The Great America Sunday Show： December 28, 2025
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Summary
Kyle Rittenhouse is a 22-year-old man who has been through a lot in his young life. He has had to go through some of the most traumatic experiences that most of us can t even begin to imagine. In this episode of The Great America Show, Kyle talks about his experience with Antifa and how it has shaped his life.
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Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Great America Show. It's great to have you with us on this
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beautiful, chilly night in America. Thank you so much for being with us on this live
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episode of the Great America Show. So yesterday, I promised you we were going to have an interview
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for you today that I did over the weekend at AmFest with Kyle Rittenhouse. For those
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of you who don't know Kyle Rittenhouse, you're going to get to know him in just a few moments.
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I'm going to kick off tonight's show with that interview. There's so much news to get
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to tonight, and we're going to get to all of it, including Hunter Biden railing against his
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father, Scott Besant launching his latest investigations, which are absolutely massive, and President
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Trump doubling down on his attacks against Venezuela as Colombia now thinks they're going to get
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involved. President Trump with some really, really wise words for those folks. So we're
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going to get to all of that tonight and much, much more here on the Great America Show. If you're
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us a thumbs up. Let us know where you're tuned in from in the comments. We'll try to get to everything
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before the end of the show. As always, a delight to have you guys whenever we do a live show here
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on the Great America Show is I love to take your questions and get to all of that good stuff. So
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without further ado, we've got this interview, like I said, that I did with Kyle Rittenhouse just the
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other day. Shout out to Real America's Voice that had me do it in front of a massive crowd at AmFest
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in Phoenix, Arizona. Terrific people. Rob Sig, Parker Sig, the owners of Real America's Voice.
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Great, great, great Patriots. So let's get to this interview. And after this, we're going to get to
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all of the news of the day. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed doing it.
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Thanks, everybody, for being with us. We're here with Kyle Rittenhouse. Kyle, 22 years old.
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You've been through everything. Unimaginable circumstances, unimaginable situation. You're
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only 22 years old. Let's talk a little bit about what you went through, the experience,
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Yeah, absolutely. So five years ago on August 25th, 2020, I was attacked violently by Antifa,
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and they tried to kill me. I was put on trial by the entire political machine, and I got to see
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the inside of the prosecution on how they will try to take somebody's life away from them after they
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were brutally attacked on the street, and I was forced to defend myself. I had the full force of
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the government coming after me, and I won. I beat the government. After that, I went on to promote
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the Second Amendment, and I took a little bit of a hiatus, and now we're here.
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So you went through everything, the Black Lives Matter movement. We saw, I mean, if any of these
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people prosecuted for any of the crimes they committed, burning down police stations, looting,
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lighting everything on fire that they got in their way.
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Right. Yet you, they tried to make an example out of you, a kid, who was sitting there simply
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protecting a friend's business. What do you say to the people who, like you, have been persecuted,
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not prosecuted, persecuted, for doing nothing wrong, as you watch BLM walk the streets, still
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continue to walk the streets, Antifa walk the streets, and there is no repercussions for
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I mean, you see no accountability with the left. Five years ago in 2020, Antifa was burning
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our country down. In 2021, we saw January 6th on how the FBI attacked Americans and went
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after Americans for peacefully protesting and going into our house, the Capitol, our house.
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Yet nobody came after the people in the riots. We saw no persecutions. We saw no prosecutions
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of anybody that was burning our American cities down, and that's the left for you, the violent,
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Tell me what it does to a kid your age when you're going through that. I mean, you're a kid.
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Your brain's not fully developed. You're not fully developed. You're growing still.
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And you are put through the ranks of the law like an adult. Tell us a little bit about what it did to
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you mentally as a human being who's still developing in such a difficult world to grow up in.
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Well, I lost complete faith in our judicial system. I believe in our jury system. I do not believe
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in our judicial system. I see what's happening today. I see how violent the left is now compared
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to five years ago, and it's only gotten worse. And I'm just hoping to see accountability now with
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the new DOJ and FBI, but I'm not hopeful because they are the ABC agencies.
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Did you ever take or try to take civil action towards these folks who came after you,
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towards the organizations who tried to destroy you beyond repair?
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It was something we looked into, but we weren't able to pursue it because the court said I was a
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public figure at the time just for being filmed of being attacked. They made me a limited purpose
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public figure on August 25th, 2020. So I had no way of going after the media. And that's another
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weapon that the left used against me with these sorrow funded judges and the sorrow funded media that
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tried to take my life away from me, tried to destroy me in the court of public opinion and the court of
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law. But hey, I won, and I came out in first place.
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That is truth, justice, and the American way, as the great Lou Dobbs used to say.
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Can you recall people who stayed in your corner, aside from your family, of course, but public people
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who stayed in your corner? Because we see now, Kyle, something happens, controversy, and everyone runs.
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They don't want to be part of it. Kyle Rittenhouse is going to jail. He's a bad guy.
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Are there any people that you can name publicly who stood by your side during that most difficult
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time of your life? And it will be the most difficult time you probably ever face.
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Absolutely. If it wasn't for Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, Jack Posobiec, I'd probably be sitting
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in prison right now. Jack Posobiec was right by my side through my entire trial, releasing all of the facts
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and evidence because the fake news media refused to put out the videos of me being violently attacked,
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refused to talk about me being ambushed, refused to talk about how the violent left Antifa criminals
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So you're now 22 years old, as I said, which when I was 22 years old, I can't even tell you what I was
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doing. I probably wasn't doing anything honorable or right. I was just finishing college.
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You're 22 years old. You went through everything and back. What are you up to now? You just got
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married on June 7th. Round of applause. What are you up to now?
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Yeah. So early in January, I took a little bit of a hiatus. I was done with the fight. I didn't
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want to be involved in politics anymore. I was exhausted. I was drained. I was tired of seeing
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all the lies put out against me. So I moved to Florida. I took a break. I met my beautiful
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wife, the love of my life. And now on September 10th, when Charlie Kirk was murdered on live
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TV, I made the decision to get back in the fight and pick up the mic for Charlie Kirk because
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You're absolutely right. And a big round of applause for Charlie Kirk and everything he's
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done. This beautiful organization that he's formed. You know, you really don't realize what
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you have until it's gone, Kyle. And we watched all of that happen to Kyle, as you said, live
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right in front of our eyes. And you still have people on the left try to justify because
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of his political beliefs. Last week, we saw this poor woman working in Target, an elderly
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lady get chastised for wearing a Charlie Kirk shirt. What are we to do with this intolerant
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left where they've made normalized killing people? They've normalized doxing people. They've normalized
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trying to ruin people's lives. They've normalized trying to assassinate a president two times.
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What are we to do as Americans? I mean, what more do we have to do?
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We have seen how violent the left gets. It will not stop until we fight, fight, fight.
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We saw what happened to President Trump once and then a second attempt on him again.
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And the left is just silent. Yet when it happens to somebody else on their side or there's a threat
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made, it's the violent left. It's the left who took over the Capitol on January 6th. It's the left
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that broke the windows on January 6th. And the problem is, Kyle, it's the left and the right.
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The right doesn't know how to fight. They lack the intestinal fortitude in some cases. Now,
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there are some stalwarts who will battle to the grave. But how do we fire up these weak-kneed
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Republicans who, quite frankly, can't speak up for the truth, can't speak up for what's right?
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Well, first, what we need to do is stop voting for rhinos. We need to get good people elected
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like J.D. Vance in 2028. We need to focus on our city councils, our school boards, our congressmen,
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our state representatives. We need to look at their record. We don't need to bow the knee.
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We don't need to compromise. If they do something wrong, we need to hold them accountable and they
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need to be removed from office if they do not follow what their constituents elected them to do
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because they work for us and not the other way around. You're absolutely right. Now that you're
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off the sidelines, what's your plans? Do you want to go out and campaign for folks? What's your plans
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now for the future as you're back in it? Well, January 5th, I have a huge announcement coming.
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And that's when I'm going to tell you what I'm going to, what I've been up to the past couple
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months, what I've been building and what we're going to be doing in the future. So stay tuned
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for January 5th. Folks, Kyle Rittenhouse, a great American, a man who was put through the ringer,
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who didn't deserve it. And we're glad to see you prospering. We're glad to see that you got the
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justice that was so just. You get the last word here, Kyle. John, thank you so much for having me on.
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Thank you everybody for standing around and watching me talk and have an amazing America
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Fest. And one more thanks to the great Charlie Kirk who made this all possible and the owner
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of Rav, Rob Sig, a terrific American. It's people like him that allow us independent journalists
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to get the word out. It's people like him that make America great. It's people like him that
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allow us to get out truth, justice, and the American way. Thank you, everybody. Thank you,
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Kyle. Thank you. And there you have it, folks. Truly a good kid. Like I said, the book was
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thrown at him. His life was destroyed. We'll never be the same again. I got to meet his wonderful
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fiance and spend some time with them after the interview and later on in the night and his
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beautiful service dog, Golden Retriever. I am a little partial to Golden Retrievers, but a
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whose life was truly ruined because the intolerant left wanted to make an example out of him.
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And he wasn't having it. They lost. And the Democrats don't like losing. We're going to
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take a quick break here, folks, on the Great America Show. So much more to get to on the other
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Thanks, everybody, for staying with us here on the Great America Show. We truly appreciate it.
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In this busy holiday season, we know there's a lot going on, and it's not a top priority for you to
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be tuning into the Great America Show. So those of you who have stayed with us through this holiday
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vacation, this little holiday break, the greatest time of the year. Christmas is just a great time.
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We truly appreciate it. So Hunter Biden is back in the media, and he's got some things to say,
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and it's not against who you think it's against. You'd think he hates Donald Trump's guts.
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But Hunter delivering a blistering critique of illegal immigration during his marathon unfiltered
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sit-down with former Navy SEAL Sean Ryan on his very big podcast, The Sean Ryan Show.
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It emerged with something no one in the Democrat establishment, of course, expected.
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They weren't fans of Joe Biden, though, or Hunter Biden or any, and we're not fans of him either.
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But when a Democrat speaks common sense, I think it's incumbent upon us for to cover it, at least.
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The interview landed like a political grenade inside the Democratic circles because Hunter Biden
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openly contradicted the core immigration posture that his father's administration was responsible for.
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Now, while Biden's White House spent four years insisting the border was secure,
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Hunter acknowledged what millions of Americans have lived with.
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Immigration drains public resources, displaces priorities away from veterans and working-class citizens like you and I.
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Now, during Joe Biden's presidency, you all know illegal immigration surged
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According to U.S. CBP numbers, during Joe Biden's administration,
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over 8 to 10 million total encounters nationwide
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Approximately 9 million encounters at the southern border alone.
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The annual average is nearly 2 million encounters from the years of 21 to 23.
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And a significant share of encounters involved repeat crossers undermining claims of one-time migration events.
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Meanwhile, independent estimates of illegal alien population skyrocketed,
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Now, Pew Research says it's 14 to 15 million from 2023 to 2024 alone.
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And that figure exceeds the population of 36 to 41 states right here in America.
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Now, within weeks of taking off the office, the administration dismantled Trump-era enforcement measures,
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including the Remain in Mexico policy that they got rid of,
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committing hundreds of thousands from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
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And weakening the interior enforcement and asylum integrity,
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which has all went out the drain under the Biden administration.
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And thank God that President Trump is back in power,
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But when you think about those numbers and those figures, folks,
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you think about why they wanted them in America and why they still want them in America.
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When you have figures like 20 and 30 million illegals, rather, they vote.
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Regardless of what the Democrats tell you, whether they can't vote,
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most blue states, these illegals can get driver's licenses.
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They don't have to speak English, don't have to be citizens,
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So, of course, the Democrats have done and will continue to do all they can
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to bring them and import them into this country.
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And it wasn't just about the southern border, folks.
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It was just an overall railing against his father,
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I assume that anybody that's running for president,
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But we don't want immigrants that are coming here illegally,
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draining us of resources and being prioritized above people
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Whatever your position on the things that he did,
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he did them exceedingly well and accomplished them.
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And he had mistakes like every other president has had.
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Some that I may disagree with, but absolutely 100 percent.
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The way in which they executed the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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And I think that, and I can blame it on his generals.
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I can blame it on the people, the way in which we did it.
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But my dad always knew this also, is that the buck stops with him.
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I think leaving Afghanistan was the right thing to do.
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I cannot f***ing stand the way the Afghan withdrawal happened.
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I don't even want to talk about it because it's going to get me into a really dark place.
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And I'm not here to tell you that you shouldn't be angry.
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As someone said, I saw in the comments real quickly.
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It's hard to believe that a crackhead sounds more reasonable than his father was.
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A man whose life has been fulfilled by crack drugs and prostitution.
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Sounds more reasonable than most of the Marxist damn party.
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Folks, I want to take one more quick break here.
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Southern border President Trump taking on Venezuela,
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We're going to be back in less than 60 seconds.
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So Treasury Secretary Scott Besson has launched a massive data-driven federal investigation
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targeting more than 100 money service businesses that are operating at the U.S. southern border.
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The announcement came as the U.S. Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
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called multiple-tiered enforcement operations aimed at these people
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who were down at the southern border doing businesses with criminal organizations.
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And those criminal organizations aren't necessarily just the cartels,
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but the American Red Cross, the Catholic Charities of America,
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all these people who for the last 10 years have been harboring and importing
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Take a listen to Treasury Secretary Scott Besson.
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At President Trump's direction, the Treasury Department is utilizing all tools
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to stop terrorist cartels, drug smugglers, and human traffickers.
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In line with that effort, I'm announcing a new data-driven border operation
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to help root out potential cartel-related money laundering from the U.S. financial system.
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Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN,
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is targeting over 100 money service businesses along the southwest border.
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Specifically, FinCEN is issuing six notices of investigation,
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These businesses, which provide financial services outside of a formal bank,
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including money laundering related to drug smuggling and human trafficking.
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Thanks to Treasury's push for technology modernization,
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we are now able to implement data-driven approaches to identify potential bad actors.
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make no mistake, we can and will take action to keep Americans safe.
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President Trump has made clear his commitment to securing our border,
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and eliminating Mexico-based drug cartels to protect Americans.
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Treasury will continue to use, expand, advance technology,
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and every resource at its disposal to combat money laundering and make America.
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Scott Besson, another one of President Trump's picks, is absolutely brilliant.
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But this isn't exactly what they have to do at the southern border in order to tackle that issue.
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You've got to hit these networks, these corporations where it hurts.
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Yes, stopping the migrants at the border is the first step.
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The second step is keeping them out and holding accountable the people who get them here.
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These people don't just wake up one day and say, hey, we're going to go run to the southern border today and go to America.
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It's a process, weeks long, months long, sometimes years long.
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And our own American institutions coordinate with these drug cartels,
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because every single person that comes through the southern border passes through some sort of drug cartel.
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There's not one single person that makes it across the southern border alive that does it on their own.
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There's certain areas throughout the border that the cartels bring them through.
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And there's certain areas that are just not habitable to even get through with terrain and mountains and conditions during the day,
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So the two that I gave you before that I know for a fact with firsthand knowledge of it,
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who partake in this criminal acts are the Catholic Charities of America,
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the Catholic Charities of New York, the Red Cross.
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You can actually go on the Catholic Charities website,
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and they'll tell you if you're illegal what you have to do and who you have to reach out to.
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So what Besson and Trump is doing is absolutely brilliant.
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If you take away their 501c3 charity and their tax deductibility,
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And if you take that away from them, it will totally cripple them.
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And if you don't, then they're going to continue to do what they do.
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They're going to continue to work with the drug cartels.
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They're going to work with the drug organizations.
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And they'll continue to transport illegals into America.
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But we're going to give Besson and Trump the benefit of the doubt,
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because it seems like they've got their hand right on the pulse and where they need to be.
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President Trump was asked yesterday about Maduro in Venezuela.
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And if he wants to act like a tough guy, he's going to find out what a tough guy really is.
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I mean, we have a massive armada formed, the biggest we've ever had.
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And by far the biggest we've ever had in South America.
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If he wants to do something, if he plays tough, it'll be the last time he's ever able to play tough.
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They sent people from mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States.
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Just walked right in because Biden had an open border policy.
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What the Biden administration did to our country can never be forgotten.
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They took in millions and millions, 25 million people over the course of four years.
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Many of those people were murderers and drug dealers.
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More than half of them killed more than one person.
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Venezuela took advantage of the open borders that Biden created more than any other country.
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Look, I mean, you have a very weak governor in Colorado.
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Look what happened in Colorado where they would occupy apartment houses.
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And he didn't want to do anything about it because he was scared.
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So, it's not just Venezuela who wants to be tough guys.
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The president of Colombia, who, if I'm not mistaken, has been caught before with a tranny prostitute.
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Not sure how big of a tough guy you can be when you get caught doing things like that.
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But President Trump had some words about him because he accused us of stealing land.
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We may want Greenland, which we're going to tell you about in a second.
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President Trump is renewing his push for Greenland.
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But we certainly don't want Venezuela and all their problems.
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Take a listen to what he had to say to the president of Colombia.
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So, in response to the United States taking sanctioned oil from Venezuela,
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro criticized the United States by saying,
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well, the Southwest has stolen land and that it should be returned to Latin America.
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I just wanted to know what your response to that is.
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Well, he has to watch because, you know, he's got drug factories.
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And he's got to watch his ass because he makes cocaine
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and they send it into the United States of America from Colombia.
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They have at least three major cocaine factors.
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You guys remember what he was doing with Mexico.
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Last administration was letting them know, we know exactly where your stuff is.
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And that's the only thing that's going to stop the drug trade.
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These boats getting blown up is one of the best things I've ever seen happen.
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So, like I said, it doesn't seem Trump's interested in taking over Venezuela or Colombia for that matter.
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We will take the oil on those Venezuelan ships, though.
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But what he is doing is he's renewing his push for Greenland.
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And he just appointed governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, special envoy to Greenland.
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I'm sure it has nothing to do with the Louisiana Purchase, or maybe it does.
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Take a listen to President Trump and his renewed push for Greenland for national security reasons.
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They say that Denmark was there 300 years ago or something with a boat.
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We have so many sites for minerals and oil and everything.
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We have more oil than any other country in the world.
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And if you take a look at Greenland, you look up and down the coast, you have Russian
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So we're making him, Marco, today a special envoy to Greenland.
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It doesn't seem like President Trump is going to take no for an answer.
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You've got the Chinese and you've got the Russians piping up and down around it.
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Let us know where you're tuned in from in the comments.
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I'm just talking with Rich Barris, a big data poll.
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I think we're going to try to get him on the show tomorrow if we do a show for Christmas Eve.
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We obviously won't have a show on Christmas, but we'll get him back, get him on the show on Friday to talk about some of his latest polling.
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I spent a long time with him over the weekend talking about polling.
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He and Mark Mitchell are best friends, and I think together they do a terrific, terrific job.
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So we're going to get him in the mix of pollsters here on the show.
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We'll see you back here possibly tomorrow if we don't.