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I want you to have a happy Veterans Day.I'm going to talk a little bit about that here in the next block.But we've got to talk about this mandate that we have.We've got to talk about the Senate majority leader fight.
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Uh, also if you're just joining us, make sure you smash that like button, that little green thumb beneath the video.Um, yeah, I wouldn't tell you exactly.You want to know what we did this weekend?
And if you probably tell like I'm losing my voice, um, these last couple of weeks. I have not slept a whole lot.And Melanie said she, I last Friday was barely able to speak.Cause I feel like I was so tired.
Um, I said, I've only slept 48 hours in the last week while she's like, that's like eight hours of sleep a night.I didn't realize, I didn't realize what the hell I was saying.Cause I was so tired.
What I meant to say, I was go, I was 48 hours, no sleep.I had gone 48 hours with no sleep. I'm telling you this last two weeks have gone by and, and just a blur.
And I've been talking on the phone so much, have so many meetings and then of course, planning the show and then talking on the show and then hosting radio and then raising kids, losing my voice.And that's not good for somebody like me.Right.
Um, but you know what I did this weekend?I'm very excited to announce that we did absolutely nothing, but bask in the glory. of the fact that we took this country back.I can't even begin to tell you how historic that was.
I can't even begin to tell you, I know I've said it before, but I'm going to keep saying it for the next couple of days.I can't even begin to tell you of how proud I am of all of you.
I, um, we really did save this country more than any other time in our history, this, this past election and moving forward. was really about what kind of country do we want.
Do we want a country that's dominated by the radical left, our institutions twisted and perverted by the radical left, weaponized against the American people, our rights under siege?The left, that's what they do, right?
They slowly whittle away at the constitution and rights bestowed upon you by God, not government, but the left doesn't care because the left literally has replaced God with government.
That's why they approach each of their policy issues with such zealotry, with such religious fervor.It's because they believe in nothing but the state.And so it's easy to see why Republicans can be outmatched by that.And this is why I say
It's unbelievably important for Republicans to understand what time it is.We're gonna talk about that with regards to this Senate majority leader race here a little bit later on.
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Also want to welcome Dan Nunn of the Nunn Report.I called him Chris before, sorry.Lots of stuff right here at the top of the show.As you can tell, it's been a weekend, sometimes Monday shows.Got some administrative stuff to take care of.
Dan has been a friend of mine for a long time.I called him Chris the last show because on the forefront of my mind was a company commander that we had, that I had in Afghanistan.His name is Chris Nunn. Dan is the host of the numb report.
You should go follow him.He's a good guy.I'll be on with Dan, uh, on hit on the nun report here later this week, but support him.He rated the chat.Um, folks, let me talk about veterans day.Okay.
Um, you know, this show, we talk about politics and I try, I really do pride myself on keeping you all, or at least trying to keep you all ahead of the curve.
And we're going to talk politics here later in the show and get in the weeds on all of that stuff.Um, But today's a very special day for me.
And, and listen, I was talking to my dad about this before the show, he shot me a text message and he said, happy veterans day.He said, you got your commission 20 years ago.
I can't believe that I was commissioned, you know, got my commission as a young officer in the army in May of 2004.So.Damn near 20 years ago.I cannot believe how fast time has gone.
And I have so many stories to tell of being a young platoon leader in the military.I mean, all the, there's a lot of the stories are in my book, outlaw platoon.I'm not promoting the book.If you get it, great.If not, that's fine too.
It's my first book really outlaw platoon is just a story of my troops.That's it.There's no politics in outlaw platoon, but if you want to get a sense of what it was like being in the, in the infantry in combat in Afghanistan, that's the book for you.
But even that book only had about one 10th of our experience.I look back on that time period, 485 days in combat.And I think, first of all, I can't believe that I survived.I really can't.Most of my soldiers were country boys.
It seemed like they really knew what they were doing.I was a city boy from Pittsburgh, born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I was very, very lucky.And I mean, very lucky to have soldiers who did not discard me.
I was a very, very, I was their, their, their quote unquote leader, right?Use the term loosely, because I know that there are lots of enlisted men.
I'll come over here in the live chat and look in a second, but I know that there's a lot of enlisted folks that watch this show.Let me be honest.Let me be honest.I don't have to be honest.
You know, you know, the truth, young officers don't know a damn thing when they come to their unit. I didn't know a damn thing when I came to my unit.I was very, very lucky folks to have troops that did not completely blow me off.
I was very, very lucky to have amazing non-commissioned officers.Now those are the enlisted side.Those are the real door kickers in the platoon.Those are the guys that really make the military, especially the army work.
I'm very, very lucky to have great non-commissioned officers.They really did everything that they could to teach, coach, and mentor me every step of the way. It is very, very easy to hate a young officer.It's very, very easy.
Sometimes, you know, you're a 20 something kid.I showed up at my unit.Think about this.I was 23 years old, showed up at my unit.I had all the right schools.I'd been to Ranger school.
I'd been to airborne school and all that stuff, but really having shown up at your unit, like Ranger qualified or with your Ranger tab buys you about a month.And at the end of the day, it doesn't effing matter at all.
What your soldiers, what I learned is that, you know, you're taught as an infantry officer, you know, you got the iron mic, follow me, charge into combat.And certainly there are elements of that that's, that's needed from a leader.
But what I think was kind of amazing for me, and a lot of this was a work in progress for me as a young leader, I didn't have all the answers, but I told my soldiers that.In fact, I pulled all my non-commissioned officers in and I said, listen to me.
If you have to square me away or yell at me or tell me that I suck, I don't have a problem with that.I don't care, even though I technically outrank you.If you think I'm effing up and have to yell at me, that's fine with me.
Just please do it behind closed doors.Don't do it in front of my troops.And I made sure that my non-commissioned officers understood, hey, I don't have all the answers.In fact, I don't really know anything.
And it would be amazing if you could teach me. And boy, let me tell you, my soldiers, they took that and ran with it.And what was amazing about that is, is the whole concept of decentralized leadership.
And what I learned about really being a leader was being a leader.Isn't about having power.Of course you are blessed.
You are imbued with power as a leader, whether you're a non-commissioned officer or an officer and in combat or in the military and the army and the infantry. You make a bad decision.
Somebody could go home in a body bag and that decision is going to be right here in your heart for the rest of your life.You're going to anguish over that decision.So the responsibility is, is real.
And as a leader, you do have power, but building a great team, building a great, you know, uh, sports franchise, a great business. If you're a leader, it's not about telling people what to do.
It's about taking the power that you have, that's been bestowed upon you and investing it in others.And for me, that's what being a servant leader was all about.It was about telling my troops, hey, you know, I don't know everything.
In fact, I need you to teach me.Well, they took that power.Hey, this is my job.I'm a 240 Bravo machine gunner.I'm going to teach you, sir. everything you need to know about this machine gun.
Well, hey, I carry a squad automatic weapon, a SAW, an M249 SAW, and I'm going to teach you how to operate this weapon system, sir.Or not just weapon systems, or how about a forward observer?I'm going to teach you how to call for fire.
I'm going to teach you how to plot target reference points.And all the while you're getting to know them, you know?And I feel like there were many moments in my platoon where we transcended a typical officer, non-commissioned officer, soldier bond.
I got to know my soldiers on a very, very personal level.And it wasn't always easy, believe me. I messed up a lot.In fact, I like to compare my platoon to the, you ever see that movie that let me come over to the live chat here for a second.
Has anybody seen the movie?The bad news bears.Please tell me in the live chat, if you've seen that movie, or do we have young people in the live chat that don't really know what that movie is?
I know my kids probably have no idea what the bad news bears was, but have any of you all seen the bad news bears?Okay.So I'm seeing a lot to yes.Yes, yes, yes, yes. My platoon was like the bad news bears of my battalion.Okay.
So a platoon is this really, it's like, you've, you've got platoon, you've got platoon company, battalion platoon is 40 companies, 140 battalions, like 800 to over several thousand, depending upon this structure.
My platoon had a reputation for being the bad news bears.And I was the one that was in charge.So I was just, you know, the. a walking embodiment of the acronym FUBAR.Do you all know what a FUBAR means?
Like if you don't know what FUBAR means, have somebody, uh, somebody in the live chat who does write it down.
So the folks who don't know what it is, but I was the walking embodiment of FUBAR, but I didn't have so I had soldiers that did not give up on me.I had soldiers that, um, went above and beyond to make sure that I was squared away.And.
When we got to combat, I think that that really paid off.And you know, it was little things like showing up to the hospital. When one of my soldiers, I'll never forget this.
When one of my soldiers was having a baby, I got word that one of my squad leaders, Gordon Campbell, he's my first squad leader.He was tough on me.He didn't like me.
I don't think he even wanted to like me, but I just kept trying and trying and trying, knocking on that door and getting slapped down, doing everything I could to try to earn his respect. And that didn't happen until I get this call at like 3 a.m.
that he was having a baby.And I like rushed to the hospital in Watertown, New York, and I didn't know if it was a boy or girl.
So I bought blue balloons and pink balloons and was sat out in the waiting room and popped my head in a little bit too early and got yelled at, got kicked out.
But believe me when I tell you, as stressful as that was for me as a leader, man, that's what Gordon Campbell, I mean, he, he, um, That mattered to him that I showed up at three in the morning and got thrown out of his birthing room.
But, but, but at least I tried, right.I cared enough to try.That's what he, that's what he would tell me later.Um, and we get to Afghanistan together and we went through.And we had no idea what we were getting into.We were crazy.
I mean, I have people from all over the world in my platoon.I feel like. I mean, seriously, six of my soldiers weren't even citizens of the country, but they all immigrated into the country legally, of course.
Um, and one of the serve America cause they loved America.I mean, think about how, how lucky I was to be able to serve with people like this.So then what I'm getting to is that so many of you all have said, thank you for your service to me.
And I don't even know what to say to that.You are so welcome.Um, You know, it was an honor to serve.You don't have to thank me.It was an honor to serve.You're worth it.This country's worth it.I would do it again in a second.
And I got to serve with people.I had a guy named Doc Pantoja, not a citizen, was from Mexico, got shot in the head.I watched him get shot, actually shot in the face, actually a bullet hit him right here.
I watched him get shot in the face, him go down, but get back up. treat three serious casualties, never once himself, and then an additional 12, and didn't bother to treat his own injury until well after the fact, his face was completely ruined.
You know, I had Canton Nguyen, who fought in Helmond province in my platoon.His father fought for the United States in the Vietnam War, and was captured by the North Vietnamese and thrown in a concentration camp for five years.Canton's father escaped
went back, gathered up his family in the South and jumped on a boat to come here to America.And his son joined the military just because he was so grateful to be in America.
And to this day, one of my buddies, one of my squad leaders sent me a message of Kantan Nguyen's Facebook post and said, yep, still can't speak English.And it's true, he still can't speak a lick of English.
Have you ever seen Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? This guy is exactly like short round.Dr. Jones, Dr. Jones.He was like one of my soldiers, but one of the best human beings on the face of the planet.
You know, I served, I had six soldiers in my platoon, all who manned machine guns on my, and my turrets on my trucks, six, six gunners in my platoon.Think about this.
Six people who manned machine guns in my platoon, all six of them got shot in the head. Every single one of them.They all survived by the grace of God alone. Haitian hammer, John St.Gene gets shot in the head by a sniper in a turret.
Bullet goes through his helmet.The helmet slows it down enough where it hits his skin, penetrates his skin, but his skull stops the bullet.The bullet skirts around his skull like this, and then an exit wound on the back.
So the helmet had slowed the bullet enough to allow his skull to stop it.And so it's crazy. And yes, Canton one speaks English.He just doesn't speak English very well.We all made fun of him for it, but it's fine.
I just feel like I cannot believe that that was all 20 years ago.You know, you form a bond with people that you serve with.You know, I come from a big close family, but the soldiers that I served with in combat are, are, are my family as well.
you know, we formed such a tight bond over there that I could watch a soldier in the middle of the night under, even under night vision goggles, walk away in the opposite direction.I could tell you who that soldier was based on how they walked.
That's how close that they, that's how close we were.And it's kind of crazy to me that, you know, these wars are over.They're not on the headlines anymore. And I guess that's part of the reason why I got involved politically as much as I did.
Cause I told you all before I, I used to say to myself, well, I'm going to serve.So my kids don't have to, well, boy, isn't that stupid because you know what politicians will find a way to F it up.
And now that I have my own kids, I can't allow these politicians to F it up.I just can't. I don't want your grandkids or my kids to have to go back into the fight.I don't want that.
Like every position that I take today is based off of that experience that I had in Afghanistan.The idea that You know, we talk about Ukraine, right?That's a perfect example.
And we'll talk about Ukraine here in a little bit in the context of the Senate majority leader fight.But we have these leaders on both sides of the aisle, Liz Cheney on the Republican side, Joe Biden on the Democrat side.
They say constantly, as long as it takes, doesn't matter how much money it costs, as long as it takes.There's nothing courageous or strong about a statement like that.
Because I remember being on the battlefield in Afghanistan and have these ass clown politicians on both sides of the aisle, many of whom have never actually had to carry a gun in combat in their life, hearing that and just being left hopeless.
As long as it takes, you have any idea how horrible this is, how life-changing this is.Most of my soldiers were affected by that deployment for the rest of their lives.We've lost more soldiers in my unit to suicide than to combat.
So when I hear things like, as long as it takes, are you kidding me?As much, oh, as much American taxpayer dollars, oh, that's what we have to do to defend freedom.I'm sorry.That's bullshit.
I can't, I just cannot sit here idly by and let these politicians, I just can't sit here and do nothing.And so
Part of keeping our promise to our men and women who serve is making sure that if we, God forbid, have to get involved in a conflict, and I hope that day never comes, but sometimes you have no choice.
But if for whatever reason, we do have to actually defend freedom, we do have to get involved in something, and again, hope in my lifetime it doesn't happen. You got to win period, full stop and victory has to be defined.
And when you hit victory, you're gone.You're out.You're done.
Because if you don't do that, you end up with generation after generation of Americans who fought in wars and then look at Iraq and look at Afghanistan and be like, well, what the F was that for?I look at Afghanistan like that.
It's tough for me because I look at my time in Afghanistan and I'm proud of the work we did there.I love my soldiers, like my family.I loved getting the opportunity to meet them and serve with them and be there with them.
I mean, my life is better for that.But at the same time, why?What the hell was the point?
And if we don't have leaders that clearly define victory, if we don't have leaders that say, okay, God forbid, as a last resort, we gotta send the best military on earth in to kick ass and take names, so be it, but we are out when this happens.
No more forever wars.This is what I appreciate about President Trump, is that President Trump, he's like that. He's not a forever wars guy.President Trump is somebody who sees an objective and a clear cut end state and clearly defined victory.
And that's that.And during his four years in the white house, that's exactly how he operated.We didn't get involved in any new wars and the world was on a pathway to peace. You know, I judge leaders not by, oh, well, whatever it takes in Ukraine.
I don't care how long the fight takes, whatever it, we will, we are in this until the end and we'll fund it with taxpayer dollars.Like, no, that's not strength.
I measure a leader's success on the global level by how vigorously and relentlessly they pursue peace.Sometimes you gotta fight.Sometimes you don't have a choice, but we should judge our leaders by, based on, how vigorously they pursue peace.
And for Trump, that's something that he did every single day and his sheer presence and the fact that he just, he's the president elect is already bringing a level of peace to the world.Okay, so let me take a quick timeout.
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Folks, keeping the promise to America's troops and keeping the promise to the American people about trying to bring peace and stability to the world and rejecting the idea that we should allow ourselves to get embroiled in forever wars is part of
the fulfilling of a mandate given to us by the American people a few days ago now, boy, almost just a little under a week ago.And my fear, and obviously Trump won an historic landslide victory.
We've talked about this almost every day on the show last week, and we're probably going to talk about it moving forward as well, because I'm just so excited about it. But this is the landslide of all landslides.
Republicans have not won a victory like this in probably 36 years.That's how historic this thing was.Popular vote, 312 electoral votes.We made inroads with just about every single group in America.Every single one.
Jews, Muslims, Black, Hispanics, whatever.We ran up the score with every single one, which means that we had non-traditional Republicans voting for us.People that just said, remember what I told you the calculus would be last week?
Life was better under Trump.I remember what life was under Trump and what it is under Harris Biden.It sucks now, it was good then.Sucks now, it was good then.That's gonna be the contrast.
And I think that's what played out in the vast majority, actually in the vast majority of this country.But if we don't fulfill the mandate given to us, I am just not sure that our party will ever recover.
And fulfilling the mandate is of course keeping promises, right?And Trump is doing just that.And we're gonna talk about all of the moves that he made in his administration over the weekend and up until today.
He is batting a thousand with regards to his political appointments so far.But it's not just about a fulfillment of policy, say closing the border, building up the military,
deporting illegal alien invaders, starting with gangs, protecting our rights.All of that is really, really important.Unweaving the censorship industrial complex.
Trump has come out with videos in the last couple of days saying he's gonna get rid of the Department of Education.Within the first few months of his presidency, do you realize what a gift that would be to all of us?
We completely unraveled a propaganda state here in this country. And guess what, Trump is going after the accreditation process for crazy radical universities.He's gonna fire these radical leftist accreditation boards.
And if they don't fall in line and just have merit based admission, He's going to tax their endowments and set up restitution funds for people who were victimized by racist policies put forward by these schools.
Do you realize how great this could be for the country?How great this could be for our children?We dismantle these little mini indoctrination facilities that have gotten so insanely expensive.Trump is already talking about doing all of this.
If we don't fully embrace this as a party, we could lose the faith of our people forever.And the reason why that's so important is you look at how strong we are now.
Juxtapose to the Democrats who are flailing weak, their bases fractured and demoralized.Now's the time to put the pedal to the metal. Now's the time to drive forward.Now's the time to dismantle the Democrat party forever.
In fact, what should drive the Republican agenda in this next Congress and in the White House is looking very closely at the communist leftist agenda and just destroying every single pillar of that. and then salting the earth after the fact.
That should be the motivation.Anything less would be to not fulfill this mandate and put at risk the support, the well-earned support that President Trump has earned through millions and millions of people here in this country.So listen,
Trump has made some unbelievable moves with regards to fulfilling this mandate.Listen, the guy like doesn't sleep.It was with him in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.And listen, I'm telling you, he come from a rally from Lancaster right before that.
spoke for a couple hours there, gets on the ground in Pittsburgh, speaks for over two hours.We had all the kids there.The kids, you know, being kids are like, oh my gosh, that was really long.They had a good time.
And when Trump came out, they were like all filming him coming out, big smiles on their faces, you know, sitting in a, you know, a Trump rally for several hours in a day.It's tough for a kid.It's tough for an adult.
Those Trump rallies are like an all day affair.So Trump shows up, speaks for over two hours and then gets on a plane and then flies to Michigan. We see this video of Trump speaking on stage at 2 a.m.
and Melanie turns to the kids and be like, just be glad you weren't in Michigan.There he is speaking at 2 a.m.And then the very next day was election day.Trump didn't get back into Mar-a-Lago after Michigan until six in the morning.
And then polls opened at seven in the morning on the East Coast on election day.It was up that entire day. And then the election was won at like two o'clock in the morning when Pennsylvania was called.He was up that entire day.
and then walked out on stage that night to declare victory.And then he was up the next, the guy was up three days in a row.He does not stop.The man is absolutely relentless in every way.Well, listen, he's not slowing down, not even for a second.
He's already appointed as chief of staff, Susie Wiles, who, by the way, I've got to tell you, she's just such a great person. When I was going through all that stuff during my Senate race, she never once wavered.She's a great person.
She's going to be great in the white house, being the chief of staff to the president.Um, Tom Holman, oh my God, was just appointed as the borders are.He gave an interview on Fox and friends this morning and he was absolutely amazing.
Tom Holman is going to be in charge of securing our Northern and Southern border, but he's also going to be in charge of the largest deportation operation in the history of our country, and he's going to be so good at it.
Listen to Homan on Fox and Friends this morning.
Well, I think, look, it'd be great to have local law enforcement assist ICE because, you know, one thing we learned during the 9-11 report was we shouldn't have snowpipes.Law enforcement should work on law enforcement.
But, you know, there's two things.Number one, under President Trump, He was suing the sanctuary city, DOJ suing the sanctuary cities pulling federal funds.Of course, day one, when Joe Biden came in, obviously he stopped that lawsuit.
So that has to be put back in place.And look, I've seen some of these Democratic governors say they're going to stand in the way, they're going to make it hard for us.
Well, a suggestion, if you're not going to help us, get the hell out of the way before we're going to do it.So if we can't get assistance from New York City, we may have to double the number of agents we send to New York City.
Because we're going to do the job.We're going to do the job without you or with you.But it's much easier to arrest a bad guy.Like I just said, we're concentrating on public safety, threats of human and national security threats.
It's much easier to arrest a bad guy in the jail.Give us access to Ryker Zion that we've been kicked out of.Let us get the bad guy in jail.It's safer for the alien.It's safer for the officer. It's safer for the community.
But if you're going to release these bad guys out in the community, then we're going to have to go find them, which puts the officer at risk, puts the community at risk, and puts, you know, and bottom line is, it's no one—sanctuary thieves are sanctuaries for criminals.
And the letter keeps saying— Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals.And hey, governor, don't you love this guy?Hey, governors, I get it, you don't want to help us, fine, get the hell out of the way because we're coming anyway.
This is exactly the temperament that is needed for someone that's going to be in charge of this.And Tom Homan, I love this guy.This guy is a freaking American patriot and this country needs him.
needs decisive action on this and make no mistake about it.The moment, and I mean the moment this deportation operation begins and it will start with criminals and gang members, you watch
The media will ramp up what is the largest propaganda operation this country has ever seen.
They'll find one child that was separated from a family or a gang member or something, take the entire thing out of context, spin it 15 ways from Sunday so that people don't know the truth.And they'll do not, it's just propaganda is what you will be
immersed with once this happens.So prepare yourself, steal yourself.You know, who doesn't need to steal himself is Tom Homan.Listen to him testifying in front of Congress.And again, this was when Trump was president.Watch this.
I'm telling you, this is exactly the kind of people that we need in the Trump administration.
You were saying that I wish somebody in Democratic leadership would say that out loud. Look, you want to know why there's 50,000 people in detention?You want to know why we have 1 million illegal entries in the United States?
You want to know why we have these issues?Because you have failed to secure the border.You have failed to work with this president to close the three loopholes we've asked for two years to close.
So if you want to know why this issue exists, you need to look in the mirror.You have failed American people who are not securing the border and closing loopholes.
Mr. Homan, please respect the chair and the authority of the chair.The time of the gentleman has expired.
I've asked you politely to let me go beyond my time.Don't you let other people go beyond their time, but not to Tom Homan.He don't get me go beyond his time.
Mr. Homan, we have approved an agreement between the Republicans and the Democrats with the ranking member We increased the time of one witness, one member of Congress who was interrupted by a protest.
That is done with the approval of the ranking member.Please respect the chair's authority.I respect the chair's authority, but the chair.Mr. Holman.
You work for me.I'm a taxpayer.I'm a taxpayer.You work for me.
I hate those assholes so much.Oh my God.That is so good.But he's right.You got there with your stupid little gavel banging.They work.We pay their salaries, man.Tom Holman is going to be great.So guess what?Steven Miller.Okay.Deputy chief of staff.
So he'll be working directly with Susie Wiles to to manage access to the President.The Chief of Staff manages the ins and outs, the comings and goings of the White House.
Every single meeting that the President has runs through the Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff.Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor to President Trump on the border and immigration.Listen to Stephen Miller.
I mean, seriously, these next four years are gonna be amazing.Listen to Stephen Miller and mix it up with these Ask Clown reporters.
Children are dead, and you are wasting my time.No, I am not wasting your time.
I'm asking for facts as a journalist.
Do you have any remorse for the dead children?Do you care at all about the dead children?Absolutely.Then that's what I want to leave you with, is that Donald Trump will come to office... I was just asking for figures. Here's what's going to happen.
Donald Trump is going to be elected president, and the migrant gangs are going to be sent home.Children's lives will be saved.And you know who will benefit the most?Are the working class Hispanic communities that are besieged by gang violence.
So you have public schools that are being overtaken by migrant gangs.You have MS-13 that is brutalizing children.You have Kayla Hamilton, who was a 20-year-old autistic girl who was raped and murdered
beaten to death, that will end, that will stop, and our children's lives will be saved.That is the most virtuous thing that can possibly be done.We are going to save the lives of our children.
We will not let Kamala Harris condemn them to a life of misery, suffering, and death.Thank you.I have not replied to my question.
He just walked away.Or how about Stephen Miller going at it with Ari Melbler?Listen to this.It's amazing.
It's not.I mean, that's what you're saying.Again, people want to know what you think as they make their decisions about what to vote for.Go ahead.Ari, they rewrote the law.
Look, I care about my democracy every bit as much, if not more, than you.
I'm just trying to get answers from you.We're not in a personal dispute about democracy credentials.You wrote that in.You wrote that in on Pence.You played it all the way up to January 6th.You know what happened after that.
A lot of other people have been convicted of crimes, Stephen.
innocent people Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the number one traffickers of children, girls into sex slavery on planet Earth.How many people are in jail for that?How many people are in jail for illegal sex?
more outraged about what you allege is that double standard, and I've given you time to explain it, than the people who battered the cops and led to deaths and stormed the Capitol.
I know in your deposition, because I looked at it, you said you were against the violence.You haven't gotten around to saying that here tonight.Again, it's your time when you answer.But you sound more outraged about that
than the actual convicted sedition at the Capitol that day, which, by the way, Donald Trump has floated the idea that he would pardon the seditionists who stormed the Capitol violently.We're running over on time.
I will give you a chance to respond to all that.
I, President Trump, and everyone else have been repeatedly clear about the fact that any violence that took place was unacceptable.
That is completely separate and different from throwing a grandmother in jail for five years who just said a prayer in a hallway after being ushered in by a Capitol Police officer and then left. the weaponization of the government.
There's a guy who posted a meme about Hillary Clinton who's in jail right now.Mackie, the weaponization of government is the beginning of the end of American democracy.
And every one of your viewers and listeners should understand when you have a country where you can throw people in jail for violations of
misinformation, for engaging in free speech, for engaging in good legal advice, for challenging illegitimate election results.You're not a free country anymore.And I'll tell you the violence I'm outraged about.
Right now, there are moms whose daughters are dead and murdered because Kamala Harris let in their killers.
And when you have on your program the mother of Jocelyn Ungrate, or the mother of Lincoln Riley, or the mother of any of the other victims, the mother of the girl who was raped in Central Park,
Any of those families, then you'll be in a position to talk about violence and suffering and death.
I told you I'd give you time.We're not doing a comparison of me to you on everything, but we've given you time so people could hear, as you said, directly from you.That's something we do here.And we've given you a lot of time.
And I appreciate the dialogue.Stephen Miller from the Trump campaign and the Trump White House veteran.
Listen, I love these guys because these guys don't back down.This is what we need.
I'm telling you, and this is gonna, we'll get to the spineless, you know, what my buddy Jesse Kelly calls the low T GOP here in a second when we talk about the Senate majority leader fight.
But this is the new Republican party where we don't back down to the false premise of the questions posed by these fake journalists to us. It is Stephen Miller is going to be phenomenal in that role.
Also, Elise Stefanik, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik of New York got tapped as the ambassador to the United Nations.This is also a good pick for a lot of different reasons.
Um, you know, even politically, like if you don't think that she's conservative enough, well, we, I happen to like Elise a lot.I think she's fine.
But if you don't think she's conservative, if you're from New York, well, she's the UN ambassador now, and you'll see a special election in her very, very, very, very, very red district.
Might give you somebody who's more conservative, but even that aside, the politics of all of this aside, You've got to send somebody to the United Nations that is willing to pull our funding if need be.
You've got to send somebody to the United Nations that's willing to walk away from that corrupt cabal.And she said this, and I think this is why she got that appointment.
Finally, President Trump's wise decision to call out UNRWA for what it is, a hive of anti-Semitism, and to eliminate every dollar of U.S.funding.
When the enemy is inside the gates of the United Nations, America must be the one to call it by its name and destroy it.President Trump understood this and Bezrat Hashem, we will return to that strategy.
So there, I mean, she is right there at the UN saying we should pull funding.And like, I'm telling you, I'm telling you that you've got to have that kind of a backbone in your cabinet level officials.
They, this whole idea of loyalty, the media is like, Trump's just appointing some people who are loyal.And I say to that, no shit.Of course.What, that's like the benchmark, like, like you've got, you've got to have a similar worldview as me.
You know, you've got to have a willingness to put America first.You can't throw me under the bus time and again in front of the media.
Like, I mean, for God's sake, it's okay to have differing views here and there, but you gotta be loyal for the love of God.That's the best, the benchmark for a cabinet level position.
So again, here you have Elise Stefanik, somebody who's been loyal to President Trump and right there with him every step of the way, another good pick.You know who else they tapped today as well?
Trump tapped Lee Zeldin, former Congressman from New York, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.Lee Zeldin, first of all, he's a friend of mine.I love this guy.He's about, he's as normal as they come, by the way.Former Army guy.
Maybe that means I'm biased, fine.But he's a great human being, and that matters.That matters a lot, by the way, in our leaders, whether they're good people.But anyway, Lee Zeldin's an amazing pick.
Just earlier this year, he led the fight against the Democrat Party's radical leftist climate change agenda.And he said, climate goals are little more than political posturing and an embrace of a rules for thee, but not for me mindset.
Our leaders must make serious course corrections focused on achievable targets, sincere commitment to sustainable energy practices, and an all of the above approach that strengthens our workers and gives our job creators the best opportunity to succeed.
F-ing awesome.Dismantle the communist green agenda.Also, guess what folks over the weekend?No Pompeo and no Nikki Haley.I've heard that Don Jr.was very instrumental in that decision, and a good decision it was.I just don't trust Nikki Haley.
I just don't fully trust Mike Pompeo.I just don't.I just don't.So let's pivot real quickly. to the fight for Senate Majority Leader.
Right now, it's a fight between Senator John Thune from South Dakota, Senator John Cornyn from Texas, and Senator Rick Scott from Florida.Let me see if I can explain the dynamic here.And let me ask folks here in the chat.
I'm over here looking right at the chat.Do you all like Mitch McConnell, yes or no?I'd like to see your responses. this is important because at the core of this argument of who should. Everybody's responses.Oh my God.
You all are the best audience of the world.I don't think there's been, I don't think there's been.All right.Listen, um, skunk.I see your, I'm not enthused with Scott, but he's the best of the three.Let me get to that.Everybody's still responding.
Oh my God.You guys are hysterical.Um, listen, What this debate is about is a fulfilling of the mandate, the election of Donald Trump, furthering the American first agenda.
And what John Thune and John Cornyn represent are an extension of Mitch McConnell.Okay. they represent more of the same.
And so to me, it's, this is less about the people, John Thune, John Cornyn, and, and, uh, Rick Scott and more about a decision that is emblematic and reflective of the serious with which they want to approach this referendum and this America first agenda.
You see, The American people, and if this chat is any indication, do not want an extension of Mitch McConnell as a leader in the Senate.For example, listen to this, listen to this quote as it pertains to January 6th.This is Senator Thune.
Kimberly and I are heartbroken to learn that a US Capitol Police officer has died heroically defending the Capitol against despicable violence.
We're praying for the officer's family and for all the members of the Capitol Police who are mourning the loss of their fellow officer.Folks, folks, no officers died during January 6th.The last thing that we need is a Republican in power
who falls for every dipshit leftist hoax in the world.We don't need that.
Here's John Cornyn on Trump from US Senator John Cornyn out of Texas.The Republican says former President Donald Trump can't win the 2024 general election for president.He also says the GOP needs to find a candidate who actually can.
This is all in a call with Texas reporters.Cornyn saying I think President Trump's time is passed him by and he adds.I don't think President Trump understands that when you run in the general election you got to appeal to voters beyond your base.
Now Trump kicked off his presidential
God, okay, here's Cornyn and Thune, you guessed it, going after Trump.
Let me ask you before we go ever so briefly to summarize Capitol Hill response so far as you've been able to gather it to the civil verdict in Manhattan today against former President Trump.
Civil verdict, meaning the E. Jean Carroll verdict.So this is John Thune and this is John Cornyn's reaction to that and listen to what their first instinct is.
Reactions worth noting from Senate Republican leadership.John Cornyn of Texas told CBS News he simply doesn't think Donald Trump can get elected president.Quite a statement from Senator Cornyn.
John Thune of South Dakota says America is going to have to decide whether it wants to deal with, quote, all the drama. after this verdict and the other investigations, not exactly a robust endorsement from top Senate Republicans.
Yeah.But so you see, if you don't like president Trump and you can't see through all this political persecution and the bullshit that's been thrown at him, we don't like these.Look, they're willing to say this publicly.
If they're willing to say this publicly, what are they willing to do behind closed doors?Do you think that these people Thune and Cornyn would be.
You know, open to a full implementation of the America first agenda, or you think they do everything they could to stifle it.I happen to think that Thune and Cornyn would do everything that they could to stifle an America first agenda.
We got four years and we cannot afford to F around now. Here's Rick Scott again.No candidate is perfect, especially when it comes to being a leader in a GOP governing body.I don't wish that on anybody.Very, very difficult within six months.
I don't care who it is.That guy's that guy or gal is getting called a Rhino bank on that.Um, our party, our party is tough on our leaders and we should be, but we're tough on our leaders.But here's Rick Scott talking about.
what his time as Senate Majority Leader will look like should he get the nod.Here's what I bring to the table.
I clearly believe in the Trump agenda, number one.I'm a business guy that has success doing exactly what we need to do in the Senate.We need to have a plan. We need to work a plan.We need to have a team.We need to measure ourselves.
If we want to get all the nominees done, we've got to figure out a plan to get it done.If we want to get a balanced budget, we've got to start today to get a balanced budget.
If we want to get the border secure, if we want to get whatever policies we have to get through Congress, we have to have a plan, just like what you do in business.I ran a company with 285,000 employees.
We had a written plan for everything to get it done.My colleagues have told me they want change. They wanna be treated as equal.They wanna be part of a team.They wanna have an agenda.They wanna have a great relationship with the House.
They know I have a great relationship with Speaker Mike Johnson.So I'm very optimistic that I'm gonna win because I'm representing Trump's agenda and what my colleagues want.
Listen, that last part's the most important.I'm representing Trump's agenda.Listen, that's important.That's very, very, very important. because the American people did not vote for a Thune agenda.They did not vote for a Cornyn agenda.
They did not vote for an establishment Republican agenda.They voted for a Trump agenda.So it's very important in this very first vote for senators to recognize that.They work for the people, period, full stop, that's it.
And Brockstar is texting me right now saying, what about those, uh, those ass hats not supporting Scott. I agree.Here's the thing.A lot of those senators that are voting for Cornyn or Thune are beholden to Mitch McConnell.
So Mitch McConnell is, I'll just tell you just a couple of things.Just hear me out on this.I just need you to hear, what I'm about to tell you is a hundred percent true.Mitch McConnell obviously has been in Washington forever.
Mitch McConnell, because of that, has just extraordinary connections with some of the richest people in the country.He has an extraordinary fundraising network.
And because he himself is at this, now he's a Senate minority leader, but because he was a Senate majority leader for so long, leadership brings on more rich donors.So his fundraising network has become even more powerful.
Well, he uses that network to fund candidates through what's called the Senate the Senate Leadership Fund, SLF.When you hear people talk about SLF, is SLF getting involved in this race?That's the Senate Leadership Fund.
He raises hundreds of millions of dollars.And I mean, hundreds of millions of dollars for Senate races all across the country, all across the country, been there for a long time.So in other words,
he has every every senator that's out there voting for Thune and Cornyn.Chances are it's a pretty good bet that they received hundreds of millions of dollars in support from McConnell in order to win their Senate seat.
So just put yourself in their shoes for a second.
They feel some loyalty to McConnell because in some ways those senators might say to themselves, well, I don't think I would have won my race without the help of Senate Leadership Fund and without Mitch McConnell.
Now, again, that is his fundraising network.It's not the party's, it's his. And so I'm not saying that that's right.I'm just telling you the dynamic.
I happen to think that yes, of course, I'm grateful to Mitch McConnell for the help in my Senate seat, but my job, if it's me, if it's me. If I'm in the Senate, I'm saying my job is to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
My job is to represent the people and the people voted for change.The people voted for the Trump agenda.So of course, out of the three candidates, who's the most likely to support a Trump agenda?Well, of course that's Senator Rick Scott.
I would be a Rick Scott vote all the way, but I'm just trying to give you an inside look into how all of this works, right? When I say Mitch McConnell was like an unbelievable fundraiser, he is.Like he's unbelievable.So just, I see all your comments.
I'm just trying to give you an inside look at all this stuff.All right, let me take a quick break.Again, senators, members of Congress of the House, they work for the freaking people.That's it.I don't care about money and politics.
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Okay.So the media is obviously going crazy and I've got to tell you that I'm a hundred percent here for it.
So as we leave the show today, first of all, make sure you smash that like button, that little green thumb beneath the video, but just watch this amazing media meltdown.I mean, it really. I'm just gonna laugh in these assholes' faces for some time.
So just laugh with me.Trump will become the 47th president of the United States.
The former president's comeback will be complete with a win in Wisconsin, a state that he narrowly lost.
I'm your Republican congressman. Now that we're in charge, we ban divorce and no exceptions.
My girl just lost a day ago.My damn!And we say bye bye!I am fucking feral!Feral!
If you see me, keep walking.
Do not make eye contact.Do not square up at me.Don't act like you know me.
Like, I want to eat, like, maybe they voted for Kamala, but like, I want to eat them right now.Like, I want to take a bite out of those glutes in a bad way.
In a bad way.Now that we know Project 2025 is legit happening, like we said all, when's the Civil War start? Because I'm fucking ready.I'm fucking ready to pull a Braveheart and, like, ride into battle, paint my face blue.
Because a bitch is not about to become a handmaid.
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Why record yourself doing that stuff there?These, these kids are going to look like morons for the rest of their life.All right, folks, smash that like button.See if we can get to 500 before the end of the show.I know we, I know it's.
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And as always, Battle Crew, you're the best.Folks, God bless you all.God bless you all.Again, we did it.Donald Trump's the president-elect.I know it's a week old.I don't care.I'm still excited about it.See you tomorrow.God bless you all.
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