JD Vance: Give us Another Chance

SPEAKER_1 (0:12)

From Memphis, Tennessee, it's Common Sense Conservative Commentary from Todd Starnes.

Todd Starnes (0:27)

All right. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Starnes Radio Show. So the house is officially recessed, and everybody's heading back to their hometowns.

I'll tell you this much.

What a lazy bunch of so and so's. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Starnes Radio Program. So honored to have you with us today. And I have a little bee in my bonnet, if you will.

The members of the house have gone. They say there's a reason for that. The reason why is that they've done as much as they can possibly do. House Speaker Mike Johnson says that they have sent over dozens and dozens of bills to the Senate. And he said, unfortunately, nothing's getting done. So they're just sitting around, twiddling their thumbs. And he said, yeah, you know, we're going to call it a day. So I sent everybody home. Here is Speaker Mike Johnson, cut 42

Mike Johnson (1:42)

As I said, it's one of the most productive in history. In this House, as I mentioned the stats, we passed over 900 bills. Over 700 of them are parked in the Senate right now. Okay, so if the other chamber, if the Democrats in the Senate will do anything meaningful and contribute any votes at all for bipartisan wins for the country, like we just did with the Rate Payor Protection Act, if they will process those bills and send them over, the House can do meaningful work. In the meantime, it feels very much like we're spending our wills. Our incumbents here who are now candidates, need to be in their districts working with their constituents right now, working on the issues that matter to them, and telling the story about how productive we have been. Now, I said we're on a 48-hour notice of return. If the Senate moves any of this big legislation that we have parked in the hopper over there, I will gleefully bring everybody right back here, and we'll start passing those bills and getting them to the president's desk.

I hope that that happens. I certainly do. And I met with Leader Thune today, and we talked about that, our collected optimism about the future and going into this election cycle. And if the Senate Democrats will do what's right for America, they'll move some of that really, really important legislation that includes legislation to reduce the cost of living, increase national security, increase the economy.

Todd Starnes (3:03)

Oh, my God. So, so look, here's and Johnson, I, you know, I get it. The guy doesn't get upset. He's only got he's got one level. I get that one. He has one emotion. But there there needs to be some righteous indignation here on behalf of the House Republicans when it comes to the Senate Republicans. Now, he can blame the Democrats till the cows come home. But the fact of the matter is the Republicans control the Senate. And you're telling me 700 bills stalled in the US. Senate.

700 bills. This is insane.

I mean, this is bonkers crazy. But now you understand why the Republicans are not doing well in these polls. And I know polls are polls are polls. But I'm beginning to believe these polls because the American people are sick and tired of this. And they know, they know, ladies and gentlemen, that the Senate Republicans are not living up to their campaign promises again. Everybody knows that. Even even Mitch McConnell knows that. What?

The poor guy, he, all he had to do is vote, and they had to tell him how to vote. This guy is, you hate to say it, but there's nothing there.

No, no, he's, no, I don't think he's a vegetable. I just, I don't think he's there. I, I just, I mean, he's a shell of a man. There's, that's not an insult, but you're telling me, you're telling me that Mitch McConnell has the mental acuity to cast any sort of a vote on Capitol Hill. You're telling, well, maybe he does. I don't, I mean, when you look at everybody else on average, maybe he does. So then you've got Senator John Kennedy out there. I want you to listen to this guy and listen very closely. You know, John Kennedy is that folksy kind of, you know, the southern folksy kind of a guy, right? Here is John Kennedy talking about how disappointed he is that nothing's getting done in the Senate.

John Kennedy (5:26)

I'm very disappointed in how little the Senate has achieved since we passed one big, beautiful bill. I'm very disappointed. The public seems really exercised about AI. I'm embarrassed about it. The public is upset about a lot of things. They're upset about the cost of living.