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Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) is Interviewed about Trump's Anti- Weaponization Fund; TV Villain to L.A.'s Hero; Bezos Defends Billionaires. Aired 6:30-7a ET

Aired May 21, 2026 - 06:30   ET

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AUDIE CORNISH, CNN ANCHOR: Comparing himself to Barack Obama.

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CORNISH: OK, this morning, those who have been convicted of the January 6th riot at the Capitol, well, they are praising President Trump's anti-weaponization fund.

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BRANDON FELLOWS, PARDONED JANUARY 6TH RIOTER: So, the number I've put in is $30 million. You know, $21.5 million is for the wrongful imprisonment.

RACHEL POWELL, PARDONED JANUARY 6TH RIOTER: We endured a lot. Our lives are still not the same. So, I don't know what kind of price you can put on that.

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CORNISH: Remember, these folks were pardoned.

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And, for example, former Proud Boys member Enrique Tarrio told Reuters that he plans to ask for $2 million to $5 million, saying, quote, "I'm not greedy but my life was all f-ed up because of this."

Now, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche insists violent conduct will be weighed when applying for the president's compensation fund.

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TODD BLANCHE, ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL: One of the factors the commissioners have to consider is what the claimant did, the claimant's conduct, OK. So, in the hypothetical you just described, the claimant would have to say, I assaulted a cop and I want money. So, whether the commissioners will give that person money, that claimant, it's up to them. But that's one of the factors they have to consider for the very reason that was raised yesterday, which should be -- which should be raised, which is that President Trump, this Department of Justice, does not stand for assaulting law enforcement.

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CORNISH: So, if the White House doesn't stand for assaulting law enforcement, we're going to ask, why not ban violent convicts from even applying?

And joining the group chat, Congressman Kevin Kiley, an Independent from California. We should say you were a Republican. You are now an independent in the middle of a redistricting fight in California.

I don't know if you were there on January 6th, lucky you, but what's the word in Congress, especially as you see Republicans starting to speak up and out about this fund?

REP. KEVIN KILEY (I-CA): I think that folks on all sides of this are very troubled. It's an extremely unusual arrangement. I mean, generally, if someone has been wronged, they can bring a claim in court, or in the rare circumstance where we're creating a new class of claimants, that's something that Congress would do and would appropriate the money for it. For this to just sort of be done unilaterally by the executive branch, apparently just doled out at the discretion of whoever the president appoints, it's very troubling, and I don't think this is going to go forward.

CORNISH: So, the other thing that's happened is you now have a lawsuit, I think being brought by some Capitol officers over this. I want to show you a political cartoon, because it sort of, I think, speaks to where the backlash is. This is a flag. And on this picture it says, "was your flagpole damaged from beating a police officer on January 6th? You may be entitled to compensation. Apply today."

We don't normally show political cartoons on this show, but I thought this one was capturing something.

Mike, you talked about the tax audit issue on this Justice Department deal. Can you respond to what the congressman is saying?

MIKE DUBKE, FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: No, I think the Congress is right.

CORNISH: Oh, really?

DUBKE: I mean -- well, look, it --

CORNISH: So, wait, are you not into this fund or you're into this fund?

DUBKE: I'm not -- I'm not into this fund.

CORNISH: You're not into the fund. OK.

DUBKE: Here's the -- here's the -- here's the other part, why I'm not into this fund. I think the unintended -- or the unintended consequences of this fund being set up under this administration is going to lead to other funds being set up in future administrations. And we just -- this is such a slippery slope.

Congress should appropriate funds. Let Congress set up this fund if we're going to have a fund like that. Let it go through the normal process, not through the administration.

CORNISH: Yes.

DUBKE: So, I don't disagree with the congressman on this.

CORNISH: OK. Here, you know --

DUBKE: Much to your surprise.

CORNISH: I -- it's not that. It's just we've spent so much time talking about like defending the January 6th rioters who have been pardoned. And there's this real divide now about the narrative of that story. And the narrative we are now in is moving forward with what the administration has always said, which is, these were people who were protesting and they were wronged by the investigations that came upon them.

Here's Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche one more time, because he basically disagrees that we're all talking about this the way we're talking about this.

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TODD BLANCHE, ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL: I very much disagree with the idea that the American taxpayer is indignant about the fact that a victim of weaponization, OK, a victim who suffered, whether it was legal fees, loss of job, had their life turned upside down in a way that was not appropriate. If it was appropriate, there should be no compensation. And that's why we have five commissioners who will take a look at it.

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CORNISH: Are we overreacting?

MEGHAN HAYS, FORMER BIDEN WHITE HOUSE DIRECTOR OF MESSAGE PLANNING: I actually don't think anybody from January 6th is going to get a dime. I think it's going to go to Trump and his family and probably like Steve Bannon or --

DUBKE: They're excluded, by the way.

HAYS: Oh, the -- I'm sorry. I'm sorry. They just don't have to pay their taxes ever again. Right. Got it.

DUBKE: They are. That's the other part of this big mess.

HAYS: So, I don't actually -- I think that this is just all noise. I don't think that any of these January 6th people are ever going to get any money because I think Trump's just going to get it. Or try to get it. DUBKE: I mean I am -- I am going to -- I am going to say this. There are a lot of people that serve in government that, when there are these congressional investigations and other things --

CORNISH: Oh, for sure.

DUBKE: Lawyer fees are real. It's a chilling effect. There is -- there is actually a story to be told here, just not in this format and in this way.

CORNISH: OK. Last word.

KILEY: Yes. I think that, you know, when people have their rights violated, they deserve to have a recourse, but it should be set up through a process that is fair, that is neutral. And if there's money involved, it needs to have the authorization of Congress.

CORNISH: Yes. And a reminder for folks, the way they want to set this up is a five member commission appointed by Blanche, approved by Trump, and he can fire anyone on said commission.

I want to ask you about something else. Every other day we're talking about the redistricting wars, which you are familiar with. But because of the primaries earlier this week, we've all been talking about the president's kind of campaign strategy.

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And, for instance, his strategy to primary Tom Massie in Kentucky, which did succeed. So, he's going to be gone when this Congress session ends. But he gave this warning.

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Rep. THOMAS MASSIE (R-KY): I think it's dangerous when you shrink the tent. I mean, I give him a lot of credit for growing the tent and building a coalition that included people like Bobby Kennedy and Tulsi Gabbard and MAHA and DOGE, but one by one those people are being forced out of the party, or those people that support those people are getting forced out. So, I think it was dangerous to pare the tree tonight, but that's what happened. It got pruned.

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CORNISH: I want to talk about that analogy of paring the tree. OK, eye roll, tell me, what are you thinking when you hear that?

KILEY: No, no, that was -- I -- that was just an interesting choice of words.

CORNISH: Yes.

KILEY: But I think that the general idea that we do need more independent leadership in Congress. And if that's not viewed as something that's going to work or, you know, is going to allow you to stay here, then that's a real problem. Now, I will say that, you know, Massie is a very unusual case. I

should say, I very strongly disagree with him on a number of issues. I have worked with him on some issues as well, like I.P. He's actually an inventor, a smart guy. But, you know, he's been in Congress since, what, 2012. Has tried to, you know, get rid of several speakers along the way. So, he's had sort of a unique record.

CORNISH: Yes. Someone who was here earlier this week kind of described him as an irritant. And his own voters talked about him burning bridges. So, is this a Massie problem or is he bringing up something real, which is that, when you bring different groups of people, whether it be MAHA or your fiscal hawks or whoever, you bring them all together, is the price of admission for them submission? Don't make requests. Don't challenge me on things. If you come into the tent, it's Trump's tent.

KILEY: Yes, I would say that there are a lot of pressures that try to -- that work against people exercising independent leadership here. So, I don't necessarily view what happened to that primary as a referendum on that idea of by the voters.

But the way the system is set up, it's just, structurally, there's a lot of pressure to sort of, you know, toe the party line, or not -- or to, you know, or to be part of a durable coalition that in, you know, current Washington is pretty much defined by the parties.

And so, there are people who, you know, act in an independent way. They do face pressures from various different angles like that (ph).

CORNISH: I feel like they're more independent when they are about to be canned, retire. That's when the profiles in courage are written.

KILEY: Yes.

CORNISH: Like suddenly people feel more independent.

KILEY: I mean, it's a decent -- it's a good point is that those pressures are maybe less, you know, less than those times. I mean I, as you mentioned the redistricting war, I think that that is an example of partisanship run absolutely amuck.

CORNISH: Yes. Let me show folks your new district. And mostly they should see that, I think it's blue colored now on our map instead of red. But you're putting forth a bill that would end mid cycle redistricting. Basically what we're seeing right now.

KILEY: Yes.

CORNISH: And you have -- it's been pointed out that the language in that bill is pretty similar to one that Democrats put forth a couple years ago. Have they -- you've changed your mind, but have anyone gotten on board with what you're doing now?

KILEY: Well, I have relationship in mind. I've always believed that we should have fair district lines. And in California, we actually had an independent redistricting commission. CORNISH: Yes.

KILEY: But this whole phenomenon of mid-decade gerrymandering, that's pretty new. And now it's being escalated. We're going to have potentially dozens of states that are redrawing their maps. So --

CORNISH: But does any Republican want to sign on to this? I mean, you're literally an independent now.

KILEY: So, I do have -- I do have two Republican co-sponsors.

CORNISH: OK.

KILEY: I have Clay Higgins (ph) and Representative Baird. And as far as your question as the Democrats, yes, various of them have come out and said that they support it. So, I think that what we need right now is for the minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, to just come out and give his blessing. And then I think the dam will break, we'll get 218 signatures, we'll get the bill on the floor.

I've, of course, fought against the speaker on this for a long time and asked him to bring it to the floor too.

CORNISH: Yes. He's also said maximum warfare everywhere, all the time. So, he's not exactly thumping on this.

HAYS: No, I think -- no, I think Democrats are fully on board with going after Republicans. They started this mess in Texas and everyone else is responding.

But I will remind everyone that the Democrats have gone places where voters have voted. Republicans have just done it in closed doors.

CORNISH: Can I ask you one more thing? The attorney general, Eric Holder, wrote an op-ed this week, because I've been like, where is that brother? This was his job, right? He was supposed to be talking about redistricting, and now Democrats are more than on their back foot. And he was saying that -- he's talking about reforming the Supreme Court going forward. The court needs to be reined in and reinvigorated. Congress should impose Supreme Court term limits of 18 years. What do you think of him, a, coming out and talking given, like, sort of how this has gone under his watch, and, b, saying, like, this was a court thing. And I understand how much the Voting Rights Act gutting is doing to this. Is this an idea that Democrats are still into court reform?

HAYS: I mean Kamala Harris talked about it on a Zoom call last week.

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She's mentioned court packing as well. I think that everything is on the table for Democrats to put out there for a campaign. I'm not necessarily in favor of it. I just think they are trying to say that people are tired of a two tiered system of justice and think that the courts are politicized, and --

CORNISH: Is it too little, too late? When you saw this op-ed, where you like, welcome to the chat?

HAYS: I mean, I think that a lot of this is too little, too late, right? Like, why are we back here with Trump 2.0? Like --

CORNISH: You're laughing, but don't you think, like it's --

DUBKE: I am laughing because the Democrats have been trying to pack the court since FDR.

CORNISH: Oh, you're laughing at the court thing. I thought you were laughing at the redistricting thing.

DUBKE: I'm -- no, I'm laughing at both sides of this. It is -- it is ridiculous to me. Every time a state, and I'll use the Commonwealth of Virginia, the population of that state created these commissions to have fair lines. California created commissions to have fair lines.

CORNISH: Yes.

DUBKE: And when somebody that's an incumbent doesn't really like it, they change the rules in the middle of it. And I don't --

CORNISH: I think you're skipping some parts of the story, but I hear what you're saying.

DUBKE: Well, I'm selective (INAUDIBLE).

CORNISH: Yes, OK.

DUBKE: I'm selective (INAUDIBLE).

HAYS: I just -- I don't -- what's (ph) it matter?

DUBKE: But Holder is like, that's ridiculous. Every --

HAYS: We also are -- we're taking away people's agency in voting (INAUDIBLE) every time.

CORNISH: Yes.

DUBKE: Yes.

HAYS: People are going to vote how they're going to vote. I grew up in -- I was born in Placer County. My mom is in your district. But --

KILEY: Placer. All right.

HAYS: But I --

CORNISH: Better start working. Start working on it. Put in a good word for him.

DUBKE: Do you have -- do you have a handout?

CORNISH: No. She's got doubts, my friend, OK?

HAYS: A very conservative district.

CORNISH: Yes.

HAYS: So, like, these people are still going to vote in a conservative way. So, I just -- it's interesting to me that people just think now, because you are now in a blue district or a red district, you are going to vote that way. You're not going to change your views. You still have agency. And we are taking away people's agency. And people don't like that.

CORNISH: Yes. And people without agency act in ways that you cannot control.

HAYS: Exactly.

CORNISH: In the meantime, Congressman Kiley, independent from California, thanks so much for your time.

KILEY: Thanks so much.

CORNISH: OK, coming up on CNN, uber wealthy Jeff Bezos defending millionaires.

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JEFF BEZOS, FOUNDER, AMAZON: If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right.

BEZOS: Your packages would take six weeks to arrive.

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CORNISH: And he says taxing the rich won't solve much for the rest of us.

And President Trump hopes former reality star Spencer Pratt does well in his race for mayor. Will that help or hurt Pratt's chances in liberal L.A.?

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CORNISH: From reality TV villain to elected office, we've seen this show before. Spencer Pratt now taking a page from Trump's playbook. But can he go from being the villain on the hills to being the hero of the hills? See what I did there.

DUBKE: Yes.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mom, look.

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CORNISH: His campaign is starting to see real momentum from these fake images. This is an A.I.-generated Batman ad. Pratt, of course, mirroring the showmanship that got President Trump elected. And even Trump's taking notice.

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REPORTER: Spencer Pratt, do you see yourself in him at all? A former reality TV star.

DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: No. I'd like to see him do well. He's a character.

I heard he's a big MAGA person.

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CORNISH: As for why Pratt is running as a Republican?

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SPENSER PRATT (R), LOS ANGELES MAYORAL CANDIDATE: When I was a hated reality star, I got so many death threats. I had so much security and police. And what did they tell me to do? Get a gun. This is real. I know people don't like guns, but L.A. was dangerous if you're hated. So, I got a gun. And then we needed CCW. The only people that supported a CCW was the Republican. That was what I aligned with, my safety, my personal safety, my family's safety.

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CORNISH: OK, the group chat is back.

So, i wanted to talk about this, number one, because these A.I.- generated ads that have sort of taken off, I mean, we're in a moment, obviously. Iran's A.I.-generated ads have also taken off. But I remember when Zohran --

DUBKE: That's a way to connect. Spencer Pratt and Iran.

CORNISH: Look at it. Don't you think? I mean, that's the whole point.

DUBKE: No, no, I just -- we're --

CORNISH: The Iran propaganda has also --

DUBKE: Yes.

CORNISH: Gotten people's attention.

DUBKE: Propaganda is the right word.

CORNISH: Yes. And same as this.

DUBKE: We're in that moment right now. CORNISH: Exactly.

DUBKE: Are in that moment.

CORNISH: But Zohran Mamdani, for a time, was called the internet's mayor by "Wired." And there is something to be said for capturing public attention that way.

ELENA SCHNEIDER, NATIONAL POLITICAL REPORTER, "NOTUS": Yes, it's very zeitgeisty. I mean, I think this is a preview of what we can expect also in a 2028 presidential primary.

CORNISH: Oh, great.

SCHNEIDER: In which we're going to be confronted with this prospect of nonstop A.I.-generated ads. I mean that's a real question of how we're going to parse through what's real and not in the years to come in terms of electioneering and ad making.

And look, it works, because it is eye-catching. It's viral. It tells a story. I mean, all these things are valuable ways to run --

CORNISH: Yes.

SCHNEIDER: Run a campaign.

CORNISH: And even with the sound off they work.

DUBKE: The other interesting part about this, it's getting people engaged. A number of these ads aren't actually created by the campaign. They're promoted by the campaign.

CORNISH: Right.

DUBKE: But this is almost the equivalent of years ago where you had people doing signs themselves and taking them to sporting events and, you know, just an authentic upswell of support. And that's, to me, that's what's interesting about what's happening in New York City, in L.A. and other places is that it is the democratization of the political process.

CORNISH: Let me play for you another person who benefited from a lot of great imagery. Pratt was actually asked last night about what politician he would compare himself to the most.

Take a listen.

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SPENCER PRATT (R), LOS ANGELES MAYORAL CANDIDATE: No, I'm not a politician.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

PRATT: I don't want to be politician.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

PRATT: I want to be a fighter for the people.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But you've mentioned, though, that -- that --

PRATT: Obama. Yes, I'm the most similar to Obama.

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HAYS: I don't have thoughts on that.

CORNISH: Here's the thing. I don't have thoughts on that either, to be honest. But we talked about this earlier. There's an absolute lane for someone who acknowledges the post-fire post-union strike, post- economic drain of the entertainment industry out of L.A., and speaks directly to that. And is Karen Bass speaking to that? Are Democrats losing ground because they didn't do a good enough job talking about that?

HAYS: I think one thing that he is doing is he's saying the quiet part out loud.

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And I think people are tired of Democrats skirting behind issues and playing like their identity politics and backing off of, oh, we can't do that. There's too many --

CORNISH: But is that what happened in L.A.? I mean people didn't identity politics or (INAUDIBLE) the fire.

HAYS: But the environmental, there's so many regulations and rules that have to be done because of the environment, this.

CORNISH: Got it.

HAYS: And I'm not saying, like, burn it down and then build it back up however you want. I understand there has to be stuff done. But he's talking to people. These people haven't been in their homes for over a year. They can't even build. They can't even get permits to do anything. And, like, that's detrimental.

Also, it's an affluent area. So, that also plays into, there's a lot of money involved that people are really pissed. And I just, I think he's tapping into how people feel.

DUBKE: I mean, in California, you saw it. In San Francisco.

HAYS: Yes.

DUBKE: Now you're seeing it in L.A. At some point there's just too much regulation.

HAYS: Yes.

CORNISH: Yes. DUBKE: There's too many rules. There's --

CORNISH: And we should say, there is a nascent movement in the Democratic world. You're sort of Ezra Klein, abundance economics, which basically focuses on zoning. And this is where this stuff comes into play.

The other movement that I think people are seizing on is taxing the rich. We're seeing these in a lot of states, these proposals. Well, Jeff Bezos is speaking up for y'all. Y'all billionaires. The world's fourth richest person questioning New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's decision to impose a new tax on luxury second homes. And Bezos tells CNBC that, look, raising taxes on the rich, that's not going to solve problems.

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JEFF BEZOS, AMAZON FOUNDER: I pay billions of dollars in taxes. And it's a perfect -- again, if people want me to pay more billions --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right.

BEZOS: Then let's have that debate. But don't pretend, you know, that this -- that that's going to solve the problem. You could -- you could double the taxes I pay and it's not going to help that teacher in Queens.

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CORNISH: Mamdani responding on Twitter, "I know a few teachers in Queens who would beg to differ."

So, then Bezos gets back on Twitter and he says, look, "zeroing out taxes for the bottom half of earners," he tweets, "a nurse in Queens shouldn't be sending money to Washington. Washington should be sending her an apology."

Maybe she should apply to the weaponization fund and get her money that way.

But let's talk about this, OK? So, sooner or later the billionaires are going to speak up for their pied-a-terres and say, this isn't going to solve your problem.

SCHNEIDER: Well, so part of the problem is that, are you taxing income or are you taxing wealth? And that's the real difference here. So, there is an argument to be made that targeting the wealth of a billionaire is maybe a more fruitful avenue in terms of actually generating more income. But yes, we've seen this in a lot of places, right? We've seen it happening in California. It's potentially happening in New York. There's real interest and thirst within the Democratic Party. But I think people generally about challenging how much money billionaires are able to make and not put back into the system. It's a popular line.

CORNISH: Yes. It's interesting moment because I think everyone was like, Mamdani, he's a socialist. Everyone's going to leave New York. It's a problem.

But then, in the meantime, the thirst, and sort of critique around billionaires and the wealth they have in this country has spread. It's not just a New York City conversation.

Right now, when you look at the IRS data, individuals who make up the "Forbes 400" list, they pay an effective, we're just going to use the phrase effective tax rate of 24 percent. The rest of us are paying 30 percent. You know what I mean? And so, people see that difference and think, maybe that gap should be closed.

DUBKE: So, this is -- this -- this is where Bezos is right though. And it was in the chyron that was under the clip that you just used.

CORNISH: Yes.

DUBKE: When you've got half of taxpayers only paying three percent, there is a -- there is a problem there. Some folks will make the argument, well, everyone needs to pay because then you've got skin in the game.

However, I think this is where Bezos is right. I don't want the money if -- if that money and the best thing you can do for that teacher in Queens or that nurse in Queens or whomever is to let them keep that money and not go through the filter of government and through Mamdani's hands, I think Bezos is right.

CORNISH: But isn't it also the question whether he should keep his -- like, he was talking about the teacher. I was like, well, are you going to miss that extra three percent?

DUBKE: He was -- he was -- he was pointing out the differences in the dichotomies.

CORNISH: Yes.

DUBKE: But, I mean, look, these are all politicians that want money from everybody all the time.

CORNISH: Yes.

DUBKE: That's the point that I disagree with.

HAYS: I just think that we are -- we're missing the thread here. If we don't have money in our Treasury, we can't pay for some of these programs that we pay for. And rural hospitals are shutting down. People are losing health care. Now Donald Trump's taking $1.7 billion for himself. He's building a ballroom at $1 billion. So --

DUBKE: And we're not going to hold politicians accountable for the waste and fraud and abuse that goes into a lot of these programs?

HAYS: No, they absolutely should. But I guess my point is, is that I think that he's missing the thread here, that it's not the amount of taxes that people are paying, it's the amount of services that people are getting back. And you're cutting these services to also cut taxes for these people. And that is the problem.

CORNISH: Yes. Ironically, the mail as well.

You're new to the group chat. What's in yours?

SCHNEIDER: My group chat is talking about Stephen Colbert's final show and who will be his final guest. That's what everyone wants to know.

CORNISH: We're probably going to talk about that tomorrow.

Mike, you? What's in your group?

DUBKE: Well, let's -- wait, let's just stick to this for a second.

CORNISH: Well, yes, we got 30 seconds.

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Take it.

DUBKE: George Clooney was the first guest. That's my guess. He's going to come back.

HAYS: Yes, I agree with you on that.

DUBKE: OK. See, look, we agree.

CORNISH: Oh, OK. Got it. But, you guys, I'll --

DUBKE: OK, my group --

CORNISH: I'll be in the group chat looking for your money.

DUBKE: Diet Coke versus Coke Zero.

CORNISH: I don't drink soda.

DUBKE: I don't -- I don't either. And if I do --

HAYS: It's all about how it's served. It's all about how it's served.

DUBKE: If I do -- if I do, I drink the fully leaded Coke. But my staff is at war with each other over this.

HAYS: Yes, it's all about how it's served. Is it fountain soda? Is it from McDonald's? Is it in a bottle? There's -- it's all different.

DUBKE: That's a bigger -- that's a bigger problem.

CORNISH: Love it. Excellent connoisseurship.

Thank you for the group chat.

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