purpose of the wall if it isn't a wall? Why is the border wall an impossible subject to discuss? Jordan Fischetti, immigration policy fellow at Americans for Prosperity, joins Tony Katz to answer these questions and walk us through an all-angles approach to border security - immigration policy reform, a physical deterrent, and modern technology to fill the gaps. Check out more on border policy from Americans For Prosperity: https://americansforprosperity.org/ ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Sam Peak, Senior Immigration & Labor Policy Analyst at Americans for Prosperity, joins Tony Katz to discuss the migrant labor market and why border security and legal immigration work hand in hand to benefit Americans and the immigrant community. Check out more on border policy from Americans For Prosperity: https://americansforprosperity.org/ ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Daniel Garza, President of The LIBRE Initiative, joins Tony Katz to discuss what drives immigration in the Latino community and why the political right has failed to deliver their message of freedom and opportunity to the immigrant population. Get MORE info on border policy and how to keep America safe: https://thelibreinitiative.com/ Check out more on border policy from Americans For Prosperity: https://americansforprosperity.org/ ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

JOHNSON: "October, November, December alone, we’ve had more illegal crossings at the border than in any entire year during the Obama Administration. The American people see this, they feel it acutely, they see all the terrible societal ills that come from this, and it must be addressed. So I’ve made this very clear, again, from the very beginning, when I was handed the gavel, we needed clarity on what we’re doing in Ukraine, and how we’ll have proper oversight of the spending of precious taxpayer dollars of American citizens. And we needed a transformative change at the border Thus far, we’ve gotten neither. The Senate has been MIA on this. The House passed H.R. 2, six months ago, more than six months ago. It’s been sitting and collecting dust on Chuck Schumer’s desk. I have told him personally, I’ve told the National Security adviser, the secretary of state and the secretary of Defense, that these are our conditions, because these are the conditions of the American people. And we are resolute on that. It is not the House’s issue right now. The issue is with the White House and the Senate. And I implore them to do their job because the time is urgent and we do want to do the right thing here.” BAIER: “Is it possible that a no Ukraine aid could happen in the Republican caucus?” Johnson: “Well, listen, I think that there is the majority of the Republicans and the Democrats in the House, by way of example, would vote for Ukraine aid if there is sufficient clarity on these questions. And also, of course, if we have really transformational change at the U.S. border. If we are going to have a national security package of spending, national security begins at our own border. This is about our own sovereignty. These are policy changes that could be easily made but the White House has been very reluctant. They really went silent on us all of this time. I have been the speaker for a little over six weeks, almost seven weeks, and since the day I was handed the gavel, I have been saying that this was the condition, that we had to do this first. And we passed H.R. 2, the House passed our bill six months ago. It’s been sitting on the desk of Chuck Schumer ever since. They have not taken us seriously and here we are at the end of the year, and now they’re saying we’ve run out of time. the House will do its work if there was a deal. But it has not materialized. And as of tonight, they have given us the cold shoulder. So they are ignoring this, what I believe is a top priority of the American people. It doesn’t matter where I have been in the country over the last few weeks, Bret, whether I’m in New York or southeast or out west, they all say the same thing. They are deeply concerned about what’s happening. We had 12,000 people come over that border one day last week, on Wednesday. If you look at the statistics from October, November, and so far in December, more people have crossed that border illegally since any entire year at the end of the Obama Administration. It is not a sustainable situation. It is harming our country in ways that are hard to describe, and we have to get on top of it.” BAIER: “So, what’s the red line when it comes to border policy to get the supplemental through?” Johnson: “Listen, the House’s position is H.R. 2. It has very important provisions like asylum reform, parole reform, the end of the catch and release policies, the Remain in Mexico —“ BAIER: “And if they don’t go all the way to H.R. 2, could they get some place that’s satisfactory?” Johnson: “It’s — that’s our position, but they have yet to come back and even volley anything over the net. So, that’s our position and we have been very resolute about that.”

Jorge Lima, Senior VP of Policy at Americans For Prosperity, joins Tony Katz to discuss the multitude of problems in not only border policy, but border processes. The Legal immigration system needs to be enforced. Sweeping asylum does not work for Americans or immigrants. Check out more on border policy from Americans For Prosperity: https://americansforprosperity.org/ ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Genevieve Collins, Texas State Director for Americans For Prosperity, joins Tony Katz to discuss the unique problems Texans face on border issues and why it is that people come to America in the first place. Check out more on border policy from Americans For Prosperity: https://americansforprosperity.org/ ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Isabel Soto of the LIBRE Initiative joins Tony Katz to discuss how organizations work with politicians and communities to create solutions for America's ongoing border crisis. Get MORE info on border policy and how to keep America safe: https://thelibreinitiative.com/ Check out more on border policy from Americans For Prosperity: https://americansforprosperity.org/ ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Retired Chief Chris Clem, the former Chief Patrol Agent in the Yuma, Arizona sector joins Tony Katz to discuss 27 years of border policy under the last 5 Presidents. What happens when border policy is politicized? Get MORE info on border policy and how to keep America safe: https://americansforprosperity.org/ https://thelibreinitiative.com/ ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

SANDERS: “Well, first of all, I strongly support and wish and hope that the United States will support the United Nations resolution that was vetoed, that we vetoed the other day. That was a humanitarian pause, a humanitarian cease-fire, that would have, by the way, called for the release of all of the hostages held by Hamas, and would have allowed the U.N. and other agencies to begin to supply the enormous amount of humanitarian aid that the Palestinian people need. In terms of a permanent cease-fire, I don’t know how you could have a permanent cease-fire with Hamas, who have said before October 7 and after October 7 that they want to destroy Israel, they want a permanent war. I don’t know how you have a permanent cease-fire with an attitude like that.” BRENNAN: Okay, so you — the war, you’re saying, against Hamas is justified in that way?” SANDERS: “I think Israel has the right to defend itself and to go after Hamas, not the Palestinian people.”

Cornell Professor William Jacobson joins Tony Katz Today on 93.1 WIBC-FM to discuss the testimony given to Congress by the Presidents of MIT, Harvard, and UPenn. All three University officials refused to say that mobs of students on campus calling for Jewish genocide qualified as harassment or intimidation. Jacobson notes the complete failure of leadership and intellectual dishonesty in America's most elite Universities and describes the toxic and dangerous environments on today's college campuses. Get more from Dr. William Jacobson at legalinsurrection.com ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

The jobs numbers and unemployment rate come out and the markets aren't sure how to react. Economist Dr Matt Will joins us to discuss. Trader Joes is back in the social media hot seat for "racist" labeling practices. The Presidents of Harvard, UPenn and MIT testified for Congress about the rise of antisemitism. It did not go well for America's Academic institutions as a whole. William Jacobson, Cornell Law professor and founder of LegalInsurrection.com joins us to discuss. A man fired shots outside a synagogue in Albany, New York, hours before the first night of Hanukkah yelling, 'Free Palestine.' Buy guns, buy ammo, get trained. ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Hunter Biden indicted on 9 charges of tax evasion. We look at the charges and ask how much is too much to spend on hookers? James Comer is showing financial connections between Joe and Hunter, Joe Biden is still claiming to be ignorant of all of his son's business dealings. Who is lying? Disney is going to build out a residential community in North Carolina. The Pacers, ladies and gentlemen! JMV joins us to discuss. Moving manufacturing out of China is good for us. ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Van Jones on Ramaswamy: ‘You Are Watching the Rise of an American Demagogue ... Literally, I Was Shaking Listening to Him’ The Jewish woman in Oakland who was denied access to a bathroom in an attempt to hide the antisemitic graffiti therein. They way she was spoken to is beyond appalling. Why do Liberal Jews in America continue to defend Hamas? We check in on the health of the economy and market response. Rep. Stefanick and the President of Harvard went head to head over the calling for intifada on college campuses. William Jacobson, Cornell Law professor and founder of LegalInsurrection.com joins us to discuss. ****** SUBSCRIBE ON RUMBLE: www.rumble.com/tonykatz BECOME A SUPPORTER: http://tonykatz.com ****** Follow Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonykatz Follow Tony on Facebook: https://facebook.com/tonykatzradio Follow Tony on Instagram: https://instragram.com/tonykatz

Reporter: “President Biden, on Ukraine and also China. There’s polling by the ‘Associated Press’ that shows that almost 70 percent of Americans, including 40 percent of Democrats, believe that you acted either illegally or unethically in regards to your family’s business interests. Can you explain to the Americans — to Americans amid this impeachment inquiry why you interacted with so many of your son and brother’s foreign business associates?” Biden: “I’m not going to comment, I did not. And it’s just a bunch of lies.” Reporter: “You didn’t interact with Hunter’s business associates?” Biden: “I did not. They are lies.”