HHH Show 100226 - Hour 2

0:00Senator Marsha Blackburn also candid it for governor of the state of Tennessee, the Republican nominee, Institute of thank you for being here today. I am so delighted to join you. Oh, exam. We've been having these conversations for quite a while now. For quite a while. So so I'm going to start with something fun. Sure. I already know the answer to the question that I'm about to ask you, but I'm going to ask you. I would like to be the senator from the state of Tennessee. I would like for you to make me if you are elected governor of the state of Tennessee, if you have the opportunity to appoint the person to replace you, I'm Switzerland. There's a lot of jocky going on Tim Berchard was in that chair yesterday. He said he wants it. You know, there's you know what it is, but I know you can't say anything right now. I can't say anything. But I'm saying Senator Blackburn, I would like to represent the state of Tennessee for a small portion

1:02at time. I have no other political aspirations. I'm Switzerland. I'm an independent. May I please have the seat? I know. I can say absolutely nothing. But what your audience knows is that you are one of the most thoughtful, thought-provoking people on the air. And one of the things I've always appreciated about you, Hallerann, is the fact that you throw the question to your listeners to ask them what their response would be and to help them think through what a response should be. And I've always really appreciated that about you. I believe in free speech. Yes, you do. I believe in people. I ask people every day, what are you thinking? Why do you think it? I don't care if they agree with me or not. I believe that your rights as a human being are given to you by God.

2:04And I must respect you as though they are God-given, not government-given. And I must extend to you the maximum amount of respect I can. And I try to live by that. I don't live by partisan code. I live by different code. A godly code. Yeah. So, all right, let's get into it. How goes the campaign? The campaign is going great. And as we're a month out, it is so exciting. People that are calling people, have jumped on, people are saying, tell us what we need to do. We're knocking hundreds of thousands of doors. We're making phone calls. We are, we have people that are sending emails and text messages and making certain that people get out to vote, that they don't forget to go vote. And that is vital. It is just so vital that people vote when we get to November 3rd. And

3:04the early voting prior to that. And Tennesseans want a governor who is going to be a conservative governor. Tennesseans want a governor who is listening to them. And one of the things we've really learned is that people want a conversation. They want to be heard. And that thrills me because I love the fact that Tennesseans love our state. And they want to see our state do well. I love Tennesseans. I love Tennesseans. And I want the best for every citizen in this state. Let's talk some issues. Start with Chris DePike. Yeah. I was doing an analysis overnight. Florida did 15 executions this far. It's thus far this year. They did 19 last year. We've had a couple of botched night attempts this year. From a moral standpoint, I have a hard time with the death penalty.

4:08As a person of faith, the Jesus part of this equation gives me some tension. When I look at the law, what the law says, laws on the books, and this is, you commit this crime, this is the punishment for that crime. Understand the letter of the law and following the law. But in that, the state has a responsibility to do that properly and to do it right. And we're botching it. And I was saying in my monologue last hour, seems like that would be a phone call. It seems like that would be calling governor DeSantis and saying, what's your protocol? Their protocol is clean and clear. But first of all, your thoughts about the Christ DePike situation and then where you to be elected governor, it will be one of the most solemn things you will do. I've known governors for almost the last 40 years and talk to all of them. Every one of them to a person said it's the

5:09most difficult thing they have to do. And I agree that it is something that you have to think through. And I also agree the law is clear. And the law should be followed. And Tennessee's death penalty has been to court and back and their protocols to court and back. Here's what we do know is that when a person commits that heinous crime and they are given a death sentence, then they've exhausted all of their appeals. At that point, you need to carry out that execution. And this having people live on death row for decades is quite frustrating to the people of Tennessee. Tennessee and support the death penalty. And when you look at this situation with Tennessee and the fact that they've had too botched to execution, you have to ask what is wrong. Now,

6:16you know, I've always said you may not always agree with me, but you'll always know where I stand. This is an issue of leadership and follow through. And there will have to be leadership changes over at the Department of Corrections. There are going to need to be process and protocol reviews. That part is going to go to the State House and the State Senate. And I think that following through on that, making certain that we get this cleaned up, I don't care if it takes a special session that they are going to have to go in and do and spend four or five days and get the act right on this. But this is what I do know. You need the leadership of a governor to make certain that you're specific on this, that you are following the law, that when that execution, when all the appeals are exhausted and the execution is ordered that you do it swiftly, you do it properly.

7:24Now, you can do lethal injection or there was the Haslam Law that was the Law Governor Haslam signed in 2015. The backup is the electric chair. And those are the things that are on the books. But let's follow the law. Let's carry this out. Let's do it appropriately. And you're right. You look at Texas. You look at Florida. They have very strict processes and protocols. They do not have an issue with botched executions. All right. Let's get a quick break. And when we come back, I want to talk about listening to your recent ads and you were talking about affordability in the State of Tennessee. And people are experiencing that. We start with the price of diesel. And then that trickles down throughout all the economy. So let's talk about that after a break. Senator Marsha Blackburn in studio. More in a moment. This is my sanctuary of hope story.

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10:32Wait a minute. November 3rd. Yeah, wait a minute. It is like we're 30 days out roughly. Yeah, you know, it's coming up and it is so exciting. It really is. Like I said, Tennessee and who we're having great conversations with and hearing from and we were just talking about the top issues, cost of living, safety, public safety, great education for all of our children, healthcare, healthcare access and delivery infrastructure. Those are the things we're hearing from Mountain City to Memphis. How does what role does a state play in addressing the issues of affordability? And affordability starts, I guess, at the level of affordable housing. Most budgeting says your home should take up 30, 35% of your income. A lot of people, it's 50% of their income and climbing. What is the state role in addressing that affordability

11:40plank in the whole platform of affordability? Yeah, and we're going to have the opportunity. November 3rd to vote yes on amendment two, which forecloses the idea of ever having a state property tax. Now, you and I live through the state income tax battle and I successfully fought that and we don't have a state income tax. Now, we are going to put another point on the board with never having a state property tax and that's important. We do have to address property taxes. I think when you look at first time home buyers, these are going to be issues for your county commissions and city councils but we're already talking with them and then talking to state legislators about what we can do at the state level. And in addition to that no state property tax, there are conversations around how do we give first time home buyers some kind of break or

12:46waiver from property taxes for a period of time so they can afford to buy that house. New families can afford to buy that house. And then for seniors, there is talk about capping property taxes when somebody turns 65. I think these are great ideas. Other ideas that are floating around there is a state law that would cap the amount. A local jurisdiction entity could raise property taxes in any given year. I think you've got proposals at 1.9% and 2% and some other proposals that are out there and then one state legislator has a proposal for how you would wean off the property tax, how local government could wean off that and move that to use taxes and other taxing jurisdictions that are that are on the books. And so the good thing is first of all we've got to

13:51find a solution for this. I'll bring the leadershipist governor to find a solution for this. Secondly, you've got people at your local and state level talking about this. And then the third thing is there's a determination to get the cost of housing down. This may mean we need public private partnerships. It could mean that we need local and state government partnerships. You know the state of Tennessee owns a lot of land. There are cities and counties that own a lot of land and nothing's being done with that land. And people drive by it every day and say I wonder what in the world they're going to do with that property so we can get some tax revenue off of it so we don't have to raise the tax rate. Let me ask you a question about data centers. Some of your opponents, your opposition is saying your pro data center in the pocket of big tech. Where are you on data centers? It's laughable anybody would think I was in the pocket of big tech.

14:54I'm the one that for since 2011 has been leading the fight to whole big tech accountable and get a federal privacy and data security standard. So this is something where I've been the champion of this and big tech has fought me every step of the way since 2011. And when it comes to data centers, we've got counties and cities in the state that want them. They have land that is not being used. They have industrial parks that are not being used. They say we've got excess power. We've got excess water. We want you to come here and establish a data center because they're wanting these skilled labor jobs and the full-time jobs at data centers or pipefitters and welders and plumbers and electricians and HVAC and technologists. And those are the jobs that are there 24, 7,

15:543, 65 in communities want those. There are other communities that do not want a data center. There are some communities that have passed a moratorium. This is a local issue. It is these communities are going to make those decisions. They do not want a federal office of data centers coming down here and telling them what kind of decisions to make. The state has an opportunity to pass a rate payer protection pledge, which I think is important. And that guarantees citizens that their power rates, their utility rates are not going to escalate because of a data center. It requires a data center. If they come in, if it's a community that wants a data center and the data center comes in, then it says they've got to pay the freight. Do you think there should be an environmental protection amendment to that act? I remember one of my friends and mentors,

16:57you knew well, Howard Baker. When I asked him, what are you most proud of that you accomplished? He said it was the Clean Water Clean Air Clean Water Act. If data centers have an environmental impact, should we have codified something in state law that says, if you're going to come in, you got to figure out a way to do it clean? Well, in addition to what you see as a rate payer protection pledge, which by the way, I will say, we tried to pass that this week before we finished in DC Wednesday night. We had that on the floor. Every Republican voted for it to protect consumers. Every Democrat voted no. Every single one of them. They did not vote to protect people from escalating rates. There are other things just like I think the best analogy for citizens on this, Howard is to go back and look at how different communities put in place regulations for factories

18:03100 years ago. Then you had the state come in and they had legislation that would be that was there to keep water clean and air clean, noise abatement, things of that nature. The good thing is, you've got some of the legislators already working on these bills. Just like we've got legislators that are working on property tax, you've got legislators that are working on data centers and artificial intelligence and some of those tech policies. I think what we have learned is we've been through this campaign and we're working with the legislators and our mayors and our communities is people know we in Tennessee we are a great state. We are great people. We have been well-led, well governed. We've got a firm foundation and people are saying, you know, Marcia,

19:06with Trump sending power and authority back to the states, we are ready to go. It is go time for us. We can do this. What's my time like with you? How much time do we have? I don't know the answer to that. We're good. All right. Okay. Then let's take a quick break and I want to ask you about something historic. Sure. Send a Tremarcia Blackburn candidate for governor in studio, more in a moment. A snarl and they're upon him and ancient for a spirit at his heels. The only escape is in the Toyota BZ Woodland. John Cho stars in camping. Test drive Toyota's new all-electric family today. Toyota, let's go places. Seven million Californians depend on community health clinics for their care, but Proposition 44 cuts billions from clinics. Under 44, hundreds of clinics will close and health services will be eliminated. That's why Prop 44 is opposed by nurses, doctors and patients. Vote no on a clinic shutdown proposition. No, on 44. Add paid for by no on Prop 44. Stop the attack on patients and community health clinics,

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21:12TremphayaRadio.com. Senator Marsha Blackburn in studio live, she is the Republican nominee for governor of the state of Tennessee. Early voting starts in a couple of weeks, Election Day November 3rd. Thank you for being here. I haven't talked to you about this at all because I never wanted to frame it this way, but I do want to bring it up today. City of Knoxville has a statue down on Market Square. It is of three women. There was a play that was done here in Nashville last year. The women's right to vote hand-drawn this state. This is where it happened. You will be, if elected, the first female governor of the state of Tennessee. You haven't talked much about that. That is a huge historical moment. You were the first female senator from the state of Tennessee. What does that mean to you?

22:13Does that mean anything to you? Does it mean do you believe that it means something to future generations of women that are growing? Do women come to you and say, mentor me, help me, help me understand how to navigate a world because... Yes, they do. What does this mean to you? I've never asked you that. It is really truly an honor to be able to mentor women and to help them. So many times women will come to me and say, can you just listen to me? They want to talk to me about an organization or a dream they have or something they're doing at work. I treasure those opportunities to help give encouragement and speak encouragement into their lives so that they feel as if they can accomplish. And one of the things as we educate our children,

23:16you want them all to have open doors and to appreciate those opportunities. I want Tennessee to be known as the great state of opportunity where people can come and do this. Who made you believe that you could do this? It's so interesting because we all have people. Whether it's teachers or parents or grandparents that see that something special, this is why I say, let's be sure every one of our children are in an educational environment where they can learn. You and I were talking about this. We each have two children, a son and a daughter. We each chose different educational environments for our children because we wanted them in an environment where they could learn. That's why school choice is so vitally important. Parents sought not to have to win the lottery to have a say in their child's education.

24:21And you want those teachers and mentors around your child and around your young people that are going to challenge them, yes, but also speak encouragement into their little hearts. And let them know that they can do good things, that they can achieve, and that they should believe in themselves, that they are worthy. And with the 19th Amendment in August 18th, 1920, I love that story. And I think that it is a vital part of our state's history. And we should talk more about that because it was the suffragist and the women in this state. You think about Feb Bern sitting down there in Athens writing her son Harry Bern who was in the state legislature and she was a suffragist and she said, now you be a good boy and you help Miss Cat,

25:26Carrie Chapman Cat, put the rat in ratification. He changed his vote and he took off the red rose and he put on the yellow rose. This is exciting. My daughter and I actually wrote a children's book on this and it's been great to work on that project to know that we're encouraging little girls to know this story and know that you had these wonderful women all across the state of Tennessee that said there's one last shot at ratifying this amendment and they got in behind it and they got it done. And they came from all over the state and the story of how they met there at the Hermitage Hotel and they all started to lobby and talk to their legislators and of course they were talking to legislators who were very dismissive of them as women. It was in 1920.

26:31And when you look at how this effort started with Susan B. Anthony and how it came out of cynical falls and as they were looking at the suffrage issue and it took 72 years, 72 years for women to get the right to vote. And there is a lot of credit that out of be whales. You look at the work that she did on it and Dallas Dudley. And you have these remarkable women and you better believe there ought to be statues to them. And we should wear that as a badge of honor as a Tennessee woman. You know, we're getter done sort of women. And I love it. Well thank you for being here today. I know your time is up. The election is coming up. Thank you for taking the time to spend with us. I know we'll have a chance to talk to you again. Marshall Blackburn. Thanks for being on the Broadway. Good to be with you. Thank you. It's football season on polymarket trade. Your football

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28:37to tell you about YouTube Premium it has offline downloads so you can watch without Wi-Fi background play so you can lock your phone and it still plays baby oh and it is completely ad free yes I said it ad free try YouTube Premium for two months free at youtube.com slash premium trial eligibility varies terms apply cancel anytime it's getting close probably the biggest challenge in the state it's you know I there it's there's a lot of polling about these midterm elections and Chris one of the toughest problems with what's going on this is the thing that nobody accounts for Chris if your campaign or if the polling says you're way ahead it suppresses voter turnout because the people don't feel energetic you already got it

29:44we got it you know we got it we don't we're not the vote we got we're way up we got it right people and that's the I never thought about the suppression effect of people believing that a powerful incumbent doesn't need you to go out there already got it in the bag and that's not the we already have a problem with voter turnout in the state of Tennessee and to hear Senator Blackburn say we got to go we got to go vote I understand why that is because voter turnout can change an election here's a step for you Chris this past presidential election seven swing states a total of a little over half a million votes is what flipped the map I was like wow

30:45wowzers slow thought you'd be amazed by that I'm more amazed by the fact that you said wowsers wowsers that was unexpected surprising my brother yeah my brother one of my best friends on planet earth is Chris Marion if you ask them hey let's talk about politics or hey let's eat porcupines whole with the needles on and no hot sauce get me some bad days I'm good if you like YouTube you'll love YouTube premium hi I'm Sean Evans from Hot Ones and I want to tell you about YouTube premium it has offline downloads so you can watch without Wi-Fi

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32:54yeah see what she's pretty do not know what she did hello she did that that that that that that that fucking duck that that up that that that that that so that was dope I love what you just did she grabbed that Doph....THATC. yeah go back she that was that was dope You sound like oh man trying to be young. No, I'm just listening to the music dope Walsers that's that that's a word that I say okay All right. Yeah. Hey, hey think a day off Friday You got no job it'll lift your spirit That's that that's yeah, I like that okay me and you are down, Halorin I specialize in being down. No, I specialize in being me. Okay. All right you

33:57You sir are down with the people but you and there are a lot of people like you You you are down Helen you evaluate people on how you think they should be all right Critical spirit you Telling you get me to nursing home. I'm gonna bring you something every week. I promise you I'm coming to see Will it be dope So where do I use? What word should I use? It's nice You two hold to say dope you don't tell me what I'm too old to say I told you I told I told you people I'm not going to give up being curious and Doing what I want to do I'm not doing it you're crawling in a hole to be some old you

35:01You are crawling you are crawling in the old hole I'm not doing it you go in there by yourself you're doing all is you're too old to be doing it you're too Oh, I'm not listening to you or none of that okay? No Be all you can be what you're doing Halorin when I think it's Do that you might against that and my daddy died. I was all out of fathers. Yes, sir You're too old to be doing it sit down, but Bruh my man, buddy Something Man told me what I was too old to do I'll dare you I'll dare you You're too old to be too old You gonna struggle your brains gonna lock down on your Chris Yeah, you don't give up

36:03You keep up on everything just I quit I'm old as hell You've gotten to all health stage 20 years too early. No, it's not too early I'm not doing it. I see you really are kind of like I'm the old and I'm not doing I'm not that no No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and I get that from my dad my dad was like that my dad was like no, I'll be old when I'm old No, no, no, no, no, no, you are at all hell already Yeah You want sprinkles on your Cupcake? I'm too old for damn sprinkles on my Cupcake. Oh No, no, no, no, no, when you get to that you're like, yep, I ain't trying to worry about No, the sugar Hey, you want to you want to you want to go try this new thing? I'm too old to be out there doing all that No, no, no, no, no, no, no, hey, you want to go learn something new? I don't learn all I'm a learner. I ain't

37:06Hell That's not what all hell is That's your perception we got we got some new we've got some new young people here at the church that want to they want to put some of their music on Today at the church all hail I'm not doing it. I'm not I Like the dope dope I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it I'm not I'm not doing it you and John can go to hell. Oh hell I'm not doing that. Okay, I say dope on a regular basis, and I'm not trying to be young. That's a word. I like It didn't sound natural You but if you think about it anything that I do that's innovative you tell me I It does sound natural it doesn't sound like you 100% of the time I'm still gonna be creative. I'm still gonna be myself. It's just not gonna stop

38:09Period, okay, y'all try to police people. I'm not doing it. Okay, that don't sound right that don't gonna be dope, bro I am dope Steven welcome to the triple a trade-eal experience Hey, how are you? I'm 40 years old and I'm too old to be saying dope. I say don't be the words like Arduous like it was No, no, and I had to No, I got all of that vocabulary too, but I like the word dope I say We gotta be more professional and stop using a slang I'm using dope Tell them Steven clean it up. I mean you can use dope and be out of place I mean, I don't want to think I don't think you'll get to a pearly gates and and look up and be like oh, that's dope