Morgan McGarvey on tomorrow's presidential debate and SCOTUS rulings on abortion and social media

Congressman Morgan McGarvey discusses his injury in the Congressional Baseball Game, the Supreme Court's rulings on abortion and social media, and tomorro's debate between Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump...

Episode Transcript

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Let's bring in Kentucky congressman. Hisname is Morgan McGarvey. He represents Kentucky's
third district. He's busy at workin Washington, d C. I hear
and also, aren't you injured,Kerry? I mean, I'm embarrassed.
I go in. It's the Congressionalbaseball game, right. This is them

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they've done for one hundred years.It's so cool. We raised two million
dollars for charity. We play inthe National Stadium. You know, you
go out, your family's there,your friends are there. All of a
sudden, they sold thirty thousand ticketsthis year to this game. So we
go out. The Democrats are thehome team, playing the Republicans through the
visiting team this year. Second playof the game, I broke my foot

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in front of twenty thousand people onlive television. So yeah, that that
is my story from the game.But I did make the catch and I
did make the throw, which wasreally the oh moment when you knew you've
broken your foot that came out.Well, you're you're probably too young for
this reference, but you, KirkGibson, did you? You still limped

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around and got through it the bestyou could. Right, I k no.
I remember the Kirk Gibson, youknow, pulling his arm after he
hit the home run with the Dodgers. Yeah, and uh, I'm kidding.
I saw a special on it,but no, but it's uh I
tried. I stayed out there foranother play and then uh that was it.

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I came in and uh, Ibroke They call it a they call
it a lose Frank fracture. Ibroke the bones in the top of my
foot and doing that non weight bearingthing. So I've got a scooter in
DC right now that some friends outfittedwith a little duck that squeaks as a
horn. So that's that's how I'mgoing around DC right now. Oh that's

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awesome. All right. Morgan mcgarvey'son the line with US Kentucky's third district
representative. Uh, let's talk aboutlast night one of your colleagues out in
New York, Jamal Bowman, Andare you surprised by that outcome? Well,
you know, I think there's beena narrative about the race of New
York between Bowman and Latimer. Thatobviously is convenient. I was looking at

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a lot of the returns. Italked to my colleagues from New York.
You know, just ask me whathappened. And I think a lot of
this goes back to redistricting. RepresentativeBowman lost a lot of the district he
got elected to represent, and soif you look at the area where he's
from in the Bronx, he gotsomething like eighty four percent of the vote.
You look at the area where hewas put into in Westchester County,

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he barely won that in twenty twentytwo and then lost when facing a popular
and come at the guy that wasthe county executive from Westchester County this time.
Now, Look, obviously it wasan expensive race. A lot of
money from outside groups was put intothis race, which which feeds that narrative.
But I think from what my NewYork colleagues are telling me, there
was also some local politics at play. Okay, but his anti Israel message

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was not you don't think was awas a burden for him. Well,
you know what I've what I've beenseeing and reading, and again, you
know, I'm only looking at thisslightly closer than if I was sitting in
Louisville. What I understand is thatmost of the ads that were run did
not deal with the issues in Israeland Kaza most of the ads that were

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run on this subject, and look, they had to they had some of
the things to do with with voteshe's taken us fans he's taken, or
actions he's taken here, but notas much to do with that as as
again sort of the outside looking inis talking about. Okay, yeah,
I was just going to ask aboutit being a barometer about the fall because
of his progressive stands, extremely progressivestances. All right, let's jump to

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the Supreme Court. A couple ofstories out of there today. Of course,
because of an early leak online,we we think we know the outcome
of the issue regarding abortions in Idaho, and that seems to go the way
of the more liberal side at leastI understand it's a multifaceted issue, but

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it's still going the way that peoplethought the majority in the Supreme Court would
not go. I mean, I'mspeculating. And then the Supreme Court also
sided with the Biden administration in thatsocial media case, talking about saying they
don't have grounds to sue in there, and that has to do with the
contacts with social media companies. Areyou surprised at all to see the Supreme

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Court issuing its declarations in this capacity. We'll start with the social media ruling
with the Biden administration. I thinkthey kind of punted on that. And
you know, at least in myformer life, I tried practicing some law.
They ruled on what they call standing, and all they said is the

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people who brought in the lawsuit theydidn't have standing, which is like the
fancy way of saying they weren't eligibleto bring the lawsuit in the first lay.
So in law we call that rulingon the merits. And they did
not rule on the merits as towhether an administration actually has that power.
They just said, the people who'strue challenging it, they can't do that

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yet, So somebody else is goingto have to challenge it, who has
standing to do so, you know, with you, let's let's assume for
the purposes of this conversation that theleaks are true and the Supreme Court has
determined that what happens in Idaho isnot allowed to stand. I hope it's

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correct, because when you're talking aboutemergency care, when you're talking about people
who are coming into the emergency room, who need health care from physicians.
The physicians should be able to providethat healthcare. We're talking about anything from
ectopic pregnancies to instances we've heard ofwhere you know, there are true fetal

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abnormalities that make sure a fetus isnot viable. And we shouldn't be putting
women in the position where the woman'slife has to literally be an imminent danger
whether it steps this or something elsebefore a doctor can make that decision.
So let's see what this think whatactually comes out when as it closes out
its term this week. But ifthat's the way they're going, I'm certainly

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happy about it. I figured thatwould be your reply. Okay, Congressman
McGarvey. I think a lot ofeyeballs are going to be focused on a
certain debate tomorrow night, now thatthe NBA Finals are over and the you
know, there's other things going on, but there's a lot of curiosity about
these two gentlemen who are around eightyyears old, each going at it at

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nine pm Eastern. So what doyou suppose the best messaging You're obviously a
Democrat, so you want Joe Bidento do well, what is the best
messaging that Joe Biden could bring toAmerica tomorrow nights. Yeah, I think
it's a little bit look at ourrecord. We have two people who've now

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been President of the United States debatingeach other, and whether you like him
or not, the record of accomplishmentsin the Biden administration is not really up
for debate. Whether it's the Chipsand Science Act, whether it's increased production
and manufaction, whether it is tobuild back better struggle. We have really
benefited from this in Kentucky with allof our infrastructure projects that are undergoing right

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now. Even look at a bridgein northern Kentucky made possible by the administration.
Whether it's common sense gun reform,whether it's record job creation has been
a lot that's happened in the lastfour years. I think that is very
different than the record of accomplishment whenDonald Trump was president. His biggest legistlay
of accomplishment as president, he passeda major tax package which benefited the wealthiest

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and biggest corporations in this country anddidn't flow to the middle class, which
I think is where we should tryto build the economy out from the middle.
And so I think that there's areal record there that they need to
highlight, and of course take thatinto what division is going to be.
But whenever you're running through office,you talk about what you've done, and
then you talk about what you wantto do next. And this is where

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I think take the Democrat and Republicanlabels out of this. We know who
each of these men are, andone, in my opinion, presents a
message of hope, of togetherness,of making sure America's best days are in
front of us, and the otherhas a message of fear and hatred and

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division. And clearly when you hearthem talk, it is Joe Biden who
is talking about the future in ahopeful way. It is Donald Trump who
continues to belittle and insult and promulgatelives and conspiracies every chance he gets.
And so we know that about thesetwo men. We've seen it, and
I think that's going to play outto mom on the debate stage. I

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know a lot of people screen atthe radio and they say, Terry,
tell him this, tell him isyou know, obviously we all know what
the counter punches are from the otherside on this. What's still glaring for
all America is when they go tothe grocery store I still think that's an
overriding issue, is to make peoplefeel better about what they get for one
hundred dollars at the grocery store.How should the Democrats approach that issue?

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That clearly the inflation issue is firstand foremost in people's minds because that's how
they deal with life every day.Yeah, no question right. And this
is one where it's always been interestingto me. You know, this Terry,
you've met my kids and that sortof thing. I'm going around the
worlde and going to the grocery storeand buying school supplies and buying gasoline and

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doing just like everybody else. Wesee this, and so were talking about
how the Democrats should talk about it. I think it's a realistic way that
we see it too, that wedon't like the inflation that's happening in this
country. It's one of those two. There was a magic button that anyone
could press, we would all pressit. And it's a little consequence to

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say that we are doing better thanso many other places around the world,
that we are recovering, that oureconomy is stronger and so many other places
independemic. I know that's a littleconsequence, and so I think that someone
should recognize say hey, look thisis the problem. We see it too,
and we are taking steps to combobFor instance, in the wide administration,

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they have passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which is why we are doing
better than some of our other countries. And we will continue to put forward
these solutions that are going to lowercost for Americans and continue to put our
economy on the rebound. Yeah,that's what people are you know, It's
not only groceries obviously, it's interestrates, it's it's the mortgage, it's
the home insurance, the car insurance, all the things that people are feeling

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pressure. So that's the whole anxietythat I think voters are going to take
to the polls as well. Eventhough there are other sidebar issues, I
still think that's the driving force behindall this. But we've got a lot
of months to go go ahead.Well, I think you know, one
of the the advantages and disadvantage ofbeing an incumbent, whether it's may or
governor president, you get to takecredit for a lot of things that other

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people do. You get blamed fora lot of other things that people do
too as well. And you know, certainly that is going to be.
In twenty twenty it was Joe Bidenattacking the incumbent Donald Trump, and in
twenty twenty four it is now incumbentJoe Biden being attacked by Donald Trump.
I think what makes this debate Thursdaynight a little unique how well we know
both of these individuals, and thenreally what is on stage they think about

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it. This is the first timewe have had a convicted sellon who is
the nominee of a major political partyon stage? How was that going to
play out? As well? Whatdo voters think about that? It's going
to be a really interesting debate.And I hope that I hope that people
do tune in, and I hopethat people see what's at stake this November.

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I think people are all fully awareof the convictions against Donald Trump,
and I don't know whether it's movedthe needle much in either direction. People
already knew where they were on it. Hey, let's close where we started.
Okay, the baseball game, obviouslyyou were you guys were out there
on the field, and then theyhad the just Stop Oil protest or whatever
it was climate group jump onto thefield again. We're gonna have to come.

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We're gonna have to come to apoint in American society where people don't
jump on playing fields because we haveto assume right away that a field invader
is there to hurt somebody. Clearly, in that game that you played in
several years ago, a man showedup and started shooting at people while they
were practicing. So we understand thedanger. What you know, how do

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you how did you feel the othernight when the protesters jumped on the field.
I think I think one of thethings, and this is maybe we're
talking about and around a little bitwith the debate, is how we've gotten
to this point of divisiveness in America. Uh, it's okay to not agree
on every issue. It really is, why can't we get back to the

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point where we are still listening,where we are still having that discourse,
but we're doing so in a productiveway. I'm not sure that jumping on
the field had it made any differencein anybody's mind about an issue, And
so you know, and like yousaid, the immediate thought is that it
puts the people on the field atrisk, especially given the history of this

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game and people in nervous and itputs it puts law enforcement risk as well.
So you know, I'm all aboutthe First Amendment. I'm all about
the freedom of speech. I'm allabout the freedom to assemble and the freedom
to protect. There clearly is away in much to do that. Yeah,
jumping on the field not one ofthem, because there was an NFL
game where a guy jumped out therewith smoke canisters and he got us jaw

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jacked by a player, and Ihad no problem with that either. I
can assure you, Morgan, Ihope you heal quickly. Good talking see
you. Thanks, Thanks Jerry,Talk soon. Kentucky Congressman Morgan McGarvey live
in Washington. We're back in afew on news radio eight forty. WHA s