Part 1: Why are the people we elect to public office so obtuse? Ray is really frustrated with politics being more important than the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing. Fox News Radio’s Jon Decker joins Ray and Debi to discuss the Southern border. Ray describes the overflowing of people into our country as a sovereignty crisis and a humanity crisis. Trump has threatened to close the border and the Democrats are saying that he is overacting and that there isn’t a crisis at all. Ray asks Jon why he thinks that the Democrats refuse to see what’s happening.
Part 2: Ray and Debi discuss abortion. Ray brings up “Father’s rights”. They talk about the “Heartbeat Bill” and how the entertainment world seems to be the voice of America….scary! Ray gives the example of Alyssa Milano. Milano has become a prominent activist for the #MeToo movement and fierce critic of President Trump. She has compared his supporters to members of the Ku Klux Klan, saying “The red MAGA hat is the new white hood.”
Part 3: Ray talks about the soap opera in Washington with the FBI and the Obama Administration. 55,000 text messages between fired FBI agent Peter Strzok and Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page. Ray jumps to Puerto Rico. He watched an interview with the Mayor of San Juan and she blamed Trump for all of their issues.
Part 4: Ray reads an article from 2015 and then plays a clip from yesterday of Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, slammed President Trump over what she called his “vindictive” treatment of the island. Puerto Rico is $72 Billion in debt from over the last seven years. She blames President Trump even though it is their total mismanagement of fund. It isn’t because of the Hurricane because it was in shambles before the storm. Gordon Draper calls in to tease Ray about his weather forecast.
Part 5: Ray reads about congressional testimony from Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, who met with members of Congress last August to discuss his role feeding the FBI information about President Donald Trump and his 2016 campaign team’s ties to Russia that Ohr gathered from employees at the opposition research firm Fusion GPS. Those employees include Ohr’s wife, Nellie Ohr, and former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele, who compiled an unverified dossier of information.
04-02-19 Political Roundtable
Part 1: Ray and David have an in depth “discussion” about the E-Verify program and immigration. David feels that the employers shouldn’t be penalized for hiring illegal immigrants and Ray feels that the employers should be held accountable. Bill from Casco calls in…
Part 2: The panel discuss the safe injection sites. Maine has put forth a bill LD 949 “An Act To Prevent Overdose Deaths”.
Part 3: The panel welcomes a call from Adriano Peritone from Young Americans for Liberty. He and Demi have worked with each other in the past. They discuss the movement to the right and how important it is to get our voice heard. Ellie talks about her time in Washington and the question that was asked of her. This leads to a discussion about Sen. Susan Collins and Judge Kavanaugh.
Part 4: Demi Kouzounas, Maine’s GOP Chair joins the panel. The topic this segment is about the targeting of a business. Ray is so frustrated that the San Antonio Airport banning the Chick-Fil-A all over their conservative business practices. They all agree that the reason that these things are happening, is because the hearings are not known about and the mentality of “I’m busy, somebody else will go and fight this fight.” Ray continues with the BE BOLD! campaign.
Part 5: Demi has questions for David about his business practice from 25 years ago, leading him back to E-Verify. This leads to a discussion about the wall and immigration. Ellie points out that there are other problems associated with illegal immigrants that by just having the wall won’t fix.
Part 6: Ray brings up the topic of voting at the age of 16. David gives his thoughts. Demi gives her insights about who is voting and who isn’t. Ray gives an example of a situation. Ellie gives the explanation that they don’t have will or knowledge of the system to oppose.
04-02-19 Political Tuesday
Part 1: Ray and Debi discuss the immigration and southern border briefly. Fox News Radio’s Jon Decker and Ray chat about the Mueller report and whether or not it will be redacted and what would happen if it was leaked.
Part 2: Ray’s topic is the protests that erupted yesterday in Chicago over the handling of the Jussie Smollett case, with rival groups squaring off outside the offices of Cook County. David Jones joins in the discussion.
Part 3: Ray reads a story about the 2019 ‘We The People Summit’ in Washington, DC. As the event began on Monday, there were a series of opening remarks from participants and organizations, and Jamal Watkins of the NAACP led the crowd in a chant with the words are from convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur (aka Joanne Chesimard).
Part 4: Ray, David and Debi discuss The Cowsills and their music. Ray reads points from an article about the San Diego-based U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez who declared unconstitutional the law banning possession of magazines holding more than 10 bullets . They discuss the ironic nature of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) on Monday signing a bill that increases the penalty for “cruelly or unnecessarily beating, maiming, mutilating, or killing a dog or cat” to a felony charge, but has no problem with infanticide. Ellie Espling joins the panel and they move on to the Maine Legislature. One of the bills, LD 1034, creates additional revenue by nominally increasing fees on items like driver’s license exams, adjusting taxes on several purchases including short-term car rentals and increasing the fuel tax. LD 1157 changes the tax imposed on gasoline, increasing the tax to 37¢ per gallon during the summer and fall tourist seasons and decreasing the tax to 27¢ per gallon through winter and spring, offsetting costs for locals. The tax is currently 30¢ per gallon. LD 851 directs the Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority to study their operations and propose reorganizations that would save on costs.
Part 5: Ray and the group talk about building the wall. Ray reads a quote from Pope Francis pleading for us not to have the wall. Ray borrows Pres. Reagan’s words “Pope Francis tear down your wall.”
04-01-19 All Roads Lead To Obama
Part 1: Ray and David Jones continue to talk about all of the different things and several different names that are leading down the path to President Obama. They also talk about the lights being out in Venezuela. Socialism at its best. This lead to a call.
Part 2: Ray and David take a call from Gordon about Maine LD 949.
Part 3: Ray and David talk about polls and that people want elected folk to move on from Trump and Russian collusion. They also talk about Hillary’s efforts to hide information by smashing cellphones and bleaching servers and computer hard drives. Ray also talks about the way the FBI got the dossier. McCain hated Trump and was willing to do anything to make him pay for being President. The boys end up with the healthcare system. There is no plan replace ObamaCare. Ray talks about Sen. Collins’ vote on “Don’t ask, don’t tell” and why she voted the way she did. Ray brings it back to healthcare. David talks about going to al carte for healthcare and Ray says that he has been saying the same thing for years.
Part 4: The talk about Bob Mueller and the investigation. Ray hopes that Sen. Graham will keep to his promise of finding out the truth about why this investigation took two years with no evidence of collusion. He would like to know where the real crimes were.