The Megyn Kelly Show - August 29, 2025


Fed Official Sues Over Firing, New Details on Bolton Probe, Newsom's Bizarre Rant： AM Update 8⧸29


Episode Stats

Length

22 minutes

Words per Minute

149.31421

Word Count

3,353

Sentence Count

214

Misogynist Sentences

3

Hate Speech Sentences

1


Summary

The Trump administration is facing some high profile employment challenges this week, as two top officials get fired only to then refuse to leave. New reporting exposes the basis of the investigation into John Bolton, undermining accusations that President Trump is weaponizing law enforcement against him. And Gavin Newsom makes a bizarre prediction about President Trump s intentions with the National Guard. All that and more coming up in a moment on your AM Update.


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00:00:35.620 It's Friday, August 29th, 2025, and this is your AM Update.
00:00:40.520 To sabotage and undermine the president, that should be enough cause to justify their lawful removal.
00:00:48.520 The Trump administration facing some high-profile employment challenges this week
00:00:52.720 as two top officials get fired only to then refuse to leave.
00:00:57.420 New reporting exposes the basis of the investigation into John Bolton,
00:01:02.640 undermining accusations that President Trump is weaponizing law enforcement against him.
00:01:08.100 I don't think Donald Trump wants another election.
00:01:10.680 And Gavin Newsom makes a bizarre prediction about President Trump's intentions with the National Guard.
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00:02:35.340 Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook on Thursday officially suing the Trump administration over her firing,
00:02:43.400 hiring attorney Abby Lowell, known for his representation of, among others, Hunter Biden, to represent her.
00:02:50.400 Cook is battling to retain her 14-year appointment at the Federal Reserve, set to expire in 2038.
00:02:56.600 The president on Monday moving to fire Cook over a criminal referral made earlier this month
00:03:02.220 by the nation's top housing finance regulator, Bill Pulte, alleging she committed mortgage fraud,
00:03:08.880 claiming she listed two separate homes as her primary residence, fraudulently securing more favorable loan rates.
00:03:17.080 Cook firing back with a lawsuit against the administration,
00:03:19.740 calling her ouster, quote,
00:03:21.520 unprecedented and illegal,
00:03:23.840 arguing, quote,
00:03:24.520 an unsubstantiated allegation about private mortgage applications submitted by Governor Cook
00:03:29.920 prior to her Senate confirmation does not constitute cause for termination.
00:03:35.240 Notably, she uses that term unsubstantiated,
00:03:38.420 but she does not, in her lawsuit,
00:03:40.500 nor anywhere publicly since the allegation broke,
00:03:43.640 actually deny it.
00:03:45.060 Her lawyer is now asking for a D.C. federal judge to declare her firing was unlawful
00:03:50.840 and that she can remain an active member of the Board of Governors.
00:03:55.160 The first hearing set for 10 a.m. today before a Biden-appointed judge.
00:04:00.020 We spoke with Julie Kelly, reporter for Declassified on Substack, about this case.
00:04:04.840 She says it is the latest example of D.C. courts bending over backwards
00:04:08.900 to rush anti-Trump lawsuits to the front of the line.
00:04:12.220 It's pretty amazing to watch how quickly these judges,
00:04:16.540 especially in Washington, D.C., are taking up these lawsuits
00:04:20.400 and in many cases immediately entering temporary restraining orders
00:04:25.240 on behalf of whoever the plaintiff is seeking to be reinstated
00:04:29.840 or not fired or not dismissed.
00:04:31.960 I mean, they are moving with great speed,
00:04:35.800 in fact, so much so that an appellate court judge
00:04:38.580 mocked even the Supreme Court and his other colleagues
00:04:42.660 as this sort of Denny's restaurant atmosphere,
00:04:45.760 that whatever these plaintiffs are looking for,
00:04:49.380 immediately seeking relief from whatever the president
00:04:53.360 and his administration are trying to do,
00:04:56.380 immediately setting these hearings.
00:04:59.400 Like, this is some sort of national emergency.
00:05:01.760 You've set aside real legitimate cases, including criminal cases,
00:05:05.780 so you could take up the latest lawsuit against the president.
00:05:09.740 It's pretty remarkable to see.
00:05:12.160 Cook's lawyers now claim the allegations against her
00:05:14.860 were simply a clerical error,
00:05:17.300 that she accidentally mislabeled one of her homes
00:05:21.060 as a primary residence on an application four years ago.
00:05:25.200 Keep in mind, both applications were made within weeks of one another.
00:05:28.880 They argue the real reason for her removal is a policy dispute
00:05:32.900 over the Fed's decision to keep interest rates steady
00:05:35.420 in defiance of President Trump's many public pleas to lower them.
00:05:39.540 As a semi-independent body under the executive branch,
00:05:42.920 the president is not technically allowed to fire employees
00:05:45.960 solely over policy disagreements.
00:05:48.840 A White House spokesperson responding in a statement to the New York Post,
00:05:52.020 quote,
00:05:52.600 the president determined there was cause to remove a governor
00:05:55.220 who was credibly accused of lying in financial documents
00:05:58.360 from a highly sensitive position overseeing financial institutions.
00:06:02.780 The removal of a governor for cause
00:06:04.380 improves the Federal Reserve Board's accountability
00:06:06.840 and credibility for both the markets and American people.
00:06:11.280 Julie Kelly questioning the very logic
00:06:13.200 of these so-called independent bodies.
00:06:15.880 This is the whole, really, point.
00:06:18.080 What is an independent agency?
00:06:20.640 There shouldn't be any.
00:06:22.160 There has to be accountability.
00:06:23.540 If you can appoint members to boards like the Federal Reserve,
00:06:28.660 then logic follows that they are under the purview
00:06:32.300 and oversight of the president.
00:06:34.500 So the idea that you just appoint people
00:06:36.580 and then they go willy-nilly and work on their own
00:06:39.020 and do whatever they want,
00:06:40.600 and in many cases work to sabotage
00:06:43.560 and undermine the president and his administration's agenda,
00:06:47.820 that should be enough cause to justify their lawful removal.
00:06:53.240 Kelly noting recent cases over similar terminations
00:06:56.300 involving independent bodies
00:06:58.180 indicate likely success for the Trump administration.
00:07:01.580 We already have recent examples of the Supreme Court
00:07:04.720 even stepping in and saying
00:07:06.120 the president's dismissal of Hampton Dellinger,
00:07:09.160 who was the Biden-appointed Office of Special Counsel,
00:07:12.720 and he was removed.
00:07:13.780 He was fired by the president and personnel director
00:07:17.580 earlier this year,
00:07:18.580 and he fought that firing under the same basis
00:07:21.680 that he had to have cause,
00:07:23.920 that they had to have a reason why.
00:07:26.400 And basically the higher court,
00:07:27.860 Supreme Court, said,
00:07:28.940 no, no, you don't.
00:07:31.880 This is a position under the direct purview of the president,
00:07:36.700 and so the removal was justified,
00:07:40.380 was lawful,
00:07:40.780 and he finally had to leave that office.
00:07:44.600 So there is some recent case history
00:07:47.900 that will support the president.
00:07:50.320 The Supreme Court also found, however,
00:07:52.700 that the Fed is a uniquely structured quasi-private entity
00:07:56.940 with a distinct historical tradition,
00:07:59.820 which has some doubting that the high court
00:08:01.840 would do anything to undermine the Fed's independence.
00:08:05.100 If the Trump administration is successful in ousting Cook,
00:08:08.380 it could lead to a fundamental realignment
00:08:10.960 of how the executive branch works,
00:08:13.300 says Kelly.
00:08:14.260 And of course, this will apply to a Democratic president.
00:08:17.280 Once, you know, a Democrat is elected again,
00:08:21.060 these terms really should not last longer
00:08:24.660 than, say, two terms of a president.
00:08:27.500 So in this case,
00:08:29.280 a 14-year staggered term
00:08:31.400 for the members of the Federal Reserve Board.
00:08:34.280 There is no such thing as independent.
00:08:37.600 Is this the fourth branch of government then?
00:08:40.300 All of these independent offices and boards?
00:08:42.980 Then we need to address the entire Constitution
00:08:45.900 if that's the case.
00:08:47.080 There is no such thing as independent bodies of government
00:08:51.180 that have very powerful decision-making authority
00:08:55.320 outside of Congress,
00:08:57.000 outside of the president.
00:08:58.920 So, yes, this should be part of a complete overhaul
00:09:03.600 in rethinking the idea
00:09:05.620 that any of these powerful boards and offices,
00:09:09.200 commissions, et cetera,
00:09:10.420 should be independent
00:09:11.700 from presidential authority and oversight.
00:09:14.900 Late last night,
00:09:16.440 Bill Pulte sending a second criminal referral
00:09:19.080 to the DOJ regarding a third Lisa Cook property.
00:09:23.360 Pulte alleging Cook entered into a 15-year mortgage loan
00:09:27.120 on a condo in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
00:09:30.100 representing it as her second home.
00:09:33.020 On later government ethics forms,
00:09:34.980 Cook allegedly represented the property
00:09:36.540 as an investment property,
00:09:38.720 not a second home.
00:09:40.440 There's a difference.
00:09:41.820 Investment properties typically come
00:09:43.500 with higher interest rates than second homes do,
00:09:46.760 as investment homes are considered more risky by lenders.
00:09:51.140 Cook also allegedly represented an Atlanta property
00:09:54.140 as her residence.
00:09:55.420 Despite evidence, it was used as a rental.
00:09:59.100 A residence would typically result
00:10:00.720 in a lower mortgage rate than a rental property would
00:10:04.380 and could lead to a lower down payment requirement too.
00:10:08.520 All of this would potentially be fraud, if true.
00:10:11.620 And finally, Cook allegedly declared this year
00:10:14.000 that her property in Ann Arbor, Michigan
00:10:15.980 was her personal residence,
00:10:18.540 despite information indicating it too
00:10:20.920 is being used as a rental.
00:10:23.040 As of late Thursday,
00:10:25.260 Ms. Cook had not yet responded
00:10:26.600 to the latest allegations.
00:10:29.720 Another employment standoff this week at the CDC.
00:10:33.220 Director Susan Monterey's refusing to step down
00:10:36.420 despite HHS Secretary RFKJ's request earlier this week.
00:10:40.680 The New York Times reporting Secretary Kennedy
00:10:42.600 asking Monterey's to resign
00:10:44.380 over disagreements in vaccine policy.
00:10:47.080 When she refused, HHS announced Monterey's,
00:10:49.800 quote, is no longer director of the CDC.
00:10:53.440 Monterey's attorneys, Mark Zaid and Abby Lowell again,
00:10:57.340 responding in a statement, quote,
00:10:59.260 when CDC Director Susan Monterey refused
00:11:01.580 to rubber stamp unscientific, reckless directives
00:11:04.820 and fire dedicated health experts,
00:11:07.020 she chose protecting the public
00:11:08.980 over serving a political agenda.
00:11:11.540 She will not resign.
00:11:13.180 By Wednesday evening,
00:11:14.160 the White House Personnel Office
00:11:15.520 formally notified Monterey's of her termination.
00:11:18.640 Yes, you are fired.
00:11:21.200 Zaid insisting that too was unlawful.
00:11:24.240 Writing on social media, quote,
00:11:25.600 as a presidential appointee,
00:11:27.560 Senate confirmed officer
00:11:28.700 only the president himself can fire her.
00:11:31.680 Press Secretary Caroline Levitt on Thursday
00:11:33.660 indicating the White House is committed
00:11:35.740 to firing this woman.
00:11:37.800 Her lawyer's statement
00:11:39.020 made it abundantly clear themselves
00:11:41.020 that she was not aligned with the president's mission
00:11:43.180 to make America healthy again.
00:11:45.020 And the secretary asked her to resign.
00:11:47.860 She said she would,
00:11:48.840 and then she said she wouldn't,
00:11:49.900 so the president fired her,
00:11:51.020 which he has every right to do.
00:11:52.960 A new replacement will be announced
00:11:54.400 by either the president or the secretary very soon.
00:11:57.240 And the president and Secretary Kennedy
00:11:59.080 are committed to restoring trust
00:12:00.600 and transparency and credibility to the CDC.
00:12:03.760 And last night,
00:12:04.940 the administration announcing
00:12:06.020 a top HHS deputy of RFKJ,
00:12:08.900 Jim O'Neill,
00:12:09.920 has been selected to serve
00:12:11.180 as acting CDC director.
00:12:13.520 Amid the fallout,
00:12:14.380 four top CDC officials resigning,
00:12:17.100 chief medical officer,
00:12:18.160 Dr. Deborah Howery,
00:12:19.760 Dr. Jennifer Layden,
00:12:20.980 who oversaw public health data,
00:12:23.160 Dr. Daniel Jernigan,
00:12:24.700 who oversaw vaccine safety,
00:12:26.700 and Dr. Dimitri Daskalakis,
00:12:29.140 who ran the center overseeing
00:12:30.700 vaccine recommendations.
00:12:32.580 This guy is perhaps the most recognizable
00:12:35.060 of the bunch,
00:12:36.260 rising to national attention
00:12:37.580 under the Biden administration
00:12:38.880 as the deputy coordinator
00:12:40.820 of the White House
00:12:41.600 monkeypox response team
00:12:43.240 and posing on the cover
00:12:44.960 of HIV Plus magazine
00:12:47.260 in an unbuttoned shirt
00:12:49.140 all the way down,
00:12:50.940 revealing a leather pentagram harness.
00:12:54.280 Just another day
00:12:55.160 in the Biden administration.
00:12:57.280 The doctor,
00:12:58.380 posting a lengthy resignation letter on X
00:13:00.880 that repeatedly uses the term
00:13:02.920 pregnant people,
00:13:05.020 touts his LGBTQ credentials
00:13:07.060 and claims,
00:13:08.780 I have never experienced
00:13:10.560 such radical non-transparency,
00:13:13.260 nor have I seen such unskilled
00:13:15.080 manipulation of data
00:13:16.640 to achieve a political end
00:13:18.620 rather than the good
00:13:19.740 of the American people.
00:13:21.460 Okay,
00:13:22.180 he's never experienced
00:13:23.680 such radical non-transparency.
00:13:26.200 He's never seen such unskilled
00:13:28.160 manipulation of data
00:13:30.200 to achieve a political end.
00:13:32.280 That is rich
00:13:33.380 coming from a CDC official
00:13:35.020 in power during the COVID pandemic.
00:13:38.480 This guy signed his letter
00:13:39.800 with his name
00:13:40.840 and his pronouns,
00:13:42.740 he,
00:13:43.160 his,
00:13:43.600 him,
00:13:44.360 which are evident
00:13:45.240 to anyone
00:13:45.980 that has been unfortunate enough
00:13:47.680 to see the aforementioned
00:13:49.160 magazine cover.
00:13:50.600 Bye.
00:13:52.520 Coming up,
00:13:53.540 new reporting
00:13:54.140 on the Bolton investigation
00:13:55.440 undermining claims
00:13:56.780 that Trump is using the FBI
00:13:58.440 as a tool of retribution.
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00:14:02.560 cannot make up his mind
00:14:03.840 about California's
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00:15:11.700 New reporting
00:15:12.820 by the New York Times
00:15:13.720 shining light
00:15:14.460 on the investigation
00:15:15.300 into former
00:15:16.260 Trump National Security Advisor
00:15:18.040 and current Trump critic
00:15:19.420 John Bolton
00:15:20.140 who is reportedly
00:15:21.300 in talks to retain,
00:15:22.900 you guessed it,
00:15:23.820 attorney altogether now,
00:15:25.780 Abby Lowell.
00:15:26.420 Perhaps the busiest man
00:15:27.800 in Washington
00:15:28.340 not named Donald Trump
00:15:29.640 or maybe Marco Rubio.
00:15:31.900 Bolton's home and office
00:15:32.880 raided one week ago
00:15:33.920 by the FBI.
00:15:35.000 Many critics quick to say
00:15:36.160 this is the latest example
00:15:37.620 of President Trump
00:15:38.500 weaponizing the DOJ
00:15:39.860 to retaliate
00:15:41.000 against his political enemies.
00:15:42.780 A sampling here
00:15:43.460 from MS Now
00:15:45.000 and CNN.
00:15:46.840 This is chilling.
00:15:47.940 It really is.
00:15:48.980 Clearly this is using
00:15:50.320 the FBI
00:15:51.040 in a way that
00:15:52.280 not only tarnishes
00:15:53.380 the FBI,
00:15:54.760 but it tarnishes
00:15:55.500 our country.
00:15:56.220 It looks like
00:15:56.960 it's just more revenge
00:15:57.940 and more retribution
00:15:59.280 on his political enemies.
00:16:00.740 He said he was going
00:16:01.760 to go after
00:16:02.540 all of these individuals
00:16:04.080 and one by one
00:16:05.260 he's slowly doing that.
00:16:07.280 The New York Times
00:16:07.960 reporting the investigation
00:16:09.040 quote,
00:16:09.520 began to pick up momentum
00:16:10.940 during the Biden administration
00:16:13.060 when U.S. intelligence officials
00:16:15.240 collected information
00:16:16.320 that appeared to show
00:16:17.820 Bolton
00:16:18.420 had mishandled
00:16:19.540 classified information.
00:16:21.020 The U.S.
00:16:21.780 reportedly gathering info
00:16:22.980 from an adversarial
00:16:24.160 foreign spy agency,
00:16:25.860 including emails
00:16:26.660 with sensitive information
00:16:28.020 that quote,
00:16:29.000 Mr. Bolton,
00:16:29.760 while still working
00:16:30.580 in the first Trump administration,
00:16:32.540 appeared to have sent
00:16:33.420 to people close to him
00:16:34.440 on an unclassified system.
00:16:36.900 The Times,
00:16:37.620 forced to admit
00:16:38.280 that while searches
00:16:39.260 on Bolton's property
00:16:40.340 raised questions
00:16:41.060 about retribution,
00:16:42.560 quote,
00:16:42.800 the new details
00:16:43.980 of the case
00:16:44.680 present a
00:16:45.480 more complex
00:16:46.800 chain of events.
00:16:48.900 The quote,
00:16:49.220 long-running investigation
00:16:50.900 into Bolton
00:16:51.860 reportedly involves
00:16:53.200 information
00:16:53.860 appearing to come
00:16:54.660 from classified documents
00:16:55.900 he had seen
00:16:56.820 as National Security Advisor.
00:16:59.080 He allegedly emailed
00:17:00.240 the sensitive information
00:17:01.300 to people close to him
00:17:02.560 as he gathered material
00:17:03.920 for his 2020 memoir,
00:17:05.840 The Room Where It Happened.
00:17:08.020 Bolton,
00:17:08.420 who served under Trump 1.0
00:17:10.000 from April 2018
00:17:11.260 through September 2019,
00:17:13.900 previously denied
00:17:14.820 any wrongdoing
00:17:15.780 in the crafting
00:17:16.400 of his memoir.
00:17:17.720 Mr. Bolton
00:17:18.180 is being investigated
00:17:19.300 under the Espionage Act.
00:17:21.460 No charges
00:17:22.020 have yet been filed.
00:17:25.060 California Governor
00:17:26.060 Gavin Newsom
00:17:26.840 struggling to decide
00:17:27.900 whether crime
00:17:28.900 is a problem
00:17:29.660 in his state or not.
00:17:31.860 The governor
00:17:32.300 and likely 2028
00:17:33.620 Democratic presidential candidate
00:17:35.020 is suing
00:17:36.120 the Trump administration
00:17:37.020 over its federalization
00:17:38.580 of National Guard troops
00:17:39.880 in Los Angeles,
00:17:41.440 arguing the move
00:17:42.140 violates the
00:17:42.980 Posse Comitatus Act,
00:17:44.680 which prohibits
00:17:45.500 the use of the military
00:17:46.720 as domestic law enforcement.
00:17:48.740 The decision
00:17:49.180 on that suit
00:17:49.740 is pending.
00:17:51.200 Governor Newsom
00:17:51.740 is one of the most
00:17:52.360 vocal critics
00:17:53.100 of the Trump administration's
00:17:54.400 use of the National Guard
00:17:55.740 in California
00:17:56.600 and in D.C.
00:17:58.880 Recent reporting
00:17:59.660 indicating the White House
00:18:00.700 is working on plans
00:18:01.800 to potentially broaden
00:18:03.000 the effort
00:18:03.640 across the country,
00:18:05.000 though President Trump
00:18:05.760 says that would be
00:18:06.720 with the cooperation
00:18:07.760 of the respective governors.
00:18:09.920 In a bizarre
00:18:10.560 Politico town hall
00:18:11.740 appearance on Wednesday,
00:18:12.900 Governor Newsom
00:18:13.500 suggesting
00:18:14.040 President Trump's
00:18:15.180 use of the National Guard
00:18:16.320 is far more sinister
00:18:18.160 that it's actually
00:18:19.220 a pretext
00:18:20.160 to somehow shut down
00:18:21.740 or interfere
00:18:22.540 with the next
00:18:23.740 presidential election.
00:18:24.880 He will send
00:18:26.160 the National Guard,
00:18:27.940 he will send them
00:18:28.880 all across this country,
00:18:30.660 and he will do so
00:18:31.820 through Election Day.
00:18:33.100 You have the largest
00:18:34.100 private police force
00:18:35.780 in the world.
00:18:36.880 When they're done
00:18:37.440 with this,
00:18:38.300 all that funding
00:18:39.140 and that big,
00:18:39.680 beautiful betrayal
00:18:40.400 allows more resources
00:18:42.180 for this private police force
00:18:44.700 that increasingly
00:18:46.120 is showing a tendency
00:18:47.820 not to swear an oath
00:18:49.460 to the Constitution,
00:18:50.780 but to the President
00:18:51.560 of the United States.
00:18:53.200 And he'll be sending them
00:18:54.280 to voting booths
00:18:55.040 and polling places
00:18:55.860 all across this country.
00:18:58.020 I don't think Donald Trump
00:18:59.020 wants another election.
00:19:00.300 And you think
00:19:00.820 he's going to run again?
00:19:01.900 Don't give me,
00:19:02.780 you don't,
00:19:03.280 who spends $200 million
00:19:04.440 on a ballroom
00:19:05.720 at their home
00:19:06.240 and then leaves the House?
00:19:08.060 This is serious, guys.
00:19:09.220 This is serious.
00:19:09.920 So, the National Guard
00:19:12.300 is being deployed
00:19:13.340 not to fight crime,
00:19:15.020 but as placeholders
00:19:16.100 to somehow keep Trump
00:19:17.680 in office.
00:19:18.900 Got it.
00:19:19.960 Except,
00:19:20.780 less than 24 hours
00:19:22.380 after that town hall appearance,
00:19:24.960 Governor Newsom
00:19:25.600 announcing plans
00:19:26.540 to expand
00:19:27.520 crime suppression operation
00:19:29.120 in his state,
00:19:30.700 though without requesting
00:19:31.760 help from the feds.
00:19:33.280 One reporter
00:19:33.900 questioning the governor
00:19:35.040 on the apparent
00:19:35.840 disconnect
00:19:36.500 in his positions.
00:19:38.400 Two messages today
00:19:39.380 are kind of contradictory.
00:19:40.740 On the one hand,
00:19:41.340 you're mocking
00:19:41.780 Trump's deployments
00:19:43.040 and, you know,
00:19:43.900 highlighting the crime rates
00:19:45.240 in red states
00:19:46.180 that you say are higher.
00:19:47.060 And at the same time,
00:19:47.940 we're here because
00:19:48.740 you're surging law enforcement
00:19:50.000 across the state.
00:19:51.300 So, do you believe
00:19:52.560 that crime is a problem
00:19:53.540 in California or not?
00:19:54.900 Well, I,
00:19:55.880 sort of a curious question.
00:19:58.660 I made the entire point
00:20:00.300 that crime's an issue
00:20:01.540 and we want to tackle it.
00:20:02.960 And we continued
00:20:03.680 to do more
00:20:04.860 in that space
00:20:05.700 and we announced
00:20:06.400 and highlighted
00:20:07.060 some of the expansion.
00:20:08.560 What is not contradictory,
00:20:10.380 respectfully,
00:20:11.680 is that we're doing it
00:20:12.600 in partnership
00:20:13.080 with our local communities.
00:20:14.940 We did it in partnership
00:20:16.100 with the Biden administration
00:20:17.740 prior.
00:20:18.860 We're not talking
00:20:19.480 about the nationalization,
00:20:20.800 the militarization
00:20:21.640 of the guard
00:20:23.400 and militarizing
00:20:24.660 the United States cities.
00:20:26.040 So,
00:20:26.600 quite the contrary.
00:20:28.140 So,
00:20:28.980 crime is a problem
00:20:29.960 that needs more resources
00:20:31.320 and Trump is providing
00:20:33.220 those resources,
00:20:34.340 but he's not doing it
00:20:35.740 for the right reason.
00:20:37.380 As proven by
00:20:38.540 Gavin Newsom's fever dream?
00:20:41.260 Or is it more likely
00:20:42.140 the governor's been watching
00:20:43.400 Bill Maher on Friday nights
00:20:45.240 who said the following
00:20:46.600 one week ago?
00:20:48.340 I don't know
00:20:48.860 if I was the first one
00:20:49.900 to use the phrase
00:20:50.880 slow-moving coup.
00:20:52.020 If there was
00:20:52.900 a slow-moving coup,
00:20:54.480 let me just describe
00:20:55.380 some of the steps
00:20:56.200 and you tell me
00:20:56.900 if I'm being paranoid.
00:20:58.440 First,
00:20:58.960 create a masked police force.
00:21:01.120 Normalize snatching people
00:21:02.500 off the street.
00:21:03.500 Normalize seeing the car,
00:21:05.200 the National Guard
00:21:06.120 and the military.
00:21:07.280 Have other states
00:21:08.240 start sending
00:21:09.080 their troops.
00:21:10.740 So,
00:21:10.980 you have in the Capitol
00:21:12.160 a sort of
00:21:13.600 permanent police presence.
00:21:16.660 So,
00:21:17.400 when an election dispute
00:21:19.200 might come up,
00:21:20.660 just hypothetically,
00:21:22.220 I'm going to pretend
00:21:24.500 for the rest of the adoration
00:21:25.920 that the Democrats
00:21:27.160 do have a chance
00:21:27.900 of winning
00:21:28.320 and they might win
00:21:29.580 the next election.
00:21:31.040 I just don't think
00:21:31.680 they're ever going to
00:21:32.200 take power
00:21:32.780 because this is
00:21:34.380 what's going to happen
00:21:35.100 because I think
00:21:35.840 this coup is going to
00:21:36.760 go off a lot smoother
00:21:37.760 than the last one.
00:21:38.680 And that'll do it
00:21:42.200 for your AM update.
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