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00:02:08.000This is Andrew Colvett, executive producer of This Fine Show, and I'm joined by Blake Neff, another one of our producers, and the man himself, Charlie Kirk, who's going to be doing some smiling.
00:02:21.000Yeah, so Charlie woke up this morning with his voice.
00:02:28.000You said, you told the audience, you warned him, actually, that you were going to work harder this year than any other previous election, any other previous year of your career.
00:02:39.000And I think what you've done this last week Is a testament to how hard you work.
00:02:44.000You have been crisscrossing the country.
00:03:45.000And, you know, the FBI saying there's nothing to see here, folks, except for the fact that Iran hacked the Trump campaign, sounds like in July, and then sent those emails to the then Biden campaign.
00:04:32.000And that's basically all we have at this point.
00:04:36.000They don't say what the information was.
00:04:39.000They claim that the Democrats didn't make use of it and the Democrats claim they've been cooperating with the FBI.
00:04:50.000So we don't really have too much more off of it.
00:04:53.000Obviously, Trump has made much more off of it.
00:04:56.000I think it's very funny in general that this is a story, but it's a lot more muted than
00:05:02.000certain things you may recall in 2020 or 2016 where, oh my god, they're hacking the Democrats.
00:05:11.000This is an attack on our democracy. You remember all of the talk like that.
00:05:16.000And of course we had approximately half a million, well exactly, okay it was 50, 50 intel experts, intel veterans who released that statement saying don't believe anything that comes out.
00:05:32.000Bad about the Biden campaign because it's going to be Russian disinfo and you you notably are not Seeing them run ahead of the ball here where oh anything you release is going to be bad bad Iranian disinfo because they're worried about Trump and In fact, if anything, I feel like this story is setting up the opposite.
00:05:50.000That they're saying, oh, the Democrats didn't leak it.
00:05:54.000But if something bad about Trump drops in the last two weeks, I think the posture will be, well, presumably it's true because Iran got it directly from the Trump campaign.
00:06:05.000So I think we're already seeing how reaction to these things can play out very differently through a partisan lens.
00:06:13.000Yeah, Blake, that was my take as well here.
00:06:15.000And if we roll back the clock, and gosh, Charlie, I remember doing this with you in some detail, is the fact that You know, actually, authorities had Hunter Biden's laptop all the way going back to October of 2019, and then spent a year getting ahead of that story in order to shield culpability from bad actors, namely Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and anybody else attached to that story.
00:06:43.000So they were doing tabletop exercises in Aspen with social media companies on how to get ahead of disinformation.
00:06:52.000There was a concerted effort by the intel community to get ahead of that story.
00:06:56.000Conversely, this is saying this is all authentic.
00:07:00.000And the Democrats had nothing to do with it.
00:07:04.000And nothing to see here, folks, except for the fact that we're Really good soldiers and we're policing the foreign influence in our elections and so Trump has come out Let's go ahead and show image 96.
00:07:15.000I actually got a chuckle out of this because if you think about it Trump's on to something here actually because he's getting to just how Egregious this actually should be considered to be.
00:07:30.000Wow, just out the FBI caught Iran spying on my campaign and giving all the information to the Kamala Harris campaign.
00:07:37.000Therefore, she and her campaign were illegally spying on me to be known as the Iran, Iran, Iran case.
00:07:43.000Will Kamala resign in disgrace from politics?
00:07:46.000Will the communist left pick a new candidate to replace her?
00:07:49.000Obviously, that's not going to happen.
00:07:52.000But I think what Trump is doing is that He's getting ahead in his own way and sort of painting the stakes here and explaining this is a really, really big deal.
00:08:04.000If they were complicit in any way, if they accepted it, if they looked at these emails, if they passed them around.
00:08:10.000Now the FBI is saying they didn't do this.
00:08:13.000And Democrats are saying we have really stringent protocols in place to avoid Looking at suspicious emails or working with foreign actors inadvertently.
00:08:23.000So they're claiming that they're in the clear.
00:08:26.000But again, something smells here a little bit, and it's namely because we've seen the pattern of behavior from Democrats in the past.
00:08:34.000According to the FBI, it's kind of funny how they frame it.
00:08:38.000They make it sound like Iran basically sent unsolicited emails to people connected to the Democratic president, that is, Joe Biden, and it says there's no evidence that any of the recipients responded.
00:08:52.000And so I guess the defense is maybe all the emails literally just went into a spam filter.
00:08:58.000You know, it's like a like a Nigerian scam or or one of you know, one of those scam emails you can get and it just went spam filtered.
00:09:05.000It might not be the most sophisticated op, but it's also possible.
00:09:09.000This is just it's very telling what they don't say.
00:09:12.000There's no evidence any of them responded.
00:09:14.000That's not the same thing as them not seeing it.
00:09:18.000And like I said, I I'll have to double check this, but I'm pretty sure there's been a lot of rumors and discussion about hacked materials floating around about the Trump campaign and whether any of that will be used.
00:09:32.000My suspicion is kind of that there's probably not that much to it.
00:09:37.000In general, everything negative you are ever going to hear about Donald Trump and his campaign has been out there at this point.
00:09:46.000And so I'm not sure what Iran was going to find.
00:09:51.000This might matter if you were like a true blue Democrat believer who thinks that Trump really did collude with Russia, but he didn't.
00:09:58.000I will say, I will say that, you know, one of the first things that came to my mind is, you know, there is a lot of coordination going on with the campaign, the campaign sort of playing quarterback that, you know, with a lot of the GOTV effort.
00:10:13.000rule change. Now the campaign and the RNC can coordinate with different GOTV groups
00:10:19.000like Turning Point Action. So there is data being shared, there is different things being shared.
00:10:24.000And so you get the inside track on actual strategy that may be in play.
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00:12:41.000I don't think we know the answer here yet.
00:12:44.000And it seems like the FBI is doing everything they can to sort of shield them from culpability here, which again, is just completely different than the vibe that we got in the Hunter Biden laptop story or any number of other stories, where if Trump is implicated, then it's the worst possible There are real and serious threats.
00:13:06.000from our intel community and this seems like they're kind of trying to shield him from
00:13:59.000And it's also the ruling class versus the people.
00:14:03.000And when they set up this framing of Iran versus Trump, Russia versus Harris, what they're basically doing is, you know, your vote this November is voting for which country you're going to go to war with.
00:14:15.000But you've got to go to war with someone.
00:14:28.000Again, we basically have a story of Iran hacked some emails, and they do this over and over.
00:14:35.000It's always the temptation of the security state, the DC establishment, to stoke conflict with foreign powers, both because they benefit from it, and just because it's what they've been doing for decades.
00:14:48.000They don't really know another way to exist.
00:14:50.000Which is why they were so furious when Trump tried to choose a different path and they're so unhinged at the idea that he might come back in with a anti-war program.
00:15:02.000So we have to be alert to how they are framing these things because they would like nothing better than if they do get Trump back in to still drag us into some sort of dumb war that we absolutely do not need.
00:15:14.000We saw them try it many times in his first term.
00:15:18.000And this is I think this is the point that Yeah, the point that Charlie's making here is like, you know, Trump wins, we get Iran, a war with Iran.
00:15:27.000Kamala wins, we get a war with Russia.
00:15:29.000And to your point, Blake, I think it's something that we've talked about on the has become so bloated and so large and so powerful that they have a reason for being, right?
00:15:43.000Their reason for being is to look for potential conflicts everywhere.
00:16:35.000They're asserting the fact that America is going to be at a place of forever war, whether we like it or not.
00:16:42.000I'd like to flag, it's amazing that our security state is so eager to start, you know, at a minimum, look, can we please get a war with Iran at least if Trump wins?
00:16:50.000It's not talked about much, but in addition to humiliating, the humiliation in Afghanistan, Joe Biden's been losing another war right now.
00:16:59.000He's been, we've been bombing the Houthis in Yemen ever since October 7th and we have failed.
00:17:05.000If you check that conflict, the United States Navy has lost that war.
00:17:10.000The United States Air Force has lost that war.
00:17:12.000So, just another reason to not vote for continuing the war status quo.
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00:18:35.000There was some sort of mishap that happened with a canine unit that was doing sort of explosive work.
00:18:44.000They were trying to detect explosives with a canine unit.
00:18:47.000And that turned out, thankfully, to be a false alarm, according to Nassau PD.
00:18:52.000But it was actually sort of the story behind the story that there were so many people early in the morning already lining up for this rally in New York.
00:19:01.000Which, I have to say, Blake and Charlie, was one of the most high-energy, best rallies that Trump has hosted in some time.
00:19:11.000Now, I like to think that the one that Turning Point hosted in Gilbert was even better, And RFK endorsed him, you know, but perhaps I'm biased, but you could absolutely tell from the tone and tenor of President Trump yesterday evening that he loves being in New York.
00:19:28.000It's like something about being in his home state.
00:19:33.000And I think we saw that on full display last night.
00:19:36.000Yeah, we have some footage of the rally, which I think is quite electric.
00:19:42.000I didn't watch it myself, I was listening to Mark Halpern talk about it on his two-way yesterday.
00:19:49.000We like our Mark Halpern here, and he said, It fits into something we've talked about that Trump's campaign has really tried to this is weird to say like You know they've tried to show the soft more personal side of of Trump where he's often at his best You know like when he went to East Palestine when he's just sort of interacting with
00:20:10.000With people one-to-one, you get a lot of great content that can go very viral online.
00:20:15.000And I think that was a big reason he went to New York.
00:20:18.000He's going there, of course, to boost New York Republicans.
00:20:21.000A lot of New York Republicans really like Trump.
00:20:24.000But he's also going there because I think it gets him in his home element.
00:20:42.000I am announcing tonight that, as president, I will officially make the Ground Zero site at the World Trade Center a national monument, protected and maintained by the United States government, so that hallowed ground and the memory of those who perished there will be preserved for all time, preserved forever.
00:21:04.000Now, if you're a New Yorker, that is a pretty important thing to hear.
00:21:08.000I think it hits harder if you are from New York.
00:21:11.000Now, this is a debate that we talk about on this show.
00:21:14.000You know, Trump is not going to win New York, most likely, right?
00:21:58.000And it also matters that he's playing offense on their terrain.
00:22:01.000So it has a compounding effect, and I think a positive effect across many different channels, and it has many different impacts.
00:22:09.000And so whether or not he actually has a real chance to win New York, to me, is secondary to the fact that, A, it's a great place to raise money, B, you get viral clips, and C, you're saying to the world, we're confident in our campaign.
00:22:21.000And I believe when you do this and you play You are actually helping boost states like Virginia, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, these states that are sort of second tier targets for the campaign, that hey, if we run the inside straight on election night, and it turns out that we've got more support than the polling has indicated, you might end up picking off of Virginia.
00:22:50.000You might end up picking off a New Hampshire.
00:26:22.000carefully. Can you read it? Out loud? Sure. It says, Dear Liam, Happy 8th birthday.
00:26:48.000Mrs. Trump and I hope you enjoy this special occasion surrounded by the love of your family and friends.
00:26:54.000We are so encouraged by the strength and determination you have shown throughout your young life and send our love and best wishes to you as you continue to fight.
00:27:02.000Remember you are never alone and we are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers for continued health, for continued care and good health.
00:27:32.000Maybe it's just because I have three little kids, but that clip absolutely ruins me to see how happy this kid who's had such a tough life with this brain disorder reacting to President Trump, giving him a personal note there.
00:29:31.000So first of all, just in case people have forgotten or you weren't around here in the springtime when we first really started talking about this, what matters here?
00:29:40.000So Nebraska is one of two states, Maine is the other, that doesn't award all its electoral votes to the statewide winner automatically.
00:29:48.000Instead, they give single electoral votes For each district in the state.
00:29:54.000And that's not a great thing because one of Nebraska's districts is essentially just Omaha and the area immediately around it.
00:30:02.000And notably Joe Biden won that in 2020.
00:30:06.000I believe Barack Obama won it in 2008.
00:30:11.000And given Nebraska's overall a very Republican state, it's basically just handing Democrats a free electoral vote now in this election.
00:30:20.000In the past, that didn't matter too much, but due to the census realignment we've had since 2020, states have changed their electoral vote totals, and the situation is such that it's highly—it's not the most likely scenario, but it's quite plausible that we would get a 270 to 268 Democrat win.
00:30:41.000For example, if Kamala Harris holds on to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and we get the other swing states, That actually is a 270-268 Democrat win.
00:30:53.000If we make Nebraska win or take all, it's 269-269, goes to the House, we have a shot.
00:31:00.000There's other scenarios similar to that.
00:31:02.000So, we have been fighting very hard at this show to get Nebraska to convene a special legislative session and make their state win or take all In November.
00:31:42.000And we can't say everything that's happened.
00:31:44.000It'll probably make a funny story one day if this all works out.
00:31:47.000But what we can say is yesterday the entire Nebraska congressional delegation, so that's
00:31:53.000Mike Flood, Deb Fischer, Pete Ricketts, Don Bacon, and Adrian Smith, that's their House
00:31:58.000members and their senators, they all released a letter they had signed encouraging Governor
00:32:04.000Pillen and Speaker Arch of the Nebraska Legislature.
00:32:08.000They called on them to to implement winner-take-all.
00:32:12.000This is useful, I believe, because especially Don Bacon, he represents that Omaha district, and one of the justifications for not doing this is that it would make him more vulnerable in this election.
00:32:24.000So we want to praise him for, if there is that risk, that he sees that the country is more important.
00:32:30.000Winning this election is the most important thing.
00:32:34.000We also, I know this is going to sound funny to you, but Senator Lindsey Graham lady Graham was in we're gonna call him Lindsey Graham for this one.
00:32:45.000He also met with lawmakers in that state Encouraging them to adopt winner-take-all and really laying out why this is so important as a national issue This is not a Nebraska thing.
00:32:58.000This is of national importance and could save the country so We'll thank Senator Lindsey Graham for this one, for getting behind us on this issue.
00:33:07.000And so, we're not there yet, but there's momentum building for one last push.
00:33:12.000This is from the Nebraska Examiner, and basically one of the holdouts has been Senator Mike McDonald of Omaha, and he switched from Democrat to Republican earlier this year, but he said at the time he would never support winner-take-all.
00:33:29.000Five people attending the meeting confirmed that McDonald told the group he was looking for ways to get to yes.
00:33:39.000And then it's also from this, several who attended the meeting said some senators who had wavered earlier showed more support now for changing Nebraska to a winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes this year.