Mid-Day Update： November 22, 2024
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Summary
A judge delays Trump's sentencing in the Stormy Daniels case indefinitely and gives Trump's lawyers until December 2nd to file a motion to dismiss the case. President Trump weighs in on Mike Rogers leading the FBI after grassroots uproar over his comments on Edward Snowden and the Patriot Act.
Transcript
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Hello everybody, I'm John Fawcett with this Great America Show midday update for Friday,
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November 22nd. Well, New York Judge Juan Merchant, you know, the man who's in charge of the Trump
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hush money Stormy Daniels sham case, the one that Alvin Bragg brought. Well, today, Judge Juan
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Merchant delayed Trump's November 26th sentencing in Alvin Bragg's case indefinitely. Merchant gave
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Trump's lawyers until December 2nd to file a motion to dismiss. Trump previously asked the
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judge to overturn a conviction or toss the case altogether. So the thing that just doesn't make
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a lot of sense about this case is President Trump was set to be sentenced about two weeks ago. And
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when Trump's lawyers asked for the case to just be thrown out or overturned, Merchant said, no,
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we're going to push forward and we're going to sentence you on November 26th. Prior to that
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happening, just after the 2024 election in November, Judge Juan Merchant apparently mulled throwing out
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the case altogether just days after the election. Then flip-flopped said, no, he was being sentenced.
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Then once again, flip-flopped said he wasn't going to be sentenced. Now we're back at it's being
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postponed indefinitely. So not really making much sense what's up with Merchant and what he's going
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to ultimately do. But nonetheless, I think Trump's in very good shape right now as he heads into the
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inauguration in January. And team Trump has had it with the rhinos in the Senate. The five rhino senators
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who think they were voted America's leader and refuse to support Matt Gaetz for AG, Mitch McConnell,
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Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Mark Wayne Mullen, and center-elect John Curtis from Utah, you know,
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the fellow who took over for rhino Mitt Romney. Well, they may be in a little bit of trouble,
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I guess we could say. According to ABC News, team Trump is threatening the rhino senators with Elon
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Musk-funded primary opponents if they decide to derail President Trump's nominee. Huh. It's about time
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the Republican Party got strong and hold these rhinos accountable. Now, John Curtis is just
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taking office now for Mitt Romney. But Mitch McConnell and Susan Collins and Mark Wayne Mullen
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are all up for re-election on the next Senate bid. So they better watch their rear ends on what they
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think they're going to do to President Trump because they're going to pay the price in the end,
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I think. Some other folks who may be paying the price as woke colleges and universities are panicked.
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They're trembling that Trump is going to take a wrecking ball to higher education.
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In college and universities across the country that have embraced the woke culture and DEI,
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of course, diversity, equity, and inclusion, are terrified that what Trump is going to do
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when he's sworn in as president, these folks are terrified that Trump's going to come down with the
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hammer, which he should. The truth is that higher education in the United States is desperately in
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need of a major overhaul. Many students these days seem to believe that engaging in protests is the
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main reason to go to college, rather than pursuing an education and a scholarship. Free speech has become
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a rarity on college campuses while radicals supporting terror group Hamas are free to
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march and denounce the Jews. Go figure, folks. Some schools have endowments that are bigger than
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the GDP of some small countries, yet the cost of tuition, which is already too high, keeps on rising.
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So we hope to God that President Trump comes in and does some reform to these folks because
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enough is enough what the Harvards of the world have allowed these students to get away with and
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limiting free speech of other folks who speak out against certain issues is criminal, in my opinion.
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And President Trump weighs in on Mike Rogers leading the FBI following grassroots uproar.
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The internet exploded this week with rumors that former GOP Congressman Mike Rogers was being
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considered as FBI chief by President-elect Donald Trump in his second term. Mike Rogers recently lost
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that Senate seat up in Michigan against very unpopular Democrat Alyssa Slotkin. Rogers, of course,
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did not question the results and congratulated Slotkin in her win in the state that went for
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President Trump by nearly 80,000 votes. Hmm. So where's the disconnect there, folks? Maybe Rogers
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did not complain about his loss since he was very vocal trashing President Trump in 2020 for contesting
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the highly controversial and improbable results of that election. Just recently, shocking comments by
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Rogers have resurfaced, exposing his allegiance to the security state. Mike Rogers on the record making some
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very wildish claims and jokes, I guess you can say, even joking about having Edward Snowden
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assassinated. Not really that funny, Mr. Mike Rogers. Mike Rogers was also one of the most passionate
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defenders of the Patriot Act, the NSA, and the warrantless surveillance of Americans. You all know
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the Patriot Act that they used to spy on President Trump and do all that good stuff. President Trump
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putting those rumors, though, to sleep, putting out a statement through his man Dan Scavino saying he
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hasn't even thought about Mike Rogers to run the FBI. So there goes the fake news and fake media go
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ahead and push in their agenda. CNN's Andrew McCabe, you know, that corrupt fellow from the FBI said Mike
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Rogers would be an excellent choice. So I think that's disqualifier number two right there. Folks, be sure to
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join us for today's episode of the Great America Show. We're joined by Rasmussen lead pollster, Mark
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Mitchell, a great friend, a great friend of the show. We take a victory lap on the 2024 presidential
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election. One that Mark got very right with Rasmussen and one that the rest of the pollsters
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didn't get so right this time. Their Trump derangement syndrome got in the way just a tad bit. Will these
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pollsters ever learn their lesson? Mark and I discussed today on the Great America Show, folks. Please be
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sure to join us for that. I'm John Fawcett with this midday update. Have a great day, folks.