Senator Eric Schmitt

It's got to be a matter of individual discretion. In the circumstance that we saw last week, The thing that the court was trying to stop had already happened. That was already underway. So that's a different set of circumstances than what you were describing. The rule of law is important. And so normally one follows orders.

It's got to be a matter of individual discretion. In the circumstance that we saw last week, The thing that the court was trying to stop had already happened. That was already underway. So that's a different set of circumstances than what you were describing. The rule of law is important. And so normally one follows orders.

It would be extreme, extreme unusual exception were something like that to exist. But I don't think anyone doubts that there are limits to that.

It would be extreme, extreme unusual exception were something like that to exist. But I don't think anyone doubts that there are limits to that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.

Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus.

Well, so I guess it was earlier this week, Schumer said that he wasn't going to give one single Democrat the ability to vote on the CR. He was going to go into the shutdown because he said that Republicans doesn't have the vote. Well, obviously, because we only have 53. Take Rand Paul off of it, we're at 52. Mitch McConnell, we don't know where he's going to vote at it, so we're probably at 51.

Well, so I guess it was earlier this week, Schumer said that he wasn't going to give one single Democrat the ability to vote on the CR. He was going to go into the shutdown because he said that Republicans doesn't have the vote. Well, obviously, because we only have 53. Take Rand Paul off of it, we're at 52. Mitch McConnell, we don't know where he's going to vote at it, so we're probably at 51.

Where we're at with the CR right now as we speak, we invoke cloture on it at 115 today. Now, that means it's a 30-hour window, and if the Democrats fight us on the 30-hour window, they can yield back their time if they want to. If they fight us, then we won't be able to vote on it until tomorrow and shut down. All the Democrats have agreed to do it except five. Five Democrats.

Where we're at with the CR right now as we speak, we invoke cloture on it at 115 today. Now, that means it's a 30-hour window, and if the Democrats fight us on the 30-hour window, they can yield back their time if they want to. If they fight us, then we won't be able to vote on it until tomorrow and shut down. All the Democrats have agreed to do it except five. Five Democrats.

The five Democrats that have agreed not to yield back to us on this are all up for reelection. They're all in states that President Trump won, and they're wanting to use this for a fundraising opportunity so they can show their base that they're fighting for a losing cause. Because they can't explain this, Charlie. They can't explain why they're against the CIA.

The five Democrats that have agreed not to yield back to us on this are all up for reelection. They're all in states that President Trump won, and they're wanting to use this for a fundraising opportunity so they can show their base that they're fighting for a losing cause. Because they can't explain this, Charlie. They can't explain why they're against the CIA.

Because, mind you, these are the same numbers, the same top line numbers that they voted for in September when Biden was in office in December when Biden was on office. And the only thing that's really changed now is that Trump's in office.

Because, mind you, these are the same numbers, the same top line numbers that they voted for in September when Biden was in office in December when Biden was on office. And the only thing that's really changed now is that Trump's in office.

So how do you explain that the American people that you voted for it twice, but now you won't because the only reason is you hate the president that's currently in there.

So how do you explain that the American people that you voted for it twice, but now you won't because the only reason is you hate the president that's currently in there.

Yeah, so what we've got to do here, and President Trump and I have spoke about this in length, President Trump is dead set on trying to balance the budget. It's going to be very difficult to do that in FY26. So mind you, we're fighting over FY25, which FY25 runs out in September 30th because we're running off a fiscal year. So we go from October 1 to September 30th.

Yeah, so what we've got to do here, and President Trump and I have spoke about this in length, President Trump is dead set on trying to balance the budget. It's going to be very difficult to do that in FY26. So mind you, we're fighting over FY25, which FY25 runs out in September 30th because we're running off a fiscal year. So we go from October 1 to September 30th.