Steve and Maureen discuss the President's remarks at the pro-Second Amendment rally in Las Vegas on Saturday night and how he handled the situation. They also discuss the latest in the investigation into the shooting at the Washington National Cathedral.
00:05:22.000I think the audience here today is probably incredibly excited that J.D. Vance is intellectually, as an activist, as somebody who, his background with his military, his entrepreneurship, his service in the United States Senate.
00:05:44.000Somebody who can do an incredible job as a partner to President Trump.
00:06:13.000I was also the first member of Congress to endorse J.D. Vance.
00:06:18.000I jumped out there early because I did my homework, got to know him, learned about why he'd switched from being a never-Trumper to being a big MAGA Trump supporter.
00:07:03.000When J.D. Vance came in the Senate, he introduced the Senate counterpart to my bill.
00:07:09.000We have the exact same bill in the House and the Senate.
00:07:12.000J.D. is a champion for all the causes we care about, and I think he's going to make a remarkable vice president.
00:07:18.000And then we can judge him for his record serving alongside President Trump.
00:07:23.000Without question, what do you think, Moe?
00:07:25.000I think it's great to have someone that is so young.
00:07:28.000The fact that he's 39 years old, he can give a younger perspective, and he can get the younger voters out.
00:07:34.000You know, we see that, you know, we're not as strong in the younger voter category with the GOP.
00:07:43.000So, you know, he can bring out that younger vote with the bigger ideas that, you know, President Trump maybe hasn't thought of.
00:07:51.000There's no question. J.D. Vance really, also, I think politically speaking, in a vote-getting sense, really is going to help in that belt from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota.
00:08:08.000Those key battleground states that he can help President Trump in, he speaks to those voters directly.
00:08:15.000And I think that his background is going to help us in those key battleground states.
00:08:20.000The states that we went out and won when everybody said we were crazy in 2016.
00:08:26.000Because Trump spoke to the forgotten men and women of this country, and that's what J.D. is going to continue.
00:08:33.000Absolutely. That's why I supported President Trump.
00:08:36.000Way before I was political, way before I even thought about running for Congress.
00:08:40.000It's just what you said, David, is President Trump spoke to the forgotten American, and that's who J.D. Vance cares about.
00:08:47.000And his book showed that, all of his speeches, all of his issues.
00:08:52.000He cares about the American worker, and it really is exciting.
00:08:56.000What did you think about Sean O'Brien's, the head of the Teamsters Union speech last night?
00:09:54.000Every four years, they endorse the Democrat.
00:09:57.000But the working men and women on the floor, those factory workers, the pipe fitters, the steam fitters, the electricians, the auto workers, the men and women on the floor have supported Republican candidates after Republican candidates.
00:10:13.000Not the leadership, but the men and women who are paying the union dues.
00:10:16.000This seems to be the first union president to have his finger on the pulse of his membership.
00:10:23.000I got to be honest with you, that's a, this is a game changing moment for the Republican Party.
00:10:27.000Because if we can move forward, once President Trump wins and solidifies that over his next four years,
00:10:34.000and shows that the work to the, shows the working men and women that we do care, that we do, are going to give them those, those tax cuts and make them permanent.
00:10:43.000We're going to make sure that the illegal immigrants aren't coming here and taking their jobs.
00:10:59.000If you come here illegally, we're going to, we're going to have to send you back.
00:11:02.000Because America, under Joe Biden, under Joe Biden's economy, under Joe Biden's inflation disaster, America's going broke.
00:11:12.000I mean, we have, we have the greatest workforce in the world, and America's going broke because of just unbelievable and irresponsible spending on one hand by Joe Biden for four years.
00:11:26.000And then the open borders crisis, it caught, you say this so well, we, every town in America, I don't care where you are, is a border town because they're shipping illegal immigrants to those cities.
00:11:41.000And so you talk about taking beds in hospitals in the ER, you talk about urgent care, you talk about education, you talk about, no matter what you're trying to do, every community is impacted.
00:11:53.000And they're the community that has to pay the local taxes to then go to people who are not here legally.
00:12:00.000So Joe Biden has transformed this country, not in a good way.
00:12:05.000And so we have to win this November, and everybody listening, Steve's mantra, right, we are not sitting back.
00:12:13.000We are going to go out and work and fight for victory every single day between now and November 5th.
00:19:57.000And I viewed last night his entrance as really a continuation of that, that you are not going to keep him down no matter how hard you come after him, whether you impeach him, whether you impeach him again, whether you indict him, whether you indict him again and again and again and again, whether you try to take all of his money in a garbage civil suit or whether you shoot him.
00:20:49.000I felt it was palpable that the, that the people in that room who all had been to Trump rallies, right?
00:20:57.000This, these are the Americans that go to Trump rallies that are delegates to this convention and guests to this convention.
00:21:03.000And they all connect with those people who were wounded and that incredible family that lost their dad.
00:21:11.000Uh, and it is a, it is a true American tragedy that we are, we are here.
00:21:16.000Uh, and I hope that in the United States Senate, um, Senator, there needs to be a real investigation, uh, of what, what people knew and, and, and what actions were taken.
00:21:31.000The secret service to, and I love the men and women of the secret service, but the leadership of the secret service is different from the membership of the secret service, right?
00:21:42.000That's the, that's just by the way, just like Sean O'Brien last night, he's the head of the teamsters.
00:21:48.000And there's a difference sometimes historically between the leadership of unions and the men and women on the floor of the factories that they represent.
00:21:56.000And this is the first time it seems to be there together.
00:22:00.000Um, the secret service, the men and women who are so dedicated and, and through their bodies on president Trump, uh, that we're not talking about them.
00:22:11.000We're talking about the leadership of the United States secret service.
00:22:15.000And there needs to be a real investigation into the politicization of the secret service and the director of the secret service.
00:23:10.000They performed admirably and with heroism.
00:23:13.000It is a very different decision to say that the secret service leadership, the bureaucracy, all the way up to the political leadership, they had an absolute and total failure on Saturday.
00:23:29.000There is no excuse, none whatsoever, that there was not sufficient manpower to keep the president safe.
00:23:35.000There is no excuse that that roof was left unsecured, that there was not a secret service agent on that roof to begin with.
00:23:43.000There is no excuse that there was not sufficient counter snipers in place to have visibility of every elevated rooftop from which you, you, you could fire a shot.
00:23:53.000There is no excuse that they did not have aerial surveillance.
00:23:59.000And this was, I believe, and I lay out the evidence for it in the podcast verdict.
00:24:04.000I believe this was a political decision by a political appointee of this administration.
00:24:09.000And I think the consequences were deadly.
00:24:12.000I've joined with a number of other senators in demanding that the Senate Judiciary Committee hold an emergency hearing that we bring, bring in front of us.
00:24:21.000The director of the Secret Service, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the administrator of the FBI, the director of the FBI, and all three of them put them on record.
00:24:35.000And also, how many threats had been directed at Donald Trump?
00:24:40.000I'm willing to venture the number of threats directed to Trump is going to be orders of magnitude higher than anybody else.
00:24:46.000And, yes, they were still treating him with a half detail from a former president rather than with the detail merited as the leading candidate for president of the United States today.
00:24:57.000I think that was a political decision as well.
00:24:59.000Every one of those we need to get to the bottom of.
00:25:01.000And let's be clear, I think the director of the Secret Service needs to resign, and so does the Secretary of Homeland Security, because this failure was utterly unacceptable and this assassination attempt was completely preventable.
00:25:15.000And, Senator, I'm just going to add to this, as you may not know this, but I serve as co-chairman of the national convention here.
00:25:28.000And for the last 18 months, we have been fighting with the leadership of the United States Secret Service over the security here in Milwaukee.
00:25:37.000And maybe next week or in a couple of weeks, you and I can have a conversation, and I can detail for you, because that's a second level to what needs to be investigated.
00:25:47.000Because the leadership, that's 100% the political leadership, what was happening in the lead up to this convention.
00:25:55.000So, I just want to stop there and go ahead, Mo.
00:26:00.000Senator, I know you just said that the head of the Secret Service needs to resign.
00:26:05.000How do you feel, it came out yesterday, the head of the Secret Service feels and stated that they don't feel like they need to resign.
00:26:12.000So, what are your thoughts about that and the way forward, you addressed it about a hearing, but the way forward in order for us to get a change in the Secret Service, the head and the leadership?
00:26:26.000Well, unfortunately, in Biden world, no one has ever fired, no one has accountability, no consequences for massive screw-ups.
00:26:36.000You know, when Joe Biden had the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, it left 13 servicemen and women murdered, which, of course, Biden completely forgot that they existed during the debate.
00:26:49.000Nobody lost their job. Nobody was terminated. It was one of the most incompetent, disastrous military withdrawals in our nation's history.
00:27:01.000And everyone goes to get the pat on the back and keeps on going. The same is true here.
00:27:05.000Look, Secret Service has one job. One job. Protect the body. Protect the protectee.
00:27:13.000Yep. They failed utterly in that job. That job was a failure. The president was shot.
00:27:20.000That he is alive today has nothing to do with the Secret Service. It is entirely God's providence that at the very last minute, President Trump turned his head slightly.
00:27:32.000Had he not turned his head slightly, that same bullet would have taken the back of his head off and he would be dead right now.
00:27:39.000And the history of the world would be changed, and this would go down as an absolute disaster from Secret Service.
00:27:49.000He is dead because of the Secret Service's failure.
00:27:52.000That's right. We have to go to a break, Senator.
00:27:56.000We'll see if you can stay on the other side after this.
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00:30:03.000Every single day, we are seeing American citizens being assaulted.
00:30:08.000We're seeing children being raped by violent, illegal immigrants that Joe Biden and the Democrats are releasing.
00:30:16.000And so I'm going to be talking about Kate Steinle, the beautiful young woman in California murdered on a pier by an illegal immigrant who had been deported five separate times and let back in over and over and over again.
00:30:31.000I'm going to be talking about Rachel Morin, the beautiful mother of five murdered by an illegal alien released by Joe Biden.
00:30:40.000I'm going to be talking about Lakin Riley, the beautiful 22 year old woman out jogging murdered by an illegal alien that Joe Biden, the Democrats released.
00:30:51.000And I'm going to be talking about Jocelyn Nungary, the beautiful 12 year old girl in my hometown of Houston, Texas, who just a month ago was horrifically raped and murdered by two vicious monsters, illegal aliens.
00:32:58.000I mean, he's done a done an outstanding job as our senator.
00:33:02.000But I think maybe most important, it's the American story.
00:33:05.000Here's a here's a here's a kid from very humble beginnings who is now, I think, going to be the next vice president of the greatest nation in history on a ticket with the best president we've had, certainly in my lifetime.
00:33:20.000No, I think it was just an outstanding selection.
00:33:23.000And, you know, there's an old line in life.
00:33:25.000Never hurts to have smart people in charge.
00:33:51.000He speaks to the forgotten men and women.
00:33:54.000And what I was saying earlier in the show is he's going to help President Trump in the states that we, from an electoral standpoint, need the support, which is Pennsylvania.
00:34:06.000Ohio is obviously in great shape, but we obviously need to work hard.
00:34:11.000But Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, very similar voters across, which is how, when Steve and I were running the 2016 campaign, that's really what we hyper-focused on, the forgotten men and women speaking directly to the working class in those states.
00:37:07.000This is the most consequential election possibly in American history.
00:37:11.000We America is going to go one way or another.
00:37:15.000And when we were younger, man, if you use the term socialism, you know, they looked at you sideways because they said, oh, you can't say that.
00:37:28.000This radical left wing agenda that they are perpetrating on the American people for the last three years, three and a half years is the destruction of America.
00:37:38.000They want to fundamentally transform America.
00:38:27.000It's crazy to see states that have military installations or places that we have, you know, confidential or information for for the military.
00:40:01.000But you're a huge part of that trailer.
00:40:03.000You're a huge part of of of the movie.
00:40:05.000So some of the things you're talking about, you deal directly with in our film.
00:40:10.000And and President Trump, when he watched the film with me, was so struck by how you just put the things that you did so clearly and succinctly.
00:40:19.000And that's what we have to do in this campaign, because what you said is is so accurate, which is it's a stark difference.
00:42:30.000They watch how good President Trump performed.
00:42:33.000They saw the next day the great decisions from the Supreme Court where he had put three of those guys on the court, Gorsuch Cavanaugh and Coney Barrett.
00:48:38.000I'll be honest with everyone listening.
00:48:41.000I expected to receive a phone call after the assassination attempt saying that the president, you know, as you well understand, Dave, isn't going to come.
00:48:55.000He is so dedicated to the success of this film and the message of this film.
00:49:02.000We have a cast, and I'm going to try to find the cast list, but the cast is the who's who of the Make America Great Again movement.
00:49:16.000From Anna Paulina Luna to Jim Jordan to Matt Gaetz, Tom Homan, you name it, we had an incredible, incredible cast.
00:49:27.000The key star of the film is Donald Trump.
00:49:31.000And what he does in the film is no less than stunning, and he talks to the American people about what Joe Biden has done to destroy this country
00:49:43.000and what the Make America Great Again movement is going to do and what this posse who's listening can do to make sure we win in November.