Russ Vought

The notion of independent agencies that think of and Congress has designed them to be divorced from the president. But even the notion of like, we're supposed to be technocrats and experts, and we don't have to listen to what you say. We work for, and I caught this, Tucker. People would say, well, we work for the office of the president. Huh? What? What is that?

It's a way- And where does it get its authority? They get their authority. They have essentially taken authority. They have no legitimate authority. They have no legitimate authority in the Constitution. But they are part of this fourth branch that I still believe reports in large measure to congressional leadership. and in the K Street interest, right?

It's a way- And where does it get its authority? They get their authority. They have essentially taken authority. They have no legitimate authority. They have no legitimate authority in the Constitution. But they are part of this fourth branch that I still believe reports in large measure to congressional leadership. and in the K Street interest, right?

It's a way- And where does it get its authority? They get their authority. They have essentially taken authority. They have no legitimate authority. They have no legitimate authority in the Constitution. But they are part of this fourth branch that I still believe reports in large measure to congressional leadership. and in the K Street interest, right?

You have very powerful interests that direct them to keep going in the direction that they want them to go. It's why these bills are written in such a way that they are anything, you could read anything into them, right? When Nancy Pelosi says, we're gonna find out what the bill says, She wasn't actually being inaccurate. That's their strategy.

You have very powerful interests that direct them to keep going in the direction that they want them to go. It's why these bills are written in such a way that they are anything, you could read anything into them, right? When Nancy Pelosi says, we're gonna find out what the bill says, She wasn't actually being inaccurate. That's their strategy.

You have very powerful interests that direct them to keep going in the direction that they want them to go. It's why these bills are written in such a way that they are anything, you could read anything into them, right? When Nancy Pelosi says, we're gonna find out what the bill says, She wasn't actually being inaccurate. That's their strategy.

They pass bills and then they let the experts fill them in. But over the phone, they put massive pressure on them to go along with their directions and their ends. lo and behold, you get conservatives, Republicans that take office, and then you find that it's incredibly difficult to wield power to get them to deal with all of that muscle memory to get them to do what you want.

They pass bills and then they let the experts fill them in. But over the phone, they put massive pressure on them to go along with their directions and their ends. lo and behold, you get conservatives, Republicans that take office, and then you find that it's incredibly difficult to wield power to get them to deal with all of that muscle memory to get them to do what you want.

They pass bills and then they let the experts fill them in. But over the phone, they put massive pressure on them to go along with their directions and their ends. lo and behold, you get conservatives, Republicans that take office, and then you find that it's incredibly difficult to wield power to get them to deal with all of that muscle memory to get them to do what you want.

And so you got to have statutory authority that a president kind of steps in and says, I am fully aware of where I sit in the Constitution. I am fully aware of the tools at my disposal, and I'm going to use them on behalf of the American people because I just won a massive agenda-setting election, and I'm going to go do what I said I would do. That's democracy, correct? That is democracy.

And so you got to have statutory authority that a president kind of steps in and says, I am fully aware of where I sit in the Constitution. I am fully aware of the tools at my disposal, and I'm going to use them on behalf of the American people because I just won a massive agenda-setting election, and I'm going to go do what I said I would do. That's democracy, correct? That is democracy.

And so you got to have statutory authority that a president kind of steps in and says, I am fully aware of where I sit in the Constitution. I am fully aware of the tools at my disposal, and I'm going to use them on behalf of the American people because I just won a massive agenda-setting election, and I'm going to go do what I said I would do. That's democracy, correct? That is democracy.

That is not oligarchy. And when they say we're going to preserve democracy, we know that they have been meaning all they want to do is preserve their kind of amorphous oligarchy administrative deep state.

That is not oligarchy. And when they say we're going to preserve democracy, we know that they have been meaning all they want to do is preserve their kind of amorphous oligarchy administrative deep state.

That is not oligarchy. And when they say we're going to preserve democracy, we know that they have been meaning all they want to do is preserve their kind of amorphous oligarchy administrative deep state.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

They ignore the president. And officials ignore the president. And I think one of the things you'll see in this next Trump term is policy officials, his political appointees, that are not looking to get out of what he has clearly told them to do. So let's assume that issue is solved.