Mid-Day Update: April 13, 2024
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Summary
Trump calls the FISA bill terrible. Speaker Mike Johnson went to Mar-A-Lago to explain his actions to President Trump. The Speaker voted in support of the FISA reauthorization bill, which means it passed, giving the FBI and intel agencies license to spy on all Americans without a warrant. President Trump called on Congress to kill that bill and to protect, not shred, the Constitution.
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I'm Lou Dobbs with The Great America Show Midday Update for Saturday, April 13th.
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Speaker Mike Johnson went to Mar-a-Lago to explain his actions to President Trump.
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The Speaker going to the woodshed, if you will.
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The Speaker voted in support of the FISA reauthorization bill, which means it passed,
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giving the FBI and intel agencies license to spy on all Americans without a warrant.
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President Trump called on Congress to kill that bill and to protect, not shred, the Constitution.
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As far as I'm concerned, Johnson and the 86 Republicans who voted for that bill are no better than traitors.
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They trampled the Constitution and the rights of American citizens to both their privacy and due process of law.
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After that meeting at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump called for a united party,
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but still insisted the FISA bill Johnson just passed is, quote, terrible.
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Goofball Marxist mayor bankrupting New York City with help from the city council.
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The Marxist New York City Council opening its meeting by praising Allah, calling him the supreme lord of the world.
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And New York City has almost a million and a half Muslims and is a crime-ridden cesspool.
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Street violence is out of control, taxes are the highest in the country, and only federal taxpayer dollars are keeping the city afloat.
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Between praying to Allah, bringing in hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens, and rampant crime, the city is in outright crisis.
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And that's left a record number of office buildings empty.
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The vacancy rate in New York has worsened over the past year.
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Almost 20% of the city offices are now vacant, 18.1% in the first quarter of this year.
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At this rate, New York City will be going bankrupt.
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This is Lou Dobbs with the Great America Midday Update.