1 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: Morning Europe. About to enter the arena and join the 2 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: Battle to Save America with your host Sean Carnell. Good evening, America, 3 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Battleground Live. This is the show where we 4 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: kick ass, and we take names and we lockhorns with 5 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: the radical left. We never quit, we never surrender. From 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: sea to shining Sea and everybody in between. Welcome patriots 7 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: on this glorious, glorious Monday, and man it is a great, 8 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: great Monday. And you know, people ask me where I 9 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: got the intro to that show. I just came up 10 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: with it after having done the show all of last year. 11 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: I mean, we're a little over a year old now, 12 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: and of course, welcome to the Battle crew and all 13 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: of our amazing viewers and listeners. We've been doing the 14 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: show for a little over a year now and the 15 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 1: show has grown like gangbusters. We make the leader bar 16 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: Un rumble almost every single day, which is an unbelievable honor. 17 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,680 Speaker 1: It's a testament to you all. I came up with 18 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: that intro paragraph because that is what last year was like, 19 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: what it felt like in politics, I got to say 20 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: last year and I have had my name on the 21 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: ballot in two pretty damn crazy election cycles in twenty 22 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: twenty and then again in twenty twenty two, so I 23 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: got to see how things worked behind the curtain. Ultimately, 24 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: running for office was an unbelievable honor. My favorite part 25 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: about it was getting to meet the people, learning how, 26 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: you know, the whole process works. As somebody that's an outsider. 27 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: All that was so cool. But last year I got 28 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: to say it was by far the craziest year in 29 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: American politics, well probably ever. I mean it, it was 30 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: just crazy what this country endured. And so I thought, 31 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: you know, got to have an intro to the show 32 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: that's aggressive, that's fierce, that speaks directly to the heart 33 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: of what it means to be an American conservative, a patriot, 34 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: someone who loves this country, because really, think about it, folks, Conservatives, 35 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 1: for the most part, not for the most part, certainly 36 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 1: since I got involved in politics, but really for even 37 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: longer than that, have not gotten a fair shake in 38 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: the media. And that's putting it kindly. But since President 39 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 1: Trump has come down that golden escalator, the amount of 40 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: propaganda that has been foisted on the American people and 41 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: ire of the federal government directed at conservatives, I've never seen. 42 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: I've never seen anything like it in my life. So 43 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: for all of us, you know we are. I mean, 44 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: I am a base Republican. I am who I am. 45 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: Many of you all know. I mean. Look, one of 46 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: the reasons why when I talk to my father about 47 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: running for office is Sean, you're going to be a 48 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: terrible politician. And he wasn't trying to be rude. He's 49 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: just like, you don't know how to lie, you don't 50 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: know how to bullshit people. And that's true. I wear 51 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: my heart on my sleeve. You know how I feel 52 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: about any given issue. I don't hold anything back. That's 53 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: just how I am. But at least you're getting the 54 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 1: authentic me. And one of the promises I used to 55 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: make to people on the campaign traw all the time 56 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: was like, look, you know, we might not always agree, 57 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: but what makes me different from everybody else is that 58 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: you're always going to know exactly how we feel. So 59 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: if governing is about building consensus and working on behalf 60 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: of the American people, well hey, look, step one of 61 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: that is knowing where I'm coming from and knowing how 62 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: I feel on a certain issue. Without that, how do 63 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: you negotiate If it's all smoking mirrors all the time. 64 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: You know, if consensus is to be had, how do 65 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: you come to it? And so that was part of 66 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: my pitch and I think it resonated with the American people. 67 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: But we've had to be tough, We've had to be fierce, 68 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: we've had to be strong, we've had to be courageous. 69 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: Conservatives have had a lot on the line. In the 70 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: last ten years. I've seen so many people get debanked, 71 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 1: get canceled, get thrown off social media. The current president 72 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: of the United States was canceled and thrown off social media, 73 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: and he was thrown off social media when he was 74 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: still the sitting president. Think about that, Think about how 75 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: dangerous that situation was for this country, Think about how 76 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: close we came to the brink, And think about it 77 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: wasn't just President Trump getting thrown off at social media 78 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: while he was the sitting president. I mean, the national 79 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 1: security implications of that are profound. Right, if there was 80 00:04:57,839 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: a disaster or something like that, how the president really 81 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: get his message out be a hell of a lot 82 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: more difficult to do with social media companies kicking him 83 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: off or censoring him or whatever. But beyond that, everything 84 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: that our government did to Donald Trump in the four 85 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: years that he was out of office. Was I mean, 86 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,599 Speaker 1: it was just it was just shameful conduct for sure, 87 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: And again that's putting it lightly. But what we had 88 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: was the Biden administration, you know, taking a page out 89 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 1: of Soviet Russia or you know, Communist China and prosecuting 90 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 1: a political opponent, not just prosecuting Donald Trump. The Lawfair 91 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: was horrific and terrible in so many ways. But the 92 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:54,679 Speaker 1: Lawfair was very it was it was constructed in a 93 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: in a very sinister way. We talked about this on 94 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: this show for the better part of a year. But 95 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: you had a series of cases that brought forth false 96 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: allegations to destroy President Trump's reputation in any potential legacy. Right. 97 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: You had lawsuits that were leveled right at his businesses. 98 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: So all the hard work that this man put into 99 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: building his businesses and reshaping the skyline of New York 100 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: City and then passing that off to his amazing children, 101 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: which is what people who create businesses like that tend 102 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 1: to do. They keep it in the family. Right, all 103 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:35,520 Speaker 1: of that, the power of our government, the full weight 104 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: of the federal in the state government in New York, 105 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 1: for example, went after everything that President Trump had done 106 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: in his businesses, all the things that he's accomplished, and 107 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 1: tried to take that from him. I mean, seriously, let 108 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: that sink in. And then there was a pillar of 109 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: the law fair that was laser focused on Trump's liberty 110 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: and the idea that you know, the Biden Department of Justice, 111 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: under direction of Merrick Garland, was going to try to 112 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: put Donald Trump in jail for the rest of his life. 113 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 1: Let that sink in, battle Crew, and for what a 114 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: bunch of bogus bullshit conjured up fake crimes. And if 115 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: they could do that to Donald Trump, well hell, nothing 116 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: to do it to regular ordinary Americans. And the government 117 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: has done it to regular ordinary Americans, and lives have 118 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: been lost. And you heard President Trump say that from 119 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: the bully pulpit from the podium as twice he said 120 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: it in his first term, and he said it again 121 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: a few times in his second term, about how the 122 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: Bided administration and the government under the Bided administration, our government, 123 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: by the way they work for the American taxpayer, unelected 124 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: bureaucrats ruined people's lives, ordinary Americans lives because they disagreed 125 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: with the outcome of twenty twenty they were allies of 126 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: President trumpet doesn't matter anyone with half a brain in 127 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: their head. And I realized that most of the corporate 128 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 1: media is excluded from this because they still talk about 129 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: these cases as if they had any merit whatsoever. They didn't. 130 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: Fifteen twelve CE Obstruction of an official proceeding, for example, 131 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:51,079 Speaker 1: was a novel legal theory used to enhance misdemeter sentences 132 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: to justify throwing ordinary American citizens in jail for far 133 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: longer than they needed to be for a mostly peaceful protest. Meanwhile, 134 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 1: during the Summer of Love, you had Black Lives Matter, 135 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: you had Antifa rampage across this country, burned down whole cities, 136 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: They killed people, caused billions of dollars of damage. They 137 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: laid seeds to the White House, they bloodied and battered 138 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: forty plus uniform Secret Service almost next like next to 139 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 1: no charges for most of those people, And if they 140 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: did have charges, they were dropped. I mean, think about 141 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:34,719 Speaker 1: how close we came to the brink. I mean, this 142 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: is why I say no. Look, I know I talk 143 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: about spirituality on this show. I've told you all very 144 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: honestly that I have struggled a lot with my faith 145 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: throughout the course of my life. Not that I'm not 146 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: a believer. I've always been a believer. I'm a Catholic. 147 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: I'm a proud Catholic. I wear the Saint Christopher metal 148 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: that my grandfather gave me every single my grandmother gave 149 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 1: me after my grandfather died. It's been in my family 150 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: for a long time. I'm almost has a legendary quality. 151 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: But my point is like I've always struggled with my fate. 152 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: But over the last several years, since being involved in 153 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: coming back from Afghanistan, I don't know how I came 154 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: back alive, but for some reason I did. Running for 155 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: office a couple times, being at the July thirteenth rally, 156 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: right in the path of the bullets, Corey Comparatour and 157 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: his amazing family sitting, you know, ten fifteen feet right 158 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: behind my wife and I. You know, we experienced all 159 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: of these I just just crazy, crazy things. And I've 160 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:39,840 Speaker 1: never been more convinced confronted with those hardships. And yeah, 161 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: even some of the terrible things that I went through 162 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: on my senate race, not just not just I me, 163 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: but my family went through on my senate race. I 164 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: look at these things, and I'm thankful to God that 165 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: I've had the hardships because I think they've made me 166 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: a better, stronger person. I think they've made my family better, stronger. 167 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: But it's also led me to believe that God, in 168 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: whatever you believe, uses people in very specific ways. And 169 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 1: I've said this to you all before and I'll say 170 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,320 Speaker 1: it again. I don't think there's a single planet on 171 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 1: the face or a single person, rather excuse me, a 172 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 1: single person on the face of the planet that could 173 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: have endured what was thrown at Donald Trump, but Donald 174 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: Trump himself, and I believe that God put him in 175 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: that place for the express sole purpose of saving this country. 176 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 1: And maybe President Trump didn't even know it. I don't know. 177 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:38,719 Speaker 1: Maybe he does now, I don't know, But you think 178 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:42,080 Speaker 1: about what he went through. I mean, I'll tell you 179 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: what I know. I don't want to speak for anybody 180 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: who's listening and watching this show, but I couldn't let me. 181 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:49,719 Speaker 1: I'll come over to the live chat and ask you, 182 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: is there anybody in the live chat that could have 183 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: withstood you know, the financial ravaging that that lawfair waged 184 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: against Trump? But could could any of us manage that 185 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: financially without being completely bankrupt. Yes or no. I mean 186 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: the first response ticked off yonser a somewhat after my 187 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,959 Speaker 1: own heart from from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Yes, I'm a ticked 188 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: off yinser as well. But I'm seeing lots of nos. 189 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,960 Speaker 1: Oh hell no, oh hell no. So the only so 190 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: there's President Trump. He goes through this law. I mean 191 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: spent tens of millions. If I mean, I wouldn't be 192 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: surprised to be spent over one hundred million dollars on 193 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 1: these cases. He's probably the only person in the world 194 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: that could they could have done that that was also 195 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: running for president at that time, that also was a 196 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: sitting president before. So it's not just it's not just 197 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: a matter of having billions of dollars in the bank. 198 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: It's a guy was already president, he was a damn 199 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: good president and decides instead of riding off into the sunset, 200 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: which he could have done with a supermodel wife and 201 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: his awesome family. By the way, his family is awesome, right, 202 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: I mean you could tell a lot about a person, 203 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: the quality of the man or woman based on the 204 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: family members that they raise, and President Trump hit a 205 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: home run with each and every one of his kids 206 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: and his grandkids. I mean, they's got a great family, 207 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: good people. He could have rode off into the sunset 208 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 1: with each and every one of them, but he said, no, 209 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go through this gauntlet again. And what's crazy 210 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: to me. What's crazy to me is that in many ways, 211 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: the media still doesn't seem to understand it. They don't 212 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: seem to understand why, you know, President Trump won this 213 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: historic mandate. I'll tell you another thing. The Democrats sure 214 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 1: as hell don't understand why President Trump won. They are 215 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: leaderless and they know it, and they are struggling. And 216 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you twenty twenty six is going to 217 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: be here very very soon. It's too early to read 218 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: the tea leaves on what the midterms will look like, 219 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: but I'll tell you the Democrats are in a real 220 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: rough spot. They don't really have a message. President Trump, 221 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: by contrast, has never been more popular, and he continues 222 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: to get more and more popular because he's making good 223 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: on his promises to the American people. And we'll get in. 224 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: So we're going to talk about the tariffs. We're going 225 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: to talk about you know, Secretary Hegseth going to the 226 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: border and the idea that now we have active duty 227 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: troops protecting our own border, protecting our own sovereignty for 228 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: the first time. I mean, the DoD has always been 229 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:47,720 Speaker 1: involved with protecting our border, but not to the level 230 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: that President Trump is asking for the Department of Defense 231 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: to be involved. But we're going to talk about all 232 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: this stuff on the show. But President Trump is never 233 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: been more popular in the media and the Demo. Serious 234 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: how the Democrats don't get it, But the media seems 235 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: to just they don't understand either. And I'm gonna tell you, 236 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: they keep trying to attack President Trump in the old way. 237 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: It's almost as if they don't realize that they've thrown 238 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: everything but the kitchen sink, including the hobbs, just this. 239 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: They've thrown everything at President Trump. President Trump has endured, 240 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: not just I mean he endured two assassination attempts. No 241 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: one in this country has ever had to endure more 242 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: to attain the office of president, no one. I mean, 243 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: maybe you can make an argument for Lincoln, but nobody 244 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: President Trump has is up there at the top. Even 245 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: if you could make an argument for others, he's sure 246 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: as hell, and that he's up there in the top 247 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: handful of presidents that have had to just sacrifice an 248 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: extraordinary amount to be in that office. And my point 249 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: is he did it all for us, but the media 250 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: doesn't really understand and why he's more popular than he's 251 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: ever been and why their attacks aren't working now. By 252 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: the way, I don't think there's anything that they can 253 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 1: do to shake this man's popularity for the next four 254 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: years in the White House. I don't think there's anything 255 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 1: the media can do. I mean, they have tried everything. 256 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: They've tried everything. So before the show went live, got 257 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: some news that Senator Collins of Maine, Republican from Maine 258 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: is going to vote for Taulca Gabbard to serve as 259 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: the Director of National Intelligence. I want to come over 260 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: into the live chat. Did you hear me friends Senator 261 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: Collins from Maine as of this moment, Well, she said 262 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 1: she intends to vote yes on Taulca Gabbert as Director 263 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: of National Talent. So let me ask you, how do 264 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: you all feel about that? That's a pretty damn good thing, right, Yes, 265 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna hear you. I want to hear what you think. 266 00:16:55,520 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: But let me tell you about Suzanne Collins and I've 267 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: told you this before, but I want to reiterate for 268 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:05,360 Speaker 1: people who are listening and watching, maybe for the first time. Yeah, 269 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: it's a good thing. It's a good thing. It's a 270 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,080 Speaker 1: very good thing that this is. This is very good 271 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: for Tulsi. Susanne Collins is in a very, very tough spot, 272 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,719 Speaker 1: is in a very very tough spot. And yes, Michael, 273 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 1: all of President Trump's pictureould be confirmed. And I'm gonna 274 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: tell you tell you why here in a second. I mean, 275 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: there's a lot of reasons why, but I'm gonna tell 276 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 1: you give you another thing in your kit bag to 277 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: show you why it's so important that all of President 278 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: Trump's nominees be confirmed. But Susanne Collins is in a 279 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: tough spot. She represents She's a Republican that represents a 280 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,840 Speaker 1: very liberal state, and we need her. I'm telling you, 281 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: I would rather have a Republican. And I know it's frustrating. 282 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 1: Look I get it. It's frustrating because the Democrats don't 283 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:56,360 Speaker 1: have these problems. They just don't. I mean, they do 284 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: have they do have Democrats in swing states, but by 285 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: and large they all vote the extra way. I mean, 286 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: you know, my theory of we the people versus Day 287 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: of the People. Right, battle crew, you've all heard my 288 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: theory of we the people versus Day of the People 289 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: and the differences between the modern Democrat Party and the 290 00:18:12,040 --> 00:18:14,679 Speaker 1: modern Republican Party. Right, do you need me to explain 291 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: it again? If you do, just say yes, and I'll 292 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: lay it out there for first time listeners or viewers. 293 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: But I'm glad we've got Susan Collins in that seat. 294 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: I would rather have a Republican that's with us fifty 295 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: percent of the time than a radical Democrat that's never 296 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:31,199 Speaker 1: with us, Especially in the Senate where the margins are 297 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:35,959 Speaker 1: so thin. You know, you can't say okay, people are 298 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 1: saying yes, they know, okay, you got it. Can't say 299 00:18:38,320 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: the same about Lisa Murkowski. And I honestly, it's it 300 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: is a It confuses the daylights out of me. Why 301 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 1: we have some Republicans in deep red states that just 302 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: make these nominations really tough. But it's really good news. 303 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 1: It's really good news that Senator Collins is going to 304 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: vote for Chelsea Gabbard. It's a good thing. So I 305 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 1: got this from Insurrection Barbie, or if you want to 306 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: follow her, I think it's to her I don't know. 307 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,360 Speaker 1: I just see insurrections Barbie and I'm assuming, but it's 308 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: under Defiantly free is the tag this is. You know, 309 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: rarely do I say this, but I want to go 310 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: out on a limb and say this. But this is 311 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: one of the best accounts on x just tons of 312 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:25,119 Speaker 1: great information and Defiantly Free says you should go follow 313 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: follow her. There's only four times that the Senate voted 314 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: no for a president's cabinet appointments Roger Teiney eighteen thirty four, 315 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: Caleb Cushing eighteen forty three, Henry Stanbury eighteen sixty eight, 316 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: Lewis Strauss in nineteen fifty nine. She says there were 317 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,199 Speaker 1: people who withdrew before the vote, but that's not the 318 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: case here. She goes on to say Republican senators who 319 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:54,119 Speaker 1: vote no will be making history in the worst way possible. 320 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 1: To vote no on the cabinet appointments of a president 321 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: who won all seven swing states and the popular vote 322 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:02,480 Speaker 1: the House and the Senate for the first time in 323 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: sixty six years would be an epic miscalculation. I could 324 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:14,439 Speaker 1: not agree more. It has never been more important if 325 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: Republicans want to continue to grow our coalition, and it 326 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: is an intellectually diverse coalition. Look at Tauca Gabbert, look 327 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,880 Speaker 1: at RFK. Let me tell you there are probably many 328 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,760 Speaker 1: things that RFK and TAUSI and I disagree on many 329 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: but guess what. They're a part of the America First 330 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: movement now and this is a this is a big 331 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: tenth movement. And if we are to continue to build 332 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: this coalition, I mean, because the goal is to keep winning. 333 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: You know, when I've said that the Democrat Party is 334 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: an existential threat to this country, they are. They are. 335 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: Their policies are hugely detrimental to what it means to 336 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: live in a free society. Democrats in the nineteen fifties 337 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 1: nineteen sixties used to be anti war. Democrats, used to 338 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,600 Speaker 1: be anti government. Democrats, used to be the free thinkers 339 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: for the most part. Never thought I'd live to see 340 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 1: the day where a Democrat was touting the endorsement of 341 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: Liz Cheney. But Kamala Harris, did Lisz Chaney Dick Cheney's daughter, 342 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 1: Liz Cheney really the architect of the Iraq War? Like 343 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 1: I thought George W. Bush was a war criminal. Like 344 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: that Democrat Party now they're the pro War Party Democrats 345 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,400 Speaker 1: are now the party of the CIA. Really never thought 346 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: i'd see that day, but here we are. They become 347 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 1: increasingly authoritarian and out of touch with the American people. 348 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,159 Speaker 1: They've clearly demonstrated over the last four years that they 349 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: used they're willing to use the weight and power and 350 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: might of an enormous resources of the US federal government 351 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:57,400 Speaker 1: to crush dissent. That makes them dangerous. They are dangerous, 352 00:21:58,880 --> 00:22:04,399 Speaker 1: bordering on COMMUNI fascist. Okay, I've got to take a 353 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: quick break because I've been talking for a very long time. Now. 354 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I got right into the show and I 355 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: went right at it. Let me tell you do a 356 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,719 Speaker 1: quick weekend update and then gosh, sorry I jumped right 357 00:22:18,760 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 1: into the show with we do a quick weekend update 358 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 1: and then we'll go to Pete Haig, SATs secretary of 359 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: hag Seth's first trip to the southern border. So the 360 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,679 Speaker 1: reason why I was late in the live chat today 361 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: was that you know, and you know I always tell 362 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 1: you all, I love talking to you, I love being 363 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: with you all. An hour before the show in the 364 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: live chat, we're building a community here and that the 365 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: mission of that community is to save this country. The 366 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,399 Speaker 1: reason why I was thirty minutes late is that my daughter. 367 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: You know, I told you she made the basketball team 368 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: this year. She never played basketball before, and she really 369 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: risked a lot to go try out for this team. 370 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,880 Speaker 1: And it isn't the easiest thing in the world for 371 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: an eighth grade girl to try out on a team 372 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: having no experience, you know, in that given sport, especially 373 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,480 Speaker 1: when there are other girls on the team that have 374 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 1: been playing for years. So I was like, very proud 375 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: of her. Well, she made the team, and we went 376 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 1: to her game. But the problem with the junior high 377 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: games is that they're all at like three point thirty 378 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,679 Speaker 1: during the workday. They make it really really hard with 379 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: the show being at five, to make it to the game, 380 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 1: go see the game, and then come back and be 381 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 1: ready for the show. But I said, you know what, 382 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: screw it. It's one of her last home games, and 383 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: I'm just so proud of everything that she's accomplished. So 384 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: I said, whatever, screw it, We'll go to the game, 385 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 1: we'll get back here, we'll get back here a little 386 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 1: bit late. But so what like, let's go support her. 387 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 1: And so Commander Melanie and I did that and we 388 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:50,360 Speaker 1: met my dad there. But I have to tell you, 389 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,760 Speaker 1: you know, I dropped her off at school this morning, 390 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 1: and she kind of arrived at the school at the 391 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: same time that a lot of her basketball team teammates did, 392 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: and they kind of ran over to her like just 393 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: like a typical team would, and they're all laughing and 394 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: joking around. And I thought, like, man, it just made 395 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: me proud to be, you know, her father, but also 396 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:16,400 Speaker 1: just a father across the board. There is nothing cooler 397 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,760 Speaker 1: than seeing your kids in their element do really what 398 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 1: they like and what they love to do. And you know, 399 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: seeing her with her teammates, you know, before school, in 400 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:29,119 Speaker 1: that brief moment when I dropped her off, and then 401 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,199 Speaker 1: again on the court, whether she's playing or not, it 402 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. It's just all of those lessons, you know, 403 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,159 Speaker 1: and all of those even the times when you're not 404 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: in the court, maybe we're in your in the locker 405 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: room or on the bus, and all the camaraderie and 406 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: the lessons that you learn playing a team sport, actually competing, 407 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: winning and losing, right the real world is, you know, 408 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 1: when her lots and lots of winning and losing in 409 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: the real world, right And I just think that there 410 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: are so many lessons that are inherent in a team's 411 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 1: and it's awesome that she's gets to be a part 412 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: of that. And it's not just Emma, my other daughter Natalie. 413 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: You know, she's she's going through these tryouts at her 414 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,640 Speaker 1: school for volleyball. She's had these first couple of tryouts, 415 00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 1: and let me tell you, Natalie has gone all in 416 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: on on this volleyball stuff, just like Emma's is for basketball. 417 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: But Natalie is one of those kids where you don't 418 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: have to tell her to practice. She's out there every 419 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: day just practicing, practicing, practicing practice by herself, hitting the 420 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: ball off the wall, hitting the ball over the net. 421 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: You don't have to tell her to practice. She's practicing 422 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: for a couple hours a day. Never played volleyball on 423 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,440 Speaker 1: a team in her life. And you know, she's gone 424 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: to a couple of the open gym now gym's now 425 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: in prep for the school tryouts. And I'm telling you, 426 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: the amount of progress that this young woman has made 427 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 1: over the last over the last year is just nothing 428 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: short of extraordinary. And you know, again like talking about 429 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: Emma and Natalie, and I don't want to go down 430 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,199 Speaker 1: this road because you all know how I feel. But 431 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: when you talk about men competing in women in sports, 432 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: this is what pisses me off so much about it, 433 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 1: because here you have Emma my daughter, my one fourteen 434 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: year old, and then Natalie, my other fourteen year old. 435 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:15,640 Speaker 1: These young women are busting their asses and sacrificing a 436 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 1: lot and dedicating time after school to themselves to a team, 437 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 1: dedicating themselves to a craft, only to potentially have the 438 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: all of those blood, sweat tears stolen from them by 439 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: a man who would be competing against them. It's just 440 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: it's not just from a common sense standpoint, it's it's 441 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: it's insane. Shouldn't happen. Very clear biological differences between men 442 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: and women, of course, but it just pisses me off 443 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:54,160 Speaker 1: for the young women. And you know, it's like all 444 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: these young women. You know see some people in the 445 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 1: live chat saying fourteen is a tough age. Let me 446 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: tell you, yeah, fourteen is a very, very tough age. 447 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: I remember being fourteen. It wasn't very fun. But you know, 448 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:09,879 Speaker 1: it's just not fair to these young women to have 449 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: opportunities taken from them by men who shouldn't be in 450 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: their sports anyway. It's just it's just completely wrong. Uh. 451 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: And and to parents, to the thousands of people who 452 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 1: are watching listening to the show live, and to the 453 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 1: tens of thousands of people that will listen to the 454 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 1: show there after after we're live. If you're a parent 455 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,879 Speaker 1: and you have a girl in school that's busting their 456 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: ass and playing a sport and doing well and sacrificing, 457 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: and you've got and obviously under Trump, this is this 458 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 1: is not going to be an issue. Trump has already 459 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: made it very clear where he stands on this. But 460 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 1: but my point is, you know, President Trump, I always 461 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: say he's only going to be in office for the 462 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: next four years. But what I'm asking you to do 463 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: is don't let your daughters fight alone. You know, one 464 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 1: of the things during COVID and and and people just 465 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 1: want to be accepted. Oh, they want to be accepted. 466 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: Nobody wants to rock the no one, no one, No 467 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 1: one wants to rock the boat, rock the boat. If 468 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: you're a parent or a grandparent and you've got your 469 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: daughter play in a sport with men, with boys, they 470 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: could get hurt. Raise hell with the school, Raise hell 471 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: with the athletic director, race hell with your local government officials. 472 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 1: Get involved don't make these young women fight this out 473 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: on their own. Oh my gosh, I'm like going way 474 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: off on a tangent today. Apologies. But so we had 475 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,720 Speaker 1: my family over this weekend. Oh my gosh, I feel 476 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 1: like the show's all over the place. Sorry, folks, had 477 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 1: my my family over this weekend. Nothing better than have 478 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 1: my family over. But I saw this video. It kind 479 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: of made me laugh because it reminds me because we 480 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: live on a small farm in western Pennsylvania and this 481 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: I saw this video and I'll just tell you, this 482 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: reminds me of my life with Commander Melanie, just just 483 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: being a total nubes in this homesteading farming lifestyle. Check 484 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 1: this out. 485 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 2: My wife wanted a few chickens for fresh eggs every day. 486 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 2: Now we have seventy chicks inham house. My wife wanted 487 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 2: a few chickens for fresh eggs every day. Now we 488 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 2: have four fat goats goat playground. My wife wanted a 489 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 2: few chickens for fresh eggs every day. 490 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: Now we have nine ducks and shack. 491 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 2: My wife wanted a few chickens for eggs every day, 492 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 2: but now we have eight rabbits in a whole bunny village. 493 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 2: I wanted a few chickens for fresh eggs every day. 494 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 2: Now we've got two minutes. Your donkeys in a donkey saloon. 495 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 2: My wife wanted a few chickens for fresh eggs every day. 496 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:42,400 Speaker 1: A chicken pharisime. Let me tell you, let me tell you. 497 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: I heard and Cindy's flag and Dorry posted that on locals. Yeah, 498 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: thank you, Dory. I mean, you're amazing. You're just one 499 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: of the one of the most dedicated members of the backgrow. 500 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,479 Speaker 1: Thank you. But it's so true. This is called this 501 00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 1: is like farmer's creep. You know, get a couple of chickens, 502 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,719 Speaker 1: and then you need a couple more chickens, and then 503 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: you and then we've got four fat goats who've got 504 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: fat over over the over the winter. And then you 505 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: know what we I'm not gonna lie to you. We've 506 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: looked at donkeys. We've looked at I mean, we've looked 507 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: at you know, livestock animals. I mean there's been talk 508 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: of cows every day. Oh we can have this pastor 509 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: be cows like it's got it. This is this is crazy. 510 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,120 Speaker 1: It's got to stop somewhere. But I saw that video, 511 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 1: I thought you all would get a kick out of 512 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: it because you all have been with us on this 513 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: homesteady journey from the very beginning. Speaking of journeys, sorry, 514 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: I've been talking for thirty three minutes now, just getting 515 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: to somewhere where the headlines here. But Secretary Hegg said 516 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: to the border in his first trip to the southern border, 517 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 1: and let me tell you, folks, this is this is 518 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 1: a really important one for me because you know, all 519 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: of my time in Afghanistan. I know I've talked to 520 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: I've told you many war stories about my time there, 521 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: and and I don't tell you war stories to impress you. 522 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: I just I don't tell you war stories to impress you. 523 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,840 Speaker 1: I just tell you because it was a formative experience 524 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: in my life. And you know, there's not a day 525 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 1: that goes by that I don't think about my time 526 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 1: in Afghanistan. And getting to serve with my troops and 527 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: be there with them was amazing. But part of our 528 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: job in Afghanistan was operating right along the border. That 529 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: is what we did. We operated right along the Afghan 530 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: Pakistan border and we protected the border of Afghanistan. That 531 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 1: was kind of our job, close with and destroy the 532 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: enemy and protect the Afghan people. Right and we went 533 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: through sixteen months of combat. Like just to put that 534 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: into perspective, if you've watched Band of Brothers, and I 535 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: know you all know that my family watches it once 536 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: a year. There's a tradition. You all know this. But 537 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: you know, easy company of the one hundred and first 538 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: Airborne jumped into Normandy and fought to Hitler's Eagles Nest 539 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: in World War Two in less time than four hundred 540 00:31:57,760 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: and eighty five days. That's how long we were on 541 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,400 Speaker 1: the Afghan taks Dan border, hunting down some of the 542 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: worst or the worst terrorists that this country could this 543 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:11,040 Speaker 1: world could possibly conjure up. I mean, we fought against 544 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 1: al Qaeda, we fought against the Taliban, we fought against 545 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 1: the Acani network, we fought against Heckmadia, foreign fighters from 546 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 1: all over the world, and yes, I mean all over 547 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 1: the world. And we took an eighty five percent casualty 548 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: rate doing it, and we really took our licks. And 549 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: you know, we killed three hundred and fifty enemy enemies 550 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: of America. I don't lose a week wink of sleep 551 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: over any of that. By the way, we didn't hurt 552 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 1: or kill one single civilian, very very proud of my 553 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: service there, but looking back, it does upset me every 554 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: single day of my life the way that we left Afghanistan, 555 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: not because I'm not proud of serving. If this country 556 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: we're ever threatened again and there's another opportunity to serve 557 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: in combat protecting this country, I would be the first 558 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: to sign up in line to do it. But I 559 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,080 Speaker 1: look back on all the time and the blood and 560 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 1: the treasure and the sacrifices that were made in Afghanistan, 561 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: and I asked myself every single day what was it for? 562 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 1: And I find myself asking if I find I asked 563 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: myself that all the time, And now I've in my 564 00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: own mind I think, well, you can't ask yourself that anymore. 565 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: You'll drive yourself crazy if you think about that. But 566 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: there we were. Our mission was to protect Afghanistan's border, 567 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: all the while leaving our southern border wide open. Really, 568 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,160 Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't as bad in two thousand and 569 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 1: six as it is today, or as it was under Biden. 570 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:45,440 Speaker 1: Of course not, But how could we We're a country 571 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: with borders, a sovereign nation, the United States of America, 572 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 1: the world's loan superpower, and we're out there spending trillions 573 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:02,720 Speaker 1: of dollars protecting other people's borders and and worse than that, 574 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 1: sacrificing the brave men and women who raise the right 575 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: hand to volunteer to serve because they love this country. 576 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:19,840 Speaker 1: They volunteer because they love America. You know, these kids 577 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 1: went to Afghanistan and went to Iraq and other places 578 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: all around the world and died to protect other people's borders. 579 00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: But we're not protecting our own. So to me, this 580 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 1: move by President Trump and Secretary Hagseth. And by the way, 581 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: I'm glad that Secretary higg Sath is down there in 582 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,480 Speaker 1: his first trip. But to me, this signals not just 583 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,960 Speaker 1: it's obviously it's fulfilling a campaign promise, but it signals 584 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,239 Speaker 1: to the American people but also to the world that 585 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: America is serious about protecting its sovereignty. No more are 586 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:55,720 Speaker 1: we gonna let other nations take advantage of this country, 587 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:01,720 Speaker 1: and no more will we let. You know, ten million 588 00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,799 Speaker 1: plus illegal aliens stream into our country, many of them 589 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,839 Speaker 1: we don't even know who the hell they are. And 590 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,919 Speaker 1: never forget this because the left and the media love 591 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: to do this, They conflate legal immigration with illegal immigration. 592 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 1: They like to make it seem like Republicans are against 593 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 1: legal immigrations, although I think the vast majority of Americans 594 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,280 Speaker 1: now and this bears out in polling, are even okay 595 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 1: with pausing legal immigration for the time being until we 596 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:36,360 Speaker 1: get this crazy chaotic border situation under control. But I digress. 597 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:44,920 Speaker 1: Republicans are opposed to illegal immigration. America is the most 598 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,879 Speaker 1: generous country on the face of the planet. We let 599 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:54,319 Speaker 1: in millions of legal immigrants every single year who come 600 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:59,200 Speaker 1: here legally. There's no other nation on the face of 601 00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:04,279 Speaker 1: the planet that does that. We are under no obligation 602 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:09,880 Speaker 1: to take a single illegal alien. Any argument that is 603 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:16,839 Speaker 1: presented to you to the contrary to me is irrelevant. 604 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: There's a process that people should use to come into 605 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:27,120 Speaker 1: this country legally, the right way, and if you need 606 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:30,279 Speaker 1: if there is a real asylum claim that you have, 607 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: not economic asylum, that's not the point. That's not why asylum. 608 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,960 Speaker 1: That's not why asylum claim. That's not why asylum was 609 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,840 Speaker 1: designed in the first place. There's no economic asylum. Is 610 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:42,480 Speaker 1: just because you feel like you can't get a job 611 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 1: in your country, you can't make as much in your country. 612 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 1: That's not a reason to come here illegally. It's not 613 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,080 Speaker 1: a reason to come to America and make an asylum claim, 614 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: which many people do. They just think that they can 615 00:36:56,120 --> 00:37:00,600 Speaker 1: make more here. No, I'm talking real life or death politicals. 616 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:07,000 Speaker 1: I'm even okay with making accommodations for that. But America, 617 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,960 Speaker 1: like if we are, for the last twenty plus years, 618 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 1: we have spent American blood and treasure securing other people's border. 619 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:17,320 Speaker 1: It is high time, beyond time to protect our own. 620 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:21,120 Speaker 1: And I'm glad hag Seth is down there checking check 621 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:24,840 Speaker 1: this out. There is Secretary hag Seth with Tom Homan 622 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,440 Speaker 1: trooping the line is what it's called trooping the line 623 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:48,319 Speaker 1: down at the southern borders. Listen, watch, so listen. Part 624 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 1: of the reason why am I platoon, why I'm proud 625 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,879 Speaker 1: of you know, you know, killed three hundred and fifty 626 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:59,640 Speaker 1: enemy fighters and sure terrorists, really really really bad people, 627 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:03,120 Speaker 1: some of the worst or the worst, not a single civilian. 628 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,920 Speaker 1: Part of the reason why my unit was so effective 629 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,960 Speaker 1: And just go with me here because this ties to 630 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: what's happening at our southern border right now. Part of 631 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,880 Speaker 1: the reason why we were so lethal, we were so effective, 632 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,840 Speaker 1: is that we had politicians off of our back. We 633 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:28,000 Speaker 1: were allowed to do and conduct our mission. Power was 634 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,480 Speaker 1: given to the smallest level, was passed down to the 635 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:35,920 Speaker 1: smallest level for tactical ground commanders to make calls that 636 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,239 Speaker 1: they thought were in the best interests of their troops. 637 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,120 Speaker 1: We were allowed to close with and destroy the enemy. 638 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:46,040 Speaker 1: We were allowed to use extraordinary American firepower, whether it's 639 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:51,280 Speaker 1: mortar's artillery, rotary wing assets, or fixed wing assets to 640 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:55,320 Speaker 1: destroy the enemy. We didn't have in overly restrictive rules 641 00:38:55,360 --> 00:39:02,480 Speaker 1: of engagement, and interestingly enough, when we were empowered to 642 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:07,359 Speaker 1: do our jobs as warfighters, as the infantry, we did 643 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:15,360 Speaker 1: it exceptionally well. Not a single civilian death. When civilian 644 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:19,120 Speaker 1: deaths started to occur at Afghanistan is when they removed 645 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:24,200 Speaker 1: that power from tactical ground combatant commanders, and all of 646 00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:27,400 Speaker 1: a sudden, the approval authority for an airstrike was up 647 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,680 Speaker 1: up at a general that might take ten minutes from 648 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,840 Speaker 1: ground to the general to a strategic level asset to 649 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 1: give them clearance of fires or not. Sometimes, American troops 650 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:42,360 Speaker 1: in Afghanistan and definitely in Iraq as the war drew on, 651 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,360 Speaker 1: you weren't even allowed to return fire in the vicinity 652 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,960 Speaker 1: of an Afghan or Iraqi home. That's insane to me 653 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,680 Speaker 1: when our politicians and our generals do something like that 654 00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 1: to the warfighters, they communicate to the warfighters that the 655 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:03,360 Speaker 1: lives of the enemy are more important than American troops. 656 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,640 Speaker 1: To me, I mean, that's just how American troops take it, 657 00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 1: that they're just cannon fodder, that my bosses will sacrifice 658 00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:13,560 Speaker 1: my life and not allow me to do my job 659 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:15,520 Speaker 1: and to return fire. Because believe me when I tell you, 660 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:21,120 Speaker 1: American troops with with good officers on the ground. And 661 00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,880 Speaker 1: by the way, the vast vast majority of young platoon 662 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,800 Speaker 1: leaders and officers in the American military, they know when 663 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,439 Speaker 1: to shoot or not. They know when to return fire 664 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,200 Speaker 1: or not. You don't need some general telling it. But 665 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:34,840 Speaker 1: the reason why we're so effective is because we've got 666 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,799 Speaker 1: to do our job. That's the point. And if you 667 00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:40,600 Speaker 1: look at so many of these videos with heg Seth 668 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,840 Speaker 1: at the border with Tom Homan, what you see on 669 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:49,440 Speaker 1: the faces of our troops, big smiles. What you see 670 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:54,200 Speaker 1: on the faces of our border patrol, big smiles, they're happy. 671 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:58,760 Speaker 1: Why do you think that is because our border patrol 672 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,240 Speaker 1: they get to do their job, they get to protect 673 00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:07,560 Speaker 1: this country. They're not just helping illegal aliens flood into 674 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,000 Speaker 1: our country, which is what they were doing under Biden. No, 675 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,239 Speaker 1: they get to protect our borders, which is what they 676 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:18,240 Speaker 1: signed up to do. American troops down there with Pete Haiksat, 677 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:21,759 Speaker 1: Secretary of Haig say, they get to protect our sovereign nation, 678 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:27,960 Speaker 1: not some other nations border America. That is why these 679 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:31,160 Speaker 1: men and women signed up to protect this country. These 680 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,240 Speaker 1: men and women who joined the military and the border patrol, 681 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,880 Speaker 1: they volunteer to do it, and when they're given the 682 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:41,840 Speaker 1: opportunity and empowered to make calls on the ground that 683 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,840 Speaker 1: they think are in the best interest of protecting this country, 684 00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:50,200 Speaker 1: they do their job exceptionally well and they're extraordinarily fulfilled 685 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,439 Speaker 1: doing it. Not saying that it doesn't suck. Sometimes, Yeah, 686 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:58,359 Speaker 1: if a cartel gang banger in Mexico is shooting at 687 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,479 Speaker 1: you from across the border, yeah that sucks. It sucks 688 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,960 Speaker 1: getting shot at It's not fun. But the point is 689 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:07,280 Speaker 1: they get to do their job and for Pete Haigsath 690 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:11,120 Speaker 1: and Tom Homan to be there. I'm telling you so 691 00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:14,960 Speaker 1: much about leadership. What do I tell you, folks? So 692 00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:21,839 Speaker 1: much about leadership is just showing up, you know, when 693 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:25,640 Speaker 1: you're a platoon leader in combat, your job is to 694 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:29,239 Speaker 1: be the first into the fight. Your job as an 695 00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:32,359 Speaker 1: infantry platoon leader is to lead the assault, first into 696 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:36,640 Speaker 1: the fire, last off the battlefield. When your soldiers are 697 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 1: tucked in the trenches and are in their fox holes 698 00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:42,399 Speaker 1: at night, it's your job when they're all, when they're 699 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:46,480 Speaker 1: all nestled in dug in like ticks, to go around 700 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:50,960 Speaker 1: troop the line to check on them, and then further. 701 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:56,799 Speaker 1: The very best platoon leaders in combat orient themselves at 702 00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:01,560 Speaker 1: the exact spot they believe contact will be heaviest. That 703 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:07,960 Speaker 1: is a leader's job to show up. You don't inspire 704 00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:12,920 Speaker 1: your troops or your people sitting behind a desk. You 705 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:18,840 Speaker 1: inspire your people through action. It doesn't mean listen. It 706 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,360 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you have to have all the answers. You won't. 707 00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:24,680 Speaker 1: I could certainly tell you I was not an I mean, 708 00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:26,520 Speaker 1: I knew how to fire an M two forty Bravo 709 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,680 Speaker 1: machine gun. I knew how to fire a Mark nineteen 710 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:32,560 Speaker 1: grenade launcher. I knew I had to fire a fifty 711 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:36,520 Speaker 1: caliber machine gun on one of our gun trucks. I 712 00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:39,280 Speaker 1: knew how to operate every weapon system in my consuming. 713 00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,680 Speaker 1: But I wasn't an expert. My soldiers were freaking amazing 714 00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,040 Speaker 1: with those weapons systems. They were the experts. You don't 715 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,600 Speaker 1: have to have all the expertise in the world. You 716 00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:50,200 Speaker 1: just got to show up. You just got to show 717 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:53,520 Speaker 1: your men or your people, men and women. Back to 718 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:54,840 Speaker 1: the back of my day, it was just men in 719 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,040 Speaker 1: the infantry. But you just got to show your people 720 00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:59,959 Speaker 1: that you're willing to do what they are that they're doing. 721 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,920 Speaker 1: You're willing to put yourself at risk. And so for 722 00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:06,759 Speaker 1: Tom Homan and Pete Hegseth and there are first one 723 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:08,799 Speaker 1: of their first trips to show up down there with 724 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,640 Speaker 1: these men and women who are holding the line for 725 00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:16,840 Speaker 1: America on our southern border. It means a lot. It 726 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,719 Speaker 1: means a lot to those to the men and women 727 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:21,440 Speaker 1: to the border patrol, and it means a lot to 728 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:24,319 Speaker 1: our troops who are down there holding the line for 729 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:30,040 Speaker 1: our country. Because it's not easy. You know, you have 730 00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:33,640 Speaker 1: a trillion dollar essentially Democrat super pac in the American 731 00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:39,360 Speaker 1: media constantly attacking President Trump and Republicans and Secretary of 732 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:44,360 Speaker 1: Hexath making up all these false stories ironically arguing for 733 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:49,560 Speaker 1: what is essentially the invasion of our country. I mean, 734 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:54,640 Speaker 1: the media, they were completely fine for four years of 735 00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:59,000 Speaker 1: open borders under Biden. Realized that they never pushed Joe Biden. 736 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:02,200 Speaker 1: They didn't even they didn't even question for a second 737 00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:08,359 Speaker 1: Biden's mental fitness, his cognitive health. I mean, seriously think 738 00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:14,200 Speaker 1: about that. I mean, they not only did they not 739 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:21,399 Speaker 1: aggressively report on the border, they essentially advocated for a 740 00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:25,360 Speaker 1: position which facilitated the invasion of our country during a 741 00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:29,000 Speaker 1: time where we still face very grave asymmetric threats to 742 00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:34,719 Speaker 1: our country, you see. And then it's just kind of 743 00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:38,480 Speaker 1: unbelievable to me. And so it isn't going to be 744 00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:41,359 Speaker 1: easy for these men and women on the border protecting us, 745 00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,480 Speaker 1: because they are going to be attacked both by the 746 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:46,759 Speaker 1: cartels if they're on the case in the case of 747 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:49,040 Speaker 1: the southern border, and they're going to be attacked by 748 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,719 Speaker 1: the American media, and they're going to be attacked by 749 00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:55,759 Speaker 1: Democrats in Congress for whatever reason they want this invasion 750 00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:01,640 Speaker 1: and Trump President Trump over the weekkend after the show 751 00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:03,439 Speaker 1: on Friday, I think it maybe have been right before 752 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:05,640 Speaker 1: the show on Friday, I can't quite remember. He put 753 00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:08,640 Speaker 1: a twenty five percent tariff both on Mexico and Canada 754 00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:12,640 Speaker 1: and a ten percent tariff on China. And his reasoning 755 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:16,960 Speaker 1: was like, hey, listen, Canada and Mexico, they allow illegal 756 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:20,440 Speaker 1: aliens to flow into our country, and they allow fentanyl 757 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,680 Speaker 1: to flow into our country. And until they make a commitment, 758 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:28,160 Speaker 1: a real tangible commitment to stop that, they're going to 759 00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:32,480 Speaker 1: pay these twenty five percent tariffs. And let me tell you, 760 00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:36,919 Speaker 1: let me tell you something. The media all weekend long, 761 00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:42,360 Speaker 1: along with the Democrats, freaked out about it, said Trump 762 00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:43,920 Speaker 1: is going to get us President Trump is going to 763 00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:47,760 Speaker 1: get us into a trade war. Oh and Chuck Schumer, 764 00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:52,040 Speaker 1: the Senate minority leader, did a press conference. It's ah, 765 00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:56,359 Speaker 1: super Bowl weekends coming up, and he pulls out like 766 00:46:56,520 --> 00:47:00,359 Speaker 1: he pulls out a corona, not even exaggerating. He's at 767 00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:02,680 Speaker 1: the podium. He pulls out of corona and he goes, 768 00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:06,000 Speaker 1: next super Bowl weekend, this beer, this beer is made 769 00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:09,319 Speaker 1: in Mexico. Price of that beer is gonna go up. 770 00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:13,480 Speaker 1: And then from underneath the podium he pulls up an 771 00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:19,160 Speaker 1: avocado and he's like, oh, you like wacam ally. Guess 772 00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:22,959 Speaker 1: what guacam ally dip Jess has gotta go up because 773 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:26,719 Speaker 1: trumpident Trump has created this trade war blah blah blah. Meanwhile, 774 00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:32,120 Speaker 1: and again, what they're essentially arguing for here is that 775 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:36,520 Speaker 1: the invasion should continue and there should be no repercussions 776 00:47:36,560 --> 00:47:41,160 Speaker 1: on Mexico or Canada for imbalanced trade agreements. There should 777 00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:44,360 Speaker 1: be no repercussions on Canada or Mexico for allowing fentanyl 778 00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,600 Speaker 1: to flow into our country. And by the way, number 779 00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:49,839 Speaker 1: one killer of Americans aged eighteen to forty five, over 780 00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:52,920 Speaker 1: two hundred thousand. President Trump's today, over two hundred thousand 781 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,960 Speaker 1: Americans dead from fentanyl. That to me, to me is 782 00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:59,320 Speaker 1: almost like a weapon of mass destruction manufactured in China, 783 00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:02,279 Speaker 1: exploited by the cartels, help ship into the country by 784 00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:05,680 Speaker 1: the cartels, killing Americans, two hundred thousand dead. A bomb 785 00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:08,080 Speaker 1: was dropped. God, I hope this never ever happens. But 786 00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:12,759 Speaker 1: if two hundred thousand people were killed in an attack, like, 787 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:17,399 Speaker 1: do you think that might like piss some Americans off? Yeah, 788 00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:22,839 Speaker 1: it's the commander in chief's job to protect the American people. So, Harry, 789 00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:26,200 Speaker 1: you have Chuck Schumer. Seriously, your beer's gonna get more expensive, 790 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,960 Speaker 1: your Guak's gonna get more expensive. Meanwhile, we have had 791 00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:32,720 Speaker 1: over over ten point five million people flow into this country. 792 00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:35,120 Speaker 1: And that's just the godaways. Under four years under President Biden, 793 00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,799 Speaker 1: the number is likely over twenty million. We don't know 794 00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:41,879 Speaker 1: who these people are, we don't know where they came from. 795 00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,719 Speaker 1: And five hundred thousand, between three hundred and fifty and 796 00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:49,880 Speaker 1: five hundred thousand missing children sold into slavery or sex trafficked. 797 00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:55,000 Speaker 1: But the Democrats messaging is hey, your price of beer 798 00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:58,360 Speaker 1: and guak is gonna go up to even hear yourself. 799 00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:00,919 Speaker 1: This is why I say, not only is the party lost, 800 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,920 Speaker 1: but President Trump is right on the money with this stuff. 801 00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,200 Speaker 1: Here's President Trump talking about. So the interesting thing is 802 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:12,520 Speaker 1: is that Canada, after after three days of historyonics by 803 00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:18,319 Speaker 1: the media, Canada went back on. Canada said, Okay, we're 804 00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:20,160 Speaker 1: gonna send ten thousand troops to the border and we're 805 00:49:20,160 --> 00:49:21,919 Speaker 1: gonna do everything we can. And we see what what 806 00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:24,200 Speaker 1: what what what they actually said They're gonna do here 807 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:28,800 Speaker 1: ten thousand troops dispatched to safeguard the border under Trump's pressure. 808 00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:33,920 Speaker 1: Looks like Trudeau concedes a thirty day delay on US tariffs, 809 00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:38,200 Speaker 1: US Mexico Joint Force Joint Joint Force to Combat Crime 810 00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:41,200 Speaker 1: in the Flow of fentthanols, so basically, Mexico and Canada 811 00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:48,120 Speaker 1: both capitulated to President Trump's demand. So look, Canada Mexico 812 00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:51,000 Speaker 1: both capitulate. Also, if you're still listening watching, which are 813 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:52,600 Speaker 1: no thousands of you are, make sure you smash that 814 00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:55,480 Speaker 1: like button, the little green thumb, little gray thumb beneath 815 00:49:55,520 --> 00:49:58,319 Speaker 1: the video. When you smash it, it turns green. Let's try 816 00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:00,600 Speaker 1: to get to four hundred likes before the end of 817 00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,600 Speaker 1: the show. Let's try to do it, folks. So a 818 00:50:03,719 --> 00:50:08,520 Speaker 1: couple of days of President Trump just threatening tarriffs and 819 00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:11,480 Speaker 1: Mexico and Canada have both come to the table and said, okay, 820 00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:14,520 Speaker 1: send ten thousand troops to the border. We're gonna do 821 00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:17,640 Speaker 1: a hell of a lot more to stop the flow 822 00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:23,960 Speaker 1: of fentanyl and into the country. And Mexican authorities today 823 00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:27,719 Speaker 1: just today captured and detained the leader of Cartel Day, 824 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,759 Speaker 1: Norris Day. His name is El Ricky a Neworre is 825 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:34,440 Speaker 1: Cartel Lear And for people that might not know, and 826 00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,560 Speaker 1: by the way, this is from our friend Dan Nunn 827 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,759 Speaker 1: over at the NUN Report. If you're not following Dan 828 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:40,479 Speaker 1: Nunn at the NUN Report, you should do it because 829 00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:47,360 Speaker 1: he's got a good show. But Canada tariffs or Canada 830 00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:49,719 Speaker 1: already hits America with tariffs. Do you know this right? 831 00:50:50,239 --> 00:50:52,319 Speaker 1: So people that are like Trump's gonna start a trade 832 00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:55,480 Speaker 1: what no our trade arrangements with Canada and Mexico are 833 00:50:55,520 --> 00:51:02,239 Speaker 1: in are just unjustly. They're just unjustly imbaut. I mean, 834 00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:06,120 Speaker 1: Canada hits America with a two hundred and seventy percent 835 00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,960 Speaker 1: cheese two hundred and forty five percent, tara butter two 836 00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:12,120 Speaker 1: ninety eight, chicken two thirty eight, sausage is sixty nine 837 00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:15,080 Speaker 1: point nine percent, barley seed fifty seven percent, bovine meat 838 00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:18,200 Speaker 1: twenty five percent, cars twenty five percent, h back forty 839 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,719 Speaker 1: five percent, vacuums thirty five percent, cable boxes thirty You 840 00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:27,839 Speaker 1: get the gist, right, Canada is already I fear they are. 841 00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:31,840 Speaker 1: They're screwing us over in an unfair trade agreement. So 842 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,520 Speaker 1: President Trump is, we have all the leverage, We have 843 00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:39,400 Speaker 1: a bigger, more powerful economy. President Trump is right to 844 00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:42,760 Speaker 1: advocate for the American people and fight for better deals. 845 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:44,880 Speaker 1: And it took three days in the case of Canada 846 00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:48,840 Speaker 1: and Mexico to do it. They both come, both Canada 847 00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:51,840 Speaker 1: and Mexico both come to the table to negotiate with 848 00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:57,799 Speaker 1: President Trump. So you see the media three days of historyonics, uh, 849 00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:00,799 Speaker 1: Chuck Schumer pulling out a cana corona and an avocado 850 00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:02,920 Speaker 1: threatening people that their beer and guac will go up. 851 00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:06,840 Speaker 1: History onics for nothing because what President Trump did worked 852 00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:11,200 Speaker 1: and it worked really well. One of the other things 853 00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:14,239 Speaker 1: that Secretary haiks that did over the weekend, I think 854 00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:20,240 Speaker 1: it was Friday night, the Pentagon informed the press corps 855 00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:24,719 Speaker 1: there that NBC, The New York Times, and NPR and 856 00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:28,040 Speaker 1: Politico will rotate out of the building to give space 857 00:52:28,880 --> 00:52:31,239 Speaker 1: to the New York Post Bright part O a n 858 00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:35,200 Speaker 1: in the Huffington Post. So the media of they have 859 00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:39,360 Speaker 1: been melting down about this. Now here's the deal, folks, 860 00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:43,320 Speaker 1: these media outlets. Look, you're talking NBC, New York Times, NPR, 861 00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:49,279 Speaker 1: and Politico. They all have offices in the Pentagon. I'm 862 00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:51,239 Speaker 1: not sure if they pay rent for these offices or not, 863 00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:54,840 Speaker 1: but they all have offices given to them by the 864 00:52:54,880 --> 00:53:02,680 Speaker 1: Department of Defense. Full access. Now, why should NBC, The 865 00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:07,680 Speaker 1: New York Times, NPR and Politico have exclusive access to 866 00:53:07,719 --> 00:53:11,960 Speaker 1: these office spaces. No one's saying they can't go to 867 00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:16,400 Speaker 1: the press briefing every single day. They haven't been kicked 868 00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:20,600 Speaker 1: out I mean, their press passes haven't been revoked. We're 869 00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:24,719 Speaker 1: just saying the Pentagon is just saying New York posts, Breitbart, 870 00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:26,480 Speaker 1: o N and the Huffington Post, now we'll get a 871 00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:30,520 Speaker 1: chance to post up in these offices, give access to 872 00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:36,080 Speaker 1: more media outlets. It seems to me to be very 873 00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:40,560 Speaker 1: eminently reasonable. But the media has been freaking out about 874 00:53:40,560 --> 00:53:44,200 Speaker 1: that too. They've been saying, I mean, people have been saying, 875 00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:47,960 Speaker 1: just say, you know, this is how propaganda happened. Oh, 876 00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:53,520 Speaker 1: this is how this is for propaganda purposes. Really, the 877 00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,400 Speaker 1: huff Post was allowed to set up an off The 878 00:53:56,480 --> 00:54:01,520 Speaker 1: huff Post isn't exactly known for being a bastion of conservatism, 879 00:54:01,600 --> 00:54:04,520 Speaker 1: and this isn't This is only an effect till twenty 880 00:54:04,560 --> 00:54:08,440 Speaker 1: twenty six, and then I'm sure there might even be 881 00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:10,640 Speaker 1: a rotation before that. I don't know where. We're rotating 882 00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:12,319 Speaker 1: people in and out of these offices. To give other 883 00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:16,680 Speaker 1: media outlets a chance seems eminently fair to me. So 884 00:54:16,719 --> 00:54:20,000 Speaker 1: the point is is that the media, they're going to 885 00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:26,040 Speaker 1: do whatever they can to smear what, you know, President Trump, 886 00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:29,400 Speaker 1: and in this case Secretary Haig set do because they 887 00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:34,360 Speaker 1: have nothing else. President Trump is wildly popular. What Secretary 888 00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,520 Speaker 1: higg set is doing. Is is also wildly popular. This 889 00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:41,400 Speaker 1: is why people voted for President Trump. And did you 890 00:54:41,440 --> 00:54:44,880 Speaker 1: see the story with Walter Reed where Walter Reid has 891 00:54:44,920 --> 00:54:48,160 Speaker 1: been flooded for god knows how long. I assume most 892 00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:50,160 Speaker 1: of the Biden administration you wouldn't know, because then a 893 00:54:50,200 --> 00:54:52,560 Speaker 1: single Pentagon press reporter went down there to report on 894 00:54:52,600 --> 00:54:54,680 Speaker 1: the condition of Walter Reed, at least to my knowledge, 895 00:54:55,280 --> 00:55:01,040 Speaker 1: but the hospital was flooded and it was discovered by 896 00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,520 Speaker 1: Secretary Hegseth and some of his senior advisors this weekend. 897 00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:10,160 Speaker 1: And immediately Secretary of Defense responds, this story is real, 898 00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:14,880 Speaker 1: we know about it. We're gonna fix it. But my 899 00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:18,680 Speaker 1: question is, seriously, you're the Secretary of Defense, Austin. Look, 900 00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,160 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to throw shade at people who have 901 00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:22,880 Speaker 1: left the office, but if you're the Secretary of Defense, 902 00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:26,040 Speaker 1: your Secretary of Defense Austin, and you know the condition, 903 00:55:26,320 --> 00:55:30,040 Speaker 1: the horrible condition of Walter Reed, and you're not saying 904 00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:32,799 Speaker 1: to the President of the United States and President Biden, hey, sir, 905 00:55:33,880 --> 00:55:41,040 Speaker 1: like I don't care about deferred maintenance. Okay, I don't 906 00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:44,120 Speaker 1: care about deferred maintenance. This hospital should be in better condition. 907 00:55:45,320 --> 00:55:48,480 Speaker 1: This hospital. You know, houses are wounded warriors. Find the 908 00:55:48,480 --> 00:55:51,359 Speaker 1: money and the buttery. I don't care, do what's necessary 909 00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:55,520 Speaker 1: to fix this hospital. So okay, Secretary Defense doesn't do that. 910 00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:57,520 Speaker 1: But what about the three star in charge of Walter Reed? 911 00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:00,799 Speaker 1: How is whoever that person? How is that person not 912 00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:02,920 Speaker 1: going to the Secretary of Defense every day saying I 913 00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:05,080 Speaker 1: need the money to fix this hospital. This is unacceptable. 914 00:56:05,680 --> 00:56:09,880 Speaker 1: How about the doctors, how about whistleblowers? Anybody? The media, nobody, 915 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:15,040 Speaker 1: nobody decided that this was important to report on. Our 916 00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:17,800 Speaker 1: war fighters deserve better, and under the Trump administration and 917 00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:19,880 Speaker 1: Secretary Hegseeth, they're going to get a hell of a 918 00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:24,040 Speaker 1: lot better. Okay, let me tell you first of all, 919 00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:28,960 Speaker 1: Codure Shawn's chicken fund, Well, thank you, Codure, But admittedly 920 00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:31,640 Speaker 1: we do not need any more chickens in Fort Parnell 921 00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:36,320 Speaker 1: and Regina, she said. Sean and Mellley keep supporting the kids. Regina, 922 00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:40,239 Speaker 1: thank you, and to Cadre, thank you both for the 923 00:56:40,440 --> 00:56:45,680 Speaker 1: rumble rants tips really appreciate it. Doc, Doc says, rumble 924 00:56:45,719 --> 00:56:48,520 Speaker 1: for Shawn's flannel fund. Yeah, look that's what I do. 925 00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:51,680 Speaker 1: This is that says right? Wait, wait, I'm not a 926 00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:54,520 Speaker 1: weather person. So it's all backwards. This says Poncho right here, 927 00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:58,280 Speaker 1: best shirts in the world. No, Poncho doesn't Poncho doesn't 928 00:56:58,320 --> 00:57:03,000 Speaker 1: pay me. But anyways, folks, pay attention to some of 929 00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:07,360 Speaker 1: some of the announcements that are being made by President Trump. 930 00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:10,239 Speaker 1: There might be a pretty cool one coming down the pike. 931 00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:15,640 Speaker 1: All the President Trump's announcements are amazing, but smash that 932 00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:17,960 Speaker 1: like button on your way out. And as always, folks, 933 00:57:18,120 --> 00:57:21,480 Speaker 1: I will see you tomorrow. Thanks for tuning into Battleground Live. 934 00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:24,280 Speaker 1: That's it for us tonight. God bless you all, God 935 00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:26,760 Speaker 1: bless this amazing country that we call home. Take care, 936 00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:28,760 Speaker 1: good night. I will see you tomorrow.