The Great America Show - August 20, 2026


Mid-Day Update： August 20, 2026


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5 minutes

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855

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48

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Thursday, August 20th.
00:00:04.620 Happy Thursday, folks.
00:00:06.140 Some big news to report today.
00:00:07.940 Eric Swalwell finding himself in more hot water as each day goes by.
00:00:11.980 The news continues to get worse for Eric, or as I like to call him, Fang Fang Swalwell.
00:00:18.040 Some news out today.
00:00:19.500 Reportedly, Eric Swalwell, who's under investigation, received a nasty surprise.
00:00:24.080 FBI agents confronted Swalwell with a search warrant when he landed at San Francisco Airport
00:00:29.580 this Saturday. They then took the former congressman's electronic devices, including
00:00:33.600 his cell phone. It's reportedly part of a federal criminal investigation to alleged sexual misconduct.
00:00:39.640 The agents also entered Swalwell's home in D.C. on Sunday with warrants, and they seized additional
00:00:45.200 undisclosed potential evidence. Now, the former congressman maintains a resident there with his
00:00:50.300 wife and three children. You may recall he was living in the D.C. area rather than in California
00:00:56.580 where he had constituency. Imagine that. Swalwell's troubles continue and this probably is part of a
00:01:03.300 much broader, a much larger investigation into Swalwell and his missteps or lack thereof.
00:01:12.320 Scott Besson today speaking to the press slamming the rogue Marxist Dem AGs who have sued the Trump
00:01:19.500 administration over the tariff refunds, which is now costing the American people, and these judges
00:01:25.180 are trying to sell it some other way. Take a listen to Besant slamming these judges and the
00:01:29.700 Supreme Court, who quite honestly are responsible for this. What it says is that the Democratic
00:01:34.600 Attorney Generals, who filed a ridiculous lawsuit against this administration, wanted the money to
00:01:40.240 go back to the payer of record. So that is corporate welfare. The American people had that
00:01:47.820 money and if i hear another democratic legislator say make the inane remark the american people
00:01:53.720 should get the money the american people had the money in the u.s treasury and we were forced to
00:01:59.060 give it back but the using the 301s which have survived more than 5 000 suits that we will get
00:02:06.420 that tariff income back but what you are seeing is that we don't know the discount that target got
00:02:13.560 from the Chinese suppliers.
00:02:15.520 So, you know, this is a corporate bonanza,
00:02:19.760 which I said it would be at the time.
00:02:21.700 Like I said, you can thank the Supreme Court
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00:02:26.340 with these ridiculous, absurd tariff refunds.
00:02:31.240 Stephen Miller today offering some comments
00:02:32.960 on Trump 2.0 and the Democratic Socialists of America
00:02:36.340 who are seeking and trying to advance to destroy America.
00:02:40.980 Take a listen to Stephen Miller on Trump 2.0
00:02:43.040 and what they're doing to stop these Marxist Dems.
00:02:46.180 The legacy media, Sean, is fundamentally corrupt.
00:02:50.740 They are an extension of and arm of the Democrat Party.
00:02:54.320 Honestly, Sean, the media, the legacy media like CBS and ABC and NBC
00:03:00.360 and every other legacy outlet exists to serve and advance the interests of the Democrat Party.
00:03:08.800 Throw in New York Times, throw in Washington Post, throw in The Atlantic.
00:03:12.620 They should all be required to register as a Democrat political action committee.
00:03:18.180 I mean, let's just think through some of the things that you mentioned.
00:03:20.280 President Trump has been in office in his second term for a year and a half and has solved problems that plagued this nation for decades, generations or even longer.
00:03:30.360 I mean, just go to the foreign policy piece here.
00:03:32.640 He's completely rebalanced our trading relationship with Canada.
00:03:35.960 He has protected American manufacturing and essential supply chains from China.
00:03:40.180 He has completely rebalanced NATO and ensured that other nations pay their fair share.
00:03:46.160 He is now pursuing peace in the Korean Peninsula, which hasn't been achieved since the armistice in the 1950s.
00:03:53.780 President Trump has single-handedly toppled Maduro, freed the people of Venezuela,
00:03:59.420 and secured the greatest boon for America's energy and supply chains probably in the history of our country.
00:04:06.140 He's taken the fight to the drug cartels, declared them a foreign terrorist organization,
00:04:10.840 used military power to fight these enemies of human civilization. 0.70
00:04:16.040 And as you have mentioned, he stopped Iran, the Islamic theocracy of Iran, 0.89
00:04:22.100 from obtaining a nuclear weapon that could destroy an entire city. 0.52
00:04:26.780 And now you come at home, he's unleashed American energy, he's building pipelines,
00:04:31.360 he's bringing the price of gas down from the heinous highs of the Biden administration,
00:04:35.060 he's taken inflation from the highest level in american history down to two percent the largest
00:04:42.840 tax cut in american history no tax on tips no tax on social security no tax on overtime and he took
00:04:48.580 the most unsecured dangerous violent hellish border in the history of our republic and 15 0.97
00:04:56.560 straight months sean of zero releases zero into the country the rogue marxist ends seeking to 0.99
00:05:04.660 destroy america we must stop them at all costs folks please be sure to join us tonight and each 0.98
00:05:08.280 and every night for the great america show rumble youtube twitter wherever you guys join us see you
00:05:11.740 there 6 p.m eastern i'm john fawcett with this great america show midday update have a great day
00:05:15.720 everybody