don't need to know what they lied about. You don't. All you need to know is both sides are lying. Not a penny more. That's it.

Now, that happens to be to the benefit of Republicans, but I'm not giving the Republicans a gift here. They're lying, too. It's just if you can't do your job and you can't even tell us the truth, maybe you don't get a penny.

Now, I learned this trick, a version of it, sort of the cousin of it, from my old boss, now deceased, from Pacific Bell. He was a staunch Republican and he would vote in all the elections, especially the local California ones. And I would say to him, how do you really understand all these what do you call it? These the thing, what do you call it when you put something on the ballot that the voters can vote for the law or the regulation directly? That's called a you know what it is.

Anyway, so I would ask him, "How do you understand all of these things on the ballot?" I mean, I could understand how you might figure out which candidate you want, but how do you the what are they called? Referendums, propositions. Propositions is what I was looking for. But I said, "How do you understand all these propositions?" That's what in California they're called propositions. A referendum would be a descriptive for it.

And here was his answer. What do you think his answer was? Staunch Republican. How do you understand all of these different propositions? Like whether you could read about them, but you can't really believe everything you read. So, how do you even vote? And he looked at me and he said, "I vote against everything they asked me for more money." And I laughed at him. I laughed. I go, "God, that is so dumb." I didn't say that because I liked him. He was a very smart guy. And I was thinking, "God, what a terrible technique. You just vote against everything that costs money."

And then I would say, "All right, but what about, you know, if it's this or that?" And I would mention something that you would think anybody would want to spend more money on. And he would look at me and he would say, "They already have enough money. They can cut their budget somewhere else." And then I looked at him and I said, "Damn it, that's the smartest thing I ever heard in my life." That was the wisest, cleanest political opinion I have ever heard. No one has ever beat that opinion. They have enough money. They can get it from somewhere else. And that was it. He never had to look at the proposition details. He said, "If you think it's a good idea, go nuts. Just don't get the money from me. I'm done."

So, that's what I'm doing with this. If you guys can't agree, that's fine. Shut the government. Keep it closed. If the government can't do the most basic job of government, well, it needs to go away. It needs to completely just go away. We'll find something else. I guess we'll find something else. Maybe a dictator, but we're not going to put up with this. So, if you guys can't agree and all you're doing is lying about it, no money for anybody. No money. Easy decision.

Well, AOC, who I remind you should not be underestimated, something I've been saying since she first emerged. And so many of you said, "Scott, you're so wrong." Because just listen to her. Listen to all these dumb socialist things. She's a bartender. She's no politician. And I kept saying, "Don't underestimate her. She's got the game. She's got the goods." And she proved it again. Now, and I'll say the obvious again. It doesn't mean I agree with her. Blah blah blah. She's just talented. Just genuinely talented in this domain.

And Breitbart News reporting that she was on some show and she denied that Chuck Schumer might be forcing the shutdown for his own political benefit because he would be worried that AOC might try to primary him. And apparently AOC's answer was that my office is open and you're free to walk in and negotiate with me directly. So that she's she gave a message to the Republicans without really saying that she would or would not primary Schumer kind of glosses over that. Again, don't underestimate her and instead says, "Hey, no, you Republicans can come to my office. My office is open. You're free to walk in and negotiate with me directly."

Now, do you see how damaging that is to Schumer? She basically just took his job without an election. All she