The Great America Show - July 23, 2026


Mid-Day Update: July 23, 2026


Episode Stats


Length

5 minutes

Words per minute

177.65

Word count

910

Sentence count

29

Harmful content

Toxicity

3

sentences flagged

Hate speech

2

sentences flagged


Summary

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Pres. Trump urges the Senate to pass the Save America Act and end the Democratic Filibustination. House Judiciary Chairman Jordan files a criminal referral against former DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith for lying to Congress about the scope of his investigation into President Trump.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hello everybody, I'm John Fossett with this Great America Show midday update for Thursday, July 23rd.
00:00:05.400 Happy Thursday, folks.
00:00:06.600 President Trump back on the campaign trail, getting ready for the midterm elections,
00:00:10.320 rallying up some folks in the great state of Georgia.
00:00:13.700 President Trump putting the pressure on the Senate, putting the pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune,
00:00:19.520 which is, I think, long overdue.
00:00:21.640 President Trump saying that we need to pass the Save America Act in order to defend America's elections.
00:00:27.440 We're not going to take this any longer.
00:00:29.220 urging people to call Senator John Thune in his office over in the Senate
00:00:33.840 and tell him to get his stuff approved.
00:00:36.320 Take a listen to the president.
00:00:37.820 And finally, we have to pass the Save America Act to defend American elections.
00:00:44.420 And I have to say, Mike Johnson and Congress have done a great job,
00:00:49.920 but we're having a hard time in the Senate.
00:00:51.940 The Senate, what they're doing, it's just not right.
00:00:56.940 Congress is going to pass it again.
00:00:58.560 they passed it three times they're going to pass it again it's like the senate is a place that you
00:01:04.360 send things when you want them to die we can't do this and we're not going to take this any longer
00:01:10.360 we're not going to take it you know i'm trying to be nice trying to be really nice you saw we had a
00:01:15.300 big victory last night in arizona i've had victories everywhere but we're not gonna we're
00:01:23.520 not going to be able to take it much longer when they can't get past voter ID, proof of
00:01:29.520 citizenship, no mail-in ballots because they're crooked as hell. So right now, Congress is
00:01:36.200 working to get as much of our plan as possible into the budget bill to identify and really
00:01:42.360 terminate. Look, what would they should do? Very simple. A lot of you don't know about filibuster.
00:01:47.100 They should terminate the filibuster and approve everything because the Democrats are going to do
00:01:52.860 it the democrats are going to terminate the filibuster as soon as they have a chance and
00:01:59.700 then they're going to approve puerto rico and dc as a state they got four more senators
00:02:03.800 they're going to get end up with 12 more congressmen they're going to get at like 40
00:02:08.960 electoral votes if they are allowed to do that by that time i'll be sitting home and i'm not a
00:02:17.260 big crier i don't think you want to see me cry you know there are some people they do very well
00:02:22.740 when they cry but you don't want to see me cry but i may be crying when i i'll be sitting home
00:02:28.800 and i'll say i told them they gotta really terminate the filibuster get everything approved
00:02:33.900 right away because you're gonna have a stoppage you're gonna have a stoppage in september the 0.55
00:02:39.400 democrats won't approve everything they become deranged like deranged jack smith remember that 0.62
00:02:44.440 deranged sick puppy they're deranged and they won't approve you'll have a you're gonna have a
00:02:49.440 shutdown in september and in two years later you have the debt ceiling bill they would love it i 0.74
00:02:54.720 call it the 1929 you know what 1929 means that was not a good year and there's no reason for it they
00:03:01.540 should terminate the filibuster everybody call john thune at the senate he's the leader of the
00:03:07.860 republican party and tell him to get this stuff approved when we all agree with president trump
00:03:14.880 John Thune needs to get off his rear end and start getting to work, but President Trump is
00:03:19.700 the President of the United States, and he is the leader of the Republican Party. It shouldn't just 0.63
00:03:24.120 be us calling for John Thune to do his job, but President Trump should certainly give him a
00:03:29.400 timeline and a deadline to get this stuff done, or we're going to have to move on from him to the
00:03:35.660 next person who's ready to take the reign as the next Senate Majority Leader. The walls may be
00:03:41.880 Caving in for the junkyard jackal, Jack Smith, the former special counsel, may soon be forced
00:03:47.140 to answer some questions he could potentially face criminal prosecution after Republicans
00:03:52.660 accused the ex-prosecutor of misleading Congress about the scope of his investigation into
00:03:57.360 President Trump.
00:03:58.760 House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan issuing a criminal referral of Smith on Wednesday
00:04:03.440 arguing new release records contradict Smith's testimony to his committee that he did not
00:04:09.420 obtain or review lawmakers text messages during his multiple probes into president trump all
00:04:16.060 individuals have an obligation to comply at the duly authorized congressional inquiry mr smith
00:04:22.300 the former public servant is no different jordan writing in this letter to acting attorney general
00:04:27.020 todd blanche on wednesday saying that smith's testimony to congress intentionally included
00:04:33.200 false statements designed to obstruct the committee's oversight says his conduct only
00:04:38.720 be understood as an effort to thwart the committee's inquiry by intentionally making
00:04:43.200 false statements and representations before Congress. Jordan continued, adding that the
00:04:48.040 Justice Department should examine whether Smith's actions warrant criminal charges.
00:04:53.380 So now we'll wait and see what Todd Blanche decides to do. Folks, please be sure to join
00:04:57.800 us tonight and each and every night for The Great America Show. Rumble, YouTube, Twitter,
00:05:01.040 wherever you guys join us. We'll see you there tonight, 6 p.m. Eastern Time. I'm John Foss
00:05:04.580 with this Great America Show midday update. Have a great day, folks.