The Great America Show - June 23, 2026


Trump FUMES as Thune Issues ANOTHER BETRAYAL!


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Sen. John Thune again shows that he is incapable of being a leader in the Senate. The House passed a resolution limiting President Trump's powers in dealing with Iran. The Senate voted 50-48 in favor of the resolution.

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00:00:00.000 Hello, everybody, and welcome to The Great America Show.
00:00:05.200 It's great to have you with us on yet.
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00:00:19.480 John Thune again today, showing that he's incapable of being a leader.
00:00:25.660 He's incapable of being the man responsible for leading the Senate under President Trump, showing he's incapable of being the man to push forth President Trump's agenda.
00:00:42.280 And that's not just today.
00:00:43.180 He's shown it time and time again.
00:00:46.240 In fact, he's shown it since he's taken over as a majority leader.
00:00:51.120 He doesn't fear anybody.
00:00:53.620 Well, I take that back.
00:00:54.860 He fears people. 0.98
00:00:55.660 He fears the rhinos, which he reports to, the Mitch McConnells, the Susan Collins, the Lisa Murkowskis, the Bill Cassidy's, all the losers. 0.98
00:01:06.440 He fears those people. 0.94
00:01:09.200 He fears the Marxist Dems, namely Chuck Schumer, and shows no respect for anybody else.
00:01:18.760 Certainly no respect for President Trump.
00:01:20.780 certainly no respect
00:01:23.860 for his agenda
00:01:27.180 certainly no respect
00:01:28.920 for the tens of millions of people who voted for President Trump
00:01:34.180 has failed to put forth any substantive
00:01:39.460 pass any substantive
00:01:42.380 legislation, bills, anything
00:01:45.700 memos, we'll even give them memos
00:01:48.080 that ensures our elections are now secure
00:01:52.460 has done absolutely nothing, and we're going to talk about this in a little bit more depth,
00:01:58.060 but just to get our feet wet, has done nothing but stifle and obfuscate to stop the Save America Act.
00:02:10.280 We all know it. We all know exactly what he's doing.
00:02:15.040 He's a snake. He's a rat. He's a weasel. 1.00
00:02:18.080 We see right through it. 0.88
00:02:19.720 I don't understand how President Trump doesn't see right through it.
00:02:25.760 To tell him enough is enough.
00:02:29.040 Either do your job or get lost.
00:02:32.880 Can't for the life of me figure that one out.
00:02:35.280 But you're probably wondering, what did he do this afternoon?
00:02:38.080 Well, the Senate this afternoon approved a House-passed War Powers resolution
00:02:44.460 to limit President Trump's hands
00:02:47.920 and what he can do in Iran.
00:02:51.020 Vote of 50 to 48.
00:02:52.600 Four Republicans joined with the Democrats.
00:02:56.700 And you probably guessed three of them.
00:02:58.780 The other one's Rand Paul.
00:02:59.920 Rand Paul, Bill Cassidy, who lost his seat like a dog. 0.97
00:03:03.640 Susan Collins, who's just a total embarrassment. 1.00
00:03:06.020 But the Republicans don't care to put anybody up against her in Maine. 1.00
00:03:09.240 so she's running against this self-declared Nazi 1.00
00:03:14.540 Plattner 1.00
00:03:16.820 and of course good old Lisa Murkowski 1.00
00:03:20.260 who rigged her own elections up in Alaska 1.00
00:03:22.500 to do the old runoff trick 1.00
00:03:27.240 too sure she never loses her seat 0.99
00:03:29.600 to Republican Senators Mitch McConnell
00:03:32.460 who of course is nowhere to be found
00:03:34.520 I don't even understand why he hasn't resigned yet
00:03:37.440 Every time we see him, his health is in worse decline than it was before.
00:03:43.820 And David McCormick also missing the vote.
00:03:49.000 Now McConnell's office said that Senator McConnell will not be voting all week after his latest hospitalization, which once again begs the question, why is he still there?
00:04:02.020 why is he still a senator
00:04:09.240 this is the republicans for you democrat senator john fetterman who's been more of a republican
00:04:17.500 by the way than some of our own caucus voted with the republicans and he has said in the past he
00:04:23.560 said listen you know and fetterman i i never thought fetterman would be the voice of reason
00:04:28.340 to be honest with you guys.
00:04:29.860 The Federer may have said, he goes, listen,
00:04:31.900 there's going to be Republican presidents,
00:04:33.280 there's going to be, this is pretty much paraphrasing what he said,
00:04:35.800 but there's going to be Republican presidents
00:04:37.380 and there's going to be Democrat presidents.
00:04:40.240 And for the same reason I would ask Republicans
00:04:42.960 not to vote against a Democrat,
00:04:44.640 we can't, you know, tie a president's hands behind his back
00:04:49.300 in the middle of a war.
00:04:53.720 Extremely logical.
00:04:55.340 Like, more logical than 99% of the Republicans in caucus.
00:05:00.460 It's embarrassing.
00:05:02.500 Now, Tuesday's vote marks the first time the Senate has passed this Iran war powers resolution.
00:05:07.920 Last month, the Senate advanced the resolution to limit President Trump's war powers in Iran,
00:05:12.480 making a breakthrough for the Democrats after seven failed attempts.
00:05:18.900 Continue to try and try and try and try.
00:05:24.560 Which is sad because Dune is the one who allowed it to go through.
00:05:31.980 Now, it doesn't have the force of the law, even though it's been approved by both chambers.
00:05:35.900 It directs President Trump under the 1973 War Powers Act to remove troops from hostilities against Iran,
00:05:42.780 except for elements of the armed forces that would be necessary to protect U.S. assets or allies from an imminent attack.
00:05:49.200 So we have nobody on the ground in Iran.
00:05:51.960 any mission that's run is
00:05:55.220 quick pump and dump
00:05:57.180 stop by, drop off some artillery
00:05:59.980 via airmail
00:06:01.640 and get the heck out
00:06:03.460 so it essentially does nothing
00:06:05.560 but what it does do is it undermines
00:06:07.640 President Trump
00:06:08.420 it undermines him on the world stage
00:06:12.160 because John Thune
00:06:15.900 doesn't know how
00:06:17.880 or maybe he does know how
00:06:19.360 to run his caucus.
00:06:27.000 And to me, the only thing that points is that he's in on a sham.
00:06:31.740 He's in on the scam
00:06:33.060 to try to embarrass President Trump,
00:06:37.920 to try to limit President Trump and his power.
00:06:44.780 And it begs the question, why is he there in the first place?
00:06:48.300 Why is he still in power?
00:06:51.900 You have probably about 10 other capable, highly capable senators who I think would do a far better job than Thune has ever done.
00:07:10.040 Yet we allow this man to stay in power.
00:07:12.300 We allow him to call the shots.
00:07:14.860 We allow him to dictate the shots. 0.65
00:07:17.460 a man who was not elected by the American people,
00:07:21.300 and by that I mean not elected by the American people
00:07:24.100 to serve as a majority leader,
00:07:26.400 elected by a group of his peers behind closed doors 1.00
00:07:30.620 in a secretive vote like you're a child in a damn classroom 0.99
00:07:35.000 playing seven up and you put your thumbs up. 0.99
00:07:38.500 That's how the Senate conducts their business.
00:07:40.520 That's how the Senate 1.00
00:07:41.700 chooses who's responsible for calling the shots. 0.56
00:07:53.340 All done behind closed doors.
00:07:57.140 Now, I understand that's the way it's always been,
00:08:00.980 but I don't care.
00:08:02.080 Things are meant to be changed.
00:08:05.140 And the longer we have this secrecy in Washington, D.C.,
00:08:09.700 the secrecy behind closed doors,
00:08:11.700 the secrecy to allow these people, these elected officials, to conduct their business.
00:08:20.180 We're going to continue to have this undermined problem.
00:08:23.640 We're going to continue to have this issue where they're not on the same page.
00:08:28.100 And clearly Thune is not on the same page.
00:08:29.880 He's never been on the same page.
00:08:33.380 Would Rick Scott been much better?
00:08:35.200 I don't know.
00:08:35.700 I can't imagine it would have been much worse.
00:08:38.120 there's joke the lesser of the two evils they're both evil but at this point
00:08:46.220 is it really much different when John Thune in charge than Chuck Schumer
00:08:51.000 I mean think about it logically I'm partially joking but not really
00:08:56.780 because what is the difference right now if you have Chuck Schumer there
00:09:03.940 what's the difference
00:09:08.200 peachman has to go on in the house first so
00:09:11.620 what's the difference no save america act anyway
00:09:17.300 what legislation has he passed forget about legislation
00:09:21.520 how many of president trump's judges has he pushed forward
00:09:27.220 to which president trump now started playing the game with him
00:09:32.560 and held back his DNI pick to Al Pulte to stay in there a little bit longer
00:09:38.860 because he knows, President Trump knows the process.
00:09:44.340 And he knows that Thune's going to drag his feet
00:09:46.880 in order to get through whoever President Trump nominates for the SDNY,
00:09:51.160 the Southern District of New York.
00:09:53.160 It's a joke.
00:09:54.880 Folks, we're live tonight for the Great America Show,
00:09:56.620 so as always, let us know where you're tuned in from.
00:09:58.800 We're going to take a quick, less than 60-second break.
00:10:01.400 There's so much more to get to on the other side.
00:10:03.760 Thune's betrayal, President Trump spoke about it just moments ago.
00:10:07.660 Thune responded.
00:10:09.040 We're going to take that up on the other side of this quick break.
00:10:11.060 We got some news from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch, some big news out of there.
00:10:15.440 President Trump heading to Capitol Hill this week.
00:10:17.560 We've got some arrests of the Marxist Dems.
00:10:22.000 Thought that they were going to destroy the reflection pool.
00:10:25.000 We've got a denial from Seattle.
00:10:26.300 We got so much stuff to get to.
00:10:27.960 So don't turn that dial.
00:10:29.480 Don't turn that page.
00:10:30.260 We're coming right back in less than 60 seconds.
00:10:32.020 I promise.
00:10:32.880 Stay with us.
00:10:38.980 So getting back to John Thune and his rhino betrayal of President Trump, his rhino betrayal of MAGA, his rhino betrayal of the Republican Party.
00:10:50.520 He was asked today what he thought about butting heads with President Trump.
00:10:57.760 Apparently, he's gone after President Trump quite a bit because he doesn't agree with him.
00:11:04.140 Let's take a listen.
00:11:04.740 Your frustrations with the president about how he handled FISA, about how he handled Jay Clayton, dealing with the fund for the rioters.
00:11:14.320 Do you have to express to the president some of your frustration with him, the idea that he's been jerking the Senate around the past couple of weeks?
00:11:21.780 Look, we have very candid conversations.
00:11:25.120 I am very direct with the president.
00:11:27.560 I shoot straight with him and vice versa.
00:11:30.120 And, you know, we at times have differences of opinion.
00:11:33.120 But I think the important thing is the issues that really matter to the future of this country and to the American people we have been united on.
00:11:40.540 And we continue, as we move forward, to look for those opportunities where this team can pull together House, Senate, and President and his team in the White House on issues that are going to make this country safer and stronger and more prosperous.
00:11:55.160 And so the conversations that we have about those issues are regular.
00:11:59.760 And, yes, and sometimes we have differences of opinion.
00:12:03.160 But the one thing that we all agree on is we have an alignment of incentives.
00:12:08.140 And as I said before, that's to keep the country safe, to put more money in the pockets of the American people, and to give them better opportunities to get ahead.
00:12:17.420 Of course you have a difference of opinion. 1.00
00:12:19.580 You're a damn rhino. 1.00
00:12:22.080 So of course you're going to differ on opinion. 1.00
00:12:25.620 He's literally Mitch McConnell in the flesh.
00:12:27.940 I don't know how much younger he is than Mitch McConnell, but he's literally morphed into Mitch McConnell.
00:12:34.020 This is the man who was elected to lead the Republican Party.
00:12:38.140 They were asked about FISA.
00:12:41.980 He's mad about FISA.
00:12:43.360 He's mad about what President Trump did with Jay Clayton.
00:12:47.400 Let's talk about what President Trump did with Jay Clayton.
00:12:52.040 He told him and he pulled the nomination, not the nomination, he pulled the hearings, President Trump, because he knew that dude wasn't going to do the little blue slip process.
00:13:04.600 He was going to abide by the same BS blue slips.
00:13:08.140 And that we're going to have no U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
00:13:12.080 And guess what? Some Marxist Dem would have been put in there to continue to run rogue and do whatever they want. 0.52
00:13:19.520 So President Trump said no dice, no thanks.
00:13:24.600 He also coupled that in with working with the Marxist Dems to try to sneak in a little deal for FISA.
00:13:34.860 and the deal was the Democrats vote for FISA
00:13:39.000 as long as they don't allow Bill Pulte in there
00:13:43.400 because they're terrified of Bill Pulte.
00:13:46.980 For the life of me, I can't figure that out. Why?
00:13:49.400 I think I have an idea.
00:13:52.660 So the deal was, was you garden up these Dems, 0.58
00:13:56.000 you ground up these Marxist Dems, 0.50
00:13:58.160 you get them to support the reauthorization of FISA,
00:14:02.140 and we support Jay Clayton.
00:14:04.860 The problem was, was Jay Clayton's hearing was before the FISA vote.
00:14:22.180 So you probably figured out what exactly was going to go on.
00:14:29.660 You folks knew what was going to go on. 0.66
00:14:32.520 the Marxist Dems were going to do 0.99
00:14:35.360 a little thing called a rug pull.
00:14:38.740 They didn't care about supporting Clayton.
00:14:45.080 The whole thing was a sham.
00:14:47.960 Orchestrated by
00:14:49.020 John Thune.
00:14:53.860 So President Trump figures
00:14:55.440 this whole thing out and says,
00:14:56.840 no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:14:58.560 Screw this.
00:15:00.360 We're not doing this.
00:15:01.800 No shot.
00:15:02.520 I don't care if the Democrats support Pfizer or not.
00:15:07.980 We're not doing the horse and the pony trading with the Marxist Dems because they get steamrolled every time. 0.95
00:15:13.880 And it's because I say this time and again, the Republicans are not smart.
00:15:17.660 And you've got guys like Thune running stuff.
00:15:21.700 So he's clearly compromised.
00:15:23.600 He works for the Marxist Dems.
00:15:24.960 And as I said before, he fears three people.
00:15:29.620 the Marxist Dems, Chuck Schumer, and the AOC squad, and the rhino wing of the party.
00:15:41.520 So that's where the difference is when you hear Thune say difference of opinion.
00:15:49.160 There's no difference of opinion. The difference is, is you're a rhino and President Trump figured
00:15:54.360 it out. Now, my question is, is why President Trump allows it? Why has he allowed Thune to run
00:16:02.100 rampant? Why has he allowed him to continue on with these rhino waves? Now, President Trump was 0.76
00:16:14.980 asked before departing to a rally tonight, uh, what he thought about Thune and the issues.
00:16:25.500 The Senate Boarding Leader, John Cruz, has told you many times he doesn't believe that they have
00:16:30.560 the vote to pass it. That's what being a leader's about, you know, he's a leader. John's a leader,
00:16:34.880 and that's what being a leader's about. Look, we have to be able to get proof of citizenship
00:16:39.560 when you vote. Otherwise, we don't have elections. We have to be able to get voter ID.
00:16:44.980 So John is a leader and hopefully he can get the votes.
00:16:49.380 That's where I think President Trump is sadly mistaken.
00:16:55.960 That John Thune is a leader.
00:16:59.600 Very sadly mistaken.
00:17:02.420 Because I think he's anything but that.
00:17:06.880 Then let the record show.
00:17:10.020 That he's anything but that.
00:17:11.580 so what is president trump doing now oh well i hope they got some pepto-bismol on hand because
00:17:21.920 president trump is heading to capitol hill to meet with senate republicans over lunch this week
00:17:26.540 rick scott invited president trump tomorrow rick scott who was probably supposed to be the senate
00:17:34.560 majority leader some republicans may wonder if they're the ones who are on the menu
00:17:39.820 So Senators Bill Cassidy and John Cornyn, both ousted from their seats, won't be returning to the Senate next year.
00:17:51.780 Of course, playing spoiler now.
00:17:56.660 By the way, Cornyn also ran to be the majority leader in 2024.
00:18:01.020 And the reason I like Rick Scott is because Rick Scott has called President Trump to Capitol Hill, and he didn't even request permission, a blessing, anything from the Senate GOP leadership.
00:18:18.320 And he's teamed up with someone who I think has become such a great senator, Senator Mike Lee of Utah, who's advocating that the Senate should approve the Save America Act.
00:18:31.600 Citizenship to vote.
00:18:36.680 Duna had no problem getting this War Powers Resolution bill to the floor.
00:18:43.960 Duna had no problem not stopping it.
00:18:48.780 So the Save America Act should be in the bag.
00:18:53.040 You would have thought.
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00:19:01.020 We're going to take a quick break here, less than 60 seconds.
00:19:03.120 We're coming right back, so don't turn that dial.
00:19:04.940 There's so much more to get to.
00:19:05.980 A big announcement today from AG Todd Blanche and the fraud unit,
00:19:13.420 President Trump offering some words on Iran and much, much more.
00:19:17.800 So stay with us, folks.
00:19:18.540 We're coming right back on The Great America Show.
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00:19:35.620 President Trump before departing for that rally in Pennsylvania, I had some words to dish on Iran. 0.74
00:19:41.340 We have Iran in a position that nobody's ever had. 0.97
00:19:44.540 This should have been done for 47 years by other presidents. 0.93
00:19:47.920 And we have Iran in a position where their military has been totally wiped out.
00:19:52.900 Their leadership has been wiped out.
00:19:54.540 Their radar has been wiped out.
00:19:56.560 Everything's been wiped out.
00:19:57.760 They have not a good negotiating position, but despite that, 0.69
00:20:02.480 and money that we'll be taking out of Iran is going to go to our farmers
00:20:06.920 to give corn, soybeans, wheat to Iran, because they have a hunger problem,
00:20:12.800 they have a food problem, they have a medicine problem,
00:20:15.900 they've got a lot of problems, and they have an inflation.
00:20:18.540 Their inflation now just hit 300%, so they have a lot of problems.
00:20:24.400 I'd say they have a lot of problems.
00:20:26.020 And as he said, or as he said in the past, I should say, they don't have the cards.
00:20:34.160 Now, America, on the other hand, President Trump touting some of the accomplishments
00:20:38.540 of the administration since taking back over, someone call it the American revival.
00:20:44.320 And starting on my first day back in office, and this goes all the way back to 2016, too,
00:20:49.980 but right from a year and a half ago, nobody's ever seen anything like this.
00:20:54.380 were the hottest country anywhere in the world by a lot.
00:20:58.780 But I stood up to the trade cheaters.
00:21:01.020 They're cheaters and abusers and violators of the world
00:21:04.100 like no president has ever stood up before. 0.97
00:21:07.740 And now I'm standing up again
00:21:09.140 because Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, if that's okay.
00:21:16.160 And we're doing quite well.
00:21:20.740 I placed 50% tariffs on foreign copper,
00:21:23.560 aluminum and steel so they couldn't come in and steal your jobs and sometimes even more than a 1.00
00:21:29.100 hundred percent tariffs they weren't going to come in from foreign lands and steal your jobs if they
00:21:34.220 wanted to come in they pay a hundred percent they pay two hundred percent they pay i don't care what
00:21:40.340 it is they're not going to steal your jobs okay and they stop and right now we have more factories
00:21:51.320 being built, and I mean car factories, AI factories, factories of every type, that we've
00:21:57.340 ever had in the history of our country by three times. That's because they didn't want to pay the
00:22:06.080 tariff. How don't you pay a tariff? You build your factory here and you hire American workers.
00:22:12.020 It's quite simple, actually. But as you know, I placed a 25% tariff on foreign automobiles
00:22:21.060 and very importantly, oppose a 25% tariff on medium and heavy-duty trucks
00:22:26.500 so that Mack Truck could do very well with its factory in Pennsylvania.
00:22:33.000 But all American roads will be filled with American trucks very shortly.
00:22:37.400 Very few people are able to compete with us anymore. 1.00
00:22:39.820 They used to rip us off. It was like we were a bunch of babies.
00:22:43.300 American labor worked with us, too.
00:22:45.100 I just met the head of your unions, and they've been terrific.
00:22:48.420 They work with us, and they're fair.
00:22:50.360 They treat it as good.
00:22:51.620 Maybe we can negotiate a little bit tougher.
00:22:53.440 Where the hell are the union guys?
00:22:54.740 Those guys are great.
00:22:56.080 They're great.
00:22:56.960 There they are.
00:22:57.840 I want to just say hello.
00:23:01.940 Massive part of it.
00:23:04.300 Massive part of why he won.
00:23:06.160 The Rust Belt. 1.00
00:23:08.000 Blue Collar Workers. 1.00
00:23:10.220 It's because he promised bringing those jobs back.
00:23:12.240 Those are jobs the Democrats couldn't give a damn about.
00:23:16.100 Never cared if they lost them. 0.94
00:23:17.460 Never cared if they brought them back again.
00:23:19.880 This was the nature of the democratic beast.
00:23:23.680 Now, we got this little war with Iran that's, you know, caused a little bit of a roadblock, a little bit of a speed bump, but I'm sure it's all going to be settled in a very, very timely manner.
00:23:35.940 now speaking of president trump president trump announced this afternoon that federal authorities
00:23:42.160 have now made six arrests in connection with the vandalism and damage at the lincoln memorial in
00:23:47.080 the reflecting pool filling new details about the deliberate act of destructing and targeting one
00:23:53.620 of the nation's most iconic landmarks out of the america 250 anniversary celebration according to
00:24:00.800 president trump investigators determined that a massive 350 foot gash was discovered in the
00:24:05.740 reflecting pool and it was not an accident or construction defect rather result of intentional
00:24:10.560 vandalism carried out the sharp blade the thing about this is trump derangement syndrome 0.95
00:24:16.940 to the highest level that's sick that is so sick 0.81
00:24:25.880 and these people i think who are doing this stuff these people with tds 0.98
00:24:32.000 are a lobotomy
00:24:36.020 begging to happen 0.99
00:24:37.080 begging to be lobotomized 0.99
00:24:39.640 and a social experiment
00:24:42.240 that I think every kid
00:24:43.380 in every classroom
00:24:44.740 should be taught
00:24:45.340 for the next 100 years
00:24:47.040 because it's scary
00:24:48.760 it's scary that you could
00:24:50.340 allow someone to get
00:24:51.100 in your head
00:24:51.720 that much
00:24:53.200 that embarrassing
00:24:56.320 really
00:24:59.020 grown people too
00:25:00.100 by the way
00:25:00.600 Grown adults that have Trump derangement syndrome.
00:25:06.580 Now, Rand Paul, who's not a fan of his by any stretch of the imagination, reportedly subpoenaed Anthony Fauci to appear before Senate for grilling on the coronavirus pandemic next month.
00:25:22.500 Now, this all comes after the Tulsi Gabbard dump and what we we learn there.
00:25:30.480 But it depends where you get your news from, though.
00:25:32.060 I got to be honest, folks, because if you tune into CNN or you read anything from CNN,
00:25:38.320 they'll tell you it was just a big nothing burger.
00:25:42.320 We didn't truly learn anything from the Gabbard dump of documents.
00:25:49.240 Just a farce.
00:25:51.980 Who knows what it was?
00:25:54.100 That's like I said, if you're listening to CNN.
00:25:57.400 I'm not making this up.
00:25:58.780 Read the headline.
00:25:59.480 From CNN, six hours ago.
00:26:03.340 Why the COVID-19 document Gabbard released don't prove her claims about Fauci.
00:26:12.980 But you can't make this stuff up.
00:26:16.720 That's a real headline.
00:26:19.580 From a real, we'll call it real, news organization.
00:26:24.340 they're now covering up for the mad scientist
00:26:29.480 Dr. Fauci
00:26:30.400 I wouldn't even call him a doctor
00:26:32.280 call him a lowlife
00:26:33.740 how many lives he's ruined
00:26:35.280 they're now covering up for Dr. Anthony Fauci
00:26:39.520 just when you thought it couldn't get any more hysterical
00:26:43.800 the Democrats find a way
00:26:47.560 the mainstream media finds a way 1.00
00:26:50.020 just to be as idiotic as humanly possible 1.00
00:26:52.920 they're somehow proving 1.00
00:26:58.100 that Fauci didn't lie to Congress
00:26:59.620 CNN
00:27:01.480 of all people
00:27:05.140 is going to prove to us and tell us
00:27:07.940 that they know for a fact
00:27:10.080 that Fauci didn't lie to Congress
00:27:14.160 about gain-of-functional research 1.00
00:27:15.520 out of all the things these idiots can go out and fact-check 1.00
00:27:18.220 I mean they go out to the memorial 1.00
00:27:22.180 the reflecting pool, they can go test the water, all the stuff they can actually get
00:27:26.120 scientific data on, they're going to tell us
00:27:30.500 that Fauci
00:27:34.460 didn't lie.
00:27:37.960 Now Rand Paul has said he wants to ask him a few questions.
00:27:42.800 Like, did he seek out that pardon that Joe Biden gave him?
00:27:50.120 What specific crimes did he seek?
00:27:52.180 Did he ever meet with Joe Biden?
00:27:56.700 He says there's also questions about, can you be pardoned for a nonspecific crime?
00:28:01.940 Can you have a vague pardon?
00:28:07.680 Now, Paul says he expected Fauci to challenge the subpoena in court.
00:28:11.680 He said he thinks it's going to be a challenge to get him.
00:28:14.060 I think we'll have the fight in court.
00:28:17.140 But he says that Fauci needs to testify.
00:28:22.180 And I think CNN should start answering some questions since they know so much, apparently, about what he did.
00:28:32.140 They know so much about the pandemic.
00:28:34.760 I mean, they were fine with the lockdowns, clearly.
00:28:39.560 Clearly.
00:28:41.360 Turning now to the Department of Justice.
00:28:43.360 The Department of Justice this afternoon announcing a massive indictment.
00:28:48.160 455 defendants have been charged with stealing over six billion dollars in health care fraud schemes across 45 states.
00:28:57.100 This is all part of a fraud task force.
00:28:59.840 Today, we are here to announce the results of the 2026 national health care fraud takedown.
00:29:06.960 This announcement marks the greatest combined federal and state effort in combating health care fraud in history.
00:29:15.340 Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and the Vice President and all those folks standing behind me and next to me, we are more united than ever before.
00:29:27.000 This team is working tirelessly to take down fraudsters who steal from taxpayer-funded programs and prey on vulnerable Americans.
00:29:36.660 When we talk about the team that's working on these cases, I want to give some context around that.
00:29:43.840 There are nine health care fraud strike forces that have been part of this effort, 57 U.S. attorney's offices, 41 state attorney general's offices, not red states, not blue states, but both working together with the federal government.
00:30:06.260 Multiple law enforcement agencies, including inspector generals, some of the agencies that are that are here with me on this stage.
00:30:14.800 That's what we talk about when we say this is an all government approach to combating fraud.
00:30:20.080 It's not just the Department of Justice. It's not just HHS.
00:30:24.200 It's all government, including with working with our state and local partners.
00:30:29.180 Now, this is all part of a fraud task force that was implemented by President Trump in conjunction with Dr. Oz and RFK Jr.
00:30:39.700 Today, we are announcing federal and state charges, all of which were charged or unsealed at some point over the past two weeks, the past 14 days, coordinated nationwide action.
00:30:52.600 Since June 8th, we've charged 455 defendants across 56, like I said a minute ago, U.S.
00:30:59.820 attorney's offices and 45 U.S. states and territories.
00:31:03.980 As alleged in the various indictments, these individuals participated in health care fraud
00:31:09.500 schemes involving over $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to Medicare, Medicaid, and
00:31:18.540 other health care programs.
00:31:19.820 The team around me will get into more specifics, but here are a few points that stand out.
00:31:26.760 In one indictment, we're bringing charges against a corporate executive in Arizona in connection to over a $1 billion fraud involving unnecessary wound grafts.
00:31:38.800 This alleged scheme costs Medicare over $1 million per patient.
00:31:44.880 In total, our indictment charges 11 defendants for over $2 billion in fraudulent claims in connection to alleged wound care schemes.
00:31:55.420 The indictment also alleges that these individuals then used the taxpayer money to bankroll multimillion-dollar homes,
00:32:03.060 luxury vehicles like a $135,000 Maserati, jewelry like an $865,000 Bligari necklace,
00:32:10.760 and, to top it all off, to fund the construction of a $4.6 million hotel at a beach resort in the Philippines.
00:32:20.960 We're taking back the money, the luxury cars, the jewelry, and these alleged fraudsters will face justice.
00:32:28.780 The coordinated actions of the past two weeks have resulted in over $182 million in cash and other assets seized,
00:32:36.940 making clear our health care fraud enforcement efforts
00:32:39.660 generate a significant return on investment for our taxpayers.
00:32:46.400 There you have it.
00:32:49.020 That's President Trump's task force for you.
00:32:54.980 More cutting down of the waste, fraud, and abuse
00:32:57.500 that has run so rampant in our government.
00:33:02.480 Let's get some of your shout-outs tonight, folks.
00:33:04.480 Why don't we? Can't we, please?
00:33:06.740 GW5-2, good afternoon, Patriots from San Diego.
00:33:09.360 Good luck to have you with us.
00:33:11.340 Christine Holmes from Summers Point, New Jersey.
00:33:13.500 A delight to have you with us. 1.00
00:33:15.100 Thune is a snake and a traitor. 0.99
00:33:16.840 Beth, yeah, I couldn't agree with you more on that. 0.99
00:33:21.740 I think we did a perfect expose on just who he is in this show.
00:33:27.480 Fall girl, a delight to have you with us.
00:33:28.980 Thune needs to be replaced by Mike Lee or Josh Hawley at the midterms.
00:33:32.100 Yeah, I don't know about Hawley.
00:33:33.020 I don't think Hawley passes the smell test.
00:33:36.420 Mike Lee is someone I think is worthy.
00:33:41.820 Why do they not get rid of him?
00:33:43.340 That's a good question.
00:33:44.680 I don't know.
00:33:45.380 I don't know how he's managed to stay.
00:33:51.960 It's crazy.
00:33:53.940 That's all I'll say.
00:33:55.320 Mitch McConnell has been off filming the new Batman movie.
00:33:58.080 He's starring as Mr. Freeze.
00:33:59.560 oh that's that's a good one gitmo for the rhinos yeah maybe that would uh shake them up a little
00:34:08.240 bit make them open their eyes is rand another massey uh i think so even mitch got a few things
00:34:16.640 done thune zero goose eggs denata yeah you're actually right mitch did get through the supreme
00:34:22.180 court picks. He pushed through, I forgot which one it was
00:34:26.100 in the 11th hour, who replaced, I guess, Ruth Bader's
00:34:30.120 Ginsburg. So he actually did.
00:34:34.040 You're right. I didn't even think about that. You're right.
00:34:38.020 Absolutely right. It's time to dump him. He is no good. We, the people of our country, is a
00:34:42.060 rhino to the core. He's weak and caves to the libs. Dump him before it's too late.
00:34:45.820 Yeah, it might be too late, Arthur.
00:34:50.080 That's the scary part.
00:34:52.180 Republican leaders and future wannabe Republican leaders
00:34:54.660 need to get off their rhino butts and get behind DJT
00:34:57.480 and show up to represent we the people now. 0.76
00:35:00.160 Steven, yeah.
00:35:01.820 It's a nice thought, a nice gesture.
00:35:05.940 Realistic? I don't know.
00:35:07.460 I'm sorry, I'm trying to be as optimistic as possible.
00:35:11.960 Dude from the old establishment of Republicans,
00:35:13.680 the warmongering rhinos, go MAGA now that he's exposed. 0.80
00:35:16.960 Yankee's changed. 0.74
00:35:17.760 Yeah, he absolutely is. 1.00
00:35:19.460 He's cut from the same cloth.
00:35:22.180 as mitch mcconnell but as someone had mentioned uh mitch's at least has done something it's a 0.97
00:35:32.500 mental illness jim yeah the trump derangement syndrome is absolutely an illness you're
00:35:37.540 absolutely right this is very sick all this vandalism they need to be arrested they need 0.94
00:35:40.600 to be named and need to go to jail it'll never stop yeah you know the problem chris with that
00:35:44.380 is that it's in dc so you can lock them up you can arrest them you can do what you want 0.95
00:35:49.000 But you need to have a D.C. jury of just buffoons over there, 1.00
00:35:53.620 they're idiots, to do it. 1.00
00:35:58.560 Thune is an arsehole. 1.00
00:36:00.020 That's good. 0.99
00:36:00.640 I like that. 0.99
00:36:01.840 Yeah, Thune's a total rhino.
00:36:05.160 More, more, more of exactly what I voted for. 1.00
00:36:08.500 Trump 2028 scared the libtards. 1.00
00:36:12.300 Oh, boy. 1.00
00:36:13.100 I hope he starts banging that drum again.
00:36:15.380 Not that he would ever run,
00:36:16.480 but I think it's just a funny drum that he beats because they get so 1.00
00:36:20.420 triggered by it and they lose their damn minds. 0.99
00:36:24.260 He's going to run. I know it. I know it. He's a dictator. 1.00
00:36:30.800 I think he's had enough though. I think,
00:36:32.680 I think he's had his fill of politics as much fun as he had.
00:36:38.420 And I keep saying this every day, you know, I think JD Vance and I,
00:36:41.900 as you folks know on this show and I've taken heat from it, from you guys,
00:36:45.280 you know i was never hot on jd in the beginning um that was you know i was lukewarm i was down
00:36:52.360 the middle and i said you know we still got some time but i think now jd continues to prove himself
00:36:57.980 each and every day um that he's ready for that next job that he's ready to take that next step
00:37:04.860 and we still have a lot of time and like i say i think he's probably only 70 of the way there
00:37:10.280 if he's decided he's going to run it for president.
00:37:15.260 I think this was a massive eye-opener to him.
00:37:20.900 This whole presidential thing.
00:37:23.340 I don't think he realized how dirty it was,
00:37:25.680 even with the senatorial run in Pennsylvania.
00:37:28.600 I don't think he realized it, rather in Ohio, sorry.
00:37:31.700 I don't think he realized how dirty of a game it is.
00:37:35.420 It's literally a game of cutthroat just disgust.
00:37:40.280 some of the worst people in the world and you've got a media that literally 0.96
00:37:46.420 wants you dead. So, you know, with a new kid coming on the way,
00:37:50.300 I'm not sure this is what JD wants. And I, I don't blame him.
00:37:55.220 I don't blame him. This is not a business for everybody.
00:37:57.800 It's not for someone who can't take the flack because this is more flack
00:38:01.900 than I think anyone's taken talking about president Trump and his
00:38:08.160 administration that anyone's ever taken failed assassination attempts death threats on the daily 1.00
00:38:16.740 you know you name it these people are sick in the head the marx stems are lunatics 1.00
00:38:21.460 they are hate-filled passive-aggressive angry damn people and yet there's really no way to fix that 1.00
00:38:30.660 there is really no way to fix it they're truly truly deranged folks that is all for us tonight 0.99
00:38:37.880 here on the great america show as always it's a delight to have you guys with us it's a delight
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